DISCLAIMER: I do not own Baka to Test; I also do not own Gintama (should any references appear).

A/N: Title change from MS to MH.

Before 1st Period

"Our Fumizuki has come under attack by demons from the underworld, and the only way to defend it is by enlisting the help of those who have the heart to wield magic. So, I send you, my trusted servants, out into the city to find those who have the heart. Awaken the power within them, and guide them in their, and your, mission to protect the city! I wish you good fortune." - The Archmage

The small, disc-shaped robot (Unit-589) skittered away from its three companions, scurrying along the pavement as it wondered where to begin its search. This was the first time it was being sent out on such a mission, so it was quite inexperienced in this kind of thing. Luckily, it had been taught by older robots where a good place was to find potential magic-wielders – a place called school.

Of course, 589 had no clue as to what school was. For all it knew, it could be a training camp for JSDF super-soldiers (but then again, why would a training camp for JSDF super-soldiers be a good place for finding people to be magical girls? Maybe it's because they have a duty to protect their country and they have the training to back it up? But really... macho men dressed up in frilly skirts?).

Before it could further ponder about what school is, it suddenly ran into a wall it had not previously seen. It was knocked down onto its back, its single red eye blinking in confusion. Before it could attempt to get back up on its feet, it was suddenly being picked up by a human. It instantly panicked, knowing that it could not afford to be caught or delayed in its vital mission.

It ignored that there were two humans by it, ignoring one of them asking, "aneue, what is that", and ignored what the human that was holding it looked like. It rapidly moved its sharp legs, managing to cut the human on her finger, which caused the girl to drop it and allowed it to rapidly scurry away into a nearby building.

"Sis, are you alright?" Hideyoshi asked his sister, walking up to her side as he looked after the… robot (robot?) that had ran away after Yuuko had attempted to pick it up.

"It's just a simple scratch." Yuuko told him, looking down at the wound as blood leaked from it. At first, she had thought that the robot was just a simple toy, and she had been curious about why it was just laying around so she had opted to pick it up. Bad decision, apparently. "When I find that piece of junk, I'm going to turn it into a scrap pile."

Hideyoshi ignored her honest words; instead of listening to her, he was looking down at her finger with concern evident in his eyes. "Sis, you're bleeding." He took hold of her hand, looking at the wound a moment before seeming to realize something. "Hey, sis," He began, looking back up into her eyes, "would you mind if I-"

Yuuko saved him from having to finish the slightly embarrassing, maybe even awkward, question. "I don't want my finger in your mouth. It'd get even filthier that way." With that said, she placed her finger in her own mouth, licking the blood off of it as Hideyoshi opened up his bag.

"I'll get a Band-Aid for you, then." He told her, not at all minding her refusal and insult as he found the small box of Band-Aids within his bag and got one out.

"Hideyoshi!" Came Akihisa's voice calling out to Yuuko's little brother, causing the siblings to look over their shoulders to see the boy walking up to them with Yuuji leisurely tailing behind him. Akihisa stopped a few feet away from Hideyoshi, Yuuko knowing he was going to ask something even before he started speaking. "Did something happen?" He asked upon seeing Yuuko having her finger in her mouth and Hideyoshi having a Band-Aid in his hand.

Before Hideyoshi could answer him, Yuuko took her finger out of her mouth and spoke. "I don't have to answer to Class F filth." She told him as Hideyoshi took hold of her hand with the hand that held the Band-Aid and used his other hand to wipe her saliva off of her finger with a tissue that he had also just pulled out of his bag.

Akihisa looked into her eyes, staring defiantly into them. "Is all of Class F filth to you? Even your brother?" He asked as Hideyoshi, instead of placing the Band-Aid on Yuuko immediately after the tissue, held it in his mouth as he dabbed something onto a cotton ball.

Yuuko placed her uninjured hand on her hip, keeping her other arm relaxed so Hideyoshi would have an easier time. "Of course; he's an idiot just like the rest of you, despite the two of us being blood-related. Seriously, you guys are so dumb it's not even fu-" Yuuko's words suddenly turned into a suppressed hiss as Hideyoshi pressed the wet cotton ball against her finger.

The older twin looked down at him, wondering just what he had pressed against her finger. "Disinfectant, aneue." Hideyoshi told her without her needing to even ask. Placing disinfectant upon her hadn't been necessary, but he had been wanting to send a rather bold message to her to stop being so harsh on his friends.

Yuuko sighed, deciding to get off the topic of Class F. She didn't want to deal with them, especially not after their last scandal that had largely involved the FFF Inquisition, a major pervert, and a super big idiot (not to mention another idiot who was the subject of the entire situation without knowing). "I'm heading off to class; see you after school, Hideyoshi." With that, she walked away from them.

"We better get to class too." Yuuji muttered, taking the lead as Hideyoshi placed his stuff back into his bag.

"Yeah, before Iron Man-" Akihisa started, but suddenly froze when a hand came out of the ground and grabbed ahold of his ankle. Trembling with fright, he looked down and saw Iron Man's head poking up out of the ground.

"I finally found you, Yoshii."

"He's still chasing me!?" Akihisa shrieked, pulling with all of his might as he reached out for Yuuji. "Help! Please!"

Yuuji came forward, clasping both of his hands around Akihisa's outstretched one. "Don't worry, Akihisa," He began, leaning forwards as Akihisa looked on with hopeful and starry eyes, "I won't ever leave you."

"Yuuji..." Akihisa muttered, Iron Man looking on with a blank face.
"Yeah, I'm just kidding." With that, Yuuji bolted away, calling back out to Hideyoshi. "Come on, Hideyoshi!"
"Yuuji! You traitor!"

"See you, Akihisa." Hideyoshi told the brunette as he walked forward, waving at his doomed friend. "Don't be late to club practice today, we have an upcoming play after all."

Tears streamed down Akihisa's face as Iron Man rose up out of the ground behind him. "Hideyoshi..." Akihisa muttered in despair, not resisting even the tiniest bit as he was dragged away by the fearsome teacher.

Unit-589 could only look on in silence as it watched a man literally rise up out of the ground and drag off a young boy. 589 had doubts about it earlier, but it was almost certain now. School is a training camp for SDF soldiers (and the instructors are the super-soldiers). Fortunately, even though school is such a place, there still were plenty of girls and un-macho boys around.

So, with hope clear, it began scurrying along the ceiling. As the periods came and went, 589 inspected the various classrooms and observed the students, trying its best to pick out those who had potential.

Sometime after it had begun its search, 589 came across a group of girls in what appeared to be a changing room. Although a male would generally get excited over such a thing, 589 only felt indifference - after all, it is a robot. Taking a look around at the girls, it saw that one green-haired one wasn't even wearing a bra and a brunette one had on an undershirt instead of a bra.

Just as it was looking at the particular brunette, 589 was taken by complete surprise when the girl suddenly snapped her head up, her eyes glancing straight at the robot's position in the shadows. It barely was able to dodge before something slammed into the spot where it had been. It took a look as it scurried away in reverse, catching sight of a single button embedded deep in the wall.

Apparently, the instructors weren't the only super-soldiers.

With that thought in its CPU, it fled the room as fast as its legs could carry it.

Physical Education

"Yuuko, is something wrong?" Aiko asked, walking up to the brunette with no shame even though she had still yet to put on her shirt.

Yuuko looked away from the ceiling, her eyes making contact with Aiko's own. "Oh, it's nothing, Aiko. I was just thinking about something that has been at the back of my mind for part of the day, but I'm alright now." She told her friend, pulling on her shirt and then closing the locker, concealing that one button was missing from her uniform.

Yuuko, moments prior before Aiko came over, had sensed that something was watching her. She hadn't thought about what it could be, only moving to swiftly tear a button off her uniform and send it flying into the ceiling without her action being noticed. Unfortunately, by doing that, she was now missing one button. But she can always have Hideyoshi sew another button on her uniform at home; he's good at that kind of stuff.

Aiko looked away from Yuuko, her eyes landing on Shouko. "Hey, Shouko, has your chest gotten bigger?" The brunette looked on with a blank expression on her face as Aiko jumped behind Shouko and started groping her, the class rep keeping a mostly expressionless look on her face as she attempted to get Aiko off of her.

Then, without explanation, a sense of danger suddenly fell over Yuuko. It was a very small feeling at the back of her head; and it wasn't like the one she gets when Hideyoshi is in danger. It was just a... general sense of danger.

She would have to keep on her guard.

All it was was just pure darkness... a being with teeth and claws that moved within the shadows. It was not of this world; but of another, darker world. It wanted power... the only power that humans could give; and it sensed great power here at this place, stronger than any it had sensed before. Two great powers were here, goading it to come and devour them... to absorb their power.

It couldn't wait.

After School

"And that's that!" Kanada Aoi, the Drama Club president, exclaimed, standing up from where she had been sitting. "Good job everyone; especially you, Hideyoshi-chan, as wonderful and beautiful as ever!" She told the brunette, blushing as she held a hand against her cheek.

"Thanks." Hideyoshi said, looking down at the kimono he was wearing for his female role. The only thing good about this role (aside from him being the main character) is that he is also a samurai. At least that made it more bearable. "I'm going to go change."

"I'll go with you then." Aoi said in a carefree manner, starting to walk alongside Hideyoshi before she was suddenly stopped by the glasses wearing vice-president.
"Hideyoshi deserve their privacy." He told her, referring to the gender.
As Hideyoshi walked away, Aoi stuck her tongue out at the vice-president. "You're no fun."

Thanks to his help, Hideyoshi was able to change in peace; pulling off the costume and then getting back into his school uniform with no one else around. Looking at the time, he saw that it was later than usual for his club to end which meant that he had kept his sister waiting. He hurried out of the clubroom, exiting through the door and taking a quick look around.

Yuuko was leaning up against the opposite wall, irritation clear on her face. She looked into his eyes, the expression in them saying it all. "Sorry, aneue. Practice ran a little late." Hideyoshi told her, keeping his poker face on as he walked over to stand by her.

Yuuko broke away from the wall, turning her back on him as she started walking off, leading the way out of school. "I was just about to leave without you." She obviously lied, Hideyoshi not helping but to smile a little. "I mean, seriously, how long does it take to say some words off of a script and do what it tells you?"

Hideyoshi blinked, starting to wonder about something that was off. It wasn't her voice or words that was bugging him, but it seemed like she was walking closer to him than usual and more directly in front of him. "That's not all there is to theatre, aneue." He told her as he glanced at the way she was holding her bag. She had it over her shoulder this time; but she often held it like this, so that wasn't what was strange. What was strange was the way her free hand flexed from time-to-time, as if starting to form into a fist before suddenly stopping.

"Aneue, is something wrong?"
She stopped, making him stop also. "Yeah..."
"What is it?"

"I don't know." Yuuko told him, looking over her shoulder back at him. Her eyes then glanced off towards the side, looking out of the windows at the setting sun which gave off a dark orange glow that illuminated the school. "It's a bit late now, isn't it?"

Hideyoshi looked out the window also, nodding in agreement. "Yeah, it is."

All of a sudden, the sense of danger that had been hanging over Yuuko suddenly erupted. Her instincts reacted, prompting her to whirl around and shove her brother down onto the floor just as something flew over them. "S-sis!?" Hideyoshi cried out in surprise, only after crying out realizing that something bad was happening.

Yuuko quickly stood up, allowing her bag to drop out from her grasp as she brought her fists up into a fighting position. Her eyes widened when she caught sight of the... aggressor. It was a creature of some kind, something that resembled a wolf. But this thing was half-transparent and almost seemed to be made out of black mist save for it's two glowing red eyes and the steel claws it had on it.

"What... are you...?" Yuuko whispered as Hideyoshi sat up and scooted back till his back was against the wall.

The thing chuckled, a deep voice sounding out from within it. "What ammm I?" It chuckled more as it turned so that its entire body was facing her. "I am Devourer. Seeker of Power. Your Power!" With that, the creature launched itself at Yuuko.

A Minute Prior

Unit 589's demon sensors flared, alerting it to a Devourer-Class Demon within the vicinity just as Unit 598 came flying down the vent. Without a word to each other, they both immediately started heading down the vents towards the demon's position. "Have either 513 or 542 located a user?" 589 asked.

"I've lost contact with them, we'll have to do this on our own." 598 answered as they came to a self-made exit.
"It'll be hard without a user. We need a user; have you not been able to locate anyone?"
"None."

589's sensors flared to even a higher extent than before, alerting it that the demon has materialized and has found a target. "We must hurry!" It screeched over their team's shared radio as it increased its speed.

It wasn't long before the two robots turned the corner and saw, from their vantage point on the roof, two students (twins apparently) on the floor. The girl that wore a skirt hurried up onto her feet, turning to face the demon as she brought up her fists. That was when 589 caught the look in her eyes, something that made the little robot stop and stare with awe.

"We have to-" Just as 598 started forward from behind 589, 589 put out its leg to stop the other robot. "589? What are you doing?"

"Watch." 589 simply told its companion, keeping its own eye locked on the girl.

The creature launched itself at Yuuko, moving fast. The girl prepared herself, barely having any time to do so before it was upon her; but that little bit of time was enough. She stepped to the side as it reached her, dodging its outstretched claws and slamming her fist into the thing's left eye.

It's course was thrown off as it tumbled to the floor, going head over tail before managing to quickly regain itself farther down the hall. It turned back to her, growling at her. "Do you really think a human can hurt a de-" Its one eye widened as a black liquid fell down from what remained of its left eye.

"I didn't use enough..." Yuuko muttered to herself as she stared the creature down, readying to defend herself once more.

"You... YOU!" The creature yowled out in a deep, angry voice. It scratched its claws against the floor as it looked back at her. "I will enjoy your power, Human!" Just as it took a step forward, Yuuko did the same, slamming her foot down to try and intimidate it.

It stopped, glaring at her with its single eye. As it wondered how to deal with her, it saw the girl's twin sister cowering on the floor. It grinned with evil satisfaction, deciding that it would make the girl vulnerable by making her defend her twin. With that thought in mind, it leaped for her sister.

Yuuko's eyes widened in alarm as she cried out her brother's name, quickly moving in front of him and raising her arms as the creature came down on top of her.

And that was when 589 made its choice.

It chose her.

A/N: The Units will get names later instead of just numbers.