Chapter 2: The Strongest Fairy, Who Fight For Her Friends And Loved Ones

Warning: Outside World names are now being used here. Just to remind everyone

Asahi = Japan

Chugoku = China

Registan = U.S.A

Bevelle = United Kingdoms

Necopolis = Europe (Changed from Germany, due to mistake)

Malkrantia =Russia

Inside the Kawashiro Technologies HQ, deep within the Youkai Mountain...

Inside the hidden complex, the entire hangar of the headquarters is busy, with various specialists, staff and technicians, mostly kappas, were on their own work, as they were doing their own tasks, which was to construct, research, analyse, and modify. Various vehicles were strewn across the area, with some being nearly complete, lacking the finishing touches, and some having barely been constructed with their skeleton frame. Welding torches flared, which would make the room stuffy with heat, if it wasn't for the air vents inside being over-clocked to cope with venting said heat out, and sparks rose from the cutting of metal, both by lasers and electric saws, making the room look truly like a factory packed in such a tight space.

Above on a balcony, was Nitori Kawashiro, a short girl with blue hair tied into twintails and blue eyes. She wears a blue dress with lots of pockets around the hem of the skirt and her upper arm, which is under a large black apron with the symbol of a cute kappa head on the centre of it, and a dark aquamarine backpack with a golden key on the strap in front of her. She also wears a green hat with a white wispy symbol on it, blue wellington boots and in her pockets were various tools ranging from a spanner, to a crowbar. The young genius was talking with her blue-haired kappa brethren, talking about various things that they could implement in the military tech of the army they are supporting.

Suddenly, a sukima appears on the balcony, as those nearby it hurriedly move away from it, as Richard steps out of it, facing Nitori with black tough leather finger-less gloves over his hands, as Nitori then notices his arrival, and dismisses her fellow colleagues, who walk away.

"Nitori Kawashiro." Richard stated in a calm tone, before smiling. "It's been so long since we last met, before I was tasked with training up the Gensokyo Human Defence Force and my own personal Unison Squad. How goes my favourite inventor, or should I say, the fully cute and shy prodigy?"

Nitori suddenly blushes slightly. "Hey! Don't call me that.. I'm not shy, I'm just a little... awkward with talking to other people and youkai..." Nitori replied in a offended tone.

"Whatever you say, Nitori." Richard teased her slightly, before then speaking normally again. "So, I cam here by Yukari's order, to ask this: How was your progress with dismantling and comprehending the Outside World tech? Did you find it a cinch, or is it something that even all the kappas combined would find to be a near-impossible task?"

"We're progressing fine." Nitori answered back, also shifting to a more formal tone. "The Outside World tech is very futuristic and out-worldly, but you shouldn't underestimate us kappa. We love a good challenge to work upon, and nothing will stop us from completing it."

"Heh. Tell me what you don't know." Richard replied. "I bet that their technology is 100 years beyond the modern era from where I came from. Maybe even 200 years!"

"200 years? Try 500 years, give or take 100 years either side." Nitori replied with a quiet 'hmph'.

"Come... Come again?" Richard stuttered, as his eyes widened. "Did you just say that they're in 25th century level of technology?"

"That's right." Nitori confirmed. "Also, we have managed to upgrade our Danmaku Spell Insertion System for all of our guns. It's a major breakthrough, to say the least!"

However, her words went to waste, as Richard's expression suddenly darkens.

"Nitori... Tell your workers to put their asses into gear. If that is not enough, make them do over-time until they end up at too much risk to continue work any further." Richard spoke slowly in a progressively desperate tone.

"Richard!? What are you saying!?" Nitori exclaimed. "You can't possibly make me do such a cruel thing, to push them continuously to their limits! It's preposterous."

"It must be done. We must overcome their tech..." Richard spoke silently, ignoring Nitori's words.

"Richard!?" Nitori cried out, trying to get her human friend to snap out of his current state.

"DON'T YOU GET IT!? WE'RE SO FAR BEHIND THAT WE ACTUALLY RUN THE RISK OF BEING UNABLE TO DEAL WITH THEM WITH MAGIC!" Richard suddenly bursted. "IF THEY'RE PAST EVEN THE 23TH CENTURY, THEN THAT MEANS THAT THEY'RE CLOSE TO FINDING A WAY TO DISARM MAGIC AND COUNTER IT WITH TECHNOLOGY! THIS IS DIRE NEWS! ABSOLUTELY GODDAMN DIRE!"

"Eeeek!" Nitori squeaked, as she back-pedalled away from Richard, taking a few strides backwards, as Richard then clutches his head.

"Fuck... I'm sorry, Nitori... I shouldn't have snapped." Richard said, in a slightly hoarse tone, from his shouting earlier. "I'm just... shit... They took down Rumia like it was nothing, especially that bastard... We have to get working. I need something that will be able to work against them. And the fucking head-ache I have, ever since this entire chain of events happened, is really making me more paranoid and crazy as the seconds and minutes tick over..."

"You should get to Eientei..." Nitori offered in a kind tone. "And I forgive you, although I cannot do such a idea. Even if we are all work-holics inside, we all have limits as well."

"I can't, Nitori." Richard answered back quickly. "I have to stay up. This head-ache is not going to stop me from kicking the asses of the Outsiders. Who knows, I might actually tear that bastard in sunglasses limb by limb... And don't forget the personal project that I am requesting.

He then mutters to himself inaudibly, before then throwing a sukima, to make his way to who-knows-where.

Nitori only frowns.

"I could only pity him..." Nitori replied. "He's working so hard to keep himself sharpened and ready for battle, as well as having to deal with so much more things. I could see the fatigue in his eyes. Let's hope this war will not break him in two..."

She then walks back down the corridor, to continue her own personal work.

Meanwhile at the Crash Site...

LT is sitting on one of the crates, inspecting the new message or threat that was just typed onto the HUD, on his Scouter Goggles, which he uploaded the message to recall.

You are a fool to come here, STI men, especially you, Jack Summers. By trespassing the land, your lives are now in the hands of the residents here. If you want to know why I took your ZPMs, then know that I took them, because I will not allow you to know our land, and start the war you so desire. You are given three choices. You can either co-exist peacefully and forget the Outside World, or you can surrender peacefully, and we will ensure that you will be catered to, until the crisis has passed for us. The third option is to resist. And I warn you, we of Gensokyo will not take threats like you lightly. Know that if you resist us, what comes next is on your heads.

Yukari Yakumo, General of the Gensokyo Forces.

"Looks like we're in a world mankind has never even seen before..." LT thought. "So that blonde bitch wasn't lying when she stated that they weren't from this world..."

"Sir!" A Turk appeared, as he spoke. "We have finished preparations, and have taken down our camp. We are now ready to advance as a full company. Our gear and weapons are not sabotaged, and there has been no changes to our own equipment and GA-RAIDER other than the loss of the Zero Point Modules. We have also remodified all Scouter Goggles to trace for the signals of the ZPMs."

"What is the closest one?" LT asked.

"It is around about 20 klicks from our location, heading north-bound." The Turk replied.

"Alright then." LT said, as he got off his crate, and faced his men. "Listen up. The ZPMs have been stolen. We are now in a situation where our backs are to the wall. Whoever 'Yukari Yakumo' was, she offered either peaceful coexistence, unconditional surrender, or death for our resistance. However, we will choose neither. We are the pride of humanity, and we are its protector for the several centuries that we have been formed for. We will not yield to threats to humanity so simply. So we will stand as one. NOW WHO'S WITH ME!?"

The men raised their rifles, and let out a collective 'YEAH!'

"Alright, David, you will lead the RAIDERS in my absence as leader." LT said, pointing to the blonde Registanian soldier, who nodded. "And I'll lead the soldiers and the Turks as one collective unit. I have only one thing that I demand from all of you men. And that is that you cannot die. Even if our sacrifice may be necessary to bring peace, I will not allow that to happen unless it is the only choice."

"Well, love ya to, LT!" Edge hollered, before he was slammed in the head by a tiny fist, courtesy of Alice's Shanghai.

"Way to ruin the seriousness and importance of his words, you Bevellean idiot!" Shanghai hissed.

"Alright, hup hup! Get moving!" LT called out to his men.

The small force soon set out through the forest, entering the foilage, as they looked around, with their weapons drawn, with Alice nocking a metal-tipped arrow on her bow, Edge having his bolt rifle up with a anticipating smile, David with his heat-blade raised to slice down anything that may come, Takagi using a modified assault-rifle in his hands, and LT having his twin pistols up.

Suddenly, a soldier in the front of the army stopped.

"Sir, I've detected something coming at us. Recently materialised. They're objects with Magika Radiation, and they're emitting no Bio-Signs..." The frontliner warned his commander.

Suddenly, as fast as the soldier could speak, the force was prepared, with their guns raised, the Turks having their twin Zantetsu-Marus out to go for an all-out melee offence, and LT drew his Zantankuto.

Shanghai let out a quiet gulp, before she then hid behind a small rock, before Alice could even warn the doll.

Suddenly, there was the sound of loud rumbling, accompanied by a swarm of young girls with various insectile wings, and one-colour dresses. The one leading the charge had a sunflower in her hands, as she was spraying danmaku.

"Charge~!" The fairy cried out in a mewling voice.

"What the, fairies!?" Another soldier said. "Are you kidding me? The shitty pixies from those boring fairy-tales?"

"This should be easy..." LT said, as he dashed forward, and slashed at the head and body of the sunflower fairy leader, before retreating back.

The fairy then stopped, as well as its brethren, before her body slid apart, as her head was diced cleanly into strips, and her body was turned into smaller chunks of magical flesh, although little blood leaked out, in a bluish colour, before the parts disappeared in a white mist.

The other fairies then screamed in pure horror and fear, pointing at LT, who was giving them a killer glare, before they then rushed out of their way 10 times faster than they came in.

"Pussies." Edge said. "Just a little death, and they all come running."

"Well, who wouldn't want to avoid such a gruesome fate?" David added. "If I were one of them, I'd already shit my pants, if I wasn't so used to such brutal executions."

"Keep moving." LT intoned. "One death should keep them off us. After all, they won't be forgetting this little incident anytime soon."

Meanwhile, behind a array of bushes, Yukari cursed silently, as her ankle wound was patched up.

"Damnit..." Yukari replied. "To cause fear that would cause the foolish and death-seeking fairies to run away... Impressive... I'm really unable to use any other tricks to keep them going, without sacrificing any of the men in the other forces..."

She then left through another sukima, before anyone could notice her with the Scouter Goggles.

The small force soon proceeded to move forward, as they managed to make their way through the forest, relatively unscathed, due to the fact that every fairy in the vicinity has fled from the terror committed by LT himself.

Inside Eirin's Clinic at Eientei...

Yukari arrived at the pristine clinic, which seemed to be empty at the moment, as she looked around, before she came to the sight of Eirin Yagakoro, the white-haired Brain Of The Moon, dressed in her red-and-blue checkered dress, and having a blue nurse cap with the medical red cross on it, sorting her massive repertoire of medical creations and medicines, as well as some poisons.

Eirin then turns to see Yukari, as she just finished sorting the last of her items. "Hello Yukari, I take it that you haven't come back just to check on that ankle wound of yours?" She asked the gap youkai.

"Absolutely not. Do you still have the bullet that you have retrieved, painfully, from my ankle?" Yukari questioned the nurse back. "I do want to know what kind of bullet dear LT has fired inside my own ankle, to prevent it from healing as it should when I have such minor wounds?"

Eirin then pulls out a jar from one of the nearby closets in response to Yukari's inquiry, before then placing it on a bench, where the jar was filled with water, and blood, containing a silver pistol bullet that looks two sizes too large to be fired from such a weapon.

"To tell you in true honestly, Miss Yakumo." Eirin admitted, as her tone changed from a casual tone, into a more professional and knowledgeable tone. "This kind of bullet has been analysed several times over, and we have little idea about what the true qualities of their bullets are. All I can say that the microscopic serrated edges on the ring of the bullet could be the main cause of why your body didn't regenerate the wound, but there is also something that questions me. And that is the fact that the bullet is actually a glorified propelled explosive."

"So they have made their weapons like RPGs then, even their pistols then, hm?" Yukari replied.

"Not truly. The bullet is actually meant to be able to detonate on receiving the wireless signal that will cause it to do so." Eirin explained the bullet to her comrade. "It was lucky that I managed to fry the bullet with an EMP pulse, otherwise you would have lost your entire left leg from the resulting damage."

"I see. Then I might be underestimating them a little too much. But even so, they do not stand a good chance against my own armies, especially with every resident taking up arms to repel them. It doesn't matter how well they fight, they will eventually fall to someone, and they will be imprisoned where they belong, never mind a few accidental deaths." Yukari responded.

"Indeed. These people are making the Lunarians look like children with toy guns..." Eirin replied. "And who knows, the Watatsuki sisters may consider them to be a actual threat against them, instead of us, who have no interest in playing their games."

"Quite right... And fighting them was a real pain in the ass, mind my wording of it." Yukari grimaced.

At the Misty Lake...

The soldiers have arrived at the Misty Lake, having only had minimal problems, as they slaughtered their way through many more fairy swarms, each lead by a different type of greater fairy, including a wind fairy, a nature fairy, and many other kinds. Most of the soldiers have either frazzled or burnt suits, as well as some soot and dirt on their faces, but were nonetheless in optimal condition. The Turks fared better with the other ambushes, with them only having a few holes and creases in their modified tuxedo, which doubled as defensive armour, if only slightly, which the RAIDERS team of Edge, Alice, David and Takagi were completely unscathed, with their current status shared only by LT, who had a lot of blood dripping down his Zantankuto.

"I swear to fucking god, if I have to deal with another swarm of fairies, I might as well lose my patience, and taser the running bitches until they twitch like experimental frogs..." Edge seethed, with his teeth grinding on each other, having been riled up too much by the constant interruptions.

"You need to calm down, Calloway." Alice scolded the Bevellean soldier. "The fairies have not done so much on us. Other than spray us with non-lethal projectiles made of faint magic, they have not shown much threat. I can tell that they're like common fauna in this land, so there is no point to slaughtering them all. And I am not much for harming those who actually want to stay away from battle, or keep remaining neutral and innocent."

"Sure... And it's easy when you Chugokians suddenly pull guns on anyone who tries to mess up things in your lands, no matter how little." Edge retorted back in a sarcastic tone.

"For you information, I am Half-Registanian and born in Registan. So that kind of wording does not mean anything to me." Alice replied back. "And be lucky none of the more influential and touchy Chugokian ofiicers were here to hear that, or you would be in a lot of trouble with them."

"Oh, hardy har har." Edge dryly said.

"Look alive, men!" LT called out, as he pointed to a red mansion far on the other side of the massive lake. "I've managed to track the ZPM signal to over where the mansion is. I don't know what may be in store there, but I know for damn sure that they could chuck the basin at us for all we care, because we are getting our ZPM back, over the dead bodies of that hag's men or not!"

"But how are we going to get across? There's no pathway to go around the lake!" A soldier asked.

"We can... Uhhh..." LT stuttered, before he looked around frantically for something to help him and his men, settling his eyes finally on a large group of yachts with motor engines attached to them, as well as a large modern jet-boat in the centre of the yacht line. "We'll use these, yeah, these will help us!"

The entire army sweatdropped, as they looked at LT with a expression that translated to 'Are you kidding us?', as the black-haired commander became slightly embarassed.

"What!? Everyone is not perfect, and can all make mistakes! Even geniuses have moments when they slip up, and screw things completely!" LT cried out.

"Yeah, yeah." David stated. "Let's get the men on, alright?"

The men soon docked onto the yachts, starting up their motorised engines, while LT and the RAIDERS took the jet-boat, along with a large group of Turks, with one of them taking the wheel.

"All squads, move out!" LT yelled, as he pointed in front of him, signalling the entire swarm of boats to begin making their way across, as they parted the water in neat waves. They found that they were smooth-sailing in the lake waters, as the skies were clear, contrary to the lake's name.

"Sir! I've got a reading on Magika Radiation here. There's one just in front of us, and its density is far stronger than the fairies that we encountered. It's even at the level of the dark blonde girl that we first encountered!" A Turk cried out to his commander.

"What the!? That powerful!?" LT spoke in surprise, before shouting. "Stop! STOP THE BOATS!"

The armada of boats stopped still, as they awaited for the approaching threat to show itself.

What came into their sights, however, was a young girl with short green hair, tied into a ponytail by a yellow bow. She wears a blue dress with white trim and sleeves and also has golden dragonfly wings, that are beating slowly, as well as wearing brown child boots on her feet. Her expression is a mixture between both shyness and kindness.

"Aaah... Ummm..." The young fairy spoke in a awkward tone. "Su-Sumimasen, anata wa, kanojo ga watashi ni itta mono no yōna, Yosomono desu ka? "

"LT, whatever you do, don't fight her." Alice warned LT, who was about to raise his Zantankuto to slash her. "She doesn't look like she's got any intentions to harm us, unlike the last person we met."

"Wait... You speak English? You're... You're not going to hurt me like the fairies before, r-right?" The girl changed her words from Japanese to English. "Because... I'm worried that you might hurt other people."

"No, we're just looking for something." LT replied smoothly. "Those fairies were a little too playful, and I'm sorry if what happened to them caused you to be scared."

"Um... Thank you?" The green girl smiled lightly, as she seems to become more and more relieved. "You seem be nice, and I don't think you would do such a horrific thing without a reason. Still, could you... just be a little more... gentle with us fairies, we're really fragile, even though we come back as long there is magic here..."

"Wait, these bitches can come back!?" Edge cried, before he pulled up his bolt gun, aimed at the green-haired girl. "Aw, fuck it! Screw chatting with this fairy, I AIN'T HAVING THAT SHIT!"

Suddenly Alice paled. "Edge, no-" She tried to say, before Edge fired off his bolt gun rapidly at the fairy, with a hostile roar, as the fairy was shocked, as she then turned around to fly, trying to dodge as many of the shots as she could, before three of the electric shots found their targets, on both of her wings, and onto her back, tearing a large hole into the wings, and singing her back, as she screamed bloody murder before falling into the lake.

"GET THE FUCK OUT OF OUR WAY!" Edge yelled, before Alice tackled him down, as he prepared to fire another round of shots from his gun. "Get off me, we can't let that fairy live! What if she calls the other fairies together? We'll be severely fucked if that happens."

"But shooting her wasn't the answer! Edge, you damn Chun-huo!" Alice swore, as she pinned his arms and gun down. "Do you know what innocent casualities may result in!?"

Before Edge could retort, there was the sound of another person flying in, as they came to the sight of another young girl, with light-blue short scruffy hair, aqua-blue eyes and a large blue ribbon on the back of her head, and wearing a blue and white spiked-pattern dress, as well as her wings being large icicles that are floating around near her back in a three-way formation to either side, and she was barefoot. She had a energetic and confident expression on her face.

"Behold, for now you enter the domain of the Strongest fairy in the land, Atai, Cirno! As the leader of this lake, I greet you all, and wish you a safe trip to wherever you may..." The light-blue newcomer shouted in English, with glee and a smile, before she then turned her head down to see the green fairy down in the lake, as her smile dropped, and her cheerful tone dissipated. "...go?"

Suddenly the light-blue girl screamed, before she then grabbed her brethren, and kept her in her arms in a bridal position, as the green fairy was unconscious with a painful expression, as she then cast a spell to create a large flat ice floe, where she placed the girl she was carrying, before kneeling before her.

"Daiyousei... DAIYOUSEI!" Cirno cried, as she shook her friend. "You're alright, right? This is a joke, right? You're just exaggerating as usual, right?"

Some of the soldiers actually winced, and felt pity when they saw the young fairy tried to believe her friend was fine.

Suddenly, she gasps when she sees the holes in Daiyousei's wings, as well as the burnt wound of her friend, and suddenly puts Daiyousei down, and flies back where the STI forces were waiting, as her head was down, and her fists were clenched to their sides, as well as her wings vibrating frantically.

"You... YOU..." Cirno growled in a venomous tone, as she raised her head, with her eyes showing great anger. "Did. You. Do. This. To. Her?"

Nobody dared to answer, not even LT, as they all felt how the cold aura around her began to expand from her wings, into the vicinity around her, as they felt all heat begin to evaporate.

"No answer?" Cirno said, before she then laughs quietly, which then evolves into sadistic laughter, and then stops, as her face shows a large scowl. "That's fine. You've proved your guilt when you did that. I won't forgive you bastards! I'LL CRUSH YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO MY FRIEND!"

Suddenly, she then conjures a set of icicles at the blink of an eye, and pointed them towards one of the yachts, and threw them into the boat, before the men on it could react, as the icicles exploded into shards and an icy mist, as the boat was sunk, with pieces of it floating up, frozen over completely, as the former crew tried to swim away from the boat, before the icy mist took over them, and froze them over.

"I'll show you what it means to mess with me. Don't think that I'm so easy to beat. Not after the humiliations and pains that I went through up to this day." Cirno hissed. "After I beat you all to a pulp, I'll send you all to Yukari, as she seems to be after you. Normally, I wouldn't care less about such things. But you seem to be seeking a death-wish for harming my friend so severely. In fact, I'll make sure you're all alive when you're sent to her. Frozen, but still living. Who knows, she might avenge me by killing whichever bastard among you did this, and I might find some solace, but I don't care for what will happen to you all, for you will all suffer, and you will suffer indeed!"

"Fire!" LT called out, as the men obeyed, and began firing at the small yet powerful ice fairy.

"LT! Not you too!" Alice replied, as she got off Edge. "You can't do this! This was our fault from the beginning! We need to calm her down."

"A diplomatic choice is NOT THE BEST IDEA NOW, ALICE!" LT replied hurriedly. "I rather not have my ass frozen and capped off by this one hell of a pissed ice princess! Sorry, but this is one fight that we're going to have to do, no matter how reluctant it seems. However, we can try to at least make our attacks less lethal. That should make sure the least is lost from both sides."

"Now we're talking! A real challenge, rather a simple annoyance that only exists to drain our troops!" Edge said, suddenly pumped by Cirno's act, before firing at her. "Put 'em dukes up, ya blue brat! Give me a good fight!"

Cirno, only coldly scoffs, as she then swings her arm, freezing the bullets pointed at her with a new ice casing, and Edge's thunder bullets seemed to look like it slammed into a solid insulated wall, as they disappeared. "Nice try, but do you really think that those guns will hurt me? I like to see you try. And here's a little 'gift' for you. Courtesy of my mentor and friend." She replied with a cruel smirk.

She then drew out a red card, which had a large blue ring of energy on it, before it began to glow.

"Oh crap, whatever that thing is, it's not going to end well for us! Get her, now!" David shouted, as he kept on firing at Cirno. However, the card wasn't able to be shot, as all bullets phased through it.

"DECLARE SPELL CARD! FREEZE SIGN..." Cirno boomed, as energy began to gather around her.

"Too late! Everybody hit the deck!" LT called out.

"'FRIGID HALO'!" Cirno finished off her casting spell, as a large ring of blue energy swept over around her, going outwards, and freezing anything that came to contact with it, whether it was parts of the yacht and boat, or the water that was under it. LT and the RAIDERS managed to duck under in time to avoid the one-off attack, as well as most of the Turks and soldiers, but some of them didn't notice the danger fast enough, and were hit, as they were frozen into ice shells, and landed on the ground with a hollow thunk, as well as two Turks being victim to the same treatment.

"Fuck! She's a walking ice maker!" Edge cussed, as part of his hair was frozen by the wave of icy energy. "What do we do, now!? These boats aren't made for moving around on, and with!"

"Calm down, all we can do now is survive. There will be a moment when she's weak. All we have to do is take the chance to end the fight." LT advised his men, before he then looked at the clip of the gun, which spawned a idea. "I have a plan. Keep her distracted. I have a way to bring her down to the ground."

"Roger!" The soldiers called out, as they kept on firing onto Cirno, who was not taking much damage from the barrage.

"Not only you idiots have the gall to hurt my friend, but you seem to have less brains than a feral wolf." Cirno mocked the soldiers. "Allow me to put you miserable humans to rest."

She then created a ice hammer from the moisture on the air, which was as large as her torso, before she then dived and slammed her hammer into the water, freezing the rising water, and then using her solid ice hammer to smash them, and launch the jagged pieces at the group of firing soldiers.

Yet more soldiers have take a hit from such a move, as one of the soldiers found himself a recipient of a large ice piece to the head, which gave him enough of a concussion to knock him out for the rest of the battle.

"Oi, fairy bitch! Over here, you ice-headed moron!" LT taunted her.

"YOU BASTARD! I'LL MAKE YOU SUFFER FOR THAT REMARK!" Cirno roared, as she charged right at LT, with her hammer raised to strike the boat he was standing on.

However, she was stopped when LT fired off several rounds into her ice hammer, as she then let out a surprised 'huh?', before detonating the Boomer Bullets inside, causing the ice hammer to burst into thousands of ice shards, some of them hitting her face, and dazing her, as she covered her face with both hands in pain.

"Aaagh! My face and eyes! Don't think that I'm done yet!" Cirno cried, before she then raised a hand, as she fired off a few icicles that barely missed LT's boat, one by a hair's breadth, before LT managed to get a clear shot on her wings, causing the icicles to crack, and then shatter, as Cirno then begins to free-fall towards the water.

By then she has recovered from the assault on her head, and managed to summon a ice floe on the last minute, and slammed right onto it, as she got up with a scowl on her face.

"Grrr..." She growled. "Don't think I'm done with you all yet!"

She then made a few blades of ice from her attack, as she then threw them at the vehicle-bound army, as the blades managed to pierce through the hull and handling of the yachts, and damage the hull of the jet-boat, causing some soldiers to yelp as they found themselves in a close-call situation with them, before one of them managed to pierce right into one of the iced soldiers, causing them to be shattered into several pieces, obviously dead from the snapping.

"Oh god, they killed Martin!" A soldier wailed in horror, as another added. "You bitch!"

"Shit... Another casualty..." David replied. "We need to end this quick, before she finishes off the ones that she has frozen..."

David then hops onto the ice floe, as he then draws his heat-blade.

"Sorry, ice fairy. But for the sake of all of us, you must be put down." David spoke in a regretful tone.

"Go to Makai, you damn monster! I'll spend every single last drop of magic in my body, if it's to crush you all finally!" Cirno replied, before she then let out a roar, as her ice aura amplified itself, and her wings reappeared, this time, taking the appearance of angelic ice wings, before she then summoned a ice-blade, that was far more dark-tinted that the ones she threw at them. "Come and get some, swordsman!"

She then charges at David, as the Registanian managed to barely block her blade, having been surprised by the sudden increase in potential and power. The soldiers tried to their best to support him by firing at Cirno, but some wouldn't dare to with David in the way, and the others found their attacks being parried or deflected by the swings of Cirno's blade, which instead slammed all bullets, Boomer or not away into the sky.

Even though the heat-blade was burning hot, the ice-blade doesn't seem to be affected by it all, instead retaining its rigid shape. She kept on swinging, bringing David to the edge with the knockback from her strikes, as she smiled evilly.

"Say goodnight, when you're frozen with the fishes!" Cirno said with glee, as she raised her blade to either finish David off, or strike him into the frigid waters, where he is bound to be frozen.

However, before she could do the finishing swing, the opening she left with her raised blade, allowed Alice to slip a arrow to her bow, which had a needle-like tip connected to a canister of green fluid, before she then let it loose into Cirno's sternum, as the fairy then let out a gasp, as the substance entered her system, as she dropped her blade, and fell to the ground, stumbling, as her vision and consciousness was fading.

"What... What did you do... to me!?" Cirno cried out, before she then took off, as her ice wings were beginning to dissipate, as she slowly and weakly flew to the ice-floe where the unconscious Daiyousei was lying on, her wings having recovered slightly from her rest.

Cirno then landed on the floe with a thump, as her wings disappeared. However, that didn't stop her from using her arms to drag her self across, as it began to feel more and more heavier, as the tranquilliser from the arrow was staring to kick in.

"Dai...you...sei..." Cirno wheezed, as she managed to get her hand on her friend's abdomen. "I... won't these bastards... harm you... any further... I'm... sorry... But I can't... fight any... more."

And that was all the ice fairy could say, before she fell limp, entering a state of sleep and mental inactivity, as the two fairies laid side-by-side, both unable to awaken.

"Whew... I managed to get my arrow in." Alice breathed in relief. "Thank god that arrow managed to keep her safe and docile. If I had to use another, it could be lethal on her, human or not."

"Alright, the threat is over." LT announced to his men. "Now, we must keep on moving-"

"What do you mean the threat is over!?" Edge replied, as he was pissed off about something. "The fairies are still alive!"

"So? What does that mean, Edge?" LT asked with a raised eyebrow. "You got a problem with that."

"Definitely! Did you see what that damn girl did to our men, she froze them all, and managed to even kill one of them when they were stuck in ice!" Edge complained. "And that means that she is a threat beyond redemption, we should not-"

Edge's words were stopped short by the click of a pistol, as Alice was holding one right under Edge's chin, and it was from one of the Turks in the boat.

"I dare you to finish that sentence, Edge. Say that you're going to kill her, and I will not hesitate to give you a new hole to ease the air in your head, Edge." Alice replied in a dangerous and cold tone.

"ALICE! Put the gun down, now!" LT shouted.

"I've had it up to now with Edge's ideas. For years, I have tolerated this bastard's words, LT. And tht was only because you told us that we should learn to mingle opinions." Alice replied, turning her head to her commander, but not loosening her hold of the gun pointed at Edge. "I may understand that sacrifices have to be made, but Edge is the kind of person who would destroy anything remotely a threat, even when they're disabled beyond recovery. I will not stand for this."

"Even so, we only did what was necessary-" David was about to add.

"Don't, David. You see, if it wasn't for Edge's happy trigger finger." Alice threatened David with a glare, silencing the brown-haired elite. "We would have had smooth trips to where we needed to go, and the fairy 'Daiyousei' would be none the wiser about what may happen. But no. Edge ruined things, and now we have to face the wrath of someone that we could have just avoided. In fact, the death that happened was on Edge's head for making such a abyssal decision."

LT only grimaced, as Alice then burst.

"Look around you, LT! Didn't you remember the purpose of our mission, or our goals!? We were meant to only retrieve our missing persons, which changed into a war of recovery with the forces of this land!" Alice shouted. "That blonde girl, 'Rumia', as her saviour named her, was merely a coincidence! Now we have this girl, Cirno, who wanted payback for what we have done. We have committed a act of tyranny, when we attacked the innocent. That's why we will spare them, nothing else. If you kill thsoe two, know that the very moment I return, I will resign from the STI permanently. I did not became a RAIDER just to ruin the lives of innocents unnecessarily. I hold honour to the STI creed, which is to merely fight military with military, nothing else!"

LT looked at Takagi, who only nodded, as he turns back to Alice.

"I understand." LT replied with a apologetic tone. "Sorry, Edge, but until you curb your need to murder anything you see, you're forbidden from attacking, unless full contact is approved."

"What!? Oh, come on!" Edge groaned, like a child being denied his toys.

"Let's get moving then." Alice replied, as the boats made their way through the rest of the lake, leaving the two fairies further and further behind, and they didn't notice a sukima appearing, and taking the two fairies away.

Inside the Gensokyo Human Defence Force Base...

Richard was preparing his weapons, as he was loading up his modified machine-gun with various clips, ranging from a clip with a red mark on it, to one with a silver mark on it, representing the various ammunition that he was carrying. He also loaded up on his dual Grease-Gun machine-pistol copies, which were loaded with a coolant reactor behind the stock of the gun, as well as having a extra round slot for its special ammunition. On his back was a long golden sword that had dragon-heads on either side of the handle, as well as a few nimbus clouds over the guard, for it was his personal blade, Heaven's Wrath.

He then noticed Yukari's sukimas appear in front of him, as Yukari stepped out.

"You know, this sequence of teleporting is getting tedious." Richard replied. "If you're going to come, at least come by walking!"

"Then if I did so, I wouldn't have time to tell you what happened at the Misty Lake." Yukari answered back.

"What!? Tell me, did Cirno... fight them!?" Richard asked in a shocked tone.

"Yes she did, but she was defeated, and by a unconventional means: She was tranquilised, instead of being harmed. She managed to slow down the forces greatly." Yukari replied.

"That's good, that's good. And where is she?" Richard spoke in relief.

"She's in Eientei. We need to check what side-effects the tranquilliser they have would do to her. After all, it's their tech, not ours."

"Very well. Then tell Remilia that I am sukima-bound for the SDM. I'll stand by Meiling's side to bring them down. After all, it's time for China glory!" Richard said, before he then jumped into one of his own sukimas, as Yukari only sighed.

If only you knew more about it. With the wounds that Daiyousei sustained, it was no surprise Cirno wanted to bring them down. Yukari thought. And if you knew that reason, you would be blindly chasing after them in rage. A man must keep a clear head at all times, especially someone like you. But Daiyousei might not recover as nicely as we anticipate...

A/N: And it's another chapter done. This also corrects a little mistake that LT the author has made, which is to give the RAIDERS a little more personality than simple mercenaries. If you note, LT's the head honcho with a clear mind and lots of ambition to achieve his ideals, Edge's the stereotypical jerk with the snarky comments and the words that piss the others off, Alice's the pacifist of the group, and does her best to make battles non-lethal if necessary, David's the dutiful and loyal sidekick to LT, and also a slightl mind-reader when it comes to knowing them in personality, and Takagi is the silent yet deadly operative.

We also now have foreshadowing. Richard's going to be in the next chapter on the front-lines with Meiling, against LT and his forces. I won't spoil anything, but feel free to place bets as to how the first battle between the two heroes from different lands and causes will end.

Notable Dialogue:

"You know, this sequence of teleporting is getting tedious." "If you're going to come, at least come by walking!" -Looks like Richard's unaware of his intrustion of the fourth wall. Beware observers...

"Oh god, they killed Martin!" "You bitch!" -South Park anyone?

Translations:

Chun-Huo -Idiot in Chugokian (or Chinese for realists.)