"Where are all of you now? The yokai, I mean. I haven't felt many, or at all, for a very long time. Or maybe I've forgotten how until recently. Are you all in hiding?" she asked, uncertain if she wished to find out.
The yokai next to her sighed, "We aren't all dead if that is what you are worried about." He turned his head to meet her questioning eyes. "The yokai live in the Makai, the demon realm. A few centuries ago, an agreement was made between the demons and the spirit world which led to a barrier being put up to protect the humans. Most of us stay there now."
"Most?"
"Yeah, why?" He probed, though he already knew the answer. "You meet a demon other than me?"
Her hands tightened around her blanket. "Yes, two actually…"