It wasn't often that Himeko considered the appearance of Shades to be fortunate, but in this case, it could very well be a stroke of luck for herself and the pink girl. As dangerous as Shades could be, it was difficult to imagine this encroaching batch to be any more dangerous than the arrogant magical girl sneering at them. Though if she had to be fair, Kagami was hardly giving off that sickening sense of horror the creatures emanated.

Luckily, the cat-tailed cutie was skilled enough to hold her own against the... it would be insulting to actual dogs to refer to them as such, really. Regardless, Pink had serious speed behind those claws. She could probably handle this pack alone. Even if that were true, however, what upstanding magical girl would just stand aside and leave her alone?
Himeko lowered herself to ground level, pipe resting on her lips. Ignoring Kagami for now, it was best to focus on exterminating these pests.

"I'm not really a combat-type, sorry to say~" Himeko stated playfully with an exhale of strange, blue smoke. Instead of simply dissipating however, this cloud began to form a shape similar to the pipe in Himeko's hands, constricting and shrinking, before quickly solidifying into an identical wand.
With a wave of her free hand, this second pipe-shaped wand twirled behind the fox, pointing the original towards one of the hounds. Blue flames erupted from the tip, engulfing it in a jet of her magic, grounding the creature. The second wand glowed briefly, and an ephemeral tail formed next to the original. Himeko now appeared to be in possession of two tails, the fox pointing her pipe towaards the Shades closest to her partner and shooting them down with her foxfire.

"And both of us are probably weak to hounds, so we might be in real trouble, here!" Himeko declared in mock dismay, even as she twirled, arcing her magical pipe to create a wall of flame behind her, scaring off an attack at her flank. She had little reason to worry, however - the pink girl seemed skilled enough to handle her share of the fight, so Himeko could focus mainly on supporting her. And in the absolute worst-case scenario, she could pray that Kagami would save them from any nasty surprises, if only so she could rub it in their faces.

Oh well, no pressure!

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