In the Tomoe's residance, Mami jumped into her bed like a noisy child. Her face spelled trouble as she gained some pockets under her eyes. Upset after a day with bad luck continuously stalking her.
"I'm bound to have one of these days," moaned Mami, "I woke up late, did not have time for breakfast, forgotten my homework at home, getting to class an hour late, forget my lunch, failed today's quiz, lost the last cheese in the store by Nagisa again, and I could not find any witches today! I'm a terrible senpai!"
Mami unleashed her inner child as she hugged her pillow. She wanted to cry, but she has to stay strong. She is a senior to many magical girls and yet she is in a state of despair. After a moment of rubbing her eyes, she proceeded to get up and make herself dinner.
Her trip to the market was a disaster so she had to resort to cup ramen. It was not as fancy as her typical meals, but it is all she got. She proceeds to boil some water as she pot spew out steam. It has been forever since she had something as cheap as cup ramen as the plastic cup rests there with it's artificial ingredients. It was taken out of storage in case of emergencies like this.
Mami rubbed her temples and compliment, "At least Kyoko-san isn't coming over. That would be a disaster."
She proceeds to pour some water into the cup with a slightly open paper lid and placed it in a microwave that she rarely uses. She was never a fan of microwave, frozen, and artificial foods as she can cook for herself. Eating such delicacies would be an insult to her skills. Sadly, she had to stoop this low for some dinner. As machine beeps, Mami took out the cup ramen and opens the paper lid fully. She begin to eat immediately without saying anything as she has not eaten anything for the whole day.
She ate so fast that she gained a stomach ache. Mami held onto her stomach as she has never ate that fast before. "This is something new. I'm glad no one saw me doing this. I would have been a bad influence."
As Mami walked her restroom for a bath, her neck felt itchy. Mami gave a soft scratch to make it go away, but the annoying feeling grew stronger. Mami scratched a bit more faster, still thinking that it was something minor. The itching started to feel warmer as Mami cringe in pain as if something is stabbing her. Her neck starts to feel as if she is being stabbed, that's when Mami felt something is wrong.
She starts to scratch all over her neck as she could not stand the itching. She tried using her soul gem to ease the pain, but it only numbs for a moment as if something is living in her neck. The skin of Mami's neck was red from the scratching with even darker red marks all over. Mami winced in pain as if something is piercing though her neck.
"Now a rash. I need some lotion." she declared.
Mami immediately grabbed her soul gem and went to the bathroom where she applied some lotion onto her neck. The soul gem was snugged with the cream a bit so Mami has to put it on her sink. She applied the cosmetic more each time she felt a single bit of an itch. It grew stronger by the minute as Mami could not take it anymore. As Mami kept rubbing, she felt a strong needle go through her hand. She looks down and saw her hand is stabbed by some pincers. Mami was lost for words as something was indeed inside of her.
Mami tries to struggle, but whatever that thing is slices her head up before she can react. The color red sprayed in a radius as a creature slowly comes out of the neck. It appears as a flesh like sludge with some appendages on it while being dressed in blood and organs of the throat. It was waiting for the body to die, but for some reason it was still alive. The arms were punching the neck that the creature nested as the two were struggling on control.
Meanwhile, Mami slowly open her eyes and felt pain on her neck. The itching was gone, but she felt a scar on her neck. "The itching is gone, but something feels wrong. I felt better, but at the same time I feel nothing."
Mami tries to move, but felt restraint. She looks up and saw her own body with some alien sitting on her neck. There was a puddle of her own blood which made Mami want to barf, but she can't. She smell the red stains from the floor and felt some on her face. She had to deal with the smell of her own blood since she has no arms to clean it.
Mami could not believe that she is still alive after all of that as the body left the bathroom. Mami was helpless as she could not move or do anything. Calling for help would be worthless as she is a severed head for crying out loud. If you seen the series, it states that as long as the body is in a 100 meters radius of the soul gem, they will still live.
The body ran around as the creature and Mami are trying to fight for control. The body crashed into some furniture and rolled around like a baby causing mayhem. The apartment was a mess with furniture out of place and dropped items. The parasite slowly got more control over the body until the resistance slowly diminished. There were alien like limbs springing out of the body as it uses it to can full control and it was working.
After some minor twitching, the creature conquered Mami's body. The victory was cut when the body heard a knock. It slowly walks to the door as the person by the door spoke.
"Mami-onichan. Sorry about today. I got some cheese if you like to share it with me." said a child like voice. It was clearly from Nagisa who wanted to apologize about what happened in the market.
When the body got to the door, it slowly opened the door as the little girl stood there holding some cheese. When the door was fully opened, the face of the girl turned from cheerful to fear. Nagisa could not believe her eyes as she is in front of a headless person. The body grabbed Nagisa's arm as it drags her into the living room with the door slammed shut. Nagisa fell as the body lets go of her arm as the body got closer and grabbed Nagisa's little head.
She begin twisting as the bones started the crack and the girl screamed in pain. The body moved the head back and forth with the twisting until the flesh teared apart and the little girl's head was severed. The body puts it on its neck as it starts to assimilate the head. Thorn like nails sewed up the head and neck as it became whole again.
The creature blinked as it opens with cold dead eyes. It got up and started walked out of the apartment while there were neighbors who were panicking and calling the cops. The creature touched it's neck and felt that Nagisa's head is too small. The scars on the neck will have people noticing so she would need a new head.
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"I think there is something wrong with everybody." said Junko as she slowly spun her glass of sake. Her face was clearly red from drinking too much as she made some hiccups like a sick person coughing.
Kazuko Saotome, Madoka's teacher, looks at her with some concern. "How so?"
"My daughter is rambling about monsters, weirdo keep appearing in my house, my boss thinks his house is haunted, the news keep saying weird stuff about the supernatural, and my own husband joins the bandwagon." slurred Junko.
"I hate to say it, but all of that is true. Our camping trip was a disaster because of Bigfoot, I invited a weird alien to class, and who knows what else is going to happen." ranted Kazuko.
"I'm guessing a headless body who goes around stealing heads of little girls and there is a scar on her neck." suggested Junko.
"That is oddly specific." replied Kazuko as she looked outside the window and saw a girl with white hair and a scarf. The scarf slide down revealing a red bloody scar. The teacher poked her friend's shoulder as Junko turned and saw the girl.
"What? Your freaking out about little girls now. Guess tomorrow is going to be a nightmare for you." suggested Junko.
"No! The girl you mentioned. She's outside!" moaned Kazuko.
"Bulls***, you must be seeing things. We are at a bar after all. Probably one of your students since she is wearing that uniform." laughed Junko.
"Hey, is that the homeless red haired girl from the news?" asked Kazuko as she pointed at another girl who so happens to be there.
Junko looks at the window again and her eyes widen, "Yeah, I heard she's named Kyoko Sakura. Look, she's talking to that other girl."
The white haired girl got closer to Kyoko as the homeless girl pushed her away. She suddenly changed into a magical girl with a glittering transformation and took out a spear. They both fought in hand to hand combat as the white haired girl blocked and punched Kyoko's attacks without flinching. It was like a kung fu movie with the two going head to head with fist and spear.
Kyoko then whips her spear as it splits into a rope like harpoon as she slings at the white haired girl. Her opponent sadly caught the spear and yanks it off of Kyoko. The handle of the spear smacks Kyoko in the face as she fell down on her side. Before she can react, the white haired girl puts her foot on her chest.
Kyoko looks at the girl in the eye and then her neck. It seems that her head is falling off as there is a huge gap between the neck and head. The head fell off as the headless body raised her spear and stabs into Kyoko's neck. Sadistically twisting it from side to side until Kyoko is decapitated.
The headless body then puts on Kyoko's head with some pincers holding the head in place. Sadly, the head is place on the neck like an over-sided mask. Kyoko's head is just too big for Mami as the headless body said with Kyoko's mouth. "She's too big."
The abomination of life walked away as the two woman in the bar were shocked at what they saw. They both sprinted outside and looked at the blood stained street along with the decapitated head that was left behind. You know it belongs to Nagisa if you remembered. Next to it was the headless corpse of Kyoko.
"I think we should do something," suggested Kazuko.
"Relax. It must be a street performance. That red haired girl is probably trying to earn some money from it." exclaimed Junko as she held Nagisa's head, "Knew it, its a mannequin. A realistic one at best."
"That's a real decapitated head! Can't you see the blood?!" criticized Kazuko.
"Must be fake blood. Could be tomato sauce or something?" Junko said. The woman is so drunk that she thought it was a good idea to taste the blood. "OH GOD! IT IS REAL BLOOD!"
Junko dropped the head and fell on her back. She tried to crawl away as she realizes that there was a real murder here. Despite being drunk, she had this feeling that something was wrong.
Kazuko looks calm and said., "I told you, I see real blood when I see it."
"Why are you so calm about this?!" scolded Junko as reality starts to kick in.
"This is kind of old new to me." said Kazuko.
Junko claps both of her cheeks as she is trying to clear her mind from all the alcohol. She raised an eyebrow at her friend and just shrugs it off. She tries to strand up, but keeps on tripping as Kazuko tries to help her up.
...
"It is done."
Homura has finished the ritual as Sayaka appears in a blue glowing circle. Madoka rushed out to her friend and hugged her as Sayaka looks back at the pink haired girl and smiled. She hugged back with a tighter grip than her friend as both of them were in tears. Homura glares at Sayaka out of jealously just from looking at this. Homura not shipping Madoka and Sayaka together confirmed.
Madoka cried. "Sayaka! I'm so glad to see you!"
"I'm back and I hope it stays that way." said Sayaka.
"That is great, not get out of my house Miki except for you Madoka. Your welcome anytime." hissed Homura.
"Hey! I just came back from the dead and it was terrible. Can't I at least be with my best friend?" Sayaka retaliate.
"There's no need to be hostile." added Madoka.
"My apologies for my behavior, but may I speak with Miki-san about her resurrection?" asked Homura.
"Being back from the dead is unnatural so sure." agreed Sayaka as she followed Homura to a private place.
It was away from the white living room with strange images with a more black shadowy one with nothing in sight. Homura got closer to Sayaka and whispered, "Let me get this clear. I'm Madoka's best friend. If you or anyone dare do anything that would separates us, I will find you and I will give you a fate worse than death. Do I make myself clear?"
"What's with this attitude?" shouted Sayaka. "Are you in love with her?"
"That's up to your interpretation." replied Homura bluntly.
"You made it so scary now. I was joking." complained Sayaka.
"You know that I don't often do jokes." remarked Homura.
...
Madoka was sitting by the benches in Homura's blank room. Images fly around the room that are based on past events. The middle school girl saw the many memories that floated around as it build up nostalgia and despair. Madoka is in a trance as she has her eyes focused on the very images. Not minding anything around her.
However, a thumping noise took her out of memory lane as she looked at the door. She approached as she greeted the person in front of her, "Hello."
The person looked like Kyoko Sakura, only she was wearing a school uniform and her eyes were as dead as a swamp at night. All Kyoko did was groan as Madoka took a step back, whimpering.
Kyoko gazes at Madoka as she reaches out for her with her arm while her head slid by her side. It seems as though her head was too big for her neck. There were appendages that were clawing to maintain the head like pins.
Madoka could clearly see the huge gap between the head and neck as they slowly falling apart. Madoka shrieked as Kyoko's head fell off and the body still moved. The pink haired girl immediately shuts the door and ran to the kitchen.
With haste, she grabbed a long wooden spoon and wrapped it with old newspaper that Homura left behind. The stove was turned on as Madoka burned her makeshift bon-fire. Madoka's face grew from fear to confidence as she remembered the last time a creature like the one at the door has visited her.
From the bloody neck line and the neck as a whole, she knows that it's possessing a headless corpse while stealing heads. It was strange that she figured that out, but there could be a chance that she has been learning.
The door kept on banging as she heard Homura sprint to the door. The door opened immediately as Homura gasped loudly. Madoka ran out of the kitchen to save Homura.
The raven haired magical girl was wrapped in tentacles while trying to shoot down the creature. She struggled to be freed from the menace with everything she got. She froze time, but the arms were too strong. She could not reach for grenades as all she got was a pistol that she got out earlier. The arms were coming out of the neck of the body like water from the sprinkler.
For the record, this was not intentionally a fetish scene.
Madoka slid under Homura and burns the tentacles, thrusting her bonfire up like a knight fighting a dragon. Burnt marks form around the tentacles as if it is a marshmallow being roasted. Madoka pushes her bonfire more to end the beast.
From Madoka's ambush, the creature shrieked as it lets go of Homura. The fire consumed the monster as it reaches to the body. The body was then reduced to ashes until it is no more. Madoka took deep breaths and look at Homura who was surprised that the pink haired girl had recused her.
"Madoka?" asked Homura.
"Homura-chan, I'm glad your safe." Madoka said with relief.
"How did you..."
"I remember that time we met that alien in class. Whatever that thing was reminded me about it." interrupted Madoka.
"I'm suppose to protect you." exclaimed Homura.
"And I wanted to protect you too." said Madoka.
Sayaka ran out and immediately changed into her magical girl form and realize that she was too late.
"Did I miss something? I heard some screaming. Sorry I was late, I had to go to the restroom." Sayaka explained with some anxiety.
Madoka looks at her with a dumbfounded look on her face, "Not really. Other than a monster, we're fine."
"Since Kyoko is dead again, might as well bring her back too." complained Homura.
"I feel really bad for whoever was killed by that thing. How can we revive her if we don't know who she is?" asked Madoka.
"I'm sad to say is that we don't got many options, but maybe we can find out in school tomorrow. We could find some hints from there." explained Homura.
"That's a great idea. We might spot the girl from the attendance," Sayaka pointed out, "Though she might not be in our class."
"It's our best bet. I think I'll be going home now." said Madoka as she left.
"Me too." Sayaka followed, "Tonight was crazy."
As Madoka was about to leave, she felt a hand on her back. Madoka replied with, "Oh, I forgot. Good night Homura."
As Madoka looks back, she saw Homura, but different. Sayaka looked back and was as shocked as Madoka as she could not believe her eyes. There were two Homuras, however this one wore a black dress with wings. This Homura had the stare of a demon, lust for power and blood. Her smile was a grim as an eerie Halloween night that is bound to have deaths and murder.
The other Homura was just as afraid as Madoka as she was about to freeze time, but in an instant, the other Homura grabbed her arm along with Madoka.
"You. You are not worthy." the other Homura exclaimed.
"Who are you?!" asked Homura.
"I am you, but as a demon. The Demon of Love!", explained the other Homura.
A black portal formed below that Homura as she and Madoka sinks in quickly like water in a sink. Homura followed pursuit as she fell into the hole for her friend. Sayaka just stood there speechless as to what is going on. What can the blue knight do about it?
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Notes:
Sorry for being late. I got finals and I finally finished it. I hope that during summer break that I get to work on this more. I'm also glad that I got this done since I either did not have time or lack inspiration due to school.
Whatever happen to Mami's head you ask? You'll see in a few chapters later. It will be a surprise.
As for the next chapter based on a request from TitanOfPower, it will be based on Homucifer or Demon Homura from the Rebellion Movie.
As for request, I kind of want to ask of you guys to suggest scary situations for chapter 15 or after the Homucifer chapter. I wanted to do a story based on a place that will have some scary moments. What I mean is that there can still be monsters, but the place is the high light.
One example is Pleasure Island from Pinocchio and that moment where that kid in the movie turned into a donkey shocked me til this day. Not out of fear, but sadness.
Another is a place infamous for stealing souls. Maybe a death carnival. Or a Haunted House. I don't know, what do you fellas think.
Until then, we get to see Homucifer at her worse in the next chapter.
