MagiReco Another Story 5.2

Two Chance Encounters

A5.2.1
[at Mitakihara Middle]
Homura: "Kaname-san, Mami-san, in Kamihama..."
Madoka: "Yeah, something must have happened in Kamihama..."
"She hasn't come to school today..."
Homura: "...It's okay!"
"Tomoe-san, of all people, would be alright!"
Madoka: "Yeah... that's right."
"Mami-san has to be fine!"
Homura: "Yeah, maybe she is at home."
Madoka: "Ah, home..."
"Oh, Homura-chan! Why don't we visit Mami-san then?"
"She might actually be there!"
Homura: "Yeah, we should go and check."
[fade to black]
Homura: *But after school, when we went to Tomoe-san's place, it was empty.*
[on the street]
Madoka: "Mami-san..."
Homura: (She still hasn't come back... Something must have happened...)
Madoka: "She didn't go to school and she didn't return home.."
"There must be something wrong. I wonder what happened to Mami-san?"
Homura: "I don't know either..."
(We won't know what happened to Tomoe-san unless we go to Kamihama...)
Madoka: "Homura-chan, I think I want to go to Kamihama."
Homura: "Huh? Kaname-san?"
Madoka: "If Mami-san has gotten into some kind of trouble..."
"Then we definitely have to save her!"
Homura: (...But I can't let Kaname-san go!)
(If Tomoe-san couldn't get back, then I mustn't allow her to go!)
"No, hold on, Kaname-san!"
Madoka: "But why, Homura-chan? I really want to go..."
"If Mami-san is there, then we have to go save her!"
Homura: "If Kamihama is such a dangerous place that even Mami-san can't make it back..."
"Then there's nothing we will be able to do to help."
Madoka: "That's..."
Homura: "If even you don't make it back, Kaname-san, I'd..."
Madoka: "Homura-chan..."
"That's right."
"If I went, I'd end up like Mami-san..."
Homura: "We don't know what's waiting for us there, so for now let's go back and calm down a little."
Madoka: "Yeah, that's a good idea..."
Homura: "Then if we wait a day, maybe Tomoe-san will come back."
[scene change to another street scene]
Homura: "I'm sorry, Kaname-san."
*I told Kaname-san that we shouldn't go...*
*But I must go investigate!*
*Not just Tomoe-san's disappearance, but also the secrets the city holds...*
*I will pin down these mysterious phenomena and determine the truth!*
"I'm off to change fate, Kaname-san..."

A5.2.2
[First, an overlooking view, then the train station in Kamihama]
Homura: "So this is Kamihama City..."
(Just looking at it, it seems like a normal town. Is it really that dangerous?)
"Tomoe-san is somewhere in this city..."
???: "Homura-chan!"
Homura: "Eh!?"
[Madoka shows up]
Homura: "K-Kaname-san!?"
"Why are you here?"
Madoka: "There was something of about you, Homura-chan."
"I wondered if you were planning on going to Kamihama by yourself..."
"Then, when I went to the station, I saw you get on a train."
"So I rushed to jump onto the next train to Kamihama!"
"I'm so glad I followed you."
Homura: "Kaname-san... Um, I..."
Madoka: "I'm glad you were concerned about me..."
"But I'm just as concerned about you, Homura-chan!"
Homura: "!?"
Madoka: "So please don't go on your own in secret, okay?"
"..."
Homura: "Kaname-san... Um... I'm sorry."
"Also..."
*Kamihama is a dangerous place, so in truth I didn't want to bring Kaname-san along.*
*But to have her coming for me make me feel so reassured...*
"Thank you."
Madoka: "Don't worry. Let's go search for Mami-san together!"
Homura: "Yeah! I won't go off on my own anymore."
Madoka: "Hehe, I'm glad."
"Homura-chan, you're always the hard-working solitary type."
Homura: *It's so strange that whenever I'm with Kaname-san...*
*I feel just a bit stronger than usual.*
Madoka: "We'll definitely find Mami-san, and all three of us will come home!"
Homura: "Yeah, let's all get home safely."

A5.2.3
[on the street in Kamihama]
Madoka: "So there is more than one rumor in Kamihama..."
Homura: "Then we won't be able to figure out which one Mami-san was investigating."
"All we can do is narrow down the possibilities one by one..."
Madoka: "In the first place, Mami-san might have been searching for the human-shaped witch instead of rumors..."
"But for now, we have no leads on anything but rumors..."
Homura: "Yeah, we'll investigate rumors and simultaneously ask about Tomoe-san."
Madoka: "Okay."
"Then, let's go look for that rumor we just heard about!"
Homura: "Yeah."
[Homura notices something magical]
Homura: (This magical response! A witch!?)
(Huh? Isn't that thing stuck into a wall...?)
(It's a grief seed!)
(Oh no, it's hatching!)
"Kaname-sa..."
[she gets pulled into the witch barrier]
Homura: "Huh? Did I..."
"Get pulled into a witch barrier..."
<Kaname-san, can you hear me? Kaname-san? Kaname-san!>
"..."
"It didn't work. It seems that telepathy doesn't work in this witch's barrier."
"I've gotta get out and meet up with her..."
[a familiar says some gibberish]
Homura: "A familiar!? Why right now?"
[she transforms]
Homura: "Get out of my way!"
[back on the street]
Madoka: <Homura-chan!? Where are you?>
"..."
(She's not responding... Something must have happened...)
(I felt it for just an instant before, but there was the response of a witch...)
(Maybe Homura-chan is in the witch's barrier?)
[she searches for it]
Madoka: (There's no magical response...)
[she's now by the radio tower]
Madoka: (If it's not nearby, then that means the barrier is moving...)
[she senses something]
Madoka: "!?"
"Is this a witch's response?!"
"Where is it..."
"Is it... atop that radio tower?"
(But... Homura-chan...)
some guy: "..."
Madoka: (That person with a witch's kiss is going into the radio tower?)
(...Oh no, I can't let him be!)
(I'm sorry, Homura-chan! Wait just a bit!)
[in the witch's barrier]
[a familiar makes a crazy noise]
Homura: (Now!)
"With this bomb... Take this!"
[it explodes]
Homura: "pant... pant..."
[the barrier dissolves]
Homura: "I got out..."
"I need to contact Kaname-san quickly."
<Kaname-san? Kaname-san! Where are you? Kaname-san!>
"..."
"She's not responding..."
"Has she gone out of the range of telepathy?"
"Or maybe she got swallowed in a barrier like I did..."
(This is Kamihama City, a place where witches gather...)
(I should have foreseen this possibility!)
"I've gotta save her! Hold on, Kaname-san!"
[cut to the top of the radio tower]
Madoka: "There it is, the witch's barrier..."
"I'm by myself, but I've gotta beat it quickly!"
something: *step... step... step...*
Madoka: "Huh? Someone's coming!?"
woman: "..."
Madoka: "Wh-what are you doing!?"
[she transforms]
Madoka: "Oh no, she's going to fall! I've gotta stop her!"
[the scene cuts to Iroha on top]
woman: "..."
[she jumps]
Iroha: "NOOO!!"
[she reappears]
woman: "..."
Iroha: "Huh? She didn't fall?"
Madoka: "Sigh... I made it in time..."
Iroha: "A magical... girl?"
Madoka: "Huh?"
[battle]
[cut to a less busy street]
Homura: (Kaname-san! Where are you?)
(Kaname-san is probably fighting... I've gotta search for the presence of a witch...)
(Where?)
(Where are you!?)
[cut to a restaurant]
Felicia: "The truth behind the rumor of the radio tower."
Tsukuyo: "No way, you've noticed what we're doing over there!?"
[back outside]
Homura: (I can't find her... I can't find her anywhere...)
[back inside the restaurant]
Tsukuyo: "Ahem, that was quite an impressive leading question..."
Felicia: "Woah, she totally self-destructed!"
[back outside]
Homura: (If I can't sense a witch near here, then how far could she have gone?)
(If she didn't head towards town, then... should I look over there?)
(Ahh, I need to find her quickly... Kaname-san is in danger...)
[back inside the restaurant]
Felicia: "Come on, tell us what you're doing!"
Tsukuyo: "I certainly cannot answer that!"
[she disappears]
Felicia: "Ah, she made a break for it!"
Tsuruno: "Let's chase her, Felicia!"
Felicia: "Yeah!"
[back outside]
Homura: (I should have looked over there! I'm sure Kaname-san is there...)
Felicia: "Heeey! You over there!"
"Catch her!"
"She dined and dashed!!"
Homura: "Eh!?"
Felicia: "Hurry up, catch her!"
Homura: "Uh, you mean... me?"
Felicia: "Hur-ry-up!"
Homura: "Um, uh..."
(Why now!?)
(I have to be looking for Kaname-san...)
(But there seems to be some trouble... I need more time to think!)
[she transforms]
Homura: "A-alright!!"
Felicia: "Ehh!? A magical girl!?"
Tsukuyo: "You're a magical girl!?"
[fade to gray]
Homura: *This is how I met the Kamihama magical girls who were investigating rumors.*
*Apparently, their friends were working with Kaname-san...*
*Having learned that, I went with them in order to meet up with Kaname-san.*
[by the radio tower, in the evening]
Homura: "Kaname-san!"
Madoka: "Homura-chan!"
Yachiyo: "I'm amazed that they happened to be friends."
Iroha: "It's a small world."
Homura: "Kaname-san, did you find Tomoe-san?"
Madoka: "No, I didn't..."
"Homura-chan, you weren't able to find her either?"
Homura: "Yeah, I went looking all over but..."
Madoka: "I see..."
Iroha: "......huh?"
"Tomoe-san?"
Yachiyo: "Mami?"
Tsuruno: "Tomoe Mami!?"
Felicia: "Mm, who's that?"
Madoka: "Huh? You know her?"
Iroha: "More than just know her..."
Tsuruno: "Yeah!"
"She was under the impression that Iroha-chan was a witch in human form!"
Madoka: "Eh!?"
"So when she warned us to watch out before coming here..."
"She was referring to Iroha-chan!?"
Homura: (This Iroha person is the witch in human form that Tomoe-san warned us about?)
(She looks like a normal person, but she's actually a witch...?)
(It looks like Kaname-san trusts her, but what should I do...)
Homura: "...Umm, are you sure she's not a witch?"
Madoka: "Ho-Homura-chan!"
Homura: "But... you never really know..."
Yachiyo: "If you're that afraid, then you don't have to work with us."
"If that's the case, then we'll just go search for the *rumor*."
"You two can focus on searching for Tomoe Mami-san."
Homura: "..."
Madoka: "It's okay, Homura-chan!"
"I've been with Iroha-chan and nothing happened!"
"Also, we beat a witch together."
Homura: "If that's the case..."
"Okay, I got it."
"I'm sorry for doubting you. Can we still work together?"
*In this dangerous city, having more allies is better...*
*There are so many uncertain factors, so in order to protect Kaname-san...*
*I will try trusting you, Tamaki Iroha-san!*
*Kaname-san trusts you... so it's probably fine...*