On a plain mainly composed of dirt, though it also possesses scattered traces of green and a lone leafy tree. There is Inuyasha's group resting sitting on the ground and an Asahiko watching them from a branch.
"I get it! Winter breeze for how he dealt with Kikyo's disappearance, while summer rain for his unpredictability!"
"Congratulations Inuyasha!"
With a sudden jump from Inuyasha who was sitting cross-legged, he shouted as if he had discovered the greatest of secrets. Seeing this sad situation, both Asahiko and Miroku look at him with pity, then congratulate him, a little late he understood but the important thing is that he succeeded or those words are reflected on their faces.
"They want to fight!"
*Muuuu"
*Booooom*
Without being able to reach to remove Steel Fang from its sheath to make his words concrete, a *Muu* is heard from the sky, before a lightning bolt plummets towards the group. Inuyasha quickly grabbed Kagome before retreating, Miroku did the same with Sango at the same time with Shippo and Asahiko on the other hand merely created a barrier of red flames in front of himself, avoiding being hit by the remnants of the explosion.
"It's a cow... an old man too?"
With Kagome's surprised voice, the surrounding dust begins to disappear, before an old man riding a three-eyed ox is revealed in front of the group.
"I am Totosai, draw your sword! You won't, then I will attack!"
Without letting the people in the vicinity process what is happening, he grabs his pure iron hammer, before swinging it strangely as if it can't handle his weight, though it then shoots out of the ox straight towards Inuyasha. Experiencing this strange situation, Inuyasha pushes Kagome away and intercepts her blow easily with Steel Fang.
*Tinkling*
At the collision between the two Inuyasha is knocked back a few feet, but the most shocking thing is that Steel Fang changes from his giant form to his normal form, although this is reversed in a few moments but it was enough to make everyone surprised.
"It still doesn't have the perfect resonance, but it's acceptable. Well, it seems these are not empty words..."
Moving his whole body due to the swinging of his hammer making him look very amused, the elder Totosai scratches his head on which there isn't an ounce of hair, except for a high ponytail in the nape area, before starting to speak. All this doesn't seem to amuse Inuyasha, who cuts straight towards him, but Totosai doesn't seem to mind the sword heading towards his face and removes from inside his clothes a piece of leather, then licks it, then uses it to stop Inuyasha's sword in its tracks.
"Has he stopped Steel Fang with a piece of leather?"
"He certainly has, though I might add that this doesn't smell like ordinary cowhide... Perhaps from some sort of yokai."
Both Miroku, Sango and Shippo widened their eyes at the sight of the mighty Steel Fang being stopped by a piece of leather, on the other hand Asahiko appears on the right side of the confrontation, before slightly twitching her nose and giving an opinion of her own, though all this doesn't seem to make Totosai doubt who starts rubbing Steel Fang as if to polish it.
"Look how you have the sword, poor thing, you can tell you don't give it the necessary care after using it."
*rub* *rub* *rub*
"Who the hell is this old man, don't say his name Asahiko, I'm looking at you!"
Making a face of complete disbelief, Inuyasha says a few words out of pure instinct, though he quickly looks towards Asahiko who was about to respond and silences him with a quick sentence.
"Tsh, boring…"
"Enough Totosai, master Inuyasha... Oh you got my message."
Jumping from Totosai's body, Myoga appears who introduces himself in front of the surprised Inuyasha, before speaking to Asahiko who gives her a slow nod then looks at Totosai in more detail.
Some time later...
Christopher/Asahiko pov.
We find ourselves once again sitting around the only tree in the vicinity, the only difference from before is that now Totosai and his ox are accompanying us on this break.
"So this old man is the one who forged Steel Fang?"
"If the great Totosai was the one who forged a mighty sword with your father's fang, you can stop looking at me as a predator."
Watching how he speaks full of confidence towards Inuyasha, I notice how he has a slight tremble as he starts talking towards me, though he never looks directly at me, making me feel mildly strange... Nah who am I kidding.
"I'm sorry, let's just say it's a great honor to be in front of you... Saya has talked a lot about how you could help me with my current problem."
Lightening my gaze resting on Totosai, he placed a smile before speaking softly towards him.
"What's with all this formality all of a sudden, though it seems to be working against you, look how it's shaking more now."
"Relax, Totosai is a coward and will have only just realized that he is a full demon...I guess he still hasn't healed from the trauma of the last few nights."
Yeah, this talking to him respectfully worked against, me even that idiot Inuyasha noticed, although according to Myoga it seems to be the fault of another individual.
"We've gone off topic, so what did you come here to do, old man?"
"I have come to test you if you are worthy to use my greatest creation, if you are not I will destroy Fang Haaaa!"
Being drawn again by Totosai's scream, I watch as Inuyasha points his sword in his giant form towards his skull, causing Totosai to raise his hands high, open his mouth of scream and sweat pouring down all over his face.
"Calm down master Inuyasha, Totosai only talks from the mouth out, he won't act at all... Instead he is the one who forged the Steel Fang and who knows all its secrets... Even that of the power to destroy 100 spirits with one swing."
"What does it matter... It will all work out in time."
Myoga's words confirm Saya's, not that he was doubting him, only that 700 years sealed makes people remember strange things. On the other hand, about Inuyasha's words I can't give my opinion... I am the same, let everything flow with the current said once by a great philosopher.
"Myoga has told me that they are in search of the pearl shards, that leaves very little time for you to focus on yourself. Think of a demon that has two or three shards, you need power... a great last move to keep you ahead in any situation.
"The old man is right Inuyasha."
"You should listen to him."
Totosai with a few words made everyone remain silent, though in a few moments both Miroku and Sango agreed with him, meanwhile Kagome and I simply nodded from where we stood.
"Okay, I hear you... What do you want Totosai."
"I want you to protect me, someone is trying to kill me."
His words caused all my attention to be focused on him, the surrounding noises were muffled and I couldn't even hear when everyone raised their voice in surprise. This is a problem, I can't lose my future blacksmith... maybe tell him to protect him and then kidnap him to force him to forge my new sword.
"Ouch."
"Asahiko stopped looking at him, he can't even move anymore... Shippo is alive?"
Something had hit my head, right between my two ears and without me noticing... I was really fixated on Totosai. Turning around I watched Miroku who speaks calmly before pointing forward, turning my head again. I watch as Totosai is face down and Shippo hits him with a branch before making a "Sort of" sign with his hand.