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| - “Marisa isn't tasty!! Go away!! Yugyaaaaa!!!”“Uu~ Uu~~ Going to eat you~!” A common sight. In the heat of the summer, a scampering Marisa is darting and weaving amongst the shrubs and bushes, desperately trying to escape a predating Remilia. Marisa's happy and gleeful return to her family's nest from the hunt was shattered by the scene of horror in her own home. A family of Remilias have found their nest and made quick work of Marisa's beloved Reimu and their three little ones. Reimu has been ripped in half, her eyes frozen in a blank horrified stare as the baby Remilias munched on her innards. The little koyukkuris were strewn about the room, some splattered on the walls and others a streak of red on the floor. The Remilias must have used the koyukkuris as hunting practice, and flung them like toys when they were too tired to run. And so Marisa quietly fled. There's nothing she could do. It was her misfortune that the mother Remilia just happened to turn around and see her. “Yu~!! Yu~!! Can't... dage... id... eajy....” “Uu~! Uu~!!” Marisa was quickly running out of breath. After all, yukkuris are not known for their athletic abilities. “Yu...!!! YuGAAA?!?”“Uu~?!” Not looking at where she is going, Marisa jumped through a shrub only to find that there is no ground under her feet. Instead, she found herself hovering above a steep decline into a grassy valley. The sides of the valley are so steep that it would probably be more accurately called a ravine. “Yu!! It feels like.... YUGAAAAA WHERE IS MIZDER FLOORRR!??!??!! “Uu~ Uu~~” Marisa tumbled through the air like the ungraceful manju that she is, landing hard on her side before continuing her roll down the cliff side. The Remilia hovered around for a little bit before going back to Marisa's nest to finish off her meal. The ravine seemed to have proved to be too troublesome for her to fetch Marisa. “Yu.... Yuuuu.... id... hurds..... Mariza's face...." Through some miracle, Marisa seemed to have landed on a soft grass bed without splattering herself against a rock. However, she's badly hurt from the fall. One of her eyes has been poked out by a sharp rock on the way down, and she has cuts all over her body. Her feet have been smashed from the landing, a large flash across where the bottom of her feet used to be. Her hat has been torn up, its contents from the hunt earlier this morning spilling out on the way down. Marisa is dying. “Wanted... to... take... it .... eajy.... more.....” Thoughts of her family flooded through her bean paste brain. The first time she met Reimu, how her beautiful ribbon dazzled in the sunset. And how Marisa was completely captivated at first sight. Their little love nest in the dead tree trunk. It was a bit small but it was warm in the winter and cool in the summer. The happiness and feeling of content when Reimu was pregnant, a little green stalk on her head with three little cute koyukkuris. Their beautiful little children, their little yells of “Take it easy!” are like music to Marisa and Reimu's ears. Gone forever. And with that, Marisa faded with them into the darkness. “... asy.....” Darkness. “M... ***.... easy” Something, someone is calling. “Mar...... e... easy....” Reimu? “.... it easy....”“Marisa take it easy!” Marisa opened her eyes. She is in a little cave, and it seems to be raining lightly outside. The cave is dimly lit from the outside, and she can't get a good look at her surroundings. Marisa realized that she couldn't see anything on her left side, the dull throbbing pain in her left eye probably had something to do with it. She didn't realize that she had lost her eye. “Is Marisa ok? Take it easy! Alice was so worried!” “A...lice....?” “Marisa don't move!! The wounds will open up!” Ah, that's right. Marisa remembered that she was running away from Remilia... from her dead family.... and then the feeling of flying.... and massive pain. “YUGYAAAAAA!!! Don't eat Marisaaaaa!!! Reimmuuuuu!!!! YUUGAAAAA!!” “Marisa!??!! Take it easy!!” Marisa wailed and twisted about, and as she twisted about spurts of bean paste leaked out of her patched up wounds. “YUGYAAAA!!! ID HURDSSSS!!!” “Marisa!! Stop moving!! Take it easyy!! Alice will lick-lick~ the pain away~” “YUGAAAA!!.... Yu.... Yu.....” With a few licks from Alice, Marisa finally began to calm down. The hurt on her skin is leaking away with each lick. Some deep seated memories bubbled up. When she was little, she went out to play and hurt herself falling over a rock. Mommy came and lick-licked the pain away. Just like now. “Yu... Alice....?” “Yu! Alice is Alice!! Take it easy!!” “Take... it... easy....” “Yu yu!! Alice was so worried!! Alice found Marisa all hurt!! Alice dragged Marisa home before mister rain came!! Good thing Alice found Marisa in time or Marisa wouldn't be able to take it easy anymore!!” “Yu.... Alice... did... all that....? For Marisa...?” Alice grinned brightly and continued to lick Marisa's wounds. The pain on her skin is almost completely gone, but something else still hurts. Something deep inside. Reimu's gone. Little ones are gone. Marisa feels like everything has ended. Maybe it would've been better if Alice didn't save her. Marisa curled up and faced away from Alice. Alice fidgeted around a little bit. “Yu... M.. Marisa.... Alice couldn't find Marisa's eye-eye... There's nothing Alice could do about Marisa's eye... sorry.” Eye? Marisa couldn't understand what Alice was talking about. A sudden sleepiness came over Marisa. “Yu... Marisa... would like some rest.... thank you Alice...” “No problem! Take it easy!! Stay as long as Marisa needs to! This is Alice's easy place, it's really safe!! Just don't move around too much! Marisa's wounds will open back up!! ” Alice gathered up some dried nuts and seeds and pushed it beside Marisa. “This isn't much... but Alice will look for food once mister rain stops!! Eat it easy Marisa!” “Take it... easy...” And Marisa blacked out once more. This time her dreams are filled with winter time with her parents. There wasn't much food left, this winter has been extraordinarily harsh. There's nothing left except for dried nuts and seeds. Her father, Marisa, and her mother, Reimu, are at their wits end. Her little siblings are shivering in a corner, half from hunger and half from the cold. She vaguely remembers something her father said, about an easy place where there's a lot of food and no Remilias, where there's no misterwinter... a yukkuri paradise.
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