Chapter I: Kitsune Through the mirror

Once the pack agreed to search for the local gods, they waited till dusk to resume their march. A few minutes after night fall, the kitsune gathered in the outskirts of the village. It is from this moment on that my clan starts taking a leading role in this tale!

The pack leader Maki, called three kitsune to lead the search for the local deities. In case they got separated from them those squad leader could take control of the group and continue their endeavor. One of the kitsune called to lead was Yuki, a member of my clan and Maki’s youngest sibling. She was tasked with guiding the pack in this search, since gods live on a separate plane from humans and even yokai have a hard time finding local gods. Even amongst my clan Yuki was a special one. After only 300 years she was able to travel freely through water and other reflecting surfaces, such an accomplishment as most commonly achieved after at least 600 years, so basically those in my clan that can do that are generally roku-bi or shishi-bi. Since gods live outside of the human realm, the only way to reach them was through ponds and mirrors in their shrines. 

Even though Maki was a kyu-bi she had a hard time with this technique, that’s why she chose for that important role her most talented and youngest sibling. Yuki was best known for her completely white fur and her dark eyes and playful attitude. While Maki was known for her cool and collected way of being and seriousness as well by her golden fur and grey eyes, by all accounts an excellent leader. Yuki was responsible for transporting everyone through the mirrors in the shrines to land were the gods dwelled. That night Yuki led a group to search for the closest shrine, with a sufficiently large mirror so the whole pack could move through. About an hour into their excursion, the group returned with news, saying they found a good mirror and a pond that could be of use in a temple a couple miles away. 

Close enough to reach before dawn and far enough from the nearest village that the kitsune could use it in broad daylight. And so they ran through the land into the temple were the mirror and pond were said to be. When the group arrived the temple was empty, since it was just before dawn, at least that what they thought. The night before the king of Ren, arrived to the temple with her ill daughter, whose condition was diagnosed as terminal by the palace medics. So in a desperate tempt the imperial family traveled to the temple to pray for the health and life of the princess, whose name was Yukari. When the pack arrived the princess was playing near the pond when she saw Yuki, who was scouting the area.