Touhou miss adventure
Episode 8: Holding the Fort
YOUKAI MOUNTAIN.
The instant that Marisa and Sanae entered the Tengu village, they were immediately bombarded by a couple of news reporters while the rest of the population stood and snickered in the background.
"It sure is tough to be this popular, *ZE*" Marisa did a few poses that she thought looked stylish, but looked goofy and silly to the audience.
"It's your heavy burden to bear." Sanae chuckled, "That being said, is one of these reporters the one we're looking for?"
Marisa looked around for a short glance. "Nope, No pigtails as far as I can see."
One among the many reporters asked the infamous celebrity, "Miss Kirisame, how did you get the idea for your current social status?"
Marisa instead pointed up in the air while shouting. "LOOK! A UFO!" And as a matter of fact, there was a silver UFO flying over Marisa and Sanae.
Immediately the Tengu swarmed around the UFO and began taking a myriad of pictures, while the two humans bolted out of there.
"Great idea bringing Nue along, she really came in handy." Marisa said as they ran away from the paparazzi.
Sanae smiled in return. "I knew taking an Alien with us was a stroke of genius."
After a few knocking on random doors, they eventually ended up at the right one.
Hatake opened the door to find two people outside, one white and black human in particular, caught her eye. "So… It's you. The legendary womanizer. Do you have any idea how much of a scoop it's been while you've been missing? It's been quite the story."
"I'm always quite the sensation, *ZE*" Marisa smiled with self absorbed pride.
"Heh, so, what do I owe the honor?" Hatake asked, followed up with a second question. "And more importantly, what do you offer in return?"
"How much money are we talking about?" Sanae asked, she pictured it could cost a hefty fee.
"Oh, I'm talking about information, Scoops, Leads, Juicy Scandals!" Hatake elaborated. "Preferably scoops that, that DARN Aya hasn't set her teeth in already…" She grit her teeth as she mentioned her adversary.
Both humans smiled a sinister smile, when they heard those words, Sanae was the first to speak, "You mentioned the Tengu that must not be named, because... She has caused us bit of trouble, as you can no doubt imagine."
"She is a blatant liar, is what she is." Marisa proclaimed.
Hatake didn't believe the witch, but she listened regardless while thinking. "This could be worthwhile." while laughing inside.
"Please don't leave me behind again!" Nue pleaded as she too entered the door. "It was so embarrassing."
Sanae took Nue's hands, looked straight into her eyes and said sincerely, "I am so sorry Nue, I didn't realize that Aliens could feel shame."
Hatake gave a curious glance at the newcomer. "So Nue eh? I'm surprised to see you among a human. You were quite difficult to track down and get a proper picture off."
Nue shrugged. "Sometime you see me, sometime you don't."
A few knocks on the door were heard, "miss Hatake, I have today's edition of Aya's newspaper."
Hatake opened the door, and took the newspaper with a smile and a thank you, she then looked at her guests and the curious expression on their faces, "I've got to know what my competition is up to, just so I don't publish the same scoops."
"But what does it say?" Sanae asked, implying her to give them the newspaper or read it to them.
"You can read it for us all." Hatake said and gave it to Sanae.
Sanae unfolded the newspaper and began to read outloud.
A Risque Wedding and Food Theft
"Hello everyone, this is your reporter, Shameimaru Aya, reporting in, Due to some unforeseen circumstances with the disappearance of the Hakurei shrine maiden, missus Kirisame, miss Fujiwara, miss Kochiya and miss Izayoi, This reporter had to resort to a different, smaller story. instead of a planned follow-up. The story in question is about the escapades that missus Saigyouji, neé Konpaku, was up to during the recent events. Now, missus Saigyouji and misseu Saigyouji were wedded in silence with a few attendees as witnesses, they were my source into this little affair, but they prefer to be anonymous. After the wedding, the newly wedded missus Youmu tried to pin down her wife right on the spot as the last syllable of their vows were said, much to the amazement of the witnesses, but missus Yuyuko said that until her hunger was sated, (which it will never be) she was not up for it, and thus missus Youmu went on a grand food theft spree across Gensokyo to sate her wife's hunger. When asked for commentary, missus Youmu would not discuss it with this reporter, and looked like she was ashamed of herself for her actions the night before, claiming that, "I was not in control of my own actions." Until more light has been shed on this matter, this is your reporter Shameimaru Aya, reporting the truth.
"At least we not the only victims of journalism." Sanae muttered mostly indifferent, while Marisa snickered in the background.
Hatake grinned and then grabbed some paper and a pen for some quick notes, "Now then girls, We'd better get to work then."
"You bet! Let's pluck a certain Tengu's feathers." Marisa grinned mischievously.
"...I'd appreciate if you didn't use that phrase, plucking our feathers is a really grim image." Hatake firmly implied.
"I guess that's a bird thing, right." Marisa grinned from ear to ear, while mock whispering to Sanae.
"That's rude Marisa! The Tengu's are a proud and honorable people." Sanae retorted, to her this felt like a great injustice, they had become pretty decent neighbours afterall.
To Hatake, this was becoming quite the headache, "Both of you, shut up! Are we going to do this or not."
Both of the humans nodded and their work began.
SCARLET MANSION.
Sakuya had for the first time ever slept in the scarlet bed and was now using Remilia's private bathtub. "I could get used to this kind of lifestyle." she smiled to herself, as she uttered a relaxing sigh.
A few knocks could be heard followed by the sound of Reimu's voice. "Are you still in there Sakuya? It's my turn."
"Just come on in, I don't feel like getting out just yet and it's big enough for both of us." Sakuya replied in an inviting manner.
Reimu entered to gaze upon the most excessively lavish bathtub she had ever seen. "It's certainly oversized for the little vampire, twelve of her could be here." she muttered and got out of her clothes.
"Could I tempt you with a glass of red wine?" Sakuya offered her as Reimu entered the warm water.
Reimu raised an eyebrow. "Are we going to get drunk while bathing? Why not, temptation succeeded."
Sakuya poured the shrine maiden a glass of wine and handed it to her. "Here you go, milady."
"Thank you very much." Reimu smiled and took a careful sip, it had a nice fruity taste.
As Koakuma was looking around the mansion, she noticed the front door got slammed open by a little person who announced her arrival. "I'm home."
"Welcome home... Flandre... ah, umm… The basement is, occupied at the moment, so would you like me to prepare a new room for you?" Koakuma asked, with a slight feeling of dread coming over her.
"Really! I don't have to live in the basement?" Flandre found it all a bit puzzling.
"...Of course, you live here, silly." Koakuma played it off, in short fun.
"But what will my sister say?" Flandre asked confusedly.
"She... decided it was time for you to advance from the basement, she deemed you an adult when you got... married, so she decided to give you a new room as a wedding present." Koakuma's brain went into overdrive, as she lied her way out. "Where is my human saviours when I need them!"
"AWESOME! I'll go to the kitchen, I'm starving." After that, the little Vampire sprinted away.
Koakuma now stood silently as it suddenly occurred to her. "I better go tell Mokou!"
The only reason Koakuma had been persuaded to join the side of the humans, was that she had been given full custody over her wife Patchouli. "If you keep Patchouli in check, We won't bother you two at all." Mokou had told her.
With Koakuma gleefully replying. "Oh! It will be my pleasure."
Mokou tapped her finger impatiently on the table she was sitting at, when Sakuya and Reimu entered the room, "Where the heck have you two been?... Wait are you drunk?!"
"It was warm, it tasted good and it was very relaxing." Reimu mumbled in turn, as she used Sakuya as a crutch with her arm around her.
Sakuya winced slightly, "We may have spent too much time in there, I'm feeling so sluggish."
"Just so you know, Flandre has just arrived." Mokou directly informed them.
Reimu made a deep sigh. "Do... we have to fight her right now? After being with Sakuya, I got drunk…"
"Sorry Reimu, I shouldn't have tempted you so much." Sakuya apologized sincerely.
"No... It was worth it." Reimu looked at Sakuya with a tender look in her eyes.
"I think that part can wait till Marisa comes back, nothing is going down until that happens… Though maybe we should just not do anything." Mokou concluded.
"Hey Girls, guess who's back!" Marisa loudly announced, as she spotted her fellow gang.
"Ugh… you just had to doom us!" Reimu remarked, as Marisa joined them.
Mokou took a deep bow. "I humbly apologize."
"Ooh, oh… Can't we just marry Flandre off to someone else? It worked with Patchouli." Sanae suggested with awkward levels of enthusiasm.
"Sigh… With who exactly?" Mokou asked and added for emphasis. "Name one who would."
Sanae bit her lip as she said with a quivering voice that got more uncertain as she talked, "... Um… I would have asked Grangran, but I'm… not allowed near her."
"Someone who has no fear of death of course… Like you Mokou... hehe, get it?" Marisa grinned at her own perceived cleverness.
Mokou gave her a stern look in return. "In that case, I would nominate the one with no fear of responsibility, Marisa… your bride is waiting."
"MARISA!" Flandre lunged out of the shadows and attached herself to Marisa's torso, "You're finally home!"
"Mokou… every time you say something bad, it happens instantly, Every Goddamn Time!" Reimu stated in irritation, with a slight hint of amusement.
Mokou sighed, "And here I thought immortality, was my only curse…"
Marisa who was very much afraid for her life, pleaded to her comrades. "Uh, Girls, little help here?"
Reimu just gave her a tired look in return. "Nah, I'm too drunk to be of any use, so is Sakuya, let's call it a day for now, I'll help you, first thing in the morning… probably."
"Ple-please tell me you are joking." Marisa more or less begged.
"What's wrong, my love?" Flandre asked in her usual childish voice.
"You are… I'm not into small monsters *ZE*" Marisa uttered without thinking.
Flandre was taken aback by those words. "Oh... but I'm not small."
Some of the others looked at her in disbelief. "Sorry to tell ya pipsqueak, but you not exactly at eye level with the rest of us." Reimu mumbled in a half drunken haze.
"...I don't care for your tone, Shrine Maiden. You can just leave now." Flandre objected in anger.
Reimu was about to retorted, but to her surprise, Sakuya entered the spot light. "Yeah well, I also didn't care for you over the years, but hey, some things in life, you just have to deal with."
Being spoken down to by the maid was a bit too much for her temper. Flandre lunged forward, fangs and nails ready for combat… When suddenly there was an arm around her neck.
"HEY! You can stay up here if you behave, but any ruckus and you'll be sent right back to the basement!" Mokou firmly warned when she had intercepted Flandre's attack.
"...Don't think this is forgotten." Flandre was brimming with how much she restrained her urge to kill and maim.
"And you helped destroy my shrine, I haven't forgotten that either." Reimu commented in the same childish voice.
Mokou felt the little vampire was at the verge of attacking again, so she decided to make it all very clear. "Listen Flandre Scarlet! This castle is under our control, human control. We threw your evil sister into the basement. Be thankful we haven't send you packing yet."
"And leave me alone." Marisa added with a slight grin.
"That last one is the one thing I can't do, Marisa…" Flandre scowled at her odds, and the thought of going back into the basement, now only with annoying company, "But I'll relent for now..."
Mokou nodded in acceptance, "you two can settle your dispute some other day."
