A/N: I'm not too happy with this chapter...I don't think it's the best I've written. Also this is mostly based on memory so if I get some spellings and events wrong I'm sorry. .

Disclaimer: I don't own Big Hero 6 or Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Chapter Six

Tadashi stood before her, hand extended in an effort to help her up. After a moment Honey Lemon took the hand he offered her and Tadashi pulled her to her feet.

"…thanks."

Tadashi said nothing. Instead he was looking past Honey Lemon at Gogo, a wary expression on his face. Gogo was just starting to get up and she looked pissed.

"You-" she paused as soon as she saw Tadashi, her bravado disappearing instantly.

For a moment she and Tadashi stared each other down before Gogo broke eye contact.

"…forget it. This isn't over you." she pointed at Honey Lemon before leaving just as quick as she came.

Hiro ran over to Honey Lemon and Tadashi. He looked at Tadashi warily, remembering how well their previous interactions went.

"Tadashi I…" he trailed off. What was he going to say? Come home? I miss you? Somehow he doubted Tadashi would even listen to anything he said.

Tadashi said nothing, he just turned to leave. He didn't even acknowledge Hiro's presence.

Hiro felt like such a coward. Tadashi was leaving him again.

Tadashi was leaving, and he couldn't stop him.

"…Hiro, I think I want to go home…" Honey Lemon said.

"…yeah."

Honey Lemon had just dropped Hiro off. She had school the next day but she knew she was going to skip. And she never skipped. She plopped down on her bed, her whole body feeling heavy and exhausted.

She couldn't get the events of earlier out of her head. She had almost died and Hiro's older brother had saved her.

Somehow she felt he hadn't saved her because he wanted too…

Kyubei hopped onto Honey Lemons bed next to her, watching her the entire time. He had been spending more time with her ever since she made her contract.

Honey Lemon didn't acknowledge him, instead looking at the soul egg in her hand.

"Hey, Kyubei? Gogo mentioned something…a grief seed…? What is that?" She finally decided to ask. It had been bothering her for a while and the way Gogo mentioned it made it seem important.

"A grief seed is an egg witch's drop sometimes. It can hatch into another witch if left alone. However, witch hunters like you need them for another purpose. Look closely at your soul egg."

Honey Lemon did so. It didn't seem any different to her, maybe a little discolored but that was it…

"It looks a little discolored…?"

"That's because of the magic you expended earlier in your fight with that other witch. Every time you use magic your soul egg will become more and more discolored until it turns completely black. That's why grief seeds are so important, witch hunters can use them to turn them back to normal and keep using magic."

"I see…what happens if I don't find any grief seeds though?"

Kyubei didn't answer but he didn't need to, Honey Lemon knew whatever it was it couldn't be good.

"…I guess I'll just have to be careful from now on then…"

For the first time since making her contract Honey Lemon went to go see Fred. She spent the day with him but it offered her no comfort. Seeing him like that…

She couldn't help but wonder if she wasted her wish. She had the opportunity to fix him, to make everything right and instead she wished for the power to always protect Hiro. She wondered if that was a mistake.

It was just turning dark when she decided to leave the hospital and to her surprise she had a visitor.

Hiro, her best friend and the last person she wanted to see right now was standing before her.

"Hiro? How did you know I was here?"

Hiro smiled but it didn't reach his eyes. "Lucky guess. You weren't in school today."

"…yeah."

"Do you want to go for a walk?" Hiro asked after a pause.

"Ok."

The streets of San Fransokyo were loud as usual. Nighttime always seemed busier than the day and Honey Lemon and Hiro decided to stop on a bridge overlooking the highway. Much of their walk was spent in silence. Neither of them really knew what to say to the other. It was a rare occurrence for them.

But the quiet would not last long.

"Hey, blondie!" A familiar voice called to them. Both Honey Lemon and Hiro turned to look towards the direction of the voice and saw Gogo.

"You?" Honey Lemon and Hiro asked simultaneously.

Gogo regarded them with a bored expression on her face. She blew a bubble with her bubblegum and it made a loud popping noise that seemed to reverberate all around them in the stillness of the night.

"Kids shouldn't be out this late." She said simply.

"…We'll keep that in mind. Excuse us." Honey Lemon turned to leave, putting her arm around Hiro to lead him away from Gogo.

"Hey, I wasn't done with you."

Honey Lemon stopped walking, her entire body went rigid and she was immediately on guard. She didn't want a fight…

"What do you want?" She asked warily.

Gogo blew another bubble. "I want a rematch. Now that it's just the two of us. Well, I mean the shrimps here but who's counting him right?"

"I'm not fighting you."

"I didn't say I would give you a choice." Gogo looked over at Hiro pointedly then and Honey Lemon felt her skin crawl. She put her arm out in front of him.

"How could you even…? We're supposed to protect people."

"Hmph, like I care what happens to him. You start caring and that's how you get hurt. I suggest you stop protecting that kid, it will only end badly for you."

Honey Lemon glared at her. She was patient with a lot of people, maybe even more than she should have been. Honey Lemon did not hate but for the first time she could say with absolute certainty that she hated Gogo.

"If I fight you will you leave him alone?"

Gogo smirked at that. "Sure blondie."

"Honey, don't-"

"Stay out of this Hiro."

Gogo held out her egg and transformed in a flash of yellow light. Honey Lemon held out hers and was about to do the same when Hiro suddenly grabbed the egg out of her hand.

"Hiro-"

"I'm sorry Honey, I can't let you do this!"

Hiro tossed Honey Lemons soul egg over the bridge. He knew he was being irrational but he couldn't let his friend get hurt again.

The egg fell onto a passing truck which quickly went out of sight.

"Hiro how could you-" Honey Lemon started to say then all of a sudden her eyes glazed over and her body gave out.

Hiro made an attempt to catch her but crumbled under her weight and the two fell onto the ground.

"Honey…? Whats wrong? Wake up!" Hiro shook Honey Lemon over and over again but no matter how hard he tried she wouldn't respond.

Gogo looked on horrified. This had never happened before…

"Hey! What happened to her?" Gogo rounded on Kyubei.

"She's dying." Kyubei said simply.

"Dying? What do you mean dying? I didn't touch her."

"You didn't have to. That was a very foolish thing to do Hiro, throwing away your friend like that." Hiro looked at Kyubei then he was in near hysterics now, still trying to wake Honey Lemon up.

"When we make the contract with you humans we have to put your soul in a safe place, that's what the egg is for. You don't really think that you could fight witches the way your body's are now do you?"

"You mean to say…you put our souls in there?!" Gogo shouted the question at Kyubei. She was shaking now and she felt like she was going to be sick.

"Yes. Why do humans always react like this? What does it matter where your soul is? Whether it's inside your body or not…so confusing."

"You-" Gogo started to say but was interrupted by an unlikely figure that seemed to appear out of thin air.

Tadashi was standing in front of Hiro and Honey Lemon. He was breathing heavily and seemed to be holding something. Gogo looked at him wide eyed.

'Where did he come from…?'

"Here…" Tadashi said in between huffs. He held out his hand towards Hiro, opening his palm to reveal Honey Lemon's soul egg.

Hiro quickly snatched it out of his hand and placed it in Honey Lemon's. He held his breathe waiting to see if it would work.

'Please…'

Honey Lemon's eyes slowly started to regain their focus, life seemed to come into her body and she sucked in a breath suddenly.

She blinked a couple times. Looking around her she saw Hiro, Gogo, and…was that Tadashi?

"What-what happened to me?"

A/N: Tadashi's a creepy stalker and watches Hiro to make sure he's okay so thats my explanation.