"I guess this is it," Kotetsu asked the young man behind her as she gazed upon a massive mansion. She looked back to the young man behind her. The young man stood there with his black suit and black tie being loosened. He looked up to the walls at a fox with blue fire on his tail. "Master?"

The young man looked at his Daemon, She stood with confidence and a controlled but mellow expression on her. The young man sighed and shrugged. Her walked up to the door and Kotetsu tensed up. She has been in his family for almost eight generations but never has she been so focused in defending anyone before. Kotetsu's Master motioned for her to relax as he knocked on the door with it's cold brass handle.

Just when he knocked the massive twenty foot doors opened to revile a obvious Daemon just by the way she was open and visual, "OH! You must be my new master Shinn Okamora right? I am Mira, the Mirror Dwelling Daemon."

Mira seemed to be over excited as she stepped out from the threshold and gawked at Kotetsu, "You must be the famous Amina Kotetsu, Kara Okamora's First Daemon and Protector of her Kin. It is a pleasure to meet you!"

Kotetsu seemed to be bothered by Mira and Shinn took notice of it. He patter her on the shoulder and she snapped right back to him, "Oh Master it is a pleasure and an honor to be working with a legend."

Shinn tried to get in a word but he closed his mouth and reached back behind his head and begun to scratch his Dark Blue hair. Shinn's Gray eyes focused thought the door to see a Woman in a military uniform or something talking to a lily pad. Shinn stared for a while but then noticed that Mira stopped talking and he looked over to her, "Sorry?"

Mira looked as if she was offended and before the Daemon could say anything the fox jumped down from the wall and turned into a human with odd fox ears on his head, "Ignore him Mira. This Agent has no business with us."

Shinn opened his mouth to protest but a fire erupted from behind him and a red headed woman stepped out of the fire. She launch a ball of fire towards the fox eared Daemon but he reverted to a fox and dodged the fire ball easily. The Red headed woman drew back her hand again to throw another at him but Shinn grabbed her wrists, "Kiyohime! You made me a promise!"

Kiyohime seemed to have cooled down as she stopped fighting Shinn, "He insulted you though."

"Kiyohime," Shinn let go of her wrists. "I have everything covered, remember our deal."

Mira cleared her throat, "Anyways I should show you the other four and the building."

Shinn smiled and gave a reassuring looked over to Kotetsu whom was holding onto her Katana. Kotetsu nodded and hung back as the fox, Mira then Shinn entered the compound. His gasp wasn't fear, shock, or disbelief it was awe. The structure seemed to go on forever as it stood as tall as Tokyo tower and seemed to be as wide as it. He laughed when he turned around and saw huge fields, mountains capped with snow, lakes, rivers, an ocean, and a forest in the distance.

"Welcome to Limbo," Mira giggled. "That is as I like to call it."

Shinn couldn't believe his eyes as the door he just entered from disappeared, "How?"

"It is hard to explain," Mira started. "I am a Mirror Dwelling Daemon so this place that we are in is my realm. We travel light and space to any location on earth and I can create a door in any place."

"Interesting," Kotetsu said silently.

"This tower is a never ending, and always expanding tower so no matter how many Daemons we bring here it will always be homey to everyone."

Shinn nodded and watched Pipe Fox walk over to the pond near by and curled up into a balled but kept his eyes on the three new members. Shinn turned his attention back too the two Daemons but they dispersed. Shinn followed Mira until she opened a door leading to a traditional Japanese bedroom, "This is Kotetsu's room. I modeled it after the-."

"It will do," Kotetsu walked into it and looked around. She began to investigate each door in the room and looked out too the Koi pond in the back yard, "Master I can sleep outside if you wish."

"Oh no," Mira said grabbing Shinn by his collar. "Shinn has his own room down the hall."

"No," Kotetsu grabbed Mira by her wrist and forced her to let go of Shinn. "Either he sleeps in the same room as me or next to it."

Mira puffed her cheeks out of frustration and glared at Kotetsu. She scoffed and nodded, "Fine."

A door opened next to them grew larger and it opened reviling an office and bedroom. Kotetsu nodded and sat down in an office chair keeping her respected stature as she watched Shinn walk in. Shinn motioned for her to wait as he closed the door, "I apologize for the actions of Kotetsu. She has good intentions it is just she likes to be over zealous with her job."

"It is fine," Mira said but he was sure it bothered her. "I will let you introduce yourself to the others. I need some time alone."

Mira walked off and both Shinn and Kiyohime both looked at one another, "Wait in my room and I will talk to Kotetsu."

Kiyohime nodded and entered the room. Moments later Kotetsu's cold face came out. Shinn motioned for her to follow and they both walked in the hallways. Shinn looked to his guardian and smiled, "You know My Father was quite glad when you took up the trouble of protecting me when I was a five year old. He never admitted it but when Mother died when I was a kid he adored you for taking up that hard position."

Kotetsu looked to the floor and nodded, "You were a sweet little boy asking questions almost all the time. I felt that you mother's death was my fault and if I protected her I could have seen her answer those questions."

Shinn stopped and he put his index finger under Kotetsu's chin and had her look at his eyes, "You did your best. That Daemon was just too powerful and she only brought you, it is not you fault and you should never believe that. You have protected me for so long that it is almost second nature for you. I want you to know I appreciate that and that when we are here I am safe and you can relax."

Kotetsu nodded and smiled. Shinn felt a warmth realizing that was the same smile that she gave him every time he was making her laugh, "Ok but It will come to baby steps."

"That is fine," Shinn smiled and brought Kotetsu in a small hug. "You are the greatest Daemon I have ever had the chance to meet, and you will always be a Daemon that was there for me more than my own family was. Now like you said baby steps. I am going to go explore and find the other four that I have yet to meet and see if Mira is OK."

Shinn walked down the hallways looking at looking until he looked behind him and saw Kotetsu still following him. He smirked and shook his head as he opened a door and suddenly a hand grabbed his tie and brought him in, "Dance with me!"

Shinn was brought into another Japanese based room and he turned around to see whom brought him into it. He raised his eyebrows in a surprised manner as a woman danced around him with her dress fluttering in front of his eyes obscuring his vision. She stopped dancing and smiled, "I am Ameno Uzume, I am the best dancer in this entire place and I say welcome to you Master Okamora."

"Interesting way of saying welcome Ameno," Shinn laughed when Kotetsu barged into the room her Katana drawn.

"Master I saw you get grabbed and-…," Kotetsu looked at Ameno and seemed almost worried. "Master who is she?"

"Oh," Shinn walked over to Kotetsu and tapped her Katana. "Kotetsu meet Ameno. Ameno is one of the four I was supposed to meet."

Kotetsu got the hint and sheathed her Katana and released a breath of relief but she still seemed on edge. Ameno wrapped her arms around Shinn's left arm and rested her head on his shoulder, "Master are we going to do it or what?"

Kotetsu seemed to immediately turn red in embarrassment as she looked away. Shinn knew what Kotetsu was thinking and he blushed, "N-no Kotetsu it is not that, she was wanting me to dance with her."

"Oh," Kotetsu said silently.

"Ameno I would love too but maybe at a later time," Shinn laughed as he took a step outside Ameno's room. He felt a bump on his leg and he saw a little lily pad.

"MASTER," the lily pad screamed. "There is a snake trying to eat pipe fox!"

Shinn looked down to the lily pad then realized that snake was Kiyohime in animal form. He took off running and he heard both Ameno and Kotetsu behind him. Shinn opened up the door to the outside and he was right. Kiyohime changed into a snake to fight Pipe Fox on quickened pace. Kiyohime launched a blast of fire form her mouth and it trailed Pipe Fox towards Shinn and the others at the door. Shinn turned tow the two grabbed them by their shoulders and brought them in close and his back took the heat of the fire.

Shinn felt cold air on his back and he turned to See Kiyohime back in her human form pushed into the ground by Pipe Fox. She glared up at him as his hands caught fire into blue flames and he was about to finish her but a voice called out in shock and fright down the walk way.

Shinn turned his attention to the source and saw Mira standing with a woman he saw earlier and identified her as Barbetta and another woman in neon blue and black looking very gloomy. a blue flare flashed next to Shinn and everything seemed to slow down but him. He saw Pipe Fox in a fit of anger release the blue flame at Mira and the others. Shinn tensed up and he knew what he had to do even though he was instructed by his father never to use it.

In the slowed state the world was in Shinn seemed to move ten times faster. He kneeled down and sprinted down the walk way to Mira and extended his left arm out. the fire ball slammed into his hand and then time began to go back to normal.

Everyone stood in eerie silence as they all looked at Shinn. He grunted as his hand ached from absorbing all of the power from Pipe Fox's attack. He looked at his hand and saw that his jacket and shirt were burned all the way up to his wrist and a black tattoo was seen across his hand and wrist. Shinn grunted again as he lowered his hand and looked at everyone. They were all shocked except Kotetsu.

"A curse," Shinn looked at his hand. "Kara Okamora was the first to receive it and every first born child in the Okamora blood line has it. I can absorb and redirect an attack from a Daemon. That isn't the only power though. The curse allows for the user to manipulate time and run at speeds that humans cannot, we can see into the future, or anything we put our minds too. Now I bet you are thinking, 'How is that a curse?', well it is simple really. The more you use that power the more tattoos appear onto your skin. Use your powers too much and… well, let's just say you either become the strongest human in the universe, you go mad, or you die and your body becomes a bomb."

Shinn closed the palm of his hand and opened it creating a black flower. He pushed it up and it floated to Kotetsu and landed in her hair. His tattoo disappeared and he closed his slightly red hand. "I am tired, Mira if we get an assignment over night tell me in the morning. Good night al and try not to kill one another.

Shinn walked into his room and closed the door. His hand ached but he was glad that it wasn't too strong or he would have lost it. Shinn sat down on his bed and then flopped down. He heard Kotetsu sit down in front of his door and he fell asleep.