Me: *Revived after last chapter* Heya folks, Alive once again, it took everyone to take Yukari down and bring me back, I'm pretty sure Yukari won't sneak up behind me again.

Brad: After what happened last time? I doubt it.

Alpha: Trust me, when you have to put up with the crap you go through with Prowl, things won't go back to normal for a while.

Randal: Speaking from experience?

Alpha: *Nods* Yeah, and after what I did sometime ago, I let my anger get the better of me.

Me: No comment...anyway, Reimu and Marisa aren't here right now, so we better get a move on.

Randal: So I appear in this chapter?

Me: *Speaks in George Carlin's voice* Wait and see...


Morning came when Brad woke up, he could smell food and saw his food on the table, and saw Reimu eating hers. "Morning." Brad said as he woke up, Reimu nodded, she saw him in his underwear. "Uh...morning. by the way, what you were wearing last night started smelling this morning, so I took the liberty to wash it, Yukari sent another box, she sent another letter saying she took a bunch of different clothes from various places, saying you would find them fitting for any situation." She informed, Brad knew that Yukari had done him a favor, but knew she would also be crafty, his stomach growled as he looked at his food. "Okay, food first, then I'll take a shower if you have one." He told the shrine maiden, Reimu shook her head. "The shrine doesn't have an indoor bathroom, so you'll have to go to a shower stall." She informed again, Brad ate as he listened. "So, is there one out behind the shrine?" He asked, Reimu nodded. "Yes, but don't waste water." She warned, Brad winced. "Yikes, just like back home! I had to use a small percentage due to so many frickin' neighbors. You see, I lived in an apartment complex that completely dwarfs your shrine I was on the bottom of the middle section, about third floor, luckily for me, I was two doors away from the elevator, all hell breaks loose almost every time of the day, which always put me on edge, and as a police officer, I don't get any breaks, and when I do, it's only rare, like that convention days ago before Yukari kidnapped me. I only get so far as to a moment of peace, then it goes back work once I'm called in." He explained, Reimu listened, it was apparent that she and Brad did have some similarities, and sometimes more than once, she knew that Marisa was like that, too, and from what she figured, today was going to be one of those days, but Brad mentioned that he only had a moment of peace, she wondered why.

"If I may ask, what were you called in to do?" Reimu asked, Brad seemed to stop eating, his face soured. "I had to help with high speed chases, drug busting, robberies, and hostages, those all happened on my first week of starting out as a police officer, I grew up in the streets of San Francisco in California, I was the smartest kid in any school, but I had to restrain myself, even in college, I had to keep all my frustration pent up from my college teachers, well most of them. And when it came to being in the army, well, I'm pretty sure you know the rest of the story by now." He explained, Reimu nodded, this was all she needed for now.

Then out of the blue, a gap appeared in front of the two, Brad seemed to recognize what Yukari had sent him, it was the stuff he had in his apartment, along with clothes he recognized, mostly from anime and cartoons, along with his own clothes, Brad silently thanked Yukari, grabbing what looked like an RDF uniform, he went to the back to of the shrine, Reimu looked at the tv, watching whatever was on.


Brad had come back from the shower stall, he was dressed in the RDF uniform, he almost looked like Max Sterling from Robotech without the glasses and his hair was blonde instead of blue. "Gotta hand it to Yukari, she seems to pick the right time to send the things I need. Now all that's left to find that lazy idiot of a friend." He said, Reimu nodded but said nothing as Brad walked off to the town, he looked around, the town was a mix of both human and Youkai, many of the residents looked at him, many of the Youkai were female, he was getting a glare from them, most of them were confused as to why he was in the town, the others had angered looks, he walked up to a kiosk that had various news papers, including a familiar name, Bunbunmaru.

Brad looked, a female crow Tengu was watching Brad, this made him nervous. "Uh...sorry, I was only looking, I noticed the Bunbunmaru news paper, I met a reporter of that company two days ago." He told the tengu, the Youkai smiled. "Ah, so, you met Aya, huh? She's one of the best reporters we've got out there, so how did you two meet?" She asked, Brad sighed. "It wasn't exactly...pleasent, but we managed to forgive one another, and she's promised not to sneak up on me." He told the Tengu, the crow tengu laughed, smiling. "Yeah, she's sneaky alright, there was that one time she tried finding out about Remillia Scarlet's secret, she got kicked out of the mansion several times, you wouldn't believe the pain she endured while to sneaking in." She told him, Brad bit his lip from laughing out loud, the crow Tengu giggled at his action. "I know you want to laugh, but don't want to make a scene, I understand you completely." She said sympathetically, Brad nodded, but he wanted to know about Remillia Scarlet. "What can you tell me about Remillia?" He asked, the crow Tengu began to explain. "Remillia Scarlet is a vampire, and has a little sister known as Flandre, she has at least three people working for her, Sakuya Izayoi, her servant, Patchouli, and Meiling Hong. Sakuya was just a normal person, but now she's immortal, she's still human. Patchouli is a witch, she and Remillia have been friends for a long time, but she can't go outside because the library in the mansion, she's also got poor health. Meiling, is a Youkai like us, but we don't know what kind of Youkai she is, she serves as the guardian to the gate of the mansion." She explained, Brad had to take in the information of one idividual at a time. "So, you're saying that there are two vampires, a witch, an imortal human, and a Youkai. If Remillia and her sister are vampires, wouldn't a vampire be considered a creature of the night and not a Youkai? I know a witch is one of them. But why does Patchouli have poor health?" He asked, the crow Tengu shrugged. "You got me, I only sell the news papers, I'm not a reporter like Aya is." She replied, then out of nowhere Marisa appeared with someone Brad knew. "Randal! Thank God you're alive." He said as Marisa landed with her passenger. "You're here, too? Man, how did you get here?" He asked, Brad crossed his arms. "Same way you did, got sent through a gap, a portal if you will." He explained, Randal nodded, Marisa chuckled. "Seems like you two get along despite the lazy comment you made about him." She said, Randal looked annoyed at that. "I'm not lazy, and you know that, Brad!" He half shouted, Brad nodded, but knew that Randal was being overreactive, but he put up with that fact, anyway. "Alright, but at least tell me something...how long have I been gone?" He asked, Randal cleared his throat as he began to answer the question. "Easy, you were gone for at least an hour back home, you didn't check in with your boss when you disappeared." He told Brad, the blonde was flabberghasted, then realized something. "Then this reality has a faster timezone." He said aloud, Randal wasn't sure on how to answer that, but nodded nonetheless.

"By the way, is there anything that I need to know?" Randal asked, Brad nodded, knowing Randal was going to be very shocked. "Well, we're in Gensokyo, a small town cut off from the rest of Japan, I've spent two days here, it's not bad, epecially in a shrine, Marisa and a friend found me in the forest, and I was near the shrine as they led me to another who's like you, dedicated to the shrine she lives in, but she can be lazy at times when there's nothing good on TV, something you two have in common." He explained, Randal nodded, he had to admit, Brad did make a very good point.

"You mentioned that this place is closed off from this world, why is that exactly?" Randal asked, Brad suddenly realized that he didn't know either. "Come to think of it, I didn't exactly ask why in the first place." He answered as he turned to face Marisa. "Why did Gensokyo get cut off from the rest of the world, anyway?" he asked, Marisa sheepishly chuckled. "Well, a long time ago, Gensokyo was open to the world until there were so many Youkai, a barrier surrounded the entire area, meaning that humans and Youkai were trapped here, Yukari was around during that time, she knows more about that subject more than everyone does, the humans got used to the Youkai here." She said, leaving out an important detail, but it was enough for the two guys to process. "So basically, both humans and Youkai lived in peace for some time before chaos happened that caused the barrier to trap everyone in." Brad summarized, Marisa nodded, Brad looked to his friend. "Well, I think we need to head to the shrine before the Youkai here start a bloody frenzy, half the Youkai here are women, I got a big percentage of glares from them, and it's split between confusion and anger, and I assume the angry Youkai don't take kindly to foreigners, which is who we are, and from where we're standing, I think it's best to get out of here while we can." He said as the three ran out before they were attacked by the angry Youkai.


The Trio soon found themselves in the forest, Brad and marisa knew where to go as Randal stayed with them as they travled back to the shrine, Reimu was waiting for them alongside Yukari. "So this is your friend, huh?" Reimu asked, Randal was confused. "You know of me?" He asked, Reimu nodded. "Your buddy told me everything about you. I wasn't expecting the same colors that you're wearing, we look alike." She answered, Randal went wide eyed, he wasn't expecting to hear that from her, Brad chuckled. "Oh man, deja vu." He said, his friend turned to face him in disbelief. "You're joking right?" he asked, Brad shook his head. "I wish, can you see the smilarities between me and Marisa?" He asked, Randal looked at the two, he did notice the similarities. "Oh..." He said, Randal wished he could unsee everything, but it wasn't happening. "Are we really stuck here?" He asked, Brad nodded solemly. "Most definitely, buddy, until we get this mess sorted out, we're stuck here." He stated, Yukari nodded in agreement. "I managed to get what I could from your apartment and bring it here." She said, all what brad saw was there from his aparment, even some of his game consoles, Yukari giggled. "And I had some of the fairies help build a house from your world, now I can help your friend out by bringing his belongings here as well, this was my plan all along, remember?" She said as Brad had a look of shock written on his face. "This was your plan?! Now I admit that does have some merit to it, loneliness isn't something to take lightly, but kidnapping isn't funny, either!" He said, Randal nodded in agreement. "I agree, kidnapping's a crime from where we live and it's not taken lightly." He added, Yukari shrugged. "Still, you're here because these girls need some boys in their lives." The pairs of friends blushed. "Uh...t-that's f-fine and all, Yukari, but..." Brad started, but was cut of by Yukari. "But nothing!You've given me more information on the rest of your friends so I'll bring them here, but since you don't want any kidnappings, I'll do the sensible thing and convince them to come." She said, opening a gap to her mansion. "But first...I need some rest before I can do it. Oh, and I'll recify the problem of the transportation, the gaps will be sent here instead of the forest." She informed, entering through the gap before it closed behind her.

Everyone stopped blushing as Brad was the first to speak up. "Well, guess that problem's solved. But still, I'm curious as to why Yukari built a house." He said, Reimu cleared her throat as she got Brad's attention. "They built it behind the shrine, it's not like a house I've seen before." She said, the others followed her as they saw the house, it was as big as a modern day mansion, and it probably was a mansion, too. "She had the resources to do that!?" Brad shouted, Randal was equally confused. "How did she even know to build on of these?" He asked, Reimu and Marisa had nothing to say.

Brad was far from angry, but he wasn't happy, either, he was curious, though. "I don't know, I'm both annoyed and curious at how she did this, I mean I'm greatful that she moved everything here so I wouldn't have it stolen, but she could have informed me of what she was doing." He said, Randal looked confused as he turned to look at the two girls. "Does Yukari do this often?" He asked, Reimu snorted. "She does this all the time, even steals my food when I'm about to eat my supper at night, she got her arm twisted by Brad, I tell you, she won't be stealing from him anytime soon." She explained, Randal looked to his friend in shock. "You did that?!" He nearly shouted, Brad nodded. "You of all people know I hate it when someone I don't trust invades my personal space, Yukari mooches off her student, so I don't trust her entirely, I mean I can tolerate her when she's got stuff for me, and I thank her for the clothes and all, but to mooch off my new friend? That's where I draw the line...at least she can't turn into a panda through a curse that involves cold water." He said, Randal laughed. "Genma Saotme! Nice one!" He said, Brad smiled, he knew that Randal loved the Ranma anime, he liked it, too.

The two girls didn't get the reference, but they decided not to ask. "Well, let's get a move on. Gotta see what the inside of this house is like." Marisa said, everyone nodded in agreement as they had gone into the mansion.


The inside was huge, there were chandeliers and expensive furniture, statues of various characters from cartoons, games, anime and comics along with celebrities. "Whoa, look at all this, it's like this was made for our deams to come true!" Brad said in astonishment, Randal nodded in agreement. "I'll say, from our favorite cartoons to video games, this was what we planned when we were kids. And now look at us, here in this place, I didn't think it would happen. I wonder what the rooms look like." He said in wonder, Marisa and Reimu looked at each other, they obviously had no idea why the guys were so excited, but they were happy to see them excited.

The first room they decided to check out was the kitchen, Marisa was shocked at how spacious it was, they went to the living room, it was big enough for fifty people, and the wall had a giant flat screen tv, there was a fire place, it was already filled with burning wood. "Okay, Yukari certainly went overboard with this room." Brad and Reimu said in sync, the two of them found it weird that they said the same line. "Let's not try to make this a habit." Reimu said in a nervous tone, Brad nodded silently in agreement.

They went to the next room as they had seen what it was. "No way, an indoor pool? That's awesome!" Brad said, liking the room, the next few rooms they found were a game room and a library, they were worn out by the time they reached the bedrooms, the bedrooms had Brad's and Randal's names on the doors. "Looks like Yukari knew where to go, I wouldn't be surprised if she left a note in my room." He said, then Marisa got a hold of his left arm. "Can I sleep with you? I don't think I have the energy to go back to my place, much less fly back." She said, feeling tired, Brad knew that he couldn't say no. "Alright." He said as he looked to Randal. "It's best not to argure with Reimu, either, Randal. I think we may have sleeping bags for them to use." He stated, pointing to the two girls, Randal nodded in agreement. "Let's hope we can treat them as guest here." He said, unsure of how this was arranged, Brad knew differently, knowing that the girls will be treated as part of the new home. "I know how to treat guest, Reimu and Marisa are our friends, we can't kick them out." He told his friend, Randal growled before giving up. "Fine, we'll let them stay." He sighed, then a gap appeared as Yukari came out, smiling. "I hope you're resting tonight, because I've got a mission for you tommorrow." She informed the group, they had no time for Yukari, mainly because that they were tired. "Can it wait? We're tired, Yukari, and we need some rest." Brad said, wanting to sleep, Yukari sighed. "Fine, take this letter, I came prepared, it'll bring you up to speed once you're fully rested tomorrow." She told them as she went throught the gap, it disappeared as the four were tired, they soon went to bed, not even waiting for the night to end.

The next morning came as the four woke up, Brad had made coffee with hazelnut cream in it, he liked the way it tasted, Randal had coffee with vanilla in it, and this was the first time the girls had coffee, Marisa really enjoyed the hazelnut flavored coffee while Reimu loved the vanilla flavored coffee, needless to say, they were wide awake once they drank the coffee, Yukari appeared as she made her entrance. "Did you read the letter when you woke up?" She asked, Brad snickered. "We did, who knew that your penpal was Princess Celestia from Equestria?" He asked almost teasingly, Yukari looked at the letter and blushed. "Whoops, guess I missed that one, I have the real letter right here." She said, pulling out the real letter, the group looked at it as Brad opened it, he looked at it, he passed it to Reimu, the shrine maiden scowled. "Remillia's at it again? I thought she learned her lesson last time!" She shouted, Marisa sighed in annoyance, Randal didn't know who Remillia was, so Brad filled him on the details, Randal fully understood who Remillia was now.

Yukari was satisfied now that everyone was up to speed. "Now that I have your attention, I have something for Randal." She said as a box appeared from a gap and was in front for Randal, he looked confused, Brad decided to tell him what it was. "It's filled with spell cards specifically us, I already have my own spell cards." He told his friend, Randal looked at him with disbelief.

Brad clonked Randal on the head. "Get your head out of the gutter! This isn't the time to blank out on me!" He snapped, Randal rubbed his head as he looked to his friend. "Sorry, but seriously. Spell cards? Sounds like that card game we played when we were kids." He said Brad sighed in annoyance. "Well, these cards aren't related to the game, these are actually filled with magic." He explained, Randal didn't say anything as Brad pointed to Reimu and Marisa. "They'll tell you while we're going there, or at least Reimu will." he told Randal, Reimu shrugged. "Meh, it's better than standing here all morning, but don't we have to get dressed first?" She asked, Brad nodded as the group ran back up stairs to get dressed, the boys let the girls have their privacy as Marisa and Reimu had gotten into their RDF flightsuits, Randal saw the girls in the flightsuits for the first time, he looked at Brad with a questioning glance. "Yukari's responsible for their flightsuits, as she is for the Stormtrooper armor I wore three days ago." Brad told Randal, the male brunette looked shocked.

The boys went next in their rooms as Brad put on his First Order Stormtrooper armor, Randal looked through his closet as he sorted through the outfits, he spied a white armor with blue markings on it, he smirked. "Hello Phase II Clone armor." He said as he put on the clone armor, he looked in the mirror. "Hmm...a perfect fit." He said to himself, he looked to see a blaster that he was very familiar, he felt that it was perfect for the mission and the armor it was paired with.

Randal came out of his room as everyone else looked surprised. "Wait a minute, Phase II Clone Trooper armor?" Brad asked, Randal nodded. "Yeah, but how did she know?" He replied, Marisa shrugged. "Personal preference, maybe?" She asked, Reimu nodded, knowing that Yukari was always a step ahead of everybody. "Could be, she might be listening in on us right now." She added, everyone decided not to say anything else as they went to the garage, aside from the three Cyclones, there was a fourth Cyclone Similar to Brad's Cyclone, the colors on Randal's Cyclone was the same as Reimu's, it was just arranged differently.

Randal looked excited, Brad chuckled. "I guess that's yours, Yukari must have painted it so you and Reimu won't beconfused." He told the male brunette, Randal nodded, knowing that Brad was right. "Guess Yukari doesn't slack off when she hops to it." He half joked, Brad laughed softly. "Maybe. Now let's get going." He said, but Randal stopped him before he could rev the Cyclone's engine. "Just one question, does it work?" He asked, Brad spluttered before he could answer.

"Of course it works! Do you take me for an idiot?" Brad shouted, Randal shook his head. "No, I was just curious, by the way, what Cyclones do we have since we have same model?" He asked a second time, Randal's second question made sense to Brad as he began to speak. "The two of us have Super Cyclones, we also have rail guns added in to our aresenal." He told his friend, Randal nodded, understanding now.

The group realized they were wasting time as they left the mansion, it took them a while to get there with Marisa and Reimu guiding the two boys, at last, the group managed to get the Scarlet Mansion, they found what appeared to be Meiling Hong guarding the gates, She was standing there, dozing off, the sound of engines woke her from her sleep, she saw the group as foreigners, but they stopped, all of them took their helmets off, Meiling recognized Reimu and Marisa, but she didn't know who Brad and Randal were, and they couldn't blame her, Reimu spoke up. "They're with us Meiling, please let us pass, we need to see if Remillia's okay." She pleaded, Meiling didn't know what was going on, but she opened the gates as the group were let in.

The doors to the mansion opened as they walked in, their Cyclones shifted to armor mode as they walked in, they were greeted by a silver haired girl wearing a maid's outfit. "Oh, it's you two, and you brought foreigners in, I'm not surprised." She said dryly, she jumped from the staircase as she landed on the floor without injury. "And why are you wearing such ridicuklous armor? You look like you jumped out of one of Patchouli's books." She stated, walking closer, Brad felt uneasy. "We came to visit Remillia, but we want to see if she's okay." He said, feeling the intensity of the girl's stone glare creep up on him, the girl looked deeply into his eyes, then she backed off. "Mistress Remillia is fine, but she's been acting strange lately, and how do you know about her?" She asked, Brad felt the intense glae slowly fade away as he began to speak again. "One of the Crow Tengu in Gensokyo gave me the information about this place, and Remillia as well. You must be Sakuya, right?" He replied the girl nodded. "I am, now tell me yours." She demanded, Brad nodded and did so. "My name is Brad Smith, I'm the first foreigner since many years ago, my friend Randal here is the second foreigner since he just arrived here yesterday, and blame Yukari without giving us a warning when she brought us here." He explained, Sakuya was shocked, these two young men were proof that they were foreigners, she stepped back as she bowed. "F-forgive me, I didn't know you and your friend were foreigners, the mistress would have my hide if she found out!" She said nervously, Brad looked to his friends in confusion, then they turned to face Sakuya. "You said that Remillia was acting strange, how strange was she behaving?" Reimu asked, Sakuya sighed as she looked worried. "She's been asking if she could have my blood, now normally I would do it on her command, but something seemed off, I didn't let her drink my blood, that's when Flandre came in and told me that she hadn't seen the mistress, Patchouli even told me that the mistress's been behaving as if she was paranoid and several of the maids here were sharing the same concern all of us felt a few days ago." She explained, Reimu and Brad knew something felt off, they looked to one another. "What do you think?" Reimu asked, Brad thought for a moment and he knew it was an imposter. "Most likely it's an imposter, either it's another vampire we don't know about, or it could be a shapshifter or a humonculi since they both can shapeshift into those they capture or kill." He theorized, he gave the theory some more thought as he narrowed down onto the second monster rather than the first and third monsters, he knew it was possible that most shapeshifters were peaceful unless threatened, but he knew some would kill their victims as a way of tasting their blood. "It might be a shpeshifter who's out for Youkai blood, vampires might be the one thing they actually want to avoid, Flandre and Remillia are vampires so that may be why the imposter hid when Flandre was there, and may have knocked Remillia unconcious before Flander came in." He finished, everyone was dumbstruck by the indentity of the culprit.

Brad cleared his throat as he was about to speak when Yukari showed up. "So a shapeshifter impersonated Remillia? That's all I need to know." She said scaring everyone in front of her as they turned to face her. "Don't scare us like that, Yukari!" Brad snapped, Yukari giggled sheepishly. "Sorry, I couldn't resist."She replied as her face turned serious. "Now, don't you have a mission to do?" She asked, Brad and the others realized that was she was right. "Oh...well...I guess we better find and rescue the real Remillia." Brad said, Reimu and Marisa nodded in agreement, but they knew what she looked like. "It's best if we split into pairs of two, that way, we'll cover more ground, Randal and I will be the first group, Brad and Marisa will be the second group, and Sakuya and Meiling will be the last group to search for Remillia, remember, if this Changeling does show their true colors, do not hesitate to eliminate it." She explained, Brad saluted as he understood what he had to do. "Yes ma'am, 2nd Lieutenant Smith reporting for duty!" He said, Sakuya was confused, Marisa decided to explain to the maid. "He's a soldier, and he was in the military, I'll ask him how he left the military after this." She told Sakuya, the maid pointed to Randal. "And him?" She asked, Marisa chuckled quietly. "He's like an exact clone of Reimu, only he's not a shrine maiden or a preist. I'll ask him what his job is later." She added, Sakuya nodded, feeling that was the sensible thing to do, but she still hated the magician for intruding the mansion a few years ago.


Sakuya left to find the Youkai, and the four friends split into to the two teams, before they split up, Brad reminded Randal to use a private freqency to contact each other.

"So...you have a way to communicate?" Marisa asked, Brad nodded, knowing more than the magician did. "Somewhat, communicators like the one's in our helmets have certain frequencies, you know like radios, AM and FM, that's primitive compared to the communicators built in our helmets. We're using a private frequency to communicate in emergencies." He told her, Marisa nodded, half understanding what she heard, Brad decided not to press on the topic further, then a sound was heard, he and Marisa turned to see a door, the sound came from behind the door as it shook, the two knew that they didn't have a key, they heard the sound again, but it was accompanied by a grunt, it sounded like a girl, Marisa knew who it was.

"Oh my god, that's Remillia! We have to get her out." Marisa said, panicking, Brad pulled his blaster out as he aimed it at the door knob. "You might want to stand back." He warned, Marisa nodded as she moved out of the way, Brad fired as the knob was blown to pieces, the door flew open as a girl a bit younger than Marisa fell to the floor, it was obvious that she had been tied up against her will. "I'm guessing this is remillia." Brad guessed, Marisa nodded, confirming that the girl was Remillia.

"Glad you figured it out, now help me out of these ropes, they're chaffing my wings." Remillia deadpanned, Brad was glad he had a Swiss army knife. "Hold on, I'll get you out." He spoke as he began cutting the rope, luckily, it wasn't tied tightly enough, Remillia was glad to be out of the ropes, she had a pair of bat wings on her back, Brad didn't even make a comment on her wings. "Well, I guess I have to thank you for getting me out of those ropes, whoever that shapeshifter was, they are the worst knot tier in all of Gensokyo." She grumbled, Brad nodded, his suspicions were confirmed. "I knew it. It was a shapeshifter, I wouldn't wouldn't be surprised if the imposter was trying to plunge Gensokyo into total darkness." He said, feeling that he was right, Remillia looked at the armor Brad wore, she knew that Yukari had something to do with it, and knew Brad was a foreigner. "Saved by a foreigner, how embarrassing, but what's even more embarrassing is that I was knocked out by a shapeshifter of all intruders." She grunted, Brad knew that it saved him the trouble of explaining that he was a foreigner. "Good, you didn't happen to see what the intruder looked like, did you?" He asked, the vampire shrugged. "I don't know, I never saw their face, When I came to, they took my appearance." She explained, feeling tired.

Brad knew that he had to inform Randal, he pressed the button on the left side of his helmet. "Randal, we found Remillia, and our imposter is a shapeshifter. If you and Reimu encounter the shapeshifter, interogate it before it reveals it's true form, and if that doesn't happen if it attacks without warning, defend yourselves all the same if either scenario plays out." He spoke into the microphone, on the other side of the mansion, Randal nodded in understanding. "Got it, Brad, we'll be on the lookout." He replied, Reimu looked at her new friend in confusion as Randal began to explain. "Brad informed me that he and Marisa had found this Remillia, is it true that she's a vampire?" He asked, the shrine maiden nodded. "She is, she claims to be related to this Alucard guy who was also a vampire." She answered, Randal knew something wasn't right, and he would know a liar if he saw one. "Well you got the right guy, but you also got the wrong name, Alucard is the son of Dracula, Dracula was the first vampire, he married a human woman, at least due to my knowledge. I look up facts and myths from books, ask Brad, he knows me better than anyone." He stated, and he knew he was getting off topic and decided to get back on it. "Anyway, I think Remillia lied about it, but where she originated from is no lie, so, did she lie to you?" He asked, Reimu looked in thought.

"Aside from what you just told me, no, not all the time, we do happen to be friends, though. Though I'd recommend you stay away from her sister when she's on a rampage, Marisa told me when she first came here, she walked right on into Flandre's room and even she was creeped out, you can blame Remillia from all those years ago, and a few years ago, Remillia learned her lesson before we beat some sense into them. Well, like any other vampire, the two sisters don't do well in sunlight." The shrine maiden explained, Randal shivered in fear, but shook it off. "A well known fact, but here's another, vampires do not like garlic, vegetables, bread, or otherwise." He added, Reimu was shocked. "How do you know this?" She asked, Randal chuckled. "Again, just ask Brad." He simply replied, Reimu knew she wasn't getting much of her partner, so she decided to drop it for now.


The brunett duo came upon two large doors as Randal looked at reimu. "Is this her throne room?" He asked, the shrine maiden nodded to confirm his question. "It's behind these doors, so yes, it is." She stated. "Follow my lead." She said, Randal nodded as he and Reimu opened the doors, they saw Remillia's imposter sitting in the throne, Reimu began to act like the whole situation never happened, Randal stayed quiet, letting Reimu do her thing.

"Ah, Reimu, what a pleasant surprise, I wasn't expecting you. To what do I owe for you coming today?" The imposter asked, Reimu put on a fake smile. "Well, I heard you were kidnapped by a shapeshifter, but I guess I got worked up over nothing." The shrine maiden said, shrugging, the imposter held a dagger behind her back. "You don't say? Well, as you can see I'm perfectly fine, so why come here?" She asked, Randal decided to go next. "We still think the shapeshifter is still running around here somewhere, we'll find them in the meantime." He said as the brunett duo began to turn around, the imposter leapt out of the throne as the brunetts predicted, Randal drew the blaster out, and shot the dagger out of the imposter's hand.

The imposter had fallen to the ground, it took her a minute to recover her sight when she saw the blaster pointed at her. "Make our day..." Randal threatened, the imposter slowly rose to her feet, at first it looked like she was going to give in, but she snatched the blaster out of Randal's grip, the brunetts dodged the shots, running out of the throne room's area, giving chase as the shapeshifter followed them, they were now in the courtyard as Brad, Marisa and Remillia caught up to them, rasing his own blaster, Brad was trying to aim. "Reimu, Randal! Duck!" He shouted as the two complied, they dropped as Brad now had a good aim, it was too late for the shapeshifter to turn back, Brad fired at the shapeshifter's left thigh, bringing the imposter down.

The imposter screamed in pain as she fell to the ground, Brad and the others had finally got back together. "What kept you?" Randal asked, Brad chuckled. "Got lost in the mansion's library, Patchouli was kind enough help us out." He told his best friend, Remillia looked to the shapeshifter in contempt. "You've caused enough trouble for one day, let me see your true identity." She demanded. The shapeshifter had no choice but to do as the vampire demanded, her true form was revealed to have long red hair that went to her waist and charcoal skin, her eyes were voilet. She had green clothing on, she had a look of pain on her face.

Reimu was confused this time as she looked to Brad. "Why did you shoot her? I thought you wouldn't kill anyone." She asked, Brad sighed. "When I first met Aya, I only gave her a warning shot, the shapeshifter was asking for it because this shot was intentional, I'm letting her live, but she gets pain out of all this, and you're right, I wouldn't kill anyone, but she was asking for it, I say we let Yukari deal with her." He replied, just then, Yukari appeared and she took the shapeshifter with her, it was already evening and everyone had gone home.


Reimu looked to Marisa as they were in her room. "I don't understand, Marisa, when Brad fired on the shapeshifter, he was willing to attack the shapeshifter. Why?" she asked, her best friend was sure to respond. "Because he was defending you and Randal from her." Marisa got up as she went to the closet, Reimu was really confused. "Why are you going into your closet?" She asked, Marisa pulled out two dresses, one yellow and one blue "I'm going on a date with Brad, while you and Randal were looking for the shapeshifter, Brad asked me to go out on a date later tonight, and I said yes, so we're going into town tonight." She explained, Yukari appeared again."Did I hear that you're going on a date with Brad?" She asked, Marisa nodded. "Yeah..." She said uneasily, she didn't know why Yukari was interested all of a sudden. "Because, Marisa, if you want to look beautiful, you have to know the basics of dating."


Brad: Oh snap! Did she say what I thought she said?!

Me: You heard right, the basics of dating.

Randal: I don't believe this, a shapeshifter?! that's what me and Reimu were up against?

Me: Would you rather have a humonculi from the Fullmetal Achemist anime?

Randal: No...

Me: Alright then. Part 2 of character themes coming up right now! Again, if you have Audacity, you might want to alter the pitch on the music in your library if these tracks:

Randal:

Soul Hunter - Will (Male version, sung by the Japanese voice actors of Taikobou, Kou Tenka and Youzen): This is Randal's second theme, the anime is old, but I found this months ago on YouTube, the pitch should be left alone.

Botanic Panic - Cuphead: I think this suits any crazy situation he and Reimu would get themselves into...like say an Indy Jones styled chase with a boulder. The pitch on this track should be left alone.

Planet Zebes - Metroid Zero Mission/Super Smash Brothers mix: Gotta love Mario&Sonic Fan for the mix as it's on YouTube, you can find most of the mixes there, the pitch should be -11.000.

Robotech Follies - Robotech 30th anniversary edtion - This Randal's lazy theme, no explanation needed on why, it's also his main theme, the pitch should be lowered to -4.000.

Me: I think that's it for the characters, the main theme for the fic is the Darling Thieves cover of REWRITE from the original Fullmetal Alchemist anime, it's end theme is the instrumental version of the main theme from the Dragonball anime opening, Mystical Adventure is the name of the title.

Brad: Dang! That's a heck of a selection there, man.

Me: I know, I have so much in my library, I'd have a hard time trying to find which to use. *Looks to the readers* Anyway, I think it's time to close the chapter, the third chapter will be coming soon, R&R, and no flames.