I'm back~. Thank you for all your alerts new people. And reviews as well. I'm sure I know what to do now~. Maybe . . .
Also Harry is currently seven, the most mature seven year old ever. So at the very least he'll be around for Flower View, Shoot the Bullet, Mountain of Faith, Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, Subterranean Animism, and Undefined Fantastic Object. I have to check the dates and stuff to see if that's right but that's the game plan for now. I'll have to look at the print works as well, I've never read them focused more on the games. So much thinking to do~.
And I don't own Touhou Project or Harry Potter, I'm just breaking my brain trying to fit these two completely different series together.
The weirdest things happen in Gensokyo. Just because some people had nothing better to do, because they were bored, or because they were worried.
The incidents were fascinating nonetheless.
The Red Mist Incident: Remilia Scarlet, a vampire living in a mansion by a misty lake, grown tired of spending most her time in her home. Because of what she was, she couldn't stand the sun so she only went out at night. But not many fun things happened during the night, so Remilia blocked the sunlight with a red mist.
The Spring Snow Incident: Saigyouji Yuyuko, a ghost who ruled over the afterlife, grown curious about the largest cherry blossom tree in her garden, there was the soul of someone sealed within the tree. The only way to break the seal was to make the tree bloom, so she ordered her servant, Konpaku Youmu, to gather the spring in Gensokyo.
The Never-Ending Feast Incident: Ibuki Suika, an oni who lived above ground in Gensokyo, was unhappy by the lack of Spring Feasts for flower viewing, thanks to the extended winter caused by Yuyuko and Youmu, so she used her power to gather the people of the land to have parties every three days to make up for missed feasts.
And the most recent one: The Eternal Night Incident.
"They hid the moon?" Harry said blankly.
"Yes behind a very powerful illusion. Apparently Kaguya's moon rabbit hear from the other moon rabbits that they were coming from the moon for something and Kaguya panicked because she thought they might have been coming for her so she and Eirin worked together to hide the moon. Tsukimi was going when they decided to do that, really they picked the worst time to pull that off, so everyone noticed the real moon was gone." Reimu looked faintly disgruntled, "Honestly having to do extra work during a festival is troublesome."
Harry only blinked, he was trying to wrap his mind around how you could possibly hide the moon. It was something he had to ask Eirin, if he ever met her. He also wanted to ask Youmu how she was able to take the spring out of the land to use on a ghostly tree. And Remilia how she spread a red mist over the country. Asking Reimu proved to be useless as the brunette quipped, "Magic spell." And moved on to the next topic. He was curious about the magic in Gensokyo, it seemed you could do anything with it if you wished. After being told it didn't exist for as long as he's been able to speak, finding himself in a place where even the grass was magical made him excited.
"Could I learn how to do magic like that?"
"Sure, I just hope you don't try and cause an incident by learning the spells." Reimu said. "But before that you have to get a handle on your magic. Learn how to control it. That's the first thing we'll work on tomorrow, harnessing your magic." Harry felt a sliver of anticipation run through him.
He was going to learn how to use magic. He couldn't wait.
As excited as he was, the moment his head touched his pillow of his new futon in his room Reimu directed him to after they ate dinner, Harry was out like a light. He woke the next day staring blankly at a vaguely familiar ceiling he only saw blurred dimly highlighted by moonlight. It took his mind a few seconds to wake up and for him to realize he was no longer in his cupboard under the stairs. Or in his relatives home. The boy smiled wiggling happily under his blanket.
No more Uncle Vernon glowering at him with narrow eyes. No more Aunt Petunia sneering at him her lips curled like she'd seen something unpleasant. No more Dudley chasing him to layer his skin with bruises. He would never have to see them again.
Harry lay blissful with that thought barely noticing Reimu stepping into the room blinking sleep from her eyes.
"Oh don't you look pleased," She yawned smothering it with her hand, "What's got you in a good mood this early?"
Harry turned his head to squint at her but answered as she went towards a pile of bags over in the corner of the room to get his new glasses and clothes. "I'm just glad to be away from my family."
Reimu glanced over her shoulder grabbing the cream colored case off a bag and carried them to his side sitting. "Hm is that right? Well seeing how they treated you I guess you can be happy about that." She opened the case pulling the new glasses out peering at them in the sun spilling through the window. The lens was oval shaped and the frame colored a mix of blue and green. Harry gazed at them awed. Reimu's lips curved. "Well don't just lie there, try them on."
He sat up his hand shaking as he reached out carefully taking them from her outstretched hand. Slipping them on his face, Harry blinked as everything came into focus clearer than his old pair. They sat on his face perfectly. He beamed at Reimu.
"Well don't you look cute?" She chuckled softly digging in the bag for his clothes spreading them out. The shirt was mint green, the same shade of his eyes, sleeveless with a short collar and three white clip-like buttons near the top, the pants were the same color flaring out towards the bottom much like a pair hakama. He even had sleeves like Reimu's, the ribbons green. The girl eyes the clothes pleased and had him dressed and nodded. They fit his small thin frame a bit loosely but Reimu said once he began eating properly they would fit him better as he grew into them. Harry bobbed his head absentmindedly brushing his fingers over the shirt, pants, and sleeves.
He had his own clothes, something he could wear without needing to pin and tie to his body, clothes that actually fit him and would stay that way for months if properly cared for, and he would take care of them like he did with all the things given to him. Even when it was falling apart, he did his best to make it last.
Harry made a vow. When he got the chance, he would bake the best cake he could and give it to Yukari.
At some point while Reimu and he were in the back of the shrine getting dressed, Marisa showed up and started cooking.
"Morning yo!" She chirped startling Harry as he passed the kitchen. She stood before a wood burning stove a steaming pot atop it holding a tiny dish in one hand and a wooden spoon in the other her hair pulled back in a loose ponytail. "Hope you like mushrooms."
"Mushrooms?" He echoed blinking. The magician nodded gesturing at a sack by the stove. Harry padded over and opened the bag to look. There were many mushrooms inside, in a multitude of different colors and sizes. He gawked, "Are are they supposed to look like that?"
"When they're from the Forest of Magic yeah." Marisa replied stirring the contents of the pot. Harry stared taking one of the mushrooms out, purple with neon green spots, and gave it a tentative sniff. It smelled sweet for something that looked poisonous. While he poked around in the bag pulling out the mushrooms, Reimu drifted into the room fixing her bow atop her head. She paused for a moment eyeing the vibrant fungi and sighed.
"Again Marisa?"
The blond whirled, so suddenly Harry squeaked and scrambled away from her clutching a fruity scented red striped mushroom, and snapped at Reimu, who gave her a unimpressed look and began making tea. He stood in the corner watching with wide eyes as Marisa ranted and flailed about the trouble she went through to get the mushrooms: fighting a horde of fairies, got jumped by someone named Rumia, who was beat in a minute, Marisa testing a new type of laser she'd been working on, on her, nearly eaten by a charging bush, Harry had to interrupt to ask if that was true, Reimu confirmed that there was bushes in the forest that would attack if you got close enough to them, because you couldn't fly in the Forest of Magic.
Marisa trailed off into muttering seeing Reimu was no longer listening to her, not the brunette listened to begin with judging by the bemused expression on her face, going back to cooking. Reimu finished making the tea placing three cups on a tea tray along with the tea pot and carried it to the Sitting Room, Harry trailing behind her. She took a few steps into the room before coming to a sudden stop. He had to slip pass her to see why.
There was a girl sprawled out the floor snoring softly with breathy puffs. Her pink blouse was sleeveless, the edges ripped as though sleeves were torn off, her feet poked out from under the purple ankle length skirt, the bottom white with stripes mixed into the purple and swirl patterns, and red ribbons near the hem. There were chains wrapped around her waist, along with a black belt, wrists, and the end of her orange hip length hair. At the ends of the each chain were shapes: a cube, pyramid, and sphere. And she had horns, stretching out from the top of her head, one wrapped in a ragged white ribbon the other tied with a purple bow, a big bright red bow on the back of her head. A purple hourglass like item covered in symbols tags was clutched upright in her right hand.
Reimu's whole body twitched as she glowered at the sleeping girl; Harry ogled beside her.
"What's with the traffic jam yo? I'm holding a hot pot here!" Marisa had to levitate the pot over their heads and shimmy around them to look. "Oh it's Suika. Back again huh?"
"That's Suika?!" Harry blurted out shocked. She was short and looked like a child. Suika would probably just reach the upper top of Reimu's chest if they stood next to each other. But this small girl was a being that had the strength to reduce a mountain to pebbles with little trouble?
"Yeah that's Suika," Reimu replied patting his head. Her lips quirked at his disbelief at seeing an oni for the first time. She wondered how many times that kind of reaction would come up considering the many different creatures in Gensokyo tended to go around looking almost no different from a human. "In any case, I hope she isn't expecting breakfast from us."
"What you talking about? I'm the one who crawled through a forest and slaved over the stove to fix it!" Marisa sniffed looking affronted as she placed the steaming pot on the table.
"Hm~ good point," Reimu hummed directing Harry around Suika's body with a hand on his shoulder, "If she asks for anything, tell her to get her own food."
"You're still talking like you're the one who fixed it Reimu . . ." Marisa grumbled looking exasperated. She was given an innocent look and a sweet smile as a response.
"Thank you for the food Marisa~!" The blond waved her hand about and bounced off to get the rest of the food. Harry tugged on her sleeve looking worried.
"Are you really not going to let Suika have none?" For a moment Reimu stared blankly before flushing.
"Oh! Um I-I was just kidding!" She laughed awkwardly trailing off as Harry continued giving her that slightly wide-eyed look and sighed. "Look I really was joking. Suika does this a lot, ever since we met. She goes off to explore and comes back when she feels like it. Usually it's in the morning or at night, always when it's time to eat."
"Yeah!" Marisa glided into the room with a wooden pot in hand, "Reimu will whine and complain and gripe about how Suika is stuffing her face and never bring anything back to add with the meal, aside from the sake, but she would let her eat." She placed the pot down and reached acrossed the table to pinch Reimu's cheek. "Reimu is a good girl yo! Taking care Suika like one would their husband after a long day of working~." Reimu slapped the magician's hand away and scowled. Marisa snickered skipping out the room once more.
"Anyway if I say things like that, don't take it seriously okay Harry?" He nodded relaxing before peering around the table at the sleeping oni.
"Should we wake her?"
"Ah go ahead." Reimu gave him a nudge. Harry stood walking to Suika's sprawled form. For a moment he was tempted to touch her horns but figured that would be rude. Instead he bent over to grasp her shoulder and shook her gently.
"Suika? Breakfast is ready."
It took a few seconds for her to wake and the words to register. Suika's eyes fluttered open and she stared vacantly upwards, her eyes stuck somewhere between haziness and clearness.
"Whazzat?" She slurred.
"Um breakfast is ready." Harry repeated. The oni blinked her orange eyes clearing just a bit and she sat up making Harry scramble away to avoid her horns.
"Oh is it morning?" Suika yawned, a fang peeking out behind her lip. "Did Reimu make breakfast?"
"Marisa did." Reimu chimed from the table sipping tea.
Suika pouted. "I like Reimu's breakfast more."
"I heard that!" Marisa barked coming in several dishes hovering around her head. "My cooking is just as good as Miss Floats-Alot yo!"
"Your cooking is nothing but mushrooms." Suika said taking sip from the gourd in her hand.
Marisa cheeks puffed out in a pout, she pointedly did not look at a smirking Reimu as she set the dishes on the table. Harry fluttered around her grabbing the dishes to help. Suika stood and swayed her way to the table dropping next to Reimu.
"So who's that?" She pointed with the gourd at him.
"That's Harry, he's from the Outside world." Reimu said.
Suika blinked slowly. "Really? Huh didn't know that humans on the other side still had magic."
"We didn't think so either until he dropped into the shrine."
"Hm? Dropped you say?" Reimu explained causing the oni to cluck disgusted.
"That's just wrong," Suika looked angry her eyes narrowed, "Its humans like that, that made us oni leave. I feel bad for you kid! Here have a drink!" She held the gourd out. Before Harry could lift his hand for it Reimu smacked Suika's arm furiously.
"No he's too young!" She snapped.
"Ow! Jeez Reimu for a human you hit hard!" Suika sniffed pulling her arm back and out of range.
"What's in that anyway?" Harry asked tilting his head.
"Sake." Reimu, Marisa, and Suika chimed together. Harry blinked owlishly. "Don't worry about it. Wait until you're sixteen, that's when I starting drinking yo." Marisa said grinning handing him a bowl of soup.
"Oh yeah," Reimu hummed, "How old are you Harry?"
"I'm seven." He answered.
"Seven huh? Well that's about the right age to start learning how to using your magic." Reimu said pushing his tea towards him, "After we eat we'll start okay."
" Oh okay!" He had forgotten, his new glasses, clothes, and Suika's appearance being at the front of his mind. The excitement from the night before came bursting forward. He was gonna learn to use magic!
He hoped it would be fun.
It'll be interesting to say the least. And mind bending for me ;A;
Hey guys hoped you like the chapter! Tell me what you think please. How did I do with Suika? With what little I wrote with her is she okay? Let me know please~. You guys know I take the things you say into consideration, mostly because I want to avoid the trap that is OP main characters, especially with working with the Touhou Project world. Lawl~.
Also excuse the short summary of the games at the start. I have no excuse. =w=;;