Hikikomori Quest - Remaking my Life: Part 5

[Monarda]

Daiko-kun:

>Nod lightly.

Niji-chan:

>Look at that spot too.

Kiku-chan:

>Try hardeeeeeer !
>"Maybe ?"

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>Nod.
>"I hope you tell me eventually though..."
>Continue.

Kiku:

>Frown.
>Think of striking the doll in an instant. If we're a cat, maybe we can strike quickly. At least one hit will satisfy...

[Tashi]

Daiko-kun:

>Nod lightly.

> Kyouko stays silent for a few seconds, before she smiles a bit. "Okay."

Daiko:

>Nod.
>"I hope you tell me eventually though..."
>Continue.

> "... I hope so too..."
> You continue, following the same route than Sakura.
> She is already waiting in front of the hole. She's looking at the deeps of it.
> "... Wanna go in there, Bastet?" Sakura asks playfully.

Niji-chan:

>Look at that spot too.

> You do the same.
> ... ... ... Well... this is...
> Multiply the fluffyness of the sheep by... some hundreds... or ask Byakuren to do it for you.
> The result? ... Lots of sheeps full of fluffy fur EVERYWHERE!
> "Oh... my..." Both Kokoro and Byakuren mumbles.

Kiku-chan:

>Try hardeeeeeer !
>"Maybe ?"

> The speed of your bullets increase.
> "Keep going." Sakuya says.

Kiku:

>Frown.
>Think of striking the doll in an instant. If we're a cat, maybe we can strike quickly. At least one hit will satisfy...

> You want to strike with danmaku or physically?
> _

[Monarda]

Kiku-chan:

>Danmakuly.

Bastet-chan:

>"Sure."
>Pet Kyouko !

Niji-chan:

>Go silent...

[Neovereign]

Kiku:

>Danmaku.
>And if that doesn't work, try physically! It's still combat!

Daiko:

>"We're going there anyways..."

Bastet:

>"I-If we have to... It's nothing much."
>Hold tighter.

[Tashi]

Kiku-chan:

>Danmakuly.

Kiku:

>Danmaku.
>And if that doesn't work, try physically! It's still combat!

> You focus in making the bullets go instantly to the dolls.
> One of them, going extremely fast, graze one of the dolls.
> Something inside you instantly builds up... Anger?
> Your nails become sharper and your eyes pupil become cat-like.
> You appear in front of one doll, and you rip it to shreds with your "claws". The same happens to the other dolls in a second.
> "...?!" Sakuya seems impressed.
> You land on your feet. The "anger" inside you calms down.

Daiko:

>"We're going there anyways..."

Bastet:

>"I-If we have to... It's nothing much."
>Hold tighter.

> "It looks TERRIBLY deep..." Says Sakura. "I hope we find Yuugi soon... That way it'll be more easier. I don't know what we can find down there."

Bastet-chan:

>"Sure."
>Pet Kyouko !

> When Kyouko lands besides Sakura, you pet her.
> "U-Uh..." She doesn't seem to mind.
> Aya lands too.

Niji-chan:

>Go silent...

> This is awkwardly... good? bad? You don't really know...
> "... ... ... What's going on?" Byakuren snaps of thoughts.
> You can see sheeps in the foot of the Youkai Mountain and in the Forest of Magic alike. You think there's at least some hundreds.
> _

[Neovereign]

Kiku:

>"Yes!" Take a breath. "I got it, I got it, I got it!"
>Breathe in satisfaction.

Daiko:

>"Maybe Tsuru can get us a light source or something if we need one..."

[Monarda]

Kiku-chan:

>Realize we just destroyed Miss Meiling's hardwork and be a bit down.
>"But... Miss Meiling's training dummies..."

[Tashi]

Kiku:

>"Yes!" Take a breath. "I got it, I got it, I got it!"
>Breathe in satisfaction.

> You feel great with this...
> Sakuya clears her throat. "... I guess that works too."
> Now that you are more calm... What just happened to you? Suddenly, your only objective was to destroy those dolls. It seems that, when you failed a complete hit, your look just blurred to black and you went in a blind fury...

Kiku-chan:

>Realize we just destroyed Miss Meiling's hardwork and be a bit down.
>"But... Miss Meiling's training dummies..."

> The downside, however, is that you just cutted to pieces what you think were your training dolls...
> "... It's okay. They were just to start with." Sakuya reassures.

Daiko:

>"Maybe Tsuru can get us a light source or something if we need one..."

> "It's worth a shot." Sakura says.
> "I already went to the Underworld." Aya speaks. "It's not going to be a great deal. Let's just not lose time." And afterwards, Aya jumps and starts falling.
> _

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>"If you say so..."
>Swap.

Tsuru:

>Fly down and try to make a light source.

[Tashi]

Daiko:

>"If you say so..."
>Swap.

Tsuru:

>Fly down and try to make a light source.

> You swap.
> You start to fly downwards, creating a ball of light that... It just helps to illuminate your surroundings, honestly. It's too dark that you just can see a few meters in front of you.
> _

[Neovereign]

Tsuru:

>"This seems to be all I can manage. My apologies."

[Tashi]

Tsuru:

>"This seems to be all I can manage. My apologies."

> "It still works. Don't worry." Kyouko follows you.
> "Hang in there, Bastet." Sakura starts to fly down too.
> _

[Monarda]

Bastet-chan:

>"Ooookay !"
>Keep peting Kyouko.

Niji-chan:

>Follow their lead.

Kiku-chan:

>"But... What exactly happened ?"

[Tashi]

Bastet-chan:

>"Ooookay !"
>Keep peting Kyouko.

> You keep petting Kyouko as everyone heads down... To the Underworld!

Niji-chan:

>Follow their lead.

> You... don't think you can follow any of them... They seem to be lost and you can't determine from where they even came from.
> "... What should we do?" Kokoro asks.
> "Hmm..." Byakuren thinks.

Kiku-chan:

>"But... What exactly happened ?"

> "You sliced them." Sakuya approaches.
> _

[Monarda]

Kiku-chan:

>"No, i mean, why did i move so fast, last thing i know i was right in front of the dummies slashing them away..."

Niji-chan:

>"Uh... a sheep is that animal that people use to make yarn right ?"

Bastet-chan:

>Rub her ears.

[Tashi]

Kiku-chan:

>"No, i mean, why did i move so fast, last thing i know i was right in front of the dummies slashing them away..."

> "I don't really know..." Sakuya replies. "You looked like... a fierce cat."

Niji-chan:

>"Uh... a sheep is that animal that people use to make yarn right ?"

> Byakuren nods.
> "If people get all those sheeps, they will probably get infinite amounts of wool." Kokoro points out.
> "I-I don't think so, Kokoro-chan..."
> ... Done. You AND the gems feel full of light energy.

Bastet-chan:

>Rub her ears.

> You scratch Kyouko's ears.
> She leans her head a bit to your direction, seemingly enjoying.
> ...
> ...??
> _

[Monarda]

Niji-chan:

>Examine ourselves.
>Focus on the gems now.

Kiku-chan:

>"Well that's a given..."
>Shrug.
>"I guess this means that it would be wise to not make me upset."

Bastet-chan:

>What is it ?

[Tashi]

Niji-chan:

>Examine ourselves.
>Focus on the gems now.

> You examine yourself. Nothing seems to have changed greatly, aside of the bracelet gems, who now seem a bit more bigger than before; and your wings, who seem to be a combination of the seven colors and golden, making it really beautiful to look at.
> You focus on the gems, which are already full of light. Do you want to split up?

Kiku-chan:

>"Well that's a given..."
>Shrug.
>"I guess this means that it would be wise to not make me upset."

> "Anyway, the real training begins now..." Sakuya starts to ascend to the sky.

Bastet-chan:

>What is it ?

> You... felt strange... like if something happened.
> "We "crossed" the entrance..." Sakura speaks.
> _

[Monarda]

Bastet-chan:

>"Um... did anyone feel strange too ?"

Kiku-chan:

>"Wait... you don't mean to have me fight *you*... right ?"

Niji-chan:

>Try to split that golden away.

[Neovereign]

Tsuru:

>Did we feel it?

[Tashi]

Bastet-chan:

>"Um... did anyone feel strange too ?"

Tsuru:

>Did we feel it?

> Everyone nods.
> "It's normal." Kyouko says. "When one travel between worlds always feels something strange."
> "So... we really are..."
> "Indeed. We aren't in Gensokyo anymore. We are in the Underworld." Kyouko finishes.

Kiku-chan:

>"Wait... you don't mean to have me fight *you*... right ?"

> "More or less." Sakuya says as she keeps ascending. "You'll need to improve your reflexes."

Niji-chan:

>Try to split that golden away.

> You concentrate in splitting up the golden.
> A Niji besides you appears. You don't have any more the golden traits in your body, which the clone has.
> _

[Monarda]

Niji-chan:

>Poke the new Niji !
>"So you are Niji Golden ? Why couldn't i split you before ?"

Kiku-chan:

>"So you are going to keep attacking me ?"

[Tashi]

Niji-chan:

>Poke the new Niji !
>"So you are Niji Golden ? Why couldn't i split you before ?"

> "You just created me." She pokes you back as you do it. "So I'm new here, leader~"

Kiku-chan:

>"So you are going to keep attacking me ?"

> Suddenly, when Sakuya's far away from you, blue knives are going towards you and other possible directions where you could dodge, minimizing the possibilities for you to do so.
> _

[Monarda]

Niji-chan:

>"L-Leader ?!"

Kiku-chan:

>Which directions are taken ?

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>What do we know about the Underworld?

Tsuru:

>"Huh..."

[Tashi]

Niji-chan:

>"L-Leader ?!"

> "Well yea. You are the original. You are the leader, aren't you?" She giggles.

Kiku-chan:

>Which directions are taken ?

> Barrages of knives are heading directly at you, your left, right, above, and below. Diagonally doesn't seem to be that much, but there are one knife here and there.
> More barrages of knives appear near Sakuya and are shooted, this with other directions.

Daiko:

>What do we know about the Underworld?

Tsuru:

>"Huh..."

> If you had to determine your knowledge about the Underworld... ... you think you have the incredible amount of 1%! ... ... And that's only because you know Yuugi lives there.
> You can see Aya. She's slowding down her fall to catch with you.
> "We are in the first layer." Aya says.
> _

[Neovereign]

Tsuru:

>Stop the light thing, since it's not doing much.
>How much can we see now?

Daiko:

>Futuresight Tsuru.

[Monarda]

Kiku-chan:

>Take off and move to the upper rightmost direction some, as to avoid the first set.
>"Those won't cut me like real knifes right ?"

Niji-chan:

>Look both confused and surprised.

[Tashi]

Tsuru:

>Stop the light thing, since it's not doing much.
>How much can we see now?

> You dissipate the magic light.
> There seems to be some natural light in this cave-like portion of the hole... albeit natural, it feels strange.
> All of you soon reach a giant cave. You can see that there are various large holes, like the one where you just came from, in the ceiling of this cave.
> You are way high above the floor of the cave. You can swear you saw some rocks moving too...
> Down there are different paths too, but there's one that's notably more bigger.

Daiko:

>Futuresight Tsuru.

> You try to future-sight Tsuru.
> ...
> You can see that she's holding a ball of light, but not like the one she created a few minutes ago. Even if this is a vision, you can feel the energy in that...

Kiku-chan:

>Take off and move to the upper rightmost direction some, as to avoid the first set.
>"Those won't cut me like real knifes right ?"

> You start flying and you head diagonally to the upper right of the knives, dodging them.
> "They will." Sakuya only says before throwing more knives.
> The next wave is more quicker. There are barrages of knives in X patterns that are going towards you, your left and right in a practically perfect line. The space to dodge is considerably more tight.

Niji-chan:

>Look both confused and surprised.

> Golden tilts her head. "What's wrong?"
> _