Legend of ZUN 2.5: The Last Great War (Episode 1)

{Author's Note: This takes place after Legend of ZUN 2 and it is highly recommended that you play it before reading this to better understand the material and any possible spoiler from any 1 of the two games.}

Episode 1: It begins

ZUN arrived at the Yakumo household. He walked in and saw maps of the outside world plastered over the walls and a geographical world map on the kotatsu, adorned with colored block and areas labeled in kanji. "Yukari!" yelled Jun'ya.
Yukari came out of the other room. "Ah, so you've come to take the Media and Propaganda ministry position?" Yukari said.
"Yes." replied Jun'ya.
"Alright, I've recalled Chen from her position as the governor of the Youkai House colony and Ran just sent out the draft. Your mission is to seize the Bunbunmaru Newspaper." Yukari briefed.
"Okay, I'll go do that then." Jun'ya left the house for Youkai Mountain.

As Jun'ya walked out and towards the mountain, he looked around at how different things have become. Many of the trees have war posters on them. There was more humans walking about ans some seem to be driving about in Sinclair C5s. Of course the factories that produce them now have be retooled for war machinery to prepare Gensokyo's allies for the war. It took him a while to reach the mountain. He pounded on the door of the publishing office. Aya Shameimaru opened the door, "Jun'ya? What made you come here."
"By order of Yukari Yakumo, the Bunbunmaru Newspaper will be until further notice, nationalized."
"Oh, that. I can't really complain, not because of this act of imminent domain, but also all the news material I'll get from this war." Aya said.
"Good to hear that. Speaking of which, I heard Yukari is going to address troops before the Pacific campaign." ZUN mentioned.

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Reimu Hakurei had been made a general and Marisa Kirisame had to have her mini-hakkero reversed engineered so that tanks, capable of creating a master spark could be made. The Japanese government would handle the Asian land invasion with Russia, while Gensokyo would go on a pacific island hop. The Republic of the Underground didn't have a navy or an air force, But they would put monster ground troops to safeguard the islands. The youkai quickly took over the small dwindling islands. The first major battle happened on the midway islands.

American jet planes were scouting the area when a master spark cut through the air and sliced a jet in two and exploded another. The fifth fairy brigade took to the air shot danmaku using specially made spell cards. More planes were ordered but the danmaku was hard to dodge and it got sucked into the engines which stalled the planes. Without the use of firearms or warheads,  twenty airplanes fell from the sky. The RUA troops stormed the island but the ground youkai fought hard against the monsters, reducing them to dust almost on contact. Unlike the Royal Guard of the King Dreemurr days, the RUA was equipped with more modern automatic firearms, abandoning the spears and swords. But still the danmaku was made purposely AGAINST the spell card rules so they could be more able to kill someone, Monster after monster fell, proving the allied counter advance useless. The US chose instead of chucking airplanes into a airborne meat grinder. A missile cruiser was called in. But it didn't take long for General Hakurei to board it, a hoard of militant loli's approached the ship, the danmaku had pretty much clogged up the sky. The Americans couldn't get a visual on the Gensokyo youkai, until they got boarded of course. Some tengus went down to find the engines, while Reimu and some fairies went up to take control of the ship. Within a quarter of an hour the captain was captured and the engines were set to be destroyed, the Gensokyoians left with the captain and the cruiser's stern was blown asunder. Within minutes it succumbed to the waves.

"Did you get that all on camera?" Aya asked ZUN, as the danmaku began to dissipate.
"Yes, that battle was incredible. Can't wait to report back to Yukari about this."
Jun'ya and Aya was filming the entire battle, the film would be sent around the world as news of their victory. Hawaii was now a stone throw away for the Gensokyo youkai.

******

The United Nations building was empty, the assembly has been temporarily disbanded for the war. Frisk was all alone, a 50+ year old human wondering the hall. When he received a call. Frisk answered. "Hello?"

"Hi, um, this is Nolan."

"Oh. I'm guessing you saw the news."

"Yeah, that cruiser went down no problem. I tried to call ZUN, but he never answers his calls anymore. I think that man just went up and disappeared."

"Huh, did you heard anything from the European front?" asked Frisk.

"Why?"

"Dunno, I have an old friend joining the RUA."

What Frisk mentioned was that his old friend, Undyne, had decided to go back into military service. She was trained to use guns but she often preferred using her trademark spear(s). Germany had allied with Russia, Japan, and Gensokyo. Undyne had been sent to fight in the French trenches.

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"Alright lads, Germans machine gun fire ahead, we can't bugger out until 'e's killed." said a British commander. 

Undyne had her armor updated to better repel gunfire. She was given a stock M4A1 imported from American surpluses. But she almost always preferred spears and the occasional magic. Once she chucked a spear into a Leopard 2 and jammed the turret and there was another occasion where she took out a German and a Russian troop with the same spear. While she enjoyed the fighting and the nostalgic feeling of being in any type of military organization, she worried about Alphys' safety at home in America. The xenophobia had gotten so bad, that anime conventions had to be held in secret so that no one would either be lynched or be arrested as Japanese terrorists.

She summoned a spear, she crept up the edge and took out a German who was climbing out of his trench. "Got one of those German humans again!" cried Undyne.

"Good work lass." replied the commander.

Everyone was preparing to jump the trench, once the machine gunner was taken out of course. The commander was halfway explaining this when Undyne went ahead and jumped over. "Wait you blasted woman!" said the commander, but it was too late. Undyne reached out for the top ground and threw a spear, it landed right between the machine gunner's eyes. Everybody else jumped up after the enemy machine gun when silent. The German jumped into the oncoming onslaught. Gunfire spray over the no man's land. Undyne jumped into the trench and sent spears flying as she advanced to an artillery cannon that was menacing the nearby towns, as well as the tanks and the jet fighters. Soldier after soldier fell, these human were determined enough to fight, but they didn't put it into themselves, only into the guns they used. She came to the opening were the cannon was, she gave the steel barrel a punch and bent it beyond repair. She then fired the shell that was already in there. Destroying the cannon for good. She radioed her progress in. But then she heard bullets hit the back of her armored suit. She turned around and before she could ready a spear she was shot by five or six Germans. firing at her. Her armor couldn't take it and became weak. Undyne could feel the lead bullets enter her body. She tried to stay alive with determination, But that only shortened her life more, her thoughts went back to her as a child, then her training with Asgore, then with Frisk when he was still a child, and her life with Alphys. Undyne reflected as she slowly drifted away. "Alphys...sorry..." said Undyne before she fell lifeless to the ground and became dust. The British-American troops came in and shot at the Germans, but it was all too late. Undyne was dead. But now the jets and the tanks can come through.

"Oh shit! Undyne's dead." said a soldier pointing out the pile of reinforced metal on the ground.

"Send a message to her wife and headquarters, Undyne was killed in action." said an Officer.

******

Alphys was busy torrenting the latest anime, ever since trade relations with Japan had been cut off, new anime was hard to find. Even the anime that does already exist had really high prices because of the mass DVD burning done by several right wing groups. But then the phone rang. She picked it up, it was the RUA, usually they brought good news. But this time, the Sargent sounded rather...different.

 "Umm...Alphys, I'm not sure how to tell you this but. You know what I'm going to say it, Undyne was killed in France destroying an artillery cannon that was harassing our air and armor support, she succeeded in completing that task she set herself with. But she was gunned down by a small group of German soldiers." Said the Sargent.

Alphys dropped the phone in pure shock. She stood silent and still. She didn't know what to do. The very thought of her being gone forever paralyzed her. She picked up the phone from the floor and continued to listen. "We're sending the monster dust over and if you want to have a funeral or not is your decision."

The Sargent hanged up. Alphys had this morbid to know more, she wanted to know more about Undyne's death. She tried to hold in her tears. She cried for a half an hour and then she walked out to head over to he army station to get anymore information about Undyne's death. As she walked out, an American extremist  walked out and shot her twice in the head. "You anime lovin' traitor!" He said after killing her, a minute after the two gunshots police sirens started blaring down the street, Alphys' energy felt like it was draining out of her. She dragged herself across to her car. But the police got to her and began to stablize her. But then one of the officers entered her and the late Undyne's home and saw the vast collection of anime and manga. So that police officer, called her a terrorist and much to the shock of the other officer, shot her seven times, killing Alphys. Alphys gave out a heart-wrenching scream as she passed away. The other officer then proceeded to arrest the officer that shot her. But he shot him and then he went to the radio and said he killed two traitors to the country. Of coarse he got in trouble for shooting another officer but the investigation showed he was very wrong. Needless to say, America has become nothing but a bunch of xenophobes who hate everybody.

******

Jun'ya sat down in his appointed apartment in the Human Village. He looked through his phone. Nolan Bushnell had called him, at least four times. He couldn't just tell him that he's in a high ranking position of Gensokyo government. It was getting late and the first few weeks of war was draining on him. He felt more tired at the end of day then usual, a sort of tired he never got from making games. Jun'ya poured himself a cup of sake and chugged it down. He climbed into bed and thought to himself the events that unfolded in the pacific. Yukari is planing some sort of attack on Hawaii, but the defenses have been upped tremendously. Little did this man know that this war was going to be long one, one that might just be the last one ever.

To Be Continued...