Immortal: Hello all! I've decided to start posting stories again, and this one is inspired by a doujin that I read, so I thought to take some thought and make a story about it. Hopefully this will be something I can stick with as much as I can because I really put a huge amount of thought into this.

Words spoken this way are either speech from thought or telepathy.

Disclaimer: The following subjects are not owned by me, but instead by their respective owners, and this is a non-profit fan-based tribute to the series with no intention of harm in any way, shape, form, thought, idea, or concept. They belong to Gen Urobochi and SHAFT. Rated T for language.

The Best Intentions

Kyouko Sakura grinned viciously with her last pocky hanging out of her mouth like a victory cigarette as the final Wraith of the night was felled by one slash from her spear. The night was a rather boring one, but since Walpurgisnacht had been over and done with the city has seen peace that was noticed seen only by certain defenders. After looking at the fight in the alley, Kyouko wondered for a moment what people would think if they saw this sort of shit in real life. She changed back to her normal jacket, undershirt, jean shorts, and brown boots, returning her ruby-red soul gem to her ring before walking down the street, nibbling on her pocky. There was a nice wind blowing, although the night air kept her comfortable as she thought of what to do with the rest of the evening before heading back to her temporary residence. Mami Tomoe, her former Magical Girl senior, had invited her to stay over as long as she needed to until things could be arranged for her friend to get a stable home, and while Kyouko certainly appreciated the room and board (not to mention the orgasm-inducing food and tea Mami would make), the redhead felt a little bit restless with nothing to do all day while Mami was at school. In fact, it really seemed that all Mami needed from Kyouko herself was the knowledge that she had somebody close to keep her company. It was a well-known fact to Kyouko that Mami easily got lonely, but now that she had Kyouko, it seemed like she was getting to be a lot better.

Kyouko had also in fact thought of going to back school. It would be hard sure, but she would at least be going to school with Mami and that time-traveler Homura Akemi, but seeing as how she hadn't attended classes since she was with her family- not that it mattered anymore. But maybe it would do some good for her by going to school and getting herself ready for a future beyond this Magical Girl stuff. Kyouko hadn't really thought of much beyond day-to-day survival on the streets since at any time she could die at the hands of some horrible abomination or fall into despair herself and become said abomination. But with things settled somewhat, she needed to look beyond the now. Kyouko laughed a bit at the thought as she tucked her hands inside her jacket. The way she was thinking was something that Sayaka Miki would've talked about! But just thinking about the blunette made Kyouko's grin slowly wear out as her thoughts turned to another subject. Thinking about that girl was just... It wasn't something she wanted to think too hard about lest she feel that annoying ache in her chest. Despite knowing her for less than a month, that girl had had more of an impact on her than even her senior had, and the fact that there were feelings that ran deeper then she thought, Kyouko didn't want to think of it anymore because now she was gone, just when she felt like she could really be close to her. Cursing for thinking again at the subject, Kyouko tried to change her mind to another subject, or more specifically to the monsters of then and now.

Before things changed, the barriers of the witches prevented mundane people from even noticing it, and that included those marked by a witches kiss all the way until they died. With these Wraith's it was somewhat of a different story. Sure only Magical Girls could kick their collective asses, but normal people could witness them if they were caught dead in the middle of the fight. The sad fools who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time were shit out of luck because the Wraiths nowadays drove normal people crazy just like witches did, but the upside was that they were substantially stupider and only dangerous in sheer numbers. Being near one was like relieving a horrible experience while having multiple ones around often drove normal people to commit suicide or some other awful thing. But if humanity had known about this sort of stuff, could they have really done anything about it? Kyouko liked to think so since Homura had talked about how she used to raid Yakuza and military bases for weapons she needed to fight and that they were perfectly good for destroying witches. Nowadays she used a special black magical bow along with some other fancy powers, but there were times she used ordinary weapons in her fight and they destroyed Wraith's just fine.

Maybe if normal people had known about this stuff, then humanity would've been forced to finally stand up for itself instead of sending young girls to a metaphorical (in one case literal from what Kyouko saw) meat grinder. Then so much tragedy could've been averted and Sayaka wouldn't have gone over the depths of despair and- "AH SCREW IT!" yelled Kyouko out loud, as she kicked a nearby glass-door out of frustration, snapping her pocky between her teeth as she lashed out for thinking about that subject despite trying to force herself not to.

Unfortunately for her, said glass door was not built to withstand the sudden frustrations of a Magical Girl and it promptly broke like Hollywood glass. As if to add to that, the establishment happened to be right next to the Mitikahara Police station. The alarm went off like a sudden screech that reminded Kyouko of a Witch in that karaoke bar a while back. No stranger to mischief, the destruction of both private and public property, and breaking the law prompted Kyouko to swear loudly and start to run away as several police darted out of the door to chase her down. The perks of being a Magical Girl allowed Kyouko to easily outrun even professional athlete's, but one guy was actually keeping her in sights as he broke ahead of his winded co-workers. Sweat beaded down his head as he ran after like the T-1000, not really expecting this girl to outrun him like this, but extremely determined to catch her. Police sirens went off and Kyouko could see police lights from the corner of her eye as she urged herself to run faster to get away from the bastard cop. The man was getting tired and he yelled, "STOP RUNNING! I ORDER YOU TO STOP!". "NUTS TO YOU!" she yelled back defiantly, flipping the bird as she kept the distance between them. Experience taught her that she could not outrun a speeding police car, so as one appeared a block ahead of her, she and her pursuer turned a corner. There was a wooden fence that led into an apartment complex, and with a grin she leaped against the wall, bounded off it, and cleared the fence before landing on the concrete like a cat.

Kyouko panted a bit before grinning at the fence, only to continue to hear the cop's footsteps as he ran, and then to her surprise he actually broke through the wooden fence! Kyouko's eyes went wide as she saw the cop pause a bit to catch his breath before looking straight at her. He reached for his holster as Kyouko started to turn, "STOP OR I WILL FIRE UPON YOU! STOP! PLEASE STOP!". Kyouko turned and ran anyway as she felt two pricks hit her in her left hamstring followed by her first experience of being shot with a taser. At first all Kyouko felt was a slight cramp, but the cop continued to pour on the power until Kyouko actually felt her left leg go numb followed by the worse cramp in her life. She turned to pull the wiring out, but the power was still going and it cramped her hand to the point she could not even let go. Like hell she was going to go to jail! With a hard tug, she yanked the taser needles out of her leg and surprisingly out of the cop's hand. Without wasting anymore time, she started to move, but her legs were like lead and slowing her down.

The stunned the officer could only wonder in astonishment at how a 15 year old girl was able to resist the jolts enough to pull the taser out of her herself and the gun itself out of his hands. He had seen grown and overweight men methed out of their minds go down after just half of what he put her through, but he could tell she was definitely feeling it because she was limping away with none of the speed she had before. While still out of breath, the cop took off at a slow run after her, picking up his taser as he followed her. Kyouko felt the cramps start to go away, but the taser was not a pleasant thing to feel since even being a soulless body meant she still had to feel electricity slow her muscles down. She considered turning into her Magical Girl form to get away when a police cruiser pulled up in front of her along with two officers leveling their tasers at her and ordering her to surrender. The redhaired girl swore repeatedly under her breath as she looked for an escape, but realized the apartment complex had just too many people around to witness her transformation, it was too high for her to jump the walls and escape to the roof since she could barely feel her legs. There was simply no feasible options left to her, and while before she wouldn't have cared, now she knew that she was going to have to face the consequences.

"Mami's gonna be so pissed at me..." she muttered as she slowly raised her hands. The policeman from before caught up to her, dripping with sweat as he told the other cops in between breaths, "This... pant, pant,... chick is fast! Check if she's... pant, pant, pant... on some kind of drug. Freaking... making me run and... pulling my taser out of my hands!". The other policemen soon came up, even more out of breath as the ones from the cruiser ordered Kyouko to put her hands behind her back before placing handcuffs on her and leading her to a police car. "Hey not so rough!" she complained as she struggled against the handcuffs being roughly placed on her thin wrists. "Keep struggling and see what happens, I dare you!" said one of the officers, placing the cuffs on Kyouko. This skinny girl who looked like a street urchin was surprisingly strong, forcing the officer to use a huge amount of force just to try to get a wrist cuffed. Finally it got to the point where he was sick of the struggling and said, "Since you don't wanna comply, here's an incentive!". He held onto Kyouko's bicep that was cuffed, reached for his tactical belt, pulled out his police-issued mace and sprayed the girl full on in the face.

Kyouko screamed, coughed and shook her head hard as she was blinded by the agonizing chemicals. Just taking the spray to the face caused her to yell, allowing the spray to get into her mouth and cause all oxygen to leave her lungs as she started coughing and aching with pain all over her face and in her mouth and throat. Tears, mucus, and spit poured out as the cop stopped spraying her when the one that chased her pulled him off her and yelled, "What the fuck is the matter with you!? She's just a fucking kid!". 'Yeah, way to be a white knight asshole!' thought the Magical Girl angrily as she continued to cough hard, trying to get oxygen to her lungs. The other cop replied, "She was resisting arrest! I don't care if she's a brat, she wouldn't listen and stop resisting!". As the two argued, one of the policewomen cuffed her other wrist, went to the cruiser and pulled out a small medical kit. She returned and said, "Don't worry kiddo, this will take away effects of the mace.". Then she sprayed her with something and wiped her face off none too gently, almost immediately relieving the burning and tingling sensation she felt on her face. Although she was coughing, feeling a burn in her mouth and throat, it was easier to breathe as she was placed in the backseat headfirst. "I have... cough, cough rights!". She yelled with a rasp as the police began their report outside the car, including the two officers who were still arguing about the need to mace her. She shook her head and sighed as she was soon driven to the police station in handcuffs. It was a short drive, but the whole time Kyouko was grumbling under her breath, "Stupid pigs... Not my fault damn door sucked, go eat a pizza and die." along with other various curses that were promptly ignored by her designated driver.

There were more police outside the station, talking to the owner of the place who was now missing a door, and Kyouko kept as much a straight face as she could, minus the burning that was starting to fade away. She didn't change her expression as she was taken out of the car and escorted up the steps into the stairs. The owner looked to be in his late twenties, but his hair was gray and he had a somewhat depressed appearance with bags under his eyes that indicated serious lack of sleep. He looked like he had just been awoken, although his all-black sleep attire made him look more fit for a funeral than anything else. But as he looked up at the vandal who broke his door, his eyes went wide and he stared at Kyouko as she was escorted into the building. It was her! There was no mistaking it! That red hair, her clothes, everything was exactly the same! "Sir, are you alright?" asked the policewoman questioning him with impatient tones. The man jolted his head a bit as if suddenly realizing she was there before saying, "Y-yes ma'am. I just... Erm. Listen, I want to drop the charges. Just, drop them completely.". The policewoman said, "Well you have to understand sir, she broke the law and has to be punished." "I know that, but I still want the charges dropped. " repeated the man. There was something about that girl that needed to be done, and he was not about to let this chance pass him by. "In fact, there's actually something I need to do with her, so when's the soonest this can be done?" "What do you mean sir?" asked the policewoman with a curious look in her eye. The man's depressed appearance soon changed into something focused and dead serious as he began to talk to the officer.

In the police station, Kyouko had been searched for anything illegal including any identification as to who she was. Seeing as how none of those were present, they decided to try contacting child services to see what could be done about the girl, but since it was late a night they were going to hold her. Fortunately they didn't take away the ring that contained her Soul Gem, but they led her into another room to be looked at by a medical officer to see if the mace and taser didn't do much more damage than needed. To the surprise of the female medical officer who looked her over, Kyouko didn't show any signs or symptoms from being both maced and tasered. Although she was obviously very upset, the woman couldn't really do much for her other than try to speak calmly to try reassuring her that things were going to be alright. As soon as some boring procedures that Kyouko only paid half-attention to were through (according the cops, she was in trouble for damage to public property, criminal mischief, resisting arrest, fleeing police, and trespassing on private property) she was escorted to a holding cell and was set for a night in the Gray Hotel. They were going to question her further in the morning, but in the meantime she was going to simply have to wait and she would be able to make her phone call in the morning. It wasn't all that bad since she at least didn't have to share a room with a rapist, murderer, or weird butch who wanted to feel her up.

She half-considered breaking out of the jail-cell, but it wasn't iron bars that held her, but a five-inch steel door with bullet-proof glass and a security camera watching her every move. This sort of thing would've been laughably easy to cut through with her spear, but then she would be a fugitive on the run, and it would only serve to upset Mami more if the fact Kyouko was a real life Magical Girl became common knowledge just because she didn't want to spend a night in jail. She heard a noise from the outside and through the small flap in the wall, she saw the cop that tazed her push through a small plate of taiyaki along with some warm coffee and a blanket. Kyouko looked at him sullenly and said, "You're no better than the asshole who maced me. So don't try kidding me with this charity bullshit.". The cop seethed a bit but maintained his professionalism as he replied, "Look, do you want these or not? I'm breaking protocols to try to help you out kid.". Before Kyouko could tell him to do something anatomically unlikely to himself, her stomach growled loudly. "Goddamn stomach...", she muttered as she took the plate and coffee. She downed the coffee immediately, commented on how it tasted like engine oil, and took the taiyaki before laying down on the hard block of steel that was her bed. The cop took off without another word to begin the last paperwork for the night as Kyouko slowly chewed her "charity". Then she placed the blanket over herself as she looked up at a spot on the ceiling and ate. At least now she was able to taste things with the mace out of her mouth.

"Quite the perdicament you're in wouldn't you say?". Came a familiar voice. From the foot of her "bed" popped two cat-like ears followed by the fluffy white body of the Incubator Kyubey. It's huge fluffy tail flipped side-to-side as it stared at her with the same permanent face as it always did. Kyouko stared at the ceiling as she responded telepathically, "What the hell do you want? I'm in enough shit right now, so unless you plan on breaking me out of here I really do not need an extra headache.". Kyubey replied matter-of-factly, "I could certainly try to get you the keys to aide an escape, but in a room full of armed people like this I highly doubt you would have any hope of staying here in Mitikahara with Mami Tomoe. Although I could entreat Homura Akemi to assist you, although she does not have her time magic, I imagine she could aide your escape." Kyouko didn't say anything as she finished her taiyaki, staring hard at a spot on the ceiling as Kyubey walked on the floor and continued, "Why not try using your magic of enchantment? Surely since Walpurgisnacht is gone, you ought to be more than able to use even a little bit of it, and using it will help you accept-"

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" yelled Kyouko out loud as she sat up to stare at Kyubey furiously. Apart from Sayaka Miki, talking about her past wish was an especially easy way to get Kyouko upset. The policeman looked at his computer screen to see Kyouko yelling at thin air before muttering to himself, "Junkies...". Back in the cell, Kyubey closed his eyes and said as he turned to walk away, "Why is it so hard for you humans to act even when your own interests are at stake? I just don't understand it at all. In any case, I'll contact Mami so she will at least try to get you in the morning.". As soon as he walked to the foot of her bed and out of sight, Kyubey vanished. Kyouko laid back down and said quietly, "Yeah, you do that.". The red-head was in for a long night, and she was not looking forward to having to explain herself to Mami. Right now, she was wishing she had access to her magic, because at the least she would be able to persuade the cops into letting her go. It took the hardest of concentration to use any form of magic, but her enchantment was still there if only at the barest minimum since Walpurgisnacht. Hopefully, she thought as she turned to her side and slowly closed her eyes, it would be enough for her to get out of jail.

Immortal: Well this is the start, so hopefully more comes from this. I hope you enjoy this story as it starts and that you come to enjoy more. Updates will be scarce unfortunately due to the fact that I do have a full-time job and other obligations. But that spark to start writing has come back to me and I want to hold onto that as along a possible! Also as a side note, I have been exposed to tear gas before, and it is probably the worst pain I've ever experienced in my life!