43 The Missing Spring part 3? (2/2)

Youmu's the one who started the battle.

Youmu do a slash with her sword, her slash turned into several Danmaku bullets, which flying toward the heroine.

The heroine scatters to avoid it.

”Youmu-san, please take care of the time stopping silver hair maid. I'll take the other two.”

”Okay, be careful Arah-dono.” said Youmu before chasing Sakuya.

I shoot some laser from my light ball to Reimu and Marisa to grab their attention.

They dodge it and then they shoot back at me with their own Danmaku.

Calculate their Danmaku trajectory, dodge them all.

Reimu's ofuda are glowing, she throws them.

Ofuda trajectory are curving, it's her Target Seeking Ofuda.

Destroy them with fast but low damage laser, got 3 out of 6.

A beam coming from the side, dodge it.

Finish destroying the Ofuda, got 3 out of 3.

Clay containers lobed in the air, filled with magic energy, get away.

Containers got hit by Danmaku, exploded, out of radius.

Must get out from their encirclement, fly away, they're giving chase.

Light Flash to their face, they stop to cover their face with their hand.

Teleport behind them.

”Bright-ze!””Ugh!” they groan.

I grab their shoulder. I stop their movement by locking their body using Vector Change.

”Good, now-GAH!”

Reimu kick my stomach.

'What?!'

Her Ofuda meeting my face, it blows me away from them.

I look at Reimu and Marisa. Reimu still ready to fight while Marisa catching up her bearing.

”That was surprising-ze. I couldn't move my body for a second there-ze.”

”Really? I didn't feel anything beside him grabbing my shoulder though.”

”…How?”

I'm remembering them all, each time I met Reimu, each time I got hit by her, and the difference between her and Marisa.

Hakurei Miko and a Magician.

Miko.

The one that served a God.

God.

Divinity

Vector Change can only redirect an element that I understand, Divinity is something beyond my realm of understanding.

'…So that mean I can't easily mess with anyone that have Divinity, good thing I figured this out before I make the mistake in a life and death situation.'

”You're improving from last time.”

”Of course, human is a progressing creature, this time I'm different.”

”And you will lose again-ze.”

”I wonder about that.”

I take out my new spell card.

Direction Sign ”Thoughtless Greedy Being Revenge”

Spell card membrane cover my entire body, Counter Armor activating on top of the membrane.

A greedy being acting greedy, I absorb the light from the surrounding, making the surrounding dark.

Others are mad at the greedy one because he toke everything, the girls are shooting their Danmaku but it stopped by my Counter Armor, except Reimu's Danmaku. 'Even her shot have divine properties in it.'

The greedy one want revenge so he thouglessly throw back everything back at them but he forgot to keep his shield up, making him vulnerable to the enemy attack. Light flashes from my body, making the girls once again cover their eyes with their hand. I also throw back their Danmaku at them with

This spell card is fair, it work in an easy pattern, when I gather the light, don't shoot at me, but when I shine, you shoot at me even thought you can't see me because of the light, but because Reimu has Divinity, she can bypass my Counter Armor and just shoot at me anytime she want.

And eventually.

Reimu chase after me when I'm in my gathering light phase.

Treasure Sign ”Yin-Yang Treasured Orb”

A red ball appeared in her hand, it touched my chest and then it expanded into red yin-yang energy orb, just like Rasengan from Naruto.

*crack* my spell card end.

”GAH!” it did direct damage to my body and it blown me back away from them.

I clutched my chest. 'It hurt, it seriously hurt. It was different from any of the damage I received until now, is this what happened when Reimu got serious? Divinity infused attack?' I thought.

I observe the heroine.

”A spell card that take away opponent's vision, a troublesome thing to deal with.”

”Ugh, so bright, I still see the light-ze.”

When we fought, none of my attack hit them directly, but they did get scraped by them, causing little damage all over their body and clothes. If I pick which one of them got more damage than the other, it's Marisa.

'They're Grazing all of my shot, Pro Danmaku Player Vs Newbie Danmaku Player, I'm not surprised by this kind of result.'

I summon another of my new spell card

Theater Sign ”Light Commander”

Once again, our surrounding fade to black, spot light appear shining down on five of us, yes, I did say five.

Two human shape bodies that made out of light appear, both of them holding a light saber.

A Commander that command the light, ”Ready your weapon!” I order, the Light Soldier readying their weapon.

He commands the light to fight for him, ”Attack them!” I point to my enemy, the Light Soldier charging toward them.

He also assisting his soldier by sniping their enemy, I shoot laser to the girls in the opening that my soldier created or my laser created an opening for my soldier.

But he can't move or retreated from where he stands, it was because he's a Commander, the morale bearer of the army, if he retreat then his soldier will also retreated. I endure the heroine's Danmaku as they shoot me while avoiding my soldier.

Reimu defeated her Light Soldier but immediately I make another one to go after her.

'All I need is just providing the mana to create the Light Soldier, the rest of the complicated stuff (Maintaining Light Soldier body, controlling Light Soldier, Light Soldier AI) are taken care of by the spell card system, '

Since Marisa focusing on the Light Soldier, I get a couple of shot to her, but for Reimu, she's focusing on evading so it's harder to hit her, but my shot did graze her.

It all goes well and smooth, until Marisa has enough of it.

”Ey, so annoying, let's just end it in one go.” Marisa pointed her Mini-Hakkero to me.

I immediately know what she's about to do.

'…Dammit, mistake has been made, I totally forgot about her special attack, next time I should consider who I'm battling against.' I accept my fate since I can't move out of the way because my spell card still active.

Love Sign ”Master Spark”

Marisa iconic attack, Rainbow Mega Laser coming out from her Mini-Hakkero, her target is me.

”Kuh!” I endure it.

*crack* my spell card end.

I attempt to redirect her laser to somewhere else, but the damage already been done. I fall down to the earth below.

As I'm falling, I slow down my fall using my abilities until I fall slowly like a feather to the ground.

I recovered in mid air and landed on the ground. ”*cough* Okay, I think I'm done now, no more Danmaku for today.”

Both the girls are following after me by descending from the sky.

”Wait! Wait! Wait! I surrender! I surrender!” I raised my hand in surrender.

The heroine stopped, they are eyeing me with suspicion.

”Really, I'm surrendering.” I plop my butt on the ground. ”*sigh*I want to rest.” I sigh.

Guess they believe me now after seeing my act, they landed near me.

”We won-ze, I also already said that you will lose again-ze.” said Marisa with a smirk.

”Yes, and it irked me.” I'm annoyed by her attitude.

'What's her level anyway?'

[Lv.59 Ordinary Magician, Kirisame Marisa]

[From Lv.39 to Lv.59]

'…Still lower than mine, which mean she's that skillful playing with Danmaku, guess I lack real combat experience.'

”Now, spill everything you know! Right now!” ordered Reimu.

”Of course, just asked me anything.”

”…That's it-ze? You're just gonna give us the answer-ze? Aren't you on their team just now-ze?”

”Yeah, my only goal is to end the incident, when I met with the culprit, I know I can't win against her, that's why I decided to end the incident by helping her, but now, if I can't do it, then I trust Reimu will end it for me.”

”I see-ze.” said Marisa.

”Moreover, I can't really change side suddenly, if I suddenly do it, Youmu-san, the girl that beside me at the start, will be heartbroken.”

”So in the end, it's all come back to a girl.” said Reimu.

”Hey! Nobody likes to be betrayed! If you see one of your companions suddenly change side in front of your eye, of course you will hate them immediately!”

I sense someone approaching our location.

”Companion? You mean this girl?” said the new comer voice.

We turn toward the new voice.

It's Sakuya. She's carrying Youmu like a sack of potato, Youmu's phantom floating beside them, but it didn't move and just in limp-like condition. Their clothes…their clothes…

'…My libido.is.rising.' my libido start going wild inside my mind.

Their clothes are full of hole, a hole that opened by slicing mark. I can see their smooth skin from there.

Sakuya start 'smiling'. ”Look one more second-” I look away. ”Good.”

”Is she dead?” asked Reimu.

Sakuya put Youmu beside us, the Phantom landed on the ground. ”Of course not, her resolve to serve her master is strong, I need to hit her unconscious or she will fight me until she loses consciousness, just like me”

”Good.” Reimu satisfied.

”Then what next-ze? If she's unconscious then-”

All of them are staring at me, THE PRESURE.

I look back at them, I examine their condition.

'Come to think of it, they do look kinda beat up.'

Reimu clothes looked slightly singed. She still doesn't mind how she looked.

Marisa clothes looked torned at the tip and singed. She occasionally sending glance at the torned part.

Sakuya clothes looked shredded. She hides her clothes hole by covering it up using her hand. Little did she know that it's making her look more erotic.

Sakuya look the worst (the sexiest) and Reimu look the cleanest.

”Before we continue, let me touch a part of the clothes you're wearing, I'll fix it for you all.” I said as I gave out my hand.

They look at my hand with suspicion.

”Come on, you guys don't have a lot of time if you want to end the incident, I need just one person to prove my ability.”

Finally, after a few more hesitant moments, Marisa step up, I think she did it because she's the most disturbed with how even thought Sakuya is the worst.

I applied [Self-Repair] to her clothes.

Marisa's clothes slowly comeback to pristine condition.

”What is this magic-ze?! This is so useful!” exclaimed Marisa.

”…I hate to admit it, but his magic really is convenient.” Sakuya admit the usefulness of my 'magic' with hard feeling.

”…How do I make him work for me to make money?” Reimu is thinking.

”Stop thinking about it, I don't want my magic to be traded for money.” I reprimanded her.

By the end of it, I gave [Self-Repair] to all of their clothes, including Youmu. I also gave them Vitality Booster Pill & Mentality Booster Pill one each.

I point them toward the Saigyouji Ayakashi, the biggest tree in the Netherworld. They probably could meet Yuyuko if they go there.

”Don't do anything to that girl, okay?” warned Reimu. The rest of the girls already in the air but Reimu is the last to go because she wanted to warned me to not do anything to Youmu.

”Don't worry. I'm not that trash of a human being to do anything to a sleeping girl.” I assured her. ”But, Reimu.” I called out to her.

She raised her eyebrow.

”When you meet or after you fought the culprit, just hear her out as to why she started the incident, okay?”

”…I'll think about it.” said Reimu before she take off into the air.

I watch them all go to the tree direction, leaving me behind with an unconscious girl.

I turn to look at Youmu.

”Now, for Youmu, let's carry her to her home.”

I pick Youmu up by using bridal carry.

I fly with her to start my journey.

Youmu's Phantom follows after me, it didn't make any single movement besides floating behind me, it's as if there's an invisible line between Youmu and her phantom.

Since I remember the place, I go straight to the Stairway. I climb them up until I reach the top.

Hakugyokurou.

That's the name of Yuyuko and Youmu's home. It's an old Japanese mansion with a very wide garden. I think this place is bigger than Akyuu's mansion.

I go into the mansion. I search for any room that has any futon in it.

A moment later, I found the room.

I put Youmu down on the futon.

Since I don't want to meet Yuyuko again, I immediately leave the mansion, leaving Youmu behind alone in the mansion.

In the distance, I can see the battle between the heroine and Yuyuko. It's a beautiful and awesome sight but since I still didn't want to risk it, I ignore it and leave the area.

A few moment of flying later.

I see a scene of a huge door opened wide, revealing the other side sky, the sky of Gensokyo.

”Uwah, she totally destroyed the barrier.” I grimaced.

By barrier I mean the barrier that keep the huge door closed, not the door itself. Now that the barrier is gone, phantom and such could come and go between Gensokyo and Netherworld with little effort.

And so, the Missing Spring incident came to a closed within less than a month early than the original time line.

The ice is melting, and the spring has finally come.

”THE SPRING FINALLY COMMEEEEEEE!!” said the Herald of Spring loud and clear across Gensokyo.

Author note:

Heyo, Author here. In the process of making this chapter, I'm struggling in the Yuyuko scene. I think I've issue with writing any smart character, probably since I'm not that smart, I'm afraid that I'll fucked up their personality and act, there's also the issue with me can't really write English word, English is not my first language.

About the Yuyuko soul thingy, my theory regarding this is that, there's a Yuyuko's body (this probably already turn to dirt long time ago), Yuyuko's soul (this thing used to seal the tree), and Yuyuko's ghost (this is right now Yuyuko, she's a special ghost because of Yukari's help, after all she's the one who seal Yuyuko soul into the tree.)

About the next week chapter, there will be no update since I have to work.