AUTHORS NOTE: I know that this is chapter five but it says chapter six, same with all the other chaptes. please ignore it

CHAPTER FIVE- "I know all your fates"

Homura flinched. "She disappeared?!"

Mami nodded, her eyes were red and puffy from crying as she wiped her tears for another tissue.

The black haired girl put her head down. "How could this happen?"

It was silent between the two.

After Kyoko stopped screaming, Mami had found that she was gone. She panicked and called Homura, who came over, worried why Mami was so tearful; she thought Kyoko might have died, but no.

Homura didn't know anything, she didn't know if her companion was dead or had simply disappeared. All that was left was Kyoko's nearly black soul gem sitting on the coffee table. Homura couldn't stand this, she faced Mami. "What happened?"

Mami looked up, her eyes filled with despair and regret. "My phone started to ring", her young voice cracked. "There was a man at the end of the line, he knew about us and magical girls."

"Do you know who he was?"

She shook her head. "He then asked me how Sakura-San was doing, and if she was alright. I knew that something had happened to her and hung up."
Homura was a little confused.

Mami continued. "Sakura-San was having a terrible nightmare of some sort. She was sweating and tossed and turned on the couch. She seemed to be in a lot of pain and muttered words which I couldn't understand."

Homura stared at Mami as her voice became more broken every time she talked. "Her soul gem got darker and darker, and hovered above her. Then Sakura-san's body started to flicker in sight. She turned invisible to visible over and over again."
Homura's eyes widened.

"Then she screamed and started crying, and when it stopped.." Mami sobbed. "She was gone."

Mami started crying again, Homura was perplexed. She was having a nightmare, a nightmare that made her feel a whole lot of pain, then started disappearing, then she screamed and was gone. Homura thought.

Mami's sobs quieted down. "Sorry Akemi-san."

Homura lifted her head off her hand.

Mami put on a fake smile. "I'm being such a cry baby. When I should be the mature one here."

The dark haired girl's forehead creased. She knew how she felt. Losing somebody you loved right before your eyes, she had seen it too many times. "It's alright Tomoe-san." Homura stood up and looked at Kyoko's soul gem. "Let's go find Kyoko."

Kyoko's eyes opened slowly, she felt a massive pain in her head. "What the-?" She mumbled, her voice was quiet as she found her throat sore. Kyoko sat up slowly and realised she was in her casual clothes. Then she looked around.

Everything was white.

What is this? Heaven? Kyoko thought. No way, I couldn't be dead.

Kyoko thought of the last thing she remembered. What was it? She was having some sort of nightmare before she woke up but she couldn't remember what it was.

Then she remembered her last memory, Kyoko was looking at her darkened Soul Gem before Homura shouted her name. Then that was it.

How did she end up here?

How long have I been here for?

Kyoko slowly stood up. "Hey! Mami! Homur-!" She coughed as she fought back a sudden pain in her throat. And why is my throat so sore? Kyoko muttered some swears under her breath, but then suddenly she realised something.

Her soul gem was gone, ring and all. Kyoko's eyes widened. "Shit! Where's my Soul Gem?!" She turned her head but all she could see was white and her own body. The red head sighed in annoyance. "If I don't have a Soul Gem, how can I live?"

"Sakura Kyoko."

Kyoko turned swiftly to hear a voice behind her, but nobody was there. "Goddammit! What is your-!" Kyoko suddenly felt the air being pushed out of her lungs as she was pushed to the ground by a strong force. "Umph!" She hit the ground hard, then turned to face it. "What the hell?! What did you just-?"

Her eyes widened.

Standing before her was a tall man in a white cloak. He held a staff with pieces of glass at the top. His face was shadowed over, but Kyoko could see his smirk. "It was only me, so don't worry."

Kyoko could do nothing but stare. Fuck, where the hell am I? Who is this man?

I can hear you, you know

She split off from her thoughts. "How can you hear me?!"

The man smirked again, "You shouldn't use that type of language Sakura-san."

"And how do you know my name?!"

"I know a lot of things. Your wish was to get people to listen to your beloved father, in the end your whole family was killed."

"What?!" Kyoko stood up swiftly. "How do you know about that?!"

"I have my reasons." He turned his head, and Kyoko noticed he had black hair. "A friend of yours told me."

"Homura?"

"No." He faced her again. "A person you forgot."

"Wha-?"

The man raised his staff. The pieces of glass glowed white, and beams of light appeared around it, making Kyoko put an arm over her eyes to shield herself from the light. The man's cloak floated up slightly, to reveal a magic circle. His mouth opened as he muttered a spell.

Kyoko didn't understand. He seemed to be saying gibberish, or a type of language she didn't understand, she just knew it wasn't Japanese.

The man's cloak flowed back down. The light faded and there was silence. Kyoko stared at his face. After a few seconds he lifted his head up and looked back at Kyoko, his red and blue eyes staring into hers as he whispered:

"Sacrifice."

BANG! BANG!

Smoke boomed out, covering the concrete. Mami moved her musket down as it disappeared. She sighed as her yellow formed back onto her dress. She and Homura stood in the courtyard, Homura's bow disappeared.

"Has her Soul Gem gotten any reaction yet Akemi-San?" Mami asked her. Homura held
Kyoko's darkened soul gem in her hand; hoping it would have some sort of reaction if they had come near Kyoko. Homura shook her head.

"I see." Mami put her head down, before lifting her head again and flashing another fake smile. "We should keep looking Akemi-san." Then she walked off into the shadows.

Homura followed her, keeping an eye on Kyoko's Soul Gem at all times. She knew what soul gems looked like when they were about to turn into Grief Seeds. They were black mixed with the dark original colour of their soul gems. She had seen Kyoko's soul gem like this before, and Mami's, and Sayaka's, and Madoka's and... her own. It hurt deep inside to see a soul gem like this again.

I thought everything was over, what happened?

Homura heard Mami's slow steps stop, she turned her head. "Over?" Homura nearly hit herself over the head when she realised she had accidentally used telepathy. "Why do I keep forgetting?" She mumbled before facing the blonde. "Nothing, it's fine." Mami looked at her suspiciously before continuing.

Homura sighed. She glanced at Kyoko's Soul Gem again, it hadn't changed, she kept on walking, holding the dark red gem in her hand tight.

"Akemi-san! Watch out!"

Homura looked up and formed a bow in a flash of purple light, an arrow appeared with it, she turned around swiftly and fired the arrow straight into a wraith behind her, her dark hair blew slightly as the smoke evaporated into the sky. Unfazed, her weapon disappeared as she caught up with Mami, who grinned. "Something I'd except from you Akemi-san." Homura said nothing.

Soon enough, after hours of walking and killing wraiths, Homura and Mami ended up on the outskirts of Mitakihara. Right next to its neighbouring town, Kasamino. In the two girls' sights was a large old building, it was in ruins. The glass around the main part of the building had been smashed. Also in the main building there were high stairs leading to one place at the top, it had a table, the wood of the structure had fallen into ruins. Homura didn't recognise it, but Mami did, very well.

"What is this place?" Homura stepped on a piece of wood outside the building. "It's in ruins."

Mami didn't answer, but pointed to a piece of wood Homura was standing on, she stepped off and looked at it. It had black writing that had obviously been done by a child. It was near completely scratched and faded but Homura could just make out the words. "Sakura Church." She whispered.

Homura picked up the piece of wood and placed it at the entrance. She stared at it. Did Kyoko write this?

No

Homura turned to Mami, who had answered the question, she faced Homura. Her sister, Momo Sakura wrote that.

The dark haired girl became silent. "So that's who she said." She whispered. Homura walked into the church and up the steps, with Mami at her side, there were a lot of them, and pieces of glass everywhere. Homura stepped on a piece of burnt wood. "Tomoe-San."

"Hmm?" Mami kept her view from the top of the stairs.

"How do you know this place?"

"I was invited to dinner by Sakura-san, I had it with her family. They..." Mami paused. "They were really nice people."

"Really." Homura's tone didn't sound questionable, but not at all ignorant.

Mami smiled genuinely. "Of course, they were one happy family then. It was also then where I figured out what Sakura-san's wish was."

Homura almost stopped walking. "You..."

"Hey father said they'd been poor for some time, nobody was listening to him, then suddenly one day people had started listening to his scriptures again."

Homura said nothing, but kept her head down

Mami looked up to the pieces of shattered glass still on the windows. "After that, she told me her wish. Then told me that her wish was fine. Her father gave people happiness. So to protect people's happiness, was her real wish."

"Well, that's Kyoko."

Mami smiled gently. "Indeed."

The wind whistled through the free spaces of air in the massive room, the colours in the remaining glass created beams of colour across the floor. Homura looked across. "It doesn't seem she is he-."

Suddenly Kyoko's Soul Gem lit up, which made Homura flinch. "Tomoe-San!" Mami faced her and saw the red gem, she tried to stop herself from beaming. With the realisation, the two girls looked around.

"Kyoko!" Homura yelled

"Sakura-San! Where are you?!"

What did Kyoko remember?

That man had said 'sacrifice', a red light had come up around Kyoko, and everything went black.

What had happened?

Where was she?

She wasn't in that white place anymore, she seemed to know where she was, but on the other hand, she wasn't.

It looked like... a church.

Kyoko was moving, in sight. But her body wasn't moving at all. How was that possible?

Then she heard people, shouting her name. One was shouting her surname, the other her first name. It was only until a blonde haired girl walked in front of her did she realise who was shouting.
"Mami! Homura!" She yelled, her voice echoed. The two girls didn't answer. What?

"Hey! Answer me!"

They didn't budge. Mami looked confused. "Where is she?"

"Mami! I'm right here!"

But they didn't hear her. Was was she anyway?

It was strange, but she couldn't see her own body, it was just vision.

Then she realised.

This was her father's church.

What were they doing here?

"What are you two doing here?!"

Nothing.

She could only see Mami, not Homura, but she still knew Homura was there. Why weren't they answering?

"Hey!"

They won't answer.

It was him again, the one that made her pass out. "What do you want? I don't know who you are."

They can't hear you

"Why not?"

Do you even know where you are?

"Of course not! I can't even see where I am!"

Really? I think it's obvious

"If it was obvious wouldn't I know by now!"

Do I have to tell you?

"I'm in my father's church."

That's not what I mean

"What do you mean then?!"

If you died, your soul disappears. If your body simply disappears without your soul being destroyed, where do you think your sub-conscious mind would end up, your body or your...

"Soul."

Exactly. Now do you get it Sakura Kyoko?

"I'm inside my own soul?!" Kyoko exclaimed.

Is there anything else to explain?

Kyoko let herself calm down. "What did you do?"

Your body disappeared. I sent your subconscious to your soul.

Her anger returned. "Who told you to do that?!"

Nobody, it was my choice

Kyoko grunted in frustration. "When am I going to be sent back to my own body?"

Time will tell

"Again, who are you?"

That is something you will figure out

"Just tell me!"

No

Kyoko felt like screaming. But she stayed calm, bottling her anger.

"What are Mami and Homura doing?

Looking for you

"Why would they do that?"

They care about you

Kyoko fell silent. "They... care?"

Yes, thanks to youMami has been worried constantly for the past few weeks you have been asleep. It has exhausted her.

"And Homura?'

She has kept on trying to find ways to wake you up

"Liar."

When you collapsed, she picked you up and brought you to Mami

Kyoko was genuinely surprised. "Homura wouldn't do something like that."

She's changed. Everybody changes Kyoko, you should know that

"Shut up." She said. "Why are they at Dad's church?"

They have been searching for hours.

"How do they expect to find me?"

The two expect that when your soul gem glows, you will be nearby

"So it's glowed?"

It glowed because that wasthe time your subconscious was transferred to your soul gem

"So Im not only in my soul, I am inside my soul gem?"

Yes, what you can see now is the view your soul gem is at

Kyoko was silent, she looked straight and saw Mami, her eyes were full of confusion. "Where is Sakura-San? She should be around here." Mami asked, her voice distant.

"Yes." Homura said, her voice a lot closer. "Will this work?"

Kyoko felt like banging them both on their heads. "Of course it won't! Idiots! Why would they think of something as ridiculous as that?!"

Because they are determined to save you

"Why?"

You are their ally. And you said that you think of Mami as an older sister, she probably thinks of you as a younger sister

"How do you know about this?!

I know a lot, I already said that

"What do you know?"

I know about Magical Girls

"You..."

I know all your fates

"How would you know that?"

That's none of your difference

Kyoko had had enough of this. "Tell me!"

No

"Let me out!"

Not yet

"What are you going to do?"

I need to show your friends something

"Wha-?"

Suddenly there was a flash. And her soul moved and Mami's face turned into an expression of shock.

"What's happening?" Kyoko whispered.

I am showing your friends a vision, you can see it too.

"What kind of vision?"

Just watch

Kyoko became silent.

The vision was the church back in its old days, it not being in ruins.

The vision then changed to a door of the church. The door opened to reveal a young girl. Her long red hair was tied back with a black ribbon and she wore a green hoodie. She wore large jean shorts.

"That's me." Kyoko breathed.

The girl unzipped her hoodie and threw it onto the ground, revealing a black t-shirt, she looked heartbroken. "I'm home." She said, but nobody was there. "Hey, Mama! Momo! You here?"

The girl walked through the main part of the building. "Hey, where are you guys?" She opened another door and gasped.

Kyoko's mother and sister's bodies were lying lifeless on the ground, there bodies and the floor covered in blood. "The kitchen knife?" The girl's voice cracked. "Who did this?" She turned

Kyoko's blood froze.

Hanging from the ceiling was the withering body of her father, lifeless, his head only just resist on the rope around his neck. The girl sobbed. "Papa..." Kyoko's shaking hands reached up to her face, her eyes wide.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Kyoko's remembered her scream, it was full of sobs, as she watched her younger self, she felt a non-existent tear slide down her face. "No!" She yelled. "Don't make me see this again!"

It hurts doesn't it?

A fire spread around the church.

Don't worry, your friends just saw it. So your pain will be understood

Homura and Mami stood, frozen at the sight they had just seen.

"Akemi-San... Did you just see that?"

Homura nodded.

Mami clenched her fist. "We never understood the pain she went through, it all seemed to clear to us, but it really wasn't."

Homura lowered head head. "Why were we shown that? Who showed it to us?"

Mami walked up and down the entrance and picked up a piece of burnt rope. "We have to find out."

Kyoko just stared. Mami was standing, holding a piece of burnt rope, the same rope her father had used to kill himself.

Do you feel better now?

Kyoko grunted angrily.

Your friends will now pity you, your life will never be the same again

"YOU FUCKING BASTARD!" Kyoko screamed. "I DIDN'T WANT TO REMEMBER THAT MEMORY! SEND ME BACK NOW!"

No, the man said calmly. Kyoko was getting sick of his voice.

"I'VE SUFFERED ENOUGH HAVEN'T I?!"

If you suffered enough, something would have happened to you right when your family died, but it didn't.

Kyoko calmed down a little at that statement. "What do you...?"

"Akemi-San?" Mami turned to face Homura

"What is it?"

"I have a feeling Sakura-San isn't here."

"How do you know that?"

Mami's eyes narrowed. "She's not in Mitakihara, or Kasamino, or anywhere."

Homura stepped forward. "She isn't dead Tomoe-san."

"Really?" She said in a matter-of-fact manner.

"Yes, if she were dead..." Homura glanced at Kyoko's soul gem. "Her Soul Gem would have disappeared."

Mami sighed. "I guess you're right."

'Homura! Mami!' Homura gasped. Mami eyes her. "Akemi-san?"

'Listen to me! I'm right here!'

"Is that... Sakura-san?" Mami noticed.

'Finally, I thought you guys would never hear me.'

Homura immediately noticed that the red head was hiding her emotions, very well, but not well enough to fool her. "Kyoko!" She shouted. "Where are you?!"

Kyoko laughed untruthfully. 'You wouldn't believe where I am right now.'

"Tell us! Now!"

Kyoko sighed, her voice slightly broken. 'I'm inside my Soul Gem.'

Homura and Mami couldn't believe their eyes. "Your Soul Gem?" Mami asked.

'Yeah, apparently my body disappeared, by subconscious was sent to where my soul is.'

"Who put you there?"

'A man, he had a white cloak and a staff. He's been talking to me and he was the one who gave you two... That vision, I saw it too.'

Mami fell silent. "Sakura-san..."

"What did he say to you? Homura asked.

'He knows about magical girls, he knows all our fates.'

Silence fell between the girls

"You're not joking are you?" Homura said in disbelief.

'No. I think he's gone now though. If he stayed I probably wouldn't be able to talk to you two.'

Mami and Homura couldn't believe this.

'I need to get out you know.'

"Right." Homura eyed the dark gem, it was still black and red. She thought and thought. She couldn't break, it would kill Kyoko.

I can't get it, I just can't

"Akemi-san?" Mami asked, Homura stayed her gaze on the gem in front of her.

"Kyoko, do you have an idea?"

There was silence.

"Kyoko."

She didn't answer.

"Answer me."

Nothing

"That man must have come back. She must not be able to communicate with us." Mami said sturdily.

Homura stomped her foot on the ground. "Dammit."

"They're not answering me!" Kyoko exclaimed

You hid your emotions very well, considering the state you're in right now Im surprised that you were able to talk to them. Did you miss me?

"How could I miss you bastard?"

That was rude, you shouldn't say that to somebody you hardly know.

"Where did you go anyway?"

Visiting a friend.

"That's a great excuse."

He chuckled.

"Now let me out of here."

Aren't you going to say please?

"I don't care about please, I need to get out of here."

It's not that simple.

"What do you mean?"

They have to find your body

"What?!"

Why are you so surprised by that?

"Where the hell are they going to find my body?!"

Akemi Homura will figure that out, then they will look.

"Where will they go?!"

That's a secret

Kyoko was about to lose it, she was sick of being stuck here.

"What... Are you?" She asked.

The man was silent.

"Well?"

If I said I was normal, would you believe me?

"Of course not."

Well then, I'm not going to tell you.

"Mami and Homura will find my body, trust me."

Would you know where your body is?

Kyoko paused. "No."

It disappeared, so where would it be now?

There was silence.

Homura looked around as she thought. She didn't know what to do, she didn't know everything this time. Homura clenched her fist as she suddenly realised that she was relying on others.

"Tomoe-san." She faced Mami, who was also deep in thought. Mami walked over to her. "What is it?"

Homura lifted her head. "Her soul and her subconscious mind is in her soul gem, so to bring Kyoko back, her subconscious needs to be brought..." She grunted in anger but how obvious it was.

"Akemi-San?"

"We have to find Kyoko's body."

"But it-."

"-disappeared, I know."

"Where would we find it?"

Homura frowned. "I don't know."

Mami was silent, before standing straight and walking past Homura, who turned. "Tomoe-san."

"Are you coming?"

AUTHORS NOTE: So not much of a cliffhanger this time. So now that we've figure out what's happening to Kyoko, will Mami and Homura save her?

Oh and sorry for the long wait. I've been busy for ages and my email stopped working. And I had forgotten my password so I couldn't change it without my email. But know I've gotten it back and I can continue writing!

Thank you to the people that have reviewed my story, I would love to receive advice also! There's no way I can improve without constructive criticism! Just please no insults, I've had an emotionally tough week

-Otaku4eva99