Chapter 2

Hell's Traffic Accident on the Streets of Windhelm

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Hell has become less and less evil these days, after Utsuho gave up on taking over the over world. Now, she and Orin manage the Blazing Flames while attending to smaller incidents from time to time. One incident involved a gate to a different Hell opened up by a man named Mehrunes Dagon, so Orin grabbed her trolley and cat-walked out to the Scarlet Devil Mansion.

'I wonder who this Mehrunes fellow is,' Orin thought as she reached the over world, 'He sounds like a daemon, or at least an evil youkai.' As she pondered, she ran into the devil's maid, Sakuya Izayoi, dressed in her pink and dark-blue French maid's outfit with long sleeves, and a white maid headband on her head. The Roman numerals for 1 through 12 line the bottom of her apron.

"Hi, Sakuya," nyaned Orin, "Off on a shopping run today?"

"Greetings," greeted Sakuya, bowing as she did so, "I am, actually. I did run into a four-armed male youkai, though. What do you make of that?"

"I'm actually looking for this four-armed youkai, myself. I heard he opened a scarlet gate to another Hell."

"Where did you hear that from?"

"I ferry corpses to Hell's Furnace, so I pick up on hearing like that."

"Well, do you know where it is?"

"I dunno. That was all I heard."

"Hmm. How about we find this scarlet gate, Ms. Kaenbyou"

"Sounds nifty, Sakuya" With that, the two started searching for the scarlet gate.

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As Aranea and Brelyna traveled, the maiden asked about the "Girl who Shouts at Dragons", as she was rumored to be called. What she found out from her younger dunmer companion was that the girl was actually Dragon-born, a little summoner whose voice was a mixture of dragon's spirit and ancient magic. They also talked about the new Deadra, the ones known as youkai. Apparently, youkai are also grouped into fields of their own, but all share the same general appearance, that of a teenage Breton or Nord girl, with magic unlike any that has been recorded.

"So the youkai all use different magicka powers according to what type they are, and all have unique power capabilities." Inquired the maiden.

"From what I heard, yes." replied the Blade, "They even carry their own names, as if they all were independent and separated." The conversation went on for hours, changing subjects time and time again to ease travel. They encountered occasional bandits or wild animals, but a fast spell or two and they were easily defeated.

That is, until they met a girl in a red-white uniform on the road.

"You there!" exclaimed the girl, "Who broke the Hakurei Border?"

'Hakurei?' thought the maiden, 'Border?'

"I think you are mistaken, Breton," answered the Blade, "There's no border here in Tamriel, much less a Hakurei Border. If you let us pass, we'll help you get home."

"I won't let you pass. I have to reseal Gensokyo."

"What is this Gensokyo?" the maiden inquired, "You and that youkai Deadra both talked about it."

"It's of no concern," commanded the red-white woman, drawing small squares of paper and silver needles, "I guess you have to fight by danmaku!" After saying this, she released her needles at the two dunmer, who had just barely dodged the attack.

"My turn," breathed the maiden, preparing magicka in her palms, "Thunderbolt!" The maiden loosed a powerful stream of lightning at the woman, who also barely dodged, but not without the electricity burning into her sleeves. The two kept throwing needles, bolts of lightning, and paper squares, which homed in to their target, at each other for a good several minutes until Brelyna attacked with a cloud of swirling ice crystals.

"Ha!" the red-white woman laughed, preparing a more rectangular sheet of paper in her hands, "Nice display of danmaku, but I have you now! Spirit Sign: FANTASY SEAL!" As she spoke these words, the two became enclosed in a barrier of glowing orbs and runes, slowly enclosing upon the two. However, 2 seconds after being placed, this barrier suddenly dis-appeared, as a young, feline voice echoed from behind.

"Dispel: Magical Cancellation!"

As the barrier dis-appeared, the two dunmer looked behind their opponent to see a little feline girl in a black-red robe, with ebony gauntlets and gloves and wearing a jade tiara.

"Sorry I'm late," spoke the girl, "A dragon decided to play hide-and-seek."

"And who are you kid?" demanded the red-white woman, "How did you break my Fantasy Seal?"

"I'll explain later, red-white girl." After speaking this, she breathed another incantation

"Ice Doll: Great Fairy of the East."

The girl suddenly became accompanied by a pair of crystalline atronachs, yet smaller in stature, and winged. As the girl pointed at the red-white woman, the two immediately fired several salvos of ice crystals at her, giving her little room to dodge. Finally the red-white ended up ramming herself into the structure of one of the atronachs, rendering her incapacitated.

"Now, can we talk?" inquired the feline girl, stretching her armored hand to the red-white woman. "My name's S'Zharra, but everyone always calls me Kitty." There was a startling lack of a purr in the feline girl's voice

"Alright," groaned the red-white woman, obviously still reeling from her headbutt into solid ice, "My name is Reimu Hakurei, the Shrine Maiden of Paradise."

"Shrine Maiden of Paradise, eh? Well I guess I could also be known and the Seraphic Dragon-born, or the Girl who Shouts at Dragons, but I prefer my first two names. Mainly because I hate long titles." Kitty wound up smiling after the last comment. Once Reimu grasped Kitty's hand, she pulled herself up and gained her heading again.

"So who taught you about spell cards, Kitty?" Reimu asked

"Spell... cards?" inquired Kitty, obviously puzzled by the term, "I used conjuration magicka."

"Magicka? So you're a Magician?"

"I'm a summoner. Mostly. If I have to I have my bow and these gauntlets have their own special power."

"Summoner, eh? Never seen any of you guys."

"That's because people are still afraid of Deadra."

"What are Deadra? Are they like youkai?"

"I'll tell you later. Right now I have to take these two to Riften. An old friend wants to see Azura's maiden."

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So Reimu finally comes into the picture, and Orin and Sakuya prepare to find the scarlet gate. Next chapter will focus mainly on Azura and Patchi, and how they end up at Tamriel.

Anyways, I'll see you next chapter.

Deuces!