Chapter 1: Strange Circumstances

Reimu looked down at the body with confusion. A human, from the Outside World, crosses the Hakurei Border somehow. Then, this human, who by all rights should have been dead, crawls his way to Mokou, and tells her that they will all be killed? When the names Houko Mikoto and Kano Yuki were relayed to Akyuu, she said that she could not recall anything.

"So, what's the plan?"

Reimu hadn't noticed Yakumo Yukari gap in. The Border Youkai strolled over, sniffing distastefully at the dead body. "Nothing as of right now."

"Hmmm… Strange…" Reimu looked over at the ancient crone. "What?" Yukari stared harder at the body, "He positively reeks of dimensional energy. Almost like he was ripped from this world, then another…" Her eyebrows furrowed together. "Hideka Street, Tokyo, Japan."

"Uhhh, say what now?"

"That's where he's from." The Youkai straightened, "Looks like you'll be going on a field trip. I suggest grabbing Margatroid or Kochiya; they'll be more… useful out there."

Reimu silently groaned. The prospect of going out of Gensokyo worried her. Not like they hadn't done that before, when the little Vampire had broken free and caused quite a mess, but it was just annoying. "I think I'll take Marisa instead."

"Her? She'll blow the whole thing out of proportion!"

"Yeah, but," and this was hard for the Miko to choke out, "I… trust –gag- her more than those two if worse comes to worse."

Yukari gave her one last incredulous glance, before nodding. "All right. Go get her and be ready, you'll leave soon."

"Yippee." This was shaping up to be a bad day…"

…

Yawning, Yoshiki slumped into his desk. One more bell then lunch. Two more then home. Work, maybe some dinner, then sleep. Well, he can't really say sleep. It was either stay awake staring at the ceiling, or nightmares.

He was surprised by the fact that he was the first of their little group to be in class. Mochida Satoshi meandered in, looking a little ragged, but well. Surprising, between himself and his little sister Yuka, Yoshiki figured he'd be all but dead. Satoshi gave him a little nod, and then collapsed in his seat.

Next in was Nakashima Naomi. She looked terrible, but tried to play it off. Her hair was still a mess, bags under her eyes, and she couldn't really seem to keep her eyes open. Not surprising, considering the fact that she had found her best friend dead, having hung herself.

Just as the bell rang, Shinozaki Ayumi came into class, something which was extremely rare. Ayumi was never one of the last in, but her she was, stumbling into her seat.

The class started off rather ordinarily, but Yoshiki couldn't focus. It had been three days ago, four really, but it had been at midnight when they had all woken up. Well… not all. Suzumoto Mayu, Morishige Sakutaro, and Shishido Yui hadn't woken up. According to the rest of the world, they didn't even exist. What a cruel joke. They still hadn't really talked about it; something that Yoshiki could feel was about to change.

The bell rang, and he headed to the courtyard. He had forgotten his wallet, so he'd be going hungry this period. He found the table that they all sat at, one that was outside in the courtyard, and plopped down. The others showed up, sat quietly, and slowly began to eat. The silence irked him.

"So… How's it been?"

A weak attempt to establish a conversation, he knew, but he had to break the oppressive silence.

Satoshi cleared his throat, "Good, I guess." Yoshiki followed up with a "Yuka too?" He hadn't seen the younger of the Mochidas since that horrible night.

"Yeah. She's been hanging in there."

"Well, that's good," said Ayumi, "I thought she might have been worse off, considering that she's younger, and actually interacted with Sachiko more."

Naomi gave a little sigh. Satoshi looked over to where she sat, "Naomi? How're you holding up?"

Before Naomi could respond, there was a loud Snap from the bushes behind them. The others carried on, but Yoshiki stayed silent, listening.

"You think these kids can help us, daze?" It was so quiet; he thought he had imagined it. Then the second voice floated into his ears, "The have traces of dimensional energy on them. Maybe."

Okay. Not his imagination. Grabbing Naomi's lunchbox, much to her surprise and sorrow, he turned and flung the metal box into the bushes. There was a thunk, a surprised squawk, then some very creative cursing, that was almost poetic. He could swear he heard the work 'fuck' used as a verb, noun, and adjective in one sentence somewhere in the rant.

Then the witch popped out.

It wasn't like 'Tadaa! Come here my pretties!' She simply shot out of the bushes, covered in the remnants of Naomi's lunch. She seemed a little older than them, and not all that menacing.

"WHO WAS THE WISE GUY WHO DID THAT?!" The witch held up an octagon of wood and pointed it at him. "WAS IT YOU? EH? ANSWER ME, DAZE!"

Yoshiki wasn't sure if he should feel amused or threatened. "Maybe it was. Maybe it wasn't. Now, how about you put down your woodshop project and we can-"

A bolt of energy shot out of the octagon, slamming into his shoulder. At first, there was just a little push. Then the pain came.

"YEOWCH!" Yoshiki fell back, holding his shoulder. "That's what you get for throwing rice at me you little-"

"Marisa!" Another girl came out of the bushes, dressed even more strangely than the first. "Why did you shoot him?"

"He threw food at me!"

"Oh, so now we're three are we?" She turned to the companions, who were all frozen, either in confusion or fear. "Sorry guys, this may sting a little…" Holding up a card, she muttered something. Then the world went white.

~Urgh. I didn't really know how to play the CP cast intro. So, I went with kinda beat down and tired. Also, I made it really vague with the 'incident' for those who have not completed/played Corpse Party and wish to. Don't want spoilers, am I right? Also, the vampire thing in the Gensokyo part was a referance to Tenchou x Touhou. And with the address, I don't know, or could find, where Kisaragi Academy would be, so I said Tokyo. Why not? So, how is it?

And so we go!