To Save Two Friends
Steins;Gate and Madoka Magica
Chapter One

2015.12.22 - 7:33 AM JST
Tuesday

I woke up once again. Same day, same room, same problem. Madoka was going to die again in a month if I couldn't figure out a way to stop it. I once again used some magic to heal my eyesight and sighed. I got dressed and ate breakfast. Then before I knew it, it was time to go to school. I arrived at the correct classroom and the teacher gave me the usual introduction.

"Come in, Ms. Akemi. Don't be shy." She told me as I entered the room. I walked over to her and turned to face the class.

"Hello, my name is Akemi Homura. It's nice to meet you all." I said this to the class. I corrected the spelling of my name on the whiteboard. I then headed to my seat. This is where I would usually get harassed by my other 'curious' classmates, but then something unexpected happened.

"I would also like to introduce a university student who will be helping me out with this class. Please say hello to Shiina Mayuri."

An older girl in a light blue dress walked into the classroom. I was completely dumbfounded. I had relived this moment over and over and this had never happened before. I was actually really curious about where this was going to go. Was this the lucky break that I needed? The girl then introduced herself.

"Tuturu. My name is Mayuri, but you can also call Mayushii. I hope I can be some help."

The class then went on as normal, but this was still bugging me. I did nothing to cause this Mayuri person to appear. My time travel magic has never done this before. Was this just the butterfly effect or something much worse. It was then when I realized that I had daydreamed through the entire class. I knew I needed answers. I walked up to Mayuri.

"Excuse me, Shiina-san. Can you lead me to the nurse's office?" Mayuri's eyes lit up.

"I can do that. I actually went to this middle school on an exchange, you know. Also just call me Mayuri."

I nodded and we headed out into the hallway. I had really wanted to connect to Madoka again, but that could wait a bit.

"Shin-er-Mayuri." I corrected myself. "Any particular reason you were in my class today?"

"I'm thinking of becoming a teacher." She answered. "Is me being here bothering you?"

"No." I replied. "I'm just wondering why you why you were in my class today. Call it curiosity."

"Well, I was kinda assigned to your class. I didn't really get to chose if that's what you're wondering."

"I see."

We made it to the nurse's office and I got some medication for a stomach ache I had. I continued the rest of the day with Mayuri occasionally poking her head into whatever I was doing. Her presence did still bother me, but I had no rational way to explain that to her. I didn't think she was a threat though. Mayuri was very childish and she seemed like a good person at heart. Only her presence bothered me, that's all.

By the end of day, I actually managed to bound with Madoka quite a bit. To the point where she turned to me and asked me this.

"Hey Homura-chan, you've missed a lot of school." Madoka commented. "Why don't I help you study?"

My heart skipped a beat. Things really were different this time. I immediately agreed.

"S-sure. Where do you want to meet up? Your house?"

"That sounds good. You can follow my home if you like. I'm sure my parents won't mind."

We did just that. Madoka and I walked to her place from the school. She went over all the courses we had this semester. I aced most of the material, which impressed Madoka quite a bit. Once we were finished, she turned to me again.

"I think that's it. Do you want to just hang out? I think the mall's still open."

"That sounds nice." I told her. I was actually smiling. "Let's get going."

Madoka and I arrived at the mall. We went into the music store and listened to some CDs. I got distracted by the album I was listening to. The song was over and Madoka was gone. I panicked. What happened? I then remembered the encounter we had in the basement. I ran out of the store at full speed, but I got there a bit late.

When I arrived it was halfway through the fight with the witch here, but there were two magical girls fighting it this time. One of them of was definitely Mami, no doubt about it. The other girl was entirely a mystery. They were cooperating too, which seemed to indicate that this wasn't a turf war. Madoka still needed protection though. I transformed into my own magical girl form. I stood in front of Madoka and acted as her shield until the fight was over. The witch was defeated and the two other magical girls walked up to me with questioning looks. I then saw who the other magical girl was and I was shocked. It was Shiina Mayuri.

"Funny. I don't think I've ever seen so many magical girls in one place." Mayuri said with a smile. "It's actually kind of nice."

This was an important development, I knew that. Not only did Mayuri suddenly appear in my class today, but she's also a magical girl too. This definitely held a lot of significance towards me succeeding this time, but I honestly had no idea how things were going to turn out. I was completely winging it.

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(Chapter Two: Out Now!)