"Maybe later." You say, brushing aside Mami's request that you transform back. "Right now we're being followed."
Madoka and Sayaka stiffen at your announcement while Mami just frowns. "Are you sure?" She asks. "I can't sense any other Magical Girls and I've never heard of a Witch following someone. Usually they make victims come to them."
What in the world is Witch? Yet another question for later. "It's possible that whoever's following in us doesn't have magic."
Mami's cheeks turn red. "Right, of course. It's also possible they might be hiding their magic if it is a magical girl."
"W-what are we going to do?" Madoka asks, clearly anxious.
"Mami, your strength is enhanced while transformed, correct?" You don't actually know if this is true at all but it seems like a safe guess.
"Yes." Mami nods. "You have an idea?"
"You and I will carry Madoka and Sayaka across the rooftops to your home. If the follower is a mundane then they won't be able to follow. If they do have magic then they will have to reveal themselves to keep up." You explain.
"I don't know-" Mami starts to protest but is cut off by Sayaka.
"That's a great idea! I like this plan and I'm excited to be a part of it! Right Madoka?" Sayaka says with a smile.
Madoka's more hesitant. "Well… If Miss Tomoe thinks it's a good idea I guess?"
Mami thinks about it for a moment. "I suppose we can try it. Just be sure not to drop anyone." She tells you.
"Good." You walk over to Madoka and pick her up. She makes a small "eep" sound when you do so. "Transform and meet me on the roof." You say before making the leap to the top of the nearest building, surprising Madoka and eliciting a scream. There's a flash of light in the street and seconds later Mami is standing beside you with Sayaka in her arms. Sayaka seems slightly unhappy for some reason.
You begin leaping from roof to roof, following Mami's lead. Madoka holds onto you tightly in the beginning, burying her face in your chest but eventually she opens her eyes and looks around. A look of wonder graces her face as the wind makes her hair dance and play and you find yourself smiling. You make good progress but you note that you, or rather Mami as she's the one setting the pace, aren't traveling at the speeds you know you're capable of. Either Mami doesn't want to make Madoka and Sayaka uncomfortable by going to fast or she's simply slower than you.
Eventually you land on a roof and Mami doesn't immediately jump to the next. Instead she declares you've reached your destination and sets Sayaka on her feet. You can't sense any magic besides Mami's and your instincts are no longer telling you that someone's watching you so you follow suit, gently lowering Madoka so she can stand on the roof on her own. Mami changes back to her mundane state and guides your group down a stairwell. As you walk the two non-magical girls of the group try and straighten out their hair, with Sayaka complaining that Mami's hair is still perfect and that magic is bullshit. You pull a lock of your own hair down in front of your eyes and examine it. Hair can't be that important, right? I mean, its just hair.
When you reach the door to Mami's apartment she unlocks the door and invites the three you inside. It's about this time that you realize that you really have no idea what you're doing. So while Madoka and Sayaka settle in at the small table in the center room, make small talk and generally act like normal people capable of social activity you lean up against one of Mami's wall and feel increasingly awkward. It's a novel experience. You don't think you've ever had the opportunity to feel awkward before. One of the requirements is other people.
"Mister Tatsuya? Aren't you going to sit down?" Mami asks you.
Guess you have no choice now. "Right" You grunt and push yourself off of your leaning wall. You miss it already. You were safe there.
You sit down at the table and Mami hands you some cake. "Thanks." Despite the mystifying situation you've found yourself in you still know some things and one of those things is that when some you gives you free food, you eat it. Well, actually no one's ever given you food before, at least not since you left the Devil's false world, but still. You use the metal implement like the others are doing to break off a piece of cake and put it in your mouth.
You can't begin to describe what you taste. You wouldn't know where to start. Words fail you. This cake is the best tasting food ever. Of all time. You never even imagined that something could taste so good. You set the metal thing down so you don't drop it as the sweetness overwhelms you.
"Mister Tatsuya? Is there something wrong with you cake?" Mami asks, pulling you out of your taste trance. She looks concerned.
You shake your head. "No. It's perfect. I'm just unused to sweets is all."
Mami smiles at that and puts down her own metal thing. She's finished her cake and so are the others. She shifts her posture slightly and she seems more… in charge you guess you'd call it. "Well, I think it's time we get down to business." She says before beginning her explanation.
Apparently the false world you where you found Madoka and the others is called a Barrier and the creatures within are called Familiars. Barriers and Familiars are created by Witches, creatures that survive on the negative emotions of humanity. Their presence causes increases in things like suicides or violent crime. Witches are hunted by Magical Girls, girls that have made a contract with Kyubey. In exchange for one wish for anything they want they are granted magical powers so that they can hunt and kill Witches. A Soul Gem, the yellow jewel that Mami uses to transform, is created during the wish and supposedly represents that contract. That's the basics of it.
When Mami finishes her explanation Kyubey speaks up, surprising you. You'd forgotten that he was there. "That's why I called out to you." He tells Madoka and Sayaka. "I want you to enter into a contract with me and become magical girls!"
"Wow. So we can wish for anything we want? What if I wanted all the money in the world? Oh, or eternal youth? What about world peace?" Sayaka asks. She closes her eyes and you guess she's imagining all the things she could wish for.
"Yes you could." Mami answers. "However, you should take the time to think about your wish. It's very important that whatever you wish for, it's something you truly want from the bottom of your heart. After all you only get one so you don't want to waste it."
Both Sayaka and Madoka nod solemnly. No one talks for a moment but then Madoka looks up from the table and at you." Oh, but what about you Mister Tatsuya?"
"Yes." Kyubey says. "I don't recall ever making a contract with you and you're magic, while similar to that of a Magical Girl's, isn't typical."
You don't answer right away. Instead you think of exactly what you should and shouldn't be telling these girls.
[] Tell them…
-[] That you're from the future.
-[] That your Madoka's brother.
-[] That you made a deal for power.
-[] That you're hunting the Devil.
-[] That you can't remember.
-[] Something else? (Write in)
Feel free to pick multiple options.
This is completely unrelated but does anyone know if Homura can be a boy's name as well as a girl's?
