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Tewi lead the group consisting of Max, Remilia, Marisa, Mokou, and Alice to Eientei. It was an old fashioned, Japanese styled mansion and it had many rabbit girls scurrying around it as they prepared for something.

"So Tewi… What yuh guys up to, ze?" Marisa asked.

"Preparing for the musical performance of course." Tewi said as she led the group to the front doors of the mansion.

"What else does Kaguya have planned?" Mokou asked.

"Don't know. You will need to ask her." Tewi said in a rather bored tone.

"Well where is this Kaguya then?" Max asked.

"So many questions…" Tewi mumbled.

Tewi reached her hand out to open the door, but was surprised when it was quickly slid open from the other side. A girl with pointy rabbit ears stood in the door way. She had red eyes and long, light purple hair and wore a short sleeved white shirt with a red tie and a blue skirt. She looked surprised when seeing the large group.

"My god in heaven… They have a playboy bunny in this place…" Max thought as he tried to keep himself from smiling.

"Oh! Reisen!" Tewi said. "I've brought the guests. Take them to the princess won't you?"

"Of course. Please… follow me." Reisen said as she invited the group into the mansion then lead them down the hallway. They were half way down the hall when she suddenly cried out. "Kya!" She quickly turned around to face the group, her face a little flushed and she covered her tail. The girls all pointed at Max.

"Oh come on. Y'all were wondering if it was real or not also. I was just the only one who had the balls to find out." Max said.

"We already knew her tail was real and you could have just asked…" Alice said while giving Max a disapproving look.

"You can't ask for everything. Sometimes you have to find shit out yourself." Max said.

"Of course it's real! So please, don't touch it so suddenly." Reisen said before turning around and continuing down the hall, her face still a little red. The group came to another set of sliding doors. Reisen went to knock on the door, but it slid open before she could, startling her a bit. "Oh! Miss Kaguya… I-"

"Ah! Reisen! You brought the guests I see. And right on time. The show is about to start!" Kaguya said. She wore a pink shirt and a long, dark red skirt. She ran up to Max and placed her hands on the sides of his face and brought it close to hers. "So you are Max? I am so glad... I was afraid that they had exaggerated your handsomeness." She pulled Max's face close enough to hers that he could feel her breath on his lips which caused his cheeks to redden a little. "I had put off in opening the window just for you." She said. She was then shoved back by Mokou.

"We aren't here to listen to your shitty music, Kaguya." Mokou said as she pulled out a spell card. "Immortal: Fire Bird 'Flying Phoenix'!" She called out.

Kaguya quickly jumped back in order to dodge the barrage of blazing danmaku that was fired at her. It didn't take long for the entire room to be set on fire.

"Oh! Must you do that while inside? Now look at this place… My servants are not going to be happy with you!" Kaguya said as she continued to dodge the danmaku.

"And it's only going to get messier, ze!" Marisa exclaimed as she held her broom like a gun. "Light Sign: Luminous Strike!" A large amount of magic bullets fired out from the end of the broom, completely missing Kaguya and blowing a hole through the ceiling.

Kaguya's face turned red as she grew angry. "Hey! Are you trying to destroy my home?" She yelled angrily.

"Nah. I was just trying to distract you." Marisa said.

"Eh?" Kaguya said. She then quickly turned around to see Alice behind her holding a spell card.

"Curse Sign: Shanghai Doll!" Alice called out.

Kaguya wasn't able to react quickly enough before Alice had one of her dolls fire a large laser at her, sending her through the hole in the ceiling and to the outside. She pulled herself out of the beam then gritted her teeth.

"Is this the kind of treatment I get for going out of my way to invite you all?" Kaguya said.

"Keep your mouth shut unless you plan on calling out your attack." Mokou said as she took to the air along with Marisa and Alice.

"If you wanted to fight, you should have just asked." Kaguya then pulled out a spell card while grinning. "It will be a little bit longer before the window is open for us to listen to that glorious music of my dreams. So allow me… to entertain you until then." She said as she formed a crazy smile.

"Why don't you stay here and make sure this moon rabbit doesn't try anything funny, Max?" Remilia said as she prepared to join the fight that was taken outside.

"Sure. Could use a break from all the action." Max said.

"That won't be necessary." Reisen said.

"Oh?" Remilia said.

"I haven't gone mad like the rest. I just pretended I was with them so I could try and find out what is wrong with Lady Kaguya." Reisen said.

"What have you found out?" Remilia asked.

"Just that she is trying to open up a 'window'. Unfortunately I wasn't able to figure out what she means by that. Just that she needed to power some kind of ritual with blood from other creatures. She was going to use my master, but she got away." Reisen said.

"The nurse woman? Yeah, she was the one who told us about your mad princess." Max said.

"I assumed you were behind the madness of the princess and the earth rabbits because of what we heard from the tengu, but you are here to help?" Reisen asked.

"Yup. You can thank me later." Max said. He then grabbed a hold of Reisen's neck tie and pulled her close to him. "Later, you could let me play with that fluffy tail of yours and maybe those ears." He said with a mischievous smile.

"Eh?" Reisen said as her face reddened.

Max was suddenly kicked between the legs from behind. His eyes watered then he fell to the ground, holding onto his groin and moaning in pain. "Damn it Remilia… Was that really necessary…?"

"That wasn't me…" Remilia said as she glared at Tewi.

"Oh… Sorry!" Tewi said cheerfully. "Reisen… What was that about you pretending you were with us?"

"Tewi! That was completely uncalled for!" Reisen said angrily.

"I really didn't want to do this to you Reisen… but if you are against the princess… then you are against the earth rabbits." Tewi said as her expression turned dark.

"Get a grip Tewi! You are not thinking straight and neither is the princess! You've killed some of the others because of it!" Reisen yelled.

"Yeah? That was because they made the same mistake you just made." Tewi said.

"You know…?" Max said as he slowly got up to his feet. "Bunnies are one of my favorite animals so I don't really want to hurt any of you, but…" He said as he turned to face Tewi with a menacing glare. "No one sneak attacks me like that… and lives."

Tewi smiled creepily. "Don't worry about that, Max. Once we get that window open, all your pains will slowly fade away… But we need a little bit of help so… could you help us out?" She said as her crazy smile grew bigger.

"I'll help to beat you to death." Max said then threw a red glob at Tewi, hitting her point blank in the chest and sending her through the wall.

"Tewi!" Reisen cried out. "Please don't hurt her. She doesn't know what she is doing."

"Tell that to my balls." Max said.

"Let us handle this, Max. We don't need you going overboard with your powers and driving everyone here insane." Remilia said.

"Fine…" Max said.

"You perverted little boy." Tewi said.

Max, Remilia and Reisen gave their attention to Tewi who stood in the hole in the wall, still wearing her crazed smile. Her clothe were gone, exposing her completely.

"Don't look!" Reisen exclaimed as she covered Max's eyes with her hands, only to have them quickly pulled away by him.

"I'm not going to get off by seeing a child's naked body for fuck sake..." Max said.

"She is no child. Like me, she is long lived. Possibly longer lived than me from what I hear…" Remilia said.

"Don't give a shit." Max said.

"Come with me, Max. I need your help to open the window and I will have that help." Tewi said.

"Coming!" Max said. He clenched his fist then sprinted for Tewi. Tewi showed no fear, and calmly stood her ground. She then spoke in an alien like language. Max went to punch her, but she disappeared into thin air a split second before his punch landed. "The fuck?"

"Behind us!" Remilia yelled. She and Reisen quickly turned around to see Tewi standing right behind them.

"Enough of this, Tewi!" Reisen said. She then held her hand like a gun then pointed it at Tewi. "Desolation: Discarder!" A large, bullet shaped danmaku fired from her finger. Tewi quickly spoke a few alien words just before the bullet hit her. Reisen was hit by the bullet that she herself fired before she could realize that Tewi had switched their places. She cried out in pain as she was sent backwards and through the wall behind her.

Remilia quickly extended her nails and prepared to slash Tewi the moment she noticed her next to her instead of Reisen. "Nice trick, rabbit!" She yelled.

Tewi chanted more alien words just before having her chest slashed by Remilia. She held her head low as she backed away from Remilia, blood dripping from the four slash marks on her chest. Remilia was about to say something, but felt a sharp pain in her chest. She looked down to notice that blood was seeping through her dress. She looked back up when she heard Tewi starting to chuckle.

"It looks as if the rabbit has learned some strange magic." Remilia said. "Very strange indeed. The slash marks are not healing."

Tewi burst out into a maniacal laugh. "And it won't until I myself heal!" She exclaimed.

"What?" Remilia said with a worried expression.

"It is just what you are thinking…" Tewi said as her smile became dark and twisted. "So if I were to impale my heart… I wonder what would happen. The others could quickly heal me before I died, but could the same be said about a vampire?" Remilia gritted her teeth as she gave Tewi a hateful stare.

"Sucks to be you." Max said to Remilia.

"You could at least pretend to be concerned about my wellbeing, Max…" Remilia said.

"Not my style." Max said. He then quickly charged for Tewi, catching her off guard and upper cutting her, knocking her to the ground. Remilia quickly felt her jaw break.

"M-Max!" Remilia exclaimed.

"Suck it up. I remember hurting you more. This should be nothing." Max said.

Remilia sighed. "Just break the damn spell quickly, please."

"Will do." Max said. Suddenly, a bunch of the earth rabbits entered the room and started to fire danmaku at Max and Remilia. "Oh look! More bunnies to beat the shit out of!"

"I got these ones so bring Tewi back to her senses." Reisen said as she crawled back into the room through the hole in the wall.

"We will leave them to you then." Remilia said.

Max ran to Tewi as she got back up on her feet. He grabbed her by the neck and lifted her into the air. He started squeezing, but then noticed Marisa in his grip. "Ah shit." He said as he quickly let go.

Marisa rubbed her pained neck. "Weren't we on the same team, ze?"

"She's outside now, let's go." Remilia said.

Max, Remilia and Marisa flew through the ceiling to the outside where Mokou and Alice were still fighting Kaguya. You wouldn't be able to tell that it was getting close to night time with all of the danmaku lighting up the area.

"Kaguya!" Mokou yelled as she dove towards Kaguya.

"Mokou!" Kaguya said as she charged towards Mokou.

Mokou and Kaguya smashed into one another then immediately began to pummel each other. Their magical energies clashed with the other as they thrashed each other. They both were then knocked back as their energies exploded between them.

"Fighting you never gets old, Mokou." Kaguya said sweetly.

"I grew tired of you a long time ago. Now die and stay dead!" Mokou said as she pulled out a spell card. "Possessed by Phoenix!" She called out, becoming engulfed in a fiery aura that took the shape of a large, magnificent bird. She then charged for Kaguya with great speed, who watched with glee as the bird of fire opened its mouth as if to consume her. Mokou let out a mighty roar as she drew closer to Kaguya, but suddenly found herself flying towards Alice. Alice cried out in pain as Mokou tore through her and set her ablaze. "Shit! What the hell?" She said as her spell card ended. She dove for Alice as she fell towards the ground. She quickly caught her then sat her down on the ground. "Shit! Sorry about that. I don't know what happened…" Mokou hastily apologized.

"O-Ouch…" Alice said as smoke emitted from her.

"Aw… I like being hit by that attack of hers…" Kaguya said while looking disappointed. She then turned to Tewi who was by her side. "Are the runes in place?" Tewi looked down below to see one of the other earth rabbits waving to her. She then looked back at Kaguya and nodded. "Oh good! Now we just need to have that young man provide us with some assistance."

"That will be your part. I will make sure the others don't interfere." Tewi said.

"Good. Very good." Kaguya said. They both descended to the ground while the others surrounded them. "Thank you for being patient! It is time to open the window!" She said cheerfully.

"You won't be opening anything, Kaguya!" Mokou yelled as she pulled out a spell card.

"Hold it!" Tewi commanded. "The only one who will be fighting the princess is the boy. If anyone interferes then the only thing that will remain of the vampire will be her dress and some dust." She said as she held a dagger to her heart.

"What does she mean?" Alice asked.

"She placed some kind of spell on me so that whenever she is injured, I will be to…" Remilia said as she bit her lip and clenched her fists in anger.

"Ah ha! Sucks to be you, ze!" Marisa exclaimed.

"Shut it!" Remilia said.

"So you want a piece of me, eh?" Max asked of Kaguya, who smiled and nodded. "Well then, I guess I'll just have to make you regret annoying the piss out of me. I may not be able to kill you, but I have other ways to dispose of you. Just ask the girl who still plays with dolls."

"Don't be afraid to hold back. Give me everything you got. Show me all of your eldritch powers." Kaguya said.

"Gladly." Max said. He then quickly rushed towards Kaguya with great speed, leaving afterimages in his wake.

Kaguya quickly pulled out a spell card and tried to call out her attack, but Max grabbed her wrist, breaking it with ease. Max grabbed the back of her head then slammed her face against his knee before throwing her into the mansion. He held his hands together then pulled them apart, forming a large red, formless glob. He then threw the glob into the hole where Kaguya went through, causing an explosion inside the building.

Kaguya stumbled out of the burning building, her face bloodied and clothes torn and burnt in places. "Wow… Wasn't prepared for that one… Even when against a woman… you don't show much mercy…"

"Not my style." Max said. "Besides, I don't know what you mean by 'music' and 'window', but if it has something to do with alien magic then it can only be something fucked up. So I ain't about to let you off the hook easily."

"Maybe I should help some, princess. You seem tired from wasting your time with those losers." Tewi said.

"That would be nice. Thank you." Kaguya said. "But I don't want Max here having to worry about hurting his vampire friend."

"Oh don't worry about that." Max said. He then quickly threw a red glob at Tewi. She was caught off guard and took the hit to the chest. Remilia dropped to her knees as she felt intense pain in her already injured chest.

"You alright, Remilia?" Max asked.

"Pfft. Did you get weaker since the last time we fought?" Remilia said as she tried to hide her pain with a cocky smirk.

"Once again, if it wasn't for you people being here I could have ended this already." Max scowled.

"Oh my. Do not let us hold you back. We are not as weak minded as you think. Bring an end to this and break that damn spell!" Remilia commanded.

"She's only concerned with herself now…" Mokou, Marisa and Alice thought.

Max grinned. "Yes ma'am." His eyes glowed red as his power began to surge all around him. Blood leaked form one of his eyes and his skin began to crack.

"Yes… Yes… Yes…!" Kaguya said. "This is it! This is what I wanted to see!" Before she knew it, Max had appeared in front of her and swiped at her with his hand, cutting her body in two at the waist. He punched her in the chest before her top part could even fall off, sending her tumbling across the ground.

"He's much stronger than before… If he gets any stronger, even the gap youkai will have a hard time getting rid of him…" Alice thought as a headache began to form.

Tewi jumped in front of Max then tried to chant an alien spell, but was interrupted when he swiped his hand through the air, sending out a shockwave that knocked her backwards. Max grabbed her by the legs while she was still in the air then slammed her into the ground, causing her and Remilia to cough up blood.

"Tewi! Can we activate the damn ritual now…?" Kaguya said as she crawled back to her severed lower half.

"A-Almost…" Tewi struggled to say as she got back up on her feet.

"Almost, but no cigar." Max said before kicking Tewi like a football and sending her crashing into the mansion. Blood spheres then formed around him then fired at Kaguya right after she reattached her lower half, engulfing her in a large explosion.

Max exhaled as he lowered his power output. "I think that's enough. No need to go overboard."

"Good job, Max. Seems like you broke the spell." Remilia said as she walked up to him.

"Yeah, but not until giving you a beating without even touching you." Max said.

"Nothing that I couldn't handle." Remilia said.

"Where's the others?" Max asked. Remilia pointed to Mokou, Marisa and Alice who all were on their knees and holding their heads. "You guys gonna make it?"

"Just… a slight headache… that's all…" Mokou said.

The group walked over to Kaguya who laid on her back, facing the black covered sky.

"Alright, Kaguya. It's over. Time to come back to what little senses you have." Mokou said.

"No… You all must hear that fantastic music with me… I can still hear it in my mind…but I want you all to listen to it with me…." Kaguya said as she continued to stare into the dark sky. Her eyes then quickly widened. "Finally! The veil has been weakened enough. Now we can open a window and listen to the music of the ancient ones! Lay here with me and listen… listen very carefully…" She said as she slowly closed her eyes.

"Veil weakened? But how?" Max said. Remilia and Alice both glared angrily at him. "Oh… Damn… Well I didn't think going a little wild with my power for a short while would of hurt anything... Well except for these girls..."

Tewi suddenly appeared out of the damaged mansion. She quickly chanted in an alien language, causing some runes to appear all around the building.

"Silence her!" Alice yelled.

Remilia quickly formed a red spear then threw it at Tewi. It nearly hit her, but Reisen appeared and tackled her to the ground, saving her from being impaled. She continued to chant as Reisen held onto her.

"You stupid hot bunny!" Max yelled.

The group looked around nervously as reality seemed to bend and twist all around them. Right above the mansion a hole started to appear and from the hole, a dark and horrible tune could be heard being played.

"What… is that… sound…?" Mokou said as he face paled with fright.

Max's expression turned to dread as he came to a terrible realization. "You crazy fuckers… You punched a hole in the veil to the center of the universe!" He exclaimed.

"How do we close it?" Remilia asked.

"I can try, but I need to get close to it." Max said

"Well hop to it." Alice said.

"It's not that simple… If I get close to that hole, the things on the other end might spot me and try to get through before I could close it." Max said.

"We can take the risk now hurry up. We will be like them in a minute if we listen to any more of that unholy music." Alice said.

Kaguya, Tewi and all of the earth rabbits had gone into an insane fit. Some were screaming or laughing uncontrollably while others tried to kill one another or themselves. Reisen had curled up into a ball on the ground as she had already become close to snapping.

"Go ahead, Max. We are right behind you." Remilia said.

"That fills me with so much resolve…" Max said sarcastically.

Suddenly, a giant, black tentacle ripped through the hole from the other side, tearing the veil and making the hole even larger. It thrashed wildly before splitting into two tentacles that began to push at the sides of the hole, further increasing its size.

"Fuck! Fuck!" Max exclaimed as he started to panic. "Drive it back! If it gets through then we're all fucked!"

"Fucked by tentacles… Never thought I'd see it outside of that cartoon I borrowed from that wind miko." Marisa said.

"That is not what he meant!" Alice shouted. "War Command: Dolls of War!" A bunch of her dolls raced towards the tentacles with lances at hand. They tried to pierce the tentacles, but their weapons, as well as the dolls, were swallowed up by the black slime that covered the thing. "Damn it." Alice said.

"You suck." Max said before rushing towards the tentacles. He formed a sword then sliced one of the tentacles, but it quickly grew back. The part that was cut off fell to the ground and began to mutate into a mass of smaller tentacles that instantly went for Mokou.

"Burn!" Mokou yelled as she lobbed a large fireball and the mass of tentacles, setting it aflame and incinerating it.

"Get back in your hole!" Marisa yelled. "Master Spark!" She fired a large, colorful laser into the hole, knocking the creature back and closing the hole a little.

"Spear the Gungnir!" Remilia shouted as she threw a grand, red spear, hitting one of the tentacles and making it lose its grip, sending it back to where it came.

"Damn right!" Max exclaimed. Suddenly, the creature thrust itself forward, sending two more tentacles through the hole and smashing into him. "Guh!" He cried out as he was sent flying backwards into Alice, knocking them both out of the air and into the ground. Alice rubbed her head as she found herself on top of Max, her behind facing his face. Before she could move away, he grabbed her head with his thighs. He then vigorously started to slap her behind. "One! Two! Three!" He counted with every slap, with Alice wincing in pain every time his hand connected with her behind. "Four! Five!" Alice managed to kick him in the face then quickly got up while holding onto her pained behind.

"Damn you!" Alice shouted angrily as she rubbed her butt.

"Five more to go!" Max said.

"Are you kidding me? This isn't the time for you two to be fighting!" Remilia said as she dodged the wild tentacles while she sliced at them with her spear.

"Sorry, couldn't resist." Max said as he held out his hand to the side. Red sparks ran down it as he formed a chaotic glob, throwing it once it was ready. It flew into the hole, hitting the unspeakable horror on the other side and knocking back one of its tentacles, leaving two still trashing about wildly.

"Damn things persistent." Marisa said, her face now pale.

"Hang in there. We can't stop until that thing is out of our world." Max said.

"My turn." Mokou said as she pulled out a spell card. "Everlasting: Phoenix's Tail!" A fiery, bird like aura surrounded her then she launched countless fireballs into the hole, pummeling the horror.

"That 'a girl!" Max yelled as he saw the tentacles being pushed back. The fireballs suddenly stopped, allowing the horror to thrust its two tentacles into the world further. "What the hell? Why did you stop?" Max asked of Mokou before seeing the state of shock she was now in.

The vile horror began to fill her mind with nightmarish images, assaulting her weakened mind. Mokou went to scream, but instead blacked out then fell to the ground.

"Mokou! Shit. The damn thing is pushing its mind into our world now." Max said as sweat ran down his forehead. "And with that maddening music, these girls won't last much longer…" Max thought.

"Kill him… Kill him…" A voice that sounded like her own echoed in Alice's mind. "It won't end until he is gone… Kill him… Kill him or he will kill you… along with all of your friends…" The voice continued to torment her as her mind weakened further.

Alice, now with a face full of hatred, pulled out one of her dolls then tossed it at Max, engulfing him in large explosion.

"Wo! What the hell, Alice, ze?" He's on our side, remember?" Marisa said, having nearly gotten caught in the explosion herself.

"He's the key! If he dies then that hole will close!" Alice screamed. She then jumped into the air and pulled out a spell card. A red glob suddenly came flying out of the smoke. She grunted in pain and was knocked out of the air when it hit her in the stomach.

"Damn girl." Max said as he coughed from all the smoke. "Marisa, knock her senses back into her."

"I'm on it, ze." Marisa said before going off to try and calm Alice down.

Remilia's own voice echoed in her head. "Kill him… He will only make your nightmares come true in the end… He will take your sister away from you… and leave you with nothing…"

"Looks like we have a difference in opinion." Remilia said to herself before forming a dense ball of magical energy then throwing it into the hole, knocking one of the tentacles back into it and leaving one left. She sighed in exhausting. "Max… Care to help?"

"Yeah yeah yeah…" Max said. Blood spheres formed all around him then were all pulled into the palm of his hand, forming one dense ball of eldritch energy. "I think I'll take a page out of Marisa's book." He then thrusted his hand forward, sending a large, dark red beam of energy out. The beam had a dark outline as if it was giving off darkness.

The beam went into the hole, knocking the beast back and causing it to start withdrawing its tentacle, but not before grabbing a hold of Remilia.

"Shit!" Remilia exclaimed as she was pulled through the hole and into the other side.

"Shit! Shit!" Max yelled as he chased after her with the hole closing right behind him.

"Max! Remilia!" Marisa cried out as she struggled to keep Alice in a headlock.

Max and Remilia appeared in the center of the universe, the court of the Outer Gods. Outer Gods, eldritch abominations of unimaginable size, danced around in circles while playing a dreaded tune. In the center of them was the most powerful and eldritch of all cosmic horrors in this reality, the one known only as the Blind Idiot God. It mindlessly listened to the music that was being played for it, not even noticing, or at least not caring about the small beings floating right above its incredibly massive form.

Remilia groaned as she floated in empty space. "Where… am I?" She said as she tried to rub the blurriness out of her eyes. Just before her vision cleared, Max grabbed a hold of her then pressed her face against his chest while burying his own face in her hair. "M-Max! What do you think you are doing?" She asked as she struggled to push him away.

"Shut up and keep your eyes closed. I need to think…" Max said.

"Does that require you to hold me like this?" Remilia said as her cheeks became flushed. She suddenly realized she could still hear the unholy music from before, only louder this time. "Max… Where are we…?" She nervously asked.

"The center of the universe now shut up so I can figure out what to do." Max said.

"The center of the universe? Well let me go and get us back to Gensokyo." Remilia said as she tried to push Max away, only to have him hug her harder.

"Don't be stupid. We're surrounded by gigantic cosmic horrors right now. One look at them and your brain will leak out through your nose. Now shut up for five seconds."

"Then hurry up and get us back. This is still embarrassing to be held like this by a man, even for me."

"I'm trying to figure out how. So give me a second."

"How did you get back to our world the last time?"

"I… made a portal…"

"Great. Now if you may-"

"It's not that simple." Max said, interrupting Remilia. "The last time I made a portal from scratch, I ended up in the Void. Who knows where we will end up this time if I tried."

"We don't have any other choice. We can't just float here forever."

"Sure we do. I could kill you now and spare you the site of these things."

"Like hell I am going to let you."

"Damn it, Remilia… If I were to fuck up with the portal, we could end up anywhere in existence. We could end up in the Void outside this universe or even a completely different reality from our own. Ending up in one of those places or being devoured by these horrors here is far worse than death. I promise you that…"

"So I should just cut my losses and give up? Is that what you are telling me to do, Max?"

"I'm trying to show a little compassion here…"

Remilia forced her face out of Max's chest then brought it close to his. "You tell me to give up. Will you give up as well?"

"Fuck no! I just don't want you to have to experience the horrors that I have or the new horrors I might just end up experiencing." Max said.

"Oh Maxi." Remilia said in a soft voice. "Are you becoming soft or is it just for me?"

"Don't… push it…"

"If you don't want me to experience the horrors of existence then make sure that I don't. Open up a portal and take us home!" Remilia commanded.

"You just don't have any clue!" Max shouted.

"You think I care? You think that I would give up just because of a few scary things? Ha! I am the Scarlet Devil you little twat." Remilia said as she stared into Max's red eyes. "You fight on so you can one day destroy the one in yellow, right? Well I am not leaving your side until you do. I don't care where you go."

Max gazed into Remilia's shining, scarlet eyes for a moment before saying anything. "You stubborn little asshole…"

"Look who's talking. Now harden the fuck up and open a portal back to Gensokyo!" Remilia shouted in Max's face.

"I don't need a little brat like you telling me that!" Max yelled. He then pressed Remilia's face back into his chest before looking in front of him. "I need to be quick or my power will grab their attention..."

A blood vessel in one of Max's eyes broke as his vision was being trashed from the sight of the gigantic monstrosities that floated mindlessly all around him. He focused his energy for a moment then swiped his hand in front of him, creating a black portal with a pulsating red trim around the edges. He hesitated to enter it, but after a few moments he, with Remilia close to him, dove into the dark unknown.