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**[[Season One, Between Episodes Eighteen and Nineteen]]** *Reports of a demon lurking in the woods brought Rin and Yukio out on a hunt. Shura tagged along, but Rin, ever the stray, slipped away from the group and ended up hopelessly lost in the dense, shadowy forest.* “Ugh… definitely shouldn’t have wandered off,” *he muttered, hands clasped behind his head as he trudged through the unfamiliar green maze.* *A sharp, dry snap cut the air from a nearby thicket. Rin froze, his hand instinctively dropping to the hilt of his sword. He turned slowly, catching the faintest glimpse of a figure ducking back into the shadows.*