Chapter 2! Not much to say, not bringing in any other oc characters so far so yeah.

CHPT2

"Yang! Breakfast!" Link shouted upstairs.

"Huh?" Yang awoke with his hair messed up and the smell of roasted fish wafted in the air. Yang quickly ran downstairs and into the kitchen.

"So what are we having?" He asked looking the frying pan Link was holding.

"Trout and some strawberries." Link flipped the four fish over with a spatula and placed them on some plates.

"Hey, where's Cirno?" Yang looked in the other rooms.

"At her house, I told her to go home if she wouldn't be quiet if you were asleep. She's probably gonna be over soon."

"Why does she always hang out over here? She never seems to spend time at her own home or with her friends."

"She's my girlfriend, plus her friends are usually busy now. I dunno why, but some of them don't want anything to do with me now." Link sat down across from Yang and served both of them the breakfast and a glass of milk.

"So what are we doing today?" Yang asked chopping off one of the fish's heads with a steak knife.

"Our chores, then whatever happens happens." Link said biting into a strawberry.

"Can we go to the Mansion?"

"Why do you want to go there?"

"The book, you said someone has one that could help me."

"I said 'possibly'! That doesn't mean that she would have one."

"Well can we check?"

"Ugh, fine...After our chores then." Link handed Yang a half sheet of paper.

"All you have to do is sweep the porch, I have to do the dishes and take out the trash." Link said wiping his mouth with a napkin.

"I still get allowance right? How much?"

"I dunno, I'll see how many chores you do in the week and give you an amount relating to how many and how well you have done them. Ok? So we've covered that. I might as well get started." He sighed and stuck the dishes in the sink and proceeded to the garbage bin to put it outside in a large bin.

"Oh ok..." Yang picked up the straw broom and noticed some etchings in it. "Did you steal this?"

"No why? I found it in the forest one day and it seemed very nice..."

"This looks familiar...Don't we have witches around here?"

"A few but I don't care, it's just a broom!" Link said walking back and started washing the dishes.

"I guess so..." Yang stepped onto the porch and swept most of the dust away and saw a little cricket appear and it chirped at him.

"Cool! This bug looks awesome!" He picked it up and it hopped to the windowsill. "Come back here!" Yang lunged at it and it hopped away.

"Aww..." He sighed and swept off the final steps and sat on them while feeling the breeze on his face.

"I'm guessing you're Link's new pet." Wriggle said from the roof.

"Not a pet, he's just taking care of me. And how long were you there?" Yang looked up.

"Hmm...A few minutes after you tried catching that cricket."

"Oh ok. So why are you bothering me again?"

"I'm bored and I want to know if you want to prank someone else again."

"My pranking days are over, and I mean it. I swear, I should have never stolen stuff. Especially since Reimu nearly tore off my leg."

"You do have sticky fingers though. You're good at being hidden."

"Flattery gets you nowhere! I'm not stealing again and that's it!"

"You do have sticky fingers though. You're good at being hidden."

"Flattery gets you nowhere! I'm not stealing again and that's it!"

"What about stealing?" Link asked walking onto the porch.

"Nothing! Just Wriggle wants me to help her prank people." Yang pointed to the roof.

"Would you stop trying to brainwash him? I don't want him doing anything stupid." Link jumped up and hung from the top.

"Like what you're doing?" Wriggle said looking down at him.

"...Yeah like what I'm doing." He jumped down and landed in a shrub.

"You ok?" Yang asked looking at Link laying down in the bush.

"Yeah yeah yeah I'm fine...But one question, would you like to go to school tomorrow?" He asked getting up.

"Definitely! It sounds really fun!" Yang smiled and jumped for joy.

"Well then tomorrow you start going to school normally, even though you're really smart already." Link messed up Yang's hair and they went inside.

"He's already going to school? Huh, how did that happen? He only had him for a day and he has everything already there for him..." Wriggle had a chat to herself and flew off.

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"And here's 150 yen." Link said handing Yang a bill and some coins.

"I got allowance already? Wow that was fast...It's only Thursday though." Yang said looking at the calendar on the fridge.

"Well, I'll give you your allowance every Thursday, does that sound good?" Link sat down across from him and Yang nodded.

"We have to go to the market anyways, you can get something there if you want." He picked up a few trays and picked up his wallet.

"What's in the trays?" Yang asked sniffing them.

"Cakes, they really sell for a pretty penny since so many people love them."

"You earn your money that way?"

"I do earn some of it that way. I usually just trade though so yeah." Link said handing Yang a tray.

"So you have your own stall?"

"Meh, I sometimes sell stuff on the way there and I have nothing left."

"Wow, you must be rich..."

"I still donate to the shrines though, I end up spending 1/16 of my earnings there."

"Wow, you're really generous." Yang said and they walked to the market.

"So where do we set up?"

"In the middle, I'm usually the latest one and they all seem to give that stand to me because everyone knows me." Link said and they set the trays on the table and went under the awning of the market stall.

"Humans usually buy them first, don't worry if they ask you a bunch of questions." He put out a money box and Yang heard some coins already in.

"Why do is there already stuff in there?" Yang shook it again.

"So I can make change if someone needs it." Link sat back in a folding chair.

"Oh thank goodness you didn't sell out yet!" A girl with white hair ran to a skid at the stand.

"Actually, we just got here." Link said looking at her.

"How much for everything?"

"Excuse me?"

"Everyone of your cakes, I need them."

"Yeah, I heard that. Why do you need all of them?"

"I just do, now how much are they?!" She asked in a panic pulling out a purse.

"Let's see...one two three...ten cakes, at 1000 yen each...I'll cut ya a deal and throw in the last for free. So 9000 yen." Link said and the girl placed the money on the table.

"Thanks!" She picked up the trays and started walking away.

"Uh...They're that good?" Yang asked.

"Oh, they're not for me." She stopped and came back.

"Then who?" Link asked looking at the sun.

"Oh we don't need to go into information about that. I just need to be back soon."

"Well we can help carry them."

"Uh...You sure?"

"Yeah, we can help."

"Don't be surprised if you're asked to make more on the spot..."

"Whatever, we'll help you anyways." Link said taking a half of the load and Yang took two of them.

"So where to?" Yang asked.

"Just follow me, we'll be there as quickly we can." She said and they followed after her.

"You never really told us your name. Mine's Link and that's Yang, what's your's?"

"Youmu. So what is Yang in relation to you?"

"I'm just looking after him, he was orphaned two years ago."

"Aww how sweet!...So you aren't wondering where we're going?"

"No, I like surprises so don't ruin it!" Link said shifting the boxes back to a central weight. "Should I mention there's a ghost behind you?"

"That's normal, it's my ghost half."

"Cool! Half ghost though? So you're still human?"

"Phantom."

"I see we're at a cliff, are we at the right spot?" Link asked chucking a pebble down and saw it vanish. "What just happened?!"

"Just follow me." Youmu said and walked to where the stone vanished and she did too.

"Uh...I guess we go too?" Yang shrugged and they went in and a blinding white light flashed before their eyes.

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"Ugh...My head..." Link said checking his surroundings.

"Stop lollygagging! Come on you need to get up!" Youmu shouted halfway up a giant staircase.

"W-We have to climb all that?" Yang shuddered shambling up.

"We don't, we can fly up!" Link said breaking his wind element and with a gust of wind he hovered up.

"Duh!" Yang smiled and floated up along side Link.

"So, does walking up this take forever? We'll get there first." Link said walking around Youmu on the air.

"You could have mentioned you two can fly." Youmu's expression changed and walked faster.

"Oh well. Hey Yang, whatcha doing?" Link asked looking down the staircase.

"Just looking down! Man that's far!"

"Ah that's nothing." Link tossed a coin down and they heard nothing. "Heh, must be too far down." Yang quivered and stepped away.

"Oh stop, we won't fall!" Youmu shouted down.

"See? She lives here and she says we won't fall...Let's just go." They hurried up the stairs and encountered an island at the end of the staircase.

"Well, here we are. You can go now if you'd like."

"Nah, we can help put things away."

"It's fine! I've got this."

"Well you said someone else lives here, can we meet them?" Yang asked.

Youmu sighed deeply. "I guess..." They walked in.

"Yay! You got the cakes!"

"Yes we did Yuyuko, I also found the one that makes them." Youmu uncovered one of the vanilla cakes and Yuyuko clapped.

"This boy makes them?!" Yuyuko pointed to Link.

"Yes I do miss." Link nodded.

"Can you share your recipes?" She smiled and invited them to sit.

"I can't..." Link sighed.

"Why not?"

"Well, it's tradition. Plus I don't want everyone selling and making these recipes. It's a kind of thing you're proud of. But! I can give you other recipes for things. They're still tasty." Link said taking off his boots.

"Should I take mine off too?" Yang asked looking at his rugged sneakers and pried them off.

"I should get you new ones...Tomorrow after school."

"So, what do you have first?" Yuyuko asked devouring a slice of the cake.

"Well, I do have some good recipes for cookies that I can share-" Link trailed off and Yang wasn't really listening. Soon after, he fell asleep on the table and snored quietly.

"Yang...It's time to go." Link shook Yang after around 2 hours.

"Huh?" Yang sat up and itched his eyes.

"It's time to go...You dozed off."

"What time is it?" Yang yawned.

"It's the afternoon." Link checked his watch.

"Wait the days already half over?!"

"Why, do you have a date?" Link chuckled.

"No! I thought we were going to go back to the market..." Yang sighed.

"Don't worry. Alright, I hope you enjoy the recipes I gave ya." Link waved and they went back to the village.

CHPT2

"So, what would you like in your room?" Link asked looking down the lane.

"A bookshelf!"

"Can you be more specific?"

"A small wooden one...A wide one, not tall."

"That's better, so anything else?" Link looked at one of the stands that sold fruit.

"Can I have a clock?"

"Sure! I still have some nails we can use to put it up." They walked into a store and they bought a small blue wall clock Yang picked out.

"So a small wide shelf you say? Don't drop the clock." Link looked at the prices of the shelves and sighed. He thought and hatched an idea. "We can build a shelf!"

"Really?" Yang smiled.

"Yeah, it'll cost less, and we can paint it whatever you want! Plus, it'll be built how you want it to be." They walked out with a few planks of wood and a bucket of dark blue paint.

"You really like blue." Link said walking home.

"Yeah, it's so calming. I like water a lot." Yang smiled thinking about the lake.

"I guess so. I also got you a garbage bin in case you need one."

"You're being so nice..." Yang sniffled.

"I just want you to be happy. You're like a little brother to me...I know you don't have a family anymore, and that doesn't mean you can't have another one."

Yang started to cry. "Y-You really mean that?"

"I do. You deserve someone to properly take care of you, and I will." Link patted Yang on the head.

"Will Cirno too?"

"She will. Don't worry. Now come on, we have to get home." He said and they went inside and the air was cooler in the house.

"Is the AC running?" Link asked.

"No, all the windows are. Did you leave them open?" Yang placed the clock on the couch.

"No...I bet Cirno's here or something." He set the planks and the trash bin near the clock and knocked on the door of the bathroom.

"Don't come in!" Cirno said moaning.

"What's wrong?!" Link asked in slight panic.

"School's what's wrong! I hate it now!"

"Don't say that...Just tell me what's wrong."

"You really wanna know?" She asked in a whimper.

"Just show me already, it can't be that bad." Link said and the door slowly opened and Cirno walked out with her hair a deep red.

"W-What happened?!"

"Some mean kids at school dumped paint on me..."

"I guess it's time to give them a visit tomorrow. I'm sending Yang to school tomorrow, and you're taking him. I'll come along too, I'll reason with them." Link hit his palm with his fist.

"Why are you sending Yang?"

"I want him to have a better education, and if people are bullying you, I will make it so they stop."

"I hardly got any of this paint out..." She sighed.

"You still look beautiful." Link hugged her. "Use some olive oil, your hair will smell weird, but it gets the stuff out."

"Eugh, no!"

"You want that stuff in there forever?"

"Fine...just do it now so we can get it over with."

"After we put some stuff away. It'll take a bit." Link walked downstairs and picked up a hammer and nails and brought Yang up with his clock and trash bin.

"Set the trash bin anywhere, where do you want this clock?" He asked after setting it.

"I say...a couple feet away from that window." Yang pointed and Link hammered a nail into the wall and hung the clock on.

"Looks great, now I guess you want to go to the mansion now?" Link stuck the hammer into a drawer in the hallway.

"Of course! I want to see if we can get me that book!" Yang smiled and jumped off his bed.

"Well let's go." Link grabbed his element book and they started walking to the mansion.

Yang stopped Link in the forest and looked at the book Link was holding and poked at it. "What's this for?"

"My elements. You see, I don't have normal powers like you do, I just use items that some others can...Oh well, it's a nice book." He looked at a page he bookmarked. "No point in not bringing it."

"So how come you are bringing it?"

"I need to protect you, but there are some other things I can do but I need the book." He flipped to a page with some odd runes on it. "Like that."

"You care about me that much?"

"Well I don't think you should die, and I'm taking a responsibility."

"Is it something to do with something else?"

Link took a long sigh. "Ran said if I don't take good care of you, she'll take you back..."

"But I don't wanna..."

"Exactly, we both don't want you to go. And that means I have to take care of you. I will make sure you're ok no matter what ok?"

"Please don't let me go back." Yang hugged Link.

"I won't, don't worry for now...Let's get going." He patted Yang on the back and they walked to the mansion.

"How come you're always awake when I come here?" Link said to Meiling.

"Coincidence? And who is this?" She smiled at Yang who whimpered and hid behind Link.

"His name is Yang, I'm taking care of him. Come on, she won't bite." Yang peeked out for a second then hid again.

"Oh well. You two are going in I'm guessing."

"Yeah, don't worry we'll be quick."

"You always say that and you're out 3 hours later and something always breaks and-" Meiling crossed her arms and saw the two were missing. "Of course." She hit her forehead.

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"Hold up a second." Sakuya tugged on Link's shoulder.

"Oh great, you. What could it possibly be?"

"Can't you leave us in peace for one week? You come here too often." She growled.

"Look who's talking." Link swatted Sakuya's hand.

"Ouch! Kid, you have a lot of nerve." She held it and glared.

"I'm not a kid. I'm taking Yang to the library, we need to make a selection, now goodbye." He grabbed Yang's hand and they walked around the corner and stopped.

"Hand it over." Link held out his hand.

"Hand what over?" Yang played innocent.

"That silver pocket watch you took. Come on, we need to return it." Yang sighed and gave him the watch.

"There, we can return it later. For now, we'll go to the library."

"How come the maid here hates you?"

"I get a kick out of making her mad. Plus, I get free access here thanks to Flandre! But you really don't want to meet her. She's a bit coocoo sometimes. Ugh, wrong way." Link looked down the corridors and saw dead ends and nothing but them.

"Do you even know where we're going?" Yang asked and they walked back to the lobby.

"I do! It's just we took a wrong turn." Link nodded and they went down a flight of stairs into the library, and saw Patchoulli reading a book as usual and Koakuma putting some books on a shelf.

"Oh it's you...If you're looking for Flandre she's in her room." Patchoulli said peering up from her book.

"Nah, I'll see her later. Right now, I need to borrow a book." Link looked up at the scaling shelves.

"Why? It's not like you've needed any before."

"It's for- Where'd he go?" Link looked around for Yang.

"Who else did you bring in here?" Patchoulli noticed one of the bookshelves was moving.

"Yang, get down from their!" Link flew up to him.

"I like the sight from up here, can't I stay up here?"

"Do you want to fall? If we go somewhere else, please be polite and don't walk away randomly."

"Fiiiine..." Yang jumped down and landed on his feet.

"Who's your friend?" Patchoulli walked over to the other two.

"His name's Yang, I'm taking care of him. And I need to know if you have any books on summoning. Especially if they pertain to ice and wind elemental summons."

"I haven't seen anything on that...So what can he do already?" Yang conjured up one of his little ice golems and Patchoulli studied it.

"...I think I saw one of them before in another book."

"You have?! Well can you get it for us? I'll repay you somehow." Link said.

"Hmm...Sure, I'll get Koakuma right on it."

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"Thanks Koakuma. You can go back to setting the books away." Patchoulli walked to Link and Yang sleeping in two chairs. "Hey, I have the book."

"Huh? Oh, thanks!" Yang smiled and was about to take the book.

"Not so fast. You said you'd repay me." She pointed to Link.

"Darnit! I always say I'll repay the person...Ok, what do you want?" Link sighed.

"You can have it, I haven't came up with what I need yet." She handed Yang the book. "Enjoy."

"Well thanks! Let's go use it!" They quickly ran into the corridor and kept on sneaking until they overheard Sakuya mumbling.

"Where can it be?!" They heard her grunt and heard a crash.

"I'll give it back, don't worry, I'll suffer the consequences." Link snagged the pocket watch and walked towards her.

"Hey I-" Link started but was stabbed in the arm. "Gah...I was going to say...I found it...I didn't take it..." He pulled out the watch slowly and Sakuya shook her head.

"You're a thief and everyone knows it." She glared at him.

"I didn't steal it! I'm not bad, I'm just neutral to most of the people here! Agh...Darn knife." Link held his arm to try to stop the bleeding. "You enjoy watching me suffer don't you?"

"Just get out of here before you attract anyone." Sakuya pointed to the exit and Yang knocked her out with the book.

"Uh...Why did you do that?"

"She's mean!" Yang looked on the back. "Even left a mark...She has a thick skull!" Link chuckled and put a wool bandage on the wound.

"She's unconscious, oh man that's funny." Link picked her up and put her in a closet, locking the door with a wire. "Ok, let's get the heck out of here." They raced out and were panting when they were out the door.

"I've been wanting to do that for years! How come you two already have more fun together?" Meiling looked at the two.

"I knew you were following us...Don't do that again." Link winced in his pain.

"Uh, I wasn't. I heard a crash and I knew who it was. You have a nose for trouble."

"Heh, yeah right. We're going home. See ya." He waved goodbye and took Yang home.

CHPT2

Gonna end it off their, next chapter I may introduce two characters and the story will REALLY go in depth there.