Chapter 5: Bonding

[AN]: this is the last pre-written chapter. to all the reviewers that left positive feedback, I thank you. honestly, I don't think I'm a very good writer at all, but I'm glad that you guys like my story. BTW, this is an OC development chapter. If you are offended by this, then eff you.

Chapter 5: Bonding

Land Train (valley)

Matt's POV

after Aya was done with her interview, she left in an exited rush to go print it. I had gotten the feeling that she had written more than I told her, but dismissed it as worry.

ok, let's get going.

I started up the steam engine, and went outside to put some more wood on the fire.

I went back inside to find Rumia and Flandre staring at me. I stood there waiting for one of them to say something. they weren't saying anything, so I decided to break the silence.

"so, uh, what do you guys want?"

"why did you let Aya interview you so willingly?" they both said in unison.

I was taken aback by the question "well, uhh, I didn't think there was any harm in it."

they both groaned. Rumia said "everyone knows that is Aya asks for an interview, then you should turn her down."

I scratched the back of my neck "sorry."

I pulled the throttle lever backwards to 50%. the vehicle groaned, then started moving slowly. while we picked up speed, the pressure started to drop.

no, no! what's wrong?

I pushed the lever back to the stop position, and went outside to find the problem. Flandre walked up to me "What happened?" she asked curiously.

"that!" I pointed to a meter that indicated the level of water. The meter was almost at the 'E' for empty. why didn't I put the fuel gage in the dashboard? "well, sorry. but unless you have some water, we aren't going anywhere. we'll have to continue on foot." Rumia let out an annoyed groan.

I pulled out my new watch. the time read 4:12. "on second thought, we should probably stay here for the night. It's almost evening, and I can't even see the forest."

Flandre shrugged, and Rumia looked relived since when is she this lazy?

so we spent the night in the steam-powered RV. Rumia insisted that she sleep in my bed with me because she was scared.

It's really not a good excuse anymore.

Flandre took the kitchen table. they both went to sleep immediately, but I decided to actually have good hygiene. I went to the washroom, and started the shower. as I was waiting for it to warm up, I noticed something in the mirror. I looked at it and noticed that I now had red eyes. the strange thing was that there were no pupils. Instead, I had deeper red cross hairs in my eyes.

huh, strange. maybe this is why I was able to pick out targets and cut so accurately.

I shrugged and dismissed it as no big deal. When I got out of the shower, I put on my same clothes as I was wearing before, except for the coat. I crawled up into bed next to Rumia and drifted to sleep.

Dan's base of operations

Unknown POV

I slowly started to wake up from my sleep. was I knocked out?... Oh yeah! I fainted after seeing that wolf youkai die.

I tried to get up, but a sharp pain hit my right shoulder. I looked over to my right arm and saw it was covered in bandages.

It was now that I noticed my surroundings. I was In a room laying down on a hard metal table. there were many knives and scalpels on a table next to me. there were also weapons of all kinds hung on the walls. there were swords, knives, and blades of different kinds. but the collection paled in comparison to the amount of guns.

oh crap, guns are those things made to hurt people.

A few meters away, to my other side, was a doorway. I could see more guns through the open door, and a machine with many flashing lights on it.

"wha... what is this place?"I said in a fearful voice. Is this hell?

"Welcome, to my lair." I jumped a little to see a figure standing in the doorway. he wore a black and gray trench coat with many pockets. under the coat, was a straight black shirt with a skull design on it. he had black jeans, and spiked cuffs around his wrists. strapped to his back was a huge gun with a very long barrel. his long blonde hair flowed down to his lower back, and his dark red eyes contrasted with my light blue ones.

"who are you?" I asked while staring at the large weapon on his back.

The man smiled "I am Daniel Elohssa, but you are to refer to me as Dan."

I got up from my bed. "what happened? where is that wolf youkai?"

the man held up a skull. "right here."

I eased up a bit, but my face lost all it's color. "d-did you save m-me?" I stuttered.

The man put on a welcoming grin. "why yes. If it wasn't for me, that wolf would've eaten you."

I eased up a little more. "thank you mister."

he doesn't seem like he wants to kill or purify me.

he started leading me to another room. there were crates stacked 3 floors up on shelves that went all the way to the ceiling. I read some of the labels on the crates as we walked by

hmm, US army, USSR, N. Korea, London, and so many more un-labeled crates.

we got to the other side of the room, where the large machine was. there was 1 crate that was open. In Large letters, It said 'Gensokyo'.

so, does that mean all of these crates are from different worlds?

I looked up at the man to my left. "hey mister. what are all of the crates for?"

The man didn't look down at me, or make any sign that he had heard me."...These crates contain things from my travels." he walked over to the large machine and stood by it, looking at me.

I eyed the crate named Gensokyo as he packed the skull from earlier in it.

"where am I? nya~" the man looked over at me and resisted an urge, but he gave in. he ran over to me, and started cuddling me. As he patted my head, I purred

"aww, who's a cute kitty?" he said in a way that one might talk to a baby.

this felt good, but was kinda creepy at the same time. as a nekomata, I had gotten used to being hugged by people that thought I was cute, but he seemed so emotionless before. now... he was scratching under my chin.

I finally got out of his grip, and he regained his emotionless composure. "please excuse me."

I gave him a smile. "It's ok, I'm used to it. so, again, where are we?"

the machine behind Dan started whirring faster, and a world map popped up on a panel. as this happened, a cackling, unclear voice was heard coming from all directions. "Y0U 4R3 !N 7H3 0U75!D3 W0R1D." (you are in the outside world.)

I puzzled "what? I couldn't understand that."

Dan piped in "he said you're in the outside world."

I think the last of the color in my face just left.

Dan seemed to start showing more emotion as he said "I told you my name, so what's your's?"

oh! how could I be so rude. "my name is Maria. just Maria." I said as I stepped a little closer.

Dan smiled "well Maria, Do you know where your parents live? I can send you straight to your front door."

I looked down at this. "I don't have any. Before I moved to Gensokyo, about 52 years ago, My parents were shot by one of those things and melted into skeletons." I pointed to one of the many guns hanging on the wall.

the man paled. "O-oh, I-I'm sorry t-t-to hear that." he stuttered. "... well, would you like to live with me?"

I beamed. I ran over to him and hugged his legs tight. "oh thank you! nya~" the man seemed to get that urge on his face as he picked me up, and hugged me back

I finally have a new home.

Dan's POV

oh my god! what the f*** am I thinking. I can't keep her. I'm a demon hunter. but she's just so cuuuute!

I put on my kitty hugging voice "aww who's my little kitty."

she responded with a cheerful nyan.

oh, that is just too cute... no no no no no! I have to get rid of her. maybe I could find another person to take her. no that wouldn't work. what would I do about the tails and ears. I know, I'll just find someone in Gensokyo to take her.

I put her down as she looked at me with big blue eyes. "thanks Papa."

I flinched a little "please.. don't call me that."

she looked down "oh, ok."

I looked at her in the eye "Now I'm sorry to leave you like this, but I have some work to do. this machine right her is AILC. If you need anything, just ask AILC. now let me just set his display to Japanese."

"oh, that's ok, I know English. I used to live in the united states." she smiled at me.

yep, she's one of them. I knew there were some survivors, but I thought randy and I had mopped them all up. There must have been a family of nekomata's living in that settlement.

I looked down from the screen. then back at her with a troubled look on my face. "that's great. remember, don't cause any trouble. I'll be back by 6:00."

she waved at me as I got into the teleporter. "ok master Dan, have a nice trip."

she thinks of me as her master? well, it would make sense. from what I've heard, nekomata's are popular shikigami in Gensokyo.

the teleporter activated, and I disappeared in a flash of light.

Maria's POV

ok, now what should I do now?

I pondered what I should do. "hey AILC?"

the computer's screen came to life once again. A black panel was displayed and started writing whatever it said. "WH47 !5 !7 Y0UN6 M4573R?" (what is it young master?) I couldn't understand the voice, but I could read the message on the screen.

after I read the message onscreen I looked away. "please, just call me Maria."

AILC waited a couple seconds, then responded. "R39U357 PR0C3553D. U53RN4M3 CH4N63 70, 'M4R!4'." (request processed. username changed to, 'Maria'.)

again, I read the message "thank you AILC. now, Is there anything to do around here?"

"7H3R3 4R3 M4NY 745K5 7H47 MU57 83 3X3CU73D. 7H3 N3W !NV3N70RY N33D5 70 83 0R64N!23D, MY H4RD DR!V3 N33D5 70 83 D3FR46M3N73D, D4N'5 6UN C0113C7!0N N33D5 70 83 P01!5#3D, 4ND !F Y0U 4R3 60!N6 70 574Y H3R3, ! W!11 R39U!R3 4 R3C0RD 0F Y0UR H3417H." (there are many tasks that must be executed. the new inventory needs to be organized, my hard drive needs to be de fragmented, Dan's gun collection needs to be polished, and if you are going to stay here, I will require a record of your health.)

but those are all boring.

I looked over to the flashing lights. I was tempted to paw at them, but I resisted the urge. "isn't there anything FUN, to do?" I replyed, putting an emphasis on 'fun'.

after I said that, the lights started flashing erratically while some of them changed from green to red. the dials on the right side of the monitor went all the way to 100% some occasionally dropping down to 90%. "3RR0R, F!13 N07 F0UND. 'FUN' !S N07 R3C06NI23D 45 4N !N73RN41 0R 3X73RN4L C0MM4ND, 0P3R4813 PR06R4M 0R 847CH F!1E." (Error, file not found. 'FUN' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file."

I stared at the screen for awhile. AILC doesn't know what fun means? and what's a batch file? "AILC... do you know what emotions are?"

"534RCH!N6... 3M07!0N5 4R3 HUM4N F331!N65 7H47 !NF1U3NC3 7H3!R M00D." (searching... emotions are human feelings that influences their mood.)

I'm starting to get used to the cackling voice.

I became irritated "no, I mean do you know what they feel like?"

AILC waited for a couple seconds "N0 F!135 F0UND." (no files found)

I wonder if Dan could help.

I smiled "thanks, I was just curious. does Dan have any milk?" I asked hopefully.

"10C47!N6... 10C47!0N F0UND. 810CK 7W0 8, F!F7H D00R 70 7H3 R!6H7." (locating... location found. block two B, fifth door to the right) AILC said as he pulled up a map of the base on his screen.

I beamed "all right! I'm gonna go have at it."

As I made my way to the kitchen, AILC's screen shut down.

you know, I wonder if AILC is a boy... or, is it a girl. I'll have to ask it when I see it again.

Land train (valley, morning)

Matt's POV

gooooood morning Gensokyo. I'm Matthew Harrison, and this, is our morning news.

It was early in the morning. according to my watch, it was 6:23. I was just waking up. last night I had a very relaxing sleep. It felt so nice to sleep on a bed again. I walked out of the room, and put my coat on.

now when I walked out, there were two things that were out of place. the first being Rumia, and the second being Flandre. I yawned "what are you two doing up so early?" I said as I rubbed my eyes.

Flandre looked up from something. "oh, we were up almost all night. Rumia found this thing, and I've been trying to figure out how to work it." she paused for a moment. Rumia pulled her head out of a kitchen cabinet. "Matt! you're good with stuff like this. could you help me?" she held up a game boy color.

Wha? where did she find that?

I mirrored my thoughts "where did you find that?"

Rumia Jumped over to where I was and pointed at herself proudly "I found it in that locked closet in our room."

I walked back into my room. When I looked at the closet door, I could see that it had been forced open. I opened the door and could not belive what was inside.

great scott... who's RV was this before It came to Gensokyo!

there were modern electronic devices piled onto two shelves. there was a lap-top computer, a play station, a sega genesis, a super nintendo, a nintendo 64, an NES, a VHS player along with some tapes, and a whole bunch of video games and controllers for the systems I mentioned before.

Rumia walked up behind me. "so can you help us get that thing to work?" she asked in a hopeful tone.

before I could look back at Rumia, Flandre shoved it into my face. "help us or I'll break you!"

"ok fine! Geez, impatient much?" I said sarcastically.

I examined the Game boy, there was no game in the back. "well there's yer problem" I said in a southern accent. "you got no game in dat dern thing." I grinned at my own humor.

Flandre smacked me in the back of the head. "stop that!

I deserved that.

as I got back up, I rubbed the back of my head where Flandre had hit me. "OW! ok, I'm sorry!"

"hmph!" Flandre crossed her arms and looked away.

I just let the subject go. "ok, well there are games in the closet. but I don't think the batteries will be any good."

Rumia tilted her head to the left "what's a battery?"

a bead of sweat rolled down my forehead. oh we have so much to talk about.

I started explaining video games and electronics to Rumia and Flandre. after about 2 hours, I think they understood. they understood that asking about certain thing causes me to go on a rant that could even put collage professors to sleep. and that's what they were doing.

I don't blame them. they said they were up almost all night. you know, I think I should go out and find some help. I just need to leave a note behind.

I jotted down some notes on a notepad. it read: "gone to get help. don't kill each other or leave here while I'm gone. -Matt."

that should do it.

I left out the messily made door, and flew off in search of help.

Unknown location

Dan's POV

as I exited the portal, I saw lots of sand beneath me. I had asked AILC to locate Matt's position, and drop me near where he is.

Ok, so he's in a desert-like setting. I looked around me. err, valley.

there was a figure flying towards me at a fairly slow speed. come on, I can RUN faster than that!

I knew it was Matt. the sun reflected off his metallic limb, and I didn't know of anyone who flew that slowly.

I smirked to myself. he's at least 1 1/2 miles away. I took out my rifle, and assembled the barrel. instead of laying on the ground like last time, I held it like a normal rifle, relying purely on cursed strength enhancement to heft the huge gun to my shoulder.

Instead of manually adjusting the scope, I used an automatic rangefinder. It wouldn't be as accurate, but I wouldn't need to stop to adjust the scope every 3 seconds.

I lined up the cross hairs on my scope, and fired

CRACKOOM!

the huge blast echoed across the landscape, but I missed. and it looks like Matt noticed too. he was taking evasive action, flying in a zigzag-zag pattern. I kept trying to hit him, but to no avail.

CRACKOOM, CRACKOOM, CRACKOOM, CRACKOOM, CRACKOOM!

"damn it! stay still you bastard!" at this point, Matt was about half a mile away. I reloaded another clip, but by the time I was done, Matt was hovering right in front of me.

Matt stared down at me "tsk tsk. I thought I already put you in your place."

"don't get too f***ing cocky. you only beat me once out of pure luck." I sneered

Matt sighed. "let me guess. you think that new gun will make a difference."

"yes. if one of these rounds hits you anywhere, you're as good as dead." I put on my trademarked sadistic grin.

Matt smirked "well, I'll just have to make sure I don't get hit." He taunted me with his hands.

anger was seeping out through my clenched teeth "THAT'S IT DEMON! YOUR F***ING DEAD!" I took aim, and fired my rifle, but when I pulled the trigger, It wouldn't work. only would danmaku would come out. "OH COME ON! REIMU YOU B****! YOU AND YOUR F***ING SPELL CARD SYSTEM CAN GO TO HELL!"

Matt held up his hands defensively "woah! calm down"

I turned to give Matt a death stare "and youu! your so f***ing cocky! what has gotten into you!"

Matt shrugged "I don't know. I guess since all battles must be fought out in spell card form, and the fact that I have a really kick-ass spell card boosted my confidence."

My eyes narrowed into hunt-mode "CONFIDENCE! I'LL SHOW YOU F***ING CONFIDENCE" it was now that I charged at Matt. I then proceeded to beat the s*** out of him.

- insert ass kicking here -

Matt was in pretty bad shape after I was through with him. unfortunately, his little friends showed up to help. "F***ING VAMPIRE! HOLD STILL!"

Flandre taunted me "no way!" she then stuck her tongue out at me.

the fact that I couldn't see didn't help either. "and you! this fight isn't with you. go away you little s***!"

Rumia crossed her arms. "no way! Matt helped me before, now it's my turn to help him!" she expelled more darkness, thus further reducing my ability to see.

this isn't going anywhere. I was able to kick Matt's ass before they got here, but I can't take them all at once. at least not yet.

I put my rifle away. as I slung the heavy killy* machine over my back, Rumia and Flandre looked at me. they both said in unison "ready to give up?"

not quite yet, but I'll be back to fight another time.

Flandre and Rumia charged at me, but before they were even within 10 feet of me, I activated my return teleporter. the last thing I saw before I was sucked in by the portal was Rumia and Flandre looking at me with killer intent.

valley

Matt's POV

whe-where am I? I was being carried by someone. what happened?

I opened my eyes to see a large rain-cloud in the sky.

at least I won't have to worry about finding water.

I looked over to see who was carrying me. Flandre was carrying me by my legs, and Rumia was carrying me by my back.

now I remember. Dan kicked my ass.

Rumia noticed I had woken up. "oh! your awake." She showed genuine concern on her face.

Flandre noticed me. "we had to bail you out." she seemed upset about something.

"I thought I told you guys not to leave the LT**! Dan could've purifyed both of you!"

Flandre dropped me rather hard on the ground. when I came to my senses, I saw she had dropped me in front of the LT's door. "If we didn't come when we did, he would've killed you!"

she's got me there, I can't argue with that.

I got up and brushed the dusty brown dirt off of my coat with my left arm... and only my left arm.

wait, why isn't my right arm working? I looked down at the limb, and saw it was heavily damaged. "yah! wha-what happened to my arm.?"

Flandre sighed. "I don't know. you must've broken it in battle."

crap, now that's another thing to fix.

I took out my watch. fortunately, It wasn't broken. it read 5:51

I put the watch back in my right coat pocket "well, at least he didn't break my watch."

Rumia decided to remind us that she was present. "so, did you find any water?" there was much hope in her voice. here eyes were large and sparkling, and she held her hands in front of her chest in a pleading manner.

... that face is too cute to disappoint

I looked down at the ground and shadows covered my eyes. "sorry, Dan attacked me before I could get out of the valley." Rumia started to look down in disappointment, but my face rose back up with a smile. "BUT!... It looks like a rainstorm is coming, so we won't need to." Rumia perked back up.

I walked over to a storage compartment located between the wheels. I opened it to reveal some large sheets of metal, some tools, and other various parts and doo-dads. "we can catch the water in a funnel, but because I don't have use of my right arm, I'll need both of you to help."

Both Rumia and Flandre held a peace sign in front of themselves, and said in unison "you can count on us!"

Rumia took her hand down, and used it to scratch her chin. Flandre did the same, except instead of scratching her chin, she fiddled with her wings.

I raised an eyebrow with a blank expression "is something wrong?" I said coldly.

"well it's ju-" Flandre was about to speak when Rumia interrupted her; pushing Flandre aside.

"well, I'd love to help, but... it's just... well... what's a funnel?"

my head angled down to a 90 degree angle, where my hand was waiting for it.

I raised my head up just in time to see Flandre rising behind Rumia with fire in her eyes. She clenched a twisted metal rod with spades on the ends tightly in her hands.

WHACK-OOM

I flinched a little as the sound of metal hitting someone's skull resonated in my ears

Flandre was pissed "DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH MEEE!"

Rumia was lying on the ground with swirling eyes "is...that...so?..."

I got out of my flinching position where Flandre was fuming about how Rumia got all the attention.

oh, I think I know what she's upset about. maybe it would be good for me to spend some more time with her instead of Rumia.

I started to approach with caution. I held my hand out. "hey F-F-Flandre? since Rumia is kinda knocked out, maybe you should just help me.

Flandre got very exited when I said this "ok! lets start!"

I guess I'll still need to explain what a funnel is to her.

and so Flandre and I spent some quality time with each other. building a funnel. at night. in a desert-like valley. Come on! where's the next scene!

Junk warehouse... I mean Dan's HQ - 6:02 PM

Dan's POV

Damn! I kicked Matt's ass! damn youkai have to come and ruin my fun.

I got back to my base. I stepped out of the teleporter to see nothing had really changed.

well that's good. she didn't burn the place down. I thought to myself. I cupped my hands to my mouth. "Maria! where are you!"

... what am I thinking! I'm being so stupid right now. I walked over to AILC and picked up a microphone connected to the intercom system. and said into it "Maria. I'm home. please come to the computer room."

a few minutes later, Maria wobbled into the room with cream smeared all over her face "oh, Dan. you made it back when you said you would be back, nya!~"

my god! that is cute. looks like she found the cream.

"Maria?" I said in a questioning tone. "did you get into the cream?"

she walked to me and looked up to meet my eyes. "yes..." she said with a pout.

I looked down at her. scolding her like a father would a child "you should've waited until I got back. you could've asked me."

she started tearing up "B-b-but I wanted it now~"

Oh s***! If I make a kitty cry, I'll never forgive myself.

I kneeled down to her level "come on, it's ok. no need to cry."

She looked back at me "s-so does that mean your not mad?"

I looked back at her. "of course not."

at that moment, she jumped up and hugged me. I was surprised by the action, but after 6 seconds, decided to hug her back.

she rubbed her cheek against my chest "nyan~ I love you daddy."

this is so not good! I can't keep letting her come closer! I have to exterminate all demons. AND SHE'S ONE OF THEM! maybe I should look into finding a different way to break the curse. it prevents me from ever sleeping, and I am so tired. sure I pretend to sleep sometimes, but I can't acctually sleep. I should've died at least 6000 times by now for various reasons. I need a vacation...

"well, uhh... I'm not your dad. I've got work to do." I walked out of the room leaving her

after I left the computer room, I made my way to my office.

gotta think up a plan. next time Matt, next f***ing time...

to be continued

[AN]:

*killy machine... well, Dan was based off of someone I know in the real world. acctually, one of my closest friends. he uses words like that to describe things. EX: stabbys pointys shootys... I'm pretty sure he's not right in the head.

**I get tired of saying the land train. and besides, LT sounds much better.

well, this is it, the fifth chapter. keep in mind, this is the last pre-written chapter, so they might not come out that fast.

(this is directed at the 9th reviewer) Don't be hating here you troll, just go back to 4chan or wherever you crawled out of.