Chapter 82,5: Secret chest? 

"Let's see, I've already managed to calm the flames, now I just have to eliminate the negative energy".

"Sure, and that fire I see is a fake"

"Shut up raccoon, I've got everything under control."

Hovering over the sky of the burning forest is Kirara, the feline youkai that belongs to Sango. As she stands her ground, Asahiko, who stands above her, raises his hand and begins to pick up flames.

It may seem strange to use fire to calm the fire, but it works, just like using an explosion to eliminate a fire. Well, maybe it wasn't the best explanation, though Asahiko seems to have a plan. 

"You're crazy! Are you planning to make the fire even bigger or what's wrong with you?"

"Shut your mouth, otherwise I'll have raccoon to the coals to eat."

Scaring Shippo shamelessly, Asahiko closes his eyes to enter a moment of concentration and feeling ready, shooting a sphere of white flames into the sky. 

All the flames that were ravaging the forest below are magically drawn into the white sphere, just as if it were a black hole. 

After absorbing all the flames below, the white sphere easily tripled in size, making it look like a small white sun. Then against all odds, the sphere explodes in a brilliant white glow, dropping a large amount of white flames onto the forest. 

"You've made it worse... What is it... Asahiko, what's wrong with you!"

"What are you saying, Shippo. Nothing is happening to me."

"Kirara let's go quickly, we have to take him to the others."

Shippo's concern was correct, Asahiko was acting rather strangely, she had even called him by name. On the other hand, from the scorched earth of the forest a negative energy begins to emerge, but it is quickly purified by the white flames. 

As had been said long ago, Asahiko's flames have a small purifying power, though that small percentage can be amplified by enhancing the flames with more energy. That is what Asahiko has now done, all in order to eliminate Tokijin's negative energy on the ground.

Time later. 

Christopher/Asahiko pov. 

Enjoying the warmth coming from Miroku's newly created bonfire, I lean my flabby body against a nearby stone and begin to feel the state of my body. 

I feel like... I don't even want to think about how I feel. It's unpleasant to be empty of energy, even though I'm most likely not and I just can't feel it... Damn my poor control. 

Thoughts swirl through my mind, though before I can continue to lament my lack of control, the trees in my field of vision twist and are now sideways. I'm obviously not hallucinating, but rather some idiot has pushed me and who else could it be. 

"Inuyasha, leave Asahiko alone."

"Asahiko, am I bothering you? See Miroku, he doesn't care."

"Inuyasha..." x2

Looking up and down with one of my eyes at the albino, I notice how he slowly approaches with a nasty look on his face. This whole situation is due to the rapid discharge of energy, it's left me half dumb. Well, not that bad... But yeah. 

"This is my chance for revenge, look I can even grab. let me go dammit!"

"Inuyasha how is it possible that you keep falling for the same trick. I thought you already understood that... Tails are dangerous."

I wanted to laugh at Inuyasha and his stupidity that led him to try to grab one of my tails, but I didn't even have the strength to do it, so I just gave him a mocking look with my one eye, while he was being squeezed by my tail. 

By the way, my other eye is glued to the ground, so I can only see out of the left one.... Damn Inuyasha.

"By the way Asahiko, what happened to your clothes?"

"Now that I get a good look at it, you're right Shippo."

Listening to his questions with a half empty conscience, I raise my flabby hand and signal Kagome to help me. After finally sitting properly again, I take a look at my outfit and easily see why she is surprised. 

My beautiful Onmyōji outfit that had accompanied me for quite some time, of course it was changed, riveted and fixed, is gone. I am obviously not as god brought me into the world, but am now dressed in rather ugly and common clothes in this age. 

"The clothes I always wear are a combination of illusion and transformation - or so I think?"

"That means we were always under an illusion."

Sango's eyes scanned me up and down, making me shiver and for a few seconds I flashed back memories of the first time I saw Kikyo. Yes, her instincts were of the sharpest and she easily noticed the point in my words. 

Obviously I wasn't going to play along with her game, so I simply tried to shrug it off, but weakness made it impossible for me. Putting that aside, I wag one of my tails and bring it to rest on my knees. 

"That doesn't matter."

"Yes it does!" x5

"Let's not talk about such small matters, since no one cares!"

"We care!" x5

Denying their contrary opinions, I reach out my hand towards the tail resting in my lap, causing it to glow for a few seconds and my hand to enter inside. 

It may seem strange, but it's not, well maybe it is, if you're not me... Well, it's too strange. The situation is that inside my tails I keep quite a few things, be it clothes, food, coins and much more. 

All thanks to the fact that they are an energetic construction, meaning they don't really have a physical form... I've already erased those thoughts. Anyway, first I reduce the size of the things with transformation and place them in there. 

"It's just like Shippo!"

"I've seen Shippo store things in his queue before, but to think it would be such an amazing thing to see!"

Wanting to strut my stuff at his compliments, I rummage through the entire queue and all I find are travel rations. Those things are disgusting, but I can't help but eat once a day, I'm used to it already so... Hah humanity. 

Noticing that this is the wrong one, I let go of Inuyasha who had already given up on escaping and lured that tail into my lap. 

"What!"

Without even being able to finish properly seeing what I had removed from there, a wind blows past me and when I look up, I find Miroku with a bag of coins. 

"Asahiko my friend, why hadn't you said you were rich. Look at all these coins."

"Give them back your excellency."

"Sorry. Here you go."

"All of them."

Miroku's ignorance disappears as Sango stands behind him, it was obvious to everyone who was the dominant one in the relationship. Raising my lips in a pout at Miroku, I grab the bag of coins and put it away again. 

"Eat, sleep, have money... Are you sure you're a demon, Asahiko? 

"An understandable doubt Kagome, but just look at this face, do you think a human can have it, I'm beautiful and perfect!"

"You're paler than a dead man!"

Choking on my own saliva, I quickly give that meddling tanuki a furious glare and one of my tails swoops down on him. Shockingly, the one who saves him wasn't Kagome or Sango, but Inuyasha knocks him out of the way. 

We all look at him in surprise, even Shippo who couldn't believe it, but after his and Inuyasha's gaze meet, they seem to come to an agreement between them. It was obvious that they plan to make a common front against me, which I won't allow. 

"You know, right... I don't have just one!"

Squeezing out every ounce of energy I manage to feel, I make more tails appear until I reach five and start the attack.