The tengu finally dropped me into an old abandoned courtyard before turning around to go back to where he came from without saying a single word "Hey wait, come back here! Why did you take me Here?!?" ignoring my voice as if it was nothing the tengu continued to fly away as I sank to the ground in frustration, oh well at least I could use the time to search for Shin.

Looking around the Courtyard I found nothing but an adjoining door that lead to an old house, left with nowhere else to go I quietly crept into the house looking through the rooms as I went. The first two rooms I arrived in were empty however soon I came to the third room, cautiously sneaking into the corner of the room I saw the room was well looked after with walls lined with tapestries.

However what intrigued me most about the room was the large mahogany chair at the front of the room. Sitting in the chair I could make out the silhouette of a man however I got a bad feeling from him and was just about to leave when he spoke "Don't waste your time child there's youkai patrolling every corner of the mansion, you wouldn't be able to escape."

Walking forward several steps I Started to make our the man's figure, he looked to be no less than twenty had long black hair and dark eyes, eyes which were currently widened in shock "You are human aren't You?" the man suddenly asked in a much colder voice "Of course." I answered confused, who was this man? And why did he want me here?

"Well," said the man "I'm going to be honest with you, you seem to have a very high spiritual energy as well as being able to see youkai as I've just been informed by the guard. And so because of that I. would like you to join our temple as an exorcist." he looked at me expectantly "so do you accept?" "No."

The man looked at me in shock in if the idea of me saying no was inconceivable "may I ask why?" I shook my head "What does it matter anyway? Can I go home now?" the man still looked shocked but nodded his head nonetheless when he suddenly gasped and grabbed my hand "What is it?" I cried out in alarm "well now this changes everything, so the beast didn't escape on its own, it made a contract."

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I looked down in fear and realised he had seen the mark of the contract on my hand my blood ran cold with fear as I tried to run away, however I'd only moved two steps when I was restrained by the tengu guard from earlier. "Contact the rest of the clan heads and tell them we found the beast, if we use the contractor as bate we may be able to seal him again or persuade him to switch contractors."

The man looked at me in amusement "I knew you were interesting child but to actually create a contract with a beast that took the heads of six clans to seal it is something even I never imagined." still with an amused look on his face he turned to the guard "throw him in the cell with the over one, we'll deal with him tomorrow when the clan heads come. Actually judging by his uniform he goes to the same school as my nephew, later ask Moriya to go see if he can identify him and we can use that to make up an excuse to the parents."

Unable to resist I stayed silent as they dragged me towards a holding cell which they then chucked me in then locked, looking around the cell I noticed a young woman in the corner of the cell she had dark purple hair, a pretty face and the same golden eyes as Shim so I identified as a youkai "Hello child what did they throw you in here for?" asked the lady "I made a contract with a being they sealed which allowed it to escape. What about you?" the woman looked at my hand surprised for a minute.

"I got caught but still refused to make a contract so they decided to keep me here till then, by the way..." The woman looked like she wanted to continue but didn't know how "What is it?" she hesitated again then answered "was the youkai you freed by any chance Shin?"