Sky Striker Ace, but Symphogear

[Yes, I understand. I just feel a little sorry for Kiri-chan.]

Watching the aircraft explode overhead, Tsukuyomi Shirabe silently apologized again as she held the limp, utterly bewildered Akatsuki Kirika. At the same time, the roller skates on Igalima's feet began spinning at full speed, and she turned toward the road.

One of Igalima's features was its roller-skate feet. At full power, they could propel her as fast as a high-speed motorcycle, and Shirabe was counting on them to escape.

Boom—

But at that very moment, almost as soon as Shirabe began moving, a beam struck beside her. The violent blast nearly knocked her off balance.

"Ah, I missed. Was I too hasty with my aim?"

She looked back along its trajectory and saw Raye hovering in midair, holding a still-smoking Tiger Shark Cannon in one hand. Judging by her pristine appearance, the aircraft's sudden explosion had caused her some trouble, but not much.

[Damn it. I thought that would buy us a little more time. Was activating the Symphogear too conspicuous after all?]

Fine's tension immediately spiked. She had tried her best to overestimate Raye, yet she had still underestimated her reaction speed.

[I... I'll do my best. I've never beaten Raye, but if all I have to do is run, Shul Shagana should manage. It's just as mobile as a motorcycle.]

The instant she regained her balance, Shirabe drove Igalima at full power, shooting onto the nearby road like a supersonic motorcycle practically skimming above the ground.

"Loading the second shot... Ha. So this is when all that training pays off."

Meanwhile, Raye had just loaded the Tiger Shark Cannon's second round when she realized that Shirabe had already settled into her escape rhythm.

As Shirabe raced forward, she kept changing her movement patterns, minimizing the chance of