Chapter 1 Fate Stay…Touhou?
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I do not own Touhou or Fate/Stay Night
"HEH HEH HEH!" Yukari laughed out, scaring Ran and Chen nearby.
"What is it?" Ran asked.
In response, Yukari flashed her hand a bunch of markings. "This means that I get to participate in the Heaven's Feel Ritual!"
"Heaven's Feel?" Chen asked, and Yukari smiled.
"The Heaven's Feel ritual is a ritual in which seven people from legends battle in a death match to see a dream fulfilled." Yukari smiled.
"Like, um, Reimu?" Ran asked.
Reimu and Marisa died a long time ago, perished in a battle against Lunarians in the third Lunarian Invasion. In fact, most of over world Gensokyo died except for a few powerful Youkais such as Suika and Yuugi. The Netherworld and Old Hell remained in one piece during the invasion, which was a miracle to say to least.
Reimu was among the first casualties of the war, when the Lunarians suddenly declared war on Gensokyo and invaded with their forces during the winter. Marisa fell at the same time with Reimu, who was at the shrine when the Lunarians descended on the shrine. Those two friends died quickly, without even knowing what the situation was.
The Human Village was the next to fall. Almost every single human being fought to the last, with the last one dying was Keine. Mokou managed to survive the onslaught, and continued fighting against the Lunarians with the rest of Eintei, who survived destruction. Alice, who was nearby, was caught up in the conflict and perished in the fighting.
The Scarlet Devil Mansion fell too, with all of its inhabitants putting up a massive struggle before the sheer force and advanced technology overwhelmed the last two defenders of the mansion, Flandre and Remilia. Moriya Shrine was destroyed the next day, but Sanae and the two Gods survived, even though the god's powers were weakened.
Yukari woke up the moment in which the Moriya Shrine was destroyed, and decided to mount a counterattack on the Lunarians the second she learned of the news. With help from the Four Devas of the Mountain and Utsuho from Old Hell, Yukari used the time bought from them in order to cast a spell that banished the Lunarians to the moon. A side effect of this was that Gensokyo would never have a chance to invade the moon, but it was either that or the Lunarians conquering all of Gensokyo.
The results were immediate. The barrier started to collapse, and it was only by the timely intervention of Yukari and one of the few human survivors of the attack that the Hakurei Shrine and the Great Barrier was fixed. The human village was utterly devastated, so thus Gensokyo's economy collapsed. However, humans and Youkais are a resilient bunch, and they managed to restore Gensokyo's economy over a long period of time. The Scarlet Devil Mansion was never built again, but the Moriya Shrine was enacted once more, and thus that Shrine became the more dominant one in Gensokyo.
It was such a long time ago, but Yukari still remembered how she screamed in agony when she realized that her favorite shrine maiden was no longer in the living. But now? Now she had a chance to revive her.
"Yes, just like Reimu." Yukari said with a forlorn smile, "Now, hmmmm, I better ask him what the ritual was."
With that, Yukari leaned out into a portal and that was faint whisps of conversation. It was only than interrupted with a loud "WHHAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTT! YOU'RE A MASTER!"
At that moment, Yukari grabbed the person who she was talking to, and pulled him into Gensokyo, showing an old, man with red eyes and white hair.
"You're a master? Yukari Yakumo?" The man, aka Zeltrech, said. "Okay, I'm calling this cheat. No way you'll be beaten."
"I won't participate in the battle themselves." Yukari said, and Zeltrech gave a sigh of relief. "I believe that this grail war is going to be Fate Approcrayhpa, in which Team Red fights Team Black. And I'm Team Black. In fact, I have all of them."
"Alright, alright. I'll tell the damn ritual." Zeltech said, leaned over to create, a portal of his own and grabbed an old sheet. "I'll draw the circle.
Let silver and steel be the essence.
Let stone and the archduke of contracts be the foundation.
Let black be the color I pay tribute to.
Let rise a wall against the wind that shall fall.
Let the four cardinal gates close.
Let the three-forked road from the crown reaching unto the Kingdom rotate.
Let it be declared now;
your flesh shall serve under me, and my fate shall be with your sword.
Submit to the beckoning of the Holy Grail.
Answer, if you would submit to this will and this truthn
An oath shall be sworn here.
I shall attain all virtues of all of Heaven;
I shall have dominion over all evils of all of Hell.
From the Seventh Heaven, attended to by three great words of power,
come forth from the ring of restraint, protector of the holy balance!
There was shaking, and a smoke started billowing. Ran and Chen were looking aptly into the smoke.
"GOD DAMNIT YUKARI! I'M TRYING TO SLEEP HERE!" There was a loud roar in the smoke, and Yukari and Zeltrech started laughing.
"Eh, Reimu is that you?"
"Marisa?"
"Cough cough, too much damn smoke for my liking."
"Milady?"
"Sakuya? You're alive?"
"It is, mistress. And I'm alive."
"Hey where the hell am I?"
"Lady Yuyuko? Where are you?"
"You're touching me."
"But, I'm touching you with my human half…"
"I'm alive?"
"Can somebody answer my question!"
"Mokou?"
"No, I'm a spoiled princess. OF COURSE I'M MOKOU!"
"Hey Reimu, you did yell something about Yukari right?"
"It's mostly because of that Gap Hag's fault. Once this smoke clears, I'm going to kill her."
"What's with this knowledge of the, Holy Grial. Hmmmm, I'll steal it da ze!"
"No you won't! It probably cost five million dollars!"
Crash!
"Oi, you two break it up. Or else I'll break it up."
"SHUT UP BIRD!"
"SHUT IT!"
"Oh you asked for it now. It's on!"
"Sakuya?"
"Mistress?"
"It's getting too loud."
"Understood."
"THERE'S A DAGGER IN MY HEAD – oh wait I'm immortal."
"Lady Yuyuko, why are Reimu and Marisa alive?"
"I have no idea. Just watch the fireworks happen. Bring me some food."
"Of course, when the smoke clears up."
Yukari made a motion with her hand, and the smoke flew apart to see Mokou embedded with a couple of dozen knives, Reimu holding a sealing exorcist sign against Marisa who pulled out her broom and proceeded to whack Sakuya who had Reimu at knife point. Remilia was just sitting on the side alongside with Yuyuko, and Yomnu was using her sword to help clear the smoke.
"Hello everyone. It's been a long time." Yukari smiled, and Reimu's hostility was changed to Yukari.
"Yukari, what is this?" She asked.
"What's what?"
"Troll, what is going on? And what's the deal with, with a holy grail?"
"It's a long story." Yukari smiled, "Zeltrech, would you mind explaining?"
"So basically it is a death match to win a wish. I know! I wish for all the money in the world!"
"Idiot. You should change it to 'I wish for everything in this world.'" Marisa corrected Reimu.
"Hmmmm, maybe I wish for the whole Scarlet Devil Mansion back." Reimu muttered, and Sakuya nodded.
"I wish for more food!" Yuyuko cried. Youmu gave her master a glance.
"How much food do you want, lady?" She retorted.
"Finally! A way to kill that lunar bitch!" Mokou said.
"Mokou, why are you in this competition in the first place?" Reimu asked.
"I don't know. One moment that bitch was killing me, the next I'm here. Any clues Yukari?"
Yukari smiled. "Most likely when this ritual was finished you were in a state of deadness and thus this ritual brought you back to life. But more importantly, I want to know everyone's stats. Youmu, you first."
"Alright." Youmu said, "My servant class is Saber. I have C ranked Strength, D ranked Endurance, A ranked Agility, B ranked Magic, E rank luck, and C ranked Noble Phantasm. I am lawful neutral, and my following skills are; Danmaku Rank C, Magic Resistance Ranked C, Phantom Half, which allows me to block attacks below Rank B with my spirit half, Undead Ranked C, I'm more powerful at night than at day and more vulnerable to Holy Damage, and Eye of Mind Fake Rank B, which allows me to predict a certain amount of attacks. And my noble Phantasm is called Slash of the Undead, a C ranked Anti-unit Phantasm that allows me to cut anything living, even if the other's noble Phantasm makes one an undead. It has a side effect of ignoring, prana formation? However, it takes three seconds for me to charge up and use."
"Hmmmm, Archer?" Yukari smiled. Youmu was a perfect Saber who can deal out a lot of DPS. Her noble phantasm doesn't seem to cost much energy, and, if needed, use her Phantom Half to negate damage or use Eye of Mind True to predict attack and counterattack if need be. However, the main weakness of her class was that she was vulnerable to holy damage, and her Noble Phantasm required time to fire off, thus allowing other enemies to dodge.
Reimu stepped forward. "Servant Archer. Strength Ranked D, A ranked Endurance, A ranked agility, A ranked Magic, B ranked luck, and EX ranked Noble Phantasm. I am…Chaotic Evil?" Yukari died laughing. "Eh, moving on. My personal skills are Danmaku ranked EX, Independent Action Rank C, Magic Resistance ranked A, Exorcism ranked B, which gives me the ability to destroy evil and damage Chaotic servants massively while only mildly harming Lawful, Pioneer of the Stars Rank B, which makes events that are impossible possible, Blessing of the Storm Gods, in which raises by strength and endurance stat by two ranks while agility by one,Double Summon, which means that I also acts as a Caster, and Item Creation, Rank C which I can create items to mainly hide our Servant presences. And I have one general EX Noble Phantasm called Hakurei Shrine. This allows me to set up a shrine similar to the one in Gensokyo, and it has many effects. The first one is that all tourists will have a mild impulse to donate – YES! I'LL SET UP IT RIGHT NOW!" And Yukari died laughing.
"Wait, to a pitiful shrine Maiden?! Oi! That's rude! Moving on, the actual effect is that enemy in this shrine would experience all stats lowered by a rank, and every ally to have a slight increase in all stats. Also, within this shrine several skills are bestowed on me. Let's see…hmmmmm. Wow, that's...a lot of skills.
"I'll start off with the most powerful. The Hakruei Shrine Maiden, as long as I am on the Hakurei Shrine, I can never be defeated. So, essentially, it raises all my stats to EX on the shrine. Wowww, that's overpowered. Um, the second is I can use Spirit Sign Fantasy Seal as many time as I want in the Harukeri Shrine, which the attack is an A ranked Anti-Army Noble Phantasm. Third, I can use all my weapons available at the Hakurei shrine, which includes my Gohei, Seals, and Persuasive Needles. My Gohei is imbued with knockback properties, my Seals increases the potency of my Exorcism magic, and my Persuasive Needles lock onto an enemy and follow. But, the main downside of Hakurei Shrine, wow that's mean. The skill is Shrine Maiden of Tranquility, in which I do not actively sough combat. So, I am always bounded to a Hakurei Shrine, and I can never attack an enemy UNLESS that enemy destroys the shrine with any Noble Phantasm."
Well, Remiu became the definition of the most annoying servant in the whole war to defeat in. In a straight one on one battle, Reimu would utterly crush the opponent's hope of winning, but on a two on one when only one of the opponents destroy the shrine, Reimu stands zero chance of winning. Reimu is the ultimate Turtle in this war, where she'll stay at the shrine until a challenger approaches. And if the challenger possesses no Noble Phantsm or Mystic Code that could potentially break the Hakurei Shrine, Reimu's Hakurei Shrine Maiden Ability would physically make it impossible for the enemy to win. If they do destroy the Shrine, well. Reimu's insane Magic Resistance and stats makes her an absolute terror for the enemy. Also, Reimu still possesses her weapons, the most effective being the Persuasive Needle, which tracks down the enemy no matter what and are the bane of all Agility Classes. Gohei and Talismans served to increase her Exorcism Skills, so the only one that could stay on the defensive against Reimu is Lawful units. However, this is under the assumption that Reimu's Shrine is destroyed. If it is not destroyed, Reimu can't go on the offensive, thus allowing the opposing team to wait till the end of the war to deal with Reimu. And when Reimu's shrine is destroyed, she can only target the one who destroyed the shrine; she can't go against another Servant on the sidelines. So, the main trick involving Reimu is baiting the enemy into knowing Reimu's invincibility on shrine while not allowing them to know Shrine Maiden of Tranquility. "Remilia?" Yukari moved on.
Remilia than pushed aside Reimu, who started complaining about the rough treatment. "Servant Class Lancer. I am chaotic evil. All stats are C ranked during dawn and dusk; however, my luck stat does not have a rank and my Noble Phantasm is EX. My skills, hmmm. Danmaku Ranked A, Magic Resistance Ranked C, Independent Action Rank B, Vampirism Ranked A, which makes turn all my stats into E ranked stats, but in night time turn all my stats into A rank. Also, this allows me to turn into a bat during the night as well. My main personal skill is Vampire of Fate, an EX ranked skill in which I can never be affected by the effects of a Noble Phantasm, Mystic Code, magecraft, or magic, thus meaning I must fall by magic or blade. Another Rank A personal skill that I possess is related to my servant, the Ever Loyal Servant, in which I can call upon Sakuya to me no matter the time or circumstance.I have two Noble Phantasm: B ranked Gugnir, which is Anti-Fortress because I can release this and destroy everything in the wake. However, using this require time to charge up, and once it's devastation subsides my Danmaku Stats will drop to E and my Vampirism of Fate would be disabled. My other Noble Phantasm Manipulation of Fate, an EX ranked Anti-Unit one. Its ability turns all Servant Luck stats into nothing, and I could change what they are on my whim. If I turned a servant's Luck Status into E rank, I can order them to do an action once per night. Once ordered, their Luck Stats will turn back to normally, and the opponent momentarily increase their stats by twice. However, I can't force the servants to commit suicide. And I can only use it against enemy servants, not allied. Youch. That's going to hurt."
Yukari looked at Remilia. She's a monster. She can be classified as an Anti-Servant Servant, for her Vampire of Fate turns the battlefield as long as the opponent relies on using Noble Phantasms to beat her down. She's truly overpowered in the night, but her Manipulation of Fate can prove to be at times a double edge weapon. If she uses it, a master could waste a command seal in an effort to counteract that Noble Phantasm, and the opposing servant would have twice their stats, making it nigh impossible to kill. Luckily, she can summon Sakuya and have her delay the enemy while Remilia escapes. Her Vampirism would make it look like she's a weakling; however, once revealed her skill Vampirism, everyone will target her in the daytime. Also, her independent Action may make Remilia an annoying Servant to deal with. "Rider?"
"That's me!" Marisa smiled. "Servant Rider, at your service. I'm chaotic good! I have D ranked Strength, C ranked Endurance, B ranked Agility, A ranked Magic, A ranked Luck, and C ranked Noble Phantasm. My personal skills are A class riding, because I have a broom! A ranked Danmaku, B ranked magic resistance, A ranked Independent Action, A ranked Kleptomania in which I could steal the enemy's noble phantasm and use it before having to relinquish it but at the same time I have a sudden urge all the time to rob a Library. Can't use it on B ranked Noble Phantasms are lower, because it's not precious enough. I also have C ranked Alchemy and E ranked Love Magic. However, if I get more and more emotional Love Magic turns into C rank. And my Noble Phantasm is Love Sign Master Spark, a C ranked Anti-Fortress Noble Phantasm, which blasts the crap of everything in its way! It's ranking level also increases if I get more and more flustered."
Marisa was the wildcard of the team. On one hand, she can continuously spam attacks at the opponent, and her EX ranked Magic coupled with A ranked Kleptomania would cause endless amount of Grief for the opponent. Nothing could prove more annoying that having to face your own Noble Phantasm. However, that Kleptomania would cause her to wander around, and being alone versus seven servants, yeah Marisa would die than. Also, servants holding B ranked Noble Phantasms are still pretty powerful, and can pound Marisa into the ground. "Berserker?"
"That's me." Mokou sighed. "I'm Lawful Evil, makes sense due to my back ground. My endurance stat is Ranked A, my agility ranked C, my luck ranked E, and the other stats ranked B, though I have no stat for Noble Phantasm because I don't have any. My skills are Danmaku ranked A, Madness Enhancement B ranked, which ranks up all my stats except Luck to A but at the same time I lose my reason. Activated whenever someone says, um, that lunar bitch's name out loud. A ranked manipulation of fire, C ranked manipulation of other magic, and EX ranked Hourai Doll, which allows me to live through any attack. However, there is a limit; if I get hit by an Anti-World or ten Anti-Fortress Weapons, I will die. I have the skill Immortal Vengeance, which means I also double summon as Servant…Avenger? What? Anyways, being Servant class Avenger prevents allied servants from being debuffed and the cost of me using Noble Phantasms decreases, but I don't really have any Noble Phantasms. I also have the skill of Blazing Heart, which increases the stats of all Lawful servants in the area and decreases the stats of all Chaotic servants."
Mokou's abilities are clear as day to the enemy, yet that does not make her any less powerful. Her immortality would make it truly a massive pain to kill, but many Servants carry around Anti-Fortress Noble Phantasm. When pitted against someone without an Anti-World or Anti-Fortress Noble Phantasm, she's truly a terror to deal with. Even if the opponent has an anti-fortress Noble Phantasm, Mokou could activate her Madness Enhancement and bore through the pain of the Anti-Fortress killing her once while taking out the enemy. Interesting. She'll be perfect as a test against other opponents. "Caster." Yukari said, and Yuyuko stood up.
"Servant Caster." Yuyuko smiled, "E ranked strength, E ranked Endurance, E ranked Agility, EX ranked Magic, C ranked Luck, and A ranked Noble Phantasm. I'm Neutral all the way, and my skills are A ranked Danmaku, EX ranked Undead which makes it so that even if my real body dies, I still exist as a ghost and will only go away if I get smacked by an Exorcist spell or an Anti-Unit Noble Phantasm. However, as a ghost all my stats will become nothing except Magic and Noble Phantasm. Hmmm, I'll keep my body thank you. My Noble Phantasm is not a Noble Phantasm, but rather what people call a Reality Marble that only I could use in my ghost state. It's called 'Perfect Cherry Blossom', and my starting incantation is 'When I shall die, please bury me underneath a Cherry Tree. The Cherry Tree of Death, its power no longer is.' In that reality marble if a butterfly touches a living person than that person shall die unless that person possesses extraordinary magic resistance, magic power, luck, or Pioneer of the Stars skill. And all people who are undead in this area will receive a boost in which all stats increase by a whole letter grade."
Okay, so it's established. Wherever Yuyuko goes, Youmu goes as well. Perfect Cherry Blossom is a very powerful Reality Marble boosting Youmu's powers, and Youmu, to be honest, does not have very decent stats. Yuyuko benefits from dying early on, but as Yuyuko said, she rather keep her body to enjoy her meager strength, agility, and endurance. Yuyuko is an offensive caster while Reimu is a defensive one. Against multiple weak enemies, Yuyuko can beat them but against a strong one, she will fall easily and that's where Youmu fits in, to defeat the strong one. "And finally, Sakuya?"
"Yes, I am servant class Assassin." Sakuya started, "I am chaotic good. My stats are: D ranked strength, D ranked Endurance, C ranked Agility, E ranked magic, D ranked Luck, and EX Noble Phantasm. My skills are: Danmaku, rank B. Presense Concealment, Rank C. I can't be detected by other servants unless I reveal myself. The Ever Loyal Mistress, Rank D. I can never attack Mistress on my free will. If someone uses a command seal to, the command seals will automatically transfer over to Mistress. Space manipulation, Rank B. I can shrink or enlarge non-animate objects. Time Manipulation, Rank B. I can stop time for a moment and throw my knives. However, I cannot do it for an extremely long period of time. That's where my main Noble Phantasm lies. Its name is 'Lunar Dial', and it is an Anti-Army EX Noble Phantasm. When activated, all time stops for as long as I need to. All I have to do is to pull out my clock and say 'Illusionary World. Stop.' If the opponent has D rank or below magic resistance, my ability completely stops their movement. If the opponent has C rank magic resistance, that person could move with extremely slow speed. A and B rank magic resistance, and the time stopping ability is completely useless."
Sakuya's ability relies on a swift victory and the opponent's magic resistance. She is perfect in probing the enemy's magic resistance ability and not having them realize at all. If the enemy has no magic resistance, well, it could be said that the person would be dead immediately. If the enemy does, than she relies on other people to deal with the enemy. Also, her…relationship with Remilia is very interesting. Remilia and Sakuya can never stand against each other; they always must be on the same team. Remilia, therefore, counts as two servants; whoever snags Remilia snags Sakuya as well. This is a double-edge sword, for the enemy could steal Remilia and steal Sakuya as well. But Sakuya could never be stolen and be forced to fight against Remilia.
"Hmmmmm." Yukari muttered, "Well, this is an interesting match up."
You would never see all these servants in a straight up Holy Grail War; only in Team Battles. Remilia and Sakuya are interlinked, same as Yuyuko and Youmu. All these servants have one same skill; Danmaku. Danmaku, as Zeltrech told Yukari, in the Nasuverse Universe is different. Basically, with the Danmaku skill the character is granted the ability to graze blows, magical or physical. If the person grazes enough shots without getting hit, they could unleash a spell card onto the enemy that destroys all projectiles and knockback any enemy in the vicinity, devastating the enemy's health. The higher rank Danmaku is, the fewer amounts of shots required to unleash spell cards and the higher chance that the person could avoid a hit.
For team tactics, hmmmm. Yuyuko and Youmu should operate as the offensive group, Sakuya and Mokou would act as prelimary scouts against the opponent until they know which enemies are the greatest threat, and move to neutralize. Marisa can not be accounted in the strategy, Reimu too if the opponent catches on to her abilities early on in the war. And Remilia should act like a reserve, bringing the pain to the enemy when they activate their Noble Phantasms.
Weaknesses of the team. Yuyuko can't use her Reality Marble without sacrificing her body, Youmu is a balanced but weak servant stats wise. Sakuya can't do much against enemies with high magic resistance, Marisa's Kleptomania would lead to her early defeat. Reimu can't go on the offensive, Mokou accidentally debuffs her allies because most of her allies are Chaotic. And Remilia, when panicking, buffs the opponents.
Strengths of the team. Yuyuko is superior in magic power, Youmu is capable body guard of Yuyuko, Remilia ignores Noble Phantasms, Sakuya can stop time, Reimu is a monster in defensive and when counterattacking, Marisa would turn the Servant's greatest strengths against themselves, and Mokou is immortal.
All in all, Yukari can't really complain about her team, because their strengths outweigh their weaknesses. Also, it was an added bonus to have Reimu back on the field, all the fun times they could have together, heh heh.
"Yeah." Zeltrech said, "Compared to the other servants participating in this Holy Grail War, your servant's abilities are broke. If the opponent doesn't really have good magic resistance, well they will completely dominate the battlefield."
"They still have some weaknesses." Yukari responded back, "But I see your point"
"Good." Zeltrech smiled, "I'll send you into my world 5 years right after the 4th Holy Grail War, and 5 years to the 5th Holy Grail War I'll create alibis for all of you, by, umm, threatening the Clock Tower? Nah, will just scare some poor officer. But don't worry about legal issues, I'll take care of it. Yukari, do you wish to be sent along with them?"
Yukari nodded. "Yes, it's been a long time since I spent some…proper time with Reimu." Reimu shivered. "However, I'm requesting for you to allow me to come back to Gensokyo as often as I want to; I won't bring any more visitors, but I do wish to check up with the situation of the new Hakurei shrine maiden once in a while."
"Sure." Zeltrech waved, "I'll send you guys right now. Anything you guys want?"
"Oh oh! I want you to transfer all my books-" Marisa started, but Zeltrech just grinned.
"Too many books, so no. And bye," Zeltrech snapped his finger, and with that, the whole world turned pitch black.
Author's Note
So yeah, I decided to take a little break from my Immortal Familiars fanfiction and published this beauty! Whether or not it continues depends on the reviews. So, drop a review commenting should I continue or should I just utterly abandon this story. And please tell me what changes I should make to the stats of the servants, for I feel like Reimu's EX ranked Magic Resistance and her EX ranked Fantasy Seal is just HAX.
This is RusselH, signing out!
Author's Note 2
Wow, okay, did major revision. That. Was. Painful. Buffed some characters, debuffed some others. Kept Youmu the same. From one of the advice of the reviewer, I decided to introduce a little bit more about the Third Lunarian Invasion. Hoped they'll happy.
I'm still debating whether or not should I continue or should I let this story be a place for all my wild fantasies to run loose. More reviews, please.
I'm sorry for all the confusing stats, one day I'll make a Stats page for all the Touhou Servants. So, I'll set up a survey; do you want the survey be the first page, or the second page? First time doing so, may take me at least three days to create the Stats page.
Well, I'm doing this late at night, after a long day at school.
This is RusselH, signing out!