Sacred Waters

The Sacred Waters are mystical hot springs located in heavily guarded and secret area's throughout the world on planet earth. They are the source of most current Youkai in the world, and can either be viewed as holy area's which can bestow miraculous powers on those who bathe within them or acknwoledged as cursed, demonic places which no human should ever enter depending on what kind of reputation a certain sacred water spring has for generating its youkai.

List of Sacred Water Springs
Sacred Waters of The Inugami: Guarded by The Inugami Ninja Arts school, this spring has the ability to transform one with pure intentions into a powerful Inugami Youkai. During his lifetime, Shu, the ninja serving under Emperor Pilaf attepted to obtain its powers, though due to his blackhearted intentions he was cursed for the remainder of his life with the body of a Shiba Inu.

Sacred Waters of The Tsuru: The waters of the Tsuru(crane) are guarded eternally by The Crane-Style martial arts school. They haven't been used in hundreds of years due to the fact that those whom guard them know that they are blackhearted and are constantly working towards circumventing the effects of the sacred waters to obtain greater power without the risk of being cursed.

Sacred Waters of The Kame: Eternally guarded by the now(mostly) disbanded and destroyed Kame Sennin-Ryu school. The original Kame Sennin-Ryu martial arts school was destroyed by rival factions who wanted the power of their sacred waters, but the location of the waters were hidden away by the last leader of the kame sennin-ryu school, eternally hiding it from the world.

Sacred Waters of The Oni: Guarded by no particular martial arts school, these derelict waters were responsible for giving birth to The Lesser-Youkai, Ackman, who was faced by Son Goku during Uranai Baba's testing. These waters are particularly dangerous and infamous for giving birth to exceedingly wicked youkai and evil, selfish or destructive beings.

Sacred Waters of The Bakeneko: Guarded by no particular martial arts school, The Sacred Waters of The Bakeneko(Monster Cat) were responsible for eternally cursing Puerh with her catlike form, transforming her into a lesser youkai for the remainder of her lifetime. Of the sacred waters, this is the only pool who's location is rather common knowledge, being located in an oasis in the desert that yamcha once dwelled in.

Sacred Waters of The Buta: These waters are responsible for transforming Oolong into a Buta(Pig) for the remainder of his lifetime. Guarded by no particular martial arts school.