A lady with a gaudy purple dress, a style no longer in fashion, she was holding a closed umbrella with red ribbons even though there is no sun inside of the room. Sitting in a recliner couch clearly not part of the room, in fact the blonde lady brought it in for her own comfort. She had a proud smile and a calm expression, even though the man inside the tank wanted to hurt her she would leave before he said the words needed to take a course of action. In the middle of them two there is a black and white orb floating sealed in a crystal container.
–I still wonder why I listened to you and stole this thing –Let it flow, feel like betting? –… is this a game for you? –When you have lived as much as I do –… Alright this has became too random already anyway, registries of any ESPer you want –Before he finished the sentence she spoke –Alright then I'll give you a registry of the most important youkai in Gensokyo –both saw one little screen come down showing every camera following Yuuka's steps. –Her friends will come and try to drive her away Aleister. I bet they'll last less than 15 seconds each –I'll say 30, she looks too relaxed to be rough at the moment.
Yukari Yakumo, the woman in purple pulled a bottle of whiskey and two glasses, she served herself one and offered the another to her host. She opened one of her dimensional rifts and placed it inside of the tank where he was located, the alcoholic drink started to diffuse around the water. –…?! I don't drink lady! –Many alarms sounded in the room, the alcohol started to be filtered out of the tank, many variables had to be controlled to keep this man alive. –I know but some rules are to be broken at times old man –You are way older than me! –Exactly my point, you don't need that stuff to stay alive. Your science is just a long way to the same goal… Oh wait they have met already!
–The nun had left for a while to go to the bathroom, they didn't want to attack with her present, the cross fire was always dangerous. The little screen left much unseen but one could see and count the time, which was the thing they wanted to know to complete their bet.
Yuuka was calmed and smiling the whole time, meeting those two was even something pleasant since the city was becoming boring to her. –Wait before we begin… Sanae sent you a letter missy –Yuuka was speaking to the girl holding a sword, her clothing was as eccentric as her foe's, a pair of jeans with one leg missing, and a white t-shirt way too short in Yuuka's opinion. The man was wearing clothes that gave away his area of expertise, dark long clothes and red hair, by the book he handled fire. Yuuka walked close to the girl showing off too much skin for her taste and gave her a card with a frog sticker sealing it. Kochiya Sanae had written the letter, they had met before, she was just a little girl but her memory was fresh, Sanae was kind of her predecessor. The strongest Saint in Japan before the title went to her after her disappearance, it was said that she was a demigod, a descendant of the goddess of the Suwa lake. Some people said she went to a world of fantasy, and that information was probably in the letter. Was this a trap? Anyway she opened the letter, the girl in red looked impatient to get over with it, and those kind of traps didn't look like something that girl would do.
The letter was long and well written, the handwriting was clearly Sanae's, it wasn't a trap. She skimmed through it as there wasn't much time, she had gone to a place called Gensokyo, and this girl was someone who controlled flowers at will. She folded the letter and kept it in her pocket. Yuuka was standing far from them now. –So shall we introduce ourselves first? I'm Yuuka, ae… –We know that name is a fake, but you seem to know us already –The man in black said, he was trying to be intimidating –I apologize but I only know the girl, Sanae told me about her. Yama knows her too, she uses you as an example to follow way too much –She huffed in disgust, the swords woman felt a chill on her back, who was this woman who knew the Judge of judges in person? She didn't even noticed the compliment the more she knew about her, the more she felt afraid of her.
Proper introductions now seemed necessary, to be polite before battle meant that she would be polite during it. –I am Kanzaki Kaori, Salvare 000 –She hid her fear well, her companion's attempt was not as good but acceptable –I am Styl Magnus, Fortis 0() –The red clad girl giggles and bowed. –Nice meeting you, I have no choice but to be honest with you. My name is Kazami Yuuka, um… My friends call me Yuukarin –she looked like a little girl, she even seemed weak but her smile showed no fear.
The battle officially started when he struck, several flares which she easily dodged. It wasn't even the first time she faced an opponent with that way of fighting, he was even weaker than what she was used to back in Gensokyo. She started to close in with each hit, each strike less than a second away than the last one. When she was around a meter close he pulled a deck of cards, Yuuka smiled at the sight of the deck which then got scattered and stuck around the place. Now Yuuka started to wonder where people had gone to, they were better magicians than they seemed.
–Innocentius! –no sign, only the name, not a spell-card duel but a normal fight. –You are boring mister –she just finished speaking those words when she proceeded to dodge the fire monster attempting to hit her. She blocked every hit with her closed umbrella, not even turning her head to see where it was going to strike. He could have attacked, he could have run, but he was frozen with fear. She was only toying with him so far, she punched his stomach and left him gasping for air on the ground. –You forfeit? – He would never do such a thing, but if he showed some sign of wish to keep fighting he would be dead within the next second.
Exactly 16 seconds after the fight begun Yuuka turned to face the girl with the sword. –Any rules? No danmaku? –Kanzaki was completely unfamiliar with the bullet rain hell the people in Gensokyo liked to fight with, not lethal but extremely hard to win. However Yuuka knew Kanzaki would not try to kill her, that was an unspoken rule. She nodded in response and proceeded to attack Yuuka.
Her strike made it seem like several invisible blades were cutting the area, all facing Yuuka. She jumped and twisted in mid-air easily dodging every single one of them. She struck again this time there was no opening. She opened her umbrella to realize that the invisible blades were in fact wires, thin wires. She had hoped for several quick cuts made with the same blade, the way the swords woman of Hakugyoukurou did it. Yuuka pressed her umbrella against some of the wires and her back against others, breaking them. Then she charged against Kanzaki, she used her left arm to punch her but before she could touch her she felt the strike of a sheathed sword, she was using her umbrella as a shield so the blow only threw her far away.
She stopped mid air and charged again now with the umbrella closed, for her extending the abilities of her body to break human limits was easy, so much that it was already her natural state. Kanzaki in the other hand could not stand such things from a long time, she was even saving energy by keeping her blade unsheathed. Yuuka loved to obliterate her opponents physically only using magic when necessary, this time she struck the sword first, the Battoujutsu attack was blocked and Yuuka's sheer strength kept it from firing. –Is that a God breaker?! –Asking for the physical power of the green haired, in response she got a smile –Of course and you are wasting yours –after the answer there was a headbutt that knocked the saint down.
She was lying of course, she didn't use such things to augment her body. She couldn't even tell if she was using magic or a natural ability to reach such extents. She walked off from the scene with not a scratch on her skin nor her clothes. Yukari nor Aleister were surprised that the fight was so short, they both knew that Kanzaki was holding back but her body would've not last long in case of fighting without holding back. In other words, Yuuka was holding back even more than Kanzaki. –So you lose the first bet –Aliester was now a bit drunk because Yukari kept handing him drinks at a faster pace than the filters could work –Alright so my part of the deal –She opened one gap and pulled out two books written by a girl named Hyeda no Akyuu, however the book was connected to a hand holding it. The owner of the hand jumped off from the gap like doing so was a routine –Hey I just borrowed these!
–The girl who held the book wore an attire familiar to normal humans, a witch outfit. The hat, the dress, the apron looked exactly as how they did in books. She was blonde with wavy hair, yellow eyes. She was clearly human, but yet she stood up and complained to Yakumo Yukari. –I'll let you bet with us if you let go –What are we betting on? –Yuuka vs a city filled with ESPers –Sumireko? –Exactly, but they only have 7 of her in here –Oh nice… I'm in –The girl let the books go and sat down on one of the couch's arms. –You mean Sumireko Usami? –She was one of the first lvl5 ESPers ever documented, one of the founders of Academy City. Aleister knew she held many secrets but never thought Gensokyo was one of them. –Yeah who else? Is she famous in here? –She is known to certain people –Oh where are my manners. –She bowed to him –Kirisame Marisa! Nice meeting you Mr. Fish-tank.
–This isn't a fish-tank! –He had never met someone so bold –Alright then what is it? Why are you upside down? –he tried to change the subject –Well Kazami Yuuka had defeated a Saint magician in less than 20 seconds… –She was being nice. When I stepped in one of her flowers I just remember waking up with a massive headache… So what is it? –was this girl a saint too? Anyone normal would complain to Yukari Yakumo, he tried to give a short answer –It is to keep me alive –Are you sick? I'm sure Eirin would use something less invasive –Surely she can… But this is how far human technology goes –Yukari answered partly to make the witch quiet and partly to piss Aleister off –He's old… and he doesn't know magic –Marisa laughed and patted the glass shielding –So being a fish is the way to live longer… I like it!
–Marisa noticed the floating orb in the middle of the room –Be careful Yukari… If she finds out this was all a set-up to play this game she will make you eat that umbrella of yours.