Marisa and Yuuka just got done with class, on the second to last day with them being in the DWMA. Marisa sighed while walking down the hall, swinging her broom a bit and Yuuka was holding her parasol like one would outside. While Marisa was swinging her broom around out of boredom she accidentally hit someone in the back. Marisa looked down at the boy she hit, and asked the boy, "Hey are ok ze?" The boy got up, it turning out to be Crona, and he looked to Marisa and Yuuka while Ragnarok materialized from his back. Ragnarok looked angrily at Marisa and shouted at her, "Hey! What is the big idea girly?" Marisa angrily retorted back to him, "Hey! You were the one who wasn't watching Crona's back you blob thing! And you're even attached to his back ze!" While the witch and weapon exchanged angry glares, Yuuka walked up to them both and she looked at Crona. Crona looked nervously at Yuuka and he then shyly said, "Um…hi." Yuuka giggled and patted Crona on his head. Crona then nervously and shyly blurted, "C-can I fight you Marisa?" This caught Ragnarok's and Marisa's attention and Marisa looked at Crona. "What did you say ze?" Crona looked to Marisa and said again but more quiet this time, "W-will you fight me M-Marisa?" Marisa casually replied to him, "Yeah sure. Why the sudden request though?" Marisa and Yuuka started to walk toward the front of the school, a few students watching as Crona followed them. Crona then told Marisa as they made their way to the front of the school, "I-I want to test my skills. E-everyone else improved their skills so much…s-so please…let me fight you!"
Alice was preparing for her journey that she would soon depart on. She held her grimoire in one hand and the bag she held many items such as extra string to control her dolls, and a few extra materials that could help her. She looked outside at the afternoon sun, and Shanghai was wandering around the house, finding a few more items that could be of use. Alice headed outside and started to fly towards the nearest boundary of Gensokyo. She then started to search along the boundary of the world, looking for the home of a certain gap youkai. While she was searching, Shanghai was floating near her shoulder and she thought to herself, "I'll get you gap youkai. How dare you play a prank on my friend! You will pay for what you've done." Shanghai looked to Alice with a pondering expression at her thought, and Alice then said to her little doll, "I'm not planning to defeat her. I'm just hoping to deal enough pain to her to get a point of mine across." Shanghai gave a little nod in reply to its master while the two flew along searching for the homestead of Yukari Yakumo.
Yuuka and a few other students stood along the sidelines of the grounds in front of the school, including Soul, Maka, Black Star, Tsubaki, and other students. Marisa was twirling her broom a little and Crona was holding his large metal sword Ragnarok in his hands. Marisa was surprised about one thing with Crona that was different, his shyness was not showing. Instead, there was a face of determination and seriousness on the boy in front of her. Marisa gave a little grin while twirling her broom and she said to Crona, "I'm surprised at this determination of yours. You seem like you'll fight well ze." Marisa then charged forward suddenly swinging her broom downward at Crona, and he blocked the slamming strike that was being delivered to him using his sword. Crona shoved Marisa back, causing her to stumble back and give a smirk as she then launched magic blasts at him, hitting Crona right in the chest with magic blasts. Stein walked outside observing the start of the fight, and he looked over to Soul asking him, "Why are those two fighting?" Soul gave a smirk, obviously amused by the fighting and he replied, "Crona asked to fight that witch girl. Crona apparently wanted to prove his skills that he's been training." Stein nodded and said to Soul while watching Marisa and Crona battle, "Fine then, I'll be the observer of the fight so that way it is not against school rules."
Marisa was giving a few more excited magic blasts of varying colors at Crona, and Crona slashed them in half while they flew at him. Marisa grinned and said to Crona, "Wow kid, you're good! Able to take my magic blasts directly and able to slash my weaker magic in half, you've got some skills ze!" Marisa then pulled out her mini hakkero and blasted large orbs of magic at Crona, and he dodged out of the way the best he could. Yuuka smiled observing the fight, and she then said audibly enough so Marisa could hear her, "Hey! Little witch! You have my permission to use my special spell!"
Marisa looked to Yuuka stunned and then nodded; giving an excited grin while the observers of the match, even Stein wore confused expressions. Marisa then charged magic energy in her mini hakkero and shouted out, "Master Spark ze!" and she fired off the large, magical laser she had fired off at many other beings while not in Yuuka's presence. Black Star looked surprisingly at the giant, familiar laser, then over to Yuuka, and shouted in his mind, "She's the one who made that monster of a technique?" Yuuka looked at the people who were giving her surprised looks, and giggled at the delightful confused reactions. Crona panicked as the master spark was fired at him and he dodged out of the way, Ragnarok getting caught in the blast and crying out from the pain.
Crona concernedly asked Ragnarok while the roaring blast of the Master Spark died down, "Are you ok Ragnarok?" Ragnarok while in pain shouted back to Crona, "Of course I'm not ok you idiot! That technique hurt like hell!" Marisa smirked as she thought her victory was assured, and Crona then retaliated back suddenly, sending a black rippling slash towards Marisa. Marisa barely dodged, her broom getting caught by the propelling slash and nearly getting cut in half. She managed to only get a layer of wood shaved off the center of it. Marisa was surprised at the suddenness of Crona's strike, and she grinned charging forward quickly and in nearly an instant, she was at point blank range and launched several large magic stars to Crona. They impacted several times against his stomach and chest, causing him to fall onto his back, and Marisa grinned looking down at him. "So, do you concede defeat ze?" Crona struggled getting up, gritting his teeth as he nodded and said through his gritting teeth, "Y-yes…I-I concede defeat. Your magic strikes my wavelength…directly." Marisa grinned and put her mini hakkero in her pocket and then held her free hand out to Crona. Crona gave a little smile and slowly got up with Marisa's help, and the two shook hands. Then one thing was heard from someone that they didn't expect…it was the sound of slow clapping, from Black Star!
Alice had come to a large stairway while the sun was setting, having slowly walked up it as her expression had turned to one filled with proudness, calmness, but also a large amount of caution as she had stopped about halfway up the staircase. A soft wind blew as well as a few tails belonging to the person floating above a few steps ahead of Alice. The shikigami snickered softly and said to Alice, "My my, someone is on a search. And it seems someone is proud. Did they have to search for us of all people?" Alice looked at the woman before her, and shook her head responding to her, "I wasn't searching for you, Ran Yakumo. I was searching for your master. And judging by you being here, it seems I'm going the right way." Ran gave a bit of a shocked reply to Alice's cunning, and then laughed loudly, saying to the doll maker, "That is correct. My master is up ahead, and I'll never let you pass!" Another wind blew as the sun went below view, and night started to descend as the tension in the air rose.
Marisa and Yuuka were back in their house, eating a nice meal of rice with sesame chicken that Yuuka had prepared herself. While Marisa had a piece of a chicken in her mouth, she asked Yuuka, "Hey, what do you think was up with that Black Star kid? Isn't he self-centered zhe?" Yuuka giggled as she heard Marisa talking with her mouth full and said to her, "I guess your magic power has impressed that boy so much, he just felt the need to applaud the match. He even got everyone else to join in with the applause. And that Crona boy was quite skilled in combat against you. Even though magic deals direct damage to one's soul here, he held up quite well." She smiled and continued to eat her meal again as Marisa finished her food, and then Marisa chuckled softly as she said inbetween chuckles, "By the way, I noticed how everyone reacted hearing that the Master Spark was yours. Black Star's reaction was the best ze!" Yuuka giggled and smiled, looking to Marisa and then saying to her, "Black Star has grown up a bit I think, and so have you little witch." Marisa blushed a bit and looked a bit angrily at Yuuka nearly shouting at her, "What's that supposed to mean ze? Don't think we're becoming friends or anything!" Yuuka giggled softly looking at Marisa and then nodded her head replying, "Yes yes, I get it. Don't worry Marisa." She smiled finishing her meal and went to the bedroom, taking her parasol with her and Marisa heading off to the bedroom as well. Tomorrow was the last day that they would have in this world, and both of them were feeling some attachment to the world. Perhaps they could even call a few people there friends, such as Stein, Black Star and Tsubaki, maybe even Kid. One more day to learn, one more day to experience, one more day…
