[center][h1][color=skyblue]❅❄ Fuyuko Yamazaki ❄❅[/color][/h1][/center][hr]
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In a blaze of light, Hikari took on her own kimono-clad magical form, as bold and vibrant as Fuyuko's was pale and ethereal. Dresssed in brilliant red, gripping a hammer the height of her body, Hikari would certainly attract attention if the ghostly girl happened to be nearby.

And attract attention she did, as did Fuyuko, though not that of the child they searched for. Fuyuko stared up at the mass of ravens gathering in the trees, several pairs of beady eyes trained in their direction.

[color=skyblue]"Wha...?"[/color] Fuyuko grabbed the fan from her waist, but the birds didn't attack, their gazes unrelenting. Realisation dawned. She recognised the shadowy forms of these birds, recalled them flitting around Sophia, just before that first glimpse of the watcher.

Letting out the breath she'd been holding, she turned to Hikari. [color=skyblue]"It... It's ok, I think. I've seen these birds before. The person behind them... The masked figure saw her too."[/color] Wasn't it only logical for Sophia to keep a look out after that?

Fuyuko lowered her fan, but her grip on it remained tight. While Sophia had a reason to investigate, was that the sole purpose of sending the birds here? The macabre magical girl hadn't meant or done any harm yesterday, but had she just been waiting for the right moment? Could her new 'friend' truly be trusted? Could anyone?

What guarantee was there that this was indeed Sophia's doing, anyway? Fuyuko studied the ravens, looking for anything that set them apart from the ones she'd seen. Many magical girls had ice powers like hers - probably where the yuki-onna myth came from in the first place - so surely there were others in the city with bird or shadow related abilities. For all she knew, this could be a trick by the very people they were searching for. The watcher had seen Sophia and her ravens, after all.