Miku sensed the shadow of Yuuki's blade above her. Turning around, she saw the blade just about to smash into her. Immediately, she brought up her sword, struggling not to buckle under the strength of the scythe. Her soul gem was darkening rapidly, overcome with darkness, only allowing brief rays of light to shine through.

Cecilia took this as a chance to strike. Lashing forward, she clamped her fangs down around Yuuki's leg, hard. Yuuki screamed, dropping her scythe, as Cecilia's fangs pierced her leg. Blood dripping down her leg, and she fell, off balance, her leg still in the grip of Cecilia's fangs. Cecilia reared up, Yuuki swinging from her jaws like a ragdoll. Yuuki could feel her vision blurring, as tears sprang to her eyes over the pain in her leg. How pitiful was she? She didn't have the energy to summon more magic and numb the pain. Black dots speckled her vision, as she was swung around.

Miku leapt at the giant witch of suppression. Bringing her sword up, she managed to stab the with in the eye. Cecilia growled, but her grip on Yuuki didn't loosen. Yuuki dangled from the witch's jaws, her eyes closed, her face pale. Cecilia wasn't even fazed by Miku's attack.

"Huh?" Miku was stunned, seeing Cecilia looking perfectly fine, despite the wound in her eye. The witch stared at her with her good eye. As she did, Miku felt something erupt out of her. Yelling in pain and shock, Miku could only watch as a stream of darkness came roaing up into the air, before landing in various forms in front of her.

The figures of darkness looked just like Miku, but a cowering, trembling figure. Miku remembered a time when she had been like that. When she had been weak, pitiful and a disgrace. The figure took a small step towards her, its giant sword held out uncertainly. Miku wasted no time in slashing at the three of them, watching them disintegrate into dust. She didn't want to think about that memory. She didn't want weakness. A roar interrupted her silent battle. Looking up, she saw Yuuki sprawled on the ground, conscious, but just barely. Cecilia's proud head reared up, ready to lunge down at Yuuki's motionless body. Miku knew that she couldn't let Yuuki die, no matter how much she wanted to win the Hunger Games. If Yuuki survived, she might just be able to get out of the labryinth alive.

Sprinting at the witch, her sword raised, she slashed at it. None of it fazed the witch, who simply stared at her attacker with a look of contempt, maybe disgust. This spurred Miku on enough to ignore the fact that she didn't have much magic left, and summoned her titan sword, hefting it, feeling its familiar weight.

Out of the corner of her eye, she could see Yuuki getting up unsteadily.

"Attack Nova!" Miku yelled. She wasn't in the mood for being nice because Yuuki was injured. Still dazed, Yuuki nodded, stumbling off towards the small witch, who had been standing motionless at the side of the labryinth during the battle. Miku turned to face Cecilia, who stood there, staring at Miku with undisguised malice.
Cecilia hissed, a slow menacing hiss. Her one good eye was half-closed, and her body stiffened, as though she was fighting an internal battle. Miku took this as an opportunity to strike. Swinging her sword up, she managed to slash at Cecilia's giant cobra head. The cut barely affected her, looking ridiculously like a paper cut on the thick skin of the witch.
Suddenly the witch cried out, rearing back in pain, though Miku had done nothing. At the same time, Nova's thin wail joined Cecilia's cry, blending in to a cry of despair. Miku turned to see a large gash on Nova's frail figure. The small witch was twisting in agony, her small face distorted. Her movements were mirrored by Cecilia, who rocked back and forth in pain.

"Doesn't it seem like Miku and Yuuki have found Cecilia's weakness?"
Lyubey looked up, to see Kyubey looking at her expectantly, standing next to her, his fluffy tail twitching.
"Oh, you mean how they found that Nova is Cecilia's weakness and they are linked in the witch merge?" A nod was his response. She continued.
"Yes, they have found her weakness, but how long can Nova suffer blows?" Silence greeted her question.
"Exactly, after Nova dies, Cecilia will suffer a lot of pain, I admit, but she will recover. After that, Cecilia will have no more weaknesses to be exploited. She will be virtually invincible. When the magical girls realise their mistake, well, what can I say?"