AN: I do not own Touhou Project, it belongs to Team Shanghai Alice.

Disciplina Diebus

It had been a week since Vaati had meet Cirno and offered to teach her. Every day she would come back, excited as ever to see the crippled teen. It had brought a smile to Vaati's face to know that he was important to someone. He had started by having Cirno help him search through his stuff for an old plastic sword he had. Once she had found it they had gone outside.

Vaati tried to run Cirno through the motions, but without his own sword or a well working arm the best he could do was vocal instruction. Standing by his door watching Cirno swing the sword in a childish manner. He had let her keep the sword, not like he could use it, and she had been ecstatic.

'After everything that I've been through, it's only going to get tougher from here, best enjoy it while I can.' Vaati thought as he watched on at Cirno from the door. The ice fairy was swinging her sword in glee, throwing overhead swings and side swipes with the plastic blade. She finished off her swinging with a two handed stab, thrusting the blade forward with both hands before slackening and looking at Vaati. The blonde teen nodded his head at Cirno, who smiled and floated over to him.

"Vaati, when do I get to learn magic? If I'm going to be the strongest, I need to be able to beat everyone in danamuku." Vaati sighed at this, she had asked that all week, every day at the end of her sword practice. "Cirno I already told you, I don't know how to do magic, the best I can do is see what you can do and try to help you improve on it." Vaati said, raising his bad arm and rubbing his hair before sighing again.

"Well then why don't I show you!" Cirno yelled, raising her sword above her head in a little pose. Vaati sighed once more before nodding, leaning against the door frame and motioning Cirno to show him.

Cirno smiled and dropped her sword on the ground, flying up higher into the air. She looked down at Vaati, who was squinting while looking up before forming a small card in her hands. "Ice sign, Icicle Fall!"

Icicles formed around Cirno, spinning around her like a large shield, but even from Vaati's low position he could see the most major flaw in this 'spell', the large spot in front of Cirno that was devoid of any icicles. It was a major blind spot, and she didn't seem to realize it.

'Childish minds at it's finest ladies and gentlemen.' Vaati thought, holding his head in his left hand, feeling the strain on his arm for a moment before pulling it back up as he watched Cirno float down to him, the icicles having disappeared. "So what did you think!" She shouted, putting her hands in her hips and smiling at Vaati.

"Cirno… I don't think you realize this but you have a large spot in front of you during that spell that is empty of any… icicles I think? That right there is a major flaw in that spell, and I have never used magic and I noticed that." Cirno looked down at her feet at my observation, muttering something.

Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: Suddenly going from third-person to first-person narration.

Omega E The Reader: Do make sure that the transition from third-person to first-person narration is noticeable.

WildMath55: I just want to say that it's nice to see someone gave Cirno actual respect. But seeing how the story goes, I'm sure OverLord will complain about it later.

Sin Count: 11

"Cirno… is there a reason for that blind spot?" Vaati asked, never letting his expression falter. Cirno taped her fingers tighter while still looking down, not meeting Vaati's gaze. "It's supposed to be a cold zone, I know that it's cold around me and I thought it would freeze people around me if I left a open space." Cirno muttered.

Vaati sighed. 'Good idea, but not something that you would do quickly, at best it would give someone a bit of frostbite, but I'm around Cirno constantly and all it's done is numb my injuries.' Vaati adopted a thoughtful expression on his face, that blind spot was something that needed to be corrected, obviously… or did it?

"Cirno, I have an idea, about that blind spot in your spell." Vaati said, Cirno looking up at Vaati with hopeful eyes. "Think about it, if you continue to use that blind spot, people would try and use it, yes?" Cirno nodded at Vaati's statement, slightly embarrassed at him pointing it out so obviously. "Well what if when someone tried to use it, you'd give them a nasty surprise." Cirno looked up again, blinking slightly at Vaati's suggestion. "Think about it, if someone used that blind spot, they have nowhere to go, it's either stay there or get smashed from behind, so if they use it, and you launch a barrage of icicles in front of you…" Vaati left his sentence hanging for Cirno to figure out, he couldn't do everything for her.

"They… wouldn't have anywhere to go and they would always get hit?" She asked, uncertain with her answer. Vaati nodded, happy at Cirno's response, for someone her age… at least mentally, she was pretty bright in his opinion. Cirno beamed at Vaati, before flying back up again to try it. Vaati kept his eyes on the Ice fairy as she formed a new card in her hand.

"Ice sign: Icicle Fall!" The ice formed around Cirno again, the rings of circulating icicles around her. In her hands she formed a small ball of blue light, pretending someone had flown into in front of her she released it, the ice crystals forming in front of her and shooting forward. But they didn't stop as they hit the icicles in her rings, shattering them and forming shards that flew into other icicles, the chain reaction shattering the entire field of ice into smaller icicles that shot around Cirno, covering everything around her, even her little trap spot.

From the ground Vaati watched in awe as the spectacle before him unfolded, the plan of firing icicles forward if someone went into Cirno's former blind spot working even better then he had thought. "Didn't expect the icicles to shatter on contact like that…" Vaati mumbled to himself as Cirno dispelled the ice and flew down to Vaati, smiling the biggest she could at what had just happened. Vaati returned with a small smile of his own as Cirno picked up her sword and held it at her side with one hand. "That was amazing Cirno, you'll have to remember that one." Vaati said as a compliment. Almost instantly Cirno's free hand shot to the back of her head as she rubbed it before quietly saying something. "Yeah… it's not that easy for a fairy…"

Vaati didn't miss her quiet mumbling, so he answered her quiet mumble with his own question. "Why would something as simple as remembering something be so hard for a fairy, Cirno?" This he had to hear.

Cirno sheepishly rubbed the back of her head before speaking up. "Fairies… we come back to life if we die, like if I died I would just come back after a little bit, but the issue with that is we… lose memories every time we die. I've been around for over… sixty years I think? And the earliest thing I can remember is some sort of Flower festival sixty year ago, everything between then and now is a blur, but I've been careful since I met you to avoid dying, because I don't want to forget anything you've taught me, or forget you." Cirno said before looking down at her feet.

Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: Since when do fairies lose some of their memories when they revive? This is Touhou, not Log Horizon.

Omega E The Reader: I mean if they do lose some of their memories then how would Cirno even remember other events from the past as well?

WildMath55: This time, I concur, since there is a canon instance in PoFV, when Cirno actually remembers a prior cycle in 1945. That's the end of World War II, you know. That's also the reason I support any portrayal of smart Cirno. She's literally overshadowed by many stronger characters, if you ask me.

Sin Count: 14

'That's… an info dump.' Vaati thought, well it certainly explained her ten year old mentality if she lost memories every time she… he didn't want to think about that. So forming coherent memories would be an issue if she kept having to… reform, yeah that's how he would say it. "Cirno… you want to become better, right? And if what you said is true, fairies are usually weak because they can't remember anything?" Cirno nodded her head before continuing to stare at the ground, Vaati put his bad hand on his chin, thinking for a moment. Well he could do with Cirno as a roommate if it kept her safe, and the cold wasn't that bad so it would be fine.

"Cirno, I have a… offer to make, would you like to hear it?" Vaati asked. Cirno perked up her head at that before responding. "Yes, please." Vaati nodded before speaking again. "How would you like to live in my little… shack with me, it's not very large but it should keep us both safe." 'God this makes me seem like a pedophile, I'm just REAAAAALY happy no one can see this. I just want her to be safe.' Vaati thought.

In a small pocket dimension inside the Harukei Barrier a certain gap hag sneezed for a moment before her Shinigami handed her a tissue. She wiped her nose before going back to watching the newest arrival to Gensokyo.

"Won't you be cold? I mean even I notice it's cold around me all the time." Cirno said, worrying for her teacher. "I'll be fine Cirno, a little cold would actually do me a bit of good for my injuries." Vaati said, rubbing his back on instinct to making a comment about his own injuries. Cirno looked thoughtful for a moment before nodding her acceptance. Vaati nodded his own head before leading Cirno into his shack.

The room was small, still it's old five by five by six size, a dresser took up on wall and Vaati's bed another. The old tv that was also Vaati's old computer was above his dresser with all his old electronics on the dresser as well. 'Not like those will ever work again.' Vaati thought as he looked at the wall new to his bed, the one that held his small fridge of water bottles, something that he had so he didn't need to call every time he needed a drink, along with the box in the corner filled with crackers and other 'food items' that he had, enough to last about a month, or two if he used them sparingly with Cirno here.

Under his bed was a myriad of boxes, all filled with old toys from his childhood days, along with books and spare blankets and pillows. There was even a sleeping bag he had from when he was younger, something he never remembered why he kept around. "Cirno do you mind standing here for a moment?" Vaati asked despite the cramped room. Cirno nodded while Vaati slowly got down, wincing a little bit as he grabbed the sleeping bag from under her bed, pulling it out and dusting it off a bit, it was a little dirty but nothing worse then some dust. He dusted it off a little bit before laying it down and out for Cirno, wincing as he put heavy pressure on his bad leg, before getting up and grabbing his cane to look at the sleeping bag, it was far enough from his bed that nothing bad could happen while they slept.

Outside the sun was going down as Cirno stood by the door, looking out at the Sunset over the lake, the light providing a clearer vision of the mansion across the lake. Vaati turned around and stood next to Cirno as she awed at the view. Vaati smiled a little bit before walking into the room again, grabbing the current bottle of water he had and the small package of crackers he had open, slowly eating while Cirno continued to admire the sunset.

'She's a good kid, guess I can't call her a kid if she's over sixty but hey, what do I know, that could be young for fairies. But she's smart, and learning fast I'll give her that. She's going to do great things, and eventually she won't need me anymore.' Vaati thought as he got up and held out the rest of the crackers in the package to Cirno, who looked at them oddly before taking them, eating one as they looked at the sunset. Or rather as Cirno looked at the sunset and Vaati looked at Cirno out of the corner of his eye. 'But that's a long way away, so I'd better do my best to help her. After all, a little kindness goes a long way.' Vaati thought as he reminded about his brothers, how they had always been rude to him, and him right back. it wasn't a pleasant thing.

Vaati coughed loudly out of the blue, drawing Cirno's attention as Vaati recoiled from the suddenness of the cough, barely managing to stay upright as Cirno hurried to his side, pushing him up slowly as she floated higher and higher as he righted himself. Vaati sniffled a bit as Cirno flitted in front of his face, slightly worried for him.

"It's fine Cirno, it's just a cough, now come on, we have training tomorrow, best get some rest." Vaati said as Cirno nodded and floated down onto the bed, Vaati sighing as he slowly lay down onto the sleeping bag, he wouldn't want to be rude to a guest. He lay his cane next to the sleeping bag as he got under it for some warmth as Cirno's presence slowly chilled the room, small ice crystals forming near the bottom edges of the dark room as both it's occupants lay to rest.

Omega E The Reader's Afterword: To be honest with you all there is NOT a lot of sins in the beginning chapters…but the sin count will rise up soon enough…don't you worry everyone…

Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: You think five is a lot? You've seen nothing...

WildMath55: And that's not mentioning the wackiness that will soon ensue...

AN: Hello again, just a reminded that I don't own Touhou Project, it's own my Team Shanghai Alice, and if want to leave a review you can, I'm fine with it if anyone wants to leave any criticism. Thank you.