Chapter 2: The World of Remnant
Reimu, Marisa and Sakuya were gapped back to the Scarlet Devil Mansion. "So... what did you find?" Yukari asks curiously sitting down and a fancy chair holding a cup of tea. "Well, For starters we know that this guy is insane." Marisa jokingly says "and he's definitely strong, he could do all sorts of things with Red Mist." Reimu said remaining calm about the current situation. Yukari closed her eyes and began to close her eyes and think "Red mist?..." Yukari said sounding curious about this discovery, Yukari then gave Sakuya a concerned look. "Right. I'll go talk to her." Sakuya said as she walked away back into the mansion. Yukari then turned to Reimu who was also looking concerned. "Hey hold on a second!" Marisa interrupted, "Do guys think that this Janus guy knows Remilia?" Yukari turned to Marisa and laughed a little "yep, Red mist is one of Remilia's powers, so it could be possible she knows him." Yukari responded. "Hey" Reimu asked as she looked around "where is Madoka and the others?" Reimu asked, Yukari took a sip of her Tea and responded "Madoka and Homura were feeling sick, so I sent them back home Sayaka and the others are in the human village." Reimu nodded "alright..." Reimu began to walk towards the exit of the Mansion. "Let's go Marisa." Reimu said as she began to fly away into the sky Marisa let out a sigh "But we just got back!" Marisa said sounding tired. Marisa hopped on her broom and flew towards the village with Reimu.
"I see..." Remilia said concerned, Sakuya had just explained the situation to Remilia in her room. What should we do?" Sakuya asked . Remilia was deep in thought still thinking about who this masked man could be. Remilia walked over to her dresser and opened up the top cabinet and pulled out a letter which was then handed to Sakuya. "Wait, you're not serious right?" Sakuya said now shocked about what was going on. "I am serious, this man is invited to dinner with us, and don't tell Reimu or the others" Remilia said with a call and carefree tone "Give it to him the next time you see him." Remilia turned around and went to go sit on her bed "Okay, I'll get the food started and inform everyone in the mansion." Sakuya responded and walked away still confused by Remilia's decision.
Remilia let out a sigh "Who is this person?..."
Red Mist appeared in a large hallway that led into what seemed to be a large arena with a huge audience. From the red mist Janus and the other hooded figure appeared. "Oh! I think we arrived just in time to see them fight!" Janus and the other figure walked towards the light and the sound of the crowd cheering. As they both walked in the speakers on the sides of the arena turned on "Hoho! It seems we have another astonishing bout ahead of us!" One commentator said sounding very excited and joyful. "Would you agree Professor?" Another commentator began to speak although it sounded like he muttered something quietly to the other commentator before speaking with a cheery tone "Yes Peter I think it's safe to say that this match may be one of the closest match we've seen in the four and four round of the tournament!" Peter began to speak again "For those of you just now joining us, Welcome to the Vytal Festival Tournament!" The audience began to roar with excitement as he announced the name of the tournament.
"Ah, this part of this world's story always interested me" Janus said as he looked down at a the fight happening in the arena. "Everyone here seems happy, but soon... well, you'll find out.." Janus said in a sinister yet somewhat sad tone. Janus looked over at the other hooded figure "You haven't said anything since you've joined me, are you nervous about doing this?" Janus asked concerned. The hooded figure nodded still not saying a single word, "I understand, i was nervous the first time I started doing this too." Janus sighed "But after you see what kind of people exist in this world, any feeling of nervousness disappears". Janus turns around and walks back to the hallway "Now come on, we have to go talk to someone here."
As they walked back into the mist Janus noticed a camera on the side of the walls. Janus laughed and turned to the other hooded figure "Ram..." Janus pointed at the camera and spoke in a sinister tone "Destroy it." Ram swings her arm to the left as a blade of wind appears from her, cutting the camera in half and even cutting through the wall itself, Although nobody noticed as the audience was too busy watching the tournament. "Good, it must be good to have your horn back correct?"
Janus asks, "Yes..." Ram replies nervously, still questioning if what she is about to do is the right choice. Janus and Ram walk back into the mist and disappear.
Reimu and Marisa land in the Human Village next to a food stand, where Mami,Sayaka and Kyoko were eating Mochi. "Hey! There they are!" Sayaka said pointing over to Reimu and Marisa. Reimu and Marisa walked over to the food stand and explained what happened with the mysterious red portal. "So let me get this straight" Kyoko said while still eating food "there's some creep out there who has a power similar to your friend at the mansion? And you think they might be connected somehow?" Reimu nods in response "Yes, this guy might know Remilia, but we still need to find out a little more about him.." Reimu looks at the three magical girls "do you three even have the money to pay for that? Our currency is different in Gensokyo you know?" Reimu says sounding a bit confused. Kyoko stops eating as soon she said Reimu said that while the Sayaka and Mami realized their mistake. "Y-yeah haha.. you wouldn't mind paying for us right Reimu?" Sayaka said with a embarrassed tone, Reimu rolled her eyes and took out a pouch of money "Hey while you're doing that so you think you can get me some food too?" Marisa said from behind, Reimu let out annoyed sigh and paid for both the three magical girls and Marisa, Marisa gladly took her food and sat down next to Kyoko. "So next time this man shows up, can we join you?" Mami asks politely to Reimu. "I don't know, it could be dangerous, this guy has something similar to Yukari's gaps and she's definitely one of the strongest people I've ever thought." Reimu responded still thinking about this whole incident. "Come one you gotta let us join! You saved us, we gotta repay you somehow!" Sayaka said sounding a little demanding but at the same time happy "Besides how hard can it be? We'll find this guy and kick his ass. Simple as that" Kyoko said enthusiastically . Marisa laughs at Kyoko "that's what my plan was too!" .
Sayaka looks over at Reimu "So when do we start?" Sayaka asks also enthusiastic about joining. Reimu looks over in the distance of the village and spots a crowd gathering around two figures a small hooded black figure and the masked man himself. "Right now" Reimu responded as she walked over to the crowd
"Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls humans and youkai alike! I am Janus" the masked man spoke in his usual condescending tone as he gave his speech to the crowd "I am here to ensure peace across the land, I have seen the look of fear that you all have every time an incident occurs, and here to ensure your safety." The villagers began to speak to one another "who is this guy?" one said "they just appeared out of nowhere... is he some kind of youkai?" Another one said.
"I assure you I mean you all no harm, in fact I'm here to ensure peace between human and youkai." Janus continues as he looks around the crowd "and just how are you gonna do that?" Reimu's voice Rose up from behind as the
Turned around to see her "The shrine maiden? What's she doing here?" Reimu flew up into the sky to avoid the crowd and landed next to Janus. Janus turns to look at Reimu as Janus's partner took a few steps back to hide their identity. "How am I gonna do it? Well that's a secret, Reimu." Janus said calmly while still keeping that condescending tone of his. Reimu gave Janus a angry look "I've never had anyone get me this annoyed, Usually when a problem like you shows up I solve it quickly, and I can tell you're just playing with us at this point." Reimu said with a stern tone. Janus shrugged "well I can see you don't want me here" Janus said as he walked away with his partner. "Before I go again" Janus does a turns around and looks at school "Let's start with your next mission" Janus raises his arm up as another red portal pops up next to the school's entrance. Reimu looked at the red portal "And where will this take me?" Janus laughs "The last Portal at the mansion took you to a mansion and the portal next to a school will take you to a.." Janus halfway his sentence "well I'll let you figure it out, goodbye for now shrine maiden." Janus and assistant disappear leaving Reimu and a crowd of confused villagers. Marisa and the others catch up to Reimu "was that him?" Sayaka asks Reimu nods and looks at the new portal "Yes, and I guess that's where he will be heading next" Reimu and the 4 other heroines faced the portal with the look of determination on their faces and walked in.
Back the Vytal Festival Arena in the same hallway that led to the seats where people could watch the fight, three people walked towards the light of the hallway. One man with black eyes and grey hair and with a grey and black jacket the other was a girl with mint colored hair and red eyes wearing a thin top and shallow cut undershirt. The other girl had ashen-black hair and bright amber eyes, while her fingernails were painted red, she wore gray pants and boots and a leather, sleeveless jacket. As they approached the light and excited to take their seats to watch the show a red wall appeared and blocked their path the black haired girl quickly turned around as the other side of the hallway had also been blocked. Suddenly a burst of red mist appeared in the hallway as Janus appeared with Ram. "Chronos!" Janus shouted as the cheering from the crowd was suddenly stopped. The three people in front got into their fighting stances, "woah now, I don't mean to fight, I've come here to make a offer to the three of you." Janus said attempting to calm them down. "Alright.. Mercury Black,Emerald Sustrai and Cinder Fall. I have come to help." Cinder got out of her fighting stance and began to speak "You have my attention, what is it?" Cinder spoke in a demanding yet curious tone. "Today is the day Beacon falls, this day will go down in history for many reasons, but it doesn't exactly work out well for you." Janus said as he began to walk towards the three. "Hey, just who the hell are-" Mercury was cut off by Cinder who held who arm out in front of him. "What happens tonight?" Cinder asked intrigued by what Janus has to say "well, everything goes well, people are screaming, the town and school are in flames. You take the title of fall maiden... but you're defeated just after you gain that power." Janus continued his story in a serious tone "what?" Cinder now sounded angry she couldn't believe what she just heard. "As for who it is.. I can't tell you. But that's why I'm here, I'm here to reinforce your plan! I'll give the fall of Beacon a little more flare to it." Janus said as his smooth talking tone came back "I'd also like to ask you three to join me, Salem is someone you three definitely don't want to be around. And I believe you three would be a great contribution to my cause." Janus continued as the three looked at him now interested after mentioning that name "how do you know Salem?" Cinder asked, her curiously was building up every time Janus spoke "I know lots of things Cinder. All I'm gonna do is help you with your plan then, If you decide to join me, I'll help you three get the lives you always wanted, I'll keep you all away from Salem and her group, and most importantly, you get to keep that power of yours Cinder." Janus continued as he held out his hand in front of Cinder "do we have a deal? Staying in Salem's group isn't gonna end well, I assure you three That I'll treat you much better." Janus now sounding a bit excited about this deal.
Cinder gave a sinister smile and shook the man's hand "If you know all this you must be a very powerful person. I'm sure that this deal will benefit both of us" Cinder said with a sinister tone as Janus laughed with excitement "You have no idea how much this helps..."