Disclaimer: Touhou belongs to Zun.
F/N: The story telling lady doesn't know what to say, so she said I can have the job for today! I hope we can be best friends forever, and ever! ...Now, lets play!
Early morning, Patchouli's private library:
One vial sat upon a desk, the vial filled with a liquid that smelled of human flesh. One after another, drop after drop, many liquids were added, untill she held it up, looking it over. Her work was done.
We had been waiting only a short while, myself having had gotten re-dressed in that time. The only time consuming part of getting dressed was finding said clothes, as Rumia had hidden them. ...She happened to enjoy the view, and it's not like she would never return them, or so she said. Rumia couldn't help but pout when I had located them, as she thought that I'd never look where I had.
Our wait, however, was now over. Patchouli had returned, bringing with her a vial of vile smelling liquid. The stench made myself and Rumia stagger away from her a bit it was so potent.
"Usagi, drink this." I looked in horror towards the vial, backing away at the same rate in which the magician approached. The vial smelled of death and decay, even if it was created from the... freshest of materials.
I suddenly felt Mima holding me by the shoulders, so as to keep me in place. I tried to struggle, but found her grip far too strong, as she infused her muscles not only with magic, but holy energies as well.
"N-no-" Before I knew it the liquid was in my mouth. ...It didn't taste nearly as bad as it smelled, thankfully... It tasted somewhat sweet, sickeningly so, actually, but it was still drinkable.
As the fluid made its way down my throat nothing happened, before everything began to grow dark around me, a blob of darkness once more covering where I stood. This time, however, it wasn't filled with that inky fluid.
My skin began to glow lightly, somehow burning through the magical darkness, untill it was nothing but a memory. My eyes began to burn red, before fading to a light blue. My vision once more went dark, and I fell to the ground, once more blacking out
Unknown location:
I opened my eyes to find myself flying at high speed towards Misty Lake, some 50 meters in the air. However, the entire surface was frozen, and nobody seemed to be around to save me this time.
25 meters
I closed my eyes, fearing the worst. Would I feel horrible pain, or would the impact be enough to make me feel... nothing?
10 meters
I began to quiver in fear, knowing my time had come.
Suddenly the rush of air stopped, and I seemed to no longer be falling to my doom. I eased open an eye, looking about. Ehh? Where am I?
Once more I was within Patchouli's bed. So that was a dream, huh? I felt so... alone... As though nobody cared enough to save me... It was like when Cirno first saved me, but... without Cirno...
I sighed, and went to leave the room. Mima was right, I was being a big baby before...
Nothing bad will happen, nothing bad will happen, nothing bad will happen...
With a touch of the door, I found myself instantly on the other side of the door. Nothing bad had happened!
"Ohh? Well, well, feeling better, little miss blackout?" Mima made a jab in slightly poor taste that I go unconscious quite often. She had a point though, so I wasn't about to defend myself over it.
"Hey! Usa can't help it, so shut up!" ...I also had a feeling that Cirno might defend my good name, too.
"Aww, did I touch a nerve, by poking fun at your crush...?" Mima had a beaming grin, while Cirno began to blush bright red.
"I-I do n-not have a-a... crush on Usa!" Cirno clearly had trouble even saying the two words in the same sentance.
"I'm sure, if left alone, you might even push her down and have your way with her~! Not like I can blame ya, though... She is a bit of a cutie, isn't she?" Cirno was trembling, her blush growing brighter from anger at being teased in such a way.
"U-umm... You seem to be upsetting her, Mima..." Mima just grinned wider at my warning. What could a little human girl possibly do to make her stop...?
"So...? It's her fault for falling in love~!" Mima's grin was now at Marisa level, seemingly going just a bit more than you would think physically possible of her face. Still below Yukari level, or the dreaded Rumia ear to ear grin.
"Sh-shut up..." Cirno was looking at her feet now, horribly embarrassed by Mima saying these sorts of things in front of me.
"Though, going by what I've seen, you two seem pefect for each other, like two peas in a pod, even!" And now it was my turn start blushing. I hadn't thought about Cirno in such a way, but... Maybe I do like her like that...
We both looked at each other in unison, our eyes locking, before we turned away from eachother, our faces now a brilliant shade of scarlet.
"That is so~!" Rumia had to agree, we really were close as can be. Plus she couldn't help but enjoy watching us get as embarassed as we were.
"So... How are you feeling, Usagi?" It was about time that Mima stopped messing around, and got down to business.
"U-umm, fine, I guess... Why d-do you ask?" My mind was still in a state of disaray from all the thoughts that were recently rushing through my head.
Mima rose a brow, not getting much of an answer from her question. She would just have to try another!
"...If I offered you one thing to eat, what would it be?" Hmm... Food, huh?
"Hu- ahh! I m-mean... uhh..." I had almost blurted out 'human,' as though that was a fine request. Just how much has my head been effected by being a Youkai...?
"Ohh? Hmm... Odd, I had expected you to lose a taste for such a thing with returning to being human..." Wait, what? I'm human again?
"Ehh? I'm human?" I began to feel about in my mouth with my tongue, finding my teeth were still as sharp as before.
"That is so~!" Rumia could tell by smell that I was quite human. And quite tasty, too, but she wasn't about to take a bite from her friend.
"U-umm... But my teeth are still as sharp as can be!" I opened my mouth, showing off my shark-like teeth, much to the surprise of my companions.
"Err... One moment..." Mima ran off, so as to go and point this out to Patchouli. Something must have gone wrong, if my teeth hadn't returned to normal.
"Uhh... Did I... say something wrong...?" Rumia and Cirno both gave a shrug, but Rumia could tell that it was quite odd for me to retain what marks one as a flesh eating Youkai. Stranger still that I had kept my desire to eat people. Honestly, Rumia didn't see the big deal. Youkai eat other Youkai all the time. Why should humans eating human flesh be any different...? And yet humans see it as some sort of crime against nature!