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Kyousuke

2015-04-24T20:32:26Z

Crys: Redirected page to Kyosuke Kamijou

#redirect [[Kyosuke Kamijou]]

Kyosuke Kamijou

2015-04-24T20:30:44Z

Crys: added Neco profile

<blockquote>''"Orders received and understood, Miss Matsuda. I'll have my squad spread out and prepare for a quick takedown response. This is our specialty, at least."''</blockquote>
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| imagecaption = Kyosuke Kamijou
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| aka = Prettyboy
| appearance = [[Thread 109]]
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| occupation = Security
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}}

==Character Summary==

===Physical Description===
*Kyosuke is a muscular young man.
*He wears a black leather glove on his right hand while the left is bare.

===Personality===
*Kyosuke is honest and working hard on being professional.
*He is nervous in the presence of magical girls.
*Near his colleagues, Kyosuke speaks in a rough manner. Away from them, he is more polite and refined.

==Character History==
Kyosuke is a childhood friend of Kyoko Sakura, who used to tease him about being small and weak. When he complained about how his violin practice was boring, she suggested he tries something different. He went abroad with his family soon after. Kyosuke picked up metal at some point, taking on the identity of Johannes Krauser II before eventually retiring and becoming a professional security guard.

===Kirishima===
Kyosuke leads a group of security guards hired for Ruri Kirishima's safety. While they work well against mundane threats, they are not well suited to counter magical girls and thus fail to stop a group of Yakuza backed by the Tenth from entering the hotel their client resides in. Chiaki, who leads the magical girls hired for additional security, takes command of his group when she learns about the incident.

The next day, while preparations for Ruri's concert are made in Mitakihara stadium, Kyosuke has a nervous conversation with Chiaki where she inquires about his career choice and relationship with Sayaka.

Shortly after, he tries to ambush the magical girl to steal a part from her costume for the so called Sparkles Award, a tradition when mundane security works with magical girls to try and boost morale. Chiaki inquires about the last person who pulled it off and promises to give him a different opportunity to win this award at a later time.

When Kyoko visits the site to deliver some items, she has a short conversation with Kyosuke and punches him. He uses this opportunity to secretly snatch a piece of her clothes, according to Chiaki's idea.

At night another squad of magical girls arrive at the hotel to increase security due to the Tenth's involvement during the day. The next morning, Chiaki calls for a final security meeting before the concert where she arranges for emergency extraction plans and warns everyone about possible magical, golden weapons.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Kyosuke serves as one of Ruri Kirishima's security guards and leader of his squad. He first stands watch at the hotel entrance with a group of his men and prevents Chiaki from entering, oblivious of the fact that she is a hired magical girl guard.

His group tries to prevent a group of Yakuza from getting into the hotel, but is affected by magic and completely blanked out until the intruders leave the building again. Soon after, Ruri's assistant Noriko calls him up on orders of Warmaster Matsuda. He first checks the security camera footage, only to realize it has been compromised. He desperately tries to recover any material, but finds nothing.

Up in Ruri's suite, he is interrogated by the Warmaster, intimidated by stories of her shooting kneecaps out, as well as Sayaka's presence. He reports how the Yakuza got in, explaining that their leader held up a card similar to those of children's card games, which seemed to burn with a green light and made his whole squad blank out.

He also explains about the security camera and apologizes on behalf of his men, offering himself up to take the punishment for them. Chiaki admits that they could not have done anything about magic and instructs him to divide his men in small teams to patrol the area, place new cameras and to give her a headset on their communication frequency.

Before he leaves, Chiaki asks for his name. He introduces himself and leaves to put her orders into action. Outside the room, he quickly dashes off, bumping into Noriko an the way. Before leaving the hotel, Sayaka drags him behind a wall where they have a hushed conversation.

Later during the day, Kyosuke serves as Ruri's driver, taking the idol and her companions to their appointments in an armored Hummer. In Mitakihara stadium, his men secure the perimeter while Kyosuke remains in the main area, catching glances of Chiaki every now and then, contemplating how to talk to her.

After a while the magical girl waves at him and he nervously sits down a few seats away in uncomfortable silence. When Chiaki finally breaks the silence, he apologizes for staring and hands her a headset, explaining that they had a new one delivered from their headquarters since a lady should not have to use one of their used ones.

Chiaki inquires about his stares again, and Kyosuke explains that he never worked on a high profile security mission before and never met a magical girl, thinking his comrades were fooling around with the new guy when they insisted they exist.

Chiaki asks how Kyosuke got into this business, curious due to his refined speech. He explains that he used to undergo formal training as a violinist, but many things happened and it did not work out in the end. While he was looking for a different line of work, a friend got him into his agency and after two tries, he managed to qualify and barely made it through basic training. Afterwards, work was relatively easy.

Noticing how Kyosuke frequently looks at Sayaka, she wonders if there is something between them. He refuses to delve into the matter, but is glad to hear that Sayaka has good friends after Chiaki jokes about the two of them not trying to kill each other for a while. He assures that his ties with Sayaka will not complicate the mission in any way before moving out to join his men on their patrols.

When he notices Chiaki climbing up to the maintenance areas while talking on the phone, Kyosuke sneaks up on her. He unsheathes his combat knife and tries to attack, but is easily repelled, thrown down and pinned to the ground with a gun on his forehead.

Struggling to keep his composure, he apologizes and wants to explain himself. Under the pressure of her gun, he tells Chiaki that there is a tradition of the team leader trying to get a souvenir from any magical girl they work with, like a scrap of clothes from her uniform. He tried to take a part of her back ribbons as the tradition also calls for a knife to be used without the magical girl noticing.

He admits that the tradition is stupid, but also feels that this game is needed to make it so that the men don't feel obsolete among the superior strength of magical girls. As one of the few remaining regular security agencies, Kyosuke wanted to give his men this morale boost.

After Chiaki gets off and pulls him up with his tie, Kyosuke explains that only a few ever managed to accomplish the feat and that those who do get a huge payment raise and better equipment. On the magical girl's request, he contacts HQ to inquire about the last one to succeed. A now retired man going by Ol' Jack or Big Boss managed to get a bead from the Sixth Warmaster's necklace while they were hunting each other in a jungle by ambushing her in her after meal sleep.

Kyosuke apologizes again for ambushing her, admitting that he is way out of his league. Chiaki tells him that she has an idea for him to still get the Sparkles Award, but will tell him about it later. He accompanies her back to the stage where Sayaka threateningly shouts at him to get the cars ready, sending the young guard off in a hurry.

A bit later Kyoko and another girl arrive at the stadium and Kyosuke contacts Chiaki to ask if he should let them in right away. She confirms, reminding him about their earlier conversation, to which he replies with the hope of not getting set on fire by Kyoko again. He lets the pair of magical girls in and chats with Kyoko for a while until she hits his arm with a hard punch, laughing all the while.

Kyoko hands a bag to Chiaki and a heavy suitcase to Kyosuke, who wonders if it contains a high caliber rifle. Before leaving, she tells him not to slack off and punches his guts. Iori starts to scold Kyoko, but Kyosuke tells her that he is okay, surprisingly still standing, and that the punches are just an in-joke between them. The Eversor compliments his endurance, pats his shoulder hard and leaves with her partner.

Recovering from the blow, Kyosuke reassures the concerned idol that there is nothing behind Kyoko's punches and shows a drawstring to Chiaki, a piece of the Eversor's clothes. She compliments him on snatching it away without being noticed and assures that she will back him in case his agency does not believe he stole it from a magical girl. She takes the suitcase to get it to Sayaka herself and Kyosuke, suddenly feeling sick from the punch to his guts, excuses himself and runs off.

Back at the hotel, Kyosuke and his men check the building for any intruders before Ruri returns to her suite. Some time later, he informs Chiaki that a group of six girls has arrived, a Vindicare squad and the Callidus Rank Leader Enishi Karasawa. He asks how to proceed and is told to direct them to the penthouse, but to switch the location of Ruri's room with that of Sayaka.

The next morning, Kyosuke gives his men a bright briefing, everyone being in high spirits due to their leader claiming the Sparkles Award. After lunch time, Chiaki calls for a final security meeting and gathers everyone in Ruri's suite. Kyosuke and his men will drive them to the concert and back on cleared routes, guard the entry and exit points of the stadium and keep watch over Ruri at all times.

Kyosuke asks about Chiaki's plan for emergency extractions, and Enishi mentions that they usually have a Callidus assume the appearance of the principal to lure hostiles away, offering herself for the role when needed. Chiaki adds that she should also disguise her and Sayaka since they are easily recognizable and would give the real Ruri away. Enishi compliments the plan and Kyosuke assures that his men would be able to pin hostiles down long enough for the extraction to complete.

Chiaki adds that if anyone notices a golden weapon, they are to inform her immediately and refrain from engaging or picking it up. Kyosuke compares it with the make of Chiaki's desert eagle and asks for details, but Sayaka tells him that he doesn't need to know about magical girl things. The meeting concludes and Kyosuke leaves to give his men an update.</spoiler>

===Concert===
On the way to the stadium, a corpse appears in front of the group's convoy. Enishi convinces Chiaki to delegate investigations, and a few of Kyosuke's men secure the area while the rest moves on.
At the concert, Kyosuke informs Chiaki that the Yakuza from the day before are in the stadium and sends his best man to spy on them at the magical girl's request.

In the opening number of the concert, Kyosuke in the costume of Johannes Krauser II and the S-idol Mappi perform a death metal song where he is lit on fire. After the performance, he returns to guard duty.

When a group of hostile magical girls appear and demand a duel with Chiaki, Kyosuke and his men work with Chiaki's squad to apprehend any potential suicide bombers while the Warmaster takes care of the leader.

After the concert, and in the following morning, Kyosuke and his men continue guarding Ruri's hotel and the airport until the idol leaves the country without further incident.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">The group moves to the stadium in a convoy of four cars and two heavily armored APCs. The vehicles are decorated with Ruri decals, a demand from her producer, and the idol has Noriko take photos of her in front of them even though she admits the paintjob to be excessive. Ruri, Sayaka, Chiaki, Noriko and Enishi get into one car for the ride.

On the way to the stadium, something suddenly appears in the middle of the road. The convoy stops as they discover the headless body of what seems to be a magical girl. Enishi orders them to secure the body and has a few men keep watch until Officio personnel arrives to take care of investigations.

Nothing happens the rest of the way and the convoy arrives at the stadium where the security detail accompanies Ruri and the magical girl escorts inside before taking up guard positions throughout the area.

Later in the backstage area, he delivers the report of his swipe to Chiaki, who does not recognize him in his death metal outfit, complete with heavy makeup and wig. He explains to the startled Warmaster that the concert management decided to insert Johannes Krauser II and needed somebody built enough for the costume who could also play guitar. Since, coincidentally, Kyosuke could do both, he filled in.

He assures that he will change back into his uniform as soon as the opening number is over and that he is taking his job serious, despite his current look. He then reports that the area is clear, but Mine Yoshitaka and his personal guards, alongside a group of recording company executives, are in the stadium. Since he had tickets and the stadium owner insisted, they could not deny him.

Chiaki tells him to have one of his men spy on Yoshitaka, one that will not be bribed. Kyosuke points out that he trusts all of his men, but promises to send the best. The Warmaster also appoints a member of squad Hiryu to keep an eye on both Kyosuke's man and the Yakuza with the explicit order to take Yoshitaka out if he tries anything suspicious.

Before Kyosuke can object to the excessive measures, a wild looking idol approaches and talks to him. They exchange a few words in German before Kyosuke runs off, eager to get away from the S-idol Mappi.

During the opening number, Kyosuke and Mappi perform a death metal song in front of the raving audience, complete with extensive pyrotechnics, screaming and growling, shredding the guitar with his mouth and the legendary “Eleven Rapes A Second”. Near the end of the performance Kyosuke is even lit on fire while thrashing his instrument.

After his performance, Kyosuke gets back to his security duties. On the radio, he listens to the conversation between the Warmaster and the intruder Lucius, who demands to face Chiaki in single combat on the baseball field for all the world to see if she wants her subordinate's soul gem back. Lucius also threatens to have her subordinates self destruct their soul gems to kill the audience with their witch explosions if Chiaki refuses or tries to evacuate the stadium.

Chiaki orders Enishi and Squad Hiryu to stand down until she engages Lucius and from then on to coordinate with the security detail to keep watch for any suspicious magical girl activity and to take anyone about to transform or to self-destruct out with as little involvement of the audience as possible, but any measure of violence necessary.

During Chiaki's fight with Lucius, Kyosuke's team and Squad Hiryu apprehend all suicide bombers. As Chiaki makes her way off of the field, badly injured but victorious, Kyosuke and his men arrive. He helps the magical girl move to a bench in the nearby dugout and orders some of his men to bag up the remains of Chiaki's opponents before the stadium lights come back on.

Kyosuke informs Chiaki that Sayaka is on her way to heal her wounds and wonders if the injuries even hurt, considering how calm the magical girl is with three spears sticking out of her body. He apologizes for the stupid question and, when asked for a smoke, offers some of his cigarillos. When Sayaka arrives and begins pulling the spears from Chiaki's body, Kyosuke pales and turns away, talking into his headset.

After the concert and the fight between Chiaki and a group of hostile magical girls, 2020 Productions decides to relocate Ruri ahead of time. So the morning after the concert, the group heads to the airport for an early flight. While Chiaki stays close to Ruri in the VIP lounge, Kyosuke and his men block the area off.

The call for Ruri's flight comes up and the group moves out onto the tarmac, secured by Kyosuke's men.</spoiler>

==Trivia==
*Kyosuke is a character from the original Madoka Magica setting.

==NECO Profile==
<pre style="width: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">
NAME: Kamijou Kyousuke
“You’re gathering information on security companies now…?”
NICK: Kyoujou*
STUDIO: 2020 Productions (temporarily)
RANK: Sparkle Award-Winning Security Mook
TYPE: Cool
IMAGE SONGS: Ave Maria
BIO: An ex-virtuoso that cracked under pressure and took his life in a different direction. Since he miraculously recovered from a career-ending injury when he was younger, one could probably argue that this is a waste of a miracle. Maybe he can shoot with pistols akimbo? That warrants some investigation. He has a quiet, gentle personality befitting an artist.

BODY TYPE Swole
PERSONALITY Dork
CHARM Professional
VOCALS Not Half-Bad
DANCE Would Pay To See
VISUAL Manly

TRIVIA

-Kamijou used to be kind of a huge weenie, but now he’s just a -huge- weenie. He got pretty big, but we at Magical Girls Are Real hold the official stance that smaller, leaner guys are cuter.

-Reliable sources say the miracle that healed his hand is directly tied to the Ninth Officio, but prying a magical girl’s wish out of her is never easy. It may be a mystery forever.**

-Since his company does a lot of work for 2020, he and the idols there are fairly familiar with one another. In particular, he and Mappi-chan seem to have a bromance.

BONUS TRIVIA

-As of yesterday, he joined the hallowed ranks of the Sparkle Award-winners. Of course, the intrepid NECO-chama was collecting magical girl scraps as trophies before he was even wearing big boy pants.

*we just made this up, but if everyone starts using it, it’ll stick, right?

**you were expecting a hot scoop, weren’t you? Well, it was probably just Sayaka-chan.</pre>

==Gallery==

[[Category:Characters]]

Squad Hiryu

2015-04-24T20:25:49Z

Crys: not sure how to handle squad pages, not enough info to give each member her own page though

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| imagecaption = Squad Hiryu
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| aka =
| appearance = [[Thread 116]]
| organization =
| rank = Vindicare
| occupation = Magical Girls
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==Character History==
Squad Hiryu consists of five members: Ayumu Kasuga, Tokiko, Kagura, Ayako and one other member. They are equipped and optimized for surveillance and marksmanship.

===Kirishima & Concert===
Warmaster Chiaki Matsuda requests backup for her mission to protect Ruri Kirishima. Vindicare squad Hiryu is chosen to patrol the area and to keep overwatch. They are sent alongside Callidus Rank Leader Enishi Karasawa, who assumes direct command over the squad whenever Chiaki has no direct orders. Other than security duty, Enishi makes them run small errands to curry favor with the Warmaster.

On the day of Ruri's concert, they keep watch over the stadium, but Ayumu is taken out by a surprise attack. Lucius takes her soul gem to blackmail Chiaki, but the Warmaster gets it back safely when she fights the hostile magical girl. During the encounter, squad Hiryu cooperates with the mundane security forces to apprehend the suicide bombers Lucius placed in the stadium.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Squad Hiryu is summoned to assist Warmaster Matsuda in guarding the idol Ruri Kirishima during her stay in Mitakihara. Under the command of Callidus Rank Leader Karasawa, they introduce themselves to the Warmaster and start patrolling the hotel the idol stays in.

Enishi sends Kagura to fetch iced coffee for the Warmaster, which she completes in a remarkably short time.

During her patrol, Ayumu discovers the remains of an intruder: a mobile phone and a calling card left behind by an amateur journalist going by the handle NECO.

At the concert in Mitakihara Stadium, squad Hiryu surveys the area for any suspicious activity. They discover the Yakuza Yoshitaka Mine and a group of company executives leaving the area and, following the Warmaster's orders, Ayumu disables their car.

Soon after she is attacked by Lucius group. She manages to take out one enemy, but is defeated by Lucius, her soul gem taken away to blackmail the Warmaster.

Lucius demands to meet the Warmaster in single combat and threatens to have her followers self-destruct their soul gems if she refuses or tries to evacuate the stadium. Chiaki orders squad Hiryu to stand down until the fight starts and to resume their duty once Lucius us distracted. They, alongside Enishi and the regular security detail, are tasked with discovering and disabling any magical girl activity in the stadium to prevent any attempts at suicide bombing.

Lucius keeps using Ayumu's soul gem to lead Chiaki on, playing around with it while explaining that subordinates are expendable and that trying to save them is foolish. At the start of her fight, she throws the gem past Chiaki as a distraction, and the Warmaster dives after it, utilizing her time stop ability to safely catch the precious bauble.

During the fight between the Warmaster and Lucius, Squad Hiryu takes out multiple enemy magical girls, although two manage to join their leader. In the end, all of the suicide bombers are apprehended. The squad continues to watch over their Warmaster after she defeats Lucius in case of further opposition and joins Enishi in guarding Ruri soon after.

After the concert and the fight between Chiaki and a group of hostile magical girls, 2020 Productions decides to relocate Ruri ahead of time. So the morning after the concert, the group heads to the airport for an early flight. While Kyosuke's men secure the inside and later the tarmac, Squad Hiryu continue to give overwatch until Ruri's plane safely lifts off.</spoiler>

==Trivia==
* Squad hiryu is based on Azumanga Daioh characters.
*Faust expresses an interest in eating Ayumu's soul gem, stating that it is of a special kind.

==Gallery==

[[Category:Characters]]

Ruri Kirishima

2015-04-24T20:09:50Z

Crys: Created page with "<blockquote>''"Ah, but I'm the sneaky, scheming idol, right? You should be careful about me, you know, Chiaki-chan. I could turn on you right this instant, and you'd be helple..."

<blockquote>''"Ah, but I'm the sneaky, scheming idol, right? You should be careful about me, you know, Chiaki-chan. I could turn on you right this instant, and you'd be helpless."''</blockquote>
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| imagecaption = Ruri Kirishima
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| appearance = [[Thread 105]]
| organization = 2020 Productions
| occupation = Idol
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| dob = August 31
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==Character Summary==
Ruri Kirishima is the most successful idol in the world. She sings her own songs, music and lyrics written by herself, and stars in commercials, shows and even Hollywood movies. All her songs are said to speak to the heart, some of them seemingly tailored towards magical girls.

===Physical Description===
*Ruri has very long bluish green hair, typically tied into twin tails, and shiny blue eyes.
*Her idol gestures are perfect enough to give the impression of starts and sparkles appearing out of nowhere.
===Personality===
*Ruri shows a bright and cheerful personality whenever she is in public.
*She knows exactly how to play her part as an idol and how to drag people into her pace.
*Her insight and manipulation skills are top notch.

==Character History==
Ruri began singing as a child and entered pageants and competitions early on. She got into the idol business with a group of around 70 members, called The Sugar Angels, but only Ruri really stood out and became successful. In the beginning, Ruri used to be an S idol and held the top spot for a while, but didn't like it very much and changed her image to her current, friendlier persona. She became the flagship idol of 2020 Productions and earned a reputation around the world. In between albums Ruri gives as many concerts as possible. Once a dead body looking like her was discovered during one of her concerts in Santa Destroy, but the girl was quickly identified by her family and the matter forgotten.

===Kirishima===
Ruri Kirishima hires the Ninth Officio for additional security during her stay in Mitakihara and the final concert of her world tour. She specifically requests Warmaster Chiaki Matsuda “to have a good time”. Throughout the mission, Ruri keeps fooling around with Chiaki, playing tricks and teasing the magical girl.

Ruri manipulates the lottery for a special fan to accompany her to the concert and the days before during a 24 hour livestream, trying to make sure Chiaki wins. The Warmaster hands the winning ticket to her companion Sayaka, refusing to play along. Ruri is disappointed, but keeps playing her games nonetheless. She claims to love magical girls and wants to learn more about the most notorious one, see how she reacts but still make her have some fun.

She hired the M-idol Noriko as her personal assistant and treats her as a lowly servant, making her play along with her schemes and forcing the girl to stay in a box when she messes up.

Ruri was chosen to play the part of Miracle Midori in the upcoming anime adaption of the popular manga. Iori Minase was chosen for the role of Murder Mayumi, and Ruri uses this opportunity to play around with her, teasing the smaller idol, allegedly to cheer her up after what she has been through recently.

In the evening, a group of Yakuza, led by Mine Yoshitaka , make their way inside the hotel despite the security forces outside. They try to recruit Ruri for the Tojo group, but the idol refuses, as she did before, and angrily demands that they leave immediately. Due to Chiaki's presence and her threats, they comply and Ruri fights down a panic attack cause by the stressful encounter.

Ruri tries to convince Chiaki to join her in the upcoming events and to perform with her on stage, but the Warmaster stubbornly refuses. The idol does manage to convince Sayaka however.

At night, Ruri tries to convince Chiaki to sleep in her bed, but the magical girl refuses her offer, insisting that her guard duty does not allow her to sleep in the first place.

The next day, Chiaki calls for a final security meeting for the concert. Ruri is happy to be allowed in, usually security forces don't let their client listen in. She assures to follow Chiaki's and Sayaka's instructions to the letter during the event.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Ruri hires the Ninth Officio Assassinorum for protection during her four day stay in Mitakihara, specifically requesting the presence of the Warmaster “to have a good time”. Her schedule includes a big concert and a four day date that can be won through lottery.

Without informing the Warmaster, Ruri rigs the event to ensure the Warmaster wins, instructing an assistant to give her the right ticket in front of her hotel. Additionally, Ruri did not inform her other security detail about hiring a magical girl as an additional guard.

While waiting for Chiaki to arrive, Ruri practices the script of “Miracle Midori x Murder Mayumi Deluxe Uncensored OVA Episode 1 of 20 / SEASON 1” with Iori Minase, which includes a sex scene. Shortly after the climax part, Noriko opens the door and Chiaki enters. Ruri greets her cheerfully and tells her to greet the people watching her webcast, gesturing to the camera Sayaka is holding up.

As Chiaki grumbles and moves out of the shot, sitting down next to her companion, Ruri tells the viewers that she seems to be camera shy but assures that they will see more of her and Sayaka in the coming days and at the concert. She then continues the script into a very heated scene until somebody knocks at the door.

Room service serves breakfast for four, western food and an extra stack of pancakes for Chiaki. Ruri tells Sayaka that while she is curious about the anime the idols are practicing for, the project is still a secret, winking at the camera. She also introduces Chiaki as the best murder Mayumi cosplayer there is, mentioning that she will perform on stage with her and Sayaka.

She asks how Chiaki worked on looking just like the violently lewd magical girl, smiling innocently, who replies that it comes as second nature to her, growling to get the camera out of her face before she shoots it. Noriko shakes at this, but Ruri holds her in place while looking directly into the camera, complimenting Chiaki's dedication to the viewers and announcing a break.

She lets out a sigh and asks Noriko about her performance, who replies that she was very green. She then asks her assistant to take Iori and Sayaka next door so she can speak to the Warmaster in private, adding that she will decide how long her assistant will be put into the box later. Sayaka complains that she is not finished eating, but Ruri coolly asks her again, and Iori manages to make her comply.

While the others move out, Ruri unpacks a large piece of luggage and begins skillfully assembling a huge sniper rifle that has the words Love Story engraved and a green ribbon tied to the scope. She apologizes for the mess, mentioning that Noriko works so slow that she needs to do most unpacking herself and wonders why Chiaki is not eating her pancakes.

Pushing the place aside, Chiaki tells her that she gave the ticket away and that there is no need to punish Noriko for it. Ruri grins, explaining that she did not expect the legendary Murderface to simply bow down and accept being pushed around by a spoiled brat with too much money.

Chiaki asks why she went through with this, wondering if Ruri wants to seduce her, piss her off, or do both, seeing how she is supposedly hired as security detail. The idol looks offended for a bit, but then smiles again, realizing that Chiaki really doesn't know why she was hired. She starts to sing a song, about a girl that simply wanted to be liked by a boy and had no idea she would be fighting monsters until her death and only wants to feel the warmth of an embrace beforehand.

She explains that she sings about magical girls and wants to know more about the most notorious magical girl there is. She rigged the contest to see how Chiaki would react, get under her skin to see how she ticks. She wants to write a song about her, the magical girl who fights like she has nothing to lose yet walks as if she's got the entire world on her shoulders.

As for the rifle, Ruri explains that she always takes this family heirloom with her and cleans it to calm herself down, showing Chiaki that the magazine is empty. Touching the ribbon, she explains that it is also her good luck charm.

When Chiaki asks about Iori, Ruri assures that while it may look like she wants to get to Chiaki, they chose Iori out of a pool of voice actors for her skill and vocal range matching the idea of Murder Mayumi when their first choice turned them down. As for the “good time” mentioned in the contract, Ruri assures that she just wants to have fun and get to know Chiaki, not ruining her career by getting romantically involved with a magical girl.

Regarding the things she told Iori, Ruri explains that while she looks like a massive bitch for it, she wanted to help them by making Iori tone her almost unhealthy infatuation down the only way she could think of. Caressing the rifle with a sad expression, she tells Chiaki that she doesn't mind Iori hating her as long as she understands that falling in love with a magical girl is the worst thing an idol can do. Chiaki asks how Ruri knows about magical girls in the first place, and the idol turns away, whispering that she fell in love with one.

She also explains that Iori nearly threw up from the trauma when they were passing this room, so she decided to show her that it was remodeled and is not the same room anymore as a sign of how she should not dwell on past events and that those responsible are gone.

She mentions watching the video of the event that was uploaded by the camera automatically, shivering slightly at the memory of how brutal and chilling it was. Surprised that Chiaki didn't know, Ruri shows her the video on her phone, mentioning that it was deleted quickly after release, but saved by a handful of people who saw the recording in the first few minutes after the upload.

Ruri bought the license to the video and had it blocked everywhere to prevent Iori from accidentally seeing it again. Chiaki admits that she seems to be not so bad, but Ruri cheekily presses against her and claims that the sneaky, scheming idol she is could turn on her any time and Chiaki would be helpless. The Warmaster pushes her off and tells her that she can play around to an extent, but should refrain from tricking her like earlier.

Chiaki then starts surveying the hotel suite and Ruri continues unpacking. While Chiaki checks under the furniture, Ruri asks what became of the magical girl whose knees Chiaki shot off. She replies by explaining that standard procedure has captives locked up and interrogated to either be released or disposed off afterwards.

Ruri mentions that the way Chiaki talks like she doesn't care about these things is scary, but also exciting. Chiaki then explains that the last part of the procedures was taken care of by her boss and that she only knows the girl is alive somewhere and most likely not taking a job like this again. Ruri mentions that this resolution is convenient, but is willing to believe it, mentioning that it would be weird if Chiaki ended up falling in love with that magical girl instead.

Chiaki steps out of the bathroom, finished with her inspection, and holds a pair of panties up, breaking the idol's pace for the first time by mentioning the thriving market for used underwear. Wondering how she could have left it on the sink, Ruri realizes that Noriko was tasked with the laundry and must be responsible, deciding to put her into the box for an entire night.

Chiaki tells her to give Noriko a break, and Ruri mentions that while she tries her best to be nice, sometimes she just has to tease the awkward girl, pointing out that she has the air of a Masochist about her. Ruri explains that the box is just whatever huge box she can find and Noriko has to stay inside for a while without light and that she shakes the box when Noriko falls asleep.

Before they can talk about anything more, the door opens and a group of men enter the room, led by a particularly sharp looking one. He politely greets Ruri and thanks her for choosing Mitakihara as the final stop of her world tour, mentioning how their economy will benefit from it. Ruri reacts furiously to his presence, demanding to know how the men got past security when they were not supposed to be in the same building as her.

The leader explains that he convinced them he was only there for a very short meeting and mentions that Ruri surely knows why he came. Without letting him finish, Ruri snarls that she will not sign his contract to switch into the Tojo group no matter the price since she knows what happens to idols after signing up and shouts at him to get out.

While Ruri takes a transceiver to call security to her suite, Chiaki moves in between her and the Yakuza group and politely asks them to leave, placing a hand on her shield. The leader tells her to back off, but quickly realizes what he is dealing with. He chuckles and asks if a magical girl escort is necessary, to which Ruri replies that it is indeed warranted if these guys can easily get in, telling Chiaki to shoot their kneecaps if anyone makes sudden movements.

The leader assures that this will not be necessary, apologizes that he had to meet Chiaki this way and asks for her name and Officio. She shakes her head and reminds him that his business here is over, stepping forward. The Yakuza step back and their leader compliments Ruri's guard choice, reverently offering a calling card to Chiaki. He explains that the Tojo group respects the work of magical girls and makes to take his leave, reminding Ruri that she can call him whenever she changes her mind.

While the Yakuza leave, Noriko and Sayaka return, the men nearly bumping into them. They shove their way past the girls and Noriko keeps the camera aimed at them. Once they are gone, Ruri grabs a paper bag to breathe into to calm her nerves. Noriko explains that the Yakuza were tailing them ever since they arrived in Japan and Ruri adds that they believe some of their own production firm is working with the Yakuza.

She tells Chiaki that another reason for hiring her is to find out who compromised the security to hand them over to the proper authorities. Chiaki offers to deal with this by getting the entire staff in a room with her for five minutes with those responsible leaving in body bags, but Ruri tells her that this is not how justice works. Chiaki settles for calling the security chief instead and sends Noriko to get him. Meanwhile Ruri fights down the panic attack caused by the sudden appearance of the Yakuza, locking herself in the bathroom.

A while later Chiaki knocks on the door. Ruri has calmed down and styled herself to be just as fresh as before. Chiaki explains that the Yakuza got in with magical girl support, but Ruri claims that she will be fine as long as she has her around.

After a line of questions from Chiaki, Ruri makes to explain them in order. The panic attacks happen occasionally when things like the Yakuza suddenly turn up, a side effect of her stressful job. Regarding the Tojo group, she explains that they are trying to get into more legitimate revenues and created their own production company, attracting idols with lucrative deals. Those idols would be popular fr a while before getting married and disappearing, some of them turning up dead soon after.

The 24 hour webcast is in fact not full 24 hours, but the concert will be broadcast in full. As for how Ruri managed to contract the Warmaster personally, her producer apparently promised Kyubey a cut of the concert profits.

Chiaki assumes that she will not be part of the singing and dancing performance, but Ruri wants her to perform as Murder Mayumi on stage, mentioning that lip synching will take care of covering her rough voice. She then goes through the itinerary for the day and tells Chiaki that she can take her on a date in the evening, who shoots her down right away.

Then Noriko enters, camera held up, and reminds Ruri that they have to be online in two minutes. She pats Noriko's head in thanks and tells her to take better care of her hair, wondering where Sayaka went. While Noriko holds up a mirror for Ruri to check her makeup, she explains that the blue haired girl went to get some air and will be back soon.

Noriko then readies the camera and counts down, when it goes live again Ruri drags Chiaki and the returned Sayaka into the frame, talking about how they are best friends. Chiaki pushes her off and walks out of the camera's view while growling, her natural reaction just like Murder Mayumi, earning squealing praise from the idol.

During the course of the day, Ruri attends events to build up hype for the upcoming concert, one of them being a swimsuit photo shoot at the local community pool. She tries to talk Chiaki and Sayaka into participating, but only the blue haired girl eventually agreed. Impressed with her body and performance, Ruri later drags her off to the changing rooms in Mitakihara stadium, set on including her in the show.

After practice, she sits on a chair with an iced coffee while the other idols line up to bid her farewell. She compliments Sayaka for her endurance and dancing talent, offering to take her in as an idol. Chiaki reminds her that their boss would object, but Ruri thinks him a business oriented sort who would benefit from having Sayaka work with her for a bit.

She hugs Sayaka, has Noriko take photos, and moves to her changing room to take a shower, inviting the Eversor to join with a suggestive sway of her hips. While in the bath, she sends Noriko to fetch Sayaka, mentioning that she should join before the rose petals start to sink.

Ruri takes a long time to take care of her hair after Sayaka already finished. Once done, she joins the blue haired girl and Chiaki back outside the changing room. The idol asks about their conversation, surprising the magical girls with her good hearing that picked up on the topic being her shaved body parts.

Ruri also caught Sayaka staring during their bath, but assures that she knows about her an Kyoko and would never do anything to break the fragile love between magical girls. On the way back to the hotel, she gives them a long explanation on how to achieve perfect smoothness.

Back in her suite, Ruri relaxes on the comfortable bed and tells Chiaki to get changed for the night. The magical girl replies that she is on guard duty and not supposed to sleep, but Ruri claims that Kyosuke and his men are there to keep watch so that she can have fun with Chiaki.

The Warmaster refuse, telling her that not getting in bed with the client is one of the first things Vindicare are taught. Ruri protests, claiming that even magical girls need sleep before figuring out that Chiaki assumed she was asking her to have sex and bursts out laughing.

With a serious tone, void of her usual cheerfulness, she wonders if Chiaki really thought of her as the kind of person who seduces others with wealth and fame simply because she can. She explains that she worded the job request to be taken the wrong way for fun and apologizes for pushing the act too far.

Ruri tells Chiaki about another magical girl she hired previously who, just like her, was overly serious and refused to sleep while on the job. Ruri found her crying over her brother before she eventually had to be replaced and was retired a few weeks after that.

The idol explains that she honestly wants Chiaki to enjoy herself on this job since she never knows when she can take a break again. She tells Chiaki to just take a shower, sleep next to her without any implications, or even just sleep on the couch as long as she gets some rest.

Happy that the magical girl agrees, Ruri hands her a set of purple silk pajamas and changes into a slightly transparent night gown while Chiaki showers. As Chiaki returns, Ruri compliments her look and asks where she will sleep. Chiaki tells her that she will not sleep at all and explains to the disappointed idol that she will do her work properly, reminding her of what happened the last time she fell asleep on the job.

With a cold voice Ruri admits defeat and lets the Ninth Warmaster watch over her helpless sleeping form for the night. Placing a blindfold over her eyes, she reminds Chiaki that she still owes her a date and insists on having it before her mission ends.

The next morning, Ruri wakes up in peak condition, but annoyed by Chiaki's insistence to keep the hotel locked down until the concert. After lunch time, Chiaki calls for a final security meeting and gathers everyone in Ruri's suite. Chiaki will remain at Ruri's side and take down anyone who gets too close. The idol thinks this extreme, but Kyosuke assures that when somebody gets past his men, they should assume it a threat. Ruri agrees and tells Chiaki and Sayaka to beat down anyone from the Tojo group.

In mid meeting, Chiaki uses her time stop ability, scaring accidentally Noriko. Ruri grasps her arm and inspects the shield in rapt worship, amazed by the design and function of the device Murder Mayumi's “Murder Genocider Cutter” is based on. Chiaki warns her to be careful, agreeing to Ruri's mention of possibly spawning chain saw teeth and cut off her arm to make the idol back off.

While the others conclude the meeting, Ruri gets back to choosing outfits for the concert, where Sayaka joins her soon. Chiaki approaches and Ruri thanks her for letting her in on the meeting, mentioning that Kyosuke never allowed her to be present so that she doesn't need to worry. The idol claims that being informed is better since she will not be confused when something happens and also knows that she is getting the protection she paid for.

Chiaki agrees to her point and promises not to let her get harmed, to which the idol replies with a blush, claiming that her words make her heart beat faster and wondering if this is how Miracle Midori feels. She admits that reading the series is not enough to really get the feeling right and complains about being unable to see the original author, explaining that Green Green is really elusive and neither private investigators nor Kyubey came up with anything. She wants to tell her how important her work is and shouts at Chiaki for calling it just lesbian pornography.

Ruri then tells her that she knows what to do and will just follow her and Sayaka's instructions without asking stupid questions. Before leaving her to her business, Chiaki asks about the singing in one voice thing mentioned earlier, to which Ruri replies that they will all sing the same song and that there will be nothing weird going on like the magical girl seems to be thinking.</spoiler>

===Concert===
On the way to the concert, Ruri's convoy encounters a headless corpse on the road. Sayaka convinces Chiaki to avoid an obvious trap, but the Warmaster leaves some men to guard the area and orders an investigation from the Officio. Ruri is unusually quiet during this event, but assures that she just feels silly wishing for action when they find it in this way.

Inside the stadium, Chiaki informs Ruri that the Yakuza are present, but Ruri simply complains about their stubbornness this time.

After the opening number, a death metal song featuring Mappi and a dressed up Kyosuke, Ruri and Iori perform the Magical Midori opening song. Ruri originally wanted Chiaki to perform with her, but Iori volunteered since the magical girl was expected to refuse in the first place.

During the concert, a group of magical girls place suicide bombers in the stadium and demand that Chiaki faces their leader Lucius in combat in front of everyone to see. While Chiaki fights, Ruri keeps performing to make the battle appear as part of the show.

During a break, a few songs after Chiaki's victory, Ruri tells her how happy she is with the crowd's reaction and asks her about the gauntlets she used. When asked how she can be so calm when she was in danger minutes ago, Ruri explains that idols are almost always in danger with people trying to go after them.

After the concert, Ruri's agency decides to cut her time in Mitakihara short and relocate her to a safer place the next day.

Ruri invites Chiaki to her bed again, but the magical girl is only willing to compromise as far as to sleeping on a comforter next to her bed. They talk about magical girls and romance, and how it does not work in reality.

The next morning, Chiaki, Sayaka and Enishi accompany Ruri to the airport. They say their goodbyes and Enishi hands over a present from her sister Vintage. The super idol finally leaves without any further incident.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">The group moves to the stadium in a convoy of four cars and two heavily armored APCs. The vehicles are decorated with Ruri decals, a demand from her producer, and the idol has Noriko take photos of her in front of them even though she admits the paintjob to be excessive. Ruri, Sayaka, Chiaki, Noriko and Enishi get into one car for the ride.

On the way, Ruri complains about how boring it is that they prepared all this security and nothing happens. Chiaki explains that it is better to have something and not need it than the other way around and insists that her reign of No Fun that keeps her out of harm's way will continue until the end of this mission. The idol pouts and complains about Chiaki losing a lot of Ruri points.

Suddenly the car stops in it's tracks, throwing the passengers around. Ruri crashes into Chiaki, and after they disentangle, the driver explains under Sayaka's angry questioning that the convoy spotted a headless body in the middle of the road, appearing out of nowhere right in front of them.

Chiaki decides to go out and investigate, but Sayaka and Enishi try to stop her, considering it an obvious trap. Chiaki tries to go out anyway, but Sayaka insists that something seems wrong and convinces her to stay inside and move on.

Picking up on Chiaki's plan, Enishi orders some of the security to secure the body and informs Mami of the current event to have somebody take care of the investigation. As the car passes the corpse, they get a glimpse of the costume, which resembles that of Mami, but Enishi assures that she just spoke to the girl in question.

All the while, Ruri remains silent until they are well past the event site. She then asks who Mami is, and Chiaki explains that she is important to her and the entire Officio, including their boss. The Warmaster asks if Ruri is alright or if they should postpone the concert, but the idol assures that she will be fine, claiming that she just feels silly after wishing for action and having it happen like this.

Chiaki mentions that she thought Ruri might find it exciting, but the idol explains that while fighting and dying is somewhat heroic, being murdered and put on display like that girl is a different thing. Chiaki tells her that this is exactly how things go, but Sayaka stops her from scaring the civilians any more. Seeing how Noriko looks like passing out, Chiaki remains silent and pats the assistant's shoulder to calm her down a little.

After a while they arrive at the stadium and Ruri explains that it will be very loud and frantic and that they usually just head straight for the entrance. Sayaka points out that many girls in the crowd wear magical girl costumes, most of them being cosplayers, but that it would be easy for hostiles to hide among them.

Enishi suggests to keep Ruri in between them and move quickly, claiming that assassins would not risk acting out in the open and in front of the media. Ruri agrees to the plan cheerfully while Noriko explains that she will meet them backstage since assistants are not supposed to walk the red carpet.

Outside, a few youngsters crawl under the railings to have Ruri sign their albums, which Chiaki allows under close supervision. They come to her next to get a Murder Mayumi autograph, which the startled Chiaki complies with after Ruri reminds her to play her role. With Sayaka joking around, they head inside.

A few minutes before Ruri's opening act, Chiaki enters Ruri's dressing room to check up on her. Sayaka leads the Warmaster past the other idols that Ruri invited to share her room and makeup with to do away with the concept of rivalry, and announces her presence with a joke about Chiaki coming to see Ruri naked.

Surprised, Ruri tells Sayaka to stop teasing and that Chiaki would not do that, but jokes about giving her a more private show nonetheless while the blue haired girl hobbles off to heal the toe Chiaki stepped on in response to her joke.

The Warmaster tells Ruri that she came to check up on her before the concert starts and informs the idol that Mine Yoshitaka and his goons are inside the stadium. The idol complains about how she should have given the premium tickets for the seats the Yakuza have away herself to block them, how they refuse to understand that she has no intention to work with them and that their claims of going legitimate are only a farce.

Ruri contemplates taking her savings to hire Chiaki to purge Japan of all Yakuza, but the Warmaster explains that she will have to talk business with Kyubey. Chiaki also tells her that she thought about throwing the Yakuza out, but decided not to do this to avoid trouble, which Ruri appreciates.

When the light starts to flicker and the outside growl loud, Ruri, wearing her Miracle Midori costume, explains that the concert starts and asks another idol to switch the TV on to see if Mappi misses her song cue. She claims that she will not let Mappi live a past mistake down as long as she keeps bringing up a wardrobe malfunction Ruri had some time ago and pulls Chiaki and Sayaka towards the screen.

The idols squeal in joy while the crowd outside goes wild at the death metal number of Mappi and the dressed up Kyosuke. Ruri compliments his look, stating that it is a shame Mappi forced him to retire in the past. Chiaki wonders about this, but Sayaka tells her to shut up about it in a strained voice.

The idols cheer at the legendary “Eleven Rapes A Second”, a feat even Ruri can't perform. At the end of the performance, Ruri prompts Chiaki to accompany her on stage. The Warmaster declines, stating that she has to take care of the Yakuza, which puts the idol in a teary pout until Noriko reminds her of the backup plan.

Ruri grins and explains that she expected this outcome and made prior arrangements. Wearing a full Murder Mayumi costume, Iori makes her way to the small group and explains that she volunteered when Ruri asked for a replacement. Ruri still complains that Chiaki doesn't seem to like fun, but Iori replies that the magical girl simply is not used to idol work and should be left to do what she does best.

Chiaki wishes Iori good luck and reminds her to be careful and to listen to Sayaka if anything should happen. She assures that there is no immediate threat but that she will do whatever she can to make sure they are safe in case something happens. Ruri cuts in and asks about herself, and Chiaki simply nods her antics off.

A bell rings as the signal to get ready for the performance, and Ruri gathers her group of idols and extras to head out, Noriko following behind with a camera for the webcast. On stage, Ruri begins to perform the opening theme of the Miracle Midori x Murder Mayumi anime, joined by Iori during the second part; a song about how love can tear things apart as efficiently as hate, a kiss being part of the performance.

During the concert, a foreign magical girl and Chiaki meet on the stadium's baseball field. Ruri is surprised, but composes herself quickly enough to keep the show going. She is tense however, and keeps looking at Chiaki instead of the audience, expecting a fight to break out any moment.

As the fight starts with Lucius assaulting Chiaki with a flurry of blows, who materializes giant iron gauntlets, the entire stadium is focused on the two magical girls. Ruri shouts an order for Chiaki to knock her opponent out and accompanies the ensuing fight with her songs.

During a break in the performance, Ruri hurries to see Chiaki, accompanied by Iori and Noriko. While the shorter idol cries into the magical girl's bloody costume, Ruri is excited about how the crowd went wild during the “staged” fight. After Iori lets go of Chiaki and runs off, Ruri excitedly asks about the gauntlets to fill the awkward silence.

As Sayaka goes after Iori, Ruri assures that she will get over it after a few days since idols are tough and accept that they can't have much of a love life. She still wants to know about the gauntlets, but Chiaki only explains that they are magic and that she would not understand anyway. Being told she could not try them on, Ruri shows her a sad pout, but gives up on it soon.

She asks about how it felt to use them and mentions that Chiaki looked like she had fun, but in a scary way. The magical girl explains that while a small part of her enjoys hurting people, most of it is just a job to her. Ruri wonders if it is really that simple, stating that Chiaki is different from the magical girls she hired before, not obsessed with her own image and rather trying to prove herself, or to not disappoint somebody close to her.

Chiaki wonders how Ruri can be so calm and take the time to analyze her when her life was in danger not long ago. Ruri explains that idols are targets no matter where they go because some one always wants to show how big his balls are by kidnapping, killing or raping some idol. The magical girl wonders why she continues to live this dangerous life when she should have enough money to last several life times, and Ruri tells her while she originally started things for the money, she met somebody who changed that. Before they can continue, Noriko informs Ruri that it is time to go back on stage.

During the final part of the show 2020 Productions decides to cut the mission short, the second concert is canceled due to the danger. The official reason will be sudden illness and a need for Ruri to rest.

Once the concert ends, the group returns to the hotel. Ruri is still excited about the fan's reaction to the show and hopes that Green Green is happy with how the promotion for the anime based on her work is turning out. Chiaki tells her to just get ready for bed while she stays up for guard duty again, but the idol begs her to sleep next to her this one time since they will probably never see each other again after the next day.

Chiaki still refuses, but is willing to compromise at least. She agrees to sleep on the floor next to Ruri's bed, if only to shut her up. The idol grudgingly agrees and bounces into the bathroom to get ready. Once she is done, Ruri tries to pull a futon out of the closet for Chiaki to sleep on, but fails until the magical girl is done washing herself and helps.

Lying in bed, Ruri asks if Chiaki thinks a relationship with a magical girl can actually work. Considering that Murder Mayumi is based on her and all the stories she heard, Chiaki should be able to tell. The magical girl tells her that she should not believe everything she reads, but Ruri still asks her to play along, pretend to be her older sister giving advice.

Chiaki complies, but wants to know who she is talking about. Ruri explains that she knows a magical girl quite different from the others she met. One who just goes and does magical girl things, saving people without asking for anything in return, protecting hopes and dreams. Chiaki replies that things don't work like that in the real world. She also tells her that a relationship with her would not work out, one of them would get hurt and the other had to live with it for the rest of her life.
Ruri is disappointed that Chiaki doesn't share her admiration for this mindset and admits that while she will consider Chiaki's words, her mind will probably not change.

Before going to sleep, Chiaki tosses an envelope on the bed, explaining that Ruri is supposed to fill out a feedback response form. She replies that she will do it the next day and give it back before leaving, then cuts the lights.

The next morning, the group heads to the airport for an early flight. While filling out the feedback from, she complains that she can't spend more time with Chiaki, but makes up for it by teasing her about spending the night together.

Ruri looks over Chiaki's shoulder as she types a message to Iori, asking about her well being. The idol explains that Iori arrived safely at 765 Productions, accompanied by some of Kyosuke's men for added security. She mentions that Iori was crying all the way, but assures that she will get over it and reminds Chiaki not to send the wrong signals again to make it easier.

Chiaki wonders why Ruri even cares about an idol from a rival company, but Ruri pokes her forehead and explains that they are friends. That moment, her phone rings and Ruri walks off to have an animated conversation, blushing all the while.

The call for Ruri's flight comes up and the group moves out onto the tarmac, secured by Kyosuke's men. In front of the plane, Ruri mentions that while Chiaki must have felt frustrated with her, she had a lot of fun during their time together, claiming that she is one out of two people she feels safe around. She extends her hand, mentioning that she is happy to have known Chiaki.

The Warmaster shakes her hand and admits that she was not more frustrated than during any other escort mission, but mentions that she will not take any other idol missions. Ruri giggles that she has another thing that others can be jealous about. Chiaki hesitantly asks her to stay friends with Iori and look out for her when she can't do it herself, to which the idol naturally agrees to.

Her goodbye with Sayaka is more friendly, with a big hug. Ruri thanks her for the time Sayaka spent as her Super Fan during the event and asks her to stay her fan. Before she gets on the plane, Enishi comes running up to her. The Callidus hands her a jewelry box, explaining that it is a personal gift from her sister Vintage. Ruri thanks her and opens the box, revealing a bug shaped hair ornament. The others are disgusted, but Ruri defends it, calling it more of a cute pill bug than an ugly cockroach.

The discussion is cut short when Noriko calls out to her, explaining that they need to go. Ruri says her goodbyes to the magical girls and hands Chiaki the envelope with her feedback form and boards the plane. It lift off safely without an problems.</spoiler>

==Trivia==
*Ruri's appearance is based on Vocaloid Hatsune Miku.
*Her first album is called “The Magical Girl's Only Wish”.
*Ruri is one of the characters that cause players the greatest amounts of paranoia.
*Ruri is the rival of the current top selling S idol Mappi, but considers her stupid.
*Anons like to imagine her as either a robot or one of the possible identities of the Spymaster of the Twentieth Officio.

==NECO Profile==
<pre style="width: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">
NAME: Kirishima Ruri
“Okay, reporter gal, make sure you capture my good side. Shouldn’t be hard, right~?”
NICK: Ruri-Ruri
STUDIO: 2020 Productions
RANK: #1 Superidol
TYPE: Cool
IMAGE SONGS: Wonderful Hero, give me the moon
BIO: The pinnacle of idol-dom according to 2020 Productions, Ruri-Ruri has her run of the celebrity life in Japan. She has a reputation for being almost inhumanly perfect, and despite her flippant appearance, she works hard to maintain it. According to rumor, she was discovered playing piano in a small, smoky bar. It’s kind of romantic, right?

BODY TYPE Sexy
PERSONALITY Tease
CHARM S+
VOCALS S+
DANCE S+
VISUAL S+

TRIVIA

-Ruri first debuted as an S-idol, known for her light touch and her sweet, teasing attitude. Not much has changed – she just sings more now. Scary!

-She’s been known to have more than a passing interest in military matters and equipment, one more thing she and her rival Mappi-chan share.

-She’s cited American jazz greats as her biggest musical inspirations, with the likes of Sammy Davis, Jr. and Frank Sinatra at the forefront.

BONUS TRIVIA

-They’re real.</pre>

==Gallery==

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Mine Yoshitaka

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| appearance = [[Thread 107]]
| organization = Tojo Group, Hakuho-kai President
| occupation = Yakuza
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==Character Summary==

===Physical Description===
*Yoshitaka is a muscular man in his mid thirties.
*Unlike most Yakuza, he lacks visible scars.

===Personality===
*Yoshitaka has a smooth, oily voice.

==Character History==
Mine Yoshitaka was a medium level manager in his group until he contracted magical girl support from the Ninth Officio for a mission for the Inagawa-kai overboss and was promoted for his success. Despite a verbal agreement of continued cooperation, he never contracted the Ninth again. It is suspected that he works with the Tenth instead.

Looking for more legitimate revenues, the Tojo group created its own production company, attracting idols with highly lucrative deals. They would be popular for a while, but rumors have it that they are married off and disappear, later to be found dead.

===Kirishima & Concert===
Mine Yoshitaka and a group of his goons try to recruit Ruri Kirishima for the Tojo group. They occasionally hire magical girls from the Tenth, this time a Callidus to make their way past mundane security forces.

Ruri refuses their offer as she did before, and Chiaki Matsuda backs her up as a magical girl bodyguard, so the Yakuza leave the hotel without the idol.

At Ruri's concert, Yoshitaka and a group of corporate executives are among the audience, but try to hastily leave all of a sudden. Chiaki has them apprehended and interrogates them, rather violently in case of Mine. He explains that his contacts told him something would happen, but he does know any details. Chiaki knocks the struggling Yakuza out once she has no mre use for him, and some time alter his goons carry him out.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Yoshitaka and a group of his men have tried to get Ruri Kirishima to join the Tojo group for some time. When she arrives in Mitakihara for the final concert of her recent world tour, they approach her again.

In front of the hotel, security guards try to stop them, but Yoshitaka holds up a card that seems to burn with a green light and simply walks past them with his henchmen.

In Ruri's suite, Yoshitaka immediately greets the idol and thanks her for the positive influence her presence will have on their economy. Ruri demands to know how they got in and the Yakuza explains that the guards were convinced that the meeting would be quick business. Ruri cuts him off, tells him that she will not sign a contract as she knows what happens to idols in the Tojo group and shouts at the Yakuza to get out.

He tries to appeal to her again, increasing the money offered and ensuring that Ruri will be their flagship idol, who still refuses and insists that he leaves. This is when a black haired girl steps between them. Yoshitaka first tells her that he has no business with her, but quickly realizes that he is dealing with a magical girl.

He wonders if this escort is necessary, bur Ruri claims that their presence already makes this clear. Yoshitaka apologizes that he had to meet the magical girl like this and requests her name and Officio. She refuses to indulge him and insists that the Yakuza leave right away.

The leader composes himself and bows down, holds up his calling card and explains that the Tojo group respects the hard work magical girls do for their business. He then makes to leave, reminding Ruri that she can call him whenever she changes her mind.

On the day of Ruri's concert, Yoshitaka accompanies a group of production executives into the stadium. The security tries to deny him, but the stadium owner all but ushers him and his group in. During the opening number, he receives a call, from one of his contractors. They argue about someone planning to do something in the stadium, and Yoshitaka quickly takes his group to the nearest exit.

Outside, the group finds the tires of their car flat, shot by a rifle. A group of guards invites them in for a cup of tea with Warmaster Matsuda, barely masking the intention to keep them pinned down in the stadium. They lead the executives in one room and Mine in a separate room for interrogation.

After a short while of waiting alone, Chiaki enters his improvised holding cell, finding Yoshitaka surprisingly calm. The magical girl grabs him by the collar, smacks the Yakuza into the wall, forces him to his knees and presses her gun against his knee. She demands answers, but Yoshitaka claims that he is not allowed to talk about his contractors plans.

Chiaki fires a shot right next to the Yakuza, and he yields. Yoshitaka explains that he only planned on visiting Ruri after the concert to apologize for his earlier behavior, but his contractors warned him that another group is in the stadium and waiting for a chance to attack. Magical girls without an Officio under the command of a Prophet, aiming for Chiaki.

Chiaki receives a call on her radio and angrily talks to somebody who apparently belongs to the group Yoshitaka's contractors mentioned, still holding the Yakuza pinned down. He vehemently struggles to get the magical girl off of him, and she slams his head into the wall again, making the Yakuza pass out. He is later carried out of the stadium by his goons, still unconscious when the concert ends.</spoiler>

==Trivia==

==Gallery==

[[Category:Characters]]

Yuu Kotarou

2015-04-24T19:43:06Z

Crys: added Kirishima mission and some small things

<blockquote>''"Thank you for choosing me."''</blockquote>
{{Infobox
| imagecaption = Yuu Kotarou
| image = [[Image:Kotarouyuu.png]]
| aka = Strength
| appearance = [[Thread 67]]
| organization = Seventh Officio
| rank =
| occupation = Soul in a weapon
| ability = Hand to Hand Combat, Self Healing
| weapon = Ogre Arms (Golden Gauntlets)
| height =
| dob =
}}

==Character Summary==
'''Yuu Kotarou''' is the soul inside the [[Golden Weapons|golden gauntlets]]. She used to be one of the [[Blessed Lady|Blessed Lady's]] chosen until her eventual defeat in combat. Of all golden weapons, she is the one with the best relationship to [[Chiaki Matsuda]], providing her with power while she uses the gauntlets.

===Physical Description===
*A short tanned girl with white hair and completely black eyes with fiery orange pupils.
*She wears a black leather jacket with a hood and high collar covering her face, her legs are clad in thigh high white stockings and black maryjanes

===Personality===
*Yuu is a timid girl.
*She greatly enjoys fighting, switching to a rougher personality in the heat of combat.
*She is eager to prove herself useful to her wielder.

==Character History==
Yuu used to live in an orphanage until her master took her under his wing. At some point, she made a contract with an incubator. Her wish was “to be strong”. She traveled the whole world in search of strong opponents for her training and won almost all of her fights.

After acquiring the Ogre Arms, she kept it as a last resort attack, but eventually found herself using it exclusively even if they were not needed. The desire to challenge everyone, to pound their faces in and to prove that she was the strongest grew, even if she had to do it on a mountain of corpses.

She once fought a girl from the First Officio and almost died in the process, she only survived by throwing a punch strong enough to send her opponent flying straight to the moon, shattering one of her gauntlets in the process.

===Training===
[[Chiaki]] trains with [[Kharn]] and decides to use the golden gauntlets. She somehow enters Yuu’s mind, who thanks her for being chosen and lends her new master her strength to beat her opponent. She heals [[Chiaki|Chiaki's]] wounds and mentions her auto-cannons, but accepts her master's decision to stop fighting and retreats.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">When Chiaki engages Kharn in a training match in Siberia using golden weapons, she gets beaten down hardly. As Kharn is threatening to cut her arm off unless she yields, Chiaki briefly enters Yuu's memories, encountering the soul inside the gauntlets she is wearing for the first time.

Yuu thanks her for choosing her and agrees to help Chiaki take on the chainaxe user, stating that Chiaki can take it. They grasp each others hands and Chiakis mind returns to her body, Yuu now awakened and talking to Chiaki in her mind. Seeing Kharn, Yuu mentions that she always wanted to fight the Blood God's Daughter but never had the chance to, before taking control of Chiakis body and punching Kharn across the room.

She gives control back to Chiaki and heals the wound on her shoulder. They get ready for another round and Yuu mentions that the gauntlets' fingers contain autocannons, but Chiaki decides to stop fighting Kharn on Midoris request. Yuu is somewhat disappointed, saying that she could have put Kharn down in two seconds, but accepts Chiakis reason for not wanting to kill a friend and retracts her power.

Kharn tells Chiaki to keep the bangles and to ask for her name, upon which the soul formally introduces herself as Yuu Kotarou.</spoiler>

===Return===
Back in Japan, [[Chiaki]] talks to Yuu inside her mind. They talk about Yuu's past as a magical girl, the contract that freed her from the hospital and how her [[Incubator]] was more interested in her continued growth than hunting witches. Yuu traveled the world to train herself, fighting many magical girls all over until [[Lance Kilgore]] cheated in a duel, shooting the magical girl before she even started moving.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">After Chiaki returns to Japan, she decides to speak to Yuu again while inside her personal vault. While she is unsure of how to make contact, the spirit inside the Gauntlets senses the probing presence of the girl wearing her and invites her into her mind space.

Chiaki finds herself in a snowy landscape, right next to a passed out bear. One of Yuu's sparring partners apparently, knocked out by a single, long trained, punch.

Upon Chiaki's question, Yuu explains that she did not belong to an Officio in the same way her current owner does. She contracted with an Incubator who explained the whole magical girl deal and mentions that he seemed to be interested in her continued growth more than anything.

He approached her while she was hospitalized with strong asthma and even offered to supply grief seeds whenever she needed one, but Yuu decided to hunt witches whenever she could find any regardless. At least when she could find any in between her continued training that even took her to America once, where she fought a magical girl that nearly killed her with a kitchen knife.

She tells Chiaki that she received her golden weapon from a pretty girl with long, white hair, but can't remember a lot about it other than falling for her at one point. She also explains that Lance Kilgore cheated during a fight they had. She needed money to return to Japan and bet her bracelets, intending to fight fair without using magic. Kilgore had her shot before she could even land one punch and would have killed her if the Blessed Lady did not offer her a way out.

While being inside a golden weapon is admittedly boring, Yuu thinks that there could be worse things. Before leaving, Chiaki pats Yuu on the head, earning a surprised but pleased reaction from the girl who completely forgot what it is like to have somebody else around to do that kind of thing.

Before Chiaki leaves, she asks about Yuu's Incubator. She explains that he called himself the Seventh, a white cat with long floppy ears and a red scarf that always flows in the wind, even when it was calm. As Chiaki is about to leave, Yuu throws a handful of snow at her face, removing her from her mind for the time being.</spoiler>

===Concert===
At the concert, Yuu informs Chiaki that she senses somebody she once fought in the area. She can't remember the name or pinpoint the exact location, but is sure that her former opponent is not looking for trouble.

During Chiaki's fight with Lucius, Yuu lends her power to the Warmaster, unleashing the full power of the Ogre Arms with her brutally efficient fighting style.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">In the backstage area of Mitakihara stadium, shortly before the concert, Yuu calls for Chiaki's attention. While the Warmaster tries to focus herself into Yuu's mind, the spirit appears next to her in the real world, although only Chiaki can hear and see her.

Yuu explains to her confused master that she did not want to distract her too much by calling her into the weapon while on important business and thus took a little of Chiaki's energy from breakfast to manifest.

Yuu tells Chiaki that she can feel when somebody she once fought is close and claims that the girl who nearly killed her with a kitchen knife one time seems to be in the stadium. While she can't remember the name or pinpoint the exact location, Yuu is sure that the girl is not looking for trouble.

The spirit apologizes for being useless, but Chiaki pats her head and tells her that incomplete information is better than no information at all and that she is still useful. Clasping Chiaki's hand between her own and intently gazing up at her wielder, Yuu promises to try her best and assures that her fists will destroy anything that dares stand in Chiaki's way.

Yuu reverently places her lips on Chiaki's soul gem before returning into the golden weapon.

When Lucius starts her campaign against Chiaki, Yuu reminds her of her presence by warming the bracelets. During the intruder's provocative speech, she tells her master to ignore the taunts and to use Yuu to make Lucius shut up together.

When Lucius throws the soul gem of Chiaki's subordinate that she used for blackmail, the Warmaster stops time to catch it, but upsets Faust. Yuu feels the Blessed lady being angry and informs her master that she will not allow her to see her for a while, but should recover from her tantrum soon.

Yuu admits that Lucius is right about subordinates being dispensable and that Chiaki should have just let Faust have the soul gem she wanted to keep her time stop ability, but Chiaki explains that she wanted to save the girl, not give her away as a snack. She claims that going without that one ability is a small price to pay for saving a soul from being eaten, and Yuu accepts the explanation.

The spirit then manifests the Ogre Arms on Chiaki's hands to fight against Lucius' ongoing assault. Upon learning that Lucius sent a severed head to Chiaki, making it look like Mami, Yuu offers to use her strength to reduce her dishonorable opponent into a greasy smear. All according to the Blessed Lady's wishes, “Purge the weak, purge the unclean, purge the unfaithful. The sharpest blade is contempt and the surest armor is hate. No mercy, no remorse.”

To Yuu's surprise, Chiaki agrees to her proposal. The soul takes control of Chiaki's body and assaults the startled Lucius, claiming to take everything from her as the onslaught continues. Using a few dirty fighting moves, they beat their opponent down and across the field. Chiaki wonders how her untrained body can perform with this kind of speed and Yuu admits that she doesn't know, but enjoys it.

Lucius calls forth two other magical girls to join the fight and calls for an attack pattern, charging their opponent from different directions. They decide to take all three at once instead of dividing them. The first to arrive is a girl wielding two spears. Yuu breaks her guard before she can throw the first, slams her forehead into her opponents nose and punches her to the ground.

She quickly sidesteps the second opponents spiked iron ball and catches Lucius' blade with her iron clad hands. Yuu throws Lucius off balance and rains punches on her face, cackling in unison with Yuu, asking Lucius if she's feeling like a hero yet. She punches her opponent across the field once more, then sidesteps the iron ball again. This time she catches the attached chain, pulls the magical girl towards her and slams her opponent into the ground, breaking some of her ribs.

As she starts moving towards Lucius, Chiaki is stabbed by three spears from behind. The first magical girl attacks her again, a series of spears floating around her. Reacting in perfect unison, completely suppressing the pain, Chiaki and Yuu raise the gauntlets towards their opponent and fire the integrated auto cannons.

Chiaki picks the unconscious girl's soul gem up and stores it in a compartment within the gauntlets while Lucius and her other subordinate stagger to their feet. Lucius' subordinate coats herself in a spiked armor and charges at Chiaki. One of her furious punches hits, but Yuu counters with an uppercut that sends their opponent flying.

Chiaki offers to let her live if she surrenders, but the girl refuses, explaining that as long as the Shieldmaiden draws breath, everything will die and that the Prophet and her followers will never stop fighting her. Chiaki and Yuu then lift the girl up and slam he into the ground repeatedly until she looses consciousness. They take her soul gem and turn to face Lucius again.

After exchanging some words, Chiaki yields control back to Yuu who charges at Lucius, who now wields her sword again. After a few blocks and parries, the fanatic manages to score a surprise hit. She shoves the blade deep into Chiaki's body, then tears it back out again. At this point, the pain returns in full force, enough to drop Chiaki to her knees, unable to move.

Lucius takes up an executioner's stance and asks for any last words while Chiaki and Yuu's connection is weakening. Chiaki laughs at her after Enishi reports that all suicide bombers have been apprehended. Mustering their strength again, Chiaki and Yuu attack the now panicking Lucius before she can bring her sword down. They catch the blade, a deep scratch revealing gold underneath the black gauntlet's surface, then snap it in half with a scream of pain and rage. As Lucius falls to the ground, Chiaki undoes the gauntlet's transformation and Yuu's presence retreats.

While Chiaki slowly drags her injured body across the field after taking Lucius out, Yuu wonders if they won, her voice filled with pain. Chiaki confirms and thanks the soul for the help. Yuu apologizes for getting carried away letting Chiaki get hit during the fight, but is happy to be of use. She explains that she will need some time regenerate the damage to the Gauntlets and will sleep in the dark for a while, promising to be alright again. Before she fades from Chiaki's consciousness, Yuu mentions that she placed the captured soul gems in her inventory.</spoiler>

==Trivia==
*Yuu is a direct port of Yuu/Strength from Black Rock Shooter, the only difference is being a magical girl in this setting.
*Yuu can feel when somebody she fought before is around.
*The Black Templars of the Second tried to recruit her after Yuu defeated one of them in a sparring match, but she declined to continue her training.
*Her teacher is an old man with a white beard who carries a turtle shell on his back and wears aviators.
*Yuu's fighting style is surprisingly brutal and blood thirsty for a soft spoken girl like her.

==NECO Profile==
<pre style="width: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">*DECEASED*
NAME: Kotarou Yuu
"I’m sorry...Here, let me help you up.”
OFFICIO: Seventh, in…wherever they want to be
RANK: Wandering Wuxia
BIO: Known as The Ogre in magical girl circles, Kotarou Yuu was a legend in her own right – she’d wander the world trying to improve her punch-fu, challenging and defeating magical girls left and right. Eventually they turned it into a game, though she might never have realized – the Sixth and Eighth especially competed to see who could last the longest against The Ogre before going down. Her win record was impeccable up until her unfortunate death at the hands of Lance Kilgore a few years ago.
ABILITY: Punching, though she can set her fists on fire, because that’s totally not excessive or anything.
WEAPONRY: Fists, though she eventually acquired some kind of magic superfists.
STRENGTH SS
SPEED C, A in bursts
MELEE SS
RANGED F
MAGIC D
TACTICS D
CHARM A+

TRIVIA
-She used to have a really adorable attitude, and she’d tend to her opponents after she beat them, shyly asking them for bus fare or enough money for lunch. Most reports say she turned into a real jerk toward the end of her career, though, and all that mattered to her was finding someone stronger.

-Yuu makes most of her money by collecting and picking up trash, then recycling it. It improves the environment AND makes people’s lives better! Makes you feel like kind of a jerk, huh?

-Poor kid misses her master terribly, some old man on a tiny little island out in the ocean. He passed away shortly after she left on her journey, and she never got to learn his ultimate technique.</pre>

==Gallery==
===Art by Deculture===
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[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Seventh Officio]]

Noriko Karasawa

2015-04-24T19:33:29Z

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<blockquote>''"How...how could I mess up something s-so simple? Ruri-san's going to give me the box because of this..."''</blockquote>
{{Infobox_civilian
| imagecaption = Noriko Karasawa
| image =
| aka = Deepthroat, Filthy Assistant
| appearance = [[Thread 103]]
| organization =
| occupation = M-Idol
| height =
| dob =
}}

==Character Summary==

===Physical Description===
*Noriko has unruly, greasy black hair and green eyes with dark rings under them.
*She is rather short.
*She easily sweats a lot.

===Personality===
*Noriko is socially anxious to the extreme.
*She is almost always nervous, making her voice insecure and shaky and her body trembling.
*Her demeanor makes it easy for people to miss her presence until she makes herself noticed.

==Character History==
Noriko is a daughter of the noble Karasawa family, which makes her Enishi's sister. Unlike her other sisters, she is not a magical girl, but an idol. Her family disapproves of her career choice, but her brother seems to support her regardless.
She is also secretly the assistant of the novice reporter known as NECO.

===Kirishima===
The M-idol Noriko is hired by Ruri Kirishima as a personal assistant during her time in Mitakihara. One of her tasks is handing a ticket to a rigged lottery to Chiaki to make sure the magical girl is chosen as the special fan to accompany the super idol for the duration of the promotional livestream and concert.

Noriko is constantly nervous, but Chiaki tries her best to calm her down and even starts to befriend the strange girl. Ruri on the other hand treats her as the servant she was hired to be, and even punishes her by making Noriko stay inside a box for messing up.

The next day, Chiaki has another conversation with Noriko, where she explains what she is doing as an M-idol and invites her to see one of her own shows at some point.

At night, Noriko encounters her sister Enishi, who works as a magical girl under Chiaki. She is still inside the box and too tense to talk to her much, especially since Enishi shows her a very cold attitude.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">The M-idol Noriko is hired by Ruri Kirishima as a personal assistant during her time in Mitakihara. One of her tasks is handing a ticket to a rigged lottery to Chiaki to make sure the magical girl is chosen as the special fan to accompany the super idol for the duration of the promotional livestream and concert.

Noriko is constantly nervous, but Chiaki tries her best to calm her down and even starts to befriend the strange girl. Ruri on the other hand treats her as the servant she was hired to be, and even punishes her by making Noriko stay inside a box for messing up.

The next day, Chiaki has another conversation with Noriko, where she explains what she is doing as an M-idol and invites her to see one of her own shows at some point.

At night, Noriko encounters her sister Enishi, who works as a magical girl under Chiaki. She is still inside the box and too tense to talk to her much, especially since Enishi shows her a very cold attitude.

Noriko accompanies Ruri for the entire duration of the concert, carrying the camera for the livestream when she is not taking care of other chores. She also accompanies Ruri on her flight the day after the concert.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Noriko is hired by Ruri Kirishima as a stress relief and underling. On the first day of her stay in Mitakihara, the super idol instructs her to meet the Warmaster of the Ninth Officio in front of the hotel and hand her the winning ticket to the four day date with Ruri lottery unnoticed.

Soon after the Warmaster arrives, Noriko approaches her, tugs at her sleeve and tells her not to look at her before speaking the arranged key phrase. Chiaki replies with her phrase, but Noriko doesn't let go, telling the other girl that she was instructed to wait for a signal before giving something to her.

Positively scared of messing up, she begs Chiaki not to shoot her legs off or eat her face. Confused, Chiaki tries to tell her she will not do something like that without good reason, but Noriko only gets more scared, shaking and crying. Just as Chiaki tries to comfort her, an idol on stage in front of the hotel starts announcing the lottery winning numbers. Taking this as her signal, Noriko presses a ticket into Chiaki's hand and quickly runs away.

Unexpectedly, the Warmaster gives the winning ticket away and is left outside after the crowd clears. The guards at the entrance refuse to let her in, unaware of her position, and Noriko waves at Chiaki from behind some trash cans, looking quite miserable.

She takes Chiaki through an alley to the back door of the hotel, kept open by one of her shoes. Too weak to open it herself, Noriko needs help to move the door before leading Chiaki to the service elevator. Once inside, she asks why Chiaki didn't use the ticket, crying that she will get the box for messing up her simple task.

Chiaki pats her shoulder, causing Noriko to flinch, and tells her that she went against the flow deliberately because nobody told her about this plan and assures that nobody should punish the messenger for it. When Chiaki asks about the box, Noriko shakes her head, covers her ears and asks her not to make her say it out loud, calling it horrible and mentions that she is not supposed to talk about it.

In front of Ruri's suite, Chiaki stops, hearing screams of climax. Noriko tells her to go knock and not keep Ruri waiting, shaking at the Warmaster's furious expression. Lighting cigarettes, Chiaki paces in circles in front of the door, ignoring Noriko for a while before calming down enough to talk again.

Noriko wonders if Chiaki was confused abut where to go, who irritatedly asks her to open the door for her. Noriko fails at first, then opens it with both sweaty hands, cleaning the door knob with her dress afterwards. While Ruri greets Chiaki and continues her anime script practice with Iori Minase, Noriko starts unpacking luggage, trying to stay out of view f the camera broadcasting a livestream.

When somebody knocks on the door, Noriko drops a piece of luggage on her foot, limping while making her way over to open. After room service spreads breakfast on the table, Noriko takes the camera from Sayaka, nearly dropping it at first.

Ruri introduces Chiaki as the best Murder Mayumi cosplayer there is and asks what she does to look just like her, who replies that it is second nature to her before growling to get the camera out of her face, threatening to shoot it. Noriko shakes, but Ruri hold her in place while telling the viewers that they will see more of her during the next days and announces a break, switching the camera off.

Ruri lets out a sigh and asks Noriko about her performance, who replies that she was very green, pleasing the idol. She then tells Noriko to take Iori and Sayaka next door so she can speak to the Warmaster in private, adding that she will decide how long her assistant will be put into the box later.

Some time later the group hears a commotion next door and makes their way back to Ruri's suite. As they enter, a group of suit wearing men nearly bumps into them. While they shove their way past the girls, Noriko keeps the camera aimed at them. Sayaka thought they would be pressured into leaving if they thought they would end up on the webstream, which did work out well.

She compliments Sayaka's cunning plan and explains that the Yakuza have been tailing Ruri ever since she arrived in Japan. The idol assumes that some of her agency work with the Yakuza and wants Chiaki to find out who. The Warmaster offers to put all of them in a room, find out who is responsible and get them out in a body bag, but Ruri refuses this approach.

Chiaki settles for sending Noriko to get the security leader from downstairs. A bit later she brings the man in, nervously shaking and eager to leave so she does not have to see his kneecaps getting shot out. While waiting outside the room, she overhears the conversation and confirms that the guard desperately tried to recover video material from the security cameras before reporting to the magical girl.

On his way out, the guard bumps into Noriko. Soon after, Sayaka does the same, knocking her to the ground. After a while she gets back into the suite and reminds Ruri that they have to go back online in two minutes. Ruri pats her head in thanks and tells her to take better care of her hair, seeing how greasy it is.

Ruri wonders where Sayaka is, and Noriko tells her that the magical girl needed some air and will be back soon while holding up a mirror for the idol to check her makeup. Noriko then readies the camera and counts down for the webcast to get back live.

She keeps the camera work up during the following events until finally taking a break during the idol's dance practice in Mitakihara stadium. She sits on the edge of the stage eating a sandwich when Chiaki taps her shoulder, sitting right next to her. Shocked, Noriko shrieks and holds her mouth shut, whimpering through her hands upon realizing who is next to her.

After composing herself, Noriko asks if Chiaki wants her to get something, who replies that she just wants to keep her company for a while. Noriko first thinks she is joking, but then notices that she dropped her lunch, which fell apart on the ground, soaked by her water. Chiaki apologizes, gives her a handkerchief and runs off to get a stage hand to buy a new sandwich while Noriko cries over the loss of the simple lunch her brother made for her.

Blowing her nose, Noriko tells Chiaki that she didn't have to do that, but thanks her nonetheless. Chiaki asks about her brother and Noriko shows her a picture she had taken secretly. She mentions that they used to fight a lot, but he started treating her better when she got her job as an idol.

In reaction to Chiaki's confused expression, Noriko explains that there are many different types of idols in the industry. From the singing and dancing idols like Ruri and Iori, to fashion models, mascot idols as well as M idols like herself. Handing Chiaki her unusually neat calling card, Noriko tells her that people come to her shows to bully her, to shout and throw things while she apologizes, all in order to vent frustration and relieve stress. She proudly claims the title as second best M idol, telling Chiaki about her two thousand fans with a bright smile.

Chiaki wonders if there are S idols as well, which Noriko confirms. She also mentions that both Ruri and Iori used to be successful S idols in the past. Leaning in closer, she points out that the currently most popular S idol, Mappi, is also part of the show and that she considers Ruri her rival. Leaning her head on Chiaki's shoulder, she tells her that she could be a good S idol if she wanted, comparing her icy stare with that of Ruri.

While Noriko curls her arms around Chiaki's, the magical girl wonders if she ever wanted to be a normal idol. Noriko admits that she did, but already has a hard time getting on stage for her M shows, writing off singing and dancing as impossible.

Just then the stage hand returns with a packed sandwich, completely out of breath from running all the way. Chiaki hands it over to Noriko, who finally lets go of her and returns one half to the magical girl, explaining that she can't possibly finish a footlong on her own and that Sayaka or her boyfriend must be hungry, too.

She explains that Sayaka dragged the guard from earlier behind a wall to whisper something, but she did not hear anything concrete other than Sayaka crying a bit. Chiaki tells her that this is a misunderstanding and that she should not mention this again.

Before leaving, Chiaki asks if she knows anything about Ruri's dead fan two years ago, but Noriko was still training to be an M idol back then and only knows that there are many crazy people in Santa Destroy. Chiaki then hands her her half sandwich and tells her to give it to Sayaka later. She also exchanges phone numbers and asks for her M idol show schedule.

After practice, Noriko keeps a small hand fan aimed at Ruri, following the idol around and taking photos of her and Sayaka when asked to. In her changing room, Ruri sends her to fetch Sayaka whom she invited to join in her bath, mentioning that she should join before the rose petals sink.

On the way back to the hotel, Ruri gives Chiaki and Sayaka a long explanation on how to achieve perfectly smooth nether regions, making Noriko blush furiously who tries to ignore the embarrassing subject. Once in the hotel, Noriko retreats to her own room, right next to Ruri's suite.

After taking a shower, Noriko grabs a folded cardboard box and heads out to report to Ruri for her time in the box. In front of the door, she spots Chiaki and asks if Ruri is already asleep. As soon as she notices another woman walking up, she pales and quickly unfolds the cardboard box to hide under it, trembling and crying.

Chiaki inquires about their relation and if this will affect the operation. Enishi tells her that this is an unexpected family reunion that will not affect her behavior or capability during the mission. She nudges the box, asking if Ryota is doing well, to which Noriko nods. She tells the covered girl that their father sends his regards, that their mother is still disappointed in her and that their elder sister wishes her well in her idol career despite sharing Enishi's wish that she grows out of it.

Enishi tells Chiaki that the family had high hopes for the girl but coldly states that it sometimes is a silly thing. Chiaki lifts the box to find Noriko curled up and sobbing into her hands. After ten minutes, the idol finally calms down enough to talk and asks if her sister is gone, which the magical girl confirms. Noriko explains that she never stopped being scary and wipes her dripping nose on her sleeve.

Chiaki offers her the rest of her coffee and tells Noriko that she doesn't need to spend time in the box today, mentioning that Ruri is already asleep anyway. Noriko turns the coffee down, explaining that it makes her jittery, but thanks her for the offer.

Filling the silence that ensued after patting the idol's head, Chiaki comments that her family disapproves of Noriko's career choice. She explains that her family wanted her to be a real idol instead of going on stage to be laughed at like some sort of clown. But Noriko is content with doing things the way she wants to as long as her brother is still proud of her.

Chiaki suggests sleeping next to Ruri who mentioned being lonely in an empty bed, but Noriko refuses, explaining that she can't sleep with the super idol's snoring in the same room. She returns to her own room to go to sleep, thanking Chiaki through a gap in the door before closing it shut.

The next morning, everyone prepares for the concert, including Noriko actually wearing clean clothes and washed hair. After lunch time, Chiaki calls for a final security meeting and gathers everyone in Ruri's suite. During the meeting Noriko is absorbed in convincing her brother to watch the concert on TV since she might be shown on air.

All of a sudden, Chiaki stands in front of her, startling the poor girl hard enough to make her drop the phone and start to cry. The magical girl picks the phone up and slips it into Noriko's pocket. She hands her a handkerchief and apologizes for scaring her, explaining that she did a quick swipe of the room since something felt off and only ended up in front of her by coincidence.</spoiler>

===Concert===
Noriko accompanies Ruri for the entire duration of the concert, carrying the camera for the livestream when she is not taking care of other chores. She also accompanies Ruri on her flight the day after the concert.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">The group moves to the stadium in a convoy of four cars and two heavily armored APCs. The vehicles are decorated with Ruri decals, a demand from her producer, and the idol has Noriko take photos of her in front of them even though she admits the paintjob to be excessive. Ruri, Sayaka, Chiaki, Noriko and Enishi get into one car for the ride.

Suddenly the car stops in it's tracks, throwing the passengers around. Noriko crashes into Sayaka, and after they disentangle, the driver explains under Sayaka's angry questioning that the convoy spotted a headless body in the middle of the road, appearing out of nowhere right in front of them.

Chiaki decides to go out and investigate, but Sayaka and Enishi try to stop her, considering it an obvious trap. Chiaki tries to go out anyway, but Sayaka insists that something seems wrong and convinces her to stay inside and move on.

All the while, Ruri remains silent until they are well past the event site. The Warmaster asks if Ruri is alright or if they should postpone the concert, but the idol assures that she will be fine, claiming that she just feels silly after wishing for action and having it happen like this.

Chiaki mentions that she thought Ruri might find it exciting, but the idol explains that while fighting and dying is somewhat heroic, being murdered and put on display like that girl is a different thing. Chiaki tells her that this is exactly how things go, but Sayaka stops her from scaring the civilians any more. Seeing how Noriko looks like passing out, Chiaki remains silent and pats the assistant's shoulder to calm her down a little.

After a while they arrive at the stadium and Ruri explains that it will be very loud and frantic and that they usually just head straight for the entrance. Enishi suggests to keep Ruri in between them and move quickly, claiming that assassins would not risk acting out in the open and in front of the media. Ruri agrees to the plan cheerfully while Noriko explains that she will meet them backstage since assistants are not supposed to walk the red carpet.

During the opening number, shortly before Ruri's first performance, Chiaki declines to make an appearance as Murder Mayumi. Ruri tries to convince her with a teary eyed pout, but Noriko reminds the idol that she arranged a backup plan.

A bell rings as the signal to get ready for the performance, and Ruri gathers her group of idols and extras to head out, Noriko following behind with a camera for the webcast.

After the concert and the fight between Chiaki and a group of hostile magical girls, 2020 Productions decides to relocate Ruri ahead of time. So the morning after the concert, the group heads to the airport for an early flight. Noriko keeps watch on the private jet as preparations are made, accompanied by Sayaka for security.

The call for Ruri's flight comes up and the group moves out onto the tarmac, secured by Kyosuke's men. Meanwhile Noriko is lifting heavy luggage into the plane, stubbornly refusing Sayaka's help. Once done, she waits in the door for Ruri to finish her farewell but has to remind her of their schedule at some point.</spoiler>

==Trivia==
*Noriko is based on Tomoko Kuroki from “Watamote”.

==Gallery==

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Noriko

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Midori Hanegawa

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<blockquote>''"In short, sempai, I'm your ninja," Midori's smile widens slightly. "Er, well, just don't ask me to steal stuff, or anything. I've never been great at shoplifting."''</blockquote>
{{Infobox
| imagecaption = Midori Hanegawa
| image = [[Image:Profile-Midori Hanegawa.png|200px]]
| aka = Midori Sakamoto, Broccoli Head, Green Green, Midorin
| appearance = [[Thread 5]]
| organization = Ninth Officio, formerly Tenth Officio
| rank = Callidus
| occupation = Magical Girl
| ability = Illusions
| weapon = Wrist-blade and daggers
| height = 168cm
| dob = May 6 (currently 17)
}}

'''Midori Hanegawa''', is recurring character and one of the narrators of Magical Girl Noir Quest. Initially introduced as an enemy Magical Girl, she was taken prisoner, interrogated, and eventually recruited into the Ninth Officio by [[Chiaki Matsuda]]. A shy and lonely young woman with self-esteem issues, it was quickly revealed that Midori had an infatuation with her violent would be savior. An infatuation that would eventually lead her to risk her own life in exchange for that of the amnesiac Magical Girl.

==Character Summary==
A ramen chef's daughter from a family with crippling debt. She originally contracted as a member of the Tenth Officio, but was later recruited into the Ninth Officio after being defeated and captured by Chiaki during her first bodyguard mission involving [[Iori Minase]]. Reassigned to Chiaki as her direct subordinate, it was quickly revealed that Midori actually knew Chiaki by reputation and was completely infatuated with her, even having gone so far as to draw porn doujinshi involving a self-insert character of herself and an idealized version of Chiaki - "The Adventures of Miracle Midori and Murder Mayumi". Chiaki took the news surprisingly well and the two continued to work closely together for the duration of the Siberia Mission despite initial mistrust and difficulties. After being forced to subdue the one friend she had made during her time in the Tenth Officio, [[Mirai Wakaba]], Midori is further tested by the harrowing experience of having to fight through two overlapping Witch Barrier's in order to rescue Chiaki...

===Physical Description===
*A Japanese girl of above average height. She is seventeen years old.
*Midori has pretty crimson eyes and brilliant green hair.
*Her long green hair is tied at the back of her head by a single yellow ribbon.
*She is remarkably busty, having been compared to Mami in multiple occasions.
*Midori is usually seen wearing a gray colored hoody along with black bike shorts and blue sneakers.
*Her Soul Gem is a circular crimson gem gilded with silver and brass. It is held at her neck by a choker when transformed. The gilding is later replaced with that of Mirai Wakaba's brass.

===Personality===
*Midori is loyal to her friends and true to her beliefs.
*She is very considerate.
*She also has a vivid, lewd imagination.
*Initially, Midori acts in a very assertive manner, but becomes increasingly shyer and awkward as time passes.
*Midori is quite insecure about her capabilities as a Callidus and her worth to Chiaki as a friend.
*She also has a prominent jealous streak.

==Character History==
===Iori Minase===
Midori is hired by a group of Otaku to place an illusion on the guards of the idol Iori Minase while they have their way with the helpless girl. She appears as the idol's friend Yayoi and casts a spell on the guardian. In the illusion, she tells the magical girl bodyguard that the men will not harm her, but is violently thrown off by Faust and shot by Chiaki Matsuda.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Midori first appears during the first protection mission for Iori Minase that Chiaki Matsuda accepts, in the disguise of Yayoi Takatsu. She creates an illusion that keeps Chiaki asleep and paralysed in a dream while her clients have their way with the idol. She tells her that the men will not touch Chiaki as courtesy from one professional to another.

Chiaki however laughs at her, startling the supposed idol, before accepting Faust's help who breaks Midori's spell, causing her to throw up blood and revealing her true form. Watching Chiaki coldly take out five armed men in a matter of seconds, the hysterical Midori's terror surges when her kneecaps are shot with a golden Desert Eagle, causing the green haired magical girl to faint.

Her unconscious form is tied up, shoved around and stepped on before being brought to the Ninth Officios silent room, her soul gem in custody of Chiaki Matsuda.</spoiler>

===Recuperation===
After being transferred to a silent room, Midori is interrogated by her captor, drunk from having her soul gem soaked in alcohol. She refuses to reveal details about her Incubator and flirts with Chiaki, who offers her to switch employers.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Once Chiaki awakens the restrained, lifeless body of Midori in the silent room to interrogate her, she realizes that placing a soul gem in alcohol affects the owner, as Midori is clearly drunk from her soul gem being used as a wiskey warmer for a while.

Midori tells Chiaki her name is Sakamoto Midori, Callidus Rank, but refuses to talk about her Incubator. She worked with Iori's assailants because she needs money to support her family's ramen joint, despite disagreeing with what they do. She says she doesn't mind being killed by Murderface, the legendary Vindicare, but requests her body being returned to her family afterwards.

In her drunken state, Midori tells Chiaki that she finds her cute. Being called cute herself, she tells Chiaki that all other girls at her place are popular and nobody cares about a loser like her. Unlike them who became magical girls for extra sparkles, Midori was hit by a sports car while on a delivery and accepted the incubators deal to survive.

She describes him as a cat with black body and white head bearing a circle marking, who wears ruffles and talks with a french accent. But she still refuses to reveal his name because he places great emphasis on secrecy.

When Chiaki offers her to switch employers, Midori replies that she would, but doubts anyone would want another Callidus like her.</spoiler>

===Recruitment===
After a particularly stressful assignment Chiaki visits her to get drunk together but is interrupted by Kyubey. The Incubator offers to either overwrite or nullify Midori's contract, and Chiaki decides to take responsibility of her. After a bit of fooling around with her soul gem, Chiaki takes Midori to the infirmary to have her body healed. On the way she explains her Callidus abilities and her encounter with Faust.

Midori serves as Chiaki's driver while she meets people in preparation for her trip to Siberia, happy about being allowed to accompany her.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">For about a week, Midori is periodically woken up by Mami. Chiaki arrives one night, wearing a maid uniform covered in blood, with whiskey and melon liqueur to drink with her after a stressful assignment. Waking the green haired girl up, Chiaki submerges their soulgems in alcohol to get the both of them drunk to wash away the troubles. Midori tells her of how the pink haired girl broke her illusion back in the hotel, and asks why Chiaki is so important to her but is interrupted by Kyubey.

Kyubey offers Chiaki the choice to either nullify Midori's contract, granting her a quick death, or to rewrite it and have her take responsibility of the girl. Chiaki tells her to Incubator rewrite the contract, who attunes Midori's soul gem to her own. She will be able to track Midori, take control of and even remotely kill her if necessary. Kyubey welcomes Midori Hanegawa into the Officio and leaves.

Midori asks why Chiaki saved her and infers that she likes her, blushing and fidgeting under her restraints. She requests to be released, clearly drunk and loud enough to be heard on the phone call Chiaki started. She tries to shut Midori up by giving her soul gem a lick, giving her an intense orgasm with sharp, loud moaning instead after which she falls asleep. Not long after, Chiaki frees Midori from her restraints and wakes her up, telling her what happened. Midori is embarrassed at first, but then asks Chiaki to do it again. She refuses and transports her new subordinate to the infirmary in a wheelchair.

On the way Midori tells her that she can easily take on the form of anyone if she studies them long enough. She can also create a wide area hypnosis that lets people perceive her as what she is expected to be in the current situation, feeding on expectation and putting the result into peoples minds. This last ability is very difficult and straining, so she only uses it when it's really needed. Midori also tells her how she changed into a somewhat different version of Chiaki when the pink haired girl appeared. A more stylish Chiaki with hair down to her rear, spread out like wings with a pink ribbon and a golden shield on her left arm.

In the infirmary Midori is introduced to Sayaka and Kyoko, the latter teasing her about being a bed warmer. Midori says she will be, if Chiaki let's her, only to be told that she needs to spend more time with her and that the real Murderface probably doesn't live up to the rumors. They part ways and Chiaki takes Midori to get her legs regrown in the infirmary.

The next day, Midori drives Chiaki to a meeting with her principal Iori, constantly looking at her in the mirror. Chiaki decides to have her come along on her trip to the R&D base in Siberia. She thanks Chiaki for choosing her, mentioning she has never been overseas before. Midori apologizes for giving Chiaki a fake name during her first interrogation, saying that she would have told her her real name instead of the cover soon, or if she had decided to dispose of her. She promises not to lie to her superior again, and is made to use her proper name Matsuda, instead of Murderface, along with proper honorific. She ends up calling her Matsuda-senpai and is quite happy about going on a trip with her.

At the Lovelace mansion Midori makes to follow Chiaki inside, but is firmly told to stay in the car and that her job for now is to follow orders. Some time later Chiaki hands her a plate of pancakes and takes up driving herself, looking somewhat distressed. On the way to pick up Misaka Midor asks what happened in the mansion, clearly concerned, but is cut off and told not to worry. Midori suggests talking about her troubles and that Chiaki might not have to drink so much if she did, but is harshly told off.

The appearance of Tiny Pete as well at the choice of name startle Midori, much to Misakas annoyance. Midori herself is impressed by how well her superior handles the child who decided to ignore her. While Chiaki is talking to her arms dealer, Midori playfully flirts with Tiny Pete, resulting in being told off by Misaka. She is then ordered to regard Misaka's orders as equal to Chiaki's orders for the duration of the trip, within reason. She is impressed that Tiny Pete is actually planned for live combat, saying she'd pay big money to see him stomp Pleiades Saints' skulls.

While Misaka packs, Midori says that she understands people are suspicious of her and assures that she will not betray her new superior and that she wants to be helpful. They shake hands and Midori tells her she is glad her life is in the hands of somebody who will not kill her unless it is for a good reason.</spoiler>

===Flight===
Midori takes care of Misaka at the airport. On the plane Chiaki confronts her about a porn comic featuring characters that look like them, and admits being the author behind “The Adventures of Miracle Midori and Murder Mayumi”.To her surprise, Chiaki is not mad and gives her thorough critique instead.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Midori volunteers to carry the luggage for the trip and is told to follow Misaka around at the airport. She convinces a guard to let the two of them pass into a hangar but has her hands full with the stubborn girl until Chiaki calls and talks to her.

On the plane, Midori is embarrased by Chiaki indicating that she found out about her porn manga and avoids eye contact, squirming every time Chiaki so much as moves “The Adventure of Miracle Midori and Murder Mayumi”, which seems to be a source of considerable enjoyment for her superior. Midori tries to explain in unintelligable streams of apologies, only to be shut up with a mouthful of pancake from Chiaki's packed dinner and told to be quiet since Misaka is asleep.

She admits to being the author of MMxMM and basing some characters on people she knows, Murder Mayumi on Murderface and Miracle Midori on herself. She never wanted to tell anyone and apologizes, saying she drew it because she was lonely and needed something to escape to in between her family's financial problems and soul crushing assignments. She apologizes again, saying that she wants to call the publishing agency to stop the series now that Chiaki is her boss.

To her surprise, Chiaki gives her thorough critique, pats her head and tells her that everybody needs a hobby and that she doesn't mind Midori continuing. Being asked why she used Murderface and not someone better, Midori says she needed somebody dark, broody and cool to contrast with her bright, vulnerable lead.

She didn't think it would sell, but to her own surprise the books were a real hit at Comiket with demands for a sequel. She tells Chiaki that she published six volumes so far, but refuses to tell her what happens next and promises to get her the following volumes one by one.

Midori asks what Chiaki would say if she confessed to her, hypothetically, and is told that her superior takes confessions serious and would have to decline as the two of them don't know each other nearly well enough.

Some hours later, after sleeping for the rest of the flight and then some more, Midori wakes Chiaki up. After getting ready to go, she receives Chiaki's weapon suitcase with the explicit order not to open it and gets on the helicopter that will take them to the R&D base.</spoiler>

===Betrayer & Hunt===
Midori is intimidated by Kharn's presence and jealous of her closeness with Chiaki. When her superior wants her to cook for the russian and asks about her part in the attack on Iori, she locks herself into a room to cry. Chiaki apologizes for being insensitive, Midori apologizes for overreacting, Kharn thanks her for the food. Midori later finds Chiaki sleeping on her bed and decides to sleep next to her to calm her nightmares.

They later depart on a hunting trip, but cancel the plan when they find traces of an enemy magical girl, which Midori thinks is an acquaintance. They find Mirai who demands Midori's return to her old Officio, but have to fight when she refuses. Chiaki and Midori take on the horde of bears while Kharn engages Mirai. Chiaki uses the golden katana and loses control of herself until Midori makes her regain herself, sustaining injuries in the process.

Following Kharn, they find her over Mirai's burning corpse. The russian promises that the scheduled procedure will fix Chiaki and makes Midori promise to keep her superior away from the golden weapons for a while. Back at the base Souji treats their wounds and puts them in bed together.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Midori is immediately intimidated by Kharn's presence, stepping back and telling Chiaki that it would not be good to keep the russian girl waiting. Inside the base she is both disappointed and excited about everyone getting a room of their own instead of sharing one with Chiaki.

She hands Kharn the suitcase with the golden weapons, sulking at the rusian hugging her superior. When Chiaki asks her to make some takoyaki for Kharn, Midori says that she will make them for Chiaki who can share them with whomever she wants, annoyed by her superiors closeness with the russian girl.

When Chiaki tells her about witches, the one in Mami's apartment specifically, Midori explains the description fits a former girl of her previous Officio, Asuka Yuuri, who was considered to have gone rogue. Chiaki promises her to end things quickly should Midori ever witch out, the green haired girl promising to do her best, too.

When asked about Iori, Midori flinches, coldly telling Chiaki that the sex was part of the illusion, the scenario thought up by the idol herself. She also tells her that she was not involved in the rape of Yayoi Takatsuki before pushing a bowl of takoyaki in Chiakis hands and locking herself in her room.

Crying on her bed, she tells Chiaki to leave her alone, who decidedly ignores that and apologizes for being tactless through the closed door, telling her that she needed the information and reminds Midori that she lacks any sense of delicacy. She also apologizes for making her cook for Kharn, telling Midori that she only wanted ot do something nice for an old friend she forgot about, and that she liked the takoyaki.

Midori then opens the door and apologizes for overreacting. Kharn tells her that Chiaki is lacking in social terms, and thanks her for the takoyaki, asking to be taught to make them, making Midori blush and pulling her out of her room into the kitchen.

Afterwards, she finds Chiaki sleeping in her room and decides to sleep beside her as it helps calm nightmares in her experience. After waking up, Midori tells her that she likes the idea of sleeping with her, but that it's not the only thing on her mind and that she can be just considerate for her boss, too.

She gets ready for the hunt, despite thinking that killing animals for sport is cruel, but is willing to try as it's common practice in Siberia. After keeping Misaka and Tiny Pete company for a while, she receives a headset from Chiaki, telling her superior how the hunting gear suits her before boarding the partys vehicle.

When the group stops ahead of schedule, she exits with Misaka, asking Chiaki what happened. Hearing the description of a magical girl that showed up leading a horde of bears, Midori is reminded of someone and requests to accompany Chiaki to see for herself if her suspicion is right. When asked about it, she tells Chiaki that the description sounds like Mirai Wakaba, a member of the Pleiades Saints and unlike the other members, one of her few friends.

Chiaki allows her to come, but tells her to face the reality that her friend has likely been sent to kill her, which Midori says she already expected. She receives a rifle from Kharn with a short explanation on its use, protesting as she is no marksman, but can't assert herself against the russian.

Upon finding the remains of the brutally murdered advance party, Midori empties her stomach before accompanying Chiaki further north towards the enemies lair. When Chiaki tells her to hide and retreat when the fighting starts, she returns that she will not leave her superiors side in a firefight. Chiaki takes the rifle from her, giving Midori a strange heavy gun from her shield instead.

Some minutes later at a clearing, Midori ascertains that the enemy is indeed her friend Mirai. She steps into the clearing, all bears focusing on her, and talks to her friend. She tells her that she wanted to leave for some time due to the missions being too much for her. Mirai however doesn't care for her reasons, stating that she is to return the traitors soul gem to her incubator. She offers to spare Chiaki if Midori surrenders, but Midori refuses to turn her back on the one she loves, aiming the bolter gun at the crimson haired girl and threatening to kill her herself.

Mirai sends the bears to attack and Midori fares unexpectedly well, taking a good number of beasts out with carefully aimed shots, calmly switching the bolter with Chiakis M60 after running out of rounds. One particularily large bear tears the rifle from her hands and is cut down by Chiaki, now wielding the golden katana filled with bloodthirst.

Midori tries to make her superior regain her senses and drop the sword, calling her name and pulling her arm, desperately holding on to her even when Muramasa cuts into her arms and torso until Chiaki finally lets go of the blade. Midori keeps holding on to her as they head to where Kharn defeated Mirai, the corpse beheaded and still burning.

When Kharn states that Chiaki has been tainted she makes Midori promise to keep her from touching the golden weapons for a while and assures that Souji and herself will fix the Warmaster in training. Chiaki forces Midoris grasp open before pulling her close, letting her subordinate rest against her shoulders, sharing their warmth, and Midori quickly falls asleep.

Back at the base, she is treated and put to bed with Chiaki, naked to provide each other with more warmth.</spoiler>

===Treatment & Training===
Chiaki lost her memories during the procedure. Midori introduces herself again and tells her some details about her life and surroundings again. She accompanies Chiaki to the training facilities where she fights Kharn and expresses her concern about using golden weapons against each other.

Later Chiaki starts interrogating the captured Mirai but the Tenth Incubator takes control of the girl and threatens to detonate her soul gem. Midori is sent out to have Souji prepare an emergency teleporter, soon finding Kharn next to her after an explosion.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">A while later, Midori wakes up to Chiaki squeezing her shoulder. Her mind still numb from exhaustion and painkillers, she asks if she should get something for Chiaki, who hugs her and simply says that they both need to sleep.

The next morning Midori is in the living area with Misaka and Souji. She hears Chiaki enter and approaches, but quickly notices that something is wrong. She asks Kharn what happened, who could only watch silently as Chiaki reveals her most recent amnesia triggered by the procedure.

After Misaka locks herself in her room and Kharn leaves to look after Souji, Midori formally introduces herself again, holding back her tears. When asked what a Callidus like her actually is, she explains the Officio Assassinorum and its ranks to Chiaki. When asked about their relationship, Midori says that they were friends, but not as close as Kharn makes it sound and that Misaka is much closer to her, considering Chiaki a heroic big sister.

While her superior tries to talk to the young girl, Midori heads back into the kitchen to continue preparing breakfast. While they eat, Chiaki's volume of Miracle Midori and Murder Mayumi drops from her inventory. Midori panics at the thought of explaining it again before Souji picks it up, claiming it as his own.

On the way to the training area Souji mentions that Kharn tends to get carried away a lot, but Midori expresses her confidence in the previous Warmaster's ability to control herself to not hurt Chiaki.

Once he leaves, Kharn tells them not to mind his rude behavior, telling them he is only worried about a dream he had where Kharn goes berserk and kills Misaka and Midori before Chiaki puts her down. Kharn tells them not to worry, but Midori replies that dreams about death are sometimes a warning sign in her experience.

After they warm up, Kharn calls Midori to the edge of the mats in the middle of the room to give the start sign. When Chiaki and Kharn pick up golden weapons to fight each other with in the second round, Midori voices her concern a the idea of using them in combat instead of just getting instructions, but is told that this training will be safer than doing it in live combat later. Chiaki tells her to leave the area for safety reasons, but Midori insists on staying, fighting her body's urge to escape the potential danger.

She makes to give the starting signal and retreats as Kharn starts a surprise attack. When Chiaki and Kharn both fully tap the power of their weapons, colored flames in front of their left eyes, Midori tries to make Chiaki stop the fight, anxious at the development. Relieved that Chiaki agrees, she leaves the training area with Kharn and her superior.

Back in the living area, Misaka clings to Chiaki, still crying. Midori offers to take care of her, but Chiaki wants to do it herself. As the young girl returns to the kitchen, beaming, Midori passes Chiaki a glass of iced water, earning a confused look from her superior who never seems to have had a drink without alcohol before.

On the way to the interrogation room, Kharn and Midori fill Chiaki in on her current Officio background and the situation with Mirai. Inside, she expresses her concern about interrogating Mirai with the computer surrogate body. The russian pushes Chiaki to start the interrogation, assuring them its safe.

As Kharn explains that all of Mirais senses are disabled, only allowing the screen text to be perceived, Midori is shaken by the cruelty of the method. She reports what she remembers about the encounter with Mirai, pointing out differences to what Mirai said.

When the Tenth Incubator intrudes into the interrogation device and threatens to detonate Mirai's soul gem if the connection is severed, Midori suggests Chiaki to talk to him. He demands Midori's return, but she clearly states that she doesn't want to go back. Chiaki tells the Tenth that Midori belongs to her, making the green haired girl blush furiously.

Kharn hands over her keycard and instructs Midori to leave the room and use the elevator upstairs should anything happen, a prepared teleporter will bring them next to her. Moments after an explosion occurs inside the interrogation room and the teleport erupts next to Midori, knocking her down.

Blinded by the light, she hits the button to send the elevator up and grabs the body next to her. What she finds is Kharn who whispers that Chiaki is still in the room before an alarm starts up, announcing that a witch was detected inside the facility.</spoiler>

===Midori & Miracle Midori===
'''During this chapter, the game takes place in Midori's point of view.'''

Chiaki was held back in the interrogation room and is trapped inside the witch barrier that resulted from Mirai's soul gem exploding. Midori decides to infiltrate the place to save Chiaki, takes some equipment from Souji, a teleport beacon from Misaka and moves in. There she meets Madoka and teams up with her to search for her friend in the twisted reflection of Mitakihara City.

They enter the Middle School and find several phantoms, hide from a threatening figure and find the first fragment. On their way out the predator attacks and Madoka stays behind to buy time for Midori and Homura to escape. The two of them make their way to the red light district and find another fragment in Charles' Bar. Together they move on to the Hanegawa ramen restaurant and meet Malal and Mirai.

They explain that they are looking for the fragments as well to reunite all of them. Soon the third fragment closes in and Midori manages to calm it down while her companions keep it occupied. Kharn shows up and challenges the armored fragment, but Midori slaps her and blusters at the selfish russian, driving her off by breaking her will to fight. The group takes a rest in the restaurant, has some conversations and depart for the fourth fragment.

They find Kharn nearly dead lying in front of the winged fragment and Midori can't contain her anger and insults her. The fragment sends her servants to kill everyone and Midori falls first. Separated from her body, she encounters Madoka again who assists her in gathering the soul gems from all fragments while explaining Faust and the golden weapons.

After most of the battle is over, Madoka manifests Midori to talk to the last remaining fragment. She convinces her to keep on living and returning to the real world before fusing all fragments together. Back with Madoka, the Blessed Lady tells her that her soul gem is burned out, but Malal appears, throws Mirai's soul gem at her and demands that she uses it to save Midori.

She reveals her identity and asks Midori to take care of Chiaki before she returns to her body where Mirai waits. She tells her that she could not bear seeing her friend die and is at peace with her situation. Midori thanks her friend and tells her she will miss her before waking up in the real world.

Chiaki thanks her for everything she did and pulls her into an embrace to calm her down after the traumatic experience. Together they decide that Kharn will have to live with the consequences of her betrayal and has to marry Souji as part of her punishment. They decide to leave Kharn and Souji alone, have a meal together and stare into the sky to assure that the nightmare is indeed over.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Up in the living area, Souji takes care of Kharn while Midori tries to find out what do do about the situation. Souji tells her that the witch is sealed in and that something held Chiaki back when the teleporter should have saved her alongside Kharn. Souji tells her that it's imposible to get a teleporter lock from outside the barrier and that somebody has to exterminate the witch first. Misaka insists on going in with Tiny Pete, but Midori tells her that Chiaki would not want her to endanger herself and that the witch and her familiars would target not magical girls first.

Midori decides to head into the barrier alone since Kharn is in no state to do anything and Tiny Pete would draw unwanted attention during the search. She asks Misaka if she can teleport the Terminator inside when needed, and the young engineer hurriedly hands her a bulky digital watch, stating that a teleport beacon is inside. She hugs Midori, asking her to bring Chiaki back, and heads off to make preparations. Souji asks if she needs anything for the infiltration, and agrees to supplying her with two grief seeds and four doses of the medication he gave Kharn in a handy hypogun.

They head one floor down into the teleporter room where Souji prepares the machinery, warning Midori that she will feel sick upon her arrival. As he initiates the transport, the world around Midori fills with blinding light, screaming voices and the stench of brimstone before she wakes up lying in her own throw-off, feeling miserable.

As she regains her senses, she recognizes the area as a destroyed version of Mitakihara, a cackling witch blocking the sun and the pink haired girl back from the hotel standing next to her. She tells Midori that this is not Mirai's barrier, but that of Homura, the name she calls Chiaki, instead. She orders Midori not to use any other name for Homura and explains that she is in the center of the barrier, complaining about the low standards of todays magical girls, before demanding to know why Midori is trying to find her.

Midori explains that she owes her and that picking up after Chiaki is her job. Satisfied that Midori isn't trying to steal Homura away from her, the pink haired girl offers to join forces in their search. Despite her bad feeling, Midori agrees to find Chiaki as fast as possible. Happy that someone actually joins her, the pink haired girl introduces herself as Madoka and explains that she feels four locations where Homura could be and another one that should be Mirai.

At that moment, the teleporter beaon watch starts beeping, and Midori excuses herself to take the call. Misaka informs her that Tiny Pete is ready to deploy and that the beacon Chiaki is still carrying gives off four signals, matching Madoka's information. She also mentions that Souji detected a strong witch nearby, but the connection is cut before Midori could respond.

Madoka then transports the two of them to another part of the barrier where the first signal is coming from, the Mitakihara Middle School building. Following closely behind Madoka, Midori notices that she is strangely attractive when her dark eyes and sharp teeth are not visible, before asking about how she and Homura got to know each other.

The pink girl tells her how the magical girl Madoka saved the shy Homura and became her best friend before they were torn apart, one getting lost to the world and the other sacrificing her soul to do the impossible. She screams about how Homura didn't listen to Madoka and selfishly wanted to change everything, destroying the world in the process of trying to get what she wants instead of what everyone needs.

As the barrier shakes at Madoka's outburst, Midori desperately pulls her into a hug and apologizes for bringing up bad memories. She tells Madoka that they must still be friends since she still came to save her despite what she did and the pink haired girl calms down, the world around them falling into silence once more.

Madoka apologizes for her outburst and explains that she will warp them around to make things easier and avoid the familiars, listing a few locations inside the building that seem important.

Distracted at the image of Chiaki wearing the Mitakihara middle school uniform for a bit, Midori decides to start looking on the rooftop. Once there, she notices that Madoka is gone and spots someone standing in a corner. As Midori approaches the person, she recognizes it as a long haired grayscale version of Chiaki. She moves her lips worldessly, points to somewhere behind Midori and disappears when the green haired girl looks away, leaving an envelope where she stood.

As Midori picks it up, Madoka appears behind her, apologizing for leaving her alone and explains that she was drawn to a different, strange and scary place inside the school. Midori tells her about the apparition and they read the letter inside the envelope. A message about how Homura has never forgotten but could not accept to exist in a world where Madoka cannot and is prepared to be hated for what she will do. Madoka reacts with confusion and fright, telling Midori to throw it away.

They also find a ring in the envelope, and Madoka recognizes it as Homura's soul gem. She takes the ring and Midori tells her that Homura must have loved her a lot to be willing to sacrifice everything to get her back. The ring disappears in pink fire in Madoka's hand who pushes to move on.

Midori decides to head to the classroom next, but asks what happened to Madoka in the strange place earlier. She answers that the person she hates was there, weak, helpless and worthless before transporting Midori to their destination.

She arrives alone once again, finding another gray phantasm of Homura sitting at one of the desks. Calling her repeatedly, the shade looks at Midori with an irritated expression before disappearing, leaving another envelope.

While Midori picks it up, Madoka appears behind her again, seemingly irritated herself. She blusters about the person she hates and how she wants her dead before hugging Midori from behind, asking if she ever hated herself for something embarassing she did and is constantly reminded of. Midori tells her that everyone has something like that and eventually moves past it and that she and her friend both are not the same people they were in the past, cheering the dark goddess up again.

Madoka notices the envelope and promises to try to stay calm before Midori opens it to find another letter from Homura. After reading it Midori slips the letter into her pocket and suggests heading to the school clinic on foot.

Madoka tells her of a strange thing she feels walking around, different from the person she encountered before, and that it seems to be looking for her, following her scent. Just then they hear heavy metallic footsteps approaching and decide to run before their pursuer can reach their location, dashing all the way towards the clinic, Midori carrying the frightened Madoka part of the way. They press against the bottom end of the wall to escape detection when the footsteps stop in front of the clinic door for a few minutes, purple flame dancing in front of it's left eye, before it turns around to move away.

After clinging to Madoka for some more time, tensely waiting for the predator to be gone for good, they disentangle from each other and notice somebody else in the room, sleeping in one of the beds. Upon closer inspection, they find out it is Chiaki with long braided hair, wearing the Mitakihara middle school uniform, this time not a grayscale phantom. Madoka identifies her as one of the four Homuras inside the barrier, but is worried about scaring her with her devilish appearance.

Midori uses a bit of magic, small enough to make it unnoticable, to hide Madoka's black eyes and claws, giving her the appearance of her previous form. Madoka asks her to watch the door while she wakes Homura up, and Midori complies, while trying to keep her mind away from thinking that she never had a chance with Chiaki. Homura wakes up, confused at Madoka crying over her and turns to Midori for an explanation. The green haired girl tells her that Madoka was worried about her while said girl calms down enough to explain their current situation, leaving out the part about Homura's fragments.

Madoka senses their hunter approach again, albeit slowly this time, and suggests moving on quickly after formally introducing Midori. Midori decides to keep going by foot and, during a break to let the frail Homura catch her breath, asks Madoka about Mirai. She tells her that she can't feel anything, but mentions via telepathy that she might already be a witch at this point.

They move on, Midori now carrying Homura to speed up their progress, and are assaulted by the armored predator. Madoka undoes Midoris illusion and materialises her weapon, telling her companions to run away. Homura asks what happened to Madoka and Midori explains that despite her look, she still works hard to protect her friend.

They hear Madoka scream in pain, and Homura demands to go back and help her, even if she has to do it alone. Midori sets Homura back on the groud, but holds on to her wrist while explaining that Madoka is the strongest magical girl and that going back would be selfish. When Homura continues to struggle, Midori slaps her and explains that going back would be an insult to Madoka who wants to keep her friend from danger no matter what and that she will definitely return. Hearing this, the frail Homura calms down a bit and cries into Midoris shoulder.

At this point Midoris teleporter beacon connects again, Misaka and Souji noticably relieved that Midori is still alive. She tells them that she encountered Chiaki and he confirms the signal and mentions that the next one is north of her position. The two strong anomalies they detected close to her, Madoka and the predator, have disappeared for now.

Midori then asks about Kharn, but is told to focus on the task at hand. The Callidus is used to people hiding information though and presses the issue, making Souji reveal that Kharn has managed to escape from the silent room and used the teleporter to enter the barrier, her current location unknown. He tells her to run away if she encounters the previous Warmaster and explains that Mirai can't be saved if she has already turned into a witch. He tells her about how Kharn witched out and that it took him, Murderface and fifteen Culexus to stop her and that they still don't know how it actually worked out. Midori thanks him for his honesty and promises to work hard for a happy ending before he disconnects.

Homura, who has been listening, asks about her conversation and Midori explains everything while they head north. They arrive in the reflection of a shadier part of Mitakihara and make to enter Charles' Bar, the place most likely to find Chiaki, and encounter the drunk fragment representing Chiaki.

While Homura stays back, Midori wakes Chiaki up, serves her water and introduces herself to the exhausted fragment. Chiaki mentions that she knows the name Hanegawa from the ramen restaurant nearby and that the Warmaster and another person took her there a few times, before asking about Homura. Midori explains that they are basically the same person, and Chiaki surprisingly believes it right away, mentioning that she already encountered another fragment that tried to kill her. She tells Midori that she escaped easily, or was let go, and encountered a pink haired girl that tried to tear her heart out, but managed to kill her first.

At that moment, Madoka contacts her again, blinded during her fight, and asks where they are. Midori tells her that they are safe and found another fragment and suggests that Madoka doesn't show herself to this one just yet. Madoka tells her that she made their predator run but was injured herself before falling silent.

Chiaki then asks about the current situation, already expecting the outcome. Then Madoka contacs Midori again, warning her about the predator approaching again. Homura and Chiaki feel it, too, and decide to quickly relocate into the Hanegawa ramen restaurant.

To Midori's surprise, her family's restaurant is manned by Kyubey, copying her fathers behavior, who tells them not to block the entrance since two other customers are bound to come back soon. By his description, Midori concludes that they are Mirai and a Culexus. The Chiaki fragment mentions that the description sounds like Malal and that she will be able to tell them something important. Kyubey advises the group to stay inside the restaurant to avoid the starting rain as familiars come out during that time. When Midori asks him why he is there, the Incubator explains that he knows he is not real and that this restaurant might have leaked into Chiakis barrier through their attuned soul gems.

Kyubey brings out food and Midori takes it to the table Homura and Chiaki have sat down at, starting a conversation. Chiaki told Homura about kiling magical girls with the time stop ability, who asks Midori about her opinion. She answers that shooting the legs first is better as the enemies of today might be friendsomorrow. Chiaki agrees and says she should have known that before she screwed everything up. In the following silence, Midori tries to contact Madoka again and sees an image of Kharn coming to the pink haired girl's help.

As she snaps out of the vision, shocked at Kharn being Madoka's ally, Mirai and Malal enter the restaurant, both chipped and talking about someone being out of reach. Midori all but tackles her friend into a hug, crying tears of relief for a while before letting go again. Mirai is happy that her friend came for her, but tells her that saving her is more complicated than just getting out of the barrier.

Mirai explains that she knows what Midori is doing and that she and Malal have been trying to help but could not reach a powerful and insane fragment. She offers to answer Midori's questions and explains that they want to bring the four fragments together in one place to make something happen, but don't know what exactly that will be. She is impressed that Midori already found two fragments and mentions another problematic one, the part of Chiaki that wants to destroy herself. She suggests that maybe three fragments will be enough.

Midori then turns towards Malal and asks who she is and how she knows so much, considering that she is supposedly dead. The fragments cut into the conversations and explain that she is indeed Malal and indeed dead. Malal confirms this and decides not to explain how she ended up inside this barrier, leading the conversation back to gathering the fragments. She admits that they would ideally want all four, but could make Chiaki work well enough with only three to avoid the risk of the insane fourth fragment killing the others.

Midori asks Kyubey about her linked soul gem, but the Incubator reflection can only guess at whether it will be of any help in dealing with the remaining fragments. She then requests that Malal and Mirai reveal what they are hiding, but the Culexus insists on keeping the things that can't be changed to herself as these details would not help advance their goals.

Midori then calls Souji to inform him about Kharn's appearance and joining Madoka, meeting Mirai and the plan to reunite Chiaki's fragments. Souji tells her to forget about Kharn and focus on Chiaki, but Malal cuts into the conversation and refuses to leave her former partner behind. Shocked at Malal's presence, he explains that he identified the huge signal as the original teleporter beacon heading their way and thanks Malal for still wanting to save the former Warmaster before severing the connection.

Malal identifies the angry fragment they fought earlier and states that Midori and the two fragments will even the odds in an encounter with it. Midori then decides to take the approaching fragment head-on instead of running or waiting it out.

She asks Malal why she tried facing the fragment earlier despite being outmatched, and the Culexus replies that somebody had to do it and only the rain caused them to fail as it probably causes traumatic memories to surface, making the fragment go berserk. Malal explains that they are going to fight to subdue and then bring the two fragments in to trigger some kind of reaction. Midori asks how Malal can be sure that anything will happen at all, but the Culexus replies that this is a secret.

Just then a bestial roar from outside shatters the windows, hurling glass shards all over the place. Chiaki and Homura tackle Midori to the grund to take cover while Malal and Mirai jump outside and engage the angry fragment first. As Homura helps Midori back to her feet, everyone is stunned at the appearance of the new fragment. It's hands and legs turned into jagged metal even more monstrous than Kharn, heavy plate armor covering her upper body, face covered in scars, wielding a jagged sword as big as herself.

Mirai is easily thrown aside by the impact of the jagged weapon crashing into her own broadsword and is only saved by Malal throttling the armored fragment with her crowbar. As Malal screams for her to take action, Midori jumps outside, closely followed by the other fragments, and jumps at the armored fragment. While Chiaki and Homura cling to it's arms, Midori hugs the spiked figure and pulses her thoughts into its mind, trying to calm her down. The fragment roars and shakes them off, loosing it's sword in the process, and replies with her own thoughts that she lost control and killed everyone, stating they must be familiars trying to torture her.

Malal orders Midori to stand back while the others try to restrain the armored fragment again to focus all her attention on convincing the mad monstrosity. They burst forward but are easily beaten down one after another within a few heartbeats. Midori stands her ground and sends her thoughts into the armored fragment's mind, telling her that she is not alone, that she loves her and believes that she knows it's the real Midori talking to her.

The armored fragment stares at her for a while before lowering the weapon it picked up moments before and speaks Midori's name in a pained voice. Midori affirms that it really is her and the armored fragment drops its weapon, still disbelieving. The green haired girl pulls her into a hug and the monstrous form of Chiaki makes to slowly return it.

At that moment Kharn shows up, a double bladed chainaxe resting on her shoulder, sincerely smiling. Midori and Malal try to dissuade her from starting a fight, the Culexus' uncorrupted voice from behind the broken visor strangely familiar, but Kharn insists that the Blessed Lady wants this fight to happen. Malal screams at Kharn to remember a promise she made to her, but the Betrayer refuses to listen to what she considers a barrier born phantasm, calls upon the golden weapon's power and sets the Culexus ablaze. While the flames die out on the unconscious magical girl, Kharn admires the armored fragment's form before telling Midori to step back.

Filled with rage, Midori walks past the armored fragment towards Kharn, unconsciously transforming into her magical girl from, and slaps the former Warmaster twice, hard enough to knock her hat off, and screams in anger and frustration. Stunned Kharn steps back and tries to justify her actions as the Blessed Lady's will, but Midori doesn't let up and exclaims that the Blessed Lady never never cared about her, that all she ever cares about is Homura. She tells the shocked magical girl that none of them ever had a chance against their connection and reminds her of how she is throwing everything she built with Souji away. She calls the scientist with the teleport beacon and prompts Kharn to tell him about it herself, but the russian can't bring herself to do it and retreats, her fighting spirit broken.

Souji missed the one sided conversation and asks if Midori needs Tiny Pete. She tells him that they are mostly alright and found the third fragment, that Kharn is still alive and that they need the position of the final fragment. She tells him to contact her as soon as he finds it and cuts the connection again before sinking to the ground untransformed, the tension leaving her body and falls unconscious from exhaustion.

Once she wakes up, Midori finds herself resting her head on Mirai's thighs inside the restaurant, Malal working on her suit, Homura and Chiaki asleep with the armored fragment standing guard at the entrance.

Mirai explains that they healed their wounds but will rest to ease the fatigue until the rain stops. Midori uses this chance to ask how Mirai got into this situation and she explains that Jyuubey ordered her to investigate the Ninths research base a few months ago and how he took control of her body instead of just borrowing her senses. She remembers nothing between this moment and waking up inside the machine other than being pulled into darkness. The same happened after talking to Chiaki, which was the moment she found herself inside the barrier.

Midori then asks to check her soul gem, finding it in acceptable shape and tells her friend that she wants to get everyone out of this barrier safe and that Souji can surely do something about her body.

She tells her friend to take a rest herself and gets up to talk to the armored fragment. She assures again that she is not an illusion and learns that the armored fragment missed her during her long time of killing to survive. Mustering the resolve to keep herself from crying, Midori asks her how she ended up this way.

The armored fragment explains that her procedure in Siberia failed and that she killed everyone inside the base, triggering a lockdown. When she dug herself out, the entire Ninth Officio mobilized against her and was subsequently wiped out. Confused, Midori tells her that the procedure was a success, the armored fragment replies that her shield started clicking and she found herself in this place years ago. She mentions how she fought all sorts of monsters, some of them wearing faces of people she killed, but never saw the other fragments before.

Midori explains that they are representations of Chiaki, past, present and possible future, and how she wants to reunite them all to solve the situation. The armored fragment explains that she knows how to find the final fragment, the one with wings of hate, and that they should wait for the rain to stop before engaging in this difficult fight. She thanks Midori for giving her this second chance and states that she is glad to have taken care of the green haired girl back in the past. Midori pats her arm and leaves the fragment alone to sort her thoughts, walking over to talk to Malal.

She asks about Kharn's soul gem in case they have to fight her for real and wonders why the three fragments are not uniting if they are supposed to be enough. Malal replies that they probably don't want to do it yet but that she could convince them, although acquiring the fourth fragment would be ideal for restoring Chiaki in full. Midori asks if Malal's powers can affect the fourth fragment, but the Culexus is uncertain.

She tells the green haired girl that she only needs to get the fused Chiaki and herself out while Malal will try to do something about Kharn before collapsing the barrier from inside, taking herself and Mirai with it as they have no place in the real world anymore. Malal then asks Midori to decide whether to take three or four fragments, who declares that only a full restoration of all parts will be any good. Malal then explains that she knows where the fourth fragment is and that the armored one will be the key to surviving the blood bath she expects.

Midori then asks if she and Malal met before, and the Culexus explains that she went to the Hanegawa ramen restaurant with Kharn and Murderface where Midori helped her father, but that they didn't talk and that people tend to unconsciously forget about meeting a Culexus.

Midori then leaves Malal to takes a rest herself. She wakes up being carried on the back of the fragment resembling Chiaki and Homura explains that they could not wake her up when the rain stopped and decided to depart this way. Chiaki pokes fun at her using memories of her time outside the barrier that are slowly returning to her mind before telling her that she is special and wants her to stay until the end.

While the sky darkens, the group arrives at a graveyard where Malal states that the final fragment is close. At that moment they hear Kharns chainaxes buzzing nearby, and both Malal and the armored fragment want to claim her as an opponent. Midori calls Souji and tells him to prepare Tiny Pete and to consider piloting him so he can talk to Kharn. He confirms that he can control the Terminator and is willing to enter the barrier to save his partner, stating they will get married right afterwards, regardless of the former Warmaster's oppinion. Malal mentions that he will be useful in removing one thing to worry about with teleporting Kharn out and Midori agrees to this being the plan before transforming into her magical girl form again.

Following the path they arrive at a clearing and find twenty numbered grave stones with shades carrying golden weapons in front of them as well as the fourth fragment, bearing blinding golden wings and a shield f the same material, her hair tied with a crimson ribbon. Kharn lies in a pool of her own blood, one arm torn from her shoulder while the fourth fragment mentions that she will still live for a short time and thanks Midori for bringing the other three fragments to her.

Midori wanted to talk and ask why she would kill Kharn like this, but upon seeing the cold hatred and determination in the eyes of the winged fragment, she can only despise her and spits an offense in her face upon which the cruel magical girl turns away and orders the shades to kill everyone. As the fighting breaks out, Midori charges towards the winged fragment but is hit by something hard enough to shatter her bones and knock her out right away.

As her consciousness fades, she hears Madoka's voice and uses her remaining strength to beg her to help save Homura. Appearing in a ball of light, the amber eyed goddess explains that she has a good moment that will last long enough to save everyone. While Midori's consiousness keeps fading away, Madoka pleads her to stay awake since she needs her permission to use her soul gem if she wants to save Chiaki. Midori tells her to do whatever is neccessary but wants to hold her hand while she does it, scared of what will happen.

Her vision is filled with purple flames before she regains consciousness back on the battlefield where her companions are fighting the golden weapon shades. She watches Tiny Pete burst through a group of enemies to pick something up and realizes that her own shattered corpse is still lying on the ground, right next to that of the braided fragment. Madoka, now wearing a pure white gown, gently picks up the fragment's soul gem and tells Midori to get the task done quickly.

Midori asks for an explanation and if Tiny Pete really just picked her own corpse up. Madoka confirms and explains that she put a part of herself into Midori's soul gem to be where she needs to be most to help Chiaki and that Midori is there because of her attunement to her superiors soul gem. She encourages her by stating that she did a good job gathering the fragments and facing the fourth, calling her the bravest magical girl in the world. When Midori asks what she did to the fragment, Madoka explains that she gave her peace and took what they need to make Chiaki whole, that she will use all fragments as well as herself and Midori to fuse everything together and that everything else will work itself out afterward.

When asked about herself, she explains that Faust is a part of her that should not exist but came to be when Homura did something horrible in the past, the details unknown even to her. Faust has taken over and wants to make Chiaki suffer for reminding her of what Homura did. The goddess also explains that the golden weapons were her idea, filled with most of her power, the rest was used to convince Faust they were her own idea to make whoever acquires all of them a worthy challenger. She explains that she still has friends she can occasionally talk to to make sure Chiaki gets involved in the golden weapons, looking at Malal.

Midori suggests using her grief seeds as a safety valve, and Madoka agrees after thinking for a bit, stating that she hasn't seen any in a long time as her wish originally removed witches from existence.

As the armored fragment is beaten down, Madoka prompts Midori to approach her as she would react violently to the goddesses. Reaching the armored fragment, Midori hears her desperate thoughts, begging her body to get up again to at least avenge Midori when she could not protect her. Unable to move, she can only cry an apology to her dead friend. Midori manages to pulse a reply and tells the fragment that there is no need to apologize. As the fragment passes away, relieved to see Midori one last time, Madoka grants her peace and takes her soul gem.

The two of them turn to look at the still raging combat and spot the reawakened Kharn and Tiny Pete, as well as Malal and Mirai thinning out the shades numbers. They also spot that the fragment most resembling Chiaki has defeated the winged one and is bashing the golden shield in her fallen opponent's face over and over, laughing all the while. Shocked, Madoka whispers that this is not supposed to happen in this place and tells Midori that Chiaki is letting someone take control of her again and that the goddess can't intervene without making everything that happened so far meaningless.

She tells Midori to do it instead and expends her remaining power to manifests the green haired girl behind Chiaki, telling her to hurry as this will only last a short time. Midori gathers her courage, approaches the fragment, takes hold of her arms and tells her to stop behaving so unlike her real self. Chiaki insists on taking her anger out on the one who killed the only person who cared about her, but Midori tells her that it is important to everyone that Chiaki comes back.

After a moment of silence the fragment lets go of the shield and cries, murmuring that she doesn't want to go back anymore. Madoka weakly pulses that Chiaki is the only Homura left to fix what she did in the past, that anyone else would be enslaved to Faust and bound by the golden weapons. Chiaki says that she would go back if Midori asks her to, and she hugs her, telling the crying girl she doesn't have to go through it alone and that she loves her before pressing the final piece of Chiaki's soul gem that appeared in front of her in place.

Midori is enveloped in darkness and greeted by Madoka, now back in Faust's magical girl costume. She thanks her for taking care of Chiaki and explains that the barrier will soon collapse with everyone returning back to the real world, Chiaki once again the person she was before thanks to Midori's help and grief seeds. Madoka tells her that her soul gem is at its limit, only a short time away from death after using everything up.

At this moment Malal shows up, exclaiming that the Blessed Lady will not take Midori and throws something at her. Midori identifies it as Mirai's soul gem while Malal demands that Madoka uses it to revive Midori on the spot. Midori refuses to use her friend's life like this, but Malal doesn't intend to ask for her permission and tells her to make Chiaki stop drinking and abusing pain killers once they return. Midori suggests using Kharn's soul gem instead, but Malal laughs her off, stating that while tempting, living with her sins is a better punishment for the Betrayer. She shouts at Madoka to hurry up and tells Midori she is glad Chiaki is in good hands.

Midori asks if there is any way to save Malal or Mirai, but the Culexus tells her that some things just can't be fixed and that she's just trying to make things less horrible than they should be. Midori then asks the Culexus to take off her helmet before they have to part and Malal agrees since her powers are unleashed completely to force herself into this place anyway.

She removes the pressure seals and reveals a splitting image of Madoka only with pink eyes and short hair. She explains to the utterly confused Midori that the two of them are the same person but at the same time not due to strange timeline mechanics. Her inside knowledge comes from dreams she had ever since she was a child that even told her how to form her contract the right way.

She tells Midori that she left a package for Chiaki with Kharn that will explain a lot of things she doesn't have time to do herself. Madoka calls them and hands Midori her soul gem, restored from Mirai's gem the gilding is now replaced by her friend's brass one. Madoka explains that her body will be healed enough to sustain life and that she will do her best to dull the pain of her injuries. She asks for any last words and Midori hugs both of them before thanking them and promising to take care of Chiaki.

She is enveloped by light and finds herself back in the barrier, the sky now clear, her head resting on Mirai's lap. Her friend thanks Midori for not refusing her gift and tells Midori that she could not bear seeing her friend die in the barrier she willingly entered to save her and Chiaki. Mirai tells her that she is at peace and places a kiss on Midori's forehead, appreciating her friendship as the barrier collapses around them. Midori tells her friend that she will miss her in a final embrace before darkness swallows her again.

She wakes up in the Siberian R&D base's ruined interrogation room where Tiny Pete stands guard over the injured Kharn and finds her own head resting on Chiaki's legs. She takes her mysteriously long haired superior's cigarette away and starts crying tears of loss and relief. Chiaki pulls her into a hug and assures that it's over and thanks Midori for saving her.

After Midori calms down, Chiaki tells her that she starts remembering parts of her past and that she turned Faust into what she is today. Midori tells her that the good part of Madoka mentioned that somebody else set things in motion and that Chiaki is no longer the same person. She mentions that the old Homura would have killed her on the spot when Chiaki only shot her legs off back in the past, which is when the Vindicare finally apologizes for taking this violent approach. She also praises her courage in facing Kharn before they decide to see how the former Warmaster is doing.

Kharn is in bad shape but recognizes Midori and Chiaki and tells them to carry out the death sentence for her betrayal quickly before Souji and Misaka can return. Chiaki is silent, seemingly considering Kharn's request, but Midori calls her an idiot and shuts the Betrayers protests up, suggesting her Warmaster to punish Kharn by having her live with her crimes. Chiaki agrees to this and orders the russian to marry Souji as part of her sentence.

Kharn claims that she can't possibly face Souji again but Midori tells her that he is already in the same room. While Kharn looks around in shock, Chiaki tells Tiny Pete to reveal his pilot. To their surprise they find Misaka instead, just as her brother walks in through the door with an ice pack held to his head, removing the electrical tape he was apparently tied up with. He explains that Misaka knocked him out before he could board the Terminator and requests to talk to Kharn.

Midori suggests leaving the two of them alone and leaves the room with Chiaki, who is carrying the sleeping girl. After closing the door, Midori presses her ear against it to listen in on Kharn's comeuppance with Chiaki following suit. After a russian shouting match, they hear the rustling of clothes and decide to leave, taking Misaka to her room before heading to the kitchen.

Midori prepares pancakes, enjoying the simple act when she was all but dead not long ago. Chiaki holds her hand, but Midori decides to give it more time before hoping for a deeper meaning as they head outside to nail in the fact that they are indeed back in the real world. Chiaki thanks her again for saving her life, stating that nobody else would have, but Midori assures that the others would do the same if they were there. Together, they enjoy the silent moments after the nightmare they went through this day.</spoiler>

===Return & Warmaster===
Back in Mitakihara, Midori is still extremely exhausted from the experience inside the overlapping witch barriers. She still accompanies Chiaki, insisting that she will be alright once she gets more sleep. In Kyubey's office, Mami expresses her gratitude for saving Chiaki before the Callidus collapses.

The medical staff diagnoses her with barrier sickness and extreme sleep deprivation, putting her under medication to have her rest under observation. Chiaki visits, but finds her sleeping and leaves a blue rose.

The next day, Chiaki brings her lunch, which turns out to be the “waifu special” that some Officio members use for confession, and even feeds the Callidus. After the meal, Chiaki tells Midori to come live with her since her new apartment is too big for her alone and that she wants to have her close. Midori is overwhelmed, hugs Chiaki and cries into her shoulder until Kyoko arrives and calms her down.

In the evening they have a house warming party in their new apartment. Drunk, Midori rummages through Chiaki's inventory and steals her cigarettes and a pair of laminated panties, the latter are taken back while the Callidus sleeps. In the morning Chiaki wakes her up before departing on her next mission.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">After returning from the barrier, Chiaki's hair had grown long. She considered cutting it right away, but Midori insisted on keeping the hair long at least until returning to Japan.

She mentioned to Misaka that she plans on hiding Chiaki's cigarettes to stop her from smoking.

Back in Mitakihara, Midori hands the golden weapon container to Kyoko who came to pick the group up and falls asleep in the car, still exhausted. Kyoko is worried about her, but Midori insists that some more sleep is all she needs and accompanies Chiaki to Kyubey's office.

Mami pulls Chiaki into an embrace, crying in relief for her friends safe return before hugging Midori too, thanking her for everything she has done. The Callidus soon collapses into Chiaki's arms, still exhausted, and is taken to the sick bay by Mami and Kyoko.

The medical staff diagnoses Midori with a case of barrier sickness and a whole month worth of sleep deprivation due to the extreme temporal disturbance within the overlapping barriers.

While sleeping under medication in her hospital room, dreaming of Chiaki, her superior leaves a blue rose on her pillow.

The next morning Chiaki visits again and snaps a picture of her, the shutter sound waking Midori up. She wonders if she is still asleep and dreaming, and Chiaki teases her about 'The Steamy Adventures of Miracle Melanie and Murder Marjorie', before telling her that she is glad about her being alright and gently patting her hand.

Startled by Chiaki's unusual behavior, Midori tells her that she just has to be under observation for a day more and will be discharged the next morning. She apologizes again for the embarrassing manga, but Chiaki only shakes her head and places a kiss on her forehead, catching Midori completely off guard. Chiaki then leaves the flushed, vulnerable Callidus alone to get more rest.

Some time later, Chiaki enters her room while Midori is drawing. She quickly hides her work, wondering about her superior's pale face, before spotting a lunchbox in her hands. Chiaki tells her that she was just busy with work before hurrying to bring her lunch since she does not wish hospital food on anyone.

Midori tells Chiaki she didn't have to, but thanks her nonetheless and unwraps the packed lunch, blushing brightly at the sight of the “waifu special” lunch. Realizing she bought a box full of heart shaped food items that is used for confessions of love in the Officio, the Warmaster only blinks aghast. Amazed at the lunchbox and it's meaning, the pair is at a loss for words.

After a moment of awkward silence, Chiaki finally speaks up and changes subjects by telling Midori that she will work with Kyoko to find a missing person. The Callidus confirms that Kyoko already dropped by and told her about it, insisting she stays in bed until the medical staff discharges her. While feeling bad about delaying the mission, Midori is happy that her new Officio is more accommodating as well as not having her deceive people.

Looking at the cute lunch box, Midori hesitates to eat. So Chiaki snatches is away and eats a mouthful, ruining the looks. With the green haired girl still stunned, she starts to feed her, making Midori blush even more while occasionally having a bite herself.

During their meal Chiaki tells her that she will have Mami cut her hair. With a hint of disappointment in her voice, Midori compliments the blonde's skill at hair styling. Chiaki remembers that Midori wanted to do her hair before the cut, but the Callidus replies that she can just as well wait until it has grown again.

Keeping the conversation up, Chiaki asks about Midori's drawing. She hesitantly hands over the sketchpad, explaining that she was thinking of adding new characters to the roster. A girl based on Madoka, Magical Mimico, and one based on Kharn with horns and bat wings, Kalashnikova Varya, nicknamed She Who Thirsts.

After silently staring at Midori for a while, Chiaki flicks her forehead. She tells her that she should have said that doing her hair was important to her and that she can have her discharged and moved to their apartment right away to do so until the haircut scheduled for the evening.

Confused, Midori mentions that Mami told her she would get a room in the Callidus quarters, and Chiaki explains that she didn't tell anyone yet, but is set on having Midori move in with her, claiming her new apartment is too big for her alone. She then compliments Midori's character design, joking that Varya might need some crying magical girls at her feet.

Midori hesitates to agree, worried about some regulations forbidding the Warmaster to live with somebody like her or some such. Chiaki tells her that as Warmaster, she can do whatever she wants, and with Kharn as predecessor hardly anything can make her look bad. She explains that Midori is one of the few people she really trusts and wants her close to watch out for Jyuubey and to make up for what she owes her.

Midori starts crying, happy that her superior is okay, but tells her she doesn't owe her anything and that she will be fine in the Callidus quarters. Chiaki assures that she wants Midori to be with her not out of guilt, but for personal reasons and tells her to indulge her selfishness. The green haired girl keeps crying and buries her face in Chiaki's shoulder.

In that moment, Kyoko enters the room, yelling about a bunch of donuts she bought, stopping mid-sentence and asking Chiaki if she is interrupting, grinning. She Eversor undoes Midori's hug, moves Chiaki out of the way and pats the crying girl, calming her down. She reminds Chiaki of a meeting, who starts to leave.

Midori, finally calm again, apologizes for the outburst and thanks the Warmaster, explaining that this means a lot to her. Chiaki tells Kyoko to get Midori discharged and to take her to the apartment as well as preparing for the mission, warning her not to set the Callidus on fire.

In the evening, almost all of Chiaki's friends are in her apartment, the simple gathering turned into a housewarming party. Shortly before the Warmaster arrives, Mami and Midori open a bottle of champagne, making a wet mess out of their shirts. The Callidus apologizes and insists on helping Chiaki clean up later.

While accompanying Chiaki to her favorite chair, she mentions that the wet shirt does not bother her too much and pulls on it a bit, revealing the fact that she does not wear anything underneath. Midori explains she will simply shower later and tells Chiaki to enjoy the party and food.

After a while and a few drinks, Midori gets behind Chiaki and spends a while styling the Warmaster's hair until falling asleep.

At night, she rummages through Chiaki's inventory to steal her cigarettes and finds the laminated panties of Wendy Cooldown, grabbing both and falling asleep again. In the early morning, Chiaki wakes her up. Midori panics, thinking she is late for important duties, but her superior explains that she simply wants to tell her that she is leaving for her mission with Ruri Kirishima.

Midori replies that Kyoko told her about it, but wonders about why Chiaki accepted a mission so out of her usual expertise. The Warmaster replies that she was specifically asked for and also wants to see what is so great about this idol. Midori tells her to call her whenever she needs, but Chiaki replies that she has her own mission and Kyubey will not have her abandon it.

Chiaki then asks about the bulge under Midori's blanket, who lifts it up to reveal the cigarettes and panics about not finding the panties. Chiaki wonders about her reaction, and Midori explains she thinks something was missing, but must have dreamed. She makes to give the cigarettes back, but Chiaki tells her to hide them, mentioning how she should cut back on smoking.</spoiler>

===Kirishima & Concert===
While Chiaki is on her mission to protect Ruri Kirishima, Midori and Kyoko are assigned on an investigation case. In between their search, the two of them follow Ruri's livestream and concert broadcast to keep an eye on their friend.

The day before the concert, Kyoko delivers some items to Chiaki. Since Iori is also present and Midori should not be seen by her, the Callidus uses her abilities to disguise herself. The first thing that came to her mind is an image of the shy fragment of Chiaki's psyche she met inside her barrier, and she pretends to be a new recruit, effectively fooling the idol.

Back on their own mission, Midori deceives a friend of the girl they are hired to find by taking on her appearance and talking to her friends. Thus the Callidus and Kyoko quickly complete their task. To celebrate her success, as well as Chiaki's victory against Lucius, Midori asks her out on a date for dinner.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">While Chiaki works her own mission, Midori and Kyoko take care of investigating a disappearance. Since Kyubey lent Kyoko the old Warmaster's Marauder, which has it's own internet connection and a projection screen, they can watch the 24 hour live webcast of Ruri Kirishima to see Chiaki in action. During the swimsuit shoot, Midori loses a bet with Kyoko for thinking Chiaki would play along and wear one, too.

Around noon, Chiaki calls Kyoko to check up on them, wondering if the Eversor has set Midori on fire yet. Receiving the phone from Kyoko, Midori tells her superior that she saw Ruri and Iori practicing the script and assures that she wanted to tell her about it. She knew the publisher was hiring big name voice actors, but had no idea it would be those two and apologizes for her running into that scene.

Chiaki assures her that she is not mad and Midori tells her about how the anime will be a full three season series, as well as the company planning a line of action figures and a video game adaption. Amazed at the scope Midori's work has grown to, Chiaki wonders about what kind of money this deal earns her. She explains that while it is not a huge fortune, it is enough for her and her parents to retire and that she will set it aside for that purpose.

After Kyoko announces that they will stop over at the concert hall to drop off some things for Sayaka before continuing their mission, Chiaki tells Midori that Iori is there and that she should keep a low profile. While she wants them to meet eventually, this is neither the time nor place for it. The Callidus agrees, fully aware of the effects their meeting could have, and promises to stay out of sight, thanking her superior for telling her in advance.

After a while the pair arrives at the stadium and Midori uses her Callidus abilities to disguise herself as the braided Homura, though bigger and with a larger bust size. Inside, they chat with an acquaintance of Kyoko until Chiaki arrives, accompanied by Iori.

The idol greets Kyoko and asks about the unfamiliar girl, who remains silent until Chiaki tells the supposed newbie to relax. Midori then introduces herself as Homura Akemi in a perfect mimic of the braided fragment of Chiaki's psyche. Iori tells Kyoko to go easy on her, who covers a near slip up with a laugh and replies that she is still too green, as in inexperienced, to be put into the grinder.

They pass a bag of clothes to Chiaki and a heavy suitcase to Kyosuke and make to leave to continue their work.

Over the course of two days, Kyoko and Midori accomplish their mission. Midori transforms into the missing girl and talks to her friends, who give away that she went to meet her online boyfriend in Singapore. Kyubey takes care of securing the girl and the mission is over.

In the evening, they watch the livestream of Ruri's concert and see Chiaki fight. A few minutes after their Warmaster defeats her opponents, Kyoko calls her to congratulate and gives a short report, praising Midori's performance. She makes to tell Chiaki about Midori's plans, but the girl in question frantically wrests the phone from her. Midori tries to deny it at first, but Kyoko convinces her to go ahead and tell Chiaki right away.

Midori yields and hesitantly asks Chiaki out on a date the next night. To her surprise, the Warmaster agrees. Stunned, Midori drops the phone, gets scolded by Kyoko and rushes off to the restroom.</spoiler>

==Trivia==
*Midori's appearance is based on Shion from Higurashi no Naku Koro ni with a few changes.
*The character in general is based on one of Decultures friends.
*Midori is not a morning person.
*She is bad at holding her liquor.
*Midori never killed anyone because she doesn't want blood on her hands and lied to people about it to save face.
*She made her wish and became a magical girl on her 15th birthday.
*Her greatest fear is being alone.
*Midori is not very fond of salad.
*Midori's Soul Gem is attuned to that of Chiaki. Chiaki can detect and kill her if necessary. They can pulse short sentences to each other, but this is quite exhausting to keep up, and they agreed to use it only in emergencies. The procedure Chiaki went through in Siberia is said to not affect Midori in any way.
*Midori taught Chiaki to detect Callidus illusion barriers during their last days in Siberia. One has to revert her Soul Gem into it's physical form and try to detect a witch barrier. Since these barriers are similar in nature, the gem will react accordingly. This is not a completely sure detection however, as some Callidus are exceptionally talented and nearly undetectable.

==NECO Profile==
<pre style="width: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">*CURRENT*
NAME: Hanegawa Midori
"Awawawa…”
OFFICIO: Ninth, in Mitakihara City
RANK: Callidus Sexcretary
BIO: Formerly one of the rare Callidus of the Tenth, Hanegawa Midori is an otaku, for better or worse, and more or less a run of the mill magical girl. She’s nonetheless ascended to her own special rank in the Ninth (in bed) with her cheery and friendly attitude and her awkward charm.
ABILITY: A specialization in illusions, based in and strengthened by what her target wants to see. A very magical girl-like ability.
WEAPONRY: Knives, with a preference for a butterfly knife.

STRENGTH C
SPEED B
MELEE C+
RANGED C
MAGIC B+
TACTICS A
CHARM B (SS?*)

*moe counts for a lot for some people

TRIVIA

-Midori bears a striking resemblance to the protagonist of the popular ero series Miracle Midori x Murder Mayumi. Likewise, she began a whirlwind romance similar to the one depicted in the books with Murderface Matsuda soon after their fateful meeting. …Any girl would be jealous.

-Her family owns one of Mitakihara’s hidden treasures, a ramen shop tucked away in the red light district run by a huge, scary traditionalist-type-guy. This reporter has gone through the whole menu, and even some of the regular dishes!

-You really have to wonder what they put in that ramen, though…she’s a really healthy girl*. Maybe there’s something to eating hearty food with a Japanese soul and the spirit of a yamato nyadeshiko…

*assistant’s note: fat</pre>
==Gallery==
===Art by Nicehatguy===
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Lucius

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==Character Summary==

===Physical Description===
*Lucius has blonde hair and crimson eyes.
*Her costume consists of a while camisole, gloves, black jacket, spats and metal capped boots. The belt buckle is shaped like a screaming demon skull.
*Her main weapon is an oversized sword with a dragon's face etched into it, seemingly moving.
*Lucius Soul gem is fixed on a collar around her neck.

===Personality===
*Lucius has a smooth voice, but is prone to foul language.
*She is extremely loyal to the Prophet and fiercely hates the Ninth Officio.
*Lucius likes being theatrical and to hear herself talk.
*She is the type to stop talking and ask questions when she thinks the one she is talking to stops paying attention.
*She lives by the otto of never doing anything halfheartedly.

==Character History==
===Concert===
Lucius leads a group of magical girls that worship the Prophet. They infiltrate Mitakihara stadium during Ruri Kirishima's concert where Chiaki Matsuda is acting as the idol's bodyguard. They threaten to have several magical girls in the stadium detonate their soul gems for massive casualties if the Warmaster does not face Lucius in single combat. They also take the soul gem of one member of Chiaki's team for additional threats.

Chiaki meets Lucius demands and faces her on the stadium's baseball field, in front of the entire audience. Lucius claims moral superiority and a noble cause in defeating the corrupted Shield Maiden, but has two others join in her fight regardless. Her support does not change the outcome however, as Chiaki defeats all three of them with the golden Gauntlets.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Lucius and a group of magical girls following the Prophet infiltrate Mitakihara Stadium during Ruri Kirishima's concert, where Chiaki Matsuda is acting as the idol's bodyguard. The group loses one member, but Lucius then defeats one of the Ninth Officio's Vindicare and takes her soul gem to blackmail the Warmaster.

Lucius contacts the Warmaster over the security radio channel. Chiaki demands an identification, but Lucius wants to talk first and asks how her “gifts” were received. She admits that the severed head and decapitated body sent to Chiaki are her handiwork and brags about how artfully she made the body look like Mami Tomoe.

Chiaki assumes to be talking to the Prophet and Lucius is startled that the Warmaster even knows that name, but quickly recovers and explains that she is not “The One Who Sees The Ten Thousand Futures”. She claims that the Prophet is pure and that she and her group are willingly shed blood in the name of their master to protect her and the world from Chiaki.

Lucius insults Chiaki's lack of appreciation for her theatrical speech and claims to do society a service by killing her. She drops her dignified act and introduces herself, insisting that Chiaki makes an effort to remember the name the Prophet gave her.

Chiaki demands her subordinate's soul gem, and Lucius tells her to have both the Vindicare squad and the Callidus stand down and to come to the stadium's baseball pitcher's mound alone t make the exchange. She admits that Chiaki did a thorough job with the security setup and explains that she is above deception and desires honorable single combat, in front of a world audience.

Lucius also explains that her subordinates are hidden in the concert's audience. She originally planned to have them kill Chiaki's client mid-song to humiliate the Ninth Officio, but will have them self-destruct their soul gems as plan B if the Warmaster refuses her demands.

Lucius tells her to be in the designated location when Ruri sings a certain song or the fanatic will give her subordinates the signal. She also warns Chiaki not to evacuate the stadium or her principal since she would call the suicide bombs in that case as well. Stating that she is looking forward to killing the Warmaster, Lucius switches her radio off.

Minutes later, just as Ruri's Waltz of the Spider Lilies starts, Lucius and Chiaki approach each other on the baseball field under loud cheers of the audience, the people considering them part of the show. Lucius taunts her opponent for not resisting the challenge to duel and claims that she will use the Ninth Officio's lust for blood to save the world from Chiaki and her Blessed Lady.

Lighting a cigarette, Chiaki demands her subordinate's soul gem. Lucius admits that she expected Kharn's successor to be even more indifferent about her underlings, to be wilder and bestial like the Sixth. While playing with the gem, she explains that subordinates are expendable and that Kharn certainly shared her sentiment, spending lives like coins.

Lucius wonders where Chiaki's compassion is coming from and ridicules her naive desire to protect her subordinates from the repercussions of fighting under her emblem. She starts a long winded rant about how horrible Chiaki is, which also complains about the smell of smoke and gunpowder emanating from her, which is allegedly worse than Kharn's vice for carnal pleasure.

Admitting that imparting knowledge on Chiaki moments before killing her is silly, Lucius finally prepares to fight. Chiaki still demands her subordinate's soul gem, and Lucius throws it past the Warmaster with full force before jumping up for an overhead cleave.

She crashes down and starts a continuous flurry of swipes until Chiaki manifests car sized iron gauntlets on her hands. Lucius jumps back and claims that the corrupted Warmaster is beyond saving for using the Blessed Lady's gifts and should submit herself to an honorable death by her blade. Fire curls around the sword as Lucius claims to end Chiaki's quest to bring the world to ruin.

Feeling that her opponent converses with the corrupted soul inside her weapon, Lucius declares she is indeed far too rotten to save. Just then, a purple flame flickers in front of Chiaki's eye and she assaults Lucius with surprising speed. The swordsman gets back on her feet and admits to a lucky hit, but is quickly struck again. The Warmaster puts her into a headlock, punches her hard and lets her fly across the field and into a wall.

Getting back on her feet, Lucius raves about her being supposed to win and that the crowd should stop cheering for the wrong side. With an angry glare, she calls forth two other magical girls from the audience to ensure her success. Chiaki mocks her about being bad at playing the hero, but Lucius explains that a hero does whatever is necessary to vanquish evil and that her comrades know this as well.

She commands attack pattern delta to charge at Chiaki from different directions. Her first subordinate, wielding two spears, is easily beat down. The second girl attacks with a spiked iron ball, but Chiaki easily sidesteps the attack and catches Lucius' blade with her gauntlets. She throws Lucius off balance and rains punches on her face before throwing her across the field again.

Chiaki catches the chain attached to the ball after sidestepping another attack and punches the girl into the ground, but is hit by the spear wielder before she can close in on Lucius. Chiaki fires a set of auto cannons at the girl, rendering her crippled and unconscious, then takes her soul gem while the other two stagger to their feet.

The iron ball wielding girl screams for her comrades soul, but Lucius tries to calm her down, promising to get it back. Despite her leader's words, the girl coats herself in a spiked armor and charges at Chiaki after falling for her taunts. She lands a hit, but is knocked down with an uppercut a moment later.

Lucius draws her guns and fires at Chiaki in an attempt to protect her subordinate, but the Warmaster simply shields herself with a giant gauntlet. Failing to convince Lucius' follower to surrender, Chiaki repeatedly slams her into the ground until she loses consciousness, takes her soul gem and faces Lucius again.

Her guns empty, Lucius takes up her sword again, the blade now bathed in crimson light. Calling Chiaki a monster worse than the Betrayer, she claims again that she is doing what is necessary, that history will see her as a hero who rose up to fight evil when no one else would.

Chiaki charges at her, and after a few blocks and parries, Lucius manages to score a surprise hit. She thrusts her blade deep into Chiaki's body and tears it out again, sending her opponent to the ground. Lucius laughs at her success and orders her remaining subordinates to begin their ascension rites and to pray for the Prophet.

She takes up an executioner's stance and asks for any last words. Chiaki laughs at her and explains that all suicide bombers have been apprehended. Mustering her strength again, she attacks the now panicking Lucius before she can bring her sword down. Chiaki catches the blade, a deep scratch revealing gold underneath the black gauntlet's surface, then snaps it in half.

Lucius falls after losing her weapon. Her eyes locked with her opponent, she screams and cries in fear as the Warmaster switches from Gauntlets to a Desert Eagle and shoots, over and over until the ammo runs out, completely destroying her opponent's lower half. Chiaki then removes Lucius' soul gem to interrogate her later.</spoiler>

==Trivia==
*Lucius is a fan of Ruri Kirishima, but accepts the possibility of killing her for her own cause. She takes comfort in the fact that great artists are truly appreciated when they are dead.
*Her favorite song is Waltz of the Spider Lilies.

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Kyosuke Kamijou

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==Character Summary==

===Physical Description===
*Kyosuke is a muscular young man.
*He wears a black leather glove on his right hand while the left is bare.

===Personality===
*Kyosuke is honest and working hard on being professional.
*He is nervous in the presence of magical girls.
*Near his colleagues, Kyosuke speaks in a rough manner. Away from them, he is more polite and refined.

==Character History==
Kyosuke is a childhood friend of Kyoko Sakura, who used to tease him about being small and weak. When he complained about how his violin practice was boring, she suggested he tries something different. He went abroad with his family soon after. Kyosuke picked up metal at some point, taking on the identity of Johannes Krauser II before eventually retiring and becoming a professional security guard.

===Kirishima===
Kyosuke leads a group of security guards hired for Ruri Kirishima's safety. While they work well against mundane threats, they are not well suited to counter magical girls and thus fail to stop a group of Yakuza backed by the Tenth from entering the hotel their client resides in. Chiaki, who leads the magical girls hired for additional security, takes command of his group when she learns about the incident.

The next day, while preparations for Ruri's concert are made in Mitakihara stadium, Kyosuke has a nervous conversation with Chiaki where she inquires about his career choice and relationship with Sayaka.

Shortly after, he tries to ambush the magical girl to steal a part from her costume for the so called Sparkles Award, a tradition when mundane security works with magical girls to try and boost morale. Chiaki inquires about the last person who pulled it off and promises to give him a different opportunity to win this award at a later time.

When Kyoko visits the site to deliver some items, she has a short conversation with Kyosuke and punches him. He uses this opportunity to secretly snatch a piece of her clothes, according to Chiaki's idea.

At night another squad of magical girls arrive at the hotel to increase security due to the Tenth's involvement during the day. The next morning, Chiaki calls for a final security meeting before the concert where she arranges for emergency extraction plans and warns everyone about possible magical, golden weapons.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Kyosuke serves as one of Ruri Kirishima's security guards and leader of his squad. He first stands watch at the hotel entrance with a group of his men and prevents Chiaki from entering, oblivious of the fact that she is a hired magical girl guard.

His group tries to prevent a group of Yakuza from getting into the hotel, but is affected by magic and completely blanked out until the intruders leave the building again. Soon after, Ruri's assistant Noriko calls him up on orders of Warmaster Matsuda. He first checks the security camera footage, only to realize it has been compromised. He desperately tries to recover any material, but finds nothing.

Up in Ruri's suite, he is interrogated by the Warmaster, intimidated by stories of her shooting kneecaps out, as well as Sayaka's presence. He reports how the Yakuza got in, explaining that their leader held up a card similar to those of children's card games, which seemed to burn with a green light and made his whole squad blank out.

He also explains about the security camera and apologizes on behalf of his men, offering himself up to take the punishment for them. Chiaki admits that they could not have done anything about magic and instructs him to divide his men in small teams to patrol the area, place new cameras and to give her a headset on their communication frequency.

Before he leaves, Chiaki asks for his name. He introduces himself and leaves to put her orders into action. Outside the room, he quickly dashes off, bumping into Noriko an the way. Before leaving the hotel, Sayaka drags him behind a wall where they have a hushed conversation.

Later during the day, Kyosuke serves as Ruri's driver, taking the idol and her companions to their appointments in an armored Hummer. In Mitakihara stadium, his men secure the perimeter while Kyosuke remains in the main area, catching glances of Chiaki every now and then, contemplating how to talk to her.

After a while the magical girl waves at him and he nervously sits down a few seats away in uncomfortable silence. When Chiaki finally breaks the silence, he apologizes for staring and hands her a headset, explaining that they had a new one delivered from their headquarters since a lady should not have to use one of their used ones.

Chiaki inquires about his stares again, and Kyosuke explains that he never worked on a high profile security mission before and never met a magical girl, thinking his comrades were fooling around with the new guy when they insisted they exist.

Chiaki asks how Kyosuke got into this business, curious due to his refined speech. He explains that he used to undergo formal training as a violinist, but many things happened and it did not work out in the end. While he was looking for a different line of work, a friend got him into his agency and after two tries, he managed to qualify and barely made it through basic training. Afterwards, work was relatively easy.

Noticing how Kyosuke frequently looks at Sayaka, she wonders if there is something between them. He refuses to delve into the matter, but is glad to hear that Sayaka has good friends after Chiaki jokes about the two of them not trying to kill each other for a while. He assures that his ties with Sayaka will not complicate the mission in any way before moving out to join his men on their patrols.

When he notices Chiaki climbing up to the maintenance areas while talking on the phone, Kyosuke sneaks up on her. He unsheathes his combat knife and tries to attack, but is easily repelled, thrown down and pinned to the ground with a gun on his forehead.

Struggling to keep his composure, he apologizes and wants to explain himself. Under the pressure of her gun, he tells Chiaki that there is a tradition of the team leader trying to get a souvenir from any magical girl they work with, like a scrap of clothes from her uniform. He tried to take a part of her back ribbons as the tradition also calls for a knife to be used without the magical girl noticing.

He admits that the tradition is stupid, but also feels that this game is needed to make it so that the men don't feel obsolete among the superior strength of magical girls. As one of the few remaining regular security agencies, Kyosuke wanted to give his men this morale boost.

After Chiaki gets off and pulls him up with his tie, Kyosuke explains that only a few ever managed to accomplish the feat and that those who do get a huge payment raise and better equipment. On the magical girl's request, he contacts HQ to inquire about the last one to succeed. A now retired man going by Ol' Jack or Big Boss managed to get a bead from the Sixth Warmaster's necklace while they were hunting each other in a jungle by ambushing her in her after meal sleep.

Kyosuke apologizes again for ambushing her, admitting that he is way out of his league. Chiaki tells him that she has an idea for him to still get the Sparkles Award, but will tell him about it later. He accompanies her back to the stage where Sayaka threateningly shouts at him to get the cars ready, sending the young guard off in a hurry.

A bit later Kyoko and another girl arrive at the stadium and Kyosuke contacts Chiaki to ask if he should let them in right away. She confirms, reminding him about their earlier conversation, to which he replies with the hope of not getting set on fire by Kyoko again. He lets the pair of magical girls in and chats with Kyoko for a while until she hits his arm with a hard punch, laughing all the while.

Kyoko hands a bag to Chiaki and a heavy suitcase to Kyosuke, who wonders if it contains a high caliber rifle. Before leaving, she tells him not to slack off and punches his guts. Iori starts to scold Kyoko, but Kyosuke tells her that he is okay, surprisingly still standing, and that the punches are just an in-joke between them. The Eversor compliments his endurance, pats his shoulder hard and leaves with her partner.

Recovering from the blow, Kyosuke reassures the concerned idol that there is nothing behind Kyoko's punches and shows a drawstring to Chiaki, a piece of the Eversor's clothes. She compliments him on snatching it away without being noticed and assures that she will back him in case his agency does not believe he stole it from a magical girl. She takes the suitcase to get it to Sayaka herself and Kyosuke, suddenly feeling sick from the punch to his guts, excuses himself and runs off.

Back at the hotel, Kyosuke and his men check the building for any intruders before Ruri returns to her suite. Some time later, he informs Chiaki that a group of six girls has arrived, a Vindicare squad and the Callidus Rank Leader Enishi Karasawa. He asks how to proceed and is told to direct them to the penthouse, but to switch the location of Ruri's room with that of Sayaka.

The next morning, Kyosuke gives his men a bright briefing, everyone being in high spirits due to their leader claiming the Sparkles Award. After lunch time, Chiaki calls for a final security meeting and gathers everyone in Ruri's suite. Kyosuke and his men will drive them to the concert and back on cleared routes, guard the entry and exit points of the stadium and keep watch over Ruri at all times.

Kyosuke asks about Chiaki's plan for emergency extractions, and Enishi mentions that they usually have a Callidus assume the appearance of the principal to lure hostiles away, offering herself for the role when needed. Chiaki adds that she should also disguise her and Sayaka since they are easily recognizable and would give the real Ruri away. Enishi compliments the plan and Kyosuke assures that his men would be able to pin hostiles down long enough for the extraction to complete.

Chiaki adds that if anyone notices a golden weapon, they are to inform her immediately and refrain from engaging or picking it up. Kyosuke compares it with the make of Chiaki's desert eagle and asks for details, but Sayaka tells him that he doesn't need to know about magical girl things. The meeting concludes and Kyosuke leaves to give his men an update.</spoiler>

===Concert===
On the way to the stadium, a corpse appears in front of the group's convoy. Enishi convinces Chiaki to delegate investigations, and a few of Kyosuke's men secure the area while the rest moves on.
At the concert, Kyosuke informs Chiaki that the Yakuza from the day before are in the stadium and sends his best man to spy on them at the magical girl's request.

In the opening number of the concert, Kyosuke in the costume of Johannes Krauser II and the S-idol Mappi perform a death metal song where he is lit on fire. After the performance, he returns to guard duty.

When a group of hostile magical girls appear and demand a duel with Chiaki, Kyosuke and his men work with Chiaki's squad to apprehend any potential suicide bombers while the Warmaster takes care of the leader.

After the concert, and in the following morning, Kyosuke and his men continue guarding Ruri's hotel and the airport until the idol leaves the country without further incident.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">The group moves to the stadium in a convoy of four cars and two heavily armored APCs. The vehicles are decorated with Ruri decals, a demand from her producer, and the idol has Noriko take photos of her in front of them even though she admits the paintjob to be excessive. Ruri, Sayaka, Chiaki, Noriko and Enishi get into one car for the ride.

On the way to the stadium, something suddenly appears in the middle of the road. The convoy stops as they discover the headless body of what seems to be a magical girl. Enishi orders them to secure the body and has a few men keep watch until Officio personnel arrives to take care of investigations.

Nothing happens the rest of the way and the convoy arrives at the stadium where the security detail accompanies Ruri and the magical girl escorts inside before taking up guard positions throughout the area.

Later in the backstage area, he delivers the report of his swipe to Chiaki, who does not recognize him in his death metal outfit, complete with heavy makeup and wig. He explains to the startled Warmaster that the concert management decided to insert Johannes Krauser II and needed somebody built enough for the costume who could also play guitar. Since, coincidentally, Kyosuke could do both, he filled in.

He assures that he will change back into his uniform as soon as the opening number is over and that he is taking his job serious, despite his current look. He then reports that the area is clear, but Mine Yoshitaka and his personal guards, alongside a group of recording company executives, are in the stadium. Since he had tickets and the stadium owner insisted, they could not deny him.

Chiaki tells him to have one of his men spy on Yoshitaka, one that will not be bribed. Kyosuke points out that he trusts all of his men, but promises to send the best. The Warmaster also appoints a member of squad Hiryu to keep an eye on both Kyosuke's man and the Yakuza with the explicit order to take Yoshitaka out if he tries anything suspicious.

Before Kyosuke can object to the excessive measures, a wild looking idol approaches and talks to him. They exchange a few words in German before Kyosuke runs off, eager to get away from the S-idol Mappi.

During the opening number, Kyosuke and Mappi perform a death metal song in front of the raving audience, complete with extensive pyrotechnics, screaming and growling, shredding the guitar with his mouth and the legendary “Eleven Rapes A Second”. Near the end of the performance Kyosuke is even lit on fire while thrashing his instrument.

After his performance, Kyosuke gets back to his security duties. On the radio, he listens to the conversation between the Warmaster and the intruder Lucius, who demands to face Chiaki in single combat on the baseball field for all the world to see if she wants her subordinate's soul gem back. Lucius also threatens to have her subordinates self destruct their soul gems to kill the audience with their witch explosions if Chiaki refuses or tries to evacuate the stadium.

Chiaki orders Enishi and Squad Hiryu to stand down until she engages Lucius and from then on to coordinate with the security detail to keep watch for any suspicious magical girl activity and to take anyone about to transform or to self-destruct out with as little involvement of the audience as possible, but any measure of violence necessary.

During Chiaki's fight with Lucius, Kyosuke's team and Squad Hiryu apprehend all suicide bombers. As Chiaki makes her way off of the field, badly injured but victorious, Kyosuke and his men arrive. He helps the magical girl move to a bench in the nearby dugout and orders some of his men to bag up the remains of Chiaki's opponents before the stadium lights come back on.

Kyosuke informs Chiaki that Sayaka is on her way to heal her wounds and wonders if the injuries even hurt, considering how calm the magical girl is with three spears sticking out of her body. He apologizes for the stupid question and, when asked for a smoke, offers some of his cigarillos. When Sayaka arrives and begins pulling the spears from Chiaki's body, Kyosuke pales and turns away, talking into his headset.

After the concert and the fight between Chiaki and a group of hostile magical girls, 2020 Productions decides to relocate Ruri ahead of time. So the morning after the concert, the group heads to the airport for an early flight. While Chiaki stays close to Ruri in the VIP lounge, Kyosuke and his men block the area off.

The call for Ruri's flight comes up and the group moves out onto the tarmac, secured by Kyosuke's men.</spoiler>

==Trivia==
*Kyosuke is a character from the original Madoka Magica setting.

==Gallery==

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Kyosuke

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Iori Minase

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<blockquote>''"C-Chiaki-san..." Iori is mumbling, cheeks burning. "S-s-so...daring..."''</blockquote>
{{Infobox_civilian
| imagecaption = Iori Minase
| image = [[Image:ioriglad.jpg|200px]]
| aka = Iorin, lori, who?
| appearance = [[Thread 3]]
| organization = 765 Productions
| occupation = Idol
| height = 153cm
| dob = May 5
}}

== Character Summary ==
An Idol of 765 Productions and former client of QB Heavy Industries with a crush on Chiaki Matsuda.

=== Physical Description ===
*A japanese girl with a small, delicate figure.
*She has hip-length brown hair and eyes of the same color.
*As an idol Iori always wears decent clothes and proper styling.

=== Personality ===
*Iori appears confident, stern and professional in public.
*In private she is easily flustered and kind of naive.
*Very affectionate to her friends.
*She shows great concern for the well being of herself and others.
*Surprisingly shy and easily intimidated in unfamiliar environments.

== Character History ==
===Iori Minase===
765 Productions enlists Ciaki Matsuda as a bodyguard for Iori. She dislikes Chiaki and gets really mad at how the magical girl treats her friend Yayoi. During the night a group of armed men enters the hotel room and tries to have their way with the idol while Chiaki is under the influence of an illusion spell. But the bodyguard manages to dispel it, kills the men without hesitation and shoots the legs off of their magical girl accomplice.

Chiaki helps the traumatized Iori wash the blood off until Mami arrives to take over and gives the idol her contact info before leaving.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">After a group of Otaku declares their intent to take their beloved idol Iori Minase away some time before an upcoming concert, 765 Productions contracts QB Heavy Industries for extra security. Chiaki Matsuda is assigned as Ioris personal bodyguard until her departure to America for her world tour. Considering the fact that another idol, Yayoi Takatsuki, was assaulted and raped without the standard security even noticing, the need for highly capable security detail seems appropriate.

Iori's first impression of Chiaki is all but favorable. Smoking and smelling of alcohol, Ioris first order fis to do something about her hygiene. Despite her confident appearance, Iori is concerned but calms down after Chiaki assures her safety.

Talking about her coworker and friend Yayoi makes her strong facade crumble, revealing a worried and hurt girl. Chiaki showing compassion and making jokes makes Iori open up to her.

The sudden unannounced visit of Ioris friend Yayoi causes arguments as Chiaki roughly searches the frail girl for weapons, making Iori slap her. Iroi demands her and Yayoi being left alone, which her guard firmly refuses. Indignant the idol proclaims to call for a different bodyguard the next day. Determined to spend the night with each other, the idols opt to ignore the bodyguard who refuses to leave them and engage in intimacy under the sheets.

Later, while her bodyguard is under the influence of an illusion spell cast by Yayoi, who turns out to be a Magical Girl imposter posing as the idol, five men in heavy gear break through the skylight and attempt to rape Iori much like they did with the real Yayoi.

Terrified screams for help turn into horror from both Iori and the now green haired Magical Girl as Chiaki messily murders the would be rapists, one of them a member of the idols security detail, with a pair of guns. She also shoots the girls legs off with a golden gun and ties her up before shoving a corpse off of her traumatized prospect and taking her to the bathroom.

Getting the gore washed off of her, Iori slowly calms down, further opening up to Chiaki, thanking her for saving her life. As Mami Tomoe arrives to take care of Iori, she requests Chiaki's cellphone number before she leaves.</spoiler>

===Retirement===
After the events at the hotel, Iori is supposed to lay low and requests to stay at Chiaki's apartment. She clings to Chiaki in her sleep and expresses concern about her work when awake. While Chiaki is away, Iori spends time with Kyoko and Mami until the blonde girl is kidnapped. Worried about everyone, she accompanies Kyoko to find Chiaki heavily injured after her mission and realizes just how dangerous her life as a magical girl is.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">After the event at the hotel, the world tour is postponed by the Producer and Iori is to lay low for a while. The safe house she stays at for the time being turns out to be Chiaki Matsuda's apartment of all places, the safest place in the city according to Tomoe Mami. In reality Iori herself insisted on this arrangement, requesting it to appear as QB Heavy Industries idea.

Agreeing to the house rules regarding not touching her alcohol and arms, Iori reveals that the real Yayoi killed herself after her assault, leaving Chiaki as the only one she knows in the area. Despite giggling at the notion of talking cats, she is made to promise not to listen to anything they tell her.

The next morning, the sleeping Iori clings to Chiaki, touching herself shortly after her host carefully extracted herself to start working. Fully awake later, the idol expresses concern for Chiakis safety during her job but believes in her ability to protect herself.

During Chiakis absence, Iori plays videogames with Kyoko Sakura and Mami Tomoe. Shortly after Mami is abducted by Kirika Kure while standing watch in front of the apartment. Iori stays with Kyoko until the situation is taken care of and later arrives at the scene of Kirika's retirement, finding Chiaki unconscious with an arm missing. On the way Iori nearly kicked Kyubey into the traffic following Chiaki's advice not to talk to alien cats.

Seeing the scene, Iori realizes that Magical Girls are real and just how dangerous Chiakis work really is, crying over her unconscious form, but calming down after talking once the Magical Girl wakes up. She supports the exhausted Chiaki walking and gets her home for dinner, feeding her guardian with home cooking.</spoiler>

===Recuperation & Maid to Kill===
Iori hires Chiaki as a bodyguard to accompany her to a gala. She outfits the magical girl with a maid uniform and has her pretend being a servant during the event. She meets Lance Kilgore and talks to Garcia Lovelace until the former starts murdering people. Chiaki opens a path for her to escape and Iori follows Garcia and his maid outside.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">The next day Iori accompanies Chiaki to the Officio, keeping close physical contact all the while until the Magical Girl meets with her boss. Quietly watching the encounter between Chiaki and Oriko Mikuni, Iori then spends time with Mami while her guardian engages in interrogations. Waiting in the lobby, Iori and Mami give Chiaki a new cellphone, before heading out to the shopping center, obviously plotting something.

Later Iori requests Chiakis three sizes via phone. In the evening, she sits silently through a Magical Girl meeting in Chiaki's apartment concerning golden weapons, witches and insanity. Afterwards Iori reveals that she hired Chiaki for another assignment, namely escorting her to a black tie event in a mansion in upper Mitakihara. Wearing a maid uniform no less.

A week after the retirement of Kirika Kure, Iori has been going out with Mami nearly every day, Chiaki never coming along. The night of the gala, Kyoko acts as chauffeur and support after Chiaki decides to carry a golden gun with her, wearing the butler uniform meant to be an alternative to Chiakis maid dress.

On the way Iori tells Chiaki about the guests attending, who are mostly fellow 765 Production idols, but also a big investor by the name of Lance Kilgore, whom she doesn't like at all. There is no real agenda except for staying until the end after roughly six hours and the idol expect things to go smoothly, telling Chiaki to relax. She tells her guard that she doesn't really want to attend since this is the first time without Yayoi, who loved these events. She also informs Chiaki that she will speak to her in a different tone inside. She refers to the guests as a wretched hive of scum and villainy, admitting some exceptions.

When meeting her friends, she plays her assault down, saying she had someone trustworthy protecting her. One friend, Chihaya, mentions that Iori disliked the idea of a maid following her, the other however, Takane, reckognizes Chiaki as a guardian. She asks her name, getting quite close to Chiaki, causing a small outburst of jealousy from Iori, after which she dismisses Chiaki to mingle with her peers.

The presence of Lance Kilgore makes Iori nervous, making Chiaki pretend that there is a phone call waiting to remove her client from Kilgores presence, upon which he takes an interest in the golden weapon. Iori feigns anger at her slow servant, walking off to a balcony, nervously asking what happened. She is frightened by hearing about Kilgore possessing a golden weapon, but persuades Chiaki not to kill him because her friends and innocents are present, in return for leaving the event early.

Following Chiakis request, Iori talks to Garcia Lovelace to give him an autograph, jumping in surprise as her maid pats her rear. After signing an entire page with a detailed autograph, she demands praise only to be interrupted by Lance Kilgore starting his "first ever bloodbath challenge".

When hell breaks loose, Chiaki clears an exit with her golden Desert Eagle and passes Iori her phone with the instruction to call Kyoko for backup before shoving her through the door. Despite being panicked she is still concerned about her friends inside while escaping with Garcia Lovelace, his maid, Takane and an unconscious Chihaya and is set into the armored car by Kyoko shortly after.

After the fight they are recovered by Officio personnel.</spoiler>

===Recruitment===
After the gala, Iori stays at the Lovelace residence. She calls Chiaki and overhears her fooling around with another girl, which hurts the idol a lot. When they meet again, Iori is still mad and has Garcia talk for her instead. Chiaki informs her that she will be away on a trip for a while and she should stay at the Lovelace residence.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">After escaping the event location, Iori stays at the Garcia mansion with a few Officio guards. She calls Chiaki's cellphone, which is currently held by Kyubey, asking about her condition, 31 times first in tears, then hysterical.

Soon after Chiaki calls back, assuring Iori that she is alright and taking care of something at the Officio. She hears someones voice in the background, a giggle at first, then a sharp moan, upon which Chiaki tells her to meet the next day and cuts the call. Chiaki calls back a few minutes later to explain, but Iori doesn't want to hear anything, telling her it's late and she wants to sleep. She is secretly crying in between the calls and crying herself to sleep afterward.

The next morning in the Lovelace mansion, Iori is having breakfast with Garcia, talking animatedly until Chiaki shows up. She tries her best not to look at her guard who is invited to join them, fresh pancakes already waiting, but can barely stop herself from giggling at the magical girls lack of etiquette.

She makes Gacia tell Chiaki that she was worried and that she should have the decency to tell Iori first before messing around with other girls. Chiaki apologizes for not calling earlier, but not for drinking and for Iori hearing her coworkers drunken antics. She also says that it's none of Ioris business how she spends her free time as their relationship is a professional first and foremost, leaving the idol in tears.

Chiaki informs Iori and Garcia that she will be gone for a few days and gladly accepts the young Lovelace's offer to let Iori stay at his mansion until her return. Kyoko, Sayaka and Mami will occasionally check up on them and serve as an escort when needed, before leaving.</spoiler>

===Return & Warmaster===
When Iori hears that Chiaki returned from her trip, she tries to call her a lot, and late at night she finally calls back. They talk a little about how Iori has been while Chiaki was away and her plans for the near future. They also and plan on meeting for coffee soon.

During their meeting, Iori tells Chiaki about Ruri Kirishima, the upcoming concert and how the super idol threatened to steal the magical girl away. Chiaki uses this opportunity to tell Iori once again that she doesn't want to be more than friends, right in front of her idol friends in the coffee shop.

Iori takes it hard, crying over her unrequited love, but makes up her mind that being friends with Chiaki is still better than loosing her completely. Before leaving, Chiaki explains that it was always herself who never had a chance of this relationship working out.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">As soon as Iori hears of Chiaki's return, she calls Kyoko to arrange a meeting as soon as possible. She also tries to call Chiaki herself frequently, but her calls never connect.

Late at night, Chiaki finally calls her back. Iori is happy to hear from her again, but her voice is strained from crying earlier. She tells Chiaki that her time at the mansion has been well and that Mami and Sayaka spent time with her frequently. She even got on friendly terms with the blue haired girl, who seemed all hard edged before.

Iori seems to be holding back on something but assures that nothing bad has happened since the incident with Lance Kilgore. Chiaki asks about her friends, and Iori relaxes, telling her how they already got back into their work. Iori herself is supposed to have a comeback concert soon, after letting the dust settle for a week longer.

Nervous about her performance after a long break, Chiaki encourages Iori, telling her that Idols can do anything. Iori responds that she sometimes wishes being able to do more than just performing, but still remembers Chiaki's words of warning.

Chiaki then mentions that she doesn't have a lot of time to talk, but wants to meet her over coffee, emphasizing that it's not a date. Iori happily agrees to meet her in two days, wishing her a good early morning. Realizing how late it is, she mentions that she could not sleep before talking to Chiaki, and hurriedly ends the call in embarrassment.

The next morning, Chiaki calls her again. Right then a loud voice resounds on the other side of the connection, a girl loudly exclaiming she got a box for panties. Startled, Iori asks if this is a bad time, but Chiaki tells her that she is sorting out her office, joking that she probably needs an exorcist.

Iori tells her that her day started badly, she received a job as background singer for an idol from a rivaling company. A popular one holding a huge concert in Mitakihara. Chiaki asks if this idol is Ruri Kirishima, and Iori confirms, asking if she is a fan.

Iori is relieved to hear that Chiaki is not a fan of her competition and will deal with her on a professional level. The magical girl then apologizes for her schedule changing and asks if Iori can have coffee with her today and if there is a coffee shop she favors. Iori agrees and will send her the location of a quaint shop soon.

She mentions how Chiaki changed since her trip and that she is looking forward to seeing her new look that Kyoko mentioned to her, before telling her goodbye to get back to work. Soon after her conversation with Chiaki, she excitedly calls Mami to ask what she should wear for her meeting, who recommends something cute yet tasteful, but no too idol-ish.

Later in the coffee shop, surrounded by other idols, Iori awaits her date. Despite Mami's advice, she wears an idol outfit, similar to what the other customers wear. Once Chiaki arrives, Iori calls her over and the magical girl draws the attention of everyone in the shop. The chatter stops as she takes off her hat and flicks her hair in a stylish manner, leaving Iori awestruck and blushing.

Iori mentions she didn't expect Chiaki to look this different, who wonders if her “workplace accident” is really that bad, but the idol quickly assures that she likes it. Chiaki mumbles about her looking pretty, and after some more awkward tension, Iori finally tells her to sit down, all the while under the watchful eyes of the other idols.

After ordering their drinks, Chiaki asks how Iori and her friends have been doing while she was gone. She explains that everything has been peaceful and that they are currently practicing for the upcoming concert. While usually bad form to hire other agencies on short notice, all local idols are participating in the huge event for publicity.

Iori then asks about Chiaki's trip, worried if the accident was painful. She tells her that it hurt in more way than one, that two others didn't make it, but that still being there is enough as long as there is still work to throw herself into. Iori places her hand on top of Chiaki's and offers her help whenever she needs it. While she doesn't know what really happened, she knows the feeling of loosing a friend after all.

While the other idols are still watching and whispering to each other, Iori asks about Chiaki's interest in Ruri Kirishima. The Warmaster explains that she was hired as Kirishima's exclusive security detail, news that Iori takes a while to swallow, mentioning that she had a feeling the super idol might do this.

After letting the upset idol think for a while, Chiaki asks her if there is something between Kirishima and her, sensing something personal. Iori explains that a few days after the hotel incident, Ruri Kirishima started calling her, despite their agencies being on bad terms. She wanted to befriend Iori, going shopping together a few times, she even helped pick out the maid outfit Chiaki wore at the gala.

Soon after, she started asking about Chiaki and her co-workers. While Iori didn't reveal anything confidential, Ruri seemed to be familiar with magical girls and took a special interest in Chiaki. After the gala incident, she stopped calling Iori for a while, but one night told her to stop trying to romance Chiaki, threatening to steal her away otherwise.

Chiaki then reminds her of what she told her before departing to Siberia, that Iori deserves better than her, that she is not a good person and doesn't see herself getting better, and that she is not someone Iori should want to be with. As Iori's face goes pale with tears welling up in her eyes, Chiaki tells her that this meeting is meant to make her understand that there will be nothing more or less than friendship between them, for both their sakes.

Despite the tears flowing from her eyes, Iori forces a smile and tells Chiaki that she understood the first time and tried hard to understand that she didn't want to be more than friends. She explains that despite understanding that it is the right thing to do, hearing Chiaki say it still hurts.

As Chiaki gets up and approaches the crying girl, the surrounding idols get up and move closer. While the magical girl returns the icy glares, Takane steps up and politely asks her to leave before any more damage is done, both by Chiaki and any possible onlookers. She scolds her about choosing this time and place, but the magical girl remains silent, acknowledging her mistake.

While two of her friends work to calm Iori down, Chiaki tells Takane to take care of Iori and moves away under the hateful glares of the collected idols. Before she can enter her car, Iori calls out to her again, her voice full of loneliness. She tells her that she is okay with being just friends, but needs to know if Chiaki ever felt anything for her or if she never had a chance in the first place.

Pulling her hat low enough to hide her eyes, a small sad smile on her lips, Chiaki replies that she did, but that it was her who never had a chance. While the magical girl leaves, Iori keeps crying, surrounded by her friends who lead her deeper into the shop, away from the public eyes.</spoiler>

===Kirishima===
Iori is hired as a voice actor for an upcoming anime adaption of the popular Miracle Midori x Murder Mayumi manga. Ruri Kirishima, who plays the main character, has her over in her hotel suite to practice as part of her promotional livestream program. Chiaki is present as Ruri's bodyguard. Iori tries her best to ignore things around her, still being uncomfortable about what happened the day before.

She soon leaves for dance practice for Ruri's upcoming concert. When the others arrive at the concert hall, Iori talks to Chiaki on the phone to avoid the gazes of the other idols. She apologizes for making a scene and for expecting too much and too soon. Chiaki walks over to her, ignoring the stares, and the two of them agree to being friends despite their awkward history.

Iori accompanies Chiaki to meet Kyoko in the entrance area, happy to see the red head again, and meets a disguised Midori.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Ruri Kirishima invited Iori to her hotel suite, the same one Iori first met Chiaki in, which has been completely remodeled. Ruri makes her participate in voice acting practice with the script of “Miracle Midori x Murder Mayumi Deluxe Uncensored OVA Episode 1 of 20 / SEASON 1”, which includes a sex scene, reaching the climax part shortly before Chiaki arrives, a live webcast broadcasting everything.

Ruri greets Chiaki, who quickly moves out of the camera's field of vision and the practice continues, Iori being flushed all the while, until somebody knocks at the door. Room service serves breakfast for four and Iori does her best to ignore everything around her, uncomfortable about the situation and about being with Chiaki after what happened the previous day.

Ruri introduces Chiaki as the best Murder Mayumi cosplayer there is and asks how she worked on looking just like the violent, lewd magical girl , making Iori choke on her juice. Chiaki replies that it comes as second nature and threatens to shoot the camera.

Ruri compliments her dedication to the character and announces a break to the viewers before telling Noriko to take Iori and Sayaka next door to speak to the Warmaster in private. Sayaka complains that she did not finish eating, but Iori manages to keep her calm, mumbling to Chiaki to be careful on her way out.

She soon excuses herself to go to dance practice for the concert. When Ruri and the others arrive later, Iori waves at Chiaki more friendly again and helps Sayaka practice the dance routine.

After practice, she has a conversation with her fellow idols, but keeps glancing over to Chiaki. Standing with her back facing the magical girl, Iori calls her phone. Chiaki jokingly offers to drop a hair dryer in Ruri's bath for free, catching Iori off guard who wonders if she already killed somebody this way.

She apologizes for talking to her over the phone like this, explaining that she wants to keep the other idols from glaring at her like they did before. She apologizes for making a scene in the coffee shop, realizing that she came on too strong and expected too much, too fast, but assures that she still wants to be friends.

Turning around and staring at each other, Chiaki cuts the connection and walks up to Iori, who stares in a mix of confusion, nervousness and fear, still holding the phone to her ear. Ignoring the other idols, Chiaki manages a small smile and tells Iori that she can work with being friends, seeing how she doesn't have a lot of them.

Dropping the phone, Iori hugs her, explaining that this is all she needed to know, admitting that she doesn't have a lot of friends herself. Trembling slightly, she keeps holding Chiaki for a bit. After a moment, Chiaki receives a call on her radio headset and tells Iori that she will be gone for a bit to meet with Kyoko, who brought a few things for Sayaka.

Smiling at the red haired girl's mention, Iori asks to accompany her to greet the friendly Eversor in person. Chiaki agrees and the both of them head toward the entrance. On the way, the idol reminds her to cut down on her smoking habit and compliments her new hairstyle. She also tells her how excited she is about her voice acting job, her mood brightening further.

In the entrance area, Iori cheerfully greets Kyoko who asks about her work and jokes about her coworker's messing up and Kyosuke peeping. In mock offense, the idol replies that everyone has been acting very professional, reprimanding the Eversor for her accusations before giggling with her.

She wonders about Kyoko's business and the braids and glasses wearing girl behind her. Chiaki tells the newbie to relax, who then introduces herself as Homura Akemi. Iori tells Kyoko not to get carried away and mistreat the new recruit, who laughs and replies that she is still too green for that kind of thing. The idol tells Akemi that her Warmaster will sort things out in case Kyoko gets too rough.

After passing a bag and suitcase on to Chiaki and Kyosuke, Kyoko makes to leave to continue her own job. Iori is disappointed that they have to part again already, and mentions that they should meet up with everyone some time. The Eversor agrees and punches Kyosuke, telling him not to slack off. The idol is shocked and starts to scold Kyoko, but the security guard assures that he is alright and that the punches are merely an in-joke between them.

After the two magical girls leave, Chiaki takes the suitcase from Kyosuke, who excuses himself and walks off. Iori is happy to have seen Kyoko again and wonders if Sayaka knows that the red haired girl seems really enamored with her. Chiaki blinks at her, surprised that she didn't know they were together. Iori blushes a bit while telling her that she had no idea, but thinks that they make a cute couple with matching colors. Wistfully, she mentions that she wants to have the same one day, to which Chiaki agrees, the idol staring at her for a bit.

Back in the practice area, they meet up with Sayaka who takes the bag and suitcase. She tells them that Ruri is still doing her hair in the changing room, surprised to find out that her hair is all natural. Disappointed that Kyoko already left, Sayaka asks if she was all right, which Iori confirms, mentioning that she is with the new recruit Homura. Sayaka looks surprised, assuming her girlfriend was with somebody else, but quickly remembers that she is supposed to rotate in with newbies once in a while.

A stage hand calls Iori from the corridor and informs her that the ride from her production company has arrived. She says goodbye and leaves the magical girls behind in the stadium.</spoiler>

===Concert===
At the concert, Iori volunteers to play the part of Murder Mayumi for a part of the program, in place of Chiaki since the magical girl would surely refuse to follow Ruri's whims. Chiaki is worried, but lets Iori do her job and hands the idol a pack of cigarettes to make the costume more accurate.

During the concert, Chiaki fights a group of hostile magical girls. Ruri makes it look like part of the show and manages to keep Iori focused despite her worry for her friend. After the fight, Iori hugs her, relieved that she is safe, and runs off embarrassed. She safely returns to her production agency after the concert.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">On the day of the concert, Iori prepares herself in a private changing room. Since Ruri expected Chiaki to refuse going on stage with her, she asked Iori to take her place as Murder Mayumi, who agreed all too willingly. The magical girl is stunned when she meets Iori in her costume.

Ruri complains that Chiaki doesn't seem to like fun, but Iori replies that the magical girl simply is not used to idol work and should be left to do what she does best. Chiaki wishes her good luck and reminds her to be careful and to listen to Sayaka if anything should happen. She assures that there is no immediate threat but that she will do whatever she can to make sure they are safe in case something happens.

A bell rings as the signal to get ready for the performance, and Ruri gathers her group of idols and extras to head out, Noriko following behind with a camera for the webcast.

While everybody leaves, Iori stays behind in awkward silence. When she turns to leave, Chiaki grabs her hand but quickly lets go and stuffs her hat into her pocket. Iori worries about her friend, but Chiaki assures that she is fine and just wants to thank her for being her substitute, claiming that she would do it herself if she had known Iori would be dragged in.

The idol explains that she volunteered and considers this a chance to sing something outside her usual preference, and since they are friends, Chiaki does not have to thank her. She tells Chiaki how she hopes to get to spend time together as normal friends occasionally, instead of their usual settings so far.

When Sayaka returns to get Iori, Chiaki tosses a pack of cigarettes to her friend, explaining that she should just stick one between her lips to make the Murder Mayumi look more accurate. The idol thanks her and makes her way to the stage to join Ruri in the performance of the Miracle Midori x Murder Mayumi anime opening theme, joined by Iori during the second part; a song about how love can tear things apart as efficiently as hate, a kiss being part of the performance.

During the concert, some hostile magical girls start a fight with Chiaki. During the encounter, the Warmaster gets stabbed with spears and Iori freezes in place until Ruri jolts her to get Iori to start singing again.

During a break, Iori and Ruri hurry to Chiaki's side. The shorter idol catches the magical girl in a tight embrace and cries into the bloody costume for a moment. She soon stiffens and distances herself again, murmurs that she is glad Chiaki is safe, then runs away.

After the concert, a few of Kyosuke's men accompany Iori on her way back to 765 Productions. She cries all the way, but arrives safely. The next morning, Chiaki sends her a message asking about her well being.</spoiler>

==Trivia==
*Iori is based on Iori Minase from The iDOLM@STER.
*Her name and appearance remain unchanged. Her personality remains mostly unchanged as well with just a few tweaks.
*Iori used to be an S idol and held the top spot for a while until changing her image.
*It has become tradition to forget about Iori, or to pretend and ask “literally who?” when talking about the idol. Misspelling her name “lori” is part of this.

==NECO Profile==
<pre style="width: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">NAME: Minase Iori
“Another bottom-feeder? Well, I suppose I’ll allow you the honor of asking a question or two.”
NICK: The Little Devil Idol
STUDIO: 765 Productions
RANK: #1 Princess
TYPE: Cute
IMAGE SONGS: DIAMOND, The Memories We Share
BIO: The youngest child of an old zaibatsu family, Minase Iori is a popular princess-type idol with a prissy streak a mile wide. She’s known in particular for being difficult to handle, but has a natural grace and a perfect tsundere personality. In the past few months, she’s been forced to endure a number of terrible misfortunes, and has lost a lot of the light that endears her to her fans…

BODY TYPE Petite
PERSONALITY Bratty
CHARM C*
VOCALS B
DANCE A
VISUAL S+

TRIVIA

-While Minase Iori has a loyal fanbase in Japan as well as internationally, there’s a small, vocal set of people that despise her for reasons nobody can quite understand.

-Formerly an S-idol, Minase Iori gravitated toward regular idol production as 765 PRO was edged out of specialty idol competitions by other companies.

-She’s become enchanted with a certain magical murderer lately, and will be voicing her in the upcoming Miracle Midori x Murder Mayumi OVA. Is this wish fulfillment, or a vain attempt to understand her True Love’s feelings!?

BONUS TRIVIA

-Iori has a beloved stuffed bunny who goes by many names, rarely kept far from her even if it isn’t in her arms. Certain intrepid reporters believe it may harbor her alternate personality…

*seems to vary greatly from person to person</pre>

== Gallery ==
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[[Category:Characters]]

Enishi Karasawa

2015-04-24T18:52:50Z

Crys: added Kirishima mission

<blockquote>'' ''</blockquote>
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| appearance = [[Thread 99]]
| organization = Ninth Officio
| rank = Callidus Rank Leader, Etiquette Officer
| occupation = Magical Girl
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==Character Summary==
Enishi is one of the Karasawa clan's daughters and Callidus Rank Leader of the Ninth Officio Assassinorum. She is a woman devoted to both her family and duty.

===Physical Description===
*Enishi has very long black hair, bangs cut sharply just above her eyes.
*She usually wears a fancy kimono. She does not wear anything underneath it.
*In her younger days Enishi had weight problems but managed to overcome them. She is now “healthy”.
===Personality===
*Enishi speaks in a polite, reserved manner. Her choice of words is Usually very flowery and descriptive.
*She can be smug, cold and cruel to those of lesser standing.
*While putting up a refined front, she is rather lewd.
*Enishi cares deeply for her sisters, despite not letting all of them know about it.
*She is a firm believer in the blessed Lady.

==Character History==

===Warmaster===
The new Warmaster calls the Rank Leaders into her office. After introductions, she informs her subordinates about a death threat to Mami Tomoe, instructs them to search for potential suspects for being “The Prophet” and to watch out for the dangerous Golden Weapons.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">The new Warmaster, Chiaki Matsuda, calls for a meeting of the Rank Leaders. While Kyubey did not tell them the reason for this summon, the magical girls immediately make their way to the Warmaster's office.

Enishi greets the Warmaster, mentions to the Vindicare who did not know the old Warmaster that many things happened in this office, and asks what Chiaki called them for. First, she introduces herself as Chiaki Matsuda. Enishi is surprised that she does not go by Murderface anymore, mentioning how she liked the brutal name, nudging Rea for approval. Enishi then introduces herself as the Callidus Rank Leader and Etiquette Officer.

The Warmaster then briefs the group on how she received a severed head, fashioned after Mami Tomoe, and that she believes this to be a threat. She then explains how somebody known as “The Prophet” is involved and that they will be tasked with apprehending potential suspects following a list from Kyubey.

Finally, Chiaki explains the Golden Weapons and instructs them to refrain from engaging anyone wielding one of them and instead inform her immediately. She stresses that these weapons are dangerous on their own and that only she can use them with limited risk due to her procedure in Siberia.

Enishi ensures that everything will be taken care of, pleased that Chiaki could explain everything without the need of her aide translating, unlike Kharn. She bows and pledges the Callidus to her service, followed by Rea and Sayaka.

Chiaki exchanged phone numbers with everyone and tells them to call her Equerry Sayaka or Mami if they cannot reach her. The news of Sayaka's position surprises everyone, the Eversor in question reacting irritated to the early revelation. Enishi teases her about making her rank up, earning a rude reply before taking her leave.</spoiler>

===Kirishima===
Enishi is chosen as anti Callidus support for the protection of the super idol Ruri Kirishima. She also coordinates the Vindicare squad Hiryu for overwatch and patrol duty. She treats her sister Noriko, who currently works for Ruri, in a cold manner.

The team discovers a security leak in form of the novice reporter NECO who already fled the scene. She published intel on her chirpee account, as well as a handful of rude profiles, including that of Enishi. The Callidus is angry, but professionally remains in control. She has a conversation about their image with the Warmaster, then returns to patrolling duty. She either shadows invisibly tails Chiaki or Ruri, or scouts the area at all times.

In the final security meeting before Ruri's concert, Enishi advises Chiaki on Callidus abilities and their use for this kind of mission.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Warmaster Matsuda calls for a support team to secure the stadium her principal, the idol Ruri Kirishima, will give a concert in. In addition to the Vindicare squad Hiryu, Enishi is chosen to take care of anti Callidus measures since the involvement of another Officio in an incident is suspected.

The group of six arrives at the idol's hotel and is held up by the regular security personnel, whose leader confirms their identity with the Warmaster and directs them to the penthouse. Enishi knocks on the door and announces their presence in her usual polite song-like manner, disregarding her companion's concern of laying on too thick.

Instead of the Warmaster, Sayaka opens the door, blatantly displeased to see the Callidus and complains about getting disturbed while taking a shower. With an obviously fake apology, Enishi asks about the Warmaster's whereabouts and Sayaka points her to the room opposite of her own, mentioning that Chiaki is sleeping with the principal. Disappointed to hear that the new Warmaster seems to be just like her predecessor, the Callidus moves on while Sayaka slams her door shut.

She knocks and apologizes for interrupting the Warmaster's private time with the client and requests a moment to report, suggesting that they wait until morning otherwise. One of the Vindicare wonders if the Warmaster is still awake, and Enishi tells her that she might since her predecessor and partner Kharn never slept during missions, but mentions how she hated visitors.

Warmaster Matsuda steps out of the room, clad in silken sleepwear and her sign of office hat, making the Vindicare snap to attention. Enishi bows gracefully and introduces squad Hiryu as the long range and surveillance support and herself as the Callidus counter measures and crowd control support the Warmaster requested.

Being told to cut back on the formality and be quiet, Enishi elegantly snaps a paper fan into existence while listening to Chiaki explain that the client just went to sleep and she doesn't want to have to deal with her waking up. The Callidus assures that the group will perform their duties without being noticed and confirms that they have been briefed about the possible involvement of the Tenth Officio.

She continues to report that the list of suspects regarding the issue with Mami Tomoe is being worked on and passes a gift wrapped bottle of Kong whiskey to the Warmaster, a gift from the blonde Vindicare herself with a reminder to drink in strict moderation. Enishi asks if there is anything the Warmaster wants them to do before they start their sweep and guard duty, offering a massage to ease her visible tension.

Chiaki refuses the massage, mentioning that being tense is normal for her, but considers coffee a good idea for the night watch. Enishi immediately sends Vindicare Kagura to the hotel pantry to fetch her a strong iced coffee. While the tanned girl runs off, the Callidus tells her modest Warmaster that she should leave menial tasks like calling room service to them and instead focus her attention on guarding the principal.

Chiaki continues the briefing by explaining that they will only answer to her, not the principal or anyone else. She also mentions that the principal suspects a mole within the mundane security detail and orders her subordinates to cooperate, but to share as little information about their patrols, positions and capabilities as possible. Enishi acknowledges the orders and Vindicare Ayako confirms that she already jacked into the security radio frequency.

When Kagura returns with the coffee, Chiaki wonders how Enishi knew that she prefers it iced, who replies that she went with a hunch before asking if there are any further orders. The Warmaster shakes her head and Enishi sends squad Hiryu out with a serious but encouraging speech.

She makes to leave to start search herself, but is stopped by Chiaki asking her to share tips about resisting magical control with the security. Enishi agrees to try and, reminding the Warmaster to call her if she changes her mind about the massage, makes to leave.

Only a few steps away, she hears somebody talking to the Warmaster and, wondering who it is, steps up behind her. Spotting Noriko, she is somewhat surprised and glares at the cardboard box that the girl quickly unfolds and hides under. Chiaki glares at her and inquires about their relation and if this will affect the operation.

Enishi tells her that this is an unexpected family reunion that will not affect her behavior or capability during the mission. She nudges the box, asking if Ryota is doing well, to which it nods. She tells the covered girl that their father sends his regards, that their mother is still disappointed in her and that their elder sister wishes her well in her idol career despite sharing Enishi's wish that she grows out of it.

Enishi tells Chiaki that the family had high hopes for the girl but coldly states that it sometimes is a silly thing. Shooting the box another glare, she turns around and hurriedly leaves for the elevator, a bluish glow in her hand.

Soon Vindicare Ayumu contacts her about a discovery in an empty room on the penthouse floor and Enishi investigates, sneaking past Chiaki and Noriko with her Callidus magic. As soon as her sister leaves, she admits to Chiaki that they are being hard on their youngest sister because it is expected of them. The Warmaster swallows a mouthful of coffee and demands to know why she sneaked up on her.

Enishi simply replies that sneaking comes with being Callidus Rank Leader and tells her about Vindicare Ayumu's discovery. She mentions a discarded cleaning uniform in an empty room and hands her a calling card with a drawing and Chirpee account address, explaining that no fingerprints or other traces were found. She shows the Warmaster her phone, linked to the Chirpee account from the card to read the entries, which turn out to be the security leak.

She also discovers that this amateur journalist by the pen name NECO has published some profiles on magical girls and considers the possibility that she has more in stock. Worried about the possible impact on her father's health, she hopes that NECO has nothing on Noriko. When she notices that the Warmaster started a phone call, Enishi excuses herself and walks a few steps away to keep her superior's privacy.

During her call, NECO publishes another profile, namely that of the Warmaster, which Enishi shows her immediately. As she reads the newly published profile of herself, she loses her strength and composure, suppressing her sobs until Chiaki finishes her call. Chiaki catches Enishi's dropped phone and reads the abasing file. The sobbing Callidus protests that she was never fat and is only saving herself for marriage, looking to the Warmaster for reassurance.

Chiaki agrees that saving her virginity is a classy thing to do and assures that she does not look fat at all. Smiling, Enishi moves to embrace her Warmaster, but is stopped when she takes a reflexive step back and moves a hand toward her weapon. Blinking confused for a moment, the Callidus collects herself and apologizes for her tantrum and for trying to invade her personal space, nearly wiping her nose with her sleeve before stopping herself to use a handkerchief instead.

After a moment, Chiaki asks if she will be all right, which the Callidus confirms, assuring that a Karasawa never breaks. Giving the screen an angry look, she swears to do something to the one responsible, but Chiaki tells her not to take it to seriously and slaps her butt. Blushing, Enishi states that she does not mind her touch but points out the possibility of being seen by NECO or her sister. Chiaki tells her that she meant to pat her back and blames the fact that everyone is bigger than her for the misunderstanding.

With mild disappointment, Enishi makes to leave for her duties and recommends Chiaki to get some sleep after all. The Warmaster protests that she does not need sleep, but Enishi replies that she needs to be well rested for her duties and that while she might not care about her appearance, the rest of the Officio does.

The Warmaster is their ideal, carries their hopes and dreams, and affects the way all other Officios see them. Complimenting her hairstyle as a good start, she mentions that even Kharn secretly took good care of her hair and skin condition. Expressing the hope that Chiaki will take her advice into consideration, Enishi then takes her leave.

During the nightly patrols, Enishi acts as professional as expected of a rank leader, keeping herself invisible behind the Warmaster most of the time. After lunch time, Chiaki calls for a final security meeting and gathers everyone in Ruri's suite. Enishi will shadow the Warmaster and the principal for the entire duration of the concert while deploying anti Callidus measures.

Kyosuke asks about Chiaki's plan for emergency extractions, and Enishi mentions that they usually have a Callidus assume the appearance of the principal to lure hostiles away, offering herself for the role when needed. Chiaki adds that she should also disguise her and Sayaka since they are easily recognizable and would give the real Ruri away. Enishi compliments the plan and Kyosuke assures that his men would be able to pin hostiles down long enough for the extraction to complete.

Chiaki adds that if anyone notices a golden weapon, they are to inform her immediately and refrain from engaging or picking it up. Will inform Squad Hiryu and leaves the suite once the meeting concludes.

As she finishes the briefing, Chiaki approaches and Enishi thanks her for the suggestion, explaining that Kharn never called for Callidus support this way. They were only decoys, sometimes even set on fire for more distraction. Chiaki then asks her some questions which Enishi answers while trying not to be too long winded.

She explains about the range and scope of Callidus illusions and how for harder tasks, one needs to be in line of sight and preferably close to the targets, but can also imbue items with precast illusions to do it remotely. This only works with simple spells however and is commonly used to deal with non magical people since magical girls can easily see through these tricks. It also takes a lot f magic to prepare spells that last for more than a few minutes.

Regarding her own abilities during the mission, Enishi explains that she will use her training in concealment to remain invisible unless specifically called for, and will cast a layer of illusion magic over Chiaki, Sayaka and Ruri that works outwards. They will not see the illusion themselves, but notice a crimson glow around them when it is active.

Before leaving, Chiaki tells her to join Ruri and Sayaka in choosing costumes. Since she will be invisible anyway, she might as well dress up. Enishi thanks her Warmaster and energetically joins the idol.</spoiler>

===Concert===
On the way to the concert hall, the group discovers a corpse made to look like Mami. Chiaki wants to investigate herself, but Enishi and Sayaka convince her to stay away from an obvious trap and delegate the investigation to others instead. Enishi also informs Mami about this incident and arranges her protection.

At the concert hall, Chiaki requests Enishi to scan the area for magic similar to her own. The Callidus checks Chiaki's soul gem, notices a strong similarity to Grief Seeds and explains that she will only find these when scanning the area.

When Lucius starts her attack, Enishi is put in charge of coordinating the security forces to disable potential suicide bombers while Chiaki engages the hostile magical girls leader.
On the day after the concert, Ruri leaves the country. At the airport Enishi hands the idol a present from her sister Vintage.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">The group moves to the stadium in a convoy of four cars and two heavily armored APCs. The vehicles are decorated with Ruri decals, a demand from her producer, and the idol has Noriko take photos of her in front of them even though she admits the paintjob to be excessive. Ruri, Sayaka, Chiaki, Noriko and Enishi get into one car for the ride.

Suddenly the car stops in it's tracks, throwing the passengers around. The driver explains under Sayaka's angry questioning that the convoy spotted a headless body in the middle of the road, appearing out of nowhere right in front of them.

Chiaki decides to go out and investigate, but Sayaka and Enishi try to stop her, considering it an obvious trap. Chiaki tries to go out anyway, but Sayaka insists that something seems wrong and convinces her to stay inside and move on.

Picking up on Chiaki's plan, Enishi orders some of the security to secure the body and informs Mami of the current event to have somebody take care of the investigation. As the car passes the corpse, they get a glimpse of the costume, which resembles that of Mami, but Enishi assures that she just spoke to the girl in question.

After a while they arrive at the stadium and Ruri explains that it will be very loud and frantic and that they usually just head straight for the entrance. Sayaka points out that many girls in the crowd wear magical girl costumes, most of them being cosplayers, but that it would be easy for hostiles to hide among them.

Enishi suggests to keep Ruri in between them and move quickly, claiming that assassins would not risk acting out in the open and in front of the media. Ruri agrees to the plan cheerfully while Noriko explains that she will meet them backstage since assistants are not supposed to walk the red carpet.

Outside, a few youngsters crawl under the railings to have Ruri sign their albums, which Chiaki allows under close supervision. They come to her next to get a Murder Mayumi autograph, which the startled Chiaki complies with after Ruri reminds her to play her role. With Sayaka joking around, they head inside.

On her guard position, she scans the stadium for threats and detects only small traces of magic in the area, which she reports as untransformed magical girls without malicious intentions in the audience.

Later, Chiaki asks to talk to her in person to discuss an idea. Enishi approaches and finds the Warmaster mumbling about how to react when running into her ex girlfriend whom she forgot about. The Callidus, still hidden, recommends chocolate and wine. She materializes next to a furry mascot character whom Chiaki assumed to be her and explains that no true Callidus would be caught dead in this kind of disguise while the balloon carrying thing walks off.

Chiaki then explains about her idea, that she is different from other magical girls and that Enishi should try and look for any other similar traces of magic in the area. The Rank Leader confirms that Callidus can track specific wavelengths and asks for Chiaki's soul gem for an imprint.

She reverently receives the Warmaster's unique gem, compliments the exquisite nature and focuses her mind on it. As Enishi returns the gem, she explains that Chiaki's soul gem has a wavelength like a grief seed rather than a soul gem. While these reading usually signifies a full witch transformation, the fact that Chiaki has not turned the area into hell or gone completely insane warrants a revision.

Enishi wonders if this condition is related to Chiaki's trip to Siberia, but quickly apologizes, realizing that this information is most likely classified. The Warmaster confirms this but also tells her that she is not concerned about the state of her soul gem since she is still sane. While not particularly happy about what she saw, the Callidus agrees and assures that her trust in the Warmaster remains fully intact.

Regarding Chiaki's plan, it seems likely that Enishi will only find spare grief seeds when scanning the area for Chiaki's wavelength, but the Rank Leader will try nonetheless. She also promises to keep the state of Chiaki's soul gem a secret before departing again.

During the concert, Enishi informs Chiaki that Ayumu from Squad Hiryu has gone silent. An unfamiliar voice on the radio tells them that the girl's soul gem is fine, but threatens to harm it while insulting their Officio.

Enishi listens to the conversation between her Warmaster and the intruder Lucius, who demands to face Chiaki in single combat on the baseball field for all the world to see if she wants Ayumu's soul gem back. Lucius also threatens to have her subordinates self destruct their soul gems to kill the audience with their witch explosions if Chiaki refuses or tries to evacuate the stadium.

After the fanatic signs off, Enishi remotely disables Ayumu's headset as a precaution and apologizes for the lapse in security that allowed Lucius group to get in, but Chiaki puts the mission first.

Chiaki orders Enishi and Squad Hiryu to stand down until she engages Lucius and from then on to coordinate with the security detail to keep watch for any suspicious magical girl activity and to take anyone about to transform or to self-destruct out with as little involvement of the audience as possible, but any measure of violence necessary.

Enishi compliments Chiaki's plan and explains that it is the exact opposite of what Kharn would have done until Malal straightening it out to match this exact scheme. She, along with Squad Hiryu, promises not to let the Warmaster down.

Chiaki relays information from Kyubey. Soul gem detonation takes ten seconds to overcharge the gem and that Enishi should spread her awareness through the stadium to detect the energy spikes so the nearest guard can disable the girl in question, dispersing the charge.

While Chiaki meets Lucius, Enishi reminds her to keep eye contact instead of ignoring the long winded speech to look around. The Callidus explains that she detected four distinct magical spikes but expects more.

During the fight between the Warmaster and Lucius, Enishi, Squad Hiryu and the security forces apprehend all suicide bombers. After Chiaki defeats Lucius, Enishi moves on to protect Ruri while the Warmaster has her injuries treated by Sayaka.

After the concert and the fight between Chiaki and a group of hostile magical girls, 2020 Productions decides to relocate Ruri ahead of time. So the morning after the concert, the group heads to the airport for an early flight. Enishi stealthily keeps watch over the idol while preparations are made.

The call for Ruri's flight comes up and the group moves out onto the tarmac, secured by Kyosuke's men. Before Ruri boards the plane, Enishi runs up to her to deliver a present from her sister Vintage. She assures that it is genuine and safe before handing the jewelry box over. It contains a bug shaped hair ornament, but Ruri seems to like it, even though it is weird.

Once the plane lifts off safely, Sayaka declared the mission to finally be over and Chiaki dismisses the group. Enishi thanks her for the opportunity to fight alongside the Warmaster and apologizes for not doing a better job. Chiaki states that they managed to apprehend all of Lucius' troops thanks to Enishi, but the Callidus still intends to meditate on her mistakes.</spoiler>

==Trivia==
*Enishi's appearance resembles Kaguya Houraisan from Touhou.

==NECO Profile==
<pre style="width: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">*CURRENT*
NAME: Karasawa Enishi
"I am NOT going to be a Christmas Cake! I will get married!" -- While eating a tub of chocolate Haagen-Dazs
OFFICIO: Ninth, in Mitakihara City
RANK: Callidus Rank Leader
BIO: The second of the five Karasawa siblings and long-time magical girl, Karasawa Enishi’s been smug and huffy for nearly her entire life. She has a reputation for sucking up and a penchant for intrigue, both valuable assets in a Callidus but, unfortunately, kind of lousy qualities in a regular person. Someone who could probably only survive as a magical girl, or a miserable faux-yamato nadeshiko trophy wife in a loveless marriage. [assistant note: will never get married ever]
ABILITY: Callidus fare, ancient(?) Karasawa techniques of voyeurism and concealment. She can also eat an entire tub of ice cream before it melts.
WEAPONRY: Femme Fatale-ish charm and an absolutely toxic attitude.

STRENGTH C
SPEED B
MELEE C
RANGED A
MAGIC S
TACTICS SS
CHARM S [should be f for fat]

TRIVIA

-Karasawa Enishi is a *virgin*. She claims it’s because she’ll only accept a lover who can do the impossible for her, but it’s actually because she was really overweight up through most of high school.

-She views herself as the perfect housewife candidate, but she’s horrible at dating. Her tea is really good, though, and she pulls off the kimono look well.

-While she’s the current Grandmaster of the Karasawa Techniques of Voyeurism and Self-Concealment, that and her slimy charm are all she has – she cannot be relied on to push a car, even when it’s really important.</pre>

==Gallery==

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Talk:Mirai Wakaba

2014-12-01T12:38:07Z

Crys:

Isn't her hair supposed to be orange? It says it is in thread: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/23334762/.

First appearance says it's crimson. Artwork is pink. Deculture seems to mix colors up occasionally. http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/20529095/#p20530217

Yuma Chitose

2014-06-13T15:53:37Z

Crys: Yuma Flashback

<blockquote>'' ''</blockquote>
{{Infobox
| imagecaption = Yuma Chitose
| image =
| aka = Omegon, Cat Ears
| appearance = [[Thread 61]]
| organization = Ninth Officio
| rank = Culexus
| occupation = Magical Girl
| ability = Anti-Magic Aura
| weapon =
| height =
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}}

==Character Summary==
===Physical Description===
*A young japanese girl with short green hair and green eyes that turn red after her contract.
*Her soul gem is a brilliant emerald green.

===Personality===
*Yuma has a sharp mind and is quite perceptive.
*She cares for people, even if they treat her badly.
*She feels particularly close to [[Kyoko]].

==Character History==
===Kyubey Flashback===
Yuma is scouted by [[Kyoko Sakura]] as a potential contract 23 months prior to the starting point of the story. Despite still being very young, she is quite smart and quick to pick up on things. She even asks [[Kyubey]] rare questions such as why she is chosen and what becoming a magical girl means for her life.

Blaming herself for her parents' abusive behavior, she refuses [[Kyubey|Kyubey's]] offer of having one of them assassinated to improve her situation at home and accepts his magical girl contract.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">In a flashback episode featuring Kyubey 23 months before the quest start, Yuma is still very young, barely above elementary school. She is scouted as a potential contract by Kyoko Sakura, who thinks that she needs the contract to escape her abusive family and can turn into a capable magical girl. When Kyoko once asked her if she wanted to be a magical girl, Yuma answered that she wants to be the kind that helps people make their dreams come true.

One day while feeding ducks in a park, Yuma is approached by an Incubator. She pets the strange cat, asking for it's name, staring in shock for a full minute as it actually replies, introducing itself as Kyubey. He tells her that Kyoko told him about her and that she could be a magical girl if she so desires.

When she asks why her of all people, a question rarely asked, the Incubator explains that Kyoko told him about her situation at home, and that the red head wants her to be somewhere safer. She cries and says that her parents are not bad before asking about becoming a magical girl. Kyubey responds that she forms an agreement with him and can have one wish fulfilled.

Yuma then asks what happens if she refuses the offer and about the danger of fighting monsters. The Incubator replies that magical girls are trained for battle and only sent out when they are ready, and that he will help her improve her situation nonetheless if she doesn't form a contract. She asks if Kyubey will kill her parents if she refuses, and he replies that it would be the easiest way, but that only one of her choice would be murdered, professionally.

The girl says that she doesn't want either one to die, blaming herself for their violent behavior. She asks if magical girls can still die and Kyubey explains that they can and will, and might even become the monsters they fight, but are still saving people in the process. He tells her that she should refuse if she is unsure, but Yuma still decides to become a magical girl under his employ.

Kyoko offers to talk to her father to stop his abuse, but Yuma firmly refuses, assuring that her mind is made up. She makes her wish, a simple one that is still not easy to fulfill for the Incubator, and collapses from the pain of having her soul crystallized as the emerald gem forms in front of her. Kyubey announces her rank to be Culexus before falling asleep on the spot while Kyoko takes the unconscious girl to the Officio.</spoiler>

===MAXIMUM CHRISTMAS===
In a flashback taking place on Christmas one year prior to the quest starting point, [[Kyoko]] plans a Secret Santa event and Christmas dinner, but the Officio's leading members cancel it in favor of preparing for the appearance of [[Walpurgisnacht]] one month later.

[[Kyoko]] barges into Yuma's room and makes her tag along on her shopping trip, claiming Maximum Christmas spirit. The Culexus drives them to the mall and helps pick out and buy presents, being forced into a reindeer costume pajama halfway through.

Yuma chooses the cake for [[Sayaka]], discovers a skull servitor personal assistant for [[Kharn]], chooses a tea set and tea for [[Mami]] and gets instructed on buying pineapple salad for [[Malal]], while [[Kyoko]] buys some other presents. They meet up in a pet shop and buy a present for [[Kyubey]] before returning to the Officio, where they hand out everything. Before [[Kyoko]] leaves to end the day with [[Sayaka]], she gives Yuma a pet tortoise as her Christmas present.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">In a flashback taking place on Christmas a year before the quest's starting point, Kyoko bursts through the ceiling of Yuma's room after sending a pulse about opening her door. Yuma shrieks in shock and confusion and scolds the red haired Eversor about setting a more respectable example while cleaning up the dust and debris.

While Kyoko claims to just get into the holiday spirit, Yuma asks why she is spending Christmas morning in her room instead of being with somebody else, hinting at Sayaka. Kyoko sneaks up from behind, lifts Yuma up and spins her around for getting cocky but lets her down again when the Culexus starts getting sick.

She then explains that her friends canceled this year's secret Santa, that she intends to get everyone presents herself and that she wants Yuma's help. The Culexus reminds her that this year's Walpurgisnacht is predicted to be much stronger than the last and suggests taking it easy on Christmas.

Kyoko smacks her helmet, sending Yuma falling on her bed, and explains that the approaching Walpurgisnacht gives them even more reasons to celebrate Christmas as to take everyone's mind off of the looming danger for a while. Yuma asks her not to hit her since the training Animus Speculum is not very resilient, and agrees to help get presents for everyone.

Taking a look at Yuma's room, Kyoko discovers that she is a he fan of the Miracle Midori series and tells her not to let it become her entire image, promising not to tell anyone about it herself. When Yuma asks where they should start their gift shopping, Kyoko brings forth The List from her hat, but puts it away again before Yuma can take a look.

Yuma notes down Sayaka, Mami, Murderface, Kharn and Malal and suggests starting at Mitakihara Central Mall. While she puts on the rest of her suit, Kyoko tells her that she will make Yuma Equerry if she ever happens to become Warmaster since she is so dependable.

They depart to the Mall with Yuma driving the Warmaster's armored jeep, explaining how she always wanted to drive it and can't pass up the chance to use it during a mission from her direct superior since Malal usually doesn't allow anyone to drive the marauder. She asks Kyoko if the mission is sanctioned, who replies that she told Kharn and Kyubey to wait for her awesome gifts, which is sanctioned enough for Yuma.

The pair enters the huge high class mall, ignoring the stares at their costumes, and decide to start looking for Sayaka's gift first. After thinking for a while, and imagining her significant other in fancy underwear, which Yuma picks up and teases her about, Kyoko decides to get both panties and a strawberry cake. Yuma offers to buy the cake while Kyoko looks for her own dessert and exchanges phone numbers to keep in contact should she find a suitable gift for one of the others on the way.

She buys a strawberry cream cake with custom dedication, has the store write “Merry Christmas Sayaka-chan <3 <3 <3”. On the way she finds a store selling personal digital assistants in skull casings that hover around and take dictations and sends a text to Kyoko, asking if she should buy one for the Warmaster, to which Kyoko replies positive.

Soon after she finds Kyoko leaning against a wall and catching her breath. She wonders if her senior is already tired before finishing eve half of her list and asks which present to look for next. Kyoko mentions that she noticed Mami seemingly being in need of new bras, but agrees with Yuma that buying any without having the actual measurements would be awkward, especially with Mami being sensitive about her bust.

Yuma suggests a tea related gift, and Kyoko decides to get her a tea set and a bag of premium tea. Admitting that she doesn't know anything about tea, she agrees to Yuma's suggestion of splitting up again to gather the other gifts while Yuma buys the items for Mami. She moves out to stash the gifts for Sayaka and Kharn in the car before heading to the tea shop.

Thinking about Murderface's gift, her mind wanders off to Mami and Oriko. Yuma pulses a message for her to focus, and Kyoko takes revenge by sending out lewd imaginations of Mami, cowing her into silence.

Yuma chooses a gift for Mami, which almost drains her money entirely, and thinks about what to buy her Rank Leader. Just as she is about to guess, Malal calls and tells her to buy some pineapple salad. Later Kyoko calls to ask about her progress and suggests meeting at the pet store to buy a gift for Kyubey, both considering catnip a valid choice for the feline alien.

In front of the store, Kyoko hands the young Culexus her gift and insists that she uses it immediately. Yielding to the Eversor's persistence, Yuma puts her brand new reindeer one piece pajama on over her suit, mentioning how this is the worst Christmas ever in a droopy pose. Kyoko corrects her that this is the most MAXIMUM Christmas ever!

While waiting for the shopkeeper, Yuma is messed around with by a crocodile. As a girl with a striking resemblance to Kyoko steps out from the back of the shop, casually mentioning that the crocodile is just being friendly, Yuma mentions something about science fiction and Kyoko loosing her virginity, earning a confused look from her senior.

Kyoko enthusiastically greets the shopkeeper, who joins in on the Maximum Christmas mood by perfectly imitating the red head's pose and speech pattern, startling Yuma with their combined annoying energy who wonders if this is what going insane feels like. The shopkeeper only removes the crocodile from Yuma's leg after Kyoko finishes her shopping, a CatMaster 3000 and three pounds of catnip.

On the way to the car, Yuma thanks Kyoko for taking her along, stating that she enjoyed the day a lot. Kyoko pulls her into a hug and, after a moment, explains that she is glad somebody else understands what she wants to do, making sure everyone remembers what is important. Yuma assures her that they will not forget and suggests taking off. Kyoko tells her to get the Marauder while she checks something last minute.

Yuma heads off to get the car and picks Kyoko up after a short while and drives back to the Officio. She requests help from the other Culexus, who bring a trolley and assist in unloading the car before returning to their quarters since their combined aura would ruin the deliveries.

Kyoko decides to start giving out presents with Kyubey and pulls the cart toward his office with Yuma pushing from behind. The Culexus voices her concern about barging into the Incubator's office without prior notice, but Kyoko assures she will take responsibility and kicks the door open. Inside are Malal, Kharn and Mami, startled by the loud noise. Mami asks what she is doing, but is cut off by Malal demanding an explanation for Yuma's appearance while Kharn laughs at the idea of making the reindeer getup the new Animus Speculum model.

While Yuma winces at Malal's anger, Kyoko tells the Rank Leader that she is not making fun of the Culexus, wraps an arm around her and explains that they are getting into Christmas spirit before pointing at her stash of gifts. Mami speaks up, but Kyoko cuts her off and demands not to talk about Walpurgisnacht and only allows Maximum Christmas. Kharn understands her excitement but asks her to be more quiet, pointing at the sleeping Incubator, exhausted from tracking Walpurgisnacht over a long time.

Kyoko asks Yuma to unload Kyubey's gifts next to his desk and hands out the other presents. Mami and Malal thank her while Kharn doubtfully unwraps her gift, expecting a joke. On seeing the servitor skull, she bursts out in excitement, stating that she always wanted something like this and all but tackles Yuma into a hug, thanking her and Kyoko.

Kyubey wakes from the commotion, and promptly jumps on the box containing the CatMaster 3000, rolling around on top of the bag full of catnip. While Malal, Kharn and Mami take pictures of this, Kyoko asks the blonde Vindicare where Sayaka and Murderface are before departing with Yuma, who is puzzled by Kyubey's reaction to the herbs.

On reaching Murderface's quarters, Kyoko tells Yuma that she will do this one on her own, and Yuma readily agrees, closing the door behind her senior. She hears something akin to shouting, but once Kyoko returns, she explains that it was only her laughing and that Murderface didn't do anything to her.

Yuma notes that there is only Sayaka's gift left, but Kyoko explains that there is another one and pulls a shoe box from the trolley. She takes out a round object and hands it to Yuma, explaining the confused girl that it is a tortoise. The young girl is moved to tears and promises to take good care of the animal and to spread some Maximum Christmas to the other Culexus herself. They say goodbye and Yuma departs to her Rank's living area.</spoiler>

===Warmaster===
The new Warmaster calls the Rank Leaders into her office. After introductions, she informs her subordinates about a death threat to [[Mami Tomoe]], instructs them to search for potential suspects for being “The Prophet” and to watch out for the dangerous Golden Weapons.

After the meeting, [[Chiaki]] ensures Omegon is Yuma and hands her [[Malal|Malal's]] package with the disassembled Remov to have the servitor skull repaired. They talk a little about [[Kharn]] and the Culexus and [[Chiaki]] invites Yuma to a party, which she turns down.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">The new Warmaster, Chiaki Matsuda, calls for a meeting of the Rank Leaders. While Kyubey did not tell them the reason for this summon, the magical girls immediately make their way to the Warmaster's office.

Inside, Yuma leans against a wall, silently waiting. As the Callidus Rank Leader greets the new Warmaster, the Culexus merely nods slightly to acknowledge her presence. While the Rank Leaders give their full introductions, Yuma merely states her name as Omegon, refraining from any further conversation.

The Warmaster then briefs the group on how she received a severed head, fashioned after Mami Tomoe, and that she believes this to be a threat. She then explains how somebody known as “The Prophet” is involved and that they will be tasked with apprehending potential suspects following a list from Kyubey.

Finally, Chiaki explains the Golden Weapons and instructs them to refrain from engaging anyone wielding one of them and instead inform her immediately. She stresses that these weapons are dangerous on their own and that only she can use them with limited risk due to her procedure in Siberia.

Enishi ensures that everything will be taken care of, pleased that Chiaki could explain everything without the need of her aide translating, unlike Kharn. She bows and pledges the Callidus to her service, followed by Rea and Sayaka.

Chiaki exchanged phone numbers with everyone and tells them to call her Equerry Sayaka or Mami if they cannot reach her. The news of Sayaka's position surprises everyone, the Eversor in question reacting irritated to the early revelation.

Before leaving the office, Sayaka growls at Yuma to stop hiding from Kyoko and that she will stop lying for the Culexus. Tensely wringing her hands, she contemplates what to do about this. Glancing at the Warmaster, she realizes that she wants something from her and stays in the office.

Chiaki hands her a package containing a disassembled servitor skull, asking if she recognizes it. Yuma confirms that she knows Remov and explains that she bought it herself together with Kyoko, wondering why it is in pieces. Chiaki tells her that fixing it will be her task, handing her a note from Malal. Shaking slightly at the memory of her old Rank leader, Yuma tells her that repairs will take some time but she will try to make it quick.

Before dismissing the Culexus, Chiaki asks for her name to make sure she got the right person. Omegon confirms that her given name is Yuma Chitose, the last remaining Culexus in the Ninth Officio since Walpurgisnacht. Since the betrayer killed her entire squad, including Malal. The Warmaster apologizes for opening old wounds and mentions that the Betrayer got beaten up and is now serving as housewife to a perverted nerd.

Yuma turns her apology down, mentioning how she knows that she was not herself during that time. She explains that Kharn's happy end doesn't make her feel any better when Malal doesn't have one, but appreciates the Warmaster's attempt. Chiaki tries to invite her to her housewarming party, but Yuma declines, mentioning how she wants to stay as just a subordinate and that nobody ever invites a Culexus in the first place.

Yuma mentions that aside from the Betrayer's death, Chiaki not acting like Kharn will be enough to make her feel better about her becoming Warmaster. Chiaki replies that she will try, and Yuma finally leaves the office.</spoiler>

===Walpurgisnacht===
'''During this chapter, the game takes place in Yuma's point of view.'''

On the predicted day of Walpurgisnacht, Yuma wakes with a calm feeling of acceptance. She is greeted by her cheerful friend Cavefish knocking on the door, excited to get extra servings for breakfast. In the mess hall, they discuss the need for witch cover stories until Malal calls Yuma.

The Rank Leader tells her to check up on Girl A in her room and Warmaster Kharn in Silent Room Regalia, as well as tell Cavefish to initiate Protocol 8. Yuma relays the message and finishes breakfast to get her errands done.

To her surprise, the usually violent Girl A presents herself in a feeble state of mind and refers to everyone by nicknames. Yuma calls Malal to ask what happened to the girl, suspecting that she is responsible. The Rank Leader explains that Girl A and Kharn were attacked by an unknown group and that she actually stopped the girl's mind from collapsing entirely, blaming it on the influence of Walpurgisnacht or a trauma from the attack. Meanwhile Kharn is in a state close to both death and witching out.

Yuma doubts Malal's explanation and her assurance that she has no reason to betray Kharn to orchestrate the event. When Girl A refuses to explain things herself, Yuma decides to take drastic measures and forces her mind open to get the answers she needs, finding out that Malal told her the truth. When Yuma realizes what she did and tries to apologize, Girl A tries to get away as far as possible, crying for somebody to save her.

Outside, Malal calls Yuma to ask about her progress. Yuma realizes that two hours passed and that she has no more time to visit Kharn and hr friend Haruka. She decides to lie to Malal and tells her that Kharn's condition is unchanged. The Rank Leader commends her god work and tells Yuma to meet in the assembly hall.

Yuma decides to meet Haruka to confess her sins to a friend, crying into her shoulder. Haruka tells her she did the right thing given the circumstances and assures that she will always accept her.

She then heads to the assembly hall and meets Malal who introduces her to the Black Templars Enyo Karasawa and Raleigh Alondight. In private, Malal explains that she called in some favors to get the Templars to cooperate and that they will do their best to keep Yuma safe during the operation. The Ninth Officio will need her since things will get worse in times to come.

Yuma is upset that Malal accepts that nearly all Culexus will die during this mission, but the Rank Leader explains that she only does so because it is the only way for the plan she worked on for years will work, painful as it is.

The troops of Black Templars line up and Malal tells Yuma to lead them to the teleportation facility where the Culexus are waiting. However Yuma decides that she must tell Malal the truth about what she did. Furious about the betrayal and it's consequences, Malal punches Yuma hard until the Templars pull the apart. The Rank Leader claims that Yuma has doomed them all and departs to salvage whatever she can.

On the way to the facility, Alondight tries to cheer Yuma up. The Culexus gives her a vague explanation of her circumstances, but Alondight refuses to accept it as a reason to give up, claiming that they she will not pity Yuma and that they will carve their own fate. Realizing that there is still something she can do, Yuma's fighting spirit is relighted. Satisfied, the Black Templar hands her a badge and declares Yuma to be this missions Emperor's Chosen, an important role for the Templars.

Inside the teleportation facility, the Culexus rank is preparing. Cavefish greets the new arrivals and leads Yuma to the armory where she receives her combat equipment, choosing exactly like Malal predicted. Yuma admits that she had trouble with the Rank Leader, but keeps the details and mentions that Malal will arrive later than planned. She then presses for details on Protocol 8 and learns that all Culexus packed their personal belongings into labeled boxes to be sent to their families after death.

Back in the main chamber, huge screens show the locations of other troops. The Templars stare at one in particular and Raleigh explains that one girl, Sayaka, looks just like the First Knight they worship. She claims it as a sign of good fortune and victory.

Shortly before the teleportation sequence starts, Cavefish worries about being unable to contact Malal. Yuma sends a telepathic message and is answered by a panicked message that Kharn is gone, followed by screams of pain and death that spread out to all other Culexus.

After the transport, Yuma finds herself alone in a hellish landscape full of blood, flesh and bones, the Warmaster's witch towering over the battlefield full of death. Taking cover, she tries to contact anyone and finds that Alondight and a handful of Black Templars, as well as Cavefish and a few other Culexus, are still alive and already fighting for two hours.

The group moves in to Yuma's position and Alondight explains her plan to turn the tide. They will exploit Kharn's desire for battle by distracting her with a frontal assault while another Templar, Mordred Pendragon, will sneak up behind her under the cover of Culexus magic and launch her powerful Sword of Promised Victory to defeat the witch.

Mordred blames Yuma for their situation and tries to attack her, but Cavefish lifts her up and gives the rude Templar a thorough spanking, which the other Templars agree to as a discipline measure they should have thought of themselves. Before they head out, Enyo asks Yuma to deliver a message to Alondight in case she does not survive to do it herself.

As one of Kharn's daemons attacks, the Templars begin their fight and Yuma, Cavefish and Mordred head towards their designated position. On the way, Mordred explains that her sisters only spoke of glory and heroics, never of seeing their friends die like she did this day. Yuma explains that a small group sacrificing themselves for the survival of billions is rather heroic.

Mordred explains how her ability works and that she needs five minutes to charge it up in her current state, but will certainly kill anything she hits. Once at their destination, the group waits for Alondight's signal. Cavefish talks about how she knows they will not survive, but for once it is Yuma who cheers her up.

Soon, the Black Templars begin their assault and Mordred starts charging her attack and the Culexus pair release their limiters. They witness Kharn's witch easily hold her ground against the Templars and eventually turning around to face them instead. Yuma and Cavefish put up a shield to repel the attack and give Mordred the time she needs.

After the second attack, Cavefish falls and Mordred staggers back in fear, turns around and runs away. In a desperate measure, Yuma rises her hands against the witch and pours everything she has into stopping the next attack, eventually breaking the giant sword before collapsing next to Cavefish. The last thing she sees before passing out is Malal walking up next to her.

Yuma wakes up to the Rank Leader's voice threatening to kick her awake if necessary. They joke about Malal's strange getup before she explains just a bit of her plan and how she miscalculated that Yuma would act just like herself. During their short conversation, Malal transforms into a darker version of herself with razor sharp teeth and black wings. Yuma begs to know how she can help Malal's plan, who tells her to look out for Girl A.

Yuma wakes again, this time to Enyo's voice. She asks about Alondight to deliver the message, but Enyo tells her that since they both survived, she will do it herself. On a darker matter, she explains that Cavefish is dead and that all of her magic was drained during the fight.

Enyo also explains that Malal defeated Kharn with a single shot from her bow, that the Warmaster is still alive and has returned to her human form. Mordred is on the run, but the Templars have already dispatched search parties. As an apology, Enyo offers her sword to Yuma as a sign of their debt and promises to aid her in whatever fashion to repent.

After her wounds are treated, Yuma retreats and shuts herself into her room, ignoring everyone who tries to approach her. She wonders if the world she helped to save is worth still saving.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">When Yuma wakes up on the day Walpurgisnacht is predicted to happen, she feels a calm acceptance in the face of the fate waiting in a mere four hours. A check of her symptoms, which include a heavy feeling of weariness indicates a clinical depression. Nonetheless she gets up and reaches for her suit, when someone loudly knocks on her door.

Cavefish, another Culexus, yells at her to get ready for breakfast, happy that there are extra servings of mashed potatoes. Yuma yells to give her time and gets ready while her friend walks around to wake the others. On her way out, she contemplates putting on the reindeer suit Kyoko gave her a few weeks ago, but decides to leave it behind to prevent making fun of the situation.

Cavefish knocks on the door again and, once open, cheerfully greets the green haired Culexus. Hurrying her to the mess hall, she wonders if Yuma is in a bad mood like the others, who replies that while she is not in the dumps, there is no need to rush since the mess hall is just down the hallway.

Glad that her friend is not as depressed as the rest, Cavefish pats “Cat Ears” shoulder, who complains that she will never get to live the nickname caused by her weird hair down. The huge girl offers to finally stop if Yuma really doesn't like it, mentioning how she knows what it feels like to have uncomfortable nicknames, but her friend admits that it is sort of cute.

The two of them make it to the empty mess hall and sit down near the food conveyor belt. While Cavefish happily stacks plates of food in front of them, Yuma checks the news on TV and wonders why the Incubators came up with sudden super typhoons as a cover story instead of just coming clean with the public.

While the cover stories work to get people away from witches, lying to them seems wrong to her, but Cavefish reminds her that people do stupid things and would most likely start a crusade to free the planet from the aliens manipulating everything from behind the scenes.

During breakfast, Malal contacts Yuma on a private vox channel to make her run errands and tell Cavefish to initiate Protocol 8. While unfamiliar to Yuma, the huge Culexus would know what to do without an explanation. Yuma is then to check up on Girl A who will sit the Walpurgisnacht operation out. Afterwards, she should go to Silent Room Regalia while making sure that nobody follows her.

Yuma wonders why Girl A is sitting this out, and after messing with her for asking uncool questions, Malal simply explains that leaving Girl A is better for everyone, both in short and long term plans. The Rank Leader then explains that Kharn is in Silent Room Regalia, who should be giving the Eversors their deployment speech. Explaining that this is why nobody must see her, Malal tells Yuma that she counts on her and returns to tending to the “Warmaster”.

When Yuma lifts her visor again, Cavefish asks what Malal wants, amused about her friend's reaction to her guess. She jokes about Yuma having to wash the Warmaster's car, who drains her coffee, slams the visor shut and replies that she has to do something like that, annoyed by Malal's jokes.

Cavefish offers her help, but Yuma replies that she will be busy herself and tells her about the order to initiate Protocol 8. The huge girl lowers her fork with shaking hands, mentioning that she already expected this order, and gets up with a stiff expression. She grabs her helmet, explains that Protocol 8 is just a long errand that needs to be done right away and dashes off.

Yuma quickly finishes her small breakfast and makes her way to the elevator. Upstairs, she stands in front of Girl A's, or Murderface as the Warmaster called her, room. Remembering how that girl threw up on her boots after insulting her the first time they met, or the time she shot Cavefish's legs off during one of her episodes, Yuma forgoes politeness. She knocks loudly and shouts that she was sent to see if she is okay.

To her surprise, the usually violent girl opens the door only a crack wide and answers with a feeble, hesitant voice that the angel told her not to open the door for anyone other than Yuma Yuckypants. She describes the angel as someone with a spookier helmet and nice voice and that she promised her something nice if she cleans all the guns she lent her, making to close the door again.

Yuma slams her hand against the door to keep it open, scaring Girl A enough to make tears well up in her eyes. She apologizes and tells her with a sigh that she is the Yuma Yuckypants the angel told her about. Pouting, she refuses to let her in until Yuma asks nicely, then unlocks the door t her room full of firearms stashed in plastic boxes.

Girl A sits down on her bed and resumes cleaning the stripped down parts of a rifle, offering Yuma to sit down beside her to talk. Taking a seat, Yuma calls up Malal's frequency who tells her how cute Girl A is now compared to her old self and that she can cuddle her if she wants.

Furious about what she sees, Yuma asks why her Rank Leader reduced Girl A to a weak willed, innocent and slightly confused thing and then joke about how cute she is, screaming and cursing all the while. Malal is caught off guard and splatters her drink all over her helmet and, after cleaning it up, explains that she did not wipe Girl A's memory but instead stopped it from happening and made them return in portions to prevent her from breaking down.

The Rank Leader thinks that her memory is either affected by Walpurgisnacht approaching or by a breakdown after what happened to Kharn. Confused, Yuma asks how anything could have happened to the Warmaster without anyone noticing, to which Malal explains that there is only one way to prevent news from getting out and having the Warmaster in the assembly hall while Yuma should check up on her in Silent Room Regalia.

Taking the hint that a Callidus is at work, Yuma wonders why they go through the trouble. Disappointed that she has to explain something that simple, Malal tells her that morale would suffer greatly if others knew their Warmaster is both near death and near witching out since three days ago. She also mentions that she is fulfilling a promise and tells the doubtful Yuma that she will understand this once she is older, refusing to explain herself further.

The Rank Leader then tells Yuma to go and fulfill her orders. Taking another sip from her drink ,she mentions that while the Spymaster of the Twentieth may be a shallow bitch, her taste in beverage is good. She agrees with Yuma that the Twentieth is not trustworthy, but admits that their own Callidus could not replace Kharn convincingly and mentions that the Spy Master likes the challenge.

Malal then explains how she found Kharn and Murderface nearly dead in the middle of the night three days ago, the Warmaster even decapitated. While she found no bodies of the assailants, they left a black dagger stuck in Kharn's soul gem that disappeared in black smoke when removed.

Malal dragged them back to the Officio for healing and found out that Kharn is infected by something that darkens her soul gem at a fast rate and hinders the healing process. She locked the Warmaster up in Silent Room Regalia and suggested to keep this event secret, to which Kyubey agreed. Murderface recovered easily, but before she could answer any questions, her memory disappeared.

Thinking about how everything fits together way too neatly, Yuma silently wonders if maybe Malal set the event up and gives up on asking more questions. The rank Leader however figured that she would come to this conclusion and assures that she has no reason to betray Kharn and Murderface. She explains that she expected the event with common sense but did not foresee it with her powers and thus decided to ignore it.

Malal then apologizes for making Yuma go through with her errands and allows her to take some time off to see Haruka after finishing her duties. She tells her subordinate to meet her in the Warmaster's office afterwards and cuts the connection.

Girl A has been staring at Yuma throughout the conversation, hugging a rifle to her chest, and mentions that what happened to the Rape Monster is not the Angel's fault but hers. Yuma disables the voice scrambling function of her vox, promises that she will not get in trouble and asks for details in her original voice, but Girl A refuses to talk. She promised the Angel not to tell anyone and is convinced that she will never find a boyfriend should she break her pinkie promise.

Annoyed by being jerked around Yuma growls a curse that makes Girl A move back in fright and decides to get what she needs by force. Convinced that this is the only course of action, Yuma apologizes as she pins Girl A to the bed, grabs her head with a gloved hand and forces her way into the terrified, helplessly struggling and screaming girl's mind. She is both set on uncovering the truth and on affirming her trust in Malal's words.

Clawing through Girl A's memories, she finds that Malal told her the truth. A large group of Callidus hit her and Kharn with a surprise attack and struck them down after taking heavy losses. When she sees Kharn stabbed with the black dagger, Yuma decides to finally stop and retreats from her victim's mind who retreats back into a corner, stained in tears and blood from biting her tongue.

As Yuma realizes the depravity of her deed, she tries to apologize, aware that nothing could heal the wounds her betrayal inflicted, but can only utter one word before Girl A starts screaming again for the angel to save her from the monster in front of her. Yuma leaves the girl alone, aghast at herself, and decides that none must ever know about this.

As she stands in front of Girl A's door, Malal contacts her again and asks how things are, mentioning that they are short on time. Startled at the realization of just how much time has passed, a mere one and a half hour remaining until Walpurgisnacht, Yuma's mind races trying to find an explanation. Malal presses the issue of Kharn's state and Yuma decides to lie to her superior, telling her the Warmaster's condition was exactly like she told her about.

Malal considers this a somewhat good sign, seeing how Kharn did not worsen any further and laughs about Yuma's comment that the Warmaster is too hardy and annoying to die, like weed. She mentions that if Walpurgisnacht wasn't so close, she would make Yuma her temporary replacement as Equerry to prepare her to take over once Malal retires. Finishing their conversation, she suggests meeting in the assembly hall to talk to Kyoko before their deployment.

Torn by regret, Yuma runs to the one person she thinks will never condemn her to confess her sin to. She bursts into Haruka's silent room, removes her helm, throws herself at her friend. Under the soothing words of the seer Yuma cries her sorrow out for the first time since her father's abuse. After she finally calms down and retrieves her helm, Haruka wonders what made the Culexus break down like this, feeling that there is more than just the upcoming mission.

Yuma decides to confess her sins to her friend, under heavy sobs and hurried to get it out, unable to look at her afterward. But Haruka tells her that she was right, that she needed to know and that Girl A's promise is no justification for hiding information. She tells her that Malal would want her to verify herself information instead of simply accepting what she is told when lives are at stake.

Admitting that she often forgets just how young Yuma still is, Haruka tells her to share her burdens with her and to let the feelings of guilt go. While hurting Girl A was bad, she is still alive and will recover, unlike those who are dead. Placing a kiss on her forehead, Haruka assures her friend that she will forgive her as many times as necessary even if she can't forgive herself.

While sure that she will never be able to forget Girl A's desperate expression, Yuma is relieved of the crushing feeling of guilt and returns her friend's smile. Haruka tells her that there will be times when they have to do things that look wrong at first, but she is convinced that the intention matters more.

Admitting that she is more of a burden to the Ninth Officio than a boon, she is glad that she could help her friend. Both of them blushing, they agree to take the kiss earlier as a good luck charm and look forward to drinking tea together once the upcoming mission is over.

Before leaving, Yuma asks if Haruka is still angry at Girl A for murdering her comrades, pointing out the hard edge in her voice when mentioning the name. The seer explains that while she is still angry, she believes that she might forgive her someday. With Haruka's good wishes and prayers, Yuma leaves her alone.

She dashes to the assembly hall to meet up with Malal, who is waiting alongside two foreign magical girls in black armor, and clearly angry about the delay. Yuma politely apologizes and is hit on the back of her head for getting smart with the Rank Leader. Malal then introduces her to the foreigners with both her suit name and real name, and repeats that they are to protect her so that she can do her job of protecting them inn turn.

Malal then introduces the guests as Enyo Karasawa, Marshal of the Black Templars and High Marshal Raleigh Alondight, joking about the latter's height and wheels for feet. Having them pointed out, Yuma can't help asking about the wheels. Malal warns her about asking, but Alondight calms her down and explains that she has wheels to move as fast as possible, following the First Knight's credo of delivering swift judgment.

Malal signals that they are under time constraints and asks the Templars to gather the rest of their squad while she has a word with Yuma, upon which the Marshals leave the assembly hall. Opening a private vox channel, Malal explains that she called in some favors to convince the Second's Black Templars to join the Ninth in this operation to make use of their special training in group tactics and tenacity.

Malal also explains that she made sure that the Templars do everything in their power to ensure Yuma's safe return since things will get worse for the Ninth and that they will need a reliable Culexus and prognosticator like her. Mentioning that this still only raises the odds and does not guarantee her safety, Malal asks her not to mention this to anyone to keep morale from dropping.

Thinking of the many Culexus that are more experienced and more promising than herself, Yuma asks why she was chosen. Malal explains that her plan will not work if it's not done properly and that she can't give it to somebody else because they might get it wrong. Yuma angrily replies that orchestrating her own death is bullshit, but Malal growls at her that she doesn't want to die or see her entire rank die fighting a world ending monster.

Calming down again, she explains that this is exactly what the plan to save the world she has been working on for over ten years will only work this way and that she can only rig it in a way to allow Yuma's survival, nobody else. Forcing herself to nod in agreement, Yuma stays silent as Malal tells her that her plan goes far beyond Walpurgisnacht and that everything depends on the outcome of this day, once again mentioning a promise she made.

As the Black Templars assemble in an orderly fashion, Malal mentions that the other Culexus should be ready due to Cavefish running Protocol 8 and offers Yuma a chance for some final words before the mission.

Yuma decides to tell her the truth and confesses that she never went to check up on Kharn. The Rank Leader silently turns to her, clenching and relaxing her fists with audibly controlled breath. She tells her that while disappointing, her insubordination is easily fixed. Calling her a lying piece of shit, she tells Yuma to make herself useful and lead the Black Templars to the teleportation facility, Malal's anger making her voice short out the vox speakers and broadcast clearly and unfiltered through the room.

Furiously inquiring why Yuma didn't do as she was told while cutting her off every time she tries to explain herself, Malal is interrupted by Alondight. The Black Templar apologizes and points out that they are pressed for time. The Rank leader takes a moment to calm down and tells her that Yuma will guide them while she takes care of something important before joining up.

Alondight bows and starts to drag Yuma off, but the Culexus resists and tears herself out of the High Marshal's grasp despite her warning that her Rank Leader is angry enough to kill her. The wheeled girl grabs Yuma again, but Malal already noticed the commotion and shouts at her. Realizing that words will take too long, Yuma compresses the memories of what she did and forces them past Malal's mental defenses.

Malal stumbles back from the mental assault and freezes in place, gasping at what she saw. Realizing the extent of Yuma's deeds, she is overcome by rage, screams out loud and starts to beat the younger girl. While the Templars hold Malal back, she shouts about how they will all die because of Yuma's selfish actions, how she knew what damage forcing herself into Girl A's mind could cause and doing it anyway, her voice hoarse and bleak over the shorted out vox.

Alondight tries to calm Malal down, who repeats that Yuma's deeds domed them all, wondering how she managed to go from her most trusted subordinate to making everything worse than even the Rank leader expected, in merely three hours. Malal sends her off to guide the Templars while she goes to try salvage whatever is left, apologizing to Enyo and Alondight on the way.

Feeling like her word just ended, Yuma no longer resists the High Marshal who drags her off to go and save the world. They leave the Officio headquarters and head towards the teleportation facility by public train, much to the Templars dissatisfaction. Alondight asks Yuma where the savings of this pragmatic transport go, who politely replies that the facility is deep underground and can currently only be reached this way and apologizes for the inconvenience.

The High Marshal tells the Culexus that she understands and is only unreasonable to make Yuma talk, punching Enyo into agreeing that she complains less than their comrade Mordred. With a wide smile, she offers Yuma one of her handmade macarons, mentioning how everyone at their castle likes them.

Yuma politely declines, explaining that she doesn't like sweets and doesn't feel like eating at all. Alondight forces the treat into Enyo's mouth while explaining that sweets provide the necessary energy to crush heretics, earning a battle shout from the group of Templars in return.

The High Marshal then inquires about the incident with Malal, justifying her bluntness with their imminent death and mentions that her reaction was rather unusual for the infamous Culexus Rank Leader. Yuma decides to give her a censored explanation, leaving out the worst and likely classified details.

From the vague explanation, Alondight fills in most of the blanks on her own and tells the younger girl that her mistake is in the past and that dwelling on it is useless, no reason to refuse her gift and an insult to the Black Templars who she supposedly doomed. She tells Yuma that she needs to ask herself what she wants and takes a guess that it is not pity, despite her behavior calling for just that.

Yuma rises up and claims that her horrible sin compromised the operation, but Alondight, rising herself to tower over the Culexus, has Enyo confirm that Walpurgisnacht has not yet arrived and killed them all. The High Marshal explains that while their Officio values prophecies and respects Malal's skill, they believe that even the most accurate predictions can be wiped out by fighting hard enough and that they intend to do just that.

Yuma takes the macaron from Alondight's hand and opens her visor to eat it, tears of realization flowing from her eyes as she understands that there can still be something she can do. As she finishes, the Templars get up and uniformly salute while the High Marshal asks if Yuma will fight with them or wait for death. The Culexus slams her visor shut and growls that she will fight, her spirit rekindled.

Alondight grins and takes a badge from her armor and explains that the highest ranking Templar picks one from her squad to serve as the Emperor's Champion before every mission, someone she thinks will be vital to the battle, someone to fight alongside with the will of the First Knight. Whispering that this is a very important hing for the Templars, she pins the badge on Yuma's armor and proudly proclaims her as the Emperor's Chosen of the Walpurgisnacht Crusade, followed by a collective salute.

After a while the group arrives at the teleportation facility, hidden in a subway tunnel which is the only place to build a huge, experimental complex out of sight of the public eye. Alondight seems unimpressed at first, but agrees with Yuma's explanation. Admiring the Ninths resourcefulness, she mentions that their own projects are more martial in nature and that they would have to deal with the Fourth for anything more. They even had to go to great lengths to make the secretive technology experts assist in the creation of their armors.

Inside, the Culexus rank is already preparing for departure, led by Cavefish who greets the new arrivals in her usual friendly fashion. Still awestruck by the huge Culexus, Alondight introduces herself and Enyo and asks about the facilities readiness. Cavefish confirms, joking about the possibility to be tossed into the warp but assures that it has never happened during their previous two uses.

An automated voice rings through the hall, announcing the count down of twenty minutes until the emergence of Walpurgisnacht. Cavefish shouts at the gathered Culexus to be thorough with their final equipment checks, and the Black Templar Marshals excuse themselves to tend to their troops checkups and prayers.

Now alone, Cavefish wonders about the Marshals being a couple, but Yuma urgently changes the subject to her lack of arms. The huge Culexus leads her to an adjacent room, explaining that Malal emptied her personal armory for this mission and that Yuma should take something she can reliably kill things with.

Yuma decides to take a spear and her usual firearms, two Beretta 1991 and a sawed off shot gun. Cavefish mentions that Malal predicted Yuma's choice and wanted her to prepare accordingly, but she decided to ask her friend regardless and only now starts gathering everything up. Yuma wonders about this, and her friend replies that there is a limit to predictions and that some things just have to happen, even if you already know the outcome since there is still a chance for it to turn out differently.

While Cavefish wonders if she is even making sense, Yuma asks if Malal told her anything else. The huge Culexus mentions that the Rank Leader told her she would arrive later due to some urgent business. She wonders why her friend asks and easily concludes that she got in trouble, joking about Yuma possibly upsetting Malal by making fun of Alondight's legs.

Yuma replies that this is exactly what happened and changes the subject before Cavefish can press further, inquiring what Protocol 8 is about. Her friend explains that it is a rank wide announcement to put personal belongings in a labeled box so it can be sent to someone in case of death, too dramatic and heavy in her opinion.

She passes her friend the assembled spear, including a gun attachment, and extra ammo, explaining that she took care of Yuma's belongings while she was running errands and labeled them for Malal's quarters since there was nobody else.

The count down hits ten minutes and the two Culexus return to the main chamber where huge screens transfer the Officio video communications, showing the five locations the other squads are deployed to: New York, China, Egypt, the South Pole and Australia where Kyoko and Sayaka are stationed. The Black Templars are caught in rapt attention, staring intensely at the screens showing the feed from Australia.

Yuma asks the High Marshal what caught their attention like this, who in turn asks about the blue haired girl on the video feed. Yuma tells her about Sayaka, second in command Eversor of the Ninth, and Enyo cuts in to tell her superior that blue hair and a sword don't necessarily mean what she thinks. The moment they see Sayaka's cape however, Alondight recites the description of the First Knight and her subordinate can no longer disagree.

The Templars fall to their knees in reverence and the High Marshal explains to the confused Culexus that they believe the girl who looks just like the First Knight to be an omen of good fortune and victory sent to comfort them in the coming darkness. While Sayaka notices the camera, flips it off and drags Kyoko and herself out of view, Yuma tells Alondight that their omen is far from being religious, but the High marshal replies that her identity matters not, only that they got to see her.

With only two minutes left, the Templars and Culexus group up under Alondight's command, small units of one Culexus accompanied by two Templars to shield her with strict orders to close in on the witch cocoon to destroy it as soon as they arrive, no matter what happens.

While standing ready for the transport, Cavefish calls Yuma on private vox, concerned about Malal's absence. She tried to contact the Rank Leader to no avail and mentions that she wanted to arrive before commencing the teleport. She always calls ahead of time when she will be late, so Cavefish is rather worried and looks to Yuma for guidance, claiming that she spends the most time with Malal and should know what to do.

Alondight wonders if anything is wrong since Yuma and Cavefish have been quietly nodding at each other for a while. Yuma decides to take the risk of contacting Malal on a mental level, despite the possibility of interrupting her work and receiving a backlash. She pulses a message requesting confirmation to proceed without the Rank Leader. For half a minute, nothing happens, then Malal's reply arrives.

The words “Kharn is gone”, filled with fear and despair strong enough to cause pain, spread out to the entire group of Culexus who cry out in shock. In her death screams, Malal warns them that Kharn could not be stopped and is heading towards Walpurgisnacht. She begs Yuma to go, who roars at the upset group to get moving, followed by Alondight's battle shout as the teleporter tears them out of the world as the count down hits zero.

The last thing Yuma hears is the silky smooth giggle of an insane goddess (Akuma Homura) before coming to her senses in a place that has been turned into a living hell, albeit different from what she was prepared for. Instead of Walpurgisnacht, she finds herself in the realm of the fallen Warmaster.

Kharn's new form is a gigantic demon of black steel limbs veined with molten bronze, spiked leathery wings, black razor teeth and eyes full of cruelty and murderous hunger. Clad in spiked armor adorned with rattling skulls, she sits upon an enormous spiked bronze throne, her golden chainaxe resting on her lap, a giant black sword with burning golden runes clutched in her fist. Like an incarnation of war, the witch towers over a screaming field of slaughter filled with bones, flesh, raining blood and a host of Daemons.

Her mind being filled with the omnipresent screams, Yuma realizes that she is alone in this nightmare, separated from the group that should have been transported together. She takes cover behind some ruined pillars half sunken in blood and sets her codec to scan the area for all available frequencies. She picks up a cacophony of prayers, angry shouts, despair and death cries.

Yuma clearly makes out Alondight's voice shouting at one f her comrades and connects to their com frequency. The High Marshal demands name, rank, and her favorite pastry to assure she is not deceived by an impostor and is relieved to find out that Yuma is still alive. Locking on to her position, she tells the Culexus to stay put and wait for the group to pick her up, stating her intent to turn the tide of battle despite the high price they had to pay so far.

Confused at her choice of words, Yuma claims that the transport has only been a few minutes ago. After a moment of silence, Alondight tells her that the battle has already raged on for two hours, that they have been scattered from the start and that the enemy was already waiting for them. She admits that they prayed Yuma died before the slaughter of her allies started and remarks that the First Knight denies prayers for a painless death.

“Two hours you took from me, little Culexus. Two hours I've taken back.“

Astonished by the situation, Yuma reminds herself of the first lessons Malal taught her and pushes the panic and fear out of her mind. Calm once again, similar to the Rank Leader's usual bearing, she asks Alondight for a field report. The High Marshal explains that there are only 25 members of the crusade left and that they only found five Culexus still alive after the initial slaughter. She has a plan to turn the tide, but will only talk to her in person for fear of the enemy listening in.

She makes to tell Yuma about Cavefish but is interrupted by the Culexus herself, who makes her relief about finding Yuma still alive known with her usual loud voice. Yuma manages to calm her friend down enough for a normal conversation and finds out that she followed her own advice upon their arrival, moving forward through the enemies until she found the Templars.

Using her already empty heavy weapon as a bludgeon, she asks her friend about the monster in the center of the battlefield. Yuma jokes about the witch not looking nearly as ugly as Kharn, giving Cavefish the good laugh she needed.

Yuma asks if there has been word from Malal, but Cavefish tells her that during the two hours, she could not reach anyone outside their location. However she claims that with Alondight's plan, they do not have to rely on Malal to kill the witch and save everyone.

The beaten up group arrives at Yuma's location quickly and Cavefish, in considerably better shape, lifts her friend up in a crushing hug. Yuma speaks with the remaining Culexus, learns their names and promises to do her best to bring them home before listening to Alondight's plan.

The High Marshal explains that they will exploit Kharn's personal weakness of craving a final sword fight by charging her witch with the main group while a small group consisting of Mordred Pendragon and two Culexus sneak up from behind to exterminate the still sleeping Walpurgisnacht with her strongest skill. While skittish in actual combat, her Sword of Promised Victory is a formidable ability passed on to all Pendragon daughters, with her being the strongest in this generation.

Yuma expresses her concern about Kharn's witch sharing her weakness, but admits that this is the best option they have. Cavefish enthusiastically chooses to accompany Mordred and, convinced of the remaining Culexus capabilities, Yuma follows suit. Alondight admits that Mordred doesn't look inspiring, but assures that she is more than capable as a Black Templar and Pendragon. Should she falter, Yuma should simply remind her of her vows and how she would shame the Pendragon family by failing her duty.

When Alondight tells Yuma to slap Mordred around for emphasis, Enyo cuts in, assuring that a verbal reminder is enough and that her behavior is only a matter of inexperience. The high Marshal smirks, mentioning that Enyo trained Mordred herself and sees her as the potential successor of Swordmaster Paladin Victoria. She also reminds her subordinate that Victoria betrayed her vows, making Enyo stomp off angrily after claiming that despite her bad decision the Paladin's legend remains intact.

As Enyo walks over to Mordred, Alondight asks for any remaining questions, but Yuma tells her that she has talked enough for the short rest of her life. The High Marshal tells her to be optimistic and that their hopes lie with her, Cavefish and Mordred's ability to hold her sword up despite being scared. Before they move toward Mordred, Cavefish hugs Alondight, lifting her off the ground in the process until the High Marshal shrieks for her to stop.

Enyo asks if Yuma and Cavefish are ready and orders a white clad Templar to give them any ammunition and rations they can spare. Meanwhile Mordred keeps sitting on a pile of skulls, sword clenched, ignoring everything around her while Enyo grows angrier with each passing moment.

She eventually starts talking by complaining about her vanguard consisting of a gorilla and a child in gimp suits and that the High Marshal must either want her dead or be a fool. Enyo growls that they are going to follow the High marshal's plan and tells her to finally prepare herself.

However, Mordred matches Enyo's growl, telling her not to talk to her like this before angrily pointing at Yuma. She starts to blame her for jeopardizing the mission like Malal said, points out how she showed up two hours late and still wears the cross of Emperor's Champion. While Enyo tries to reign her in, Mordred rises, unsheathes her blade and shakily points it at Yuma, claiming the Culexus is unfit to bear the insignia.

Yuma pushes the blade away with one finger, complaining that she should wait to be sanctimonious until after they are all dead, mentioning that her family name must mean little to her if she makes a fuss like this. Furious, Mordred tries to assault her, but before she can lift her sword again, Cavefish catches her in a crushing hug, completely ignoring the Templar's shouts and struggles.

The huge Culexus lifts Mordred up and uses her large gun to smack the struggling girl's rear like punishing a child, happy to see that it seems to be working. Yuma turns to apologize to the Templars for shaming one of their own, but notices that they are smiling in amusement and satisfaction, murmuring about how they never thought of disciplining Mordred like the spoiled brat that she is.

Once Mordred stops her struggle, Enyo asks Yuma again if they are ready to head out. The Culexus confirms that they have everything they need, and the Marshal asks for one more favor. Yuma agrees, and the Templar Marshal asks her to tell Alondight that she always admired her should the two of them survive. Pointing out how important this is to her, Enyo admits that she should have told her herself earlier and heaves a sigh of regret.

Yuma agrees, but wonders why she doesn't simply tell her herself right now. Enyo explains that she does not want to risk distracting the high Marshal from her duties, from survival. In return for her favor, the Culexus demands that Enyo tells Alondight herself if she survives, who swears on her life.

Suddenly a huge winged daemon drops down, crushing Templars and one of the remaining Culexus under his feet. Enyo pushes Yuma away and shouts at her to get to her designated zone while the Templars deal with the enemy, raises chainsaw blades from her mechanical arm and charges toward the daemon. Cavefish, still carrying Mordred over her shoulder, pulls her friend away and they run without looking back, except for the crying Templar.

After a while, they stop to rest and prepare for the stealthy part of their mission. Looking back, they see the shades of Templars still fighting the daemon. Mordred sobs that her sisters told her the Crusade was heroic, they never mentioned seeing comrades get killed and eaten by things that should not exist.

Yuma explains that a few people sacrificing themselves to save billions is highly heroic and that stories usually leave the part about dead friends out. Mordred replies that the Black Templars are supposed to return home alive instead of being killed without a chance to even draw their blades, slaughtered like cattle.

After a bit, she asks Cavefish to let her down to walk on her own, assuring that she will play her part. The pair of Culexus agrees and asks about her Sword of Promised Victory. Mordred explains that it is a technique passed down in the Pendragon family that focuses the blessing of the Blessed Lady and the First knight to a devastating effect. She channels herself through her sword to gather enough energy to release it in a wave that travels in a straight line and only knows destruction.

When Yuma asks how long she needs to charge up, Mordred lowers her head and admits that she needs five minutes with her current level of training. Once that time passes, everything in the path of her blade will die, even a monster like Kharn.

After a few more minutes of walking, the group arrives at the designated area. Yuma calls Alondight, who tells her that they will start in five minutes and asks the Culexus t keep Mordred safe until they arrive once the deed is done. Before Yuma can respond to the breathless High Marshal, the connection is cut.

While Mordred starts her preparations, Cavefish, now with a serious tone, states that they will not make it back after this. Yuma jokes about her being the pessimistic part of the duo and punches Cavefish. She tells her friend that standing around and looking important while the other Ranks do the work is what Culexus do best and that they will be eating ramen at Hanegawa's soon.

Cavefish giggles and wonders if what is coming will hurt. Yuma tells her that she is sure about it and hugs her friend, telling her that she will miss her on a private vox channel. The huge Culexus stiffens, chokes down a sob and echoes her sentiment.

A moment later, the Black Templars begin their charge, and just as planned, Kharn takes the bait and rises from her throne, confidently walking toward the group of knights. While Mordred begins charging her power, Yuma and Cavefish fully release their suit limiters to create disintegrating blasts of anti-magic for whatever comes close.

From their position they can see Kharn obliterate the Templars with ease, her prowess even greater than before and completely lacking in the Warmaster's playfulness. While the dying knights try their best to kill the monstrosity, Kharn laughs and turns around, raising her black blade toward Mordred's building lance of energy in mockery.

Alondight screams at them to abort and run, but Yuma decides to stay and orders Cavefish to put up a shield. Their combined strength is easily shattered by Kharn's assault, sending feedback through their bodies. Their suits already damaged, the pair puts up another shield to block the second attack and as it shatters again, Cavefish falls to her knees.

The huge Culexus pulses weakly that she is in pain and can't see, but Yuma roars at her to put up the shield one again. Staggering back to her feet, Cavefish does as she is told, but collapses from the third strike of the black blade.

Yuma registers her suit's notice that Mordred's five minutes are up and turns to her, shouting the order to kill the witch. However the Black Templar staggers back, eyes focused on the giant witch, drops her sword in terror and runs away as fast as she can, screaming for her family.

Stunned by Mordred's cowardice, Yuma feels Cavefish grab her boot, pulsing a weak apology and a scared cry for help. Turning around again, she sees Kharn's blade swing down again. In a last desperate measure, Yuma rises her hands and pours body and soul into her suits system to turn it into power. Curling her hands into fists, Yuma holds Kharn's sword in place.

Roaring in defiance of everything, she manages to fully clench her fists and the blade shatters, blasting pieces across the battlefield and into the witch's body, causing a beastly roar of suffering. Numb with pain, Yuma collapses next to her dead friend.

The last thing she sees is Malal walking past her, suit torn and without helmet, revealing impossibly long pink hair under a radiant halo. A flaming rosewood bow in her hands, Malal wordlessly tells Kharn to get saved so she can keep her promise.

Not long after, Malal's voice wakes Yuma up, threatening to kick her awake if necessary. When she opens her eyes, realizing that her helm is gone, the Rank Leader's revealing white gown and inner radiance are quite startling. Sitting down next to the young Culexus, Malal complains about the dress, but claims that they don't have enough time to chat and mentions that they fucked up.

Yuma apologizes and explains that she simply had to prove to herself that Malal was not the monster she thought. Surprisingly the Rank Leader starts to giggle, failing to stop the sound from coming out and explains that she went through a lot of planning but failed to calculate the one thing right under her nose.

The fact that she trained Yuma to be just like her, to think for herself, to do what she thinks is right instead of simply following orders. While admitting that not everything they did was right, Malal tells her that they can only wait and see if her plan will work out right in a few years.

Yuma asks what kind of plan could warrant this much death, comparing it to ritual sacrifice to a bloodthirsty, fake god. With a guilty expression, Malal explains that she knows how cruel this sacrifice was, but did everything she could to change it from the original plan that called for the life of entire Ninth Officio while still not guaranteeing success.

Wiping her tears away, she tells Yuma that she regrets having to sacrifice a hundred people and that it never stopped hurting since she first thought of it. Malal agrees that saving the universe by sacrificing people should not be justified and explains that she accepted to become the kind of monster who can do this from the day she formed her contract. She claims to willingly bear any sin necessary in order to make things right.

As black feathers start falling from the sky, Malal admits to being a bad role model as her dark transformation begins. While crying blood, her eyes turn black, sharp pointed teeth grow in her mouth, her finger turning into brutal claws and skeletal wings grow that attract the black feathers.

During the painful process, Yuma begs her to tell her what to do to help. Malal refuses, claiming that telling anyone would also mean “She” would find out and ruin everything. The young Culexus insists on learning anything, even a little to help, and Malal makes her promise to look after Girl A.

As a hole tears itself open where Malal's heart should be, she states that she can't hold on anymore since she already stayed longer than she should. Reminding Yuma of her promise, she collapses to the ground and pulses a final apology while the storm of feathers blinds Yuma completely.

Yuma wakes up once again, this time still on the battlefield, now covered in snow, to the voice of Enyo frantically shouting her name and trying to remove her helm. Relieved to find the Culexus still alive, she calls for an Apothecary to treat the Emperor's Champion. Yuma tells her she is alright and asks for Alondight to tell her about Enyo's feelings, but the Marshal explains that her companion is recovering and that she will do it personally.

Shrugging the issue off, Yuma remembers about Cavefish and asks where she is, claiming that her best friend should be alive since she stopped the black blade from crushing them. Enyo confirms that she broke the blade and pulls the huge Culexus' helm from behind her, explaining that they found the suit close to Yuma but were unable to revive her as she dissolved into ashes.

Enyo explains that they analyzed her biometrics and found that Cavefish was completely drained of her magic at some point during the fight, apparently by something else using her power. Yuma realizes that it was likely herself while trying to stop Kharn, but Enyo tells her that it is only a theory and that they do not know for certain.

What they do know is that not even Malal could have done what Yuma did without help, and Enyo tells her that she is stronger than she realizes, mentioning that the Rank Leader chose a worthy prodigy.

Yuma remarks that Enyo refers to Kharn as the Betrayer and asks about the reasoning. The Marshal explains that it seems fitting after the Ninth Warmaster betrayed everyone. She remarks that she would challenge her to a fight if the Ninth Incubator did not request her to be returned intact- But in her current state, it would not be satisfying in the first place.

Kharn is in the center of the clearing, clutching Malal's still suited corpse, crying and pleading her friend not to leave her. Yuma decides to leave her to suffer on her own and instead asks about Mordred. Enyo tells her that she escaped and is hiding herself from their regular tracking methods, but there are already teams looking to find and capture the cowardly Templar to answer for her transgressions.

The Templar Marshal lowers herself to her knees and formally apologizes on behalf of the Second Officio, offering her sword to the Culexus with the promise not to rest until the debt of honor is repaid. Yuma accepts, mentioning that there might be a time when she needs them, and Enyo happily thanks her for this boon, promising not to disappoint her again.

Afterwards, Yuma is treated in the temporary hospital Kyubey had built at ground zero. She remember seeing Kharn fight against being separated from Malal's corpse and how cold she felt when her dead comrades were carried into the mortuary. When she finally gets back to the Officio, she finds the belongings of all Culexus in her room, addressed to her personally.

From that point on, she shuts herself in for a long time, ignoring Kyoko, Sayaka, Mami and even Haruka and Kyubey. She tells herself that she won, that she saved the world from Walpurgisnacht, but can't help wondering if it's still worth saving anymore.</spoiler>

==Trivia==
*The early character is a direct port of Yuma Chitose from Puella Magi Oriko Magica.
*Her wish consumed Kyubeys entire daily amount of energy from the Incubator stock that usually lasts for ten contracts, and then some more of his own.
*Yuma can easily read most people's mind without actively trying to. She claims that most people have very loud minds.
*Yuma learned the basics of being a magical girl from Kyoko.
*Yuma did nothing wrong.
*Yuma's hair persistently takes on the shape of cat ears since her first transformation. No amount of washing, conditioner and brushing can fix it.
*Yuma reacts to Girl A like others react to a Culexus, a foreboding feeling mixed with irrational fear and hatred.
*When she heard that her parents committed suicide shortly after her contract was established, she broke down laughing.
*Her helmet lacked a skull painting for a long time because she refused to accept her vision of Malal's death, preventing her from completing the tradition of sharing a precognition of a friend's death that allows the paint job to be done.

==NECO Profile==
<pre style="width: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">*CURRENT*
NAME: Omegon
"I'm fine, really. There's a lot of work to do, so I've been keeping busy. Can we...make this quick?
I need to be somewhere in a few minutes."
OFFICIO: Ninth, in Mitakihara City
RANK: Culexus Rank Leader/sole inheritor
BIO: A young Culexus that was contracted a few years ago with the help of Sakura Kyouko, and the sole survivor of her squad after the Walpurgis Night massacre last year. A lot of people lost a lot when Rank Leader Malal died, Omegon more than most all of them. She’s tough, though, and she pushes herself really hard to fill the void the Rank Leader left behind. Way harder than she should. It probably doesn’t help that people are always comparing them.
ABILITY: Standard Culexus ability – anti-magic. Omegon isn’t nearly as strong as Rank Leader Malal was, but nobody is.
WEAPONRY: A crowbar…and a tablet. Just like Malal.
STRENGTH C
SPEED B+
MELEE B
RANGED A+
MAGIC S+
TACTICS S
CHARM D

TRIVIA
- Omegon contracted very young, showing impressive potential even from early on. She really is a lot like Malal – almost a second coming, some days.

- Pretty rare for someone in her position, Omegon doesn’t touch any kind of mind-altering substances. But she’s like…fourteen? That’d be pretty young, even for a magical girl.

- She has a pet turtle, Taro. At the moment, though, Sakura Kyouko is taking care of him.</pre>

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Raleigh Alondight

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| appearance = [[Thread 203]]
| organization = Second Officio
| rank = High Marshal of the Black Templars, Chariot of the First Knight
| occupation = Magical Girl
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==Character Summary==

===Physical Description===
*Raleigh has unruly blonde hair.
*She is of short build.
*She has wheels for feet and cold, clawed hands.

===Personality===
*She giggles a lot, giving off a creepy impression.

==Trivia==
*Raleigh is based on Chariot from Black Rock Shooter.

==Character History==
===Walpurgisnacht===
In the combined effort of several Officio's to counter the threat of Walpurgisnacht, the Black Templars cooperate with the Ninth. Enyo and High Marshal Raleigh Alondight meet Malal in the assembly hall and are soon joined by Yuma. After introductions, the Marshals head outside to gather their troops.

Back inside, they witness Yuma telling her Rank Leader about something she did, who starts to punch her hard until the a group of Templars pulls them apart. Malal claims that Yuma doomed them all and departs to try and fix whatever she can.

On the way to the facility, Alondight tries to cheer Yuma up. The Culexus gives her a vague explanation of her circumstances, but Alondight refuses to accept it as a reason to give up, claiming that they she will not pity Yuma and that they will carve their own fate. Realizing that there is still something she can do, Yuma's fighting spirit is relighted. Satisfied, the Black Templar hands her a badge and declares Yuma to be this missions Emperor's Chosen, an important role for the Templars.

Inside the teleportation facility, the Culexus rank is preparing. Cavefish greets the new arrivals and leads Yuma to the armory. Meanwhile, the Templars stare at one in particular and Raleigh explains that one girl, Sayaka, looks just like the First Knight they worship. She claims it as a sign of good fortune and victory.

The troops gather in the center of the room and wait for the transport to commence. At their arrival, they realize that they were scattered across a battlefield. During the two hour fight, many are killed by the daemons. Eventually Yuma contacts Alondight, who leads the remaining forces to her position and explains her plan to turn the tide.

They will exploit Kharn's desire for battle by distracting her with a frontal assault while another Templar, Mordred Pendragon, will sneak up behind her under the cover of Culexus magic and launch her powerful Sword of Promised Victory to defeat the witch.

Mordred blames Yuma for their situation and tries to attack her, but Cavefish lifts her up and gives the rude Templar a thorough spanking, which the other Templars agree to as a discipline measure they should have thought of themselves.

As one of Kharn's daemons attacks, the Templars begin their fight and Yuma, Cavefish and Mordred head towards their designated position. Eventually, they begin their assault on Kharn, but can't defeat her. Kharn turns toward Mordred's group and attacks, but is stopped by Cavefish and Yuma by shields and powerful anti-magic.

They fall however and Mordred turns tail, only the appearance of Malal, armed with a powerful magical bow, brings the Warmaster's witch down and miraculously transforming her back into human form.

The surviving Black Templars search the area and find Cavefish dead, but Yuma is still alive. Raleigh sustained injuries and is treated in a quickly built temporary hospital.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">In the combined effort of several Officio's to counter the threat of Walpurgisnacht, the Black Templars cooperate with the Ninth. Alongside Marshal Enyo Karasawa, Alondight meets up with Malal in the Ninth's assembly hall where they wait for the Culexus assigned to their squad.

Once the girl arrives, Malal reprimands her for being late and hits her head for getting smart with her before introducing her subordinate Omegon, or Yuma. The Black Templars are to protect her so that she can do her job of protecting them when things go awry. She then introduces Enyo and Alondight while joking about the High Marshal's height and wheels for feet.

Having them pointed out, Yuma can't help asking about the wheels. Malal warns her about asking, but Alondight calms her down and explains that she has wheels to move as fast as possible, following the First Knight's credo of delivering swift judgment.

Malal signals that they are under time constraints and asks the Templars to gather the rest of their squad while she has a word with Yuma, upon which the Marshals leave the assembly hall. Within minutes they line up their subordinates and return to the hall, ready to depart.

While standing at attention, the Black Templars witness Malal repeatedly shouting at Yuma, loud enough to short her vox speaker out and broadcast her unfiltered, furious voice. Feeling the strong intent to kill, Alondight moves in and interrupts the Culexus, apologizing and reminding them that they are pressed for time.

Malal tells her that Yuma will lead them to the teleportation facility in her place while she takes care of something important before joining up again. The Grand Marshal then starts to drag Yuma off, but the Culexus resists and tears herself out of the High Marshal's grasp despite her warning that her Rank Leader is angry enough to kill her.

The wheeled girl grabs Yuma again, but Malal already noticed the commotion and shouts at her. Malal stumbles back and freezes in place before she is overcome by rage, screams out loud and starts to beat the younger girl. Enyo holds Malal back from behind while the other Templars form a line between them to protect Yuma.

Malal shouts about how they will all die because of Yuma's selfish actions, how she knew what damage forcing herself into Girl A's mind could cause and doing it anyway, her voice hoarse and bleak over the shorted out vox.

Alondight tries to calm Malal down, who repeats that Yuma's deeds domed them all, wondering how she managed to go from her most trusted subordinate to making everything worse than even the Rank leader expected, in merely three hours. Malal sends her off to guide the Templars while she goes to try salvage whatever is left, apologizing to Enyo and Alondight on the way.

Yuma no longer resists the High Marshal who drags her off to go and save the world. They leave the Officio headquarters and head towards the teleportation facility by public train, much to the Templars dissatisfaction. Alondight asks Yuma where the savings of this pragmatic transport go, who politely replies that the facility is deep underground and can currently only be reached this way and apologizes for the inconvenience.

The High Marshal tells the Culexus that she understands and is only unreasonable to make Yuma talk, punching Enyo into agreeing that she complains less than their comrade Mordred. With a wide smile, she offers Yuma one of her handmade macarons, mentioning how everyone at their castle likes them.

Yuma politely declines, explaining that she doesn't like sweets and doesn't feel like eating at all. Alondight forces the treat into Enyo's mouth while explaining that sweets provide the necessary energy to crush heretics, earning a battle shout from the group of Templars in return.

The High Marshal then inquires about the incident with Malal, justifying her bluntness with their imminent death and mentions that her reaction was rather unusual for the infamous Culexus Rank Leader. Yuma decides to give her a censored explanation, leaving out the worst and likely classified details.

From the vague explanation, Alondight fills in most of the blanks on her own and tells the younger girl that her mistake is in the past and that dwelling on it is useless, no reason to refuse her gift and an insult to the Black Templars who she supposedly doomed. She tells Yuma that she needs to ask herself what she wants and takes a guess that it is not pity, despite her behavior calling for just that.

Yuma rises up and claims that her horrible sin compromised the operation, but Alondight, rising herself to tower over the Culexus, has Enyo confirm that Walpurgisnacht has not yet arrived and killed them all. The High Marshal explains that while their Officio values prophecies and respects Malal's skill, they believe that even the most accurate predictions can be wiped out by fighting hard enough and that they intend to do just that.

Yuma takes the macaron from Alondight's hand and opens her visor to eat it, tears of realization flowing from her eyes as she understands that there can still be something she can do. As she finishes, the Templars get up and uniformly salute while the High Marshal asks if Yuma will fight with them or wait for death. The Culexus slams her visor shut and growls that she will fight, her spirit rekindled.

Alondight grins and takes a badge from her armor and explains that the highest ranking Templar picks one from her squad to serve as the Emperor's Champion before every mission, someone she thinks will be vital to the battle, someone to fight alongside with the will of the First Knight. Whispering that this is a very important hing for the Templars, she pins the badge on Yuma's armor and proudly proclaims her as the Emperor's Chosen of the Walpurgisnacht Crusade, followed by a collective salute.

After a while the group arrives at the teleportation facility, hidden in a subway tunnel which is the only place to build a huge, experimental complex out of sight of the public eye. Alondight seems unimpressed at first, but agrees with Yuma's explanation. Admiring the Ninths resourcefulness, she mentions that their own projects are more martial in nature and that they would have to deal with the Fourth for anything more. They even had to go to great lengths to make the secretive technology experts assist in the creation of their armors.

Inside, the Culexus rank is already preparing for departure, led by Cavefish who greets the new arrivals in her usual friendly fashion. Still awestruck by the huge Culexus, Alondight introduces herself and Enyo and asks about the facilities readiness. Cavefish confirms, joking about the possibility to be tossed into the warp but assures that it has never happened during their previous two uses.

An automated voice rings through the hall, announcing the count down of twenty minutes until the emergence of Walpurgisnacht. Cavefish shouts at the gathered Culexus to be thorough with their final equipment checks, and the Black Templar Marshals excuse themselves to tend to their troops checkups and prayers.

While the count down hits ten minutes, huge screens in the main chamber transfer the Officio video communications, showing the five locations the other squads are deployed to: New York, China, Egypt, the South Pole and Australia where Kyoko and Sayaka are stationed. The Black Templars are caught in rapt attention, staring intensely at the screens showing the feed from Australia.

Yuma asks the High Marshal what caught their attention like this, who in turn asks about the blue haired girl on the video feed. Yuma tells her about Sayaka, second in command Eversor of the Ninth, and Enyo cuts in to tell her superior that blue hair and a sword don't necessarily mean what she thinks. The moment they see Sayaka's cape however, Alondight recites the description of the First Knight and her subordinate can no longer disagree.

The Templars fall to their knees in reverence and the High Marshal explains to the confused Culexus that they believe the girl who looks just like the First Knight to be an omen of good fortune and victory sent to comfort them in the coming darkness. While Sayaka notices the camera, flips it off and drags Kyoko and herself out of view, Yuma tells Alondight that their omen is far from being religious, but the High marshal replies that her identity matters not, only that they got to see her.

With only two minutes left, the Templars and Culexus group up under Alondight's command, small units of one Culexus accompanied by two Templars to shield her with strict orders to close in on the witch cocoon to destroy it as soon as they arrive, no matter what happens.

Alondight wonders if anything is wrong since Yuma and Cavefish have been quietly nodding at each other for a while. Yuma decides to take the risk of contacting Malal on a mental level, despite the possibility of interrupting her work and receiving a backlash. She pulses a message requesting confirmation to proceed without the Rank Leader. For half a minute, nothing happens, then Malal's reply arrives.

The words “Kharn is gone”, filled with fear and despair strong enough to cause pain, spread out to the entire group of Culexus who cry out in shock. In her death screams, Malal warns them that Kharn could not be stopped and is heading towards Walpurgisnacht. She begs Yuma to go, who roars at the upset group to get moving, followed by Alondight's battle shout as the teleporter tears them out of the world as the count down hits zero.

The group arrives at their destination scattered, their formation broken before it could be formed in the first place. The witch of Kharn awaits them with her host of Daemons. While Yuma is nowhere to be found, the Black Templars and Culexus fight on for two hours, taking heavy casualties. During this time, Enyo loses her remaining arm to a familiar that posed as an injured comrade.

While she shouts at Pendragon to get back in formation, someone connects to their com frequency. The High Marshal demands name, rank, and her favorite pastry to assure she is not deceived by an impostor and is relieved to find out that Yuma is still alive. Locking on to her position, she tells the Culexus to stay put and wait for the group to pick her up, stating her intent to turn the tide of battle despite the high price they had to pay so far.

Confused at her choice of words, Yuma claims that the transport has only been a few minutes ago. After a moment of silence, Alondight tells her that the battle has already raged on for two hours, that they have been scattered from the start and that the enemy was already waiting for them. She admits that they prayed Yuma died before the slaughter of her allies started and remarks that the First Knight denies prayers for a painless death.

After calming herself down, Yuma asks Alondight for a field report. The High Marshal explains that there are only 25 members of the crusade left and that they only found five Culexus still alive after the initial slaughter. She has a plan to turn the tide, but will only talk to her in person for fear of the enemy listening in.

She makes to tell Yuma about Cavefish but is interrupted by the Culexus herself, who makes her relief about finding Yuma still alive known with her usual loud voice.

The beaten up group quickly arrives at Yuma's location and Cavefish, in considerably better shape, lifts her friend up in a crushing hug. Yuma speaks with the remaining Culexus, learns their names and promises to do her best to bring them home before listening to Alondight's plan.

The High Marshal explains that they will exploit Kharn's personal weakness of craving a final sword fight by charging her witch with the main group while a small group consisting of Mordred Pendragon and two Culexus sneak up from behind to exterminate the still sleeping Walpurgisnacht with her strongest skill. While skittish in actual combat, her Sword of Promised Victory is a formidable ability passed on to all Pendragon daughters, with her being the strongest in this generation.

Yuma expresses her concern about Kharn's witch sharing her weakness, but admits that this is the best option they have. Cavefish enthusiastically chooses to accompany Mordred and Yuma follows suit. Alondight admits that Mordred doesn't look inspiring, but assures that she is more than capable as a Black Templar and Pendragon. Should she falter, Yuma should simply remind her of her vows and how she would shame the Pendragon family by failing her duty.

When Alondight tells Yuma to slap Mordred around for emphasis, Enyo cuts in, assuring that a verbal reminder is enough and that her behavior is only a matter of inexperience. The high Marshal smirks, mentioning that Enyo trained Mordred herself and sees her as the potential successor of Swordmaster Paladin Victoria. She also reminds her subordinate that Victoria betrayed her vows, making Enyo stomp off angrily after claiming that despite her bad decision the Paladin's legend remains intact.

As Enyo walks over to Mordred, Alondight asks for any remaining questions, but Yuma tells her that she has talked enough for the short rest of her life. The High Marshal tells her to be optimistic and that their hopes lie with her, Cavefish and Mordred's ability to hold her sword up despite being scared. Before they move toward Mordred, Cavefish hugs Alondight, lifting her off the ground in the process until the High Marshal shrieks for her to stop.

While Mordred raises an argument with Yuma and is punished by Cavefish, Alondight warms herself up alongside the remaining troops. Suddenly a huge winged daemon drops down, crushing Templars and one of the remaining Culexus under his feet. Enyo pushes Yuma away and shouts at her to get to her designated zone while the Templars deal with the enemy, raises chainsaw blades from her mechanical arm and charges toward the daemon.

Once team Mordred arrives at their designated area, Yuma calls Alondight. She breathlessly tells the Culexus that they will be ready in five minutes and asks her to keep Mordred safe until they get to them after the Sword of Promised Victory is used. Before Yuma can respond, the High Marshal cuts the connection.

Moments later, the Black Templars begin their charge, and just as planned, Kharn takes the bait and rises from her throne, confidently walking toward the group of knights. Kharn obliterates the Templars with ease, her prowess even greater than before and completely lacking in the Warmaster's playfulness. While the dying knights try their best to kill the monstrosity, Kharn laughs and turns around, raising her black blade toward Mordred's building lance of energy in mockery.

Alondight screams at them to abort and run, but Yuma decides to stay and builds up a shield with Cavefish, which is easily shattered by Kharn. After the third strike, Mordred drops her sword and escapes, crying for her family.

Malal appears out of nowhere, wielding a rosewood bow with a brightly burning tip. She fires a single arrow and defeats Kharn's witch, miraculously reverting her back to human form. The surviving Templars begin searching the battlefield for any survivors, aided by the arriving support troops from the Ninth Officio. Alondight and Enyo are among the survivors.</spoiler>

==Trivia==
*Raleigh is based on Chariot from Black Rock Shooter.

==NECO Profile==
<pre style="width: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">*OUTDATED*
NAME: Raleigh Alondight
"You're the one sneaking around, then? You should have just asked to stay for a bit, place could use a bit of sunshine right n…in general.”
OFFICIO: Second, in the United Kingdom
RANK: High Marshal of the Black Templars, Aide to the High Inquisitor
BIO: The Chariot of the First Knight and one of the major pillars that holds the Second together, along with the High Inquisitor, the King, and the Devil. Among those, she ranks roughly third, and is the highest-ranking puella not to come from one of the Second’s special abbeys in several decades. She’s mostly known for her good humor, a rare trait in the Second, and for her determination to turn a dark and spooky organization of stuffy nobles and witch hunters into a bright, noble band of idealistic knights. While it’s a goal she shares with High Inquisitor von Egisheim and King Pendragon, results so far have been mixed.
ABILITY: Omni-competence – the power to immediately and expertly understand any weapon or piece of equipment she comes in contact with, then put it to use near-peerlessly. Also comes with her own magical battle tank, Black Maria (note to self: investigate rumors that it fires pastries).
WEAPONRY: A heavy broadsword, Alondight, and a wheel from her personal heavy tank-cum-weapons platform that she uses as a shield; also her big, bladed wheels. Has been known to pick up rocks, steel pipes, or whatever else to deadly effect.

STRENGTH B+
SPEED Fast+
MELEE S+*
RANGED S+*
MAGIC D*
TACTICS B
CHARM A

*almost entirely equipment-dependent

TRIVIA
-She has like a fetish for macarons or something. The easiest way to get into the Second and poke around is to bribe her with them – although according to her, they don’t have anything to hide anyway. Which is just more suspicious, right?

-It’s pretty rare in the Second for someone that isn’t descended from a ‘noble’ bloodline to become as accomplished and revered as Alondight. Like, they do background checks and genealogies. But supposedly she made one of those wishes that destines someone for greatness, if they can make it through the first few months…

-When our field agent (okay it’s pretty much me) got a chance to investigate and interview her personally, she went home with an autographed picture and some kinda chalky macarons.

-They came with her magical girl costume and she…rolled with it.</pre>

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Mordred Pendragon

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{{Infobox
| imagecaption = Mordred Pendragon
| image =
| aka = Princess
| appearance = [[Thread 203]]
| organization = Second Officio, Black Templars
| rank =
| occupation = Magical Girl
| ability =
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==Character Summary==
Mordred is the youngest of the Pendragon sisters, the current generation of a noble line of magical girls. Her sisters are Arthuria and Nero.

===Physical Description===

===Personality===
*Mordred is arrogant and impatient.
*Despite her abilities, she is nervous in actual combat, which limits her skill in the field.

==Character History==
In the combined effort of several Officio's to counter the threat of Walpurgisnacht, the Black Templars cooperate with the Ninth.

After the transport from the Ninth's teleportation facility, the Black Templars and Culexus group are scattered throughout the hellish battlefield they arrive in. During the two hour long fight Mordred loses her nerve. Eventually Yuma contacts Alondight, who leads the remaining forces to her position and explains her plan to turn the tide.

They will exploit Kharn's desire for battle by distracting her with a frontal assault while another Templar, Mordred Pendragon, will sneak up behind her under the cover of Culexus magic and launch her powerful Sword of Promised Victory to defeat the witch.

Mordred blames Yuma for their situation and tries to attack her, but Cavefish lifts her up and gives the rude Templar a thorough spanking, which the other Templars agree to as a discipline measure they should have thought of themselves.

As one of Kharn's daemons attacks, the Templars begin their fight and Yuma, Cavefish and Mordred head towards their designated position. On the way, Mordred explains that her sisters only spoke of glory and heroics, never of seeing their friends die like she did this day. Yuma explains that a small group sacrificing themselves for the survival of billions is rather heroic.

Mordred explains how her ability works and that she needs five minutes to charge it up in her current state, but will certainly kill anything she hits. Once at their destination, the group waits for Alondight's signal. Cavefish talks about how she knows they will not survive, but for once it is Yuma who cheers her up.

Soon, the Black Templars begin their assault and Mordred starts charging her attack and the Culexus pair release their limiters. They witness Kharn's witch easily hold her ground against the Templars and eventually turning around to face them instead. Yuma and Cavefish put up a shield to repel the attack and give Mordred the time she needs.

After the second attack, Cavefish falls and Mordred staggers back in fear, turns around and runs away, screaming for her family. Despite her cowardly betrayal, Kharn is defeated and the remaining Templars send out search parties to bring Mordred in.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">During the transport to the Ninth Officio, Mordred complains about being forced to use a public train. The Marshals reprimand her to deal with this necessity, stating that they can write a formal complaint after preventing the end of the world.

After the transport from the Ninth's teleportation facility, the Black Templars and Culexus group are scattered throughout the hellish battlefield they arrive in. During the fight Mordred loses her nerve and has to be harshly rebuked by Alondight to stay in formation.

For their final plan to take care of Warmaster Kharn's witch that stands between them and the still sleeping Walpurgisnacht, Mordred is to conduct a sneak attack, hidden by two Culexus while the rest of the group charges in from the front as a distraction. The Pendragon's Sword of Promised Victory is the key element that will eliminate Walpurgisnacht.

Enyo asks if Yuma and Cavefish are ready and orders a white clad Templar to give them any ammunition and rations they can spare. Meanwhile Mordred keeps sitting on a pile of skulls, sword clenched, ignoring everything around her while Enyo grows angrier with each passing moment.

She eventually starts talking by complaining about her vanguard consisting of a gorilla and a child in gimp suits and that the High Marshal must either want her dead or be a fool. Enyo growls that they are going to follow the High marshal's plan and tells her to finally prepare herself.

However, Mordred matches Enyo's growl, telling her not to talk to her like this before angrily pointing at Yuma. She starts to blame her for jeopardizing the mission like Malal said, points out how she showed up two hours late and still wears the cross of Emperor's Champion. While Enyo tries to reign her in, Mordred rises, unsheathes her blade and shakily points it at Yuma, claiming the Culexus is unfit to bear the insignia.

Yuma pushes the blade away with one finger, complaining that she should wait to be sanctimonious until after they are all dead, mentioning that her family name must mean little to her if she makes a fuss like this. Furious, Mordred tries to assault her, but before she can lift her sword again, Cavefish catches her in a crushing hug, completely ignoring the Templar's shouts and struggles.

The huge Culexus lifts Mordred up and uses her large gun to smack the struggling girl's rear like punishing a child, happy to see that it seems to be working. Yuma turns to apologize to the Templars for shaming one of their own, but notices that they are smiling in amusement and satisfaction, murmuring about how they never thought of disciplining Mordred like the spoiled brat that she is.

Mordred eventually stops struggling and quiets down. Suddenly a huge winged daemon drops down, crushing Templars and one of the remaining Culexus under his feet. Enyo pushes Yuma away and shouts at her to get to her designated zone while the Templars deal with the enemy, raises chainsaw blades from her mechanical arm and charges toward the daemon. Cavefish, still carrying Mordred over her shoulder, pulls her friend away and they run without looking back, except for the crying Templar.

After a while, they stop to rest and prepare for the stealthy part of their mission. Looking back, they see the shades of Templars still fighting the daemon. Mordred sobs that her sisters told her the Crusade was heroic, they never mentioned seeing comrades get killed and eaten by things that should not exist.

Yuma explains that a few people sacrificing themselves to save billions is highly heroic and that stories usually leave the part about dead friends out. Mordred replies that the Black Templars are supposed to return home alive instead of being killed without a chance to even draw their blades, slaughtered like cattle.

After a bit, she asks Cavefish to let her down to walk on her own, assuring that she will play her part. The pair of Culexus agrees and asks about her Sword of Promised Victory. Mordred explains that it is a technique passed down in the Pendragon family that focuses the blessing of the Blessed Lady and the First knight to a devastating effect. She channels herself through her sword to gather enough energy to release it in a wave that travels in a straight line and only knows destruction.

When Yuma asks how long she needs to charge up, Mordred lowers her head and admits that she needs five minutes with her current level of training. Once that time passes, everything in the path of her blade will die, even a monster like Kharn.

After a few more minutes of walking, the group arrives at the designated area. Yuma calls Alondight, who tells her that they will start in five minutes and asks the Culexus t keep Mordred safe until they arrive once the deed is done. Before Yuma can respond to the breathless High Marshal, the connection is cut.

Mordred starts her preparations and chants a lengthy spell, amber lightning gathering around her blade. Moments later, the Black Templars begin their charge, and just as planned, Kharn takes the bait and rises from her throne, confidently walking toward the group of knights. While Mordred begins charging her power, Yuma and Malal fully release their suit limiters to create disintegrating blasts of anti-magic for whatever comes close.

Kharn obliterates the Templars with ease, her prowess even greater than before and completely lacking in the Warmaster's playfulness. While the dying knights try their best to kill the monstrosity, Kharn laughs and turns around, raising her black blade toward Mordred's building lance of energy in mockery.

Alondight screams at them to abort and run, but Yuma decides to stay and orders Cavefish to put up a shield. Their combined strength is easily shattered by Kharn's assault, sending feedback through their bodies. Their suits already damaged, the pair puts up another shield to block the second attack and as it shatters again, Cavefish falls to her knees.

The huge Culexus pulses weakly that she is in pain and can't see, but Yuma roars at her to put up the shield one again. Staggering back to her feet, Cavefish does as she is told, but collapses from the third strike of the black blade.

Yuma registers her suit's notice that Mordred's five minutes are up and turns to her, shouting the order to kill the witch. However the Black Templar staggers back, eyes focused on the giant witch, drops her sword in terror and runs away as fast as she can, screaming for her family.

Malal appears out of nowhere, wielding a rosewood bow with a brightly burning tip. She fires a single arrow and defeats Kharn's witch, miraculously reverting her back to human form. Meanwhile Mordred escapes, hiding herself from the Templars regular search methods by using her armor's special traits. However search teams are already looking for her to make sure she pays for her transgressions.</spoiler>

==Trivia==
*Mordred is based on the Saber Servant from Fate/Apocrypha, who is based on the son of King Arthur from the Arthur myth.

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Malal

2014-06-13T15:32:53Z

Crys: Yuma Flashback

<blockquote>''"Now, this isn't the way I would have handled it, Kharn, but you're the Warmaster here. What say we do this by the book for a change, eh?"''</blockquote>
{{Infobox
| imagecaption = Malal
| image = [[image:Profile-Malal.png|200px]]
| aka = Madoka Kaneda
| appearance = [[Thread 43]]
| organization = Ninth Officio
| rank = Culexus Rank Leader
| occupation = Magical Girl
| ability = Anti-Magic Aura
| weapon = Combat Knife, Crowbar, Animus Speculum, Rose Bow
| height = 153 cm
| dob = October 3 (would be 21-22 years old)
}}

==Character Summary==
Malal was the Culexus Rank Leader and Equerry as well as a friend to the Warmaster of the Ninth Officio Assassinorum during [[Kharn|Valnikov Kharn's]] reign, serving as the reasonable balance to her superiors lazyness and bloodthirst. She was also friends with [[Chiaki Matsuda]] during the latter's days as Murderface. Her true identity, this world's Madoka Kaneda, is kept secret, only known to a select few individuals.
[[Kyubey]] considers Malal as both his greatest triumph and his biggest failure as an [[Incubator]] and prefers not to speak about her.

===Physical Description===
*Malal always wears her Culexus hard suit around others, so not much is known about her appearance.
*She has short pink hair and crimson eyes.

===Personality===
*Malal is your typical delinquent turned serious, putting up a professional front until provoked.
*She remains mostly calm and polite but is prone to swearing.
*According to Kharn, Malal has never been seriously angry.
*She hates wasting time. This often leads to bad cases of road rage.
*Malal dislikes the concept of honor, more people die from it than are saved.

==Character History==
Before her contract, Madoka Kaneda was a delinquent and later a runner for small time Yakuza in Mitakihara. She became an enforcer after killing a magical girl sent to take out her boss. Ever since her early childhood she had clear dreams abot her future. For a while they were haunted by a winged girl with black hair in a black cocktail dress who told her she would die for a pointless reason.

Kaneda flipped her off and decided to form a contract with Kyubey to do what she needs to and to write down what needs to be done after her death. Due to her earlier dreams she knew exactly how she had to form her wish to get what she needed. She never saw the girl again and her dreams were replaced by perfectly clear visions of the future she must prevent and how to do it, including her death.

She was a friend and teacher to Sayaka, but never revealed her secret after becoming the Culexus Malal. During her time of service, she delivered the most accurate preognostications of all Culexus, even accurately predicting time and location of the appearance of the witch Charlotte, as well as the fact that somebody would be found inside.

[[Faust]] approached Malal once, but the Culexus forced her to retreat, telling her to stay away from Murderface. Faust offered her a golden weapon, but Malal declined. She kept her suit active whenever she was close to Murderface to prevent Faust from making contact, making the goddess angry enough to put a plan in motion that eventually killed her.

===Kharn Flashback===
As Kharn's Equerry, Malal takes care of everyday business and paperwork. She accompanies her Warmaster to an interrogation of Girl A, who killed three allied squads during a joint mission. Kharn listens to her report and decides to give her a new identity and take her as a personal subordinate.

During the meeting with the Third Warmaster, Malal tries to stay reasonable, but agrees with Kharn that Ahriman's demands are outrageous. Kharn decides to purge the Officio and together with Murderface they kill the hundred magical girls present. Erebus keeps them from attacking Ahriman directly until she is taken care of, but the Warmaster is empowered by her golden weapon and the blood sacrifice by then.

While Kharn takes care of Erebus on another floor, Malal faces Ahriman's magic while protecting Murderface, but is eventually defeated and rendered unconscious.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Malal delivers the morning call to her Warmaster Kharn along with "other Warmaster type stuff", politely ignoring the naked blonde in her superiors bed. The days schedule consists of meeting the Third Officio's Warmaster to discuss an incident involving Girl A killing three squads of their magical girls, deciding on Girl A's fate, and informing the Fourteenth Incubator about his Warmaster's whereabouts, the latter still sleeping next to Kharn. Malal decides to relay that they don't know where she is and leaves to make preparations.

Somewhat distressed, she takes a short break in her room, quickly locking the door after stepping out again to prevent anyone from looking inside. She accompanies Kharn to breakfast, briefing her on her appointments. Girl A, found six months ago in a witch barrier by Mami Tomoe and Sayaka Miki, has been allowed to participate in missions with her guardian. Two days ago, she murdered 21 Eversors from the Third Officio during a joint purge mission. The Third Incubator demands her death, but Kyubey is leaving judgment to his Warmaster.

When asked about her opinion, Malal replies that professionally Girl A should be executed, but the circumstances around the incident are suspicious and that she would give her another chance for doing the right thing, just the wrong way. In front of the silent room, Mami appeals to the Warmaster in name of Girl A, putting Malal off somehow. Inside, Malal keeps Kharn from getting too caught up and confirms some details regarding the mission, such as the supposedly captured magical girls from the Third never being found, supporting suspicions about a setup.

Kharn demands her knife and announces Girl A's death sentence, cutting her braids and giving her a new name: Murderface. Malal tries to object, stating that she has a list of better names like Akemi, but is shot down right away. Kharn further decrees that the Third Officio will be brought down for their betrayal and leaves for Kyubey's office, her Equerry at her side stating that Murderface will probably kill her one day.

After meeting Kyubey, Malal informs Kharn that they will be up against a competent magic user should they have to fight the Third Officio's Warmaster, Ahriman, as Kharn is obviously planning.

Driving the companies Warmaster marauder, Malal pokes fun at Kharn for Murderface telling her that she can't have Mami or herself as this is forbidden love. She mentions that Warmasters are generally a crazy sort before giving out headsets and stepping out of the car.

The group enters an empty foyer, assuming the magical girls to have taken up position in the upper floors, and board the elevator bound for the CEO office to meet Ahriman. As Kharn stabs her chainsword into the floor to follow the request to hand her weapon over, Malal merely covers her head in her palms before handing over her own knife and crowbar. As Kharn moves to talk to some girl instead of heading directly to the Third Warmaster, Malal takes Murderface some distance away to teach her about drinks for occasions such as this, giving Kharn some space.

After about a minute of Kharn staring at a painting, she sends Murderface to get her Warmaster. Malal tries keeping Kharn in check, but when Ahriman demands Girl A's soul gem and Mami Tomoe as compensation for her murdered Eversors, Kharn burst out laughing, the Equerry agreeing that the Thirds demands are ridiculous.

As Kharn calls Kyubey to demand full mobilization, announcing to kill everyone in the building, Malal turns a dial on her suit to release her powers and the group charges at the Third Warmaster. Pulling the crowbar that Murderface returned to her when fetching Kharn's Skulltaker, Malal crushes the face of her first opponent mercilessly. She asks Kharn to go by the book this time, but cedes to her Warmaster's wish to turn the office into a slaughter house, telling her to finally build her skull throne afterward.

Within a short time, the group annihilates the hundred magical girls in the hall, leaving only Ahriman and Erebus standing. Kharn offers the lives of the Third Officio in return for Ahriman surrendering her life, but Erebus tells her Warmaster to flee. Murderface tries to stop her but is suddenly tossed at Malal, knocking her back. Suppressing the pain, she tells Kharn that Murderface is unconscious before returning to her side. Turning the dial on her suit again, the Culexus prepares to act as anti magic defense while Kharn engages Ahriman and Erebus.

As the Third's Equerry is flung away by Kharn, Malal begins charging Ahriman, the russian following a step behind her. Ahriman's spells collide with Malal's barrier and are deflected, each bolt of sinister lightning tearing holes into the walls until she collapses, exhaustion affecting both her and Malal. Telling her Warmaster to take Ahriman out, she can only watch as Erebus tackles Kharn out of the building and is forced into a defensive position by the corrupted Ahriman whose twisted form keeps firing bolts of destructive energy at her.

Her powers diminished, Malal shouts for Kharn to hurry, and, relieved to see her return, prepares to evacuate Murderface. She tells Kharn to get the golden staff away from Ahriman, stating that it's evil and the likely the source of her corrupted power. When Kharn begins her charge at Ahriman, Malal shoulders Murderface and moves to evacuate. But Ahriman strikes Kharn down, impaling her with fragments of her shattered chainsword and starts closing in on Malal.

The Culexus procures firearms from Murderface's shield, unloading everything onto Ahriman, and screams at Kharn to get back up before her barrier is penetrated by a bolt of lightning, breaking several of her ribs. Ahriman lifts Malal up and tears her arms from her body, sending the Culexus into a fit of tormented spasms that render her unconscious.

Not long after, Kharn wakes her up with knocks on several body parts, Ahriman lying dead nearby. She realizes her arms are missing, mentioning how this is going to suck and keeps joking around with her friend until the evacuation teams arrive.</spoiler>

===Midori & Miracle Midori===
Malal exists inside Chiaki's barrier for unknown reasons. She meets [[Mirai]] and convinces her to join the search for Chiaki's fragments. They encounter the [[Armored Fragment]] but have to retreat and meet [[Midori]], who already gathered two other fragments. Together they face the armored fragment again and Midori manages to calm t down and convince her to join their cause and even drives off Kharn, who refused to talk to Malal and set her ablaze.

When they encounter the fourth fragment, Midori is killed by the first attack. Malal and the others face the fragment's servants until one fragment defeats the leader and Midori miraculously manifests again to reunite all of them before disappearing again. Mirai asks Malal to use her soul gem to save her friend and the Culexus forces her way to the Blessed Lady and Midori to demand the exchange.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">In Siberia, Chiaki tries to interrogate Mirai Wakaba, but the Tenth Incubator forces his agent to witch out, trapping Chiaki in a barrier. Inside, Malal somehow still exists and encounters Mirai. Being mysteriously well informed as she always is, Malal explains the situation and convinces her to help in trying to find the fragments of Chiaki's psyche.

They wander the place and arrive at the reflection of the Hanegawa ramen restaurant. Scouting outside they fight a fragment of Chiaki, but can't reach out to her in the rain and decide to try again later.

When they return to the restaurant, they find Midori and two other fragments. After talking to Mirai for a while, Midori asks Malal who she is and how she knows so much. The fragments cut into the conversations and explain that she is indeed Malal and indeed dead. The Culexus confirms this and decides not to explain how she ended up inside this barrier, leading the conversation back to gathering the fragments. She admits that they would ideally want all four, but could make Chiaki work well enough with only three to avoid the danger of having the insane fourth fragment kill the others.

Midori requests more information, but Malal states that they have told her everything she needs to know and anything more will not help their cause. The green haired girl then makes a call with her wristwatch and reports the current situation. Malal identifies Souji's voice and cuts into the conversation. He told Midori to forget about Kharn and focus on Chiaki's fragments, but the Culexus refuses to leave her former partner. She promised them a happy ending while she was still alive and wants to use the current chance to make it happen.

She then requests more detailed information about the readings he mentioned to Midori and learns that a powerful signal is approaching them, carrying the original teleporter beacon Chiaki had before. She thanks him and explains Midori that the angry fragment they encountered before is approaching and that their group will have better odds now that Midori and the two other fragments are present.

She asks if they should wait for the fragment to pass or face it head-on, and the green haired Callidus decides to take a chance at facing it. She asks Malal why she tried facing the fragment earlier despite being outmatched, and the Culexus replies that somebody had to try and only the rain, which makes the fragment go berserk due to traumatic memories, caused them to fail.

Malal explains that they are going to fight to subdue and then bring the two fragments in to have something happen. Midori asks how Malal can be sure that anything will happen at all, but the Culexus replies that this is a secret. Just then a bestial roar from outside shatters the windows, hurling glass shards all over the place.

Chiaki and Homura tackle Midori to the ground to take cover while Malal and Mirai jump outside and engage the angry fragment. A feral looking form of Chiaki, it's hands and legs turned into jagged metal even more monstrous than Kharn, heavy plate armor covering her upper body, face covered in scars, wielding a jagged sword as big as herself. Mirai is easily thrown aside by the impact of the jagged weapon crashing into her own broadsword and is only saved by Malal throttling the armored fragment with her crowbar. The two other fragments cling to it's arms, trying to remove the sword, and Midori hugs the spiked form.

Their opponent roars and shakes them off, but loses it's weapon in the process. Malal tells Midori to stand back while the others try to restrain the armored fragment again to focus all her attention on convincing the angry monstrosity. They burst forward but are easily beaten down one after another within a few heartbeats.

Midori manages to reach out to the armored fragments mind, but right after they hug each other in peace, Kharn shows up behind them, bearing her golden chainaxes. Midori and Malal try to dissuade her from starting a fight but the former Warmaster tells her aide's ghost to be quiet, insisting that the Blessed Lady wants this fight to happen. Malal screams at Kharn to remember a promise she made to her, but the Betrayer refuses to listen to what she considers a barrier born phantasm, calls upon the golden weapons power and sets the Culexus ablaze for a moment, leaving her smoldering and unconscious on the ground.

The infuriated Midori manages to drive Kharn off with a heated speech and the Homura and Chiaki fragments help Malal get back on her feet. She wants to press onward right away, but Midori fell unconscious from exhaustion and Homura is seriously injured, so the group takes shelter in the restaurant once again to heal up and rest until the rain stops.

Malal tries to fix the worst damages on her suit with heavy tape while talking to Kyubey. After a while Midori approaches her and asks about Kharn's soul gem in case they have to fight her for real. She wonders why the three fragments are not uniting if they are supposed to be enough and Malal replies that they probably don't want to do it yet. Malal could convince them , although getting the dangerous fourth fragment as well would be ideal for restoring Chiaki in full.

Malal picks up the hat Kharn lost earlier and tells Midori that she made it as a copy of the original one her Warmaster lost during a hard fight before asking whether they will go with three or four fragments. Midori asks if Malal's powers can affect the fourth fragment, but the Culexus is uncertain whether she can weaken the owner of this barrier or not.

She tells the green haired girl that she only needs to get the fused Chiaki and herself out while Malal will try to do something about Kharn before collapsing the barrier from inside, taking herself and Mirai with it as they have no place in the real world anymore. Malal then asks Midori to decide whether to take three or four fragments, who declares that only a full restoration will be any good. Malal then explains that she knows where the fourth fragment is and that the armored one will be the key to surviving the expected blood bath.

When asked if the two of them met before, Malal explains that she went to the Hanegawa ramen restaurant with Kharn and Murderface where Midori helped her father, but that they didn't talk and that people tend to forget about meeting a Culexus. Midori then leaves Malal to take a rest herself.

When the rain stops, the group departs towards the outskirts, the still sleeping Midori carried on Chiaki's back until she wakes to save time. While the sky darkens, they arrive at a graveyard where Malal states that the final fragment is close. At that moment they hear Kharn's chainaxes buzzing nearby, and both Malal and the armored fragment want to claim her as an opponent.

Midori calls Souji and requests that he pilots Tiny Pete to talk Kharn down and get her out. The scientist agrees and Malal mentions that he will be useful in removing one thing to worry about with teleporting Kharn out.

Following the path they arrive at a clearing and find twenty numbered grave stones with shades carrying golden weapons in front of them. The fourth fragment, bearing blinding golden wings and a shield of the same material, her hair tied with a crimson ribbon, stands in the middle. Kharn lies in a pool of her own blood, one arm torn from her shoulder. The fourth fragment mentions that she will still live for a short time and thanks Midori for bringing the other fragments to her.

Midori shouts an offense at the fragment, who turns to walk away while the shades start moving in with the order to kill everyone. As the fight breaks out, Malal unleashes her power, the Animus Speculum's lines glowing red, yet unable to prevent a shade from killing Midori on her way towards the winged fragment.

During the chaotic encounter Malal defeats the shade of the golden scythe wielder and shouts orders at Tiny Pete who breaks through a group of enemies to pick up Midori's broken corpse. Still outnumbered, she acquires the golden broadsword and uses it to fight off any approaching enemy while supporting the injured Mirai with her other arm, working together in an efficient block and stab combination. Nearby Tiny Pete, now dual wielding the golden hammer taken from a shade and his own weapon has teamed up with Kharn, who regained consciousness and wields the combined form of Blood God in her remaining arm.

When Malal notices that the winged fragment is defeated by the one closely resembling the current Chiaki, who keeps smashing the golden shield into her fallen opponents face while laughing manically, she screams at her to stop. She notices the glowing form of Midori appearing behind the fragment and is stunned at the impossible feat, checking to find the green haired girl's body still held by Tiny Pete. Midori stops Chiaki from smashing the shield into the corpse and talks to her before reuniting her soul gem and disappearing again.

With the battle over, Mirai insists on giving her soul gem to Malal so she can exchange it for Midori's life. As the barrier collapses, the Culexus uses her powers to chase after Midori and finds her talking to the Blessed Lady who tells the green haired girl that her soul gem is burned out. Malal interferes by throwing Mirai's soul gem at the goddess, demanding Midori's revival in exchange for Mirai's life.

Midori refuses to use her friends life like this, but Malal doesn't intend to ask for her permission and tells her to make Chiaki stop drinking and abusing pain killers. Midori suggests using Kharn's soul gem instead, but Malal laughs her off, stating that while tempting, living with her sins is a better punishment for the Betrayer. She shouts at the Blessed Lady to hurry up and tells Midori she is glad Chiaki is in good hands.

Midori asks if there is any way to save Malal or Mirai, but the Culexus tells her that some things just can't be fixed and that she's just trying to make things less horrible than they should be. Midori then asks her to take off the helmet before they have to part and Malal agrees to show her face since her powers are unleashed completely to force herself into this place anyway.

She removes the pressure seals and reveals a splitting image of the Blessed Lady, only with pink eyes and short hair. She explains to the utterly confused Midori that the two of them are the same person but at the same time not due to strange timeline mechanics. Her inside knowledge comes from dreams she had ever since she was a child that even told her how to form her contract the right way.

She tells Midori that she left a package for Chiaki with Kharn that will explain a lot of things she doesn't have time to do herself. The Blessed Lady calls them and hands Midori her restored soul gem. Malal suggests not crying when she thanks Mirai and the Blessed Lady explains that her body will be healed enough to sustain life, albeit still injured.

She asks for any last words and Midori hugs both of them before thanking them and promising to take care of Chiaki before being enveloped by light and disappearing, leaving Malal and the Blessed Lady behind.</spoiler>

===MAXIMUM CHRISTMAS===
In a flashback taking place on Christmas one year prior to the quest starting point, Kyoko plans a Secret Santa event and Christmas dinner, but the Officio's leading members cancel it in favor of preparing for the appearance of [[Walpurgisnacht]] one month later.

Malal knows that Kyoko took [[Omegon]] with her to buy gifts and tells her subordinate to buy pineapple salad as her gift. She is later irritated by the reindeer suit the red head made Omegon wear, but still happily accepts her gift, sharing it with the others.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">In a flashback taking place on Christmas the year before the story starts, Kyoko plans a Secret Santa event for her friends, but the leading members of the Officio cancel it in favor of preparing for the appearance of Walpurgisnacht one month later. Kyoko angrily shouts at them and leaves to make preparations on her own.

Malal knows that Omegon/Yuma accompanies the red haired Eversor and, upon sensing her thinking about what gift to buy for the Rank Master, calls the younger Culexus. She tells her to buy some pineapple salad since she feels like trying it.

Later, Kyoko barges into Kyubey's office during a meeting with Malal, Kharn and Mami, pulling a trolley behind her. While Mami asks about the trolley, Malal is irritated about Omegon's appearance, wearing a reindeer suit over her Animus Speculum. Kharn laughs and jokes about making this the new default Culexus look while Malal considers it an offense to her subordinates.

Kyoko tells Malal that she is not making fun of the Culexus, wrapping an arm around her, and explains that they are getting into Christmas spirit before pointing at her stash of gifts. Mami speaks up, but Kyoko cuts her off and demands not to talk about Walpurgisnacht and only allows Maximum Christmas. Kharn understands her excitement but asks her to be more quiet, pointing at the sleeping Incubator, exhausted from tracking Walpurgisnacht over a long time.

While Omegon unloads something next to Kyubey's desk, Kyoko hands out presents to the others. Malal thankfully receives her can of expensive pineapple salad while Kharn makes a huge fuss about her skull servitor gift, shouting happily and hugging Omegon.

Kyubey wakes from the commotion, and promptly jumps on the box containing the CatMaster 3000, rolling around on top of the bag full of catnip. Before departing, Kyoko asks them to set up the cat tower she bought for Kyubey to which Malal agrees, stating that she has the same model in her own room while offering some of her pineapple salad to Mami and Kharn.</spoiler>

===Return===
Malal left a package for Chiaki with Kharn, containing the former Warmaster's skull servitor and a note telling her she will need it and to hand it to Yuma for fixing. A bit of rummaging through the contents of the box reveals an envelope containing a photo and a pink, nearly red, ribbon. The photo is of a pink haired girl in a familiar magical girl costume, showing a forced smile and sideways V sign, taken with her mobile phone camera. The backside reads “Nobody must know my secret. Kaneda Madoka”, a photo of herself apparently.

===Malal Flashback===
The rookie Ekaterina Valnikov was kidnapped and declared dead, but Malal refuses to accept it and sets out to save her, supported by [[Xiaomei Baocun]] from the Seventh Officio. She heads to Varrigan City to meet a local contact, meets her friend [[Nicole Touchdown]] and saves [[Enyo Karasawa]] from a local biker gang on the way.

Malal trades samples of her blood for Ekaterina's location from [[Fran Madaraki]], who also explains what her Warmaster has done to the girl and tells her to ask [[Souji]] for help once she finds Ekaterina. Fran then heads back to her Officio's flagship to oust Warmaster [[Strauss]] while Malal makes her way to where the girl is kept as a test subject.

She convinces Souji that she wants to help Ekaterina and escapes the Blood God's Arena with the unconscious girl and the young scientist. They encounter Strauss and one of her experiments on the way to the docks where the Thirteenth Officio's flagship waits as their evacuation unit, offered by the new Chief Director Madaraki.

Malal destroys the experiment with her magic bow and encounters an apparition of a black haired girl with wings that haunted her dreams in the past and tells her how she will die from her bad decisions. Malal ignores her and continues to the docks, picked up by Madaraki's hired bodyguard Odette on the way.

Madaraki treats Ekaterina on the flagship, and while the berserk devices are removed, the alterations to her body and [[Soul Gem]] are permanent. Malal can't restore her personality and has to piece something together from the few scraps that are left after the torture.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">In a flashback episode taking place five years prior to the quest events, Malal travels to Varrigan City to save a kidnapped rookie. Varrigan City is a dangerous place filled with criminals and refugees, augmented humans and rogue magical girls and said to be one of the worst places in the world. Malal literally coerced Kyubey into allowing the mission and refused his support to make use of her own connections.

After a rough trip with Kyubey's teleporter where she had to force herself out of the warp near the end, she arrives in Downtown Varrigan City and is contacted by her support, Xiaomei Baocun from the Seventh Officio, via her suits communication device. She takes cover on a nearby rooftop to avoid any unpleasant surprises and has the disgruntled Xiaomei refresh her memory of the mission target.

She is to find and save a Vindicare recruit named Ekaterina Valnikov who went missing a few months ago, suspected of being abducted by the Tenth, although no evidence for their involvement was found. She was declared deceased a month ago, but Malal refused to give up, stating that finding her is important.

Xiaomei also informs Malal of her local contact, Professor Madaraki The Second from the Thirteenth Officio and her last known whereabouts and how to best reach her. She tells Malal that the evacuation transport will leave in four hours and reminds her to watch out for the Eighth Officio as she is in their territory.

They end the call and Malal gets up to move out, but is interrupted by a group of punks trying to capture and violate her. Malal thinks about talking her way out, but realizes that these punks, unlike the Yakuza clan she belonged to earlier, don't know honor. She swiftly strikes the leader down with her crowbar, terrifying the rest into submission. She demands a motorcycle, and while the gang doesn't have one, one of them offers to show her where he saw a pair of magical girls riding one not long ago. Malal asks about a description, one of them sounds familiar, and has the punk lead the way past gangs looking ready to start a war.

They arrive in the slums and while Malal identifies the bike as Schpeltiger, the vehicle of her acquaintance Nicole Touchdown, the punk cowardly sneaks away. She decides that Nicole would not mind her borrowing the bike and gets on top, but before she can start it, she was the one who set up its touch screen controls, a different magical girl points a knife at her from behind and demands she gets off.

Malal asks for Nicole, the owner of the bike, but is still threatened and does as the girl behind her demands. The girl asks how Malal knows of Nicole, but as the Culexus realizes she is being threatened with a kitchen knife of all things she unleashes her power, disabling the magical girl with overwhelming sickness.

At that moment Nicole shows herself and recognizes Malal right away, calling her by her family name Kaneda. The american non-magical girl makes fun of her "vomit powers" before asking why Malal came to this area and tried to take her bike. She explains to her old friend that she is on an important secret mission with a four hour time limit and wants to borrow the vehicle. They look back on their past and Nicole agrees to lending Schpeltiger, hands Malal the keys and tells her to park it in a safe location with the keys in the lock box once she is done.

They say goodbye and Malal takes the bike to Redline Highway, heading for Asian Town to meet her contact. On the way Xiaomei contacts her again and mentions a distress signal close by, an injured magical girl from the Second Officio calling for help. Malal decides to check it out despite the possibility of a trap and speeds up, finding a magical girl on a badly damaged bike chased by a group of bikers and a roughly constructed tank like vehicle.

She quickly passes by the gang and offers the magical girl a ride, who jumps on Schpeltiger just in time as her own bike explodes right behind them. Seeing this the gang speeds up and Malal releases a bunch of grenades from Nicole's bike, taking the bikers out and damaging the tank enough to slow them down before hitting Schpeltigers booster and leaving the wreckage behind.

Soon after they reach Asian Town and stop to refuel. Malal takes some beer from the bike's integrated mini fridge and offers a drink in honor of the destroyed vehicle, learning that it was the magical girl's first self made bike by the name of Stranger. The girl thanks her savior and introduces herself as Enyo Karasawa, recognizing Malal as a member of the Ninth Officio by her accent.

She explains that she was challenged to a duel to the death and that the Blessed Lady's Champion of the Second Officio's Black Templars is bound to accept even if a trap awaits. She refuses to reveal her opponents identity, but assures that she has a way to leave the city despite loosing her bike and accepts Malal's offer to help if she really needs it. They talk more over their drinks, Malal using a Culexus trick to do so without opening her helmet.

They depart together and Malal drops her off on her way to Great Wall Street where she meets a white haired girl that leads her to the Professor. She introduces herself as Odette Brighton, Warmaster in training of the Seventeenth Officio, and confirms the Professor's identity with a detailed description. In a typical chinese restaurant Malal meets the sickly looking Professor Madaraki who is in an unusually good mood.

After a bit of friendly banter, the Professor takes a big syringe from a suitcase and asks Malal for a blood sample, stating that Xiaomei arranged it as payment for Ekaterina Valnikov's location. The Culexus contacts her support to ask what this is about, and Xiaomei explains that Malal told her to do anything necessary and that she managed to bargain the Professor out of taking live tissue samples instead.

Malal then agrees to giving Madaraki some of her blood who then explains that Valnikov is held in Casino Town to fight in an underground magical girl fighting scene. She also reveals that the Thirteenth Warmaster is keeping Ekaterina captive and conducts experiments on her. She explains that Doktor Emma Strauss is trying to create a symbiosis of magical girl and witch and used Ekaterina as her prototype, breaking her will, body and mind before grafting pieces of witch flesh onto her body and soul gem.

Madaraki also explains that Valnikov most likely doesn't remember Malal and might attack her with the intent to kill. Malal asks for a way to subdue Valnikov long enough to take her outside the city and the Professor supplies her with a hypogun containing a powerful anesthetic that even works on witches.

When Malal demands that she accompanies her, Madaraki refuses, terrified of the place, and explains that she will lead the ousting of Strauss inside her officio instead. To make up for it, she hands Malal her own ID card to enter the lower levels of the Blood God's Arena in Casino City and tells her to look for a young man names Souji who will help her instead. Malal encourages her by saying that this situation is Strauss' fault and she s right to get rid of her.

The Professor then leaves with her pet Xerxes that has been stuck on the ceiling and Odette while Malal heads to Casino town. The huge banner at the Blood God's Arena tells her that Ekaterina's scheduled opponent is none other than Enyo, the Blessed Lady's Champion she helped earlier. Realizing Enyo would not back down, Malal decides to get Ekaterina out before the fight can start and heads towards the staff entrance.

She uses her anti-magic on a magical girl that's singing and dancing in front of two guards to cause a distraction and slips in, exploring the backstage area. Malal decides to take the stairs down, passes several levels of animal pens filled with what looks like test subjects and finds Ekaterina on the lowest level. The russian magical girl is in a bad state, sedated and chained down inside a cage, covered in blood, wires protruding from her head behind a horned black metal visor.

Malal also spots a brown haired man in a lab coat typing on a laptop and identifies him as the Souji Madaraki mentioned. She knocks on the door hard, startling the caffeine filled man enough to send him jumping towards a shotgun near the desk, knocking his face into the furniture. She tells him Madaraki sent her to take Ekaterina away but the man doesn't believe her and clumsily aims his gun. Malal shows him Madaraki's ID, but he calls it fake and tells her to get lost, threatening to shoot her otherwise.

She tries to reason with him, but he mentions that Strauss said somebody would show up with her story. Frustrated Malal uses her magic to disassemble his gun from afar and reassembles in her own hands, stating that she came to steal Ekaterina from the Thirteenth and bring her back to where she was kidnapped from in the first place. Calming down, she returns his gun, telling him that Madaraki would like fixing his arm if he tore it off misusing it. Proving she knows the professor and not shooting him convinces Souji of her intentions enough to help.

Souji explains that he wants Ekaterina out of there and mentions that she kept repeating one word over and over: Malal. Shocked at this, the Culexus turns away for a moment but decides to keep the fact Ekaterina has been calling for her all this time from Souji. The young man deactivates the cage and explains that while unconscious Ekaterina is harmless since Strauss' implants can't turn her into a berserker while her body is disabled. In order to ensure she doesn't activate them during their escape, he suggests keeping Ekaterina heavily sedated.

Malal asks if they could remove the implants right away, but Souji explains that they need a well equipped operation room for the process and have to remove them from both her body and soul gem simultaneously or their link will destroy both when one is removed. He walks over to inject more sedatives, but at that moment Ekaterina's visor starts glowing red and her claws move behind his back.

The Culexus quickly unleashes her power on the russian magical girl, flinging her back as far as the chains allow and making her collapse. Malal tells the confused young man that Ekaterina's visor lit up, which makes him panic as this means she is supposed to go into the fight. Right that moment he notices footsteps approaching and tells Malal to hide from Strauss' personal goons. The Culexus refuses to hide, stating that she found what she came for and will make her way out right now.

Souji calls her plan crazy but figures that he is in trouble anyway, hands Malal his shotgun and tranquilizes Ekaterina. While Malal takes cover Souji distracts the goons until shutting off the lights and diving into cover so the Culexus can kill the six opponents. Malal kills the goons one by one, announcing each kill in a loud voice, saving the leader for last before telling Souji to switch the lights on again.

While Souji prepares Ekaterina for transport, Malal is contacted by Xiaomei who tells her that the evacuation site is compromised by a large number of hostiles. She tells Malal to take Red Highway to the docks and evacuate on the Thirteenth Officio's flagship Rafflesia with Fran Madaraki's help. Malal wants to talk to the Professor herself and tells Xiaomei to look for an alternative escape just in case. Madaraki is glad that Malal decides to accept her help, assures that they will protect her and do all they can to undo what Strauss did to Ekaterina.

Souji wraps Ekaterina in a big poncho to cover most of her body and they head upstairs while Malal convinces herself that people will remember her by what she managed to accomplish instead of what she did for it. Upstairs in the backstage area they notice that battle has started in the arena and realize that Enyo is fighting Nicole Touchdown instead of Ekaterina. Souji tells Malal that her friend will die in this place, but she ensures that Nicole can take care of her own and that they will more likely wear each other out instead of taking lives.

Outside they find a group of guards beheaded by Wendy Cooldown who needs to talk to Malal, Schpeltiger standing ready nearby. Malal points Souji towards the bike and tells him to get himself and Ekaterina into the passenger seat. Wendy mentions that she had a dream about Kaneda Madoka and needs to ask her something.

She explains that she saw her die with a smile, stating that Nicole likes her a lot and would not like her dying at all. She asks Malal if she really plans on getting killed who returns that she is not planning it, but knows her death is a side effect of what she does have planned. She explains that she wants to make it count and asks Wendy not to tell Nicole until after it happened.

Before they can say any more, a new group of goons shows up to give chase and Wendy holds them off while Malal departs with Souji and Ekaterina on Schpeltiger, remembering that she had a dream about the other magical girl's death, too.

While Traveling on Red Line Highway towards the docks and thinking on how to put the broken pieces of Ekaterina's mind back together, Malal's communication is hacked by Emma Strauss. The Doktor compliments her on stealing both her assistant and experiment and wants to negotiate. She offers to spare Malal's life if she returns Ekaterina, threatening to have her killed by the very girl she wants to save after being passed around as a piece of meat throughout the entire town.

Malal spits an insult at Strauss who claims that there is no escape and that she only offers the trade out of the goodness of her heart. She states that she has other experiments, more dangerous than Ekaterina, at her disposal to hunt the Culexus down and demands her surrender again.

Instead of following the topic any further, Malal asks what makes Ekaterina so special to the Thirteenth Warmaster. Strauss explains that she managed to create a perfect synthesis between magical girl and witch, one who retains conscious thought paired with the power of a living nightmare, the first ever Maerorus.

Malal notices a group of armed vehicles quickly approaching from behind and Strauss announces it as the first bounty hunter force. She offers to call them off if Malal stops and tells their leader that she surrenders herself to Strauss' mercy who is instructed to take her group to the Doktor safely after which the Culexus may leave unharmed.

Naturally Malal declines the offer, thanks the Doktor and tells her that she knows for a fact that she doesn't die in Varrigan City. She signals Souji to hold on tight and releases a batch of grenades unto the pursuers before igniting Schpeltiger's booster, darting forward at a speed high enough to push the new bounty hunters joining the hunt aside with air pressure while Strauss screams in rage. Souji shouts something, but the airstream and engine are too loud to hear.

The moment the booster charge runs out, the bounty hunters far off in the distance, Malal notices a place above them and spots the grinning Doktor Strauss at the rear door who sends a bulky, spiked monstrosity with metal cylinders for hands jumping towards them. Estimating the creature's path, Malal waits for the right moment and dodges at the last second, but loses control of Schpeltiger when her opponent grabs the rear end.

The creature is dragged behind while Malal struggles to force the bike back on track, but is eventually thrown off when it tears the back wheel out. The three riders are hurled across the street and the Culexus taps her power to slow Souji's fall, preventing him and Ekaterina from cracking their heads open upon impact. Malal herself hits the road hard, cracking several bones and nearly breaking her spine.

While Malal starts to heal herself, Strauss who is still on the communication line introduces her experiment “Butterfingers” and leaves him to kill her, laughing as the plane flies off. Malal tells Souji to run for the docks and have Madaraki start fixing Ekaterina right away while she takes care of Butterfingers. He refuses at first but complies when she tells him how he is useless in this situation and starts shouting.

The hulking creature charges at Malal, who struggles dodging his attacks with her damaged body before hitting Butterfingers' face with her crowbar, only to confirm her suspicion that it doesn't hurt him. With her weapon bent, she discards it and dashes away. Strauss ridicules her for running, but Malal replies that she is only getting into range.

She holds out her hand and materializes her magical girl weapon, a big rose stalk shaped bow with a blossom bathed in pink flames, a crimson arrow of compressed energy forming in her other hand. Coming to a stop and turning around, Malal draws the invisible string back and takes aim at the charging monster's glowing chest implant. The arrow stops momentarily, growing bigger and hotter, before continuing even faster, a blinding roaring projectile burning right through Butterfingers' midsection and disappearing in the distant sky.

While Strauss screams in shock and rage at the loss of her creation, Malal's bow disappears and she falls to her knees in a sudden wave of nausea and sickness. Removing her helmet just in time to throw up the black blood surging up on the road instead of inside the suit, she hears a familiar voice behind her.

The black haired girl from her dreams, showing an expression of pure hatred, tells her that the contract is killing her and that all of Malal's plans will be for nothing. She spits at the winged apparition who reminds her that she can't save her if her soul is trapped in a gem and screams, asking why Madoka didn't listen to her.

While Malal picks up her helmet again, not showing any reaction, the other girl is incredulous at how she dares to ignore the one who saved her, grabbing the Culexus' shoulder and exclaiming she loves her. When Malal pulls herself free, the apparition starts crying, begging the pink haired girl to at least look at her after she killed so many people and timelines to be together with her.

As the helmet is put back in place, the Animus Speculum's limiter returns from emergency mode to normal and the apparition is gone. Relieved, Malal considers contacting Madaraki to send a transport for herself, Souji and Ekaterina but is interrupted by the sound of an armed vehicle approaching. But instead of bounty hunters Odette Brighton, the magical girl accompanying the Professor earlier, emerges from the top hatch to offer her a ride.

The canadian Eversor helps Malal tie the wrecked Schpeltiger onto the vehicle and feeds her candy while they drive along the road. Upon reaching Souji, the Culexus pretends to be a ganger to mess with him before getting the young man and Ekaterina on board. While the new passengers sleep, Odette explains that Madaraki sent her back into the city halfway to their original destination, to help Malal any way she can. She overheard gangs talking about the bounty and stole the first armed vehicle she could find, smashing her way through any opposition.

The group eventually reaches the harbor and board the Rafflesia. Madaraki welcomes them and orders a group of Medicae to take Ekaterina into a room and prepare for the procedure after ordering the ship's departure.

Souji is allowed to assist after Malal confirms that he was useful in freeing Ekaterina, after which the Professor asks what the Culexus did to him when he would usually never step outside. Madaraki implies seduction, but Malal reminds her that her suit is barely fitting for this kind of thing and explains how Souji cares for Ekaterina enough to trust somebody trying to save her.

Madaraki tells her about how the Officio successfully ousted Emma Strauss and that she was elected as the new Warmaster, now under the title of Chief Director, and promises not to repeat her predecessor's mistakes. She then hands Malal her phone, explaining that Strauss has been calling for hours an that she wants to leave the pleasure of informing the now ex-Warmaster of what happened to the one who made it possible.

Strauss, assuming she is talking to Madaraki, tells her that Malal is approaching the docks and wants the crew to use the ship's cannons to kill her for taking out Butterfingers. Malal enjoys telling the angry woman that she is fired, who only believes her when Madaraki explains that she is no longer fit for the position due to her unethical research methods and abuse of Officio resources. Strauss screams in rage that the Officio belongs to her and how Malal killed Butterfingers, but Fran only replies that the Culexus has treated him more humanely than the Doktor. She also decides to let her live instead of blasting the city into smithereens as an act of mercy before ending the call.

Madaraki then leads Malal to the operation theater to help with Ekaterina's treatment, explaining that she will introduce her to one Misaka later, who wants to meet a Culexus. Malal also decides to write this day's events down in some way and to get a tablet PC back home.</spoiler>

===Walpurgisnacht===
Months before Walpurgisnacht, Malal is one of the prognosticators predicting the time and location of the world destroying witch's emergence. Her prediction is the most accurate.

Three days before the event, she finds Kharn and Murderface outside, nearly killed by an unknown group. The assault caused Murderface's mind to destabilize and Kharn to nearly witch out. Malal drags them back to the Officio and arranges for the attack to be kept secret to prevent morale from dropping.

On the day of Walpurgisnacht, Malal orders Yuma to check up on Girl A, as the Culexus call Murderface, and to check Silent Room Regalia, alone. She also has her relay a message to Cavefish to have Protocol 8 initialized. Meanwhile, Malal takes care of the Spymaster of the Twentieth Officio, who poses as Kharn for the time being.

Soon, Yuma calls Malal to ask what happened to Girl A, suspecting that she is responsible. The Rank Leader explains that Girl A and Kharn were attacked and that she actually stopped the girl's mind from collapsing entirely, blaming it on the influence of Walpurgisnacht or a trauma from the attack. Meanwhile Kharn is in a state close to both death and witching out.

Two hours later, Malal calls Yuma to ask about her progress, who replies that Kharn's status remains unchanged. She calls her to the assembly hall to continue preparations for the mission.

Yuma arrives late and gets scolded before being introduced to the Black Templars Enyo Karasawa and Raleigh Alondight. In private, Malal explains that she called in some favors to get the Templars to cooperate and that they will do their best to keep Yuma safe during the operation. The Ninth Officio will need her since things will get worse in times to come.

Yuma is upset that Malal accepts that nearly all Culexus will die during this mission, but the Rank Leader explains that she only does so because it is the only way for the plan she worked on for years will work, painful as it is.

The troops of Black Templars line up and Malal tells Yuma to lead them to the teleportation facility where the Culexus are waiting. However Yuma decides that she must tell Malal the truth about what she did. Furious about the betrayal and it's consequences, Malal punches Yuma hard until the Templars pull the apart. The Rank Leader claims that Yuma has doomed them all and departs to salvage whatever she can.

Shortly before the teleportation sequence starts, Yuma sends a telepathic message to ask about Malal's whereabouts and is answered by a panicked message that Kharn is gone, followed by screams of pain and death that spread out to all other Culexus.

Later, Malal arrives on the battlefield the other troops fought for hours. She wields her bow and fires a single arrow at Kharn's witch, returning her back to human form. The unconscious Yuma wakes up to the Rank Leader's voice threatening to kick her awake if necessary. They joke about Malal's strange getup before she explains just a bit of her plan and how she miscalculated that Yuma would act just like herself.

During their short conversation, Malal transforms into a darker version of herself with razor sharp teeth and black wings. Yuma begs to know how she can help Malal's plan, who tells her to look out for Girl A.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Months before the emergence of Walpurgisnacht, the prognosticators of the Officio Assassinorum contact each other again to pool their resources and determine the exact time and place of the event. Malal announced her accurate prediction, and after more discussions and arguing, one time and five places were determined. All Officios, save the First, volunteered most of their active duty roster to the effort of exterminating whatever appears in the key locations.

Three days before Walpurgisnacht, Malal finds Murderface and Kharn outside, nearly dead in the middle of the night, the Warmaster decapitated and ridiculed. While she found no bodies of the assailants, they left a black dagger stuck in Kharn's soul gem that disappeared in black smoke when removed.

Malal dragged them back to the Officio for healing and found out that Kharn is infected by something that darkens her soul gem at a fast rate and hinders the healing process. She locked the Warmaster up in Silent Room Regalia and suggested to keep this event secret, to which Kyubey agreed. Murderface recovered easily, but before she could answer any questions, her memory disappeared.

To prevent Murderface from causing trouble, Malal made her promise not to tell anyone what she eventually remembers, told her to stay in her room and to let nobody other than her and Yuma in. She also promises her something nice if she finishes cleaning a stash of guns before she returns.

During breakfast time, Malal contacts Yuma on a private vox channel to make her run errands and tell Cavefish to initiate Protocol 8. While unfamiliar to Yuma, the huge Culexus would know what to do without an explanation. Yuma is then to check up on Girl A who will sit the Walpurgisnacht operation out. Afterwards, she should go to Silent Room Regalia while making sure that nobody follows her.

Yuma wonders why Girl A is sitting this out, and after messing with her for asking uncool questions, Malal simply explains that leaving Girl A is better for everyone, both in short and long term plans. The Rank Leader then explains that Kharn is in Silent Room Regalia, who should be giving the Eversors their deployment speech. Explaining that this is why nobody must see her, Malal tells Yuma that she counts on her and returns to tending to the “Warmaster” at her speech, surrounded by cheers.

Yuma soon calls her to ask why she reduced Girl A to a weak willed, innocent and slightly confused thing and then joke about how cute she is, screaming and cursing all the while. Malal is caught off guard and splatters her drink all over her helmet and, after cleaning it up, explains that she did not wipe Girl A's memory but instead stopped it from happening and made them return in portions to prevent her from breaking down.

The Rank Leader thinks that her memory is either affected by Walpurgisnacht approaching or by a breakdown after what happened to Kharn. Confused, Yuma asks how anything could have happened to the Warmaster without anyone noticing, to which Malal explains that there is only one way to prevent news from getting out and having the Warmaster in the assembly hall while Yuma should check up on her in Silent Room Regalia.

Taking the hint that a Callidus is at work, Yuma wonders why they go through the trouble. Disappointed that she has to explain something that simple, Malal tells her that morale would suffer greatly if others knew their Warmaster is both near death and near witching out since three days ago. She also mentions that she is fulfilling a promise and tells the doubtful Yuma that she will understand this once she is older, refusing to explain herself further.

The Rank Leader then tells Yuma to go and fulfill her orders. Taking another sip from her drink ,she mentions that while the Spymaster of the Twentieth may be a shallow bitch, her taste in beverage is good. She agrees with Yuma that the Twentieth is not trustworthy, but admits that their own Callidus could not replace Kharn convincingly and mentions that the Spy Master likes the challenge.

Malal then explains how she found Kharn and Murderface nearly dead in the middle of the night three days ago. Thinking about how everything fits together way too neatly, Yuma silently wonders if maybe Malal set the event up and gives up on asking more questions. The rank Leader however figured that she would come to this conclusion and assures that she has no reason to betray Kharn and Murderface. She explains that she expected the event with common sense but did not foresee it with her powers and thus decided to ignore it.

Malal then apologizes for making Yuma go through with her errands and allows her to take some time off to see Haruka after finishing her duties. She tells her subordinate to meet her in the Warmaster's office afterwards and cuts the connection.

Roughly two hours later she contacts Yuma again to ask about Kharn's state. When Yuma doesn't answer, the Rank Leader presses the issue and Yuma tells her that the Warmaster's condition was exactly like she told her about.

Malal considers this a somewhat good sign, seeing how Kharn did not worsen any further and laughs about Yuma's comment that the Warmaster is too hardy and annoying to die, like weed. She mentions that if Walpurgisnacht wasn't so close, she would make Yuma her temporary replacement as Equerry to prepare her to take over once Malal retires. Finishing their conversation, she suggests meeting in the assembly hall to talk to Kyoko before their deployment.

Malal awaits Yuma's arrival in the assembly hall alongside two of the Second's Black Templars and is clearly angry when her subordinate arrives thirty minutes late. Yuma politely apologizes and is hit n the back of her head for getting smart with the Rank Leader. Malal then introduces her to the foreigners with both her suit name and real name, and repeats that they are to protect her so that she can do her job of protecting them inn turn.

Malal then introduces the guests as Enyo Karasawa, Marshal of the Black Templars and High Marshal Raleigh Alondight, joking about the latter's height and wheels for feet. Having them pointed out, Yuma can't help asking about the wheels. Malal warns her about asking, but Alondight calms her down and explains that she has wheels to move as fast as possible, following the First Knight's credo of delivering swift judgment.

Malal signals that they are under time constraints and asks the Templars to gather the rest of their squad while she has a word with Yuma, upon which the Marshals leave the assembly hall. Opening a private vox channel, Malal explains that she called in some favors to convince the Second's Black Templars to join the Ninth in this operation to make use of their special training in group tactics and tenacity.

Malal also explains that she made sure that the Templars do everything in their power to ensure Yuma's safe return since things will get worse for the Ninth and that they will need a reliable Culexus and prognosticator like her. Mentioning that this still only raises the odds and does not guarantee her safety, Malal asks her not to mention this to anyone to keep morale from dropping.

Yuma asks why she was chosen and Malal explains that her plan will not work if it's not done properly and that she can't give it to somebody else because they might get it wrong. Yuma angrily replies that orchestrating her own death is bullshit, but Malal growls at her that she doesn't want to die or see her entire rank die fighting a world ending monster.

Calming down again, she explains that this is exactly what the plan to save the world she has been working on for over ten years will only work this way and that she can only rig it in a way to allow Yuma's survival, nobody else. Nodding in agreement, Yuma stays silent as Malal tells her that her plan goes far beyond Walpurgisnacht and that everything depends on the outcome of this day, once again mentioning a promise she made.

As the Black Templars assemble in an orderly fashion, Malal mentions that the other Culexus should be ready due to Cavefish running Protocol 8 and offers Yuma a chance for some final words before the mission.

Yuma confesses that she never went to check up on Kharn. The Rank Leader silently turns to her, clenching and relaxing her fists with audibly controlled breath. She tells her that while disappointing, her insubordination is easily fixed. Calling her a lying piece of shit, she tells Yuma to make herself useful and lead the Black Templars to the teleportation facility, Malal's anger making her voice short out the vox speakers and broadcast clearly and unfiltered through the room.

Furiously inquiring why Yuma didn't do as she was told while cutting her off every time she tries to explain herself, Malal is interrupted by Alondight. The Black Templar apologizes and points out that they are pressed for time. The Rank leader takes a moment to calm down and tells her that Yuma will guide them while she takes care of something important before joining up.

Alondight bows and starts to drag Yuma off , but the Culexus resists and tears herself out of the High Marshal's grasp despite her warning that her Rank Leader is angry enough to kill her. The wheeled girl grabs Yuma again, but Malal already noticed the commotion and shouts at her. Realizing that words will take too long, Yuma compresses the memories of what she did and forces them past Malal's mental defenses.

Malal stumbles back from the mental assault and freezes in place, gasping at what she saw. Realizing the extent of Yuma's deeds, she is overcome by rage, screams out loud and starts to beat the younger girl. While the Templars hold Malal back, she shouts about how they will all die because of Yuma's selfish actions, how she knew what damage forcing herself into Girl A's mind could cause and doing it anyway, her voice hoarse and bleak over the shorted out vox.

Alondight tries to calm Malal down, who repeats that Yuma's deeds domed them all, wondering how she managed to go from her most trusted subordinate to making everything worse than even the Rank leader expected, in merely three hours. Malal sends her off to guide the Templars while she goes to try salvage whatever is left, apologizing to Enyo and Alondight on the way.

The measures Malal takes during Yuma's absence are yet unknown, but when Omegon mentally contacts her one minute before the emergence of Walpurgisnacht due to the fact that nobody else could reach her, the Rank Leader seems to be dying. Her last words through the screams of fear, despair and death are a warning that Kharn is gone and heading for Walpurgisnacht. She begs Yuma to go and see the mission to slay the world ending witch through.

Hours later inside Kharn's hellish battlefield barrier where almost all magical girls have fallen, Malal appears next to the fallen Yuma with her suit in tatters and lacking a helmet. Her pink eyes and impossibly long hair revealed under a brilliant halo, she wields her rosewood bow and wordlessly tells Kharn to get saved so she can keep her promise. With a single arrow, she defeats the witch and miraculously reverts her friend back to her human form.

Not long after, Malal wakes Yuma up, threatening to kick her awake if necessary. When she opens her eyes, realizing that her helm is gone, the Rank Leader's revealing white gown and inner radiance are quite startling. Sitting down next to the young Culexus, Malal complains about the dress, but claims that they don't have enough time to chat and mentions that they fucked up.

Yuma apologizes and explains that she simply had to prove to herself that Malal was not the monster she thought. Surprisingly the Rank Leader starts to giggle, failing to stop the sound from coming out and explains that she went through a lot of planning but failed to calculate the one thing right under her nose.

The fact that she trained Yuma to be just like her, to think for herself, to do what she thinks is right instead of simply following orders. While admitting that not everything they did was right, Malal tells her that they can only wait and see if her plan will work out right in a few years.

Yuma asks what kind of plan could warrant this much death, comparing it to ritual sacrifice to a bloodthirsty, fake god. With a guilty expression, Malal explains that she knows how cruel this sacrifice was, but did everything she could to change it from the original plan that called for the life of entire Ninth Officio while still not guaranteeing success.

Wiping her tears away, she tells Yuma that she regrets having to sacrifice a hundred people and that it never stopped hurting since she first thought of it. Malal agrees that saving the universe by sacrificing people should not be justified and explains that she accepted to become the kind of monster who can do this from the day she formed her contract. She claims to willingly bear any sin necessary in order to make things right.

As black feathers start falling from the sky, Malal admits to being a bad role model as her dark transformation begins. While crying blood, her eyes turn black, sharp pointed teeth grow in her mouth, her finger turning into brutal claws and skeletal wings grow that attract the black feathers.

During the painful process, Yuma begs her to tell her what to do to help. Malal refuses, claiming that telling anyone would also mean “She” would find out and ruin everything. The young Culexus insists on learning anything, even a little to help, and Malal makes her promise to look after Girl A.

As a hole tears itself open where Malal's heart should be, she states that she can't hold on anymore since she already stayed longer than she should. Reminding Yuma of her promise, she collapses to the ground and pulses a final apology while the storm of feathers blinds Yuma completely.

Meanwhile in the real world, Malal's corpse is still intact. Kharn clings to it, crying and begging for Malal not to leave her. After a while, the Rank Leader receives a proper funeral alongside the other fallen magical girls.</spoiler>

==Trivia==
*As this worlds Madoka, her character design is based on Madoka Kaname from Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
*She always carries a tablet pc with her.
*Kharn had Malal install a kill counter in her helmet to keep track of her Warmasters records, but had it removed again as her own count was always higher, causing arguments between them.
*Malal promised Ekaterina Valnikov's mother to take care of her child when she was dying, hinting that she brought her into the Officio.
*Malal received an invitation to join the First Officio, but turned it down.
*She once refered to Kharn as something you just let happen, like being bitten by a dog.

==NECO Profile==
===Rookie===
<pre style="width: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">NAME: Malal
"This isn’t a place for nosy kids. Go home before you get hurt.”
OFFICIO: Ninth, in Mitakihara City
RANK: Rank Leader Malal
BIO: A superpowered Callidus that joined the Ninth Officio recently. The circumstances surrounding her arrival are kind of sketchy, and nobody really seems to know where she came from. I heard she started pushing her own agenda from the moment she showed up, though…but maybe it’s for the best? Agendas don’t always have to be creepy and evil, right?
ABILITY: Standard Culexus ability – anti-magic – although Malal is super strong, even for a Culexus.
WEAPONRY: A crowbar and a special suit.
STRENGTH C
SPEED B+
MELEE A+(?)
RANGED A(?)
MAGIC SS(?)
TACTICS S+
CHARM D(?)

TRIVIA
-To be honest I have a lot of questions about this one. It’s hard to catch her in action, though.

-It’s really suspicious, the way she swings that crowbar around. She’s pretty much some kind of gangster, right?

-She designed that special suit herself…So she’s a science officer, too? Where did she come from? The moon?</pre>
''"...huh, there's a pretty big typo in this. can't remember if this was an accident or i didn't know the difference..." -NECO''
===Outdated===
<pre style="width: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">NAME: Malal
"This isn't a recorded interview, is it?"
OFFICIO: Ninth, in Mitakihara City
RANK: Equerry of the Ninth, Rank Leader Malal
BIO: An enigmatic magical girl that seemed to appear out of nowhere about three years ago. She’s become a guiding force for the Ninth, with her tactical mind, technical expertise, and snappy wit. One could argue she’s the REAL leader of the Ninth, with Valnikov Kharn acting as a figurehead.
ABILITY: Standard Culexus ability – anti-magic – although Malal is extremely powerful, even for a Culexus.
WEAPONRY: A crowbar…and a tablet.
STRENGTH C
SPEED A
MELEE S
RANGED S
MAGIC SSS(?)
TACTICS SS
CHARM D(?)

TRIVIA
- No one has ever seen her eat or drink, but food disappears around her when people aren't looking!

- Every other Culexus takes the name Alpharius or Omegon. 'Malal' is actually indicative of rank, as opposed to a name.

- Rank Leader Malal's tears can cure cancer. unfortunately, she's never cried.</pre>

==Gallery==
===Artwork by Nicehatguy===
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File:Chikuwa Malal.jpg
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Kharn Valnikov

2014-06-13T15:26:49Z

Crys: Yuma Flashback

<blockquote>''"God Damnit Kharn" -Chiaki Matsuda''</blockquote>
{{Infobox
| imagecaption = Kharn Valnikov
| image = [[image:Kharn Siberia.png|200px]]
| aka = The Betrayer, Katerina/Ekaterina Valnikov
| appearance = [[Thread 35]]
| organization = Ninth Officio
| rank = Research Assistant, ex-Warmaster, Maerorus
| occupation = Magical Girl
| ability = Brute Force
| weapon = Chainsword, Golden Chainaxes
| height = 185 cm
| dob = August 19
}}

==Character Summary==
Kharn Valnikov, also knows as the Betrayer, is the former Warmaster of the Ninth Officio Assassinorum and previous owner of the golden Chainaxes. She trained Kirika Kure and used to be Chiaki Matsudas partner for half a year, and is also the one who named her Murderface.

She is the first ever Maerorus, created by the Thirteenth Officio's former Warmaster Emma Strauss.
===Physical Description===
*A russian girl with black hair down to the waist and entirely black eyes with crimson pupils behind red framed glasses.
*Her skin is almost translucently pale.
*She has a tall slender body.
*Her hands are black metal, ending in long skeletal fingers with sharp tips.
*Her legs seem to end at the knees, where edged black steel armor replaces the rest.
*Chiaki describes her as eerily beautiful.
*Kharns soul gem is a crimson teardrop with pure black gilding, bearing thorns instead of elegant reliefs. On it's base is a golden roman number matching her golden weapon.
*Kharns voice is described as cold and smooth. She has a thick russian accent.

===Personality===
*Kharn radiates an intense killing intent.
*She is usually friendly, cracking jokes frequently.
*She is also quite lewd around women but surprisingly bashful when it comes to her and Souji.
*In combat she turns into a fearsome berserker.
*Kharn is a humble woman who doesn't care for praise and awards as resting on accomplishments dulls the hunger to improve.
*She makes a point of combining duty and pleasure.
*Kharn hates filth.
*She is secretly ashemed of her unusually long tongue, despite it's advances in some areas.

==Character History==
Kharn grew up in a russian gulag managed by her father who raised her as a Valnikov first before a girl. Her mother was a war criminal.

In her five years of active service Kharn spent two years as Vindicare, switched to Eversor in the third, achieved Warmaster Rank in her fourth and abdicated the position in the second half of her fifth year to work with Murderface as partners for six months before voluntarily retiring one year prior to the quest starting.

It's established that Chiaki is responsible for Kharn's retirement, the details are still unknown however. After retiring Kharn transferred to the R&D base in Siberia where she still resides.
===Betrayer & Hunt===
Kharn welcomes Chiaki and companions at the Siberian R&D base, already treats her as the new Warmaster and introduces Souji. She takes the group on a hunting trip but has to cancel it when they find traces of an enemy magical girl. She leaves decisions to Chiaki and follows her command to circle around the enemy to attack her from behind. While Chiaki and Midori face off against the magical girl's horde of bears, Kharn engages her and eventually takes her out, keeping the skull for her collection and the soul gem for interrogation.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Kharn Valnikov greets Chiaki upon her arrival at the Siberia R&D base, telling her she knows about her amnesia. Kneeling before the shorter girl, she submits herself to the new Warmaster whom she will be training herself. She treats Chiaki very friendly from the start, saying she misses the magical girl rituals as well as the city and takoyaki. Spotting Midori, the russian is pleased to see that Chiaki has already taken a subordinate as is expected of a Warmaster.

Kharn apologizes for the messy state of the lab and quarters and introduces Souji, shouting at him a lot. She thanks Chiaki for putting her coworker in place, telling her how she has changed for the better. She shows her guests their rooms, slightly blushing at the notion of her and Souji being a couple and tells Chiaki that they share a room only for convenience. She takes the suitcase with the golden sword and bangles from Midori to lock them into the vault and leaves.

Shortly after, she returns to the living area, and happily devours the takoyaki Midori made. Kharn advises Chiaki to wait with an apology to the upset Midori until the hunting trip as killing huge things together mends friendships. Following Chiaki to Midoris room, she tells the green haired girl that her takoyaki are masterfully done and asks to be taught to make them, pulling her back to the kitchen.

Later outside, Kharn argues with Misaka about what appears to be how many more spikes should be attached to Tiny Petes frame. Souji stops their argument, having Misaka shout at him instead. After he leaves, Kharn tells Chiaki to use this trip to relax, makes a jab at her sleeping with Midori and tells her guests that a team of ten will accompany them to a hunting ground up north where another group is already rousing the bears. She takes Chiaki to a stash of heavy weapony, telling her that the bears in the area are quite big and have been rather vicious lately, even attacking people in huge groups.

After Chiaki picks her weapon, Kharn introduces her to the soldiers as the new Warmaster and highest ranking officer and gives the order to move out. Chiaki asks the former Warmaster what happened between them and how she can still consider her a friend. Kharn answers that it doesn't matter anymore and that she has accepted her fate, having no reason to remember when Chiaki has already forgotten. The only important thing is that she enjoyed their time together. She also mentions a mutual departed friend, but refuses to speak of it any more at that point.

They talk about hunting, coming upon the month old remains of a skier killed by bears, impaled on a tree before eaten alive. Chiaki asks about the argument with Misaka earlier, but Kharn refuses to speak of it. In return, she tells her that her glasses were a present from Chiaki herself before she left active duty.

The hunting party stops, ahead of schedule, and Kharn gives out commands to the soldiers. Apparently a magical girl has shown up, leading a horde of bears, and killed the advance group. She recommends having Misaka and Midori brought back to the base, earning a stream of russian swearing from the young engineer. She tells Chiaki to decide as Warmaster, complimenting her on how well she handles Misaka. She mentions how it is nostalgic to be put against an army with just three people, handing Midori her rifle with a short explanation on its use. She manifests her soul gem, exclaiming that she will have her last swordfight and that she will be taking the enemies skull.

When they find the gory remains of the advance party, crimson fire briefly lights up in front of her left eye before she states that the enemy is further up north, spitting a small amount of blood. She prefers taking her target head on, but leaves the choice to Chiaki, amused at being ordered to take up flanking for once. She tells Chiaki to use their old battle cry as the signal to charge and that she should not shoot the good parts of the bears so they can salvage their meat.

Some minutes later she arrives at a clearing, takes a hiding spot and waits for Chiaki. When the new Warmaster utters the agreed words, Kharn engages Mirai at blinding speed, her chainsword repeatedly meeting her opponents massive blade. An attempt to assault Kharn with a bear is made short of by the russian cutting it right through. A moment later Mirai manages to injure Kharns leg, but is cut into her side and tries to escape. Kharn tells her to get back, a cold laugh in her voice, and gives chase until finally taking her skull.

She contacts Chiaki, stating her current location and examines her prize until the new Warmaster arrives with Midori, telling them that the fight did not satisfy her. She tells them to enjoy their opponents final gift, the warmth of her burning corpse, asking Midori to write the name of her prey on the skull since she is bad with japanese writing herself. She tells Chiaki that reinforcements are on the way and that she retrieved Mirais soul gem for interrogation.

She then notices Chiakis eyes being tainted and asks if she used a golden weapon. She tells Chiaki not to touch them anymore until after the treatment, making Midori promise to watch over her, and assures that Souji and herself will fix Chiaki. When asked about the details, Kharn says that the first procedure is simple but temporary, and if it doesn't work, a second one will change Chiaki, looking at her own metal hands, refusing to say any more. The procedure will be the first thing the next day, and Chiaki should spend the night in someones arms as she might not wake up for a month afterward.

Back at the base, Kharn grills the bear meat while Chiaki and Midori rest in their room. When Chiaki approaches her, Kharn decides to tell her a story about their shared past.</spoiler>

===Kharn Flashback===
During her time as Warmaster, Kharn had to decide on Girl A's punishment for killing three squads from the Third during a joint mission. After listening to her report Kharn decides to give her a new identity and take her as a direct subordinate.

In Ahriman's office, Kharn encounters Madoka, flirts with her and gains her favor, despite not getting personal with her. She meets the Third Warmaster to discuss the steps to be taken, who demands the murderer's life and Mami Tomoe as compensation, but Kharn refuses and decides to kill everyone in the building for Ahriman's offense. She eliminates a hundred subordinates and engages Ahriman, but is hindered by her Equerry Erebus.

After killing the obstacle on a different floor, Kharn makes her way back to take on Ahriman, who gained power from sacrificing her underlings and is giving Malal and Murderface a hard time. The Warmaster severely injures Kharn with her golden weapon enhanced magic, but the russian acquires a golden weapon of her own and defeats Ahriman.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">In a flashback taking place one year and a half before the quest starts, Kharn is still Warmaster of the Ninth. She starts the day in bed with the Fourteenth Warmaster and Malal arriving to deliver her list of duties for the day. When Malal leaves, Kharn wakes her latest conquest with more affections, making her scream loud enough to be heard outside. She shuts Neros speech about enjoying their time together up with a kiss and heads to the bathroom to get ready for the day.

Checking her corruption levels, the Warmaster notices that the darkness that started spreading from her untransformed hands when she turned into a witch and forced it back through sheer force of will some months ago, has spread further again. She transforms and inspects her inventory, containing candy and Neros panties, marking the first of many trophies, before heading out.

Noticing her Culexus guards looking exactly the same as Malal, she asks if either of them is her, to be told that both are called Alpharius. Malal steps out of her room, accompanies the Warmaster to breakfast and briefs her on her appointments.

Girl A, found six months ago in a witch barrier by Mami Tomoe and Sayaka Miki, has been allowed to participate in missions with her guardian. Two days ago, she murdered 21 Eversors from the Third Officio during a joint purge mission. The Third Incubator demands her death, but Kyubey is leaving judgement to his Warmaster. Asking Malal for her opinion, the aide replies that she would give Girl A another chance since the circumstances surrounding the incident are rather suspicious, despite professionally she should be executed.

Kharn decides to talk to Girl A herself, telling Mami who appeals to her on Girl A's behalf that she will listen to her afterwards and only then make her decision. Inside the silent room Kharn demands an explanation and is told that the Eversors called Mami a whore and cowardly retreated whenever they encountered an enemy. On further inquiry, Girl A delivers a detailed mission report up to the point where the Eversor leader said they would ambush Mami's squad and kill everyone except the blonde, to pass her around afterwards. She mentions how satisfying it was to kill their leader with a spiked bat before linking up with the rest of Mamis squad again, the blonde confirming that the Eversors never answered their requests for backup.

When Kharn asks why she didn't tell the full story from the start, Girl A replies that Mami trusted them and that she should be punished instead of the blonde. Mami and Malal mention that a group of supposed captives from the Third was never found, supporting the suspicion that the entire affair was a set up. Kharn then passes her judgement. She takes a knife from Malal and sentences Girl A to death, cutting off her braids and giving her a new name: Murderface.

She returns Malals knife and makes her way to Kyubey, announcing that the Third Officio will be brought down for their betrayal. The Incubator however refuses to allow a full mobilization and decrees that the three Eversor squads death is enough and any further steps will be decided after Kharns meeting with the Thirds Warmaster. He also inquires about Murderface and agrees to Kharn taking responsibility of her, suggesting to seperate her from Mami. Requesting information about the Warmaster she is going to meet, Kharn gets excited at her aparent power and leaves, Malal following close behind.

Outside the office, Kharn sentences Sayaka to penitence duties for abusing Murderface during captivity before departing with Malal and Murderface. On the way, in the companies Warmaster private marauder, Kharn sits close to Murderface, asking her about her relation with Mami.She is told that Mami belongs to Murderface, earning laughter from Malal. She advances on Murderface instead and is told that this would be forbidden love, earning more jeers from Malal and says that Murderface is not her type anyway before asking about her shield instead, impressed at it's powers.

Arriving at the Third Officio headquarters, the group enters an empty foyer, assuming the magical girls have taken position in the upper floors, and boards the elevator heading to the CEO office to meet Ahriman. Upon their arrival, Erebus prompts them to hand over their weapons. Kharn manifests Skulltaker and plunges it into the carpet covered floor, stating that letting somebody else touch it would offend the weapons spirit and impede its performance. She then convinces Erebus that Murderface is a new recruit whose shield is only for defense and that giving it away would be unreasonable.

Right after groping Erebus, Kharn spots a pink haired girl with eyes as black as her own and decides to talk to her before taking care of business. She flirts heavily with the girl who calls herself Faust, but is shot down as she is already spoken for. She tells Kharn that she wanted to meet somebody but realized that she is one of the departed, leaving a breath of a kiss on the Warmasters lips as a token before vanishing without a trace. Murderface tugs Kharns sleeve, telling her that she has been silently staring at a painting for a minute instead of talking, and takes her to meet Ahriman.

Kharn skips pleasantries and confronts Ahriman about her betrayal, the Third Warmaster ignores the accusation and brings up her killed squads, demanding the culprits soul gem and Mami Tomoe as compensation. At this Kharn burst out into a fit of mad laughter before stating that the gem is already shattered and that she will never hand one of her own over as barter pieces. Ahriman taunts her, weapon materialising in her hand, for being corrupted, threatening to reveal her secret.

On that offense, Kharn calls Kyubey, demands full mobilisation and proclaims to kill everyone in the building, no matter what he says. She orders Murderface to retrieve Skulltaker, taking hold of it a mere moment later and charges Ahriman, resounding her war cry. She easily slices through the body of a magical girl jumping in front of her, followed by many more before only the Third Warmaster and her aide remain of the hundred magical girls in the office hall.

Pointing at Ahriman trembling behind Erebus, Kharn exclaims that the staff wielder lacks what it takes to be Warmaster and offers to let the remaining members of the third Officio live if she surrenders herself to execution. As Ahriman tries to run, defended by Erebus, Kharn orders Murderface to stop her, who is then tossed at Malal by the suddenly empowered Third Warmaster. Confident in her new powers granted for sacrificing a hundred lives, the dirty work left to Kharn, Ahriman once again demands Mami Tomoe, now threatening to annihilate both the Ninth Officio and Mitakihara.

Kharn orders Malal to act as anti magic defense while she engages Ahriman and Erebus herself. Erebus steps in, blocking Skulltaker with her katana, and Kharn takes hold of the blade with one of her metal hands, retracts Skulltakers chain teeth and strikes her opponent with the now blunt weapon. This sends her flying through the room, bones shattered, the claws that touched Erebus' blade bleeding.

Charging behind Malal, Kharn waits for her chance while the dark bolts of lightning Ahriman starts throwing are deflected by the Culexus barrier. As both the magic user and Malal collapse from exhaustion, Kharn takes her stance to take Ahrimans skull, but is taken by surprise as Erebus tackles her, both of them falling out of the building.

Kharn thrusts one of her metal claws into the concrete wall to slow their fall and breaks a window with her feet, smashing back into the building. She tosses Erebus, who is still holding on to her, away and gets up, exchanging formal introductions with the red head before fighting her seriously. It takes Kharn only one swing to cut her down, after which she tells the frightened, dying girl that Ahriman will soon follow her and crushes her soul gem under a bladed foot. She takes one of the blood stained prayer parchments from Erebus hair and makes her way back up to where Ahriman and Malal are still fighting.

She throws Erebus' accessory at Ahriman, stunning the corruption twisted form of the Third Warmaster, and signals Malal to get Murderface to safety while praising the red heads fighting spirit and blaming Ahriman for her death. Switching Skulltaker to its devastating Burn mode, Kharn charges the crying Ahriman. Skulltaker collides with an invisible force a short distance from Ahrimans skin, and is shattered by her magic. Several shards of the chainsword impale Kharn, sending her to the ground, paralyzed with pain while Ahriman goes after Malal and Murderface.

At this point, the russian Warmaster hears a voice inside her head, that of the pink haired girl from earlier, offering help. She pulls Skulltakers shards from her body and pulls herself up. As Kharn takes Fausts hand, the pain and exhaustion vanish, perfect clarity filling her mind, golden chainaxes appearing in her hands.

She immediately charges at Ahriman, pushing the now terrified Third Warmaster back with a relentless assault, cutting off her right wing as she tries to escape into the air. Breaking her defense further, Kharn cuts Ahrimans legs off in one swing of Gorefather and kicks the hequin staff away. She pins the crawling girl down with a bladed foot and asks about Mami Tomoe again. Dissatisfied with Ahrimans rambling about the Blessed Ladys True Herald, she finally cuts off Ahrimans head and crushes her soul gem underfoot.

Losing no time, she heads to Malal and Murderface, places her chainaxes on the ground and calls Kyubey for an evacuation team, checking their soul gem purity at the same time. While talking to her Incubator, she knocks Malal awake and jokes around with her until the medics arrive.</spoiler>

===Treatment===
Kharn answers some more questions about Faust and what happened after defeating Ahriman, but refuses to speak of Malal. She then takes Chiaki to the communication room to let her speak to some more people before the scheduled procedure. At night Souji finds Chiaki unconscious in the elevator and decides to start the procedure ahead of time.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">After finishing her story, Kharn answers some remaining questions. She doesn't go into any further detail about Malal, but tells Chiaki more about Faust, telling her to be wary of the dark god's promises. She then recounts the events after the Ahriman incident. The Third Incubator Sanbey claimed that he was not aware of what his magical girls had been doing for months and was only interested in his business side of the Officio. He gladly handed over all remaining troops to Kyubey like it was nothing, much to Kharns irritation.

Afterward, she takes Chiaki to the bases communication room where the new Warmaster in training makes calls to inform her friends of her safe arrival in Siberia and the possible delay in her return. A few minutes later, Chiaki calls her back into the room for a conversation with Kyubey to report about Mirai and the Tenth possible plot, receiving permission to interrogate the girl with the order to kill her if she proves too resistant.

Heading back to the living area, Kharn once again suggests that Chiaki spends the night with Midori before she possibly remains unconscious for a long time. She tells her to give her friends good memories of her before she eventually dies on the battlefield as the chosen of the Blessed Lady are fated to before returning to her own room.

Later, she finds Chiaki unconscious in the elevator and carries her to the room the scheduled procedure is to take place in, securing the Warmaster in training with a series of restraints. Kharn informs her that she and Souji decided to start ahead of schedule upon finding her. She explains that they will implant something into Chiakis soul gem to form a circuit that directs parts of her corruption to something else that feeds on it, refusing details once more due to classification.

When Chiaki mentions the thing in the basement, Kharn assures her that this procedure is the only way to keep her from corrupting further, stating that this solution is better than killing her right away. She also says that the chances of affecting Midori through her link to Chiakis soul gem are negligible and takes messages to pass on to everyone before administering narcotics and starting the process.</spoiler>

===Training===
Kharn examines Chiaki after the procedure and learns that she has amnesia, but states that it should only be temporary. She refreshes Chiaki's memories and decides to continue the schedule and start the golden weapon training. Kharn offers a bet to make it more interesting and easily overpowers Chiaki until the smaller girl unleashes the gauntlet's power and beats her down. But instead of going for an other round, Chiaki yields.

After the training, Kharn suggests interrogating the captured magical girl. The prisoner, Mirai, quickly gives in to the disturbing atmosphere inside the machine but is taken over by her Incubator. Kharn sends Midori back up to have Souji prepare an emergency teleport in case the Incubator detonates Mirai's soul gem, but when the time comes Chiaki is held back and trapped inside the resulting witch barrier.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Some hours after the procedure successfully finishes, Chiaki wakes up to Kharn poking fun at her. Unfortunately, her amnesia has relapsed, making her forget about the procedure, Kharn and her friends. The russian explains that the treatment was successful and the memory loss should not have happened, stating that it might be only temporary. She quickly examines Chiaki, tells her a few things about the current situation and takes her back to the living area of the R&D base where the others are waiting.

After Chiaki tells her friends about the amnesia, Kharn tries to calm the crying Misaka down, but only gets shouted at. Misaka locks herself in her room, Kharn reintroduces Midori and heads into the kitchen to look after Souji.

Later during breakfast, she restates that Chiakis treatment was a complete success and should not have any side effects, temporary or not, telling Souji that they will have to make sure a resurgence of amnesia doresn't happen again during the final procedure. He replies that another treatment might not be necessary, but Kharn insists they should be prepared for it nonetheless.

Kharn then refreshes Chiakis memory about the R&D base and their incubator before deciding to continue their schedule with a training session. Souji voices his concern about using the golden weapons, but Kharn insists on them being available for Chiaki to use. She tells her partner to lead Chiaki to the training area and heads off to change, obviously excited.

In the training area she tells her friend not to mind Souji's behavior, explaining thet he is just worried about a dream he had about Chiaki killing Kharn, who went berserk and murdered Misaka and Midori. She tells Chiaki not to worry, who replies that they can worry about her boyfriends dreams later, making Kharn finally resign and admitting to a more intimate relationship with Souji.

She choses her weapon, a wooden staff, warms up with a set of elegant moves and stances and offers Chiaki a bet to make the training more interesting. Chiaki replies that she doesn't remember anything she could bet, and Kharn decides to bet a package from Malal that Chiaki should receive when she really needs it, and Chiaki should bet a favor for Kharn that she cannot refuse if called to. Chiaki agrees and Kharn calls Midori over to give them a start sign.

Before the green haired girl finishes, Chiaki starts a surprise attack, but Kharn easily blocks the strike and beats her training partner down before saying that she likes how Chiaki can still cheat properly. For the next round, Chiaki approaches the golden weapons, but hesitates to pick one up. Kharn explains that she made sure Chiaki is shielded from the Blessed Lady's influence and impatiently prompts the Warmaster in training to pick a weapon and start fighting again.

Chiaki touches the weapons in order and tells Kharn about voices and feelings she is perceiving from them, and the russian explains that they still know very little about the golden weapons, but that the voices and visions are harmless echoes best to be ignored. When Chiaki asks what they do to Kharn, she replies that she felt as if she could fight without end until the effect eventually faded over the years, replaced by a vision of her death against a monstrous foe.

She picks up the twin chainaxes while Chiaki puts on the bangles, fumbling about until they transform into giant gauntlets. Chiaki mentions that she suddenly remembers some names, but is in no rush to go back to her past self, calling herself a good for nothing excuse of a magical girl, which angers Kharn who considers the past Murderface an important friend. She shouts a command and the weapon racks are removed from the area to make way for a more fierce match.

This time the russian starts a surprise attack before Midori can give the signal, impressed that Chiaki manages to block her opening attack. After Chiaki manages to catch the second attack, Kharn unleashes a furious flurry of blows until she penetrates her oponents defense and hits her shoulder. She explains how her weapon works, telling Chiaki that she will not cut off her arm if she gives up. A purple flame appears in front of Chiakis left eye and she moves much quicker and stronger than before, removes the chainaxe from her shoulder and punches Kharn across the room with a massive fist.

She gets up again, gives the round to Chiaki, congratulates her on figuring out how to use the weapon properly faster than she did herself, and taps into her own weapons power, crimson fire dancing in front of her left eye. She demands a final round without holding back, however Chiaki decides to give up on Midoris request, giving the victory to Kharn. The russian is disappointed, but accepts Chiakis decision, patting her shoulder and stating that she never fails to surprise her. She returns the chainaxes to the weapon rack and tells Chiaki to keep the bangles to acclimatize them and to ask the girl inside for her name.

Back in the living area Misaka approaches Chiaki again, burying her face into her stomach, crying. Kharn leaves the situation to the Warmaster in training and leaves to take a quick shower. Upon returning, she finds Chiaki calming Misaka down but fumbling with her words. She silently forms words to help Chiaki out, telling her to be a big sister to the young girl. As Misaka leaves, Kharn warns Chiaki that chosen of the Blessed Lady should be careful with promises like that. She returns the soul gem that she held on to during and after Chiakis treatment, explaining that the changes in look are harmless.

She suggests starting interrogating the captured Mirai Wakaba soon and that Chiakis return to Japan was moved ahead. On the way to the interrogation room, Kharn and Midori fill Chiaki in on her current Officio background and the situation with Mirai. Inside she explains how the surrogate body, an old looking PC, works, assuring that it has powerful technology inside that betrays its look.

Kharn pushes Chiaki to start the interrogation, assuring her of its safety and explains that it works just like a chatroom. She leans on Chiaki during the interrogation, reading the text on the screen, explaining that being placed in this device is quite disturbing. All senses are disabled, only allowing the text on the screen to be perceived, which creates enough pressure to make lying nearly impossible.

Mirai quickly gives in, begging to be released, but then another user appears in the conversation, surprising Kharn as this shoulod be impossible. She reaches out to remove the soul gem from the machine, but stops as the intruder threatens to detonate the gem if they sever the connection. Kharn states that the elevator doors would withstand an explosion, but might close behind them, making this an interesting gamble. The Tenth demands Midoris return, but Chiaki tells him that she belongs to her and Kharn laughs, stating that she learned her second lesson as Warmaster.

While Chiaki keeps talking to the Tenth, she asks if Kharn has any countermeasures in case things get ugly, and she replies that Souji is infomed and a short range teleporter is prepared. She sends Midori out of the room into the elevator, handing her keycard over and explains that the teleporter is set to bring them next to her, instructing Midori to head up no matter what.

Chiaki types her reply to the Tenth and forces Mirais soul gem out of the machine, but the incubator already did something as it fills with darkness, transforming the magical girl into a witch. The teleporter brings Kharn out on time, Chiaki however is left behind and swallowed into the barrier.</spoiler>

===Midori & Miracle Midori===
Kharn is devastated by leaving Chiaki, mumbling incoherent things and is sedated by Souji. While Midori infiltrates the barrier to save Chiaki, Kharn manages to escape the silent room and enters the barrier herself. She finds the Blessed Lady and starts searching for Chiaki's fragments to fight them.

Midori prevents Kharn from attacking the armored fragment by slapping her and shouting how selfish she is and that the Blessed Lady doesn't care about her, making the Betrayer retreat. Later Kharn engages the fourth fragment but is defeated. While Midori's group engages the fragment's servants, Kharn regains consciousness and fights alongside Tiny Pete.

Back in the real world Kharn is sentenced to live with her betrayal instead of getting the easy way out by means of execution. She is also ordered to marry Souji, who argues with her for a while about her behavior before embracing his partner.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Up in the living quarters, Kharn is taken to the couch by Souji, speaking different languages incoherently, stating that the Blessed Lady is displeased and wants to take her Chosen back. While Midori and Souji try to figure something out, Kharn cries pitifully about leaving Chiaki to face the Blessed Lady alone. Souji injects a silver liquid into her neck, causing her body to relax and the rambling to stop before she eventually falls asleep. He explains that she will be all right after recovering in a silent room for a while.

Not long after being locked up, she recovers from the drug, escapes the silent room and uses the base's teleporter to enter the witch barrier. Inside she finds the pink haired goddess in bad shape and offers her service, supporting the Blessed Lady.

After a while Kharn finds Midori's group and the armored fragment of Chiakis psyche and demands to fight her. Malal tries to stop her, but Kharn exclaims that the Blessed Lady has chosen her as the Betrayer and wants her to fight the armored fragment. Malal screams at Kharn to remember a promise she made to her, but the Betrayer refuses to listen to what she considers a barrier born phantasm, calls upon her golden weapon's power and sets the Culexus ablaze. While the flames die out on the unconscious magical girl, Kharn admires the armored fragments perfect from as a tool of war before telling Midori to get out of the way.

Filled with rage, Midori walks past the armored fragment towards Kharn, unconsciously transforming into her magical girl from, and slaps the former Warmaster twice, hard enough to knock her hat off, and screams in anger and frustration. Stunned Kharn steps back and tries to justify her actions as the Blessed Lady's will, but Midori doesn't let up and exclaims that the Blessed Lady never never cared about her, that all she ever cares about is Homura. She tells the shocked magical girl that none of them ever had a chance against their connection and reminds her of how she is throwing away everything she built up with Souji. She calls the scientist with the teleport beacon and prompts Kharn to tell him about it herself, but the russian can't bring herself to do it and retreats, her fighting spirit broken.

Some time later, Kharn arrives at a graveyard and challenges the fourth fragment in one final act as the Betrayer, but is mercilessly defeated and left to bleed to death with an arm torn from her shoulder. During the course of the fight between Midori's group and the fourth fragment's servants, Kharn regains consciousness and fights alongside Tiny Pete, wielding the combined Blood God in her remaining hand, effectively fighting off their enemies. Closeby, Malal and Mirai are holding their ground. The fragment that closely resembles the current Chiaki manages to defeat the winged fourth one and Midori, who miraculously appears after dying while Kharn was still unconscious, manages to fuse the four fragments back together.

Back in the real world, Kharn lies in the ruined interrogation room, holding the wound that used to be her right arm, with Tiny Pete standing watch next to her. She is in bad shape but recognizes Midori and Chiaki and tells them to carry out the death sentence for her betrayal quickly before Souji and Misaka can return. Chiaki is silent, seemingly considering her request, but Midori calls her an idiot and shuts the Betrayer's protests up. The aide suggests to punish Kharn by having her live with her crimes to which Chiaki agrees and orders the former Warmaster to marry Souji as part of her sentence.

Kharn claims that she can't possibly face Souji again but Midori tells her that he is already in the same room. While Kharn looks around in shock, Chiaki tells Tiny Pete to reveal his pilot. To their surprise they find Misaka instead, just as her brother walks in through the door with an ice pack to his head, removing the electrical tape he was apparently tied up with. He explains that Misaka knocked him out before he could board the Terminator and asks to talk to Kharn.

Midori suggests leaving the two of them alone and leaves the room with Chiaki, who is carrying the sleeping Misaka. Kharn tries to explain her behavior but Souji keeps dismissing her reasons. They shout at each other for a while before Kharn eventually breaks down. Souji slaps her tree times before talking in a low voice to which Kharn replies in a murmur, and they embrace each other.</spoiler>

===MAXIMUM CHRISTMAS===
In a flashback taking place on Christmas one year prior to the quest starting point, Kyoko plans a Secret Santa event and Christmas dinner, but the Officio's leading members cancel it in favor of preparing for the appearance of Walpurgisnacht one month later.

Some time after angrily taking off, Kyoko returns to the Officio and gives out presents to her friends, accompanied by Omegon. Kharn receives a skull servitor personal assistant that floats around it's master and takes notes and such. The Warmaster is overjoyed.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">In a flashback taking place on Christmas one year prior to the quest starting point, Kyoko plans a Secret Santa event and Christmas dinner, but the Officio's leading members cancel it in favor of preparing for the appearance of Walpurgisnacht one month later. Angry at her friends, Kyoko shouts and leaves the Officio building.

Kharn justifies her decision with the entire Officio being tense and setting a good example by training instead of playing around.

Later, Kyoko barges into Kyubey's office during a meeting with Malal, Kharn and Mami, pulling a trolley behind her. While Mami asks about the trolley, Malal is irritated about Omegon's appearance, wearing a reindeer suit over her Animus Speculum. Kharn laughs and jokes about making this the new default Culexus look while Malal considers it an offense to her subordinates.

Kyoko tells Malal that she is not making fun of the Culexus, wrapping an arm around her, and explains that they are getting into Christmas spirit before pointing at her stash of gifts. Mami speaks up, but Kyoko cuts her off and demands not to talk about Walpurgisnacht and only allows Maximum Christmas. Kharn understands her excitement but asks her to be more quiet, pointing at the sleeping Incubator, exhausted from tracking Walpurgisnacht over a long time.

While Omegon unloads something next to Kyubey's desk, Kyoko hands out gifts to the others. Kharn unwraps her present doubtfully, expecting a joke item like Malal always gives her, but bursts into excitement when she discovers the skull servitor. She happily states that she always wanted something like this and hugs Omegon tightly, thanking her and Kyoko for the wonderful gift with tears in her eyes.

Kyubey wakes from the commotion, and promptly jumps on the box containing the CatMaster 3000, rolling around on top of the bag full of catnip. Malal opens the pineapple salad and offers some to Mami and Kharn. After letting go of the young Culexus, she starts reading the instruction manual right away.</spoiler>

===Return & Warmaster===
Before Chiaki returns to Japan, Kharn hands her a gift left by Malal. Back in Mitakihara, Chiaki discovers the old Warmaster's very real skull throne as well as her impressive trophy collection.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">The night before Chiaki returns to Japan, Kharn and her get very drunk, giggling and raging about everything and almost get into a fist fight before wobbling back to their quarters. The former Warmaster apologizes for being a horrible person, to which Chiaki reacts by patting her head.

Before Chiaki boards the plane, Kharn hands over her own golden weapon and a small box, taped shut tightly, property of Malal with a few things of her own added to it.

Alongside her old skull servitor REMOV, the former Warmaster passes on her cap, the sign of her office, and a letter of apology, despite her policy of never apologizing. She writes that she realized that it is better to die for someone else than for yourself and that she is proud to have Chiaki as a friend. She also gives her own Ushanka as a souvenir, Souji dislikes the smell of bear and said it is not a hat fit for a mother, hinting at her being pregnant.

Chiaki later finds out that Kharn was not joking about building a throne of skulls as she finds it in the old Warmaster's office. Built from 300 skulls with that of Ahriman at the very top, the intimidating furniture sits behind the Warmaster's desk.

Kharn also kept her collection of panties in her office, hidden behind a bookcase. Each piece laminated and labeled with name and age of the girl, as well as time and place it was collected, all neatly laminated and stored. Chiaki decides to take the trophies down to send them to Siberia.</spoiler>

===Malal Flashback===
While she was still a rookie, Ekaterina was kidnapped and put through torture and experiments by the Thirteenth Warmaster who wanted to create a symbiosis of magical girl and witch. Strauss succeeded and turned Ekaterina into the first known Maerorus by drafting witch flesh onto her body and soul gem, alongside a series of implants to control her.

Malal came to her rescue and Professor Madaraki from the Thirteenth removed the implants as thanks for the Culexus' assistance in removing Emma Strauss from the Officio. Unfortunately the changes made to Ekaterina's body and soul turned out to be irreversible and Malal could only piece together a new personality from the few scratches that were left after the torture.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">In a flashback episode featuring Malal that takes place five years prior to the quests starting point, the young Vindicare recruit Ekaterina Valnikov one day stopped coming to training. It was suspected that the Tenth Officio abducted her, but no evidence was found and she was declared deceased after a few months.

A month later, Malal starts a mission to find and rescue her in Varrigan City. It is later revealed that she underwent torture to break will, body and mind before being used for cruel experiments by the Thirteenth Warmaster, Doktor Emma Strauss, in her attempt to create a hybrid of magical girl and witch. The Doktor succeeds and makes Ekaterina Valnikov the first known Maerorus, a magical girl that gains witch powers and retains her personality and conscious thought.

She grafts corrupted witch flesh onto Ekaterina's body and soul gem and makes her fight in the Casino Town underground magical girl fighting circuit. Utterly broken the girl kept on saying a just a single word: Malal.

On the day Malal comes to rescue her, she is scheduled to fight the Blessed Lady's Champion of the Second Officio's Black Templars. When Malal infiltrates the arena grounds, she finds Ekaterina sedated and chained down in an elecrtified cage. A crest of metal wires protruding from her skull, covered by a horned black metal visor encircling her head in addition to what has been done to her arms and legs. Her blood covered and torn uniform and hair evidence of the abuse she went through.

While Valnikov is still unconscious, Malal convinces Souji, who also wants to save her, to cooperate. The young man disables the cage and moves in to inject more sedatives, but at that moment Ekaterina's visor starts glowing red and her claws move in from behind his back. Malal quickly unleashes her power on the russian magical girl, flinging her back as far as the chains allow and making her collapse.

After Malal takes care of approaching goons coming to take Ekaterina to the arena, Souji tranquilizes her and wraps the girl in a poncho to hide her features. The group makes their way outside and departs on a fast bike towards the docks for evacuation.

On board of the Thirteenth Officio's flagship Rafflesia, Ekaterina is taken to an operation room and prepared for removing Strauss' implants. The Thirteenth' new Warmaster, Souji and Malal work together on the procedure and later, the Culexus tries to heal her mind. As a side effect of this, her memories of this time are wiped out.</spoiler>

===Walpurgisnacht===
Three days before the emergence of Walpurgisnacht, an unknown group attacks Kharn and Murderface in the middle of the night when they sneak out to get drunk. They put up a fight, but are overwhelmed in the end and Kharn is stabbed with a mysterious black dagger.

Malal finds them and takes the pair back to the Officio for treatment, but Kharn's state remains critical and her soul gem corrupts rapidly, keeping her close to witching out constantly.

Mere minutes before the predicted emergence of Walpurgisnacht, the Warmaster turns and transports herself to the egg of Walpurgisnacht. She twists the area into a hellish battlefield and relishes the battle between her daemons and the arriving Black Templars and Culexus troops.

Hours later, the Templars lead a charge against her, but fail to defeat the witch. She turns around to face a powerful foe charging up an attack behind her and is stopped by Yuma and Cavefish putting up a shield. She breaks three shields upon which Mordred escapes, but Yuma manages to shatter Kharn's giant blade in a desperate struggle.

When Yuma collapses, Malal shows up, wielding her magic bow and fires a single arrow that miraculously transforms the Warmaster back into human form. When she regains consciousness, Kharn finds her friend dead. She clings to Malal's body and begs her not to leave her alone until the body is eventually taken to the mortuary.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Three days before the emergence of Walpurgisnacht, someone attacks Kharn and Murderface in the middle of the night when they sneak out to get drunk. They are hit by a large group of Callidus and, while they kill a great number, eventually get overwhelmed by their numbers and their own drunken state.

Murderface goes down first and Kharn, fighting with silent determination to save her friend instead of the usual bloodthirsty laugh, is hit by a black dagger right in her heart. The assassins decapitate the Warmaster and place her head in her lap in a vulgar fashion before cleaning up behind them and leaving, no trace of their presence remaining.

Malal finds the pair and drags them back to the Officio for healing, where they find out that the dagger infected Kharn with something that inhibits healing and darkens her soul gem quickly. Due to Kharn's state, she is locked up in Silent Room Regalia, the strongest prison the Ninth has. Kyubey agrees that this matter is to be kept secret from the rest of the Officio to prevent it from affecting the upcoming Walpurgisnacht mission.

Mere minutes before the emergence of Walpurgisnacht, Kharn witches out. Malal tries to stop her, but cannot stand against the Warmaster's power and is eventually killed. Meanwhile Kharn makes her way to Walpurgisnacht to revel in the slaughter that is to come.

Kharn's new form is a gigantic demon of black steel limbs veined with molten bronze, spiked leathery wings, black razor teeth and eyes full of cruelty and murderous hunger. Clad in spiked armor adorned with rattling skulls, she sits upon an enormous spiked bronze throne, her golden chainaxe resting on her lap, a giant black sword with burning golden runes clutched in her fist. Like an incarnation of war, the witch towers over a screaming field of slaughter filled with bones, flesh, raining blood and a host of Daemons.

After a few hours of watching her demonic troops fight kill the group of Black Templars and Culexus, the remaining magical girls charge toward Kharn in challenge. She rises from her gigantic throne, graceful and confident as always, and starts killing them easily. Her power is even greater than before, but she gave up on her playfulness and slaughters her prey immediately instead of giving off a fake feeling of having a chance.

While the Templars try their best to kill her, Kharn laughs and turns around to face a group of three, rising her black blade in challenge toward a rising pillar of energy emanating from Mordred's sword. The witch brings her weapon down on them, shattering the shield the two Culexus put up three times until one of them dies and Mordred runs away in terror.

The remaining Culexus, Yuma, raises her hands in a desperate burst of power and manages to stop Kharn's sword in place. Putting everything she has into it, she makes the black blade crack, a sound echoing across the battlefield, earning a disbelieving breath from the witch. With a laugh, Yuma clenches her fists and Kharn's sword shatters, it's pieces spreading in all directions and impaling the screaming horror.

Out of nowhere, Malal walks up to her, suit torn and without helmet, revealing pink eyes and impossibly long pink hair under a radiant halo. A flaming rosewood bow in her hands, Malal wordlessly tells Kharn to get saved so she can keep her promise. With a single arrow, she defeats the witch and miraculously reverts her friend back to her human form.

The barrier collapses and reveals a snowy clearing, still filled with blood and bones. Kharn discovers the corpse of her best friend and keeps holding it while begging her not to leave her. When Malal's corpse is taken to the mortuary, Kharn fights hard not to be separated, but eventually has to let go.</spoiler>

==Trivia==
*Kharn's character design is based on Black Gold Saw from Black Rock Shooter.
*Kharn is a reference to Kharn the Betrayer, champion of the Chaos god Khorne from Warhammer 40k. She shares some character traits with him, as well as the choice of weapon.
*The name Valnikov is likely a reference to Andrei Valnikov from Black Marble, a cop who partnered up with a no-nonsense woman plagued by nightmares, much like Chiaki.
*She has an insatiable apetite for takoyaki and Jolly Roger candy.
*She never managed to bed Mami and never quite got over that.
*Her chainsword Skulltaker is two meters long, weighs ten kilograms and has two rows of teeth. It is painted black with a few golden bits, the handle wrapped with leather and tipped with a screaming demon skull. It has three settings: Kill, Maim which moves the teeth in opposing directions, and Burn which is Maim but on fire. Kharn takes loving care of her weapon.
*The weapon's name is a reference to Skulltaker, a Bloodletter and Herald of Khorne. Much like the Kharn in Magical Girl Noir Quest, Skulltaker is known for collecting the skulls of his enemies, which are then carried in a great sack until he can present them to Khorne.

==NECO Profile==
<pre style="width: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">*ROOKIE*
NAME: Ekaterina Valnikov
-None on record.-
OFFICIO: Ninth, in Mitakihara City
RANK: Vindicare
BIO: A rank and file Vindicare that would ordinarily be kind of unremarkable. Apparently she grew up on a gulag in Siberia and already knew how to shoot and everything before becoming a magical girl, but…maybe this is one of those ‘the real thing is a lot different from the rifle range’ sorts of things? She’s kind of infamous, from what I’ve heard… b-but, she’s kind of cute, isn’t she?
WEAPONRY: Mostly the butt of a rifle.
STRENGTH A
SPEED B+
MELEE A
RANGED C+
MAGIC ??*
TACTICS D
CHARM D(?)
*it’s tied tight into her basic abilities, so it’s really hard to determine

TRIVIA
-Normally I wouldn’t be worrying about rank and file like Ekaterina Vanikov, but some people are interested in her?? I heard Rank Leader Malal went through hell and high water just to save her, so she must be important.

-Apparently she’s kind of a…failure as a magical girl, a lot of the time? She’s clumsy and I heard she drops her gun about every other time she tries to reload it. Then she starts hitting people with it instead of trying to shoot them, though. Once she goes a little crazy, everything comes up golden for her. It’s a pretty weird talent.

-She sort of reminds me of a girl at my school. I don’t really know her name or anything, but she smells weird and hides under one of the stairwells at lunch.

BONUS?

-She was thought to be dead in Varrigan City until the rescue operation Rank Leader Malal mounted to save her. She came back, sure, but she came back…different. Hungrier. More vicious.</pre>

==Gallery==
===Art by Deculture===
<gallery>
file:Kharn Siberia.png|Research Assistant Kharn
file:Kharn pre Murderface.png|Kharn as Warmaster of the Ninth
File:Kharn title.png|Quest title page during the Kharn flashback episode
File:Kharn title 2.png|Quest title page during the Kharn flashback episode, now with Warmaster hat
</gallery>
===Art by Nicehatguy===
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file:Chikuwa Kharn.jpg
</gallery>

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[[Category:Ninth Officio]]

Haruka Amane

2014-06-13T15:23:48Z

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{{Infobox
| imagecaption = Haruka Amane
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| occupation = Magical Girl
| ability = Precognition, Seeing
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==Character Summary==

===Physical Description===
===Personality===
*Haruka is a believer of the Blessed Lady.
*She believes that intentions matter more than actions themselves.

==Character History==
===Walpurgisnacht===
On the day of Walpurgisnacht, Yuma visits Haruka in her silent room. The Culexus cries into her friends shoulder and confesses the sin she committed, desperate to find peace with herself. Haruka tells her that she did the right thing under the circumstances and assures that she will always accept her.

After the events of Walpurgisnacht, Haruka tries to invite Yuma to have tea with her, but the Culexus locks herself into her room and completely ignores everyone for a long time.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Shortly before a big mission is about to be launched, Yuma bursts into Haruka's silent room. The Culexus tears her helm off and throws herself at her friend, crying into her chest. Haruka whispers soothing words and runs her hand through the young girl's hair until she finally calms down and retrieves her helm. Handling her like a child, wiping away her tears, she wonders what happened to make her friend cry, something she never saw her do before.

The seer is aware of the upcoming mission and the danger involved, but mentions a feeling that something else caused her friend this grief. Yuma decides to confess her sins to her friend, under heavy sobs and hurried to get it out, unable to look at her afterward.

But Haruka tells her that she was right, that she needed to know and that Girl A's promise is no justification for hiding information. She tells her that Malal would want her to verify herself information instead of simply accepting what she is told when lives are at stake.

Admitting that she often forgets just how young Yuma still is, Haruka tells her to share her burdens with her and to let the feelings of guilt go. While hurting Girl A was bad, she is still alive and will recover, unlike those who are dead. Placing a kiss on her forehead, Haruka assures her friend that she will forgive her as many times as necessary even if she can't forgive herself.

Yuma is relieved of the crushing feeling of guilt and returns her friend's smile. Haruka tells her that there will be times when they have to do things that look wrong at first, but she is convinced that the intention matters more.

Admitting that she is more of a burden to the Ninth Officio than a boon, she is glad that she could help her friend. Both of them blushing, they agree to take the kiss earlier as a good luck charm and look forward to drinking tea together once the upcoming mission is over.

Before leaving, Yuma asks if Haruka is still angry at Girl A for murdering her comrades, pointing out the hard edge in her voice when mentioning the name. The seer explains that while she is still angry, she believes that she might forgive her someday. With Haruka's good wishes and prayers, Yuma leaves her alone.

After the events of Walpurgisnacht, Haruka tries to invite Yuma to have tea with her, but the Culexus locks herself into her room and completely ignores everyone for a long time.</spoiler>

==Trivia==
*Haruka is from a side story written by Nicehatguy on Beast's Lair, and some of the answers are in that. It is currently not completed.

==NECO Profile==
<pre style="width: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">NAME: Amane Haruka
"*Omegon*-san? What day is it? Is she coming today? Am I going to die today? But it can't be today... the tea isn't ready yet."
OFFICIO: Ninth, in Mitakihara City
RANK: Vanus, Prognosticatrix (that is so fun to write)
BIO: A seer formerly with the Third, the sole survivor of a group that got wiped out by one magical girl on one bloody night a few years ago. It’d be kind of romantic, if it weren’t so traumatic. (Traomantic?) She’s been holed up in a Silent Room ever since then, patiently awaiting her own demise.*
WEAPONRY: Mirrors, but she doesn’t really do weapons.
STRENGTH D
SPEED C
MELEE D
RANGED C+
MAGIC S
TACTICS S+
CHARM S

TRIVIA
- Apparently she scares easily and can’t stand ghost stories. That seems pretty weird for a magical girl, but maybe that’s just what seeing into the future does to you…

- On the other hand, she really really likes Western fairy tales, and black tea. Or she just hates green tea…? It’s really hard to get info on people like her, but there was definitely something about tea.

- She and Omegon have a pretty close relationship. When you’re only allowed to see like, one person, then that person becomes the world to you, right?

*that sounded pretty dramatic, right?</pre>

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[[Category:Third Officio]]

Enyo Karasawa

2014-06-13T15:15:48Z

Crys: Yuma Flashback

<blockquote>''"If you are ever in need of help, Miss, then I, Karasawa Enyo, will come to your aid just as quikly as you did to mine."''</blockquote>
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| rank = Black Templar Marshal, Blessed Lady's Champion
| occupation = Magical Girl
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| weapon = Sword, Mechanical arm with chainsaw attachment
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==Character Summary==
===Physical Description===
*A girl with a black bob cut.
*Her right arm is mechanical, deliberately oversized and intimidating.

===Personality===
*Enyo keeps up a formal, polite face at all times.
*Even with that, she is a cheerful girl who cares for her friends and family.

==Character History==
Enyo Karasawa is the second child in a family of four daughters, a branch family of the famous Karasawa line. Her parents and siblings are unhappy with her choice of enlisting in the Second Officio, much less about joining the Black Templars. While she is disowned, she still loves her family and worries about her sisters.

She lost her right arm in an accident that made it impossible to recover, even with magic. It was replaced with a mechanical one afterward.
===Malal Flashback===
In response to a challenge, Enyo heads to Varrigan City where she is attacked by a local biker gang. [[Malal]] saves her just as her own bike explodes and takes her along for a bit. They have a friendly conversation, get to know each other and part ways again. Later Enyo fights [[Nicole Touchdown]] in the Blood God's Arena.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Five years ago, Enyo received a challenge fr a duel to the death. As The Blessed Lady's Champion of the Black Templars, she is duty bound to accept and heads to Varrigan City. On the way to her destination, she is attacked by a local gang, both herself and her motorcycle taking considerable damage, causing an automated distress signal.

On Redline highway she is saved by a Culexus riding a huge white bike who quickly passes the bikers and their armed vehicle and offers her a ride only seconds before Enyo's own bike explodes. With the bikers catching up, she releases a bunch of grenades, to the surprise of her passenger who starts praying to the First Knight, and ignites a booster that accelerates them to an insane speed.

At a gas station in Asian Town, the Culexus passes Enyo a can of beer and asks about her bike. She tells her savior about “Stranger” and how it was her first bike, put together by her own hands. While Enyo usually doesn't drink, she makes an exception for the memory of Stranger, crying over her loss.

After composing herself, Enyo thanks the Culexus for saving her, stating that where she comes from they usually don't ask for help and that her bike was set to automatically send a distress call. She proceeds to introduce herself and offers her assistance should it ever be needed. The other girl recognizes the famous family name, but Enyo explains that she is only from a branch family before asking for her savior's name.

The Culexus introduces herself as Malal and Enyo concludes from her accent that she hails from the Ninth Officio, surprised to hear her know she is from the Second herself. Malal mentions that the accent and speech give it away and Enyo admits that er casual clothes are not enough to hide her home.

She explains that she was challenged to Sanguis Extremis, a duel to the death, and cannot refuse despite the possibility of a trap. Malal asks about the challenger, but Enyo refuses to reveal the identity but assures that she has a way out of the dangerous city afterward despite losing her bike and the Culexus offers her assistance again just in case.

They continue talking for a while, about her family and how she lost her arm, but after mentioning the accident that led to the loss of her limb Enyo grows quiet. When Malal's bike is refueled, she drops Enyo off close to where she is supposed to meet a messenger for her duel and the Champion promises to do whatever she can to pay off the debt before parting ways.

Enyo is later seen fighting in the Blood God's Arena, facing Nicole Touchdown who holds off the Black Templar's chainsaw arm with a cleaver. Both of them seem to be on equal footing and Malal, unbeknownst to the combatants, expects that they will wear each other out before anyone can die.</spoiler>

===Walpurgisnacht===
Enyo and High Marshal Raleigh Alondight meet Malal in the assembly hall and are soon joined by Yuma. After introductions, the Marshals head outside to gather their troops.

Back inside, they witness Yuma telling her Rank Leader about something she did, who starts to punch her hard until the a group of Templars pulls them apart. Malal claims that Yuma doomed them all and departs to try and fix whatever she can.

On the way to the facility, Alondight tries to cheer Yuma up. The Culexus gives her a vague explanation of her circumstances, but Alondight refuses to accept it as a reason to give up, claiming that they she will not pity Yuma and that they will carve their own fate. Realizing that there is still something she can do, Yuma's fighting spirit is relighted. Satisfied, the Black Templar hands her a badge and declares Yuma to be this missions Emperor's Chosen, an important role for the Templars.

Inside the teleportation facility, the Culexus rank is preparing. Cavefish greets the new arrivals and leads Yuma to the armory. Meanwhile, the Templars stare at one in particular and Raleigh explains that one girl, Sayaka, looks just like the First Knight they worship. She claims it as a sign of good fortune and victory.

The troops gather in the center of the room and wait for the transport to commence. At their arrival, they realize that they were scattered across a battlefield. During the two hour fight, many are killed by the daemons. Eventually Yuma contacts Alondight, who leads the remaining forces to her position and explains her plan to turn the tide.

They will exploit Kharn's desire for battle by distracting her with a frontal assault while another Templar, Mordred Pendragon, will sneak up behind her under the cover of Culexus magic and launch her powerful Sword of Promised Victory to defeat the witch.

Mordred blames Yuma for their situation and tries to attack her, but Cavefish lifts her up and gives the rude Templar a thorough spanking, which the other Templars agree to as a discipline measure they should have thought of themselves. Before they head out, Enyo asks Yuma to deliver a message to Alondight in case she does not survive to do it herself.

As one of Kharn's daemons attacks, the Templars begin their fight and Yuma, Cavefish and Mordred head towards their designated position. Eventually, they begin their assault on Kharn, but can't defeat her. Kharn turns toward Mordred's group and attacks, but is stopped by Cavefish and Yuma by shields and powerful anti-magic.

They fall however and Mordred turns tail, only the appearance of Malal, armed with a powerful magical bow, brings the Warmaster's witch down and miraculously transforming her back into human form.

The surviving Black Templars search the area and find Cavefish dead, but Yuma is still alive. Enyo tells her about the final moments of the battle and how they found her friend's corpse already turned to ash. She apologizes for Mordred's betrayal and offers her blade as a sign of debt with the promise to never rest until the Templars have redeemed themselves.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">In the combined effort of several Officio's to counter the threat of Walpurgisnacht, the Black Templars cooperate with the Ninth. Alongside High Marshal Raleigh Alondight, Enyo meets up with Malal in the Ninth's assembly hall where they wait for the Culexus assigned to their squad.

Once the girl arrives, Malal reprimands her for being late and hits her head for getting smart with her before introducing her subordinate Omegon, or Yuma. The Black Templars are to protect her so that she can do her job of protecting them when things go awry. She then introduces Enyo and Alondight while joking about the High Marshal's height and wheels for feet.

Having them pointed out, Yuma can't help asking about the wheels. Malal warns her about asking, but Alondight calms her down and explains that she has wheels to move as fast as possible, following the First Knight's credo of delivering swift judgment.

Malal signals that they are under time constraints and asks the Templars to gather the rest of their squad while she has a word with Yuma, upon which the Marshals leave the assembly hall. Within minutes they line up their subordinates and return to the hall, ready to depart.

While standing at attention, the Black Templars witness Malal repeatedly shouting at Yuma, loud enough to short her vox speaker out and broadcast her unfiltered, furious voice. Alondight moves in and interrupts the Culexus, apologizing and reminding them that they are pressed for time.

Malal tells her that Yuma will lead them to the teleportation facility in her place while she takes care of something important before joining up again. The Grand Marshal then starts to drag Yuma off, but the Culexus resists and tears herself out of the High Marshal's grasp despite her warning that her Rank Leader is angry enough to kill her.

The wheeled girl grabs Yuma again, but Malal already noticed the commotion and shouts at her. Malal stumbles back and freezes in place before she is overcome by rage, screams out loud and starts to beat the younger girl. Enyo holds Malal back from behind while the other Templars form a line between them to protect Yuma.

Malal shouts about how they will all die because of Yuma's selfish actions, how she knew what damage forcing herself into Girl A's mind could cause and doing it anyway, her voice hoarse and bleak over the shorted out vox.

Alondight tries to calm Malal down, who repeats that Yuma's deeds domed them all, wondering how she managed to go from her most trusted subordinate to making everything worse than even the Rank leader expected, in merely three hours. Malal sends her off to guide the Templars while she goes to try salvage whatever is left, apologizing to Enyo and Alondight on the way.

Yuma no longer resists the High Marshal who drags her off to go and save the world. They leave the Officio headquarters and head towards the teleportation facility by public train, much to the Templars dissatisfaction. Alondight asks Yuma where the savings of this pragmatic transport go, who politely replies that the facility is deep underground and can currently only be reached this way and apologizes for the inconvenience.

The High Marshal tells the Culexus that she understands and is only unreasonable to make Yuma talk, punching Enyo into agreeing that she complains less than their comrade Mordred. With a wide smile, she offers Yuma one of her handmade macarons, mentioning how everyone at their castle likes them.

Yuma politely declines, explaining that she doesn't like sweets and doesn't feel like eating at all. Alondight forces the treat into Enyo's mouth while explaining that sweets provide the necessary energy to crush heretics, earning a battle shout from the group of Templars in return.

The High Marshal then inquires about the incident with Malal, justifying her bluntness with their imminent death and mentions that her reaction was rather unusual for the infamous Culexus Rank Leader. Yuma decides to give her a censored explanation, leaving out the worst and likely classified details.

From the vague explanation, Alondight fills in most of the blanks on her own and tells the younger girl that her mistake is in the past and that dwelling on it is useless, no reason to refuse her gift and an insult to the Black Templars who she supposedly doomed. She tells Yuma that she needs to ask herself what she wants and takes a guess that it is not pity, despite her behavior calling for just that.

Yuma rises up and claims that her horrible sin compromised the operation, but Alondight, rising herself to tower over the Culexus, has Enyo confirm that Walpurgisnacht has not yet arrived and killed them all. The High Marshal explains that while their Officio values prophecies and respects Malal's skill, they believe that even the most accurate predictions can be wiped out by fighting hard enough and that they intend to do just that.

Yuma takes the macaron from Alondight's hand and opens her visor to eat it, tears of realization flowing from her eyes as she understands that there can still be something she can do. As she finishes, the Templars get up and uniformly salute while the High Marshal asks if Yuma will fight with them or wait for death. The Culexus slams her visor shut and growls that she will fight, her spirit rekindled.

Alondight grins and takes a badge from her armor and explains that the highest ranking Templar picks one from her squad to serve as the Emperor's Champion before every mission, someone she thinks will be vital to the battle, someone to fight alongside with the will of the First Knight. Whispering that this is a very important hing for the Templars, she pins the badge on Yuma's armor and proudly proclaims her as the Emperor's Chosen of the Walpurgisnacht Crusade, followed by a collective salute.

After a while the group arrives at the teleportation facility, hidden in a subway tunnel which is the only place to build a huge, experimental complex out of sight of the public eye. Alondight seems unimpressed at first, but agrees with Yuma's explanation. Admiring the Ninths resourcefulness, she mentions that their own projects are more martial in nature and that they would have to deal with the Fourth for anything more. They even had to go to great lengths to make the secretive technology experts assist in the creation of their armors.

Inside, the Culexus rank is already preparing for departure, led by Cavefish who greets the new arrivals in her usual friendly fashion. Still awestruck by the huge Culexus, Alondight introduces herself and Enyo and asks about the facilities readiness. Cavefish confirms, joking about the possibility to be tossed into the warp but assures that it has never happened during their previous two uses.

An automated voice rings through the hall, announcing the count down of twenty minutes until the emergence of Walpurgisnacht. Cavefish shouts at the gathered Culexus to be thorough with their final equipment checks, and the Black Templar Marshals excuse themselves to tend to their troops checkups and prayers.

While the count down hits ten minutes, huge screens in the main chamber transfer the Officio video communications, showing the five locations the other squads are deployed to: New York, China, Egypt, the South Pole and Australia where Kyoko and Sayaka are stationed. The Black Templars are caught in rapt attention, staring intensely at the screens showing the feed from Australia.

Yuma asks the High Marshal what caught their attention like this, who in turn asks about the blue haired girl on the video feed. Yuma tells her about Sayaka, second in command Eversor of the Ninth, and Enyo cuts in to tell her superior that blue hair and a sword don't necessarily mean what she thinks. The moment they see Sayaka's cape however, Alondight recites the description of the First Knight and her subordinate can no longer disagree.

The Templars fall to their knees in reverence and the High Marshal explains to the confused Culexus that they believe the girl who looks just like the First Knight to be an omen of good fortune and victory sent to comfort them in the coming darkness. While Sayaka notices the camera, flips it off and drags Kyoko and herself out of view, Yuma tells Alondight that their omen is far from being religious, but the High marshal replies that her identity matters not, only that they got to see her.

With only two minutes left, the Templars and Culexus group up under Alondight's command, small units of one Culexus accompanied by two Templars to shield her with strict orders to close in on the witch cocoon to destroy it as soon as they arrive, no matter what happens.

Alondight wonders if anything is wrong since Yuma and Cavefish have been quietly nodding at each other for a while. Yuma decides to take the risk of contacting Malal on a mental level, despite the possibility of interrupting her work and receiving a backlash. She pulses a message requesting confirmation to proceed without the Rank Leader. For half a minute, nothing happens, then Malal's reply arrives.

The words “Kharn is gone”, filled with fear and despair strong enough to cause pain, spread out to the entire group of Culexus who cry out in shock. In her death screams, Malal warns them that Kharn could not be stopped and is heading towards Walpurgisnacht. She begs Yuma to go, who roars at the upset group to get moving, followed by Alondight's battle shout as the teleporter tears them out of the world as the count down hits zero.

The group arrives at their destination scattered, their formation broken before it could be formed in the first place. The witch of Kharn awaits them with her host of Daemons. While Yuma is nowhere to be found, the Black Templars and Culexus fight on for two hours, taking heavy casualties. During this time, Enyo loses her remaining arm to a familiar that posed as an injured comrade.

During their continued battle, the presumably lost Yuma contacts the group. Alondight informs her of the current situation and locates her coordinates to join up.

The beaten up group quickly arrives at Yuma's location and Cavefish, in considerably better shape, lifts her friend up in a crushing hug. Yuma speaks with the remaining Culexus, learns their names and promises to do her best to bring them home before listening to Alondight's plan.

The High Marshal explains that they will exploit Kharn's personal weakness of craving a final sword fight by charging her witch with the main group while a small group consisting of Mordred Pendragon and two Culexus sneak up from behind to exterminate the still sleeping Walpurgisnacht with her strongest skill. While skittish in actual combat, her Sword of Promised Victory is a formidable ability passed on to all Pendragon daughters, with her being the strongest in this generation.

Yuma expresses her concern about Kharn's witch sharing her weakness, but admits that this is the best option they have. Cavefish enthusiastically chooses to accompany Mordred and Yuma follows suit. Alondight admits that Mordred doesn't look inspiring, but assures that she is more than capable as a Black Templar and Pendragon. Should she falter, Yuma should simply remind her of her vows and how she would shame the Pendragon family by failing her duty.

When Alondight tells Yuma to slap Mordred around for emphasis, Enyo cuts in, assuring that a verbal reminder is enough and that her behavior is only a matter of inexperience. The high Marshal smirks, mentioning that Enyo trained Mordred herself and sees her as the potential successor of Swordmaster Paladin Victoria. She also reminds her subordinate that Victoria betrayed her vows, making Enyo stomp off angrily after claiming that despite her bad decision the Paladin's legend remains intact.

Enyo asks if Yuma and Cavefish are ready and orders a white clad Templar to give them any ammunition and rations they can spare. Meanwhile Mordred keeps sitting on a pile of skulls, sword clenched, ignoring everything around her while Enyo grows angrier with each passing moment.

She eventually starts talking by complaining about her vanguard consisting of a gorilla and a child in gimp suits and that the High Marshal must either want her dead or be a fool. Enyo growls that they are going to follow the High marshal's plan and tells her to finally prepare herself.

However, Mordred matches Enyo's growl, telling her not to talk to her like this before angrily pointing at Yuma. She starts to blame her for jeopardizing the mission like Malal said, points out how she showed up two hours late and still wears the cross of Emperor's Champion. While Enyo tries to reign her in, Mordred rises, unsheathes her blade and shakily points it at Yuma, claiming the Culexus is unfit to bear the insignia.

Yuma pushes the blade away with one finger, complaining that she should wait to be sanctimonious until after they are all dead, mentioning that her family name must mean little to her if she makes a fuss like this. Furious, Mordred tries to assault her, but before she can lift her sword again, Cavefish catches her in a crushing hug, completely ignoring the Templar's shouts and struggles.

The huge Culexus lifts Mordred up and uses her large gun to smack the struggling girl's rear like punishing a child, happy to see that it seems to be working. Yuma turns to apologize to the Templars for shaming one of their own, but notices that they are smiling in amusement and satisfaction, murmuring about how they never thought of disciplining Mordred like the spoiled brat that she is.

Once Mordred stops her struggle, Enyo asks Yuma again if they are ready to head out. The Culexus confirms that they have everything they need, and the Marshal asks for one more favor. Yuma agrees, and the Templar Marshal asks her to tell Alondight that she always admired her should the two of them survive. Pointing out how important this is to her, Enyo admits that she should have told her herself earlier and heaves a sigh of regret.

Yuma agrees, but wonders why she doesn't simply tell her herself right now. Enyo explains that she does not want to risk distracting the high Marshal from her duties, from survival. In return for her favor, the Culexus demands that Enyo tells Alondight herself if she survives, who swears on her life.

Suddenly a huge winged daemon drops down, crushing Templars and one of the remaining Culexus under his feet. Enyo pushes Yuma away and shouts at her to get to her designated zone while the Templars deal with the enemy, raises chainsaw blades from her mechanical arm and charges toward the daemon.

Moments later, the Black Templars begin their charge, and just as planned, Kharn takes the bait and rises from her throne, confidently walking toward the group of knights. Kharn obliterates the Templars with ease, her prowess even greater than before and completely lacking in the Warmaster's playfulness. While the dying knights try their best to kill the monstrosity, Kharn laughs and turns around, raising her black blade toward Mordred's building lance of energy in mockery.

Alondight screams at them to abort and run, but Yuma decides to stay and builds up a shield with Cavefish, which is easily shattered by Kharn. After the third strike, Mordred drops her sword and escapes, crying for her family.

Malal appears out of nowhere, wielding a rosewood bow with a brightly burning tip. She fires a single arrow and defeats Kharn's witch, miraculously reverting her back to human form. The surviving Templars begin searching the battlefield for any survivors, aided by the arriving support troops from the Ninth Officio.

Alondight and Enyo are among the survivors. While the high Marshal is treated in the temporary hospital Kyubey had built, Enyo finds Yuma and tries to wake her up, relieved to find her still alive. She calls for an Apothecary to treat the Emperor's Champion, but the Culexus tells her that she is alright and asks for Alondight so she can fulfill her promise. Enyo thanks her for the gesture, but explains that she will talk to the high Marshal herself once she has recovered.

Shrugging the issue off, Yuma remembers about Cavefish and asks where she is, claiming that her best friend should be alive since she stopped the black blade from crushing them. Enyo confirms that she broke the blade and pulls the huge Culexus' helm from behind her, explaining that they found the suit close to Yuma but were unable to revive her as she dissolved into ashes.

Enyo explains that they analyzed her biometrics and found that Cavefish was completely drained of her magic at some point during the fight, apparently by something else using her power. Yuma realizes that it was likely herself while trying to stop Kharn, but Enyo tells her that it is only a theory and that they do not know for certain.

What they do know is that not even Malal could have done what Yuma did without help, and Enyo tells her that she is stronger than she realizes, mentioning that the Rank Leader chose a worthy prodigy.

Yuma remarks that Enyo refers to Kharn as the Betrayer and asks about the reasoning. The Marshal explains that it seems fitting after the Ninth Warmaster betrayed everyone. She remarks that she would challenge her to a fight if the Ninth Incubator did not request her to be returned intact- But in her current state, it would not be satisfying in the first place.

Kharn is in the center of the clearing, clutching Malal's still suited corpse, crying and pleading her friend not to leave her. Yuma decides to leave her to suffer on her own and instead asks about Mordred. Enyo tells her that she escaped and is hiding herself from their regular tracking methods, but there are already teams looking to find and capture the cowardly Templar to answer for her transgressions.

The Templar Marshal lowers herself to her knees and formally apologizes on behalf of the Second Officio, offering her sword to the Culexus with the promise not to rest until the debt of honor is repaid. Yuma accepts, mentioning that there might be a time when she needs them, and Enyo happily thanks her for this boon, promising not to disappoint her again.</spoiler>

==Trivia==

==Neco Profile==
<pre style="width: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">*ROOKIE*
NAME: Karasawa Enyo
"…What do you wish of me?”
OFFICIO: Second, in the United Kingdom
RANK: Knight of the Black Templars, Blessed Lady’s Champion
BIO: A former motorcycle punk scouted for the Black Templars of the Second, Karasawa Enyo is an honorable girl that abides by her own strong set of principles. She’s a natural fit for the Black Templars, mixing a sort of eerie brutality with a totally rigid and occasionally incomprehensible moral code. She’s also a pretty skilled mechanic, and does her own bike and…arm…maintenance. That has to hurt, or something.
WEAPONRY: A heavy-duty chainsaw arm.
STRENGTH A
SPEED B
MELEE A+
RANGED B+
MAGIC C
TACTICS B
CHARM D

TRIVIA
-Enyo is the second of five children, younger than Vintage but older than Enishi, Noriko, and Ryota. She only gets along with Noriko, though…The rest won’t even talk about her.

-Apparently she’s developed a friendly rivalry with another Templar that enlisted at around the same time, Raleigh Alondight, the Chariot of the First Knight. Who comes up with these titles…?

-She still has some heavy tattooing from her gang days. That’s pretty popular in magical girl crowds…I guess there just aren’t any any more Pr*tty C*res out there.</pre>

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Cavefish

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<blockquote>''”Alright, Yuma-chan! From now on and forever, you're my Cat-ears!”''</blockquote>
{{Infobox
| imagecaption = Cavefish
| image =
| aka =
| appearance = [[Thread 198]]
| organization = Ninth Officio
| rank = Culexus
| occupation = Magical Girl
| ability = Culexus anti-magic
| weapon = Customized Shotgun Mustakrakish
| height = 213 cm
| dob =
}}

==Character Summary==

===Physical Description===
*Cavefish has platinum blonde hair
*She is incredibly huge and muscular.
*Her helmet has the jaw of a shark attached.

===Personality===
*Cavefish is a simple and honest person.
*She is always in a bright mood and gets excited easily.
*She is calm even in chaotic situations, which makes her a reliable squad leader.

==Character History==
During one of Girl A's violent episodes, she managed to beat Cavefish. When the Culexus simply laughed at it, she shot her legs off with a shotgun.

===Walpurgisnacht===
On the day of Walpurgisnacht, Cavefish excitedly goes to wake her fellow Culexus up for breakfast, but only her friend “Cat Ears” Yuma actually gets up and accompanies her. To distract themselves from the approaching end of the world, they joke around and discuss the need for witch cover stories until Yuma receives a call from Malal.

The Rank Leader has her run errands alone and orders Cavefish to initiate Protocol 8. When asked about it, she merely tells Yuma that it is an errand that needs to be done right away, then runs off.

Later, the Culexus Rank assembles in the Ninth Officio's teleportation facility and prepares for the mission. When Yuma arrives with the Black Templars, Cavefish greets them happily and leads her friend into the armory. Malal already predicted what she would chose, but Cavefish lets Yuma pick on her own regardless, pointing out that sometimes things turn out different than predicted.

Yuma informs her that she had an argument with Malal and that the Rank Leader will arrive later than scheduled. When pressed about Protocol 8, Cavefish tells Yuma that all Culexus packed their belongings into boxes to be sent to friends and family when they die.

Back in the main chamber, the Black Templars reverently watch one of the screens showing other deployment areas. One of the magical girls, Sayaka, looks just like the First Knight they worship, which is supposedly an omen of good fortune.

Shortly before their deployment, Cavefish worries about being unable to contact Malal. Yuma sends a pulsed message, which is answered a bit later by the warning that Kharn is gone, followed by the Rank leaders screams of pain and death that make the assembled Culexus cry out in shock. According to Malal's pleas for her to go, Yuma decides to continue the mission as planned and the teleportation commences.

The group arrives scattered about a hellish landscape where daemons kill many Templars and Culexus alike. Cavefish is one of the survivors and regroups with the Templar Marshals Raleigh Alondight and Enyo Karasawa, and eventually the other survivors.

The fight rages on for two hours until Yuma contacts Alondight. Happy to find her friend still alive, Cavefish and the others eventually find her location and explain the High Marshal's plan.

They will exploit Kharn's desire for battle by distracting her with a frontal assault while another Templar, Mordred Pendragon, will sneak up behind her under the cover of Culexus magic and launch her powerful Sword of Promised Victory to defeat the witch.

Mordred blames Yuma for their situation and tries to attack her, but Cavefish lifts her up and gives the rude Templar a thorough spanking, which the other Templars agree to as a discipline measure they should have thought of themselves.

As one of Kharn's daemons attacks, the Templars begin their fight and Yuma, Cavefish and Mordred head towards their designated position. On the way, Mordred explains that her sisters only spoke of glory and heroics, never of seeing their friends die like she did this day. Yuma explains that a small group sacrificing themselves for the survival of billions is rather heroic.

Mordred explains how her ability works and that she needs five minutes to charge it up in her current state, but will certainly kill anything she hits. Once at their destination, the group waits for Alondight's signal. Cavefish talks about how she knows they will not survive, but for once it is Yuma who cheers her up.

Soon, the Black Templars begin their assault and Mordred starts charging her attack and the Culexus pair release their limiters. They witness Kharn's witch easily hold her ground against the Templars and eventually turning around to face them instead. Yuma and Cavefish put up a shield to repel the attack and give Mordred the time she needs.

Cavefish quickly exhausts her powers and falls after the second attack. Grabbing her friend's boot, she weakly pulses an apology and a plea for help. In the end, she succumbs to her wounds and something draining the remaining magic from her.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">On the day of Walpurgisnacht, Cavefish gets up early and wakes Yuma up to get a head start for the breakfast with extra servings of mashed potatoes. Her friend tells her to give her some time to get ready and Cavefish walks around to wake the others.

She soon returns to Yuma's room and hurries her friend to the mess hall, eager to start breakfast. She wonders if Yuma is in a bad mood like the others, who replies that while she is not in the dumps, there is no need to rush since the mess hall is just down the hallway.

Glad that her friend is not as depressed as the rest, Cavefish pats “Cat Ears” shoulder, who complains that she will never get to live the nickname caused by her weird hair down. The huge girl offers to finally stop if Yuma really doesn't like it, mentioning how she knows what it feels like to have uncomfortable nicknames, but her friend admits that it is sort of cute.

The two of them make it to the empty mess hall and sit down near the food conveyor belt. While Cavefish happily stacks plates of food in front of them, Yuma checks the news on TV and wonders why the Incubators came up with sudden super typhoons as a cover story instead of just coming clean with the public.

While the cover stories work to get people away from witches, lying to them seems wrong to her, but Cavefish reminds her that people do stupid things and would most likely start a crusade to free the planet from the aliens manipulating everything from behind the scenes.

When Yuma lifts her visor again, Cavefish asks what Malal wants, amused about her friend's reaction to her guess. She jokes about Yuma having to wash the Warmaster's car, who drains her coffee, slams the visor shut and replies that she has to do something like that, annoyed by Malal's jokes.

Cavefish offers her help, but Yuma replies that she will be busy herself and tells her about the order to initiate Protocol 8. The huge girl lowers her fork with shaking hands, mentioning that she already expected this order, and gets up with a stiff expression. She grabs her helmet, explains that Protocol 8 is just a long errand that needs to be done right away and dashes off.

According to Malal's orders, the Culexus stand ready in the teleportation facility. A while later, Yuma arrives with the Black Templars while the Culexus rank is preparing for departure, led by Cavefish who greets the new arrivals in her usual friendly fashion. Still awestruck by the huge Culexus, Alondight introduces herself and Enyo and asks about the facilities readiness. Cavefish confirms, joking about the possibility to be tossed into the warp but assures that it has never happened during their previous two uses.

An automated voice rings through the hall, announcing the count down of twenty minutes until the emergence of Walpurgisnacht. Cavefish shouts at the gathered Culexus to be thorough with their final equipment checks, and the Black Templar Marshals excuse themselves to tend to their troops checkups and prayers.

Now alone, Cavefish wonders about the Marshals being a couple, but Yuma urgently changes the subject to her lack of arms. The huge Culexus leads her to an adjacent room, explaining that Malal emptied her personal armory for this mission and that Yuma should take something she can reliably kill things with.

Yuma decides to take a spear and her usual firearms, two Beretta 1991 and a sawed off shot gun. Cavefish mentions that Malal predicted Yuma's choice and wanted her to prepare accordingly, but she decided to ask her friend regardless and only now starts gathering everything up. Yuma wonders about this, and her friend replies that there is a limit to predictions and that some things just have to happen, even if you already know the outcome since there is still a chance for it to turn out differently.

While Cavefish wonders if she is even making sense, Yuma asks if Malal told her anything else. The huge Culexus mentions that the Rank Leader told her she would arrive later due to some urgent business. She wonders why her friend asks and easily concludes that she got in trouble, joking about Yuma possibly upsetting Malal by making fun of Alondight's legs.

Yuma replies that this is exactly what happened and changes the subject before Cavefish can press further, inquiring what Protocol 8 is about. Her friend explains that it is a rank wide announcement to put personal belongings in a labeled box so it can be sent to someone in case of death, too dramatic and heavy in her opinion.

She passes her friend the assembled spear, including a gun attachment, and extra ammo, explaining that she took care of Yuma's belongings while she was running errands and labeled them for Malal's quarters since there was nobody else.

The count down hits ten minutes and the two Culexus return to the main chamber where huge screens transfer the Officio video communications, showing the five locations the other squads are deployed to: New York, China, Egypt, the South Pole and Australia where Kyoko and Sayaka are stationed. The Black Templars are caught in rapt attention, staring intensely at the screens showing the feed from Australia.

Yuma asks the High Marshal what caught their attention like this, who in turn asks about the blue haired girl on the video feed. Yuma tells her about Sayaka, second in command Eversor of the Ninth, and Enyo cuts in to tell her superior that blue hair and a sword don't necessarily mean what she thinks. The moment they see Sayaka's cape however, Alondight recites the description of the First Knight and her subordinate can no longer disagree.

The Templars fall to their knees in reverence and the High Marshal explains to the confused Culexus that they believe the girl who looks just like the First Knight to be an omen of good fortune and victory sent to comfort them in the coming darkness. While Sayaka notices the camera, flips it off and drags Kyoko and herself out of view, Yuma tells Alondight that their omen is far from being religious, but the High marshal replies that her identity matters not, only that they got to see her.

With only two minutes left, the Templars and Culexus group up under Alondight's command, small units of one Culexus accompanied by two Templars to shield her with strict orders to close in on the witch cocoon to destroy it as soon as they arrive, no matter what happens.

While standing ready for the transport, Cavefish calls Yuma on private vox, concerned about Malal's absence. She tried to contact the Rank Leader to no avail and mentions that she wanted to arrive before commencing the teleport. She always calls ahead of time when she will be late, so Cavefish is rather worried and looks to Yuma for guidance, claiming that she spends the most time with Malal and should know what to do.

Alondight wonders if anything is wrong since Yuma and Cavefish have been quietly nodding at each other for a while. Yuma decides to take the risk of contacting Malal on a mental level, despite the possibility of interrupting her work and receiving a backlash. She pulses a message requesting confirmation to proceed without the Rank Leader. For half a minute, nothing happens, then Malal's reply arrives.

The words “Kharn is gone”, filled with fear and despair strong enough to cause pain, spread out to the entire group of Culexus who cry out in shock. In her death screams, Malal warns them that Kharn could not be stopped and is heading towards Walpurgisnacht. She begs Yuma to go, who roars at the upset group to get moving, followed by Alondight's battle shout as the teleporter tears them out of the world as the count down hits zero.

The group arrives at their destination scattered, their formation broken before it could be formed in the first place. The witch of Kharn awaits them with her host of Daemons. Cavefish arrives far off from the group and, following her own advice, keeps moving forward through the enemies, using her weapon as a club after running out of ammo, until she eventually finds the Templars.

Realizing that her best friend is not with Alondight and Enyo as planned, Cavefish cries for ten minutes straight. Two hours into the fight, their numbers reduced greatly, Yuma finally makes contact with the group. Overjoyed that her friend is still alive, Cavefish tells her what happened to her and asks about the monster in the center of the battlefield. Yuma jokes about the witch not looking nearly as ugly as Kharn, giving Cavefish the good laugh she needed.

Yuma asks if there has been word from Malal, but Cavefish tells her that during the two hours, she could not reach anyone outside their location. However she claims that with Alondight's plan, they do not have to rely on Malal to kill the witch and save everyone.

The beaten up group arrives at Yuma's location quickly and Cavefish, in considerably better shape, lifts her friend up in a crushing hug. Yuma speaks with the remaining Culexus, learns their names and promises to do her best to bring them home before listening to Alondight's plan.

The High Marshal explains that they will exploit Kharn's personal weakness of craving a final sword fight by charging her witch with the main group while a small group consisting of Mordred Pendragon and two Culexus sneak up from behind to exterminate the still sleeping Walpurgisnacht with her strongest skill. While skittish in actual combat, her Sword of Promised Victory is a formidable ability passed on to all Pendragon daughters, with her being the strongest in this generation.

Yuma expresses her concern about Kharn's witch sharing her weakness, but admits that this is the best option they have. Cavefish enthusiastically chooses to accompany Mordred and Yuma follows suit. Alondight admits that Mordred doesn't look inspiring, but assures that she is more than capable as a Black Templar and Pendragon. Should she falter, Yuma should simply remind her of her vows and how she would shame the Pendragon family by failing her duty.

As Enyo walks over to Mordred, Alondight asks for any remaining questions, but Yuma tells her that she has talked enough for the short rest of her life. The High Marshal tells her to be optimistic and that their hopes lie with her, Cavefish and Mordred's ability to hold her sword up despite being scared. Before they move toward Mordred, Cavefish hugs Alondight, lifting her off the ground in the process until the High Marshal shrieks for her to stop.

Enyo asks if Yuma and Cavefish are ready and orders a white clad Templar to give them any ammunition and rations they can spare. Meanwhile Mordred keeps sitting on a pile of skulls, sword clenched, ignoring everything around her while Enyo grows angrier with each passing moment.

She eventually starts talking by complaining about her vanguard consisting of a gorilla and a child in gimp suits and that the High Marshal must either want her dead or be a fool. Enyo growls that they are going to follow the High marshal's plan and tells her to finally prepare herself.

However, Mordred matches Enyo's growl, telling her not to talk to her like this before angrily pointing at Yuma. She starts to blame her for jeopardizing the mission like Malal said, points out how she showed up two hours late and still wears the cross of Emperor's Champion. While Enyo tries to reign her in, Mordred rises, unsheathes her blade and shakily points it at Yuma, claiming the Culexus is unfit to bear the insignia.

Yuma pushes the blade away with one finger, complaining that she should wait to be sanctimonious until after they are all dead, mentioning that her family name must mean little to her if she makes a fuss like this. Furious, Mordred tries to assault her, but before she can lift her sword again, Cavefish catches her in a crushing hug, completely ignoring the Templar's shouts and struggles.

The huge Culexus lifts Mordred up and uses her large gun to smack the struggling girl's rear like punishing a child, happy to see that it seems to be working. Yuma turns to apologize to the Templars for shaming one of their own, but notices that they are smiling in amusement and satisfaction, murmuring about how they never thought of disciplining Mordred like the spoiled brat that she is.
Mordred eventually stops struggling and quiets down. Suddenly a huge winged daemon drops down, crushing Templars and one of the remaining Culexus under his feet. Enyo pushes Yuma away and shouts at her to get to her designated zone while the Templars deal with the enemy, raises chainsaw blades from her mechanical arm and charges toward the daemon. Cavefish, still carrying Mordred over her shoulder, pulls her friend away and they run without looking back, except for the crying Templar.

After a while, they stop to rest and prepare for the stealthy part of their mission. Looking back, they see the shades of Templars still fighting the daemon. Mordred sobs that her sisters told her the Crusade was heroic, they never mentioned seeing comrades get killed and eaten by things that should not exist.

Yuma explains that a few people sacrificing themselves to save billions is highly heroic and that stories usually leave the part about dead friends out. Mordred replies that the Black Templars are supposed to return home alive instead of being killed without a chance to even draw their blades, slaughtered like cattle.

After a bit, she asks Cavefish to let her down to walk on her own, assuring that she will play her part. The pair of Culexus agrees and asks about her Sword of Promised Victory. Mordred explains that it is a technique passed down in the Pendragon family that focuses the blessing of the Blessed Lady and the First knight to a devastating effect. She channels herself through her sword to gather enough energy to release it in a wave that travels in a straight line and only knows destruction.

When Yuma asks how long she needs to charge up, Mordred lowers her head and admits that she needs five minutes with her current level of training. Once that time passes, everything in the path of her blade will die, even a monster like Kharn.

After a few more minutes of walking, the group arrives at the designated area. Yuma calls Alondight, who tells her that they will start in five minutes and asks the Culexus t keep Mordred safe until they arrive once the deed is done. Before Yuma can respond to the breathless High Marshal, the connection is cut.

Cavefish giggles and wonders if what is coming will hurt. Yuma tells her that she is sure about it and hugs her friend, telling her that she will miss her on a private vox channel. The huge Culexus stiffens, chokes down a sob and echoes her sentiment.

A moment later, the Black Templars begin their charge, and just as planned, Kharn takes the bait and rises from her throne, confidently walking toward the group of knights. While Mordred begins charging her power, Yuma and Cavefish fully release their suit limiters to create disintegrating blasts of anti-magic for whatever comes close.

From their position they can see Kharn obliterate the Templars with ease, her prowess even greater than before and completely lacking in the Warmaster's playfulness. While the dying knights try their best to kill the monstrosity, Kharn laughs and turns around, raising her black blade toward Mordred's building lance of energy in mockery.

Alondight screams at them to abort and run, but Yuma decides to stay and orders Cavefish to put up a shield. Their combined strength is easily shattered by Kharn's assault, sending feedback through their bodies. Their suits already damaged, the pair puts up another shield to block the second attack and as it shatters again, Cavefish falls to her knees.

The huge Culexus pulses weakly that she is in pain and can't see, but Yuma roars at her to put up the shield one again. Staggering back to her feet, Cavefish does as she is told, but collapses from the third strike of the black blade.

While Mordred runs away in terror, Cavefish grabs Yuma's boot, pulsing a weak apology and a scared cry for help. While her friend pours everything she has into stopping Kharn from finishing them off, Cavefish succumbs to her wounds and a complete lack of magic.

When the surviving Templars try to revive Cavefish, they find her body completely reduced to ashes. An analysis of her biometrics reveals that someone has completely drained Cavefish's energy during the fight to use it for it's own gains. Theory has it that Yuma might have used Cavefish's power when she fended off Kharn's giant blade to save them.

In the aftermath, Cavefish's ashes are respectfully gathered and placed in an urn. She is buried on the Officio cemetery, her picture added to the wall remembrance.</spoiler>

==Trivia==
*Cavefish's Culexus powers are rather weak, but her physical strength and dexterity still make her a formidable fighter.
*Her suit had to be hand made from scratch by Malal since the standard issue was way too small.

==Gallery==

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[[Category:Ninth Officio]]

User:Crys

2014-05-06T12:20:59Z

Crys:

https://twitter.com/MagusCrys

It's Crys!

I'm slowly gathering data while ging through the archives again. Gave up on keeping the list of characters I write for, it's just about everyone not from the original main cast and writeups. Can't fight the urge to record every bit of information I see.

Kumatora Ishikawa

2014-04-16T13:35:57Z

Crys:

<blockquote>''"Seniority demands respect, and I don't know anyone else who deserves it more, Murderface-sempai!"''</blockquote>
{{Infobox
| imagecaption = Kumatora Ishikawa
| image =
| aka = -
| appearance = [[Thread 11]]
| organization = Ninth Officio
| rank = Eversor Neophyte
| occupation = Magical Girl
| ability = ?
| weapon = ?
| height = ?
| dob = ?
}}

==Character Summary==
A low ranking magical girl that was trained by Chiaki Matsuda whom she reveres. She fights mainly with punches and kicks and learned how to fight dirty during her time with Murderface.

===Physical Description===
*A japanese girl with crimson eyes and long black hair tied into twintails.
*Her costume looks like a black schoolgirl uniform.
*Her soul gem is a crimson orb fit into a bulky metal belt buckle.

===Personality===
*Kumatora is serious and most of the time rather tense.
*She places great emphasis on seniority.
*She is eager to prove herself and gets into work with a lot of enthusiasm.

==Character History==
===Recuperation & Maid to Kill===
Kumatora Ishikawa first appears as a guard to the Ninth Officios silent room when Chiaki Matsuda interrogates Midori Hanegawa. She shows great respect for her senior and former trainer, insisting on saluting and adding honirifics. Her reverie for Chiaki goes as far as not believing she would tear the prisoner apart when Kyubey told her to call housekeeping to clean the silent room. Although this time around, she really didn't.

During the events at the gala, where Chiaki is assigned as a bodyguard, Kumatora arrives with a squad of five Eversors as part of the reinforcements that were called when Lance Kilgore started a blood bath inside the mansion. But by the time they arrive, the fight is already over.

===Return & Warmaster===
The new Warmaster requests Kumatora's aid in sorting out her new office. She finds the old Warmaster's hidden trophy collection and is tasked with cataloging and packing the laminated panties to have them sent to Kharn in Siberia.

Afterwards she serves as the Warmaster's chauffeur, first taking her to a date, then to a bar where Chiaki unexpectedly receives a package. She disappears, returning soon after with blood on her costume and orders to return to the Officio. After a discussion with the Incubator, Chiaki has Kumatora drive her home and invites the Eversor to join the housewarming party.

The next morning, Kumatora drives Chiaki and Sayaka from the Officio to the hotel where their mission of protecting Ruri Kirishima begins.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">One day, Mami sends Kumatora to the Warmaster's office to inform Kyubey that one of his brothers is calling on urgent business. There, the Warmaster places her hat on the Incubator and asks Kumatora if she feels anything, earning only a confused look.

She offers to take the Incubator to the elevator, but is refused. When making to leave, Chiaki stops her to assist in sorting out things in her new office. Kumatora happily agrees to do everything the Warmaster needs, but mentions that this task would be even easier if there were still any Culexus left.

Chiaki asks her about the Culexus, and Kumatora tells her that she knew a few of them and that they were generally really nice. One of them even helped her prepare for the live fire exercise where trainees are shot with live ammunition to learn to control the pain.

Kumatora confirms that there is indeed only one Culexus left in the Officio, a girl by the codename of Omegon, who keeps to herself mostly. She tried approaching Omegon, but was only ignored.

Some time into the task of looking through the Warmaster's office, Kumatora finds a wall of laminated panties hidden behind a bookcase. Chiaki tells her to fetch cardboard boxes from the logistics department to send them to the former Warmaster, and she energetically dashes off to fulfill the simple mission.

Kumatora soon returns, cheerfully shouting that she got the box for the panties while the Warmaster is on the phone. She mentions for Kumatora to be quiet while on the phone, who sit down and starts putting the folded box together.

Once Chiaki puts her phone down, Kumatora enthusiastically asks if she should take the panties down, who tells her to wear gloves and wash her hands after touching them. She also tells her to take pictures of the collection, for book keeping, and Kumatora gets right into her task.

During her work she discovers panties of Wendy Cooldown, Mary Sue Springfield and Annie May Springfield, which were collected at the same time, and wonders what to do with them. Chiaki tells her to pack them up with the rest, but Kumatora leaves the garment of Wendy Cooldown.

The Warmaster then leaves her office, ordering the young Eversor to keep at it, seal the box and send it to Director Souji of the Siberian R&D base via the logistics department. Full of enthusiasm, Kumatora tells her superior to count on her and plunges herself back into work.

Some time later, Kumatora drives the Warmaster to a date in a coffee shop she frequents, drawn to their strangely named coffee shakes. Once there, she leans back with a portable game console, telling Chiaki to take her time. The Warmaster offers to buy her a coffee, and Kumatora happily thanks her, wishing her luck on her date.

While waiting for the Warmaster, a waiter brings her a coffee shake. Being close to the shop, Kumatora overhears Chiaki turning her date down and the other idols figuratively kicking her out.

Once her superior is back in the car, Kumatora silently drives off, understanding that Chiaki simply needs to get away. More quiet that usual, she tells the Warmaster about the tissue dispenser in the armrest and asks where to take her next, offering to just drive around for a while if she needs to cool off.

Despite her superior's silence, Kumatora figures out where she wants to go and takes her to Charles' Bar. Entering a bar for the first time, she nearly falls off the bar stool, intimidated by the owner's rough bearing. Worried that she might be kicked out for being underage, she is surprised to find out that Charles does not care about his customer's age, as well as serving drinks like strawberry milk and ice cream shakes.

Calming down, Kumatora holds her glass up for a toast and congratulates Chiaki on becoming Warmaster. She then praises Chiaki's ability to handle the idols, mentioning how she nearly jumped out of the car to take control herself to keep the group away from her Warmaster. Chiaki shrugs it off, stating that even Misaka could handle some idols and reminds her subordinate that civilians should not be hurt if possible, but the Eversor insists that the Warmaster deserves more respect.

Chiaki appreciates her concern, but tells Kumatora to keep the events to herself. The bartender places a package that was left by a courier in front of Chiaki while they finish their drinks. Curious about the content, she looks at it only to notice her superior disappearing with it.

Confused, she waits in the bar with another drink until Chiaki returns, telling her to get her to the Officio right away. Ignoring the blood on the Warmaster's costume and the fact that she did not find out what was inside the box, Kumatora quickly finishes.

Later that day, she finds her Warmaster sleeping in her office. After a while she manages to wake her up, mentioning how sleeping like this will give her a stiff neck and explains that she came to replace the skull throne as instructed earlier, maintenance personnel in tow.

Kumatora also explains that Mami sent her to wake Chiaki up and drive her home where everyone is already waiting. At the Warmaster's apartment, she invites her subordinate to tag along for the housewarming party. Quite happy, the young Eversor keeps thanking her.

At the door, they hear what sounds like a gunshot and screaming and, while trying to remain calm and reasonable, get ready for battle just in case. Chiaki knocks at her door and after a while, a wet Mami Tomoe opens, explaining that she was just opening a bottle of champagne.

The blonde greets Kumatora warmly, who has to hit her superior with her elbow to snap her out of a trance at Mami's wet blouse. They enter the apartment and Kumatora greets everyone before joining Kyoko at the food stacked table. When the party ends, she is still sober but really full, awkwardly hugs Chiaki, gets a hug from Mami and leaves.

The next morning, Kumatora drives Chiaki and Sayaka from the Officio to the hotel where their mission of protecting Ruri Kirishima begins.</spoiler>

==Trivia==
*Kumatora's design is based on Black Rock Shooter. Her fighting style combines Black Rock Shooter and Kamen Rider Black.
*Kumatora calls Chiaki Murderface-senpai.
*She salutes a lot.
*Kumatora was originally an NPC from a game Decu once ran. She was a cyborg magical girl and captain to the PCs' squad.

[[Category:Characters]]

Kumatora Ishikawa

2014-04-13T17:06:44Z

Crys:

<blockquote>''"Seniority demands respect, and I don't know anyone else who deserves it more, Murderface-sempai!"''</blockquote>
{{Infobox
| imagecaption = Kumatora Ishikawa
| image =
| aka = -
| appearance = [[Thread 11]]
| organization = Ninth Officio
| rank = Eversor Neophyte
| occupation = Magical Girl
| ability = ?
| weapon = ?
| height = ?
| dob = ?
}}

==Character Summary==
A low ranking magical girl that was trained by Chiaki Matsuda whom she reveres. She fights mainly with punches and kicks and learned how to fight dirty during her time with Murderface.

===Physical Description===
*A japanese girl with crimson eyes and long black hair tied into twintails.
*Her costume looks like a black schoolgirl uniform.
*Her soul gem is a crimson orb fit into a bulky metal belt buckle.

===Personality===
*Kumatora is serious and most of the time rather tense.
*She places great emphasis on seniority.
*She is eager to prove herself and gets into work with a lot of enthusiasm.

==Character History==
===Recuperation & Maid to Kill===
Kumatora Ishikawa first appears as a guard to the Ninth Officios silent room when Chiaki Matsuda interrogates Midori Hanegawa. She shows great respect for her senior and former trainer, insisting on saluting and adding honirifics. Her reverie for Chiaki goes as far as not believing she would tear the prisoner apart when Kyubey told her to call housekeeping to clean the silent room. Although this time around, she really didn't.

During the events at the gala, where Chiaki is assigned as a bodyguard, Kumatora arrives with a squad of five Eversors as part of the reinforcements that were called when Lance Kilgore started a blood bath inside the mansion. But by the time they arrive, the fight is already over.

===Return & Warmaster===
The new Warmaster requests Kumatora's aid in sorting out her new office. She finds the old Warmaster's hidden trophy collection and is tasked with cataloging and packing the laminated panties to have them sent to Kharn in Siberia.

Afterwards she serves as the Warmaster's chauffeur, first taking her to a date, then to a bar where Chiaki unexpectedly receives a package. She disappears, returning soon after with blood on her costume and orders to return to the Officio. After a discussion with the Incubator, Chiaki has Kumatora drive her home and invites the Eversor to join the housewarming party.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">One day, Mami sends Kumatora to the Warmaster's office to inform Kyubey that one of his brothers is calling on urgent business. There, the Warmaster places her hat on the Incubator and asks Kumatora if she feels anything, earning only a confused look.

She offers to take the Incubator to the elevator, but is refused. When making to leave, Chiaki stops her to assist in sorting out things in her new office. Kumatora happily agrees to do everything the Warmaster needs, but mentions that this task would be even easier if there were still any Culexus left.

Chiaki asks her about the Culexus, and Kumatora tells her that she knew a few of them and that they were generally really nice. One of them even helped her prepare for the live fire exercise where trainees are shot with live ammunition to learn to control the pain.

Kumatora confirms that there is indeed only one Culexus left in the Officio, a girl by the codename of Omegon, who keeps to herself mostly. She tried approaching Omegon, but was only ignored.

Some time into the task of looking through the Warmaster's office, Kumatora finds a wall of laminated panties hidden behind a bookcase. Chiaki tells her to fetch cardboard boxes from the logistics department to send them to the former Warmaster, and she energetically dashes off to fulfill the simple mission.

Kumatora soon returns, cheerfully shouting that she got the box for the panties while the Warmaster is on the phone. She mentions for Kumatora to be quiet while on the phone, who sit down and starts putting the folded box together.

Once Chiaki puts her phone down, Kumatora enthusiastically asks if she should take the panties down, who tells her to wear gloves and wash her hands after touching them. She also tells her to take pictures of the collection, for book keeping, and Kumatora gets right into her task.

During her work she discovers panties of Wendy Cooldown, Mary Sue Springfield and Annie May Springfield, which were collected at the same time, and wonders what to do with them. Chiaki tells her to pack them up with the rest, but Kumatora leaves the garment of Wendy Cooldown.

The Warmaster then leaves her office, ordering the young Eversor to keep at it, seal the box and send it to Director Souji of the Siberian R&D base via the logistics department. Full of enthusiasm, Kumatora tells her superior to count on her and plunges herself back into work.

Some time later, Kumatora drives the Warmaster to a date in a coffee shop she frequents, drawn to their strangely named coffee shakes. Once there, she leans back with a portable game console, telling Chiaki to take her time. The Warmaster offers to buy her a coffee, and Kumatora happily thanks her, wishing her luck on her date.

While waiting for the Warmaster, a waiter brings her a coffee shake. Being close to the shop, Kumatora overhears Chiaki turning her date down and the other idols figuratively kicking her out.

Once her superior is back in the car, Kumatora silently drives off, understanding that Chiaki simply needs to get away. More quiet that usual, she tells the Warmaster about the tissue dispenser in the armrest and asks where to take her next, offering to just drive around for a while if she needs to cool off.

Despite her superior's silence, Kumatora figures out where she wants to go and takes her to Charles' Bar. Entering a bar for the first time, she nearly falls off the bar stool, intimidated by the owner's rough bearing. Worried that she might be kicked out for being underage, she is surprised to find out that Charles does not care about his customer's age, as well as serving drinks like strawberry milk and ice cream shakes.

Calming down, Kumatora holds her glass up for a toast and congratulates Chiaki on becoming Warmaster. She then praises Chiaki's ability to handle the idols, mentioning how she nearly jumped out of the car to take control herself to keep the group away from her Warmaster. Chiaki shrugs it off, stating that even Misaka could handle some idols and reminds her subordinate that civilians should not be hurt if possible, but the Eversor insists that the Warmaster deserves more respect.

Chiaki appreciates her concern, but tells Kumatora to keep the events to herself. The bartender places a package that was left by a courier in front of Chiaki while they finish their drinks. Curious about the content, she looks at it only to notice her superior disappearing with it.

Confused, she waits in the bar with another drink until Chiaki returns, telling her to get her to the Officio right away. Ignoring the blood on the Warmaster's costume and the fact that she did not find out what was inside the box, Kumatora quickly finishes.

Later that day, she finds her Warmaster sleeping in her office. After a while she manages to wake her up, mentioning how sleeping like this will give her a stiff neck and explains that she came to replace the skull throne as instructed earlier, maintenance personnel in tow.

Kumatora also explains that Mami sent her to wake Chiaki up and drive her home where everyone is already waiting. At the Warmaster's apartment, she invites her subordinate to tag along for the housewarming party. Quite happy, the young Eversor keeps thanking her.

At the door, they hear what sounds like a gunshot and screaming and, while trying to remain calm and reasonable, get ready for battle just in case. Chiaki knocks at her door and after a while, a wet Mami Tomoe opens, explaining that she was just opening a bottle of champagne.

The blonde greets Kumatora warmly, who has to hit her superior with her elbow to snap her out of a trance at Mami's wet blouse. They enter the apartment and Kumatora greets everyone before joining Kyoko at the food stacked table. When the party ends, she is still sober but really full, awkwardly hugs Chiaki, gets a hug from Mami and leaves.</spoiler>

==Trivia==
*Kumatora's design is based on Black Rock Shooter. Her fighting style combines Black Rock Shooter and Kamen Rider Black.
*Kumatora calls Chiaki Murderface-senpai.
*She salutes a lot.
*Kumatora was originally an NPC from a game Decu once ran. She was a cyborg magical girl and captain to the PCs' squad.

[[Category:Characters]]

Midori Hanegawa

2014-04-13T13:38:31Z

Crys:

<blockquote>''"In short, sempai, I'm your ninja," Midori's smile widens slightly. "Er, well, just don't ask me to steal stuff, or anything. I've never been great at shoplifting."''</blockquote>
{{Infobox
| imagecaption = Midori Hanegawa
| image = [[Image:Profile-Midori Hanegawa.png|200px]]
| aka = Midori Sakamoto, Broccoli Head, Green Green, Midorin
| appearance = [[Thread 5]]
| organization = Ninth Officio
| rank = Callidus
| occupation = Magical Girl
| ability = Illusions
| weapon = Wrist-blade and daggers
| height = 168cm
| dob = May 8
}}

'''Midori Hanegawa''', is recurring character and one of the narrators of Magical Girl Noir Quest. Initially introduced as an enemy Magical Girl, she was taken prisoner, interrogated, and eventually recruited into the Ninth Officio by [[Chiaki Matsuda]]. A shy and lonely young woman with self-esteem issues, it was quickly revealed that Midori had an infatuation with her violent would be savior. An infatuation that would eventually lead her to risk her own life in exchange for that of the amnesiac Magical Girl.

==Character Summary==
A ramen chef's daughter from a family with crippling debt. She originally contracted as a member of the Tenth Officio, but was later recruited into the Ninth Officio after being defeated and captured by Chiaki during her first bodyguard mission involving [[Iori Minase]]. Reassigned to Chiaki as her direct subordinate, it was quickly revealed that Midori actually knew Chiaki by reputation and was completely infatuated with her, even having gone so far as to draw porn doujinshi involving a self-insert character of herself and an idealized version of Chiaki - "The Adventures of Miracle Midori and Murder Mayumi". Chiaki took the news surprisingly well and the two continued to work closely together for the duration of the Siberia Mission despite initial mistrust and difficulties. After being forced to subdue the one friend she had made during her time in the Tenth Officio, [[Mirai Wakaba]], Midori is further tested by the harrowing experience of having to fight through two overlapping Witch Barrier's in order to rescue Chiaki...

===Physical Description===
*A Japanese girl of above average height. She is seventeen years old.
*Midori has pretty crimson eyes and brilliant green hair.
*Her long green hair is tied at the back of her head by a single yellow ribbon.
*She is remarkably busty, having been compared to Mami in multiple occasions.
*Midori is usually seen wearing a gray colored hoody along with black bike shorts and blue sneakers.
*Her Soul Gem is a circular crimson gem gilded with silver and brass. It is held at her neck by a choker when transformed.

===Personality===
*Midori is loyal to her friends and true to her beliefs.
*She is very considerate.
*She also has a vivid, lewd imagination.
*Initially, Midori acts in a very assertive manner, but becomes increasingly shyer and awkward as time passes.
*Midori is quite insecure about her capabilities as a Callidus and her worth to Chiaki as a friend.
*She also has a prominent jealous streak.

==Character History==
===Iori Minase===
Midori is hired by a group of Otaku to place an illusion on the guards of the idol Iori Minase while they have their way with the helpless girl. She appears as the idol's friend Yayoi and casts a spell on the guardian. In the illusion, she tells the magical girl bodyguard that the men will not harm her, but is violently thrown off by Faust and shot by Chiaki Matsuda.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Midori first appears during the first protection mission for Iori Minase that Chiaki Matsuda accepts, in the disguise of Yayoi Takatsu. She creates an illusion that keeps Chiaki asleep and paralysed in a dream while her clients have their way with the idol. She tells her that the men will not touch Chiaki as courtesy from one professional to another.

Chiaki however laughs at her, startling the supposed idol, before accepting Faust's help who breaks Midori's spell, causing her to throw up blood and revealing her true form. Watching Chiaki coldly take out five armed men in a matter of seconds, the hysterical Midori's terror surges when her kneecaps are shot with a golden Desert Eagle, causing the green haired magical girl to faint.

Her unconscious form is tied up, shoved around and stepped on before being brought to the Ninth Officios silent room, her soul gem in custody of Chiaki Matsuda.</spoiler>

===Recuperation===
After being transferred to a silent room, Midori is interrogated by her captor, drunk from having her soul gem soaked in alcohol. She refuses to reveal details about her Incubator and flirts with Chiaki, who offers her to switch employers.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Once Chiaki awakens the restrained, lifeless body of Midori in the silent room to interrogate her, she realizes that placing a soul gem in alcohol affects the owner, as Midori is clearly drunk from her soul gem being used as a wiskey warmer for a while.

Midori tells Chiaki her name is Sakamoto Midori, Callidus Rank, but refuses to talk about her Incubator. She worked with Iori's assailants because she needs money to support her family's ramen joint, despite disagreeing with what they do. She says she doesn't mind being killed by Murderface, the legendary Vindicare, but requests her body being returned to her family afterwards.

In her drunken state, Midori tells Chiaki that she finds her cute. Being called cute herself, she tells Chiaki that all other girls at her place are popular and nobody cares about a loser like her. Unlike them who became magical girls for extra sparkles, Midori was hit by a sports car while on a delivery and accepted the incubators deal to survive.

She describes him as a cat with black body and white head bearing a circle marking, who wears ruffles and talks with a french accent. But she still refuses to reveal his name because he places great emphasis on secrecy.

When Chiaki offers her to switch employers, Midori replies that she would, but doubts anyone would want another Callidus like her.</spoiler>

===Recruitment===
After a particularly stressful assignment Chiaki visits her to get drunk together but is interrupted by Kyubey. The Incubator offers to either overwrite or nullify Midori's contract, and Chiaki decides to take responsibility of her. After a bit of fooling around with her soul gem, Chiaki takes Midori to the infirmary to have her body healed. On the way she explains her Callidus abilities and her encounter with Faust.

Midori serves as Chiaki's driver while she meets people in preparation for her trip to Siberia, happy about being allowed to accompany her.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">For about a week, Midori is periodically woken up by Mami. Chiaki arrives one night, wearing a maid uniform covered in blood, with whiskey and melon liqueur to drink with her after a stressful assignment. Waking the green haired girl up, Chiaki submerges their soulgems in alcohol to get the both of them drunk to wash away the troubles. Midori tells her of how the pink haired girl broke her illusion back in the hotel, and asks why Chiaki is so important to her but is interrupted by Kyubey.

Kyubey offers Chiaki the choice to either nullify Midori's contract, granting her a quick death, or to rewrite it and have her take responsibility of the girl. Chiaki tells her to Incubator rewrite the contract, who attunes Midori's soul gem to her own. She will be able to track Midori, take control of and even remotely kill her if necessary. Kyubey welcomes Midori Hanegawa into the Officio and leaves.

Midori asks why Chiaki saved her and infers that she likes her, blushing and fidgeting under her restraints. She requests to be released, clearly drunk and loud enough to be heard on the phone call Chiaki started. She tries to shut Midori up by giving her soul gem a lick, giving her an intense orgasm with sharp, loud moaning instead after which she falls asleep. Not long after, Chiaki frees Midori from her restraints and wakes her up, telling her what happened. Midori is embarrassed at first, but then asks Chiaki to do it again. She refuses and transports her new subordinate to the infirmary in a wheelchair.

On the way Midori tells her that she can easily take on the form of anyone if she studies them long enough. She can also create a wide area hypnosis that lets people perceive her as what she is expected to be in the current situation, feeding on expectation and putting the result into peoples minds. This last ability is very difficult and straining, so she only uses it when it's really needed. Midori also tells her how she changed into a somewhat different version of Chiaki when the pink haired girl appeared. A more stylish Chiaki with hair down to her rear, spread out like wings with a pink ribbon and a golden shield on her left arm.

In the infirmary Midori is introduced to Sayaka and Kyoko, the latter teasing her about being a bed warmer. Midori says she will be, if Chiaki let's her, only to be told that she needs to spend more time with her and that the real Murderface probably doesn't live up to the rumors. They part ways and Chiaki takes Midori to get her legs regrown in the infirmary.

The next day, Midori drives Chiaki to a meeting with her principal Iori, constantly looking at her in the mirror. Chiaki decides to have her come along on her trip to the R&D base in Siberia. She thanks Chiaki for choosing her, mentioning she has never been overseas before. Midori apologizes for giving Chiaki a fake name during her first interrogation, saying that she would have told her her real name instead of the cover soon, or if she had decided to dispose of her. She promises not to lie to her superior again, and is made to use her proper name Matsuda, instead of Murderface, along with proper honorific. She ends up calling her Matsuda-senpai and is quite happy about going on a trip with her.

At the Lovelace mansion Midori makes to follow Chiaki inside, but is firmly told to stay in the car and that her job for now is to follow orders. Some time later Chiaki hands her a plate of pancakes and takes up driving herself, looking somewhat distressed. On the way to pick up Misaka Midor asks what happened in the mansion, clearly concerned, but is cut off and told not to worry. Midori suggests talking about her troubles and that Chiaki might not have to drink so much if she did, but is harshly told off.

The appearance of Tiny Pete as well at the choice of name startle Midori, much to Misakas annoyance. Midori herself is impressed by how well her superior handles the child who decided to ignore her. While Chiaki is talking to her arms dealer, Midori playfully flirts with Tiny Pete, resulting in being told off by Misaka. She is then ordered to regard Misaka's orders as equal to Chiaki's orders for the duration of the trip, within reason. She is impressed that Tiny Pete is actually planned for live combat, saying she'd pay big money to see him stomp Pleiades Saints' skulls.

While Misaka packs, Midori says that she understands people are suspicious of her and assures that she will not betray her new superior and that she wants to be helpful. They shake hands and Midori tells her she is glad her life is in the hands of somebody who will not kill her unless it is for a good reason.</spoiler>

===Flight===
Midori takes care of Misaka at the airport. On the plane Chiaki confronts her about a porn comic featuring characters that look like them, and admits being the author behind “The Adventures of Miracle Midori and Murder Mayumi”.To her surprise, Chiaki is not mad and gives her thorough critique instead.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Midori volunteers to carry the luggage for the trip and is told to follow Misaka around at the airport. She convinces a guard to let the two of them pass into a hangar but has her hands full with the stubborn girl until Chiaki calls and talks to her.

On the plane, Midori is embarrased by Chiaki indicating that she found out about her porn manga and avoids eye contact, squirming every time Chiaki so much as moves “The Adventure of Miracle Midori and Murder Mayumi”, which seems to be a source of considerable enjoyment for her superior. Midori tries to explain in unintelligable streams of apologies, only to be shut up with a mouthful of pancake from Chiaki's packed dinner and told to be quiet since Misaka is asleep.

She admits to being the author of MMxMM and basing some characters on people she knows, Murder Mayumi on Murderface and Miracle Midori on herself. She never wanted to tell anyone and apologizes, saying she drew it because she was lonely and needed something to escape to in between her family's financial problems and soul crushing assignments. She apologizes again, saying that she wants to call the publishing agency to stop the series now that Chiaki is her boss.

To her surprise, Chiaki gives her thorough critique, pats her head and tells her that everybody needs a hobby and that she doesn't mind Midori continuing. Being asked why she used Murderface and not someone better, Midori says she needed somebody dark, broody and cool to contrast with her bright, vulnerable lead.

She didn't think it would sell, but to her own surprise the books were a real hit at Comiket with demands for a sequel. She tells Chiaki that she published six volumes so far, but refuses to tell her what happens next and promises to get her the following volumes one by one.

Midori asks what Chiaki would say if she confessed to her, hypothetically, and is told that her superior takes confessions serious and would have to decline as the two of them don't know each other nearly well enough.

Some hours later, after sleeping for the rest of the flight and then some more, Midori wakes Chiaki up. After getting ready to go, she receives Chiaki's weapon suitcase with the explicit order not to open it and gets on the helicopter that will take them to the R&D base.</spoiler>

===Betrayer & Hunt===
Midori is intimidated by Kharn's presence and jealous of her closeness with Chiaki. When her superior wants her to cook for the russian and asks about her part in the attack on Iori, she locks herself into a room to cry. Chiaki apologizes for being insensitive, Midori apologizes for overreacting, Kharn thanks her for the food. Midori later finds Chiaki sleeping on her bed and decides to sleep next to her to calm her nightmares.

They later depart on a hunting trip, but cancel the plan when they find traces of an enemy magical girl, which Midori thinks is an acquaintance. They find Mirai who demands Midori's return to her old Officio, but have to fight when she refuses. Chiaki and Midori take on the horde of bears while Kharn engages Mirai. Chiaki uses the golden katana and loses control of herself until Midori makes her regain herself, sustaining injuries in the process.

Following Kharn, they find her over Mirai's burning corpse. The russian promises that the scheduled procedure will fix Chiaki and makes Midori promise to keep her superior away from the golden weapons for a while. Back at the base Souji treats their wounds and puts them in bed together.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Midori is immediately intimidated by Kharn's presence, stepping back and telling Chiaki that it would not be good to keep the russian girl waiting. Inside the base she is both disappointed and excited about everyone getting a room of their own instead of sharing one with Chiaki.

She hands Kharn the suitcase with the golden weapons, sulking at the rusian hugging her superior. When Chiaki asks her to make some takoyaki for Kharn, Midori says that she will make them for Chiaki who can share them with whomever she wants, annoyed by her superiors closeness with the russian girl.

When Chiaki tells her about witches, the one in Mami's apartment specifically, Midori explains the description fits a former girl of her previous Officio, Asuka Yuuri, who was considered to have gone rogue. Chiaki promises her to end things quickly should Midori ever witch out, the green haired girl promising to do her best, too.

When asked about Iori, Midori flinches, coldly telling Chiaki that the sex was part of the illusion, the scenario thought up by the idol herself. She also tells her that she was not involved in the rape of Yayoi Takatsuki before pushing a bowl of takoyaki in Chiakis hands and locking herself in her room.

Crying on her bed, she tells Chiaki to leave her alone, who decidedly ignores that and apologizes for being tactless through the closed door, telling her that she needed the information and reminds Midori that she lacks any sense of delicacy. She also apologizes for making her cook for Kharn, telling Midori that she only wanted ot do something nice for an old friend she forgot about, and that she liked the takoyaki.

Midori then opens the door and apologizes for overreacting. Kharn tells her that Chiaki is lacking in social terms, and thanks her for the takoyaki, asking to be taught to make them, making Midori blush and pulling her out of her room into the kitchen.

Afterwards, she finds Chiaki sleeping in her room and decides to sleep beside her as it helps calm nightmares in her experience. After waking up, Midori tells her that she likes the idea of sleeping with her, but that it's not the only thing on her mind and that she can be just considerate for her boss, too.

She gets ready for the hunt, despite thinking that killing animals for sport is cruel, but is willing to try as it's common practice in Siberia. After keeping Misaka and Tiny Pete company for a while, she receives a headset from Chiaki, telling her superior how the hunting gear suits her before boarding the partys vehicle.

When the group stops ahead of schedule, she exits with Misaka, asking Chiaki what happened. Hearing the description of a magical girl that showed up leading a horde of bears, Midori is reminded of someone and requests to accompany Chiaki to see for herself if her suspicion is right. When asked about it, she tells Chiaki that the description sounds like Mirai Wakaba, a member of the Pleiades Saints and unlike the other members, one of her few friends.

Chiaki allows her to come, but tells her to face the reality that her friend has likely been sent to kill her, which Midori says she already expected. She receives a rifle from Kharn with a short explanation on its use, protesting as she is no marksman, but can't assert herself against the russian.

Upon finding the remains of the brutally murdered advance party, Midori empties her stomach before accompanying Chiaki further north towards the enemies lair. When Chiaki tells her to hide and retreat when the fighting starts, she returns that she will not leave her superiors side in a firefight. Chiaki takes the rifle from her, giving Midori a strange heavy gun from her shield instead.

Some minutes later at a clearing, Midori ascertains that the enemy is indeed her friend Mirai. She steps into the clearing, all bears focusing on her, and talks to her friend. She tells her that she wanted to leave for some time due to the missions being too much for her. Mirai however doesn't care for her reasons, stating that she is to return the traitors soul gem to her incubator. She offers to spare Chiaki if Midori surrenders, but Midori refuses to turn her back on the one she loves, aiming the bolter gun at the crimson haired girl and threatening to kill her herself.

Mirai sends the bears to attack and Midori fares unexpectedly well, taking a good number of beasts out with carefully aimed shots, calmly switching the bolter with Chiakis M60 after running out of rounds. One particularily large bear tears the rifle from her hands and is cut down by Chiaki, now wielding the golden katana filled with bloodthirst.

Midori tries to make her superior regain her senses and drop the sword, calling her name and pulling her arm, desperately holding on to her even when Muramasa cuts into her arms and torso until Chiaki finally lets go of the blade. Midori keeps holding on to her as they head to where Kharn defeated Mirai, the corpse beheaded and still burning.

When Kharn states that Chiaki has been tainted she makes Midori promise to keep her from touching the golden weapons for a while and assures that Souji and herself will fix the Warmaster in training. Chiaki forces Midoris grasp open before pulling her close, letting her subordinate rest against her shoulders, sharing their warmth, and Midori quickly falls asleep.

Back at the base, she is treated and put to bed with Chiaki, naked to provide each other with more warmth.</spoiler>

===Treatment & Training===
Chiaki lost her memories during the procedure. Midori introduces herself again and tells her some details about her life and surroundings again. She accompanies Chiaki to the training facilities where she fights Kharn and expresses her concern about using golden weapons against each other.

Later Chiaki starts interrogating the captured Mirai but the Tenth Incubator takes control of the girl and threatens to detonate her soul gem. Midori is sent out to have Souji prepare an emergency teleporter, soon finding Kharn next to her after an explosion.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">A while later, Midori wakes up to Chiaki squeezing her shoulder. Her mind still numb from exhaustion and painkillers, she asks if she should get something for Chiaki, who hugs her and simply says that they both need to sleep.

The next morning Midori is in the living area with Misaka and Souji. She hears Chiaki enter and approaches, but quickly notices that something is wrong. She asks Kharn what happened, who could only watch silently as Chiaki reveals her most recent amnesia triggered by the procedure.

After Misaka locks herself in her room and Kharn leaves to look after Souji, Midori formally introduces herself again, holding back her tears. When asked what a Callidus like her actually is, she explains the Officio Assassinorum and its ranks to Chiaki. When asked about their relationship, Midori says that they were friends, but not as close as Kharn makes it sound and that Misaka is much closer to her, considering Chiaki a heroic big sister.

While her superior tries to talk to the young girl, Midori heads back into the kitchen to continue preparing breakfast. While they eat, Chiaki's volume of Miracle Midori and Murder Mayumi drops from her inventory. Midori panics at the thought of explaining it again before Souji picks it up, claiming it as his own.

On the way to the training area Souji mentions that Kharn tends to get carried away a lot, but Midori expresses her confidence in the previous Warmaster's ability to control herself to not hurt Chiaki.

Once he leaves, Kharn tells them not to mind his rude behavior, telling them he is only worried about a dream he had where Kharn goes berserk and kills Misaka and Midori before Chiaki puts her down. Kharn tells them not to worry, but Midori replies that dreams about death are sometimes a warning sign in her experience.

After they warm up, Kharn calls Midori to the edge of the mats in the middle of the room to give the start sign. When Chiaki and Kharn pick up golden weapons to fight each other with in the second round, Midori voices her concern a the idea of using them in combat instead of just getting instructions, but is told that this training will be safer than doing it in live combat later. Chiaki tells her to leave the area for safety reasons, but Midori insists on staying, fighting her body's urge to escape the potential danger.

She makes to give the starting signal and retreats as Kharn starts a surprise attack. When Chiaki and Kharn both fully tap the power of their weapons, colored flames in front of their left eyes, Midori tries to make Chiaki stop the fight, anxious at the development. Relieved that Chiaki agrees, she leaves the training area with Kharn and her superior.

Back in the living area, Misaka clings to Chiaki, still crying. Midori offers to take care of her, but Chiaki wants to do it herself. As the young girl returns to the kitchen, beaming, Midori passes Chiaki a glass of iced water, earning a confused look from her superior who never seems to have had a drink without alcohol before.

On the way to the interrogation room, Kharn and Midori fill Chiaki in on her current Officio background and the situation with Mirai. Inside, she expresses her concern about interrogating Mirai with the computer surrogate body. The russian pushes Chiaki to start the interrogation, assuring them its safe.

As Kharn explains that all of Mirais senses are disabled, only allowing the screen text to be perceived, Midori is shaken by the cruelty of the method. She reports what she remembers about the encounter with Mirai, pointing out differences to what Mirai said.

When the Tenth Incubator intrudes into the interrogation device and threatens to detonate Mirai's soul gem if the connection is severed, Midori suggests Chiaki to talk to him. He demands Midori's return, but she clearly states that she doesn't want to go back. Chiaki tells the Tenth that Midori belongs to her, making the green haired girl blush furiously.

Kharn hands over her keycard and instructs Midori to leave the room and use the elevator upstairs should anything happen, a prepared teleporter will bring them next to her. Moments after an explosion occurs inside the interrogation room and the teleport erupts next to Midori, knocking her down.

Blinded by the light, she hits the button to send the elevator up and grabs the body next to her. What she finds is Kharn who whispers that Chiaki is still in the room before an alarm starts up, announcing that a witch was detected inside the facility.</spoiler>

===Midori & Miracle Midori===
'''During this chapter, the game takes place in Midori's point of view.'''

Chiaki was held back in the interrogation room and is trapped inside the witch barrier that resulted from Mirai's soul gem exploding. Midori decides to infiltrate the place to save Chiaki, takes some equipment from Souji, a teleport beacon from Misaka and moves in. There she meets Madoka and teams up with her to search for her friend in the twisted reflection of Mitakihara City.

They enter the Middle School and find several phantoms, hide from a threatening figure and find the first fragment. On their way out the predator attacks and Madoka stays behind to buy time for Midori and Homura to escape. The two of them make their way to the red light district and find another fragment in Charles' Bar. Together they move on to the Hanegawa ramen restaurant and meet Malal and Mirai.

They explain that they are looking for the fragments as well to reunite all of them. Soon the third fragment closes in and Midori manages to calm it down while her companions keep it occupied. Kharn shows up and challenges the armored fragment, but Midori slaps her and blusters at the selfish russian, driving her off by breaking her will to fight. The group takes a rest in the restaurant, has some conversations and depart for the fourth fragment.

They find Kharn nearly dead lying in front of the winged fragment and Midori can't contain her anger and insults her. The fragment sends her servants to kill everyone and Midori falls first. Separated from her body, she encounters Madoka again who assists her in gathering the soul gems from all fragments while explaining Faust and the golden weapons.

After most of the battle is over, Madoka manifests Midori to talk to the last remaining fragment. She convinces her to keep on living and returning to the real world before fusing all fragments together. Back with Madoka, the Blessed Lady tells her that her soul gem is burned out, but Malal appears, throws Mirai's soul gem at her and demands that she uses it to save Midori.

She reveals her identity and asks Midori to take care of Chiaki before she returns to her body where Mirai waits. She tells her that she could not bear seeing her friend die and is at peace with her situation. Midori thanks her friend and tells her she will miss her before waking up in the real world.

Chiaki thanks her for everything she did and pulls her into an embrace to calm her down after the traumatic experience. Together they decide that Kharn will have to live with the consequences of her betrayal and has to marry Souji as part of her punishment. They decide to leave Kharn and Souji alone, have a meal together and stare into the sky to assure that the nightmare is indeed over.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Up in the living area, Souji takes care of Kharn while Midori tries to find out what do do about the situation. Souji tells her that the witch is sealed in and that something held Chiaki back when the teleporter should have saved her alongside Kharn. Souji tells her that it's imposible to get a teleporter lock from outside the barrier and that somebody has to exterminate the witch first. Misaka insists on going in with Tiny Pete, but Midori tells her that Chiaki would not want her to endanger herself and that the witch and her familiars would target not magical girls first.

Midori decides to head into the barrier alone since Kharn is in no state to do anything and Tiny Pete would draw unwanted attention during the search. She asks Misaka if she can teleport the Terminator inside when needed, and the young engineer hurriedly hands her a bulky digital watch, stating that a teleport beacon is inside. She hugs Midori, asking her to bring Chiaki back, and heads off to make preparations. Souji asks if she needs anything for the infiltration, and agrees to supplying her with two grief seeds and four doses of the medication he gave Kharn in a handy hypogun.

They head one floor down into the teleporter room where Souji prepares the machinery, warning Midori that she will feel sick upon her arrival. As he initiates the transport, the world around Midori fills with blinding light, screaming voices and the stench of brimstone before she wakes up lying in her own throw-off, feeling miserable.

As she regains her senses, she recognizes the area as a destroyed version of Mitakihara, a cackling witch blocking the sun and the pink haired girl back from the hotel standing next to her. She tells Midori that this is not Mirai's barrier, but that of Homura, the name she calls Chiaki, instead. She orders Midori not to use any other name for Homura and explains that she is in the center of the barrier, complaining about the low standards of todays magical girls, before demanding to know why Midori is trying to find her.

Midori explains that she owes her and that picking up after Chiaki is her job. Satisfied that Midori isn't trying to steal Homura away from her, the pink haired girl offers to join forces in their search. Despite her bad feeling, Midori agrees to find Chiaki as fast as possible. Happy that someone actually joins her, the pink haired girl introduces herself as Madoka and explains that she feels four locations where Homura could be and another one that should be Mirai.

At that moment, the teleporter beaon watch starts beeping, and Midori excuses herself to take the call. Misaka informs her that Tiny Pete is ready to deploy and that the beacon Chiaki is still carrying gives off four signals, matching Madoka's information. She also mentions that Souji detected a strong witch nearby, but the connection is cut before Midori could respond.

Madoka then transports the two of them to another part of the barrier where the first signal is coming from, the Mitakihara Middle School building. Following closely behind Madoka, Midori notices that she is strangely attractive when her dark eyes and sharp teeth are not visible, before asking about how she and Homura got to know each other.

The pink girl tells her how the magical girl Madoka saved the shy Homura and became her best friend before they were torn apart, one getting lost to the world and the other sacrificing her soul to do the impossible. She screams about how Homura didn't listen to Madoka and selfishly wanted to change everything, destroying the world in the process of trying to get what she wants instead of what everyone needs.

As the barrier shakes at Madoka's outburst, Midori desperately pulls her into a hug and apologizes for bringing up bad memories. She tells Madoka that they must still be friends since she still came to save her despite what she did and the pink haired girl calms down, the world around them falling into silence once more.

Madoka apologizes for her outburst and explains that she will warp them around to make things easier and avoid the familiars, listing a few locations inside the building that seem important.

Distracted at the image of Chiaki wearing the Mitakihara middle school uniform for a bit, Midori decides to start looking on the rooftop. Once there, she notices that Madoka is gone and spots someone standing in a corner. As Midori approaches the person, she recognizes it as a long haired grayscale version of Chiaki. She moves her lips worldessly, points to somewhere behind Midori and disappears when the green haired girl looks away, leaving an envelope where she stood.

As Midori picks it up, Madoka appears behind her, apologizing for leaving her alone and explains that she was drawn to a different, strange and scary place inside the school. Midori tells her about the apparition and they read the letter inside the envelope. A message about how Homura has never forgotten but could not accept to exist in a world where Madoka cannot and is prepared to be hated for what she will do. Madoka reacts with confusion and fright, telling Midori to throw it away.

They also find a ring in the envelope, and Madoka recognizes it as Homura's soul gem. She takes the ring and Midori tells her that Homura must have loved her a lot to be willing to sacrifice everything to get her back. The ring disappears in pink fire in Madoka's hand who pushes to move on.

Midori decides to head to the classroom next, but asks what happened to Madoka in the strange place earlier. She answers that the person she hates was there, weak, helpless and worthless before transporting Midori to their destination.

She arrives alone once again, finding another gray phantasm of Homura sitting at one of the desks. Calling her repeatedly, the shade looks at Midori with an irritated expression before disappearing, leaving another envelope.

While Midori picks it up, Madoka appears behind her again, seemingly irritated herself. She blusters about the person she hates and how she wants her dead before hugging Midori from behind, asking if she ever hated herself for something embarassing she did and is constantly reminded of. Midori tells her that everyone has something like that and eventually moves past it and that she and her friend both are not the same people they were in the past, cheering the dark goddess up again.

Madoka notices the envelope and promises to try to stay calm before Midori opens it to find another letter from Homura. After reading it Midori slips the letter into her pocket and suggests heading to the school clinic on foot.

Madoka tells her of a strange thing she feels walking around, different from the person she encountered before, and that it seems to be looking for her, following her scent. Just then they hear heavy metallic footsteps approaching and decide to run before their pursuer can reach their location, dashing all the way towards the clinic, Midori carrying the frightened Madoka part of the way. They press against the bottom end of the wall to escape detection when the footsteps stop in front of the clinic door for a few minutes, purple flame dancing in front of it's left eye, before it turns around to move away.

After clinging to Madoka for some more time, tensely waiting for the predator to be gone for good, they disentangle from each other and notice somebody else in the room, sleeping in one of the beds. Upon closer inspection, they find out it is Chiaki with long braided hair, wearing the Mitakihara middle school uniform, this time not a grayscale phantom. Madoka identifies her as one of the four Homuras inside the barrier, but is worried about scaring her with her devilish appearance.

Midori uses a bit of magic, small enough to make it unnoticable, to hide Madoka's black eyes and claws, giving her the appearance of her previous form. Madoka asks her to watch the door while she wakes Homura up, and Midori complies, while trying to keep her mind away from thinking that she never had a chance with Chiaki. Homura wakes up, confused at Madoka crying over her and turns to Midori for an explanation. The green haired girl tells her that Madoka was worried about her while said girl calms down enough to explain their current situation, leaving out the part about Homura's fragments.

Madoka senses their hunter approach again, albeit slowly this time, and suggests moving on quickly after formally introducing Midori. Midori decides to keep going by foot and, during a break to let the frail Homura catch her breath, asks Madoka about Mirai. She tells her that she can't feel anything, but mentions via telepathy that she might already be a witch at this point.

They move on, Midori now carrying Homura to speed up their progress, and are assaulted by the armored predator. Madoka undoes Midoris illusion and materialises her weapon, telling her companions to run away. Homura asks what happened to Madoka and Midori explains that despite her look, she still works hard to protect her friend.

They hear Madoka scream in pain, and Homura demands to go back and help her, even if she has to do it alone. Midori sets Homura back on the groud, but holds on to her wrist while explaining that Madoka is the strongest magical girl and that going back would be selfish. When Homura continues to struggle, Midori slaps her and explains that going back would be an insult to Madoka who wants to keep her friend from danger no matter what and that she will definitely return. Hearing this, the frail Homura calms down a bit and cries into Midoris shoulder.

At this point Midoris teleporter beacon connects again, Misaka and Souji noticably relieved that Midori is still alive. She tells them that she encountered Chiaki and he confirms the signal and mentions that the next one is north of her position. The two strong anomalies they detected close to her, Madoka and the predator, have disappeared for now.

Midori then asks about Kharn, but is told to focus on the task at hand. The Callidus is used to people hiding information though and presses the issue, making Souji reveal that Kharn has managed to escape from the silent room and used the teleporter to enter the barrier, her current location unknown. He tells her to run away if she encounters the previous Warmaster and explains that Mirai can't be saved if she has already turned into a witch. He tells her about how Kharn witched out and that it took him, Murderface and fifteen Culexus to stop her and that they still don't know how it actually worked out. Midori thanks him for his honesty and promises to work hard for a happy ending before he disconnects.

Homura, who has been listening, asks about her conversation and Midori explains everything while they head north. They arrive in the reflection of a shadier part of Mitakihara and make to enter Charles' Bar, the place most likely to find Chiaki, and encounter the drunk fragment representing Chiaki.

While Homura stays back, Midori wakes Chiaki up, serves her water and introduces herself to the exhausted fragment. Chiaki mentions that she knows the name Hanegawa from the ramen restaurant nearby and that the Warmaster and another person took her there a few times, before asking about Homura. Midori explains that they are basically the same person, and Chiaki surprisingly believes it right away, mentioning that she already encountered another fragment that tried to kill her. She tells Midori that she escaped easily, or was let go, and encountered a pink haired girl that tried to tear her heart out, but managed to kill her first.

At that moment, Madoka contacts her again, blinded during her fight, and asks where they are. Midori tells her that they are safe and found another fragment and suggests that Madoka doesn't show herself to this one just yet. Madoka tells her that she made their predator run but was injured herself before falling silent.

Chiaki then asks about the current situation, already expecting the outcome. Then Madoka contacs Midori again, warning her about the predator approaching again. Homura and Chiaki feel it, too, and decide to quickly relocate into the Hanegawa ramen restaurant.

To Midori's surprise, her family's restaurant is manned by Kyubey, copying her fathers behavior, who tells them not to block the entrance since two other customers are bound to come back soon. By his description, Midori concludes that they are Mirai and a Culexus. The Chiaki fragment mentions that the description sounds like Malal and that she will be able to tell them something important. Kyubey advises the group to stay inside the restaurant to avoid the starting rain as familiars come out during that time. When Midori asks him why he is there, the Incubator explains that he knows he is not real and that this restaurant might have leaked into Chiakis barrier through their attuned soul gems.

Kyubey brings out food and Midori takes it to the table Homura and Chiaki have sat down at, starting a conversation. Chiaki told Homura about kiling magical girls with the time stop ability, who asks Midori about her opinion. She answers that shooting the legs first is better as the enemies of today might be friendsomorrow. Chiaki agrees and says she should have known that before she screwed everything up. In the following silence, Midori tries to contact Madoka again and sees an image of Kharn coming to the pink haired girl's help.

As she snaps out of the vision, shocked at Kharn being Madoka's ally, Mirai and Malal enter the restaurant, both chipped and talking about someone being out of reach. Midori all but tackles her friend into a hug, crying tears of relief for a while before letting go again. Mirai is happy that her friend came for her, but tells her that saving her is more complicated than just getting out of the barrier.

Mirai explains that she knows what Midori is doing and that she and Malal have been trying to help but could not reach a powerful and insane fragment. She offers to answer Midori's questions and explains that they want to bring the four fragments together in one place to make something happen, but don't know what exactly that will be. She is impressed that Midori already found two fragments and mentions another problematic one, the part of Chiaki that wants to destroy herself. She suggests that maybe three fragments will be enough.

Midori then turns towards Malal and asks who she is and how she knows so much, considering that she is supposedly dead. The fragments cut into the conversations and explain that she is indeed Malal and indeed dead. Malal confirms this and decides not to explain how she ended up inside this barrier, leading the conversation back to gathering the fragments. She admits that they would ideally want all four, but could make Chiaki work well enough with only three to avoid the risk of the insane fourth fragment killing the others.

Midori asks Kyubey about her linked soul gem, but the Incubator reflection can only guess at whether it will be of any help in dealing with the remaining fragments. She then requests that Malal and Mirai reveal what they are hiding, but the Culexus insists on keeping the things that can't be changed to herself as these details would not help advance their goals.

Midori then calls Souji to inform him about Kharn's appearance and joining Madoka, meeting Mirai and the plan to reunite Chiaki's fragments. Souji tells her to forget about Kharn and focus on Chiaki, but Malal cuts into the conversation and refuses to leave her former partner behind. Shocked at Malal's presence, he explains that he identified the huge signal as the original teleporter beacon heading their way and thanks Malal for still wanting to save the former Warmaster before severing the connection.

Malal identifies the angry fragment they fought earlier and states that Midori and the two fragments will even the odds in an encounter with it. Midori then decides to take the approaching fragment head-on instead of running or waiting it out.

She asks Malal why she tried facing the fragment earlier despite being outmatched, and the Culexus replies that somebody had to do it and only the rain caused them to fail as it probably causes traumatic memories to surface, making the fragment go berserk. Malal explains that they are going to fight to subdue and then bring the two fragments in to trigger some kind of reaction. Midori asks how Malal can be sure that anything will happen at all, but the Culexus replies that this is a secret.

Just then a bestial roar from outside shatters the windows, hurling glass shards all over the place. Chiaki and Homura tackle Midori to the grund to take cover while Malal and Mirai jump outside and engage the angry fragment first. As Homura helps Midori back to her feet, everyone is stunned at the appearance of the new fragment. It's hands and legs turned into jagged metal even more monstrous than Kharn, heavy plate armor covering her upper body, face covered in scars, wielding a jagged sword as big as herself.

Mirai is easily thrown aside by the impact of the jagged weapon crashing into her own broadsword and is only saved by Malal throttling the armored fragment with her crowbar. As Malal screams for her to take action, Midori jumps outside, closely followed by the other fragments, and jumps at the armored fragment. While Chiaki and Homura cling to it's arms, Midori hugs the spiked figure and pulses her thoughts into its mind, trying to calm her down. The fragment roars and shakes them off, loosing it's sword in the process, and replies with her own thoughts that she lost control and killed everyone, stating they must be familiars trying to torture her.

Malal orders Midori to stand back while the others try to restrain the armored fragment again to focus all her attention on convincing the mad monstrosity. They burst forward but are easily beaten down one after another within a few heartbeats. Midori stands her ground and sends her thoughts into the armored fragment's mind, telling her that she is not alone, that she loves her and believes that she knows it's the real Midori talking to her.

The armored fragment stares at her for a while before lowering the weapon it picked up moments before and speaks Midori's name in a pained voice. Midori affirms that it really is her and the armored fragment drops its weapon, still disbelieving. The green haired girl pulls her into a hug and the monstrous form of Chiaki makes to slowly return it.

At that moment Kharn shows up, a double bladed chainaxe resting on her shoulder, sincerely smiling. Midori and Malal try to dissuade her from starting a fight, the Culexus' uncorrupted voice from behind the broken visor strangely familiar, but Kharn insists that the Blessed Lady wants this fight to happen. Malal screams at Kharn to remember a promise she made to her, but the Betrayer refuses to listen to what she considers a barrier born phantasm, calls upon the golden weapon's power and sets the Culexus ablaze. While the flames die out on the unconscious magical girl, Kharn admires the armored fragment's form before telling Midori to step back.

Filled with rage, Midori walks past the armored fragment towards Kharn, unconsciously transforming into her magical girl from, and slaps the former Warmaster twice, hard enough to knock her hat off, and screams in anger and frustration. Stunned Kharn steps back and tries to justify her actions as the Blessed Lady's will, but Midori doesn't let up and exclaims that the Blessed Lady never never cared about her, that all she ever cares about is Homura. She tells the shocked magical girl that none of them ever had a chance against their connection and reminds her of how she is throwing everything she built with Souji away. She calls the scientist with the teleport beacon and prompts Kharn to tell him about it herself, but the russian can't bring herself to do it and retreats, her fighting spirit broken.

Souji missed the one sided conversation and asks if Midori needs Tiny Pete. She tells him that they are mostly alright and found the third fragment, that Kharn is still alive and that they need the position of the final fragment. She tells him to contact her as soon as he finds it and cuts the connection again before sinking to the ground untransformed, the tension leaving her body and falls unconscious from exhaustion.

Once she wakes up, Midori finds herself resting her head on Mirai's thighs inside the restaurant, Malal working on her suit, Homura and Chiaki asleep with the armored fragment standing guard at the entrance.

Mirai explains that they healed their wounds but will rest to ease the fatigue until the rain stops. Midori uses this chance to ask how Mirai got into this situation and she explains that Jyuubey ordered her to investigate the Ninths research base a few months ago and how he took control of her body instead of just borrowing her senses. She remembers nothing between this moment and waking up inside the machine other than being pulled into darkness. The same happened after talking to Chiaki, which was the moment she found herself inside the barrier.

Midori then asks to check her soul gem, finding it in acceptable shape and tells her friend that she wants to get everyone out of this barrier safe and that Souji can surely do something about her body.

She tells her friend to take a rest herself and gets up to talk to the armored fragment. She assures again that she is not an illusion and learns that the armored fragment missed her during her long time of killing to survive. Mustering the resolve to keep herself from crying, Midori asks her how she ended up this way.

The armored fragment explains that her procedure in Siberia failed and that she killed everyone inside the base, triggering a lockdown. When she dug herself out, the entire Ninth Officio mobilized against her and was subsequently wiped out. Confused, Midori tells her that the procedure was a success, the armored fragment replies that her shield started clicking and she found herself in this place years ago. She mentions how she fought all sorts of monsters, some of them wearing faces of people she killed, but never saw the other fragments before.

Midori explains that they are representations of Chiaki, past, present and possible future, and how she wants to reunite them all to solve the situation. The armored fragment explains that she knows how to find the final fragment, the one with wings of hate, and that they should wait for the rain to stop before engaging in this difficult fight. She thanks Midori for giving her this second chance and states that she is glad to have taken care of the green haired girl back in the past. Midori pats her arm and leaves the fragment alone to sort her thoughts, walking over to talk to Malal.

She asks about Kharn's soul gem in case they have to fight her for real and wonders why the three fragments are not uniting if they are supposed to be enough. Malal replies that they probably don't want to do it yet but that she could convince them, although acquiring the fourth fragment would be ideal for restoring Chiaki in full. Midori asks if Malal's powers can affect the fourth fragment, but the Culexus is uncertain.

She tells the green haired girl that she only needs to get the fused Chiaki and herself out while Malal will try to do something about Kharn before collapsing the barrier from inside, taking herself and Mirai with it as they have no place in the real world anymore. Malal then asks Midori to decide whether to take three or four fragments, who declares that only a full restoration of all parts will be any good. Malal then explains that she knows where the fourth fragment is and that the armored one will be the key to surviving the blood bath she expects.

Midori then asks if she and Malal met before, and the Culexus explains that she went to the Hanegawa ramen restaurant with Kharn and Murderface where Midori helped her father, but that they didn't talk and that people tend to unconsciously forget about meeting a Culexus.

Midori then leaves Malal to takes a rest herself. She wakes up being carried on the back of the fragment resembling Chiaki and Homura explains that they could not wake her up when the rain stopped and decided to depart this way. Chiaki pokes fun at her using memories of her time outside the barrier that are slowly returning to her mind before telling her that she is special and wants her to stay until the end.

While the sky darkens, the group arrives at a graveyard where Malal states that the final fragment is close. At that moment they hear Kharns chainaxes buzzing nearby, and both Malal and the armored fragment want to claim her as an opponent. Midori calls Souji and tells him to prepare Tiny Pete and to consider piloting him so he can talk to Kharn. He confirms that he can control the Terminator and is willing to enter the barrier to save his partner, stating they will get married right afterwards, regardless of the former Warmaster's oppinion. Malal mentions that he will be useful in removing one thing to worry about with teleporting Kharn out and Midori agrees to this being the plan before transforming into her magical girl form again.

Following the path they arrive at a clearing and find twenty numbered grave stones with shades carrying golden weapons in front of them as well as the fourth fragment, bearing blinding golden wings and a shield f the same material, her hair tied with a crimson ribbon. Kharn lies in a pool of her own blood, one arm torn from her shoulder while the fourth fragment mentions that she will still live for a short time and thanks Midori for bringing the other three fragments to her.

Midori wanted to talk and ask why she would kill Kharn like this, but upon seeing the cold hatred and determination in the eyes of the winged fragment, she can only despise her and spits an offense in her face upon which the cruel magical girl turns away and orders the shades to kill everyone. As the fighting breaks out, Midori charges towards the winged fragment but is hit by something hard enough to shatter her bones and knock her out right away.

As her consciousness fades, she hears Madoka's voice and uses her remaining strength to beg her to help save Homura. Appearing in a ball of light, the amber eyed goddess explains that she has a good moment that will last long enough to save everyone. While Midori's consiousness keeps fading away, Madoka pleads her to stay awake since she needs her permission to use her soul gem if she wants to save Chiaki. Midori tells her to do whatever is neccessary but wants to hold her hand while she does it, scared of what will happen.

Her vision is filled with purple flames before she regains consciousness back on the battlefield where her companions are fighting the golden weapon shades. She watches Tiny Pete burst through a group of enemies to pick something up and realizes that her own shattered corpse is still lying on the ground, right next to that of the braided fragment. Madoka, now wearing a pure white gown, gently picks up the fragment's soul gem and tells Midori to get the task done quickly.

Midori asks for an explanation and if Tiny Pete really just picked her own corpse up. Madoka confirms and explains that she put a part of herself into Midori's soul gem to be where she needs to be most to help Chiaki and that Midori is there because of her attunement to her superiors soul gem. She encourages her by stating that she did a good job gathering the fragments and facing the fourth, calling her the bravest magical girl in the world. When Midori asks what she did to the fragment, Madoka explains that she gave her peace and took what they need to make Chiaki whole, that she will use all fragments as well as herself and Midori to fuse everything together and that everything else will work itself out afterward.

When asked about herself, she explains that Faust is a part of her that should not exist but came to be when Homura did something horrible in the past, the details unknown even to her. Faust has taken over and wants to make Chiaki suffer for reminding her of what Homura did. The goddess also explains that the golden weapons were her idea, filled with most of her power, the rest was used to convince Faust they were her own idea to make whoever acquires all of them a worthy challenger. She explains that she still has friends she can occasionally talk to to make sure Chiaki gets involved in the golden weapons, looking at Malal.

Midori suggests using her grief seeds as a safety valve, and Madoka agrees after thinking for a bit, stating that she hasn't seen any in a long time as her wish originally removed witches from existence.

As the armored fragment is beaten down, Madoka prompts Midori to approach her as she would react violently to the goddesses. Reaching the armored fragment, Midori hears her desperate thoughts, begging her body to get up again to at least avenge Midori when she could not protect her. Unable to move, she can only cry an apology to her dead friend. Midori manages to pulse a reply and tells the fragment that there is no need to apologize. As the fragment passes away, relieved to see Midori one last time, Madoka grants her peace and takes her soul gem.

The two of them turn to look at the still raging combat and spot the reawakened Kharn and Tiny Pete, as well as Malal and Mirai thinning out the shades numbers. They also spot that the fragment most resembling Chiaki has defeated the winged one and is bashing the golden shield in her fallen opponent's face over and over, laughing all the while. Shocked, Madoka whispers that this is not supposed to happen in this place and tells Midori that Chiaki is letting someone take control of her again and that the goddess can't intervene without making everything that happened so far meaningless.

She tells Midori to do it instead and expends her remaining power to manifests the green haired girl behind Chiaki, telling her to hurry as this will only last a short time. Midori gathers her courage, approaches the fragment, takes hold of her arms and tells her to stop behaving so unlike her real self. Chiaki insists on taking her anger out on the one who killed the only person who cared about her, but Midori tells her that it is important to everyone that Chiaki comes back.

After a moment of silence the fragment lets go of the shield and cries, murmuring that she doesn't want to go back anymore. Madoka weakly pulses that Chiaki is the only Homura left to fix what she did in the past, that anyone else would be enslaved to Faust and bound by the golden weapons. Chiaki says that she would go back if Midori asks her to, and she hugs her, telling the crying girl she doesn't have to go through it alone and that she loves her before pressing the final piece of Chiaki's soul gem that appeared in front of her in place.

Midori is enveloped in darkness and greeted by Madoka, now back in Faust's magical girl costume. She thanks her for taking care of Chiaki and explains that the barrier will soon collapse with everyone returning back to the real world, Chiaki once again the person she was before thanks to Midori's help and grief seeds. Madoka tells her that her soul gem is at its limit, only a short time away from death after using everything up.

At this moment Malal shows up, exclaiming that the Blessed Lady will not take Midori and throws something at her. Midori identifies it as Mirai's soul gem while Malal demands that Madoka uses it to revive Midori on the spot. Midori refuses to use her friend's life like this, but Malal doesn't intend to ask for her permission and tells her to make Chiaki stop drinking and abusing pain killers once they return. Midori suggests using Kharn's soul gem instead, but Malal laughs her off, stating that while tempting, living with her sins is a better punishment for the Betrayer. She shouts at Madoka to hurry up and tells Midori she is glad Chiaki is in good hands.

Midori asks if there is any way to save Malal or Mirai, but the Culexus tells her that some things just can't be fixed and that she's just trying to make things less horrible than they should be. Midori then asks the Culexus to take off her helmet before they have to part and Malal agrees since her powers are unleashed completely to force herself into this place anyway.

She removes the pressure seals and reveals a splitting image of Madoka only with pink eyes and short hair. She explains to the utterly confused Midori that the two of them are the same person but at the same time not due to strange timeline mechanics. Her inside knowledge comes from dreams she had ever since she was a child that even told her how to form her contract the right way.

She tells Midori that she left a package for Chiaki with Kharn that will explain a lot of things she doesn't have time to do herself. Madoka calls them and hands Midori her soul gem, restored from Mirai's gem the gilding is now replaced by her friend's brass one. Madoka explains that her body will be healed enough to sustain life and that she will do her best to dull the pain of her injuries. She asks for any last words and Midori hugs both of them before thanking them and promising to take care of Chiaki.

She is enveloped by light and finds herself back in the barrier, the sky now clear, her head resting on Mirai's lap. Her friend thanks Midori for not refusing her gift and tells Midori that she could not bear seeing her friend die in the barrier she willingly entered to save her and Chiaki. Mirai tells her that she is at peace and places a kiss on Midori's forehead, appreciating her friendship as the barrier collapses around them. Midori tells her friend that she will miss her in a final embrace before darkness swallows her again.

She wakes up in the Siberian R&D base's ruined interrogation room where Tiny Pete stands guard over the injured Kharn and finds her own head resting on Chiaki's legs. She takes her mysteriously long haired superior's cigarette away and starts crying tears of loss and relief. Chiaki pulls her into a hug and assures that it's over and thanks Midori for saving her.

After Midori calms down, Chiaki tells her that she starts remembering parts of her past and that she turned Faust into what she is today. Midori tells her that the good part of Madoka mentioned that somebody else set things in motion and that Chiaki is no longer the same person. She mentions that the old Homura would have killed her on the spot when Chiaki only shot her legs off back in the past, which is when the Vindicare finally apologizes for taking this violent approach. She also praises her courage in facing Kharn before they decide to see how the former Warmaster is doing.

Kharn is in bad shape but recognizes Midori and Chiaki and tells them to carry out the death sentence for her betrayal quickly before Souji and Misaka can return. Chiaki is silent, seemingly considering Kharn's request, but Midori calls her an idiot and shuts the Betrayers protests up, suggesting her Warmaster to punish Kharn by having her live with her crimes. Chiaki agrees to this and orders the russian to marry Souji as part of her sentence.

Kharn claims that she can't possibly face Souji again but Midori tells her that he is already in the same room. While Kharn looks around in shock, Chiaki tells Tiny Pete to reveal his pilot. To their surprise they find Misaka instead, just as her brother walks in through the door with an ice pack held to his head, removing the electrical tape he was apparently tied up with. He explains that Misaka knocked him out before he could board the Terminator and requests to talk to Kharn.

Midori suggests leaving the two of them alone and leaves the room with Chiaki, who is carrying the sleeping girl. After closing the door, Midori presses her ear against it to listen in on Kharn's comeuppance with Chiaki following suit. After a russian shouting match, they hear the rustling of clothes and decide to leave, taking Misaka to her room before heading to the kitchen.

Midori prepares pancakes, enjoying the simple act when she was all but dead not long ago. Chiaki holds her hand, but Midori decides to give it more time before hoping for a deeper meaning as they head outside to nail in the fact that they are indeed back in the real world. Chiaki thanks her again for saving her life, stating that nobody else would have, but Midori assures that the others would do the same if they were there. Together, they enjoy the silent moments after the nightmare they went through this day.</spoiler>

===Return & Warmaster===
Back in Mitakihara, Midori is still extremely exhausted from the experience inside the overlapping witch barriers. She still accompanies Chiaki, insisting that she will be alright once she gets more sleep. In Kyubey's office, Mami expresses her gratitude for saving Chiaki before the Callidus collapses.

The medical staff diagnoses her with barrier sickness and extreme sleep deprivation, putting her under medication to have her rest under observation. Chiaki visits, but finds her sleeping and leaves a blue rose.

The next day, Chiaki brings her lunch, which turns out to be the “waifu special” that some Officio members use for confession, and even feeds the Callidus. After the meal, Chiaki tells Midori to come live with her since her new apartment is too big for her alone and that she wants to have her close. Midori is overwhelmed, hugs Chiaki and cries into her shoulder until Kyoko arrives and calms her down.

In the evening they have a house warming party in their new apartment. Drunk, Midori rummages through Chiaki's inventory and steals her cigarettes and a pair of laminated panties, the latter are taken back while the Callidus sleeps. In the morning Chiaki wakes her up before departing on her next mission.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">After returning from the barrier, Chiaki's hair had grown long. She considered cutting it right away, but Midori insisted on keeping the hair long at least until returning to Japan.

She mentioned to Misaka that she plans on hiding Chiaki's cigarettes to stop her from smoking.

Back in Mitakihara, Midori hands the golden weapon container to Kyoko who came to pick the group up and falls asleep in the car, still exhausted. Kyoko is worried about her, but Midori insists that some more sleep is all she needs and accompanies Chiaki to Kyubey's office.

Mami pulls Chiaki into an embrace, crying in relief for her friends safe return before hugging Midori too, thanking her for everything she has done. The Callidus soon collapses into Chiaki's arms, still exhausted, and is taken to the sick bay by Mami and Kyoko.

The medical staff diagnoses Midori with a case of barrier sickness and a whole month worth of sleep deprivation due to the extreme temporal disturbance within the overlapping barriers.

While sleeping under medication in her hospital room, dreaming of Chiaki, her superior leaves a blue rose on her pillow.

The next morning Chiaki visits again and snaps a picture of her, the shutter sound waking Midori up. She wonders if she is still asleep and dreaming, and Chiaki teases her about 'The Steamy Adventures of Miracle Melanie and Murder Marjorie', before telling her that she is glad about her being alright and gently patting her hand.

Startled by Chiaki's unusual behavior, Midori tells her that she just has to be under observation for a day more and will be discharged the next morning. She apologizes again for the embarrassing manga, but Chiaki only shakes her head and places a kiss on her forehead, catching Midori completely off guard. Chiaki then leaves the flushed, vulnerable Callidus alone to get more rest.

Some time later, Chiaki enters her room while Midori is drawing. She quickly hides her work, wondering about her superior's pale face, before spotting a lunchbox in her hands. Chiaki tells her that she was just busy with work before hurrying to bring her lunch since she does not wish hospital food on anyone.

Midori tells Chiaki she didn't have to, but thanks her nonetheless and unwraps the packed lunch, blushing brightly at the sight of the “waifu special” lunch. Realizing she bought a box full of heart shaped food items that is used for confessions of love in the Officio, the Warmaster only blinks aghast. Amazed at the lunchbox and it's meaning, the pair is at a loss for words.

After a moment of awkward silence, Chiaki finally speaks up and changes subjects by telling Midori that she will work with Kyoko to find a missing person. The Callidus confirms that Kyoko already dropped by and told her about it, insisting she stays in bed until the medical staff discharges her. While feeling bad about delaying the mission, Midori is happy that her new Officio is more accommodating as well as not having her deceive people.

Looking at the cute lunch box, Midori hesitates to eat. So Chiaki snatches is away and eats a mouthful, ruining the looks. With the green haired girl still stunned, she starts to feed her, making Midori blush even more while occasionally having a bite herself.

During their meal Chiaki tells her that she will have Mami cut her hair. With a hint of disappointment in her voice, Midori compliments the blonde's skill at hair styling. Chiaki remembers that Midori wanted to do her hair before the cut, but the Callidus replies that she can just as well wait until it has grown again.

Keeping the conversation up, Chiaki asks about Midori's drawing. She hesitantly hands over the sketchpad, explaining that she was thinking of adding new characters to the roster. A girl based on Madoka, Magical Mimico, and one based on Kharn with horns and bat wings, Kalashnikova Varya, nicknamed She Who Thirsts.

After silently staring at Midori for a while, Chiaki flicks her forehead. She tells her that she should have said that doing her hair was important to her and that she can have her discharged and moved to their apartment right away to do so until the haircut scheduled for the evening.

Confused, Midori mentions that Mami told her she would get a room in the Callidus quarters, and Chiaki explains that she didn't tell anyone yet, but is set on having Midori move in with her, claiming her new apartment is too big for her alone. She then compliments Midori's character design, joking that Varya might need some crying magical girls at her feet.

Midori hesitates to agree, worried about some regulations forbidding the Warmaster to live with somebody like her or some such. Chiaki tells her that as Warmaster, she can do whatever she wants, and with Kharn as predecessor hardly anything can make her look bad. She explains that Midori is one of the few people she really trusts and wants her close to watch out for Jyuubey and to make up for what she owes her.

Midori starts crying, happy that her superior is okay, but tells her she doesn't owe her anything and that she will be fine in the Callidus quarters. Chiaki assures that she wants Midori to be with her not out of guilt, but for personal reasons and tells her to indulge her selfishness. The green haired girl keeps crying and buries her face in Chiaki's shoulder.

In that moment, Kyoko enters the room, yelling about a bunch of donuts she bought, stopping mid-sentence and asking Chiaki if she is interrupting, grinning. She Eversor undoes Midori's hug, moves Chiaki out of the way and pats the crying girl, calming her down. She reminds Chiaki of a meeting, who starts to leave.

Midori, finally calm again, apologizes for the outburst and thanks the Warmaster, explaining that this means a lot to her. Chiaki tells Kyoko to get Midori discharged and to take her to the apartment as well as preparing for the mission, warning her not to set the Callidus on fire.

In the evening, almost all of Chiaki's friends are in her apartment, the simple gathering turned into a housewarming party. Shortly before the Warmaster arrives, Mami and Midori open a bottle of champagne, making a wet mess out of their shirts. The Callidus apologizes and insists on helping Chiaki clean up later.

While accompanying Chiaki to her favorite chair, she mentions that the wet shirt does not bother her too much and pulls on it a bit, revealing the fact that she does not wear anything underneath. Midori explains she will simply shower later and tells Chiaki to enjoy the party and food.

After a while and a few drinks, Midori gets behind Chiaki and spends a while styling the Warmaster's hair until falling asleep.

At night, she rummages through Chiaki's inventory to steal her cigarettes and finds the laminated panties of Wendy Cooldown, grabbing both and falling asleep again. In the early morning, Chiaki wakes her up. Midori panics, thinking she is late for important duties, but her superior explains that she simply wants to tell her that she is leaving for her mission with Ruri Kirishima.

Midori replies that Kyoko told her about it, but wonders about why Chiaki accepted a mission so out of her usual expertise. The Warmaster replies that she was specifically asked for and also wants to see what is so great about this idol. Midori tells her to call her whenever she needs, but Chiaki replies that she has her own mission and Kyubey will not have her abandon it.

Chiaki then asks about the bulge under Midori's blanket, who lifts it up to reveal the cigarettes and panics about not finding the panties. Chiaki wonders about her reaction, and Midori explains she thinks something was missing, but must have dreamed. She makes to give the cigarettes back, but Chiaki tells her to hide them, mentioning how she should cut back on smoking.</spoiler>

==Trivia==
*Midoris appearance is based on Shion from Higurashi no Naku Koro ni with a few changes.
*The character in general is based on one of Decultures friends.
*Midori is not a morning person.
*She is bad at holding her liquor.
*Midori never killed anyone because she doesn't want blood on her hands and lied to people about it to save face.
*She made her wish and became a magical girl on her 15th birthday.
*Her greatest fear is being alone.

==NECO Profile==
<pre style="width: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">*CURRENT*
NAME: Hanegawa Midori
"Awawawa…”
OFFICIO: Ninth, in Mitakihara City
RANK: Callidus Sexcretary
BIO: Formerly one of the rare Callidus of the Tenth, Hanegawa Midori is an otaku, for better or worse, and more or less a run of the mill magical girl. She’s nonetheless ascended to her own special rank in the Ninth (in bed) with her cheery and friendly attitude and her awkward charm.
ABILITY: A specialization in illusions, based in and strengthened by what her target wants to see. A very magical girl-like ability.
WEAPONRY: Knives, with a preference for a butterfly knife.

STRENGTH C
SPEED B
MELEE C+
RANGED C
MAGIC B+
TACTICS A
CHARM B (SS?*)

*moe counts for a lot for some people

TRIVIA

-Midori bears a striking resemblance to the protagonist of the popular ero series Miracle Midori x Murder Mayumi. Likewise, she began a whirlwind romance similar to the one depicted in the books with Murderface Matsuda soon after their fateful meeting. …Any girl would be jealous.

-Her family owns one of Mitakihara’s hidden treasures, a ramen shop tucked away in the red light district run by a huge, scary traditionalist-type-guy. This reporter has gone through the whole menu, and even some of the regular dishes!

-You really have to wonder what they put in that ramen, though…she’s a really healthy girl*. Maybe there’s something to eating hearty food with a Japanese soul and the spirit of a yamato nyadeshiko…

*assistant’s note: fat</pre>
==Gallery==
===Art by Nicehatguy===
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[[Category:Characters]]

Malal

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Crys:

<blockquote>''"Now, this isn't the way I would have handled it, Kharn, but you're the Warmaster here. What say we do this by the book for a change, eh?"''</blockquote>
{{Infobox
| imagecaption = Malal
| image = [[image:Profile-Malal.png|200px]]
| aka = Madoka Kaneda
| appearance = [[Thread 43]]
| organization = Ninth Officio
| rank = Culexus Rank Leader
| occupation = Magical Girl
| ability = Anti-Magic Aura
| weapon = Combat Knife, Crowbar, Animus Speculum, Rose Bow
| height = 153 cm
| dob = October 3 (would be 21-22 years old)
}}

==Character Summary==
Malal was the Culexus Rank Leader and Equerry as well as a friend to the Warmaster of the Ninth Officio Assassinorum during Valnikov Kharns reign, serving as the reasonable balance to her superiors lazyness and bloodthirst. She was also friends with Chiaki Matsuda during her days as Murderface. Her true identity, this worlds Madoka Kaneda, is kept secret, only known to a select few individuals.
Kyubey considers Malal as both his greatest triumph and his biggest failure as an Incubator and prefers not to speak about her.

===Physical Description===
*Malal always wears her Culexus hard suit around others, so not much is known about her appearance.
*She has short pink hair and crimson eyes.

===Personality===
*Malal is your typical delinquent turned serious, putting up a professional front until provoked.
*She remains mostly calm and polite but is prone to swearing.
*According to Kharn, Malal has never been seriously angry.
*She hates wasting time. This often leads to bad cases of road rage.
*Malal dislikes the concept of honor, more people die from it than are saved.

==Character History==
Before her contract, Madoka Kaneda was a delinquent and later a runner for small time Yakuza in Mitakihara. She became an enforcer after killing a magical girl sent to take out her boss. Ever since her early childhood she had clear dreams abot her future. For a while they were haunted by a winged girl with black hair in a black cocktail dress who told her she would die for a pointless reason.

Kaneda flipped her off and decided to form a contract with Kyubey to do what she needs to and to write down what needs to be done after her death. Due to her earlier dreams she knew exactly how she had to form her wish to get what she needed. She never saw the girl again and her dreams were replaced by perfectly clear visions of the future she must prevent and how to do it, including her death.

She was a friend and teacher to Sayaka, but never revealed her secret after becoming the Culexus Malal. During her time of service, she delivered the most accurate preognostications of all Culexus, even accurately predicting time and location of the appearance of the witch Charlotte, as well as the fact that somebody would be found inside.

Faust approached Malal once, but the Culexus forced her to retreat, telling her to stay away from Murderface. Faust offered her a golden weapon, but Malal declined. She kept her suit active whenever she was close to Murderface to prevent Faust from making contact, making the goddess angry enough to put a plan in motion that eventually killed her.

===Kharn Flashback===
As Kharn's Equerry, Malal takes care of everyday business and paperwork. She accompanies her Warmaster to an interrogation of Girl A, who killed three allied squads during a joint mission. Kharn listens to her report and decides to give her a new identity and take her as a personal subordinate.

During the meeting with the Third Warmaster, Malal tries to stay reasonable, but agrees with Kharn that Ahriman's demands are outrageous. Kharn decides to purge the Officio and together with Murderface they kill the hundred magical girls present. Erebus keeps them from attacking Ahriman directly until she is taken care of, but the Warmaster is empowered by her golden weapon and the blood sacrifice by then.

While Kharn takes care of Erebus on another floor, Malal faces Ahriman's magic while protecting Murderface, but is eventually defeated and rendered unconscious.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Malal delivers the morning call to her Warmaster Kharn along with "other Warmaster type stuff", politely ignoring the naked blonde in her superiors bed. The days schedule consists of meeting the Third Officio's Warmaster to discuss an incident involving Girl A killing three squads of their magical girls, deciding on Girl A's fate, and informing the Fourteenth Incubator about his Warmaster's whereabouts, the latter still sleeping next to Kharn. Malal decides to relay that they don't know where she is and leaves to make preparations.

Somewhat distressed, she takes a short break in her room, quickly locking the door after stepping out again to prevent anyone from looking inside. She accompanies Kharn to breakfast, briefing her on her appointments. Girl A, found six months ago in a witch barrier by Mami Tomoe and Sayaka Miki, has been allowed to participate in missions with her guardian. Two days ago, she murdered 21 Eversors from the Third Officio during a joint purge mission. The Third Incubator demands her death, but Kyubey is leaving judgment to his Warmaster.

When asked about her opinion, Malal replies that professionally Girl A should be executed, but the circumstances around the incident are suspicious and that she would give her another chance for doing the right thing, just the wrong way. In front of the silent room, Mami appeals to the Warmaster in name of Girl A, putting Malal off somehow. Inside, Malal keeps Kharn from getting too caught up and confirms some details regarding the mission, such as the supposedly captured magical girls from the Third never being found, supporting suspicions about a setup.

Kharn demands her knife and announces Girl A's death sentence, cutting her braids and giving her a new name: Murderface. Malal tries to object, stating that she has a list of better names like Akemi, but is shot down right away. Kharn further decrees that the Third Officio will be brought down for their betrayal and leaves for Kyubey's office, her Equerry at her side stating that Murderface will probably kill her one day.

After meeting Kyubey, Malal informs Kharn that they will be up against a competent magic user should they have to fight the Third Officio's Warmaster, Ahriman, as Kharn is obviously planning.

Driving the companies Warmaster marauder, Malal pokes fun at Kharn for Murderface telling her that she can't have Mami or herself as this is forbidden love. She mentions that Warmasters are generally a crazy sort before giving out headsets and stepping out of the car.

The group enters an empty foyer, assuming the magical girls to have taken up position in the upper floors, and board the elevator bound for the CEO office to meet Ahriman. As Kharn stabs her chainsword into the floor to follow the request to hand her weapon over, Malal merely covers her head in her palms before handing over her own knife and crowbar. As Kharn moves to talk to some girl instead of heading directly to the Third Warmaster, Malal takes Murderface some distance away to teach her about drinks for occasions such as this, giving Kharn some space.

After about a minute of Kharn staring at a painting, she sends Murderface to get her Warmaster. Malal tries keeping Kharn in check, but when Ahriman demands Girl A's soul gem and Mami Tomoe as compensation for her murdered Eversors, Kharn burst out laughing, the Equerry agreeing that the Thirds demands are ridiculous.

As Kharn calls Kyubey to demand full mobilization, announcing to kill everyone in the building, Malal turns a dial on her suit to release her powers and the group charges at the Third Warmaster. Pulling the crowbar that Murderface returned to her when fetching Kharn's Skulltaker, Malal crushes the face of her first opponent mercilessly. She asks Kharn to go by the book this time, but cedes to her Warmaster's wish to turn the office into a slaughter house, telling her to finally build her skull throne afterward.

Within a short time, the group annihilates the hundred magical girls in the hall, leaving only Ahriman and Erebus standing. Kharn offers the lives of the Third Officio in return for Ahriman surrendering her life, but Erebus tells her Warmaster to flee. Murderface tries to stop her but is suddenly tossed at Malal, knocking her back. Suppressing the pain, she tells Kharn that Murderface is unconscious before returning to her side. Turning the dial on her suit again, the Culexus prepares to act as anti magic defense while Kharn engages Ahriman and Erebus.

As the Third's Equerry is flung away by Kharn, Malal begins charging Ahriman, the russian following a step behind her. Ahriman's spells collide with Malal's barrier and are deflected, each bolt of sinister lightning tearing holes into the walls until she collapses, exhaustion affecting both her and Malal. Telling her Warmaster to take Ahriman out, she can only watch as Erebus tackles Kharn out of the building and is forced into a defensive position by the corrupted Ahriman whose twisted form keeps firing bolts of destructive energy at her.

Her powers diminished, Malal shouts for Kharn to hurry, and, relieved to see her return, prepares to evacuate Murderface. She tells Kharn to get the golden staff away from Ahriman, stating that it's evil and the likely the source of her corrupted power. When Kharn begins her charge at Ahriman, Malal shoulders Murderface and moves to evacuate. But Ahriman strikes Kharn down, impaling her with fragments of her shattered chainsword and starts closing in on Malal.

The Culexus procures firearms from Murderface's shield, unloading everything onto Ahriman, and screams at Kharn to get back up before her barrier is penetrated by a bolt of lightning, breaking several of her ribs. Ahriman lifts Malal up and tears her arms from her body, sending the Culexus into a fit of tormented spasms that render her unconscious.

Not long after, Kharn wakes her up with knocks on several body parts, Ahriman lying dead nearby. She realizes her arms missing, mentioning how this is going to suck and keeps joking around with her friend until the evacuation teams arrive.</spoiler>

===Midori & Miracle Midori===
Malal exists inside Chiaki's barrier for unknown reasons. She meets Mirai and convinces her to join the search for Chiaki's fragments. They encounter the armored fragment but have to retreat and meet Midori, who already gathered two other fragments. Together they face the armored fragment again and Midori manages to calm t down and convince her to join their cause and even drives off Kharn, who refused to talk to Malal and set her ablaze.

When they encounter the fourth fragment, Midori is killed by the first attack. Malal and the others face the fragment's servants until one fragment defeats the leader and Midori miraculously manifests again to reunite all of them before disappearing again. Mirai asks Malal to use her soul gem to save her friend and the Culexus forces her way to the Blessed Lady and Midori to demand the exchange.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">In Siberia, Chiaki tries to interrogate Mirai Wakaba, but the Tenth Incubator forces his agent to witch out, trapping Chiaki in a barrier. Inside, Malal somehow still exists and encounters Mirai. Being mysteriously well informed as she always is, Malal explains the situation and convinces her to help in trying to find the fragments of Chiaki's psyche.

They wander the place and arrive at the reflection of the Hanegawa ramen restaurant. Scouting outside they fight a fragment of Chiaki, but can't reach out to her in the rain and decide to try again later.

When they return to the restaurant, they find Midori and two other fragments. After talking to Mirai for a while, Midori asks Malal who she is and how she knows so much. The fragments cut into the conversations and explain that she is indeed Malal and indeed dead. The Culexus confirms this and decides not to explain how she ended up inside this barrier, leading the conversation back to gathering the fragments. She admits that they would ideally want all four, but could make Chiaki work well enough with only three to avoid the danger of having the insane fourth fragment kill the others.

Midori requests more information, but Malal states that they have told her everything she needs to know and anything more will not help their cause. The green haired girl then makes a call with her wristwatch and reports the current situation. Malal identifies Souji's voice and cuts into the conversation. He told Midori to forget about Kharn and focus on Chiaki's fragments, but the Culexus refuses to leave her former partner. She promised them a happy ending while she was still alive and wants to use the current chance to make it happen.

She then requests more detailed information about the readings he mentioned to Midori and learns that a powerful signal is approaching them, carrying the original teleporter beacon Chiaki had before. She thanks him and explains Midori that the angry fragment they encountered before is approaching and that their group will have better odds now that Midori and the two other fragments are present.

She asks if they should wait for the fragment to pass or face it head-on, and the green haired Callidus decides to take a chance at facing it. She asks Malal why she tried facing the fragment earlier despite being outmatched, and the Culexus replies that somebody had to try and only the rain, which makes the fragment go berserk due to traumatic memories, caused them to fail.

Malal explains that they are going to fight to subdue and then bring the two fragments in to have something happen. Midori asks how Malal can be sure that anything will happen at all, but the Culexus replies that this is a secret. Just then a bestial roar from outside shatters the windows, hurling glass shards all over the place.

Chiaki and Homura tackle Midori to the ground to take cover while Malal and Mirai jump outside and engage the angry fragment. A feral looking form of Chiaki, it's hands and legs turned into jagged metal even more monstrous than Kharn, heavy plate armor covering her upper body, face covered in scars, wielding a jagged sword as big as herself. Mirai is easily thrown aside by the impact of the jagged weapon crashing into her own broadsword and is only saved by Malal throttling the armored fragment with her crowbar. The two other fragments cling to it's arms, trying to remove the sword, and Midori hugs the spiked form.

Their opponent roars and shakes them off, but loses it's weapon in the process. Malal tells Midori to stand back while the others try to restrain the armored fragment again to focus all her attention on convincing the angry monstrosity. They burst forward but are easily beaten down one after another within a few heartbeats.

Midori manages to reach out to the armored fragments mind, but right after they hug each other in peace, Kharn shows up behind them, bearing her golden chainaxes. Midori and Malal try to dissuade her from starting a fight but the former Warmaster tells her aide's ghost to be quiet, insisting that the Blessed Lady wants this fight to happen. Malal screams at Kharn to remember a promise she made to her, but the Betrayer refuses to listen to what she considers a barrier born phantasm, calls upon the golden weapons power and sets the Culexus ablaze for a moment, leaving her smoldering and unconscious on the ground.

The infuriated Midori manages to drive Kharn off with a heated speech and the Homura and Chiaki fragments help Malal get back on her feet. She wants to press onward right away, but Midori fell unconscious from exhaustion and Homura is seriously injured, so the group takes shelter in the restaurant once again to heal up and rest until the rain stops.

Malal tries to fix the worst damages on her suit with heavy tape while talking to Kyubey. After a while Midori approaches her and asks about Kharn's soul gem in case they have to fight her for real. She wonders why the three fragments are not uniting if they are supposed to be enough and Malal replies that they probably don't want to do it yet. Malal could convince them , although getting the dangerous fourth fragment as well would be ideal for restoring Chiaki in full.

Malal picks up the hat Kharn lost earlier and tells Midori that she made it as a copy of the original one her Warmaster lost during a hard fight before asking whether they will go with three or four fragments. Midori asks if Malal's powers can affect the fourth fragment, but the Culexus is uncertain whether she can weaken the owner of this barrier or not.

She tells the green haired girl that she only needs to get the fused Chiaki and herself out while Malal will try to do something about Kharn before collapsing the barrier from inside, taking herself and Mirai with it as they have no place in the real world anymore. Malal then asks Midori to decide whether to take three or four fragments, who declares that only a full restoration will be any good. Malal then explains that she knows where the fourth fragment is and that the armored one will be the key to surviving the expected blood bath.

When asked if the two of them met before, Malal explains that she went to the Hanegawa ramen restaurant with Kharn and Murderface where Midori helped her father, but that they didn't talk and that people tend to forget about meeting a Culexus. Midori then leaves Malal to take a rest herself.

When the rain stops, the group departs towards the outskirts, the still sleeping Midori carried on Chiaki's back until she wakes to save time. While the sky darkens, they arrive at a graveyard where Malal states that the final fragment is close. At that moment they hear Kharn's chainaxes buzzing nearby, and both Malal and the armored fragment want to claim her as an opponent.

Midori calls Souji and requests that he pilots Tiny Pete to talk Kharn down and get her out. The scientist agrees and Malal mentions that he will be useful in removing one thing to worry about with teleporting Kharn out.

Following the path they arrive at a clearing and find twenty numbered grave stones with shades carrying golden weapons in front of them. The fourth fragment, bearing blinding golden wings and a shield of the same material, her hair tied with a crimson ribbon, stands in the middle. Kharn lies in a pool of her own blood, one arm torn from her shoulder. The fourth fragment mentions that she will still live for a short time and thanks Midori for bringing the other fragments to her.

Midori shouts an offense at the fragment, who turns to walk away while the shades start moving in with the order to kill everyone. As the fight breaks out, Malal unleashes her power, the Animus Speculum's lines glowing red, yet unable to prevent a shade from killing Midori on her way towards the winged fragment.

During the chaotic encounter Malal defeats the shade of the golden scythe wielder and shouts orders at Tiny Pete who breaks through a group of enemies to pick up Midori's broken corpse. Still outnumbered, she acquires the golden broadsword and uses it to fight off any approaching enemy while supporting the injured Mirai with her other arm, working together in an efficient block and stab combination. Nearby Tiny Pete, now dual wielding the golden hammer taken from a shade and his own weapon has teamed up with Kharn, who regained consciousness and wields the combined form of Blood God in her remaining arm.

When Malal notices that the winged fragment is defeated by the one closely resembling the current Chiaki, who keeps smashing the golden shield into her fallen opponents face while laughing manically, she screams at her to stop. She notices the glowing form of Midori appearing behind the fragment and is stunned at the impossible feat, checking to find the green haired girl's body still held by Tiny Pete. Midori stops Chiaki from smashing the shield into the corpse and talks to her before reuniting her soul gem and disappearing again.

With the battle over, Mirai insists on giving her soul gem to Malal so she can exchange it for Midori's life. As the barrier collapses, the Culexus uses her powers to chase after Midori and finds her talking to the Blessed Lady who tells the green haired girl that her soul gem is burned out. Malal interferes by throwing Mirai's soul gem at the goddess, demanding Midori's revival in exchange for Mirai's life.

Midori refuses to use her friends life like this, but Malal doesn't intend to ask for her permission and tells her to make Chiaki stop drinking and abusing pain killers. Midori suggests using Kharn's soul gem instead, but Malal laughs her off, stating that while tempting, living with her sins is a better punishment for the Betrayer. She shouts at the Blessed Lady to hurry up and tells Midori she is glad Chiaki is in good hands.

Midori asks if there is any way to save Malal or Mirai, but the Culexus tells her that some things just can't be fixed and that she's just trying to make things less horrible than they should be. Midori then asks her to take off the helmet before they have to part and Malal agrees to show her face since her powers are unleashed completely to force herself into this place anyway.

She removes the pressure seals and reveals a splitting image of the Blessed Lady, only with pink eyes and short hair. She explains to the utterly confused Midori that the two of them are the same person but at the same time not due to strange timeline mechanics. Her inside knowledge comes from dreams she had ever since she was a child that even told her how to form her contract the right way.

She tells Midori that she left a package for Chiaki with Kharn that will explain a lot of things she doesn't have time to do herself. The Blessed Lady calls them and hands Midori her restored soul gem. Malal suggests not crying when she thanks Mirai and the Blessed Lady explains that her body will be healed enough to sustain life, albeit still injured.

She asks for any last words and Midori hugs both of them before thanking them and promising to take care of Chiaki before being enveloped by light and disappearing, leaving Malal and the Blessed Lady behind.</spoiler>

===MAXIMUM CHRISTMAS===
In a flashback taking place on Christmas one year prior to the quest starting point, Kyoko plans a Secret Santa event and Christmas dinner, but the Officio's leading members cancel it in favor of preparing for the appearance of Walpurgisnacht one month later.

Malal knows that Kyoko took Omegon with her to buy gifts and tells her subordinate to buy pineapple salad as her gift. She is later irritated by the reindeer suit the red head made Omegon wear, but still happily accepts her gift, sharing it with the others.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">In a flashback taking place on Christmas the year before the story starts, Kyoko plans a Secret Santa event for her friends, but the leading members of the Officio cancel it in favor of preparing for the appearance of Walpurgisnacht one month later. Kyoko angrily shouts at them and leaves to make preparations on her own.

Malal knows that Omegon/Yuma accompanies the red haired Eversor and, upon sensing her thinking about what gift to buy for the Rank Master, calls the younger Culexus. She tells her to buy some pineapple salad since she feels like trying it.

Later, Kyoko barges into Kyubey's office during a meeting with Malal, Kharn and Mami, pulling a trolley behind her. While Mami asks about the trolley, Malal is irritated about Omegon's appearance, wearing a reindeer suit over her Animus Speculum. Kharn laughs and jokes about making this the new default Culexus look while Malal considers it an offense to her subordinates.

Kyoko tells Malal that she is not making fun of the Culexus, wrapping an arm around her, and explains that they are getting into Christmas spirit before pointing at her stash of gifts. Mami speaks up, but Kyoko cuts her off and demands not to talk about Walpurgisnacht and only allows Maximum Christmas. Kharn understands her excitement but asks her to be more quiet, pointing at the sleeping Incubator, exhausted from tracking Walpurgisnacht over a long time.

While Omegon unloads something next to Kyubey's desk, Kyoko hands out presents to the others. Malal thankfully receives her can of expensive pineapple salad while Kharn makes a huge fuss about her skull servitor gift, shouting happily and hugging Omegon.

Kyubey wakes from the commotion, and promptly jumps on the box containing the CatMaster 3000, rolling around on top of the bag full of catnip. Before departing, Kyoko asks them to set up the cat tower she bought for Kyubey to which Malal agrees, stating that she has the same model in her own room while offering some of her pineapple salad to Mami and Kharn.</spoiler>

===Return===
Malal left a package for Chiaki with Kharn, containing the former Warmaster's skull servitor and a note telling her she will need it and to hand it to Yuma for fixing. A bit of rummaging through the contents of the box reveals an envelope containing a photo and a pink, nearly red, ribbon. The photo is of a pink haired girl in a familiar magical girl costume, showing a forced smile and sideways V sign, taken with her mobile phone camera. The backside reads “Nobody must know my secret. Kaneda Madoka”, a photo of herself apparently.

===Malal Flashback===
The rookie Ekaterina Valnikov was kidnapped and declared dead, but Malal refuses to accept it and sets out to save her, supported by Xiaomei Baocun from the Seventh Officio. She heads to Varrigan City to meet a local contact, meets her friend Nicole Touchdown and saves Enyo Karasawa from a local biker gang on the way.

Malal trades samples of her blood for Ekaterina's location from Fran Madaraki, who also explains what her Warmaster has done to the girl and tells her to ask Souji for help once she finds Ekaterina. Fran then heads back to her Officio's flagship to oust Warmaster Strauss while Malal makes her way to where the girl is kept as a test subject.

She convinces Souji that she wants to help Ekaterina and escapes the Blood God's Arena with the unconscious girl and the young scientist. They encounter Strauss and one of her experiments on the way to the docks where the Thirteenth Officio's flagship waits as their evacuation unit, offered by the new Chief Director Madaraki.

Malal destroys the experiment with her magic bow and encounters an apparition of a black haired girl with wings that haunted her dreams in the past and tells her how she will die from her bad decisions. Malal ignores her and continues to the docks, picked up by Madaraki's hired bodyguard Odette on the way.

Madaraki treats Ekaterina on the flagship, and while the berserk devices are removed, the alterations to her body and soul gem are permanent. Malal can't restore her personality and has to piece something together from the few scraps that are left after the torture.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">In a flashback episode taking place five years prior to the quest events, Malal travels to Varrigan City to save a kidnapped rookie. Varrigan City is a dangerous place filled with criminals and refugees, augmented humans and rogue magical girls and said to be one of the worst places in the world. Malal literally coerced Kyubey into allowing the mission and refused his support to make use of her own connections.

After a rough trip with Kyubey's teleporter where she had to force herself out of the warp near the end, she arrives in Downtown Varrigan City and is contacted by her support, Xiaomei Baocun from the Seventh Officio, via her suits communication device. She takes cover on a nearby rooftop to avoid any unpleasant surprises and has the disgruntled Xiaomei refresh her memory of the mission target.

She is to find and save a Vindicare recruit named Ekaterina Valnikov who went missing a few months ago, suspected of being abducted by the Tenth, although no evidence for their involvement was found. She was declared deceased a month ago, but Malal refused to give up, stating that finding her is important.

Xiaomei also informs Malal of her local contact, Professor Madaraki The Second from the Thirteenth Officio and her last known whereabouts and how to best reach her. She tells Malal that the evacuation transport will leave in four hours and reminds her to watch out for the Eighth Officio as she is in their territory.

They end the call and Malal gets up to move out, but is interrupted by a group of punks trying to capture and violate her. Malal thinks about talking her way out, but realizes that these punks, unlike the Yakuza clan she belonged to earlier, don't know honor. She swiftly strikes the leader down with her crowbar, terrifying the rest into submission. She demands a motorcycle, and while the gang doesn't have one, one of them offers to show her where he saw a pair of magical girls riding one not long ago. Malal asks about a description, one of them sounds familiar, and has the punk lead the way past gangs looking ready to start a war.

They arrive in the slums and while Malal identifies the bike as Schpeltiger, the vehicle of her acquaintance Nicole Touchdown, the punk cowardly sneaks away. She decides that Nicole would not mind her borrowing the bike and gets on top, but before she can start it, she was the one who set up its touch screen controls, a different magical girl points a knife at her from behind and demands she gets off.

Malal asks for Nicole, the owner of the bike, but is still threatened and does as the girl behind her demands. The girl asks how Malal knows of Nicole, but as the Culexus realizes she is being threatened with a kitchen knife of all things she unleashes her power, disabling the magical girl with overwhelming sickness.

At that moment Nicole shows herself and recognizes Malal right away, calling her by her family name Kaneda. The american non-magical girl makes fun of her "vomit powers" before asking why Malal came to this area and tried to take her bike. She explains to her old friend that she is on an important secret mission with a four hour time limit and wants to borrow the vehicle. They look back on their past and Nicole agrees to lending Schpeltiger, hands Malal the keys and tells her to park it in a safe location with the keys in the lock box once she is done.

They say goodbye and Malal takes the bike to Redline Highway, heading for Asian Town to meet her contact. On the way Xiaomei contacts her again and mentions a distress signal close by, an injured magical girl from the Second Officio calling for help. Malal decides to check it out despite the possibility of a trap and speeds up, finding a magical girl on a badly damaged bike chased by a group of bikers and a roughly constructed tank like vehicle.

She quickly passes by the gang and offers the magical girl a ride, who jumps on Schpeltiger just in time as her own bike explodes right behind them. Seeing this the gang speeds up and Malal releases a bunch of grenades from Nicole's bike, taking the bikers out and damaging the tank enough to slow them down before hitting Schpeltigers booster and leaving the wreckage behind.

Soon after they reach Asian Town and stop to refuel. Malal takes some beer from the bike's integrated mini fridge and offers a drink in honor of the destroyed vehicle, learning that it was the magical girl's first self made bike by the name of Stranger. The girl thanks her savior and introduces herself as Enyo Karasawa, recognizing Malal as a member of the Ninth Officio by her accent.

She explains that she was challenged to a duel to the death and that the Blessed Lady's Champion of the Second Officio's Black Templars is bound to accept even if a trap awaits. She refuses to reveal her opponents identity, but assures that she has a way to leave the city despite loosing her bike and accepts Malal's offer to help if she really needs it. They talk more over their drinks, Malal using a Culexus trick to do so without opening her helmet.

They depart together and Malal drops her off on her way to Great Wall Street where she meets a white haired girl that leads her to the Professor. She introduces herself as Odette Brighton, Warmaster in training of the Seventeenth Officio, and confirms the Professor's identity with a detailed description. In a typical chinese restaurant Malal meets the sickly looking Professor Madaraki who is in an unusually good mood.

After a bit of friendly banter, the Professor takes a big syringe from a suitcase and asks Malal for a blood sample, stating that Xiaomei arranged it as payment for Ekaterina Valnikov's location. The Culexus contacts her support to ask what this is about, and Xiaomei explains that Malal told her to do anything necessary and that she managed to bargain the Professor out of taking live tissue samples instead.

Malal then agrees to giving Madaraki some of her blood who then explains that Valnikov is held in Casino Town to fight in an underground magical girl fighting scene. She also reveals that the Thirteenth Warmaster is keeping Ekaterina captive and conducts experiments on her. She explains that Doktor Emma Strauss is trying to create a symbiosis of magical girl and witch and used Ekaterina as her prototype, breaking her will, body and mind before grafting pieces of witch flesh onto her body and soul gem.

Madaraki also explains that Valnikov most likely doesn't remember Malal and might attack her with the intent to kill. Malal asks for a way to subdue Valnikov long enough to take her outside the city and the Professor supplies her with a hypogun containing a powerful anesthetic that even works on witches.

When Malal demands that she accompanies her, Madaraki refuses, terrified of the place, and explains that she will lead the ousting of Strauss inside her officio instead. To make up for it, she hands Malal her own ID card to enter the lower levels of the Blood God's Arena in Casino City and tells her to look for a young man names Souji who will help her instead. Malal encourages her by saying that this situation is Strauss' fault and she s right to get rid of her.

The Professor then leaves with her pet Xerxes that has been stuck on the ceiling and Odette while Malal heads to Casino town. The huge banner at the Blood God's Arena tells her that Ekaterina's scheduled opponent is none other than Enyo, the Blessed Lady's Champion she helped earlier. Realizing Enyo would not back down, Malal decides to get Ekaterina out before the fight can start and heads towards the staff entrance.

She uses her anti-magic on a magical girl that's singing and dancing in front of two guards to cause a distraction and slips in, exploring the backstage area. Malal decides to take the stairs down, passes several levels of animal pens filled with what looks like test subjects and finds Ekaterina on the lowest level. The russian magical girl is in a bad state, sedated and chained down inside a cage, covered in blood, wires protruding from her head behind a horned black metal visor.

Malal also spots a brown haired man in a lab coat typing on a laptop and identifies him as the Souji Madaraki mentioned. She knocks on the door hard, startling the caffeine filled man enough to send him jumping towards a shotgun near the desk, knocking his face into the furniture. She tells him Madaraki sent her to take Ekaterina away but the man doesn't believe her and clumsily aims his gun. Malal shows him Madaraki's ID, but he calls it fake and tells her to get lost, threatening to shoot her otherwise.

She tries to reason with him, but he mentions that Strauss said somebody would show up with her story. Frustrated Malal uses her magic to disassemble his gun from afar and reassembles in her own hands, stating that she came to steal Ekaterina from the Thirteenth and bring her back to where she was kidnapped from in the first place. Calming down, she returns his gun, telling him that Madaraki would like fixing his arm if he tore it off misusing it. Proving she knows the professor and not shooting him convinces Souji of her intentions enough to help.

Souji explains that he wants Ekaterina out of there and mentions that she kept repeating one word over and over: Malal. Shocked at this, the Culexus turns away for a moment but decides to keep the fact Ekaterina has been calling for her all this time from Souji. The young man deactivates the cage and explains that while unconscious Ekaterina is harmless since Strauss' implants can't turn her into a berserker while her body is disabled. In order to ensure she doesn't activate them during their escape, he suggests keeping Ekaterina heavily sedated.

Malal asks if they could remove the implants right away, but Souji explains that they need a well equipped operation room for the process and have to remove them from both her body and soul gem simultaneously or their link will destroy both when one is removed. He walks over to inject more sedatives, but at that moment Ekaterina's visor starts glowing red and her claws move behind his back.

The Culexus quickly unleashes her power on the russian magical girl, flinging her back as far as the chains allow and making her collapse. Malal tells the confused young man that Ekaterina's visor lit up, which makes him panic as this means she is supposed to go into the fight. Right that moment he notices footsteps approaching and tells Malal to hide from Strauss' personal goons. The Culexus refuses to hide, stating that she found what she came for and will make her way out right now.

Souji calls her plan crazy but figures that he is in trouble anyway, hands Malal his shotgun and tranquilizes Ekaterina. While Malal takes cover Souji distracts the goons until shutting off the lights and diving into cover so the Culexus can kill the six opponents. Malal kills the goons one by one, announcing each kill in a loud voice, saving the leader for last before telling Souji to switch the lights on again.

While Souji prepares Ekaterina for transport, Malal is contacted by Xiaomei who tells her that the evacuation site is compromised by a large number of hostiles. She tells Malal to take Red Highway to the docks and evacuate on the Thirteenth Officio's flagship Rafflesia with Fran Madaraki's help. Malal wants to talk to the Professor herself and tells Xiaomei to look for an alternative escape just in case. Madaraki is glad that Malal decides to accept her help, assures that they will protect her and do all they can to undo what Strauss did to Ekaterina.

Souji wraps Ekaterina in a big poncho to cover most of her body and they head upstairs while Malal convinces herself that people will remember her by what she managed to accomplish instead of what she did for it. Upstairs in the backstage area they notice that battle has started in the arena and realize that Enyo is fighting Nicole Touchdown instead of Ekaterina. Souji tells Malal that her friend will die in this place, but she ensures that Nicole can take care of her own and that they will more likely wear each other out instead of taking lives.

Outside they find a group of guards beheaded by Wendy Cooldown who needs to talk to Malal, Schpeltiger standing ready nearby. Malal points Souji towards the bike and tells him to get himself and Ekaterina into the passenger seat. Wendy mentions that she had a dream about Kaneda Madoka and needs to ask her something.

She explains that she saw her die with a smile, stating that Nicole likes her a lot and would not like her dying at all. She asks Malal if she really plans on getting killed who returns that she is not planning it, but knows her death is a side effect of what she does have planned. She explains that she wants to make it count and asks Wendy not to tell Nicole until after it happened.

Before they can say any more, a new group of goons shows up to give chase and Wendy holds them off while Malal departs with Souji and Ekaterina on Schpeltiger, remembering that she had a dream about the other magical girl's death, too.

While Traveling on Red Line Highway towards the docks and thinking on how to put the broken pieces of Ekaterina's mind back together, Malal's communication is hacked by Emma Strauss. The Doktor compliments her on stealing both her assistant and experiment and wants to negotiate. She offers to spare Malal's life if she returns Ekaterina, threatening to have her killed by the very girl she wants to save after being passed around as a piece of meat throughout the entire town.

Malal spits an insult at Strauss who claims that there is no escape and that she only offers the trade out of the goodness of her heart. She states that she has other experiments, more dangerous than Ekaterina, at her disposal to hunt the Culexus down and demands her surrender again.

Instead of following the topic any further, Malal asks what makes Ekaterina so special to the Thirteenth Warmaster. Strauss explains that she managed to create a perfect synthesis between magical girl and witch, one who retains conscious thought paired with the power of a living nightmare, the first ever Maerorus.

Malal notices a group of armed vehicles quickly approaching from behind and Strauss announces it as the first bounty hunter force. She offers to call them off if Malal stops and tells their leader that she surrenders herself to Strauss' mercy who is instructed to take her group to the Doktor safely after which the Culexus may leave unharmed.

Naturally Malal declines the offer, thanks the Doktor and tells her that she knows for a fact that she doesn't die in Varrigan City. She signals Souji to hold on tight and releases a batch of grenades unto the pursuers before igniting Schpeltiger's booster, darting forward at a speed high enough to push the new bounty hunters joining the hunt aside with air pressure while Strauss screams in rage. Souji shouts something, but the airstream and engine are too loud to hear.

The moment the booster charge runs out, the bounty hunters far off in the distance, Malal notices a place above them and spots the grinning Doktor Strauss at the rear door who sends a bulky, spiked monstrosity with metal cylinders for hands jumping towards them. Estimating the creature's path, Malal waits for the right moment and dodges at the last second, but loses control of Schpeltiger when her opponent grabs the rear end.

The creature is dragged behind while Malal struggles to force the bike back on track, but is eventually thrown off when it tears the back wheel out. The three riders are hurled across the street and the Culexus taps her power to slow Souji's fall, preventing him and Ekaterina from cracking their heads open upon impact. Malal herself hits the road hard, cracking several bones and nearly breaking her spine.

While Malal starts to heal herself, Strauss who is still on the communication line introduces her experiment “Butterfingers” and leaves him to kill her, laughing as the plane flies off. Malal tells Souji to run for the docks and have Madaraki start fixing Ekaterina right away while she takes care of Butterfingers. He refuses at first but complies when she tells him how he is useless in this situation and starts shouting.

The hulking creature charges at Malal, who struggles dodging his attacks with her damaged body before hitting Butterfingers' face with her crowbar, only to confirm her suspicion that it doesn't hurt him. With her weapon bent, she discards it and dashes away. Strauss ridicules her for running, but Malal replies that she is only getting into range.

She holds out her hand and materializes her magical girl weapon, a big rose stalk shaped bow with a blossom bathed in pink flames, a crimson arrow of compressed energy forming in her other hand. Coming to a stop and turning around, Malal draws the invisible string back and takes aim at the charging monster's glowing chest implant. The arrow stops momentarily, growing bigger and hotter, before continuing even faster, a blinding roaring projectile burning right through Butterfingers' midsection and disappearing in the distant sky.

While Strauss screams in shock and rage at the loss of her creation, Malal's bow disappears and she falls to her knees in a sudden wave of nausea and sickness. Removing her helmet just in time to throw up the black blood surging up on the road instead of inside the suit, she hears a familiar voice behind her.

The black haired girl from her dreams, showing an expression of pure hatred, tells her that the contract is killing her and that all of Malal's plans will be for nothing. She spits at the winged apparition who reminds her that she can't save her if her soul is trapped in a gem and screams, asking why Madoka didn't listen to her.

While Malal picks up her helmet again, not showing any reaction, the other girl is incredulous at how she dares to ignore the one who saved her, grabbing the Culexus' shoulder and exclaiming she loves her. When Malal pulls herself free, the apparition starts crying, begging the pink haired girl to at least look at her after she killed so many people and timelines to be together with her.

As the helmet is put back in place, the Animus Speculum's limiter returns from emergency mode to normal and the apparition is gone. Relieved, Malal considers contacting Madaraki to send a transport for herself, Souji and Ekaterina but is interrupted by the sound of an armed vehicle approaching. But instead of bounty hunters Odette Brighton, the magical girl accompanying the Professor earlier, emerges from the top hatch to offer her a ride.

The canadian Eversor helps Malal tie the wrecked Schpeltiger onto the vehicle and feeds her candy while they drive along the road. Upon reaching Souji, the Culexus pretends to be a ganger to mess with him before getting the young man and Ekaterina on board. While the new passengers sleep, Odette explains that Madaraki sent her back into the city halfway to their original destination, to help Malal any way she can. She overheard gangs talking about the bounty and stole the first armed vehicle she could find, smashing her way through any opposition.

The group eventually reaches the harbor and board the Rafflesia. Madaraki welcomes them and orders a group of Medicae to take Ekaterina into a room and prepare for the procedure after ordering the ship's departure.

Souji is allowed to assist after Malal confirms that he was useful in freeing Ekaterina, after which the Professor asks what the Culexus did to him when he would usually never step outside. Madaraki implies seduction, but Malal reminds her that her suit is barely fitting for this kind of thing and explains how Souji cares for Ekaterina enough to trust somebody trying to save her.

Madaraki tells her about how the Officio successfully ousted Emma Strauss and that she was elected as the new Warmaster, now under the title of Chief Director, and promises not to repeat her predecessor's mistakes. She then hands Malal her phone, explaining that Strauss has been calling for hours an that she wants to leave the pleasure of informing the now ex-Warmaster of what happened to the one who made it possible.

Strauss, assuming she is talking to Madaraki, tells her that Malal is approaching the docks and wants the crew to use the ship's cannons to kill her for taking out Butterfingers. Malal enjoys telling the angry woman that she is fired, who only believes her when Madaraki explains that she is no longer fit for the position due to her unethical research methods and abuse of Officio resources. Strauss screams in rage that the Officio belongs to her and how Malal killed Butterfingers, but Fran only replies that the Culexus has treated him more humanely than the Doktor. She also decides to let her live instead of blasting the city into smithereens as an act of mercy before ending the call.

Madaraki then leads Malal to the operation theater to help with Ekaterina's treatment, explaining that she will introduce her to one Misaka later, who wants to meet a Culexus. Malal also decides to write this day's events down in some way and to get a tablet PC back home.</spoiler>

==Trivia==
*As this worlds Madoka, her character design is based on Madoka Kaname from Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
*She always carries a tablet pc with her.
*Kharn had Malal install a kill counter in her helmet to keep track of her Warmasters records, but had it removed again as her own count was always higher, causing arguments between them.
*Malal promised Ekaterina Valnikov's mother to take care of her child when she was dying, hinting that she brought her into the Officio.

==NECO Profile==
===Rookie===
<pre style="width: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">NAME: Malal
"This isn’t a place for nosy kids. Go home before you get hurt.”
OFFICIO: Ninth, in Mitakihara City
RANK: Rank Leader Malal
BIO: A superpowered Callidus that joined the Ninth Officio recently. The circumstances surrounding her arrival are kind of sketchy, and nobody really seems to know where she came from. I heard she started pushing her own agenda from the moment she showed up, though…but maybe it’s for the best? Agendas don’t always have to be creepy and evil, right?
ABILITY: Standard Culexus ability – anti-magic – although Malal is super strong, even for a Culexus.
WEAPONRY: A crowbar and a special suit.
STRENGTH C
SPEED B+
MELEE A+(?)
RANGED A(?)
MAGIC SS(?)
TACTICS S+
CHARM D(?)

TRIVIA
-To be honest I have a lot of questions about this one. It’s hard to catch her in action, though.

-It’s really suspicious, the way she swings that crowbar around. She’s pretty much some kind of gangster, right?

-She designed that special suit herself…So she’s a science officer, too? Where did she come from? The moon?</pre>
''"...huh, there's a pretty big typo in this. can't remember if this was an accident or i didn't know the difference..." -NECO''
===Outdated===
<pre style="width: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">NAME: Malal
"This isn't a recorded interview, is it?"
OFFICIO: Ninth, in Mitakihara City
RANK: Equerry of the Ninth, Rank Leader Malal
BIO: An enigmatic magical girl that seemed to appear out of nowhere about three years ago. She’s become a guiding force for the Ninth, with her tactical mind, technical expertise, and snappy wit. One could argue she’s the REAL leader of the Ninth, with Valnikov Kharn acting as a figurehead.
ABILITY: Standard Culexus ability – anti-magic – although Malal is extremely powerful, even for a Culexus.
WEAPONRY: A crowbar…and a tablet.
STRENGTH C
SPEED A
MELEE S
RANGED S
MAGIC SSS(?)
TACTICS SS
CHARM D(?)

TRIVIA
- No one has ever seen her eat or drink, but food disappears around her when people aren't looking!

- Every other Culexus takes the name Alpharius or Omegon. 'Malal' is actually indicative of rank, as opposed to a name.

- Rank Leader Malal's tears can cure cancer. unfortunately, she's never cried.</pre>

==Gallery==
===Artwork by Nicehatguy===
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File:Chikuwa Malal.jpg
</gallery>

[[Category:Characters]]

Ranks

2014-04-12T16:08:13Z

Crys: updated Equerry description with later thread info, added links

Upon contracting, the Incubator would assign the fresh contractee her rank, whereupon her training, care and support would depend on. The ranks are as follows:
:''Eversors'': Magical Girls specializing in close-quarters combat, or melee.
:''Vindicares'': Magical Girls specializing in long-range combat.
:''Culexus'': Magical Girls specializing in anti-magic countermeasures.
:''Callidus'': Magical Girls specializing in stealth, subterfuge and espionage.
Two other ranks, ''Venenum'' and ''Vanus'', were once part of the group, but had long since been eliminated, more for their limited combat capabilities than anything else. Those who fell into these ranks were put to work as medical staff and/or intelligence, and were kept from active field duty.[http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/21499989/#p21502949]

While ranks are assigned the moment a magical girl is created, they are not permanent. There are sub ranks within the tpyes, such as Neophyte and Rank Leader, the latter typically have special denotations within different Officios, such as Rank Prima. It is possible to change ranks, as seen by Kharn Valnikov who started out as Vindicare and switched to Eversor before becoming Warmaster. Due to the different approaches to combat and other situations, tension between the different ranks are commonplace.

==Eversor==
Eversors have physical properties that benefit their close range combat style. This includes enhanced strength, dexterity, stamina and in some cases regeneration. Some Eversors claim their physiology burns a lot of energy and makes them eat a lot, others contend that this is only an excuse to be a glutton.
Personality wise Eversors are described as jumpy maniacs waving sharp sticks. While this might be a prejudice acountable to the different attitudes within the ranks, the description holds true for most.
Eversors are mentioned to be the best at eliminating large groups of targets by simply walking into a room and turning it into a charnel house.
;Noteworthy Eversors
:[[Kyoko Sakura]]
:[[Sayaka Miki]]
:[[Kharn Valnikov]]

==Vindicare==
Vindicare prefer to keep as much distance to their targets as possible. Ideally they are not spotted at all even after their job is done. This completely different approach causes rivalries between the Vindicare and Eversors, the latter often calling the long range fighters cowards. Vindicare on the other hand consider themself superior to the stick waving barbarians, appearing rather uppity.
In addition to their ability to kill from afar, Vindicare are capable scouts and rear guards, acting as backup to their comrades.
While not directly confirmed, it is assumed that pure magic users who hurl lightning or similar spells are also considered Vindicare.
;Noteworthy Vindicare
:[[Chiaki Matsuda]]
:[[Mami Tomoe]]
:[[Rea Ashford]]

==Callidus==
Experts of stealth and espionage, Callidus are often underestimated when compared to the combat expert ranks, but make for capable assassins nontheless.
They usually possess illusion and mind affecting magic, as well as surveillance and analysis abilities.
By practice, Callidus are taught to disown their costumes, causing their transformations to be very understated if not outright indistinguishable from their untransformed state.
Lately Callidus are harder to come by than they used to be.
;Noteworthy Callidus
:[[Midori Hanegawa]]
:[[Enishi Karasawa]]
:[[Wendy Cooldown]]

==Culexus==
The wishes that create Culexus are very specific and remain a well kept secret. Not much is known about the Culexus outside the Ninth Officio, but they are a reclusive group due to the fact that their anti-magic aura makes people around them feel uncomforable, if not outright sick. When their power reaches a certain level, usually at the end of their training, the Culexus wear the Animus Speculum nearly all day. This suit suppresses their anti-magic and allows the wearer to channel their power into more focused auras, energy blasts and energy shields. While it reduces the overall potency an unsuited Culexus would have, it allows for more precise control and keeps them from burning out much faster. Aside from their aura, the Culexus abilities include telepathy on their own frequency, a direct connection to their Incubator and the power to alter the human mind. Another powerful Culexus ability is prognostication, the Ninth Officio makes use of this to predict witch events more accurate than most others can. Other than these abilities Culexus can learn other useful magics like fixing broken objects. Other tricks that might appear like magic rely on wits and quickness, like eating by detaching the air filter plate leading to the mouth and reattaching it before the suit depressurizes.
<br>The Animus Speculum, an invention of Kyubey, is a reference to the Warhammer 40k Culexus Assassins equipment, it's design based on Akira Kazama from Rival Schools. It is a form fitting black leather suit with padding in key areas and spikes in key impact areas. The helm is customized to fit the head perfectly, a skull embellished on the front. The integrated Vox speaker twists the voice into an electronic voice devoid of emotion. There is a ratchet dial on the back of the helmet to regulat the Limiter Field that suppresses the Culexus aura. Most functions of the suit, including communication and aura regulation, are controled via eye movement tracked by the helmet's HUD. It possesses several visual and auditive sensors, one of them a heat sensitive night vision mode.
<br>If a Culexus removes her helmet, all her power will be released at once in a huge blast, killing her in the process. Half of this information is intended misinformation.
;Noteworthy Culexus
:[[Malal]]
:Alpharius, the collective identity of Kyubey's Culexus
:[[Omegon]]

==Venenum==
Masters of poison and medicine, the rank is largely unused due to it's limited combat capabilities. Often they provide medical services within Officios, usually being found only in sickbays or the like.
;Noteworthy Venenum
:[[Emma Strauss]]
:[[Fran Madaraki]]

==Vanus==
Experts in technical and inteligence tasks, the rank is largely unused for the same reason as the Venenum. Some Vanus still remain, although they are few in number.
;Noteworthy Vanus
:Haruka Amane
:Holly Corbin
:Molly Corbin

==Warmaster==
While it is a full rank, Warmaster is more of a title than a type classification. The rank of Warmaster is given only to the strongest, deadliest magical girl in an Officio. They are second only to their Incubator and serve as his right hand and proxy, commanding everyone under their own rank. They take on the most dangerous missions with far reaching consequences and have just about their Officios entire resources at their disposal. A Warmaster is typically trained in more combat techniques than their original rank encompasses to be able to adapt to any situaton. A Warmasters duties also include administrative tasks such as assigning selected missions to suitable subordinates, passing judgement on felonies within their rows and keeping up relations with other Officios.
;Noteworthy Warmasters
:[[Kharn Valnikov]] (retired)
:[[Chiaki Matsuda]]
:[[Ahriman]] (deceased)
:Mary Sue Springfield

==Equerry==
Similar to the Warmaster, this is also a title rather than a classification and does not change a magical girl's Rank itself. The Equerry stands above all other magical girls except for the Warmaster and her personal aides. She can fight at her Warmaster's side, advise her and take her place during absence. While generally a martial rank instead of a servant, as the Warmaster's right hand the Equerry usually takes care of everything the Warmaster can or does not want to do herself so she can focus on being Warmaster. This often includes paperwork and logistics tasks as well as making sure the Warmaster is put into the best light possible.
;Noteworthy Equerries
:[[Malal]] (deceased)
:[[Erebus]] (deceased)
:[[Sayaka Miki]]

==Maerorus==
Created by [[Emma Strauss]] through a series of cruel experiments, the Maerorus were to be the perfect fusion of a witch's strength and a magical girl's mind. She eventually succeeded by grafting witch flesh onto [[Kharn Valnikov |Ekaterina Valnikov]]'s body and soul gem, giving her sharp flesh metal limbs and making her the first known Maerorus. Once altered this way, the process is impossible to undo. It is now known that there were many attempts at creating a Maerorus before Kharn, ranging in strength from nearly-human to those even more powerful than Kharn. These Maerorus were last known to reside in the remnants of Varrigan City.

;Noteworthy Maerorus
:[[Kharn Valnikov]]
:[[Typhus]]

Yuu Kotarou

2014-04-12T15:13:58Z

Crys:

Yuma Chitose

2014-04-12T15:12:21Z

Crys:

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{{Infobox
| imagecaption = Yuma Chitose
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| aka = Omegon
| appearance = [[Thread 61]]
| organization = Ninth Officio
| rank = Culexus
| occupation = Magical Girl
| ability = Anti-Magic Aura
| weapon =
| height =
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}}

==Character Summary==
===Physical Description===
*A young japanese girl with short green hair and green eyes that turn red after her contract.
*Her soul gem is a brilliant emerald green.

===Personality===
*Yuma has a sharp mind and is quite perceptive.
*She cares for people, even if they treat her badly.
*She feels particularly close to Kyoko.

==Character History==
===Kyubey Flashback===
Yuma is scouted by Kyoko Sakura as a potential contract 23 months prior to the starting point of the story. Despite still being very young, she is quite smart and quick to pick up on things. She even asks Kyubey rare questions such as why she is chosen and what becoming a magical girl means for her life.

Blaming herself fr her parents' abusive behavior, she refuses Kyubey's offer of having one of them assassinated to improve her situation at home and accepts his magical girl contract.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">In a flashback episode featuring Kyubey 23 months before the quest start, Yuma is still very young, barely above elementary school. She is scouted as a potential contract by Kyoko Sakura, who thinks that she needs the contract to escape her abusive family and can turn into a capable magical girl. When Kyoko once asked her if she wanted to be a magical girl, Yuma answered that she wants to be the kind that helps people make their dreams come true.

One day while feeding ducks in a park, Yuma is approached by an Incubator. She pets the strange cat, asking for it's name, staring in shock for a full minute as it actually replies, introducing itself as Kyubey. He tells her that Kyoko told him about her and that she could be a magical girl if she so desires.

When she asks why her of all people, a question rarely asked, the Incubator explains that Kyoko told him about her situation at home, and that the red head wants her to be somewhere safer. She cries and says that her parents are not bad before asking about becoming a magical girl. Kyubey responds that she forms an agreement with him and can have one wish fulfilled.

Yuma then asks what happens if she refuses the offer and about the danger of fighting monsters. The Incubator replies that magical girls are trained for battle and only sent out when they are ready, and that he will help her improve her situation nonetheless if she doesn't form a contract. She asks if Kyubey will kill her parents if she refuses, and he replies that it would be the easiest way, but that only one of her choice would be murdered, professionally.

The girl says that she doesn't want either one to die, blaming herself for their violent behavior. She asks if magical girls can still die and Kyubey explains that they can and will, and might even become the monsters they fight, but are still saving people in the process. He tells her that she should refuse if she is unsure, but Yuma still decides to become a magical girl under his employ.

Kyoko offers to talk to her father to stop his abuse, but Yuma firmly refuses, assuring that her mind is made up. She makes her wish, a simple one that is still not easy to fulfill for the Incubator, and collapses from the pain of having her soul crystallized as the emerald gem forms in front of her. Kyubey announces her rank to be Culexus before falling asleep on the spot while Kyoko takes the unconscious girl to the Officio.</spoiler>

===MAXIMUM CHRISTMAS===
In a flashback taking place on Christmas one year prior to the quest starting point, Kyoko plans a Secret Santa event and Christmas dinner, but the Officio's leading members cancel it in favor of preparing for the appearance of Walpurgisnacht one month later.

Kyoko barges into Yuma's room and makes her tag along on her shopping trip, claiming Maximum Christmas spirit. The Culexus drives them to the mall and helps pick out and buy presents, being forced into a reindeer costume pajama halfway through.

Yuma chooses the cake for Sayaka, discovers a skull servitor personal assistant for Kharn, chooses a tea set and tea for Mami and gets instructed on buying pineapple salad for Malal while Kyoko buys some other presents. They meet up in a pet shop and buy a present for Kyubey before returning to the Officio where they hand out everything. Before Kyoko leaves to end the day with Sayaka, she gives Yuma a pet tortoise as her Christmas present.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">In a flashback taking place on Christmas a year before the quest's starting point, Kyoko bursts through the ceiling of Yuma's room after sending a pulse about opening her door. Yuma shrieks in shock and confusion and scolds the red haired Eversor about setting a more respectable example while cleaning up the dust and debris.

While Kyoko claims to just get into the holiday spirit, Yuma asks why she is spending Christmas morning in her room instead of being with somebody else, hinting at Sayaka. Kyoko sneaks up from behind, lifts Yuma up and spins her around for getting cocky but lets her down again when the Culexus starts getting sick.

She then explains that her friends canceled this year's secret Santa, that she intends to get everyone presents herself and that she wants Yuma's help. The Culexus reminds her that this year's Walpurgisnacht is predicted to be much stronger than the last and suggests taking it easy on Christmas.

Kyoko smacks her helmet, sending Yuma falling on her bed, and explains that the approaching Walpurgisnacht gives them even more reasons to celebrate Christmas as to take everyone's mind off of the looming danger for a while. Yuma asks her not to hit her since the training Animus Speculum is not very resilient, and agrees to help get presents for everyone.

Taking a look at Yuma's room, Kyoko discovers that she is a he fan of the Miracle Midori series and tells her not to let it become her entire image, promising not to tell anyone about it herself. When Yuma asks where they should start their gift shopping, Kyoko brings forth The List from her hat, but puts it away again before Yuma can take a look.

Yuma notes down Sayaka, Mami, Murderface, Kharn and Malal and suggests starting at Mitakihara Central Mall. While she puts on the rest of her suit, Kyoko tells her that she will make Yuma Equerry if she ever happens to become Warmaster since she is so dependable.

They depart to the Mall with Yuma driving the Warmaster's armored jeep, explaining how she always wanted to drive it and can't pass up the chance to use it during a mission from her direct superior since Malal usually doesn't allow anyone to drive the marauder. She asks Kyoko if the mission is sanctioned, who replies that she told Kharn and Kyubey to wait for her awesome gifts, which is sanctioned enough for Yuma.

The pair enters the huge high class mall, ignoring the stares at their costumes, and decide to start looking for Sayaka's gift first. After thinking for a while, and imagining her significant other in fancy underwear, which Yuma picks up and teases her about, Kyoko decides to get both panties and a strawberry cake. Yuma offers to buy the cake while Kyoko looks for her own dessert and exchanges phone numbers to keep in contact should she find a suitable gift for one of the others on the way.

She buys a strawberry cream cake with custom dedication, has the store write “Merry Christmas Sayaka-chan <3 <3 <3”. On the way she finds a store selling personal digital assistants in skull casings that hover around and take dictations and sends a text to Kyoko, asking if she should buy one for the Warmaster, to which Kyoko replies positive.

Soon after she finds Kyoko leaning against a wall and catching her breath. She wonders if her senior is already tired before finishing eve half of her list and asks which present to look for next. Kyoko mentions that she noticed Mami seemingly being in need of new bras, but agrees with Yuma that buying any without having the actual measurements would be awkward, especially with Mami being sensitive about her bust.

Yuma suggests a tea related gift, and Kyoko decides to get her a tea set and a bag of premium tea. Admitting that she doesn't know anything about tea, she agrees to Yuma's suggestion of splitting up again to gather the other gifts while Yuma buys the items for Mami. She moves out to stash the gifts for Sayaka and Kharn in the car before heading to the tea shop.

Thinking about Murderface's gift, her mind wanders off to Mami and Oriko. Yuma pulses a message for her to focus, and Kyoko takes revenge by sending out lewd imaginations of Mami, cowing her into silence.

Yuma chooses a gift for Mami, which almost drains her money entirely, and thinks about what to buy her Rank Leader. Just as she is about to guess, Malal calls and tells her to buy some pineapple salad. Later Kyoko calls to ask about her progress and suggests meeting at the pet store to buy a gift for Kyubey, both considering catnip a valid choice for the feline alien.

In front of the store, Kyoko hands the young Culexus her gift and insists that she uses it immediately. Yielding to the Eversor's persistence, Yuma puts her brand new reindeer one piece pajama on over her suit, mentioning how this is the worst Christmas ever in a droopy pose. Kyoko corrects her that this is the most MAXIMUM Christmas ever!

While waiting for the shopkeeper, Yuma is messed around with by a crocodile. As a girl with a striking resemblance to Kyoko steps out from the back of the shop, casually mentioning that the crocodile is just being friendly, Yuma mentions something about science fiction and Kyoko loosing her virginity, earning a confused look from her senior.

Kyoko enthusiastically greets the shopkeeper, who joins in on the Maximum Christmas mood by perfectly imitating the red head's pose and speech pattern, startling Yuma with their combined annoying energy who wonders if this is what going insane feels like. The shopkeeper only removes the crocodile from Yuma's leg after Kyoko finishes her shopping, a CatMaster 3000 and three pounds of catnip.

On the way to the car, Yuma thanks Kyoko for taking her along, stating that she enjoyed the day a lot. Kyoko pulls her into a hug and, after a moment, explains that she is glad somebody else understands what she wants to do, making sure everyone remembers what is important. Yuma assures her that they will not forget and suggests taking off. Kyoko tells her to get the Marauder while she checks something last minute.

Yuma heads off to get the car and picks Kyoko up after a short while and drives back to the Officio. She requests help from the other Culexus, who bring a trolley and assist in unloading the car before returning to their quarters since their combined aura would ruin the deliveries.

Kyoko decides to start giving out presents with Kyubey and pulls the cart toward his office with Yuma pushing from behind. The Culexus voices her concern about barging into the Incubator's office without prior notice, but Kyoko assures she will take responsibility and kicks the door open. Inside are Malal, Kharn and Mami, startled by the loud noise. Mami asks what she is doing, but is cut off by Malal demanding an explanation for Yuma's appearance while Kharn laughs at the idea of making the reindeer getup the new Animus Speculum model.

While Yuma winces at Malal's anger, Kyoko tells the Rank Leader that she is not making fun of the Culexus, wraps an arm around her and explains that they are getting into Christmas spirit before pointing at her stash of gifts. Mami speaks up, but Kyoko cuts her off and demands not to talk about Walpurgisnacht and only allows Maximum Christmas. Kharn understands her excitement but asks her to be more quiet, pointing at the sleeping Incubator, exhausted from tracking Walpurgisnacht over a long time.

Kyoko asks Yuma to unload Kyubey's gifts next to his desk and hands out the other presents. Mami and Malal thank her while Kharn doubtfully unwraps her gift, expecting a joke. On seeing the servitor skull, she bursts out in excitement, stating that she always wanted something like this and all but tackles Yuma into a hug, thanking her and Kyoko.

Kyubey wakes from the commotion, and promptly jumps on the box containing the CatMaster 3000, rolling around on top of the bag full of catnip. While Malal, Kharn and Mami take pictures of this, Kyoko asks the blonde Vindicare where Sayaka and Murderface are before departing with Yuma, who is puzzled by Kyubey's reaction to the herbs.

On reaching Murderface's quarters, Kyoko tells Yuma that she will do this one on her own, and Yuma readily agrees, closing the door behind her senior. She hears something akin to shouting, but once Kyoko returns, she explains that it was only her laughing and that Murderface didn't do anything to her.

Yuma notes that there is only Sayaka's gift left, but Kyoko explains that there is another one and pulls a shoe box from the trolley. She takes out a round object and hands it to Yuma, explaining the confused girl that it is a tortoise. The young girl is moved to tears and promises to take good care of the animal and to spread some Maximum Christmas to the other Culexus herself. They say goodbye and Yuma departs to her Rank's living area.</spoiler>

===Warmaster===
The new Warmaster calls the Rank Leaders into her office. After introductions, she informs her subordinates about a death threat to Mami Tomoe, instructs them to search for potential suspects for being “The Prophet” and to watch out for the dangerous Golden Weapons.

After the meeting, Chiaki ensures Omegon is Yuma and hands her Malal's package with the disassembled Remov to have the servitor skull repaired. They talk a little about Kharn and the Culexus and Chiaki invites Yuma to a party, which she turns down.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">The new Warmaster, Chiaki Matsuda, calls for a meeting of the Rank Leaders. While Kyubey did not tell them the reason for this summon, the magical girls immediately make their way to the Warmaster's office.

Inside, Yuma leans against a wall, silently waiting. As the Callidus Rank Leader greets the new Warmaster, the Culexus merely nods slightly to acknowledge her presence. While the Rank Leaders give their full introductions, Yuma merely states her name as Omegon, refraining from any further conversation.

The Warmaster then briefs the group on how she received a severed head, fashioned after Mami Tomoe, and that she believes this to be a threat. She then explains how somebody known as “The Prophet” is involved and that they will be tasked with apprehending potential suspects following a list from Kyubey.

Finally, Chiaki explains the Golden Weapons and instructs them to refrain from engaging anyone wielding one of them and instead inform her immediately. She stresses that these weapons are dangerous on their own and that only she can use them with limited risk due to her procedure in Siberia.

Enishi ensures that everything will be taken care of, pleased that Chiaki could explain everything without the need of her aide translating, unlike Kharn. She bows and pledges the Callidus to her service, followed by Rea and Sayaka.

Chiaki exchanged phone numbers with everyone and tells them to call her Equerry Sayaka or Mami if they cannot reach her. The news of Sayaka's position surprises everyone, the Eversor in question reacting irritated to the early revelation.

Before leaving the office, Sayaka growls at Yuma to stop hiding from Kyoko and that she will stop lying for the Culexus. Tensely wringing her hands, she contemplates what to do about this. Glancing at the Warmaster, she realizes that she wants something from her and stays in the office.

Chiaki hands her a package containing a disassembled servitor skull, asking if she recognizes it. Yuma confirms that she knows Remov and explains that she bought it herself together with Kyoko, wondering why it is in pieces. Chiaki tells her that fixing it will be her task, handing her a note from Malal. Shaking slightly at the memory of her old Rank leader, Yuma tells her that repairs will take some time but she will try to make it quick.

Before dismissing the Culexus, Chiaki asks for her name to make sure she got the right person. Omegon confirms that her given name is Yuma Chitose, the last remaining Culexus in the Ninth Officio since Walpurgisnacht. Since the betrayer killed her entire squad, including Malal. The Warmaster apologizes for opening old wounds and mentions that the Betrayer got beaten up and is now serving as housewife to a perverted nerd.

Yuma turns her apology down, mentioning how she knows that she was not herself during that time. She explains that Kharn's happy end doesn't make her feel any better when Malal doesn't have one, but appreciates the Warmaster's attempt. Chiaki tries to invite her to her housewarming party, but Yuma declines, mentioning how she wants to stay as just a subordinate and that nobody ever invites a Culexus in the first place.

Yuma mentions that aside from the Betrayer's death, Chiaki not acting like Kharn will be enough to make her feel better about her becoming Warmaster. Chiaki replies that she will try, and Yuma finally leaves the office.</spoiler>

==Trivia==
*The early character is a direct port of Yuma Chitose from Puella Magi Oriko Magica.
*Her wish consumed Kyubeys entire daily amount of energy from the Incubator stock that usually lasts for ten contracts, and then some more of his own.
*Yuma can easily read most people's mind without actively trying to. She claims that most people have very loud minds.
*Yuma learned the basics of being a magical girl from Kyoko.

==NECO Profile==
<pre style="width: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">*CURRENT*
NAME: Omegon
"I'm fine, really. There's a lot of work to do, so I've been keeping busy. Can we...make this quick?
I need to be somewhere in a few minutes."
OFFICIO: Ninth, in Mitakihara City
RANK: Culexus Rank Leader/sole inheritor
BIO: A young Culexus that was contracted a few years ago with the help of Sakura Kyouko, and the sole survivor of her squad after the Walpurgis Night massacre last year. A lot of people lost a lot when Rank Leader Malal died, Omegon more than most all of them. She’s tough, though, and she pushes herself really hard to fill the void the Rank Leader left behind. Way harder than she should. It probably doesn’t help that people are always comparing them.
ABILITY: Standard Culexus ability – anti-magic. Omegon isn’t nearly as strong as Rank Leader Malal was, but nobody is.
WEAPONRY: A crowbar…and a tablet. Just like Malal.
STRENGTH C
SPEED B+
MELEE B
RANGED A+
MAGIC S+
TACTICS S
CHARM D

TRIVIA
- Omegon contracted very young, showing impressive potential even from early on. She really is a lot like Malal – almost a second coming, some days.

- Pretty rare for someone in her position, Omegon doesn’t touch any kind of mind-altering substances. But she’s like…fourteen? That’d be pretty young, even for a magical girl.

- She has a pet turtle, Taro. At the moment, though, Sakura Kyouko is taking care of him.</pre>

==Gallery==

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Rea Ashford

2014-04-12T15:11:16Z

Crys: Created page with "<blockquote>'' ''</blockquote> {{Infobox | imagecaption = Rea Ashford | image = | aka = | appearance = Thread 99 | organization = Ninth Officio | rank = Vindicare Rank L..."

<blockquote>'' ''</blockquote>
{{Infobox
| imagecaption = Rea Ashford
| image =
| aka =
| appearance = [[Thread 99]]
| organization = Ninth Officio
| rank = Vindicare Rank Leader, Logistics Officer
| occupation = Magical Girl
| ability =
| weapon = Hand Cannon
| height =
| dob =
}}

==Character Summary==

===Physical Description===
*Rea has blonde pigtails and amber eyes, covered by thick framed glasses.
*She is rather short.

===Personality===
*Rea typically speaks in a calm, monotone voice, murmuring often.
*She is a serious kind of person.

==Character History==
Rea Ashford was appointed Rank Leader after Warmaster Kharn Valnikov left.

===Warmaster===
The new Warmaster calls the Rank Leaders into her office. After introductions, she informs her subordinates about a death threat to Mami Tomoe, instructs them to search for potential suspects for being “The Prophet” and to watch out for the dangerous Golden Weapons.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">The new Warmaster, Chiaki Matsuda, calls for a meeting of the Rank Leaders. While Kyubey did not tell them the reason for this summon, the magical girls immediately make their way to the Warmaster's office.

During their short wait, Rea sits on the Warmaster's throne, much to Sayaka's disapproval. Following the Eversor's complaints, she explains that she just wanted to see what it was like while getting off of the hard furniture. As the Warmaster expresses her surprise at their quick arrival, Rea mentions that punctuality is important.

The Warmaster introduces herself as Chiaki Matsuda, surprising Enishi who nudges Rea, which she decidedly ignores. Rea introduces herself as Vindicare Rank Leader and Logistics Officer.

The Warmaster then briefs the group on how she received a severed head, fashioned after Mami Tomoe, and that she believes this to be a threat. She then explains how somebody known as “The Prophet” is involved and that they will be tasked with apprehending potential suspects following a list from Kyubey.

Finally, Chiaki explains the Golden Weapons and instructs them to refrain from engaging anyone wielding one of them and instead inform her immediately. She stresses that these weapons are dangerous on their own and that only she can use them with limited risk due to her procedure in Siberia.

Enishi ensures that everything will be taken care of, pleased that Chiaki could explain everything without the need of her aide translating, unlike Kharn. She bows and pledges the Callidus to her service, followed by Rea and Sayaka.

Chiaki exchanged phone numbers with everyone and tells them to call her Equerry Sayaka or Mami if they cannot reach her. The news of Sayaka's position surprises everyone, the Eversor in question reacting irritated to the early revelation. Rea stares at the Warmaster for a bit longer before finally leaving the office to attend to her duties. </spoiler>

==Trivia==

[[Category:Characters]]

Kumatora Ishikawa

2014-04-12T15:09:45Z

Crys:

<blockquote>''"Seniority demands respect, and I don't know anyone else who deserves it more, Murderface-sempai!"''</blockquote>
{{Infobox
| imagecaption = Kumatora Ishikawa
| image =
| aka = -
| appearance = [[Thread 11]]
| organization = Ninth Officio
| rank = Eversor Neophyte
| occupation = Magical Girl
| ability = ?
| weapon = ?
| height = ?
| dob = ?
}}

==Character Summary==
A low ranking magical girl that was trained by Chiaki Matsuda whom she reveres.

===Physical Description===
*A japanese girl with crimson eyes and long black hair tied into twintails.
*Her costume looks like a black schoolgirl uniform.
*Her soul gem is a crimson orb fit into a bulky metal belt buckle.

===Personality===
*Kumatora is serious and most of the time rather tense.
*She places great emphasis on seniority.
*She is eager to prove herself and gets into work with a lot of enthusiasm.

==Character History==
===Recuperation & Maid to Kill===
Kumatora Ishikawa first appears as a guard to the Ninth Officios silent room when Chiaki Matsuda interrogates Midori Hanegawa. She shows great respect for her senior and former trainer, insisting on saluting and adding honirifics. Her reverie for Chiaki goes as far as not believing she would tear the prisoner apart when Kyubey told her to call housekeeping to clean the silent room. Although this time around, she really didn't.

During the events at the gala, where Chiaki is assigned as a bodyguard, Kumatora arrives with a squad of five Eversors as part of the reinforcements that were called when Lance Kilgore started a blood bath inside the mansion. But by the time they arrive, the fight is already over.

===Return & Warmaster===
The new Warmaster requests Kumatora's aid in sorting out her new office. She finds the old Warmaster's hidden trophy collection and is tasked with cataloging and packing the laminated panties to have them sent to Kharn in Siberia.

Afterwards she serves as the Warmaster's chauffeur, first taking her to a date, then to a bar where Chiaki unexpectedly receives a package. She disappears, returning soon after with blood on her costume and orders to return to the Officio. After a discussion with the Incubator, Chiaki has Kumatora drive her home and invites the Eversor to join the housewarming party.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">One day, Mami sends Kumatora to the Warmaster's office to inform Kyubey that one of his brothers is calling on urgent business. There, the Warmaster places her hat on the Incubator and asks Kumatora if she feels anything, earning only a confused look.

She offers to take the Incubator to the elevator, but is refused. When making to leave, Chiaki stops her to assist in sorting out things in her new office. Kumatora happily agrees to do everything the Warmaster needs, but mentions that this task would be even easier if there were still any Culexus left.

Chiaki asks her about the Culexus, and Kumatora tells her that she knew a few of them and that they were generally really nice. One of them even helped her prepare for the live fire exercise where trainees are shot with live ammunition to learn to control the pain.

Kumatora confirms that there is indeed only one Culexus left in the Officio, a girl by the codename of Omegon, who keeps to herself mostly. She tried approaching Omegon, but was only ignored.

Some time into the task of looking through the Warmaster's office, Kumatora finds a wall of laminated panties hidden behind a bookcase. Chiaki tells her to fetch cardboard boxes from the logistics department to send them to the former Warmaster, and she energetically dashes off to fulfill the simple mission.

Kumatora soon returns, cheerfully shouting that she got the box for the panties while the Warmaster is on the phone. She mentions for Kumatora to be quiet while on the phone, who sit down and starts putting the folded box together.

Once Chiaki puts her phone down, Kumatora enthusiastically asks if she should take the panties down, who tells her to wear gloves and wash her hands after touching them. She also tells her to take pictures of the collection, for book keeping, and Kumatora gets right into her task.

During her work she discovers panties of Wendy Cooldown, Mary Sue Springfield and Annie May Springfield, which were collected at the same time, and wonders what to do with them. Chiaki tells her to pack them up with the rest, but Kumatora leaves the garment of Wendy Cooldown.

The Warmaster then leaves her office, ordering the young Eversor to keep at it, seal the box and send it to Director Souji of the Siberian R&D base via the logistics department. Full of enthusiasm, Kumatora tells her superior to count on her and plunges herself back into work.

Some time later, Kumatora drives the Warmaster to a date in a coffee shop she frequents, drawn to their strangely named coffee shakes. Once there, she leans back with a portable game console, telling Chiaki to take her time. The Warmaster offers to buy her a coffee, and Kumatora happily thanks her, wishing her luck on her date.

While waiting for the Warmaster, a waiter brings her a coffee shake. Being close to the shop, Kumatora overhears Chiaki turning her date down and the other idols figuratively kicking her out.

Once her superior is back in the car, Kumatora silently drives off, understanding that Chiaki simply needs to get away. More quiet that usual, she tells the Warmaster about the tissue dispenser in the armrest and asks where to take her next, offering to just drive around for a while if she needs to cool off.

Despite her superior's silence, Kumatora figures out where she wants to go and takes her to Charles' Bar. Entering a bar for the first time, she nearly falls off the bar stool, intimidated by the owner's rough bearing. Worried that she might be kicked out for being underage, she is surprised to find out that Charles does not care about his customer's age, as well as serving drinks like strawberry milk and ice cream shakes.

Calming down, Kumatora holds her glass up for a toast and congratulates Chiaki on becoming Warmaster. She then praises Chiaki's ability to handle the idols, mentioning how she nearly jumped out of the car to take control herself to keep the group away from her Warmaster. Chiaki shrugs it off, stating that even Misaka could handle some idols and reminds her subordinate that civilians should not be hurt if possible, but the Eversor insists that the Warmaster deserves more respect.

Chiaki appreciates her concern, but tells Kumatora to keep the events to herself. The bartender places a package that was left by a courier in front of Chiaki while they finish their drinks. Curious about the content, she looks at it only to notice her superior disappearing with it.

Confused, she waits in the bar with another drink until Chiaki returns, telling her to get her to the Officio right away. Ignoring the blood on the Warmaster's costume and the fact that she did not find out what was inside the box, Kumatora quickly finishes.

Later that day, she finds her Warmaster sleeping in her office. After a while she manages to wake her up, mentioning how sleeping like this will give her a stiff neck and explains that she came to replace the skull throne as instructed earlier, maintenance personnel in tow.

Kumatora also explains that Mami sent her to wake Chiaki up and drive her home where everyone is already waiting. At the Warmaster's apartment, she invites her subordinate to tag along for the housewarming party. Quite happy, the young Eversor keeps thanking her.

At the door, they hear what sounds like a gunshot and screaming and, while trying to remain calm and reasonable, get ready for battle just in case. Chiaki knocks at her door and after a while, a wet Mami Tomoe opens, explaining that she was just opening a bottle of champagne.

The blonde greets Kumatora warmly, who has to hit her superior with her elbow to snap her out of a trance at Mami's wet blouse. They enter the apartment and Kumatora greets everyone before joining Kyoko at the food stacked table. When the party ends, she is still sober but really full, awkwardly hugs Chiaki, gets a hug from Mami and leaves.</spoiler>

==Trivia==
*Kumatora's design is based on Black Rock Shooter.
*Kumatora calls Chiaki Murderface-senpai.
*She salutes a lot.
*Kumatora was originally an NPC from a game Decu once ran. She was a cyborg magical girl and captain to the PCs' squad.

[[Category:Characters]]

Iori Minase

2014-04-12T14:59:49Z

Crys:

Enishi

2014-04-12T14:55:55Z

Crys: Redirected page to Enishi Karasawa

#redirect [[Enishi Karasawa]]

Enishi Karasawa

2014-04-12T14:54:28Z

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User:Crys

2014-04-11T12:56:04Z

Crys:

https://twitter.com/MagusCrys

It's Crys!

I'm slowly gathering data while ging through the archives again, following the story. Not saying these pages belong to me or anything, but that's what I'm taking tons of notes on. Better review what's already done than several people doing the same work, aye?

;rough summary work on
:Ahriman
:Iori
:Kirika Kure
:Kharn Valnikov
:Kumatora Ishikawa
:Malal
:Midori Hanegawa
:Misaka
:Souji
:Tiny Pete
:Yuu Kotarou
:Goldenn Weapons
:Officio Assassinorum
:Ranks

;done until further appearances
:Enyo Karasawa
:Erebus
:Fran Madaraki
:Lance Kilgore
:Mirai Wakaba
:Xiaomei Baocun

;still gathering data before posting
:Enishi Karasawa
:Rea Ashford
:Yuma

And whatever else I happen to want to write down. I ''try'' not to nab too much... and usually fail.

Tiny Pete

2014-04-11T12:52:27Z

Crys:

<blockquote>''"[DIE, SLAVE OF THE FALSE EMPEROR]"''</blockquote>
{{Infobox
| imagecaption = Tiny Pete
| image = [[Image:Tiny Pete.png|200px]]
| aka = Terminator
| appearance = [[Thread 9]]
| organization = VIII Legion, 1st Company
| rank = Terminator
| occupation = Tactical Dreadnought Armor
| ability = Teleport
| weapon = Giant fists, Giant Hammer
| height = 8 - 10 ft
| dob = Unknown
}}
'''Tiny Pete''' is an AI controlled Chaos Terminator conjured up by the bizarre storage function of Chiaki Matsuda's shield. The armor was restored and named by Misaka, who constructed the AI and currently maintains it while providing constant upgrades. Despite its enormous size and bulky build, it can move extremely fast while withstanding and inflicting the enormous damage that its size implies. Tiny Pete carries out his orders loyally and without hesitation, making him a powerful ally.

==Character Summary==
Official Designation: Tiny Pete of the VIII legion, First Company, Serial Number unknown. Under the helmet is a cockpit that fits a human. Tiny Pete is outfitted with a teleportation device, a target beacon is inside a golden cross pendant given to Chiaki Matsuda by Misaka. His equipment includes a black hammer the size of a coffin, crackling with black electricity and a yet unadjusted heavy bolter.

===Physical Description===
*Gigantic black plate armor adorned with bronze symbols and skulls.
*Noticeable symbols include an eight pointed star, a bat winged skull on the right pauldron, and a snarling lion on the left.
*The large shoulderpads form nearly 70% of it's bulk.
*Tiny Pete's legs have been described as being as thick as tree trunks.
*The hands end in claws.
*The helmet consists of a snout-like face, glowing crimson eyes and tusks.
*The voice system will twist a rider's voice into a booming bass.

===Personality===
*Loyal.
*Obedient.
*It's a robot.

==Character History==
When Chiaki Matsuda tried what her shield could produce other than firearms, it gave out a 15 feet tall and wide metal container covered in strange symbols. Chiaki gave it to Misaka for investigations. Inside was this mobile power armor that Misaka worked on to get combat ready. Misaka named it Tiny Pete and continues to store and maintain it.

===Maid to Kill===
Tiny Petes first activated appearance occurs during the765 Productions gala, where Chiaki Matsuda encounters Lance Kilgore turning into a Daemon and uses the cross pendant that Misaka gave her with the order to pray and press the hidden button on it.

He is teleported into the mansion, fists increased to almost the size of his body, carrying a giant hammer on his back. Chiaki merely cocks her head at the oncoming demon, upon which Tiny Pete engages the abomination that used to be Lance Kilgore.

The Terminator easily takes the upper hand, smashing hos foe with his fists and giant, electric hammer. During the fight that rages throughout the entire mansion, Tiny Pete loses his right arm, still holding the hammer, one eye, a tusk and sustains heavy damage overall, getting close to elimination. He is saved by Chiaki unloading a full magazine worth of shots from a heavy rifle into Kilgore.

As Chiaki approaches he get's up, requesting new orders. His damage report states that damage levels incurred are critical but stable, that his operational status is impaired but functional, and that teleportation is disabled. He also reports his designation before gathering his lost parts for repair and is later delivered back to Misakas workshop by Officio personnel.
===Flight===
A day after the mission Misaka has already completed half the repairs, his servos are fixed and the teleport device is operational but in need of fine adjustments. His AI is also improved to only accept orders from Chiaki with Misaka as administrator. He accepts "Captain Murderface" as his ranking officer, following her gesture to fist bump.
===Hunt===
Tiny Pete is transported to the R&D base in Siberia by Misaka where she resumes repairs. As the bear hunting trip begins he walks behind the groups vehicle, ready for field testing.

The unexpected appearance of a magical girl leading a horde of bears has Chiaki decide for Tiny Pete to accompany Misaka back to the base with the intent of having him teleported to her side once the engineer is safe.

He later accompanies the reinforcements sent to take Chiaki, Midori and Kharn back to the base when the fight is already over.
===Training===
After Chiakis treatment, Misaka is heartbroken at her amnesia and locks herself in her room, placing Tiny Pete in front of the door. When Chiaki approaches, he stops her, stating the area is off limits. He apologizes to "Captain Murderface" and explains that he was especially instructed not to let her in.
===Midori & Miracle Midori===
A witch barrier is created inside the R&D base and swallows Chiaki. Midori infiltrates it to rescue her superior while Misaka prepares Tiny Pete for maximum combat output to act as backup inside the manifested nightmare.

Hours after Midori's departure, she eventually calls for the Terminator's support as a huge engagement breaks out. During the encounter Tiny Pete crushes shades with his giant hammer and heavy bolter until Malal tells him to pick up Midori's corpse upon which he breaks through lines of enemies to retrieve the green haired girl.

When the hammer wielding shade beats the armored fragment down, Tiny Pete charges in and impales the opponent with his tusk and crushes the body under his massive foot. He discards his empty bolter gun and picks up the golden hammer instead, wielding it alongside his own, to get back into the fray.

When Kharn regains consciousness, she fights alongside him, wielding the combined Blood God in her remaining hand, and together they effectively fight off their enemies until the end. Back in the real world, Tiny Pete stands guard next to the heavily injured Kharn inside the R&D base's ruined interrogation room, his armor damaged all over, the helmet's tusks broken.

While Chiaki and Midori talk to Kharn, the Warmaster in training requests Tiny Pete to reveal his pilot, expecting to find Souji, but find the sleeping Misaka instead. Chiaki pulls her out of the cockpit and leaves the room with Midori and the young engineer, leaving Souji and Kharn alone, Tiny Pete deactivated.

===Return & Warmaster===
After the events in Siberia, Tiny Pete is disassembled for transport in the Officio's private jet. During flight, Misaka works on his AI core, a wired silver disk attached to his tusked helmet.

Back in Mitakihara, Misaka reassembles the Terminator and installs a huge jump pack. In the evening, he picks the young engineer up from Chiaki's apartment.

==Trivia==
*Tiny Pete is based on a Warhammer 40k Chaos Terminator/Tactical Dreadnought Armor.
*The insignia on his shoulder plates are the Chaos Star of Chaos Undivided and the Night Lords chapter of the Traitor Legions.

==Gallery==
=== Art by deculture ===
<gallery>
File:Tiny Pete.png|Thread 20 - Tiny Pete appears!
</gallery>

=== Art by armchair commando ===
<gallery>
File:MGNQ Daemon Fight.jpg|Thread 20 - Tiny Pete fights!
</gallery>

=== Art by Nicehatguy ===
<gallery>
File:Chikuwa Tiny Pete.jpg|Chikuwaaa~
File:Chikuwa Tiny Pete w Kyubey.jpg|Chikuwaaaa~
File:BROFIST.png|Thread 25 - Fist bump!
File:Thanks for MGNQ.jpg|A thank you featuring Misaka and Big Pete
File:Sic em Tiny Pete.png|A Yotsuba&! Parody.
</gallery>

[[Category:Characters]]

Misaka

2014-04-11T12:49:02Z

Crys:

<blockquote>''"Misaka can make you augmetic arm, good as new! With it Murderface can be as strong as TEN gorillas!"''</blockquote>
{{Infobox_civilian
| imagecaption = Misaka
| image = [[Image:Profile-Misaka.png|200px]]
| aka = Misaka-chan
| appearance = [[Thread 9]]
| organization = Ninth Officio
| occupation = R&D, Armsdealer, Sniper
| height =
| dob = May 2
}}

== Character Summary ==
Misaka is a young girl working as a researcher and armsdealer for the Ninth Officio and is a close friend of Chiaki Matsuda. She has a strong russian accent and is incredibly smart and adept, especially for someone her age.

She supplies Chiaki with some of her equipment and maintains Tiny Pete.
Just as many of the technical staff employed by the Ninth, Misaka is not a Magical Girl. She is nontheless considered the best sniper in Kyubeys employ.

Just like her brother [[Souji]], Misaka used to work with the Thirteenth Officio several years ago.

=== Physical Description ===
*Misaka is still very young and thus rather short.
*She has umber brown eyes and short brown hair.

=== Personality ===
*Misaka is quirky and cheery.
*She tends to be somewhat volatile.
*She adores guns and other machinery to the point of worship, kissing and cuddling them.
*Misaka greatly enjoys Chiakis headpats.
*She is curious about normal things and what normal people do.

== Character History ==
===Retirement===
Chiaki visits Misaka in her workshop to stock up on equipment for a retirement mission. Misaka shows her progress with the Terminator armor and agrees to assist the magical girl as a sniper during her mission. She picks a high skyscraper as a vantage point and prepares her equipment while Sayaka guards her. On Chiaki's signal, Misaka takes Kirika out with a well placed shot.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Chiaki visits Misaka in her workshop in warehouse #0069 located near Mitakihara docks during her mission to retire Kirika Kure to stock up on equipment and gain her support. The place is usually loud with Misaka working on arms, explosives and other unusual devices.

Chiaki finds her arms dealer piloting the giant armor she's been working on, expecting to be shot at for testing armor integrity. Misaka quickly gathers equipment for Chiaki and offers to support her as a sniper. On Chiakis request Misaka calls Sayaka as additional support to guard her sniping position.

After picking up Sayaka on the way to Mitakihara Tower One, Misaka feebly tries to stop a violent argument between Chiaki and Sayaka and is relieved when they settle things without bloodshed.

Misaka picks the highest skyscraper two blocks away as her vantage point, hands Chiaki and Sayaka headsets for communication and heads to the top floor with her guard. In the building Sayaka introduces Misaka as her younger sister as a cover story. Soon after they are set up but are attacked themselves while Chiaki engages Kirika.

While Sayaka wards off the assailants, Misaka waits for Chiaki to order her to shoot, upon which the young sniper reduces Kirikas upper body to a sticky mess with a masterful shot.

Later, Misaka and Sayaka are bandages up on the helipad Chiaki was fighting on, aparantly injured by their attackers. Misaka is talking animatedly abot things exploding though, suggesting that she is fine. Talking to Chiaki, she is high spirited about the successful assignment and offers to construct an augmentic arm for her, seeing how Kirika cut off Chiakis right arm, and promises to continue working on the armor once she returns to her workshop.</spoiler>

===Recuperation & Maid to Kill===
Chiaki has a small party with her and Kyoko to celebrate the successful mission. Drunk, the engineer suddenly talks in her sleep, mumbling obscure things before passing out again. The next day she supplies Chiaki with equipment for a bodyguard mission and hands her a cross pendant containing a teleport beacon for the combat ready Terminator armor.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">A few days later Chiaki decides to have a vodka victory celebration at Misakas workshop, finding her working on the armor in the company of Kyoko for whom she put gold on her spear. Misaka is relieved to see Chiakis eyes violet instead of black, but wonders why she is here instead of with her idol girlfriend, making the Vindicare laugh hard before telling them that Iori is definitely not her girlfriend.

Misaka says she usually doesn't drink vodka as it dulls the voices in her head and she can't focus on them when she's working. Chiaki prepares Misakas vodka with ice and blackcurrant juice while the engineer pulls out clean cushions and the party gets underway. Soon everyone is drunk and Misaka is resting her head on Chiakis thighs, singing off-key. Chiaki thanks her for her help and indulges Misaka in patting her head, telling her she is a good girl before she falls asleep.

While Chiaki and Kyoko are talking, Misaka wakes up, tracing her fingers over Chiakis damaged shield, saying that the machine spirit is broken, crying because it is not whole and can not work as it should, that she cannot fix it and that only Akemi Homura can. She says that the machine spirit is crying for it's missing pieces, that Homura has two and needs to find the others, and tells her end to end the world before "she" does. After that she falls asleep again.

Chiaki checks if her eyes are black since her words remind her of Faust, but they are still brown as usual. Chiaki takes the still sleeping Misaka with her to her apartment to haver her sleep the alcohol off in a futon while the others gather for a meeting concerning the golden weapons.

Some time later Misaka supplies Chiaki with weapons and flashbangs for her next mission and helps her hide them under her maid uniform. She tries catching Kyubey's tail when he appears to report some of his findings on the godlen weapons, much to her frustration unsuccessful.

After he leaves, Misaka hands Chiaki a cross pendant as a good luck charm, telling her it's function is a secret and to pray hard and press the hidden button to have a big friend come and rescue her when needed. The same evening it turns out to be a teleport beacon for the now combat ready power armor that she started calling Tiny Pete.</spoiler>

===Recruitment & Flight===
Chiaki invites Misaka to accompany her on a trip to Siberia. She happily agrees and shows a great deal of curiosity about things at the airport. On the plane she tells Chiaki about her brother who leads the R&D base they are heading to.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">A day after the mission, Chiaki visits Misaka in her workshop where she is taking care of repairing Tiny Pete. Misaka is excited to see her again after watching Tiny Petes video footage, but is irritated by Midoris reaction to Tiny Pete and decides to ignore the green haired girl. She notices that Chiaki had an argument with Iori from her look, but is assured it was just a misunderstanding.

Chiaki tells Misaka that she wants to take her on a trip to Siberia, sending the young engineer into a world of bliss to see her home again, as well as her brother who works in the R&D base there. When Midori playfully flirts with Tiny Pete, Misaka tells her off and states that she already dislikes Green after being formally introduced.

Chiaki orders Midori to follow Misakas orders during the trip, unless she orders her to make a naked snowangel like she did to Kyoko once, who was drunk and actually did it. If they behave, Chiaki promises treats, earning Misakas approval. She informs Chiaki of Tiny Petes repairs and that his AI has been improved to accept only her commands with Misaka still being administrator. Afterwards, she starts packing for the trip.

At the airport Misaka indulges her curiosity about normal things and normal people by exploring the place with Midori, dragging her all over. She wants to talk to the engineers and explain theories about outdated engines. Midori convinces a guard to let them into a hangar, where Misaka makes a big fuss and only calms down after Chiaki talks to her over Midoris phone and promises chocolate.

On the plane Misaka enjoys the view outside the window and tells Chiaki that she will teleport Tiny Pete over once they arrive at the R&D base to complete his repairs over there. She is also happy that Chiaki thinks of him. Misaka tells her that her plushie, Big Pete, is a handmade gift from Sayaka for Tiny Pete saving Chiaki and Kyoko.

She also tells Chiaki about her brother, who is smart, but not smarter than Misaka herself. She wants to test Tiny Pete's AI with multipe targets while bear hunting, which has really good conditions near the R&D base. After eating her packed dinner, she falls asleep for the rest of the flight.

Once in Siberia, Misaka calls the R&D base to have somebody pick them up as the place is in a hidden location, unknown to the locals. Soon after she enters the helicopter sent to get them with Midori, arguing with the pilot who teases her about Chiaki being kidnapped by bears before falling asleep again.</spoiler>

===Betrayer & Hunt===
At the base, Misaka argues with Souji and Kharn about various things. She accompanies Chiaki and the others on their hunting trip, happy that Tiny Pete can come, but is sent back when the group finds traces of an enemy magical girl.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Misaka sleeps throughout the entire flight and is put to bed inside the base by Chiaki. Later she transports Tiny Pete over to resume repairs and quite heatedly argues with Kharn about what seems to be just how many additional spikes should be added to the Terminators frame. When Souji tries to stop the argument, she kicks her brother, shouting at him instead until he leaves.

Right after she tackle hugs Chiaki, calming down and asking if Tiny Pete can come along on the hunting trip, happy when Chiaki grants her permission. She finishes the last repairs and gets into the groups vehicle headed for the hunting ground.

When the vehicle stops ahead of schedule, Misaka heads to Chiaki who has been walking behind and decidedly ignores Kharns presence. When the former Warmaster suggests sending her and Midori back to the base, Misaka starts shouting at her, obviously displeased at being treated like a child.

Chiaki then decides that Misaka should return and transport Tiny Pete back to her afterwards, telling her she will feel better if her friend is safe. Misaka agrees, despite preferring to cheer her friends on, and returns to the base with Tiny Pete and a group of soldiers.</spoiler>

===Training===
Misaka is devastated at finding out that Chiaki forgot about her and blames Souji and Kharn for messing up the procedure. She locks herself into her room for a while but calms down when Chiaki promises to try being a god big sister later.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">The morning after Chiakis treatment, Misaka is in the R&D base living area with Midori and Souji. When Chiaki enters the room, the young girl runs up and happily hugs her.

Hearing about Chiakis amnesia, Misaka shouts at Kharn for breaking her beloved Murderface before running away, also shouting at Souji and kicking him. She instructs Tiny Pete not to let anyone into her room, especially Chiaki, and cries herself to sleep.

Later that day Souji tries to calm her down again. As Chiaki enters the living area, the young girl runs up and buries her face into Chiakis stomach. The Warmaster in training pats her head and explains that while she is no longer the same Murderface she loves, she will try to be as good as a big sister. Hearing this, Misaka finally cheers up again and heads towards the kitchen to tell her brother about Big Sister Chiaki.</spoiler>

===Midori & Miracle Midori===
When Chiaki is swallowed by a witch barrier, Misaka wants to head in and save her, but is convinced by Midori that doing so would be too dangerous and not what Chiaki would want. She instead prepares Tiny Pete for maximum firepower and keeps in contact with Midori during her infiltration. When the green haired magical girl requests Souji to pilot the Terminator, Misaka knocks him out from behind and controls Tiny Pete herself.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Some time after Chiaki, Kharn and Midori left to interrogate Mirai, the base alarm flares up, announcing the presence of a witch. Misaka approaches Midori, concerned about the missing Chiaki. She learns that her new big sister was sucked into a witch barrier in the interrogation room and that somebody needs to get in to kill the witch before they can rescue the missing Warmaster in training.

Misaka decides to do it with the help of Tiny Pete, but Midori manages to dissuade her by stating that Chiaki would not want her to put herself in danger or get hurt trying to save her. Since the witch and her familiars would target a non magical girl first, not even Tiny Pete would be able to protect her inside the barrier.

Midori decides to go in alone and asks if Tiny Pete can be brought to her when she needs help. Misaka hands over her digital watch, explaining that it has a teleporter beacon inside that will summon Tiny Pete on the press of a button. She explains that the Terminator can in theory teleport himself and one person back out, but she could not test it in a witch barrier yet and Souji advises against trying. Misaka hugs Midori, telling her to save Chiaki, and heads off to outfit Tiny Pete for maximum fire power.

Once she is done, Misaka contacts Midori inside the barrier. She explains that Tiny Pete is ready to deploy, but Chiakis teleport beacon is sending four signals. She also mentions that a powerful witch was detected near the green haired magical girl, but before she can say any more, the connection is cut.

After hours of waiting, Midori finally asks Souji to send Tiny Pete in and requests him to pilot the Terminator so he can talk Kharn down. He agrees, but Misaka knocks her brother out from behind, ties him up and pilots the Terminator herself. Nobody notices during the chaotic encounter inside the barrier, but after returning to the real world, Misaka falls asleep inside the cockpit while the machine stands guard over Kharn.

When Chiaki tells Tiny Pete to reveal his pilot, expecting Souji, they find the young engineer instead. Chiaki pulls her out of the cockpit and carries her back to her room, Kharn's warmaster cap held in her arms all the while.</spoiler>

===Return & Warmaster===
Misaka returns to Japan with Chiaki and Midori. On the plane, she works on Tiny Pete's AI core, the Terminator itself stored in the cargo hold. In the evening Mami takes her to Chiaki's apartment for a housewarming party.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">After returning from the barrier, Chiaki's hair had grown long. Misaka likes the new look, bearing band aids on bruises she sustained while piloting Tiny Pete.

While not entirely happy about Souji and Kharn forming a couple, Misaka hugs the former Warmaster before joining Chiaki in the Officio's private jet headed back to Japan. On board she works on Tiny Pete's AI core, a wired silver plate attached to the Terminator's tusked helmet.

In between her work, she chats a bit with Chiaki who passes her on the way to the lavatory. The Warmaster steps out again immediately, replying to Misaka's questioning look that she wanted to smoke but can't due to smoke sensors inside. Misaka explains that she doesn't like her smoking and that it has negative effects on magical girls, just as it does on normal people.

While she didn't mind much before, now that Chiaki is her big sister, she is more important than ever. She also mentions that Midori plans on hiding her cigarettes to make Chiaki stop smoking.

Back in Mitakihara, she parts ways with Chiaki and Midori, transporting Tiny Pete back to her workshop in an Officio transporter.

In the evening, Mami picks Misaka up for a housewarming party in Chiaki's new apartment. While waiting, Misaka sits on Sayaka's lap, but as soon as Chiaki enters, she rushes over to tackle her big sister into a hug, who returns it by patting the young girl's head. Moving away, Chiaki puts her hat on Misaka's head and sends her back to Sayaka.

As the party ends, Misaka is picked up by Tiny Pete who is now equipped with a massive jump pack.</spoiler>

==Trivia==
*The character design is based on the young Misaka Sister from Toaru Majutsu no Index.
*Misaka is not her real name. Chiaki forgot, and it has never been mentioned. Why Misaka prefers this name is unknown as well.
*Misaka often refers to herself as "this one".
*Mami took her to Disneyland once, Misaka didn't stop talking about Space Mountain for days.

==Gallery==
===Art by Nicehatguy===
<gallery>
file:Thanks for MGNQ.jpg|Misaka holding Big Pete
file:Misaka Big Pete.png|Misaka offering Big Pete for cheer up
file:Chikuwa Misaka.jpg|
file:Chikuwa Misaka 2.jpg|
</gallery>

[[Category:Characters]]

Misaka

2014-04-10T13:38:49Z

Crys:

<blockquote>''"Misaka can make you augmetic arm, good as new! With it Murderface can be as strong as TEN gorillas!"''</blockquote>
{{Infobox_civilian
| imagecaption = Misaka
| image = [[Image:Profile-Misaka.png|200px]]
| aka = Misaka-chan
| appearance = [[Thread 9]]
| organization = Ninth Officio
| occupation = R&D, Armsdealer, Sniper
| height =
| dob = May 2
}}

== Character Summary ==
Misaka is a young girl working as a researcher and armsdealer for the Ninth Officio and is a close friend of Chiaki Matsuda. She has a strong russian accent and is incredibly smart and adept, especially for someone her age.

She supplies Chiaki with some of her equipment and maintains Tiny Pete.
Just as many of the technical staff employed by the Ninth, Misaka is not a Magical Girl. She is nontheless considered the best sniper in Kyubeys employ.

Just like her brother [[Souji]], Misaka used to work with the Thirteenth Officio several years ago.

=== Physical Description ===
*Misaka is still very young and thus rather short.
*She has umber brown eyes and short brown hair.

=== Personality ===
*Misaka is quirky and cheery.
*She tends to be somewhat volatile.
*She adores guns and other machinery to the point of worship, kissing and cuddling them.
*Misaka greatly enjoys Chiakis headpats.
*She is curious about normal things and what normal people do.

== Character History ==
===Retirement===
Chiaki visits Misaka in her workshop to stock up on equipment for a retirement mission. Misaka shows her progress with the Terminator armor and agrees to assist the magical girl as a sniper during her mission. She picks a high skyscraper as a vantage point and prepares her equipment while Sayaka guards her. On Chiaki's signal, Misaka takes Kirika out with a well placed shot.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Chiaki visits Misaka in her workshop in warehouse #0069 located near Mitakihara docks during her mission to retire Kirika Kure to stock up on equipment and gain her support. The place is usually loud with Misaka working on arms, explosives and other unusual devices.

Chiaki finds her arms dealer piloting the giant armor she's been working on, expecting to be shot at for testing armor integrity. Misaka quickly gathers equipment for Chiaki and offers to support her as a sniper. On Chiakis request Misaka calls Sayaka as additional support to guard her sniping position.

After picking up Sayaka on the way to Mitakihara Tower One, Misaka feebly tries to stop a violent argument between Chiaki and Sayaka and is relieved when they settle things without bloodshed.

Misaka picks the highest skyscraper two blocks away as her vantage point, hands Chiaki and Sayaka headsets for communication and heads to the top floor with her guard. In the building Sayaka introduces Misaka as her younger sister as a cover story. Soon after they are set up but are attacked themselves while Chiaki engages Kirika.

While Sayaka wards off the assailants, Misaka waits for Chiaki to order her to shoot, upon which the young sniper reduces Kirikas upper body to a sticky mess with a masterful shot.

Later, Misaka and Sayaka are bandages up on the helipad Chiaki was fighting on, aparantly injured by their attackers. Misaka is talking animatedly abot things exploding though, suggesting that she is fine. Talking to Chiaki, she is high spirited about the successful assignment and offers to construct an augmentic arm for her, seeing how Kirika cut off Chiakis right arm, and promises to continue working on the armor once she returns to her workshop.</spoiler>

===Recuperation & Maid to Kill===
Chiaki has a small party with her and Kyoko to celebrate the successful mission. Drunk, the engineer suddenly talks in her sleep, mumbling obscure things before passing out again. The next day she supplies Chiaki with equipment for a bodyguard mission and hands her a cross pendant containing a teleport beacon for the combat ready Terminator armor.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">A few days later Chiaki decides to have a vodka victory celebration at Misakas workshop, finding her working on the armor in the company of Kyoko for whom she put gold on her spear. Misaka is relieved to see Chiakis eyes violet instead of black, but wonders why she is here instead of with her idol girlfriend, making the Vindicare laugh hard before telling them that Iori is definitely not her girlfriend.

Misaka says she usually doesn't drink vodka as it dulls the voices in her head and she can't focus on them when she's working. Chiaki prepares Misakas vodka with ice and blackcurrant juice while the engineer pulls out clean cushions and the party gets underway. Soon everyone is drunk and Misaka is resting her head on Chiakis thighs, singing off-key. Chiaki thanks her for her help and indulges Misaka in patting her head, telling her she is a good girl before she falls asleep.

While Chiaki and Kyoko are talking, Misaka wakes up, tracing her fingers over Chiakis damaged shield, saying that the machine spirit is broken, crying because it is not whole and can not work as it should, that she cannot fix it and that only Akemi Homura can. She says that the machine spirit is crying for it's missing pieces, that Homura has two and needs to find the others, and tells her end to end the world before "she" does. After that she falls asleep again.

Chiaki checks if her eyes are black since her words remind her of Faust, but they are still brown as usual. Chiaki takes the still sleeping Misaka with her to her apartment to haver her sleep the alcohol off in a futon while the others gather for a meeting concerning the golden weapons.

Some time later Misaka supplies Chiaki with weapons and flashbangs for her next mission and helps her hide them under her maid uniform. She tries catching Kyubey's tail when he appears to report some of his findings on the godlen weapons, much to her frustration unsuccessful.

After he leaves, Misaka hands Chiaki a cross pendant as a good luck charm, telling her it's function is a secret and to pray hard and press the hidden button to have a big friend come and rescue her when needed. The same evening it turns out to be a teleport beacon for the now combat ready power armor that she started calling Tiny Pete.</spoiler>

===Recruitment & Flight===
Chiaki invites Misaka to accompany her on a trip to Siberia. She happily agrees and shows a great deal of curiosity about things at the airport. On the plane she tells Chiaki about her brother who leads the R&D base they are heading to.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">A day after the mission, Chiaki visits Misaka in her workshop where she is taking care of repairing Tiny Pete. Misaka is excited to see her again after watching Tiny Petes video footage, but is irritated by Midoris reaction to Tiny Pete and decides to ignore the green haired girl. She notices that Chiaki had an argument with Iori from her look, but is assured it was just a misunderstanding.

Chiaki tells Misaka that she wants to take her on a trip to Siberia, sending the young engineer into a world of bliss to see her home again, as well as her brother who works in the R&D base there. When Midori playfully flirts with Tiny Pete, Misaka tells her off and states that she already dislikes Green after being formally introduced.

Chiaki orders Midori to follow Misakas orders during the trip, unless she orders her to make a naked snowangel like she did to Kyoko once, who was drunk and actually did it. If they behave, Chiaki promises treats, earning Misakas approval. She informs Chiaki of Tiny Petes repairs and that his AI has been improved to accept only her commands with Misaka still being administrator. Afterwards, she starts packing for the trip.

At the airport Misaka indulges her curiosity about normal things and normal people by exploring the place with Midori, dragging her all over. She wants to talk to the engineers and explain theories about outdated engines. Midori convinces a guard to let them into a hangar, where Misaka makes a big fuss and only calms down after Chiaki talks to her over Midoris phone and promises chocolate.

On the plane Misaka enjoys the view outside the window and tells Chiaki that she will teleport Tiny Pete over once they arrive at the R&D base to complete his repairs over there. She is also happy that Chiaki thinks of him. Misaka tells her that her plushie, Big Pete, is a handmade gift from Sayaka for Tiny Pete saving Chiaki and Kyoko.

She also tells Chiaki about her brother, who is smart, but not smarter than Misaka herself. She wants to test Tiny Pete's AI with multipe targets while bear hunting, which has really good conditions near the R&D base. After eating her packed dinner, she falls asleep for the rest of the flight.

Once in Siberia, Misaka calls the R&D base to have somebody pick them up as the place is in a hidden location, unknown to the locals. Soon after she enters the helicopter sent to get them with Midori, arguing with the pilot who teases her about Chiaki being kidnapped by bears before falling asleep again.</spoiler>

===Betrayer & Hunt===
At the base, Misaka argues with Souji and Kharn about various things. She accompanies Chiaki and the others on their hunting trip, happy that Tiny Pete can come, but is sent back when the group finds traces of an enemy magical girl.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Misaka sleeps throughout the entire flight and is put to bed inside the base by Chiaki. Later she transports Tiny Pete over to resume repairs and quite heatedly argues with Kharn about what seems to be just how many additional spikes should be added to the Terminators frame. When Souji tries to stop the argument, she kicks her brother, shouting at him instead until he leaves.

Right after she tackle hugs Chiaki, calming down and asking if Tiny Pete can come along on the hunting trip, happy when Chiaki grants her permission. She finishes the last repairs and gets into the groups vehicle headed for the hunting ground.

When the vehicle stops ahead of schedule, Misaka heads to Chiaki who has been walking behind and decidedly ignores Kharns presence. When the former Warmaster suggests sending her and Midori back to the base, Misaka starts shouting at her, obviously displeased at being treated like a child.

Chiaki then decides that Misaka should return and transport Tiny Pete back to her afterwards, telling her she will feel better if her friend is safe. Misaka agrees, despite preferring to cheer her friends on, and returns to the base with Tiny Pete and a group of soldiers.</spoiler>

===Training===
Misaka is devastated at finding out that Chiaki forgot about her and blames Souji and Kharn for messing up the procedure. She locks herself into her room for a while but calms down when Chiaki promises to try being a god big sister later.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">The morning after Chiakis treatment, Misaka is in the R&D base living area with Midori and Souji. When Chiaki enters the room, the young girl runs up and happily hugs her.

Hearing about Chiakis amnesia, Misaka shouts at Kharn for breaking her beloved Murderface before running away, also shouting at Souji and kicking him. She instructs Tiny Pete not to let anyone into her room, especially Chiaki, and cries herself to sleep.

Later that day Souji tries to calm her down again. As Chiaki enters the living area, the young girl runs up and buries her face into Chiakis stomach. The Warmaster in training pats her head and explains that while she is no longer the same Murderface she loves, she will try to be as good as a big sister. Hearing this, Misaka finally cheers up again and heads towards the kitchen to tell her brother about Big Sister Chiaki.</spoiler>

===Midori & Miracle Midori===
When Chiaki is swallowed by a witch barrier, Misaka wants to head in and save her, but is convinced by Midori that doing so would be too dangerous and not what Chiaki would want. She instead prepares Tiny Pete for maximum firepower and keeps in contact with Midori during her infiltration. When the green haired magical girl requests Souji to pilot the Terminator, Misaka knocks him out from behind and controls Tiny Pete herself.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Some time after Chiaki, Kharn and Midori left to interrogate Mirai, the base alarm flares up, announcing the presence of a witch. Misaka approaches Midori, concerned about the missing Chiaki. She learns that her new big sister was sucked into a witch barrier in the interrogation room and that somebody needs to get in to kill the witch before they can rescue the missing Warmaster in training.

Misaka decides to do it with the help of Tiny Pete, but Midori manages to dissuade her by stating that Chiaki would not want her to put herself in danger or get hurt trying to save her. Since the witch and her familiars would target a non magical girl first, not even Tiny Pete would be able to protect her inside the barrier.

Midori decides to go in alone and asks if Tiny Pete can be brought to her when she needs help. Misaka hands over her digital watch, explaining that it has a teleporter beacon inside that will summon Tiny Pete on the press of a button. She explains that the Terminator can in theory teleport himself and one person back out, but she could not test it in a witch barrier yet and Souji advises against trying. Misaka hugs Midori, telling her to save Chiaki, and heads off to outfit Tiny Pete for maximum fire power.

Once she is done, Misaka contacts Midori inside the barrier. She explains that Tiny Pete is ready to deploy, but Chiakis teleport beacon is sending four signals. She also mentions that a powerful witch was detected near the green haired magical girl, but before she can say any more, the connection is cut.

After hours of waiting, Midori finally asks Souji to send Tiny Pete in and requests him to pilot the Terminator so he can talk Kharn down. He agrees, but Misaka knocks her brother out from behind, ties him up and pilots the Terminator herself. Nobody notices during the chaotic encounter inside the barrier, but after returning to the real world, Misaka falls asleep inside the cockpit while the machine stands guard over Kharn.

When Chiaki tells Tiny Pete to reveal his pilot, expecting Souji, they find the young engineer instead. Chiaki pulls her out of the cockpit and carries her back to her room, Kharn's warmaster cap held in her arms all the while.</spoiler>

===Return===
Misaka returns to Japan with Chiaki and Midori. On the plane, she works on Tiny Pete's AI core, the Terminator itself stored in the cargo hold.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">After returning from the barrier, Chiaki's hair had grown long. Misaka likes the new look, bearing band aids on bruises she sustained while piloting Tiny Pete.

While not entirely happy about Souji and Kharn forming a couple, Misaka hugs the former Warmaster before joining Chiaki in the Officio's private jet headed back to Japan. On board she works on Tiny Pete's AI core, a wired silver plate attached to the Terminator's tusked helmet.

In between her work, she chats a bit with Chiaki who passes her on the way to the lavatory. The Warmaster steps out again immediately, replying to Misaka's questioning look that she wanted to smoke but can't due to smoke sensors inside. Misaka explains that she doesn't like her smoking and that it has negative effects on magical girls, just as it does on normal people.

While she didn't mind much before, now that Chiaki is her big sister, she is more important than ever. She also mentions that Midori plans on hiding her cigarettes to make Chiaki stop smoking.

Back in Mitakihara, she parts ways with Chiaki and Midori, transporting Tiny Pete back to her workshop in an Officio transporter.</spoiler>

==Trivia==
*The character design is based on the young Misaka Sister from Toaru Majutsu no Index.
*Misaka is not her real name. Chiaki forgot, and it has never been mentioned. Why Misaka prefers this name is unknown as well.
*Misaka often refers to herself as "this one".
*Mami took her to Disneyland once, Misaka didn't stop talking about Space Mountain for days.

==Gallery==
===Art by Nicehatguy===
<gallery>
file:Thanks for MGNQ.jpg|Misaka holding Big Pete
file:Misaka Big Pete.png|Misaka offering Big Pete for cheer up
file:Chikuwa Misaka.jpg|
file:Chikuwa Misaka 2.jpg|
</gallery>

[[Category:Characters]]

Kharn Valnikov

2014-04-10T13:32:12Z

Crys:

<blockquote>''"God Damnit Kharn" -Chiaki Matsuda''</blockquote>
{{Infobox
| imagecaption = Kharn Valnikov
| image = [[image:Kharn Siberia.png|200px]]
| aka = The Betrayer, Katerina/Ekaterina Valnikov
| appearance = [[Thread 35]]
| organization = Ninth Officio
| rank = Research Assistant, ex-Warmaster, Maerorus
| occupation = Magical Girl
| ability = Brute Force
| weapon = Chainsword, Golden Chainaxes
| height = 185 cm
| dob = August 19
}}

==Character Summary==
Kharn Valnikov, also knows as the Betrayer, is the former Warmaster of the Ninth Officio Assassinorum and previous owner of the golden Chainaxes. She trained Kirika Kure and used to be Chiaki Matsudas partner for half a year, and is also the one who named her Murderface.

She is the first ever Maerorus, created by the Thirteenth Officio's former Warmaster Emma Strauss.
===Physical Description===
*A russian girl with black hair down to the waist and entirely black eyes with crimson pupils behind red framed glasses.
*Her skin is almost translucently pale.
*She has a tall slender body.
*Her hands are black metal, ending in long skeletal fingers with sharp tips.
*Her legs seem to end at the knees, where edged black steel armor replaces the rest.
*Chiaki describes her as eerily beautiful.
*Kharns soul gem is a crimson teardrop with pure black gilding, bearing thorns instead of elegant reliefs. On it's base is a golden roman number matching her golden weapon.
*Kharns voice is described as cold and smooth. She has a thick russian accent.

===Personality===
*Kharn radiates an intense killing intent.
*She is usually friendly, cracking jokes frequently.
*She is also quite lewd around women but surprisingly bashful when it comes to her and Souji.
*In combat she turns into a fearsome berserker.
*Kharn is a humble woman who doesn't care for praise and awards as resting on accomplishments dulls the hunger to improve.
*She makes a point of combining duty and pleasure.
*Kharn hates filth.
*She is secretly ashemed of her unusually long tongue, despite it's advances in some areas.

==Character History==
Kharn grew up in a russian gulag managed by her father who raised her as a Valnikov first before a girl. Her mother was a war criminal.

In her five years of active service Kharn spent two years as Vindicare, switched to Eversor in the third, achieved Warmaster Rank in her fourth and abdicated the position in the second half of her fifth year to work with Murderface as partners for six months before voluntarily retiring one year prior to the quest starting.

It's established that Chiaki is responsible for Kharn's retirement, the details are still unknown however. After retiring Kharn transferred to the R&D base in Siberia where she still resides.
===Betrayer & Hunt===
Kharn welcomes Chiaki and companions at the Siberian R&D base, already treats her as the new Warmaster and introduces Souji. She takes the group on a hunting trip but has to cancel it when they find traces of an enemy magical girl. She leaves decisions to Chiaki and follows her command to circle around the enemy to attack her from behind. While Chiaki and Midori face off against the magical girl's horde of bears, Kharn engages her and eventually takes her out, keeping the skull for her collection and the soul gem for interrogation.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Kharn Valnikov greets Chiaki upon her arrival at the Siberia R&D base, telling her she knows about her amnesia. Kneeling before the shorter girl, she submits herself to the new Warmaster whom she will be training herself. She treats Chiaki very friendly from the start, saying she misses the magical girl rituals as well as the city and takoyaki. Spotting Midori, the russian is pleased to see that Chiaki has already taken a subordinate as is expected of a Warmaster.

Kharn apologizes for the messy state of the lab and quarters and introduces Souji, shouting at him a lot. She thanks Chiaki for putting her coworker in place, telling her how she has changed for the better. She shows her guests their rooms, slightly blushing at the notion of her and Souji being a couple and tells Chiaki that they share a room only for convenience. She takes the suitcase with the golden sword and bangles from Midori to lock them into the vault and leaves.

Shortly after, she returns to the living area, and happily devours the takoyaki Midori made. Kharn advises Chiaki to wait with an apology to the upset Midori until the hunting trip as killing huge things together mends friendships. Following Chiaki to Midoris room, she tells the green haired girl that her takoyaki are masterfully done and asks to be taught to make them, pulling her back to the kitchen.

Later outside, Kharn argues with Misaka about what appears to be how many more spikes should be attached to Tiny Petes frame. Souji stops their argument, having Misaka shout at him instead. After he leaves, Kharn tells Chiaki to use this trip to relax, makes a jab at her sleeping with Midori and tells her guests that a team of ten will accompany them to a hunting ground up north where another group is already rousing the bears. She takes Chiaki to a stash of heavy weapony, telling her that the bears in the area are quite big and have been rather vicious lately, even attacking people in huge groups.

After Chiaki picks her weapon, Kharn introduces her to the soldiers as the new Warmaster and highest ranking officer and gives the order to move out. Chiaki asks the former Warmaster what happened between them and how she can still consider her a friend. Kharn answers that it doesn't matter anymore and that she has accepted her fate, having no reason to remember when Chiaki has already forgotten. The only important thing is that she enjoyed their time together. She also mentions a mutual departed friend, but refuses to speak of it any more at that point.

They talk about hunting, coming upon the month old remains of a skier killed by bears, impaled on a tree before eaten alive. Chiaki asks about the argument with Misaka earlier, but Kharn refuses to speak of it. In return, she tells her that her glasses were a present from Chiaki herself before she left active duty.

The hunting party stops, ahead of schedule, and Kharn gives out commands to the soldiers. Apparently a magical girl has shown up, leading a horde of bears, and killed the advance group. She recommends having Misaka and Midori brought back to the base, earning a stream of russian swearing from the young engineer. She tells Chiaki to decide as Warmaster, complimenting her on how well she handles Misaka. She mentions how it is nostalgic to be put against an army with just three people, handing Midori her rifle with a short explanation on its use. She manifests her soul gem, exclaiming that she will have her last swordfight and that she will be taking the enemies skull.

When they find the gory remains of the advance party, crimson fire briefly lights up in front of her left eye before she states that the enemy is further up north, spitting a small amount of blood. She prefers taking her target head on, but leaves the choice to Chiaki, amused at being ordered to take up flanking for once. She tells Chiaki to use their old battle cry as the signal to charge and that she should not shoot the good parts of the bears so they can salvage their meat.

Some minutes later she arrives at a clearing, takes a hiding spot and waits for Chiaki. When the new Warmaster utters the agreed words, Kharn engages Mirai at blinding speed, her chainsword repeatedly meeting her opponents massive blade. An attempt to assault Kharn with a bear is made short of by the russian cutting it right through. A moment later Mirai manages to injure Kharns leg, but is cut into her side and tries to escape. Kharn tells her to get back, a cold laugh in her voice, and gives chase until finally taking her skull.

She contacts Chiaki, stating her current location and examines her prize until the new Warmaster arrives with Midori, telling them that the fight did not satisfy her. She tells them to enjoy their opponents final gift, the warmth of her burning corpse, asking Midori to write the name of her prey on the skull since she is bad with japanese writing herself. She tells Chiaki that reinforcements are on the way and that she retrieved Mirais soul gem for interrogation.

She then notices Chiakis eyes being tainted and asks if she used a golden weapon. She tells Chiaki not to touch them anymore until after the treatment, making Midori promise to watch over her, and assures that Souji and herself will fix Chiaki. When asked about the details, Kharn says that the first procedure is simple but temporary, and if it doesn't work, a second one will change Chiaki, looking at her own metal hands, refusing to say any more. The procedure will be the first thing the next day, and Chiaki should spend the night in someones arms as she might not wake up for a month afterward.

Back at the base, Kharn grills the bear meat while Chiaki and Midori rest in their room. When Chiaki approaches her, Kharn decides to tell her a story about their shared past.</spoiler>

===Kharn Flashback===
During her time as Warmaster, Kharn had to decide on Girl A's punishment for killing three squads from the Third during a joint mission. After listening to her report Kharn decides to give her a new identity and take her as a direct subordinate.

In Ahriman's office, Kharn encounters Madoka, flirts with her and gains her favor, despite not getting personal with her. She meets the Third Warmaster to discuss the steps to be taken, who demands the murderer's life and Mami Tomoe as compensation, but Kharn refuses and decides to kill everyone in the building for Ahriman's offense. She eliminates a hundred subordinates and engages Ahriman, but is hindered by her Equerry Erebus.

After killing the obstacle on a different floor, Kharn makes her way back to take on Ahriman, who gained power from sacrificing her underlings and is giving Malal and Murderface a hard time. The Warmaster severely injures Kharn with her golden weapon enhanced magic, but the russian acquires a golden weapon of her own and defeats Ahriman.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">In a flashback taking place one year and a half before the quest starts, Kharn is still Warmaster of the Ninth. She starts the day in bed with the Fourteenth Warmaster and Malal arriving to deliver her list of duties for the day. When Malal leaves, Kharn wakes her latest conquest with more affections, making her scream loud enough to be heard outside. She shuts Neros speech about enjoying their time together up with a kiss and heads to the bathroom to get ready for the day.

Checking her corruption levels, the Warmaster notices that the darkness that started spreading from her untransformed hands when she turned into a witch and forced it back through sheer force of will some months ago, has spread further again. She transforms and inspects her inventory, containing candy and Neros panties, marking the first of many trophies, before heading out.

Noticing her Culexus guards looking exactly the same as Malal, she asks if either of them is her, to be told that both are called Alpharius. Malal steps out of her room, accompanies the Warmaster to breakfast and briefs her on her appointments.

Girl A, found six months ago in a witch barrier by Mami Tomoe and Sayaka Miki, has been allowed to participate in missions with her guardian. Two days ago, she murdered 21 Eversors from the Third Officio during a joint purge mission. The Third Incubator demands her death, but Kyubey is leaving judgement to his Warmaster. Asking Malal for her opinion, the aide replies that she would give Girl A another chance since the circumstances surrounding the incident are rather suspicious, despite professionally she should be executed.

Kharn decides to talk to Girl A herself, telling Mami who appeals to her on Girl A's behalf that she will listen to her afterwards and only then make her decision. Inside the silent room Kharn demands an explanation and is told that the Eversors called Mami a whore and cowardly retreated whenever they encountered an enemy. On further inquiry, Girl A delivers a detailed mission report up to the point where the Eversor leader said they would ambush Mami's squad and kill everyone except the blonde, to pass her around afterwards. She mentions how satisfying it was to kill their leader with a spiked bat before linking up with the rest of Mamis squad again, the blonde confirming that the Eversors never answered their requests for backup.

When Kharn asks why she didn't tell the full story from the start, Girl A replies that Mami trusted them and that she should be punished instead of the blonde. Mami and Malal mention that a group of supposed captives from the Third was never found, supporting the suspicion that the entire affair was a set up. Kharn then passes her judgement. She takes a knife from Malal and sentences Girl A to death, cutting off her braids and giving her a new name: Murderface.

She returns Malals knife and makes her way to Kyubey, announcing that the Third Officio will be brought down for their betrayal. The Incubator however refuses to allow a full mobilization and decrees that the three Eversor squads death is enough and any further steps will be decided after Kharns meeting with the Thirds Warmaster. He also inquires about Murderface and agrees to Kharn taking responsibility of her, suggesting to seperate her from Mami. Requesting information about the Warmaster she is going to meet, Kharn gets excited at her aparent power and leaves, Malal following close behind.

Outside the office, Kharn sentences Sayaka to penitence duties for abusing Murderface during captivity before departing with Malal and Murderface. On the way, in the companies Warmaster private marauder, Kharn sits close to Murderface, asking her about her relation with Mami.She is told that Mami belongs to Murderface, earning laughter from Malal. She advances on Murderface instead and is told that this would be forbidden love, earning more jeers from Malal and says that Murderface is not her type anyway before asking about her shield instead, impressed at it's powers.

Arriving at the Third Officio headquarters, the group enters an empty foyer, assuming the magical girls have taken position in the upper floors, and boards the elevator heading to the CEO office to meet Ahriman. Upon their arrival, Erebus prompts them to hand over their weapons. Kharn manifests Skulltaker and plunges it into the carpet covered floor, stating that letting somebody else touch it would offend the weapons spirit and impede its performance. She then convinces Erebus that Murderface is a new recruit whose shield is only for defense and that giving it away would be unreasonable.

Right after groping Erebus, Kharn spots a pink haired girl with eyes as black as her own and decides to talk to her before taking care of business. She flirts heavily with the girl who calls herself Faust, but is shot down as she is already spoken for. She tells Kharn that she wanted to meet somebody but realized that she is one of the departed, leaving a breath of a kiss on the Warmasters lips as a token before vanishing without a trace. Murderface tugs Kharns sleeve, telling her that she has been silently staring at a painting for a minute instead of talking, and takes her to meet Ahriman.

Kharn skips pleasantries and confronts Ahriman about her betrayal, the Third Warmaster ignores the accusation and brings up her killed squads, demanding the culprits soul gem and Mami Tomoe as compensation. At this Kharn burst out into a fit of mad laughter before stating that the gem is already shattered and that she will never hand one of her own over as barter pieces. Ahriman taunts her, weapon materialising in her hand, for being corrupted, threatening to reveal her secret.

On that offense, Kharn calls Kyubey, demands full mobilisation and proclaims to kill everyone in the building, no matter what he says. She orders Murderface to retrieve Skulltaker, taking hold of it a mere moment later and charges Ahriman, resounding her war cry. She easily slices through the body of a magical girl jumping in front of her, followed by many more before only the Third Warmaster and her aide remain of the hundred magical girls in the office hall.

Pointing at Ahriman trembling behind Erebus, Kharn exclaims that the staff wielder lacks what it takes to be Warmaster and offers to let the remaining members of the third Officio live if she surrenders herself to execution. As Ahriman tries to run, defended by Erebus, Kharn orders Murderface to stop her, who is then tossed at Malal by the suddenly empowered Third Warmaster. Confident in her new powers granted for sacrificing a hundred lives, the dirty work left to Kharn, Ahriman once again demands Mami Tomoe, now threatening to annihilate both the Ninth Officio and Mitakihara.

Kharn orders Malal to act as anti magic defense while she engages Ahriman and Erebus herself. Erebus steps in, blocking Skulltaker with her katana, and Kharn takes hold of the blade with one of her metal hands, retracts Skulltakers chain teeth and strikes her opponent with the now blunt weapon. This sends her flying through the room, bones shattered, the claws that touched Erebus' blade bleeding.

Charging behind Malal, Kharn waits for her chance while the dark bolts of lightning Ahriman starts throwing are deflected by the Culexus barrier. As both the magic user and Malal collapse from exhaustion, Kharn takes her stance to take Ahrimans skull, but is taken by surprise as Erebus tackles her, both of them falling out of the building.

Kharn thrusts one of her metal claws into the concrete wall to slow their fall and breaks a window with her feet, smashing back into the building. She tosses Erebus, who is still holding on to her, away and gets up, exchanging formal introductions with the red head before fighting her seriously. It takes Kharn only one swing to cut her down, after which she tells the frightened, dying girl that Ahriman will soon follow her and crushes her soul gem under a bladed foot. She takes one of the blood stained prayer parchments from Erebus hair and makes her way back up to where Ahriman and Malal are still fighting.

She throws Erebus' accessory at Ahriman, stunning the corruption twisted form of the Third Warmaster, and signals Malal to get Murderface to safety while praising the red heads fighting spirit and blaming Ahriman for her death. Switching Skulltaker to its devastating Burn mode, Kharn charges the crying Ahriman. Skulltaker collides with an invisible force a short distance from Ahrimans skin, and is shattered by her magic. Several shards of the chainsword impale Kharn, sending her to the ground, paralyzed with pain while Ahriman goes after Malal and Murderface.

At this point, the russian Warmaster hears a voice inside her head, that of the pink haired girl from earlier, offering help. She pulls Skulltakers shards from her body and pulls herself up. As Kharn takes Fausts hand, the pain and exhaustion vanish, perfect clarity filling her mind, golden chainaxes appearing in her hands.

She immediately charges at Ahriman, pushing the now terrified Third Warmaster back with a relentless assault, cutting off her right wing as she tries to escape into the air. Breaking her defense further, Kharn cuts Ahrimans legs off in one swing of Gorefather and kicks the hequin staff away. She pins the crawling girl down with a bladed foot and asks about Mami Tomoe again. Dissatisfied with Ahrimans rambling about the Blessed Ladys True Herald, she finally cuts off Ahrimans head and crushes her soul gem underfoot.

Losing no time, she heads to Malal and Murderface, places her chainaxes on the ground and calls Kyubey for an evacuation team, checking their soul gem purity at the same time. While talking to her Incubator, she knocks Malal awake and jokes around with her until the medics arrive.</spoiler>

===Treatment===
Kharn answers some more questions about Faust and what happened after defeating Ahriman, but refuses to speak of Malal. She then takes Chiaki to the communication room to let her speak to some more people before the scheduled procedure. At night Souji finds Chiaki unconscious in the elevator and decides to start the procedure ahead of time.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">After finishing her story, Kharn answers some remaining questions. She doesn't go into any further detail about Malal, but tells Chiaki more about Faust, telling her to be wary of the dark god's promises. She then recounts the events after the Ahriman incident. The Third Incubator Sanbey claimed that he was not aware of what his magical girls had been doing for months and was only interested in his business side of the Officio. He gladly handed over all remaining troops to Kyubey like it was nothing, much to Kharns irritation.

Afterward, she takes Chiaki to the bases communication room where the new Warmaster in training makes calls to inform her friends of her safe arrival in Siberia and the possible delay in her return. A few minutes later, Chiaki calls her back into the room for a conversation with Kyubey to report about Mirai and the Tenth possible plot, receiving permission to interrogate the girl with the order to kill her if she proves too resistant.

Heading back to the living area, Kharn once again suggests that Chiaki spends the night with Midori before she possibly remains unconscious for a long time. She tells her to give her friends good memories of her before she eventually dies on the battlefield as the chosen of the Blessed Lady are fated to before returning to her own room.

Later, she finds Chiaki unconscious in the elevator and carries her to the room the scheduled procedure is to take place in, securing the Warmaster in training with a series of restraints. Kharn informs her that she and Souji decided to start ahead of schedule upon finding her. She explains that they will implant something into Chiakis soul gem to form a circuit that directs parts of her corruption to something else that feeds on it, refusing details once more due to classification.

When Chiaki mentions the thing in the basement, Kharn assures her that this procedure is the only way to keep her from corrupting further, stating that this solution is better than killing her right away. She also says that the chances of affecting Midori through her link to Chiakis soul gem are negligible and takes messages to pass on to everyone before administering narcotics and starting the process.</spoiler>

===Training===
Kharn examines Chiaki after the procedure and learns that she has amnesia, but states that it should only be temporary. She refreshes Chiaki's memories and decides to continue the schedule and start the golden weapon training. Kharn offers a bet to make it more interesting and easily overpowers Chiaki until the smaller girl unleashes the gauntlet's power and beats her down. But instead of going for an other round, Chiaki yields.

After the training, Kharn suggests interrogating the captured magical girl. The prisoner, Mirai, quickly gives in to the disturbing atmosphere inside the machine but is taken over by her Incubator. Kharn sends Midori back up to have Souji prepare an emergency teleport in case the Incubator detonates Mirai's soul gem, but when the time comes Chiaki is held back and trapped inside the resulting witch barrier.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Some hours after the procedure successfully finishes, Chiaki wakes up to Kharn poking fun at her. Unfortunately, her amnesia has relapsed, making her forget about the procedure, Kharn and her friends. The russian explains that the treatment was successful and the memory loss should not have happened, stating that it might be only temporary. She quickly examines Chiaki, tells her a few things about the current situation and takes her back to the living area of the R&D base where the others are waiting.

After Chiaki tells her friends about the amnesia, Kharn tries to calm the crying Misaka down, but only gets shouted at. Misaka locks herself in her room, Kharn reintroduces Midori and heads into the kitchen to look after Souji.

Later during breakfast, she restates that Chiakis treatment was a complete success and should not have any side effects, temporary or not, telling Souji that they will have to make sure a resurgence of amnesia doresn't happen again during the final procedure. He replies that another treatment might not be necessary, but Kharn insists they should be prepared for it nonetheless.

Kharn then refreshes Chiakis memory about the R&D base and their incubator before deciding to continue their schedule with a training session. Souji voices his concern about using the golden weapons, but Kharn insists on them being available for Chiaki to use. She tells her partner to lead Chiaki to the training area and heads off to change, obviously excited.

In the training area she tells her friend not to mind Souji's behavior, explaining thet he is just worried about a dream he had about Chiaki killing Kharn, who went berserk and murdered Misaka and Midori. She tells Chiaki not to worry, who replies that they can worry about her boyfriends dreams later, making Kharn finally resign and admitting to a more intimate relationship with Souji.

She choses her weapon, a wooden staff, warms up with a set of elegant moves and stances and offers Chiaki a bet to make the training more interesting. Chiaki replies that she doesn't remember anything she could bet, and Kharn decides to bet a package from Malal that Chiaki should receive when she really needs it, and Chiaki should bet a favor for Kharn that she cannot refuse if called to. Chiaki agrees and Kharn calls Midori over to give them a start sign.

Before the green haired girl finishes, Chiaki starts a surprise attack, but Kharn easily blocks the strike and beats her training partner down before saying that she likes how Chiaki can still cheat properly. For the next round, Chiaki approaches the golden weapons, but hesitates to pick one up. Kharn explains that she made sure Chiaki is shielded from the Blessed Lady's influence and impatiently prompts the Warmaster in training to pick a weapon and start fighting again.

Chiaki touches the weapons in order and tells Kharn about voices and feelings she is perceiving from them, and the russian explains that they still know very little about the golden weapons, but that the voices and visions are harmless echoes best to be ignored. When Chiaki asks what they do to Kharn, she replies that she felt as if she could fight without end until the effect eventually faded over the years, replaced by a vision of her death against a monstrous foe.

She picks up the twin chainaxes while Chiaki puts on the bangles, fumbling about until they transform into giant gauntlets. Chiaki mentions that she suddenly remembers some names, but is in no rush to go back to her past self, calling herself a good for nothing excuse of a magical girl, which angers Kharn who considers the past Murderface an important friend. She shouts a command and the weapon racks are removed from the area to make way for a more fierce match.

This time the russian starts a surprise attack before Midori can give the signal, impressed that Chiaki manages to block her opening attack. After Chiaki manages to catch the second attack, Kharn unleashes a furious flurry of blows until she penetrates her oponents defense and hits her shoulder. She explains how her weapon works, telling Chiaki that she will not cut off her arm if she gives up. A purple flame appears in front of Chiakis left eye and she moves much quicker and stronger than before, removes the chainaxe from her shoulder and punches Kharn across the room with a massive fist.

She gets up again, gives the round to Chiaki, congratulates her on figuring out how to use the weapon properly faster than she did herself, and taps into her own weapons power, crimson fire dancing in front of her left eye. She demands a final round without holding back, however Chiaki decides to give up on Midoris request, giving the victory to Kharn. The russian is disappointed, but accepts Chiakis decision, patting her shoulder and stating that she never fails to surprise her. She returns the chainaxes to the weapon rack and tells Chiaki to keep the bangles to acclimatize them and to ask the girl inside for her name.

Back in the living area Misaka approaches Chiaki again, burying her face into her stomach, crying. Kharn leaves the situation to the Warmaster in training and leaves to take a quick shower. Upon returning, she finds Chiaki calming Misaka down but fumbling with her words. She silently forms words to help Chiaki out, telling her to be a big sister to the young girl. As Misaka leaves, Kharn warns Chiaki that chosen of the Blessed Lady should be careful with promises like that. She returns the soul gem that she held on to during and after Chiakis treatment, explaining that the changes in look are harmless.

She suggests starting interrogating the captured Mirai Wakaba soon and that Chiakis return to Japan was moved ahead. On the way to the interrogation room, Kharn and Midori fill Chiaki in on her current Officio background and the situation with Mirai. Inside she explains how the surrogate body, an old looking PC, works, assuring that it has powerful technology inside that betrays its look.

Kharn pushes Chiaki to start the interrogation, assuring her of its safety and explains that it works just like a chatroom. She leans on Chiaki during the interrogation, reading the text on the screen, explaining that being placed in this device is quite disturbing. All senses are disabled, only allowing the text on the screen to be perceived, which creates enough pressure to make lying nearly impossible.

Mirai quickly gives in, begging to be released, but then another user appears in the conversation, surprising Kharn as this shoulod be impossible. She reaches out to remove the soul gem from the machine, but stops as the intruder threatens to detonate the gem if they sever the connection. Kharn states that the elevator doors would withstand an explosion, but might close behind them, making this an interesting gamble. The Tenth demands Midoris return, but Chiaki tells him that she belongs to her and Kharn laughs, stating that she learned her second lesson as Warmaster.

While Chiaki keeps talking to the Tenth, she asks if Kharn has any countermeasures in case things get ugly, and she replies that Souji is infomed and a short range teleporter is prepared. She sends Midori out of the room into the elevator, handing her keycard over and explains that the teleporter is set to bring them next to her, instructing Midori to head up no matter what.

Chiaki types her reply to the Tenth and forces Mirais soul gem out of the machine, but the incubator already did something as it fills with darkness, transforming the magical girl into a witch. The teleporter brings Kharn out on time, Chiaki however is left behind and swallowed into the barrier.</spoiler>

===Midori & Miracle Midori===
Kharn is devastated by leaving Chiaki, mumbling incoherent things and is sedated by Souji. While Midori infiltrates the barrier to save Chiaki, Kharn manages to escape the silent room and enters the barrier herself. She finds the Blessed Lady and starts searching for Chiaki's fragments to fight them.

Midori prevents Kharn from attacking the armored fragment by slapping her and shouting how selfish she is and that the Blessed Lady doesn't care about her, making the Betrayer retreat. Later Kharn engages the fourth fragment but is defeated. While Midori's group engages the fragment's servants, Kharn regains consciousness and fights alongside Tiny Pete.

Back in the real world Kharn is sentenced to live with her betrayal instead of getting the easy way out by means of execution. She is also ordered to marry Souji, who argues with her for a while about her behavior before embracing his partner.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Up in the living quarters, Kharn is taken to the couch by Souji, speaking different languages incoherently, stating that the Blessed Lady is displeased and wants to take her Chosen back. While Midori and Souji try to figure something out, Kharn cries pitifully about leaving Chiaki to face the Blessed Lady alone. Souji injects a silver liquid into her neck, causing her body to relax and the rambling to stop before she eventually falls asleep. He explains that she will be all right after recovering in a silent room for a while.

Not long after being locked up, she recovers from the drug, escapes the silent room and uses the base's teleporter to enter the witch barrier. Inside she finds the pink haired goddess in bad shape and offers her service, supporting the Blessed Lady.

After a while Kharn finds Midori's group and the armored fragment of Chiakis psyche and demands to fight her. Malal tries to stop her, but Kharn exclaims that the Blessed Lady has chosen her as the Betrayer and wants her to fight the armored fragment. Malal screams at Kharn to remember a promise she made to her, but the Betrayer refuses to listen to what she considers a barrier born phantasm, calls upon her golden weapon's power and sets the Culexus ablaze. While the flames die out on the unconscious magical girl, Kharn admires the armored fragments perfect from as a tool of war before telling Midori to get out of the way.

Filled with rage, Midori walks past the armored fragment towards Kharn, unconsciously transforming into her magical girl from, and slaps the former Warmaster twice, hard enough to knock her hat off, and screams in anger and frustration. Stunned Kharn steps back and tries to justify her actions as the Blessed Lady's will, but Midori doesn't let up and exclaims that the Blessed Lady never never cared about her, that all she ever cares about is Homura. She tells the shocked magical girl that none of them ever had a chance against their connection and reminds her of how she is throwing away everything she built up with Souji. She calls the scientist with the teleport beacon and prompts Kharn to tell him about it herself, but the russian can't bring herself to do it and retreats, her fighting spirit broken.

Some time later, Kharn arrives at a graveyard and challenges the fourth fragment in one final act as the Betrayer, but is mercilessly defeated and left to bleed to death with an arm torn from her shoulder. During the course of the fight between Midori's group and the fourth fragment's servants, Kharn regains consciousness and fights alongside Tiny Pete, wielding the combined Blood God in her remaining hand, effectively fighting off their enemies. Closeby, Malal and Mirai are holding their ground. The fragment that closely resembles the current Chiaki manages to defeat the winged fourth one and Midori, who miraculously appears after dying while Kharn was still unconscious, manages to fuse the four fragments back together.

Back in the real world, Kharn lies in the ruined interrogation room, holding the wound that used to be her right arm, with Tiny Pete standing watch next to her. She is in bad shape but recognizes Midori and Chiaki and tells them to carry out the death sentence for her betrayal quickly before Souji and Misaka can return. Chiaki is silent, seemingly considering her request, but Midori calls her an idiot and shuts the Betrayer's protests up. The aide suggests to punish Kharn by having her live with her crimes to which Chiaki agrees and orders the former Warmaster to marry Souji as part of her sentence.

Kharn claims that she can't possibly face Souji again but Midori tells her that he is already in the same room. While Kharn looks around in shock, Chiaki tells Tiny Pete to reveal his pilot. To their surprise they find Misaka instead, just as her brother walks in through the door with an ice pack to his head, removing the electrical tape he was apparently tied up with. He explains that Misaka knocked him out before he could board the Terminator and asks to talk to Kharn.

Midori suggests leaving the two of them alone and leaves the room with Chiaki, who is carrying the sleeping Misaka. Kharn tries to explain her behavior but Souji keeps dismissing her reasons. They shout at each other for a while before Kharn eventually breaks down. Souji slaps her tree times before talking in a low voice to which Kharn replies in a murmur, and they embrace each other.</spoiler>

===MAXIMUM CHRISTMAS===
In a flashback taking place on Christmas one year prior to the quest starting point, Kyoko plans a Secret Santa event and Christmas dinner, but the Officio's leading members cancel it in favor of preparing for the appearance of Walpurgisnacht one month later.

Some time after angrily taking off, Kyoko returns to the Officio and gives out presents to her friends, accompanied by Omegon. Kharn receives a skull servitor personal assistant that floats around it's master and takes notes and such. The Warmaster is overjoyed.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">In a flashback taking place on Christmas one year prior to the quest starting point, Kyoko plans a Secret Santa event and Christmas dinner, but the Officio's leading members cancel it in favor of preparing for the appearance of Walpurgisnacht one month later. Angry at her friends, Kyoko shouts and leaves the Officio building.

Kharn justifies her decision with the entire Officio being tense and setting a good example by training instead of playing around.

Later, Kyoko barges into Kyubey's office during a meeting with Malal, Kharn and Mami, pulling a trolley behind her. While Mami asks about the trolley, Malal is irritated about Omegon's appearance, wearing a reindeer suit over her Animus Speculum. Kharn laughs and jokes about making this the new default Culexus look while Malal considers it an offense to her subordinates.

Kyoko tells Malal that she is not making fun of the Culexus, wrapping an arm around her, and explains that they are getting into Christmas spirit before pointing at her stash of gifts. Mami speaks up, but Kyoko cuts her off and demands not to talk about Walpurgisnacht and only allows Maximum Christmas. Kharn understands her excitement but asks her to be more quiet, pointing at the sleeping Incubator, exhausted from tracking Walpurgisnacht over a long time.

While Omegon unloads something next to Kyubey's desk, Kyoko hands out gifts to the others. Kharn unwraps her present doubtfully, expecting a joke item like Malal always gives her, but bursts into excitement when she discovers the skull servitor. She happily states that she always wanted something like this and hugs Omegon tightly, thanking her and Kyoko for the wonderful gift with tears in her eyes.

Kyubey wakes from the commotion, and promptly jumps on the box containing the CatMaster 3000, rolling around on top of the bag full of catnip. Malal opens the pineapple salad and offers some to Mami and Kharn. After letting go of the young Culexus, she starts reading the instruction manual right away.</spoiler>

===Return & Warmaster===
Before Chiaki returns to Japan, Kharn hands her a gift left by Malal. Back in Mitakihara, Chiaki discovers the old Warmaster's very real skull throne as well as her impressive trophy collection.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">The night before Chiaki returns to Japan, Kharn and her get very drunk, giggling and raging about everything and almost get into a fist fight before wobbling back to their quarters. The former Warmaster apologizes for being a horrible person, to which Chiaki reacts by patting her head.

Before Chiaki boards the plane, Kharn hands over her own golden weapon and a small box, taped shut tightly, property of Malal with a few things of her own added to it.

Alongside her old skull servitor REMOV, the former Warmaster passes on her cap, the sign of her office, and a letter of apology, despite her policy of never apologizing. She writes that she realized that it is better to die for someone else than for yourself and that she is proud to have Chiaki as a friend. She also gives her own Ushanka as a souvenir, Souji dislikes the smell of bear and said it is not a hat fit for a mother, hinting at her being pregnant.

Chiaki later finds out that Kharn was not joking about building a throne of skulls as she finds it in the old Warmaster's office. Built from 300 skulls with that of Ahriman at the very top, the intimidating furniture sits behind the Warmaster's desk.

Kharn also kept her collection of panties in her office, hidden behind a bookcase. Each piece laminated and labeled with name and age of the girl, as well as time and place it was collected, all neatly laminated and stored. Chiaki decides to take the trophies down to send them to Siberia.</spoiler>

===Malal Flashback===
While she was still a rookie, Ekaterina was kidnapped and put through torture and experiments by the Thirteenth Warmaster who wanted to create a symbiosis of magical girl and witch. Strauss succeeded and turned Ekaterina into the first known Maerorus by drafting witch flesh onto her body and soul gem, alongside a series of implants to control her.

Malal came to her rescue and Professor Madaraki from the Thirteenth removed the implants as thanks for the Culexus' assistance in removing Emma Strauss from the Officio. Unfortunately the changes made to Ekaterina's body and soul turned out to be irreversible and Malal could only piece together a new personality from the few scratches that were left after the torture.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">In a flashback episode featuring Malal that takes place five years prior to the quests starting point, the young Vindicare recruit Ekaterina Valnikov one day stopped coming to training. It was suspected that the Tenth Officio abducted her, but no evidence was found and she was declared deceased after a few months.

A month later, Malal starts a mission to find and rescue her in Varrigan City. It is later revealed that she underwent torture to break will, body and mind before being used for cruel experiments by the Thirteenth Warmaster, Doktor Emma Strauss, in her attempt to create a hybrid of magical girl and witch. The Doktor succeeds and makes Ekaterina Valnikov the first known Maerorus, a magical girl that gains witch powers and retains her personality and conscious thought.

She grafts corrupted witch flesh onto Ekaterina's body and soul gem and makes her fight in the Casino Town underground magical girl fighting circuit. Utterly broken the girl kept on saying a just a single word: Malal.

On the day Malal comes to rescue her, she is scheduled to fight the Blessed Lady's Champion of the Second Officio's Black Templars. When Malal infiltrates the arena grounds, she finds Ekaterina sedated and chained down in an elecrtified cage. A crest of metal wires protruding from her skull, covered by a horned black metal visor encircling her head in addition to what has been done to her arms and legs. Her blood covered and torn uniform and hair evidence of the abuse she went through.

While Valnikov is still unconscious, Malal convinces Souji, who also wants to save her, to cooperate. The young man disables the cage and moves in to inject more sedatives, but at that moment Ekaterina's visor starts glowing red and her claws move in from behind his back. Malal quickly unleashes her power on the russian magical girl, flinging her back as far as the chains allow and making her collapse.

After Malal takes care of approaching goons coming to take Ekaterina to the arena, Souji tranquilizes her and wraps the girl in a poncho to hide her features. The group makes their way outside and departs on a fast bike towards the docks for evacuation.

On board of the Thirteenth Officio's flagship Rafflesia, Ekaterina is taken to an operation room and prepared for removing Strauss' implants. The Thirteenth' new Warmaster, Souji and Malal work together on the procedure and later, the Culexus tries to heal her mind. As a side effect of this, her memories of this time are wiped out.</spoiler>

==Trivia==
*Kharn's character design is based on Black Gold Saw from Black Rock Shooter.
*Kharn is a reference to Kharn the Betrayer, avatar of the blood god Khorne from Warhammer 40k. She shares some character traits with him, as well as the choice of weapon.
*The name Valnikov is likely a reference to Andrei Valnikov from Black Marble, a cop who partnered up with a no-nonsense woman plagued by nightmares, much like Chiaki.
*She has an insatiable apetite for takoyaki and Jolly Roger candy.
*She never managed to bed Mami and never quite got over that.
*Her chainsword Skulltaker is two meters long, weighs ten kilograms and has two rows of teeth. It is painted black with a few golden bits, the handle wrapped with leather and tipped with a screaming demon skull. It has three settings: Kill, Maim which moves the teeth in opposing directions, and Burn which is Maim but on fire. Kharn takes loving care of her weapon.
*The weapon's name is a reference to Skulltaker, a Bloodletter and Herald of Khorne. Much like the Kharn in Magical Girl Noir Quest, Skulltaker is known for collecting the skulls of his enemies, which are then carried in a great sack until he can present them to Khorne.

==NECO Profile==
<pre style="width: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">*ROOKIE*
NAME: Ekaterina Valnikov
-None on record.-
OFFICIO: Ninth, in Mitakihara City
RANK: Vindicare
BIO: A rank and file Vindicare that would ordinarily be kind of unremarkable. Apparently she grew up on a gulag in Siberia and already knew how to shoot and everything before becoming a magical girl, but…maybe this is one of those ‘the real thing is a lot different from the rifle range’ sorts of things? She’s kind of infamous, from what I’ve heard… b-but, she’s kind of cute, isn’t she?
WEAPONRY: Mostly the butt of a rifle.
STRENGTH A
SPEED B+
MELEE A
RANGED C+
MAGIC ??*
TACTICS D
CHARM D(?)
*it’s tied tight into her basic abilities, so it’s really hard to determine

TRIVIA
-Normally I wouldn’t be worrying about rank and file like Ekaterina Vanikov, but some people are interested in her?? I heard Rank Leader Malal went through hell and high water just to save her, so she must be important.

-Apparently she’s kind of a…failure as a magical girl, a lot of the time? She’s clumsy and I heard she drops her gun about every other time she tries to reload it. Then she starts hitting people with it instead of trying to shoot them, though. Once she goes a little crazy, everything comes up golden for her. It’s a pretty weird talent.

-She sort of reminds me of a girl at my school. I don’t really know her name or anything, but she smells weird and hides under one of the stairwells at lunch.

BONUS?

-She was thought to be dead in Varrigan City until the rescue operation Rank Leader Malal mounted to save her. She came back, sure, but she came back…different. Hungrier. More vicious.</pre>

==Gallery==
===Art by Deculture===
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file:Kharn Siberia.png|Research Assistant Kharn
file:Kharn pre Murderface.png|Kharn as Warmaster of the Ninth
File:Kharn title.png|Quest title page during the Kharn flashback episode
File:Kharn title 2.png|Quest title page during the Kharn flashback episode, now with Warmaster hat
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===Art by Nicehatguy===
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[[Category:Characters]]

Malal

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Crys:

<blockquote>''"Now, this isn't the way I would have handled it, Kharn, but you're the Warmaster here. What say we do this by the book for a change, eh?"''</blockquote>
{{Infobox
| imagecaption = Malal
| image = [[image:Profile-Malal.png|200px]]
| aka = Madoka Kaneda
| appearance = [[Thread 43]]
| organization = Ninth Officio
| rank = Culexus Rank Leader
| occupation = Magical Girl
| ability = Anti-Magic Aura
| weapon = Combat Knife, Crowbar, Animus Speculum, Rose Bow
| height = 153 cm
| dob = October 3 (would be 21-22 years old)
}}

==Character Summary==
Malal was the Culexus Rank Leader and Equerry as well as a friend to the Warmaster of the Ninth Officio Assassinorum during Valnikov Kharns reign, serving as the reasonable balance to her superiors lazyness and bloodthirst. She was also friends with Chiaki Matsuda during her days as Murderface. Her true identity, this worlds Madoka Kaneda, is kept secret, only known to a select few individuals.
Kyubey considers Malal as both his greatest triumph and his biggest failure as an Incubator and prefers not to speak about her.

===Physical Description===
*Malal always wears her Culexus hard suit around others, so not much is known about her appearance.
*She has short pink hair and crimson eyes.

===Personality===
*Malal is your typical delinquent turned serious, putting up a professional front until provoked.
*She remains mostly calm and polite but is prone to swearing.
*According to Kharn, Malal has never been seriously angry.
*She hates wasting time. This often leads to bad cases of road rage.
*Malal dislikes the concept of honor, more people die from it than are saved.

==Character History==
Before her contract, Madoka Kaneda was a delinquent and later a runner for small time Yakuza in Mitakihara. She became an enforcer after killing a magical girl sent to take out her boss. Ever since her early childhood she had clear dreams abot her future. For a while they were haunted by a winged girl with black hair in a black cocktail dress who told her she would die for a pointless reason.

Kaneda flipped her off and decided to form a contract with Kyubey to do what she needs to and to write down what needs to be done after her death. Due to her earlier dreams she knew exactly how she had to form her wish to get what she needed. She never saw the girl again and her dreams were replaced by perfectly clear visions of the future she must prevent and how to do it, including her death.

She was a friend and teacher to Sayaka, but never revealed her secret after becoming the Culexus Malal. During her time of service, she delivered the most accurate preognostications of all Culexus, even accurately predicting time and location of the appearance of the witch Charlotte, as well as the fact that somebody would be found inside.

===Kharn Flashback===
As Kharn's Equerry, Malal takes care of everyday business and paperwork. She accompanies her Warmaster to an interrogation of Girl A, who killed three allied squads during a joint mission. Kharn listens to her report and decides to give her a new identity and take her as a personal subordinate.

During the meeting with the Third Warmaster, Malal tries to stay reasonable, but agrees with Kharn that Ahriman's demands are outrageous. Kharn decides to purge the Officio and together with Murderface they kill the hundred magical girls present. Erebus keeps them from attacking Ahriman directly until she is taken care of, but the Warmaster is empowered by her golden weapon and the blood sacrifice by then.

While Kharn takes care of Erebus on another floor, Malal faces Ahriman's magic while protecting Murderface, but is eventually defeated and rendered unconscious.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">Malal delivers the morning call to her Warmaster Kharn along with "other Warmaster type stuff", politely ignoring the naked blonde in her superiors bed. The days schedule consists of meeting the Third Officio's Warmaster to discuss an incident involving Girl A killing three squads of their magical girls, deciding on Girl A's fate, and informing the Fourteenth Incubator about his Warmaster's whereabouts, the latter still sleeping next to Kharn. Malal decides to relay that they don't know where she is and leaves to make preparations.

Somewhat distressed, she takes a short break in her room, quickly locking the door after stepping out again to prevent anyone from looking inside. She accompanies Kharn to breakfast, briefing her on her appointments. Girl A, found six months ago in a witch barrier by Mami Tomoe and Sayaka Miki, has been allowed to participate in missions with her guardian. Two days ago, she murdered 21 Eversors from the Third Officio during a joint purge mission. The Third Incubator demands her death, but Kyubey is leaving judgment to his Warmaster.

When asked about her opinion, Malal replies that professionally Girl A should be executed, but the circumstances around the incident are suspicious and that she would give her another chance for doing the right thing, just the wrong way. In front of the silent room, Mami appeals to the Warmaster in name of Girl A, putting Malal off somehow. Inside, Malal keeps Kharn from getting too caught up and confirms some details regarding the mission, such as the supposedly captured magical girls from the Third never being found, supporting suspicions about a setup.

Kharn demands her knife and announces Girl A's death sentence, cutting her braids and giving her a new name: Murderface. Malal tries to object, stating that she has a list of better names like Akemi, but is shot down right away. Kharn further decrees that the Third Officio will be brought down for their betrayal and leaves for Kyubey's office, her Equerry at her side stating that Murderface will probably kill her one day.

After meeting Kyubey, Malal informs Kharn that they will be up against a competent magic user should they have to fight the Third Officio's Warmaster, Ahriman, as Kharn is obviously planning.

Driving the companies Warmaster marauder, Malal pokes fun at Kharn for Murderface telling her that she can't have Mami or herself as this is forbidden love. She mentions that Warmasters are generally a crazy sort before giving out headsets and stepping out of the car.

The group enters an empty foyer, assuming the magical girls to have taken up position in the upper floors, and board the elevator bound for the CEO office to meet Ahriman. As Kharn stabs her chainsword into the floor to follow the request to hand her weapon over, Malal merely covers her head in her palms before handing over her own knife and crowbar. As Kharn moves to talk to some girl instead of heading directly to the Third Warmaster, Malal takes Murderface some distance away to teach her about drinks for occasions such as this, giving Kharn some space.

After about a minute of Kharn staring at a painting, she sends Murderface to get her Warmaster. Malal tries keeping Kharn in check, but when Ahriman demands Girl A's soul gem and Mami Tomoe as compensation for her murdered Eversors, Kharn burst out laughing, the Equerry agreeing that the Thirds demands are ridiculous.

As Kharn calls Kyubey to demand full mobilization, announcing to kill everyone in the building, Malal turns a dial on her suit to release her powers and the group charges at the Third Warmaster. Pulling the crowbar that Murderface returned to her when fetching Kharn's Skulltaker, Malal crushes the face of her first opponent mercilessly. She asks Kharn to go by the book this time, but cedes to her Warmaster's wish to turn the office into a slaughter house, telling her to finally build her skull throne afterward.

Within a short time, the group annihilates the hundred magical girls in the hall, leaving only Ahriman and Erebus standing. Kharn offers the lives of the Third Officio in return for Ahriman surrendering her life, but Erebus tells her Warmaster to flee. Murderface tries to stop her but is suddenly tossed at Malal, knocking her back. Suppressing the pain, she tells Kharn that Murderface is unconscious before returning to her side. Turning the dial on her suit again, the Culexus prepares to act as anti magic defense while Kharn engages Ahriman and Erebus.

As the Third's Equerry is flung away by Kharn, Malal begins charging Ahriman, the russian following a step behind her. Ahriman's spells collide with Malal's barrier and are deflected, each bolt of sinister lightning tearing holes into the walls until she collapses, exhaustion affecting both her and Malal. Telling her Warmaster to take Ahriman out, she can only watch as Erebus tackles Kharn out of the building and is forced into a defensive position by the corrupted Ahriman whose twisted form keeps firing bolts of destructive energy at her.

Her powers diminished, Malal shouts for Kharn to hurry, and, relieved to see her return, prepares to evacuate Murderface. She tells Kharn to get the golden staff away from Ahriman, stating that it's evil and the likely the source of her corrupted power. When Kharn begins her charge at Ahriman, Malal shoulders Murderface and moves to evacuate. But Ahriman strikes Kharn down, impaling her with fragments of her shattered chainsword and starts closing in on Malal.

The Culexus procures firearms from Murderface's shield, unloading everything onto Ahriman, and screams at Kharn to get back up before her barrier is penetrated by a bolt of lightning, breaking several of her ribs. Ahriman lifts Malal up and tears her arms from her body, sending the Culexus into a fit of tormented spasms that render her unconscious.

Not long after, Kharn wakes her up with knocks on several body parts, Ahriman lying dead nearby. She realizes her arms missing, mentioning how this is going to suck and keeps joking around with her friend until the evacuation teams arrive.</spoiler>

===Midori & Miracle Midori===
Malal exists inside Chiaki's barrier for unknown reasons. She meets Mirai and convinces her to join the search for Chiaki's fragments. They encounter the armored fragment but have to retreat and meet Midori, who already gathered two other fragments. Together they face the armored fragment again and Midori manages to calm t down and convince her to join their cause and even drives off Kharn, who refused to talk to Malal and set her ablaze.

When they encounter the fourth fragment, Midori is killed by the first attack. Malal and the others face the fragment's servants until one fragment defeats the leader and Midori miraculously manifests again to reunite all of them before disappearing again. Mirai asks Malal to use her soul gem to save her friend and the Culexus forces her way to the Blessed Lady and Midori to demand the exchange.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">In Siberia, Chiaki tries to interrogate Mirai Wakaba, but the Tenth Incubator forces his agent to witch out, trapping Chiaki in a barrier. Inside, Malal somehow still exists and encounters Mirai. Being mysteriously well informed as she always is, Malal explains the situation and convinces her to help in trying to find the fragments of Chiaki's psyche.

They wander the place and arrive at the reflection of the Hanegawa ramen restaurant. Scouting outside they fight a fragment of Chiaki, but can't reach out to her in the rain and decide to try again later.

When they return to the restaurant, they find Midori and two other fragments. After talking to Mirai for a while, Midori asks Malal who she is and how she knows so much. The fragments cut into the conversations and explain that she is indeed Malal and indeed dead. The Culexus confirms this and decides not to explain how she ended up inside this barrier, leading the conversation back to gathering the fragments. She admits that they would ideally want all four, but could make Chiaki work well enough with only three to avoid the danger of having the insane fourth fragment kill the others.

Midori requests more information, but Malal states that they have told her everything she needs to know and anything more will not help their cause. The green haired girl then makes a call with her wristwatch and reports the current situation. Malal identifies Souji's voice and cuts into the conversation. He told Midori to forget about Kharn and focus on Chiaki's fragments, but the Culexus refuses to leave her former partner. She promised them a happy ending while she was still alive and wants to use the current chance to make it happen.

She then requests more detailed information about the readings he mentioned to Midori and learns that a powerful signal is approaching them, carrying the original teleporter beacon Chiaki had before. She thanks him and explains Midori that the angry fragment they encountered before is approaching and that their group will have better odds now that Midori and the two other fragments are present.

She asks if they should wait for the fragment to pass or face it head-on, and the green haired Callidus decides to take a chance at facing it. She asks Malal why she tried facing the fragment earlier despite being outmatched, and the Culexus replies that somebody had to try and only the rain, which makes the fragment go berserk due to traumatic memories, caused them to fail.

Malal explains that they are going to fight to subdue and then bring the two fragments in to have something happen. Midori asks how Malal can be sure that anything will happen at all, but the Culexus replies that this is a secret. Just then a bestial roar from outside shatters the windows, hurling glass shards all over the place.

Chiaki and Homura tackle Midori to the ground to take cover while Malal and Mirai jump outside and engage the angry fragment. A feral looking form of Chiaki, it's hands and legs turned into jagged metal even more monstrous than Kharn, heavy plate armor covering her upper body, face covered in scars, wielding a jagged sword as big as herself. Mirai is easily thrown aside by the impact of the jagged weapon crashing into her own broadsword and is only saved by Malal throttling the armored fragment with her crowbar. The two other fragments cling to it's arms, trying to remove the sword, and Midori hugs the spiked form.

Their opponent roars and shakes them off, but loses it's weapon in the process. Malal tells Midori to stand back while the others try to restrain the armored fragment again to focus all her attention on convincing the angry monstrosity. They burst forward but are easily beaten down one after another within a few heartbeats.

Midori manages to reach out to the armored fragments mind, but right after they hug each other in peace, Kharn shows up behind them, bearing her golden chainaxes. Midori and Malal try to dissuade her from starting a fight but the former Warmaster tells her aide's ghost to be quiet, insisting that the Blessed Lady wants this fight to happen. Malal screams at Kharn to remember a promise she made to her, but the Betrayer refuses to listen to what she considers a barrier born phantasm, calls upon the golden weapons power and sets the Culexus ablaze for a moment, leaving her smoldering and unconscious on the ground.

The infuriated Midori manages to drive Kharn off with a heated speech and the Homura and Chiaki fragments help Malal get back on her feet. She wants to press onward right away, but Midori fell unconscious from exhaustion and Homura is seriously injured, so the group takes shelter in the restaurant once again to heal up and rest until the rain stops.

Malal tries to fix the worst damages on her suit with heavy tape while talking to Kyubey. After a while Midori approaches her and asks about Kharn's soul gem in case they have to fight her for real. She wonders why the three fragments are not uniting if they are supposed to be enough and Malal replies that they probably don't want to do it yet. Malal could convince them , although getting the dangerous fourth fragment as well would be ideal for restoring Chiaki in full.

Malal picks up the hat Kharn lost earlier and tells Midori that she made it as a copy of the original one her Warmaster lost during a hard fight before asking whether they will go with three or four fragments. Midori asks if Malal's powers can affect the fourth fragment, but the Culexus is uncertain whether she can weaken the owner of this barrier or not.

She tells the green haired girl that she only needs to get the fused Chiaki and herself out while Malal will try to do something about Kharn before collapsing the barrier from inside, taking herself and Mirai with it as they have no place in the real world anymore. Malal then asks Midori to decide whether to take three or four fragments, who declares that only a full restoration will be any good. Malal then explains that she knows where the fourth fragment is and that the armored one will be the key to surviving the expected blood bath.

When asked if the two of them met before, Malal explains that she went to the Hanegawa ramen restaurant with Kharn and Murderface where Midori helped her father, but that they didn't talk and that people tend to forget about meeting a Culexus. Midori then leaves Malal to take a rest herself.

When the rain stops, the group departs towards the outskirts, the still sleeping Midori carried on Chiaki's back until she wakes to save time. While the sky darkens, they arrive at a graveyard where Malal states that the final fragment is close. At that moment they hear Kharn's chainaxes buzzing nearby, and both Malal and the armored fragment want to claim her as an opponent.

Midori calls Souji and requests that he pilots Tiny Pete to talk Kharn down and get her out. The scientist agrees and Malal mentions that he will be useful in removing one thing to worry about with teleporting Kharn out.

Following the path they arrive at a clearing and find twenty numbered grave stones with shades carrying golden weapons in front of them. The fourth fragment, bearing blinding golden wings and a shield of the same material, her hair tied with a crimson ribbon, stands in the middle. Kharn lies in a pool of her own blood, one arm torn from her shoulder. The fourth fragment mentions that she will still live for a short time and thanks Midori for bringing the other fragments to her.

Midori shouts an offense at the fragment, who turns to walk away while the shades start moving in with the order to kill everyone. As the fight breaks out, Malal unleashes her power, the Animus Speculum's lines glowing red, yet unable to prevent a shade from killing Midori on her way towards the winged fragment.

During the chaotic encounter Malal defeats the shade of the golden scythe wielder and shouts orders at Tiny Pete who breaks through a group of enemies to pick up Midori's broken corpse. Still outnumbered, she acquires the golden broadsword and uses it to fight off any approaching enemy while supporting the injured Mirai with her other arm, working together in an efficient block and stab combination. Nearby Tiny Pete, now dual wielding the golden hammer taken from a shade and his own weapon has teamed up with Kharn, who regained consciousness and wields the combined form of Blood God in her remaining arm.

When Malal notices that the winged fragment is defeated by the one closely resembling the current Chiaki, who keeps smashing the golden shield into her fallen opponents face while laughing manically, she screams at her to stop. She notices the glowing form of Midori appearing behind the fragment and is stunned at the impossible feat, checking to find the green haired girl's body still held by Tiny Pete. Midori stops Chiaki from smashing the shield into the corpse and talks to her before reuniting her soul gem and disappearing again.

With the battle over, Mirai insists on giving her soul gem to Malal so she can exchange it for Midori's life. As the barrier collapses, the Culexus uses her powers to chase after Midori and finds her talking to the Blessed Lady who tells the green haired girl that her soul gem is burned out. Malal interferes by throwing Mirai's soul gem at the goddess, demanding Midori's revival in exchange for Mirai's life.

Midori refuses to use her friends life like this, but Malal doesn't intend to ask for her permission and tells her to make Chiaki stop drinking and abusing pain killers. Midori suggests using Kharn's soul gem instead, but Malal laughs her off, stating that while tempting, living with her sins is a better punishment for the Betrayer. She shouts at the Blessed Lady to hurry up and tells Midori she is glad Chiaki is in good hands.

Midori asks if there is any way to save Malal or Mirai, but the Culexus tells her that some things just can't be fixed and that she's just trying to make things less horrible than they should be. Midori then asks her to take off the helmet before they have to part and Malal agrees to show her face since her powers are unleashed completely to force herself into this place anyway.

She removes the pressure seals and reveals a splitting image of the Blessed Lady, only with pink eyes and short hair. She explains to the utterly confused Midori that the two of them are the same person but at the same time not due to strange timeline mechanics. Her inside knowledge comes from dreams she had ever since she was a child that even told her how to form her contract the right way.

She tells Midori that she left a package for Chiaki with Kharn that will explain a lot of things she doesn't have time to do herself. The Blessed Lady calls them and hands Midori her restored soul gem. Malal suggests not crying when she thanks Mirai and the Blessed Lady explains that her body will be healed enough to sustain life, albeit still injured.

She asks for any last words and Midori hugs both of them before thanking them and promising to take care of Chiaki before being enveloped by light and disappearing, leaving Malal and the Blessed Lady behind.</spoiler>

===MAXIMUM CHRISTMAS===
In a flashback taking place on Christmas one year prior to the quest starting point, Kyoko plans a Secret Santa event and Christmas dinner, but the Officio's leading members cancel it in favor of preparing for the appearance of Walpurgisnacht one month later.

Malal knows that Kyoko took Omegon with her to buy gifts and tells her subordinate to buy pineapple salad as her gift. She is later irritated by the reindeer suit the red head made Omegon wear, but still happily accepts her gift, sharing it with the others.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">In a flashback taking place on Christmas the year before the story starts, Kyoko plans a Secret Santa event for her friends, but the leading members of the Officio cancel it in favor of preparing for the appearance of Walpurgisnacht one month later. Kyoko angrily shouts at them and leaves to make preparations on her own.

Malal knows that Omegon/Yuma accompanies the red haired Eversor and, upon sensing her thinking about what gift to buy for the Rank Master, calls the younger Culexus. She tells her to buy some pineapple salad since she feels like trying it.

Later, Kyoko barges into Kyubey's office during a meeting with Malal, Kharn and Mami, pulling a trolley behind her. While Mami asks about the trolley, Malal is irritated about Omegon's appearance, wearing a reindeer suit over her Animus Speculum. Kharn laughs and jokes about making this the new default Culexus look while Malal considers it an offense to her subordinates.

Kyoko tells Malal that she is not making fun of the Culexus, wrapping an arm around her, and explains that they are getting into Christmas spirit before pointing at her stash of gifts. Mami speaks up, but Kyoko cuts her off and demands not to talk about Walpurgisnacht and only allows Maximum Christmas. Kharn understands her excitement but asks her to be more quiet, pointing at the sleeping Incubator, exhausted from tracking Walpurgisnacht over a long time.

While Omegon unloads something next to Kyubey's desk, Kyoko hands out presents to the others. Malal thankfully receives her can of expensive pineapple salad while Kharn makes a huge fuss about her skull servitor gift, shouting happily and hugging Omegon.

Kyubey wakes from the commotion, and promptly jumps on the box containing the CatMaster 3000, rolling around on top of the bag full of catnip. Before departing, Kyoko asks them to set up the cat tower she bought for Kyubey to which Malal agrees, stating that she has the same model in her own room while offering some of her pineapple salad to Mami and Kharn.</spoiler>

===Return===
Malal left a package for Chiaki with Kharn, containing the former Warmaster's skull servitor and a note telling her she will need it and to hand it to Yuma for fixing. A bit of rummaging through the contents of the box reveals an envelope containing a photo and a pink, nearly red, ribbon. The photo is of a pink haired girl in a familiar magical girl costume, showing a forced smile and sideways V sign, taken with her mobile phone camera. The backside reads “Nobody must know my secret. Kaneda Madoka”, a photo of herself apparently.

===Malal Flashback===
The rookie Ekaterina Valnikov was kidnapped and declared dead, but Malal refuses to accept it and sets out to save her, supported by Xiaomei Baocun from the Seventh Officio. She heads to Varrigan City to meet a local contact, meets her friend Nicole Touchdown and saves Enyo Karasawa from a local biker gang on the way.

Malal trades samples of her blood for Ekaterina's location from Fran Madaraki, who also explains what her Warmaster has done to the girl and tells her to ask Souji for help once she finds Ekaterina. Fran then heads back to her Officio's flagship to oust Warmaster Strauss while Malal makes her way to where the girl is kept as a test subject.

She convinces Souji that she wants to help Ekaterina and escapes the Blood God's Arena with the unconscious girl and the young scientist. They encounter Strauss and one of her experiments on the way to the docks where the Thirteenth Officio's flagship waits as their evacuation unit, offered by the new Chief Director Madaraki.

Malal destroys the experiment with her magic bow and encounters an apparition of a black haired girl with wings that haunted her dreams in the past and tells her how she will die from her bad decisions. Malal ignores her and continues to the docks, picked up by Madaraki's hired bodyguard Odette on the way.

Madaraki treats Ekaterina on the flagship, and while the berserk devices are removed, the alterations to her body and soul gem are permanent. Malal can't restore her personality and has to piece something together from the few scraps that are left after the torture.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">In a flashback episode taking place five years prior to the quest events, Malal travels to Varrigan City to save a kidnapped rookie. Varrigan City is a dangerous place filled with criminals and refugees, augmented humans and rogue magical girls and said to be one of the worst places in the world. Malal literally coerced Kyubey into allowing the mission and refused his support to make use of her own connections.

After a rough trip with Kyubey's teleporter where she had to force herself out of the warp near the end, she arrives in Downtown Varrigan City and is contacted by her support, Xiaomei Baocun from the Seventh Officio, via her suits communication device. She takes cover on a nearby rooftop to avoid any unpleasant surprises and has the disgruntled Xiaomei refresh her memory of the mission target.

She is to find and save a Vindicare recruit named Ekaterina Valnikov who went missing a few months ago, suspected of being abducted by the Tenth, although no evidence for their involvement was found. She was declared deceased a month ago, but Malal refused to give up, stating that finding her is important.

Xiaomei also informs Malal of her local contact, Professor Madaraki The Second from the Thirteenth Officio and her last known whereabouts and how to best reach her. She tells Malal that the evacuation transport will leave in four hours and reminds her to watch out for the Eighth Officio as she is in their territory.

They end the call and Malal gets up to move out, but is interrupted by a group of punks trying to capture and violate her. Malal thinks about talking her way out, but realizes that these punks, unlike the Yakuza clan she belonged to earlier, don't know honor. She swiftly strikes the leader down with her crowbar, terrifying the rest into submission. She demands a motorcycle, and while the gang doesn't have one, one of them offers to show her where he saw a pair of magical girls riding one not long ago. Malal asks about a description, one of them sounds familiar, and has the punk lead the way past gangs looking ready to start a war.

They arrive in the slums and while Malal identifies the bike as Schpeltiger, the vehicle of her acquaintance Nicole Touchdown, the punk cowardly sneaks away. She decides that Nicole would not mind her borrowing the bike and gets on top, but before she can start it, she was the one who set up its touch screen controls, a different magical girl points a knife at her from behind and demands she gets off.

Malal asks for Nicole, the owner of the bike, but is still threatened and does as the girl behind her demands. The girl asks how Malal knows of Nicole, but as the Culexus realizes she is being threatened with a kitchen knife of all things she unleashes her power, disabling the magical girl with overwhelming sickness.

At that moment Nicole shows herself and recognizes Malal right away, calling her by her family name Kaneda. The american non-magical girl makes fun of her "vomit powers" before asking why Malal came to this area and tried to take her bike. She explains to her old friend that she is on an important secret mission with a four hour time limit and wants to borrow the vehicle. They look back on their past and Nicole agrees to lending Schpeltiger, hands Malal the keys and tells her to park it in a safe location with the keys in the lock box once she is done.

They say goodbye and Malal takes the bike to Redline Highway, heading for Asian Town to meet her contact. On the way Xiaomei contacts her again and mentions a distress signal close by, an injured magical girl from the Second Officio calling for help. Malal decides to check it out despite the possibility of a trap and speeds up, finding a magical girl on a badly damaged bike chased by a group of bikers and a roughly constructed tank like vehicle.

She quickly passes by the gang and offers the magical girl a ride, who jumps on Schpeltiger just in time as her own bike explodes right behind them. Seeing this the gang speeds up and Malal releases a bunch of grenades from Nicole's bike, taking the bikers out and damaging the tank enough to slow them down before hitting Schpeltigers booster and leaving the wreckage behind.

Soon after they reach Asian Town and stop to refuel. Malal takes some beer from the bike's integrated mini fridge and offers a drink in honor of the destroyed vehicle, learning that it was the magical girl's first self made bike by the name of Stranger. The girl thanks her savior and introduces herself as Enyo Karasawa, recognizing Malal as a member of the Ninth Officio by her accent.

She explains that she was challenged to a duel to the death and that the Blessed Lady's Champion of the Second Officio's Black Templars is bound to accept even if a trap awaits. She refuses to reveal her opponents identity, but assures that she has a way to leave the city despite loosing her bike and accepts Malal's offer to help if she really needs it. They talk more over their drinks, Malal using a Culexus trick to do so without opening her helmet.

They depart together and Malal drops her off on her way to Great Wall Street where she meets a white haired girl that leads her to the Professor. She introduces herself as Odette Brighton, Warmaster in training of the Seventeenth Officio, and confirms the Professor's identity with a detailed description. In a typical chinese restaurant Malal meets the sickly looking Professor Madaraki who is in an unusually good mood.

After a bit of friendly banter, the Professor takes a big syringe from a suitcase and asks Malal for a blood sample, stating that Xiaomei arranged it as payment for Ekaterina Valnikov's location. The Culexus contacts her support to ask what this is about, and Xiaomei explains that Malal told her to do anything necessary and that she managed to bargain the Professor out of taking live tissue samples instead.

Malal then agrees to giving Madaraki some of her blood who then explains that Valnikov is held in Casino Town to fight in an underground magical girl fighting scene. She also reveals that the Thirteenth Warmaster is keeping Ekaterina captive and conducts experiments on her. She explains that Doktor Emma Strauss is trying to create a symbiosis of magical girl and witch and used Ekaterina as her prototype, breaking her will, body and mind before grafting pieces of witch flesh onto her body and soul gem.

Madaraki also explains that Valnikov most likely doesn't remember Malal and might attack her with the intent to kill. Malal asks for a way to subdue Valnikov long enough to take her outside the city and the Professor supplies her with a hypogun containing a powerful anesthetic that even works on witches.

When Malal demands that she accompanies her, Madaraki refuses, terrified of the place, and explains that she will lead the ousting of Strauss inside her officio instead. To make up for it, she hands Malal her own ID card to enter the lower levels of the Blood God's Arena in Casino City and tells her to look for a young man names Souji who will help her instead. Malal encourages her by saying that this situation is Strauss' fault and she s right to get rid of her.

The Professor then leaves with her pet Xerxes that has been stuck on the ceiling and Odette while Malal heads to Casino town. The huge banner at the Blood God's Arena tells her that Ekaterina's scheduled opponent is none other than Enyo, the Blessed Lady's Champion she helped earlier. Realizing Enyo would not back down, Malal decides to get Ekaterina out before the fight can start and heads towards the staff entrance.

She uses her anti-magic on a magical girl that's singing and dancing in front of two guards to cause a distraction and slips in, exploring the backstage area. Malal decides to take the stairs down, passes several levels of animal pens filled with what looks like test subjects and finds Ekaterina on the lowest level. The russian magical girl is in a bad state, sedated and chained down inside a cage, covered in blood, wires protruding from her head behind a horned black metal visor.

Malal also spots a brown haired man in a lab coat typing on a laptop and identifies him as the Souji Madaraki mentioned. She knocks on the door hard, startling the caffeine filled man enough to send him jumping towards a shotgun near the desk, knocking his face into the furniture. She tells him Madaraki sent her to take Ekaterina away but the man doesn't believe her and clumsily aims his gun. Malal shows him Madaraki's ID, but he calls it fake and tells her to get lost, threatening to shoot her otherwise.

She tries to reason with him, but he mentions that Strauss said somebody would show up with her story. Frustrated Malal uses her magic to disassemble his gun from afar and reassembles in her own hands, stating that she came to steal Ekaterina from the Thirteenth and bring her back to where she was kidnapped from in the first place. Calming down, she returns his gun, telling him that Madaraki would like fixing his arm if he tore it off misusing it. Proving she knows the professor and not shooting him convinces Souji of her intentions enough to help.

Souji explains that he wants Ekaterina out of there and mentions that she kept repeating one word over and over: Malal. Shocked at this, the Culexus turns away for a moment but decides to keep the fact Ekaterina has been calling for her all this time from Souji. The young man deactivates the cage and explains that while unconscious Ekaterina is harmless since Strauss' implants can't turn her into a berserker while her body is disabled. In order to ensure she doesn't activate them during their escape, he suggests keeping Ekaterina heavily sedated.

Malal asks if they could remove the implants right away, but Souji explains that they need a well equipped operation room for the process and have to remove them from both her body and soul gem simultaneously or their link will destroy both when one is removed. He walks over to inject more sedatives, but at that moment Ekaterina's visor starts glowing red and her claws move behind his back.

The Culexus quickly unleashes her power on the russian magical girl, flinging her back as far as the chains allow and making her collapse. Malal tells the confused young man that Ekaterina's visor lit up, which makes him panic as this means she is supposed to go into the fight. Right that moment he notices footsteps approaching and tells Malal to hide from Strauss' personal goons. The Culexus refuses to hide, stating that she found what she came for and will make her way out right now.

Souji calls her plan crazy but figures that he is in trouble anyway, hands Malal his shotgun and tranquilizes Ekaterina. While Malal takes cover Souji distracts the goons until shutting off the lights and diving into cover so the Culexus can kill the six opponents. Malal kills the goons one by one, announcing each kill in a loud voice, saving the leader for last before telling Souji to switch the lights on again.

While Souji prepares Ekaterina for transport, Malal is contacted by Xiaomei who tells her that the evacuation site is compromised by a large number of hostiles. She tells Malal to take Red Highway to the docks and evacuate on the Thirteenth Officio's flagship Rafflesia with Fran Madaraki's help. Malal wants to talk to the Professor herself and tells Xiaomei to look for an alternative escape just in case. Madaraki is glad that Malal decides to accept her help, assures that they will protect her and do all they can to undo what Strauss did to Ekaterina.

Souji wraps Ekaterina in a big poncho to cover most of her body and they head upstairs while Malal convinces herself that people will remember her by what she managed to accomplish instead of what she did for it. Upstairs in the backstage area they notice that battle has started in the arena and realize that Enyo is fighting Nicole Touchdown instead of Ekaterina. Souji tells Malal that her friend will die in this place, but she ensures that Nicole can take care of her own and that they will more likely wear each other out instead of taking lives.

Outside they find a group of guards beheaded by Wendy Cooldown who needs to talk to Malal, Schpeltiger standing ready nearby. Malal points Souji towards the bike and tells him to get himself and Ekaterina into the passenger seat. Wendy mentions that she had a dream about Kaneda Madoka and needs to ask her something.

She explains that she saw her die with a smile, stating that Nicole likes her a lot and would not like her dying at all. She asks Malal if she really plans on getting killed who returns that she is not planning it, but knows her death is a side effect of what she does have planned. She explains that she wants to make it count and asks Wendy not to tell Nicole until after it happened.

Before they can say any more, a new group of goons shows up to give chase and Wendy holds them off while Malal departs with Souji and Ekaterina on Schpeltiger, remembering that she had a dream about the other magical girl's death, too.

While Traveling on Red Line Highway towards the docks and thinking on how to put the broken pieces of Ekaterina's mind back together, Malal's communication is hacked by Emma Strauss. The Doktor compliments her on stealing both her assistant and experiment and wants to negotiate. She offers to spare Malal's life if she returns Ekaterina, threatening to have her killed by the very girl she wants to save after being passed around as a piece of meat throughout the entire town.

Malal spits an insult at Strauss who claims that there is no escape and that she only offers the trade out of the goodness of her heart. She states that she has other experiments, more dangerous than Ekaterina, at her disposal to hunt the Culexus down and demands her surrender again.

Instead of following the topic any further, Malal asks what makes Ekaterina so special to the Thirteenth Warmaster. Strauss explains that she managed to create a perfect synthesis between magical girl and witch, one who retains conscious thought paired with the power of a living nightmare, the first ever Maerorus.

Malal notices a group of armed vehicles quickly approaching from behind and Strauss announces it as the first bounty hunter force. She offers to call them off if Malal stops and tells their leader that she surrenders herself to Strauss' mercy who is instructed to take her group to the Doktor safely after which the Culexus may leave unharmed.

Naturally Malal declines the offer, thanks the Doktor and tells her that she knows for a fact that she doesn't die in Varrigan City. She signals Souji to hold on tight and releases a batch of grenades unto the pursuers before igniting Schpeltiger's booster, darting forward at a speed high enough to push the new bounty hunters joining the hunt aside with air pressure while Strauss screams in rage. Souji shouts something, but the airstream and engine are too loud to hear.

The moment the booster charge runs out, the bounty hunters far off in the distance, Malal notices a place above them and spots the grinning Doktor Strauss at the rear door who sends a bulky, spiked monstrosity with metal cylinders for hands jumping towards them. Estimating the creature's path, Malal waits for the right moment and dodges at the last second, but loses control of Schpeltiger when her opponent grabs the rear end.

The creature is dragged behind while Malal struggles to force the bike back on track, but is eventually thrown off when it tears the back wheel out. The three riders are hurled across the street and the Culexus taps her power to slow Souji's fall, preventing him and Ekaterina from cracking their heads open upon impact. Malal herself hits the road hard, cracking several bones and nearly breaking her spine.

While Malal starts to heal herself, Strauss who is still on the communication line introduces her experiment “Butterfingers” and leaves him to kill her, laughing as the plane flies off. Malal tells Souji to run for the docks and have Madaraki start fixing Ekaterina right away while she takes care of Butterfingers. He refuses at first but complies when she tells him how he is useless in this situation and starts shouting.

The hulking creature charges at Malal, who struggles dodging his attacks with her damaged body before hitting Butterfingers' face with her crowbar, only to confirm her suspicion that it doesn't hurt him. With her weapon bent, she discards it and dashes away. Strauss ridicules her for running, but Malal replies that she is only getting into range.

She holds out her hand and materializes her magical girl weapon, a big rose stalk shaped bow with a blossom bathed in pink flames, a crimson arrow of compressed energy forming in her other hand. Coming to a stop and turning around, Malal draws the invisible string back and takes aim at the charging monster's glowing chest implant. The arrow stops momentarily, growing bigger and hotter, before continuing even faster, a blinding roaring projectile burning right through Butterfingers' midsection and disappearing in the distant sky.

While Strauss screams in shock and rage at the loss of her creation, Malal's bow disappears and she falls to her knees in a sudden wave of nausea and sickness. Removing her helmet just in time to throw up the black blood surging up on the road instead of inside the suit, she hears a familiar voice behind her.

The black haired girl from her dreams, showing an expression of pure hatred, tells her that the contract is killing her and that all of Malal's plans will be for nothing. She spits at the winged apparition who reminds her that she can't save her if her soul is trapped in a gem and screams, asking why Madoka didn't listen to her.

While Malal picks up her helmet again, not showing any reaction, the other girl is incredulous at how she dares to ignore the one who saved her, grabbing the Culexus' shoulder and exclaiming she loves her. When Malal pulls herself free, the apparition starts crying, begging the pink haired girl to at least look at her after she killed so many people and timelines to be together with her.

As the helmet is put back in place, the Animus Speculum's limiter returns from emergency mode to normal and the apparition is gone. Relieved, Malal considers contacting Madaraki to send a transport for herself, Souji and Ekaterina but is interrupted by the sound of an armed vehicle approaching. But instead of bounty hunters Odette Brighton, the magical girl accompanying the Professor earlier, emerges from the top hatch to offer her a ride.

The canadian Eversor helps Malal tie the wrecked Schpeltiger onto the vehicle and feeds her candy while they drive along the road. Upon reaching Souji, the Culexus pretends to be a ganger to mess with him before getting the young man and Ekaterina on board. While the new passengers sleep, Odette explains that Madaraki sent her back into the city halfway to their original destination, to help Malal any way she can. She overheard gangs talking about the bounty and stole the first armed vehicle she could find, smashing her way through any opposition.

The group eventually reaches the harbor and board the Rafflesia. Madaraki welcomes them and orders a group of Medicae to take Ekaterina into a room and prepare for the procedure after ordering the ship's departure.

Souji is allowed to assist after Malal confirms that he was useful in freeing Ekaterina, after which the Professor asks what the Culexus did to him when he would usually never step outside. Madaraki implies seduction, but Malal reminds her that her suit is barely fitting for this kind of thing and explains how Souji cares for Ekaterina enough to trust somebody trying to save her.

Madaraki tells her about how the Officio successfully ousted Emma Strauss and that she was elected as the new Warmaster, now under the title of Chief Director, and promises not to repeat her predecessor's mistakes. She then hands Malal her phone, explaining that Strauss has been calling for hours an that she wants to leave the pleasure of informing the now ex-Warmaster of what happened to the one who made it possible.

Strauss, assuming she is talking to Madaraki, tells her that Malal is approaching the docks and wants the crew to use the ship's cannons to kill her for taking out Butterfingers. Malal enjoys telling the angry woman that she is fired, who only believes her when Madaraki explains that she is no longer fit for the position due to her unethical research methods and abuse of Officio resources. Strauss screams in rage that the Officio belongs to her and how Malal killed Butterfingers, but Fran only replies that the Culexus has treated him more humanely than the Doktor. She also decides to let her live instead of blasting the city into smithereens as an act of mercy before ending the call.

Madaraki then leads Malal to the operation theater to help with Ekaterina's treatment, explaining that she will introduce her to one Misaka later, who wants to meet a Culexus. Malal also decides to write this day's events down in some way and to get a tablet PC back home.</spoiler>

==Trivia==
*As this worlds Madoka, her character design is based on Madoka Kaname from Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
*She always carries a tablet pc with her.
*Kharn had Malal install a kill counter in her helmet to keep track of her Warmasters records, but had it removed again as her own count was always higher, causing arguments between them.
*Malal promised Ekaterina Valnikov's mother to take care of her child when she was dying, hinting that she brought her into the Officio.

==NECO Profile==
===Rookie===
<pre style="width: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">NAME: Malal
"This isn’t a place for nosy kids. Go home before you get hurt.”
OFFICIO: Ninth, in Mitakihara City
RANK: Rank Leader Malal
BIO: A superpowered Callidus that joined the Ninth Officio recently. The circumstances surrounding her arrival are kind of sketchy, and nobody really seems to know where she came from. I heard she started pushing her own agenda from the moment she showed up, though…but maybe it’s for the best? Agendas don’t always have to be creepy and evil, right?
ABILITY: Standard Culexus ability – anti-magic – although Malal is super strong, even for a Culexus.
WEAPONRY: A crowbar and a special suit.
STRENGTH C
SPEED B+
MELEE A+(?)
RANGED A(?)
MAGIC SS(?)
TACTICS S+
CHARM D(?)

TRIVIA
-To be honest I have a lot of questions about this one. It’s hard to catch her in action, though.

-It’s really suspicious, the way she swings that crowbar around. She’s pretty much some kind of gangster, right?

-She designed that special suit herself…So she’s a science officer, too? Where did she come from? The moon?</pre>
''"...huh, there's a pretty big typo in this. can't remember if this was an accident or i didn't know the difference..." -NECO''
===Outdated===
<pre style="width: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">NAME: Malal
"This isn't a recorded interview, is it?"
OFFICIO: Ninth, in Mitakihara City
RANK: Equerry of the Ninth, Rank Leader Malal
BIO: An enigmatic magical girl that seemed to appear out of nowhere about three years ago. She’s become a guiding force for the Ninth, with her tactical mind, technical expertise, and snappy wit. One could argue she’s the REAL leader of the Ninth, with Valnikov Kharn acting as a figurehead.
ABILITY: Standard Culexus ability – anti-magic – although Malal is extremely powerful, even for a Culexus.
WEAPONRY: A crowbar…and a tablet.
STRENGTH C
SPEED A
MELEE S
RANGED S
MAGIC SSS(?)
TACTICS SS
CHARM D(?)

TRIVIA
- No one has ever seen her eat or drink, but food disappears around her when people aren't looking!

- Every other Culexus takes the name Alpharius or Omegon. 'Malal' is actually indicative of rank, as opposed to a name.

- Rank Leader Malal's tears can cure cancer. unfortunately, she's never cried.</pre>

==Gallery==
===Artwork by Nicehatguy===
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File:Chikuwa Malal.jpg
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2014-03-28T15:10:03Z

Crys: Malal DOES have a page. No idea why she's not on the list though

To do :
*Risa
*Ruri Kirishima
*Amber
*Haruka Amane
*Fabiola
*Nicole Touchdown
*Freon
*Lucius

Yuu Kotarou

2014-03-15T20:21:15Z

Crys: added NECO Profile

Kyoko Sakura

2014-01-06T14:02:04Z

Crys: Created page with "<blockquote>'' ''</blockquote> {{Infobox | imagecaption = Kyoko Sakura | image = 200px | aka = | appearance = Thread 2 | organization..."

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| imagecaption = Kyoko Sakura
| image = [[image:Profile-Kyouko Sakura.png |200px]]
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| appearance = [[Thread 2]]
| organization = Ninth Officio
| rank = Eversor
| occupation = Magical Girl
| ability =
| weapon = Sectioned Spear
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==Character Summary==
===Physical Description===
*A japanese girl with long red hair usually tied up as a ponytail.
*She lost the left of her crimson eyes and covers the area where it used to be with a tsuba eyepatch.
*Kyoko has canine like fangs.
*Her soul gem is a crimson ellipse fit onto her chest area in an eye like frame.

===Personality===
*Kyoko is open and friendly to just about everyone and tries easing the mood whenever possible.
*She likes animals, enough to enjoy petting the feline alien that is her Incubator.

==Character History==
===MAXIMUM CHRISTMAS===
In a flashback taking place on Christmas one year prior to the quest starting point, Kyoko plans a Secret Santa event and Christmas dinner, but the Officio's leading members cancel it in favor of preparing for the appearance of Walpurgisnacht one month later.

Angry about her friends decision, she heads off to buy presents for everyone, taking Yuma along on her shopping trip for Maximum Christmas. In the mall they split up to speed the process up and Kyoko meets Oriko and Kirika, the former helping her out in choosing a suitable set of underwear for Sayaka.

Confused about her attraction to the bright haired girl, Kyoko asks Yuma to take care of Mami's gift since she doesn't know anything about tea herself and chooses Murderface's gifts while talking to Sayaka on the phone. Meeting up with Yuma again, she buys a cat tower and catnip for Kyubey before sending her friend off to get the car, acquiring another gift for the young Culexus.

Back at the Officio Kyoko hands out her gifts: a tea set and premium tea for Mami, pineapple salad for Malal, a skull servitor personal assistant for Kharn and the pet items for Kyubey. She then moves on to Murderface's quarters and hands her a bomber jacket, a pack of cigarettes and three bottles of Kong whiskey.

Before leaving the Officio, she gives Yuma a pet tortoise. At home she has a talk with Sayaka and gives her the fancy underwear.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">In a Flashback taking place Christmas a year prior to the story's starting point, Kyoko plans a secret Santa and Christmas dinner event for her friends, informs everyone and makes preparations with name cards out of good paper and such. Much to her dismay the Officio's leading members decide to cancel her plans in favor of preparing for the arrival of Walpurgisnacht due one month from then.

Kyoko shouts at them and angrily leaves the meeting, determined to get the best presents for everyone whether they want to or not. She heads to the Culexus quarters to get Yuma to accompany her and makes to open the door but stops, remembering how Yuma once shut down her soul gem reflexively for barging in unannounced while she was changing.

In a mischievous fit Kyoko decides to enter the air vents and infiltrate Yuma's room in a Solid Snake like way, puts on a Christmas hat takes a ladder from a store room and climbs into the ventilation system. From inside she can see into three rooms, an Otaku looking one, a normal one, and one with a gun collection and decides to pulse a message to Yuma first to see the reactions.

Recalling the training she took with Yuma, Kyoko focuses on a positive feeling and pulses a message for Yuma to open the door. All three Culexus react, but only the Otaku gets up from her bed to open her room and Kyoko kicks the air vent hard enough to break the ceiling and falls into Yuma's room, covered in dust. She gets up coughing and shouts about “MAXIMUM CHRISTMAS!” at the shocked Culexus.

While cleaning the mess, Yuma scolds her about setting a proper example and wants to know why she is in her room instead of spending Christmas morning with somebody else, hinting at Sayaka. Kyoko sneaks up from behind, lifts Yuma up and spins her around for getting cocky but lets her down again when the Culexus starts getting sick.

She then explains that her friends canceled this year's secret Santa, that she intends to get everyone presents herself and that she wants Yuma's help. The Culexus reminds her that this year's Walpurgisnacht is predicted to be much stronger than the last and suggests taking it easy on Christmas.

Kyoko smacks her helmet, sending Yuma falling on her bed, and explains that the approaching Walpurgisnacht gives them even more reasons to celebrate Christmas as to take everyone's mind off of the looming danger for a while. Yuma asks her not to hit her since the training Animus Speculum is not very resilient, and agrees to help get presents for everyone.

Taking a look at Yuma's room, Kyoko discovers that she is a he fan of the Miracle Midori series and tells her not to let it become her entire image, promising not to tell anyone about it herself. When Yuma asks where they should start their gift shopping, Kyoko brings forth The List from her hat.

The list consists of six names: Sayaka, Mami, Murderface, Kharn, Malal and Yuma. Kyoko takes it away before her friend can take a look to avoid ruining the surprise of getting her a gift, too, who just makes a list of her own with the first five names and suggests starting at Mitakihara Central Mall. While she puts on the rest of her suit, Kyoko tells her that she will make Yuma Equerry if she ever happens to become Warmaster since she is so dependable.

They depart to the Mall with Yuma driving the Warmaster's armored jeep, explaining how she always wanted to drive it and can't pass up the chance to use it during a mission from her direct superior since Malal usually doesn't allow anyone to drive the marauder. She asks Kyoko if the mission is sanctioned, who replies that she told Kharn and Kyubey to wait for her awesome gifts, which is sanctioned enough for Yuma.

The pair enters the huge high class mall, ignoring the stares at their costumes, and decide to start looking for Sayaka's gift first. After thinking for a while, and imagining her significant other in fancy underwear, Kyoko decides to get both panties and a strawberry cake. Yuma offers to buy the cake while Kyoko looks for her own dessert and exchanges phone numbers to keep in contact should she find a suitable gift for one of the others on the way.

In the underwear store she meets Oriko who greets her in a friendly manner and asks if she is gift shopping. Behind her is Kirika, who in turn taunts Kyoko for wearing a Santa hat and her costume in broad daylight. Kyoko tells the Eversor that you can't be too old for Christmas and turns her attention back to Oriko who offers her help in finding a suitable gift.

Kyoko admits that this is her first time buying lingerie and that she doesn't know Sayaka's exact measurements, but notices that Oriko's build is pretty close and asks her to be a model for a bit. Oriko blushes and Kirika shouts at her for asking her friend to wear lingerie in front of her. The blonde however expresses her desire to help and assures Kirika that she trusts in Kyoko being a good person.

Kirika yields and leaves to buy cake for herself and her friend while Oriko helps Kyoko. The blonde mentions how her friend resembles Murderface, who she met at an office party once, and asks what kind of design she has in mind. She wants the most scandalously lewd set imaginable, but decides to have Oriko model a reasonable set instead and later exchange it for another one once she knows the correct sizes. So she tells her short term model that she wants a lacy, pretty set, who leads her to the shelves where a brand she knows is placed and gives her a crash course on lingerie.

After a while Oriko picks out a white combination with a tasteful lace design, mentioning how well it would suit Sayaka's skin tone, hair and eyes, asking if she should model it. Kyoko blushes, confused at her attraction to the blonde girl, and steps away from her touch when she tries to feel her head, worried that the red head might be catching a cold. She tells Oriko that she doesn't want to take up too much of her time and only needs to know if the clothes fit without having her model them, so the helpful girl moves to the changing room alone.

While waiting for Oriko, Kyoko receives a text message from Yuma who bought a strawberry cream cake with custom dedication and wants to know of she should buy one of the skull servitor personal digital assistants she saw in one store as the Warmaster might like it. She types a thank you message and confirms that the skull servitor would make a fine gift for Kharn and sends the message just as Oriko returns.

The blonde girl confirms that the sizes are right and thanks Kyoko for not having her model them, blushing about how the design doesn't really cover anything. Kyoko decides to get the set, but Oriko mentions that she told the attendant to get her a fresh pair since she has already worn this one and will keep it. Kyoko insists on paying for the lingerie since she made Oriko help her out and replies to her protest that Kirika will appreciate this, too, and that she can pay her back with a gift of her own if she really feels bad about it.

As the attendant hands them their respective bags of clothes, Kyoko hears Oriko whisper something, can't really make it out, but hears a soft voice in her head, mentioning that she wanted to model the lingerie for her.

Just then Kirika returns, a cake box added to her load, and threatens to gut Kyoko if she did anything to Oriko. Kyoko ignores her, thanks the blonde for her help and turns to leave. Kirika stops her a few steps away and apologizes for her earlier behavior, not without claiming to kill both them and Sayaka if she catches Kyoko looking at her girlfriend again. Grinning, Kyoko replies that she will use Kirika's flayed skin as a cape if she touches Sayaka and departs.

She waits for the two of them to leave before gasping for breath to recover from the stressful experience with Oriko, complaining to herself how this was not Maximum Christmas at all. Shortly after Yuma approaches, wonders why she is already looking tired before finishing even half of her list an asks whose gift they should look for next.

After adding Kyubey to The List and planning to get the scandalous underwear later, Kyoko decides to look for a gift for Mami and mentions how she seems to be in need of new bras. Yuma mentions that she noticed, too, but suggests a tea related gift instead. Kyoko sets her mind on getting both a tea set and a bag of premium tea and, admitting that she knows little about it, agrees to splitting up again to let Yuma take care of Mami's gift while looking for the others herself.

Thinking about Murderface's gift, her mind wanders off to Mami and Oriko. Yuma pulses a message for her to focus, and Kyoko takes revenge by sending out lewd imaginations of Mami, cowing her into silence. Choosing to get a warm jacket, some cigarettes and alcohol for Murderface, she remembers the time they first took her in as Girl A.

On the way to the liquor store after buying a blue bomber jacket and a pack of cigarettes, Sayaka calls her phone. She complains about Kyoko's bad form in front of the Warmaster and asks where she is. Kyoko tells her that she doesn't care about what other people think, that Christmas is important to show your appreciation to people in your life and that a witch is no reason not to celebrate this day.

During her conversation with Sayaka, she gestures towards the pink haired, twin tailed shop attendant to gift wrap three bottles of Kong whiskey for her. Sayaka tells her not to overreact and that they can celebrate after Walpurgisnacht is dealt with since being in a good mood will not take care of the witch.

Remembering her family, Kyoko brings up the possibility of them dying in the fight against Walpurgisnacht and reasons that they should celebrate while they are still all there. Sayaka reminds her that she promised not to talk about these things, who replies that they should just have shut up and let her do the secret Santa. She still claims that the event will be good for everyone. They affirm each others love and hang up, looking forward to the evening.

The amber eyed attendant pretends that Kyoko buys the alcohol for her parents and gives her a small bottle tied with a pink ribbon as a bonus, mentioning how she is a good girlfriend and should take good care of Sayaka. When asked how she knows their names, she explains that Kyoko's phone is loud enough for her to hear the conversation and apologizes for listening in. She mentions how management told her to take a personal approach to customers and claims that Kyoko looks like she needed to hear something like this.

Kyoko thanks her for the compliment and mentions that it would be nice if other booze shop attendants were as nice and pretty as her. She wishes the blushing girl a Merry Christmas and takes off to recharge her Maximum Christmas mood by buying Yuma's present in an Otaku store, giggling about her choice. She then calls her junior to ask about her progress with Mami's gift.

Yuma explains that the purchase drained her money but she also managed to buy a gift for Malal who called just as she was trying to guess a good present and told her to buy pineapple salad. With all other presents taken care of, Yuma suggests buying catnip for their feline boss, matching Kyoko's own idea and agrees to meet at the pet shop.

In front of the store, Kyoko hands the young Culexus her gift and insists that she uses it immediately. Yielding to the Eversor's persistence, Yuma puts her brand new reindeer one piece pajama on over her suit, mentioning how this is the worst Christmas ever in a droopy pose. Kyoko corrects her that this is the most MAXIMUM Christmas ever!

Stepping inside the store, Kyoko decides to get not only the catnip, but also a fancy cat tower. While waiting for the shopkeeper, Yuma is messed around with by a crocodile. As a girl with a striking resemblance to Kyoko steps out from the back of the shop, casually mentioning that the crocodile is just being friendly, Yuma mentions something about science fiction and Kyoko loosing her virginity, earning a confused look from her senior.

Ignoring the Culexus for now, Kyoko enthusiastically greets the shopkeeper, who joins in on the Maximum Christmas mood by perfectly imitating the red head's pose and speech pattern, startling Yuma with their combined annoying energy. She then asks for a cat tower that kicks ass, and is directed to the CatMaster 3000. The shopkeeper explains that this is the best model she has and offers to give a discount on the catnip if Kyoko buys the expensive tower.

While handling the payment, she asks Kyoko about her outfit, making smalltalk about odd clothing trends of showing skin in weird places. While removing the crocodile from Yuma's leg, she asks if Kyoko want to adopt any pets, who replies that she's too busy now but considers doing so some time later. She introduces herself as Hibiki Gahana and exchanges numbers with Kyoko before saying goodbye.

On the way to the car, Yuma thanks Kyoko for taking her along, stating that she enjoyed the day a lot. Kyoko pulls her into a hug and, after organizing her thoughts, explains that she is glad somebody else understands what she wants to do, making sure everyone remembers what is important. Yuma assures her that they will not forget and suggests taking off. Kyoko tells her to get the Marauder while she checks something last minute.

Yuma heads off and Kyoko returns to the pet shop before eventually heading back to the Officio. Yuma requests help from the other Culexus, who bring a trolley and assist in unloading the car before returning to their quarters since their combined aura would ruin the deliveries.

Kyoko decides to start giving out presents with Kyubey and pulls the cart toward his office with Yuma pushing from behind. The Culexus voices her concern about barging into the Incubator's office without prior notice, but Kyoko assures she will take responsibility and kicks the door open. Inside are Malal, Kharn and Mami, startled by the loud noise. Mami asks what she is doing, but is cut off by Malal demanding an explanation for Yuma's appearance while Kharn laughs at the idea of making the reindeer getup the new Animus Speculum model.

Kyoko tells Malal that she is not making fun of the Culexus, wrapping an arm around her, and explains that they are getting into Christmas spirit before pointing at her stash of gifts. Mami speaks up, but Kyoko cuts her off and demands not to talk about Walpurgisnacht and only allows Maximum Christmas. Kharn understands her excitement but asks her to be more quiet, pointing at the sleeping Incubator, exhausted from tracking Walpurgisnacht over a long time.

She asks Yuma to unload Kyubey's gifts next to his desk and hands out the other presents. Mami and Malal thank her while Kharn doubtfully unwraps her gift, expecting a joke. On seeing the servitor skull, she bursts out in excitement, stating that she always wanted something like this and all but tackles Yuma into a hug, thanking her and Kyoko.

Kyubey wakes from the commotion, and promptly jumps on the box containing the CatMaster 3000, rolling around on top of the bag full of catnip. While Malal, Kharn and Mami take pictures of this, Kyoko asks the blonde Vindicare where Sayaka and Murderface are. She answers that the former returned to their apartment, the latter is in her quarters as usual. She apologizes for the earlier incident and thanks Kyoko for the gift with a kiss on the cheek and a hug, stating she will treasure it just as she treasures her.

Kyoko asks the small group to help Kyubey set up his cat tower, to which Malal agrees, and leaves for the living quarters, accompanied by Yuma. She tells the young Culexus that she will do this one on her own and enters Murderface's room.

The broody Vindicare asks what she wants in a tired voice and Kyoko walks over, sits right next to her, basically trapping her in a corner, and drops her presents into her lap, wishing her a Merry Christmas. Murderface is stunned for a while before mentioning that she didn't get anything for Kyoko in return, who replies that she just wants to spread the holiday spirit to her friends and just asks that she doesn't finish the alcohol in one sitting.

Murderface apologizes for being hard to deal with and thanks Kyoko for the present, who tells her she will always be there to forgive her or give her presents when she needs it. They spend s while together until Murderface falls asleep, hugging her new jacket to her cherst.

Kyoko leaves the room and rejoins Yuma, who is surprised by Kyoko's statement that there is another gift to give other than that for Sayaka. She takes out a shoe box from the bags stashed on the trolley, opens it up and hands Yuma the small tortoise she bought at the pet shop after parting. The young Culexus is moved to tears and promises to take good care of the animal and to spread some Maximum Christmas to the other Culexus.

After Yuma departs to her living area, Kyoko heads off herself, back home to Sayaka. Her girlfriend greets her, failing to pretend being annoyed and hugs her tightly, apologizing for getting mad earlier. Sayaka explains that she didn't want to be reminded that this might be their last Christmas together and wanted to just work through the holiday to start regular days afterward without having to deal with the thought of either of them dying.

Kyoko calls her selfish for dragging the others into this, but she replies that she was just scared of loosing someone she doesn't deserve. Before she can say any more, Kyoko kisses her and copies her earlier rant about “what if”s before handing over her presents.</spoiler>

==Trivia==
*For unknown reasons Kyoko is able to withstand the Culexus anti-magic aura. She uses this fact to frequently visit Yuma.
*She is also able to use the Culexus' pulsing ability to send and receive psychic messages. Both of these abilities are kept secret from everyone else.
*She taught Yuma the basics of being a magical girl.
*Despite her love for Sayaka, Kyoko is infatuated with Oriko Mikuni and has to forcibly restrain herself from falling for her.

==NECO Profile==
<pre style="width: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">*CURRENT*
NAME: Sakura Kyouko
"Hey…You gonna eat that? …I’m just makin’ sure it doesn’t go to waste, is all.”
OFFICIO: Ninth, in Mitakihara City
RANK: Eversor, Aide to the Warmaster
BIO: A veteran magical girl of varied talents whose skills are applicable most anywhere. Because of her simple and cheery personality, she’s often overlooked in favor of more ‘professional’ magical girls, but she’s a force to be reckoned with when she sets her mind to something. She also has potential as a leader, but her blunt nature holds her back a bit.
ABILITY: Primarily support techniques, with an emphasis on illusions and barriers.
WEAPONRY: An extendable chain-spear.

STRENGTH A
SPEED A
MELEE S
RANGED A
MAGIC A
TACTICS C
CHARM B

TRIVIA

-Sakura has kind of a food fixation…well, some people would call it a charm point, but not even Magical Girls Are Real has spotted her without some kind of snack. Maybe they're for kids she meets?

-She and Miki Sayaka are lovers…but between the two of them, Kyouko is a lot more mature. Someone advised this reporter once that it’s people like Sakura that hold Officios together. She said we’d probably be good friends, too…

-Certain channels say a few other Officios are hoping to snap Sakura Kyouko up and push her toward her full potential. Can you really get much better than the Murderers, though?</pre>

==Gallery==
===Art by Deculture===
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===Art by Nicehatguy===
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[[Category:Characters]]

Sayaka Miki

2014-01-06T13:53:37Z

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{{Infobox
| imagecaption = Sayaka Miki
| image =
| aka = Sallaka, Bitch
| appearance = [[Thread 1]]
| organization = Ninth Officio
| rank = Eversor Rank Leader, Equerry
| occupation = Magical Girl
| ability = High Speed Regeneration
| weapon = Swords
| height =
| dob =
}}

==Character Summary==
===Physical Description===
*A japanese girl with aqua blue hair and eyes.

===Personality===
*Sayaka is a frank and direct person and expects to be treated as such.
*She despises passive aggression and behavior resembling it.
*She considers phone calls impersonal and prefers to keep them as short as possible.
*Sayaka calls Kyoko her husband.

==Character History==
===MAXIMUM CHRISTMAS===
In a flashback taking place on Christmas one year prior to the quest starting point, Kyoko plans a Secret Santa event and Christmas dinner, but the Officio's leading members cancel it in favor of preparing for the appearance of Walpurgisnacht one month later.

Sayaka calls Kyoko later and they discuss why Christmas is so important to the red head. Sayaka prepares a nice dinner for the two of them and, after Kyoko returns from giving presents to her other friends, receives a set of fancy underwear from her girlfriend.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">In a flashback taking place on Christmas one year prior to the quest starting point, Kyoko plans a Secret Santa event and Christmas dinner, but the Officio's leading members cancel it in favor of preparing for the appearance of Walpurgisnacht one month later. Angry at her friends, Kyoko shouts and leaves the Officio building.

Some time later Sayaka calls her girlfriend to scold her about bad form in front of the Warmaster and to ask where she is. Kyoko explains that she doesn't care about what other people think, that Christmas is important to show your appreciation to people in your life and that a witch is no reason not to celebrate this day. Sayaka tells her not to overreact and that they can celebrate after Walpurgisnacht is dealt with since being in a good mood will not take care of the witch.

Kyoko brings up the possibility of them dying in the fight against Walpurgisnacht and reasons that they should celebrate while they are still all there. Sayaka reminds her that she promised not to talk about these things, who replies that they should just have shut up and let her do the secret Santa. She still claims that the event will be good for everyone. They affirm each others love and hang up, looking forward to the evening.

After the call, Sayaka leaves the Officio to prepare a nice dinner for Kyoko and herself. She greets her girlfriend, failing to pretend being annoyed and hugs her tightly, apologizing for getting mad earlier. Sayaka explains that she didn't want to be reminded that this might be their last Christmas together and wanted to just work through the holiday to start regular days afterward without having to deal with the thought of either of them dying.

Kyoko calls her selfish for dragging the others into this, but she replies that she was just scared of loosing someone she doesn't deserve. Before she can say any more, Kyoko kisses her and copies her earlier rant about “what if”s before handing over her presents.</spoiler>

==Trivia==

==NECO Profile==
<pre style="width: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">*OUTDATED*
NAME: Miki Sayaka
“Get that fucking camera out of my face.”
OFFICIO: Ninth, in Mitakihara City
RANK: Eversor, Protégé of Kure Kirika
BIO: A magical girl whose favorite things are justice and swords. Her aggressive nature and boundless enthusiasm for saving people have left a mark among magical girls in the Ninth, and she could readily be considered one of its rising stars.
ABILITY: High-speed regeneration, to the point where regeneration of limbs is trivial. At some point, she also acquired the ability to pull swords out of strange places.
WEAPONRY: Swords and pure grit.

STRENGTH A
SPEED A
MELEE S
RANGED C
MAGIC A
TACTICS B
CHARM C

TRIVIA
-Near the start of her career, Miki Sayaka carried a myriad of nasty nicknames - it was commonly thought that her naiveté would lead to an early retirement.

-It’s no secret that she and Sakura Kyouko are lovers – they’re one of the iconic magical girl couples in Japan*! What most people don’t know about is their rocky start as rivals. That's what they call 'moe', right?

-In middle school, Miki Sayaka was a band geek, although her tastes, like many Japanese teenagers, have since moved toward metal.

*according to the Magical Girls Are Rabu Christmas Review</pre>

<pre style="width: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">*CURRENT*
(NECO NOTE: SAYAKA A SHIT)

NAME: Miki Sayaka
“Are you still doing this? You’re going to get yourself killed.”
OFFICIO: Ninth, in Mitakihara City
RANK: Eversor Rank Leader candidate (congratulations, Sayapyon!)
BIO: A magical girl whose favorite things are justice and swords. Her passionate nature and boundless enthusiasm for saving people have left a mark among magical girls in the Ninth, and she’s gained a lot of respect since she started. Now she’s among the top Eversors in Japan, her sheer determination and heroism making up for her aggressive personality.
ABILITY: High-speed regeneration, to the point where regeneration of limbs is trivial. At some point, she also acquired the ability to pull swords out of strange places.
WEAPONRY: Swords and pure grit.

STRENGTH S
SPEED A
MELEE S
RANGED C
MAGIC S+
TACTICS A
CHARM C

TRIVIA

-Sayaka and Kure Kirika had kind of a falling-out before the latter’s death, on account of her going completely off her tea tray crazy. She was an integral part of Kure’s retirement, too…maybe it was a kindness.

-She and Sakura Kyouko are practically married now, though I’ve heard she has some spicy almost-affairs on the side now and again…Sayaka-chan’s gotten so swag!

-She’s really gotten into pop music lately…well, it’s probably an improvement. Metal fans are crazy. [are not]</pre>

==Gallery==
===Art by Nicehatguy===
<gallery>
File:Chikuwa Sayaka color.jpg
</gallery>

[[Category:Characters]]

Omegon

2014-01-06T13:46:09Z

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Mami Tomoe

2014-01-06T13:44:33Z

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{{Infobox
| imagecaption = Tomoe Mami
| image = [[image:Profile-Mami Tomoe.png |200px]]
| aka = Goddess of Victory and Pancakes
| appearance = [[Thread 1]]
| organization = Ninth Officio
| rank = Incubator's Secretary, previously acting Warmaster, previously Vindicare Rank Leader
| occupation = Magical Girl
| ability = Marksmanship, Charisma
| weapon = Ribbons, Muskets
| height =
| dob =
}}

==Character Summary==
===Physical Description===
*A japanese girl with golden blonde curls and honey colored eyes.
*Mami carries herself with elegance.
*She has a very mature build with a huge chestline.
*Her amber soul gem takes the shape of a flower fixed in a hair accessory on her right.
===Personality===
*Mami is a gentle and polite woman.
*She believes in the good part in people.
*Once she sets ehr mind on something, her determination does not waver.
*Mami has a talent of making people like her, building up a motherly image in a short time.
*Deep down she is a professional magical girl and a fierce fighter who enjoys the hunt.

==Character History==
Mami Tomoe is the one who found Girl A inside Charlotte's barrier. She has taken care of her ever since and remains a motherly figure to Chiaki, trying to push her on the right path to becoming a decent person.
===MAXIMUM CHRISTMAS===
Christmas the year before the story starts, Kyoko plans a Secret Santa event for her friends, but the leading members of the Officio cancel it in favor of preparing for the appearance of Walpurgisnacht one month later.

In the evening Kyoko barges into Kyubey's office where Kharn, Malal and Mami are having a meeting and hands out Christmas presents to her friends, insisting the holiday is more important than the looming witch. Mami receives a fancy tea set and premium tea and thanks her with a hug and a kiss on the cheek.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">In a flashback taking place on Christmas the year before the story starts, Kyoko plans a Secret Santa event for her friends, but the leading members of the Officio cancel it in favor of preparing for the appearance of Walpurgisnacht one month later. Kyoko angrily shouts at them and leaves to make preparations on her own.

Later that day, the red haired Eversor barges into Kyubey's office where Mami, Kharn and Malal are having a meeting. While Malal inquires about the outfit Kyoko mare Omegon wear, Mami is startled at her sudden appearance with a trolley in tow.

Kyoko explains that she bought presents for the idiots who can't even take a break on Christmas. Mami tries to reason with her, but the red head cuts her off, refusing to listen to any talk about Walpurgisnacht in favor of Maximum Christmas. While Yuma unloads something next to the sleeping Kyubey's desk, Kyoko hands out presents to the others.

Mami receives a fancy tea set and a bag of premium tea, pleasantly surprised at the tasteful gift while Kharn is positively excited by her skull servitor personal assistant. Kyoko asks about Murderface's and Sayaka's whereabouts, and Mami explains that Sayaka went home to prepare dinner and Murderface is in her quarters as usual.

After taking pictures of the awoken Incubator rolling around on a bag of catnip, she hugs Kyoko and kisses her cheek, thanking her for the present and for taking Murderface into consideration.</spoiler>

==Trivia==

==NECO Profile==
<pre style="width: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">*CURRENT*
NAME: Tomoe Mami
"While I won’t expressly stop you from doing this…do try and take care.”
OFFICIO: Ninth, in Mitakihara City
RANK: Former Warmaster Candidate, Second to the Incubator
BIO: A veteran magical girl and the sweetheart of Japan’s Officios, Tomoe Mami has the capacity to leave a real, lasting mark on the magical girl world. She has an impenetrable veil of polite professionalism that captures the heart of even the most grizzled stoic. Well, in a way, it’s sort of creepy…nobody could really be that nice, right? Right??
ABILITY: Some kind of gun bondage – the creation and manipulation of ribbons, used in particular to bind or to shape rifle barrels.
WEAPONRY: An infinite number of antique rifles.

STRENGTH A
SPEED B
MELEE S
RANGED S+
MAGIC A
TACTICS S
CHARM SS

TRIVIA
-Even though she’s ultimately given up the position of Warmaster, Tomoe Mami’s kind and hopeful attitude, as well as the length of her service, have made her fairly well-known and even outright popular among magical girls internationally.

-Supposedly, she lives alone…it’s probably really lonely at the top, even with a million admirers. Maybe that makes it even more lonely…

-Supposedly, Tomoe is a taste sensation in certain culinary fields…With her sugary dressage and confident smile, she can make even witches drool. I wanna try, too…</pre>

==Gallery==
===Art by Nicehatguy===
<gallery>
File:Chikuwa Mami color.jpg
</gallery>

[[Category:Characters]]

Yuma Chitose

2014-01-06T13:37:12Z

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<blockquote>'' ''</blockquote>
{{Infobox
| imagecaption = Yuma Chitose
| image =
| aka = Omegon
| appearance = [[Thread 61]]
| organization = Ninth Officio
| rank = Culexus
| occupation = Magical Girl
| ability = Anti-Magic Aura
| weapon =
| height =
| dob =
}}

==Character Summary==
===Physical Description===
*A young japanese girl with short green hair and green eyes that turn red after her contract.
*Her soul gem is a brilliant emerald green.

===Personality===
*Yuma has a sharp mind and is quite perceptive.
*She cares for people, even if they treat her badly.
*She feels particularly close to Kyoko.

==Character History==
===Kyubey Flashback===
Yuma is scouted by Kyoko Sakura as a potential contract 23 months prior to the starting point of the story. Despite still being very young, she is quite smart and quick to pick up on things. She even asks Kyubey rare questions such as why she is chosen and what becoming a magical girl means for her life.

Blaming herself fr her parents' abusive behavior, she refuses Kyubey's offer of having one of them assassinated to improve her situation at home and accepts his magical girl contract.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">In a flashback episode featuring Kyubey 23 months before the quest start, Yuma is still very young, barely above elementary school. She is scouted as a potential contract by Kyoko Sakura, who thinks that she needs the contract to escape her abusive family and can turn into a capable magical girl. When Kyoko once asked her if she wanted to be a magical girl, Yuma answered that she wants to be the kind that helps people make their dreams come true.

One day while feeding ducks in a park, Yuma is approached by an Incubator. She pets the strange cat, asking for it's name, staring in shock for a full minute as it actually replies, introducing itself as Kyubey. He tells her that Kyoko told him about her and that she could be a magical girl if she so desires.

When she asks why her of all people, a question rarely asked, the Incubator explains that Kyoko told him about her situation at home, and that the red head wants her to be somewhere safer. She cries and says that her parents are not bad before asking about becoming a magical girl. Kyubey responds that she forms an agreement with him and can have one wish fulfilled.

Yuma then asks what happens if she refuses the offer and about the danger of fighting monsters. The Incubator replies that magical girls are trained for battle and only sent out when they are ready, and that he will help her improve her situation nonetheless if she doesn't form a contract. She asks if Kyubey will kill her parents if she refuses, and he replies that it would be the easiest way, but that only one of her choice would be murdered, professionally.

The girl says that she doesn't want either one to die, blaming herself for their violent behavior. She asks if magical girls can still die and Kyubey explains that they can and will, and might even become the monsters they fight, but are still saving people in the process. He tells her that she should refuse if she is unsure, but Yuma still decides to become a magical girl under his employ.

Kyoko offers to talk to her father to stop his abuse, but Yuma firmly refuses, assuring that her mind is made up. She makes her wish, a simple one that is still not easy to fulfill for the Incubator, and collapses from the pain of having her soul crystallized as the emerald gem forms in front of her. Kyubey announces her rank to be Culexus before falling asleep on the spot while Kyoko takes the unconscious girl to the Officio.</spoiler>

===MAXIMUM CHRISTMAS===
In a flashback taking place on Christmas one year prior to the quest starting point, Kyoko plans a Secret Santa event and Christmas dinner, but the Officio's leading members cancel it in favor of preparing for the appearance of Walpurgisnacht one month later.

Kyoko barges into Yuma's room and makes her tag along on her shopping trip, claiming Maximum Christmas spirit. The Culexus drives them to the mall and helps pick out and buy presents, being forced into a reindeer costume pajama halfway through.

Yuma chooses the cake for Sayaka, discovers a skull servitor personal assistant for Kharn, chooses a tea set and tea for Mami and gets instructed on buying pineapple salad for Malal while Kyoko buys some other presents. They meet up in a pet shop and buy a present for Kyubey before returning to the Officio where they hand out everything. Before Kyoko leaves to end the day with Sayaka, she gives Yuma a pet tortoise as her Christmas present.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">In a flashback taking place on Christmas a year before the quest's starting point, Kyoko bursts through the ceiling of Yuma's room after sending a pulse about opening her door. Yuma shrieks in shock and confusion and scolds the red haired Eversor about setting a more respectable example while cleaning up the dust and debris.

While Kyoko claims to just get into the holiday spirit, Yuma asks why she is spending Christmas morning in her room instead of being with somebody else, hinting at Sayaka. Kyoko sneaks up from behind, lifts Yuma up and spins her around for getting cocky but lets her down again when the Culexus starts getting sick.

She then explains that her friends canceled this year's secret Santa, that she intends to get everyone presents herself and that she wants Yuma's help. The Culexus reminds her that this year's Walpurgisnacht is predicted to be much stronger than the last and suggests taking it easy on Christmas.

Kyoko smacks her helmet, sending Yuma falling on her bed, and explains that the approaching Walpurgisnacht gives them even more reasons to celebrate Christmas as to take everyone's mind off of the looming danger for a while. Yuma asks her not to hit her since the training Animus Speculum is not very resilient, and agrees to help get presents for everyone.

Taking a look at Yuma's room, Kyoko discovers that she is a he fan of the Miracle Midori series and tells her not to let it become her entire image, promising not to tell anyone about it herself. When Yuma asks where they should start their gift shopping, Kyoko brings forth The List from her hat, but puts it away again before Yuma can take a look.

Yuma notes down Sayaka, Mami, Murderface, Kharn and Malal and suggests starting at Mitakihara Central Mall. While she puts on the rest of her suit, Kyoko tells her that she will make Yuma Equerry if she ever happens to become Warmaster since she is so dependable.

They depart to the Mall with Yuma driving the Warmaster's armored jeep, explaining how she always wanted to drive it and can't pass up the chance to use it during a mission from her direct superior since Malal usually doesn't allow anyone to drive the marauder. She asks Kyoko if the mission is sanctioned, who replies that she told Kharn and Kyubey to wait for her awesome gifts, which is sanctioned enough for Yuma.

The pair enters the huge high class mall, ignoring the stares at their costumes, and decide to start looking for Sayaka's gift first. After thinking for a while, and imagining her significant other in fancy underwear, which Yuma picks up and teases her about, Kyoko decides to get both panties and a strawberry cake. Yuma offers to buy the cake while Kyoko looks for her own dessert and exchanges phone numbers to keep in contact should she find a suitable gift for one of the others on the way.

She buys a strawberry cream cake with custom dedication, has the store write “Merry Christmas Sayaka-chan <3 <3 <3”. On the way she finds a store selling personal digital assistants in skull casings that hover around and take dictations and sends a text to Kyoko, asking if she should buy one for the Warmaster, to which Kyoko replies positive.

Soon after she finds Kyoko leaning against a wall and catching her breath. She wonders if her senior is already tired before finishing eve half of her list and asks which present to look for next. Kyoko mentions that she noticed Mami seemingly being in need of new bras, but agrees with Yuma that buying any without having the actual measurements would be awkward, especially with Mami being sensitive about her bust.

Yuma suggests a tea related gift, and Kyoko decides to get her a tea set and a bag of premium tea. Admitting that she doesn't know anything about tea, she agrees to Yuma's suggestion of splitting up again to gather the other gifts while Yuma buys the items for Mami. She moves out to stash the gifts for Sayaka and Kharn in the car before heading to the tea shop.

Thinking about Murderface's gift, her mind wanders off to Mami and Oriko. Yuma pulses a message for her to focus, and Kyoko takes revenge by sending out lewd imaginations of Mami, cowing her into silence.

Yuma chooses a gift for Mami, which almost drains her money entirely, and thinks about what to buy her Rank Leader. Just as she is about to guess, Malal calls and tells her to buy some pineapple salad. Later Kyoko calls to ask about her progress and suggests meeting at the pet store to buy a gift for Kyubey, both considering catnip a valid choice for the feline alien.

In front of the store, Kyoko hands the young Culexus her gift and insists that she uses it immediately. Yielding to the Eversor's persistence, Yuma puts her brand new reindeer one piece pajama on over her suit, mentioning how this is the worst Christmas ever in a droopy pose. Kyoko corrects her that this is the most MAXIMUM Christmas ever!

While waiting for the shopkeeper, Yuma is messed around with by a crocodile. As a girl with a striking resemblance to Kyoko steps out from the back of the shop, casually mentioning that the crocodile is just being friendly, Yuma mentions something about science fiction and Kyoko loosing her virginity, earning a confused look from her senior.

Kyoko enthusiastically greets the shopkeeper, who joins in on the Maximum Christmas mood by perfectly imitating the red head's pose and speech pattern, startling Yuma with their combined annoying energy who wonders if this is what going insane feels like. The shopkeeper only removes the crocodile from Yuma's leg after Kyoko finishes her shopping, a CatMaster 3000 and three pounds of catnip.

On the way to the car, Yuma thanks Kyoko for taking her along, stating that she enjoyed the day a lot. Kyoko pulls her into a hug and, after a moment, explains that she is glad somebody else understands what she wants to do, making sure everyone remembers what is important. Yuma assures her that they will not forget and suggests taking off. Kyoko tells her to get the Marauder while she checks something last minute.

Yuma heads off to get the car and picks Kyoko up after a short while and drives back to the Officio. She requests help from the other Culexus, who bring a trolley and assist in unloading the car before returning to their quarters since their combined aura would ruin the deliveries.

Kyoko decides to start giving out presents with Kyubey and pulls the cart toward his office with Yuma pushing from behind. The Culexus voices her concern about barging into the Incubator's office without prior notice, but Kyoko assures she will take responsibility and kicks the door open. Inside are Malal, Kharn and Mami, startled by the loud noise. Mami asks what she is doing, but is cut off by Malal demanding an explanation for Yuma's appearance while Kharn laughs at the idea of making the reindeer getup the new Animus Speculum model.

While Yuma winces at Malal's anger, Kyoko tells the Rank Leader that she is not making fun of the Culexus, wraps an arm around her and explains that they are getting into Christmas spirit before pointing at her stash of gifts. Mami speaks up, but Kyoko cuts her off and demands not to talk about Walpurgisnacht and only allows Maximum Christmas. Kharn understands her excitement but asks her to be more quiet, pointing at the sleeping Incubator, exhausted from tracking Walpurgisnacht over a long time.

Kyoko asks Yuma to unload Kyubey's gifts next to his desk and hands out the other presents. Mami and Malal thank her while Kharn doubtfully unwraps her gift, expecting a joke. On seeing the servitor skull, she bursts out in excitement, stating that she always wanted something like this and all but tackles Yuma into a hug, thanking her and Kyoko.

Kyubey wakes from the commotion, and promptly jumps on the box containing the CatMaster 3000, rolling around on top of the bag full of catnip. While Malal, Kharn and Mami take pictures of this, Kyoko asks the blonde Vindicare where Sayaka and Murderface are before departing with Yuma, who is puzzled by Kyubey's reaction to the herbs.

On reaching Murderface's quarters, Kyoko tells Yuma that she will do this one on her own, and Yuma readily agrees, closing the door behind her senior. She hears something akin to shouting, but once Kyoko returns, she explains that it was only her laughing and that Murderface didn't do anything to her.

Yuma notes that there is only Sayaka's gift left, but Kyoko explains that there is another one and pulls a shoe box from the trolley. She takes out a round object and hands it to Yuma, explaining the confused girl that it is a tortoise. The young girl is moved to tears and promises to take good care of the animal and to spread some Maximum Christmas to the other Culexus herself. They say goodbye and Yuma departs to her Rank's living area.</spoiler>

==Trivia==
*The early character is a direct port of Yuma Chitose from Puella Magi Oriko Magica.
*Her wish consumed Kyubeys entire daily amount of energy from the Incubator stock that usually lasts for ten contracts, and then some more of his own.
*Yuma can easily read most people's mind without actively trying to. She claims that most people have very loud minds.
*Yuma learned the basics of being a magical girl from Kyoko.

==NECO Profile==
<pre style="width: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">*CURRENT*
NAME: Omegon
"I'm fine, really. There's a lot of work to do, so I've been keeping busy. Can we...make this quick?
I need to be somewhere in a few minutes."
OFFICIO: Ninth, in Mitakihara City
RANK: Culexus Rank Leader/sole inheritor
BIO: A young Culexus that was contracted a few years ago with the help of Sakura Kyouko, and the sole survivor of her squad after the Walpurgis Night massacre last year. A lot of people lost a lot when Rank Leader Malal died, Omegon more than most all of them. She’s tough, though, and she pushes herself really hard to fill the void the Rank Leader left behind. Way harder than she should. It probably doesn’t help that people are always comparing them.
ABILITY: Standard Culexus ability – anti-magic. Omegon isn’t nearly as strong as Rank Leader Malal was, but nobody is.
WEAPONRY: A crowbar…and a tablet. Just like Malal.
STRENGTH C
SPEED B+
MELEE B
RANGED A+
MAGIC S+
TACTICS S
CHARM D

TRIVIA
- Omegon contracted very young, showing impressive potential even from early on. She really is a lot like Malal – almost a second coming, some days.

- Pretty rare for someone in her position, Omegon doesn’t touch any kind of mind-altering substances. But she’s like…fourteen? That’d be pretty young, even for a magical girl.

- She has a pet turtle, Taro. At the moment, though, Sakura Kyouko is taking care of him.</pre>

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Oriko Mikuni

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==Character Summary==
===Physical Description===
*A japanese girl with platinum blonde to silver hair and clear green eyes.
*She has a smooth voice.

===Personality===
*Oriko is a gentle, polite girl.
*She has a dignified, regal air surrounding her.

==Character History==
Oriko was considered a potential contract around the same time Yuma Chitose formed hers, but was left alone after the younger girl was recruited.

===Recuperation===
After learning of her friend Kirika's death at the hands of Chiaki Matsuda, Oriko is comforted by Mami Tomoe in the Officio building. Seeing her friend's murderer approach, she slaps her several times, wailing at how she took her only friend away before sobbing into the front of her costume. While Chiaki shows no reaction whatsoever, Mami gently pulls her away and leads the sobbing girl to her desk, handing her a glass of water to calm down.

===MAXIMUM CHRISTMAS===
In a flashback taking place on Christmas one year prior to the story's starting point, Oriko meets Kyoko while shopping in Mitakihara Central Mall with Kirika. She offers to help the red haired girl find a suitable set of underwear to give her girlfriend as a present since she has a similar figure.

Oriko chooses a tasteful design that would suit Sayaka, tries it on for size and receives the set she wore as thanks for her assistance.

<spoiler show="Full Chapter Summary" hide="Hide Full Summary">In a flashback taking place on Christmas one year prior to the story's starting point, Oriko meets Kyoko while shopping in Mitakihara Central Mall with Kirika. Noticing the red haired girl looking around rather confuse in an underwear store, she decides to approach her, greets in a friendly manner and asks if she needs any help.

Kirika pokes fun at Kyoko, but Oriko reprehends her friend and offers her help. The red head admits that she never bought lingerie before and doesn't know Sayaka's three sizes, but mentions how Oriko is pretty close and asks her to be a model for a bit, making the blonde blush and Kirika mad.

Kirika shouts at Kyoko for asking her friend to wear lingerie in front of her. The blonde however expresses her desire to help and assures Kirika that she trusts in Kyoko being a good person. She tells Kirika to go buy cake as planned while she helps the red haired girl to choose a fitting set of underwear for her girlfriend.

While Kirika walks off, she tells Kyoko that she can be difficult but is a good person once you know her well, comparing her to Murderface. She then asks what sort of design Kyoko has in mind who tells her short term model that she wants a lacy, pretty set. Oriko leads her to the shelves where a brand she knows is placed and gives her a crash course on lingerie.

After a while she picks out a white combination with a tasteful lace design, mentioning how well it would suit Sayaka's skin tone, hair and eyes, asking if she should model it. Kyoko blushes and steps away from Oriko's touch when she tries to feel her head, worried that the red head might be catching a cold. She tells Oriko that she doesn't want to take up too much of her time and only needs to know if the clothes fit without having her model them, so the helpful girl moves to the changing room alone.

Upon her return the blonde girl confirms that the sizes are right and thanks Kyoko for not having her model them, blushing about how the design doesn't really cover anything. Kyoko decides to get the set, but Oriko mentions that she told the attendant to get her a fresh pair since she has already worn this one and will keep it. Kyoko insists on paying for the lingerie since she made Oriko help her out and replies to her protest that Kirika will appreciate this, too, and that she can pay her back with a gift of her own if she really feels bad about it.

Shortly after the attendant hands them their respective bags, Kirika returns and threatens to gut Kyoko of she did anything, who is decidedly ignored by the red head who thanks Oriko and turns away to leave. Kirika stops her a few steps away and has a short talk with her before letting her go after which Kirika leaves with her friend.</spoiler>

==Trivia==
*Oriko is based on herself from Puella Magi Oriko Magica.

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