Now, don't be expecting constant updates like this for another two weeks or so, as I have been on a miniature vacation of sorts as of late, and have been able to post new chapters more quickly. Anyways, I wonder how people received the seductive Koakuma. If you're older, you got it, if you didn't get it, then wait two or three years, then read it again. Onwards to the story!


Kyouko and Kogasa were in the middle of leaving Voile, and Koakuma was cracking jokes the whole time.

"Phew, and then I said-"Koakuma started, before she was cut off by Kogasa "Um, Miss Koakuma, how long is it going to take to find the exit?"

"Hm, we should have been there already..." Koakuma said as she looked around the area. Strange books were on the shelves, with letters more abstract than those on Patchouli's door. Thick layers of dust covered them, and it seemed as if merely looking at them would cause a bit of dust to fall off. "Eheh, about that..." Koakuma said, dodging a bullet aimed at her from Kyouko.

"You idiot! You got us lost in your own home!" she yelled, attacking Koakuma with simple patterns; the succubus dodges with ease as she yelled back "I don't know! Just give me a second and I'll find out where we are!"

"Yeah right, like I'll fall for -wah!"The firing ceased almost immediately, as Kogasa hit Kyouko over the head with her umbrella. Koakuma weaved around the last batch of bullets, and quickly flew back to Kyouko and Kogasa. "My, my, I didn't know you could be so –rough- with that stick of yours~" she said, this time ducking a swing from Kogasa as the Karakasa blushed furiously. "Stop saying things like that!" Kogasa yelled while she kept swinging at Koakuma, who simply weaved in between all the swings and blobs of saliva.

"Fine child, now calm down and let me find out where we are," Koakuma said, a tinge of irritation creeping across her face. "You don't have to get mad..." Kogasa said with a slightly guilty expression. "Who's the twit that tried hitting me with an old umbrella?" Koakuma snapped as she continued to look around.

An awkward silence hovered over the three. A loud crash echoed through the library, causing Koakuma to quickly look around and sigh. "Oh no..." she gasped, turning to look at Kyouko and Kogasa, "The black-white's broken in, Lady Patchouli's not feeling well, so it's up to us to defend the library!" she finished with a semi-motivational feel. "But why should we help you?" Kyouko asked angrily. "Because I know the way out~" Koakuma said happily, however, Kyouko and Kogasa weren't particularly happy about it, "...Do you really want Marisa to get her hands on MORE destructive magic?"

"..."

"..."

"This way~" Koakuma said as she began to fly down a corridor of the library.

"Hah! China was already beat up when I got here, and that succubus and Patchy aren't bothering to fight me today, da ze!" Marisa Kirisame said as she browsed several of the rows, snatching a few books and stowing them into her apron pocket as she flew slowly.

"Oh my, I thought even you would know better than to steal –that-~" Koakuma said as she flew into the same corridor as Marisa. "Ah, it's the one that's less reliable than China. What do you want?" Marisa barked back as she looked up to see Koakuma, "You here for another beating, ze?"

"No, I think it's you that's receiving the beating this time~" Kogasa said as she flew into Marisa's view, umbrella in one hand and several spellcards in the other. "You two just had to be so straightforward," Kyouko said as she flew in as well, causing Marisa to back up slightly.

"Three on one isn't exactly fair, y'know?" she said nervously as she rummaged inside her apron pocket. "But that spark of yours isn't either..." Koakuma said as she appeared behind Marisa with the Hakkero in hand. "Now, let's make this fight what we call fair, yes?"

"What the, how'd you get here?!" Marisa yelped as she almost fell down, regaining her composure as she sped a few meters forwards towards Kyouko and Kogasa. "A succubus must always be ready to –pounce- on an unsuspecting victim~" Koakuma responded happily as she stowed the hakkero away in the nether regions (read: her dress).

"[Magic Sign] Stardust Reverie!" Marisa declared, causing Koakuma to quickly fly away towards Kogasa and Kyouko. The trio quickly swerved out of the way of the attacking star danmaku, and soon launched a minor counter-attack while they regained their balance, Kogasa and Koakuma fired omnidirectional danmaku, while Kyouko sent forth several small bubbles which captured the danmaku already flying and sent it back towards Marisa. "Hah! You think that's gonna get me? I've fought against Gods! [Love Sign] Non-Directional Laser!" Marisa yelled as she grazed many of the bullets sent her way. She fired off an array of lasers that rotated around her slowly, before disappearing and reappearing traveling in the opposite direction

"That's just insulting," a new voice said from behind Marisa, sickly yet filled with determination, "using my spell in my very library, I thought you knew better than to do that Marisa." "Wah, Patchy! What're you doing here?!" Marisa gasped as she temporarily lost her focus on the spell, causing it to dissolve for a few seconds before she resumed.

"I'm here to defend Voile, and in this case, Kogasa and Kyouko, you see, they actually respect me and my books." Patchouli said, a small smile etching itself at the corners of her mouth. "What do you say we finish her off?" Patchouli said, looking at Kogasa, Kyouko, and Koakuma.

"Let's~" Koakuma said as she reached behind one of her head wings and pulled out a spellcard.

"[Sun Sign] Royal Flare!"

"[Monster Sign] A Forgotten Umbrella's Night Train!"

"[Echo Sign] Power Resonance!"

"[Love Sign] Manipulative Heartstrings~!"

PICHU~N


"What have we learned~?" Koakuma crooned as she stood over Marisa's defeated body. "That four on one isn't any fun if you're the one?" Marisa suggested feebly, opting to lie on the floor rather than get up. "We don't make fun of the succubus unless we're sure that she doesn't have any little secrets working in her favor~"

"That's enough Koa," Patchouli said as she turned towards Marisa, and in a devious voice said, "If you want that overpowered object of yours back, you will return to me all of my books, including the ones you are currently reading," she pulled out a spellcard, "Do I make myself clear?" A smile that could only be described as "creepy" by Kogasa and "alluring" by Koakuma made its way onto Patchouli's face.

"Ok, Ok! Just let me go! Watch, next time I'll bring a surprise!" Marisa said as she picked up her broom and slowly flew off westwards. "But it hasn't been nine months yet!" Koakuma gasped, shooting a large blue sphere shaped bullet that just barely grazed the end of Marisa's broom.

"Thank you two for dealing with the Black-White," Patchouli said as she turned back to face Kyouko and Kogasa. "That turned out surprisingly well, all things considered, but Koa, why couldn't you steal this before? It makes for good negotiations," she continued, pulling out the hakkero from where Koakuma had it hidden (her dress has a pocket, pervs) and looking at it idly. "Because, I didn't have the right materials do get it done, "Koakuma said as she also turned to look at Kyouko and Kogasa, who were both feeling awkward under the combined stare of the Librarian and succubus.

"Now will you take these two out, without the tales of your various...exploits?" Patchouli said, turning to look at Koakuma angrily.

"Ok Lazy Patchouli~" Koakuma said as she took Kogasa and Kyouko by the hand and flew off quickly. "What did you call me?! I'm not lazy!" Patchouli yelled as she light-heartedly fired several bullets at the trio, which was slowly getting smaller. "But you never want to try any of my 'experiments'~!" Koakuma yelled back, weaving as the firing rate tripled.

"Ok girls, here's the exit~" Koakuma said, releasing the pair of youkai and gaining a small bit of altitude. "Don't get in trouble now~ I'm still waiting for you to take responsibility for what that," she pointed at Kogasa's umbrella, " did to me~." Koakuma flew away soon became a speck in the distance.

"Kogasa," Kyouko said, turning to look at the Karakasa. "Yes, Kyouko~?" Kogasa had taken to speaking like Koakuma and had a devious (read: perverted) smile on her face. "First of all, don't talk like that succubus, I have enough of a headache as it is, and, what in the name of Byakuren just happened?"

"I have no idea."


The two had been wandering the corridors of the SDM aimlessly, Kyouko having so sense of direction and refusing to listen to Kogasa, who had more than a few semi-decent ideas. As of yet, they had nothing to see besides countless corridors with slightly tacky furniture and paintings, all based off the color scarlet. "Why so much of one color...?" Kogasa asked as she floated about next to Kyouko, who had reduced her flight speed down to that of a lazy miko in the middle of summer. "I don't know, but when we find the boss of this place, I'm going to give her a piece of my mind..." Kyouko responded, obviously in a bad mood.

"Like what?" Kogasa asked, mildly interested at the prospect of Kyouko angrily ranting towards the Scarlet Devil herself. Even though Kogasa never met her personally, she knew that she was the one that caused the Scarlet Mist incident and one of the groups that beat the Lunarians awhile back during the Eternal Night. Such a powerful person has got to be pretty big, if you look at Marisa or Byakuren, both of which were rather...large and were both powerful in their own right, so the Scarlet Devil had to be at least tall, right?

"Like that China girl, for one, once I get a hold of her-"a knife just barely grazed the yamabiko's cheek, just drawing a line of blood across her face. "You'll what, may I ask?" a composed voice asked. The two turned to look at their new aggressor, a tall woman with silver hair tied up in two braids, each with their own small green bow. She wore a maid's uniform, a dark blue one piece dress which went down to just below her knees, frilly white headband, and a rather odd apron with the Roman numerals one through twelve at the base of the apron. She had three knives in her left hand, and a silver pocket watch in the other, her icy blue eyes was calculating, and looked at the two as if she were deciding how much collateral damage would occur to get rid of them.

"I repeat," she said calmly, "You'll do what to my lady?" her voice quickly changed tone from that of a composed woman to one who was about to fight. "Uh, what she m-meant was..." Kogasa started, before the woman appeared behind her, knives close to her ear. "If you two mean any harm to my lady, then I shall simply dispose of you~ [Silver Sign] Silver Bound!" she declared, a small armada of knives traveling as if they were riding a shockwave going forth from her body, bouncing off walls and any available surface.

"Wah!" Kogasa yelled as she quickly flew away from the knives and next to Kyouko, who tried to shoot several of the knives down with her own bullets. "Where'd she go?!" Kyouko yelled, looking around, another ring of knives seemingly exploding behind her. The two flew forwards to the first barrage, which had thinned out considerably, and weaved in between the knives while helping each other by shooting down the occasional stray knife. Several more rings burst outwards in their vicinity, and the two bobbed and weaved to dodge them. "How's she attacking like this?!" Kogasa yelled as she grazed by several knives, "Why do you ask me like I'm Byakuren?" Kyouko yelled as she shot down several knives that were getting to close to Kogasa.

After a tense thirty seconds of continuous dodging, the spellcard timed out, and the woman reappeared. "Not bad," she said, "That attack was inspired by the little sister, but to beat me you'll need to find me! [Conjuring] Misdirection!" the woman declared, shooting a stream of kunai shaped danmaku at the two, before disappearing and then reappearing at the other end of the hallway and shooting a stream of larger knives at the two.

"Hoh my Hijiri!" Kyouko yelled as she grazed both streams of knives and crashed into Kogasa, who was doing the same. "What are you doing?!" they both yelled in sync as another stream of knives was shot at them causing them to quickly fly down to avoid the incoming barrage. The two angrily flew in different directions in hopes of thinning out the incoming knives, which it did. The spellcard quickly timed out, and the woman appeared again, more annoyed than anything else.

"You two are almost as bad as the red-white Shrine Maiden. But unlike her, you shall not prevail! [Maid Secret Skill] Marionette!" the woman declared, shooting forth a thick yet small barrage of knives straight at the pair. "Is that all?" Kyouko asked, before the knives suddenly changed direction and flew at many different angles. "You just had to ask!" Kogasa yelled as she weaved in between several knives. Several more thick shots were fired, and like their predecessor, they also changed direction quickly, filling the corridor with knives.

"Knives, Knives everywhere!" Kogasa yelled as she ducked down to dodge a stray attack. "Where does she get so many knives?" The attack timed out, and the two took a small inspection of their clothes. They were riddled with small cuts everywhere, and the occasional drop of blood was seen. "How sharp are those things?!" Kyouko gasped, the woman reappearing at the end of the hall, showing small signs of tiring. "Most impressive, but you're interrupting my cleaning, I'm ending this! [Illusion World] The-""That's enough Sakuya," a voice broke in, interrupting the woman's, Sakuya's declaration.

"But Mistress..." Sakuya started, looking at Kogasa and Kyouko like a dog that was about to catch a cat. "You've had your chance to play, now I shall see what these two want." The owner of the voice stepped out of a shadow; she was surprisingly short (Loli sized!), only up to just above Sakuya's waistline. She wore a poofy pink mobcap with a scarlet ribbon, and the dress she wore went along with it perfectly. Her hair was a light blue colour, and it went down to cheek-level. Small bat-like wings folded elegantly behind her, and she had a twinkle of amusement in her deep scarlet eyes.

"Mistress Remilia, I implore you to allow me to rid the mansion of these...Pests." Sakuya said as she approached Remilia, but the Loli Vampire simply raised her hand and said, "Its ok Sakuya, I can handle myself against these two." She then calmly walked towards the two youkai and asked, "What is it that you two seek?" Kogasa and Kyouko were unnerved by how quickly the small vampire had subdued their fearsome opponent; it only showed the strength within her petite frame.

"She wanted to talk to the boss!" Kogasa squeaked, pointing a finger at Kyouko, who was caught off guard and quickly began to panic. "Well, you see, the-the thing is that, I wanted to talk t-to who was in charge o-of China...?"With each passing word, Kyouko only got smaller as Sakuya's glare became more and more irritated. "I see then, but for what?" Remilia asked, mildly amused, hiding her urge to laugh well. "That China lady just started attacking us!" Kyouko yelled, annoyed at the loli who dared think of laughing at her.

"That's her job," Sakuya intervened coolly, "She's the gatekeeper, and is supposed to keep small fry like you two out, I', surprised she didn't actually."

The awkward silence had returned, and this time with reinforcements of embarrassment as Kyouko had begun blushing when she realized the whole point of the trip was to complain about someone doing their job.

"But since you made it a point to visit..." Remilia started, reaching into a small pocket in her dress, "Let's have a match of danmaku, the victor shall have a wish that they desire, so long as it is reasonable, yes?"


"Alice?" Sanae asked, surprised to find the Seven Colored Puppeteer instead of Marisa. "Who, Sanae what are you doing here?!" Alice Margatroid nearly yelled, standing up from a small table where a broken doll and various cloths and tools could be seen. "I was looking or Marisa, I thought she was the only person who lived in The Forest of Magic," Sanae said sheepishly, 'although that would explain all the creepy dolls' she thought to herself.

"Why were you looking for that black and white rat?!" Alice snapped, visibly frustrated at the mention of Marisa. "Um, you see..." Sanae started nervously, cut off by Alice who had begun a minor tirade, "She just thinks she can waltz in here and take my books," a small tear was beginning to form at the edge of Alice's eye, "She even took my precious Marisa Doll, with fully functional Hakkero that she helped me make..."

Alice quickly snapped out of her trance when she realized that there was another sentient being with her. "Oh, Sanae, what did you need again?" she asked hurriedly, blushing from embarrassment. "Um...Oh Yeah! I came to ask Marisa if she would help me find Kogasa, you see she... took my favorite tea mix, and won't give it back!" Sanae quickly fabricated a lie that gave her a semi-plausible reason to pursue the Karakasa besides a simple wish to exterminate her. "Why did you look for Marisa first? What's so special about her?!" Alice was visibly annoyed, but Sanae quickly added "I thought that she would be able to help me find you too Alice."

Alice was immediately happier and soon said, "Well what are you waiting for, let's find us a Karakasa!" The pair took off from the door, with Alice leaving a small note on the door which read "Out Karakasa hunting with Sanae will be back soon. P.S. Hah, someone came for me! You're too late this time you black-white witch!"

Wow, I really wasn't expecting this to turn so...long. Well, on the bright side, the chapter lengths are becoming much longer than before, 3k+m words on this one! 9 pages in Microsoft word, whoo! Anyways, the EoSD arc will soon be coming to an end, so be sure to enjoy~ Please leave reviews or continue reading, and sorry for the delay.