Echos began to whisper throughout the land of the west of a demon who walks these lands talking yokai into following him and killing others that would stand in his way or challenge him. Several yokai had been seen throughout the night making their to a forest that was that was given to them as a meeting place. Yokai of different kind and stature standing among each other none of them really knew why they were brought there. but were all brought there by the same offer. Their destination was a tall grand tree that stood over the forest as it could reach up to the sky. Several demons were already there talking among themselves wondering who had brought them all a new group of demons walked into the forest clearing eyes turned to them some began to hiss at the sight of others that they detest and others mummer among themselves as to why some of them were there. As one could tell a large portion of the yokai there didn't get along.
However the first thing everyone noticed when they made their way to the open space was the smell of death and blood. There a headless corpus laid still in the center of the clearing and a head that was lying next to the tree with blood soaked into the ground around yokai walked from the group he was with to go closer to the body, he had known the corpse. More demons started to argue among themselves and threats were thrown around at each other "Silence!" a young looking man with long silver-ish grey hair had shouted as he was emerged from the forest behind them, his eyes glowed a bright yellow as his gaze sweep over the crowed of yokai.
He clicked his tongue at how much weaker nearly all of them here, if this demon was looking for weak followers then he had his full right here. "Why did I bother wasting my time coming here, just so I could be surrounded by such trash that can only bicker."he said out loud to himself, a few of the demons looked to him "you dare call me trash" the young looking yokai turned his back to face the forest he had just entered "I do not dare I only call you by what you are." He started to leave when a few more yokai blocked his path. A large demon walked out of the group, he had scales covering his whole body all the way down to his tail that slapped against the earth as he advanced. Fangs hung from his mouth and two horns were visible upon his head, whispering came from behind the giant lizard which the young yokai assumed to be his followers. "Fighting me will only end one way I'm afraid" "with your death" the lizard looking yokai said, man laughed before he turned halfway to face him "I look forward to the day when I find a demon who can best me."The yokai hissed at him,the sliver-ish gray haired yokai's eyes shined a brighter yellow as he lifted his hand towards the sky.
The demon around him didn't know what to expect, the leaves on the trees started to rustle "Kill him" the creature shouted, all of them charged at once. However before thy could touch him, the yokai brought his hand swiftly back down. A flash of light and a bolt of thunder followed right the the other yokai that were not a part of the commotion opened their eyes the only thing they saw was the demon standing in the enter of the scorched remains of what use to be yokai.
Fear was struck in most of the remaining weaker yokai and curiosity took the minds of the rest "such a nice display of power" a yokai said emerging from the large hole in the tree. "So you were here the whole time?You could of saved your followers" "why would I save them? If they knew that you were stronger then themselves then they wouldn't have challenged you and they would still be among us." The stranger said "Or they knew you were strong but chose to challenge you anyway because of one's pride" He leapt down from the tree "You see the rest of you were smart, you either knew your place or had no desire to interfere." The demons looked to the yokai that was standing in front of them, he wore a cloak that covered his face so only darkness was what they could see from under the hood.
"What o you what from me?" asked a small yokai that sat on a floating head no bigger then itself. The cloaked yokai walked over to the head of his dead follower, the small toad like woman looked to the head with curios eyes. He grabbed the giant head and tossed it effortlessly to the small demon woman, she lifted her hand and caught the head with a spell which left it suspended in the air before her. "A gift will get you so far" she chuckled to the yokai "No gift for the rest of us?" another yokai spoke up, he had ears upon his head and a bushy orange tail "I'm afraid not" he replied to him.
The yellow eyed man looked from the cloaked figured to the other yokai that he stood amongst , what was the true reason he asked for them all to be here he thought to himself just like everyone else who stood there. "I've called upon some and asked of others to join me here today. The offer I made to everyone of you still stands, power or territory." "And I say again why would I need either? I am strong enough to claim my own land" a giant yokai with a boar face said "I'm not offering the tiny spec of dirt you call land. I'm offering territory almost as vast as the land of the west"some yokai looked to each other wondering if this was possible. "Power -if you want- to rival that of the four lords."
The yellow eyed demon could see some of the yokai around him taking more interest in his words, but who wouldn't he is offering the weak power which they could only dream of and a place to call their own. However he cared not for his pretty words he spoke of, he was powerful enough to rival the lord of this land and since the lord knows that he let him roam where ever he pleased and live where he wanted. The only reason he had arrived to this place was because the yokai wrapped in darkness promised him that he would fight demons that would challenge him and push him to his limit. He knew promises like that would only lead to disappointment but the confidence the yokai held when he spoke of it made him consider it. "So how do we acquirer either of these things?" a smaller creature asked the cloaked figure turned his back to them "by doing one thing" he said holding up a clawed finger "one thing?" the weaker yokai looked to each other wondering what it could be,some of them thought that whatever he was asking for could be simple while the others thought it might be too difficult since the yokai looked powerful enough to kill or take whatever he wanted.
"So whats the one thing" the boar faced yokai said, even though no one could see his face several of the demon could feel that he was smiling in the darkness that covered his face. "It's rather a simple task for the strong. All I need you all to do is find me my hanyo" "hanyo?" some of the demons didn't know what to think of this, it had to be a joke, there one and only job was to find a half-breed. All the yokai thought it strange that he wanted was some weak creature, although a few of the yokai knew better then to judge this stranger's request he was powerful so for him to seek out aid from another was nothing to take lightly.
A large demon from the back crowed laughed, the cloaked yokai turned to look at it "what's so funny one eye?" the fox yoaki said being one of the few that knew that this request wasn't what it seemed. The one eyed demon calmed his laughter to speak "it must be a joke right. He wants to waste our time with such a request, to fetch a halfing. It's either he thinks less of us or he is weaker then he wants us to believe" the laughter that was once rumbling through him was now gone and only annoyance was left. Some of the others began whispering to each other "what if he is right and this is just a joke""What if he is weaker then he claims to be""why should we do this what if his offer is a lie."
The yellow eyed man and the toad like woman both sighed knowing what was to come next, everyone noticed the demon walking past them till he stopped right in front of the larger demon. The one eyed demon looked down on the smaller yokai believing that he could over take this small man. "So which is it" the fox yokai said with a smirk on his face, he knew what was going to happen the moment he answered. "I think he's" "so you think and think wrong"the yokai swung his arm in a arch in front of the large ogre and in the same second his arm came back to his side large spikes came shooting up from the earth forming an arch through the body of the yokai.
The yokai now stood there impaled, large quantity of blood split from his mouth like a small gushing waterfall as his eye grew dull and lifeless. "Poor fool" the toad like woman said "that's what he gets for thinking" the fox shrugged his shoulders "does anyone else believe I'm putting on a facade" the cloaked demon said turning to look at the rest of the crowd. Seeing his ability to control the earth first hand had stopped all doubt the others had "I seek a half-breed who's hair as white as snow and two different color eyes as bright as jewels. With a fighting spirit that would match any Dai-yokai. You may kill her on sight for territory or bring her to me for power." The other creatures though that the way that he was describing the hanyo was quite personal, but none of them were going to ask questions.
The yokai plucked a white bell shaped flower from the ground by is feet and held it in between his claws "to find her just follow the scent." The demons all inhaled deeply and caught the scent that they had not realized was there, underneath the scent of the rotting corpse and blood was a pleasant smell the scent of a female hanyo. "Let the hunt begin" the fox said and the horde of demons began to leave "be careful her bite is worse then her bark so keep your heads about you." The yoaki said as the remaining yokai vanished into the forest.
He looked over to see the yellow eyed demon, the fox, toad like woman, and the boar faced yokai unmoved, hunting down a hanyo wasn't the reason he asked them here. "You, the ones standing before me are the strongest in the west and I ask of you to join me" the fox demon seemed uncertain, he liked mischief as much or more then the next fox but now that he was standing before this stranger he had small doubt for he was unsure as to what this stranger was asking for. The yellow eyed man felt a hint of distrust and uncertainty rise in his gut about this yokai but if he could find him a decent opponent then he might just stick around. "For you to ask us to join you there must be a reason. A very destructive reason." The boar said "you could say for future reference, but for now there is nothing" "if there is nothing then why ask now and not then?" "I like to have what I need before I need it" the yellow eyed yokai knew from the first encounter with this demon he knew he was far different then the others that lived in the west. He reminded him of his people that he had not seen since he had left for the west, especially the ability to manipulate elements which should only be done by only his race of yokai.
"Which reminds me, Chihiro how is it coming along?" he asked the toad like woman, she smiled to him "I was wondering when you were going to ask about that. Everything on my side is done its just missing that one thing, which I should ask if you have found that one missing piece that you were looking for to make it work." He didn't answer her, his head lowered and his body went limp as he stood there like a lifeless doll. The others who didn't know -which was only the the Chihiro- what was going on could only look at him with confusion.
After a few moments his body came back to life, his head turned to look at Chirhiro "do not fret over it, I have already found the location of my dolls new reflection."