~Hakurei Shrine~ > Patchouli's Scarlet Library
Pozeal's super short stories [Latest-An easy distraction]
P♂ zeal:
I've taken up a bit of writing recently, and as of thus, I am going to be posting some short stories on occasion. They never develop very far it seems...so they're super short.
Cirno's Lesson
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Cirno reached forward and grabbed at her shoes, sitting on the Gensokyo map carpet below her. Around her sat many young youkai and a few of the more sentient faeries, all attentively looking at Keine, who was sitting in a chair in the corner and reading a book. Cirno had no idea why exactly she had decided to come to this class, besides perhaps boredom?or the fact that Reimu forced her in here with the after she had frozen the lid of her donation box shut one too many times, threatening to hurt her if she left before the lesson was over. She really didn?t think she belonged in here with these other stupid youkai and fairies. She sighed and decided to listen in on whatever Keine was saying.
?And that?s why Jerome never stole a cookie again. The end.?
Keine finished, and the children applauded. Cirno sighed audibly, and a couple of the children glared at her. Keine looked at her with an almost scheming look and stood up.
?And today, children, for our play time we have a special guest!? Keine stated extravagantly.
Cirno looked around, looking for someone out of the ordinary. The children seemed to be looking too.
?It?s Cirno, the strongest ice fairy!? Keine pointed at Cirno.
Cirno sat with a shocked look on her face for a moment then stood up. The children clapped for her. Keine gestured for Cirno to sit in the seat, and she did. An uproar of questions soon began.
?Did you have something to do with that red mist accident??
?And the time spring didn?t come for a while??
?Oh and the time the flowers were everywhere! That was pretty! I heard you had something to do with that too!?
?Oh and the time there was that huuuuuge puppet type machine monster thing!?
?I think I saw you in a newspaper once!?
Keine quieted them.
?Now calm down, children. I?m sure Ms Cirno will have answers to all of your questions.?
Cirno stammered a moment, unsure of what to answer first.
?Y-Yeah, all that happened!?
The children all stared at her with the same attention they had when Keine had been teaching. Cirno started to feel really excited. This wasn?t so boring, and these kids werent so stupid after all.
?How did it happen, Ms Cirno??
?Well one day I was just hanging out on the lake when suddenly Daiyousei, that?s my bestest friend, the second strongest fairy on the lake, comes to me and tells me about these to meanies, a red white and black white that are coming towards us and shooting everything down!?
"Did they beat you up?"
"Well we had a danmaku battle and one of my patterns kind of had a spot in it where nothing hits you...."
The class erupted into laughter.
"But I still managed to get a couple hits in with my icicles! And that was only one of my patterns! The other ones challenged them a lot more! And I only lost because there were two of them!"
"Was it that magic girl and the shrine maiden?"
"Yeah! And I actually ran into them a couple other times too! You see there was this time where my friend Letty didnt have to leave so soon one year and the two of them, along with some maid came around and were shooting at things again, so I..."
Keine sat in the corner, taking a breather. She grinned as Cirno continued telling stories. She didn?t have to deal with thirty screaming youkai children, at least for the next hour. Cirno could handle them for now. Perhaps having a class for young youkai and fairies would go better than she thought it would. At least, if Cirno came around to calm them with decent, albeit biased, primary sourced history lessons like this it would.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Esifex:
WHATS THIS, CIRNO
BORED IN MY CLASSROOM, ARE YOU
I DON'T THINK SO
Alfred F. Jones:
... aww, that was adorable! I liked all the references to previous games, too.
Also, maybe you should put a line between every new paragraph? It reads a bit better that way; right now, it looks pretty cramped, though it still reads all right.
Mushyrulez:
Simple is best...!
Also, isn't Jerome a boy's name? THIS IS GENSOKYO DOES NOT COMPUTE
Also, it may just be me, but from your thread title, I got the assumption that you had other short stories already completed...? Is that true, or am I just bad at assuming things >_<
P♂ zeal:
A suprising medicine
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Medicine sighed and leaned back, letting the soft grass below her cushion her as she stared into the sky. Another boring day. No one to talk to, not much fun to have. Given her poisonous tendencies, no one seemed to really want to be near her, it seemed. But no one seemed to understand that she could control her poison output. She sighed and closed her eyes. She decided she was just going to take a nice nap. She slowly drifted out of consciousness, into a happy dream world with sugarcane hills, ice cream rivers, and the sensation of someone having fallen on her.
Wait.
She opened her eyes, and found that a youkai had fallen on her, but was getting up after having regained her balance. She turned and looked at medicine, while twirling her umbrella, her two differently colored eyes shining in the light, reflecting concern.
?Are you hurt?? She asked.
?Not really? Medicine responded, sitting up.? Just a bit surprised is all.?
A smile lit the girl?s face. She reopened her umbrella, revealing it having an eye and a tongue.
?You were surprised? Truly??
?Yeah. Kind of hard not to be when someone falls on you.?
?That?s great! You?re one of the few people I?ve surprised. It?s my goal, you know.?
?Oh. Well, I hope you do well with that.?
?Oh, I just realized, I haven?t introduced myself, have I? I?m Kogasa. I?m an umbrella youkai.?
?My name is Medicine.? Medicine responded, hesitating for a moment. ?I?m a poison doll.?
?Neat! Does your little doll there have a name??
?No.?
?Oh. Well, would you like to hang out with me for a while?? Kogasa outstretched her hand as to help Medicine.
Medicine smiled and took her hand. Kogasa led her down the valley aimlessly, explaining the battle that had caused her to come crashing down. Even though they were going nowhere, a nice conversation and a smiling face was enough to brighten Medicine?s day. One could say she was surprised in more than one way. Not only did someone run into her, but someone actually cared for her without knowing her, and didn?t fear her poison.
And as of thus, the umbrella left there forever and the poison doll spent a happy day together, laughing and playing in a wonderland in which anything is possible.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is what happens when I write off the top of my head.