Coryn - Huh, so we're doing this.
Natsuki – Yep.
Coryn – Eh, what the hell, let's get this over with… I do believe introductions are in order here. I'm Coryn, the actual author of this fanfiction. Natsuki happens to be the name I go by when I go online with some of my friends.
Natsuki – And I'm Natsuki Shirogane, Coryn's first ever created OC. Oh yeah, he goes by Kurogane instead of Shirogane so there's the difference between us.
Coryn – You probably know that my current username is Natsuki1987, and I do think I need to change that clear up the fact that I am not the one you are seeing in the new series that I am writing as of now. I am very inexperienced when it comes to writing long stuff so honestly, I should be doing something like 'What happens when you summon Emiya Shirou in Chaldea' instead of writing a full story.
Natsuki – Uh, I don't think they know what that is Coryn.
Coryn – Basically a series of events and shenanigans that occur in the world of Fate/Grand Order, which I do not wish to cover as of right now.
Natsuki – Fair enough.
Coryn – Anyways, time to go ahead and start the chapter.
Yukari – Ara, what are you planning now Coryn?
Coryn – GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE YOU DAMN GAP HAG!
Yukari – Hehe, I can't wait to see what new story you come up with. I'll be waiting for the finished product.
Coryn – Yeah yeah, now begone. (Closes the gap)
Welcome to Gensokyo
Chapter 1
Climbing the Hakurei Shrine Stairs!
Natsuki – I'm Natsuki Shirogane.
(Strange, I don't remember anything else further from the time I spent back at the orphanage…)
Eirin – I see, I would like you to write your name down here. That way, if you come here again, I'll have a medical report file specifically for you.
Natsuki – Thank you, uh… Yagokoro-san.
Eirin – No need to be so formal, you can just call me Eirin.
Reisen – You can just call me Reisen as well!
Natsuki – A-Alright, Eirin and Reisen.
Eirin – You can get up and leave now if you want, but I would recommend waiting for an acquaintance of mine to arrive so she can guide you out of the bamboo forest.
Eirin left after saying that, and Reisen followed her out as well. I decided to get up and stretch a little bit since I seem to have been in bed for a while. Don't want to get too stiff now…
Wait, why am I doing this? It's not like I am an athletic type, so why was I doing stretches?
Discarding that train of thought, I finish my morning stretches anyways and look at the table where Reisen left some supplements and tea. How did I tell it was supplements? No idea, but I first it was medicine, but they look like these vitamin boosters that some of the kids would have back at the orphanage. Next to them, I saw a necklace which felt very familiar to me for some reason. I decided to take it with me, only for my head to hurt and I start seeing things.
? – Natsuki!
What is this…
? – Over here! There's a lot of strawberries growing here!
Who… is that… girl?
? – Natsuki? What's wrong?
Wait, something's not right… GET OUT!
? – YOU TWO! GET OUT OF THERE NOW!
I open my eyes and see the room that I was in again. Was that my memory? What happened to that girl? I saw something dark and sinister… and someone else shouted for us to run.
I shook my head. I'll figure it out another time. That girl must have been someone important to me, but I can't tell as I am right now. I could sense the danger in that memory, as if I was in a simulation.
*KNOCK KNOCK*
Natsuki – Come in!
? – So you're the guy that Reisen found unconscious?
Natsuki – Uh, yeah, that would be me.
? – *sigh*, I'll bring you out of the bamboo forest and show you the way to the Hakurei Shrine, maybe you'll find a way back if you're not from around here.
Natsuki – Right, I follow your lead Ms…
? – Oh right, introductions. My name is Fujiwara no Mokou, I'm pretty much a guide for people trying to find the Eientei for the good doctor here. Please just call me Mokou.
Natuski – Nice to meet you, I'm Natsuki Shirogane.
The two trudged through the Bamboo Forest of the Lost slowly, eventually reaching the edge of the bamboo forest.
Mokou – Here we are. The Hakurei Shrine. The shrine maiden here might be able to help you, or at least you'll get the attention of another youkai sage that may or may not help you back.
Natsuki – What do you mean might or might not… don't tell me they're the type to do whatever they want on a whim.
Mokou – Hit the nail on the head. If you decide to stay, or get forced stay, good luck out there.
She said as she walked back the way she came, waving her hand in the air.
Natsuki had no idea what the hell was going to happen, but he decided to climb the stairs to the shrine, which he wished was shorter.
Natsuki – Now I know how Po felt when he started climbing that long set of stairs to the temple. His case was worse though.
While confused about what Mokou said to him about a certain Youkai Sage, he decided to keep those questions to himself as he decided to take a small break at the half-way point of the stairs. Good thing there were a break area, as well as a small pond with clear water. It was one the clearest ponds Natsuki had ever seen, no thanks to the fact most ponds Natsuki encountered would be polluted with seithr. Dipping his hands, he splashed some water on himself and drank a little as well. It was delicious. Better than the water back home for sure.
Something suddenly flew over Natsuki towards the shrine as he noticed a broom with blond haired girl sitting on top of it as if she was a witch. Wait… a witch?
Natsuki was worried now that the witch seems to have changed direction towards him.
Natsuki – I am not looking forward to this.
A little bit of a prologue for the very first arc of the series. It will be dubbed Welcome to Gensokyo! I was planning to name it New Beginnings at first, but I think this will be better. It is after all a temporary stay in Gensokyo, right?
Life is pretty hard on me with me being a freshman and all, so please do be patient with releases. This is not a gappy stu type of fanfic as I said in a previous update. 'Why say that you mentioned the boundary?' The mysterious person specifically said Boundary. While it is true that the Boundary is essentially the same boundary that you might assume Yukari enters and leaves, the way Natsuki entered Gensokyo is unrelated to Yukari. I did say that this story specifically does not necessarily count as a crossover due to no other major elements from other series being added other than the fact Natsuki was spying on the creation of a Prime Field Device, which I will elaborate more on when I move onto the next arc. Each arc will be written in different stories to make it easier to read on a specific arc, without having to search through chapters in the same story. Currently, the next planned arc will most definitely contain crossover elements with the introduction of BlazBlue characters.
How will battles go in this story? Due to crossover elements, I would rather avoid actual danmaku duels which is really only possible with Touhou characters or OCs and I do not have time to figure out spell cards for other characters. With the introduction of new characters in new crossover settings, I will be taking a select few only. I would like to ask what the community wants to see in the future as well.
Planned crossovers would include the following:
BlazBlue
Type-Moon (Fate/Stay Night, Grand Order, Extra, and maybe some Tsukihime.)
With crossovers like this, it is possible to include other titles like Guilty Gear (same developer as BlazBlue), Under-Night, and RWBY (thanks to BBTAG) although I will have to admit that I am not that well informed on their respective lore so I will have to keep with what I know in BBTAG. Persona is one I am not confident with since I have a hard time grasping how to play the P4A Ultimax characters. I am willing to watch RWBY to understand better the characters, but don't expect me to include anyone else other than Team RWBY.
Each world is different from one another so you can assume the World Tree theory in some crossovers apply to this fanfic as well. I will elaborate more on that in the future with the lore.
Anyways, here's a little poll to do here. You get to choose which one of these Stage 1 or 2 bosses Natsuki encounters later in the story. I am planning on having him go through some bullet hell just for the hell of it.
Rumia
Eternity
Wriggle
Wakasagihime
Mystia
Cirno
Daiyousei
Sekibanki
And now for a little preview
"I DID NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS BULLSHIT!" shouted Natsuki as he ran from the multitude of bullets.
"I DID NOT PLAN THIS EITHER SO JUST DEAL WITH IT!" the blond screamed out as she flew through the bullets with much more relative ease than Natsuki
'I swear I'll learn how to fly sooner or later. The sooner the better'. Natsuki thought.
