"You three shall not stand in my way!" Yuyuko yelled. She slid a spellcard from her sleeve.
Reimu growled. "One already? Dammit!" She said, quickly whipping some of her talismans at the ghost.
"Losing Hometown: Lost Soul's Village -Suicide-!" Yuyuko yelled, unleashing her spell. A wave of arrow danmaku attacked the three, whipping from the left in a wave like motion. Yuyuko slid a fan from her sleeve.
"This seems simple enough~ze." Marisa chuckled. She dodged the bullets easily, soon seeing what Yuyuko had in plan.
The ghost held her fan, closed, and spun around, creating a large five pronged wave of energy to pin Marisa between in and the arrow waves.
"What the?" Marisa yelled, quickly ducking the lasers, but between battered by the arrow danmaku. Yuyuko smirked and shifted her aim to Sakuya. She whipped the wave form the right, the laser fan from the left.
Sakuya eyed the battle field. She rushed under the lasers and quickly looked at the danmaku, grazing between them. Reimu took the slit opening to try and help Marisa recover after the attack. "You alright?" the shrine maiden asked.
"Yea yea..I'm fine..." She said, getting back onto her broom and hovering into the air, Reimu at her side. "Let's get her..." She smirked, quickly firing a volley of magic missiles aided by Reimu's needles.
Yuyuko kept her smirk on, it dropping though as she was assaulted by the magic and needles. Her spell broke and she recoiled back, using the momentum to 'land' in midair. "You three really are persistent...but you cannot think to hold out much longer." She said, quickly whipping her arms to send a wave of bubble danmaku at the three. She used this cover to ready her second spellcard.
"Her attacks...are a lot different than her guard's." Sakuya said as she gracefully dodged the bullets.
"Hers are more traps and indirect attacks..keep that in mind!" Reimu said as she saw a spellcard flash.
"Deadly Dance: Law of Mortality -Demon World-!" She flew above the cherry blossom tree, a large fan opening behind her.
"What the hell is that~ze?" Marisa asked, seeing Yuyuko as she began her attack. Her spell unleashed a swirl of butterflies.
"I..I dunno..just keep fighting her dammit!" Reimu said. She was getting more and more worried as the battle went on, even though Yuyuko was only two spellcards in. The three were tired and running low on weapons from the previous battles.
"Now..suffer!" Yuyuko yelled, her Nirvana behind her unleashing seven large souls, each group of seven hurdling for one of the three. "Feel the wrath of the departed souls!"
"Now THIS is fair..." Marisa groaned. She armed her hakkero. "I'm almost outta fuel..I got five blocks left and knowing how this'll go..I'll be out of it in no time~ze!" Marisa said, aiming the generator into the air. "Non-Directional Laser!" She yelled as she unleashed the spinning laser. It ate away at the bullets, but the sheer amount that Yuyuko was using quickly overwhelmed it.
Reimu growled, quickly throwing a fierce volley of homing talismans before taking a butterfly danmaku to her stomach. She doubled over, one of the soul volleys soon colliding with her and sending her flying into the ground.
"..pitiful shrine maiden." Yuyuko yelled. She broke her card just as Sakuya and Marisa were about to be hit, seeing their confused looks. Her giant Nirvana remained open and it soon unleashed knives at the three.
"Shit..."Marisa grumbled. She flew over to reimu and helped her up, seeing the knives whiz past them. They stayed at fixed positions. "This'll be easy now." the witch said.
"Don't get too comfortable!" Sakuya yelled as she seen a large surge of energy. It exploded into a giant wave of bubble danmaku. She watched and dodged the danmaku. It was moving extremely slow compared to the others, but the large wave was drawing the knives towards the three. "She's crafty..."
Yuyuko smirked once more, hiding her face behind one of her fans. "Flowery Soul: Butterfly Delusion." She said, hiding the card behind her fan. As the knives stopped and the bubbles died, a pulse of blue bullets poured out from the giant fan, and from the ghost, eight thin, white strands started for the three. "The tool that killed me..shall kill you!" She yelled, clenching her fist. The white strands quickly clumped and exploded into a small swirl of butterflies.
Reimu quickly reacted, seeing as how the bullets had her and her allies trapped. "Duplex Barrier!" She yelled, quickly throwing her last barrier talisman between the three and absorbing the bullets. She sighed, then her eyes flew open as the wispy strands still made their way towards them.
"How is she this strong?" Sakuya asked in sheer fear now, seeing as how Yuyuko took next to no damage, while her cards were very powerful. The maid jumped away from the strands and stopped time to catch her breath. She armed herself with as many knives as she could and hurled them in the stopped time. She looked over to Reimu and Marisa and quickly dragged them out of the way of the exploding trails. "This...will be the most difficult battle I have ever fought." She said as she resumed time.
Yuyuko looked as time resumed, her eyes were fixed on the position of the maiden and witch before Sakuya froze time. "Huh? Where did those two g-" she started, soon being assaulted by the knife wall. She fell to the ground, but recoiled off as her card broke. "You...little runt!" Yuyuko yelled, a large cut on her right cheek. No blood pour from it though. "I'll show you to true power of the Saigyouji Clan!" She yelled.
"What is with you? Why do you keep going on about that?" Reimu asked, she held a few talismans in her hand.
"My poor clan was killed...in front of my own eyes by a force from the cherry blossom tree." Yuyuko said as she pulled out a spellcard. Her Nirvana closed and vanished from sight. "I want everyone...to feel the same pain I did as I watched my parents die in front of my eyes! I want them to live through my life and live how I did!" She yelled, her voice was getting angrier and louder, more unstable. "I will end your lives here and tortures your souls in my realm! Hakugyokurou shall be your home!" She yelled, activating her spellcard. "Subtle Melody: Repository of Hirokawa -Divine Soul-!" She yelled. She flew into their and whipped around. Every place she stopped, a large wave of butterflies hurdled at one of the three exhausted humans. "Suffer...suffer...suffer!" She yelled as three large rings of butterflies poured out, making a mash of danmaku.
"Marisa..." Reimu said, watching as the danmaku hurled at them.
The witch nodded and quickly armed her hakkero with the last of her energy blocks. "Master..Spark!" She yelled, blasting through the thick wave with her rainbow laser. Yuyuko took the full blow, her spellcard breaking once more. She panted and hovered in the air.
"How much longer can she go?" Sakuya asked. "She's winded now!"
"Just hold on a bit longer..."Reimu said. "We're out of tricks, nothing but brute strength now."
Yuyuko growled a bit. Her Nirvana opened again and she flew into the air. "Cherry Blossom Sign: Perfect Cherry Blossom of Sumizome -Seal-!" She said through her teeth as her spellcard shattered. The spell still went off though. Her Nirvana fan rained down diamond shaped danmaku while the ghost herself fired due beams, each which split into three small groups of butterflies, those too splitting into a spike of danmaku in various directions.
The three launched into the air and unleashed their strongest attacks. They had to do without the protection from Reimu and the sheer power of Marisa, but what damage they could do would help.
Yuyuko ignored the blows, her spellcard suddenly reforming as she took more and more hits. "Cherry Blossom Sign: Perfect Cherry Blossom of Sumizome -Getting Lost-!" She said, the speed and density of her danmaku increasing. "A soul's path...one that has this tree bound...the essence of spring shall be it's key..." Yuyuko said.
"And we have the last bits..." Reimu said. "We can try a move.." She started, getting blown into the ground by a sudden surge of diamond danmaku.
"Reimu?" Marisa yelled, turning around.
"Marisa! Don't drop your guard!" Sakuya said, hurling a wave of knives at Yuyuko, who ate away at the blades like they where nothing.
"R-right.." Marisa said, turning around, narrowly dodging a butterfly wave. She retorted with a quick blast of magic, hitting Yuyuko dead in the center of her chest.
Yuyuko recoiled, her spellcard shattering, then reforming. "Cherry Blossom Sign: Perfect Cherry Blossom of Sumizome -Deep Sleep-!" She yelled, her danmaku getting even more speed and density, now with the addition of a wave of bubble danmaku. "The longest sleep...of one thousand years..." Yuyuko said.
Sakuya looked back, Reimu slowly getting back to her feet. "Private Time!" She yelled, shattering Yuyuko's bullets in midair, giving the maiden just enough time to get back into the fight.
"How...this is impossible!" Marisa yelled, sending another magic blast at Yuyuko, who yet again took the blow. The ghost's eyes were closed and she kept her attack strong.
"Just get her to stop!" Reimu yelled back, hurling as many of her needles and talismans as she could, aided with Sakuya's knives.
Yuyuko kept taking the shots, her card, for the final time, shattering and reforming. "Cherry Blossom Sign: Perfect Cherry Blossom of Sumizome: -Bloom-!" She yelled, her attacks suddenly engulfing the field in bullets. "I..will...revive the soul! I will make the tree bloom!" She yelled at the top of her lungs as she kept increasing the strength of her final stand. "No one shall stand in my way! Not even the almighty power of Hakurei Shrine Maiden! I don't care with her death this world shall fall! I will bring you all down with me if I must!" Yuyuko yelled.
The three panicked, rushing through the giant mess of butterflies, bubbles and diamonds. The space between them was virtually nonexistent.
"There is.." Reimu started, narrowly missing a wave. "..no way to win...we need to shed the border." She said.
Marisa flashed a panicked look to the miko. "What is wrong with you~ze?" Marisa yelled. "If we do she'll bring the damn tree back!"
"We don't have a choice!" Sakuya retorted. She hurled her pocket watch. "Private Square!" She yelled as it boomeranged back. Everything in the row was obliterated, giving Reimu time.
"Spring Border Shed: Hakurei Ritual!" Reimu yelled, clasping her hands. The three glowed a bright pink, then a thin veil erupted off them. Cherry blossom petals were seen flying off the veil as the veil tore through the danmaku and hurled towards Yuyuko.
The ghost broke her spellcard, laughing. "You idiots! I thank you for the help...I promise to make your death quick...and painful." She chuckled as she turned to see the cherry blossom tree as it slowly bloomed. "Yes..yes..show me the body that is binding you!" She yelled, laughing with a highly insane tone.
The three allies landed, panting heavily and watching in pure fear as to what could happen next.
Yuyuko laugh got louder and more insane. "Arise forsaken body! Show me your true form!" She yelled. Her eyes slowly drifted onto the seal wrapped around the tree. It tore off and the paper charms burned. From the ground, a body slowly rose, Yuyuko taking great pride. "Now...who are y-" she started. She covered her mouth and backed away, falling over onto her back. "N-no!...It...it couldn't be!" She said, gasping. "T-that's..."
The body hovered just above the ground. It looked around and eyed Yuyuko. It had two deep gashes on her neck.
"I...I...I was the one..who was binding this tree?" She said, as she tried to get up. She fell to her knees, in shock. "No..it..it's couldn't be!" She yelled, grabbing her head. "No...no...no!" She yelled as loud as she could. "How..how could I be the seal?" She yelled, falling to the ground.
The body of Yuyuko hovered over her ghost self and looked down. The ghost was in the same position and same spot as when she killed herself. She held her palm to Yuyuko's face, suddenly quieting her and making her lifeless. It looked at Reimu, Marisa, and Sakuya last and slowly hovered into the air. "You...three" it said in Yuyuko's voice. "I thank you...for helping her...but your time has come..."