Chapter 117:Two problems and one wish. 

The afternoon sun bathes the small room in all its golden glory, allowing the participants in this meeting to see each other.

There were not many of them gathered here, hardly four crazy cats, but each one had a slight air of command about him.

"You have to understand us, Souma. There's no time to waste, we have to gather as much as possible and leave."

Pure fear seeps from his words, while the other two sitting next to him nod their heads uncontrollably. 

"Since time immemorial Dragon Valley has kept the yokais away, why leave when it is the safest place?"

"These are not normal yokais, Chief Souma!"

"They were no worse than the human armies, the brutality of their actions... It was even greater!"

As the man in the center raises his voice at Souma's soft refusal, the one on his right lets out a few words, causing the one on the left to tremble. 

"The decision is made, this place has protected us and will continue to do so."

"Don't you understand, they are not normal yokais! They are no worse than a trained army, I've even seen it take people away in wagons"

"In my village they did the same thing"

"And in mine..."

The air went from tense to melancholy, it was obvious that they had all lost someone in all this and it was still weighing on their memories. 

"I've already said that, but."

"Shut up, Souma, I'll take it from here."

"As you wish."

Such a change in behavior does not go unnoticed by the three, though seeing that the one who enters is an Onmyōji master and a priestess, they calm down again. 

"Why don't we start... To talk~"

"... Yes "x3

"As efficient as ever."

"Thank you for the compliment, my dear~"

She had clearly noticed the sarcasm in Kikyo's voice, but she didn't think anything of it and calmly shot back. 

"Now, why don't you two start telling me your stories."

...Christopher/Asahiko pov....

The whole situation can be boiled down into cats/ninjas/raptors and moths...wait, moths?. 

"Okay, stop your story there. You weren't attacked by yokai cats, you were attacked by yokai moths?"

"Yeah, they didn't capture anyone... They just devoured everyone alive... It was a massacre!"

Seeing how he clutches his head and starts shaking madly, I'm forced to reinforce the charm on him if I want to get anything useful out of him. 

"Let's see if I'm okay. You two were attacked by an army, well trained, of yokai cats. Whereas you, you were attacked by an army of killer yokai moths... Nothing more to add?"

"No. "x3

"Good, you may go."

Chasing away those four, yes the village headman too, I massaged my face for a few moments and let out a sigh of defeat. 

"What are we going to do now, Kikyo?"

"There's nothing we can do, besides I'm sure you don't want to stay. Maybe I have an idea."

And that sudden change of heart that you just did, wait, is that...?

"You've always had it there, I don't judge, no even more important, how come you have that? I'm sure I gave it to Miroku to raise the barrier against Ryukotsusei."

"That monk left it lying there after raising the barrier, besides yes, I've always had it there."

"Tss, what confidence you have."

I don't think I'm exaggerating, he literally had that much hair inside his clothes and I don't think he made up the underwear... You understand what he said... I didn't expect such a confident response from him. 

"Then I'll leave you in charge, Kikyo. I'm going to continue with the practice."

"Doing the same thing a hundred times, it's still doing the same thing."

"I know, Kikyo, but it's hard... It's so hard to take everything out and leave a wish. Meh, I'm going to go back to meditating... Wait..."

"No. Don't think about it."

What kind of instincts are those, I just wanted to see the sword in action, so I know if there's a shortcut. Who better than Kikyo who has a clear desire, obviously I'm not talking about killing Inuyasha, but with her current body. 

"Why not, you haven't even let me speak."

"You'd grab something obviously dangerous and that you know nothing about."

"I thought there was trust between us, besides I haven't told you about her?"

"No, since we got here you've been talking to her alone and meditating."

I'm an idiot... Yeah, I wouldn't trust in a situation like that either. Well, but that doesn't change that I need to test it, God I want to test it and finally know what it's capable of. 

"It's a sword made by Totosai, by the old bald man who was with Inuyasha. He who has forged Steel Fang and Sacred Fang, so imagine the power of this sword."

"Now I want even less to touch it."

"You're sure~ It was made with my tail, so you can imagine its powers. We've reduced it to transformation, illusion and... God all you need to know is that it will fulfill your wish"

"I still haven't changed my point of view."

There was no change in her face as she finished her words, she wasn't tempted for an instant. Is it that she is taught self-control as a priestess? 

"Please, would you take it?"

"Now with more sincerity."

"You're fucking with me."

"Yes."

I'm hesitating between enjoying one of her strange smiles, or on the other hand, teaching her why no one pranks me.

"Give it to me, I'm going to do it."

"Really?"

"You don't want to, for me it's..."

Without letting him finish that sentence, he quickly grabbed the sword that still remains in hilt form and placed it in his hand. 

"Now just say out loud what you wish."

"I want to kill Asahiko."

Of course I was expecting that, though I was much more expecting the variation "I want to kill Inuyasha" but well, not everything goes the way you want it to. 

"Kyaaa, those who hate each other will... Hell seriously it's been activated!"

"What, what's going on?"

A flash of pure white light quickly covers the entire room, as Kikyo's bewildered voice comes out of it. It was the first time I heard her with that tone, normally she has everything under control and uses a tone full of confidence. 

As quickly as the light came to cover everything it was gone, leaving her to regain her sight and be able to look at Kikyo. She is kneeling on the ground, while the hilt is nowhere to be found.

"Are you okay?"

"I thought you were going to ask where that hilt went first."

Ignoring such cheap sarcasm, he looked her up and down and then sighed as he saw that this "I want to kill Asahiko" thing obviously didn't come true. I knew she didn't wish for that. 

"Ahem, where's the"

"Come, help me up."

Weird, weird, weird... Is what I can sense in her tone of voice positive emotions? Surprise is warranted, she usually conveys negative emotions more easily. 

Well, Kikyo is full of vengeful and spiteful souls, so it's quite understandable that negative emotions are easier to convey. 

"And there you are. Hold you that you fall."

It wasn't me being a jerk, but the moment I let go of her, she almost fell to the ground again. 

"Heavy, this body is heavy... Plus I have no energy. I want to eat."

"As you wish~"

Speaking in a cloying manner, he supported Kikyo's body and took the moment to feel her changes. The most obvious being her body heat, also the ragged breathing and her heartbeat. 

Another thing I quickly noticed was the addition of a bracelet on her right wrist, the hand with which she held the hilt. Such a bracelet is bright red and has three wind chimes hanging from it.

But if the hilt took that form for her, it means that it does not really have a stable physical form, but that the hilt without a blade is the form it took by my wish.

It would be possible if we consider that the tails are pure energy, then what Totosai did was to further refine the skills of illusion, transformation and charm, to....

"Can we go at once?"

"Uh, what, me?"

"Let 's go."

"Um, okay."

Being pulled so suddenly from my thoughts, there was no time to consider anything, so I unconsciously followed what Kikyo said.