The silver moon stands immovably in the night sky, while the stars serve only to enhance its beauty.
Beneath such a beautiful tapestry that could easily be made into a magnificent painting, an extremely active village can be seen... Which is rare.
Everyone was running with the clear desire to escape from there, be it the adults, the children, or the animals. Luckily no disaster happened, as the situation is quickly brought under control by an elderly priestess and a young girl in a schoolgirl outfit.
"Don't run! Keep order!"
"Kagome... I don't think this will work."
"I know, Shippo, but I don't."
Before Kagome could finish talking to Shippo, a powerful lightning bolt strikes from the sky, causing the entire night sky to glow.
But that's not where it all ends, dark clouds quickly cover the moon and an earthy smell fills the air, making more than one's hair stand on end from the static energy.
"Moon Shape:Gibbous Crescent."
Along with the strangely omnipresent voice coming from Asahiko, a huge slash made of flames flies into the sky and splits the storm clouds, thus revealing the night sky once again.
The calm in the hearts of the villagers was short-lived, as in an instant a brief snowstorm lashed the village from the right, while from the left a wave of flames advanced.
Both attacks were not indiscriminate, but rather both the icy blizzard and the wave of flames quickly condensed into a single attack, revealing the compatibility between their casters.
*Booom!*
A bluish-red flash spreads rapidly through the surroundings, although strangely there was no destruction or chaos... Only silence.
...Christopher/Asahiko pov...
"Two against one, are you kidding?"
Giving a "Thank you" with a glare to Hitomiko who is acting as support for the whole group, be it Inuyasha against Shunran, or Sango and Miroku against the illusionary cat, I glance back towards the two in front of me.
The first is Toran, who despite being rather disheveled, maintains a serious and calculating face. On the other hand, Karan is quite the opposite, she keeps a beaming smile and fiddles with some fireballs.
"Hey, what do you say, that priestess is helping you from behind."
"Me and the other three!"
Pointing at Karan's smiling face with her finger, she made it very clear that this situation is two against one, and Hitomiko's help doesn't count.
"Same situation, my sister is... I can't mess with her."
"Ha, coward."
"I call it strategy, she said, it's not the smartest thing to go against her that I have every day by my side."
Ohh, she has brains, not like that idiot Inuyasha who can betray at any time, either Miroku or me just to make the world burn.
"That's it, Asahiko. They've all been taken out of the village already."
Seeing Shippo hanging on the wall very rat-like, my eye suffered a small twitch, though it ignored that mishap and I calmly started giving myself air with my fan.
"Cute pet, Asahiko, is it a rat or a raccoon?"
"I'm a fox, a fake cat that doesn't have a tail or ears!"
"Yeah, pretty cute but noisy... I know, do you want it as a gift?"
Grabbing Shippo with one of my tails, I pulled him into my arms, then put a forced smile on his face to increase Karan's chances of acceptance.
"Thanks but... multiple Shuriken!"
"Ice spear!"
Stopping the impaling charge of Toran who uses a spear made of ice, I notice how the fire shuriken coming from Karan multiplies and easily surrounds me completely, forcing me to jump backwards.
Of course, they didn't let me go so easily, but rather all the shuriken that still remained intact merged into a snake of flames, but such a spectacle is easily cut short by a flick of my fan.
"Icicle!"
"Illusions, no, reflections?"
Opening my eyes at the multiple Toran around me, for a few seconds I considered them to be illusions, but in reality they were reflections created by the ice she controls.
During that brief moment of slipping in my thoughts, one of Toran's reflections explodes into a cloud of icy dust, while the rest explode into dozens of super-sharp ice shards.
Seeing that the attacks are coming from every possible direction, I gracefully twist my fan and form a sphere of flame to protect myself. Upon contact with the sphere, the ice melts easily, though that victory is put on the back burner as a spear made of solid flames impacts my shield.
"Hahaha, it seems the only thing hot about you are the words, as these flames leave much to be desired!"
"Keep it there, I'll finish it. Pillars of ice!"
"Take it for granted!"
Do you think this mere warm-up is all I can do? I didn't want to indulge Sesshōmaru, but they brought it on themselves... So, out!.
Increasing the flame output instantly, he easily melted the nearby ice pillars, sent the little red cat Karan flying, and then closed the fan as he aimed it at the night sky.
The flames I had ejected earlier quickly gathered in the night sky, these taking the forms of multiple fiery spheres and with a thought of my own, began to harass and bombard Karan.
"Now that the children are gone, the adults can have fun~"
"Too much chatter."
"Ay, what a pain... I'm coming then!"
Suddenly appearing at Toran's side, I take a heavy swing with the flaming fan, but she stops it with her spear stick. Of course, it didn't end there, but I tangled her leg with one of my tails, destabilizing her stance, and then hit her with my free hand.
"Agh."
"Yessss, I hit him right in the face... Oh well, he's a demon. Lunar form:Full moon."
Twisting the wrist of the hand holding the fan into a circular shape, he created multiple flaming rings, which quickly reach Toran, but these are pierced by lightning bolts that suddenly shoot out.
"Inuyasha... Wasn't that guy yours?"
"Bah, he ran faster than expected."
Giving a glance to the albino who stops beside me, I let out a sigh and gave him some basic knowledge.
"Control the lightning, Inuyasha. It's a damn obvious thing he's... You're right."
"See, I wanted to fight him head on and he just ran!"
This time Inuyasha is right, Shunran, the cat fighting Inuyasha, is a mass of hard, beefy muscles, plus his height... Basically by appearance I'd say he's a tank, but lightning... Agg, what a confusion.
"You want to change? You know you're not... The best for fast enemies, Inuyasha."
"No, this one's mine!"
"Since you're offering, we do want to."
Fixating on the desperate voice that appears beside me, I quickly realize it comes from Miroku. This one is standing with Sango over Kirara, though she doesn't look too good in appearance, truth be told.
"And what happened to you guys?"
"Illusions... Damn illusions!"
Watching Miroku bite his fist and hold back tears, he rolled his eyes at Sango in search of an answer.
"His Excellency is not very pure minded, he only showed her his desires and..."
"Women."
"I'm sure he has."
Nodding along with Inuyasha, we calmly pointed out what that illusive cat must have shown Miroku.
"They had agreed to be my wives, that demon played with my feelings... You must avenge me, Asahiko!"
"Fine, fine, let go of my foot, you're soiling it. Inuyasha gets the lightning cat, you two get the blue cat, and I get the illusion cat!"
Pretty much ordering the next battle plan, at the same time he finally managed to get Miroku off my foot, we confirmed the plan and jumped towards our new enemies.