Touhou Retsuden: The Anthology of Touhou Experience

The Disappearance of Reimu ~ Part V

This is still Third POV.

"What's your purpose here in this place Scarlet? Why are you harming Marisa?" PK asked, showing a gritty hand. "Well you don't understand," Scarlet replied, "I am here to fill the gap between the hidden emotions of people. You see, Marisa was still lingering about missing Reimu that she never wanted her to leave her ever again." "What kind of bullshit is that?" Marisa said. "Why would I ever want to harm my friends? I'll lose their trust!" "But the only way to keep their trust is to stay with them forever." Scarlet said as readied her arsenal.

"Necros! Take Marisa safe! I'll take her on!" Necros exited out of PK's body and materialized. "Roger that. 'Withering Altercation!' " Necros forces energy on the ground and teleports himself and Marisa.

PK readies a southpaw Jiangshi stance. "Hah! Do you think that attacking with the back of your palms will even deal a great amount of damage at me?" Scarlet scoffed. "That's what everyone who first sees this says." PK said as he rushed at Scarlet. She instinctively readied a stance to prepare for the incoming jabs.

PK jabbed with his right palm. It was quickly blocked by Scarlet's forearm. "That strike felt like nothing! I wouldn't be surprised with that amount of force you outputted!" Scarlet scoffed. "That's because you haven't felt the full effects of the impact." PK struck Scarlet's forearm with the back his right palm again, but this time with increased force. The impact from that strike pushed Scarlet a few centimeters from her original position. "No way... THAT WEAK HAND PUSHED ME?!!?" Scarlet was enraged with anger as she used her rod in retaliation. Looks like I have to pick up the pace. PK thought, as Scarlet started to hit PK. He quickly parried all of the rod strikes with the back of his palm before countering back with a fierce palm strike of his own, sending Scarlet a couple meters away.

I wonder how Necros is doing. PK pondered, I hope he doesn't take that long to escort Marisa.

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Arriving at the Sanzu River, Necros and Marisa start to find Komachi. "Are you sure it's fine?" Marisa asked Necros. "I thought it was only dead people that were only allowed to travel along the river." "This is an exception. Since the situation you were in was a problem, the Yama allowed you to travel back to Gensokyo from the boat." Necros replied. "Speaking of boat," Marisa points at a floating figure that was coming towards them. "I think she's here!" Komachi, on the infamous boat slowly approached the two.

Komachi greeted: "Well if it isn't the magician and the entity of death! What can I do for you?" "Take her back to Gensokyo." Necros says to Komachi. "Hmm... do I because she's Marisa, or the fact that I'll be illegally bring her back to life" Komachi wondered. "You know, I can tell Eiki that you were secretly getting taiyaki during work hours-" Komachi blocked Marisa's mouth as she attempted to blackmail her. "Okay okay I'll take you back! Just don't tell anyone alright?" "And don't try to avert your excuse as you know the whole dilemma." Komachi sighs. "Yeah yeah, just don't touch my stuff alright?" Marisa got on the boat as Komachi guided her back to the living. "Well that did it." Necros said, albeit sorta confused. "Now to take care of the main threat."

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"Had enough? Blade Sign! 'Freestyle Slash!'" PK approached Scarlet with abstract slash attacks. "Tch! That's not enough to stop me!" Scarlet proclaimed.

Scarlet paced a few steps back, and began to charge energy to her hands. "Love Sign! Master Spark!" Scarlet shoots a master spark out of her hands and towards PK. "Ah come on! You too?" PK was hit by the incoming beam. Behind him was a pillar full of spikes. "Fufufu! Prepared to be impaled! You were indeed good, but I'm the strongest!" As PK was flying to his demise, he thought: Jeez. Is he done already? "Necros, PLEASE COME NOW BECAUSE I'M ABOUT TO BE STABBED-" Suddenly, PK's momentum halted. "No, no, no!!!" Scarlet was infuriated. "YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DIE AND I WIN!!! HOW ARE YOU STILL LIVING?!?!?!"