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Mima: Chapter 10 I lay the book down on the table and checked the pocket watch, luckily there was still 5 minutes left until Yuka was moving on. So without any delay I placed the watch back in my pocket and picked up the book to continue reading. It was hard to believe that this book was factual; some of the articles were so unbelievable that had I not seen some of Gensokyo already, I?d never have believed it. But it was true, and it hadn?t quite sunk in how weird things were. Further reading of Yuka?s didn?t calm my thoughts any more. Everything pointed to her attacking everyone who entered her field, let alone her little world in that portal. There seemed to be some even scarier to imagine though, Flandre Scarlet is a vampire who lives in that mansion I saw and according to the book, she can destroy anything due to the ability she has, so believe it or not, I guess things could be worse. The recent history proved interesting, magical incidents occurring often and it?s usually left to a shrine maiden to sort things out. Events have ranged from Gensokyo being covered in mist from an outbreak of flowers, it?s said someone even stole the moon. One thing I must admit, this place sure isn?t boring. The next page explained a youkai called Yukari Yakumo who can control borders, which apparently make up everything. I slowly started to feel small and overwhelmed, I?d been reading this book learning about various powers and fights, yet I?m stuck to do nothing, except run. With little other action to take, I sighed to myself and sat back in the chair. Oh well, at least it means you?re less likely to get hurt. I was enjoying the book though; it was quite fascinating knowing what the youkai can do, and what to do in case you encounter them, which I thought was quite valuable information. Once again I reached into my pocket and pulled out the watch, 3 minutes left. I can read another article in that time. Quickly I flicked the page and began to read ?Ten-? ?EXTRA!? I jumped out of my seat at the sudden voice, which sounded familiar for some reason. The door to the building opened and another new face walked in, this black haired girl was wearing a slightly formal looking plain black skirt and white blouse decorated with hints of black in the forms of buttons and ribbons, over that she wore a small brown vest with leaf patterns scattered over it. Once again I noticed another unusual headwear, it looked like a small red pointed box on the top of her head, though it was nothing compared to that of Keine?s, the straps which dangled along the sides of her head had some balls of fluff attached. The girl walked over to Keine and Akyu, ?Hello Miss Kamashirasawa, Miss Hieda and?? It was obvious she?d seen me, ?Oh! You?re that human Miss Kazami stole?? Puzzled, I replied, ?Um? yeah I am, have we met?? ?No, no, I just investigated the matter. My name?s Aya Shameimaru, the fastest reporter in Gensokyo.? I bet that means she was that crow with the camera that I saw Yuka attack. ?So, can I ask you a few questions?? Aya looked at me enthusiastically. ?I guess so.? ?Great! So how?d you get kidnapped by Yuka?? She sat ready with a notepad and paper. ?I don?t know the details, I just woke up in her mansion since she?d found me somewhere.? Aya began jotting things down. She sounded happy with what she was hearing, ?Okay, and where did you come from before that?? ?Again, I don?t know. No memory, you see.? Aya continued writing. ?Interesting, an outsider. So how did you escape from Miss Kazami?? She grinned expectantly at the latest question. ?I? didn?t, she?s somewhere else in the village, I?m meant to be meeting her soon.? ?Oh, so you?re still stuck with her, well, I?d like to ask more but these extras don?t deliver themselves! See you around!? Running around the room Aya shouted goodbye to Keine and Akyu and disappeared. I shrugged to myself and noticed Aya?s name was on the page I was about to read. Crow Tengu, huh? I decided to quickly read the article before I left considering I?d just encountered her. I was hardly a few lines in before I heard Aya again outside, ?Hello Miss Kazami, would you care to answer some questions on-? The rest of the sentence was drowned out by the sound of Yuka?s laser from earlier which caused Keine to jump from her seat in alarm and run outside. I continued to read over the sound of Keine shouting; by the sounds of it Aya had left the scene since I couldn?t hear her recognisable voice but I could imagine Yuka standing there with a grin of some sort, not caring what about what was being said to her. As I finished the page I closed the book deciding it would be best to meet Yuka now, before I got absorbed back into the book. Walking over to the bookshelf to replace it, I heard Akyu speak at me, ?You can take that if you wish.? ?What, this?? I waved the book. ?Yes, if you look at how many editions there are it wouldn?t matter if a middle one went missing, especially since I could always rewrite it if the worst did happen.? I felt honoured, ?Are you sure?? ?It?s helping a human isn?t it? That?s one of the purposes of it, to inform.? She smiled happily. ?Oh, well, thank you. I?ll try to get it back to you soon.? ?Don?t worry about it, but feel free to come back whenever you want. Goodbye.? She cheerfully said her goodbyes before looking back down to her work. ?Bye.? I walked over to the door and passed Keine, who was looking flustered once again. ?Good luck.? She whispered, ?Come back her if she troubles you.? I nodded and took a last look around before going through the doorway and saw the headline of the Extra that Aya delivered ?Ice Fairy beaten after trying to freeze Frog God.? Laughing at Cirno in my head, I left the residence to meet Yuka. ---

Mima: Chapter 11 I had somewhat predicted the scene outside already as I left the building, and  as I guessed, Yuka was standing in the centre of the village, and in the direction from which we entered the village was scorched earth, obviously where the Tengu journalist was shot at. Yuka noticed me out of the corner of her eye and turned to me, ?Oh, it?s you. I wondered if you?d turn up.? Like I have a choice. As usual, after acknowledging my presence Yuka turned around and begun walking, as always she knew where she was going. Catching up to Yuka I begun to walk beside her who was strolling under her parasol as always. I took a final look over my shoulder I saw a worried looking Keine watching from Akyu?s doorway, I nodded my head slightly and paid attention to the things ahead. As I walked beside Yuka I started to wonder back to what I was told, Yuka was a vicious youkai who killed for fun and took no hesitation to slaughter people who went into her field, but still here I am, found by her in her own dream world, taken in and still very much alive, as much as being here as part of a weird pseudo-dream experience can be, or whatever Keine was saying. I decided it might be best not to ask her directly, since the thoughts of her going, ?Oh, good point.? followed by her blasting me away haunted my thoughts, so instead I decided to use a different subject, ?So, where are we going now?? ?Well, I thought about going to the flower field for another hour.? Please, no. ?But I changed my mind, so instead we?re going to visit Reimu!? Yuka shouted happily, as though it was something to look forward to. Reimu? Reimu? The name seemed fairly familiar so I must have heard it from Akyu or Keine. Suddenly it struck me, the book... I nearly hit myself for having forgotten about the book already and taking it from under my arm, I opened it and began to scan through it. Reading a hefty book while walking wasn?t the easiest thing to do, but something told me Yuka wouldn?t slow down or stop even if I asked so through perseverance I eventually got to the page marked Reimu Hakurei and begun perusing through the article. From the looks of it, she?s also extremely powerful, and also a figure of importance in Gensokyo, and though she exterminates youkai for a living, there?s always youkai at her shrine since she has a notorious reputation for being lazy. ?So what?s that?? To my surprise, Yuka had started speaking and was looking at the book. Unsure what to say, I replied, ?This? Akyu, I mean Miss Hieda gave it me, it?s got lots of information of Gensokyo so it?s helping me understand things a lot.? ?Do I get mentioned in it?? She asked curiously. I answered with a nod, ?Yes.? ?Does it say I?m the most powerful youkai in Gensokyo?? Yuka grinned. ?Something like that.? I answered vaguely, so I wasn't technically lying. ?Well, that?s alright then, it?s a good book.? Bemused by what was said, I continued reading until I noticed Yuka stopped, I looked up from the book to find myself faced by the large, dark forest I saw earlier. I looked at Yuka and back at the forest, which continued to look pitch black and full of danger. ?We have to walk through this?!? I said, louder then I wanted. ?No.? A huge feeling of relief fell upon me, ?We fly.? Wha-what? I turned to Yuka again, but only saw her shoes; she?d always started to float up in the air. I?m not walking through that! ?W-wait!? I shouted, Yuka stopped moving for a moment before turning in the air and looked at me inquisitively. ?Unlike some people, I-I can?t fly.? Yuka gave me a piercing stare such as earlier, which made me wonder if the small sarcasm I used was too much. I saw Yuka?s arm move causing me to flinch, the next thing I knew, Yuka had snatched my hand by the wrist and dragged me into the air where Yuka soon picked up speed across the sea of trees, leaving me hanging by my wrist. Normally, I?d be panicking about the amount of danger I was in, but it didn?t matter, I was flying and the feeling of flying through the air was unreal. I looked up at Yuka, who still had her senseless smile on her face, obviously not being affected by my weight at all. I wish I could fly like this? I closed my eyes and let the air blast into my face, I was pleasantly refreshing and the experience as a hole helped me to relax I wonder if you can do this in the ?real world?? I don?t feel you can, this just feels too... magical. Opening my eyes I looked around, admiring the view, the flower field was only just in sight now, it seemed that we were heading uphill and a small building was just coming into sight, about the same distance as the field. That must be the shrine. The forest itself below us remained as dark and unwelcoming as ever but I caught sight of a cloud of grey mist floating just over the forest, much like Yuka and myself. The mist suddenly changed direction and started flying at us. ?Hey, Yuka.? Yuka ignored me and continued flying while the mist continued to get closer prompting me to try  shouting again, ?Yuka!? Whatever that mist was, it wasn?t stopping and I wasn't taking any risks so I shouted as loud as I could, ?Yuka!? Yuka turned and snapped at me, ?What!? With my free hand I pointed at the approaching mist and almost instantly that devilish grin appeared on her face again. Yuka swung her parasol and just like earlier, an oversized laser blasted by my head hitting the cloud. I heard a childish voice echo from nowhere ?Owwwww!? The mist moved erratically until it started to build up in one spot until to my surprise what looked like a child with horns appeared. ---

Mima: Chapter 12 ?What was that for!?? The girl childishly complained at Yuka. The girl was wearing a torn pink blouse, mainly where you?d expect sleeves and a long dress which started purple at the top and became paler as you went down until it was white, which was decorated by a purple ribbon which weaved in and out the dress. Around her neck she wore a red ribbon tied as a bow and a purple one around one of her horns, I could just make out that she had brown eyes and also sported long orange hair which looked like it came down to her knees in a ponytail behind her. There were four strange objects with her, three were shapes attached by chains and the forth was a purple container of some sort that she was holding in one hand. ?I only came here to see if you wanted to see Reimu? She?s at the shrine so-? The girl was interrupted by another laser from Yuka. Oh look, another fight started by Yuka for no apparent reason. ?Fine! If you want to be like that.? The girl took the purple container and opened it, and began drinking from it. Oh, it?s a flask or something, I expected something more sinister. Once the girl stopped drinking she turned into mist again and began spreading out before enveloping us. Yuka laughed, ?Hiding? ?Coward.? ?No!? I heard the voice behind me and as Yuka swung in the air I saw the girl, behind a row of large purple orbs, which were heading straight for us. Yuka merely laughed and flew towards the wall, ?Waaaaaait!? I shouted as Yuka flew straight into the wall, not wanting to close my eyes I watched in amazement as Yuka flew straight through a gap along with me without either of us having any contact with the orbs. ?One.? Yuka laughed again. One, what? The attacker took another drink before dropping to the ground. ?Take this!? She shouted in a high-pitched voice. The girl began to effortlessly pull trees out of the ground and began launching them at us, Yuka however continued to weave between the trees keeping her and myself from harm, as we passed the final tree I noticed the girl was flying straight for us, with a tree in each hand. Just how strong is she?! To my relief, Yuka stopped advancing towards the tree wielding child-like opponent. Oh, she does have some sense in combat. Making me panic once more, the girl swung the trees at us and instead of dodging as I expected, Yuka simply held out her arms and blocked the trees, causing one to land dangerously near myself. As the power struggle waged, Yuka giggled tormentingly at her opponent, ?You?re still underestimating me!? How can she possibly still be enjoying this? Yuka?s voice turned menacing again, ?Two.? A few seconds later, the power struggle was so immense the trees simply snapped. Taking a mist form again, the attacker picked up speed and began circling the two of us at an incredible speed, firing a large amount of pink and blue bolts at us. Once again, Yuka stayed in the middle of the barrage, elegantly spinning between the bullets while I swung around in a much less graceful but somehow still-controlled manner. Yuka began dodging faster and faster to match the barrage as I began to feel disorientated from the spinning when suddenly Yuka changed direction and then back again as I saw a bullet pass where my head would have been. ?Three.? Suddenly the bullets stopped firing and the human shape reappeared from the mist. Yuka flew straight at the girl and swung her parasol firing a barrage of lasers. ?Whaaaa!? The girl cried as she dodged between then. ?If you want to go and see Reimu, then just go!? Yuka fired another volley of round bullets before they seemingly hit an invisible wall and dispersed. Yuka looked to the side and my head followed to see a woman wearing red and white on the hill, obviously the one who had just caused that wall. That must be Reimu. ?Oh look, it?s Reimu!? Yuka seemed to lose all her menacing personality and returned to her slightly air-headed personality. Acting as though the fight never happened, Yuka flew away from her opponent and towards Reimu. ---

Mima: Chapter 13 For some reason, I wasn?t all that confused about why Yuka suddenly stopped the fight, maybe I?m just getting used to the unexpected. Flying towards her, Reimu was a little further away than I thought she was at first; it must have been a skilled shot to get the spell between the two fighters. ?Hi!? A voice spoke to my left, I shook with surprise a moment before I noticed it was the girl who Yuka was just fighting. ?Hi.? I replied unenthusiastically. ?What are you doing?? The girl asked. ?Ask her, she?s the one? leading me everywhere.? I motioned at Yuka with my free hand. ?And why are you with her?? I paused for a few seconds, ?It?s a long story, and I have a feeling Miss Hakurei will be wanting an explanation, so wait until then.? ?Miss Hakurei?? The girl stopped, ?Oh, Reimu!? The girl then proceeded to drink a lot more out of her flask before asking excitedly, ?So, you coming to the party?? ?Not that I know of, what party?? ?The best party ever! I finally got Reimu to let me organise this year's party, so it?s going to be the best one ever!? The girl was clearly looking forward to it due to the volume and cheerfulness in her speech even if I had no idea what the party in question was. ?What are you doing here!?? A more serious sounding voice interrupted and as I suspected, the source was Reimu Hakurei was stood in front of the approaching Yuka, not looking too happy about the situation. Reimu had shoulder length dark brown, almost black hair and wore a long red dress with a white collar decorated with a blue ribbon; she wore another ribbon in her hair, though this one was red and of a much larger size. She also wore some weird detached white sleeves, which I decided to not question further. ?I?ve come to visit!? Yuka cheerfully claimed. Reimu sighed and stared at Yuka, before her eyes moved to scan myself, and then the other girl, before Reimu double-took and came back to me. Reimu began to shout, ?What in the Hakurei Spirit?s name are you doing with a human!? Yuka waved her parasol, brushing the question away, ?Relax? the human?s mine, I didn?t steal him, I found him.? What kind of excuse is that?! ?That?s not how things work!? Reimu objected, but it was too late, Yuka had already walked past her, dragging me along. Considering she?s a youkai exterminator she?s not doing much. It wasn?t long before I was stood in front of the shrine. Considering the Hakurei shrine is home to one of the most important beings in Gensokyo, the shrine wasn?t really all that spectacular, it just looked like a typical, slightly run down building. Yuka continued marching to the shrine before sitting down at the front, I followed suit and sat down near her. A few moments later the Shrine Maiden approached the shrine with a tired, uncaring expression, ?What do you want today.? ?Just visiting.? Yuka said perkily, ?Now get some tea, Reimu.? Reimu stood still and stared at Yuka, before walking off into the shrine. Why is a Youkai Exterminator now taking orders from a youkai? Soon enough, Reimu emerged with tea for everyone and it wasn't long before the three of us were slowly drinking tea, I eventually found myself explaining the already too familiar story to Reimu about myself, and noticed Yuka looked as though she already knew everything, such as that I?m an ?outsider?. Maybe she knew all along? Another period of silence struck, since there was nothing to lose, I began talking, ?So, I hear that you have to resolve incidents around here.? ?There?s always someone up to trouble, it?s my job to sort it out.? Reimu yawned before drinking more tea. I thought it was also your job to stop youkai, so why are there several here? Staring out in front of the shrine I noticed a small purple thing in the corner of my eye, however it had disappeared by the time I looked. I watched as Reimu reached for her tea to find it missing and under her breath mumbled, ?I?ll kill her.? I could only guess that someone had just pulled a prank or something along those lines. Reimu left again, presumably to get more tea and out of the blue she cried, ?Get out!? Shortly followed by a swarm of small beings resembling the mist girl from before emerging from the shrine stampeding out of the shrine giggling and laughing eventually running behind the shrine. Once again, things started to slow down for a few minutes and I couldn't think of any questions worth asking, however the silence was broken when another new voice called out, ?Reimu!? I sensed the voice coming from behind me, turning my head around I saw a woman with long green hair reaching down to, if not past her hips and wearing highly decorated blue robes, with a yellow trim along the edges and a symbol resembling a sun on her pointed brimless wizard hat. ?Oh, look who?s finally decided to reappear!? Reimu growled. ---

Mima: Chapter 14 As Reimu turned the corner with a new cup of tea, the latest newcomer dived at her causing the latest lot of tea to spill on the floor a few metres away while they fell on the floor. ?Did you miss me?? The girl in blue said happily. ?Get. Off. Me. Now.? Reimu growled with her teeth gritted. ?Is that any way to talk to your-? ?You had best not say what I think you?re about to.? Reimu spoke threateningly, eyes narrowed. ?Goddess!? The woman cheered. A piece of paper appeared in Reimu?s hand and was slapped onto the other?s face who simply started laughing. The piece of paper started to glow a bright red when suddenly it cut off and the paper fluttered to the floor. ?Enough proof?? The woman teased, picking up the useless paper before getting up and leaning back against the shrine. ?I thought you?d be as pleased as this.? ?Ecstatic.? The bitter voice of the Miko said. ?I guess that makes me a Hakurei now.? The woman grinned at Reimu, ?Mima Hakurei. Sounds quite good.? It didn't take long for Reimu?s bitter expression changed back to the lazy one from earlier as she walked back into the shrine. To get tea, no doubt. Mima, however walked over to Yuka and I and sat down next to her. ?Long time no see.? ?Yes, last time was in Makai, wasn't it? All those years ago...? Yuka chatted. ?That?s right, when we beat up Shinki. It?s thanks to back then for what I am now.? Mima smiled warmly. Yuka tilted her head, ?Oh?? Mima continued explaining, ?I ended up living in Makai and with Shinki's help and training I was eventually able to achieve godhood, and what better place is there to be a deity then here? The place that everyone you know visits.? Yuka drunk more of her tea, ?I see.?  Reimu plodded out of the shrine carrying two more cups of tea before sitting down next to Mima and passing her one. Easily forgiven, I guess. Mima stretched, ?Oh, it does feel good to be back. Makai is a little too dark for my liking.? Reimu objected, ?But aren?t you an evil spirit? You should like it.? Mima laughed, ?Oh, Reimu. It?s not good to stereotype, one cannot do as much in the dark.? Mima stretched in the sunlight, ?It?s also colder there.? Mima turned to Reimu and winked, ?Also, I?m more than a soul now, you should remember that... servant.? Just as it seemed things were going to go quiet, Mima began speaking again, ?So, how?s my little apprentice?? Reimu sighed, ?She?s still alive, somehow. She's usually hanging around here... when she?s not stealing or blowing things up that is.? I barely heard Yuka murmur something, ?Another to kill.? What?! At that moment Mima turned and looked at me, ?So, who are you? I don?t believe we?ve met.? Not knowing my name is really getting annoying now. ?I?m... I?m just a human, with no memory, or powers, Y-Yuka is kinda looking after me.? ?Oh?? Mima raised an eyebrow, ?That?s rather unusual, I?m surprised you haven?t ripped him to pieces yet.? Yuka laughed, ?Everyone wants a change every now and then.? Mima looked up at the sky, ?Well, I guess that would make you my first human worshipper!? ?Oh?? I looked around a little, ?That?s? good.? ?Indeed!? Mima exclaimed, ?I?ll be a much better god then the last one!? Last one? I asked quietly, ?There was another god? What happened?? Mima giggled, ?She disappeared because lazy Hakurei here didn?t get any worshippers, and since she had no power of her own, she just disappeared!? Mima lowered her voice, ?And since the slot was free, I took it!? Being a god works like that? ?So, what are you a god of?? I questioned. ?Nothing in particular. I have extremely strong magical powers in general.? Mima bragged, ?Especially in darkness magic.? A god of darkness at the shrine that is supposedly good? How weird. Silence fell upon the shrine once again, until also like before Mima broke it, ?You know what this shrine needs? A party to celebrate my wonderful self becoming the shrine?s deity.? Reimu replied quietly, ?There?s already a ?party? coming up, the annual shrine festival.? Mima smirked, ?Well then, that shall be my party then.? Before Reimu could object the swarm of miniature girls appeared again, ?Heyyyyyy!? One of them stretched out the word, ?You can?t just change the party! I?m planning this one!? Mima looked disapprovingly at the swarm, ?Well then Oni, you can change it then.? ?Nooooo, that?s not what I meant!? The small girls formed into one, ?What I say goes!? Mima?s smile turned slightly evil, ?Well then, I?ll have to make you say it then.? Standing up, Mima summoned a silver coloured staff with the head being a crescent moon. As Mima and the Oni faced each other I felt a tug on my shirt, and upon looking saw Yuka stood up and looking ready to leave. Half-reluctantly, not wanting to miss the fight,  I pulled myself up and turned to Mima who was now making the Oni dance by summoning vines of darkness from the ground trying to catch her. ?Er... bye.? I said aimlessly before leaving the two to their fun. ?Oh, leaving? Bye! Be sure to come to the party, human! You too, Yuka!? Mima was interrupted by the Oni and before long the fighting was out of earshot. I wonder if all gods are weird like that? For an ?evil being? she didn?t seem all that evil. Remembering about the book I had been subconsciously holding, I quickly opened it and began to scan through it. The only Oni here is Suika Ibuki, so that must be here. Nothing about Mima though, or that Shinki who was mentioned, something worth asking Akyu about, I guess? If I ever get there again. As I hung suspended above the forest I thought about the events that just occurred, I had met the most powerful human in Gensokyo, saw an Oni which were meant to have disappeared according to the book and became ?friends? with the new God of the shrine, of which there are no records of in what I presume was the premier information source of Gensokyo. I let out a big yawn and said to myself, ?Talk about an eventful day?? ---

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