...His career was over, The Hero who did scorched earth type missions and rarely got any fanfare... was scapegoated. He was in his apartment... His "codename" was dirt, but at least his costume protected his identity for the most part. A few beers were in his system as he wondered where his aspirations went... He was powerful, but his power... It was too destructive to be used for most cases... Which was why when he became a hero they brought him out to simply destroy EVERYTHING in an area. It saved people but... A mixture of leaks, a few photos, and a SURVIVOR... That was it his whole Hero department was being audited and most everyone involved was being thrown under the bus.
Another swig of beer... Kevin Kingston thought maybe he should switch to drinking bourbon or something... the beer wasn't getting to him. Then he saw a light and out of it came... Magikei a floating white fluffy vaguely dog/fox-like creature that could be seen around some magical girls who got their power from contracts with creatures like him. Kevin pointed and said "Out! I don't need any invasions right now!"
Magikei asked "Would you fight back even if I were a malicious invader? You'd wipe out half the building at least." Kevin cursed the magic thing "If anything, I'm here to offer you a deal that may let you save people." Kevin gave the thing a look and the magical creature said "Sign a magical girl contract and you can become a magical girl. Your powers can be channeled into the new form and become something less... completely destructive." Then it floated out a magical contract that Kevin read.
"...I don't have to become an actual girl... Just the transformation form is that of a teenage girl?" Kevin asked
"Yep, although if you wanted to you could make your actual form female... young... an actual girl more fitting of the magical girl status... completely optional." Magikei said
"I'm a man with rent to pay... I can't just be some teen girl..." Kevin read the contract and... some of the emotions of relief would be siphoned from the people he helped, a bit of his power would also be siphoned... but it wasn't like his power's issue was TOO LITTLE power. He sighed and said "I'll sign... what do I use blood?"
"Well you could just use a pen, pencil, a magical girl wand." Magikei pulled out a wand in one hand "...but if you want to do the old ways..." Magikei pulled out a sharp ceremonial dagger in it's other.
Kevin said "...You know... Least I know that you're not completely sunshine and rainbows... but you're not out to destroy the world or ruin lives..." The disgraced hero did read enough files about this guy to know that they were just using this power as a power source... well... least they had an interest in not destroying the world. He chose the dagger, slit his thumb a little, and signed.
The magical creature no bigger than Kevin's fist smiled and said "Usually to celebrate I'd give the new magical girl some candy, a cake, juice... but since this is a more... Experimental and your of legal age and already drinking." Kevin's eyebrow raised as the magical creature pulled out some chilly frosted drinks with wisps of condensation falling off. "Cheers? Some of my home planets... cheap stuff, but it's good." Magikei said
Kevin sighed, took a beer, and clinked it "Cheers" before popping off the cap with his thumb... came off easier than he thought since he usually just used his enhanced durability to pop the tops off most of the time... and that was how Kevin started his contract into becoming a magical girl who'd eventually be known as "The Fugue"