Phonic: If you thought the last chapter was depressing, maybe this will cheer you up?
Meiling: Actually, this was pretty sad too…
Sakuya: Yes, but this truly gets the story started.
Patchouli: Yes, so without having to wait any longer let's get started.
Flandre: Angel Blue Lady doesn't own anything but the story line!
Remilia: Please, enjoy her work.
Phonic: Thanks ladies! (I might start using character and stage themes from the game as titles, like this chapter for example.) Oh, and usually I let you figure it out right away who's POV it is. I like to be tricky in this story. NOW RESPONSES TO REVIEWS!
*To navatr1x: Alrighty you get what you wish! RemixSatori comin ya way then! n.n
*To Scourge From BloodClan: Sorry about all these mistakes! I always type these late at night because my inpiration always comes at night for the oddest reasons! LOL, anyways, maybe I could have you as an editing partner... No payment other than early viewing XD im cheep teehee!
*To Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: Satori and Koishi come later, but when they come up things get crazy! I'm happy you're so interested!
Could probably get these Chapters released sooner if I wasn't so in love with that game Elsword god I'm so happy I got back into it!
*Chapter Two: More Scarlet than Red, Under the Scarlet Moon
I sipped my tea softly as Sakuya walked around my study, dusting around my room and wiping down the floors. I watched her pocket watch sway back and forth as she moved across the floor with the mop.
"Sakuya, what time is it?" I asked her as she finished the last bit of floor cleaning. I rested my elbows on my thighs and place my cheeks in my palms. Sakuya handed the mop to a fairy maid and flipped out her pocket watch, clicking it open.
"It is 11:40 p.m, Milady." Sakuya answered, the fairy maid exited the room. "Why do you ask?"
"I was just a little curious about our attacker." I smirked, jumping off my bed and floating in the air slightly with my wings. At that moment, a gentle knock from the door silenced my maid and me for a moment. "Come in."
The door opened and Patchouli slowly opened my door, the purple woman held a book close to her chest and she stepped into the room.
"Patchy, how are you on this blissful night my lovely magician~?" I smiled sarcastically, yet I was happy to see my purple clad mage. She scoffed and continued to walk towards me.
"Remi, is this really the time to be jok-?" Patchy yelped as she slipped on the wet ground, sliding across the floor and she slammed into the bed. My eyes widened and Sakuya ran to help.
"P-Patchouli!" Sakuya took the magician's hands and helped her up. Patchy gave her the "I'm alright" nod, making me break out into a fit of giggles.
"I-It wasn't funny, Remi." Patchy glared, making me giggle more. Sakuya handed her back the large book as my mage fixed her hat.
"Sorry, now what were you saying?" I regained my posture and inhaled deep breaths. "Something about me not joking?"
"Remi, there's a killer-or many killers- out there looking for your head. Shouldn't you be even a bit concerned?" Patchy walked to my desk (as slow as she could which made me giggle again) and sat in the chair, looking out a window as Sakuya pulled open the curtains so we could see moonlight. "They could show up at any moment."
"Believe it or not, I'm on my guard." I crossed one leg over the other as I floated in the air. I put my hands in my lap and smirked proudly. "I'm ready to face whoever's out to get me."
"That smirk is too cocky Remilia; it might be the death of you." Patchy sighed and Sakuya took the chance to speak up.
"Patchouli, I'll protect Milady." Sakuya put on her poker face and I blinked at her. "I'll make sure the enemy doesn't even get more than five steps past the gate if they defeat Meiling."
Patchy smiled just a bit at this. "Sakuya, you're too loyal like a dog to Remi. She's start using you for more than a bodyguard if this keeps up."
Sakuya blushed at this and I smiled. "Yes Sakuya, maybe I'll let you kiss me goodnight~."
Sakuya turned a bright red. "M-Milady, you're too kind…"
Patchy and I laughed at Sakuya's shyness as she began to whine about how mean the two of us were for teasing her.
"Scarlet?"
A cheerful voice called out softly as her body went through the wall. She fixed the witch had atop her head and she held her broom tightly and walked around the basement.
"Scarlet!?" The witch in black called out again, louder this time. She came around the corner to find shelves, toys, and glass spread out all over the room. She sat on her broom and floated slowly across the scattered piles of items on the carpet. She softly lowered the broom to the bed to find a blonde girl lying in a broken dusty bed, crying softly into her pillow.
"Oh gosh Scarlet, are you okay?" The witch jumped off the broom and onto the bed, shaking the vampire's shoulder. The small girl sat up and stared at the woman in black.
"M-Marisa?" The vampire nodded, her wings jingling in a beautiful melody. Marisa smiled at her name having escaped the vampire's lips.
"Scarlet, you alright kiddo? I came to check on ya, ze!" Marisa grinned and Flandre threw herself into Marisa's chest.
"Marisa I'm sorry!" Flandre wailed. "I didn't mean to break everything! I didn't want to, really I didn't!"
"I know kid, I know you didn't." Marisa held the blonde in her lap and smiled. "It's all okay, I'm here now ze!"
Flandre nodded and wiped her eyes. After about ten minutes of a comfortable silence and embracing, Flandre looked up at her friend. "What's that on your hat?"
Marisa looked up and snapped her fingers. "It's a bouquet of yellow roses, but a doll maker friend of mine made them." Marisa took the flowers off her hat and handed them all to Flandre. "Think of these toy roses as a friendly gift!"
"Thank you very much!" Flandre hugged them all in her arms and hugged them tightly. "Thank you Marisa!"
Marisa grinned and stood up. "Maybe I'll ask my friend to make a hat like mine and give it to you so we can be like matching sisters!"
"S-Sisters?" Flandre peeped, and she looked down sadly. "Remi and I have matching hats."
"A-Ah that's right… Has she come down to see you since?" Marisa titled her head and Flandre shook her head.
"She hasn't seen me in a very long time, but I know she loves and thinks about me… At least I think she does." Flandre swung her feet and Marisa stood up angrily.
"You don't deserve to be treated like this kid!" Marisa gripped her broom. "It's so unfair! Your sister lives the happy life in the lap of luxury while you sit down here in the dark cold and suffer!? That's just so wrong!"
"No, it's okay. Remi put me down here because she wants to keep me safe because she loves me." Flandre gripped Marisa's skirt tightly and looked up at her.
Marisa showed no signs of stopping. "What kind of sibling shows love by locking their kid sister in the basement? If she really loved you, she'd be trying to help you get your powers under control so she could hug you every day and kiss you goodnight!"
"Remi does… love me…" Flandre loosened her grip and Marisa sighed, realizing her mistake. Marisa sat on her knees and pulled Flandre into a tight embrace.
"Flandre, listen to me." Marisa smiled and gripped the vampire's shoulders. "Reimu and I will talk Remilia into letting you out of this basement. Wait here alright? I'll come back next week."
"Next week… Let me out…?" Flandre grinned and nodded. "I'll wait until the end of time if I have to! Yay! I'll get to see Onee-sama!"
Marisa grinned back. "Now I've got to go! See ya, Scarlet!"
"Bye Marisa!"
Marisa started to chant a spell and walk through the wall, but stopped herself. "Hey Scarlet?"
"Yes Marisa?" Flandre sat back in bed and smiled at her blonde witch friend as she winked.
"When I let you out, let's get ice cream, as best friends!" Marisa left laughing and Flandre smiled, and then tilted her head.
"Wait… What's ice cream?"
*GONG, GONG, GONG*
"Oh, its midnight already?" I looked up as the clock tower atop my mansion began to ring loudly, interrupting the conversation of Patchy, Sakuya, and I. Sakuya and Patchy were still laughing really hard at a story I had told of when I set Yukari's dress on fire at one of her tea parties. "Time sure does fly."
"Like Yukari's dress when she ripped it off?" Patchy laughed into her hand as Sakuya began to gasp for air from all her hard laughter. "I wish I had gone now, damn."
"It was priceless." I smirked, ready to continue my story, but however.
*CRASH*
The window behind me shattered and a gust of wind entered the room. I slammed into my desk from the wind and Sakuya stood into a fighting stance, grabbing her knives. Patchy quickly grabbed her book, cutting her hands on glass in the process.
Sakuya proceeded to pull out her pocket watch, but a quick barrage of blasts knocked her knives out her hands. Patchy began to chant a barrier spell as Sakuya lifted me into her arms.
"Milady, we have to get aw-!"
Sakuya screamed as an arrow pierce her left ankle, trapping her to the ground. She let me go as I yelped, crashing into the shattered glass on the ground. Sakuya reached for the arrow, but three more flew through the window. An arrow went deep into Patchy's stomach, making her cry out. Sakuya was pierced through her right wrist and left shoulder now, her pocket watch sliding across the ground. Patchy yanked the arrow from her stomach and continued her spell. I flew out the window looking for my foe angrily.
"REMI GET BACK HERE IT'S NOT SAFE!" I hear Patchy cry, but I was too blinded by the fact that my two closest friends were just taken out like that. My eyes scanned around and I noticed no unfamiliar scents. I growled and darted my eyes across the night sky and then the ground.
I gasped as I noticed a trail of blood below me by the castle gates.
'Meiling! No. No. No. No.'
I flew to the ground and saw Meiling against the wall. Blood from her stomach, chest, and right shoulder were pouring out blood.
"China!" I landed on the ground and ran to her, shaking her. "Damn it China get up!" She sat unresponsive and I scowled.
"That damn Youkai Slayer pulled a fast one on me." I growled and stood up. How could I be so careless? How could this have happened so suddenly? Then my mind bounced to the only girl I hadn't seen yet.
'Flandre, is she okay!?'
I ran into the trashed mansion and past the bodies of all the knocked out or dead fairy maids. I pushed aside a few corpses and opened a door, running down the thousands of stairs that left the basement, tripping over bodies of dead fairy maids. I tripped and rolled down the stairs covered in blood. I stood up weakly and looked up at the steel door in front of me. I noticed it had been opened slightly and I felt sick.
I backed up as colorful danmaku flew in every direction as I remembered the sudden voice of the person in battle.
"Yukari!?" I cried out over her thousands of blasts. I tried to look at the enemy she was attacking, but it dashed left and right quickly. I noticed Yukari had a bleeding right arm as she tried to focus on her attacks, but the enemy was too swift. I growled and held out my right hand.
"Divine Spear: Spear the Gungnir!"
Yukari finally managed to stop the figure from moving as they jumped in to a corner to dodge her attacks. I flew past her and stabbed my opponent's knee, making the voice cry out in pain.
"So Youkai Slayer, you found me." I smirked as I saw the lips quiver under the black cloak. "However, it seems the mouse has won the game of cat and mouse."
The lip quivers then turned into a smirk. "This was just a warning attack. It seems tonight won't be the night."
"Who are you?" Yukari asked, floating to my side and she gripped her arm. "What is your purpose?"
The figure smirked even more. "I'm not the Youkai Slayer; I'm more of a… partner. One of the many Slayers hired for the murder of the Scarlet Devil."
I growled and pulled my black spear out of her right knee and trusted it through her left knee, so hard that it came though her entire knee, cutting through bones in the process. She screamed loudly in pain and trembled, biting her lip.
"Why is your leader after me?" I asked loudly. "Who's your leader!? Tell me you damn vermin!" I pulled the spear out of her knee roughly, making her scream more. I licked the blood off her my spear and my eyes widened.
"Youkai blood…?" I started at the hooded woman who rested on the ground and she began to gasp for breaths.
"A Youkai working for a Youkai Slayer? Is your leader a Youkai too?" Yukari stared at the cloaked woman who smirked.
"The Scarlet Devil and her sister must die." The girl said darkly, danmaku suddenly flying in every direction. Yukari began to deflect the bullets with her own spell and I ran towards an unconscious Flandre who sat in the corner. A few sharp quick bullets aimed for Flandre and I ran as fast as my legs could carry me.
"Flan!" I hugged her tightly and I felt the attacks pierce through every part of my body. I yelped as I felt heat, almost as if the sun was touching my skin; begin to melt the entire backside of my body. My wings began to scorch and give off a 'flaming' sensation. Burning flesh scent spread the room and I gasped for breaths. I felt my eyes get heavy and Yukari start running to me.
"Remilia!" Yukari called out as I fell backwards, falling into her comforting soft chest. The figure teleported away and I gripped Yukari's shirt.
"W-Why aren't my wounds healing…?" I bit my lip and shut an eye tightly. "S-Son of a bitch this burns like Hell."
"I'll get Ran and Chen here immediately with help, hold on Scarlet." Yukari propped me against a wall and opened a void, calling for the two familiars. I looked over to the corner as I hear a voice.
"…Onee-sama…"
My blurry vision picked up a frightened blonde child with rainbow wings that chimed like a melancholy melody as she crawled slowly to my side. I made no emotion on my face, but I felt like crying when I saw the familiar cute face I had longed to see …
I felt ashamed. After so many years… And I still can't even protect you. I still run away from you because of my own stupidity…
I lock you away because I have doubts in myself.
"Flan…" I reached a hand up to touch her face. "I-I'm… glad… you're…. sa…."
I felt my hand drop and I began to fade into the darkness. I saw Chen, Yukari, and Flandre the moment just before my eyes shut.
"ONEE-SAMA!"
Heh, don't worry Flan.
It burns like the sunlight, but I'll get over it eventually.
If only I saw this coming tonight… I would've used Fate to my advantage.
It burns like the flames of Hell, but I'll get over it eventually.
Flan, it's just us two Scarlets they're after.
So…
Why is our Scarlet blood not on the walls…?
Why are our friends…No…Our family's- red blood there instead?
Did that make you not so depressed…?
Probably not huh? I hope not! LOL
At the end, by "Why is our friends…No…Our family's- red blood there instead?", Remilia meant": Why is Sakuya, Meiling, and Patchy's red human blood on the walls instead of her and Flandre's scarlet colored blood. Just making sure everyone understands!
Sorry if the action sucked, I'm still new at writing Touhou actions!
I gotta get used to it is all… So was this chapter good?
Everything has come into place a bit, so now I can get to the good parts!
Sorry if some characters are OOC, but for like the first few more chapters I'm gonna need them to be… So sorry!
I bet some of you are like "I know the attackers!"
Well… Hmm, I'll leave that up to you *wink*
Oh! Here are my top ten fave Touhou Characters:
1. Flandre
2. Remilia
3. Cirno (Tomboyish Girl in Love from EOSD was my fave Touhou song ever!)
4. Mokou
5. Sakuya
6. Utsuho
7. Marisa
8. Koishi
9. Satori
10. Youmu
