Once the mountains had been peaceful - a refuge from both civilisation and himself. A hunting ground filled with the occasional game and a silence which calmed his frenzied mind. However this no more neural changes had occurred and bioelectric impulses flowed to his Sahasrāra or crown chakra point. While this made the Gaki more tangible it did not affect his ability to deal any significant damage to them in their semi-ethereal state. And try as Kyobona might they continued to feast upon what was once his meal unbothered by his constant blows and stakes. With a final bellow of frustration the ogre realising that his meal was lost to him span and tensed in order to make the leap to jump the gap hoping to find solitude elsewhere so he could seethe in isolation.

His hopes were in vain however as even after bounding to another cliff then proceeding to repeat the process several times to gain distance he was set upon by a different noise. Instead of the gurgling gulps and hisses of the Gaki a low booming thud had begun to resound across the hills. Eyes searching for the source of this new annoyance Kyobona's vision came to rest upon a truly bizarre sight. Perched upon a rock shelf stood a mono-legged figure much larger even than the rogue Amida's 7 feet. Covered in the heavy leather and metal raiment's of the blacksmith the giant held within one hand a pair of tongs and in the other a hammer large enough to crush a horse. His berserker instincts supressed for the moment Kyobona simply watched mouth agape as the creature struck at a piece of metal with its hammer looking up at Kyobona for a second before grasping what now appeared to be the infant stages of a sword in it's tongs and thrusting it into a furnace like crack in the mountain.

This was too much Kyobona's perceived mastery over the mountain's had taken a severe blow. The thought that he was hallucinating did not enter his mind once. He had devoured mushrooms before that had given him fevered dreams and distorted senses but this was as lucid as he had ever been. The dawning realisation that perhaps these beings had always been there began to cause even more distress to the barbaric wanderer as this meant that they had been watching him this entire time. Retreating to his cave he slumped against a wall gnashing his teeth as an odd clacking noise began to worm it's way into his brain.

In a river outside the cave a small hunched figure bent it's balding head towards the water running load of beans across a small washboard. The Azuki Arai was one of the more benevolent spirits in the usually twisted and dangerous world of yokai and the dead. However to murderers the sound of it's beans clacking would intensify till it became as thunder causing great pain and distress to those who held no sanctity for human life. Oblivious to all around it the little creature kept up it's washing while Kyobona began to claw at his face in a futile attempt to make the unknown sounds go away

This may have continued on until either Kyobona fled yet again or simply bashed his skull into the wall ending his torment for a time till he was reborn in yet more hellish realm as result of his now terrible karma. However it is a fact of the universe that awareness is often a two way deal and once you perceive the other side it very likely has an even shaper gaze directed on you. Thus it was that the Hanadaka-Tengu Oshara's telepathic senses alighted upon Kyobona's current den.

Calling the smaller and more birdlike Karasu-Tengu that attended him the large long nosed being began to take to the air ready to kill what he understood to be a member of clan Amida - members of a religion who had often feuded with the tengu's Shinto beliefs. Manifesting his nodachi and war fan Oshara alighted letting the smaller avians mill behind him clutching their wakizashi and tanto. However upon entering the cave Oshara could do naught but laugh. What he was expecting was some form of enlightened monk headed to the mountains for a period of deep meditation and self reflection but what existed bore more resemblance to the crossbred spawn of a great ape and an oni.

Picking up the noise of the Azuki Arai with senses that were far greater than that of a human Oshara ordered one of his Karasu to go chase the creature off so that it would do it's business elsewhere. This was a delightful opportunity to turn one of the Amida clans own members into a weapon against them and as everyone knew Tengu were master instructors of the martial arts. Focusing his considerable will upon Kyobona Oshara commanded the wind man to begin following him. In no state to resist the intense mental command Kyobona found himself on his feet and following the Tengu out onto the mountain side and beyond to an unknown destination.