Kuri was running from the strange woman. The woman had orange ears and six orange tails. Floating around her were blue balls of fire.

"Damn it get back here!" The woman said in a strange, lilting voice.

Kuri kept running until she crashed into a boy, same age as her. She gasped and hid behind him.

"What the...? Hey what are you running from?" Ben said.

She backed up and pointed into the alley.

Ben walked in, but all he saw was a fox running into the woods. "It was just a fox."

Kuri backed up and looked alarmed.

"Hey, come on. What's your name? What happened?" Ben asked her.

Gwen walked up from the car. "I don't think she can talk Ben."

Kuri gratefully nodded.

"She's not a mute Gwen. She's a Yokai. That's why she was being chased by a Yokai." Kevin pointed out.

Kuri glared at him in absolute fury, her eyes black. Kevin made a pained sound and fainted.

Gwen got between them. "What did you do to him?!"

Kuri backed up a step and looked like she wanted to run.

"Not gonna happen." Ben caught her wrist. "You better be able to undo what you did to our friend!"

Kuri went over to Kevin and took a deep breath, her eyes flashing silver, then the color dancing over her hands. Moments later he opened his eyes.

"Are you hurt?" Gwen said.

"I'm not dead... " Kevin said. "That attack...she could've killed me easily, but she didn't. That attack didn't come from her. The girl's got some sort of possession going on. Also she can talk. She's just scared. The other Yokai have been chasing her for a while. They're after the thing inside her."

"One question." Ben said. "What's a Yokai?"