Reisen exhausted dropped down to the ground as soon as the space debris stopped raining down. Kaguya was rather amused by the spectacle and clapped for Reisen. Erin however had a rather serious expression on her face as she walked over to the lunar rabbit.
"Don't you find it strange…" Erin began.
Reisen turned her attention to her master curious as to what she meant.
"that all that made it through the barrier unimpeded." She finished.
The rabbit considered this, however she did not know what her master was getting at.
"it's safe to assume that it originated inside the barrier, Meaning it was most likely an assault on Eientei." Erin concluded.
Reisen's eyes widened with realization.
"but who would do that?" She wondered aloud.
Kaguya had come over as well, and now looked serious too.
"There is no doubt in my mind. This has to be Mouku's doing. I say we send an assassin to go get her right away!" Kaguya suggested.
"Allow me master. I'll find the culprit for sure!" Reisen offered looking rather motivated.
"That is exactly what I was getting to." Erin replied.
"I won't fail you." Reisen said bowing before she sped away.
Murasa was at the helm of her wondrous flying ship. She had just set the ship to auto pilot on it's way to Makai. She left the control room to take a walk around the ship. Not long before she reached the end of the first corridor she heard a noise from deeper in the ship. Curious as to what it could have been she sprinted down the corridor to see what it was.
The sound grew louder and louder. Soon she turned a corner expecting to see Marisa. Though that was not what was there. The being that attacked her before hovered not far above the ground. The sight of it paralyzed her with fear.
The darlek reacted to her sudden appearance immediately.
"Exterminate!" It's grating voice declared triumphantly.
A laser blasted forth right at her. Murasa suddenly woke with a start, looking around a tad disoriented. She quickly realized she was in her room in the Myouren temple and breathed a sigh of relief. She sat up now noticing Nazrin asleep at the left edge of her bed. She was snoring softly resting her head on the mattress.
"Nazrin, wake up." Murasa called out pulling the covers off of herself.
She groaned as she begin to stir. She rubbed her eyes with one fist as she pushed herself up off the bed with her other hand. As soon as she saw Murasa was awake a smile spread across her face.
"You don't have to be so concerned, ghosts can't die you know." Murasa told her.
"I know, but I still feel responsible, I should have helped more." Nazrin replied.
"Well you did just what I asked, no need to feel bad." Murasa assured her.
"I just remembered, I need to go and take care of something." Murasa continued sounding rather serious.
"Oh, then can I come with you?" Nazrin inquired.
"No!" Murasa blurted out immediately extending her hands forward and moving them back and forth .
Nazrin narrowed her eyes staring at her for a bit making her nervous.
"I know what this is about. You saw the culprit didn't you. But you think I'm going to slow you down, am I right." Nazrin remarked.
'Whatever it is that thing is dangerous, I have to convince her not to come.' Murasa thought to herself.
"well, you got me." Murasa replied faking a smile.
"I knew it, this is my chance to prove myself to you, come on lets go find the culprit!" Nazrin exclaimed excitedly.
Murasa only sighed as she was dragged out into the hall by the energetic mouse youkai. Nazrin nearly collided with Kyouko as she pulled the ship spirit out into the hall.
"Whoever attacked the Myouren temple is in trouble now!" Nazrin exclaimed cheerfully.
Kyouko shrugged as she went back to sweeping the hall.
Sanae was crouched over a crater poking at it with her gohei. She stood and dusted off her skirt as she turned to Kanako.
"Do you think any of this stuff would be usable for anything if we salvage it?" She asked the goddess.
"it's possible." she replied putting her hand on her chin.
"well it seems to have burned up pretty badly. We're going to have to find more craters to salvage enough to use." Sanae commented grinning.
"So, your heading out then?" Suwako inquired.
"Yeah, I just need to get some things from the shrine before I go." She replied pointing towards it.
She quickly ran into the shrine and shortly came back out with a pack on her back and a shovel in hand.
"I'll be gone for a while, hold down the fort while I'm gone." Sanae told them cheerily as she flew away.
"Alright, Be careful out there." Suwako called out to her.
"Don't worry, I can take care of myself." Sanae assured them with a smile before continuing on her way.
Reimu wiped her brow, the falling debris having stopped. Marisa was still on her broom nearby looking around. They had managed to destroy most of the fiery projectiles from the sky, only a couple of small fires smoldering here and there. The villagers were working fast to put them out.
"who do you think would attack the village like this, Utsuho maybe?" Reimu asked Marisa.
"no way, this was nothing like last time." Marisa assured her.
"hmm." Reimu replied putting her hand on her chin as she floated down to the ground.
Marisa followed on her broom looking around the village. A few small fragments had made their way past them. Marisa looked around before grinning.
"We did a pretty good job, huh." Marisa commented.
"I suppose, well, I should be getting back to the shrine." Reimu replied.
"What's the matter, don't trust your apprentice." Marisa commented.
"of course I do, I just don't know if she could handle something like this." Reimu replied.
"you really think it happened over there as well?" Marisa inquired.
"lets just say I have a bad feeling about this and I hope I'm just imagining things." the shrine maiden told her in response.
"oh, see you latter then." Marisa replied waving.
Reimu took to the sky and soon disappeared from sight. Marisa took to the sky as well.
"That reminds me, I should check on my house." Marisa commented aloud.
The witch was about to fly off to the forest of magic when something caught her eye. She flew farther in to the village to get a closer look. There was some strange tower composed of odds and ends. A man ran about it fitting things here and there occasionally pointing something at it. Some of the villagers had gathered around, curious as to what he was doing. Cirno was also standing nearby looking up at the sky. She had her hand over her eyes to shield them from the sun.
"I still don't see it." Cirno remarked impatiently.
The doctor crouched down next to the fairy and pointed up at the sky.
"it begins right there." He told her moving his finger a tad.
"what does?" Marisa inquired curiously.
The doctor stood and turned towards her readying to reply. When he saw the witch before him hovering on his broom he paused a second.
"Some kind of trans temporal tear, that section of sky is that of another world." He explained.
"oh, you mean like a gap?" Marisa inquired looking up as well.
"I don't think I ever heard that term before." The doctor commented before continuing to tinker.
"I can't see it." Cirno sighed aggravated.
Marisa smiled and laughed a little.
"what do you mean you can't see it, the sky inside the gap is a different shade of blue." Marisa chuckled.
"it is not!" Cirno insisted.
"yeah, it sort of is." The doctor commented after glancing up at the sky.
"so, what exactly does this thing do?" Marisa inquired pointing at the thing the doctor was busy working on.
"it should close the temporal tear before anything else makes it's way through." he explained not looking at her.
Cirno was now pouting with her arms crossed. Marisa hovered a little bit closer putting her hand on her chin.
"so, what do you think caused that gap up there and unleashed all that fire." Marisa inquired thoughtfully.
"could be anything, but do you really want to wait around and find out. Wait, maybe that could be a good idea, it's probably something you don't see everyday." the doctor considered thoughtfully.
"judging by it's greeting I don't think we should wait around for it's formal entrance." Marisa replied grinning.
The doctor glanced her way.
"though it would be too bad to pass up the battle that is sure to occur." the witch continued, imagining what it would have been like.
The doctor pointed his sonic screwdriver at it producing a soft whirring sound. When he stopped he pocketed the device and looked over his work.
"is something the matter?" Marisa inquired getting down from her broom.
"you could say that. I've got a great big portal closer with nothing to power it. There doesn't seem to be much of a breeze." He began looking about for something suitable.
Marisa grinned as she reached under her hat and pulled out her hakero. Then she held it out towards him.
"Maybe a river nearby…" The doctor said not noticing Marisa's gesture.
"This should work." Marisa said.
He turned to her and grinned widely.
"A miniature generator of some kind." he said happily as he took it into his hands.
"Brilliant." He commented after looking it over.
He began to tinker some more with the device managing to fit the hakero in. then he adjusted some knobs and levers. The whole thing began to glow with energy. Suddenly a beam lanced out towards the heavens, heading straight towards the rift. Marisa looked up happily at the brilliant stream of light her hakero was helping create.
"wait, wasn't there a fairy of some sort around here?" The doctor wondered aloud as he looked around.
Marisa turned to the doctor when something cried out from far above. She quickly turned her head up once again and squinted against the light of the beam. She gasped at what she saw and quickly leapt onto her broom, taking to the sky. She had to veer away quickly as the beam was beginning to expand. Moving to stay out of range of the destructive beam she turned her attention up to what had caught her attention.
The limp form of a fairy dressed in a blue dress falling towards her. When Marisa drew near she reached out and caught her turning around quickly and heading back towards the ground. The doctor looked to be distressed pointing the sonic screwdriver at the beam emitting device. Marisa looked over her shoulder and noticed that the rift was receding. When she got closer to the ground she leapt down off her broom, kicking the sonic screwdriver from his hand.
Cirno beginning to stir in her arms.
"what was that for?" The doctor inquired a bit bemused.
"the rift is receding, the device is doing what it should, isn't it?" Marisa replied placing Cirno on the ground.
"Maybe a little too well." The doctor sighed.
"wait, what do you mean by that?" Marisa inquired.
"yes it is receding, but this power output is a little too high, if it stays as is the rift will invert and swallow everything around it." The doctor explained while trying to locate his sonic screwdriver.
"that doesn't sound that great." Marisa remarked thinking about it.
"then shouldn't we try and shut it off?" Marisa inquired approaching it.
"well, we can't exactly get close enough to operate the controls now, and you kicked away my sonic screwdriver." the doctor informed her.
"in that case." Marisa began pulling her hands back.
She trust them forward unleashing a burst of green magic. When the magic ricocheted off of the powerful beam causing both Marisa and the doctor to drop to the ground to avoid being hit.
"My hakero is powering that thing. Looks like we're stuck." Marisa told the doctor grimly.
Reisen walked slowly through the forest of bamboo, which was eerily quiet. She had the feeling that the culprit would jump out at any time and attack her. She had her finger extended like a gun and was pointing it out in front of her as she went. Just then the bushes to her right rustled. She stopped startled pointing her finger at the bush.
"I heard you, come on out, I know your there." She called out.
The bushes rustled a little more and she readied herself to attack if necessary. What emerged from the bush was only a lunar rabbit however. When Reisen saw this she breathed a sigh of relief and lowered her arms.
"Oh, it's just a lunar rabbit, what are you doing out here?" Reisen inquired lowering her guard and smiling a tad.
"oh, miss Reisen. I was just gathering some flowers." The lunar rabbit told her, holding them up smiling.
"these are real nice, but I have a hunch the culprit is still lurking around here. It could be dangerous." Reisen warned her.
"Really? In that case I would feel safest with you then." the rabbit told her with a confidently.
"you can count on me to keep you safe. And if the culprit does show up, I can disorient him so you can get away." Reisen replied warmly.
"That's just what I expect of you miss Reisen." the lunar rabbit said enthusiastically.
The two rabbits continued on their way through the bamboo forest. Reisen's new companion humming and skipping along side her as she continued to look about with worry. She had promised this rabbits safety, and she hoped she wouldn't let her down. Not long after rustling was heard once more drawing Reisen's attention. The petite moon rabbit bounced a little closer before Reisen put her hand on her shoulder, halting her movement.
The moon rabbit looked up at Reisen slightly confused before returning her attention to the bush.
"Well, come on out." the rabbit said happily assuming it was another rabbit.
However what did emerge made her take a step back out of fear. A metallic thing hovered forward, cannon fixed on them.
"inferior life forms, you will obey!" The darlek grated.
The rabbit hid behind reisen as it said this. Reisen however frowned at the darlek.
"Obey you? What exactly are you anyways?" Reisen inquired.
"I am a darlek." It declared with a hint of smug pride.
"oh, really. And what if I was to say I would not obey, then what?" Reisen asked pointedly.
"you will be exterminated!" the darlek declared beginning to lose patience.
"Now we wouldn't want that." Reisen commented sarcastically.
"looks like the shrine maiden has struck a deal with the kappas." Reisen muttered under her breathe.
"You will tell me all I need to know." The darlek declared.
"I guess that isn't too bad. what do you want to know?" Reisen inquired eyeing the darlek suspiciously.
"talking will not be necessary." The darlek replied moving closer, it's suction arm extended.
"yeah, well that doesn't look all that appealing." Reisen replied taking several steps backwards.
The petite rabbit followed close by looking rather terrified. Once she was a good distance away, Reisen's eyes began to glow scarlet. Several copies of her appeared all pointing their fingers at the darlek. The copies then began to shoot illusionary bullets at the darlek.
"Go now, tell Erin that the miko is up to something." Reisen told her pointing back towards the mansion.
The petite rabbit nodded and began to scamper away. Just then the darlek's gun barrel pointed right at the real Reisen. A beam lanced out, Reisen looking back at it not able to evade in time. Reisen felt a hard impact and was knocked to the ground. She groaned as she pushed herself up off of the ground.
What she saw left her with a terrible feeling in her gut. The petite rabbit whom she had told to run now lay limp besides her with a blank look on her face. Reisen rose to her feet rage in her eyes as she glared at the darlek.
"Compassion is your weakness. Now you will die too!" The darlek declared aiming another shot.
'Whatever it is, it hadn't even attempted to dodge. does it not care about getting hit?' Reisen thought.
She leapt to the side dodging a beam before returning fire with her own shots. The darlek did not move the shots impacted and exploding upon it. Her foe was hardly phased however. She grit her teeth in frustration as she was forced to move by another laser.
"you're efforts are futile." The darlek grated.
Reisen's eyes glowed once more as several illusions appeared. The several Reisens stared down the darlek as it waited patiently for her to make her move. One of the several Reisens leapt straight at the darlek. The darlek swiveled it's gun barrel in it's direction and fired. The beam lanced through the Reisen and it vanished into nothing.
The real Reisen had just leapt up firing off a larger projectile the struck the ground rather close to the darlek with a large blast following it's impact. It also kicked up a sizeable cloud of dust around it. Reisen stared at the cloud of dust uneasily as she continued to float in the air. Suddenly another beam lanced out headed right for her. She barely dodged it, a hair away from death.
The darlek shortly floated up to her, leveling it's cannon towards her once more. Reisen narrowed her eyes and prepared to move to her right. Instead of just firing right at her the darlek moved its cannon to the left a bit before letting loose it's laser. Reisen had begun to move that way but was able to stop herself in time, the laser flashing past her face. Reisen dove down beneath the darlek turning her back to the ground as she passed under her foe.
She fired a blast at the bottom of the darlek as she passed before flying back up. The darlek actually moved to evade this one making the lunar rabbit smirk. She pulled her arm back before thrusting her finger at the darlek. This unleashed several evenly spaced blasts at her foe. The darlek rose above the spread replying with its laser.
Reisen dropped down narrowly evading the attack before pointing at the darlek again. This time she unleashed several shots all aimed at her foe that slowly moved apart as they drew closer. The darlek then veered to the right to avoid her attack. The darlek was now moving in rather close getting ready to blast Reisen at point blank range. In response to this Reisen spread her arms wide unleashing a volley of exploding shots all around her.
This caused the darlek to draw back having been hit by a couple of the blasts. The lunar rabbit waited for the darlek's next move. The darlek pointed its gun barrel at Reisen, hesitated and then turned around floating away. Reisen was confused at the darlek's sudden retreat, expecting it to come back out suddenly. A figure suddenly darted towards her from her left, so Reisen instinctively fired at it.
"whoa, hold on. It's just me." Sanae called out as she evaded Reisen's assault.
"Sanae? What are you doing here?" Reisen inquired suspiciously.
"well I heard a commotion, and I was wondering what was going on." Sanae replied.
"from the looks of things, you have another reason to be here." Reisen observed.
"oh that. I was just about to ask permission to salvage from the craters. They did strike here too right?" Sanae replied.
"I doubt that was your original intension." Reisen remarked.
"details, details." Sanae replied putting her shovel over her shoulder, waving her free hand at the lunar rabbit.
"to answer your question, there was an attack and then an extermination robot showed up." Reisen informed Sanae, her eyes narrowed.
"extermination robot?" Sanae asked a bit confused.
"well you showing up right after is pretty suspicious, I'm inclined to believe you had something to do with this?" Reisen inquired.
"you would suspect me of such a thing?" Sanae wondered aloud.
She stuck her shovel into the ground and put her hand on her chin.
"yes I would." the lunar rabbit replied.
"well this is the first I've heard of any extermination robot, but my shrine was attacked as well." Sanae informed her.
"it was? Then do you think maybe the other miko is involved?" Reisen wondered.
"well if it's Reimu doing the exterminating then it shouldn't be so bad." Sanae assured her.
"that's where your wrong. That robot killed a lunar rabbit." Reisen commented angrily.
"what! This is real serious. Come on Reisen, lets get to the bottom of this." Sanae declared pulling free her shovel and pointing it towards the sky.
'she seems a little too eager. I'd better keep an eye on her just in case' Reisen thought as she followed the energetic miko.
