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Yusa Yumeno vs Charlotte: A Madoka Magica Story

Grab your cheese plate, get some cake, and come over to the couch, this side story gets dark. Yu recruits a young psychic, Tesumo, to help her find the Witch Charlotte. Yu longs for her friend Nagisa Momoe and hopes Tesumo can transform Charlotte back to Nagisa.

Part One: Step Inside me

There, on the wall, I see a crack forming, the door should open soon. Yu stood outside the old foundry, her gaze intent on the black crack forming, enveloping its space as though ravenous.

The teen beside her looked up at the old building, wondering "why here" until she saw the ghosts, they clocked out for the day, a pantomime of their time alive, working until they lost connection with their soul. Is this what happens to adults she said out loud, Tesumos voice breaking the eerie silence causing her to jump slightly. "did Yu notice" she thought, "she barely puts up with me as it is, if it were not for my ability to see and talk to the dead, she likely would never speak to me, maybe even kill me? She has this coldness about her, detached from people and feelings. Would she a child, i'm just 12, with her you cant tell". At that moment, the door appeared, it was speckles of black with white light behind it, it looked like, sickness Tesumo thought, no pattern or sense about it...but a vibe, yes, that's it, it has a pattern, emotions! Yu turned stiffly, looked at Tesumo "do your job well" and stepped inside. This was not Tesumos first rodeo with Yu, but it could be her last. Once I find my mother, I can go on my way and try leave this psychopath, it would be far healthier for me. Yu is a psychopath she has slowly grown to love, maybe it was her mothers traits she saw in Yu, and both having a distant mother whose emotions were drowned by either pills, drugs and abuse. Am I...she had a frightening thought, am I like Yu, I mean, will I become her? Finding her mother was a cross she carried daily, hoping to get some resolution to their shattered past. Tesumo took a deep breath and stepped inside.

Part Two: Murderous Urges

As I stepped through, I took a moment to let my eyes adjust. Yu stood ahead of me by several feet, a long hallway lay ahead of us ending at another door. The place was thick with memories, I can see ghosts trying to fit their way through the cracks in the foundation and walls. They are always attracted to me, hopeful that I will find a way for them to get home. All I provide is a prison, they get sucked into me, trapped until I find a use for them. And when I use them, it is a final death always worse than the first one, finality. Their hope makes me sad as I walk by, collecting them in turn.

Yu turns stiffly towards me, "are you prepared". Ugghh, sometimes Yu creeps me out, she is the only person I know who can look at you but not see you, her gaze passes through me like I am nothing, insignificant, just like my mother looked at me. I wish she would notice me for once, like I see her.

"I am ready". Yu stands waiting for me to do my job. I always choose Ronin, today I am feeling creative, mercenaries from the Congo I think, 1961, nasty as they come. I pull strands from my body, waving my arms like a maestro at a orchestra. A symphony emerges from me, soldier ghosts from a forgotten time form in the hallway, 20 of them. Relics of a decade ive only seen in books. Each one wears a grimace, and I feel their thoughts, revenge, murder, mayhem, these were the worst of the worst, Mad Mike's soldiers, "not choir boys" he was famous for saying. I pull back the tendrils of each, like leashes, keeping them in check, their time will come. I reign in their murderous urges.

Yu looks satisfied and turns to continue down the hallway. As she moves, I smell something, cheese, cheese cake, this is not good. "yu" I yell, "Momoe...I mean, charlotte is here too"!!

Part Three: Kyubey Is Broken

The incubators have been searching for this Kyubey for a long time. It was an experiment tried and failed on other worlds, harness the emotions of the unstable. The incubators saw world after world collapse using new timeline tech. Each world an experiment and each one a failure. Finding no benefits to their race, they abandoned this thread of action. The incubators created for this were re purposed but some became unstable themselves and subsequentially killed off. One escaped the tribunals and execution, using the forbidden tech, made its way to this rich new world filled with Humans. Kyubey sequestered themselves deep in a time line where they could play and experiment without meddling from their race. This is where Kyubey found Yusa Yumeno & Tesumo Kabayama, two girls intrinsically broken. What would happen if they became magical girls, what powers would they have and how would they use them. What kind of witches would they become and how powerful....or would they even become witches. Yu, so emotionless, a psychopathy developed from emotional neglect and Tesumo, self aware for one so young, but slowly being consumed by her doubts, self worth and desire for reconciliation. What a fine pair these two made, kyubey thought. The budding architect of death, the seeds of destruction started with these two, and this grand play for Kyubey to toy with. Kittens do love their threads.

Part Four: I Hate yu

Yu stiffens, and smells the air, turns to look at me for authentication of what I just said. I nod and point to the door at the end of the hall. The image has changed from cog wheels and fuzzy black spots to colorful bows and candy. Yu, motions, "lead, and have your minions check for traps". Something is not right here. I walk past Yu and hear her moan, I turn to look, a ghostly form is pulled out of her, a child with long hair and sad eyes. My tendrils reach out and grab her. My eyes catch Yu's for a moment, she stares at me, with emotion, there is a sadness and pleading in her look, Yu has gone from teen going on forty to teen regressing to child in seconds. "she needs me!" My heart feels like it is being pulled out of my chest, this is the Yu I have been looking for. Anyone who is close to a narcissist desires validation & feelings reciprocated. No sooner than I feel tears well up in my eyes, Yu's demeaner changes suddenly. "no" she yells, you cant have it and the child is pulled back into her, tearing the tendrils off my body. I fall to my knees, in physical pain but also emotional. I am attracted to Yu as anyone with low self esteem is, longing for attention, recognition, love. And I find it, if for a second, and I know that I can help her. A part of me also knows this love is futile, leave while you can, but I cant, I wont. "Get up" Yu says, coldly, "try that again and I will eviscerate you". "Ya know", I think for a second, "if that is all I can get from you, I will take it". At this moment I am aware I am not well. Slowly I stand, and turn, all my ghosts are looking at me, as though they can read everything going on, like children, they stare unsure what to do or how to help, a brief moment of humanity fills them. "What are you staring at" I yell, coldly, like my mom to me. This cycle does not end does it.

Part Five: Cut you to ribbons

Tesumo's soldiers move the final few feet to the next door, a void appears beneath them, something whirls and spins as they glide over it. Tesumo leans forward to see what the trap is, inside are dark cog wheels rotating inwards, meant to catch your foot or a piece of clothing and pull you in. Yuu speaks from further back, "What do you see"? "I see bits of ribbon, pieces of torn clothes and something glowing further down. Tesumo steps a bit closer, leaning further down, making sure nothing will catch on the gears, "I see, body parts and... a soul gem?....Oh Shit" she yells and pulls back quickly, stumbling backwards, almost falling into Yuu. It is too late, the spirit from the soul Gem rises out of the void and shoots into Tesumos body. Tesumo curses and stamps her feet, bent over in a rage, "Noooo" she screams. Yu, steps back slightly, not sure how to process what is happening. Her stoicism fades ever so slightly as Yuu makes a motion to reach out. Tesumo Suddenly stands upright, long dark hair falling over her face, breathing deeply, in a rage Yu has never seen before, Body trembling "Fuuuuuck" she yells. Yu decidedly steps back, her moment of concern gone, scared away by the amount of compassion needed for Tesumo....compassion gone after Nagisa left, that was the last of her humanity, but this moment surprised her. Something stirred she had not felt in while. Was Tesumo growing on her?

Tesumo spun around quickly to face yu, wiping the hair from her face "who the hell did I just suck into me"? Yu shrugs, really not sure what to say or do, frozen from lack of emotion or frozen from fear of emotion. Either way, a shrug was all she could summon.

Tesumo, yelled at no one and nothing in particular, just rage at the cosmos. "That trap was for us, the Magical girl who set it off first was a part of a bigger plan. They knew we were coming and waiting for us, they knew what would happen when I stepped near the void". "open that" she points to the end of the Hall, her soldiers hovering patiently, waiting for what lies behind the next door. Yu lifts up slowly in the air and floats the final feet of the hallway, over the void, stepping down on the other side of it. She opens the portal and steps through.

Part Six: I love when a plan comes together

Kyubey watched the two girls enter as he timed his walk to stay in the shadow of a slowly spiraling staircase, one that rose into nothingness. Around him, a pantomime of chaos played out, the walls slowly flashing with different shades of white and blue, images flickering on and off. A large television floats in the room and flanking it, stood Charlotte and Tesummos mother. That darkness is here too, it fills part of the room, and sticks to you, obscures your vision and threatens to pull you into it. Kyubey ignores its pull, intent on watching the girls. Yu, stoic as ever, a fine test subject. But this other one, Tesummo, her demeaner has changed, a rage courses through her, she is the one I want. Kyubey smiles and steps out from the spiraling shadow.

Yu enters the room and stops suddenly, moves her hand behind her in a halt motion for Tesumo.

Tesumo enters w/ her cadre of death. She takes in the room, but not just w/ her eyes, she feels the room, and there it is, before she can witness the chaos painted on the walls, something familiar. Pain, the slap on a face, admonishment, hours locked in her room, a broken doll, a dirty needle caught in her foot, loneliness. Her eyes adjust, fighting away the waves of sensation, and there she is, mom. Tesumo is surprised by the sudden rage that fills her, something she has tried to keep in check for years, the temptation to unleash the soldiers struggles against the part of her heart that grows smaller each day, compassion, love, hope. She musters what little remains inside that red corpsicle and pulls the tendrils tight. She knows the plan.

Yu stands facing Nagisa, beautiful as she remembers. What ever ice has formed in her heart, begins melt as memories surface and w/ that, emotions. Yu stops herself, checks those feelings, she has a plan to follow.

Kyubey steps into the light "Don't worry, its not them you know". His tail rubs up against Nagisa, she begins to twirl. Just cardboard and paint hanging from a string". "They are watching you, teasing you, luring you both". This is their sign post, alerting to the danger that waits. Tesumo, Yusa is going to die. I know what your feelings are for her, you can save her, with just one wish. Yusa turns and glares at Tesummo, then looks at Keybey, "we have a plan and do not need you". Tesumo looks at Yu's back, slightly hurt by that stare. She thinks to herself, "I have a plan".

Kyubey walks closer to Tesumo, stepping in between her feet, brushing up against her calves. "You have great power with in you. Your innate skills are fantastic and rare on this world, but its not enough to stop one witch, let alone two. Yuso has no chance, make your wish Tesummo, you know its the only way to win this battle. With your skills, you will be even more powerful than your mother.

Tesummo rests her hands on her thighs, leans down and stares at Kyubey, get lost you little freak, I wont let you do to me what you did to my mother, you have done enough harm.

Kyubey smiles, "no my dear, it is you who will do the most harm"

Part 7: Don't Let The Shadows Weigh Yu Down

Tesumo and Yu fought their way past the area w/ the warning sign, where she confronted Kyubey earlier. Familiars came at them from every direction as they progressed further into the labyrinth. They took advantage of this brief reprieve to take stock of their situation. Yu gave Tesumo a quick look up and down. Nothing other than ripped clothes, some cuts and a black eye I cant see out of Tesumo thought. Yu's glance had a smidgen of care in it. Was that look for me, or for the plan she has for me. Either way, she wants me around, and that is enough. As Tesumo reflects, she notices her rage has not dissipated. It seems to be eating at her feelings, even the feelings she has for Yu. It is like a darkness has overcome her, obscuring her vision. Maybe it wore the rose tint off the glasses she wore for Yu. Tesumo laughs out loud, slightly startling herself again. Yu, uncharacteristically responds, "I know you are laughing through the pain. We will get that eye looked at soon enough. Are you able to make it?" Tesumo feels weak in the knee suddenly, does she care...about me? That darkness pushed aside briefly as her heart makes one last desperate grasp at hope. "I will be, I will have enough eyes soon enough, and makes that motion w/ her hands when she conjures ghosts from with in her. Yu steps over and looks at her eye. She gently touches Tesumos growing bruise and asks "is it true...what Kyubey said?" Tesumo, lowers her eyes slightly, a little uncomfortable with the eye contact, but welcomes it non the less as she looks back up, she nods, "its true". Yu, steps back, I know the feeling, hope, pain, it's something that will not go away. I dont know what else to say other than, I will hurt and disappoint you. I am not made for love, but here I am, looking for it. I just want it to end, this one last feeling. If I cant save Nagissa, dont try and save me. There wont be anything left inside, I wont let myself feel for another person again. You see hope when you look at me, and when I look into your eyes, I feel its pull, the little girl locked up inside, she especially feels it. She is the one that feels, the one that wants to be free. But all I feel is her pain. She was hurt so young. Teased and bullied, nothing to come home to but a cold calculating abusive mother and the next day, more loneliness in the playground. I killed her, you know, and you threaten to release her w/ your eyes and proximity. I, I wont let you, I wont be hurt again, I am sorry she says, as a single tear runs down her cheek. Yu winds her right hand back...and this plays out in slow motion for Tesumo, she can see it coming, but not able to react. Deep down, she expects it, maybe a part of her feels she deserves it, but that final sting of Yu's slap on her face, was the totality of Tesumos heart, forever broken and all hope lost.

Kuybey smiles from the shadows.

Part Eight: Eviscerated

I cant keep this up Tesumo thinks to herself, her back in a corner as ghosts defend from an onslaught of terror, a twisted puppet worm angles its way from above, trying to bite at her and from the front, her mothers tall shadowy form shooting out waves of spackled darkness with sharpened cog wheels intent on killing Tesumo. Her Ghosts fight admirably, blocking every attack but it wont be enough. She can barely pull the ghosts out of her fast enough, as of now, there is no thought to what she conjures, mostly her army is long dead factory workers. Each one twisted and burnt, she can almost smell their burnt flesh as they emerge from her. Several Ronin hold off the monstrosity that was once Nagisa, using their long naginatas to keep it at bay.

She steals a glance to corner of the room, under the memorial plaque lies Yusa, her body twisted in ways it should not be, but her eyes are open, looking back at Tesumo. Kyubey calls out from the other side of the room, "Do it now Tesumo, make your wish!" "That bastard" she thinks to herself, then says aloud "I'm ready to make my wish." Knowing fully well that her timing and concentration could end this battle faster than she would like, Tesumo waves her arms in the air w/ greater intention this time, as though leading an orchestra. She conjures up something from her childhood, forgotten till now, a drug den and the first 5 ghosts she sucked into her. She gives them their final command, "feed your addiction!" Thin specters emerge, she feels their hunger, as they fly towards Kyubey. He tries to run but their long bony fingers reach him first and dig into his flesh, eviscerating him in the spot. Kyubey appears again further in the room, they take chase, Tesumo smiles.

Part 9: Avus Horologium

She brings her attention back to the battle, as feared, the ghosts are thinning out.

Her attention is drawn for a moment, time seems to stop as she looks at the darkness that permeates this place. Her gaze slips thru the fuzziness and sees the patterns again, they take shape, into.... feelings?

Then, the deadly cogs in the air turning and fitting into place, creating something, light begins to emerge, then, perceptions of A hug, warmth, love? Images appear, her mothers memories, an older man, is this her mothers grandfather? A story unfolds....Haruto was his name, he repaired old watches, restored them, cleaned up the glass and made them functional again.

Ahh, the warmth and hugs, I see it now, Haruto loved my mom, he was her only family. After the abuse and fire, he took her in and gave love her parents could not. His son, her father, an alcoholic, the mother, a victim of abuse . They died in a fire one winter, only her mother was saved, she was 8. Flesh and emotions scarred from the flames, and taken in by her grandfather, he felt such terrible guilt when he found out the pain she had been through. He was not a great father himself, leaving to Korea at a young age, abandoning his boys and wife. He returned too late to establish any bonds w/ his sons and be a proper father to them. If he could save one person from his mistakes, it will be his grand daughter, Aoi.

But he was older and time had other plans for him. His own watch soon gave out, it stopped ticking one day and she was alone again. Aoi was taken in by family services, but too old for most parents wanting to adopt, and flesh too scarred to be beautiful. As a teen, She found solace in drink, drugs and boys. Not long after, she gave birth to Tesumo. Another child with no father to speak of.

This is when Kyubey found her. Attracted to Tesumo and her gifts, but knowing she was too young to be a magical girl, so taking Aoi instead would be a great catalyst.

"I wonder how this will play out" he thought.

Part Ten: Love Dispels Her Fear

Yu scans her body quickly, its broken in so many ways, and the pain is far too great, unlike anything she has ever felt. This battle is over for her. Yu turns her head and watches Tesumo, she is so brave, drawing attention from her broken body, risking everything.

Yu looks up at this strange form that was Nagisa. She sees now the futility in chasing Nagisa, it was not actually for her, but the idea of her. Not for love, but the idea that someone could be a friend, to me, and accept me. I thought I was chasing love. And Tesumo, my hate for her, its a mask, covering up my insecurity. She is someone, despite all the evil in this world, still finds hope and worse still, finds hope in others, like me. No wonder I despised her, she pulls at the strings of emotion in me, I deftly try to hide that part of me but there it is, or, here she is now...threatening to emerge, a little girl ive kept from the horrors of the world. I've no strength left, my ego torn asunder, a crack forms on my hardened heart and love from w/ in finds its way out. Tears well up in Yu's eyes. At this moment Kyubey darts past, being chased by several emaciated ghosts, they grab at him and tear him apart and then continue their chase, Yu smiles through her tears.

Tesumo's vision ends, she looks at the thinning army in front of her and steps forward, into the spackled darkness she fought so hard against, past the deadly cog wheels, and weaves through her thinning army. Edging closer to her mom.

Aoi amps up her attack, sending waves of thick blackness towards Tesumo, she continued to walk, unabated. Cog wheels flew at her, and through her. Tesumo reached out her arms out, feeling the air for a hug, as though inviting someone in from across the room. She stepped assuredly now, past her ghosts looking into the shadowy face,

"I see you mom".

I still have hope inside, for her, Yu, myself. This place was a trap, the darkness messing with our emotions, bringing out all our pain, fear and insecurities, we played right into your plan. Tesumo reaches out and pulls Aoi's shadowy form into her, hugging her mom and says through tears

"I love you".

This pulls the soul out of the grief seed and into her.

Charlotte still hovers above Tesumo, finally, she found her opening. She was about to snack on the most delicious cheesecake ever, a teen girls head. Charlotte lunges downwards, mouth gaping open, and then, disappears, also the labyrinth and Tesumo is standing in the old burnt factory w/ her arms outstretched, holding nothing.

At this moment, the color in the room changes, a pink hue fills the space. The thick inky blackness fades, the deadly cogs change form, and assemble themselves into clock pieces and fall to the floor.

Part Eleven: Lean Into Me

She turns to look at her surroundings and sees a healed Yusa sitting up in a Pink Angels arms? "Oh, That's where this hue is coming from." She turns to get a better look.

The Angel is speaking to Yusa and Yu is nodding, smiling. The Angel rises, turns to look across the room. Tesumo nervously looks away, then back at her. She is stunning, but its not beauty, its just that she is radiating so much love. I literally do not know what to do with my eyes she thinks, and nervously laughs. Tesumo says out loud, startling herself, "you are coming over...here?" The Angel in Pink beams a smile back and glides over. Tesumo is not sure how to process all this new information, she can barely understand what just happened a minute ago. The angel comes in close and holds her arms out, resting them on Tesumo's shoulders. "I felt you, through the centuries, through different worlds, I felt your love.

Tesumo asks in a shaky voice, "did you defeat, Aoi, I mean, my mom?"

"No Silly, you did!, I stopped Charlotte but you, your love defeated a witch. You have too much hope in others, despite adversity and pain, you still choose to love and see the good in people. Your mother and her parents did not have that resilience. But you do, this place, your mom, tried to hide that from you, and she almost won. but in the end, you won. Ive never seen someone like you before, a non magical girl defeat a witch, w/ love. We magical girls battle ourselves and the witches we become. It's the burden we carry. No one has ever done what you have done. But dont worry, it's all over, the cycle has ended. There will be no more witches. You are liberated Tess! Tesumo smiled, that's a name she has not heard since she was little, he mother, in better times called her that. The angel continued, "now you take that massive heart of yours and find your friends, they need you. People will want the kind of love you have to give, Agape love. You have a friend over there to start with, she needs some healing and I think you are the one to do it." Madoka pulls Tess into her, giving her a long hug. Then she pulls herself back a little, looking into her eyes, dont be shy anymore. There is light in those eyes, fill others w/ it....now go see your friend. At this moment, Madoka's visage slowly fades and the pink hue leaves the room. All that remains is the large factory floor, a neglected plaque and Yusa leaning up against the wall.

Tess runs over to Yusa, kneeling beside her. She looks into her eyes, it's Yusas turn to feel a little awkward, looking away, then back at Tess who promptly hugs her. Yusa struggles against being held but Tess does not let go. Eventually pleading, "please no". Tess strokes her hair rocking her body, whispering in her ear. "Why dont we do this together, you let go and I will." Yu's will weakened, a little girl emerges from her body, a ghost, a memory, her spirit, whatever it is or was, it comes out and takes form over Yu's body, settling back into her. Yu begins to cry, but these tears are different, the first happy ones in years. Tess lets go, repositions so she is sitting next to Yusa. She begins to hum a nursery rhyme, stroking Yusas hair.

Yusa turns to look at her, "I saw your battle, not only with your mother but with yourself. You were very brave, far braver than I could ever be. This was not a fight against witches, but a battle against ourselves. I think thats the way it was for all Magical girls. But the cycle is broken now?"

Tess smiles, "yes, the cycle is broken, we get a fresh start" and reaches her arm around Yusa again.

Yusa resists slightly, "you are not letting go are you"

"Nope" she answers back "I chose you and you are stuck with me, I am your forever friend".

Yusa groans....but secretly smiles and leans into her friend.

-Puer Aeternus

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