The Guardians of Rumors part 5

Chapter 4
Part 5: A Sublime Goal

Ui's Illusion: If you want to change fate, then come to Kamihama City, because magical girls can be saved in this city.

Iroha: Those people who call themselves the Wings of Magius were saying the same kind of things as Ui. Saving magical girls? What does that mean? It's possible in Kamihama City? What does that mean? Can magical girls be saved if rumors are protected? Ui could be caught up in a rumor. The Wings of Magius and rumors are connected. Ui and the Wings of Magius...I wonder if there's some kind of connection there...
Felicia: We managed to beat up those Winged guys so it should be all downhill from here! We have an hour and that's more than enough!
Yachiyo: We still don't know the Rumor's abilities. The one at the Summoning Shrine was a pretty difficult fight after all...
Felicia: That's 'cause you guys are weak, right? If it were me, I would've finished it off in one-hit, with a bang and a bam!
Tsuruno: Ahaha, Felicia, you keep using onomatopoeias!
Felicia: What about it? It's fine as long as you get what I'm saying! Right, Iroha?
Iroha: Heh!? Ah, um, yeah! We just need to keep up the good work and defeat the Rumor! (When I get the opportunity, I should ask...Whether those people know about Ui or not...)
Kyouko: Hey, it's open up ahead. That greater original Rumor or whatever might be there.
Yachiyo: Sakura-san! If you fly out by yourself, you'll get too carried away!
Kyouko: .......
Felicia: Huh? What are you stopping for?
Kyouko: Ohhh nothing. Just that they've prepared a boss for us in the perfect place.
Felicia: A boss...?
Tsuruno: Hoaaah! Iroha-chan, there! They're in the back!
Iroha: Huh? What is...? ....Oh.
White Wings of Magius...

White Feather A: I was listening. They said they only have an hour left, right?
White Feather B: I heard them. They said they only have an hour.
White Feather A: Right?
White Feather B: But that has nothing to do with us. After all, we'll have them stop here.
White Feather A: Please just succumb to misery and undergo hardships for us.
White Feather B: Right?

Iroha: For the sake of your goal...am I right...?
White Feather A: To be precise, it's for the sake of Magius and all magical girls.
Tsuruno: I don't know what you mean when you say you'll free us or whatever but I don't need freedom if it's made up of the misery of other people!
White Feather A: This isn't a matter that can be understood by the ignorant.
White Feather B: Seems like they'll just need to stand back quietly and watch us.
White Feather A: Right?
Kyouko: Who's gonna stand back? It's not like they're going to listen to us anyway. Let's just beat 'em up already.
Felicia: Heheh, I was just thinking the same thing. We don't have any time left either!
Iroha: (Actually, I wanted to ask about Ui but...) You have a point, we need to hurry...
Yachiyo: Anyway they're the kind of people who hide in the shadows. They won't pose a threat to us.
White Feather A: Oh my, there's nothing easier than revealing yourselves.
White Feather B: Please don't lump us together with the black ones.
White Feather A: Right?

Tsukuyo: I am "Amane Tsukuyo", a White Feather of the Wings of Magius. [1]
Tsukasa: I am "Amane Tsukasa", a White Feather of the Wings of Magius. Please lose yourselves
Tsukuyo: within the music we play.


Yachiyo: A flute as a weapon...? Be careful everyone! This place will work well to their advantage!
Tsukuyo: I'm impressed that you noticed.
Tsukasa: Time for us to start our performance, right?

Iroha: Hyaah, aah!
Yachiyo: Kuuu!
Tsukasa: Seeing that moved and tortured look on your face makes me feel like our performance was worth it.
Tsukuyo: Yes, yes, even without words those emotions just come ringing through my body.
Yachiyo: We're winning in terms of numbers, but moving further inward will be a near impossible task..
Iroha: Yes...We don't know where the echoes will come from...If only we could do something about that sound...

[you're given the option of suggesting MokyuMokyu! (You just need to bounce the echoes back) or MokyuMokyu (You just need to block the sound)]

q: MokyuMokyu!
Iroha: But we don't know where the sound will come from...
Tsukasa: Now then, Tsukiyo-chan. Shall we start playing the second song?
Tsukuyo: Yes, Tsukasa-chan. Now then, please allow the next song to shake up your body as well.


Tsuruno: If we could only do something about the sound... Hmmmmmmmmm....
Felicia: ..........
Tsuruno: Huh... Felicia...? --!? She's trying to go further in by herself! Oh, that's it!

Felicia: (Alright...If I just keep going in here quietly like this. I can wham that Rumor by myself!)
Tsuruno: Feliciaaaa! You're trying to move past them all by yourself, aren't you!?
Felicia: Waaah, what the hell!? Don't make is so obvious, dumbass!
Tsuruno: In times like this, cooperating with your friends is very important!
Felicia: Haah? Cooperation? Why are you talking about things that are such in a pain in the ass? It's way faster for me to just finish it off by myself with a wham!
Kyouko: I also think that this girl's right you know? We should just leave the rest to that uh, lady named Yachiyo. While they buy us time, we move ahead. I think that's another way to cooperate, don't you think? Besides, you never know. There might be a limit to how many people can get cursed with misery.
Tsuruno: Seeeeee? In the end that's all that this is about! You, yourself, and I! You see, magical girls are supposed to fight for everyone as heroes of justice! That's why they're the strongest!
Felicia: Shut up already! That stuff about everyone has nothing to do with anything right now!
Kyouko: 'Sides, you're the only one raising a fuss over this.
Tsuruno: I'm raising a fuss because it's better for us to raise a fuss!
Kyouko: Haaah!? What the hell are you saying?
Tsuruno: Ahhhh geeez! Doesn't maaatteerr, just make noise!
Kyouko: What the, you're not making any sense!!

Yachiyo: What's Tsuruno raising a fuss about at a time like this...!?
Iroha: Felicia and the others too...what are they doing at a time like this...
Tsukuyo: .......
Tsukasa: .......
Iroha: (Their faces clouded over...) Oh...
Yachiyo: Oh... Did my assistant notice as well?
Iroha: Yes! Tsuruno-chan saved us!
Yachiyo: Yes, she really came through for us!

Tsuruno: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!
Felicia: GUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!
Kyouko: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! Haaa...haaa... What am I doing, making noises like this...?
Tsuruno: Come on, make more noise! Constantly and nonstop!
Kyouko: Could you at least explain just a little bit!?
Tsuruno: We're erasing the echoes-!
Kyouko: Wha, oh, so that's what we're doing! Say that sooner!

Yachiyo: Before their throats give out, let's defeat them! I'll go out front and attack in one go.
Iroha: I'll support you from behind!
Yachiyo: I'm counting on you!
Iroha: Yes!
Tsukasa: Our advantage has been crushed.
Tsukuyo: To think that they would have display such brute strength...That's how I feel.
Tsukasa: W, What should we do?
Tsukuyo: We have no choice but to stand against it...

Tsukasa: Tsukuyo-chan!
Tsukuyo: Yes, now's our chance...!
Yachiyo: Too slow!
Tsukuyo: Kafuu...!
Tsukasa: Tsukuyo-chan!
Yachiyo: That motion you need to make with your fist in order to hold the flute makes it awfully inconvenient if you let go once.
Tsukasa: Ku, Nanami Yachiyoooooooooo!
Iroha: Watch out!
Tsukasa: Kyaaawaaafuu!
Iroha: Ha....Um, I'm here too you know...
Yachiyo: Thank you, Tamaki-san.
Iroha: Yes!
Yachiyo: With this, the tables have turned... The break-off rule, the summoning shrine, and now the misery water too. We'll keep crushing them like this.
Tsukuyo: Ku...
Tsukasa: We can't let it end like this...
Tsukuyo: We can't afford to fail the task that the Magius' Three have assigned to us...
Iroha: I think you shouldn't do any more than this. Your soul gems...don't have any magical energy left in them...
Tsukuyo: Fufufufu...
Iroha: W, What's so funny?
Tsukuyo: That's just perfect...
Tsukasa: Yes, that's just perfect timing for us.
Tsukuyo: Right?
Iroha: Huh?
Yachiyo: Your soul gems are tainted and that's perfect... do you mean...? You...could it be...
Tsukuyo: You are all very fortunate.
Tsukasa: Unfortunate yet fortunate. After all, you get to witness with your very own eyes,
Tsukuyo: the "proof that Kamihama is the place where you can be freed"

Tsuruno: Yachiyo! Could those two be planning to...!?
Yachiyo: Yes, it's the same as with Tamaki-san. They plan on bringing that thing out.
Tsuruno: Alrighty, Iroha-chan, you let her rip too!
Iroha: No way, even if you tell me to, I just can't suddenly do it!
Yachiyo: Even if you can, don't! A move like that which relies on your soul gem becoming tainted can only be ominous...


Iroha: Uuu, uuu...
Yachiyo: Tamaki-san...Are you okay...?
Iroha: Y, Yeah, somehow...my body's all beaten up but...
Yachiyo: We were saved by that thing when you brought it out last time, but when we're on the receiving end it's really rough, isn't it...
Kyouko: You brought that thing out too?
Iroha: Y, Yes...
Kyouko: I get it...The humanoid Witch that Mami was talking about, that was you...Sheesh, she only understood that it's dangerous...
Iroha: Mami, is that...

Mami: I'm "Tomoe Mami". I'm a magical girl from Mitakihara.

Iroha: So you two are acquaintances.
Kyouko: Well, something like that.
Iroha: Um...
Kyouko: I'm "Sakura Kyouko".
Iroha: Sakura-san, do you also think that it's a humanoid Witch?
Kyouko: ...Nah, to be honest it doesn't seem like a Witch to me...Though I don't think it's right to call it a new move or anything either...
Tsukiyo: Correct, it's neither a new move or a Witch.
Tsukasa: Yeah, yeah. What we have here is proof that in Kamihama, magical girls can be freed.
Kyouko: You say that, but I'm not convinced.
Tsukuyo: This is a reflection of our emotions. Something released from ourselves.
Tsukasa: Furthermore, we call this a "doppel".
Tsukuyo: Right?
Yachiyo: That released self is supposed to be "proof that they can be freed", you say...?
Tsukasa: Surely you understand?
Tsukuyo: I think that of all people, you Nanami Yachiyo can understand?
Tsukasa: Right? The proof is simple.
Tsukuyo: Our soul gems have beautifully been purified.
Iroha: Ah, just like me back then...
Tsukasa: So you were able to bring out your doppel, just like us.
Iroha: Yes... Um, when you say "free" do you mean how we can purify our soul gems without using grief seeds...?
Tsukuyo: So you really are ignorant after all. That's fine.
Tsukasa: We'll show you.
Yachiyo: ---!? That won't be necessary! No, or rather, we don't have the time to waste listening to you girls babble.
Tsukasa: You're still after the Rumor even in that state?
Tsukuyo: A veteran who can't even grasp the situation she's in. How foolish.
Tsukasa: Right?
Tsukuyo: However, that foolishness is also a sight for sore eyes. Now, if you want to pass you will need to look forward to risking your lives.
Black Feathers: ......
Iroha: There's still more of them left!? Ya, Yachiyo-san, this!
Yachiyo: 30 minutes left...We don't much time left until the limit... Let's hurry and get this over with!
Kyouko: It's really getting bad. Sheesh, to think that one rumor would be this big of a pain in the ass. Damn, this is a weird town.

Yachiyo: Tamaki-san, divert the black ones! Tsuruno and I will take care of the sisters!
Iroha: Yes!
Tsuruno: Aye sir!
Yachiyo: Felicia, make sure that the enemy Tamaki-san diverts become powerless!
Felicia: I'm bad at holding back, but leave it to me, I'll take care of it with a bam!
Kyouko: Hold up.
Felicia: Wha, what is it? Let go of me, red nee-chan!
Kyouko: Hey, do you want to just go on ahead here?
Felicia: Aaah?
Kyouko: We only have 30 minutes left. I'm saying that it's a waste of time to have all of us fighting those guys.
Felicia: But they told me to go crush those guys.
Kyouko: Well that's, you know? They should think a bit more about themselves. It'd be bad if you became miserable, right?
Felicia: ....Yeah, right.
Kyouko: Anyway, we should leave this place to them and you should come with me to beat up that Rumor or whatever. Besides, it's continuing what you were doing before, right?
Felicia: ...Oh right. You're right!
Kyouko: Alright, time is money. We'll look for an opening and get a head start!
Felicia: Yeah!

Yachiyo: Felicia! What are you doing, hurry up! Felicia!! Wha! That girl...and Sakura-san!?
Tsukasa: To look away like that...They're really underestimating us, aren't they Tsukiyo-chan!
Tsukuyo: Wait, Tsukasa-chan!
Tsukasa: ---!?
Tsukuyo: Those two...they're headed in the direction of the Rumor!
Yachiyo: ...Now.

Yachiyo: To look away from their enemy like that...They're also underestimating us aren't they?
Tsuruno: Exactly right, Master Yachiyo!
Tsukuyo: Damn!
Tsukasa: Tsukuyo-chan!

Tsukuyo: Aaaaah!
Yachiyo: I'll defeat you without holding back.
Tsukuyo: Kuuu...
Yachiyo: Even if you have magical energy, if your legs are taken out, you can't move very well, can you?
Tsukuyo: Ku... How cruel...
Yachiyo: That isn't something someone who tries to kill us using a doppel should say.
Tsukasa: Ku, haaaah...!
Tsuruno: Sorry, if I stab you there it should be hard to breathe for awhile, but hang in there!
Yachiyo: Tamaki-san, take this opportunity to go!
Iroha: Huh, but!?
Yachiyo: Right now, Tsuruno and I can handle this.
Tsuruno: This time, Iroha-chan and the others are the victims after all! Do your best!
Felicia: Iroha, come with us!
Kyouko: You, what're you doing!?
Iroha: Felicia-chan... Yes... Yachiyo-san, Tsuruno-chan, I'll let the rest to you!
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[1]=Edit: It was Tsukuyo, not Tsukiyo. If this is your first time reading through this, ignore this note.