Chapter 5: The Death of Two Lo Techs
The cold torrents of rain beat down on the forty-year-old miko as she approached Naraku's castle. She paid no mind to the storm letting the rain drench her hair and clothes. She had undone her braid leaving long flowing grayish tresses that went to her lower back. Her heavy black robes weighed down a lot on her frail body and the added weapons and potions didn't help either.
Trinity's eyes were not their usually bright happy blue but a melancholy gray that just added to her weak exterior. Trinity reached up and touched her shoulder wincing at the pain from the gash there, Naraku nearly killed her in that one battle and his attacks at night haunted her dreams.
Naraku knew where the family was and he would stop at nothing to kill her and stop the spell, bringing the family back to their own time. She couldn't let that happen, but she knew she would not win this battle.
Trinity closed her eyes as she ascended the stairs to the castle entrance. 'I'm at peace now. I have straightened out everything to help those still in this when I am gone. I told Hanabi about my plans and she will tell the others when I am gone. I can't let anyone but them know, not even Lyson. He refused to change his will but now there might be a way to turn this war around in our favor. If Trinity just finds the book.' Trinity thought and opened her eyes.
She now stood on the landing of the tile walkways of the castle she saw Naraku standing there with a cocky look on his face. "So you have resigned yourself to death Trinity?" Trinity smirked trying to make herself look more confident she reached into her robes at her hip and unsheathed the sword she brought with her.
"Naw, I just had some free time so I decided to come kill your ass." Trinity said smoothly and went into a stance preparing to attack the demon. Naraku saw this and drew his sword a split second before her blade would have contacted with his shoulder. He held her blade back with his while staring into her face with the smuggest look.
"You know you are going to die. Why pretend? No one will save you. You are too weak to save yourself. This is the end for you." Naraku sneered and pushed the woman back sending her into a retreat mode that had her blocking his attacks as she jumped backward. Trinity didn't falter in her fighting, knowing what was to come she would never falter. "You know…if you pledge your loyalty to me I could let you live." Naraku suggested as Trinity barely dodged a slash at her shoulder and attempted to kick the feet out form under Naraku.
Naraku jumped over her swinging leg and tried to bring his blade down on the shoulder he knew he had injured before now. Trinity blocked it within a second and she began to struggle with holding him off as she sat crouched on the ground barely able to block the blade. Naraku smirked and with a move so lightning fast he knocked the blade out of her hand and it skidded far out of her reach.
Trinity looked at the lost blade and gasped as Naraku pinned her to the ground with the blade across her neck horizontally. Naraku panted as did Trinity with the strain of fighting and Naraku's cold red eyes shined with his victory.
Trinity looked up at him with a well school expression of indifference. "So I take it you refuse my offer?" Naraku said silkily pressing the blade a little more to her neck drawing a small amount of blood.
Trinity smiled up at Naraku. "I wouldn't join your side even if it would save my life."
"How convenient seeing as that scenario is about to be played out." Naraku threatened. But before he would kill her he reached down and tried to touch the scrying crystal around her neck. But it pulsed suddenly and burned his hand. Naraku frowned and retracted his hand sharply.
While Naraku was distracted Trinity reached into her robes and pulled out her only other weapon, a dagger she stabbed Naraku in the side violently causing him to jump off of her in alarm.
Trinity jumped up and ran a little ways away from him and then turned to face him again. Naraku stared on in confusion as she began to glow and her a blinding light surrounded her body. She seemed to visibly shrink and change and when the light died down there before Naraku stood a five-year-old girl.
"I have the ability to manipulate my age Naraku, did you know that? No, probably not then again there is a lot you don't know." The five-year-old version of the blue-eyed miko snickered. Though Naraku wouldn't have been able to notice this interesting fact it is still is amazing that Trinity Higurashi as a five year old looks EXACTLY like her great niece Trinity Takahashi. They could be twins if not for the fact that Takahashi has golden eyes and Higurashi has blue.
Naraku looked down at the young Trinity skeptically. "And how would turning into a rugrat help you win this battle?" he asked.
"That is for me to know and for you to never find out." Trinity said sticking her tongue out at Naraku. Naraku's eye twitched and he ran at her again with his sword. He was shocked when the young Trinity grabbed the scrying crystal around her neck and stepped on the crystal shattering it and making it loose it's glow.
But the fact that the spell was broken didn't halt Naraku in his battle he brought the sword down on her injured shoulder making her scream in pain and dropping the dagger. Trinity fell to her knees clutching the bleeding wound and the rain continued to pour on them washing the blood away.
Suddenly as Naraku brought his blade down to finish Trinity off a figure stepped between them and blocked the move. Lyson stood there his wings spread to hide Trinity from Naraku's view. He was having trouble holding off Naraku's sword with his own and looked like he was about to lose his handle on the battle quickly.
Naraku smirked. "Guess I get to kill two birds with one stone." He deflected Lyson's sword and stabbed the hawk demon through the heart. Naraku screamed in agony as blood sprayed from the wound and speckled onto Naraku who smirked wider in triumph. Trinity screamed.
"Noo! Lsyon!" she cried as he fell backward onto the ground. Though through the rain it was unseen but Trinity cried. She brought Lyson's head into her lap and hugged him desperately. "Lyson!" she yelled at him. His face was contorted in surprise and his eyes were wide and lifeless. "How could you! He wasn't a part of this!" Trinity screamed up at Naraku. Naraku laughed evilly.
"He is the head lo tech, of course I would have went after him when I was done with your family. He just made my job all the more easier."
"You're heartless…" Trinity whispered. And she cried harder hugging her dear friend and the love of her life against her as his cold lifeless body was hit with an even more powerful sheen of rain. Trinity slowly closed Lyson's eyes not being able to bare the look her had on his face.
Naraku was surprised when she reached into her robes and pulled out a potion. She threw it to the ground and it shattered releasing the gaseous substance that hid Trinity from view. Naraku's eyes widened when he saw that Trinity had not escaped but still sat there with Lyson on her lap.
Naraku chuckled darkly and reached into his robes. He pulled out a pistol and pointed it at Trinity's head. When Trinity looked up she saw the barrel of a pistol and the sound of the gun fire was the last thing she heard before all went black.
Trinity's lifeless body fell backward and lay on the ground in the rain. Naraku put the gun away and turned to two figures standing on the porch of the castle. "Kagura, go back to the lo techs and watch what the council does. Make sure Natsuro is made head lo tech. Kanna, come with me we must abandon this castle until my wounds are healed."
In Feudal Japan right before all this had happened…
Inuyasha and Kagome were preparing for bed that night not knowing anything about the terrible events unfolding in the future. Kagome pulled back the covers and smiled at Inuyasha who smirked and sniffed the air.
His smirk immediately dropped as he scented the twins coming towards their room. Kagome saw his sour mood and gave him a sympathetic look, she guessed that one of the kids must have been coming and wasn't surprised as Toru and Hikaru burst into the room.
"Why aren't you two in your beds?" asked Kagome. Inuyasha was growling in irritation, knowing what was coming next.
The twins look at each other then at their parents with weak smiles. "Can we sleep with you?" they asked. Before Kagome could answer thunder struck above them and the twins yelped, dashing to the bed and hiding under the covers. Kagome giggled and stroked their backs soothingly. Inuyasha saw the twins get settled in the bed and rolled his eyes. 'I aint gettin laid tonight. But this better be the last thunder storm for awhile cause this bed is going to be busy for many nights to come.' Inuyasha thought with a smirk and got into bed next to Toru and Kagome got in next to Hikaru but just as they were about to fall sleep there was a loud cracking sound unlike thunder.
Inuyasha and Kagome sat bolt up right as a white light blinded them and they felt themselves floating. This seemed oddly familiar and they soon realized that this was what it felt like to travel back in time. Something has gone terribly terribly wrong.
As the time travel feeling stopped and they came back to their home they found themselves in a bed much dustier, in a house that appeared to be more modern than the one they left behind. The twins clutched at their parents.
"What happened?" asked Toru.
"I don't know sweetheart." Kagome whispered. Suddenly there was a scream through the house that sounded like their youngest daughter. "Trinity!" Kagome exclaimed as she and Inuyasha ran to their daughter.
A/N: That's the end of that chapter! If anyone is still interested in the pic email me. Well I gotta go. Ja ne Danielle. REVIEW!