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Post by Knell on Sept 18, 2013 21:56:35 GMT -5
"The concern they show for eachother. Fear, Happiness, anger, sorrow. Are they really any different from humans at all?" A voice spoke from from amidst the group, stepping forth was Ling. "As a youkai myself, I can say that youkai are not different from humans at all. Nor are humans different from Youkai. Sometimes Humans can be bloodthirsty monsters who kill others and even eachother for nothing more than sport. Now is the time, that we take these similarities and realize that for this battle, this battle alone, we must fight together. No group is fit for ruling over the other, we can live in equality." He twirled his naginata and floated into the sky. "Why shun those for being different? Strong or weak? That don't matter, what matters is being able to stand firm, to face your fears and crush them. We may be outnumbered, we may be outgunned, but if we put aside our petty squabbles, let our past fire extinguish for just this brief moment in time, then we can achieve the impossible! We aren't fighting for freedom, we aren't fighting for victory. We're fighting to survive, to have the right to live another day! They're trying to take away our lives, our right to live our lives the way to choose. Now you here, what is your answer? Fight for your lives, or join Blade's side and have your lives dictated the way he so chooses?" Ling raised his naginata above his head. "I speak not for myself, nor for you, but I speak for those at home. Those who are unable to defend themselves, do you want them to suffer simply because we were selfish? Because we chose to fight amongst ourselves because of silly things that happened? So what if Youkai eat humans? It is no different than Humans eating animals. So I say, take up your blades and defend this world, even a child can take down a giant should he be determined enough!"
"I don't make a habit of speeches like his." River said as he lit a cigarette and blew a puff of smoke."But I fully agree with it." He loaded his magical shotgun. "Blade's gonna have to be stopped, and we're going to have to go all out for it."
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Post by Metroid Life on Sept 18, 2013 22:29:36 GMT -5
Hakkyou nodded.
"Exactly. We're all in this together. So can we get along, Keine?"
Keine sighed. There wasn't much to be said after a speech like Ling's.
"I suppose so, as long as you do."
"Then I guess we're agreed. So, back to what Wriggle said, what do we do now?"
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Post by Knell on Sept 19, 2013 14:24:04 GMT -5
{OOC: Seems I've claimed Satori of the underground group and then I'll get Kokoro to do the rest.}
"Right! Then I guess it's all decided then!" River said as placed his right foot on a rock. "What we do now, is wait. I'm expecting a visit from a certain someone any mom-" He sidestepped to the right as a giant rock nearly crashed on his head. "Nice of you to drop in, Tenshi." He as he flicked her forehead.
"It's not my fault your message arrived late." She said with a grumble as she stood up and leaped off her rock. "All right! I heard stuff needs destroying, I'm your girl!"
"Not so fast, we're gonna have to work together in this miss sunshine. Ey' Sei, Would yo-"
"Already on it." He said as he stepped into a portal. Several moments later, he emerged with the entire group of the underground, both Satori Youkai, Yuugi, Parsee, Orin, Okuu, Kisume and Yamame.
"Good to see you guys could make it!" River said as he shook hands with each of them.
"I only agreed to come because Sei mentioned there was another Satori youkai on the enemy side." Satori said with a soft voice.
"That is correct!" Sei said with a clap. "Why don't you fill her in, River?"
"His name is Avarvice. He was this creepy looking dude with blood red hair and black eyes with red pupils. His skin was incredibly pale and he had this leather trench coat. His third eye wrapped around his body, but the veins with covered with thorns and the places where it connected to his bodies were skulls instead of hearts. His third eye itself was completely black with red pupils. He was nice enough I guess, very intelligent, but there was something foreboding about him. He could also close his third eye at will, and without any side effects at all."
"That isn't all." Sei spoke up. "He also seems to possess the ability to hide his presence, to effect the subconscious. He can move as he pleases. I've done some research into the man, but not much is known. All I know is that he's been around for a very,very,very long time."
Satori bit her thumb nail. "Avarvice...the name strikes me as familiar, but I do not recall much of it. However, if what you say is true, then he is a greater master of the third eye than even me. This is troublesome, I'm glad you told me about it."
A clapping sound echoed through the night as a cold chuckle followed it. "You are indeed well informed." The man known as Avarvice said as he suddenly appeared standing on the outskirts of the base camp. "To call in other Satori to fight against me, truly a brilliant strategy. Sei, why exactly are you being so tight lipped? It's not that I really care if you don't hide anything about me."
"Wait." River said. "You two know eachother?"
"Know eachother? We go way back, that dimensional wizard truly is unpredictable, one moment he's on my side, the next he's helping my enemies. Sometimes I think he's only in this if he gets something out of it. He's even worked with Blade in the past. That said." Avarvice cracked his knuckles. "What's the plan?"
"What ever could you mean?" Sei asked innocently.
"You're on their side for a reason, just what are you after?"
"That's for me to know, and you to never find out." The purple haired mage said as he opened a portal and pushed Avarvice in it, transporting him back to Blade's camp. "It's a good thing he had his third eye closed, or he would have seen that coming."
"You do realize, Sei buddy." River rested an arm on Sei's shoulder and Tenshi pointed her sword at his neck. "We can't trust you now."
"A wise choice." Sei said with a solemn smirk as a purple dimensional light engulfed him. "I never planned on staying loyal to begin with, I am only loyal to myself." He began laughing. "Then again, that's how this world works! The strongest survive, the weak perish. Bonds will only make you weaker and that is why I severed mine long ago." His eyes grew serious. "Being held to those close to you will only bring you hatred and sadness in the end. It is best to be alone, to love no one, and to not be loved. When people around you die, you won't care. When you die, they won't care. That is the nature of this world." He said as he began to fade away. "Someday you will learn that harsh truth, so I suggest you enjoy this illusion of yours while it lasts....every...second...of...it." His voice faded away and then he completely vanished, heading to parts unknown.
"I'll never understand that guy." River said with a sigh.
"That is because you're still blind to this world." Ling spoke up. "What he says has some truth to it, we're all living an illusion, to ignore the harsh reality that is the truth. However, through effort and friendship, we can turn this illusion into reality! It is true that hatred and pain make up this world, but even though it is inevitable, suffering from it is optional. Now that we're all grouped together here, I suggest we create a strategy."
"I agree." Satori said. "We mustn't let our hearts or minds waver at this point. I can hear all of your thoughts, some express doubt, some express worry, but do not let those cloud your judgement now. We must keep focus."
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Post by kokoroandherkokoro on Sept 19, 2013 16:55:24 GMT -5
(I have arrived *sparkles* I apologize if I mess up)
Yuugi fixed her gaze to the group as she sipped some of her sake from her cup. "So pretty much, that Avarvice guy caused this whole incident to happen along with another guy named Blade to rule this entire land? Tch...What a pain that is. There's a certain order the world goes back and you DON'T break for some cheap ruling shit"
Yamame nodded in agreement. "Yeah! That's why Gensokyo works the way it is! Can you imagine being ruled by a dictator or something like that?"
"It would be annoying and I would not stand for it" Parsee cut in with her grouchy tone. "But...to be able to command all those youkai like that with such skill! Grr..." She bit on her thumbnail as a dark aura overcame her.
"Umm....Yamame?" Kisume looked to her spider companion.
"Oh,oh right!" She took Kisume's bucket and flipped it upside down, causing the green haired girl to fall out. She then brushed the dirt off her white kimono and walked over to Parsee and started to pat her in order to calm her down.
Yuugi then walked over to the others and sat down on the ground, the sake splashing gently in her dish. "So the important thing now is we come up with a plan! A good plan, a plan good enough to make them not underestimate us!"
"We could always make traps! I mean I've caught food through that way with my spider traps!"
Meanwhile while the others were talking, Koishi stayed behind her sister. Oh, she was concerned about the events that were going on but people barely see her so it didn't matter if she was close or far. As she listened, she gripped the mask in her hands, the mask she took from the Menreiki. That's when the idea struck her. "Wait! If the village was attacked and then those guys are plotting something like us! What about her? What about the girl I fought big sister? The girl with the masks! What if she joins their side because of the satori man, Big sister?"
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Post by Metroid Life on Sept 19, 2013 17:33:52 GMT -5
Hakkyou blinked.
"You mean that Kokoro girl? Yeah, she seems like the sort to be easily swayed... or she was, anyway, she seems better now. Still, yeah, we should make sure we have as many allies as possible."
Mystia said,
"Do you think we should get that shrine maiden?"
The other youkai stared at her like she'd grown a third arm.
"That's... actually a good idea, as much as I hate saying it. One of us should go recruit her, someone she'd actually trust... OH! I know, I'll get Mima! She's an old friend of mine, and she can get Marisa, and she can get Reimu! I'll be right back!"
Hakkyou flew off into the Forest of Magic.
"So what do we do now?" Wriggle asked.
"I guess we should find more people, like she said." Rumia pointed out.
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Post by Knell on Sept 19, 2013 18:02:24 GMT -5
{Post Order: Myself, Kokoro, Metroid}
Blade sat on a cliff overlooking a valley. "To think that you two would actually join me, I'm glad."
"I'm simply looking for a way to kill time." The Vampire/Oni Fate Valentine said as he walked out of the shadows, his nodachi laid over his shoulder.
"The same could be said for me." The youkai Yuuka Kazami replied as she walked out and stood next to Fate, beside them were both Avarvice and Lance, each ready for battle.
"The five knights of Cerberus. We shall ride to victory." Blade chuckled as he stood up and brandished his great sword. "Forward, my army of hell." He slammed his fist into a tree and revealed his gigantic{Numbering in the Hundred Thousands} youkai/tengu/oni/fairy army, all of them ready for combat. "No more holding back! Crush them all, I do not want to see a single hostage!"
"Now that's the Blade I know!" Avarvice yelled. "Yes, strike at them before they're prepared, do not let them have a single breath of air!"
The entire army advanced forward with the five lead generals at the back. Their numbers were so massive that it made the ground shake.
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"Oh Boy." River said as he looked over the horizon and saw the giant army approaching. "This can't be good." He put his shotgun on his back. "Well, only one thing to do!" He leaped over the side of the ledge and charged toward the incoming army. He jumped into the air and slammed his foot into the ground, causing at least a hundred of the troops to go flying into the sky. "This parties just getting started." He grabbed a nearby Oni by the arm and started using him as a weapon, swinging him around like a flail and knocking aside a bunch of enemy soldiers. "The weapons a man, man!"
Satori facepalmed. "We were supposed to come up with a plan and this happens." She had to cover herself from the shockwave of wind as Mokou leapt into the fray, igniting a path of pain and destruction whereever she went.
"Seriously you guys!" The pink haired Satori shouted in frustration. "Fighting is not the thing we want to be doing now!"
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Post by kokoroandherkokoro on Sept 19, 2013 18:24:34 GMT -5
Orin placed a hand on Satori's shoulder. "Master, as much as a plan would be good. We really can't make one with an army fighting us now." She then turned to Yamame, Parsee, Kisume. "You three! Defend Satori so that she can come up with a plan! Me and Okuu have some bodies to reap!" She ended with a smirk.
Yamame nodded, giving a salute. "Right! We shall do our best!"
"Are we going yet, Orin?" Utsuho asked as she sat in the cart, she was starting to get restive due to the excitement in her chest.
Orin nodded. "Right! Let's give these corpses a good cheer nya~!" With that, she pushed her cart down the ledge and towards the army at fast speeds.
Utsuho then stood up and stuck her cannon arm forward, "So you guys want to try to hurt our master huh? Well...TASTE THE POWER OF NUCLEAR FUSION!!!" She jumped out of the cart and into the air. "Geothermal: Nuclear Heat Geyser!" With that she slammed onto the ground, causing the ground to expode with nuclear energy, magma and heat spewing all over the place.
"Guess it's my turn next! Atonement: The Needles of Yore and the Vengeful Spirits in Pain!" Orin called out as she snapped her fingers; multiple wheels of spirits appeared and flew all over the place as heavy rain of needles flew from the sky. "All of you bastards are going to Hell as it is! Might as well make it fun~!" She replied with a cheerful laugh.
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Post by Metroid Life on Sept 19, 2013 18:48:58 GMT -5
Rumia and the others followed Utsuho and Rin, somewhat intimidated by their power. Still, Rumia thought, it's not like we're completely useless! Combining her powers with Mystia's night-blindness, the two youkai created a new spell card for the occasion.
Night Sign: Song of Midnight!" Suddenly hundreds of the enemy youkai were surrounded by a darkness even they couldn't see out of, and quickly blasted to bits by danmaku.
Wriggle, for her part, summoned thousands of insects, firing some as obvious danmaku, while stealthily sending others to bite and poison the enemy.
However despite these efforts, it was soon clear that there were far, far too many youkai for them to fight off, even with Mokou, Utsuho, and the others. All they could do was delay the inevitable, and even that wouldn't last long.
But suddenly a bright light shone in the distance, quickly followed by a giant laser that ripped a swath of destruction through the army. Those that remained tried to regroup, but it was clear this would be fruitless when more, smaller lasers started raining down on them. A maniacal laugh cut through the air as the evil spirit Mima flew in, along with Marisa and Reimu.
Rumia and her friends sat down, utterly out of power and relieved that someone had held off the army. Hakkyou landed next to them, smiling.
"I see you guys put up one hell of a fight, but don't worry, the cavalry has arrived! You guys just stay here, we can handle things from here." With that said, she flew back into the battle.
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Post by Knell on Sept 19, 2013 21:34:44 GMT -5
"What took you so long?" River said as he had nearly beaten 500 troops by himself. He backhanded an approaching fairy. "You guys are missing all the fun." He had to duck as a group of several tengu were thrown over him.
"I'm tired of holding back..." Ling said in a quiet tone before looking up with a sadistic smirk. "I'm going to cut loose here!" He twirled his naginata in a mad arc. "All Right! Let's go!" He bellowed as everyones morale and combat prowess on his side would raised by 10x for a set amount of time.
He beckoned the incoming army toward him. "Come on! I'll deal with you all without moving from this spot." Sure enough, he cut down hundreds of them within seconds, twirling his naginata in a ferocious arc, his pink hair flowing in the breeze. He held out his left hand and a silver blast began charging. "Infinity Spark!" He let loose one silvery blast and then another, and suddenly one hundred blasts were arcing through the enemy ranks destroying them all. "Hah! Is that all you've got?" He looked up as he blocked an incoming strike from an umbrella, Yuuka being the one behind the attack. "Hey Yuuka, got bored did you? Well then, let's sate that boredom of yours!" He said as he began clashing with her, the shockwaves of their blows shaking the battlefield.
Satori rubbed her temples, it was so loud...all these thoughts going through her head, she couldn't think. "Grrr..." She needed someplace quiet, but there was nowhere like that near here, all she could hope was to get a few seconds of silence.
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Post by kokoroandherkokoro on Sept 20, 2013 5:52:18 GMT -5
"Well we had to help our master Satori first, mister! She needs to think of an plan!" Orin replied.
Yuugi then came back her, beaten troops behind her back. "Honestly, with the fighting go on here, she won't be able to think." She drank more of her sake before elbowing an enemy troop in the stomach.
"Wait...That's it! Yuugi! Can you hold down me and my cart for me? I have an idea!" Orin asked.
Yuugi raised one of her eyebrows as she held down the cart. "Are you really sure about this idea?"
Orin nodded. "Yes, now do it please! Okuu! Get back in the cart!" Utsuho flew over to Orin who then whispered her plan to her. A smirk came upon her lips. "You got it, Orin!"
"Youkai: Blazing Wheel!" Orin called out as she started to run quickly in one place, the wheels of her cart started to spin widly as she ran, becoming aflame. "Okay now Yuugi, I want you to let go and push us. Push with your fierce oni strength!"
Yuugi smirked as she laughed. "Whatever plan you have sounds pretty excellent then!" She then let go of the cart and gave Orin and Utsuho a fierce push.
Immeditaly, the flaming wheel spokes went outward, trying to stab anyone it could. Orin kept running as fast as she could, cheerfully laughing while sending out her own arsenal of zombie faries. "Okuu,now!"
"Alright! Atomic Fire: Uncontainable Nuclear Reaction Dive!" Utsuho called out as she propelled herself towards the enemy, massive amounts of fusion energy around her. She then continued rapidly go abck and forth, trying to hit as many people as she could.
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Yamame noticed Satori's distraught expression and looked at Kisume and Parsee who nodded at her. "Satori! Hey, we have an idea to help you think!" She then picked up Satori and put her into Kisume's bucket and then made a spider silk roof above it and poke some breathing holes into it. "Will this work for quiet?"
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Post by Metroid Life on Sept 20, 2013 10:16:01 GMT -5
Noticing Satori's plight, Hakkyou landed next to her; it's not like the others need my help much, she thought as a barrage of lasers and homing amulets whizzed by her."Is their anything I can do? I can control emotions, maybe I could help keep you calm."
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Post by Knell on Sept 20, 2013 14:16:40 GMT -5
"How truly magnificent." The soft, malicious voice of Avarvice carried over the chaos of the battlefield. He suddenly stood in front of Orin and Okuu, his white jacket billowing in the breeze. He pushed his red hair out of his eyes as he clapped. "Marvelous power. Truly superb." He said with a soft smile. There was something about him, something...devilish. An evil aura seemed to emit from him. "As much as I'd rather be at home reading a book, it seems today I must fight. I hope you two don't take it personally." He said coldly as a huge magical aura exploded around him. His eyes seemed to give off a demonic glow, and he had a glare that would strike fear into even the most hardened of veterans. "Allow me to show you...the true power of a creature from hell." His aura seemed to take the form of a devil's face as he slowly advanced toward the two. He laughed then, it was a cold laughter, one that filled the eerie silence created with unease, the laugh of a someone who had killed before. He held out his right hand which charged with dark energy. "Sleep now." The blast extended outwards and covered a great distance as it traveled for them and soon it would engulf them in it's deathly grasp.
Just as it was about to reach them, the man known as River appeared and shoved both Okuu and Orin out of the way to the left, taking the full brunt of the blast himself, an explosion engulfed him as the attack hit, leaving nothing but a large smoking crater.
"To sacrifice yourself for people you barely know, you do surprise me sometimes." Avarvice walked over to the crater and blasted it six more times to be sure. "You were a strong opponent while you lasted, but your noble intentions brought forth your downfall." He blasted it another twenty times just to be on the safe side and then used a really strong attack to bury the crater in rubble and then blasted it again. "So long, hero." He turned to Orin and Okuu. "So, shall we begin again?"
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Satori winced as she felt River's consciousness vanish, but kept focus. She couldn't let anyone else die, she used all her mental power to focus on creating a plan. It wouldn't take long now. "Thank you Hakkyou, that would be kind." She said, somehow she had tears rolling down her eyes, she didn't know the man named River, but it still pained her.
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Post by kokoroandherkokoro on Sept 20, 2013 16:36:11 GMT -5
Orin's eyes went wide as she stared at the explosion. "River....He died for us." Inside, she felt numb; was it really sadness for someone dying or the fact that Avarice, someone that was powerful enough to take that guy out, was going to fight them.
"Hey!" Utsuho yelled out in anger. "Ya know you're a real ass! Killing one of our teammates like that! We may haven't spoken to each other much but he was a good teammate and friend!" She held out her cannon arm to Avarice, her expression angry and determined. "And as that, I shall make you nothing but ashes!"
Orin shook out of her thoughts when she heard Utsuho's yelling. But the way she spoke, that gave her an idea! She summoned one of her zombie fairies to her. She then started moving her arms in a windmill, dancing around. He won't understand this plan! It's so simple yet so complex!
The fairy then flew off quickly away from Avarice's range and Orin turned to him, her claws out and her cart at her side. "Well then Mr. Avarice, sir. We'll fight you. But I get to take your body to hell when you lose nya~!"
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Yamame ran over to Satori. "Hey, hey! Why are you crying Miss Satori? Did something happened?"
"Hmm..." Koishi looked at the battlefield with awe and then back to her sister. Maybe if I go and fight, I can cheer big sister up! With that, she vanished in thin air and walked down to the battlefield.
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Post by Metroid Life on Sept 20, 2013 16:55:58 GMT -5
Seeing what happened to River, Mima scowled.
"Damn it, I like that guy... Magic Sign: Crescent Hunter!" Her staff's blade glowed and extended to at least five feet across. She swiped in the direction of the army, sending a dozen youkai that were about to blast her flying, and flew into to kill the satori. "I'm done playing around, Avarvice. Now you'll face a true spirit of Hell!" She slashed, but he somehow managed to dodge it, despite having to parry attacks from Utsuho and Rin. Disappointed that he hadn't been cut in half, she shrunk her staff back to normal, letting loose a blinding light in the process, and backed up to prepare her Twilight Spark. "We'll see how well you stand up to this one, you bastard..."
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Post by Knell on Sept 20, 2013 17:29:34 GMT -5
Now this would be a sad ending to a story...but something happened at that exact moment. Four torrents of fire exploded out of the ground along with a central pillar of lava in the middle.
"Ey' Avarvice." The familiar voice of River spoke as he emerged from pillar of lava. "I just came back from hell, they said they have room for one more." His right hand charged with a magnificent power, in the center of his chest glowed a devilish red eye, akin to the one Okuu had.
"You...you made a pact with it? You've become...a Hell Celestial!" Avarvice sputtered as he stepped backwards.
"I've gotta thank you, if I didn't die, I wouldn't have had such a fun adventure in hell. Now then..." Fire exploded around him. He smirked. "I'm feeling pretty damn good right now. Chaos...Advent....EXPLOSION!" He roared as a torrent of flame shot upwards and engulfed him as he floated in the sky. The flame seemed to take the shape of a dragon as River took aim on Avarvice.
"A-A Dragon...Impossible! How are you channeling that much power without any special accessories?"
"A celestials body is built to withstand immense damage, this...IS NOTHING!" River laughed. "Do you know what I feel like right now? A God! When humans first harnessed the power of fire, I wonder. Is this how they felt? They probably had one thought, I AM KING OF THE PLANET!"
Avarvice stepped backwards, even if he could read minds, he couldn't fight back against something like this. He began to run, but it was too late.
"DRAGON PHOENIX FLARE!" River yelled as he let loose a giant fireball that engulfed Avarvice, greatly burning him and sending him spiraling into a nearby mountain.
The white haired hell celestial landed on the ground and cracked his neck. "Looks like Gensokyo." He put his black sunglasses back on. "Just got hotter."
Satori sighed with relief when she felt River's presence re-enter the battlefield. "All right. I think I've got a plan. From what I just felt, River took out that Satori, that allows us to move much more freely. Instead of focusing on the little troops, we have to take out the leaders. Th..." She stopped as the entire area was engulfed in darkness, visibility was zero and more importantly, she looked down to see a blade protruding from her stomach. Blood seeped out of her mouth. "How careless..."
"You did well, strategist, but you cannot track me." Lance pulled his shadow blade out of her and threw Satori aside, where she rolled down the hill and came to a rest against a rock, her body laying there unmoving, a growing puddle of crimson spreading from her body. Lance walked toward her and raised his sword for a finishing blow, only for his hand to be caught by none other than Yukari.
Her eyes were full of rage as she gripped him with the strength of what seemed like 1,000 men. "I was going to sit out...I was going to let this battle go it's course...but you've gone too far. You can destroy Gensokyo all you like, but the moment you harm one of my children, I will never forgive you."
A bead of sweat rolled down Lance's cheek, he knew there was no way out of this.
Suddenly Tasuki appeared and grabbed Satori before vanishing into a portal with her, taking her back to his castle to get treated.
"Are you ready?" Yukari's power grew stronger. "I'm going to show you no mercy."
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