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| FinnKaenbyou:
"Aw, one of those nights again?" Flandre Scarlet kicked at the doll lying on the floor in front of her in frustration. Its head snapped clean off and collided with the opposite wall, leaving a dent in the plaster. The young vampire had been confined to her room once again by her sister, who'd claimed that she had 'business' to attend to. This had happened a dozen times already this month, and every time it meant Flandre had so sit in her room alone, with no-one to talk to or play with. Except these puppets, anyway, but they were too fragile to be any fun. "I'm so booooooored~!" Flandre's crystalline wings flapped behind her as she started to fidget. Why was it fair that when her big sis got to go out at night she had to sit in all by herself? Even Sakuya and Patchouli stayed away from her at times like this? They'd make weird excuses like 'I'm making tea' and 'I'm not feeling well', and then they'd just disappear. It was suspicious, enough that even a kid like her could figure it out. "I bet they're having a party, and they didn't invite me. They're so mean..." She pouted as she got to her feet, making her way up the staircase out of the basement. The door out was locked with dozens of various bars, locks and barricades. They weren't designed to keep Flandre in as much as they were to keep other people from walking in on her and getting turned into mincemeat. She pushed the door casually, as if it had never been locked in the first place. There was a painful creaking sound as every lock broke off with ease, snapping with all the resistance of paper. Flandre smiled, stepping out into the corridors of the Scarlet Devil Mansion despite her sister's commands. "Eh? What's that in the sky?" One of the Mansion's windows was open, allowing the moonlight to seep in. Remilia had never been a fan of oil lamps, visitors always whipped them to see if there were hearts inside for no reason. She could make out the world beyond the Misty Lake - once a beautiful country, now an overgrown city complex. They called it Gensokyotham now, for reasons no-one had ever passed on to her. There was something hanging in the sky, too - a pale red light, from some sort of beacon. A black symbol of a bat was contrasted with the light in order to stand out. Flandre looked out at the beacon in wonder, its colour seeming strangely familiar. Her attention span soon shifted onto a butterfly making its way down the corridor, and the thought of the bat-beacon in the air was last to her. --- "She usually gets here sooner than this." Inspector Kotohime tapped a finger on the railing as the overgrown lamp did its job. She glanced at the watch on her wrist - a simplistic thing, with cogs and gears coming out on all sides. The Gensokyotham Police Department had installed this a month ago, and it was only for use when all else failed. It was, in short, a distress signal, to call on the individual who had become the city's greatest hero. "If she doesn't get here soon, I'm not sure what we're going to do-" "Then I suppose you should be grateful for my arrival." Kotohime flinched as a voice rose from behind her. It wasn't the heroine she was trying to contact - it never was. This was her subordinate, a cold and calculated young woman in a sharp black suit with striking silver hair. She eyed Kotohime's watch with disapproval. "You're late, Izayoi." The woman shrugged. "My mistress requires certain preparations. Would you prefer if we simply didn't emerge at all?" "Good point." Kotohime sighed as she reached into her robes, pulling out a set of documents. She eyed them over once before handing them over to the woman she addressed as Izayoi. "Here's our perp at the moment. Letty Whiterock. Calls herself the Big Freeze. She's been responsible for a string of thefts and holdups for the last week, but we can't touch her. I've got five officers still in the hospital from hypothermia, and one guy we had to chisel out by hand. Our criminologists say she's likely to hit the Kamishirasawa Museum tonight. They're showing a new series of ice sculptures that Whiterock apparently has her eyes on." Izayoi looked over the documents, most of all the photograph of the criminal. She couldn't help but notice that Miss Whiterock was somewhat...pudgy. Apparently Big Freeze was a more accurate pseudonym than she was likely willing to admit. "Understood. We shall have her captured by sunrise." Kotohime forced a grin. She hadn't seen this keenness to act in the force for some time. "Alright. Mind if I pass on one last message to your-" She blinked again, and the girl was gone. All that remained of her was a single piece of paper, jammed beneath Kotohime's foot. It read, simply, 'Your watch was seven seconds fast. Forgive me for taking the time to correct it. ~十六夜' Kotohime growled. "I hate it when she does that." --- Of course, the museum in question was as aware of the potential threat as Inspector Kotohime was. Extra security had been called in from all corners of the city, everything that their somewhat scarce budget could hope to afford. The end result of this was six fully-armed guards, spellcards at the ready, all hunched around a few blocks of ice shaped to look like people. Art was a curious thing. One of these guards seemed younger than the rest; a fairy, with a pair of blue crystallic wings protruding from her back. She eyed her companions, yawning slightly. "Geez, this is boring. It's not even like these sculptures are any good, y'know. Maybe we oughta just hand 'em over?" The other guards - large, bulky oni in proper body armour, turned to her in surprise. They took a few seconds to comprehend exactly what she'd said. They then proceeded to burst into haughty laughter. "Jeez, kid, you serious?! No way this Big Freeze chick is ever gonna be able to offer us as much as we're gettin' paid here." The five guards continued to laugh uncontrollably, leaning on each other simply so they wouldn't fall over. The fairy didn't seem affected, her eyes closing slightly. "Gave you a chance. Can't deny that." She clicked her fingers, muttering something beneath her breath. "...Perfect Freeze." Moments later, there were 5 less guards in the room. And 5 more blocks of ice. The lone fairy stuck her tongue out at the now paralysed oni. "That'll teach you to mess with the strongest~" She continued to smirk as the door behind her opened, bringing a new chill into the room. The new entrant needed to squeeze a little to get into the room fully, but she pulled it off in the end. She took a moment to witness her apprentice's handiwork, before wrapping her arms around her in a gentle hug. "Good work, Cirno. I chose well with you, I know it." The fairy's wings fluttered with pride. "Thanks, Miss Whiterock! Not that I'd be anything without your help, of course!" Letty nodded. Cirno was the only person she allowed to refer to her by name, and with good reason - she was to be her successor. Right now she was basically the Little Freeze, but Cirno had potential greater than any youkai Letty had ever met. "...Anyway. We're stealing these, right?" Letty shook her head, surprising the fairy. "We can't let people manipulate ice like this. They take our element into their hands? Someone needs to show them a little respect." She outstretched a hand. "Feel free to shatter them all. And if you 'miss' and take out one of those guards...well, I won't mind." There was a smile on her face that seemed far too calm. Cirno nodded regardless, eager to please. "Right! Time to show them just what I can-" "Stop right there." A third voice, from above. Letty and Cirno were both caught off guard, flinching as they looked upward. A small, hooded figure looked down on both of them, no part of her visible beyond her eyes and the demonic wings coming from her back. Her stare was as cold as the air around her, and she looked fearlessly into the eyes of the criminal. Letty forced a grin. "Heh. So you found us?" There was no response from the hood. Letty bit her lip. "...Cirno, I'll leave this to you." "Right!" The fairy nodded in approval at the new duty she was given. She wasn't even slightly aware that she was basically being used as a sacrifice. There was a barely audible sigh from above. Letty wasted no time getting through the doorway this time, leaving her apprentice to face the mystery figure above. Cirno wasted no time moving straight into the trash talk. "So, you think you're fancy just because you have a pretty hood? Look here, missy, you're not going to beat me. After all, I'm the stro-" Beneath the hood, Cirno's opponent had already pulled out a weapon and thrown it. A tiny bat-shaped piece of metal caught the fairy on the side of the head. It disoriented her enough for a full on attack. The hood leapt down from above, swooping onto Cirno with her leathery wings. A drop kick to the face was enough to stop her before she could declare any sort of attack. Cirno had potential, true, but she also had a habit of talking too much. --- "Hah, hah, hah..." It was times like this Letty wished she could have been the Petit Freeze or the Not-Particularly-Chubby Freeze. Running was never really her specialty, and as she chugged past the guards she herself had frozen she felt an urge to stop for a breather. Still, Cirno would probably only be able to hold that vigilante off for so long. She'd heard the rumours - a hooded figure who'd taken out every criminal to threaten Gensokyotham for the last month - but she'd assumed she was just an urban myth passed around by the police to scare people away. Now, though, she knew for a fact this caped crusader was very much real. Something moved above her. She couldn't make out where in particular, but her eyes were drawn to the ceiling. She saw nothing. "Who's there?!" The figure above her moved, always positioning herself outside Letty's line of sight. The Big Freeze grew more and more desperate. "S-Show yourself! Stop hiding!" Her fear seeped through into her voice regardless. The figure waited, allowing her opponent's mind to win the battle for her. Then she emerged. "Gh-!" Letty heard a pair of feet hit the floor behind her. The hooded figure stared her in the eyes again, and her body unconsciously started to step backward. There was silence. Then... "Evildoer, you are a stain on the justice of this world!" The figure pulled away her cape, revealing something thoroughly unexpected underneath. It was a young girl, with pale blue hair and crimson eyes, and wearing of all things a skin-tight scarlet outfit underneath which offered her all the coverage of a swimsuit. A belt along her waist had a variety of gadgets hanging from it, weapons and all, and a ring on one of her fingers had a simple insignia of a bat engraved on it. Beneath the hood was a poofy hat in a colour that must have once been white but had now turned slightly pink for reasons unknown. And - was it just the ice around her, or was she sparkling...? "When evil threatens the city of Gensokyotham... When villains fall upon the night... They are fated to fall to me! The Scarlet Devil!" Letty was torn between the urge to laugh and cry, and chose simply to watch this scene in awe. "And now, in the name of the Scarlet Moon, I will punish you!" The girl lifted her ring finger into the air, and the trinket started to pulse with a crimson light. A line emerged, expanding and gaining shape until within a few minutes it had taken form as a spear. It fell into her hand, still shining with all the power of love and justice. The moon's light fell on her, itself gaining a light red tint as if in respect of her power. "Here it comes! My ultimate attack...!" She lifted her arm up, ready to fling the spear at her foe. Letty was still too enawed to notice, let alone dodge. "Take this! Super Special Scarlet Smasher Number XIII - Spear The Gungnir!!" It flew at a blinding pace across the room, hitting Letty square in the chest and sending her slamming into the wall. The magical weapon was designed not to kill, but the impact from the collision was still enough to knock her out cold. The Scarlet Devil took a few moments to bask in her victory. Both her foes had been eliminated, and the day was saved. But still- "Milady, I believe you were supposed to save your final attack until after everything else had failed." Izayoi - or rather, Sakuya - had emerged from nowhere, as usual. She came into existence somewhere behind Remilia's left shoulder. The vampire pouted. "It worked, didn't it? I don't understand why I have to start by using my weak attacks first." "But that was what Lady Patchouli insisted. She knows more about this crimefighting business than either of us." Remilia wasn't as convinced, though with Sakuya you could never tell is she really was as resolute as she sounded. Every so often she was certain that her servant missed her old maid uniform. "I don't know...it feels sort of like she's taken two different ideas and merged them together. And I was fine just being some hooded hero...did she need to throw in this whole magical thing?" Behind them, the sounds of sirens started to rise up. That was their cue to leave. "Well, it's something to bring up later. For now, we should be making our way out." Sakuya had already retreived her cape, and Remilia accepted it and strapped it back on as she flew through an open window and out of sight. She was back to being the mysterious, caped crusader the world knew to be the Scarlet Devil. The only ones who claimed otherwise were the hysterical criminals who she apprehended, and their claims were assumed to simply be an attempt to discredit her. After all, what sort of caped crusader would really be so sparkly and magical beneath the hood? --- And meanwhile, back at the mansion, watching it all from afar, Patchouli Knowledge lay unconscious from blood loss. Her hand was still held upwards in a thumbs-up motion. Remilia...you're so cute~ Behind her, the door to the library was torn off its hinges. "Patchy, I wanna play! Let's- wait, is that...sis...?" ----- Spoiler: It's sort of a good thing Ruro is absent on the week I write about Remi, isn't it? :V |
| IcedFairy:
Yukari snarled and twisted the fabric of reality once again, tearing the thing that was trying to enter Gensoukyo into pieces before shunting it fifteen dimensions away. The threat gone for now, Yukari allowed herself to slump downward. With the adrenaline fading, she didn't even have the strength to wipe the blood from her wounds. Fortunately within seconds Ran was there, binding the tears and cuts. Ran worked in silence for a little while before speaking up. ?Yukari-sama, you won't be able to hold them off much longer. If you'll let me...? Yukari tried to shake her head, cringed at the pain, then settled for sighing. ?No Ran. I need you to keep the Hakurei Barrier intact. Besides these creatures can't be killed through normal methods.? Yukari closed her eyes and thought about the matter for a bit. After a while she sighed again. ?I'd wanted to avoid doing this, but it seems we need to harness a different type of magic to destroy these things permanently.? ?Ran, I have a mission for you.? ---- ?It's a pleasure to finally meet you, Ran Yakumo,? the smiling woman said. ?I don't suppose Miss Yukari Yakumo will be joining us as well?? Ran shook her head. ?I'm afraid Yukari-sama is currently busy at the moment, Lady Hijiri, though she does send her apologies for not being able to meet you in person. She promises to drop by as soon as she can to formally welcome you to Gensoukyo.? Byakuren Hijiri considered the matter. She'd had no official contact with Gensoukyo's mysterious creator, but she had heard rumors. Those, combined with Ran's jumpy mood, indicated that the shikigami was here for more then just a polite greeting. ?I look forward to being able to meet her when she has time, then.? Byakuren took a sip of her tea before continuing. ?I don't suppose there's something I could help you with while you are here?? Ran considered the matter for some time, occasionally starting to speak before pausing to reflect further. Finally she stated, ?I need to borrow your mouse.? There was a thump from one of the crawlspaces followed by scurrying. ?Unzan, could you catch Nazarin please?? Byakuren called out. Turning back to Ran she stated politely but firmly, ?You'll of course need to explain this in full.? Ran sighed. ?I'll try....? ---- Reimu Hakurei sighed as she swept the steps leading to her shrine. For such a small out of the way shrine the grounds were absolutely huge. Which meant a lot of Reimu's time was occupied sweeping, washing and otherwise cleaning the place over and over again. She sighed as the last step was cleaned. She considered cleaning more of the steps, but what was the point? It was a huge walk from the human village, and she couldn't clear the whole path by herself. ?Hakurei Reimu!? Reimu blinked at the small squeaky voice. She immediately looked around to see if a fairy was playing a prank on her. Instead she saw a mouse. ?Hakurei Reimu. You have been chosen to save Gensoukyo from the forces of darkness,? the mouse squeaked. Reimu gave the mouse a long disapproving glare. ?I know that already. Part of the Hakurei shrine maiden bit. Really Nazarin, I thought you'd be above these games. Show some pride! You're a servant to a deity.? Nazarin's tail and ears twitched. ?Look, I don't like this either, but it has to be done to save the world from destruction. You have to take this wand and become Mahou Shojou Paradise Miko!? The mouse produced a gohei from somewhere and somehow held it towards the miko. Reimu sighed. ?This is Yukari's doing. I can tell.? ?Yeah, but this time it's...? Nazarin's ears twitched again before she scurried behind Reimu. ?Oh no! It's too late.? Reimu looked up to see a amorphous mass of dark slime roiling onto the shrine grounds from the forest. Probably an unintelligent youkai she thought. ?Hey! I just cleaned that!? She tossed two homing amulets to warn it off. The amulets flew straight and true, then fizzled as they struck the monster. ?That won't work! They aren't ordinary youkai.? Nazarin yelled from her hiding space. ?You need to use the magic of love to banish these monsters!? ?We'll see about that,? muttered Reimu as she fished out one of her more powerful cards. ?Demon Binding Circle!? The massive magical attack spread out and splattered the thing back into the forest. Reimu smirked. ?See I told you....? Her grin changed to a worried look as the slime reformed. What's worse it looked as if the attack had strengthened it. Reimu began fishing for another orb when Nazarin poked her with the gohei. ?Please just use the wand! I can explain later!? the small mouse said. As the shrine maiden of Gensoukyo Reimu knew when to roll with the strangeness. ?Alright.... But this better be a good explanation.? She grabbed the gohei. ?Now what?? ?Say Paradise Miko Power, Transform.? ?I'm going to kill Yukari for this.? Reimu sighed then held the gohei over her head. ?Paradise Miko Power, Transform!? The short staff flared with magical power paralyzing everyone in the area. This was probably a good thing, because immediately afterwards Reimu's clothes exploded into light. Reimu found herself spun about as ribbons twisted themselves into a new set of clothes, each piece appearing in order like a reverse strip tease. Finally the light faded, leaving Reimu wearing... a shrine maiden outfit with gloves instead of detached sleeves, boots instead of sandals and a much shorter skirt. "Someone will die for this," Reimu stated with calm fury. "Hopefully it'll be the monster. Use your Fantasy Paradise Orb!" "That's named worse then a Remilia Spellcard. Oh well, whatever. Fantasy Paradise Orb!" Reimu spun around and fired a red yin yang orb from her hand. This time the monster disintigrated with a mournful howl, as the bolt struck home. Nazarin sighed as she returned to humanoid form. "Finally." As Reimu leaned over her, she had a sudden desire to revert to mouse form and scurry into the undergrowth. "This had better be a real good explanation." --- Sanae smiled and stretched. The mornings cleaning had been done, and she had plenty of charms and fortunes ready for sale. It was noonish, so the steady trickle of kappa and tengu was slacking off. It was a nice break before the evening rush. Sanae's good mood faded immediately as she felt a ward break. Usually that meant nothing, but sometimes it signified real danger. Sanae flew towards the area cautiously. Her caution was well placed as a blob of hissing green liquid just barely missed her. Sanae turned in the direction the acid was fired from to see what looked to be a giant beetle made out of black goo. It reminded her of something from one of her morning cartoon shows. One thing was certain, it wasn't playing by spell card rules. "Fine then. In the name of Lady Yasaka, and by my divine blood I seal you," Sanae stated closing her eyes and drawing a five pointed star with her gohei. The lines materialized into divine energy then flew towards the creature. Then bounced off with a pathetic *doink* sound. Sanae looked at the monster incredulously. "Where's the sealing? There was supposed to be a youkai incinerating sealing." The bug thing spat again, forcing Sanae to dodge away. The seemingly futile exchange continued for some time, with the bug unable to land a blow, and Sanae unable to hurt it. However Sanae soon noticed she was tiring while the monster showed no sign of slowing. If the battle continued this way, she would lose. "Paradise Needle Freeze!" A tiny glowing missile flew across the grounds and slammed into the creatures side. As it's name indicated, the dart seemed to cause the bug to have a paralytic breakdown. It collapsed while it's legs twitched violently. Looking back along the missiles path Sanae saw Reimu, in what could only be a magical girls outfit. In addition there was a mouse dashing towards her with a gohei in it's mouth trying to say something. Sanae knew immediately what to do. She grabbed the gohei and held it up to the sky proclaiming "Miracle Miko Power, Transform!" Sanae was a little worried about being able to pull off the transformation poses, but she found the magic did most of the work for her. She was a little embarassed at the degree of the chest shot lean, but it could have been worse. As the light faded she did her best Sailor Moon pose. "In the name of the Moriya Shrine, I will punish you!" Not wanting to waste her moment of awesome Sanae quickly pointed at the creature, "Miracle Azure Tornado!" At the miko's command a gust of blue force flew from her hand and smashed into the bug, sending it flying away in disintegrating sparks. The threat passed, Reimu walked over to Sanae. "I suppose you'll want an explanation?" Sanae was nearly bouncing with joy. "Explanation? Isn't it obvious? These monsters are composed of pure negative feelings, and we've been granted the power of love to battle them for the fate of all Gensoukyo! Nazarin is our animal helper and we're the soldiers of LOVE! Possibly also justice." Reimu's expresion soured. "How is it you know everything already? If you are somehow responsible for this incident too I will hurt you so badly..." "Now now Reimu, this time the Moriya shrine is, surprisingly, innocent." Yukari walked out of one of her gaps as the surprised trio turned to face her voice. Reimu's held back her initial harsh words when she saw the youkai was obviously trying to hide some injuries. Despite Yukari's smile, the issue seemed serious. "So what is happening, Yukari? You usually deal with this sort of incident personally. Why the light shows and skimpy outfits?" "Because normal methods won't work. Many youkai are created by humans. These youkai were strong in the outside world right now, and thus they must be destroyed by the methods humans believe they can be destroyed by." "Ah!" Sanae clapped her hands together in understanding. "I get it. We have to destroy them this way because that's the only way the outside world believes they can be destroyed." Yukari smiled. "Well actually it's the opposite. Remember disbelief sends things through the border." Sanae and Nazarin looked at Reimu in the hopes that she might know what the gap youkai was hinting at. Reimu thought a bit before replying. "So we have to destroy them this way because the outside world thinks it's stupid and any old attack should work? I happen to agree with them here." Yukari shrugged. "You take the good with the bad. I like existing, so..." Nazarin reverted to her prefered form before turning to Yukari. "So why do I have to run around in animal form until after they transformed? And why did you need me at all? Couldn't you have sent your cat on this mission?" Yukari shrugged again. "Sorry, Chen's not quite experienced enough to be the animal mentor figure, and Ran is busy holding the barrier. But cheer up! You only need one more member! You've got the main character who wants to quit," she pointed at Reimu, "and the hyper genki girl who jumped at the call," Yukari pointed at Sanae, "bonus points for being genre savvy. Now all you need is a moe moe girl or a girl with burning passion, and the trio will be complete!" Nazarin sighed. "And you need my power to find them, right?" "Yep! After that you can scurry back to supporting cast." "Well lets get this over with...." ---- Youmu turned her focus entirely on the target. The rest of the world faded from view. Only her, and her enemy, remained. The empty world froze, waiting for the perfect moment. The moment came. Her sword struck. The log she had been targeting fell in two, neatly bisected by her strike. She sighed however, when she realized she'd struck the leaf in front of it as well. "I guess I need more training..." The next thing she knew there was a cloth over her nose and mouth and four pairs of arms holding her fast. She tried to struggle, but she found consciousness slipping away too quickly. Just before consciousness left her, she heard two voices. "Are you sure this will be okay with our boss?" "Hey, this is how we were asked to do it, I'm not going to argue. Now lets get ready for when she wakes up...." ---- Nazarin, back in mouse form, slowly but surely led them to the Scarlet Devil Mansion. "The third girl is definitely somewhere in there." Sanae looked over at Reimu. "You still think it's Marisa?" Reimu nodded. "She always shows up to these things." She scooped up Nazarin then began flying around the back. "Let's skip fighting the gate guard and get this over with quick before another fight starts and we have to transform. Remilia'd never let me live down that outfit." Reimu, of course, had doomed herself right there. Besides, they were certain to find the girl just in the nick of time. Sanae wisely kept her mouth shut however. Reimu was obviously not as happy about all this as she was. The three touched down in the back gardens. Reimu looked around. "Any second now..." There was the unique sound of time unfreezing and Sakuya appeared before them. "Hello. Are you here for a specific reason, or just to visit the mistress?" "Actually we're looking for Marisa. Nazarin here seems to think she's looting your library or something." Reimu presented the mouse. Sakuya's eyebrow twitched upward at that. "While Ms Kirisame was here earlier she left some time ago after speaking with Lady Remilia and Ms Patchoui. I'm fairly certain she's left the area." Nazarin flicked her tail back and forth. "I'm sure the person we're looking for is very close. It must be someone other then Marisa." "Oh! Maybe you're secretly a moe moe character Sakuya! We'd make a great team!" Sanae exclaimed. Sakuya and Reimu just gave her a look in response. Suddenly there was a massive explotion from the front gate. Sakuya looked shocked then disappeared with her usual abruptness, leaving Reimu and Sanae to fly after her, Nazarin grimly clinging to Reimu's hairband. "Why do we always seem to arrive five seconds too late," Reimu muttered. Sanae coughed. "Genre conventions." Clearing the mansion they looked down to see fairy maids scattering wildly from the gate, where a brutal melee was going on. Reimu and Sanae immediately recognized the attackers as being composed of the same black mass that the previous monsters had been made of. These however seemed more humanoid, and far more intelligent. Currently, however, they were all stuck at the gate as Meiling spun from one to another, striking them, then moving away. Several knives and blood trails indicated that the mistress and maid of the house had been adding their firepower as well. However the monsters seemed to suffer no real damage from any of the attacks. "We have to help, Reimu. Let's go! Miracle Miko Power, Transform!" Reimu winced. "I hope no one's looking up... Paradise Miko Power, Transform!" Nazarin bailed off as the two newly minted magical girls flew into combat. Quickly she began looking about for her own target. She could feel the third magical girl was nearby. She just had to find her. And she needed to do it fast. Reimu and Sanae were driving the foes back now, but these monsters seemed far more competent at dodging then the previous two did. Finally Nazarin decided to just trust her senses. She closed her eyes, summoned the gohei and jumped forward crying out "Quick! Transform into Mahou Shoujou Burning Miko!" "Right!" Nazarin opened her eyes to see Meiling holding the gohei before her in a fighting pose. "Burning Miko Power, Transform!" A powerful green light shown over the the field as Meiling's clothes disintegrated. Even without the paralysis most of the onlookers were stunned by the,... extravagance, of Meiling's poses. Obviously fanservice levels had been too low before. As the glow faded Meiling immediately sprang out of her finishing pose. Leaping between each opponent she let out a loud string of kiai as she struck each one. She finished the last one with a mighty kick, before posing once again. "Burning Crack Fist!" There was a brief pause before she continued, "You're already dead." The evil figures all suddenly bulged, then exploded into disintegrating shards. Sanae gave Meiling a look that was something between awe and disappointment. "Um, that was really cool, but I think it's the wrong genre." Reimu just shrugged. "Whatever. It worked. We've got three now, so lets hunt down the mastermind and teach him what for!" "Um..." Meiling raised her hand to draw their attention. "Would you mind explaining what's going on? I do have a day job, so I can't just wander about..." "Don't worry about that, Meiling." Nazarin and the trio looked up to see Remilia descending to the battlefield. "I think I have an idea about what's going on from the tengu's manga. Go forth and punish them in the name of the Scarlet Moon!" Reimu looked to the other actual miko, "So Sanae, is that joke as bad as I think it is?" Reimila smiled. "Oh, and white panties suit you, Reimu." "Ah! No, Reimu! You can't use the powers of love against innocents!" ---- Satori looked away from the monitor. "I see. But forgive me, I'm not sure what exactly this has to do with your current request. Not that I doubt you of course. I'm just confused." Shikieki nodded to the satori. "True, the three have defeated all who have crossed their path so far. And they haven't suffered a single casualty, personal or innocent, since their debut three months ago. However I believe the main force of Evil will act soon. While I have faith in their skills, it is better to win a battle overwhelmingly then to suffer casualties. Thus why I have my own group of agents preparing." Satori nodded at the Yama's words. "I see. Then you have the support of Chireiden." She paused for a moment. "I do have one thing to ask, what is 'Suupa Shiki Taimu?'" Shiki took a sip from her teacup. "Ah that? It's just the fact that my appearance justifies skipping a lot of boring chronology and getting straight to the final battle." Further conversation was broken up by a loud voice calling out "Oneeee-chan!" Koishi rushed into the room and all but leaped on her sister. *I love you so much!* the younger satori thought. Satori was stunned. "Koishi! I can hear your heart!" Koishi nodded. "Yeah! I was at home, when this dark voice started trying to tell me I should hate everyone. But I didn't care because my heart was closed. So then it started yelling in my head, pretending to be my third eye. So I opened my third eye to see it so I could shut it up, and I saw how much you all cared for me. It was really, really sweet!" Shikieki jumped from the table at Koishi's words. "So they're already on the move? I should have guessed." Koishi looked over at the Yama. "Huh? Dark magical girl? Need to activate the canon? You're thinking very fast." Shikieki nodded. "That's because this requires quick action. The darkness must be recruiting it's own magical girl. It's become fully sentient. The final battle will soon begin." ---- Reimu, Sanae and Meiling looked up at the massive black tower that had appeared just a little while back. Meiling said what they were all thinking. "The final battle eh?" Reimu smiled. "About time." Sanae looked about worriedly. "I think there's still something we're missing. I don't think this will be easy." "Easy or not, it's going to end here," Reimu walked towards the massive tower doors, only to spring backwards as a massive energy blast shattered the ground before her. "Unfair. It's so unfair. All of you playing without me. Even Meiling. Leaving me all alone." The three looked up to see a figure in black and red. The dress was a strange gothic lolita cut, but the wings and mad eyes of the girl made her identity immediately obvious to call. In her hands a familiar twisted rod. "I forgot! There's always a dark magical girl mislead by feelings of solitude!" Sanae exclaimed. "Wonderful. And of course, it would have to be Flandre," Reimu muttered. "Young Mistress! It's not that we're trying to keep you from the fun. We just want to protect you!" Meiling called out. Flandre giggled. "Oh really? Well then, who's going to protect you?" She raised her hand. "Oblivion's Spear." Massive lances of dark energy oozed into being before firing down at the ground. The three girls sprang away as the ground once again exploded. "Sorry Flan," Reimu called out, "but we don't have time for this! Paradise..." "Too slow." Reimu felt a sudden twist inside, as Flandre's hand began closing on her point of tension. "FLASH MOVE." Reimu found herself lying in someones arms several feet from where she's just been standing. "You need to be more careful Reimu. You could get hurt like that." "Marisa!?" Reimu looked up at the magician. "What are you doing here?" Marisa smiled. "Well I actually came here looking to play with Flandre. But I figured I'd lend a hand while I was around." Flandre blinked for a moment. "Eh, really?" Then the darkness swirled around her again. "Ergh... No! You're lying! Just like Onee-chan! You don't really want me around!" Marisa laughed. "Really? But we spent all this time making a toy just so you could join the fun." Marisa held up a small charm on a string for Flandre to see. "Patchouli pulled an all nighter for this. At your sister's insistence no less." Flandr seemed to hesitate. "Really? For me? I... I... AAAAUGH!" Flandre's body was struck by black lightning as the darkness around her swirled faster and faster. "That evil energy isn't letting her go!" Sanae called out. Reimu composed herself enough to hop from Marisa's arms. "It looks like it's switching to direct mind control. Even without her power, a vampires strength is pretty dangerous. This'll be a tough battle." "Yeah. You three run ahead," Marisa said pulling out her mini-hakkero. "I'll handle Flandre." "But Marisa, only the magic of love can break that darkness," Sanae pointed out. Marisa's smile grew even wider. "Yukari wasn't the only one tossing out Magical powers. Right Blazing Star?" The mini-hakkero glowed as it answered. "YES, MY MASTER." Marisa tossed the reactor up into the air. "Blazing Star, Set Up!" The other three magical girls watched in envy as Marisa's body was surrounded by a glowing shield, concealing her transformation from the world. As the barrier lifted they could see she was wearing a long black school uniform styled outfit with a few extra bows here and there. Her hakkero had transformed into a broomlike staff, with a magazine locked into the side. "Go on, and don't worry about me. I'm going to befriend this girl again." "Thanks Marisa!" Reimu shouted as the three ran forward. Flandre began to move towards them but was stopped by a flashing laser. "GUAAAAGH!" The vampire rushed forward to smash into Marisa. "STAR SHIELD." Flandre slammed into the magical barrier. It started to crack, but a cartridge fired off and the barrier stabilized. Marisa shook her head. "Sorry Flan. Looks like I'll have to cool your head a little before we can talk again." "READY, MY MASTER. BLAZING SPARK!" ---- Sanae searched through the darkness. The three had moved into the building as a team, but some strange quirk of space had separated them as they walked through the door. Now she wandered the halls alone. "Reimu! Meiling! Can you hear me?" "They've abandoned you girl. Just as the goddess abandoned you...." Sanae whirled around trying to find the source of the voice. "What? Who's there?" "The ones that should have been. The ones that are. We the Mishaguji." Sanae felt a brief tremor of fear. "You're lying. Moriya-sama has you all bound. You're just fakes." "Are we girl?" The shadows laughed. "To rise from curses is our gift. And with the Moriya so weak from her failure of a miko..." Sanae blinked. "What?" "You are a failure, Sanae Kochiya. Your grandstanding and playing about has led the youkai to give you faith instead of giving it to your gods. Now we are free, and we shall end all of you." The shadows began moving, slowly creeping towards her. Sanae stumbled back, her mind whirling over the words. It sounded possible, even likely. She had been playing at being a magical girl instead of serving as a real shrine maiden. Had they really lost that much faith? Then a familiar voice whispered in her heart, "Think kid! Even if it were true, what would it mean?" Sanae planted her feet. "That's right. It doesn't matter which of the three gods they believe in." She looked up, with fire blazing in her eyes. This time it was the shadow's turn to hesitate. Sanae shouted out, "I love Yasaka-sama and Moriya-sama. Even if the people foolishly place their belief in me I will give it all back to them! So long as I am their miko they will never fade away! Now you fakes, prepare to be punished in the name of the Moriya!" The shadows tried to flee as the wind priestess raised her gohei. "Miracle Goddess Strike!" There was a wash of white light and the shadows were gone. Sanae smiled. "I should have remembered the 'questioning your heart' test. Oh well, I don't think Meiling and Reimu will have any problems. And it's not like there's anything that can stop us, unless it's immune to holy powers or something stupid." ---- Meiling stepped quietly, allowing her senses to spread through the room. She knew this was some sort of trap, but that just meant it would be harder to find the target. "Oh. Don't worry about finding me. This isn't a trap for you, I'm just here to make you an offer." Meiling's eyes narrowed as a patchy of darkness solidified. This one had a fully humanoid appearence, even acquiring coloration as it moved into the dim light. "What do you have that I'd possibly be interested in?" Meiling asked. "A better job," the shadow man replied. "What!?" The man smiled. "I meant exactly what I said. We can give you a better job. A position of worth. Leader of an army, not a glorified watchdog. And with servants who actually respect you. Instead of a snippy maid, an unreasonable mistress, a librarian who thinks you make a good joke, and a mad child who thinks you're a puppy." Meiling closed her eyes, and the man chuckled. "Ah yes. Think about those you proclaim to love. Do they really love you in return? You're seen as the joke character. The afterthought. Join us, and you'll not only show them, you'll become a mighty leader of armies. What do you say?" Meiling's punch sent the man flaying across the room. "How dare you." The gate guard said, opening her eyes. "How dare you insult my family. How dare you insult Sakuya, who literally works 40 hours days for all our needs. How dare you insult the young mistress, who always tries so hard not to burden us with her illness. How dare you insult Patchouli, who always tries to keep us together, even if her sense of humor is terrible. How DARE you insult Lady Remilia, who always worries about us, who sacrificed her power in the outside world for our sake, who trusts me so much that she places her life in my hands every dawn when she sleeps!" "Let me show you the bonds that tie our house together! With my fists!" Meiling held her hand in front of her. "This hand of mine is burning scarlet! It's loud roar commands me to punish evil! TAKE THIS! Burning Disruption Finger!" The martial artist kicked off the ground leaving a stream of fire behind her hand. She slammed the claw into the mans face sending a rainbow shockwave throughout the room. The man looked down at the fist implanted in his chest. "But... that's... the wrong... genre...." Meiling gave a great shout and lifted the man above her, where he exploded in Rainbow sparkles. She closed her eyes again. "Communicating with your fists is always genre acceptable." ---- Flandre groaned as she opened her eyes. She felt bruised all over. Marisa was sitting next to her, "Awake now Flan?" "Yeah." The vampire smiled weakly. "I lost again." "Yep. I'm good at dodging." Marisa patted Flan's head. "Though to be fair that was you under mind control." Flandre sat up and sighed. "I guess I'm just another boss to be beaten and set aside then." "What are you talking about. You get to be a knight!" Marisa tossed Flandre the pendent. Flandre looked down at the little necklace with the Laevatein charm. "A knight? But I was the villain." "Yep, and you've realized that was bad. So now you're going to fight for justice," Marisa said. Seeing Flandre's expression she added. "Come on Flan. Patchy and Remi spent a month tweaking that thing so it would work with your power. Give it a try for our sakes at least." Falndre looked at the pendant. "Okay. I'll try. Let's go Laevatein." "Vergn?gt." A blood red light surrounded the girl as the wand grew to full size. However this Laevatein had a revolver loader in it along with several glittering cartridges. As the light cleared Flandre found herself in a long red dress, with a hat that seemed to have two stuffed bats glued to it for no reason. Flandre loved it. Marisa clapped. "Congrats Flandre! You're a magical girl of justice now!" Flandre looked at the mage. "But aren't you a thief?" Marisa shrugged. "Yeah, but we're working for the Yama now so we're fighting for justice automatically." A magic screen opened up behind Marisa. "I hate to interrupt, but there's a strong barrier around the tower. Neither of us can break through it solo, you think you can lend us a hand." Flandre tested her weapons weight then looked up. "I can handle it." She nodded both to Marisa and to the screen, her confidence slowly returning. "I'm the Scarlet Knight! And this is the Steel Baron Laevatein! Together there's nothing we can't destroy!" "Glad to have you aboard then. We'll continue the three pronged advance when you take down the barrier. Meet you at the target." ---- Sanae ducked behind a pillar as another blast of white energy flew across the room. "Why did I have to say something so stupid?" she asked the world in general. "I knew I played too many video games. Now they actually do have something holy resistant. How am I supposed to get past that as a miko? I don't have physical attacks!" "Hm... That is a problem. Sounds like you need a witch." Sanae looked back down the hallway in surprise. "Alice?" Sure enough the puppeteer was standing behind her, carefully concealing herself in the shadows However instead of her normal dress she was wearing a vest, short skirt and sailor hat with leg wrappings around one leg. Her doll was similarly attired. "What are you doing here? And what's with that getup?" Alice smiled in reply. "We thought you needed some help. Sorry it took so long. She peered out at the strange Behemoth guarding what looked to be a very important door. "So, immune to holy magic, eh?" Sanae nodded. "Yes, but it's very strong just in general. I'm not sure your dolls would be able to scratch it." Alice sighed. "True. Especially with the Goliath doll still in repairs. I guess we'll have to do this Marisa's way." She opened her book. "Hourai, unison in!" "Roger," the doll replied, before flying straight into Alice's chest. Sanae gaped as Alices skin and hair tone seemed to slightly shift, becoming brighter. In addition wings sprung from her back. As the transfomation completed Alice began flipping through her book. "Now lets see... Ah here's a good one." The magician wandering into the middle of the hallway and raised the book up high. The Behemoth at the door immediately noticed the new intruder and roared a challenge. Alice just kept casting. "Spirits of chaos, heed my demand. Form fire and darkness, to reveal true power'. Vampiric Fireball." Two dark energy spheres with viens of magma appeared behind the mage then zoomed forward, gaining speed as they went. The behemoth answered with a light canon of it's own, but the holy laser seemed to pass through the fireballs and Alice as if she wasn't there. The fireballs however did react to the monster. There was a massive explosion that shook the ground. The doors were shattered and ripped of their hinges and every window in the place shattered. Alice closed her book. "Well that's done. Shall we move on?" Sanae could only nod and follow along behind. ---- Meiling sighed as she struck down another opponent. There seemed to be no end to the stream of imbeciles that were attacking her after she destroyed that scumball. "At this rate, it'll be days before I get out." She looked again at the solid black wall surrounding her. It seemed that someone had put up a special barrier to lock her personally inside. Unfortunately without someone to clear the way, she found she couldn't get close enough to the barrier walls to break them. Every time she tried, a dozen archers would spawn on the other side, and she'd have to run over and kill them before they hurt her. Even with her Magical Girl powers, she was still a pretty short range fighter. Suddenly there was a massive crash. The barrier shattered like a greenhouse ceiling, and a plume of dust erupted from the floor as something landed there. As the dust cleared, Youmu opened her eyes. She was dressed in a strange pink bodysuit with something that looked like a two piece white jacket instead of her normal attire, but her steely gaze remained the same. In fact, it may have become even more refined. "So long as the Mistress of the Underworld commands it, I shall stand before her. I am the Sword Knight Youmu. This is my blade Roukanken." She stood and shifted her blade. "By Mistress Yuyuko's command I am to stop this darkness." The fragments of the barrier solidified into more monsters. Some turned towards Meiling, but more moved towards the other intruder. Youmu regarded them with a stern glare. "Load Cartridge." "JAHWOL!," the long blade replied, firing off a magical charge. The ghost assumed a stance. "Hiryu Issen!" There was a flash of light, and several dozen of the figures disintegrated. Meiling nodded her thanks to the half ghost. Youmu bowed in reply. There were no need for words between such fighters. For the next five minutes their battle cries resounded in the sealed area. When silence fell the two warriors hurried along the path, seeking their final foe. ---- Reimu walked confidently through the darkness. She knew this was a trap, but she trusted her intuition to allow her to see through it. She was far more worried about Meiling and Sanae. Still all this walking had been getting a little boring. She decided to try the direct approach. "So, are you going to spring your trap?" There was a pause. Reimu was about to start walking again, when a woman's voice replied. "Why would we need to?" Reimu pondered the words. "Well I assume you want to stop me." "Why? You are no threat to us," replied the voice. "Aren't I the pretty soldier of love and justice that's going to eradicate you? The one that beats you every time?" The voice laughed. "Love? What do you know of love? You who's duty it is to stay in a dilapidated old shrine. Going out every year to play with a bunch of bored monsters, the few humans you see on a regular basis as warped and twisted as you are." Reimu's eyes narrowed. "Yeah and?" "And you know that it can't last. Soon you'll be too old, and they'll abandon you. You'll go hunt down some random man at the village who you can stand, have a daughter, and then pass away to be replaced by a new toy." "What! It's not like that at all!" "Isn't it? In order to play their games you've never really gotten to know your fellow humans. Can you say you're something more then a tool even now? Something more then just another Hakurei?" "I... I..." Reimu paused. The word were wrong, but the scenario was true. She was a tool, designed to keep Gensoukyo functioning. The voice giggled once again. "Love? What do you love? Yourself? Money? It doesn't matter. You are no threat to us." Reimu collapsed in the darkness. What did she have? Just a string of memories of incidents, parties and other youkai gatherings. She thought over them one by one, searching for her place in them. Perhaps she would have been happier in the village, or the outside world. She tried to think of what that life would be like.... It seemed boring as all hell in her mind. "I see. I understand. 'What is it that I love?'" Reimu stood up tall. "I love Gensoukyo! I love the stupid tea parties! I love every single stupid fairy, drunk oni and insane magician!" Wiith tears in her eyes she proclaimed "I love being the Hakurei Maiden, and I won't let you take this land away from us! Paradise Fantasy Heaven! BREAK!" A white light surrounded Reimu then exploded out. The darkness vanished before it. As Reimu's vision cleared she saw Marisa and Flandre standing before her. "Aww... It looks like we don't get to save her after all," the vampire pouted. Reimu smiled. "Nope sorry. I'm the main character after all." Marisa laughed. "Oh yeah? We'll see about that. Let's race to kill the boss!" Flandre jumped into the air. "Right! Laevatein, let's make a hallway! Rocket form!" "JA!" The two heroines dashed through the tunnel of destruction the spinning vampire left behind. ---- Reimu, Marisa and Flandre flew through the wall into the central chamber just as Sanae and Alice kicked in the door on the left. Soon after the door on the right opened quietly, revealing Youmu and Meiling. The Magical Girls looked at the far end of the room, where a debonair lady relaxed in a throne. Or perhaps the throne was part of her, it was hard to tell. The very walls dripped with evil. "It's over!" Reimu called out. "Your Evil plans end here!" "Oh really?" the woman replied. "Perhaps you could kill me little girls. Perhaps. But you forget holy energy is deadly to most youkai as well. To get enough power to kill me you'd have to wipe out your precious Gensoukyo." The girls stopped at those words. Meiling looked over at Reimu. "Er, is she telling the truth?" Reimu gritted her teeth. "I think she might be. It would take a lot of power to destroy this tower." Sanae looked at Alice. "I don't suppose you can solo this?" Alice shook her head. Youmu sheathed her blade and took an attack stance. "Then we'll have to do this piecemeal." Marisa smiled. "Hey, not a bad idea Youmu. But the boss had a better one. Eiki-sama got a giant nuclear cannon set up. We're just going to chuck her into space and blow her up." "Does nuclear power count as love?" Reimu asked. "It does if Utsuho is the one powering it. She loves blowing things up," Marisa replied. Reimu smiled in return. "Okay! Let's do it!" The lady roared. "I will not allow this!" The walls pulsed with dark power, and a thousand monsters tore free and headed to strike the heroines down... "JUDGMENT RAIN." ...and were met by a rain of magical projectiles. The nearly invisible gap in the sky widened allowing Shikieki and Yukari to drop down. Yukari was in her normal attire, but Shikieki seemed to have picked up a black reinforced trench-coat. Yukari blew a kiss to the debonair woman. "Hi! Did you miss me? Well I've come back to help kill you so don't be lonely anymore, okay?" Shikieiki frowned at the youkai's flippant attitude before giving her own words. "You have been slain by those that gave you form, and have betrayed the ideals you were meant to follow by taking human form and thought. Thus, as Yamaxandu, I have been given the right to sentence you. If you lay down your weapons you will be given the right to speak in your defense." The woman screamed in reply and began to merge with the walls, the tendrils and monsters reforming to attack again. Shikieiki shook her head. "Very well. You who have been chosen by love and justice, do your duty." Flandre raised her hand. "Oh! Oh! We'll go first. Laevatein!" "GIGANT FORM" the fire wand replied. Flandre brought the now massive blade down on the woman, splitting her and the throne in half. Youmu fished out her smaller sword. "A knight knows all weapons. Come to me, my bow." As the half ghost touched the two blades together they reformed into a daikyu. The device pumped out two cartridges. "Dragon Slaying Arrow." A flash of light sped down the corridor from the bow, vaporizing all near it. On impact with the wall it exploded shattering all that remained of the woman's form. Meiling slid into the opening created. "My turn! "Burning Rainbow Hurricane!" A wave of shining energy spun all around her stopping the dark being's counter attack. Sanae pumped her fist. "That's it! That's the right genre!" "It's your turn," Alice coolly stated, watching the monster draw in it's mass. "Ah sorry!" Sanae held her Gohei up high. "Miracle Frog Rain!" Sure enough thousands of magical frogs rained from the sky, disintegrating the pieces of the distant attackers before they could reform with the whole. The main body began to draw itself into a ball. "Right! Now all we need is some direct damage!" Marisa spun her staff then fired off four cartridges. "You go first, Reimu." "Trying to get the kill shot eh? Well I better beat you to it. Paradise Yin-Yang Smasher!" Several blue while orbs flew out from Reimu's hand. However before they could reach the creature they impacted a barrier. Reimu grimaced, then concentrated again. "Burst!" The orbs exploded violently bringing the shield down. Reimu turned towards Marisa. "Quick! Attack before the shield returns! Marisa just kept focusing. She'd wanted to do this move ever since she'd stolen the magical girl idea, and with the amount of magic in the air she finally had the chance. A pink glow appeared around her staff, intensifying every second. Marisa laughed as the power reached critical mass. "Alright! Full power, Starlight Breaker!" The massive burst flew across the room and impacted with another massive explosion. "Did I get it?" Marisa wondered aloud. "No chance. It's presence has increased. You broke the armor though." Alice raised her book. "Now, spirit of war, arise from your sleep and bring fire and death across the land. Hrimfraxi." A massive magical circle appeared above the book. From it ten magical shots flew into the sky, streaking above the monsters new compact form. They then each shattered, sending liquid fire raining down upon the target. The beast sent out a howl that made the entire structure shake. Shikieiki nodded. "I sense the core. Now to keep it in place." She raised her rod of judgement. "I sentence you to the frozen hell. Reflect upon your sins." The rod glowed. "STYGIAN ICE." Alice's fire was snuffed out almost immediately. There was a cracking, then sudden stillness as the evil was frozen solid. Yukari waved her hands. "Well that's that. Bye now!" A gap opened up below the orb of frozen evil, the vacuum of space slowly drawing the mass in. Marisa swapped her staff back to amulet form. "And with that..." The magicians words wer cut off by a crack, as two tentacles shattered free of the ice and grabbed hold of her and Reimu, dragging them into the void. ---- Reimu struggled futilely to break free, as her magical defenses shattered one by one. It didn't really matter. Even if she escaped the tendrils, the cold of space would kill her just as fast, and Marisa seemed to be just as helpless. Reimu couldn't count on her friend for a rescue this time. Still Reimu didn't believe in giving up. She managed to break free from the mass and float away. She might be doomed, but she'd die on her own terms. She saw Marisa had managed to free herself as well. Idly Reimu wished space could carry sound, so the two could at least exchange a few more one liners before the end. "Fluffy Moe Bomber!" A giant pink laser flew through space to strike the tentacles trying to recapture the two girls. Reimu also found she could breathe. "What? Who?" "Well! It's a good thing I rushed out. Don't worry you two, my M field should give you some breathing room!" A old familiar face greeted the two heroines. Carrying a very tacky wand with a heart on the top and wearing a jetpack Ellen did her own pose. "Techno Shoujo Fluffy Ellen is here! Wielding the Science of Love, I've come to make the world a better place!" Marisa was the first to recover. "Ellen? But how?" "Behold!" The technological girl pressed a button on her wand, causing a holo screen to open up. Standing there were two more familiar faces. "It's been a while you two," said Yumemi. "You didn't think we'd leave cleaning up the outside worlds messes entirely up to you, did ya?" added Chiyuri. Reimu laughed. "So those two set you up with this Ellen? Great! Let's show this second rate youkai who's boss!" Marisa frowned. "I hate to say this Reimu, but I'm a little short on firepower. And this M field has to be eating a lot of Ellen's power too" The holo pulled back to reveal Shikieki. "I'm disappointed in you Marisa Kirisame. Did you think I would abandon someone working on my behalf? We have the fusion canon standing by, just show Kaenbyo and Onozuka where to fire." Sanae popped onto the screen. "Reimu! Nazarin went to tell Byakuren and Keine to get all the humans and youaki to pray for your success! Everyone wants you to win! Yumemi smiled, "Well that's that. Ellen, you remember how to activate the NT device right?" Ellen smiled. "Yep! Hit the button that looks like a white ribbon and the subspace communication beam will change to an energy transfer system!" Chiyuri gave a thumbs up. "Go ahead and drain the generators dry. You only have one shot at this!" "Right!" the three girls said in unison. They turned to face the monster. "Should we all aim for the face things?" Ellen asked. Marisa shook her head. "Nah. With three beams unfocused is best." Reimu pointed her Gohei at the foe. "Alright girls. On three." "One!" "Two!" "Three!" "Blazing" "Fluffy!" "Paradise!" "MOE HEAVEN SPARK!" Three massive beams of energy streaked towards the creature then blasted straight through it. They met in the center of the beast, and turned into a massive Rainbow Explosion. The beasts final howl was consumed by the airless void of space, as it exploded into a fine dust that faded away. There was a long moment of silence, then the crowd on the ground burst into cheering. Reimu sighed. "Finally. Lets go home." ---- The celebration was in full swing when the three girls landed. Ellen, Yumemi and Chiyuri were introduced to wild applause, and Reimu and Marisa were tackle hugged by their respective groups. Shikieki gave a speech telling them all the good deed they'd performed, and then everyone proceeded on to the drinking. Reimu was halfway through a bottle when Yukari approached her. "It's good to see I can count on you if my powers ever aren't up for a job." "Don't count on it too often," Reimu grumbled. "I don't like being your dress up toy." The shrine maiden took a long drink before giving the gap youkai a suspicious look. "You don't think any other problems that have to be solved the stupid way are going to show up soon, do you?" Yukari laughed. "Of course not. I'd tell you if something worrisome like that was around the corner." "By the way Reimu, as a completely unrelated question, do you prefer lions, or dinosaurs?" -------- [Stupid DMV. Wasting two days.... Oh well, I beat the deadline. Sorta. Barely....] |
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I came up with this in the shower except it was about Reimu when I thought about it. B) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello! I'm Sanae Kotiya! I am 16 years old and this is the Moriya Shrine! Over there with the red dress and the purple wig is the goddess of the shrine and my mother figure, Kanako Yasaka. I love her very much. And over there in the purple dress and the hat with eyes is my great great great great great great grandmother Suwako Moriya. I treat her like my little sister though. We left the Outside World to come to Gensokyo to gather faith. And since then, I learned many things like sealing Youkai, exterminating Youkai, killing Youkai, and the spell card system which is used to fight Youkai. Today, I'm going to down to the village to buy groceries. I bought rice to make rice porridge for Kanako but Suwako doesn't like as much. She asked me if I come across an ice fairy to catch it for her. I don't get why though. As I walked out of the village a bandit came to attack me! "I'm a pervert and only magic can stop me! Muahahahaha!" I was in my clothing from the outside world so he probably doesn't know I'm the shrine maiden of the Moriya Shrine. I giggle softly. I take my cleaver out of my purse and point it up into the sky. It's not really a cleaver though. The pervert looked at me strangely. He must think I watch to much Higurashi. "By the power of Green Hair! I have the power!" And then hundreds among hundreds patterned into stars enveloped around the bandit. "Oh no!" The bandit said, "Magic is my only weakness!" Now I can hit him with my paper on a stick repeatedly. So, I beat him with my cleaver stick. But then, a light began to glow. "Hahaha, you have passed my test young one." The bandit transformed into a beautiful young girl. She had long black hair, a pink shirt and a long red dress. "Wh-who are you?" I asked the girl. "I am a Moon Princess. I have come to select 5 young girls to become a team of super heroes by the names of Victoria, Blue, Sarah, Dana, Carey. For making sure not just anybody can gain this wtfhax powers. The only downside is that you get your assed kicked before you OHKO anything.? ?Uh huh?? This girl is crazy but HAX POWERS! ?So are any of these your name?? The Princess asked me. ?Sure.? ? Very well then. I shall bestow the Super Sexy Fanservice Transformation.? ?Oh co-WAIT WHAT!?? And within a flash I felt a part of my innocence being taken away from me. I sure hope Aya isn?t around. She would love this. The seizure lights have ceased and I was in a?mini skirt. The author must be a pervert and wanted to see me in a uniform. But whatever. ? I shall now transport you to your first mission, where you?ll join the others.? And with that I was transported into the Netherworld. There were four other people next to me. One I didn?t recognize. At all. She had blue hair and some shades. That matched her hair. She was to my right. Also to my right was a girl who looked vaguely like Suwako. She had her frog hat, and her hair, eyes and face, but the uniform threw me off. To my left was a purple haired girl. Her hair was short and she had what looked like arteries that connected to an eye on her chest. It?s creepy. Not because of the arteries outside of her body but the eye staring at me. Again threw me off. Next to her was a girl with long silver hair. She had some sort of charm as a ribbon and had nicer legs than mine. I became jealous of her. More Jealous than Parsee and my eyes became green like they did in UFO. She looked a lot like Mokou. But she wasn?t wearing pants so I can?t say for sure. We hear a booming voice and look up to the sky. ? FOOLS!! YOU FELL FOR MY TRAP AND NOW YOU ARE MY ETERNAL SLAVES!!? My jaw dropped in disbelief. ? Just kidding lol.? She did say ?lol? not ?El oh El? or ?ahaha? just??lol?. ?Enter the mansion before you. There you shall face three ghosts and then you?re done. No more hax but you get the sexy uniforms.? Now that the voice wasn?t so loud, I could tell it was the moon princess?s. We didn?t bother introducing ourselves and entered the mansion. There we saw three girls in Sentai suits: Red, Black, and White. They were looking away from us. Suddenly, they turn towards. ?We?ve been waiting for you cretins!? The Red one enthusiastically said. When the light of good draws near we appear out of nowhere!? The black one excitibly said. ?The-3-talents-of-music-devastate-the-world-with-.wav-and-exspensive cds!!? the white one robotically said. ?Together?? ??we are?? ?? the Prism Rivers!? (lol disgaea) Then they take suddenly take silly poses. They must have no friends. Being a hero is no excuse for having no friends. ?Oh hey Sanae.? The Suwako look alike said. ?Lady Suwako?? ?So you lied to the lady too?? ?Yeah.? Then the purple haired girl piped up ?Oh hey so did I. So did Mokou here. Not Blue over there though?I?m Satori. I?m here just like Mokou and Suwako because of the author?s sick fantasies.? ?Hey.? Mokou responded. ?STOP IGNORING US!? The three Prismrivers yelled in unison. ?Shut up.? Mokou responded. And then she just shot giant phoenixes at them. They weren?t hard to taken down easily by the looks of it, since they laid there in a pile. They were still ali- no they were always dead. I?m not worried. ?HOLY SHIT WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!? Blue panicked. ?Don?t worry, they?re poltergeists.? I told her. ?They were dead to begin with.? ?NO NOT THAT! WE WON?T HAVE HAX POWERS! AND SATORI USED HER HAX POWERS TO MAKE IT SO WE CAN?T TAKE THIS OFF!? ?SATORI! WHY THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT!? Suwako yelled. ?I DIDN?T!? Satori responded. ?I think these suits are pretty cute?? Mokou said, ?But I didn?t do it.? ?I didn?t do it either then that leaves?? I pondered ?DAMMIT AUTHOR!? ------------------------------------fin--------------------- 8) I hope I win |
| Dead Princess Sakana:
Deadline hit, a nice number of new submissions, Ruro still not sighted. Plan B activated. Jugdes Chaore and Tengukami, get reading and send me your results as soon as you can please. Writers, please wait warmly for the results~ Edit: Or not. I see Ruro online right now. Since I already told Tengukami to help out, I'd volunteer to transfer my vote to him and not vote myself this time, if she wishes it. |
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