/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Still, I was planning to disappoint her in regards to the fee for a long, long time. "Heh." She chuckled, pushing the boat onwards. "That's exactly what Reimu said, you know. "The best things in life are friends, huh?" She said, sitting exactly where you are now." It was funny, I thought, hearing about things that Reimu had done that I was doing too. I really couldn't pay, though. "It's fine." Komachi said. I watched the ripples that she made in the water. "Just tell me the story of your proposal on the way back. That'll cover it." She looked at me and grinned again, and despite myself, I grinned back.

I could hear vague chatter between Reimu and Yamame above me, but other than that, the world was still. I couldn't see the shore that we'd come from or the shore on the other side, but Komachi didn't seem worried about it. In fact, it was only minutes later that she spoke up. "Oh?" She raised a hand to her forehead to shield her eyes. "I think I see the shore over there." I looked behind me, in the direction that the boat was going. Oh, she was right. There was a shoreline over there. "Looks like you're still in fairly good standing." Komachi said to me. "Lady Eiki would like that." With a slight thump, the boat hit the other shore. "Go on, then. I've got to say, I've never seen someone cross the Sanzu River...Just to heal a sore throat." It sounded stranger than I'd realised, now that she was saying it out loud. "Well, maybe that's why I find you all so interesting." Komachi said, smiling once more. I thanked her, then dismounted the boat, stepping onto solid ground once more. A moment later, Reimu and Yamame joined me.

"Ugh, it's weird up there. You can't tell what's going on without Komachi as a reference." Reimu told me, shivering. "Alright, let's keep going. I think I know the way from here." I handed the packages back over to Yamame before Reimu grabbed me by the wrists and dragged me into the air again. The other shoreline was a beautiful place. Flowers everywhere, varieties that I couldn't imagine many living people had seen though plenty of dead people probably had. The fields seemed to stretch on into the distance, though the Yama had to judge the souls that crossed the river somewhere near here.

A few moments later, though, the red flowers that I was seeing all around me started to thin out, and I could feel the warmth in the air. Something caught my eye, and I saw a figure jump from a small building below, flying up to meet us. This, I assumed, was Kutaka Niwatari. She was blonde, her hair shining in the omnipresent hazy sun of Higan. There was what seemed to be a large nest on her head, red in colour and with a tiny chicken sitting in it. It was looking between us suspiciously. Kutaka had large wings, fluffy and full of golden feathers, and a long, bushy, feathery tail which trailed from under her dress. Her dress was orange, with a separate white collar and a red bow tied around her neck. Brown boots on her feet, coming halfway up to her knees. "Halt!" She called, stopping in front of us. "Eh? You're...The Hakurei Shrine Maiden. Why are you trying to get into Hell? And - You two..." Kutaka stared between us, narrowing her eyes. "Identify yourselves."

"Reimu Hakurei, her brother, her brother's lover. Listen, we're not going to Hell." Reimu seemed a little impatient by this point. "Yamame's got a sore throat and we want you to fix it."

Kutaka looked incredulous. "You - I'm sorry, can you repeat yourself?" The tiny chick in the red nest scratched its head in confusion. I wondered how much it understood. "Did you just - You crossed the Sanzu River...To heal a sore throat?"

"Yeah," Reimu replied bluntly. Kutaka stared at her, wide-eyed. I wondered if my wrists would just fall off from all the hanging from them I was doing. "Can you do it?" She raised an eyebrow, and Kutaka stammered something. Her voice, I thought, was quite...Musical. She seemed like she'd be an amazing singer. Finally admitting defeat, I called up to Reimu and asked if we could land. "Huh? Oh, er, sure." She lowered me to the ground, Kutaka and Yamame following. I massaged my wrists, hoping that they weren't too sore, since I'd still need to get home after this. "Anyway, like I was saying - Can you do it?"

Kutaka slowly looked from me to Yamame. "Er...I'm supposed to be working, but..." She beckoned Yamame closer, so I took the packages. "How bad is it?"

"I don't think it's that bad..." Yamame replied hoarsely.

>>44150663
You should have made an Okuu thread with that line before I did. Plus, she is literally Death.

>>36706550
Komachi is the bestest

>>35539763
not like girls are useful for anything else

Komachi proves that bra-less is a good option too!