The Touhou characters and settings are respectively belongs to ZUN! He's an awesome guy. Long live ZUN!
Leo, my character belongs to me.
I try to make this fanfic compelling and good enough for the readers to read it and also I'm trying to keep the Touhou characters originality by using their canon personalities to make this story more... Original I guess. Heh. :) ANd yes, I know this is a self-insert fic but at least give me a little chance, okay? :D
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Chapter 1 - THE MIST OF THE UNKNOWN
The city lights are so bright tonight, it almost blinding me. The pedestrians around me felt like they're walking aimlessly in this huge city. As I look up at the sky, there were no sign of stars except for a beautiful full moon brighten the night sky. I look down and pulled out my phone from my pocket and checked the time. Its close to midnight now. It's already this late, huh? I think my parents won't be happy that I'm arriving home this late. I tighten the grasp of my bag and calmly walk back home. Though I knew I'll be in big trouble later but that besides the point.
'I gotta take the shortcut back home. Through the park then.'
I made it to the park safely. Now I need to get to the other entrance of the park then I'll be home in no time. I took a look around while walking through the park and all I see are couples and thugs hanging out near the fountains, on the benches, almost everywhere around the park laughing and having fun. Heh, wish my friends could hang out with me instead of having dates with their girlfriends. But I wouldn't mind. I'll get a girlfriend too soon. IF. There's always a catch in life, eh? I just chuckled and move on.
Then, the whole place suddenly turns colder than usual. Is it going to rain soon? I hope not. Huh? I couldn't see what's ahead. Did it turned misty all the sudden?
I avert my eyes around to take a short look of my surroundings but all I could see are mistclouds. I stopped walking and starts to feel a bit scared. Yes, I could feel fear. I had a feeling that I might not make it home. Alive. I grabbed my phone and called my mom.
'Leo? Where are you?! Your father and I were worried sick!' As usual, a mother's worry is the most dramatic one. But hey, she's my mom and I learn a lot of things from her. I sigh and started to tear up a bit. I'm so sentimental. 'M-mom... I might not make it home.' I could hear her panicked and begging me to not make a joke like that. 'Your father is going to kill you! Come back home, please!' I know I should but in this mist, I couldn't even see where I'm going. 'Mom, listen... I love you and dad too. But trust me, if I'm not back at 2... That means... I might not make it at all.' I wiped my eyes, trying to hold my tears. I could hear my mom sobbing. 'Thanks for everything. I... I wish I could be a better son for you both.' I've been a trouble-maker before so I know they're not that proud of me that much. My mom panicked even more and started to sob even more. 'You're our son! We love you, please come ba-' Huh? I didn't pressed anything. The call got cut off. I look at the screen and realize that there was no reception at all. Great, just what I needed. I put my phone away into my pocket and walked aimlessly in the blinding mist. Then I heard screams of agony and pain around me. I started panicked. This mist is like a plague of black death, coming to get us. I began to run blindly in the mist, trying to find at least a small safe haven but its futile. The more I run, the more I gotten myself lost. I began to wheez a bit. I forgot that I had asthma so running won't help me from now. I stopped running and try to catch my breath. My vision is getting blurry. I couldn't breathe at all. Is this mist going to kill me? I sighed, knowing that my death has come. My vision was blurred out and I felt my heartbeat is getting weaker. I collapsed to the ground, watching my life fades. All I can see now is the mist. That's the last thing I'll see before death. A boring mist. I gave out my last chuckle and felt my heart stopped beating. I knew my life ends here.
I woke up in surprised. I could still breathe. Wait, am I still alive? I slowly placed my palm on my chest and felt my heartbeat. The beat was normal as usual. Weird. Was it all a dream? I took a look around and saw trees. Giant trees to be precise. All of the trees seems to be three times the size of any usual tree I know! The sun rays glistering through the leaves indicates its morning already. Or is it in the afternoon? I got up slowly in disbelief. What in the world just happened? I took my phone out from my pocket to see that the time is... 2 AM? Huh? That was at least a few minutes before my phone call got cut off. I shruged and try to shake it off of my shoulder. I should at least find a safe place to relax my brain for awhile. All this questions and thinking made my brain hurts...
I began walking slowly through this gigantic forest. I might get myself lost but heck, at least I could enjoy this calm scenery. The cold calm wind blew through my hair. Ah, never felt this good before. Its like being reborn. Did I got reborned? Huh, so many questions but no answers found at all. As I walk, I made my way to what seems to be a lake. I thought of taking a rest here so why not. I sat near the lake water and wash my face with it for a bit. I sat there silently, trying to connect these events that occured to me. But in the end, I got myself a major headache.
I then heard voices of young girls having fun. Maybe they could show me the way to the nearest civilization. I never felt so happy that I could hear the voices of other people around me. I got up quickly and speed-walk towards the voices.