It was late at night when a five year old walked in to see a figure near his mother, she looked scared while talking to the shadowy figure when the sound of glass shattering was heard. The figure looked around with a gun. Suddenly his mother dropped to the ground; the figure looked at the boy and walked over to him before chopping his neck
"Sorry Kid" the figure said in an accented voice as the boy fell to the ground.
Naruto sprang up panting. It was the same nightmare he'd been having for ten years now, the day his parents died. He was spared seeing his father die, but he was there when his mother was basically executed and the figure in his dreams was kept a mystery by his memories. He wanted to figure out who he was so he could pay him back with full interest. He noticed it was the edge of sunrise outside so he got up and ready, looking at his phone for any messages; luckily it was just Mami from last night telling him she loved him. That always brought a smile to his face. It was like his life was filled with shadows and Mami was the light that guided him through it. Softly smiling he replied to the message before getting ready for the day.
"Whoa! Naruto you look beat" Sayaka said
"Thanks bluey" Naruto said before freezing 'Where the heck did that come from
"Sounding kinda Aussie there Naruto" Kyoko said
"Must of picked it up from some Australian TV show" Naruto sighed.
"Wait we get shows from Australia here?" Kyoko said
""I watch them online" Naruto replied.
"Pirate" the girls deadpanned. Suddenly Madoka saw someone standing by the door. He was just standing there while he was listening to some music indicated by the head bopping movement, he was looking around until he spotted the group and smiled while waving, this sent a tiny flutter in Sayaka's heart.
"Yo! I'm a new transfer, can you guys help me get to my class?" he asked.
"Sure what's you class number?" Mami asked
"Um...I don't know, but I have my schedule" the transfer said handing it over to Mami
"Looks like he's with us" Naruto said looking with Mami. "I'm Naruto, this is my girlfriend Mami, the redhead is my cousin Kyoko" Naruto said
"And these are our Kohai Madoka Kaname, Homura Akemi and Sayaka Miki" Mami said
"nice to meet you guys I'm Yosuke Hanamura, I just transferred here with my old man" Yoskue said smiling. Naruto however didn't share the sentiment, feeling something was off about Yosuke, but what he could quite put his finger on it, but whatever it was unnerved him.
"Where did you transfer in from?" Kyoko asked.
"Inaba, nice little town out in the boonies, my dad got transfered here with the company he was with to open up and run a new store, once its established here we'll be off back to Inaba." he said as he joined the group, only Naruto stayed back with Mami
"I don't trust him" Naruto said glaring at the new student
"Oh come on, it's just because you don't know him very well" Mami shrugged
"It's not that, I mean have you heard of any new stores lately?" Naruto asked
"Yes, a new supermarket, I must visit; anyway he seems to be getting along quite well. Who knows he could be like you"
"What a Lantern?"
"I was going for more superhero" Mami said making Naruto raise an eyebrow
"Superhero huh?"
"What? Is that so hard to believe you saved the earth from various witches, made those who had fallen rest easier and you defeated the entity of grief" Mami said
"Okay, so I am a hero" Naruto said holkding her hand as they walked the rest of the way to school
"Yes, but to me you're just Naruto, the man I love" she smiled leaning her head on his shoulder, Kyoko looked back smiling before continuing on with the main.
"I'm Yosuke Hanamura, pleased to meet you all" Yosuke said bowing
"Welcome to our class and school, now if you could take a seat next to Mr Uzumaki please we can begin" Sensei said as Yosuke sat between next to Naruto who didn't look impress. Mami noticed this and frowned. However Naruto was in more distress then he was letting on. That nightmare he had was one that he hadn't had in a while, so if he was having them does that mean something related to that night was going to happen. He's head was cloudy with this turmoil.
"Come on" Kyoko said snapping Naruto out of he's thought
"Where?" Naruto asked.
"Dude the teacher's been asking you a question for the past five minutes. I'm taking you to the nurse's office" Kyoko said helping her cousin up
"I'm fine" Naruto said once they were out of the class.
"Bullshit, you've got that look in your eyes again" Kyoko said "You had one recently didn't you?"
"Last night" Naruto said "It was the one where she was killed in front of me"
"You need to talk to someone about that, how long since you did talk about your problems?"
"This coming from you, I'm honestly surprised my dear cousin" Naruto smiled.
"Naruto, seriously you need to talk to somebody" Kyoko said
"I will" Naruto said.
Yosuke stood on the river looking out at the skyline, he sighed before sitting on a nearby bank.
'Why did this have to happen to me?' he asked mentally rubbing his hand as sparks danced under his skin. 'That accident changed me, not only that, but everything else. The Kirijo group's lab got shut down after the accident. But it enabled me to do things I couldn't before. But how can I go back to being normal; my parents don't even know I have these powers' he thought flopping on the grass watching the cloud drift by in the sky.
"Hey; Yosuke right?" a voice asked. Looking up Yosuke saw Sayaka slipping her hair behind her ear.
"Yep, that's me; you're Sayaka right?" Yosuke asked smiling as he jumped up as Sayaka nodded "Cool, you want to grab a bite to eat?"
"Um...sure, I was going to see if your okay" Sayaka said "But a snack could be nice" she smiled as she went off with Yosuke.
"Warning, Unknown anomaly detected" Naruto's ring said
"Where?" Naruto asked. "show location on map"
"Acknowledged" the ring said showing a map with the location on it. This made Naruto frown as it was in the area near where Junko worked. Naruto activated his limited form and took off to see what was going on in that area. It had been about a couple of weeks since Walpurgistnacht and witch activity was at a low. So much so that Kyoko was beginning to complain. However something was happening and Naruto wanted to get to the bottom of it before the girls had to fight again. Something he didn't want thanks to something that happened after the defeat of the grief entity.
Two weeks ago
"Interesting, the death of Walpurgisnacht and the hope energy discharged has believe it or not been collected. Thank you Naruto Uzumaki you just made my job easier" Kyubey said
"Really, how so?" Naruto asked summoning a willpower gun, subtly loading it.
"The emotional energy released from the explosion of Waplurgisnacht filled my quota for this planet, and the hope energy made it so that the Soul Gems of every magical girl on the planet were crystal clear. So not many witches have been awakened. Heck I believe most of them are now avoiding this city, only a few very stupid ones are sticking around, but you didn't hear this from me" Kyubey said "You've been through a lot in a short month, so now I'm being called home"
"Wait you're leaving"
"Yes, I am. After all attention has been called to this planet by the emotional electromagnet spectrum and the Guardians of the Universe. Soon you may have to deal with witches from other planets" the white creature said as Naruto approached.
"Well then, there's only one thing to do" Naruto said making Kyubey a little nervous before a hand was placed on his head. "Have a safe trip Kyubey; I know Mami would want to see you again, even after all you did" He said relaxing and shoving his hands in his pocket.
"You know Naruto, our race has gained an interest in you. You're a human that has so much darkness in them, yet you use that to lead other into the light" Kyubey said disappearing by using the shadows.
"Those who lead must have experience" Naruto said walking back into his apartment "Damn Homura's going to be pissed."
Naruto landed near where Junko worked and looked around to see what is the signal. Once he found it he took off, shortly after Junko walked around the corner talking to a man in a grey suit with an eye patch on right eye.
"So Mr Wilson, what do you think so far?" Junko asked as the man looked over a tablet with some documents on it.
"That is a good plan, Mrs Kaname. Shall we discuss it over dinner?" Mr Wilson asked in an strong Australian accent.
"Sure, I have my wards coming over tonight so why don't you join us tonight" Junko said
"Well then, I'll see you tonight" Mr Wilson said "And please call me Slade"
