First off, I'd like to extend a very special thanks to Wolfsbane706, who helped me by starting off this chapter and helping me pick it up when I got stuck near the end. Now then...

The story continues! It's been an awfully long time since the last update, so if you haven't read this in a while, I'd suggest looking it over again. Last we left our perfectly likely couple, Kogasa and Sanae came to the shrine and the latter sped off with Sanae's school uniform, mistaking it for a bizarre kind of outside world pyjamas.

This chapter is short and sweet and to the point, with plenty of humor to lighten your hearts and lots of love between Kogasa and Sanae. Now then, let the reading commence~!

While Kogasa went off to change into Sanae's old school uniform, Sanae closed her door and promptly changed into her own nightclothes. Granted, it was only an extra-large t-shirt and bike shorts, but it was better than sleeping in just a sarashi like Reimu did. After she finished changing, she almost climbed into bed, business as usual, had it not been for the knock on her door then the clatter of something falling. Assuming the worst, Sanae threw her door open only to see Kogasa standing there in the school uniform with a puzzled look on her face. "What was that?" she asked, referring to the noise.

Kogasa tilted her head and scrunched her face in confusion before putting on a look of someone who'd just made a really impressive discovery. "I found these while I was looking for the bathroom," she said, gesturing to what was at her feet. Sanae looked down and, much to her surprise, saw a pair of figure skates she'd grown out of once she'd entered high school. The wind priestess had never been much of a skater; she could barely keep her balance normally, so what in the world made her think she'd be able to keep her balance on blades less than a centimeter in width, and on ice, no less?

"Those are my old ice skates," she explained, picking them up.

"Ice...skates?" Kogasa inquired, testing out the words. "Sounds fun!"

Sanae gave a wry chuckle as she examined the skates. Not mint, and the blades were dull, but still in relatively good condition. "It's only fun if you know how to ice skate," she told the karakasa. "Otherwise, you just fall and hurt yourself."

"Oh," Kogasa said, her face turning to disappointment. Then an idea struck her. "Hey, can I try ice skating?"

Sanae dropped the skates in surprise (much to Kogasa's enjoyment) and looked at the karakasa like she'd suggested that the wind priestess marry Reimu (not that it hadn't crossed her mind before). "First off, how would you do it?" Sanae asked. "I don't have any skates that would fit you and there's no ice."

Kogasa rolled her eyes like the answer was obvious. "You can make miracles, right?" Sanae nodded, thinking she knew where this was headed. "That's how the skates can fit, and the same goes for the ice!"

"I suppose that would work," Sanae said thoughtfully. "But can it wait until tomorrow? It's pretty late at night and I don't think the miracle would go completely right if I'm tired when I perform it. I could end up turning us into ice statues."

Kogasa nodded. "Yeah, I suppose you're right," she admitted.

"For tonight, that marathon I was talking about should be starting soon if you're still interested."

"Sure!"

"Let's get to it, then." Switching on the small television in her bedroom, she was most surprised (tonight was just a great night for Kogasa) to see a Western film; one of several she'd seen dubbed in Japan. One of her favorites, actually, though summer wasn't the best time for this to air. Halloween would have been better, but this was still an iconic movie, so what was the harm? "Change of plans," Sanae said, turning to Kogasa with a grin that reminded the karakasa just a little of the face Sanae made when exterminating youkai. "How about a scary movie instead?"

"Is it scary?"

"Wouldn't be a scary movie otherwise. Aren't you always talking about how you need to learn the classics?"

"Mmm...sure!"

"It was originally from somewhere in the outside world far from Japan," Sanae explained, taking a seat on her bed next to Kogasa. "The movie's old, but it's probably one of the most famous out there. This is the newer version, though I liked the old one better."

One adapted and dubbed scary movie later...

"I still liked it better when Robert Englund was Freddy," Sanae commented, switching off the TV. "So, how'd you like it, Kogasa?" No answer. "...Kogasa?" Turning to where she last saw the karakasa, she was actually half-expecting Kogasa to not be there. Only thing is, she was indeed there, trembling and shaking. Smiling that she found her date for the night, Sanae asked "How'd you like it?"

"Th-that was s-s-scary!"

"Don't say I didn't warn you." Sitting herself right next to the karakasa, Sanae added "Maybe I should just get you home. It's got to be intimidating being here with two bona fide goddesses, and those aren't even pyjamas..." Until she'd mentioned it, though, Sanae completely forgot that Kogasa was still wearing the former's school uniform from the bad old days. She had to do something about that. "I've got another t-shirt you can borrow, actually. Just...take off that uniform, and..."

"Are you alright?" Kogasa felt the need to ask because her date was beginning to not look so well. For one, she was getting all red, and almost looked ready for steam to start popping out of her ears. Her left pinky was twitching, her eyes were completely locked on Kogasa, and as a whole, it looked like something in the good girl's head broke involving the karakasa. Kogasa's almost-suspicions were confirmed when Sanae leapt from her spot on the bed to Kogasa's, tackling the karakasa down and landing the two on the bed, covering its length, with a green-haired girl on top of one with blue hair. "H-Hey! Are you okay?"

"I have a confession to make," Sanae said. "I tried to stop you from wearing my old school uniform at first, but now I don't care. To keep myself from sounding like a gross old man, there's a big following for that kind of thing, and I couldn't help myself once I saw you again."

"Hold on a sec," Kogasa exclaimed in surprise. "I don't get what you're saying!"

"I'm saying, you wearing that uniform is making me horny. You said to Byakuren that you were a virgin, right?"

"Y-Yeah...what about it?"

"From one virgin to another," Sanae said, planting her hands firmly on Kogasa's shoulders to prevent any form of escape, "I don't think we should take this relationship slowly. If Byakuren is right, this will be for the best, and if she's wrong, at least we don't leave here as virgins, you know?"

Meanwhile...

"This is so many kinds of messed up," Suwako whispered angrily. "Why are we listening in on this conversation?"

"Think about it," Kanako retorted with an equally hushed tone. "How many guests does Sanae ever bring home? Zero! Bringing such a cute girl home with her, she can't possibly have brought the girl over for just tea and conversation!"

"I'm saying, you wearing that uniform is making me horny. You said to Byakuren that you were a virgin, right?"

"I knew it!" Kanako exclaimed, not breaking the long-lived eavesdropper's tradition of keeping one's voice down when listening through doors.

"I can't believe Sanae's finally at that age," Suwako mourned quietly. "I thought we still had another year or two before this..."

"She's already 19 years old, isn't she? If anything, this is pretty late for a Kochiya, isn't it?"

"Shush, shush! It sounds like they're fixing to get naked!"

"...if she's wrong, at least we don't leave here as virgins, you know?"

Back to the smu-I mean...plot...

Kogasa once heard from an average Outside World human that wound up in Gensokyo that in Japan, a person who was considered talented was considered amazing everywhere else. Was Sanae talented at making points, then? Kogasa had no way to deny what she was being told right now. If the two were the perfect match for each other, then they would no doubt enjoy what was probably inevitable by now, and if they weren't, then at least they could leave their respective virginities behind. While she wasn't sure how young Sanae was, Kogasa knew that she was in the neighborhood of 110 (100 years as an umbrella; 10 as a karakasa) years old. That phrase "40-year-old virgin" she heard thrown about in the Human Village? What was a 100-year-old virgin, then? If Sanae hadn't mentioned it, Kogasa wouldn't care either way, but the problem was that she did mention it.

"So you're open for it, right?"

"I feel like you'll just do it anyway even if I say no."

"Ufufu, I guess you already know me well enough~"

"So it's good that I say yes!" Kogasa closed her eyes expectantly, but nothing ever came. Well, saying "nothing" wasn't completely true. She felt Sanae make several starts, but that was it. The heat of the moment was gone, and the red in the miko's face wasn't from being horny anymore, but from embarrassment. "Umm, Sanae?"

Sanae flinched, though not out of surprise (Kogasa didn't feel anything from it) and scratched the back of her head. "I thought it would be easier, you know?" she asked the karakasa.

She didn't know, actually. Kogasa had no freaking clue what Sanae was talking about. The good girl seemed plenty confident in her sexual prowess not too long ago, but now looked just as much a virgin as she did before this awkward moment started. "You have pyjamas I can borrow, right?"

"I've got another t-shirt you can have, but this is my only pair of bike shorts. You've got panties on, right?"

"O-Of course I do! What kind of question is that!?"

"Just asking."

Girls are now changing...

"This is a neat shirt," Kogasa commented, looking in the mirror at what she was wearing. The shirt was white with a very particular design on the front. The design was red, and most akin to a skull, if the top were made of flames. The skull had a very distinct pair of shades on, and beneath the design were what Sanae said were the English words for "Who the hell do you think I am!?" Like many things Sanae had discussed today, Kogasa didn't get it.

"It's not uncomfortable, is it?"

"No, it's alright. Thank you for letting me borrow your shirt, Sanae."

"It's the least I can do after embarrassing you like that. I'll go get us some hot tea."

"Thank you." Although, aren't you the one who was more embarrassed? With that, Kogasa turned toward the bed, and...the bed. One. Singular. Sanae had one bed. And to what she saw so far, there was no guest room in this quaint little shrine. Which meant there was a fairly important question Kogasa had to ask. Unfortunately, she chose the worst possible time to ask it; just as Sanae came in with two cups of hot tea. "Are we sleeping together?"

"!" Sanae found herself dropping two cups of tea in shock that she was hit with such an unexpected (even though she should have seen it coming) question, and from there it felt like about a hundred things happened at once. The cups shattered on the floor, throwing glass shards and hot liquid all over Sanae's general area. She was lucky enough to not get her feet torn to shit, but she did get one painful – though otherwise harmless – cut along her right foot. On the other hand, piping hot tea found itself all over both of Sanae's feet, including on the cut on her foot. The miko screamed in pain and leapt out of the room, thankful that there was no glass where she landed. Shaking off her right foot to get off as much tea as possible from her more-hurting foot, Sanae said through clenched teeth "Yeah, we're sleeping together."

"Are you alright!? I didn't mean to make you drop the tea; I'm sorry!"

"I'm fine, I'm fine. I'll clean this up; you just lay down, okay?"

"Thank you, Sanae."

"Don't mention it."

"Oh, wait. Sanae?"

"What's wrong?" she asked, now shaking off the left foot. Hopefully, the tea wouldn't leave any blisters or burn marks.

"Thank you for tonight. Even if we didn't do everything we planned to, it's been a really fun night."

"...heh. No problem, Kogasa. You get some sleep."

"Good night, Sanae."

"Good night."

I get this feeling, like you didn't see this coming. Unless you were Wolf, of course. After all, it was he who had the idea to not start the smut just yet. Things will get interesting very soon, just not yet. If I had to say, this is like if we were watching an anime, now would be the end of the intro sequence. We're ready to go now :)

I really don't have much to say about this, though ^_^