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: ...
A/N: I said I was sorry; I shouldn't have snapped at you like that.
K/N: ...
A/N: Fine, fine, you don't have to say anything.
K/N: ...Apology accepted.
A/N: Ohh?
Y/N: My, you two sure do get along quite well, now don't you~?
K/N: Mas- ...Hello, who might you be?
Y/N: My, acting as if you don't know me? I'm hurt, Kogasa. I like the new look, by the way~
A/N: Been awhile, Yukari! Been wondering when you'd show up.
K/N: ...So it's not the Yukari from this timeline? Why have I still not met her...?
A/N: What are you muttering about, Kogasa~?
K/N: Ohh, nothing.
Y/N: It sounds like something to me. Perhaps you simply don't want to talk to your dear, old teacher...?
K/N: ...Please don't pout at me like that. And what do you mean by old? You've never called yourself that before...
Y/N: Ohh, nothing~
A/N: Well, I guess it's about time I get on with the show, isn't it?
I wonder how Kogasa is doing? ...Silly question. I hope nothing traumatizes her too bad... She was like a daughter to me, strangely enough. Then again, she technically was my daughter. After all, I gave away that umbrella, knowing that it would eventually be lost by that miko.
I stared up, laying on my moist bed, as the rain pattered against my body, dripping and dropping from the edges of my gap until I closed it.
I let out a sigh, and altered the border of wet and dry, making my bed and I suddenly dry. I let out a little sneeze from having slept in the rain, and let out a sigh. A rain person I may be, but being left out in the rain tends to affect everyone.
With everything dry, save for my slightly stuffy nose, I reached for my book, and began to read. Think I somehow managed to catch something... How long has it been since I last caught something? I believe Sanae was still with me at the time, if I'm not forgetting anything...
Today, I met a familiar face. Strangely, she simply goes by Aki, and made no mention of being Shizuha. She looked like Shizuha, save for wearing a kimono, even if it was still made out of leaves, from the look of it. Curiously, she also wore grapes in her hair. I wonder why? Reminds me of Minoriko's hat, honestly. We talked over sugared tea, which she too seemed to enjoy greatly. It always makes me smile to meet someone who enjoys my tea. She asked for some seeds to grow sugar cane, which I gladly gave. Seems she's the goddess of both turning leaves, as well as bountiful harvests, which makes me wonder if she's somehow both Minoriko as well as Shizuha. That would explain the lack of the name, the lack of her sister, and the ability to use the power of both. Quite the curiosity, really.
By the time we were done, I had convinced her to come live in Gensoukyou about a week before I estimate it would be complete. Quite some time that gives her, but that isn't the most vital thing to have her there soon. After all, I heard she was there for the creation of the barrier.
I just hope I'm not going to be there for the barrier's creation as well.
Once more I couldn't help but chuckle a bit at myself. Silly girl...
Interesting. Multiple hundreds of years in advance- 5, to be exact- she has moved here. Unexpected of her. Having nothing better to do, I went to meet her, and caught up with her. Apparently, the tengu are allowing her to build a home at the base of the mountain. Not outside the usual for the tengu. They don't so much hate when you live near them as when you live with them. Xenophobic, they are.
I let out a chuckle, and thought aloud, "My, that was a particularly short entry..." Flipping the page, I frowned a bit. Her... Of all the entries to read, this would likely be my least favorite. It's her fault that the moon dislikes me. I didn't even actually join in, but noooo, my involvement to end the war was seen as involvement to manipulate the events!
Today I met an interesting person. The celestial that started the war between the moon and her army of youkai and celestials... Why they would accept her leadership is beyond me, but they did, and my efforts to stop the happenings ended up making me an enemy of the moon. Stupid misunderstandings...
I tried my very best to be cordial about things, but she wouldn't have any of it! She called me a coward, who gets in the way of glorious battle. I am no coward, but I do get in the way of meaningless war. She didn't take to kindly to my calling the war meaningless, either. Slapped me across the face, even. When I tried to offer her tea, she merely splashed it in my face, and continued to be irritating. I was so close to opening a gap around her neck, and tightening it till she would stop reiterating herself. Heck, I was close to simply close to closing a gap on her arm so that she would start making sounds of agony instead of irritation.
But I didn't. I am above that. Instead, I mere gapped her home.
Placing the mark back between the pages, I closed the book. My, that was quite the nice read, at least until I reached the part about the bratty celestial.
Climbing under the covers, I reached into the gap to look for a thermometre, before popping it into my mouth. Waiting for it to finish warming up, I let out a sigh. Feel terrible...
When a minute had passed, I pulled the glass tube from my mouth, and inspected it. Hrm. 107. Lethal to humans, but not a particularly bad cold for a youkai. After all, we are made of tougher stuff.
With that in mind, I rested my head against the pillow, and drifted off. Need lots of rest, as... Sanae said. ...Long ago...