Chapter 137: Three men? No, three idiots. 

"Don't leave me!"

Screaming heartbreakingly towards the sky, the cry coming from the young woman's body conveys a clear and very powerful desire. 

"Let go of my leg at once, and you help me, Inuyasha!"

Falling to the ground due to the sudden loss of balance, the blonde-haired young man turns his face to the side and calls for help in complete defeat. 

"Asahiko, maybe it's not the best thing to ask Inuyasha for help. At least at this time."

"Kagome, I can help you too..."

Hiding the smile that threatens to fill his entire face, Miroku finally gets his expression in order and points towards Inuyasha. 

The poor half-dog boy was a wreck, perhaps it was too much for him to see Kagome clutching Asahiko's leg and begging for help. 

"Inuyasha how much is it:A+C.B."

"Ehh, it was about that, e, e, e, exam?"

"What more could this girl want from me, Inuyasha. Now come and help me, can't you see that a demon brother needs support right here?"

Ignoring Inuyasha's sigh, just as if a huge weight had been lifted from her shoulders, Asahiko begins to move her hands in an even more exaggerated manner.

The situation was much like a drowning man, only it's happening on land and no one in the vicinity seems to feel like helping. 

"Just two more days, one more, just one more and I'll let you go!"

"Alright, alright, alright... I'll help you out on this one."

"Yes, Kagome 1 world 0!"

Slamming her fist into the sky, a beaming smile spreads across Kagome's face and for a few moments she feels like she owns the world. 

...Christopher/Asahiko pov.... 

"Finally asleep?"

Staying static at the voice coming from the darkness, I slowly turn my face and see Inuyasha. 

"God, you scared me half to death, how are you going to suddenly talk to someone from the dark?"

"I wish it was that easy to kill you, since you wouldn't be the trouble you are now."

"Ach, brother, have you forgotten who helped you yesterday?"

Grasping the area of my chest where my heart is, I bent my body in a clearly visible way and gave him a pitiful look. 

Of course Inuyasha doesn't care one bit about my performance, he simply can't understand beauty, his little head of white hair is too... Backward to comprehend my greatness beyond belief. 

"God, why do you hit me!"

"God this, God that, aren't you afraid of attracting some god's attention and ending badly?"

"Ha, gods, do they exist? I don't."

"Of course they exist, long ago we met a river goddess."

Remaining with her index finger raised and the smile plastered on her face, she slowly turned her face to look at Inuyasha. His look makes it clear that he's not lying, even seeming to say "you're dumb, how could you not know that", getting me to furrow my brow more. 

So I went around shouting the name of the gods, pretending to be Onmyōji and everything else... But I'm just now coming to find out about this, you're, you're....

"Saya dear, don't you think you have some explaining to do?"

"Ahem, ahem, I am glad for your compliments young Asahiko, but they are not."

"Stop beating around the bush and speak at once, Saya."

Staring at him with a cutting look, he finally cut off Saya's antics. Still, there's something weird about all this, but at the same time it's illogical, why would Inuyasha make a plan against me? He doesn't have the brains and neither does he have a motive to do it. 

Okay, maybe my last thoughts are a bit exaggerated, but you have to understand that Inuyasha is the direct type. If he's angry you notice it quickly, he literally jumps on you and starts fighting you. 

"It's really not as dangerous as it might seem, certainly there are gods that still remain active like those of the rivers or mountains, but those you used their name are not even close."

"Whew, thank the almighty, I was already feeling cold in the back, well, who planned it?"

Ignoring the slight twitch in one of my eyes, he fixed his gaze on Inuyasha and asked the obvious. Basically they played me, but to pull this prank on me they must know what I've done... You understand, impersonate Onmyōji. 

"Do you think I can't do it! 

"With all due respect Inuyasha, but I think Shippo did it more than you, no offense."

"Pfff!"

Without even a second thought, he raised his index finger and waved it towards the restrained laughter. It was a quick, sharp flame that shoots out, so easily sticking to the side of Miroku's face. 

"Wow, look who we have here."

"I'll just say it was fair."

"What do you mean, Miroku?"

"What hurt the most wasn't your dirty scheme to make me look bad, it was that you tricked me, silly me that I didn't notice."

Being shocked at the seriousness with which he blurts out his words, I close my eyes for a few moments and concentrate to remember what I have done to him.

I don't know, nothing comes to my mind, God what have I done to him has Miroku, it must be something serious, just look at his expression. 

"You don't remember, you blasphemed against my principles."

"Wow, wow, what principles are you talking about?"

"Since you don't remember, I almost thought you were my soul brother, another traveler on this hard road, a lost relative... All women are women, that's my principle!"

There was silence, a lot of silence... I even thought I heard crickets counting back there. 

"You're a damn fool, Miroku."

"Master, I'm sorry for blaspheming, but you must understand that although my plan was in motion at that instant, your wise words opened a new path for me."

"I see you still recognize your master, Asahiko. Now tell me, what was that noble path?"

What noble cimino or anything, you damned lustful monk. You're basically the epitome of "In times of war, any hole is a trench", you won't drag me down that path... Maybe... Maybe... It's not a bad path if we consider that it only applies to women. 

"All women are women!"

"Welcome back, Asahiko"

"I'm back, master."

Grabbing Miroku's outstretched hand and ignoring his face that seems to glow with holy light, I kneel down in front of him and hold his hand with both of mine. Yes, it almost feels like I've joined a strange pact.

"They're crazy, which one of them is worse."

"By the way, why did Inuyasha help you?"

"Oh, that's simple enough. It's all about you spending too much time with Kagome, you understand what Inuyasha is like."

"Tsk, you jealous dog."

"Shut up, I'm not jealous!"

So under the night sky and the light of the bonfire, the three of us continued to talk well into the night, letting ourselves get carried away with the odd useless but amusing topic.