Aw geez, finally got this update done! Hell, those technical difficulties I experience currently are simply annoying! I can barely write sometimes... with that, the little time I have to write becomes even shorter, which was why this update got postponed two times! Jesus, I am three days late! I just hope I get those annoying difficulties fixed soon!

But yeah. Colorful title for this chapter, huh? Like it suggests, it will introduce three new characters to the story, even though one of them is barely mentioned cause... well, I have problems characterizing her. Not that important as she won't be of any big importance to the arc or the story.. but still, it will possibly cause her fans to become mad. I am sorry I don't know how to write her, okay? ...if you still want to kill me, the line doesn't start here. There are lots of people who want to kill me, and they wait longer than you, sorry.

But... yeah. Nothing much to say, other than this chapter actually containing some action... finally! When I wrote the last arc (PoFV), I didn't even realise I had almost no action in it. Towards the end, I got finally aware that as good as nothing had happened. That will change, cause from now on, the fights return... worser and harder than ever. We near the end of this arc already (3 Chapters remaining + 1 extra chapter), but oh well... this arc still will contain some fights...

But yeah. I should stop this annotation here and just begin, alright? Shall we start?

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Touhou, Team Shanghai Alice / ZUN does. Chôzen Gekido, Ryoko Jigoku, Sly and Nanatsu no Taizai belong to me.


Chapter 3: Black Crow, Blue Kappa, White Wolf

The sun hung deep in the sky as we reached the river. The soft noise of the moving water was relaxing, and we seemed not to be the only ones who thought this. A blue-dressed girl who sat on the ground next to the river, looking shyly at us, and a girl in a black skirt and a white shirt, looking excitedly at us, were here also.

"Ohoho! The Shinigami-Judge of seven sins! What brings you here in male accompany, the river of the kappa?", asked the girl in black and white. "A tengu?", asked Nanatsu. The black and white girl grinned. "So you know, hm? Yes, I´m a tengu, the fastest in all Gensokyo, always looking for a scoop! Gensokyo´s best reporter, Aya Shameimaru!", introduced the girl herself.

"And this shy girl here is Nitori Kawashiro, a kappa. She´s pretty innovative and smart. And she invents the greatest stuff! Just got myself my camera repaired after a certain youkai of seasons crushed it!", snickered Aya. I paled and felt my mouth fell open.

"She managed to get away from a mad Yuuka Kazami? She really has to be the fastest to avoid Yuuka!""So what brings you here in male company?", asked Aya. "This is my husband. Also, we´re here to welcome the new goddess.", explained Nanatsu.

"Oh, you´ve come to welcome Yasaka-sama personally? Has the yama send you?", asked Aya. "Y-Yasaka? That reminds me of something, but what? W-well, since it does remember me of something, it can´t mean any good, right?", I thought. "Just think of Mokou... We´ve known her before as well, and she killed us... well, kinda killed us...! But Yasaka... Yasaka... I think her first name starts with a K, doesn't it?""Yeah... but don´t ask me why it reminds us of something..."

The conversation between me and my other half was cut short when Nanatsu spoke up. "Yes, we have, however, Enma-sama has nothing to do with this. It is by our own choice that we come to welcome the goddess. We´d like to meet her.", smiled Nanatsu, though it was a fake smile... Luckily, only I could tell when Nanatsu is lying.

"Yasaka-sama... how many do you know of her?", asked Aya. "Nothing, I fear.", I replied, uneasily. And Nanatsu was giving me that look... she knew I just remembered something, right? "Yasaka-sama is the goddess of wind and rain, thought many people also call her the goddess of storm and war. This is due to the great Suwa war, which she caused, and she won by inflicting a storm that blew the other goddess away. She can control rain and wind, but her main ability is to create sky. And..."

Aya turned around and pointed to the top of the mountain, which was now maybe only four hours away. Thus, the lake was a much clearer in view, and so were several pillars inside it. "The lake is hers, as are the faith pillars. If anyone should ever enrage her, he is sure to be squished by those mighty faith pillars.", chuckled Aya.

"That is good to know. What else is there about this goddess?", I questioned quickly. "Remind me to avoid enraging that Yasaka, cause ya know… those faith pillars look heavy." "I will. Don't want to be squished by giant pillars as well."

"Hm... Yasaka-sama is really strong and serious. She likes some technological progresses. She knows how to charm her followers, Lord Tenma was head over heels for the changes Yasaka-sama wants to do.", continued Aya.

"The elder kappas are... also very interested in technology that Yasaka-sama has introduced to us.", muttered the shy kappa. Geez, that sure makes her look cute. Especially that blush, or that she pulled her hat lower to hide her face.

"But now to you! I need to interview you, Shinigami of seven sins!", exclaimed Aya and jumped with incredible speed to us. "Come on, tell me something about yourself!", exclaimed Aya. It was that moment that Aya flinched and turned around to the direction of the waterfall. I looked there as well, and found someone flying towards us.


She landed. "Hello, Nitori.", she greeted the shy kappa, who nodded. "Hello Momiji…", replied Nitori quietly. Then, the white wolf tengu turned to us. "Aya.", she greeted shortly, but it didn't sound much like she liked Aya. Aya nodded back, looking somewhat confused. "Momiji. What brings you here? Shouldn´t you guard the village with your underlings?", asked Aya.

The white-wolf tengu shook her head. "Not at the moment, I was freed of my duty for another task, which Lord Tenma thinks of as important. Lord Tenma has send me to this direction after she heard of the news…", spoke Momiji, her eyes turning to us. Then she turned completely to Nanatsu.

"Nanatsu no Taizai. Lord Tenma has sent me to overbring you and your husband an invitation to the tengu village. She wishes for you to stay overnight, and continue your journey tomorrow.", spoke the white-wolf tengu Momiji, and bowed down.

Nanatsu looked over to me, and I shrugged. "Alright, we accept.", sighed Nanatsu and turned to Momiji. "Lord Tenma will be very pleased with this…", spoke Momiji, still bowing. But then, she stood up… and looked directly at me.

"Gekido-sama.", she greeted me, surprising me with her formality. "In the last time, many rumors of a youkai with bilious green eyes fighting and defeating strong enemies have reached this mountain. I have heard of and seen your skills in battle… many say you are a strong enemy… you have fought and defeated Kaguya Houraisan… Fujiwara no Mokou… Yuyuko Saigyouji… Remilia Scarlet… Alice Margatroid… Youmu Konpaku… Sakuya Izayoi… to name a few."

I blinked. "Uh… well, yeah, I did.", I muttered. "I see…", whispered Momiji… before she suddenly began to blush. "Please grant me a wish, Gekido-sama. …Would you grant me a sparring? Now? I would like to meassure my skills on yours. I need to fight a strong enemy in order to get stronger… to continue my duty of guarding the tengu village even against stronger enemies."

"Uhm… what?", I asked, blushing myself. "Aw, hell yeah! You just got yourself a girl that idolizes you!" I sweatdropped at the command of my flame-soul. "Would you?", asked Momiji once again, to which I sent a glance to Nanatsu. "Would that be alright? Seeing as it is close to dusk and we can stay in the tengu village overnight, that should not be a problem..." Nanatsu nodded. "Sure. Go on, have some fun. I'm just gonna let myself get interviewed...", sighed my wife, to which Aya suddenly grinned madly, all of sudden pen and paper in hand. "You've got to be kidding me... she truly is the fastest..."

"Well then, Momiji, let's fight.", I chuckled, to which the white wolf tengu nodded excitedly.


Music: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles - Prepare for a decision

"Alright Momiji, what are the rules?", I asked the white wolf as I stood opposed to her on a clearing in between all those trees with their brown and orange leaves. "...First of... how about a Danmaku-Melee?", asked the white-wolf tengu in reply. "Danmaku melee?" "Well, a danmaku battle with physical attacks, non-lethal.", explained Momiji. "Oh. That style.", I chuckled, only remembering all too well my fights in the imperishable night. So that fighting style actually had a name... geez!

"Fine with me.", I replied. Momiji nodded. "And I would like to fight with swords, if that is alright to you... I would lend you a sword for the fight, of course." "A sword fight?", I asked, to which Momiji nodded. "Well, that's new.", I commented with a chuckle. "Alright, a danmaku sword fight. What else?", I asked. "Three spellcards each of us. You lose if you have no spellcards left or cannot move anylonger.", finished Momiji and I nodded. "That certainly is a different way to fight than usual, but it's fine with me.", I snickered.

The white-wolf tengu nodded, then unsheated the sword she was carrying on her back. She looked over it once, inspected the blade, then, as she held it with her right hand, reached for her back once more. This time, she drew a sword from a sheat she was carrying horizontally on her lower back. She inspected it as well... and then threw it to me.

I catched the sword with my right hand and glanced at it shortly, before I put my second hand onto the hilt as well, my gaze now fixed on Momiji again. "Ready?", she asked and I nodded. "Well then, Gekido-sama! Here goes!"

Music change: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles - Monsters Round Dance ~Rondo~

Before I even knew, Momiji stood in front of me, bringing her sword down. I was barely able to lift my own sword and block the attack before she hit me, but luckily, I managed. "DAMN! She's fast!" "No shit, sherlock...LOOK OUT!"

I ducked underneath the second slice, tried to hit Momiji into the abdomen with the hilt of my sword, but she turned hers and her blade blocked mine. Then, with a second jump that was just as quick as her first, she was a few meters away from me, her eyes narrowed as she waited for me to make a move... make a fault...

I rose my sword to my right side, clenched it with both hands, then rushed at Momiji. "I have no idea how to handle a sword...", I admitted inside my head. With a horizontal slice aimed at Momijis waist, I reached her, but to my surprise, Momiji made a quick move with her sword, pushed mine aside and hit me with the hilt of hers right in the forehead.

In pain, I stumbled back, holding my forehead with my left, free hand, the sword resting in my right. "THAT HURT!", I growled. "Don't let your cover down!" Hearing Momiji shout that, I looked up, just before a sword impacted with the right side of my chest and sliced cleanly through it. Luckily, as this was no fight to death, no physical damage was left... but it still hurt like hell.

Doubling over, I found Momijis knee nearing my face. But I would not allow that, so I let my sword fall and used both hands to grab Momijis nearing leg. She gasped as I stopped her leg, pushed her back, then charged at her. I grabbed her by the waist and lifted her over my head. "Hey, she's fairly light." Ignoring my flame-souls comment, I threw Momiji at the ground before me.

She hit the ground and snarled in pain, but instead of landing on the ground and just remain there, she twirled around on th ground and stopped eventually on her legs, her upper body leaned forwards, one hand on the ground to stop her slide. Meanwhile, I had picked up my sword again.

"Fine... It seems you know when to change between sword and hand...", she chuckled, rising to her full height again, her broad sword lifted. "But this was just the start. Let's heat this up a little..." Before I knew, she had moved again.

"Maple Sign 'Rondo of Maple Leaves'!" As she called out her spellcard, she extended her arms into heaven. A large ammount of brown and orange bullets in the shape of maple leaves was created above us, and slowly began to fall down onto me, dancing in the wind.

I quickly avoided a lot of them, spawning a few bullets on my own that I aimed at the quick white-wolf tengu... of course to no avail, as she just jumped out of the way and landed on a stone, throwing more "leaves" into the air. "I don't think you can beat her on long-range... She's just too quick. Try closing in on her... oh, and watch out for those leaves..."

I nodded, made a sudden turn, charged directly at Momiji, who lifted her sword and blocked mine. The raw power of my attack, however, was enough to push her off the rock. She gasped as her right feet touched nothing but air, causing her to fall onto her back right behind the rock. I, however, landed on my feet after a frontflip... and enjoyed the spellbreak noise.

Turning my head around, I found Momiji getting to her feet, narrowing her eyes at me. We turned back to each other, both a big grin on our faces. "You didn't even need a spellcard to beat mine.", she chuckled and I nodded. "You were testing me, weren't you? That spellcard is not made for physical battles, the only purpose it could serve in those would be to create a time limit to the battle and cause pressure on the opponent... it takes too long for the leaves too fall to be serious problem."

Momiji laughed at that. "So you found out. Yes, I was just testing you. But the next spellcard is going to hurt... a lot!", chuckled the white-wolf tengu, as she readied herself for another attack... and before I knew, she was right in front of me.


"Oh...!" Nanatsu rose an eyebrow as she heard Ayas amazed yelp. "What's it?", asked Nanatsu. "Momiji is quite strong... I never have seen her fight before... No one has truly seen Momiji fight before... She rather likes to be alone all the time, and those who have seen her fight, intruders with other words... never wanted to speak about it... I never knew Momiji was so fast...", muttered Aya.

"I see... so she is a lonewolf.", chuckled Nanatsu. Aya chuckled as well. "Indeed she is.", she replied... gaining a sad face. "Momiji hates me." Nanatsu frowned at Ayas sudden statement. "What?", asked Nanatsu. "I don't know why, but Momiji hates me. It is obvious. Whenever we meet, I get into fights with her... verbal fights.", sighed Aya. Nanatsu gave her an expression of sympathy, but Aya shook her head. "It's like it is. Don't worry.", spoke Aya, and turned back to the fight.


Music change: Donkey Kong 64 - Army Dillo 2nd time (caves boss)

With a punch to my abdomen, she sent me flying backwards, losing my sword in the process. It also turned out that right behind me was a tree, as I painfully found out. And Momijis punch was actually strong enough to not only sent me flying, no, it also caused the tree to break, sending splinters of wood everywhere.

My back hurt like never before as I found myself lying on the ground, the tree next to me, my sword good knows where. "The... hell...", I groaned, panting. "I have trained long and hard to prevent any danger from the tengu village. I have only increased my training as I have seen how strong others have become... seeing you become stronger has motivated me to become stronger as well.", admitted Momiji, somewhat blushing.

With a second groan, pushing all pain away, I sat up, my eyes narrowed. "Fine.", I growled, standing up, my body shaking. After all, I was just punched through a damn tree! "Let's get serious!", I growled... causing Momiji to smirk. "Alright. Here we go!", she shouted, pulling out another spellcard.

"Crystal Sign 'Earthquake Autumn'!" Momiji rose her sword over her head and jumped into the air. Immediately, I pushed myself off the ground and followed her. "Reaper Sign 'Scythe of the last second'!", I shouted, creating the scythe around my right arm and aimed it at Momiji. What I didn't expect, however, was that she fell down straight to the ground... and me, as I was directly beneath her.

My eyes widened as I realised, so I quickly let myself fall down to the ground again... but as I landed, I realised she wasn't going to stop falling, so I jumped out of the way... just right on time, as she hit the ground a second later. And when she hit it, I gasped as she released an orange shockwave which caused the whole earth beneath me to shake.

In the very last second, I dove back into the air, where Momiji already awaited me. Her sword hit me in the chest another time, this time, right in the center, and pushed me down onto the ground. I hissed in pain as Momiji withdrew her sword from my chest, grinning a bit. "Gotcha.", she chuckled... until she noticed my evil grin. "Oh no, I got you!", I chuckled, moved my right arm... and aimed my scythe at her.

The sudden blast of black energy pushed her off me, threw her into the air, before she impacted a few feet before me on her back,groaning as well. But in less than a few seconds, we were on our feet again, glaring at each other with big smirks. "You're really good... your real strength is not your physical power, but rather your ability to adapt to changes quick enough to find a way to counter effectively.", chuckled Momiji, leaning onto her sword.

While she spoke, I had already taken my sword from where it had fallen before, my scythe shattering to nothing more than the usual shards. "Well... let us finish this now!", growled Momiji and rose her sword, to which I rose mine as well. "Alright. Let's go!", I exclaimed.

Music change: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles - O Light!

Momiji rushed at me with another one of her jumps and I quickly rose my arms to block her. Our swords clashed, generated sparks as our blades fought for being superior. Eventually, she managed to push me backwards, but with a quick movement of my sword, I blocked her next strike and kicked her feet away.

However, she quickly catched herself and landed on her feet, waited for me to charge at her, which I quickly did. But I did not expect her to backflip, so I was completely without any guard as she fell backwards and kicked me in the face, sending me onto my back.

In only a few seconds, she stood above me, her sword aimed at my throat. Rolling aside to the left, I managed to avoid the first stab, rolling to the right, the second one. The third one was avoided when I grabbed her ankles and pushed, causing her to fall onto me. I know, the situation must've looked perverted but... yeah, I had a clear advantage when I turned us around so she lay beneath me.

But before I could even hit her, she moved her body and threw me off. Landing on my feet, I barely managed to avoid another one of her fast jumps, her sword missing me by only an inch. I rolled past her, turned around and lifted my blade, but once more she moved quick and blocked my attack with ease.

We both jumped backwards, only to rush at each other again. This time, we rushed past each other and tried to strike each others side, only to miss again. Jumping away from each other, we landed on the ground and looked at each other, both of us panting in exhaustion.

"You're very skilled with a... sword for... having never fought with one...", chuckled Momiji... before she threw her blade to the ground. "We both won't be able to fight anylonger... let us just finish this with one final strike!", she exclaimed, grinning madly. Unable to speak, I just nodded. "Alright.", she chuckled and pulled out her last spellcard just the moment that I pulled out my own.

"Melancholy 'Season of Sadness'!", exclaimed Momiji. "Death Sign 'Execution of Dullahan'!", I called forth myself. Momiji extended her arms upwards generating those brown leave bullets yet again... only that they were aiming at me this time. Also, Momiji then pulled her arms in, before she extended them to the sides, generating a large ammount of those orange behind her, which began to swirl like they were caught in a tornado.

My spellcard was active, but not released yet, so I jumped away and turned in midair. I let my own sword fall to the ground right before I landed with my feet against a tree. I pushed myself off and managed to get over the homing bullets that way. However, the tornado was flying towards me, the orange bullets that left it becoming blue, looking like tears that way. ...maybe that was why she had called this spellcard 'season of sadness'.

Doing a barrel roll in midair, I avoided the first tornado,l then jumped past the second, still charging at Momiji, even though I knew she would eventually just jump away. To not let it go that far, I came to a sliding stop, extending my arms to the sides, finally releasing my spellcard.

The two silver laser shot into the two directions, eventually turned towards Momiji, aiming directly at her neck. But just like before, Momiji just jumped away, this time, aiming for a tree trunk to land on. "That won't get you anywhere! I will just avoid! I am too fast for you to hit me on such distance!", exclaimed Momiji with a big smirk... until she noticed I was no longer at the spot the lasers came from.

"Oh, but who said I was going to attack you on that distance?", I chuckled as she landed next to me on the tree trunk... and got hit by her own sword, which I had picked up. She growled out in pain as her sword hit her in the side... glared at me... and then fell onto her knees.


"I admit defeat.", she sighed, still on her knees before me. "I may be fast, but your ability to adapt to new situations is faster." I sighed myself, scratching the back of my head. "Nontheless, you fight really good, Momiji." Suddenly, she blushed again. "Uhm... thank you.", she muttered. "But please use my last name, I feel uncomfortable with you saying my first name... It sounds like we are on the same level... and yet you are clearly stronger than me.", she muttered. At that, I simply sweatdropped. "Aw, isn't she a cute puppy? She feels uncomfortable with her idol calling her by her first name."

"Come on, get up.", I chuckled, extended a hand to her, which she took, blushing worser than before. I helped her up, but she quickly turned her gaze elsewhere. And with elsewhere, I mean at Nanatsu and Aya.

"Aya, please guide them to Lord Tenma, I shall continue my duty and guard the village.", spoke Momiji, a pleased smile on her face. Aya nodded. "Thank you, Gekido-sama. I now know my weaknesses and how I get stronger.", sighed Momiji with a pleased sigh as she bowed before me. "In due time, please visit me again so I can see if I have gotten stronger."

Without another word, Momiji jumped into the air and rushed towards the waterfall. With Momiji gone, Aya smiled and turned to us. "Wow. I never knew that Momiji had such strong spellcards… she never showed them to anyone.", smiled Aya. (1)

Then, she let out a sigh. "You did her a great favor, Chôzen Gekido. Thank you for that. Momiji may not like me much… says that I am a lazy, unresponsible person… but seeing her happy makes me happy as well." (2) The smile on Ayas face was truly moving. Did she idolize Momiji, I wonder?

"Very well then. Are you ready?", asked Aya. I glanced at Nanatsu, who nodded. Then I turned to Aya, and nodded as well. "I think I go home...", muttered a voice, causing me to become aware of the kappa that was still with us, Nitori. When I turned to her, she was already up to her mouth in the river, and vanished only a few seconds later. "Excuse her, she's a little shy.", chuckled Aya, waving her hand dismissingly. "Well then, we should go." With that, the tengu reporter took into the air, followed by Nanatsu and finally me.


(1) In canon, Momiji has not once used a spellcard before Double Spoiler. The spellcards she has used in this chapter are completely made up by me.

(2) In canon, it is said that Momiji does not like Aya.

So yeah. That's it for this chapter. Hope you liked it... I was doing my best at writing Momiji, cause ya know, little is actually known about her, but thank god (I mean you, ZUN), we have at least more information about her than about Daiyousei, which I found quite hard to write.

So yeah. Nitori was the character I don't know how to write... It's hard for me to write someone who is so shy and reserved. But let's no longer think of the past... rather, let us move on to the next update... in hope that my computer stops being an asshole towards me.

So, until the next update! See ya!