One would not ever think that an old, dirty, abandoned area could ever be a place for such happiness in the sunset. But as the labyrinth where Sayaka's witch once stood faded away, Madoka burst into tears and ran up to her renewed friend, hugging her and sobbing.

"Sayaka-chan! Sayaka-chan!" She continued to cry, over and over. Sayaka had to flinch from how fiercely Madoka tackled her in the hug.

"H-Hey Madoka calm down! I'm back again-OW!" Sayaka shouted. Before she knew it Kyoko had gone and punched her in her right cheek.

"You…dumbass…jerk!" She seethed with rage. "Do you have any idea what I was about to do?! I almost died! For your own damn sake I ALMOST DIED!" Kyoko continued to shout as tears started welling in her eyes. Her voice began to crack as well. "You…big…moron." She uttered as she found herself unable to hold it in anymore as she started sobbing as well. Sayaka shrugged and ended up hugged both of them simultaneously.

"Didn't think you had it in you kid!" Kamina added as he got of Gurren and walked up to Sayaka and patted her on the back while giving her a thumbs up as Mami watched the joyful reunion smiling. "Now that's what I call a manly fighting spirit!"

Homura couldn't believe what she was watching. In all the timelines she had been through, Sayaka had never recovered from her witch form. But how was it possible? She had her suspicions when her Soul Gem didn't turn into a Grief Seed, but she never actually thought she would be the one to strike down her own witch. But what did this mean? Now that they were all together, they would all go and team up to fight Walpurgisnacht. With all of them together, they could surely defeat the witch. Right? Homura looked at Madoka on the scene, still crying tears of joy while hugging her best friend. In all the times Homura had faced Walpurgisnacht with others, at least one had fallen during the fight. Madoka was happy now, along with everyone else. The more she looked at that happiness, the more doubtful she felt. That train of thought couldn't continue, as she saw Kamina walking up to her, putting on his glasses.

"What's the matter kid? I thought you said I had a zero percent chance of saving her?" Kamina replied, smugly. "Gosh, it's hard to tell which one of us is the liar now ain't it?"

"You didn't do anything." Homura bluntly replied. "She saved herself and apparently got a new sense of self-confidence."

"You sure about that kid?" Kamina replied again, looking back at the reunited girls. "Cause I got a feeling in my gut that tells me if I wasn't around, this little scenario would have had a pretty different ending. Just who the hell do you think I am?" He grinned. Homura clenched her fists. He had saved Mami. He had saved Sayaka. His way of thinking was that all you needed was fighting spirit and to never give up. Didn't she have that as well? What made him so different than her?

She needed to find out more about this man. The secrets he held may potentially be the key to her saving Madoka. But on that note…the man would probably ask her to tell everything she knew as well, as he already did in the past. There was no telling if he would believe her or not. Nonetheless, it was now or never, and she needed to make a decision. Unforeseen circumstances call for unforeseen measures.

"Kamina." Homura bluntly stated. "Meet me at my apartment tonight. I need to have a word with you." Kamina raised an eyebrow at that. "Make sure you come alone. Only you can hear what I have to say." She finished as she then vanished with her time-stopping powers. Kamina looked where she was standing just a few minutes ago with confusion. Was she finally going to reveal what she was hiding all this time? He had hoped so. She was the only one left hiding something from all of them. He walked back to the reunited group as the emotional hug was finished. "Well I'm glad to have you back on the team kid! I hope you're ready, because pretty soon a mega witch is going to come and try to mess up this city real good!" Sayaka looked confused when he said "mega witch", which Mami noticed.

"That's right. Now that we have you here, we stand a much better chance at taking on Walpurgisnacht, the strongest witch." Mami stated. "But thankfully we have a lot of time to prepare ourselves. Walpurgisnacht won't come for quite some time, so we should use it to acquire as many Grief Seeds as possible. But until then, we should all return home before it gets dark. Welcome back, Sayaka-san." She finished, smiling.

"T-thanks. Mami." Sayaka replied.

"It's good to have you back rookie!" Kyoko added, taking out some Pocky and handing it to her. "Want some?" She offered. Sayaka immediately accepted. She knew what would happen if she wasted food in front of Kyoko. "Also...I'm sorry for getting you into this mess. If I hadn't insulted your beliefs-" Kyoko continued, wiping the last of her tears away. Sayaka shook her head and interrupted her.

"No, you were right." She replied. "I didn't know what I really wanted when I made the wish, and I ended up hurting those around me." She looked down for a brief moment while saying that. "But...now I'm going to move on. I hurt myself, but I'll only keep hurting myself if I don't keep moving forward." She added as she looked up. She then turned to Kamina and looked down. "Kamina…I'm sorry for running off with Lagann last night." After that, Kamina proceeded to flick his finger on her nose, with her flinching in response.

"Kid!" Kamina replied smugly. "There you go again, digging back into the dirt. It's towards the heavens from here on out, you got that?" Sayaka smiled a determined smile and nodded.

"Yeah. Thanks for all the help Kamina."

After that, everyone started making their way home. Before they left though, Madoka looked where Homura had once been standing. She remembered how she had told her that she should just give up on Sayaka. But now Sayaka had gained a new view on being a magical girl. Was it possible that they could be friends now? Those thoughts continued to go through her head as Kyoko and Sayaka along with herself decided to go to their respective places for the day along the way back. She didn't know that Kamina himself was planning on talking with Homura as well.

"Hey blondie!" He cried out smiling as the group separated. "You guys go on ahead. I'm going to finally get some answers from that black-haired girl Homura!" The facial expression on her face turned confused after hearing that. "Today's the day I'm finally gonna get some answers from that kid!"

"Are you sure you'll be all right on your own?" Mami asked with concern. Kamina waved her off.

"Oh relax! I got Gurren remember! Besides she didn't exactly try any dirty tricks the last time I was alone with her, so I think I'll be perfectly fine." Kamina pumped his fist, assuring her. Mami smiled and handed him his Soul Drill while Kamina shrunk Lagann down. He didn't exactly want to go through what happened when his Soul Drill was away from him. He then began to make his way back to Homura's apartment.

"It's…unthinkable."

The Incubators, who had watched the revival of Sayaka Miki with the Anti-Spiral, were racked with questions in their mind. Soul Gems were supposed to turn into Grief Seeds, yet the Spiral Power that infected the Soul Gem was able to keep it from shattering completely. How was something like that even remotely possible?

"Do you understand now?" The Anti-Spiral replied. "Do you now see the destructive power of the Spiral race?!"

"Spiral power truly is an incredible thing." The Incubators replied. "We cannot find a logical answer to any of the questions this event has caused. It seems Spiral power defies logic itself!"

"And that is why it must be eliminated!" The Anti-Spiral roared. They had had almost enough of watching Spiral power begin to infect another universe. There was also the fact that they had been informed by a foolish irregular that the human extermination program back in their universe had been halted and that they were coming for them once again. They had grown tired of seeing the flourishing of Spiral power. Unfortunately, the Incubators did not agree.

"But even with this turn of events, we have gained a good deal of energy from it. Now that she had been restored to a regular Magical Girl, it is likely that she will end up transforming into a witch again for the process to repeat, correct?" The Incubators replied. The face on the Anti-Spiral frowned as its white eyes became lines and it shook its head.

"Once again, you underestimate the power of the Spiral. Now that her Soul Gem has gained a sufficient amount of Spiral energy while being exposed to the Spiral life-form, that energy will continue to increase in her Soul Gem. It will soon overflow, and cause the Soul Gem to shatter. The freed Spiral power will then transfer to her body. In other words, she will become a pure Spiral life-form. It won't even be for just her. This process has already begun for other parts of your livestock and it will continue until the Spiral Nemesis consumes your universe! That is, unless you take the appropriate measures." The Anti-Spiral finished its explanation and folded its arms. The Incubators stared back at the Anti-Spiral. The core had decided it was time to ask this being one question that was on its mind.

"Anti-Spiral, you have been observing us for quite some time, correct?" The Incubators inquired. The Anti-Spiral nodded. "If that is the case, then you should know that we Incubators are not capable of feeling any sort of emotions ourselves." The Anti-Spiral's eyes widened at that. This was something they were not aware of. But then again, it started to make sense. The goal of the Incubators was to eliminate entropy, and despite the Spiral threat they continued to aim for the collection of more energy. If they possessed no emotions, then they possessed no will or resolve. They only possessed a reason and having no emotions meant that they operated on logic. With that information, the Anti-Spiral concluded that they must be attempting to profit as much as they could off of the Spiral warrior.

"That was something we haven't been aware of until now. But it would certainly explain your stubbornness in eliminating the Spiral life-form." It replied.

"Anti-Spiral, we think it is time you understood that your kind and ours are not one and the same. You possess emotions and yet we don't. You are attempting to eliminate energy while we are attempting to gain it. We thank you for your information regarding the Spiral Nemesis. But that is currently not the prevailing threat to us at the moment. Entropy is our current target. But if you're so insistent we get rid of him that quickly, there is a way both of us can meet our goals. In one fell swoop they can all fall into despair and perish."

"And that is?" Replied the Anti-Spiral, who was beginning to get impatient.

"Simple. Accelerate the arrival of Walpurgisnacht."

Kamina had to admit, Homura's place was even creepier the fewer people were inside it. Both he and Homura were sitting on opposite sides of the room. Not a sound came from either of them at first. The only thing that could be heard was the giant swinging pendulum in the room.

"So." Kamina began. "You just about ready to fess up what the deal with you is all about?"

"That depends. Are you?" Homura replied, flicking her hair. Kamina raised an eyebrow at that. "I want to know the truth about you. I want to know who you are and where you came from." Kamina then laughed.

"Just who the hell do you think I am kid? I'm Kamina! Leader of the new team Dai-Gurren! We do the impossible and see the invisible! We dig through the core to see the light, no matter what foe stands in our way!" He shouted as he stood up and whipped out his glasses and pointed his index finger to the sky and looked towards it. He looked down when Homura slammed her hands on the table. Her head faced down as her hands shook.

"What do you have that I don't?" She whispered. Kamina looked confused after hearing that. Her voice had begun to crack for a split second. "Of all the times I've been at this point now…Madoka has never looked so happy. No one has. No matter how many times I've tried, it's always ended in disaster." Kamina noticed her voice getting softer and softer with every sentence and his expression suddenly turned stern. "Fighting spirit is the answer…how is that any different from me?" Kamina was shocked to see tears coming out of the enigmatic girl's eyes when she looked up. If he wasn't really confused before, he was now.

"Kid…who the hell are you?"

"These events you've taken part in…" Homura continued, struggling to keep her voice under control. "They've happened before…over and over…and they always ended in tragedy." She took out her Soul Gem and placed it on the table. "Walpurgisnacht…every time it comes it leaves destruction in its path…and no matter how many times I try I always lose to it!" Now Kamina was getting really confused. She faced this mega witch before? None of this was making sense to him at all. "I have a resolve…a will to keep fighting it until I win…but no matter what I do…it always prevails! You say that all you need is fighting spirit; well I possess plenty of that! So why do I keep losing?!" Her hands turned into fists as she looked at Kamina with fierce determined eyes. In turn, Kamina looked confused, but he could somewhat see what the problem was. He took out his Soul Drill and placed it on the table next to her Soul Gem.

"I don't know what to tell you kid. Other than to not stop digging." Homura looked confused at his words. "There's gonna be times when you're gonna be trapped in a corner, but those are the times when you have to dig even harder." Kamina pointed to his Soul Drill. "Because with that drill, we're gonna-WHAT THE HELL?!" Kamina cried out as a purple light shined through Homura's Soul Gem. To her and Kamina's surprise, both of the objects that housed their souls began to shine both a bright purple and a bright green light.

What the both of them would see next, would destroy their enigmatic status to each other.

Oh dear. Looks like the Incubators and Anti-Spiral's relationship is getting a little rocky. But now they have a plan. It would seem that Walpurgisnacht will be making an early appearance! How will the new Team Dai-Gurren handle it? That's for me to know and for you to read on the next chapter. Stay tuned, because the battle with the ultimate witch is getting closer!