A Fateful Encounter

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my drivers licence, and preparing for starting university (finding apartment and stuff) so I have been busy.

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Chapter 12: Payback

"My name is Charlotte." She replied happily with a brimming smile.

"Hi, Charlotte, I'm Miki Sayaka and this girl here is Sakura Kyouko, and we are good friends of Mami." Sayaka said and pointed at Kyouko, who waved at Charlotte with a smile.

Just as Sayaka opened her mouth to ask some questions, Mami called Kyouko and Sayaka to the kitchen and left Charlotte in the living room with the TV.

"I just wanted to warn you that Charlottes parent are dead she has no other relatives and she was an orphan but I took her in. So please just refrain from asking about her parents and relatives. It took quite a bit to get her to smile again so I wouldn't like to go through the trouble again and I wouldn't like to bring up those memories to her. If she is smiling, that is alright with me." Mami explained.

Sayaka took a slight breath of relief. "I was just about to ask that question to her, and thankfully you stopped me from doing it. Was that all or should we know something more to not be rude or anything?"

Mami thought for a while. "No, I don't think there was anything more than that. But if it should be anything more, I let you know." She then said with a smile. I just want to finish cleaning this up and then I'll take a shower.

Sayaka and Kyouko then were just about to go back to the living room, when Mami stopped them quickly. "Also, she loves cheese. If you want her to like you more, give her cheese." Then she went back to cleaning.

When they went back to the living room, Sayaka just remembered when Kyouko transformed to a magical girl. What she also remembered was that to become a magical girl they could get any wish they had to come true. And even though Kyouko made the transformation right in front of her, she didn't hear or catch what she said.

She then turned to an oblivious Kyouko who didn't know what Sayaka thought about at the moment. Sayaka then lightly pulled away Kyouko, not to notify Mami or Charlotte to something that they didn't need to know. "I just thought of something. When you transformed earlier to fight the witch, what did you wish for? Since I guess Kyuu-something-whatever-his-name-was said something about that."

Kyouko then scratched the back of her head. "Heh, I was pretty much in a rush so…" And then she was cut off by Sayaka's phone ringing.

Sayaka picked up her phone and looked at the picture that showed that her mother was calling. She hesitantly answered and she didn't know what she was expecting. "Sayaka, how are you doing, my dear? When are you and Sakura-chan coming home?" Sayaka was frozen by surprise. Didn't her mother just drive them both out of their house yesterday? "B-But didn't you throw out Kyouko yesterday? I'm not saying I'm not grateful but what's with the change in attitude?" She asked her mother. As she looked at Kyouko, she noticed that Kyouko looked just as surprised, but it looked like it was for another reason.

"I'm sorry, but I don't know why I acted like that. But now I really want you two to come home again." Her mother replied and it sounded like she really meant it and Sayaka had no reason to doubt it, but she still found it odd.

"Well, we are at Mami's apartment right now and we'll probably stay the night here so we probably go home after school tomorrow."

"Aah, then say "Hello" from me to Tomoe-san then. But I'll see you two tomorrow then. Bye!" Her mother said and hung up.

As Sayaka closed her cellphone she then looked at Kyouko. "My mom just called and she wants us to come home. Both of us. What the hell? She wanted you out of the house so violently yesterday but now she wants us to come back."

"I think I know why." Kyouko said and got the attention from Sayaka. "I didn't get to finish my sentence earlier. But as I was in a rush to save you I had to quickly choose something to wish for. And what got on my mind was all of my bad reputation from being a thief and alike from adults, and I wished that adults would like me instead. I just wish that I had a little more time but I suppose it is better than nothing. I was just surprised that it actually worked." Kyouko said and looked down to the floor and showed a small smile.

As she looked down at the floor she saw Sayaka's feet close in and as she then looked up Sayaka threw her arms around Kyouko in a soft hug. "I think that was a great wish. You have been through a lot of things and I think that this will be nice for you. And you did it to save me which couldn't make me happier." Sayaka said and stroke Kyouko's hair. Kyouko blushed at Sayaka's words and touch and gave Sayaka an equally soft hug back.

As they broke up the hug Kyouko froze and turned deep red. Behind Sayaka's shoulder and peeking out from behind the wall stood Mami and Charlotte and followed the interaction between the two and it looked like they enjoyed the show. "H-How long have you two been standing there?"

As Sayaka looked back at the other two her face also turned deep red. "Fufufu, we started somewhere around where Miki-san started hugging you. It was really touching." Mami said with a small giggle. Charlotte nodded along before she ran back to the TV.

The day and evening continued on and Sayaka took the last shower of them all and they had to go to sleep as tomorrow was a Monday and that meant school. Mami and Charlotte were sharing Mami's bed and Sayaka and Kyouko was sharing the same futon as Mami only had one. Otherwise someone of them would have to sleep on the sofa but they decided that it wasn't going to be necessary. The futon wasn't awfully wide so they were touching shoulders as they were going to sleep.

Kyouko's heart was beating pretty fast when she thought about what happened last night when they slept this close. The kiss from Sayaka was as soft as she had imagined but it was still embarrassing. But she wondered if she could sleep with at least resting her cheek on Sayaka's arm. Slowly turning to her said and moving slightly closer, Sayaka jumped a little as Kyouko put her head on Sayaka's arm. Kyouko also tried to rest her arm on Sayaka's stomach. As she did that Sayaka turned around to face Kyouko and she had a rather mischievous smile with matching mischievous eyes.

"Aren't we taking an awful lot of freedoms here?" Sayaka asked a blushing Kyouko who quickly took back her arm and lifted her head away from Sayaka's arm. "Then you don't mind if I do some freedoms for myself?" Sayaka said and put her hand on Kyouko's back and pulled Kyouko as close to as their stomachs were touching. Kyouko's face couldn't be redder. Sayaka also moved her face closer to Kyouko until they were about an inch away from each other. Kyouko stared into Sayaka's big blue eyes. She never really noticed how beautiful they were as this is the first time she focused on them from this close. She was quickly distracted about the eyes as Sayaka poked Kyouko's chest. She focused on poking Kyouko's nipples through the clothing and Kyouko felt a pleasant surge each time Sayaka touched them.

Now Kyouko was so lightheaded she was about to fall asleep from that but as she took a look at Sayaka, she looked rather red as well. "I… think I went a little bit too far with that joke." Sayaka said and pulled Kyouko close to her chest and let her lie there cuddling up to Sayaka if she wanted and Kyouko got as close and used Sayaka's chest as her pillow.

Sayaka smiled and put her arm around Kyouko and closed her eyes. She actually got a little aroused when was that close to Kyouko and as she teased her. But she wouldn't want to go further than that. What if Kyouko wouldn't like that? Also, was it really wrong because of them being both girls? Madoka and Homura were really happy and they have probably gone all the way. But Sayaka and Kyouko were not as close as they were and they met less than two weeks ago. But their friendship has developed really quickly.

Sayaka was thinking about that for a while before she heard Kyouko's heavy breathing and she also felt the breath through her top she was wearing. That as well was arousing and it made it harder to resist of doing something with Kyouko. She had to go to sleep to let go of that feeling for now and so she could be fully rested to school tomorrow. But as Kyouko moved a little from time to time along with the breathing against Sayaka's skin made it very difficult for Sayaka to fall asleep.

Her mind constantly jumped to various situations but Sayaka did her best to scatter them if she could, which didn't always work. Her face went red as those thoughts corrupted her mind. Her hands instinctively went down Kyouko's slim back down to her butt. She squeezed and it was incredibly soft. In response to this Kyouko did a small moan which further didn't help Sayaka's situation. After a short while Sayaka realized what she was doing and stopped and quickly moved away from Kyouko who continued sleeping but she did look a little more uneasy.

Sayaka stood up and opened the glass door to the balcony, walked out and then closed the door again. Luckily this night it was cold winds blowing in her direction as she needed to calm down. "What the hell am I doing? I can't do that to her while she is sleeping or without her consent." She said to herself and hanged down the railing and looked down on the many lights of Mitakihara City.

She hanged there for a while and then looked at the clock that was hanging in the living room. The clock was past 2 AM. At this rate she was bound to be really tired in school tomorrow, but it was better than keep going with what she just did. If she did Kyouko would most likely hate her but even more, she would hate herself.

Calming down and feeling that she had calmed down she went inside again and laid down on the futon again. But she did turn away so her back was now facing Kyouko to prevent herself from getting these feelings again and focus on sleeping. Despite some trouble keeping those thoughts away she then finally managed to fall asleep.

"..up! Hey, Wake up!" Sayaka heard and she felt that she was pushed back and forth. As she opened her eyes she saw Kyouko sitting beside her on her left as well as Charlotte who was sitting to her left.

"Ahh… Good morning!" Sayaka said in a sleepy voice. Then she closed her eyes to go back to sleep.

"Hey, we have school today. And aren't you the one that always wakes up before me?" Kyouko said to Sayaka who continued sleeping.

Mami walked up to them as they continued to pushing Sayaka back and forth but to no avail. "I have something that works wonders on these occasions."

Mami then sat down next to Sayaka and with her she had a small bag of ice cubes. She put her hand down and took a few cubes and then she lifted Sayaka's top and threw them between Sayaka's cleavage. And a second after Sayaka flew up like a bullet trying to get the ice cubes out as fast as she could. A few seconds later after she found them and she put what was left of them in the bag Mami had with her, she was now fully awake.

"Well, I must admit that it was a well working method to get someone out of bed." Sayaka replied and she looked at Kyouko with a mischievous smile, in which gave her Kyouko a chill down her spine.

After breakfast they left for school. Sayaka and Kyouko had to go alone since Mami had permission to skip part of this day for arrangement for Charlotte to attend a school nearby their school.

They met up with Madoka and Homura before class and it played out as usual, with Kyouko and Homura exchanging weird looks and Madoka was in the middle of it. The rest of the day also played out as it always did with the same boring classes as they always had. As the school ended they went home together with Mami to get their things before they went back to Sayaka's apartment.

After they stayed for a bit of tea and cake and then got their things they said bye to Mami and Charlotte and by then the clock was already past 6 PM. To speed things along they took a little shortcut through some buildings to skip a few blocks. After a few alleys they ran into some guys that Kyouko knew all too well. It was the people who injured her badly a while ago. She was not able to forget those people all that easily.

"Hey, look who came to us this time. If it isn't little red riding hood? Do you have anything else for us today? And she got a friend with her as well who also look just as slutty as you do. Then perhaps we can have two times as fun." One of the guys said to Kyouko, and all the other in the group laughed at the comment. And he started to go up against Kyouko and Sayaka.

Sayaka was about to yell at them out of anger for those comments. But Kyouko stopped her and walked in front of her. Even though Sayaka didn't say anything she did shake Kyouko on her shoulder. "Can't we just get out of here? This will not end well." Sayaka said but Kyouko just flashed her a smile.

The guy stopped 2 meter in front of Kyouko. He was roughly 2 years older and about 20 to 30 centimeter taller than Kyouko, and he was much more muscular. But this time he wasn't faced with a scared fake smile by Kyouko, but with a genuine confident smile, looking him square in the face. "Oh, what is this? You don't tremble just like your little slutty friend does, and as you did last time as well." He said and he was just met with a smug smile. "You sure seem confident. Do you really think you can beat me in a fight? You sure seem to think so." And then he started to crack with his knuckles."

With the same smug smile she answered. "Yeah, pretty much. I don't think that degenerates like you will put out much of a fight." She replied cockily to the furious guy who was just talked down to by a girl much smaller than himself. Losing his cool he ran straight forward to the small girl.

As his fist nearly reached her face he stopped. In front of him now stood a girl with red hair, a red dress with matching red boots. On top of that, he now had a big spear a few millimeters away from his neck. Sweat was running down his chin as he was a little shaken by the spear. Kyouko enjoyed seeing him be scared. As she was now she was able to pay back for what they did and she also could do it alone instead of ganging up on them.

"Wha-, What the hell? How the hell you do that?"

"Your move?" She asked and kept her cool. "Sayaka, back off a little." She then said and Sayaka did as she was told. He grabbed the spear and she took a long jump back and with a flick of her wrist the spear split up in sections. By surprise he lost his balance as he tried to lean on the spear to prevent her from using it and it ended up with him falling to the ground and with a finishing touch Kyouko decided to end her jump with a not so graceful landing to further bury his face in the hard asphalt. Landing with her knee first onto his head was enough to knock him out as he also let go of the part of the spear he was holding.

Kyouko stood up and after spitting on the now unconscious guy's head she looked at the other guys. They were just dumbstruck by her overwhelming victory over the biggest of them in the group. Then they looked at Kyouko who stood still and just looked at them and held her spear ready at her side. The leader who couldn't let their group of five lose to a single girl ran forward and the others followed.

With a clean and beautiful swing with her extended sectioned spear she nicely hit all their zippers and belts and as a result their pants slide down and made at least two of them fall on their face. "Next time I will do the same thing to all your necks if you don't stop." Kyouko said and she sounded serious.

Totally ignoring her warning the leader rushed forward. With a sigh Kyouko as well rushed forward to meet him and greeted him with a heavy hit to the stomach with the end of the spear which made him lose all air in his lungs. She then followed up with a hit to the back on his head and smacked him down in the asphalt as well. As it seemed like he couldn't move that much anymore, she walked up to him after that and to check if he was still conscious. As she was lucky, he barely was and she put her spear so close to his neck so a little string of blood ran down. "Do you surrender or do you want this spear deeper into your neck?" Kyouko asked with a carefree tone.

With a faint "…I surrender." leaving his mouth she stood up and looked at the remaining four that looked on. "Now, if you would be so nice to get the hell out of here I can spare you from licking asphalt as well." Kyouko said and it sounded like she had proper authority to order them away after beating up two of them so easily.

They quickly turned around and with a dash left all their dignity behind. After a building corner they disappeared and Kyouko and Sayaka was left standing next to the other two who laid down on the ground.

"Shall we go?" Kyouko asked Sayaka who didn't know what to feel. Kyouko then dispelled her clothes and her spear and then went up to Sayaka, took her hand and they walked along in the alley until they reached a bigger street with other people on it.

"Who were those people? You seemed to vaguely know them." Sayaka asked after a little while.

"Actually, they were the ones who beat me up when you found me knocked out. So I just wanted to get a little revenge on them." Kyouko said and looked up to sun, but Kyouko still had a smile on her face.

"So that's why you acted like that. But were you really serious about cut and hurt them like you said to them?" Sayaka asked.

"Even though I truly detested them with all of my heart I wouldn't go so far as to kill them. But I wanted to humiliate them and make them feel the pain I felt when they attacked me a while ago. And now I feel rather satisfied." And Kyouko held on to her bright smile.

"Not to be rude to you or anything, but you looked like kind of a thug when you talked and fought with them. I never thought I would see you act like that."

"Well, I have been living like one for a while now before you took me in. But I have almost never been able to fight back since there are a few groups of thugs out there in this city. But now when I have this power I am not all that vulnerable, although I would prefer to stay out of it altogether." Kyouko replied.

Sayaka noticed that the mood they had just took a nosedive and started to become rather depressing instead. "Now now, let us not focus on the bad stuff and just focus on the good stuff, for example like we have ice cream in the freezer."

And just like that you could see the spark in her eyes. "Why didn't you say so before? Let's go already." Kyouko said and blasted off in the direction of Sayaka's apartment. With a small laugh Sayaka followed suit.

As they arrived by the door they both stopped. "Okay, now let's just hope that she keeps the same attitude she had on the phone yesterday." Sayaka said before opening the door. She took a peek into the hall. "Hello?"

Immediately her mother came out into the hall and gave Sayaka a hug. "Welcome home, dear!" She said happily to her daughter. She then noticed Kyouko nervously looking in through the door from the outside. With the same kind of smile, Sayaka's mother ran out and gave Kyouko a just as a cuddly hug as she gave Sayaka. "And here we have Sakura-chan as well. Welcome home!" Reactively, Kyouko's body stiffened up and was just reminded of how she was treated last time. But there was no quiet whispers, no attempts to try to crush Kyouko with brute force or anything like that. It was just a normal loving hug. As she felt that her stiff body relaxed and she accepted it. Even though this was a result of her wish (or she would rather call it a spell) it felt wonderful to be loved by adults. On top of her mind, she can't remember how many years it's been since last time an adult held her like this.

After they entered the apartment, Sayaka held her word and they took a box of ice cream out of the freezer and ate it on Sayaka's room, and since Kyouko was sucker for sweet things she ate two thirds of the box by herself which was quite a bit. Finishing up what was left Sayaka checked the clock on her wall and saw that it now was 20.53. Deciding that it was soon bed time, they played some quick card games for about half an hour before they went to bed. It ended with Kyouko victory in all games but the last which Sayaka barely won at.

As Sayaka's mother was at home, Sayaka couldn't sleep in her bed. And with that they had to share bed, something she wouldn't think much about, but considering last night, she wouldn't be as sure anymore. She was insecure about if something similar were to happen, and if she would be able to stop herself.

But as it happened, they went to bed after finishing brushing their teeth and the likes. Kyouko wasn't like last night when she hung on to Sayaka, which made it easier for Sayaka. But it still bugged Sayaka's mind but she was soon able to drift away from the thought and fell asleep herself.

Chapter 12 End

I believe that many of you wanted some point of Kyouko expressing the kind of attitude she had against the thugs and I hope that I
expressed it well.

Also, I had a cliffhanger for an ending but then I realized that it didn't make any sense on several levels so I left it out. Since
I hate plotholes (I hope I haven't made any yet) I would very much like to avoid them.

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