Hello~! I'm back again after how many...months. Yeah, sorry 'bout that. Having writers block and being lazy at the same time isn't exactly a good thing. Anyway, uh, I found my original draft! Apparently, it was funnier than this one and I had inserted a few scenes at the wrong time but, who cares.

Well, sorry if I'm boring you. That's all I had to say. You may move on.

Edit: I fixed the ages. Sorry for confusing those who have already read this chapter -_-|||

Disclaimer: I do not own Touhou Project or any of its characters, only my OCs

Previously

Although dissatisfied with her "response", I turned my attention back to the scene again and was taken aback when I saw that the device was already glowing with light. 'What the...!'

"MASTER SPARK!"

Hakurei Reika watched with amazement as the octagon-shaped device began to glow brightly and collect these strange floating orbs of light that just appeared out of nowhere. It amazed her at how such a small item could build up such a large amount of power and take it in like it was nothing. Just thinking of the damage it could cause made her nervous.

Closing her eyes, she waited for the sound of a large explosion and to feel tiny bits of debris scratch against her skin. Much to her surprise, all she heard was a simple click and nothing more. Huh...? Cracking open one eye, the 16-year-old was surprised to see the blonde girl still standing there with the device still in her hands. She looked as equally confused as Reika was.

"...Eh?" Shaking the small piece of wood, the girl waited for something to come out. "Ma...Master Spark!" Nothing.

It's not...working? Reika thought to herself, surprised. She had felt so certain that something would happen, so why didn't it work? From the corner of her eye, she swore she saw Patchouli shake her head and mutter something to herself.

"Huh?" for a few seconds, the girl remained standing there, completely dumbfounded. You could clearly see that she had not expected that kind of result; especially after building up all that tension those few minutes ago. After staring at the item in her hands for a good 3 minutes, she finally opened her mouth and spoke, "oh well!"

HUH?! Reika nearly fell upon hearing those words. She had definitely not expected that kind of response. After all that...that's all she can say?! Staring at the grin on the blonde's face, she couldn't believe that this was the same person who had just created that large explosion a few minutes ago.

"Phew..." sighing in relief, the red-haired woman ––and the only person in the room who seemed to be glad that the spell didn't work––approached the girl and smacked her right on the head.

"Ow!" rubbing the now visible bump on her head, the strange girl glared at the woman. "Hey, what was that for?!"

"For nearly burning me to crisps, of course!"

"Hah? But you were trying to––"

"China," suddenly interrupting their argument, Patchouli calmly approached the red-haired woman whose name appeared to be 'China'. "I thought you had this under control?"

"P-Patchouli-sama!" after saluting and bowing respectfully, China quickly responded back. "I did have it under control, but then this kid began attacking me and...well...we destroyed the wall. Again."

"I can see that." Reika, who had been watching the entire time, swore she saw the purple-haired woman look frustrated for a moment, "But that is of no matter. It is almost time."

Hearing this, China seemed surprised. "You mean it's complete?!"

"Yes. But the half-ghost is still retrieving the final 'heroine', or so Remi likes to call them. In the meantime, I want you to guard these two and make sure they don't go anywhere. I will call for you when we're ready."

"H-hai, Patchouli-sama!"

Giving her one last salute, the red-haired woman watched as Patchouli began walking further into the hallway before disappearing after making a turn. After waiting a few more seconds just in case, she sighed in relief and released the air she had unknowingly been keeping in.

"That was close! It's a good thing she didn't find out I was the one who started it, or I would've been punished again!" With a sigh, she turned around to face the two that she had been assigned to watch over. "Now then, who's up for another rou...nd...?"

But when she did, they were both gone.

"Oh no..."

"Over here! Hurry!"

"Wait, slow down!"

Reika couldn't believe the situation she was in right now. One moment she's asleep, the next moment she finds herself in this underground facility after taken 'hostage' by a 'kidnapping-obsessed' vampire and now she's running away from an idiotic-looking youkai along with a girl who can't use the only weapon they have. She was starting to believe that maybe that whole 'incredible luck' thing was only for first-borns.

"So, uh," despite already panting terribly, Reika felt like she just had to ask, "do you know where we're going?"

"No idea!" the girl next to her exclaimed, "But my instincts tell me 'she' is near."

"Excuse me, but, she?"

The blonde grinned, "You'll see!"

Although already confused from current events, Reika just decided that she'd go along with her companion for now due to being too exasperated to question her even further. She figured that she'd have to get used to things not making sense sooner or later.

After a few more minutes or so, the two finally skidded to a stop right in front of a door that said 'Garage' ("Why is the door so small then...?") and rushed inside in favor of the blonde. Once they were in, Reika simply marveled at the sight of a series of famous branded cars, some that weren't even out yet. On the other side of the rather spacious room was a line of different motorcycles, the black white rushing to the end of the line.

"There you are!" Pulling with little effort, the girl brought out what appeared to be a kappa-invented bike. Glowing a fluorescent blue, the strange bike slightly illuminated the dark room as its owner caressed it gently like a lover.

"That's yours?" Reika appeared to be shocked.

"Who else?" the girl grinned, "This is my bestest friend, Mima 3000!"

"Mima 3000...?" Reika had seen a lot of strange things in the past 16 years she's been living, but never had she seen someone call a bike her 'bestest friend'; and wait, why did the name 'Mima' sound so familiar to her? "A bike is your best friend...?"

"Don't judge! Everyone's got a weird side to 'em––and don't call 'er a bike! Mima-sama is just as alive as you are!"

"Mima-sama? Who in the world calls their best friend that way?!"

"Mima-sama is Mima-sama, so deal with it!"

"But," realizing that reasoning with this girl was useless and just a waste of time, Reika simply shook her head and gave a long sigh. Such a strange person... "Never mind. So, what's your plan?"

"Get outta 'ere, of course!" the golden blonde replied, fumbling with a few buttons and switches on the bike. After a while, a short click was heard from the bike before being followed by the sound of en engine starting and the entire bike suddenly just transformed until was some sort of flying machine.

"What in the world..." Widening her eyes in amazement, Reika stepped back as she stared in awe at the almost-impossible sight before her.

With a grin, the girl patted the empty space behind her. "Get on!"

"No thank you." The brunette surprisingly turned her down, shaking her head in refusal.

"Eh?" the girl was confused. Didn't she want to leave too? "Why?"

"I...I have my reasons," she replied. "I'll just use a normal bike."

"But those are way too slow!" the girl proclaimed, "This is faster; so get on!'

"Nu-uh."

"C'mon!"

"Nope."

"Please?"

"No."

"What if I said we'll drive normally?"

"I won't trust you. Never know when you might use it to fly."

"Ughhh, don't you wanna escape too?!"

"Of course; just not on that."

"But it's our only choice!"

"Not really."

"Then what––"

BOOM!

For the second time that day, the familiar sound of an explosion rung in both their ears as they turned to look at it's source. Once they did, they were surprised to see China standing there, surrounded by the wall's rubble. She appeared distressed that yet another room was destroyed, but didn't seem to care at the same time since her main objective was capturing the two escapees.

"There you are!" She exclaimed, pointing at the two.

"On second thought," immediately climbing onto the floating vehicle, Reika held the blonde tightly around her waist. "I think I might take you up on your offer, so, GO!"

Without saying another word, the two sped off past the clearly distraught youkai who soon after followed them.

Looking back, Reika shouted, "Speed up!"

"Got it!" Accelerating the bike's speed even more, the girl grinned as she felt the blood rushing through her veins pump up in excitement. She was enjoying this a lot.

Don't look down, don't look down, don't look down... Tightening her grip on her 'fellow hostage's' shirt, Reika struggled to resist the temptation to look anywhere besides front and back. Flying while going at an incredible speed was enough to give her a heart attack, but looking down to see just how high they were (which shouldn't be that high, seeing as they are still in just a facility) would probably kill her right there and then. Ugh...I should've taken one of the normal bikes instead...

Turning left and right, the two eventually lost sight of the youkai and decided to ride more slowly in request of the exhausted brunette.

"Thank god that's over...well, for now at least." Reika sighed in relief, glad that all the tension from earlier was gone. "Seriously, flying just isn't my thing."

"Heh. I thought you were gonna faint!" her blonde companion grinned, "Why're you so scared of flyin' anyway? Didn't 'ya ever take a plane before or somethin'?"

"Not really. I don't travel much since I have to be stuck guarding the shrine all day." she had somehow dodged the first question.

"Shrine? So you're a shrine maiden?!"

"Uh, kinda...?"

"Cool! I've always wanted to meet a shrine maiden. That miko from that Moriya shrine always runs away from me whenever I try 'ta talk to her for some reason––Oh, and speaking of Moriya; which shrine are you from?"

"Hakurei."

"Hakurei?! Seriously?!"

"Oh no, I'm just pulling your leg," she smiled playfully, "Yes, I'm a Hakurei. Got a problem with that?"

"O' course not! To me, Hakureis are super cool. They can fly without magic, have super intuition and luck, and they're crazy powerful! Plus, they get to kick youkai ass!––Wait, you're a Hakurei so why didn't ya' fly earlier?"

"Oh, I was just tired from the whole running thing, y'know. Couldn't bother myself to waste my energy on flying."

"Really? Flying is that tiring?"

"Of course."

"Ah, I see. So why––"

"Hold it. What is this, 20 questions? It's my turn to ask you."

"Eh? Okay then."

"First question, who are you? We've never really properly introduced ourselves and it's beginning to get bothersome just calling you 'you' all the time."

"Me?" the girl turned to face her. Eyes sparkling, grin wide. She was like a bright star shimmering brilliantly. "I'm Kirisame Elizabeth!"

"Kirisame..." Kirisame...kiri... "...Elizabeth?"

"Yep! And you?"

"I'm..." I...I was... "...Hakurei Reika."

She grinned once more. Reika felt a sudden pain in her head.

"Nice 'ta meet ya," (Reimu!) "Reika!"

And then she froze.

"Ma...ri...sa...?"

BOOM!

All of a sudden, the wall in front of them broke into pieces. Emerging from it was none other than China, whose eyes glinted with a certain evil in it as they pierced right through their souls.

"Found you~" she smiled wickedly at them, sending unpleasant chills down their spines.

"Turn around, turn around!" Reika begged.

Moving at an incredible speed, they turned the other way once more with China still hot on their trail. "How the hell did she do that anyway?!"

"This is Gensokyo; anything like that can happen!" Reika then noticed something, "Ah, dead end!"

Coming to a halt right in front of the wall, they jumped off the motorcycle as Elizabeth began fumbling with its buttons once more. "I don't think now is a good time to play with your bike!"

"I'm not playing; and for the last time, call 'er Mima-sama!" saying this, the bike suddenly turned and transformed into a simple broom ("Let me guess, it'll turn into a ship next?!"). Catching it into her hands, Elizabeth frantically looked around "What do we do?"

"I-I don't know..."

"Where are you~?" China's voice then echoed throughout the nearly empty hallways.

"Crap. She's getting close!" Reika exclaimed.

"Kami-sama," clasping her hands together, the teary-eyed blonde looked up. For a moment, Reika could've sworn she saw a few rays of light peeking down from nowhere, but blinked again and just shrugged it off as her mind playing tricks on her "forgive me for being such a bad child all these 16 years. I'll do anything, I swear. I'll do chores; obey Alice-nee; I'll even stop cheating during tests!"

"You're praying now?! And wait––cheating?!"

"I'm coming!"

"Gah! She's almost here!"

"Uh..." scanning the area, Reika eventually spotted something and grabbed her companion's hand, "Come with me!"

"Eh?"

Click.

"Found you!" jumping out from the wall she had been hiding behind, China made sure she didn't let any flying vehicle get past her "Eh?" Much to her surprise, although, she had found that the two were no longer there and saw no sign of them leaving. "Maybe I heard wrong and they're somewhere else..."

Meanwhile, inside the one room within that hallway, the two girls sighed in relief as they watched the woman leave.

"That was close..." Reika said, relieved.

"Yeah. Now I don't have to worry about not cheating anymore." saying this, Elizabeth wiped off the imaginary sweat on her forehead.

"That's what you were worried about?!"

"Anyways, we never got 'ta finish our game of 20 questions," She completely dodged the topic! "So, why are 'ya so afraid of flyin'?"

"Whoever said I was afraid?"

"Ya' kept clingin' on 'ta me like a lil' kid earlier!"

"I was just making sure I wouldn't fall off, of course."

"You looked like you were about 'ta cry."

"Something got in my eye."

"Well, I can't argue with that. But–"

"Hold it. It's my turn again. What was that...wooden thing you were holding earlier? The one you used to fire your 'Master Spark', or whatever it was called."

"Oh, this 'ol thing?" with a grin, she brought out the device from earlier, "This is the mini-hakkero. It's been in the family for generations; but no one knows how 'ta use it."

"So that's why it wouldn't work earlier?"

"Yeah," placing it back inside her pocket, Elizabeth seemed to have this look of determination, "one day, I'm gonna find out how to use it. When I do, I'll finally leave this place and explore the world like I've always wanted."

Explore the world... Looking to the side, Reika felt a bit of sympathy towards herself. At least you get to have dreams like that...

"A-ah, sorry. Was I bothering you?" the blonde asked, scratching the side of her cheek.

"Huh?" returning back to reality, Reika realized she was talking to her, "Not at all; I was just thinking about a few things, that's all."

"Oh. Say, what's it like as a Hakurei? It's gotta be awesome, right?"

"Well...to be honest, I–"

But before she could even say anything else, the door to the room they were in opened. Scarlet red eyes then blinked in confusion as the two stared blankly at the stranger, knowing they were doomed.

"Uh, hi?" they anxiously smiled. Much to their surprise, the girl smiled brightly.

"Ah, you must be the people onee-sama kidnapped!" her face lightened up, as if she was happy. "I'm Flandre Scarlet, it's nice to meet you!"

Glancing at each other, the two 16-year-olds blinked a few times before uttering a single word.

"Eh?"

"Uu~? So you both wanted to escape, but ended up getting caught by Flan of all people?" Remilia smirked, her scarlet red eyes gazing at the teens currently sitting in front of her with amusement, "I can't say I'm not surprised, but I expected more of their descendants. Oh well, I'll let it slip for now."

"Hey!" feeling insulted, Elizabeth glared at the vampire in response, "don't compare me to her!"

"Hm, it seems you share the same personality as well. Interesting," taking yet another sip of her tea, Remilia calmly continued, "But moving on; seeing as you both ran away, I don't suppose China was able to explain things to you, correct?"

Reika nodded whilst Elizabeth just looked away, annoyed.

"I might as well be the one to explain it to you now then since you're here already," with a sigh, Remilia inwardly wondered how it ended up with her explaining it, "the reason we 'kidnapped' you is because..."