Azalea 3

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Hazuki Part 3
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Hazuki: That happened on the night before the day we had to leave Tsuzuji's House...

Ayame: ...Haa...
Hazuki: ...Ayame...have you had enough?
Ayame: Nn......Nn~...
Hazuki: ...Well, it's not like you can help it... I guess we could walk around a bit more.
It's something you want to look at and remember, after all...
Tsuzuji's House.
Ayame: Yeah... I'm sorry...I woke you up...
Hazuki: Fufu...it's okay...Actually, I couldn't sleep either...
Ayame: Hazuki too...?
Hazuki: Well, yeah...because tomorrow...we won't be here anymore...
Ayame: ........Uu...Uuuu~!
Hazuki: Ohh, sorry, sorry! ...I'm sorry...
Ayame: ...Uu...uguu...
Hazuki: .... Oh! ...Come to think of it, why did you come to me? You didn't go to Konoha...
Ayame: ...ugu...I did...but, she wasn't there...
Hazuki: Eh? Konoha wasn't there?
Ayame: ...Yeah.
Hazuki: Wonder why... (Is Konoha walking around too...?)
Ayame: ...Huh?
Hazuki: ...What's wrong?
Ayame: ...Konoha...?
Hazuki: Eh!? ...Uh--m...? ...Where?
Ayame: See, over there. Near the rhododendrons.
Hazuki: ...Ayame, you've got good eyes~...even though it's this dark out...
Ayame: ...A dog?
Hazuki: Huh?
Ayame: ...A cat?
Hazuki: ...What are you saying...?
Ayame: I wonder...is Konoha feeding it?
Hazuki: Aah, you were talking about Konoha. ...Wait, what, feeding it!? Like a stray dog or a stray cat?
Ayame: I don't know but...it's white...
Hazuki: Huh~...was she feeding it while keeping it all a secret from...us?
Ayame: Unless we get a bit closer, I can't really see~... ....H~m... Oh! I see it now! Ohhh~ it's fluffy~ Nn~...Is it a...dog...?
Konoha: ...Who's there!?
Hazuki: Oh, she realized we're here.
Ayame: Konoha!
Konoha: Ayame! And....Hazuki too!?
Hazuki: Ahaha...
Konoha: W, What are you doing here...?
Hazuki: Right back at you, Konoha. ...Is that a... dog?
Ayame: Were you feeding it...?
Konoha: !?  ........... So you girls...can also see it...
Hazuki: See...? Yeah, we see it.
Ayame: It's white, right?


???: You girls can also see me?

Ayame: Uwauwauwa!
Hazuki: W, Who!?

???: It's me.

Hazuki: ...Eh...?
Konoha: ...This one's talking...
Hazuki: This one...? ...Wait...C, Could it be...!?
Ayame: ...The white one?


Kyuubey: That's right. I'm the one talking to you.

My name is Kyuubey.
I came here because I have a favor to ask of you girls.

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Konoha Part 3
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Konoha: On the night before we had to leave Tsuzuji's House.
I couldn't sleep, so I walked around the place...
There, I met...Kyuubey.

Kyuubey: "My name is Kyuubey.
I came here because I have a favor to ask of you girls."

Konoha: At first, I couldn't believe my own eyes.
...After a while, I came to accept it as reality.
No...on the contrary, there wasn't any proof that it wasn't reality
so I had no choice but to accept it as reality...
That's how it felt, but...

Anyway, I assumed it was reality and became conscious of Kyuubey.
Then Hazuki and Ayame arrived.

Then, we listened to his story...

Konoha: So in other words...you're, um...
Kyuubey: Magical girls.
Konoha: ...looking for people who are willing to become what you're calling magical girls...is that it?
Kyuubey: That's right.
Hazuki: If we do, then you'll grant any of our wishes... is that what you're saying?
Kyuubey: That's right. I can make any miracle happen.
Ayame: I, I'll become one! I'll become a magical girl! If I do, then Tsuzuji's House won't go away, right!
Konoha: Hold it, Ayame!
Ayame: Eh...
Konoha: ...If we become magical girls, then we have to fight, correct? With those you call "witches"...
Kyuubey: After all, that's the duty of magical girls.
Hazuki: ...That sounds... pretty risky, doesn't it...
Konoha: ...Well, it certainly smells fishy.
Kyuubey: I can't deny that there's been varying results. That's how fate works, after all.
Ayame: ...B, But... you'll grant any of our wishes, right?
Kyuubey: That's right, Mikuri Ayame. If you wish for it, it'll come true...
Ayame: Konoha...Hazuki...I...!
Konoha: ...Both of you, listen to me.
Ayame: ...Okay.
Hazuki: ......
Konoha: I want to protect Tsuzuji's House...I feel that way from the bottom of my heart.
Hazuki: Me too.
Ayame: Me too!
Konoha: But, we couldn't do anything...that's why we couldn't protect it.
Ayame: ...Uu...
Hazuki: ...That's right.
Konoha: If we become magical girls and make a wish that can be granted...No, to put it straight, it doesn't matter...!
If it's to protect Tsuzuji's House...I'll do anything.
Hazuki: Konoha...
Konoha: ...That's why, I'll contract. I don't care what happens...! For one, what exactly are magical girls? What are witches?
It's not just the immediate future but the road ahead will be a pitch black one.
Not to mention, it'll be a situation extremely removed from reality...
I feel like it's far too risky to stick our heads in a place like that.
...But, I don't care even if it is. If it's going to protect this place...!
Kyuubey: If that's your wish, then it'll definitely come true.
Konoha: ...But, the only one who will wish for it will be me.
Ayame: Eh!? ...Just you, Konoha? That's...
Konoha: The only one who will make a contract will be me. You girls shouldn't.
We just need to protect Tsuzuji's House. If that's the case, then just one wish will...
Hazuki: Now look here... we've been together for al-----l this time, right? And yet, I don't get it at all...
...As if I'll just stand back and let you do something like that...!
Konoha: ...Hazuki, you understand, don't you? This story comes with a catch...
Hazuki: I can sense it does. ...Hey, there is one, isn't there?
Kyuubey: ...This doesn't have a front or a back. It's all nothing more than just one phenomenon.
Hazuki: Ahhh, yeah, thanks. With your answer, I've heard more than enough.
Kyuubey: ...If it satisfies you, then that's good enough for me.
Hazuki: So, that's exactly why I just can't sit back...and refuse while only Konoha makes a contract..!
Ayame, you feel that way too, don't you?
Ayame: That's right! There's no way! I can just let Konoha do it all by herself!
Konoha: You girls...
Hazuki: Besides, even if you tried to stop me, I'll make a contract.
Ayame: Me too!
Konoha: ....You won't listen to me, will you?
Hazuki: Nope...!
Ayame: We won't listen!
Konoha: .......Is that really okay?
Hazuki: Fine by me. ...After all, we're all in this together.
Ayame: Yeah! Yeah! We're together!
Konoha: ... Thank you...
Kyuubey: ...Sounds like the three of you are going to make a contract! So, could you girls say each of your wishes out loud for me?

...That will become your "soul gems"...

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Hazuki Part 4
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Kyuubey: ...Sounds like the three of you are going to make a contract! So, could you girls say each of your wishes out loud for me?

Hazuki: We were going to make a contract with Kyuubey and become magical girls, but...
we had three wishes we could have granted between the three of us.
You might ask, what kind of wishes did we make? Well...

Ayame: My wish is for the Tsuzuji's House to...!
Konoha: Wait a second, Ayame.
Ayame: Eh? A, Again with the wait...?
Konoha: If I was going to be the only one, then that wish would be enough, but...
Now that there's going to be three wishes, I have an idea.
Putting aside whether or not we're going to go through with it, could you hear me out?
Hazuki: Fine by me.
Ayame: Y, Yeah!
Konoha: ...First, there's "concerns I have for the future".
Ayame: For the future...?
Konoha: Even if it's protected now, what about the future? The same thing might happen again...
Hazuki: Well, you have a point...it's definitely possible.
Konoha: That's why, the first thing we should wish for is "Tsuzuji's House to indefinitely continue to exist".
Hazuki: So you're saying we should ensure it continues to exist from now on, right?
Ayame: Yeah, yeah! ...So, next?
Konoha: Even if we avoid having it demolished here, that won't be the end of it...
Hazuki: ...I see...some institution somewhere else might meet the same fate, right?
Konoha: I want to solve the root of the problem.
...That's why another wish will be to "erase the main cause that tried to demolish Tsuzuji's House".
...It's just a judgment I made based on my own feelings.
Ayame: Judge...ment?
Konoha: Toward the sins, the unjust powers that came barging into our world, trying to destroy it without taking us into consideration...!
Ayame: ... In other words, you mean...uhhhhh....basically...
Konoha: I mean that...I'll make sure that something like this won't happen again.
Ayame: Yeah! I agree!
Hazuki: ...Right. My feelings are the same as yours, Konoha...
Ayame: So the third one? ...Oh! That's right! If we can make everything back to how it was, then the Director...!
Konoha: We can't do that, Ayame.
Ayame: Why!? Why's that!? I want to see her again! I want to see the Director again!
...Uuu...Director...I want to see you again...!
Konoha: I'm sorry...but, even if we revived Director using these powers...it makes me wonder, would that really be right?
At the very least, I...
Hazuki: ...I, kinda get what you mean...
Ayame: You too, Hazuki...!?
Hazuki: Like, she might be the Director but she won't exactly be the Director or something...
Besides, it makes me wonder, if we did something like that, how would the Director feel...
...No, I think that'd be selfish of us...even the Director would... live longer...
Konoha: Ultimately, a wish is nothing more than one's own selfish prayer, but...
I think that would be too selfish. That's how much I treasure the Director's life...
Ayame: ......
Konoha: What do you think? Ayame...
Ayame: ...I wanna see her, but...I kinda get what...you and Hazuki are saying...maybe...
...I wanna see her but...
Konoha: Thank you, Ayame...
Hazuki: ...So, then, what's the third one gonna be?
Konoha: ... "To erase us from the memories of the people involved with Tsuzuji's House".
Hazuki: Wha...!
Ayame: ...Erase? ...Eh, what? ...Erase?
Konoha: ...In other words, we're going to leave. ...Tsuzuji's House...