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Ah, the Peacefull as usual Star Piece meadow. The grass shimmered gently through the world as Wind seemed to be brushing it, like gentle hair. Oh look, there goes a little Waddle Dee, happily on his way!



"Boy, i sure do love the Star Peice Meadows! It's beautifull look at the sky, its green grass, and especially the fact the Floor will never ever betray m--" Waithout warning, suddenly, a Gap Opened below the Waddle Dee, sending it into the Endless Void. "GAAAHHHHH!! FLOOR, YOU BETRAYED MEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee......"




"Well, that certainly serves my suspicions! But, why would she go around Opening gaps at random like this? And what need would she have for Stealing other peoples weapons..." Aya asked, flying over the Star Peice Meadows, sighing. "Well, i see Reimu and Shizuku a bit ahead. They'll know what to do when they see all these Gaps."



Meanwhile, somewhere in the Void

"Oof! Boy, that was a long fall...Where am i now??"

"I quite like that Spear of Your's..."

"Oh thank you, its a One of a Kind!"

"....One of a kind you say??"

"Hmm....Seems this strange Red Oaf is using my attempts at communication as a way to rob other people...This should be interesting..."

Ready??

Go!

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Shizuka was walking around Starpiece Meadow, looking for her mission partners Aya & Reimu, she'll be glad to meet two girls who almost come from the same place as her, even if there place was more magical then the worlds she was in, as she walked she saw a Waddle Dee with no mouth...Talking. "That's not strange at all." Shizuka said sarcastically and emotionless as ever as a gap opened up to swallow the Dee whole.

"Mind the gap." Shizuka said as she looked up slighty to see Aya flying around the area before calling up to her.

"Hey, are you Aya...Or Reimu?"

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"Seems like that nosy reporter is right. Those are definitely her gap that that Waddle Dee fell into. That must mean Yukari is here too just like I guessed..." Reimu rationalized as she watched the Waddle Dee swallowed up. Too risky to follow him since there was no telling where that gap could lead to. Literally, there must be about an infinite amount of possibilities to where he ended up but that was unimportant as Reimu floated high above the peaceful meadow. She looked down from her safe vantage point for a moment as she considered the event.

"Good thing I found her so fast too. We need to have a talk about stealing someone's donation box and sending them to a doomed planet. Sure, the box was empty but it's not like I can afford another! If I have to beat an apology out of her and fix this mess then I will do that. She is really crossing some serious boundaries this time," Reimu jumped before noticing Shizuka and Aya down below... Oh right, she should probably meet with the others. Reimu allowed herself to fall to the ground below next to Shizuka.

"I am Reimu Hakurei, Shrine Maiden of the Hakurei Shrine Li," Reimu greeted to Shizuka as she righted herself before looking to Aya.

"Guessing you were a victim of the Great Gensokyo Portal event too, huh, Aya?" Reimu asked to attempt to confirm her suspicions.

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"Stop right there!" Aya said suddenly, before pulling out her camera and, in a flash, getting a picture of both Reimu and Shizuka, before stashing her camera in the lightest of light speeds. "Ill be putting that in this weeks Life sphere news when you guys bring back everybody's weapons!" Aya said, giggling as she bowed to the two.




"I didnt know we had a name for it, but, i sure was reimu! See, when Sakuya and Remilia vanished from Gensyoko, i thought it'd be a great oppratunity to go into sakuya's room and see if she had any dirty secrets inside! I took as many pictures as possible, but when i got them ready, a portal opened up and swallowed the pictures up." Aya said, sighing. "You'll just have to wait until i can find the pictures before you can see if Sakuya really does Pad herself or not, but let me tell you, the results are breath taking!!"

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Somewhere Else....



"I just popped a blood vessel, and i do not know why...."

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"Anyway, cant stick around, ill let you guys handle this, come see me by the office when your done, we'll have lunch! Just go in a Gap and see whats over there, im sure Reimu will work as great Bait! Ciao!" Aya said, suddenly blasting off at Sonic-speeds back to Li...




Leaving Shizuka and Reimuy completely alone, as a few Gaps opened up, swallowing some butterflies, or miscellanious objects. Seems that this was merely a constant, random occurance...

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Shizuka watched Reimu land in front of her and introducing herself to Shizuka. "Hey..." Shizuka said simply waving at Reimu as Aya appeared and took photos of the two and said that she sneaked into someone's room to take more photos, which is something Shizuka is interested in. "Blackmail, this will be fun." Shizuka thought as she gave Aya some advice.

"You know, you could really annoy your friends by sending those photos to the Black Market." Shizuka said as Aya said that Shizuka and Reimu should jump into the gap before heading back to the Life Sphere, Shizuka looked down at the pit before looking back at Reimu.

"So...Who's going down first?"

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"Hey! Aren't you going to he-?!" Reimu began before the Tengu flew away after taking their picture. Great, looks like they were alone on this one. Not that she was expecting Aya to help in the first place. Oh well, she was still going to bring Yukari to justice for what she has done.


"And she's gone... Please don't give her any ideas. She really does not need them..." Reimu replied to Shizuka before looking to the gaps. Well, looks like she is going to need to cause some noise to catch Yukari's attention... Well, here hoping she does not jump into a Gap that leads to the border of the Sun...



"You're new to this aren't you?... Nevermind. Let's deal with Yukari!" Reimu noted to Shizuka before making a run and jumping into a gap as quickly as she could manage.

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And so, Reimu and Shizuka jumped into a gap, as it slowly closed....

And the first thing they would notice is a horrible smell.

King Dodongo's Belly!


.Probably not where you wanted to end up.


The stomach of the Fiery Dinosaur was indescribably atrocious, the walls moved, pits of lava where everywhere, and quite frankly, it seemed rather unsafe to be inside. Probably not where you wanted to end up.



"Oh my god, first human interaction in hours! Act naturally!"

"...So, uh, You guys done got a bad thing done did to you?"

"GOD DAMNIT QUOTE"

A Strange little machine asked, having a look of sheer annoyance on his face. "You know, you think after your first time being eaten alive by this thing...I-it wouldn't happen again. Quote, by the way....M-my name. Sorry for the awkward introduction..."

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Shizuka looked down at the gap as Aya quickly flew off back to the Life Sphere. "Bye I guess?" Shizuka said to Aya as Reimu said that she shouldn't give the girl any ideas. "Oops, don't worry, i'm sure shes wise enough to get rid of them." Shizuka said sarcastically as Reimu thinks that Shizuka is new to this magic business. "Na, I seen weird crap like this back in Alpoko, now that I mentioned it, I remember two villagers that have the same name as yours." Shizuka said as she introduced herself.

"Shizuka...Moroboshi Shizuka." Shizuka said emotionlessly as she bowed down to Reimu before jumping in the gap, however as she did so she quickly saw that she was going to land in some belly liquid and so summoned some birds so she can float above the liquid. "There's no way i'm going in there." Shizuka said as she turned to the trapped robot named Quote.

"Hey, I was trying to rescue you a few missions ago, but I got attacked by a shadow version of you." Shizuka said as she asked Quote a question.

"How did you get here?"

[Coolshaymin]

Reimu noticed the acid below and quickly activated her ability to fly. It's a good thing her kind was not really a stranger to defying gravity... Well, in Gensokyo anyway. Still... Who the hell would open a gap to a stomach of all places?! That was just gross and disturbing... Well, the answer was kind of obvious with how she only knew one person that can. Still, no place for a... Is that a robot boy?

"Um... No? We came looking for a Gap Youkai... Though, this is not what I would choose for a destination..."

"Wait... Again...? Is this a regular occurence to you?" Reimu questioned.

"Oh, right. Reimu Hakurei of the Hakurei Shrine. You haven't seen a blonde girl with a hat with a ribbon, purple clothes, maybe a parasol, have you, Quote? Or at least a gap out of here..."

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Quote looked up at the two flying girls, while he himself was sitting ontop of a unfortunately swallowed boulder, which was acting as his only way to recharge his backpack Booster from 

"Oh, right, well that actually ties into how i ended up here. I was at the island because i heard rumors of a pale person with blue hair on it, So i assumed it was Misery, the, while a-admittedly pretty cute, still a maaajor pain in my side. Plus, i mean, the island showing up, had to go and check and see if anything was on it..." Quote said, sighing as he looked to Reimu, who asked if the being eaten alive thing was a regular occurrence.

"...Unfortunately..." Quote answered, sighing. "Anyway's, so, the Pale Blue haired person turned out to NOT be misery, but was instead this weird guy dressed in orange stuff with a bunch of black magic mist coming out of his skin, with these weird three-bladed whips. And soon he started summoning copies of me who looked much the same...So, i naturally tried to fight, N-nearly died, sent out a mission rescue request and hid out near the blood stained sanctuary..."


And then reimu asked about That Girl with the parasol.


"And thats where she came in..." Quote said, before unleashing an anger which was very deep inside of him. "Which part do i like the most?? The one where she keeps using those eye-ball portals to throw me into the stomach's of various giant monsters and the sometimes odd Cooking pot owner?? Or the part where she sends that big fat red guy with 6 arms to try and steal my weapons?! Like, im happy she came in to help me and all, but i dont think being thrown into the stomach of a giant dragon was the next best option!" Quote asked himself to explain his situation, before calming himself again.


"S-sorry, im just...k-kinda upset. This has been going on for like, 3 days now. And that 6 arm guy keeps popping up and dueling me to 'the death' so he can take my guns from me. And ive been challenged to Gun-battles, sword battles, karaoke, chess, backgammon, Pokemon battles, Minesweeper....That guy just doesn't let up. And uh, no, there's no Gap's out of here, i looked. Speaking of which, if you guys have a way out, i'd love to see it. Like...Now."




"Then you clearly arnt looking hard enough." A female voice that would seem familiar to Reimu would say, coming from behind Quote. "I knew i heard someone was defaming me over there, and im sad to see it isn't my precious Hakurei Girl."


"Oh, THERE YOU ARE!" Quote said, looking at the Gap that had spontaneously opened behind him. "I j-- Wait, Reimu Hakurei is in here with me....Wait, can you even see through that thing??" Quote asked, looking at the Gap in confusion.



"Under any normal circumstance, of course i can see through my Gaps. But, due to the interference between Gensyoko and Li,  my vision has become Hazed. While you can see me clearly, all i see is a grey void infront of me. All i can do is Hear, im afraid...But enough about that, what about my dear Reimu??" 


Quote blinked in disbelief, Staring at a visibly excited Yukkari, before looking at Shizuka and Reimu. "Uh...There's someone on the...weird eyeball gap for you. I think its your friend."

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Shizuka flew down to Quote and tried to comfort him about having been thrown through hell by this Yukari lady, she felt bad for the robot, which she never felt for awhile actually, the birds flew away to somewhere unknown as Shizuka looked down at Quote. "I'm sorry she did this to you, don't worry, me and Reimu will find Yukari and we'll escape." Shizuka said as a void appeared behind Quote, the person in the gap turned out to be Yukari who can only hear them.

She mentioned Reimu a lot, causing Shizuka to turn back towards Reimu.

"Are you close with her?"

[Coolshaymin]

Big red guy with 6 arms...? That does not sound like anyone she can think of off hand. Definitely not someone Yukari would send after some robot with guns... Though sending him through these bellies is a bit of a cruel joke. What reason would she possibly have for that...?

"... Kind of. She is my mentor and a friend of the shrine. She sometimes gives me jobs to take care of too..." Reimu explains to Shizuka, floating closer to the gap Yukari was listening through.

"She can be pretty annoying at times though. I still remember that food you stole from me with your gaps, Yukari! Not easy working as a shrine maiden you know!" Reimu called out before calming down to focus on the matter at hand.

"But what you just said... There has been an interfereance between this place and Gensokyo that is affecting you? Then it wasn't you that lured everyone here with those portals then... Well, I guess it would be out of character for you to intentionally cause this much chaos... Thought you were stealing my Donation Box as some prank or something but if something is crossing the two realms then this is much bigger," Reimu deduced to Yukari in realization that this job was going to go on longer than she initially thought...

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"Oh...Thanks." Quote said, smiling graciously to Shizuka after hearing her tell him she would help him escape. But there was currently a much more important matter, the girl who was torturing this poor surface robot. "Lets hope reimu can get us out of here..."



Heaing the sound of Reimu's frustration made Yukari let out a audible noble-woman's giggle, taking out her dark purple fan and holding it against her mouth to hide the un-lady-like grin she had. "Oh Reimu, your voice always serves to brighten my day~ Unmistakable." Yukari said, notifying who Reimu was in the group of three voices.



"Oh my. For you to believe im the one behind the vanishing of everyone in gensyoko. I'd say you very much misjudge my character Hakurei Girl! Forshame~" Yukari said in a joking way. She knew well enough that she didn't have the most admittedly clean track record, and beside, who else in gensyoko could be capable of this mess? Marisa? How silly. "However, the reason ive been opening up these Gaps is to try and help those on that world you've found yourselves in get back to gensyoko. The problem is, this magic invading my border's is giving me a feeling that i shouldn't cross over there, Less i get trapped there myself. And with me being the only Gap Youkai we know..."



"Then whats the point in sending me through your gaps just to wind up in more monster bellies?!"



"Hm hm hm~ Because, my dear boy, your anger is rather amusing~ That sliver of hope you always have when you jump through one of my gaps is so funny when it turns to dust as you wind up in another creatures digestive tract~"



"Ugh...Dont say it like that, you sound weirder than the creeps on that art website."



"Says the machine who stole panties from his best friend."



"....S-so, uh, ill just get off of that subject and instead ask if you can get us out of here, or do you wanna send the Six arm Sociopath at us again?"



"Six arm Sociopath? Ooh, you mean the man who has been leaping through my borders and trying to steal other people's weapons? He is not working with me. Infact, im unsure if he is even aware of my presence. Wherever he is, i imagine that he is currently attacking some poor creature and robbing them of there weaponry. Quite a robust warrior. Anyway, would you three like to leave? I believe digestion is soon going to begin, and i doubt you want to stay for it."



"The fact i know your right definitely means ive been eaten by this thing way more times than i should be. Lets go."

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"Moroboshi Shizuka" Shizuka said to Quote as she turned back towards Reimu.

"But if she's your friend then why did she send us to a belly of a creature?" Shizuka said not using monster or beast to refer the thing she is in as it turns out similar problems have arise in Reimu & Yukari's home of Gensyoke. "I'm guessing everyone there have fallen into gaps as well?" Shizuka joked as Quote and Yukari shouted variables to each other as Yukari soon advised the trio to try and find a way out, since it's going to be digested soon, which Quote made a comment of that made Shizuka feel even more bad for him, even though she didn't show it.

"Well this will be a gruesome death for us if we stay here any longer." Shizuka said as she looked towards Yukari, who suggested helping the group out by creating an exit gap for them.

"We gladly accept your help with creating an exit gap for us."

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"Well, at least you are trying to help clean up the mess whoever made. I can't even feel the Gensokyo barrier here. I couldn't even break back through on my own," Reimu admitted... Ignoring it was usually a bad idea to do that anyway. "... Though I wonder who did if you didn't..." Reimu remarked as she considered this for a moment.
"Yukari can be a bit... Complicated. I don't really understand her at times," Reimu answered.

"Actually... About that. Is there anyway you can send us to this weapon thief? I feel we need to destroy him before he finds a way to reach you. If he finds some way to overpower you while you are disoriented by this, Gensokyo could be doomed. I can't let that happen so we have to pay this six armed guy a visit before he pays you a visit," Reimu suggested.