Hakurei Honor Ch.4
Author`s Note: I finally get to update. It's late again, and I'm sorry for that… but it's here finally.
As for thepingman: Sorry for making the chapters short. I want to extend them I really do. But I lack the materials to do so (I don't have a proper computer). And as for Reimu not noticing Mami is a Lich too… well It will be explained soon. And now… to our next chapter!
Chapter 4: Our Situation; Where are we Now?
Homura sat there shaking, fully naked with various wires and tubes connected to various parts of her body. In front of her was Yagokoro Eirin, a very proficient `Lunarian` (which she disbelieved at first til... well, you get it) doctor (Reimu assured her so) that was busy examining her with something akin to a flashlight/laser pointer that was boring into her eyes for a while now. Though even with her actions it was hard to believe she was a doctor; seeing she wore a red and blue dress with constellation patterns and something akin to a nurse cap. To her, it was something a doctor wouldn`t wear. Then there was her assistant. Wearing something akin to a high school uniform/business suit was Reisen Udongein Inaba, sitting behind a computer console monitoring her `bodily attributes` as Erin said it, with her droopy rabbit ears (which surprised again seeing they looked fake and had buttons) dropping even more as her frown deepened. She should be used to it by now, really she should be, but...
"Say ahhh... and don`t close your mouth till I say so."
How could she? For clearly this is no ordinary doctor.
"Eirin-sama. Her vitals look good enough... but…"
"I know, that`s why I asked you to look for fluctuations in her body. Whether this be energy or internal processes."The doctor reprimanded. The assistant nodded and turned back to the console she was manning.
Her assistant as well?! And her tools! Her procedures! Heck it made her both alarmed and assured at the same time! Especially when both doctor and assistance (later she finds out the girl was actually an apprentice) was scowling at her... this was not good.
"You know, this is the first time I examined a lich. But most youkais and humans have similar body structures and internal organs, so their bodily processes are the same. You... my girl are no exception but..." She turns and looks at her assistant who nods while not looking away from the screen she was attending to.
"Due your abilities, your body is in bad shape. Sure, you can`t see it, you can`t feel it... but it`s there." Homura gulped at that.
"Homura, the only reason that you do not notice anything is because your body is in a state of suspension causing a lot of abnormalities in your body`s internal systems." Eirin told her outright then asked "When did you have your last period?"
When the girl did not answer and just looked away blushing, the doctor sighed, turned and nodded to her assistant who quickly left.
"What kind of sickness or disability were you preventing?" the doctor asked her, her voice filled with concern and annoyance. Homura perking up from this stared at the doctor curiously. Eirin sighed again "Reimu told me about your power, and said that your use of it is very straight forward."
"What do you mean?" she asked, her body shaking even more.
"Did you seriously think you cured yourself? No you put your body in an incomplete stasis causing havoc with your body`s internal workings!" Erin scolded her causing her to stew on that for a bit. Now that she think about it, she never did ask how in hell was she able to cure her eyesight with her powers... but now.
"Wha-what could happen to me...?" Homura asked her shaking even worse than before.
"Some of it is just conjecture, but a lot of things can happen to you as your body is suppressing a lot of things. Like a dam overflowing..." The doctor continued spouting horrible scenarios ranging from a hormonal eruption causing odd and painful body growth, extreme aging, her body eating itself alive and worst for her when Eirin said that she may turn into a nymphomaniac due to over production of hormones… Homura completely paled at this point.
And so a worried Homura frightfully stared as the assistant who went out and came back with a large assortment of syringes (all filled with various liquids) which Eirin began picking one up and leaned forward with a very frightening smile.
"You will now pay the consequences." The doctor creepily said (making Reisen flinch and step back as well).
Homura`s scream echoed throughout Eientei and most of Gensokyo.
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Reimu who was drinking tea in the adjacent room just by Eirin`s clinic in Eientei just raised an eyebrow while some of less frequent visitors of Eientei jumped at the sound of Homura`s screaming. The other residents of the area; Kaguya and Tewi (with the rest of the Earth rabbits) shrugged. Honestly she was used to it since she began escorting Marisa and sometimes Alice for their checkup (the Hakurei`s had a private doctor so she didn`t need to see Eirin much) with Marisa screaming just like that when being treated from whatever illness she acquired from on the spot testing of mushrooms she picks (which Reimu snickers at from time to time remembering a certain mustachioed plumber whenever she sees/hears about it). While Alice just buys health supplements (Both Reimu and Eirin telling her that eating & sleeping properly is better).
Looking about from the room, Reimu saw that Hina, Yuyuko and Komachi all grim faced continued to fret over Homura`s soul gem while Shikieiki, Youmu, Ran and Chen was still recovering from their surprise a while ago. Eyeing the Shikigami of the 'Youkai of boundaries' Reimu remembered a grim looking Komachi with her yama and the other assorted youkai`s she had actually gathered appeared on shrine grounds waiting for her. The fact that a similar grim looking Yukari Yakumo escorted them made alarm bells to ring in her head. Then remembered that it shouldn't be a surprise. 'Cause for the first time ever in Gensokyo, a youkai with enough darkness to her stepped into it causing panic. Heck Yukari who seeming knew full well the gravity of the situation (probably eavesdropping seeing that Reimu brought a 'guest' for the first time', quickly Yukari transported them here (to Eientei) before leaving abruptly for urgent business. Reimu then remembered her conversation with Homura along with one of the most biggest decisions in her life...
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A fully healed Homura sat across Reimu in the shrine maiden`s living room (in the inner part of the shrine nonetheless) as Homura told Reimu (albeit somewhat reluctantly and nervously) who she was, was going on and what was to come, tearing once or twice during her recount. Reimu absorbed each and every detail, the puellas, the incubators, the witches, walpurgist night and Homura`s attempt at saving her `only` friend. In the course of the story telling Reimu's eyes drooped, became enraged, sad and a whole list of other emotions. Drinking the last of her tea Homura finished while wiping off some of the tears she had wept. Reimu then began prodding Homura who couldn`t stomach (and believe) some of the details of the story and berated herself for not noticing others (like Mami being like Homura and not noticing it), these incubators and their agenda... and lastly an entity powerful enough to devasted everything within a few days! Yukari couldn`t (and wouldn`t) do that! The Void (now The Hope) couldn`t do that! The Tome of the Night Sky couldn`t do that! Various evil organizations and entities couldn`t do that (then again like SHOCKER, most of them wanted to conquer the world not destroy it! And now, clearly this girl before her tells her so.
"So You're a 'Puella' a magical girl girl of sorts who contracted to… lemme see… this cat/rabbit hybrid thing named Kyubey who… for a wish turned you into this…" Reimu began eagerly. Homura just nodded.
"And one of my best friends Mami Tomoe is also one." Homura nods at this. "I don't see the similarity."
"How so?" Homura asked raising an eyebrow at the statement.
"True, you have at times a very similar aura. And yes I have felt Mami's aura in her darkest moments yet, compared to you…. She's a raging river, and you are a comet about to destroy as all."
"That… high?" Homura disbelieved that, thinking that her sempai probably loved Mami too much like she did Madoka… making her…
"Unbelievable isn't it… but ask anyone who can read auras and let me tell you. They'll say the same thing."
"That maybe true, but it does not divert from the fact."
"I know… plus I find it hard to believe something that powerful exists. Also I find that the word to be destroyed like that is unrealistic."
"Again… how so?"
"Gods… goddesses… they would prevent that one way or another. I'm a miko… a 'Maiden of heaven' and 'vessel of the celestials'. I know for heart that the gods above would prevent that." Reimu smiles at Homura sheepishly and gives her a stern gaze.
"You… being here, is proof enough." Homura raised an eyebrow at this (again with the disbelief).
"Nonetheless if I believe it or not. I will help, if only to help my friend. And as a maiden of the Hakurei it is my honor as my duty to do so. And thus all precautions and solutions viable to us are to be done, starting with you."
"Huh?"
"I will take you to a proper magical doctor to see if we can screw that kyubey and turn you back. as well as ask for help." homura nods, and gives a small smile as thinking she had gained something extraordinary, while reimu meanwhile…
`I`m way over my head with this one.` she thought to herself while gripping her cell phone. Looking at the screen Reimu made a decision. 'I hope… I'm doing the right thing…'
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Kai : And so this chapter ends.
Reimu: That's gotta be painful.
Homura: Is Eirin really like that?
Kai: Fanon wise? Yes… Canon wise? Somewhat.
Reimu: So next chapter?
Kai: Next chapter is the first Mami chapter and I would insert Reimu's former sensei as well… So I hope you guys keep on reading… til then… ja ne!
Reimu: And please donate.