Disclaimer: Touhou belongs to Zun, and the only things that belong to myself would be Usagi the Mimic, and Moegi the Japanese Beetle. Everything else belongs to their rightful owner.

K/N: Urameshiya...

A/N: Jeez, your sadness transcends time, huh...?

K/N: Urameshi... ya...

A/N: Come, now! Cheer up, Kogasa! If you do, I'll be really surprised!

K/N: ...R-really...?

A/N: That is so~!

Early night, new shrine, Mima's PoV:

"Well, now that she's gone, I guess we should get dressed, huh...?" The question was aimed at the blob of inky goo that was apparently Rumia.

"That is so~!" Hearing those words made me smirk. Even when she's a mass of sticky blackness, she's still my Rumia.

I found myself suddenly spit out of the lump of meat-scented goo, and couldn't help but yelp in surprise as I landed on surface of Rumia with a ripple of her semi-transparent flesh.

"Did you have to be so sudden about that...?" I gave her body a look of annoyance, while the dark masked my light blush, but not the scent of my arousal. That odd little massage had left a lingering sensitivity in my entire body, and with it my body had reacted as one would expect.

Though she had no face, I couldn't help but imagine her grin when she said, "What~? Does the sudden jolt against you feel a bit nice, perhaps~?"

My blush brightened further at her blunt statement. "I... We should get dressed, or we'll never make it!" I did my best to change the subject.

With a jiggly giggle, Rumia said, "I'm always dressed, so take your time~"

As soon as I got off from Rumia's... back, she began to turn back into a humanoid shape, but without any differences in any of the colors - every inch of her was black.

As I was getting dressed, the color returned to Rumia's bare skin while the shiny looking black yukuta formed over her, blocking her small body from view.

"...That seems really convenient..." Youkai have the most interresting abilities...

Noticing I had finished getting dressed, she asked, "Well, shall we get going?"

I gave a nod, and Rumia took my hand, leading me into the thin forest that surrounded the shrine and lake, which only got thicker as we went on. "Judging by my nose, this is the direction of the feast! I smell so much human flesh just begging to be eaten~" I couldn't help but swallow from two parts fear at the claim of it being a lot, and one part hunger. I can't believe I've grown used to eating my own kind...

If not for being led along by the hand by Sunshine, I'd be just about blind at this point. While I had grown quite used to the dark, what with living in darkness, I still couldn't see in darkness to a certain extent. The trees blocked out just enough light that I could only see the slight light refraction in Rumia's eyes, much like that of a cat.

We continued like this, hand in hand, myself tripping over an ocasional root or rock, while Sunshine snickering at me for it. It was oddly relaxing, relying on her this much... This, as well as when she had me in her and yet did nothing, built my trust in her greatly, as she could kill me much easier than usual in the situations.

After being led along for a half hour, we finally arived at the outskirts of a rather sizeable village, when a girl that looked much like Tenma but less... mature, physically, landed before us. She had on an outfit rather similar to mine, oddly enough.

"Halt!" She had an outfit much like that of a shrine maiden, such as myself, and yet it was very... manuverable looking. The sleeves weren't connected to the main body, and it looked like light materials. She held and increadably large, thick, crudely made looking scimitar which she pointed directly at us. She had short, snow-white hair, topped off a pair of fluffy looking ears atop her head which looked exactly as Tenma's had. Between her ears was a red tokin with a pair of red leather straps hanging off the sides, while three white poofs were spread evenly along their length, showing that she was a reletively well ranking Tengu, unbeknownst to me. On her back was a bright red scabard, and in her off-hand was a finely crafted white shield, with a bright red maple leaf in the center.

I could only see these things as we were no longer in the dark of a forest, and were instead on the outskirts of the village, where there were torches all over so as to illuminate the area.

As requested, we stopped walking.

"How did you reach the village? The one star guards at the base of the mountain should have made quick work of you!" She was bareing her teeth at this point, which were very similar to those of a dog.

"...Mountain? I guess that explains the slope... Anyways, Aya invited us to some party that is being held... Ahh, here are our invitation!" I produced the slips of paper from my pocket, and offered them to the guard.

Quicker than a flash, she snatched them from my hand, and began to read them faster than I thought possible.

Upon reaching the end, she let out a gasp of surprise, and looked up at us, and with a heavy dose of disbelief tainting her words, she said, "Mother's seal...! You're... You're that human? And that youkai! My humblest apologies, I didn't realize you were the ones cleared for arival." She bowed deeply, before handing the invitations back to me. "I'm sorry to keep you, please fogive me." Once more she began to bow.

"It's okay! Really, you don't have to go so far!" It was awkward to see the woman doing as she was, so I was quick to excuse her for it.

With a nod, Sunshine added, "That is so~! How could you have known...?"

The wolf-girl let out a sigh of relief, and said, "You... You're right. Thank you." She had a far happier look on her face at this point.

"Also, would it be alright if we asked you for directions?" It's better to do more than go by Rumia's nose after all

"Ahh, right! Well, actually, I'm off duty right now, so why don't I just lead you there, myself, as a way to atone for the delay I caused?" At her reasoning, I sighed.

"Really, it's fine! I forgive you! Jeez..." However, no matter what I said, she seemed set in her ways.

"Right this way, Lady ...Hakurei, was it?" Having had learned that I just about gave my soul to help the Youkai, the wolf-girl looked up to me a bit. Self sacrifice for the good of the many really touched her, when her mother had told her of why they were holding a feast.

"That's right. By the way, I don't think I got your name..." I made sure to point this out as gently as can be, as she seemed to be hard on herself at the slightest implication of a mistake.

"Ahh! I am Momiji, of the clan Inubashiri, and eldest daughter of Tenma, making me the next in line for the role of leader! My deepest apologies, it slipped my mind to inform you of this!" She once more bowed, much to my annoyance.

And with that she began to lead us through the rather simple, yet large, village.