AN: I do not own Naruto or Touhou Project
Hello again everyone! I'm here with 'technically' a new story. I know that I'm currently busy with the third book in the series, but I've had the four book's ideas stuck in my head and I just wanted to write the prologue for it and post it. Both to make sure I wouldn't forget it and to see what people think about the new idea. I made sure to omit as many spoilers from the third book as possible so don't worry, this is a spoiler free zone, well almost.
But without further ado.
Let the games begin.
Book Four: Fugere Illusion Tails of Illusion
Prologue
You want us to do what?
BGM: SWR Pre-battle theme – Usual Days
"MARISA WHERE DID YOU PUT MY SWORD!" Mokou shouted as Marisa shot up in her chair and rubbed her eyes. "WHY DO YOU THINK I TOOK IT?" Marisa shouted back as she leaned back in the chair she had been sitting in. "BECAUSE YOU TAKE EVERYTHING MARISA!" Mokou shouted back from the storeroom she was going through.
"Will both of you stop shouting." Vaati said quietly as Marisa turned her head towards Vaati and smirked. Vaati was back to her normal white hair after the entire adventure they had had, but she had decided to keep wearing her archsage robes for some reason… then again most of the group had kept their new outfits.
"Fine, but I didn't take Mokou's sword." Marisa complained as she leaned back in her chair again, closing her eyes as she lounged in the sun. It was at that moment a gap opened up above Marisa and a sheathed katana fell out, landing on Marisa's lap and startling her awake again. "What the hell! Dam it Yukari!" Marisa shouted as soon as she looked up, Vaati looking up with her at the gap Yukari was currently hanging out of.
"My my Marisa, can't you take a joke?" Yukari teased as Mokou walked out of the storeroom, grumbling as she noticed her katana laying in Marisa's lap. "Marisa…" Mokou growled dangerously as Marisa and Vaati pointed up at Yukari, who Mokou looked up at before frowning. "So you took it." She complained.
"It would have been the only way to get you all here on short notice, I know how much you all like your new toys." Yukari said with a smile as she spun her parasol upside-down. "VAATI! ALONDITE IS GONE!" Cirno shouted as she flew over the hill nearby. "That's low Yukari." Vaati muttered as she turned around to face Cirno as Alondite fell out of Yukari's gap onto the grass.
"I can't find it anywhere!" Cirno kept repeating before Mokou picked up the sword laying in the grass and threw it at Cirno, who caught it before inspecting it and looking up at Yukari. "Why did you take my sword?" Cirno asked, growling slightly as Yukari chuckled. "I'm not going to repeat myself, figure it out." Yukari said cryptically as Marisa rolled her eyes and leaned back in her chair.
"Whatever Yukari, what did you want?" Marisa complained as Yukari rolled her eyes. "Well first, I want all of your little group here, second I want more trains, and third I want you all to do something for me." Yukari listed off as part of both what she wanted and as a joke. "First one shouldn't be too hard, second you can do yourself, and third, what the heck do you want?" Marisa retorted as Yukari chuckled.
"I want that first thing done before I say anything." Yukari teased as several gaps opened in the air next to her. Out of each gap fell one of the other girls… alongside whatever they had been using.
Alice had been wearing her ninja outfit that she had been trying to get actual pants for, and the moment she had fell out of the gap she was left to do little but eep in surprise before shooting up and holding her skirt down as Shanghai followed her out of the gap holding the pants she had been making.
When Nitori fell out of her gap she landed face first on the grass… followed by a suit of her armor landing on top of her and leaving her to gasp in pain as she tried to get the heavy suit off her. "Someone help!" Nitori cried.
Patchouli had it the easiest, simply still floating above the ground with a cup of tea in one hand and a book in the other, with and annoyed look in her face. "This better be good Yukari." Patchouli complained as Yukari chuckled.
Meiling on the other hand had landed head first on the ground, having been practicing her moves when Yukari had gapped her while she was midair, leading to her crashing into the dirt face first with a thud. "Why is it always this time of year something like this happened." She mumbled from the dirt before standing up.
"Alright, gang's all here, now we can all die together." Marisa joked, knowing whatever Yukari was going to ask of them was going to be dangerous. "You won't die, you all are too skilled for that, except you Vaati, you'll probably die over and over." Yukari said pointing as Vaati as she shrugged. "That would be nothing new… I just wish it wasn't that way." She complained as Yukari started talking.
"So… remember your little adventure to Nohr and Hoshido?" Yukari asked. "I wouldn't call it little." Cirno said as she set Alondite on her back. "Same here, that took a couple years." Marisa complained as she leaned in her chair. "Fine, not so little adventure, regardless I've found a new world out in the grand wide universe we have here." Yukari said with a smile as Mokou rolled her eyes.
"Let me guess, you want us to go there and do something we'll find out along the way." Mokou complained as Yukari smirked. "You know me too well." Yukari said as Patchouli sighed and took a sip of her tea. "Do we at least get prep time before you gap us off to only you know where?" Patchouli asked as Yukari flashed a devilish grin. "O no, you all are going with nothing more than the clothes on your backs and your 'weapons' because this world has got quite a lot of danger.
"Wait does that mean?" Vaati started, only for her to be suddenly gapped away alongside Cirno and Patchouli. "I better have my Hakkero and yumi for this you ass-" Marisa started, only to be cut off as she and her chair were gapped away alongside Mokou and Nitori, as well as Nitori's armor. "Really Yukari, not even giving us prep-" Meiling started to complain as she was gapped away, leaving Alice and Shanghai alone with Yukari as Alice braced herself, a gap opening under her that Shanghai followed her through.
"And now for their weapons… where do they keep all this stuff." Yukari complained as she looked over the list Ran had made for her that showed all the weapons the little group had, among them was many staves, dolls and stuff Marisa had stolen. "Bare essentials it is." Yukari complained, throwing the list away as she went back into her own gap to get everything.
BGM: Fire Emblem 8 Remastered – 6 Grim Journey
"Hole!" Marisa finished as her chair landed in the middle of a forest, Marisa still sitting on it as she huffed in annoyance before a gap opened above her and her yumi fell into her hands. "Least I got this thing." Marisa muttered as she pulled her hat off her head before shoving the yumi in with ease… and quickly discovered that her hat had been emptied of everything she had stuffed in it. "GREAT! JUST GREAT!" Marisa shouted in annoyance, birds flying from the trees due to her shouting as someone groaned nearby.
"Marisa, don't complain, or else she's just going to make it worse for us." Mokou said as Marisa glared at the white haired Hourai, who was leaning against a tree with her katana at her side. "Shut it Mokou, where is everyone else?" Marisa asked as Mokou pointed up at the tree above her, Marisa looking up before having to stifle a laugh at the sight.
Everyone else was hanging from the branches of the tree, Patchouli sitting on a branch with Vaati next to her hanging by her stomach as four different staves fell from a upper branch onto her head and dropped to the dirt. Cirno was hanging upside down by her legs, her arms crossed over her chest in annoyance as her red scarf trailed under her. Nitori had fallen to the ground because of how heavy her armor was, leaving her laying on the ground with her armor on top of her. Meiling was relatively fine but she was hanging by her hands in the tree, glaring at Maris as if daring her to laugh. Alice however, was on top of the tree, Alice already scanning the tree line for any sign of civilization, Shanghai sitting on Alice's shoulder.
It took all of ten seconds for Marisa to burst out laughing, prompting Meiling to let go of the tree branch and walk over to Marisa before slapping her and getting her to shut up. "Oi, watch it." Marisa complained as everyone slowly got themselves out of the tree.
"Alright everyone, let's take stock, we need to figure out what we have and how much of it." Patchouli said, taking charge as Alice came down from the trees. "I've got my yumi, my Hakkero and this chair." Marisa complained as she leaned back in the chair. "Four staves, one freeze, one enfeeble, one warp, and one rescue, as well as two tomes." Vaati said, nursing her stomach due to hanging from a tree branch by it. "I've got all three of my swords." Cirno noted as Patchouli nodded. "Nothing but my katana." Mokou complained with a shrug as Nitori looked up. "Just my suit." She said as Meiling didn't even bother to speak up, since she didn't have anything. "I have Shanghai, a set of shuriken and a dozen dolls." Alice said, having taken stock in the trees.
"Alright, that should be everything… so… first order of business is to find civilization or shelter. Alice, what did you find?" Patchouli asked as Alice closed her eyes. "I saw smoke in the distance, not a lot of it, and what looked like the tops of housing, so where ever we are, there is at least a settlement." Alice said as Patchouli nodded. "I hope there isn't a language barrier, that could get us screwed over a bit." Vaati interjected as Patchouli sighed.
While Alice, Vaati and Patchouli began planning their first move, everyone else was trying to get themselves in order. "The nerve of her! She took everything except my Hakkero and my yumi!" Marisa complained as she leaned by in the chair she had. "Well lazy bum, you still have your chair." Mokou snarked as Marisa flipped her off.
"Are we taking the chair with us?" Meiling asked as Nitori spoke up. "And how are we supposed to move my armor?" she asked. "Simple, Marisa's hat." Mokou said as she quickly took Marisa's hat off her head. "Hey that's mine!" Marisa complained as Meiling helped Mokou get Nitori's armor. "Now you know how everyone else feels when you take their stuff Marisa." Meiling noted as Nitori's armor was shoved into Marisa's hat space. "Shut up, I'm just borrowing." Marisa complained as she took her hat back and put in back on. "By the way, we are not carrying your chair." Cirno said with her arms crossed as Marisa grumbled as she leaned back in the chair.
"So basically we are lost…" Vaati complained as Patchouli and Alice nodded. "Great… just great." She complained as Patchouli and Alice sighed. "Well why don't we try heading to that village Alice saw from the trees." Patchouli suggested.
As the girls all tried to figure out a plan of action, and everyone else continued to argue between themselves a man wearing a green flak jacket and a mask with the drawing of a dog's face on it was watching all them from the trees. He had arrived only a few moments ago after a burst of chakra had alerted several ninja in the village of something going on.
To saying what he was watching was odd was an understatement. Only one of the group seemed to be a ninja, and she was talking with a white haired girl wearing rather fancy robes and a purple haired girl wearing what seemed to be silk robes. The other six girls were all seemingly arguing amongst themselves, one of them sitting on what seemed to be a lawn chair being the source of most of the argument. Whoever they were, if they were ninja they defiantly weren't professional.
"So basically we are lost…" The man heard, taking an aside glance at the group of three who was only a few feet away from the larger group. The white haired girl had spoken up, her voice one of annoyance. He watched as the other two girls nodded and the white haired girl muttered something under her breath. "Well we could try heading to that village Alice saw from the trees." The purple haired girl suggested.
It didn't take a genius to figure out that 'Alice' was the yellow haired ninja, and that she must have seen Konoha. They didn't seem to be enemy ninja, but several of them were armed. The other white haired girl with a katana, the blue haired girl with no less than three broadswords, the other white haired girl with an arrangement of strange staves with crystals on top, and the ninja 'Alice' was most likely armed. From what he could gather, from both the argument and the three who were talking, they seemed to be lost and completely unaware of his presence.
"Are you three done brainstorming yet?" The girl in the chair called to the other three, effectively ignoring the argument that was around her. "As close as we are going to get Marisa, let's get going." 'Alice' said as she turned towards the trees, which had her pointed towards Konoha. "Grab your chair Marisa, we are not carrying it." The white haired girl with the Katana said, 'Marisa' grumbling as the other girls around her started following 'Alice' and 'Marisa' got out of her chair and started dragging it as they started walking.
The man in the dog mask then took off towards Konoha to report this strange group. If they did enter Konoha, they would need to be under constant surveillance and a background check, as well as a check in the bingo books as to who 'Alice' was.
BGM: Guest of Light – Fire Emblem Fates
When the group reached the village, it was strange. Two men wearing headbands with swirls on them were at the gates, seemingly waiting for them. The two men looked at the strange group before one of them spoke up. "State your names and your reason for coming to Konoha." The man said.
At this Marisa smirked before spinning her chair around and quickly sitting in it before speaking. "Name's Marisa Kirisame, and these are my friends, Alice, Vaati, Cirno, Mokou, Mami, Meiling, Patchouli, and Nitori." Marisa said, pointing at each girl when she said their name. "Smooth move Marisa…" Alice muttered as Vaati face palmed. "And your purpose?" the man asked again, raising an eyebrow at the strange group. "We are going to try and find somewhere to stay for the night, this village was the closest in the area." Patchouli said. "More like only one in the area…" Alice complained, she could already tell this wasn't going to be easy.
"So they have arrived Dog?" An old man asked as the man with the dog mask stood before him. "By my estimate they should arrive any minute now, I wouldn't be surprised if they are at the gate arguing with the guards lord Hokage." Dog said as the Hokage nodded. "Have them brought here… I want to see this group for myself… and if things go south have them sent to T&I." The Hokage said as Dog nodded. "It will be done." Dog said as he left the room, leaving the Hokage to his thoughts.
"Finally!" Marisa complained as she carried her chair over her shoulder, struggling with it slightly as the others all were shaking their heads around her in annoyance, or in confusion. The street the girls were on was relatively empty. "Marisa, it's your fault that took so long." Alice complained as Marisa stuck her tongue out at Alice. "Way to many questions in my opinion." Mokou muttered as a man jumped down from the rooftops, landing right in front of Vaati and Patchouli, neither even blinking as the man looked at them. "The Hokage requests your presence at his office immediately." Dog said as he got raised eyebrows in return.
"The who?" Cirno asked, scratching her head as behind his mask Dog sweat dropped. 'This girls don't know who the Hokage is?' He wondered. "The leader of Konoha, the Hokage wants you at his office, now." Dog said. "Why would he want us?" Marisa asked, complaining as everyone looked at her. "Probably because you are carrying a dam chair over your shoulder." Vaati said as Dog continued to sweat drop behind his mask. 'These girls are either really good ninja… or not ninja at all, and at this rate I'm starting to think the latter is true.' Dog thought as he turned around.
"You clearly don't know your way around here. Follow me." Dog said as he started walking. Behind him the girls all shrugged before following him. It wasn't a very long walk to the Hokage's building. They were let inside without any problems and all filtered into the Hokage's office, which was very cramped with all nine of them in there. The Hokage was doing paperwork and Dog had left the group, staying outside as Marisa decided it would be a smart idea to put her chair right in front of the Hokage's desk and sit in it… before putting her feet on his desk. "Alright old man, what do you want?" Marisa said rudely… which immediately had everyone else in the room, except the Hokage, face palming.
BGM: Prelude to Dispute – Fire Emblem Fates
The Hokage continued doing his paperwork, actually managing to surprise everyone but Marisa that he didn't do anything at Marisa's extremely rude behavior. "Come on, we don't have all day." Marisa complained, only for Alice to slam her fist into Marisa's head with a loud crack, a vein on Alice's head bulging in annoyance as Marisa and her chair fell over backwards from the force. Unknown to everyone the smallest of smiles was on the Hokage's face from the display.
As Marisa got up and started yelling at Alice for hitting her an argument started up, everyone losing their attention on the Hokage as he stopped doing his paperwork and put his elbows on the desk, interlocking his hands and he held his chin to his hands. 'I was worried for a moment that this bunch would be a crowd of ninjas… at worst they seem like a band of mercenaries or at best just a bunch of really weird civilians… because any ninja would not be caught dead acting like this… well I take that back, they wouldn't be caught dead acting like this in front of a kage.' The Hokage thought as he watched the argument. He had actually given the signal for the ANBU in the room to wait on anything, because he wanted to talk to this crowd before they did anything.
It took a good ten minutes for the argument to finally die down, thankfully none of the girls drew any weapons, but that didn't stop a fair share of fists from flying and leaving more than a few bruises on some of the girls as the Hokage finally spoke. "Hem hem." He grunted to grab their attention.
The reaction was instant, all their eyes were on him, more out of surprise than anything else. But their eyes quickly changed subtly. Vaati had narrowed her eyes and was looking him over for some reason, probably to get a read on him as Patchouli's eyes just looked tired and cloudy, but no less active then Vaati's.
Marisa had gone back into her chair, her feet once more on his desk as her eyes looked mischievous, but under the mischievous façade was a pair of calculating eyes, moving even faster to scan the room then that of her companions. Cirno seemed to be watching the walls and her hand was drifting to the sword on her back, almost as if she could feel the ANBU hiding in the room and felt threatened by them.
The others hadn't changed much from the argument, most of their body language most more focused towards either being annoyed at Marisa, or simply looking at him, though Mokou had the strange case of her body language showing her annoyance but her eyes were on him. "Now that I have your attention… what is your purpose for coming to Konoha." The Hokage demanded, his face an emotionless mask as Marisa started to open her mouth, only for Alice to slam her hand over it to shut her up.
"Sorry about her sir, she doesn't know when to keep her mouth shut…" Vaati apologized, her eyes shifting for a moment to glare at Marisa as the yellow haired girl crossed her arms over her chest. "I can see that, now tell me, what is your purpose for coming to Konoha." The Hokage demanded.
The entire group seemed to pass a look between them before Vaati sighed and stepped forward a single foot to speak for all of them. "The answer is simple, we've been traveling for a long time and we got lost before Alice found your village." Vaati said as Alice nodded.
"And you expected to believe that you are just simple travelers? What village are you from then?" The Hokage said, staring Vaati down. "Hard to answer that one when there isn't one to go back to." Marisa said suddenly, having shoved Alice's hand off her mouth. "Shut up Marisa." Mokou said, gripping her sword dangerously. "Your village was destroyed?" The Hokage inferred from that one line. "Village? Like it was ever there to begin with, didn't even get a name before it got blown to bits." Marisa said casually, everyone staring at her with mixed looks of shock and anger.
'Looks like our loud mouthed friend has struck a nerve, no wonder they wanted her to shut up.' The Hokage thought, that would explain several things about the group actually, how a few of them had weapons, most likely guards, one was a ninja and the others clearly civilians. "I am sorry for your loss then… what are you going to do about it?" The Hokage asked, trying to act peaceful and sincere to get more information.
"Other then find some place to stay, not much else we could. See the chair I'm sitting in, last bit of the village left." Marisa said, putting her hands behind her head as she leaned back in the chair. "Marisa, you shut up right now." Cirno threatened, going for a sword on her back. "What were your occupations within this village… and your relations to each other?" The Hokage asked as they all looked between each other before shoving a hand over Marisa's mouth again.
"I was the local librarian, Vaati the sole healer in the village, Mokou and Cirno were guard captains, Alice was one of the few ninja the village had, Nitori was the resident inventor, Meiling was a bartender and Marisa… no one is sure what Marisa does." Patchouli said, going along with the lie that Marisa had started, not that the Hokage knew that.
"And your relations?" The Hokage asked, at the same time he was wondering if what these girls were saying was true or not, it sounded true enough, most ninja villages ended up wiped out if proper measures weren't taken, but something that left him wondering was what did this Marisa girl do. She seemed to know too much to be just a simple villager. At the very least the others seemed to be rather mad at her for revealing the village's existence. 'I wonder… could she be a ninja?' The Hokage thought as Mokou started speaking.
"The only ones who are related here are me, Vaati and Cirno, I'm the oldest, Vaati's the middle child, and Cirno the little sister." Mokou said as Cirno huffed. "I'm not little." "As for relations, Marisa is a friend of Alice's and a frequent visitor of Vaati's tender mercies, most of them came to the library to chat with me, and Nitori was the supplier of pretty much all things built in the village." Patchouli said as the Hokage raised an eyebrow. 'Well… couldn't expect much else other than knowing each other now could I?' He thought.
BGM: As All Stars Fall – Fire Emblem Fates
The Hokage looked the group over once more, eyeing them with a trained eye to spot any nervousness that could point to their explanation being a lie. He found little more than general annoyance that was likely still directed at Marisa. "Well then. What are you going to do now that you are here in the village?" The Hokage asked.
"Find jobs similar to what we used to do and just go on with our business I guess." Mokou suggested as she leaned against the wall of the room, unknowingly right next to a ANBU who was hiding behind the wall. "Well then, if that is all you are going to do, I can offer you a place to stay for a while, an apartment building in the residential district. Rent free for a month to let you all get situated." The Hokage said. What he left out was that said apartment building was constantly monitored so that he could keep a close eye on the girls.
"That's… generous." Vaati noted as the Hokage raised an eyebrow. "Are you not going to take my offer?" he asked. "Less of not going to take it, and more of we don't have a choice." Mokou spat out. "What makes you think you don't have a choice?" The Hokage asked, seeing that the girl was getting agitated. "Good will isn't exactly common, let alone from what's basically the ruler of this town. Sorry if I'm a bit skeptical about your offer, old man." Mokou spat at him, several of the ANBU in the room tensing up, feeling that a conflict might arise.
"Let it go Mokou, let's just go." Vaati said, turning to leave as the Hokage held a slight smirk. "I'm sorry about that sir." Alice said with a small bow as the Hokage pulled out a small card from his desk and writ on it before handing it to Alice. "The address of the building… and when you get the chance miss Alice, I would like to speak to you alone." The Hokage said as Alice nodded, most of the others having already left before Alice followed them out. "What an interesting group…" The Hokage muttered as he looked at the sole remaining girl in the room, Marisa.
"So old man… you're wondering what I used to do?" Marisa asked casually with a smirk as the Hokage nodded. "Not gonna hurt me to tell ya, but I used to be Alice's superior, make of that what you will old man." Marisa said, lying with a half-truth. And with that she started dragging her chair out of his office, leaving the Hokage to wonder what she meant. "So… she is a ninja of at least some caliber, higher then Alice at least." The Hokage muttered under his breath. Yet unlike Alice she didn't look like a ninja at all, if anything she reminded him of… "Naruto… She acts way to much like he does, and he's only five." He muttered. 'Who are you Marisa Kirisame?' The Hokage wondered as he looked at his paperwork, glaring at it with enough force to burn holes in it. "Dam paperwork." He muttered under his breath.
BGM: Flickering Illusion – Fire Emblem Fates
When the girls got to the apartment and set up inside, Patchouli was very quick to put up a few silencing wards and close the windows, Mokou locking the door as the argument started. "Marisa! What the hell was that!" Alice yelled at Marisa for what she had pulled. "Hey it worked didn't it, not my fault you all can't come up with a good enough lie." Marisa said as Alice groaned in annoyance.
"She's right. If she hadn't pulled that stunt when she did we would have had a tough time explaining our presence to that man." Patchouli noted with a deadpan tone. "I hate to admit it, but Marisa's big mouth got us out of that one." Mokou said, annoyed as Nitori spoke up. "Actually… this isn't the first time Marisa has pulled something like this." Nitori said as everyone except Marisa and Alice looked at her. "What?" Vaati muttered under her breath as Marisa chuckled. "Yeah, a fancy lie can do you a lot of good, even better when that lie ends up half of a truth." Marisa said with a smirk as groans ensued.
"Well the fact is, we have a place to stay now, so now it's time to get to work. Vaati, you're the strategist, what's the plan?" Cirno said let's Vaati take center stage as everyone else started listening. "This is going to be good." Marisa snarked as Alice rolled her eyes. "You don't become the tactician of an entire nation's army by being stupid Marisa, now listen up." Vaati said to get her attention as she started speaking.
"Meiling, Nitori, Cirno, it's up to you to get jobs and make some money. Nitori can make and sell stuff, Meiling can try the bartender thing." Vaati said before Meiling cut her off. "Great… that again." Meiling said as Vaati sighed. "Look, we need to get enough money to buy out this entire apartment building, then we can use it as more of a base of operations rather than just some hole to hide in." Vaati said as Meiling nodded. "Got it." Meiling said as she crossed her arms over her substantial chest. "Cirno, find a guard detail job or try and take some random odd jobs, just try to make as much money as possible, got it?" Vaati asked kindly as Cirno nodded. "I'm on it sis."
"I'll try to get work at the local hospital as a doctor or something, Patchouli, Marisa, Mokou, you three are the ones in charge of the building, try and make sure we can make it ours." Vaati said as Mokou nodded. "I'm guessing Marisa is the less then legal means of making sure of that?" Mokou noted as Vaati nodded slowly.
"What do I do then?" Alice asked as Vaati turned around. "The Hokage wanted to take to you again, see what he wants, if we can take advantage of it, do it, otherwise try and find a job and start building up your doll supply." Vaati said as Alice nodded. "I'm on it then." Alice said in response.
"So it's settle then?" Vaati asked as everyone nodded. "Let's do it." Nitori said with a nod. "Better than nothing." Patchouli muttered. "It'll work." Mokou said, as Patchouli started taking down the silencing wards. "Let's roll" Marisa said with a smirk as Alice sighed and hit her hand against her face. "Let's take this work by storm." Cirno said with a smile as Meiling nodded with a smirk. "Alright then team. Let's show this world what we've got in store." Vaati said with a smile.
(Stage Clear!)
AN: And that is the sneak peek at book four of Fugere Illusion! Leave a review telling me what you think! Now if you'll excuse me, I got work to do again.