Eden's Touch [Gushing Over Magical Girls / Digimon - Crossover]

ReikoLupus · Sep 28, 2024

Eden's Touch

Chapter 1: Temptation

I was enthralled as I looked up to the sky.

Dozens of meters in the air above the park, the beautiful and valiant figures of the Tres Magia and their partners were fighting and pushing further up a giant mechanical wasp with its face covered by a white mask.

Everyone was scared when that Digital Monster from Enormeeta appeared, but as always, the Tres Magia arrived before anyone got seriously hurt, and swiftly pushed it away, letting everyone enjoy the spectacle.

The giant wasp shoot a laser from its mechanical sting, but it was parried and destroyed by Magia Magenta's spear, leaving it open for her partner Nefertimon to swing its great wings and shoot its own hot laser back from the snake in her mask.

The monster, continuing to show that what it lacks in power it has overdoses of agility, reacted at the last second to get out of the way. But that led it into the ring of fireballs sent by the purple nine-tailed fox Youkomon running through the skies. Completely surrounded, it felt into a moment of confusion.

A moment that was all that was needed for her partner, Magia Azul, to get at it from above, accompanied by Magia Sulfur. Ice sword high, she swung sideways, but the wasp managed to redirect its stinger just fast enough to shoot at Azul at the last possible second.

Not like it mattered, as Sulfur created a shield right in front of the stinger, absorbing the impact entirely. And in the following second, Azul's sword cut through its side.

The cut was swallow, in recognition of its sturdy metallic body, but that didn't stop her magic from freezing its side, including the base of its left wing.

Unable to fly properly with a single wing, it started to plummet to the ground, the fireballs around its body moving to assault its stinger, melting it. And for its even greater misfortune, what it found on its fall was not solid and hard ground, but something much worse.

Standing over one of Sulfur's shields right below the monster, was her partner, the enormous mass of beastly muscles of Leomon. Her punch met the plummeting wasp right on the torso, the impact pretty much making it explode into pieces.

The rest of the body started to disintegrate, never reaching the ground. In its place, an egg started to generate from the Data being absorbed of the fragments of its body.

Once Magia Magenta grabbed the egg, the battle was over. The Digital Monster they fought was fast, but couldn't even get a hit on them, overwhelmed by their teamwork.

Everyone around the park cheered, having enjoyed watching the fight and thanking the Tres Magia for protecting us all. Including me.

They are so cute, so cool, fighting side by side with their Digimon companions... Normal girls that have been chosen to transform into Magical Girls, and chose to fight for the good of others... Protecting the peace with smiles on their faces...

They are all awe-inspiring!

"...Ahhh, I love them so much. I wish I could be like them..."

...But... It felt as if something was missing.

They did fantastic, so it felt... Like it was too easy.

They didn't struggle, not get hurt. They didn't even need to persevere to beat the villain, they totally overwhelmed it.

I'm happy they got out of that fight safe, but...

...I wonder why I feel like this.

Taking my mind out of that question, with the fight done and saved on my phone, I put it back on my bag and move to the vending machine I was going to in the first place.

"Grape juice... Grape juice... There." After introducing the money, I press the button for my drink.

And the electronic display screen of the machine turned completely black.

"...Eh?" ...Did... Did it break...?

'Bip' 'Bip' 'Bip'

With tiny sounds, letters started to appear on the screen. White, pixelated letters, quickly forming words.

'Do you desire to transform into your ideal self?'

I stood shocked for a moment, as the words finished appearing, with two 'Buttons' below, one light blue and green saying 'Yes', and one red and orange saying 'No'.

"What... is this...?" I'm... Very sure this is not something common with vending machines. Was it hacked? "Is this some sort of prank...?"

Something very weird is going on, and it's raising alarms in my brain. It was telling me to ignore this and get away. Hacking I public spaces tends to involve Evil Organizations. There are too many horror stories around the world that started with things like this.

...And still, one word on the screen couldn't leave my mind.

"...Transform...?" Transform. Transformation. Same as the Magical Girls.

Who... Wouldn't want to?

I want to say 'Yes', but the strangeness of the situation stopped my hand. This looked dangerous...

...But... Thinking about it... "It should be fine... Right?"

There is no way an Evil Organization would pull off something right below where the Tres Magia had been fighting moments ago, they could come back and deal with the situation in seconds.

And Enormeeta isn't the type to do things like this.

"Yes... That's right." The Tres Magia are here, I don't have to worry.

And there are also a few stories of Digimon lost in our world doing weird things, and eventually meeting a Human they end partnering with, turning her into a...

Which means... That there is no danger if I press 'Yes'.

I raised my hand, and looked at the button in front of it.

"And... If I do..." Maybe... Just maybe... I would be able to...

I pressed the 'Yes' button, ignoring the alarms in my brain shouting that this was a bad idea. And then...

...Nothing happened.

The screen of the vending machine returned to normal, and with a 'Thunk' sound, the can of grape juice I ordered fell.

"Sigh... Just a prank..." I sighed and reached down to pick up the can, but before could open it, something picked my attention.

'Brrrrr' 'Brrrrr'

My phone inside my schoolbag started to ring. I hurried to pick it up in case it was a call from Mom, but what the screen showed just left me confused.

In the screen of my phone, was a new, unnamed application opening. And inside it, the image of a black and purple, twitching pixelated egg.

I watched confused, and scared of the idea that my phone has been hacked, as the egg started to crack open.

As the weekend arrived, I started the day opening my phone as it started to vibrate, calling for my attention, and checking on the new, unknown application. The one that refuses to get un-installed, no matter how much I tried.

Inside, there was a small and pixelated slime-like creature with a yellow body , a wide mouth, and red eyes. It looked sideways nervously, but the mall 'Hunger' bar on the side made it clear what it wanted.

Pressing a button, a piece of meat larger than the creature dropped from over the screen. The small creature... The small Digimon slowly crawled to piece of meat... And hid behind it, occasionally poking it's 'head' out to look at me, before it started eating.

"Huhu." I let a small laugh out. It was cute.

Looking at the name at the top of the screen, I wondered once again why this application was installed in my phone. But that thought left my mind the moment I decided I didn't want to think of all the possible bad scenarios of it.

And... Of the possibility that existed if I continued caring for this little one.

"Eat well, Zurumon... Uh?" I affectionately looked at the screen, before getting confused as the screen turned black, everything disappearing with the sole exception of the tiny Digimon.

Its tiny body started to shine, the glow steadily growing brighter and brighter, until is was just a white blob. And in a moment, it changed.

The screen returned to normal, but the name on the top had changed, and the small, slime-like creature had changed into a slightly bigger purple ball with similarly nervous red eyes, but with a smaller mouth and 'Wings' on top.

It made a quick jump of happiness, before looking away again, embarassed, and hiding behind the half eaten meat.

"...Eat well... Pagumon?"

As I walked back from school, I wondered when would be the next time I would get to see the Tres Magia.

It hasn't even been a week since the last of Enormeeta's attacks, so they probably will not appear until a small crime happens and they are close enough to notice in time, or until the fan meeting of the next weekend... For which I failed to get a tickets for.

'Sigh'

"I wanted to go..." Unfortunately for me, they came in a raffle. But at least I got the consolation price of a Tres Magia clock. Free merch is free merch.

'Brrrrr' 'Brrrrr'

"Uh? Time to eat?" I looked down at my bag, and at my little electronic companion inside.

Lately, this has make me remember of the stories Mom told me about the Tamagotchis and other virtual pets she and her friends had as kids. Makes me wonder if this app is just one created and distributed by someone with too much free time, and not wanting to do things the normal way.

I stopped for a moment, and walked to the side of a grocery store before pulling out my phone. Turning it on and entering the app to feed my little friend, I stop for a moment, confused.

The name on top had changed once again, and the small Digimon on the screen... Was not there. The screen had just the normal background of the app.

...Before closing on its own, and the app un-installing itself.

"Wha- What did just happen?!" Where is-!

'Utena...'

My breathing stops, as I hear an unknown voice calling out my name. It was small and low, sounding slightly like a scared girl.

Looking at the source of the voice, my eyes fell on an alleyway a few steps away. After a quick look at it, I wanted to ignore the voice, act as if I didn't hear it or that it was my imagination.

'Utena... Over here...'

Unfortunately, the voice called out again. I couldn't act as if I didn't hear it anymore. And...

I took my first step into the dark alleyway.

...I still can't discard the possibility I saw days ago... Nor what just happened to my little 'pet'.

Taking my second step, I started walking deeper into the alleyway. Looking nervously to either side, as if something or someone were about to jump at me at any moment.

"This... This was a bad idea..." I want to go home. This is stupid and dangerous, why am I even doing it?

But still, I continued forward, step after step consuming the little courage I had. Until I was almost ready to turn back and run back home.

'Kreeeeeeq'

That is, until a door on the side slowly, noisily, opened on its own. Which was the point in which I planted my feet, and started to turn to make a run back home.

'Over there... Utena... Inside...'

The voice came from right behind me. Whoever she was, she had somehow gotten behind me.

At this point, I was too scared to run away, my legs trembling as I forced them to step forwards.

Why did I follow a mysterious voice into a dark alleyway?! Am I stupid?! ...Well, yes, I am, but this is too much even for me!

I tried to gulp down my nerves, and not develop into full blown panic as the door closed behind me.

I was in a warehouse, rows of shelves full of boxes covered the entire place. They stacked so high that I could barely distinguish what was on the top. Large windows on top, letting natural light in. It was on the large side for one in the middle of the city.

'Utena... Turn around... It's me...'

The voice came from the closed door. I slowly turned around, fearing who or what I would find. But what I found... Was nothing.

There was nobody in front of the door... Or at least, nobody when I first looked.

From thin air, something started to appear. A blue, phantasmagoric presence phased into existence.

A ghostly figure with no lower body and two large, thick arms. Its head was covered by a large, pointy hat that appeared to be part of its body, and its neck was surrounded by dark purple fur. A large, sewn-shut mouth rested below 2 empty sockets.

I froze, my body trembling under its gaze, under the small lights coming from the depths of those empty sockets. The blue ghostly flames coming out of its body cracking intimidatingly.

And most of all, it looked...

...Nervous...?

The ghost was fidgeting, looking nervously to the side... It looked a bit scared...

The ghost was... Ghost... Ghost...?

"Pagu... Ghostmon?" The last name that appeared in the app before it un-installed itself came to mind.

"Y-Yes, it-it's me..." The ghost answered with the same voice as before starting to swing her arms wildly in a clear state of panic. "What-What do I do?! I-I was suddenly thrown out of the phone and told to bring you to a quiet place!"

"...Eh? H-How should I know?!" She was kicked out of my phone?! "Wouldn't you normally be the one to know what is happening and explain it to me?!"

This isn't how it's supposed to go, isn't it?!

"W-What do you mean normally?!" She grabbed me by the shoulders in panic. "I-I was born less than a week ago! I have no idea what is going on!"

"I-I don't know either!" I held her shoulders back, before I realized I was trying to hold a ghost made of blue fire. It somehow was no problem. "C-Calm down! We can figure it out!"

"Looks like you two are already getting along."

We both twisted our necks so fast we almost broke them at the voice that suddenly reverberated through the warehouse.

Floating in front of us, was a strange little creature floating in mid air. It had a black body that appeared to be made of cloth, with a small smiling face with yellow eyes and mouth and big pointy animal(?) ears. It's hands ended in over-sized sleeves that dangled freely in front of it, and its tail was a 4-pointed yellow star.

This... This is...!

"One of the Magical Girl Mascots! A Satellite!" It's the real thing!!! I have never seen one in person before!!!

"So you know about us. That makes things faster." It said with its strangely both enthusiastic and empty voice, a small smile on its face. "Do you want to try transform then?"

If a Mascot is here, that means that...!!!

Is-Is this really happening?!

"Wa-Wait a minute! This is too sudden! Why-?!" I could barely let out as my whole body trembled, releasing Ghostmon and swinging my hands wildly. "We-We have barely just met!"

"E-Eh?! Who's this thing?!" Ghostmon panicked on my side. "Is it good?! Is it bad?!"

"My name's Venalita. It's a pleasure." It said with its unchanging smile.

"Eh?! Doctor Venalita?!" The head researcher?!

Is this real?!

Is this really happening?!

Me, of all people?!

"Hiiragi Utena!" It took a yellow metal star from its pocket, which started floating towards me. "You have been chosen... For the power that dwells withing you!""

"Huuuuh?!" The star came closer and closer, starting to shine and sending strange waves of energy through my body.

Once the star touched my chest, the world was surrounded in light, and I felt my body become light and free, released from the weight of gravity and the clothes around it. It felt as if both me and Ghostmon were floating in space.

"No way..." I could feel as if gloves slipped... No, were created as they pulled up my arm. A surprising a strange sensation like nothing I have ever felt before. And they were followed by some puffy sleep on my shoulders and something wrapping around my waist.

"W-What is-!" Besides me, Ghostmon's body started to glow, covered in a purple light.

"No way..." I could feel as if gloves slipped... No, were created as they pulled up my arm. A surprising a strange sensation like nothing I have ever felt before. And they were followed by some puffy sleep on my shoulders and something wrapping around my waist.

"-Happening?!" Her body started to grow taller, and taking on a more humanoid shape.

"I never thought..." The feeling came back again, as I felt pants appearing around my legs, made of some strong and flexible material, alongside a pair of heeled shoes.

"It feels...!" Legs suddenly burst from the bottom of her body, creating a perfect human silhoutte.

"That I would get to transform...!" I felt a long and floaty skirt be created around my hips, its material so soft that it felt like being embraced by a cloud.

"Good!" Her body expanded and shrunk in all the right places, as her hat became even bigger.

"Into a Magical... Uh?" A slight pull as something grow on the back of my waist, which I assume is a ribbon. And then, I remembered something. Something that I would have preferred to not have remembered at all.

"Ghostmon Evolves to...!" A large staff grew out of her hand, and the figure of a long dress started to wrap around her body.

"That... That was a yellow star..." Something grew from the yellow star, now clipped above my chest, and the weight of some type of big hair accessory made itself know in my head.

A... A yellow star... Isn't a yellow star a...?

"BlackWitchmon!" With a swing of her staff, the light covering her body started to dissipate, revealing her now beautiful face accentuated by dark makeup. A 'Click' sound reached my ears as her new heels touched the ground.

My mind was a blur of the emotion from being chosen, and of growing panic as I realized something important. The lights around us expanded and covered the entire warehouse, before disappearing.

All around us, every part of the floor, the walls, the roofs, every surface of every shelve, had been covered by what I can only describe as 'glitch-like' digital patterns in various tones of purple.

"W-What is this?!" I looked around, disconcerted. "Why is everything so...?!"

"U-Utena, I got a bad feeling about this!" BlackWitchmon started to freak out, looking everywhere. "I-I'm not sure why, but I can feel that the world should NOT be like this!"

"Is-Is it that bad?!" What does she mean by 'World'?! What did just happen?!

"This is a Digital Shift. Leaving aside unnecessary details, this is your 'Domain'. It's pretty handy, you know?" Venalita said with its constant upbeat voice and unchanging smile.

"A- A 'Digital Shift'?! 'Domain'?! What are-?!" I took a step back, looking down at the digital patches below my feet, and I could finally take a look at my new Magical Girl outfit.

"...Huh?" The image right in front of me was nothing like I hoped.

"I-I think it's right...!" BlackWitchmon talked as she looked around, but what had caught my attention didn't let me pay attention to her. "I can feel this place empowering us...!"

A cold breeze touches my skin as I look down and see my breasts almost completely exposed, my nipples barely covered by star-shaped pasties. A corset sat just below them, one so short that ended above my navel, followed by leather pants that hung barely high enough to hide my most private part.

"W-Wah-?!" I quickly tried to cover myself, my hands not doing much to hide anything in this very exposed outfit. My flailing only managed to let me see my now purple nails, and a pair of bat wings growing out of my waist. On the corner of my vision, the tip of horns coming out of my head made itself evident.

"U-Uhm... Wh-What's this outfit?" My voice was trembling. The sensation of exposure was too much. If someone saw me like this...!

"Good. It suits you nicely." The Mascot... Venalita, said with a sincere and appreciative tone.

"A-Agreed!" BlackWitchmon, now dressed in a large layered back dress that didn't cover her right arm... And half of her right breast, said. She sounded both happy, confused, and trying to calm me down. "It-It exposes quite a bit, but it looks good!"

It looking good is the last of my problems right now.

I didn't notice before because of my panic from the situation, but... Venalita brought out a Yellow Star. Not a Transformation Heart, but a Transformation Star. I have a YELLOW STAR attached to my neck!

That... That is...!

"Okay, but... Uh... I don't really look like a Magical Girl..." Please... Please don't be what I think it is...!

"Of course you don't!" It started floating closer to my face. "Why would you?"

He was getting uncomfortably close, and alarms started to sound in my brain. They were shouting at me to run. To get help before it's too late.

"Your destiny is to use your powers..." It's face was right against mine, looking down at me. "As a Witch of the Evil Organization Enormeeta."

"...What?" I froze, faced with such an horrible and live destroying statement from this supposedly agent of good. With my thoughts a mess and falling into full-blown panic, my instincts that wanted me to get out of here were the ones that moved my mouth. "Oh... Ohhhh... I see... Then, uh... Sorry, I quit..."

"Really? What a shame." It didn't sound even a bit let down nor worried.

"Uh, sorry..." My legs drove me to walk again, as my brain started to catch up on what was happening. "Anyways, I'll get going now."

"Ah... Me too." BlackWitchmon said besides me, before floating after me. "I... Don't like the sound of an 'Evil' Organization, so... I don't wanna get involved..."

She quickly caught up to me. Somehow, I could feel how she was getting increasingly scared of Venalita, and wanted to get out of here as fast as possible.

We have to get out of here before something really bad happens. No matter how I see at this, I have stumbled into a really dangerous situation!

"Then I guess this video of you transforming..." I took a glance back at those words, and saw it take a phone out of its sleeve. "...Is going straight into social media, for all of our 200.000 followers."

The screen showed a video of me transforming and Ghostmon evolving, inside a post on Twitter under the quote 'I saw a Witch from an Evil Organization transform. Please share and RT.'. It was at just one click away from being posted.

"Stop! Stopstopstopstopstop stoooooop!" If this gets out my life is over! "That's so messed up! Aren't you supposed to be one of the good guys?!"

"W-Wait, don't those Magical Girls hunt Digimon from Evil Organizations?!" BlackWitchmon panicked besides me, firmly grabbing my shoulder. "I'll get killed! Monster!"

"Duh, I deserted, I'm with the bad guys now." My body was shaking more and more the further this was pushed. "Feel like joining us now?"

"Do I have to?!" This... This can't be happening!!!

"I-I don't wanna! Why do I have to go through this days after of being born?!" She hugged me in panic, her legs spread on the ground as she was way taller than me. She had tears in her eyes.

Is this how evil organizations recruit members?!

You either refuse and the world will think you are one of them, or actually join them so the world doesn't know?!

Wh-What am I gonna do?!

I held BlackWitchmon's trembling hands with my own to try to calm down. But it felt like our mutual panic was making us panic even more.

"Hold it right there, Enormeeta Villains!" A very familiar voice came from above. One that I would never mistake for any other. "I knew I felt your negative magic close!"

Magia Magenta was floating by the roof of the warehouse, her spear pointed at us. Behind her, the rest of Tres Magia were quickly entering through an open window, standing besides her.

"Dammit, already turned this place to their Domain!" Magia Sulfur looked around, annoyed. "Dat means 'ere is a...!"

"Wait, that is...!" Youkomon exclaimed from the back, surprise clear in her voice. "Doctor Venalita!"

""The Traitor?!"" Magia Azul and Leomon exclaimed at the same time, the latter continuing with her deep and gruff voice. "Well, that's perfect! I'll beat it up and drag it back with Cosmos!"

"And that's a Witch with a partner!" Nefertimon landed on top of one of the shelves, digging her claws into it, as the cold, empty eyes of the steel mask it wore dug into me, sending shivers down my spine, regardless of how beautiful the mask was. "Everyone, be careful! She could do anything!"

"Wa-wahwahwahwah!" I started to look and swing around wildly in a full-blown panic, and felt a panicked pair of hands hug tightly my waist.

T-This is bad! They think I'm a Witch!!! My life will be ruined!!!

"P-Please, help me!" I reached out, in the middle of a full-blown panic. "I was forced to Transform! I'm not a Witch!"

"S-Same with me! I'm a witch, but not a 'Witch' witch!" She released me and started to wildly flail her arms, clearly scared. "I-I don't even know what is going on!"

Save us, Tres Magia!!!

The floating mascot turned to me, its never-changing eyes clearly saying 'I'l post it, and your life will be ruined'.

"Wait, really?!" Magenta looked down at us surprised, clearly listening to our words. That sent hope into my and BlackWitchmon's hearts.

"Oh, please, yah gonna fall for day?" Sulfur said to Magenta reproachfully, clearly making her doubt. Those words felt like a kick in the gut.

"We should never believe the words of a Witch." Youkomon commented on the side, adopting a defensive posture as her tails starting to create fireballs.

"I agree with Youkomon, it must be a trick." Azul added, and met Magenta's eyes. It was clear that she was going to trust her friends.

"O-oh, I see..." Magenta responded as she looked at her friends of Tres Magia, and then back down at us, determination in her eyes.

"They- They don't believe us!" My legs started to tremble as I brought my hands to my chest, as if that could slow down my racing heart. I could feel the tears starting to form in my eyes.

"I-I don't wanna die!" BlackWitchmon was already crying. I could somehow feel in my heart the fear she was under now, sure that she was about to die.

"Oof, sucks to be you." Venalita said with its carefree voice and face, a part of me feeling that it was laughing at me.

"Hum! You can't fool us with your fake tears!" Leomon roared, and then pounced at us as a beastly missile, arm back ready to swing. "Keep still and it won't hurt too much!"

"Wahwahwah...!" "Wahwahwah...!" Me and BlackWitchmon hugged each other as she roared and the attack came at us. I was about to push us aside, but I was frozen in place as I saw the staff be raised, pointing at Leomon. "Nefarious Binding!"

Chains quickly exploded from the back of her staff, rushing against a Leomon that, in the middle of a pounce, couldn't even try to avoid them. She tried to punch and kick them away, but was overwhelmed and trapped, forcefully clashing against the ground at BlackWitchmon's feet... As a sphere of black and purple energy created on the other end of the staff descended towards her.

"Agony Shock!" BlackWitchmon shouted as she smashed the magic against Leomon's back, starting the swing even before the target clashed.

The exchange started and ended so fast that Sulfur barely managed to raise her arm, too late to create a shield to protect her partner.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Leomon's cries of pain reverberated through the warehouse.

One could FEEL the amount of pain she must be going through just by listening to her scream. It made my skin crawl, and my body grow hot. And somehow, the pain must have been much worse.

As the scream ended, Leomon's hands fell to the ground, twitching in shock. A sepulchral silence fell over everyone, probably for a different motive for everyone.

In my panic, I couldn't stop myself from breaking the silence.

"W-Why did you do that?! Now they have a reason to attack us!" I grabbed her hand, and ran away. I could swear it almost felt like I was flying as I escaped. "Run!!!"

"I-I'm sorry!" She took flight on her own, catching up to me... And dragging Leomon with us. "I panicked!"

"...Ah'll turn yer teeth upside down!!!" Sulfur roared even louder than Leomon, shouting a terrifying threat that I would have never expected of her.

"They are trying to kidnapp Leomon! Catch them!" Magenta shouted, and everyone got into pursuit.

"Kidna- Why are you bringing Leomon?!" Just throw her back! This will only make them more furious! And it'll slow us down!

"I-I tied her too tightly and haphazardly!" She shouted with tears running down her face. "I'm trying to undo the knot, but I can't!"

Is Leomon a bunch of Christmas lights?!

"Stop right there, Enormeeta!" "You can't escape! Homuradama" Following Azul's and Youkomon's shout, the temperature of the room quickly dropped and raised at the same time.

Oh god, I know what's coming!

"Jump!" I jumped as high as possible, dragging BlackWitchmon with me. And to my surprise, I didn't simply jump higher than expected... I was actually flying, the demonic wings on my back extending several times.

And as expected, right where we were just a moment ago, two ice swords stabbed into the ground, freezing solid the entire area around.

Unfortunately, I couldn't feel happy about it, as I had no idea how to evade the next one.

Nine balls of fire rushed towards us, changing direction in the air to pursue us like tracking missiles. Youkomon's attacks aren't strong, but they always hit their target!

"Raaah!" That is, until BlackWitchmon roared as she swung her staff, destroying the fireballs using Leomon's body, causing grunts of pain to come from the fortunately alive lion.

"Heh...!" "Heh...!" We both let a small laugh and smile at that. I guess the fireballs DID hit a target.

The swung Leomon didn't stop there though, crashing against the shelves on the side, and tearing through towards the next. The impact made all the shelves around and their contents fall over the Tres Magia, slowing them down and causing them to release grunts of pain.

"Those fuckers! When ah get mah hand on 'em!!!" I decided that Sulfur's ire was our signal to get away, and started flying towards the windows on the other extreme of the warehouse with a giddy feeling in my chest.

As we did, Venalita appeared besides us. It was holding a small... Rod? With a yellow star at the end, and offering it to me.

"Here, this is your weapon, the Frustrino Dominanza." It talked with the same tone and smile as before, as if this situation meant nothing to it.

"A weapon...?!" Any doubt in my mind was overwritten by the sheer panic I was feeling, so I hurriedly grabbed it. It was light and stretchy. It didn't feel like a weapon at all.

If you were going to cause all of this, at least give me the weapon earlier.

"Just hit an object with it. Maybe some tubes or cables?" To my unpleasant surprise, Venalita quickly disappeared into a black portal, leaving us to our luck.

"I-In front!" And our misfortune did not end there. "The windows are...!"

As we almost reached the windows, I saw as they were now covered in bright, yellow translucent panels. Sulfur Shields.

"Wahwah-!" Unable to stop in time, I clashed face first against the shield, my almost non-existent concentration over my flight cut short.

"G-Got you!" I plummeted towards the ground, but thankfully BlackWitchmon, that saw the shields earlier, caught me before I crashed against the ground.

But by the time I recovered my equilibrium and looked back, we were already surrounded by the Tres Magia.

"Uh...! This is not good!" We are between the sword and the wall...!

"Yah don't know even dah half of it...!" Sulfur sounded and looked REALLY pissed off, cracking her knuckles. "Ah'll turn yah inside out for what yah did tah Leomon!"

"If you surrender, it won't have to go that far!" Magenta spoke, getting a look of annoyance from Sulfur. "De-Transform and De-Evolve, surrender your Transformation Star, and we'll just hand you over to the police and Cosmos!"

That would get me a criminal record for terrorism! There's no way I'll let that happen!

A quick look at BlackWitchmon showed that, although she didn't get exactly what this would mean, she also had no intention of surrendering.

In that case...!

I strengthen the grip on the 'weapon' in my hand, a riding crop, remembering Venalita's words, and tried to find anything useful on the surroundings. And fortunately, right behind us, was the fuse box of the warehouse.

"This- This better do something!" I swung my riding crop at the fuse box, feeling as if some sort of something left my body as I hit it.

'Brrrr!'

A dark purple light emerged from it, and the warehouse started to shake, startling everyone.

"Be on guard! She just did something bi-!" Nefertimon shouted, but she didn't get to finish her words before it happened.

The ground and wall broke apart as oversized cables tore through, rushing towards the Tres Magia in waves.

The attack was so sudden that none of them had a chance to react on time, getting captured and wrapped by dozens of twisting copper cables. Though the Digimon, which were a bit further behind over the shelves, managed to barely jump back in time.

The cables continued coming out and folding on themselves, forming into an enormous and monstrous figure. It let out a loud roar is it finished forming itself.

"Ugh!" "Ah~!" "Dammit...!" Magenta, Azul, and Sulfur were wrapped in the cables, trying to fight back but completely immobilized and strangled. But that didn't stop stop the cables from visibly straining, and the ones surrounding Azul from starting to freeze.

"Ah'll tore this dam- RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!" There was a bright light, as the Tres Magia shone from a powerful electrical current running through them, making them release screams of pain.

But it lasted for just a moment. Once it finished, their bodies went limp, twitching painfully. Their eyes still showed the determination to fight, but their bodies wouldn't respond. Even Azul stopped releasing freezing magic.

"RELEASE THEM!" "Get your hands off them!" Youkomon and Nefertimon roared, before stepping forwards as theirs tails and mask started to lit up... But they stopped at hearing Leomon's grunt of pain.

"You two won't move!" BlackWitchmon's words kept the two at bay, as her heel dug and twisted into Leomon's back, causing grunts of pain to be released one after another. Her staff was pointing down, another sphere of dark energy just centimeters away from Leomon's head. "If you do, she'll be the one to pay for it~."

"Ugh...! Damn Witches!" "How... Did it ends like this?!" Youkomon and Nefertimon cursed. But stepped back, the power disappearing from their tails and mask.

"We-We did it!" A sense of satisfaction and accomplishment filled my body at the sight in front of me. We managed to-!

...Uh? W-Wait a sec...

Why... Am I happy?

I'm are hurting the Magical Girls I love... She's using Leomon as a hostage...

S-Something is wrong with me...!

I cover my mouth with my hand, trying to hide the smile that inexplicably grew on my face as it grew hotter and hotter, and lowered the other between my legs, trying to calm the strange and funny feeling I was getting.

Besides me, BlackWitchmon's face was smiling from ear to ear, her face growing red, I could feel confused joy irradiating from her. I could feel her growing stronger.

Why... Do I feel like this...?!

"Utena?" Venalita's voice sounded besides me as barely a whisper. A quick look to my side showed the mascot floating besides me, its smile never changing.

"Ah-! T-This is good enough, right?!" Fortunately being taken out of my thoughts of this strange feeling, I pretty much begged Venalita. "Can I stop now?!"

"What're you talking about?" It spoke as if I had something very dumb, its face getting closer and closer to mine, making me flinch. "It's time for you to get there yourself, don'tcha think?"

"...Huh?" Wh-What does it meant by getting there? It sounds bad... "Um... Sorry, I don't... Think I can do that..."

Rather than answering, it simply took out the phone from its pocket, showing the post with the video about to be sent.

"G-Gaaaah! Stop!" Is this the devil?!

"G-Guuuuh! I-I can't move a muscle!" Sulfur groaned, frustration deep in her voice, as the cables started to explore the intimate places in her body. "W-Whoa, time out! Get outta there!"

"Giiiih... It's... Too Tight..." Magenta could barely speak, as the cables were wrapping tightly around her neck, threatening to asphyxiate her.

"Let us go, you...!" The cables started assaulting Azul's generous breasts, cutting her words short. "Ahh~! You damn Witch~!"

I looked at the trapped Tres Magia, and then back at Venalita's clear threat. And gulping down, I took a step forward, my body trembling by what I was about to do.

"Hey, uh..." I held the riding crop tightly with both hands, looking down at the ground. I can't look at them in the eyes with what I'm doing to them, nor what I'm about to do.

"Wh-Why are you... Doing this...?!" Magenta twisted to look down at me. Fear was clear in her voice and face. "Pl... Please... Let us go!"

"If you ask for help again, I'm gonna post this." Venalita threatened me from my side, on his always upbeat and empty voice. As if the threat wasn't clear enough already, and it needed to drive another stake into my heart.

Small tears fell down my face, but I bit the inside of my mouth to get a hold of myself. I looked up, and forced words to come out.

"S-So... Uhmm..." I took a breath, before I could let out my next words as I raised my riding crop. "Could you... Stick out your butts, please?"

"...Huh?" "What?" "Eh?" The three of them let out a confused grunt, before being forcefully dragged in front of me, their backsides raised high against their will.

"No!" "What are you plotting?!" "Stop, yah freak!" Their panicked voices reached my ears, but I couldn't stop. As I got closer, I raised the crop the crop high.

'Smack!'

"Giiiiiiiii!" A sharp and loud sound reverberated through the warehouse, as the crop went over all three of their backs. They could barely not contain their screams of pain, their long and sharp screeches reaching my ears.

I could feel a small smile inexplicably grow on my face, and I saw as small dark spheres came out of their bodies, guided by BlackWitchmon's hand, and lightly directed towards Youkomon and Nefertimon.

"D-Don't avoid them, understood?" They growled back, as she brought another scream of pain from Leomon by guiding one of the three small spheres towards towards her. Her chained body spasming from the pain. "Be good girls, and she won't take the big one from behind~."

"Grrrrrrr!" They shook as the spheres impacted against their bodies.

I raised the riding crop again, a strange feeling spreading through my body.

"What is wrong with you?!" Azul shouted back at me. 'Smack!' That, for some reason, brought me to unjustifiable bring the crop specifically at her. "Ah~!"

The funny feeling inside me grew again, and my mind became cloudy as another small sphere came out of her body, directed towards Youkomon.

"St-Stop it!" Magenta begged at me, her fear starting to be replaced by something that felt a lot better to me. 'Smack!' "Ahhhh!"

"Let me go, dammit!" Sulfur had tears in her eyes as she screamed at me, of frustration, rage, and something else. 'Smack!' I want to see more... "Giiiiiiiii!"

"This... This damn Witch...!" "This is... A nightmare...!" Youkomon and Nefertimon growled in pain, unable to do anything but watch and receive their own.

BlackWitchmon on my side was starting to breath heavily, an excited and frenzied look growing on her face.

'Smack!' 'Smack!' 'Smack!' 'Smack!' 'Smack!'

I continued smacking them with my riding crop, bringing more and more clear screams of pain as their buts grew redder and redder.

Ah... I'm hurting the Magical Girls with my own two hands.

"Let us go!" 'Smack!' "Ahhhh!"

How did this even happen?

'Smack!' More screams of pain, followed by beastly growls.

Is this real, or just a bad dream?

'Smack!' "Ahhhh~" Azul screamed, and I could see BlackWitchmon twitching in excitement.

Yeah, that's it. This must be a dream.

'Smack!' "Gahhhhh!" Sulfur's adorable scream make my face grow hotter and hotter. I especially liked hers.

And if this is just a dream...

'Smack!' They all screamed at the same time. It felt like listening to a beautiful and exciting melody.

I might as well enjoy myself!

'Smack!' The music continued, and I started to pant heavily.

"Ahhhh... Ahhhh..." I stopped a moment to recover my breath, slowly and rhythmically smacking the crop against my palm, as I admired my work. The tearful faces of the Magical Girls.

Magenta begging with her eyes for this to stop. Azul's eyes going cloudy. Sulfur full of frustration and impotency. Nefertimon and Youkomon wishing to tear me apart. Leomon trying to get up but stepped harshly on by BlackWitchmon.

The funny feeling inside me grew even more, and the sensation of growing strength from BlackWitchmon became more prominent.

And, satisfied with my work, I raised the Frustino Dominanza once again.

'Smack!'

"Ah!" I suddenly opened my eyes, as if waking up from a nightmare.

I was in my bed, and in front of my eyes was just my ceiling. There was nothing abnormal, and I was feeling perfectly fine.

"A dream?" I raised up, my mind in disarray for what I had just went through. A truly terrifying dream, like I have never had before... "Ahhh, thank goodness... What a crazy dream that was."

I stopped for a moment, clutching at my blanket and looking at the window. A funny feeling emerging in my chest, and a smile growing on my face.

Still... I did kinda enjoy it, though...

And looking at the window, I could catch on the edge of my vision something strange. Something that shouldn't be there.

Slowly lowering my eyes, I saw something lying on my bed besides me. A small, sleeping ghostly figure.

"...Eh?" The Digimon from my dream was right there, back to its Child form.

"Morning, Utena. Looks like you slept well." My blood froze and my smile vanished, as I heard a familiar voice.

I slowly turned my neck to the side, to the origin of the voice. And there, seated among the plushies over my drawer, as if it was one of them... Was the figure of Venalita.

"Too bad about yesterday." The fake plushie spoke with it's upbeat and empty tone. "Never would have guessed they would turn that around so fast. That Leomon was pretty gutsy to smash herself against the Agony Shock so the other two wouldn't have more reasons to hold back. And that enraged the Magical Girls enough that they finally broke out, even while being electrified!"

I looked at the fake plushie talk. The image in front of me and its words bringing back to memory the details of everything that happened yesterday.

"Anywho, don't worry about it." It continued speaking, but its words were starting to go over me. "That was pretty dang good for your first battle. I didn't think you would do so well."

None of that was a dream.

"But get up and at 'em! The fights not over yet!" It enthusiastically raised an arm, pointing at the sky. "The world won't dominate itself!"

I looked at the evil mascot in front of me. My just awoken brain finally catching up to everything, and words burst out of my throat.

"Save me, Magical Girls!!!"

Saga 1: Birth of the Defiant

Arc 1: The Domination Witch, Magia Baiser

Salutations!

I was recommended to post my Fanfic here, since it has an healthy and positive Fanfiction community with subjects that aren't the most widely accepted. So here I am!

With this work, I'm combining 2 franchises that I love: Gushing Over Magical Girls, and Digimon.
Some have called me crazy for mixing those two, but I promise they mix well! XD

Not all releases will be this long, this is an exception because I wanted to have something full and uninterrupted for the first release. Most releases won't be even half of what this one was.

This story will keep a lot of elements from the original story of MahoAko rather than being something completely different, but will also try to change how many things happen and why while I develop its own story.

Hopefully whoever is reading this will like what I'm cooking!

Welcome, to Eden's Touch!

ReikoLupus · Sep 30, 2024

Eden's Touch

Chapter 1: Temptation - Intermission

Dah moment ah arrived home, dah first thing ah did was throw mahself face-down in bed.

"Ughhh...! It hurts, dammit...!" Ah made dah mistake tah try tah rub my ass tah calm dah pain, but just touchin' it with mah hands felt like swinging a hammer at it.

It feels as if mah ass is about tah fall off at any moment.

"That damn Witch...!" Ah punched down at mah bed, time after time, tah try tah get some of dah frustration out. "What dah hell was dat freak doing?! Why go after our asses like dat?!"

Dat was so damn humiliatin'...!

"I'm sorry... It was all my fault..." Ah twisted mah neck tah get mah face outta mah pillow, and look at Angoramon. "It all happened because I rushed forward and got captured..."

...Damn, she looks really guilty 'bout dat.

'Sigh'

"...It's not yar fault, yah know? It's hard tah avoid dah first attack when yah don't know what dah enemy can do, so don't worry 'bout dat." Damn, we ended caught off-guard an' captured too at dah end... "More importantly, are yah alright? Yah ended out cold at dah end of dah fight."

"Yes... Strangely, I'm. Just some soreness where she stepped on me." She said as she tried tah look at her back. "That 'Agony Shock' of... BlackWitchmon, was it? It... Was very, VERY painful, but... It didn't HURT, it only FELT like it did. Enough to drive me unconscious."

"So... Some type of Pain Magic?" That's kind of messed up... "...Now dat ah think 'bout it, dah hits of her... Ridin' crop, were more painful dan ah expected... Was she usin' magic tah make it worse?"

"That's probably the case." She looked deep in thought, tryin' tah remember dah details of dah fight. "It's hard to tell if it was the work of BlackWitchmon or the Witch... Maybe it was an effect of their Domain. How are you feeling right now?"

"Mah butt's in shambles, an' on dah verge of fallin' off." Ah said with dah plainest voice possible. "An mah body's still stiff from dah electricity."

"Yeah, I get what you mean..." She started tah rub her own butt. Dat caught mah attention, since she wasn't hit there. "Those things she was throwing into us were somehow making me feel a part of your pain... If that was just a part, I can't imagine what you went through..."

"...Dah hell is wrong with dat magic?" What kind of sick person would have magic like THIS?! "Dah hell is wrong with those two?!"

Of all the Evil Organizations in the world, we end with the ONE that targets SPECIFICALLY Magical Girls, and now it results that they have a specialist in torture?!

Wasn't it enough for them to be terrorists and murderers?!

"At least we lucky to have survived." Her words felt like a bucket of cold water on my anger.

"...Yeah. Yeah, yah are right." With dah amount of Magical Girls dat Enormeeta has killed, we should be grateful to have gotten outta dat. "Next time dat Enormeeta Witch appears, they won't take me by surprise like dat. I'll drag 'em back, dead or alive."

"Are we sure they are from Enormeeta?" Dat question made me raise an eyebrow. Isn't it obvious? "They don't match the profile of any of their known members. They usually don't show themselves much unless they are in the middle of a 'hunt', with one exception. So one appearing alone like that..."

"...Yeah, we can be sure of dat." After all... "...Venalita was with 'em. Unless dat fucker is working double time, she's a Witch from Enormeeta."

"Doctor Venalita..." Angoramon whispered, a frustrated expression on her fur-covered eyes.

"...This is huge news. Dah bigshots at dah government will probably fall into a panic an' scream at each other for weeks." Like dah useless morons they are, gettin' in dah way of we gettin' reinforcements. Good thing we work with Cosmos rather than 'em. "We confirmed a fifth Enormeeta Witch, alongside her partner."

They are startin' tah get a bit too big for a single team tah deal with 'em... But we can't exactly gang-up on 'em given their modus operandi.

Fuck Enormeeta.

"What do you think we should do about this?" She crossed her arms, troubled by dah current situation.

"...We'll simply do what we do best." Ah forced mahself tah get up. Ah should at least take a shower, dat may calm dah pain a little. "We'll punch dah problems in dah face as they come."

It'll be a pain tah deal with her, an' unfortunately, it's more literal dan ever before. But if we get used tah dah heightened pain, an' properly understand what she did with those cables, she may be dah easiest Witch tah beat up.

Dah element of surprise only works dah first time.

"...He, I like that."

I watched silently from my throne at the floating screen, as it finished reproducing today's fight. Lightly playing with the broken Transformation Heart on my right hand to keep it occupied, and holding my head with the back of the palm of the other, I analyzed every event of the fight with keen interest.

Venalita was on the side, waiting for my judgment.

"...That was pathetic." I gave my honest opinion.

"Woah, quite hard on the new girl, don'tcha think?" The impertinent mascot didn't look nor sound the least but surprised by my words. It never does.

"No, I'm just giving the correct assessment. This new girl is pathetic, and weak." Is this really the girl it went behind my back to test and recruit? "She pulled off an embarrassing act of weakness, trying to pass as a victim while not even hiding her powers. Even if it worked, those types of tactics only work once at best. To conquer the world, what one needs is overwhelming strength, fake tears won't take you further than the starting line."

If she wants to be an actor, then send her to the drama club of her school. At least, calling tears on command will get her a good role.

"...But I guess I can give her a pass for it being her first fight, and a 1v3 at that." It is quite surprising that she got as far as she did for her first time. "And I'll recognize that her act of weakness managed to make the opponents overconfident, allowing her to take one of them hostage. And later on, another 3 with a trap..."

'Sigh' I let out a sigh of frustration, remembering what happened afterwards.

"...But that's where my magnanimousness end." What came after was the most embarrassing mistake of them all. "She quickly grew overconfident, with nothing to back it up, and started to play with her prey rather than finishing them off. In the end, they inevitably overwhelmed her trough raw force, forcing her to escape."

"Well, I think that's common newbie mistake. It was her first time after all." There is no place for 'Newbie Mistakes' here. A single defeat can be the end. "And I believe her magic will be very useful to us."

"...Her Monster Creation magic does look very flexible." Even with her lack of strength, it is a very useful ability. "She would do well as a general support on the battlefield. Once our plans reach the next stage, she'll be a very useful asset."

"Man, that's good to hear. I was worried you wouldn't want her." Its fake upbeat and lies got on my nerves. It couldn't care less about this girl.

"When are you bringing her to Natch Base?" As her Supreme Leader, I should at least welcome her to Enormeeta.

"I want to run a test, and let her run wild on her own for a little while. Same as a couple others." The mascot reached into its pockets, taking out two new Transformation Stars. "Let them develop directionless for a little while. I think that may help them at developing their Magic."

"Mmm, develop their magic, eh? ...So be it. Give them a month to play around and get used to their new powers." I won't question the methods of the expert. Last thing I want is to ruin the potential of the new recruits. "I'll be awaiting for our meeting. I may be especially interested in this girl you chose..."

"Oh? Why's that?" The fake surprise on its voice was almost satisfactory.

"...As pathetic her first attempt at fighting was, I can't deny I feel a certain... Affinity, with this girl. It's not everyday that you find someone that finds enjoyment in properly practicing torture." It was sloppy, but she probably didn't know any better. She's still young after all, she may have just been following her instincts.

But I can teach her better. She may not just be someone to command... But someone to teach. Someone to guide.

"I'm sure I can turn her into an outstanding Witch... Once I teach her how to use her Digimon." My gaze moved to the still figure standing besides my throne. Its head was low and it kept shut unless its opinion was requested, as it should be. "Don't you think so too? Voltobautamon."

"...Yes, Master."

Salutations!

I wanted to thank everyone that read this wacky story I'm cooking, and decided to read it.
This is just a smol Intermission.
I want to have short Intermissions between Chapters, to show what characters are doing or thinking after an important Event, especially non-main characters and thigns happening behind curtains.
In this case, the birth of our little Witch and her not so little Witch of a partner.

Sulfur is a fun gal to write XD.
She's the perfect combination of simple, smart, angry, calm, and itching to solve things with violence.
I'll have fun writing her in this Fic, though the rest of the cast will also get their spotlight and development this time XD.

And the rest of the cast includes the woman sitting on the big chair.
She will inevitably have her own plans and thoughts on our dear Utena.
Which will inevitably be twisted by her own twisted view of reality, and Venalita just showing her what is convenient to show.
That includes not including the part where Venalita pretty much blackmailed Utena into joining Enormeeta XD.

Anyways, see yah later!

ReikoLupus · Oct 1, 2024

Eden's Touch

Chapter 2: Witch - Part 1

We... Well, I walked towards school, more and more other students appearing the closer we got. I squirmed a little bit, nervous.

I felt as if someone would suddenly point at me accusingly of being part of Enormeeta, and I couldn't fault them... I... Fought Tres Magia yesterday under Venalita's orders...

But... But it's not like I wanted to! Venalita as forcing me!

I-I don't want to hurt my beloved Magical Girls... Whatever I felt yesterday, must have been caused by that weird magic changing how I feel...

"Utena, are you alright?" Ghostmon's voice asked from beside's me, worry clear in her voice.

"A-Ah, yeah, don't worry..." I took a glance at my side, and spoke barely above a whisper, hoping to not be too obvious. Besides me was the transparent figure of Ghostmon. "I'm just... Waiting, for someone to appear and point at us for what happened yesterday... Are you sure they can't see you?"

"I honestly don't know." She shrunk in her shoulders, looking around with a bit of paranoia. "Nobody has reacted to me yet, so... I guess?"

"I see..." I glanced down at my bag... Where I kept the Transformation Star. Venalita made it very clear I had to keep it always with me. "...How does it feel... Inside there?"

"It's... Not as nice as your phone." Ghostmon pouted. It was slightly cute. "But I can't get inside it anymore, and here I can project myself out like this, so... It's not too bad."

"That's... Good, I think." As long as Venalita was honest and only people with Transformation Stars can see Ghostmon in this form, I can relax... At least a little bit.

I looked away from Ghostmon and closed my mouth. Who knows who could be watching me right now, and notice I'm doing something strange... If I'm found out, it's over for me.

...

My mood improved as the water fell over the first patch of flowers.

Here, behind the school, has always been my place. A tiny private garden just for me, to enjoy in silence without worrying about other people's gazes or thoughts.

People may come during recess and lunch, but before classes start, this is my small sanctuary, that I have built myself since first year...

"The flowers are so pretty..." Ghostmon was floating around, enjoying various of the different patches of flowers. "So many different types... I wish I could touch them..." She tries to touch them, but her transparent hand just passes through.

It's not so private anymore, but... I like Ghostmon, it's not like it's her fault that we are in this situation. Or at the very least, her words made me feel proud of my work.

And, we can speak freely here. There is nobody watching

"T-Thanks, I have been growing them for about a year now..." Nobody else of the Beautification Committee wanted to work here after they heard that we needed to touch earth and compost for the most exigent plants... "...If-If you want, you can come out the Digivice to touch them..."

"E-Eh?! Wo-Wouldn't that be... A bit too risky?" She panics a little, but I notice her smile at the idea.

It's not like I don't understand her nerves. If someone sees her....

There are only 3 types of Digimon normally seen in the Material World: The Partners of Magical Girls, Minion Digimon controlled by Evil Organizations... And Digimon working for or straight up commanding Evil Organizations, which may or may not be paired with a Witch...

If someone sees Ghostmon with me and rumors start... I-I'll have a Satellite checking the registers to see if I'm or not a Magical Girl... And when they find out I'm not, it'll be clear that I'm... I-I was made a...

We-We are in the third type.

If that is found out, I'll be arrested, and Ghostmon will have luck if she isn't killed...

"...It-It should be alright..." ...Still, I want her to be able to touch and smell the fruits of my work. "J-Just make yourself invisible, alright?"

I could see her face bright up, and the image projected in front of me disappears as I felt a small tug inside me. Then, I saw how the bag on the side started to open on its own from the inside.

I couldn't see her, but I knew she was now out.

"Ahhhh~. They smell great..." Her voice sounded pleased and relaxed, and I smiled as I saw movement in a few flowers on a few patches in front of me that I haven't watered yet. "They feel so soft... Fr-Fragile, but as if they wanted to be cared for..."

I felt giddy, as Ghostmon expressed how I tend to feel with them.

"Ehehehe... Don't they? There are so many different kinds, all with their own peculiarities, expressing and provoking different emotions, and each one needs a different kind of care to bloom in the most beautiful way they can..." There is an unique pleasure to helping a flower bloom bright and healthy, or fruits juicy and tasty... "...They-They are kinda like Magical Girls, in a way~. Maybe that's why I love them..."

"Like Magical Girls... Wh-Which one?" Ghostmon asked as I watered the next patch. "Which one you liked first...?"

"Magical Girls, of course~." That's an easy question! "Though, I also love flowers, just not as much. I-In fact... During the days I dream of becoming a Magical Girl, I imagine myself using flowers as my magic... Grow giant roses to shoot their spines, or trap the villains in great roots..."

...Of course, that impossible dream is not even a possibility anymore... Not now that I'm a... I'm a...

"...U-Utena, can you tell me more about Magical Girls...?" That question started something in my brain. "We-We fought them yesterday, but I don't know much about them..."

"Of course! I'd love to!" I moved to the next patch, a smile quickly growing into my face. I could feel that I wouldn't be able to stop now. "Magical Girls are heroines of justice! They work under the guide of Cosmos, the Goddess of your-your world, who came to ours to spread love, fairness, and understanding. They started dealing with normal crime and accidents, each working together with a Digimon partner to strengthen the ties between our world, but... With the coming of Evil Organizations, their main job has become to fight and keep people safe from Evil Organizations, with evil Digimon and Witches like... Like..." ...Like...

"Morning, Utena-chan!" "Gyaaaaa!" A voice suddenly spoke behind me, and I let out an unintentional scream out of surprise.

A burst of panic explodes in my chest, and a second wave washed over me right afterwards. It took me a moment to notice those was Ghostmon's own panic.

Slowly turning around, I'm greeted by a warm smile under a set of pink twin-tail drills wearing our white and green sailor uniform. A face I see almost every day, but one that I don't think I have interacted with before.

"Hanabishi... Hakura-chan?!" How long was she listening for?! What did she hear?!

"Sorry! did I scare you?" She rubbed the back of her head nervously, and starts looking away.

She was in my class. I never spoke with her more than a few words, but her outgoing personality and relatively loud voice made her easy to remember. And I definitively, 100% didn't want come greet me today of all days!

She looks around curiously, as if searching for something.

'Bump' 'Bump' 'Bump'

My heart-rate accelerates, becoming clearly audible to me. I want more than anything else in the world, to shout at Ghostmon to go back to the Digivice. She herself told me that she can only remain invisible for a couple of minutes at most, as long as she doesn't move much.

But I can't. I must not. If I do, it would be like declaring myself guilty of terrorism.

Fortunately, moments after I feel another tug in my chest, and see the transparent and mostly-intangible form of Ghostmon coming out of my bag, showing that she had come back to the Digivice.

And as she did, Hanabishi-san stopped looking around.

Does she have a kind of sixth sense or something?!

My heart keeps pounding, as I see my bad in the corner of my visions. It was left open, and anyone that peeked inside... Would see the Transformation Star.

Ugh... Control yourself! Ac-Act normal!

"Yo-You... Know my name?" That- That must be a reasonable question, right?! All words we exchanged must have been when passing a paper to each other, so I don't think I even gave her my name...

...Wa-Wait, then why does she know it?! Is-Is she investigating me?!

"Of course, you're in my class!" Does she remember the name of everyone in class...?!

...I-I'm worrying too much about this, and jumping at shadows... It-It's not strange to know the names of your classmates, I'm the weird one that has problems with that.

And... Being remembered put a slight smile in my face.

St-Still, I have to keep her away from my bag!

Having finished this row of flowers, I break the normal order I water them in, and move to the ones on the side of the school building. The ones furthest away from my bag.

"I always see you here early, taking care of the flowers!" She walked towards me, and crouched down to look at the flowers more closely. "You are singlehandedly keeping the school's garden!"

"Y-Yeah... The other members are busy, so I have been taking care of it the past..." ...Eh? Wait, something there is not right. "...Di-Did you say always...? But... This is in the back of the school..."

This was just my little private garden... Right?

"Yes! It's relaxing to look at, and feels like it makes the school-day a lot more vibrant, so I always come to take a look before classes start!" She said enthusiastically, as she quickly turned my safe place into just another site where people could find me out. "I always see you putting a lot of work to maintain the garden, and I didn't want to interrupt the work, so I never said anything. But doesn't it get tough to do it alone? I'm sure the beautification committee has more members, right?"

"Y-Yeah... The other members are busy, so I have been taking care of it the past year..." I would like some help with the heaviest part of the work, but... I can manage.

Still, being told that my work improves her day so much...

...I...Can't feel bad about this not being my little own spot after that. I would like to have it all to myself, but if she has always enjoyed it while also letting me have my peace...

...Well, I can share it.

"Having a flower garden at school makes everyone happier, thanks you!" I was a bit taken aback by that, and couldn't stop the blush from growing on my face. "I'm sure the flowers would thank you too, if they could!"

And I also feel more pride in my work after hearing that... It's a very nice feeling.

"Ehehe... You think so?" I scratched my face nervously and embarrassed. The idea of my work making everyone happy, including the flowers themselves... That felt funny and nice in a way I haven't felt before.

If my Magic as a... Instead of creating monsters, let me control and speak to the flowers, that would be nice...

...Though, maybe...

If it works on any inanimate object, then...

I look down at the flowers, deep in thought.

...Wha-What am I thinking?!

I crouch down, holding my head in my hands, as if that somehow would get those thoughts out of my head.

I shouldn't be thinking about using those powers! That Magic is bad, and would only hurt the flower, and make it hurt others!

I should avoid using those powers in plants, at all cost!!!

"Utena-chan, are you alr- Ugh!" Hanabishi-san tried to crouch down to help me, but she suddenly made an expression of pain, holding her back, and got up.

"Ha-Hanabishi-san, are you okay?!" I get up, reaching for her.

Did-Did she strain a muscle?!

"I-I'm alright, don't worry!" She put a strained smile clearly in pain. "I-I remembered that I had to get to the class a bit early to check on something with Sayo-chan! Se-See you in class, Utena-chan!"

She pretty much ran away. Her attempt at hiding her pain being one of the poorest I have seen.

...She was so friendly, kind, and praised so much my work...

...I... I have to make sure that, if things end bad, if I am forced by Venalita to hurt people... I can keep her out of it. Her and her friends.

But for now...

"...Ghostmon, sorry, but I don't think you can come out inside this garden..." Nor anywhere outside home... As long as she keeps away from Mom.

As much as I enjoy the idea of Hanabishi-san enjoying the garden... Now, I don't feel as safe on it as I did before.

"...Yeah, I guessed." Her voice was small, and sad, but she quickly cheered up. "But... Can we talk more about the Magical Girls? They sound cool..."

That managed to put a smile back on my face.

...

Class passes quickly. My mind too trapped in the events of yesterday to pay any attention. Ghostmon is looking around, but can't get too far, limited to the 10 meters range from the Digivice.

When they end, I listlessly pack my things, burying the accursed Digivice under all the weight of my books and notebooks, and take out my phone, in case mom sent a message.

My breath freezes, as the screen quickly turned completely black, and white, pixelated letters appeared one by one.

'Come after school. Don't take any detours.'

This time, no choice was given.

After that message, the screen turned back to normal, but the map app was opened, pointing at at a specific address, and how to get there.

...This... This is going to end very badly...

I had never felt so grateful of classes ending.

As me and the others started packing our things, we didn't waste any time in standing up from our seats. I let a small sigh of relieve as my tender backside could separate from the hard chair.

A quick look at the others, and I could see they felt the same. Meanwhile, the other three had not been anywhere as affected by yesterday's battle.

Angoramon was taking a nap against a wall, and Plotmon was taking one on top of her. Renamon, as always, was standing on the back of the class, having paid more attention than any of the students, and taking a few minutes after it to process what she learned.

To be honest, I wish I could imitate Plotmon and take a nap of Angoramon right now. Her body is like an overly fluffy, light yellow humanoid rabbit, larger than all of us. Rather than the hard surface of this chair, I would rather submerge my body on her fur.

And having the small, dog-like Plotmon resting over me would have made it even better.

"Ahhhh, finally we can stretch a bit bit our legs~." Kaoruko started stretching her back, finally being able to relax. "After yesterday, last thing ah want is be seated all day~."

"I agree~. I still- Woah!" Haruka was suddenly interrupted as Hiiragi-san, the girl seating by the window, pretty much ran out of the classroom, almost crashing against her. She was soon followed by other classmates simply walking out.

That was... Weird. I don't think I have ever seen her in such a rush.

"Did she have an urgent business or something?" I hope she's not arriving late.

"Oh, I talked with Utena-chan this morning, in the garden. She looked to be having a headache, but she looked alright during class..." Haruka looked worried, as she looked at the door.

"Oh, dat's weird. Yah never interrupted her while she worked, didn't yah?"

"Yes, it's just... Me and Plotmon got a strange feeling from there, and got closer to check. But it was nothing in the end." She looked embarrassed to the side, scratching her cheek. "I may be getting too paranoid since she managed to escape yesterday... My bottoms are making me remember constantly..."

"Yeah, ah get yar pain." Kaoruko looked at Haruka with understanding, as she rubbed her back. "Literally."

"Yes, the Witch from yesterday... Certainly left an impression." To be honest, that's putting it mildly. "What even was she attempting?!"

We severely underestimated her, that acting she put on made me drop my guard, regardless of how obvious of a trap it was, and thinking we had the numerical advantage turned everything against us. She captured one of us, and proceeded to use her as a hostage, a shield, and a weapon. And when we thought we had her trapped, she caught us with a surprise attack from the ground and walls, getting incapacitated with electric shocks...

We eventually got out, but she took that as her signal to escape through a portal... And before that, she proceeded to torture and humiliate us as much as possible.

The memory of yesterday made me clench my fists, and my face grow hot.

Ugh, just remembering that...!

"Uuugh! I don't wanna remember that!" Haruka was throwing a small fit, waking up Angoramon and Plotmon. "Let's go to the Karaoke! I don't want to think about yesterday!"

That would be nice. But... "I'm sorry. My cousin has to run some errands today, so I have to take care of the Shrine."

"Ehhhh... What about you, Kaoruko-chan?"

"Eh?! Just us-?!" Kaoruko was taken aback for a moment, embarrassed. I wonder why she's always nervous around Haruka. "...Uh, ah'm sorry, but ah can't... Ah have an appointment with mah mom, an' ah can't miss it."

"I see..." She looked down, but quickly came back to her upbeat attitude. "Oh well, we can go next time!"

"See you two tomorrow then." "Same." "See you later!"

...

We were almost at the sanctuary. As always, Renamon was walking besides me, her posture as straight and confident as mine.

Her tall, yellow and white fox-like body moved with grace, arms lightly swinging back and fort and tail side to side. Purple gloves, the same color as her eyes and adorned with yin-yang symbols, were the only clothes she wore.

"...Renamon, what do you think of yesterday's battle?" Her eyes moved to mine, the purple patterns below them having made her intimidating in the past, though not anymore.

I couldn't take my mind off the battle, nor in how I... Felt, during it.

What that evil Witch did... I... I don't know if to consider us lucky or unlucky that she did that, or that she just did that.

But what I'm sure of... Is that it shouldn't have come to it in the first place.

"...This Witch is..." She took a moment to think of her answer, playing with the long fur of her neck. "...Opponents that play with and change how people feel are tricky. Manipulating pain is, as weird as it may sound, far from the worst scenario, but..."

"...But that is, if they don't have other abilities that can make use of it, right?" Something that can make use of the tiny moments where the body flinches from the pain... "...Like creating monsters."

"...That is not all." Uh? There is more? "I'm not entirely sure if I felt it right, and it may be something else, but... I felt that Digimon grow stronger, each time one of us got hit."

...What? But, that would mean...

"...She grows stronger by causing pain." That... That's a BIG problem. "...The more she hits us, the stronger she becomes... Making her hit even harder."

It's a nightmare loop...

"...Fortunately, abilities like that tend to only give one a temporal boost, and the size of it is proportional to the strength of the people or items they take power from, so we don't need to worry about her becoming unstoppable in a couple of days or weeks, but..." She closed her eyes, frustrated. "...It's still a problem."

"...What an evil power..." Growing more powerful through the pain and suffering of others... What one would expect of a Witch.

She just nods, not having anything to say to add or against that statement.

"Ahhh, I truly wish we don't meet her again for a long time." At least until my butt finish healing...

After saying that, a small wave of magic hit us, coming from somewhere close. It was corrupt, dark, and full of negative emotions.

"...I guess it was too much to ask for." "Unfortunately, justice isn't allowed vacations."

We swiftly moved to a side-street with no people around. We took a few looks around to make sure nobody was looking, and I took out my Heart from my bag.

"Trans Magia!" "Renamon Evolves to...!"

Utena just got what she needed all her life:
Someone to nerd about Magical Girls with.

I think that's enough reward for becoming a dangerous criminal, don't yah think? XD
Though, if she'll be one, she should be more careful!
Just letting your Digimon out like that in the open is not a good idea!
What would have happened if Ghostmon didn't conveniently have the ability to turn invisible?!

Well, that's it for today.
See ya later!

Alpha_ræd · Oct 2, 2024

I'm glad there's a MahoAko fic here. I hope this keeps being as good as these first chapters and I can't wait to see what digivolutions you plan to use.

ReikoLupus · Oct 2, 2024

Alpha_ræd said:
I'm glad there's a MahoAko fic here. I hope this keeps being as good as these first chapters and I can't wait to see what digivolutions you plan to use.

I was surprised there wasn't any here XD.
Well, I think there was one, but it looked pretty abandoned.

Unfortunately, I can't make promises about the quality, since that's something for the readers to judge XD.
I can only promise that I have like a dozen more to release that are already written, so updates will continue regularly for a little while.

I'll have fun with the Evolutions XD.

ReikoLupus · Oct 3, 2024

Eden's Touch

Chapter 2: Witch - Part 2

I nervously looked to the sides, worrying that someone may be watching me, and entered the construction site that the map pointed at. To my surprise, there was nobody inside, but that did little to calm my heart.

I shouldn't be here... I shouldn't be intruding...!

Looking around for a little while, I find Venalita floating near one of the corners of the site. It was looking into a floating screen, but as I approached, the screen disappeared and it looked at me.

"Hey, Utena, right on time." It made no comment about what it had been looking into, and I knew better than to ask.

"Why... Is this place empty?" They should still be working at this hour, right...?

"I killed them all and dropped the bodies in the river." "Eh?!" I talked with a completely serious and unreadable face. "Just joking. The workers went on strike, so I'm using the place for today."

"Pl-Please, don't make that kind of jokes!" It didn't look like you were joking!!!

"Anyways, I wanted to give you a bit more time to get used to your powers, but there is a bit of an Enormeeta job I need you to do. You up to it?" Somehow, that didn't sound like a question.

"I... I don't... Want to..." The words came slowly from my mouth, as if each one got a knife dangerously close to my heart. "I... I don't want to be a Villain... Nor hurt people..."

"Sa-Same with me..." Ghostmon on my side... Hiding behind me, agreed with me. "I... I don't want to do bad things..."

"I see, that's a shame..." It slowly said, as it took a phone out of one of it's long sleeves. It was reproducing a... Video montage of me Transforming and of Ghostmon Evolving, and the of us torturing the Tres Magia. "I guess this video will go straight to your mom, and then the authorities."

"I would rather die!" "I will be killed!" We screamed in sync, at the threat hanging over our heads.

When did it make that video compilation, and why did it make one?! ANd why does it look so well made?!

"Ugh..." "...Alright..." I could only tremble in frustration and fear, and Ghostmon was the same, but at least she could say what I had to but didn't want to.

"Great, now, let's start." It put the phone back on its pocket, and we let a sigh of relief. "We need a distraction for a different job that will be performed by a different member. Just remain here, and Transform when you receive the signal. She'll move once at least one of the Magical Girls is engaged with you, just keep one of them engaged for a couple minutes. I'll pick you up once you are done."

A different member...

Enormeeta's members... Are a bit of a mystery. The only publicly known one is Loco Musica, though the Magical Girl may know more...

...I... Would rather not meet them...

"...How long... do I have to wait?" Ghostmon kept hiding behind me. Not like I could protect her if Venalita tried anything...

"Well, that depends on how a few other things go. Could be 5 minutes, could be an hour, you'll have to be patient." Ugh... So I can't even hope to be done with this quickly... "Meanwhile, why not check some S&M stuff on your phone to pass the time? Considering your powers, you may like it, and it may give you ideas on how to fight."

"Uh? S&...M? What th-?" It didn't even wait for me to finish, disappearing inside a black swirling vortex.

"..." "..."

'Sigh'

We both sighed, resigned to our situation.

"How did we get stuck on this...?" "I wish I knew..." We looked at each other, and let out a small smile. It was good to at least have company in this.

Fortunately, there is a chair nearby, so I can sit down as I take out my phone and start searching images of the Tres Magia on the Internet. At least I'll enjoy my time as I wait.

"Oh, those are the Magical Girls we fought yesterday, right?" Ghostmon looked over my shoulder at the screen.

"Ye-Yes. They are the Magical Girls in charge of this city and the surrounding areas..." Ghostmon listened interested, which prompted me to continue. "They have been active as Tres Magia for about 8 months, which was when Sulfur joined the group. Before that, they were Due Magia for 5 months, when Azul joined Magenta, who had been working alone for a couple of years."

"They... They have been at it for a while." She sounded slightly impressed, but even more than that, nervous. "Then... How did we do to fight them yesterday?"

"...Ahahah... We-We got very lucky..." I'm still asking that myself. "I guess that was the element of surprise...? This city was relatively pacific until Enormeeta came about a year ago, and since they cause problems across the country, we weren't particularly targeted... They have fought plenty of Minion Digimon, but I don't think they have fought a... A..."

I stopped a moment, not being able to bring myself to say the word.

"...So, we probably took them by surprise. There's no way we could beat them in a straight fight." There is no way... Right? "...Oh, since we are at it, want to know what each of them can do?"

She suddenly looked enthusiastic, getting a bit closer. "Y-Yes! Please!"

I smiled, and searched for images of Magia Magenta and Nefertimon.

I'll make sure to educate Ghostmon in the greatness of Magical Girls!

...

"Th-They are so cool!" Ghostmon looked with sparkling eyes at the Tres Magia pictures and fanart on the phone screen.

"Aren't they?!" She gets it! "They are so cool, cute, brave... They are everything good and more!"

Ahhh, what is this feeling of satisfaction... I never got someone interested in Magical Girls before...

"...But, how are we going to fight them?" She asked the question that I didn't want to think about, my satisfaction freezing and crumbling. "We are a... Distraction, right? I acted in a panic last time, and somehow it worked, but... Doesn't look like we stand a chance..."

"We-Well... Venalita wouldn't simply throw us at her without a plan... Right?" It must have a plan... There is no way there isn't one...

"...W-What about that thing it mentioned?" A thing? "That S&M thing... I think it said that would help us fight?"

...Ah, I had forgotten about it.

"L-Let's check it out." We-We need all the help we can get! We can't fight the Tres Magia without some sort of advantage!

But, what even is S&M? Some sort of martial art...?

I opened Rooble and started to type 'S & M' in the search bar. Then, I jumped into the first of the results.

And I'm greeted to the site with the image of a voluptuous woman in very skimpy leather clothes.

"...Eh?" "...What?" We were both taken aback by it, confused on what we stumbled upon. Though, Ghostmon looked confused rather than embarrassed, unlike me.

Wh-What is this?

This... This can't be what Venalita was talking about...

...This is porn.

"Uoh?!" "Uooooh?!" As I passed to the next image, we were shown a scene of a beautiful woman in a full-body leather outfit with a whip, smacking the back of a gagged, almost naked one, which had her arms and legs tied up.

Ghostmon looked way more interested in this one.

"I-I can't be looking at this!!!" I looked away from the phone, holding it away.

Wh-What am I doing searching this type of thing?!

I-I shouldn't ever search again anything that Venalita recommends...

I slowly opened my eyes, looking back at the screen to move to the button to close the site...

...But, some curiosity in me moved my finger one last time before that.

One more wouldn't hurt... Right?

The image of a naked woman, stuck to a weird shiny wall, immobile as another touched her body, appeared in the screen.

Ghostmon looked closer to the screen.

My head dived forward, going through her immaterial body to look at the screen. Our eyes overlapped on each other as they fixated on the same thing, and my body started to grow hot.

...

So... So many tools...

So many activities...

So many things... That I could do...

One of them... That I had already done... To the Tres Magia...

My body felt hotter than I have ever felt before, no matter how bad of an illness it was. But I was not sick.

I didn't know why it was, but as I looked at more images, as I explored more of this site, as I checked more sites, a warmth started to spread in my stomach, eventually becoming a searing flame.

Ghostmon's feelings were different, but at the same time, the same as mine.

I don't even know when she replaced her projected body for her real... And I also didn't notice, when my body started to leak some strange purple energy.

"...Eh?" The moment I noticed it, it was already too late.

The energy... The magic coming out of my body exploded outwards and high into the sky, blinding me.

"Wh-What is happening?!" "U-Utena, what's this...?!" I screamed, as I covered my eyes, and I heard Ghostmon crying on my side.

But it wasn't Ghostmon's voice anymore. It was more mature, slower, and sharper.

When the light calmed down, I looked down... And saw I had Transformed, my body partially covered in leather, and two horns poking on the sides of my vision.

"Ah?! Why...?!" "I Evolved?!" I looked to the side. Ghostmon had changed again, back to her tall and beautiful figure in her layered and revealing dress and big hat. She had Evolved once again to BlackWitchmon.

Why did we Transform?! I didn't even use the Star yet! Venalita even gave us instructions on how to use it!

"Wa-Wait, will we get in trouble for this?!" BlackWitchmon turned to look at me, panic clear in her face. "We Transformed before we received the signal! Did we ruin the plan?!"

"...Ah!" She's right! "We-Well, Venalita will probably understand, right?! I mean, we don't know why it happened!"

"R-Right! I-It's not really our fault, so it can't get angry!" She looked relieved, even if she didn't appear to believe it entirely.

"Y-Yeah! For now, lets turn back to normal!" I raise my hand to the Star at my neck, and take a deep breath. "I only need to say the same words as when Transforming into this, rig-?"

"Stop right there, Villain!" A loud voice resonated high up,

We turned up, our eyes meeting with those of Magia Azul and Youkomon, floating above the construction site.

"Magia Azul!" "Youkomon!" We took a step back, still overwhelmed by the situation.

Magia Azul looked down at us with her sharp, burgundy eyes. Her deep teal hair swayed with the wind, alongside the big light blue ribbon on its side. She was wearing her Tres Magia uniform, a swhite blouse with puffy shoulders and a stiff a-line blue skirt with white borders that reached down to the middle of her thighs and was secured all the way up to right below her breasts, with a big light blue bow on the back. Long blue gloves covered her arms until they folder below her shoulders, and blue heeled boots went above her knees, with a big light blue bow at top her feet. A puffy light blue bow was tied around her collar, with a blue heart set in the middle.

Around her stood Youkomon, her regal figure looking down at us with an accusatory glance. She had a majestic body covered in purple and white fur, with a long white mane around her neck. Two white lines went below her eyes, while yin-yang symbols sat in her forehead and the side of her legs, while flames covered her four legs and the end of each of her nine tails. A large and wide shimenawa in a white and green pattern tied around her neck, ending in two big bells.

Their beautiful, cool, and majestic figures inspired awe in my heart. How much I would have loved to see them from this close before.

Now, I feel nothing but fear.

I'm not looking them as a fan, but as an enemy.

"Prepare yourself, agent of evil." Azul held her wand up, a small rod that ended in a big blue heart, with a big blue star on top and a smaller one as the pommel. The wand was quickly covered in ice, turning into a long, freezing sword.

"I'll be performing your last rites!" Youkomon spread her tails, as they started to grow their flames.

"Eh-Wait-Ah!" "Awawawa-!" Neither me nor BlackWitchmon could let out a coherent word, recoiling, hands and weapons on our chest.

"Say your prayers!" "Say your prayers!" Azul rushed forwards, sword held high, as Youkomon released 9 balls of fire from the back.

"Homuradama!" Azul slashed at me with her sword, and the 9 fireballs rotated around each other as they approached us.

"G-Gyah!" "Ne-Nefarious Binding!" I barely managed to jump away from the sword slash, the freezing air around it sending shivers through my body, as BlackWitchmon floated away, releasing chains towards the approaching fireballs.

Unfortunately, the fireballs, albeit comparatively slow, moved in the air to avoid the chains and continue forward.

"W-Wait! It's not what you think, I s-swear!" "W-We can talk things out!" The fireballs followed Azul's slash, flying around the chains no matter how much BlackWitchmon tried to swat them.

Unable to think how to avoid them, and without a big and convenient Leomon lying around to get them, I grabbed her by the arm and flew away.

"Get back here!" "Your tricks won't work, Witch!" They quickly started pursuit, the fireballs tracking behind us as they took each side.

"W-What do we do?!" "I-I don't know! H-Hit something!" But what?!

A cold sensation on my side warned me, and I made a quick split-second decision, grabbing BlackWitchmon firmly and pushing her back.

We barely avoided a set of freezing swords that stabbed right where we were going to be, freezing the ground. But that left us vulnerable to the approaching fireballs.

In a desperate move, I looked at the closest object I could see. I smacked it with my Frustino Dominanza, as BlackWitchmon tried to swipe at the now way too close fireballs with all of her chains.

Fortunately, she managed to hit a few of them. Unfortunately...

'Brooom!'

"Gahhhhh!" "Gahhhhh!" The hit fireballs exploded, making all of them explode in range of us.

The force of the explosion sent us flying past where the freezing swords stabbed the ground, their searing heat feeling as if my skin was boiling, and tearing and burning part of our clothes off. We crashed painfully against the ground, my vision going blank for a moment.

"Guuuuh...!" It hurts...! It hurts!!!

I could feel BlackWitchmon suffering the same. This was the most pain I had ever been in, though that was a low bar to surpass.

"It's over." "Stay down, and we'll make it quick." Azul and Youkomon's voices sounded over us.

Ughhh...! It hurts...! But... If we don't move...!

I forced myself to stand up, and BlackWitchmon besides me did the same. Looking down at my wounds, my skin looked very red, but appears to not have been really damaged. It was the same for her. Looking up, Azul and Youkomon were glaring at us, contempt filling their eyes.

"So be it." "This will be divine punishment." Azul pointed her sword at us, smaller swords appearing around her, and Youkomon's tails flared up as she prepared to release more fireballs.

And so, we smiled.

We smiled, as we were all quickly covered in shadows.

Magia Azul and Youkomon quickly turned, alarmed, but it was too late.

"What is-?!" "A monster?!" They shouted in alarm before trying to fly away from the monstrous and strangely feminine mass of liquid cement.

Youkomon barely to get out of the way, but Azul, slower than her partner, was caught and consumed in a deluge of cement.

She wasn't even able to scream.

"AZUL!!!" Youkomon screamed, and her tails started to burn bright, flames exuding and gathering above her. "Jaenryū!!!"

The flames quickly gathered, expanded, and condensed into the shape of a furious dragon, flying towards the head of the monster.

Don't even think about it!

I point at the monster with my Dominanza, and swipe it upwards, hopping that it would understand the instruction. Fortunately, it appeared to know what I wanted to me even if I did nothing.

'Gasp!'

Right before the dragon impacted, Azul was forcefully brought to the surface... In middle of the attack and the monster.

It was just for a moment, a single instant where time appeared to stop for everyone to fully take in what was about to happen. A moment when I could see the face of Azul fill with pure terror.

'BROOOOOOOOOM!!!'

A large smokeless explosion that melted and blew apart the top half of the monster engulfed Azul. It so quick that, after a flash of light, all that remained was her smoking body, ashened all over and uniform turned into burned tatters, which proceeded to fall into the bottom half of the still living monster.

"AZ-!!!" "Agony Shock!" "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Youkomon cried to Azul as she noticed what she just did, but BlackWitchmon took it as her chance to make her cry even higher. And as she was still crying in pain, she grabbed her with her chains and swung her into the cement monster.

Both Magia Azul and Youkomon were submerged and lost inside the monster, which was starting to reshape itself with just half of its original mass.

...Are... Are they alright...?

Did... Did I...?!

...No! There's no way that happened...!

I... I have to run!!!

I grabbed BlackWitchmon's hand as she came back to the ground. When she looked back at me, she hard a terrified look on her face. She must have been thinking the same as me.

I made the monster bring out Azul's and Youkomon's heads so they could breath, and ran away.

"Th-This is our ch-chance to escape!" "...Y-Yeah, you are right!" Her voice was trembling, and sounded insecure. Probably as much as me.

They-They'll be alright, I know it!

We just need to get away, and...!

"...Guh...!" I stopped in my tracks, right as we were about leave the site. "Where... Do you think... You are going...?!"

It was Azul's voice. In clear pain, and barely able to speak.

"You won't... Grr... Get away...!" Youkomon's angry voice continued, as the sound of struggling could be heard from here. "Damn Witches...!!!"

Both me and BlackWitchmon froze in place, and slowly turned our heads.

Both Magia Azul and Youkomon were struggling against the liquid cement, it visibly freezing and becoming brittle around Azul, and it growing red and melting to the point of falling off around Youkomon.

The liquid cement was running down Azul's face, her breasts poking out of the mass of slowly hardening cement, and her knee trying to escape from its prison.

My body and mind started to grow hot, and what I was about to do vanished from my mind.

"This won't stop us... Witch...!" "You'll pay for ll your crimes, Witch!" They both shouted at us, determination burning in their eyes.

...Ahhh...

...Ahhhhhhhhh!

This... This is so beautiful...!

A Magical Girl... Receiving such an attack... Getting so injured...

...And still, her will to fight is only stronger!

Her will to protect people!!!

Her determination to stop me!!!

I... I want...

I want to...!

I turned around. BlackWitchmon turned around at the same time. And together, we walked back, smiles growing on our faces.

Writing Fights is fun, even if I don't consider myself especially good at them.
Writing what comes AFTER fights in this story...
...Now that is more complicated XD.

Azul and Youkomon are going to learn quite a few things they didn't want to know about.

So, see yah later with the last Part of Chapter 2!

ReikoLupus · Oct 6, 2024

Eden's Touch

Chapter 2: Witch - Part 3

My consciousness was hazy, having lost for a few moments. But managing to force it back through the emotions growing inside me.

The sheer anger and humiliation forcing me awake.

I can't believe I was trapped like this...!

My whole body hurt, Youkomon's attack had barely not charred my flesh on that direct impact. I probably will never be as glad as I am now that neither me nor her have particularly great strength.

If her attacks were as strong as any of the others, rather than weaker but hard to avoid, I may not have woken up.

But still, I can feel her emotions through our connection. Shame, regret, anger... It's not her fault! She shouldn't feel guilty about this!

It's the Witch's fault!!!

And now, that same Witch is trying to escape right in front of me!!!

"...Guh...!" I tried to shout at her, but throat hurt, and words refused to come out without fighting back first. "Where... Do you think... You are going...?!"

"You won't... Grr... Get away...!" Youkomon growled besides me. I could barely see her on the corner of my vision, stuck on the side of the cement monster. "Damn Witches...!!!"

And, for some reason, they did stop.

They stopped their escape, and slowly turned their heads to look at us, a look of slight surprise on their faces.

Maybe they assumed I was already dead, so they were exiting the scene of the crime...?

If that's the case, then now they'll come finish the job...

...Let them come then...!

I struggled to freeze myself from the monster. Its hold felt absolute, but that doesn't matter, I MUST free myself!

If we let this Witch escape...! If she escapes, there is no telling what she'll do to someone else!

I accepted the weight of upholding what's right...! Of protecting people from evil!

There's no way I'll let this villain get away!!!

I did my best to gather the magic and expand it through my body. It was hard and painful, magic refusing to pass through my slightly cooked skin and flesh, but once forced through it dulled the pain.

The magic exited my body as freezing air, slowly solidifying the monster around me, limiting even more my movement. But once solid enough, it'll become easy to break with physical strength.

Besides me, I could feel the heat growing, and see on the corner of my vision as the side of the liquid cement monster starts to glow red and lose shape, the flames of Youkomon burning inside it.

"This won't stop us... Witch...!" "You'll pay for ll your crimes, Witch!" We both shout at the Witches, cracking a solidified trickle of cement that had been falling down my face.

And at that, the Witches descended back to the ground, turning back and walking towards us. I could barely see them, my face stuck looking upwards on the hard cement, but I managed to see twisted, cruel smiles growing on their faces.

Good...! Now, we just need to free ourselves before-!

'Smack!'

As they disappeared below where my stuck view could see them, a loud sound reached my ears. And following it, a wave of liquid cement grew in front of my eyes, falling towards us.

"A-A second one?!" "She can create multiple of them?!" Our shock was short-lived, the wave of cement splashing over us.

For a few seconds, I couldn't breathe. Everything was dark, and I could feel the liquid around us shuffling around. Until half of my body was exposed back to the light.

"Hahhh!" I take a deep breath, before opening my eyes.

I was stuck at the front of the monster's left breast, thighs and knees, breasts, and the front of my head free to receive the luxury of fresh air, while my hands were tightly kept behind my back.

Youkomon was stuck on the left breast, only her head popping out, but the cement around her already starting to grow hot. And looking up, the monster now had two heads and two pair of arms.

"H-Hello, Magia Azul..." The Witch floated in front of me, a nervous and manic grin on her face. "I hope you aren't too uncomfortable..."

"When I get out of this, I'll...!" I quickly started to struggle and release my magic again, hardening and weakening the cement holding me in place. That is, until I completely unexpected feeling assaulted my body. "Gya! No- What are you doing?!"

Shivers ran through my body, as the hand of the Witch attached to my left breast through my tattered clothes, which was conveniently sticking out of the monster... And started massaging it.

"What do you I'm doing~?" Her other hand went lower, her long purple nails starting to delicately travel through my thigh. The unwelcome and pleasurable sensations clashing against the pain of my burns, to which I was now trying to focus on. "Poor Azul... Getting such terrible bu-"

"Get your hands off her!" Youkomon interrupted the Witch, shouting as she glared at her. "If you touch her any more, I will eat you alive!"

"Ohhh, how scary~." The Witch let out playfully, making a point of pushing on my breasts even more forcefully than before, making me bit my cheek to endure the sensation. "But, I think you have a different problem to worry about than what I do to Azul~."

"Hello~. I'm BlackWitchmon, I'm your problem~." The evil Digimon, BlackWitchmon, appeared from the side of the monster, pushing her arms inside the monster as her staff floated besides her. There was a small squint of pain as she did, but moments later, her arms came out, holding a pair of Youkomon's tails.

Youkomon glared and growled at her. "Fool! Now I'll- Ah! What do you think you are doing?! Stop that!" BlackWitchmon started... Tying her tails into a knot.

"Grrr! Stop right n-!" "Agony Shock." "Ahhhhhhh!!!" As the fire in her tails started to rose up, they were hit with one of BlackWitchmon's balls of pain, prompting a scream and the fire in her tails dying out.

My heart ached at the scene. I could feel her embarrassment, and then pain, through our connection.

"...Grrrr!!! That won't sto-!" "Agony Shock." "GRRRRRRRR!!!" She clenched her teeth, doing her best not to scream, visibly shaking as another ball of pain hit her tails as they tried to fire up again. She tried to endure, but the fire went out again... And her tails lowered.

"Huhuhu! Let's go for a few more, then~." BlackWitchmon let out a satisfied giggle, before thrusting her arms again into the monster.

"Now... Shall we continue~?" My focus was forcefully turned away from my suffering partner as the voice of the Witch sounded in my ear, and she grabbed my chin with her fingers, forcing me to look at her in the eyes. "We are just getting started~."

"You aren't going to get away with- Ah~!" I quickly shut my mouth in embarrassment, as my body let not scream of pain nor a retort in anger... But a moan of pleasure. "You... You won't- Ahhh~!"

My body, for some reason, reacted with a burst of pleasure as she pinched my nipples in-between massage motions, just like when I was whipped by her yesterday. Just that this time, she hadn't released her Domain, and I felt nothing in her hands trying to alter my senses.

Just the pleasure and pain brought by her hands, and my burnt body begging for some type of relief.

"D-does this make you happy~?" Her thumbs started to slowly caress my nipples, and she came closer to whisper in my ear. "Don't you want to lose control..?"

No! I must not listen to the words of a Witch! I must not deign her with an answer!

I bit my tongue, trying to stop the tears from growing on my eyes and distract myself from the feelings in my chest, and looked towards Youkomon for some form of escape.

I didn't need a connection with her to understand the clear embarrassment and pain on her face.

Her nine tails were now all out of the monster... They were all haphazardly tied into knots, tails into knots and knots into utter chaos, with not a hint of flame coming out of any of them. The entire length of each tail used to create a pitiful ball of fur that appeared to give BlackWitchmon a very real sense of satisfaction, judging by the pleased smile on her face.

And my heart sunk as I saw her floating down to Youkomon's face, a cruel smile growing on her face, as she created a new, very small ball of pain, one that I could barely see from this distance.

"You have been too silent... Let's change that~." The malice in BlackWitchmon's voice sent a shiver down both our spines.

"D-Don't-! Stop that!" Youkomon's face of panic was nothing compared to her raw feelings, as the ball of agony was creeping closer to her eye.

Ugh...!!! I need to help her! But this damn monster...!

The cement all over me was now completely solid concrete, any more trying to come from above was solidified before it reached me. Flexing my arms couldn't break I yet, but I could feel small cracks starting to form around them.

If we can endure this for just a minute more, I'll- "Ahhh~!"

My thoughts were shut down as my nipples were painfully pinched, and my gaze brought back to the Witch's eyes as she held my chin again, forcefully moving my face and tearing the concrete that tried to protest. Forcing me to ignore the deafening scream coming from the side.

"Now now~. I didn't say you could look away, did I~?" Rather than going back down, her hand started to gently caress my face, as her other hand got more and more active at assaulting my breasts. My freezing body starting to grow hot.

I couldn't stop the tears from starting to run my face, as screams of pain come from the side, alongside the terrible feelings through my connection with Youkomon.

No... No... Stoooop!

Why am I...?!

"Ahhhhh~!" My mind starts going blank, as another pinching in my nipple sends a wave of pleasure through my body.

"Ahhh... More... More... Show me more~..." The Witch's face was manic. She was revealing her true colors, showing a terrifying mix of malice, lust, pleasure, and love. I finally took a good look at her amber eyes, and saw her star-shaped pupils. "Of your cute faces~!"

My mind starting going completely blank, overwhelmed by fear and pleasure, as I saw her pupils start to glow golden, expanding beyond her irises.

I couldn't bring out the strength necessary to fight back as her fingers invaded my mouth, nor to continue trying to break the concrete holding me in place.

I could only moan, moan, and moan at the hands assaulting my body, not even registering what happened in front of me, not how much time was happening.

I could only surrender to the pleasure.

...

After what must have been a few minutes, I heard a new voice interrupting the assault on my body.

"Time to go. Let's fall back." The voice said, somehow interrupting the Witch that had been mercilessly attacking my body.

With the little consciousness I had left, I saw The Traitor behind the Witch. "Okay." The Witch just answered to it, a pleased and satisfied look on her face, before she leaned against me one last time.

"Let's have even more fun next time~." Her words alone sent shivers down my body.

I could only watch, as the three of them disappeared into a black, swirling vortex.

Leaving me behind, nor worth even finishing off.

I flew as fast as I could towards the source of Enormeeta's signal. I was already going too late.

Ugh...! Why did it just have to happen after I called Natsuna, Akiho, and Mifuyu to buy them some ice cream before going home?!

I couldn't just leave them as they were choosing at the store!

I took a last bite out of the strawberry cone, and threw the remaining half at Neferti, who caught it in her mouth by quickly moving her mask away.

'Gulp' "Thanks, I can see them!" As she finished eating it, I looked where she was motioning.

There was a giant two-headed monster on the middle of a construction site. I could barely see them at this distance, but the monster appeared to have captured Azul and Youko into its body, and the Witch from yesterday and her partner were doing something to them.

"We need to hurry!" I'm not going to lose Azul just for some ice cream!!!

"I'll separate them!" She put her mask back on, and light started to grow from behind her mask, ready to shot once she got in range.

But we couldn't approach much more before Venalita appeared from a black vortex, pointing as both it and the Witch looked in our direction. She promptly said something on Azul's ears, and disappeared into the vortex before we could get in range, leaving the monster behind.

"Ugh...! Doesn't matter, we still have to save them!" We can get Enormeeta some other day!

"Go ahead, I'll catch up quickly!" The light in he back grew into pillar that raised towards the sky. "Rosetta Stone!"

As the pillar appeared, I flew over Neferti, at just the right height, and counted to three in my mind once she said the 'R' of the attack.

One... Two... Three!

I extended my hand down right on time to grab the front of a great slab of stone covered in strange writings that came out of the light at high speeds. It forcefully pushed me forwards, as if trying to tear off my hand, but I grabbed with all my strength and climbed on top.

Surfing over the Rosetta Stone, way faster than both of us can fly, I reached the construction site in just a few moments.

I turned my wand into a spear right on time to jump out of the stone, watching it enter one side of the creature and coming out of the other, obliterating its insides before crashing like a meteor on the ground.

"Magenta Spear!" Using the momentum I got, I went down on the monster from above, spinning my spear as a drill as pushed through the middle of the monster.

In an instant, I shredded its body from top to bottom, sending its remains flying everywhere, and leaving Azul and Youko intact.

They floated in the air a moment, before gravity caught up to them and they started to fall.

I caught Azul as she was falling in my left arm, and used the right to catch Youko on the flat side of the end of my spear, keeping it just tight enough so it would slow the impact rather than stop it completely and hurt her.

"Fiu... Got to them in time." I slowly lowered them to the ground, as close to each other as I could bring them without throwing them on top of each other.

"Are they safe?!" Neferti arrived right after, worry clear on her voice as she landed.

"I'm... I'm not sure!" Youko looked uninjured, but her tails had all been tied into knots. I wouldn't even know where to begin untangling that. Azul on the other side was burnt all over and covered in ashes, with her clothes mostly destroyed. The burns didn't look too serious, they would heal by tomorrow, but they must hurt. "Azul, Youko, are you alright?!"

Youko was whimpering, tears running down her face. Azul's eyes were glassy, as she simply stared to the sky, her face even redder than her burns.

"What... What happened here?" Neferti said the question we both had in our minds.

Whatever happened here, if it could make Youko cry, must have been horrible.

"I... I don't know. But..." ...They are alive. They can heal from whatever was done to them.

And as long as things can get better, that's all that matters.

As we come out of the vortex, we landed in my room, so I quickly let all the pressure built into my body go, releasing my transformation.

And then proceeded to fall face first on my bed, feeling as if I just ran a marathon. Ghostmon following suit, her ghostly face buried in my sheets.

"Guuuuh..." "Guuuuh..." We both groaned out of exhaustion.

Why are we so tired...?

"I can't believe I did that again..." What was I thinking...? I felt some powerful impulse to do it growing on my chest, and I just... Did.

"Me neither..." Ghostmon groaned besides me, turning around just to cover her face with her hands. "I really... REALLY should apologize to Youkomon... What was I thinking?!"

Probably the same as me. Nothing at all, beyond how fun it looked and how much I wanted to do it.

There is no way around it, is there...?

I could have ran away, and Venalita would have not complained, I would have done my job. What happened afterwards...

...That...

...That was entirely on me. I did that. I did that to a Magical Girl.

Now... I'm the enemy of Magical Girls.

I'm the enemy of the Tres Magia.

...I'm a Witch.

"Good work, you two. That was a splendid fight." Venalita said from behind us. Closing the vortex. "You two were really enjoying yourselves."

"T-That's absolutely not true!" "R-Right, there's no way I would enjoy that!" We quickly sat up, shouting at Venalita to try to preserve even just a bit of our dignity.

Ughhh... Now I have to deal with this...

"Ummm, about what happened today... Sorry..." We transformed before receiving the signal...

Ghostmon just hid behind me, scared of Venalita.

"Mmm? What are you apologizing about?" Venalita sounded confused, tilting its head to the side. "You transformed exactly as I sent the signal, and not only you kept Azul occupied, you defeated her. That's a fantastic job if I ever saw one!"

"...Uh?" "...What?" e were dumbfounded for a moment.

...Wait, did we receive the signal? Did it happen as we Transformed...?

...I guess I just didn't notice it.

"...Ahahaha, right, I just got confused for a moment." "Y-eah, everything went well and as planned!" So we just faked it, and hoped Venalita would buy it.

"It did indeed. The mission was a complete success." It then opened a smaller vortex, one that only it could go through. "Sorry for throwing that on you on your second day, but this job was a bit sudden, and we didn't have time to restore our reserves of Minion Digimon yet."

"N-No, It's alright..." I instinctively told Venalita not to worry when it apologized. Even though, when thinking about it... It should apologize for a lot more than only that.

Ghostmon appeared to be thinking the same, as she glared at me.

"I'll get going then. You are free to use your powers however you like, so have fun. Just don't get caught by the Tres Magia." It then floated to the portal, but before crossing it, it turned back to us. "Oh, right. Want a video of how Magenta destroyed your monster after we got away?"

"Yes please!" "Yes!!!" We both quickly straightened, forgetting our worries and nerves for a moment.

Realizing this, we just looked at each other for a moment...

And giggled.

...It had been kinda fun, after all.

Salutations!

This Part is one of the inevitable parts of doing a fic of Gushing Over Magical Girls. Yes, we are at one of 'Those' moments.
I can't say I'm especially good at writing things like that, with a bit of a lack of interest in those myself, but hey, I tried! XD
It's also the part that made me ensure on WHERE to publish this Fic.
It's not exactly SFW, but it doesn't go explicit and is just a minority in the story, so publishing it as NSFW would give people false expectatives of what I'm writing.
So in the end, I ended publishing it here.

Well, anyways, who had it worse, Azul or Youkomon?
And don't give me the expected answer, tell me what you think even if it's embarrassing XD.

Now, I go back to my little hole to write the next part, so you guys can receive the Intermission in another 2 days and I'm allowed to come out of the hole again and see the sun for 5 minutes, before being shoved inside again.

See ya in the Comments! XD

Alpha_ræd · Oct 6, 2024

You're doing great with the interaction in fights and kinky captures.

Also, when Baiser says "what do you l'm doing~?" You meant for her to say "what do you [think] I'm doing"

ReikoLupus · Oct 6, 2024

Alpha_ræd said:
You're doing great with the interaction in fights and kinky captures.

Also, when Baiser says "what do you l'm doing~?" You meant for her to say "what do you [think] I'm doing"

Yep, I probably missed writing the word XD.
Happens sometimes.

ReikoLupus · Oct 11, 2024

Eden's Touch

Chapter 2: Witch - Intermission

As we finally arrived home, carried by Nefertimon, I tried to flop onto my bed, but Renamon did it first. Her body falling face-first on my sheets.

Right now, I couldn't even worry about mom finding her, so I calmly sat down at my desk, and let my face fall on top of it.

'Groooaaaaa...'

We both groaned, frustrated and unable to face each other out of embarrassment. We couldn't even direct a word at each other, falling into an awkward silence.

I could feel the minutes pass, the constant 'tic' 'tic' of the clock mounted at the wall drilling into my skull like water slowly changing the shape of stone.

This silence felt like torture.

I... I have to talk about what happened...

"I... I'm sorry..." I managed to let out, holding my head between my arms. "I was captured, and showed you a deplorable sight..."

"Why... Why are you apologizing...?" Renamon's voice sounded frustrated. More frustrated than I haver ever heard her before. "I'm the one that should be embarrassed of herself...! I even let the Witches make me cry...! I showed them my tears!"

"What type of Comet am I?!" She started to punch my bed, growling in pure frustration. "First I let them capture my partner, and then I let them make me cry like a baby! She played with my tails as if I was a toy!"

"That is..." That's not her fault...! I was too slow to react! "...How could you not? What they did to you... When I saw that ball of pure pain getting close to your eye...!"

I straightened in my chair, and started to rub my eyes. Just the memory of seeing it happen made my eyes ache.

"...I'm the one that should be ashamed." I tried to look at Renamon in the eyes, but ended looking down at the ground. I couldn't face her. "I... I don't understand why I felt... Why that...! That was wrong in so many levels, and still I...!"

Whatever came over me then, my feelings then had been bare to Renamon through our connection! She saw all of that, which I don't even begin to understand myself!

"...You have nothing to be embarrassed about Sayo." Renamon tried to get up and look at me, but she also failed at it. "I'm the failure here."

"How could I not be embarrassed about it?!" Just thinking about it is...! Talking about it is...! "The way I felt then...! And I made you see it...! That-That was so wrong...! I'm sorry, Renamon!"

I somehow managed to raise my face to her, tears starting to form at the corners of my eyes.

"...Sayo, we Humans and Digimon are very similar, but there are entire sets of emotions and feelings that we don't share." She raised her face to mine. "I... I don't understand what I saw from you today. I don't know if that was good or bad, ugly or beautiful... I just didn't understand what I was seeing. It was an emotion or feeling we don't have."

She... She doesn't even know what I showed her...? ...Well, I don't completely understand it myself...

"What I understand is..." She clutched at my sheets, piercing them with her claws. "...Is that I hurt you. In my carelessness, I ended hitting you in the same way I hit Leomon yesterday, as if I had learned nothing! And I did it with my strongest attack!!!"

She covered her eyes with her hands, but it didn't hide the tears falling down her face. "I was so scared...! I thought that I had... That you were..."

I pounced out of my chair and hugged Renamon, letting her head rest on my shoulder, as I rested mine in hers.

"...We won't let any of this happen again." I tightened the hug. "Next time, we'll get that Witch and her Witchmon, and non of us will have to go through that again. We'll be stronger."

"...Yes...!" She hugged me back, a bit too strong for my non-transformed form, but bearable.

We won't let them play with us like that again, not even seeing us as enough of a threat to finish us off.

We'll make sure they regret letting us go.

Today was a great success.

Utena checked on S&M like I suggested, and managed to Transform on her own, without manually activating the Star. That was the best case scenario, and I got it first try.

And to add to my luck, Magia Magenta took longer to come than expected, giving Utena more than enough time to test her powers on Magia Azul... Who she managed to beat.

"Everything is proceeding as the best case scenario." I picked up the black pawn, and moved it further into the three-dimensional board.

There were dozens of boards set all around the room, many disappearing into the darkness that blocks the walls and ceiling from view, that not even the dozens of lamps falling from the ceiling can illuminate. Hundreds of pieces were carefully positioned both inside and outside each board.

"But she's under too much risk, don't you think?" She pulled the white pawn that had been threatening this one back, and moved a knight and a bishop between them. "You almost got her killed twice."

"It'll be alright~." I move the tower behind the pawn, and set up two more pawns at the start of the board. "Even if we react too slowly, she'll be safe, and soon she'll get extra support."

"The problem is..." I tap the black, cracked queen, her color changing to red for a moment, before flashing back to black. "Finding a good timing."

"Leave that part to me. You focus on adapting the strategy to the unexpectedly quick advance." She picked up a white rook on a nearby board, and crushed it between her fingers. "Without this one threatening this board, you should have free movement."

"Damn, isn't it great when everything goes better than expected?" I floated a bit back, to appreciate the situation on every board. "It almost compensates having lost the big one."

I send a single look to the 6 floors board thrown towards a corner, most of its parts broken into various fragments, but most its pieces still unable to invade the others.

"Just be quick about it, we don't have many turns left." She picked a two-headed white horse from a nearby table, and moved it to a different board on the opposite side, facing a black castle. Still, she angled it backwards, so one of the heads was pointing at me. "And we don't know how many turns there are."

"It'll be fine, she'll get to the other side of the board quick enough. That should buy us more turns." Things were progressing better than expected, we are already ahead of schedule.

I create a screen on my side, looking interested at the contents. "I wonder what she's doing right now."

"So pretty..." Ghostmon held up the box of a figure of Radiant Ruby, a Magical Girl from Germany, that I went through great pains to get. Especially since it was the very limited run of her team with ballroom dresses. "...But why are they all in their boxes?"

"...Glass cases to keep all my figures safe from dust and the weather are... Expensive..." I fiddled with my fingers, a bit embarrassed about it. "...And when I try to save my allowances to buy a big one, I see new figures come out and... There go my savings..."

This small Intermission puts an end to Chapter 2, Witch, so next you'll be getting the beginning of Chapter 3.

Chapter 3 will also be the last Chapter of the first Arc, so I hopefully you like it.

People may wonder and worry what Youkomon will think about how Azul felt while being abused by Utena.
Meanwhile, nobody wonders if Digimon even know what Azul was feeling, or if they would simply been confused, as a blind person hearing another complaining that the light is too bright XD.

Human and Digimon may understand each other most of the time, but each still has senses and things that the other is unfamiliar with!

If you talked with a Digimon or with Me about how good it feels to have sex, we would simply look at you and think "The hell is this hyper-evolved monkey talking about?" XD.

Venalita on the other side, continues being a little shit working behind curtains.
I love this little shit XD.
So I gave it a nice big room where to keep track of things for its plans!

See ya in dah comments!

ReikoLupus · Oct 14, 2024

Eden's Touch

Chapter 3: Slippery Slope - Part 1

About a week had passed since I was dragged by Venalita to do work for Enormeeta. And now, I could finally value the peace and freedom I had all my life.

I quietly studied on my bed, trying to commit to memory history from hundreds of years ago, for just long enough to write them on the next text, and forget all that information right after.

Ghostmon was on my computer at my desk, wearing the headphones sideways since she can't exactly take out her hat. She was enjoying some videos of Magical Girl history, though she occasionally opened less... Wholesome, videos, involving chains, belts, locks, and all kinds of scary-looking tools.

...I made a mental note to ask her for what she found out later. For pure... Academical, purposes.

Initially, I had my worries of how we would make it work, with Ghostmon being pretty much locked to be near me and having to keep her existence a secret from Mom, but... Turns out, that having food, a roof over your head, a bed where to sleep, and a computer to entertain and educate yourself with an almost endless amount of entertainment and knowledge freely available for anyone that wants it, is enough for one to live comfortably.

...Thinking about it, it was just inevitable that it would work out if I had thought about it, isn't it? At least in the short term.

It had been a very peaceful week, enjoying company and friendship for the first time. I wished this could continue forever.

So... Why?

Why is Venalita sitting on my table while checking out books?!

When did it even arrive?! Since when has it spread those books!

I did my best to ignore its presence, to not react to its sudden appearance. And I could see in Ghostmon's nervous face that she was doing the same.

And Venalita said nothing, letting things continue just like that.

After just five minutes of that unbearable silence, my nerves were pretty much screaming at me. Yelling at me to do something, and it became worse the more I waited.

"V-Venalita-san..." I let out, breaking the thick layer of almost solid nervousness lingering in the air. "Did you... Need something?"

"I think it's time you came up with a name." It raised its head to answer immediately, as if it had been attentively waiting all along for me to speak up.

"Why now, so suddenly...?" It has been a week... Does that mean it'll put us to work soon...?

"You could have told us to think about it over the week..." I agree with Ghostmon. There was plenty of time.

"You don't need a week to think of a name." It just disregarded Ghostmon's complaint, and picked up a few books from my table. "Still, every Witch needs a good name, and it'll make things easier for us."

"So, what name do you want?" It held up 5 different books, each one them appeared to be a dictionary of japanese to another language. "Kids today are all about weird names in German and Latin, right? Personally, I like Esperanto, even if it's a failure."

"Actually, I don't even care..." It's not like I wanted to be a Witch in the first place. What others call me doesn't really matter.

"Just pick anything for us, you brought the dictionaries." Ghostmon said what I had in mind.

"Fine then, I'll give you a name." The playfulness on its unchanging upbeat tone felt strangely more dangerous than normal. "Phantom Domme."

"Never mind! I'll pick one myself!" Is this some kind of punishment?!

"...F-Fortunately I don't need another name..." Traitor!

"Well, take your time to think about it, you may need it in a couple of day." As it said that, it created a tiny portal, floating towards it. "Do you two need something before I go?"

"...To be let free of Enormeeta." "To not have to continue risking my life."

"I appreciate an healthy sense of humor. See you." And just like that, it crossed the portal.

We could only watch it get away, exchanging irritated looks with each other.

"..." "...What is wrong with that thing..." I wish I knew...

"...How did one of the Mascots ended like that? For what we know, none of the Mascots has ever turned traitor before..." At least, for what we know.

"Those Satellites are created by Cosmos, right?" Ghostmon asked as she got off the computer to pick up and start organizing the books left behind by Venalita. "...Did she make a mistake?"

"I want to believe that even a Goddess can make mistakes in the end. Otherwise... I don't even want to think of the implications of something like Venalita being intended..." I rub my forehead, the more thought of what that would entail giving me a headache. "Why did we have to end under it's thumb...? Why us...?"

I shouldn't have pressed 'Yes' on that stupid question... I even knew that those kinds end badly, I should have resisted the temptation!

"I guess we are simply that unlucky... Of all things I have to do to live, why a Villain?!" Ghostmon pulled her hat down, hiding her face. "I don't want to do bad things. It's dangerous, and doesn't make anybody happy."

"Same... I'm not too interested in being a Heroine, but being able to fly freely through the skies, use magic to do wonderful and beautiful things, work together with my idols..." The dreams I had growing up. "...Why couldn't I become a Magical Girl instead?"

"That would have been nice... Though, we kind of do those things already, don't we?" She organized the books on a pile. "...It... Was kind of fun."

Fun...

"...Yeah... Yeah, it was..." The glazed look on Azul as I assaulted her body came to mind. That delightful expression as her mind was overwhelmed by the sensations, and couldn't even think straight nor fight back anymore... "We... Did make something beautiful, didn't we?"

In a way, I'm accomplishing my dreams as a Witch... Right?

"The humiliation and pain in Youkomon's face... That was..." Ghostmon appeared to be falling into her own thoughts. "It was wrong, but... I... When I heard her grunts of pain and frustration... I wanted to push forward so badly..."

I could completely understand where she was coming from. The need to do it... To do it when Azul was just right there, ready on a silver platter...

It was as if a starving person was presented with a full-course meal, sat at the table, and told that they couldn't eat it, that they had to patiently sit there and watch as the food rotted.

I wanted to do it... I needed to do it so badly...

How could anyone resist?

...But...

...It's still wrong.

"We... Have to stop." This is wrong. We can't start thinking about how fun it was. "Before we do something we can't come back from."

Before we fall for the temptation. Before we fall through that slippery slop.

"...Yeah. If we simply follow Venalita, who knows what we'll do next..." I could feel her agreement even before she opened her mouth, but she still sounded and felt worried and unsure. "...But, how do we get out of this? Is there someone we can ask for help? The Tres Magia would attack us on-sight, they won't listen... Maybe your Mom?"

That... Is not possible.

"...We... Can't let Mom know." Even if I wish I could tell her everything. "Venalita made it very clear to not let anyone know. If Mom learns about this, who knows what it'll do to her..."

Mom getting hurt, or worse, because of me... I have to avoid that at all costs!

"But we are already having problems hiding me from her. The unusual amount of snacks and fruit must already be alerting her that something is wrong." She... Makes a good point.

"...Ugh... My allowance is disappearing quicker than usual, since I can't exactly have Mom cook for you too..." I probably can it last the entire month with snacks, and have a bit leftover for merchandise, but... "...Money is becoming a problem."

Ghostmon doesn't appear to eat much, and she eats almost anything, but this is quickly draining my monthly allowance...

"...Maybe I could get a part-time job." She asked entirely seriously.

"...I kinda doubt someone would hire a random Digimon. At least, not without calling the Magical Girls first." Though I bet lots of people would go to a restaurant with a Digimon as a waitress. "And I won't be able to legally get a part-time job until my birthday in about half a year..."

"Ugh... Why everything costs money?! I want free food and figurines!" Me too... "If Venalita will force us to work for it, then at least pay us!"

"...The Magical Girls are paid for their job. And pretty generously depending on how well their merchandise sells." I probably contributed a considerable amount to their salaries. "But we are Witches made to work under blackmail... I don't think Venalita will pay us..."

"That... That's unfair..." The frustration was clear in her voice. "I wish we could have been Magical Girls instead..."

Me too...

"We need money..." I'm not sure for how long I'll be able to pay for Ghostmon.

"How can we make money..." Ghostmon muttered to herself, trying to think of something.

I wish I knew how my friend.

I wish I knew how.

"...Ahhhhh... Let's... Forget about it for now." I try to change the subject, not wanting to continue this depressing thought process. "Let's think about my Witch name. I don't want to end becoming 'Phantom Domme' just because we didn't think of anything..."

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'Sigh'

I couldn't concentrate on the lecture in front of me. The words of the teacher were drowned by my thoughts, and since I didn't want to have those thoughts, I drowned them by drawing on my notebook a picture of the Tres Magia.

"It's like the images on the Internet..." Ghostmon had become entranced looking at me doodle. "So that's how they are done..."

It wasn't that good, but being compared to artists and not being laughed at improved my mood a little.

Before I noticed the time pass, lunch had already arrived.

I closed the notebook and slowly took my lunch out of my bag, taking a moment to think where to have lunch.

The garden in the back will be full of couples, and the roof will have the usual delinquents. The only quiet places would be the bathroom and the stairs to the roof. I wish the beautification committee used it's room as much as they did their job, I would have a room all for myself.

'Sigh'

If I continue sighing like that, one day my soul will leave my body.

I decide on the stairs to the roof, and get up from my seat, making a straight line there.

"Hey, Utena-chan!" I flinch from the surprise as Hanabishi-san gets in the way, as her friends move their desks to put them together. "Want to have lunch with us?"

"Eh?!" I'm quickly taken aback. I'm not used to people asking to spend time with me, I haven't had lunch with a classmate in years. "L-Lunch?"

"Yes! I noticed you always have lunch alone, right?" The talked in the cheery tone, and it felt sincere, with no ill intentions. "Come have lunch with us!"

Hanabishi Haruka, I had never interacted much with her before, though the same could be said of everyone else. With today and last week at the garden, this is probably the most I have interacted with a classmate this year.

Without a need to interact with them, I had never paid much attention to them either. So, for the first time, I started to commit to memory her appearance.

Her long, pink hair was styled in a pair of drill twintails, giving an innocent impression that was strengthened by her enthusiastic and friendly expression, and energetic movement. Her face and overall body looked slim but round, with a modest chest but generous hips.

She was taller than me, probably for almost 10cm, but everything else about her stopped her from feeling intimidating.

For what little I have observed of the class, she appeared to be the most friendly person in class, being friends with everyone.

Having someone like her approach me activated my Fight or Flight instinct.

"Ah- I- I couldn't bother you all with that." Flight instantly won. "H-Have fun, you thre-" 'Chunk'

My words were interrupted as my desk was picked up by a large veil of blond hair, and dropped with the others, forming a square.

"Yah worry too much, it's just lunch." The culprit, Tenkawa Kaoruko, said, a small cat-like smile on her face. "Come on, sit down."

She then carried my chair too, setting it up in the square. It quite surprised, she didn't look exactly... Strong, so I never imagined her acting so tough.

She was quite a standout person, so I kind of remembered her better than the others. She had long and wavy blond hair that reached her hips, with a strong and full bangs and two strands of hair falling by the sides to her barely-there chest, and a big yellow ribbon behind her head.

She had a relaxed but straight, one could even call it elegant, posture, and the same could be said of her face. She always smiled calmly, eyes only half-ways open, giving a permanently kind presence. She was incredibly pretty in the same way a little princess would... And looked as frail as one.

I'm aware that I'm a bit short, but she was outright small, and her body was slim, with not much muscle to it. If she wasn't my classmate, I would think she was a few years younger than me.

"Come on, let's eat." She then just sat down, taking out her own lunch from her bag.

"Ah, Al-Alright!" I sat down on my seat, now besides Hanabishi-san's, setting my lunch-box down.

"She-She's quite...Convincing, isn't she?" I could do nothing besides nodding in agreement at Ghostmon's words.

"Fufufu, sorry for my friends, they can be a bit of a pair of free spirits sometimes." Minakami-san was seated in front of me, talking as Hanabishi-san sat besides me. "I'm Minakami Sayo. It's a pleasure, Hiiragi-san"

"Ah- Yes, I'm Hiiragi Utena. It's a pleasure... Minakami-san." As soon as I finished speaking, I felt embarrassed.

Ugh... It's been so long since I talked to classmates like this... I don't know what to say...

"What did you bring, Utena-chan?" Hanabishi-san almost threw herself over me, her shoulder rubbing against mine, as she looked down at my lunch-box.

She... She's way too close! She also continues calling me by my name, even though we have barely spoken...

Is- Is this how friendly and social people are...?

"I- I made something quick with the leftovers from yesterday and what we had in the fridge..." I opened the lunch-box, showing one side full of rice mixed with sliced boiled eggs and spices, and the other had omelette rolls filled with cheese and sausages.

"Ohhhh, that looks nice! Did you make them yourself?" She finally gave me some space, taking a moment to admire my lunch.

"Y-Yeah. Mom has to work long hours, so she doesn't have much time in the morning." I take out my chopsticks. "So, I tried to learn to make something simple as soon as I could."

"Ehhhh~? Dat's pretty nice of yah, Utena-han?" Han? "Mah Mom worries too much an' doesn't let me cook. Says she wants tah make sure ah eat well."

She then took out of her bag a plastic bag, with a box yakisoba. "But ah can get away with eatin' some tasty trash like this once per week~." She sounded way too proud about it.

"Calling it trash is a bit much, don't you think?" Minakami-san didn't really sound reproachful when saying it, more endearing than anything. "And it's good to see how thoughtful of your mother you are. I'm sure she appreciates your efforts."

"T-That's a bit much..." She's taking it way too seriously.

"And it's good to see someone else making their own lunch that isn't... Well..." She opened her lunchbox, as she looked a away nervously. "...W-Well, I don't know how to cook, so my mom prepares mine!"

Her lunch looked pretty normal, a side of plain white rice and another with an healthy assortment of meat and vegetables.

...Uh, why is she saying it like that? Am I missing someth-

"Now, let's eat!" Hanabishi-san boldly spoke out, and my thoughts froze as I saw her open her lunch-box.

Mushrooms.

Mushrooms, mushroom, mushrooms and mushrooms.

The box was filled with an assortment of at least half a dozen different kinds of mushrooms, prepared in their own unique ways. Sliced, steamed, grilled...

"Now, Utena-chan, want to try some?!" Hanabishi-san asked enthusiastically, not waiting for my answer before picking a mushroom with her chopsticks and raising it towards me.

"Eh-?! Wha- Uh?!" H-Hold on, I still don't recover from the impact of that box opening!

Fortunately for me, the incoming mushroom is stopped as another pair of chopsticks caught hers, and pushed them down.

"Come on, Haruka, don't push it so suddenly. Let her ask to try whenever she feels like it." Minakami-san brougth back her chopsticks once it looked like Hanabishi-san gave up, quickly apologizing with a laugh. "Sorry about that, Hiiragi-san. She'll take any opportunity she can get to make us eat them."

"They are very good! Even Kaoruko's mom approves of them, and she's very picky with food!" She quickly jumped to defend herself, and promote the food she made. "I'm sure you'll like them if you try!"

"They may be good, but if anybod' had dah same single thing for lunch for months like yah do, they'll end goin' insane." Tenkawa-san said, before starting to dig into her yakisoba.

"Huhuhu~! But they aren't the same thing, you know~?" She sounded smug and confident as she started to swing the tiny mushroom slice in her chopsticks. "I alternate between 20 different kinds of mushrooms, and through different preparation methods each time! They are a varied and balanced diet, full of different kinds of flavors and textures!"

And just like that, the conversation somehow grew into a discussion about mushrooms, and then devolved into the history of chopsticks. And somehow, I participated in all of it, as they continued bringing me in, asking me questions and my opinion, until I started giving them without being asked.

It was weird, sudden, they were overly familiar and friendly, and the topic of discussion was a strange one at best... But it was fun.

I couldn't understand Hanabishi-san's passion for mushrooms, but I could understand the passion itself. So talking with her about them, was the most fun I have ever had with a classmate.

Isn't it nice to see Utena making friends?
That poor girl had it tough, she needs a bit of a rest, don'cha think?
Let's have our girl have a nice, happy day for once!

I'm sure that this day will go perfectly fine for our little girls!
After all, would Venalita ever allow things to go bad for one of its dear and beloved little Witches?

See ya later, my dear readers!
With more of Utena's very peaceful and happy day!

ReikoLupus · Oct 18, 2024

Eden's Touch

Chapter 3: Slippery Slope - Part 2

Classes came to an end, and I wasted no time in start packing up my things. I wanted to pass by the mall before going home. A quick look to my side showed that Ghostmon was also looking forward to it.

I would get my next allowance tomorrow, so it's time to blow out whatever remains in merchandise!

Getting up, my eyes meet with those of Hanabishi-san, as they started talked before packing up.

"See you on Monday, Utena-chan!" She waved with a radiant smile. Her energy feels a bit overbearing, but somehow her near constant joy feels contagious.

"U-Until Monday, Hanabishi-san." I take a moment, feeling a bit strange at the uncommon event of waving a classmate goodbye, before remembering I should do the same for the others too. "Until Monday, Minakami-san, Tenkawa-san."

"Yes, let's have lunch together again next Monday, Hiiragi-san." Minakami-san lightly nodded her head. The swiftly and lightly made promise to have lunch again somehow felt like the most important event to happen at school since the year started.

"Mmm~." Tenkawa-san looked up at me with eyes that I couldn't really tell what they were thinking. But she seemed somehow satisfied. "Yah do look better with a smile on yar face~."

"Eh?" S-saying something so embarrassing so suddenly...! "Wh-Where did that come from?"

"Well, yah never smile at school, yah know? Don't think ah have ever seen it 'fore." She was resting her head against her knuckles, her eyes steady on mine.

"Lately you have been looking troubled, Hiiragi-san. And today you were looking especially so." Minakami-san sounded a worried, but also understanding and calm, keeping a smile on her face. "Did something happen?"

I'm looking troubled...?

Gah, I think I know exactly why... But it's not like I can talk about it...

"It- It's nothing really." I tried to force back a smile, as the thought made the previous one fall. "I'm just... Making a big deal out of something dumb! I'll get it fixed soon."

It wasn't something dumb, and it's probably an even bigger deal than what I'm already feeling it is. But I need to avoid it showing on my face.

They were silent for a moment, which quickly made me nervous, but fortunately, the silence didn't last long.

"Well, it's good to hear that it'll be alright!" Hanabishi-san shared her positivism, accepting my answer.

Th-Thanks god... They won't press the subject.

"Then hopefully it'll get solved soon." Minakami-san looked satisfied with my answer. "But if something's bothering you, I'm always happy to lend you an ear. I do it all the time at my part-time job."

"O-Oh, I'm okay, really! But...Uhm... Thanks..." I know she can't do nothing about it, and I can't talk about it either, but the offering alone feels good... Uh? Wait, part-time job? "...Uh, I thought our school didn't allow for part-time jobs..."

"Oops. Forget what I just said." She looked embarrassed, avoiding everyone's eyes, as the other two looked at her mischievously. "It's not technically a part-time job, I just help at the family's temple, so... It's not really against the rules."

"Pft!" Tenkawa-san couldn't completely contain her laugh. "Ahhh, leavin' aside dah fool over 'here, if yah 'ave a problem dat can be solved with a good ol' beatin', call me. Ah'll break all yar problems."

She clashed her fists together, a very cute and clashing image given her appearance and frail-looking body. Imagining her beating up Venalita brought a smile to my face.

"Guhguhguh...! I'll will, Tenkawa-san." I don't think it'll happen, but I would really like to see that. "I should get going now. S-See you later!"

They all waved at me as I walked out.

Today was... Weird. I had never had spoken so much with a classmate before. It was fun, and somehow managed to improve a mood that couldn't be any lower.

Did they approach me because they noticed I was agonizing about the problem of Enormeeta...?

"They are all so nice..." Ghostmon said besides me, looking back at the classroom.

"...Yeah, they are." Probably the nicest girls I have met.

Being so willing to check on a troubled classmate, and wanting to know what she's going through, offering to listen and maybe even help to an extent...

...I wonder....

...What would they think... If they knew I was a Witch...?

...They... Would hate me... And be scared of me.

Ah watch Utena-han leave da classroom, in a far better mood dan she entered it with.

This must 'ave been da most ah have seen dat girl talk in all of this an' last year, an' maybe the first time smiling. She's normally like a scared kitten, too nervous tah approach others, hidden in her own little corner by dah window an' wherever she goes durin' lunch, an' without 'nything particularly noteworthy tah make others approach her.

A smile really fits her better, especially with those little fangs of her peeking out. Dat was unexpected, an' pretty cute.

"What do you two think is going on with Hiiragi-san?" Sayo asked the question dat has been goin' on on all our heads. "I think it's pretty clear she was downplaying it."

"So not only I noticed!" Haruka exclaimed from my side, catching dah attention of a few of our classmates dat were already gettin' out, but fortuantely she noticed and lowered her tone a lil'. "Do you think she's alright? She has been looking depressed for a week now, and it was especially bad today."

She indeed looks worse for dah wear dan normal. But...

"...How should ah know?" It's not like ah can read her mind, nor dat this is our problem. "If she has tah deal with stuff, then let her do it on her own."

"Come on, Kaoruko-chan! What if she has some problem she can't fix on her own?!" Haruka looked at me like a begging puppy. "We should help if we can!"

The cuteness of dah face she was making was throwin' mah heart for a run.

Ugh... Don't look at me like dat! Dat's cheatin'!!!

"J-Just let her deal with it!" Ah looked away, trying tah not fall for her pleading eyes. "She knows how tah deal with her problems better dan anyone else. An' if she doesn't, she'll ask people dat knows."

We'll only be a bother at best if we push her tah talk 'bout her problems, an' an insult at her pride at worst. If she wants tah talk about it, she'll do, if she doesn't, she won't.

"We should just offer an ear tah listen if she wants it, an' help if she even needs it." Haruka appeared to calm down a bit after listenin' to mah points. "Just trust dat dah girl knows what she's doin'."

Ah quickly got up from mah seat after dat, makin' clear dat ah saw mah part on it, an' wouldn't change mah mind on it.

"...Ughhhh... Alright..." Haruka didn't seem happy at dat, but it appeared like she understood after thinkin' it a little. "But if she asks for help, I'll do my best to help out! She looks like a very nice girl after all!"

Yeah, dah mere fact dat she listened yah yappin' 'bout mushrooms so long an' didn't seem dah least bit annoyed shows dat dah girl is a saint.

Well, ah would listen too, though for different reasons.

"And you say that, but you were quick at offering to through fists for her." Plotmon jumped in, obviously trying tah tease me.

"That's right, you tell me not to do anything, but you were the first one to offer to help her." Haruka was cutely pouting.

"Hmph, dat's different." Ah won't let some mere teasin' and cute pout sway me. "Ah was not pressuring her inta tellin' us what's goin' on. An' simply knowin' dat she's not alone an' there are people willin' tah listen an' help can be enough tah push one tah fix their own problems, even if outta spite."

"Yes, I can understand that." Renamon interjected, nodding satisfied. "I wouldn't be where I am if it wasn't for spite at those kindly worrying I wouldn't manage on my own."

See? Renamon gets it.

"Well, if even you think we should leave it at that..." Sayo muttered as she looked at Renamon, swayed by her Partner's opinion.

I returned a happy nod at her, taking a mental note tah invite her tah some fish burgers later.

'Yaaaaaawnnnn...' "...Uh, are classes already over?" Angoramon woke up, letting out a huge yawn, before lookin' 'round surprised at dah almost empty classroom.

"Heh, good mornin' tah big oaf." Ah grabbed mah bag, an' waited for Angoramon tah slowly sway away dah drowsiness. "Yah all can go ahead of me, ah'll catch up later. Ah gotta pass by dah pharmacy first."

"All right, let's meet up at the mall then." "Be careful, things are quite dangerous nowadays." Sayo an' Renamon politely waved me off, dah later worryin' too much.

"See you, Kaoruko-chan!" "Don't take too long, don't want to make Haruka wait, don't you~?" Haruka waved me off enthusiastically as always, while Plotmon sas being an annoyin' little shit with way too good a nose.

"See ya later girls." Ah waved them off as Angoramon stretched her back, an' walked off.

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As we exited the store, I looked down at bag in my hand. There were two boxes inside, one containing a figure of Magia Blanc, from the 'Divine Bells', one of the few Magical Girl teams in the same prefecture as Tres Magia. The other was one of Youkomon. One for me, and one for Ghostmon.

She said she wanted to apologize in some way, so buying her merchandise would be a good way to start.

It was a very solid argument, especially since Youkomon is known for liking seafood and spending a lot on it. It made me want to buy a figure of Magia Azul too.

But... That thought made me remember why I feel depressed right now.

This was the last of my money. Only two figures, from the cheap ones. Normally, the last splurge of the month would get me way more stuff, including at least one of the expensive figures. But now...

"...My allowance has always been good, so... This feels sad..." I guess I should feel grateful that I get enough that I could feed Ghostmon and still have enough to buy anything...

"I'm sorry... I shouldn't have asked for my own figure..." Ghostmon sounded very apologetic. I could even feel her regret in our bond.

"N-No! I-It's alright, I'm happy to-!" But something interrupts me. Words that I can't simply ignore.

'Those Magical Girls are all useless!' Words that my brain couldn't comprehend at being used in the same sentence, and therefore, responded with anger and irritation. And apparently, also enough to make Ghostmon make the first angry face I have seen in her.

Looking at the source of the voice, I see a group of highschool girls sitting on a bench while eating fries. The one in the middle, a tall girl with dark green curls and way too much makeup, was speaking loud and haughtily.

"What good do Magical Girls do? Nothing! They just eat at our parent's taxes!" The girl boldly claimed, as the two around her happily agreed adding their own so called 'Complaints'. "Did you hear the rumor? Apparently, one of them was beaten in a 1v1 and tortured in a construction site! Why do we have them if they can't even win?!"

...This bastard...! She has no idea what she's talking about!!!

The Magical Girls protect us all from the Witches! Each Team has to somehow look over multiple cities on their own, risking their lives from a young age!

Who are you to call them useless?!

If I could, I would give those ignorant fools a lesson they wouldn't forget...!

"Maybe I should put her dirty hair on fire..." Ghostmon muttered on my side, anger shared through our bond. "If I do it fast, my invisibility should last enough to not be seen..."

...Put her hair on fire...

...Right...

...It's not an 'If I could' anymore, it's 'I can'...

...I have the power to do it, and the anonymity to get away with it.

It's not Hiiragi Utena who would be attacking a bastard talking badly about Magical Girls on the street, it would be the evil Witch, which everyone expects to do bad things, attacking a random civilian.

No matter what I do... There'll be no consequences, as long as I get away before the Tres Magia come. Nobody else could even try to stop me.

If I just Transform... Then I can do whatever I want...

...Wh-What am I thinking?!

Am-Am I seriously considering attacking a random person?!

I-I-I need to get away from here! Before I do something I'll regret!

I walk away, looking for the closest bathroom to hide in. Ghostmon appeared to notice my dismay, as she let go of her anger and looked at me with worry.

It just took a few moments to find the closest bathroom, and I wasted no time to splash my face with cold water.

I-I need to calm down. I can't fall for a temptation like that, just like I did with Magia Azul!

"U-Utena, are you alright?" Ghostmon sounded worried, knowing I was going through something, just not knowing what.

"Y-Yeah... Just... Let's try to think how to solve our money problem." Fortunately for me, since we met over a week ago, Ghostmon has always been willing to change subject when I wanted to avoid one. "There must be a way to feed us both. Next month'll be tougher, my allowance won't last to the end."

"Then why don't you steal it?" My body tensed and blood froze at those sudden words, and Ghostmon's flames appeared to stop for a moment as she looked over my shoulder.

Slowly turning around, I saw Venalita carelessly floating behind me.

"Waaaaah!" "Kyaaaaaah!" We both flinched and screamed at the same time. Somehow, even though she saw it before me.

"That would solve your problems very quickly, wouldn't it?" It showed no reaction at all at our scare.

"Don't appear out of nowhere like that!" You'll give me a heart attack! "And what are you talking about?! I can't do that!"

"U-Utena's right, that's not good!" Ghostmon was bravely standing up to Venalita while hiding behind me. "I'm not stealing!"

"Mmm? Why?" It tilted its head, looking confused.

How are you getting confused about this?!

"Stealing is bad!" "Yes, you can't take other people's stuff!" Why do we have to explain why it's not good to steal?! Ghostmon was born like a week or two ago, and she already knows it!

"...Utena, you are a Witch, and Ghostmon, you are her Partner. Both of you are members of an Evil Organization, known Terrorists." It explained slowly and patiently. "How is stealing some money worse than attacking, capturing, and torturing a Magical Girl and her Partner like you two did with Azul?"

"..." "..." We couldn't answer.

How could we even answer? That was nothing but the truth. We have already done something far worse than stealing. And we had no possible excuse for what we did, we did it just because we wanted to.

This... What do I say...?!

"B-But...!" I try to open my mouth, but I can't think of a valid answer to that. At least, one that didn't sound like I had any right to say it.

'Tap' 'Tap' 'Tap'

"...!" I hear steps coming closer, people coming to the bathroom.

I-I can't be seen with Venalita!

In a panic, I grab Venalita by the arm, and drag it towards one of the stalls, closing the door right as the steps start resounding inside the bathroom, alongside the sound of conversation. With voices I unfortunately recognized.

'And aren't their costumes dumb?' 'Yeah, if they had Magic and all that, they may as well make something more interesting!' 'I bet I can design better costumes than what they wear!'

"Tch!" "Tch!" Both I and Ghostmon click our tongues, as we hear the annoying high-schoolers from before. They were still badmouthing the Magical Girls.

Why did they have to follow me all the way here?! I know they don't even know I exist, but still...!

"Nobody would think it strange if a Witch randomly attacked a group of civilians..." I tensed as the voice of Venalita sounded right besides my ear.

"You wouldn't face any repercussions..." Its voice then sounded a bit higher, directed at Ghostmon, who was floating besides me.

My heart started to beat faster. I knew what it was doing it. It was obvious what it was.

And the continued conversation of the girls as they retouched their makeup, their session of badmouthing the Magical Girls continued, the ire in me did too. And I could feel it was happening to Ghostmon too.

It would be so easy to fall for the temptation right now, but... If I do, there'll be no turning back. If I fall for this temptation now, then who could tell what's the next I would do?

The next thing I would want to do, and I would be completely capable of doing it, without consequences?

"N-No...!" I bit my tongue, and spouted in a low voice out a refusal before the temptation grew. "T-That's not right...! We can't attack random people just because they say things we don't like!"

"...Ah! R-Right, we can't!" Ghostmon appeared to have suddenly woken up, panicking at realizing how close she was to following up with that temptation. "I-I don't like them, but that's no reason to hurt them! T-That's too much!"

I feel an incredible relief as Ghostmon backs me up here. I don't know what I would do if she fell for Venalita's temptation.

Even if now I'm a Witch, I won't Transform to attack innoc-!

'Anyone that defends having Magical Girls is an idiot, they are just a bunch of kids flying around and doing Magic carelessly! That's just asking for trouble. Honestly, if you want to see why all Magical Girls are stupid, useless children, just look at what happened with Magia Yellow-'

"Trans Magia."

"What would Utena do if she met people talking badly about the Magical Girls?"

Isn't that a funny thought?

Utena will pretty much let others walk over her and just accept it, and Kiwi will be the one to go 'Kill those bitches' Mode in response.
But what would Utena do if someone talked bad about the Magical Girls rather than herself?

And that Gal had to go and talk about such a sensitive topic XD.
Well, she'll survive, it's not like Utena will really kill her.
Probably.

Anyways, enough yapping!

ReikoLupus · 2024-10-25T08:49:20+0100

Eden's Touch

Chapter 3: Slippery Slope - Part 3

"Mmm..." As my eyes passed over the dozens of different phone cases decorating the walls, they fell over a specific one. A design of white snowflakes over a blue background.

I'm tempted to buy it just because of how it fits my theme... But wouldn't it be too cliche? Buy the designs of ice and snow because I'm Magia Azul...?

"How about this one?" Renamon on my side pointed with her transparent finger at a different case, one with a white ferret happily holding a onigiri. It was quite adorable. "Makes me remember of an old friend."

"That one looks does look nice." And I won't feel like I'm choosing one of snow because I use ice.

"Sayo, help meeeee... I can't choose..." The pleading voice of Haruka took my attention away, and I was met with a girl on the brink of tears. One hand was holding a case with various pink and red hearts over a white background, with a small polar bear on the corner, while the other was a simplified forest with various types of mushrooms growing around. "Which do I choose..."

"Oh, come on!" Plotmon was rolling her eyes, comfortably resting over her head. "I know you want the mushrooms one!"

"But the bear is so cuuuute..." Haruka sounded like she was making the toughest choice in her life.

"...Huhu!" I let out a small laugh at the scene and thought about it for a moment, before pointing at the hearts one. "I think that one would fit you the best."

But at the same time I did, Renamon pointed at the other one. "I think you should indulge in what you like."

We froze for a moment, exchanging a glance and a sour smile, as we knew what was about to happen. Plotmon sent us a helpless accusatory look.

"Uuuughhhhh...! You are no help!" Haruka threw a small fit, turning her back to us and staring holes into the cases.

Ahahahaha... I should probably change the subject. She'll be able to decide after a quick break from it.

I take a quick look around, to verify that there aren't other clients nearby that could hear us. And by the way the clerk was holding her phone I guessed she was probably playing something, and by her almost scream of 'Please please please, just draw the out!', it was probably some sort of card game.

"...Haruka, what're your thoughts on the new Witch?" The effects of those words were instantaneous. She stopped agonizing over them, and slowly put them back on their place as she spoke.

We have talked plenty about her before, but a week has passed since her last appearance. More than enough time to think things more throughly.

"Well... It's not like I and Plotmon have fought too many Witches. Normally just rogue ones that left their organizations and thought they would be alright coming to peaceful, peaceful Japan. But...." She took a moment to answer, a conflicted look on her face as her face slowly became redder. Probably remembering my first encounter with her. "This one's... Weird."

"And you only met her once..." Renamon said frustrated, rubbing her eyes. "We had the displeasure the meet her again the next day..."

"Yeah, how dare they do that to you two!" Plotmon threw a fit over Haruka's head, looking personally offended. "When I get them, I'll make them apologize!"

"Yes, if after a single encounter she already was like that, I can't imagine how bad it was for you two..." Haruka looked worried at us for a moment, before looking thoughtful. "But yes, she was very weird. Rogue witches tend to be more free-spirited, so they can do weird stuff rather than fight seriously... But even for them, what she pulled out was... W-Well, the point is, it's especially weird since she's not a Rogue Witch, she's working with Enormeeta."

"Yes, that's especially weird." That doesn't fit Enormeeta's modus operandi at all. "And she was completely alone too, rather than attacking in group like normal."

"Normally, Witch attacks from Enormeeta would be from Loco Musica and that unnamed shadow Witch. They are never seen separately." Renamon added, before crossing her arms annoyed. "And to make it worse, we don't even know the name of any of them beyond Loco Musica, who didn't even try to hide it, shouting it out proudly."

"Don't forget that nun and their apparent leader." Plotmon added. "The nun is always seen with either those two, or the leader, but the leader sometimes acts alone."

"Well, it's normal for the leader to act alone, especially since she was confirmed to have at leasts 4 Stars, and her partner is..." There is a reason why there are orders to escape as fast as possible if we ever see her. "...She doesn't need teamwork. But this new Witch is just a 2 Stars... What do you think of her? You have fought 3 and even 4 Stars in the past, right?"

"...She's weak, I can tell you that. The moment we got our bearings, breaking through her monster was easy, and she didn't show any hesitation at running away. But..." She grimaced as she remembered what happened. "She and her Digimon are... Problematic. How can one see coming that the electrical cable all around you will suddenly become alive, turning into a giant monster, and attack you? Or a bag of cement? And..."

She got even redder than before, as she stopped a moment to remember.

"...I'm not used to having to fight... Embarrassment, more than actually harmful attacks." She practically murmured that rather than saying it outright.

"Ahhhh, I know what you mean..." I looked away, turning red myself. "Simply getting hurt fighting would be less distracting..."

I learned to not panic when attacked, and instead fight back without flinching. The adrenaline generated by the situation can even boost Magic temporarily to fight harder the more dangerous it gets... But how am I supposed to not panic, when instead of stabbing my chest she grabs my breast?!

Why does she even do that?!

"And don't forget her Partner!" Plotmon stood up over Haruka's head. "One big of those Agony Shocks even took down Leomon in a single hit!"

I could clearly see a shiver run through Renamon's body at the mention of those attacks.

"Are they that bad?" Her name was... BlackWitchmon, right? "I could feel how much Youkomon was suffering, but I was never hit with one of those myself."

I think only the Digimon have had to deal with them for now.

"It's bad... Very bad..." Renamon's voice was slightly shaking. "I can see why Leomon fell when taken by surprise by a big one. Those things are pain itself, there is no toughing it out or lowering your pain receptors, nor does it matter where they hit..."

"It's not TOO bad if you see them coming. Grit your teeth and gulp down the pain, it doesn't last long." Plot laid down again, sounding deflated while relating her experience. "We now know to expect it coming, so I don't think we'll have another Leomon situation in the future. But getting hit WILL stop anyone in their tracks, even if just for a moment."

"Ugh, I'm not looking forward to getting hit with one of those myself..." Haruka looked as deflated as Plotmon. "Seriously, what's wrong with those two, to develop powers like that?"

" 'Sigh' I wish I knew. Hopefully we'll be able to deal with this Witch soo-" My words are interrupted as a wave of magical energy passes through us. An oppressive, aggressive wave, a presence that felt as if it was trying to devour everything on its way.

The presence of a Witch. And it felt as if it was right on this same mall.

"Haruka!" "Sayo!" We called each other at the same time.

'Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!'

A scream, and then another, and then way too many screams came from outside the store. We sent a look at each other, and then nodded, running out.

And as we ran out, we were almost ran over by the waves of people running past us.

'It's a Witch!!!'

The Witch hadn't wasted even a moment making her presence known. This level of panic was on a completely different level to that of a mere Minion Digimon.

Deafening screams reverberated through the mall, as masses of people ran, and the ones that didn't, didn't take long until they understood the situation and joined the rest of the stampede.

"We need to find a private place to come out!" Plotmon called out, as we did out best to get out of the way of the human stampede going around.

A private place to Transform... Where?!

The closest bathroom from here was... From the direction people is running away! We can't go there in our civilian forms!

Should we wait until all the people finish running away...?!

No, there is always someone crazy enough to remain behind and film the entire thing!

Then, where-?!

My thoughts are interrupted as Haruka grabs me by the face, and moves it right on time so I see the owner of the store we were just in run away. She then grabbed my hand, and dragged me inside.

Right, there is no need to find a place, if the clerk herself will escape!

After doing a quick look around to verify that nobody is watching, we took out our Transformation Hearts, and materialized Plotmon and Renamon out of them.

"Trans Magia!" "Trans Magia!" "Plotmon Evolves to... Nefertimon!" "Renamon Evolves to... Youkomon!"

In waves of light, we Transformed into our Magical Girl forms, and they Evolved from their Child to their Adult stages.

Nefertimon quickly slapped the store's camera with her wing, hacking it to erase our presence from the records and protect our identities, and without losing any more time, we flew out of the store.

Most of the people had already ran away, but as expected, curious onlookers remained. Some more brave and trying to get closer to take a loot, others smarter and keeping more distance. All of them with no self-preservation instincts.

'GYAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!' 'HELP!!!' "PLEASE STOP!!!'

We flew past them and turned the corner, following the screams into the second floor. And there, we stopped a moment as we saw them at the end of the corridor.

"Well well well, you three talked a lot, but now you are calling for help? Begging me to stop~?" "Who do you think are the ones that'll save you~?" The Witch and her Partner, BlackWitchmon, were tormenting a group of civilians.

'Clank!'

"Who is going to save you?!" "Tell me!!!" With a swing of her riding crop, the Witch hit one of the cages that were encasing each of the girls. Cages that acted as the hands of a giant monster made of pipes, faucets, and a big tank.

'GYAAAAAAAA!!!'

The girl inside the cage flinched, and then they all screamed together, as the top of the cages released strong torrents of water on them, and BlackWitchmon sent very small balls of pain into the cages.

'S-SAVE US, MAGICAL GIRLS!!!'

My cold blood boiled at the image in front of me.

This Witch is torturing civilians!

"Stop right there, Enormeeta!!!" Haruka was the first to shout at this scene, and we rushed towards the Witch.

Salutations!

That dastardly Witch!!!
Blatantly attacking Civilians in plain daylight, in the middle of a mall?!
That can't be allowed!!!
The Tres Magia will stop her, and put an end to her evil plans, whatever they are!!!

How will our beloved Magical Girls stop the Witch, after how she defeated Azul last time?!
Well, a Magical Girl never gives up!
They'll stand with all of their heart to protect the people from the Evil of Witches!

Everyone, cheer for the Magical Girls, as they jump into battle to protect all that's good in the world!

See ya later, once I bring the battle to yah all!!!

Eden's Touch [Gushing Over Magical Girls / Digimon - Crossover]

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