Captain Murasa looked all around her ship. 10 raptors surrounded it, all in the air, their black bat wings against the clear blue sky. She conjured up an anchor, and threw it at one of them, causing him to drop out of the air.

"ATTACK!" The leader raptor commanded.

The entire attack team swooped in, taking on the 4 girls on the deck at once. Nazrin used her dowsing rods to block an incoming raptor with a sword, while Shou and Nue dodged two incoming raptors. Captain Murasa narrowly grazed some of the projectiles the raptors thrown at her: arrows and rocks. Smirking at their primitiveness, she conjured up another anchor, flinging it and hitting a group of 4 raptors into the lake below.

"It's show time." Shou mused as she sent curvy homing lazers at her opponents. The raptors anticipated the lazer's paths and dodged them accordingly. Nue quickly disguised them as air, and 3 raptors were immediately knocked out from the back as the lazers curved to meet them. Only the leader raptor and his subordinate were left. Nazrin came up behind the other raptor and knocked him on the head with both dowsing rods, knocking him out and made him drop into the deep blue below. Captain Murasa held the leader raptor by his neck; anchor in hand at the ready.

"Whom are you working for?" Captain Murasa inquired, tightening her hand.

"I will never betray my king." The leader raptor choked, his eyes gleaming with pride.

"Well then…" Murasa said, releasing her grip on the leader raptor's neck "Adios!"

With great force, Murasa swung her anchor like a baseball bat. Smiling when she heard the sickening THUNK from metal on bone, she watched the leader raptor sail into the air of the afternoon sun, giggling as the leader raptor hit water.

"Ah… That was a good workout." The captain commented, making her anchor disappear. She flew back down to the deck, and gathered in a circle with the other girls.

"So… Where's Byakuren?"

"She doesn't want to fight until she really has to." Shou said.

"I think that time is soon." Captain Murasa commented.

"What if it comes?" Nue inquired.

"We fight for our lives… for Reimu… and for Gensokyo." The captain said, clenching her fists.

Shou put on a thin pair of sunglasses. "It's show time…"

Murasa replied with a swift punch on her head.


Himitsu flew through the forest. More dark energies swarmed around him, almost covering him in a cocoon of negative energy. He stopped in mid-flight and took out a small stopwatch hung from a chain around his neck out of his shirt. The stopwatch looked in the entire world like an ordinary one. However, Himitsu knew better. The first time he was here, Yukari decided it would be fun to mess with his gender, but it also changed his stature, personality, mindset and ability. Himitsu demanded Yukari to fix him, but she was unable to completely reverse the process. The stopwatch was invented by the kappa Nitori, which contained the infinite energies of Yukari's Border of Gender Change. Needless to say, it would change Himitsu into his alter ego.

"Not yet." Himitsu said to himself. This was his secret weapon, as his female self possesses much more power than his male self, especially under certain conditions. Himitsu had no intention on unleashing this power unless it was utterly necessary, for the power could be uncontrollable.

Himitsu stuffed the stopwatch in his shirt again, and zoomed off. Suddenly, there was a rustle of the bushes behind. Himitsu swiftly turned 180 degrees, drawing his sword. He wondered if it were another youkai just messing with him, or the one of those that came from outside the border. After a long standoff with the bush, Himitsu thought it was absurd to prolong the situation. He quickly "sheathed" his sword and continued along his path. A rather affectionate call of "Himitsu!" from behind distracted him, and a sudden weight had seemed to fall on his shoulders, wrapping its legs around his head.

"W…what?" Himitsu exclaimed, surprised. He staggered from the sudden weight and fell to the ground with his behind.

"Ouch…" Himitsu complained as he rubbed his behind. He looked up and saw a short slender figure decked out in what seemed to be ninja gear. The weight from his shoulders was lifted, and the figure in front of him stared at him with a smiling face. The "weight" had an amber eye on the left side, and a blue eye on the right, with the slender body of a girl and long, flax-coloured hair. The girl hugged him tightly.

"Himitsu? It is really you! I've missed you so much!" The girl exclaimed, rubbing her face in his chest.

Himitsu groaned. "How did you follow me here, Ichibi?" Himitsu and Ichibi always had a strange relationship; namely victim and stalker. After Himitsu saved her life once during a car accident, Ichibi had a sudden infatuation with him, using her ninja skills to stalk him effectively. At first it was flattering, but it turned into annoyance when a warning shot was fired from her 44. Magnum every time Himitsu talked to another girl. He had thought that he brought her back to the human world after the strange space incident, but apparently he didn't.

"Please, I could smell you from 40 miles away." Ichibi answered simply.

Himitsu knew he had to escape from her; he knew that Gensokyo was filled with nothing but girls, and who knows, maybe one of her "warning shots" may actually end up inside his head. He quickly sped off on his route.

"Himitsu?" Ichibi inquired, using her unnatural speed and agility to try to catch up with his flying ability. Himitsu knew that he would not be able to outdo her in speed, so there was only one solution. It was premature, yes, but it was the only way he was going to be rid of her.

Himitsu sped off into the forest quickly stooping behind a small bush, too small for him to hide in. He hurriedly pulled out his stopwatch and clicked it. Sure enough, a large flash of light occurred, and he disappeared from view. Ichibi's eyes skimmed right over the bush, and sped off in a different direction.

A small girl wearing a thin cotton dress and thigh-high socks and black shoes stepped out of the bushes, her eyes gleaming a limpid red and played with her long black hair. The girl giggled for a bit, then started on the main path.


She was wearing a stopwatch around her neck.

Youmu and Yuyuko were surrounded; 15 raptors formed a circle around both of them, each one carrying some sort of weapon. Youmu's eyes darted around, picking up all of the items they carried: shovel, axe, shotgun, hoe, mug (?), long sword, club, lead pipe, grenade, crossbow, Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch, bucket, katana and mop (?). Youmu felt her master looking around as well; for their food rations, that is.

"Youmu?" Yuyuko inquired. "Didn't you say they carried cake?"

"The cake is a lie…" Youmu replied under her breath and sent her phantom self to charge at the raptor with the Holy Hand Grenade. The raptor got whacked in the head, dropped the grenade with the pin in his hand, and fell unconscious next to it. The raptors around him fled.

"Look out, Mistress!" Youmu cried, making Yuyuko duck down so that the dual pistols would not shoot her. She hacked at her attacker, while Yuyuko stood there, wishing all her attackers to death, causing them to drop cold.

"You know, that's kind of terrifying…" Youmu whispered, pulling out a spellcard.

"Human Sign 'Slash of Present'!"

Youmu sped through 5 raptors with her blade, ending the attack with a pose as they fell to the floor. She looked up to find that the raptor with the shotgun pointed the said weapon at her head, finger on the trigger guard. Youmu gritted her teeth and pulled out another spellcard.

BOOM.

The Holy Hand Grenade exploded, killing several raptors that were unaware of its presence. All eyes were on the explosion. Yuyuko took this opportunity to help her servant.

"Butterfly Sign 'Death Lance'!"

A purple beam of light went right into the raptor, causing instant death. He fell to the floor, dropping the shotgun as he did. Youmu turned to her savior, only to find that the rest of the raptors were dead.

"Sorry I lied to you, Mistress." Youmu apologized.

To her surprise, Yuyuko only smiled.

"I had fun, so no worries. However, I expect more for dinner tonight~" She said cheerfully.

Youmu nodded vigorously; the forgiveness of her Mistress relieved her.

"Now, let's get in." Yuyuko said casually, stepping over one of the bodies.

Youmu started to follow her, but not before she picked up the shotgun the raptor was toting and looting his corpse of bullets. Her grandfather always told her to prepare for everything, and who knows when they will start being impervious to magic, or get super grazing skills or something crazy like that. She knew what it did, and slid it behind her back with her sword.

Author's Note:

Hi guys. I know this story's getting a little OC heavy for my liking (and maybe yours), so some things might either seem missing or out of place in future chapters. It might get a little nonsensical at some points, so please bear with me. Peace out.