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"It seems that waking up early is a smart choice from me." The older vampire says proudly as Reimu enters her room. "Given what happened yesterday, I have to be awake to watch the new addition in Gensokyo and the changes afterward."

"That sounds like you, except that Sakuya has already spoiled a different scenario." Reimu shakes her head then heads to the seat next to the vampire. The Time Maid quickly reappears and starts serving the two teas and quick snack.

Just seconds after Sakuya said that Remilia was asleep, she re-informed that her mistress was woken up due to the scream of the dead Youkai. Since everyone else is occupied with their own works, the Hakurei Maiden decides to head to the only free person's room in the mansion.

Completely ignoring Reimu's counter, Remilia takes a sip from her teacup. "Hm… as delicious as usual." She then turns to her guest who also follows the same movement. "What do you want to talk about first? Maybe about him?"

Instead of answering, Reimu pulls out the newspaper from… somewhere, and gives it to the vampire who gives her a funny look before taking the paper. "Today news, from that Tengu." Remilia looks at the first page of the newspaper and chuckles. "Yeah, that girl surely likes stirring everything up. At least that's no exaggerations this time."

"We can say that, but the villagers are not going to believe it, not one bit." Sakuya comments.

"Depends. We're talking about someone who was supposedly dead years ago. Two of them, if your mother wasn't in Hell according to Shikieiki. And one of them is not human... anymore."

"Yeah, figured that. Given how both Marisa and Alice tried to kill my father this early morning, the villagers will have two separate opinions."

"And you defended him?" The maid refers to the other mages, not the villagers.

"He straight-up blocked Marisa's Master Spark with his bare arm, Sakuya. If there's someone to protect, they would be people who trigger him. And there would be not many of them." Then the three notice loud echoes emitting from somewhere within the mansion. "Was that Marisa again?"

"Let me check." The Time Maid vanishes (stops time and goes out of the room).

"Well, if that's the witch then Sakuya would deal with her easily." Not being worried, Remilia takes another sip from her teacup.

"By the way, my father is with Flandre."

"So? He seems to be a quiet man…"

"…No… He is a subtle battle maniac." Reimu then realizes a fatal mistake. "Oh…"

"…THEN WHY DID YOU LET THOSE TWO BE TOGETHER!?"

It's a nice day as usual in Gensokyo. The sun shines brightly yet not to the point of annoying anyone. The sound of the wind gazing lazily through the grasses, the occasionally singing of the birds, it's…

*BANG!* *CRUMBLE!*

Everything would be in its order if it's not around Scarlet Devil Mansion.

Hong Meiling is startled because of the huge noise coming from the inside of the place she's protecting from the outside. Quickly opening the gate, she rushes into the front garden, only to stop as two... four… SIX figures flying out of a newly made hole on the wall of the mansion. Squeezing her eyes, Meiling manages to see the younger mistress alone being four of the six, while the person who is Reimu's father and Sakuya are the other two. She notices that the man has three pairs of wings…

"THIS IS SO MUCH FUN!" The sound of the young mistress being happy and excited manages to reach everyone's ears despite the sounds of explosions still linger. "DO THAT AGAIN!"

"How did I trigger her again?" Quickly firing Danmaku bullets towards the four vampires and distancing away for a breathing moment, Kuro asks the question out loud as he starts 'reloading' his revolvers with his magic.

"That should be our question for you." Throwing her knives out to destroy some of the Danmaku firing from her mistress, the Time Maid teleports next to the man who triggered the event.

"Eh… maybe I told her that I could fight… or that I fought Dark Evangel and won."

"Of course you have told her that kind of story." The two then separate as four laser Danmaku head straight towards them.

"TABOO! MAZE OF LOVE!" One of the Flandres shouts out one of her spell cards, and fires out the Danmaku in a clockwise pattern. Thankfully that there are still spaces between the attacks so the 'defenders' can still be able to dodge.

Unfortunately… to fight someone who's as strong as Yukari, one would have to go all out. And that is exactly what the young mistress of Scarlet is thinking right now.

"FORBIDDEN BARRAGE! STARBOW BREAK!"

"FORBIDDEN BARRAGE! CATADIOPTRIC!"

"FORBIDDEN BARRAGE! COUNTER CLOCK!"

"…That's overkill." Discarding the revolvers into his hammerspace, Kuro moves all his wings towards his front and uses them to withstand the incoming Danmakus. He also activates Pandora Box right over him so the damage could be mitigated, somewhat.

And that's the last glimpse of the man before Meiling witnesses all Danmakus blast straight towards the man, creating huge impacts noise and enormous smoke. What follows next are powerful whirlwinds that nearly blow away everything, even Meiling if she's not prepared. She then notices a lot of spare Danmakus heading straight to the ground, so she has to dodge them as well before she tries to close in…

"I suggest you do not come closer. Let the two finish their fight." Mid-flight, Meiling sees the rest of the residents in SDM flying out of the partly-destroyed building, with Reimu being in the lead. "I don't think they're following the rules at this point."

"We should have thought of this sooner." Maribel sweat-drops as she watches the Danmakus continuously firing out from the four vampires. "I forgot that he's trouble magnet, and that he attracts powerful beings to him…"

"That looks fun-ze!" Marisa is not fazed by the scene. "You know what? I'm gonna join them!"

"Don't you dare, Marisa." Alica holds the girl's collar to stop her from entering the fight and making it a free-for-all brawl. "And you believe that you can face four spell cards at once?"

"Hey, I can dodge!"

"I have to remind you again that they're not following many rules here. The only one not being broken here, so far, is to not kill each other." Sakuya analyzes the situation.

"I'm more worried about my own house here…" Remilia grimaces at the terrible state of her mansion. "Sakuya, how long do you think it would take to fix this?"

"I think we can just tell Kuro to fix your mansion himself." Renko assures the older sister. "Those damages are nothing to him."

"We can't just…"

"I second that." And just like that, Remilia's liking Renko's idea.

"Agreed. I don't like fixing things being broken by Outsiders."

"You guys…"

Unlike her companions, Patchouli focuses on the fight, and she sees through the smoke that Kuro's defense starts to break down. "...Is he trying to lose on purpose?"

"Hm?" The others focus back on the fight, and also see the barrier of Pandora Box starting to get thinner. Though, Maribel notices a small detail. "Hm… I don't think that's… the real Kuro…"

'Then you're mistaken, Maribel. And Holy HELL, do her attacks HURT!' That telepathy from the person nearly startles everyone except Maribel and Renko since they're used to it. 'Urgh, no wonder you girls don't want to fight her.'

"You brought it to yourself. Don't complain." Renko replies with a smug. "And if you have listened to our conversation the entire time…"

'Yeah, I know, I know.' After that, Kuro decides to stop fooling around and spreads out his wings, the force annihilates the Danmaku around him. Re-facing Flandre, he raises both his hands to the sides, and a purple Odachi appears in the right hand while the left hand now holds a black broadsword with dark blue blade. A black spear with green tip and a white axe with light blue blade also materialize and hover below his left arm and right one respectively. Kuro then points the left weapons towards the quadruple Flandre and taunts: "Danmaku is fun and all, but I believe we both know direct combat is what proves how powerful we are. Let's give it a testament, shall we?"

"You ask for it mister!" All Flandre shout in excitement as they all draw out their swords. Within seconds, both sides rush in and starts clashing their weapons, emitting sparks every time they hit each other.

From a safe distance, everyone watches the two continuing fighting to their heart's content. Some are awed by the power and speed of the fight, some are terrified at the thought of them combining forces (as if Kuro and Yukari working together is not bad enough). The mistress of the SDM and the Time Maid, however, are only worried about fixing their place, but given by the response of Kuro through telepathy, maybe it's not going to be too bad.

"WOO-HOO! Another scoop! I'm having a gold mine here!" What follows up is the all-too-familiar snapping sounds of a camera. All slowly turn their heads towards the source of the sounds, and sees a certain Tengu having too much fun taking pictures. Then, to her surprise, somehow the camera in her hands disappears without a trace. She immediately turns back and forth and finds out that it's now in Sakuya's hands, the person is currently a few meters away from her. "Hey! That's mine!"

"You are being annoyed, again." Sakuya simply replies when Aya snatches back her item. "You shouldn't be this close. They're not holding back their attacks."

"Hey, if you are too scared of dangers, then how can you be a news reporter?" Aya proudly retorts.

Just to challenge the Tengu's words, the sky suddenly turns dark despite the clouds being clear for a moment. Everyone looks back to the fight, and sees both fighters have dismissed their weapons and they're gathering energy into their hands, readying to unleash against each other.

"Um…O…kay…" Aya knows that she just jinxed all of them. "So… uh, do we have enough time for evacuation?"

And that's also Reimu's question towards Renko and Maribel. Their answer: "Um…no?"

"LET FATE DECIDE WHO WILL WIN!"

With the last screams, the two fighters fly towards each other and throw their punches out, colliding and creating a huge impact that immediately releases a powerful shockwave that annihilates everything within the area around the mansion. Needless to say that the mansion WON'T be there for a moment.

The others, who managed to run out of the blast radius, still get blown away due to the aftershock. Thankfully no one is directly hurt because of it.

"…He better pays for EVERYTHING." After recovering from shock and surprised, Remilia grunts as she looks at what's left of the mansion after the explosion goes away.

"I will make sure he won't run away." Sakuya assures her mistress.

"If he does, we can have someone we know trace him down." Renko adds.

"Is there really someone who can do so?" Alice is having a little doubt. "If he could beat up Yukari…"

"You could say it's himself." Maribel answers, earning stares of confusion and doubts. "You might know soon if he shows up."

"Where are those two now, by the way?" Aya looks around to try and find the two fighters. "Did they get blasted away, or they…"

"THAT WAS FUN!" To answer the Tengu's question, Flandre emerges out from the remnants of the mansion as she floats up and shouts in the air excitedly.

"…At least my sister is having a good time." Remilia shakes her head while letting a small smile. She then floats towards her sister and asks: "How is the fight my dear sister?"

"It was great! Mister Kuro is so strong! Can we invite him to our place again?" The girl's too excited that she's completely forgotten that she and Kuro just flattened the whole mansion.

"By the way, where did you blast him off? I need to ask him about compensation."

"…I don't know."

"Got blasted towards Kourindou, if you're wondering." The man himself appears next to the duo, surprising them a bit. "It's lucky that I have already predicted it and teleported all of us into the parallel dimension to avoid damages to the real world."

"…So we're fighting in a pocket dimension the whole time?" That earns Remilia a nod of confirmation. "Hm. That's convenient."


After everyone has gathered back, Kuro teleports everyone back to the real world, where the mansion is completely unharmed. They then gather into the dining room of the mansion and have a hearty conversation while Sakuya and the fairy maids serve food for everyone.

About two hours later, Kuro and Reimu decide to say their goodbyes and leave the mansion. Their next destination is Human Village.

"Things really go wild because of your arrival." Reimu speaks while they're flying on the sky. "At least I can tolerate this kind of wildness."

"Oh, this is nothing. Just wait and see when you come to Gamindustri. Things are even wilder."

"I like being in peace, thank you very much. Also, no wings?"

"We're heading to Human Village. And based on the previous conversation, I don't think I should let them see the wings."

"Right… and don't you DARE doing anything embarrassing…"

"No promises. I like seeing you girls being flustered." Kuro's smile after that comment makes Reimu blush as she turns her head away to hide it. And to prove that statement, he then starts hugging Reimu again, causing her ears to start blowing out steam. "Besides, you like it too, right?"

"G…GE…GET OFF!"


"…What is this nonsense?" A middle-aged man, around fifty years old, throws the paper to the other side of the table as he stands up. "That newspaper is getting more and more ridiculous." Grabbing a few potions and laying them on the shelf positioned to the left of his shop, he starts speaking to himself: "He returned? She wasn't dead, but didn't know her current location? Please, even when they were the best guard and maiden around, being ambushed by a horde of Youkai is the mark of the end." Pulling out a pair of bottles and grabbing a pen, he starts writing some words on them, mostly about what the bottles contain and their prices. "And even if they survived, then where the heck are they now? Not even Keine could find them, and she has gone directly towards Hell to try to find them…"

"Getting grumpy again old man?" A guard walks by and notices the person ranting to himself so he gets curious. "Anything new today?"

"Same sh!t, different prices."

"Oh come on. Keep rising the prices and your shop is gonna lose more and more customers."

"Does it look like I have a lot from the beginning? So, you want to buy or not?" After the sarcastic remark, the shopkeeper changes his tone so the later question is more genuine.

"One of that…" The guard points at one of the items on the shelf behind the middle-aged man. "And the usual stuff."

"Three thousands." After picking up the ordered items, the man gives them to the guard and tells him the price.

"And you said different prices." The guard laughs as he pays for what he just bought. He then changes back to the original subject: "So what works you up?"

"Read the news recently?"

"Stop caring for that one long ago. Waiting for the other, more accurate ones to come out."

"That Tengu wrote that 'they' returned."

"Who?"

"…Right, you youngsters don't know about them. Ask about the older guards, especially the retired ones. They definitely know."

"Hm… well, time to leave. Thanks for the stuffs old man."

"Have a good day." The shopkeeper says his goodbye as the guard gives him back a thumb up. Once the guard's out of sight, the middle-aged man rubs his eyes and groans. "Even IF that's the truth, he's not going to be pleased of the way this village has followed."

He then notices that some of the guards starting to gather towards the only school in the village. Curiosity gets to him, and he decides to go and check on his 'old' friend. Placing some talisman on the counter to make sure that no one could steal his stuffs, the man follows the guards towards the location.

After a few minutes, he reaches the location, but he's blocked by the villagers standing before the school's gate. He asks one of the people nearby: "Hey, did something happen in here?"

"Keine's school got raided." A young man answers. "Someone messed up her office badly. Thankfully no one was inside, but…"

"Money or life. I think we all know what we would pick."

"Easy to say, mister…" The middle-aged man turns to the young man behind him and says that… then he notices Reimu next to him. "Oh, young Hakurei. Fancy meeting you here. What's the occasion?"

"Just passing through. Can you all make way so we could reach to Keine?"

"Um, sure…" Knowing the reputation of Reimu, the villagers quickly separate away so she can have a way to go.

"Thanks. Let's go." The maiden then gestures the young man to follow her.

'…Wait a second.' Because of the current situation, the middle-aged man didn't think much of the young man's appearance. However, when he notices what he is wearing… 'That… an Outsider? And… it can't be…' Feeling the need to confirm his suspicion, he quickly follows the duo as well…

And his answer comes WAY sooner than he thought.

"Ah, Reimu, Kuro." Keine is discussing the problem with the guards in front of the school's gate, when she notices the trio coming to her. "And you too, Masato. My apology for not greeting you properly."

"It's fine, miss Keine." Kuro waves his right hand, dismissing the problem. He then turns back to see the shopkeeper close behind them. "Hello again, sir… Masato, isn't it?"

"Yes. Masato Kirisame."

"He's Marisa's father if you're wondering." Reimu explains.

"Ah, is that so?" Giving Masato a nod, Kuro then turns and asks the teacher: "Miss Keine, how many items did you lose?"

"A few, mostly some artifacts I gathered from time to time." Keine replies. "…And one of which was your gift."

"…Ain't that convenient?" Shaking his head with a smile, Kuro taps on the right end pieces of his glasses. "Give me a moment. We might be able to track it down."

"Thank you very much." Keine bows her head down gracefully. She then notices Masato giving Kuro a strange look when she looks up. She immediately understands why, and she gestures the middle-aged man to follow her. Masato complies and the two separate away from the other duo.

Once they're far enough, Masato questions: "Is he really him? He didn't even recognize me then."

"Because this is his past self." The teacher explains. "The person we met in our past was his future self."

"Really? Why going through that kind of trouble? He could just go here…"

"He DIDN'T even know that Reimu is his daughter until yesterday. And we can blame Yukari for that."

"…That makes sense then." IF the Youkai's Sage is involved in anything, simple event could get complicated. He then changes the subject: "…You think he's gonna like the situation in the village?"

"No, that's for sure." Keine sighs. "What he did next, I don't know…"

"Miss Keine." Kuro calls up for the teacher, and both duos gather. "Are you sure the school is raided?"

"…What do you mean?" Keine is confused by the question. "I certainly didn't break school for…"

"Look at where the signal is." Pulling out his glasses, Kuro gives it to Keine. The woman receives the item and puts it on her face. The glasses then show the teacher where the stolen object is now, which makes her widen her eyes in shock. "Yeah… given by how you reacted, it seems to be more complicated that I thought."

Knowing how 'advanced' Kuro is compared to the others, Masato knows that the glasses is able to track down his items. Though, he doesn't know why Keine is surprised. "May I ask where it is?"

"…See it for yourself." That's Keine's simple answer before she gives him the glasses. "I need to talk to the guards first, wait for me for a few moments." The teacher then quickly walks to the nearby guards and explains the situation.

Meanwhile Masato checks on the glasses… and immediately understands why. "Well, ain't that the worst place to be in."

Though Reimu hasn't seen the result, she has a vague idea of what's going on. After all, 'their rivalry' is a common knowledge in the village. "So, 'that' place, huh? *Sigh* And you just arrived here..."

"…I take it that you have some 'history' with 'them'?" Kuro asks, noticing the disdain in his daughter's voice.

"Bad ones, yes."

"We should go now." After speaking with the guards, Keine gestures the three to follow her to the location of the stolen items. "If anything, we might be able to 'negotiate' something to them."

"Negotiate? Them? Keine, you know who they are. If they really did that…" Reimu points her thumb back to the school. "Then we need to forcefully take it back."

"Don't tell me that's how you deal with problems in here?" Kuro shakes his head, disapproving of how Reimu plans on how to take the items back.

"Only to them." The maiden grunts. "I tried talking with them, but they're way too stubborn…"

"When you meet them, you will understand." Keine decides to interject before Reimu could spill out bad words.

"…It can't be THAT bad, right?" Kuro starts thinking about a similar situation in the past. He then reads the expressions on the others' faces. "…Of course… damn."


Chapter 8 end!

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Hope that I could update my stories sooner... oh well. Better than none.

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