A Love Not Bound By Time

Gensokyo, a place where humans and youkai live in semi-peace. But, things weren't so peaceful in the Scarlet Devil Mansion. The infamous gatekeeper of the mansion, Hong Meiling was sleeping on her chair outside the gate as usual. This did not go unnoticed by the head maid, Sakuya Izayoi. She pulled out a few of her signature knives and prepared to hurl them at her.

"Shirking your duties again? Eh, China!" Sakuya yelled as she threw her knives at Meiling. Luckily, Meiling awoke in the nick of time. "Huh? Oh, Miss Sakuya!" Meiling greeted as she skillfully dodged two of the three knives, but the last one, she wasn't lucky enough to dodge. It unceremoniously hit her right between the eyes. Although this may have been normal routine for them, something was different about this time. "You should know better than to sleep during your work hours. Who knows what might happen if you're asleep?" Sakuya lectured as she turned around preparing to go back inside.

"Heheh, good morning to you too Miss Sakuya. I was just getting a few more minutes of sleep before my..." Meiling said, but slurred her words mid-sentence as she started to feel drowsy. 'Huh? What's this? There's more blood coming from the knife than usual...Something, must be wrong...Miss Sakuya...' Meiling thought as her eyes drooped closed and she blacked out, face first, with a loud thud. Even after falling, she was still bleeding profusely. It even started to make a small puddle on the floor.

At the sound of someone falling, Sakuya immediately turned around. " Hey, are you falling asleep on me China?" When there wasn't a response, she tried again. "China? Hey China, don't joke around. This isn't funny. China? Meiling?" After her last try at waking Meiling, she knelt by her side and flipped her over because she landed face first into the pavement. "Meiling, hey Meiling. Come on wake up," Sakuya desperately tried again out of worry. She even went as far to slap her a few times. When there still wasn't a response, Sakuya began to notice the ever growing puddle of blood around them.

'Oh no, this is bad, she's losing too much blood' thought Sakuya as she instinctively removed the knife and applied pressure to the deep wound. Then she ripped off a piece a piece of her sleeve to act as a makeshift bandage. The bleeding stopped for the most part, but it still needed medical attention. "Wait here for a minute, I need to get the mistress. We need to get you to Eirin's Place for some medical help," she told the unconscious Meiling. 'No, wait, I can't just leave her here. I guess it can't be helped, I'll just have to carry her.,' Sakuya thought as she picked up Meiling bridal style.

'Wow, she's lighter than I thought,' was her last thought before she rushed inside to find her mistress.

Disclaimer : I do not own Touhou Project or any of its characters.

A/N : Touhou story about a fictional event in Sakuya and Meiling's time line. Chapter 1.

Notes -

Scarlet Devil Mansion : home to Remilia Scarlet, vampire of Gensokyo, along with her sister Flandre, Patchouli, Sakuya, and Meiling. Basic location of Touhou 6

Eirin's Place : or Eientei is the location that is occupied by Eirin Yagokoro,local doctor/medic/pharmacist of Gensokyo, along with Kaguya, Reisen, and Tewi