Well, I don't know how often I'll be updating these days, but here's a new story for you yyh fans. I hope you enjoy.

Shendo

A Third Race?

By: Shendo Pendragon

Chapter 1

"Hey, Kurama! What's up?"

Kurama, or Suichi Minamino as the humans knew him, smiled. Yusuke was obviously in a really good mood. And it made sense too. Koenma hadn't sent them on any boring cases recently and they had a nice few weeks R &R and the fighting of the occasional demon that broke through. But Kurama's smile quickly changed to a frown as he prepared to tell Yusuke his news. The Detective wasn't going to like it at all. His findings meant another meeting with Koenma.

Flashback

"Bye Suichi! See you tomorrow!"

"See you later, Moto!"

As the smartest student in his class, Kurama was asked to tutor some of the kids who needed extra help. Moto Foyura was one of them. On his way home Kurama decided to take a shortcut through the park. It was a nice day and his kitsune side couldn't help but admire the beautiful trees and other plants growing there. As he stared at a rosebud, something caught his eye.

Kurama Could have sworn he saw a foot behind the bush. And as he got closer, he found a body lying on the ground in a pool of Blood with a knife in its back! But what was it? It obviously wasn't from this world. But it wasn't a demon either. It was like nothing Kurama had ever seen before. The creature was covered with light yellow fur. A long tail protruded from its backside. But other than that. it looked pretty human. It had the basic two arms, two legs, and a head. Kurama might have written it off as a demon, but something about it didn't feel right. The fading energy it gave off was completely different. There was a rustling in the bushes and Kurama looked up to see a pair of green eyes before they vanished.

End Flashback

Tuari quickly made his way through the forest. He had to hurry or his father would notice his absence. He wasn't supposed to wander too far away from the clan but he snuck out anyways. He was an explorer at heart and couldn't stand being kept in one place for too long. But what he found made him wish he hadn't gone exploring at all. At the edge of his forest home, Tuari had found a member of his clan, lying dead, a large dagger protruding from his back. That's when the demon came.

It looked human enough and could probably pass off as one like Tuari, but like Tuari, it was just a disguise. The strong negative energy reading gave him away for what he truly was. The demon went over to examine the corpse with a puzzled look on his face. That's when Tuari panicked. The demon looked up as Tuari fled, but didn't pursue him. For that, Tuari was thankful. Hopefully the demon hadn't seen him. But, he wasn't out of the clear yet. His race had lived for over a thousand years without the demon's or human's knowledge. 'But now that the demon had discovered that body…….'

His thoughts were interrupted as he noticed he was nearing the village. He walked up to a tree with a vine hanging off it and pulled the vine. Immediately a huge basket with a string dropped to the ground and Tuari climbed in. He yanked on the string three times and the basket began to be pulled upward. Once the basket reached the near top of the tree, (the trees in this forest are pretty tall. Think rainforest tree standards.) a long skinny bridge system connecting to all the nearby trees. And built onto each tree were small buildings where his clan lived. He was home free! Or at least that's what he thought until he heard someone clearing their throat behind him.

"And just where have you been?"

Tuari whirled around to face the angry, cold eyes of his father, Achetti, leader of the Pendragon Clan. The clan he lived in. The clan that housed possibly the only survivors of his dying race.

"Um, h-hello F-f-father."

"This is the third time this week that you have disobeyed my orders and wandered off! And It's only Monday!"

"I'm not the only one, apparently."

Tuari told his father about everything he saw, including the part about the demon. Achetti listened intently and when his son was finished, let out a long sigh.

"Then it's only a matter of time. It's a shame, really. Our chances of survival have just been sliced in half. Please go into you're hut Tuari. I must inform the others of the bad news."

Tuari sighed and trudged off. The power of that demon was immense. He wondered if even his father could stop him. 'And there are probably hundreds more like him. Are we truly going to become an extinct race?'

Meanwhile, His father Achetti was pondering what his son had said.

Achetti's Mind

Inside Achetti's mind, four people sat, talking. One was a young Boy who looked a little younger than Tuari. His Chestnut brown hair was a lot shorter than Achetti's, but other than that, he could pass as a mini-clone. The second was a monster. His scraggly black fur covered his entire body and at the end at of his long scraggly tail was a sharp blade. On his back were two bat-like wings covered in stitches and scars from many long battles. The third was a cloaked figure. The cloak hid his entire body so that you couldn't determine his features except for two sharp blue eyes. The last was Achetti himself. The first three were Achetti's past personalities, Young Achetti, Demon Achetti, and Teen Achetti.

(Note: I'm about to use a little bit of script format. This shall only occur when one of the personalities is talking. The rest is pretty much the same.)

Demon Achetti: You're too easy on the boy. He needs to suffer for defying you.

Young Achetti: Aw, come on. He's still but a child. We were Adventurous When I was the dominant personality, weren't we, Achetti.

"I agree that Tuari should be punished, However, we shall discuss that later. There is a much more Pressing matter."

Teen Achetti: Ah, yes, that demon. We need to find out his intentions before we take any drastic measures. We can not be so sure the demon is evil.

"A demon with good intentions. You're crazy. No demon would ever be good. It's not natural. Their nature is too evil."

Teen Achetti: I realize that the demons have hurt us in the past. I know it all too well. But we cannot stereotype this one. It did not harm Tuari. In any case, there is one way I can think of finding out for sure. We must track him down.

Demon Achetti: And how do you propose we do that? We do not even know who he is.

Young Achetti: Talk to the boy. He saw the whole thing. He could provide a description for us to follow.

Teen Achetti: It still won't be enough. We need to check for high amounts of demonic energy.

"In that case, I'd better go tell the clan about our hapless clan member, the demon, and what I plan to do. But, who killed him? And why?"

The Park

By the rosebush, where the body was found, a man was seen, retrieving the knife from the corpse's back. He put the knife on his belt, jumped into the nearest tree and began moving from tree-to-tree.

"Now, to exterminate the rest of them."

R & R.