Judgment

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Author Notes:

Not much to say here, just hope my interpretation of Kyouko is in character and can be likable :)

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Chapter 4 – Daredevil.

The street was mostly empty, cars driving from time to time and illuminating the figures of the Puella Magi; a redhead standing over without a care in the world, resting her hands above her head as she stared at a blue haired girl that didn't seem to stand from the ground where she stood anytime now.

"Are you going to stand or what? Idiot?" said the redhead after a minute or so of staring at the blue haired Puella Magi. 'Time sure hasn't been kind with her' thought the redhead while staring at the steel gray eyes of her once in a long time friend and the strands of white hair that she sported along with the emptiness that the bluenette seemed to irradiate, a look of age and worn in her features as she stared at the redhead. Suddenly those features took on a look of scorn and…was it anger? Sayaka opened her mouth to reply.

"Why did you interrupt my battle? I could handle it!" said Sayaka indignant as she stood up from the ground and dusted her long and tattered cape as she stared at the redhead. 'I won't be treated as weak, not anymore'

"Sure you do, you had everything under control!" replied the redhead sarcastically with a hint of anger in her voice that made Sayaka stagger a little bit; there was something feral in Kyouko that made Sayaka nervous. Yeah when they were friends she had been obnoxious and loud, but this was different, more primal and Sayaka would have to be crazy to ignore it.

"Yeah I did, and why are you here anyway?" said Sayaka now more curious than angry about the sudden appearance of the redhead. They had ended in bad terms after all. 'Don't trust her, for all you know she might be here to take revenge or kill you' whispered the malicious voice in Sayaka's head, making her nervous. 'It might be true, but then…it would have been easier to leave me to die at the barrier…and besides, she also cleaned my Soul Gem…' was Sayaka's reply to Oktavia's statement, although she nonetheless prepared to summon a sword if it became necessary.

"I…was just passing by…" replied Kyouko facing away from Sayaka for once. And maybe it if hadn't been so dark, Sayaka would have been able to see the tinge of red in Kyouko's cheeks as she stated her lie.

"Right…" said Sayaka deciding to let it go for the moment. The pair fell into an abrupt silence, unable to decide what to do. 'Should I go home or…' the bluenette wondered while staring at the redhead, it was the most obvious step as it would be morning soon and she had work to do…but still…she hated debts and Kyouko had just saved her life… meanwhile Kyouko was also fidgeting from one foot to another as she gave discrete stares at Sayaka.

Their train of thought was interrupted when a loud grumble coming from the redhead caught their attention.

Sayaka wanted to face palm while the redhead only laughed loudly.

"What do we have for dinner?" Kyouko asked Sayaka eagerly.

"What do you mean "dinner"?" said Sayaka narrowing her eyes at the redhead's question, 'I won't feed her, just because she saved me doesn't mean we have to hang out…' thought Sayaka while feeling a pang of guilt and…something else she couldn't understand in her chest.

"Well, dinner, for I just saved your life" Kyouko answered emphasizing the I while staring at Sayaka's eyes without flinching. "That's the least you owe me. Besides, your Gem just there cost me four Grief Seeds!" she said more indignantly while showing Sayaka four black rounded objects that she held between her fingers to make a point.

There was no way to argue with that and against her better judgment Sayaka relented; she might be psychotic but she wasn't unfair, it was the point of being the judge after all. 'Right…why don't you just kill her and go home?' whispered the voice in her ear, but Sayaka ignored it.

"Besides its pretty late to be walking in the street, want a ride?" said Kyouko while motioning to a motorcycle parked at one side of the street. It was a beast of a machine with a long and sleek black frame that made Sayaka think of Kyouko's spear.

"I call it 'The Beast'" said Kyouko with pride.

Sayaka's eyes widened like saucers, 'didn't expect that' she admited as she stared at the vehicle. "You got a motorcycle?!" said Sayaka impressed about this unexpected development. 'Just how much have I missed?!' she wondered as she approached Kyouko.

"Of course I do, dumbass, or do you think I came here walking?" replied the redhead as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. And maybe it was for Asunaro was two cities away from Mitakihara and three from Kasamino being in the opposite side of it. Sayaka judged it would have taken Kyouko several days of driving non-stop to arrive which made her wonder why would she come this far on her own. 'Maybe she's not alone…maybe the rest are here, preparing to hunt you down like an animal…'

Kyouko got herself over the motorcycle and patted the backside for Sayaka to get there. "You commin' or what?" asked Kyouko as the bluenette stood there lost in thought, but it was enough to return Sayaka to reality. The bluenette rolled her eyes and hopped on the vehicle.

"Now hang on and don't let go" said the redhead as Sayaka started looking around for a hand hold.

"Where is the hand hold?" asked Sayaka.

"The what?" asked the redhead confused as she started the machine and the engines roared to life and startling Sayaka. Suddenly she wasn't so sure about wanting a ride in The Beast.

"The handholds, and where's your helmet by the way?" Sayaka repeated nervously, already knowing what to expect.

"Don't be stupid, get a hold of me or what…afraid of liking it?" said the redhead with a grin in her face and wriggling her eyebrows suggestively.

"Idiot! How am I…aaaah!" Sayaka was unable to finish her sentence as the noise of the engines drowned her voice and she found herself embracing Kyouko for dear life as the motorcycle drove across the street at top speed.

"Slow down! Slow down!" screamed Sayaka at the top of her lungs to be heard by the redhead, still unwilling to let her hold on Kyouko go, afraid she would fall off the motorcycle if she did. A matt of hair falling in her face as Kyouko's long, silky and red hair blew in her face due to the powerful winds surrounding them.

"What? I can't hear you!" the bluenette could hear the tone of mock guilt and she could almost picture the huge toothy grin the redhead must sported at the moment.

After several minutes of driving, Sayaka started getting accustomed to the wind blowing in her face and the feeling of excitement as they drove at top speed across the road. 'Well, I can get used to this, maybe I should consider saving to buy a…' her thought was left unfinished as she stared directly at the headlights of a car that drove at top speed towards them. She hadn't noticed but the redhead had just entered a one direction road and now drove against the cars that did their best to avoid crashing into the red phantom that crossed them. Sayaka screamed at the top of her lungs and grabbed Kyouko with more strength while the redhead shouted in joy as she closed on the cars and dodged them at the last minute, almost getting into contact with them. The claxons honked as she drove by but the redhead only laughed and gave them the finger with one hand as she drove past them.

"Idiot! Eyes on the road! Eyes on the road!" said Sayaka as the redhead kept driving.

"Yeah yeah…" said Kyouko with apparent boredom in her voice "Oh by the way, where's do you live?" she asked after suddenly noticing she had no idea in which direction Sayaka's home was located.

"It's on the opposite road, 23 blocks to the west towards the Kinomoto street" shouted the bluenette trying to make herself heard amongst the roaring engine. "You can take this road to…aaah!" she screamed again as the redhead jumped across one bridge at the same time a bus was passing by, barely managing to make it to the other side before the vehicle crushed them flat and not stopped the least, she accelerated and took again the opposite car flow towards where Sayaka indicated.

"Gotcha! We'll arrive in half an hour or so, perfect for breakfast!" said the redhead while looking at Sayaka, which only prompted the bluenette to scream further.

"Kyouko!" said the bluenette as she closed her eyes and prayed to whatever deity that they survived this voyage.

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The motorcycle slowed down in front of a crumpled set of apartment buildings as the redhead motioned to park.

"Here?" said the redhead with a hint of worry at looking at the dilapidated and badly maintained apartment buildings.

"Yeah…" said Sayaka while trying to recover her breath. Traveling with Kyouko wasn't for the weak of heart and she felt like she wanted to vomit after the redhead had taken a 'shortcut' among several busy streets and passed several red lights non-stop. Sayaka got off the motorcycle, her legs trembling and she resisted the urge to bend over and vomit in the spot and glared at the redhead instead.

"That wasn't so bad, was it?" said Kyouko as she got off her motorcycle and looked at Sayaka with the same grin. She made a motion with her hands as she put them inside her sweater, as if she grabbed something.

"What the hell was that?!" said Sayaka exasperated as Kyouko got a bag of French fries and started eating them in front of her without a care in the world. "Kyouko, there are traffic laws, and ways to drive!" said the bluenette trying to admonish the redhead but to her annoyance Kyouko wasn't even paying attention, her eyes set on the pack of fries in her hands as she ate with glee.

"I suppose…but it's funnier this way!" the redhead defended herself as she kept eating. "Well…what are you waiting for? Let's eat!" she said eagerly and Sayaka only rolled her eyes in defeat.

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They made their way to the apartment and Sayaka made her way to her bed by habit while Kyouko stared at everything while wondering. 'So this is how Sayaka lives now…kinda…depressing' was the way Kyouko could describe the mostly empty apartment Sayaka owned as she made saw the bluenette falling limply in her bed.

"Hey! Dinner remember?" said Kyouko while grabbing the bluenette by the hand and struggling to force her to stand up.

"The food is in the mini fridge, leave me alone Kyouko" said Sayaka with a hint of anger as she tried to release her arm from Kyouko's grasp. After hearing the word 'fridge' the redhead released Sayaka and the bluenette fell to her bed by the force of her own struggle where she puffed in annoyance at the redhead's obsession with food. "Geez, is food all you think about?"

"Yup! And what do we have here…water…more water…you don't eat or what? Hey some cheese! Well, good enough" said Kyouko grabbing a packet of cheese Sayaka didn't remember buying, 'since when do I have that…' wondered Sayaka but not for long as the redhead opened the packet and started eating it in delight.

"Kyouko…I'm not sure that's still good" said Sayaka in consternation but the redhead seemed to pay her no mind.

"Whatever, its food! Besides I had to travel a long way you know?" said the redhead as she raised a piece of cheese with one hand and extended it towards Sayaka. "Want some?"

Sayaka stared at the cheese, with some mold growing on it and she felt nauseous. "Erm…I'm not hungry" answered Sayaka to which the redhead just plopped it in her mouth and chewed.

"Well, it's your loss…" said Kyouko as she finished it. She yawned as she looked at Sayaka's bed. "Man I'm sleepy, I take the bed!" said the redhead making Sayaka shout in outrage.

"What bed! You got your food now go away!" said Sayaka but the redhead paid her no mind and plopped on the bed by her side.

"Hey you still owe me, remember? Besides, it's pretty late and I don't have a place to stay. What kind of hero will you be if you leave poor and defenseless me to fend myself alone in the middle of the night?" said Kyouko grinning while making Sayaka scoff at her words.

"Ha! Defenseless my ass!" answered Sayaka, grinning despite herself.

"That I won't discuss. Besides, if you don't help me I'll have to do the evil thing and 'borrow' a room or kick someone and you don't can't allow that, do you?" answered Kyouko, making Sayaka think that she would be the one target the redhead planned to kick out of her apartment.

"Okay okay, just this night, take the bed" said Sayaka while standing from the bed and going towards her bedside and doing her best to ignore the creepy Kyubey on it, she took off a dusty red rug she had bought once on a whim and placed it on the floor, grabbing a pillow on the way to her new makeshift bed.

"Hey! What do you think you're doing? We have enough space here" said Kyouko as she stared at Sayaka as if she was crazy. Somehow Sayaka felt more annoyed by that look.

"No thanks, I said you take the bed" answered Sayaka while setting herself over the uncomfortable rug, raising a small cloud of dust and making her cough and gag as she inhaled the dust, making Kyouko laugh at her antics while the bluenette waved at the dust with one hand trying to breathe.

"Common don't be such a child, besides I don't bite…unless you want me to" said Kyouko smirking suggestively making Sayaka blush deep red as the idea sunk in.

"Don't be stupid!" said Sayaka raising from the rug and going towards Kyouko that was now comfortably resting in her bed under Sayaka's bedsheets. The redhead was clad in little more than her usual black tank top and shorts. 'Do you ever change clothes even?' Sayaka wondered as she crawled on all fours towards the bed and pointing at Kyouko said with authority.

"You take that side, I take this, okay?" and put her pillow between them to act as a barrier between the two and shut off the light.

"Yes, mother" said Kyouko making Sayaka raise herself but the redhead had already turned to the other side and wasn't making a sound.

Sayaka sighed, not sure if she would be able to sleep and wondering why the redhead was doing in such a far away city. She was interrupted when a hand punched her in the stomach beyond her 'pillow barrier' and Sayaka could only see the redhead extended fully on the bed, her arms and legs at the sides as she snored loudly.

"Yup, I won't be able to sleep…" thought Sayaka as she puffed and tried to ignore the redhead's snores.

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**********CHAPTER END**********

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End Notes / Rant:

So…this is becoming more KyouSaya than expected, heheh. I'm not sure of where to take it from here but will see what I can come up with and how long this story lasts.