Hikikomori Quest - Remaking my Life: Part 9

[Tashi]

Daiko:

>Evade and attack some more.

> You easily evade and shoot at it again.
> It flinches as it fires back at you.
> "Huh... For some reason it isn't so eccentric as I expected... I wonder why..." Kira comments.
> _

[Monarda]

Daiko-kun:

>Feel for the flames, determining what is Daiyousei and what is the Evil Spirit, and their condition.
>Evade and return fire to the evil parts.
>"Maybe something weakened it ?"

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>Try to forcefully pull it out again.

[Tashi]

Daiko-kun:

>Feel for the flames, determining what is Daiyousei and what is the Evil Spirit, and their condition.
>Evade and return fire to the evil parts.
>"Maybe something weakened it ?"

> You feel the flames... The black one, indeed, is the Evil Spirit, while the other is Daiyousei. It's kinda obvious, really, since one feel evil and the other no. You think they are equally injured.
> You return the fire while evading.
> The flames are hit once again and this time they don't respond the attack.
> In fact, they look wobbly.
> "And you did it even more. I guess you can do it just fine now..."

Daiko:

>Try to forcefully pull it out again.

> You pull the soul out of the green one. It's quite easy this time.

> "Aaah!" Daiyousei widens her eyes, looking up and letting out a little scream. She stops struggling and starts panting.
> _

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>"Now how do I deal with this without hurting her any more?"

[Monarda]

Daiko-kun:

>"We gotta get rid of it or at least make it harmless."

Kiku-chan:

>"Did he do it ?"

Niji-chan:

>"I think so..."

Bastet-chan:

>Can we see anything new ?

[Tashi]

Daiko:

>"Now how do I get rid of this without hurting her any more?"

> "Just expell him outside. The job is already done. It's already under your command." Kira says. "In fact, you can manipulate it as far as your abilities allow it."

Daiko-kun:

>"We gotta get rid of it or at least make it harmless."

> "Let's just exterminate it." Reimu rolls her eyes.
> "T-That's... harsh..." Sakura blinks.
> "Aah... Ah..." Daiyousei pants a bit more. "W-What... happened...?"

Kiku-chan:

>"Did he do it ?"

Niji-chan:

>"I think so..."

Bastet-chan:

>Can we see anything new ?

> Koa separates a bit to look.

> Currently not...
> _

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>Keep it with us as we leave Daiyousei's place.

[Monarda]

Kiku-chan:

>"You got possessed by an evil spirit and it tried to attack us... are you okay ? How do you feel ? Want something to drink ?"

Niji-chan:

>"You look exhausted..."

[Tashi]

Daiko:

>Keep it with us as we leave Daiyousei's place.

> You get up and back off.
> As soon as you do this, you stop from seeing the Spirit Realm in your mind.
> The black flame appear in the real world. It feels... defeated and weak...

Kiku-chan:

>"You got possessed by an evil spirit and it tried to attack us... are you okay ? How do you feel ? Want something to drink ?"

Niji-chan:

>"You look exhausted..."

> "A-And I feel like that..." Daiyousei tries to stand up, but is tackle-hugged by Cirno, sending her again to the snow.
> "Daaaiii! You are alright!"
> "Y-Yeah! I-I am!" She giggles faintly with a blush. Daiyousei sounds tired. "S-Sorry for worrying you Cirno-cha-aaaan!"
> ... She's tackle-hugged again by other person.
> "I-I'm so glad! I didn't wanted to expect the worst!" Koakuma says, hugging her tighter.
> "K-Koakuma?!" Daiyousei jumps... barely, due to being restricted like this.

> "There it is..." Sanae says while looking at the flame.
> _

[Monarda]

Kiku-chan:

>"Ehehe !"
>Smile and approach.
>"Well Koa, i guess you should say it now, you have gotten pretty far already with this."

Bastet-chan:

>"But what do we do with this spirit now ? It sure looks subdued..."

Niji-chan:

>Try to pull the two off of Daiyousei.
>"Heeeey ! Give her some room to breathe please !"

Kiku-chan:

>Help Niji out.
>"Niji is right, Daiyousei has been through a lot..."

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>"Yea... It's sad seeing things like this."
>Shake our head.
>Recall everything we know about evil spirits.
>Can I still manipulate it here?

[Tashi]

Daiko:

>"Yea... It's sad seeing things like this."
>Shake our head.
>Recall everything we know about evil spirits.
>Can I still manipulate it here?

> "I guess I'll do my job..." Reimu approaches to the soul.
> It starts to shake.
> Supposedly, an Evil Spirit is the soul of someone that their body was stealed by a youkai, becoming a vengeful spirit in the process due to the body being desecrated and not being able to be at peace. They are... kinda problematic... Kiraraaa...
> As you look at the now defeated soul, you really wonder if you can do something for her... uh... or him to be "good" again...
> "No. You would need the use of something that you don't have, but I do."

Bastet-chan:

>"But what do we do with this spirit now ? It sure looks subdued..."

> "Finish it off." Reimu has an ofuda in her hand.
> The soul shakes even more.

Kiku-chan:

>"Ehehe !"
>Smile and approach.
>"Well Koa, i guess you should say it now, you have gotten pretty far already with this."

> "D-Dai..." Koakuma starts.
> "W-What?"
> "... I-I've fallen in love with you since a long time."
> "E-EH?!" Daiyousei blushes.
> "What's that?" Cirno asks.
> "Wait, what?" Sakura asks. "... Err... Kiku?" She gives you a questionable look.

Niji-chan:

>Try to pull the two off of Daiyousei.
>"Heeeey ! Give her some room to breathe please !"

Kiku-chan:

>Help Niji out.
>"Niji is right, Daiyousei has been through a lot..."

> You help Daiyousei to get out of the pair.
> "A-Ah..." Daiyousei blinks, unable to say something.
> "... S-Sorry for not being able to tell you..." Koa looks away while blushing.
> _

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>Get in Reimu's way and look to the spirit.
>"I'm still not done with it."
>Absorb it's energy (into our horn?) in order to get it into us as we've done with our family and Cirno before.

[Monarda]

Daiko-kun:

>Do we know how and why youkai steal their bodies and leave their souls ?

Kiku-chan:

>Look at Sakura.
>"Don't worry Sakura, Koa still loves me, but some events led to her telling me about these hidden feelings... i don't want her to keep suppressing these feelings, especially since Daiyousei is an great person."

[Tashi]

Daiko:

>Get in Reimu's way and look to the spirit.
>"I'm still not done with it."
>Absorb it's energy (into our horn?) in order to get it into us as we've done with our family and Cirno before.

> You stop Reimu in time.
> "Oh?"
> You easily absorb the soul through your horn and to your soul.
> It appears in the thoughtscape house.

Daiko-kun:

>Do we know how and why youkai steal their bodies and leave their souls ?

> Some probably might do it on purpose so the souls become vengeful spirits, but besides of that assumption, you don't know the exact reasons for why the would do that...
> You also heard about the Akuryou, which are some kind of derivatives of the Vengeful Spirits, but you don't know so much about them.

Kiku-chan:

>Look at Sakura.
>"Don't worry Sakura, Koa still loves me, but some events led to her telling me about these hidden feelings... i don't want her to keep suppressing these feelings, especially since Daiyousei is an great person."

> "... What do you expect to happen now?" Sakura asks in a serious tone.
> "O-Oh?" Daiyousei looks at you.
> "I'm confused..." Cirno pouts.
> "U-Uhm..." Koa looks down.
> _

[Monarda]

Kiku-chan:

>"It's in Daiyousei's hands, we are also here to see if she returns those feelings to Koa."
>Nod.
>"It's quite an similar situation to Daiko's Sakura."

Niji-chan:

>"What situation ?"

Daiko-kun:

>Examine the soul, if it has yet to take on an humanoid form, try to will it to do so.

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>How much soul of ourself do we have?
>"Could you... not, Kiku? More and more things are coming up, and I don't want me and the others to be a bigger deal than it is along with these. I already have to... find a way to deal with this spirit now. Then there's Orino's children... and Miko and Byakuren..."
>Start to head back towards the temple.

[Tashi]

Kiku-chan:

>"It's in Daiyousei's hands, we are also here to see if she returns those feelings to Koa."
>Nod.
>"It's quite an similar situation to Daiko's Sakura."

Niji-chan:

>"What situation ?"

> "U-Uhm..." Mystia fidgets a bit.
> "... I..." Daiyousei starts. "... W-Well... I-I do too..."
> Koa looks at Dai, surprised.
> "Heeey! Explain it to meee!" Cirno jingles her arms up and down in a childlis way.

Daiko-kun:

>Examine the soul, if it has yet to take on an humanoid form, try to will it to do so.

> You examine the soul... It's a black flame still. You think it's confused...
> You don't have to will for it, since it starts to changer for itself...
> ... It's... a boy...
> It has black hair and is only wearing a black shirt. He has a ghost tail like Kira.
> He's looking down, pouting and frowning, as if he's being scolded.

Daiko:

>How much soul of ourself do we have?
>"Could you... not, Kiku? More and more things are coming up, and I don't want me and the others to be a bigger deal than it is along with these. I already have to... find a way to deal with this spirit now. Then there's Orino's children... and Miko and Byakuren..."
>Start to head back towards the temple.

> You think you are... completely fine... 100%.
> You start to head to the temple again.
> _

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>"...What's your history? What happened to get you to this point, where you were almost ended then and there?"

[Tashi]

Daiko:

>"...What's your history? What happened to get you to this point, where you were almost ended then and there?"

> "..." He pouts even more.
> Kira appears in the room.
> _

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>Is it a young boy?

[Tashi]

Daiko:

>Is it a young boy?

> He is.
> _

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>"You were going to steal a girl's body too..."
>Look over to Kira.
>"What should we do with him?"
>Where are we?

[Tashi]

Daiko:

>"You were going to steal a girl's body too..."
>Look over to Kira.
>"What should we do with him?"
>Where are we?

> "Ngh..."
> "I don't know. And honestly I don't care."
> You are about to arrive at the temple. Nobody seems to be outside, however.
> _

[Neovereign]

V!Daiko:

>"Kokoro? I'm almost at the temple... Are you three still waiting there?"

Daiko:

>"Can you even speak?"

[Monarda]

Kiku-chan:

>Smile.
>"I told you it was going to end happily Koa, but now..."
>Ponder.
>"...how will it be for us three..."

Niji-chan:

>Give a check on the clones.

Bastet-chan:

>"Hey, how could you people not see it coming ?"

[Tashi]

V!Daiko:

>"Kokoro? I'm almost at the temple... Are you three still waiting there?"

Daiko:

>"Can you even speak?"

> "Yes." She replies. "Mama and Papa are waiting patiently.

> " 'Course I can!" He replies in an angry tone.

Kiku-chan:

>Smile.
>"I told you it was going to end happily Koa, but now..."
>Ponder.
>"...how will it be for us three..."

> You ponder... ... ... You honestly can't think on much options, since you don't know how they'll deal with this, or even you...
> "W-What do you mean?" Koa asks.
> Cirno pouts.

Niji-chan:

>Give a check on the clones.

> Blue is with you.

> White is taking a walk... without walking, with Marry.

> Grey is following Megumi.
> "... Okay!" Megumi suddenly turns to see you with an annoyed face. "What the hell do you want from me?!"

> Red is talking with Rifa.

> Golden is at the house. She's awake now.

> Green/Scarlet is at the library.
> "... you understand?" Remilia asks to Sakuya.
> Sakuya nods.

Bastet-chan:

>"Hey, how could you people not see it coming ?"

> "I saw something..." Alice says.
> "I didn't." Marisa shrugs.
> "I saw it too." Reimu nods, Sanae does the same.
> "... H-Hey..." Sakura starts. "... Lil' Bastis...?"
> _

[Monarda]

Kiku-chan:

>"Well i love you and you love me, and Dai also loves you and you love her too... but my relationship with Daiyousei isn't so deep..."

Niji Blue:

>"Not exactly true, Kiku-chan has a soft spot for fairies, especially ones like me and Daiyousei, she even though Daiyousei was cute."

Kiku-chan:

>"Oioioioioioi !"
>Blush some.
>"Niji !"

Niji-chan:

>"Ehehe..."
>Check on Yuudachi.

Niji Grey:

>"For you to treat me like the kids from the village..."
>Look down.

Bastet-chan:

>"Nya~ ?"
>Turn to see her.

Niji Scarlet:

>What were they talking about ?

[Neovereign]

V!Daiko:

>"I'll hurry this time."

Daiko:

>Continue faster towards the temple.
>Sigh. "Sit down for a bit."
>Is the spirit only wearing a shirt? no lower articles of clothing?