Chapter 1
(Reimu Pov)
I looked at the snow white haired man I had found he was at least 2 or 3 years older than me. He was unconscious though surprisingly enough he didn't have a scratch on him."Though I haven't checked under his jacket and hakama yet." I was very hesitant to well do that kind of thing to someone who was completely out of it but, if it's to check for injuries it can't be that bad right? I slowly stripped him of his jacket and hakama lightly gasping at the sight of his right arm it was completely black. I reached out to touch it to test if it was burned or made of some kind of metal I decided against it however and went back to checking his upper body for injuries. "Not a single scratch." I said to myself and slightly blushed at my own actions as I had unknowingly been looking over his well toned body. "The hell is wrong with me I shouldn't look at this like that at all." I scolded myself as I heard a groan and the man pushed himself up saying
"Ughh what the hell happened?" he said his voice was gruff and as he looked around then, at his hands he looked panicked? "Ho..how in the hell did I get here I erased myself!?" Not really sure what to do at the moment I cleared my throat to get his attention he turned to me both an emerald green eye and a crimson red one locked onto me"Wh..who the hell?" before he could finish I introduced myself casually
"I'm Hakurei Reimu the one found you unconscious also I'm the shrine maiden of this shrine." the man rolled his eyes before sarcastically
"Yeah cause that wasn't obvious from the miko outfit." I was about to growl out a retort though then I remembered what he had said about how he erased himself
"Mind explaining the whole erase yourself thing?" he ran his hand through his spiky hair somehow not a single spike flattened as he growled
"Why the hell do you care?" and I waved off his comment saying
"It's obvious that you're about as confused as I am and besides talking to yourself tells a lot." He grunted in response before asking
"Right mind telling me why the top of my hakama is off before we get into this shit storm?" I quickly explained that I was checking for injuries and he nodded before saying" Whatever can I just have it back along with my jacket?" I quickly pointed to where I had sit the clothing next to the ridiculously large sword he had on his back when I found him. "It can't be BloodScythe I thought I left it behind this just keeps getting weirder and weirder." I then coughed after he had thrown his clothes back together
"About those answers?" he sighed before adjusting his collar and said
"Damnit your persistent fine I'll tell you but, you have to promise me that you won't try to stab my ass." I nodded not like I use knives anyway he then sat down and said
"Back when I was a kid I lived in a church with my sister Saya and my brother Jin…." was the start of his tale though as he went further into his past it was a lot darker and painful than what I could have thought. Nearing the end of his tale he said "Then after putting that bastard Terumi in his place killing him for good, I figured out the only way to stop the "Central Fiction" in my world was to wake the sleeping god by...erasing myself from the minds of everyone I knew." it honestly made me want to cry how could he even have the will to live after all that I held back my emotional ideals though and responded normally.
"Yeesh and I thought I had a shity life." I was expecting him to get offended but, instead he gave off a chuckle
"Yeah I hear that a lot from normal people though seeing as how I landed here there has to be something up." I nodded before wondering
"is there anyone who could pull off a trick like this anyone who could just make the non-existent to being existent again" I had a few ideas but, wouldn't point any fingers before asking "Well I better prepare you for Gensokyo's rules when it comes to fighting." he looked at me skeptically before asking
"And that means?" this time I gave off a chuckle before turning and with a almost cold smile said
"You'll see Ragna you'll see." and he followed me out to the yard looking around I wondered"Strange Marisa isn't around today."
"Looking for someone?" Ragna asked I shrugged before saying
"Nah more like seeing if I need to be prepared to deal with certain annoyances." Ragna nodded to my statement before muttering
"I know how ya feel." and thus I explained Danmaku to him. He was unsurprisingly strong especially after everything he told me he'd been through one slash of his sword causing a literal explosion of dirt as I jumped out of the way of multiple more high speed slashes."So tell me how does this help me learn how to use Danmaku again?" I honestly didn't know what to say it wasn't like I'd taught anyone before then I thought came to mind.
"Hey can you use the Azure Grimoire thing you told me about?" at asking that his hand bursted into a mass of reddish-black darkness with hints of purple inside.
"Well that answer your question though it does feel stronger than usual like I got full control somehow." I then said
"Instead of lunging forwards and punching just try to send the darkness straight at me. He did as I said instantly I was out of the way of the attack as multiple bolts of fire like darkness crashed into where I was standing he said
"Well that's new wonder what other tricks I can do?" he chuckled before I said
"We're going to find out right Ragna?" I said raising some seal tags as darkness began surrounding him.
(Marisa Pov)
I looked at the man I had found he had to be at least 20 he was up and about seemingly analyzing his surroundings before he finally commented" not a very tidy person are you miss?" I looked at him before chuckling out
"Yeah sorry I couldn't roll out the red carpet for someone who's unconscious and the name's Marisa Kirisame drop the miss crap by the way mr?" this time he tipped his hat before chuckling out
"It's not a problem Marisa my name is Hazama though may I ask how you found me?" I scratched my cheek while thinking and then said
"I found you unconscious near my house there's not a scratch on ya by the way already checked." he looked at me with a weird look and it dropped as quick as it came.
(Hazama Pov)
"Now this is getting interesting first I wake up alive free of the sniveling bastard that is Terumi and now I find myself in the presence of a young girl who is no doubt a murakumo unit though she doesn't look anything like any of the others wonder why?" I thought while seemingly staring at her before noticing the intensity of the stare was making her uncomfortable. "Sorry about my staring I'm a person who analyzes everything I can, better to know than not after all." she nodded cautiously before asking in a slightly teasing tone
"Did you like what you analyzed of me ze~? " I sighed I could tell if this girl was a murakumo she had some programming flaws somewhere down the line and then I thought
"Still doesn't explain why she would A be here wherever here is when it comes to the interdimensional boonies and B why is her appearance so drastically different than the usual unless…" as I considered that a viable unlikely but viable explanation I would first need more information from the girl. She seemed to be contemplating something as well when she asked
"So yer probably not from Gensokyo from how ya dress right?" she actually said something logical surprising given her first impression.
"Correct though since I've never heard of anywhere called Gensokyo I can say that I'm no where near home." she shrugged as if I didn't already know she couldn't do anything about it then for one reason or another I openly asked "By the way Marisa would you have a set of numbers on your body like a birthmark or any scars resembling any?" surprisingly she answered
"Yeah why ya know something about it?" I now had a theory and a way to know if or if not what I think is true or not.
"It's only a maybe but, I can't really test it unless you show me it, of course if it's somewhere you have a problem with it needs not to be a hastened process." by the time I had said that I noticed she had pulled her shirt up and showed me her back. It was very light to the point that you could pass it off as a scar I know that's what I thought it was but, at closer inspection it was indeed numbers I read them off aloud
"No. 14" now I was blinking and rubbing my eyes to make sure I read it right"now this is a big goddamn coincidence if it is one because I remember Relius commenting in one of our brief discussions that he had a 14th Murakumo in the works but, he said he dealt with her since it seemed there were some design flaws along with her model being malfunctioned."as I thought this she pulled her shirt down I could tell the malfunction part could be true of her.
"So any ideas?" I then adjusted my hat before saying an answer figuring this was something that would be delicate to handle say the wrong thing and she'll begin denying everything.
"No not yet, mind to answer a few questions it could help me come to an conclusion.?" she nodded before asking
"But you need to answer some first Hazama like what do you think it means or where exactly are you from?" I was honestly surprised she asked me a legitimate question instead of something completely random.
"Let me guess unless I tell you there won't be any cooperation happening out of you." she nodded her head no and I sighed why were kids so difficult
"Now again this is only me guessing which I hate to do you may just be what is called a Murakumo unit." she tilted her head and I continued "A Murakumo unit is otherwise known as a Prime Field Device they were created to scout around a place known as boundary out of the thirteen original units only two are known to be currently active." she then said
"But you said the number on my back is 14 how would that be possible if there's only 13 of them." she really knows how to state the obvious when it comes down to things.
"Well that's because you were created way after those thirteen if you are No.14 that is anyway to be exact a crazy masked puppeteer I had to call a co worker told me you were in development but, he trashed you never exactly explained how though again if we are to assume this isn't a coincidence and you really are no.14." she was a bit surprised and then I asked one of the three questions
"So would you know if you've had those numbers on your back from birth or were they a recent thing." she shrugged before saying
"Not sure honestly I never talked to my parents about it." I nodded before asking the second question
"Are you sure you weren't adopted into the family?" she shook her head no before lightly whispering
"No not really though if it's true maybe that's why they so easily accepted the idea of me running away not even bothering to try to get me to come back." I could tell this was going to take a turn for the worst and even though I was hesitant I asked anyway
"Has there ever been a time where you've changed completely switching from the person you are now to a more robotic or sinister persona that would take any chance given to kill someone." she seemed to be thinking before saying
"Well whenever I worked with Mima I felt more willing to hurt others never really went out and said it though." I nodded there were signs but, even with this information though I couldn't say it was completely factual
"Dammit the one time I need your masked ass and I can't hunt you down Reilus." I thought while figuring out what to say next
"Well the only real way to know would be either go talk to Reilus which is impossible or." she looked at me as I went silent wondering if it could even work
"Or?" she mimicked me in a questioning tone
"Or we have to quite literally try and force out your Murakumo abilities which would require more than 1 person to do since I need someone to restrain you so you don't..ahh to put it lightly go on a mass murder spree covering the area in blood." she looked wide-eyed at the revelation before saying
"Oh I know we could go talk to a friend of mine she lives in a mansion not to far away from here she's pretty good at magic she'll help but, I'll have to work my magic on her." I nodded while wondering what she meant by work her magic but, decided not to question it.
Chapter 1 end