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"Where fuck am I?" Max yelled.
"I just told you. You're in my world." Yukari said.
"Who the hell are you? Tell me!" Max demanded angrily.
"Watch your tone, boy." Ran sneered.
"Now, now Ran." Yukari said calmly. "I am Yukari Yakumo and this here is my shikigami, Ran Yakumo."
"A shiki what? Is that another world for sex slave or something?" Max asked.
"Something like that." Yukari said.
"Lady Yukari…" Ran said while giving Yukari a disapproving look.
"I will cut straight to the point." Yukari said. "I cannot allow you to live in our world with that evil spirit's power."
"So you're going to kill me? Would like to see you try." Max said.
"I really do not want to kill such a handsome young man such as yourself, but you and I both know that the power in you can only lead to this world's doom. I have seen the same horrors you have and more in my life time. I could try pulling that power out of you and dispose of it separately if you would let me, but I am afraid you wouldn't survive the process regardless."
"I wouldn't let you. As much as I hate this power, I still need it for the time being."
"Don't tell me that foolish vampire has got you convinced that you could actually beat that spirit? She seems to think that the man in yellow and that evil god are separate entities, but you and I both know that isn't the case now is it? You cannot hope to defeat the very thing you draw your powers from."
"I'll fucking try, but first I'm going to beat your ass." Max said angrily as he cracked his knuckles.
"My, my. I seem to have upset you somehow." Yukari said.
"You cockblocked me!" Max yelled.
"Oh. I really am sorry about that." Yukari said with a smile.
"You will be once I am done with you. I'll beat your ass then take your sex slave for myself!" Max yelled.
"I am not a sex slave!" Ran exclaimed.
"That is fine with me, young man, but you are going to have to pull out all that dark power in you in order to bring me down." Yukari said.
"I god damn will. You fucked yourself when you brought me here. I have nothing to worry about in this pocket dimension of yours. I have nothing to hold me back." Max said.
"But can your body and mind handle the use of all that power? I don't think they can." Yukari said.
"Then let's find out." Max said as he formed a dark grin and a sword in each hand. His evil power surged around him in great intensity as blood ran down from his burning red eyes.
"Don't hold back, my dear!" Yukari said cheerfuly. She then turned to Ran. "There won't be any need to kill him ourselves. It would be best for him and us if we just let his own power destroy him. Stay on the defensive and keep a strong mind at all times."
"Yes, milady." Ran said.
Suddenly, Max was nowhere to be seen. A surprised Yukari and Ran kept their guard up as they searched around with their eyes for any signs of him.
"Behind." Yukari quickly warned.
Max appeared right behind Yukari and Ran then brought his two swords down upon them, just narrowly missing them as they quickly moved out of the way.
"Tch." Max said before vanishing again.
"My, my. It seems as if the boy has learned to use that spirit's power quite well." Yukari said as she smirked.
Max reappeared again then tried to slash Yukari with his swords, but was blocked by a barrier she had quickly formed in front of her, sending out sparks on contact. The barrier cracked, surprising her further. Ran went to slash his back, but he quickly vanished once again then reappeared behind her, slashing at her relentlessly with his swords. Ran retreated into a gap that opened behind her then jumped out another one that opened behind Max, slashing his back with her claws.
"Guh!" Max yelled out in pain. "Damn you!" He yelled as he swung one of his swords, sending out a wave of bloody fire at Ran and forcing her back.
Yukari opened more gaps around her once Ran moved away from Max. A horde of danmaku then poured out of the gaps and rained down upon him. Quickly noticing the storm of danmaku, Max took his swords then through them, sending them spinning through the air and towards Yukari. The spinning swords seemed to create two small twisters of red energy as they spiraled towards their target, smashing through the horde of danmaku. Yukari remained seated on one of her gaps as she casually watched the swords smash against her barrier. Max vanished then reappeared in front of her, sending out a powerful strike at her barrier, shattering it to pieces like glass.
"Oh my! You're so strong!" Yukari jested as she pretended to be scared.
Max moved in to attack Yukari, but was interrupted by Ran when she jumped out of a gap behind him then kicked him in the side. Enduring the pain, he grabbed a hold of Ran's leg then threw her towards Yukari, but she went flying into another gap then out another one behind him, kicking him in the back as she flew out. He was kicked towards Yukari who casually kicked him in the stomach, sending him back towards Ran and causing him to spit up blood. Ran formed a blue sphere of magic in her hands then threw it at the incoming Max, hitting him in the back and engulfing him in a small explosion and leaving him stunned. Yukari held up her hand at Max as he was sent back towards her.
"Border Sign: Quadruple Barrier." Yukari said.
Several overlapping boundaries that spun rapidly formed in front of Yukari. Max hit the spinning barriers, yelling out in pain as his body was torn to shreds. When the spell ended, Max's twisted body was shot backwards back to Ran who lifted one of her legs up in the air. Once he got in her range, Ran dropped her heel on his head, sending him plummeting to the ground below. Max let out a painful grunt as he hit the ground hard with a loud thump.
"Humph. What was that about beating Lady Yukari, boy?" Ran called out to Max as he laid on the ground, facing up at the two women who casually floated in the air.
"Oh, do not think he is done yet." Yukari warned.
"Eh?" Ran said.
"Look." Yukari said. Ran looked down closely at Max to see that he held a dark grin as he stared up back at them. "No amount of luck will end this fight quickly for us."
Meanwhile back in the Tengu Village, the streets and taverns remained lively as the residents continued to drink into the night. In one of the taverns, Kanako was sitting at one of the bars, drinking and talking with Suwako.
"So what do you think that vampire is doing to that poor boy right now?" Kanako asked while looking a bit concerned and hiccupping once she finished her sentence.
"Nothing." Suwako said before sipping at her cup of water.
"What? What do you mean nothing?" Kanako said with surprise. She then took a drink of her bottle of sake before speaking. "I think she is having her way with that defenseless boy right now." She said while clenching her fist. "Tearing his shirt off and putting that serpent tongue of hers all over his body."
"I doubt that." Suwako said. Kanako then suddenly got up out of her seat. "Eh? Where do you think you're going?"
"To find that young man. As his goddess, I cannot allow one of my most faithful be defiled by that devil." Kanako said as she prepared to leave the tavern.
"She's drunk and jealous…" Suwako thought.
Suddenly, an angry Remilia barged into the tavern with Momiji right behind her, stepping over a passed out Meiling and to the bar. She grabbed a bottle of sake from Sanae who sat sleeping at the bar with her head on the table then sat down.
"Speak of the devil." Kanako said. "What did you do to that poor boy? Have your way with him then toss him like garbage? You truly are the devil."
"Just pass out already…" Suwako thought.
"Ah! The little vampire is back!" Yuugi shouted as she got up from the floor. She sat down next to Remilia then spoke. "Couldn't find him, eh?" She asked, but got no answer from Remilia who simply drank her sake. "Oh come on! Don't leave me hanging."
"We were with Max, but the Youkai of Boundaries took him." Momiji said.
"What?" Kanako exclaimed. "That bitch. Taking that boy and keeping him to herself…" She said as she bit her lip.
"Damn it. Where did she take him?" Yuugi asked.
"To her dimension, I would assume." Suwako said.
"She isn't really going to kill him is she?" Yuugi said with a concerned look.
"I wouldn't worry about her killing him. I am sure he could beat her. No. He just might kill her." Remilia said.
"Then why the long face?" Yuugi asked.
"Even if he does manage to kill the youkai of gaps, even with that strange power of his, he wouldn't be able to get out of that strange dimension of hers." Suwako said, causing Remilia to angrily squeeze her bottle of sake. "He would be trapped in there forever."
"What? There's got to be a way for him to get out of there!" Yuugi insisted.
"If there is something that is as eldritch as that boy's power, it would be that gap youkai's power." Suwako said.
"Shit…" Yuugi said then waved the bartender for another bottle of sake.
"It is for the best in the end." Suwako said, earning an angry glare from Remilia and a surprised look from everyone else.
"What the hell does that mean?" Yuugi asked angrily.
"We can't just sit here and pretend that the boy's power is not a threat to Gensokyo, or the entire world for that matter." Suwako said.
"What do you know about it, Suwako?" Kanako asked.
"More than I would like to…" Suwako said with a gloomy expression. Remilia then got up out of her seat then walked up to her. Remilia swatted her hat off her head then punched her in the face, knocking her off her stool and to the floor, surprising everyone in the tavern.
"Suwako!" Kanako shouted.
"Lady Suwako!" Momiji shouted.
"You damn hypocritical god." Remilia said angrily. "You beg for faith but cannot afford to give a little in return?"
Suwako grabbed her hat then rose to her feet while not looking particularly angry. "You want me to leave the fate of our world in the hands of some random boy? You want me to have faith in your power, miss vampire? I expected Gensokyo's Scarlet Devil to be much wiser. The cosmic horrors out there do not care about fate. They can twist it to their own ends and there is nothing your power or that boy can do about it. I don't know what your relationship is with that young man, but you need to understand that you are not going to change his fate." She said then glared into Remilia's angry eyes. "He's doomed."
Remilia punched Suwako in the gut, forcing her to hunch over in pain. She then uppercutted Suwako, knocking her into the air. Suwako hit the ceiling then crashed back down onto a table, breaking it.
"Now that is too much! No one who hurts my little Suwako like that is spared my divine wrath." Kanako said angrily as she pulled out a spell card.
"Kanako, stop!" Suwako yelled.
"Eh? But why?" Kanako asked as she ran up to Suwako.
"I expected to get what I just got with my words so leave it be." Suwako said.
"Humph." Remilia said then walked away to the other side of the tavern.
"You can't expect me to just let this go do you?" Kanako asked.
"I said its fine. I said all that I needed to say and got the expected results." Suwako said as she struggled to her feet.
"Results?" Kanako asked.
"Miss Scarlet really does believe that young man is the key to saving Gensokyo from whatever cosmic horrors that threaten it. No doubts are present. Whether or not what she believes is right or wrong is a different question." Suwako said then sighed. "By the highest order of gods I hope she is right because not even they will be able to save us if she's wrong."
"Oh Suwako you!" Kanako said as she hugged Suwako. "You shouldn't say things that make people upset!" She said as she smothered Suwako in her breasts.
"Yeah, Kanako. I wish you'd heed your own advice…" Suwako said as she tried to break Kanako's grip. "Now let me go and get me some sake. I could use a drink now."
"Okay!" Kanako said cheerfully.
Back in the gap dimension, Max jumped to his feet then formed a sword in each of his hands. He flew towards Yukari and Ran who braced themselves. He then held his arms out then began to spin in circles, creating a large, dark red tornado around him. Yukari and Ran scattered as the swirling tornado made its way to them. Max stopped his spinning then flew towards Ran who then pulled out a spell card.
"Shikigami's Radiance: Charming Siege from All Sides!" Ran called out, sending out waves of large danmaku and strings of small danmaku.
Max paid no attention to the danmaku, but instead let them break apart against his dark power that danced around him. Ran clicked her tongue, angered at how easily he ran through her attack. She then raced towards him to meet him in hand to hand combat. Max went to crash into her, but she quickly dodged to the side. She attempted to slash his back as he passed by her, but she quickly retracted her arm as he quickly turned around while swinging one of his swords at her. Max swung his swords at her, but she managed to punch the side of one of them, smashing it to pieces. He tried slashing her with his other sword, but she broke that one as well. Max and Ran then engaged one another in hand to hand combat, throwing punches and kicks at one another without pause. Yukari remained seated on one of her gaps, choosing to watch the fight from afar and to study Max.
Ran formed a magic ball in her hand then threw it at Max, only to realize she had attacked an afterimage as it slowly vanished. Without having time to look around for the real Max, he appeared behind her. He went to strike her, but she quickly turned around and threw another magical ball, but once again hitting an afterimage. Suddenly a cut appeared on Ran's cheek.
"Eh?" Ran said as she felt the pain from the cut and the blood that trickled down her cheek.
Max suddenly appeared before Ran then threw out a punch at her. She quickly raised her arms in front of her and blocked the attack, but she felt the blow to her chest regardless. Ran spat up blood as she was knocked back from the blow, dazed and confused. Max gave her no time to recover and tried punching her again. She quickly jumped to the side, avoiding the blow, but she suddenly felt a blow to her side, snapping a couple of her ribs.
"Gah!" Ran cried out in pain as more blood flew out of her mouth.
Ran jumped backwards to try and create some space between her and Max, but he kept on her with his vicious strikes. Cuts both small and large began to appear all over her body as she continued to take hits from unseen sources. Her vision began to waver as she desperately tried to defend herself. Max landed a strike to her chest, breaking another rib and cracking her skin across her body. She yelped in pain as she was knocked backwards. She flew into a gap that opened up behind her, appearing next to Yukari.
"I said stay on the defensive." Yukari said.
"Yes, but-"
"But nothing. We will not be able to end this ourselves. His power needs to do it." Yukari said then looked over at the panting Ran. "Look at you. You are already drained of strength from being near that dark power. You even started to hallucinate."
"My apologies." Ran said.
"Just stay away from him to the best of your abili-" Yukari tried to say, but was suddenly struck by Max across the face, sending her flying off of her gap.
"Lady Yukari!" Ran screamed. She then glared furiously at Max then went to slash him, but her claws broke against his dark aura. "Eh?"
Max quickly grabbed a hold of Ran's throat, causing her to thrash wildly in his grip as she tried to break free. "It was you who pulled me in here wasn't it?" He asked of Ran. Suddenly, he was hit by a magic attack, forcing him to let Ran go who quickly flew back to Yukari's side.
"My, my. I didn't even sense you move at all. Seems like I have underestimated your ability to control that power." Yukari said as blood ran down from the corner of her lips.
"Yeah I know." Max said. "Now how about you let me out of here? I'll forget about you pissing me off if you do."
"Sorry, my dear, but I cannot allow that. The one whose dreaded name I wish I would forget will go wherever his sign is carried. That is why I brought you here. Even if you do kill me, you wouldn't be able to leave here. I and I alone can enter and leave this place." Yukari said.
Max's already angered expression turned into furry from Yukari's words. "What?" He yelled. "You are so dead. So fucking dead."
Yukari stretched her arms. "It has been so long since I have fought for my life. I think the last time would have been with that flower youkai." She said.
"Please be a little more concerned with your life, Lady Yukari." Ran pleaded.
"Do not worry, Ran. Like I said before, all we need to do is let that power destroy him before it destroys us." Yukari said.
"Whatever. Just die." Max said as he channeled his power into his hand then fired off a dark red beam of energy at Yukari and Ran. They both scattered into two different gaps to evade the attack. Two gaps opened up on both sides of him with Yukari and Ran jumping out of them. They both went to strike him, but to their surprise, they were suddenly caught in his psychic grasp. He grinned. "Didn't know I could do that did you?" He asked mockingly.
Yukari quickly broke out of Max's psychic grip then went to strike him, dodging Ran as she was thrown at her. She hit him in the gut then followed up with kneeing him in the chin, but without causing him to flinch. Max quickly countered with an uppercut. She dodged the blow, but was suddenly hit in the stomach by his afterimage, causing her to spit up blood. She quickly recovered then disappeared into a gap and appeared away from Max. She and Ran then pulled out a spell card.
"Bounded Field: Mesh of Light and Darkness." Yukari said.
"Shikigami's Radiance: Fox-Tanuki Youkai Laser!" Ran called out.
Max watched as a storm of lasers and danmaku came from all sides. A large amount of blood spheres formed around him then fired off in every direction. The attacks collided with one another in a great explosion. Using his unnatural speed, he instantly closed the distance between him and Ran, nearly landing a powerful blow before being blocked by one of Yukari's barriers. He smashed through the barrier then began throwing volleys of red burning globs at a retreating Ran as she returned fire with her danmaku while trying to keep a large distance between her and him. Not knowing she was now firing at an afterimage, Max appeared in front of Ran then went to cleave her with his sword, but Ran disappeared into a gap.
"Those fucking things…" Max said frustratingly. A gap opened in front of him, with a large blue laser firing out of it. He went to dodge, but was suddenly grabbed from behind by Ran. "Fuck you." He said before somehow moving out of her grip and through her. Ran screamed in pain as her arms, chest and back were shredded. A gap opened in front of her, swallowing the laser before it could hit her.
Ran went to retreat, but was blocked by Max. He formed a red glob then slammed it into her chest, increasing the size of the wounds that were already present and causing her to yelp in pain. Yukari jumped out of a gap then kicked Ran into another one. He formed a sword then swung it at Yukari, breaking it and the barrier she had quickly formed.
Yukari jumped back then pulled out a spell card. "Aerial Bait: Laced with Venom!" She called out.
Gaps opened up all around Max then fired lasers at him. He formed an invisible shield around him, but the lasers smashed through it, hitting him dead on. Yukari gave him no time to recover as she started to relentlessly pummel him with punches and kicks. She grabbed him by the head then started to strike his chest with her knee repeatedly, breaking his ribs then breaking them again as his power quickly healed them. He spat up blood all over her dress every time she hit him. She then dropped her fists down on his back, sending him crashing into the ground below.
Yukari took a moment to catch her breath. "You okay?" She called out cheerfully to Max.
Max got back up onto his feet then looked up at the youkai. "Will you just give up already?" He yelled
"Uh uh!" Yukari said while shaking her head.
"Fucking bitch. I'm tired of playing nice." Max said as his dark power began to further grow.
Ran appeared next to Yukari. "Are you okay, Lady Yukari?" She asked.
"Of course, but worry about yourself." Yukari said.
"His movements are strange. Half of my wounds I don't even understand how I received." Ran said as the slash marks on her body slowly healed.
"That is to be expected when fighting someone who wields the power of a cosmic horror." Yukari said. "Now prepare yourself. This will only get harder and harder until he finally breaks down."
Back in the tavern in the Tengu Village, Remilia and the others were listening to some stories.
"Yup. Then for some reason we ended up in the hot spring again." Yuugi said. "And that is when things really heated up. Orin over there pushed the poor kid down into the water then tried to mount him. I would have let her, but I didn't think Max would have liked being screwed while drowning, you know what I mean?"
"Ha ha! That's great." Mokou said who had just arrived a few moments ago. "He strung up some bug youkai from a tree who tried to pick a fight with him when I drank with him."
"Ha! Really?" Yuugi asked before finishing a bottle of sake then starting on another one.
"Yeah. He stripped her down naked then strung her up from a tree right outside the Human Village. The bug deserved it. Just suddenly appeared out of nowhere screaming about pay back or something." Mokou said.
"If only he was here… right… now…" Yuugi said before passing out. Her forehead landed on the table with her horn going through it.
"There goes another one." Mokou said.
"Guess I'll be taking back the shrine myself tonight." Suwako said as she poked a sleeping Kanako.
"Reimu was supposed to have taken care of everything up there." Remilia said.
"The other shrine maiden? Guess I'll be meeting her up there then." Suwako said.
Suddenly, Aya and Marisa returned carrying a severely beaten and unconscious Reimu.
"Reimu?" Remilia cried out as she ran towards her. Aya and Marisa laid her down on the floor. "What happened to her?"
"Don't know. We were racing around when Aya spotted her on the ground." Marisa said while looking upset.
"Who could have possibly beaten the shrine maiden up so badly?" Mokou asked.
"Didn't you say she had gone to our shrine?" Suwako asked of Remilia. Remilia didn't answer, but instead headed for the door. "Hey wait! I'm coming with you!" She cried out as she ran after Remilia.
"I'm going too. You two should take care of her." Mokou said.
"No way. I'm going to find out who did this to my friend, ze!" Marisa said. "Aya, you stay."
"Hell no. This could be the biggest scoop of all time. No way am I going to miss out on it." Aya said. She then looked around the tavern at all the drunks. "Ah! Suika! Take care of Reimu for us" Suika, who was laying down on the floor, raised her hand then gave them a thumbs up. "That settles that. Now let's go!"
"She could really use some help from someone sober, but whatever…" Mokou said before leaving with Aya and Marisa.
Back in the gap dimension, the floating eyes looked around rapidly as if going insane.
"This is impossible." Yukari said as she quickly dodged a large ball of black fire. She quickly created a barrier to shield herself from the fiery blast when the attack hit the ground. "No human can control that kind of power and keep their mind intact." She said angrily.
"WRONG!" Max yelled as he suddenly appeared right in front of Yukari, punching her right through the stomach.
"Gah!" Yukari yelled out in pain, spitting up large amounts of blood.
"Lady Yukari!" Ran cried out as she struggled to get out of Max's psychic grip.
"Fantasy Nest: Flying Glow Worm's Nest!" Yukari yelled with blood spilling out of her mouth. Numerous gaps opened all around her, firing blue lasers at Max, and knocking him back.
"Gah! My eyes!" Max cried out as the lasers pummeled him.
Ran broke free from Max's psychic grip then swung her foot up between his legs. He quickly closed his legs, catching her leg and snapping it in two. He then quickly turned around, hitting her in the chest with an explosive punch. She screamed as she was sent rocketing backwards a great distance before being swallowed by a gap. Another gap opened up somewhere in Gensokyo with Ran flying uncontrollably out of it then crashing into some trees.
"Sorry, Ran, but I didn't expect this young man to be able to control so much of that power. I will have to handle him by myself from now on." Yukari thought.
Max formed two large burning balls of black fire then threw them one at a time at Yukari. She opened a gap in front of her that swallowed one of the black fire balls that then fired it back out at the second black fire ball. The two fiery attacks collided into one another, creating a giant explosion of black fire that consumed both her and Max. Before the flames even cleared, they both were already trading powerful blows between one another. Their fists collided as they went to strike one another, breaking both of their hands, arms and shoulders.
"Err..." Max growled as he held his pained shoulder.
"Can you see it now, Max? Being able to control that power so well makes you even more dangerous to our world." Yukari said as she panted. "The Unspeakable One does not need to come here to destroy this world. He could have you do it without you even knowing it."
"We'll see about that." Max said as he got back into his fighting stance.
"There will be no need. I told you. You are not leaving this dimension. If I cannot defeat you, then I will just have to stop using my gaps, sealing you in here forever. Though I do not want that fate for you, I have no other options. Your fate is already a cruel one. I really am sorry you had to be touched by a cosmic horror." Yukari said.
"I don't need your damn pity." Max said.
"You do not need to accept it, but please do accept my offer of pulling that power out of you. I am sure you wouldn't survive, but it is a better fate then being trapped in here for who knows how long."
"Go to hell."
Yukari sighed. "So be it. Then let me see if I can drive you to your limit." She said as she prepared herself.
"I have no limit!" Max yelled as he quickly rushed Yukari, but to her surprise, a strange, distorted gap suddenly opened up between them with Max rushing head first into it.
Yukari stared in a daze as she watched the corrupted gap close, leaving her alone in her dimension. "What? But how?" She said while looking confused.
Max ran out of a corrupted gap that opened right outside of a shrine then into a nearby tree, breaking it. "The fuck?" Max said as he realized what he had just hit. He looked around him to see that he was back in Gensokyo. "Yeah! Dumb blond finally found some marbles."
"Max?" Remilia shouted as she, Mokou, Marisa, Aya and Suwako ran up the stone stairs that lead to the shrine.
"Max you dog you!" Mokou called out.
"What y'all want?" Max said.
"I knew you would beat her, but how did you get out?" Remilia asked.
"That tall blond let me out I guess." Max said.
"Eh? Why would she?" Suwako asked.
Suddenly, a gap appeared with Yukari stepping out of it.
"And there's the loser now!" Aya announced then ran towards Yukari while taking out a notebook and pen. "Miss Yakumo. Please tell me how this young man managed to escape your grasp?" Yukari punched Aya in the gut then walked away. "We'll talk later…" She struggled to say.
"So you found out the hard way that Max has a stronger will than you thought, Miss Youkai of Gaps?" Remilia said smoothly. Yukari said no words, instead looked around cautiously as sweat ran down her bloodied face and her fists shook at her sides.
Ran suddenly appeared out of the forests then ran up to Yukari. "Lady Yukari! Why is he out here?" She said.
"Maxi!" A girl called out. The entire group turned to see a young girl in a black one piece standing in the doorway of the shrine. "I got tired of waiting for you, so I brought you to me." She said cheerfully.
Shock appeared on Max's face. "How the frikin hell did you get here?" He asked.
"You know that girl?" Remilia asked of Max.
"I met her when I ended up in that dark city." Max said. "She's the one who gave me the brilliant plan of finding this damn medallion." He then started to walk towards the girl. "How did you get from that world to this world?"
The girl's face was flushed as she stared at Max. "Oh, Maxi. It really has been a while now hasn't it?"
"Answer the fucking question!" Max demanded with an angry voice.
"Moving from place to place is easy for me you silly boy." The girl said while giggling a little.
"What? Then why the fuck didn't you send me back here yourself?" Max screamed. "This whole entire fucking thing could have been avoided!"
"Could that girl be the one who was leading those humans from the outside?" Ran asked of Yukari. She then noticed that terror had appeared on Yukari's face. "Lady Yukari?"
"But that would have defeated the purpose of me bringing you there." The girl said.
Max became infuriated and confused at the same time. "You? It was you? Not that bastard in yellow?" He hollered.
"I did it to save you, Maxi." The girl said.
"Save me? Save me?" Max yelled out as he tried to contain his rage.
"If I hadn't brought you to dim Carcosa, those people that you thought you had left behind would have caught you, leaving you dead in an ally with a bullet in your head." The girl said.
"You… You fucking little cunt." Max said as he glared at the girl with rage.
"But enough about that… You have disappointed me, Maxi." The girl said, her cheerful expression turning more serious. "Why haven't you used that power I gave you like I wanted?"
"How exactly did you want him to use that power?" Remilia asked.
"I am not talking to you!" The girl said in a loud and distorted voice that caused pain in everyone's ears.
"You! You were the one talking to me in my head this entire time!" Max exclaimed.
"Tell me, Maxi. Tell me why you haven't used my gift. Why haven't you killed those who took from you? All I asked in return was for you to cause a little madness." The girl said.
"Because I am a little more pissed off at someone else at the fucking moment." Max said.
The girl shivered as her cheeks reddened. "Oh, Maxi. Why do I love you so much? That will of yours is so strong. It makes you special. It made you the only candidate that I could use for my plans. But it looks like it is too strong." She said. "I am going to have to break you."
"You aren't breaking anyone." Mokou said as she stepped forward.
"I'm just going to assume you were the one who sent those humans to attack my village." Aya said as she stepped forward.
"It was you who hurt Reimu wasn't it? Well prepare for an ass kicking, ze." Marisa said as she stepped forward.
"I'm just here to take back my home, please and thank you." Suwako said as she stepped forward.
"I think I'll do Max a favor and tear that cute little head of yours off for him." Remilia said as she stepped forward.
"Lady Yukari, what is wrong? Why won't you answer me?" Ran asked as she shook a petrified Yukari.
"There you have it. You're about to get fucked in more ways than one, you son of a bitch." Max said as he, Remilia, Marisa, Mokou, Aya and Suwako all walked towards the girl, some of them cracking their knuckles.
"She's…" Yukari struggled to say.
"Eh?" Ran said.
"Nyarlathotep." The girl said, causing Max to freeze in fear. "That is my name."
"Eh? What's wrong, Max?" Remilia asked as she and the other girls stopped behind him.
"She's the Crawling Chaos…" Yukari managed to say.
"Sorry about the late introduction. Please to meet you." Nyarlathotep said with a smile.
"Max!" Mokou shouted in Max's ear, bringing him out of his state of terror.
"This entire time. We were worried about the wrong cosmic horror." Max said as he clenched his fists.
"What?" Remilia exclaimed.
"She's a god damn Outer God." Max said. "You girls better get as far away from here as you can."
"What? Hell no! I don't care what the little bitch is. I want a piece of her!" Mokou said angrily.
"We are all in this together till the end, Max." Remilia said.
"Figured. Then fight. Fight like you never fought before." Max said. They all then prepared to attack Nyarlathotep.
"Hastur." Nyarlathotep said, causing pain in everyone's minds and causing Max to drop to his knees, his heart making a loud thump. "That would be his name."
"What the hell was that?" Ran asked as she held her pained head.
"He was supposed to remain sleeping while you used his power for my needs, but that will of yours is stronger than I thought. Now you leave me no other choice but to awaken him." Nyarlathotep sighed. "I really didn't want to do this. Your mind will surely shatter when he does. He'll be harder to control too. Damn…"
"What? What do you mean awaken?" Max said as Remilia helped him to his feet.
"Hastur." Nyarlathotep said, causing more pain in everyone's minds as blood poured from their ears and noses. Max fell back to his knees and clenched his chest in agony as he felt something move beneath his skin. Nyarlathotep then pointed at Max. "He slumbers within you."
Max's face paled. "That's… not possible…" He said with despair in his voice.
"That can't be! She's lieing!" Remilia shouted.
"This can't be happening." Yukari said in a voice filled with dread.
"Your body and mind are the only ones that could contain him so I could bring him into this universe, but I never would have thought your mind would be strong enough to not collapse into madness after all this time from having his power running through you, but that all ends now." Nyarlathotep said. "Hastur! Break the minds of this world's creatures and feed me their madness!" She called out.
In an instant, any hopes Max had of beating Hastur had been destroyed. He vomited blood as an agonizing pain ran through his body. His vision darkened as a dark and horrible voice began to echo in his mind. The other girls watched in horror as they began to back up away from him and they started to feel a malevolent presence growing within him. Long, yellow tattered rags began to rip out of his body, wrapping themselves around him then crushing his body. The black sky seemed to melt as red lightning danced across it. Max's screams of misery echoed across Gensokyo as the yellow tattered rags covered every inch of his body. Fear engulfed the Tengu Village, bringing all those who were drunk to soberness. Nyarlathotep watched in sadistic glee at the horror she had unleashed.
"This isn't what I saw!" Remilia shouted.
Yukari walked up to the terrified and confused Remilia, grabbing her by her dress and lifting her up to her eye level. "If we live through this, it will be me who puts a stake in your heart." She said menacingly then dropped her.
Max's screams vanished as he became fully covered by yellow rags and a yellow hood formed over his head, covering his bloodied face. He held out his rag covered hand with silver fire dancing in the palm that then formed into a silver pallid mask. The yellow figure placed the mask on his face then slowly rose to his feet. He lifted his head up to reveal the mask and a spikey yellow crown forming on top of his head immediately after. The medallion with the glowing Yellow Sign appeared dangling from his neck. The darkness filled eyes ignited into a glowing, dark red color that gave off a burning dark red haze.
Hastur, The King in Yellow, had come.
Hastur, the King in Yellow and Nyarlathotep are all part of the Cthulhu Mythos.