Chapter 3
A tall figure loomed over Rumia and Kurumi. Despite being in an aura of night, the figure's crimson eyes pierced the darkness.
"You two are in big trouble." She growled.
"...Yuu-Yuuka?" Kurumi looked at Yuuka's eyes. Rumia unconsciously dropped Kurumi on the floor with a thud and looked behind her.
Rumia turned her back on the eyes and excused herself. "Hey, Kurumi, I have to g-"
"You're not getting away." Yuuka grabbed Rumia by the scruff of her shirt and held her up. "You've got some explaining to do." Yuuka glanced at Kurumi. "You too."
...
After the explanation, Yuuka decided to let Rumia go. However...
"Kurumi..." Her parasol hovered over Kurumi, still lying on the grass. "You should have asked for the parasol, you know?"
Kurumi pouted. "I knew you weren't going to let me borrow it anyways, so why bother?"
"Well, of course I was going to say no, but it's better that you'd actually try instead of just outright stealing it from the closet." Yuuka tilted her head. "It's like... you don't trust me or something."
"I do trust you though!"
"You do know what you did wrong, correct?" Yuuka grasped Kurumi's hand and picked her up from the ground.
Kurumi nodded slowly. "...Yes."
"I'm sorry, but I have to discipline you." Yuuka flapped her hand.
Kurumi looked at Yuuka. "So what are you going to do to me?"
"Eh, I'll just keep you in the mansion for a day. You just have to think about what you did, alright?"
"...Okay." Kurumi became teary-eyed over the whole incident.
Later, when they arrived back home...
"We're here." Yuuka collapsed the parasol and placed it back in the closet. "Now, Kurumi, I'm not trying to be mean or anything, but you have to take responsibility for other people's stuff, especially if it's your master's stuff." Yuuka hugged Kurumi with a small smile.
Kurumi was still upset, but she felt better after Yuuka's hug. "Thanks."
Yuuka decided to go take a nap. Kurumi headed to her room and sat on her bed.
"So..." She wondered. "If I can get Master Yuuka's umbrella back, I might be able to make her feel better as well!"
Kurumi snuck downstairs and rummaged through the closet.
"Yuuka's parasol... I need that, definitely. And... a guitar? I might want to have that." She got herself ready with the things she thought she needed to tackle the maid and get the umbrella back. With guilt, she looked back at the rooms before her. "...I'm sorry, Yuuka."
The front door opened, then closed shut.
Elly was barely awake when she heard the slam. She then went over to see if Kurumi was awake yet and checked her room.
"Hmm, I guess she did go for a walk today. I'll probably tell Yuuka when she's awake."
...
The maid ran out of the sunflower field with the umbrella intact. She opened the umbrella and pointed it towards the sky. "I guess those brats were right... The stars are are visible as at night inside this." She collapsed the umbrella and moved towards a red mansion, unlike the one where Yuuka and her friends live in.
This mansion, however, is surrounded by a body of water. The maid knew to just make a big leap over and land right where she needed to be. Her skirt unknowingly flapped intensely, but the only person who would be there to witness it is a red haired woman, dressed in forest green with a golden star on her similarly colored hat. This lady, however, is asleep, resting peacefully in her nap... until the maid kicked her face into the dirt.
"Wake up, gatekeeper! You're supposed to be alert and ready for any intruders!"
The gatekeeper mumbled, but got up anyways. "Sakuyaaa. You don't have to be so rough."
"Are you kidding me?" Sakuya scowled. "If anyone does get past you, you're going to get punished, Meiling!"
"Okay okay! Whatever..." Meiling sat back on her stool again. Sakuya didn't think it was worth the time to repeat what she said and immediately headed to the room of her mistress.
Tap tap tap tap tap. Even in the bright rays of noon, the red mansion was quiet as ever. Many maids did pass by Sakuya while she ran, but it was a pleasantly silent day today.
The door to her mistress opened slowly. The cabinets of the mistres were well organized and the canopy bed was maintained excellently. The girl in the blankets of the bed was going to sleep through the entire morning, but Sakuya had an urgent message for her.
"Lady Remilia! May you please awaken? I have something important to show you!"
The girl rolled over and opened her eyes of scarlet. Her blue hair looked very messy from her sleep and her vampire wings flapped twice before she sat up. "What is it, Sakuya? It's still sunny outside..." She yawned.
"Well, here, Lady. I want you to tell me what you see inside this umbrella."
The umbrella was opened and Remilia looked at the stars through its magic. She was speechless.
Sakuya waved her hand in front of Remilia. "Lady, are you okay?"
"Yes, I am. This object... I can see its immense power!" She collapsed the umbrella and handed it back to Sakuya. "Have Patchouli analyze the item to see if it holds more latent powers stored inside. I would love to deem it... the Treasure of the Scarlet Devil Mansion!"
"Yes, Lady Remilia!" Sakuya held the umbrella and walked towards Patchouli's location.
Remilia smiled with her hands clasped together. "That umbrella... It's more powerful than my custom parasol. When we find out its true powers, we vampires will be able to play in Gensokyo any time we want!"
"The Magic Library Voile..." Sakuya arrived at her destination. She opened the doors slowly, then closed them again. "Hey Patchouliii, are you around?"
A distance away, there is a small yelling. "Yes, Sakuya, I am over here!"
Sakuya ran over to Patchouli and found her behind one of the bookcases. "Nice to see you." Patchouli's purple eyes did not contain much light, but she was always conservative with her expressions. Her purple hair flowed past her hips, tied at their ends. She seemed to always be in a nightrobe of sorts, with her hat carrying a crescent moon symbol.
"What are you here for?" She rolled her eyes. "You do not usually have business here."
Sakuya opened the umbrella and handed it to her. "Lady Remilia wants you to analyze this further and see if you can discover anything significant about it."
"I guess if Remilia wants me to. What is so special about it anyways?"
"Look up."
"You can see the stars from here." Patchouli smiled slyly. "Interesting magic, but that is not a very difficult trick to pull off."
"Anyways, see you later, Patchouli Knowledge. I've got work to do."
"As do I." Both of them turned around and went along with their business.
A long red-haired girl with devil wings sprouting out of her head walked over to Patchouli. "Do you need any help?"
"Yes, in fact," Patchouli turned towards her. "I do. Find me information on illusion magic. Books on the moon and the stars will be helpful as well. Thank you."
"I'll do my best!" She ran off and turned to the left.
Patchouli, meanwhile, was confused. "Why is Remilia fascinated with this? It is just an illusion, that is all. It is not l-" Unfortunately, during her monologue, she accidently stepped on a book and fell over. "Mukyuu!" The umbrella jumped, then floated down beside Patchouli. She picked it up and realized something weird.
"Wh-what? Did the stars just... realign?" She moved the umbrella and surely, it happened again.
"The umbrella will always accurately depict the locations of celestial bodies no matter what?!"
Patchouli pointed the umbrella to the ground and surprisingly, the moon showed up in the umbrella. "...How?"
Suddenly, the wall pounded. Then it pounded several more times. At that moment, the devil girl came running back with several books in hand.
"Patchouli, I've got what you ne-" Finally, the wall gave way with a massive shock to the entire library. "Kyaa!" The girl fell over and dropped all her books on Patchouli. Patchouli moved quickly, collapsed the umbrella, and pushed the books aside. In her purple eyes, she saw the worst sight she could have imagined.
A blonde haired girl rode in on a broomstick through the hole in the wall. Her braid swung back and forth, tied with a red ribbon. She grinned and showed with her two fingers on her right hand a V sign, the other hand holding onto the broom.
"Yo!"