Touhou Doujin: Dawitsu's Recompense

Chapter 13: Lunch with the Devil

Dawitsu Mansion, Mid-day

After a morning of worrying and mentally preparing herself for confronting her Boss, Yutaka took to hovering around the front door, waiting for Dawitsu to return. Ran was trying to play her video game, but was finding it difficult with her fellow Shikigami pacing up and down the foyer.

Ran finally stood up and paused the game. She walked up to Yutaka and demanded, "Yutaka, tell me what's wrong now. You're quite clearly upset about something."

Yutaka stopped pacing, and replied, "There's nothing wrong..." and soon continued with her pacing.

"Yes there is." Ran said, grabbing her by the shoulder.

Yutaka looked up in an attempt to make eye contact with the Kitsune. She withdrew into her shoulders. "Has... has the Boss ever said that you're awfully tall?"

"No, he doesn't comment on how I look. Why, did he mention your height in conversation?"

"No... nothing like that... it's just..." Yutaka put her head in her hands, "...I wish the Boss would be into taller women..."

"Are you implying I should..." Ran looked to the side in awkwardness.

"No, no, nothing like that... never mind. If I told you, you probably couldn't help me with the situation anyway..."

Ran turned her head back towards Yutaka, "Oh, if that's the case, perhaps you should tell me the situation regardless so I can gauge how able I am to assist you..."

"No, never mind. Where is he? He should be home by now! I'm going to find him... do you want to come with me, Ran?" Yutaka asked.

Ran looked at the Television screen, then back to Yutaka, and once more to the Television screen. "Of course I'll come with you."

Yutaka put on a black, velvety coat, and Ran put on the coat that was bought from the outside world.

"Okay. Is there enough food left for Chen?" Yutaka asked.

"I'm sure she'll manage." Ran answered.

The two Shikigami then exited the Dawitsu Mansion, floating downwards towards Hakurei Shrine. Reimu Hakurei was suspiciously absent upon them 'trespassing' on the shrine grounds, and they proceeded to walk towards the Forest of Magic...

The Forest of Magic, Alice Margatroid's house, Ten Minutes later

Alice Margatroid was experimenting with some new culinary items. She had acquired a deep fat fryer from Kourindou, which according to Rinnosuke, was an item which is used to lubricate gears. However, Alice had found that using it with cooking oil allowed items to be fried in an instant. She decided to place various vegetables in the fryer, and took them out after about two minutes. The result was a much tastier version of the same dish.

Alice heard the door knocker, and quickly got her dolls to place the deep-fried vegetables on a plate while she got the door. "Coming!"

When she opened the door, she noticed it was Yutaka and Ran, both dressed in warm-looking jackets. Alice hadn't left the house that day, so shivered as the cold winter air entered her house.

"Hello, Yutaka..." Alice said with a smile, and gestured as a trio of dolls carried a plate full of deep-fried snacks through to the two visitors, "Do you want to come in? I've made some food..."

Yutaka really wanted to cut to the chase, but her manners stopped her, "Oh, thank you... are those Tempura Vegetables?"

"What vegetables?"

"Oh, never mind. Alice, I'm afraid we can't stay long. Have you seen my Boss lately?" Yutaka asked.

Alice thought to herself, then blushed as she recalled the last time he was over, "Oh... he... he was here yesterday... he... he..."

Yutaka noticed that Alice was acting strangely. "Wait, what happened?"

"He... never mind, I was being stupid." Alice smiled, and looked downwards, "He's a real gentleman, your Boss... the last time I heard, he was on his way to the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Perhaps you should check there?"

Ran turned herself towards the exit of the house, "Okay then, we'd best get going..."

Yutaka hesitated, and felt butterflies in her stomach despite she now knew where her boss was. "W-wait, Ran... please can I have a tempura carrot?"

Alice picked up a fried carrot from the plate it was on and passed it to Yutaka. "Sure... hey, you seem worried about something... you mind if ask what it is?"

Yutaka suddenly knew how it felt to be at the other end of one of her interrogation sessions. "Um, okay... I'll tell you. But only if Ran doesn't listen."

Ran took insult to this, wondering what made Alice so special. "I can't guarantee that..."

Yutaka sighed, "I guess I should just let it all out... did the Boss say anything about me when you saw him?"

Alice wondered whether it was best to tell Yutaka what had been said. "Well... if you want to really want to know, I guess I should tell you... I said that he was in love with you. He denied it, but soon revealed that he did. He... he said you were a fantastic chef, that's all it took for me to tell. It was the way he said it that got me..."

Yutaka looked downwards, "So... he didn't actually say it himself, but you tricked him into admitting it. That's so like him..."

"He also said I was beautiful..." Alice looked upwards, a grin on her face, "...someone thinks I'm beautiful!"

"I'm... glad..." Yutaka was now even more confused than before. Dawitsu said he had stopped loving Alice romantically in favour of her. "Alice... did he mean that as a friend?"

"...Of course. Why, were you getting jealous? Because there's no competition. He's head-over-heels in love with you. He compared his feelings for you with mine for Marisa... unrequited, but very strong..." Alice tried her best to reconcile Yutaka.

Yutaka felt slightly nauseous, "Oh... oh, I really need to see him. I shouldn't have asked you those questions, now I'm unsure about a lot of things..."

Ran nodded, "Yes, it's probably best that we find the Master before you become over-informed."

Yutaka bowed as customary of her home country, "Thank you for the hospitality. Is it okay if I take this carrot along with me?"

"Sure. Now, speak to him! Tell him what needs telling! I just wish Marisa would do the same for me..." Alice remarked.

Yutaka concluded, "Thank you, Alice... come on, Ran, let's go..."

With that, Ran and Yutaka exited the house, closing the door behind themselves. Alice picked up a deep-fried piece of Broccoli, and chewed on it thoughtfully.

The two Shikigami flew across the lake leading to the Scarlet Devil Mansion, and soon noticed that the Mansion, as usual, was guarded by Hong Meiling. The Chinese Youkai instantly called out, "Hey! Who goes there?"

Yutaka calmly walked towards the Guard, "Hello... I believe that a Male Youkai is here at the moment, is that correct?"

Hong Meiling folded her arms. "Ah, correct. The one who beat me in martial arts... I'm still not quite sure how he did it, but he sure did..."

Ran stopped the conversational tangent in its place, "Please can you grant us access to him? We're only going to visit..."

"Oh, well, I'll have to ask the mistress first. Can you wait a moment?" Hong Meiling baited them to gauge their threat level.

Yutaka sighed, "Fine, if we have to..."

Meiling concluded they were harmless, "Well done, you passed the test. You know, most visitors say they can't wait and start a fight with me..." Meiling then sweat-dropped as if remembering a former event, "...b-but of course I always manage to send them flying straight back out again. Okay, I'll let you in. This way..."

Hong Meiling opened the Mansion Gates, and walked towards the main building. "If you want to see the garden, feel free to. I planted the Bonsai and Bamboo in the north-west quarter..."

Yutaka looked at the over-worked Youkai. She quite clearly hadn't come across pacifistic company in a while. "...I might. Thank you for letting us through..."

"No problem!" Hong Meiling rang the doorbell by the Mansion's front door, then ran from the two as she returned to her post. A familiar maid answered the door.

"Hello... oh, it's Yutaka..." Sakuya smiled, "So, who are you here to see? Patchouli or Dawitsu?"

Yutaka sighed, "So he is here... I'll see the Boss first, if that's alright..."

Sakuya nodded, and escorted them towards the basement. "Both of them are down these stairs. Just be careful not to provoke the younger sister. That said, ever since Dawitsu's been around, she's calmed down a lot..."

"Thank you." Yutaka said, and started to walk down the ominous stone steps.

Ran paused, "Wait... Yutaka, what if the Master has been... after all the youngest Scarlet Sister is very dangerous... it just might be a little upsetting if..."

Sakuya reassured the pair, "Trust me, he's fine. Flandre loves him to bits. Why, it was only this morning that she said wanted to marry him!"

Yutaka giggled slightly, "Oh, Boss... right, it's time to speak to him."

The two Shikigami walked down into the basement, and started to hear Dawitsu's voice saying, "...So, if you integrate the general function here, and then substitute x for both the top and bottom values, you can then use those values to find the area under the curve. So, try and work it out for yourself... what would you do after you find the values?"

Flandre's childish voice shouted in a triumphant tone, "That's easy! You subtract the small one from the big one. What happens if you integrate the line twice?"

"Nothing. That value's useless." Dawitsu suddenly noticed his two Shikigami enter the basement, and called out, "Oh, we have visitors, it seems. Flandre, say hello to Yutaka and Ran!"

Flandre turned to the two guests, "Hello to Yutaka and Ran!"

Patchouli, who was also overseeing the lesson, acknowledged their presence. "Hello, Yutaka. Oh, and you too, Ran." She approached Yutaka, and kissed her on the lips. Yutaka returned the kiss despite her agenda not really preferring that course of action.

Dawitsu observed the kiss, grinned slightly, and turned away to cover his face. He turned back after it was over, and Flandre pointed to him, saying, "Oh! Boy! Your nose is bleeding!"

Dawitsu quickly wiped up the blood with his sleeve, and set himself to denial mode, "What are you talking about, Flandre?"

"Your nose! It was bleeding! Are you okay, Sensei?" Flandre referred to Dawitsu by his new title.

Yutaka's face remained in its usual smiling position, but Dawitsu could detect the disapproval within it. "What is it, Boss?" Yutaka asked in an attempt at a rhetorical question.

"...Gah, nothing. So, what are you and Ran here for? Were you worried about me? Or do you want to help me teach?"

Ran was ready to explain the scheme, "Well, Yutaka has some things to discuss with you in private involving..."

Yutaka gagged Ran with her sleeve, "Um, it doesn't matter. Finish your lesson, by all means. I need to talk with you at some point..."

Dawitsu began to worry. "Uh... okay. Well, where were we, Flandre?"

Flandre pointed to the now fit-for-purpose chalkboard, and said, "The area under the curve! I worked it out in my head! It's three and a half!"

"V-very good, Flandre. But what if you aren't given the expression for the line?" Dawitsu continued his lesson almost as if there was no interruption, "Like... this?"

Dawitsu drew a random curve on the graph, and then said, "Okay, so how would you work this out? I'll give you a clue; it doesn't involve calculus."

Flandre stopped, "So... so... hold on..." Flandre took the chalk from Dawitsu's hand. "Can you do this?"

She proceeded to split the area under the curve into five Trapeziums, and then stared at the graph. After a brief period of thought, she said, "Two point-five add six add four add eight is... twenty two and a half!"

"Well done, Flandre!" Dawitsu was genuinely proud of his Protégée, "Of course, that's only an estimate, unlike the integral method, which is exact..."

Remilia's voice shouted into the basement, interrupting what Dawitsu was going to add, "Flandre... oh, Flandre! Do you want to eat upstairs today seen as you've been such a good girl?"

Flandre ran up the basement stairs, "Did you hear that, Patchy? I'm a good girl!"

Patchouli smirked, "Yes... yes you are."

Dawitsu ran up with Flandre, and Ran trailed behind. Yutaka asked Patchouli while they were alone together, "So, what has the Boss been doing while he's been here?"

"Mainly what you just saw there... teaching the younger sister." Patchouli explained. "He's been a great help. Flandre hasn't been happier..."

Yutaka smiled genuinely, "Oh, that's good to hear. He's been trying to make everyone happy as of late. Anyway, how's it been?"

"Good... I've been missing you, I have to admit..." Patchouli then held Yutaka's sleeve where her hand should have been. "Come on, I bet the lunch is going to be fantastic..."

When they reached the Dining Room, Remilia was sitting at the head of the table, while Flandre was sitting in between Sakuya and Dawitsu on the left side of the table. Ran had taken the risky option of sitting opposite to Remilia, while the two seats on the right-hand side of the table were empty.

Remilia gestured, "There, Patchouli. I got the fairies to place an extra seat for your... lady-friend. Oh, Sakuya, please can you help the fairies get some of the lunch through?"

Sakuya nodded, and got up. She entered the kitchen, only to trip up on a piece of wire extended between the frames of the door. Red with anger, she rose and asked, "W-who did this? Was it you, mistress?"

Remilia, who was partial to the odd prank at Sakuya's expense, said, "Why would I send you to pick up our food if I knew you were going to trip and drop it? It must be one of the fairies..."

Sakuya withdrew several knives, and pointed them at the nearest group of fairies, who were collectively holding a cooked pig with an apple in its mouth. "Did you do this?"

Too stupid to lie effectively, the fairies shook their heads in an honest manner. "W-well, whoever it was, it wasn't funny... so just stop it!"

Sakuya walked into the kitchen, picked up a set of skewered meat and stepped over the trip wire on the way out. She placed the food on the top-right section of the table. The Fairies continued to place plates, knives and forks by the diners and finally the lunch commenced.

Remilia grinned, "Well, don't just sit there! Dig in!" Remilia grabbed a piece of asparagus, and cut a piece of meat off the pig. "So, Flandre, what did you learn today?"

Dawitsu said, "Well, she has been..."

Remilia shushed Dawitsu, "Hey, I asked Flandre, not you! So, what did you do?"

Flandre began to rant and rave, "Oh, well, I've been learning about how to find the area under a curve on the graph! I also learnt some science! There's one hundred and eighteen elements, and they start with Hydrogen and end in Ununoctium, which might not exist but scientists think they can make it if they get the right materials for Fusion. Fusion is a special technique that they use in the underground for..."

Patchouli softly tried to get Flandre to shut up, "Flandre, I think that's enough. Are you going to eat something now?"

Remilia pointed her fork at Yutaka, "So, Shikigami girl! What are you here for? What has your master done this time?"

Dawitsu was about to speak up to counter Remilia's accusation, but Yutaka replied before he could, "Oh, it's kind of Private... if you don't mind."

Dawitsu felt an anxious sensation in his gut. Suddenly the ever-appetising pork luncheon was unappealing. He tried to break up the awkward atmosphere, "So, who do you think put the trip wire on the kitchen door?"

Sakuya muttered, "Whoever it is, she's dead!"

Yutaka ate a piece of chicken off a skewer, and then added, "I'm sure it was just a fairy. Fairies are mischievous like that..."

Suddenly, as if on cue, a drop of... water fell from the ceiling. Remilia said, "Oh, the roof shouldn't be leaking, Sakuya worked on it only two days ago..." Upon looking up, she found what seemed like a woman in a black, combat-type outfit stuck to the ceiling. Startled, the woman crawled along the ceiling, before falling to the floor.

"Ah! D-don't think... this is over... Sakuya!" the mysterious figure shouted, in a voice Dawitsu recognised. The 'ninja' had covered her face, but quite clearly had brown hair.

Sakuya ran up to the strange woman, and bared a knife, "You have two seconds to reveal yourself before I forcibly escort you out of the Mansion!"

The ninja laughed, "Oh, I don't think so... you must..." she quickly side-stepped to avoid Sakuya's slash, "...give up what is most important to you... because the... uh... Ninja Guild of... Kourindou demands you to!"

Sakuya stopped, detected the unsure tone in the intruder's voice, "Ninja Guild of Kourindou? You're making it up! Me and Rinnosuke are partners, he tells me everything! He hasn't got a ninja guild!"

The now obviously fake ninja shouted, "Well, perhaps he doesn't love you like you thought! Anyway, he's compromising his position as a... great dragon elder by being... in a relationship with you... so just... clear off and do something else."

Dawitsu suddenly realised who it was. He walked up to the Ninja. "Okay, okay, give it up now..."

Dawitsu grabbed the Ninja's arm, and subdued her in a Ju-jitsu style hold. He then asked Sakuya, "Okay, Sakuya, take off her mask, I think I know who it is..."

The Ninja struggled, "N-no! Don't! If you love Rinnosuke, you'll let him go! It's his only path to honour and..."

Sakuya stopped the talk by removing the mask. It was revealed to be none other than Reimu Hakurei.

"What? Reimu? Why would you..." Sakuya didn't understand at all.

Dawitsu, however, did. He released the shrine-maiden-turned-ninja, and explained, "Ha, it was only recently I found out that Reimu, in fact, has a crush on Rinnosuke... isn't that right?"

Reimu scowled, "Hmph! So what if I do? Yeah, that's right, I was trying to get rid of the competition. I didn't expect to be spotted this early..."

Dawitsu nodded, "Oh, Reimu, that was stupid of you... there are plenty more fish in the..." Dawitsu then paused to think of how many men he knew in Gensokyo. "...uh, scratch that idea. Well... I guess..."

Sakuya couldn't be bothered waiting for Dawitsu's dithering, "Reimu! How could you? How did you even find out about me and Kourin?"

Dawitsu coughed, and then croaked, "Uh... that's kind of my fault..."

Flandre was observing the situation intently, then said, "Oh, I get it! Reimu wants to marry a boy, but the boy wants to marry Sakuya!"

Reimu became bitter, "Yeah, yeah, that's right... shut up!"

Remilia stood up and dashed towards Reimu, "Hey, Shrine-maiden, don't you dare tell my little sister to shut up!"

Reimu laughed, "Oh, what are you going to do about it, shorty? Drain my ankle blood?"

The argument soon raised into a cacophony. Dawitsu stepped back as what seemed like a three-way fight in the making heated up. Yutaka watched in fear, and then decided she had to step in.

"STOP!" Yutaka shouted, and put herself between Remilia and Reimu. "Okay, Reimu, I want you to apologise to Remilia for intruding into her house..."

"And why should I listen to you?" Reimu legitimately pointed out.

Dawitsu answered, "Because she's a peace-maker, and a wonderful one at that... also, if you don't, I'll shoot you with an 'Inaba bullet', top of the range, point-blank."

"Hmph! Fine!" Reimu snapped, "I'm sorry for intruding into your house."

Yutaka sighed, "Good. Now apologise to Sakuya for trying to get her to break up with her boyfriend..."

"Do I have to?"

Dawitsu aimed his fingers at Reimu's head. "Of course you do."

"...I'm... sorry that Rinnosuke picked you instead of me!" Reimu bitterly said.

Dawitsu made a loading sound, and filled his finger-gun with imaginary ammunition. "Come on, that wasn't a real apology..."

"...I'm sorry I tried to steal Kourin off of you..." Reimu half-heartedly said.

Yutaka grinned, "That'll have to do. Okay, Remilia, apologize to Reimu..."

"What do I have to apologize for?" Remilia asked.

"Fair enough..." Yutaka said. "Similarly, I don't think there's anything Sakuya should apologise for..."

Reimu folded her arms. "Hmph! Well... I... I'm leaving! It's too much effort, chasing boys! And I would've gotten away with it, if it wasn't for you meddling Youkai!"

Dawitsu laughed, "I'm far too hungry to make a joke out of that. Come on, Yutaka, let's finish eating lunch."

Reimu scrambled for the exit, her face as red as a beetroot, and the residents of the Scarlet Devil Mansion decided that she probably wouldn't return, so sat back down and ate their dinner.

After they finished, the residents dispersed their separate ways, however Yutaka grabbed Dawitsu's sleeve in an attempt to keep him behind. "Hold on, Boss... I need to speak to you..."

Dawitsu became nervous, "What is it, Yutaka? By the way, you were fantastic back there... I couldn't have done that without you..."

Yutaka blushed with pride, "I'm glad that you think so... Boss... if it's not too much trouble, can I ask you something?"

"What is it, Yutaka?" Dawitsu put his hand on Yutaka's shoulder, and tried his best to establish eye contact.

"It's... well, Boss, it's to do with the fact that you... you still... love me. I'm just wondering, but... when you said that we're like Brother and Sister... when you said that I'm the best friend you'll ever have... was it all a lie? Was it all because you wanted to... be with me?"

Dawitsu was shocked, and proceeded to hug his Shikigami. He warmly replied, "Absolutely not... you're my best friend... you always will be. It's just that I... also see you as the love of my life. But first and foremost, you're my Sister from another Mister..."

Yutaka giggled, and hugged her Boss back, "Oh... so, you weren't taking any pleasure at all when I cosplayed as Haruhi Suzumiya all that way ago?"

Dawitsu smiled, "Oh, so you were looking at that picture too? Heh, I can't lie... you look great in School Uniform..."

Yutaka suddenly pushed her boss off of him, "So... you... why did you get me to cosplay? Were you just lusting over me the entire time?"

"N-no!" Dawitsu panicked, "It's not like that at all! I wanted you to come with me to the Comiket, and it's an unwritten rule that you have to cosplay! I didn't want you missing out! I... I... I just thought that if you were going to, then you may as well..."

"...Look good doing it, right?" Yutaka's expression turned angry for the first time in a while, "And you happened to dress up as the most shipped-with character to the character I was dressed up as! You wanted people to think we were a couple!"

"Yutaka..." Dawitsu was hurt, and had no way to respond.

"And I saw the way you looked when Patchouli and I kissed... you're sick!" Yutaka snapped.

Dawitsu hung his head in shame, "I... I guess I am... I'm sorry, Yutaka. I don't expect you to forgive me for this... you're right... I've been a terrible friend to you..."

Yutaka softened, "N-no... I didn't mean that..."

Dawitsu walked away, "I'm so sorry, Yutaka... I... I guess I need to get on with teaching Flandre now..."

Yutaka grabbed Dawitsu as he left, "No! You're not running away from this! Listen to me!"

Dawitsu seemed almost as if he was a child being told off. "Okay... I'll listen."

Yutaka folded her arms, "These are the rules from now on, okay? You don't tell me what to wear! I think I speak for the majority when I say that these sleeves are incredibly debilitating. Also, don't comment on my height, or my young looks. It's patronising, and it makes me feel like you're a dirty old man. And finally, I want you to forget all about this 'I love you' business. I'm willing to forget if you are."

Dawitsu smiled, "I... I'm willing. And... if you want, I'll abide by those rules. I..."

Yutaka then looked Dawitsu in the eye, "But before you forget... I'll give you something for free. Close your eyes..."

Dawitsu did as commanded, and Yutaka got on her tip-toes. She attempted to kiss Dawitsu, but failed miserably, falling forward and knocking him backwards. The result was her lying on top of the confused Dawitsu.

Sakuya, who was concerned about the two, returned to the Dining Room to find them in the awkward mess they were in. She stopped, took in the sight, stepped back slightly, and stuttered, "D-don't worry... I won't tell Patchy about this!" and ran away.

Dawitsu and Yutaka looked at each other, and Yutaka rolled off of her Boss and onto the floor. Then they both burst into laughter. "Oh, we're always going to be friends, aren't we, Yutaka?"

"Yes, forever. I think that's enough proof I need... even our heights aren't compatible..."

"Well, if you told me to crouch a little..."

"Nice try, Boss... that opportunity's null and void now..."

"What a shame..."

Of course, they did eventually get up off the floor, and tried their very best to explain to the confused Sakuya what had occurred. Sakuya didn't quite take in what was meant, but just accepted their explanation as that was the easier choice. Her head was hurting from the crazy events involving trip wires, shrine maidens dressed as ninjas and awkward situations to walk in on. Questioning would only confuse her further...

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