Sasha was slowly coming to and taking stock of what was happening. The tall guy seemed to be in control of the situation; she made a mental note to ask him about his prior combat experience later. Someone was hiding behind the tall man; this was understandable, and Sasha briefly entertained the idea of hiding behind him in turn and creating a Russian nesting doll of hiders. Lastly, the purple-haired girl... Sasha's memory was a touch fuzzy right now, but she was pretty sure that she'd at least seen her around on the network... wait a second. She'd been there on the Pokemon world trip! Ruri was her name. There.

She'd be lying if she said she wasn't bummed about the music change. The music sounded pretty cool to her. But that was, of course, beside the point. She needed to stay on her guard, just like the tall man said. She crept just a bit closer to Shinjiro (not so much so as to directly hide behind him and Sebastien) and flicked out a quick lick of flame.

"Okay. I think I'm ready for whatever's next."