Sorry for not making another chapter all Spring Break, I was unusually busy

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We didn't fill Sanae in on what happened, we just took our leave. The surprising thing, though, is the fact that we were able to fly.

Sanae told us that Kanako and Suwako just took away the flight power because they recieved divine messages saying to take it away until they did what they were supposed to do.

When she informed us of this, we simply hung our heads, and made our way to our houses. Midori to her house, and I to the Scarlet Devil Mansion. By this time, night had come upon us.

I walked into the mansion and quickly made for the bathroom to wash up. While washing myself, I felt a quick stab of sadness for my poor purple grimoire.

Why? why did they do that? who were they talking to? Who is looking out for me?

These questions spun around in my head until I began to get dizzy, then quickly composed myself before I went unconscious.

I finished cleaning myself, then put on a green nightgown and made my way to Patchouli's library, my long hair falling down my back.

Opening the gigantic doors to Voile, I slowly made my way to the spot where Patchouli always was.

"How was Youkai Mountain?" she asked upon seeing me, her gaze never leaving the leather bound book in her hands.

"Terrible. I'm never going there again. I hope everyone there dies," I said, cursing the very thought of the tengu there.

"Why so terrible?"

"Well, for one thing, my purple grimoire got destroyed by two gods. Second, two tengu picked a fight with me"

"Hm, I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your grimoire," Patchouli said with a blank expression.

"No you're not," I replied.

"Not really. So, where are you planning on going next?"

"I don't really know. Do you have any ideas?"

Patchouli casted her eyes to me, then closed the book and turned to me. She stayed silent for so long, I thought she wasn't going to answer.

"I may have a suggestion, although you may have to call on a very... annoying person in order to go there," Patchouli said.

"Annoying person? who?"

"Yukari Yakumo," Patchouli stated, scowling.

I had never heard of that person before. But at the mention of the name, the air in the room seemed to ripple with... some strange energy.

Patchouli seemed to sense this too, because she waved her hand as if brushing away a spider's webbing.

"Stop spying on me, you pesky woman," she said, and I swore I heard someone giggle.

I looked around wildly, before my attention was called back to Patchouli.

"Oh, and congratulations on your first contract," Patchouli said.

"Oh it was g- wait, how did you know about War-"

"His energy is all over you. It'd be kind of hard to miss."

"Oh. Well, it went good. Unfortunately, I had to use it on Aya Shameimaru," I said, scowling.

Patchouli furrowed her brows. "You shouldnt've had to revert to summoning for someone like Aya. Something's wrong... wait... I think you're getting... weaker," she said.

"Me? weak? impossible!" I exclaimed.

"I'm not saying you're weak. I'm saying you're becoming a shadow of your former self. Maybe... maybe it was that grimoire. You spent so much time focusing on everything but you're natural power, destruction, that you became weaker in power all together."

"I did take a long time to use my destruction grimoire..." I trailed off.

"Exactly. So maybe... maybe the gods destroying your purple one was a blessing in disguise... maybe they did it for your own benefit."

I thought about this for a minute, then decided that maybe Patchouli had a point. Suwako and Kanako did say that someone was looking out for me. And if divine intervension had to be called just to destroy a grimoire... then maybe there was something more to it.

Soon, my head began to hurt, so I stopped thinking about it.

"So this Yakumo woman. Who is she, and how do I contact her?" I asked.

"Well, I would suggest your sister, but you two are in a fight. So, ask Sakuya about her. Sakuya is... somewhat affiliated with the woman. I have to warn you, though. Yukari is very tricky, and can be extremely annoying. But, under no circumstances, battle with her. Yukari is the very person who created Gensokyo, with Reimu's help. Her power is equal to that of a God's... if she tries to bait you, don't fall for the trap. Do you hear me?" Patchouli said.

"Yes," I said, then shuddered.

Power equal to a God's?

Creator of Gensokyo?

I couldn't wait to meet this woman.