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Mabayu's's proposal to have Mami join them is rejected by Homura. After that, when she tried to erase Mami's memory of her turning into a witch, she saw in Mami a self she didn't know. It was the memory of the crime of recruiting a girl to become a magical girl, and turning her into a witch while fighting alongside Mami. It was Madoka who saved Mabayu from drowning in the fact that she was the only one who had erased her memories. What she saw in her wish was the lost first first loop and a future where everyone would be saved. In the first loop, Mabayu had erased the memories of magical girls from herself and Kyubey in order to move forward towards that saved future. Mabayu, who know remembers everything, erases her memory and challenges Walpurgisnacht in order to save Mami, and takes on the final time loop.

Summary

Day 1

In the time that goes around, the true wish... where is it?

An alarm rings, waking Mabayu Aki. She wakes up, and immediately begins to ponder what Kyubey had said in the final moments of the last time loop. He had said something about her replacing Madoka, but that's impossible...wasn't it?

As she walked to school, Mabayu was still thinking about it. She had never thought of replacing Madoka; she had only wanted to be able to help Homura. There's nothing else she would want to wish for. No, it was better to just not think about the nonsense the little beast had spouted. What she needed to do was focus on the task at hand: how to defeat Walpurgisnacht. If they ever wanted out of this nightmare, they would need a different approach. Her thoughts are interrupted when Mami Tomoe gets her attention then walks up to her to ask about a book she wanted to borrow. Mabayu screams in fright, before quickly telling her it was nothing. Mabayu apologizes for frightening then runs off, leaving a puzzled Mami standing there in confusion.

Inside the class, Mabayu calms herself down. She normally ignored Mami so her existence had completely slipped from her mind. But she was a magical girl, and a veteran one at that who was more than capable of working on her own. It didn't work before when they tried it with Sayaka and Madoka by their sides, but if they were to add Mami and use her future vision then surely they would get different results!

The first thing Homura does after Mabayu presents her idea is to completely reject it. Mabayu can't understand why not, so Homura explains the reason is because she's a veteran. She's likely to take proactive measures of her own in response to the strange events that occur in the town. Even the slightest change in their behavior can shake up the future immensely, which is why she always made it a point to send Mami out to exterminate witches in another city. Mabayu argues that Homura's point only proves her own point about Mami's prowess as a magical girl. Homura grabs Mabayu's sweater and warns her she won't allow Mami into their group so that's the end of this discussion. Mabayu meekly says she understands, but still reminds her if things stay the same as last time, then there's no chance of their winning. Can Walpurgisnacht really be defeated by just the two of them? Homura asks if she's scared but mabayu promises it's not that. She begins to speak and immediately trails off into silence. Homura prompts her after a moment of silence. Mabayu continues to think to herself before suddenly getting an idea. Rather than use Mami, they could add someone else to their team.

Day 5

Homura is knocked to one side as Kyoko Sakura catches up to her, her spear stabbing in all directions. Homura takes several stabs as Kyoko angrily glares her. She tells her she has a lot of guts trying to step in and take her territory from her. Before she can continue, Mabayu (then Homura) says her next words for her: She doesn't know who she is, but she better be prepared for the consequences. Kyoko stops her non-stop flurry of attacks, and Homura takes advantage of the lull to stop time. She moves behind Kyoko, out of range of her attacks, then restarts time. Kyoko is bewildered, particularly when Mabayu takes her next words right out of her mouth before she can even attempt to speak them. Mabayu then predicts Kyoko will ask if she can read her mind, and with a smile on her face she assures her she can't. Homura explains she's able to manipulate time whereas Mabayu can see the future. They introduce themselves, then offer a suggestion.

Kyoko looks around Homura's pendulum room as she takes in all of the information on Walpurgisnacht. Homura continues her explanation, informing her of how they have been resetting time over and over trying to find a way to defeat it. Hence why they sought the help of Kyoko. Kyoko isn't so sure she believes them because it's a story from a different world from here, so whether she believes it or not doesn't really matter. Homura nods in agreement. If things were to go sour, she and Mabayu would simply take off to another world and their connection with Kyoko would be severed. Kyoko doesn't really care if their story is a hoax or not. If Walpurgisnacht really is coming then a fight against her wouldn't be so bad. Plus, they would collect a ton of grief seeds and do whatever they wanted in the interim. She certainly didn't hate the idea so she agrees to call a temporary truce between them.

Day 6

Mabayu directs Kyoko on when to dodge and in what direction as they take on the Cow witch. Kyoko gleefully shouts Olé as the witch barrels past her in a rage. She taunts it before slicing up the witch neatly into pieces. The barrier dissipates, leaving the two magical girls standing before the auto plant. Kyoko can't believe they had been having such an easy time fighting against witches. It was practically cheating! If it's true that Homura can stop time, then she's glad she's on their side because fighting against them would be too much of a losing battle. Mabayu giggles gleefully at first until Kyoko points out they won't be able to defeat Walpurgisnacht at this rate.

Homura and Mabayu approach Kyoko at the arcade where she was playing her favorite dance game Dog Drug Reinforcement. Homura asks what she meant when she spoke with Mabayu earlier. Kyoko shrugs and tells them it's a simple question of firepower. Mabayu's future vision is useful, but the power of her scissors is rather minimal. Homura is in the same boat: her ability to stop time is powerful, but on its own it doesn't do any direct damage. Whereas Kyoko was rather confident in her own firepower, although there's a limit to what one person can do alone. Homura shakes her head; she has no intention of gaining more allies. The more uncertain elements they add, the more their communication will be disrupted. Kyoko already knew that, which is why she had a different suggestion. Homura uses guns and bombs powered by her magic to increase the physical effects of the explosions. Rather than boost their magic power, she should boost her power of physics instead. If she were to freeze time, she could sneak onto military bases and take their tanks or fighter planes at will. Mabayu is a little scared at the idea, but Homura expresses gratitude for her suggestion. It's not that she hadn't thought of it before, it's just that she would have had difficulty settling the matter on her own. It's decided: they'll counter Walpurgisnacht with as much firepower as possible. To do that, they'll need time to transport the military arms and gather the large number of grief seeds necessary. Even then it's not guaranteed they'll win, but at least they'll have a much better chance than they do now. Kyoko thinks this is getting pretty interesting. But first, Homura has a favor to ask of her.

Day 7

Mabayu welcomes some customers into the café. Beside her, a disgruntled Kyoko also utters a welcome to their guests. Almost immediately she begins to berate Mabayu telepathically, demanding to know why she has to dress like this. Mabayu shrugs and reminds her this is a cake shop. Kyoko rolls her eyes. She already knew that, what she wanted to know is why she's working here when she agreed to help them with witch exterminations. Mabayu informs her there won't be any witch sightings today, and besides which she knows that one day in the future she'll ask Kyoko to take care of the shop without her. This only sets off Kyoko, who is ready to tear Mabayu a new one. However, Mabayu is saved when her aunt Sakie Aki calls Kyoko over.

She shows Kyoko the café's newest product, an apricot tart. Sakie offers her one as Kyoko stares at the delectable treats, drool starting to come down the corner of her mouth. Kyoko asks her if she's sure it's ok for her to eat it, but Sakie only smiles sweetly and tells her it was inspired by Kyoko. Kyoko gingerly takes the tart and begins to eat it. Sakie stares intently as she eagerly asks her her opinion. Kyoko breaks out into a broad smile and gives a little whoop of joy as she describes how delicious it is. Sakie couldn't be more pleased to hear it and, since she made so many of them, she tells Kyoko to take the tarts home as a staff meal. Kyoko graciously accepts.

She makes her way back to where Mabayu is standing and watching. She giggles as she accuses Kyoko of being totally spoiled by Sakie. Kyoko insists that would never happen. Mabayu gets serious as she explains how she wants to protect everyone's everyday life. Even if they defeat Walpurgisnacht, there's no point if the town gets destroyed in the process. That's why they try to live normal lives as much as possible, so that everyone else can also live as normal a life as possible. That's why she invited Kyoko to help out here, because defeating Walpurgisnacht and making this cake shop even better are both important things to Mabayu. Kyoko frowns and calls it all a bit creepy. Did she seriously believe she could beat Walpurgisnacht in a single attempt? Just because Homura can stop time doesn't mean she'll be able to easily steal military weapons. Deep down, Kyoko is sure Mabayu is already making plans to abandon this world as well. When Mabayu attempts to protest, Kyoko tells her she would have. So long as Homura doesn't give up, they can start over as many times as they want. If that's the case, wouldn't it be better to just enjoy it as much as possible. It certainly seemed like she was having fun just now. Mabayu looks crushed at Kyoko's words as she continues. Kyoko guesses Mabayu has already adjusted to it, or is it just that she seriously want these days to end.

Day 11

(There are no scenes in the main story for Day 11).

Scene 1 (Kyoko)
Sayaka and Kyoko thank each other in anticipation for their hard work today at the café. Sayaka introduces herself as this is her first day on the job. Now that she's the senior, Kyoko decides to leave it all to Sayaka while she puts her feet up but Sayaka tells her to hold on. She literally just started so she has no idea how to serve customers and was relying on Kyoko to teach her. Kyoko sighs heavily as she complains about the annoyance of the situation. Sayaka begs her senpai once more to teach her but Kyoko tells her to stop calling her that. She herself only started part-timing here earlier this week, but according to Sayaka a senpai is a senpai whether it be by a day or a second. Kyoko calls the whole thing tedious.

Day 14

(There are no scenes in the main story for Day 14).

Scene 2 (Kyoko)
At café Récompense, a customer asks a glum Sayaka for the bill. When Sayaka doesn't respond at first, Mabayu steps in and rings the customer up. Once the customer leaves, Sayaka half-heartedly bids them goodbye. Mabayu thanks her as the girl leaves. It seems Sayaka has now come out of her daze as she thanks the girl as well, although Kyoko wonders aloud why she's bothering. Inwardly, Kyoko recalls that Homura had warned her Sayaka had the potential to contract, and would most likely meet with Kyubey soon. She shakes off the thought and clarifies her earlier statement, asking why Sayaka is bothering with a part-time job. Is it the money that she needs and what will she do once the school finds out? Why else would she be working secretly unless perhaps she was homeless? Sayaka flatly denies this explanation, weakly responding she simply wanted to work there but Kyoko isn't buying it. She thinks if Sayaka needed the money, she could very easily just take it. Kyoko doesn't know what she's gotten herself in to, but it doesn't matter.

Day 15

Mabayu finishes looking into the future. Kyoko was wrong, she wasn't having fun. The fight against Charlotte rages on as she continues her train of thought. She didn't want these days to last forever. She gives out a battle cry as she dashes in and slices at the witch. Kyoko is impressed with how well she can fight but they're soon interrupted as Charlotte takes on its second form.

Kyoko calls out a warning to Mabayu, but Mabayu stands there calmly not moving an inch. She assures Kyoko she's already seen this part of the future play out as she stabs into Charlotte from several direction. Charlotte is immediately destroyed and the barrier dissipates.

Homura appears and they thank each other for their hard work. Kyoko can tell they're used to this as this is the 5th witch they've destroyed this week. Mabayu is already thinking of which witch they should take on next. Kyoko tells her to calm down a bit, but Mabayu is determined to make this their final time loop by defeating Walpurgisnacht once and for all.

Back in Homura's pendulum room, Homura once more congratulates them on a job well done but once more Mabayu is lost in thought as she ponders how they'll defeat Walpurgisnacht. In order to accomplish Homura's scheme, they'll need to collect even more grief seeds than before. Homura tells her to calm down because she's starting to act weird. Mabayu insists there's nothing weird about needing to get out of this loop already. Homura doesn't understand what the hurry is, but Mabayu is tired of making sacrifices like Madoka, Sayaka, Kyoko, and Mami. Homura asks if that includes Nagisa-chan. Mabayu's eyes grow wide. She had been so absorbed in collecting grief seeds that she didn't feel a thing when she callously cut down Nagisa's witch. She cries a little as she remembers Nagisa and the time they spent together. Homura understands what Mabayu is going through because it's the same for her. The long they stay in this span of time, the more detached they become from this world. Little by little, the meaning of everything fades away. She has Madoka as her guidepost, but there are times when that light seems so far away and it feels like her heart is about to break. At times like that, Mabayu had been by her side and supported her when she felt like she was about to fall. She looks at her for a moment, then quietly tells Mabayu it's she doesn't mind if Mabayu refers to her by her first name since they've been together for some time now. Mabayu is taken aback at first, but soon she begins to hold back tears as they threaten to spill down her face. Homura attempts to comfort her, but Mabayu can only give out sporadic sobs. She soon gets up and runs out the door all while yelling out an apology to Homura. Confused, Homura simply stands there staring at the door.

Mabayu had run all the way back home and into her room. She keeps telling herself this isn't good because she has no wish to become Madoka. Besides which she doesn't believe she could ever become one. That settles it, she HAS to end these days soon before she gets any closer to Homura.

Day 16

At café Récompense, Kyoko bids a customer goodbye as a glum Mabayu stands there ignoring her. Kyoko asks her what the matter is since she has such a rotten face on. Mabayu doesn't know what she's talking about, but Kyoko guesses accurately it has something to do with what she said the other day about Mabayu not wanting these days to end. Mabayu tells her it's a little different than that but fails to elaborate. Kyoko gets annoyed at how unclear Mabayu is being. Mabayu suddenly pipes up and asks Kyoko if she wouldn't mind hanging out with her after work so she can show her her magic.

Outside in the light of the setting sun, Kyoko nods in understanding. Mabayu's magic is to turn memories into film and cut them. She asks if it was ok for Mabayu to show her her trump card like that. Mabayu detransforms and explains she wanted them to be on more equal footing. Kyoko doesn't get what she means, so Mabayu tries to elaborate. She asks Kyoko if she isn't scared of having met Mabayu before only for Mabayu to have cut her memories of the encounter. Or how Mabayu might know what Kyoko's next move will be. Kyoko shrugs and tells her it doesn't really matter since she'll still be herself no matter what kind of magic Mabayu may have. If Kyoko gets mad at her, she'll just punch her. If Kyoko is interested, she'll go out with her. If Kyoko feels like it, she'll help her if she's suffering. That's not what Mabayu is worried about so much as the growing distance between them. The more they repeat time, the more incapable they become of forming an equal relationship with others. What was once a pure wish for someone fades away little by little as their relationship changes more and more. Kyoko tells her loops don't matter because wishing for the sake of others was a mistake in the first place. That sort of thing should be avoided at all costs, or at least that's what she thought before she met Homura. If either of them were in her position they would have given up a long time ago, or just done whatever they wanted during the repeating time span. Kyoko believes there must be something important inside her, some sort of destination that enables her to not falter or stop no matter how many times she fails. Something that any fate can't interfere with. Mabayu repeats these last words to herself and begins to giggle gleefully. With a relieved look, Mabayu agrees with Kyoko on that. Homura is the type whose wish won't bend even by a millimeter. There's no way she could change even if Mabayu gets closer to her, so the problem is what she wants to do. She thanks Kyoko, but Kyoko doesn't see what she's done to deserve any thanks. All she did was stand around and say some weird things. Speaking of, Kyoko asks Mabayu what would happen if Sayaka were to contract for someone else's sake, but Mabayu is hesitant to answer.

Day 17

(First Half)

Mabayu waits for the witch to appear as she stands by herself in the alleyway. It's true she admired Homur and was happy to be with her, but if she were to get too close would that mean Homura's feelings for Madoka would change? She can't let that happen! Soon enough, the barrier opens up around her as Anja prepares to swoop down at Mabayu.

Mabayu wastes no time however as she slashes at it with her scissors. The golden blades flash as they slash left and right at the familiar. Mabayu is certain there's no way Homura's feelings for Madoka would ever change. If she's the one who's afraid of getting closer to Homura, then the problem lies with her. She wouldn't worry over nothing, so there must be something she's overlooking. That's what she really needs to find out. She finishes off the Anja and the barrier dissipates. She congratulates herself on defeating it all on her own and figures she must be getting pretty good at it. However, Mami approaches her from the other end of the alley.

Mabayu begins to panic a little. She's sure Mami saw her magical girl form, but more importantly something like this has never happened in the previous time loops. She awkwardly forces a laugh as she asks what Mami is doing here. Mami only looks at her sadly and says her name. Mabayu thinks Mami is acting oddly until she realizes that Mami used her first name when addressing her. Mami suddenly says she can't stand it anymore and asks Mabayu if she'll come with her. Mabayu begins to ask what Tomoe-san means to say, but Mami interrupts her. With a pained look on her face, she asks Mabayu to call her Mami-san the way she used to do. In an instant Homura leaps down between them and stares Mami down. She thought she had promised to stay away from Mabayu. Mami scoffs and tells her she changed her mind because nothing Homura said was credible, nor could anything she had said be true. Mabayu begins to ask Homura what this is but Homura only urges her to run away for now and promises to explain later. Homura freezes time, however Mami nods in understanding at the two. Mabayu looks down to find Mami had tied a ribbon onto her leg when no one was looking. Mami now knows that Homura's magic can stop time for everyone except her and anything that touches her. For whatever reason, Mabayu also shares this property. Homura takes a shot at Mami, but Mami dodges it and immediately returns fire with her own musket. The bullet lands on Homura wounding her. Mami continues the assault and fires round after round at Homura, injuring her at each turn. Mabayu can't understand what's going on. Mami's entire vibe is very different than usual. She begs Mami to stop but Mami's only response is for Mabayu to not believe in Homura's lies. As far as Mami can tell she's being manipulated by Homura to her advantage. As Mami closes in on Homura, she promises to show her all the proof she needs. Mabayu isn't going to let her do that and steps in, snipping Mami's ribbon in the nick of time and freezing Mami in place. Homura suggests they head back to her room to confirm the situation.

Scene 3 (Kyoko)
Sayaka puffs to herself happily as she hears the bell on the café door ring. She greets the customers automatically and offers them a seat. She notices Kyoko staring at her and asks what's up. But Kyoko has no answer, because for once it seems Sayaka's feeling in a pretty good mood. Like she'd dropped the anxiety from a burden. Sayaka says it's because she'd had some high hopes and it's like she'd been blinded by her desires. But even so, she's still herself after all. She thinks it's important to keep yourself grounded, so as long as she's able to help someone then that's enough for her. She blinks as she realizes she's gone off track and maybe this isn't what Kyoko was talking about. Kyoko doesn't get it, but that's ok. People who claim to be doing it for the sake of others are a dime a dozen when most of the time they're just getting off on how good they look to others. Sayaka smiles and calls her words poisonous, but Kyoko doesn't see what's wrong with that. If you're going to go down because of someone else, they just become a burden so it's better to be sincere in your desires and pursue what you truly want. Sayaka laughs; that's just like Kyoko-senpai to say such things, but maybe Kyoko should curb her appetites a bit. Kyoko claims it's not her fault Sakie makes such delicious cakes. She suddenly hears Homura's voice through telepathy, demanding she come to her house right away. Kyoko tries to explain she's in the middle of her shift, but Homura insists there isn't time and urges her on once more.

Back in Homura's pendulum room, Kyoko confirms she was the one who had told her. Because they were old acquaintances, she had found it suspicious that Mami would suddenly surrender her territory since she didn't even know them. It's not like she was forbidden so she naturally tried to find out what was going on. If Homura and Mabayu know Kyoko so well, then what was so wrong with Kyoko trying to look into them. Homura looks at her dead seriously and asks if she also told Mami the truth about magical girls becoming witches. Kyoko simply nods in response. Homura angrily glares at Kyoko before telling Mabayu not to leave this room for awhile. She promises to explain later, but if things continue like this then Mami might become a witch before long. Mabayu offers her future vision but Homura declines. She'll take care of this on her own, then turns and leaves. Mabayu thinks about Mami turning into a witch, then remembers something from before. Kyoko prepares to follow after Homura since she still doesn't trust her. She can't just allow herself to stand by and watch as she does something stupid to Mami. Mabayu transforms and apologizes to Kyoko before immediately staring into her eyes.

Kyoko angrily yells at her for having seen her future without her permission, but Mabayu doesn't respond. Instead she quickly runs out the door as Kyoko yells after her, reminding her Homura had told her to stay put. As Mabayu hurries down the streets, she knows she has no time to waste. According to her vision, she's sure to meet up with Mami before Homura or Kyoko can.

Mabayu soon finds Mami sitting alone at the station. Mami looks up and is glad to see Mabayu came after all, though the saddened expression never leaves her face. Mabayu had seen in her vision where Mami would be. Mami asks Mabayu to come with her and leave this town now that it's under the control of Homura, and she knows everything that will happen next. Mabayu asks Mami what she's afraid of and points at Mami's cloudy soul gem. All of the witches in Mitakihara have already been defeated by Homura, so if Mami were to use her magic in vain then she too will become a witch. She knows Kyoko told her about that, but Mami can't stand to hear any of it. She cries out in tears and fear, she won't become a witch. Before, when Mami had learned the truth behind witches, she couldn't bear with the fact and had killed her friends. If the same thing were to happen again, then no matter how cruel it may seem, Mabayu would erase her memories. She slowly approaches the trembling Mami, repeating once more how afraid she seems at the truth that magical girls become witches. If this is causing her to suffer, then Mabayu will cut her memories. Mami tries to get away from her, warning her she'll see things she shouldn't see. But Mabayu peers into her memories nevertheless

However, she doesn't expect to find glimpses of herself. Herself and Mami as they worked together and Mabayu learned how to fight witches under Mami's tutelage. Meals and conversations, there was so much about her that she didn't know existed.