Puella Magi Madoka Magica x Animorphs crossover.

timeline: After Madoka Magica tv series. No Rebellion.

Animorphs timeline: Elfangor had crashed on earth and gave morphing cube. The rest of detail is undecided

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01. The Caring

Long black hair gently swayed in the spring wind, shining lustrously on morning sunlight. The hair owner was a girl in uniform, walking on a paved road leading to a school.

Akemi Homura leisurely walked to Mitakihara Middle School, as her routine these days. She was in the third grade now, and she still didn't have many friends.

She had a cordial relationship with one Sayaka Miki, apparently, before the girl "mysteriously disappeared", leaving no hints or body to be found. At least that's what the other puella magi said about her and Sayaka.

She didn't remember. She didn't experience it. When the world was remade, she arrived in the new world with her old memories. She didn't even see clearly how Sayaka died fighting demons.

Tomoe Mami was another girl that she could call friend. But the older girl was a little distant. Not to mention that she had graduated middle school and currently went to another high school.

Sakura Kyoko was another one she could call friend. But she didn't go to school. She didn't want nor need it.

Besides the two girls in her group, she knew some other magical girls in the area. Mitakihara was quite vast, and the city had a number of sub areas, home to different groups of magical girls. They maintained friendly relationship as a rule, dividing demon hunting territory between themselves.

Of course there was always exception, like that group in the south, but it was not a significant problem.

But the main point was Homura always walked alone to school. And even in school, she didn't have any friends. She rarely talked to anyone. Other than necessary things or school stuff, she didn't talk to her fellow students.

Of course, being a beautiful and smart girl, with a cool aura about her, many had tried to talk to her. They invited her to have lunch together or to go karaoke after school. Homura rejected them all.

She was fine being alone.

And she must hunt demons with Kyoko and Mami after school. There was no time to have fun.

It might be different if Madoka was here with her. However, her best friend had transcended her mortal existence and existed nowhere and everywhere.

Homura kept her face neutral even when her thoughts turned gloomy. She always became like this every time she thought about Madoka. Ignoring other students who gawked and admired her, she entered the school building.

As usual, she spent time learning in class, maintaining her image as honor student. And when lunch break came, she got ready to eat alone at her desk.

Unusually, two female classmates suddenly asked to sit with her and have lunch together.

Homura didn't have any reason to refuse. She politely accepted and the three of them had lunch together. If the two girls wanted to play friendship, then she could indulge them for a while.

Their names were Honda Akiko and Yotsuba Hinata. Homura remembered them as quiet, average girls that never cause trouble. They had average looks and average grade, and not good with sports. They were also not joining any clubs.

Now, what would be the reason that they tried to talk to her?

Usually, those who talked to Homura had certain interests. Pretty and confident girls wanted her to join their clique. Sporty girls wanted Homura to join her club and aim for regionals. Righteous students couldn't let her stay as a loner.

And hormonal boys trying to woo her by acting silly.

These two didn't fit any of the usual profile. They normally didn't have enough courage to initiate conversation with her.

The three engaged in small talk. And then.

"Right, I was having fun last weekend in The Caring. We gathered in the park to watch flowers. They are so beautiful. You should join us sometime Homura." Akiko suddenly said, changing the topic of conversation.

"Oh yes! It was such a fun gathering. The seniors take care of us new members and very helpful." Hinata also followed up.

Homura hid her thoughts and not reacting. Since when these girls were so cheerful and friendly? She followed the obvious bait and ask, "What is The Caring?"

The two girls then filled her in about a new social gathering, or maybe a community club, named The Caring. It was called a social club where everyone can join, no matter your age, occupation, or gender. They mainly do outdoor activities or social meet up.

Akiko and Hinata were very eager to promote The Caring to her, even when they tried to be nonchalant about it. And then Akiko said the line, "It would be wonderful if you can join as well, Homura."

Homura frowned a little. This was more than suspicious. A social club where everyone happy was too good to be true. It was more likely that these girls were lying, or forced to gather new members.

There were three possibilities. Forced prostitution ring. Or camouflaged ponzi schemes. Or the worst one, crazy religious cult.

"Is there any membership fee if I joined?" Homura asked. The pyramid scam usually gather money from membership fee when someone joined.

"Oh no, it is free. You don't need to worry about that. I know you are living in budget." Akiko said

"Akiko!" Hinata glared at the other girl, and then said "I am sorry for her, she is so insensitive. Well, like I said before, The Caring has regular outing every Saturday..." and then she continued to ramble about The Caring activities.

But Homura thought, 'They knew that I live alone and had limited living expenses. They already researched the background of their recruitment target.'

This showed that this organization was very willing to recruit her. Why though?

Soon the bell rang and they had to break up and resume classes. Homura gave noncommittal reply when Akiko invited her to The Caring meet-up.

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After school arrived and Homura didn't immediately left school as her habit. She grabbed the class representative to the women's toilet and set up a private meeting in one of the stall.

"Honestly, this is your idea of talking? If I don't know your characters, I would think that this is a bullying. Or extortion." Fujiko Saki said while rubbing her upper arms. She was wearing glasses and her hair was braided in two.

As class representative, she was one of the student who regularly talked with Homura for school matters. Beside, she couldn't leave Homura the loner most of the time, so she usually volunteered to be paired or grouped in class with her. As a result, Homura and her was somewhat familiar enough.

"Honda Akiko and Yotsuba Hinata. Do you notice anything strange about them?" Homura said without beating the bush.

"Honda-san? Yotsuba-san? Not really. They are quiet girls, not joining the gals group, not flirting with the boys like Maki's group. They always submit their printout on time. I don't think there are any rumors about them. If you ask about Tsuruhana-san from next class, I heard that she got another boyfriend, a foreigner."

Homura put her hand on her chin, thinking. So there was no rumors or change in behavior. She changed the question. "They joined something called The Caring recently. Do you know something about it?"

This time Saki's face changed, confusion and hate in her expression. "Yeah, I know them." She spat the words. "Good guys gathering together doing nothing."

"Something you don't tell me." Homura said the obvious, prompting the girl to continue.

"It's just... I dont trust them, no matter what anyone say." Saki tried to find words. "From the outside, nothing bad happened. They're doing normal things. But my cousin..."

Saki sucked a breath. "Takeshi-nii joined them about two months ago. Since then, his career advanced. He became all around more decent. But... he doesn't play anymore."

"Play?" Homura asked.

"Takeshi-nii was a fighting game maniac. He used to spent his money in game center playing games. He was collecting figurine of his favorite character in game. I used to play with him when he visited my home, using my old playstation."

"Hmm. And?"

"He quitted! After joining that club or whatever, he stopped going to arcade. Of course since he stop wasting money, uncle and auntie is happy. But still! A person can't change that big in short time, even when he claimed that this club heal him or that nonsense!"

Homura nodded, motioning Saki to continue.

"He didn't want to play with me anymore, even on playstation. Saying, 'it is a waste of time' and 'you should join The Caring, it is more fun'. That's weird. And creepy."

The more she heard it, the more Homura thought that it fits the traits of a cult.

"Thank you. That's enough. You can leave now." Homura said to Saki, leaving the girl inside the toilet stall.

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Target 0077ProfileName: Akemi Homura

Job: middle school student

Age: 15

Appearance: top class, beautiful with long hair. Intelligence: superior, periodically topping the exam charts.

Health: periodic health check reveal no abnormalities or disease. Very healthy. Very athletic and good in sports. Eyesight normal.

Personality: taciturn, loner, disinterested in other students

Family: unknown. Presumed non existent.

Finance potential : living alone with monthly stipend sent from somewhere unknown. Living frugally. Expected to gain more wealth with her capabilities when matured.

Friends: none observed.

Social circle: not existed

Activities: unknown. Presumed non existent

Comment:

#1 the target isolation and non existent social life is convenient. She can spend more time with us without suspicion

#2 target is considered attractive by human standard. More hosts can be lured over using target. It will also make infiltration easier

#3 Approval for target body acquisitions gained.

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This is a crossover story. Puella Magi Madoka Magica is Japanese tv anime airing in 2012. Akemi Homura is one of the main characters and she will be the main character in this fic. If you come from Animorphs side, I suggest you watch it first before reading this.

Animorphs is a series of YA novels about alien invasion, published originally in USA. If you come from PMMM side, you will get necessary infodump later.

This is written on sudden inspiration on my phone in my free time, as scarce as it is. Maybe I will write chapter 2 tomorrow. No promise.

and don't ask about my other stories. They will come out if they come out.