Let's Fix The Seal
In Hong Kong, the group of students had to find a specific man. A man, or rather, a monster who was revered as one of the world's three dark lords. On top of that, he was also the monster that is said to have taught the Headmaster of Yokai Academy, but also even the likes of the first Sorcerer Supreme their dark magic abilities. The man, Touhou Fuhai, was the perfect candidate to fix Moka's seal, and, conveniently, he was related to FanFan in some way. I'm still skeptical about all of this. Ben thought as he drank a glass of ice water while he sat next to Moka who was still reading a magazine.
Ben looked out at his friends who looked they were having fun, even Iron Fist, of all people, was playing with a beach ball with Mizore. "Relax." Moka reassured, "You were worried before, but now isn't the time." she scoffed, "Besides, I don't think they'll try anything. Your suit plus Iron Fist is more than enough to scare some monsters." she chuckled, "If that fails, I think they forget that I'm at full power." Ben nodded in understanding, taking a drink of his water, flipping the glass in the air having the water fall out, catching the glass, then catching all the water and ice before taking another drink. "Okay, you need to NOT do that ever again, that made me nervous." Ben pursed his lips together so he didn't laugh, but he let out a snort anyways.
"Just think of it this way," Moka started as she closed the magazine and put it to the side, "We meet this Touhou guy, probably pay for his stupid gacha, I get the seal on and we get the fuck out of dodge." she smirked, "In-and-out, twenty minutes at best."
Ben let out a chuckle and nodded. Ben then formed a confused expression on his face when he thought about something Moka had said, "Wait...what was that part about a gacha?"
Moka blinked a few times, "Um...his name is Touhou Fuhai. Touhou is also the name of a gacha game? It's...it's a joke?" Ben just stared at Moka with a surprised expression making the vampire blush in embarrassment, "What?"
"Oh my god, I love you." Ben replied causing Moka's blush to become more apparent as she palmed his face.
"Idiot!" Moka replied, but at the same time she was trying suppress a smile on her face. Uh-oh. Somebody's suppressing her feel-lings. Omote teased. Shut up!
"Ahem!" FanFan's mom, Tenten, cleared her throat in order to get the attention of the teens, "Now that we have all of you together, would you mind gathering around so I don't have to stress my lungs." the teens obliged and all walked toward the beautiful, but also deadly as Ben knew firsthand, wife of a mafia boss. Tenten bowed slightly and gave a smile, "Once again, thank you for coming."
Tuskune tugged FanFan's shoulder and brought the summoner closer so that Tsukune could whisper into his ear, "Wait a minute. Is that person really Touhou Fuhai?" Tsukune asked, to which FanFan nodded with a smile, "You said he was your great-great-grandfather, right?" FanFan cocked an eyebrow in confusion, but still nodded all the same. "Great, great, I thought so. So tell me," Tsukune gripped FanFan's chin and pointed to Tenten, "Why is that a woman who looks to be in her twenties?" Tenten turned to Tsukune and FanFan and waved at them.
"Oh!" FanFan exclaimed, punching his palm into his fist, "No, no, no, Tsukune. That's my mom silly. Look down, look down!" the students all looked down to see a short, old geezer with long white hair standing in front of Tenten. He had a very wrinkled face, had long pointed ears and slouched slightly, making him look even shorter than he already was. The man also wore traditional robes as well as a long white jacket. Most notably, the man was smoking from a long thin pipe. Many of the students made their disgust known as they either plugged their nose or tried to wave the smoke away from them. "There, that's Touhou Fuhai!" FanFan said excitedly.
"...Oh." Ben said with a slightly disappointed tone, "He's uh...really short. I thought maybe he was just far away." Touhou took a long puff from his pipe before blowing the smoke up, Ben waving his hand to try and keep the smell away, "C'mon man, I had lung surgery not that long ago, the least you could do is not ruin them anymore than they are."
"Come." Touhou said as he began walking back to the mansion. The teens didn't know what to do, they watched him walk for a couple feet before he stopped and turned to the students again, "Hurry up! I'm starving." he said with a shake of his head, "Kids these days, I tell ya'." The teens looked at each other before following the man inside.
Inside the teens (as well as Iron Fist) were lead through the vastly expansive mansion until they arrived at a large dining room that had a long table and mounds upon mounds of exotic foods. It was so much that Kurumu, Mizore and Yukari felt as if they were being blinded by the light of wealth. "Now, I'm sure there's plenty you want to talk about, but I'm starving. And I reckon the flight here wasn't great either considering it crashed."
Yukari had to wipe her mouth with her sleeve as she felt the drool coming out, "Oh sweet merciful lord, abalone, shark's fin, and bird's nest! It's a parade of delicacies that I've never seen before!" The young witch began smacking her lips repeatedly while rubbing her hands together, Ben was pretty sure he could see stars in her eyes.
"This is what makes coming all the way to Hong Kong worth while!" Kurumu cheered.
"Come, sit, eat!" FanFan's father, Feifon, said as he pat Tsukune on his shoulder, "It's not everyday that FanFan brings friends home!" The teens began to take their seats except for Ben who stood skeptically next to Moka with his helmet in his hand, as well as Iron Fist.
"I'm sorry." Iron Fist said with a bow, "Despite your hospitality, I cannot join you. I must now make my pilgrimage to K'un-Lun. The spiritual gates will be opening, soon and the temple will need its defender."
Tenten frowned, "That's quite the trek from here, Mr. Rand. Are you sure you don't need transportation."
"If it is all the same with you, one martial artist to another, I'd rather take the hike on my own." Iron Fist replied. He and Tenten bowed to each other and he placed his hand on Ben's shoulder. Without Ben knowing, Iron Fist used his aura to meld their minds. "I see." Iron Fist brought Ben closer so they could speak in silence, "I thought I saw something was off with you. It seems I was correct." Ben frowned not exactly liking the idea that Iron Fist just looked into things that weren't his business, "I feel as if something will happen soon, something big. You feel it too...don't you?" Ben remained silent, but gave a look to Iron Fist that said he agreed. "I hope we see each other again." With a final pat on Ben's shoulder, Iron Fist made his leave.
"That's too bad, I was starting to like him." Mizore said with a chuckle.
"Come boy, sit, eat." Touhou said, "Take off your armor, stay awhile."
Ben rolled his shoulders and frowned, "If it's all the same to you, this armor is a pain in the ass to take off and put on, so I'm just gonna take off the chest, back and pauldrons." Ben took a short amount of time to take off the few pieces of armor he agreed to, when he did he sat down between Moka and Yukari. Truth be told, Ben didn't really want to eat. At this point he already...'trusted'...FanFan's family, it was just that the food looked a little high class for his taste. Rich people food is...weird. Ben thought, I mean for one thing eating shark fin seems...unethical. For another thing, Ben looked down at the only thing he felt he would be able to stomach, a steamed fish that was resting in some sort of broth with what he assumed to be stringed up cabbage and carrots coating the top, How the hell do I eat this? It's a full fish, it isn't fileted, it isn't de-boned, the head is on it. How do I eat this? Moka looked to her left to see Ben just poking at the fish with an uneasy expression. She rolled her eyes and wiped her mouth with a cloth before grabbing the knife and fork from his hand and easily getting the meat of the fish off leaving the carcass off to the side. "Uh...thank you."
"This is sooooo good!" Yukari praised, "I just can't stop eating!"
"I know what you mean!" Tsukune agreed as he began to reach for more food, "I just can't stop eating this." Ben looked over to Tsukune and cringed at the food he was eating. Am I seriously the only one that has a problem with this 'rich people food'? Ben thought.
"'Being full' in Chinese etiquette means having some food left over on the table you know." Rinrin pointed out as she ate some drunken prawn, "Ironically, your American friend seems to be the only one who understands that part." she chuckled as she pointed to Ben who was still slowly eating his fish.
Tsukune spit out his food as he felt a strong hand smack his back, "Haha, Rinrin, sweety, cut the kids some slack!" Feifon said excitedly, "It isn't everyday they get to feast like this. I like you kids, you think you can handle you're alcohol!" the man grabbed a bottle of...what looked to be a wine bottle, and essentially shoved it down Tsukune's throat.
"Hold on! I'm under age-GYUCK!" Tsukune yelled out before being drowned with alcohol.
Kurumu and Mizore watched on in astonishment as Feifon cheered and praised Tsukune as if the human were his own child, "You know, your father is almost exactly how I figured the head of the mafia would be." Kurumu said as she took a bite into her octopus.
"Really?" FanFan questioned, as he ate from his quail, "He's actually a really nice father. I mean, he fell in love and married the daughter of a rival organization. They are essentially a mafia Romeo and Juliet."
"Well..." Mizore hummed, "Maybe Romeo was never about the looks. But on the other hand your mother is certainly as beautiful as you'd expect a Juliet."
FanFan waved his hands back and forth with a nervous, "Oh, no, no, no! Actually, my mom is--" FanFan was cut off as Touhou Fuhai jumped and flipped across the table like a mad acrobat and stole food off of other people's plates, including Ben's. Oh, thank Christ. Ben thought with a sigh of relief.
"Hahaha! The food is always better when we have guests!" Touhou said excitedly as his mouth was full of tons of the food that had been layed out for everyone.
"NOOO! He stole my food!" Yukari whined, "It already had bites taken out of it too."
"GIVE US BACK OUR FOOD YOU OLD GEEZER! WE'RE STARVING OVER HERE TOO!" Kurumu yelled out. She likely would have gotten onto the table and sucker punched the old man had Tenten not stepped in by throwing several sharp needles at the old man, each one striking Touhou in his head and face.
"Ow, Tenten, that hur--OUCH!" Touhou was cut off as the woman chopped down on his head and made a bump appear.
"Now...just sit back and eat quietly." she seethed. Touhou simply nodded and nibbled on his food in response.
"Demon. She's a demon." the teens all said quietly to themselves.
Moka smiled as she quietly ate her food. This is a little unexpected. Omote started. "How so?" Ura asked. Well it's just...I expected Touhou Fuhai to be more strict and he's...kinda lax? He doesn't seem like the world's most powerful dark arts user. "Yeah, no kidding. Maybe we should have just gone to that Doctor Strange fellow after all. New York would have been just as nice." Moka felt like she had a headache coming on before she was smacked upside the head by Touhou.
"Don't compare me to that yungin'! I have centuries of experience over the current Sorcerer Supreme. Or any Sorcerer Supreme for that matter." Touhou said angrily. He then grumbled quietly as he then drew his attention towards Moka's rosary. "Hmm. Yes, I see. So you can communicate with the rosary?" he mentioned with a nod, "I see, I see. Yes, it seems this seal is breaking, you should get that fixed as soon as possible."
Some of the teens jumped when they heard Ben slam the table with his hand, letting out light chuckled, "Heheheh, that's why we're here!" he said through his teeth.
Moka nodded as she pushed her food to the side, "As expected of one of the three legendary dark lords. Then let's cut the small talk, as Ben has stated, that is precisely why we are here in the first place. We were told you could fix the seal around my neck."
"Yes, yes. Of course, of course." Touhai said as he walked away quickly before returning with a small paper bag, "Here, first put this on, and then we can talk." What? does she have to wear some ceremonial robes? Ben thought with a chuckle.
FanFan gasped and quickly stood from his seat, nearly knocking he chair over as he did so, "Touhou Fuhai, please tell me you aren't trying to get her to wear that legendary costume!"
"It's best if you don't wear that, it's too dangerous!" Tenten warned.
Moka scoffed, "Legendary?" she looked in the bag and cocked an eyebrow in confusion before shrugging her shoulders, "Well, if it's necessary, I suppose it should be fine."
Touhou nodded, "Yes, yes, and be sure that when wearing it you say 'Daccha' to end all of your sentences." he smiled.
"...'Daccha'?" Moka asked.
Ben, Tsukune and Yukari's ears perked up, ''Daccha'?" they asked in unison.
Moka left to a different room to change and when she returned she was wearing...the most ridiculous outfit of all time. Ben and Tsukune's eyes practically popped out of their heads as they saw Moka was now wearing a yellow and black tiger striped bikini top and bottom set as well as matching boots, topped with a tiara that had small horns coming out of it. THAT'S NOT SOME COSTUME! THAT'S URUSEI YATSURA COSPLAY! Do you want me to mark that down? Dreamqueen teased. What the--? Dreamqueen? Get the hell outta here! And no! "So..." Moka started, having only a slight blush as she may have realized too late that she was being screwed with, "How exactly is this, 'legendady'...um...Daccha" Moka then turned to Ben who's eyes were still widened in shock, "W-What...Daccha."
Ben's nose started to bleed slightly and he stood up from his seat, surprising the others. He then turned around and faced the wall before looking at Moka again. "Okay." he nodded before he placed his hands on the wall and slammed his head as hard as he could, making a slight crater. There was a light cracking sound heard and it turns out Ben may have slammed his head against a support beam, "One more. Just in case." he slammed his head again and the support beam definitely snapped. He pulled his head away and he was bleeding slightly. Looking at Moka once again he let out a chuckle, "Okay, good news guys. The food they were feeding us wasn't poisonous and I wasn't having a fever dream. Now that I can think rationally...WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!?"
"HA HA!" Touhou shouted, "You're the best, girly! Next, call me darling, call me darling when addressing me!" he yelled out as he dove in for a hug.
"What the hell are you thinking!" Moka and Ben yelled in unison as they both punched down on the old man's head.
"Eh-heh-heh." FanFan chuckled nervously while he scratched his chin, "You see, Great Grandpa Touhou here really loves manga. Especially in the last few years, he's really gotten into cosplay as well, so it's gotten a bit out of hand." Moka could only stand and grumble about how easily she was fooled while Ben pat her back to try and comfort her. NOW KID, NOW! GRAB HER ASS! What the fuck? Will you get out of here!
"Hmph, you youngsters will never understand." Touhou claimed as he rubbed the newly formed bump on his head, "You see I was really popular back in the day, but as time went on I got older and older and the girls got younger and younger." Phrasing/Phrasing/Phrasing. Ben, Dreamqueen and both Moka's thought in unison. "Eventually they started to leave me. And that was when I realized the truth...2D girls would never leave my side!" Touhou yelled as tears streamed down his wrinkly face.
"As you can see Touhou Fuhai has become a 2D otaku." Tenten sighed.
Ben's eyes widened and he could practically see dollar signs. He stopped patting Moka's back and used the blood on his head to slick his hair back slightly while slid next to Touhou Fuhai, "Hi there, Ben Reilly. Metahuman, porn artist." he greeted as he pulled out a business card where a scantily drawn blonde woman, that he may or may not have based off Carol Danvers, rested on the back. "I do commissions you know. My prices are pretty fair and I get my work done on time. Currently I'm on hiatus, but for an old otaku like yourself I could make an exception."
"Oh-Ho-HOO!" Touhou shouted excitedly as he held the business card close.
Ben's friends all slumped their shoulders in disbelief, even Moka looked disappointed in him. "Is he seriously doing a 'business pitch' right now?" Kurumu asked with a groan.
"I see he's not so apprehensive to call himself a porn artist when he thinks he could get an easy paycheck out of it." Mizore added.
Touhou Fuhai slipped the card into his sleeve while having a shit eating grin. "Yes," he coughed into his hand and cleared his throat, "Ah, you know, deary, now that I get a better look at you, and that firery aura, you remind me of her."
"Her?" Moka asked.
"Yes, yes, it must be true. You must be Moka Akashiya." Touhou proclaimed with a smile, "And there's no doubt about it, though a little bit different, it's obvious that you are just like your mother Akasha!"
In Japan...
While Ben, Moka, Tsukune and the others are on their mission to fix Moka's seal, Ruby and Kokoa were sent on their own mini mission to Yuki-Onna village. Apparently, the Headmaster had received some information that there was something going on and he needed Ruby to investigate, Kokoa was only here as a bonus because she wasn't told that the others were going to Hong Kong.
The two trudged through the harsh snow while making their way to the ice castle that the Snow Priestess resides in. Both the girls were more prepared this time wearing ponchos meant specifically to deal with the harsh weather in Yuki-Onna village. Despite that, Kokoa still wasn't fairing well. "So damn cold." she complained as the wind blew and practically covered her hair in snow, "As usual, the forever winter is in full effect here. Just what the hell are we doing back, Ruby? Why am I with you instead of heading off to Hong Kong with Ben and my sister?"
"Headmaster's orders." Ruby replied with a stone faced expression, "We are to make contact with the Snow Priestess immediately."
"Couldn't we have fucking called instead? There's no way this place is backwards enough to not at least have a phone. Even a rotary phone would do!" Kokoa continued complaining as Kou, her familiar, slid into her poncho. "Such crap. I'd rather be with big sis and Ben, at least then I could have some fun sparring with him while sis gets her seal fixed." she grumbled.
After a trek that felt like an eternity, the two finally made it to the castle where the Snow Priestess resided. Ruby looked perfectly fine, little snow on her body and hair that she easily wiped off. Meanwhile, Kokoa was looking like a snowman, she was practically frozen to the bone. "Ah, it's been a long time, Ruby, Kokoa." the Snow Priestess greeted with a slight bow. Next to the Snow Priestess was Tsurara who apparently had become a helper of some sorts. "I have been waiting for you." she stood up and motioned the two to follow her and they did so.
The Snow Priestess led the the two through a secret exit in the castle that lead to a cavern beneath. The cavern was humongous! It was glistening with light bouncing off the ice and water inside and shining on the stalagmites and stalactites. "The Snow Priestess knows a little bit of what is going on." Tsurara started as she helped lead the two girls, " Like how the barrier around the village has been acting strangely lately. The power flickering in and out."
"Yes," the Snow Priestess added, "we believe Fairy Tale may have been behind this as well. So we contacted the Headmaster just in case."
"WAIT, FAIRY TALE!?" Kokoa yelled out, her surprise knocking all the snow off her body. "Hold on," she shook her head, "Didn't we chase them out before? I mean, Ben and big sis even practically beat Kahlua."
"Yes, but since that day the barrier has grown weaker and weaker." the Snow Priestess replied, "And when we realized something was wrong it was already too late." she stopped and pointed to an area in front of her, "Anyway, please take a look. This is the heart of our village. The central pillar of our barrier."
"T-That's..." Ruby and Kokoa stared in awe as they saw a large ice pillar shoot down from the ceiling and form large ice crystals in the water below.
"This is where us Yuki-Onna are born." the Snow Priestess clarified, "The Thousand Year Frost Tree."
"It's so...beautiful." Ruby said quietly.
Tsurara smiled as she began to explain what exactly the Frost Tree was, "Giant Barriers like this one or the one at your school cannot be created by monsters alone. "They are created from areas where the 'vessels' of the land accumulate and 'Spirit Energy' is gathered. The Thousand Year Frost Tree is the spirit that has been protecting this land since ancient times."
"However," the Snow Priestess continued from Tsurara's explanation, "look there," she pointed to the base of the pillar, "there is something strange there. See that lump there? It's stuck to the roots of the frost tree. Do you know what it is?" she asked. The lump on the tree was extremely noticeable. In contrast to the icy pillar that had a light blue hue to it from the water, the lump was black and looked like a tumor of some sort.
"It looks like a seed." Kokoa mentioned.
The Snow Priestess shook her head, "That is no seed. It's an 'egg'." she said with a serious tone, "It's breathing and has a pulse. The ivy-like tentacles around it have dug itself so deep in the roots of the tree that we can no longer pull it out or destroy them. Worst of all, if we force it out we may destroy the tree itself." she looked down and gritted her teeth in anger, "The reason the barrier is weakening is because the egg is absorbing the spirit energy. And once it absorbs enough energy...who knows what will hatch."
Ruby gasped in realization, "Then the reason Fairy Tale attacked this village was to plant this egg here."
Kokoa's ears perked up as she heard footsteps that didn't belong to the four of them that were already there. Her aura detection began to go off the charts as she felt a powerful being coming towards them. "Looks like...you finally noticed." the new voice called out. Kokoa turned her head to face the new body that joined them, her pupils now becoming slitted like Moka's to show her vampiric powers coming out.
When Kokoa saw who arrived her eyes changed back to normal and she began to stammer in surprise, "Wh-Wh-What are you doing here, big sis Kahlua?" Unlike last time Kokoa seemed prepared for a fight, if Ben could fight without fear then so could she! Immediately Kokoa grabbed Kou and had him transform into his spear form.
"Oh no," Kahlua held up her hand to try and stop Kokoa, "I'm not here to fight. I've instead come here today to tell you something important. I mean, you know I don't like fighting." she said with a sweet smile.
Kokoa gritted her teeth, "S-Something important?"
Kahlua nodded, "As you can see, you can no longer stop the egg. And soon you'll find many more of these in different locations around Japan. Using that opportunity Fairy Tale will start its operations. And we, the Shuzen family have decided we will lend our full support."
Kokoa's face became a pale white, "O-Our whole family? Wait, so you mean 'she' will be there too!?" Kokoa began hyperventilating as the thought came to her, "B-Big sis Akua...is also with Fairy Tale?"
Kahlua frowned and turned to leave, "Please do not delve deeper into this, Kokoa. And as you should already know, you should not let Akua meet Moka. You haven't forgotten what happened in the past right? Don't let it happen again." And with that, Kahlua was gone.
Kokoa stood, shaking slightly. No...this isn't good. Kahlua was bad enough but if Akua is there then-- Kokoa's eyes widened and she thought about what could happen, "Oh my God...she'll kill Ben." Kokoa said quietly. "We can't let this happen!" she yelled while tugging on Ruby's sleeve, "We have to hurry to the Headmaster and tell him what's happening! Then we have to get a team together and hurry to Hong Kong!"
"What's gotten into you?" Ruby asked, "Who's Akua? Is she bad?"
"WORSE!" Kokoa yelled, "Whatever you feel about Kahlua, Akua is MUCH worse! We need powerful allies, we need...we need..." Kokoa stopped and she came to a realization, "We need monster hunters." Kokoa began to leave in a hurry with Ruby quickly following behind.
"Where are you going?" Ruby asked.
"First, to the Headmaster to tell him about what's going on. The Headmaster has connections of some kind to that Rider. Then we need to head back to the human world, to Marin's Hostel where we fought that siren."
"What? Why?"
"Because when we left those SHIELD guys showed up and they had that red-head monster hunter with the ugly accent." Kokoa explained, "We need strong allies because Fairy Tale isn't fucking around. And..." Kokoa paused slightly as she choked on a lump in her throat, "I don't want them to take away what's precious to me."
Ruby gave a sympathetic look as she followed Kokoa out of the castle and they began their trek back to the academy. Kokoa...he's really rubbed off on you, hasn't he?
Hong Kong...
Later that night, Touhou Fuhai led the students to his mansion that rested on the same plot of land as the Won Family household but just was placed behind. "Your mother Akasha and I were good friends." Touhou said as he led the students to a room where he'd fix the seal, "I've also heard a lot of you from Mikogami, your Headmaster."
"I forget that dude has a name sometimes." Ben stated, gaining a snort from Tsukune.
"I also know how several years ago...your mother disappeared." Touhou continued.
"Woah, Moka's mother disappeared?" Tsukune asked.
Moka let a sigh and nodded, "So you knew." she said quietly. "But...I don't know the reason either. She just suddenly left me when I was little. She even destroyed all her photos, diaries, everything. Everything that was connected to her was gone. All that is left is this rosary." she smiled slightly as she held the rosary in her hand, "I suppose...I suppose that is one of the reasons I want this fixed. Because it is all I have left of her." Moka looked up with a serious expression, "That's why this has to be protected, even if it costs me my freedom!"
"Moka..." Tsukune said quietly. Ben didn't say anything. But knowing the importance to the rosary more, he seemed to understand.
Touhou smiled and laid out several marked talismans along a table. He then brought out a small blade and laid it in front of him. He then took out a small dish and put some sort of powder in it. Touhou then began to chant something before he lit the powder on fire. "Akasha was a...strong, yet sad woman who carried a heavy burden." he said as he used the blade to pick up one of the talismans and placed it over the flame. When it caught fire he stuck the blade through the middle of the paper, "The reason she sealed your powers, was probably because she didn't want to drag you into it."
Moka blinked in confusion, "Burden? What do you mean?"
"Stay quiet!" Touhou warned, "This is where things get serious." as he said this, Touhou pressed the tip of the blade against the jewel of Moka's rosary, "RELEASE SEAL!" when Touhou said that, a bright light shone from Moka's rosary like a laser beam that soon spread out into multiple lights.
"Wh-What the hell?" Moka asked, "Why are lasers coming out? I look like Iron Man using his unibeam...I don't even know how I know that!" The lasers then began forming different shapes as they shone out, making it look like it was forming a beehive.
"Moka's rosary is making a laser show!" Kurumu yelled out.
"Let me grab a guitar, we can have one of those laser rock shows. You guys care if I play Crush 40 songs?" Ben joked.
"TIME AND PLACE, BEN!" Moka yelled.
"Can you see them?" Touhou asked, "The maze of geometric shapes that these lights form is called the 'seal'. This is what the seal is made of, young Moka." he explained, "A seal is a type of filter. This is embedded into your soul and 'limits' your personality and abilities. To make an example, if you set the filter to 'strong pervert' and prohibit the strong then you just have a 'normal pervert'."
The teens nodded in understanding, "I feel like casting that spell on Gin and Haiji." Mizore said with a nod.
"Then they'd just be 'normal' trash!" Yukari laughed.
"OH I GET IT!" Ben said as he slammed his fist into his palm, "So in Moka's case the seal's filter is set on 'Scary Sexy' but it's prohibiting the 'scary' part, which is a shame because that's the best part!" Moka quickly turned her head to Ben with an angered expression, but also a light blush on her face. Ben felt a chill run through his spine and his whole body shook.
"Are you okay?" Kurumu asked, trying not to laugh.
Ben clutched his chest and took a deep breath, "Yeah, it's just...I felt like I was being tortured for a thousand years, but in reality it happened in a split second."
"Mangekyou Sharingan?" Tsukune asked quietly, a concerned expression forming on his face, "She can do that?"
Touhou walked to his desk and grabbed a magnifying glass before coming back to inspect the seal, "Hm. Yes, very interesting." he nodded, "This is a tough one. There are some difficult sections here and there. This damage wasn't caused recently was it? This looks like it was almost broken once before."
Moka gasped slightly when she thought back to freshman year and how her other broke the seal in order to escape from the clutches of Kiria. "It happened last year when I fought against Kiria and Hokuto. But that Doctor Strange, the Socerer, he fixed it!" she explained.
"Hm. I doubt he would have noticed, this seal looks more and more complex as I look--Hm?" Touhou saw something that caught his attention and made him furl his lips in surprise, "What is this? This isn't something we talked about. I never heard about--HUH!? Mikogami! You hid this from me didn't you! This isn't a seal to suppress her power this is--" suddenly the lasers of the seal began to vibrate heavily before shooting all over the room, several of the lasers shot through Touhou.
"Touhou!" Tsukune yelled out.
"Stay back!" Touhou warned, "This is a rejection signal, the seal is closing itself! If the light hits you, you'll be dragged in as well!" As he said this, both Mizore and Tsukune were it. One was about to hit Kurumu but Ben held his hand out so the light hit the back of his hand. The laser seemed to have no effect on Ben's armor since it was technically a holy weapon, so the laser ricocheted off.
"OH DID YOU SEE THAT?" Ben asked excitedly, "Just like Wonder Woman!" Ben's celebration was short lived as he was then hit by several lasers in the chest and head. "Ooooooh, son if a--" Before Ben could finish, he and the others bodies were placed unconscious as they were forced into the seal.
"AAAAAAAH!" Tsukune yelled out before coming a sudden stop when he landed on the ground. He groaned in pain as he slowly got to his knees, "Damn, that hurt." When he looked up he could see he was no longer at the mansion, but instead on a cliffside overlooking a large castle. WHAT THE HELL!? Where am I? What happened to Hong Kong!?
"Hey! Who're you?" Tsukune jumped at what sounded to be like the voice of a little girl. Turning around he saw a girl that looked exactly like Moka if she was maybe ten years old. "How did you get here? This area belongs to the Shuzen family."
No...it can't be. Tsukune chuckled, "You know, you're a little small but you look just like Moka."
The little girl tilted her head in confusion, "Huh? How do you know my name?" the girl asked, "You're pretty suspicious, tell me your name."
"Moka!" the younger Moka turned around when she heard another woman's voice calling for her.
Before anything could happen Tsukune felt himself get swiped away down the cliff. He was freaking out, but eventually he realized that Touho and Mizore had grabbed him. "T-Touhou? Mizore?" Tsukune asked quietly. He wasn't sure how, but the three of them were on a flying carpet, however he wasn't about to ask where it came from.
"You're so thick." Touhou criticized, "We're inside the seal! In other words, we are in Moka Akashiya's soul." the two teens gasped in response, "Just now as the seal was closing it looks like it dragged the three of us inside it."
"Wait, can we go back about how we're in her soul?" Mizore asked.
"See that girl up there, that is likely Moka when she was young." Touhou explained, "This world is likely created from her memories."
The trio looked up to see a young looking woman hold the young Moka's hand as they walked back to the castle. Mizore, putting two and two together, began to decipher who the other woman was, "So then that woman must be--"
"Akasha Bloodriver." Touhou finished, "Moka's mother."
The trio looked to see Akasha turn and smile at young Moka. When she did so they got a clear view of her face, "They're exactly alike." Mizore exclaimed, "She's an exact replica of Moka!"
"Really?" Touhou asked, "I can tell they are alike, but only a little."
"No, no, she's the 'Outer' one." Mizore explained.
"Outer?"
"The mother looks exactly the same as the Moka we sealed."
"Well, well, explain that later. Why don't we follow them." Touhou suggested as he flew the carpet overhead.
On another part of the land, away from the trio, Ben had landed inside the seal himself. Though for him he seemed to have had a much softer landing. Ow. Where am I? What is this feeling? It's so soft and smells...sweet.
"If you are able, do you think you could get off me?" Ben looked up to see that he was laying face first in the crotch of Dreamqueen. Ben's whole body turned red and he immediately jumped to his feet in surprise.
"D-D-D-D-DREAMQUEEN!?" he yelled, "What the hell are you..." Ben stopped and looked around, "Where the hell are we?"
"If I had to guess," Dreamqueen pushed the hair out of her eyes and wiped the dirt off her dress, "I'd say we were pulled into that seal like Mr. Fuhai was saying earlier." she looked around and squinted her eyes, "That way," she said pointing away from the castle and deep into the forest, "I sense something...off."
Ben clapped his hands and gestured towards where Dreamqueen was pointing, "Well...ladies first?" Dreamqueen smiled and she spun around several times, her dress becoming slightly shorter, but some of it formed into wings on her back. When she finished spinning she posed and winked at the metahuman, "Okay, Wonder Woman." Ben chuckled, he then began to follow her deep into the forest.
Back with the trio, they sat on the carpet and looked down at the events that played out. They witness a young Kokoa sparring with the kid Moka...and losing...badly. No wonder she has a complex. Tsukune thought. However they also saw a younger, much less scary Kahlua. "Hold on...did Moka say she was part of three sisters?"
Mizore shook her head, "No, they were four sisters with different mothers. This is a little different from what we heard."
Hearing this information, Touhou seemed to be able to figure out what was going on, "That can't be helped." he sighed, gaining the attention of the two teens, "I said before right? That this world is inside the seal. In other words, these are sealed memories, Moka probably doesn't even remember most of what you've seen here." he stopped for a moment and tapped his chin, "However, due to the seal being broken who knows what we'll find in here." Sealed memories? Tsukune thought, But...why would they be sealed?
"Hey," Mizore spoke up again, "The mom disappears after this, right?" as she asked this the trio could see Akasha smiling at the three girls as she talked to them, "I wonder if something happens. Something so big it would cause her to erase Moka's memories. What do you want to do?" she asked, "I mean, this makes it a secret so big even the owner doesn't know about it. I know we didn't exactly show up here by choice, but should we keep watching?" the trio had their attention turned back to the scene that was playing out before their eyes as they heard the sound of a dog barking. As they watched they saw Moka go to investigate, and when she did, her and the other sisters were greeted by a young woman, like seventeen or eighteen. She had pale skin, and medium length dark hari with twin pony tails, but they were tight and close to her hair. She also wore a large black coat that covered almost all the way down to the bottom of her skirt. Finally, she wore shin high black boots. When she introduced herself the trio received the answer of the missing sister, her name was Akua Shuzen.
Ben was swinging behind Dreamqueen and as they traveled she tried to explain to him the seal, "So this seal also hides memories?" Ben asked, "How do you know that?"
"Because," Dreamqueen started as she began to slow down, "Centuries ago my father had one of these seals placed on him by the then Sorcerer Supreme, he was cursed to wander the hell scape that was then early colonial America. Believing to be a human he lived a normal life, eventually he fell in love...to a witch." Ben gasped, but it was more for dramatic effect than anything else, "She knew what type of seal it was, but knew not how to remove it. So she broke it by force. The memories came flooding back to him, and in return he gave her a child. Myself."
Ben nodded as they swung, "Wait, aren't you a succubus? How do you get succubus from dream demon and witch?"
"Because shut up!" Dreamqueen held out her hand and caught Ben mid flight, "Halt...it's here."
"What is?" Ben heard a loud screeching sound and he felt that he no longer wanted to know. Ben and Dreamqueen scanned the area, only to not see anything. Suddenly, Ben felt his Spider Sense go off, and he quickly grabbed Dreamqueen and jumped off the branch they were on, "LOOK OUT!"
From where they once stood was a creature that had no right to be fighting Ben, no right to even be in this world if it was truly supposed to Moka's sealed memories. "What the hell is that?" Dreamqueen asked as she shook her head a little. Standing before them was a large, roughly 7'5, black oozy, humanoid creature with a large mouth, long tongue, sharp white eyes and, most importantly, the large white spider on it's chest. "Wait, hold on, isn't that--?"
"No way." Ben mumbled in disbelief, "No fucking way. VENOM!? What the hell is he doing here!? This doesn't make any sense!"
"Finally, I've found you. SPIDER-MAN!" Venom gave a toothy smile as he licked all around his face, "Finally, it's lunch time!"
To be continued...
A/N: Hey, I'm back. Holy shit, ameright? I know I haven't been uploading this fic in a while, but I'm back! No more COVID, no more waiting for the website to come back up, I'm good this time and hopefully (I know I say this a lot) I can now have a more consistent update schedule.
I kinda feel bad that I return and I have to give you guys a lore chapter, but hey, on the positive note, next chapter should have some action in it! Also, side note, I am NOT doing all of the dialog for this memory bullshit. Ikeda spent like 8 fucking chapters in there. I'm just gonna have Touhou basically explain what is going on and have Ben do his own exploring. So that should be fun.
On that topic, how about that, huh guys? Why is Venom here? I've kinda been hinting at what is going on, and I don't think I've seen someone guess it correctly, though someone was close. This just leads closer and closer to my master plan! Hahahaha!
Anyways, I'll see you guys later!