At the start of summer break,
Kagari-san invited me to her summer home by the sea.
Just the two of us, at the beach...
Nothing on but a swimsuit...
Something's going to happen today.
I just have that feeling.
I...
I know.
Rest for a few days, and we'll begin.
Takamiya-kun and the End Witch
I decided it during the last battle.
Starting today, I will teach you how to fight.
Th-This place is pretty high up to do that...
No one else can get involved here,
and it creates a sense of urgency, right?
I'm a tough teacher.
This training won't be easy.
But you didn't teach me before now because you said it was dangerous.
Why the change of heart?
Takamiya-kun, you're hiding something from me, aren't you?
You do sit-ups and push-ups every evening now.
What's... wrong with that?
Not to mention...
Onii-chan, it's amazing that you beat Rinon-senpai!
You know, she's my...
Kasumi-chan said if I took a bath with her, she'd give me witch training.
I mean, you said you wouldn't teach me because I might get hurt.
I just wanted to do whatever I could for myself...
Quiet.
Ow!
I don't want to hear secrets or excuses.
I get it. I'm sorry.
As long as you understand.
And respond clearly.
S-Sir, yes, sir!
Watch closely.
First, you'll learn how to manifest your magic.
Relax your shoulders and focus.
Okay...
But I'm still a beginner, you know.
Isn't it too soon for something this difficu—
Don't think unnecessary thoughts.
Only produce flames.
O-Okay...
Appeal to the depths of your soul.
Call up a strong image.
You know, Takamiya-kun, you have poor posture.
Stand up straight.
Here, tuck in your chin—
Could you step back a little? I can't concentrate!
Kagari-san, did you say you'd be tough?
You're just doting on me like always!
Hey! You just made a face like you forgot—
What are you talking about?
I was only gauging your power.
It looks like this will work better for you.
H-Huh?
Don't worry. Even if my attack hits you,
no damage will transfer to me.
So you can fight him without restraint.
Er...
By the way, his best ability is fire breath.
Huh?!
Fi... re?
Don't run from it.
Call your own familiar and fight!
That's easy for you to say!
Keep your guard up!
Behind you!
Takamiya-kun!
This is terrible!
Your elbow is scraped!
Let's stop for today.
So soon?! I haven't even done anything yet!
But, your elbow...
No one ever died from a scraped elbow!
I want to get stronger, as quickly as possible!
I'm prepared for a few injuries!
Didn't you say you're a tough teacher?
H-Hey!
Don't call up your broom.
Wh-What...
Call up something that can fly.
That's too tough!
Takamiya-kun!
Focus!
Appeal to the depths of your soul!
Call up a strong image!
Kuraishi Tanpopo.
Utsugi Kanna.
Kazari Rin.
Menowa Mei.
Katsura Kotetsu.
We are the proud underlings of Medusa-sama!
We are not domesticated cats!
This is the training facility I blew my entire savings to rent!
Hard♥Work
Tanpopo
Now, let us begin! For tomorrow's glory!
What happened?
I slipped and broke a toenail.
Are you okay?
Maybe we should play it safe and cancel training for today.
Yeah. You don't want bacteria getting into it.
A strong image that appeals to the depths of my soul...
To me, strength is...
Why am I remembering the dream I had this morning now?!
It's huge!
It's a huge Kagari-san!
You're the one who summoned it.
Huh?
Why do you look so...
Eh?!
Wait! It's not like that!
I would never associate a "strong image" with you in a miniskirt nurse form!
Huh?
Huh? Eh? Eh?
Eh?!
How do I control... this... thing...
What? I suddenly...
Why...?
Quite a flashy display.
Again?
It's not easy to pretend this never happened, you know.
That was very powerful magic.
A feat he couldn't have pulled off without breaking the second seal.
As I thought.
The seal must have broken when he fought Otometachibana Rinon the other day.
Warn those two.
If they put on displays like that, even a dolt like Kazane is bound to notice.
That would be bad for us both.
Tell her yourself!
I'm her enemy!
You're bored enough to have tea with me, aren't you?
My goal was only to get him to swallow the candy.
From there, I need only wait until all the seals break.
Speaking of Kazane...
Do you have any idea what she's doing, and where?
No.
She forced me to become chairwoman, claiming she was too busy...
Rinon...
Thank you.
I'm impressed you figured out I was here.
Touko told me.
After I told her not to tell anyone...
What is this?
It's best you don't know.
Anyway, what brings you here?
Well, some witch calling herself a messenger of the Tower showed up and said,
"Tell the Workshop head that I have taken everyone in this town hostage."
Good morning.
Oh, did I pass out again?
You used too much magic,
summoning something that big.
Sorry.
Hang in there.
Go on without me!
It's probably sprained.
Kagari-san, can I ask you something?
You suddenly decided to train me
because of that fight the other day, right?
Back then, I felt some kind of power.
You knew?
The girl with animal ears told me
that you all met up before the fight to plan a strategy.
The former vice president came up with the plan.
First, the delinquents would riot and challenge
the student council president; namely, me.
Then, they'd lose on purpose, boosting my popularity.
That was the gist.
So it finally comes down to a fight!
How are you going to lose?
I'm sorry!
Rinon doesn't know about the plan!
Where are we going? Hey! Hey, I said!
So, that happened, and this is how it turned out, right?
I heard you made a run for the gym to save me.
Thanks.
But I think school should take a back seat right now.
What's most important is...
Training trumps student council.
The most important thing to us now is in the school.
Once spring break ends, we'll be middle schoolers.
Who are you?
We'll make new friends, and meet people who interest us.
Why do you always appear in my dreams?
We'll sit next to each other, share day duty...
We'll probably go to school together someday, too.
I can't remember anything.
I'm sure there was something important...
You should be on the student council.
You belong at the center of the class.
This dream is my only clue.
Everything we lost is in the school...
Very well. I'll find you, whatever it takes.
I'll sit next to you, share day duty with you, and go to school with you.
If I do that, I'm sure someday I'll...
Kagari-san?
Is something wrong?
I was... remembering a dream I had a long time ago.
More importantly...
We have finals next week, Takamiya-kun.
That's far more important than training.
Okay. I'll feed you when we get home.
Takamiya
Let's eat!
Mama-san's cooking is the best!
Mom! Where are my socks?
Could you pass the sauce?
Isn't mayo better on fried eggs?
What? Not Tabasco?
Hey, Mom!
Eat up, everyone.
'Kay!
I need my socks!
Kagari-san.
Our exams start today, huh?
Let's do our best.
Did I keep you waiting?
You surprised me.
I never thought the villain would call me out herself.
What exactly are you planning,
Weekend?
You waste no time before the impertinent questions, Kazane.
Don't play dumb with me.
It sounds like you know what that is.
I saw them a few times during the great war...
Magical weapons that slaughter friend and foe alike.
In a word, it's a bomb.
It can wipe out this entire town.
You were wise not to mess with it.
One wrong touch, and "kaboom."
It's bound by a blood contract.
Only the contracted party can use it.
Well, let's negotiate.
You called me here because you want him, right?
You seem to be mistaken.
I didn't ask you here to negotiate.
What?
You're holding everyone in the town hostage, aren't you?
Don't you want to use the contract holder, the weapon's switch, as a shield
and demand that I give him to you?
I will have him, but the bomb has a different purpose.
You know, Kazane, people die easily with just a stab from a blade.
But when you're fighting with magic, it's a different story.
It's one thing if your opponent is a witch, but if it's an ordinary person,
it's next to impossible to kill them.
What are you saying?
Just listen.
The reason for that is within the Workshop system.
The job of Workshop Witches is to protect the town from magic.
Their leader, the Workshop head,
maintains a special barrier over the town that only she can use.
It's designed to automatically guard ordinary people
from taking damage from a magical attack.
In other words, even if you destroy something with magic, no one gets hurt.
It's a barrier that works at full power 'round the clock.
However, each time it guards people, it loses magic.
Of course, you possess a tremendous amount of magic power.
Blowing away a building or two wouldn't hurt in the least, but...
What if you had to protect the lives of everyone in the town at once?
You wouldn't...
That was my plan to begin with.
Everyone! Get out of the classroom!
Kagari-san!
Return to your seat.
You need to be quiet during an exam.
Right...
No, this is clearly not right!
What the...?
Hey! If we're evacuating, it's that way...
Just come with me.
What's going on?
It must be a Tower Witch.
I'm sure your superiors won't keep quiet about a flashy show like this.
I'll get my hands on the White Princess and be gone before they can complain.
Were you behind Medusa and Chronoire's attacks, too?
They made fine pawns.
I only gave them a little information, and they moved just as I wanted.
Kazane, my goal is to render you powerless.
With you gone, we Tower Witches can do as we please.
Looks like your magic is about to run out.
This way!
Take her.
I didn't know there was a place like this in the school.
One week.
It'll take one week for your magic to return.
All I have to do is nab him before then,
and I've won.
Onii-chan!
Kasumi-chan...
Welcome, Takamiya-kun...
to our Workshop.
Rinon-san...
I heard that you're the Princess's apprentice.
And that you're Kasumi's brother.
Putting aside what happened the other day, it's nice to meet you.
Rinon-senpai is my teacher!
Oh...
You haven't met these two, have you?
Let me introduce you.
First, this our leader, Natsume.
Nice to meet you, Takamiya-kun.
My name is Mikage Natsume.
I'm the leader of the five witches who protect the town.
Um, a-anyway, I hope we can be friends.
And this is Atori.
Animal ears?!
Um, she's not too social, but she's very nice!
I hope you'll make friends with her.
Sure...
By the way, I'm the alternate... the sixth witch.
I'm allowed to protect the town only when you're in trouble.
So, um...
What the heck just happened outside?
Yes! Yes! I can answer that!
Actually, there was a bit of an accident.
An accident?
Yes. During an experiment in the science room, Kyouichirou-sa—
I mean, Mikage-sensei made a mistake.
That's why you felt a tremor and heard a loud noise.
Huh?
Mikage-sensei was overseeing our exam in the classroom...
Oh, he was?
Then it must have been another teacher.
At any rate, just relax...
Onii-chan!
Are you okay, Onii-chan?!
Yeah, no problem.
That's it... she shot me so that the damage would transfer to Kagari-san.
Then, most likely...
Onii-chan!
Wait!
I thought so.
It only put her to sleep.
What are you trying to do to my brother?!
Depending on your response, even if you're my teacher, I'll—
Sorry I had to be so rough.
Something's come up,
and it's become necessary to confine you.
You'll come with us, won't you?
I can't tell you what's happening right now,
but when it's all over, I'll answer anything you ask.
If you like, I'll even tell you my measurements.
Huh?!
I was kidding.
Regardless, I was surprised back there.
I've known the Princess since our second year of middle school,
but I've never seen her like that before.
I guess she is a young lady, too...
I thought she was a heartless robot.
Please wait quietly in here for a while.
Just one word of caution for you...
If you try to break out, I'll kick your ass, you got that?!
Oh, dear. A lady shouldn't use such coarse language.
She's scary!
If they're hiding me in here, that means I'm a target.
The Tower Witches must have attacked...
And they tell me to hide in here until it's all over?
That's just...
Oh, yeah!
Huh?
We can't use magic.
Kagari-san!
Good morning.
Are you okay?
Yes. I was careless.
I can't believe Natsume got me.
I should've realized sooner...
What's going on?
Explain it so I can understand!
I don't know, either.
I only know that, during the exam, I felt a Tower Witch use immense magic.
Locking us in here means that either my mother found out your seals have broken,
or my mother's protection is gone.
But if she found out, she should come here herself.
You mean...
It's hard to believe,
but my mother's been defeated.
The chairwoman was defeated? Is she okay?
There's no one we need to worry about less than her.
I don't know how long it'll take, but with time, she'll return to normal.
I suspect the enemy knows that, as well.
They shut you and me in here because,
as long as you're not captured before Mother recovers, we win.
We "win"?
Takamiya Honoka-kun.
This magic is programmed to activate automatically upon finding you.
My name is—
Kagari-san!
I've found them.
I'll be going to collect them now.
I suppose the idea of escaping hasn't even occurred to her...
Was that a good idea?
That doll was obviously still talking...
It was probably just going to say, "I'm on my way, so wait there."
But still...
Besides, look.
Conveniently, it looks like we can get out.
But, what do we do from here?
If we're free when the chairwoman's magic returns, we'll be okay, right?
I've memorized her face.
I'm going to defeat her.
Oh, right. I started to tell you before,
but we can't use magic now.
What?!
My name is Otometachibana Rinon.
I'm a strong-armed, iron-fisted Bear Killer.
The three-lined scar on my forehead is my medal of womanhood!
Next time on Witch Craft Works:
Takamiya-kun and Weekend, Part 1
Takamiya-kun and Weekend, Part 1.