So as a tribute to two of my favorite OP franchises (with one getting an anime while the other getting three video games on the PS4) I made a crossover. Oh what a surprise, I made another crossover. Well this is also a tribute to Imizu's Gerisa, not that much people would know it. But by saying that you probably know who the inevitable One Punch Woman in this fic. This'll be a slight AU since Kazami Yuuka would arrive after the Moriyah Shrine alongside some differences. Of course this might be Gensokyo focused but there'll also be an actual crossover, maybe on another fic? Or should I make it here. Ah whatever, here's the story.
This'll be a comedy focused fic. Maybe it'll focus on fanon interpretations of Touhou characters too.
Either way, time to say the disclaimer.
I do not own anything.
One owns One Punch Man
Zun owns Touhou Project
"What's a brat like you doing around here?"
The giant monster that had arrived in the village was confused. He didn't know exactly how to deal with this situation. He was a fearsome monster. Every human started running away the moment they saw him. They all fled for their lives in fear of his powers and feats of strength. Feats such as taking down a large wall with one punch, taking out a group of humans and then defeating a group of youkais straight after. With those feats he made sure there were survivors or witnesses to spread his 'fame'. And lastly he took out a giant youkai that easily defeated the village's guardian a few days ago. Basically he was powerful.
He was not here for peace talks or shopping like the lesser youkai. He was here to cause chaos in repayment for what they did to him. To kill these humans that led him to this path. For shattering his dreams and desires, he will make these humans despair. That was his goal with his newfound power. And he was enjoying watching the aftermath of his deeds. The expressions of shock, fear and despair. The people running as they scream in horror and warning of a monster. The dead bodies marking his role as an apex predator. Not being restricted by the spellcard rules. It was a good feeling. He loved it.
But then there was this girl.
This girl in front of him that only stared at him instead of running away. A regular and average looking girl that seemed unamused. Possibly even bored. It ticked this monster off.
"Why aren't you fleeing like the rest?"
"Huh? Running like them? Why should I? I came here just to see what's happening. Then again there's not much to see huh..."
His confusion only increased. Was this brat mocking him? Insulting him? Did she think he wasn't a threat? Was she a powerful fighter? No, everyone should be underground for that celebration. There wasn't any magical traces from her either. She looked and felt like a completely normal human. Was this just a fool who thinks they're the main character of a game? If that was the case there were a lot of idiots out here.
"You don't seem to know what kind of position you're in," the man crouched so that he was face to face with the girl. The young girl's face never changed nor did she back off. "I was the former destined hero of this place. I eliminated many youkais and monsters, powerful ones. But despite everything I did none of them offered me any gifts or prizes. Only time was during the bamboo forest and I nearly died out there. I realized how the humans of this realm aren't much different from where I came from. I was so angry... The realization and the hatred that grew inside. It grew more and more until I turned in this form. Because of how nothing good happened to me despite everything I did I have become a monster. I am much stronger than my human form now. I would say way stronger! You should be running by now since I can just kill anyone... Unless you have a death wish."
"Oh so you're an outsider too?" The girl seemed interested now. She was actually looking up to him with... awe? Was this girl also an outsider? She looked... well plain, so she might fit the bill. With a huff the girl pointed at herself. "I'm actually one too. But I'm still getting used to this place, kinda easier to live in. Much more peaceful too. Gensokyo is really as beautiful as they say."
It was the truth. These two were both outsiders. This was the realm of Gensokyo and these two tourists have immigrated into this realm. A realm filled with beautiful landscapes, ranging from great bamboo forests, beautiful mountains, and marvelous other sites. Basically it was a great setting for a fantasy-novel. A setting that allows anything 'forgotten' to appear in Gensokyo. This world was of a different one compared to the Outside World, aka, the modern world. Although they are connected, they are vastly different from each other. But anything forgotten in the real world, will soon appear in the land of Gensokyo. The land of forgotten really housed many fantastic beings, places and even artifacts. It was a safe haven for anyone based on magic basically.
However these two outsiders were not forgotten from the real world. They both somehow found themselves in this realm like many others. Although they were great individuals with many ways to grow, outsiders like them don't last long. They were either annexed into the human settlements, killed somewhere in Gensokyo, leave, or they become heroes that soon vanish and become forgotten. Only those with importance will be remembered and acknowledged, and only those with power would become famous and important. If they were not given their time to grow their strength, they would be nothing more than generic Mooks or NPCs of a game. Easily defeated by enemy Mooks, who are fairies that look like children. Really quite a shameful way to lose. But it just showcases how powerful everyone here in this realm. Anger and hatred for the lack of recognition. Inferiority complexes and despair? Subtly made because of that. And those are enough to lead an outsider to become a monstrous being. To succumb to the darkness and let the despair transform them into a youkai or something more to gain true power.
At least that's what this monstrous outsider thought how things work. He was mostly correct. Still wrong on some points.
"... So you're one of us too huh," his aggressive tone has softened a bit. If anything this giant was calming down. "I see... Well, as a fellow of the same kind I'm going to let you off the hook. Who knows, maybe you'll do better than me and not turn into a monster... Haha, just kidding. I'm going to kill you just in case you come back to hunt me down."
"Huh?" The child was confused now. You're a monster?"
An awkward silence. After comprehending what he just heard, the monster facepalmed.
"... I'm surprised you're still alive with that brain of must've been here for only a day," the man stood up straight showcasing his hand. A blood coated hand. Still fresh from the humans he killed earlier. Suddenly darkness began to ooze out of that hand. "Well that means you weren't listening to me earlier so maybe it'll be better for me to show you by killing you. See my hand? This was from a dead person earlier. Now it's oozing power. The more I kill, the more powerful I get but I tend to hold back. Just for you I'm going to showcase how strong I really am. Do you finally realize what's the difference between you and me? I have attained power, while you look like you were annexed by the humans here. You're probably going to die soon even if I wasn't here. Die like cattle. Useless cattle."
The dark clouds began to surround his arm. Then his body. Suddenly his height-no, size began to increase. When he suddenly started laughing, that was the point the girl dropped the bag she was holding. Was that the look of shock? Fear? Realization of how inferior she is? Realization of just what the situation really was? Either way this monster loved it. This former human that had turned into a dark creature. A dark creature that looked like a mix of a wolf, a bear, a human, and a giant turtle. A hybrid of a monster that was humanoid enough to stand up and look even taller than some houses. He finally ceased laughing and began shouting.
"Power is everything here! Spellcard duels!? You don't have a chance! You are weak! You have no power here and I will easily dispose of anything weaker than me! Starting with you!"
He swung his spiked claws down.
Then, something happened.
The majority of the monster had exploded, turning into a shower of red mist. Only the legs of the monster remained. Everything else was gone, with only a faint traces of flesh and whatever that thing consisted of. The cause?
The girl who had just punched forward. The girl with the seemingly normal outfit, with nothing special about her, had punched the monster. It was an amazing spectacle. She had just destroyed a monster with one hit. A monster that was going to attack her and the village. Without a sweat. By doing so she had just saved the village. It was a heroic deed and something that would've been called 'badass' by a certain thieving witch. Yet the look on her face only showed a surprised reaction. An expression that soon turned to frustration and irritation then despair.
Despite having done a brilliant thing, she clearly looked distressed.
"... Come on... That was boring, I wish there's stronger youkais... I hope."
That silent but sad sentence was all that girl said. After all, no one could understand the pain of being able to take out anything in one shot. No one, is like her. No one. She was an alien to this world.
In all honesty, I think people would be much more interested on what happened on the surface if the Old Hell District wasn't having one huge celebration. At that day, many famous people throughout Gensokyo had moved to Old Hell to celebrate. The rise of monsters on the surface was simply solved by that mysterious being. A mysterious person that has appeared and saved everyone. Of course everyone said that whoever didn't visit was probably up there. Then again, who would miss a week long celebration of fun fun fun?
But really this might be the best celebration in Gensokyo yet. Everyone important was here! Or at least almost everyone. Cheers for the great celebration! ~ Shameimaru Aya's reports
"These flowers are lovely," the shopkeeper only smiled at the girl. "Thank you Sir."
"No problem missy. It's a gift to all newcomers to this village," he said with a little bow. Though for a moment when he looked at the young girl's face, he thought she was angry. For a second at least. Or was that just his imagination? Well, children do hate being called children. Unless they were adults that look like children. This girl looked like she was around 10 years old but with the way she was speaking, she might be older than she looks... "Anyway these flowers were from the Garden of the Sun. Have you heard of it? It's where all these flowers came from,"
"Garden of the sun?" The girl didn't seem to know. So she really was still new here. "Hmm, no. But I think I can understand why they call it that."
"Well that's where all the flowers come from. I forgot which settlement was there but they're the ones in charge of getting me flowers I can sell. Or at least my cousin does that."
"I feel like I should go there... Would love to see those beautiful flowers."
"Well this is only the 45th village and I think that might be a small one. I recommend you visit once the shrine maiden comes up to 'give tours' for money,"
That was something that happened in the past. The human villages have long been separated and expanding ever since the Moriya Shrine and the Buddhists came up. Although the people have splintered into groups, they're still mostly villages. The number of youkais makes it too hard to travel between villages and perform proper construction. But the Moriya folks seemed to plan to continue on their industrialization. However everyone argued, a lot. And since too many of the villages were 'insignificant' anyway, all villages were given numbers. Until they become important enough, they won't get a proper name.
Even if important villages or pseudo-cities have their own titles, they're still called by their numbers. But that helped in providing initiative at least. More villages are working hard to become bigger and well more useful to Gensokyo. It's a small gradual change that is constantly lessened by the frequent youkais but it's heading somewhere. Even if the growth was minuscule at best.
"Ah, that's a shame. I'm nearly broke."
"You should get a job then, or at least a part-time work," for some reason, the girl looks like she was just hit by a punch. "I heard they're looking for construction and school teachers but you should probably help out in something else."
"... Thanks gramps."
"But if you do ever manage to get to the Garden of the Sun, avoid the mansion there. There's something wrong with it," the girl straightened up. She looked interested? Well the shopkeeper was speaking in a much serious tone now. That might've got her attention. "No one knows but they say poison is leaking out of it. So much poison that it might affect the garden soon. Even some of the more powerful incident resolvers here wouldn't stay there for long. That mansion is too dangerous since there might be a powerful youkai in it,"
"Huh, gotcha gramps.. But wait, would that mean the place is empty if there was no youkai there? As anyone living there wouldn't be paying for anything?"
"Hah!" A random customer spoke up. He looked... like a punk. Yet why was he buying a pot of flowers on the corner? "Hey brat, people and outsiders have been trying to do that. And guess what? No one ever succeeded, or came back! Well alive at least. Or Sane. But either way, listen to the old man brat. You'll be throwing your life away if you act like a dumbass."
"In a way yes. But really follow his advice and don't kill yourself by going there."
"Okay." A blank response from her.
"Anyway," the shopkeeper interrupted making sure to kick the punk out later. "If you ever need anything else, just talk to the people around. We're willing to help since we're a community. Provided that you don't destroy a house or anything, hahahaha!"
The girl only smiled chuckling nervously.
"I'll try not to!" The shopkeeper blinked. Did he hear that right? Well she must be joking then. "Oh but I really have to get going,"
"Ah, goodbye then," the shopkeeper turned back to the shop. Just as she started walking away, the shopkeeper glanced back one more time. If he focused on the girl he would've heard her last lines. "While I'm on my last batch of money.. If I can move out and go to that mansion, I'll be able to live there for free then."
A lot of youkais cause problems to the human settlements. Well not just settlements, even others such as kappas and tengus. Now add that with the great idea of splitting off numerous villages, well basically it's annoying. Many youkais can harass multiple villages and the usual incident resolvers won't be able to save everyone. Thankfully there's a thing called currency. The Moriya Shrine and Yakumo household have created a system connected to the danmaku fights. A system that will grant people who 'save others' money depending on what they did, their reputation and if they could keep saving people.
Kinda like heroes. ~Shameimaru Aya
This is mostly a side project that'll focus on Kazami Yuuka showing to everyone how powerful is one punch. Oh and shattering some fantasies while we're at it. Of course Reimu and Cirno are also key candidates for becoming one punch woman themselves... Hmmm... They probably won't have any magic affinity if that's the case. In the beginning at least.
Kinda the side effects for Yuuka. No magic, loli-fied body unless actually serious. Kinda had that idea since Tatsumaki is clearly overpowered (comparable to Saitama since she also suffers under sudden art quality changes) yet has a body of a kid.
Well either way that's it for now. Leave your thoughts if you have any. Ideas are enjoyable and useful reviews. Reviews about how to help me improve my work. Those are awesome reviews.
Anyway next destination, Garden of the Sun. Goal, find a house.
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