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A drawbridge lowered and a horse ran past a young kid and on this horse was a strong young woman and a child-like princess as the princess looked back at the young boy.
The young boy watched the two run off, and then turned his head to see a very dark skinned man on a dark horse watching the girls run off, and then glanced at the boy and had a devilish smirk on his face, extending the palm of his hand at the boy as he looked at the man in fear as a dark aura surrounded his hand, ready to destroy the boy…and everything turned white and then a girl let out a scream, waking up from her bed.
That girl just so happened to be Youmu Konpaku.
BGM: Waltz of the Boos (Super Mario Galaxy)
"What… what the heck was that about?" She asked herself and got up from her bed, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes as she walked over to a table and noticed the basket of apples was completely gone that she just had bought from the store in the Human Village just the day before.
She already knew who was responsible for the missing apples, but she knew that she didn't know about a secret stash of food in her room… since she usually locked it up before she could grab it.
…Wait, did she forget to lock the door?
Youmu's eyes widened and she hurried over to her room… and discovered that her mistress, Yuyuko Saigyouji, was already rummaging under her bed. "Lady Yuyuko!" She shouted.
"I knew you had something in here!" Yuyuko cutely giggled and began eating it. "Food can never escape my nose!"
Youmu looked down and saw that she dropped an apple as she then picked it up and rubbed it on her dress as Yuyuko came up to her with puppy dog eyes. "You gonna eat that?" She asked.
"As a matter of fact, yes." Youmu said, taking a bite out of it and walking out.
"Aww…" Yuyuko pouted and followed Youmu around as she sat down on the chair, and then Yuyuko looked at her, sensing something. "Youmu, it looks like something is troubling you."
"How can you tell?"
"I can see it in your eyes. Just tell me."
"I'd rather not."
"Please?"
"No."
"Pretty please?"
Youmu looked at her mistress, giving her the same puppy dog eyes and sighed in annoyance. "If I tell you, will you stop giving me that look?"
"Yes!"
"Alright." Youmu nodded and explained what happened in her dream as Yuyuko listened to it all, fascinated.
"Fascinating. That's an interesting dream."
"Dream? Or is it an omen?" A voice asked as they turned their heads to see Yuyuko's best friend, Yukari Yakumo, coming out of a gap. "The way she described the dream makes me feel something is about to happen… and it may happen in Gensokyo as well."
"So, let Reimu take care of it. I'm sure she and Marisa will take that threat out quickly." Youmu said.
"Possibly, but what if we could prevent it from ever happening?" Yukari asked, smiling at Youmu.
"Where are you getting at?"
"You should go take care of it." Yukari said, opening up a gap.
"Why me?"
"Hey, it's better to do it now than wait for it." Yukari smiled.
"I'm not so sure about it."
"Oh, you'll be fine." Yukari smiled… and then pushed her in. "Good luck!"
End BGM
Yuyuko heard a small 'thud' as she looked down and saw the apple that Youmu dropped. Score! She thought and reached for it, but Yukari grabbed it and dusted it off, and then proceeded to take a bite out of it. "Yukari!" She whined.
"Finders keepers." Yukari smirked at her best friend and walked away, as anime-like tears ran down Yuyuko's cheeks.
"No fair… I'm still hungry…" She whined.
Yukari kept walking and had a thought. "Hmm…I wonder if I should send Youmu some help from time to time?"
Meanwhile…
BGM: Kokiri Forest (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)
A young boy sleepily walked out of his house with a blue fairy right next to him. "Good morning, Link!" A girl's voice cheerfully greeted.
"Mmm… morning Saria…" Link groggily said and then he didn't see where he was going… and fell off of the platform he was on. "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" He yelled and faceplanted, causing Saria to wince at this.
"You okay?"
Link got up, dusting himself off. "Well, if that didn't have me snap awake, I don't know what will…"
"Hmm?" Saria looked at the fairy that was next to Link. "Oh! You got yourself a fairy, that's so cool!"
"Hello! My name is Navi, nice to meet you!" Navi greeted.
"Hi!" Saria waved.
"Anyway, we're kind of in a tight schedule. The Great Deku Tree needs to speak with Link." Navi told her.
"Is that so? Well, I'm not going to stop you then. Good luck!" Saria waved and Link took off. …Although, I'm pretty sure Mido will stop you…
"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!" A boy named Mido yelled. "I'm not going to let you get past here, Link!"
"…Mido, can you just let me on past?"
"Nuh-uh, no way! I'm not letting anyone go to the Great tree!"
"Oh give me a break!" Navi exclaimed and flew right up in Mido's face. "The Great Tree has summoned Link! NOW LET US ON THROUGH!"
"…No way, you have a fairy and the Great Tree summoned you?!" Mido asked.
"Yes, now let us pass." Link requested through gritted teeth.
"Hmph! Like I would ever let you do that. I mean, you don't even have a sword or a shield. What kind of a man are you if you don't have a sword or a shield?"
Link's eye twitched. Oh, I'll show you how to man up… He thought. "Fine… I'll just grab a shield and a sword if it makes you happy."
"HA! Like that would ever happen." Mido chuckled as Link turned away, growling in frustration. Oh, how he wanted to punch Mido's smirk down his throat…
"Can't you take a running start or go around him?" Navi asked.
"Hmph, no… that guy's like a ninja. I don't know how it's possible." He said as he went to go collect Rupees to buy a shield in the store, and once he collected the rupees, he walked in and paid for the shield.
All that was left was a sword… and he knew just where to get it.
He then came across a small crawlway that he could easily crawl through and got to the other side in an instant and carefully made it past the boulder that always seemed to go in a circle for some reason that Link could never understand and then he came across the treasure chest and he smiled.
He walked over to it and opened it up, revealing the Kokiri Sword.
Da da da da!
"That's a sword? It looks more like a knife." Navi pointed out.
"Oh whatever. Let's just go rub it in Mido's face." Link chuckled and started walking… and then suddenly a gap opened up behind him.
"AAAAAH!"
"Huh?" Link turned around… only for Youmu to land right on top of him. "OOOF!"
"Whoa! Where did she come from?!" Navi asked. "Hey Link, are you okay?"
"Ooogh…" Link groaned. "Never… better…!" He said as Youmu got up, rubbing her head.
"Did she have to shove me in there…?" Youmu wondered.
"Who are you?" Link asked.
Youmu looked at the small boy. "Youmu Konpaku… and who are you?"
"Link. Where did you come from?"
"The Netherworld."
"Nether…what?" Navi asked as Youmu explained where she came from and how she got there as the two looked at her and then at each other, and then back at the swordswoman.
"Gen…sokyo?" Link asked.
"Yeah."
"Hmm, that does sound other worldly… and judging by your clothing, they do seem to be from another world." Navi said.
"For someone who came from another world..." Not that I believe it. "...you're kinda cute." Link said as Youmu blushed. "Wait, hold on! Did you say something about a dream of me watching two women running off on a horse and me being attacked by some dark skinned man?"
"Yeah." Youmu nodded.
Link blinked. "This is freaky, I had the same dream."
"What?!"
"I wonder what this could mean?"
"Maybe it's fate that we bumped into each other." Navi said. "But never mind about that! We have to go visit the Great Deku Tree!"
"Great… WHAT tree?" Youmu asked.
"Come on, we'll show you." Link said. "But first… I need to do something."
Exactly thirty seconds later...
"What's that?! You have a sword? AND WHAT'S THAT?! YOU HAVE A SHIELD?!"
"Yep!" Link nodded.
"GOOD GRIEF!" Mido yelled. "Why does everyone have to like you, huh? Saria, the great Deku tree…. COME ON, I NEED SOME LOVE TOO!"
Well, maybe if you didn't have an ego as big as your head, you'd be likable. Link thought. "Come on, let's go." He said as Navi and Youmu wandered in while Mido looked at Youmu.
"…Who's the hottie?" He wondered while Link, Youmu and Navi kept moving forward, not realizing that an adventure was about to unfold.
Not the Touhou story you were expecting, were you? ;)