Disclaimer: The Zun! The Zuuuuun! Touhou belongs to Zun.

A/N With this I will have hit the next goal, 20k words! Go me! I hope you all enjoy! On with the show!

Yukari: You know, you were quite obsessed with milestones back then.

Yuuka: From the stories you've told me, she still rather is.

Author: Gee, thanks, you two...

Yuuka: Think nothing of it.

Author: That was sarcasm... Anyways, let's get on with the show.

Misty Lake, early afternoon:

While giving me an ironically warm grin, Cirno dusted her hands. "Alright! Now that that's done, hows about we go for a swim?"

Blushing, I asked, "B-but it's still day! Don't we have to be, you know... n-naked?" I, of course, wasn't too happy with the idea of strangers seeing me in the buff. I mean, there're countless bushes scattered about that perverts could use! One of the first things I was warned about when I woke up in the Yakumo family's care was the fact of life that was perversion, and those that embody it.

Raising a brow, Cirno said, "But I do it all the time and nobody watches." Looking thoughtful, and stroking her chin, Cirno added, "At least, not as far as I know..." That was hardly comforting; it's not as if people like that would actually tell you about it, right?

Looking shiftily around, worried that there could be dozens, if not hundreds of eyes on me that that very moment, I began, "B-but-" However, I was cut off.

Crossing her arms over her chest, Cirno admonished, "No buts! If you don't finish molting soon, your wings will deform! Do you want to have a rough, jagged look to them? They might even look weird! A buildup of magic can do all sorts of things you might not like! Heck, if you let it build for too long, it might even start doing things I've never heard of happening! Do you want your wings deciding to shatter themselves?! I like your wings not being funny looking, thank you very much!"

I couldn't help but sigh at that; it would seem that I don't have much of a choice in this.

I blushed light blue at that, quite affected by a combination of the prospect of being seen by the one that had quickly wormed her way into my heart as a friend as well as the risk of being seen by anyone else. "Umm... C-can you... maybe help me with my wings, Master? I can't really undress with them in the way; I might cut up my outfit!"

Sighing, Cirno got to helping me with that, grabbing up my wings one-by-one, while trying her very best to ignore my pleased gasps. Ever so slowly slowly her cheeks began to tint blue, joining my me in my embarrassment.

With that out of the way, I began to strip, starting with the obi that held it all together, setting it off to the side. It was followed closely by the kimono itself, all of which was set into a neat pile of folded cloth My bare, pale flesh was now being kissed by the rays of the sun. It being a ball of fire, the rays were more than a little uncomfortable, and vaguely stinging on my body. My wings seemed just fine, oddly enough. Wishing the pain to stop, I entered the frigid waters of the lake, which weren't nearly as cold as I was used to. It was moderately disappointing; I had learned to like the cold, with my new world-view, after all. However, there was something else - something that I couldn't place my finger on. "Umm... Cirno...?"

Still holding the wings, Cirno asked, "Yeah?" Cirno had stripped, still holding my wings, somehow.

I wriggled my lips a bit. "Why does the water feel... kinda funny?"

Raising a brow, Cirno asked, "Funny...? What do you... Do you mean funny 'haha,' or funny- Ohhhh, I think I get what you mean! Well, the water is warmer now, pretty much, so it's closer to your body temperature, and a good bit higher than your wings! It's still cold, so it won't melt you like, say, a hot spring, but, well... Anyways, even in the summer, the water stays, at worst, slightly chilly by human standards. Still nice and comfy to us, though!"

I blushed a bit, and stammered out, "U-umm... Master, can you let go of my wings...? You're making me a little uncomfortable by holding them so close to you..."

Blinking, Cirno asked, "Huh? But I'm colder than you..." She gasped and asked with a hint of suspicion to her voice, "You're a winter fae, right...? Not a summer...?"

I rose a brow at that, and said, "W-well, uhh... my wings are made of ice, aren't they...?"

Nodding, Cirno replied, "Ahh, good point." She looked through me as she spoke, as if she wasn't really there.

Sighing, I said, "So, my wings...?"

Staring blankly at me a moment, Cirno looked down at her arms, and released them. The blades proceeded to fly at me, shooting strait through me, grazing the water before rubberbanding to my back. "Agagaga~" It felt just as weird as before.

Raising a brow with amusement apparent on her pale features, Cirno waded out into the water as she asked, "You alright over there, Usagi?"

Shivering, I slowly got used to the odd tingle. It didn't feel good nor bad; it just felt strange. "W-well, uhh... It just tingles, that's all..."

Giggling, Cirno said, "That's what you get for being thankless." With that said, she dove under the water while I watched her go under. The waters were murky, so there was no way to easily see anyone who happened to be under them.

Looking around worriedly, I asked, "Cirno...? Where are you...?"

As suddenly as she had dipped under, she was upon me, grabbing my ankles and pulling me under like a horror of the seas. I thrashed about, accidentally inhaling some water, before finally being let go. I quickly scrambled to the surface, coughing up water all the while. Meanwhile, Cirno surfaced a yard away from me with a smug grin on her face. "Hehe, I got you good~"

Growling, I swiftly grabbed hold of a wing, and used it to splash a small wave at her, which she deftly avoided as if it were nothing, easily dodging off to the side of the thing that only came up to Cirno's chest.

Grinning mockingly, Cirno condescendingly asked, "What's this~? Is little Usa-Usa maaad~?" She had the most shit-eating of grins upon her face.

Quite angry now, I shouted, "Why did you go and do that?!" Rapidly stomping my foot on nothing, I continued to shout, "I could have drowned!"

Waving her hands placatingly in front of her face, Cirno said, "Uhh... That probably isn't a good idea, Usagi!" She was slightly nervous that I might hurt myself thanks to her. Prepared for anything, she flitted up and out of the water. She was expecting my stomping to unleash another minty shockwave.

Finally the stomping had stopped, and seconds ticked by as nothing happened. Suddenly, after the fifth second, and both of us were starting to think that nothing would happen, the water froze over and exploded outwards from me. We were currently not within range of the explosion being able to harm our home, but Cirno was far nearer. Quickly, she froze all the water in the air into a sheet of inch-thick ice that floated before her like a shield, and she pressed her body against to keep from being pushed back.

Grinning proudly, Cirno exclaimed, "Hah! That time was much better, Usagi! I guess it makes sense that you'd need water to make ice! You're just a four-wing, after all! Not everyone can be as strong as I was as a four-wing, and make their own ice from thin air! Although, it certainly is easier to just use the lake! Part of why I live here, after all! That, and the awesomeness of the lake! So nice and chilly, even in the summer..." Letting the shield turn back into water, Cirno asked, "So, are ya calmed down now?"

And thus ended the short-lived 'battle' of the naked fae. There was no way that this battle was captured on film by any reporters that happened to be around at the time. Furthermore, there is no way that any hypothetical tengu got more and more daring with their angles, not that half of those in the potential pictures were even anatomically correct, thus making it more boring to the certain niche audience that would even care about the battle.