As Oki stepped into Yoshpet, he sensed that something was awry. The forest had always been quiet, but never this quiet. He sniffed the air and walked a few paces into the forest. "That smell… Burning flesh?" He looked around, concerned.

Snap.

Oki swiveled towards the noise, baring his teeth as a warning to the intruder. Crack. He turned again, this time in the opposite direction. "Rrrrr…." "Growling?" Out from behind a tree strode a large dog, a full foot taller than Oki. Its body looked as though someone had stripped it of its flesh, leaving it to limp around in a musclesuit. It had no eyes; rather, two hollow sockets as black as coal stared at Oki.

The hound snarled a demonic snarl and bared its fangs. Oki stood his ground, faithful in his ability to ward off the monster. Suddenly, it reared its head back and unleashed a devastating roar; its jaws split apart, causing it to resemble an angry snake. "Gah!!!" Oki covered his ears and laid down, unable to stand such a sound. As the hound continued howling, tentacles emerged from its back and shot towards the cornered blue and red wolf. Just as they were about to hit, his ears picked up the sound of them moving and he jumped, leaving the tentacles to slam into the ground, leaving a gaping hole.

Oki narrowed his eyes and raced at the creature, leaping and biting its throat as he reached it. The hound let out a great bellow and shook its head violently, throwing Oki against a tree. The tree splintered but remained standing.

"W-what are you…?" he asked, wincing as he panted heavily. "One of my ribs must be broken…" The hound smiled an impossible smile, showing more teeth than possible for a canine. The muscles of its body began to unravel and shift upwards, intertwining in a new shape. Its bones cracked and shifted as well, eventually forming a new body. Oki's eyes widened. Staring back at him, grinning evilly, was his own face, his human face.

"I am what is known as an Illusion Demon," said the evil Oki. "I can become anyone I wish. See?" He shifted his face from Amaterasu's human face, to Samickle's, to Kai's, to Issun's before returning it to Oki's. "I used to cause trouble in Sei-an City, but after awhile, that stuff gets old, so I decided to have fun here, in Kamui."

"I won't let you do this…" The evil Oki grinned and shifted to a form identical to Oki's wolf form.

"That's what they all say before I rip them to shreds." They ran at each other, biting and clawing. Blood stained the snow and each pulled away with large chunks of fur and flesh. The shapeshifter bit down on Oki's right fore leg and increased the pressure until it snapped. Oki let out a loud whine and fell to the ground, having had most of his weight on that leg. The demon stood over him, grinning evilly. "Feel free to stay here to save energy for a later attack on me. All heroes do things like that before they die." Still in Oki's form, the demon walked away towards the village, the gears in his head already whirling at full force, crafting and forming a devilish plan.

Meanwhile, Oki tried to stand, only to fall back down painfully. "I guess I will just stay here awhile, but later, I'll kill you!"

A/N: I know, "Not much of a mystery, is it, Fury?" Well, I decided to go a different way with this fic. Deal with it! 9/17/09