Hiro walked away from the chariot as it began to fade into light again. He searched through the dirt as the labyrinth faded and found a grief seed. He picked the seed and put it into his pocket and kept searching. Hayato ran towards him once the chariot completely disappeared.
Hayato: No human came back?
Hiro only waved his head. As he looked at his soul gem, Kyubei appeared in his shoulder, as if he was there the entire time. Takashi and Raiden followed Hayato but apparently didn't notice Kyubei. Kyubei jumped to Hayato's shoulder with ease as Hiro started scratching his chest.
Hiro: Kyubei, why do I feel pain?
Kyubei: Oh, haven't I told you? I make wishes come true, but I also have mine to fulfill.
Hiro: Another one of those clauses? This explains a lot…
Hayato: Hiro, who's this?
Kyubei: I believe you heard him saying my name, but the manners inside me are the greatest. I'm Kyubei, the one who gave Hiro his powers through a wish. Do you, perhaps, want to become as strong as he is?
Hayato: He battled the witch with ease, I doubt he needs help.
Kyubei looked at Hiro's static eyes while he understood that now he had breasts. Kyubei sighed and closed his eyes. After this dramatically long pause, Kyubei jumped at Hiro's shoulder again and looked at Hiro's eyes while the static faded away.
Kyubei: You should use the seed. Your gem is the only one in Mitakihara.
Hiro summoned his soul gem and it was a little darker than before, but the orange was still intense.
Hiro: I'm sure I can handle three of four more witches.
Hiro tapped his right pocket and he felt grief seeds there. As he tapped his pocket, he felt a weaker quake under his feet, almost unnoticeable, since the trio didn't noticed.
Hiro: The only weird thing are my breasts… Guess they are breasts.
Hiro touched his soul gem and returned to his normal, school uniform self. He touched his rack and felt no breasts, making his smile a bit more serious.
Raiden: You were awesome Hiro! Like a true hero!
Takashi: Your fighting style lacks polishing, but it had results nonetheless.
Hiro: Oh, I don't strive for polishing shit!
Hiro had the biggest smile on his face as he walked towards the exit of the rooftop, as if the endless fall didn't removed them from their original starting place. Takashi followed, along with Hayato. Raiden was immobile looking at the ground from the rooftop, noticing a mole-like creature. He shook his head, afraid of what he sought being an illusion, and followed the group.
After the classes ended, Hiro awaited outside of the school's only exit to talk to the trio. As they exited the school and sought him, they all felt a sense of dread. Hiro turned to them and smiled. What else would he do?
Hiro: So, anyone noticed something strange? Out of the ordinary?
Takashi and Hayato were clueless, but Raiden had a suspicion.
Raiden: Oh, I've seen something after your fight.
Hiro: A tiny version of the witch I've fought?
Raiden: Wait, how do you…?
Hiro: I've felt a little shaky after my fight. My blood pressure was ok, and I had no signs of dizziness. Now I have to find this familiar, or else it could become that thing I've fought.
Hayato: But you've destroyed that thing with ease! Why bother?
Hiro's smile trembled and he sighed. He looked at each one in their eyes before proceeding.
Hiro: What has Hayato told you guys?
Takashi: Apparently not enough, we barely had time to talk about your heroic acts.
Hiro: Well, first things first, I'm not a hero.
Hiro started walking west of his position and Hayato started following him.
Raiden: Where do you think you're going?
Hayato: Learn more about the epidemics in our rotten world!
Takashi: This is not the safest thing to do.
Hayato: And why should I care? Hiro can protect me!
Hiro's eyes had static for a brief moment and he sighed in relief. Hiro looked back at Hayato and shaked his head.
Hiro: These aren't manners. I'll handle this and you'll handle homework.
Hayato: You know I won't.
Hiro exposed his soul gem and transformed in front of Hayato's eyes. Hiro rotated around itself with his arms in the air, an orange silhouette. His fingers poked the heavens and stars appeared at his fingertips, which he carried to his body, one at his shoulder, one at his elbow, one at his hip and two at his back as he hugged himself. Jumping in the air, Hiro picked the nocturnal sky and ripped it, as if he removed cloth from the very fabric of space and covered himself with it. The Andromeda constellation appeared in the night sky and Hiro touched 4 of its stars, still spinning. The stars united as they drew closer to Hiro and expanded into light and twenty two more focused rectangles of light. The beam of light covered Hiro's legs and the rectangles gained colors and started spinning around Hiro, which had open arms. The light made his boots and pants and he finished with all of his tarot cards facing Hayato and posing with two victory signs.
Hayato had a gaping mouth the entire time and applauded Hiro as he finished. However, Hiro wasn't persuaded. He picked a card which showed a Kyubey dropping water from a jar inside another jar at the ground, guarded by a sitting Kyubey.
Hiro: This is Temperance. If you don't go home by your own, I'll make you go home.
Hiro tossed the card in the air and the light engulfed Hayato for a brief second, vanishing and revealing Hayato with a blank expression. Hayato turned around and walked away, probably heading home.
Hiro looked in front and already found a mole trying to dig a hole in the streets. Hiro quickly snatched its tail and searched for a weapon in his dress, finding a short knife which he used to stab the mole's neck, making it vaporize.
Hiro: Awful, but gets the job done. Now I need to remove the spell on Hayato.
Hiro started heading the other way, but felt another tremor. His eye gathered static again and he browsed through his cards and found one which had Kyubey sleeping and another Kyubey at each corner, looking at the sleeping one.
Hiro: Major Arcana, The World!
As Hiro threw the card in the sky, it expanded to a blue map of Mitakihara, focused on Hiro's location. Then some white dots started appearing on the map, slowly but started to spread.
Hiro: Oh, oh my, oh that's awful!
Suddenly there were lots of dots near Hayato and his group. Hiro bit his lower lip and memorized the route to them.
Hiro: Oh no, you won't!
As Hiro tried to walk backwards, his eye static came back and he retreated a step, before a mole got him by his feet. The mole looked like it was made out of post it notes. Kyubey appeared in Hiro's shoulder with a yawn.
Kyubey: Now I'll recruit that stubborn one?
Hiro: You will, now go!
Hiro slashed the mole quickly and looked at the map, seeing dozens of moles near his spot. Kyubey left his shoulder and started running towards Hayato's position.
Raiden: You're awfully quiet, Hayato.
Hayato kept walking forward. Takashi quickened its pace and looked straight inside Hayato's eyes, seeing its pure whiteness made a chill run through its spine.
Takashi: Hayato? Are ya there?
Takashi started shaking his friend, but his blank expression maintained. The trio felt a small quake and Raiden started looking everywhere.
Raiden: Do you think it's the witch?
Takashi: I hope not. Hiro seems nowhere.
Kyubey arrived at the scene and now everyone was capable of seeing him. He jumped on Hayato's shoulder and looked at his marble eyes.
Kyubey: This is surely something.
The earth started to crack and Raiden tried to slap Kyubey out of Hayato's shoulder, but his soulless stare made Raiden stop in his tracks.
Kyubey: Is this how you treat someone willing to help?
Takashi: We won't be able to get much help with him like this.
The cracks on the floor became bigger and roars could be heard from underground.
Kyubey: Slap him.
Raiden: What?
Kyubey: Not you, mister Takashi. He seems physically stronger
The cracks began to open and claws started appearing from inside.
Four moles jumped out to attack Hiro, but his swift maneuvers made him hit every single one of them and they evaporated in thin air. He was sweating and worried while he looked at his map. There were dozens of enemies coming his way. He extended his arm and his soul gem was starting to get darkened. Hiro gulped and searched inside his poncho for a grief seed, but his hand stumbled in something else. Something comfy, something round and his.
Hiro: Ok, these are definitely breasts.
Hiro's worried expression turned into a smile of self-love. Moles approached him from all his sides, but his smiling face as he slashed all of his opponents limbs was the last thing they sought before turning into dust.
Hayato: Ow! Why is my face so hot?
Takashi hid his hand and Hayato's hand accidentally hit Kyubey while searching his own face to caress. Hayato apologized to Kyubey by bowing, making Kyubey hit the floor. Moles started to get out of the hole.
Kyubey: No time to wait! Sign your contract and become a magical girl!
Hayato: Will I have the same problems Hiro has?
Kyubey: He has no problems whatsoever.
The moles got stuck on each other and there appeared to be two of them. Raiden hid himself behind Hayato and Takashi did the same with Kyubey, picking him from the ground to serve as a meat shield.
Hayato: I want to repay for what Hiro did to me!
Kyubey looked at Hayato with a puzzled expression.
Kyubey: Is this a wish?
Hayato: Of course it is!
Kyubey: Is Hiro teaching you guys how to make wishes? His was also awful. Anyway, you seem like you're in a hurry.
The moles got out of the hole and started advancing to the trio. Kyubey's ears extended themselves and pierced Hayato's chest, removing a green soul gem from him.
The moles ran towards the group and Hayato ran towards them, punching the first one and intimidating the other. Hayato had a white dress with rainbow ribbons all over it, a golden tiara on his head that revealed an enormous green braid from the top of his head to his waist and pink glittery gloves that left his fingers shown.
Raiden whistled and Takashi covered his face, afraid that the dress could show more than it should, but it never would. Hayato punched the other mole and it disappeared in thin air. Hayato quickly returned to its normal self, covered his head with his hat and ran home.
Raiden: Is he okay?
Takashi: Probably the shock made him flee like this.
Kyubey: But most importantly, there are no more minions now. Hiro must have finished off the remaining ones.
Raiden and Takashi look to each other and nod, in respect of Hiro's strength. Kyubey started walking towards Hiro general direction.
Later that night, Hayato still had the reddest of faces. He heard a knock on his window and when he turned, he sought Hiro in his casual school uniform. Hayato opened the window, but Hiro was still outside.
Hayato: Won't you come in?
Hiro: Do you feel comfortable with me coming in?
Hayato nodded and his face got a little whiter. He still had his hat on his head as Hiro approached him.
Hiro: Kyubey told me you did well, but I already knew that.
Hayato: You're not here because of this, are you?
Hiro: Of course not. How was your first transformation?
Hayato kept his head covered with his hands and remained silent. Hiro sighed and looked at the roof.
Hiro: Do you know why I'm so powerful?
Hayato uncovered his head a little bit and his eyes remained on Hiro. Hiro raised his hand and grabbed the air as if he picked something, making light condense and form a card in his hand. The card had a giant wheel at its center with a Kyubey on top of it and many more kyubeys: on the top left corner, a Kyubey with a book on top of his head; top right, a Kyubey with its paws inside the book; lower left, a Kyubey sleeping while using the open book as a pillow and in the lower right, a Kyubey using its tail to write on the book.
Hiro: This is the wheel of fortune. I always use it on the start of every day. It can either grant me more wisdom, more speed, more arm strength, more leg strength, more resistance or more stamina for the remainder of the day.
Hayato: Wow! That's how you became so powerful?
Hiro: No.
Hiro tossed the card out the window and looked directly at Hayato's face. What was Hiro doing? Smiling of course.
Hiro: I understood the nature of my wish and developed my fighting around it. I developed my tarot cards because of my wish. You need to understand the wish you made now that you face no danger.
Hayato: But I did well! I've killed the familiars!
Hiro: So why did you fled the scene afterwards?
Hayato: Because of my clothing…
Hiro started laughing, not so loud because his parents didn't knew Hiro was there, but Hayato got startled nonetheless.
Hiro: They are who you are. You should see no problem in them.
Hiro headed towards the window, leaving Hayato speechless while he strolled back to his house.
Hayato kept on watching Hiro go back to his home, but soon his soul gem started shining. Suddenly, Kyubey appeared out of nowhere.
Kyubey: It's a witch. You'll need its grief seed and Hiro knows it.
Hayato: But…
Kyubey: He trusts you.
Hayato started smiling, got his soul gem and ran away from home.
