"Thanks for that!" Midori saw the weak spot, plain as day. The trick of it was [i]exploiting[/i] that fact. Last she checked, it was a lot easier to get lightning to go from cloud to ground than the other way around. Then, an idea started to form in her head.

With a move so daring she'd later question her sanity at the time, she ran towards the Negari and slid under it, jamming her metal staff into the crab-thing's vulnerable underside. This didn't do much more than annoy it, but it set the stage for the kill shot.

Popping up on the other side, she raised her hands. [i]Electric Pillar![/i] A large lightning bolt shot up from the ground, searching as electricity always does for the path of least resistance. In this particular instance, it was up through Midori's staff, and thence into the Negari, which was fried from the inside out. The coup de grace came as the lightning ripped through the crab's back, after which it twitched once before going still.

"Whew..." Midori swayed unsteadily on her feet. It was tough just to stay transformed and standing, but she'd dealt with the threat. Then, Megumi chimed in. "Midori! There's another concentration of magic! Could be a second Negari, but I'm not sure!"

"And you didn't tell me this because...?"

"You didn't ask."

All Midori could do was bury her head in her hands. "Why me?"