Chapter 31
Kusa can be seen getting grounded by the three girls for being too reckless
While the crow lady is getting grounded by Satori
In the end, Marisa and Reimu gets that Kanako and Suwako is behind the incident so they decided to go towards the Moriya shrine in the mountain top to beat them some senses
Now Kusa is with Mokou in the Bamboo forest to prevent her from being reckless again
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Mokou: this is the second time I see the Bamboo flowers bloom
Kusa: Me too...
Mokou: Do you know how much you made us worry?
Kusa: ...
Kusa: Yes... I'm sorry
Mokou: I'm sorry to do this to you... but promise me to not be reckless ever again
Kusa: I can't promise that... sometimes recklessness can help me
Mokou: you are being stubborn
Kusa: it can't be helped, grasses are stubborn organisms
Kusa: no matter how much you poison, burn, and uproot them They will come back a month or so
Mokou: will you come back if you die?
Kusa just looks away
Mokou: tell me
Kusa: I don't know... I didn't die yet...
Kusa: I want to confirm it, but what if I didn't come back, I will only cause you all some pain...
Mokou: That's why don't be reckless
Kusa: I'll try...
Mokou: That's enough for me
Mokou leans her head into Kusa's shoulder
They both stayed silent and appreciates each other's company
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Mokou didn't think that her life becomes better
After her father's humiliation because of Kaguya, she wants to take revenge on her
Using her rage to make fire she defeats Kaguya but the sick joke is
She drank Kaguya's potion to be immortal and use that strength to defeat her yet she didn't think that Kaguya herself is an immortal too
The two wage battles almost every day until they got sick of it, they despised each other's presence but it made her empty
She helps humans who were lost and continues to whittle away until their life will diminish
No matter how many tries her attempt and even starves herself she can't die
She thought her boring life will continue forever until she felt something in her foot
It's similar to a very little girl that is smaller than a Kappa
She is weirded out and tries to talk to the girl
But the girl didn't say anything so she continues to walk that maybe the tiny girl will grow bored and go home
But she didn't think the girl continues to hug her foot until night comes
No matter how strong she used to pry the girl it didn't budge and feels like she is rooted to her foot
Out of options she gave up and just said her name randomly
But she didn't think that the tiny girl with respond and said her name
Her name is Kusa which made her baffled whether the girl's parents hate the girl or she just choose that name for herself
The little girl isn't a human, nor a yokai, she doesn't have any special abilities except for Manipulating grass and she is a literal grass
Mokou is weirded out on how to interact with this peculiar creature
She started to treat it like a child playing with her and messing with her
Mokou jokingly tell the girl to fight her and the tiny girl agree
Mokou regrets that she is easily being defeated by the girl
It made her dim fire burn more brightly and want to defeat the smug tiny girl
Days have passed and the annoying girl seems to stop coming by and Mokou didn't want to admit but she is already fond of her
When a female human with Green hair come towards her
She wants to ask what is her business but she suddenly attacked her while saying the lines 'this is my revenge for making me a ball' in a familiar tone of speech
The tiny girl become a young lady instantly but because of the girl's enthusiasm she let her guard down and got taken down by the girl
she has been subjected to the girl's smugness that she wants to wipe off on her face
When her friend Keine tells her that she become more cheerful compared in the past and she didn't think she has changed so much
The girls nagging become a habit towards Mokou that she decided to eat and take herself more
The girl renovated her home and she always drops by when the moon isn't present
she likes the girl's presence more and more and didn't think about Kaguya until she hears that the girl Has already someone
She is happy towards their relationship, no... she is supposed to be happy that the girl that always annoys her has already taken because she isn't going to be subjected to her antics
But why does she felt hurt inside... is it because she will be gone and not going to visit her again? Or it's another entire reason
She becomes harsh towards the girl making her stop going towards her but the girl ignores it until she gave up but push the girl whenever she tries to be clingy
Her life continues being amused by the girl's antics and presence but she didn't think the girl Has only limited life She wants to offer her flesh to the girl to extend her lifespan but she remembered the girl doesn't like to eat humans
Until her forgotten hated enemy tried to send someone to kill her, eight people and she tries so hard to beat them but she got defeated and become unconscious
she opens her eyes and saw her gentle go-lucky friend is very furious while protecting her she even decided to fight her group of friends just for her
But She is using her lifespan to fight against three people and she saw her petals fall
Mokou doesn't want her only friend to be gone and she is forced to give her blood using her mouth
When they got connected something has clicked in her mind
She wants to be with her, she wants her to be hers, and she wants to become one with her
So she decided to strike a deal with the girl's lover in her selfishness and the girl's lover frustratingly accepts her
But it doesn't matter because she is now with her forever no matter how long time will pass
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The situation ends with the hotspring being used as a public pool
All of the people that know this incident decided to celebrate with a barbeque party and a feast making the shrine maiden smile wryly because they made the shrine the place of the event
Satori and Koishi is there and they are welcomed with open arms
Mokou, Marisa, and Reimu sees Koishi due to Kusa's ghost-like presence
Only Yama can sense Kusa because she knows Kusa's origin making her immune to Kusa's naturalness
Satori and Koishi is touched by the welcomes so Satori closed her 3rd eye for the first time in public
They decided to finish the night drowning in alcoholic beverages
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summary of Touhou: Girls, Bullets, and parties