Here is my next chapter! I keep getting busier now with art and other personal projects, but here it is! Enjoy :)
The group of soul-ridden corpses inch their way towards us, seemingly very slow. It gives us enough time to run out the back of the shrine and as far as we can away from the pack. But I was told we shouldn't keep running opposite of them because we could enter the outside world, and that we aren't welcome there. I'm now starting to get curious of this "outside world" but that can wait, right now we need to get safe. There's no way we can fight off all of that death.
We finally stop after a good twenty minutes of running, and I need to stop to catch my breath. I'm not used to running at all, since I was locked in a single area for my entire life. You don't get to do much running like that. "Shush" Reimu says, watching the area with keen eyes. I watch around us but see or hear nothing, what could this be?
The air is crisp and cool in the night time, and the trees around us sway in the breeze steadily. It feels nice, but I'm mad that I've been kept from this for such a long time. Even if my sister kept me down there for my own good, it still kept me from stuff like this and other possibly nice things. It still hurt me, even if the maids didn't... act like they did. I don't think I will ever get over that basement-dwelling experience. It hurt too much and I spent too long down there. I sigh and just keep looking until something jumps at Reimu, this time pinning her to the ground. It looks like a human with... rabbit ears? Where are we?
The human... rabbit... whatever, has no weapon and is trying to... hurt or kill Reimu? That is actually amusing and I start to giggle a little bit. What's going on? Hearing them struggle keeps me giggling until it raises to a crazed laughter. "What are you two doing?" I ask, barely able to get the words out before laughing again. They just stop and look at me, blushing and embarrassed. Suddenly she bursts out on Reimu.
"I thought you were someone else you twat!" She slaps Reimu. The shrine maiden just looks at Reisen, seemingly shocked. She slaps her back, Meiling suddenly jumps in and yells at them to stop.
"Guys! What is wrong with you two?!" Meiling screams, and suddenly they all start yelling at one another. This is starting to bore me. I start to look around again and suddenly notice a giant building in the distance. I wonder what that is? I tug on sister's shirt and point towards that building, asking her about it.
"Hm, that's Eintei. It's a giant building where a lot of the 'moon rabbits' live." She answers, "I wouldn't go near it. They don't exactly... enjoy unknown presences." I just nod and sigh. Curiosity has been something that has hurt me a lot in the past, when I've been allowed to leave my prison down below. Only for one day every couple of decades though.
Suddenly I turn my attention back to Reimu, the Rabbit thing, and Meiling. They're still arguing. I've had enough at this point so I aim my wand and fire a firebolt directly in the center of all three of them. It hits directly where I wanted it to and they all fly in different directions. I don't know if I injured any of them but frankly, I don't care. "Guys, really? Stop arguing about nonsense and focus on things more important." The three of them rub their heads and get up.
"Flan's right." Reimu replies, "Reisen, are you aware of the incident that seems to be happening all across Gensokyo?" Reisen just looks at Reimu and shrugs.
"No, not at all. What's going on?" It seems I hurt her the most because she's keeping her hand pressed down on her head and looks at me in frustration.
"Alright, allow me to tell you." Reimu says, "People are starting to get their souls taken, to put it blatantly. People are starting to gain scarlet red eyes, and maybe even red hair. Don't go near anyone that may look... out of the ordinary to you. I think all enemies of each other should take this time to work together just to eliminate a common enemy. This could get even more out of hand and we could lose Gensokyo to this horrific disease." Reimu finishes explaining and as usual, the person she explains it to is shocked. The person in this case being Reisen.
"So basically were all screwed." We nod in response, "Great, just great! How do we go about solving an incident on this large of a scale?!" She starts pacing back and forth thinking, while Reimu is behind her trying to calm her down.
"Listen, guys!" I yell to get their attention, "We should all return to the mansion as a team, now that we have you gathered. We can start forming a plan, I sure hope that Devil can help us... I forget her name."
"Her name's Koakuma, and I think that would be a splendid idea." My sister says, she's been awfully quiet this whole time, it's kind of unsettling. "The only issue is that: Sakuya, Patchouli, and all the fairies and hobgoblins are taken by this disease." Sister just looks down, "Getting back in unseen with this big of a group can be quite the challenge." As I think about that I spark an idea.
"What if we send people one by one through the hidden passage that we left from. Until the group gets smaller, then they can make it to the throne room through the entrance. We should have one leader for each." I think my idea is good, and sister does seem to like it! That makes me happy.
"That will work, but I think you should lead the pack that goes through the mansion... maybe it'll teach you to find your way." Sister giggles a bit devilishly. I don't know how I feel about that but I won't object this, it's a challenge to beat! I nod towards her and she raises an eyebrow, stunned that I agreed.
"So do we start now?" I ask everyone, they all immediately nod towards me. "Okay, then let's do this." Remilia and Meiling start walking towards the mansion, I follow right behind and so does Reisen and Reimu behind me.
I'm just wondering what could await me in the mansion.
And if I'll meet my end sooner than I think.