A Shorter Chapter than the usual but hey, its a set up to the bigger things that will be coming soon. Also, I will let you know when I will start accepting otherworldly Quests for your Ocs to appear, for now Review Replies

Wandering Merc: Yeah, I somehow forgot that part but it will be edited back in at some point

Reimu POV

Wow, this is a pretty big building, so this is a Hunter Association, a large building with alot of various colors, a large waiting area with many couches I think they were in the lobby or waiting area I believe. This place is..alot bigger than i expected it to be on the inside.

Deciding rather than just wait around, i was gonna walk around with Marisa, she seemed impressed with this place to.

" Holy hell, ze!" And the nice silence i had was utterly shattered by my loud mouthed ally and friend. " This is a huge ass place, so we come here, get our stuff and we can get cash?! I love this new gig! Bet we're gonna be S ranks right out of the gate."

Well, she was not paying attention, Ziden said we'd be starting out as Rookies but under his tutelage so that will let us hop up faster than most hunters. Well, that is fine and all as long as it brings in the cash. My shrine was pretty damaged in that massive scale warp Yukari caused because of her fascination with the outside world.

Ziden is at the counter now putting in our information, maybe I should just rela-

" Hey, you." And that is the voice of someone who is not gonna let me relax on a couch after beating up a princess. The clanking of armor, so that's what that sounds like and whoa.

This chick must be a youkai because she sure looks like one! Scaly skin, hands that are nowhere near humanoid, stark red hair, serpentine eyes. Man, she looks like what Marisa drew Meiling like that one time. Her eyes were coldly focused on me so I had to answer.

" Yes, me, do you need something?" I ask as simply as I could as the woman was side eyeing the counter.

"...You students under that man over there?" She makes sure to point at Ziden too, she is remaining focused on me. " If you are, quit now, that man will only lead you to your deaths if you're too weak of heart. Dunno what kinda begging you two must have did bu-"

" Oi! Listen here Lizard lips! We ain't beg or any of that crap, ze! We asked to become hunters and he is helping us out so take your advice and shove it up your scaly ass! We ain't students or nothing!"Well, she said it alot more vulgarly than I did.

Wait, why is the air getting so hot right no-

CLANNNG!

GEH!? All I felt was an explosion of heat blast through the room and I feel myself blasted back, seeing why I was, I see that Scaly woman holding her blade down against one of Marisa's barriers and having her down on a single knee and she was sweating? Hold on! This lady can't be that strong to be giving Marisa trouble right?

" Gack!? What the hell is this!?" She's struggling against this woman, fire is literally coming off of that massive blade of hers and Marisa's barrier was cracking.

" Rookies are all the same these days, barking up a big game but the minute you show them force, they buckle under it like bitches!" The woman applied even more force and Marisa was forced into the floor. She was gonna be crushed if not for what came next.

CLANG! BANG CLANG!

All I saw was a flash of steel clashing with another slash of steel, Ziden and this woman were staring each other down as people in armor were slowly approaching, the way they walked, they were scared as hell.

" Seriously, I leave you two alone and you get Scales for tits mad." And that nickname made her face red with annoyance.

" Up yours Feather face, keep your rookies in line!" She made sure to step against him and she pushes him back a good bit, causing them to separate. Sheathing her blade on her back.

" Lovely, are you two done?" Ah, its that Service desk lady, brown hair, glasses, and in a fancy blouse dress. She makes sure to hand me and Marisa some cards. " These are your cards, welcome to being Demon and Monster hunters. As you are being personally recommended by Ziden and Yukari, you are already in our good books, just don't squander it like most rookies."

Jeez, what kinda rookies have been joining.

" And do be more careful, that woman there is Granberia, the Heavenly Sword of Hellfire. An S rank hunter who is damn close to becoming a Star Rant Huntress. Rookies are especially hated due to their attitudes to higher ups so please, watch yourselves." She does bow to us as I look at my card, good picture of me, even has my...measurements?

My face has never been redder but it also has this red chip on it that turned blue once it got into my hands.

" That there is your tracker for your location and a tracker of your kills/defeats. See, anytime ya beat a monster, that card tracks it and sends it to a hunter database, no matter where you are, giving you points. Completing quests give the most though." Ziden explained while Granberia softly scoffs.

" Yeah, they are magically binded to their owner so you can lose them, even if you wanted. Do quests, help people, especially in these times when the Supernatural got revealed to the world and the world is eating it up with few stragglers disbelieving." Granberia crossed her arms, the woman was still glaring at Marisa whose arms were still shaking. Man, just how much power does she have in those arms.

" Speaking of which." The Quest Giver, that is what she is known as, oddly she has no name or if she does, she hasn't said it yet, points at that tv thing which had someone speaking, I should ask how these work.

" Good evening citizens of Nevada, we have come with such terrible news, it seems that some college kids, were found dead, killed by an unknown creature that somehow got into their dorm." What? Just an animal attack, well that is just- wait.

The tv thing is showing us a body, someone that got majorly munched on, the way that body is, it looks just like the bodies Rumia leaves behind whenever she gets to a outsider. Bite marks are even the same. But whoa, that other guy is clean in two pieces, must have been hit by her beam but, danmaku is never this lethal...

" We are not sure what animal has done this but our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of this incident, the police and animal control are gonna be searching and capturing the animal that did this and put it down."

I could hear Ziden chuckling. " Even though the truth is out, seems like they are thinking its an animal."

The tv shifts as I was about to say something, now showing a image of Rumia pouncing and attacking the human, but..how, she was never really successful hunter unless you were stupid as hell.

" Humans out here...ouch ze, probably have no means of hurting a youkai." Oh, Marisa was getting up now, rubbing her arms, wow they were red from that, but she is right, most humans where we were from, literally had some means of protecting themselves, even if it was a single ball of danmaku.

Ah, a loud stick thing that hit Rumia, she seems more annoyed than hurt by it though...and there's the laser that sliced him in half, her Moonlight Ray I believe?

" A Demon? No, its not makian or Hell, looks to be a Youkai, I'll go an-' Granberia seemed ready to roll out before the questgiver stops her.

" Sorry but, that creature seems to hail directly from Gensokyo, and we have been notified by the Emperor of Japan, if its a youkai from Gensokyo, Ziden and his crew of young hunters are to capture them and place them in Safe haven in Japan."

Oh right, I almost forgot we had to do that.

" Tch, fine, fine. I'll take on that weird dragon Case that was plaguing DC along with the other S ranks." Granberia soon leaves us alone as he makes sure to take us out of the building.

" Alright, remember my Ranks talk before we raided 51 and such? Well, all of you now have cards, minus the dumbass who is my wife or, one of my others. With these, you can take quests and get your rank built up. Apparently, not only are you guys in my charge, but a whole group. Think a name for your group and try not to piss off any more hunters."

Well, he gave good advice but I think we can take anyone else if they try and take us on so now we are heading back to the house car thing now. I am ready to catch some Zs after tonight.

The sound of the wood on my feet after getting inside sounds nice but, there are a good bit of folks missing right now.

" She did what?" And that is Ziden;s voice, since he got ahead of us into here and Eirin looks rather sheepish.

" So it seems that...Kaguya may have convinced some of these people to go on a Test of Guts...and the target is Mokou." Eirin said it so sheepishly and I can see the veins in his head. Might explain why Kaguya is face down with a smoking head, she must have gotten hit hard.

But, I am not gonna get wrapped up into this mess. I am going to go straight to bed and not dealing with this mess.

Keine POV

This is exactly what I wanted to do tonight, dealing with Mokou being in a moon and refusing to come with me all because Kaguya is there. And not only that, that hard headed vampire is currently-

" GAH!" The resounding crack of a body smashing through a tree and the oh so wonderful sound of laughter from Mokou.

" Seriously, a Maid, a high schooler and a vampire come and fight me in a spell card duel, lose, then the vampire gets pissy and takes me on and they still lose!?" And Mokou was tilting her head back laughing, a loud laugh for once, she is having fun but I should be resting, school starts in japan in a few days, and we need to fly back.

Remilia is struggling to get back up before falling down, growling, she is quite the angry one. " come on Mokou, you have to come with us, the Emperor of Japan himself wants us all in the Gensokyo estates."

She scoffs at me, how utterly rude. " I don't give a damn if Buddha himself told me to come with you, I ain't living under no roof with that moon bitch."

I was gonna say something but-

" Really funny that ya think you got a damn choice here." Oh that voice, finally, well, time to rest until he drags her home, I can see the redness on her face, anger.

" Oi, up yours matchstick, I ain;t going anywhere!" And like that, a large stream of fire literally blasted the area apart and i had to literally fly with Sanae and Sakuya in my arms, they are quite heavy to hold but I can see Mokou on fire right now from the blast that came from Ziden.

And like lightning, I watched, his foot slam into her gut and I soon watched them trade blows. These two, its hard to believe they are an item. Each blow they clashed, Mokou's bones broke and reformed and I saw her bleed.

The best option here is to wait for them to finish fighting. Each blow they exchange, is one where Mokou takes insane damage because of her reckless fighting style. Mokou is skilled in martial arts but she suffers the issue an immortal has, sloppy defense because they know they can get away with it but...

Thooom!

A blast of magic just tore clean through Mokou's body, a large orb through her guts as I see her staggering backwards before another one slams down onto her from above, creating a massive pillar of light.

If I remember right, that was the Holy spell. Really strong Light magic, real good at blasting up non humans but still great against humans, my skin is tingling from it. Being a Were hakutaku is rough, really, really rough at times.

Once the lights end, I can see it, the body of Mokou in the hole in pieces, with him reaching down to take her head.

" Oi! Asshole! The fuck was that!" And she survived that somehow with her consciousness in tow, despite her being a head and a growing torso.

" Ah shut up, I'm annoyed and tired. So I wanted to wrap this up fast." And now he is dragging her along the ground with her screaming, this is really gonna be a long night.

And now we are back home, with Mokou grumpily on the floor and her having stolen some of his clothes to cover up. " Honestly, you could have avoided all of that if you just came back with me, I was trying to save you from this spousal abuse incoming."

" Yeah, that implies she has brains up there ya know." Ziden said while gently rubbing under his jaw as Marisa was over there, messing with the tv.

" Ah shut it you, and why the hell're you so grumpy, not used to you being so unsmiley and jackassey." Ah she has a point, he seems, grumpier than usual- " Oh I get it, you wanna seem like a cool guy in front of these idiots , I understand."

" Hey, that is not why-"

" It totally is, he is trying to not be so lax around you guys as to not think too negatively of him. He is quite conscious." Mokou has a smug grin on her face and his face is red.

" Ya can be honest around us ze! Cool or not, you're still the idiot that took us in!" And Marisa's blunt honesty strikes again.

" I am not worried about looking cool for you idiots, I'll start being happy the faster we get out of this country." And he just chops Mokou on the head, who quickly kicked him in the shin and now he is bouncing on his foot.

Well, I guess that means we should get some rest before we head home." Making sure I grab Mokou, I drag her to my room, might as well make sure she gets some sleep.

Ziden POV

Ah, finally, back home on Japan Soil and right back at our stupid named home, which Ran and Chen were quick to run inside of as Yukari lazily goes inside of. Meiling herself already got back to the guard post and noticed that the gate was busted, the Yakuza really are still being pains huh.

" Yeah, sorry boss, they keep attacking and I kinda uh, lose track of where i am fighting." she;'s rubbing the back of her head sheepishly, a destructive fighter. I do throw her a card and she looks at it. " This the card thing Patchouli called me about? I got it." and she slips it into her dress. No clue how she did th-

" Ziden? We got a problem." And there is Patchouli floating up to me with that magic ball, the glowing lights showing a map to me and a whole crapton of dots all over the place in a single area.

" What am I looking at?" I had to ask, there is no way this is every single Youkai from Gensokyo in a single spot right?

" Magic signatures from the natives of Gensokyo. the humans, seems they were lucky to have all been warped into a single area." That seems awfully convenient, this must mean. " And it seems, almost every hour or so, a dot vanishes." As she says this, I watch a blue dot turn bright red before vanishing on the spot. " That means only one thing."

People are dying off, around 800ish dots are there, and those numbers are dunking down, could be even higher amount. As I was about to speak, my phone goes off with a quest that shot into it.

Special Quest: Investigate mysterious Tremors coming from a secluded Northern area of Japan's Country Side.

Ah, seems like we got our first quest right out of the gate.

" Oh? Our first quest?" And Sanae was there, bouncing up to look at my phone, she should stop that, she will bounce out of her top if she continues.

" Yeah but you have school so you are not-"

" I'll be going to since she is in my class, I am her teacher after all." And Keine is here, after bringing Mokou inside and the immortal seemed to be lounging on the porch. " So she can come along and I will make her study during down time."

Great, who else is coming? " I am in Ze! I wanna build up my Rank and be the best damn Mage around!" Reimu even nods at this and seems to join.

" Fine, a group of five huh, then I guess, its time for us to head out. We'll figure out a group name later but, lets get moving. We got some villagers to save." What the hell could be waiting out there for us? God I hope its something easy for first timers to deal with.

Third Person View

" Whew, a shorter one but it seems that something interesting shall be starting, the smell of this, I know this!" Akyuu was anxious as Sanae was doing the same thing.

" Yes, I can sense it, an Arc! A major storyline where something big is going down!" Sanae jitters on the spot while Ziden looks at the orb.

" Tremors huh, so the Ziden there is fighting that thing? Hopes he likes worms like I do then." Ziden said while sitting down.

" Hopefully, but now to get this out so people can enjoy this! Christmas and New Years passed already because of the rewrites to this chapter I had to do!" akyuu had the writing done and was now running off to transfer it to a booklet so people can read it.

Trivia:

1: Granberia is from Monster Girl Quest, do not look up unless alone, like with Kagome, a mirrored char with their own new storyline for this story and is one of the Many skilled S Ranked hunters.

2:Quest Giver is one of the women from Goblin Slayer, but a Mirrored Char that has her own story line.

Author's Notes: Man it has been ages, told ya the uploads would be massively wonky, life got hectic and I hit a block here before I rewrote this in order to set up this upcoming Arc: The Elemental Beasts! Hope ya like fighting and lots of Touhous fighting whole new monsters because we are gonna get down and crazy! This chap was supposed to be out in November but the rewrite of me changing things up alot, like drastically shortening the Mokou fight since it did not have to be long since, like with the main series, Ziden vs Mokou will happen alot. And Mokou vs everyone. But anyways, Happy new Years despite the lateness and Read and Review!