Friday, November 13, 2009

One Random Sukima 11

Marisa finally arrives at her house feeling sad and enraged, but continues to suppress her feelings, making herself feel even more depressed. She notices the melted ice leading straight to her door. She quietly stares at it for some time, then opens her eyes wide while taking a breath of air, then, her eyes turning dangerous, her face showing intent to kill, and grabbing her Hakkero from under her hat, she says to herself "a thief..." Slowly, she opens the door, and while pointing her miniature reactor inside the house, she tip-toes inside. She looks around and finds nothing missing. She thinks "everything seems to be in place." then turns to her kitchen. She notices bread, rice, half-eaten fruits, and a picture of herself when she used to wear the purple outfit. She looks around curiously, then jumps in place upon hearing a thumping sound coming from inside one of her cabinets. She walks quietly toward the cabinet, grabs the small knob, and while still pointing her Hakkero toward the small door, the furiously opens it and shouts "don't shoot, or I'll move!! Argh, dammit I screwed it up! Move, and I'll shoot!" To her surprise, she finds Yuki sleeping happily inside the cabinet, covered in small cuts and blowing one large nose bubble. Marisa continues to point her Hakkero, but when she realizes it's Yuki, she growls angrily and says "grrah! It's just that girl again!" Yuki's nose bubble explodes very violently just as she starts opening her eyes. She stretches while still inside the cabinet, looks at Marisa with her sleepy eyes, and with a groggy voice, she says "well, good morning, miss. I was waiting for you all night." Marisa smiles, but the atmosphere around her suggested something else. She hides her Hakkero again, then reaches for Yuki, pulling her out of the cabinet violently, pulls her close to her face, and asks "where is the melon I was saving for tonight?" Yuki smiles and says "ah, I ate it... sorry about that." Marisa lets go of Yuki, and almost instantly, she drops to the ground, placing her left arm on the floor, her forehead on top of it, then bangs on the floor with her other arm and cries "but I was saving that! Waaah~!" Yuki sweats and says "sorry about that. It's just that while waiting for you, this mouth came over. We talked for a bit, and then the bastard started chewing on me." Marisa raises her head and stares at Yuki with concern, then Yuki adds "after all that I woke up feeling even more hungry... so, err, I ate a few things. Hope you don't mind." Marisa grabs Yuki by her shoulders, and while shaking her, she asks "Yuki, don't you know you got bitten by the Random Sukima!? ARGH! There should be a shadow of you around here somewhere now!" Yuki tries to keep her balance after Marisa lets her go, then asks "a shadow? What do you mean?" Marisa growls and says "never mind!" Suddenly, Marisa realizes Yuki is wearing bloomers on her head. She points at her and asks "err, any reason why you're wearing underwear on your head?" Yuki grabs the underwear, stares at it for a moment, then says "so that's why I feels so uncomfortable right now." Marisa's face turns blue, while some dressing sounds come from right in front of her, and now Yuki has her hat on her head, saying "ahh, much better, don't you think?" Marisa's eyes hide under her hair, as she continues to stare at Yuki horror-struck.

Ail and Sanae continue to fly all over Gensokyo, trying to find Ail and Reimu's shadows. Sanae wraps her arm around Ail's and doesn't seem to want to let go. Ail thinks "why is she so angry... and so clingy? Did..? I think I made her mad. I better apologize!" He starts saying "Sanae, I'm-" but Reimu's voice comes from one of his pockets. Both Ail and Sanae look curiously toward the left-side middle pocket on his pants. Ail manages to open the zipper and pulls out a small violet yin-yang orb. From it, Reimu's voice is heard, asking "Ail, Sanae, can you guys hear me!?" Sanae grabs Ail's arm so tightly, it gets purple almost immediately, but Sanae doesn't seem to notice as she glares at the orb, and in a murderous tone of voice, asks "how did you get this in that pocket?" Reimu says "relax, I just slipped it in there when nobody was looking, then close the zipper." Sanae's expression changes back to normal as she smiles and says "ok then." then let's go of Ail's hand, allowing him to take a deep breath of relief. He blows on his hand as it returns to normal color and asks "why did you put this thing here!?" Reimu says "relax. I just wanted to keep in contact... oh, Ail, seems you have something in your nose." Ail blushes, then shouts "could you just get on with it!?" Reimu pauses for a moment, then says "Ail, Sanae... ugh, look, can I call you two 'Energy Gusts'? Naming both all the time might get annoying." Ail is about to answer, when Sanae answers for him "that sounds PERFECT, Reimu. Thank you!" Reimu replies "don't mention it." Ail sweats, but prefers to keep quiet. Reimu continues "Energy Gusts, I just received a quick update from Patchouli. It seems these shadows emanate light energy waves every hour or so. Ail, if you can pick up on that, you should be able to find those two." Ail closes his eyes and concentrates right after saying "right away." Sanae stares at Ail as he concentrates and keeps flying with ease. Ail opens his eyes and says "Reimu, there are at LEAST 19 of those shadows... and it seems the ones we're looking for are near by." Reimu sighs and says "I was afraid you were going to say that. Concentrate on your target, Energy Gusts. No use hunting for more than you can handle. Did I make myself clear?" Ail and Sanae salute, then Ail adds "Reimu, I did feel one abnormally powerful shadow by the Misty Lake. After we're done here, we should regroup and investigate this, alright?" Reimu keeps silent for a moment, then Aya says "Reimu needs rest, so don't count on her yet, you got that? Red Flash, signing out!" From behind Aya, Reimu asks "Red Flash?" Aya replies "that's our team name!" Reimu and Aya continue to argue, so Ail lets go of the orb, then its start spinning around him, so he has to listen through Reimu and Aya's argument. Sanae smiles and says "just ignore them." Ail sighs and says "well, seems the shadows we're looking for are hiding near the tengu's mountain." Sanae smiles, then in a cool tone of voice, she says "let's get them, Ail!"

At the underground cave, Yamame is giving instructions to all present while hanging upside-down from a web string, in order to prepare for their first large-scale underground party in years. Orin moves around as fast as she can with her wheelbarrow full of all sort of party ornaments. Orin hands Yuugi a few rolls of streamers, then rushes away. Yuugi gives Parsee a green roll, which Parsee stares at for a while, then says "why do I get the green one? Why can't I have the pink one?" Yuugi smiles and says "sure, here you go." then takes the green one away, then gives Parsee the pink one now. Parsee stares at it, then notices Yuugi also changed to a blue one. Parsee says "that's no fair! Why didn't you give me the blue one?" Yuugi continues to smile and repeats "sure, here you go" then takes the pink one back, giving Parsee the blue one. Yuugi switches the blue one for the green one again, then Parsee, sounding quite annoyed, says "you're doing that on purpose, aren't you!?" Yuugi chuckles and says "I just love messing with ya." Shortly after, everyone turns their attention toward the deeper parts of the underground after hearing Satori calling for Orin in a very desperate tone. With tears in her eyes, Satori shouts "ORIN~! Orin, it's Okuu~!" as she runs as fast as she can toward the crowd. Orin lets go of her wheelbarrow, feeling great anxiety upon seeing her master like that. Unconsciously, Orin runs toward Satori, who drops to her knees, breathing heavily, trying to recover herself. Orin starts to cry as well after she kneels in front of her master, holds her shoulders, and asks "miss Satori, what is it? Why are you crying!?" Satori recovers her breath and quickly says "Orin. Some... THING, came out of nowhere and ate Okuu. I can't find her anywhere!" Orin gasps and immediately grabs Satori and gives her a piggy-back ride, runs to Yamame and quickly says "sorry, Yamame, but we have an emergency!" Yamame nods and asks "need help?" Orin answers "with miss Satori and me, it should be more than enough." Satori, while resting on Orin's back, asks Orin "shouldn't you be thinking about Okuu?" Yamame asks "what is she thinking?" Satori answers "she's thinking of a name for our team." Yamame nods as she ponders and says "oh, that's important. Say, Orin, how about 'The All Seeing Cat'?" Orin exclaims with amazement, then says "no wait. How about 'Master and Pet's Lo-'!" Satori strikes Orin on the head, knocking her down and landing on her own feet. Yamame gets in front of her, cutting herself from her web string and says "I can't let you pass until you come up with a name for yourselves." Satori sighs then shouts "Orin, that's NOT appropriate!" Orin gets up, rubbing her head, then asks "why don't you try, miss Satori?" Satori places her elbow on her left hand, while rubbing her forehead with her right hand, then snaps her fingers and says "Master Corpse Collector" A beam of light drops on Satori, as Orin, who is wearing a white dress with angel wings kneels to her master's right, grabbing her hand and kissing the back of it, saying "oh~, miss Satori, you are so great!" Satori simply stands there without saying another word, then a lantern drops from above, missing Satori by an inch, then Kisume comes down inside her little bucket, smiling nervously and saying "sorry, it slipped."

At Alice's house, Mai and Yumeko explain an odd situation at Makai. Yumeko takes a sip of tea made by Shanghai, then says "wow, this is really good." Shanghai floats in the air and bows her tiny head, saying "thank you very much" Yumeko then turns to Shinki and says "lady Shinki, there's an impostor in Makai, claiming to be you, but she's very stupid and is hurting many of our brothers and sisters!" Shinki's cheeks puff and turn a rose as she says "what? Yumeko, this is unforgivable! Who could be doing that!? Ugh, Alice, I'm heading home now. Thanks for everything!" Alice says "whoa, mom, I'm not letting you go alone. Shanghai, Hourai!" The two dolls fly straight to Alice's shoulders as soon as they are called. Shinki stares at Alice as she picks her black locked book and stands ready to leave, then says "Alice, this could get dangerous. I think you better stay." Alice, sounding a little annoyed, says "mom, I can take good care of myself. Besides, you might need my help too!" Yumeko adds "my lady, this black-haired impostor does have as much power as you do." Shinki rubs her chin while thinking for a moment, then gives in and says "alright, you can come, but at the first sign of danger, you run straight home, you hear me, young ladies!" Alice, Mai and Yuka look at each other, then back at Shinki, who says in a very strict tone "I am serious! Don't you dare go risking your lives. That goes for you, Yumeko!" Yumeko looks down, blushing and unable to answer. Alice smiles and says "alright, mom, we'll do as you say." Shinki smiles as she usually does and happily says "good. Then let's get going!" Shinki, followed by Mai, Alice and Yumeko, leave the house and head straight to Makai, Alice saying "this is gonna be fun." Shanghai says "Hourai, let's show Alice what we can do, ok?" Hourai excitedly adds "no holding back, sis."

Flying around the tengu's mountain for the third time, Ail and Sanae are just about to give up. Sanae even lets go of Ail, letting him fly freely around the mountain one more time. When he returns, he says "look, let's just rest for a moment. Flying around like this is not helping us at all." Sanae nods and says "let's go to my shrine. I'll fix us up something good to eat." Meanwhile, all the way down the mountain, just outside the Youkai Forest, playing around the river, are Budou and Chen, sending leaves, flowers, and whatever else they can find down it's current and watching as everything floats away. Chen giggles and says "this is much more fun with friends!" Budou and Phredia smile, then Budou says "yeah! I'm glad to be your friend!" Chen smiles back, but suddenly frowns. Her tails get puffy and frizzy, then says "Budou, let's go back!" Budou gets a little nervous and asks "What's wrong?" From behind her, a wild bat-like youkai comes and grabs her by her wings, making her scream with fright. The youkai slurps and smacks her lips, then says "two tasty morsels, all for me. Let's start with you, little bat." The youkai opens her mouth, ready to bite down on Budou's neck, but she's stopped by Phredia, who comes out of hiding and unleashes a blinding flash, along with a large stone thrown by Chen that strikes her forehead. The youkai screams in pain, letting go of Budou, placing her hands on her face, shouting "my eyes! My head! ARGH!" The youkai recovers quickly, firing danmaku all over the two girls, cornering them against the river. She gets closer while Chen faces her bravely, hissing and shouting "get away!" Budou trembles behind Chen, then starts to cry, calling for her mama and papa. Phredia comes out of hiding once more, then gets in front of the youkai, who laughs and says "what are YOU going to do!? Make me laugh to submission!?" Phredia places both hands together to the left side of her body and starts generating a bright ball of golden and white energy, but stops and flies straight back to Budou. The youkai starts laughing, but doesn't notice a gap opening just behind her. From inside the gap, looking furious and ready to kill, come Ail and Sanae, who grab the youkai, drag her inside the gap, followed by many smacking, thumping and cracking sounds, then the youkai comes out looking like a balled piece of paper and is sent flying far away into the sky, and all that is seen of it, is a small glint in the sky. The gap closes, Chen Relaxes, Budou stops crying and opens her eyes, then, as they look around, Ran and Suwako come running to them, calling for them worriedly. Chen calls back, and quickly, both Suwako and Ran reach the two girls, both holding them and giving them a hug, Suwako saying "you had us so worried!" Ran adds "are you alright? Nothing happened, right?" Chen and Budou look at each other, then giggle, then Chen says "nothing the two of us couldn't handle." Suwako and Ran set the girls on the ground, smiling widely, then a pair of silver washtubs fall from the sky on Ran and Suwako's heads. After rubbing their heads for some time, Ran grabs a note that is stuck on Suwako's hat and reads "take care of them, or it'll be you next, love Ail and Sanae." Suwako can't help but feel a cold chill crawling up her spine as Ran asks "do you know what they're talking about?" Suwako continues to tremble as she quietly shakes her head. The two girls look on confused, but shrug and smile, then, while hugging their respective guardians, Budou gives Suwako a kiss on her cheek, making her feel much better immediately.

Back at the Moriya Shrine, at the porch of the shrine, Ail and Sanae sit next to each other, both eating the last dumplings in their plate as Kanako watches from a distance, using her fingers to shape a target, and aiming said target straight at Ail. She says to herself "target locked-on. You may fire when ready, Yasaka. Roger that, lady Kanako." She snickers and says "I got you now." At that very moment, Ail gasps and says "Sanae! I found them." Sanae jumps to her feet and excitedly says "alright! Let's finish this, then... it's gonna get dark soon!" Ail sweats, but shakes it off and says "They're not far. Let's go!" Sanae and Ail jump to the air and leave in a hurry, Sanae clinging on to Ail again, and just as they are in the air, a small log with charms on it flies just past Ail's feet and straight inside the shrine, followed by loud crashing and cracking noises. Kanako looks on with her eyes cast in shadow and her mouth widely open as the log destroys the shrine inside. She imagines Sanae and Suwako giving her a good scolding, then composes herself and says "note to self. Don't fire Onbashira toward the house, no matter how sure I am I won't miss." She crosses her arms around her chest and with a serious look in her face, she nods. After a few seconds, she gasps and panics, then shouts "no time to be acting cool! I have to clean this up!" then runs inside the shrine, and soon after, sounds of hammering, sawing and drilling can be heard echoing all around.

Ail and Sanae arrive to a cave located to the right side of the tengu's waterfall. Inside, they can hear some whispers, so Ail signals Sanae to keep quiet. Sanae prepares various charms and her gohei, and Ail prepares his barriers around him and Sanae, then both nod at each other, pressing on deeper into the darkness. They find Shadow Reimu sleeping on some rocks, and just like that, the violet yin-yang starts circling Ail, but keeps quiet. Ail is just about to capture the shadow when Reimu, from the yin-yang orb, shouts "BEHIND YOU!" In a blink, 5 white blades miss Ail and Sanae by mere inches. S-Reimu gets up from the rock, shooting a dark yin-yang orb at Ail, but Ail's barrier bounces it back to S-Reimu, making S-Ail jump in front and taking the full blast head-on. S-Reimu shouts "HONEY~! I'm sorry!" S-Ail shouts back "don't worry! Let's go outside!" S-Reimu nods, then touches S-Ail's hand and blasts a large hole on the wall that rattles the tengu, making them scatter, ready for battle. Still holding hands, the shadows make swift work of the large number of tengu, knocking them out of the way in order to escape, but Ail and Sanae fly right behind them, Sanae looking increasingly threatening with each passing moment. S-Ail shouts "DO IT!" but before S-Reimu is able to use her blinding spell, Sanae sends a charm that clings to S-Reimu's writs, making her scream in pain, and both shadows falling to the ground immediately. S-Ail quickly grabs S-Reimu and presses his cheek against her, managing to soften the fall. Ail and Sanae quickly follow, Sanae covered in flames as she growls. Ail shouts "Sanae, calm down! Focus or we're going to get killed!" Just like that, Sanae takes a deep breath and calms down, then says "sorry... just got a little overexcited." S-Ail tries desperately to cut the charm off S-Reimu, who continues to sob as the charm keeps sending shocks into her bare skin every three seconds, but he is unable to. Clenching his teeth, his face red with rage, he screams "GET THAT THING OFF of her... NOW!!!" Ail feels a small pressure emanation from his shadow self, then shouts "Sanae, get ready... his power... it's rising on its own!" Sanae glares at the shadow, prepares her gohei, then says "then let's stop him now!" Sanae moves her gohei in front of her, shaping a pentagram and chanting in a strange dialect. Five pentagrams, three blue and large, two white and small, materialize just above her, then , spinning fast and looking like large blue and white blades, fly immediately toward S-Ail, who quickly grabs S-Reimu and jumps out of the way. Sanae growls angrily, stomping on the ground once. Ail looks at her and with great concern, he asks "Sanae, what's the matter? You're out of control!" Sanae glares toward the shadows and shouts "after them!" From the yin-yang orb, Reimu says "Sanae, get a hold of yourself! You're gonna end up hurt, or worse!" Sanae closes her eyes for a moment, allowing a small tear to escape her right eye. Ail notices, but turns his sight away. From the orb, Reimu shouts "you're giving them too much time! They're gonna run away!" Ail grabs Sanae's hand and looks at her with his usual calm smile and says "let's go get them." Sanae smiles back, calming down as she does, then nods and says "s-sorry about that." Reimu shouts "hunt now, kiss later!" Sanae and Ail both turn red, then Ail says "l-let's get going."

Having gotten far enough, S-Ail tries to break Sanae's seal from S-Reimu once more. A small white blade springs from under his fingernail, then he looks at the crying S-Reimu and says "this might hurt." S-Reimu gulps as S-Ail thrusts the small blade on to the charm. It starts sending off many jolts, making S-Reimu cry in pain, making him feel more desperate, and in a forceful push, he manages to strike the charm, making it break into pieces and freeing his beloved companion. After it's done, both shadows hug, then immediately hold their hands, increasing their powers and hover just above the ground just as Ail and Sanae reach them. S-Reimu surrounds herself and S-Ail in a dark bubble, then starts to giggle wickedly. Sanae glares at them, but manages to keep herself calm, then asks "what do we do now?" Ail grabs Sanae's hand again, then says "we work together. Make another one of those stars." Sanae immediately starts chanting and moving her gohei around, shaping a star in the air. A large blue star forms just above Ail and Sanae, and as it starts spinning, it's width expands even more with green energy, then flies toward the shadows, who laugh, confident that S-Reimu's shield will hold. The star strikes the shield, but it immediately bounces back, so Ail shouts "energy gust!" Sanae catches on quick, and releases a gust of wind from her gohei that wraps itself around Ail's blue energy orb, then the combined energies strike the spinning star, making it bounce back to the shadows with extra force. Again, the star strikes the shield, but this time, it starts cutting right through. S-Ail grabs S-Reimu's shoulder, crossing his forearm across her chest and pushing her back along with him fast enough to avoid being cut by the star as it cuts a piece of the shield clean off, then continues it's way toward the skies. Again, the shadows are grounded, but this time, S-Reimu gets angry and shouts "you almost cut my sweetheart, you green-haired wench!" then pulls out a black-colored spell card. Ail and Sanae stare awestruck, and Reimu and Aya, from the orb, shout "THEY HAVE SPELL CARDS!?" S-Reimu lifts her spell card above her head and while still holding on to S-Ail's hand, she shouts "Most Evil Surprise Miko Orbs" S-Reimu and S-Ail hold both hands and start floating in the air, dancing as if in a ballroom. As they dance in the air, and each time they kiss, large dark yin-yang orbs materialize around them, then slowly head toward Ail and Sanae. Although easy to dodge, the dark energy is thick, and even if it's inches away, it can cause burns. Ail and Sanae jumps separate ways, then Ail shouts "Sanae, don't get close to them!" as he holds his elbow, which has just been in contact with one of the orbs, then continues "they burn like hell!" Sanae growls and says "now you've done it!" Sanae pulls a spell card form her pocket, then shouts "Wonder - Night with Overly Bright Guest Stars!" Sanae uses her gohei and makes another star symbol while chanting and holding her other hand up in the air. Meanwhile, Ail wraps his hands in barriers and uses them as bats to bounce back any orb that heads toward Sanae, while she prepares her spell. S-Ail desperately says "sweetie, we better hit them hard, now!" S-Reimu puts on a naughty face and says "then let's get busy, dear." The shadows kiss passionately, and each second that pass as they continue to kiss, makes the dark yin-yang orb larger and larger. Ail thinks "I can't bounce that back. Sanae, better hurry!" Sanae's face turns red and she starts losing concentration, but she manages to continue summoning power to her spell, and in an instant, she shouts and unleashes a bright light to the sky, just as the shadows stop kissing and unleash their dark orb. The the shadow's dismay, Sanae's bright energy burns their dark orb away, then both start screaming in pain as the light burns them. The bright light continues it's punishment, and then, just like that, it stops, and both shadows fall to the ground next to each other.

Ail and Sanae walk toward the collapsed shadows. From the yin-yang orb, Reimu says "good job, you guys. Try to bring them back. I wish to ask them some questions." Ail nods and replies "understood" but Sanae shouts "these things are full of darkness and evil, Reimu. We should finish them off while we can." Reimu replies "Sanae... you and I need to have a little chat when you come back." Sanae sighs, then says "fine... let's get them over..." Ail grabs Sanae's shoulder and pulls her back just as S-Ail springs 6 large blades from his back. He struggles to get up and calls back his blades, then, trying to stay on his feet, he growls and says "you are not TOUCHING her while I'm alive, you hear me!?" Ail looks back at his shadow's eyes and sees great purpose behind them. He backs away and says "S-Sanae... I... I think these creatures are really... in love." S-Ail snaps "who are you calling a creature!?" Sanae sighs, glares at Ail through the corner of her eyes, and thinks "you think!? Geez, is he playing dumb?" but she clears her throat and says "look, let's just capture them so we can-" The star Ail and Sanae managed to unleash at the beginning of the battle returns to the battleground from behind S-Ail, who fails to see it in time. By the time he turns around, he realizes he can't avoid it before it strikes. Ail and Sanae close their eyes and turn away as the star strikes it's target, but to their surprise, they hear a girl screaming in agony. When they open their eyes, the star is gone, and S-Reimu lies on the ground with a large vertical cut on her torso, sobbing as S-Ail holds her hand and desperately shouts "I got you! I'll heal you, so don't worry!!!" He spits black blobs on the cut, but realizes S-Reimu is being purified and his attempts for healing turn useless. He gasps and starts to cry along with her. She places her hand on his cheek and coughs a dark substance that looks like blood, then says "I... I'm sorry. I was... too weak." S-Ail grabs her hand and holds it to his face, then says "don't say that. You did all that you could and more." S-Reimu smiles as S-Ail leans over to give her one last kiss, but before their lips touch, her body shatters and turns into a dark dust cloud. S-Ail starts to sob uncontrollably, then jerks his body to the sky and shouts as loud as he can. Ail and Sanae continue to watch, and even though these creatures are evil, and need to be stopped at all costs, they can't help but feel great sadness after witnessing these events. Ail looks to Sanae and notices she's struggling to hold back her tears, but even so, some escape her eyes. He grabs a small napkin from his pocket and dries her tears off, then he turns around and realizes, S-Ail is standing there, staring at them with murderous desires in his tear-covered eyes.

S-Ail clenches his teeth as his tears continue to run through his cheeks and shouts, at the top of his lungs "YOU KILLED HER!" From the orb, Reimu says "*sob* A-Ail, Sanae, it's not over yet! *sob* D-don't let your guard down." Ail notices S-Ail glaring straight toward Sanae, so he gets in front of her and opens a barrier. S-Ail stops crying, then starts breathing in the black cloud left my S-Reimu. After breathing in the dark cloud, his power triples, reaching that of Ail's own power. He clenches both fists and large white blades sprout from all around his body. He starts chuckling lightly and slowly progresses to a mad cackle, then starts shouting "die, die, DIE, DIE~!!" and unleashing all the blades continuously, as if they were danmaku. The blades pierce through Ail's barrier, so Ail instantly uses his own body to protect Sanae, but to their luck, doing this causes both to fall on the ground, avoiding the blades completely. Ail and Sanae open their eyes, blush bright red, then Ail asks "a-are you ok?" Sanae silently nods, then Ail says "we get one shot. Use the stars, I'll enhance them." Again, Sanae nods quietly, then nods along Ail as he says "ok, 1, 2... 3!!!" Ail rolls to his back and immediately Sanae summons small bright stars above herself, and Ail gives them more energy, turning them into large spiky stars that head straight to S-Ail. The shadow grunts as he covers his face with his forearms. The stars strike him hard, all exploding into small sharp icicle-like thorns and stabbing him all around his body. S-Ail breathes heavily, trying to ignore the pain coursing through every inch of his body. His attack finally stops as he falls on his knees, then he glares at Sanae one last time and says "I'll make you PAY someday!" and like a blur, he runs away, using the trees to hide his position. Sanae shouts "after him!" but realizes Ail's face is covered in blood. One of the shadow's blades cut Ail's forehead, but even bleeding like that, he smiles at her and says "heh, cancel that... heh heh. This little cut... hurts like there's no tomorrow." Sanae gasps and springs to her feet, rushes to him and asks "Ail... when did this happen?" She brushes her fingers around the cut, then Ail twitches and says "be-better not. Let's just go back" From the violet yin-yang, Aya adds "come straight back, and don't bother with Eirin. She's not at the clinic." Ail and Sanae stare at the yin-yang orb, then at each other. Ail sits back up and says "better head back to the shrine, then."

It's late noon at Byakuren's temple. Byakuren, Minamitsu, Shou and Nazrin return from the village after buying supplies for the temple. Nue and Ichirin run toward them from the temple with a smile on their faces, Ichirin calling "onee-sama~! Welcome back~!" Byakuren smiles and waves, then she feels a tremor coming from the Youkai Forest. Her smile vanishes and is replaced by surprise and uncontrollable tears. She drops on her knees and starts praying on the ground while Ichirin shrieks and along Nue, runs as fast as she can to her. Shou says "i-it's ok. Lady Hijiri is fine. *pant*" Nazrin asks "what happened? Shou, you look so pale! What's the matter?" Gasping for air, Shou replies "something terrible has happened. It's as if... both love... and hate... have been merged into one single soul." While holding her hands in prayer, Byakuren adds "and this soul is in great pain; it's seeking revenge... It's lust for blood is overwhelming." Everyone stays quiet for a while, then Byakuren opens her eyes, and spots Eirin in front of her, pointing her arrow straight at her. The firsts to get in front are Minamitsu and Shou, then Ichirin and Nue grab Eirin from behind. Eirin shouts "wait, no... you don't understand!" Nazrin shout "Lady Hijiri, behind you!" Before Byakuren can even look behind her, the Random Sukima pops into the scene and gobbles Byakuren, immediately saying "MMM~~" Byakuren tries to kick it's teeth open, but it quickly swallows her. Eirin shouts "let me GO!" and unleashes a wave of energy that knocks everyone down to the ground, then she points her arrow and unleashes a massive barrage of bullets and beams straight at the Sukima, harming it heavily as each and every shot impact and explodes with great force. As she continues her assault, she glares dangerously angry toward the Sukima and in a dark undertone, she asks "what did you do to Udonge!?" The Sukima whines in pain, it's usual mischievous smile is now replaced by a tired-looking frown. Eirin points her arrow once more, but the Random Sukima gasps, then disappears as quickly as it can. Eirin looks at the ones that stopped her from achieving her goal. All stare back at her, wanting to apologize, but Eirin turns around, and walks away, saying "take care." Shou asks "wait, what about lady Hijiri!?" Eirin turns around, her eyes a little glassy as she holds back her tears and says "I haven't been able to find Udonge anywhere. Tell me, have you seen her? No? Pity." She turns around again and walks away, saying "look for your lady, but don't trust hope. Maybe with some LUCK, you may be able to find her." then continues her way. After Eirin leaves, Ichirin places her hand on Shou's shoulder, while Nue, Minamitsu, and Nazrin just stare at her. She sighs, feeling defeated, and says "I'll get right on it."

Above the lake behind the Hakurei Shrine, Byakuren falls unconscious out of a gap, covered in drool and cuts all over her, falling straight to the lake, making a loud splash. Some bubbles rise to the surface of the water, shortly followed by Byakuren, who rises from the water, desperately gasping for air. She looks around, feeling disoriented and quite confused, then asks herself "whe-where am I? What happened? Why am I in a lake? Who am I talking to?" From behind her, an elderly voice says "well hi~!" Byakuren turns around with a smile on her face and replies "hello." When she sees an old turtle with a white beard staring back at her, she gets a little surprised, then she says "oh my... I though I heard someone." The turtle replies "that would be me." Byakuren gets a little surprised once more, then bows apologetically, but before she apologizes, the turtle says "I am Genjii, and you happen to be behind the Hakurei Shrine. Don't know what happened before, but you fell from the sky just now, and you are quite lucky to have fallen in this lake. You were unconscious. And I guess... you are talking to me, young lady." Byakuren stares at him for a moment, then bows and says "well, thank you very much, mister Genjii. Could you point me to the shrine. I'm afraid I'm a little disoriented right now." Genjii uses his eyes to signal Byakuren behind her, and that's when she notices the two girls playing in the water near the shore. Byakuren exclaims "oh, Medicine and Luna. What luck!" Genjii asks "want me to take you to them? Looks to me like those cuts hurt." Byakuren sweats and says "if it's not too much trouble, mister Genjii." The old turtle smiles, then goes underwater. After a few seconds, Byakuren is startled by Genjii, who slowly rises back to the surface with her on his shell. She chuckles as she gets closer to Medicine and Luna, who spot her immediately and start waving at her. Once close to dry land, Byakuren jumps off the turtle's shell, turns around, kneels, grabs his head, and gives him a kiss on his cheek, making him blush and then says "thank you for helping me, mister Genjii." Genjii chuckles and says "anytime, miss." As he goes back underwater, Medicine and Luna greet Byakuren, then Medicine asks "what are you doing here? *gasp* And what happened to you face!? That cut!" Luna adds "let's take you to the shrine!" Before she can even answer, Byakuren finds herself being dragged by Luna to the Hakurei Shrine, where Ail is having a wound treated by Sanae and Reimu, Aya and Rika, all sit inside the shrine with small plates next to each, and 3 rice balls on each plate. Rika gets up and says "oh my, more guests. I'll get some more rice balls." Reimu sighs and says "we're gonna have to buy more rice tomorrow."

After Ail is treated, now having a big bandage on his forehead, all the plates empty, and Byakuren feeling refreshed again, Reimu clears her throat loudly getting everyone's attention. She looks around, staring at everyone present, then says "alright, as you all know, we've got shadows of ourselves running around freely in Gensokyo. It IS clear they have ill-intent, but their goals remain unknown." Byakuren turns to Ail and Sanae and says "and don't forget these shadows still have a heart. You two made it clear with that story. Mister Ail, you should NOT have let something like that happen, I am very disappointed in you." Ail sighs and turns to face his knees. Sanae pats him on the head, then turns to Byakuren and says "don't blame him! I'm the one that lost control of that spell!" Byakuren stares angrily for a while, then sighs and says "accidents can happen. Just make sure it doesn't happen again." Reimu stares at Sanae and says "we already had this chat. There's no need for repeats. Now, about these shadows. We HAVE to work in teams. Aya and I will deal with Momiji's shadow. Ail, Sanae, you two take a break. You've been through enough." Ail and Sanae think of complaining, but look at each other, then back at Reimu, then nod. Aya adds "but Reimu WILL TAKE A BREAK in order to recover first, right?" Reimu rubs her forehead with her index finger and thumb and sweating, she sighs and says "yeah, yeah..." She lifts her head and asks "Byakuren, who's going to be your partner?" Byakuren looks outside as soon as she hears Minamitsu calling for her. She giggles and excitedly says "Minamitsu~~!" Minamitsu smiles and excitedly enters the shine, giving Byakuren a big hug and letting some tears fall as she says "Lady Hijiri~, I found you!" Reimu says "alright then, what team name will you choose?" Minamitsu looks confused at Reimu and asks "team name?" Byakuren excitedly shouts "ooh, I got one! Magical Captain! What do you think?" Reimu writes the name down in a piece of paper, slowly repeating the name as she writes, then Minamitsu asks "what's going on?" Byakuren smiles angelically and says "you and I are hunting my shadow!" Minamitsu looks quite confused, but seeing her lady smile like that makes her smile as well. She grabs her hishaku and raises it above her head, then shouts "I won't let you down, lady Hijiri!" then accidentally sets off a shower of danmaku that strikes everyone but Byakuren and herself. She looks around, noticing everyone knocked to the ground, hides the hishaku, chuckles nervously and says "whoops, heh heh, sorry." while Byakuren stares angrily at her. A few minutes later, Orin barges inside the shrine with Satori still on her back, screaming "out of my way, out of my way! Master corpse Collector, collecting corpses and lost Okuus is here!" Satori strikes Orin on the head with her fist, making her stop and rub the bump on her head. Once safely on the ground, Satori looks to Reimu and says "miss Reimu, we need your help. A mouth came out of nowhere and ate my Okuu, and now I can't find her!" Reimu gasps in horror and says "WHAT!? That means we have shadow Okuu to worry about as well! Damn, I was hoping that thing was done eating others!" Satori stares at Reimu for a while, then says "I see... Then this is much worse than I thought. Reimu, let me and Orin take care of her shadow, but please, help us find Okuu." Luna says "ooh, Reimu, let me and Medicine do this one!" Reimu stares at her and smiles, then says "you have your own little battle with Kyo right now, am I right?" Luna blushes so much, her face looks as though it's going to pop from her head after Reimu says this. Reimu then adds "you deal with your problem first..." then smiles and continues saying "don't worry about us. You just think about your future." Luna looks down, then Medicine asks "er... am I missing something here?"

Again, everyone inside is back on their knees, listening to Reimu as she says "alright then, Magical Captain, you find and deal with Byakuren's shadow. Master Corpse Collector, you deal with Okuu's shadow, and I'll send word to be on the lookout for the real Okuu. Energy Gusts, you take a break for now, and me and Aya-" Aya shouts "RED FLASH, WHOO~!!" Reimu glares at Aya for a moment, then continues "*sigh* Red Flash will take care of Momiji's shadow. It's that clear?" Everyone in the room shouts "YES MA'AM!" Reimu grabs a large violet yin-yang orb that displays a large screen, then says "Marisa, can you hear me...? Marisa!?" Marisa looks back and says "really sneaky of you, Reimu. Since when did you slip this into my pocket?" Reimu sweats and says "never mind. Look, I need your help. Seems Okuu got bitten by the Random Sukima. I want you to... who's that?" On the screen, Yuki's eye covers the entire screen while saying "ooh, what's this. How is it even talking?" Reimu sweats and says "I see you got Yuki there with you. Excellent, your team will be Blazing Black and White. Nice, don't you think?" Yuki shouts "WOW, this ball is so AWESOME! Blazing Black and White will ROCK THIS WORLD!" Marisa grumbles "argh, Reimu, I almost had her LEAVE! Why'd you do that for!?" Reimu says "sorry, but with so many shadows out there, you're going to have to work together... like good black and white sisters." Marisa angrily grabs the yin-yang and shakes it with her hands while shouting "that's TOTALLY unfair. Reimu, I demand you pair me up with you this instant!" Reimu says "Sorry, Aya's my partner." Marisa whines then says "fine... So we go look for Okuu and that's it, right?" Reimu says "not exactly. While you search, please check on Yuka. Aya's reports worry me, so please do this little favor for me." Marisa sighs and nods, then replies "fine... We'll get on it!" Yuki adds "Blazing Black & White OUT!" then smacks the yin-yang orb, shutting it off by force after it crashes on Marisa's mess-mountain. Reimu sighs and says "for now, let's get some sleep, and tomorrow, we begin the hunt, alright?" Everyone shouts "ma'am, yes ma'am!" Reimu sweats and says "please, Rika, don't join them." Rika giggles and says "but it looks like so much fun." From the doorway, holding herself up by will-power, Mima weakly enters the shrine with the charm still stuck on her forehead, her eyes spinning, her mouth open and drooling. She takes a breath of air and says "please... ple~~ase, someone take this thing off! *gasp* Please!" Everyone stares at her with sweat-drops on their heads, then Rika says "oh, that's right. I forgot to take that off. Whoopsies." Reimu stares at her, then places her hand on her forehead as she looks to the table in front of her and says "she's already adapted too well."

At midnight, a heavy storm with strong winds and constant lightning and thunder hits Gensokyo. Momiji stands on a stone while facing off with her shadow self, who stares back at her with a wicked smile on her face. S-Momiji asks " are you sure you want to die so soon, little dogie?" Momiji grabs her shield and unsheathes her sword. Lightning and thunder strike hard, illuminating Momiji's face in the heavy rain, as she glares straight at her shadow with determination and unyielding purpose in her eyes. S-Momiji says "very well then, little pup. I'll make sure to make you suffer long before you die~!" The skies turn red and black as scarlet clouds fly above the battlefield; thunder, lighting and swords clashing violently, echoing all through the night sky.

To be continued...

Characters, spell cards and scenario belong to ZUN -Team Shanghai Alice-
Ail, Kyo, Luna, Budou and Phredia were created by Willie G.R.
Rika was created by Snapshot2010

NOV 13 2009
written by
Willie G.R.

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