Back in the eighties, while I was chilling in my bedroom my father came into my room with a copy of my first fanfic in this page, and he brought up...that question:
''This yours?''
''No, I...''
''Your mother said she found it in your account."
''I don't know, one of the reviewers must've left..."
''Left off what?''
''But dad it's not mine''
''Where did you get it!?''
''DAD, I...''
''Answer me! Who taught you how to do this stuff?''
I couldn't take it anymore, so I finally told him.
''YOU, ALRIGHT?! I learned it by watching you!''
He looked at me all bamboozled, and that's when it hit us: Parents who do Crackfic, have children who do crackfic.
This was a message from the Partnership for a Crackfic-Free America
Rinnosuke was in his shop, like always. It was time to close after a somewhat good day of business. The amount of people who came to his shop was above the average, he even got to sell some stuff. But he didn't really care much that day, he had bigger worries than his sales.
Good ol' Kourin was a bit of a boring man when compared to other personalities of Gensokyo. His power of recognizing technology was not the most useful, he barely had a fighting chance against pretty much anyone else. Add to that his undefined but clearly high age, and it's no wonder he was feeling a bit of a life crisis.
Well, maybe life crisis is not the right word, on the outside he looked calm and ready , but on the inside he had a bit of a void to fill. Well, you see, sometimes when a man is having his age issues he starts bragging about his wife as if it were a trophy or they get a cool looking car (not that you need to be having a crisis to get a cool car, you could have a cool car for the sake of it). Rinnosuke didn't have any trophy wife, so it had to be the car.
Luckily for him, not too long ago, the kappas created and awesome looking DeLorean based on odd memories in the minds of Utsuho Reiuji and her feline companion Orin. Due to a set of fortunate circumstances, he got to try the car by himself.
So, now that the store was closed, it was finally his time to try that beautiful piece of machinery. He got inside it and turned that baby on, the motor roared and the tires began spinning. He stomped on the pedal and started rolling.
Faster and faster, the numbers in the speedometer started to raise, and when it reached 88 miles per hour...
He crashed against a tree, and his body went flying. Poor Rinnosuke hit the dirt and his body bounced 4 times before stopping. A regular man would have been dead by then, but he was only half regular man, so he was just half of a dead guy now.
And then Yukari appeared. The DeLorean had called her attention.
''My legs! I can't feel my legs!'' said Kourin in agony.
''How is it you have this powerful car?'' asked Yukari. ''Aren't you a bit too old for a mid-life crisis?''
That was so rude, but Rinosuke wasn't offended, he just groaned in pain.
''But how did you get it''
Rinnosuke explained things between groans and Yukari thanked him for it by transporting him through a gap to Eirin's clinic. He appeared on top of the roof and fell right through it, not that a few more broken bones on his body mattered to Yukari.
The supposed memories of Rin and Okuu made no sense to her. The kappas had been told about a portal to 1985, which made about as much sense as the previous installment of this story. But despite it being so unlikely, she also had odd memories of events she was sure to never have lived.
She spent 45 minutes and 29 seconds thinking about it, and then it hit her.
''I must go to the Hakurei Shrine.'' And she went to the Hakurei Shrine.
When she arrived in one of her gaps ignoring the privacy of Reimu by appearing right inside it, nobody called her out on it. That was odd, and she noticed it.
''How strange, what is going on?'' wondered Yukari.
''Get out of my property!'' Yelled Reimu. ''I've had it with you meddling kids getting in my property whenever you want!''
Star came from another room flying without using her wings thanks to a good kick in the face by the shrine maiden. Her other two fairy friends followed quickly in the same way and landed on her body.
Reimu came after, stomping on the ground and using her pointy finger to point (what else?).
''Go back to your homes!''
''But we live here...'' Said Sunny.
''No excuses. Out.''
''Did I miss anything?'' asked Yukari
''Oh, now I understand everything! You all want to get in my house and mooch off of me. Well, I ain't having any of that, not as long as my name isReimu G. Hakurei!''
''What does the G stand for?'' Asked Luna Child.
''It stands for GET THE HELL OUTTA MY HOUSE!''
''Is that your father's or your mother's surname?'' wondered Luna .
''I think it's a middle name'' said Sunny.
''That's it. If you're not leaving, I'm leaving with the shrine!''
Reimu stomped harder than ever on the floor to make a hole and got out through it. From below, she tipped the shrine to get everyone out of it, then she raised it over her head and ran away with it.
''That settles it, something is very wrong with Gensokyo.'' Yukari stated
''Do you have anything to do with this?'' Luna asked.
''That would be convenient, wouldn't it? But I don't.''
''Man, what a mess." Shinmyoumaru popped out from inside one of Sunny Milk's pigtails ''Looks like I'm a little screwed.''
Star looked at her surprised ''What were you doing inside her hair?''
Shinmyoumaru pulled her imaginary tie ''I'm all right now, but last week I was in a rough...''
She was interrupted when Star grabbed her for closer inspection
''You're different''
''What do you mean different? I'm me.''
Something ticked in Yukari's brain ''Changed, you say?''
Memories began flooding Yukari's brain. She remembered things that never happened. She remembered fighting Okuu, Orin and Cirno. She remembered being hit by a brick and causing widespread insanity across the land.
''Hey, tell us what's going on'' demanded Shinmyoumaru ''don't just leave me hanging here.''
Yukari's expression turned pale. That kind of face wasn't one typical of her. ''This is serious, reality as we know it might be getting warped, and this isn't the first time it has happened!''
The ground started to shake right after that, and for a second TV static flickered in the sky.
''What happens?!'' screamed Luna.
''This is worse than the previous time. Reality must have assumed Reimu has abandoned her job as the shrine maiden and now it's trying to collapse unto itself.''
''And what do we do?'' asked a worried Star.
''You can be Reimu! Quick, change your outfit!'' Said Sunny.
'The fairies ripped out the sleeves from Star's dress with sheer force, then they cut in two the string that formed the knot in her neck and used it to keep the detached sleeves on her arms. Sunny also gave her that tie thing she had in her dress to wear
Then they used a tree branch as if it was a gohei (a gohei is that wooden stick Reimu and Sanae carry around. Took me some time to find what that thing was called). And like that a player 2 Reimu of mini size was created. And all the shaking stopped suddenly.
''It looks like it was crazy enough to work'' Said Luna.
Sunny cheered ''Alright! What now?''
''I'm not really sure'' answered Yukari '', there is a strange incident that we barely know about but seems very dangerous. Usually, Reimu would take care of it.''
''But reimu ran to the hills.'' said Shinmyoumaru, who was now on top of Star's shoulder.
''Isn't Star Reimu now? Then that means she has to solve the incident.'' explained Luna.
''Right! And we'll help her.'' added Sunny. ''Let's go!''
Yukari watched as the fairies flew away into the horizon. ''I have a lot of work to do.''
