Final Chapter
Fear Subsided

Thanks to the efforts of Batman and the three girls from Gensokyo, Scarecrow and his subordinates were all taken into custody. Solomon Grundy was taken away to wherever they kept supernatural creatures like him in Gotham. Perhaps he wasn't even kept in Gotham at all. Their plan to spread the kind of fear that would result in bloodshed bad been put to an end, and without interrupting the ball game as well. In fact, news of this was never made public, so even to this day, the people at the ball game had no idea what happened while they enjoyed the game.. The battle to save their lives happened right underneath their foot.

This was for the best.

Both the Batmobile arrived back in the Bat Cave. They all stepped out of the vehicles, and Alfred was there waiting for their return. "Welcome back, Master Bruce," he said to Batman, and then he turned to the girls. "And you too, young ladies."

"Did you know that they took the old Batmobile?" Batman asked him.

"I did not realize it until they were gone, so I couldn't have stopped them," replied Alfred. "However, I can see that it was a good thing I did not stop them, because they were a great help to you."

"Yes, they were great help," admitted Batman. He then turned to them and thanked them for their help, and he added that they should hurry up and get back to their own world.

"You sound like you want to get rid of us as soon as possible..." said Nue.

"I'm worried that your friends and family back home are in distress because you have been gone for a few days," Batman told them.

"Relax; we don't have family members, and I'm sure our friends won't be worried about us going missing for a couple of days," Nitori told him.

The next day, things were peaceful and quiet. While Batman went out to work in his company as Bruce Wayne, Nue and Kogasa spent their time having fun at Wayne Manor. Nitori, on the other hand, was busy down in the Bat Cave, working on the device that would help them get back home. She had to admit that fixing it was harder than she thought. Batman had told her that if she had trouble and lacked resources, he would ask Cyborg, an expert in dimension traveling, for help. It would seem that she needed his help after all. Having to admit this hurt her pride, as she had always considered herself to be a genius who didn't need help in matters like this.

Rather than staying at his office for the whole day, Bruce only stayed there for half a day and then took the rest of the day off. He came back home and went to the Bat Cave first thing to see how Nitori was doing. "It's no good... The resources here aren't enough to get it working..." Nitori said to him.

"In that case, I'll contact Cyborg and see what he can do," Bruce told her.

"Yeah, I'm sure with his help, it will be much easier," said Nitori.

"Wouldn't it be easier if you just let me take you back home?" asked the voice of a woman that appeared to come from nearby. The two looked around in confusion for the source of the voice. When the voice spoke again, saying that it was right where they were, they became even more confused. Upon listening closely, the voice appeared to be coming from Nitori's body. Nitori touched all over her body to see if she had something like a hidden speaker on her, and she eventually felt on something on her back. It felt like a door of some kind.

She turned around for Bruce to see, and there was indeed a door attached to her back. The door suddenly swung open, and a woman came flying out of it, growing in size as she did so until she was the same size as those two. She had wavy, blonde hair and wore a yellow dress and a green skirt. Shortly after she came out, two more women flew out of the same door. One wore a reddish-pink dress, while the other wore a dark green dress. Needless to say, both Bruce and Nitori were surprised at their presence and the way they appeared.

"Who are you?! And how did you come out from my back?!" Nitori asked them in shock.

The blonde woman giggled and then said, "I simply used my ability to create doors at the back of things to come out from you. Don't worry; it's not like the door will remain permanently on your body. I can make it disappear whenever I want to. As for who I am, I'm sure you've at least heard of my name, Okina Matara."

Nitori was confused when she heard that name. Bruce asked her if she was familiar with these people, and the kappa thought deeply about the name she was told. "If I remember correctly, it's the name of one of the people who helped create Gensokyo," she said. "Heard she was a goddess whose existence isn't all that known among people and that she prefers for her existence to remain a secret..."

"Yes, that's me!" the woman said to her while smiling. "I am indeed one of the creators of Gensokyo and the secret goddess, Okina Matara, and I am here to bring you back home!"

The conversation inside the Bat Cave ended up being brought to the manor and inside the dining room. Okina and her two servants, Mai and Satono, were treated like guests and given snacks and drinks to dine on by Alfred. Standing next to the goddess, Alfred asked if she would like more tea, to which replied with a yes, so he poured her a second filling.

All the while, Bruce, Nitori, Kogasa, and Nue watched them eat happily in silence. The fact that those three newcomers were so absorbed in their snacks and talking to each other made it seem like they forgot the reason they came here in the first place. Wanting things to move forward, Nue asked, "So... when are you going to take us back to Gensokyo?"

"After we're finish with this, dear," Okina said to her before taking a sip. "It's not like we will be trapped here if we stay a little too long, so relax!"

"I hope you make yourself feel comfortable in the meantime, then," Bruce said to her.

"I can see that you are rich, Mister Wayne," Okina said to him. "I wouldn't be surprised if those three became obsessed with this place and don't want to go back!"

"Actually, I want to go back home, though I do admit that this place is really nice," said Kogasa. "Definitely more comfortable than my house!"

"How'd you know where to find us anyway?" Nitori asked the goddess.

"You should thank Mai and Satono for noticing the three of you disappearing that day," Okina told her. "Yep, they happened to be at the Genbu Marsh, running an errand for me, when they happened to stumble upon the three of you disappearing. They then reported to me what happened. Curious, I decided to find out what became of the three of you. I failed to sense your magical and demonic auras here in Gensokyo, so I decided to see if they are coming from other dimensions. My ability to create back doors allows me to not only travel to different locations, but also worlds beyond our realm."

"Just like Yukari!" said Nue.

"Indeed, the both of us have similar abilities," said Okina. "Anyway, back to the main topic... It was hard trying to find you, however. Normally, your auras wouldn't be able to be sensed if you're gone from our universe, but for a powerful goddess like me, and also beautiful, I could still sense a small bit of it coming from a general direction. Normally, traveling from one place to another in the space between worlds is something that can be done fast as long as it takes place in the same world, but if it's an entirely different world, then a bit of time is required to reach the desired destination."

"But we came here instantaneously," Kogasa told her.

"Well, my ability isn't instant teleportation, so the best I could do was to search for your location manually," Okina told her. "It look a lot longer than expected, but now here I am!"

"Then wouldn't the way home take a while if you took this long to find us?" Nue asked her.

"Now that I know the way here, going back will be faster, though it will indeed take some time due to the distance," explained Okina. "You'll have to deal with it. Unless the kappa is able to fix that device of hers right away, this is the only way back for all of us. You should be thankful there's even a way home now."

"Well, then what are we waiting for? Let's go home fast!" said Nue impatiently and with enthusiasm.

Kogasa turned to Bruce and bowed. "Thanks for taking care of us all this time!"

"You're welcome!" Bruce said to her.

"How are we going to go back?" asked Nitori.

"Simple! Using the door on your back!" Okina said to her while pointing at her. Nitori felt her back with her hand and saw that the door was still there.

"Okay... Then how are we going to fit in there?" asked the kappa.

"Just stick your hand in there," Okina told her. The goddess told Nue to give it a try. The latter got behind Nitori and looked at the door curiously. It opened by itself when she put her hand close to it, and then she stuck her hand inside. All of a sudden, the nue was pulled into it, her body shrinking as it happened. The others except Okina and her two servants were surprised by this sight. After Okina assured her that it was safe, Kogasa stuck her hand into the door, and then she was pulled inside. Mai and Satono did the same afterwards.

Okina turned to Bruce and said, "I'll be taking my leave now. As much as possible, I think it's best that two different worlds have nothing to do with each other. Who knows what constant breaching of worlds can ultimately cause in the end?"

"Perhaps that is true," said Bruce with a nod.

Okina then stuck her hand into the door, and she was pulled inside as well. "Hey! What about me?!" asked Nitori while trying to put her hand through the door. A bright flash suddenly came out of the door and engulfed her, and she disappeared completely afterwards. Bruce and Alfred became the only ones left in the room, surprised by what they saw.

With a bright flash, Nitori materialized in a dark space with doors floating all over the place. She looked around in confusion and wondered how she got to this place. "The door brought you here," Okina told her. "As long as you have one of my doors on your back, you can access the area between dimensions if I allow you to. By the way, I removed the door from your back as well." The kappa reached her hand to her back and saw that it was no longer there.

Nue looked around and said, "Where do we go now?"

"Just follow me," Okina said to her. "It will be a long way home, so have patience. Don't get lost too." Shen then led the way, while the other girls followed her.

"Well, today sure is interesting," said Alfred as he cleaned up the table. "I do hope they make their way back home safely."

"I'm sure they will," said Bruce. He then turned to leave. "Well, I've got work to do. I'm heading to the Justice League Watchtower. There are some issues there I have to help with."

"Good luck, Master Bruce," Alfred said to him.

It's been about an hour since Okina and the others had been traveling through the space between dimensions. The scenery was black for the most part, and unlike previously, there were no doors floating around. "When are we going to reach Gensokyo...?" asked a tired Nue. "We've been flying for, like an hour already...?"

"I did say it will be a long way back, did I not?" Okina told her. "It's your fault for going all the way there in the first place."

"We took a long time to finally found you people, you know that?" Mai said to Nue, Nitori, and Kogasa.

"You should be glad that you don't have to travel for several days like us," added Satono.

"Sorry... If only I could get my device working..." said Nitori.

"Anyway, I'm sure we're close now," said Okina. "We should be back at Gensokyo in about thirty minutes or so if we move fast enough."

Suddenly, Okina stopped moving, and the others stopped when they saw her stop. "What's wrong, master?" Satono asked her. She noticed that her master had a surprised look on her face, so she looked at where she was looking at and noticed a person floating over there, sitting on what appeared to be a throne.

"Who is that?" asked Mai.

"I have no idea," replied Okina with a confused and serious-looking face. The group moved closer towards that person at a close speed until they could see better descriptions of that person.

The person sitting on the throne, to put in simple terms, looked exactly like Okina. The face and hair style were exactly the same. The clothing was the exact same, except for the colors. Whereas Okina wore a yellow shirt and a green skirt, this person wore a green shirt and a black skirt. She sat on the throne with her side of her face resting on her fist, and she had a somewhat devious-looking smile on her face.

Needless to say, the appearance of this person was a huge surprise to the girls. They could not believe that they were looking at someone who looked exactly the same as Okina.

Narrowing her eyes, Okina asked the mysterious doppelganger, "Who are you?"

The doppelganger's smile grew wider when she was asked that question.

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TO BE CONTINUED

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TOUHOU x JUSTICE LEAGUE

CRISIS OF THE EARTHS

That's the end of this story, but not the end of things. As you can see, the ending is a setup for my next Touhou and DC crossover, Crisis of the Earths. I'll tell you now that it's going to be based on the animated movie Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths. If you've enjoyed that movie, then please look forward to this one!

Until next time!