Authors Note: Credit goes to Villain84 for the creation of the OCs that appears in this chapter.

Kasamino City

A Witch flew around its battlefield at extreme speeds, dodging the ice shards being shot at it. A Mahou Shoujo clad in light blue and white, got progressively more annoyed as the Witch avoided her shots. The Witch was small, but with big black wings and purple markings over its body.

"Stand still." She growled under her breath.

She stopped shooting and created an ice blade to wield. The white haired girl launched herself at the Witch with a flurry of slashes, but it was able to dodge each strike.

"Chishiki-san! Can't you take a clear shot at it?!" She yelled, the Witch was really testing her patience, and her other friend had yet to arrive to help.

Another Mahou Shoujo, wearing nothing but dark blue on her Mahou Shoujo outfit, stood at the edge of the battlefield. She held a black magical sniper rifle in her hands. However the Witch moved too fast for Chishiki to get an accurate shot.

"Maybe if it stood still for two seconds, I could!" She yelled in frustration.

The ice powered girl was getting fed up as she continued to miss slash after slash, until a familiar voice could be heard.

"Sorry I'm late!"

A girl running into the labyrinth wearing a black outfit and jumps at the Witch and raises her arms to it. Hundreds of crows burst out of her hands, shrouding themselves around the Witch, trapping it entirely. The girl with white hair took the opportunity to cut off one of its wings, while the Mahou Shoujo with a sniper rifle, took aim and blew off the head of the Witch.

The barrier disappeared as the long white haired Mahou Shoujo picked up the Grief Seed. She started walking towards her friend who she was less than pleased with, her icy blue eyes showed how annoyed she was.

"What the hell took you so long Karasu-san?" It was five in the morning and she wasn't in the mood for the antics of the crow controlling girl.

"Hehehe, sorry Tsurara-chan, but making up an excuse to get out of the house is harder than you think."

"What, its 5am. Shouldn't everyone be asleep?"

"No one will be asleep if you keep that up." Chishiki commented dryly. They found the Witch near a hotel, meaning they had to keep their voices down unless they wanted garbage being dumped on them.

"Hey it's not my fault." Karasu answered back. "My family's got a meeting and a party they have to go to, they leave early in the morning, and come back at like nine at night. Not my fault that the Witch had terrible timing."

Tsurara let out of long and frustrated sigh. "Remind me why we're friends again."

"Technically we're just under a truce to share this territory." Chishiki said.

Karasu didn't try to argue anymore. "Alright, I'll buy you all breakfast to make up for it okay?" The other two nodded as they transformed back into their casual clothes.

Outskirts of Kasamino City

"So how are you going to find out if a Mahou Shoujo has taken over?" Madoka asked as she followed Kyoko into Kasamino. They walked past an old church on the way into the city. Both Mitakihara and Kasamino were right next to each other so moving between cities wouldn't be a problem.

"Simple, we find a Witch and see if anyone comes in to kill it." Kyoko said. "If we're lucky, there might be more than one Mahou Shoujo here."

"How are you going to convince them to help? What if they don't want to?" Madoka asked worriedly.

Kyoko's head dropped at the question. "Well, I haven't figured that part out yet, but hey, that's why your here."

Madoka didn't quite share the redhead's optimism. She continued to follow her in the city in search of a Witch.

Chishiki, Tsurara and Karasu jumped through rooftops to find more Witches. The three didn't really have any plans on what to do today, so they went on another hunt. They weren't the most outgoing and social group in the world.

A black crow stayed by Karasu, the crow was her best friend, one who would be forever loyal to her and her alone. Ko was created as a result of Karasu's wish. Ko being the name of the crow.

Chishiki felt something with her magic. The power she sensed was so intense, it caused her to stop moving entirely. The dark blue haired girl stood at the top of a rooftop, still trying to comprehend what she was feeling.

"That can't be possible..." She murmured under breath. The other two noticed that she stopped moving and went to ask what was wrong.

"Do you sense a Witch?" Tsurara asked. Chishiki shook her head.

"I feel someone...with immense potential. It's...insane." Chishiki Nagai had the power to feel the presence of Witches, Mahou Shoujo and those who had the potential to become a Mahou Shoujo within a certain radius. This resulted in her left eye turning red whenever she used her magic, her right eye however remained its natural yellow.

"How strong is her potential?" Karasu asked.

Chishiki looked at them both, with a look of genuine fear in her eyes. "Stronger than all of us combined a thousand fold." The others were shocked at the statement.

"To think someone has that kind of power." Tsurara murmured.

"But Kyubey hasn't contracted her yet, right?" Karasu asked.

She closed her eyes for moment. "I don't feel a second soul gem with them."

Tsurara eyes widened. "Wait, second soul gem?"

"Yes, there's a Mahou Shoujo with her." The three girls stood there, debating on what to do next.

"You know you guys are boned if you leave them alone right?" Ko commented.

"Thank you, captain obvious." Tsurara growled.

Kyoko and Madoka entered an almost dark alleyway in search of a nearby Witch. Kyoko's soul gem glowed brightly, indicating that a Witch was very close.

"Are you sure you want to go in?" Kyoko asked. "You nearly died last time." The redhead was starting to have second thoughts about bringing the pinkette along. Witch fighting was dangerous, but she couldn't leave her alone for Kyubey.

Madoka nodded. "I'll be fine, if I can't become Mahou Shoujo, then I want to help in any other way." With that, Kyoko transformed and cut open a way into the Witch Labyrinth.

The new owners of Kasanimo city watched the two enter the Labyrinth from a distance. Karasu turned her head to Chishiki. "What do we do now?"

"We wait for them to kill the Witch, and then we move in." Chishiki answered.

The familiars didn't prove to be any challenge at all to Kyoko. She cut them up left and right as the two continued through the Labyrinth, hoping to find a Mahou Shoujo along the way.

Unfortunately, the Witch noticed their presence and warped the Labyrinth to force them to fight the Witch.

"I guess no one is coming to kill it then." Kyoko summoned the barrier to protect Madoka and engaged the Witch in battle.

The battle was over relatively quickly. Kyoko Sakura was a veteran after all. She sighed after picking up the Grief Seed. "Maybe no one's taken over this territory yet." The redhead said to herself.

Just when Kyoko finished her sentence, Madoka felt someone grab her from behind.

"Saku-" She was cut off when a hand covered her mouth, preventing the pinkette from forming coherent sentences.

Kyoko found herself surrounded by large shards of ice. Looking up, there were several crows circling overhead.

"I guess I spoke too soon." Looking though the ice, she saw girl with red and yellow eyes holding Madoka back.

"Kaname-san!" Kyoko cut through the ice with her spear and charged forward. Tsurara jumped down from the roof and landed in front of Madoka.

"Not another step." Tsurara said as she summoned an ice spike from her palm, and held it against Madoka's throat.

Kyoko stopped moving and glared at girls holding Madoka hostage. Madoka stopped struggling when the grip tightened and the ice piece inched closer to her throat. A single tear went down her cheek.

"Wait! I'm not here to fight! I just want to talk!" Kyoko yelled, trying to defuse the situation.

"Really? From what I see, is a Grief Seed in your hand. A Grief Seed that belongs to us." A voice said from behind the redhead. There was yet another Mahou Shoujo in the alley, with short black hair that had red tips. A purple soul gem rested on her arm.

This day just keeps getting better and better.

"Look, I just wanted to talk." Kyoko said. "I figured that I would find a Witch and hope the Mahou Shoujo on this city would show up."

"Why should we believe you?" The white haired girl asked.

"If I wanted to take over, you would all be begging for mercy right now."

A single silent moment passed. The air was filled with tension between those inside the alleyway. Ko flew overhead and started talking to all the girls with telepathy.

"Hey, I hate to break up a potentially awesome cat fight, but there you all have something else to worry about."

"Oh what now?! Who the hell are you?!" Kyoko yelled at the bird in the sky.

"I'm Ko, the most awesome bird that has ever existed."

"Wait, what's going on now?" Karasu asked.

"There's another Mahou Shoujo headed this way, she's like, running really fast. In fact she should be behind you in about three seconds" Ko said.

The moment Karasu turned around, a girl wearing black, had bright red claws coming from her arms, headed straight towards her.

Karasu turned her hands in crow talons and blocked the first strike from the mystery girl.

"Who are you?" Karasu asked as the claws pushed against the talons. The girl ignored her question and raised her other arm to strike. The two engaged in a melee battle.

Kyoko had no idea what to do at that moment and just started backing away from the fight.

"Hey! She a friend of yours?" Tsurara asked Kyoko.

"Hell no. I've got no idea who she is." Kyoko said.

"Tsurara-san, we have to help Karasu-san." Chishiki said, finally letting go of Madoka, deeming her unimportant during the current situation.

"Do you have a clear shot?"

The black sniper rifle appeared in Chishiki's hands. She looked though the scope to see if she could take out the new Mahou Shoujo. The two were moving too fast for to get an accurate shot.

"No, I can't. We need to attack all at once to overwhelm her." A bayonet came out of the rifle as Tsurara created an ice sword for herself. The two joined the intense close quarters fight against the new black haired girl.

The redhead ran towards Madoka. "Kaname-san, are you okay?"

"I'm fine Sakura-san. Please, you have to help them." Madoka watched the three versus one brawl play out.

The new girl surprisingly held her own quite well with her red claws as crow talons, an ice sword and a bayonet being slashed at her.

"Are you sure? They just tried to kill you." Kyoko said. "I can always find other Mahou Shoujo to help me."

"Yes, it was just a misunderstanding. Madoka said. Kyoko sighed in defeat, she was right. Walpurgisnacht was coming, and she needed all the help she could get.

The redhead turned around and spun her spear, getting ready to fight. Kyoko tilted her head towards the pinkette behind her.

"You know, you're way too nice for your own good." Kyoko said with her trademark smirk before jumping ahead and joining the fight.

The Kasamino girls stared at Kyoko in surprise when the redhead came and deflected an attack by the other Mahou Shoujo.

"You're helping us?" Karasu said before blocking the next strike.

"That doesn't make any logical sense." Chishiki remarked while trying to stab the enemy.

"Fight now, talk later!" Tsurara yelled as she got up after being smacked into a nearby wall.

A small alleyway wasn't to best place for a five person fight. Ko tried to help but Karasu told him to stay out of it as she couldn't risk him being hurt in battle.

Madoka watched as all the girls fought this one person, silently hoping that they all would survive, she had seen too much death already.

"Please Kyoko..."

As good as the mysterious Mahou Shoujo was, fighting four at once, eventually drained her of her magic. The Mahou Shoujo got pushed back as Kyoko launched herself in the air.

"Game over!" Kyoko yelled as charged with her spear to finish her off.

Four small spheres seemingly come out of nowhere, flying past the red clawed girl and striking the four opposing Mahou Shoujo right in the face, exploding and knocking them all down simultaneously.

A blue eyed girl wearing a white dress came onto the scene and picked up the red clawed girl in her arms. She stared down at the girl in her hands.

"I'm sorry Oriko..." The defeated Mahou Shoujo weakly muttered.

"It's okay Kirika, there's always next time." Oriko said before leaving the alleyway.

The remaining Mahou Shoujo all lay on the cold floor, panting. That was the first time Kyoko ever saw a Mahou Shoujo of that caliber. Mami Tomoe could match her skill in a fight, but someone who could fight four Mahou Shoujo at once, that was insane, and definitely someone Kyoko wanted on her side to fight Walpurgisnacht.

Ko came down from the sky and stuck himself in front of Kyoko, startling the redhead.

"So...what did you want to talk to us about?"

Authors Note: Wow, this turned out very different than I first imagined. I'm sorry if the action scene was lack lustre, I'm not the best at writing those. I do hope to improve later on though. I also just realised, I gave Chishiki a sniper rifle as her weapon, but she barely fires a bullet with it in this whole chapter. XD