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[center][color=yellow]"No one knows what it's like

To feel these feelings

Like I do

And I blame you."[/color][/center]
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The cannons on Hizuki's shoulders swung around without the light girl so much as glancing backward. They blazed to life, a fusillade of beams blasting the falling rubble (and vehicles) to pieces. Those were, in turn, blown apart by the eight drones which had left their idle positions in the meantime. It wouldn't make the falling debris completely harmless - she'd basically converted the trucks into shrapnel instead - but it would avoid smashing apart the building with students inside. 

[color=yellow]"You don't need to be strong!"[/color] she shouted. Her spear reappeared, folding out from a compartment in her mech's arm once again. She grasped the weapon in both hands and lowered it at Mr. Banana. [color=yellow]"You have friends!"[/color] Hizuki's declaration held a slight quaver of sorrow. [color=yellow]"You don't need to protect yourself from your friends!"[/color] The irony of the statement didn't pass her by as her wings began to glow, preparing to launch her point-first. [color=yellow]"And I'll protect everyone from everyone else, until we find new ways to grow."[/color] 

The whine of thrusters heralded Hizuki's own charge, using her superior speed to preempt a further assault and crashing into the gigantic simian. [color=yellow]"And that includes Kouki, who helped me with my trigonometry homework."[/color] She pulled back, spinning in place to score a number of slashes with her wings. [color=yellow]"And Emika, so she can take care of her sick cat."[/color] The spear shifted into a blade that would have been oversized on someone not currently in a ten foot tall mech suit. [color=yellow]"And Saki, and Akito, and Kousei!"[/color] She finished off her blistering assault with a trio of sword strikes, each name punctuating a hit. She could feel her magic burning off by the second, but Hizuki still had a few minutes of full power. Hopefully, she could end this before that ran out. If not. . .