Christopher/Asahiko pov.
Sun, water and sand, there is no better recipe in a lifetime. Well, the sun is half covered by clouds, the water comes from a river and the sand has been replaced by rocks. Yes, I am currently taking a bath in the river.
"This not having soap is disgusting, the only good thing is that my body doesn't catch odors or anything. advantages of being a demon!"
Hitting the water with my two hands and raising a large column up into the air, that water falls in the form of rain on my body as I'm floating on my back.
"Hey, I'm here too."
"Kyaa, Miroku you pervert."
"Asahiko, we both know I don't swing like this.... Wait, can you transform into a woman?"
*boom*
"Miroku I consider you a friend, but these things are what destroy a beautiful friendship."
Blowing the tip of my index finger, if that's where the fireball that exploded next to him just came from, I stare at Miroku and speak to him seriously.
For a few moments everything remains silent, until we both start laughing out loud.
"But seriously Asahiko, did you?"
"Miroku..."
Hesitating whether to get out of the water and make him speak with my fists, a strange tug suddenly hit me, it was slight but I clearly knew where it came from. It was the detonation of my energy, more precisely the one belonging to my old tail.
There were only two people who could have that in their power, the first is Totosai who still hasn't given me the promised sword, while the second and more likely, is my cold companion Kikyo.
"Stop, stop, Asahiko. It was just a joke."
"I'm leaving Miroku. I'll most likely be right back."
Speaking seriously, which I rarely do, I left the surprised Miroku behind quickly and grabbed the clothes I've borrowed from the villagers, also Clouded Fang, before starting to move towards the possible direction.
The faster I get to the place, the more likely it is that Kikyo hasn't moved, making it easier and not having to search around.
Why not look for it with the sense of smell?, first that she likes to bathe, which is strange for the time, second that her fake body has no distinctive smell, third and last is that most likely my flames purify everything by bursting out, body odor included if she had any.
"A cliff... Is it even up there?"
Looking around, I don't see anything out of the ordinary, so I calmly pull out my tails and start using them to climb. It was easy to get all the way up with the help of my tails, once over the cliff, I advanced to the place from where I felt my energy.
There were traces of blood staining the green grass, but it was not human, it was easily discernible as horse blood. On the other hand, the vicinity seemed to have been crushed, as if a steamroller had run over everything.
"Looks like my flames hurt him enough to make him crawl on the ground. Tsk, this is no time to taunt the stranger."
Shaking my head at the ease with which I lose my bearings, I took a look at the scene and quickly located what I was interested in.
From the tracks it was easy to tell what had happened here, there was literally an arrow lying nearby and the last traces of hair point this way.
"So I've come up with nothing... but there was no trail down there. It's going to be quite a task."
The evidence shows that Kikyo has fallen downwards, knowing that there is no trace of her down there, most likely she is well enough to not be careless with her actions.
...Some time later...
"Search, search, search. Let's search the forest~"
Singing out loud as I jump from the top of one tree to another, I look up at the moon showing through the clouds and my face darkens.
I've been roaming around this forest for hours now, either running back and forth, jumping from tree to tree, even for a few moments I thought about shouting his name.
"I give up, I don't give up, I give up, I don't give up. I think, what's that!"
Looking up at the sky with my eyes lost, the instant I go to make a decision, I see multiple blue spheres floating towards a weird cloud and then a pink arrow flying towards there.
The spheres were obviously souls and the arrow was Kikyo's, I had finally found her after so long... I feel happy. Wiping away the tears I don't have, I put strength in my lower area and give a powerful jump towards Kikyo.
It was idiotic to jump without thinking, how did I understand that, well let's just say that going through more than twenty tree branches was an interesting experience. After that I landed delicately, obviously not true, but I managed to land and that's what's important.
"Kikyo~ I've arrived~"
Turning my body, since I had been turning my back to him, I raised my hands and smiled. Nothing... there's no one in front of me!
"Because there is no one!"
*roar*
"That you were bothered by my shouting? You put up with it and stay quiet!"
Yelling at the floating, talking cloud... Wait, since when can clouds talk? Stopping my tantrum, I watch as the dark cloud is dispersed and from within, a giant red snake emerges.
It's not a snake, it's much more like an eel, well it's easier to say it's a copy of Kikyo's shikigamis, only red and bigger.
Another notable thing is the burns all over her body, making her look uglier than she really is. I see, so that's what's been attacking Kikyo then.
"I'll take care of you first, then I'll go back to playing hide and seek with her. Moon form:Full moon."
Withdrawing the fan from my secret place, magical tails, I open it fully and wave it fiercely towards the night sky.
The flames that were expelled from the fan, quickly rearrange themselves into hoops and head towards the snake.
Incredibly, the snake seems to be intelligent, avoiding contact with my flames and taking advantage of the air superiority to dodge with ease.
"When I'm done with you, I can assure you that you will have wished that first attack had hit you full on. Moon shape:Crescent moon."
With another flick of my wrist, the fan makes a beautiful curve, only to have dozens of flaming slashes come out.
There were so many that the forest was illuminated for a few seconds, but the plan was not only to increase the amount, but at the moment they reached a certain height, I detonated them in an explosion and thus covered a larger area.
*Roar!
"What a waste of time, too big and not dangerous at all!"
Mocking the snake that is hit from side to side by the explosions, my attention is attracted by a being of the same species, only it is white.
It was Kikyo's shikigami who started to roll around me, also noticing that that red snake has no escape, I stopped watching the light show and reached out my hand to touch the shikigami.
"Come on, take me to her."
Freeing itself from the touch of my hand, the shikigami does two laps around me and starts to advance towards the interior of the forest.