Magia Record Main Story Part 2 Chapter 8

Prologue

Livia: "I hope Kagome-chan's injuries are healin' well..."

Promised Blood vowed to get back at Kamihama after the plans of the Wings of Magius had gone through. Kamihama Magia Union members lost their lives due to Futatsugi girls. After the final battle in Futatsugi City, the girls dropped their weapons and were ready to join together. The sudden decision left behind a cloud of confusion between the groups, but a time of peace had come from it. Iroha, Yuna, and their comrades are now in the midst of preparations to end this battle for the Kimochi Stones, as well as mend the damage done they've suffered. Kagome herself could not see everyone helping one another due to being hospitalized, but she is able to continue thanks to Puella Care doing interviews on her behalf. Various girls have also been visiting her and telling her their views over the whole situation. Kagome writes that she wants to thank everyone for what they've done for her.

Urara is talking to Kagome in the hospital. Urara has told her that she is leaving Promised Blood, as her purpose was to keep an eye on them for Folklore of Zero. Aru asks to confirm that Urara was trying to protect Sakuya, and if putting her own life on the line was the correct thing to do. Urara tells her that saving people doesn't change the future they believe in, only whether or not the existence of mahou shoujo comes to light.

Kagome asks if that means her work is going to affect their future, and Urara confirms it will. She then asks what kind of future does folklore see? Urara isn't sure if she should tell her or not.

Livia then walks in, taking notice that Kagome is up and chatty today. Kagome thanks her. Livia offers to peel some fruit she brought for her, so Kagome asks for an apple and Urara an orange. Livia laughs that she's serving two, but doesn't mind. Urara asks if Livia came to check on them today, but Livia says no, she had something to ask Kagome. Livia offers to fill in for Kagome's interviewing as a way for them to atone for Kagome getting injured on their watch. Kagome really wanted to interview everyone now that the battles have shifted to everyone joining hands, so Livia tells her to leave it to Puella Care. They'll find out what each group is up to now.

Main Quest Chapter 8

Flowers Sprouting from the Remains of Dreams

Over at Crescent House, Iroha and Yachiyo are discussing how busy Mokyu has been lately. Sana points out that not even Iroha knows what it's saying sometimes. Iroha wishes she could figure it out, so Sana asks if Ui understands it. Ui asks Mokyu to repeat itself, so it says mokyu and mokyu it says.

Player choice of "Danger is coming!" or "We need to move quickly!"

Ui guesses it's trying to warn them. Tsuruno wonders if it's a new enemy. Felicia guesses there's a traitor. Yachiyo asks if it's related to the auto purification system, which gets mokyus of approval. No one can figure out the details, so they ask Mokyu to mokyu if Mokyu finds out anything important, so they can rush to Mokyu's aid.

Kagome's Diary continues, noting that no one from Mikazuki Villa could figure Mokyu's cries of warning. Most girls at this time felt that things were making a turn for the better as they began working together, but still knew there were rough times ahead. However, the time when Kamihama splits in two is coming. As Kagome continues writing, she notes that what follows now are the events that occurred before the ending. The first four sections are of Kamihama Magia Union, Promised Blood, Tokime Clan, and Folklore of Zero. Following that are 3 shorter sections that happened before these previous 4, describing the events that led to the girls dividing into two groups. And the final part she will write is a bigger section describing a moment where ideals loudly broke apart...

Union 1

Mito: "Uun...I just don't feel like going to school..."

Kagome: "This is one of the first four parts that I received from Sudachi-chan of Puella Care. The story of Kamihama Magia Union. At this time, no one knew the future that was coming."

Sudachi is now writing for Kagome. She is noting that she is writing in place of Kagome, and visiting KMU to see how they are doing. She wandered about until meeting with Mifuyu, noting that everyone was gloomy, as it seems word had spread fast that they were planning to join hands with Promised Blood. This makes sense, since PB did send spies and tried to kill all the girls in Kamihama. Although, everyone's moods seem to be down for a more complicated reason. The east no longer trusts the west, as the issues with the election occurred at the same time as Yuna's battle plan. Sudachi also notes that she had a problem with a west child at the Tomorrow Shop with Mii-chan, so she understands the tension.

Mito, Reira, and Seika are at a station. They're waiting for things to calm down before they go play, and Reira doesn't want Mito sleeping in and being late to meet them again. Mito says she didn't sleep in, but was up all night worried about going to school. Seika knows how Mito feels, and knows Reira is just hiding it too. Reira admits she was also feeling down this morning.

Mitama and Kanagi suddenly find them. They've been waiting for these 3 to show up. Kanagi has been asking girls if their feelings towards the west/east have changed, and thus asks them if their views have changed. Seika speaks up that she has, but then changes her mind. She isn't really sure how she feels. She heard the story about how an east girl was sold out by the west to Promised Blood, so she doesn't trust the west. Reira says now that they're joining with Promised Blood, it feels like the east's problems have been ignored. Mito says she's afraid of the west, and even heard Mikage-chan was attacked by a west child.

Reira asks if that's really true. Mito tells her she heard someone threw a rock at her at the Tomorrow Shop, and that's why she was afraid to go to school today. Mitama confirms the story is true, but they shouldn't judge all of the west by one incident. At the very least all mahou shoujo in Kamihama are supposed to treat each other as equals, after all. Kanagi tells them that while joining together with Promised Blood may seem inconsiderate to them, things can only change for the better from here.

Kanagi notices Mito is still looking down. She didn't expect Yuna's plan to come to fruition and fan the flames of the east/west tension. Mito wants them to stop talking about joining PB, since that's all everyone's talking about. Reira says lots of people are worried about it since people have died and many have been injured by them.

Mitama tells Kanagi they have a lot of work to do. Kanagi agrees; the east has a lot of problems right now, especially with the election, but this is the first time everyone is against a plan. Mitama mentions it's just as Yachiyo and the others said.

Union 2

Iroha: "There's been growing distrust, hasn't there..."

Big meeting at a restaurant. Iroha, Yachiyo, Kanagi, Mitama, Hinano, etc are discussing the difficulties rising from working with Promised Blood and the growing distrust of the west. Mitama mentions the apartment trio don't like the idea, and Hinano adds that the south isn't taking to joining with Promised Blood either. Kaede and Rena also says no one in the west is happy either since PB tried killing all of them, and of course no one's going to believe PB wants to suddenly cooperate.

Kaede also mentions Ranka said Futatsugi isn't doing well with the idea either. Momoko says to leave their problems to their city. Besides, Yuna hasn't come and apologized for what they've done yet. Tsuruno understands, but if everyone thinks they and Yuna are planning something, this won't work out. Yachiyo adds that they shouldn't call it a peace talk, but rather that they're only cooperating for the time so people are more willing to understand.

Mikage asks her Nee-cha why she's being so quiet. Mitama snaps out of her staring, saying she was just taking in the conversation. She says she's in support of hearing Yuna's side of the story. Mii is glad to hear that because she thought her sister was still worrying over her after the west child hurt her. Iroha asks if she's okay after what happened, but Mikage tells her she's fine thanks to her mahou shoujo healing speed. Mitama hates that everyone knows about the incident already. Momoko hates that all the rumors about the east and west are getting worse.

Outside, Mikage is heading off to the Tomorrow Shop with Yachiyo, since Mitama has to mind her shop and Kanagi is on maid duty at her cafe. Yachiyo is fine with it since she used to go there all the time and loves the nostalgia of it. She also wants to ask the old lady there about any info about the east/west problems. Iroha meanwhile will be trying to contact Yuna to find out what she wants to do regarding everything.

Sudachi and Mifuyu arrive at the scene, surprising Yachiyo at the rare combo. Mii and Sutan are happy to see each other. Mifuyu explains Puella Care is working for Kagome. Yachiyo guesses it has to be for some ulterior motive before thinking it's to make up with Kagome. Sudachi fumus in positivity, so Yachiyo takes it as the latter.

Mifuyu brings up she wants to talk about Alina and the Mirrors team. The east/west problems are making the search difficult, Tsukasa and Tsukuyo are both stuck at home, and Mifuyu herself has to head back home, so there's been no progress and now stuck.

Mikage asks Sutan if she wants to come to the Tomorrow Shop. She accepts after hearing Yachiyo is going with them. Yachiyo smiles and asks if she's here to interview people or to play. Mifuyu also asks if she can come with them. Yachiyo asks if she has to also babysit Mifuyu. Mifuyu gets red and tells her she's not a child anymore!

Meanwhile, Yuna gets a call from Iroha. She realizes the rumor spreading is just now taking root in Kamihama. She knows she has to explain things to all of them, but Futatsugi has its own problems now. There's risk of their city splitting back into two, so Yuna decides to wait before responding to the message.

Union 3

Ui: Ah, Sana-san, Onee-chan is coming home!

Iroha returns to Crescent House, being welcomed by the gremlins. Touka is still surprised that they're now going to be working alongside PB. Iroha is having doubts since the east/west tension is now a bigger problem than PB. Iroha mentions what Yachiyo is up to, and then Touka gets a message on her phone.

Touka says yet another book sold. When asked, she tells Iroha that they started selling Sana's book online as an e-book, and they were in the middle of showing her how use the sales management tools. Ui is happy as can be, telling her the book has started selling a lot. Sana says she just got lucky. Touka says it spread around to some influencers rather than through reviews. Ui tells her she must be excited to see reviews come in now. Sana tells her she's pretty scared, but laughs and smiles anyway.

Iroha then asks how they're doing with their social media plan to spread the truth. Touka tells her that's a rude remark. Iroha asks why, and Ui tells her that they're having no luck at all, while Sana's e-book is flourishing. They even spent tons on advertising! Touka isn't sure what else to try at this point. Her uncle has changed his mind all of a sudden, Nayuta suddenly hates her guts again - there's just nothing she can do now!

Touka says she's been taking aspirin to try to stop her blood from clotting, since something she can't figure out is causing them. She feels a lack of oxygen has caused her heart to stop and she's about to die (she's being a scientific drama baby here). Sana asks if they'll be able to handle it. Nemu is also sure the plan is futile at this point.

Iroha asks why their plan hasn't worked, since they must have found out a reason why. Nemu points out that yes, they do have a reason why, but they're not going to tell her. They're planning on taking a huge risk at this point to spread word. Ui tells her no more dangerous acts. Touka apologizes, saying they're doing it no matter what, and are excited to try. Nemu then says maybe they should look into the east/west issue for a hint. Touka tells Ui and Iroha they should do whatever they think is best. Iroha asks if that means they're all on the same page for saving everyone, but Touka says no; as long as you two survive things will be okay.

Union 4

Mikage: "Guess Mii should thank Obaa-chan for the other day, huh!"

Mikage and co show up at Tomorrow Shop to see the old lady. She asks why they're back again; it had just quieted down, too... Yachiyo thanks her for taking care of Mikage the other day. Mifuyu then throws in an "it's been a long time, Obaa-chan," giving her a flashback to when these two young adults were little. Granny recognizes them, especially Mifuyu who used to cry a lot. She's also surprised to see they know Mikage and Sudachi.

Yachiyo tells her that they're here today to keep her safe after hearing about the attack. Yachiyo then asks if she may ask about the details of what happened. Granny says it's probably because of the election springing up problems again. The kids heard from their parents and decided to take out their anger on Mikage and Sudachi, throwing a rock right at Mikage's head. She then apologizes that her generation wasn't able to fix these problems. Mikage tells her to cheer up, since she protected her and yelled at them. Plus Mii came here today to thank her for that. She says even Sutan knows none of this is Obaa-chan's fault.

Mifuyu says her grandmother has been keeping tabs on her since these problems started up, and Tsukasa and Tsukuyo can't even see each other now despite being twins. Her and Yachiyo both start wondering when Kamihama became such a difficult place to live in. This fighting has gone on long before they were even born. Mikage asks Obaa-chan if she knows anything about it. She doesn't know the origin either, but her family passed down a story to her long ago.

She says it sounds more like a fairy tale, but... She goes on to explain the Tsuyu and Chizuru story from the summer event trio. She then remembers that Yachiyo was in that drama recently, embarrassing her. She continues that the actions of Tsuyu and Chizuru divided their people in two after parting ways, and the two camps have been against one another since. Of course, it's just a legend, though, so it might not be true. Mifuyu asks what it was the two were trying to do, but Gran tells them that's enough story time. Bit's a pieces of the story have changed so don't worry too much about it.

Suddenly Mikage sees a boy approach and calls upon Baa-cha. Gran tells him to come on out and say what he wanted to say. The boy says he's really sorry about the other day. After Baa-chan got mad at him he went home and thought about it, so he wants to apologize. Sudachi asks Mikage what she wants to do. Mikage tells the boy he's forgiven.

Mifuyu didn't expect this to happen, smiling at Yacchan and telling her how nice this was. Yachiyo isn't smiling. She says she's going to call Iroha and have everyone meet at the dojo later.

Union 5

Asuka: "It's tough work going through the warehouse, but it's a small price to pay if we can find difference in shade between the east and west!"

Asuka and Sasara finish pulling out a bunch of stuff in the dojo's storage for Iroha's search on the origins of Tsuyu and Chizuru. Asuka is fired up for everyone to work together on research, ready to sacrifice herself if she fails. Rena is staring in disbelief at the two, wondering if her and Kaede were sent there to watch them mess around. Kaede reminds her they were sent to help look through Ryuushinkan's belongings. Rena snaps at her that she was making a joke. Momoko tells them they're the ones who are screwing around here. She tells them that she wanted them to come help her since her injuries are still healing. Iroha and Momoko are hoping to learn something that can help put an end to the divide in Kamihama.

Karin steps into Nagitan's cafe. Kanagi is shocked that she just suddenly showed up. Karin says she wasn't sure where KMU was meeting so she came to the cafe she knew Kanagi works at. Karin is back from Mirrors, but Alina isn't with her. Karin has a lot to say, but Kanagi unfortunately can't just walk off her job. Kanagi points her to the dojo where Kaede is, and Karin says she forgot she could've just called Kaede. Kanagi says people tend to forget things when they rush, and tells Karin she once put her underwear on backwards by mistake. This was something Karin didn't need to know.

Iroha and friends can't find anything about Tsuyu and Chizuru amongst Ryuushinkan's articles. Everyone is either too afraid to touch such ancient articles, or are struggling to even read the handwriting. Asuka is having a good time, and tells everyone to pass things to her since she can read it all. Asuka mistakenly finds a letter in a box she thought had tea in it, finding some important info within.

Kaede gets a text. Rena asks if her vegetable garden burned down, but Kaede says it's from Karin. She's heading over there now, and she's okay.

Union 6

Kaede: "It's true... Karin-chan, she's safe and sound...!"

Karin and Kaede yell and run towards each other, ending in a hug. Kaede is so glad that Karin is safe. Mifuyu and the Amanes were busy looking for her for so long. Mii is explaining to Sutan that Karin is the person who went missing in the Endless Mirrors. That terminal they went to before is where she disappeared after some fighting. Mifuyu asks where Alina is, and if she's okay. Karin has no idea; she was the only one reappeared back at the entrance of the mansion, but she was following her to the end of Mirrors, so she has to be safe. Mifuyu asks her to calm down and explain slowly.

Mifuyu takes the lead in summarizing the story. Karin and Alina were close to the witch of Endless Mirrors. In there, they met a mahou shoujo that only Alina could see, and the one who caused her to lose her memory. This girl is the one who became the Endless Mirrors itself. The moment she witched out, she used her unique magic of transplanting her soul into other people to essentially become a parasite within Alina. Being the Mirror witch, she was still able to change the barrier, causing them to disappear and enter deeper within. Karin learned the name of this girl that is possessing Alina: Sena Mikoto.

Yachiyo has a strong reaction to hearing that name. No one knew who this girl was beyond her name, except possibly Mitama. Flashback of Mitama saying Endless Mirrors is most likely a girl from Daito. Yachiyo says they've been trying to figure out the Mirrors for a long time now, and assumed it was Sena Mikoto.

Momoko and Mikage think Mitama should know this, since they might be able to use this info against the Mirrors. Kaede is worried about this reveal. Mikoto hasn't shown her memories to Alina despite possessing her, and she's the only one missing now. Karin starts to cry as Kaede is talking, making her ask if she said something wrong.

Karin says Alina-senpai got her memories back and then disappeared into the Mirrors. Alina took Mikoto's human evolution plan over her Alina Gray Reform Plan. Kaede doesn't know what that means, but at least she got her memory back... Rena and Iroha don't like the sound of this, since Alina could start more trouble now. Yachiyo says they'll have to go tell Mitama the news for now.

Asuka says it's about time to pack everything away, but Sasara reminds her she had something to say to Yachiyo before that. Asuka asks Yachiyo to follow her to show her something.

Iroha gets a message from Yuna. She says she understands what is happening in Kamihama, but is asking for some time before visiting, as Futatsugi is in an uproar. She doesn't expect it to last for long, and will let her know when things calm down. Iroha thinks she needs to go talk to everyone in Futatsugi, just as Yuna is trying to talk to Kamihama.

Union 7

Felicia: "When everyone's together, Union sure is pretty big."

Sudachi updates her notes, saying she ended up at Tomorrow Shop with Mii-chan instead of doing interviews. Between Obaa-chan's story and the old letter at Ryuushinkan, the history of the east and west is becoming clearer. Yachiyo had high hopes this would be the beginning of mending the two sides, but the letter didn't go into details about the fighting. Sudachi is hopeful that the east/west fighting will be solved once Yuna explains the rumors and apologizes. Yuna is now on her way to Kamihama after dealing with Futatsugi. However, Yachiyo-san is worried after receiving a phone call from Kanagi-san.

All of Union is coming to the dojo, so Mikazuki start gathering cushions for everyone. Tsuruno uses her super strong cushion throwing powers to arrange a perfect lineup of seats. Felicia wishes to learn this power. Yachiyo, however, doesn't look happy.

Earlier, Yachiyo got a call from Kanagi. She discusses that the Promised Blood problem will be decided on at their next meeting, and then all the stones just need to be in one place. So Kanagi is thinking that her and Mitama should step away. Yachiyo tells her she's been working so hard even through her injury, so no one will complain if she isn't there. She then asks Kanagi if there's anything else bothering her, since she seems strange. Kanagi sighs and apologizes, saying she's likely going to be trouble from here on, and hangs up.

Tsuruno snaps Yachiyo out of her staring, telling her to help them get ready. Everyone asks about her and her phone call with Kanagi, knowing Kanagi isn't coming today. She's worried because it was a strange phone conversation, and Mitama isn't here today either. Tsuruno points out that neither of them like talking about themselves, and hopes they didn't get into trouble.

Yachiyo redirects everyone back to the meeting. Iroha and Ui are going to go meet Yuna at the train station. Iroha asks her to help if she ends up getting lost. Yachiyo begins addressing everyone. She tells them that this battle is finally over, and it didn't end because of power or one side winning. The plan is to unite with Promised Blood and Tokime, but the problem now is the rumors spreading through Union that need to be dispelled.

Meiyui knew what this would be about, but refuses to trust Futatsugi regardless of what the west says. Akira doesn't approve of joining with people who tried to kill them. Yachiyo explains that this is why Koharu Yuna, the person they trust the least, is coming to confess what she did. The apartment trio don't think that will solve anything, since they still get harassed on their way to school. Himika says that mahou shoujo have to work together as equals, just as Kanagi said. There's no east or west in their world! Reira isn't buying that response though. Tsuruno sees that Yuna explaining things alone won't be enough, and asks about the research Yachiyo did here.

Union 8

Yachiyo: "It would have been nice if we found something in the old articles that could mend the relations between the east and west, but..."

Yachiyo continues that they only found evidence of the split between east and west, nothing about what caused it to begin with. She even asked their resident bookworm Nemu to look into it, but she couldn't find anything to reference.

Shizuku asks if they can even join PB when Union itself can't be together as one. Plus being betrayed would make things worse. Sasara points out that if they refuse to cooperate, it's no different from saying they want to continue fighting. If Union stays divided, then they're going to be easy prey.

Yachiyo says that is precisely why they need to break away from the past that binds them. They need to come together and focus only on their future. It's true that it's hard to fix broken relations, but Yachiyo has the scene from the Tomorrow Shop on her mind. Mifuyu agrees; the west kids hurt Mikage, but Mikage accepted their apology and welcomed them back. The younger children are trying to change, so they need to follow that example and join hands instead of pushing away.

Mito thinks they've been ruining their own futures by being stuck on the past. Seika and Reira take in what Himika said earlier, that they can change the future by being the change the east and west need. Himika is happy to take everyone's hands, and Shizuku is willing to as well if the east trust her, since she's never wanted to let go until now. Meiyui realizes the chains that bound them together was broken by Yuna and the schemes of adults, so reconnecting with everyone would be the quicker option.

Yachiyo is glad Mikage's acceptance was the first step in bringing everyone together. She wants everyone to listen to Yuna and then decide. Yuna walks in, saying she'll just continue the conversation like this then. Yuna laughs, says all the irritating Kamihama girls are lined up head to head. It's so funny to her she can't help but laugh. Tsuruno calls a time out, asking if she's trying to start a fight. Yuna silences her. She says there's been a misunderstanding, so will make it clear: she wants to still kill Kamihama girls, so they need to think of her as their enemy and listen well...

Union 9

Yuna: "End this misunderstanding that we've become your allies."

Yuna starts coldly, telling them the best option is for them to join forces, and is full of regrets for not killing all of them. The only reason they're not dead is because of the Kimochi's rule after Midori Ryou died. She explains how she used Kamihama's history as a tool to destabilize them as part of her revenge against them. She especially targeted Izumi to try to break the east-west relationship, and brought Felicia's past back to her. The truth is it's a miracle they're all still alive, and they should all be thankful that Ryou's death, Ikumi's sacrifice, and some dumb luck have kept the rest of them alive.

Hinano yells at her, asking if she's really here to join forces or not. She shouldn't dare bring up those names when there's people standing here who cared for them. Yuna calls her out that she's one of the people who failed to protect them. Emiri and Rika back her up, telling Yuna that she's been through enough pain. Yuna walks over to them, telling them she came here to explain what happened, but her grudge isn't gone. Emiri asks why is she even deciding to cooperate then. Rika says there's no point in cooperating if she's going to be this horrible. Yuna agrees: there is no point in cooperating.

Yuna is only cooperating with Tamaki Iroha. If she wants to join together as the leader of Union, Yuna will believe the voice of her soul and join together. Yuna repeats that Promised Blood will not join with Union, but she will join with Tamaki Iroha. Yuna walks back to Iroha, telling her that she will only trust her, and that no one else will touch the Kimochi stone she has. Iroha will be the one to save everyone, Futatsugi included. Only she will get this bloodied stone from her.

Meiyui speaks up, saying she's had enough, and that she's a human as much as a mahou shoujo. She transforms, saying this against the blue sea's code, but she will defend her honor. Yuna transforms, asking her if she's willing to do this. Hinano is transformed and jumps in too, saying she has to get a hit in as well. Sasara is worried if this is right or not. She asks Asuka what she thinks, but Asuka says this is the dojo, they can't be doing this here.

Iroha and Mikazuki have to put a stop to this before a fight breaks out, but Felicia's also transformed and ready to bop. Tsuruno tells her to stay. Yachiyo and Mifuyu transform, ready to put a stop to this.

Union 10

Mifuyu: "Yacchan, let us be smart about this and put an end to it!"

Yachiyo and Mifuyu jump in and block everyone's attacks. Meiyui can't believe what she just saw, calling the duo's blocking inhuman. Akira says if Nanaka saw this she'd be impressed. Rika stopped fighting just to watch. Hinano, out of breath, asks who're these veterans who said they were weakening? They're just as strong as ever to her.

Iroha asks Yuna if she's okay. Yuna untransforms and apologizes that she was about to fight. Iroha tells her that was really bad, so she needs to stop acting. Everyone suddenly goes "What!? Acting!? EHHH!? Tsuruno suddenly gets what's going on, but Iroha doesn't. Tsuruno says that Yuna was acting as a common enemy to get the west and east to unite together.

Yuna chuckles, saying if her explanation cleared the rumors about the west, then all that was left is to unite everyone, right...? But there's no point in just declaring everyone should unite if they're not going to. Tsuruno apologizes to her. Yuna does still have resentment over Kamihama, but she was playing it up just now.

So now Yuna has one final promise of her cooperation: Once Iroha collects all 8 Kimochi stones and spreads the auto puri sys across the world, her and PB will never come back to Kamihama without contacting her first, since none of them want to see them ever again. Also, Kanagi has been given one of the stones as a sign of good will after attempting to kill her so many times. Iroha tells her she hates how recklessly Yuna and PB do things. Yuna laughs, saying she must have gotten it from Juri.

Over at KaMoRe's favorite game center, Momoko gets a message from Iroha saying Yuna came over and things went well. Kaede excitedly tells Rena that they can join together with PB. Rena offers to play a game with Ranka now that that's taken care of. Ranka says that's what the hold up was after all. Momoko reminds them that she's here to watch over them. Once the game's over, Ranka wants to be shown their school, and she wants to show Yuna the track team Sakuya was on.

Over at Crescent House's nerd room. Touka is finding out from Ui that they're heading back to Mikazuki Villa. Ui says once the stones are in place and the auto puri sys spreads, there's no more need to fight, right? Touka nyaas that she'll miss this place. Nemu tells her to not be so selfish, since they're just here for shelter. Ui heads back to get ready with Iroha.

Nemu and Touka think this is good timing, since they're also leaving soon. Nemu still isn't sure when to explain this whole thing to Iroha and Ui. Touka knows they'll just try to stop them, so the "day of the plan" is fine.

Iroha is gathering her things in her temp room, but notices Mokyu went missing...

Interview Recording

Yakumo Mikage "Hmm, what does Mii desire..." "Like what you'd want to be in the future, right?" "Mii wants to be a celebrity on Terapichi, and be a model like Yachiyo-san, and opening a shop like Nee-cha looks like it would be fun too, doesn't it?" "Maybe opening a shop would be better then. Mii heard this from Sutan, but apparently there's some scary places in showbiz depending on the office you walk into." "Nee-cha said Mii is super cute, so Mii's gonna avoid the danger and run a shop here!" "Mii'll put lots of expensive and cheap sweets in it, right, so Nayutan and Rabitan can both enjoy it, and all the different kinds of sweets lovers will be happy!" "If Mii's going to open a shop, it has to be with Nee-cha, but..." "Once Nee-cha graduates high school, Mii thinks it'd be better to leave this city. You know, with Nagitan too." "It just feels like, you know, if those two stay in this city, they'll both be turned darker and darker. So, Mii wants them both to grow up quick so they can be free."

Promised Blood 1

Juri: "Oioi, what's with this... It better not be canceled..."

Kagome: "This is the story I heard from the mahou shoujo of Futatsugi City. One of the first four parts: the story of Promised Blood. At this time, no one knew the future that was coming."

Kagome writes this section. Kagome is staying at a hospital in Futatsugi, and many members of Promised Blood have been visiting her to talk about how things are going. Yuna declared her belief in Iroha and vowed to stop fighting Union, but Juri and Ryuugasaki are against this decision. Sakuya's death has changed Yuna, and though things are difficult now, a fire has been lit for many mahou shoujo in Futatsugi. Promised Blood, who hates Iroha, Union, and Tokime, don't seem to be moving towards joining hands with the other groups. In fact, in a time like this, Juri would normally step up and take charge, but her usual fire seems to be burning out.

Juri is finishing her manga, which ends on a cliffhanger, pissing her off. She realizes she's not in a good mood, and turns back to thinking about Futatsugi. She's fine if the people are happy, but, as she falls to the floor, she says she doesn't feel alive anymore. Ranka suggests she go beat someone up to vent (except her, of course). Ranka came by for no particular reason, mainly just to see if Juri is busy now that everyone's talking about joining Union.

Juri is bummed about her manga being canceled. Ranka says it sounds awful by the title alone, but Juri tells her not to badmouth it. It's about a noble named Kiyomaru who uses his brains to fight after intense studying, but eventually ends up using the power of his ancestors. She liked the weird as hell setting it had, but Ranka doesn't think she'd ever read it. She tells Juri if she's just sitting here reading manga, why not go gather Ryuugasaki together. They're not all on Yuna's side, after all. Juri doesn't want to if it means another war starting here, but Ranka tells her not that, the other thing.

Juri says she can't find motivation now that she can't fight the Kimochi or Union. She's lost her fire. She then thinks of something: maybe starting up another fight between Ryuugasaki and Torayamachi would be fun. Ranka tells her she has a scary look on her face. Juri just thought up a great idea.

Promised Blood 2

Yuna: "It feels so long since I've been able to calmly do student council work."

At the student council, Yuna is discussing website designs with another member, who is struggling to come up with content for the sight but has a better design made up. Yuna tells her a lot has changed in the past year, so they need to decide on a theme that the world will appreciate.

Yuna notices the girl has been staring at her this whole time, and asks what's wrong. She points out that Yuna has been so busy, so it's great she found time to come to the council room. Yuna apologizes that she still hasn't finished handling her outside problem, so she will have to be a bother to them still, but asks her to please keep waiting.

Hikaru approaches, with "Yuna-san!" spam getting louder and louder as she closes in. Yuna facepalms, telling the girl she has more problems already, but she will take care of them all. Outside the room, Yuna tells Hikaru to lower her voice and asks what's wrong. Yuna guesses there's an emergency and follows Hikaru.

Ryuugasaki had a fight with their girls. It was only a small fight, but some got hurt. The tension is rising now that Yuna wants to join up with Iroha. Yuna wanted to tell everyone what she felt when she came in contact with Tamaki-san's soul gem, the thoughts Sakuya left behind, and help everyone become normal students again, but all she did was make them think she's gone off the deep end and heated them up. Hikaru protests, but Yuna tells her that Ryuugasaki don't her senpai and Sakuya like they did. They only know the Yuna that led them to getting revenge, so her backing down now isn't being taken well. Hikaru asks what the plan is, and Yuna answers that they have to get everyone together to put the fires out before they spread.

Yuna then gets a message from Tamaki-san. As seen earlier in this summary, Yuna now sees the effects of her rumors spreading in the east/west relations. She knows she needs to go to Kamihama to explain what happened, but with Futatsugi running the risk of being split and war-torn again, she has to wait before answering the message.

Promised Blood 3

Hikaru: "It feels like Juri-san's gonna do something again!"

A meeting of the leaders takes place. Ao says this fight is between them, so her side isn't doing anything and will gladly watch them destroy each other. Hikaru is surprised Ao is willing to just sit back and take advantage, and asks her to have an opinion between her sisters. Ao says she wasn't against anything from the start, so Juri butts in saying "oh then you're helpin' us, are ya?" But Ao says she wanted to stay out of this because Nee-chan told her to.

Yuna tells them both to back off since this isn't about starting fights, it's about keeping the city together instead of breaking off. Ao says that's hard mode on a hard game. Various girls call out Yuna for being the leader who wanted revenge on Kamihama and is now giving up. Yuna restates that she hasn't stopped hating Kamihama, she only trusts Tamaki Iroha, and knows her intentions after seeing into her soul. The girls don't care.

Ranka chimes in that she's not trying to take a side here, but she has been a spy in Kamihama. She can't that her own personal opinion changed after hanging out with people there. Hikaru says maybe Sakuya-san was right: it's hard to kill someone you know. She herself can see that she was judging people without really looking at them. Yuna agrees with both of them, but even so she still can only trust Iroha.

One girl says that the idea of getting to know the girls in Kamihama makes her sick. Sakuya was killed after all. Yuna adds that she wishes Sakuya would have never taken up fighting, and Union lost 2 of their own too. She knows they must feel awful in the same way they do with their lost in their catacombs. Yuna understands how these girls feel, and she herself wants revenge again in the future, but right now their priority needs to be on saving themselves. The girl finally agrees to that at least.

Juri tells the girl don't fold here; Juri-sama'll take on carrying the torch for the revenge that Ryuugasaki wants. Yuna asks what she wants to do, and Juri says she wants a fight between leaders. There's no battle going on now against Kamihama, so we got all the time in the world now. Yuna can't believe Juri right now. Ranka finds this absolutely horrible.

Juri: "It's been a while since we had a fight, Nee-san. If Juri-sama wins, the war goes on. If Nee-san wins, we put a stop to the war."

Promised Blood 4

Ranka: "Think about me for a minute here!"

Back at Juri's funhouse, Ranka so can't believe Juri right now, or how all of Ryuugasaki wants to keep the war going. She asks if Juri even knows how she feels right now. Juri says sorry, but she still wants to well-done Nee-san. Ranka storms out and heads to the game center to take her mind off all of this.

In the game center, Ao and her girls are discussing the upcoming bout. Ao thinks they should stick with Onee-sama given what's happened. In order for them to reach the top of Futatsugi they have to side with whoever gives them the best odds right now. Ranka surprises everyone at the meeting by entering. She's only here to play games. Ao asks if she heard anything, but Ranka just asks what, but then mentions she heard something about reaching the top. She's then like "You will? You seriously sayin' that?" and Ao is just "Yup :)" Ao explains she wants the city to be free of exploitation, so she has to take over the city. Ranka is trying to talk her out of that thinking, but Ao is serious.

Ranka telepathically asks one of the nearby girls if she's noticed Ao getting worse lately. The girl tells her that she understood Ao at first, but she's been getting more and more radical as time's gone on. Ranka asks her why is no one saying anything then. She tells Ranka that they have no idea what to do.

Ao asks what's up, and thinks Ranka must want to get to the top with her. She offers to forget about the whole being hurt thing since she was just following the bat's orders, but this time Ranka will have to submit to her. Ranka tells her to hold the heck on; she's acting really scary right now. She's not even sure she wants to go with Ao. She asks her what she's even planning on doing to make all this happen.

Ao reveals that she's going to kill both sisters in the upcoming battle. It should be nice and easy now since she's already killed one person. Ranka thinks to herself that she's totally in a bad position here.

Promised Blood 5

Juri: "Now then, Juri-sama'll take this opportunity to vent some of this pent-up frustration."

Kagome notes that the girls of Ryuugasaki are against joining with the girls of Kamihama, and now Yuna and Juri will be having a one-on-on fight. Going by what Ranka and her companion told her when they visited, Ao's condition is getting worse, and the day of the fight is looking to be trouble.

Within the catacombs, the battle between the oni and trogdor has already begun. Juri tries to well-done Yuna, but Yuna redirects the attack behind Juri. Yuna tells her she's going too hard on winning again, making this another easy win for her. Juri's squad is cheering her on to not give up, yelling that Ryuugasaki should take over if Torayamachi is giving in to Kamihama.

Yuna knows that even if she wins, Juri will still look for excuses to keep fighting her. Without even hearing her, Juri knows that Yuna understands her all too well: if Yuna's taking her enemy away from her, she's going to become the enemy, cause Juri-sama's flames will never die. Yuna tells her that doesn't mean everyone else has to get involved.

Yuna yells to everyone to listen to her again. She once again tries to tell them she is still against Kamihama, the Magius, etc, but peacefully gaining the auto puri sys is the quickest way to them being able to start taking their revenge. Juri keeps on fighting, telling her it's stupid to be trying a speech right now. Yuna shrugs off the attack and continues, telling everyone how through seeing into Tamaki-san's soul, she saw how Mikazuki Villa was formed and united Kamihama in stopping the Magius. Even though no one remembered her sister, even though her friends were taken from her by the Uwasa, and even after finding her sister within Eve, she never once gave up. She's held onto her naive ideal of saving all mahou shoujo, never once swaying from what she believes in. Yuna doesn't know if it's possible, but she saw that Iroha's desires are 100% pure. So then she thought if Iroha is that pure in her wanting to save Kamihama, surely she wants the same for everyone outside the city too. Maybe everyone can be saved and have a better future with her.

Juri keeps on fighting, telling her that's no reason to just stop seeking revenge. Yuna brings up that they also lost friends. She takes a swing at Juri, adding that as a leader who wants all the girls of Futatsugi to be happy, she won't allow any more of her people to die, and won't lower her weapon just because someone she trusts shows up! If Tamaki Iroha betrays her, all of Futatsugi can rampage against Kamihama and execute her as a traitor.

Juri and Yuna go all out against each other. Ao is ready to take them out with a critical hit any time now. Juri and Yuna suddenly feel a magic reaction and stop. Yuna can't believe who it is. Ao is shocked, why now...

Iroha walks into the catacombs. Everyone looking at her pissed off.

Iroha: "O-oh, I'm sorry. I didn't think everyone would be here. Were you perhaps...in the middle of something...?"

Promised Blood 6

Iroha: "Oh...did I maybe come in at a bad time...?"

Juri and Yuna tell Iroha ain't it obvious we're busy here. Iroha says maybe she should just come back later. Hikaru tells her she should at least explain why she came back here without even calling. Iroha is saying it's kind of embarrassing to just say it. Hikaru doesn't get it, and Ao tells her to just hurry up and say it; they're on the pause screen here. Juri says she doesn't need permission to keep going, but she's lost the drive to fight now. Yuna tells Iroha to hurry up and do what she came to do.

Girls start telling Juri this is the perfect chance to bring down Union since Iroha's already in a gravesite. Juri tells them to back off since starting something could bite them later. Plus she doesn't get why Iroha's here in the first place.

Iroha begins giving a speech to the dead, first by introducing herself as the leader of Kamihama Magia Union, Tamaki Iroha. She heard that all previous mahou shoujo of Futatsugi are sleeping here, so she came to greet them. The three leaders are wide-eyed as she says this. Various gang girls can't believe this. Iroha continues, saying she found out that Magius' plan stole witches from Futatsugi, causing a bloody tragedy as girls struggled to survive. She feels overwhelming guilt for all of this even though she had no idea all of this had happened, and understands why Futatsugi seeks revenge so badly. She knows how things look from Futatsugi's point of view, and it's perfectly reasonable to never want to join hands with Kamihama, but even so, if they don't join now, even more tragedy will befall mahou shoujo kind. She is in no position to say this, but she's going to say it anyway: as long as Futatsugi joins together with her, she will take everyone sleeping here with them into the future. A future where all mahou shoujo can be saved and their wishes will come true.

Yuna and various girls are now looking down. Juri and Ao are still looking on in surprise. Iroha continues, saying she wasn't able to speak to them until now, so she wanted to do this the right way. She apologizes to the dead, asking them to forgive her for working alongside them from now on.

Outside, Iroha apologizes to Yuna for walking in unexpectedly like that, and for Yuna walking her out. Yuna asks her one thing: why did she come to greet those sleeping in the catacombs? Iroha says because the mahou shoujo of Futatsugi are already her friends, aren't they? That and she never got to say goodbye to Sakuya-san. She saved Ui and everyone else. Yuna quietly thanks her. Iroha starts to take her leave, and Yuna says she will come visit Kamihama to help their side.

Juri walks up and tells her she's so sincere. Yuan asks if she's ready to continue, but Juri's had enough fighting for now. Iroha visiting the graves influenced the Ryuugasaki girls. They ain't saying anything, but Juri can see it in their eyes. Hikaru comments that Iroha ended up saving them the trouble. Yuna tells her that though Ryuugasaki is fine now, Ao's still very much a problem, since she knew Ao would've killed them had Iroha not come. Hikaru can't believe it, but Juri felt it too. Ranka walks up, saying she needs to talk to them about Ao.

Promised Blood 7

Hikaru: "Eh - no, Yuna-san! Ao-san can't be trying to kill you...!"

Ranka explained Ao to everyone, and how she was invited to join her. They decide to pay Ao a visit to hear it straight from her. Ao of course denies everything, saying that's beyond very hard mode. Yuna and Juri counter that they both felt she was ready to kill them. Ao says she was going to stop the fight. They then bring up her talking about trying to get to the top. Ao again denies it, saying she's "too scared" to try something like that. Ranka then asks her to explain why she invited her then. Ao admits she wants to get to the top to feel safe since no one could stop her then, but she's fine cooperating with everyone and won't do anything crazy.

Yuna assumes this means that eventually Ao is going to try to take her place as leader. Ao says it does. If she feels her two sisters can't protect her anymore, she's going to take the leadership role with her gang.

That night, Hikaru is asking Yuna what she's going to do about Ao. Yuna knew something was strange about Ao; she's gotten too gutsy. Normally Ao would panic if she got caught like that. Juri says that Ao's always been good at lying ever since she tried to kill her before. Yuna guesses this is all because Ao has lost her fear. Juri says the more scared she is, the more cautious she gets. Ranka jokingly asks if they want to go do some killing to break up the doom and gloom. She feels like she's in danger now. Yuna says she will watch Ao for the time being, since there's no hiding that intent she has. Hikaru salutes and offers to help, so Yuna leaves it to her.

While Hikaru keeps an eye on Ao, Yuna is going to head Kamihama to repay Tamaki-san for what she did today. Juri chuckles that their allegiance really does look like it's happening, though she's worried. Between her sickness and Ao going nuts, there's plenty of room to mess this up and screw Futatsugi again. Yuna tells her if she starts blowing up, she'll be her opponent.

Promised Blood 8

Yuna: "Ao is under surveillance, but her head is still going places..."

Hikaru opens the scene of the student council room with a "Yuna-san! Yuna-san! Yuna-san! Yuna-san!" Yuna counters with a "Hikaru, Hikaru, Hikaru, Hikaru." She asks Hikaru if there's another emergency, but Hikaru says nope, just callin ya name cause I wanted to.

Yuna's going to Kamihama today, but before that she's going to go talk to Juri about Ao. She wants to put a nail in this before Ao starts a fight. Hikaru's confident in her ability to watch Ao for any trouble.

Yuna arrives at Juri's hangout, only to find she's missing. The message she sent her hasn't even been read yet. She calls Hikaru to find out what's going on. Hikaru picks up, sounding hurt. Hikaru says things are bad, and then screams in pain. Yuna looks like she's about to snap and screams for her: "Hikaru!? Hikaru!?" Hikaru then that cause she picked up the phone Ao made her eat a super. Yuna is pissed, telling her to not confuse her about game crap; it's bad for her heart.

Hikaru asks what's up. Yuna says she couldn't find Juri, and thought she went off to attack Janomiya. She has to get to Kamihama soon, so she's going to ask around for Juri. Hikaru offers to look too.

On the train, Yuna gets 4 messages. Still no word from Juri. Just where did she run off to? The base, the game center, the boxing gym, riverbed, development zone - she's nowhere to be found. Where the heck else would she be if not the places she likes? Something she left unfinished...? One of the messages said she's not at the catacombs, so there's only one thing left... Did she head to Kamihama alone to continue the war?

She finally finds Juri at the trainyard hangout, figuring she was going to have to fight again, and transforms. She heads up the stairs, finding Juri attempting suicide. She screams to Juri and tackles her to the ground...

Promised Blood 9

Ao: "It's about time to pretend I'm myself, huh~"

Juri asks what the hell Yuna's doing. Yuna yells that Juri was about to kill herself, but Juri tells her to quit joking, she ain't dumb like that. Yuna tells her they're in the kind of relationship where they can just lie like that, are they? Juri goes silent, so Yuna asks her to tell the truth. Juri admits she was about to break her soul gem. It'd be real nice for all of Futatsugi if she wasn't around anymore. She's always been the one to go out fighting and can't control her pent-up power, and now that the battle against Kamihama is over, all she wants to do is kill Yuna. All she's doing is being a road block to Futatsugi and Kamihama joining together.

Yuna says the last time she saw Juri, she had no qualms, so why the sudden change of character? Juri says the strongest of Mikazuki Villa told her it: As long as Juri-sama is around, there will never be peace in the world. As long as there's people out there looking for conflict, there is no peace. Yuna says that's true, but for her to accept it... Juri continues, it used to be fine as long as she had someone to fight, but now there's too many people to call friends now. She's been fine with the survival of the fittest in Futatsugi, but now that her sisters are done with all that, plus enemies turning into allies, she just can't handle that a new era has begun. If Juri-sama's the only one fighting and blowing up, all she's doing is ruining her friends' lives. If this all means Juri-sama isn't needed anymore and Ryuugasaki's heart is lost, then so be it.

Yuna tells her that even though she is a pain in the ass, she's captured the heart of Ryuugasaki, so now is not the time to be dying. If Juri is gone, Futatsugi will plunge into chaos again. If Ao betrays them, then the auto puri sys will be the last of their problems. Juri asks what is the point of her being alive, she's too high a cost to them. And what about Juri-sama's insatiable flame? She can't fight without having a reason to if the time where she can freely go all out is over.

Yuna tells her they at least have to fight together for Ao's sake. It's not just the Kimochi that changed her; it's the history that they've made that's broken her. If she needs a reason to fight, then fight to save Ao. Juri gets it. If they're going to die together, then die saving Ao.

Yuna asks her why she chose this as a place to die? Juri tells her she doesn't want to become a witch, so she picked a place she would be guaranteed to die and break her soul gem. She then asks Yuna ain't it about time. Yuna says yes, but has a concerned look on her face. Juri tells her she ain't dying. If Yuna wants to beat the shit outta her little sis, then Juri'll join her. Yuna then tells her to wait here until she's back. There's somewhere she wants to go before she heads home.

Promised Blood 10

Juri: "What're we doin' comin' to a graveyard, Nee-san?"

Yuna takes Juri to the grave of Midori Ryou. She tells Juri that if Tamaki-san is willing to mourn for the girls of Futatsugi, then as a people who are about to join together, they should show respect in kind. Juri says it's kinda different to just mourn someone out of courtesy. Yuna agrees, saying she doesn't feel like mourning Ryou or Ikumi.

Hinano comes up and asks them then what are they here for? Hinano slaps Yuna, asking if they're going to join forces, then why the hell are they here insulting the dead? Yuna tells her to stop. They're going to join with Union, but she still hates its people. She tells Hinano that she could just kill her right here, you know? Juri tells her to do it. It'll give Juri-sama a reason to live. Yuna stops, saying she's not low enough to fight over a grave, so Hinano tells her to just get out of here.

Yuna quietly tells Hinano that she does want to say one thing: she won't mourn them, but there was still a reason to come here. It wasn't just Iroha who convinced her to come here and join with Union, but the deaths of these two girls as well. Union suffered through the same pain of losing loved ones that they did, and this is proof. So while this may sound wrong, she wanted to give her thanks.

Hinano can't help but ask just what was the point of them fighting and dying if they're just going to join together. "What was the significance of their lives!?" Yuna tells her if they didn't do what they did, there wouldn't be all this chaos. Hinano just gives a if you say so, and says she's not going to forgive them just from a thanks. She tells Yuna if they want to keep the deaths of these two with them, then they have to carry the weight with her. Yuna tells her she can't carry that weight, but she'll support her.

On the train ride back, Juri tells Yuna to not spout off things like supporting. Yuna says they can't be friends, but they can provide a helping hand for a while. Juri hates the idea, since it makes it seem like it's their fault. Yuna drops the subject and says she has one more thing to tell Juri: do not die. Juri closes her eyes and smiles, asking what's with this? She gets it already: her life continues on until Ao is saved.

(Juri's hard af to read sometimes, so don't take anything here as accurate)

Interview Recording

Ooba Juri "It doesn't matter how many times ya ask Juri-sama what kind of future I desire. My temper and my very nature's just gonna stop it in its tracks." "This is gonna sound blunt, but I can't endure all my anger or the fact it's in my nature to just put up with shit until my voltage maxes out and I explode. That's what's gotta change about me." "Yeah it feels real damn good to burn up and beat the shit outta strong people, but ain't the things we do the reason why people like my sister end up the way they do?" "Then that means I gotta stop fighting and face myself. I gotta somehow get a handle on my nature." "So, if there's somethin' Juri-sama desires, it's to take care of my ass first. If that ain't happening, then Juri-sama's either firing all cylinders straight to war or ditchin' this life." "Well, I get to do whatever the hell I want, so it's not like I got any regrets or nothin', but hangin' out with Nee-san, Imouto, and Horse has shown me a new world." "It's been a hell of a fun experience playin' around with all of 'em." "So before any regrets start comin' up, Juri-sama's gonna save her sister and take off before things get too rough."

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