Chap. I - Begins at the Eternal Shrine.
{{Writer: I don't own anything of Ultraman and Touhou Project none did I own the image that I take by screenshot I only own my oc}}
{{Op. Yuuhei Satellite; Even The Blossoming Flowers Will Eventually Scatter}}
[Somewhere in a forest]
3rd POV
~Makes me wonder if there will be a real Witch, heh, I can already imagine an ugly bald head, green skin and long nose. wearing all in black, and a pointy cap. riding on a dirty old looking broom~
"Aacchhoooo!?!?...What The Ze!!" Yell the blonde girl in a strange-looking black and white witch outfit complete with the pointy cap, on her back, is a nicely well-crafted magic bloom that she uses as a mode of transport. Even if she's a witch She has the look of a young girl in her seventeen and quite a cutie as that. Correctly she is in a forest looking for... A strangely looking mushrooms that have the shaped of an... this is... a bit hard to explain...
What kind of mushroom is this...???
"Ohh...! Someone must be bad talking about me! Ohh...! Just you wait, when I've found you, I'll shove my magic bloom in your Sorry Butt Hole... on second thought that's be too disgusting and hard to clean. Still gonna blast with my magic though, zehehe...!" As she continues to mumble, payback to the mystery boy who was on his way with another certain blonde, and hopefully she doesn't take him to a wedding dress store...
"Ohh! That's a good one ze...!" rumbling through the grass.
"nice~!" looking at the weird mushrooms.
"Mmm... I wonder if there's a bigger one around here." ...that's an innocent question?
She continues looking for more weird mushrooms.
Today is a lovely weather day with the sun in the sky and the chilly morning air, a perfect day to go for Mushroom hunting, just like any normal day on Gensoukyou.
Or as normal as it can be when you have to be prepared for a spell card battle anytime and anywhere in this beautiful yet dangerous world.
Spell Card Battle, a set rule of engagement created by the Hakurei Miko, They were designed to give even a weak youkai and humans a chance to win in a fair formal duel of steel and magic and to also somehow pervert terrible bloodshed.
The human can use the Spell Card as self-defense in case of encounter wild youkai, so if the Human defeat a Youkai in a fair Spell Card Duel they have a better chance of surviving another day, but if it the other way around the Youkai are the Victorious than you can imagine what will happen when encountering an Evil one.
Thankfully however not all Youkai are bad unless you provoke them, at some of this Not-So-Evil Youkai actually try to live in harmony with human and there have been case of Youkai-Human Hybrids, as they one true fear is be forgotten as them will simply disappear from existing if there is no human to fear of them or just no one to remember them at all, youkai exists by the spiritual beliefs of human but if there no one to believe in their existing then they will die.
Fear of the unknown, mysterious, legends, and belief are the thing that allowed Youkai to truly exist, and also what makes Gensokyo so special is that it isn't bound to the law of reality, is a world of Dreams, of Illusion, of Fantasy. A world that no Scientific can truly explain.
The Ordinary Witch lies down on the grass in relaxation. And stared at the cloud that had the shape of a...
a... stick! Yes, a Stick, with one part looking like a mushroom head and the other part looking like two balls of clouds...
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OH MY GOSH!!!
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... something isn't right about today.
"Sigh... man, it sure is quiet this time around with not as much SC Battle, and everybody seems to mind their own business. Sure it's peaceful but it's getting boring with nothing much to do ze... Sigh... maybe I should visit Reimu or 'Borrow' some book from patchouli." Get on her broom and fly away to her undecided destination.
(though why do I have the feeling that something's gonna happen? Something big will happen... Nah must be the mushroom that got to me. I shouldn't have taken too much drug.) As she continued to fly and argue with her gut feeling, she didn't turn back to see an abnormal shadow figure hiding behind the countless trees, watching her with the eyes of a predator as she left the forest.
[Somewhere close to an unknown Shrine] [Time unknown still morning]
3rd POV
It was a peaceful morning with the small animal and fairy playing around. In the distance there is a stair, leading up to an unknown Shrine temple.
Zziipp!
Suddenly a gap zip opens on the scene, scaring the animal away while the fairies just stared dumbfounded at it.
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"...aaaahhhh!!!!"
Thunk!!
An unknown object falling on the ground and dust flying up.
"Argh...! Ow! Ouch...!" Sound of a person in pain, a hand raises from the ground.
"Ow...! Oh mein Gott...! that hurt, my back hurts...!" Slowly standing up and adjusting his back.
"Uggh...! why did you have to do that Miss Yukari? ... Miss Yukari...? huh...?" Looking around for a gap Yokai but can't see her anywhere, including the gap that drops him there.
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"Nani!? You leaving me out here...!?" saw a note paper on the ground.
"..." Took the note and read In his head. (sorry LeLe-kun baby but I have some business to take care of so you be on your own for a while, but don't worry there is an old temple not far from here, go and talk to the shrine maiden live there and get to her good side, you WILL need it. After that, try to convince her to come with you to the Human Village but don't reveal anything yet, think of a cover-up story for now. In the village there will be someone very helpful to you, she's a school teacher. And also, a little present for you-)
Thung! "Verletzt!!" Something dropped right on his head! Cause him to fall on the ground.
"Uggh...!" Caring for his head before reading the last bit of the latter. (Hope you love it, honey. That's all. till we meet again, LeLe-darling~) somehow, he can actually hear the 'Ufufufu~' after finish reading.
... (Well, at least she gave me a start. Now let's see what this 'little present' was...)
It was a briefcase, he opened up to see what was inside, Gun.
Big Gun.
"This is what she calls little?" read the instruction note of the 'GUTS CUSTOM COMBINE EQUIPMENT' GCCE.
The first is a Handgun. It has a futuristic design, instead of firing normal bullets and gunpowder, it fires different types of energy beams contained in various types of batteries, On the side of the black barrel writing 'GUTS Hyper Kai'. It also has an attachable barrel 'Carbine Conversion Parts' for a more rifle range.
The next one is called a 'GUTS Submachine Gun' which can fire in two modes, semi-rapid-fire beam, and flamethrower. The handle is retreable in the open space underneath, to combine with the CCP Hypergun for a more powerful blaster.
The 'Slam DUNK' can fire in heavy machine gun mode with firepower equal to a high-caliber heavy Gatling gun, shotgun mode, shooting a powerful blast strong enough to blow a hole through boulder and steel wall.
There are several different batteries for different shot types, four standard energy shots for the G-Hypergun, two larger ones for the G-Sub-gun. These two shots can be recharged by putting it back to the briefcase, which has a solar recharged system.
The other shot is non-energy bases, Flamethrower, burst shot, sleep gas, tear gas, sticky shot. All of this has to be reloaded/refilled with the necessary material.
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... A massive sweatdrop formed on the side of his head.
"This is what she calls a little present? It's illegally a tool of war. Here hope she didn't steal it from a top military armory..."
Putting that thought aside and starting to equip himself, load the Hypergun with one battery and put it under his jacket. The rest remain in the briefcase for now. As well as found his wallet but no ID card or phone.
"Now, where to find the shrine- oh, there it is."
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"Sigh... this is gonna be a long and tiring walk..."
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[On top the step stone] [Time ??:?? AM] [1st POV Lee]
{{Play, Eternal Shrine Maiden. Piano}}
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"Well, what do You know? I'm actually not as tired as I thought I would be, that's weird but nice to know." Indeed I've been climbing up the Stone stair with little to no problem at all.
Yukari says a shrine maiden lives there. I wonder if she's the same one that can sense Yukari's power, but Yukari's confident that the maiden wouldn't care unless there's a Youkai incident.
Try to convince her to join me without being seen suspicious? That will be hard, I hope she wouldn't mistake me and the Ultraman are the invaders when the Kriegsherren desire to attack.
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... such a wonderful viewing.
This tree, if I remember correctly, is called Sakura or Cherry Blossom, beautifully lining up at each gate I pass by. The wind bringing a chilly morning air, countered yet so perfectly mixed with the heating air of the sun shining down from the blue sky.
...? A sun-backing butterfly that found peace on the cherry blossom petals.
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... perhaps, just like the name suggested, Gensoukyou, the Land of Illusion, for all that surrounded my being is like a Dream.
A beautiful sakura petal dream.
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... Huh? Oh, we're here already? Must be lost in thought alone...
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... and the shrine is... a bit smaller than I'd thought, it's just the size of a small house, although the area surrounding is quite peaceful and relaxing so it's not bad at all.
now where to find the- oh a donation box.
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Need Porn, Donate Your Porn Bro.
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... Something feels very wrong about the box.
... but nevertheless, I don't want to be seen as disrespectful to whatever deity this shrine worships when there's a person who can help me find the way to this village, and support me in the mission.
Now let seen...
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... 100$ to spend, does that mean I'm American? Anyway, hope they accept dollars.
Pull in 10$ to box despite my gut telling me not to.
Now let's see, if I remember right then first, bow deeply twice. After bowing. Clap my hands twice. Now, I will pray for the Gods to give me the strength, luck, and courage to fulfill my new responsibility...
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Bow deeply one when I finish praying.
"Sigh... hope I did it right. Now, where to find the-?" ...
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... it was then, for the time, that my eyes made contact with her.
Those alluring bronze eyes.
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[Shrine doorstep] [Time ??:?? AM] [1st POV Unknown Maiden]
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... Oookay, so let recount back a few moments ago.
I was cleaning the Hakurei Shrine back garden and thinking of how peaceful these past few months have been. Aside from a few small Youkai incidents, there's not much to do these days.
Normally this will be a day where people are feeling easy and take the opportunity to enjoy the peaceful air and relax after a hard-working day than hang out with friends and family.
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But there also people who get suspicious with the lack of activating, because if you live in gensokyo long enough surely you will know that there was never true peace in gensokyo, any day there will be Youkai causing trouble to the village for whatever Kami know what reason and those from the village would asking me to solve an incident and exterminate wild Youkai. It has been like that ever since I took on the duties as a Shrine Maiden of the Hakurei family.
I, too, want to just relax, drink tea, eat delicious food, and wait for prayer to come to pray and donate to the shrine.
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"sigh..." but unfortunately I have become a paranoid person and found it hard to relax when there could be an Evil plot waiting for the chance to make a 'Shit Hit the Fan' when everyone else is too relaxed and let down their guard, a panic attack is the last thing I need, Never truly let your guard down or you will face the consequence for being too careless.
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I learned that the hard way two years ago, a careless mistake that nearly cost my and Marisa life.
"Sigh... Well, I finished cleaning up the shrine and the garden, just hoping those fairy and Suika wouldn't cause a mess with their prank and drinking. Now I just need to make some tea and- huh?"
There's a person standing in front of the shrine and he... praying? Do people actually come to pray at this shrine? That... comforting somehow.
... I continue to stare at the stranger, observing as he finishes praying, bow deeply, and standing up straight.
"Sigh... hope I did it right. Now, where to find the-?" ...
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... we seems to be stared at each other for a whole good minute without saying anything.
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Sigh... this is getting nowhere, I take a moment to take in his appearance.
He appears to be the same age as me and marisa, and has a strange foreign feature of non-Japanese descent. Maybe he's from the west? Sanae says something about Amiricon? or Engrisk?... How do you spell it? Anyway, he has two hair color, mostly dark brown and two red bang that color similar to those flowers I've seen from the Scarlett Mansion, he eyes are light-violet.
As for his facials... how should I say this... it was Handsome? Cute? Not exactly a pretty boy but enough to catch a girl's attention.
His clothing is quite strange though, a long sleeve black jacket with yellow line, a blue stone on the left pocket, and a phrase that says A.S.H.E.S., some kinda metal shoulder guard that also has the latter A. 2 on each side.
fingerless gloves, and the lower half covered by a black and white pants with red leather knee protection, his footwear is a strange metal-looking Shoe.
Maybe it's a uniform of some kind? What does Ashes mean?
By his side is a silver briefcase with a short writing for something 'GCCE'.
Overall he appearance simply screams OUTSIDERS.
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... We back to stare again? Someone said something!
"Uhh excuse me but... are you perhaps the shrine maiden of this temple? If so, can you come with me to this Human Village? I'm quite new here and seem to have lost my way." He asked.
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"you know? It's cruel to ask for a request without introducing yourself first And to answer your question, yeah that right, I am the Miko of this shrine, I'm clean up the Shrine, I'm sweeping the Stone stairs, I'm sweeping the garden and I'm waiting for people to come pray for blessing and wait for donations money and I'm exterminating Youkai. So yeah pretty sure I am the shrine maiden you are looking for because nobody else's here right now." I answer his question, cross my arm, and act like an annoying bitch to try and blow his cover.
What cover you'd ask? I'll tell you what.
Other than his foreign appeared, there is also this weird feeling around him, an strange unexplained aura that seems to Spiritual protect him like a Magic barrier, although the aura doesn't seem to be produced by any malicious power, in fact, it actually feels pretty nice, it feels like I was standing and looking right on the warmest sun but wouldn't cause me any harm or even sunburn, feel like a warming arm is waiting to embrace me and shielding me from any harm of the world...
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... Blushing...? Yeah, my cheek feel hot~
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Oh, My Kami!!
Control yourself, Girl! You only meet him for less than two minutes for Kami's sake! And for all we know, he could be a Youkai using charm magic to woo as many women as he can! The biggest pervert! Playboy! Womanizer! Casanova! Harem King!
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... at least I think so? ... Am I going too far?
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[??? Shrine] [Time ??:?? Am] [1st POV Lee ???]
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Tha-That's cruel, but I'm not about to lose my cool, maybe she's just being paranoid with strangers? Or is she sick? That's why her face turned red, right?
Anyway, now that we meet, I need to convince her to come with me to the Village and meet some school teachers, but I need to be an unknown, for now, a cover story.
Pulling on my most confident smile.
"Oi, how's ya doing, baby? My name is Lee, no last name 'cause I can't remember anything else other than you gorgeous. Milady, would you be so kind as to grant me your divine maiden hand and Take Me to this strange village? Wanna Take Me Baby, Take Me to There~" yup, gonna put it in style... Wait a minute...
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What.
The.
Hell.
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Why did I do that??? I feel like I'm just screwing up big time. And that speech earlier is definitely not how I suppose to act, it's not in my character. I think...?
Anyway, now she has a rather...
ᗜ_ᗜ
interesting face.
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"... maybe I was right about you. You are a despicable enemy of the female population, a pervert who uses a pitiful choice of word to get under a girl's skirt and pride himself a Harem King."
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... oh gosh. That hurt a lot, every single word felt like a shot through the heart and who was to blame.
... Why did I feel the need to blame someone for that harem king part?
"You're a nuisance. You're wasting my time, be kind enough and go away. If you need to get to the village, go straight in that direction and don't turn anywhere. Now shoo." With that, she turns her back to me going inside.
"Cho-Chotto matte kudasai!" I need to get back on her good side! I don't know why but Yukari insists that she come with me to the village.
"Ugh...! Ima Nani? I already point you to the village, just walk straight in that direction. Aren't many dangers if you avoid the wild Youkai or animals." She's annoyed now, I can tell, it was partly my fault so I will fix that.
"Ahem. Okay, I'm sorry 'bout that earlier, it didn't come out at intent. But I will tell you the thing I know. So please hear me out...!" I may be a bit suspicious about Yukari but I trust her judgment for now.
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Cross her arm and take a deep breath.
"Sigh... Bakkin. Let's hear what you have to say, it better be worth my time." Right, second chance and we have three options.
1 - Be honest and tell her the whole story. The drawback is, she will think I have gone insane or might be related to the attack two years ago.
2 - Tell her a half-truth about how I got here. possibility, she either trusts me while being wary or not and drives me away.
3 - 'Take Me Baby' with her again. Inevitably, she'll blow me aways sky High.
... what is this? A miserable writing dating sim? But enough thought! Have at You!
None of the three feel good but I'm gonna go with option two.
"Okay, so the thing is, I wake up in the forest over there without any memory, I wandered around, try to a way out, on the way, I meet a woman and ask for her help, she guides me out of the forest and told me to go meet a shrine maiden live here, and convince her to come with me to some human settlement for whatever reason. I was about to ask her why but she just simply vanished without a trace, so I took her word and came to this shrine to find the shrine maiden, which without a doubt is You." Not actually the truth but not a lie either.
"Uh-huh. So you have amnesia and follow a stranger then take her word for it and come to this shrine to bother me with something that probably isn't my business. A likely story." Figure she would think so...
Cross my arm and lean back on the shrine's wooden wall.
"Well, believe it or not, that's the story," I say with a small smile to her.
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"Sigh... do you at least know her name then? Or why does she insist on having me go with you?" I get the feeling she already knows about Miss Yukari.
"Yukari, no last name. She just told me what to do and I followed her word 'cause I can't think of anything else to do at the moment. while lost in thought, I was already up here."
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Narrowing her eyes, try to determine whether to believe me or not.
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Our eyes meet, to find truth in one another, to be able to trust each other.
The eyes are the windows of our souls, our eyes spoke no lie.
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"Sigh. All right, fine, since you seem to try so hard at this and I, being a kind heart, gentle, and beautiful Shrine Maiden of the Hakurei Shrine will guide you to the village." She finally says something.
"Really? That a relieved -"
"But it won't come for free."
"... Where the kind heart and gentle part go?"
"In exchange for my service, you will donate at least one thousand yen to one service, depending on the difficulty of the job, I may ask for higher payroll, and you'll take responsibility like paying me a room, food, medical caring should I be injury during my work, and more importantly, no lewd business." ...
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What is this? A miserable lewd RPG? But enough talk! Deal with it!
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And when does being a Shrine Maiden mean being a freelancer and offering sassy business!?
"Uhh, is that a little high? But as for donating to the shrine, I already put ten dollars in the box, hope you can trade it for yen. And-"
"Wait. What did you just say?."
"Huh? That one thousand yen is a little high?"
"No, after that." She suddenly asks me with a strange hoping look in her eye.
"The donating dollar? Yeah, I gave the box ten and prayed for good luck and- huh?" It's like she just 'Clock Up' and appears right in front of the box.
This is strange. She opens it up, looks inside, her back to me, I can't see her expression.
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"Oi, Hakurei-san? Are you okay there? What... wrong..." ... something definitely wrong, I can tell, how? Well, look at this.
¥u¥
I'm Rich Baby.
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... Wait a minute, I could have sworn that's was a dollar earlier, so why is it a Yen?
Let me recheck that a bit...
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... You gotta be crapping me.
Yakumo 100¥
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I can only stare at it and imagine a dumb look on my face as well as getting a mentally 'Ufufufu~'.
"1,000.00 yen!!"
"Ah! Was!? Was ist los, Hakurei-san?" The shout-out surprises me.
"1,000.00 Yen! I'm rich, baby!!" How is she able to court all that?
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... a weird silence came after that. This is strange.
"You..."
"Uh, Ye-Yeah? me?"
"... You... donate... a lot..."
"Uhh, yes, is that bad...?" What the heck is going...!?
She now has the most creepy expression that will be added to my list of nightmare facials!
Heilige Scheiße!!
What the freaking heck is going on!? Don't tell me the donating box has some kinda evil spirit that possesses the shrine maiden when people donate! I knew something was wrong with that 'Need Porn, donate your porn bro' wooden box!
"Tachi..."
"Ha-Hai!?" Oh God, Jesus, Buddha, Zeus, Noa, everybody? Save me...
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... stared again.
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Than :3
... not a trustworthy face at all. :3
"Ne~, your name is Lee, right? You said that you need me to help guide poor little defenseless you to the village right? And you will need the protection of the most strong, sweet, and beautiful Shrine Maiden of the land, right? To keep you safe from all the harm of this cruel world and together we travel around the world until we build a castle of love and money, with a lot of drink and delicious food. You will make me a queen and we will live our lives in the everlasting dream of richness, love, and food!" I'm pretty sure I didn't say even half of what you just said, greedy woman.
"Marry me! My husband~!" What!? No! Not now of all time!
[A few minutes later] [3rd pow]
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... after finishes fooling around. The Two sit down behind the shrine and drink some tea, discussing business.
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Took a sip of her tea to clear her throat.
"Ahhh~ that's better. ... that was fun."
"If by fun, you mean chasing me around and threatening to force married me and make me build you a castle then yeah that was fun, for you." He replies with a dry sarcastic tone.
"Come now, you know I won't do that, just try to have some fun. I was kidding... or was I~?"
"Geez. You're unbelievable. I don't want my first time to be in a forced marriage." He tries to sound like being annoying, but he is smiling at the somewhat serious yet playful Shrine Maiden.
"Aww. Are you saying I'm not your type? That makes me very sad..." she replies with a fake? Sad tone.
"Uhh, no, that's not what I mean, you are... attentive..." His cheek turned red saying that.
"Giggle~, ... but that's enough joking around. So from what I know, you woke up in the forest with amnesia then was found by Yukari Yakumo, she's an ol-uh young! acquaintance of mine." I get the feeling I wouldn't want to know her real age…
"She guides you out of the forest and tells you to meet me and convince me to guide you to the Village myself personally for reasons that you don't know. That's about it?"
Drinking his tea and nodding.
"Actually, she also told me to go meet some school teacher there, saying she can help me with something."
"A school teacher? I only knew a history teacher by the name Kamishirasawa Keine, she has a small school in the village. What can she help you with?" She asks while pouring more tea into his cup.
"Wish I knew. that about all I know... so, will you help me? Just for a bit? I promise not to bother you again."
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... she took a few sips before answering.
"Well, let me be honest with you, I am a little wary of outsiders, not hate or dislike them, just wary, for you see, a terrible accident happened two years ago that cost many lives in the village. The cause of the accidents was not really known but..."
"What happens?"
"It's only a rumor but supposedly there is a group of outsiders. A spiteful one as that, they hate the village for some kami know what, we don't pay much attention to them but end up paying the price when they suddenly attack and set the village on fire, we manage to take care of them but the fire was uncontrollable and sharing out. One thing after another happens and Thus killing many people."
He listens carefully to her version regarding the 'accident'.
"Of course, it is still just humor told by those who hate outsiders, but people are actually buying that. Even the village council So most people's not exactly welcome outsider at it once was." She said and took a bite of her riceball and offered him one.
"What about you then? Do you believe in that humor? Do you believe it's really caused by a 'Normal' outsider, one that's not like any other?" He needs to choose his word carefully, this is serious.
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"Well, personally I don't, but I will tell you that 'something not human' from the outside has cause It, I don't have any proof yet, but for that I am sure."
His eyes, unconsciously narrowed.
(Oh, I know exactly what she means by 'not human'. Either she doesn't have her memory rewritten or has found something that makes her suggest that.)
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"You're not hungry? Waking up in a forest and walking around will make people hungry."
"Huh? Oh yeah." Take a bite of the rice ball and before he knows, it already disappears from his hands to his stomach.
"Mmm. You're right, I am hungry, don't know how I didn't know it until now. Hehe..." An embarrassed smile.
"Well, take the rest, it's not much but at least you wouldn't be starve, or maybe you won't even know until someone told you." She passes the rest of the food to him.
"Ah, arigato, Hakurei-san. munch munch gulp... man, this is really good Hakurei-san."
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She watches as he munching up the food while having some thought to herself.
(Aww. Look at him, he can be cute when he wants to. Got a boyish charm...) she blushing a bit when thought of that.
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... (Sigh... that is, I've decided.) She finishes up her tea and cleaning when he takes the last ball.
"Hakurei-san?"
"Reimu."
"Huh?"
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[Lee pow]
"Watashi wa Hakurei Reimu, Hajimemashite, Lee-san."
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... I don't think I really had the chance to truly appreciate her beauty before.
She wore a Red and White shrine maiden robe, although it is quite different from other Japanese maiden robes. It consists of a red skirt, not too long or too short, white high knee socks and black shoes. a sleeveless red top with a white collar, tied with a yellow bow. and a pair of white detached sleeves that expose her shoulder and a bit of sarashi. Smooth Dark Brown hair tied by a large red ribbon, two red tubes on her sidelock.
And the eyes, bronze in color, there is life in them, strong willpower, and…
Kindness, there is kindness in her eyes, even if she doesn't act like it she does care...
She is undoubtedly an attentive girl, she might as well have come from paradise.
Make me feel rather guilty since she's a maiden to the gods...
... She knows I stared.
"Oh, uh. ... is a pleasure meeting you too, Haku- Reimu-san."
She gave me a slight bow then… silently went inside.
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... I guess that is, I will have to be on my way, alone...
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[Meanwhile inside the Hakurei Shrine] [Time ??:?? am] [3rd POV]
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Standing in the center of the shrine is Our Heroines however, she's now bear An unreadable expression with shadow over her eyes...
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...and then.
}:D
Look at this...!
I'M RICH!!!
(Ohkamisamakamisamakamisama!!! With this much money I can finally do whatever the makai I want! Buy a refrigerator! Television! An air conditioner! Eat delicious food! Upgrade the shrine! And finally, show those Richy Girls who have more money! That Right I'm No Longer Broke!! No Longer Eating Grass!!! I'M RICH!!!!) Indeed, to Reimu, receiving money from the donation is a big deal to her, and no more eating grass.
... should we worry about what she just fed our boy earlier...?
Anyway, she comes down from her 'Money High' and takes a deep breath... then expands slowly.
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[Reimu H. 1st Pow]
{{Play, Forever Shrine Maiden. Piano}}
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Boy, I can't remember the last time everyone ever came to pray and donate to the shrine, oh Kami-sama~, it feels so good to hold this piece of paper in the palm of my hands. 1,000.00 yen...!!
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Sigh... Still in all seriousness, just who are you Lee-san? Why did you just suddenly appear and donate to the shrine? Why do I feel so warm just by standing next to you? It's not 'cause of the sun that for sure.
I know that you're lying in some part and hiding about something, I am too, but why...?
... the 'accident' two years ago, in truth, it was a bloody battle, by three otherworldly creatures that can only be described as monsters. Many people dryings, human and youkai alive, have all been killed in cruel and horrifying ways, been crushed, ripped apart, eaten, disintegrated by energy blasts...
That has left a horrible image in my mind. I thought that with my Spell Card Battle system I have lowered the cost of bloodshed and death, bringing an possible co-exists between Human and Youkai.
... but I've seen now that I have been too naive in that way of thinking. Not every single youkai or human will follow that rule. There will still be bloodshed, hatred, and death.
There will never be true peace between humans and youkai, but I will do what I can to assure them that they can live together in harmony, at least until the day I can't anymore.
As for the problem regarding the invader, Kamishirasawa uses her ability to erase and rewrite the memory of those in the village and some youkai that's involved. Why? Let's just say, to make things so much less of a headache. Public.
Some of the major figures in the Youkai society are prepared themself for the possible second attack, because according to Yakumo, the first attack was just a test, to see our spiritual power potential, our souls, why? Who knows. But according to Onozuka and the other, the soul of those who has died that night never came to the Sanzu river, not a single one, not even to Hell, Heaven, or the Netherworld, It like someone or something else has gathered, harvested those souls, perhaps is the one that summons those monsters.
The one that calls himself simply the Messenger, classed in some kind of futuristic black armor, purple light on the chest and helmet, Jet-black metal wings, and glowing blood-red eyes. Surrounded by an evil purple flame...
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... shake my head to clear out the bad memory. Continue my prepare- Oh? Done already? Too lost in thought.
Looking at the clock, it's 08:45 am.
Alright, that should be all I need to bring with me.
Now...
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[Hakurei shrine back garden] [Time 08:45 am] [Reimu H. 1st POV]
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"Sorry to keep you- huh? Lee-san? ... Lee-san...? Lee...?" I came back out after I finished bringing my stuff, but I couldn't find him anywhere.
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... "You're gone already...? Can't wait for a little bit aren't you...?" ...
... his warm feeling is gone too... leaving me behind...
...
... No, he's not. When I didn't say anything and went inside, he must have assumed that I'd refuse to help him.
"Can't be too far." I quickly lock the door and go after him.
There is something different about him, something I need to know.
I want to know how he can give me such a warm feeling, that protected warming Light.
His Light.
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[Hakurei stone stairs] [08:50 am] [3rd pow]
{{Play, Yuna Ito; Trust You. Piano}}
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The young man is currently making his way down the stairs, mindful of his step, but also having a thought about something.
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... (have I been a little rough in this? I want to get to the village quickly and find the person Yukari-san wants me to meet. I try to convince Reimu-san to come with me without giving too much hint away.)
He stops for a bit and looks in the direction of the sun.
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Look, the East is Burning Red!!!
... (I'm just gonna ignore that. But the sun is quite a sight, the shining Light of this world.)
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... (Reimu-san... although I can't explain the reason for it, I can't help but feel like I can trust her, to tell her the honest truth of my situation, and believe that she will understand even if it sounds crazy... Despite the circumstances of our meeting.)
(There's something in her that makes me feel comfortable. like I can sense her aura or something that telling me I can trust her.)
(I trust you, Reimu-san...)
And with that thought finish, he took a step down an-
"Oi!"
"Ahh!? Woshhh!"
"Oi! Careful or you'll fall!"
She manages to grab the collar of his jacket before that happens.
Crush! "Oww! Ugh...! Mein Rücken...! Mein Rücken...!" But a bit too forceful and caused him to fall backward and break his back against the store step.
Again...
"Oh Kami...! Gomenasai, Daijōbu desu?" His savior as well as back breaker ask.
"Ha-Hai...! Just... give me a moment..." slowly and steady... standing up and adjusting his back to the right position.
Again...
"Ahh... That better. Arigato- Reimu-san?" Indeed, the one save him was none-other than Reimu Hakurei, she has caught up to him.
And unintentionally? Nearly killed him. Let us just hope that he won't get his back break again...
"What's wrong Reimu-san? Why are you here? Something happens?"
She makes an annoyed face and arm cross.
"Something happens? Well, I'm just getting my stuff ready for the supposed 'great Journey to the village' but when I finish and went back outside, you're already gone!"
"Huh? So, you coming? With me? I thought that you'd refuse when you just quietly went inside. ... sorry about leaving without saying anything, Gomenasai." He apologizes and bows.
"Sigh. Baka Lee-san. I admit that I can be a bit... Strange when it comes to money, but I'm not selfish enough to not help people when needed, and you donate to the shrine quite a lot. I say at least ten requests until you have to pay again, so I'll be in your employment until then. I have a code of work you know."
(Businesswoman Reimu again.) He thought.
"I don't recall hiring you to work on anything, just try to convince you to come with me. And the donating money, I just don't want to be sees disrespectful to your deity and pray for some Good luck. So you don't have to do anything for me if you don't feel like it."
A smug smile appears on her lips.
"Well, too bad then, 'cause I insist on going with you, whether you like it or not. Is how I do my work."
(Again, when does being a Shrine Maiden mean being a freelancer?) He was reminded of that question.
"But-
"No but, deal with it."
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... "Sigh... alright. It's how you want it to be. Let's go together then, Reimu-san, I honestly don't know what will come out of this, but... it feels nice, not being on the unknown route alone."
"Giggle~ should have bought my sake to cheer for this moment."
"Ha, don't know if I can handle alcohol, but here for the lasting partnership then." He then gave her a picky.
"What are you, five? But fine, have it your ways." Hooking her picky in him, the two silently made them vow.
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... this has happened a lot lately.
"You gonna let go? Or are we standing here and picky locks all day?"
"Huh? Oh, sorry. Got a bit lost for a moment." He unhooks them, feeling a bit embarrassed.
"Lost for a moment huh? What are you thinking? Or rather what are you looking at~?" She's gonna tease him again.
"Uhh, No. It's nothing..." moved his eyes around, looking at anything but her face.
Which unconsciously? Stared at her most Man catching feature, that is...
"Ahhh~ I see now, you're one of those guys aren't you~?" She follows the line of his glare, which lands on...
Unknown Fetish Awake.
"Want to try feeling it? First time is free of charge~"
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... "Uhh, haha haha... No thank you, I'm good..." he denies the offer, face already tomatoes.
What happened to that whole 'No Lewd Businesses' earlier?
... (man, if she keeps on doing that, I might deploy a weird fetish. ... or maybe I already have it...) and another poor boy has fallen victim to this world maiden's most powerful secret techniques.
"Alright, the show's over. So since you most likely can't fly, we will have to walk then, the village shouldn't be too far. Let's be on our way."
"Uhh, yeah, let. And people can fly here?"
"Hai~!" (there's that warm feeling again…)
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As the unusual pair made their way down the Stone stairs, unaware that three pairs of eyes had been watching them for some time now, the three sets of eyes came out of hiding, revealing three fairies.
It seems that humor will inevitably sharing out...
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But the fairy is not the only one that watches our heroes, a shadowy figure silently follows behind waiting for the chance to strike.
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And thus, young Lee has met one of his will be companions in the form of Reimu Hakurei the Shrine Maiden of Paradise. Will he tell her the truth of his origin? Will she find out the reason of her feelings for him? What fate has in store awaiting them in the trial ahead?
{=To Be Continued\]
{{End. Yonder Voice; Shrine Maiden. Trance}}
{24/5/2021. A/n: another chapter rewrote, it was double time longer than how it used to be. Hope you guy enjoys}