AN: I do not own Touhou Project, it belongs to Team Shanghai Alice, aka ZUN.

So uh… I checked the official timeline in Gensokyo and found out that Mountain of faith happens three years after imperishable night… woops. So about breaking cannon here but having that much time in between to deal with a flower viewing only? Sorry but since we are still in autumn after Imperishable night I can at least keep the season canonical. But let's get the party started anyway.

So without further ado!

Let! The! Gates! Open!

Monte Fidei

(Mountain of Faith)

(Part 1)

(Stage Start!)

BGM: ULiL Nitori's Theme: Akutagawa Ryunnosuke's Kappa ~ Candid Friend

Nitori wiped her brow as she worked in her room, since last week she had gone to the human village and picked up some new tools and supplies to get to work on her latest project. Since the party things had changed slightly around the household, most of it being Vaati's new wardrobe, and that Marisa now came by more often along with Alice and Patchouli. Looking at the skeleton of the suit of armor she was building she looked back at her schematics. "If Tony stark can build a suit of armor in a cave with a box of scraps, I can make my own suit of armor." Nitori said to herself, flipping her wrench in her hand as she remembered one of her favorite lines from the movie. "Nitori what the heck are you doing in there!" Vaati shouted from across the hall, the sound of coughing come afterwards having become commonplace.

"Just working on a major project! I want it to be a surprise!" Nitori shouted back, putting her wrench down and grabbing her backpack, walking out into the hallway and out to the main room. In the many room Marisa was upside down using one of the many controllers for the 'Wii U' as the box said, Rumia, Cirno and Wriggle all using their own controllers as they kept trying to beat up Marisa's character in the fighting game they were playing. "Come on! Give me a challenge!" Marisa taunted, still hanging upside down… it didn't help that she had the gamepad while everyone else had normal controllers. "I wanta do that." Rumia cried out, the character she was using continually firing missiles… that Marisa's character kept sending right back at her with a reflecting move. "Marisa stop bullying them, they are just kids." Alice said, leaning up against a wall as she watched the screen. "GOTTCHA!" Cirno shouted loudly as her character's sword finally connected with Marisa's character, sending her back a couple of feet as Marisa had her character retort by summoning a suit of armor that slammed Cirno's character off the stage, taking her out of the match as Wriggle's character tried punching Marisa', Marisa's character just teleporting away and teleporting next to Rumia's sending her off stage as Wriggle's character ran at Maria's, and when it tried to attack Marisa's dodged… Wriggle's going straight off the stage, the match ending with Marisa the winner.

"Don't mess with the best, because that's what I am!" Marisa claimed, sitting back up on the bed as Rumia pouted and Cirno looked severely tempted to freeze Marisa's head in a block of ice. "Will you girls just stop… your very loud." Vaati said, having floated into the room from the hall behind Nitori, Nitori stepping out of the way for Vaati. "Yeah, yeah I got it." Marisa said, waving Vaati off. "If your done Marisa, don't we have something to do?" Alice asked, referring to the reason they had come here in the first place. "O yeah Reimu wanted us to get Nitori for some reason." Marisa said snapping her fingers. "What's Reimu want?" Nitori asked, Marisa shrugging. "She just wanted the kappa."

"Alright I'll come, anyone coming with me?" Nitori asked, she wasn't the best fighter, and odd were something was going to happen… it was about that time of the month for something crazy to happen anyway. "Count me in." Cirno said, jumping off the bed. "I'll come to, I'd rather not be a lazy bum." Vaati said, floating next to Nitori. "Yeah get going you three. I'll be staying here." Marisa said, grabbing her controller again as Alice sighed. "I'll come with you too, if Marisa's just going to stay here the entire time."

"Well then let's get going, the house better not be blown up when we get back!" Vaati said in a voice promising a fireball to the face if anything happened, the younger girls nodding as Marisa started setting up the next game. "She's obsessed with that thing I swear." Vaati muttered. "It boosts her already huge ego, you think she wouldn't?" Alice replied to her, Vaati rolling her eyes as Alice brought out a contingent of dolls to carry Nitori, who couldn't fly as they shot off towards the shrine.

BGM: HM – Hakurei Shrine Stage – Spring Lane ~ Colorful Path

Reimu sat at the table in the Hakurei shrine, her face red from alcohol, having been drinking her sorrows away for the past week with Suika. "Reimu, I may drink all the time, but your human, you just aren't made to do that." Suika said in concern, the amount of sake Reimu had consumed over the past week being extremely unhealthy. "Then I don't want to be human anymore…" Reimu hiccupped in her drunken stupor, having not been sober much in the past week, the only time she was anywhere near sober when she had asked Marisa and Alice to get the kappa. "Be careful what you wish for, and only if you truly mean it." Suika said, leaning back as Reimu took another drink and downed it.

Outside the shrine a girl with green hair in a shrine maiden outfit landed outside the shrine. "So this is the Hakurei Shrine? Guess lady Kanako was right." Sanae muttered to herself as she walked into the shrine, looking at it's disheveled state in disgust. "Could do with a good cleaning that's for sure." Sanae said out loud, hoping to attract the attention of the resident shrine maiden or the Oni that was currently at the shrine. "Although this place could make for a good branch of the Moriya shrine, I'll have to suggest that." Sanae thought out loud. 'You think I'm not listening? But good idea Sanae." Kanako spoke into her mind. Sanae tuned her out a bit to listen, picking up on a small conversation near the main building of the shrine.

Walking up to the shrine door Sanae breathed in, holding a blessed Ofuda in one hand as she threw the door open… and was surprised by the sight inside. The oni from last week was comforting a girl in shrine maiden garb, the girl herself hiccupping with several empty cups on the table, the stench of alcohol noticeable in the air. 'This… is not what I was expecting.' Kanako said in Sanae's mind, Sanae absentmindedly nodding as the oni turned towards her. "You're the shrine girl from Youkai mountain, do you mind coming back later, Reimu's in a bit of a crisis." Suika said, being civil as Sanae glared. "Why are you here in this holy place." Sanae accused. "I was invited by the closest thing this shrine has got to a goddess." Suika said, referring to Yukari. "I don't want to be the shrine maiden anymore…" Reimu groaned in her drunken stupor. "Is she okay?" Sanae asked, worried for the other shrine maiden. "She got told her entire family was massacred by humans, and that no one believes she or the shrine even exist, so no she's not okay." Suika said, patting Reimu on the back as she hiccupped, her face pure red from alcohol.

"Enough stalling, let's get down to business." Sanae proclaimed, Suika laying Reimu down on the floor gently as she cracked her neck. "Your funeral." Sanae held her hands up in self defense waving them like crazy. "No I don't mean like that!" Sanae panicked. "Then what do you mean?" Suika asked.

"Ahem, by order of the goddess of Moriya, she requests your shrine either be shut down or be converted to Shinto." Sanae said, scared out of her wits, hoping Suika wouldn't pound her again. "We don't have time to deal with your religious stuff, we have an issue with the Tengu and Kappa on Youkai mountain, so we are busy." Suika said, referring to the reason Reimu had asked for Nitori. "I should know about that, you caused quite the ruckus pulling that stunt, and now everyone is up in arms!" Sanae shouted. "Look we have things to do, now go away and take your stupid religious reason and kindly shove them where the sun don't shine." Suika said rudely. "No, you are ordered by the goddess of Moriya to either convert or be shut down, that is final." Kanako said, taking control of Sanae's body by channeling herself through it.

"Like I said take it, and SHOVE IT!" Suika shouted, rushing at Sanae and punching her hard in the gut, sparks of power around Suika's fist as Sanae gasped before the actual transfer of momentum occurred, Sanae being sent flying far, far away as Suika pulled her fist back and let her hand relax."

"Nice hit, I give it a seven out of ten." Someone said, Suika turning around and seeing Yukari hanging from a gap behind her. "Hey Yukari, wasup?" Suika asked. "Depends on what you think is up, but in all seriousness, you can't let them shut down the shrine. As much as Reimu doesn't like it this shrine is the keystone of the barrier, so them shutting it down is a big issue, if you understand what I mean." "Great so not only do we have this stupid Tengu and Kappa stuff to deal with, but the Shrine business?" Suika complained Yukari nodding as she disappeared back into her gap, leaving Suika alone. "Didn't even let me accept or deny." Suika muttered, walking back into the shrine and staring at Reimu as she had started chugging down more sake in sorrow.

"Woah… I didn't take Reimu for such a heavy drinker." Someone said, Suika turning around in annoyance and sighing. "About time you got here, where is Marisa?" Suika said, seeing the small group of Nitori, Alice, Vaati and Cirno. "She decided to stay at home and play video games." Vaati snarked, Suika getting the message, but not knowing what a video game was, she knew what games were.

"What did you need me for?" Nitori asked, walking up ahead of the group to Suika. "We are having some… issues with the Tengu, Kappa and now some 'goddess of Moriya' so we wanted some info, or rather Reimu wanted some info before she got drunk off her arse." Suika said, the drunken Reimu giving a rude gesture from her position on the floor before taking another drink.

"That's the reason I left." Nitori said, referring to when Marisa and Alice had found her in the forest of Magic. "The Moriyas had showed up and the tengu were all up in arms, so I left before they could impose a curfew, but they found out I was gone anyway, but I haven't seen anyone from either village in about a month." Nitori said, referring to the Imperishable Night incident.

"So it'll be the six of us versus an entire mountain and probably a god or two… I like those odds." Suika said proudly, taking her gourd away from Reimu and taking a nice long drink from it. "Why do I have to do anything." Reimu slurred from the floor. "Because it's our house they are trying to take over." Suika said, not calling the shrine, a shrine, it was more of a house anyway at this point. "Fine I'll do it, I like my house." Reimu slurred, slowly getting up, her face red as Alice sighed, pulling out a small bottle. "One of Marisa's cures, give it to her." Alice said, throwing the bottle to Suika, who popped it open before handing it to Reimu, who drank it. "Better not end who it did with her." Suika said, pointing at Vaati, who huffed in annoyance.

"We've been using these things for a long time, they are fine, Marisa usually tests them herself." Alice replied, waving off Suika concern. "Now then, to Youkai mountain?" Vaati asked. "Yep, let's move it!" Suika claimed, starting to fly as she waved for everyone to follow her. "But I can't fly!" Nitori yelled at Suika, Cirno flying up behind her and grabbing Nitori by the shoulders, lifting her up with ease.

"You weigh less then the giant blades of ice I make." Cirno said, Nitori huffing as everyone flew after Suika, Reimu a bit slower then everyone due to still being drunk… and her lack of any tools she normally had going unnoticed.

BGM: PoFV – Yuuka Kazami's Theme – Gensokyo, Past and Present ~ Flower Land

A young appearing woman stood in the middle of a field of sunflowers, taking in the breeze as her short green hair blew in the wind, her parasol planted in the ground like a cane, or a sword. "How long has it been, since I have involved myself in the going on of the world?" The woman asked, seemingly no one. "I know you can hear me, you hear everything, but I ask, how long has it been? Around five years now?" The woman asked, the wind itself seeming to halt at her question. "Is that your answer... I'm surprised that you would even give me a sign that you could still manipulate the world outside of your location." The woman said, closing her eyes as she breathed in. "Well then Mima, time to see just what Gensokyo has gotten up to in the absence of it's Sleeping terror." The woman said, extending the reach of her sight beyond her garden of flowers, the plants of Gensokyo her eyes.

"What is this? It appears that Shrine maiden you liked so dearly is off with a group of friends to stop an incident… Perhaps it is time I test her once more. A pity the little thief you called an apprentice isn't with her, but it shall do." The woman said to the air, opening her eyes as she pulled her parasol out of the ground, completely pure pink with not even a smudge of dirt on it.

"For it is about time that Gensokyo remembers that Yuukai Kazami still lives on." Yuuka said, walking forward as her sunflowers parted themselves for their creator, a path out of the garden forming as Yuuka stopped walking for just a moment. "I believe that our true reunion is close at hand Mima, soon we shall find out who is truly the real terror." Yuuka said as she started walking again, the air in the clearing of the garden shimmering, the faded form of a certain evil spirt flickering into existence for just a moment before disappearing. Soon she would be released, and the Evil spirit Mima would roam the land once more… and annoy the ever living hell out of Reimu and Marisa when she finally got out.

BGM: Gensou Shoujo Taisen Ei [OST] – Enther the Aluren ~ Reincarnation

It was a dark cliff in the world, the waves crashing below on the cliff. At the edge of the cliff floated a girl, Mima herself. For in Makai since the sealing it had been shrouded in total darkness. "Soon enough… I will get out of here, it just so BORING in here." Mima started… then started complaining about. "Of all the things we don't agree on, I'm surprised that's one of the few we do agree on." Someone said behind Mima.

"Well if it isn't the demonic saint herself, it's been… what about a week since we last saw each other?" Mima asked, turning around and seeing her companion in the insanity that had become Makai. "Those words are a contradiction… but all the more true when you think deeply enough." The woman said. "Enough with the cryptic crap Byakuren, why are you here." Mima asked, not that she didn't mind having company that didn't try to kill her after five seconds. "Well where else would I go, considering that everyone else in Makai is constantly trying to kill us." Byakuren said. "That's what you get for being a saint." Mima jabbed. "That's what you get for screwing over the goddess of Makai more times then anyone can count." Byakuren jabbed back.

"Not so high and mighty now are you?" Mima asked, Byakuren always had that 'Holier then thou' air around her of some reason. "I never was high and mighty, but I think it would be best if we stuck together for time being." Byakuren said, the sounds of growling coming from the darkness behind them. "How long are we talking about?" Mima asked, the growling growing in numbers and getting louder. "Until we are both released from this place, whoever gets taken out will bring the other with them." Byakuren said, power flowing around her in response to the sounds of their soon to be attackers. "Deal, because your more likely to get pulled out this place then I am, as much as I hate to admit it." Mima said, turning around along with Byakuren to face their attackers.

The large assortment of demons growled and snarled… for they had become little more then feral husks in the darkness. "Shall we then?" Mima asked Byakuren, her staff appearing in her hand as Byakuren readied her fists. "Let's." Byakuren replied, the demons rushing at them in feral fury.

BGM: Sinister Shadows – Kingdom hearts 2

Byakuren rushed at the demons herself, the lead one swiping at her with it's claws, Byakuren dodging to the side and delivering a punch of pure power straight to the demon's chest. The sheer force from the punch sending the beast flying far away. But that didn't stop those behind it as several jumped and swiped at her, or at least tried to when a beam of light cut straight through them, Mima's staff glowing with power, a light in the eternal darkness that the demons would stop at nothing to snuff out. "Next." Mima taunted, despite knowing the feral demons could not understand her.

Byakuren wasted no time grabbing the closets demon, using both her arms just to grab one of it's own, spinning it around before tossing it at the crowd, knocking down a group of demons like pins, but they still got right back up. Mima was floating high about the battle ground, the light from her sun-staff glowing brightly as she raised it high, and then pointed it down, a large ball of light shooting from it. Firing lasers of light all the way. Demons scrambled to avoid getting caught by the beams of light, but Byakuren kept rushing up to demons, grabbing them and throwing them at the giant glowing light ball of doom, causing them to disintegrate. The ball itself was floating in the sky, firing down it's lasers of light at Mima's command, and when one would be about to hit Byakuren, it would redirect towards the nearest demon, the light itself controlled by Mima.

Byakuren saw the large forest of demons, the near army of them a tide of darkness even against the blackness of Makai, the ball of light that was constantly growing in size the only source of light besides Mima's staff. Jumping up high above the ball Byakuren flew towards Mima. "We got an entire army of them coming right at us." "Then let's give them a present shall we." Mima replied, pointing at the ball of light, the two of them nodding as they sped at it. Byakuren slamming the ball with her open palm as Mima swung at it with her staff, the two of them hitting the ball at the same time. The force of both swings set the light in motion, flying right at the tide of demons coming towards them. The sounds of screaming and feral yelling as they tried to get away from their oncoming doom, the ball of light impacting right in the middle of the army. For but a moment it was pure darkness once more, until an explosion of light rang out, engulfing the army in it's light, Mima raising her staff once again as a shield of light rose around her and Byakuren, the blast of light washing over their bubble of protection until it faded, Mima dropping the shield as they observed their handiwork.

"I think you might have over did it on the power of that ball of light Mima." Byakuren chastised. The giant crater in the land where there was once forest evident of that, the cliff they had been standing on completely gone as they floated in the air. "Well on the bright side, it'll be a long time before anyone here is brave enough to mess with us again." Mima replied, looking on the bright side of things. "It's a nice plus I suppose, but I do hope we get out of here soon, it's dreadfully dull." Byakuren said, Mima laughing as they started flying towards where Byakuren had setup her safe house. It was better then being out in the open anyway.

BGM: [Touhou]-Youkai Mountain Theme: Ridiculous Game ~ Remix

Aya sighed as she sat in the Bunbunmaru newspaper, she hadn't been able to leave the mountain in a week since Suika had shows up, and kicked the collective arses of the crow tengu corps and. "Aya, are you in here?" Someone called from the door, Aya leaning back in her chair before replying. "Yeah I'm here Momiji, what do you need?" Aya asked. So many of her kind had a stick shoved up their arse, all prim and proper, and despite her devotion to her duty, Momiji never seemed to have that stick. "Lord Tenma wishes to she you, she wanted the fastest he could get on short notice." Momiji said, motioning Aya to follow her.

"Gee I seem to always be the one he calls upon when there is an issue." Aya complained, getting out of her chair and walking with Momiji. "Any idea why the boss wants me?" Aya asked, hoping to get some info out of her friend. "All he said was he wanted the fastest tengu I could get on short notice." Momiji said as they walked up the village path, nothing but other dog tengu out patrolling. "This stupid curfew, only reason I'm still in the village if you ask me is because it's where my newspaper business is." Aya complained as she and Momiji walked up to a large red door in the mountain, two dog tengu and a crow tengu outside it.

"You going to let us in or what?" Aya asked annoyed, not this again. "Lord Tenma has given me the orders to relay to you, our spies have detected movement coming from the Hakurei Shrine, six figures moving towards the mountain, one of them is the oni from last week, another is the kappa Nitori." The crow tengu said. "What does this have to do with me?" Aya asked, skeptical. "It's what is has to do with you and Momiji, both of you are to intercept the group and prevent them from entering the mountain, wee need more time to recover, or at the very least divert the group to the ground so the warriors can deal with them.

Momiji and Aya looked between each other, Momiji was a dog tengu and it was rare among the dog tengu to even be capable of flight, and both of them were about the best warriors they had… if not for Aya was on a short leash of her own making, only ever returning to the village to print her paper or restock on film. "Consider it done." Momiji said, grabbing Aya by the arm and dragging her away, much to Aya's protest.

When they had gotten far enough away Momiji shoved her into an alleyway. "What the hell was that for?" Aya complained quietly not wanted to draw attention. "I ran into Nitori about a month ago when she was outside the village, I was trying to find her but the doll maker magician and the thief magician stopped me from dealing with some intruders. "what does that have to do with anything?" Aya asked, skeptical. "A group of six that includes an Oni and Nitori? Odds are either the doll maker or the thief are with them and both are bad news, while the other three are unknowns." Momiji said, letting Aya put it together. "So we are to be a sacrifice to stall them?" Aya asked, Momiji nodding. "But it's out duty, if we need to we'll pull out, but we should get moving." Momiji said, leading Aya out of the alley as they took off down the mountain.

The game was a foot, and upon the Mountain of Faith battles were brewing, a three way battle between the forces of the Moriya, the Tengu and those of the land below the mountain was about to begin.

(Stage Clear!)

AN: Hello everyone, and welcome to the beginning of the mountain of faith. As promised a certain someone has been introduced as is joining the battle upon the mountain, Yuuka, Gensokyo's own sleeping terror. Also an insert of what Mima AND Byakuren are up to in Makai and Aya and Momiji being sent out to stall the heroes… but will they? Who knows? But yeah the players are all here, and upon the mountain of faith the cast is set.

Let the battles begin between those of Moriya, the Tengu, Yuuka and our Heroes!