Chapter 9
I will change the world!
Kyubey gazed onto the blue and green sphere only blinking ever so often so he didn't miss a single amount of detail. Although currently the planet was puny and insignificant compared to the many others that carried sentient beings it was a diamond in the rough. His kind knew that Earth harbored a dangerous threat but also a rather large amount of energy. He couldn't understand why the higher ups cared for Earth more than the other planets and even went as far as the creation of the star children that are currently placed around the planet. But as a simple incubator his job was just to gather the energy. Aito, Kouhei and Daitaro were all created with strands of his DNA to a certain level and his only job was to "look after" them, provide answers to their questions and leave the rest to their "parents". Even though he felt no attachment to the three he felt this unsettling urge that more trouble was brewing on the planet "Perhaps another reset is in order..."
*OPENING SONG PLAYS* kawashita yakusoku wasurenai yo
me wo toji tashikameru
oshiyoseta yami furiharatte susumu yo!
*Goes back to the story* Madoka's P.O.V
"Tiro Finale!" A bright yellow light crashed into the creature. The unknown monster burst from the inside out and the barrier faded around us "How was I?"
"I may not be an expert but you looked amazing. You didn't even flinch" Sayaka complimented
"B-but your soul gems look really corrupted and no grief seed fell" I stuttered. They were friends and also being puella magi made me worry about their safety. Mami and Sayaka transformed back into their normal clothes
Sayaka ruffled my hair "Don't worry Madoka we'll just ask Aito to purify them tomorrow"
I just nodded slowly, I still felt unsure even though Sayaka lives under the same roof as me I couldn't help but worry "By the way have any of you seen Kyubey? He hasn't come by in a while"
"He can't be around us forever. He has to find more people who are sure about their wish, Madoka" Mami stated as we all began to walk through the night. Mami's words hurt me slightly but I didn't show it. The events that have happened since he came to me have made a deep impression on my like a heavy boot in wet soil.
"I really want to make a contract...but I don't know what to wish for"
"Relax, you don't need to push yourself for a reason. Theirs only 4 of us if you count Daitaro and we're all on good terms so its fine" Sayaka reassured
"Well I wouldn't call Daitaro and I on good terms" Mami spoke up
"Don't take any offense to this Mami but that kid is something else. I don't get how you can be so nice but he's a nut" Sayaka shouted
"He picks verbal fights with me constantly but doesn't cause trouble when Kouhei is home. I'm beginning to think he hates me"
"That's impossible!" I shouted getting both Sayaka and Mami's attention. I instantly wanted to crawl under a rock and hide, their eyes were all on me but I regained my composure and explained myself "No matter what it is family is still family. You two may fight constantly but maybe that's just how you two show your love and if he gets on your nerves don't give him a say in anything and do things for him"
By the looks of it Mami seemed to be thinking about it and it looked like she took my words into consideration "You're right, I guess he just needs a kick in the right direction"
"Isn't it a push in the right direction?" Sayaka corrected
"I know what I said" Mami said making the three of us laugh but I just felt like Mami was concealing something deeper within her heart
I rinsed my toothbrush under the sink and placed toothpaste on it. Mama had to leave for work early today so I was alone and had nobody to discuss my recent problems with for the morning. I looked at my image in the mirror as I brushed my teeth, last night was mostly a blur and I also met with my double in my dreams again but this time I didn't suffer any physical pain.
As soon as I shut my eyes I was inside what looked like a fancy traditional Japanese restaurant, I looked down and I was still in my pink pajamas. A waitress in a very beautiful orange flowered kimono appeared out of nowhere "Let me escort you to your table" I followed her through the various sliding doors I saw my double!...but she was at a table drinking tea She had my hairstyle but the colour was a very dark pink and the ribbons were black, her eyes were like a cats except hers were red and she had pitch black fingernails, she also wore a dark purple kimono.
"Sit" she told me
I wasn't afraid for some odd reason. Maybe it was the place I was in but it didn't matter. I did what she said and took a seat...well a cushion across from her "what do you want?" I blurted out without thinking
"You know what I want but I'm here for a little deal. I've noticed that you haven't decided to make the contract yet-"
"I don't want anything from you!" I shouted
She rested her head against her hands and kept talking "I feel everything you feel Madoka. I know everything that your going through" she snapped her fingers and instantly we were in a crowded street...but the world was different...everything was 2D but the way everything looked was similar to Gertrud's barrier. "W-where are we?"
"Let's take a walk" she said walking ahead of me. No matter how weird it was the place made me smile. Everything moved like they were apart of a stop motion film but that didn't bother me at all and whoever I passed by seemed to welcome me. "Want some fish?" My double's words snapped me out of my thoughts, we were at a small stand with a man selling fish. I nodded slowly. The familiar girl handed him the money and a fresh fish was in a bag for them "How about another one on the house. Twins are rare around here" the man said
"T-twins?" I asked
"This world is your dream world, A place free from all the things that trouble you" she told me
"Dream world?!"
"When you were a little girl you made a fantasy world where everyone knew of my existence and I wasn't just your so called imaginary friend. Look down" I was taken by surprise but I looked down and my pajamas turned into a bright pink kimono. I looked around and the streets were decorated with festival decorations, small children played in the streets with lanterns and people said hello as I passed by. For some reason I felt like I really belonged and I felt myself being filled with self confidence.
"Isn't this what you want, Madoka?" I snapped myself out of my daze once again "Pardon?"
"I said Isn't this what you want? A world filled with no worries, a world where you can feel self confident and worthy" Somehow her hostile nature she showed me only a week ago had disappeared from my mind. I pictured her as my sister, was I actually beginning to consider this?
"B-but what about my friends and family?" I asked
She grasped my hand and began to run with me. When I looked back at her she looked exactly like me "mama, papa and the others are waiting for us over there" she pointed over to a large bridge leading to an large island where they were launching fireworks. While everyone else looked funny my family including me and my twin looked normal. As we reached them I was about to open my mouth again before I saw Aito holding 3 candy apples in each hand. He passed one to each of us "Sorry I'm late Madoka. The line for these things was long" he said taking a bite out of his
I couldn't believe what was happening around me! I slapped myself in the face a few time trying to wake up but the only thing it did was hurt me. It felt like I was actually in this world! "You alright sis? Mom and dad are beginning to stare" my twin said
I waved my hand dismissing the subject. They turned back around and continued to walk to the now not so far island. I jumped slightly in surprise as Aito held my hand. "All you have to do is say the word and I'll bring you here...and you can stay forever and ever" and with that the dream ended
I spat the tooth paste out into the sink and began to wash my face with a towel. I groaned in front of the mirror, I had to choose between some bright yellow ribbons or the usual red ones. Since mama wasn't here I had to make my own decision for once about my hair. I shrugged "Let's try something new" I took a quick shower, got dressed and after a slice of toast with scrambled eggs I made my way out the door with a bright smile on my face. The negative things usually had occupied my in the morning would simply disappear after I made it out the door.
I heard Sayaka and Kamijo call my name. I ran over to them almost losing my balance and clumsily almost tripping over my own feet "Use your legs often?" Sayaka joked
I didn't have time to respond. I used both Kamijo and Sayaka to support me in my current out of breath state by going in between them and using their shoulders to hold most of my weight. Luckily both of them were strong and I only weighed about...well I can't tell you my weight now can I?
I noticed Kamijo stare at my hair for a short moment before speaking "Your wearing new hair ribbons, Madoka" I was taken aback slightly since I didn't speak to Kamijo much so a compliment was unexpected but then again it didn't matter who a compliment came from in my opinion, what girl wouldn't want to be noticed by boys.
"Yellow ribbons, cute! Aito is gonna love it" Sayaka complimented
I blushed at both their compliments towards me. "By the way where is Aito?"
"He said he had something to do with Kyubey" Kamijo said
Sayaka pat me on the back "Don't worry Madoka you'll get your chance" Sayaka winked at me. Sayaka can be such a pervert sometimes
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The all too familiar blonde held her soul gem in hand "Its not too often I ditch school to hunt witches. But why did you want to come along?" She asked
Aito averted his gaze from Mami and stared at the sidewalk that had seen better days "I-I don't want to talk about it"
"Is Madoka involved?"
he jumped a little at the question "Can we just not talk about it..."
Mami had a strong feeling that Aito was troubled by something. She had known him long enough to tell when something was up with him, he usually scratched the back of his head when he was sometimes embarrassed, nervous or if something was bothering him plus he wasn't the type to stutter with speech "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to pry into your personal life"
He gave her a bright smile "Its okay, Your just showing you care" Mami smiled back before turning back to her soul gem, it flashed rapidly, the witch must have been close. Both of them ran wasting no time. Mami stopped for a moment, the surroundings they were in wasn't the usual, it seemed to be the unkempt part of Mitakihara city that parents told their children to stay away from.
Mami's eyes darted left to right. A feeling of unease crept on both of them "I-I didn't this place actually existed. I guess we ventured too far" Mami said
"Well witches gather and feed off of despair so this seems like the perfect place to go"
"Let's hurry, the more negative energy it gathers the more powerful it will be"
The two of them followed the magical trail the monstrosity gave off to a nearby alleyway. Aito checked the surroundings and gave her to go ahead. She raised her left hand at the wall opening the portal "Before we go in may I ask if your prepared? The magical trail was quite strong" She asked
He concentrated for a few seconds and formed a bright red two sided battle axe, it was long and meant for holding with two hands and it was in the form of pure energy. "Ya like?"
Mami simply nodded and they made their way in, the portal closed behind them. The barrier looked like a mix between the african savannah, a lava lamp along with a large chunk of cocaine mixed into it. "Are you seeing what I'm seeing?" Aito asked
She gave a quick nod while scanning their surroundings for a familiar or any passersby. The imaginary world turned dark and both were on their toes "It knows we're here!" Mami yelled! The barrier began shift and move forward while they stayed in place and soon they were in the center, the witches domain!
There the witch was, it floated and danced around the small dome it was in! The witch had the lower body of high school girl with a dark blue skirt, human legs with knee high leggings and brown dress shoes! The upper half of its body was the neck up of a giraffe with bright rainbow coloured wings like a bird, every time the wings flapped sparkles in all colours fell to the ground!
Mami wasn't careless with the current situation and took her time to observe her current surroundings, especially the sparkles that came from the abnormality's wings but then it hit her like a baseball bat to the head "Aito! The sparkles are dangerous!" But it was too late, he leapt into the air with the axe aiming straight for it! The witch moved to the side with little effort but you could tell it had a lot of agility. Aito landed painlessly to the ground on his feet as the sparkles landed onto him "Ahhhgggg!" He screamed in pain as the sparkles touched the exposed skin on his body since he only wore a T-shirt and shorts. Mami ran to him and checked various parts of his body...her assumption was right, the sparkles left small 4th degree burns on his body(4th degree burns are to the bone)!
"I-I'm f-f...fine!" He struggled to his feat. Mami watched as the burns healed like they weren't even their to begin with "We have to find a way to clip that thing's wings" Mami said
"Stand back, Aito" he did as he was told and stood a fair distance behind Mami. She took a deep breath and shouted "Danza del magic blade!"(*1) she spun around like a tornado, muskets fired in literally all directions! The witch dodged moving left to right, the witch laughed and mocked the duo only to notice both were gone! "Surprise!" Aito shouted as he brought his axe down onto the unsuspecting creature from behind "Legare Vastaria!"(*2) ribbons shot out and ensnared the witch it its tight grasp! The ribbons hauled it into the air, Mami summoned a giant musket for her signature move "Tiro Finale!" the witch had finally been destroyed and the bizarre surroundings had changed back into the familiar alleyway, the familiar black object dropped to the pavement with a clink. Mami picked it up and pressed it against her soul gem "Do you want this?" He nodded and swallowed it whole "hehehe now I won't have to eat for a week"
"You digest them?"
"No, it just gets stored until Kyubey comes to get it. By the way why didn't Daitaro come along for the witch hunt?"
"A couple of days earlier I had a discussion with Madoka and Sayaka and Daitaro's behavior came up. So I took their advice and was more stern with him" she told him as they walked back to the welcoming part of Mitakihara
FLASHBACK
She smiled as she saw his sleeping figure. It was like he was a baby again. She carefully picked him up like someone would with a normal sleeping baby until KICK! The sleeping boy involuntarily kicked the blonde in her face. She immediately dropped Daitaro back onto the couch but still slept soundly just rolling on his side. She took a deep breath and felt thankful that Kouhei went to bed early. She was snapped out of her thoughts when she heard yawning, Daitaro rubbed his eyes and stared at her lazily "What's wrong with you?" He asked seeing a large red mark on her face
"I-its nothing just go to bed"
"Naw I'm fine"
"But you'll have to get to bed if you want to be early for school tomorrow"
"The fuck did you just say?!" What came out of his mouth was mostly out of confusion and not a threat
she went to a nearby closet and brought out a school uniform "Talk like that again and I'll wash your mouth out with soap"
Almost instantly Daitaro jumped over the couch and scrambled for the door only to be bounced back "aaagghhh! What the fuck!"
"I told you to watch your language" she said firmly
"Or how about you take that 'watch your language' shit and shove it up-" he was cut off bright yellow ribbons ensnared him. Mami picked him up and began to walk to the bathroom
"I'm going to start being strict with you since it seems you've lost sense on how a child your age should behave. Your going to school tomorrow and you'll stop with the bad language your using"
END OF FLASHBACK
They began to walk back home "Well I guess Daitaro was out of line" Aito laughed "what school did you enroll him in and how are you sure he'll stay there?"
"Its an elementary school not too far from here. I know he'll stay because the school is close by to Homura's residence"(*3)
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I made an aggravated sigh still not believing that I was actually in this situation and my mouth still had the taste of soap. Mami obviously picked up on the shit I've been giving her since we've been reacquainted with each other. I can't stand that bitch! I hate her with a passion and maybe her mom wouldn't have beat me if she was never born! It was more of a parasitic relationship(*4) with us but I guess I deserved the shit that I had coming.
I may have missed a few years of school but I am a star child aka I was doing the shit they do in high school when I was on that bastard's planet. I wrote the answer for each multiplication and division equation rather quickly. I looked around and noticed some kids struggling and still on the first page.
"Hey" I turned to my right to notice a kid. "Hey" he whispered to me again. I may not be the friendliest person around but could act like it
"What's up kid?" I asked. He showed me his sheet and was astonished(I didn't show it though) that he only had 20 equations done. I looked at the kanji for his name...his name is Takahiro(隆弘) for a name like that you'd think he'd have more written down...but then again my name is supposed to mean great 2nd son but look how great I turned out.
"Are you stupid or something?"
He chuckled "Your funny" I examined his body language and other aspects, he was normal in most ways...and he kinda looked like Aito. Same spiky hair and their eye colour was the same...
I ignored the similarities and just wrote the answers down. He moved his chair over to my desk and asked how I got each answer, it sure as hell was annoying but I explained anyway.
"Thanks for helping me. What's your name again?"
"Its Daitaro"
"H-hey...well i-if your not busy...m-maybe we can hang out sometime..i-if you want" I could tell by my surroundings that the kid had an average amount of friends and might not be used to rejection
Before I could answer our teacher approached us. I assumed we were going to be scolded for talking in the middle of a silent work period but I was wrong.
She flipped through my worksheet "You did all this?" I nodded "I was watching you interact with Takahiro and how you zipped through this without problems. I'm very impressed with your work" I tried to show as much interest as possible "I'll be watching you" she said with a smile.
The day ran by smoothly and I was surprised with how fast it came and went without me getting in trouble. The bell rand and I quickly made my way out of that hell hole and speed walked to Homura's house.
"Hey!"
'Shit' I thought to myself. Takahiro probably walked the way I was going "Hey" I said avoiding eye contact
"So you walk this way too?" He asked
"Actually I take the train here and back but I plan on going to a friend's house" to be honest if nobody was around I could jump from building to building to get home
"Is it Akemi Homura's house?"
"H-how did you know?!"
"Akemi Homura sometimes comes over to our school and helps out with things. Everyone admires her and thinks she pretty and she even tutors us sometimes"
"I-I didn't think she had a life out of Madoka..." He seemed puzzled by what I meant but I told him he didn't need to worry about it
"Well I guess this is goodbye until tomorrow!" He said with a smile running the opposite direction
"Made a new friend I see" I jumped at the voice, I turned around and noticed it was Homura
"H-Homura-sama"(*5)I just noticed I was in front of Homura's house
"I assume your thanking Mami for sending you to school"
"The bitch can-aagghh!" Homura slapped me, for a school girl she was pretty strong "shit" I said as I rubbed the hand print on my face
"That's your sister, she's the only one you truly have left" she said
I stayed silent for a while before opening my mouth again "Can I come in?"
She nodded, unlocked the door and allowed me inside "So what happened while I was gone?" The place she lived in was warm and welcoming. Hardwood floors, a TV, a computer, a couch and other items
Homura turned on the TV, her face instantly became distraught "Elly..."
I took my shoes off and made my way to the living room. The news was talking about a girl that went missing today after school. I saw Homura run over to her backpack and open a note "What's that?" I asked
"Its a note I received from Elly a few days prior" she read the note aloud "Dear Homura-chan I see you've heard of my disappearance and decided to reopen the note that you got. Don't be afraid, I'm not some psycho after you or anything I just want to change the world. The life I lived wasn't a very good one and unlike the other star children of Mitakihara that lived on Kyubey's world I was raised by human parents on Earth since I was born. My disappearance is only temporary because I plan on changing the world we live in, I want to make this world like the home I never got and make Earth a better place...well in my own view of a perfect world. Oh and don't try to stop me because you'll never find me and to make sure you stay out of my way this message will..." Homura's eyes widened as she began to read the message in her head I assumed
Homura tackled me to the ground and in an instant the heat intensified around me! I felt myself along with Homura-sama who clung onto my body lift off the ground and my exposed skin burn! My eardrums burst and the world became silent, my vision became blurry and I lost consciousness.
When I came to I heard the sound I sirens in the distance. My whole body ached with pain, I looked at my hands to notice they were burnt to a pitch black and they couldn't move. I assumed my brain was protecting me from the pain but I knew my body would quickly heal myself before I felt anything. I couldn't even sit up, I shifted my eyes and saw Homura a few meters away, her body was lifeless. My body began to heal itself within seconds and I could crawl. I crawled over to where Homura was lying "H-Homura" she didn't respond "Homura!" I shouted as I shook her with a ton of force but she was still unresponsive, I looked at her home and it was literally in pieces and black smoke with blazing fires filled the house and began to reach the sky. The sirens became louder, I knew they were on their way but my legs wouldn't move and I didn't have the strength to pick up Homura "w-what should I do..."
Well that's the end of this chapter! I said stuff like this was coming also I have never done a fanfic in a girl's point of view as in a girly girl. Since Madoka's the type of girl who probably uses words like pretty or stylish I had to get out of my comfort zone.
*1-One of Mami's moves in the PSP game is called Danza del magic blade, the moves fire muskets in all directions and its italian for dance of the magic blade.
*2-Legare Vastaria is also one of Mami's moves in the PSP game. Its latin for to tie together so for a temporary time all familiars or the witch gets temporarily tied up aka immobilized.
*3-I don't care about how the japanese school system works because its a fanfiction and will probably never happen so I'm gonna use the canadian/american school system. In case you don't know the Japanese have a different order in schools kids go to.
*4-a parasitic relationship is when two organisms need each other to survive but one organism benefits and the other suffers.
*5-Sama is a japanese honorific used for people who are believed to be higher than oneself. Daitaro admires Homura very much and would do anything for her.