A/N: Sorry this took me a couple of days. Usually I try to be faster with my updates. I've just had a really bad couple of days and was just really depressed so thats why this took a while. I'm feeling better now so hopefully I should be able to update faster. ^^

I added a lot of fluff in this chapter before we get to the really horrible shit because I need it. ;_; (Why did I think writing this would be a good idea...)

Disclaimer: I don't own Big Hero 6 or Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Chapter 7

Honey Lemon once again walked into an empty house.

'They must be working late again…'

Hiro had told her about what happened and she put on a brave face for him but inside…

She was breaking, little by little cracks were starting to appear on her psyche and she felt she was on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

But she had to be strong.

For Hiro.

She didn't even make it to her bed before collapsing onto the floor. Kyubei walked up beside her, staring at her.

"Why didn't you tell me…?" Her voice cracked and she found that she didn't even care.

"You didn't ask about the details of the contract. You can't get mad at me for that."

"You tricked me." Honey Lemon was surprised by the venom in her voice. What was wrong with her? She felt less and less like herself every day.

"I assure you I did not trick you. How could I have when you did not properly ask about the details? Really, that is your fault."

Honey Lemon folded into a ball. She wanted to disappear, she wanted it all to go away. She would never have agreed if this was the result…

Suddenly a light tapping sounded from her window. Honey Lemon looked up only to see the last person she expected.

"Yo." Gogo was waving at her from the other side of the window.

Honey Lemon just stared at her dumbfounded. Gogo was the absolute last person she wanted to see right now.

Gogo sighed. "Look I'm not gonna try to kill you or anything ok? I just…I don't know, wanted to talk I guess?"

And to Honey's amazement Gogo was actually blushing, and doing a poor job of hiding it.

Honey Lemon walked over to her window and opened it, letting Gogo into her room. Gogo glared at Kyubei upon seeing him and to Honey's amazement Kyubey actually left out of Honey's window. Honey found herself grateful for that. She wasn't in the mood to entertain the strange creature any more than she had to.

"Nice room you got here. It's uh…very pink." Gogo shuffled awkwardly. Honey Lemon found her adorable despite herself.

"Thanks." And to Honey's surprise she found herself giggling. It had been a while since she giggled.

"I like your stuffed animals." Gogo said, flicking a stuffed white bear on the nose.

"Yeah I know it's kind of childish I just find them cute you know? I probably have way to many though…"

"No, no, it's nice…I mean I'm homeless so you know…"

The awkwardness was back and Honey found herself struggling for something to say. But then Gogo plopped down on her bed.

"Ah…this is nice. That's it." She smacked a fist against her open palm, determination on her face like she just got the best idea ever. "I've decided I'm crashing here tonight. You can have the floor. You looked comfy enough on it before."

Honey Lemon just looked at her incredulously. The nerve of this girl…

"First, you try to kill me and now you want my bed?"

"Hey, like I said I'm homeless and beggars can't be choosers. Trust me blondie, if I had options I'd take them. Besides," Gogo's expression took on a more serious note "we need to talk."

Honey Lemon wrapped her arms around herself and looked away from Gogo. "What is there to talk about?"

"You know what. You almost died tonight, don't say anything." Gogo held up a hand when she saw Honey start to open her mouth, presumably to ask why she cared now all of a sudden. "Look, I figure Kyubey screwed us both so what I'm saying is I want to help you. So, truce?"

Gogo held out her hand and Honey Lemon regarded it carefully. In another life perhaps she and Gogo could have been friends. She hated to admit it but she did find the girl endearing when she wasn't trying to kill her and she did need a friend. Hiro was great but he was well…Hiro.

"…How do I know I can trust you?"

Gogo sighed. "Look, what happened back there? Scared the shit out of me. And I don't scare easy. And it made me realize that…I'm tired. I'm tired of fighting and I'm tired of being alone but if I had a friend…I don't know, I guess life just wouldn't suck as much ya know?"

That gave Honey Lemon pause. She wasn't expecting this…rawness from Gogo of all people. She debated it in her head. Gogo was powerful and an ally (she wouldn't say friend just yet) would be nice.

Honey Lemon extended her own arm and took Gogo's hand in her own.

"Ok but if you try to hurt Hiro-"

"I know, I know, the kids off limits. I wasn't going to hurt him in the first place geez…"

Somehow Honey Lemon doubted that but she appreciated Gogo trying to make her feel better.

"So…can I sleep in your bed? It really is comfy."

Honey Lemon sighed. This was going to be fun…

"Fine. But move over, I'm not sleeping on the floor."

"Somehow, I knew I would find you here."

Hiro was sitting in front of the graves of his parents. They died when he was much younger, and although Hiro didn't remember them he liked to visit their graves from time to time. It felt comforting, especially now that Tadashi was gone.

But upon hearing his brother's voice his eyes widened and he turned around, probably a little too quickly as he stumbled slightly.

"Tadashi…"

"I came to pay my respects too." Tadashi said simply, walking over to place a bouquet of flowers in between the graves.

"Did you know?" Hiro asked finally after a long pause between the two of them. He knew he didn't need to clarify, Tadashi would know what he was talking about.

"…Yes."

"Then why didn't you say something?! You could've…you could've stopped her." Hiro felt tears prickle behind his eyes, but he wouldn't allow himself to cry in front of Tadashi.

"I tried to tell someone before but…they wouldn't listen. It doesn't matter in any case." Tadashi turned to look directly at Hiro. The intensity of his gaze scared Hiro but he couldn't look away.

"Listen to me Hiro, this is important. Forget about Honey Lemon. She can't be saved."

Hiro felt like he had just been pierced through the heart. "…what?" His voice felt so small, so far away…

"Do you know what she wished for? She wished for the power to protect you and as unselfish as a wish that was it is ultimately hopeless. She will destroy herself and take you with her if you let her. Don't."

"Honey Lemon is my friend…" He hated how whiny he sounded. He felt so insignificant in comparison to Tadashi, always had, and it was never more apparent than right now.

"How can you be so cold…?"

Tadashi regarded Hiro with an unreadable expression on his face.

"Perhaps…it's because I'm no longer human."

And with that he left.

Hiro sank down to his knees, finally allowing the tears he had been holding in to fall.

It was the next night and Honey Lemon and Gogo were preparing to set out. Neither of them had mentioned what had happened with Honey Lemon's soul egg and neither of them intended to. Truthfully, they didn't want to think about it. And both were determined to throw themselves at witch hunting with renewed fervor.

"Hey, Gogo? Can I ask you something?"

"Sure. Whats up?" Gogo said over a mouth full of food. She had been raiding Honey Lemon's fridge all day and Honey Lemon tried not to think about how much shopping she would have to do to replace it all.

"What did you wish for?"

The food Gogo had been holding fell from her hands. "Shit…shit…umm, why do you want to know?"

"Well, I mean you know mine so I think it's only fair I know yours…"

Gogo thought about it for a moment. "Good point. Let's see, where do I start…? Ok well, I grew up in a large family and we were always so hungry ya know? I didn't have a dad so it was just my mom, me, and my sisters. My mom always worked so hard for us and I would try to help out in ah…less legal ways…anyways, one day I met Kyubey and when he offered me a contract I couldn't believe it ya know? It seemed like a fairy tale. So without thinking I wished for my family to never go hungry and to have everything they ever wanted."

Gogo turned her head away from Honey Lemon at that point. "It turned out, that what they didn't want was me. I mean I was always the black sheep of the family so I should have expected it but…it still hurt ya know? I became pretty jaded after that…anyways, that's my story so-ah hey!-"

Honey Lemon wrapped Gogo up in a warm hug. Her much taller form quickly dwarfing the smaller girl.

"Hey you don't have to-"

"Shush…it's happening so enjoy it."

Gogo was blushing furiously at this point. Physical affection was never her strong point but she had to admit…this felt nice.

Honey Lemon pulled back after a moment, a warm smile on her face. "You ready to go?"

"Y-yeah…"

Walking down the streets of San Fransokyo, Honey Lemon and Gogo were surprised to find Hiro.

"Hiro?" Honey Lemon asked him. She was a little wary, Hiro looked like he had been through hell. And she felt guilty that she hadn't contacted him at all today.

Hiro turned to face them. "Hey Honey-what the?!" He jumped back upon seeing Gogo.

"Calm down kid, I'm not gonna hurt ya."

"She's telling the truth Hiro. Gogo and I worked it out."

Hiro still looked unsure but if Honey was okay then…

"Okay…but how did that happen?"

"It's a long story…what are you doing out here anyways? Your aunt's probably worried."

Hiro waved her off. "She's fine. I'm good at sneaking out and not getting caught. I just needed some fresh air. Are you two going to hunt witches?"

"Yeah. We both need it."

"Can I…come with?"

Honey Lemon and Gogo shared a look. It wouldn't be the first time Hiro had come along and this time there was two witch hunters to protect him.

"Okay."

It had been a while but they finally found a witch and entered her domain. This witch was different than any either Honey or Hiro had seen. They were used to seeing witches labyrinths that were cluttered but this one was blindingly white and barren.

It was unsettling.

"There." Gogo said suddenly, pointing towards a pulsating pitch black mass.

"I'll take one side, you take the other. Kid, you stay here and stay out of our way."

"My name is Hiro…"

Gogo didn't listen to him, instead charging forward with her usual gusto. Honey Lemon shot him an apologetic look before joining her.

The witch was not willing to go down easily, despite there being two opponents. It shot out multiple sharp-ended tentacles and Honey Lemon and Gogo had to quickly dodge to get out of the way.

The pair made a good team it seemed. The two moved effortlessly in between each other and the witch, delivering blow after blow.

'It was going to be easy.'

Just as Hiro thought that something hard collided into his side and Hiro was flying.

Distantly he heard Honey shouting his name.

He landed, hard.

His head and side hurt…

His vision started to cloud and he saw Honey running towards him before everything went black.

Honey was screaming her head off and Gogo was trying to get her to focus.

"Hey, blondie the quicker you help me the quicker we can-"

"Shut up."

Gogo looked over at Honey Lemon, her blood ran cold. Gone was the girl from earlier and in her place was something different. Something dark.

"Get Hiro out of here."

"What? But-"

"I said get him out of here."

And with that she glared at Gogo with a look that wasn't human. Resisting the urge to run Gogo did as she said but only because she was terrified.

She wouldn't leave Honey Lemon however, so instead she took Hiro to a safer distance. She was ready to protect him with her body if she had to.

Honey Lemon viciously started to attack the witch. Gogo almost felt bad for it.

It started to scream and writhe with every attack but Honey Lemon would not let it recover. She kept pelting it over and over with bright pink balls that exploded on impact.

A sickening sound reverberated around the area as Honey Lemon was stabbed through the stomach. Several tentacles impaled her. But Honey Lemon hardly seemed fazed by it. She lifted up her hand; in it she held a glowing blue ball.

She threw it down on the tentacles and they froze before breaking with a downward jab of her arm.

The witch screamed in agony in such a way that Gogo had never heard before. It was almost…human.

"Hey…Honey…I think that's enough…"

No response.

Honey Lemon continued her assault. Her wounds seemed to be healing as time passed.

"Honey! That's enough!"

The witch started to dissolve and Honey Lemon turned towards Gogo. She looked…dead.

Something snapped within Honey and her eyes no longer held any life behind them.

And that scared Gogo more than anything.

Honey Lemon, the girl who was always so happy and full of life…now seemed to be completely void of it.

A/N: In the anime Sayaka was very...apparent in her mental breakdown. I didn't want to do that with Honey Lemon. She struck me as the type to just completely shut down and operate only on base instincts.