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Mima:
Chapter 15

Another loud yawn escaped my mouth as I continued to hang above a sea of trees, flying forwards at reasonably slow pace, far slower than the trip in the other direction. No matter how interesting seeing all the odd things in this land was, it couldn?t stop me from becoming tired, even if I hadn?t done that much, I guess the constant fear of being destroyed in one way or another takes its toll on the mind.

Since Yuka was holding one of my arms, I couldn?t even have a look through the book. Everyone?s backgrounds just seem to be interesting to read, plus it?s never a bad thing to know about your enemies, or friends, or whatever position Yuka puts herself in.

Yuka didn?t seem to be paying much attention to anything, except flying forwards and humming a slow melody, which was quite catchy. Out of boredom, I took reached into my pocket for the watch Yuka gave me, expecting the time to be late afternoon, I was quite surprised to see it was already 6 o?clock, and the sky hadn?t even started to lose its brightness yet.

A few minutes passed and at long last the dark mass below us disappeared, instead there was the slope leading to the hill of flowers, and most likely the way back home.

Is it really my home? I?ve only been here a day, but I guess in a way-

My thoughts were stopped dead when I noticed Yuka had gone silent and we were slowly descending.

Looking ahead I saw the outline of someone in the flower fields, presumably whom Yuka was about to confront. The figure looked a little large for Cirno, plus there was a lack of wings. The figure then moved, stopped a moment and then lifted off the ground and began heading towards us.

Here we go?

As usual, the person in front was female, she had light blue eyes and long shoulder length red hair with a braid either side of her face. Her clothing followed the usual pattern of Gensokyo, being unique, which in this case was a green robe resembling something from martial arts, and a matching coloured beret on her head which was dominated by the large golden star on the front of it.

The girl approached and looked at Yuka, before looking at me. ?Oh, it?s just you.? Suddenly the girl lost all interest, and flew away which I thought was a rather poor choice of actions when facing Yuka.

?Looking for someone?? I looked up at Yuka who just spoke, who was wearing a large smile on her face.

The girl froze in the air, ?N-no, why would I be looking for someone??

Yuka's smirked, ?Because you?re not standing outside some worthless mansion's gate doing nothing.?

The girl began playing with her braided hair, ?No? I?m just on my break.?

Yuka?s expression remained the same, ?So who did you mistake me for??

?Oh, S-Sakuya. I was looking for Sakuya.? The girl answered, obviously getting more stressed.

?And what would the maid be doing at this time, not working??

?Well, we were going on a picnic.? By now, it was completely obvious she was lying just by her body language and voice, she was nervously scratching the back of her head and having descended, was pacing slightly.

?At a time like this?? Yuka grinned devilishly, causing the green-clad woman to nod.

How persistent does she want to be?

?Well, that would explain why I saw that vampire girl with the weird wings then.? Yuka relaxed, and smiled.

?Flandre! You?ve seen her? Where!? The girl shouted with excitement.

?Just kidding.? Yuka suddenly teased.

The girl started to look worried again, ?Whaaaaat! That?s not fair...? The girl drooped down and flew away before looking back, ?I bet she?s been found now, there?s? no need for you to do anything, thank you!?

Yuka wouldn?t be the first I?d ask for help, not even to get an animal out a tree.

Blocking the images of small animals being blown up along with the tree, I noticed that Yuka had already arrived at the hill of flowers, where the portal to her mansion was.

?Well then, shall we?? Yuka smiled before disappearing from sight.

So it IS back to the mansion after all.

Before walking in, I took a quick look around; there wasn?t anyone else around, even Cirno, so unless Daiyousei carried her away like she said, she must have recovered. Before entering, for some reason even I didn't quite know, I held my breath before jumping into the transparent yet bright portal.

Soon after, my vision began to restore itself, as I was thrown out the portal, the last thing I was expecting to see in front of me was that familiar red pattern. ?Watch o-!? It was too late before I slammed into the back of Yuka sending both of us to the ground.

Uh oh. Not good, not good, not good.

I quickly jumped to my feet and stood beside Yuka who lay still. ?I-I?m sorry.? My nerves started to behave frantically until Yuka suddenly rolled her head and started looking at me, with an expression that certainly wasn?t happy.

Pick your words carefully.

?Oh, you?re alright... I guessed you would be? Considering you?re the strongest youkai, I didn?t think a pathetic fall like that would hurt you.? Yuka continued her piercing stare before her eyes suddenly warmed up and she smiled somewhat.

Good work, you saved yourself from a gruesome death.

I offered my hand out to Yuka, which to my surprise, she actually took, and so it wasn?t long before she had regained her composure and we were walking along the road back to the mansion, which strangely looked a lot shorter than before.

?So, what happened today, you do that all the time?? I asked out of the blue.

?Yes, I do.? Yuka grinned.

?Don?t you ever get bored of standing in a field all day??

Yuka looked at me and sighed, ?Humans understand so little? Listen, if you find something that you like then you should do it, and until you become bored of it you should make the most of it.?

Weird philosophy.

Still, the mood she was in at the moment was actually quite pleasant.

Seeing the river of blood at the side of me, reminded me back to the previous encounter, I asked, ?Isn't that vampire... Flandre or whatever, meant to be incredibly powerful??

?Supposedly, but Reimu told me that she?s always locked away in the mansion, which makes it difficult for a duel.? Yuka explained, with a hint of sadness in her voice, most likely disappointment due to a lack of a fight.

So that?s why that girl was hiding the facts, she knew Yuka might be interested.

As we walked past the gatekeeper?s house I noticed Elly was lying outside the house in a reclining chair, fast asleep.

That?s? efficient working.

?So, what exactly is this place?? I questioned, for the sake of starting another conversation.

Yuka looked at me puzzled slightly, ?Which place??

?This, here. Since we entered that portal, it seems different from Gensokyo.? I motioned around the two of us.

?Oh, right. This is a dream world, or to be exact, my dream world and because it?s my dream world, it gives me some control over it. The mansion, fairies, they?re all part of this world, and I can control everything.

I have no idea how that works, but fair enough.

Before I knew it, the mansion was already in front of us.

Wow, that was quick.

?I made the house closer, if that?s what you?re thinking.? Yuka bragged as she opened the door and entered.

How on earth did I not notice, I was looking at it for most of the time!

Slightly confused, I merely followed Yuka into the mansion; I?ve suffered too much confusion today.

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Mima:
Chapter 16

Home. Once again I was surprised that I accepted the fact so easily, it was just yesterday that I? appeared here and found myself terrified of the owner, yet a day later I?m fully accepting it, along with everything I?ve seen. I?ve even got used to the homicidal habits of Yuka... slightly.

I snapped back to reality due to a sharp jab from a parasol, ?Are you listening!? Yuka growled.

?Oh, yeah.? I lied.

?If you ever need anything, just bother one of those.? Yuka pointed her parasol at one of the fairies fluttering frantically around the mansion, ?They?ll do what you ask, or they?ll have me to talk to.? I noticed at the end of that sentence, one fairy started to slowly work away from Yuka, ?Ask for anything, it?s a dream world after all.?

Although creepy, I much prefer Yuka in this mood?

?Well then, shall we have dinner?? The youkai asked pleasantly.

?What is it??

Please don?t say human or anything like that.

?Anything you want, weren't you listening again?? Yuka gave a slightly irritated stare.

The thoughts of gigantic feasts filled my head before I was jabbed again, ?Come on.?

I followed Yuka down the hallway, reaching the room I found in my previous exploration, the dining room, with the large table. As soon as Yuka sat at the table, the fairies immediately sprung into activity, setting the table and preparing the food, while one fairy flew up to me and just stared.

I guess it wants to know what I want. Thinking about it, I don?t know what to ask for; if I ask for something they don?t know, god knows what I might get. Stick to the basics, I guess.

?Have you got any chicken, and vegetables??

There?s nothing wrong with an old fashioned Sunday dinner.

To my relief, the fairy simply nodded before flying off, within a few minutes a trio of fairies had already served Yuka?s dinner, which caused me to double take, she?d been served some kind of pie, and chips. ?If there?s one good thing about you outsiders, it?s your food, I read about this in something that came from the human world, a newspaper or something... Anyway it's much better than the gruel you find in that village.?

A few moments later, the same group of fairies arrived with an eye-catching meal; the eye-catching part was the chicken, uncooked and still covered in feathers. I stared at the chicken, which appeared to stare back before Yuka spoke, ?If you weren?t expecting that, describe it better, they?re quite dumb at times.?

One of the fairies outside of Yuka's vision gave her an evil look before turning to me again, ?Let?s try again, can I have the chicken like humans have them, that?s without the feathers... and cooked.? Just like before, the fairy nodded and carried the chicken away.

The wait was, unsurprisingly longer this time, just as the fairies appeared with my meal, Yuka stood up, finished. ?I?m going to sleep, good night.? I watched as Yuka walked around the corner and let out a sigh.

Finally, a little more freedom.

I looked down at my meal, which appeared a lot more edible this time, turning to the fairy I gave my thanks and the fairy bowed in return before flying off. Considering the fairies were ?quite dumb? the meal tasted absolutely delicious, maybe it was just the hunger making it better, but it was certainly something.

Once I?d finished it I followed what Yuka did and just left, presuming the fairies would clean up like they did for her. Also following what Yuka did, I decided I would go bed, or least back to my room, where I could do some reading.

At the top of the stairs, the door right ahead looked much more expensive and decorated then the others, so I could only guess that I was looking at the door to Yuka's room. Continuing down the passage I began thinking about how the colour scheme actually worked in this house, somehow.

Finally.

Finally, I was back in my room, flopping onto the overly soft bed and almost being swallowed by it, I gave a complementary stretch and yawn. While I lay there doing very little, a fairy flew in and placed something on a chair before bowing and flying out again. Curious, I climbed off the bed and went to investigate. Upon examination it turned out to be a set of green pyjamas complete with a night cap, not caring what I?d look like I got changed, though giving the night cap a miss.

At last, I slid into bed and put out the candle, leaving the room in complete darkness, and yet for some reason I couldn?t sleep despite the weariness I was feeling. I tolerated it for a few minutes before sitting up. ?Maybe reading that book will help me get to sleep.?

Fumbling in the dark I tried to find a way to get some light in the room when, as my eyes scanned by I saw some red lights in the window. ?Oh, great. I didn?t close the curtains.? Since I could map the room in my mind now, I thought of the path and obstacles to the window and slowly got out of bed and plodded over to the window.

This is Yuka?s dream world, a mansion surrounded by flowers... Why would there be lights in the distance?

I stood still for a moment, not taking my eyes off the lights until my fears were confirmed, the ?lights? blinked.

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Mima:
Chapter 17

That can?t be Yuka, can it? She went to bed, surely?

The eyes simply did nothing, as if they were expecting me to do something, such as panic and flee.

Surely, if I ran that?d just make things worse, like, provoke it or something? Perhaps if I just move slowly and normally, it?ll lose interest.

I gulped somewhat before attempted to walk to the window calmly and fumbled for the curtain, finally I found it and swung it in front of the window. I took a step back, before slowly taking another and waited.

Nothing, it would?ve done something by now, it?s got to just be some weak youkai that found its way here.

Trying to reassure myself, I began to start the seemingly long walk back to my bed.

It can?t be that Flandre, she wouldn?t have been so quiet, with the power to destroy anything, being stealthy isn?t really an issue.

Finally, I reached the bed and slid back in, this time burying myself slightly more under the quilt.

Plus, surely Yuka would know if Flandre was here, it?s her world, she can do as she pleases.

Slightly happier and warm under the quilt I turned onto my side.

Oh dear god.

The other window, the one beside my bed, was inhabited by two red objects.

It?s got to be. I?ve got to find Yuka.

I waited a moment and pretended I had calmed down, before falling out the side of my bed and making a run for the door. As I reached the door there was a huge crashing noise, as the ceiling above the doorway collapsed, practically trapping me in the room.

I started to run for the other window, before tripping over a table and was hit by a falling lamp.

A lamp!

I felt around the lamp frantically until I finally found a way to turn it on, the room suddenly filled with light and allowed me to have a slightly better glimpse of what was in the window. A young looking girl with blonde shoulder-length hair and a pigtail, and a frilly white hat decorated with a red ribbon but her most striking feature at the moment would be the demonic grin on her face.

At that moment I swore I heard her laugh, as the wall next to the window began to glow red around a certain point. The light got brighter and brighter until the wall suddenly exploded sending debris and dust flying through the room.

Coughing from the dust, I looked up to see the girl was now standing at the room, watching me with the same smile. ?I win!? The girl shouted in a childish voice you?d expect from a child like her, a slightly insane vampire who's been locked away.

?Y-You win? Won-? I coughed again, ?W-Won what??

?My game! I?ve caught a human!?

?Why, would you want to catch a human?? I questioned back, trying to stall time.

The girl looked at me slightly disappointed, ?Are you really that dumb? To eat! I?ve never had a fresh human before.? The girl stepped forward, ?And now is my chance.?

At that point I noticed what was behind the girl, attached to her. Instead of the typical bat wings, if any, you would expect from a vampire, there were, as mentioned in the encyclopedia, wings that appeared to be made from metal and crystals, which appeared almost, like a rainbow in their range of colours.

I started to back away but my attacker got closer every moment until my heart sunk, my back had reached the wall. ?You lose!? The girl opened her mouth, revealing her pointed fangs.

With no other idea left I was left with my last, seemingly useless resort, ?Yuka!? I shouted at the top of my lungs.

Immediately the girl started laughing, ?She can?t help you, I never lose against anyone!?

At that very moment my ears picked up on a new noise, a strange humming sound, which I?d heard before from somewhere.

... Laser!

Immediately I dived to the floor and rolled away from Flandre causing her to start laughing again, ?Stop resisting! You?re going to die no matter-? The humming noise stopped, there was a second of silence. Suddenly there was another huge crashing noise during which all I heard the vampire manage was, ?What-?

The crashing noise was caused by an all too familiar laser which struck through the doorway and into Flandre who was further blasted into the wall sending her straight through it, causing another shower of rubble and dust.

Even with the dust, it was easy to make out the figure of Yuka, parasol in hand, walk through the doorway, with a satisfied grin. Yuka turned to look at me and spoke in a cheerful tone, ?Wait here.? After giving me the order, she began walking over to the latest hole in the wall and once there she began surveying the area through the gap in the wall for any sign of activity by the attacker.

Without warning the walls of the room began to crumble and shatter, causing Yuka to jump back several metres grabbing me by the hand as she leapt. The youkai looked around for a moment, possibly for a safe spot before she dragged me across the room quickly and escaped out of the hole in the wall, landing on a bed of flowers. Once I had picked myself up I looked behind and saw the sight of the roof of the room having already collapsed completely, if I hadn?t have got dragged out, I?d have been a goner for sure.

Childish laughter filled the air causing Yuka to grab me by the arm again and throw me to the down, ?Don?t move.?

You said something like that last time, and it didn?t help.

Presumably from the roof, Flandre descended into sight almost completely unharmed by Yuka?s attack minus a small trickle of blood which ran down the side of her face.

?So, you want to play too, do you?? Flandre giggled, licking the blood as it ran down her face, causing her to look even more evil.

?I?d love to.? Yuka replied, sounding equally insane before jumping up into the air to meet Flandre, who started laughing.

Flandre continued to laugh hysterically, ?You think you can win!? I won?t lose to someone like you!? As she held out her arm, a metallic object resembling her wings except without the crystals, materialised in her hand. With a loud humming noise the object then shone a bright scarlet colour and grew in size to about 2 metres long, ?Let?s go!?

Flandre lunged straight at Yuka who promptly dived out of the way and fired another giant beam at her attacker, dishearteningly however, the vampire merely turned around and cleaved the beam in two.

Yuka giggled, ?Not bad, you might be a worthy fight.?

?That laser won?t work on me! Marisa?s already used it too much!? Flandre bragged.

?That witch?? Yuka hissed, before adopting a stance, preparing her for another attack from Flandre.

On cue, Flandre swooped down, but away from Yuka, and it took a couple of seconds for her intention to register in my mind.

She?s aiming for me!

Recognising the situation I did the only thing I could? run. As I was sprinting, I took a chance to look behind me and began to lose hope as I saw the vampire was catching up much faster than I could sprint, looking forward to check where I was running, I was haunted by the maniacal laughing behind me.

Flandre screamed, ?Got you!? instantly followed by a shattering, cracking noise behind me; the shock of the sound caused me to trip over and roll on the floor. Quickly picking myself up slightly I looked back to see Yuka standing in front of Flandre, holding her parasol, which was now in two halves. Thankfully though, Flandre?s weapon had also lost its glow and laser-like appearance and had returned to normal, if you can call it that.

Yuka looked at a piece of her parasol in disbelief before throwing them to the floor, ?Leave the human out of this, you can do what you want with him after you?re done with me.? Yuka spoke in a more serious tone then before.

?Worried?? Flandre mocked devilishly before lunging again at Yuka, swiping with her hands which somehow looked more like claws now, foreseeing the attack, Yuka jumped to the side and delivered a kick to the side of Flandre launching her to the ground leaving her lying face down in the dirt. In the few seconds where nothing was happening I snuck over the mansion and hid behind a piece of debris, which at least offered slightly more protection then standing next to them.

?That?s what you get for fighting with the strongest youkai there is!? Yuka gloated over Flandre. Swooping down, the green haired youkai grabbed the vampire by the leg and threw her into the air like a doll, as the vampire reaches the peak of ascent, Yuka began charging at her ready to strike when Flandre suddenly corrected herself and grabbed Yuka by her right shoulder.

?Game over!? Flandre shouted as Yuka struggled to break free from the vice-like grip. ?It's too late now!? Red energies started to gather and focus around one spot on Yuka?s shoulder; it became apparent that Flandre was going to use her powers to simply destroy Yuka.

?Yuka, get out of there!? I shouted, despite knowing how obvious the advice was. Despite the situation, Yuka calmed looked over at me and nodded assuringly before looking back at Flandre and smiled. As the light on her shoulder was almost white with intensity, Yuka swung around and kicked Flandre and at that moment there was an explosion and a shower of blood, followed by screaming.

Reluctantly, I looked up at the scene and was somewhat surprised to see that Yuka was alive albeit missing her right arm, which she was clutching with her other. The screeching however was coming from Flandre, whose arm was hanging limp at the elbow, Yuka?s kick must have shattered it disrupting her power enough to only destroy her arm.

Both of the fighters backed up slightly and lowered to the ground although constantly facing each other. Not taking her eyes off the vampire, Yuka reached down and ripped the head off a sunflower and held it to her wound, causing the sunflower to grow and cover the bleeding.

That?s one way of using her powers, I guess. Though I?m surprised she hasn?t changed much from the injury.

Flandre became silent once again, with only the look of anger on her face, eyes burning brighter than ever before.

?DIE!? Flandre screamed as she jumped at the wounded Yuka, who once again spun out of the way but this time she wasn?t expecting the next attack by Flandre, who spun on the spot and lunged with her working arm again clawing her face, followed by a lash from her wings which impaled through Yuka?s stomach.

Immediately following the disgusting noise from the impaling, Flandre started laughing hysterically and even louder than before and worryingly Yuka was beginning to look a lot wearier now.

That?s it, she?s finished now.

Toying with Yuka, Flandre shook her wings around with Yuka still hanging from them, ?I win! You lose!? Flandre continued singing her victory chant and dancing slightly as if her arm wasn?t damaged at all. Afterwards she pulled her wings in closer and licked some of the blood off Yuka, ?How horrible, Youkai are useless even if-? Flandre paused as something struck her, ?What are you smiling at!? A yellow glow surrounded Yuka for a moment causing Flandre to push her wings away slightly, revealing to me that Yuka was indeed smiling... both of them.

A second Yuka had appeared although impaled on Flandre?s other wing which caused the vampire to panic. ?Get off me!? Flandre frantically cried as both Yukas placed a foot on Flandre and grabbed the wing they were stuck on with their remaining arm. ?No!? Flandre shrieked before screaming in pain.

Oh? my god?

It was obvious that the pair of Yukas were pulling Flandre?s wings off her, causing the screams of pain to get louder and louder to the point where I covered by ears and was almost looking away.

The screaming continued for what seemed like an eternity with the evermore blood-soaked Yukas still dislocating the wing until finally there was a screech that almost pierced my eardrums. I looked over at the trio, and there stood the two Yukas holding a wing each.

Both of them threw the wings to the ground causing them to immediately disintegrate as they hit the ground shortly followed by one of the Yukas disappearing in a spiralling yellow spark. As though synchronised with the other's departure, the other Yuka, the real one, fell to one knee and for a moment everything went scarily quiet for a moment.

?How dare you...? A weakened but hateful voice shouted

No way.

?How dare you!? The voice shouted again as an all too familiar figure climbed from the ground, ?I will kill you! I will kill you! I will kill you!?

?You?ve... already lost.? Yuka laughed, obviously in pain. ?This is my world... and that... gives me the advantage.?

?I?ll kill you now!? Flandre lurched forward, but failed to move.

The sky suddenly lit up with sunlight what was just a moment ago the middle of the night was now brighter than the middle of the day, the result caused me to cover my eyes for a moment, only hearing what was said.

?Sunlight!? Flandre laughed, ?That was your trick? It doesn?t work on me!? Flandre shouted, trying to sound stronger then she was.

?No. But now you can see your defeat.? Yuka grinned at Flandre with her trademark menacing grin.

Surrounding Flandre was an entire field of flowers, which started to grow and swarm around her to the point where she was completely blocked from sight. Many more flowers started to join the swarm though these ones remained much more mobile and acted more like razors circling Flandre, though luckily the sheer mass of flowers hid the actual scene from me.

After a minute of continuous barraging, the flowered froze in place for a moment before the swarm exploded into the air sending a mix of flowers and petals scattering across the sky.

I couldn?t see Flandre any more, she was simply covered by too many flowers but it was obvious that spell had finished her off. A few seconds later I realised that Yuka was also missing, running in the former battle's direction I started to look around until I froze with shock slightly as I found Yuka, pale and drenched in blood, ?You?re? alright, that?s? good.? Yuka proceeded to lie on the ground, ?I?m going? to sleep, get? Elly to throw that girl out? before she wakes up.?

Flowers immediately started to cover Yuka and within a few seconds had formed something resembling a cocoon around her. I could only hope she was really sleeping and not actually dead, although I wouldn?t be surprised due to all the blood she lost from her arm and the wounds in her stomach. After waiting a few, uneventful moments, I followed Yuka?s order and went to fetch Elly, my mind was too much of a mess to come up with any other ideas.

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Mima:
Chapter 18

Upon reaching it, I started to hit Elly?s door as much as I could, to little prevail, continuing for a few more seconds I heard quietly, ?Okay? okay? I can hear you??

I heard a series of bumps and crashes approaching until finally the door opened revealing a half-asleep Elly still dressed in her white nightclothes, though still holding her trademark scythe.

?What is it..? Oh! It?s you! Yuka?s human! Hello!? Elly suddenly proclaimed.

Thanks, like I didn?t know that.

?What?s the matter?? She questioned before yawning.

She really slept through it all? How?!

?Over there!? I pointed towards the mansion, ?I was just attacked by a vampire! This vampire also proceeded to nearly kill Yuka before getting beaten. Yuka then told me to get you before surrounding herself with flowers!? I nearly shouted at Elly, half hysterically.

?Really?? Elly replied, tilting her head to the side slightly.

?Yes, really! Why would I lie about something like this!?? I shouted.

?Well? Yuka could have put you up to it.?

I continued to shout, ?Well, she didn?t! Now come on!?

?Fine?? Elly sighed before leaving the house, and began walking in the direction I pointed. It seemed that she was in no hurry at all about Yuka, which means I?m possibly overreacting but didn't really care. ?So? was it a good fight?? Elly asked out the blue.

?Good? Well, it was rather violent if that?s what you mean. Yuka?s arm was blown off and then she got impaled, so, yes, it was violent.?

?Ah, it?s a shame I didn?t see it.? Elly said, genuinely disappointed.

Is she really a guard?

It wasn?t long before we were stood before the body of the vampire, already some of the cuts had started to heal and two metallic looking lumps were already forcing their way out of her back. ?Vampires are quite known for their regeneration, it?s difficult to slay them since they recover so fast.? Elly explained without me asking.

Picking up the corpse, Elly slung the regenerating body over her shoulder, ?Well, I had best throw this out. Someone?ll collect it eventually.?

?What about Yuka? She looked pretty bad.?

Elly laughed, ?Don?t worry, just leave her be and she?ll be back soon enough, this isn?t the first time, you know. She always gets into situations like this, you should already know how much she enjoys fighting...? Elly looked at me, ?You should go to sleep as well, you look almost as bad as her.? Elly paused briefly as she poked the unconscious Flandre. ?Anyway, I?ll see you around!? Elly spun around and walked in the direction of the portal, Flandre in one arm and her scythe in the other.

I guess I should head back to the mansion, just in case there?s anything else around.

I started the short walk back to the mansion, noticing that the fairies had already started work rebuilding the damaged room.

So they don?t even need orders from Yuka, not bad.

Entering the mansion all I just wanted a place to sit down. Although I had not taken part in the fight itself, it seemed to have taken a lot out of me and now that the adrenaline had run out, I could feel my mind blurring slightly with exhaustion. Walking down the passage on the other side to the dining room I felt slightly heartened by the sight of a large comfy looking armchair. Wobbling over to it I sat down and leant back, finally letting the events soak into my mind.

Someone had tried to kill me; Yuka then proceeded to save me and fought the attacker, an insane vampire, and both of them sustained injuries that should have killed them and yet somehow they?re both alive. What a world this is.

By my feelings I took a guess that my world, the real world was nothing like this. Everything feels so exciting and unusual here that I can only think that the world I come from has nothing like this. My comparisons came to an end as I could feel my mind dulling and my thoughts slowing down until finally everything started going blank.

There was a small thudding noise and I realised I was conscious again, followed by another quiet, but noticeable thud.

I guess I should see what it is.

My mind began to start up though it was as lazy as the rest of my body, eventually I lazily opened my eyes.

What I wasn?t expecting to see was a blood covered Yuka smiling at me; it certainly woke me up, in the form of me almost jumping out of my skin. ?Good morning!? She chirped happily.

?M-morning? I mumbled. Looking at Yuka, it proved what Elly said, she was already back to normal. ?I see? you got your arm back.? I asked, wondering on how weird that question sounded.

?Hmm? Oh, yes. I?ve had worse.? She brushed the question away without a care.

Why am I not surprised at her not caring about losing a limb.

Yuka spoke airily, ?Well, I?m going to wash, I don?t like being covered in vampire blood much.? Peeling some dried blood off her face, she turned and left the room.

Wow, she regenerated quickly.

I scanned the room for a clock to check but couldn't see one right away.

I?d say it took about 8 hours for her to get an arm back, that?s unreal.

Deciding it would be best to do something rather than nothing, I got up from the chair and started to explore around the half of the mansion I was in now.

The exploration turned out quite uneventful, there weren?t anything special, just more normal looking rooms, though I wasn?t really sure what I was expecting. The only room worth noticing was a study, full of books and similar things which I decided to spend some time in.

Looking for more information in general, I began to scan through the titles of the books looking for anything interesting. As I moved around the room concentrating on the book I bumped into something, ?Hey, watch it.? ?Or someone.

I looked up to see a young witch standing in front of me, it was quite obvious since her clothes matched them completely, and the only unusual part was the apron she wore also, which felt out of place. The witch had shoulder length blonde hair with her hair braided on one side of her face, which matched the colour of her eyes.

She looked at me for a moment before wearing a mischievous grin on her face and spoke, ?Yo.?

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Mima:
Chapter 19

I looked at the witch before replying, ?Hi.? Why do I know this is just more trouble?

?You the librarian here or something?? The witch questioned.

I shook my head, ?N-no. I?m just an ordinary human; to be honest I?ve never been in here before.?

?Really, an ordinary human? Living with Miss Flower Power isn?t really ordinary, I know.? I couldn?t help but laugh somewhat at the nickname for Yuka. ?Marisa?s the name, who?re you??

?Well, I don?t exactly have one.? I mumbled, getting bored of having to use that answer.

?I see, seems librarians don?t get names.? Marisa spoke under her breath.

?I told you! I?m not a librarian!? I objected.

?Yeah, so where?s the spells kept?? It seemed the witch was only hearing what she wanted to hear.

I shrugged my shoulders, ?I have no idea; the fairies are more likely to know then me.?

?I?ll pass, they?re only good for blowing away.?

Almost sounded as homicidal as Yuka.

The witch turned back to raiding through the bookshelves when an idea entered my head, ?I think I know where the spell is.?

Throwing the book she was holding to the side, the witch turned excitedly, ?Really! Where??

?Yuka will have it with her; she used it in a fight with a vampire last night.?

?Dammit!? The witch shouted and tapped herself on the head, ?I should have thought of that.?

There was another moment of silence while the witch stood deep in thought, ?I gather you?re here to? steal a spell?? I interrupted.

?Steal?? Marisa started to laugh, ?Nah, I?m just borrowing it.?

?Without her permission?? I continued the line.

?Yep!? The witch chirped, obviously having done this before. ?So, where is Flower Power then??

?Having a bath or something, she said she was going to get the blood from the fight off her.?

The witch sighed, ?Guess I?ll have to wait for a while then.? The witch reached around the corner, producing a bag, and started to place books into it.

And just like that, she starts to steal books, right in front of me. Still, it?s not like I can do anything? except stall her maybe?

?So? Do you go to the shrine much??? I quietly started.

The witch looked up from the bag, ?Huh? Reimu?s place? Of course, we?re best pals! Ain?t you heard of me before?? Straight away, before I could even answer, she went back to her work.

It?s not working! She?s still stealing!

Stealing...

?Say, have you met the new Hakurei Deity yet?? I questioned.

Marisa looked up from her work slightly annoyed before looking curious, ?Hmm? There?s a new god? Since when??

?Yesterday, she arrived when I was there.? I grinned.

I really hope I?m right. Thieving, magic, sound about right.

?Her name is Mima.? I answered.

?M-Mima! Lady Mima?s back!?? Marisa suddenly screamed excitedly.

Bingo!

?What, is she at the shrine now!? She asked in a hurry.

I nodded positively before commenting, ?Well, yes. Like I said, she?s the goddess, so I?d expect she?d be there.?

Reaching behind the same corner as last time, this time she picked up a broom before running to leave the room. ?Wait, you?re not playing a trick are you??

If you think that, then why are you asking me?!

I shook my head, ?No, she?s there.?

Marisa grinned at me before turning around to leave the room. ?Oof!?

Picking herself up off the floor, Marisa looked up to see Yuka watching over her, having bumped into her as she walked into the room.

Oh boy, here we go again.

?Hey there! I was just leaving!? Marisa cockily spoke to Yuka, who replied with a stare.

They?re obviously not friends.

?So, yeah? See you later!? Marisa jumped into the air and at the same time swinging her broomstick around and landing on it. Laughing, she started to move away, ?I?m in a bit of a rush, so I?ll come back some other time!?

As the witch flew out of sight, it was easy to predict Yuka?s next move. With her usual confident grin she raised her parasol, ready to attack.

She managed to fix that too?!

In a few seconds an all too familiar noise echoed around the library with the complementary flash of light. A second or two later I heard Marisa cry in alarm, ?Watch it! Stop using my spell on me!?

Instead of listening, Yuka began to chase after Marisa, ?What do you mean your spell! You stole it from me you?? Yuka shouted before their voices faded into the distance.

With a sigh I turned around and looked at the mess left by the witch and not wanting to follow the other two and risk getting blown up, I decided it would be best to just stall around and have a look in a minute or two. Wondering if peaceful days existed here, I picked up some of the discarded books and replaced them on the shelves.

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