Okay, I've been wondering about this for a while now.
Is the story a little boring since it's only from Seido's point of view?
After posting the last chapter, I read through all of them and found them… somewhat lacking. I've already planned some fun stuff, but that's gonna be a few chapters before then.
So starting from this chapter onward, I'm gonna add some different points of view when they are necessary.
Please let me know this works because I appreciate any support and advice given.
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Chapter 6: Black Wings Take Flight
Fairy.
If someone mentions that word to you, what is the first image that comes across your mind?
Small, human-like in appearance, dragonfly-like wings, high-pitched voices and has magical powers. Yup, I guess that about sums it up.
Honestly, the first thing that comes into my mind would be Fairy Tail. An awesome fantasy/adventure/comedy anime/manga series.
But let's get back on topic and I'll be honest, I don't know much about fairies. My specialty is Japanese mythology and fairies do not fall into that category. The only ideas I can get about them are from anime and manga with a fantasy setting and that only applies to the Outside World. Gensokyo's fairies don't count.
But there is one thing I am 100% sure about the ones here and it is this:
They are major pain in the ass.
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"Hang on, Seido! I'm gonna kick it up a notch!" Marisa shouted amidst the curtains of danmaku.
"Hang on to WHAT? Whoa!" My hands started to slip of the broom, so I quickly wrapped my arms around something to keep myself from falling.
And that something is Marisa.
"Hey!"
"Sorry! But right now, fear of falling and going splat against the ground is overriding chivalry!"
I looked at our perpetrators, a whole bunch of fairies that came out of nowhere and started shooting at us like crazy.
First vampires, now fairies. What's next, werewolves?
"Does this kind of thing always happen?"
"Yeah… pretty much."
You gotta be kidding me…
"Still, they're acting a lot more aggressive than usual… I wonder why?" Marisa wondered out loud while shooting down a few fairies.
I pretty much panic when they exploded to dust. "Hey, stop! You're killing them!"
"Don't worry, they'll just come back to life afterwards ze."
…
But how does that even-
You know what? Forget it, I'm not gonna bother this time.
One of the larger fairies, a greater fairy by the looks of it soon shouted, "Why are you protecting that outsider, black white?"
Huh, how did they know- Oh right, my clothes.
Marisa shouted back, "Why not? He is my friend ze!"
"Have you already forgotten what the last three outsiders that came here did?"
Marisa visibly cringed at this. Dude, seriously? It was called "The History Nobody Wants to Remember" for a reason, you know.
"But Seido's nothing like that ze!"
The greater fairy snorted and crossed her arms, "Says the witch who just got cuddled by the outsider! I saw how he wrapped his arms around you! Like the disgusting pervert he is!"
…
Damn, are you saying those guys got their hands on you girls too?
So that means they're not just perverts, they're lolicons too.
Perfect, just frigging perfect…
"And yet you still defend him! Maybe you enjoy the touch of his filthy hands all over you! Maybe you are just as perverted as he is!
…
That was NOT necessary you damn-
…Stay calm, stay calm.
Don't let her get to you, Seido.
Don't cave in…
Hey, I think I just saw one of Marisa's eyes twitch!
"Well it doesn't matter anyway! We're going to put him down for good! Like the disgusting perverted, wild animal he is before he goes around harassing the rest of the Gensokyo!"
…
And I caved.
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Alert!
Anger gauge has reached critical levels.
Emergency routine activated.
Searching…
Program Found.
Execute Program "Lunatic Retribution"?
Yes No
Warning!
Program will override all other functions and will not be disabled until core function has been completed.
Do you wish to continue?
Yes No
Executing Program… Please stand by.
10%...
25%...
55%...
90%...
100%
Program execution complete.
Initializing Core function in…
3…
2…
1…
Lunatic Retribution has been fully integrated.
Objective: Destroy all assholes in sight until Anger and/or Stamina has been completely depleted.
Have a nice day.
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"You wanna talk shit about us? Then say to my FACE!" I shouted as I discharged several Jehuty lasers at the surrounding fairies and obliterated them.
"Look you little mosquito. I don't care who you are, I don't care what you think about me and I don't give a damn about your reason for this! You made one very serious mistake… and I quote from one of my favourite games…"
I pointed and addressed to ALL the fairies, "You insignificant specks… got on my wrong damn side!"
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I don't remember how long we have fighting these things, but I inflicting a lot of pain on those fairies.
Blowing them up, kicking them in the face, I even managed to grab one of them by the head and threw it to a cluster of them grouped together!
Bowling ball strike, Jehuty Style!
I even used Unyielding Aegis. As a shield, it didn't help since we were being shot at from all sides, but its second feature came in handy. The way the bullets bounce off after hitting a fairy kinda reminds me of Brick Breaker. It was fun while it lasted.
And it seems Marisa is enjoying herself just as much! She's been blasting them with stars non-stop, especially at that greater fairy who called her a pervert.
"Hey, Marisa! It looks like you're having trouble with that one. Need help?"
"No. That fairy is mine; you can have the rest ze!" Marisa huffed before continuing to hunt down to her down.
The Spark Queen has spoken!
But it's getting repetitive shooting them down like this, and I just used up my only Spell Card. Hmm… if only I could hit everything around me, like one of those big-ass airships or alien bosses in my games…
Hey, what do you know? Inspiration can come in the heat of battle! But, I doubt this slaughter actually counts, hehe.
Snapping my fingers, a Spell Card formed at the palm of my hand. Grinning, I raised it up and shouted, "Assault Sign: Reverse Vortex Barrage!"
The Card broke and turned into a torrential vortex, only instead of sucking stuff in, it is spitting stuff out. Imagine me as the center of whirlpool in the sea and the danmaku I'm firing as the waves, only the bullets are going out of the centre instead of coming in, and you get the picture.
As soon as they saw this, pretty much every fairy in the area has scattered.
"HAHAHAHA! That's right! Flee, flee you insects! Flee as you cower before my SUPERIOR FIREPOWER!"
Marisa glanced at me, "Err, Seido. Are you okay?"
"Can't talk, enjoying fairy massacre."
Soon the vortex closed up, leaving me, Marisa and quite a bunch of fairies though not as many as earlier.
And… I'm out of steam.
…..
Anger gauge has been completely depleted.
Objective accomplished.
Core Function shutting down…
Ending Program…
Lunatic Retribution has been successfully removed
Storing Program in…
3…
2…
1…
Program has been successfully stored.
Re-initializing all key functions….
Re-initialization Complete.
Have a nice day.
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As the haze cleared from my head, I shook it a few times before focusing on the situation at hand. Let's see…
1. The fairies saw me with Marisa and attacked.
2. They haven't gotten over the "incident".
3. One of them said something she shouldn't have and made me go into "lunatic mode"
4. Most of the fairies are gone with the exception of those in front of us.
And… I got myself a new Spell Card. While the results are sort of positive, I hoped that this wouldn't happen again. I sure hoped that my future meetings with the other citizens of Gensokyo will be less hostile.
"So… are you all ready to get Sparked? Hehehe…" Marisa cackled evilly as she tossed her mini-Hakkero up and down in her hand while the fairies cowered in terror.
I pretty much had to remind myself that Marisa is a witch, so getting like this must be pretty common for her.
Shrugging, I glanced at fairies and… Huh? Why is one of them looking at me? And grinning?
… There's somebody behind me, isn't there?
Turning my head, I looked over my shoulder and… Holy crap!
"Marisa, behind us!" I shouted while shielding the witch with my body.
Bang!
And I am hit in the back by one of the many danmaku bullets flying our way.
Remember that one fairy who talked to us? Who insulted us and blew my fuse? The one that Marisa wanted to blow up?
Well, she is right behind us.
Now I'm not sure how she managed to avoid Marisa and my Spell Card, but judging by how she is covered in leaves and all, I'm guessing she in the trees of the forest nearby.
And things just got worse in more ways than one.
1, I've never been hit with Danmaku since I got here, so the impact I received had stunned me.
2, in my haste to protect Marisa, I had forgotten that I am sitting on a broom, so the impact made also made I lost my balance and fall off.
3, I'm gonna be landing on solid ground and at this height I will definitely die. No trees to slow me down.
And finally 4, Marisa is currently surrounded by the rest of the fairies, so being rescued is not an option.
And so here I am, screaming at the top of my voice, dropping from god knows how high straight to the ground below for a blood-splattering finish.
Damn it! I didn't come all this way just to die like this!
That day… I had promised myself… promised him, that I will become someone who can protect those who I hold dear…
I don't want to die!
I can't die here!
I won't die here!
While trying to find some way to save myself, my attention is drawn to a single movement as something just flew past me.
A black bird… No, a crow.
…
I want to live.
I need to fly.
I desire…
WINGS.
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Marisa's point of view
"Seido!" I screamed at the top of my voice as my friend fell below.
I have no idea what just happened! One moment he was shouting at me, the next he just fell off the broom! And that made me drop my mini-Hakkero too! I'll pick it up later!
"Hang in there, I'm coming to-" I stopped as someone blocked my way. It was that same fairy that insulted me and Seido!
"Damn it, out of the way!" I try to pass her but she keeps blocking me.
"Not so fast! I'm gonna get revenge on you for killing my sisters!"
"Your sisters won't stay dead, they'll just come back to life later ze! I have to save Seido!"
The fairy raised an eyebrow, "Why? He can fly right? After all he can shoot danmaku and use Spell Cards."
"BUT HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW! HE ONLY LEARNED HOW TO USE DANMAKU!"
The fairy's eyes widened, "Seriously? Uh oh, we better-"
However, my reverie was cut short when one of the other fairies screamed and pointed at something.
Out of curiosity, I followed where she was pointing and realized why she looked so shocked.
A person with a pair of black wings can be seen gliding across the ground before disappearing into the mist above the lake nearby. Almost immediately, a strong gust emerged and blew most of the mist away… along several fairies here.
With the mist almost completely gone, I looked at the person hovering over the lake and my eyes widened with surprise.
It was Seido.
And… he's flying.
"I-I thought you said that he didn't know how to fly."
"I-I thought so too ze…"
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Seido's point of view
Err… wha? Where am I? What happened?
Oh yeah, I was dropping down to my death when…
Wait a minute, am I floating in the air?
So… I'm dead now? Damn, that sucks…
Marisa! Where is she? Is she alright!
"Seido!"
I looked at the witch coming towards me and shouted in surprise, "Marisa, you're alright!"
"Of course, I am! More importantly, why didn't you tell me you already learned how to fly?"
Huh? What does she mean by that?
"But, I don't know how to fly. That's why I asked you to let me ride on your broom."
Marisa merely stared at me with a questioning look on her face. I don't why she's doing that, but it's making me uncomfortable.
I'll just look down and-
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What the heck? Where did the ground go? When did I move above the lake?
And my jaw dropped as I look into my reflection, everything as it should be with the exception of two black objects behind me…
No way…
I have wings… I have frigging WINGS!
The wings on my back are soaring wings with deep slots at the end of each wing. They are also a bit longer than my arms, but only by a few inches. But above all else, they are black, just like a crow.
Just like that crow I saw as I fell.
"So… when did you grow wings?" Marisa circled around me, eyeing the new additions.
"Just now, I guess. And, I don't think I grew these wings, I think I made them."
Well, this had to be true. The wings didn't feel like a part of my body like my arms and legs do even if I can move them at will. It feels more like… something you wear, like clothing, only the kind you can move with your mind. And looking at them more closely, I realized that the wings are made of energy, like my Danmaku.
But… why are they black? My energy is a silver-blue color… Maybe it had to do with how I pictured the crow when I wanted wings?
However, I was snapped out of my thoughts by the greater fairy, "Hey, outsider! Your name is Seido, right?"
Okay… so you shot us, insulted us, nearly KILLED ME, and now you ask for my name? I really hope this doesn't happen very often…
"Yes… it is. So what do you want? Here to finish the job?"
"H-Hey! It's not like I was trying to kill you! I thought you can fly since you can shoot danmaku!"
"Well, yeah. Just be glad I was able to learn how at the last moment, otherwise I would have haunted your ass for the rest for your life!"
Cringing slightly, she quickly collected herself, "A-Anyway, that doesn't matter since you're okay, right? By the way, you dropped this." She then tossed something and I instinctively caught it.
Hey, this is Marisa's mini-Hakkero!
"So you picked it up for me? Thanks ze!" Marisa grinned.
"I don't feel like fighting anymore, so I'll let you two go for now!" the fairy then turned to leave…
"Hold it."
Both the fairy and Marisa looked at me.
While it is fine for Marisa and that fairy, it is NOT fine for me. True, I gained both a new Spell Card and the ability to fly. BUT, I'm still sore about what she said about me. Sure, she had a good reason to be suspicious, but that hardly justifies what she did!
I looked at the mini-Hakkero and had an idea... a pretty wicked idea.
Hey! I may be a nice guy, but I'm not that nice.
Tossing the mini-Hakkero up and down while looking at the greater fairy, I casually said to Marisa, "Say Marisa. Do you remember the 4 steps in your "lesson" back in the shrine?"
Marisa raised an eyebrow, "Yeah… why?"
"Would you mind telling me again? I think I can get it right this time."
Marisa looked at me, the mini-Hakkero in my hand and the fairy, then grinned in understanding, "Oh~ Okay! Now, the first step is to concentrate your mind."
The greater fairy looked at us, "What are you two doing?"
"Oh, you'll see~" I waved my free hand.
"Second step, you tenderly say your spell to your mini-Hakkero ze."
I thought about it for a moment, and whispered the name I decided for my new Spell Card to the mini-Hakkero. The box then started to glow with energy.
"Third step: You point it to someone you really dislike."
I smirked and pointed it… straight at the greater fairy, who was starting to understand what we were doing.
"H-Hey, wait a minute!" She held up her hands defensively, "Let's talk about this!"
"And finally the fourth step…"
I grinned and said in sync with Marisa.
"Unleash your annihilation beam of love!"
The beam that erupted from the mini-Hakkero wasn't as large as Marisa's, but it sure did pack a punch. I had to use both hands to withstand the recoil.
Anyway, it did the job. The greater fairy was instantly vaporized and the rest of the fairies fled the scene. I think I'll apologize when she comes back to life, if she'll let me that is.
Marisa slapped me in the back, "Nice job! That was definitely a Spark ze!"
I grinned and brought up my latest Spell Card, Justice Sign: Sonic Spark.
"Justice?" Marisa looked at me quizzically, "Why Justice?"
"It's the only thing I can think of that goes well with Love. At least it's better than Hate, right? By the way, I believe you want this back."
"Thanks." Marisa took back her mini-Hakkero before chuckled heartily, "Love & Justice, eh? Sounds kinda cool ze!"
I smiled as I pocketed the Spell Card before realizing something important. "Hey, Marisa…"
"Yeah?"
"How do I fly?"
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It took me a while but I pretty much got the hang of it, sort of. Marisa told me that flying is the same as walking and running. Just picture yourself going in a certain direction and you'll go there. It's still hard to believe I am actually flying with these fake wings.
Then again, trying to imagine myself flying without them is even harder. No matter how much I try to convince myself it won't happen, my imagination about flying without wings… always ends with me crashing face first into the ground.
I guess the black wings symbolize how I believed nothing can fly without wings. Pretty ironic considering I saw Reimu flying yesterday and Marisa is flying beside me with her broomstick.
"Oh, I have to go now!" Marisa said suddenly.
I turned towards her, "How come?"
"I have some business to take care of ze. Will you be okay by yourself?"
"I think so. Don't worry, I can take care! See you around, Marisa!
"Bye!" Marisa took off on her broom and headed to the mansion in the middle of the lake. Huh, is she friends with the vampire who lives there?
Meh, maybe I'll I ask her to take me along next time… If I can embrace the fact I'll be meeting a living bloodsucker in the flesh by then.
But for now, I'm going to see how well to these wings work!
Time to take it to the skies!
Flapping my black wings, I took off into the sky. Time to see what else this world has in store.
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And done!
And here Seido gains wings along with the ability to fly and as well as 2 new Spell Cards.
You know the saying, "Fear gives men wings"? I decided to use it on a more literal term.
Read and review, please and thank you.