Prelude

"Alright !" I rejoice me.

This work please me good ; I train my students to kendo in my dojo and I job in freelance on my new roman together with a ingoing project. I thank God for everything he has done for me in spite of persecution on my religion , on me , and then my mother, who has died since my 12 years. As for my father , ... I don't prefer speaking of him.

After hanging around the streets for three years , I did odd jobs until I came across a brand new house that I became the owner of. I was able to go back to school, and my results were so good that I was able to skip classes several times. Unfortunately , things don't work out for two reasons :

Firstly , a young girl that I have encountered has become my friend before to disappear for 8 years.

Secondly , since my father has injected a maleficent spirit, I have heard him pushing me to have suicidal thinking occasionally.

But I save faith and live peaceful in Kyoto until this afternoon, when I leave katana shops for collecting them, also training and protecting as Jesus protects the most weak people. After all, I'm Christian.

Nevertheless, for a few weeks now, I've been hearing the noise of a breach like in science fiction films. In consequence , i stay every day on guard , then i always change paths when I get home. But tobay , nothing works with my presumed stalker : a blond with gold eyes , wait ... a beautiful girl in taoist monk's clothes with white gloves smiles me. And so ... No , this is impossible ! That's you ...



"Hello ... Have we already encountered ?  My name is Ishiha Kenpyri ... and you ?" I ask her.

" I'm Yakumo Yukari. Nice to see you , Pyri !" She answers me.

I don't believe. You are alive. However...

" Why did you leave me ? I thought this was my fault during eight ans. I lost my mother , slept in the streets , ... I searched you everywhere." I yell.

"I know , and I'm sorry to not answer you now. But , we have time anymore for explanation. So , can you wait for me again , please, and finally, you will get all the truth , don't you ?" She whispers these words in my ears, then smiles mischievously at my nod. " I'm glad I can always count on you."

"I missed such you, my friend." I cry silently snuggling up to her.

What I don't know , a hag opens on we , but I remain the only one to be sucked inside. My eyelids are getting heavier and heavier to the point where I lose consciousness. To my awakening , I feel the herbs caressing my cheek so that I realize more quickly where I am.

"No ! Not forests ! No ! No ! No , and no ! I must leave this pace , or I will finish eaten by ferocious wolfs and other savage animals." I searched my katana , use him for cut the obstacles on my way.

If only I knew where I find me exactly , that's would help me.

[ Gensokyo (幻想郷, literally Land of Illusions or Land of Fantasy; more accurately romanized as Gensōkyō or Gensoukyou) was origindesolate and haunted region of Japan long ago. The youkai living there began to terrorize the surrounding lands, and so powerful and heroic humans were sent to exorcise and exterminate them. The on-and-off battle between humans and youkai continued until 1884 AD, when Gensokyo was isolated from this increasingly scientific and sceptical world with the creation of the Hakurei Frontier. There has been little contact between our societies since. Today, the only known gateway between Gensokyo and this world is Hakurei Shrine, which stands isolated along the border on the distant mountains of the Far East. Gensokyo is populated mostly by youkai, but a decent population of humans and rabbits live there as well. Some of its inhabitants went there to hide, to escape, to find shelter when no one or anywhere else accepted them. Many of them like natural darkness. ]

Oh my goodness... I run fast until exit. Finally , humanoid winged wolves encircle me. Seeing no way out, I draw my katana while waiting for the first assault. Then, I kill one of them when she comes forward. My survival battle begins now.

"Deus vult." I yell.

I rush on then on the others, then eliminate one, then two, then five at once. However, ten jumps on me, rips off my shoulder, my stomach, then my legs. Nevertheless, I make them kill each other on my now bloody blade. How much do I have left? Yes, I have eleven left, like the eleven apostles of Jesus. More than ten.

More than nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one... I'm almost there when a blade pierces my body. I see a white wolf tengu girl who teases me with hate before she retires her sword , satisfied. Unfortunately for her , she comes to make the biggest mistake of his life. In fact, I have enough strength left to slice her in half by turning around, cutting off her wings as I pass. So she dies instantly, and I win. But , I lost many bloods just after. It stays a few times to live. I'm going to die now.

"How idiot I am. I who promised to wait for the truth a few moments earlier. Basically, it's not that bad. Such is undoubtedly my destiny: To die in this forest. Yukari, please forgive me. From your friend, Kenpyri..." I fall on the ground , sleeping on my own bed of blood. Finally , i look at the sky , the smile on the lips.

[ Two months later, Kenpyri wakes up at the Hakurei Shrine. In summary, he was found in the yokai forest by Meira, who passed by after Yukari had him administer first aid by Eirin to Eientei. The Breach yokai notices the lemure in her body before eventually leaving with Ran, her shikigami, to put it back in place. Meanwhile, the samurai leads him to the Hakurei temple where Reimu takes care of the rest once the yokai has paid him a large pocket of donation, which will turn into lead much later. Let us now return to the awakening of the young man, who - alas for him - hardly suspects what his body has undergone in the meantime. Two months later, Kenpyri wakes up at the Hakurei Shrine. In summary, he was found in the yokai forest by Meira, who passed by after Yukari had him administer first aid by Eirin to Eientei. The Breach yokai notices the lemure in her body before eventually leaving with Ran, her shikigami, to put it back in place. Meanwhile, the samurai leads him to the Hakurei temple where Reimu takes care of the rest once the yokai has paid him a large pocket of donation, which will turn into lead much later. Let us now return to the awakening of the young man, who - alas for him - hardly suspects what his body has undergone in the meantime. ]

"Ouah ! i slept well !"

I wake up at 6 o'clock AM and am beginning my katana training and other physical exercises in the Hakurei courtyard. After i sweep the place and cook breakfast in the kitchen. Many minutes later , the owner sits in the living room, yawning.

"Hello, Ms. Hakurei ! I I wish you a good appetite. By the way , how do you do ? "

" Morning Kenpyri, but please don't call me Ms. Hakurei. How do you do ?"

" Okay. " I smile sometimes her then deposit food on the table. "If not, do you want to talk to me about something?"

"Huh, this does two months that you are here." She explains me. "I have talked about your situation to Kamishirasawa Keine and this gap hag but the second person refuses you return to outside word for unknown reasons. Now , you will go to live to the human village , because i can receive you anymore. Sorry, but you must leave Hakurei Shrine."

What ? No .... No , no , no , no ! This is impossible ! She doesn't put me to the door , right ? I look at Reimu's eyes , supplying her to stay here. Unfortunately, she refuses. I just sigh , don't finish my breakfast, and leave.

[ Later ]

"But for whom she... I must give her the opportunity via my reactions anymore. If a shaman doesn't know how to give hospitality, then i might as well go to the human village." I shout , angered.

Sudden, a female samouraï warrior waits me on the road. She has purple hair , supports a kimono red and white , and a wonderful katana. We walk together to the human village in a silent attitude. Next , she guides me to Hieda's House, where a certain Hieda no Akyuu lives . I observed this place , thus, I affirme :

"It's rather quaint, but I love this place !"

"Listen !" She advertises me. "You are going to enter a place you don't know? So, two things: Don't say you are from the outside world, and Miss Heida and then Kamishirasawa are the only exceptions , okay ?"

"Okay , Ms..."

"Meira. I'm Meira , and you ?"

"Ishiha Kenpyri. Nice to meet you."

Once inside, we come face to face with her. Also she has purple hair, purple eyes, and wears a light pink flower-like ornament in her hair, which matches the flowers on her sleeves. Her outfit resembles a "wa lolita" type or Japanese-style maid outfit. It has yellow flower-patterned sleeves, a green waistcoat, and a cropped hakama skirt separated by a red and white laced obi. She uses glasses to read.

""Hello Meira! I see you accomplished your mission I see. How about we stay here for tea? We salute our host."

"Sorry but I pass. I leave it to you! As for me, I must leave immediately to settle a story. See you later, young man!"  the samurai refuses, leaving the premises immediately.

"Hihihi!"  The girl exclaims like "I get it. Oh, hello sir! What's your name?"

"My name is Ishiha Kenpyri. And you?"

"No formalities between us, okay? My name is Hieda no Akyuu, but you can call me Akyuu."

"Okay, though I would like you to call me by my last name, if you don't mind."

"Ah, why? I'm curious."

"It's about my mother's last name. She's in heaven right now, this one that's been talked about in my world."

"Sorry... Oh! You're from the outside world. How did you get here?"

"I'm coming back from the dojo after buying myself the katana I'm carrying. Suddenly, I came across a young girl - or young woman for once - who looked like two drops of water to a girl I met  twelve years ago. Her name is Yakumo Yukari and she claims to be 17. But she disappeared immediately and then I was brought here to a forest through a gap. I came across 31 tengu wolf wolf who I fought against  . I killed them all but my body..."

Wait a minute, my shoulders, stomach, and legs were badly affected.  If this is the case, how is it that I am completely cured, and above all, why did I end up in a temple?

"Everything's good ?"

"Yes, let's say I was supposed to be in a bad state when I lost consciousness. When I woke up, I got up in a temple but the owner threw me out like a filth. So the samurai walked me back  up to you."

"Interesting....You told me you just came from a dojo. Do you have any martial skills?"

"I practiced street fighting for three years, plus other fighting techniques, but the most important is kendo or swordsmanship. I teach this discipline to my students."

"So you are a master. But tell me how old are you?"

"20 years all round. Yes it's quite young but good"

"On the contrary, it's impressive. It means you've been wielding a sword since childhood actually, doesn't it?"

"Well... We can say that."

"Tell me a little about yourself, Mr. Ishiha!"

"I am the son of Ishiha Sofia, a prominent Catholic Christian in Japan, and Yakumo Okamuro, an ex-soldier, and is actually from the now-defunct famous clan of the same name who participated in the war between humans and  yokais."

"So you are a member of this clan... Why don't you have your father's name?:

"For personal, very personal reasons."

"I see. Well that's it! In summary, you are a human with great physical abilities and seem very intelligent and cultured even if impulsiveness remains your great default plan despite you hiding it under an apparent phlegm.  given your performance and your abilities in combat, your threat level is quite low, although this may change later. Regarding your power, on the other hand, it remains average because defeating around thirty yokais - even if ordinary - for someone  one from the outside world - no particular power to show - that's a big deal. Come back to me for an update, okay?

"Agreed! Thank you for listening to me. I'll try to find a place to sleep. Do you know someone I can stay with?"

"Hmmmm there's Kamishirasawa Keine, our village's history teacher and her caretaker. She must be in class."

"All right"

Still bustling, I see.  It reminds me of feudal times.  I just hope we're not in the Sengoku era, one of the deadliest in Japan.  Thanks to the history books at the city library!  Speaking of history, there's a young woman teaching a class there.  His name is Kamishirasawa Keine.  She has brown eyes and long silver hair with blue highlights.  She wears a hat that looks like some sort of building with a red ribbon across the top and glyphs inscribed along her side.  Her dress is dark blue with short white sleeves, and a red ribbon is tied at the bottom of the collar.  I'm going to wait for her to finish before introducing myself.  In the meantime, what if I walk around and then train in a dojo?  Hmmmm, I can't wait to measure myself against weapon masters!

Kenpyri spends most of her time either slaughtering her opponents or getting slaughtered.  To give you an idea, he has a ratio of fifty wins and fifty losses, or a one in two chance.

I can not move anymore.  Besides, I just lost my katana.  Great.... In addition, there is something wrong with my body: With each injury, it regenerates quickly to the point where I sometimes play comedy so that it is not noticed.  If there is - in truth something that I hate, it is to be treated.

Lesson !  Clearly, he did not understand anything!  You're trapped. You can't die!

You are back.  Why are you trying so hard to torture me?

Ask your dad, partner.  Ah yes, sir hates his father.  It's not very Christian at all.  Hahahahahaha!

I ignore him again. Oh shit ! The class has just ended!  I run inside except that I forget a very important thing: my clothes remain torn because of all these fights. Besides that, she is inside.

"Hello miss !"

It would be better if I bought more resistant ones.  Still happy, I have cash due to my won fights.  But above all, I am accompanied by Miss Kamishirasawa to her home.  I've lost track of time since I've been here.  How long have I been here?  One day, two days...

You, you follow this lady and you fuck her!

... I breathe in, then breathe while praying in my heart.  God, help me to have a heart of flesh, not a heart of stone!  Hey, here I am near a puddle of water.  How come... this dove lands on my head?

"Kenpyri, I'm calling you today to go on a mission.  Now that you have arrived in Gensokyo, fulfill my new commandment: love one another as my son loved you!  As for you Angelos, get out of his body right now!"

I vomit a kind of black snake in the water it takes the form of a ghost: that of a young man of thirty who does not however.  Now I am crying with joy, since my nightmare has just ended.  In truth, this lemure, specter of a dead returning to torment the living, was injected into my body by my own father at the age of four.  This day remains the most horrible that I have lived.  Now, not only is he no longer inside me, but now I feel more free and joyful.  Then you really exist... God!  When I wake up, new clothes cover me, then I see Miss Kamishirasawa, sleeping, at my bedside.  I just hope I didn't wake him up too much.  By reflex, I stroke her hair.  I wonder if I would be an exemplary big brother.  Now she wakes up.

"Hello miss !  Thank you for your hospitality.  I hope not to impose myself too much."

"Good morning !  And no, you didn't impose yourself at all.  And then, you're much calmer than before.  About this you vomited a black thing that escaped.  Is it a yokai?"

"Unfortunately it is a lemure.  An evil spirit of the dead who come to torment the living.  My dad injected me with it when I was four."

"But it's awful! The young woman gets angry, shaking my hand.  Tell me where this irresponsible father is!  I'll tell him two deaths."

"He's in the outside world so good luck.  And then, I don't want him any more than that.  Alright enough about the past, my name is Ishiha Kenpyri."

"Kamishirasawa Keine , but call me Keine."

"All right.  By the way, how do you defend the village from yokai and at the same time you are a history teacher?  It's wonderful !"

Unfortunately, we have to interrupt our discussion when someone knocks on the door.  So she goes to see who it might be.  Here, I am in a white kimono, as if I have just been reborn.  Which remains somewhat the case.  A few minutes later, Keine enters the room with three of my valuables in order of importance: my bible, the bracelet that my mother gave me that I keep in a safe place in my house, and finally a katana.  and a pristine white wakisashi.  That's not all: she gives me a letter before leaving, not without saying:

"Just be careful!"

She slams the door.  Great charity... Sorry, I misbehaved earlier.  It only remains for me to read the letter carefully, and such remains my surprise, especially at the sight of the name of the sender.

Dear Pyri!

I'm writing you this letter to ask how you are?  Of course you're fine because I made sure of it as always.  Come see me at the Yokai Forest then head to the White Jade Tower!  I will be there waiting for you!

Your best friend

Yakumo Yukari.

I wonder if this is indeed the case.  But I have to be clear about it.  But first, I will feed on the word of God.

[ As we speak, the lemure flees the yokai of the borders which pursues it then sifts it with panels and projectiles within the breach of the latter.  She laughs as he feels for the first time a feeling that even when he died as a human, he never experienced.  It is about fear.

"Kenpyri, I hope you don't end up like that wretch.  I'm counting on you."

In the end, she eliminates him;  which makes him a new passenger of the Sanzu River.  This one named Angelos intends to take revenge.  However, is this the case? ]

I'm at the meeting place. I hope I won't regret it. As a precaution, I check if yokai are not far away. Thanks to the late Miyamoto Musashi for inventing the Nitoryu style. Weird, she should be waiting for me for half an hour.

"Yukari, are you there?"

This one, already behind my back, hugs me against her while whispering in my ears:

"It's a great night to look at my stars, isn't it? Do you remember the night when you and I stay by the bridge to admire them together? I missed you a lot Pyri, if you only knew."

"If so, why did you abandon me again? You left without news. I almost thought you were dead or left because of me."

Following this, she turns me around so strong that I find myself facing her. It brings my face closer to hers while stroking them with her hands. She smiles while declaring:

"You're a lot calmer than when we first met. Remember? You were a real fury back then. It's okay if you forgot."

How could I have forgotten this moment? I can't, especially with that look.

"Wait, if you look at me too much, you might fall in love with me."

Then she whispers in my ear:

"Although I must admit that I wouldn't mind. You could lead such an intense life of pleasure~"

I drive out the thoughts of which I will not qualify their tendentious level. Problem: she bursts out laughing; which makes me blush. That said, she let me go, maintaining a certain distance while remaining close to me.

"So Yu, what did you want to talk to me about? I asked him available."

One must never lose sight of the essential after all. After all, this remains a golden rule to better advance in earthly life. We first had tea and cupcakes on a table that I hadn't suspected was there earlier. Usually I always have tea with a lemon cake; what it serves me then. The atmosphere there seems rather calm and refreshing despite the fact that some time ago I fought a fight for my life there. Yukari softly her tea while I drink mine, in my own way, after the blessing of the meal. When she puts down her cup, I stop eating then listen:

"Don't take more of your time my dear Pyri! If I took you here it's to tell you some things about this place but not only. First of all, the reason why I disappeared, then some truths about me and about you that you don't know, finally the reason why you are here, in the land of illusions. Even if I would have liked to protect you from this danger a little longer; to shelter you from danger in short , now it's time for you to know it with full knowledge of the facts. Are you ready?"

I nod without forgetting to write it secretly on my body thanks to a technique of my clan that my father taught me in secret.

"Don't trust anyone not even me" He ordered me that day.

Dad, if there's one thing I'd like to keep, it would be the virtue of prudence. Alas, it looks like it's not going to be for now, at least not in a perfect way. I answer in the affirmative; which delights her.

"Let's start at the beginning. My name is Yakumo Yukari and I'm a yokai; the yokai of breaches, borders, or barriers. My age? I'm an eternal teenager at heart, that's all. Besides , I am one of the people who helped create this once desolate land before a war between humans and yokai broke out. To prevent this from happening again, I and others have created a barrier that separates your world forever. So I'm an extremely busy woman - even if you're cute - this land is still my home. So I take care of it. That's not all, though. The real reason is - that in reality - I have not really disappeared Despite my responsibilities, I have always watched over you and the Yakumo clan since I made a promise to my best deceased: your ancestor I have named Yakumo Ishiraiki."

"What? My ancestor? But what does he have with me? I thought that..., I exclaimed before understanding, In fact, you always kept an eye on me but from a distance, your power allowing you to free yourself from the limits of this world. Since always, you have never left."

It remains frightening... However, the worst is yet to come. I should have been even more careful. Besides, even if I would, it wouldn't change anything, since she's been doing this for a long time. This woman whom I thought was my friend - on the contrary - surpasses me on all points. How could I imagine for one second that she could be my friend? Should I consider her an enemy? She is a yokai after all. Yet, yet I can't do it! And shit! Shit ! Shit!Shit!Shit!Shit!Shit!Shit!Shit!Shit!Shit!Shit!Shit!Shit! And shit!

"Are you okay, Pyri? We can stop if you want. You can ask me."

"No, that's fine. You have a lot of mystery and I didn't know anything about you. You must have had fun with my stupidity as a human, right? Or else I'm completely wrong. Anyway , I'm ready to hear what's next, Yu."

"To happiness!" She rejoiced. "I expected you to fall apart or hate me, although this is only the beginning."

"Everything will therefore be decided on the second revelation, I react calmly, an unwanted smile forming on my lips."

"For the second part, hmmm I think I already answered it in the first. Oops!"

"Or you want to keep it a mystery. Either, what about the last one?"

"Why did I bring you here? Well the problem, she announces with a sneer, is that you will have to find it on your own. But I trust you so, don't disappoint me not !"

Again this breach with these eyes?! What are you preparing? I try to cling to the table, except that Yukari withdraws one by one my fingers from my poin.