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Friday, June 8th, 2035.
Mitakihara City, Japan.
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Mitakihara was bustling. It was a relatively new city, only built within the last 40 years.
It was a quickly growing city, that never stopped to take a break.
Paradoxically, it was almost always quite peaceful-- Even during the rare event of a natural disaster, Mitakiharans simply move to the temporary survival shelter, sit there and worry a bit, and when it is over they go on with their lives.
Peaceful, idyllic, elegant. The futuristic utopian city you dream of.
"Utopian" was a lie, by the way. No city is perfect.
Like any other city, it had a dark underbelly.
High suicide rate, the usual gang and Yakuza violence, etc. The usual.
And like any other city, it had its seedy parts.
Sayaka Miki tried not to go to or stay in those parts.
But here she was.
Usually, you went here to buy illicit substances, solicit services from a prostitute, or to 'settle disputes'.
The latter was her reason for coming here.
She was a Magical Girl, and her territory was Mitakihara.
Or so she thought.
Kyouko Sakura was also a Magical Girl, and she also thought that this city was her territory.
She had moved here about a week ago.
Her former territory, Kazamino, had grown boring for her.
Kyouko Sakura did not share. Why should she? Mitakihara, a big city that was understandably rife with witches and grief seeds.
Mami Tomoe was still this kingdom's queen, however.
So her first strike was to the city's newest Magical Girl, Sayaka Miki.
They had had altercations in the couple of days before, but they finally decided to settle things. It would end here. One of them would end too.
The sounds of Sayaka's swords and Kyouko's spear clashing filled the air.
Clank, clank.
Sayaka lunged at Kyouko.
Rattle, rattle, clank.
Kyouko blocked it with her spear.
Clank, clank, clank.
Every moment felt like hours and nanoseconds at the same time.
Rattle, squelch, thud..
Kyouko managed to impale Sayaka in the belly, missing her Soul Gem.
Screech.
Yet, the blue knight Sayaka got up, using her healing powers.
"What the hell?! Shoulda put you in the damn hospital for a year, even if you are a Magical Girl!" Kyouko yelled back, shaking her head in confusion.
Sayaka simply chuckled in reply. She didn't want to show weakness. Not now.
"Fuck you.." Sayaka muttered both to herself and her opponent in front of her in a gritty, quiet tone.
Sayaka screamed a war cry as she charged at the other girl, full of pure determination and rage.
Clank, swish, clank, clack.
They kept fighting.
Kyouko lunged at Sayaka once again.
Rattle, rattle, clink.
This time over, she did not miss.
Shatter. Minuscule blue shards dispersed into the air, disintegrating into nothing.
"Game Over!" was the last thing Sayaka heard.
A blue flash, and Sayaka was back in her normal clothing.
Her lifeless body slumped to the floor.
Kyouko's work here was done.
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Saturday, June 9th, 2035.
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The Shizuki household was peaceful as always.
Hitomi Shizuki was doing her morning routine. Clean herself, get dressed, make breakfast.
Masayoshi Shizuki, her father was already off to work.
His wife and Hitomi's stepmother, Hana was watching the morning news on the family TV.
Hitomi's biological mother died in her childbirth, and her father remarried a few years later.
Hitomi, however was preparing her food in the kitchen, and Anko's food.
Anko was the fat little bearded dragon currently clinging to Hitomi's shirt, just above her breast and Hitomi's "pretty little princess".
Hitomi heard the news reporter babbling in the living room and sighed.
She put the food down on the counter and walked through the hallway to the living room.
Hana was in her wheelchair, watching the news.
Hitomi said "Mama.. I've told you not to watch the news. They only talk about bad stuff and it gets your blood pressure up.."
Hana replied back, her shaky hand pointing to the TV. "Hitomi-chan, I think you should see this..."
Hitomi knew that Hana was worried, but she was apprehensive as Hana was a bit addicted to the TV and used this excuse somewhat often.
"--A shocking accident, possibly even murder. A student of Mitakihara Middle School, 14 year old Sayaka Miki was found dead very early this morning, in the east of the city. cause of death unknown as of now, but likely a murder or suicide.
Hitomi froze. Sayaka. No. NO.
This could not be real. Her childhood friend, possibly murdered.
Everything went white. She felt dizzy. This didn't feel real.
It felt like a bad dream, it all felt so derealizing.
The green-haired girl just broke down, and holding Anko close to her chest, she ran back to her room, sobbing.
Hana raised her voice. "Hitomi-cha-!..." She sighed, barely holding back tears.