It's chapter nine...with mass delays...I'm seriously neglecting my assignments and probably shouldn't bother with the next chapter till I'm done with them. Sorry if anyone is getting impatient with me. Anyways, please do enjoy this chapter, I went through a lot of writer's blocks on this one XD. ZUN owns Touhou.

Chapter 9 – A noisy day of another Mystia Lorelei

The warmth of the morning sun spread across the land, the yellow orb hanging high in the summer sky. Anticipation ran through the inhabitants of the student village, all eagerly awaiting the festival hosted at the local shrine during the night. The anticipation however, didn't quite overtake morning grumpiness.

"You know Mystia, I could have done without you sleeping in my bed with me."

"I didn't want to either, but Wriggle and Rumia both kick really hard. By the way Cirno, you punched me during the night."

Mystia followed her friend and previous night's host into the living room. Still sleeping on three rather haphazardly positioned mattresses, were the two culprits of sleeping kicks.

"Ah, Cirno-chan, Mystia, good morning." Daiyousei stuck her head out of the kitchen to greet the two girls, breakfast could be heard cooking quietly on the stove.

"Morning Dai-chan, did you sleep well?" Cirno answered as she sat down on the free mattress Mystia had abandoned the previous night.

"I did thanks, sorry for making you all worry."

"Would you like some help with breakfast?" Mystia asked, stepping into the kitchen without waiting for a reply.

"It's alright Mystia, I'm almost done." Daiyousei replied, removing the lid of a pot to check it's contents.

"Smells good. Japanese style today?"

"That's right. Ah, could you scoop the rice, the bowls are in the top drawer."

With trays holding breakfast for five, the two girls re-entered the living room. Cirno was having a loud conversation with a rather disorientated Wriggle.

"That right? Why are you speaking in such a loud voice anyway?"

"Because I don't know if you'll hear if I spoke softer, you seriously look like you're about to fall asleep again."

"She's always like that in the morning." Mystia said, setting down the tray at the table.

"I know I'm always like this in the morning," Wriggle grumbled sleepily, "why are you so awake? You're about as much of a morning person as I am."

"Because Cirno gave me a sleeping punch about an hour ago."

"Huh? Weren't you sleeping next to me?"

"Just up till you kicked me in your sleep," Mystia said, picking up a pillow and throwing it at Rumia's sleeping face, "come on, it's breakfast time."

"Yay, mealtime." The blonde girl's muffled voice said from under the pillow.

"Do you always do that?" Cirno asked, holding out a hand to receive a bowl of rice from Daiyousei.

"It's a morning routine." The pink haired girl answered, sitting herself down on the side of a mattress. It's not like she helps cook at home either anyway.

After eating, Wriggle offered to help Daiyousei clean up the dishes, leaving the other three girls to chat while putting away the mattresses.

"So Cirno, what's the plan for today?" Mystia asked the blue haired girl.

"We're still studying for the tests aren't we?"

"Guess so. I actually expected you to yell out we should go to the festival tonight."

"The festival? Oh right," Cirno's face showed a sign of understanding, taking a deep breath, she yelled out, "Let's go to the festival tonight!"

Huh? She actually forgot?

"No more study." Rumia threw the pillow she was carrying up into the air in celebration.

"The festival's tonight you know." Wriggle's voice came up behind the girls, the owner of the voice coming into view moments later, "We can still do some study during the day."

"Aww..."

The living room table was set up once again like the previous day, books of various subjects lay all over the table as five girls seated themselves around it.

"I think we have six hours, minus lunch time, before we should head home to get ready for the festival," Mystia said, puzzling herself with the words in her textbook, "where do we start?"

"I think we should study maths today," Daiyousei replied, reaching for a textbook lying on the side.

"But I'm fine with maths." Cirno blurted out, prodding her maths book with her pen.

"Just because you have mysteriously good maths marks doesn't mean the rest of us are fine." Wriggle said bluntly.

"'Mysteriously' wasn't required."

"Okay then." Rumia said, holding her book at arm's length in front of herself, "Dai-chan, how do you do this question."

"Um, here, you solve the equation presuming pi equals 3.14."

"Hey Cirno, you know how to do this one?"

"You need to multiply this out before simplifying it."

"Ugh, my head's starting to hurt."

The study session in preparation for their teacher's test progressed at the same rate as the previous night, in simpler terms, close to no progress made as the sun reached it's highest point in the sky.

"We really aren't getting anywhere are we?" Wriggle stated after close to two and a half hours of pouring over the same page.

"Thanks for stating the obvious." Mystia mumbled, her head resting on her arms.

"But this stuff is easy." Cirno stated casually, receiving two annoyed glares in the process.

"Should we have lunch first then?" Daiyousei said, standing up.

A short chorus of, "okay," sounded. "I would like to help, but..." Mystia added, looking down at the blonde girl that was sleeping on her lap.

The green haired girl said a quick, "it's ok," and walked into the kitchen, leaving the rest to stare at the text in their books.

"I say give up," Wriggle said a couple minutes later.

"Yeah, give up," Cirno agreed, throwing her books to the side to clear space for lunch.

"This is really boring me," Mystia said, copying Cirno in throwing her books to the side, "I'll presume Rumia finds it boring to, she fell asleep so fast."

Rumia moved her head slightly on her pink haired friends lap, her soft even breaths breaking the silence as the other girls looked down at her.

"How can she sleep like that anyway?" Cirno asked after a while, "wasn't she the last to wake up this morning?"

"She's always like this," Wriggle said, shaking her head, "usually we let her sleep on our days off till she feels like waking up."

"And how long does she usually sleep?"

"Record was till two-pm, she wakes up once hunger kicks in."

"Cirno-chan," Daiyousei's voice called from the kitchen, "can you come help carry a tray."

"Coming."

"Oh, this is rare," Wriggle said, glancing at the plates that the two girls brought out, "Spaghetti?"

"That's right," Daiyousei said, placing her tray on the table, "I thought I should cook a western dish since dinner will probably be from Japanese style food stands."

"Mmm...smells nice." Rumia opened her eyes, rubbing them before pushing herself off Mystia's lap and back into a sitting position.

"See," Mystia said to Cirno,"she wakes up once she's ready to eat."

"I can see that much." The blue haired girl replied with a smirk.

"Rumia, you have sauce one your cheek." Daiyousei said as she reached over with a handkerchief.

"Danks Dai-cha." The blonde girl replied through a packed mouth as her friend wiped off the sauce.

"You know Mystia," Wriggle said, nudging the pink haired girl with her elbow, "Rumia is really bringing out Dai-chan's motherly instincts."

"Can't argue with that one." Mystia replied with a laugh. Wait, does that mean Cirno's the dad...the image kinda works then it kinda doesn't.

Lunch was eaten, the dishes were washed, yet another study session started and ended without much progress. The summer sun had begun it's descent over the horizon when one girl stood up from the table.

"I think we should head home soon." Wriggle said, stepping over and looking out the window.

"You're probably right," Mystia also stood up, "hey Rumia, we're heading home to get ready for the festival...hey wake up."

"Festival time." The blonde girl rolled over happily before standing up herself.

"Right let's go. We'll meet up with you two in front of the temple steps, ok?" Wriggle said as she took hold of Rumia's hand and began to pull her along.

"Got it, see you all there." Cirno replied, waving her hand as the three girls made their way out.

"Oh. Remember to bring a cell phone." Daiyousei's voice called after their retreating backs.

"Alright, got it," Mystia yelled back after the three girls had stepped out the front door, "Wriggle, you heard that right? Remember to bring your cell phone."

"I heard," the teal haired girl said, "but why mine?"

"You're not going to wear a yukata are you? You'll have pockets to carry your phone in."

"Ah, guess your right...wait, why are you so sure I won't wear a yukata?"

"Because you never wear anything but shorts or pants if you could help it." Rumia spoke up from behind, still allowing Wriggle to pull her along as they walked.

"Ok, you got me on that one, I'll bring my phone."

Mystia pushed her key into the lock after they had reached the front door of their house. Stepping in, she and Rumia walked into the room they shared to get changed while Wriggle left for her own room. The two girl's room had odd decorations made out of a combination of their personal tastes. A rather poorly made paper cross lay on top of a half written self composed song script. The bunk bed that took up the majority of the floor space was the reason the three girls could live together, at least without one of them taking the sofa or floor every night.

"Hey Rumia," Mystia called out after rummaging in the wardrobe for a while, "I found your one."

"Thanks Mystia." The blonde girl proceeded to strip off her clothing to change into the yukata Mystia passed to her.

"Now where's mine...ah, here we go." The pink haired girl mumbled to herself, extracting her own yukata out of a pile of clothes.

"Thank goodness for that right?" Rumia said, "You won't need to walk into Wriggle's room to look."

"Yeah, I don't fancy walking in with all her pet bugs there."

When the two girls left their room, Wriggle was already standing at the door waiting for them.

"You two sure took your time."

"Girls need time to dress up." Mystia replied casually, bending down to rummage through their shoe locker.

"Stop making it sound like I'm a guy," Wriggle retorted bluntly, "and I've already dug out yours and Rumia's geta." She indicated towards the wooden sandals placed next to her own shoes.

"Oh thanks, that saves time."

"Festival time." Rumia slipped on her sandals and bounced out the door.

"Don't let her out of our sights?" Mystia asked, watching the blonde girl make her way down the street.

"Don't let her out of our sights." Wriggle agreed, a faint buzzing noise emitting from her pant pocket.

She isn't bringing bugs with her is she? Wait what. The pink haired girl thought, watching her friend pull out her cell phone.

"Hello, Dai-chan. We're on our way now, okay, see you there."

"What kind of lame ringtone was that?"

"It wasn't lame, it was the mosquito ring tone."

Whoever made that ringtone has some serious issues.

The shrine grounds were already packed with crowds and various stalls. The young bursted with excitement, while the older were ran rugged trying to keep the excitement under control. The stairs leading to the main shrine itself appeared rather deserted, it seems having fun won over faith at bringing people to the shrine tonight.

"Hey you three, over here."

Cirno called out to her friends, jumping up and waving her hand in the air for them to see over the crowd's heads.

"Did you two start without us?" Rumia asked, noticing the toy mask Cirno had.

"Only the stalls at the front." Daiyousei answered, indicating the mask shop nearing the very front of the line of stalls.

"You two sure got here fast." Mystia commented.

"Yeah, you called me just as we left our house." Wriggle added, "actually, Dai-chan, how did you know to call my phone?"

"Um, well, "the green haired girl blushed a little, "I thought you probably wouldn't be wearing a yukata, so you were probably the one bringing a phone."

"Does everyone predict I wouldn't dress in a girly way?"

"Hey Wriggle, I think we have a problem." Mystia said, looking around as she prodded her friend on the shoulder.

"What's happened?"

"Did you see where Rumia went?"

"What, we lost her already?"

"She probably ran into the crowd while we were talking." Cirno said, looking at the large groups of people walking between the lines of stalls.

"That's wonderful..." Wriggle shook her head, "I'll go look for her, call me if you guys find her."

"I'll come with you," Mystia said, "I doubt that Rumia won't run into anyone we know, so we should enjoy ourselves while we look for her."

"Got it, ummm...guess me and Dai-chan will go this way then." Cirno said, eyeing a yakitori stand on the right.

"Uhh...sure?" Mystia replied, looking at the stand in distaste.

On Cirno's request to go along the right hand side, Mystia and Wriggle headed left. The various stalls became less as a stage where a performance was being held came into sight, large crowds of people holding snacks were watching from the seats provided or stood to the side.

"So...why did you come with me?" Wriggle asked as they walked.

"You think I want to be by myself around those two?" Mystia retorted with a laugh.

"Guess not, it gets pretty awkward."

"Exactly. Ah, hey, lets go to that stall, it smells nice."

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A quick and not so required Gensokyo theatre (9)

"Oh my, the festival looks so much livelier than the ones here."

"That might be because only youkai show up at the Hakurei shrine's parties."

I'm not really sure how well this one turned out, it could probably be better if I left it till I was off my assignments...but since I was lazy, I went ahead and wrote this instead. Somehow, I made Rumia appear very childish, which is alright in my opinion...if you look through the games, she was the only one who spoke like a child, the other three with lines were just plain over confident...This chapter was another chrnological filler chapter, filled with my lame gags to pass in-story time. So do expect the next two to be better (I hope).