A/N: Heya guys! I know I haven't been uploading much, and I'm really sorry for that! I will try and update every now and then within a quota of one chapter per week, school is making me really busy and I'm thoroughly sorry for that , Thanks for the occasional views you guys would give me once in a while! I appreciate it! :D As I were saying, Start and End parts would start to be compromised for better story flow, mostly all of their development would be cramped into one chapter! Not gonna say much here, so please move on and start reading! Leave a review if you have anything to state, or a PM!

Araki P.O.V

9:03AM

Ahh, no school today! It's Saturday after all! I woke up rather sloppily due to sleeping in a bad position—"Oww!" Aw, man… I think I cramped my neck… what a good start for a Saturday, which the major people within the school community agreeing it being one of the best days in the week besides Friday. I slide open lockscreen of my phone, checking for the new anime episodes that was uploaded—Aww, none of them are anime I had watched before. Groaning a little, I placed my phone on the desk and went downstairs to look for something to eat.

Ehh? Nobody's really at home… I suppose I should really make something for myself! Some fried eggs, maybe? But, wait—speaking of which, where did Takumi go? Wasn't he supposed to be at home—ohhhhhhhh, I remember—his kindergarten has extra classes even on Saturdays. Poor brother. Sizzle—that sound of the oil in the frying pan never stopped getting me nervous whenever I heard that noise, as I tried my best to make the egg actually able to be eaten.

"Ahhh! Done!" Welp! The egg was good looking! Seeing Takumi cook sometimes and get experience from him is really worth it now! I started to nibble on the egg I made, and went back to my room while eating halfway to grab my phone and came back to resume eating. Browsing the net, I noticed—wow, there are a lot of thunderstorms in another city! Ehh, and they're all happening so suddenly… I wonder what's up with the weathers lately? They aren't really changing all that fast—oh wait, that sudden rain yesterday that lasted even when I'm sleeping…

Looking through a few animes that I think may be worth watching, I took some screenshots, took care of things here and there… listening to some kickass music when I'm eating too! "Brrr." The cold water that made contact with my skin was so… well, cold! It made me tingle a little when I washed the dishes—after that, I placed the dishes back on those racks, and went back to my room. "I suppose I should find something to do…" Booting up my laptop, I was browsing the internet, of course! What else can I do?

"Hmm…" Joining those funny forums that claim they can kill boredom isn't legit now, I am bored like, aw maaaaaaaaan! Hmm, what's this? It's a recent post… let me read this…

"HELP:

I need more guild members ;-; Please join the MagiWorld server 6, room 362 if you have the time! My IGN is Mii-chan, please help out if you have the time! :D"

Oooh, is this an online game!? I might as well try it if I wouldn't need to go through the trouble of downloading it and kept myself bored waiting for all those constant updates! Googling for the game, eventually finding the site that had hosted the game and having access to it—The game asked me for a proper username and email addresses, something like that… I decided to place

AraKII

As my username, and I went back to that site to comment on the post—saying that I can help up despite my position as a newbie after I'm logged in. Well, the game doesn't seem that hard! I'm blasting through the tutorials like it's a walk in the park! Mii-chan started to contact and invited me to join his guild—which I accepted almost instantly! He started to message me in Private Messaging and personally gave me tips on how to proceed far early in the game, farming for those items that might be very useful at endgame contact, etc… He's really kind towards me, too!

We talked about a lot, and I was having fun playing with Mii-chan as we proceeded through the early level dungeons with his help! I'm currently grinding for some level-ups, so I wouldn't get limited by my character status and the cost for magical spells, techniques, later in game—Mii-chan described that was hell, so I took note to grind for levels whenever I'm free and is able to use the laptop myself! After what seemed to be 2 continuous hours of gaming constantly on the laptop, I was thoroughly tired out—and told Mii-chan I would be back later after I get some rest, and set my current status to Away instead of Offline.

Lying down on the bed as an exhausted sigh slipped out of my lips—I hugged my pillow and snuggled in bed, feeling exhausted from those endless hours of gaming. But it isn't like I regret it, you know? Able to befriend someone and carry out activities like this is totally awesome for me! Closing my eyes and deciding to sleep in for a little while to rest my body, I started to snore—and fell asleep without myself even knowing it.

3:00PM

"Aniki!"

I wake up to the sound of Takumi's calls, still feeling a little drowsy from my nap—ruffling my messy blonde hair and rubbing my face with the both of my hands, groaning a little as I tried hard to stood up and walk downstairs without falling down those stairs like how I did last time; that was certainly painful and embarrassing to me.

"Ahh, Takumi—how long has it been since you came home?" "Half an hour ago—that aside, I can't believe you, Aniki! You didn't fetch those wet laundries I took a long time to dry out, luckily I was home early than usual! Now it's raining again!" Ah, was it? I took a look outside once more—and it was raining again! The weather is super unusual lately! Was it because of the global warming that sensei taught us in class or anything else that actually affects the weather?

I didn't bother much after those thoughts and went back to my room, booting up MagiWorld and actually wanted to enjoy some matches with Mii-chan—oh, he's offline! Should've got him earlier, agh! I facepalmed a little—then realized it was painful, groaning a little in pain as I moved to the bed and lied down, giving a sigh. The rain is still ongoing—and it seems that it wouldn't stop; atleast until a few hours later.

Makoto P.O.V

8:00AM

Urhh. Getting waked up by those horns doesn't feel good at all. It's Saturday—I wanted more damned sleep, damn you! Sigh, guess whining here isn't gonna help anything—plus with those constant horns blaring like what retards would do, I should get up earlier than usual and start doing something productive. Blaaargh, I just simply hate these days—originally I should be able to get more sleep. Friggin' idiots.

Brushing my teeth and getting ready, I decide to just go on a jog—oh frickin' great. Rain, and the rain's been coming down hard and long—I slapped myself for making an innuendo back there, and just went back in. What can I do? There's a lot of time left until 2, which is lunch time when Ikutsuki-san arrive.

Going back to sleep isn't an option. Even if I try and go back to sleep, I'll end up on two possibilities: 1.) Getting waked up by those annoying traffics. 2.) Couldn't sleep due to bodily fuctions. Damnit, I hate it when I only have very limited options to make, and choosing either one really gets me into an unhappy mood. What can I do…

"Maybe I should take a stroll- Fuuuuck." Damnit, just when I was about to take a stroll around town—the rain decides to intervene with my plans. Today sucks, literally. Maybe I should wear a raincoat—yeah, nothing's gonna stop me from ceasing my boredom, it could kill for seriously—so I went to my wardrobe, and picked a raincoat that I had long ago in that hellhole. This brings back memories. Not that I'm fond of them, but actually really disgusted about them.

The sound of my shoes colliding against the wet ground is weirdly amusing to me, somehow. I walked outside and looked around, earphones covering my ears and shielding me from this bastard rain sound that made me felt annoyed—I walked here and there, watching over certain gardens and passing by several distrcicts—walking in the rain does have a special feeling somewhat instead of walking in plain sunlight.

I took a deep breathe—the air during the rain was fresh, it made me felt a little bit cooled down—those traffic horns weren't there anymore, thank god. A walk in the rain is the best idea, I should really do this more often if I found myself in a stressed out situation and somehow needed to clear my mind.

Ahh, Tachibana's household. I look at the house, and guessed that Tachibana would be at home now since the lights for him room are on, he could be inside doing his stuff—maybe I should pay him a visit? "Wait… why am I doing this?" Yeah—I don't understand this at all. How can thinking of this guy just by pure thought, frees me from those unwanted shadows I had before in my life?

Maybe… he could be the light, unlike that lost one that I never appreciated getting. Well, I suppose I should talk to him more—no use being all shoujo-manga-ish thinking here, it wouldn't help me much at all. Pssh, I sure have gotten soft to society over all the years that had passed me by—or, rather, Tachibana in this case.

I walked home after that, and saw Ikutsuki-san's car waiting in front of my house—he's early, or am I just late? I didn't bring a watch after all. I took off my raincoat and tossed it inside my house, entering his car with him greeting me a smile—as we took off to that restaurant he always used to bring me to. "Hey, Ikutsuki-san."

"What is it?" He didn't sound distracted at all despite talking when driving, if it were to be me, I'd crash into a nearby car and die, lel. "Do you think I'm just unforgiving to the past, or unsatisfied with the future?" I've been giving this a lot of thought lately—ever since I met Tachibana and Sayaka—wait, I take that back, Sayaka isn't a honorable mention. Ever since I met Tachibana, I had this impression of him that he was a pure and innocent child who had never sunk into those pit of darkness for even once in his life. And what's worse—no, what's fortunate is—his light rather tainted me in a way I wouldn't wanted to. That's why… I asked him that.

"You've been a clever child and you are always quick to solve things, you know."

I chuckle. Yeah, getting told that made me feel rather special. "I think it's more to the former choice—you went through shit and all, I understand." Yeah… maybe he's right, it was me to giving any chance to people, or it was me who didn't give myself a chance to make friends. Yeah… I took up my phone and messaged Tachibana.

"Hey, you dope. How was your day?"

As I kept the phone, the rain suddenly stopped. The bright light of the sun started to shimmer.

WHAT IS THIS?! SOME DRAMA BULLSHIT?!

Mihara P.O.V

9:48AM

"Aaaaaaaaaah…" Whew! That was relaxing! Never had this kind of long ass nap for once in a while now! *0* Well, I switched on my laptop and logged on to MagiWorld, checking those forums that I recently posted to recruit members—ehh!? There's actually one person who would help and join! Ohh? A newbie? Might as well guide him on how to play the game! Lemme see what his username is!

AraKII

Oooh, sounds nice! I think it's based on a real life name instead of any made up names, doe—I greeted him as soon as I entered the game, he seems pretty friendly awright! Guiding him through the tutorials and the early stages in game, what should he do and whatnot—that could help him a lot in endgame content soon, as they are all really extremely hard and needs more than one person to actually beat that kind of content.

We played a few rounds—and this guy actually can catch up rather decently! Eeeh, he became tired… yeah, that's to be expected, but I really wanna have a few more rounds of game with him before he goes offline… ah well! Gotta go outside to take in some fresh air—eeeeeeeh!? D: It's raining! What a party pooper this rain is!

Oh yeah, that raincoat Satomi gave me a long time before… I went to search for it in my cabinet, and hey—it's actually still in good form! It's not like it's dusted or anything else! :D I wore it, and I went outside—maybe I'll go to the nearby cake store to have some cake. Yeah, that's good! Might as well get some for mom on the way, too!

Brr, the rain's somewhat freezing! Plus, the rain felt somewhat… unnatural… like, it's forced to rain instead of naturally raining itself. It wasn't supposed to rain either if I remember what was shown in the weather broadcast earlier yesterday at night… weird. Ah, there it is! Misaki's Cake Shop, I've always liked to come here during my childhood, especially on after school! Mom would take me here very often after school, and I always liked the taste of the cakes they made here. C:

What good memories… As I entered the shop, several staff that had saw me from a little twat until now greeted me happily when I sat down. The air conditioner here is so cold O-O The moment when I took off my raincoat, I started to shiver a little due to how cold the air conditioner is. I looked at the orders… and decided to have some vanilla cake for today! Chocolate just really don't fit my tastes, plus it made me have to brush my teeth after eating one.

I waited for a little, and looked around—"Tateyama-san!" Ehh? That sound is really familiar… where have I heard it before—"Hey, Mami-san's calling for you!" I felt someone tugging on my pants, and I looked beside me to see a white haired girl wearing really puffy shirt. I then looked around me—oh, is that Tomoe-senpai? I walked beside her and smiled a little as I greeted her. "What's up?" Hm? She seems somewhat distressed when I asked her that—as if wanting to cover up the reason why she is really here from me. Well, I'll just let that slide, I suppose…? I don't think it's actually appropriate to question someone of their motives when you barely had known them as well. Well she covered it up pretty well! Her gentle eyes flinched a little, that's how I can see through her façade.

"Well, I'll not ask much!" Smiling, I walked to the counter and took my order, silently eating the cake I've ordered while placing the cake for mom aside. My gosh, the cake is really nice! *^* After a while of eating, I eventually finished the cake and took a deep breath in and out—oh, new notifications. I took out my phone and checked what was the sudden news—OH! A NEW EQUIPMENT SET RATES UP IN MAGI WORLD! :D

"Let's get back home now—we wouldn't wanna miss that, Tomoe-san!"
"Time to get that sweet set of Witch busters—" I grip my fist and rised from my seat, my sound audible for everyone on the spot—wait.

Holy shit.

Did my senior, who is also a beauty that is well-mannered and actually good in academics… plays video games? Friggin really!? We stare at each other in disbelief. "Are you the player, Mii-chan?" Wow, holy shit… she really did play that game… BUT WHY!? "Uh, yeah… I assume that you are Tomoe as well… I should have realized that when I call your surname, ahaha…" Ruffling the back of my neck rather sheepishly, I chuckled a little… wearing my raincoat and exiting the shop ahead of them.

Oh god, like why—why is she playing video games? I find it really hard to believe! I mean, yeah—I'm cool with girls playing video games, but… NO! I reached home rather quickly due to my quick jogs, and I flopped on my bed, feeling rather exhausted now from that quick jog home. It's 5 too, mom will be back home soon—so I better reheat that cake and have her eat it in the first-place!

Whew, the cake is finally reheated! I should go play MagiWorld while I wait for mom to come back. Ehh, Tomoe-san isn't online… I suppose she feels awkward? Nevermind, I'll just have a few rounds on my own. Ah, I didn't forget to obtain the set I'm notified earlier in the cake shop too!

*GIANT RUMBLE SEQUENCE*

"What!?" I was startled by the sudden rumble that literally caused the house to shake and the lights to flicker in an instant—who wouldn't!? The rain is still ongoing, so I can't go outside as well! Just…

What the hell is wrong with today!?

Satomi P.O.V (Day 5 Main Event)

12:26PM

"Whew!" Placing the last stock of mineral bottle down at the storage, I sighed a little in relief as I wiped away my sweat—feeling a little tired out from those weekly routines I would volunteer myself to. "Good job today, Aikawa-san!" My junior smiled widely, and gave me a thumbs up sign as he wiped away his sweat as well. Isn't it a little tough for him to do stuff like this at a younger age?

"Yeah, thanks! You should really get some rest too, by the way." He doesn't seem to be giving up despite me telling him that—he reminds of me when my mind had been made up and those times where I helped the orphanage to take care of storage items like this despite me screwing me over and over again during the process. Now I'm all grown up already, so solo-workin' it isn't much of a trouble to me already!

Now that this is done, I should really give a call to my co-workers in McD to ask out if they need me—the boss always got their backs after all, and always wanted me to take day-off's somehow. Why would I need extra time off? Well, it's boss's decision—I wouldn't ask much, or I would really get into huge trouble.

I should go get something to eat though, I'm really hungry now. Maybe I should head to that 7-Eleven to get some stuff to eat, my stomach is growling loud. Walking to the 7-Eleven where I met that red-haired girl a few days ago, I smiled a little, wondering if she had already setup a trap already somewhere for someone to step on it. Ah… it's raining, and… I somehow had an unusual feeling about this sudden rain…

"Sire?"

"Huh?" I was quite alerted by the sudden call, it seems that the staff had already finished scanning my orders—and so I paid, but he suddenly halted me. "Sire, your neck…" I touched my neck, but I can't feel anything at all—was he tricking me? But, I felt like he's right somehow in another aspect. "Yeah?"

"Ah, nothing… please have a good day!" Well, that was sudden… I endured the rain as I ran out of the store, passing by several streets in hopes of reaching the orphanage sooner because—brr, it's so cold! Plus, the rain is really heavy too!

'Waaaah…'

"!?" Is that a girl's voice…? And is she… crying? I looked around, and listened carefully—aha! That alleyway is where the loud echo of crying came from! I ran there, but—urgh, what's this sudden jolt that goes through my head! Ur-Urgghh! Aaah, no time to think about these small details anymore! I rushed into the streets further, but—is everything going almost dramatically dark as I proceeded deeper into the alley? Ahh, the girl is visible now! "Girl—" She looked at me—

Those dark eyes.
Deep yet dark.
I felt this sudden chill down my spine as I black out—

?

"Ow…" Rubbing my head, I wake up—what the hell is this place?! There's colors everywhere, and there's… random distorted things moving around the space? I rise up, and groaned a little—wanting to see where the hell I ended up in— "What the…" This place around me… it isn't that simple alleyways anymore, isn't it? What, what actually happened when I was blacked out? Where was the girl? Is this… am I dreaming? I pinched my cheeks a little—oww! …I really wasn't dreaming…

Crash!

That huge collision of matter caused me to direct my attention towards where it came from—wow, if this is really a dream, I'd better be awake now. A cliché-ass monster, do you believe it? I moved forward and wanted to take a closer look—"Hey! Don't get near! Are you stupid!?" That voice… It can't be…! Was that the girl I had met some days ago in that 7-Eleven!? Her uniform was different, like a Chinese cheongsam—and she's wielding a spear, fighting off projectiles blasted off by that monster.

"What the hell—" I haven't finished spoken yet, but several of these chains formed by having diamonds to join their tips and tails together; forming a straight line and cutting off my progress. Wha—ow! I look at the back of my right palm; since it was the source of pain that jolted through my body just now, and I saw a… tattoo… resembling a silhouette of a spear, glowing bright in that spot. A-Ahhh! W, what's this… pain…!

Several images, albeit distorted—flash through my mind.

A man. He appears to be in a church, and is lying down on the ground, with blood flowing out of his abdomen area—did he commit suicide? Is there a need to actually commit suicide? I don't really understand, but since I'm watching this from someone else's point of view, I really should intervene much, and I should put all of my heart into observing what had happened.

A cute stuffed toy-like animal. The character that was in my point of view seemed to be talking to it; and making some sort of important deal. What comes after that was several scenes of battling. Lines started to run through my head, filling me with foreign knowledge that I had never even asked for in the first place. The pain was starting to fade away, but at this point—my body was thoroughly numb after what I've already felt and endured up to this point. It's as if someone shocking you through artificial means, yet this hurts so badly only in the inside; calling out for help at the outside wouldn't get you any help at all.

That girl. She's praying. A gem afloats. Then she began to charge at a similar monster, which caused a great explosion that her vision fades out to white, forever.

"It's fine. I'll stay by your side, Sayaka."

My mind started to flash white like blinking. Then they were all replaced with red, glowing lines that illuminate my mind with foreign knowledge. I proceeded to read what's given.
…Ah, I see. I know what the lines are for now. I also had a slight idea of what I really saw just now and who was it that I'm seeing from.

That amount of despair…

The lock breaks.
My fate unraveled, I open my palm.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!" You have no idea how painful this is—it's as if hot melting metal forcefully plunged into your skin and forcing your skin to forever merge with it as that lock sign had broken apart. Several blue streams of magic appear around me as the lines began to guide me through what I needed to learn, what I needed to experience. Yes, her spear—I shall replicate, each and every one of them, without mistake!

She seemed startled—was she surprised by this sudden outburst of power, or was she surprised on seeing her weapon carefully duplicated by someone else that isn't her? Anyways, I need to focus—the burning lines don't stop, and it would be very bad if I screw up replicating these spears. Each and every one of them felt tied to my nerves, and my brain. These chains won't stop me now.

"Go!" With what's left of my mental state and physical state, I released all the "brakes" that halted the exact direction of where the spears are intending to charge towards—some colliding with those chains and breaking them apart, allowing the stream behind the front to reach the monster. Now, I get it—if those spears were to hit that monster without actual tempering, it would have functioned as normal attacks—so I instead replicated broken copies that explode upon contact and usually won't last over 20 seconds of time if the lines guided me correctly.

The monster was caught in the massive stream of spears—triggering one detonation after one that was caused by my broken copies of the girl's spear. A huge light started to leak out from the monster… as I fell on my knees, blacking out.

Kagetsu P.O.V

9:19AM

I woke up rather dizzy. Somehow my condition is very unpleasant despite sleeping in very early yesterday—did I actually twist my neck or did something out of my actual comprehension when I was asleep? Either way, I'm not really up for anything today—I just feel down, and I'm probably not going to feel up to anything. Plus, the constant raining most likely made my mood worse.

I went downstairs and took some instant noodles—preparing to cook them and consume them as my breakfast to sustain hunger at least until 1-2PM. After waiting for a while for the microwave to finish its job, I ate the cup noodles and just stayed at home quietly—Ah, a doorbell ringed. Wonder who would visit at this point, since it's all raining outside, might be a postman.

I opened the door—strange, there's actually no one on the front door even if the doorbell rang—I'm quite certain this isn't a prank either, no kid would be actually dumb enough to come out and prank someone when the rain is falling so badly like today. Ah—there's a parcel on the ground; maybe a postman left it there because of the heavy rain.

I took the parcel and went inside, wondering what's in it—I started to tear the parcel open, and there's a piece of paper writing something here:

"A little something to clear up your boredom!"

Hn, an MP3 player and a pair of earphones. Neat. I wonder who ordered this for me, but it is rather appreciated—maybe I should start by downloading some songs into the player so I can listen to music at times boredom strikes, and I have absolutely nothing to do. I head upstairs after washing all the dishes and booted up my laptop, surfing the net for some quality music I'd like to hear during times where I'm bored.

Several songs came to mind when I looked over iTunes for songs to download, the first that have came to mind is Sarishinohara (Distant Fields), vocals by Rib, the utaite singer. Second off is Yonjuunana (Forty-Seven), also by Rib. They're melancholically depressing in tune, but brings deep meaning at the same time; the two songs describe about a pair of lovers which was separated by the girl's work as an idol.

Looking up and purchasing those songs on iTunes, I decided to sign off as I moved the music I downloaded into my MP3 player. Atleast having those songs play constantly inside my ears while watching some light novels wouldn't be boring me too much, compared to sitting at one spot and just stare outside then back inside.

Ohh, man. The rain is really big, what gives? I remember clearly watching the weather broadcast earlier, and it had stated that possibilities of raining is really low—but this, this is just absurd now. If it wasn't raining, I could've gone somewhere else to actually spend my time, like that coffee bar which I am thoroughly fond with and tend to visit once in a while despite the school status keeping me busy or occupied at most times.

"Good afternoon."

That sounds familiar. "Ah, it's you." That white haired youngster that gave me this tattoo through unknown means, apparently. What does he have to do with me? "Have you figured out the secrets of your Locksign already?" So that thing is called a Locksign. Seeing that he's almost paranormal in terms of appearance and his actual physical movements, he might not be a human at all. Pff, what am I saying. This sounds like some rotten plot directly taken out of a visual novel. "Hey, I can hear ya, you know. Just because something is cliché doesn't mean it could be a good plot."

"How?" I asked, not knowing how did he get into my mind and read my thoughts perfectly—"You know, I consider you a bit different than the others. Your compatibility with the Locksign is so perfectly matched-up, we can talk to each other through this manner." Ah. So this tattoo isn't an actual tattoo. "What is your motive? Why are you giving me and the others this?"

"Well, blame it on that bastard Incubator. Couldn't even do a job right."

"Incubators? Sorry, you lost me back there" I was puzzled at what is the white haired boy talking about—so I asked directly about what is he currently going on about. Things are just getting weirder everyday. "Oh, I forgot—you wouldn't know about these stories… wait up a sec…" He reached his hands into his bag and is seemingly looking for something. Maybe that certain object can help me understand why would he give away these Locksign that he proclaimed to others that isn't involved with him at all in the first place.

"Here! Have fun watching Puella Magi Madoka Magica's BluRay DVD and The Rebellion Story, which is the sequel!" He passed me two DVD's—wait… something isn't right. I feel something broken when he gave me the two disks. "Remember to drink water accordingly when watching! You don't wanna get dried out and give up watching the movie, don't you?" Chuckling a little, he proceeded to open the door and disappaeared into thin air. Wow, breaking the 4th wall and doing absurd things like this. Logic can go to hell, am I right?

Ah, nevermind. Just gonna watch these two movies, and see what's really up with this Incubator and the Locksign thingy that I really wouldn't want to get myself involved in."

Kagetsu proceeded to watch the two movies and spent the whole day doing so.

A/N: EXTREMELY FOURTH WALL BREAKING XDDD Either way, have fun with this chapter! I'll try and update more often! Ciao!