Aiko Sakamoto entered into her new mansion in Tokyo and was greeted by an over-enthusiastic girl in traditional wear.

"Oh! You must be my new master...!" She started.

"Wha-?" Aiko started, but the girl kept on talking.

"My heartfelt congratulations on becoming the new lead ghost agent!" Aiko smiled.

"Thank you... Who are you anyway?" She asked.

"Hi! My name is Mira. I'm a mirror-dwelling daemon, and I've served this family for generations! From now on, I'll do my best to help you." Mira smiled and held out her hand. "I'm really looking forward to working with you."

"Working?" Aiko laughed. "It's not official yet!"

"I know the Ghost Guild hasn't officially recognized you as a lead ghost agent yet, but they're bound to once they've seen how talented you are!" Mira said. Aiko smiled.

"Thank you." She said.

"Just think how great it'll be when you're officially made a ghost agent!" Mira said.

"My parents were both Ghost Agents, and were really good at it, but I want to be even better than them!" Explained Aiko. "I'm Aiko, by the way."

"Right! First things first, you need to summon a daemon to protect you!"

Mira led Aiko to the summoning room and walked her through the spell. A shining portal appeared in the room and a person materialized.

"Hey! Is it time for me to do my stuff?" Asked a spirit with the appearance of a young woman in an Italian military uniform, holding a gun.

"Barbetta! You got a spirit of a gun on your first try! Goodness, you're off to a good start!" Said Mira after Barbetta was settled in. "I'd say you're ready now. How about we head to town and cleanse some of the evil energy there?" Aiko shrugged.

"Okay."

"There's bound to be ghosts there up to no good!" Said Mira, starting out the door.

"Wait!" Said Aiko. "Shouldn't you change into something else?" Mira stopped.

"Tee hee, no cause for concern! I'm a daemon too, you see. That means I'm invisible to regular folk." Aiko realized that was true.

"Okay." She said. "Lead on."

They walked outside and started down the street, Aiko muttering under her breath, hand at her charmed necklace.

"The energy is so thick it's unbelievable." Said Aiko. "I might have to rest soon if we don't come up with anything." Then they stopped as the air seemed rubbery.

"Yikes! Feel how strong this ghostly force field is..." Mira said, touching the area and hearing a resonance. She looked up at the area they were going to walk into.

"Oh, of course." She pointed to a statue. "This is the Demon King who once plunged an entire capital city into terror! Shuten-doji!"

A chill went down Aiko's spine. A figure stepped out of the darkness and lunged at them. Aiko grabbed her necklace.

"Darkness begone!" She shouted and the figure glowed with a great intensity, then the darkness dissipated. A figure kneeled down.

"Thank you for cleansing me. In return I accept you as my leader." She said. "I am Kaede." Aiko introduced herself and Mira, but then they heard a rumbling.

"Let's go back to the mansion." She said. Mira and Kaede agreed and they returned to the house.

Soon afterwards, they received a message.

"It says... 'There's an area in Shibuya where spring hasn't come. It remains covered in snow.'" Mira put down the message. "Well I never!" She said. "This is definitely the work of ghosts, I'd say! Let's set off right away!" Aiko agreed and they hurried over.

As they reached the area, they heard a voice.

"Whoopee! Who needs silly old spring, anyway!? Winter's much more fun! Take that!" A snowball hit Mira in the head.

"OW!" Yelled Mira. "What's the big idea, huh?" A spirit popped up with white hair and eyebrows.

"Whaaat!? You mean...y-you can see me? Oh, I see! You must be a ghost as well, right?" She shifted her gaze onto Aiko. "But then... What on earth are you doing with a human? Don't tell me that's a... ghost agent!?" She jumped back. "Oh no, you don't! I'm not letting you cleanse me!" The Snow Sprite summoned icicles and started throwing them at the two. Mira and Aiko dodged them.

"Master, this ghost is tougher than she looks!" Mira shouted.

"Call me Aiko." Aiko told her. "Both of you." She looked at Kaede.

"Barbetta, Kaede, Pipe, are you ready for this?"

"Va Bene!" Said Barbetta. "You can count on me!"

A silver-and-blue fox appeared and morphed into a man with silver ears and tails and blue markings.

"I won't let you down." He said, causing Mira to blush.

The three daemons began to glow brightly.

"Oh no you don't!" Shouted the Snow Sprite, summoning a storm of icicles.

"Quick, get behind my tail!" Shouted Pipe. Aiko and Mira jumped behind him as Pipe, Kaede, and Barbetta unleashed a blast of energy, zapping away the evil energy. The Snow Sprite shook her head.

"Okay okay, I give up! You beat me..." She paused. "Wait a second... Are you the new agent that everyone's talking about?"

"The ghost seems to have taken an interest in you, Master!" Mira whispered. "Why not negotiate with her and see if she'll become your daemon?"

"Yes, I'm the new agent." Aiko said, stepping out from behind Pipe, who let out a small gasp.

"They say that you're the child of Sakamoto, Akira and Robert, Adélaïde. Or do they say the given name first in France? That's so strange!" Aiko smiled.

"Yes. That's true." She said. The Snow Spirit bowed.

"Then I would be honored to become you daemon."

"Congratulations, Aiko! You've managed to put a stop to the erie goings-on, gained a daemon, and a friend!" Then a bird showed up and dropped a scroll, which Mira caught.

"It says... 'Collect all six sealstones sealing away a particular ghost, and the Guild shall permit the release of that ghost.' Wow! The letter also contains 3 sealstones locking away Lilith! That means there are only 3 more sealstones to collect. If you unlock the sealstones, the Guild'd be bound to acknowledge you as a fully-fledged ghost agent!" She read.

"Then let's get going!" Said Aiko.

They managed to find two more sealstones, but couldn't find the last, green one.

"That last sealstone is proving pretty tricky to find, huh?" Said Mira.

"I'll say." Agreed Aiko. "We've scoured half the city!"

"How about we try and pinch it from another agent in a battle?" Asked Pipe.

"Pipe!" Exclaimed Aiko.

"Relax! Battles are recognized by the Guild as a full legitimate, you know! In fact, they encourage ghost agents to polish their skills by battling one another. So don't be shy! Let's go find ourselves a battle to take part in!" Reassured Mira.

"Okay." Said Aiko. "Let's do it to it!" The daemons were confused, except for Pipe.

"It's a western expression." He explained.

"Ah." Said Mira. "Let's."

Eventually they found someone with the sealstone, battled them, and won.

"Aiko! That was great! It looks like you've already got the hang of this agent lark!" Congratulated Mira. Another bird dropped a scroll, which she caught.

"Congratulations! Your appointment as lead ghost agent has officially been recognized by the Guild!" She said. "I expect now you'll be trusted with all sorts of assignments! Oh! It seems like you've been given a gift to celebrate your new appointment!" She pulled out a string with silver on it, a ticket, and a rolled-up chain."It's 1000 Silver Pieces, a Special Summon Ticket, and a Cabal Chain! Pretty cool!" She said. "With this Special Summon Ticket, you might be able to get a rare daemon. Make sure you perform a Summon afterwards, won't you!" Aiko smiled.

"Okay!"

BloodLily: And that's a wrap! I've recently become enamored with Ayakashi: Ghost Guild, (the graphics are so stinking epic!) so I wrote a fan-fic! Sweet huh?