Holy hell, a freaking rollercoaster of BS events happened in these months, sorry for the delay of this story. Between constant failed experiments and reports, then to the global epidemic and the classes stacking up, I nearly had no time to keep in check with all stories. This one is no exception as I need to re-watch many things before having a good idea what to write next.

About characters that could appear in this story, I will immediately exclude COD Ghost out, since I didn't play it (I did watch it on Youtube, but it didn't give me a good impression like the other). AW depends heavily on my mood, maybe I would have to re-play the game before I give my final decision. New WOW... the same as AW.

Also, this chapter seriously looks like a filler, sorry about that. Once my mind about this story is clear, would the next chapter be better.

Anyway, since you guys have waited for too long, I will show you some changes in this Gensokyo through this chapter. Enjoy chapter 11!

"Thanks for saving me back in Vorkuta." After the two Black Ops soldiers give each other a bro-hug, Mason recalls the years they were in the prison. "But, you seriously made me believe that you were with me the whole time if CIA members didn't fill the gaps for me."

Reznov laughs after hearing that. "Then I did a great job back then!"

As the two soldiers talk about their past, Ghost asks the other two Marines: "So... how did you find the guy?"

"Got chased by Rumia." Vasquez replies while stiffening a laugh. "You know, that girl might be the 'first boss' for anyone who's unfamiliar to this place and just arrived without knowing anything."

"I can see that." Ghost chuckles. "By the way, did you two find anything to fix the heli?"

"Unfortunately not." Jackson points towards his bag. "Simple materials like screws and bolts, yeah we can buy some. But complicated things like radio, we need to give the Kappas samples, like our own, so they could replicate it... and it would take time."

"So..."

"No, we didn't give them yet." Jackson knows what the British plans to ask. "Since it might be a problem if someone bad in here could steal it. Also, given by your experience with Shepherd..."

"Yeah, I know." Betrayal is not that easily to be forgiven, even if there's a good reason behind it. Ghost then sees the other duo finished talking as they walk to his group. He decides to give the new soldier a handshake as he introduces himself: "Welcome to Gensokyo. My name is Simon Riley, or you can call me Ghost."

"Thank you. I'm Alex Mason, SOG." The Black Ops soldier replies.

"SOG... now that's some deep sh!t." Ghost laughs as the two separate. "Heard what happened to you from Reznov. Gotta say you have gone through some messed up work."

"It was." Mason laughs it out as well. "But it's in the past now. Let's focus on the present."

"About that..." All soldiers turn to Reznov. "I think we might have a slight problem. With the number of us increasing..."

"Griggs, Soap and miss Keine are working on finding a new location to stay. But it's going to be difficult, since people here won't willingly give up their homes that easily." Ghost knows what Reznov is talking about. "We can try to build a house..."

"Well lucky for us..." The group then sees Griggs walking to them with a smile. "There are no rules for us to NOT build a house outside of the village."

"But that would paint a target on our back... You know what, why not?" Vasquez dismisses the danger. "We have non-lethal bullets now, so there's nothing much that can hurt us."

"I believe we could discuss this back at your place." Mason speaks up while gesturing to the people around them.

"Right." Everyone else agrees.

Location: Village's school.

"Near the Bamboo Forest of the Lost? Are you sure about it?" Roach asks Keine in confusion. "While I'm not scared of the Youkai since we have Danmaku, and Ghost and I having Fire Magic, the location itself is a threat by itself."

"Don't worry. Mokou lives near there and knows her way around the forest. Even if you're lost in it, she would have noticed immediately. Or you might wander to Eientei, and the rabbits there would lead you out... hopefully."

"That... doesn't sound good."

"One of them has a habit of pranking everyone. And...well, try not to actively meet the Princess of that place. She's... not someone you would like to mess with."

"Yeah, no, we would like to avoid any royalties if we could. Unless it's urgent."

"About the 'Magic'... you can try, but I'm not guaranteeing it to work. Hieda no Akyu, or 'Child of Miare'. She might be able to help you using simple magic spells."

"Um... isn't she the one writing the Chronicle thing?"

"Oh, you found out about 'Gensokyo Chronicle' already? I'm impressed."

"Well, Soap has a habit of looking into any notes he finds suspicious. Probably because of his history with Captain Price."

"If that's the case... you have found out what's safe, and what's not, right?"

"You could say something like that..."

Later...

Location: Special Forces 'HQ'

"...Okay, this 'person' sounds a bit like Menendez already." Mason has a bad vibe after hearing about who resurrected the soldiers. "What would he gain with this?"

"That's the question we asked ourselves." Soap replies. "But, considering he hasn't done anything bad, yet... besides, this world is already dangerous by itself."

"He even said that resurrecting is not a thing to be taken lightly." Ghost remembers the letter given to him when he first arrived. "And since he seemingly knows us well, he knows that we wouldn't do anything evil."

"Hm..." Mason is still having some thoughts about the situation. While it's true...

"Hey, what did I miss?" Roach returns back from his job, as he joins the table.

"Ah, just trying to figure out why we're revived." Ghost answers.

"Didn't we just decide to drop it already?"

"My apology for my own paranoid, Roach."

"Ah, yeah. You have every reason to suspect. Though, we decide to just let the world run on its own... for now." Roach dismisses it. He then changes the subject: "We now have two places to try to build new bases. The first one is, obviously, Forest of Magic. Second one is near Bamboo Forest of the Lost."

"No one occupied those places, yes?" Griggs asks again, just to make sure.

"Who's insane enough to step into danger on their own? Us Special Forces, of course."

"With the old Russian who has stopped fearing death." Reznov's remark following after Roach's joke makes everyone laugh out loud.

"Alright... you got me." Mason has decided that he would stop thinking about why he's thrown here. "Let's see how my life turns crazier in here."

Weeks later

Location: Forest of Magic

"Did Marisa influence you to do this?" Alice asks with a tint of amusement. She's sitting in her garden at the table, with the dolls doing the houseworks for her.

"Maybe, maybe not." Soap laughs, as he stops for a moment in front of Alice's house. "So, do you need something?"

"Just curious at your plans." Alice admits.

"I see. Well, see you later." Carrying the lodge back on his shoulder, the Captain heads to where they're planning to build their new base.

The puppeteer looks at the direction that the soldier is taking, as Shanghai pours more tea into her cup. Once the cup's filled, she takes a small sip then turns her eyes back to her book. "Hope they're not as noisy as Marisa."

...

Location: Bamboo Forest of the Lost

"This... is one of the riskiest places for human to stay. And yet you all still want to build a house here?" Mokou asks in confusion, as she sees the group of soldiers bringing materials into the newly cleared area next to the forest. "I'm not going to babysit you all."

"Well, we hope that we don't meet any troubles that we need to ask for your help." Mason replies. "Besides, between the risk of getting lost in a forest and getting killed by a poisonous gas, you know which we would pick."

"...Well, your choice. Just don't disturb the others." Mokou shrugs it off after hearing his reason. "Also, if you're interested, I do have a Yakitori stand. Come by if you want a change of pace."

"Thanks for the offer."

"Hey, Mason! Kinda need that one ASAP!" Jacquez's voice echoes from afar, getting the SOG soldier's attention.

"Ah, right. Sorry, see you around soon!" Mason says his goodbye to the Hourai Immortal before heading to the direction of the voice with a bag full of building items.

"...Crazy, all of them." Mokou shakes her head disapprovingly. "But... it would be fun, in its own way."

...

Sunset. Forest of Magic

"Okay... there. That's the spot." Ghost wipes the sweat out of his forehead. "Soap, is your side okay?"

"Nothing unusual." His radio catches his Captain's voice. "Seems like a silent night for us."

"Well that's good." He picks his rifle up from the ground on one hand, and a stack of unconscious wild animals on the other. "Danmaku seems to be handy in this situation."

"Raw and lively in literal sense huh?"

"Pretty much."

Walking to the campfire where Soap, Roach and Reznov are waiting, Ghost puts down the rabbit then looks at the bonfire which is burning up brightly. "Getting used to magic yet, Roach?"

The Sergeant points at a bush behind the group with his thumb as he answers: "The wild animals are hiding from me. Take a guess."

The old soldier chuckles at how Roach 'sued' them away. "Yeah, creating a Pillar of Fire is a good way to do so."

"Hey! I was just stretching when the wolves rushed out that surprised me!" He protests.

"Pillar of Fire? Then how didn't I see that earlier?" Ghost asks in confusion. If that's really the case, he would have seen that while on the hunt.

"It wasn't too big." Roach admits. "And I doubt we could reach the level of blasting lasers within days."

"Fair enough." Ghost replies, which causes everyone to laugh at it. "Well, let's have a campfire party tonight. The others are probably having one as well."

"Can I eat it?" Instinctively, the soldiers reach towards their guns and aim at where the voice is, only to see a smiley Darkness Youkai with her mouth watering and her eyes focusing on the preys Ghost has caught.

Seeing no hostility from her, the soldiers look at each other for a moment to measure the plan... then, Soap replies: "You can, but after we cook them up. Is that okay?"

"Okay!" The child cheers and then sits down next to the animals while staring at them.

"...Okay..." Ghost doesn't know what to say, so he picks a rabbit and starts skinning it.

After a moment of eerie silence, Roach decides to speak to the girl: "So, uh, Rumia, right?"

"Hm? Yeah! I'm Rumia!" Confused at the question, Rumia answers back.

"So... why did you... ehm... eat human?"

"Roach." Soap warns.

"Because I'm hungry." That's her simple response. That also makes the Captain give her a deadpan look.

"I heard from miss Keine that you were human, right?" Roach questions again, hoping to talk some senses to her.

"Hm... I don't remember." Rumia admits. "Was I human?"

"...That doesn't sound like a Mason to me." Reznov scratches his head. "Maybe this Youkai-fy could cause memory lost, especially to the young ones?"

"Maybe, maybe not." Soap guesses. "But... hey, Rumia, would you stop attacking people if you're fed?"

"Yeah!"

"That's... wow." Roach comments. "If that's really the case... just regularly feeding her would solve the problem itself... right?"

"On paper, perhaps." Soap half-agrees. "But, Youkai also needs fear to exist. If we take that away, she won't exist anymore."

"It's not that complicated, really." Everyone looks up to see Marisa descending down from her broom. "Outdoor party, huh? A small change of pace, I see."

"Back to the matter, why did you say that?" Reznov rides the conversation back before it could go off-road.

"Her existence itself would already cause fear to the people in the village, especially the ones who has either a weak heart or an unfortunate meeting with one of the bad Youkai. Of course, to the people who is strong and has fought her like you guys, she isn't much of a trouble, but it won't say the same to the others." Marisa explains further. She then notices a burning mark not far away from the group. "Hey, did either of you use a Pillar of Fire here?"

"Is it that obvious?" Roach scratches his head in embarrassment.

"I was here since birth, so I have seen and used more magic than you all." Sitting next to Soap, she then asks: "So, you guys are going to be our new neighbors, huh? Bold move to stay in here."

"We faced death before, so I don't think a few Youkai would be a problem." Reznov laughs. "And we also don't have to accidentally kill anyone here because of the rules."

"The Outside World are surely getting more violent even without Youkai." The black witch comments, then looks at how skillful Ghost dissects the preys. "Perks for being soldiers, adapting as fast as possible, huh?"

"Well, ask Soap for that. He knows how it feels." Ghost replies.

"What does he mean?"

"If you are given a mission to go undercover for days, you need to prepare for worst situations. Especially for a sniper, since sometimes they have to stay in one place for days."

"Damn, that sounds rough. One day without food is already too much for us." Marisa grins, kind of understanding their situations.

Soap then picks up a slightly burnt wood and starts mumbling a spell. Then, bubbles start appearing around the burnt areas. He then notices Marisa smirking at him so he asks: "What's wrong?"

"What's that spell? I know that you're not used to magic yet so you have to use easy spells, but producing bubbles?" Marisa is trying her best to not laugh at the idea.

"...You don't know Healing spells?" The Captain asks, confused.

"...I'm sorry, but where's the 'Healing' part is that?!" Her voice gets a little louder.

"Look at this wood." Soap raises the object in his hand towards her. "Remember the burning mark?" The bubbles then disappear, revealing the burnt areas on the object... without those marks anymore, leaving the untouched inner parts of the wood visible. "I'm testing if the 'Healing' spells work like how some of our media showed. Though, since our concepts of that are different, I decided to take another approach by trying to learn how to 'clean' the damage first."

Marisa's attempting to laugh dies down, but her smile is still there as she now understands what Soap is planning. "I see. Because your knowledge is still limited, you tried to take a different way, yet the same purpose to use a spell."

"Something like that."

Grabbing the wood, Marisa examines to see if the burnt parts are washed away or not. Then, she grins: "Is this why people called you 'Soap'?"

"That... doesn't relate to each other." Soap answers with a poker face, but Roach and Ghost's chuckles confirm it.

"Yeah, you 'cleaned' the whole squad with a pistol before you when I blew up the C4, remember?" That earns Roach the wood to the face thrown by Soap, though that doesn't stop the others including himself from laughing more.

Except the Darkness Youkai who's still waiting for her food to be ready.

?'s POV

He knew my situation, yet he said I'm deserved a second chance. I laughed and called him naive.

He asked me of my reasons for the sins I committed, I said to make those people pay for what they have done to me and my people.

He then said that those people deserved it, much to my surprise. But, he added that my actions were still wrong, and I chuckled. Of course it's wrong.

He then asked what I would do if I am to live in a better environment. I asked back what 'better' he meant.

His answer: less political, less conflict between human, more freedom of thinking. That sounded ideal, but, I asked why he added 'between human'.

He didn't answer, instead he asked what if I could live again with 'that person' without those scars, those pain. That made me hesitate, which is not normal to even myself.

About a minute, I answered yes. He smiled and then...

That's years ago. Now, I live with the 'person' peacefully, selling 'legal' products with no one trying to beat us up...yet. Hate to admit, but I kinda like this new world. While there were some conflicts between us and the others, that's just normal rivalry in business, nothing too harmful. Well, as long as the 'person' doesn't complain, then I won't. Those fire caused us too many loses already, and I don't want anymore troubles.

That's before I saw 'them'. I hope that we won't have 'conflicts' like last time.

Chapter 11 end!

Just a sneak peak of the character that might (or might not) appear in the next chapter.

Considering how many COD characters are already in Gensokyo, it's sooner or later that they have to find a new place to live. But hey, no rules that they HAVE to live in the village.

I think that's it for now. Probably more delays for sure if the idea doesn't want to come to me. See you in the next chapters!