[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/eQxkzWg.png[/img][/center][@Shiyonichi][@FrogRFlowR][@AzureKnight]

[color=39b54a]"Hmm... Sorry, but isn't that a Shade?"[/color]

Catching Yui's heads-up to Setsuko, Ukiko stared in the direction the younger girl pointed. So, that shivery sensation wasn't just nerves. To the east, down the street, something black slithered almost out of sight - a much stronger one than the bat, by the feel of it. Swallowing down shock, Ukiko forced a chuckle.

[color=5CE6A1]"Heh, yep, and a terribly concealed shade at that. C'mon, let's go!"[/color] Right away, Ukiko was on it, flying towards the writhing form. [color=5CE6A1]"Don't think ya can hide from us! Ready or not, here we come!"[/color]

An angry glow flared at her side. [color=59C8DE]"Waaaaaait-bura!"[/color] There was a note of alarm in Burabura's voice. [color=59C8DE]"That thing's a doozy-bura! You can't just rush in without a plan-bura!"[/color]

Ukiko clenched her fists. [color=5CE6A1]"There's no time. People could get hurt if we don't act now."[/color] Images flashed through her mind. A dark shape in a forest, closing in. Her friend in a hospital bed, barely clinging to life. If that magical girl had reached Aika and the shade any later back then... Ukiko shook her head, focusing on the matter at hand. She flung a frosty wisp at the slithering creature, to lure it out into the open. [color=5CE6A1]"Show that ugly face of yours, you coward!"[/color]