The city was nearly in ruins. The next day, the people couldn't believe that no one had gotten killed in such a massive storm. Weather experts couldn't understand why the damage of the storm was restricted to one area alone. They also couldn't explain why many buildings had so many massive perfect-circle shaped holes inside them. All they could say was that it was nothing more than a miracle. The people of Mitakihara would never know that it was the combined efforts of humans that caused this miracle, and those people were currently celebrating their success.

Mami Tomoe's apartment had never been livelier. The entire Dai-Gurren force along with Madoka had gathered together to celebrate their victory over Walpurgisnacht. Homura couldn't suppress the smile on her face even if she tried. After many time-loops all ending in despair, it had finally come to an end thanks to the efforts of two men and them all working together. One of those men, Kittan, was currently in the middle of explaining what went on during the seven years after Kamina's "death" back on his world.

"So we actually did it you bozo! We actually gone and took back the surface!" He cried with enthusiasm. "Before we knew it Simon had gone and jammed that drill of his right through the Spiral King!" Kamina leaned back on a cushion as he put on his glasses.

"Is that supposed to be surprising?" He grinned at the news. "I knew Simon would do it in the end! It's not like I had any doubts!"

"You sure about that?" Kyoko replied, biting down a piece of cake. "You didn't seem pretty happy when he talked about how that little brother of yours went on an emotional rampage!" She turned to Sayaka and grinned. "Like a certain other moron I know!"

"Shut up." Sayaka replied bluntly, while smiling. Madoka couldn't help but smile while sitting next to her, glad that those two had become friends. Kamina scoffed and adjusted his glasses.

"Ah I expected him to be down about it at first, but what matters is he pulled through. Just like I knew he would." Kamina replied smiling softly, before that smile turned into another grin. "Gotta say, wasn't expecting him to actually find a woman! If he isn't a man now, I don't know what he is!"

"But if everyone was saved in the end, how did you end up dying?" Mami asked, pouring tea into a cup. Kittan's expression on his face suddenly turned serious.

"I'm getting to that! Believe it or not that Spiral King actually had the nerve to call himself the ultimate guardian of humanity! But the freaky thing was, he was right!" Everyone and especially Kamina leaned in to hear this. The story suddenly got became more interesting. "Right before that bozo bit the dust, he said some crap about the moon becoming "hell's messenger" as soon as we reached space!"

"What the heck did he mean by that?" Sayaka asked.

"None of us knew! I just thought it was all a load of bull at first, but Rossiu spent day and night trying to figure out what happened! Anyways seven years passed and we ended up building a lot of cities in that time!"

"You built cities in a timespan of seven years?" Homura asked. "How is that even possible?" Kittan threw his hands in the air at that.

"Hey, it's not like we destroyed all of Tepplin! We were able to salvage some gunmen and other parts, but that's not important! What's important is what happened when we tried to go to the moon!" Kamina grinned in amusement at that.

"Heh, good to know Simon's still digging even after the fight was over!" Kamina replied. He still remembered that little chat he had with him about going to the moon back in the hot springs. Kittan's expression still remained serious. But with Kittan, a serious expression on his face meant slightly angry.

"Yeah! Only that's what screwed everything up!" He continued and paused. Everyone listened in to what he had to say as he took a deep breath. "Before we know what's happening, Nia goes all evil and announces to the world that these Anti-Spiral guys were going to drop right on the Earth!" Everyone's faces immediately gained shocked expressions after hearing that. Walpurgisnacht was one thing, but the freaking moon?! "Yeah! Crazy! But what was even crazier was the fact that the citizens blamed Simon for this!" Kamina's smile immediately vanished and was replaced with anger on his face as Kittan continued. "So Rossiu then usurps control and holds Simon prisoner just to calm everybody down!"

"I knew that Forehead Boy was bad news, being raised by that fraud of a high-priest!" Kamina seethed as he heard this. Mami motioned for him to calm down, as his angry side was starting to show, plus Kittan wasn't finished yet.

"So…what happened after that?" Mami replied sadly. She thought how bad Kamina was feeling knowing that it was Simon's own spirit that got him into that mess. "And who were these Anti-Spirals?"

"From what I heard from Rossiu, they were a bunch of chumps that feared the evolution of Spiral power, which is our fighting spirit. Long story short, those guys didn't like the idea of us evolving." He added with a frown before continuing. He then went on to explain how they were able to stop the moon from falling, and the girls and Kamina were shocked to hear that the moon was actually one giant gunman. "So then we started to take the fight to them after we sorted that mess out. But when we reached deep space, we learned that we weren't the only ones that made it that far before! Before we knew it, we had gotten ourselves into a trap that would have ended up killing us, that is until I kicked in!" Kamina stared at him in disbelief.

"Are you trying to say that you actually-"

"Yep. Pulled out all the stops to destroy the machine trapping us. Thought it was the end of the line there for me." Kittan then turned to Madoka. "Next thing I knew, I found myself in that city seeing everyone going to that shelter. So I followed them and ended up overhearing Pinky saying your name. Once I heard what was going on, there was no way I was gonna let you hog all the glory!" Kittan finished, while grinning.

"But…even still, were your friends really all right with you sacrificing yourself like that?" Homura asked, remembering Madoka's sacrifice that started this whole mess. Kittan gave her a questioning look for a second.

"Hey we were in a real jam, and my Space King Kittan was the only thing that could have gotten us out at that point." He replied before smiling again. But I know for sure that the fight sure as hell didn't stop after that! Simon's probably handing it to those Anti-Spirals as we're talking right now!" Kyubey, who was listening in on their conversation from a window, took this information with interest.

"That's most likely the reason it disappeared during the Walpurgisnacht battle." The Incubator thought. The Anti-Spiral hadn't said anything to them after Walpurgisnacht's defeat. It had simply vanished without a trace once again. But the problem now was how they were going to get Madoka to make a contract now. Walpurgisnacht was their only trump card that they had somehow destroyed thanks to the power of the Spiral. But then it occurred to them. There was one last thing the Incubators hadn't tried to get Madoka to make the contract. It shook that thought off as the conversation continued.

"I gotta say; I knew Simon would go far, but he went farther than I ever imagined he would." Kamina said with a smile. Homura watched as the group in front of her was filled with smiles all around. Walpurgisnacht was finished, and now Madoka would finally be safe. It all seemed too good to be true. But then a thought occurred to her, why did Walpurgisnacht appear that early? In every time-loop she went through, Walpurgisnacht always arrived at the exact same time. Did it have something to do with Kamina? She turned and noticed Kyubey sitting on the windowsill before he dashed off. She didn't know why, but a bad feeling lingered in the back of her mind. Unfortunately, it only got worse throughout the rest of the day.

"Well, it appears things did not go according to our plans." The Incubators stated as the Anti-Spiral showed itself in front of them yet again. "However, we do have one last thing we can do to get Madoka to contract. We are currently showing her the history of mankind and the Incubators. Once she realizes that we've influenced their history with despair throughout all of time, she will surely make a wish and attempt to change that."

"That is of no importance to us at the moment Incubators." The Anti-Spiral emotionlessly responded. They lied, of course, but the Incubators didn't detect it. The Incubators were too interested at this sudden change in them. They had suddenly lost all the rage they had possessed earlier. "We have made a most interesting discovery that we think you should hear."

"Go on…"

"While we are able to see into other universes, there was something familiar about this one that we detected. We were impressed by your ability to maintain a balance in your universe. But our suspicions arose when you took an interest in Spiral power."

"You have stated all this to us before. What importance does this have now?" The Incubators replied, even more interested than before. The Anti-Spiral's eyes became white lines.

"Our suspicions arose even further when the second Spiral life form entered your universe. So we then investigated this matter. What we found was most interesting. This universe is directly parallel to ours." The Anti-Spiral paused before continuing. "Usually, Spiral life-forms that perish in our universe have their souls stripped away and faded into nothingness. However, we discovered that should a Spiral body perish at the moment when their Spiral power was fully awakened, the remaining Spiral power that makes up their souls would transfer into this universe."

"So that explains why the two Spiral life-forms came here." The Incubators responded.

"We now know of your pathetic limitations Incubators. Now it is time we fixed that. It's time you granted OUR wish." The Incubators were not prepared for what had happened next in its infinite space as a bright light shined from the Anti-Spirals.

"Anti-Spiral! Are you…."

Madoka sat alone in her room the next day. She looked outside the window with a frown on her face as she remembered the events from last night after the party at Mami's. Kyubey had informed her of the history of humans and the Incubators. It was almost tortuous to hear that they had influenced their society from the very beginning of their time. Famous people had made contracts with Incubators only to fall into despair and turn into witches. Kyubey had compared humans to mere cattle that were to be turned into food. It was all because Kyubey couldn't comprehend the meaning behind human emotions. But then she remembered Kamina. She remembered his attitude towards a human's fighting spirit, and how people could do anything if they set their minds to it. They even proved it when they defeated Walpurgisnacht. She believed in his words, but that wouldn't stop the sadness and despair of magical girls from continuing with their system.

"Madoka!" Her father cried out to her. "There's someone at the door for you!" Her thoughts went interrupted when she went downstairs to see who it was. Homura was at the door, smiling softly.

"Madoka. Could you come with me to my apartment? I want to have a word with you." She stated. Madoka nodded, and asked her parents if it was all right, to which they agreed. The walk to her apartment had been silent. It wasn't until they arrived when Homura started speaking.

"Now that Walpurgisnacht is dead, the amount of witches in Mitakihara will most likely decline as well. We also have a stockpile of Grief Seeds that we gained from Walpurgisnacht, so we'll also be fine."

"That's…good." Madoka replied. In truth, that had been bothering her, but not as much as what Kyubey told her last night.

"Also, I've felt a different feeling from Kyubey than usual. You've felt it too right?" Homura continued. Madoka briefly remembered that dark voice that spoke to her during the final battle. That scared it her as well. "All I'm saying is, now that everything is over, you don't have to concern yourself with being a magical girl." Homura added, emphasizing the last part. Madoka was worried about Homura as well.

"Homura-chan…Kyubey told me the truth about magical girls last night." Madoka replied. Homura raised an eyebrow. "He told me…that they were around since the beginning, and that magical girls throughout all of time fell into despair and shaped our history." Homura's hands turned into fists as she said that. "Since Kyubey told me I had a lot of potential, I think I can change tha-"

"Don't do it!" Homura cried out. She slammed her hands on the table as her voice shook. "The fight is over! Leave the rest of the witches to us! No one is forcing you to fight!"

"I know but…" Madoka stuttered. "I feel like I have the power to help everyone now. I think that I can destroy Kyubey's system of witc-!" Her sentence went interrupted as she found out that Homura had wrapped her arms around her in a tight embrace.

"Don't. Please." Homura stuttered as her voice cracked and tears leaked. "Not when I finally won. I finally protected you."

"Homura-chan…?"

"Madoka I…come from the future. I've met you before over and over again, and I've seen you die every time. I kept redoing the same month over and over again, trying to change your fate, and I always failed. Until he came." The image of Kamina standing proudly grinning as his cape flowed in the wind came to her mind. "He changed everyone's fate, and saved us all. Finally, this cycle of despair and tragedy could end!"

"W-What are you..." Madoka could barely utter as Homura's words sunk in. Homura only hugged her tighter.

"I'm sorry…I'm only uttering nonsense right? I'm only a transfer student you've barely known for a month…" Homura continued. She had to stop Madoka from making the contract right here and now! "The more times I went back, the further I've drifted away from you. But no matter how far I went, I kept promising that I'd save you! Now I've finally achieved that end! My prayer and wish has finally been answered!"

"Homura-chan I…"

"The point you're at now…making the contract would mean instant death." Homura uttered. "So please…live the life you currently live. Don't throw it away!" Those words lingered in Madoka's mind as Homura continued the embrace. She knew that the wish she wanted to be granted would ultimately probably destroy her. But…even so, this is something she wanted to do for herself, and for the sake of all magical girls. Slowly breaking away from the hug, she thanked Homura for inviting her over, and left.

"I'm sorry Homura-chan…but this is something I feel that only I can do."

"So, any idea why Pinky called us out here?" Kittan asked Kyoko the next day, while practically half-asleep. He had spent the night in her little shack that she had the nerve to call an apartment.

"No clue." Kyoko responded, taking a bite out of a cookie. "But she's obviously got something on her mind, dragging us all the way to a place like this." Kyoko added as she looked at her surroundings. They were walking in a massive field filled with flowers. Ahead of them was a large view of the half-destroyed city. Also ahead of them stood Sayaka, Mami, Kamina, Homura, and Madoka alongside Kyubey. "So what gives kid? Why'd ya call us out here?" Madoka looked at all her friends in front of her, and then at Kyubey before speaking up.

"Everyone. I've decided to become a magical girl." She stated. Everyone's jaws dropped to the floor as they gasped. Almost immediately the group erupted into protest.

"Madoka-san…why?" Mami uttered.

"No one's forcing you to fight for us! We've got strength in numbers now!" Sayaka added.

"I thought I told you that I'd sooner punch your face in that let you throw your life away!" Kyoko responded as well.

"Kid, you can't be serious! That fuzzball's trying to lure you into another one of his traps! The instant you make the wish will be the instant you become a witch!" Kamina retorted as well.

"Everyone please!" Madoka cried out to calm them down. Homura was the one who was shaking at this. Was everything she fought for about to come crashing down now? Madoka noticed this and slowly walked up to her. She wrapped her arms around her and hugged her. "Homura-chan…everyone…I'm so sorry. But I've finally found a wish that I truly want granted. That's why I'm going to use my life for it." Tears then once again streamed down Homura's eyes.

"Please don't!" She begged. "If you do then…everything that I've fought for…it will be meaningless in the end!" As Madoka hugged Homura, she looked up at Kamina. "Don't worry Kamina-san. I won't become a witch with this wish." Kamina raised an eyebrow at that. "Kamina-san you told us to believe in the you who believed in us. So please…won't you believe in the path that I've chosen?" Kamina stared at her with awe. What was she planning? It wasn't like Sayaka at all. She sounded like she had absolute faith in herself and her wish.

"This is really the path you want to dig through?" He asked. Madoka nodded as she continued to hug Homura. "I'm not gonna force you to stop kid, but you better know what you're doing!"

"I do. Homura-chan, thank you so much." Madoka continued as Homura looked at her. "I promise, I'm not going to waste everything you've done for me. Won't you believe in the answer that I found for myself?" Homura could only stare back at her. "After all this time, I think I can end the suffering for magical girls everywhere. I promise…I won't become a witch. Will you trust me?" Homura continued to stare back at her as Madoka broke the hug and walked towards Kyubey. She honestly didn't know what to do at this point. She could easily shoot Kyubey down and stop her by force, but looking at Madoka like that kept screaming at her not to. That still didn't change the fact that she didn't want her to make the contract.

"Madoka…what are you…" Homura uttered.

"Kyubey, you said I had an enormous amount of potential right? Kyubey?" Madoka asked again. Something was wrong. The Incubator stared off into space for a few moments before it answered her.

"Yes. No matter how enormous the wish, it will most likely be granted." Kyubey replied. But as it said this, a thought was ringing through its mind. "Something is wrong here. Why can't I hear anything from the core?" Its thoughts were interrupted as Madoka began to make her wish.

"I wish…" She took a deep breath, and exhaled. "I wish to erase all witches before they are born. The witches in every universe, both the past and the future. I wish to erase them all with my own hands!" Needless to say, everyone was shocked at that wish. Even the Incubator had softly gasped in surprise as a light began to shine from Madoka's chest. Mami had noticed something about that wish though.

"But if she does that, she'll…" She began to think before Kyubey spoke up.

"If…if a prayer like that were granted, it could unravel the fabric that sustains this universe itself! Do you truly desire to become a goddess?" Kyubey responded.

"I don't care what I become. I'll take your power and use it to erase the sadness that all magical girls from the past and the future were forced to take. I know that they all believed in hope for themselves as magical girls! That's why I will erase all the despair from them! That is my prayer! That is my wish! Now grant it…Incubator!" Madoka shouted as the pink light from her chest grew brighter and brighter before it engulfed the entire area.

The light suddenly subsided. What everyone saw next, was something that they never saw coming, nor was it what they wanted to see. Everyone had gasped. A black humanoid entity with large white circles for eyes had grabbed Madoka, now in a magical girl outfit, by the throat.

"Attempting to rewrite the entire universe and destroy the one thing that keeps this universe in balance? I see now that usurping control from the Incubators was the right thing to do."

Lulz, you thought this fic was over? Not freaking likely! The Anti-Spirals are finished sitting on the sidelines! Now it seems they want a piece of the action!

Apologies for the lateness of this chapter, but I was really trying to keep everyone in character for this part. Specifically Homura and the contracting part. But now it seems that REAL final battle is drawing near! Stay tuned!