Chapter 8: Naraku's Torture
Sachi began to gain consciousness and the first thing she got was her hearing. The sounds of to male voices talking at once were coming in fuzzily in her ears but she could still decipher what was being said.
"Okaa-san! What is going on!" they shouted. "We were heading to class and suddenly everything went black! I'm scared!" they yelled terrified and the clinking of chains and the shuffling of feet on stone could be heard.
Sachi opened her eyes and it didn't take long for her hanyou eyes to focus even in the dim light of the castle dungeon. She saw her mother and sister on the right side of a large wooden door with their arms and legs chained to the wall by some glowing chains and her brothers chained to the wall on the other side of the door.
Sachi shifted trying to move away from the wall and found that the reason her arms were above her in a Y shape was because she too was chained to the wall, on the opposite wall from the door. Sachi began to struggle like her brothers against the chains but to no avail. She was trapped, and there was no way out of these magic chains.
The twins continued to struggle however. "Stop you two, save your strength for when we escape." Kagome yelled to the twins. She looked weak and pale but her face showed the determination she had. Surely Okaa-san will get us out. Sachi thought. Sachi then looked at Trinity who looked like she was barely alive. She was having difficulty breathing; she looked hungry, pale and tired. Kagome seemed really concerned for her youngest child. "Trin honey, its okay…we'll get out of here…just hold on…" Kagome whispered.
"What is wrong with her?" asked Sachi.
"You three have been asleep for three days…" Kagome started. "During those days they gave you and the boys water but me and Trinity are being starved… then he came in and talked about how he would kill Trin, she's really scared. If she is a priestess then I think her mental disorder is thanatophobia."
"thanatophobia?" Sachi questioned.
"Fear of death or dying…" said Kagome softly. Sachi looked at Trinity who was still trembling and hated that at this news a rush of arrogance passed through her. Her sister had a weakness…and she was happy about it. Sachi winced at her own thoughts. 'I'm acting terrible…' she thought bitterly. 'I need to be getting us out of here not harping on if I'm stronger than Trin…'
"Don't worry Trin…we'll get out of here…" Sachi said encouragingly but it seemed to fall on deaf ears. Suddenly the wooden door burst open with a bang and in walked Naraku with a confident stride followed by Kagura.
"Well well well…now that everyone is awake I think it is time for the fun to really begin…" Naraku said with a wicked smirk. Sachi gulped and wondered what he was going to do. Naraku eyed Sachi for a minute then stepped up to her with a jerking movement he removed the jewel he had tied back onto her while she had slept now she was blind. "Listen closely…tell me how to make the wish and I wont hurt your family…" Naraku said darkly while he pocketed the jewel and took out a dagger.
Sachi didn't know what Naraku was going to do but she prayed her family could survive long enough for them to get out of this mess. Naraku waited for her to say something but she wouldn't.
With an exaggerated sigh Naraku turned to face the rest of the family who looked up at him with glares, all except for Trinity who seemed to be in a daze and was still trembling. Naraku scrutinized each of them until his eyes fell on Trinity, and then he got a wicked smirk.
"Trinity…lets get the ball rolling with you shall we? There HAVE been a few questions on my mind regarding the battle a week ago between us…" Naraku said while he stood in front of the girl. Naraku lifted the dagger and used it to turn her face up to look at him.
Trinity craned her neck away from the blade of the shining dagger and resisted the urge to gulp. She had never been more scared in her life and it seemed Naraku was enjoying the fright in her eyes. Trinity schooled her expression back to its usual mellow look and Naraku scowled. "That night I shot you right through the head, I laughed with joy when I felt your body go cold…I KNOW you were dead…and yet…here you are…alive, well, barely alive…tell me…how did you manage to pull a stunt like that? The second I heard you were made head lo tech I went to the place where I kept your body and found nothing but dust…" Naraku finished.
Trinity felt her throat tighten…what did this new information mean? Her aunt Trin said she had handled the body but how is that possible if she was dead and obviously no one else could have disposed of the body while it was in Naraku's grasp…Trinity decided to stall for time until the lo tech council found them…
"Why DID you take my body Naraku?" Trinity sneered but there was a slight quaver in her voice. Naraku either chose not to acknowledge this strange falter in Aunt Trin's usual arrogant behavior or didn't notice.
"Well I thought that would be obvious to someone like you…I was going to devour your corpse and gain any magical abilities still in it but that obviously didn't work, now how did you manage to make yourself appear dead?"
"Well I thought that would be obvious to someone like you…" Trinity repeated his early statement not expecting the punishment for such a thing to be so harsh…Naraku dug the blade into Trinity's shoulder and she screamed in pain.
"Don't mess around with me…I know how sneaky you are, as I speak you are devising a plan to save your precious family, you make me sick, I think we need to knock her a few positions down the totem pole don't you Kagura?" Naraku said with a despicable smirk. Kagura sneered and stepped forward holding a wooden club.
Trinity looked up at the club and wondered what Kagura was going to do with it. Kagura got into a batting position and Naraku chuckled darkly. "Aim for the shins…" he said in a sickly smooth voice.
"NO! Stop! She's just a little girl!" the twins yelled when they realized what was going on, Kagome was looking away having expected the cry of pain from her youngest child to come soon. The twins struggled against their chains and Sachi struggled as well asking urgently what was going on.
Naraku looked from the twins to Trinity who had her eyes squeezed shut waiting for the bat. Naraku crouched in front of the little girl and grabbed her chin forcing her to look at him with her "blue" eyes. Naraku studied them for a minute and his scowled deepened.
"You aren't Trinity…who are you?" demanded Naraku.
Trinity looked up at him defiantly the fear of death temporarily being back seated to the hate for the man in front of her. "Trinity." Naraku slapped her hard knocking the child's head against the stone walls, her cheek was definitely going to bruise.
Trinity looked back up at him and glared, a trail of blood slipped down her chin. Suddenly with a whirling of purple colored wind and a flash of light Trinity stood before Naraku in her hanyou form, her eyes back to their golden color.
Naraku's eyes widened and he stepped back a little. "You…are really 5 years old…is this…your child?" asked Naraku with a wicked grin towards Kagome who glared at him murderously. Naraku laughed and stepped back while waving at Kagura. "Go ahead Kagura, I don't care how old she is, she is still the head lo tech..." Kagure hesitated at first, glancing at Trinity who looked up at her scared and then at Naraku. On the opposite wall Sachi was still struggling.
"What are you doing to her!" demanded Sachi as she struggled. Suddenly Kagura pulled the bat back swiftly and hit Trinity's shins with all her might. A sickening crack was heard and Sachi stopped struggling the screams of pain coming from Trinity were horrifying enough without her sight. Kagome was audibly crying now and the twins were snarling with rage much like their father. All of the bones in Trinity's legs were shattered and the child cried out in horrification and pain at the whole event.
Naraku laughed and strides swiftly to Sachi grabbing her by her silver tresses he forces her head back to expose her neck. "You hear that? She's in pain because of you…if you had just told me the way to make the wish then I wouldn't have had to do that now would I?" Naraku chuckled and brushed his face along the column of her neck making the girl shudder in disgust.
Naraku's lips moved to Sachi's doggy ears. "Still wont tell me how? Then maybe if I rape your mother you will understand how serious I am…" Naraku said darkly, Sachi stiffened her blind eyes widening. She still didn't say anything, if Naraku knew that she didn't even know then he might kill her and all of them. Naraku saw she wasn't going to speak and then he stepped away.
Kagome gasped when he began to walk towards her, by now Trinity had quieted. Naraku reached up to touch Kagome but was stopped by the soft voice on Kagome's left.
"She doesn't even know how…" Trinity whispered her head ducked as she hanged limply from the chains like a rag doll, her legs useless now. Naraku frowned.
"She is the chosen one…she should know how…" he said.
"Chosen ones are BORN with the knowledge the head lo tech tells them…" Trinity whispered.
"So YOU know how to make the wish?" Naraku questioned crouching before the girl.
"Yes…" Trinity whispered. Naraku smirked. The rest of the people in the room listened quietly, Kagome praying that Trinity would shut up. "But…" Naraku frowned. "I will only help you if you swear not to harm anyone in my family…" Naraku smirked.
"Of course I wont hurt them, if you help me…So is it a deal?" Naraku questioned, with Trinity's subtle nod Naraku looked to Kagura. "Unlock her chains, we have work to do…" he ordered.
A/N: SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG TO UPDATE! . Christmas time is here once more and Im swamped! Well here is the next chappy! Enjoy!