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I'm a youkai. You know, Youkai that come in many forms. I'm a sort of plant youkai, but I do have powers over bugs too, so I guess I'm a mix between plant an bug if that's possible. Then again, in Gensokyo almost anything is possible. I live in the bamboo forest near Eintei. I have many friends and my parents are really nice. I'm learning to take care of myself and I started spending more and more time away from my parents….

I wish I never left their side.

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"Hahaha! You cannot defeat me in Danmaku!" the fairy said. She was always so confident even though she was pretty weak. Still she was strong for a fairy. Her name was Cirno.

"Oh quiet! You got many years to go before you see me forfeit!" the plant youkai yelled," Take this! Bug Sign! Cicada Lyrical!" she held up a spell card as it glowed, shooting off green lights with the sounds of cicadas. The lights danced around in a dance like form. They were quite pretty.

"That won't stop me! Winter Sign! Ice Shower!" she held her hands up as many pieces of ice started hitting the plant youkai's colored lights, making them disappear.

"Hah! That was only a diversion!" the plant youkai said happily. She was behind Cirno now," Plant Sign! Vine Like Snap!" she shouted as a barrage of green bullets hit Cirno, causing her to fall to the ground. The plant youkai landed on the ground happily with her hands on her hips," Haha! I won again!"

"That was great, Synthesis," a nearby bird youkai complimented. She was Mystia, the sparrow youkai. She had power over darkness and could affect humans with her voice. She had a nice lamprey stand as well.

"I could still beat you," said a bug youkai who was sitting next to Mystia. She was Wriggle, one of the bug youkai. She could control and manipulate bugs, so she was actually quite powerful with that.

"Yeah right," Synthesis, the plant youkai, said. She was an odd ball. She could manipulate bugs and plants. She was powerful for a youkai because of this, even though she was still young," I bet I could take you all on and still win!" she boasted.

"Is that so?~" Said a darkness youkai. She was Rumia. Even though darkness seemed like a powerful power, she couldn't see in her own darkness. But she made it so it was more like evening since they all liked evening better. The mid day was too hot for them.

"Yeah!...Just..er not right now!" Synthesis said quickly.

"I'm pretty sure you're just lying there," Mystia said in a matter of fact voice," Besides you're still living with your parents~" she teased.

"S-Shut up!" Synthesis stuttered.

"…Girls, why is there a large mass of fire in the forest?" Cirno asked as she had gotten up.

"…What?" Synthesis simply said, turning her head to the forest. The forest was on fire, smoke rising and filling the air.