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Mima:
Chapter 5
The first thing I noticed is that Yuka left the door unlocked, which struck me as quite odd since anyone could walk in, but then I reminded myself about who?s house it was, plus I bet those Fairies would do something, however little it may be.
Yuka opened her parasol and strolled ahead while I trailed a little behind taking in the surroundings, it was mostly what I saw from the window, fields and flowers. The only thing different was this path I was slowly travelling along.
Things felt very slow, almost as if this path was unending, I looked behind to see the mansion was nearly out of sight so with no destination in sight I started to make up more stories in my mind to keep me entertained, but not to much success. For some reason I wasn?t that surprised to see that Yuka was quite content; she was still ahead humming some melody.
Mixed feelings arose when I saw a much smaller house ahead. I was relieved that this road wasn?t seemingly endless and empty but then I wondered that if there was an occupant, what?s to say they?re not like Yuka?
As I expected, as we approached the house I saw the silhouette of someone around the house, whoever it was they appeared to be holding a staff or something. As we got closer, the figure turned and started to approach; it was also revealed that the item in question was a scythe.
Trying to keep myself calm I continued walking as if I hadn?t noticed anyone when I heard a voice other then Yuka?s, also female. ?Good morning, Yuka!?
?Hello.? Yuka cheerfully replied.
At least she really does appear to be in a good mood today.
?Hey, is that the human you found?? The newcomer said as she arrived. The woman had blonde hair and was wearing a crimson dress with pink frills. She was also wearing a hat, which was pink with a red ribbon wrapped around it. It took me a moment but I saw that she also had yellow eyes, which, like Yuka?s struck me as odd.
?It is, I thought it was broken or something but it seems to be quite a good one.? I thought about pointing out that I?m not an object and that I have a name, but the fact I didn?t actually know what it is caused me to stall.
?So what are you going to do with it?? The scythe wielding woman asked, casually.
Yuka shrugged, ?I?m not too sure really, haven?t made my mind up.?
?Why don?t you just chop it up!?? My eyes widened as I saw the woman swing her scythe missing my neck my inches.
?No, no, I don?t do things like that.? My heart lifted a little hearing that before it sunk again as Yuka continued talking, ?I prefer to just blow them away, it leaves no mess.? Yuka cheerfully claimed while grinning devilishly at me.
The woman laughed, ?That?s true. So anyway, what are you up to today??
?Just the usual, but the human tagged along today so there might be some detours.? I wondered at the word ?usual? for a moment, I really couldn?t see this being a normal quiet walk.
?Sounds nice, want me to do the usual??
?Correct, let nothing in, or out.? Even though the topic seemed a little more serious, Yuka?s tone didn?t change. ?See you later Elly.? Yuka spoke as she started to walk away.
?Bye Miss Yuka!? Elly shouted from behind.
I looked at Elly for a moment, ?Umm, bye.? After which I began walking a little faster to catch up with Yuka slightly.
?Bye Yuka?s human!? I heard Elly shout, which almost made me start laughing at how ridiculous it sounded.
A few more minutes passed as the scenery returned to being uneventful and quite boring, the only thing different was the appearance of a river to the left, however the water looked strangely red, I could guess what it was and fearing my answer to the question was true, I decided not to ask Yuka about it.
I couldn?t see anything in the distance that looked interesting, which made me wonder if I should have stayed at the mansion. I caught up with Yuka and tried my luck at asking a few more questions, ?So, she works for you??
?Yes, she guards the house.? Yuka cheerfully replied.
?From there? Isn?t that a little far away from the house?? I questioned, thinking of the horrific walk from the mansion to Elly?s house.
Yuka very slightly shook her head, ?No, since this path is the only way to reach the mansion.
?Can?t someone just come in the other direction though??
?No, because this is the only way to get here.? Yuka pointed at something and I jumped as I saw a shimmering field at the end of the path, how I?d not seen it earlier was somewhat confusing.
?Is? is that a portal?? I mumbled.
?What else would it be?? Yuka said confidently, right before walking into the portal.
I watched the portal as I saw Yuka appear on the other side and began walking away. Walking up to the portal I stopped and slowly reached at it with my left hand into the tip of my finger was enveloped in the portal, I took my hand out and to my relief nothing unfortunate or painful had happened. I reached in again placing my whole hand in before taking a deep breath and jumping in, unaware of what awaited.
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Mima:
Chapter 6
The whole world was white but slowly the world started to gain colour, the world seemed very yellow, until I saw that I was standing in a field of sunflowers with Yuka standing in the middle.
?This is, quite a lot of sunflowers.? I said for the sake of saying something.
?It is.? Yuka replied with a hint of pride before walking off and examining more flowers.
?So, I?ve gathered you like flowers, judging from this and your mansion?s grounds.?
?Obviously.? She replied, giving me a look of sarcasm.
I continued to stand where I was, leaving Yuka walking around the field having decided that it would simply be best to leave her to her own game and not touch anything.
I started to look at the surroundings and to my surprise there was more sights then I expected, straight ahead there was a dark looking forest while to my right there was what appeared to be a few houses, there?s possibly more but I just couldn?t see far enough but I presumed it was a village of some kind, maybe the one Yuka asked me if I was from. Finally, to my left and leading all the way behind me was a large lake, it could be the sea but from what I could see it didn?t appear to go off anywhere so I gathered it was surrounded by land.
Minutes passed by and Yuka was still parading around the flower field. ? ?Yuka, how long are you planning on staying here??
Yuka looked at the gold watch on her dress, ?Oh, not for long today, only an hour or so.? My jaw dropped on hearing this.
How can someone spend this long in a flower field doing what appears to be nothing!?
I waited a few more moments before getting another idea, ?Hey, Yuka, mind if I go and look around??
?No, but don?t go too far or you?ll get killed.? She answered in a sickly-sweet tone. After pausing at the last comment I continued.
?So, if you?re leaving in an hour, I don?t suppose you have a spare watch or anything do you? I don?t want to get left behind and killed you see.? I laughed weakly.
Yuka stopped for a moment looking at the sunflower she was tending to and turned and walked towards me.
Uh oh, what did I do wrong?
Yuka stared at me for a moment before reaching into her shirt pocket and taking out a silver pocket watch. ?Lose it and I?ll kill you myself.? Yuka smiled at me with a cute grin.
?Oh, thanks. I?ll, just be over there, near the lake or something.? I stammered before Yuka walked back over to the flowers.
Walking towards the lake I examined the watch, it was quite the nice piece of crafting. The Roman numerals and old-fashioned hands gave the watch a feeling of antiquity. Turning the watch over there was a flower finely engraved into the back of the watch; I guess Yuka truly was flower mad.
The walk along the lakeside seemed to be quite uneventful, but it was best that way. There appeared to be an island in the middle of the lake with a lone building on it resembling a small castle, everything I?ve seen here so far seemed to have an odd detail, for instance this castle was coloured a dark red, like a crimson.
Seeing as there was no way to get to that structure I continued to walk along the river looking for more things when I found a corner, leading to what I considered the south side.
?Hey, stop it! That?s cruel!? A light, concerned voice cried.
?It?s not like they feel anything!? A confident yet childish voice replied, ?Besides they always turn out alright!? There was a sound of a smash and something breaking, ?Well, maybe not that one.?
?Cirno! Stop picking on the poor frogs!? The more timid of the two voices pleaded.
Frogs? Freezing? Now what?
I poked my head around the corner and saw two human-child sized fairies, much bigger than the fairies from Yuka?s mansion, standing there. The larger of the two, though not by much, looked just like a larger version of the mansion fairies although she was wearing a simple blue dress and had green hair, but the other one looked a lot more unique, the fairy was wearing a dress roughly the same colour as her friend?s but had hair of a much lighter shade of blue, and rather than the ?normal? wings I had seen, they looked like they were made from shards of ice. In her hand with a ball of ice with something inside, presumably a frog and the pieces of ice on the floor suggested that used to be a frog.
The fairies stopped arguing about the frogs and the smaller, more mischievous looking one walked over to the lake looking away from the other fairy, I saw from an angle that she was smiling mischievously, ?Daiyousei, I heard some bad news??
?What? What news Cirno?? The smaller fairy sounded a little cautious.
The fairy raised her voice, ?That a human is coming to kill you!?
In a panic the smaller fairy started looking around for danger and caught sight of me, before she started screaming.
The blue fairy spun around laughing at the screaming green fairy, ?Relax! It was a joke!? The fairy did nothing but continue screaming and pointed at me, ?It?s the human coming to kill me!?
Cirno?s face filled with surprise as she spotted me, ?Hey you! Human! I?ll teach you not to try and kill Daiyousei!? The ice fairy started to run at me while I retreated back around the corner and ran.
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Mima:
Chapter 7
?Get back here Daiyousei-killer!? The blue fairy shouted as I found several icicles flying past my head, thankfully inaccurate.
Turning my head back I saw that the fairy was flying after me slightly off the ground, ?What are you talking about? I couldn?t kill anything if I tried!?
?I heard a rumour that a human was going to kill Daiyousei so you must be it!? The fairy swooped down and grabbed my leg before I shook her off.
?But didn?t you-? My speech was interrupted as I fell to the floor. ?What the...?? Looking for the problem, I saw that my leg was covered in ice.
?I?ve got you now!? The fairy cheered, ?Hey Daiyousei! Come and look what I caught!?
?W-what, Cirno?? The timid fairy poked her head around the corner before seeing me. ?Ah! Please don?t kill me!?
?Believe me, the only one at risk of dying here, is myself.? I groaned half-apologetically, ?Especially since your friend is trying to kill me because of a rumour she made up.?
The shy fairy walked closer and looked at me, and then at Cirno. ?Cirno, did you make that rumour up??
?M-Maybe?? Cirno looked at the floor, almost as if she was trying to remember if she did or not.
?Don?t be cruel like you are to those frogs, let the human go.? Daiyousei asked Cirno.
?Fine? But if you try and hurt either of us I?ll freeze you solid!? Despite being half my size, she tried to look threatening to me, but failed.
I tried to get up but the lack of movement reminded me my leg was covered in ice. ?Can?t you do something about this??
?No, just let it unfreeze, it works for the frogs.? Cirno started talking as though she was an expert in that area.
?Well, I hope you don?t mind me sitting here for a while then because I can?t do much else.?
Daiyousei sat down, ?It?s ok, so why are you here anyway? Not many humans come around here, especially with that mansion there.? The fairy motioned to the red castle-like building I saw earlier.
?Well, I?d like to know that myself, I just woke up in some unfamiliar place suddenly and I can?t remember anything before that so I?m just trying to find somewhere that triggers my memories.? I reached into my pocket and took out the watch.
Oh good, hopefully there?ll be time for my leg to thaw.
?Wow, that?s nice.? Cirno poked the watch.
?Yeah, someone named Yuka gave it me.?
Cirno raised her voice slightly, ?I know! She?s your wife right?!?
The next thing I knew I was laughing hysterically while Cirno looked at me looking amused but obviously bewildered about what I was laughing at.
Calming down slightly, ?No, no, I?d have been dead a long time ago if I was?? I paused briefly, regaining my composure, ?Yuka?s the one who found me when I first got here. She?s over there in that flower field.?
Looking worried, Daiyousei quietly asked, ?Is she that scary lady with the green hair??
?Yeah? ?Scary?, I can tell you?ve already met her.?
?She beat up Cirno once!? The timid fairy announced.
?Huh? She did?? Cirno sat there with a dumb expression, obviously trying to remember.
?When all those flowers were everywhere and then she made more which beat you up!? I couldn?t help but think how odd that sounded.
Cirno stood up and yelled rather angrily, ?I didn?t lose! I left because she was too easy!?
I raised an eyebrow in confusion while Daiyousei tried to calm her down, ?Cirno??
?If you don?t believe me, I?ll go fight her now!? Cirno started to walk at the flower fields.
?Wait!? Daiyousei and I shouted together.
?No! I won?t stop until you believe me!? The ice fairy yelled back as she continued to pace forwards.
?We? We do believe you!? Daiyousei shouted back.
Cirno snapped at her friend, and increased the speed of departure, ?Liar!?
She?s doomed.
After shaking my leg for a moment I was finally able to move it and stood up, grabbed Daiyousei and started to run after Cirno, but she was far ahead.
?Hey you meanie! Come and fight me!? The defiant blue fairy cried as she stood on the edge of the flower field.
There was no response or sign of Yuka.
?Are you scared?!? Cirno arrogantly taunted.
Yuka?s head appeared over some flowers, ?Go away.? Just as quick as she appeared, she was gone again.
Cirno turned around with a look of rejection before spinning around again. ?Fine! If you don?t want to fight, I?ll make you!?
Uh oh.
Cirno began to freeze some of the flowers, causing a few to shatter.
She?s got a death wish.
Yuka appeared on the hill to the right of where she was previously, with an evil smile she walked down towards Cirno who seems frozen with fear. A moment later a second Yuka appeared to the left where she was previously, and began walking to Cirno, though they generally looked the same, this Yuka looked slightly more insane, with a much more psychotic grin and slightly messier hair covering some of her face.
Here comes trouble.
With the two Yukas facing her, Cirno snapped out of her frozen state and shouted, ?Fine, if you need two to beat me then I will deal twice the power!? Cirno reached out of her pocket and pulled out a card and held it in the air. ?Icicle Fall!?
Nothing happened for a few moments until suddenly some rather large icicles bombarded the area around Cirno and the double Yukas. Both Yukas merely laughed and held their parasols above them causing the icicles to shatter on impact.
Wow, that?s a good parasol.
After the icicles stopped the Yukas lowered their parasols so they faced Cirno. ?My turn.? Not wanting to take any chances I grabbed Daiyousei and dived to the ground just before two enormous lasers blasted over us.
After the lasers subsided I looked up to see a single Yuka walking back up the hill and a blackened Cirno lying on the floor.
?She lost again.? Daiyousei walked over to Cirno.
?We? drew?? I heard Cirno say before she fell silent.
I was afraid to ask, ?Is? Is she dead??
?No, she?s just sleeping, a few hours and she?ll be back to herself.?
Wow, fairies are quite resilient.
?Do you want a hand taking her somewhere?? I asked feeling half-responsible.
?No, no, it?s okay.? She smiled back, her expression explaining that this isn?t the first time this has happened.
I looked at the pocket watch, ?Oh, okay. Well, I think I has best go to Yuka now, might be worth making sure she?s not doing anything... malicious.?
?Okay, what?s your name anyway?? Daiyousei asked as I was starting to leave.
?I? don?t know, like I said, I lost my memories.?
?Oh? Well I?m Daiyousei and she?s Cirno, come back sometime.?
?I will, if I?m alive.? I laughed nervously before walking to the flowers, ?See you around.?
Well, at least I had made some friends in this place.
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Mima:
Chapter 8
After standing around for a few minutes I decided to go and face Yuka, who was plodding around the flower field like I left her. Luckily, she appeared to be back to how she was earlier, I?m not sure what the term would be since ?friendly? doesn?t feel right.
?So?? I delayed a moment thinking how weird this sounded, ?You can split into two or something, huh??
?When I want to.? She replied casually.
?And you can also fire big lasers with your umbrella?? I almost shook my head in how absurd this sounded.
?Yes, it gets rid of those pesky flies.? She answered without any concern.
It struck me then that everyone I had met so far seemed to be able to use magic or was magical in nature; I got my hopes up for a moment and asked Yuka another question, ?Do you think I can cast magic like everyone else??
?Of course not.? Yuka giggled and teased me, ?Humans have to practice and I can tell you haven?t.?
?So, I take it you?re not human.?
?Haven?t I told you? I?m the strongest Youkai in Gensokyo!? Yuka spun around.
Youkai?? Gensokyo?? What?
Judging by her bragging I took a guess that Gensokyo was the land I?m in, the term Youkai sounded fairly familiar, it was a magic being or something.
?I see? So why did the fairy hold a card up in the air when she attacked you.?
?Because she?s a do-gooder. Now, it?s time to go.? Yuka turned to the side and started to walk off as she did last time.
I quickly caught up and walked beside her, ?So, where are we going next? Another field?? I feared for the worst.
?Not this time, we?re going to go to the human village today.?
Great, perhaps someone there won?t try and kill me on sight. I might even get to know what?s going on around here!
It turned out that the buildings I had seen from the flower field was the human village, on approaching I noticed a few humans that had noticed us disappeared promptly, it appeared that Yuka was well known here already.
Approaching the village, which now seems fairly deserted a lone figure ran towards us from the village. As usual she was wearing a fairly strange outfit, the dress she was wearing was mainly blue with touches of white and a ribbon, but the more unusual part was that on top of her long silver hair lay a hat of some kind, which looked like a blue box with a red ribbon on it
?I thought I told you not to come here anymore!? Whoever she was, she certainly knew who Yuka was.
?Relax, I?m not here for violence today.? Yuka walked past the woman, obviously without a care.
Flustered, the woman sighed and turned to me, ?And who do you think you are.?
?I wish I knew myself.? I mumbled.
?In case you had not noticed, this is a village for humans, not youkai!? The woman shouted at me.
?Well, I am a human so that?s alright.? I grumbled somewhat, unhappy at this unneeded prejudice.
The woman?s voice suddenly turned caring, ?Y-you are? Well, what are you doing with her then?! Don?t you know she?s dangerous??
?Yeah-?
Yuka suddenly cut in, ?Oh, don?t mind him. He?s my human.?
?What do you mean ?your human?? You can?t just steal one for yourself!? She argued.
?I found him near my house, therefore it belongs to me.? Once again, I was being talked about like a possession.
The woman turned back to me, ?Did you live here once??
?I don?t know, I can?t remember. I can?t remember anything, in fa-? Yuka cut in again.
?If you?re going to be talking, I?m going up there, you have an hour again.? Yuka walked off leaving the newcomer with the decision to chase after Yuka or stay with me, after a moment she calmed down and stayed put.
?Shouldn?t you watch out in case she does anything? She just blasted some fairy to oblivion.?
?No, she?s gone to the flower shop, so she won?t be much trouble unless they?re using the wrong weed killer or whatever it was she caused hell over last time.? She mused.
Flower shop, what a surprise.
The woman introduced herself, ?I?m Keine Kamashirasawa, the village?s protector.?
?Oh, hi, I?d tell you my name, but like I said, I can?t think what it is.? I replied sheepishly
?You can?t remember anything at all?? Keine asked, looking puzzled.
?No, the most recent thing I can remember is waking up in what I think was a field, but even then I couldn?t open my eyes and see.?
?I see, well, I guess you might like some things explaining to you then. Come.? Keine turned around and looked at me waiting for me to follow. Eager to find out some answers I followed her. ?The things I?m about to say may seem unreal or fake, but it?s true. Having met someone like Ms Kazami already, you?ll probably take it in better.?
?You?re currently in a land called Gensokyo, Gensokyo is filled with all sorts of weird and wonderful things such as magic and youkai. Due to the youkai and their tendencies to attack humans, however uncommon that actually is now, most humans live here in this village where it?s safe from them.? I looked around and saw the village was actually bigger then it first appeared, ?Youkai have powers far beyond most humans and many can kill a human without trying.?
?Yeah, like I saw that fairy get hurt, if I hadn?t leapt out the way I?d have been a goner.?
?Indeed, well, here we are.? Keine announced with a gentle smile.
Keine walked up to a building and knocked on the door, ?It?s me, Keine.?
?Come in!? A young voice called.
Keine opened the door and motioned for me to go in, entering, I let Keine take the lead again and before long we found a purple-haired girl before us, sat at a table and writing something down into a book.
?Hello, Akyu.? Keine smiled.
The girl looked up from her writing, ?Hello Keine, what can I do for you?? Akyu then noticed me, ?And you, I?ve never met. I?m Hieda no Akyu, pleased to meet you.?
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Mima:
Chapter 9
?Oh, hi? I?m, well I don?t know.? I stuttered, still not used to the fact.
Akyu looked at Keine and then back at me, ?Memory loss??
Keine shook her head, ?No, I believe it?s a little more than that.?
Akyu looked at me again and I noticed her eyes matched her purple hair. ?I can see where you?re coming from. Where did you find him?? Akyu took a sip of her tea.
?He turned up in the village with Yuka Kazami, whose elsewhere in the village.? Keine?s voice sounded more worried as she remembered Yuka was still around.
?He?s done well not to get himself killed then.? The purple haired girl said, with a hint of surprise.
I interrupted the conversation slightly, ?Is she really all that dangerous? She told me she?s the most powerful? youkai in Gensokyo.?
?She?s not too far off, though?? Keine lowered her voice slightly, ?There?s a few most likely more powerful, but don?t tell her, she won?t take it nicely.?
?Have a look at those books behind you.? When I noticed Akyu was talking to me I spun around I saw a large collection of books, which looked the same only with different numbers on at the bottom. ?Take one and bring it over here.?
Following Akyu?s orders I took the book over to her and she immediately flicked through the pages opening the book fully on a page titled ?Yuka Kazami?. I looked down at the page where there was a drawing capturing her menacing smile. ?This book has information about her??
?Yes, have a look.? I picked up the book and began reading it. Straight away my heart jumped when I saw the lines ?Threat Level: Extremely High, Human Friendship level: Very Poor.? I started to read the more detailed section.
?Those books can be best described as an encyclopedia of Gensokyo, everyone and everything of note is in there, so it might do you well to have a read.? Keine explained as I read more about Yuka.
Manipulation of flowers, not advised to confront her?
After reading a moment I said out loud the question in my head, ?How am I still alive??
?That?s a question I?m not too sure on, though the most likely thing is that she got bored.? Keine answered in thought.
?What do you mean, bored?? I questioned, confused at the rather vague reply.
?Some youkai have been known to do some? unusual things when bored, such as a Night Sparrow youkai named Mystia Lorelei, who instead of attacking humans, opened up a food stand selling Lamprey. I can only guess that Yuka got bored and decided to take you in.?
Was that meant to make me feel safer or something? It wasn?t working much. I cleared my throat a little before adding, ?But that doesn?t explain why I ended up there, or in Gensokyo at that.?
?About that.? Keine began talking, ?Looking at the clues, I think it?s safe to say you?re an outsider.?
I was confused, ?An outsider??
Keine continued, ?Your memory loss and your clothing are signs that you?re not from Gensokyo, but rather from the outside world.?
?I have no idea what you?re talking about.?
?Let?s start from the beginning, Gensokyo is, at its core, a dream land. Completely separated from what you may call the real world. Though to us, this world is as real as it can get.?
And I?m lost again.
?In short, you?re not from this world, however your presence here is like a dream. In other words, you?re most likely unconscious in the real world, so your soul ventured here to Gensokyo and that?s why you?re in this situation.?
Suffering from a slight information overload I paused for a moment to gather my thoughts.
?However, due to the fact you?re human it means your stay is only temporary.?
She?s saying more!
?When your real body wakes up, you?ll disappear from here, back to your world.? Keine ended the sentence with a slight sense of unhappiness.
I paused for a moment longer, ?Doesn?t that mean all humans here will??
?No, humans actually born here will remain here, it?s also why they?re slightly magical and you?re not.? Akyu added her knowledge to the current torrent of information.
I tried to work things out further, ?So surely that means I might be here for years??
?However long your real body is unconscious for, it could be days... it could be years.?
My mind searched for a response to that lesson but only managed to come out with, ?Oh.?
I?m starting to think I would be better off not knowing that, I really shouldn?t have asked.
?You still have plenty of time before Yuka?s expecting you, so feel free to stay here and ask questions, or just learn about Gensokyo, it might be helpful to you.? Akyu said with an eager smile, it would appear she likes to talk about what she knows.
?So you think I should continue going with her?? I said, rather surprised.
Keine frowned, ?Well, however much I fear for your safety, it would be best for you to continue to go with Yuka, to prevent her putting anyone else?s lives at risk? I?m sorry.?
?I see, well, if I did? die... here, what would happen to me?? I looked away fearing the worst.
?I?m not completely sure, but I?m fairly certain your soul would return to your real body and do nothing, simply put, the next thing you?d know, you?d have woken up there.?
So I?m fairly expendable.
Without another word I sat down at the table Akyu was at and stared at the book, thinking about things.
So it doesn?t matter if I die, that?s a little more comforting. But what?s the ?real world? by the sounds of it it?s nothing like here.
I focused my eyes and out of the corner of my eye I caught sight of Yuka?s name in the book Akyu was writing in, it then struck me that all through Keine?s explanation, Akyu had been writing something, probably about me.
On a further inspection noticed that ?Addition of Yuka Kazami section? was written at the top of the page, I began to read the first paragraph, which started ?In one summer, Yuka took in a human?? At that point Akyu looked up and noticed me reading her work in progress.
?So? what are you writing about me??
Akyu grinned, ?Just a general article, outsiders are fairly rare now, since they disappear so quickly, or a youkai finds them, not to mention that befriending a youkai such as Yuka Kazami is extremely unusual.?
I chuckled a little, ?I hardly call it befriending. She threatens me and leaves me behind all the time.?
?Compared to her normal behaviour, it?s like you are friends.?
Once again the helpful reply appeared, ?Oh.? Akyu waited a few seconds before going back to her article.
I began thinking about the lecture again, and that of the real world,
I wonder if it?s safer then here, whether youkai are there.
I cursed my memory loss, but then thought of something. ?Hold on, if outsiders don?t remember the ?real world? then how do you know about it? Is this all one potentially false theory??
Keine smiled at me, ?No, it?s true. Youkai can remember it.?
?What, so now you?re saying youkai are from the ?real world???
?No, they used to be, before they died.? I braced myself for another lecture. ?Youkai are the free souls of those who died in the real world, and ended up here rather than reincarnating. Since the souls are free and immortal, they become youkai.?
?Oh.? I sighed in my mind at my response again.
?Have a think about it, it?ll make sense soon enough.?
?I don?t really have a choice now, do I?? I sighed before opening the encyclopedia and beginning to read.
The one thing that I definitely knew was that my head hurt.
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