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With both Yukari and Reimu driven into madness, The Hakurei Barrier began to slowly crack and crumble with the presence of the two evil gods agitating it further. In the outside world, reports of unexplained mass hysteria in Japan started popping up in the media. Gensokyo had become a mad warzone as the residents, both sane and insane, continued the struggle against the invaders from beyond. The Human Village had been burned to the ground by the insane villagers while the Ancient City was close to being toppled by the void beings.

Remilia remained on her knees, staring emptily at the ground while Hastur slowly walked up to her. Suddenly, she let out a loud vampiric shriek, causing him to stop. With a speed that surprised even The King in Yellow, she rushed for him then slashed his chest, cutting through the yellow tattered rags and spilling red blood stained with blackness. He punched her in the chest in retaliation, sending her tumbling backwards. She quickly jumped back to her feet, screaming madly as she dashed back towards him with her nails extended. Her wings grew in size and seemed to change as they took on a much more menacing look. Hastur threw a red blob at her, which she blindly ran right into. She withstood the blast and kept on running, slashing his arm as he tried to block. He swung at her numerous times, but she dodged each strike and retaliated by slashing him.

A small growl of frustration could be heard under Hastur's mask as he formed a two handed sword. He cleaved Remilia at the waist, but she quickly turned into a swarm of bats. The bats surrounded him, mindlessly biting and slashing at him. He swung his sword around madly, cutting down and burning up droves of bats with every swing. Remilia reformed from the few bats that remained then bit down on his neck. He grabbed her then violently threw her to the ground, causing her to spit up blood as she hit it. She quickly recovered then went back to relentlessly slashing him with her claws in her fit of insanity.

Hastur and Remilia traded blow after blow with no signs of letting up. After a while, Hastur delivered the final punch, striking Remilia in the head and knocking her to the ground. She struggled to get back up, but he stepped on her chest, keeping her on the ground. She panted as her mad rush began to fade. He stared down at the defeated vampire without making any other moves. He then turned his head when he suddenly heard a slow clap. Nyarlathotep, having turned back to the form of a young girl, slowly clapped her hands while not looking particularly happy or upset.

"As much as I like watching you thrash that thing, I got other things to do." Nyarlathotep said. "Finish it off so we can move on to better things already."

Hastur looked down at Remilia who looked back up at him. She struggled to keep her eyes open as her consciousness began to fade. After a moment, Nyarlathotep sighed then walked up to the downed vampire.

"If you won't finish it, then I guess I'll have to." Nyarlathotep said. Her arm turned into a slimy tentacle then hovered it over Remilia's chest, right above her heart. The tentacle stiffened as it prepared to impale the vampire. Just as she went to pierce her heart, she was suddenly stopped by Hastur who had grabbed her tentacle arm. "What? What do you think you are doing?" She asked as she stared menacingly into Hastur's burning red eyes. He suddenly formed a sword then swung it at her, forcing her to jump back to avoid being cut. "I am growing so sick of you." Hastur then slowly removed the silver pallid mask from his face then dropped it, which dissolved into silver fire once it hit the ground. She stared dumbfounded as Max stared angrily back at her. "Maxi? You're still here?"

Remilia started to laugh, but then quickly began coughing as blood spilled out of her mouth. She wiped the blood off of her mouth then spoke weakly. "I knew it. I knew you were still there. I knew it… I… god damn… knew it…" She said before losing consciousness.

"But that's not possible! No human mind could possible survive alongside the mind of a god from another dimension!" Nyarlathotep exclaimed.

"Well it seems like I'm special now ain't I?" Max said.

"How did you even break free from his control?" Nyarlathotep asked while she tried to hide her agitation.

"I… didn't. I hate to admit it, but the prick let me out. He let me out so I can have a piece of you." Max said as his fists tightened.

"What? Hastur… You son of a bitch. I don't know what you are planning by doing this, but it was I who brought you here. I am the one who found this boy to be your avatar so you do as I say while you are in my dimension." Nyarlathotep said as she clenched her fists, drawing blood. "OBEY ME!" She screamed in a hideously distorted voice. A crazed smile formed on Max's face as he slowly shook his head. She thought to herself for a moment. Her fists shook at her sides then stopped as she calmed down. "Wait… I got a better idea, Maxi." She said while looking at Max seductively. "Since you are miraculously still here, why don't you join me? I could make it so it is Hastur who is imprisoned, not you. You could inherit all his powers and become The King in Yellow yourself. You and I could rule this universe side by side and quite possibly the rest of the multiverse. I will even spare this world since you still hold some attachment to it. What say you?"

Max rubbed his chin as he pretended to think. After several minutes and driving Nyarlathotep's patience he answered. "No."

Nyarlathotep clicked her teeth in disapproval. "Why not? It is the best possible outcome for you. Even if you were to defeat me, Hastur will be free to ravage this world. He will probably do worse to it than what I would."

"Yeah I know, but if I can get rid of one outer god, then that will leave only one for this world to deal with. I'm sure they'll find a way to stop him." Max said.

"What? Do you really think this world stands a chance? Look at these creatures here. This world's strongest beings have already fallen into complete madness. How can they possibly do anything?" Nyarlathotep asked.

"No clue." Max said.

Nyarlathotep faked a smile as she tried to hide her frustration. "Damn you, Maxi. You keep on giving me more reasons to hate you. It makes me love you even more." She said as she started to fidget. "Just looking at you angers me… and makes me wet." She said then grabbed herself and causing a small cry to leave her lips.

"Uh huh…" Max said while looking a little disturbed.

"Answer me this, Maxi. You hated this world so what made you attached to it? This world that would only show you hell and when it did show you a little good, it burned it in an instant." Nyarlathotep said.

"I never hated it. Frustrated with it? Sure. Hate it? Not really. I accept all the bad shit I went through because of all the little good I found, even if I was only able to hold onto it for a little while, it was all worth it." Max said while wearing a content expression. "The ones that made my life hell were the ones I hated, but now I just don't care about them anymore. I don't really hold much hatred for you either. If it wasn't for you I would have never found Gensokyo. I would have never met any of these weird girls. I had fun while I was here. You said earlier that you saved me from being killed by those assholes I thought I got away from, right? Well… thanks for that."

"Thanks?" Nyarlathotep said while looking confused. "Thanks? What is this? Why are you thanking me?"

"Yeah I kinda figured you never received thanks before. Not that it matters. I'm still going to kick your ass up and down this mountain." Max said. "Now enough of that. It is down to you and me, you freak of natural law. Whatever it is that you want, I will deny you." Max said as he pushed the hood off his head, knocking off the crown which vanished before hitting the ground.

"F-Fine, but once I teach you your place, you will become mine. All mine for the rest of eternity." Nyarlathotep said as her cheeks turned red and her expression turned sadistic.

With his mind shattering speed, Max rushed for Nyarlathotep. He went to jab her in the face, but she caught his fist then countered by swiping his legs out from under him. He quickly vanished before hitting the ground then appeared behind her. He formed a sword then went to stab her, but a mass of tentacles burst out of her back and wrapped themselves around him.

Nyarlathotep giggled. "To see a human control the power of a cosmic horror, it really is unthinkable." She said as her tentacles constricted Max.

Max roared as he sent out a blast of red energy, destroying the tentacles and causing Nyarlathotep to grunt as she was sent flying forward. Max took his sword by the handle with both of his hands then thrusted the blade into the ground. Cracks that glowed an eerie red sprouted across the ground from where the sword was stuck. The entire mountain quaked as the dark power ran through it. Nyarlathotep quickly jumped into the air to avoid the horde of black tentacles that had suddenly sprung out from the cracks.

"Impressive!" Nyarlathotep shouted. The tentacles tried to eviscerate her, but she danced around mindlessly, dodging their every attempts.

Max appeared behind Nyarlathotep then tried to cleave her. She blocked with her arm, shattering the sword. Her chest suddenly burst open with terrible things being seen squirming inside. Bloody tentacles shot out for him, but he managed to catch a hold of most of them with his hand. He then wrapped them around his arm then began to swing Nyarlathotep around over his head. With all his strength, he violently threw her to the ground. She smashed into the ground, burying her several feet into it. He formed a large, burning ball of black fire in his hand then tossed it at where Nyarlathotep had landed, engulfing the entire place in a giant explosion of black fire. He didn't let up, creating another black fire ball then then tossing it, followed by another then another. The mountain itself began to crumble as the explosions violently shook it.

From the burning ground, the land seemed to rise before suddenly collapsing. An amorphous black cloud seeped out from the broken land, giving off a strange black and white light that would melt the minds of any normal beings that saw it. Max formed two swords then threw them, sending them spiraling at the amorphous cloud. The spinning swords turned into small red twisters, cutting through the strange cloud. The pieces of the black cloud reformed then tried to envelope Max, but was dispersed once again when he spun rapidly with two swords out to his sides, creating a red hurricane. Nyarlathotep formed out of the pieces of the black cloud then rushed for Max while laughing hysterically. He slashed both of her arms off, only for two large tentacles to appear out of the wounds. They both thrashed and pummeled one another in midair. Gensokyo itself began to quake as their horrific powers collided.

As the Hakurei Barrier weakened more, the powers of the outer gods seeped out to the outside world further, causing madness to spread to countries outside of Japan. Within Gensokyo, many beings had begun to make a stand against the horrors from beyond. Forces from Makai led by its creator had begun an offensive against the abominations. Groups of shinigami had been tasked to the world of the living in order to free the souls devoured by the eldritch horrors. Despite many residences of Gensokyo rising up in defense of their home, time was against them. The Hakurei Barrier was not going to stand much longer. If it were to fall, both Gensokyo and the outside world would be doomed. The King in Yellow's power would spill out into space, awakening the cosmic horrors that sleep beyond the stars. They would awaken and then they would come. They would come to the light that The King in Yellow gives off and they would wash across the Earth, devouring everything.

Max grabbed a hold of Nyarlathotep's head then ruthlessly started to headbutt her repeatedly, causing blood to gush from both of their foreheads. Nyarlathotep grabbed his face to stop his attack then uppercutted him in the stomach, knocking him back. They both sent a fist rocketing towards one, hitting each other in the face at the same time. Blood flew from both of their mouths from the blow. They both recovered then went to strike each other again, but with their fists colliding with one another this time with a powerful shockwave created from the point of contact. They both punched and kicked one another relentlessly. With every hit they made a shockwave was created that seemed to damage reality around them.

Max roared as he dropped his elbow down upon Nyarlathotep's head, sending her to the ground. She landed on all fours then quickly stood up, only to be cleaved at the waist by Max's sword. The two halves quickly regenerated the lost half, creating two Nyarlathoteps. They both attacked Max with each being cleaved, only to multiply into more Nyarlathoteps. Soon, Max found himself fighting hundreds Nyarlathoteps. Max unleashed his onslaught on the clones of Nyarlathoteps by creating a large black fire ball then slamming it into the ground, engulfing himself and all the Nyarlathoteps in a giant explosion.

Within the black inferno, Nyarlathotep started to scream in an alien tongue, causing corrupted gaps to form all around her. From the dark gaps, impossible horrors poured out and attacked Max, with him cutting them down one by one as he made his way towards Nyarlathotep.

"Awaken, mighty old one!" Nyarlathotep shouted.

Max stopped his advance as a colossal size tear formed behind Nyarlathotep. He prepared himself for what was coming from the other side as he felt a dark and horrible presence. Suddenly, a pair of gigantic claws ripped through the tear then began to spread it apart. Max gaped in horror as a gargantuan monstrosity appeared from the portal.

"Holy shit… Frikin Cthulhu…" Max said.

The half asleep, half awake Cthulhu struggled to pull itself from the portal. Its maddening dreams began to inflict the already mad stricken land. Max flew towards to giant beast with his fist prepared. He roared as he summoned a massive amount of power into his fist. His fist glowed an evil red with chaotic sparks dancing around it. He struggled to hold his fist steady as it started to shake wildly.

"Fuck off!" Max screamed as he delivered a devastating punch to Cthulhu's forehead. Cthulhu grunted as he was knocked back into the portal. Max quickly channeled his power into the portal to close it. After the portal was sealed, he panted in exhaustion and held onto his pained hand. "Shit. I ain't getting anywhere with this." He said. He then looked down at Nyarlathotep to see that she was laughing hysterically. "I can't destroy her. Even if I could, this world would be obliterated long before that. The only thing I could do is…" He thought. His expression then turned dark and gloomy. "Not exactly what I want to do, but I would be killing two birds with one stone." He let out a long drawn out sigh. "Fuck… I wonder if I can even pull it off. Either way this is going to suck." He descended to the ground then the moment he touched ground, he rushed for Nyarlathotep.

Nyarlathotep formed a dark grin then clapped her hands, sending out a green shockwave. The shockwave ripped through the air and through Max, shredding his insides. He cried out in pain as he was knocked back. He quickly recovered then continued to rush for Nyarlathotep as she continued her insane laughter. She clapped her hands repeatedly with Max running through the shockwaves that were created while grunting from every hit. She took to the air with him following her.

"Just give up, Maxi. No one will blame you if you do." Nyarlathotep cooed. "I promise there won't be anyone left to give blame." She said with an evil smile. Max then tackled her. "Oh, Maxi… Finally growing affectionate?" She teased.

"Please let this work…" Max thought as he tightened his grip around Nyarlathotep. He then started to muster as much power as he could.

Nyarlathotep looked at Max curiously. She then turned her head to see a black portal open behind her. "Pfft. Maxi, please. You know that taking me somewhere else isn't going to help anything. I will simply walk right back into this world."

"I know of one place that you won't be coming back from." Max said.

"Hmm?" Nyarlathotep said as Max flew her into the portal.

Back on the ravaged ground, Remilia was struggling to get on her feet. Her head was wracked with intense pain as her body ached all over. She coughed up some blood as she struggled to lift her head. She spotted the dark portal in the air, noticing that it was slowly closing.

"You… idiot…" Remilia said.

Nyarlathotep rubbed her eyes to clear the black dots from her vision. She then saw Max floating right in front of her. She smiled then went to say something, but her cheerful expression turned to shock as she realized where she was. Billions of different places and times could be seen all at once swirling all around them.

"This is the realm of The Key and the Gate. " Nyarlathotep said as sweat ran down her forehead. "But that's impossible. I can't even enter this dimension."

"You can't leave this place either." Max said, earning an angry glare from Nyarlathotep. "Besides, I am sure Yog-Sothoth hasn't had any company in a while and would love to have a lovely chat with you, you being the messenger of Azathoth and all."

"Damn you, Maxi." Nyarlathotep said angrily. She smiled to cover up her anger. "This was a bold move, but I won't be staying. You can't escape without me escaping with you."

"Who said I'm going anywhere? I'm staying right here. All three of us are staying." Max declared.

Surprise appeared on Nyarlathotep's face. "Don't be a fool, Maxi. You can't imagine what three outer gods could do to a human mind within an infinite amount of time. There is no hell that could breed that kind of misery." She said.

"Yeah… I know…" Max said with a gloomy expression.

Nyarlathotep's expression turned to anger. "Do not doom yourself over some stupid world that doesn't mean a god damn thing!"

"I was already doomed. My fate hasn't changed, but at least I get to laugh in your face knowing that you won't be able to get what you want for a very, VERY long time." Max said.

"Think again." Nyarlathotep said. She then went to dash for the portal, but Max obstructed her. She clicked her teeth then went to kick him out of the way, but suddenly felt something grab her legs. "Huh?"

"Looks like someone wants you to stay a little longer." Max said with a smirk.

Nyarlathotep struggled to move her legs. "Yog-Sothoth you son of a bitch! Let go of me!" She shouted.

Max suddenly felt his body try to move against his will. "Oh no you don't. You're staying here too you prick." He said as he felt Hastur trying to push his will aside. He struggled to remain still, but his body quickly turned against him. "Fucking hell!" He cursed as he lost control of his body. His body went to turn around, but Nyarlathotep grabbed his arms.

"If I have to stay here, then so are you two!" Nyarlathotep screamed in a grossly distorted voice. "This all could have been avoided if you weren't fucking around, Hastur!"

Back in Gensokyo, the horrors had started to be pushed back by the residents who lived there. Without the presence of two outer gods, hope had room to grow. On top of Youkai Mountain, Remilia had finally managed to get to her feet.

"You idiot. Get your ass back here." Remilia said as she pulled out a spell card. "Destiny: Miserable Fate!" She called out. Chains made out of her red aura fired out towards the shrinking portal.

Back in Yog-Sothoth's dimension, Nyarlathotep struggled to keep Max and Hastur from escaping.

"You're going to get my arms torn off! Max yelled.

"I might be trapped in here for a while, but at least I got you here with me. I'm going to have so much fun with you Maxi, but you won't be enjoying any of it." Nyarlathotep said before licking Max's face with her long, alien and slime covered tongue.

"I'd kick you right in the cunt right now if I could!" Max shouted. Suddenly, red chains flew out of the portal and pierced his back. "Guh! Ah shit that hurt." The chains began to pull on Max, causing him to groan in pain. "What the fuck?"

"Seems like we'll be having more joining us." Nyarlathotep said with a sadistic expression.

"STUPID FUCKING VAMPIRE!" Max shouted with all his might.

Outside of the portal, Remilia was holding onto the chains with all her might, desperately pulling on them with what strength she had left, but she was losing ground.

Nyarlathotep's mindless laughter echoed within the strange dimension as the portal grew smaller and smaller.

"Let me go!" Max yelled as the chains continued to pull on him. His vision began to darken as he started to feel something being torn from him. "Please let me be in one piece after this." He said as his vision wavered.

Suddenly, Max was torn out of the yellow tattered rags. He looked in shock at the black hole in the back of The King in Yellow that he was just torn out of. Nyarlathotep was dumbfounded when she found herself staring at the mask of Hastur. Hastur pulled free one of his hands from Nyarlathotep then quickly turned around, grabbing Max by the arm before he could be pulled into the portal.

"IMPOSSIBLE! IMPOSSIBLE!" Nyarlathotep screamed manically as she held onto Hastur's arm.

"Holy shit…" Max said as he stared into the empty eye sockets of Hastur's mask.

"Damn it, Max! Come back!" Remilia shouted from behind the portal, with Max hearing her.

Max glared at Hastur as he glared back at him. He tightened his fist of his free hand then with all the strength he could muster, punched Hastur in the face, breaking his mask and causing him to lose his grip.

"NO!" Nyarlathotep screamed furiously.

Max gave the outer gods the middle finger as he was pulled through the portal, with it closing the moment he went through.

"Damn you Max!" Nyarlathotep shouted. "I will find you! No matter where you are, no matter how long time passes. I will find you and you will pay!"

Hastur stared at where the portal had been, lost in thought.

Max slowly opened his eyes, revealing his natural brown color. His vision was blurred as he winced from a ray of light that hit his face. Once the blurriness faded, he could see a tired Remilia looking down at him. He quickly realized his head was lying down on her lap. He went to move, but found he had no strength to do so. Blood poured out of his back, coating the ground and Remilia's dress red. He drew shallow breaths as his chest slowly rose and fell.

"The hell am I?" Max asked.

"Back in Gensokyo." Remilia said.

"The fuck did you do? I feel like utter shit. Yet… I feel light as hell."

"I lent you a hand. That is all." Remilia said with a smile.

"Way to nearly fuck everything up."

"You're welcome."

Max looked up into the blackness-free sky, with Remilia following suit. They watched the clouds slowly float by. They said nothing for a couple of minutes, choosing to listen to the wind make its way through what trees remained standing.

"You did well, Max." Remilia said while brushing Max's bangs back.

"I… hope so. Those fucktards will probably escape from that place eventually, but I'm betting it will be long after even your time has passed."

"Good. That's good."

"Shit… Those other horrors are still running around aren't they?"

"Don't worry about them."

"I won't. Too tired to worry about them. So frikin tired… I'll help take care of them once I get some sleep, alright?"

"It is fine. You don't have to worry about them anymore. You just rest now."

"Alrighty then… Goodnight, Remilia."

Remilia kissed Max's forehead. "Goodnight, Max. And thank you." She said, earning a smile from Max.

Cherry blossoms carried by the wind danced above Max. His eyes began to slowly close as his strength left him. The wind ceased, covering him in the blossoms it was carrying. His eyes fully closed and his chest rose no more.

The End

That's it. My first fan fiction. For this story, I didn't outline it but instead I let my imagination take me from chapter to chapter while only having a vague idea of what the ending was going to be until a few chapters in. I must say, this came out completely different from what I had originally planned. This was suppose to be, well, a HORROR, but it just didn't come out like one. It was suppose to contain a lot more depravity and death, hence why I gave it an M rating in the first place. I might bump it down to T, but perhaps the language used by the main character was enough for an M rating? Anyways, thanks for all the reviews. I really appreciate them. In the end I hope you all enjoyed reading my story. Let me know what you liked or disliked most about it. I will come back later and fix all those stupid spelling errors and such. I definitely have more stories I want to write so you'll see more from me.