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Legendary Witches Zero: Before the Liberation

Chapter 1: New Recruit

-Kye-
December 5th, 1952

"You want to hear about my time before Operation Worldwide Liberation?" I asked my fellow Strike Witches. "Are you sure? It's a pretty long story."

Yoshika and the others responded with a mixture of nods and verbal excitement.

I sighed and reluctantly gave in. "Alright. So long as you know this will take a while."

After another round of nods and such, I began my story...

June 26, 1944

I stretched as far back as I could at my desk just before the phone started ringing. I sighed and let it ring for a moment before reluctantly picking it up. "General Miyafuji speaking."

"Hello, Kye." It was a familiar voice, one I hadn't heard in a while.

"Oh, Mio. How are you?"

"I am good, General, and I trust you are the same?"

"If you disregard my dislike of deskwork, then I'm just peachy. I tell you, I sometimes regret those promotions past Lieutenant Colonel. I haven't destroyed a Neuroi in months."

"I don't know how you can stand being behind a desk for so long."

"With extreme patience and tolerance. So to what do I owe this call?"

"I'm going back to Fuso for a short while. The 501st could use another witch."

"And you want to know if I have any recommendations?"

"Not exactly. I want your permission to recruit Dr. Miyafuji's daughter. He always said that she had great power."

"You don't need my permission for that, Mio."

"I'm not asking you as my superior, I'm asking you as..."

"I know, but I haven't seen her since she was a baby. I rarely even get to go home to visit Rei. It's not my place to say yes or no for her recruitment. You'll have to visit her and see how it goes."

"Thanks."

"Good luck, Mio."

I laid the phone back on the hook and glanced out of the window. I could see Big Ben from my office.

"I hate this damn desk." I sighed. "But Mio will try to recruit Yoshika. Maybe I'll finally get to see my little niece after all these years." I felt a cold sensation touching my hand and found that my familiar, Kuro the Black Wolf, had materialized and rubbed against me. "Hi, Kuro."

"Mistress, what worries you?"

"I'm not worried. I'm just thinking. I'm feeling a bit nostalgic right now."

"About what?"

"About life in general. Say, do you remember the first time you materialized in front of me?"

"Yes, Mistress. You were five years old, and I was just a pup."

"We played all day. Mother was quite surprised when I returned home with you, but even more surprised when you disappeared and I grew ears and a tail to match yours."

"Indeed."

I pet Kuro's head and looked out at the city. It felt like hours passed while I was looking out of the window. My gaze was broken by my door creaking open.

"Looking out over the city again?"

"You know this view is the only thing keeping me sane from working behind this desk."

"A true witch at heart. It's good that you will be around after I retire."

"Did I just hear what I think I heard, Sir Dowding?"

He laughed lightly at me. "I suppose you did."

"So what brings you to my humble... prison cell disguised as an office?"

"Your signature is needed."

"For?"

"Major Mio Sakamoto of the Imperial Fuso Navy has requested to visit Fuso." He laid the paper on my desk.

"Oh, I just spoke to her on the phone." I took a quick glance through the paper's contents before signing it. "She wants to recruit Yoshika Miyafuji to the 501st."

"Your brother's daughter?"

"Yes. I'm skeptical on her answer, but she would make a great addition. At least in my opinion."

"Dr. Miyafuji spoke highly of her when I spoke to him in the past."

"Yes."

"Anyway, I'll leave you to it. I need to send this orders to Commander Minna."

"Thanks."

Dowding left my office as quickly as he came, petting Kuro before leaving. I returned my attention to the window and continuing gazing out at the city. I felt confined, but that was the peril of carrying the rank of Lieutenant General.

I was the first witch to reach a kill count of two hundred, a feat I accomplished before the Fuso Sea Incident of 1937. I was the oldest witch in that battle, being only a few months shy of age twenty. Mio was just a little squirt back then.

Over the years, I have remained the only witch over the age of twenty that has not experienced any decay in magic power. Many questioned how my magic was still as strong as it was seven years ago, but I shrugged them off saying that I had no idea

I knew, of course, but it involved a classified incident from the summer of 1934. I was sixteen, and as rowdy as could be. Although it only took a week, a lot happened. That one week was when my kill count rose to over two hundred. I almost died that week...

(A/N) From the viewpoint of Kye Miyafuji, this is a prequel to Legendary Witches 1: Worldwide Liberation.

This is the story of what Kye was doing before the events of Legendary Witches 1: Worldwide Liberation. This will mostly cover what she was doing over the course of the anime between the summer of 1944 and 1945, but there will be earlier events every so often. To see more of Kye Miyafuji, please check out the first story Legendary Witches 1: Worldwide Liberation, and the sequel Legendary Witches 2: Return! Find them in my profile!

Edit (27-March-2014): Updated to account for a modification to the story so that Kye is retelling it after the events of Legendary Witches 2: Return, but this is still considered a prequel.

Edit (20-August-2014): The story title has been updated to match the rest of the Legendary Witches series.

Edit (17-May-2015): Chapter revised to match the upcoming overhaul of Worldwide Liberation.

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