Author`s Note: This was delayed long enough. Still I could not believe that Ikureader killed one of my SD cards... *groan* At any rate here`s Chapter 3.
Disclaimer: I do not own Touhou or Puella Magica Madoka. All rights goes to their respective authors/creators.
Chapter 3: Confrontation; Girl from the Vision
Mitakahara Middle School is fairly a normal school (despite anyone`s claims). And most students were normal as well... so far they are. But now in front of the school gate was two very special girls... And both of them eyed one another like foes meeting for their final inevitable duel. Both gazed intently, neither one wavering. That is until the long haired girl broke out into a bow and went her way. Reimu, and in extension Mirai eyed the girl as she went ahead, both had an inkling of something much more. But whatever it was they`d kept to themselves. By then all of this was broken by the one who absolutely had no idea on what was going on.
"What was it? Is there something wrong? Did you knew her?" Mami asked them hurriedly; completely oblivious to what had transpired. Reimu only turned away, a slight blush on her face. True the girl glared like she was about to kill. But that did not mean she should glare back and `space out` so to speak. Mirai apologized for the both of them. Silently wishing that Mami would pick up these subtle things, and being so innocent like that. "She probably doesn`t even know what hentai is." She muttered while staring at their blonde compatriot who was now busy addressing some of their juniors. Reimu fought the urge to palm her face, before sighing in finality and urging them forward. Still, she could not take her mind off that girl who became her primary suspect upon her worries. After all, she was a youkai… a lich.
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Minutes later upon getting to class, her anxiety seemed to increase, upon to the extent that she could not converse properly or concentrate on her studies. Most of the class noticed this. For despite her reservations, she was popular. She was very studious, smart, friendly and very kind despite the indifference she shows. Like Mami she is but qan idol often looked up by the students and along with Mirai who was an athletic prodigy they were known as the "Goddesses of Mitakahara Middle School", a pretentious title that she often scoffed at. In any case her erratic behavior was noted on that day. She was very skittish and paranoid often looking right and left as if looking for something. It didn`t even stopped during their break, much to the ire of her two closest friends. And now at homeroom; a frowning Takeshi Hongo stared upon his student with worry. Reimu was a very special girl, he knew this (despite she didn't, meeting the Hakurei matriarch caused that). It even had become a joke as one of her former teachers; a man named Lamperouge Lelouch (someone who he was acquainted with, being his 'junior') called her a problem child. True that she was somewhat lazy, always insufferable and not to mention… smug. But she was good student nonetheless (an honor student who actually studies much to her infamy of being completely lazy). He could only guess, but something was really rattling her and with her status, this was bad. Heck, her behavior was not helping the other students either, specially a certain redhead and a blonde pigtailed girl. Then, it happened. Gazing upon the `trouble child`, his eyes caught something, a shape or a shadow that of a person. Not thinking any further, he flung a large piece of chalk at the space where he saw it while noticing Reimu catching it (from the way he saw her clutching something from her bag then looking back). With a cloud of chalk dust upon with the white writing implement impacting `something` a yelp of pain was heard and an image of a person quickly flickered from sight before completely disappearing.
"What in hell was that!" Mirai shouted voicing the opinion of everyone in the class. Their adviser however muttered darkly.
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Reimu soared upon the slowly dimming skies. After a rather awkward homeroom wherein their confused teacher apologized and rambled about illusions, hallucinations and whatnot. Reimu sped home, saying her goodbyes in haste having no time to waste (much to Mami's confusion and Mirai's nod of understanding). For that day, after the stare off with the unknown girl by the gate, she had felt these weird on and off fluctuations of the dark aura she felt that morning. As if watching her, studying her. Whether or not these waves came from that girl or not was inconsequential though it rattled her significantly, constantly. But at the same time, it was afraid of her gaze. Fleeing instantly by the time she noticed, and this made Reimu up her awareness to the point of paranoia much to her displeasure, but well rewarded nevertheless. For at that time in homeroom proved her right. Her bag, trapped with various magical and technological securities went off and allowed to identify her watcher. It was no surprise to see the face of that girl that morning, her face in shock and pain upon getting caught before disappearing. It always went back to her, it always did. And now resolve burning she scoured the city looking for the mysterious girl. Admittedly she was very hard to find, she was cold as ice one of her juniors told her, and kept to herself. She was a genius as well, one of her teachers told her, able to answer a very complicated formula. As it stands she was dangerous, her smarts along with whatever ability to spy on her made a very dangerous combination. Thankfully she had an inkling for what the girl`s ability was, after all she fought two similar people already.
As the skies grew dimmer, Reimu`s hope of finding the girl went out as well. It would need a locator spell to find her if she didn`t find her soon. Lady luck smiled upon her as she eyed a nearby building wherein she found her quarry. Dressed with something akin to a grey and purple school uniform and armed with a round shield and a machinegun of all things, the girl leapt from building to building effortlessly. She was not alone though, as she was chasing and shooting at a peculiar creature. It looked like a cross between a rabbit and a cat, had circular lighter colored markings on its body and had large gold rings on its long ears. But the most prominent thing to Reimu`s mind was its aura. It swiveled, flickered, multiplied and declined all in a random cycle, as if it`s aura was borrowed or torn... as if the aura was not of its own. Reimu then realized that her musings distracted her from quarry finding that two decided to continue their chase inside a nearby mall wherein some of its floors were still in construction. Entering one of said floors made Reimu annoyed, finding a large empty space void of anything. Muttering darkly she was about to head back when she heard a loud crash and a yell. Pitching forward she had found a hole wherein she saw her quarry being blinded by blue haired girl with a fire extinguisher and a pink haired girl clutching the creature from earlier. Watching the blue haired girl pull the other to safety, Reimu waited for them to leave before confronting her quarry.
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She was angry; she had let it get away. Shouting a yell of anger she waved her arm to fling the remaining foam away. Of all her bad luck, this was the worse. But this would not stop her; she would concede for today and try again tomorrow.
Admittedly, today was a great failure: she was not able to rectify her situation about her lodgings, she was unable to kill one of them during that morning (the thing leapt away scared of something), she was unable to find information about that girl she saw by the gate (apart from learning the she is her senior), she got hurt during said process (which shocked her to no end) and now she had failed to kill another of them and now has gotten to her precious... truly a bad day. "My my... so I finally caught up with you. Do you feel bad that you were not able to gorge yourself… Lich?" And now it has gotten worse.
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The only response Reimu received was an angry yell and a hail of bullets, her taunt seemed to have worked all too well. Quickly dodging Reimu let out her own attack shooting out ofudas from her sleeves and homing in on her opponent. The girl was surprised then when Reimu's ofudas cut her midsection and another by her right shoulder blade, thankfully still serviceable. The girl then retaliated by disappearing and the shooting from far left. With a wave of her arms ofudas shot out from Reimu's sleeves once more, this time making a pentagram on her left creating a shield. As the slugs impacted uselessly from heir shield, Reimu swung her right arm in a fast arc catching her surprised opponent by the shoulder dropping the stun grenade she was holding. Both combatants dove away as the grenade exploded blinding Reimu momentarily. When the light disappeared, so did the girl. But she was not worried as she made sure that her opponent was going nowhere. A few more seconds and a loud scream could be heard, as her opponent then materialized to her right. "Sorry. I made a barrier before we fought. You have answers that I need, so unless I get them or you knock me out. You. Are. Going. Nowhere." Reimu told her struggling opponent, as the shock from the barrier damaging her significantly. The girl just gritted her teeth and disappeared once more. Reimu sighed, despite the advantage her ability gave her, she was a very straightforward; and probably prioritized escape, making terrible decisions. All in all, it was not a fight, just a one sided beating. To think that she only attacked once as well. 'She's probably a novice' Reimu noted. Waving her arms once more she prepared an unrestricted spell card, for it was time to end this. Spell cards was never meant to injure, maim or kill. It was used to knock out people, it was never lethal. But there are when these are false, seeing that beyond the boundaries of Gensokyo, these spells could kill. Unrestricted by the laws of that mystical land, the energies of danmaku were supercharged, with the widely unused magical energies that the world offered, making them truly dangerous (a weak shot for example could sever a youkai's arm, while a normal human would die). Shuddering for a moment as she remembered what her spell cards did to Ruby Moon and the Wolkenritter she unleashed her attack.
Her breathing was heavy and her body ached all over. Her senior unleashed just one attack and it scared her. Those prayer slips was not only sharp, it seemed to sap her strength as well. Not only that she was able to catch her despite her `time stop` ability. And not only once, but twice! It was unbelievable and unacceptable. It gave her no choice but to run. But her even that made her undoing. Truly her senior planned way too far ahead, something she respected. And now with her ability on she was now determined to beat her and maybe... just maybe win her over. She chuckled, thinking back if she just listened, didn`t attack and answered when she was down she would probably got off light and maybe get an ally. And to think she scoffed of comraderie… then again she wondered why the quick sudden change of heart? Like a voice in the back of her head telling her so… no matter. Also would someone allied to that abomination call her a lich? Yet her thoughts were all for naught as her sempai decided the same. "Spell Card! Light that Crosses Beyond Time!" this was the last thing she heard before the attack ripped her apart. Pain, exploded from her body as she was cut and blasted alive. With her nerves balring and her consciousness fading; the last thing she saw was her senior`s look of pity, pain and… relief as she faded out.
Kai: And that`s the end of this chapter.
Reimu: Well that was one sided.
Homura: Is this... favoritism?
Kai: No. Honestly Homura, you are no match against Reimu. Not to mention your timehax powers are weaker and your use with it is limited.
Homura: Limited?
Kai: Well, we`ll discuss that on the next chapter. Because next chapter Homura gets experimented!
Homura: What?
Eirin: A new guinea pig? Interesting...
Kai: Errr... at any rate see you next time!