[Fic] Madoka Magica // Teamwork

[spindizzy]

This one is clunky, because I know what I'm trying to say but translating what I'm picturing to what I writing is not proving easy today. Will have to come back and work on this one again. Also I am tired and full of typos and run-on sentences, I'm sorry. Maybe tomorrow will be better.

... "Maybe tomorrow will be better" has kinda turned into the motto of this project. Huh.

Madoka Magica // Teamwork
G | 368 words | Kyoko, Sayaka | No spoilers, mild violence... Non-sexual tentacles? Idk. | Kyoko and Sayaka fighting a witch.

In the real world, Sayaka was probably on top of the bridge in the bay. In the witch's labyrinth, it had been replaced by a weird concoction of spun-sugar seashells that crunched under her foot, and arched high above a purple sea that made Sayaka's eyes feel funny just to look at it.

So of course Sayaka had to jump off it.

For a second, she thought it was going to work. The witch was giggling at a conch held in one tentacle, not looking at her. She'd escaped the familiars that had bogged down Kyoko, she had a shot at the witch -

It didn't even look at her as it swung its trident, but it connected sure enough. It didn't hurt, but Sayaka screamed - she could feel ribs crunching under the blow - and then she was soaring away, flying towards the water. She flailed out with both arms, grabbing for the witch's tendrils, the bridge, anything. The sea spread below her, rocks surfacing like an open maw to swallow her down -

Chain coiled around her, then snapped tight. Sayaka was jerked backwards, arcing up again as fast as she'd fallen. Kyoko was there, spinning her spear and chains to clear a space. The chains unravelled from Sayaka as she landed, dropping her on her knees at Kyoko's feet and spiralling away to ward off chasing tentacles. Kyoko fell to her knees next to her, a scowl on her face and a hand too-tight on Sayaka's shoulder as walls of chain built around them.

Sayaka coughed blood onto the labyrinth as her bones knit back together and shifted back into place, but Kyoko didn't move away. She waited with her, a small ball of heat and strength in their chain cocoon, buying Sayaka the time to heal. It was maybe a minute, and then Sayaka raised her head. She took one deep breath, then another, each coming easier than the one before. Kyoko sighed, smiling, then stood up. "Stay down, rookie. I'll show you how it's done."

But Sayaka pushed herself to her feet too, her sword still in her hand, and when Kyoko lunged out of the barrier, Sayaka was by her side.