First time writing anything let alone a fan fiction so criticism is welcomed. Hopefully nothing looks too bad and that I'll get better at writing with each chapter.
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Max and Remilia flew in a hurry as they made their way back up to the surface from the Underground. Max trailed behind Remilia as he struggled to keep up.
"Will you slow the fuck down? I haven't had a chance to relax since I woke up." Max said.
"What's the matter? I thought you were going to take on all of those things by yourself like the tough guy you are and now you are complaining after fighting two of them. I won't mention the part where I saved you." Remilia said, ignoring Max's harsh request and increasing her speed a little.
"Fuck off. I've been fighting since I woke up. First that nuclear bird, then the newborn horrors, followed by the bitch from the Heavens and finally those big horrors. Oh, and there were three of them, by the way, and I didn't expect to be ambushed by that many. And to top it all off, I did it all with a damn hangover. Now why should I care about those above ground finding me?"
"Because some of them want you dead."
"Pfft! Like I fucking care. I say bring em."
"You really shouldn't underestimate the beings of Gensokyo. It seems you even underestimated those… things."
"Like I said, I didn't expect there to be more than one of the bastards and it was my first time ever having an actual fight with those things. Fighting those is different than fighting you people."
"I take it that wasn't your first time encountering those things?"
"Nope."
"Care to tell me how you ran into them before?"
"I ended up in their reality when I fucked up trying to get my ass back to this one."
"You mean when you were trying to get out of that city? Tell me more about it."
"Didn't you say you saw my memories already?"
"Yes, but seeing and understanding are two different things. Tell me more about the city and the one in yellow."
"Don't mention the prick in yellow. There is nothing about him you need to know."
"I must know because I have reason to believe he is heading for us as we speak. Now tell me."
"What the hell makes you think he's coming here?"
"Let's just say that I can see the fate of people and places."
"What? You can see the future or something?"
"It's not that simple, but it's something like that."
"Well don't you worry your pretty little head. The dude in yellow can't come here. It's impossible."
"Is it now?"
"Yeah. Things like him can't just get up and walk into other realities. If they could then this world would have been destroyed a long time ago."
"Hm… That is comforting to hear, but I am afraid I have another source who thinks otherwise. And to top it off, she thinks you are the problem."
"She probably just thinks I'm some sort of insane cultist in service to the Outer Gods or something."
"Are you?"
"Fuck no. Quite the opposite."
"So you are indeed against them. That is good to know."
"That doesn't make me any less of a threat to you or this place. I have no more obstacles in my way now that those horrors are gone."
"And that is where you are wrong, my Dear."
"Oh really?"
"Yes, really. The one who thinks you are a threat is the one who helped create the present day Gensokyo. She has mighty powers of her own and if she finds you she will not hesitate to kill you."
"If she is some old and wise person who thinks I'm dangerous, then why did you help me back there?"
"Old, yes. Wise? I am not so sure. She may think you will lead Gensokyo to its doom, but I believe it is your fate to save us from the coming horrors."
"I decide my fate. Not some short vampire."
"I both spared and saved your life so I believe a little gratitude is in order. The least you could do is cooperate with me for the time being."
"I'll think about it."
Max and Remilia landed on the ground and began to walk the rest of the way back to the surface, not speaking any further to one another. When they reached the surface, they were shocked to see that the sky was completely black. Though the sky was dark, the land was lit as if the sun was still shining upon it.
"Well isn't this a strange sight…" Remilia said as she observed the pitch black sky.
"So… Any idea why the sky is like that?" Max asked.
"I was hoping you would tell me."
"I don't gotta clue."
"Let us head back to my mansion and see what Patchouli has to say."
Max sighed. "Whatever…"
Max and Remilia kept a low altitude as they flew to the Scarlet Devil Mansion to reduce the risk of being spotted. It didn't take them long to reach the mansion by air. The front gate of the mansion was still destroyed from Max's and Remilia's last fight while the ground remained littered with holes.
"They still haven't fixed this nor cleaned up anything? Worthless fairies…" Remilia said as she looked at the wreckage in disgust. Max stopped as he was filled with a sudden feeling of dread. "Hmm? What is it?" Remilia asked as she took notice of Max's worried face.
Max snapped out of his trance then looked at Remilia. "Oh… It's nothing."
"Hmm…? Well anyways, come inside so we can talk. I will have Sakuya prepare you a meal if she is back." Remilia said as she entered the mansion with Max right behind her. Anger swelled up in her face when she saw the wrecked state of the inside of her home. "What? They almost had this place fixed!" Remilia yelled.
Max chuckled. "Maybe they had a wild party when you were out looking for me?"
"Shut up, Max." Remilia then spotted one of the fairy maids. The fairy stared at her with cold, empty eyes. "You there. What happened here? Speak." She commanded. The fairy did not answer, instead lunged for her. Remilia quickly prepared to defend herself when the fairy suddenly froze in midair. She looked to see that Max had his hand extended outward, having caught the fairy with his telekinetic power.
"I don't think your servants like you, Remilia." Max said.
Remilia ignored Max's words then looked at the fairy as she squirmed in midair, still desperately trying to reach out for her. "Why did you attack me, your master? Answer me!"
"Don't bother talking to it." Max said as he walked over to the fairy.
Remilia noticed blood dripping from the back of the fairy's head. "What is wrong with her?" Remilia asked. She walked over to the fairy to see what Max was looking at. What she saw was some kind of thing sticking out of the back of the fairies head. "What is that?" Remilia asked as she started to feel a bit nauseated.
"Some kind of parasitic horror. That nuclear bird girl had a similar one stuck to her that was controlling her." Max said.
"So this thing is controlling this fairy?"
"Not… quite…" Max said as he grabbed a hold of the squid like creature. He then ripped it out of the fairy's head, revealing a large, bloodied hole in the back of her head.
Remilia gulped as she saw nothing within the fairy's head. "That thing ate her mind?"
"Yup…" Max said as he dropped the fairy's corpse and his power turned the parasite into ash. "I knew I felt something was wrong…"
Remilia gritted her teeth as she grew angry. "Those things have infested my mansion and who do I have to thank for that?" She said as she glared at Max.
"Don't fucking blame me. These things could have been summoned by someone for all we know and if I find them I'm ringing their fucking neck."
"We will worry about how they got here after we dispose of them… and them as well…" Remilia said as more fairy maids showed up, all with the same cold, empty eyes. Remilia formed a red, glowing spear then dashed for the maids, piercing one through the chest then slicing a few others. The floor quickly became coated with blood as she ruthlessly slaughtered the mindless maids as they hopelessly tried to attack her.
Max rubbed his chin as he fell into deep thought while Remilia finished off the rest of the fairy maids single handedly. "Remilia… You might want to find your sister."
"I don't need you to tell me tha-" Before Remilia could finish her statement, a long, puss covered tentacle suddenly burst out of the floor, impaling Remilia through the stomach then wrapping around her. The white ooze made a sizzling sound as it burned whatever it touched. Remilia moaned in pain as the tentacle began to crush her. She quickly turned into a swarm of bats, reforming next to Max as he studied the thing.
"What… what is that." Remilia said she caught her breath.
"No idea, never seen a horror like that." Max said. Suddenly, more tentacles burst out of the walls and floor and went for him and Remilia. The tentacles smashed against the invisible shield Max formed around the two at the last second. "I hate to tell you, but we might have to damage your mansion more than it already is."
Remilia bit her lip, sending a trickle of blood running down her chin. "Do whatever. Just find it and kill it."
Max grinned. "Gladly." He said as he formed a sword in his hand. He then thrust it into the floor, sending cracks every which way across the floor.
Max and Remilia fell to one of the halls below as the floor broke apart. Some fairy maids were buried under stone and rubble when the floor above them collapsed, but many more remained. Remilia formed two spears then sent them down the hall way, piercing through several of the fairies. The others charged down the hall way, only to be brought down by a hail of red danmaku.
Max watched in surprise at Remilia's killing intent. "Maybe I should let you handle the horror once we find it. You seem to be more pissed at it than I am."
"Don't just stand there. Find it." Remilia commanded as she continued to fire her danmaku at the group of fairies.
"Yes ma'am." Max said. He smashed a hole in the wall to his left to get to the room behind it. He stopped when he found himself in the library and taking notice of the sickening abomination that now inhabited the book filled room. "Good god… Uh… Remilia? I think I found it…"
Remilia threw another spear down the corridor, finishing off the last fairy. "Good. Now let me show you how it's… done…" Remilia paled as she saw the giant horror.
The horror had an octopoid like appearance with an all too human like face. It featured one eye that seemed to be suffering from a severe trauma and its mouth was sideways with jagged teeth. The horrific creature had a disturbing smile.
Remilia covered her mouth as she almost vomited. "What is that thing? How did it get in the library?"
"Why don't you ask it?" Max said as he too felt his stomach turn.
"Patchy… We have to find Patchy."
"Worry about yourself! It's coming!" Max yelled.
Max and Remilia jumped out of the way as the giant horror swung its tentacles at them. Max formed blood spheres around him then fired them at the creature while Remilia pulled out a spell card.
"Heaven's Punishment: Star of David!" Remilia shouted.
A barrage of angled lasers formed everywhere, hitting the horror and creating explosions of small blue danmaku on contact. The freakish creature laughed hysterically as it was pelted with energy attacks. Then, with a speed that seemed impossible for its size, lunged for Max and Remilia, slapping Max out of the air and into one of the bookcases and slicing Remilia's left arm off.
Remilia yelped in pain as her wound was covered with the white, burning ooze. "What is this stuff? I can't regenerate my arm with it on me." Remilia said. She then went on the defensive as the creature thrashed its tentacles at her, shredding the book shelves and the books that they contained. "Damn this abomination." She said before pulling out another spell card. "Dark Sign: Scarlet Netherworld!" A magnificent shower of small, blood red danmaku rained down upon the creature, but with no affect other than to make it laugh harder in its strangely human laugh. "Worthless. Danmaku is worthless against these things. I will need to rely on single, charged shots."
"Guh! That white shit got in my eyes! Fuck it burns…!" Max wailed as he scraped at his face in a frenzy to get the burning ooze off of him.
The abomination dove for Remilia in an attempt to body slam her. Remilia quickly dodged the massive creature and formed two red orbs of energy in her hands then threw them at the creature. The thing made a sickening grunt every time it was hit while it continued to try and body slam Remilia, causing the island the mansion sat on to quake whenever it made contact with the ground. The thing quickly changed its tactics and began to thrash around violently, sending out globs of the burning puss. Remilia countered the flying puss with her danmaku.
The creature suddenly stopped laughing then spoke in a voice that was all too familiar to Remilia. "Stop… Please stop… No more sister… No more… It hurts… Please stop…"
Remilia froze stiff as the thing mimicked her little sister Flandre's voice perfectly. A deathly chill ran up her spine as despair began to settle with in her heart. "What… Did you say…?"
"Stop sister Remi… Stop it now… Why do you hurt me…? Don't you love me Remi…? Why do you lock me away…? Why do you leave me by myself…? Why…? Why? Why why?" The thing continued to use Flandre's voice to unhinge Remilia's mind.
A red spear formed in Remilia's hand as her facial expression grew dark. "Shut up you freak. Do not use my sister's voice!" She yelled then threw the spear, putting her anger behind it.
The spear pierced threw the creature, causing it to scream out in pain while using Flandre's voice. "Stop it…! Remilia…! Stop hurting me…! I'm right here Remi… Can't you see me…?" The thing said.
"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!" Remilia screamed as she began to violently throw more spears at the horrible thing.
The thing screamed in Flandre's voice at it was pierced by numerous great red spears. "Nooooo…! Why do you hate me Remi…? Why…? Why…? I tried so hard to be a good girl…! If you wanted me to die… why didn't you just say so…?"
"I don't! I never meant to hurt you! All I ever wanted to do was keep you safe!" Remilia screamed as tears ran down her face. She clasped her hands together then pulled them apart, forming a dense ball of red, magical energy. She quickly threw the ball of energy at the thing, engulfing the entire library in a fiery explosion. She panted as she started to calm down, but with tears still falling down her face. She coughed a little from all the smoke in the room.
"Remilia…"
Remilia's heart began to break even more when she heard the thing speak in a different voice. A voice she has not heard in centuries. "Fa… Fa…" Remilia tried to speak.
"Yes… My little Remilia."
Remilia rubbed her eyes to clear her vision of the tears. She then gasped as she saw a tall, older man with large, glorified wings much like her own in front of her. "Impossible… Father?" She asked in a strained voice.
"Remilia…" The man said. "Look at you… Weak… Pathetic…"
"What? But Father-"
"Do not speak until I allow you!" The man yelled, causing Remilia to look down to avoid his dark gaze. "How did you go from a noble vampire… to something that is not even remotely what a vampire should be? This place… has made you weak… and because of your weakness… you let your little sister…. Flandre… die."
Remilia quickly raised her head. "No! No that's not-"
"Again you speak when you are to remain silent! All we asked of you before our passing was that you watch over your sister and protect her while holding up our noble bloodline. How disappointed you make me feel… "
"Fa… Father-"
"Do not speak to me. You failed me. You failed your mother. You failed your sister. And you failed yourself."
"I'm… sorry. I tried so hard to make you proud. All I ever wanted was to be a great vampire like you, or maybe even better. I did all that I could for Flandre, but all I ever did was push her away. I lost both you and mother. I can't handle living without Flandre as well." Remilia said as her eyes grew dark and empty. She slowly floated down to the floor, falling to her knees the moment she touched down.
The creature slowly made its way towards the mentally disabled Remilia, cackling as it took great delight in her despair. It hovered over her as it prepared to devour her, licking its puss covered lips with its diseased filled tongue. Before the thing could gorge upon her, it was suddenly knocked back as it was hit by another energy attack that again engulfed the library in an explosion and shaking the mansion.
Remilia was brought out of her state of despair when Max kicked her in the side of the head without mercy, knocking her across the damaged floor several feet. "Damn it!" She said as she held onto the side of her face.
"Snap the fuck out of it. Mind games. Learn to fucking deal with them when fighting these things." Max said.
Remilia got up from the cracked floor then started to clean her face off. "What took you…?" She asked.
"Took me forever to get that thing's white stuff off of my face. Sick fucker ain't it?" Max said. Remilia shook her head in disgust.
"Maxi…" The thing said in a girl's voice, causing Max to flinch as he recognized the voice. He then saw a girl standing in front of him.
The girl looked like she was in her late teens with long, brown hair and light blue eyes. She wore modern, western clothe. "Maxi… Why are you protecting this world…? Don't you remember that they killed me…? Why protect them…? Why not make them pay…? Make them pay… For me… For yourself…"
Max pierced through the hallucination with his gaze as he stared down the horror. "Why don't you just shut the fuck up? You talk way too damn much. And you need to sound more like a bitch if you want to sound like Kay." Max said as he held up his middle finger to the thing. He then touched the white ooze that was attached to Remilia's wounded arm, dissolving the substance to allow her arm to regrow.
"Thank you." Remilia said. "If you don't mind… I would like to be the one to finish this thing off."
"Be my guest." Max said. He held his right hand out to Remilia, which she took with her left hand. She then formed a great red spear in her right hand. "Teach it what fear is." Max said as he grinned at Remilia. She simply grinned back.
Max started to vigorously swing Remilia over his head. He then threw Remilia at the vile thing with all his might. Remilia bared her fangs as she readied her spear, causing the vile thing to frown. In almost an instant, she swung her spear twice in an X shape, slicing the horror. She landed behind the thing and let her spear dissolve.
The thing looked at Max and spoke in a deep, distorted male voice. "We're coming, Max. We're here to stay, Max. We're coming here to stay, Max. And you will stay with us, Max. You will stay with us… forever…" The thing said before swelling up then popping, sending a combination of white puss, green bile and blood out all over the room. Max and Remilia quickly jumped for cover to avoid being covered in the fluids.
"I hope there isn't another one of those things somewhere in my mansion." Remilia said as she got up from behind one of the wrecked bookcases and pinching her nose to spare her the horrid smell of blood, bile and puss.
"Who knows? If there is one thing these things are better at than mind screwing other beings, it's hiding." Max said as he sat on the ground to rest.
"Kay." Remilia said. "That thing spoke like a girl named Kay. Who is she?"
"A friend of mind." Max said.
"Lover?"
"Nah. She acted too much like an older sister to me for that kind of relationship."
"Where is she now?"
"Gone. She passed away five years ago."
"How did she die? Tell me."
"I fucked up, that's how. Like always, I fucked up."
"How did you fuck up?"
"She always told me how she wanted to go to college but would have to wait until she could get the money. I thought it would be a smart idea to start taking more money than was allowed that I got when I delivered stolen goods to customers and give the cash to Kay. My bosses found out and were going to shoot me for it, but Kay got in the way. She gave them back the money I stole and even the money she was saving up over the years to convince them to forgive me… and they did." Max looked down at the ground, hiding his face from Remilia's view.
"And then what happened?"
"They forgave me and shot her in my place." Max said as tears began to force their way to the surface. "They shot her right in front of me. Because of my fuck up, she died. Her last words to me were to get away from those people the moment I could and to never go back to them, no matter the reason." Max then looked up at Remilia, tears running down the sides of his face. "Why? Why would she tell me that?" He exclaimed.
"She probably didn't want you to get yourself killed doing something stupid like trying to avenge her." Remilia said.
"I can now without worrying about dying! I could easily kill those bastards for taking her away from me! I could get revenge on everyone who took what little I had from me! Even those fuckers in that city in the other world. I could tear them to pieces and see how they fucking like it! I could even rip the asshole in yellow's head off and shit down his neck while I'm at it!" Max wailed as he slammed his fist into the floor in his fury. "I was doing so fucking better before I ended up in that city… I finally got my shit together and was going to school. Everything was going great. I was supposed to graduate… until that fucker in yellow dragged me to his world. All I ever wanted was to have a decent life. It didn't have to be wrapped in a pretty pink bow, it just needed to be decent. But of course I can't have that. I can't live in the outside world now without being constantly hounded by those horrors from the void." Max said before breaking down into tears.
Remilia placed her hand on top of Max's head as years' worth of bottled up emotions flowed out of him. "And yet you never gave up. You continued to fight on. You continued to live. Most humans would have ended their life after experiencing the things you did, things even long lived beings such as myself never experience."
"Kay always told me to make the best of any situation no matter how bad it is and I kinda had it beaten in me to never give up a struggle no matter how futile it may seem while growing up." Max said as he wiped his face with his sleeve and started to calm down. "God damn it… It was so nice to hear her voice again even if it was coming from that horror. Even seeing that illusion was a nice treat."
"She had a very pretty voice I must say. I am sure she looked just as pretty." Remilia said as she offered Max her hand to help him up.
Max hesitated for a moment before taking Remilia's hand. "Pretty? You have no idea…" He said as Remilia helped him to his feet. "Her face was gorgeous and her boobs could knock you the fuck out if she hit you with them. I would know. And her ass? Oh man… Don't get me started."
"Didn't you say that she was like a sister to you?" Remilia asked.
"She was still hot, damn it." Max said.
"Who's hot?" A girl said as she and three others entered the ravaged library.
"Marisa?" Max asked.
"That's right, ze!" Marisa said cheerfully.
"Flandre!" Remilia exclaimed then ran over to Flandre and hugged her.
"Ah! Yes it's me, Remi. Calm down!" Flandre said as Remilia began to vigorously kiss her on the forehead and cheeks.
Max covered his face to hide the redness in his cheeks. "Adorable… That's so incredibly adorable…" He thought.
"It looks like you managed to kill that freakish thing." Patchouli said to Remilia.
"Yes we did. Now where were all of you during this time?" Remilia said while Flandre continued to try and brake out of her hug.
"Hide'n out in the basement." Marisa said. "That thing kinda ambushed us. Patchouli passed out the moment she saw it and it survived my master spark, so I grabbed up Patchouli and Alice and ran to the basement, ze." Marisa said while looking like she was proud of herself.
"I see… I also see that you finally managed to wake the puppeteer from her slumber. At least you accomplished something for once…" Remilia said.
"Yup! We were going to fight that thing once we got her to wake up and…" Marisa began to say then noticed Max and Alice were staring at each other with killing intent in their eyes. "Oh! Hey Max. This here is Alice. She lives in that forest you got lost in. I'm surprised you didn't run into her."
"How dense can you be…?" Patchouli asked.
Max suddenly formed a sword then went to slash Alice who blocked the attack with her grimoire. Max went to attack again, but was blocked by Remilia and her spear. Alice was about to continue her attack until she was suddenly obstructed by a blue barrier that Patchouli formed.
"Oh so you two have run into each other already? No need for introductions then." Marisa said.
"How dense can you be…?" Patchouli asked.
"It was him. It was this boy who sealed me in that nightmare." Alice said as she tried to hold back her fury.
"And for good reason too." Max said.
"What good reason?" Remilia asked.
"If she knows as much as she has led me to believe about my power and where it comes from then there is no way that I can let her live." Max said.
"I know enough to know that you cannot remain here. That power comes from an evil god of another dimension. He can doom us all with that kind of power." Alice said.
"If you know which god then that gives me even more reason to kill you." Max said.
"Calm down, Max." Remilia said. "Who is this god?" She asked of Alice.
"No! Don't fucking say it! You say its name and we're all fucked!" Max exclaimed.
"What does 'fucked' mean?" Flandre asked of Marisa.
"Oh. That's just a crude way of saying-" Marisa was suddenly hit over the head with a book by Patchouli before she could finish answering.
"He's not using the word in that context." Patchouli said.
"Do not take me for a fool. I wouldn't dare speak what should never be spoken." Alice said.
"You were foolish enough to attack me so I am sure you are foolish enough to say it." Max said as he tried to push Remilia out of the way.
"Knock it off. My mansion has been damaged far enough. I do not need you two wrecking it even more." Remilia said as she continued to push back.
Max smirked then spoke. "Don't you worry about that. I can lock her back up in those nightmares without breaking a sweat this time. I am much stronger than I was when I first fought her."
"Do not think you saw the limits of my power, boy. " Alice said. She than held her grimoire up in front of her and placed her free hand over it. She spoke a few phrases in a strange language, unlocking the lock that was placed on the book. "I will bring an end to this madness right here." She said as she opened the book. She started to say an incantation, but stopped when she suddenly found a knife to her throat.
"I believe milady said to cease. Please do as she says." Sakuya said.
"Ah, Sakuya. I am glad you are back." Remilia said.
"As am I, milady." Sakuya said. "I see you were able to find that man."
"I did." Remilia said. "Now if you two will please?" Remilia said to Max and Alice. They both looked at one another then sighed, putting away their respective weapons. "Where is Meiling? She asked of Sakuya.
At that very moment, Meiling entered the library with a battered Eirin over her shoulders. "I'm right here, mistress!" She exclaimed as she dragged Eirin into the room.
"Is that the pharmacist from the moon?" Alice asked.
"From the moon? Wait a damn minute here…" Max said as he rose an eyebrow. "Is there people on the moon?" He asked. Everyone else nodded. "Wow… Just wow…"
Patchouli signaled Meiling to bring Eirin to her room that had remained relatively undamaged and to lay her on the bed.
"Care to explain what happened, Sakuya?" Remilia asked.
"We found her on the edge of the lake just as she is now." Sakuya replied.
"We need to wake her in order to find out what happened to her then." Alice said.
"Thank god I didn't seal you back up in your nightmares. We might have never figured that one out without you…" Max said, causing Alice to glare at him and Patchouli, Marisa and Flandre to snicker.
"Patchy, do you have anything to help the lunarian to awaken?" Remilia asked.
"I do." Patchouli said.
"I got this, ze." Marisa said before tossing a bucket of cold water onto Eirin, forcing her awake and to cough and gag on the water.
"What? What is going on?" Eirin said in her confusion.
"Well she is awake…" Flandre said.
"Damn right, so no complain'n." Marisa said.
"Ah… So I was found by the residence of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. That's a relief…" Eirin said as she sat up in the bed.
"What happened to you, lunarian?" Remilia asked.
"Oh… It seems that the princess has gone absolutely insane." Eirin said.
"I knew it would happen!" Marisa exclaimed.
"Shut up." Patchouli said.
"She started to act weird just a couple days ago, babbling about nonsense and locking herself in her room more often. While I was taking a nap, she suddenly came into my room and said she needed a sacrifice. A lunarian sacrifice. That is when the rabbits, along with strange creatures, attacked me. I was able to fight them off, but some of the rabbits used very strange magic and injured me greatly. I managed to get away and, as you already know, I ended up collapsing near the lake from my injuries." Eirin said.
"Mad cultists… That's just fan fucking tastic… At least we know who is calling those horrors… Wait… did she just say 'rabbits'?" Max said.
"A male voice?" Eirin said before spotting Max. She then quickly tried to get up, only to nearly fall to the floor before being caught by Meiling. "Can I assume he is the man the gap youkai has called to be killed?" She asked. Remilia nodded. "Why is he here? I assumed he was what caused the princess to go insane."
"He wasn't. The gap youkai seems to be wrong in her understanding of who this man is." Remilia said.
"What the hell is a gap youkai?" Max whispered to Marisa.
"A very old woman." Marisa whispered.
"Then who is he and why is he here?" Eirin asked.
"All you need to know is that he will help us find out what is wrong with your precious princess." Remilia said.
"I am afraid I cannot trust him near the princess." Eirin said.
"And I am afraid you don't have any choice." Remilia said then turned to Patchouli. "Please make her comfortable." Patchouli nodded.
Eirin sighed as she laid back down in the bed. "As you said, I can't really stop you in my current condition, but if you can," She said. "Find my apprentice, Reisen. Assuming she too hasn't gone mad like the others, she can help you."
"Awesome! To Eientei, ze!" Marisa yelled.
"Sakuya, you and Meiling stay here and guard the mansion and Flandre in case another one of those horrors shows up." Remilia said.
"As you command, milady." Sakuya said as she bowed.
"Awww but I want to go with you!" Flandre whined.
"Absolutely not. I will not have one of those things near you or risk Max accidentally causing you to go insane again." Remilia said.
"Again? But this is my first time I've met him!" Flandre said.
"What the hell happened that night after I fainted?" Max whispered to Marisa.
"Little Flandre went off her knocker. Took me, Reimu and Remilia the rest of the night to knock her out. I guess she don't remember any of it." Marisa whispered.
"We can't waste any more time. Let us go now." Remilia said.
"I will stay here and help heal Eirin's wounds ." Alice said.
"Wrong. You come with us. Last thing I need you to do is go off and tell that gap youkai where Max is." Remilia said.
"You are making a big mistake in letting someone with a connection with an Outer God live." Alice said.
"Come on now. I can be real friendly if you would only let me." Max said before grabbing Alice's behind and squeezing it, causing her to blush then smack him across the face.
Marisa quickly jumped in between the two and placed her arms around their shoulders. "Chill out. Save that energy for when we beat up that stuck up moon princess, ze." She said.
"If you children are done, may we please get going?" Remilia said.
The group consisting of Max, Remilia, Marisa and Alice left the mansion then headed for Eientei to find the wayward princess and put an end to her madness.
"Quite the handsome young man he is. I am sure he is to the princess's liking." Eirin said. Patchouli coughed then buried her face in a book while Sakuya left to clean the mansion and while Meiling took Flandre back to her room. "I wouldn't mind experimenting on him to find out what makes him tick myself."