Ail had found out that he wasn't completely human, thanks to his heart to heart chat with Satori, however, one of her pets, a hell crow, thought he was a threat and had just blasted him with one of her best shots. Ail had little room to move, and little time to think, and was so frightened, for the first time since entering Gensokyo, that all he could think of was to duck and cover himself. As the energy landed on him, it expanded, exploding after a bit. The entire palace lit up from inside due to the size of the blast. After the blast, Satori, the girl with black wings, and now another girl with black cat ears, red hair made into braids adorned with black ribbons and a black and green dress, stood up, the cat girl next to Satori, helping her get up. They all look at the large cloud of smoke that now replaced Ail. Satori, with concern hidden in her eyes, slowly gets closer to the smoke curtain as the cat girl angrily assaults the bird girl. "Maybe I should have used a little less power, huh?" said the crow girl. The cat girl got furious and jumped on the bird girl's back and started punching her head and scratching her face "Okuu, YOU IDIOT!!! Look what you did to the mansion. You could have hurt Satori; what the HELL were you thinking?" Satori then looks back and says "Orin, it's alright..." both stopped fighting and looked at Satori a bit puzzled. "He took care of that blast... although, not on purpose." As the smoke cleared, they could see a round blue barrier the size of the blast Okuu had just shot. Inside the barrier, a trembling Ail was still covering himself. Satori knocks on the barrier, getting Ail's attention. He realizes he is fine and the blast had been absorbed by the barrier that surrounded him. The barrier vanishes in less than a second, and still in awe, Ail simply nods, thanking Satori, but Satori simply said "don't thank me. I didn't make that barrier." Ail looked even more puzzled now. Above ground, Yukari wakes up and springs off her bed again muttering "wah-wah? Where am I...? Oh... right..." then drops down to sleep some more.
Back underground, Utsuho and Rin, nicknamed Okuu and Orin respectively, presented themselves to Ail. "I'm really sorry about that, I thought you were trying to hurt miss Satori" said Okuu, but Ail, now back to his usual calm self replied to her "it's alright, you were just protecting your master. Anyway, I better start heading back. Someone might be worried about me." Satori looks at him as expressionless as ever saying "Kaizo Yumeda... your friend from the outside world. He's like family to you, I see... but" "No use trying to hide that, huh?" interrupted Ail, but Satori continued "don't think so little of Reimu. She can be cold, but she's probably worried too, you know." Ail laughs and says "you're right... I shouldn't be thinking like that about her. After all, she has helped me and my friend so much." He smiles, but then realizes there was someone right next to him. A girl with wavy grey-geenish hair that reached to her upper back, wearing a black hat with a yellow ribbon around it, an orange shirt with diamond-shaped blue buttons, a green skirt with light colored flower patterns and also wore brown boots. She was blankly staring at Ail and smiling. Ail smiles back "well, hello... I'm Ail." Without a second though, the girl replies "I'm Koishi. Nice to meet you mister. Onee-cha~n, I'm home~!" She merrily skips to where Satori was and hugs her sister. Ail then realizes she had an eye on her chest, like Satori's, only it was always closed and was blue instead of red. the strings attached to that eye made the shape of a heart at one point. "I see you have met our young friend Ail. And where have you been today?" Koishi blankly stares at the ceiling and says "Umm... some mountain." then she smiles at her sister, then she spots Okuu, who was quietly tip-toeing away. She then jumps up with her arms in the air yelling "O~~KUU~~!!!", and then grabs her left wing, making Okuu writhe in pain as Koishi managed to sit on her and started to pat her head. Satori looks at Ail's curious look saying "don't worry, she just loves Okuu that much." Ail quietly laughs then waves at them saying "It's time I headed back, then. It was a pleasure meeting you all. Take care." And with that, he turns around and begins his long walk back above ground, however Orin stops him saying "hey, hey, do you think I'd leave a friend of my master walk the underground alone? There are many dangerous beings here, so I'll accompany you for a bit." and with that they both head out. Once outside the mansion, Orin's eye sparkle as she smirks at Ail. He smirks back saying "you want a race... don't you?" Orin looks back at Ail and says "don't worry. I'll go easy on you." Suddenly, they both quickened their pace and soon they were running as fast as they could.
Back at the shrine
It was morning now, and Kyo had just waken up. He realizes Ail hadn't returned and panics. "A-AIL!!? CRAP, he hasn't returned! What if... what if he's?" The though of his friend being hurt somewhere, or worse, killed were filling his head and making his panic worse. "Reimu! Reimu, where are you!?" He rapidly goes outside, thinking she was awake already, but he just found Rumia there, simply floating around with her arms extended. She looks at him and greets him saying "well aren't you an early birdie? Reimu isn't here. She left really early saying something about a pain and scolding". Kyo's face turned pale then turns to Rumia and asks "but didn't she say anything about Ail?" Rumia thinks for a second, then smiles and says "no". Kyo slouches, letting his arms float in the air as he stares at Rumia in total disbelief at her attitude. "Can't you be a little more concerned!?" shouted Kyo suddenly. Rumia stares back at him as he continues "my friend, Ail! I told you about him. He went into that dark cave and never returned. He could be HURT. Crap... what if he's DEAD!? CRAP, I should have gone with him. He's not cut out for fighting! He could have been eaten!" Rumia continues to stare at him, then after a minute, she replies to him "is that so~!?" with a smile on her face again. Kyo starts banging his head in anger, then dashes to the gate, but Rumia stops him "HEY WAIT! Reimu left this note for you." Kyo takes the note from Rumia saying "you COULD have told me about this sooner, you know!" Rumia replied "is that so~?" then flew up high avoiding Kyo's grasp. "That's getting REALLY annoying little one!" said Kyo as he opened the piece of paper, then Rumia replies once more "is that so~?" Kyo did his best to ignore her as he read the note from Reimu: "Just calm down, shut up and do your chores. I'll be back with Ail later". Kyo, enraged, ate the note and yelled "Oh sure, by that she meant to do HER chores!" He started stomping on the ground, then stopped, blew a puff of air to his hair, grabbed a broom, and started to quietly sweep leaves. Rumia covers herself in darkness and floats around the shrine repeating "Is that so~?" every few minutes, which in turn was making Kyo angrier every time.
Back underground, Ail and Orin were passing by The Former Streets of Hell, where Yuugi was drinking sake while resting on the roof. Ail waves as he and Orin dash by saying "hi Yuugi-bye Yuugi" Yuugi springs up, quietly waves, drinks some more sake then says "that's human's crazy." then she lies back down. Soon after, they were by Parsee's bridge. She was walking by the very middle of the bridge when both Orin and Ail zip past her with a "Hey Parsee" by Ail. She looked back, her green eyes lighting up and saying "they are so fast..." She turns around and starts walking again, and upon reaching the end of the bridge, she stops and looks around then screams "I'M SO JEALOUS!!!!" After that they both slowed down a bit as they had to climb to reach the last level of the underground. Orin chuckles and says "cat-claws" and looks at Ail. She then is shocked as she sees him climbing so easily and quickly, then he says to her "sticky hands". They both climb as fast as they can, and by the time they reach the top, they were a little winded. "Okay... a few... second of... rest... then we reach for the exit" said Orin, breathing heavily. Ail, also breathing heavily merely nodded. For about five seconds they rest, then suddenly they look at each other, then dash toward the exit. They zip past Yamame, who came down a bit too late then said "who... what were THOSE!?" By now there were only a few steps to the exit, and then, just as Ail was about to win, Kisume appears out of nowhere, getting in Ail's way, and as to not crash with her, Ail had to jump, losing his momentum, making Orin the winner. Quite winded, Ail says "that... was... you... got lucky!" Orin, a bit winded too replies "that's...wah-what you call... a handicap" then winks. After catching their breaths they hear grumbling in the distance. It was Reimu, complaining to have to pick up Ail from such a dark place. "Geez, such a pain these humans... eh?" said Reimu grumbling as she slowly got closer to the underground cave, however she realizes that both Orin and Ail were looking at her by the cave.
After bonking his head several time, Reimu asks "so why did you go into the Palace for?" Ail, rubbing his head answers "I was drawn to that place... and it was well worth it!" He smiled as he straightened out. "Thanks for taking care of him, Orin" said Reimu as she waves to her. "No problem, sis" replied Orin, then she looked at Ail, smirked and said "hey bro, if you're looking for a rematch, you know where to find me." then she winks and flies back inside. Reimu lazily looks at Ail asking "rematch? What were you two doing down there...?" Ail smiled and said "oh, nothing. Just a little race." "Ri~ght, ri~ght... a ra- A RACE!?" Reimu opened her eyes widely in surprise after realizing what Ail just said "but you can't fly, how in the world were you racing Rin?" Ail smirks again and asks "wanna see?" and before Reimu could stop him, he dashes at insane speeds toward the shrine. "Wait, WAIT!. Oh well, might as well go back then." By the time Reimu arrived at the shrine, Kyo was violently shaking Ail yelling at him. "You IDIOT! Do you have ANY idea how worried I was for you!? You could have died, and THEN what?" Ail, dizzy and trying to stand still in one spot tries to answer, however he only babbles and sits on the ground, waiting for the world to stop moving so much around him. Reimu lands softly on the ground looking around the shrine and says "nice job, Kyo... I guess you earned a little extra for breakfast today." Kyo's eyes widen in both shock and surprise and smiles. Ail is finally able to get up and offers to help with breakfast. Reimu accepts his help, however reminds him he gave them all quite a scare, so he gets less. Ail shrugs as he heads inside. During breakfast, Marisa joins in, and for course, they were expecting her to, so they had a small portion for her ready. During breakfast, Ail tells them what had happened down at the Palace of the Earth Spirits. They were all quite shocked after hearing his tale. "I am quite shocked too... I mean, I was born from human parents... right?" said Ail. "Well, even in the outside world, there could be mixed bloods. Think about it, youkai and humans have been alive for ages. It's possible you inherited youkai blood from an ancestor" said Reimu as she picked up the plates. "Strange" she continued "that I didn't sense anything strange from you. Then again..." she stares at Kyo "you both are pretty strange as it is." Kyo stood up and pointed at Reimu, however, Reimu gave him a very murderous look, so Kyo sat back down and kept quiet. Marisa laughs "so you finally learned, ze! You don't mess with THIS miko, daze!" Marisa was leaning on Reimu's shoulder while she said this, however Reimu quickly bonked her head hard saying "and WHAT exactly do you mean by THAT!?" Marisa drops to the ground rubbing her head, softly sobbing "such violence..."
At mid-day, Ail heads to town, while Kyo decides to stay behind training. Apparently, learning that his friend is becoming this strong, makes him want to become even stronger. Before reaching town, a little black ball gets in his way. "Let me guess... you must be Rumia, right?" said Ail right after stopping in front of the black ball. "Then you must be Ail, Kyo's friend! can I eat you?" said Rumia as she absorbs the darkness surrounding her until visible by Ail. Ail scratches his head replying "no, you cannot eat me." "And why is that?" asked Rumia, to which Ail answers "because if you try it, I'll have to shoot you." Rumia blankly stares with a smile on her face saying "is that so~? Well I'm lucky you can't shoot then." Rumia slowly gets closer to Ail with her arms still extended, but Ail backs away a little, shapes his hands like guns then "pchou, pchou" does as if shooting one bullet with each finger, then blows in his fingers. Rumia looks quite puzzled, then suddenly is impacted by two invisible balls, making her fall on the ground. She gets back up "whoa, you weren't lying. Anyway, you don't look that tasty. See you later then." And so she flies away, covering herself up in darkness again. Just as Ail begins to walk to town again, from out of nowhere, he is knocked down by Mystia, who was screaming "you're alive, you're alive!!!" "Mystia?" asks Ail, recovering from the impact and trying to breathe, as Mystia's bone-crushing hug was cutting his air. They both enter town, Ail telling Mystia about what happened underground, and to his surprise, half the town was waiting for his return. Mystia explains "Reimu came by and told Keine that you were underground, and Keine told Mokou, who told nobody, so I told Akyuu after overhearing Keine when she told Mokou, and Akyuu spread the word around town." Ail got a little dizzy after imagining all that happening at once, then whispered to himself "didn't know I'd be missed this much..." After helping around, finishing his rounds at Keine's school, Akyuu grabbed hold of him and pulled him to her place. She pushed some red tea on him, sat on a table that was covered with books and scrolls and with a strict tone of voice said "tell me EVERYTHING that happened down there. Down to the very last whisper... GO!" and without realizing he had just been kidnapped for information, he, once more, explains all that had happened, however, this time with much more detail. After he was done, it was almost dark. Akyuu thanks him for the information and bids him farewell as he waved back and went on back to the shrine.
When he returned to the shrine, he noticed two guests. One was dressed like a maid. She had short grey hair braided on each side, each braid tied by a green bow at the end, and her maid outfit was dark blue and white, matching her eyes. The other had black bat-like wings growing from her back, had red eyes and wore a pink puffy hat tied by a red bow that matched the color of her dress as well. He also noticed she was shorter than the maid... a child perhaps? "Reimu looks at Ail saying "finally, you're here. Let me introduce you two to Sakuya Izayoi, maid at the Scarlet Devil mansion..." Kyo was almost entranced by Sakuya. All he could do, or say was a pitiful "hello" while waving his hand. Ail bowed slightly saying "evening", then Reimu continues and Remilia Scarlet, mistress of the mansion. Ail was quite surprised to learn the short girl in front of him was the mistress of a mansion. Kyo bluntly says "this kid is the mistress of the mansion-" Sakuya bangs the table loudly saying "you better apologize to the mistress RIGHT NOW!" and like a pet following the master's orders, Kyo immediately apologizes "my apologies, lady Remilia, lady Sakuya." then he bows his head. "Don't be fooled by appearances" said Reimu. "She's actually 500 years old." Ail immediately bowed, placing his left hand on his belly and extending his right hand saying "my apologies. That was rude of me, to think less of you, my lady." Sakuya was a bit impressed saying "my, are you some sort of nobleman or something?" Ail sat down and said "no, but I can tell respect is demanded here." Reimu very quietly said "great... another vampire lover" as she rubbed her forehead with her index finger. Remilia did not say a word. All she did was look down at her knees. "My lady, is everything alright?" asked Sakuya. Remilia started trembling saying "Sakuya... take me home... right now!" All, including Reimu, were surprised. Ail felt some guilt, thinking he might have said something to offend. "Well then, let's... er.. let's go. thank you for your time." said Sakuya as she and Remilia fly up in the air, leaving to the mansion. Seconds after leaving, Remilia, still trembling says "Sakuya!" She then gets close to Sakuya as quickly as she could, then karate-chops her behind her neck saying "take five". Meanwhile, at the shrine, Reimu yawns and stretches saying "I'm heading to sleep now. You two clean this mess up, alright?" Ail nods then begins picking up the plates and cups from dinner. He looks at Kyo, who was smiling and staring blankly at the ceiling repeating "Sakuya~" and swooning as little hearts would fly around him, popping upon reaching Kyo's head-height. Ail though to himself "guess I'm cleaning alone tonight."
After the cleaning was done a startling sound from outside took Ail's attention. He went to investigate, only to find Remilia, her red eyes glowing, her vampire teeth lay bare, floating ominously as she slowly flaps her wings, keeping her from touching the ground. "I'm sorry, your blood smells incredible... I-I must drink you blood." Ail kept quiet. He tried to head back to the shrine, but Remilia was already blocking the entrance. She grabbed Kyo, waking him up from his love trip and threw him outside. "Reimu won't help you now, humans" Remilia closes the door behind her, apologizing again. "I can't take it... you blood smells so sweet... I must have it!" and with that, she glides at great speeds, straight at Ail. Ail was ready to dodge, however Kyo grabs him just in time. "Ail, wake up, she's really out to get us!" shouted Kyo. "Sorry... she caught me off-guard, but I'm okay now." Both boys stared at Remilia, waiting for her next move. She only kept hovering ominously, her red eyes glowing. She started shooting red balls at them from all directions. Both were able to dodge them in time, noticing the large black spots left on the ground. "ARGH! I can't take this!" said Remilia, swooping down at incredible speeds, heading for Ail, but at the very last moment, she changes direction and knocks out Kyo, sending him flying to the shrine's storage. "Now... nobody can save you." Ail smiles, which infuriates Remilia, who then swoops down again, however Ail begins to run, using his full speeds. "I see. You are quite fast, human. But speed alone will NOT save you!" Remilia's assault continued on, Ail dodging and running away from the shrine. Their battle waged on to the bamboo forest. "Give up. You are human, you'll just tire out. I can do this all night if I have to." Remilia then bares her teeth and swoops down, missing Ail by an inch. Ail knew she was right. He was already starting to feel winded. He points his hand at Remilia saying "bang bang" but the invisible shots did nothing to her. "You have power, but you can't use it. Let me bite you... I could turn you into a vampire. Your powers will increase a hundred fold, and I could teach you to use them... just let me drink your BLOOD!" said Remilia with a twisted smile on her face, still bearing her fangs. Ail thought about it and said "no thanks. I'd miss the sun and swimming way too much." Remilia screams enraged and swoops down again, this time scratching his left leg with her claws as he dodged just in time. It was not a bad scratch, but she was closer to hitting home each time, and Ail was getting tired. He pointed his hand at her again as he stood up. "You keep trying that... I'll just brush it off and kill you with my next blow." said Remilia. Still a bit far from the battle, Kyo ran as fast as he could, following the debris left behind by Ail and Remilia's battle. "DAMMIT, why didn't he stay at the shrine. He had a better chance there!"
Remilia was ready to come swooping down again, however she stops, realizing Ail was actually summoning enough energy to create an effective shot. Ail laughs a little and says "come on, weren't you gonna kill me on your next attack?" Remilia bares her fangs and claws and is ready to swoop down again, however Ail shoots an orange ball that looked like the ones Remilia had been shooting before, however he missed her by an inch, but the shot exploded, lighting the area where they were. Remilia was surprised. "You sure are full of surprises, human. If that shit had touched me, I'd be in a lot of pain by now... however, you're too slow. And what's this...?" Remilia pauses, watching Ail succumb to exhaustion. "It seems you have reached your limit, human. Don't worry, since you gave me such good sport, I'll make it quick... RAH!" Remilia swoops, bearing her fangs again and just as she was about to reach her prize, Ail moves a little, however she uses her claws, cutting his chest, leaving three large gashes and his purple shirt torn. Remilia licks her claws, as a child would lick it's favorite flavored lollipop. "YUMM~~!!" Remilia's cheeks turn pink as she savors the blood on her claws. Ail looks at her and softly says "dammit... that so cute. Ow, ow, I shouldn't be joking at a time like this... but that's just too cute... what to do now?" Remilia finishes her appetizer, her eyes glowing even more red. She looks down on her prey and summons a large red colored spear energy. Ail knew that was it. "Well human, you fought bravely and admirably for your life, however it is time I claimed my prize. Don't worry, the pain will go away after a while." Remilia raises the spear above her head, ready to strike Ail when suddenly Sakuya came from behind "my lady, that's enough!" "Sakuya, how DARE YOU. Let me GO, NOW!" "My lady, if you strike him now, you're life will be in danger." said Sakuya. Remilia looks around and spots Mystia, bearing her claws, looking angrily at her, and under Mystia was Mokou, looking dead serious, next to Keine, whom had various spell cards in her hand, and next to Ail was Kyo, his fist surrounded by some white energy that looked like a blade. Remilia's eyes turn back to normal, then she start to cry "I-... I'm so sorry" she then turns around and hugs Sakuya, still crying and saying "his blood smells so good and was so tasty and-and." Sakuya's nose was spraying blood all over at the sight of her crying mistress. As she holds her mistress, Sakuya apologizes saying "the Scarlet Mansion will pay for this boy's treatment. I deeply apologize for all the trouble." Far above the skies, a black ball could be seen flying aimlessly then saying "is that so~!?"
Kyo was furious, however, the sight of Sakuya bowing and apologizing soothed him, so he kept quiet. He then turns to Ail "you MORON, why didn't you stay at the shrine, or tired to wake up Reimu!?" Trying to laugh, Ail replies "I tried to, but Remilia blasted me all the way down the shrine stairs, heh... ugh-!" Kyo picks up Ail as Mystia flies down and pats Ail on the head, looking quite concerned for him. Mokou signals Kyo to follow her as Keine tells Kyo "don't worry, as long as she didn't bite him, he won't turn into a vampire... you must be Kyo. Why won't you visit town more often?" Kyo looks at Keine "you must be the history teacher. Ehh... I just don't... well you're right, I should visit more... but what about Ail? He's losing a lot of blood; where are you taking us?" "To the best medical expert of the world" replied Keine as they reached a large house with the words "ENTEI" written on a plaque just outside the gates. Beside the larger building were two smaller ones. One was called the Hourai Clinic, and the other simply had a bio hazard warning sign on the door. "Hurry up Keine" said Mokou in a hurry. Keine smiles saying "don't worry, don't worry." Mystia stayed with Mokou by the gate then Keine explains to Kyo "Mokou has some issues with one of the inhabitants of this mansion." Keine knocks on the door various times until someone answered. It was a half-asleep girl with long light-purple hair, rumpled rabbit eats, red eyes, and wearing a long white robe, rubbing her eyes as she answered the door. "Uuh~ who is it...?" and upon noticing Ail and all the blood, she woke up in a shock "what the hell happened here; Ail...! And... who is this?" asked Reisen while pointing at Kyo, who had pointed at her saying "a-a rabbit girl? Great... is she going to try and eat us too?" Keine shushed them both. "Reisen, this is Kyo, Ail's friend, Kyo, this is Reisen, a moon rabbit. Reisen..." continued Keine "this is an emergency. Ail was attacked by the vampire from Scarlet. The wound is deep, you need to wake up your master, now." Reisen hesitantly nodded and went to wake her master up, then lead them into the clinic. A few minutes after entering, a woman with long sliver hair braided at the back, dark grey eyes, a red and blue outfit adorned with constellation patterns and a nurse's cap on her head entered, looking quite peacefully, yet sleepy. Kyo though to himself "her beauty matches that of Sakuya". Keine quietly explained the situation and introduced Eirin to Kyo, however introductions were cut short as Ail had already lost consciousness, and was turning pale. All he could hear before completely passing into darkness was Kyo saying "if you die, I am going to beat you up, got that!?"
Morning at Entei. Everything was quiet except for a few fairies flying around, playing. Inside the clinic, Ail slowly opens his eyes. He touches himself and realizes he's been bandaged. His shirt was next to him. He immediately notices the tears on it, then he looks up and realizes he's not in the shrine. "wh-where am I?" "Ah, you finally awake" said a woman's voice from somewhere in the room. After getting up from her desk, Eirin comes to Ail and looks at him, then smiles. "You are one stubborn human, you know that? You lost so much blood, and you still survived a vampire attack. By the way, my name is Eirin Yagokoro." Ail sits up, struggling a little with the pain then gasps saying "oh, Eirin... Reisen's master, am I right?" "Why yes" replied Eirin happily. "I must say, that friend of yours was quite worried about you." Ail rubs his head and asks "so Kyo is alright, then. Good." "He and some other friends brought you all the way here." said Eirin. Ail remembers what had happened after Remilia stopped attacking him. He smiles saying "I truly am blessed with great friends, huh?" Eirin comes back with some tea for him and says "you sure do. Even Reimu and Marisa came by. Oh and don't worry about the bill. The maid from Scarlet payed it all. Oh and don't worry about the vampire. I took the liberty of bottling enough of your blood to make her sick of it. You friend was against it, however as luck would have it, Tewi kept him quite busy as I bottled it." Ail just quietly listened. He smiled and chuckled a little. Eirin giggles and heads back to her desk saying "don't worry, you'll be out of here in no time, I just need to make sure you have enough energy to walk home." And with that, Ail sighs and looks to his right, spotting a rabbit girl with short black hair that reached her shoulder, had dark red eyes, and wore a pink dress and a carrot necklace around her neck starring back at him. "Hello" said Ail, and the rabbit girl extends her hand to him saying "well hello, mister Ail. I am Tewi, nice to meet cha!" Ail notices she's wearing something on her hand, so he extends his hand to greet her, however nothing happened. She looks at him funny then he grins saying "missing something?" He had the joy buzzer she was wearing. Tewi smirks and says "sharp, very sharp. You friend, however, isn't... so I'm quite satisfied for today." Kyo enters the clinic looking furious and full of bandages all over his face. "Don't let this demons fool you. She's the spawn from hell itself!" Tewi puffs her cheeks saying "hey, come one now, I'm not THAT bad. I DID get you out of all those traps, didn't I?" Kyo fires up and shouts loudly "well how did I fall into those traps in the FIRST PLACE!!?" Eirin bangs her desk hard, calmly yet sternly she says "we have an ill patient! Please keep your voices down!" Kyo and Tewi lower their heads saying "sorry" at the same time. Ail couldn't take it and had to laugh hard. So hard in fact, that he forgot he had the joy-buzzer and buzzed himself in the process.
"Seems you are much better now... amazing recovery" said Eirin, sounding quite impressed. Alright, I'll just change your bandages and you can go, alright? Ail smiles and nods. Kyo gets close to Ail and says "hey dude, since when did you get so fit?" Ail looked confused. Eirin took off his bandages and he looked at himself. Kyo was right, he was quite fit now. "My, the wounds... they're almost fully healed!" exclaimed Eirin as she replaced the bandages. As Kyo and Ail headed out the door, Eirin instructed Ail "don't forget that even if those wounds are healed, you still need to drink one of these every day for three days, to recover the lost blood, alright?" Ail nods and heads outside. Once outside he notices a girl with long black hair, dark brown eyes, a pink shirt with many white bows, and a long dark red skirt arguing with Mokou. Kyo whispers "that's Kaguya Houraisan. Careful with her... she may seem sweet, but she's pretty dangerous and quite powerful to boot." Ail simply nods. As they head to the gate, Kaguya and Mokou stop arguing. Ail, you're alright now. Come, Reimu asked me to escort you two to the village" said Mokou. Kaguya looks at Ail. Ail bows saying "hello, miss. I am Ail. Pleased to meet you." then continues onward, following Mokou. Kaguya was surprised. He ignored her. Angrily she screams "Where are your MANNERS!!!" Ail turns around and Kaguya continues "I am Kaguya Houraisan, and I am the princess of Entei. You better show proper respect to me, or you'll be sorry!" Ail places his left hand on his belly and bows, then waves at her with a smile as he gets up, then turns around again to follow Mokou. Again, Kaguya felt surprised saying "w-well, go on, you can go because I allow it! Besides, it's not like someone like YOU can fulfill my impossible requests!! Are you listening!?" Ail gets close to Mokou and whispers "calm down, just ignore her. It's the best thing to do whit people like her." Mokou sighs and continues onward. After arriving to town, Ail was greeted by so many, both human and youkai. Kyo felt a bit left out, however Ail urged him to come and presented the town to Kyo. Back at the shrine, Reimu, Marisa and another guest were just sitting by the porch. Reimu welcomes them both back with a smile (which surprised them a LOT), Marisa bluntly tells them they are late and then presents the guest. She had short blond hair and light-green eyes. She wore a light blue dress with pink ribbons, black boots and adorned her head with a pink headband.
"This is Alice. Alice Margatroid." said Marisa. Alice, these are the weirdos I told you about, ze." Ail and Kyo looked at each other in disbelief, then bowed their heads at Alice as Marisa continued "and this is her doll, Shanghai" The little doll wore a dark purple dress with matching shoes, a red bow on her long blond hair and blue eyes. Ail looks at the doll and says "if you hadn't said this was a doll, I would have though she was a living being" Alice's eyes shine and says "finally someone with real eyes for talent! Thank you for that." She smiles at Ail, making him blush a little, Kyo patting his back. "Wow" said Reimu. Remilia really did some damage, huh?" Marisa stares at the three tears on Ail's shirt saying "whoa" and pulling it off, making Alice blush and cover her face with a black book she was holding. She then starts passing her fingers through the tears saying "Remi sure was out to get you, zei~! You are quite lucky to be alive, daze!" Ail, blushing a little asks "can I have my shirt back, please?" but Marisa then threw the shirt to Alice saying "don't worry! Alice will fix that in a second!" "Now WAIT just a second" protests Alice. "What makes you think I'm going to bother fixing this?" "Because you're the best." replied Marisa, giving Alice the thumbs up. Without realizing, Alice had already taken out her sewing set and started patching the shirt, complaining to Marisa. Within seconds, she was done and handed over the shirt to Ail who was impressed. The shirt looked as if it were new. "This... is incredible! It looks just like new." Ail quickly realizes he's still shirtless and quickly puts on his shirt, blushing. Alice gets in a boastful mood saying "well, that's what you get from the best!" Marisa wraps her arm around Alice saying "isn't she a blast?" After that, they had dinner, talking about the experience with Remilia with the others. Reimu though it would be best if both would train up to learn to use their abilities.
And for three days, right after their chores were done, Ail and Kyo would train hard. They were already jumping so high, they only needed wings to stay afloat. Kyo's speed was nowhere near Ail's, however, he was able to summon light around his arms he could use for both defense and attack. Ail could float for a few seconds, however he would fall down hard afterward, and was learning how to use those balls of light Reimu called danmaku, more effectively. On the fourth day, after finishing with the shrine's chores, both were headed to town, however they met a most unusual woman, floating by the gate inside a portal, very similar to the one that got them into Gensokyo in the first place. She had long blond hair, purple eyes and wore a pink poofy hat adorned with a red ribbon, a deep purple dress, red bows tied her hair in four different sections, and was carrying with her a pink parasol. "So you are the humans that got here by accident? Impressive. You're still alive." Kyo clenches his fists, glaring at the woman. Ail stops Kyo, steps forward and introduces himself placing his right hand on his chest and bowing his head at her. "My name is Ail, and this is Kyo, my friend. Are you, by any chance, Yukari Yakumo?" Yukari opens up a fan, covering her mouth. "Fu, fu~! What a gentleman. Not many of those left. Yes, I am Yukari Yakumo. I came to see what's all the commotion around here lately. I wasn't expecting to see you alive." Kyo couldn't hold his tongue anymore and started to shout "YOU are the one that landed us here, right!? Can you get us back home!?" "Yes" responded Yukari. After a bit Kyo again shouts "well? Aren't you taking us home?" "No" responded Yukari. Kyo's face twists in anger as he grins at Yukari, unleashing his energy around his arms and walking slowly toward her saying "you bitch! If you won't take me back home peacefully, then I guess I'll have to BEAT you to HELL!" Yukari's gaze changes from playful to dangerous. "My, what an INSOLENT brat. And such a dirty mouth to boot." Ail tries to hold Kyo back, but Yukari had plans for them now and while looking at Ail she says "you know, you should really pick better friends. His insolence will cost you both." She opens up a gap right under their feet, making them fall in with no hope for escaping or dodging. Right after closing the gap, she says to herself "some time with my friend and her gardener ought to be a fun little experience for them." From behind, Reimu used her gohei on Yukari's head shouting "where did you send them to THIS time!!?"
Ail and Kyo get up rubbing their heads. "Are you alright?" asked Ail. Kyo, slightly annoyed replies "I'm fine, I'm fine! Where are we now? This place looks like it could be a graveyard." Ail looks around turning a bit pale and says "I think you may be right about that." From the far mists, a small girl with short silver hair, dark blue eyes, carrying a large sword with a flower attached to the sheath and a short sword, wearing a dark green and white dress with ghost insignias along the edges of her dress and on the breast pocket appears with the large sword unsheathed, and looking at the boys menacingly while a formless spirit the same size as her floated around her. She was followed shortly after by a much taller woman with with short pink hair, maroon eyes, wearing a light blue puffy hat with a red ghost insignia, and a light blue kimono with a dark blue trim. She looked at them with curiosity in her eyes. The little girl speaks. "Who are you!? Where did you come from!?" Before Kyo would say anything, Ail covered his mouth and stepped forward. "My name is Ail, and this is Kyo. We were thrown here by means of a portal. We mean no ill!" The short girl then gets closer, still holding her unsheathed sword tightly in her hand. She looks at Ail, as if inspecting him. She then heads to Kyo and does the same. She then sheathes her sword again and says "my name is Youmu Konpaku, and this is princess Yuyuko Saigyouji." Ail relaxes a little saying "it is nice to meet you. May I ask where are we?" Kyo was looking a little on edge, and wouldn't say a thing. Youmu continued "you are at Hakugyokurou, the shrine of ghosts in The Netherworld. How exactly did you get here?" They headed to the ghostly shrine while explaining how Yukari sent them there. After arriving, Yuyuko whimsically tells Youmu "Youmu, you should offer our guests some tea." Youmu, looking a bit annoyed, bowed her head saying "sure... I'll be back in a moment." Yuyuko floats the table and sits, inviting the two humans to join in. Ail was going to talk, but Yuyuko shushed him. She gave them a good look, then tuned to Ail saying "young man, you must realize you are here for a reason." Ail quietly nods. When Youmu returns, Kyo stands up asking her "Youmu, was it? Are you strong?" Youmu's face filled with some annoyance replying "Kyo, is it? Yes, I am quite strong. What about it?" Kyo unleashes the energy around his arms. Yuyuko tells Youmu "Youmu, you and this young man shall have a sparring match!" Ail was about to stop Kyo, but Yuyuko grabs his shoulder and offers him one of the cups of tea saying "please, sit with me and just watch, alright?" Ail nodded. He understood her, sitting down and watched as Youmu and Kyo sized each other up, ready to begin their match.
To be continued...
Characters and scenario belong to ZUN
Ail and Kyo were created by Willie G.R.
JUN 17 2009
written by
Willie G.R
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