A month transpired quickly as Madoka smiled knowing today would be a beautiful day as she snapped from her thoughts and looked at the empty desk next to her as she sighed, she probably thought that Joey was late or busy with delivering papers.

But Tristan was frantic, without his best bud by his side as Madoka listened in before Yugi saw one of Madoka's old drawings she was going through, the drawing showed of an abandoned warehouse with Joey held up by his hands but up above was a girl with red hair tied into a ponytail holding a spear.

"Why don't we go to his place afterschool? I know where he lives." Tristan said as Madoka nodded, something told her to go back to her old notebook and look through for clues for Joey as they day went by quickly to the afternoon.

Madoka walked with Tristan and Yugi while Tēa was busy at her home so she couldn't come along to help them.

The three of them walked down the street, empty with no cars driving down so it was easy for them to walk down as they were being watched by someone with red eyes and munching on Sea Salt ice cream.

"I'll be damned, they don't know where Wheeler is." she said as she threw the popsicle stick that read 'Winner' on it to the trash bin before walking away and placing her hoodie over her head.

"So you known Joey since middle school, Tristan?" Madoka asked being cautious of her questions and how she spoke as Tristan nodded. "Yeah. But I've hardly ever been to his place." Tristan said as they came across the apartments where Joey lived.

"This is his apartment building! I've only been here once and if I remember, it's the third floor on the end." Tristan said as they walked up the stairs to the point where Madoka saw the name plaque labeled 'Wheeler'.

Tristan knocked on the door to see if anyone was home but no response came through as he placed his hand upon the doorknob.

"It's unlocked...Anyone home..." The next thing Tristan regret was opening the door as Madoka was hit by a beer bottle as it shatter which caused some scratches and a bruise as she held her injured cheek.

"Madoka!" Yugi cried out as she stood up and holding her cheek but showed no tears that she wasn't the shy girl anymore when she came to Domino High School.

They all ran from the door as they stopped at a nearby bench so Tristan could clean up her wounds with some paper towels he got and damp with water to disinfect the wounds.

She held it up to her cheek and hissed in pain before hearing a tough male voice.

"HEY MAN! F***ING STEP ON MY FOOT?! WHY DON'T YOU LOOK WHERE YOU WALK?!" The boy said as the man in his grip apologized before Yugi saw who was in their gang. "Joey?!" Madoka called out.

"Why is he with those punks from Rintama?!!" Tristan asked out loud as Madoka ran up to Joey who paid no attention to her as she spoke his name.

"Joey!" He turned to see her cheek with scratches and bleeding as she wiped the blood off, she must've gotten hurt by his old man. "Why'd you skip school Joey? Why are you with people like them?" She asked as one of the gang members began talking to Joey.

" 'People like them?' Does he mean us? You know that chick, Wheeler?" The punk with glasses asked Joey who had a look that he knew her but he pretended he didn't as he opened his mouth to speak.

"Nah, never seen her before. Come on, Let's go." He said in a tone that made Madoka know what he was planning but Yugi didn't buy it at all.

"JOEY!!"

Then the leader of the gang stepped out and placed his hand on Joey's shoulder while smirking when he got a good look at Madoka but Madoka gave him a glare.

"Heh...Wheeler, you're too nice. Don't tell me at Domino High you let kids like that follow you around, especially that girl. You should've come to Rintama with us from the start." The leader said as Tristan went completely pale almost like his blood was gone and his heart had dropped to hell.

'That's him! I've seen him with Joey before! That's Hirutani! But why's he back with him before?!?' Tristan thought as the sweat dripped down his brow before Yugi broke the silence when Madoka tried to get him to stop talking.

"Yugi, stop!" She said as she got in front of Yugi and took the punch for Yugi as she was knocked down to the ground but she pushed her arms to steady herself as she looked at Joey who had a look of 'forgive me' written all over.

The punks left with Joey as the others saw someone walk up to them with a first aid kit, she had long, pale red hair tied up into a high ponytail that was held up with a black ribbon, she wore a black crop-top hidden by a light seafoam hoodie which is unzipped at the bottom, leaving her belly button exposed. She wears denim shorts with fur around the bottom edges and black below-the-knee boots.

'She looked to be between the ages of 14-17 give or take.' Yugi seem to think about as he saw her approach.

"Geez, damn punk. He got ya good." She said as he bit into a pocky stick and brought out a rag with some rubbing alcohol as she wiped down the cuts on Madoka's face and placed a square bandage on the cheek where the beer bottle struck her as Madoka hissed in pain.

"Sorry, damn, his old man surely got ya good." The redhead said to Madoka as she packed up the first aid before stuffing it into her pack that was hanging onto her side as she stood up tall.

"The name's Kyoko, Kyoko Sakura." Kyoko introduced herself to Yugi and his friends as she looked to Tristan and smirked.

"Yo, it's been a long time hasn't it Tristan?" Kyoko smirked before pulling out an apple and biting into it. "It sure has Kyoko." Tristan said in a low voice before Kyoko began explaining about Joey.

"Ya see, Joey used to be in a gang since middle school. There were lots of times when he lived to fight with gangs from other schools some times, even high school gangs. I know because I knew Joey since middle school and so did Tristan." Kyoko said as Tristan nodded before finishing off the story.

"Joey had a long record, they almost sent him to jail, that's when he was with Hirutani." Tristan frowned before Kyoko got a frustrated look upon her face as did Tristan.

"We used to look up to him. I mean, now we hang out all the time, but...I never had the guts...neither did Kyoko, after what happened to her family."

Kyoko began to speak. "He used to look out for the younger guys and he never beat up on the weaker dudes...but...I can't understand it...what the hell's his deal?" Kyoko asked as she stared at the apple core and tossed it into the trash bin before Yugi spoke up.

"I believe that Joey hasn't changed." Yugi said as they all got up and began searching for Joey before Kyoko ran off to find the one place that they had mentioned and she knew where.

She had a good head start by running fast even though she doesn't go home or to school,before she met Tristan, she was with Joey and she was caught and forced to join Hirutani's gang as she minimized her running into walking so she couldn't make anymore sounds to let them know that she was there.

Her ring began shining brightly and her clothes changed into the type that Magical Girls would wear for battle before she saw Joey being dragged somewhere and looking all beaten up by the punks as she followed them to an abandoned warehouse before she heard electricity and Joey screaming before rushing inside and keeping quiet as she heard him scream some more.

The thought of hearing Joey scream out in pain makes Kyoko pissed off at the thought of her brotherly figure, the person who was there after her family left her alone, the one thing as a friend and close to family to her about to die at the hands of Hirutani.

She wasn't going to let that happen.

Not ever...

She jumped down and landed in front of them before her sight was glued onto Joey who twitched for every two seconds...

Two seconds...

She held her spear in both hands before she broke it apart and began attacking the punks that did it, she didn't care if their blood was spilled, she almost finished the job but only heard Madoka calling out Joey as Kyoko stopped and transformed to her regular clothing and got Joey down from the chains and shook him as he formed the words the second his eyes were on Yugi as tears formed.

"Yugi! Madoka! I...I'm so sorry!!"

Kyoko smiled before pulling her hood over her head and began walking somewhere to a place that only Tristan and Joey knew that she would ever go to if she ever saw family or friends together and all happy.

She would go to the old burnt down church in Kazamino and stay there until she felt like staying somewhere.

In reality, she wanted to stay behind and help Joey get to Tristan's place but it would make the feeling of family worse.

She didn't want to show her loneliness to anyone...anymore.