"There's a first time for everything! We do still need to clear the stage after all!" Nanoha's spirits went up almost instantly, as a devilish scheme was formed. If she really wanted to, it was entirely within her power to bombard the entire stage with Busters until the boss showed up, but that was a pointless drain on her reserves, and entirely less fun that what she had in mind. Now, it was really more of Fate's speciality, but against enemies of this level the different in agility probably would not matter.

"Raising Heart, Strike Flame!" She ordered her Intelligent Device, which simply repeated the spell's name in its cool, feminine monotone before forming a pink energy blade, turning the staff into a spear with a simple spell. Satisfied with the spell, she turned back to Inaba.

"You should hold on tight! I'm going to need my hands to fight with, so climb on!" She suggested, offering a piggy-back ride with all seriousness as a magic circle grew and spun beneath her feet, the imminent casting of a powerful spell obvious even to people who knew nothing of magic.