Chapter 3: The Invisible World
Ever since we came here 12 years ago it has never ceased to amaze me that all of this was invisible to me all my life. I had always thought myself to be an average high school girl, besides my mysophobia, but I have found that being strange and abnormal is a lot more fun. I watch my children grow up in this world as if every child saw it like them, though children can sometimes temporarily get the Sight, not many can see it constantly like my four kids.
I know I'm not a perfect mom, but I try, and I know I should tell Sachi about her destiny as the chosen one but I can't bring myself to do so. I want to let her grow up to be normal like I did…so she can appreciate her uniqueness all the more when she gets to be my age. She has shown no signs that she has any mental disorders which bring great relief to my tired mind, but the others…
Toru and Hikaru, because they are priests have a disorder, they just happen to have the same one and it doesn't affect their relationship with each other, they only seem to be truly close to each other. They have the Schizotypal Personality Disorder. They are almost schizophrenic but it isn't that bad, they have periods of paranoia and hallucinations that they seem to share which is quite strange. They don't have the ability to socialize even with their own family but with each other they are normal. When we return to the future I will start having them take medication before they get too far into the illness, but for now they have adjusted.
Trinity worries me even more than the twins, she isn't a priestess but I fear she still has the mental disorder that comes with being one. Maybe I am missing something…She is always taking books and flipping through them, she seems to have moments where she severely zones out to the point there is nothing to do but wait for her to come out of it. She never cried as a child but she seems like a happy child but at times I get the feeling she is plagued with something none of us can understand.
Since it is Saturday the kids have a free day, I hope the twins watch Trinity. Inuyasha is off hunting a particularly vicious troll that has been eating some of the villager's sheep, they think it is a wolf but we know better. I hope Inuyasha returns soon I get the feeling something bad is going to happen soon.
Sachi walked through the bustling of the human village, not even bothering to dodge people walking seeing as they just walked through her anyway. She looked around and spotted what she was looking for. The book store…
The man that owned it bought books from merchants and sold them to anyone willing to buy them, but business was going bad. Trinity had been begging Inuyasha to go to the store to get a Go book but Inuyasha had said that he didn't have the money for it; money was scarce for those in the Invisible World. The only way to get human money without stealing it is to go to the Elves. Some elves have the ability to transform into people and live among them, these elves are called Changellings. The Changellings work as humans and then exchange the money in the Invisible World.
Sachi paused and looked at the shop, the tired looking man at the counter was shelving some books on the shelf behind the counter. There were some kids outside the shop jeering at the store holder saying to take his stupid books and to go back to Europe. Sachi scowled and took the scrying crystal around her neck and lightly blew on it, the crystal glowed bright blue and Sachi grinned; now she was able to touch and move stuff not in the Invisible World, Sachi reached out and grabbed the money pouches out of the backs of the children's pants. None of them noticed her antics.
She quickly emptied the gold and silver and put it in her robes; she put the empty money pouches back in their owner's pockets. She made a face behind their backs and after releasing the magic she put in the jewel she strolled into the shop going right through shelves she didn't need. While she was going through a book shelf with how-to-do type of books she heard a shout outside the shop.
"Hey! My money's gone!" One of the brats shouted in outrage. Soon the shifting of clothes and the sound of angry cries of "Me too!" was heard. Sachi laughed as the boys ran off to cry to their mommies about getting robbed. Sachi snickered and stopped when she spotted the book she needed. Advanced Go Instructional Book. She smiled and after blowing on the crystal she grabbed the book and walked through the empty shop to the store owner who turned when he heard a book hit the table.
The man looked down at Sachi immediately and she looked up at him in surprise. She looked down at her scrying crystal to see that it was still glowing, not that that would matter anyway he shouldn't be able to see her even if it were glowing. The man eyed her through his spectacles with a frown and Sachi gulped.
"You're a ghost aren't you?" he said with a slight smile as he picked up the book off the counter to inspect the price. Sachi looked around and saw that no one seemed to notice her and she looked up at the man realization dawning on her.
"You have the Sight?" she asked surprised. The man nodded slowly.
"I can see you fine even though you appear to be only a glowing outline of a person, almost invisible. I can see elves a lot clearer than I can see those that are temporarily in the Invisible World." Said the man as he wrote down the price of the book on a sheet of brown parchment. Sachi watched him do this curiously, not many knew how to read and write in this village but then again he was from Europe and things were probably different over there.
"So are you the seventh son of a seventh son?" asked Sachi. The man looked up at her curiously.
"No, but I have heard that that is the most common way to be born with the Sight, no in Europe the Sight is automatically bestowed on witches and wizards." Said the man. "That will be 20 silver pieces."
Sachi dumped all of the money she stole on the table and the man looked at it in surprise. "So you're a wizard?" she asked in utter amazement. The man nodded as he picked up the money.
"Yes, I used to work for the Ministry of Magic but right now I'm here to watch out for some strange magic." He said and held out the extra money that Sachi gave him.
Sachi shook her head and pushed the money back to him. "You deserve it more sir! I better be off! Thanks for the book!" Sachi ran from the shop and towards the direction she smelled her sister. She noticed with irritation that her brother's scents were quite far from her little sister which means they weren't watching the little five-year-old.
Deep in the woods the young five-year-old crouched beside the river where they had killed the troll. She looked into the murky depths with a contemplative look on her young face. She tilted her head to the side and smiled slightly. Out of the water came the green slimy head of a Nixie.
Nixies are the cousins of mermaids and can reside in fresh water sometimes. This Nixie was female, looking much more like a human than a mermaid because it had legs, but like mermaids it was restrained to the river. The Nixie was light green with blotches of dark green all over it's body. It had no hair but the external gill filaments coming from its head made it look like it had long flowing hair. It's nose was flat but gave it the ability to breathe in the air.
Trinity reached out a small hand and the Nixie reached out and touched it with it's own slimy webbed one. Trinity smiled at the feel of it and stroked the skin slowly. The Nixie cocked it's head curiously, unlike mermaids, Nixies are quite curious about people.
"What is your name little one?" asked the Nixie in a melodious voice.
"Trinity…what's yours?" asked Trinity.
"Ran" said the Nixie. "Are you a child of the demons I saw earlier?" asked Ran.
Trinity smiled and sat in on the shore; she rolled up the edges of her kimono and dipped her feet in the water. "That depends did one of these demons have doggy ears?" asked Trinity bringing her hands up to point to where the ears would be if she had them.
"All of them did." Said Ran.
"Then yes that is my family." Said Trinity already knowing that if Ran had seen ANY demon that it would be her family, all other demons had disappeared from the planet a dozen decades ago. Trinity kicked her feet in the water and giggled when she felt the Nixie touching her feet as if studying it. The Nixie had now ducked back under the water but it was so close to the surface Trin could even see the third set of eyelids that the Nixie use to protect their eyes underwater. Trinity smiled down at the Nixie who when hearing a rustle in the bushes scurried deeper in the water. "Nixie…Family:Naiadidae. Cousin of the Merfolk, Family: Sirenidae." Said Trinity softly to herself.
Sachi came out of the bushes and approached her little sister who got out of the water and looked up at her curiously. Sachi grinned keeping the book behind her back. "I got a surprise for you Trinity…" Sachi said excitedly. Trinity smiled up at her sister.
"What is it?" she asked trying to peek around the dog eared girl. Sachi pulled the book out and held it out to Trinity. Trinity took the book and a big smile spread across her face. "You got the book I wanted? Cool!" Trinity used the word her mother taught them from the future. Sachi grinned and patter her sister's head making her look up at her curiously.
"You can have it on one condition." Sachi said holding up a finger. "You teach me how to beat mom in Go." Trinity grinned and held out her hand to shake. Sachi laughed and took the hand and gave it a gentle shake. "So do you want to head home and get a few games in before dinner?" suggested Sachi.
Trinity nodded and the two began to walk home. "How did you get it?" asked Trinity opening the book and looking at the well drawn pictures of very good moves in the game. Sachi shrugged nonchalantly.
"I found a way to get some money, no big deal. But I met a wizard today, he owns the book shop." Said Sachi.
Trinity smiled slightly and closed the book. "I know, I saw him use his wand once to put some books on the shelves on their own." She said.
"So what were you doing out here anyway?" asked Sachi giving her little sister a scolding look. Trinity shrugged her face holding a bemused look.
"Just wanted to see this creature that lives in the river." Said the five-year-old.
Sachi glared. "And what if whatever it was dragged you in?" she asked like an overprotective older sibling. Trinity winced and went a little pale. Sachi grew concerned at her sister's reaction. "Don't worry…I would have shown up and saved you if it had…" said Sachi with a reassuring smile. Sachi watched as Trinity grabbed her hakamas and held onto them like a child with separation anxiety. Trinity didn't seem to notice her strange behavior and went back to her calm exterior. Sachi wanted to question the little girl but decided not to.
Suddenly a beautiful soft music began to fill their ears and Sachi got a peaceful look on her face much like Trinity's usual face. The music seemed to come from all around them with no real source. Trinity looked around and released her sister's hakamas.
"What is that sound?" asked Sachi. "Ive heard it in the woods before but…" she trailed off as the music seemed to slow and draw her into a deeper state of euphoria.
"It's elf music…it means elves live in this area." Said Trinity looking up at her sister in concern, she tugged on her sister's hakamas. "Cover your ears; elf music can sometimes cause people to go mad." Said Trinity covering her own ears. Sachi flipped her dog ears back and covered them with her clawed hands, they continued walking still hearing the beautiful music.
Also hearing the music was Kagome who stood in the kitchen area of the shrine preparing dinner. Inuyasha came in and saw Kagome standing there with her eyes closed listening to the music. "The same music from our wedding…" Inuyasha mused. Inuyasha dumped the dead deer on the table and began to gut it and skin it. Kagome didn't look over knowing that he was dissecting a carcass right behind her.
"I know…I was surprised when Trinity told us afterward that she got elves to come to our wedding to play." Said Kagome. Inuyasha grunted in acknowledgement and continued to remove the meat from the deer. Kagome watched her daughters approach and smiled. "Sachi takes such good care of Trinity." Said Kagome. Another grunt was heard and Kagome rolled her eyes. "You know…Ive been thinking…maybe I should try testing Trinity for miko powers again." Said Kagome while she sliced vegetables.
"Why? I thought she didn't have any signs of magical powers?" called Inuyasha.
"I haven't sensed any but…there is something strange about her…did you know that it took me all of two seconds to teach her her ABC's? It was like she already knew them…and when I gave her a book to read and left her alone she finished it quickly and could even tell me how to say the name of the book's author." Said Kagome.
Inuyasha chuckled. "So she's smart, that doesn't mean she could have magical powers hidden in her, and if she did then they are probably so insignificant that it wouldn't matter if she did have them." Said Inuyasha. Kagome sighed tiredly.
"I thought I would be relieved when I found out she was normal, I thought she might have a normal life but now I see that she has no way to protect herself." Said Kagome.
"Feh! She has us doesn't she?" Inuyasha mumbled.
"Yeah but will that be enough whenever we fight Naraku?" asked Kagome worriedly.
"Everything will be fine mate." Inuyasha said coming over to give her the meat. Kagome kissed the hanyou's cheek and smiled up at him. Inuyasha leaned down to take her lips just as the two girls ran in.
"Oh! Oops! Sorry Otou-san!" Sachi apologized and covered Trinity's eyes. Inuyasha glared at her half heartedly. "Can we use the Go boards?" asked Sachi.
Inuyasha nodded and let the two girls go. They ran into the combat room and began to play just as the twins came home screaming about being hungry. Just an average Saturday in the Takahashi household.
Modern Japan (2005)…
"Trinity, where are you going?" asked Lyson with a frown watching Trinity get on her robes and begin the pack some weapons into her clothes and some potions that he had pre-made on his shelves. Trinity looked over at Lyson weakly.
"I am going to fight Naraku, I can no longer impose myself on you…please…protect my niece and her family…" said Trinity. Lyson looked at her stunned.
"I won't have to protect them, we will kill Naraku together and they won't need protecting!" Lyson said angrily. Trinity ducked her head shadowing her eyes.
"You will not fight Naraku, you are needed in the council…and…I wont be returning." Said Trinity turning in a woosh of robes and disappearing. Lyson gasped and immediately grabbed a sword and went after her.
A/N: Hello everyone! Sorry I didn't update yesterday it was Thanksgiving! I hope you liked this chapter! Oh! Ran means water lily in Japanese. I enjoyed the reviews and well I guess that is it! Oh! And I wrote some responses to reviews. Musician: I'm glad you like my stories! Oh and yes Trinity is very intelligent, and your hunch about who has Thanatophobia is right on the mark.
Baka BuRa-: Glad you like all of my stories, im sorry I haven't updated the other ones I can only focus on one at a time otherwise Ill lose my flow which means Ill never finish this Gimmick Fan 007: Your reviews are so crazy they make me laugh lol
Inu2kagfan: Trinity isn't exactly like Sesshoumaru, to me Sess is a little cold looking and Trin is more peaceful instead cold and emotionless. Im trying to give her an air of mystery shrug now I feel stupid. And I got the idea for the mythical creatures cause I have an outlandish imagination that totally got away from me in regards to this story. sweat drop anyway! Thanks for the review!
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TheFallenOne: LOL Im glad you like Sachi! I like her too, thanks for the review
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