It was not easy to follow tracks in this rocky environment since footprints are not always visible on certain surfaces, yet Kyou's keen eyes saw signs of passage here and there. Bushes were disrupted and blades of grass were broken, things that lesser hunters would not notice. He would also notice something odd. The disturbance were far too big for Nezumis, it was almost as if it was something bigger took the lady, but this made following the signs easy, and they lead north where the forest is denser and the shadows are darker and the sound of waterfalls are distant and faded. Here, Kyou found an opening where a shrine stand<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://www.wallpaperup.com/uploads/wallpapers/2013/02/04/34271/big_thumb_0c08c419da541a4c0c0a9ae69e13a76e.jpg)</div></div><br/>Patroling the front of the shrine were tall figures. Humans, wearing dark fur capes to conceal themselves. They have no clan marking, but they wielded wicked looking blades. Two of them stood guard on the Shrine's gate<br/>