AN: Well that was a long time for an update, but I don't think anyone was particularly waiting for one (I highly doubt I have much people following my stories) But here it is!

Also you might want to reread chapter one, its been edited a bit.


Nathan awoke with a start, regretting immediately feeling the throb of his wounds from the battle last night.

"The fight . . . ." slowly sitting himself up. Nathan took a look at his surroundings. He wasn't at the floor of the shrine where he was supposed to be, rather, it seemed he was inside a shrine. A different one too, because as far as he could tell, this one was better kept (although still quite rundown) than the one he had fought nearby.

Checking the condition of his body, he found his wounds haphazardly bandaged, and ointed as well from the smell beneath the bandage.

"Where am I?" he wondered. Hearing the sound of a door sliding open, he turned his head to see two girls enter the room.

Both girls were blond, most likely sisters. One was wearing a long red dress, the ends of which ended in a gradient orange and cut out to resemble autumn leaves, which she also wore on her head. The other, wore a yellow blouse with poofy sleeves and a dress going halfway up to her shoulders with wheat designs stitched on. She also wore a red hat with a cluster of, much to the wonder of Nathan, blue grapes attached to it.

The girl in red said something, and then addressed Nathan, with his limited knowledge of Japanese; he could tell they were asking something from him, most likely if he was fine. Nathan responded with his usual response.

"Sorry, I don't understand much of what you're saying, can you speak in English?" he said. This had mostly worked on his stay in Japan, nowadays, the people were very literate.

Too bad it didn't work now.

The girls blinked in confusion, before talking to each other frantically, sometimes looking or pointing at Nathan. In the end the girls calmed down and once again tried talking to Nathan, to little success.

Sighing, the girl in red said something to the other girl, stood up and left the room, leaving the two alone. An awkward silence descended on the room, neither side how to communicate with each other. The silence was broken by the growling of Nathans stomach, the universal sign of hunger.

Smiling in understanding, the girl stood up and left the room, coming back after awhile with a bowl of hot rice. She handed it to Nathan before seating herself near the door.

Nathan took the bowl gratefully, picking up the chopsticks, however, before he could take a bite, his sense of smell suddenly kicked in. A powerful earthy scent.

Quickly turning his head to the girl, who jumped at his sudden action, he looked (or smelled) at her with a sense of realization. The girl smelled like that of a Diwata and strangely enough, crops, her element as far as he could tell was related to nature, but she did not seem to powerful. The girl suddenly blushed and stared at the floor. Nathan realized he must have been staring at her quite intensely. Muttering an apology, he went back to eating his food, still a little wary of the being nearby the creature.


The Hakurei Shrine at mid-noon was silent except for the seeping of a certain shrine maiden, who looked about ready to give up and eat snacks.

"Haaa . . . . This is troublesome, it's as if the leaves won't stop coming" she muttered.

Sensing something approaching her she looked up to see a figure flying towards her. It was the goddess of changing leaves as Reimu recalled, Shizuha Aki.

Grateful for an excuse to stop working, Reimu propped the broom next to the shrines entrance.

"Reimu-saaaaan!" the girl called out, before landing in front of her.

"Ah, what do you want?" asked Reimu nonchalantly while making her way back to her shrine.

"Me and sis just picked up an outsider, I think, and I think he's foreign, he keeps speaking in a different language and has no idea what were saying!" said Shizuha.

"A foreigner huh?" said Reimu "We don't get many of those. Wait here." She said promptly before entering the shrine. She returned with a tray with a cup of tea and several snacks.

"Hey, take this seriously! Me and sis have no idea what to do with him." she complained "Plus its your responsibility to take care of things like this."

"Hm, yeah, maybe, bring him over tomorrow, I'll have something done by then. In the mean time, he's in your care." said Reimu promptly before flying off in the exact same manner, much to the surprise of the goddess.

"Hey!"


This was one of the most awkward days Nathan has ever had. Stuck in a house inhabited by just two girls (as far as he knew) after a big battle, lost, and with no proper form of communication asides the few phrases of Japanese he learned before coming here. Which, by the way consisted of "Thank you" and "Sorry"

In any case they were trying to be as hospitable as they could, the girl in yellow (who was the younger sister as far as their interactions go) more so than the one in red. After the older sister returned, looking annoyed for some reason, they had short conversation, after which they proceeded to talk to Nathan about what was presumably the rules of the house. Seeing as he couldn't understand them, they made use of hand gestures and the like.

First off, he wasn't allowed to enter the sisters room, and he was only to sleep in the corner of the living room, much to his embarrassment, however he couldn't contest with it as it was his house. Second, the sisters vehemently insisted he never go out of the house without supervision, while Nathan didn't like being treated like a child, the sisters seemed to have a reason to not want him out.

However, it didn't sit well with him that he should stay here to long. He'd already been tracked to this country, and although the sister were definitely not human, Nathan did not sense a power comparable to the packs of Manananggal that had chased him for years. Planning to leave tonight, Nathan took some things from their food stores (he felt a little sorry for this, but he would be well off once they would wake) and waited until they were asleep.

Sliding the door quietly, Nathan stepped into the moonlit clearing, moving silently away from the house.

"Wait, not house" Nathan corrected himself. Seeing the building for the first time in its entirety, it looked like it was a shrine rather than a home. "The shrines Diyosa, perhaps?" he thought.

"Nah, masyadong mahina, maybe guardian spirits?'" he said to himself as an afterthought.

Not contemplating any further, Nathan left the shrine grounds, only to find it had been situated in the middle of a mountain, surrounded by forests. With no clear way to any sign of civilization, Nathan did the most logical action he could think of. Covering his eyes with one hand, stretched out the other and extended his index finger.

"Eenie meenie miney moe, catch the tiger . . . ."


Back at the Hakurei Shrine, Reimu returned after spending the day at the Scarlet Devil Mansion, only to find someone was already there.

"What are you doing here Yukari?"

The Gap Yokai was sitting at the front of her shrine, picking off of some snacks on a plate "My snacks" Reimu noted with annoyance.

"Ah, Reimu, glad your back," said Yukari cheerily.

"What do you want" cut Reimu testily.

Yukari simply smiled and a gap opened on top of Reimu, and out came a huge lumpy bag, falling straight on top of her.

"Gah!"

"The owner of this bag has fallen into Gensokyo, his name would be Nathan Diego B. Naarda" Yukari said while snapping her fan open.

A small gap appeared in front of the Reimu, who was recovering from the impact of the bag. From it, a small wallet came out plopping itself in front of Reimu. The wallet fell flat and opened, revealing the picture of a dark-haired olive skinned teenager, along with other tid-bits of information

"I need you to find him, bring him to me, alive but under any condition, m'kay~?"

Reimu just stared dumbly at Yukari for a moment, before asking "Why?"

Yukari simply smirked as a gap appeared under her, slowly sinking into it "Lets just say that's its been awhile since someones gotten into Gensokyo by accident"

Then the room was silent, leaving a confused Reimu alone on the shrine grounds. Sighing she stood up and heaved the bag inside her shrine, her intuition telling her to pay a visit to the Aki sisters tomorrow.


AN: Well, that's it, I was hoping to make it a little longer, but I decided to go slow, to pick out suggestions and tips. Well at any rate, as always please R&R.

Also this is the first time for me to submit a SECOND chapter whoot!