Youkai Mountain - Gensokyo
"Yeah." Eirin looked over Max entering down the Kappa Village. She checked that Max has gone down completely and, looking to the sky and the thin waxing moon, tasted her own blood. It was bitter.
"I am running out of time." Eirin said grimly to herself and entered the village as well, clutching her missing arm like it was decapitated just moments ago.
Shining Needle Castle - Gensokyo
"I heard something about the amanozaku in the castle preferring the 'warm' temperatures..." Raiko grumbled as she took off the white jacket and undid her purple tie. "But yeah, I can't take heat at all. That damned Seija-"
"Who goes there?"
Raiko made a slightly annoyed face as a girl with black and white hair appeared, turned upside down. "Speak of the devil, here's Seija. Be careful with her. She'll make you barf into yourself."

"May I ask you why you're in
my castle?" Seija cracked her neck as she returned back to the "normal" self: reversed just like Raiko and Sonic.
"This isn't your castle, it's Shinmyomaru's." Raiko gritted her teeth.
"Whatever. It will soon be mine anyway." Seija shrugged and turned her attention to Sonic. "Who's this furball? Your boyfriend?"
Myouren Temple - Gensokyo
"Um... you can sleep here!" Byakuren blurted out, and then blushed wildly. Kogasa raised her eyebrows and gave a catcall. "Or... uh... you can take refuge in any room... I'm pretty sure the girls wouldn't mind... they're all quite amiable enough..."
"Oh for god sake." Kogasa sighed and faced Bang. "Look, I'll take you to an empty room if there are any. If not, you can come back and sleep here since Byakuren's room is the largest in the temple."
Lumiose Facility - Taiwan
"Sir, sir, can you hear me?" A female's voice came from the speakers.
"Garcia, can you tell me where the Tesseract is?"
"I went and accessed the tracking device... but seems like it's broken." The female hacker known as Garcia answered. "The last place the tracking device gave out a signal was at Taipei 101 Mall."
"A mall...?" Marcus raised his eyebrows, then turned to Margaret, Taokaka, and Drayden. "Whatever the reason, we need to head there. It's the biggest lead we can get."
"Shall I fetch my dragons to fly us there?" Drayden asked, to which Marcus shook his head.
"No, your dragons will cause a scene and cause the thieves to run away. We must act swiftly and stealthily... but how can we do so? Any ideas?"