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Hastur's evil power spilled across Gensokyo, leaving no mind untouched by its dark influence. Those whose minds were weak went mad in an instant as they were driven into their darkest nightmares.
"Now that you're awake, won't you tear down that unsightly barrier for me?" Nyarlathotep asked of Hastur. Hastur looked up into the air, observing the black ooze that melted from the sky.
"What do we do, Lady Yukari? We can't let something like this get out into the outside world." Ran said as she tried not to shiver from fear.
"I know that. We need to do whatever we can no matter the costs." Yukari said.
"A-Any i-ideas?" Aya stuttered as she slowly walked backwards.
"The only thing we can do. Attack!" Remilia said as she formed a grand red spear in her hand then charged for Hastur. She thrust the spear into his chest, but the spear shattered into pieces on contact. "Tch. Damn it." She said as she jumped back.
"Move it! I'll snap Max out of it, ze." Marisa said as she pulled out her Hakkero. "Master Spark!" She yelled out, firing a large, colorful beam at Hastur. He made no attempt to move as the laser hit him dead on. After the spell ended, he remained standing unfazed, still looking up into the sky. "What the hell? Not even a scratch, ze?" She said.
"We're going to need a lot more power than that. More than any of us can conjure up." Suwako said as sweat ran down her forehead.
"Don't just stand there staring! Get a move on!" Nyarlathotep shouted as she lost her patience.
Hastur looked down at Remilia, staring at her with his maddening eyes.
"I know you're still behind that mask, Max. The enemy is right under your nose. Now push him to the side and take back control! Don't let it end like this!" Remilia pleaded.
A large, two handed sword that blazed a dark red color formed in Hastur's hand.
"I don't think he's listening…" Mokou said as she prepared for the imminent attack.
Hastur swung the mighty sword, smashing it into the ground as the girls jumped away from the red explosion it created.
Nyarlathotep sighed. "Alright, fine. Take care of them then break that barrier. Just be quick about it." She said as she sat down on the porch of the shrine, crossing her legs then resting her chin on her hands.
"We could use more help with this." Suwako said as she flew into the air.
"I am sure help is coming, but until then we need to make sure we keep him in Gensokyo. I will need to figure out a way to send him back to where he came from in the meantime." Yukari said.
"Easier said than done." Mokou said.
"Fuck it. Just throw everything you got at him, ze!" Marisa shouted as she pulled out a spell card, followed by everyone else. "Love Storm: Starlight Typhoon!"
"Cork Sign: Mountain God Procession!" Aya shouted.
"Hourai: South Wind, Clear Sky 'Fujiyama Volcano'!" Mokou shouted
"Native God: Froggy Braves the Elements!" Suwako shouted.
"Kokkuri-san's Contract!" Ran shouted.
"God Art: Vampire Illusion!" Remilia shouted.
"Sinister Spirits: Double Black Death Butterfly!" Yukari shouted.
The entire ground was drowned in a sea of danmaku, engulfing Hastur in a giant explosion and forcing Nyarlathotep to shield herself from the blast. The top half of the shrine wasn't so lucky as it was torn off from the rest of the shrine, causing a lone tear to run down Suwako's cheek.
"That got him!" Mokou exclaimed.
"Ah! I was too caught up in the moment that I forgot to take a picture!" Aya yelled angrily.
"See? When faced with a problem you can't solve, just throw a bunch of shit at it until it goes away, ze." Marisa said with a smile while giving Yukari a thumbs up, but her smile faded as she noticed Yukari's face was still filled with dread.
"This is far from over…" Remilia said as her fists shook at her side.
As the smoke began to clear, Hastur could be seen rising to his feet with minimal damage. The girls resolve lowered as he stared back up at them.
"Even after all that?" Marisa exclaimed.
"What do we do, Lady Yukari?" Ran asked, but got no answer.
The girls watched in horror as Hastur clenched his hand in the air, drawing in more of his sinister power. His power grew while theirs weakened, along with their will. After channeling enough power, he unleashed a devastating shock wave that quickly rippled through the air, giving the girls no time to dodge as it smashed into them, electrocuting them and knocking them out of the sky. Nyarlathotep watched amused as the girls fell from the sky and crashed into the ground.
"Yup… That one hurt…" Marisa said as she struggled to her feet.
The girls quickly recovered as Hastur slowly made his way towards them. With his horrifying speed, he suddenly rushed the girls, catching them off guard and shaking their sanity. He slashed Mokou with his sword, incinerating her completely in bloody flames and tearing the fabric of space where he swung his sword. The other girls scattered to avoid being hit by his baneful sword as he tried to cut them down as well, creating more tears in reality in the process.
"This sucks!" Aya said as she flew into the air. Hastur then quickly followed her. "Ah! Why me?" She yelled as she started throwing powerful winds with her fan. The winds did nothing but break against him. "This really sucks!"
Suddenly, a gap opened right above Hastur with Yukari immediately coming out of it, kicking him in the back of the head. He was sent to the ground, but before he hit it, he moved in a ghostly fashion, appearing right in front of Yukari then punching her in the chest and sending her screaming into the forest.
"Yukari!" Ran called out.
Ran rushed to Yukari's aid, but was stopped by Hastur who had grabbed one of her tails. She quickly turned around with her fangs showing menacingly then tried punching him, but he caught her fist. He crushed her fist in his hand, causing her to yelp in pain. Without any movements from Hastur, she was hit in the chest by him, breaking most of her ribs, collar bone and rupturing one of her lungs. She quickly lost the strength to hover in the air as she was held up by Hastur who kept a tight grip on her crushed hand. Her life energy slowly drained as his sickening power burned it away.
"D-Damn you!" Aya said as she tried to hide her fear. She then pulled out a spell card. "Peerless Wind God!" In a burst of speed, she flew towards Hastur while leaving danmaku in her wake. She went to crash into him, but was caught by his free hand. She squirmed in his deadly grip only to have her throat crushed in an instant, causing blood to spew out of her mouth.
"Let go, bucko!" Marisa yelled as she pressed the tip of her broom against Hastur's back. Suddenly, his back swelled and to her shock, a black, ethereally tentacle burst out of it then wrapped around her. The tentacle wracked her mind and body as it started to constrict her.
Remilia and Suwako both fired a large ball of magic at Hastur in an attempt to break his grasp on the other girls. The red and blue magic balls hit their target, but to no effect. Suwako formed a metal ring then threw it at the tentacle that bind Marisa, cutting it. The tentacle vanished, releasing the drained Marisa as she fell to the ground. Hastur took Aya and Ran then smashed them against one another, throwing them to the ground below afterwards. Leaving ghostly afterimages in his wake as he rushed for Suwako, he elbowed her in the face, grabbed her by the leg then threw her to the ground. He then quickly turned to Remilia. She pulled out a spell card, but he quickly appeared in front of her then grabbed her face. He flew towards the ground, slamming her into it as he landed. He formed a large sword as Remilia struggled to her feet. He held the sword above his head with both hands as he prepared to deliver a deadly blow. Just as he swung the sword down, a large wooden pillar fell from the sky, landing on top of him and burying him into the ground. Remilia was sent tumbling backwards from the impact of the pillar.
Remilia slowly rose to her feet and watched as a number of other girls showed up. Kanako, Sanae, Yuugi, Suika, Sakuya and Meiling all landed around her. "What took you?" She said as she glared menacingly at Sakuya and Meiling.
"Ah! Suwako!" Sanae cried out as she went to aid the injured Suwako.
Sakuya bowed. "My apologies, milady. We had some trouble back in the Tengu Village." She said with Meiling nodding nervously.
"Some of the tengu went a little cookoo." Suika said.
"Indeed. Now who was that menacing fellow I just crushed?" Kanako asked.
"That would be Max. He has been possessed." Remilia said.
"What? How'd that happen?" Yuugi asked.
"That young man is no longer with us." A battered Yukari said as she appeared from the woods. "His mind was destroyed the moment The King in Yellow awakened."
"That is not true, Yukari." Remilia said angrily.
"Believe what you want." Yukari said. "We need to somehow send him back to where he came. The problem is that will take time and energy, both which we have very little of and I doubt The Crawling Chaos would let us anyways."
"Who?" Kanako asked.
"Oh how nice, more insects." Nyarlathotep said unenthusiastically.
"What is it that you want, Outer God?" Yukari asked.
"Hmm? I thought that was obvious." Nyarlathotep said with a smile.
"You do not need The King in Yellow to spread insanity across the world. You have your legions of servants for that. Why did you go through the trouble of bringing him here?" Yukari asked.
Nyarlathotep smiled creepily. "Do you really want to know?" She asked, only earning a glare from Yukari. Her smile vanished then she sighed. "Well if you must know. After I am done with this insignificant little world, I will use The King in Yellow to overthrow The Blind Idiot God, Azathoth." She then smiled wickedly. "And it will be me who those other fools sing and dance to and this entire universe will fall into an eternal state of madness!"
"That ain't gonna happen, shrimp." Suika said.
Hastur pushed the large pillar off of him then rose from the hole the pillar created.
"Well then, if we're going to have a party then we're going to need some music!" Nyarlathotep said as she pulled out a small black flute.
"What is that?" Ran asked as she walked up to Yukari while holding her pained chest.
"Looks like a flute." Marisa said she struggled to walk.
"Thanks, Sanae." Suwako said.
"Yeah, thanks for that." Aya roughly said as she rubbed her sore throat.
"No problem." Sanae said cheerfully.
"Worst migraine… ever…" Mokou said after she resurrected.
"Listen to my tune as it slowly breaks your heart." Nyarlathotep said as she placed her lips up to the mouth of the flute. She blew softly into the flute, creating a nightmarish tune that began to constrict the souls of all those who could hear it.
Sanae collapsed to her knees screaming in utter terror as she covered her ears with her hands, violently shaking her head. Marisa's and Aya's muscles locked up as they became petrified with fear. Mokou struggled to stay on her feet as the effects of old age crept up on her. Everyone felt their hearts sink as Nyarlathotep continued to play the horrific tune.
"It's The Flute of Horrors…" Yukari just barely said as her throat became clogged.
Everyone looked at the tears in space Hastur made earlier with his sword. Horrifying screams could be heard from them, rattling everyone's sanity. They gaped in horror as a horde of horrific beings from the Void poured into the world from the tears. As each one entered through the tears, the tears were torn bigger, allowing bigger horrors to come through. The horrors scattered across Gensokyo and began to ravage the beings that lived there.
"W-What are those…?" Sakuya said as she began to sweat profusely.
"Sanae! Get a hold of yourself!" Suwako yelled as she tried to shake Sanae out of her terrified state.
"We have to stop that tune! Ran, help me!" Yukari yelled as she rushed for Nyarlathotep.
"Yes, milady!" The horrified Ran exclaimed.
Nyarlathotep simply smirked as Yukari and Ran attacked her.
"We have to retreat!" Suwako yelled.
"Too late!" Remilia shouted as Hastur quickly made his move.
Before Meiling knew it, Hastur was upon her. He uppercutted her, shattering her ribs and rupturing some of her organs.
"Meiling!" Remilia and Sakuya shouted as they rushed to her aid. Hastur swung his hand at them, sending a shock wave that smashed into them, knocking them back.
"Take this!" Kanako shouted as she swung one of her faith pillars at Hastur. Surprise appeared on her face as it broke over his back. In an instant, Hastur was in her face. He headbutted her, sending her tumbling backwards.
"Come on, Max! Your fight is with me!" Yuugi yelled as she went to engage Hastur in melee combat. She struck him in the side of the face with a powerful punch, knocking him back a little. "Ouch!" She said as she held her broken fist.
"Don't forget about me!" Suika shouted as she hovered in the air. Rocks seemed to pull towards her fist, creating a giant boulder. After it got to many times her size, she threw it at Hastur. The boulder struck him, but it reflected off of an invisible shield, sending the attack right back at Suika. "Yikes!" She exclaimed as she narrowly dodged the flying boulder. "Gaaaah!" She yelled out when Hastur suddenly jabbed her in the face.
"Come back here!" Yuugi yelled as she went to attack Hastur. She went to strike him, but was swatted back to the ground by a black tentacle that shot out of his back.
"Conjuring: Eternal Meek!" Sakuya shouted. She desperately threw a horde of knives at Hastur. The knives that struck him were absorbed into his body, but were then quickly fired back out at her, causing her to stop time in order to dodge. Her mind broke the moment she saw the horrors that lingered outside of time. Time resumed and she plummeted to the ground, thrashing about and screaming in terror.
"Sakuya!" Meiling cried out as she struggled to run to Sakuya's side, but stopped when Hastur suddenly appeared before her. Her muscles locked up as fear started to overtake her. He moved strangely, making it impossible for her to tell if he was moving incredibly fast or incredibly slow. She started to tilt from side to side as her vision spun. She collapsed to her knees then vomited before blacking out.
"Damn it damn it damn it!" Remilia quickly yelled in frustration.
"This is not looking to good." Mokou said as her blood started to run cold.
"Come on, little one. This ain't over." Yuugi said as she helped Suika to her feet.
"Yeah, yeah." Suika said as she wiped some blood off of her face.
Hastur moved in a way that defied all reason. With every step he took, with ever twitch of his finger, anyone who saw him felt their sanity being ripped to shreds bit by bit. Aya collapsed to her knees then started to laugh hysterically as she finally snapped.
"This is a nightmare…" Suwako said as tears ran down her horrified face.
The Slaves of Unreason swarmed all over Gensokyo, spreading madness and death wherever they went. No place was spared their maddening touch. The Tengu Village was just one of many places that were assaulted by the monstrosities.
"Fight, damn you!" Tenma shouted at her warriors as they ran from the horrors in fear.
"We… we can't win this…" Momiji said with a shaky voice while blood and tears ran down her pale face.
"Not you too!" Tenma exclaimed.
Tenma and Momiji were suddenly knocked down by a powerful blast that came from an explosion in the air. In the air, Utsuho and Orin fought desperately against the void beings.
"Get away!" Utsuho shouted while tears ran down her terrified face. She bombarded the horrors with sun-like danmaku as they tried to swarm her and Orin. "Orin, I'm scared." She said.
"So am I, Okuu. So am I." A shivering Orin said as the horrors surrounded them, destroying their hopes for escape.
Further up the mountain, Reimu and Alice battled horrors as they tried to make their way to the top.
"What I feared has come true." Alice said as she sent out a small army of dolls to fight against the horrors.
"Damn these things. There is no getting use to seeing these sick creatures." Reimu said as blood ran through her bandages.
A shadow suddenly casted down on Reimu and Alice, forcing them to look up. They started to scream uncontrollably after seeing the giant monstrosity that hovered above them.
Even the Netherworld suffered from the horror invasion. The horrors made their approach towards Hakugyokurou, attacking and eating any ghosts that were unlucky enough to be caught by them.
"Lady Yuyuko, what do we do?" Youmu exclaimed as her sword shook in her hands.
"What can we do?" Yuyuko said while trying to hide her fear. "These things are neither living nor dead and they destroy both without discrimination." Her hands shook at her sides as the horrors drew closer. "We let peace corrode our minds while we shrugged off every harmless incident. We were caught off guard by an incident that ended up being not so harmless."
In The Forest of Magic, horrors attacked the fairies and youkai who dwelled there.
"My, my. I come out a little early to see what all the commotion was about and what do I find? Some mind defying creatures from who knows where." Yuuka said with a smile. She pointed her closed umbrella at a bunch of horrors as they rushed for her. Her smile then turned dark. "Filth like you must be purged." She said as she willingly tossed aside her sanity.
At the Scarlet Devil Mansion, Flandre ran around inside, attacking anything that moved as the entire place became infested with horrors.
Flandre laughed hysterically as she blew up a few horrors. "This is great! The fun came to me!" She exclaimed.
"I'm… sorry, Remi." Patchouli said as she laid badly injured on the cold floor.
"Stop attacking the wrong people, you idiot!" Cirno shouted as she pulled out a spell card.
"Idiot?" Flandre said with a dark expression as she looked at Cirno. "Someone needs their lips torn off." She said as she pulled out a spell card.
Back on top of Youkai Mountain, the girls continued to fight a losing battle against the evil gods.
"Die already!" Marisa shouted as she scrambled to pull out a spell card. "Magicannon: Final Spark!" She fired a giant and powerful beam of rainbow color, completely missing Hastur as he moved horrifically towards her. Mokou was nearly hit by the beam before she quickly dodged it.
"Watch it you fool!" Mokou yelled.
Marisa pulled out another spell card, but dropped it as Hastur appeared in front of her. Tears ran down her face and her vision darkened as he reached out for her. She collapsed to the ground as she was sealed in her darkest nightmares. Yuugi snatched her up then retreated as a shadow appeared over Hastur. He looked up to see an enlarged Suika about to step on him.
"Squashing time!" Suika exclaimed as she went to stomp on Hastur. He formed a two handed sword then stabbed her foot with it, pumping her full of his evil power. She instantly reverted back to her original size, screaming madly as the dark power wacked her mind.
"You son of a bitch!" Yuugi shouted as she punched Hastur in the head, barely fazing him. She then grabbed a hold of his head then headbutted him, breaking her horn off his mask. "Ah! Damn it!" She exclaimed while rubbing her injured forehead. Hastur grabbed her and in an instant, pummeled her numerous times, breaking everyone bone in her body and knocking her out cold. He went to finish her off, but was hit by a fire ball from behind.
Mokou roared as she flew towards Hastur. Wings of fire flapped behind her as she readied a burning fist. She went to strike him, but he quickly cleaved her with her sword, killing her. She quickly resurrected, but he decapitated her. Every time she resurrected, Hastur would simply cut her down. Her mind cracked more and more every time he killed her until her mind could take it no more. Hastur went to cut the insane Mokou down once again, but was hit by a storm of danmaku.
"Again!" Suwako shouted.
Remilia, Suwako and Kanako pulled out a spell card. They went to call out their attacks, but they were all captured by Hastur's telekinetic power. They grunted in pain as they were smashed into one another. He thrashed them around with his power, bashing them against each other and the land. He finished up by lifting them high in the air then ruthlessly smashing them into the ground. He slowly made his way towards Kanako.
Kanako spat up blood as she struggled to her feet. "This is impossible…" She said then fell back down to her knees as Hastur reached out for her, despair consuming her completely. "How are we suppose to win this…?" She said as tears poured down her face.
"Get away from her!" Suwako shouted as she raced towards Kanako. Hastur suddenly appeared in front of her, grabbing her face with his vile hand. She screamed as her mind was filled with horrific images.
Remilia dove from the air towards Hastur, letting out a roar as she went to slash him with her large spear. He tossed the screaming Suwako to the side then blocked Remilia's attack with his sword. She glared into his insanity inducing eyes as they glared back at her. The sound of metal rang through the air as their weapons clashed with one another.
Against Nyarlathotep, Yukari's and Ran's fight fared no better.
Ran went to claw the flute out of Nyarlathotep's hand as she continued to play the foul thing, but had her arm torn off by a tentacle that ripped out of Nyarlathotep's back. She screamed in agony as blood gushed from her wound.
"Ran!" Yukari shouted. She formed a gap, but it turned out to be a corrupted one with a tentacle shooting out of it, wrapping around her and crushing her.
Nyarlathotep ceased her playing of the flute. "Alright. I've played with you two long enough. Now to end this." She said.
Nyarlathotep body began to swell with the skin ripping in places. Her bloated body bubbled before exploding into a mass of tentacles. Yukari and Ran gaped in horror as she changed into one of her many forms. Ran went mad with one look at the repulsive being that floated in front of her.
"Damn it! I won't let his end like this!" Yukari shouted as she broke out of the tentacles hold then pulled out a spell card. "Bounded Field: Boundary of Life and Death!" She called out.
A giant cluster of danmaku of all shapes and sizes rained down around Nyarlathotep, but they were all absorbed into the gruesome monstrosity, causing it to swell in size. Its shadow covered the petrified Yukari and its dark voice echoed in her mind as the last bit of her sanity was finally shattered.
Remilia and Hastur continued to violently swing their weapons at one another, blocking and dodging the attack of the other then trying to counter attack. The land around them began to die as their powerful energies drained away its life energy.
"You make me hate myself more than anything right now, Max." Remilia said as she dodged a red blob that was thrown at her. The blob hit the already damaged shrine, finishing it off in a large explosion. "Why did I think you were the key in stopping these monsters? Why did I think you had any similarities to my father? How dare me!" She shouted as she swung her spear at Hastur who blocked the attack. "You don't have the mind to stop these things. In the end you were just a weak minded human." Hastur pushed her back then sliced her arm off, causing her to wince in pain and drop her spear. She jumped back to let her arm rejuvenate. "I was so sure it was you who could stop these things. So sure of my power to help you. So sure I could get revenge for my parents by destroying these horrors." She started to step backwards as despair began to settle in her heart. "I really hate being wrong, you know that?" She said as Hastur slowly made his way towards her. She dropped to her knees then clenched her fists. "I hate to admit it, but it wasn't you who was weak. It was me. What I saw in my vision wasn't you standing in their way, it was you leading them. I was supposed to change that fate with my power, but I wasn't strong enough." Anger and frustration swelled up inside her as Hastur's maddening power took it's finally toll on her.
Remilia's last strand of sanity finally broke, leaving only a mindless vampire behind. A violent and blood thirsty vampire.