Umm, hello there :3
I'm just a newbie here, trying to show my fanfic about touhou.
Since this is my first one (and also contains some canon and fanon theories), I can't say much about how it is..
So I'll just let you guys to comment/judge on it.
It's still on going :D
Here you go :
It's about the origins of Maribel Hearn and Yukari Yakumo
Prologue
Matsue, Japan, 1890
A pretty cool mornings in the early of spring, from the western end of the horizon a ship trumpet sounded. It then slowly moved closer toward the dock. A moment later the anchor was lowered along with the crew that ran down from the ship to tie the boat rope. Bustle of passengers who want to get off began to sound, breaking the silence of the dock that morning.
Gangplank was lowered and the passengers began to get off in line one by one from the ship. It was clear that most of the passengers were oriental-looking, but there were four passengers that actually looked different, three of them were men, two boys and an old man while the other one was a middle-aged woman. Their faces looked more like the faces of the Europeans. They probably were immigrants from Western countries who wanted to try their fortune in Japan.
These four were the last to get off from the ship. Their luggage were quite a lot, about six large suitcases in which one of the suitcase was full of documents. Maybe they were journalists, or writers.
"Japan! Finally we’re here!" cried one of the four as he raised his hands to the sunny morning sky after getting off from the ship. This short black-haired young man, whose hair was swept to the left, had dark yellow eyes, and his body was quite tall. He was wearing a long sleeved white shirt with brown vest and a long black cloth pants complete with brown leather shoes. He then closed his eyes, breathed deeply, feeling the cool morning air.
"Shhh! Keep your voice down, Lafka! Help me get this stuff!" said another young man who wore a black shirt and a three-quarter plaid patterned shorts and black leather sandals behind the young man who was screaming. He was carrying two large bags over his shoulders as he walked a little unsteadily down the gangplank. His body looked a bit shorter than the previous young boy, Lafka. However, this young man had a more muscular body, seen from a tight black shirt he wore. He had brown hair which length reached his shoulder and a bit disheveled, his eyes were red, full of spirit.
"Come on, Aldey, let a man express his happiness." said a middle-aged woman who was in front of the man who had shouted, interrupting Aldey’s words while chuckling. This woman’s body was very beautiful and tall like the daughters of the royal family or aristocratic women, an excellent combination with the pink dress which was worn by her. She had brown hair. Her hair is quite long. It was seen by her hairstyle, the Vortex Bun Braid. She also had light brown eyes.
"Going to Japan is his very first dream, let him enjoy it for a moment, Aldington." said the old man who was walking down the gangplank, approaching them. This old man slowly walked down through the gangplank while playing a wooden stick he carried on his hand. His gray eyes were looking towards the two young men. His hair was a bit grayish, indicating that his age was no longer young, but not too old, so did the mustache and beard. This old man looked very dignified with a white shirt, a black suit, and black long pants. All combined with a white tie worn on his neck.
".... Well, Mr. and Mrs. Vacille. But, I had such difficulty to carry all these stuffs." Said Aldey after a brief pause upon hearing what Mr. and Mrs. Vacille said earlier. He then put his luggage which he had brought down to the ground of the dock near to the ship which they were on earlier. Then he ran up, back on board to take another suitcase that was left on board.
"Ah .. Ahahaha. It is true. Hey Lafka! Help your friend.." said Mr. Vacille, calling Lafka while swinging his cane, looking at Aldey who was apparently being abit distressed while bringing the suitcases.
"Ah! Excuse me, sir Vacille! I will do it!" said Lafka quickly after hearing the call from Mr. Vacille. He opened his eyes which were closed earlier and ran up onto the ship, passing Mr. Vacille who was already in the lower end of the gangplank.
"There you are! Here, help me. You just need to bring two suitcases there, I'll bring the rest" said Aldey when he was approached by Lafka on the boat, pointing to the suitcase which he meant before, which was near the fence of the ship.
"All right. I will immediately execute your order!" said Lafka while giving a salute pose, mimicking a soldier who was saluting his the commander, then walked toward the mentioned suitcases.
"Stop joking ..." said Aldey while lifting the rest of the suitcases and then left while shaking his head. He was then walked off from the ship.
Meanwhile, while Lafka was running toward the suitcases he was supposed to bring, he seemed to be relaxed. He watched for a moment the scenery surrounding the ship, where many of the crew were then going back and forth cleaning the ship before returning to sea. He saw a calm sea, warm sun touched his skin that day. However, he suddenly noticed something quite amazing and strange.
Lafka saw two female figures, standing in the middle of a quiet sea staring at the horizon. Even more amazingly, one of the two women had fox ears and many tails. While the other woman, with long hair, holding an umbrella and was seen in a purple dress by a glimpse.
Lafka became more and more astonished when he saw the two women were slowly disappearing into the ocean through a mysterious black gap which suddenly appeared and swallowed them. Lafka immediately ran to the bow of the boat and tried to find traces of what he saw. However, it's useless, he did not find any.
"Hey Lafkaaaa ~ What are you doing there? Why did it take so long?" a sounding speech of Mrs. Vacille was heard from the dock.
"Ah! Sorry, Mistress! I thought I'd seen the dolphins!" shouted Lafka, answering the mistress.
"The dolphin? Near the dock? Ohohoho, you must be mistaken, Lafka." said Mr. Vacille while chuckling.
"I'll be there!" said Lafka quickly while running, carrying two suitcases that were assigned to him.
In the end, Lafka kept on thinking to himself about what he saw earlier, Japanese mythology creatures? Did they exist? Curiosity in his heart grew stronger as his steps to leave the dock with the other three getting further.
"Along with the creation of the Great Hakurei Border, a new Gensokyo was born.
Sealed from the outside world which began to forget the beauty of an illusion.
At the same time, there came a young man who was the first human to enter Gensokyo from the outside after its birth.
Who will become the dearest one for one of its creators... "
Unrecorded History - Hieda no Akyuu
Generations, Borders, and Illusion.
A tribute fanfic for Maribel Hearn and Yukari Yakumo
Chapter I (Part 3)
Meanwhile, at noon in a shrine somewhere, a light which came out from Lafka?s body suddenly appeared from the sky and immediately hit the ground in the courtyard of the shrine. The light hit the ground so hard that it left marks like a hole in the vicinity. Dust and dirt were flying in all directions.
Not long after the flying dust and soil began to decrease, a body that was supposed to be asleep in front of a house waiting for the arrival of his friend who was going somewhere was seen at the place where the light fell. The body of a young man that was impossible to be there by itself.
Yes, that body was the body of Lafka. It was Lafka itself. Asleep in his deep slumber without injury even though his body had just hit the land so hard from the sky. It seemed that he did not realize what had just happened, or even what had just happened there had no effect on him that was still asleep in the dark.
In the distance, there was a girl who was wearing a miko outfit walked towards Lafka?s body. This girl, somehow, in a glance, she looked like the girl whom Lafka had met before at Fumon-in. But this time she had longer hair and wore the miko clothing that was a bit open at the arms, armpits, and between her waist.
Beneath the miko outfit, it seemed that she also wore a black skintight leotard that covered her body to her waist. Her breasts and her thighs could be seen from aside, through the gap between her clothes. She was not wearing a skirt, but a red hakama. She also wore a sort of extra sleeves around her elbow with a ribbon tied around the end of the sleeves near the elbow and a sort of black combat boots. Maybe people would wonder, whether this girl was a miko or not from her appearance.
After reaching the place where Lafka fell, the girl observed and tried to find out what had just fallen in the courtyard of her shrine. She then was surprised when she realized that there was a young man's body lying there. Immediately, she approached the body and tried to wake him up.
"Hey! Are you okay?"
"Hey!? Can you hear me!?"
Said the girl while shaking Lafka?s body slowly. For a moment the girl examined the body. She was trying to find whether the body had any injuries or not. However, she was actually surprised when she found there were no injuries on the body. She then observed the situation around the place of the fall. She saw the damage that was caused by the fall and wondered. With damage like this, how could this young man's body had no injuries at all?
The girl then tried to woke Lafka up again. This time she shook Lafka?s body harder, knowing that there were no injuries on Lafka?s and concluded that he had only fainted. The girl continued to do it so many times but Lafka was still unconscious.
Finally, the girl gave up and decided to bring Lafka?s body to the shrine. She then called someone.
"Genjii! Genjii ~! Please come here." cried the girl.
Then a turtle which was large enough to be climbed by two people on it flew and approached the girl from the back of the temple. It appeared that a few drops of water were dripping off from his body.
The turtle color was green-gray and had a short gray beard on his chin. His skin was getting a bit saggy and wrinkled. It seemed like this turtles had lived for over than hundreds years old, beyond the age of normal turtles in general.
"What is it, Miss?" said the turtle as he hovered near the girl.
"Take this man into the shrine."
"Understood." replied the turtle as he landed on the shrine?s courtyard.
The girl then lifted Lafka?s body and put him in the back of the turtle.
"Okay, take him now." said the girl as she glanced around once more.
"Actually .. what has just happened, Miss?" said the turtle, Genjii, to the girl as he gradually floated in the air, until he was at the same height as the girl's shoulder.
"I do not know .. suddenly, there was a loud explosion, and all of this happened." replied the girl, pointing to the scenery of chaos caused by previous events.
"And this young man?" Genjii asked again as he turned his head slightly backward, toward his back.
"It seems that it was him who caused the explosion, my guess is that he was slammed from somewhere, like a shooting star ... maybe."
"Surprisingly, he was not hurt at all." replied the girl, scratching her head.
"Hmm .." Genjii murmured thoughtfully.
"Ah well, we better take him to the shrine first, go, go, Genjii. Be careful, lest he fall." replied the girl while patting Genjii?s head softly and led him into the temple. Genjii who was flying just nodded and followed the girl into the shrine.
Inside the temple, Lafka then was laid on the futon in the living room of the shrine where it seemed that the girl mostly spent her time here. Accompanied by Genjii near the door leading to the outside of the shrine, she tried to woke Lafka up once more.
However, the result remained the same, Lafka was still unconscious. In the end, the girl decided to pause and thought about something.
"Was this person a youkai victim?" she thought.
"But .. What kind of youkai? "
"Miss, why don?t you just use soul purification ritual to wake him up?" said Genjii suddenly.
"Judging from the situation, it was unlikely that he?d just fainted and slammed to the ground just like that, there must be some sort of power that made him get involved in this or maybe .. victimized in the previous event." continued Genjii.
"Hmm .. Are you sure?" asked the girl.
"Miss, there's no harm in trying, right?" replied Genjii.
"Hmm .." the girl mumbled and walked out of the room.
"I'll get the equipment." she said.
Not long after that, the girl had been ready with the equipment. Then she tried to wake Lafka up by using some sort of ritual. The girl put a talisman inscribed with a spell on it in three places of Lafka?s body, on his forehead, on his stomach, and on his feet.
The girl then began to recite the some spells, the talismans which had been put were shining brightly. But suddenly the girl was surprised by something. She felt a power flowing from Lafka?s body. A very powerful one. The girl immediately stopped and shocked.
"What was that?" she told herself.
She the recited the spell once again. But, the talismans suddenly were burned. The girl was surprised again. Lafka then opened his eyes suddenly. Along with that the girl felt the immense power flowed from Lafka?s body for the second time. In a trance, Lafka then woke up from his sleeping position and then looked at the girl.
The girl quickly saw Lafka?s left eye which was glowing and had already changed its color to purple. The girls realized that the power she was feeling was from Lafka?s eye. She then tried to call Lafka.
"Hey .. Can you hear me? Get a grip of yourself! "
Hearing the girl?s call, Lafka regained his consciousness and his left eye returned to normal. Lafka then found himself in front of a girl who looked like a girl he met earlier at Fumon-in.
"Ah .. you?" he said as he rubbed his eyes slowly.
"Wait ... why are you here!?" he said suddenly.
"I should be the one asking that! Who are you? And why did you appear suddenly in the courtyard of the shrine!?" replied the girl loudly.
Lafka was shocked and and became silent. He saw now that he was in an unfamiliar room.
"What is it this time? What happened?" he thought.
He looked around, seeing a far different place from where he remembered before closing his eyes waiting for Aldey to come home. He then sat silently staring at the girl.
"Where ..am I?" said Lafka.
"Eh?" said the girl.
"What happened to me? Why did I get here?" asked Lafka with great confusion.
"I do not know." replied the girl with a flat stare.
Lafka then became silent again, staring at the girl with full of confusion.
"..You suddenly fell in the courtyard of the shrine, and you were unconscious. I really do not know why it happened." continued the girl.
Lafka then realized that the girl in front of him was not the girl that he thought. He then slowly bowed and apologized.
"Forgive me, my name is Lafka. I do not know what happened to me and I am truly sorry." he said.
The girls just sighed.
"Where are you from?" asked the girl.
"Matsue." replied Lafka.
"Matsue? Where is it? "asked the girl.
"Huh?" said Lafka with a surprised look.
Then they both fell into a silence as they looked at each other in surprise.
"What are you looking at?" asked the girl.
"A-ah .. N-no!" replied Lafka abruptly.
"Genjii. Do you know where Matsue is?" asked the girl.
Genji then stepped into the room while answering question of the girl.
"Matsue .. That place is located in the outside world, the great land of the gods. I have heard many stories and legends regarding that place when I was young, long before this place exists." he said.
Lafka was surprised to see Genjii. A turtle which could talk?
"Wait .. so this guy came from the outside world!?" said the girl loudly.
"I think so. Sir, did you come from Matsue?" said Genjii to Lafka as he continued walking toward Lafka.
"Y-yes .." replied Lafka with a little nervous.
"Ahaha .. you do not need to fear me, I am just plain old turtle.. " said Genjii.
"Oh, could it be that there are no talking turtles in Matsue?" continued Genjii with a chuckle.
Lafka shook his head.
"No. .. absolutely none. Mr. Turtle, where am I actually?" asked Lafka.
"You are now in the land of illusion. Where all illusion gather." he said.
"Land of illusion, what do you mean, Mr. Turtle?" said Lafka.
"Ah, my name is Genjii. You could say that you're now in another world, a world far different from the world which you come from." said Genji.
The girl sighed again.
"Here is where all the magical power gather, all illusion, all that might not make sense to your world. And where we are, this shrine, is the boundary that separates it from your world." said the girl.
"I could feel a strange power from your body; it might be one of the reason that brings you here for whatever reason. Although lately, there are many same events occur, but only this time there is a human who can come in from the outside. But thankfully, seeing your reaction, you seem fine although you still seem confused." replied the girl, leaning against the wall near Lafka.
"I am Hakurei Miko, and you're now in Gensokyo. Welcome." she said flatly.
==========Chapter I==========
(Sorry if there are mistakes in the grammar and words)