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Leo, my character belongs to me.
I try to make this fanfic compelling and good enough for the readers to read it and also I'm trying to keep the Touhou characters originality by using their canon personalities to make this story more... Original I guess. Heh. :) ANd yes, I know this is a self-insert fic but at least give me a little chance, okay? :D
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To be honest, I'm having a great time writing, or in this case, typing this fic. There might be some errors but hey, at least I accept my weak points. :3 Since English isn't my main language, there might be some errors on tense and nouns or others. So I hope you guys enjoy the story!
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Chapter 4 - BORDER RESTRICTION
LEO'S POV ========= I've been walking around Gensokyo with Miss Keine for hours as she showed me around the village. I have to say, this place seems to be quite exotic. But that shrine maiden... When is she coming back? The sky began to grow darker. The dark night is coming and I somehow had a bad feeling about this. Call it a hunch. Then, I heard a voice calling out for Keine. We both turn around to see who it was and to my surprise, it was the shrine maiden from earlier and with her was a... Witch? 'There you are.' The shrine maiden smiles a bit and told me that there is a way for me to go back to the outside world. I honestly felt so relieve and happy that I could finally go back. The shrine maiden told me about her plan and all I have to do is to be there and cross that border.
3RD POV ======= As they walk away from the village and into the forest, Reimu thought of giving a late introduction to him. 'I'm sorry that I haven't introduced myself yet. That was rude of me to just fly away without introducing myself. My name is Reimu Hakurei and I am the maiden of the Hakurei Shrine.' Reimu gave a soft smile to him.
'My turn for introduction, right?' Marisa giggles and introduced herself. 'The name's Marisa Kirisame, the magician. That's all you need to know anyway. So, whats your name, buddy?' Leo looks at them and introduced himself to the two girls.
'Leo. My name's Leo Johnny. I'm... Just a human, I guess.' He smiled back to them, trying his best to be friendly. 'So... Uh, where's this... Border that you're talking about?' Reimu took a look around her surroundings. 'We're close. So, Leo. What do you do in the outside world?' Leo looks down at the ground and smirks. 'If you must know, I'm just a comic book artist...' Marisa nods slightly. 'I see. Well, at least you answered truthfully.' Leo turns to her and chuckles. 'What made you say that?' Marisa gave a light sigh and stretches her arms up. 'Well, most gappies said that they're martial artists, or magicians, or even soldiers and youkai hunters. But in the end, they're just normal people with normal lives. Kinda sad to see them lying about their lives just to get attention.' That last sentence strucked Leo right in the head. He lied to his parents before and gotten himself into a knee-deep trouble. That memory really burns into his brain quite deep.
LEO'S POV ========= After a long walk and having some pep talk with the girls, we've arrived at their destination. The Hakurei Border. It looks alot like a barrier, glowing this red aura around it. Reimu offered her hand to me. 'We cross through this together, okay? Hold on.' I gave a slight nod and hold on to her hand tightly. We both walked at the same pace. I'm praying in my heart that walking right past this border will save me.
But something went wrong. As I made a physical contact with the border, I began to stopped moving forward. Reimu however made it out while I'm still stuck behind the border's barrier. I tried my best to push myself out but there was no luck. 'What are you doing?! Come on!' Reimu seemed to be a bit mad at me and thought I was joking around. 'I-I'm trying! But I can't get pa-' The barrier then pushed me back with great force, making me fall down on my own back. 'I... I can't get... P-past the border either?' I was startled in disbelief. Why can't I get passed it? What went wrong?
REIMU'S POV =========== He couldn't get past the Hakurei Border? What in the name of the Great Gods is happening?! Any outsider could get past the border without any problems. Marisa looked at me with disbelief. I couldn't believe it either. I walk back towards him and saw him began to sob. 'W-what now? Am I gonna stuck here... F-forever...?' He began sniffing and tears began to roll down his cheeks. I understand his feelings of being home-sick so I try to comfort him a little. 'Hey, don't cry. You're a guy so you should stand off by yourself. You should stay strong. We could find a solution to this.' He looks at me and gave a heavy sigh. He wipes his tears away and nods. Marisa sighs in dissapointment and told that this should've work but seeing what just happened, she began to lose a bit of hope. I told Marisa that it wasn't her fault and it was worth trying. Now we know that this boy doesn't come to Gensokyo through the border.
I'm still bothered by that mist he told me earlier this morning. Is there another force at work? If so, that means this is an incident that needs to solved. Leo stopped sobbing and sits on the ground, showing a sad look on his face. I told him that he should come back with me and stayed for a while at the shrine. He just gave a slow nod and got up.
3rd POV ======= After arriving at the stairs of the Hakurei Shrine, Marisa said farewell and flew back to her house in the forest of magic. Reimu and Leo walks upstairs with a dissapointed look on their faces. Leo looks up to Reimu who is a few steps away from him and sighs. 'Reimu-san... I don't know if I could stay with you. I need more answers... I need to go back to where I started and...' Reimu stopped walking up the steps and looks back at him. 'We'll sort it out later. I just want you to take some rest before we could start searching for answers tomorrow.' Leo looks at Reimu and realizes that she seems to be worried about him. Leo just took a deep breath and nods. 'O-okay.'
As they arrive at the porch of the shrine, Reimu invited him in and told him to wait as she went searching for an extra kotatsu for him. Leo nods and sits near the doorway but then he fell asleep seconds later. Reimu came out with an extra blanket and a kotatsu but was surprised as she saw him sleeping near the doorway. She just sigh and covers him with a blanket. 'Poor lost soul...' After she tucked him in, Reimu walks to her room and slides into her kotatsu, trying to get some night's rest.
LEO'S POV ========= I opened my eyes to see that I was standing in the middle of a dark void. I saw nothing but the darkness surrounds me. Where am I? Am I dreaming? If so, this is not a good dream to be in. I then heard a voice, chuckling and mumbling something in a distance. That voice sounded familiar. That voice... That's my voice. But how?
I try to calm myself down and walked towards the sound of my own voice. The platform began to appear under me so that makes it easier for me to walk without falling into this pit of nothingness. As I continue walking, I saw a silhoutte of someone standing not far from me. I slowly walk towards it and I was shocked to see another me, standing right in front of my eyes, giggling with a huge demented smile. He looked at me with his bloody red eyes. This couldn't be me as my eyes were colored black. The other me looked at me as if he was looking right into my soul that it scares me.
'Everyone sinned. That what makes them human. You sinned too, right? Lying to your parents... Lying to your friends... Being proud of yourself...' The things that the other me said strucked me. I can feel myself breaking down as everything he said is true. Then, the whole place went distorted as if a TV cable has been cut off. The static screen were everywhere, making my hurt by just looking at them. The other me gave me one last smile. 'That... Is the sin of Pride.'
I felt a sudden beat in my chest, waking me up in an instance. I took a look around my surroundings. Where am I again? Oh, right, the Hakurei Shrine... Reimu asked me to stay here for the night. Wait, is it still night time? I felt like I was sleeping for three minutes. I slid the door that was next to me open and saw the sun was already up. It's morning already?