Loud chewing and giggling, the former being a sound not used to the Hakurei shrine.
"Does..does she always eat like this?" Reimu asked, staring at Yuyuko, who was wolfing down dumpling after dumpling in no time. Youmu sighed and hung her head, ashamed.
"I try to tell her not to eat like this...but she just doesn't listen." the phantom girl replied.
"Oh hush Youmu." Yuyuko giggled after swallowing some of her dumpling. "You know I get very hungry at times, plus it's the first time I've been outside the Netherworld. I want to live it up for a bit!" She said, smiling.
"Err...alright then." Reimu said, sipping some tea. It was a rather warm night, after what just happened, the group wasn't surprised.
"Yuyuko, you are a lady, please act like one." the scarlet devil sighed, her maid standing next to her. Remilia was annoyed by Yuyuko's carefree way, seeing as how she had Youmu as her servant and was in charge of the realm of the dead. "You rule over the Netherworld just as I rule the Mansion."
"I know, I know, but I'm not as strict or stern as you Remilia." Yuyuko stated after she swallowed the rest of her dumpling. "Youmu is allowed to do whatever she wants, but she insists on staying. Is that right?" She asked, turning to her gardener.
"Well..yes. My grandfather was employed by the Saigyouji's, so that means until the Konpaku's assistance is no longer needed, my family line shall work for them." Youmu informed the vampire, seeing her sigh. Youmu flashed a look at Sakuya, who chuckled nervously.
A loud yawn. "Alright, this is boring~ze!" Marisa called out. "We have the Summer Festival! We should be down in the village with the others~ze!" She said, still full of energy from what she, and the others did before.
"Calm down already Marisa, it's not going anywhere. Thanks to those people the festival is postponed...sorta." Alice started.
"It is only..hey look it's around four in the morning." Yukari replied, looking up at the real moon. It was the end of the Eternal Night Incident and the Summer Festival was finally underway. The border youkai was doing what she did best, lazily floating on a large border.
"Then the festival is over..right?" Marisa asked, glum.
"Meh..it might be, go check. I'll wait here." Yukari said, smirking as she seen Marisa grab Alice by her collar and run down to the town, cheering.
Remilia sighed and got up. "I think it's time we went, Sakuya. According to Yukari the sun should be rising soon, and I don't think you have my parasol with you." she said.
"As you wish. And yes, I'm sorry, I didn't bring your parasol." Sakuya said, walking behind Remilia as the vampire started for the Mansion. Youmu and Yuyuko on the other hand, stayed.
"...you two gonna get going? It's nearly morning." Reimu said, waiting.
Yuyuko shook her head. "I'm fine." She giggled. Reimu looked at her with a weird and confused look. "Go to the Festival. I'll be fine here." She said.
"..but it's four." Reimu said.
"Not everyday you can go to a festival huh?" Yuyuko said, looking at Reimu, then Youmu. "Go with her, okay?"
"Um..okay Lady Yuyuko." Youmu said, getting up. Reimu looked at Yuyuko, suspicious. "Sure...alright then..." Reimu said, slowly getting up and walking over to Youmu.
"I'll make sure everything is alright, okay?" Yuyuko smiled, seeing Reimu nod lightly, walking to the village with Youmu. Yuyuko looked over to Yukari. "Reimu must have been a problem, huh?"
Yukari shrugged. "Not really. It was kinda fun." Yukari said, getting off her border and walking to Yuyuko, sitting next to her. Yuyuko smiled.
"It is a nice night out though...now that the real moon is back." Yuyuko said, looking up at the returned moon. Yukari nodded and looked too.
"Hey Yuyu..." Yukari said.
"Hm? What is it Yukari?" Yuyuko asked, looking up to her friend.
"...nothing." She smiled. "Just...it is a nice night out..but I think we should get going when Reimu gets back."
"I guess we should." Yuyuko said, yawning lightly. "I am tired." She sleepily said, lying her head on Yukari's shoulder. Yukari smiled.
"I'll stay up..alright? I'm used to this." She said, seeing Yuyuko slowly nod to sleep.
About an hour went by and the sun was nearly up, Reimu and Youmu finally walking back to the Shrine. "Hey Yuyuko, Yukari, I'm back." Reimu said, seeing the two fast asleep. "..they fell asleep. What about my donations? They could have been stolen!" She panicked, running over to the box.
"..you never get any anyway..." Yukari said, sleep talking.
Reimu's eye twitched. "Youmu..please get them to leave." she said through her teeth.
Youmu chuckled very nervously. "Lady Yuyuko..Lady Yukari...time to go." She said, walking over and trying to wake them up. Yuyuko mumbled a bit, reaching out and grabbing Myon's tail.
"E-eh?" Youmu said, feeling something weird on her back. "Lady Yuyuko..what are you..ahh!" She yelled, seeing and feeling Yuyuko slowly chew on Myon, thinking she was a oversized dumpling. "Ahh! Get off get off get off!" Youmu flailed, trying to pull Myon free. The ghost and human struggled, the ghost winning finally. Myon frantically flew behind Youmu and hid behind her human counterpart.
Yuyuko yawned lightly. "Whatever I was eating..tasted good." She giggled lightly, as she slowly lifted her head off of Yukari. She yawned and rubbed her eyes. "Still at the Shrine?" She asked.
"Yes you are..please leave..." Reimu said, walking into the shrine.
"Oh, alright." Yuyuko yawned once more. "When we get back, I'm going to sleep again." She said, getting up and looking at Yukari. "Yukari...wake up." She said sweetly. The border youkai mumbled a bit, making a border in her sleep under her, Yuyuko and Youmu, dropping the three back in the Netherland.
"..that was simple." Youmu said, looking at Yukari. "Should I try to get her inside?" She asked, her own question answering itself as Yukari warped herself inside. "Where did she go?" She asked Yuyuko, who walked inside. The ghost looked around, ending in her room and giggling.
"Aww." She said, walking over. Yukari was still fast asleep, lying on Yuyuko's bed. "Good night." She said lightly, lying down next to the border youkai and falling back asleep.
"Lady...Yuyuko..?" Youmu said quietly around the house, hearing the light snores from her bedroom. The gardener poked her head in her mistress's room, smiling. "Good night you two..." She said at the sight.
Yuyuko was finally reliving her old life from where it would have left off. After the arguments, after the troubles, after the torment, her life was getting better. She had her friend by her side; her gardener, who to her was more than just that; and now she wasn't as afraid to be alone anymore, now that she knew people from the outside world. The life of the poor ghost wasn't as she thought it would be anymore, and she enjoyed her new life to it's fullest.