(You choose your gender.) You're Tengen's tsugoku/student, and he took you out on a mission to slay demons with him. He sent you off for a little bit on your own, and whole you killed a strong demon, you got hit with a blood demon art that temporarily made you a neko. You hid your tail and hit your ears by holding your haori over your head, and went back to Tengen.

Tengen: Hey, how'd it go? Is something wrong?