Before they could clash, a wave of Ether blasted out from ahead of them, making both of them turn to it and cover their eyes against the settled dust blowing away from up there. The air cleared up and revealed a figure with two long and thick protrusions growing leftward from them.
Hotaro had transformed both of his arms into the ones of his Augment form, the thick, hairy limbs extending away from his regular-sized body, his face twisted satisfactorily, grinning at whatever was at the end.
"That does it!" Zaphael shouted from the side, charging toward Hotaro. "One was unforgivable. Two is worse." Worse than unforgivable?
Ryuzio moved his eyes down along the length of those orange-haired arms and found the dark-gray-skinned palms clasped together at the end of them.
Squishing Ixa tightly.
