A Fateful Encounter

One day left until there was 2 years since I uploaded the first chapter of this fanfic.

I am happy for the replies I got from the last chapter and it made me feel like I really made something good so
thank you guys for reading this and reviewing. I did something I don't normally like to do in this chapter but it
happened anyway. I will write in the afterword what it is.

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Chapter 10: Hidden Truth

"SAYAKA!"

The blue-haired girls hand fell limp to the ground in the pool of the blood under her. Kyouko didn't notice that the dragon that held her put her closer to its mouth. Well, she didn't care anymore anyways. She had finally made a best friend after all these years who accepted her for who she was. But was she dead, and Kyouko didn't mind if she could meet her in the afterlife.

She then looked at the gap depressed and scared, but she was prepared. Closing her eyes and waiting for the killing blow, she heard a small explosion behind her. All of a sudden she fell down to the ground in the cut off hand of the dragon. With a thump she hit the ground, but the impact was slightly dampened due to being in the dragon's hand. She then looked up at the beast and she saw it brawling with a girl with long flowing deep blue hair.

The girl was swinging around a huge scythe like nothing and she was wearing plates of armor on her shoulders, chest, hips and at the legs. Under the armor she was wearing a blue and black dress with sleeves separate from the dress and her hand were covered with gauntlets. She also wore rather big boots with pantyhose that disappeared under her dress.

Hoping the girl could keep the dragon occupied, Kyouko ran over to Sayaka in the pool of blood. She could also see that she was lying right on the picture with a dead knight. Horrified of what this could mean she carefully turned Sayaka's body to let her lie on her back. Kyouko gasped and held her hand for her mouth when she saw the wound up close. It was deep and wide and it has pierced at least two of her vital organs. Tears were now again running down her cheeks and splashed against Sayaka's slightly agonized face.

"...ouko? Kyou... ko?" A voice said quietly and Kyouko opened her eyes and saw that Sayaka's eyes were barely open. Kyouko grabbed hold of Sayaka's hand and came closer to her dear friend so she could hear the faint words. "I'm glad... you were able to escape... alive. I've had plenty of... fun with you. I just wish death wouldn't have come for... me this early." The blue-haired girl whispered and forced a smile through her burning pain. "Good bye." She then said and closed her eyes.

"Sayaka?" Kyouko asked quietly and were now just a few centimeters away from Sayaka's face. "Please, wake up! Please open your eyes! SAYAKA!" Kyouko couldn't see anymore because of the vast amount of tears in her eyes. She laid her head and arms on Sayaka's chest and started to cry loudly.

The girl behind her that was facing off against the dragon was barely managing. She got the advantage quickly due to being able to cut off the arm directly as she entered the room. The dragon was rather slow and sluggish but one wrong movement and she would be in serious trouble. His teeth's were enormous and sharp as blades and his claws were no joke either.

The dragon's arm swung around fiercely as the girl jumped around on his body trying to get in some cuts on his head. It swung its head around to avoid getting hit but with a powerful throw she managed to skillfully hit the dragons head while running on its arm. The scythe now sat firmly in the very skull of the dragon so now it was in a firm place, reducing the risk of the scythe losing its grip. As the scythe was attached with a chain she managed to swing herself up on its head. Being nearly 6 meters up from the floor she wouldn't like to go through the run around on his body, avoiding attacks to get up here again.

Being in pain from getting its head struck by a scythe the dragon swung its head more wildly than before so she had problem keeping herself on its head. She had to keep a steady grip on her scythe to not fall off. As her focus was not to fall off she didn't notice that its tail was incoming from behind as it hit her in her side. Being struck by that enormous force she was blown into the wall. Blood was now slowly dripping down her head and she felt bruises all over her body from that smash and her left chest area was hurting badly. It was a miracle that her body wasn't broken all over. Luckily she managed to keep hold on the chain as the scythe was still stuck on its head. As its head closed in on to devour her, she jumped out from the hole in the wall and swung up on its head and once again and pulled out the scythe.

She could now feel what damage that tail attack did beside what it could be in the chest. It feels like it nearly broke her arms and it probably broke one or two ribs if not more. But she had to do what she could so she made a big jump and with a powerful blow she managed to strike the dragon's head so deep with the scythe so only the hilt could be seen. With a few twitches from the dragon and with an ear shattering roar it fell down to the ground with a crash.

Kyouko was crying on Sayaka's chest and she suspected that the dragon was slain when she heard the roar and felt the ground shake. She heard that a large metal object landed nearby Kyouko and footsteps that were closing in fast. As she looked up, the girl who fought the dragon were sitting next to Sayaka and she looked like she focused really hard with her hands over Sayaka's body. "What are..." Was what Kyouko managed to say before she was cut off.

"Please be quiet for a minute. I'm trying to save your friend." She replied and continued. Kyouko could see a faint light where she held her hands. She could also see that the huge gash in Sayaka's stomach was slowly closing. Amazed by whatever was happening she followed the sight of the miracle.

"What the… Are you a witch or a magician or something?" Kyouko asked as she looked on what happened in front of her.

After a few minutes she had closed up the wound and sweat were running down her forehead. The pool of blood had disappeared since it returned to the body as she healed it. Sayaka's body was restored to how it was before, the only difference being that her clothes were badly torn. The scenery had changed also changed during the healing process. As the dragon was defeated the room they were in disappeared and they were back on the street they were on before they got sucked in to that weird room.

Kyouko looked down on Sayaka and then on the girl across her. "I- Is she going to be alright?" She asked carefully as the other girl held her ear to Sayaka's chest to hear if her heart was beating.

She them sat up like normal with a smile on her face. "Thankfully, she is alive." And as she said that she saw that tears were building up in Kyouko's eyes and started streaming down her cheeks and once again started to cry on her chest. Meanwhile the other girl took some time to heal herself from the heavy strike from the dragon's tail.

After a minute Kyouko calmed down again and wiped of the tears with her arm. The other girl was done healing herself and transformed into normal clothes which were a simple white t-shirt and a more colorful skirt. Her long blue hair that was hanging down her back before were now up in a ponytail at the side of her head. The redhead looked on as it was true magic and she was rather amazed. "I can't thank you enough for saving her and me." She said and made a small bow. "But who are you and what was that place?" Kyouko asked the person sitting on the other side of Sayaka.

"Well, I can start with to say that the place you just visited was inside of a witch's barrier, and the dragon was the witch itself." She replied and picked up a black ominous crystal thing and put against a deep purple gem. "This black thing is called a Grief seed and it is a reward that will sometimes be left behind when a witch is defeated. It cleanses out these gems of ours." The purple gem became more purple and more shining just as the grief seed became darker and darker. "We need to keep our gems clean as they are the source of our power. Kyuubey?" She then said and threw the grief seed behind her, and out of nowhere a familiar rat and cat hybrid jumped out and caught the black gem with its tail and then swallowed it with its back.

Kyouko's look changed immediately as she focused on that thing. "You, that insensitive asshole. Get out of here!" She said to the white thing.

The other girl looked confused on what happened. "Wait... You already know Kyuubey, but you are not magical girls? What's the meaning of this, Kyuubey?"

Kyuubey sat down next to the other girl. "I contacted them and asked if they wanted to become magical girls. But they refused and sent me away and they said they never wanted to see me again. But apparently no one knows what the future has in store so here I am again." It said and looked as happy as it always did.

The other girl sighed. "Well, I have no saying in what you do. Anyway, I am Kurayami Aoi, one of the two magical girls in this city. You were lucky I was nearby enough to not letting you both die. It would be a waste."

"There is another one like you out there? Do you know her?" Kyouko asked and sounded intrigued.

"I know who she is but I rather not approach her. We magical girls tend to dislike each other and she is far more dangerous than most. It's basically like a competition of who can get the witch to acquire the Grief seed. And she is hard to approach normally as well. She is a second year in Mitakihara middle school and I am a third year. But please keep quiet of what you just saw. We would like to keep this out of the public's eyes since this could cause an outbreak if they now would believe you which they probably wouldn't since it is a rather absurd story really. The problem is that there has been a steep rise in witches and familiars lately which really worries me. I have been a magical girl for about 4 months now and these recent weeks it has been a lot of them. Despite my rival's personality when I approach her, she is at least nice enough to help the city get rid of them. By the way, what are your and hers name?" Aoi asked.

"My name is Sakura Kyouko and she is Miki Sayaka." Kyouko replied with a smile.

They were then interrupted by a small grunt from Sayaka and she slowly opened her eyes. Then it looked like something struck her as she fast as lightning sat up straight and looked around her with her eyes wide open. The last thing she could remember was seeing Kyouko crying in front of her and she also remembered the intense pain from all over her body. But she was thrown back to reality as she was greeted by a grand hug from Kyouko that jumped on her as soon as she sat up.

Kyouko rubbed her cheek against Sayaka's and Sayaka gave Kyouko an equally great hug back. They was lying there for a few seconds and then Kyouko let go and sat up like she did before and then Sayaka noticed the other girl that was sitting right next to her. In surprise she backed off a little but then calmed down slightly. "Kyouko, who is she?"

"She is our upperclassman and the one who rescued us both and resurrected you. She is totally awesome." Kyouko said and gestured with her hands enthusiastically and Aoi just scratched her cheek in response to that statement. "And her name is Kurayami Aoi."

"You managed to slay that big thing and resurrect me? What was that place and what are you?" Sayaka asked in a tone that vaguely implied that she was thankful but still rather suspicious.

"As your friend said, my name is Kurayami Aoi and I am a magical girl and I became one through Kyuubey here that you apparently met before." She replied and by then Sayaka noticed the white thing behind Aoi, and as a response she narrowed her eyes. "And the place you two just visited was a witch lair. And the dragon itself was the witch."

Sayaka just looked at her for a short while as if she was stunned of shock before she could say something back. "So that thing wanted us to become magical girls to fight that kind of scary creature that we just met? For what purpose?"

Aoi looked away for a short while before answering. "Well, you get one wish where you can ask for anything. And I really want to save people from these monsters as well, and I am willing to stake my life on it to protect this city. But that is just me, so the motive of why people become magical girls vary from person to person."

"Umm... Well, I guess it sounds rather fair when you say it like that so I get it to an extent." Sayaka said and looked Aoi in the eyes. "But I'm really thankful for you saving me and Kyouko." She continued and bowed to her as a sign of courtesy.

While Aoi and Sayaka were talking, Kyouko looked down on Sayaka's stomach that now was showing due to the torn clothing. "Sayaka, I think you should change your clothes since I don't think it is a good idea to go around in those as they are so destroyed." She then said and went for the bag that was a little bit away from them.

Sayaka then quickly changed clothes while the other two kept watch for people walking by. As she was done she put down the torn dress in her bag and hurled it over her shoulder. "I guess I can ask Mami to fix it. I'm sure she is good at sewing."

As Sayaka was done changing to a white skirt and a light blue t-shirt, the other closed in again from their watch. "Mami? You guys know Tomoe Mami? Say hi from me next time you meet her. She's a good friend of mine and a classmate as well. She can fix that dress for you, no problem. She has A+ in Home education." Aoi said with a warm smile.

Both Sayaka and Kyouko gave her an equally warm smile. "We will. And we still can't pay you back for how much you have done for us tonight, but thank you so very, very much for saving us both from the witch." Sayaka almost shouted out while she and Kyouko made a deep bow to their upperclassmen.

Aoi backed off a little with and awkward smile and looked around for onlookers. "P- Please, stop that. It's embarrassing. But there is nothing for you to apologize for. It is my job and I took it on by myself. But I am glad to have saved you both."

They parted ways later as Aoi was going back home and Sayaka and Kyouko walked on to Madoka's house. The clock was now 23.12 so they hoped that Madoka and Homura were still awake. After a short while they arrived at Madoka's house and the lights was still on in her bedroom and in the living room.

Walking up to the door and rang the doorbell, Madoka opened the door after a few seconds. "Welcome, Sayaka-chan and Kyouko-chan, what took... Sayaka-chan, what have happened to you two?" Madoka asked and both sounded and looked worried at the same time. It's no wonder though since both of them were slightly dirty and bruised.

"A- Aaah, I just tripped earlier. It was quite a brutal fall, and I accidentally brought Kyouko down with me, but we are alright, right, Kyouko?" She replied and asked the redhead that was standing her, trying to cover up what really happened.

Kyouko acted like she got a small smack to the head when Sayaka now asked her to help her lie. "Yeah, I was worried if she was alright or not, but luckily it was no big deal." She said and it seemed like Madoka suspected them but then her eyes changed and they saw that believed them and then looked slightly relieved that it was nothing more than that.

"I guess would you like to take a bath to get clean?" Their pink-haired friend asked. "My parents won't be coming home tonight so we have the entire house for ourselves until tomorrow. Homura and I didn't have any plans to go to sleep yet so you can take your time. Also you can just put that bag in my room so you don't have to carry it around."

Sayaka bowed slightly. "If it's not too much to ask, yes please." She replied and they took of their shoes and went inside. They passed by Homura in the living room and waved at them and it looked like she waited for Madoka to come back.

After putting the bag in the corner in Madoka's room they both went to the bathroom where Madoka were just finished fixing everything so they could just get in.

"Take your time. We'll keep watching TV in the living room." She said as she left the room and then closed the door to leave Kyouko and Sayaka alone. They started to undress and they entered the rather large bathtub.

Kyouko was rather embarrassed to look at Sayaka's naked body but she didn't dislike it in the slightest. Lately her heart has been beating faster when she experience these kind of moments with Sayaka. It was a great feeling but it was rather difficult to keep a normal conversation like this.

"Aah, this is so nice. It washes away almost all the worry we had when we were inside that dungeon thing. I just for the love of god hope that we never have to enter such a place again." Sayaka said as she leaned back as the water has reached the waist.

Kyouko was just looking at Sayaka for a few seconds before she noticed that Sayaka said something. "Y- Yeah, and that Aoi was really cool. I wish I could be a little like her. I mean, she took on that dragon even though she could get hurt."

"I can agree with that, but it must feel tough to put your life on the line each time you do it. Not that I know how often these witches appear, like if it is once a week or once a month or whatever it is. But yeah, you must respect her for what she does."

"There apparently is another one like her in this town, but she wouldn't say who she was although as she was rather aggressive. She is a second year in our school from what she said, but I want to know who it is. She is supposedly hard to approach naturally as well. You have been in the school for like 2 years now, do you know who someone who fit that description?" Kyouko asked Sayaka.

"Aggressive and hard to approach? Not anyone I know or talked to. There is one girl though in our neighboring classroom that got a real outbreak in the middle of their class. Her rant was heard over the entire floor. But that it the only one I can think of but then I do not know many of the people from other classes." Sayaka said and closed her eyes and sled down so the water reached her chest.

Kyouko took the time trying to form things out of the big volumes of bubbles that were building up. Or it was more trying to give herself an afro and a beard for fun which she had fun with for a while. A short while later the bathtub was totally filled up and it reached their chin and then they both could fully relax in the hot water. Kyouko took a dip with her head to get her face and hair wet as her hair were a little messy.

Sayaka looked at Kyouko for a while without saying anything. "Kyouko, can I do something with your hair later?"

They continued to talk and took a bath of about 40 more minutes before they came down. They had taken on the sleepwear Sayaka had with her. And Sayaka had given Kyouko braids which Kyouko was very pleasant with.

As they got down to the living room once again they started playing a few board games like they did last time. Once again they got through one round of Monopoly but this time with Madoka as the winner, as she bested Sayaka of her last money. For the last round they teamed up with Kyouko and Sayaka in one team and Madoka and Homura in the other team to go through one round of Trivial Pursuit before going to bed.

With a crushing defeat for Homura and Madoka they went to bed. Madoka and Homura shared Madoka's bed while Kyouko and Sayaka got two futons on the floor. As Sayaka went to bed first Kyouko moved her futon so hers and Sayaka's were connected. Then she got under Sayaka's cover and hugged her around her stomach.

Sayaka made a small surprised noise as she was suddenly hugged from behind by Kyouko. With a slight blush she turned around so Kyouko hugged her up front instead. "H- Hey, Kyouko, it will be quite difficult for me to sleep like this. I don't really dislike it but it's rather inconvenient." She said quietly.

"I'm just happy I can do this as we got out of that place okay and otherwise both you and I wouldn't be here. Can I do it for tonight, please?" She whispered back. Sayaka couldn't see Kyouko's face since the redhead's face was resting against Sayaka's chest, but Kyouko's face was almost as red as her flaming-red hair. Doing something bold like this wasn't something she would normally do and it felt really awkward to do it but that was what she really felt, and she hoped that Sayaka allowed her to stay like this.

Sayaka made a small noise like if she was thinking about whether or not Kyouko could stay like she was right now. "Okay, but only for this night." Sayaka replied with a smile and she put her arms around Kyouko as good as she could reach and they both cherished this feeling of intimacy. Kyouko fell asleep pretty quick after she buried her face in Sayaka's chest, and Sayaka did finally fall asleep rubbing Kyouko's head and her back.

Kyouko slowly opened her eyes slowly by the sunlight pouring in from the window. But as soon as she realized how close to Sayaka's face she was it felt like her own face was on fire. She didn't know if she did it unconsciously or if Sayaka did it during the night. But no matter who it was she was roughly ten centimeters away from Sayaka's lips and she could even feel her breathing from her nose. And her calm, sleeping face was so cute that Kyouko just wanted to stay here looking at her like this. Sayaka also had one hand over Kyouko's shoulder and one down by her waist. Kyouko could not shake the feeling that this was Sayaka's doing, unconscious or not, but Kyouko didn't mind in the slightest.

She stayed like that for a short while before she felt sleepy again and leaned in a little closer to Sayaka's face but she didn't dare to go closer than five centimeters away as her heart did already beat incredibly fast. But she stopped there and once again fell asleep with her arms around Sayaka's waist.

Sayaka woke up while later and was just as surprised to see Kyouko so damn close to her face. Her face became rather red as well but calmed down when she saw how happy Kyouko looked laying this close to Sayaka. She also realized how cute Kyouko looked as well as she really took her time watching her breathe. Her long red hair running over her face, her soft looking lips, her small nose and her long eyelashes. Now she was actually pretty jealous how feminine Kyouko looked compared to herself. And now that she was so close and since Sayaka didn't have any experience in this and since Kyouko was sleeping she probably wouldn't notice…

With a soft sensation on her lips, Kyouko woke up with her face as close to Sayaka's as she could probably be, actually as far as even locking lips. By just being stunned for a few seconds to process what was happening, she suddenly did some kind of superhuman jump back of about 3 meters in an instance and her face color had now surpassed her hair in redness, as she now seemed to be trying to talk but with no words coming out.

Sayaka reacted almost just as Kyouko did, since she didn't think that she would wake up. "I… You did… I was… just interested in how it would be to kiss someone. And you were sleeping so I didn't think you would notice." She whispered but she spoke the last line so quietly so Kyouko couldn't make out what she said.

Unannounced Madoka stepped in to the room looking confused of what just happened. "Umm… are both of you okay? You are both deep red."

"W- We're fine." Kyouko quietly said, still looking at Sayaka and slightly touching her own lips.

"Ok… ay?!" She said and looked slightly suspicious. "Well, anyway, breakfast is done so it's just to come down when you changed clothes." Madoka then left the room with her usual smile and walked down the stairs.

With an awkward silence they got dressed and walked down the stairs to the kitchen and sat down next to each other. Homura was feeding Madoka who accepted the food with a smile, while Homura looked on with an even bigger smile.

"Itadakimasu." Sayaka and Kyouko said quietly while they started eating in their silence. The meal went on with Madoka starting the conversations and with the other merely answering, making the overall breakfast pretty weird.

Later Madoka and Homura had planned to go to a see movie which they had booked 2 places to so Sayaka and Kyouko had to leave. As their movie would start at 15.30, they left the house an hour early so Madoka and Homura could buy candy and drinks in for the movie.

Sayaka and Kyouko left for Mami's apartment when they separated from Madoka and Homura. They were a lot more relaxed now since the kiss this morning although Kyouko heart still raced a little when she looked at Sayaka.

The weather today was sunny and rather hot but to a comfortable degree. The sky was clear and there was next to no clouds at all.

"You wanna go somewhere before we head to Mami?" Sayaka asked when they strolled along into a park where some kids were currently playing by the slide.

"We can stop by the swings to sit in the sun for a while." Kyouko replied as the swings were the only in the only place in the park that was located in the sun and not covered in shadows by the trees. Kyouko eagerly sat down on one of the swings and started to swing away. "Aah, it's been a while since I sat on these. And it is always just as fun." She said with a huge smile on her face with her red hair violently fluttered in the wind.

Sayaka looked on and smiled as she saw how happy Kyouko looked. It made also her take a seat at a swing as well. She also felt good with sitting in the sun swinging there with Kyouko.

"Do you think we will face another one of those things yesterday? I can't get that thought out of my head." Sayaka then said and stopped swinging and her smile has almost completely disappeared. Kyouko also slowed down and her smile almost vanished from her face as well.

"I sure hope not, and Aoi didn't say how many has been lost to these things but I think the odds are rather low to ever encounter one of these again. But let us do something fun instead of thinking of the sad things." Kyouko said and started to swing away again and again her face brightened up with a heartwarming and playful smile.

Sayaka sat still for a moment before standing up. "I just gonna go and get something to drink. You want something?" She asked the redhead.

"I take a coke if that is okay?" Kyouko replied and looked at Sayaka with a happy face and Sayaka nodded to her request.

Sayaka walked away at the vending machine about 200 meters away from the park which means entering another street. She paid the vending machine to get two drinks, one coke for Kyouko and one non-carbonated drink for herself.

On the way back to the park, between two buildings a short distance away, she saw a fast running Aoi running in the direction Sayaka was facing right now. It was slightly far away, but she managed to get a short view of Aoi's expression and all she could read of that was distress, and she also looked rather fatigued. She also had another girl running after her and Sayaka think that she recognized the other girl from her school. If she remembers it right she was in the same year as Sayaka but not in her class but she didn't know her name. She also looked just as fatigued as Aoi did if not more.

She wondered if that girl was the one Kyouko said that Aoi mentioned. Sayaka couldn't remember any time that girl showed any of those impulses Kyouko mentioned.

Sayaka ran back to Kyouko and Kyouko was swinging just as she did when Sayaka left her. "Kyouko, I think another one of those things emerged somewhere else. I just saw Aoi and another girl run past a few buildings a short distance away. It looked like it was pretty acute. And they looked tired on top of that I think we should check up on them."

Kyouko looked up instantly and her smile was gone in a flash and she quickly jumped of the swing. "Really?! But are you sure that we should go there as well? I mean we would probably just be in the way or maybe we will be caught again in another of those and they will have to save us again. I want to help them as much as we can but what can we do?" Kyouko replied but she looked really worried and she was really itching to go, but she held back against her urges.

Sayaka saw how Kyouko resisted and took her hand and they ran to the last place Sayaka saw where Aoi and the other girl were running. They ran around for a while and past numerous people who looked confused to why they were in such a hurry to run at this time of the day. They asked around if the people along the road if they had seen two girls running past here. Luckily the people around were helpful and pointed the way they ran to if they had seen them. As they pressed on they encountered less and less people until they had entered the older area of the city, close to where Kyouko lived a short while ago.

Looking around they found a small trail of blood. They followed it for a block and they were faced with a horrendous sight.

Chapter 10 End

The thing I added in my story that I didn't like was some original characters. I don't usually like them because they are harder to bring
life to than characters that was in the sourcematerial. I will try my best fleshing them out.

This coming chapter has some things I have to think through a little more so unfortunately this means that it might take more time
than usual. But I want this to be as good as it can be.

But this is it for now and please write a review so I know what you think of this chapter.

And thank you guys again. See you in the next chapter.