A Magical Girl Reunion Chapter 9

A Past Fit For No One

Sometimes, I wonder how it ended up like this. It seems like such a long time.

Sayaka laid in her bed, trying to fall asleep but utterly failing. She thought back to some of the old times, trying to piece together the past that had lead up to this.

Oh yeah. It started that month when Homura transferred. It seemed normal enough, until we saw her as a magical girl, warning us, well mostly Madoka, not to wish for a miracle if ever given a chance. It wouldn't be worth it and we'd regret it. Gosh, she had been right. Well, HAD. She still wasn't sure if Homura was wrong or right now.

"You girls." The black-haired girl stood in front of Madoka and Sayaka in some crazy looking cosplay, expressionless.

The two were speechless as Homura quietly but fiercely spoke.

"Do not ever make a wish for a miracle if given the chance. It's not worth it, and you'll surely regret it." She looked at Madoka and then Sayaka in turn, but turned back to the first before leaving. "Be especially careful, Kaname Madoka."

That was when we were doomed. When we entered this strange world. Mami was a temporary relief though.

"Madoka, what's going on?" Sayaka stuttered to her friend. The empty halls were filled with strange designs, and inexplicable beings came out of seemingly nowhere.

"I don't know Sayaka-chan!" Madoka screamed in fright.

That's right. We were just unknowing kids. We had no idea what a witch was, besides the Halloween ones. We had never heard of a familiar, a Soul Gem, a Grief Seed, none of it. It was completely foreign to us. Until we were saved.

"That was close! But don't worry, you're safe now. My name's Tomoe Mami. A Magical Girl contracted with Kyubey."

Mami, so strong, so kind, so... perfect. But then, she accidently ended up on the outskirts; and eventually out of her territory when demonstrating a witch hunt to us. That's when she clashed, and her secrets were revealed.

"What? My attacks are being reflected?" Came Mami's puzzled voice.

"Hold it right there. This is MY territory. What are you doing killing a familiar here?" The unknown girl asked in anger.

"Sakura... Kyōko? Is that you?" The blonde called out.

Kyōko stepped forwards to get a better look at Mami. "No way. Tomoe Mami? Why the heck are you here? Get lost."

Madoka backed away behind Mami while Sayaka stepped forwards. "Hey! You can't talk to Mami-san like that! Don't be so mean!" She shouted defensively.

Kyōko raised an eyebrow at the remark. "Oh, looks like Tomoe got some little friends. Always desperate not to be lonely and alone, huh?" She turned her attention towards a baffled Sayaka. "And you aren't even a magical girl, so quit your hopeless threats."

Mami walked towards Kyōko, an arm in front of Sayaka to protect her. "Sakura-san, what's happened to you? You're being illogical!" She cried sadly.

We were caught between them. Their own, personal fight. We didn't deserve it, but we needed it. At least, I needed it.

That's when I made my wish.

The fight was originally verbal, in which Kyōko told us everything we didn't know about our role-model. That she was a coward, a lonely girl, a sad and miserable person. Madoka... she didn't do a damn thing. She just stood there, crying in disbelief. Mami was surprised that Kyōko had spilled every last bean about her. As for me...

I was mad.

REALLY mad.

"How... HOW DARE YOU!" I screamed. Mami suddenly turned around to stop me from approaching the red-head.

"Miki-san, you can't! You don't stand a chance! You're not magical!" Mami pled.

Stab, stab, stab. Each remark hurt. Just 'cause I wasn't a Magical Girl, I couldn't do a thing.

That was it.

I screamed to Kyubey my wish, the one that swirled around in my head more than fame, fortune, and immortality.

I wished to heal Kyousuke's hand, and now everyone knew. At least, Madoka, Mami, Kyōko, Homura, and Kyubey did.

It was probably a weird thing to wish for, considering what was currently going on, but it was what I was willing to wish for.

So Kyubey made me a magical girl, right there and then. It seemed like everyone froze as the creature tore out my soul and carefully created my Soul Gem.

My destiny.

My regretful destiny.

And I stepped up and pushed Mami back to fight Kyōko.

Because there was no way in hell she was getting away with this. No, not on my watch she wasn't.

We fought until I was on the verge of losing when Mami stepped in and pulled us apart with her ribbons. Neither of us could free ourselves from those. Just like now, it's the one automatic loss for me. It's her secret weapon, stronger than even mine. And she and I both knew that I would be forced to give up once entangled by them.

The golden ribbons shot out and wrapped themselves around the fighting girls.

Kyōko tried to cut it with her sharp and lengthly spear, but made slow progress.

Meanwhile, Sayaka was screaming uncontrollably. "MAMI! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?" The lack of an honorific was a shock, but the girl's speech changed too.

The ribbons only tightened around the struggling captor, but Kyōko had successfully torn apart the fabric.

Once freed, Mami advised her to leave, considering it was already Sayaka's loss. Of course the blue-haired girl countered against this in a rage, but the ribbons got so tight she could hardly breathe.

Kyōko left, and Mami undid her attack.

I was a mess. Completely amazed and angry at Mami.

I cursed at her. Well, what I thought was cursing back then, and as far as I'd go. I wanted to attack her. So badly. Just one punch in the face would do. I tried to take out my weapon that was so familiar to me, even though I had just gotten it, but Mami shot my hands before I could materialize them. I easily healed my hands though, and tried to get what I wanted.

Revenge.

Every thought was twisted. My negative feelings for Homura and Kyōko somehow were my thoughts about Mami. I went forwards, trying to punch her delicate face with my torn, gloved hands. But somehow Homura got there and held me back, letting the two flee with mixed emotions.

My opponent was now Homura, meaning my fury was now towards her.

"You." Came the gasping voice.

That was all I had gotten to say. I woke up in Mami's apartment, feeling much better.

But I began to question myself.

"Is this what a Magical Girl should act like?"

My role-model didn't seem to behave all role-modely anymore, or maybe that's what all the information forced me to believe. Funny how stupid I was being.

Anyways, I would always accompany Mami on witch hunts, being trained and teaching Madoka. We always shared the Grief Seed, and every time Kyōko or Homura neared us, Mami dealt with it cooly. Well, she knew she'd have to deal with it, 'cause my idea of 'dealing with it' was try and kill them, even though I couldn't ever win.

Time went on, and a bunch of stuff happened. Luck was on my side. First, Madoka threw my Soul Gem off a bridge. Sounds dumb, is serious. If she weren't crying after my Soul Gem was returned, I would've attacked her. But I didn't and instead lashed out on Kyubey. Then, I blindly fought familiars solo, and would later battle whatever with Mami.

But it didn't really balance out too well.

Like, those days where we would only fight familiars, I was pretty screwed. And then when it had added up, I used my ability on the witch we battled on the 21st. Mami, Madoka, and Kyōko who had came were horrified. Homura later said she was there, and in all her travels had never actually witnessed it, so she was... scared. It was an awkward conversation.

At the end of that fight, I forced Mami and Kyōko to use my reward.

It had started. My fate had started to come. But there were some big differences.

Hitomi never told me she liked Kyousuke until I was normal again, which back then was a relief. Another is that I was saved. Right when I was going to turn into a witch, a Grief Seed was used on my Soul Gem. It made me feel so much better. I still felt bad about lots of things, but everyone helped me out.

I made it to Walpurgis Night.

Everything was going well for Homura, because we all pushed aside our conflicts for this one battle and fought together. No matter how much we tried though, we still lost. So Madoka made her wish.

But anyone who caught word of it is always wrong.

What, you thought she wished for all Magical Girls not to die?

A laugh escaped from Sayaka's mouth as she remembered all the encounters she had with Magical Girls who thought Madoka was a hero because of her wish.

No, they didn't know that not letting ALL Magical Girls die was Madoka's first attempt. Kyubey said that even her power wasn't strong enough to do that. There was a limit to everything.

Her wish was modified at the last minute to help us battle the witch.

"Kaname Madoka, do you have another wish you want granted?" The Incubator asked.

The twin-tailed girl shut her eyes and thought as hard as she could to fix her original wish.

"Yes, I do. But I was wondering, could I prevent just a few Magical Girls from dieing?" Madoka desperately wondered.

Kyubey nodded his head. "Yes, because of your power, you may stop SOME Magical Girls from perishing."

Madoka looked at Kyubey in the eye. "I know my wish. My wish is-."

Amazing. Simply incredible. The light that was around her as she became the strongest Magical Girl was stunning.

It was intended to be a selfless wish, but every wish is indeed selfish in its own way.

Madoka's wish, only known by Madoka, Homura, Mami, Kyōko, and I, was to not let us 5 ever die.

We couldn't be killed by a Witch without healing ourselves. We couldn't be killed by having our Soul Gem broken without it gluing itself back together. We couldn't be killed by turning into a Witch without us being returned to normal after being killed.

We were all chained to life.

And together, we beat Walpurgis Night. It was a miracle. We all got together at Mami's apartment and Homura explained her whole 'time-traveling' experience. I fell asleep, so I didn't really hear it all. That's one reason I need to find Homura again.

So, time passed. At first we were a happy-go-lucky quintet, fighting witches and familiars together. Well, Mami had to give Kyōko a trade of cake for every familiar battle she brought her on, but we were still feeling good.

After our graduation from high school, everything went nuts. Homura and Madoka left for a college in Kasamino after Kyōko had mentioned it one day. Mami was already in a university in Mitakihara, and was constantly busy with work. I had some time before I had to go to the Mitakihara University, so I accompanied Kyōko in witch battles and once again, soloed familiars.

I was doing fine with the balance. We DID gain a lot of Grief Seeds. But you see, I had been with Kyousuke for a while now. After Hitomi told me about her love for him, I wasted no time in telling Kyousuke that I liked him. She respectfully backed off when he accepted me.

Well, that's what I thought.

Kyousuke stopped talking to me one day, and when I was walking home from a witch hunt, I saw him with Hitomi. I hid, watched, and eavesdropped. It was rude, but did I care? No. Once they left, I did too. I ran and cried. But as soon as I went into my room, I was full of hatred. I didn't check my Soul Gem, but it was darkening.

Fast.

It was no surprise that was when I started using my ability again. Hilarious how I could make Kyōko terrified, scared of ME, just by blocking out pain.

"Haha!" Sayaka cried out laughing. She stabbed the witch in front of her to her heart's content like she had done once before in the past. It had been so long, yet the sensation was so comfortably thrilling. Clang, clang, the eerie noise kept ringing through the barrier.

Kyōko ran forwards and grabbed the back of Sayaka's cape collar. "Hey, stop it already! It's dead!"

The blue-haired girl didn't want to stop this excitement. It felt too good. She decided not to turn and listen to Kyōko. Instead, she kept stabbing away, not even acknowledging the girl.

Realizing words wouldn't work, Kyōko tried pulling Sayaka back from the collar. It worked, but didn't work.

"NO! LET GO!" She shouted as loud as she could, falling further to the ground than sitting on her knees by laying down on the ground to try to reach the witch with her cutlass.

To her dismay and the older's delight, the barrier crashed down, the witch disappearing with it.

Sayaka stood and approached Kyōko, her boots making a loud clicking sound with each step on the concrete.

"KYŌKO!"

And that's why we were getting into fights. Every time we went on a witch hunt and I performed that spell, it was like a different me. I remembered things from the last time I was in that state instead of the last few hours. Because of that, I fought Kyōko. Day, after day, after day. Until she snapped and left, returning to Kasamino.

Mami and I were the only two left. I continued soloing every witch and familiar until Mami finally finished university and fought with me.

She knew she was STUCK with me and not just fighting with me then.

'Cause she hated every fight.

Why? I never fought a witch as a cheerful hero of justice. No, always as some type of lunatic who only liked to kill.

But Mami helped. Kyōko couldn't handle it anymore probably because she didn't know what to do. Mami, however, did. With a lot of practice, she fixed me up a bit. I gained more confidence as myself and battled more as myself too.

And then turned into now.

I did remember it all.

But as honest as the story was, I realized something.

Sayaka finally drifted to sleep at 4 a.m., saying one thing aloud.

"Sorry Mami for being the biggest liar you trust."

A/N: This chapter was put up... just because I saw the first movie. So as I celebrate seeing that, you guys can celebrate a new chapter! Chapter 10 might take a while, though, because I need to write out a few more before posting it. Actually, it's either chapter 10 or 11, I forget.

There is not... much... to say. This is the 'flashback-thing' chapter. Sorry if the... construction is wrong. So many italics and line thingies.

Thank you to all my readers and keep supporting!