Disclaimer: Touhou belongs to Zun.
A/N: Now, as I'm on the edge of my seat to see what happens next, I'll write an extra chapter today! On with the show, once more!
Dawn, Cirno's house:
"I-it's not what it looks like!" I franticly flail about at the situations misinterpretation.
"Yeah, I only almost ate her!" Rumia's vague description didn't help in the least.
"Ohh my..." The misunderstanding only deepened with Rumia's claim.
"A-anyways, could you please get off, Rumia? You're knee grinding isn't helping to defuse the situation." Rumia looked down, and saw that her knee was in fact pressed against my treasure trove. Hopping back up with a bright red face, Rumia forgot her hunger, if only momentarily.
Mystia began to stir, suddenly bolting upright. She felt it was sunrise!
"Chin~ Chin~!" Due to close proximity to the cry, we all went momentarily blind, while flailing about in confusion. Mystia noticed her mistake, and grimaced. While her singing caused blindness, it was actually based off the volume of her voice. If she screams, or chirps loudly, people will still go blind. Singing is simply easier, while chirping is stealthier in a way.
"A-ahh... what...?" The cry woke up Wriggle, followed by Aya.
"Ayaya... So noisy! I can see the headline now, Screams wake the dead, could it b-" Aya interupted her own normally internal monologue, and looked about. Why was she here, again? Weren't they all out getting a scoo- solving the incident, before everything went dark?
Cirno simply kept snoring peacefully.
"...What's up with the humans?" Mystia was understandably confused. The last humans who tried to join their group ended up getting eaten after annoying Rumia. Who knows why they thought that Rumia had an 'Ex-boss,' whatever that is, sealed in that ribon of hers?
"Ahh, Yukari turned the icy pair human. Seems that they were fighting her, and pretty much won." The explaination from Rumia simply made everyones mouths gape open for one reason or another. Aya continuously jotted down tidbit after tidbit of exaggerated facts, as well as a note to get the story from us later. Scoop get!
"Ugh..." The final member, and leader, began to stir. Cirno looked about, feeling that odd feeling again. So she was still human, huh? Just to confirm it, she tried to bring a wing to her hand, nothing happened. Yep, human.
"I guess this means there's going to be the usual gathering at the Hakurei Shrine, huh? Guess we should get some food together, and go. Though, first we need to get you two some clothes!" Wriggle had a point, but where would they get clothes?
"A-ahh... Well, you could wear some of mine, but we would have to take back my tree from that mean Youkai." That plan seemed like the only good option, as they weren't about to go in the buff, and going to have clothes made in the human village was out of the question. Not only were the few men in the village perverts, the humans of the village don't take kindly to Youkai, and even more so, fairies. Rumia, being a known man eater, would probably get chased off, while Mystia might also get chased off, if any of the ones she tricked into eating at her stand recognised her.
"Well, lets get going, I guess..." Everyone began to fly out the door, leaving the pair of us alone. Being helpless human children, we wouldn't be of use in a fight. Heck, we couldn't even fly, let alone fight!
"I hate this... This feeling of powerlessness... I had gotten so strong, and for what? All of that strength... gone..." Cirno moped, hugging her knees on the floor. I had to cheer her up, somehow.
"Don't worry, Cirno! I'm sure we can go back to being fairies, we just need to find a way!" Cirno looked at me, with eyes that asked 'Really?'
"Y-yeah, so don't let it get you down! Also, be sure not to get hurt badly... Humans, we don't regenerate like a fairy does. If we lose a limb..." I hold up my left arm, which wasn't regenerating at all now that I was human. "...It won't grow back..." The warning had actually had an unexpected effect of the human of the lake. Cirno began to cry. If not for her handing me that gem, I would still have my hand.
"I'm-sorry-I'm-sorry-I'm-sorry-I'm-s-" I cut off her chanting with a hug. Even if my breasts were small, Cirno felt comforted by her face pressed into the soft flesh. She could hear my heart beat, beat by beat. The gentle thumping calmed her down greatly, her tears dripping down my body.
"It's okay... It's fine, I've already forgiven you, Cirno." I couldn't stand seeing the willful girl break down like this. If only to stop her tears, I would say anything. I wasn't sure why she was saying sorry like that, but I could forgive the girl of anything at this moment.
"You... You mean it...?" The reddened eyes of the girl looked up at me, and I simply tightened the embrace.
"Yes, Master, I forgive you." I gently smiled, I hated seeing Cirno like this. She was so strong, in so many ways, but she just looked... broken... by whatever it was she was crying over.
"Thank you..." I felt her smile against my skin.
"For what?" Cirno's body shook lightly, from a small chuckle.
"Everything, Usa." She pulled me in for a quick kiss, before getting back up. Both of our cheeks burned bright red at what had just happened. Cirno had just... kissed me. Thinking about it only made my heart flutter, and my cheeks redden further. Why had she kissed me?
Before I could ask about such a thing, everyone was back. Rumia's hands were coated in blood, It would seem they had been successful in their endevour.
"We're baaack~" Mystia gently sang the words, and threw us each a dress.
"Sorry it took so long, mister Youkai was less than happy about it! Buuut, eventually saw reason, thanks to Rumia!" Wriggle grinned, laughing at her own joke.
"Is that so~?" Rumia simply smiled, and began to lick her fist clean. While it wasn't the same as human, Youkai wasn't half bad. She had eaten a bit of the defeated Youkai, so as to not have to worry about trying to eat her friends. It turned out he was a horse Youkai, so they took a bit of him with them. Two birds, one stone. Now they have clothes, and food! ...Mystia and Aya weren't particularly happy about that phrase, when Wriggle had said it after the fight. Why was it that birds were so sensative about such things?
