"Babysitting business?" questioned Reimu.
"Think about it," started the samurai. "From what I see, you're really popular and good with kids. You're pretty much cut out for the job. Besides, not only will babysitting allow you to gain some money but it will allow you to get more visitors to donate to your shrine."
Reimu thought about the idea for a moment before heading inside the shrine.
"I'll be right back."
Moments later, Reimu returned with a paintbrush and some paper.
"I'm going to need a list of items," started Reimu.
"Hang on a moment, you haven't even decided on who you plan to babysit."
"Isn't it obvious?" asked Reimu. "I'm going to babysit the kids from the human village. Their age range will be from 2 to 11 years."
"So you do have a plan," commented Ryusei. "Well, since they're all from the human village, you probably won't need to bring much stuff over."
He then used his symbolizer to create a pencil from thin air and began creating a list.
"You'll definitely need to bring some papers and a writing utensil to record the parents' preferences since this is your first time."
"What about toys and books?" asked Reimu.
"Those should be provided by the parents," answered Ryusei. "If they don't have any for their kid, ask if they would like you to provide some while working. Should they say yes, get toys and books that are appropriate for their age."
"You seem to know a lot about this," commented Reimu. "Did you ever have to babysit?"
"A few times. Back when I was still in samurai school, my friends and I had to help babysit kids whenever we were free," answered Ryusei.
"Well, I'm gonna go get us some food. Let me know when Daiyousei wakes up."
"Will you need your armor and sword?" asked Reimu.
"Depends," started Ryusei. "What do you wanna have?"
"Hmm, how does takoyaki sound?"
"I'm gonna need my armor and sword then."
Reimu got out some keys and opened up a locked closet for Ryusei to retrieve his armor and weapons. No matter how many times Reimu had seen the armor, she could never get over the armor's appearance.
The armor resembled the typical traditional samurai armor yet, the helmet's face cover was retractable. Additionally, the face cover did not follow the traditional facial design and instead, looked more like something from Gundam. The sword that came with the armor resembled a traditional katana but Reimu was fully aware that it was enchanted and its true power could only be used by Ryusei. Both the armor and weapons were completely red save the katana's blade and guard and were forged from materials that could not be found from her world.
"Reimu, I'm gonna get changed so uh…"
Upon hearing this, the red and white miko left the area and went back to creating her list. Once she finished, she went back inside to see if her samurai friend was still there. Unsurprisingly, all that was left was a note telling her of his return time.
Reimu was gently caressing Daiyousei in her arms. The greater fairy had recently woken up and decided to play around the shrine again instead of going home. Just like before, Reimu tried to get her to go home but to no avail. Once again, the fairy tired herself out and Reimu ended up having to put her to sleep again.
This time though, the fairy fell asleep on Reimu's lap and since Reimu didn't want to wake her up, she allowed her to stay in her current position. If anyone had come across them, they would have been mistaken for a mother and her child. Fortunately, everyone that usually came to Reimu's shrine was either busy or still incapacitated from last night's party.
Even though the party was held by kids, eventually, the adults decided to join in. As a result, Reimu had to break out the alcohol and bring out more snacks. However, Reimu had yet to restock her alcoholic beverages so her storage eventually ran out.
Thanks to this, one of her friends had the bright idea to make their own alcohol using various ingredients. One of the ingredients was Eirin's drugs that were still in their testing stages and as a result, caused everyone who drank it to end up stuck inside the nearest bathroom for the next few hours.
It also didn't help that the effects of the medicine were supposed to last for a week before wearing off. This meant that anyone who had partaken in the homemade wine, was probably gonna be stuck in the bathroom for the next seven days.
"Heh, it's a good thing I abstained from the beverages Marisa made. Aya's probably still stuck in the bathroom and Yukari's probably out of toilet paper by-"
"Oh and I'm what my dear~"
Reimu turned around to see Yukari hanging outside of one of her gaps.
"Oh why am I not surprised?"
Reimu pulled out her gohei and pointed it at Yukari.
"What do you want? I thought you'd be stuck in the bathroom."
"Ufufu. I still am though only partially. Now Reimu, don't be mean. I only mean to deliver some unused papers for your upcoming project, and give you a bit of advice."
Reimu put away her gohei and continued stroking Daiyousei.
"How did you know about my plans for a babysitting business and what advice do you have for me?"
"Actually I didn't," started Yukari. "But now I do since you just said it. Well, let's move on from this and get on with the advice."
As annoyed as she was, Reimu knew that Yukari was one of the most wisest people in Gensokyo and her advice could be a very big help in the future. Yukari pulled out a small list from one of her gaps and began reading off of it.
"Advice number 1: To make a profit, charge per kid, not by hour."
"What do you mean by that?" asked Reimu.
"Well, if the parent gets back early, then they don't have to pay you," explained Yukari. "Here's an example, if you're charging 2000 yen per hour and the parents of that kid arrive before a single hour passes, you probably won't be getting any money unless they agree to negotiate. If you charge 2000 yen per kid, then they'll have to pay you regardless of when they get back."
"Huh, that makes sense," commented Reimu. "What's number 2?"
"If you're entertaining a girl, get dolls, books, and art tools," stated Yukari.
"And if it's a boy, ask parents for preference to avoid getting hurt," added Ryusei.
Both Reimu and Yukari turned around to see the red samurai carrying a large bag of food and a stack of papers.
"Fancy seeing you here, Yukari. My former master says 'hi'," greeted Ryusei.
"Wait, you know each other?" asked Reimu.
"She's my master's ex," answered the samurai. "I bought extra. Hope you like takoyaki, Yukari."
The three sat down and ate with awkward silence.
"Well, things have-oh no."
Yukari retreated back into her gap and left her food behind.
"I wonder what that was about," commented Ryusei.
"So…"
"?"
"Are you going to tell me or am I gonna have to take away your symbolizer again?" asked Reimu.
"I'll tell you about their back story another time. Right now, let's continue our setup."
Ryusei handed her one of the papers.
"What do you think of this design?"
Reimu checked the poster before nodding.
"I mif lit. How much dwuo fink I shuu char?" answered Reimu with her mouth full.
"Umm, swallow first."
"I like it. How much do you think I should charge?" clarified Reimu.
"Maybe about 2000 yen per kid," answered Ryusei. "Also, I recommend asking someone to help spread the news. Maybe put it in the news or some sort."
"No problem. A trip to the Youkai mountain should suffice."
"You should also set up a way for them to contact you. Some people might not be able to visit your shrine so setting up a stand in the human village would definitely help."
"Uh huh. What about time?"
"Tell them to inform you one week in advance. Do first come first serve. That should save you some trouble."
Reimu nodded and began modifying all the posters until they had all the information she needed.
"Can you keep an eye on Daiyousei? I'm gonna go put these up right now."
"Um. Make it quick."
The red and white miko picked up all the papers and flew to the human village while the red samurai remained outside watching the greater fairy sleep.
"It shouldn't hurt to get changed…"
Moments later, the human village could hear an extremely loud scream shaking the Hakurei Shrine.
"What happened to you?" asked Reimu.
She had just gotten back from putting up her posters and was greeted by Ryusei who now had a very bright red handmark on his face.
"Perverted gap hag," answered Ryusei. "She saw me changing out of my armor and started screaming like crazy. She was hoping for me to be wearing nothing under my armor so she could make a scandal."
"Ah. Where's Daiyousei?"
"She woke up a few minutes ago and started eating the rest of the takoyaki," answered Ryusei. "I'm going to head back. See you next week."
Reimu watched as the samurai opened a portal and left her shrine. Heading inside, Reimu saw none other than Yukari sleeping on the floor. The little fairy that she had been taking care of was nowhere in sight.
"Wake up, Yukari."
Reimu kicked the sleeping youkai awake and waited for a response. Sure enough, Yukari got up and attempted to greet Reimu.
"Evenin' young maiden, the greater fairy left a few moments ago," started Yukari.
"I figured. Now get out of my shrine," demanded Reimu.
"Ohh you're so cruel, you can't even let a friend stay the night?"
"Unless you have a good reason, get out! My shrine is not a youkai shrine."
"Chen had a really bad accident in the bathroom and despite mine and Ran's effort, our entire house still has an unbearable stench."
Reimu sighed. "Was it really her or you that had the accident? Chen seems too young to drink."
"Well, she is a youkai so your age rules don't apply. She did have a cup last night," commented Yukari. "Also, we only have one bathroom."
"Ugh. You can stay but just in case, you're staying in the bathroom. I don't want my shrine to smell tomorrow."