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Synopsis: The shrine maiden, Reimu Hakurei was busy cleaning in her home the Hakurei Shrine, when she is visited and challenged by Rumia. However the darkness youkai not only has a new look and some new tricks as well.

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'Thoughts'

"Speaking"

"Spell Cards"

*Actions*

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At the Hakurei Shrine

Third Person POV

BGM: Touhou 15.5 - Being Things Eye To Eye (Pre-Battle)

'Well this is a bit boring.' Reimu Hakurei the shrine maiden of fantasy thought to herself. The miko was currently brushing away at the leaves that collected at the front of the shrine.

Like most of her usual days she would not get (again) a donation in her donation box again, and would laze around in the shrine. 'I wish something interesting would happen!'

"Hello there, Reimu!" A voice greeted her.

Reimu looked from her broom to see her longtime friend, and fellow incident resolver Marisa Kirisame, standing there with her own broom with her signature smirk as well. "So, how's it going, ze"

"Nothing much, Marisa." Reimu said in response. "Just that, I'm bored!"

"If you're bored Reimu, we can do a spell card battle, da-ze!" Marisa said to the miko.

"Well that does sound like a good idea…" Reimu continued before replying. "Sure let's do it."

"Alright, ze." Marisa said to the miko prepping for a battle with the miko.

Before the friends could engage in a danmaku battle, the two of them were interrupted by a childish voice.

"Hey, there Reimoo, black-white." The childish voice said the two of them.

Reimu and Marisa both turned their heads to see the one who had spoken to them. The speaker is revealed to be a 10 year old little girl wearing a black vest, and skirt, with a white shirt under the vest. She also has red eyes, blonde hair, and a red ribbon on her.

The two can already tell that this girl isn't a human for she was smiling at them with very sharp, and also monstrous teeth. She also seemed to be encased in a shadow sphere, and also was in a cross-like pose.

"What, you girls doing?~" The youkai said to the miko and ordinary magician.

"Oh hello Rumia." Marisa said to the darkness youkai.

"*sigh* what are you here for Rumia?" Reimu questioned the shadow youkai. But the miko already knew the answer, because the darkness youkai would always come to her shrine and challenge her to a fight. The shrine maiden always won, and defeated the youkai in every battle.

BGM: Apparitions Stalk the Night (Re-Extended)

"Oh, I just wanted to fight you in a danmaku, of course~." Rumia said with an innocent look on her face.

"Of course, you'll ask Rumia." Reimu sighed as she put her broom away and pulled out her gohei to signal that a duel was approaching. "You, never learn do you?"

"Yup~" Rumia said to the shrine maiden.

The hakurei shrine maiden fired several homing amulets, and persuasion needles at the darkness youkai. However Rumia dodge those projectiles and retaliated by spraying a large amount of red danmaku to Reimu.

Being an expert on dodging, the shrine maiden dodged those danmaku, and then firing out more homing amulets and persuasion needles toward the darkness youkai. The projectiles managed to hit their target, which caused Rumia to use one of her spell cards.

"Moon Sign: Moonlight Ray!" Rumia started to fire two lasers at the miko, whilst firing rings of blue bullets. Reimu weaved through the bullets and lasers, and shot persuasion needles toward the shadow youkai.

The darkness youkai was hit by the needles, and she tried to shoot danmaku back-only to then be hit by a yin-yang orb and then several more. Rumia took too much damage and fell down onto the ground.

Rumia appeared to be unconscious from suffering that attack, and her clothing is worn out by the attacks done by the Reimu.

BGM End.

"Well that was over easily." Reimu said to herself. "Now Marisa, you wanted to duel me in a danmaku battle."

"Yes, da-ze." Marisa said to the miko. "Let's do it!"

Before Reimu and Marisa could say or do anything, they suddenly heard inhuman laughter coming from the (supposedly) unconscious youkai. Rumia then got up from the ground still in her shadow sphere. She had an inhuman grin on her face as her red eyes peered in at the miko and magician from her shadow sphere.

"Fufufufufufufu..." Rumia still laughed despite being obviously hurt by the miko's attacks from earlier.

"What are you laughing for?!" Reimu said cautious to the shadow youkai. "Laughing that you were beaten up again!"

"No silly~" Rumia said to the miko with a grin on the youkai's face. "This isn't even my true form, yet!"

Rumia then pulled off her ribbon on her head.

Suddenly the darkness youkai let loose an inhuman scream as she fell to the floor. The surrounding shadows from the Hakurei shrine to the miko and kleptomaniac witch started to head towards the sphere where the darkness youkai was at.

"What the hell is going on?" Reimu said calmly but cautious of what's happening. "First that darn darkness youkai challenges me, loses, but then goes on spouting nonsense about having a "true form."

"Um, Reimu you might want to go see if what Rumia said was true, ze." Marisa pointed out, and pointed her finger to the shadow sphere where the darkness youkai was in.

The shadow sphere started to expand out looking as though it was going to explode, and it did. Reimu and Marisa both covered their eyes as several wisps of shadowy mists passed by them. When they looked to where the explosion originated from they were surprised to see what had happened to Rumia.

Rumia was there alright, but her appearance has changed. She now wears a black long skirt and woven vest, with a white long sleeved shirt underneath the vest, and her blonde hair extended midway to her torso. The most important detail that changed was that she was holding a sword with some unintelligible demonic runes on the black colored blade and the guard having the ribbon that formerly rested on the darkness youkai's head.

Rumia then opened her red eyes which now glowed as she checked out the new changes to herself. She smiled after seeing that her transformation has worked.

"Ah, much better~" Rumia said to herself. Her voice also changed where it was that of a child's and sounded innocent, now sounded mature.

"Huh, you weren't kidding when you said this was your true form." Reimu said to the darkness youkai.

"Indeed, Reimu Hakurei." Rumia said to the miko.

'Well at least she finally got my name right.' Reimu thought to herself. 'That's certainly an improvement.'

"Now, we're just dueling earlier, let's resume our duel shall we?" Rumia said as two big long red wings materialized behind her and a red halo appeared on her head.

"Well while two are fighting. I'll just stay here and let the fireworks happen, ze!" Marisa said as she sat down on the porch of the Hakurei Shrine, eager to see how this will go down.

BGM: 【東方 MusicRumia's theme remix - Monster Express 666 Touhou

The two combatants looked at each other, both tense on who would make the first move. Rumia then dashed at Reimu with her sword to try to hit her.

Reimu however blocked Rumia's sword with her gohei which held up very well against it. The miko stoically looked at Rumia who was gritting her sharp teeth at the shrine maiden.

Reimu managed to push Rumia off her with the use of an ascension kick. The darkness youkai was hit so hard that she was flung into the air. She then managed to recover quickly, and glared down at the miko for doing that.

Reimu then fired several persuasion needles at the darkness youkai. Rumia quickly then created the shadow sphere that she used to not be hit by the sun. The sphere acted as a shield as the needles bounced off its surface.

'I feel it's time for red-white to see the new spell cards that I have created' Rumia thought to herself before proclaiming one of her new spell cards.

"Shadow Sign: Darkness Rising!" Reimu looked down to the ground and saw shadows starting to appear on the ground. From the shadows a huge wave of black danmaku bullets came towards the miko.

'Not only does the man-eating youkai have a new form, she also has new spell cards as well.' Reimu thought to herself mildly impressed as she dodged the flood of black bullets while shooting homing amulets. 'Well it's time I fight back then!'

"Spirit Sign: Fantasy Seal - SPREAD!" Reimu called out declaring her spell card.

A large wave of ofudas had surrounded the shrine maiden, then the seals moved toward Rumia. Both the waves of black danmaku and ofudas clashed with each other for a small moment, but the larger amount of ofudas overpowered the danmaku and headed towards, where the darkness youkai was at.

The ofudas collided with the sphere, and at first it held up, but soon cracks started to appear on it. Rumia's sphere finally breaks into pieces, forcing Rumia to dodge the ofudas rushing toward her.

While being distracted with the seals she didn't see Reimu quickly rushing toward her, and hitting the darkness youkai with a purification rod. Rumia crashed down onto the ground, but quickly got up using a flap of her wings.

The shadow demon looked up to see several yin-yang orbs heading toward her. Before the orbs can hit Rumia, she melted into the shadows, and the yin-yang orbs hit nothing.

Reimu seeing that Rumia has vanished from her sight, tried sending the darkness youkai's aura. She managed to detect her, and dodged red shaped kunai bullets fired behind her.

Rumia manifested herself using Reimu's shadow. So she can attack Reimu from behind.

"Let's see if you can handle my new toy, red-white!" Rumia said as the demonic runes on her sword started to glow immensely. "Demon Sign: Stormbringer!"

Rumia then slashed her sword at Reimu, and from the sword came a huge transparent slash heading toward the miko. The shrine maiden dodged it, but where it landed caused a several black danmaku to materialize from the impact, forcing Reimu to dodge the bullets.

When Reimu looked back to the darkness youkai, she saw four slashes created by the darkness youkai now heading toward her. She proceeded to dodge those projectiles while firing homing amulets and ofudas at Rumia.

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With Marisa

"Wow, things are getting intense now." Marisa said observing the duel with her eyes. "Who would know Rumia had so much power, ze."

"Eyyyyy, Marisa *hic* what did I miss." A familiar drunken voice said to the kleptomaniac witch.

"Oh, what's up Suika, what brings you out here, ze?"

The owner of the voice was none other than the person who usually lounges around the Hakurei Shrine. The oni, yet former Deva, Suika Ibuki.

"*hic* I wanted to check out *hic* what's happening outside *hic*" Suika answered. "*hic* so what happened?"

"While you were out like a light, the man-eating youkai decided to have a duel with Reimu. She lost, but revealed she had a secret Ex form to her, ze!" Marisa answered the oni's question.

"*hic* Marisa don't go breaking the *hic* fourth wall again." Suika lectured to Marisa while drunk. "You'll *hic* piss off Yukari *hic* again."

"Yes, mother~" Marisa said sarcastically to the oni.

"Anyways *hic* you wouldn't mind if I watch the *hic* fight."

"Sure, ze" Marisa said as Suika sat beside the kleptomaniac witch as she took a swig from her gourd.

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Back with Reimu and Rumia

"I'm impressed you have gotten stronger with that new form of yours." Reimu commented as she dodged a whole wave of red and black danmaku as she fired persuasion needles at the darkness youkai.

"And I'll say that despite your lazy attitude, you seem to be holding up to my attacks really well." Rumia commended the miko as she evaded being hit by the needles.

"Scattered Spirit: Fantasy Seal - WORN!" Reimu said as she fired a swarm of ofudas and amulets, while teleporting randomly in the air.

Rumia eluded the seals by quickly transforming herself into a shadow and becoming immaterial. The ofudas and amulets just flew by her without even hiring their target.

"Darkness Sign: Demarcation!" Rumia countered Reimu's spell card by using one of her older ones. However since she has gotten stronger the spell card has as well. There are now so many weaving circles, and the darkness youkai started to fire even more blue bullets at the miko.

The ofudas and amulets clashed with the weaving of different colored circles and blue bullets. However, Rumia's spell card won this time, and the circles and bullets went toward Reimu. When they collided with the miko, Reimu's look on her face was that of terror, after being hit. Suddenly the miko's body evaporated into amulets that suddenly rushed toward Rumia.

"Huh?!" Rumia said in bewilderment as she dodge the amulets heading toward her. 'If that wasn't Reimu, then where is she?!'

"Spirit Sign: Fantasy Seal!" Rumia was then heavily bombarded by the miko's most famous attack. Her shere that she regenerated with the use of the shadows was quickly destroyed, and was hit in all directions by the holy attack.

"If I didn't use a body double of mine I would have most certainly been hit." Reimu said to the darkness youkai very seriously. "Now you have my attention."

"Well that's good." Rumia said as she regenerated the damage to her body using the wisps of shadows. "Because you're going to need it!"

"Shadow Sign: Dark Mist!" Rumia declared as her halo and wings glowed releasing a shadowy mist that covered the battlefield. Reimu had a bit of a hard time trying to see her opponent.

The shrine maiden then dodged several red, green, and blue colored bullets thanks to her years of spell card experience. Reimu looked and saw the demonic runes of Rumia's sword, known simply as stormbringer, and immediately blocked some strikes by Rumia.

"You may be able to hide in that mist of yours, but that won't save you from being exterminated!" Reimu said with fierce determination to the darkness youkai within the dark mist. "Prayer: Disaster-Dispelling Prayer!"

Reimu fired several red amulets all over the place in the mist. The red amulets then turned orange and created waves of amulets that swarmed throughout the mist, and actually cleared it up revealing the location where Rumia was at. The darkness youkai was currently a little bit away in front of Reimu.

Seeing that her location was revealed, Rumia decided to use another one of her spell cards. "Moon Sign: Moonlight Ray!"

Unlike last time there were now four lasers, and more rings of blue bullets that made it significantly harder for Reimu to evade being hit. Still the miko managed to barely graze against the lasers and bullets.

After Rumia's spell card has ended, Reimu has decided it's time for her to use her most powerful move in her arsenal to finally end this duel.

"You may be a powerful youkai…" Reimu declared to Rumia while glaring at her with a scowl. "But that doesn't mean you're safe from being exterminated just like the other youkai, I have faced before!"

BGM: UNL Reimu's "Fantasy Heaven" Theme: Mystic Oriental Love Consultation (End of Century)

Seven non colored yin-yang orbs appeared around Reimu that started to spin her rapidly around her. The shrine maiden herself also started to radiate a huge amount of holy power from her. Rumia, cautious of Reimu's next move, tried to turn herself into a shadow.

"You're not going anywhere!" Reimu shouted before sending several amulets that touched Rumia, and turned into chains that wrapped around her. The darkness youkai tried to turn into a shadow, but couldn't because the chains actively prevented her from doing so.

'Ah, shit….' Rumia cussed to herself mentally. 'This isn't going to be good is it?'

The seven non colored, but also glowing yin-yang orbs were now spinning so fast that they looked like a ring around Reimu right now. The miko as of now, stared calmly and apathetically to Rumia's red eyes.

"FANTASY HEAVEN!" Reimu said clearly and with force declaring the name of her most powerful attack. The seven glowing yin-yang orbs fired out an innumerable amount of ofudas and multicolored lasers.

Rumia then tried to shield herself using her sphere against the enormous amounts of projectiles heading toward her. But it only prevented the inevitable, as it only held up for several seconds before shattering and leaving the darkness youkai at the mercy of the ofudas and multicolored lasers.

"Arrrrgghhhhhhhh!" Rumia screamed in pain as she was bombarded in every direction. She felt like she was being punched everywhere right now.

'Damn it!' Even with this newfound power I couldn't even beat Reimu…' Rumia thought to herself as she slowly but surely falls unconscious.

BGM End

Eventually the Fantasy Heaven stopped and the seven yin-yang vanished. Reimu then flew back to the grounds of the Hakurei Shrine. While she was victorious there were some marks left on her from the duel. Her usual shrine maiden clothing was torn and ripped at several places along with that her hair is a little frazzled. She was even panting a little from the fight as well.

Reimu heard a crash behind her and saw the unconscious body of Rumia. The darkness youkai had several bruises from Fantasy Heaven as well as that, her clothing had numerous tears and rips on it. Her wings and halo are currently absent indicating that they were more less not a part of her body.

"Well that battle was crazy, ze!"

"Sure was *hic* Marisa!"

Reimu turned to where the two voices were coming from and saw it was Marisa and Suika. "So you two did enjoy the duel between me and the youkai."

"Yes, da-ze!" Marisa said to the miko happily. "I didn't realize Rumia had such power within her!"

"Yes, *hic* I didn't know that man-eating youkai was powerful as well." Suika commented.

Marisa saw that there was a troubled expression on her friend's face. "Eh, Reimu you look troubled? What's wrong, ze?"

"I fear this may be the beginning…" Reimu said before continuing. "Of the weaker youkai, finally getting stronger and tougher soon."

"What might you say that, Reimu?" Marisa said to her longtime friend.

"I know that Rumia is in the group of idiots. I think that the rest of her idiot friends will become inspired or at least try to become stronger….." Reimu then pointed gohei at the currently unconscious youkai to put more emphasis in her statement. "Like her."

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Meanwhile….

Unknown to the shrine maiden, ordinary magician, and oni, the duel was watched by two fairies. The first one had short green hair and a yellow ribbon on her along with wearing a blue dress with white trim and sleeves and also having golden wings. The second fairy wore a white blouse, and blue jumper dress. She had blue ribbon on her blue hair along with having icicle wings.

It was Cirno along with her friend Daiyousei. The ice fairy wanted to go to the Hakurei Shrine to fight Reimu once again. The green haired fairy reluctantly came along just so she can try (and fail) to convince her friend not to.

Imagine to both of the fairies' surprise, when they found out that Rumia was fighting Reimu already with a new form and with a lot more power. Cirno and Daiyousei have never thought of their friend holding so much power.

"Wow! Eye never thought our friend Rumia had so much power!" Cirno said, impressed and slightly jealous of her friend's achievement. She then flew off leaving her friend Daiyousei."I must get stronger to become the strongest fairy in Gensokyo!"

"Wait! Wait! Where are you going, Cirno?!" Daiyousei shouted as she flew to try and catchup with the ice fairy.

"Eye'm going to get help from Letty, of course!" Cirno said as the two of them soared to where Letty Whiterock was currently at.