Arc2 Ch4 Ep4

Mostly self-reviewed only. Slightly edited June 2021. Thanks Sforzando and Yai for some corrections
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Sweet Sorrow

Ao
Uu...I wonder...if I broke...the camera...

=====1=====

Ao
(At the very least, I must break that camera...!)

Ryou
(Can I make it in time...I have to make it...! I have to use my bazooka at point-blank range...!)

Ao
YAAAAAAA!

Ryou
BRING IT OOOON!

-Flashback-

Sakurako
| Yes, we talked about volunteering, and Sensei talked to me about life. |

Hinano
About life?

Sakurako
| It gave me a reason to think about my life, and the way I live it. |

Hinano
And did Sakurako come up with an answer?

Sakurako
| Yes, my answer was that I want to leave a mark behind. |
| One that will be left behind in everyone's hearts. |

Ryou
.....

Sakurako
| Ryou, were you listening just now? |

Ryou
[I'm sure I didn't hear what Sakurako said, but now that I think about it, I can somehow remember what she was saying.]
[I've taken so many photos and written so many articles, but I've always felt as if something was missing. I thought maybe this time I could finally take a picture I'd be proud of showing off.]
[This will be the last mark that Midori-san will leave behind.]
[But I am sorry, Makino-chan. I have to give up on Yumi's photo.]

-End-

Ikumi
Ryou-chan!
[Ryou-chan...? Ryou-chan...!]
[.....Eh.]
[No...you can't...why...]
[Where... Where is Ryou-chan's soul gem...!?]

Iroha
っ...Haa...haa...haa...no way...

Yachiyo
Who did this...

Yuna
It was my third sister...

Yachiyo
っ...

Yuna
Huhu.

Ui
Haa...huu...Onee...chan...

Iroha
Ui...we...didn't make it in time...

Sana
Midori-san...

Felicia
What is this...the hell is going on!!

Momoko
Huu...haa... Did that...really just...

Kaede
...Ryou...san. Is she really dead...?

Sakuya
I can tell just by looking at her. There's no sign of life anywhere.

Rena
Don't screw with me! How can you say that so easily!?

Sakuya
That's the kind of fighting we're used to.

Rena
You're the...you're the ones that started all of this!

Ranka
But wasn't it Kamihama that started it?
Thanks to you, we've witnessed this scene many times.

Rena
――っ!?

Ao
Huu...huu...っ...

Hikaru
Ao-san.

Ao
Hikaru... Is she...really dead...?

Hikaru
When we lose our soul gem, us mahou shoujo die...

Ao
...I didn't mean to kill her,
I just wanted to break her camera...
That's...all I was thinking about...

Hikaru
That won't change the results.
Besides, we woulda had to bother with her later anyway.
It's better you got to take her out here.
What, why're your hands shaking?

Ao
The sensation of the blade hitting her soul gem, the feel of it strongly resonating in my hands...
It won't leave...

Hikaru
Does that mean, Ao-san...that was the first time you've killed someone...?

Ikumi's Voice
AAAAaaAAAHHHH!!

Ao
――っ!?

Ikumi
[Weren't we going to free all mahou shoujo...? I thought the people of the east would finally be free of all the irrational things happening to them, that we finally wouldn't have to go through twice as much suffering...!]
[Why...]

Hinano
Calm down, Ikumi! Everything is my fault!
If only I had listened to Yachiyo's and everyone's advice...

Kanagi
...At least...we got the evidence she risked her life for.

[*Smash! Smash!*]

Kanagi
――ッ!?

Yuna
And now the camera has been crushed.
Now no evidence is left behind, and the mahou shoujo that found it has vanished.
This is the price she has paid for her underhanded actions...

Kanagi
You bastard...!

[*Slap*]

Yuna
っ!

Mifuyu
We have also struggled through conflicts between mahou shoujo...
If you have been through the same as us...
Then please do not walk all over the soul of someone that died...!

Mitama
This is no different than when the east and west fought...

Kanagi
We haven't grown at all...have we...

Ikumi
[Ryou-chan...]
[Ryou-chan...Ryou-chan...]

-In Battle-

Ikumi
[AAaAAAH!!]

Yuna
That sorrow is only a fraction of what we've felt.

-End Battle-

=====2=====

Ikumi
っ...Uu...Ku...

Urara
っ...My arm got caught...

Sakuya
That looks like it hurts. I'll treat it later...

Ranka
We can't deal with her if she's lost all reasoning like this...

Ao
.....

Hikaru
This wasn't Ao-san's fault. What happened was bounda happen.

Juri
For sure.
This is because of the seeds that Union has sown.

Yuna
Curse yourselves for moving your pieces behind our backs.
Now that the evidence has been erased, we have no business here.
With that, goodbye.

Kanagi
You think you can just take your leave after saying a few words?

Momoko
Things are bad after this accident, but we can't let everything get even worse.

Rena
Rena also wants to settle this and listen to everyone's circumstances...

Felicia
But they're all fine just standin' over there!

Yachiyo
We've fallen into the last situation we'd ever want to be in.

Iroha
Everyone was supposed to join hands, but it became the exact opposite...

Tsuruno
Our last gamble ended up failing...

Iroha
Yeah...

Ikumi
.....

Hinano
Ikumi...?

Ikumi
I can hear something...!

Ui
Me too...

Juri
What crap are you talking about now...
Nee-san, we need to get the hell out of here. It's gonna get dangerous if we stick around.

Yuna
Yes, I know.
This is...!

Hikaru
A Kimochi barrier...
Then this thing's what they were hearin'...!

Ui
A Kimochi's voice...?

Hinano
Do you know what it's saying...?

Ikumi
Yeah...
.....
[I can't help but cry, I can't help but tremble. Everyone was together as one, but they have all disappeared, and I am left all alone.]

Ui
[I won't move until everyone gets here. I hide and hold my breath. Even after strangers shout out to me while searching about, clawing everywhere they go, I will not come out. I am all alone and not needed, anyway...]

Ikumi
[If you deny this, then bring everyone to the northeast where I wait.]

Ui
[If that is not possible, then I will not move from here unless I experience sorrow greater than I have ever known.]

Kimochi
∵ゥゥ＿ゥ―アァアアッ＿!!

Ui
I couldn't find this Kimochi
because it was looking for intense sorrow...?

Ikumi
.....

Hinano
Then, you're saying it appeared because it was drawn to Ikumi's sorrow...?

Ui
It might be...

Hikaru
Hikaru doesn't care much for your theories... This thing's magic is overwhelmin'...

Ao
To cause so much sadness, I had to do something I can't ever take back...?

Hikaru
Ahh damn! Ao-san, get it together!

Juri
Horse, you can't rely on Sister right now. You're hunting with Juri-sama here.

Ranka
Before we make our escape, I want to bring home a souvenir.

Juri
Read my mind.

Sakuya
But, if we attack it together with Union, we might be able to defeat it...
I'm breaking out in a terrible cold sweat...

Yuna
Either way Union is going to challenge us, so let's snatch it...

Mifuyu
Why did the Kimochi of sorrow have to have the strongest magic power?

Kanagi
Maybe this is the way we appear to live in Kamihama.

Mitama
You may not be wrong about that.

-In Battle-

Rena
No matter what...we can't let Promised Blood take it...!

Momoko
Kaede, can you make it...!?

Kaede
Yeah....sniffle...
We can't let them take the Kimochi stone...I feel so sorry for Ryou-chan...!

Iroha
Ikumi-san...

Ikumi
I'm sorry, Iroha-chan...
If we had just stopped Ryou-chan you could have kept the negotiations...
And...her life...

Iroha
Please don't apologize...
Instead, Ikumi-san, please be the one to defeat this Kimochi...!

Ikumi
Me...?

Iroha
Because this is what Midori-san called out with her life.

Ikumi
Yeah...okay...

-End Battle-

Kimochi
∵ヒッ＿ウゥ￣ァァ―アン!!

Hikaru
っ, guuu!
Gu...cough-...

Kimochi
∵グスッ＿フゥ―!!

Yuna
Hikaru!
That wound isn't too deep.

Hikaru
Even though the horse is the one that should be supportin' Yuna-san, Hikaru's too weak...

Yuna
No...this one's power is much greater than the others...

Mitama
Kanagi, I made some temporary adjustments!
Strike the Kimochi, then connect to Ikumi-san!

Kanagi
You're a savior, Yakumo.
My discipline is quite strict...
HaaAAH!

Kimochi
∵ァア―!?!?
∵ウァア＿―ッン！

Kanagi
Na, this is a surprise.
I was aiming for your soft side, but there's no reaction.

Momoko
Kanagi-san, we're gonna keep hittin' the same place as you!!

Kanagi
Togame? I'll leave it to you!

Momoko
Concentrate on its side and hit it!

Rena
You don't have to tell Rena!

Kaede
Please, fall dooown!

Kimochi
∵ヒッ＿ァ￣ァ…!?

Kaede
We did it...!
Ah...

Mifuyu
Do not give up! There is still a chance to connect!
I will let you dream a little!

Kaede
Mifuyu-san!

Kimochi
∵ゥゥ＿ウ…アゥ―

Mifuyu
No way... It recovered from the hallucination so quickly...!

Kimochi
∵グゥ＿ゥ￣ォォ―!!

Kaede
Mifuyu-san...!

Mifuyu
u...my apologies. All I could do was...shield you...

Momoko
Kuu...just that one attack was too much... Rena, are you okay...?

Rena
Crap... Rena's shoulder almost got dislocated...

Momoko
Seriously...?
Sorry, Yachiyo-san... We couldn't connect to Ikumi-san...!
It's pretty bad over here.

Kimochi
∵グッ＿ウウ―!!

Momoko
That was...!

Yachiyo
~ I'm sorry, Momoko. It went after me before I could get out of the way. ~

Felicia
~ Up 'til now these things were as strong as trash... ~

Sana
~ Promised Blood is also struggling... ~

Tsuruno
~ At this rate, gu...cough...are we going to be wiped out...? ~

Iroha
(We're being attacked by the sorrow of dead mahou shoujo that fill Kamihama...)
(We're still in the middle of trying to be free...)
(I have to keep fighting until the light of possibility goes out...)
[I will never give up!]
Eh...

=====3=====

Iroha
Eh...
This is...

Kimochi
∵ハッ￣アハッ―フフフッ!!

Iroha
It's you again...?
What's wrong? I'm not wasting my magic power this time...?
Ah, but, your companion...maybe it's because that Kimochi is being defeated...

Kimochi
∵いヒッ＿ふふッ？

Iroha
Yeah, it's frustrating... I feel so worthess...
I said I wanted to join hands, but this is the result,
so now I want Ikumi-san to defeat that Kimochi...

Kimochi
∵ひフフッ―￣ニッヒ…

Iroha
It's true that Midori-san and her group moved on their own, but...
But, that's just it. It's because all of my words and ideas
just don't hold any persuasion...
It's not that I keep Union together all on my own,
but if I could have just been stronger and had a better mindset...
っ...u...
Midori-san...you didn't...have to die...

Kimochi
∵アッハ￣うふふっ…

Iroha
Yeah, right... That's why I want to at least get it...
It's all that she left behind... So I have to get it...!
That Kimochi isn't trying to hurt Ikumi-san at all, right...?
But even then, we couldn't get her the chance she needed...

Kimochi
∵ふっ、アハッ―＿

Iroha
You're going to help me again?

Kimochi
∵イッヒ＿にフフッ―

Iroha
Thank you.
Your friend...if that Kimochi is okay with Ikumi-san,
then I will let her defeat it...

Ui
Onee-chan...? What's with this sudden change...

Sana
And that incredible magic power... What is going on...

Tsuruno
Could it be, her Kimochi...?

Yachiyo
She borrowed its power...?

Iroha
Yes, the Kimochi in my bracelet is lending me its power.
Now, I'm sure I won't be defeated by the Kimochi of sorrow.

-In Battle-

Yuna
Union's guard is down...
If Ranka and Sakuya attack the legs, can you knock the Kimochi off balance?
When it falls down, Juri and I can go over to the side that Union was focusing on.

Ranka
Okay, don't you miss, Track Club.

Sakuya
You're the one that'll be sorry for being too slow.

Juri
Aight then, Promised Blood. Let's hit it with an all-out attack?
Wha...

Iroha
I'll connect to Ikumi before Promised Blood!

Ikumi
Iroha-chan...!?

Iroha
I'll explain later! For now, get ready to follow-up!

Ikumi
Okay...!
(This sorrow is mine and mine alone... So, I will definitely finish it myself...)

-End Battle-

Ikumi
っ, huu... I got it...Ryou-chan...

Iroha
.....

Yuna
I never thought you could draw out the Kimochi's power in a fight...
...Now that all eight stones have been gathered, all that's left is fighting for them...

Hinano
That's it...?
Someone just died, and that's all you have to say...?

Juri
We don't need to hear it from someone that tried to trap us.
This is the end of the fight that you wanted.

Ikumi
.....

Kanagi
Miyako, I understand how you feel, but this isn't a fight where we can pass the blame...

Mitama
Kanagi, to say it like that...

Hinano
No, it's all right, Mitama. Kanagi is right...

Mifuyu
But, this is not how we wanted things to end up...

Iroha
We're going to have to move how Kyubey expected us to...

Tsuruno
We have to hurt each other, let our doppels out, and be guinea pigs to make food for the universe...

Yachiyo
But we will fight with everything we have to avoid a worst-case scenario.

Yuna
Then it's the same as us. We're not going to hold back as long as we're competing.

Ui
Then, we can only fight now...

Yuna
And now, I'm going to make it definitive for you.

Ui
Defin...itive...?

=====4=====

Yachiyo
But we will fight with everything we have to avoid a worst-case scenario.

Yuna
Then it's the same as us. We're not going to hold back as long as we're competing.

Ui
Then, we can only fight now...

Yuna
And now, I'm going to make it definitive for you.

Ui
Defin...itive...?

Yuna
As Nanami Yachiyo said, we don't want Kamihama to become united.
So to start, why don't I show you how we intend to thin out Union members,
since one has conveniently died alone anyway...?
Besides, it's about time for our preparations to be complete.

Felicia
What do you mean by thin out...? What are you plannin' on doing...!?

Tsuruno
You're going to show us...right now...?
Don't tell me, Sakuya-chan!

Sakuya
As I would expect from Yui-san. You already know since you're so smart.

Iroha
Tsuruno-chan, what did she mean?

Sana
What is Promised Blood going to do...?

Yachiyo
Rather, it's more what have they already done...

Tsuruno
Where all the mahou shoujo in Kamihama live and what they do every day...

Kanagi
That information is already available in the east, so that means you can assassinate us any time?

Mitama
They were doing something like that...

Iroha
Sakuya-san, you said you wouldn't let them kill anyone.

Sakuya
There's been a misunderstanding, Tamaki-san.
I only said I didn't want anyone killed that I know.
I don't recall ever mentioning anything about strangers.

Iroha
っ...

Kaede
We have to hurry and let everyone know, Iroha-chan!

Rena
That's right, don't just stand there, message everyone!

Momoko
If that would be enough to avoid this, we wouldn't even have to break the news...

Yuna
That's right.

Juri
So sorry, but Juri-sama's side is gonna be contacting everyone first.

Momoko
That smartphone...

Juri
One send button, and it's goodbye.
Even if you contact them all, some won't even notice.
Though, how many are even gonna survive such a quick attack?

Iroha
STOP IT!

Yuna
We were going to stop once the negotiations were over.

Juri
And sent.

---

Shizuku
Everyone is rushing to get to the prison...
Please, let me make it in time...
Ryou-san...!
Who...!?
This is...a barrier...? I thought I saw someone, but...

-In Battle-

Shizuku
Now that I can see it closely, it looks a little different from a witch's barrier...
It's like what I felt just now was a mahou shoujo's magic power...

-End Battle-

Iroha
A Kimochi's barrier...?

Yachiyo
But all of the stones have been collected. Could there be another Kimochi...?

Felicia
Then, you're sayin' that Kyubey was lyin'!?

Sana
He said there were exactly eight...

Tsuruno
But, I have a feeling that Kyubey wouldn't lie about that though...

Little Kyubey
Mokyuu...

Iroha
Little Kyubey?

Ui
I think I'm feeling what Little Kyubey is feeling...

Iroha
What are you feeling...?

Ui
Various reactions from Kimochi...
I can feel the magical power of every Kimochi in this barrier...

Yuna
.....
If what Tamaki Ui says is true, does this mean the Kimochi are coming out?

Ao
...Maybe something happened once we collected all eight.

Hikaru
Ao-san, you alright...?

Ao
I don't know...

Juri
Your mind's a mess, you gotta be tired.

Ui
Kyaa...!!

Momoko
These gems, are these the Kimochi stones...?

Rena
You mean collecting them all is seriously making them come back...?

＿―￣￣＿＿＿―＿
――＿￣＿＿￣￣―

Kaede
Fuyu...there's so many different voices blending together... It's creeping me out...

Mitama
Ui-chan, Little Kyubey, you understand what they're saying, right?

Kanagi
We wouldn't be able to understand what Little Kyubey is saying anyway.
Ui-kun, can you translate?

Ui
Y-yeah...
Hey, all of you Kimochi! Calm down!
If you just tell me what to say, I'll tell everyone!

…＿――――￣￣￣＿

Ui
Yeah...take your time...
.....

＿＿＿￣￣￣―――＿＿…

Ui
[Just like how you mahou shoujo defeat the Kimochi to have us accompany you, we Kimochi also choose our mahou shoujo and decide who accompany us.]
[However, now you mahou shoujo are grouped together by purpose, and not as individuals. Furthermore, until now you had been searching for us, but we have forseen that there would be conflict.]
[Therefore, in order to determine who we accept, we have narrowed down and chosen those who will join the contest.]
[Those who are present now, and the mahou shoujo that will hear us elsewhere may continue to fight. We will judge and choose who will be admitted based on the results.]
[If those who our rules do not apply to try to fight or take actions against this matter, we will take measures to separate them into another barrier.]

Ui
It waits for our return. It is also where we want to return to.
This is Eve's judgement...
They're gone...

Yachiyo
You mean they were balancing out our capabilities...?

Tsuruno
Now I really feel like we're being toyed with, but I think we might be saved now.

Yuna
...You...are really lucky.

Juri
Just as we got all of that set up, and I get contacted that everyone's been swallowed by that barrier.

Ranka
Seriously, what was the point of us wasting all that time transferring schools...?

Sakuya
All of that preparation just for our killing move to backfire. What a waste of effort and money.

Iroha
Everyone is safe...

Juri
How sickening...

Yuna
Second sister, calm yourself...
The first thing we must do is find out who was chosen.

Juri
...So we're done today?

Sakuya
Then, I will take Hikaru and the third sister to the traveling adjuster
so we can heal any injuries we can.

Ikumi
Wait...!

Ao
っ...

Kanagi
You can't...Makino-kun...

Juri
Lemme tell you how this works.

Ikumi
.....

Juri
If you go down that path, you're gonna find yourself like her sooner than ya think.
Juri-sama's mahou shoujo ride the thin line between life and death.

Ikumi
That's because you're from Futatsugi... You can't die...so easily...!

Ranka
It's only natural for friends to become enemies in Futatsugi...
If you don't come at me with the intent to kill, then I'll kill you.

-Flashback-

Ranka
If possible, it would be safer to work together with other mahou shoujo...

Momoko
In that case, if you ever find yourself in trouble, give us a call.
We'll help ya.

Ranka
You're a lifesaver.

Rena
Ah, why don't you come join "Kamihama Magia Union," Ranka?

-End Flashback-

Rena
.....

=====5=====

Mifuyu
It seems that Promised Blood has completely withdrawn...

Hinano
Choosing who gets to fight, huh...
Wonder if the results would've been different had we gotten here earlier...

Ikumi
No, Ryou-chan is so kind that she would have been chosen for sticking her neck out anyways.
I don't think anything would have changed. Don't you think so too, Mifuyu-san?

Mifuyu
That's right.
When she was a part of the Wings of Magius, she was quite the radical,
but she also helped Ikumi-san and Shizuku-san escape...

Ikumi
Yeah, that was how she was.
Sniffle...Kanagi-san...

Kanagi
Mm, I understand what you want to say.

Ikumi
Ryou-chan...was a child of the east...so please take care of her...

Kanagi
I will... It's been a long time since I've had to perform my duty...

Iroha
.....

Ui
.....

Kanagi
Tamaki?

Iroha
It would be a pity to have her go home with injuries, so...

Ui
Yeah...

Felicia
Hu, uu...

Sana
Felicia-san...

Felicia
I don't get it, but...she just died all of a sudden...
I...couldn't save her in time... I feel...terrible...

Sana
Yeah...sob...

Tsuruno
.....

Yachiyo
It's been some time since we've had to do this...

Momoko
I can't ever get used to it...

Mitama
Yachiyo-san.

Yachiyo
It's about time to take Midori-san back, right?

Mitama
Yes, but before that, there's something I didn't tell you before...
I was going to tell you the last time you came to the adjuster shop, but...

Yachiyo
It's something serious?

Mitama
If we're not careful...

Yachiyo
Let's hear it.

Mitama
Recently, rumors have been spreading in the east that could divide the west and east again...

Yachiyo
How so...?

Mitama
First, the reason we couldn't find Promised Blood's base
is because there's talks that the mahou shoujo of the east are colluding.

Yachiyo
If you compared it to our current situation, you'd know that is a lie, though...

Mitama
But, there's now talks that a mahou shoujo from the west is the one spreading these rumors.

Yachiyo
Eh...?

Mitama
There's a rumor that the west is looking down on the east, and trying to take over the entirety of Kamihama.

Momoko
Sorry to butt in, but that to be some other group.

Tsuruno
Yeah, I think so too. The source of these rumors can't be from a Kamihama girl.

Mitama
Yes...I didn't think so either, so that's why I never brought it up.

Momoko
So you're thinkin' it's different now...?

Yachiyo
Well...the situation has certainly changed...

Tsuruno
Because Ryou-chan is...

Mitama
Until now, Kanagi has been secretly putting out fires,
but if one person dies, the whole situation may change.

Yachiyo
っ, a negative chain reaction... We do need to be careful, then...

Iroha
.....Ah.
I need to contact Shizuka-chan's group and let them know we don't need them here anymore...
...sniffle.

---

-Puella Care Adjuster Shop-

Chiharu
[Uu, AaAAH...]

Sunao
[Charu, you're going to be okay...! Your arm has been attached...!]

Chiharu
[Hu, ku, huu...!]

Shizuka
Even if you're a diviner, she won't be back to how she was!
Recovering consumes magic power, so add the soul of an evil spirit!

Livia
Are you tryin'a say grief seed!?
If that's what ya mean, then give her all ya want!
The effects of lettin' out doppels has already been proven by Hiiragi Nemu!
Honestly, I just finished all my business, and this mess happens...

Yozuru
Sudachi, adjust the remaining people outside that have minor injuries.

Sudachi
Humunmu!

Chiharu
Shizuka...chan...

Shizuka
You're okay, Charu.
When I found you in the village, you were falling apart, weren't you?
You're still recovering, so you'll have to endure it overnight.

Asahi
If you want to, it's possible for mahou shoujo to block out the pain.

Chiharu
Gu, it's...fine...

Livia
Sunao-chan, come replace the gauze.

Sunao
O-okay...! This is going to hurt, Charu...!

Chiharu
っ...!

[*Ring♪*]

Sunao
Shizuka, you've been getting messages for some time now.

Shizuka
But, at a time when Charu's like this...

Sunao
It may be something important. Besides, Livia-san is here too...

Shizuka
Okay...
.....
It can't be...

Sunao
What's wrong...?

Shizuka
Union's Midori Ryou...was killed by Promised Blood...

Sunao
Eh...

Livia
.....

Chiharu
Sorry...it's because of me...that we couldn't go help, so...

Shizuka
Don't be sorry, Chiharu. This was something that couldn't be helped...

Asahi
Honestly, even if they had asked us to help, it would've been impossible given the circumstances.

Chiharu
I should...have gone...

Asahi
With Chiharu-dono being severely injured and in this state, if you had chosen to go to Union...
You would have lost all trust with the head family, even if you're with the branch family...

Chiharu
But...

Shizuka
It's all right.
I made the decision in the village that I would put Tokime first in my mind.
Besides, we haven't been going forward with dissolving our alliance with Union...
So now was a good opportunity...

Sunao
Shizuka...

Shizuka
So even if we were able to go at that time, it was better that we did not.

=====6=====

-Flashback (Container Terminal)-

Shizuka
I would like to go aid Union,
so if you have business with me, make it quick.

Himena
It'll only take a second.

Shizuka
You mean right away? Then I don't mind a little.

Himena
Thankies★

Shizuka
(Thankies...?)
So, what's your story?

Himena
How about Neo Magius and the Tokime clan come join forces together?
This cutie thinks Tokime is in a similar one chance situation as us.

Shizuka
I don't know how you came to that conclusion,
but no mahou shoujo other than Tokime carry our pride.

Himena
It's not about pride, it's about the bf's way of thinking.

Shizuka
Way of thinking...?

Himena
Tokime's people think mahou shoujo are special, right?
It's the same as us cuties. We believe we're better than people.
Doesn't that make loads of sense?

Shizuka
...If that is true,
are you willing to protect others using that great power?

Himena
Mm? What do you mean protect?
Us cuties hold on to the ideal of mahou shoujo supremacy.
We just want everyone to admit that mahou shoujo are superior
and be able to exist without anyone objecting to us.

Shizuka
Then I don't want to talk...

Himena
Is that so? I was thinking you could be my memb.

Shizuka
The reason you want the stones is to rule over people, then...?

Himena
It's to fulfill our cuties' wishes and not lose everything★

Shizuka
I'm sorry...that just sounds completely childish to me.
Besides, the Tokime clan can't side with such a selfish goal.
What is the meaning of all of this anyway...?

Himena
In this cutie's case, I want to protect my love for my boyfriend,
and I don't my bf to be made a fool of.

Shizuka
Boyfriend...?

Himena
My sweetheart.

Shizuka
...The issue with the diviners and the Kimochi stones is a much greater story.
And just why is it difficult for you to fall in love with your boyfriend...?

Himena
It's because he's only here.

Shizuka
Here?

Himena
In this cutie's head.

Shizuka
Do you take me for an idiot...?
Don't jest with me, I don't have time to waste.
Everyone, we're going.

Himena
It's because of people saying things like this that I need to get to the top...
Hey, if us cuties are going to enjoy our love together, we're going to have obstacles in our way after all...
Besides, the Tokime clan ended up being no good, so we have no choice but to steal...

Shizuka
What...?

Shigure
Princess, what are you going to do...?

Hagumu
Um, maybe, she meant we're fighting the Tokime clan here...?

Himena
If we can't come to an understanding, then really, what can ya do about it.
Back to the original plan. 'Kay, Sasha.

Alexandra
Now that most of the stones are gathered, there's no choice but to contest.
Uhuhu♪

Shizuka
っ...

Sunao
There will be no negotations, we can't ever come to understand that ideology.

Chiharu
People ruling over others is just pure arrogance.

Shigure
You're wrong, we're better than people...!

Alexandra
This is why we need to take control♪

Himena
It's because everyone doesn't understand
what to laugh at, and what not to laugh at.

Shizuka
My head is spinning...
We don't have time to deal with you, let's go!

Sunao
They're all Neo Magius...?

Chiharu
But it was said they were defeated and disbanded...!

Himena
If they disband, all you have to do is gather them up again.
Kyaha★

Shizuka
We're surrounded...

Himena
The leader will be too much trouble, so catch the small one.

Chiharu
Uo!

???
So, Princess wants this bracelet, right?

???
San-sama, San-sama, what are you going to do with her?

???
We have no choice but to kill her or take her arm off to get it, right?

???
Ahh, how cruel!
Miyu is...Miyu is...so nervous, it's unbearable.

-In Battle-

Shizuka
っ, another new trick...!?

Asahi
Compared to the old feathers, they seem capable.

???
That is that is, only natural!
This person here's a former educator of feathers from Fendthope:
Instructor "Kagura San (神楽燦)"...!

Chiharu
We don't need the self-introduction!
I'm not someone who can be taken down so easily either!

???
HeeEEee...!

[*Shatter*]

San
And she is "Yukari Miyuri (遊狩ミユリ)."
She gets extremely nervous quite easily, and when she loses consciousness, she becomes my doll.
My right-hand woman, if you will.

Miyuri
.....

-End Battle-

Chiharu
I've been completely separated from Shizuka-chan and everyone...

Miyuri
.....

Chiharu
Those roller blades aren't just for moving fast...
They're a weapon too...!

Shizuka
Ku, let me get to Charu!

Himena
Kyaha★
Don't think you're going to be able to diss this cutie's bf.

Shizuka
っ, Sunao!

Sunao
I'm sorry, Shizuka! There's too many on me here too!

Tokime Girl
SUNAO-SAN, WE'LL HOLD THE GROUND HERE!

Neo Magius Girl
っ...

Sunao
Everyone, thank you so much!

Alexandra
Uhuhu♪
Then I will let the timbre of my playing calm you down♪

Shizuka
Our fighting spirit will not falter. We will endure, Tokime clan!!

Chiharu
Gu...Uu...

Miyuri
.....

Sunao
I'll be over there right away! Just hold on a little longer!
――っ!?

San
Until Miyu steals that bracelet, I'll be your opponent.

Asahi
No, I will be your opponent here.

San
A bayonet against my gatling gun, is it.
I'm being underestimated.

Asahi
A barrage of bullets isn't enough to stop someone like me.
I'm used to close quarters hunting, letting my prey die in a bloodbath.

San
In that case, I'll fill you full of holes, Bayonet-chan.
However, it looks like it's already the end for Jutte-chan over there. ¹

Asahi
――っ!?

San
Miyu!

Chiharu
Gu...

San's Voice
RUN OVER HER ARM!

Miyuri
Yes, with pleasure.

Sunao
CHARU!

Chiharu
[AaaAAAAAH!!]

-End Flashback-
-Puella Care Adjuster Shop-

Shizuka
(The responsibility falls on me, I underestimated them because they were Neo Magius...)
(We had to give up the stone we just acquired...)

-Flashback-

Himena
Well, consider this our greeting.
It seems the Kimochi of fear is better off with this cutie, kyaha★
Let's chat again sometime.
You and this little cutie are going to become the bestest of friends.

-End Flashback-

Shizuka
Don't you jest with me...

Yuna
You are...Tokime...

Juri
What, did those Neo Magius do somethin' real nasty to ya...?

Shizuka
.....

Juri
You're serious, you really were against them...

Shizuka
.....
The monsters have begun to raise their own monsters...

=====7=====

-Sakura Rumor Area-

Kagome
.....

Sakurako's Voice
| Kagome should go home, too. Touka and Nemu are not here. |

Kagome
But, Sakurako-chan, you don't look okay...

Sakurako
| Ryou was able to properly leave a mark of her existence behind, so it's okay... |
| I will never forget her... |
| It's strange...even though she is not one of the four...I still feel like this... |

Kagome
Maybe it's because Ryou-chan and others helped raise you.

Sakurako
| Yes... |
| Is Kagome okay? |

Kagome
No, I'm not okay...
I thought I "understood" that mahou shoujo fighting was dangerous...
Now that I've experienced this danger more closely, I feel like I'm so naive...
I regret it so much...
And you know, now that I think about it, I've made such a fool of myself...
I thought this would be so simple, and I've written such fluffy entries
that never built up to anything special, that I feel like I'm no closer to understanding life...

Sakurako
| There is a saying that being aware of oneself is good, right? |

Kagome
Yeah...
But I... I can't stand myself for what I felt after Ryou-san died...hate myself...

Kagome's Diary
As I put all the things I heard together one by one, looking back on it all is finally bringing me to tears as I write this.
It was a chaotic night where many mahou shoujo's feelings became mixed together...
While looking over my unorganized feelings, I'm in deep reflection about how poorly I've written up until now.
I never intended to play around. I think I've just been a child that never truly understood the reality of being a mahou shoujo.
As I've become aware of this, I feel like everything, from my head to deep within my chest, my very core, has stabilized.
With this realization, my vision has become a little more clear. With new awareness, my mind has become bright and clear.
But, I'm not the only one that has changed. Now that the Kimochi stones are gathered, I think Iroha-san and her friends have changed a lot as well.

-Mikazuki Manor (Outside)-

Iroha
We're home...

Tsuruno
Is it okay if I stay with you today...? I don't want to leave...

Sana
I understand...what it's like to be afraid of being separated from someone...

Felicia
What the hell is this...

Iroha
It feels strange, doesn't it...
Someone was just hurt, someone that we all loved.

Yachiyo
This is...

Tsuruno
Some mail?

Yachiyo
...A declaration of war from Neo Magius...
They know where Mikazuki Manor is, so they can attack us any time...

Tsuruno
And after what Ooba Juri said, we won't be able to sleep peacefully...

Touka
I thought something like this would happen, so I made preparations.

Nemu
It's less preparations, and more using what we have.

Ui
Touka-chan, Nemu-chan.

Nemu
We heard the situation, so we understand.

Touka
However, instead of going on and on about regrets, right now we need to secure the base.

Nemu
As long as the other groups haven't secured it first.

Yachiyo
But, your preparation...

Touka
Don't underestimate the world-class Satomi Group, okay.

---

-Satomi Shelter-

Iroha
Was there always a hideout like this around here...?

Felicia
Crazy, this is like a movie...

Tsuruno
This facility doesn't happen to be just for mahou shoujo, right...?

Touka
It's a hideout in case you need to hide in an emergency.
So if there's ever a time you're in danger, you hide in this shelter.

Tsuruno
Huoo, I knew it...

Touka
The Satomi Group and other important people prepared it for hiding away.
It was also designed for therapy, so there's a medical room, too.
There's even a supercomputer that manages the facility,
so it's possible for me to transfer my system here.

Nemu
And there's above-ground homes built for living in,
so there shouldn't be any particular inconvenience here.

Sana
But, is it okay to use it without permission...?

Yachiyo
There's a public expense, I'm assuming...?

Touka
Papa-sama will take care of it, so it's fiiine!

Iroha
Hmm, I'm worried about this...

Ui
He won't get angry?

Touka
But, with the way things are heading, Mikazuki Manor will be burned down, riiight?

Yachiyo
We can't solve problems without some sacrifice... We can't bring a life back...
I don't care if he gets angry and we're in the news,
but I would definitely lose my job, though...

Felicia
Eh, what do we do 'bout food...

Touka
Also, I'm going to be doing an experiment with Satori Kagome here.

Tsuruno
Something about spreading the word about mahou shoujo, right?

Touka
Right, this is also connected to the radio telescope, so we can do eeeverything from here.

Nemu
Also, we're going to need to get help from Touka's cousin.

Touka
Because Oji-sama's way with words is going to be one of the keys to this, nyaa...
It's hard for me to talk to Nayuta, but...
[Since we weren't able to join hands using our lives, eliminating the grief of all mahou shoujo across the world will become the best option for us to atone.]

[*Hoooooonk...*]



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¹ Jutte(十手): Chiharu's weapon. Shoutouts to pastebin for not letting me link to wikipedia anymore.

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