It wasn't exactly a rare sight for Shion to look gloomy. After all, it was part of the reason she was generally avoided. And while the source of said gloominess was usually her self-imposed solitude, today there was a new cause, and the cheerleader couldn't seem to shake it from her mind.

Hands in the pockets of her jacket, her eyes were busy boring holes into the ground at her feet, standing outside a manga store. She wanted to ignore it, divulge herself in some random, romantic manga and dive into a world filled with love and cheer. Instead, Kazuko kept floating back to the forefront of her thoughts.
Shion's frown was slowly shifting to a scowl. Goddamnit, it had nothing to do with her! She had no reason to fret over it!
Still, the timing was pretty horrible. Her gaze shifted to the plastic bag lying beside her. She'd bought those chocolates for Kazuko, as a way to make up for yelling at her the day before.

Shion hadn't meant to yell, but of course, she always did. She... just didn't want to admit she was struggling with the class' subject, and Kazuko was only trying to help a little. So, feeling guilty, the chocolates were supposed to be her way of asking forgiveness. Well, not like it was going to matter now.
She sighed heavily, wishing she hadn't said those things. Insulting her for helping was bad enough, but for her to just... end up in hospital like that, not long afterwards... it was almost like...

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There was a lot of them.

The silver, almost crystalline flower stem slammed into the ground, crushing the dark creature beneath it. Before it had even finished evaporating, it was raised and swung swiftly in a 180o arc, striking a similar creature that attacked from the wielder's back. A second, flower-like weapon was then thrust upwards, the pom-pom that lay atop it striking a third creature,

The long-haired figure was surrounded by the creatures. Not that there was a whole lot of them. Twelve, tops, and three were already down.

They shuffled from side to side, as if trying to decide which direction was the best to attack from. The blonde smiled, amused that they even bothered considering options when they were dead no matter what.
One of them rushed forward, swiftly defeated with a single swipe of her weapon. Riot Lily grinned coldly at the monsters. Oh, how she enjoyed destroying them...