"Kagome, the sky is broken, Kagome!"
Pointing his little finger towards the blue sky above the forest, Shippo opens his mouth in an exaggerated manner and quickly runs to hide in Kagome's arms.
Anyone would have done the same in his situation, literally the sky has a huge crack in it and from right there oozes a staggering amount of evil energy.
"That, young Shippo, is one of Clouded Fang abilities, one that allows him to open a gate with hell and summon hundreds of demons to fight for him."
"You had already said that, old Myoga, now we just have to... That's expanding?"
Being so shocked that he even stops squeezing old Myoga with his hand, Inuyasha with a puzzled face raises his finger and points towards the red clouds.
Yes, sometime during the fast talk, red clouds filled with evil energy started to come out from the portal, getting the sunlight to be blotted out and a stench of blood floats in the air.
"Tsk, you're overthinking it, Inuyasha. Just look on the bright side, now we know where that sword is and so does the moth."
"Asahiko, I don't think it's a very good idea to jump into what is obviously a trap."
"Your Excellency, this seems more like a preparation than an attack... Perhaps Asahiko is right and we should move on to the attack."
Surprisingly Sango was the one who supported Asahiko's risky proposal, it's not that the two of them are on bad terms or anything, it's just that Sango still maintains a modicum of care when dealing with a demon such as Asahiko is.
"That's the way to talk, Sango, just. agh, why did you hit me, you depraved monk!"
"My staff slipped, must be because of the sweat on my hands."
Picking up the staff from the floor, Miroku slaps his hands and gives Asahiko an innocent look, causing Asahiko to roll his eyes at such shamelessness.
"It was just a brotherly hug, or do you just think I'm a professional bride stealer or something?"
"Eh... Well Inuyasha doesn't say the same thing, although Miroku also goes after married women, maybe he's an aghec guy."
"Shippo, who taught you that!"
Covering his mouth with one hand and clutching his small head with the other, Kagome lets out what looks like burning steam from her mouth, before looking Shippo in the eyes.
"It was, it was..."
"Last one is a rotten egg!"
"I'm coming too!"
"Stop, this is unfair, you two are demons!"
In less than a second all the men in the group disappeared, be it Asahiko who was the first to run, Inuyasha who can only tremble at what Shippo will possibly say, and Miroku who is most likely the culprit of it all.
"They've escaped!"
"Perhaps we'd better start following them, Kagome. This place doesn't look like the safest place to stay."
"Kirara... Can you handle all three of them?"
...Christopher/Asahiko pov....
Blood, there is literally blood raining down from the sky, making a foul stench fill every place and the color red is omnipresent.
That's not the most unpleasant thing, but walking on the blood-filled ground makes it akin to walking on chewing gum, even making the same mushy chewing noise.
"Ah, ah, ah, ah... this, this... This blood is not normal, it is full of negative and corrupting energy."
"Ha, you can go backwards, Miroku. I'm sure."
"For God's sake, Inuyasha, stop acting like a young girl, if you want to tell her to watch out, just say so."
Slowing down my running speed to be at Miroku's level, I extend a tail and hold it close to his shoulder, making the blood on his body burn at the same time I burn what comes close to him.
On the other hand, the shameful face of Inuyasha is disgusting, you are a bug about two hundred years old, ¿is it necessary for you to be ashamed for showing a little manly friendship?.
"Cof, cof, cof!"
"¡Miroku!" x2
"Protect him:Barrier!"
Along with the last words of an incantation, from the distance Kirara appears with the three girls on her body, though the important thing is that they are not suffering the same as Miroku right here.
Obviously from the incantation that just saved Miroku, it's super clear that they are safe thanks to Hitomiko and her abilities.
"Thank you, Hitomiko priestess. Just a little more, and I wouldn't know how inhaling such evil energy would have affected me."
"It's nothing, plus you've been helping me a lot lately too."
Miroku... Those were just polite words, so... You can get up now."
Bearing the laughter like a champ, I watch as Miroku calmly stands up, wipes his knees and picks up his staff, making me realize how great his shamelessness is.
"Haa... Let 's move on, Kirara."
"Wait for me, Sango, you know how I am, I can't control myself!"
"Did we ignore that this happened?"
"Yes, I actually thought it was a moment to enhance our manly friendship, but it was just one more marriage request from Miroku... Haa, let's just go."
Looking into each other's eyes and seeing that neither of us wants to continue with this absurd topic, both Inuyasha and I started to run after Kirara and into the deep of the forest.
Everything was absolutely silent, there was no sound of birds, animals, people, yokais or anything... Just an absolute and decadent silence that is only broken by the falling drops of blood.
Even in such an atmosphere of almost palpable pressure we moved on, our objective was clear, either by the monstrous amount of energy emanating, or by the enormous pressure emerging from there ….
"Is he Menōmaru?"
"I'd like to make a joke about how much he had to use his right hand for her to end up like this... But I can see it won't be much appreciated."
Laughing briefly as I cover my mouth with my super fan, never taking my eyes off of what we now consider to be Menōmaru.
Actually his costume is quite stylish, added to his basically perfect appearance inherited from all the demons, Menōmaru is ready to be a main character... Sure, if his right hand wasn't deformed and surrounded by tentacles.
"Hahaha, they've finally arrived!"
Menōmaru's laughter merges with the one coming from the hilt of Clouded Fang, causing the barrier summoned by Hitomiko to tremble in front of my eyes, and both Inuyasha and I recoil from the pressure.
"All of you go to the back, Asahiko and I will take over."
"Brother, I am very pleased with your confidence, but it seems to me that we are going to need a good amount of support here."
Holding up my finger and pointing to the wound in the sky, I make Inuyasha see how the drops of blood are coalescing into different reddish beings.
There were six-foot ogres with hideous faces, groups of little devils armed with tridents, worm-like beings and eels, a whole pandemonium was what was being unleashed.
Luckily only ten percent of all the blood is coalescing into these beings, while the other ninety percent seeps into the ground and is never seen again.
"Now that's something, will you join me, Sango?"
"I would never be left behind, Your Excellency."
"I can help too, can't I, Master Hitomiko?"
"Umm... I'll split the barrier into small fragments, it won't be able to stop many attacks, but it will prevent contamination by negative energy."
Well, it looks like we are finally ready to fumigate this moth and all the more things you want to add later.