All the Makai was in alert. Shura,the son and heir of Lord Yomi, one of the three rulers of the Makai was missing. Demons were looking for him. Yomi tried to seem calm but inside he was worried more than he had ever been. Although Shura was actually a clone, his clone, he was still his son and he couldn't help being worried about him. And then again, there was the other problem about Shura's disappearance. If someone would find the boy, namely one of the servants and allies of the other two rulers of the Makai he could be forced to pay a ransom or even exchange his throne for the boy. This indeed was a delicate matter. Yomi had split his army into troops and sent them searching his territory. He himself was leading a small group on horses. They were currently searching in one of the most dangerous and overgrown forests on Yomi's domain.

The group of demons stuck close to one another not wanting to find out what deadly secrets the forest hid. The trees were monstrous in size, imposing and their tops were not in sight. They seemed to have been there since the Makai began its life. There were vines that hanged from high above and looked like they were just waiting for someone to get too close. In short, the whole forest seemed hostile to any intruders.

Yomi's thoughts drifted off to his son. But suddenly one of his six ears twitched when he picked up a faint sound. It seems there was some activity going on in the area. He made his horse slow down a bit and directed everyone's attention to a small path in front of them. They went along the path until the tree trunks seemed to be making a clearance right in the middle of the forest. They stopped their horses at the edge of the clearance. There was certainly a lot going on in the clearance. A large number of demons it seemed from almost every kind were moving about. And then Yomi spotted a chubby and bald demon in the middle, who was holding a whip in one of his clawed hands and yelling at the other demons.

"Slave traders", Yomi thought. And he was right. His eyes studied through the crowd to see if maybe his boy was there. But all he could see was teenagers and adults, not a single child. There were some very attractive demons but most of the others seemed to be starving and very unclean. He led his horse to the demon that seemed to be the master of the slaves. As he did so all of the demon slaves stopped moving about and cleared the path for Yomi.

"Ah, Lord Yomi! What a pleasure!" The chubby demon said almost mockingly and with a sparkle of mischief in his eyes. Yomi's eyes narrowed.

"Let's skip the pleasantries, shall we?I want to know if you've seen Shura, my son." Yomi said calmly while getting of his horse. The other demons from his group started looking around for the boy.

"I'm sorry to say that no, I haven't seen your boy. We've been here for just a couple of weeks" the demon said.

Yomi sighed heavily. His son seemed to have been swallowed by the nothingness. And he, his father could not find him. Yomi turned his head to look at the slaves and for his group.

"Maybe I can interest you in one of my slaves.I have some very beautiful ones" the demon said watching Yomi's eyes.

"No", was Yomi's simple answer. "Leave me to think" he added massaging his temples. The demon left hurriedly not wanting to attract the wrath of one of the most powerful demons in the Makai.
Yomi's violet eyes were scanning the crowd for Shaachi, his general when something…or rather someone caught his eyes. It was a beautiful demon althought he couldn't tell witch kind the demon was right away. He has golden-like honey eyes, had furry ears on his head, a brown furry tail and his hair seemed to be a dirty brownish color. But what was more important, it seemd that the demon wanted Yomi to follow him somewhere. He kept turning his head to look at the forest and then back at Yomi.

"I have nothing to lose" Yomi said to himself and started following the demon but careful so that nobody actually saw him leave. He hurried into the forest and caught up with the beautiful demon who seemed to be leading him somewhere.

"Where are you taking me?" Yomi asked in a calm voice.

"To your son" Was the simple, smooth reply.

Yomi stopped dead in his tracks….his…his son? He was here? But how?...and Who…? There were a thousand questions going through his mind at the moment but he remained silent. Then he got closer to the demon and grabed him by the shoulders turning him around. He was looking into those golden eyes that were the most beautiful he had ever seen only to see a lot of sadness, hurt and a bit of fear in them. "He is so profound" Yomi thought. He realized that his hands were clenched quite hard on the demon's shoulders and gently let go of him. The minute he did that the demon seemd to relax.

"How do you know he is my son?" Yomi asked after what seemed like an eternity of slience.

"He looks just like you, Lord Yomi" the demon answered in the same silky voice.

Yomi seemed to ponder.

"Where did you find him?" he asked calmly looking into the other's golden eyes.

"In a clearance near here. He was hurt and I didn't want that bald idiot to turn him into a slave".

"He's hurt?" Yomi asked panicked. He new that Shura was tough but if he was injured and alone…

The demon started walking again and after about 10 feet turned to look at Yomi.

"Coming?" He asked. As he was preparing to start walking again Yomi asked him:

"What benefits do you get from saving my son?"

The demon turned to Yomi completely his brown ears turned forward and simply replied:

"Nothing at all."

Yomi was stunned. "This is a trap" he kept telling himself. But his steps carried him forward, and soon enough he caught up with the beauty as he had named the demon.

"What kind of demon are you?" Yomi asked curios.

"A kitsune" the other demon replied.

"No wonder" Yomi thought. "He's very attractive" he thought sizing the demon up. After a while they reached the entrance to a cave. Yomi raised one of his eyebrows at the young demon.

"He's inside" the young kitsune said.

Yomi was thinking this over. If he went first he could get trapped in but if he went after the demon could easily turn around and attack him. He sensed that the kitsune was quite powerful but he knew that he was superior in strengths. He motioned to the kitsune to lead the way. Which he did. After a bit of time had passed Yomi suddenly felt a familiar aura coming from the front. His heart was pounding in his chest. Was this Shura? Was he really alive? And if he was how badly injured was he?