The Mascot bounded up her arm quickly, setting itself down as if her shoulder was just a chair it could sit on whenever it pleases. Normally Ami wouldn't mind this at all, but she really didn't have the luxury of just sitting down and cuddling with her favorite tv headed cat at the moment. Not when there was still a clear and present threat right in front of her. Now of course it would be easy to just let the poor little thing go, she was outmatched and outgunned on every level. But Ami had already let one Light Girl go today. Imagine how she would look if she let another one go not even five minutes after the last! It would make it look like she almost liked the little shitheads! She would be the laughing stock of the Detention Club, well probably not, but she would feel like the laughing stock of the Detention Club! So what Ami did was she gently grabbed the Mascot on her shoulder and set it on the ground, nudging it away with her foot in an attempt to make it leave. [color=crimson][b]"Looks like your friend doesn't really care about you all that much huh?"[/b][/color] Her eyes darted to the side for a brief moment, something catching her eye that only further cemented her resolve. [color=crimson][b]"It's too bad for you, but I'm feeling really pissed off today. Not only that but I've got someone I need to impress right now-[/b][/color] Ami then threw her hand into the air, a wall of fire flaring up from behind Rose as she kicked off the ground towards the Light Girl with sword ready to bifurcate her completely. [color=crimson][b] -so I hope you can last!"[/b][/color] To no ones surprise Ami's restraint had at last snapped and Tsuruga was going to have to go along for the ride if she didn't want to abandon her partner to the battle. Fully aware that they weren't going to last a minute without the intervention of others, however, compelled the normally more reticent magical girl to dive into fray with an explosive burst of repulsion at her back. Overtaking Ami in the blink of an eye her arms wrapped the firey swordswoman's back, the force of their collision jarring but not impeding her rush. Together they crashed forwards towards Rose with every intent to do battle, but first, a change of locale. [color=slategray]"Get lost!"[/color] Tsuruga screamed over the shriek of straining metal as with a mighty heave her wings snapped forward, their momentum halted with a thunderous wave of repulision sending everything not nailed down before her hurtling off the building to clear a city block. Fencing surrounding the roof was uprooted and scattered like great streamers of chain link, the spartan streets spared any collateral harm by the unforgiving cold of the season. [color=slategray]"Now you can cut loose."[/color] She placated her partner as they swooped down the road to confront the Light Girl on less crowded terms. [color=#7792EB]“Computer please play ‘What’s up danger’ from my playlist”[/color] Rose said as her magical sense not only mapped out Ami and Tsuruga’s movements to the tee it also showed her a list of possible attacks. While Ami’s action was right on the money what they didn’t account for was the winged girl’s attack which caught her off guard and sent her sailing over the edge, just as her song started to play, shooting her so fast passed the wall of flames it made it worthless. [color=#7792EB]“WHOOOHOOO!”[/color] Rose howled as she allowed herself to be carried through the air obviously having a little too much fun. //That wasn’t wind magic…its more akin to force magic// Her computer chimed in informing her of the winged one //Also in the future not please do not call me computer, we share the same name// Rose ignored the comment, but took the information using the boosters on her back to control her flight, the fact that her body was made of a hard-magical metal gravity wouldn’t allow her to fly far thus meaning her boosters had to be on a whole other level of propulsion being that she flew to Japan from America on them alone. Lighting up her back booster the Solid Witch shot herself upright in an arch just enough above her foes to avoid them, as she passed over her cannon fired off a fully charged shot right at Ami’s back, the force of which would blow Rose right back to the school’s roof just as fast as she sailed off it. [color=#7792EB]“I’m right here at your door, I won’t leave, I want more!”[/color] she screamed clearly singing along to the song now blaring so loud the dark girls could hear it playing as she passed right by them. //Suggestion: The flying girl is more of a support than anything, take out the fire user and the other can't do much// The support from her partner was unexpected, appreciated nonetheless, but it definitely caught Ami off guard as they rushed down Rose full force. Of course Tsu wanted to get away from the school, not that she minded. It was just another annoyance when the Light Girl ignored her partners wishes and retreated back to the school to continue battle. A quick application of fire to her legs boosted the two of them out of the way of Rose's blaster shot with ease, Ami quickly signaling for Tsuruga to make a quick turnaround. [color=crimson][b]"Keep us in the air, let's show this loser what real aerial superiority is."[/b][/color] When Tsuruga complied Ami would let loose with a quick volley of fireballs, looking to knock Rose out of the sky and turn the heat up. Being aware of the attack made it easy to push herself out of the way, and Ami's 's help all the more so, with the pair leaving a crimson streak as the banked up and around to face the school once more. Discontent roiled and frothed in her stomach, a lead weight that reminded Tsuraga letting this girl linger on their school endangered everything they'd built in their daily lives. For her peace mind, Rose needed to go down fast and hard. [color=slategray]"We can't be indiscriminate here. One wrong spark and we'll light a tree that has the entire school shut down on account of arson. Grr, this bitch..."[/color] Tsuruga growled, the light refracting off her glasses providing an air of menace as they circled the roof. [color=slategray]"If I could get my hands on her this would be over in a second."[/color] //Your suit is fireproof to a certain extent, but don’t push it we have a limit of what we can take and that girl could reach it easily, also that girl has much better mobility in the air than you do, however, you can rocket yourself in a straight line she has massively more omnidirectional options, aerial combat is not advised// Rose’s body hurled itself through the sky like a bullet while she loudly sang her song looking back at the rapidly approaching institution of learning just long enough to know when to shoot off another burst of her thruster rockets to rapidly change her direction. Now, instead of flying towards the school, she was speeding into a completely separate section of the city, pulling up her arm cannon firing off a shot at the three fireballs once they were completely lined up piercing them with one shot causing what looked like fireworks in the sky. [color=#7792EB]“Play ‘Rise’ by glitch mob and turn the volume all the way up,”[/color] she laughed careening above the city buildings flipping her body over landing on an unremarkable building. [color=#7792EB]“Welcome the war we’ve only begun, so pick up your weapon and face it!”[/color] she sang along shooting off four weak energy pellets to cover the sides the duo would most likely fly in one higher up, one lower and two side by side all four were sailing to an area if they continued to fly in a straight pattern in an attempt to force them into changing their attack patterns. [color=#7792EB]“Could we connect the air pumps and valves in the left arm directly to the booster in the palm to create a super-heated blast of air, we might be able to counter that force magic being that its just throwing air with a magical force, fast air but air all the same”[/color] Rose muttered to her inner machine. //It is possible, but I’ll need time to re-arrange your body structure thankfully we run mostly on magic so the technical stuff can be forgotten// The Solid Witch was having fun ‘fighting’ even if in reality it did look she was trying in the slightest. The energy pellets were hardly even worth her time, simply batted aside with her sword as she and Tsuruga continued their bullrush towards their opponent. Once she landed Ami would quickly follow suit, having Tsuruga let her go so she could dive head first into battle. Literally. Ami fell from the sky, poised to smash Rose underneath her as she delievered a crushing blow from above with her sword, easily cratering most of the area around her landing zone. Of course that wouldn't be the end of it, as the crater began to glow red with heat Rose would quickly notice a rise in temperature not dissimilar to a volcano. [color=crimson][b]"You know, your voice is super obnoxious. I think I'm going to crush your windpipe first."[/b][/color] Ami rose up from one knee, glaring at Rose with murder in her eyes. Not even a second later she was on her, delivering several flurries of blows, intersperced with quick disengagements for Tsuruga to engage and keep the pressure up. With Ami countering Tsuruga could focus on what she did best, her flight a mad dash to close the distance with hellion Light girl who'd blessedly averted disaster and found a more isolated rooftop to engage them from. They could all afford to cut loose and leave the bill to some random company they had no intimate connection with. [color=slategray]"Break some legs already!"[/color] The Iron Winged magical girl said, sending Ami off like the bombers of yore dropping a payload before streaking past. Except Tsuruga didn't need to waste time circling around. Flaring her magic halted her forward momentum, and another burst sent her spiralling upwards with her wings curled above her head. The metal gnashed with a high screech lost in the rising altitude till it came together, the tips joined in a nasty tip. Then with a flip, Tsuruga's feet faced the sky while she hurtled headlong towards the rooftop battlefield. Putting her focus fully upon her flight controls, she aimed vaguely behind the adversarial Light girl, hoping to stagger her with the force of her descent and make an opening for her partner. It seemed the situation had taken a turn for both the better and the worse. Feeling the flaring auras hurtle away from the school, Tama gave a sigh of relief as she ran towards the exit. Now she, Soma and Honoka could help without anyone getting caught in the crossfire. Of course, reaching their friend would be a lot easier if not for the combatants' speed. [color=darkturquoise]"Whew. That's the school's safety taken care of,"[/color] she said, rushing outside as fast as she could. [color=darkturquoise]"Now for Rose's."[/color] The sight of her teammate rocketing back, followed through the sky by the two dark girls, indicated she might have spoken too soon. Just as dread churned through her, though, Rose zoomed off in another direction, even further this time - so far she left detection range. It was only thanks to the attacks blazing through the sky that Tama was able to track them down, the building they'd chosen as their new battleground coming into view. As soon as it did, Honoka half-ran, half-staggered forward, open-mouthed at the smouldering crater. Despite her aching legs and the red-hot agony of the cuts on her side, she leapt from building to building and stood tall, aiming her Divine Arm at the winged girl who swooped like a bird of prey. [color=tomato]"Hey! Don't you dare harm our friend!"[/color] she yelled in a breathless rush, shooting a pick-shaped energy bullet at the dive bombing dark girl. At the very least, it could distract her. [color=tomato]"Or anyone in this city!"[/color] The corners of Rose’s lips curled up into a smirk as her magical sense detected two more signatures belonging to two other light girls, the information assaulted her brain but still didn’t impede her fighting capabilities. The short version, it was completely okay to ignore the flying enemy and focus on eliminating the burning wicker woman. Waiting until Ami made a wide horizontal swing with her broad sword Rose leaned heavily into the attack bring up her folded right arm to block the sword that would crash into her metallic body. The sword struck, cutting deep, but not quite all the way through, had she not prepared herself and tensed her arm to the blow she’d lost it right there, but that didn’t change that the flaming sword was fairly deep into her cannon arm. The sword itself was so deep that it was actually stuck in the metal arm and would take some considerable force to pull out this made it hurt all the more along with the fact it was on fire. //Megaton punch ready// [color=#7792EB]“Prove yourself and RISE!”[/color] Rose sang her smirk turning into full-on smile clenching her fist, released the piston and air valves within her arm delivering a devastating blow aimed directly at Ami’s body more precisely her center mass. Honoka stood her ground and shook her Divine arm at the sky as is to damn the winged one with as much strength as she could muster, which wasn’t much but still admirable all things considered. A hand seemed to just appear behind the girl grabbing her by the collar and yanking her off her feet, it was Soma who stood to take her place. “You’re in no shape to actually fight, take a breath and assist from the sideline” The blond looked down at Honoka then back up at Tsuruga snapping her fingers created four large shields in the air all layered on top of one another making each layer denser than the last. “Take shelter from the angry gods, heed the call of safety beneath the behind the walls of your Bastion and prey your walls hold against their wrath” Bastion chanted stabbing her flag into the roof of the building, if Tsu didn’t change course she could smash her way through the first layer and possibly the second, but the third and fourth were as dense as she could make it, not to mention she’d have to exert that same strength to come out of the other end. Ami smiled as she took first blood, cleaving into her enemy's arm like a hot knife through butter. It was all part of Rose's plan obviously, but it mattered not. Because she had already fallen into Ami's trap. Rather than pull the sword out and retreat from the punch, Ami instead twisted her body to the side to make it a mere grazing blow. Yet she still did not retreat, holding onto her sword tightly and staring Rose in the eyes. [color=crimson][b]"Boom."[/b][/color] If Rose had been paying any attention to the crater below them she would have quickly realized the temperature was still rising, the ground glowing white hot as Ami set up the knock out blow. Ami wrenched her sword into the air with all her strength, Rose attached, and then slammed it into the ground, planting her right foot onto the Light Girl to minimize her chances of escape. Then their world exploded. The crater beneath them erupted into a massive pillar of flame, the intensity of which could be compared to an erupting volcano. The flames would do nothing to Ami of course, but Rose would be plunged into the hottest pits of Hell. Yet it ended just as quickly as it began, only five seconds of this heat in total. [color=crimson][b]"Now stay down."[/crimson][/b] The metal of Rose's body was undoubtedly softened by this heated assault, letting Ami easily push her sword the rest of the way through the arm, cutting through cleanly. [color=crimson][b]"Killing you would be breaking the rules, but I could probably claim self defense if you keep it up in this state."[/b][/color] To her detriment the fight was joined by more of the Light girls, her effort to distance from the school insufficient to keep Rose from being joined by three more of their lot, and by some stroke of fortune they all prioritized the one falling like a meteor as opposed to her stab-happy partner. The first attack was a pittance, a projectile plinking off her folded shields like a snow ball against the a plow. That her target became obscured through multiple layers of shielding, however, put an end to Tsuruga's diving finisher. A shame, as it would have looked rather spectacular following up the conflagration that was Ami's magical onslaught. With a wordless growl she repelled herself to the side, her own momentum too great to control with enough finesse she'd attempt to circumvent the shields. Rather, Tsuruga changed targets and crashed in the vague area of the newcomers with her folded wings obliterating the roof beneath their feet as she carved through, ultimately punching out through a wall to hover above the street caked in plaster dust from the waist down. [color=slategray]"You lot just can't keep your noses out of trouble, can you?"[/color] The Iron Winged magical girl spat, rising up to roof level to survey her damage with arms crossed. [color=slategray]"Stay down, or I'm not going to regret a few rules violations."[/color] [color=darkturquoise]"Rose!"[/color] Tama could only stare in horror as flames engulfed her friend before she could react. She only had time to shove Honoka aside. Crystals began to spread over her skin, but before they could form any substantial defense, Tsuruga's attack smashed the paltry amount of armour, along with a good portion of the roof. Her surroundings rushed past as she and the others plummeted, crashing to the ground. By some stroke of luck, Tama landed on her side, not her back where her emblem was, but cried out as her own rock shards embedded themselves in her flesh. [color=darkturquoise]"Uggh... Honoka! Soma!"[/color] She tried to sit up, only for jolts of pain in her ribcage and left arm to force her back down. She coughed, blood splattering on the floor. Through the haze of dizziness, she saw the winged figure rise up, heard the threat she hissed. [color=darkturquoise]"T-Trouble?"[/color] Tama growled, her voice sounding weak even to her. [color=darkturquoise]"Like you're one to talk."[/color] Gritting her teeth, she dislodged her wingtips from her skin, easing her torso up as much as she could and crossing the gem clusters. A shield formed in front of her, Honoka and Soma, irregular facets gleaming. No matter how one sided this fight was, she'd give it her all. [color=magenta]"Stop! That's enough everyone." [/color] Time stopped for all of the Magical Girls, though not of the external worlds. Instead of their surroundings being frozen in motion, it was their own bodies that had been turned rigid and held in place by an invisible force. Even their magic, the bellows of the Black Knight's flames, paused in their fiery inferno before slowly dissolving away. A green aura suddenly outlined the forms of Tama and Honaka. It left with it a warm sensation that mended injuries and slowly but surely rejuvenated them. The source of this magical output, one that could halt Magical Girls from either sides, hobbled out into view on the roof they all stood on. [color=magenta]"Goodness, you girls travel quick!"[/color] said Miss Tamashi in a huff. She bent down at her knees and rested a hand on her chest, panting to catch her breath. [color=magenta]"Now then...ahem, I'm sure you all must be wondering what's going on with a million questions! But lunch period is over and I think we can discuss it on the way back."[/color] She turned her gaze onto each girl, dark and light; with a smile towards the light ones. [color=magenta]"I'm happy to see so many familiar faces here! But unless you all want extra dentention, I suggest you stop this fighting amongst yourselves and get back to class."[/color] The magical force holding everyone down let go. Those who were transformed suddenly found themselves back in their normal clothes. [color=magenta]"And I'm taking these with me for the rest of the day,"[/color] Miss Tamashi said with a wave of her hand. [color=magenta]"You can have them back after the school day but I expect you to be on time for classes regardless. Is that understood?"[/color] With another huff, the teacher turned around and click clacked away with her heels towards the direction of Miso City High. She was already dreading the prospect of walking back. Whenever the students arrived back, they would notice the tarnished roof of the school had suddenly been fixed back in place. Was it Miss Tamashi? And speaking of which, just who was she anyway.