Sky Striker Ace, but Symphogear

"It's okay, Miku. Don't worry so much. The next time we see Raye, we'll definitely be able to bring her back and save her."

Thinking that Kohinata Miku might have been hallucinating, Hibiki Tachibana fell silent for a while before encouraging her best friend with a smile.

"Next time..."

Miku understood what Hibiki meant. Right now, she should adjust her mindset and work hard to become stronger.

Still, Miku was getting a little impatient.

At first, she had tried to help Raye through words of persuasion, only to realize that words were far too weak.

Not long ago, she had begun trying to convince her with real strength, but that level of power had been completely useless against her.

Now that neither words nor reality's strength could do anything, although it did not show on the surface, Miku was already finding it hard to endure.

[The person who saved me, the person who keeps stumbling forward, the person who makes everyone worry... I really want to make her stop. I want her to live more easily, instead of continuing to exhaust herself like this.]

Thoughts like that surfaced in Miku's heart from time to time.

[I really want to... I really hope... I want so badly, so badly to make her...]

And as time passed, those thoughts grew increasingly intense. Sometimes, excessively beautiful fantasies even appeared before her eyes.

"If there's a next time, perhaps locks and a blindfold would be good choices..."

Looking in the direction where the figure suspected to be Raye had disappeared, Miku murmured.

"W-Wait, Miku, did you just say something really alarming?"

Hearing the words beside her, Hibiki did not understand them, but instinctively shivered.

"Ah, it was nothing. Don't worry, Hibiki. If we get the chance, we can bring her together... Um, never mind.