[ .........Do you want to hide behind Nanami, really? She's like eight inches shorter than you, man. Admittedly, she's a lot more comfortable with battling - and simply has her entire team of six out and about at the moment, because Why Not - but still...

It's probably not very effective, save for the part where she will probably not let him get hurt until they are inevitably separated by plot or something. For the moment, he gets a mildly startled glance, before she speaks up. ]

Ah...Flamethrower, please.

[ ...To the Ninetales she was with, pointing vaguely in the direction Hagakure had come from. ]

...Hey, hey. You went through the portal, too, Hagakure-senpai? This is kind of fun, right?