"Who are you?" the ugly and mean looking guard at the gate.

"We heard you had trouble with…" Yuki was saying when the guard cut her off by saying, "I can't let you in."

"Why?" she asked.

"Why should I? you look very suspicious…"

"I can assure you, sir, we have the best of intentions."

"Well then… maybe I can make an exception for such a pretty girl…" he said and his hand was coming toward Yukis' breast when Bankotsus' mighty sword cut if off before it reached the destination.

The guard screamed in horror seeing his missing arm and massive blood lose.

"Bankotsu!" Yuki scolded and slapped her forehead.

"What? He was gonna touch MY woman."

"Don't you think cutting his arm off is a bit extreme?"

"No…"

She slapped her forehead again when another guard and a few people came, hearing the mans' screaming.

Gasps and whispers were heard and the crowd was growing.

'Great…' Yuki thought.

"We've heard of your problem…" Yuki was saying and was again cut off, this time by more guards surrounding them.

'This just keeps getting better and better…' Yuki shook her head.

Bankotsu drew his halberd, ready to fight.

He could kill them all with one strike, she knew, but she couldn't let that happen. This was their big chance for serious cash.

"Don't." she said and placed her hand on his arm.

"Thoughts, Beliefs, Ideas, truths, Images
All of these you hold onto tightly
What I mention now you will release.

Forget our faces, forget our sins."

As soon as she finished the spell, all the people who were there fogot all that had happened.

"Who are you people?" one of the guards asked.

"Shiguro, your arm!" a woman said in concern.

"Go away bitch! Don't you think I noticed?"

"Here," she ripped a piece of her dress, "Use this to stop the bleeding."

"I don't need an ugly creature like you to care for me!"

Yuki oticed the woman was indeed not good looking, but she was very kind and caring, treating her meanly was awaful.

'What a teme…' Yuki thought and whispered a chnat:

"Let cruelty and evil ways

follow this dirtbag threw all of his days.

Reverse the torment he creates,

And turn on him a crueler fate."

"You are fond of this karma spell aren't you?" Bankotsu asked.

"Answer my question!" the guard who questioned their identity demended.

"We have heard of your problem and since we have the abilities needed to defeat demons we thought maybe your lord would be interested in our services." Yuki said.

"Perharps, but you will have to surrender your weapons if you wish to meet with Taro- sama."

"No way." Bankotsu said.

"Well, I can speak to him myself and I bare no weapons."

"Fine." The guard said.

"Taro-sama, there is a woman here to see you." The gurad said.

"Let her in."

"Taro sama," Yuki began, "my husband and I heard of the evil entity that is haunting your lands and we think we can help."

"Is that so?" he asked in sarcasm, "Many tried, they all failed."

"I can assure you, we are no ordinary demon slayers."

"We had mikos, priest, they all died trying."

"What kind of creature is it?"

"No one ever lived to tell."

"Let us try then, you have nothing to lose."

"It's your life, do as you please. If you succeed you will receive your rewards."
"You will not be disappointed."

"So, we got the gig?" Bankotsu asked when they met at the castle entrance.

"Yup, there's only one problem- no one ever came back to collect the rewards."

"So? Everyone else are losers."

"It would be very helpful if we knew what we are up against."

"Whatever it is- we'll send it to hell."