The room looked rather strange, as rooms go. There were no windows, but there is a skylight. Some clouds and the moon could be seen through it, but other than that, the weather was clear. Several chairs filled the room, and the walls were lined with weapons of every description. There was only one door, which opened with a ominous creak. A boy walked in and fell into one of the softer chairs. Looking at the reader, he waved and started talking. "Hello, readers! (If there are any…) My name is Metroid Life, but you can call me Shimi. I'm here to interview people, as I'm sure you noticed from title of the fanfic. I'll do characters from anime, books, video games, or anything, really. Helping me with this is my good friend, Yukari Yakumo." Yukari suddenly appeared, smiling. "Say hi to the readers, Yukari!" She glared at Shimi and hit him with her parasol. "What was that for!?"

"For being stupid. I'm glad you put me in this story, but that doesn't mean you can boss me around."

Shimi glared back.

"You're a character in my story. Why can't I?"

Yukari chuckled.

"I'm the mistress of boundaries, and you expect me to be just a character?"

Shimi sighed wearily.

"Fine, whatever. How does the phrase 'partner' sound to you? You bring the people here, I interview them."

The youkai considered this.

"That seems reasonable to me. So, who gets interviewed first?"

Shimi grinned.

"You, of course! If you're going to work with me, I (and by that, I mean the readers.) need to know more about you. So, let's get started, shall we?" They both sat down, and Shimi pulled out a notebook. "I'll start with the basic questions… You said you are a youkai, but what is that?"

Yukari answered irritably,

"Youkai is Japanese for a supernatural creature, like vampires or kappa. The ones where I live, in the land of Gensokyo, are generally humanoid, eccentric, and have very unusual powers. You know all this, so why are you asking me?"

Shimi wrote all this down, and answered,

"It's for the readers. Unless they're one of those youkai that read minds, they won't know who, or what, you are. If there are many kinds of youkai, what kind are you?"

Yukari smiled, knowing Shimi actually wanted to know this. He had spent days doing research, trying to find out, all for naught.

"Well, some youkai are based off of animals. Then there are the mythological ones, like fairies, oni, or demons. And then there are the ones with no known origin, like me."

Shimi looked disappointed.

"So you're saying there's all these different kinds of youkai, and you're the unique one with no origin?"

Yukari smiled again.

"Well, it's not just me, but yes. Take Parsee, for instance. She's practically the embodiment of jealousy, but no one could tell you where she came from. If you asked, she'd probably be jealous that you can go around asking people things and she can't…and then she'd kill you."

Shimi stared at her for a second, then shrugged.

"Well then, let's be glad she isn't here, then. Next question: What is it exactly that you do?"

Yukari thought about this for a moment, and said,

"I watch things. Nothing happens in Gensokyo that I don't know about."

Shimi looked confused.

"Nothing? Well, you're in here talking to me right now, so how could you be watching everything?"

Yukari chuckled.

"Like this." She snapped her fingers, summoning several gaps, all filled with eyes.

"I… see. Getting on that subject, what are your gaps? I understand that you control boundaries, so what do those gaps have to do with it?"

Yukari looked surprised.

"You mean you don't see it? The gaps are exactly that. The holes I make between boundaries."

"And the eyes inside the gaps?"

Yukari chuckled.

"I'll leave that to your imagination."

Shimi nodded.

"Alright, one last question, one that's been bugging me for a while: Just how old are you?"

Yukari looked affronted.

"How dare you! You should know better than to ask a lady how old she is!"

Shimi grinned.

"Well, considering I have no sense of shame, I'd say I dare very well."

"Well, if you must know, I'm 17."

Shimi wrote this and added sarcastically,

"You were there when Gensokyo was founded, thousands of years ago, but ok, you're 17. Anyway, I think were done with this interview."

The two stood up and walked to the door.

"So," said Yukari, "Who will you interview next?"

Shimi chuckled.

"You'll see. In the meantime, I think I'll go home and get some sleep." He snapped his fingers and disappeared. Yukari started to leave, but then stared at the readers.

"Well? We're done here. You can go now." She walked out, the door slamming shut behind her.