Flashback:
In the beginning, there was nothing. Nothing existed, there was no planets, no satellites, no galaxies. There was, however, life. One life. A girl, floating in the nothingness with a spear boasting a red ribbon, and a sword boasting a blue ribbon. A remnant of something else, something much bigger, that girl was. A land inhabited only by gods, which was eventually erased completely by this girl's powers.
Her weapons, the sword of creation and the spear of erasure, were, in this land of gods, used very little, and for the spear, not at all. The girl was forbidden to use the destructive weapon in fear that it may bring about their eventual demise. They tried to destroy it, tried to get rid of it and throw it away into nothing, but nothing worked. Not even the spear's own power of complete annihilation could annihilate itself.
The girl eventually used the spear to erase that world, bored and fed up of being considered one of the weakest gods due to her inability to use her greatest power. She stayed in the nothingness for no time at all, quickly scrambling to create a new universe from a large explosion from her sword, which the later life in this universe would come to know as the 'Big Bang'.
Months passed until she eventually created life, a sister to accompany her across the great expanse of this universe she had created. This sister was blessed with unfathomable intelligence due to her existence close to the start of everything, and her ability to easily learn everything led her to eventually surpass her own creator in intellect, as she found out what everything was made of, gave them names and theorised exactly what they were, as the creator did not know what was waiting for her after this large explosion.
The sister decided that many planets were not suitable for life, as it was what the creator had envisioned for this universe. The two of them searched for the perfect, natural solar system, containing the perfect and natural planet for this life to inhabit. They named the planet Earth, the third planet away from a star they named the 'Sun', creating small micro-organisms that would eventually become humanoids.
The creator began to get infatuated by power once again, creating gods to do her duties for her as she served as the leader of them all. After creating these gods, she left to search for more solar systems in more galaxies that could contain more planets for life to inhabit. However, any planet she deemed unfit to be in her 'perfect universe' was erased from existence, as she left only the planets she found interesting. She did find more planets to place more life onto, which would eventually be known by the humanoids of Earth as 'aliens'.
The creator returned to Earth, pleased with it being the first planet she inhabited with life and the planet she would be most closely infatuated with. However, the gods she had created were displeased. Displeased with her constant erasure of planets and, in their eyes, ruining the natural universe she so longed for. Her infatuation shifted towards creating life, and not in preserving the natural universe that she had prided herself upon.
One day, however, she was displeased with a planet she had inhabited with life. The sister reports that the life was beginning to lose faith in the creator, as they were living in poor conditions when they used to live happily. 'If the creator is so strong, why do they not just bring us back what we want!' they would exclaim. The creator eventually erased this planet, too, as well as all life on it.
This triggered the gods, and even the sister, to be angered by the sudden erasure of something as amazing, in their eyes, as life. The two weapons were taken by the sister, placed on Mars within a large prison cell that she had concealed through her own magical power. She created two magical supplies on the two moons of Mars, that were to exploit the creator's weakness while she was without her weapons. The sister led her into the cell, before the magic overpowered the creator's own ability to fight it, and she jailed within the cage by two magical chains, that ate away at her power and prevented her escape.
Eventually, the sister felt bad for what she did, creating a city, which she kept invisible thanks to her own magical power, around the cell for life to live around it. She knew she could never let the creator free, and that she could never bring the weapons out of the cage where they were hung up, out of the creator's reach. The Martian city stayed silent after it's creation, slowly building up with more people the sister and the gods migrated from other planets, and more places for them to live. The sister created the city for the creator to be at peace around the life that the sister would inform her about, and how they went on. She had no intention of taking any planets, and only to stay silent for the story to be lost to time.
And with the story, the names 'Nuwa Amagai' and 'Hiroko Amagai' were forgotten to all but the gods.
Flashback End
"What is it that you want here?" Tsukuyomi said, as he was surrounded by lasers that were being emitted by cards that were placed on the ground around him and on the walls around him. Hiroko sighed, looking down to her feet.
"Forgive me, it was not my decision to come here," Hiroko said. "It was mostly a majority rule due to the other ministers wishing to come here. Though, I guess after seeing her again, I do have a reason to get to Earth."
"And that reason is?" Tsukuyomi said, looking down at Hiroko as she lowered her head.
"I want… I want to let her live on Earth," Hiroko said, raising her head again and walking towards Tsukuyomi. "I know at this point i'm likely labelled as a criminal to the gods due to my absence and constant talk to her, so I am likely in no position to request something such as that, or even think of going near any of the other gods. But if there's a way to let her live her eternal life on the planet she loved above all else, then as her sister, I should find a way for her to do so. It won't be easy, especially considering her reputation. But it's something I strive to do. That's my ambition, Lord Tsukuyomi. So i'm borrowing the Lunar Capital for a while, until I find a way to let that happen. You'll be in the Martian Jail. Once I either find a way to let her live there, or fail to do so, you'll be granted the Lunar Capital back and we'll stay on Mars forevermore. But to the outside eye, I can't let this plan get out to public ear. Lord Tsukuyomi, i've won this fight. Call out for the Lunarian defeat."
Tsukuyomi closed his eyes, before signalling for Hiroko to let him free from the laser trap. He then left the room, telling a moon rabbit outside the palace to spread the news of defeat to the other moon rabbits.
"Lady Yorihime!" A moon rabbit to the south said, bounding up to Yorihime as she looked down at the rabbit. "L-Lord Tsukuyomi was defeated in battle! The Martian's… won. He's ordered for us to escape the Moon and hide away on Earth!"
"What!?" Yorihime exclaimed, as she gasped upon hearing the news. She let go of Kasumi, who was smiling upon hearing the news, but was stopped by a voice halting her.
"Yorihime," Toyohime said, catching her attention and stopping her. "There's no point. Apparently the person there is far stronger than Lord Tsukuyomi. Let's do as he wishes for now."
"T-Toyohime," Yorihime said, stopping and closing her eyes. "Right… I guess you're right."
"I sent a letter to Lady Yagokoro detailing what happened," Toyohime said, looking at Yorihime. "I can use my ability to take us there, hopefully she'll be willing to let us take refuge at her place."
"Lady Yagokoro?" Yorihime asked, before closing her eyes. "I suppose considering the times we are in, it would be fine to stay with traitors. Let's go, then. I'm looking forward to meeting her again, of course."
"As am I," Toyohime smiled, before looking around her. The moon rabbits from the north had gathered to the south, and there were very few, if any casualties among them due to them watching the fights that had taken place. "I… also hope she'll be willing to let all these moon rabbits stay around for a while, also."
As she said that, Yorihime, Toyohime, and all the moon rabbits were transported from the moon to Gensokyo.
Kasumi remained on the moon, standing up as she was finally set free. "We won… huh? 'Lord Tsukuyomi was defeated', they said. I guess that's their overall leader, in which case he was most likely stronger than Yorihime. Then… who beat her? Yorimi? No… it couldn't be her…"
"Why couldn't it be me?" Yorimi shouted through the ear chip. "I'm just as strong as everyone else, I can hold my own out there!"
"Was it Hiroko? Or maybe Kaiya managed to use her ability against this 'Tsukuyomi'," Kasumi said, walking towards the Lunar Capital.
"D-did you just ignore me?" Yorimi said through the ear chip, before sighing. "Anyway, Hiroko said she's positioning me, herself and Kaiya in the Lunar Capital whereas you and Saiko stay behind as back-up in case something goes amok. I need to use my ability with the new materials we have accessed to us, after all."
"Huh? Did admitting defeat for the first time cause me to have auditory hallucinations?"
"You… are ignoring me," Yorimi sighed, before finally staying silent.
A while afterwards, Hiroko went to Mars to 'check on something'. She approached the large door, pushing it open and walking inside. Nuwa was awake, this time, and she smiled upon seeing Hiroko.
"Ah- Hiroko!" Nuwa smiled, moving her hands slightly into the air as a way to express glee. "I'm happy to see you! What's happened since you visited me last week?"
Hiroko smiled, walking through the corridor and into the room that Nuwa was locked in. "A lot happened, Nuwa. In fact, we managed to take over the moon. Soon enough we could take Earth back, and i'll find a way to let you stay on Earth as you like, I promise."
"Oh! You did?" Nuwa smiled, raising her head up and attempting to stand from her position, before being shackled down. "Ah- well, i'd love to go to Earth again! I wonder how much it has changed, how much its people have changed, how far they've come. I want to see it with my own eyes!"
Hiroko nodded, walking closer to Nuwa and kneeling down in front of her. "You will, I promise. You won't be able to live as a god ever again, but you might be able to live as a normal human for times to come."
"That would be nice…" Nuwa said, her tone darkening a little. "I made so many mistakes as a god… I guess I just wasn't worthy, was I? By the way, which one of the gods was it that locked me up here?"
Hiroko gasped slightly, before remaining as composed as she could. "I… I forgot exactly who it was. I remembered Tsukuyomi and the others, but I can't remember which one of them locked you here," she lied, standing up again.
"You forgot something?" Nuwa exclaimed in surprise, her eyes widening as she realised what Hiroko had said. "W-well I guess that's normal, huh? Though… this is the first time you've ever forgotten something, even from millions, maybe even billions at this point, years ago." she said, before snickering a little. "I've been stuck her so long, I haven't kept track of time any more…"
"That's normal," Hiroko nodded, before walking backwards slightly. "Though, it may be a while until we go to Earth. The people of the moon were way stronger than anticipated. But I promise the time will be soon. The time that you will eventually walk your favourite, most nostalgic planet once again."
*Spell Card!* Character Insight!
Nuwa Amagai: Older sister of 'Hiroko Amagai' and the creator of the universe and life. She is the only survivor of the previous existing universe, which was a universe inhabited only by gods. She erased the entire world of gods herself, after becoming intoxicated by her power to create and erase anything. She went on to create the universe as it is known now, however, after some events, she was locked away in the Invisible Martian City by her own sister.
Hiroko Amagai (revisited): Younger sister of 'Nuwa Amagai' and the first life that was ever created by Nuwa in the universe as it is known. She locked her sister away by using magic that she could not overpower, preventing Nuwa from ever escaping. Due to her never returning to the gods and her constant exchanges with Nuwa, however, she was branded a criminal by the gods, and she forced to never show her face again. Currently, however, she is risking herself on a chance that maybe, her sister will be able to visit and live on her favourite planet once again.
Next time on Touhou: Defense Against the Unseen World:
Gensokyo finally appears in the story, along with a certain lazy Shrine Maiden and an extremely ordinary magician. Yukari Yakumo realises the grave threat that the Martian's seem to pose against Gensokyo, warning its strongest residents about the threat and causing them to train ready for it. As well as this, Yorihime and Toyohime reunite with their long-lost master.
