Thanks for the cheer, UnconsciousFake.

Uh, Merlion, I think it's very clear that Kuro is a male, right? Or you're making a joke of his title? About the latter part, I won't say a word of it, since it might reveal my intention.

Enjoy chapter 7 everyone!

"So… at least we're not worried about killing fairies… right?" Renko asks uncertainly after hearing some explanations from both Reimu and Alice, as the whole group watches Marisa completely annihilating them with quick progress. "You don't have a problem with it?"

"They can revive, so the rules don't really apply to them. Still, at least try to let them have some fights." Reimu replies. "Well, you have to try your best though, since you're not really used to this place…I'm not counting you, father."

"I know." Kuro grins. "Doesn't mean I would use all into a fight."

"I can see some cheekiness in Reimu from you." Alice shakes her head. "Sometimes she's so full of herself…"

"Hey, I'm not…"

"Remember the time the Lunarians tried to hide the moon? Or when you three prepared to fight Kokoro…"

"How did you even know that?"

"Aya has her reputation for reasons, you know."

"Grr…"

"Now, now. It's not something to be angry about." Kuro smiles and rubs the maiden's head gently, making her slightly back away from him in surprise. "Ah, sorry. You don't like that?"

"It's… you just surprised me, that's all." Reimu quickly replies, hiding her embarrassment for a second. That earns her a giggle from Alice. "Not funny."

"I think Kuro has never lost before…" Maribel thinks about the adventures he has told everyone during his free time. "I mean, not counting the ones you forfeited on purpose…"

"It's more of 'never fight a losing fight' to be accurate." Kuro shrugs. "Also applied to those forfeits, because I couldn't fight against fate. Some are best left untouched."

"HEY!" The group then turns to see an excited Cirno, along with Daiyousei. She's pointing her finger directly at Kuro. "You sir! I challenge you for a duel!"

"…Ah, right. You're the fairy from last night." Kuro decides to play along with. He then turns to the rest of his group and asks: "Reimu, Alice, can you look after Renko and Maribel?"

"Well, I cannot just ignore your friends, can I?" Reimu asks back with a cheeky smile, followed by Alice quickly.

"Don't hurt her too bad there." Renko warns.

"I won't." His wings then suddenly disappear, and he falls for a few centimeters before his feet touch an invisible platform. He then slowly walks towards Cirno and raises his arms up in a 'welcoming' manner. "Give me your best shot, little ice fairy."

"I will show you why I'm the strongest here!" Cirno loudly declares, as she starts sending Danmakus towards the Outsider. Daiyousei also flies away to avoid getting hit by a stray bullet.

Having backed away, Reimu watches as her father starts 'running' to the sides to avoid the incoming bullets, as there seems to be some sorts of floors at the level he's standing, giving her a feeling like he's running on a solid ground instead of air. "That… is a strange way to fight."

"He's just dodging the bullets." Maribel says back. Then, when she hears the maiden's explanation why she said that, the purple outsider girl remembers: "Ah, right. He's afraid of not having solid ground to stand on. That's why he doesn't really like flying unless it's necessary."

"…Are we talking to the same one just flying with us?" Alice tilts her head in confusion.

"Logic is out of windows when you talk about him and his family." Renko grins. "I may add you in the mix too, miss Reimu."

"She has a point. The power of yours is considered broken here." Shanghai covers her mouth and mimics a giggle as Reimu glares at her.

The group then continues watching, just in time for Kuro to grab some of the icicle Danmakus and throw them back at Cirno with sonic speed, forcing the fairy to dodge immediately. Once the fairy is distracted, he stands on his left leg then slowly raises his right one up… and starts kicking straight towards with inhuman speed, creating a barrage of Danmaku heading right to Cirno, who panics a bit and flies up to avoid getting hit. She then throws Danmaku to him from above, hoping to hit him. Unfortunately, when she dodges, he has already stopped attacking to retract his stand. Once he sees the counterattack, he channels his magic into the right arm, extends it out to become an energy blade. He then slashes up towards the Danmaku, creating an energy wave that destroys all Danmaku on its path and heads straight to Cirno, who unfortunately can't dodge in time and takes the hit directly.

"That looks hurtful." Having dealt with the wild fairies, Marisa has joined the group just in time to see the attack.

"And I told him to not hurt her." Renko shakes her head, but smiles and starts taking some pictures through her phone. "At least she's not blasted yet."

"He's perfectly fit for Gensokyo heh?" Marisa whistles. "Constantly dodging and all…"

"That, or earn a building-size blade to the face." Maribel nonchalantly says, earning surprised expressions from the girls. "It's getting wilder on the Outsider World when magic was revealed."

"…That might be a problem for Gensokyo…" Reimu bites her thumbnail. "It has been protected for a long time…"

Then you don't have to worry. The barrier will only be taken down if every single person here agrees to. And you will give the final decision.

The maiden blinks and turns left and right, trying to see where Kuro is, only to see him still dodging Cirno's attacks while sending out his own Danmaku. Seeing Reimu's confusion face, the black magician asks: "Hey, what's wrong?"

"…I was just hearing things…" Reimu dismisses…

"You mean a voice that sounds exactly like Kuro?" Maribel asks, causing the maiden to snap her head to the girl in surprise. "I don't think I'm in the position to tell you about him, though. You need to ask Kuro directly about it."

"Hm… you mean telepathy?" Alice asks. "It's not uncommon in here…"

"It's a completely different thing, Alice. It's like someone's whispering next to my ears, not just speaking directly in my mind." Reimu shakes her head once. "Never mind about it."

"FREEZE SIGN 'PERFECT FREEZE'!" Seeing that she's on the disadvantage, Cirno decides to use one of her cards.

"Finally, huh?" Kuro whispers to himself, as the Danmaku start spreading around the battlefield and when they completely surround him, they freeze in place, and Cirno continues her assault with a different barrage of icicles. "So be it." In his left hand, a katana appears in its sheath…

"Okay, we need to back off, now!" Maribel warns as she and her friend starts flying further away from the battlefield. The natives don't understand why for a moment, but then they feel the pressure of the incoming attack, so they immediately follow the girl duo.

Once they feel that the distance is safe, they focus at Kuro to see him having his body slightly turn to the left, the katana is brought to the back and the right hand is slowly reaching the handle of the sword. The area surrounding him turns slightly black, as every single Danmaku stops in place…

"Five seconds, Cirno." Kuro warns. "Exit from the field, or lose."

"Like I would!" Cirno is a little offended as she fires more Danmaku to him, but they are also stopped in the air the moment they're fired. "What the heck is this?"

"It's your loss, then. Yamato Sign…"

"Of course he has to go for that." Renko laughs.

"Wait, isn't that lethal?" Marisa asks. "Not that I'm worried about her, but if he…"

"It's just for show. He will explain it later."

"Judgement Cut End!" With the last shout, Kuro grabs the sword's handle…

From her perspective, Reimu sees Kuro's image split into three and fly to three directions, and then multiple of forms of him rushing around the area with countless slashes followed. Then, the images gather back to the original spot, as Kuro kneels on one of his knees and his left hand keeping the sheath vertically in front of him, his right hand slowly pushing the blade back. Cirno doesn't move during the process…

When the sword's fully sheathed, all Danmaku in the air are destroyed by sword slashes, and Cirno gets blasted away with an invisible force that knocks her out. Her unconscious body then falls into the forest, causing Daiyousei to quickly rush to her to catch her in worry.

"Well… that's a quick ending." Marisa jokes. "Should we be worried how broken his power is?"

"I don't think it's broken, though. He literally gave her time to escape that move." Alice reasons.

"And that's him not instantly using it." Maribel says. "Normally it's just one second to react."

"Are the fights outside that extreme?" Reimu sweatdrops. She then sees Kuro flying back to the group with his wings. "Having your fun there, I see."

"Not really. She is strong, compared to the other fairies, I will give her that." Kuro shrugs.

"Also, did you prepare that move from the beginning?" Alice asks. "I heard you named it like a spell card…"

"Ah, that's just me being a fanboy." He laughs. "I was planning to pull out my guns…"

"That's overkill." Maribel criticizes.

"If it's loaded with Danmaku, it's still allowed." Reimu says.

"Anyway, let's just head to the SDM. I'm looking forward to see that book you were worried about, Kuro." Marisa starts heading towards the destination they planned from the start.

"Let's follow her before Meiling punches her off the sky." Alice proposes, and everyone starts continuing their travel…

With Kuro holding Reimu from behind, with his arms around her abdomen and his head pressing against hers.

"…Father. What are you doing?" Slightly crept out, Reimu asks.

"Cuddly…" Kuro replies, with his childish voice that causes the others to look at him funnily, especially at his dreamy face.

"Ah right, that's his child-self coming in." Renko laughs. "Just bear with him for a while, Reimu."

"…Does this happen often?"

"Yes." Both Renko and Maribel answers the maiden's question at the same time, earning them a blank stare from her. The latter continues: "Think of a never-aged body with a mind of centuries-old man and a childlike soul, and you have him."

"Well… if I didn't know his real age, I would say you two look like a couple." Alice says while giggling, earning a bright blush from the girl.

"That… is not helping…" Reimu looks up to see Kuro's excited face, and she can tell that he's enjoying this. "…How did he even charm someone with this kind of personality?" She then sees him starting to nudge her red ribbon. "…Okay, final question: Does he have, like, multi personalities?"

To a degree, yes.

"…Is that the voice you heard earlier?" Alice is now able to hear it.

"Yeah." Renko is completely immune to that weirdness, and so is her friend.

Meiling is holding her laugh as she sees the group in front of her. "Pff… Reimu, that…"

"Don't. Ask." Reimu's face is still reddened, albeit the color fades a bit. "We have business here."

"I heard from Lady Patchouli. Come in." Pushing the gate and standing aside so the guests could come in, she then says: "Have fun in there!"

"Of course!" Marisa responds with a laugh, causing the gatekeeper to also burst out laughing as well.

Deciding it to be enough, Reimu pulls herself out of Kuro's arms, and it works perfectly as he doesn't even bother to stop her. She then points at his face with a sour face and scowls: "What the hell are you thinking? If you're not my father, I would just kick you right at you-know-where."

"Your cute expression makes it worth." Kuro tilts his head with a happy smile on the face… that earns him a jab to the chin by the embarrassed maiden. His smile is still there when he watches her fumingly walking into the mansion.

"Still worth it?" "Of course." That's Marisa and Kuro's simple dialogue that causes Alice to shake her head in amusement while Renko and Marible just giggle.

After a short walk, they finally reach the Library, where Patchouli is waiting in one of the tables filled with books, and a sealed box in the middle of it. The girl looks up from her book and greets: "Welcome to my library… you two are new." After Renko and Maribel introduce themselves, she continues: "A pleasant day to you all. Now… what happened to you?" She notices Reimu turning her face away from Kuro.

"She's a little embarrassed." The father replies, which earns him a whack to the head by the daughter's gohei. Everyone then sits down around the table as Kuro pulls the box near him. "So the book is in here?"

"Yes… at least, the box is. We do feel the presence of something inside, but we're not sure if the book has turned into a Youkai or not."

"…Well, let's not open the box then." His face turns serious, as he puts the box in his left palm. Then, everyone watches a dark energy emitting from his left eye then running through his left arm, reaching the box and completely engulfing it in a ball of darkness…

Then, everyone, including Kuro with his right hand, has to cover their ears in despair as a loud screeching echoes through the library for a good minute as the only male of the group keeps using more dark energy to eliminate whatever inside the box with the container itself. After that one minute, the box explodes into magic remnants, which are quickly absorbed by its destroyer.

"What is it, Lady Patchouli?" Running to her master, Koakuma asks her worryingly. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine *cough*." The librarian sits up properly with a light cough because of the dust left behind from the explosion. She then asks Kuro who just recovers from that: "What was that?"

"Well… your fear somewhat became truth." Kuro shakes his head again to clear his mind. "How could Yukari even claim that the books were harmless if there's a chance that they could turn into Youkai?"

"Urgh, our ears…" Reimu whines. "Can you do that without that loud of a scream?"

"Ask the Youkai itself, not me." Kuro retorts back.

"What happened here?" The ones who have fully recovered turn their heads to the exit door to see Sakuya standing there with her knives ready in her hands. "Did someone attack you all?"

"It's nothing, miss Sakuya." Kuro stands up and defuses the situation. "Remember the book we have talked last night? That thing turned into a Youkai in the box, and, well, I burnt it."

Looking at the librarian, the maid earns a nod of confirmation. She retracts back her knives and says: "Then, my thanks for dealing with it. That book has been a thorn to look after in this place."

"It's my duty, after all." Kuro then closes his eyes and starts concentrating on the power he just absorbed…

"Aw, I want a quick peak on the book…" Marisa disappointedly says.

"With the scream like that, anything from the book screams evil." Alice deadpans.

"…The copy of Book of Eibon, huh? Not the dangerous one by itself, still, better destroy it to avoid unnecessary damage." Kuro opens his eyes after confirming it and speaks to himself.

"You just destroyed something without me?" Turning to his left, he sees a pouty Flandre. "I want to see how you did it!"

Kuro just chuckles and pats her. "Maybe next time." He then turns to ask Patchouli: "Since it's my fault for leaving that book in your place for too long, you could ask me to do something for you…"

"Hey, wait a second. How could that be your fault?" Reimu asks confusingly. "You didn't even know about…"

"I knew about this specific book, I just didn't know about the others." Kuro explains.

"Hm… if you're willing to do so…" Patchouli starts thinking. "…How about I borrow the original book?"

"…The Book of Eibon…" In his right hand, a book materializes out of thin air, and he gives it to the librarian. "Have to warn you, though. The magic is not very impressive for someone like you, and please don't use any of them. I don't like cleaning any mess it could cause accidentally."

"I'm not an amateur, thank you very much."

"Everything is possible with magic, and you know it."

After a few seconds of silence, Patchouli takes the book. "So be it, I just have to be careful with the book?" She earns a nod from him.

Kuro then feels Flandre yanking on his coat and he turns to her as she asks: "Hey mister, can you play with me? Meiling is out guarding the gate."

"Hm…let me ask Reimu first." He turns his head to the maiden. "Do you have anything important to do today?"

"Not likely, father."

"I see." He returns to Flandre and smiles. "Well, lead the way young lady."

"Yay!" The younger vampire cheers happily, as she grabs his hand and pulls him towards her room.

Her eyes follow the duo, as the maid sighs. "I hope both of them won't blow up anything, given by how powerful both of them are."

"I think it's okay. Kuro himself is not a violent person, unless you mess with the people around him." Maribel and her friend are not very worried. The former then asks Patchouli: "Since this is a library, can I borrow some of the books?"

"Be careful of booby traps." That's the only warning from Patchouli before the group witnesses Marisa getting blown up from a shelf a bit far away.

"…Guess I will find Remilia for fun. Hey, Sakuya, is she awake?"

"After last night, she has taken a day off. You can spend your time here if you want, and give you some desserts if you want."

"Hm… alright then."

Chapter 7 end!

Reference:

Yamato Sign: Judgement Cut End is the replica of DMC 5 Vergil's Ultimate move, same name.

That's it for now. Protect yourself everyone, and see you in the future!