ShiSet

ShiSet is the term used to refer to the romantic relationship between Shiori and Setsuna.

## Their Relationship

### Hanyo no Yashahime

**The Hidden Village for Half-Demons**

Towa becomes shocked and questions Setsuna that she means the one they were in. Towa realizes it’s a memory from after she and Setsuna got separated as she remembers. Setsuna tells Towa after that she lived here for awhile. Towa questions Setsuna that was when they were around 4 years old and apologizes as she didn't know anything and she before she tries to hug her. Setsuna stops Towa from hugging her. Setsuna tells Towa that she wasn't alone as she had Miss Shiori and there were other children as well. Towa questions Setsuna about Shiori and wonders who was she. Towa and Setsuna look at a cave for a moment. Setsuna tells Towa this place is a hidden village for hanyōs that Shiori made. Towa questions Setsuna about a hidden village. Setsuna explains to Towa after the fire she couldn’t do anything as she just sat by the ruins but someone came for her.

As Setsuna walks forward, she notices a barrier. Fūta asks Setsuna who was she. Raita agrees with Fūta and asks Setsuna who was she. Setsuna notices Raita and Fūta on a rock. Fūta tells Setsuna no humans allowed. Raita tells Setsuna no demons allowed. Setsuna silently looks at Raita and Fūta. Fūta tells Setsuna to say something. Raita agrees with Fūta and tells Setsuna to say something. Setsuna continues to silently look at Raita and Fūta. Raita and Fūta appeared next to Setsuna. Fūta asks Setsuna if she's a hanyō. Raita tells Setsuna that she's probably a hanyō. Setsuna questions Raita and Fūta about hanyōs. Shiori asks Setsuna what's the matter. Raita, Fūta, and Setsuna notice Shiori appearing. Raita and Fūta call out to Shiori. Shiori notices Setsuna before she kneels down to her.

Shiori asks Setsuna what's wrong and wonders was she okay. Setsuna holds up the cloth bag and tells Shiori that she was told to give her it. Shiori takes the cloth bag from Setsuna and opens it to reveal a gold ingot and a wooden note that said 'please look after her'. Shiori tells Setsuna that she seems to be tied to a strange destiny before she stands up. Shiori welcomes Setsuna into the Hidden Hanyō Village before she offers her hand. Setsuna hesitantly accepts Shiori's hand. Raita, Shiori, Fūta, and Setsuna walked into the Hidden Hanyō Village. Setsuna tells Towa that Shiori invited her into a hidden village inhabited by hanyō children and Shiori was a hanyō from the Demon Bat Tribe with the power to create barriers and she used her barrier to protect the peace of the village.

Setsuna continues her story that she got used to living in the Hidden Hanyō Village pretty quickly as during the day they went out to gather food and at night they hid and she learned numbers and how to read and write. In a cave, Shiori teaches Setsuna how to grind herbs. 2 hanyō children called out to Shiori and tells her about the food they've collected. Shiori tells the 2 hanyō children that's amazing as they all worked so hard. Raita calls out to Shiori as he and Fūta carry a dead boar. Fūta tells Shiori that she brought the boar down. Raita tells Shiori that he caught the boar. Shiori tells Raita and Fūta that both of them are amazing.

Setsuna continues her story that humans would never stray this far into the mountain but sometimes demons would make their way there and most of them would give up and leave barred by Shiori's barrier and the really persistent ones would wait for them to emerge and with those demons they worked together to take them down. At night, two lizard yōkais that attempted to break into Shiori's barrier as Raita, Shiori, Fūta, and Setsuna emerged. Fūta tells the 2 lizard yōkais to eat this before she uses a ‘wind scythe’ attack with a fan. Raita tells the 2 lizard yōkais to eat this before he uses a ‘thunder’ attack with a trident. Setsuna uses her mini scourge of swallows. The 2 lizard yōkais were killed as Raita, Fūta, and Setsuna were happy that they did it. Setsuna continues her story that they all worked well together but. After rejoicing, Setsuna took notice that Shiori was sad. Setsuna continues her story that Shiori always seemed sad and she understood that they had to kill those enemies but deep down she thinks Shiori wished for the world to be different.

One night, Shiori was communicating with the bats when Setsuna arrived. Shiori holds a bat as she communicates with it. Shiori says in a forest in the east a hanyō child is suffering all alone. Shiori then used some kind of language between her and the bat before she sent it off. Shiori tells Setsuna that she’d love it if they decided to come to the village. Shiori and Setsuna look up at the full moon. Setsuna continues her story that she had been living here for 6 years when a certain letter arrived.

In the cave, Shiori and Setsuna are sitting as Shiori reads a wooden letter that said 'the village where you were born' before she puts it down. Shiori informs Setsuna that it says here that she was to return where she was born and she’ll be living there from now on. Setsuna tells Shiori 'no' as she likes it at the Hidden Hanyō Village. Shiori tells Setsuna that hanyōs are able to live among humans as well and if she has a place to live a life and it’s not a bad idea to get to know human society as well and to go and live in the village where she was born. Setsuna nods.

Setsuna tells Towa that Shiori welcomed her back to the Hidden Hanyō Village without asking any questions and her friends were happy that she was back as well. Setsuna pets Kirara. Setsuna tells Towa that she returned to her peaceful days at the Hidden Hanyō Village and she thought she would stay there for the rest of her life but Shiori is also hanyō and there are times where she loses her demon powers and in other words her barrier disappears as a demon named Gaga Gozen planned for the day and appeared before them. Towa questions Setsuna about Gaga Gozen. Setsuna tells Towa this happened 3 years ago. In the flashback, Shiori and Setsuna are standing on an edge. Shiori calls out to Setsuna. Setsuna asks Shiori yes. Shiori tells Setsuna that soon she’ll lose her demon powers and she only hopes that nothing happens. Fūta calls out to Shiori. Fūta informs Shiori that some samurai are here. Raita agrees with Fūta and informs Shiori that some samurai are here. Shiori questions about samurai.

The solar-eclipse takes effect and Shiori transforms from a half-demon into a human. Gaga Gozen is aware that the one who puts up the barrier around the half-demon village loses their powers during a solar eclipse. The barrier disappears but before Gaga Gozen and his comrades could enter, Futa and Raita stops them by attacking. Setsuna comes dashing towards Gaga Gozen and attempts to fight him with her small blade, but Gaga Gozen’s naginata, the Kanemitsu no Tomoe, breaks Setsuna’s blade. Gaga Gozen swings his naginata towards Setsuna but Setsuna dodges all of his attacks. Miroku comes in to attack Gaga Gozen and both Miroku’s staff and Gaga Gozen’s naginata cross each other. Shiori watches from a distance and she recognizes who Miroku is. Futa and Raita attacks the rest of Gaga Gozen’s comrades and the only demon left is Gaga Gozen himself whom is in battle with Miroku. Gaga Gozen forcefully pushes Miroku back and then blows a smoke of poison towards Futa, Raita, and Setsuna. Futa and Raita are being burned by Gaga Gozen’s poison and runs to Shiori. Setsuna holds her breath and easily runs through the fog of poison and directly kicks Gaga Gozen. Gaga Gozen entangles Setsuna with webs spewed from his mouth and Setsuna is left on the ground and unable to move or speak. Gaga Gozen leaves Setsuna on the ground and walks towards Shiori, Futa and Raita to eat them. Futa and Raita uses their attacks against Gaga Gozen to protect Shiori but Gaga Gozen blocks their attacks. Shiori then covers Futa and Raita to protect them.

Setsuna breaks free from the webs with her face completely changed indicating that her full-demon blood has taken over her body. Gaga Gozen is amused and doubts that Setsuna could ever defeat him but Setsuna quickly silents and kills him with her claws. Shiori, Futa, and Raita think that they are now safe since Setsuna defeated Gaga Gozen, but with Setsuna in her full-demon form she intensely gazes towards the three, unable to think clearly. Miroku quickly sees that Setsuna’s demon blood isn’t settling down nor can she quell it. Setsuna yells at Miroku to ‘go away’ and ‘die’ and fiercely attacks him over and over again with her claws while Miroku does his best to block her attacks with his staff. Setsuna eventually separates Miroku from his staff, and once Miroku is unable to protect himself.

Setsuna threatens to kill Miroku with her claws, but before she was able to do so Shiori grabs and stops her from hurting Miroku. Shiori desperately begs Setsuna to stop fighting telling her to calm down but Setsuna rebels and knocks Shiori back. Miroku comes in, catches Setsuna and presses a sedative against her mouth and nose to knock her out. The sedative is effective against Setsuna due to her keen sense of smell. Finally, the solar-eclipse comes to an end and Shiori transforms back into her usual hanyo self. Setsuna is laying down unconscious while Futa, Raita, Hachiemon, and Shiori surrounds her. Miroku brings the naginata that was used by Gaga Gozen and lays it on top of Setsuna. Miroku applies a seal that will suppress her demon blood and says the naginata will act as a medium. Shiori takes Setsuna’s hand and makes her hold the naginata laying on top of her. Miroku chants the seal saying “On meeting an arhat, slay the arhat; on meeting your parents, slay your parents. Know that the light to your path lies there.” After Miroku applies the seal, Setsuna’s face returns to normal and Miroku tells Shiori and the others that Setsuna’s inherited demon blood is too powerful for her half-demon body. Shiori reassuringly asks Miroku if it’s him after recognizing him earlier and Miroku confirms for her. Miroku tells Shiori that she’s grown up beautifully and is glad she is in good health. Miroku also asks her if her mother is around but Shiori tells him that she sadly passed away due to an illness. Miroku responds by saying “Such is the fate of humans, I’m afraid.”

Some time after Miroku left, Shiori told Setsuna to leave the village. Shiori told Setsuna that she is no longer weak where she has to live in hiding and to live in the outside world for her own sake. Futa and Raita tell Setsuna to take care and Shiori reminds the two that they’ll eventually have to leave the village too but Setsuna is leaving a bit earlier than everyone else. Futa and Raita begin to shed tears saying they don’t want to leave. Shiori asks Setsuna before she leaves to tell any half-demon child that she meets who’s in trouble about her village and Setsuna says she will. Setsuna goes to Kaede’s Village where she was invited to join the demon slayers but never knew that Miroku was Hisui’s father. Towa now sees that the naginata that Setsuna carries with her was a spoil from a battle. Setsuna tells Towa that it’s a human-made piece and she uses it with appreciation while it is also her seal for her demon powers. Towa takes a seat next to Setsuna and teases her for a bit asking how come she did so much talking today and Setsuna teases her back saying that Shiori told her to inform of any troubled half-demon child about the half-demon village. Towa tells Setsuna that she’s not trouble nor is she is a child and Setsuna giggles at her.

Setsuna senses two demons approaching the half-demon village and the demons plan on finding and eating the half-demons hiding in the village. Setsuna uses her naginata to cut one demon and cut the horns off the other one. Setsuna threatens the demons by telling them she’ll kill them if they ever approach this village again. Setsuna hopes that things can quiet down a little despite some demons finding their way to the half-demon village. Towa asks Setsuna if she’s been protecting the village for a while and Setsuna tells her sometimes whenever she has time on her hands. Towa speculates that this place holds sentimental value for Setsuna. Setsuna calls upon Kirara to transform and the girls leave the village while Shiori watches them leave from a cliff and gives her thanks to Setsuna.

**The Stolen Seal**

**The Silver-Scale Curse**

**A Place (Not) for Towa**