Lord Over Gensokyo
by Cyberchao X

Disclaimer: Neither Touhou Project nor Disgaea are property of me.

Another Disclaimer: Sever insomnia here; may have typos.

Summary: Laharl finds himself in a brand new world and decides to conquer it. Unfortunately for him, its residents are heavily armed…

Chapter 1: The New Kid In Town

It was just a typical day in the Netherworld, except for the fact that something that was not bloody likely had happened. Laharl, the Overlord, had misplaced some of his vassals. Three of them, to be precise. "Where is that idiot Gordon and his crew!"

It had been three years since the attack on the Netherworld by Earth forces and the subsequent assault on Celestia by the Netherworld. Kurtis had been reborn at the last red moon, but Gordon, Jennifer, and Thursday remained in the Netherworld. Until today, that is. Today, they escaped through the Dimensional Gate. Typically, though, Gordon had a horrible sense of direction, and so their destination was…not quite the same world they'd left. "Uh, Jennifer," he asked, "Where are we?"

"Search me."

"SENSORS SHOW THAT WE ARE IN GENSOKYO."

"Jennifer, I think something must be wrong with Thursday's programming. I mean, G-Gensokyo? The mythical land where things supposedly go after people stop believing in their existence? How could such a place even exist? And how would we end up here?"

"It's been three years. Perhaps the people truly have stopped believing that we'll ever return."

"That doesn't answer how such a place can exist."

"So, it's an uncharted world, huh," came the voice of Overlord Laharl, who'd followed them through the Dimension Gate. "Perfect for expanding my dominion!"

"Your…dominion?" asked one of the locals. "Pardon my saying so, but you don't look like you should have a 'dominion'."

"Fool! I am Overlord Laharl, ruler of the Netherworld, at least two alternate netherworlds, and kind of also Celestia!"

"Must not be any of the Netherworlds I've visited," she muttered. "Well, I suppose a leadership figure would make controlling these people a lot easier. Less work for me, then."

"Mm, I like this human," Etna said, "She's got nice priorities."

"So, as the keeper of the Hakurei Barrier, I give you permission to attempt to take over Gensokyo," Reimu said, "though it remains to be seen if you've got what it takes…perhaps a quick spell card duel will suffice? It's just for practice, so we'll each only use our first spell cards."

"I don't know what you're babbling about, but you're on! Blazing Knuckle!" The overlord's first attack crashed into Reimu, unprepared for what was coming. It was the only time Laharl had the upper hand as Reimu began her non-spell bullet pattern; Laharl, lacking such a weapon, couldn't do much more than dodge and attempt to use a sword attack. Finally, he managed to dodge the danmaku, only to be facing Dream Sign |Evil Sealing Circle| right as he managed "Overlord Sign |Overlord's Wrath|" which wasn't so much a spell card as just a really overwrought version of Overlord's Wrath brought on by a particularly wrathful Overlord. Which is to say, enough bullets to make the cut in a spell card battle, but not enough to be a spell card. Laharl was easily overwhelmed. "And I'm pretty sure that sad attempt at a spell card was actually your second, which technically would be against the rules we set out," Reimu said, "but we can let it slide since I won anyway."

Meanwhile, Etna twirled her gun and thought about the nature of the battle she just saw. Gensokyo sure looks like a fun place… she thought, and one that probably wouldn't have any problem with having a female leader…


A/N: Yeah, I might be changing this up a little to give Etna her own agenda—she's more in character that way—although the initial mission statement remains the same: to get Laharl blown up in danmaku battles in as many hilarious ways possible. This is among the many "backlogged ideas" I've had. Also…no pairings. Yet, anyway. Might start crossover shipping eventually, but most of my canon ships are going to be left out—this is almost certainly AU to my established Touhouverse. Ja ne!

P.S. Did you get the reference near the beginning of the chapter? Hint: I'm not British.