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A/N: I'm in another great mood to continue the fluffy everyday lives, so have a second update of the day! Once with the show, once more!
Noon, Hakurei Shrine, Mima's PoV:
Reimu began to stir, picking herself up from the floor.
"Ugh... What a horrible dream! Mima? My ancestor? Don't make... me... l-laugh..." Reimu noticed who else was in the room with her. Namely, me, who was snickering at the maiden's statement.
"What was that about dreams, hmm?" I grinned, finding the displeasure of my cute little descendant to be comedy gold.
"...Nevermind... Anyways, why did Yukari do such a thing...?" My grin faded.
"To put it simply, because we stopped her from taking over the Border of Dreams." I had no reason to hide any truth, so I figured why not just answer the girl?
"We? Who is 'we'?" Reimu rose a brow in confusion. Whoever it had been had to have been some of Gensokyo's strongest! To take on Yukari, and win?
"Well, lets see... One was Yuuka, but she's still a youkai, for reasons I will explain momentarily..." Reimu nodded. "Another was that Ice fairy, Cirno..." Wait, what? "And the final one, was another ice fairy. I... can't seem to remember her name though... Anyways, because Yuuka was without a body, she was borrowing the body of that girl." Reimu couldn't belive her ears. Not only had thar incident been resolved by nothing but fairies and youkai, a first for Gensokyo, not including that false war of Cirno's, but those two were involved in its resolution?
"...White hair?" I nodded. "Innocent, icy blue eyes." I nodded once more. ...It was as the miko had thought, but one last question would be needed so as to confirm her hunch. "Her name, was it Usagi?" I lifted a brow, just how had she known?
"How did you know?" Reimu simply face palmed in response to the question, before countering with a question of her own.
"And, you arn't going to tell me that the two of them actually helped are you?" It would seem the Reimu was in denial, unable to accept the simple truth before her.
"Well, in a way. Usagi was kind of... posessed by Yuuka, so she didn't directly help... As such, Yuuka wasn't around to be turned human." Reimu breathed easy. Had the outsider been able to take on Yukari, after only about a week of training under Cirno, she would have passed out from shock! "...And Cirno defeated me with a 'Minus K Spark,' as she put it. Yukari had me under her control somehow, and I only broke free after Cirno stole ownership of the Border of Dreams from me. She also sparked Yuyuko, who was also under Yukari's control." Had she heard that right? Not only had Cirno helped, she had beaten Mima! Mima wasn't the type to go down easily, if at all! To top it off, she had also beaten Yuyuko, and made a freaking spark?
"J-just how strong of a spark?" Reimu stammered, she was quite afraid of what she might hear. Not out of fear for the fairy, but fear of shock. To try and calm herself, she began to sip at the odd tasting tea that was before her. Had Mima made this? It was quite good!
"It's not as strong as a Twilight Spark, not even close, but it's stronger than my students Master Spark, while weaker than a Final Spark. It's probably slightly weaker than Yuuka's own Master Spark. That little fairy sure packed a punch, but she's human now, along with Usagi. She may never spark again..." Reimu fired off a tea spark from her mouth. Human? Cirno? Cirno was human? That... What?
"W-what...?" Reimu choked out, while I wiped tea off of my face. My, how I missed being incorporeal.
"The ones turned human were myself, Usagi, and Cirno. They'll probably show up later, what with the festival..." Reimu gasped, she had forgotten about the festival! Reimu got up, ready to rush to finish the preperations, before Mima grabbed her by the hand.
"Why are you stopping me? I need t-" I had expected her to panic, but wow!
"Already done." Reimu's eyes went wide at the crazy sounding statement.
"Yo-you...?" Reimu's eyes began to tear up with joy. Nobody had ever done so much for her, unless she threatened them!
"Yes, I wanted to pay you back for... well... everything you did for me toda- Oof!" I suddenly found myself in a bear hug from the miko.
"You're the best ancestor ever, Mima!" Jeez, this girl... Reimu sure was easy to please, though I guess it helped that she had grown up the vast majority of her life alone. Over the years, my seal had weakened, allowing me to watch the shrine. It actually started a year before Reimu was born, being taken care of by Yukari. Never once did I see her actual mother, perhapse she was too busy, or maybe she died. It would seem she doesn't remember why the shrine has so many youkai around. Being raised by Yukari, even if she didn't remember it, turned her into what she is today. Reimu was the source of the most viable Youkai co-existance method, the Spell Card system. I didn't know it, but every other past shrine maiden had been of the 'If it kills, kill it!' mentality. That is, other than myself.
While Reimu and Mima were polar opposites of eachother, they both felt that killing anyone, even man eating Youkai, was too much. At worst, Mima had sealed some Youkai, but never once did she kill anyone, human or Youkai. That is, untill her sanity left her and she made her sister rather holey.
"Heh..." I wrap an arm around the back of her head, holding against me. I wonder, just how many 'great's did my title of Aunt contain? It was odd, this feeling in my chest. Is this the love one feels for a family member? I suddenly felt an odd sensation, a slight wet spot formed against my chest. Was she... crying?
"Reimu, are y-" Before I could ask, Reimu tightened the hug with that monsterous strength of hers. She sure did have talent with using her holy power for such things...
"Quiet..." I sighed, complying with the request while I began to pet her hair. The normally strong Reimu wasn't anywhere to be seen, all that was here was a girl who was happy to see that she had family. That she wasn't alone in a world out to get her. It didn't matter at that moment that I was an evil spirit, even if I no longer was. Reimu was happy, truely happy, for the first time. That is, for the first time within the time that she remembered. Back when Yukari would care for her, Reimu was nothing but happy. Just like a child with its mother, she always enjoyed the time when Yukai was around, even when she acted like a brat.