Hakkai flicked the photo to full size, examining the shrine: there, a fox statue half-hidden behind the red gateway. Inari.
"Stay there," he ordered, and bolted out the door for Inari's temple. It wasn't too far from Yuri's secluded grove, and the shrines were common enough that Hakkai had been using them as a way to get around the Near Shore. Inari hadn't objected yet.
(Hakkai also tried not to actually invade his temple, merely loiter at its edge while he traveled.)
The Far Shore dissolved around him, and he found himself standing beside a bush in the dark. The fragrance of azaleas drifted on the air, and Hakkai moved quietly towards the moonlit main path and the cleansing fount near the entrance, looking for the darker shadow of a human figure.
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"Stay there," he ordered, and bolted out the door for Inari's temple. It wasn't too far from Yuri's secluded grove, and the shrines were common enough that Hakkai had been using them as a way to get around the Near Shore. Inari hadn't objected yet.
(Hakkai also tried not to actually invade his temple, merely loiter at its edge while he traveled.)
The Far Shore dissolved around him, and he found himself standing beside a bush in the dark. The fragrance of azaleas drifted on the air, and Hakkai moved quietly towards the moonlit main path and the cleansing fount near the entrance, looking for the darker shadow of a human figure.
"Hibari?"