Kurisuta Hikawa swept up her shrine. She was twenty one and she had long dark hair, caramel skin, and bright blue eyes. She was the High Priestess of Hikawa Shrine.
She walked across and sat in front of the altar where the flames danced.
She knelt, gazing into the flames and using her power of pyromancy to divine the future.
In the flames she saw a demon, turning the flames blue.
Kuri stood. This was very interesting. It was rare that she would catch a glimpse of the past. But she had. This person, this Rin Okumura, she was sure to meet him soon.
"Sister!" Reiko Hikawa rushed in. Reiko was a kitsune, with red hair and green eyes, pale skin and freckles. "Sister you aren't going to believe it."
"Is there a man wreathed in blue flames outside?" Kuri said calmly.
"Ya know your premonitions make it hard to surprise you." Reiko said, annoyed.
"Do me a favor and prepare something to eat. I will go see him." Kuri said.
Rei paused. "A-Are you going to use...that?"
Kuri shook her head. "Her power will not be necessary for this. However, I haven't used my power in a long time."
Kuri put a large red coat on and went outside. It was snowing, and the man was standing by the tree. He looked to be about her age.
Kuri walked forward and realized the snow was not falling around the tree. Whatever had brought Rin to this place had erected a barrier.
Kuri walked forward, and was repelled. She incanted several choice words, and her shadow lengthened and went outside the barrier, while she, glowing with silver light, and she touched the barrier, breaking it.
As soon as the barrier vanished, Rin landed on the ground. He looked at his hands, his hair, his body, and cried out. He was human. "What have you done?!"
Snow was falling on Rin, and he was shivering in his uni—wait a second. What the hell was he wearing?
Rin looked down. He was wearing a dark blue hoodie, and dark blue jeans. In his pocket was a pocket knife. He opened up the knife, and to his shock it became his sword.
"Answer the question." Rin said.
As he pointed the blade at her, it pulsed and changed back into the knife.
"What's wrong, Rin? Can't get it up?" Kuri smirked. "I'm kidding. Anyway you haven't lost your powers. Everyone in the shrine is protected by glamour. Except me, mostly. Go ahead."
Kuri erected a target of some kind. "Attack that with your demonic power."
Rin decimated the target with his flames. "Yeah! So I just look like a human. Why?"
"Cuz demons don't exist. At least not where mortals can see them. That's why demons come here after being discovered, for asylum and assimilation." Kuri said. "Bet you're hungry after being trapped like that."
Kuri took his hand and led him inside the temple. RIn sat down and looked around. There was an altar in the main room, with an effigy of a female kami. Another woman came in with some fried chicken. This woman smelled like a fox.
Rin growled at her.
"Easy. She's a friend. You guys have to get along, ok?" Kuri said.
Rin relaxed with her touch, though he couldn't fathom why.
In fact...why hadn't he attacked her when she released him. He was still angry after being trapped, wasn't he? But when she was near, his violent tendencies eased.
Everything just felt better near this miko. Was this why demons came to her for asylum and assimilation? What power was this?
"It's called empathy." Reiko chuckled. "Relax. Everyone gets the same look on their face after being subjected to her power for the first time. She can't really manipulate you into doing anything you don't want to; and your will is your own. Besides she'd never abuse her power like that. No, Kuri uses her power to help us so that we don't panic. The change can be difficult. Some of us lost more than others..."
"As a miko,' Kuri said. "I still try to keep the slaughter to a minimum. It may sound strange to you, considering I am mostly human. But I understand the demonic need for chaos and carnage, as well as the fact that some of them eat only humans. So I...point them in the direction of the truly evil and look the other way."
"You say you are mostly human...what do you mean?" Rin asked.
"I have a demon that shares my soul. She is powerful, and delights in chaos and carnage. So I say mostly human, because I am, and yet I am not." Kuri said.
"So you are half demon like me?" Rin said quickly.
"Not in the same way. I envy you actually. For you it is natural, the demonic power actually belongs to you by birthright. For me...it is a separate soul. My mother attempted to purify a powerful demon without the knowledge that she was pregnant, resulting in a parasitic demonic possession. Me." Kuri said after a long pause.
"So you help demons because you are like us?" Rin said.
"No...I help demons because they are my friends." Kuri said. "Demons were the ones who saved me when I found myself soaked in the blood of the innocent and there was little of me left in my soul. A demon called Mephisto."
