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Yumi normally didn't trouble herself with the affairs of other magical girls. She didn’t want to get involved in any interpersonal fights or risk giving up her identity as an idol to someone who might spread it around. The only exception, the only others she would talk to, were magical girls who were also idols… and recent events had even started to sour her on that idea.
But the other day, she had seen something she couldn’t ignore- a girl who looked a lot like Risa Sasaki stalking around in an abandoned, witch-prone area. Risa was another top-tier idol, often considered Yumi’s rival. Yumi found it hard to believe that she could have also become a magical girl. Why would she? She already had everything at this point- what could she have possibly even wished for? It felt more likely that the person she saw was just someone who looked a lot like Risa by coincidence.
Still, Yumi felt like she had to make sure, because if Risa really had just become a magical girl, she felt like she had to help her. They weren’t friends, but… Yumi was something of a veteran magical girl by now, if only because everyone else died so fast. And Risa was really the only other idol of her stature. She felt obligated to help.
She knew she could ask Kyubey about it, but she preferred to avoid him as much as possible. So instead, she figured she would just try to find her again herself. That would mean seeking out other magical girls instead of fleeing from them, which made her nervous. She would just have to trust that her witch-hunting disguise and the mask on her magical girl outfit would be enough to keep her from being recognized.
So even though she didn’t really have to go out hunting again, she went out that night anyway and stalked around the dark corners of the city for a while. The first magic she sensed was from a random girl she didn’t recognize, so Yumi slipped away from her unnoticed. However, the second magical girl she found was one of the only other magical girl idols in town- a girl named Junko, about to enter a labyrinth. Yumi actually hadn’t spoken to her before. She had just contracted recently, and Yumi had been planning to find her and have a talk with her about magical girl business. But then everything had happened with Mariko and Masami, and all that had made Yumi reconsider getting involved with any more magical girl idols. But now, with this strange girl who looked like Risa running around, Yumi figured she should finally introduce herself. Maybe she would know something about who she was looking for.