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A/N: Ahh!

K/N: Yay!

A/N: S-see? I told you I'd be surprised!

K/N: Eheh, thank you for cheering me up!

Night, Tengu Village, Mima's PoV:

It was odd.

I looked around and saw bird wings, dog ears, a few cat ears, and a number of seemingly non-animalistic youkai. Some of which had a horn or so upon their head, but they were few at best.

I was the only human here, as far as I could tell.

And it was an odd feeling.

I knew that I was being looked at, as I heard murmurs about me.

"-tasty, I wonder if she tastes just as-?"

"Yum, are they bringing in live mea-?"

"-t's a human doing here...?"

"-sake, sake, sake, sake, sake-"

It was easy to tell that if I wasn't the only human here, it was atleast an abnormality.

"...I'm sorry for the words of my fellow Tengu." This voice was closer, and to the front. It wasn't long untill I realized that it was our guide, Momiji.

"No, it's fine... So long as they don't try anything, I won't mind at all." I gave a shrug that went un-noticed by the white wolf.

Rumia grinned at my statement. "Is that so~?"

"...That is so~" I didn't have much oomph behind my words, as I'd rather not get into a fight. If I could avoid it, I'd gladly never fight. However... with so many flesh-eating youkai about, I'm sure it's only a matter of time.

I'm their food-source, after all.

We walked in silence the rest of the way, save for the mutters of many different youkai, all of which involving myself.

"-nma's daughter got herself a pet?"

At this one, Momiji's brow twitched. Unlike I, the human, Momiji could hear a multitude more when it came to such comments.

However, before she could get annoyed with whoever said that, Yukari popped her upper body out of a gap. "Good! You're here~ I was afraid you would decide not to show up~! Ohh, and here's your umbrella; it's good to be prepared for incliment weather, as I'd rather not have you out of it when an issue comes up~" And with that, Yukari dissapeared as quickly as she appeared, leaving us in a state of surprised confusion.

Oddly, this made the eggplant umbrella that I now had rested over my shoulder feel warm, as though it were some sort of indication that it liked that feeling of surprise that had taken root in our little group. Odd.

With Yukari's interruption the white wolf had been calmed, even if by way of a great deal of confusion and surprise.

It wasn't much longer untill we arived at the heart of the lively village. It seemed that the festival was being held mostly in this area.

"Well, I should get back to guard duty." The wolf obviously didn't like being away from her post.

Rumia thought on this for a moment, and asked, "...But aren't you off duty?"

"Yes, but so is everyone else. Tell me, who will guard against intruders, so as to keep them safe from all of these hungry youkai? I may not be particular to the taste of humans, but I know that a great many are." I couldn't come up with a way to rebuke her reasoning, and neither could Rumia, so I let out a sigh.

However, Sunshine chose that moment to chime in. "Such as myself!" She had a grin on her face that split from ear to ear.

This earned a risen brow from the swordsman. "But... she's human, so shouldn't you...? You know what, forget I asked. If you aren't eating her, I suppose that that's all that matters..." As she walked away, Momiji shook her head. It wasn't long untill she simply vanished in a blur of speed.

With the guide gone, we made our way to what looked like a modest palace of wood and stone. It didn't look like it'd hold up to much of any punishment, but I suppose youkai would be able to take down most anything with their bare hands, so it'd be a pointless effort.

Once at the gate, a pair of lightly armored guards crossed a pair of polearms, blocking us. They both looked like they were neither male, nor female. Chests as flat as the wrote iron gate they stood guard at, hair as white as snow, and body lithe, and agile looking.

The one to the left said, "State your business-" While the one to the right said "-or leave. The choice-" And then the left one once more took the reins, saying, "-is yours."

"Ahh. Well, we have invitations. Momiji said-" I began to say, but was cut off.

The left one spoke first. "That is lady Momiji to-" Followed by the right, who said, "-you, swine!" Their halbreds were now at my throat.

"Jeez, sorry, sorry!" I quickly held out the invitations, while Rumia swatted the weapons away in annoyance.

Grumbling, they each took one, and began to read. Just as with our prior delay, their eyes went wide.

The left one spoke first yet again, saying, "Y-you're the-" Once more followed by the right. "-g-guests of honor?"

Faster than I could see, they lowered the gate, and knelt at their posts.

Yet again, the left started their sentence. "We will keep you-" And the right finished with, "-no longer."

I would have tried to cheer them up, as I did with Momiji, but quite frankly they annoy me. Who talks like that, honestly...?

With that out of the way, we made our way down a very empty hall. This must be where one would normally see a long row of guards - wait, I shouldn't assume that...

Once we reached the end of that long hall-way, I pushed open a pair of grand looking maple doors. ...I'm starting to see a pattern here...

As it turns out, this was the ballroom, and there were a great many youkai all looking at me as soon as the doors had swung open.

"Ahh, welcome, welcome!" I heard a voice coming from a balcony to the very back of the enormous room, which had to take up half the building.

It would seem that Tenma herself saw fit to greet us, as she hopped over the railing and swiftly plumeted to the ground, landing lightly.