Inside the convenience store, tentacles sprayed black mist as they were cut apart, hissing noises emanating from the blobby Negari as its tentacles were severed from its body, scattering to the ground as they were sliced to pieces. As Noriko came to rest upon one of the intact tendrils, the stumps she had severed raised towards her along with the intact tentacles. However... suddenly, the stumps swelled and warped, and from each erupted eight new tentacles, steadily flooding the shop with them.

It was only then that they lunged towards the magical girl.

Outside, the blob that Shooting Star kicked seemed to tremble from the impact as the opposite side of it swelled outwards... and all at once, erupted out, exploding into a shower of goo and black mist. The orange eyes across its surface faded and it fell limply towards the ground. dissipating more and more into black mist as it fell until it faded from view entirely. That segment of the Negari had been destroyed, the extreme force of impact too much for its regenerative and subdividing capabilities. It seemed as if, perhaps, the body was more vulnerable to attack then the tentacles as well.

A strange shrieking sound erupted from the creature as its body wobbled violently, jostling the unconscious people inside it as it did.

Akane was forced to jump out of the way once more, boots skidding on concrete as the vacuum tentacle launched for her again. But, as it did, suddenly another girl appeared in front of her. There was no mistaking that outfit for anything else... "Copenhagen Star-san?!"

The other girl shoved an entire tree into the waiting vaccuum, and for a moment the sucking stopped as it raised and shook. But then, the 'maw' widened, engulfing the tree steadily as the tentacle swelled to take it in.

Whatever Copenhagen Star was doing, it must have been helping! Akane couldn't help but notice, as well, the [i]other[/i] girl that had appeared... It was Shooting Star! And she just... just...

The hunk of Negari she had punched was torn free from the rest of its mass with a kiss, orange eyes immediately opening all over its body as tendrils sprouted from it. However, another tendril sprouted from behind the other magical girl, this one twisting its tip into what looked more like a drill then anything else, which rose up to attack the distracted Shooting Star!

Akane took a step, eyes wide. It... it was going to hit the other magical girl! She didn't see Nadeshiko-sempai either, she had to help her, but someone else was in danger, and all those people... there was so much going on!

She had to do something, and... and...

"Try an attack! Hurry!" the voice of her fairy declared to her. An attack? Right? She had to say something, would it just come to her? Akane wasn't sure, but... but... breaking into a sprint, she took a running leap. Words rose in her mind, and she opened her mouth...!

"DRAGON HEAT!" cried the dragon-tailed, horned magical girl, swinging her sword down. As she swung it, red fire immediately flowed down the blade, engulfing it in flames as it did. It hissed through the Negari's flesh, cutting cleanly through it and sending the drill-tip tendril tumbling away, fading into black mist. Akane skidded along the ground as she landed, sparks flying up from her armored boots.

She really did it! She hurt it! The tentacle was retracting, black mist flowing from the tip, and it looked... burnt? The shadowy flesh was charred or something!

... And then a huge tentacle immediately swung down towards her.