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A/N: ARG! Lost a good bit of work on the chapter T~T Though, I guess it did make the chapter more interesting... On with with show!
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"Ugh..." Cirno woke up with a pounding headache. She had worried herself to the point of exaustion, and ended up asleep.
Cirno found herself in a soft bed, in a room full of destroyed beds, and many angry women. Thousands upon thousands of Danmaku were flying about, but oddly the bed she was within was unharmed. Infact, any Danmaku that drew near simply flew back to their source.
Cirno tried to get up, but found herself unable to move, only able to watch as she lay there awake. Her head could move about, but the entire rest of her body would not respond at all. All around the room, Fairies, Youkai, and Humans, were launching Danmaku at eachother with wreckless abandon. It wasn't like normal Danmaku. Blood was flying everywhere, limbs torn from bodies, and corpses falling like flys, only to rise again. Even those who weren't even fairies simply came back, as good as new, and simply picked themselfs back up. Anyone, and everyone, was participating in a bloody free for all, throwing caution to the wind as though they had lost their minds.
Suddenly Cirno's eyes began to grow heavy, and sleep took her once more. Not knowing that she was safe within the barrier, or why she even had the barrier. The danmaku were how they were meant to be, highly lethal, like they were before the spell card rules were put in place. It was like the past had returned, and war had broken out, all at once. But Cirno didn't think about that. She was simply dreaming. Once more her quiet snores overtook the room, but were blocked out by the sounds of blood being shed... the sounds of battle. Without a single word said, all but five residents of Gensokyo were tearing eachother appart. One was sleeping, two were frozen, and the last two... well, they had tea to enjoy.
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Yuuka brought out a pair of tea cups, and a pot of hot tea. After she thought for a moment, she cooled the tea. She had very rarely served hot tea to guests who couldn't handle such things, but the one time she had messed up on that, Letty ended up with a hole burned through her mouth. Both of them hadn't checked the tempurature, herself, out of carelessness, While Letty was simply used to Yuuka not making mistakes. In the end many swears were said by the Yukiona, and Yuuka had ended up punched in the gut. She had deserved the punch, so Yuuka held no ill will towards the woman. Now, Letty, on the other hand...
A tea cup was placed on either side of the table, which was among the flowers. Yuuka enjoyed drinking amongs her children, so as to have someone to talk to. The time she spent within the house, was next to none.
"T-thank you." I was quite nervous. Not only was this rather awkward, I had reason to belive that a swarm of berserk women would come over the horizon at any moment.
"My, what manners! It's so rare that a fairy would even do so much as mutter their thanks, let alone say it with such an honest look on their face! Though, I guess you arn't truely a fairy, now are you? Your dreams feel like that of ...a human." My dreams? Just what could she have meant by that?
"Umm... What do you mean, by my dreams being that of a human? How are human dreams any different than a fairy, or a Youkai, or anything else?" Yuuka simply smiled. Could it be that the human didn't want to admit that she was human without a fight? Interesting.
"Simple. Fairies dream of lifes simple pleasures. Food, pranks, and being stronger, these are the things a fairy dreams about. Youkai usually don't dream, feasting upon the dreams they might have as a secondary food source. While humans, they have the most beautifull dreams, even though the vast majority of their dream of such ugly things... Your dreams are particularly beautifull to one such as I, you have the beautifull dreams of a human, while dreaming of far less ugly things... It's why I picked you, in fact!" At the strange compliment, I blushed, with a brow risen due to the odd statement.
"Sorry, what do you mean? You... 'picked me,' how?" A grin split across the face before me. Yuuka began to pour us some tea, before continuing.
"Quite simple. Every living being in gensokyo is asleep. You are not immune to this, you simply dreamed as though you were. Rather interesting, honestly. Those you held close to you also were within the dream, and before you ask, yes, they are real. I gave you an inch, and you simply ran mile upon mile... Your dream turned Gensokyo into this ...unique... thing that it is now. Though, it's temporary, so don't worry about that part. Mima had sealed me away within that staff, without help I may have never escaped. She took over my realm, which I had long abandoned, and began to spirit away those who slept, as they dreamed their rotten dreams. While she has been stopped... the sleeping ones remain. As of right now, I can't do anything to set things back the way they were." Yuuka's expression looked rather grim, she had failed in her duty to keep the border of dreams from being used for ill intentions. She had sealed the gate to Mugenkan, but somehow Mima still got in.
"I... What?" I was dumbfounded at the statement.
"You fought a battle which had to be fought, in a reality that is questionable at best. Even if you defeated nobody by your own power, your luck, and the friends you hold dear, were enough to stop Mima from doing whatever she had planned to do. Being an evil spirit, I'm sure it would have been... well... evil!" Yuuka genuinely smiled at me, showing her gratitude more than words would ever be able to.
"Wait, what about the fog?" Yuuka grinned at the question.
"It was me simply forcing all of Gensokyo within the border of dreams. It was the only way to get to Mugenkan, what with the gate sealed. Mima's first mistake would be that she simply regarded you as no threat. That immortal, who had simply not slept in a week, never even made it to her. She fell asleep on her own." Yuuka took a sip of her tea.
"And my arm?" I held up my half missing healed over arm. Without the fog to create a hand, I was simply a forced amputee.
"Ahh, that will fix itself after I'm out of you body." Yuuka actually didn't know why it wasn't healing. It could be one of many things, honestly.
"So... What happens now?" I gulped down the contents of the cup. My etiquette could use some work, even if I was rather polite compared to other fairies.
"Now, my dear... Now you wake up from this dream within a dream, and we fix this!" Finishing her cup, Yuuka smiled, and slowly the world went bright white. So very bright.