Chapter 3:
"The Music in my Heart." Hototo's melody
Third Person POV
Sparks flew as Zila's Falcata collided with Hades's fist. Zila jumped back and her sword became pure fire. She charged again, but Hades moved to the side and then hit her back, causing Zila to fall to the ground, but she got back up and slashed at him again. Hades kept dodging with ease and wasn't breaking a sweat. Pit watched from a distance. He held his left arm in pain, since Hades sunk his nails into it. Zila had treated it with a handkerchief she had and promised:
"I'll take care of this! Once you see your chance, run!"
Pit didn't like the idea of Zila fighting Hades all on her own, if only he had a way to contact Snejana or Mika for back up, but he had no idea how to. Zila flew across the ground and dropped her sword, that turned back into a regular Falcata. She tried to get up and grab it, but Hades stomped his foot on her stomach, causing the wind to be knocked out of Zila. She started coughing. Pit couldn't stand it anymore, he got his Ninja Palm ready and fired a charged shot at Hades. Hades blocked it a second before it was by the back of his head. Pit was surprised and shocked, seeing Hades disappear and reappear behind him, grabbing his neck, lifting Pit into the air. Zila tried to stand up, but she lost all of her strength to stand. Pit tried to pull away from Hades's grip around his neck. Pit could tell that Hades has gotten stronger, but how did he get revived? It made no sense to him. Then, a Wind Wheel came out of no where and slashed across Hades's arm. He dropped Pit and Pit started coughing, trying to regain his breath. He looked to his right and saw another Puella Magi.
"Mika?!" Pit was surprised to see her just in time.
"I made it..." She was breathing heavily. Hades smirked and walked past Pit and walked closer to Mika. Mika felt power coming from Hades's aura. He was powerful. Mika smiled a devil smile and finally found a challenge. Someone who would be actually to fun to beat. She charged at him and slashed her Wind Wheels at Hades. Hades caught the blades and kneed Mika in her stomach. Mika flew back, but landed on her feet. She smiled again, she was actually enjoying this battle more than she excepted to. Mika charged again and slashed at Hades and did martial arts combos with her Wind Wheels in hand. Hades blocked all the attacks, and then saw an opening. He grabbed Mika's wrist on her right arm and twisted it around. Mika was locked in an armlock, and she couldn't move. Finally, Zila was able to stand and pick up her Falcata. She charged at Hades and thrusted at him with her sword. Hades let go of Mika's wrist and dodged the attack by backing up next to Pit.
"He's powerful...Finally, something worth my time..." Mika mumbled under her breath, but Zila heard her, and looked confused.
"Mika?" Zila wondered what she meant by that. Hades smirked again, and picked up Pit by his arm.
"Let him go!" Zila screamed, with her sword becoming pure fire again. Hades laughed again.
"Aww. That's cute. I had no idea Pitty-Pat had a girlfriend." Hades laughed. Zila face became as red as her fire sword. She got angry at Hades for making fun of her. The flames intensified.
"I-I'm not his girlfriend!" Zila shouted at the God. Hades shrugged.
"Whatever, it's not like it matters anyway." A portal opened behind Hades and before he walked through it, he said:
"Adieu, young ladies." Hades laughed, taking Pit with him. Pit tried pulling his arm away but it didn't work so well.
"No!" Zila shouted, running after them.
"Hey wait, what about our battle?!" Mika asked, but it was too late, Hades had already walked through the portal to the Underworld and took Pit with him. The portal then closed.
Hototo Minuet's POV
I watched the whole thing from my window. I was wondering what all the noise was about, and what do I see? 2 Puella Magis trying to defeat the Lord of the Underworld. I closed my window quietly and turned off my lamp light, and crawled back into bed. I stared at the ceiling and wondered. What was going on? Who was that angel?
"A lot on your mind?" I looked to my left and see him. The little space alien that looked like cat with pure white fur. I sighed and looked back at my ceiling.
"The Lord of the Underworld, Hades, huh? He's been revived, but how? I asked. I looked back at Kyubey. "Did a girl wish for him to be revived?" Kyubey shook his head.
"No, since I'm the only Incubator on this Planet, I would've known if a young girl wished for him to be revived."
"I see...Anyway, Do we have anymore information of him ?" I asked. Kyubey shook his head again. "If we don't hurry and gather allies soon, he'll revive her. We need to get them on our side." I stood up in my bed. Kyubey tilted his head.
"You're going to try and bring those Puella Magis together?" He asked.
"Hey, I need all the help I can get. Now, go to bed." I lied back down and put the covers over my body to keep myself warm. Kyubey jumped down from my bed and lied down on his little pillow I bought him from the pet store. I closed my eyes and fell asleep.
Third Person POV
Pit woke up in a cell, with his arms chained behind his back and legs chained to the floor. He felt so hungry, like he hadn't eaten in weeks. He pushed himself up with his upper body strength and sat up. He looked around and knew where he was. The place felt too familiar. He was in the Underworld castle. He heard two guards coming. Pit stood still, trying to figure out what do if they come in here. The guards opened the gates to Pit's cell and walked over to him. They picked him up by his arms and forced him to walk out of the cell. He walked through the halls of the castle, it was pretty empty. The guards opened giant metal doors at the end of the hall they were in and unlocked the chains around Pit's wrists, and then pushed him in and closed the door behind him. Pit looked back and glared at the guards, not that they could see him do that.
"How was your sleep, Pitty-Pat?" Pit looked in front of him and saw Hades, sitting in a throne at the end of room.
"Hades!"
"Pit!"
"Hades!"
"Pit!"
"Hadeeees!"
"Piiiiittttt!" Pit charged at Hades and was about to kick him in the face. But Hades disappeared and reappeared behind Pit and slapped him to the side. Pit rammed into the wall, and glared at Hades. Pit jumped off the wall and stumbled a little, trying to stand on his feet. Hades walked towards Pit and Pit got in a fighting stance. When Hades was in front of him, Pit was ready for any attack. Instead of attacking, Hades just flicked Pit's forehead, and it really hurt.
"Ow!"
"That's kind-of what you get." Pit looked to his right and saw a young girl with thick, wavy, very long hair. It was the color of black coffee, and was worn in a complex style. She was smoking a cigarette, she looked that she was around Pit's age. She looked at him with her slanted purple eyes that were like two drops of wine. She wore an outfit that almost looked like Phosphara's clothes, minus the leather jacket and the biker boots, and the knee-high black socks. She dropped her cigarette to the ground and stomped on it, crushing it.
"Bacia, how many times have I told you? No smoking in the castle." Hades sighed. The girl, Bacia, shrugged and walked over to Pit. She looked at him from top to bottom. Then she took out another cigarette, lite it, and put in her mouth for a second, blew out some smoke, and then looked at Hades.
"He's not worth my time." She put the cigarette back into her mouth and walked past the two. Pit was a little stunned, but then he noticed the ring on her finger, it was the same exact ring Mika, Zila, and Snejana had.
"You're a Puella Magi." Pit said, stopping Bacia. She looked back at Pit and smiled.
"Well, I didn't except an angel to know about Soul Gems or Puella Magis. Maybe you are worth my time." She said, taking the cigarette out of her mouth. Her ring glowed and turned into a Soul Gem and appeared in her left hand. She gripped it in her hand and she began to glow. Bacia's Puella Magi Uniform was a mystical outfit that was black and purple and hints of silver for coloring, it also had several religious symbols on the sleeves of it. It was like a fusion of a sorceress' robes and an amazonian warrior's armor. Pit saw Bacia take out a spell book from thin air, and a circle around formed and glowed the color Byzantium purple. Sparks of electricity started shooting out of her fingertips.
"Bacia." Hades called her name and Bacia automatically stopped the sparks from her hands and the spell book and circle disappeared. She transformed back into her regular outfit and looked at Hades.
"Forgive me, Lord Hades, my sudden urge for battle just kicked in." Bacia bowed as she apologized.
"It's fine. Just go back to training with Pandora." Hades commanded.
"Yes, sir." Bacia looked up and walked towards the doors and walked out. Pit was confused on what just happened.
"Who was that?" Pit asked.
"Bacia. She's the Underworld's newest commander." Hades answered.
"What? A Puella Magi as a commander for the Underworld?!" Pit exclaimed. "But I thought, that Puella Magis fought for good."
"Well, this one doesn't." Hades said. "She was just wandering in the Underworld one day, and I found her. She told she wanted to become stronger to beat someone. How could I refuse?"
"But you tricked her into becoming an Underworld commander!" Pit added.
"No, no, no. You see Pitty, I told her if she wanted my help to become stronger, she would have to join the Underworld Army. She didn't hestitate to say 'yes.'" Hades informed. Pit looked at the door and wondered if that was what really happened. He didn't want to believe Hades but it seemed like that girl...was glad to join the Underworld Army.
"But what about her family?" Pit asked.
"She says she doesn't have one." Hades answered.
"What?"
"She told me that they disowned her because of something she did." Pit ran to the door and ran out of the room and ran after Bacia.
Bacia's POV
I didn't care anymore, about someone's life, or someone's death. Why should I care? My parents only cared for my sister, so why should I care about anyone else? I heard footsteps running after me. I stopped and turned around to see that angel running after me. I looked at him as he stopped behind me and panting.
"...What do you want?" I asked.
"Is what Hades said...true?" He asked, looking up at me. "Did you really join the Underworld just to become stronger?"
"...What do you know about strength?" I asked. I looked at my hand with my cigarette in it. I crushed it with my bare hand and when I opened again, the cigarette turned to ash.
"I don't just WANT to become stronger, I NEED to become stronger." I didn't realize I was gritting my teeth and clenching my other fist. The angel put his hand on my shoulder. I looked at him, surprised.
"You don't need to become strong because the way you summoned that circle and spell book, and how you shot those sparks out of your fingertips. I think your strong enough." The angel actually complimented me. I blushed, and then smacked him across the face. He looked at me surprised, holding his right cheek.
"You don't understand, angel! You'll never understand! Can't you see? There's no such thing as 'enough'!" I then ran off back down the hall and ran back to practice.
Practice was easy today. Thanatos was a little hard to beat, since my mind went back to the conversation with the angel, but I still won. I was taking a breaking and drinking some water, when Thanatos came up to me and handed my a piece of paper.
"What's this?" I asked, taking the paper.
"Don't know," Thanatos answered, "it just came in the mail today, and it was addressed to you." I started to read the letter out loud.
Bacia,
I'll be coming to the Underworld to challenge you to fight,
Please be prepared.
"...That's what it says." I finished.
"Who's it from?" Thanatos asked.
"Doesn't say." I took out my lighter and lite the paper on fire. I then threw it in the fountain of Death Water. I looked at the burning letter dissolve, and then returned to practice. Soon, I saw Lord Hades watching me from the his balcony of the castle and I saw that angel chained to chair next to him. I didn't feel wrong about that angel being chained up, but didn't feel glad about it either. I summoned asteroids from the Underworld sky and they crashed down on my enemies and destroyed them. I looked at my watch and saw that training was over and started to walk out of the battlefield.
"Where are you going?" I stopped and turned around to see another human girl, about 16, one year older than me. For some odd reason, she made me think of a clever fox. She had droopy white eyes and her silky, straight, chocolate-colored hair was worn in a dignified, utilitarian style. She was wearing army boots and baggy marsh green pants, the girl had a Jean-jacket vest on that was the color of the Underworld clouds, and under the vest was T-shirt that had the letters BVB on it. I was guessing it was band of some kind. She started to walk towards me.
"I told you I'd come to challenge you, do you accept?" The girl asked. She stopped in front of me and stared into my eyes. I felt like Lord Hades was going to yell me for not telling him, but he did nothing but sit there and watch.
"...What's your name?" I asked.
"Hototo Minuet. Do you accept or not?" She asked again.
"Why not?" I jumped back on the other side of the battlefield and transformed. I knew for a fact that this was going to be too easy.
Third Person POV
Hototo stared at her opponent and then took out her white Soul Gem and transformed. Her Puella Magi uniform was a fusion of a short wedding dress and a popstar's stage outfit. The colors were white and blue and she wore at least one ring on each finger on each hand.
"..You have the first move." Hototo said.
"With pleasure!" Bacia summoned her book and the circle appeared again. She mumbled some words and then icicles came crashing down from the sky and fell right on top of Hototo. Bacia smirked, guessing the battle was already over, but Bacia's excitement disappeared when she saw Hototo two feet away from where the icicles crashed, perfectly unharmed. Bacia just thought she got lucky and fired purple lighting out of her fingertips and aimed for Hototo. Hototo dodged grace and elegance, it almost looked like she was dancing Ballet. Bacia got a little annoyed and fired again, Hototo dodged again with grace and elegance. Bacia decided to bring out the heavy artillery. She summoned portals and the surrounded Hototo. Coming out of the portals, were spears, Underworld spears that is.
"There's no chance of escaping this one!" Bacia shouted and sent the spears right at Hototo. Hototo opened her mouth and and high pitch sound came out. The sound waves were able to push the spears back. Bacia covered her ears because of the pitch noise was coming towards her. She fell to her knees. She couldn't take it any more. The pitched stopped and Bacia looked up and Hototo floating on a glowling platform, and she had a microphone in her right hand. Then Bacia heard music starting to play.
"You, who has an unpure heart," Hototo began, "let the chains binding you, release you from your prison and let this heal your soul. The Music in my Heart." Hototo then began to sing.
My Sweet Heart
The opening theme for Tokyo Mew Mew
Sang by Rika Komatsu.
"I tied a ribbon to my hair, and then I tried to smile.
I had a feeling that I had changed who I was.
A little bit of courage becomes confidence...
I had forgotten that fact...Until I met you.
Any girl can become fearless
By knowing a special kind of magic!
It's SHOW TIME!
Make my heart beat faster and fast,
I always wanna know these exciting feelings!
I will show you a different me. So please!
I become more and more open,
As I overflow with this feeling.
I would like to send it all to you...
Please accept it, my sweet heart!..."
Bacia covered her ears. It felt like something was crushing her hearing brains and and hurting her entire body. She screamed liked someone punched her stomach. Bacia couldn't take it anymore.
"Damn...it...!" Bacia growled.
"...If you give me a hug, this boquet of light
Surely becomes a dazzling tomorrow, because
My grand ideals are recieved like
The fluttering wings of my very heart.
A girl can become everything pretty
If she meets her one true beloved.
It's SHOW TIME!
My excitement is like
Expecting the beginning
I want to search the unknown you even more
Always, always, before long,
We'll see dreams together, right?
If we join hand in hand,
Isn't it mysterious? Change my mind..."
Pit didn't believe what he was hearing, and what he was seeing. A Puella Magi, singing to hurt the enemy. It was astonishing to him.
"It's SHOW TIME!
Make my heart beat faster and fast,
I always wanna know these exciting feelings!
I will show you a different me. So please!
I become more and more open,
As I overflow with this feeling.
I would like to send it all to you...
Please accept it, my sweet...
Please accept it, my sweet...
Please accept it, my...sweet...heart!"
The song began to end and Bacia started to try and get back up on her feet.
"Harmony Beauty Flash!" Hototo smiled, and pointed at Bacia and posed. Bacia screamed in pain and fell to the ground in defeat. Hototo took a deep breath and looked up and Hades' balcony. She jumped up and landed on the rails. She did that high pitch attack again and the chains around Pit's arms and legs shattered like glass.
"Let's go, Pit." Hototo held her hand out to him and a portal behind Hototo opened up. Pit grabbed her hand and jumped through the portal. Before Hototo walked through, she looked at Hades. He winked at her and she blushed. She looked away and jumped through the portal and left the Underworld with Pit.