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"...-but it seems that his body somehow acts as a functional human one, give him this syrup concoction every 12 hours and keep a close eye on him"

"Ugh jeez, why... every morning I always gotta feel like shit and... huh?"

I open my eyes and I find myself now laying upon a futon, all cushioned up with a bedsheet covering me. I still feel pain from what happened early but not that much, in fact, I feel numbness. I lift my back off the futon and I find myself in a small room, somewhat reminiscent of the one from the hotel I slept with Usami... WAIT! Where is she? and where in the-

"Yeouch!" I exclaimed as I was remembered of the little pain that I can still feel on my ribs and chest.

"don't exert yourself" I hear a voice to the right side of the room. "you may feel a little numb from the analgesics I gave you but forcing yourself up like that will still feel painful"

I looked to where the voice came from and I could see a white haired woman dressed in a peculiar Nurse outfit that had alternating blue and red symmetrical pattern.

"You took a very brutal fall down at the shrine and I am surprised you are even alive" the woman calmly tells. "but with your unusual properties, I could say I'm used to treating patients like you."

The woman then walks over to a shelf that had various bottles, pots and jars which I could tell are filled with medicinal herbs

"Where am I?" I asked her

"You are in Eientei, I'm the doctor of the palace, as to where you are... you are in Gensokyo. I am not the best to explain it, you better ask the shrine maiden herself, they also are filled with questions about you too and are waiting outside." she responded.

"How long have I been knocked out?" I ask once again

"The day hasn't even passed yet, they brought you in about 30 minutes ago, I'm surprised you even woke up this early." she exchanged with me "I will bring them in now, you rest for now"

"Right after she said that, she exited the room and closed the door.

I lay down once more and thought about what she said, Gensokyo? Now I am riddled with even more questions as I try to piece everything together.

"Ok, I am very overwhelmed by what is happening, let's trace back. So yes... I appear to be in a realm of sorts, but this one does have people in it. Now the only way I could have gotten here is via a link, but I don't remember entering a door or anything, all I did was touch the cube after it... fell beside Usami..."

There is no doubt, the girl that my tip referred to is her, she is the girl with the weird dreams! Coincidence or not, she appears to have harnessed a link to this realm someway or another, is that even possible? I still don't comprehend the cube and what it's capable of.

"Wait... where the hell is the cube?!"

I scrambled all over to see if it's with me, nothing. I looked around to see if it's around the room, but I found nothing, then I hear talking outside the room. I take a deep breath and fight the pain away to stand up the futon, and make myself to the door, I slide it enough to peek through it and I see all the girls talking. The doctor, the priestess, the witch and Usami are all gathered and discussing about me, from what I could piece, they were talking about how I got here and how Usami found me in the real world.

"Didn't they teach you not to talk to strangers?!" said the witch to Usami

"Look, he was in a very bad state! He looked very exhausted and needed rest." Usami responds back.

"Well now because you lodged him, he is in a worse state, stranded and probably on Gensokyo's strongest painkillers" the witch responds.

"and you are aware of what he is right? he could've hurt you or worse, the object he brought could've done anything too." the priestess interrupts the witch.

"I may have just met him, he might look or be something else, but he is definitely not that!" Usami discusses with both the priestess and the witch.

"Ladies, please" The doctor interrupts. "If you allow me to remark, you have questions right now and fighting will not solve anything, remember what brought you here in the first place."

The nurse pulls out something of a shelf and hands it to the priestess. It was the cube.

"HEY! Hands off that!" I exclaimed at them as I burst out of the room towards them, but the pain came back once again making me collapse to my knees.

"GAWD...SHIT! My fucking ribs!" i exclaimed in excruciating pain

"Oh! Perfect timing ladies, he is all yours now." The doctor said to all the girls and left the room.

"Thank you Eirin. Now, we got questions, the more you tell us, the better is going to to end for you"

"Take it as a way to pay us back for saving your smokey ass back there" said the witch.

"Better if you left me for dead witch..." I retaliated against her.

"Who you calling a witch!? Name's Marisa, Kirisame Marisa, just an ordinary human magician that will kick your ass!" she snarks back while cracking her knuckles.

"Marisa, can it! and you better choose your words carefully youkai, I don't take crap kindly to your kind!" the priestess says "Now tell me what is this before I whack you out of this world!" she says while waving the cube in front of me.

"Oh great, injuring the already injured, That's very low for a priestess to go..." I respond

"REIMU PLEASE! you are only making things worse, let me try something at least!" shouted Usami to this Reimu girl.

"Well have at it! You're the reason he is here in the first place!" The priestess "Reimu" said back to her.

"Shut it!" she lightly exclaimed to Reimu and proceeded to take a deep breath before approaching me.

"Plyush, you truly have no idea of where you are, right?" she asked me.

I just stay quiet.

"Please be considerate, I met you back in Japan and you appear in the same world as I, that can't be a coincidence, if you tell me how you got here, the better the chance to bring you back to the outside world again." she politely asks

"You are not in a world, you are inside a realm" I respond

"o..kay, there, we finally got something, but I want to know how you got here." she says in an optimistic tone

"Where am I" I demand to her

"You are in Gensokyo" Reimu interrupts her interrogation. "Gensokyo is a world or realm as you call it, where things that are forgotten end up here, this is a safe haven for gods, spirits and the mythological that are forgotten by the outsiders as time passes by. But you clearly came here someway or another without the "gap hag's" help, so spill it!"

"Reimu please! let me handle it." Usami responds to Reimu. "we have a strong gut feeling that the cube you were holding along might be somewhat related to how you got here"

"Oh it's totally related, but I'm not spilling anything else other than this Miss Usami... you have direct access to this world, that means that you have somehow received a link to this realm, thus an exit exists." I smugly replied.

"What are you insinuating?" Marisa asks

"Im outta here"

I jump through the pain and snatch the cube out of the priestess' hands and Hold Usami in my other arm tightly. She tries to break off my hold but I just hold with dear strength as I slowly back off the two other girls.

"Let go of me!" screamed Usami

"hey hey buddy! don't be reckless!" Marisa said " you are outnumbered here and holding a dear friend, better think your next move carefully"

"If you harm even one single strand of hair of hers, I will make sure you wont get past the Sanzu river." the priestess says in a serious tone

I ignored those threats and pulled the cube in my free hand closer to Usami. As I did that, the cube began to aggressively vibrate and glow even more vibrant than before, the blinding lights were so bright that caused Usami to close her eyes and make the witch and the priestess cover theirs with their hands. A big golden glow filled the room and...

I woke up.