[h2]Tachibana Hibiki, Holding Determination in Her Fist[/h2]

He wasn't stepping aside... instead, he was getting ready to fight! Hibiki's expression hardened. If she couldn't get it across with words... Hibiki's hand reached to her necklace, and her fist wrapped around her relic. Just as she heard... that. That was...!

The blonde-haired girl swiftly looked to her side, in time to see the light engulf Miku. That's... that's right! Even if it brought memories back of... of that, of what happened to Miku back then... but this time is different! Before she could speak, Miku's arm grabbed her own and pulled her back, just as the black blob creature shot up under their feet, seconds before it would have engulfed them. For a few moments, she was in Miku's arms... it was a reverse of a situation she'd carried out several times before... And then her feet were back on the ground. Miku really, truly did want to protect her, just as much as she wanted to protect Miku.

"... That's right," Hibiki responded, turning to face Miku, smiling weakly. "I... I forgot all about this. I was just thinking of keeping you safe and I didn't even think about it."

She turned back towards the masked blob, her expression hardening once more. They had a job to do. There were people who needed their help!

"Now, we'll fight to protect one another, together!"

Her hand clutched her relic fragment.

"[i]Balwisyall nescell Gungnir tron.[/i]"

The light flashed, and Hibiki could hear the music picking up, playing right from herself, seemingly, as she felt her clothing disappear, to be replaced by a bodysuit, armor... that familiar feeling, of her body being cloaked in the power to help others. The light dissipated, leaving Hibiki clad in her Symphogear.

She shifted her feet immediately, taking a combat-ready stance and raising her fists.

"If I can't get it across to you with words," she cried, "Then I'll get it across with my fists!"