Another Misplaced Sukima P-7

At Gensokyo, Reimu is told about a particular spell card found by Cirno and Rinnosuke at Ail's house. She was not happy about it, and now wants to get Ail by the neck. Orin is now helping build Nitori's machine, after learning what had happened to Ail and Maribel, speeding up the process of construction. Luna had a fight with Medicine, the poisonous youkai doll, and cut Su-san badly, and now Luna, feeling sorry for Medicine and Su-san, is going to help them get to the doll-maker. Yuki and Marisa are headed to one of Gensokyo's sights, followed closely by Keine and Alice, and Yorihime seems to be losing herself in Gensokyo, however, an unexpected visit from Eirin might change all that. At Makai, Ail helped Shinki and Yumeko revive a forest, beginning the recovery of Makai at last.

At Gensokyo, the Garden of the Sun, Marisa and Yuki arrive, Yuki 'ooh-ing' and 'aah-ing' at the many flowers there. "Wow, this is amazing. I've never seen so many flowers in one place!" exclaims Yuki as she gets in to one of the many flowerbeds. She was completely awestruck when she saw a gigantic blue flower blooming in the middle of that flowerbed. Although it was unknown to her, she was looking at the very first flower Ail revived for Yuka. She watches it with amazement and wonder if she could rest on top of one of the petals. Just as she was going to try and sit on it, Marisa calls her. "Oy~! Yuki, come over here for a second, ze!" Yuki runs to where Marisa was, stepping on some smaller flowers, shouting "co~~ming~!" Behind her, Yuka watches with a smile on her face that suggested great danger. For the time being, she only watched as the two blond black and whites had their fun.

Moments later, Keine and Alice arrive. "Marisa~, Yuki~! Where are you?" shouts Keine. From farther ahead Marisa shouts back "over here, you two! Daze~!" Alice and Keine look at each other with worry, but walk toward Marisa's voice. They could hear Yuki asking "Marisa, why do you say 'daze' and 'ze' so much?" Marisa stays quiet for a moment then replies "you forget, I also say 'zei', zei~!" "Oh, I see" replies Yuki, forgetting the question she just asked. Alice calmly says "well, at least they haven't caused any tro-" Keine sniffs around, then Alice looks up at the sky, watching smoke rise up toward the clouds. "Fire!?" exclaim Keine and Alice at the same time, both with their faces at pale as ghosts. They rush to the scene and spot Marisa and Yuki, piling up many sunflowers, burning them and roasting the seeds. When they arrive, Marisa and Yuki both wave at them casually, and greeting them. "There you are. You're just in time. We've roasted some sunflower seeds. Come and get some, ze!" says Marisa, ignoring the faces of terror so evident on Alice and Keine. Yuki adds "my, it's been so long since I had roasted sunflower seeds. So delicious!" Marisa stares at the terrorized girls and asks "what's with you two? Is there something in my face, da~ze?" Alice gets furious and shouts "you two IDIOTS! Put that fire out before-!" From behind Keine and Alice, smiling a very dangerous blood-thirsty smile, Yuka asks "before what?" Both Alice and Keine freeze with fear, and trembling, they turn their heads around and see Yuka, standing right behind them, smiling and gripping her umbrella tightly, squeezing and twisting her hands around it. "Y-Y-Y-Yuka!" exclaims Alice as she quickly back away along with Keine. Keine says "w-w-wonderful weather... d-don't you agree?" Yuka stops smiling and looks casually at the two of them and says "well, aren't you two the nervous little troublemakers~!" Alice and Keine look at each other, then back at Yuka. Keine asks in a demanding tone "troublemakers!? What do you mean 'troublemakers'!? We're not the ones burning your beautiful flowers!" Yuka slightly opens her eyes and says "now, now. When the children misbehave, it's the parents or guardians who have to answer for them. Don't worry, the punishment will be swift." Alice shouts back "HEY! That's not fair! THEY'RE the ones with the fire!!!" Yuka points her umbrella at them and says "didn't you hear me before? Take responsibility for these children, you neglectful mother!"

A loud explosion rattles the Flower field, followed by Alice and Keine, shooting back and flying away, chased by Yuka Kazami, who kept shooting large beams of light at them. Marisa and Yuki watch the fireworks as they continue to enjoy their roasted sunflower seeds under the late afternoon sun. "What's with all that ruckus?" asks Yuki. Marisa shrugs as she stuffs her mouth with some more seeds and says "I 'unno. Lookhs prethy, dough." From behind her, a mischievous voice says "fu, fu, fu~! Ladies should swallow their food before talking." It was Yukari, who grabs a handful of roasted sunflower seeds after surprising Marisa and Yuki. Yuki stares at the gap youkai for some time, feeling as if she knew her. Yukari keeps watching the fight as she says "Yuki, my dear, you've grown quite a bit since I last saw you." Marisa was puzzled "Yukari knows Yuki? But how?" she thought to herself. After thinking for a bit, Marisa asks "ok, tell me... How do you know Yuki, Yukari?" Just then, Yuki snaps out of though, snaps her finger and excitedly says "of course! Yukari! Yukari, it's been so long! Why did you stop visiting?" Yukari opens her fan to cover her mouth as she watches the fight continue under the darkening sky and says "the gate to Makai was sealed, remember?" Yuki thinks for a moment, which for some reason, reminded Marisa of Cirno, then says "oh yeah... I forgot about that." Yukari giggles and says "I'm quite glad to see you again, Yuki. How's everything?" Yuki swallows a seed whole and says "it's a mess in there, but home is home." Yukari strikes Yuki on the head with her fan and says "chew your food, dear!" Yuki giggles, then Marisa shushes them both, saying "quiet, the fight's about to end." They watch as the doll-maker and the teacher face Yuka, preparing their best attacks, but Yuka shoots them with a double spark, crossing the beams and causing a massive explosion in the air that lights up the early night skies. All three blonds watch the scene with amazement and all three say "oooh~~~!" as the two girls fall down to the unforgiving ground. Yuka comes down to where the three blonds were and says "you children are still in big trouble." Marisa pulls her hand out of her pocket and says "hey, we're on your side, see? We saved these so you can regrow them, zei!" Marisa hands Yuka a handful of sunflower seeds, which she accepts and after patting Marisa on the head and saying "you're good girls after all" heads to where the other sunflowers were and starts to plant them and regrow them all." Yukari looks a bit surprised and says "my, what a smart little burglar you are." Yuki laughs as Marisa says "hey~, I'm NOT a burglar!"

Night at the Hakurei Shrine. Everyone but Kyo was already asleep or lying on their backs, moaning with muscle pain. Reimu, looking very tired, walks to Kyo on the shrine's porch and says "if you're that worried, go look for her." Kyo chuckles and says "you don't know her like I do. If I go look for her now, while she's still mad, it's only going to get worse for me. I'll just wait for her to come back." Reimu shrugs and says "well, whatever. Oh, I hope you already had a talk with her. She seems to be getting on everyone's bad side... including mine. That's dangerous here." Kyo turns his head to look at Reimu through the corner of his eye and says "yeah... I'm sorry about that. But don't worry, she'll calm down. Just give her some time, please." Reimu pats Kyo on the shoulder and says "you have really changed, haven't you?" Kyo looks at the ground and says "oh really? I AM a lot cooler than the last time I saw you." Reimu sweats a little and says "right... cooler... I'll go to sleep now. Tomorrow's going to be a busy day. Oh, you're welcome to come inside if you want." Kyo lightly shakes his head and says "after she comes back, if it's alright." Reimu nods, then yawns and stretches as she heads inside, saying "good night, then." After the lights went off inside the shrine, Kyo heads to the trees, admiring the orange leaves of autumn and says "maybe this was a bad idea after all." then walks toward the large red gate in front of the shrine.

At the Forest of Magic, in front of Alice's house, Medicine and Luna arrive to find Alice was not there. "You idiot! If we hadn't gone through the town, we would have been here earlier, and Alice would be home!" shouted Medicine angrily at Luna. Luna grows softly and says "well, who was it that when we arrived at town tired TO TAKE AWAY THAT LITTLE GIRL'S DOLL in the FIRST PLACE!?" Luna and Medicine bang their faces, angrily staring at each other as Medicine replies "I MUST free the dolls from the humans, before they abandon them and leave them to rot with the rest of the garbage!" Luna backs away, he heart feeling sorrow once more. She growls and says "fine, fine... Just be more careful next time. Look, that doll-maker is not here, so there's no point in staying." Medicine looks at Su-san, admiring the cut on her face and half of her torso. She sobs "then what about Su-san?" Luna thinks for a moment then says "Look, there are many people in the shrine I'm staying. Why don't we go there for now? Maybe that doll-maker is there too. Ugh! I can't believe I'm saying this. I hate those people!" Medicine perks up and asks "you hate humans too?" Luna tries to look away, but she forces to angrily stare at Medicine and shout "well WHY NOT!? Humans! They're nothing but a pestilence!" Medicine think "a human that hates humans?" Luna lightly shakes her head and says "look, let's get going, alright?" Medicine was still in awe as she nods and start walking alongside Luna. She continues to stare at Luna as they walk back and wonders about her. For a moment, she thinks they could be friends, but she violently shakes her head and thinks "no, no, no! This woman is an enemy! She's just trying to trick me. I'll have to keep my guard up!"

At midnight, Luna and Medicine arrive at the shrine, but as expected, everyone was sound asleep. Luna opens the doors slightly and peeks inside. Medicine whispers "I don't see the doll-maker in there." Luna quietly closes the doors and whispers "then let's sleep and wait until everyone wakes up. It should be easier to find that doll-maker during day anyway." Medicine nods and follows Luna to the gates, where they spot Kyo, sleeping behind the left column of the large red gate. Luna stares at him as Medicine whispers "who's that?" Luna almost lets out a smile, but forces herself to remain casual and whispers back "a friend of mine." Luna grabs Medicine by her waist, startling her, but she shushes her as she sits beside Kyo, sitting Medicine on her lap, and whispers "let's sleep here for tonight." Medicine felt very uncomfortable at first, but quickly felt tired, and fell rapidly asleep on Luna's lap.

At Entei, there was one light still on in the living room of the mansion. Sitting around the table were Eirin and Reisen by one side, and Yorihime and Mystia by the other. Mystia had fallen asleep, leaning against Yorihime, as she, Reisen and Eirin talked. "Again... I'm sorry I acted like that. I know you better than this, an do know you'll keep your word." said Eirin in an apologetic tone of voice. Yorihime smiles and says "it's alright. Let's just leave all that behind us." Eirin smiles back and bows, then looks at Mystia a bit puzzled and asks "are you ok with that little one leaning on you like that?" Yorihime pats the sleeping Mystia on the head and says "yes. This little one is actually very sweet. She listened to me as I rambled on like an old woman. Although, she was a bit pushy about those lamprey, but they sure were good." Eirin and Reisen giggle, then Yorihime turns her attention ot Reisen and says "so, Udonge *giggle*, this is where you've been hiding all along." Reisen blushes, turning her sights to her knees, thinking about all those she left behind in that war. Yorihime sighs and says "nobody hates you, but many are still a little disappointed that you left like you did." Yorihime raises her sight to meet Eirin's who asks her "so then, will you be staying..? Until the next full moon, I mean?" Yorihime nods and says "but I better let Reimu know. She may seem uncaring, but I'm sure she'd be worried if I wasn't back when I said in the letter I left her." Eirin smiles and says "already taken care of. As we speak, Tewi is delivering the letter to Reimu." Reisen widens her eyes and says "I hope she doesn't cause any trouble..." Eirin smiles a chilling smile and says "if you're so worried, go with her and make sure she delivers it safely." Reisen flinches, but as soon as she recovers, she gets up, bows to Eirin, then Yorihime, saying "please excuse me" then rushes off to find Tewi. "You're still as strict as ever" says Yorihime jokingly. Eirin smiles back at Yorihime, making her feel a cold chill as she said "you could say I'm a bit more strict than I was back then." Yorihime starts shivering, her face turns pale and tries to back away. Eirin looks at her concerned and says "oh my, I was only joking."

Reisen spots Tewi entering the village and thinks "I knew it! She's gonna spend all night setting up traps for everyone." She rushes inside the village and falls inside a pitfall Tewi had set right at the entrance. Reisen looks up the round hole and says "I can't believe I keep falling for these!" then Tewi looks down and mockingly says "Hey Reisen, I set up 9 more traps, and you just sprung trap number 10. Congratulations. Think you can find the rest and get to me before I deliver this?" Reisen shouts back "Tewi, when I get my hands on you-!" but from the houses some villagers shout "hey, keep it down!" "we're trying to sleep!" "what a loud youkai!" "has someone seen my pillow?" Tewi smirks and waves at Reisen, then says "best keep your voice down, you loud youkai rabbit. See ya'" and then leaves the village in a hurry. Reisen gets out of the hole as quickly as she could and runs toward the same direction as Tewi, but is quickly tied by her ankle and hung upside-down by the school's roof. She yelps, but quickly covers her mouth, then tries to keep her skirt up and figure a way out of that trap. She manages to untie the rope, but forgets to fly and falls face-first to the ground, falling in yet another pitfall, this one filled with mud at the bottom, covering Reisen in mud. She growls and flies up the hole, landing a few feet away from the school. Reisen was furious, but she breathes and exhales, then calms down and start walking toward the shrine, however she trips on a thin wire that was tied to a bucket, carefully placed on one of the roofs. It falls on Reisen's head, covering her in white feathers. Reisen growls again and quietly says "feathers? Of all the-" suddenly she started feeling itchy all over, then realizes the feathers were covered with fleas. Reisen shouts "FLEA~~S! GET THEM OFF! AAH~!!" As she ran around in circles, she trips and falls on her face again, triggering a bomb that blows up all the feathers, fleas and mud, waking up the villagers, who furiously glare at Reisen as she gets up rubbing her head. She notices the angry villagers and whimpers, but quickly starts running away. The villagers angrily shout as they chase her, but to Reisen's luck, she was almost outside the village when suddenly she notices five mounds of dirt. She jumps over them and happily laughs as she heads to the Hakurei Shrine. The villagers weren't as lucky and triggered 5 paint bombs, covering themselves in a variety of colors, then a large spring sends them all back, one of them crashing against a seemingly invisible wall that releases itching powder. As the villagers frantically scratch, they trip a thin wire that opens up a large barrel that floods the town with water, sending the villagers down a shallow hole that fills up with the water, then suddenly breaks down, sending them down a deeper hole with ladders on the sides. When the ride was over, the younger villagers cheer and shout "let's do that again!" while the adults and elders moan and groan. As for the final trap, one of the villagers that avoided the flood spots a large red button on the floor that said "Do Not Push" and so, he pushes it, igniting a rope that sends countless danmaku bullets toward the sky like fireworks upon reaching it's destination.

Tewi had already left the letter next to the sleeping Reimu and was heading back when she notices Kyo, Luna and Medicine sleeping with heir backs against the large column of the gate. She snickers as she gets a bowl and fills it with water. She grabs Kyo's arm and tries to place it inside the water bowl, however Kyo had woken up and grabs Tewi, who tried to escape. "What the hell is your problem, little rabbit!?" asks Kyo in a groggy voice. Tewi whimpers "I'm sorry." but Kyo looks back at her, looking quite angry and says "sorry!? You got some nerve-" Luna starts to moan. then Kyo realizes she was sleeping next to where he was before. He quickly tip-toes away, holding Tewi by her ears and says "phew, that was close! If she had woken up, we'd both be in trouble." Kyo sets Tewi gently on the ground, letting go of her ears and saying "you got lucky, but next time I won't be so forgiving." Just then, Reisen reaches the shrine, enraged and shouting Tewi's name. Her clothes were in tatters, her skin singed, and her eyes filled with blind rage. She spots Tewi and shouts "you little pain, I'm going to make you PAY!" Kyo tries to signal Reisen to keep quiet, while Tewi gets behind him, hoping Reisen would keep away. "And YOU!" shouts Reisen. "What are you doing here? Just hand her over and I'll go!" Kyo turns pale and Tewi gets in a state of shock. Reisen looks at both, then puzzled, she asks "what..? What is it?" Luna and Medicine had woken up, and both looked dangerously angry. Luna grabs Reisen by her ears and beats her up like a carpet, then tosses her to the shrine's hot springs. Kyo and Tewi tried to get away, but Medicine had already poisoned both, making them confused and disoriented. Luna took this chance, pulled a figure four leg-lock on Kyo, then releases him, grabs him by the legs, then tosses him toward the hot spring. She grabs Tewi by her ears and twirls her around like a helicopter blade, then bangs her against the floor countless times, then tosses her to the hot spring as well. After that, both Luna and Medicine sit by the column again and quickly fall asleep.

It was finally morning, and Reimu was eating some rice cookies and drinking some tea as she read Eirin's letter. She finishes reading and casually places it in one of her pockets and says "so she's staying with the aliens... good for her." Renko and Nitori both come from the hot spring, looking a bit pale. Reimu looks at them curiously, then Nitori says "there's something nasty floating in the springs..." Reimu immediately heads to the hot springs and sees Reisen, Kyo and Tewi floating in the water, their eyes spinning as they smile, their faces bruised and their clothes in tatters. "Eww" says Reimu. "They look just like sh-" "exactly my thoughts" interrupted Renko, then adds "should we get them out of there?" Reimu sighs and says "what a pain... fine, help me here." Mima had just woken up and heads directly to the front of the shrine. She spots Luna, sleeping against the column along with Medicine on her lap. Then she looks to her left, and next to the Moriya Shrine's expansion, still in a daze were Reisen, Tewi and Kyo, all sitting with their backs against each other. Mima frowns and says "things like these never happened in MY times." and heads back into the shrine. Luna and Medicine both wake up and stretch the same way, at the same time. Luna looks at Medicine, and Medicine looks back at her. Both almost smile, but they suddenly realize what was going on and quickly turn their sighs away from each other. "Hmph! For your sake, I hope that doll-maker is here!" angrily says Medicine. Luna growls softly and says "watch that attitude, you little twerp!" Medicine spring up from Luna's lap shouting "twerp!? How dare you!? Su-san, get-!" Remembering why she was there for in the first place, Medicine gets depressed quickly. Again, Luna felt a tug in her heart. She growls and thinks "again! For this TWERP! I must be getting soft!" Luna suddenly realizes Kyo wasn't next to her then says "hey, where's Kyo?" She looks to her right and sees him full of bruises, sitting with his back against two girls with rabbit ears. She stares at them for a moment then shrugs and says "that man can be so strange sometimes."

After a while, Reimu comes with some tea and breakfast for everyone outside. Luna and Medicine gruffly say "eh... thanks", while Reisen politely bows and thanks Reimu, Tewi quietly accepts the small meal, and Kyo only takes some tea. "Remember, we're going into Makai at mid-day. Don't be late." says Reimu as she heads to the back of the shrine, but she is soon stopped by Keine and Alice. Both looked enraged, breathing heavily, each one holding a bruised and beaten black and white witch. They throw them on the ground in front of Reimu and grumble "they... are... YOUR pain now!" Reimu calmly says "relax you two... take a dip in the hot springs and let me take care of these two." Alice and Keine both get incredibly surprised. Keine asks "i-is that you, Reimu?" Reimu casually looks back at them and says "you can take them with you if you like." Alice places her hand on Keine's mouth and nervously says "n-n-no, it's ok. We'll just head to the springs now, thanks." and after saying that she drags Keine along. Medicine spots Alice and immediately takes the damaged Su-san and follows her, Luna following the little youkai doll. Reimu taps Marisa, then Yuki on the head with her gohei saying "wake up. It's almost time to head into Makai!" Both struggle to get up, still smiling, Yuki saying "last night was awesome!" then Marisa adds "yeah. I still wonder why those two were so mad at us." Reimu continues on her way and shouts "hurry up, or get left behind." Both witches look at each other and smile widely, then run toward Reimu, reaching her quickly, clinging on her arms, followed by Orin, who pushes them on to her wheelbarrow and gives them a ride to the mountains.

Kyo asks "Luna, aren't you coming with me to get Ail?" Luna shakes her head lightly and says "I-... I owe something to this little one." Kyo looks at her suspiciously, then grabs her hand and says "ok then. We'll be back at noon." Luna nods then Kyo leaves, feeling a little bitter as she pulls her hand away from his. Just as he was about to reach the small woods behind the shrine, Agava, followed by Rumia, jumps on Kyo's shoulder and says "hey Kyo, buddy. Where are you going?" Luna watches as he leaves, and again, feels a small tug in her heart, however she suppresses it quickly and says "Not yet, Kat-... Luna..." then heads to the hot springs, noticing the two rabbit girls were now gone, however, even though she didn't want to admit it, she was more worried about Medicine and Su-san. She enters the spring and looks around, spotting Keine, happily soaking herself inside the hot spring, and a little farther to the left was Alice, who was trying to enjoy her soak, but Medicine, who was standing just out of the water next to Alice, kept begging her to fix Su-san. Luna though about entering the hot waters too, but got distracted by many figures flying in the sky, all headed to where Reimu and Kyo were headed earlier. Sanae, Sakuya, Suika, and Yorihime, accompanied by Eirin. Of course, Luna didn't know who was, so she didn't pay much mind to her, until she gets a better look at Eirin, placing attention to her chest. Luna growls and says "that woman better stay away from Kyo, or I'll kill her."

Morning at Makai. Everyone except Luize and Ail were already at the dinner table, enjoying a bit of breakfast. Yumeko had to plug her nose with some paper towels to stop the bleeding because Maribel kept saying "anyan~" every time she finished a sentence, making her nose bleed all the time. Other than that, it was a quiet morning, that is, until Ail wakes up. "EUREKA~! THAT'S IT!" Ail's shout of success startle everyone at the table. Shinki was about to go see what was happening, but Ail arrives there, running and laughing. "Mister Ail, what the matter?" asks Maribel as she gets up. Ail continues to laugh, grabbing Maribel by her arms and spinning around in place with her. Maribel starts to laugh too and cheer along with Ail until Yumeko grabs a metal plate, casually walks behind Ail, and grabs a metal spoon, banging the metal plate like a gong right behind Ail. Maribel's tail puffs and crisps from the shock, and Ail jumps so high, he reaches the ceiling and clings on to it, shivering as he looked down. Yumeko, still looking very casual, asks "could you please calm down and tell us, why are you so excited?"

After Ail calmed down and ate some breakfast, he explains his early-morning excitement. "I saw it in a dream. When I opened the gap from Gnesokyo to Makai, and the one from here to Gensokyo, Maribel had shot me with her hearts. So the answer became quite simple... Maribel's energy affects my gaps, which means that, now that I know this, we can go back home! Isn't it great!?" Yumeko smiles and says "oh really? Well that's great! But... I was kinda getting used to you two by now... and-" Maribel gets up from her chair and immediately heads toward Yumeko and gives her a big hug and says "I know! I'll miss all of you too, myu~!" Yumeko had another nosebleed, but hugged her back. Mai, sounding a bit sad says "you will certainly be missed around here..." Shinki was trying hard to hide her face. She was about to start crying, but with some tears in her eyes and pain in her hear, she forces out a smile and says "how wonderful for you. You'll be leaving soon, I suppose?" Ail looked at her, at Mai, at Yumeko, then thinks for a moment and says "well, I am sure the others are quite worried about us too, and I'm sure the sooner we get home, the better, but please, you all look like we're saying 'goodbye'. Just think of this as a short fare well. Now that I know about this, Maribel and I are sure to come back and visit too." Shinki giggles, feeling great relief and says "you're right. But suddenly saying you are leaving... that got us a bit off guard." Mai and Yumeko nod at Ail, who feels a bit embarrassed, placing his left arm behind his head says "oh my, I'm sorry... that's true, heheh. I didn't mean it like that... sorry." Maribel smiles and says "my, mister Ail, you're blushing." The girls all giggle as Ail looks down, smiling and feeling even more embarrassed.

At Gensokyo, Kyo was thinking whether to turn around and go back for Luna, or continue on his little quest to go get Ail back form Makai. He stops mid-way and thinks. Agava, who was still on his shoulder, edges him to move on. "Come on! Kyo, what's the matter, let's go!" urges Agava. She gets off his shoulder and starts to push him. Kyo gets mad and shouts "stop that!" Agava backs away and says "whoa! I was only trying to help, geez." Rumia stops smiling and quietly hides behind a tree. Kyo turns around and looks at Agava, then asks "wait a second... what the deal here? Why do you want to help Ail. You hate him, don't you!?" Agava, absent-minded, says "well of course I hate him. I just want you to get me close to Reimu, so I can kill her." Agava thinks for a second and says "crap, that was WAY too honest!" Kyo powers himself up saying "so, THAT'S why you were so interested in me. I knew someone as evil as you could never change!" Agava snickers as the power amplifier around her neck glows bright red. "So the cat's out of the bag." says Agava. She snickers again and says "how about a duel? If I win, you have to take me to Reimu and help me defeat her." Kyo looks at her seriously and asks "and what if I win?" Agava ponders for a moment then says "if you win, you can have the power amplifier on my waist." Kyo smiles and says "you're on." then activates the red energy around his arms, shaping both into swords and says "and I think I'm overdoing it by using these." Agava laughs and says "you'll be surprised, mister. Now get ready to lose!"

Agava starts running around, bouncing from tree to tree at great speeds. Kyo gets a bit confused at first, but he calms down and closes his eyes. Agava lunges at him, aiming at his face with her tiny claws, but Kyo responds in time, blocking her and sending her back crashing against a tree. She scowls as she gets up and draws out her only spell card and says "this is FAR from over! Shadow Morph!" Her spell card activate and she turns into a small snake-like figure. She slithers around Kyo, releasing large black energy balls, however, Kyo cuts all to pieces, long before she launches them at him. She hisses and lunges at him, wrapping herself around his left arm. Kyo, looking bored, says "you realize... I already won, right?" He energizes his left hand, burning Agava as he did, then he grabs her tail with his right hand, energizes it, then slams her to the ground, defeating her quickly. She turns back to the little girl, lying on the ground with her eyes spinning. Kyo grabs her belt saying "I believe this belongs to me now." As soon as he removes the belt from her, it increases in size to fit him. He puts it around his waist and says "I make this thing look good, don't I?" Agava laughs and says "I don't care. That amplifier stopped working since-" As soon as Kyo puts the belt on, it starts glowing bright red, increasing the size of the energy around his arms. He smiles at Agava, who was so surprised, she fell back down on the floor as soon as she got up. "but... but..." Agava tried to say something, but Kyo simply waves at her and says "thanks for the gift. I'll be seeing you around." and continues his way to the mountains, having finally decided to go and help his friend.

It was almost mid-day at Makai. Ail and Maribel were getting ready to leave back home. Shinki was a bit sad, knowing they were about to leave, but Ail's promise of coming back and visit, kept her smiling all through the day. They had all flown to Sara's post, finding Luize, keeping Sara some company. "So, you finally figured out how to go back home?" asks Luize. Ail and Maribel smile and nod. Luize claps softly and says "marvelous. Although, I will miss you. You two really livened up this place." Maribel giggles and says "oh, but we promise to visit whenever we can, won't we mister Ail?" Ail nods and says "I would really like to be here the day Makai is fully restored. Lend a hand, if I can." He turns around to get a good look at Makai, then notices Shinki, away from the group, staring on to the horizon. He quietly approaches her as Mai started wiggling a cat's tail around, getting Maribel's attention, and making her pounce with a "anyan~" or a "mew~!" causing Yumeko, Luize to nosebleed again and Sara to blush tomato red. When Ail gets close enough to Shinki she started talking before he said anything. "That small forest you helped us revive was just the thing this place needed. Now it's true restoration can begin. I would have never though of doing something like that." Ail looks at Shinki after she stopped speaking and noticed some resentment in her eyes. He backs away a little and says "now that's not true. I only suggested the idea, after all. It was YOUR energy that did the trick, I just helped a little." Shinki's eyes turn to Ail's filled with joy, then says "thank you so much for everything... and I'm sorry about Yumeko. That child of mine is too overprotective sometimes." Ail smiles and says "that's all in the past now." He smiles and then says "you knew how to get us back home from the very beginning, I see." Shinki gasps and opens her eyes wide with surprise. She thinks of many things to say, but Ail's eyes were upon her's, and she knew he wouldn't buy into any lies. She sighs and says "yeah. I'm sorry I didn't say anything sooner, but-" "it's alright. I'm sure after mentioning Reimu's name, even I would have my suspicions about the two outsiders." Shinki giggles as Ail smiles back at her as he said that. After Ail turns around and heads toward the sealed gate he says "I would be honored if you were to see us off. I'm sure Maribel would be too." then continues walking away. Shinki looks at the forest they had revived the day before for a moment, then thinks "humans, gods and demons acting like equals... That's something we don't see every day. These two sure are special." and then walks toward the sealed gate to see Ail and Maribel off.

Mid-day at Gensokyo. Nitori's machine looked like a giant blue spider with an antenna on the top, and to it's left were the controls to it. Nitori was turning on the machine just as Reimu arrives with Iku, Orin standing next to her, watching how the machine worked with great curiosity. Sakuya, Eirin, Yorihime and Sanae were having idle conversation as they watched Iku position herself right under the machine. Renko was so anxious, she was pacing behind Nitori, so Kyo grabs her shoulder and smiles. Renko smiles back, calming down a bit, but could still feel her heart beating quite fast. Yukari arrives just as Iku prepares to power up the machine. "I'm ready when you are" shouts Iku. Nitori puts on some dark goggles, and looking very serious, the flips her thumb up and pushes a button with her left hand. Iku spins in place, then suddenly stops, pointing upward with her finger, while holding her waist with her other arm, then suddenly, lightning strikes the antenna at the top of the machine. It started glowing gold after a little while and started to do an annoying whirring sound as it powered up. Nitori flips her thumb up again, signaling Iku to stop. Iku immediately gets out from under the machine and admires what she just did. Reimu shouts so Yukari could hear her over the machine's noise. "Yukari, now it's your turn." Yukari shouts back "Reimu, are you sure this is safe?" Reimu sighs and says "look, if you worry too much now, things will certainly go wrong. Don't worry, everything will be fine!" At the same time at Makai, Ail and Maribel position themselves in front of the mountains, where the gate to Gensokyo once was. They look back to their new friends and wave, all of them waving back, Yumeko looking saddest of all. Ail smiles and shouts "we promise, we will come and visit. Yumeko starts to sniffle and says "I'll miss you... you cute little kitty girl!" Ail laughs then Yumeko adds with another sniffle "you too, Anilan!" Ail and Maribel both turn to face the mountain, then Ail quietly says "let's do it. Maribel, I want you to power up, but don't shoot anything. Just hold my arm after you're done and think of Gensokyo and our friends." Maribel nods and says "wait till' Renko sees me *giggle*" Ail rolls his eyes and waits for Maribel, as she powers up.

At Gensokyo, Yukari had positioned herself right under the machine and was receiving so much power, she though she'd go mad with it, however, she managed to keep herself sane as soon as Ran and Chen arrived to watch. After some time Yukari shouts "all aboard to Makai, first and ONLY call!" Reimu smiles and stands in front of the mountain. Next to her were Kyo and Sakuya to the left, Sanae and Renko to the right, and behind were Marisa and Yuki. Yukari screams as she opens up the largest gap she's ever opened in her life. It was as tall and wide as the mountain itself. Nitori tweaks the machine, giving Yukari some relief from the surge of power. "GET INSIDE!!! NOW!!!" shouts Nitori, and so they did. Suddenly Yukari shouts "WAIT, NO! There's interference!!!" but it was too late and they were already in. At Makai, at the very same time Yukari opened the gate, Ail and Maribel open up the other exit. They turn around once more and smile as they wave at their friends, then as soon as they get inside, the gate starts to send out large blue sparks. Shinki looks on surprised, as Yumeko and Luize despair and run toward the gate, but Sara stops them just in time, as the small gate Ail had opened grows in size, then from inside they could hear Ail's echoing scream "not aga~~in!!!" Shinki sighs and says "oh dear."

Inside the tunnel, stars surrounded them, moving at high speeds along with Ail and Maribel. Ail realizes something was wrong and shouts, then they come across the party form Gensokyo. "REI~~MU~~~!" shouts Ail as she passes by them. She shouts back "Wait! I wanna kill you~!!!" Soon after followed Yuki and Marisa, who shout "HI! BYE!" as they pass. After them, Sakuya, who was holding Kyo, pass by too quickly, Ail unable to understand what Kyo just said. He thinks "Kyo? What is he DOING HERE???" Then was Sanae who was holding Renko. Maribel gets overexcited and extends her arms shouting "RENKO~~!" Renko despairs as well and extends her arms toward Maribel's as well, shouting "Maribel~! We found you!" Just as they passed by each other, Maribel and Renko lock arms. Sanae yelps and says "wait, that's dangerous!" Ail slows down and tries to head back to them, but Sanae, Renko and Maribel were already heading his way, forming a giant human balls, spinning as they went through. Ail watches as the human ball heads his way and says "figures..." then gets entangled in it, all screaming as they head toward the exit.

At Gensokyo's end, Yukari shouts "someone stop this~!" The gate Yukari had opened was releasing golden sparks all around, striking Mima, who had taken the shock for Chen, then one of Ran's tails, which loses it's hair and sizzles. Eirin and Yorihime were already away from there by the lake. Ran and Chen manage to get away along with Orin, who was carrying Mima on her wheelbarrow, then Nitori shouts "Yukari, get out of there! It's gonna blow!!" Yukari grits her teeth and manages to open a gap right under her, escaping the machine just as it blew up. Iku was holding her hands up in the air, trying to absorb as much as she could of the sparks that were headed toward Nitori and herself, then the machine explodes with such force, the the trees surrounding the area lost all their red leaves, and Ran, Chen, Mima, Nitori, Orin and Iku, were all sent flying back to the lake just behind the Hakurei Shrine. After all settles down, Yukari opens her gap once more and stands right where she was moments before, and just stood there, staring. Soon, the others came back to check the damage. Ran and Chen run to Yukari, happily shouting "Lady Yukari, you're alright!" but both immediately stare the same direction as Yukari. Mima, who was still releasing some shocking golden sparks around her hair, Nitori, Orin and Iku all stare at the mountain, admiring the permanently open gate to Makai.

At Makai, Shinki was about to enter the gate, since it did not close, Yumeko and Mai trying their best to stop her, but they all stop arguing when they all hear faint voices form inside the gate. All three run back as quickly as they could, when suddenly, Reimu, Sakuya and Kyo, and Yuki and Marisa all come crashing out of the gate,landing on top of Mai, and Yumeko. Shinki has managed to avoid being crushed by the visitors by moving mere inches to her left. She casually watches as Reimu gets up and surprised she says "Reimu!? Is that you!?" Reimu rubs her head for a moment then opens her eyes and realizes Shinki was right in front of her. She springs up and shout "Shinki!?" As for Sanae, Renko, Maribel and Ail, nobody knows where they ended up this time, as none came out of either exit of the large gate to the land of demons known as Makai.

To be continued...
Characters and scenario belong to ZUN -Team Shanghai Alice
Ail, Kyo, Agava and Luna were created by Willie G.R

AUG 15 2009
written by
Willie G.R.