I may be in a very fairy tale mood, but I don't like the idea of his friend betraying him. Maybe, they have the understanding that if things get too hot the other youkai will have to preserver his/herself, but no out right betrayals. . . .Sorry, bad video game made me so sad with something like that just recently.

As for the other stuff, I think we should let the RP take it's course that far into the game. If something like that seems likely when the time comes, then we can do something like that, but I'm hoping that by that point the young man has more faith in his guardian :P There's a strong chance that by that point we may be on a completely different track, so we can keep it in mind, but I don't wanna lock us into it this early on. :P