With one last arrow shot, the labyrinth began to disappear. Sayaka and Madoka returned to their civilian forms, and searched around for a Grief Seed.
"Aww, there's nothing. We've been fighting nothing but familiars lately" Sayaka complained.
"We can't let the familiars run wild though. If given enough time, they can evolve into a proper witch" Kyubey said.
Madoka nodded. "As long as we're helping the people of Mitakihara, I'd fight every witch and familiar, even if it meant not getting a Grief Seed".
Both girls said goodbye to each other, and headed back to their homes. Once Sayaka was inside her bedroom, she began to change into her pyjamas when her phone started ringing. Noticing it was Kyousuke, Sayaka answered it. "Hey! How's it going?".
"Good, very good! Sorry if this is a bit late for a conversation, but I have some excellent new. I've been released from the hospital!".
"Oh, Kyousuke, I don't mind that you're calling me late at night! That's great that you've been released. When will you be coming back to school?" Sayaka asked.
"A couple of days from now, on Thursday. I called so we can plan for our date. You said you wanted to go to the city centre, right?" Kyousuke said.
"Yeah! We should set it up for this weekend. Saturday, 10:00 AM?"
"Sure, the only thing is I might need to use crutches to help me get around, since I haven't used my legs properly for so long. You don't mind, do you?".
Sayaka blinked. "Why would I mind?".
"It might be a bit slow that's all".
"Kyousuke, you should stop worrying! You can't help it that you're legs are still rehabilitating after the accident".
"Cool, I'll see you on Thursday!".
"Ok, bye Kyousuke!".
Sayaka hung up and placed the phone down before sighing. I still can't believe this is actually happening!
After school the next day, Sayaka dragged Madoka and Hitomi to the Kuro Neko café to talk about the recent developments.
"So, I need to tell you about something pretty big, Hitomi. It's so big, that it will change the world".
Madoka laughed. "Sayaka-chan, it won't change the world…."
"Ok, well it does affect my life in a pretty big way. And I can't believe it actually happened….."
Hitomi gripped her bottle of Coke. "Sayaka-san! Please stop stalling! I need to know what is going on!".
Sayaka cleared her throat before blurting out "Kyousuke Kamijou asked me out!".
Hitomi merely stared at her for a moment before screaming. "He did? That's wonderful Sayaka-san!"
"I know, right?" Sayaka squeled.
"I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU!"
"Guys…." Madoka whispered.
"Not now Madoka, can't you see were busy celebrating this amazing accomplishment?" Sayaka said.
"Yeah but-"
"It's wonderful, is it not? My best friend, with the love of her life! Oh I'm so happy!" Hitomi cried.
"I don't mean to interrupt, but we are in the middle of a café" Madoka whispered.
Hitomi and Sayaka opened their eyes to see many people staring at them. Hitomi awkwardly apologized and both of them sat back down, trying to hide themselves behind their menu's.
Madoka checked the time in her phone and tapped Sayaka on the shoulder. "Sayaka-chan, we should really get going".
"Really? What's the time?".
"It's 4:30".
Hitomi stood up and grabbed her bag. "It would be a good time for us to leave right now, since we have a lot of homework to complete. Goodbye!".
"See you tomorrow, Hitomi-chan!" Madoka said, waving. Turning to Sayaka, she smiled. "You really to go track down some witches?".
"Oh yeah".
An hour later, the two girls had found a witch at the hospital and were battling it. The witch was a small mousey creature with huge pink ears and pink and white robes. Both Madoka and Sayaka thought it would be an easy witch to defeat due to it's size, but they were being beaten.
Madoka jumped up to one of the high tables and shot an arrow at the witches chest, pining it to the icing coated wall. A second, bigger head snaked out of the witches mouth. The snake came close to Sayaka and tried to bite her, but she dodged it and attempted to slice the witches neck. The snake knocked her to the wall.
"Sayaka-chan!"
The snake turned it's head towards Madoka, and started to fly towards her. She screamed. Don't let this be the end, please!
A gunfire rang out, and the snake was knocked back. Madoka looked up to see a blonde haired magical girl floating above her surrounded with muskets. The muskets began to fire amber coloured bullets, and the witch was pounded to the ground. The girl summoned a large canon, and set it off, yelling "Tiro Finale!".
The witch screamed in agony, before dissolving into small crumbs. The labyrinth began to break disappear.
The blonde girl walked over to where Sayaka was lying and helped her up. "Who are you?" She asked weakly.
"My name is Mami Tomoe, and I'm the other magical girl who fights in Mitakihara".
"Thank you for coming to save us!" Madoka smiled.
"It's no big deal. I''m just glad to see other magical girls around these parts. It's only been me for a couple of years" Mami smiled.
She walked over and picked up the Grief Seed, and handed it to Sayaka. "Here, it was your witch after all". She began to walk off but was stopped by Sayaka, who had placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Where are you going?" Sayaka asked.
"My work here is done. I helped you defeat the witch. I'm going off to find another witch to kill myself".
"But you're way more experienced than us, don't you think we should team up or something?".
Mami turned around and blinked. "Really? I haven't had a partner in so long….do you really mean it, we can be a team?".
Madoka smiled. "Sure thing, Tomoe-san!".
"Please, just call me Mami".
"Ok then, Mami-san!".
From a few feet away, Homura Akemi observed the happy trio. Unnoticed, she began to walk away. Madoka is a magical girl now, I can't help that, and I refuse to waste another timeline. Instead, I need to work to keep her from becoming a witch.
"Oi".
Homura turned around to see Sayaka staring at her. "Why are you here?".
"I was here to observe you two and assist you when needed" Homura said.
"Yeah, well, you did a great job of that. Madoka was almost going to get eaten by that witch. It was a good thing Mami stepped in, or she would be dead now" Sayaka smirked. She really didn't like this transfer student, and wanted her to stop following them around. Maybe I should place a restraining order on her.
"I was going to help but them Tomoe-san saved her".
"I still don't like you though. Now that we've got another magical girl with us, we don't need anymore help. So stop showing up to our battles".
Homura glared at Sayaka. You stupid girl, you don't know what you're getting yourself into.
