Chapter 10: 1st Arc Finale
[AN]: WOW! I can't believe I made it to this point. I'm sorry for the long wait guys. I've been busy with the 3DS- I mean homework, ha-ha-ha… anyways, I'm glad you guys liked the small blurb my sister made, and I'll pass on her thanks to you. Anyways, without further ado, let's begin.
Kappa scrap yard
Rumia's POV
Hugh, that cot that I slept on was super uncomfortable. I think I'll stick to the ground from now on.
It was morning in Gensokyo, and we had to stay in this junk-heap because Matt needed something called a tire. When I woke up, I looked around the make-shift shed Matt made, and noticed Matt and Flandre were already up. "Why don't they ever wake me up~~" I whined to on one in particular.
I stretched, and put my shirt and vest on. "Ok, let's go find Matt. I want him to play with me!" As I buttoned up my vest, I Thought about why Matt didn't seem to like me the way he used to anymore. It's probably just because he has been busy lately.
I wandered around outside looking for Matt. Inn was walking around in my ball of darkness. "Matt, where are- whoa!" While I was calling for Matt, I tripped over a thingy that was sticking out of the ground.
"Ooooh, what's this?" I admired the shiny object. It was shaped like an octagon, and it had a shiny thing in the center. I know I've seen this thing before. I tucked the object into my vest, and continued my search.
I decided it was best not to travel around in my dark ball. I continued to look for Matt, when I heard someone nearby.
"Where did I drop it? It's got to be around here somewhere." An unknown person called in the distance. The voice sounded like it belonged to a girl, and it also seemed familiar.
Oh, this must be hers. I said while I took the object out to admire it again.
My precious thing…
I stuffed the octagon back into my black vest when I heard a familiar voice. "Rumia~ where are you!" it called.
It was Matt's voice. "Over here Matt!"
The unknown voice called. "Rumia? Is that you? Great! Target practice! Zei!"
Only one person uses that word at the end of their sentences. I was scared. When Marisa is around, something is going to blow up, and usually, it's whatever she directs her attention to.
I started Panicking. "Matt~ do something~" I called.
But it was too late. Marisa burst through a wall of scrap metal, and spotted me. "You better run, or else you won't be able to at all." I did as she said and started running away. "Man I LOVE a good chase daze!"
Marisa took off and started trailing me. She was shooting stars at me non-stop.
I pulled the object back out of my vest. I think I know what this is! I clutched the object tightly. What was that thing she always says before the bright thing comes?
I tried to remember the words that were needed to use the object, but thinking caused me to be backed into a dead end.
Oh yeah! Now I remember!
Marisa backed me into the corner. "Well, this was fun, but all fun things must come to an end."
I stopped shaking and cowering in the corner. "I'm going to beat you this time!"
Marisa hung upside down from her broom "is that so?"
I growled. "Don't say that, that's my thing!"
Marisa got back onto her broom the right way. "Words are for everyone. Not just for one person ze."
I smirked. "Well let's see how you like it when I steal your line." I pulled the object out of my vest.
"Ze?... Hey, that's my-
I held it out in front of me like Marisa does. "Love sign: Master Spark!" A bright light emanated from the shiny thing on the octagon, and then it let out a spark… a very small spark that fizzled to the ground. "Oh crap…"
30 minutes later
I was in my bad back at the House. Matt got that tire he was looking for, and somehow it looked like it was new. But didn't put it on yet so he could bandage me up.
"I can't believe you tried to use a master spark! That thing is huge!" Matt scolded me. "You should know better than to use spells out of your level."
Marisa had beaten me to a pulp, then used her octagon to burn me with a big laser. When I wanted to spend more time with you, I meant spending more time doing fun stuff!
I would've said something about this, but I was in a complete full body cast. "Mumf mumf!" I tried to talk.
Matt pat my head. "Shh. Don't talk. I'll take care of you."
Well, at least he's spending time with me.
"I'll be right back. I have to go put on the new tire." Matt went outside, and left me alone.
Well this sucks. All I can do is sit here and wait.
Forest of Magic
Dan's POV
"*Yawn*… Ahhh, what a wonderful sleep. I haven't slept in years." I stretched my arms. Maria was already still asleep, so I decided to wake her up. "Hey, Maria." I nudged her shoulder.
"Uhhh." She stirred, and then got up; repeating my action of yawning while stretching her arms. "Ahh, good morning Dan nya~." She said with her little cat-like face. She changed into her Youkai form, and stared at me with big eyes.
Must… hug… kitty!
I gave into my urge and Hugged Maria while scratching her behind the ears. I think Maria was planning this because she let out a low growl. "Rrraaahhhhooww…" I ignored it and continued to embrace the kitten. "Raaoow…" she growled again.
After waiting another 3 seconds, she bared her claws, and started scratching up my arms. "Ow! Fuck! No kitty! Stop!" She used her rear claws, and scratched me in a certain place in-between my legs. "OW FUCK!" She eventually broke free from my grasp, and changed back into her humanoid form, giggling un-controllably.
"Hehehehehee!" She held her hand up to her mouth.
I was on the ground clutching the place she clawed. After 2 minutes of Maria Laughing her ass off, my wounds healed, and I got up. "Maria! There's nothing more cool than clawing someone you don't like." I said in a nasally voice. "But if you claw your master in a place or in a way he doesn't like, that's no good*." I said while shaking my head side to side.
Maria started laughing again, and this time, I joined her. "Hahahahahaha!" We both fell back to the ground. Still giggling occasionally, and just having a good time. Haaah, oh Man. I feel fucking great! I looked Maria in the eye, and she looked back at me. "Ahhh. Hey Maria?"
Maria smiled and said with a cheerful expression "Yeah?"
I Smiled and looked at the clouds rolling over the sky. "Guess what I did last night."
Maria got up with a worried expression. "What happened?"
I beamed, and got up as well. "I met a curse goddess and she broke my curse!"
Maria looked ecstatic. "That's great! I can't believe you finally found a way to break it after all that time researching!" She hugged me, and unlike the last times, I wasn't as surprised, or resistant. "I love you dad."
Wait, I'm not your… aw, to hell with it!
I returned the hug, and she seemed happy. "I love you too Maria."
We continued to hold each other until I saw a giant beam of light erupt from far away. We both stared at the rainbow colored river, and decided it was time to get moving. Really, It's a miracle a wild Youkai didn't attack us in our sleep.
I picked up the heavy rifle, and slung it over my shoulder. While I made sure we weren't forgetting anything, Maria gathered some fruits from some nearby bushes, along with some mushrooms. "Come on Maria, we need to get moving and find our way out of this forest."
Maria ran back to me. "Coming dad, nyan~!"
So… cute…
Maria came back to me, and showed me what she had gathered. Ok, let's see… we've got some apples… and that's it. Besides the mushrooms. I better tell her to put those down. I looked at her and questioned her. "Maria… you know many mushrooms are poisonous right?"
Maria nodded. "Yeah, but one time this witch told me what mushrooms were ok, and magic mushrooms like these are all ok to eat, and they increase your strength."
I decided not to press the issue "Fine, whatever."
We started walking through the forest, when Maria asked me a tough question. "Dad…? Can you make AILC work again?"
It really was a tough question, because I knew there wasn't anything in Gensokyo that resembled a computer, and chances of going back to the outside world were slim to none. Of course, there was him.
No way! I will never ask Matt for help! We are mortal enemies! Maria looked at me with hopeful eyes. Oh… but for those eyes, I guess I could make an exception.
I patted Maria on the head. "Maybe Maria. But I'll need someone else's help."
Maria perked up. "Oh good! I can't wait!"
I just hope I can keep that promise.
Maria and I continued until we reached what looked like a pathway. There were tire ruts in the dirt, and from the looks of it, they were left by a large vehicle.
I didn't know there were cars in Gensokyo.
I decided to check it out. To see if I could find what left the huge mess.
I hope whoever it is will give us a ride.
Outside World
Unknown POV
"General. We've searched the ruins, and located the remains of the Artificial Intelligence Locater Computer." A man dressed in an army uniform said while saluting.
"At ease soldier."
"Yes sir." He brought his hand down. "It seems the AILC was heavily damaged by the explosion, but with research team one working on it, it shouldn't be a problem much longer."
"Excellent." I said while keeping my rock hard face emotionless. "I want a full report when they're done."
The soldier saluted me again. "Yes sir!" he ran off to give my orders. I adjusted my dark blue hat, and dark blue coat. The hat had a golden stripe going all the way around it, and my jacket was buttoned together by four solid gold buttons. Brushing aside my white hair, an eye made of Iron with a red pentagram where the iris should've been, was revealed to occupy my right eye socket.
That traitor! He housed a demon to prevent us from exterminating all the demons in this world. I pulled my hands out from behind my back. Clutched in my left hand was a sheet of paper. On the singed piece of paper, a list of locations that the AILC was linked to was written. No matter, because it seems you have un-knowingly left me a way to the nest of the majority of remaining demons. I looked at the highlighted name on the list.
Gensokyo…
A soldier came up to give me a report. "Sir!" he saluted.
I sighed "at ease."
The soldier's hand dropped back to his side. "The AILC is fully operational except for one thing…"
I glared at the private. "And that would be?"
The soldier looked kind of nervous. "Well sir, it seems the necessary software is missing. We will be able to travel to Gensokyo sir, but we will not be able to get back."
I put my hand up to my chin. "Hmmm, that is troubling… how long will it take the research team to get it working correctly?"
The soldier scratched the back of his head. "Well… they won't sir."
Kill him right now.
"WHAT!" I asked furiously.
The soldier flinched a little bit. "It looks like the program was a freak accident, and the hard drive is missing. Dan must've taken it into Gensokyo."
Kill! Death! Murder! Die! Destroy! Devour his soul~!
I boiled with anger. "How dare he take away my only way of getting out of Gensokyo!" My right eye flashed. The soldier tried to run out of the room, but it was too late for him. A golden aura seeped out of his mouth, and went into my eye. The soldier lied on the floor; dead. "Oh dear, it looks like I did it again." I smirked. Well at least he was able to do something useful.
Kill Maim Burn
Another person walked into the room. "You really should stop stealing your own men's souls. Save it for the enemy." A voice with a Russian accent said.
"Oh, hello Angela. I didn't see you walk in." My field commander, Angela Boristov was my right hand man, err… woman. She wore a Black skin-tight suit, which complimented her assets, if you know what I mean *wink, wink*… anyways the skin-tight suit had white stripes running down the sides of it, all the way down from her hands, down to her legs. Speaking of her legs, her they were very se- ok, ok! I'll stop that. She wore high heel shoes, and if she willed them to, blades would come out of the bottom. Her black hair was cut short, and carried two glock automatic pistols around her belt. Her skin was also flawless.
Angela put one of her hands on her hips, while letting the other one hang by her side. "I'm always ready to serve you general." She said with the heavily accented voice.
I deadpanned to look her in her eyes, temporarily breaking my character. "You don't have to speak in that Russian accent all the time. I already know you were born in America." I said with my rock hard face not changing.
Angela crossed her arms. "Well, if I want to talk like I'm Russian, then I'm going to talk like a Russian woman." She said without her Russian accent.
I furled my brow, and said "Yeah, but come on. A Russian assistant in a top secret organization, with a pair of guns, and wearing a skin-tight body suit? Its super cliché and overdone**." With my iron cheek bones as sturdy and pronounced as ever.
"Whatever. It's a free country, and I'll exercise that right to the fullest extent." She sneered. Angela started talking in her accent again. "Now general, if you'll excuse me, I must ask. When do we depart to Gensokyo?"
I stood back up straight, put my hands behind my back, and said. "We leave tomorrow 1600 hours."
Angela stood straight and saluted me. "Yes Sir General Gunethre!"
Kill them all! Kill everyone! Murder everyone! Strangle them to death with their own intestines!
Matt's POV
Forest of Magic clearing (you know, the one where Flandre and Sakuya fought?)
After I left Rumia's Marisa- I mean... Injuries to heal, I went outside to Replace the tire. I can't believe I was actually able to find one! I thought. I grunted as I used a jack to get the RV off the ground. "Gah! This. Is. Heavy!" I grunted as I used the jack to lift the Heavy machine.
Flandre flew up next to me, and watched as I pushed the spare tire onto the axle. "What-cha do'in?"
I got up from kneeling besides the tire. I was careful to use my left arm to wipe the sweat from my forehead. "Just fixing the LT, what are you up to?" My right arm was in toolbox mode, and right now, I had a hydraulic drill selected as the current tool.
Flandre giggled as she flew upside down. "I'm just hanging out. Can I play Mario?"
I sighed. "Sure."
"Yay!" Flandre flew through one of the open windows instead of bothering to open the door.
Ah, good ol' Flan. Things would be so boring if she went back to the scarlet Devil Mansion. I continued to work on fastening the bolts back on the wheel.
*VVVVVTT*
After I was done, I heard the sound of the Land Train's electrical generator starting up. Wait, I didn't put more water in the boiler, or even start the engine. Come to think of it. Didn't I leave it over there? All of a sudden, a card appeared in my hands. It read "Locomotive without tracks: Land Train." Ooooookay~… does this mean I can spawn the Land Train with a spell card? Sweetness."
I put the card into a slot on my arm to store it away, and then I heard something rustle in the Bushes. "Huh? Stay back! I'm armed." I spawned my blade from my arm without having to declare it. Heh, armed.
Someone stepped out of the bushes. "It's ok, we're friend… YOU!" My nemesis Dan was the one who step out of the bushes. He was followed by a small cat-girl, but I didn't really give her much notice.
At this time, the following emotions and feelings were coursing through my body at the same time: Fear, Anger, Hate, and the urge to TROLL!1!11!1one11!
"YOU! What are you here for? Have you come to scare Rumia half to death again?" I snarled at him.
I heard a muffled scream come from inside the LT.
Dan reached for his sword. "If I scared her half to death again, then she would die. So no, that's not why I'm here." He grasped the handle at his side and un-sheathed it, but there was no blade on it. That is until two seconds later when a huge fucking black as night blade formed out of nowhere. "I'm actually here to kick your ass this time you bloody fuckwad!"
SEPH-I-ROOOTH~~~! One winged angel was playing in my mind. Seriously, it looks just like his sword.
I held the blade of my sword behind me. Ready to strike at the first sign of movement.
Just then, Rumia Burst out of the Land-train's door, screaming while bandages trailed behind her. "YHAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" What made this scene unique was the fact of how ridiculous it was. For starters, Rumia looked like she was being trailed by an entire roll of toilet paper; her panicked expression was funny as hell, and on top of that, she wasn't wearing any clothes besides a pair of panties, and a pink bra! Of course she was still wearing her hair ribbon which she couldn't take off.
Rumia's bandage had fallen off completely, and she was hugging back like a backpack with a head, that could also talk, cry, and plead for you to save its life. Right now, Rumia was doing all of these things. "Waaahhh! Don't let him kill meee~!" Rumia pleaded.
I was taken by surprise by her grasp. My blade of revolution retracted back into my arm, and I started blushing. "Rumia, go put some clothes on! He's not coming to get you; he's trying to kill me."
Rumia kept crying like a scared child. "I don't wanna die I don't wanna die I don't wanna die I don't wanna die I don't wanna dieeee~!" She rubbed her head against the back of mine."
"Actually, I'd be fine with killing both of you." While I was distracted by Rumia, Dan had pulled out a HUGE fucking gun!
At this point, I had somehow gotten Rumia off my back, and turned around so we could both hug each other in Fear. "I am not in my happy place!" I said while clutching Rumia.
*Sniff sniff*
I stopped cowering for a couple seconds. "… Geez Rumia! Can't you take a bath once in a while?"
Rumia paid my comment no attention. "Nooo~ someone save meeee~!" She howled out.
Dan sweat dropped and took his eye away from the scope of his huge Rifle filled with insanely pure holy rounds. "Wow, in all my years of Demon hunting, I have never encountered one as whiny and cowardly as you Rumia of darkness." The small cat-girl looked very disappointed, and tugged on the left side of Dan's coat. "Yes Maria! What do you want!" he hissed like an extremely annoyed cobra.
The little cat-girl clad in blue and white whispered something into Dan's ear. "….whhsss…puhsswssp…" She said while cupping her hand to his ear.
Dan Frowned and then looked pretty shocked. "WHAT? But I hate him~…!" Dan said in a whiny voice.
The cat-girl frowned at Dan, and then whispered something again. "Wwhpssppfhssshhshsppshp!" she whispered. It annoyed me to no end that I couldn't hear what she was saying.
Dan once again shot up in shock. He dropped his rifle, and seemed to get angry with the little girl. "But I need to!" Dan exclaimed to the girl.
You know… in the time they have been arguing, Rumia and I could've run away, and been on our merry way have some fun.
The cat-girl glared dangerously at Dan, Bared her claws, and slashed Dan's face right across the middle. Dan held his face in pain while blood trickled down through his fingers. "OW, ASS RAPEING FUCKBALLS!" He screamed with more profanity than needed.
Something's different about Daniel. And since when would he be traveling with a cat youkai?
While the little girl was… persuasively debating with Dan, I broke out of Rumia's grasp and she hugged herself and cried a little longer. After I watched the sad, pathetic sight for a couple more seconds, she crawled up against the Land Train's newly replaced tire, curled into a ball, and hugged her arms around her legs. She stopped crying while rocking back and fourth with crazed feral eyes, and a psychotic grin plastered across her face. At random intervals of 2 – 6 seconds, the randomly Repeated her random trademarked phrase: "is that so?" Over and over to herself… Randomly
Ok, now I'm worried. Not because of the fact that someone who could kill us instantaneously, but because of the way Rumia is acting.
"… Is that so?" She repeated to herself again.
GRRR! How could someone do something so evil? I know she likes the taste of human flesh, but I've been working on fixing that recently.
The sight of Rumia's nervous breakdown was enough to motivate me to do something about Dan. I gathered every ounce of courage and bravery in my body, stood up, and confronted the crusading menace. "Hey!" I called out to Dan.
Dan and the cat-girl stopped fighting with each other in a hilarious pose. Dan was on the ground trying to get up, while the girl was tugging on his hair.
The girl fell off his back, and he brushed the dust off his clothes. He glared dangerously at me with a killing intent in his eyes, picked up his rifle, and slung it back over his shoulder. "What do you want?" he sneered in a hateful tone.
I put on my angry face. Adrenaline pumped through my veins due to the thrill of standing up to my most feared opponent. "Look what you did to Rumia!" I said with a sturdy tone.
Dan smirked, and said "So?... why should I care. I don't like either one of you." The little nekomata kitten raised her arm, jumped into the air, and smacked Dan on the back of his head. "Ow!" He rubbed the spot where the cat hit him.
A pulsating vein popped up on my forehead, and I clenched my fist. "She's scared shitless of you, and you don't even care? What the bloody hell is wrong with you?" I lectured him. "Apologize to her right now, or else I'll kick your god-damned ass!" I raised my voice towards the end of that sentence.
Dan seemed a little shocked. At this point in time, the cat inflicted wounds had dried up and healed. He recovered from his surprise, and crossed his arms while smirking. "Well look who decided to grow some balls! You've got a lot of nerve to stand up to me."
"Well you've got a lot of nerve to hunt down and purify innocent youkai!" I retorted to his comment.
He is seriously rude.
Dan uncrossed his arms, and picked up the little cat-girl, and held her like a father would do so with a child.
"Yipe!" the little cat yelped when Dan lifted her into the air.
Dan took a deep breath in; then sighed. "Actually, I'm not hunting demons anymore. Maria here showed me how wrong it is to kill innocent creatures." Dan ruffled the hair of the nekomata whose name we now knew was Maria. "I'm not going to kill you either, but I still hate you."
Oh my god! I think the world just ended. Dan actually is acting friendly towards a demon! I backed away in shock. "Wh-wha-what? But what happened to your goal to break your curse?"
Dan set Maria down, and smiled. "I met a curse goddess who got rid of it for me."
I stood there puzzling and puzzling, till my puzzler was sore. I couldn't accept the fact; that old Dan wasn't coming back***. I had a surprised face, with my mouth spanned wide, Dan had a case, of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde****.
Hmmm, let's hope this change is permanent.
I regained my semi-threatening composure, and tried to say in a commanding tone "Well, if you have changed your attitude, then you shouldn't have a problem with apologizing to Rumia." Rumia was still up against the tire rocking back and fourth trying to regain her temporarily shattered mentality. "You've tormented her with death threats every time you saw us, and I'm fucking sick and tired of everyone using Rumia and I as stress relief toys!" I said. I was tired of everyone taking advantage of me, and from the looks of it, Rumia was being stepped on since day one. You better fucking apologize you bastard.
"Is that so?... Is that so?"
Dan laughed. "Hahahahahaaa~! That is fucking impressive. You know? You standing up for yourself, and even your little loli girlfriend!"
I felt heat rush to my cheeks as I retreated backwards in embarrassment. "Sh-shut up! She's not my girlfriend!" any threatening appearance I had; I just now lost.
Dan laughed again. "Hahahahahaaa~! Oh Matthew, you're so easy to tease." He wiped a tear from his eye. "But seriously. It's not my fault she can't handle herself when at gunpoint."
My confidence returned. "Then I'll just have to make you! I challenge you to a fight!"
Dan seemed to get a little more serious. "Oh? What kind of fight?" he asked seemingly interested in my challenge.
I smirked with a reply. "Anything goes."
Dan paused for a moment. "… I respectfully decline." He said seeming un-interested again.
I was shocked to hear his reply. "What? B-b-but you never refuse a fight!"
Dan shrugged. "Times change."
I lowered my head.
"NOT!" Dan charged at me while my guard was let down. I was able to spring out my blade only just in time to block his.
"Hughhhh! UGAH!" Dan tried to chop me down the middle, but I was able to block, and redirect his sword away.
Maria was surprised and for the first time, I was able to hear her say an audible sentence. "Stop it you guys! Fighting is not the solution."
Dan skidded back to where he originally was, while I skidded back to where I was. Dan didn't take his eyes off me. "Maria, stay out of this! This is between me, and an old enemy."
I added. "Yeah, leave it to us cat lady!"
Maria huffed, and crossed her arms. "Fine, but if one of you dies, don't say I didn't warn you."
I looked at the Maria and smiled. "I'll keep that in mind."
I turned my attention back to Dan. We both let out battle cries at the same time. Mine was:
"Ok, let's do this. LEEROOOOOOYY~ JENKINS*****!"
Dan's was: "YOU HAVE NO CHANCE TO SURVIVE, MAKE YOUR TIME~******!"
We both met at the center of the clearing with blades crossing. Pushing against each other with all our might. I was using the power of my bionic strength, while Dan was using cursed power. I gritted my teeth and said "You might know everything I'm going to do, but that's not going to help you since I know everything you're going to do!"
At the same time we both said "STRANGE ISN'T IT!*******"
I tried to overpower him, but it seemed we were evenly matched. "Well Matt… It seems… We are… About… Evenly matched!" Dan Barely got out. I tried to focus, but doing this was draining my energy core rather quickly.
Crap! I've already been drained to 80% power!
After much effort; I was able to break out of the hold, and we started clashing blades extremely quickly. Any normal human being would not be able to follow the movements, but I had my special eyes that allowed me to pinpoint the blade's position, and counter it accordingly.
I kicked Dan in the gut, but instead of my normal foot, a metal block powered by a hydraulic ram connected. The power sent Dan flying through many bamboo stalks, and I lost sight of him. I waited alertly for him to show himself, and eventually he did. He flew out from behind me and tried to ambush me. His eyes glowed red, and he had a psychotic/sadistic grin on his face.
"Game over!" Dan said was he tried to cut me in half down my waist.
I was able to move back in time, and the blade only grazed me. I raised my fist into the air and yelled "What the hell! Since when can you fly?"
Dan got the trollish face and shouted "since I started doing your mom!"
…
I face palmed and thought Ugh, that was such a bad joke… I recovered from my face's Collision, and smirked. "Heh. You're not the only one who got better at flying." My jetpack spawned on my back, and the sound of jet engines whirring up echoed throughout the forest.
** (or however you think a jet engine sounds like when it's starting up.)
Dan's trollface disappeared and was replaced by one of surprise.
"Oh shi-
*BERRKOOOOOOOOOWW* (again, use your imagination.)
Dan wasn't able to finish what he was saying because the sound of my jetpack overpowered his voice. Forest animals disturbed from their sleep awoke with a jolt, and scurried away from the clearing. The trees in the area shook violently, and all the birds within a range of three miles either flew away from their perches, or changed their course to find a safer, and quieter location. All except one.
Here we go! "Have at you!"
Skies of Gensokyo (near the forest of magic.)
Annoying semi-honest reporter's POV
The single bird that didn't fly away did exactly the opposite. Ooooh! I know that noise sounds dangerous, but something about it just screams "scoop!"
I took off to the forest of magic which was about 5 miles away. A sonic boom was left in my wake. After about 10 minutes of flying. Two objects flying almost as fast as me flew upwards on either side of me. They both were traveling at supersonic speed as well, but still not as fast as me. The wind generated by them was enough to raise my skirt, and I stopped in midair to push it back down. "Yah! I hope no one saw that!..." What a disgrace to the crow Tengu. When I was done, I adjusted my white shirt, and placed my red Tonkin -which had fallen off during the intense wind- on my head. The three furry balls hanging down both sides of my Tonkin tickled my ears; I almost dropped my red journal and camera when they flew by. Both of which matched my eyes. After I gathered myself, I took off to chase the two Unidentified flying objects with my deep black crow wings.
Oh what a scoop! I started jotting down notes in my journal. The two objects flew around each other at lightning speed; occasionally crashing into each other, and shooting Danmaku.
One of the UFOs left behind a black blur, and the other left behind light blue blur. I snapped a picture of the two objects when they were chasing each other around, and wrote down some notes. This is huge! Possibly another incident!
The objects started heading my way again, so I picked up speed to try and see one of them. I tried talking to the one that was light blue. When I finally picked up enough speed to see it, I saw it was actually Matt. The guy I interviewed about his large machine.
"What? Matt? What are you doing?" I asked him with my journal ready.
Matt looked annoyed. He tried to shoot some danmaku at the other object, but it missed. "Do I know you?" he asked.
Aw, he doesn't even remember my name~. "Remember? I'm the reporter that interviewed you about that big machine."
Matt made a face of realization. "Ooooh, now I remember!" he said "Aya, right?" he said while dodging some danmaku.
I dodged some danmaku myself and then said "Yeah, that's right. So how about an interview?"
Matt shot some more danmaku, and then said "I don't think this is the best time for that." He got hit by a stray shot. "OW FUCK!"
"Hey, bitch!" another voice called.
I was offended by the comment. I'm not a bitch! I'm an honorable reporter! I turned around in midair to face the second person. "And who might you be oh rude one?"
The second person smirked. "My name's Daniel, but everybody calls me Dan, or else I crush their skulls under my iron boot! Now scram before I blast you out of the sky!"
I flinched a little. "Ok, fine!" I slowed down so that they started moving ahead of me. "Matt, it was nice to see you again. You owe me one interview!" I turned my attention to Dan. "And Dan… A pleasure."
Dan yelled behind himself. "Scram!"
I broke off from following them to the right. I was so focused on following Matt and Dan, that I didn't see I had flew so close to the edge of Gensokyo, and crashed into the Great Hakurei Border. The pain coursed through me like a sledgehammer to the gut.
"Ow, my body…" I moaned. At least I have my scoop.
Somewhere in-between Gensokyo and the outside world
Yukari's POV
"Oh my! Matt seems to have had an exponential boost in power. If only he knew…" I said to on one in particular. I was in my purple nightgown, and just getting ready for bed. I was brushing my teeth at the time I decided to check in on Matthew.
"Chen! Get in the tub!" a voice down the hall called.
Another voice could be heard. "No~, Ran-sama~! I don't wanna~!" the other voice said.
Ahhh, Ran must be trying to get Chen to take a bath again.
I flicked my wrist, and a splash could be heard down the hallway along with a little girl's voice. "AHH! No fair, Yukari cheated!"
The other voice which belonged to Ran, my shikigami said "thanks Yukari-sama!"
Let's just see how this unfolds. I watched as Matt was able to land a punch on Dan. Dan flew to the ground, and Matt chased after him. Hmmm, Matt's energy core is getting low. I guess I could help him. I opened another gap, and a bluish essence drifted out from my fingertips.
I closed the gap, thoroughly satisfied with my handiwork. That should do it.
I went back to Watching the Battle through my gap, and gapped in a bag of movie popcorn.
By the way, Sweebation? Please don't intrude when I'm bathing again ok? If you do, I'll be forced to gap a brick over your head.
Real world
Sweebation's POV
I held up my middle finger to the screen of my Dell laptop.
"Fuck you Yukari, stop breaking the fourth wall!"
A purple rift opened above my head, and a heavy brick fell out, and bonked on my head.
"OW! I'd like sum… Nachos too… Please." I fell out of my Chair, unconscious on the floor.
Forest of Magic
Dan's POV
Ow. That cunt-fucking hurts! After getting punched by Matt, I was thrown into the forest near the clearing where we started. Matt seemed like he was waiting for me to come back up.
I can be a cheap bastard too you little fuck. I pulled out my rifle, and loaded it with a normal bullet. I shot at Matt, and he seemed to lose control of his flying. All of a sudden, an explosion occurred where he was, and Matt came crashing down to the ground like thunder.
He left behind a trail of smoke while he descended towards the clearing, and when he impacted the ground, lots of dirt was kicked up into the air. Matt groaned. "Ooooohh, my spine…" Matt put his hands on his back, and pushed. A sickening crack could be heard as his spine re-aligned itself.
Ha-ha, you got hurt!
Matt noticed me giggling off to the side. He slid his now broken jetpack off his shoulders, where it turned into golden dust, and faded into nothingness. "Oh, you think that's funny? Well, let's just see how funny you think this is! Machine sign: Metal Monster, King Tiger!" Matt declared.
Oh? This should be fun.
A blinding light came from where Matt was standing just like last time. The light caused me to shield my eyes, and gave off a definite heat. The light started to die down, and Matt's tank was revealed. But unlike last time, it wasn't a mark 1. Matt spawned a German King Tiger 2 tank! Matt smirked at me, and said "My turn!" He climbed inside the metal behemoth, and started the engine. Rainbow-colored magic powder blew out of the exhaust pipe, and the 700HP engine revved to life. The large 88mm cannon turned my way, and a muffled voice could be heard inside it. "Tank sign: war zone!" fired a huge ball of danmaku in my direction. When it made contact with the ground, it exploded into hundreds of smaller orbs.
The king tiger tank… one of the most feared weapons in world war 2, but even it has some flaws.
My plan was to evade the cannon fire until the thing ran out of gas, because I knew my armor piercing rounds wouldn't be able to pierce armor THAT thick. As I rolled aside, I taunted "come on Matt! After all this time, is this really all you have to offer me?" The taunt seemed to work as Matt's movements became sloppier. Unfortunately, I was too busy dodging danmaku from the main cannon that I didn't notice the coaxial machine gun had started laying down a hail of rapid-fire danmaku.
One of the small bullets hit me in the leg. "OW FUCK!" I screamed while clutching my leg. In my fit of rage, I lost sight of my original plan, and tried to dash around behind the monster to shoot the engine.
Matt realized my action, and broke his spell card so he could open the hatch on the turret, and try to stop me. "Wait, Dan!" He yelled. I ignored him, and proceeded to pull out my rifle. Matt went back inside, and pulled out an AK-47, and started laying down random barrages of danmaku to hinder my progress.
As I weaved in between the barrages, I flipped him the bird while I was attaching the last piece of my rifle's barrel. Once I was done, Matt dropped the automatic machine gun, and climbed out of the tank to stand on top of the turret. "I'm warning you! Don't do that!"
I ignored the warning from Matt, and focused on making him pay for landing a hit on me. I loaded an armor piercing round, and took aim. If I had noticed the smirk on Matt's face, maybe I would've stopped, but my drive for rage was keeping me from noticing. A panel on the back started opening, right as I fired.
Enter bullet time.
The panel slid open at a high speed, while I watched my armor piercing Danmaku bullet travel down to the engine. Matt jumped off the tank, and ran for it, while I smirked. The fast-moving energy bullet sped down to the panel, and only when it fully opened, did I see why Matt didn't want me to shoot there. The panel was opened completely, to reveal enough TNT to blow up a bridge. As the bullet drew closer, Maria took cover, and Matt's RV disappeared. The bullet was about to make contact when one thought ran through my mind.
Stop bullet time.
Well fuck me…
*!*
The tank blew apart in a fantastic explosion, and took me with it. The shockwave of the explosion ran through my ears, and I mentally scolded myself for being so foolish.
I was blown back by the explosion, and only stopped when I hit a large tree. I could tell, Matt was laughing his ass off back at the clearing. I was about to get back up, when the huge 88mm barrel of the main cannon flew through the sky, straight towards me.
Balls…
*Bong!*
The metal impacted my flesh, and I was knocked out.
LT interior, 1 day later
Matt's POV
I finally was able to stand up to my fears. Rumia soon recovered from her nervous breakdown, and Dan's little cat youkai was happy. I was going to let Rumia exact her own revenge on Dan by letting her have at Dan's unconscious body, but Maria made me stop her. Dan was now inside my house, and we were enjoying the afternoon. Flandre had apparently played Super Mario World throughout the whole struggle, and I couldn't pull her away from the game afterwards. I was working on a new project, and Rumia was out in the forest wandering around.
While I was busy with a rivet gun, Dan woke up. "Huh? Where am I?"
I pulled myself away from what I was working on to answer him. "You are inside my RV, and you lost."
Dan's eyes shot open, and he started screaming in a fit of rage. "HOW COULD I LOSE TO THE LIKES OF YOU!"
I backed away from the enraged psychopath, and held my hands up in defense. "Geez, calm down! I told you not to shoot it, but you didn't listen."
Dan was about to reply, but at that moment someone knocked on my door. I groaned and made my way to the door.
Who would ever come knocking at my door?
I opened the door, only to have a gohei shoved into my face. "You are in a lot of trouble you bolt-brained youkai!" It was Reimu, the Hakurei maiden. She retracted her gohei to her side, only to replace it with a newspaper. "Look at all the damage you caused!"
I pushed her hand out of my face and took the paper. It read:
Epic battle destroys forest of magic
(Right under the title, a picture from a bird's-eye perspective of the forest of magic could be seen)
"The destructive youkai Matthew Harrison and the madman Daniel Elohssa duked it out over the forest of magic. Stray danmaku from both sides left huge scars on the land, and an explosion left a crater larger than the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Matthew (Or Matt as he likes to be called) had a brush with the residents of the mansion, and kidnapped the younger scarlet. Daniel (or Dan) was known for hunting innocent youkai for thrills. Dan is also a rapist, and recently violated a small youkai named Rumia." I laughed at this part. "Matt on the other hand plans to take over Gensokyo with weapons of mass destruction, and evidence can be seen from the crater in the forest of magic. We'll keep you posted as more info regarding Matt and Dan reveals itself."
I couldn't believe it. I knew Aya stretched the truth, but not this much.
Damn you Aya…
I turned to Reimu and said "you do realize she made most of that up, right?" I said defensively.
Reimu glared at me, and answered "Truth or lie, you still have a lot to answer for."
Oh balls…
"Sealing you for a couple days should be sufficient." Reimu picked me up, and threw me out into the clearing. "Spirit sign: fantasy hea-
*BOOOOOOOM*
Reimu was interrupted by an explosion that took place a couple miles away. She regained her balance with a surprised face. "What the hell was THAT!"
She flew off to check it out, but before she was above the treetops, she looked over her shoulder, and yelled back at me "This isn't over. As soon as I deal with this, I'll be back to deal with YOU!"
And with those words, she flew into the distance.
I better prepare for the worst… Heh… I can't wait to show that article to Dan.
I picked up the newspaper, and went inside to show it to Dan.
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"!" Dan's scream echoed throughout the forest, and stirred youkai and animals for miles.
End of first Arc.
[AN]: Oh my! I've got a lot of footnotes to cover today!
*Ah, that quirky scene from the adventures of sonic the hedgehog. Here, sonic is telling kids what to do if someone tried to molest them. (Which is hilarious!) The scene from sonic sez has become recognized on the internet from a mile away. The original quote is: "kids! There's nothing more cool than getting hugged by someone you like, but if someone tries to touch you in a place or in a way that makes you feel un-comfortable; that's no good." LOL
**The cliché comes from James bond movies. I basically tried to spoof them.
***I just felt like referencing Dr. Seuss.
****I'm referring to how Dan's personality changed so suddenly.
*****Leroy Jenkins is a quote from a raid someone recorded on World of Warcraft. It has become a popular battle cry in online games.
******A quote from the European version of a mega drive game called zero wing. It is part of the intro where other popular quotes such as "main screen turn on", and "all your base are belong to us!" come from. These quotes are also popular battle cries, and are widely recognized on the internet.
*******Yet another quote of an internet meme. This one comes from the sonic anime. (Also called sonic OVA sometimes.) In the scene, Sonic and metal sonic clash with each other, and while trying to push each other back, sonic sez "you might know everything I'm going to do, but that's not going to help you, since I know everything Your going to do. STRANGE, ISN'T IT!"
Whoo! And chapter 10 is done! I just want to thank everyone yet again. The decision to do the story in arcs was something I decided to do as I started writing this chapter. Keep in mind. This is the finale of the first arc, so don't expect all the chapters to be this long. And don't worry. I won't have as many references in my later chapters.
Writing for Dan is so much fun! Especially when I get to have to make him angry. I'm not kidding when I say Dan's cursing is based on a person I actually know. And that person curses just as much. Hooray for AVGN style cursing.
Well, t-th-th-t-t-t-th-th-hat's all folks!
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All your base are belong to us!