Summary

For the first fifteen years of his life, Mitsuo lived with an elderly Shinto priest and his wife. Throughout that time, he learned many things from watching their care of the shrine and responses to supernatural dangers. Unfortunately, the priest counted the now very old Mitsuo among those dangers, and decided to kill him before he was able to change and do harm to anyone.

He was only a little too late. By the time he found Mitsuo, the cat had already started changing. His tail forked, he grew several sizes larger, and as he ran into the forest, the priest swore he could hear him speak like a person.

Mitsuo spent several years traveling and training his ability before ending up at Ayakashi Village, where he took a much-needed role as priest.