The Rainbow Puppeteer and the Monochrome Witch

Hey~! This is my first fanfic, written for Alice and Marisa. Planning for it to be long-term. So yeah, hope you'll enjoy it.

Touhou and the characters in this story belong to ZUN/Team Shanghai Alice.


Chapter One : How the Seven Coloured Puppeteer met the Black-White

That night, a storm was raging through Gensokyo. Alice, who as usual was doing her research, took no notice of the storm. ''Shanghai!'' the puppeteer called out, ''Bring me a cup of coffee, please.'' The doll stopped in its cleaning and went to the kitchen.

Alice sighed. When would she succeed in finding a way to create the perfect doll - one who would have a life of its own, who did not depend on Alice to control and give it energy?

All of the rainbow puppeteer's efforts only succeeded in giving her dolls A.I, or artificial intelligence. Perhaps the time would come when it should, she told herself to stay positive and continued with her reading while writing notes down in a thick book.

Shanghai flew to Alice hovered beside her, the doll was holding a cup of coffee. ''Mistress? Your coffee is ready.'' Alice accepted it and took a sip. ''Just the right temperature as usual, thank you.'' Shanghai nodded and continued its cleaning.

Alice was so immersed in her research that she almost did not feel the barriers around her house being penetrated. Almost. She frowned, putting down her book and glancing at the clock. Who would be here at such a late hour? She went to the window and looked out.

A person with a oversized cone-shaped hat on a -was that a broomstick? Yes, it probably was- broomstick was flying at a dangerous speed towards her house. Alice's eyes widened. What idiot would do that? She rushed downstairs towards her door and quickly unlocked it. She opened it and -too late, CRASH-, the figure fell on to the porch while the broom hovered for a few seconds before dropping to the ground.

Alice walked to the person cautiously, aware that it might be a trap. However, all her concerns were brushed aside and replaced with new ones when she saw the person up close. The person was badly injured, her arm was twisted at an odd angle and there was blood running down her face and body.

Alice called for all her dolls to assist her. Together, they took the unconscious figure indoors. Shanghai Red took the first aid kit and handed it to Shanghai Green. The green doll then cleaned the head wounds of the person. Alice frowned, should she undress the person? It would be rude not to get permission first but getting permission from an unconscious person was not easy.

She shrugged and started to take off the girl's clothes. She gasped when she saw blood flowing freely from the many wounds. 'Why has she not started to regenerate yet? She must be human, or maybe a youkai who regenerates slowly.' Alice bit her lip and went to remove a book from a nearby bookshelf while her dolls cleaned the girl's wounds.

Alice flipped through the book, stopping when she reached the chapter entitled ''Spells To Stop Blood Loss'' She scanned the chapter and found what she was looking for. ''Instant Skin Repair'' was a spell which needed little time to work but unfortunately does not heal internal injuries, perfect for the circumstances.

Alice quickly read and carried out the instructions in the book. 15 minutes passed in a blur for Alice. A complicated diagram drawn on paper made from the bark of a Yggdrasil tree, using dark red ink and eagle feather quill, placed on the chest of the person. Lastly, the magician youkai concentrated her magical energy on to the centre of the diagram and commanded it to heal the unconscious human.

Dark red sparks travelled from the diagram and went around the person's slim figure. In a minute, the wounds were barely visible and the paper became blank. Carefully, Alice carried the person into her room and on to her bed and tucked her in, aware that although her external wounds were healed, the person was still injured inside. Meanwhile, her dolls were cleaning up downstairs.

Alice sat down at the side of the bed. Only then did she realise how pretty the human girl was. She looked almost peaceful. Alice suddenly had the urge to hug and protect the frail body. She was shocked at herself. Why had she felt like that? The magician frowned and went to take a bath.

She left her clothes outside for one of her many dolls to collect and lowered herself into the warm water. She sighed contentedly. She hadn't perspired this much in months. As a matter of fact, she had not even moved this much for a long, long time.

When Alice came out of the bath, her hard working dolls had already prepared her nightdress and another set of clothes for the stranger currently sleeping in her bedroom. She dressed herself and carried the other clothes up to her bedroom.

She did not want to risk moving the person so Alice just left the clothes on the table beside the bed. Suddenly Alice saw a problem – where was she going to sleep if there was already a person on her bed?

At last, Alice decided to share the bed with the figure sleeping peacefully on her bed. She carefully crept into her bed, trying her hardest not to disturb the sleeping girl. Finally, she managed it. Alice turned her back on to the stranger and tried to ignore the fact that she was in bed with a naked girl.

After what seemed like hours to her but was only minutes, Alice fell asleep.


So how was it? I hope you liked it. I know this wasn't how Alice met Marisa but hey, this IS a fanfic, kay? Thanks for reading.