[color=8dc73f][center][h1]Shou Nakano[/h1][/center][/color]


Shou received a very strange call from Sven, saying something about Japanese myths, creatures a portal to a "Mirror World"... If it was anyone else, he wouldn't believe, but Sven sounded pretty serious and he couldn't imagine him lying after that call.
[color=8dc73f]"Well, got nothing better to do anyways..."[/color] he mumbled, taking his equipment and going to meet with him.
Surely it was strange though, something about another world connected to ours, a disease and a seal... It couldn't be said that Sho was unfamiliar with the Japanese mythology, as his family always had a deep respect by the Kodamas and other spirits. But he had never heard about a portal connecting this world to another world... 

Sven said to meet him in front of the shrine. The shrine wasn't unfamiliar to him, but himself wasn't the type that would go there very often to pray. Paying respects to the old and wise Kodama that inhabit the forests and mountains was something he did daily due to his connection with nature. But that didn't mean he would disrespect a sacred shrine.
Before entering the shrine, he bowed slightly before entering and purifying himself at the chozuya. He could already see Sven goin inside, but Shou didn't wanted to disrespect the shrine gods, so he insisted on paying his respects, ringing the bell twice before bowing down and doing a brief prayer. Since he was a child, he always got scolded by his grandmother when he entered the shrine without praying, so it became almost like an habit for him.
Bowing again after finishing he went to where he saw Sven getting in.

Already inside the shrine, the first thing that caught his attention was the side room, on which were a number of people already waiting inside, presumably they were together with Sven when everything happened the last night.
[color=8dc73f]"Hey Sven! So, what was about all that you told me earlier?"[/color] he asked.
[color=8dc73f]"It sounded like you had a pretty entertaining night yesterday, huh?"[/color] he said, laughing.

[color=8dc73f]"Nice to meet you, Name's Shou. I believe Sven has already told you about me."[/color] he said, smiling to the other who were there.
Shou was pretty much a normal guy to most people, but those with unusually strong sense of smell could feel a very particular and unique smell emanating from the boy, it smelled like poison and herbal medicine. The notes of lavender and other good scented medicinal herbs mixed together with the familiar smell of poisonous plants were, to those who could smell it, a clear indication that something was off about him. He had never noticed it though, nor any other normal human would, due to the smell being very faint.

Most of the people who were around him were pretty normal, except two of them: a silver haired man using an eyepatch with an uncommon tone of yellow in his eyes and a pretty girl wearing a yukata and wielding a kanabo, which immediately caught his attention.

The girl wearing a yukata was talking with another girl about the her running away or something like that. But what drew his attention was the feeling that the girl passed. She was laughing heartily while she talked, she looked like the type of person that was very carefree, who liked to enjoy her life, she looked like a strong woman, both in personality and body, but she also passed a sensation of freshness, of youthfulness and vigor, like she was always overflowing with energy. He didn't knew exactly what, but something on her told him that she was different from others. 

[color=8dc73f][i]"She certainly looks cute on those clothes."[/i][/color] He thought to himself.

[color=8dc73f]"Hey!"[/color] He exclaimed, moving with an unusual agility near the girl, moving around her excitedly, studying the girl.
[color=8dc73f]"Sorry if I'm being rather indelicate, but... You're also not human, right?"[/color] he asked, looking to her eyes with a sincere smile on his face. By his expression you could see he was genuinely curious about her.
Shou did knew about his family's unusual lineage and their deep connection with the nature and the Gyokuto, so the question he did didn't sound dumb on his head. At least not on HIS head. Shou isn't known to care about what other people think about him.

That was until a girl stormed in the shrine, saying something about needing to get in the portal immediately, while holding a sword.
The girl caught Shou off-guard, especially the way she stormed in with a weapon on her hand, making him give a big jump back, again moving with an unusual agility, especially his jump.

[color=8dc73f]"Calm down! Breathe in, explain what's happening first. What is this portal you are tal-"[/color] he stopped talking as soon as he turned around, seeing the big glowing portal at the center of the shrine.
[color=8dc73f]"Oh... Never mind... You meant THAT portal."[/color] he said, looking to the glowing thing curiously.
[color=8dc73f]"Say Sven, that is the thing you told me about on the cellphone, right?"[/color] he asked, without taking his eyes off the portal.

And for the first time since he arrived on the shrine, Shou was quiet. Not talking or walking around. He just stood there looking at the portal with a very curious expression.