Kohaku rode Takuto deep in the forest as he stayed on the path. It was now getting close to night fall and thunder sounded in the distance. Kohaku started to wonder if they had got lost or worst they went the wrong way.
"We should be there by now. Maybe we missed a turn. I guess I should have taken a...wait a minute." Kohaku said seeing a sign up ahead.
As they reach the sign there was a fork in the road. Kohaku held up a lantern and tried to read the sign, but because of years of sitting there it was hard to read. Kohaku looked down the right path as Takuto followed his gaze.
"Let's go this way." Kohaku said.
Takuto looked right, at a dark, overgrown path, then he looked to the left towards a more light and friendly route. Takuto started to the left when Kohaku pulled his reins towards the right path.
"Come on Takuto! It's a shortcut. We'll be there in no time!" Kohaku smiled patting him on the side.
As Kohaku and Takuto continue on. Takuto looked up at the sky as and evil cast of shadows casted down on them from the lifeless trees. As they kept walking a pack a wolves ran further back in the woods. Takuto stopped and looked around to locate the running he heard. Takuto began to back up as the howl of a wolf sounded. Kohaku slowly pulled out a map and waved the lantern around as he looked around.
"This isn't right. Maybe we should turn around." Kohaku said with worry in his voice.
As Takuto continued to back up there were even more sounds of wolves howling in the distance. He began to become started and Kohaku tried to keep control over him.
"Whoa...whoa boy, whoa Takuto."
Takuto bumped into a tree as Kohaku still tried to take control. As they hit the tree a swarm of bats flew out and surrounded Kohaku and Takuto.
"Oh, oh! Look out!" Kohaku shouted swing his arms at the bats.
Takuto became so startled that he began to run. Kohaku held on tight as Takuto continued running. Takuto stopped running and barely fell over a cliff. Kohaku pulled the reins back.
"Come on boy back up. Back up." Kohaku said as Takuto backed away from the cliff. "Good boy! Good boy that's it back up! Steady. Steady that's it boy."
As Kohaku was getting Takuto steady the pack of wolves began to make their attack.
"Oh no!" Kohaku shouted as the wolves came closer.
Takuto was so startled he rose to his hined legs and Kohaku fell off. Leaving him close to falling off the cliff, but not over the side. Takuto then quickly raced off into the forest leaving Kohaku. As Takuto ran two wolves raced after him. Kohaku quickly stood up and looked around.
"Takuto?" Kohaku whispered into the forest.
A clap of thunder shouted as he looked around. Kohaku looked up a hill just in time to see a pack of wolves staring down at him. Kohaku gasps and starts to run as the wolves howl to sound the attack. As Kohaku runs he turns back to see the wolves gaining on him, and he loses where he's running and falls down a hill. As he looks up he sees he's at the front of an old village, and up ahead stood a temple with temple gates. Kohaku makes a mad dash to the gates and starts beating on them.
"Help! Is someone there? Please help!" He shouts as the wolves get closer.
The gates suddenly open and as Kohaku runs in a wolf grabs him by his boot. Kohaku quickly yanks his foot away and shut the gate. He took a sigh of relief and collected himself for a minute. He then looked up at the dark and gloomy temple as another clap of thunder sounded, and it began to rain. He ran to the door and knocked on it, and as soon as he did it opened. Kohaku peered inside and looked around at the entrance way. It was huge with collums that lead to the main stair case and two door ways to the side. Kohaku closed the door and walked in looking around.
"Hello?" He said walking in a bit more. "Helloooo?" Kohaku said abit louder.
"Young fellow must have lost his way in the woods." A voice whispers softly.
"Keep quiet! Maybe he'll go away." Another voice whispered.
Kohaku looked around as he heard the faint voices.
"I...Is someone there?" He asked nervously.
In the corner of the room stood a man as he watched Kohaku.
"Not a word, Miroku. Not one word!" A small flea demon whispered on Miroku's shoulder.
"I...I don't...mean to i..intrude, but I've lost my horse, a...and I need a place to stay for the night." Kohaku said getting worried.
"Oh Myoga, have a heart." Miroku said giving Myoga a sad puppy dog face.
"Shush shush ssshhhhhh!" Myoga said trying to hush Miroku, but due to his small size it didn't help.
Miroku becomes annoyed and flicks Myoga off his shoulder.
"Ow!" Myoga shouts as he goes flying.
"Of course, young lad, you are welcome here." Miroku smiled still in the shadows.
"W...who said that?" Kohaku asked looking around the room.
Miroku comes up behind Kohaku and taps his shoulder. Kohaku turns around and jumps back suprised to see someone come out of no where.
"Well, now you've done it, Miroku. Splendid, just peachy...aaaarrrgggghhhhh!" Myoga shouts as Kohaku grabs him.
"My what a small demon." Kohaku said examining Myoga.
"Put me down! At once!" Myoga shouted.
Kohaku put him down and looked at him.
"Sorry, it's just that I've never seen a small demon like...ahhh...I mean...aaahhh..aahh...aahh-choo!" Kohaku sneezed and rubbed his nose.
"Oh you are soaked to the bone, lad. Come, warm yourself by the fire." Miroku said leading him into a den with a fire running.
As they walked towards the den Myoga was complaining as he followed them.
"Thank you." Kohaku smiled.
"No, no, no, do you know what the master would do if he finds you here?" Myoga shouts following them.
As they walk into the den a dark figure appears at the top of the stairs in the shadows, and bolts with lightning speed to the next shadow. As Miroku leads Kohaku into the den Myoga tumbles down the steps. Kohaku sat in a large arm chair by the fire.
"Oh no, not the master's chair!" Myoga whinned as a small twin tail cat demon rushed by. "I'm not seeing this, I'm not seeing this!"
Kohaku looks at the cat demon as she jumps in his lap. He petted her softly and smiled.
"Well hello girl." Kohaku smiled as a man walked over and placed a blanket around him. "What service."
"All right, this has gone far enough. I'm in charge here, and..."
Myoga was cut off by a young but old woman walking in with a small fox demon by her side, as she carried a tray of tea. She walked over to Kohaku and smiled.
"How would ye like a nice cup of tea, lad? It'll warm ye up in no time."
She pours some tea in to a cup the fox demon was holding, and hands it to Kohaku.
"No! No tea, no tea!" Myoga shouts jumping up.
"Thank you." Kohaku smiles at them.
Suddenly the door to the den slams open and a strong gust of wind blows into the room, extinguishing the fire in the fireplace. Myoga dives for cover as the cat demon jumps away. The woman begins to shake as the fox demon jumps back to her and hides behind her.
"Uh oh!" He says pulling her kimono bottoms toward him.
A young man walked in. His dog ears made it obvious that he was a half demon. He looks around the room at everyone then at the chair. Kohaku sat there shaking his back to who ever it was.
"There's a stranger here?" He says growling.
Miroku steps up to him taking his hands out of his robes to his kimono, and held them up to the young man trying to calm him.
"Master, allow me to explain. The young boy was lost in the woods and he was cold and wet..." Miroku was cut off with the man growling at him.
"Master, I'd like to take this moment to say...I was against this from the start. I tried to stop them, but would they listen to me? No, no, no!" Myoga shouted.
The young man growled again and Myoga jumped on to Miroku's shoulder. Kohaku looks to the right of the chair behind him then turns to look at the other side, but comes face to face with the young man as he glared at Kohaku.
"Who are you? What are you doing here?" He shouted at him.
"I...I...I was lost in the woods and..." Kohaku said backing up as he stared at the man.
"Your not welcome here!" He shouted.
"I'm sorry!"
"What are you staring at?" The man yelled at Kohaku.
"Noth...noth...nothing!" Kohaku shouted getting up and running to the door.
The young man ran to the door blocking it with incredible speed.
"So, you've come to stare at the half demon, have you?"
"Please, I meant no harm! I just needed a place to stay." Kohaku said backing up.
"I'll give you a plave to stay!" The young man said walking over to Kohaku.
The young man picks Kohaku up by the front of his shirt, and carries him out of the room and slams the door, as it leaves the rest of them in the dark.
