A Sky in Gensokyo
A/N: My friend kinda inspired me to try another fanfic. I'm a slow updater, but I'll try to update my projects as frequently as I can. I hope you enjoy my fanfic. Please feel free to comment on how I can improve. I still have lots to learn after all.
Edited 6/24: somehow it seems I missed some obvious mistakes. Nothing really changed though it should be easier to read and changed the fight between Marisa and Tsuna a little bit now. Hopefully that'll clear up the situation.
Disclaimer: I don't own Reborn! or Tohou.
Chapter 1
Falling to his demise, Sawada Tsunyoshi wanted to cry.
Now while this was not the first time he felt an overwhelming urge to cry.
Nor was this the first time he had a good reason to cry.
Then again after spending a year with the legendary hitman, Reborn, such things had become a daily occurrence.
Then again this was the first time he felt like he was going to die (seriously). Passing through a purple gap, Tsuna thought he had just met death's gentle embrace.
Looking up, he could see nothing, but white. Noting this, he had come to the conclusion he had died and went to heaven. He was falling from the sky to his death a second ago.
'I'm sorry everyone, but I knew it was impossible for me to be the boss of the Vongolia. I'm sorry…"
However even as the boy was sending his final prays to his beloved friends and family, Death loved to remind the brown haired boy that he was the world's favorite chew toy.
In fact, he could feel Death taping on his shoulder right now, when a female voice irritably asked:
"Would you mind get your head out of my skirt?"
Feeling the murderous aura, the Vongolian Heir moved. With speeds that would put Superman to shame, Tsuna had already shifted from his prior position and sat in front of the girl in perfect seiza sitting position. He did the first thing that came to mind: beg for forgiveness. Moving his body in a moment akin to that of a pendulum, his forehead constantly touched the floor as he begged. "I'm sorry!"
Like a pendulum, Tsuna moved to bow repeatedly to empathize how sorry he was. However, that was plan.
He forgot what his wild puffball of a hair style could do.
Retracting his torso from the second bow, Tsuna open his eyes briefly to see a familiar sight of white underwear.
Apparently he flipped up the girl's skirt.
"…"
"HIEEEEK!"
Tsuna couldn't help, but notice the cold fury that was hidden within the girl's eyes and he could not help, but shiver in fear. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! It was an accident I swear!"
"It can't be helped." The girl sighed audibly her fury seemed to be somewhat subdued though still present. "It's fine, I guess. Could be worse. At least I was wearing underwear."
"Eh?"
Finally calming down, Tsuna finally got a good look at the girl in front of him. She was cute. Not in the innocent kind of cute that Kyoko was or the earnest kind Haru was either. Carrying a tranquil aura similar, she projected herself similar as a traditional Japanese beauty: Straight raven black hair, round face, composed eyes, pale skin, and the polite manner of speaking. She almost embodied the very definition of Traditional Japanese beauty. Yet, Tsuna noted that she wasn't a traditionalist if her ribbons and her uniform had any say in the manner. Her entire outfit was full of eye glaring differences such as the fact that her styled hakui matched her red skirt and her sleeves only began a bit before her elbows.
Besides that, Tsuna really couldn't see her as being that rebellious as the delinquents at his school had demonstrated nor could she ever really beat Gokudera either.
Inane thoughts continue to fill the young man's head before such thoughts were cut off by the girl in front of him.
"Hakurei Reimu." The girl stated as she got up. Eyes closed, she did not particularly seem to mind Tsuna's existence. However, the way she spoke to him made him feel as if she was treating him as an object. Tsuna rationalized that he was still the object of her ire.
"Eh?"
The girl turned to him and gave him a stare. "This is the part where you tell your name, you know?"
Looking flustered, Tsuna replied. "S-s-Sawada. Sawada Tsunayoshi. Tsuna's fine, Reimu-chan."
Nodding in response, the girl then slid open the shouji door. "Wait here as I get the tea. Then we can talk about how you got here and we can probably get you home too."
"Really!"
"Yeah, really. I'll be back soon." Reimu left the room without a word and went to fetch the tea.
"Maybe this isn't too bad. I'll be home before I know it." Smiling slightly, the boy began to reassure himself. "I bet my hyper intuition was wrong about me dying."
Famous last words, huh?
Moving briskly, the shrine maiden poured the hot water into the tea pot and was about to pick up the tray when a voice startled her.
"Hey!" A loud voice boomed behind her.
Reimu's eyes widen in surprise, before she narrowed her eyes and frowned. Turning around, she immediately traced the girl in front of her into memory. Brown short hair, with some strange pyramid-like hat, and then she wore a grinned that promised the shrine maiden nothing, but trouble. "Aya! What do you want?"
Aya played the wounded puppy. "Awwww…Reimu, is it wrong for me to want to check up on my friend?"
"…if you were a bit more considerate, I may have overlooked your arrival…" Indeed, she might have, but Reimu was fast to note that the girl's red slippers were still on inside the house and her raven-like wings, proof that she was a proud Tengu, were ready for flight. Reimu mentally commented the girl would need to learn some manners of presenting herself if she wanted information from her.
"Aww! Reimu! It's normal for friends to worry each other! Especially when you have hobbies like this!" The tengu immediately shoved a photograph in the shrine maiden's face.
Grabbing the photo, the shrine maiden nonchalantly decided to look at the picture. Her face distorted into a display of open disgust as she realized it was a picture of the boy look up her skirt.
It was apparent that she was not pleased.
"So when did ya start?"Aya asked as she immediately whipped out her notepad and pencil. Her brown eyes were shining as she realized she had reeled in a big one.
"…"
Never one to let her enemies retreat, the Tengu then said: "Ok, maybe you aren't ready to tell me yet. So! Let's try another question! Who's he?"
"Just a boy. Probably from the outside world judging from his clothes." The girl replied already tearing up the photograph. She had hoped, that would be the end of it, but it was obvious, enough to her, that she was being too optimistic. This idea was reinforced at the Tengu did not even blink an eye at the destruction of the photograph.
"You can't believe I'll let such a juicy scoop go away now, can you?" Wiping out an album, Aya beamed. "I made sure to make extras! Now how far have you gone? Obviously past first base if you are giving him peep shows…Second? Maybe third?"
"…Aya…" The shrine maiden's crimson eyes began to darken as she glared at the winged youkai in front of her.
"WAAA! Scandalous! I can see the headlines now! 'HAKUREI MIKO GIVES FOREIGNER FREE PEEP SHOW!' KYAA!" Aya giggled as she seemed to become increasingly ignorant to the looming shadow that was looming over the shrine maiden.
"You muckraker…" The maiden growled as she reached into her sleeve and drew a thin sheet of paper.
The tengu huffed in response and placed her hands on her hips. "How rude! I'm a journalist!"
Reimu said nothing, but firmly pull the card right in front of her. It seems that, unfortunately, she would need to discipline the bird.
"Spell card…"
Immediately realizing the situation she was in, Aya let out a machine gun reply: "Thank you for the warm response, but I must be going now!" Pulling out a long, paper card the Tengu cried: "The printing press awaits! Spell card! Fu-jin-jyo-sho!"
Enveloped in a flash of light, the youkai beamed out of the room leaving behind a poor boy to survive the shrine maiden's ire.
"Aya!"
"I should apologize and short this mess out. It's only a small misunderstanding after all." Tsuna said to himself. Nodding his head in assurance, he then smiled. "I'm sure it will be fine."
Thump!
Noticing the rather loud sound, he turned around only for his eyes to cross the miko. "Ah! Reimu-chan. I'm sorry about earlier….I didn't mean to look up your skirt…"
"…Look up my skirt…."
If anything Sawada Tsunayoshi could be a bit obvious at times if anything, he should have noticed the black aura around the shrine maiden. However, it was only after he opened his mouth that he saw the spewing miasma. "Eh?"
"A …free…peep show?"
"Reimu-chan…?"
Turning to face the cowardly boy, she smiled. A warm, happy smile. It was a warm, happy smile that seemed perfectly serene. It felt as if the girl had found nirvana and wanted to share the truth of the world with him. It was a smile that scared the boy shitless.
If Tsuna was a smarter man, he would be running right now. Running faster than his scrawny legs could take him. It is a most unfortunate case, that he is not a particularly bright man. It is also a rather unfortunate thing to mention that Tsuna probably could not run away anyways.
"Please go outside."
"Huh? Um…ok…?" Nodding awkwardly, Tsuna proceeded as commanded. "Now what…?"
"Please die."
Faster than the eye could see, Tsuna immediately noted three projectiles coming towards him. Immediately turning to dodge, he stumbled over his own shoelaces and face planted onto the floor.
"Owww….What was tha-"Before the boy could even finished his sentence, a sound emitted and demanding all his attention.
Thud!
The boy turned to the source of the sound and he couldn't believe his eyes. The cards were an inch deep into the gate.
"Please die. I don't want the shrine to get too damaged now."
"HIEEEK!" Scrambling to his feet, Tsuna tried to avoid the attack. The cards immediately attached themselves to the boy and slammed him into the ground causing a dust cloud to flow up.
"Need help, Reimu? Let's finish this off quickly and have breakfast!" With that the witch fired a bright laser towards the smoke.
"Marisa, sto-" The shrine maiden turned to address the blond witch that was floating on her broom. "You…know I wasn't seriously trying to kill him..."
However, as the smoke cleared, both participants were notably surprised that the brown haired boy was still alive. Close were pierced and a little worse for wear, but he was alive nonetheless. The shrine maiden felt that it was relevant to note that the boy's entire demeanor had change; the girls immediately took note of the matching flames on his hands and fore head. Reimu also noted the fact the boy's thumbs and index finger had formed a box blocking the area which Marisa should have hit. She wasn't exactly sure what the significant of this pose was, but she did conclude Tsuna had avoided a direct hit somehow.
"…Point Zero Break Through: Revised Edition." Tsuna quickly put the bottle of pills in his pocket and then assisted his current condition: he definitely could feel a burst of power, yet he still received injuries. 'It seemed her attacks have a source that comes from the same origin as the undying will flame. However, unlike the undying will flame, its composition is different. It almost seems…more refined, I guess. Whatever the case is, it's best not to try doing that again without further information.'
"…well, I'm glad that didn't kill him."
Marisa turned to her friend and stared. "Oh...it's on now, ze!"
"…What?"
The blond mage continued as she grabbed her broom and began to fire laser. "Kirisame Marisa accepts your challenge, ze!"
"Um…Marisa, you do know he didn't challenge you to a danmaku…?" However the shrine maiden was promptly ignored. Sighing audibility the girl complained, "…People these days…"
"Can you dodge this?" The girl immediately let lose a rain of lasers darting towards the young Vongolia Heir.
"…!" The boy immediately pumped flames into his gloves and propelled himself forward dodging the incoming rain of attacks. Increasing his speed, Tsuna reached his fist out to punch the blond, but such attempts proved futile as she just twirled around smacking the boy in the face with her broom and evaded the attack.
And the witch continued her onslaught of bullets down on the boy.
Weaving through the rain of lasers, Tsuna immediately broke the chain around his neck and slipped both rings onto his fingers. "…Vongolia V.R Gloves…"
Placing his flame's purity into his rings, he continued to fly as he felt his gloves metamorphose once more.
He hoped the burst of speed would allow him to close in on the witch.
It wasn't.
Even with his sudden burst of speed, the girl still seemed to be able to out maneuver him easily and counter.
'I can't keep this up. She's fast enough to dodge my fists and the X-burner...wait. She's fast enough to dodge the X-burner! …So, if I fire it...then she'll probably fly out of the blast radius and fire those laser at my sides again...If I can position myself just right...then maybe I could turned this all around.' Quickly formulating a battle strategy, Tsuna then proceeded to follow his plan as he placed both hands together and began to feel the warm warmth of the undying will combusted. '…twenty percent power should be more than enough to reposition her.'
"X-BURNER!" The boy cried as he swung his arms apart erupting in a bright, flame soaring through the skies.
There girl could have reacted in many way, Tsuna noted. Seeing prior experience, Tsuna reason she would probably dodge the incoming onslaught, fly within his attack radius, and then be restrained before further damage could occur.
Yet….
The girl grinned wickedly as she seemed amused by such an attack. "If it comes to power, I'm not going to lose! Feel the annihilation of love!"
Pulling out an octagon shaped contraption, the girl placed her magic into as she too summoned a card and cried: MASTER SPARK!"
A bright beam roared into existence rushing towards the brown haired boy and pierced through the undying inferno.
"…!" Tsuna's eyes widen as the girl acted in exactly the opposite way he anticipated and he was forced to pump more energy into the incomplete attack.
It did not take hyper intuition to realize this was going to hurt. Watching the kamehameha imitation pierce through his X-Burner and rush towards him was terrifying. Closing his eyes, Tsuna wait for the blast to him.
REWAR!
Smiling as he felt his familiar roar into existence, Tsuna immediately felt reassured as he felt the familiar weight of the First's mantle encase itself around him. He braced for impact.
Bam!
Gritting his teeth, Tsuna could feel the force of such a blow send him crashing towards the ground. Despite feeling utterly exhausted, he tried to rise again.
'…I can't lose. Everyone's waiting for me…We were going to celebrate Kyoko's and Haru's appreciation day…'
"Oi. Marisa… stop bullying the guest." The agitated shrine maiden called out finally.
The witch immediately descended towards the ground, "But, Reimu weren't you…"
"…Marisa, breakfast is on the table. Make sure you drop him off in one of the rooms. The tea's gotten cold by now. I'll go heat it up again."
"Hey! Don't try to change the subject!"
Tsuna's eyes felt heavy and he could feel his will start to falter.
Conk!
The boy's eyes widen in pain. He tried to appease the growing pain, but a sharp pain in his arm halted him.
"…Ow."
"Please don't make a bigger mess out of yourself. It was all a misunderstand." Reimu responded as she watched the undying will flame wane. "Please relax. We'll send you back later."
Tsuna's wide brown eyes beamed. Despite his body's protest, the boy tried to stand up and properly thank his savior.
He should have listened to his body.
Instead of standing up properly, look the maiden in the eye then thank her as he planned, he fell on top of her slamming both of them towards ground.
"Owwww…" The duo cried in perfect unison.
The red dressed maiden tried to get up, only to feel a rather heavy weight. Looking down she own frowned as she saw the brown hair boy resting on her developing chest.
"I'm sorry! I didn't-"
"Spell Card: Demon Binding Circle."
"Eh?"
Tsuna screamed shortly after.
It was evening now. The sky was dark, but unlike Nanamori, Tsuna could clearly see the stars and he could not help, but enjoy the beautiful scenery around him.
"I'm sorry for all the trouble." A rather bruised boy said timidly.
The shrine maiden, having calmed herself down, replied. "It was no big deal."
The blond witch commented dully." Hey. You made him look like one of Flandre's broken toys."
"Anyways. You just have to walk out the gate now and you should be able to return to your world." Reimu replied as she walked the three in front of the torii, the shrine gate.
"Reimu…isn't that the entrance?" Marisa asked curiously as they arrived to the red gate.
It was then Tsuna's eyes widen and a look of utter panic threatened to break out.
Sighing at the task before, Reimu began to lecture: "Yes, Marisa this is a gate. However, the Hakurei Shrine Maidens make sure to monitor the boundary between Gensokyo and the outer world."
"I know that…but, why are we at the gate?"
"I can't make dinner without ingredients. Same concept, Marisa. I thought you were smarter than that." The shrine maiden commented condescendingly.
"Hey! Wait… does that mean if you wanted to you could have went to the outer wo-"
"So, you are going to use the entrance as a medium to fiddle with the boundaries?" In a stroke of brilliant insight, Tsuna cut the witch off and began to converse with Reimu.
"Hey I was-"
Agreeing with the boy's assessment, the shrine maiden immediately cut in. "Yes, that's how it should work. I finished the preparation, doesn't take too long. So, be patient." Closing her eyes, Reimu began her chant and the change within the gate was almost immediate. The entry point was shrouded in a purple glow. "It's ready."
"What about my question?" The blond witch pouted before sighing. It did not look like she would be getting an answer anytime soon.
Smiling gently, Tsuna prepared to leave. "It was nice to meet you."
"Yeah, I'm really wished I could borrow your rings for a while. They seemed to be rather interesting. But seeing how I'll never be able to return them…yeah. See ya."
"Bye."
"Yeah, later." With one last wave, Tsuna walked through the gate.
"Well, at least that's over with." Reimu replied calmly as she immediately returned the torii back to normal.
Putting her hands behind her head, the witch responded: "Yeah, I wish he could have stayed a bit longer. His rings were really interesting…I wonder what short of magic it uses…"
"WAAAAAH!" A loud voice erupted from the sky.
Both girls looked up to see the rapidly descending boy.
"Eh?"
"Not you again." The shrine maiden sighed heavily. Turning her head towards the blond companion, she commanded: "Marisa, go pick him up before he falls."
Light brown eyes widen in response and the girl looked somewhat agitated. The witch turned to the shrine maiden and felt rather peeved at the command."Whaaat? Why?"
"Because who was the one who beat him up first?"
"But, Reimu….you…"
"Marisa. Boy. Falling to his doom. You'll be cleaning up the mess if anything happens." The shrine maiden smirked all knowingly as she already knew the outcome of this verbal duel.
"Yes, Yes..." Pouting at the unfairness of the situation, the girl immediately mounted her broom and flew to catch the still screaming boy.
"I thought I was supposed to go back home…" The boy frowned and began to immediately resemble that of a kicked puppy. Eyes drooping down and a rather large frown erupted on face. Marisa felt somewhat guilty that she was going to take pleasure at Reimu's folly at his expense. But, she'll take what she could get.
'Payback time!' She thought giddily.
"Ha ha ha! Reimu, you messed up." The blond witch immediately took humor in the current predicament.
"Marisa. Look after the shrine and it'll be appreciated if you start cooking dinner."
Apparently, her victory was denied and she amused grinned was forcibly reverted to a scowl: "Hey! I have things too do you know!"
"Umm…Reimu-chan…Marisa….um…what's going on?"
The shrine maiden stopped and looked Tsuna in the eye. It was unusually solemn in comparison to anything Tsuna had seen today. Such an expression gave the boy the creeps because it reminded him of Lal's and Reborn's "Business" expressions. Feeling slightly unnerved by her expression, Tsuna looked away.
"Hey! Are you listening to me?"
"….an incident…maybe." The shrine maiden then flew off.
"…I have rights too…" The blond sighed dramatically as her friend flew off.
A/N: And that's it. I'm sorry if anyone from Tohou Project is OOC. I haven't played any of the games. However, I'll do my best to make sure this fanfic is still entertaining
to those who are more knowledgeable fans of Tohou Project.