AN: I do not own Touhou Project, it belongs to Team Shanghai Alice, aka ZUN.
If you are reading this, if you ever do that means the Doc manger is working again so thank F**K. On a more serious note where we last left off it was the end of IaMP arc, with Vaati now comatose and having only a few days to live at max by the time of Imperishable Night. On a side note, a single chapter is dedicated to what CIRNO did during Imperishable night while everyone was out saving the day… night? And this one is getting posted first.
Without Further Ado
Let the Gates Open.
Congelo, Ignis, ex Natura Bellum
(Freeze, Flame, War of Nature)
Stage Start
BGM: SWR Pre-Battle Theme: Usual Days
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: Not exactly a fitting music for this scene.
Omega E The Reader: What would better fit this scene?
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: A sad music. Any sad music. Preferably from a video game.
WildMath55: Poor music sense much?
Sin Count: 591
Marisue Count: 1 (unchanged)
Sue Cirno Count: 37 (unchanged)
Percival Count: 11 (unchanged)
It had been three months since the Battle of Misty Lake. And in that time Vaati had not gotten any better. Cirno had cared for him as he lay unconscious for months, someone occasionally stopping by the pay respects. But tonight was the eve of the harvest moon festival… and Vaati had only been given a few more days to live since Patchouli's diagnosis.
Cirno had been devastated, crying for a good few hours before sucking it up and going back inside the shack. Inside Vaati was laying on the bed, still comatose, and in a much worse condition then a few months ago, he was entirely blue, and his formerly blonde hair had bleached white. The only indication he was still alive was the subtle breathing of his chest.
Grabbing her sword from behind the door Cirno formed a sheath on her back and put it in. Walking over to Vaati she lifted him slowly out of the bed, sitting him upright into his old chair.
"Hey Vaati… I don't know if you can hear me, but it's almost time for the annual harvest festival. And I wanted to… give you some comfort." Cirno said before sniffling already tearing up from the knowledge of what was happening to her mentor.
"Patchouli said you have a few more days to live at max… at worse a few hours, and." Cirno said, clenching her fists as she sat on the bed. "I wanted to bring you to the Harvest Festival, you never were one for parties, except that one time." Cirno said, remembering the incident that had left Vaati in this state.
She looked at Vaati again, her tears clouding her vision. "I guess this would be the final time I would get to speak with you, but I promised." Cirno started, Vaati's words from almost a year ago echoing in her head.
"Listen here witch, I have never been the best at anything, but that doesn't stop me from trying to be, even with my injuries. I only gave up when there was no way forward, no answer to find, nothing but pain and suffering in my path, but now here I stand, in Gensokyo and this time I am going to get it right, and if I have to work for it, SO! BE! IT!" Echoed in Cirno's mind.
That had been the first thing he had taught her, his philosophy. To never give up unless there was truly no way forward, to power through the pain even if it was the only path, to never stop trying.
"I said that I would find a way to save you. And now I will, I swear that I won't stop until I do." Cirno said as she lifted Vaati out of the chair, carrying him towards the Hakurei Shrine, where the Youkai and Marisa were gathering for the festival.
BGM: SWR Pre-battle Theme: Argue for and Against
Meanwhile at the shrine everyone was getting ready. Reimu and Marisa were working together to put tables out in front of the shrine as Remilia and Yukari sat on the porch and watched as Chairs appeared around the tables. Sakuya's work.
Alice was leading her dolls in putting out silver ware and plates, Shanghai leading her own little contingent as well. Suika had since become a staple at the shrine after… whatever Yukari had done; she was pretty much Reimu's roommate at this point. Patchouli was enjoying a cup of team as Meiling helped put out tables, doing with one hand what took Reimu and Marisa working together to do.
"It's been a while since anyone's seen Cirno, who checked on her last?" Marisa asked, sitting in a chair after they had finished putting out tables. "I did, and I gave the diagnostic… he doesn't have much longer, at most to the end of the week." Patchouli said, looking up from her book as those closer to Vaati lowered their heads.
"Hey everyone." Someone said, the girls out working, and Patchouli looking up, seeing Cirno carrying the comatose Vaati, Meiling pulling a chair out for Cirno to sit Vaati in. "So you finally brought the poor guy out into the fresh air." Marisa quipped, the dark humor not getting to anyone.
As everyone looked over Vaati, the most apparent changes were the fact he was entirely blue, extremely skinny, and his hair had been bleached white and now ran down to his back. "Not a very pretty sight is he." Alice said, a frown on her face as she noted just how poor his condition was.
"I sure hope nothing happens tonight, but who am I kidding, knowing our luck an alien invasion will occur or some giant black monsters will come out of the woods to attack us." Meiling joked, everyone catching the half serious nature of her joke, last time a large festival had been held, that had ended with Suika now living at the shrine, and Vaati in his current sorry state.
Vaati had soon been moved, still sitting in the chair by Sakuya, having been placed next to Yukari and Remilia as the girls continued their preparations. Day turning to night as everyone was soon resting by the porch, Cirno sitting next to Vaati on the ground, the slumped over form of Vaati giving him the appearance that he would have just been sleeping if it wasn't for the fact he was currently blue and dying.
Looking up at the sky Yukari, Alice, Remilia, Patchouli and Meiling all looked up at the moon, all of them glaring at the appearance at the night sky. "Don't tell me something is happening AGAIN!" Marisa complained, leaning back over the side of the porch, Suika somehow on the roof, past out drunk.
"The moon… that is not ours." Patchouli said, having felt her connection via moon spells weakening, despite the appearance of a full moon. "It's like the dimensions have been shifted, like Gensokyo has been moved to a different plain." Yukari said, having felt the major shift as well.
Omega E The Reader: You know this pre battle theme song doesn't fit at all with this moment.
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: I know, right? Why does the author stick to Touhou music NOW of all times?!
Omega E The Reader: Shouldn't it be A LOT more sad than the normally up beat Touhou music? this doesn't feel right.
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: You're right.
Sin Count: 592
Marisue Count: 1 (unchanged)
Sue Cirno Count: 37 (unchanged)
Percival Count: 11 (unchanged)
"Well that's just great!" Marisa said, throwing her arms out for emphasis form her place on the ground, Cirno stirring from how loud she was being. "So who's going to go solve this incident?" Reimu said, rolling her still purple eyes as Sakuya placed her hand on her head, the three humans annoyed by being out of the loop.
"Well I say we might as well have fun with it." Marisa said, flipping back up from her position on the ground. "We'll make four teams. Two people each." Marisa suggested. "Why do you insist on making everything a game?" Alice asked Marisa. "Come now, where is your sense of adventure, it would be fun, and obviously whoever solves the incident wins?" Remilia said. "I think that part was obvious." Patchouli said, rolling her eyes.
"You think it wasn't?" Meiling said, shaking her head at Marisa's antics. "So who's with who?" Sakuya said, condoning herself to just going along with the insanity. "I'll got with little Reimu." Yukari said, getting up and twirling her parasol. "Sakuya?" Remilia asked, her maid bowing. "Me and Meiling shall go together." Patchouli said, Meiling standing next to as she floated up. "What do you say Alice?" Marisa quipped. "That your crazy." Alice snarked back.
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: There was no such Patchouli & Meiling team in Imperishable Night.
WildMath55: On related note, Yuyuko and Youmu aren't even here. Omega E is right.
Sin Count: 593
Marisue Count: 1 (unchanged)
Sue Cirno Count: 37 (unchanged)
Percival Count: 11 (unchanged)
"This is Gensokyo, being crazy is part of living here." Yukari said, twirling her parasol as everyone got ready to fly off. "May the best team win!" Marisa shouted as the four teams shot off, leaving a confused Cirno, comatose Vaati and the still drunk Suika, who fell off the shrine roof and landed on her head from the kicked up wind.
"What just happened?" Cirno asked no one, scratching her head as Suika remained, basically head standing due to her horns getting stuck in the dirt keeping her up. Looking up at Vaati she remembered her vow. 'There's no one here to stop me.' Cirno thought, lifting Vaati out of the chair and taking off towards the human village.
'If I don't try now I'll never get another chance.' Cirno thought as she flew, flying even faster but careful to hang onto Vaati as she sped towards the human village. 'There might be someone who could help, like a doctor or something.'
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: Where's the Ghost Team?
Omega E The Reader: Do not know. And I think I may know why…
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: Biased favoritism?
Omega E The Reader; Yep I agree.
WildMath55: Called it.
Sin Count: 595
Marisue Count: 1 (unchanged)
Sue Cirno Count: 37 (unchanged)
Percival Count: 11 (unchanged)
BGM: Touhou Remix 21Nostalgic Blood of the East ~ Old World
As Cirno neared the Human village a certain half beast was patrolling the area, on the lookout for any youkai that might cause trouble, in the past before large events it had been common for youkai to cause trouble, but why wouldn't they.
Looking around she saw something, a fairy carrying what appeared to be a very injured human. Glaring Keine knew what she had to to, as it was her duty to protect those of the human village, and that meant protecting humans.
Flying out in front of Cirno's path Keine floated in front of Cirno, the ice fairy stopping just before her as Keine materialized a sword out of seemingly nowhere. "Drop the human fairy, I don't know what you did to him, but I won't allow you to harm him any further." Keine decalred.
Cirno looked down at Vaati before floating down to the dirt path, carefully laying him down as Keine floated close to her, still holding the sword. "Now back off, I have to get him help. Not that you would even know what that means." Keine said, still thinking Cirno was just a normal fairy.
That had hit a button. "What do you think I was doing with him! I have to find him help!" Cirno shouted at Keine. "I highly doubt that." Keine said, holding her blade in one hand and materializing a shield in the other.
"Fine then for his sake I WON'T LOSE!" Cirno shouted, grabbing her sword off her back and flash freezing it into the same giant blade she had used to fight Yuugi. "That's impressive for a fairy." Keine noted. "Shut up, you want a fight you got it." Cirno said, standing off with Keine as they circled each other.
Cirno struck first, dashing at Keine and swinging as she brought up her shield, blocking the blow and flinching a bit from the force before stabbing with her sword, Cirno shifting to the side a bit as Keine swung again, this time Cirno backed off.
The two continued circling each other for a moment, Cirno once again going on the offensive, Keine raising her shield again to block. This time Cirno stopped her swing, jumping over Keine and swinging at her back, but stopping before she actually hit her.
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: Does the author really want Cirno to pick fights with everyone just to show off her superiority?
Omega E The Reader: Most of the fight ALWAYS and will ALWAYS involve Cirno.
Sin Count: 596
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: And it gets worse, later.
WildMath55: Put that to the count.
Marisue Count: 1 (unchanged)
Sue Cirno Count: 38
Percival Count: 11 (unchanged)
"Why did you stop." Keine said, this fairy had her outmatched, so why did she stop, she was a youkai. "Because I'm busy, I need to find my friend a doctor, NOW!" Cirno said, pointing at Vaati.
"Who's to say you didn't do that to him and you're just tricking me." Keine asked, still skeptical. "If I was trying to trick you, WHY WOULD I BE FLYING TOWARDS THE HUMAN VILLAGE LOOKING FOR A DOCTOR!" Cinro yelled at Keine.
Nearby the team of Marisa and Alice heard Cirno's yelling, but they were busy fighting off the random youkai that had decided to attack them, so they paid no heed.
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: Really? That the best idea the author has to not get the Magic Team near Cirno? Some random youkai? Why couldn't it be an actual youkai who shows up in Imperishable Night?
WildMath55: It actually is possible if you ask me, OverLord. So long as they fight Wriggle and Mystia later, I don't mind.
Sin Count: 597
Marisue Count: 1 (unchanged)
Sue Cirno Count: 38 (unchanged)
Percival Count: 11 (unchanged)
Keine uncovered her ears after Cirno's yelling, looking at her as she lifted Vaati up off the ground. "Fine, if you need a doctor, look for Mokou, she knows the way to the best doctor in Gensokyo." Keine said, not trusting Cirno at all.
"Thanks then." Cirno said coldly, flying off towards the village to look for whoever this Mokou was. Keine going back to her patrolling. 'Why do I get the feeling I'm going to get beat up a lot tonight.' Keine thought as she flew away.
BGM: SWR Pre-Battle Theme: Swing a Fish to Drive Away Flies
Cirno was getting increasingly irritated as she flew through town, the humans all hiding from her once they saw she was holding Vaati. "Where the heck is this Mokou person." Cirno complained, looking at Vaati, she didn't have much time.
"Your looking for who?" Someone said, Cirno almost dropping Vaati in shock, pulling her sword out and pointing it at the voice in one swift motion as she held Vaati over her shoulder. Behind her was a girl with crow wings and a camera, who snapped a picture of her holding Vaati and pointing her sword at her.
"You said you were looking for someone?" The girl asked. "Yeah…" Cirno said, the girl slightly creeping her out. "So who are you looking for?" The girl asked. "Mokou, whoever she is." Cirno replied.
"Why are you looking for someone you don't even know?" The girl asked, having grabbed a small notepad and pen from her pockets and writing something down. "I was told she could lead me to a doctor, I need to find Vaati some help." Cirno said.
The girl suddenly appeared behind Cirno and poked Vaati, feeling how cold he was. "I think he's dead, you can't cure that." The girl said. "How did you? Never mind he's still breathing, and I need to find Mokou." Cirno said, getting increasingly irate at the girl.
"Well if you can provide me with a good story I'll take you to her." The girl asked, pulling out her notepad again. Cirno, getting mad flash froze her sword and swung at the girl, the girl disappearing and reappearing behind her.
"That wasn't very nice, but I suppose this will give me a good story." The girl said, pulling out a fan shaped like a maple and waving it in front of her, Cirno laying Vaati down on the ground as the two stood off.
"What's you name, I want to know so I can write it down when I pick your butt." The girl asked. "Cirno, now tell me where I can find Mokou!"
BGM: Aya's Theme: Wind God Girl
"Well then I, Aya Shameimaru, will get my story out of you!" Aya declared, waving her fan hard, whipping up a small tornado that Cirno blocked, keeping the dust and wind from hitting Vaati.
Omega E The Reader: Okay seriously?! What is with Touhou characters showing up in incidents they shouldn't show up in!
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: Well at least she's not AS invasive as the likes of Yuugi.
WildMath55: Yasei-kun slipped me a message, and it says this. "Gosh darn it, Shameimaru!"
Sin Count: 598
Marisue Count: 1 (unchanged)
Sue Cirno Count: 38 (unchanged)
Percival Count: 11 (unchanged)
"Watch it, your going to hit him!" Cirno shouted. "He's dying anyway, what's a few more scratches." Aya said nonchalantly as Cirno rushed at her, dodging her sword strikes. "I WON'T ALLOW ANY MORE HARM TO COME TO HIM!" Cirno shouted in anger, Aya trying to deliver a drop kick to her head, landing on Cirno's sword as she blocked.
In one swift motion Cirno grabbed for Aya's leg, flash freezing the Tengu and causing her to drop from the sky like a rock, but the hard ice didn't shatter upon hitting the floor, Cirno pointing her sword at Aya's neck.
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: Dude! Aya is too fast for Cirno! She'd easily evade her and wipe the floor with her.
Omega E The Reader: Yeah now she's making yet another OP Touhou character look like a wimp!
WildMath55: The only thing I can think to counter that speed is when someone managed to slow her down or outright outpace her. And Yasei can do both after awakening his speed manipulation.
Sin Count: 599
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: And she won't be the last.
Marisue Count: 1 (unchanged)
Sue Cirno Count: 39
Percival Count: 11 (unchanged)
"You're making me mad! Now I'm going to release you, and you are going to take me to Mokou, GOT IT!" Cirno shouted, her angry and worry for Vaati getting the better of her. She was excluding a large amount of cold, frost appearing around the edges of buildings and Humans closed their windows, scared of what was happening outside.
"Fine, sheesh, I'll take you to Mokou." Aya said, Cirno Shattering the ice by clenching her fist and walking over to Vaati, hefting him over her shoulder, feeling he was colder then normal. 'O god, he can't be.' Cirno thought, but sighed in relief when she felt his breathing.
Following Aya she was brought to just outside a bamboo forest. "Mokou's just inside, you'd be better off not angering her." Aya said, flying away as Cirno walked into the forest.
BGM: Touhou 14.5 Urban Legend in Limbo OST- Reach For the Moon, Immortal Smoke – Mokou's theme
Inside the forest Cirno watched as flames danced around the bamboo, illuminating the woods, but not burning the bamboo. A small stand was nearby, a girl with long white hair and white and red clothes tending to it.
"You Mokou?" Cirno asked, impatient and wanting to save Vaati as his temperature was dropping and his breathing getting shallower. 'Don't die on me, please.' Cirno thought as the girl turn to her.
"What's it to you shrimp?" Mokou asked, clearly not happy. "I need to get my friend to a doctor now, I was told you knew the way by that Keine lady." Cirno said, straight and to the point. The chill was audible in her voice, as was her worry.
"So you want to go to Eientei? Fine I'll take you, no promises you'll get to see the doc." Mokou said. Cirno sighing in relief. "I was worried I would have to fight you, I don't have time." Cirno said, Mokou eyeing the man over her shoulder. "Honestly I'm surprised your carrying that guy, given he's twice as tall as you." Mokou said as she started flying, leading Cirno through the forest.
It was a quiet and fast flight to Eientei, Moukou saying she could go any farther as Cirno flew towards the compound in the distance. A rabbit girl in the bushes seeing Cirno, as well as the fact she would carrying someone.
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: So Cirno just gets GUIDED the Eientei, the place that EVERYONE was racing to?! And (as the scene shows) for ABSOLUTELY NOTHING?! I hate this fic and everyone who supports this BS.
WildMath55: Still waiting for Percival +3... I'm so tempted to sing Ukrainian Anthem right now...
Sin Count: 604
Marisue Count: 1 (unchanged)
Sue Cirno Count: 39 (unchanged)
Percival Count: 11 (unchanged)
Tewi started running towards Eintei as Cirno flew, Tewi running faster as to outpace Cirno as she ran into Eientei and into Eirin's office. "Moon doc, someone's coming. It's a fairy and she's got a someone past out over her shoulder." Tewi said before running off, probably to bother Reisen.
Eirin sighed in relief a little bit as she looked towards the fake moon she had set up. At least it was just a patient and not anyone from the moon. Eirin walked out of her office as she saw the fairy landing in the courtyard of Eintei, the rabbits all surrounding her as the girl formed a blade of ice, protectively keeping the man from notice.
"Hold everyone, she has a patient." Eiren said, the rabbit girls backing off as Eirin looked over the man over Cirno's shoulder, noticing and cringing at how he was entirely blue, along with shallow breathing.
"You're the doctor lady right? Help him, please!" Cirno said, not even waiting to get confirmation as she dropped the ice sword and held the man out in front of her, Eirin getting a better look at him.
His hair was bleached white, and reminded her almost uncomfortably of Mokou's, his blue skin tone was clearly from hypothermia, and his breathing was shallow, if anything it was far to late for him, and she was busy as well.
"I can't do anything, and I'm busy little girl." Eirin said, coming off as uncaring. "You have to do SOMETHING, is there anything that can help him, ANYTHING! I promised I would save him…" Cirno shouted and then started crying.
Omega E The Reader: Actually yes Eirin would be capable of healing Vaati. She is after all responsibly for creating the perfect elixir of immortality.
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: If she can cure mortality, she can cure ANYTHING!
Omega E The Reader: I wouldn't even be surprised if she can make SCP-500. Which is that pill that cures anything including the anamolous diseases found in the Scp canons.
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: And that SCP would solve all of Vaati's problems.
Omega E The Reader: So either way I was thinking of two sins for this one moment alone.
WildMath55: Agreed. I'd surmise she can even cure Akame from Murasame's poison effects. You're going cross-over, Omega E, so I'll do the same.
Sin Count: 606
Marisue Count: 1 (unchanged)
Sue Cirno Count: 39 (unchanged)
Percival Count: 11 (unchanged)
'I am so going to get fried for this…' Eirin thought as she thought about Mokou, and remembering how one could get hourai immortality without drinking the elixir. 'I wouldn't do this, ever, but I need this girl out of here, I have to get back to making sure the moon stays up. But she seems so sincere, just what connection does she have to this guy.
"You know Mokou Fujiwara, right?" Eirin asked, the girl nodding. "She has a special type of Immortality, called Hourai immortality, if you force fed this guy her raw liver, he should get better." Eiren said. As Cirno was about to fly off. "Be warned, if you go through with this, he won't be able to die… ever, he'll be around forever."
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: The correct spelling is Fujiwara no Mokou.
WildMath55: Actually, that one is also valid. I mean, we call her Mokou, right? I can think of few other examples like Miko Toyosatomimi, Futo Mononobe, and Tojiko Soga. What you pointed is the romaji, like Toyosatomimi no Miko, Mononobe no Futo, and Soga no Tojiko.
Sin Count: 606 (sin shot down)
Marisue Count: 1 (unchanged)
Sue Cirno Count: 39 (unchanged)
Percival Count: 11 (unchanged)
"Then I'll stand by his side forever, I swore I would save him." Cirno said with strength in her voice, flying off with Vaati on her back. Eirin feeling both back, and that she had made a mistake. 'Why do I get the feeling this is going to get me not only fried, but frozen.' Eirin thought, shivering as the temperatures Cirno left lingered. She felt guilty for not only divulging the secret of the Elixer, but she needed to concentrate as she went back to sustaining the fake moon. 'I am going to get killed over, and over for this…'
BGM: [Touhou]- Mokou's Theme: Reach for the Moon - Immortal Smoke ~ 3ºRemix
Cirno sped through the bamboo forest, not caring as she flung off the magic of the lost forest, trying to hold onto her as she flew in a straight beeline for the stand, Mokou having already gotten back and sitting down.
Landing and propping Vaati against a tree she walked over towards Mokou, the Hourai Immortal not turning around. "She not help you?" Mokou asked, not really surprised. "On the contrary, she told me exactly what I need to do to save him." Cirno said, drawing her plastic sword and flash freezing into her giant blade.
Mokou turned around and started swearing in her head. 'You told her about the Elixir just to get her out of your hair. Stupid moon doctor.' Mokou thought as she got out of her chair, standing across from Cirno with her hands in her pockets.
"I'm not just going to let you get the Elixir, for one I don't like dying over and over." Mokou said as flames started dancing around her. "I swore I would save him, and that's JUST WHAT I'M GOING TO DO!" Cirno shouted, the ground under her and Mokou freezing as as wall area of ice formed around them, Vaati just behind the ice wall.
'She's using ice to fight fire… well take what you can get.' Mokou thought as she slammed her foot down, the ice in a ten-foot ring around her instantly turning into vapor, steam rising around her.
"Tick Tock, your on the clock." Mokou taunted as the two stood off. Cirno and Mokou launched themselves at each other, Cirno swinging, trying to cleave Mokou as she ducked under her sword, her leg engulfed in flames as she kicked the ice sword, causing it to melt a bit.
Mokou pulled a small tag out of her pocket, pushing it into Cirno's face before detonating it, sending Cirno flying back with Minor burns, crashing into the ice wall of the arena as steam started to surround Mokou. Lifting herself back up Cirno flash frozen her sword again, making it even colder as the air around her dropped to freezing temperatures. Mokou herself just stood there with her hands in her pockets, not even smirking as Cirno bounced off the ice wall, sending a spire of ice at Mokou from below as she flew at her.
Mokou dodged the spire of ice, melting it below her as Cirno swung her sword at the airborne Mokou, covering her fist in flame as she pulled it out of her pocket, punching Cirno's sword and causing it to shatter and steam to erupt from it. Cirno responded by flash freezing her sword again, constantly swinging it at Mokou in anger as she kept dodging her rabid swings, every miss causing her to have to refreeze her sword as it evaporated just from being near Mokou.
Mokou suddenly grabbed one of Cirno's swings, and unlike with Yuugi, she didn't bleed as the sword melted under her hand, Cirno glaring at her in anger and rage. "Why do you fight; I mean what's the point." Mokou said, kicking Cirno in the gut, sending the ice fairy flying, Cirno righting herself as she skidded on the ice, sliding to a halt.
"I fight, for his sake, to save him because I promised." Cirno said, panting hard from her constant power usage. Mokou just looked at Cirno and pointed her finger at her. "That's a stupid reason." Fire flew from her finger tips as Cirno rose a wall of ice up, the fire battering it as it slowly melted the large wall of ice.
"He held on for me, he fought his sickness just to help me!" Cirno shouted, jumping out from behind the ice wall. As she flew at Mokou the immortal snapped her hand out and grabbed Cirno by the neck, the fairy struggling as Mokou's fire burned her neck.
"So what, he's dying, big deal, get over it, it'll be a lot less painful for you." Mokou said, burning Cirno's neck. "I… won't give up, I promised…" Cirno said as she started to black out from a lack of air and the burning pain.
In that instant Cirno saw something, an illusion of adrenaline, standing next to Mokou was Yuugi… part of the reason Vaati was knocked out, the other part her. Gathering all the strength she could to keep conscious she formed a sword in her hand, the ice frozen solid as she swung it hard.
The cut cleaved straight through Mokou, causing her to drop Cirno as blood spurted onto the grass. Cirno grabbing her neck and feeling the burn marks. Mokou's top and bottom halves suddenly exploded into flame, Cirno blocking the blast with her sword, causing it to shatter as she was thrown back.
Mokou reformed from a pillar of fire in the center of the arena, wings made of fire flowing off her back. "You shouldn't have done that kid." Mokou said as she held her hand out to the side. A large katana made of fire forming in her hand. Cirno got up, looking at the reborn immortal, throwing her hands to her sides as she created two large swords of ice. Cirno yelling as she flew at Mokou, The immortal bringing up her sword of fire as Cirno swung her dual swords, screaming at the top of her lungs. "I DON'T CARE IF I HAVE TO KILL YOU A HUNDRED TIMES, I WILL SAVE HIM, AND NOTHING WILL STOP ME!"
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: Cirno should've been a puddle already.
Omega E The Reader: I agree with you. Mokou is a fire user and a good one at that too.
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: With CENTURIES of experience.
Omega E The Reader: Mokou would LITERALLY out experience and outgun Cirno in this situation.
WildMath55: I can only change this to Mokou testing Cirno to see her determination, because these points are very valid.
Sin Count: 615
Marisue Count: 1 (unchanged)
Sue Cirno Count: 40
Percival Count: 11 (unchanged)
Fire meet Ice as the cold and hot mixed, the steam coming off of Cirno's swords slashing with the somehow solid katana of fire. 'Cirno…' said a small voice in her head as the two girls clashed, neither gaining any ground against the other.
'Vaati and Cirno were sitting in the shack, Vaati reading to Cirno from a book about a young man who had lost everything, and was fighting for his friends because that was all he had left.'
Cirno caught a kick from Mokou as she was thrown back again, the ice shattering from the third impact as she was thrown out of the arena, Mokou following her out slowly.
'Cirno was swinging her practice sword, Vaati having found a nice stick to use against her as they had a small friendly dual, Vaati standing there and blocking as Cirno swung her plastic sword at the stick, trying not to knock it out of the injured teen's hand.'
Cirno and Mokou were caught in a blade lock, the forest of bamboo being illuminated by the fiery blade of Mokou and her false wings glittering off Cirno's ice wings. Both of them had their faces mere inches from each other, Cirno gritting her teeth as Mokou didn't seem to be straining.
'Vaati was falling to the floor of the mansion, a knife in his chest as Cirno sped towards him, crying out to him as the unconscious teen neared the floor.'
Mokou broke both of Cirno's swords, plunging her sword straight into Cirno's chest as Cirno looked at Mokou, and coughed up a bit of blood.
'The last conversation she had with Vaati months ago, Vaati had proclaimed that him just helping Cirno was all he needed, closing his eyes as he fell asleep one last time, Cirno crying for her friend to come back.'
"Had enough?" Mokou asked as she held Cirno skewered by her blade. 'Those words…' Cirno thought, the memory of Yuugi saying those exact words coming to mind. "Have… You?" Cirno coughed, hacking up a bit of blood as Mokou pulled her sword out of Cirno, the ice fairy dropping to the forest floor.
"Now to go burn that stupid doctor to a crisp." Mokou said to no one as she looked at the guy propped up against the tree. 'All this trouble for one guy?' Mokou thought as she dispelled her sword, listening to his chest, a very faint heartbeat showing her was still alive.
"Poor kid, might as well put him out of his misery." Mokou said, reforming her sword of fire as she was about to stab Vaati. Cirno still awake getting a view of the entire thing as she bled out on the forest floor. "No…" she said weakly, grasping at Mokou.
'My story... is closing…' Vaati words echoed in Cirno one more time, pushing herself off the ground as she reformed her blade made of ice. Slowly walking towards Mokou as she continued to bleed from her chest.
Just as Mokou was about to plunge the sword into Vaati. "Hey… Ready for round two?" Cirno said, Mokou turning as she looked at the fairy, the hole in her chest bleeding and staining her blue dress, trickles of blood running from her mouth.
"So you continue to fight, all for him? If there is one thing, I have to admire your determination." Mokou said, pointing her sword at Cirno. "I swore I would save him" Cirno said as she hacked up a bit of blood. "And I'll do that, BECAUSE I! WILL! WIN!"
Omega E The Reader: This sucks balls.
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: This is so badly forced. Seriously, the author had Cirno go see Eirin and be told her mentor is beyond saving...just for this... It would've been easier to have Vaati's life be in a matter of minutes and have Mokou just bluntly say "Nah, it's too late for him. He's gonna die before we make it here." and THEN have the fight start. See? I can make up better ideas on the spot.
WildMath55: Or testing Cirno to see how far she'd go for Vaati. In my case, Eirin gave Vaati, Cirno, and Meiling incomplete Hourai Elixir. That means, no immortality for them (Cirno is already immortal anyway), since Kaguya's power isn't used there. They'll still be called Hourais, though.
Sin Count: 616
Marisue Count: 1 (unchanged)
Sue Cirno Count: 40 (unchanged)
Percival Count: 11 (unchanged)
BGM: [Touhou]-Cirno's Theme: Beloved Tomboyish Daughter ~ 2ºRemix
Cirno swung at Mokou, her swing a little clumsy as Mokou swung her fire sword into Cirno's ice, the steam emitting from the blade not a good sign. In Cirno's hand she formed an icicle. Stabbing Mokou in the chest with it, it evaporating quickly but the damage was done as Mokou fell back a bit, a bleeding hole in her chest.
"Your pretty good…" Mokou said as she slowly walked at Cirno, ignoring the bleeding hole in her chest as she swung her sword. Cirno bring her ice blade up to block, the fire and ice creating steam once more as Mokou placed her hand on Cirno's chest, detonating an explosive tag right at the wound in her chest.
Cirno flew back, slamming through trees of bamboo, the hole in her chest even larger, blood still dripping as she looked up at Mokou, glaring defiantly as she coughed up a bit of blood. "But not good enough." Mokou said as she went to stab Cirno again.
Cirno raising her hand defiantly, grabbing Mokou's arm just as her sword was before her chest. "I told you, THAT I WILL NOT LOSE!" Cirno shouted, getting up defiantly despite her injuries, using her other hand to grab the sword made of fire out of Mokou's hand, using her power to extinguish the blade.
Mokou raised her fist and slammed it into Cirno's arm, Cirno being knocked back as she held her arm. Her bleeding was worse, and Mokou was just plain amazed she hadn't died yet. "Your body is dying; your fatigue is growing SO WHY DO YOU STILL FIGHT ON!" Mokou yelled, actually flustered.
"I told you, so that I can save my family." Cirno said, not noticing as she had said what was on her mind, not what she wanted to. Mokou swung at the fairy, knocking her back through even more bamboo trees, but she still got up and bit back, the fire and ice punches the only light in the forest as they brawled.
'How the hell can a mere fairy, let alone one WHO SPECIALIZES IN ICE! Hold out this long against me.' Mokou screamed in her mind as Cirno punched her in the face, the ice coating her fist shattering and cutting Mokou's face.
Cirno kicked Mokou, sending her flying back into the ice wall from the arena, laying on her back as Cirno floated up to her, the broken, beaten and battered bodies of the two of them the relics of their duel.
"I am taking your liver, and I am saving him." Cirno said, not caring how disgusting it sounded. Mokou was just plain annoyed as she tried to get up, finding shackles of ice holding her down as Cirno formed an icicle in her hands.
Just before she brought it down on her she stopped, Mokou wondering why she had stopped, she had fought on for this long to reach her goal, why stop now. "It's not right… Killing is not right, not matter what the reason." Cirno muttered, walking away from Mokou as the shackles of ice broke, dropping the icicle as Cirno remembered Vaati's mantra again.
"I don't kill… only in self defense if I ever had to… it's not right, not matter the reason." Cirno muttered holding her head as she reigned in her anger and sadness. Looking down at the tree where Vaati lay, she sat down next to him, the blood covering both of them as she started to shed tears.
"I would have saved you… but what would you have thought of me… I can't…" Cirno muttered as the bloodied and battered Mokou stood behind her, listening as she rambled to herself.
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: That this fight is treated more seriously than the final battle of the IN Arc (more on that later) is stupid.
Sin Count: 617
BGM: Kingdom Hearts II – Dearly Beloved
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: The author really likes using that one for sad moments. Even though it's not really the most fitting.
Sin Count: 618
Marisue Count: 1 (unchanged)
Sue Cirno Count: 40 (unchanged)
Percival Count: 11 (unchanged)
Sitting down next to Vaati, she lay her head on his shoulder, the blood from her mouth running onto his shoulder as she looked at Mokou. "I'm sorry…" Cirno said as she closed her eyes, laying beaten and battered next to her barely alive friend, and she was barely alive herself.
Mokou looked at the scene, and down at herself. "You would have done anything to save him… but in the end, his own will engraved on you prevented that." Mokou said quietly to herself. She didn't even know these two and her will to save him had driven her to fight back with such will against her… all on the hope to save someone she saw as family.
"I'm getting soft." Mokou said as she pulled a small knife from her pocket. At the very least she'd get some new friends hopefully. 'It'd be nice to have some friends to be with.' Mokou thought, her and Kaguya killed each other every time they saw each other… this was her chance to actually have someone stick around as time flowed by them.
"I'm seriously going soft." Mokou complained as she dug the knife into her stomach. For the next ten gory minutes she got what she needed, her own raw liver, twice over. The newly regenerated Mokou sighed as she looked at both the bucket she had it in, and the two. "Well they wanted this."
Force feeding the dying teen and the dying fairy she forced them to shallow. Both of them unconsciously shivering as they swallowed. Pulling their prone forms to her little stand she let them lay together, Cirno's head on Vaati's shoulder as color slowly returned to him, the bleeding holes in Cirno's chest slowly healing as Mokou went back to cleaning her stand.
'Perhaps it is better this way…' Mokou thought as she looked up at the stars, the Imperishable night dragging on… and when the 'teams' came to visit her, they would find a surprise awaiting them.
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: All of this. Just as an excuse to make the both of them Hourai Immortals.
Omega E The Reader: Cirno doesn't deserve to become a Hourai immortal. Both because she isn't worthy of bearing such a gift and secondly she's a FAIRY! Fairies are ALREADY immortal.
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: The author used one of Eiki's line, as well as ripping off a plot point from Log Horizon, as an excuse. But Eiki used that line as a warning of what could happen LATER while the author abused of the Goku Syndrome to have it become an issue NOW instead of later down the pipeline.
Omega E The Reader: Do note that the author likes to rip off some plot points from different medias to give off the illusion his work is good.
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: I know. And it only gets worse in later chapters that are lost to time...
Omega E The Reader: So how many sins for this terrible scene?
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: Maybe 45?
WildMath55: For this particular scene, I want to ask you guys. Can I get my Percival +3 right here? I'm also irked by this. So irked that I'm tempted to add +55 and +2 Sin Counts. Tell me if this can be passed.
Omega E The Reader: Approved.
WildMath55: Okay, expect Yasei-kun and Reimu to appear starting from IN Arc.
Sin Count: 720
Marisue Count: 1 (unchanged)
Sue Cirno Count: 40 (unchanged)
Percival Count: 14
AN: Once again, my poor heart DIED writing this. But not as badly as last chapter. And now we see that both Cirno… and Vaati will live on, everyone has their own ways to survive. But for now let them sleep under the false moonlight, as they will return again.
Omega R The Reader: Oh shut up I don't care of Cirno in this story specifically. I want a story where Cirno EARNS our desires to care for her compared to what is happening here.