Chapter 10: The Land Sealed Away Long Ago

Shadow Pokemon Lab:

"Wes! She took Michael! We've got to go after him!" Rui shouted.

"Are you kidding me? Getting out's his problem, not mine. I only helped because I thought he was being harangued by Cipher. Even if I did want to help, look at this! That girl wiped out my team! The only one left is Tyrannitar, and it's in really bad shape! You think I'm taking on an alien?" Wes was furious.

"Hmph..." *shove* Rui shoved Wes roughly aside. "Then I'm going after him alone. You cowardly Snagem member... I don't know what I saw in you!"

She strode towards the gap, not looking back. Wes ran after her and grabbed her arms. "You have no idea what's waiting there! None! That could be a death trap if you can't fly for all you know!"

"I don't care! Let me go! LET ME GO!"

What no one noticed is that the gap had begun to suck everything in the room towards it. The force of suction increased, lifting the two of them off their feet and into the air!

"Whaaaaaaa! It's pulling us in!" Rui shouted.

"I've noticed, Rui! If you'd listened to me, we wouldn't be in this predicament!" Wes shouted back, fighting to be heard over the noise.

At this point, Wes and Rui lost their grip, and were sucked into the gap.

Gap:

"Whooooooa!" Rui shouted as they fell through the gap. Wes remained silent, FUMING that Rui had forced him to go here even though he wasn't in the best shape. If I meet even a SINGLE person like that Nue? We're in BIG trouble. Wes thought.

Yukari's House:

"So, Nue? I take it since you're back it's time for Phase 5?" Yukari said to Nue. Michael had been pounced on and was currently playing games with Chen. Not of his own volition...

As nice as he looks with cat ears and two tails, I must remember to remind Chen that he's NOT her freaking pet. He's important, he needs to stay HUMAN, and we can't have Chen completely screwing him up! Yukari was irritated. Apparently, Chen had learned SOMETHING from Nascour coming in. This time, the SECOND Nue had dragged Michael in, Chen had aimed a fully charged blast of her signature black magic at him, changing him into a neko.

I ALSO need to remind Ran to punish her shikigami for doing that in the first place! This is hard enough without a wild card like Chen changing important pieces into nekomatas! ARRRGH.. Wish I'd known how hard this was going to be to organize. Yukari so did enjoy being lazy, but this required attention, or it would explode.

"Yes, Yukari. It is on to Phase 5, but I can't do it without the person who Chen over there turned into a nekomata. So if I could have Michael back to NORMAL, that would be great." Nue huffily replied, not happy that Chen had turned Michael into a nekomata.

Forest of Magic:

"Whoa! OOOOF!" Rui hit the ground hard, Wes landing on top of her.

"OHHHHH... My aching head... That REALLY hurt..." Wes responded. "Where are we?"

"Hey, lookee here. I haven't seen you around these parts. Don't you know it's really dangerous here, ze?" came a voice to their left. A girl with black clothes, a black hat, and a BROOMSTICK was lounging against a tree nearby. Hahahahahahaha! That is the most ridiculous outfit I've ever seen! Wes thought to himself. He revised that opinion after she abruptly shot some green bullets at the tree and grabbed the apple that came down.

"My name's Marisa Kirisame, travelers. What's yours?" she said, chewing the apple.

"Rui, and this here is-MMMMF!" Rui started to introduce them, but Wes put his hand over her mouth, shutting her up right quick.

"Rui, do NOT speak my name. We don't know what people here are capable of... And we want to give away as little information as possible." Wes whispered.

"A fine philosophy, but it makes me more suspicious." replied Marisa, who had heard the entire exchange. "Who are you? I've never seen such strange garb in my life. A blue cloak, sunglasses, and an arm encased in metal? Just screams 'suspicious'! And... ARE THOSE MIKO ORBS!?"

She had spotted the Poke Balls on Wes's belt. "Hmm... not quite Miko Orbs... but they sure look close. Yukari DID say she got the inspiration from another world... Hmm.. Let's go to Kourindou!"

They followed Marisa. After the sheer number of turns they did, they thought she was lost, as she eventually brought them to the entrance.

"Do you really think this is a good idea?" Wes said to Rui.

"I'm your best chance of staying alive in this forest, so yes, I'd say it is!" Marisa cheerfully rejoined. They marched towards Kourindou.

Myouren Temple:

It truly is amazing how quickly one can adjust. Nascour thought. The week earlier, he was sitting in a prison cell. Now, he was Arceus-knew-where and surrounded by non-humans, but he was having the time of his life. It was like being put on parole, kind of. Ha. I'll almost be sorry to say goodbye.

That's when the door opened. He sighed, as the door opening during solitude meant one thing: Mamizou was here. Obviously for ANOTHER round of "Tell me about yourself." However, it wasn't Mamizou who walked in. It was a young boy, wearing a yellow shirt, and a bandana. The second he saw Nascour, his face turned to an ugly grimace. "YOU!" he screeched. "WHY ARE YOU PRETENDING TO BE LOCKED UP? I KNOW YOU'RE NUE UNDER THAT!" A chuckle came from the corner.

"Nope. Because guess what? I'm Nue." ANOTHER Nascour walked into the room.

"Hi! I'm a tanuki! Nascour knows me, don't you now?" said a THIRD Nascour.

"You've got to believe me. These people aren't human!" Nascour said to Michael.

"Really? I was abducted by them too... And the whole time, I might add, they were impersonating you! There's no Cipher resurgence at all, is there? You merely went after me! Why?" Michael shouted at Nue.

"Because... You know what, it would be no fun if I told you now. You'll find out when your friends come to save you. It'll be like television! 'Till then..." Nue and Mamizou walked out, closing the door behind them.

(Author's note: No SC's from other characters, mind you! This is the Gensokyo arc, and as such... Well, if you're familiar with Touhou X Pokemon you can probably GUESS how battles will go!)

Introductions:

Marisa Kirisame: Marisa is, in her own words: "an ordinary magician". What this means is that she is a human who can use magic. She wasn't born with this ability, but worked her hardest for it. Her elemental affinity is water, but due to her tastes (Blowing stuff up), generally specializes in light and heat magic. She's been around since Touhou 2, and is one of the main playable characters since 3. She is also a kleptomaniacal thief, constantly "borrowing" books. She says she "borrows them for life." Her excuse is that "youkai live thousands of years, they can have the stuff back after I die!" Sounds like the definition of stealing to me, but she just doesn't GET it.