Chapter 11: Fafnir
Trinity was out of the hospital now and was attending the shrine school in full health. Trinity wore purple hakamas and a black robe indicating she didn't have to power Sachi had but had excellent control. Trinity didn't require training now so she was a trainer, which caused much resent from the much older priests and priestesses who hated the girl's talent.
Trinity didn't seem fazed by their feelings towards her, she didn't even notice that Sachi shared the same feelings; Trinity was her usual mellow self. Trinity didn't seem traumatized by the torture in Naraku's dungeon but she didn't talk as much as she used to and she didn't seem to respond when people talked to her.
Sachi and Trinity were alone after class, Trinity working on promoting Sachi in rope color again so that she could one day destroy Naraku. People expected a lot from the Chosen One, and Trinity didn't mind giving her sister some extra help so she could fight Naraku.
No one told Trinity of the arrival of her older self or what her older self told them about the girl's future. Sachi didn't know what she would do if she were left to make the choice of either protect Trinity or die. She once loved her sister dearly but now she didn't know her emotions were going so crazy she just wanted everything to be clear. Trinity now stayed in her human form all the time, causing much teasing from her brothers on the subject of if she hated being half demon.
Trinity said the incantation softly and the rock in her palm went invisible. Sachi studied her and then tried to repeat what she did but only succeeded in making it see through, not completely invisible.
"Dang it…I don't think I'm ever going to get this…" Sachi groaned in frustration. Trinity stared up at her with her golden eyes not saying a word. Sachi looked at Trinity again trying to decipher what she was thinking but finding that the girl was a master of the poker face. Sachi sighed and dropped the rock making it turn back to its sold appearance. Sachi picked up another stone and tried again.
While Sachi was distracted by the spell Trinity's eyes strayed to a figure walking towards them. Trinity looked up at Fafnir who stared at Sachi intently. Fafnir noticed the girl's eyes on him and looked down at her.
It was at this moment that Sachi successfully made the rock invisible. "YES! I did it Trin! I did it!" Sachi laughed happily, her smile faltered slightly when she noticed someone a mere couple feet away but she saw it to be Fafnir and she immediately perked up. "Hey! Long time no see!" Sachi shouted running up to Fafnir.
Fafnir turned his eyes on Sachi abruptly and smirked, a long fang protruding over his lower lip. Trinity's eyes studied him but her calm features didn't change.
"Hey, that's some fine spell work there…" Fafnir said lifting the stone out of Sachi's palm. Sachi watched as he made the stone reappear and then crushed it in his palm, turning it to dust and allowing the shards to drift into the slight breeze and float away.
Trinity walked over to the two slowly. She raised an eyebrow as she noticed the demonic features of the boy. Sachi looked up at Fafnir in admiration but noticed him looking at Trinity. Fafnir walked over to the little girl and crouched down so they her eye level. Trinity didn't seem fazed by his closeness but Sachi was curious.
"And I saw you teaching her…" said Fafnir. "You wouldn't happen to be THE Trinity Takahashi, the one who pretended to be the head lo tech, the one who set up the Shikon ritual, the only child under 15 to ever reach black rope, are you?"
Trinity suddenly glared at Fafnir, her expression alarming Sachi. Fafnir smirked, waiting for the angry girl's reply. "You think you know a lot don't you…" Trinity whispered. Sachi blinked in surprise, that had to be the longest sentence she'd heard from Trinity in a long time.
"I know more about you than you do." Fafnir said cockily.
Trinity gave him a slight smile, one that showed she accepted the challenge. "I highly doubt that, dragon hanyou." Said Trinity.
Fafnir blinked this time. "Ah…So you know what I am, strange, I was under the impression next to no one knew about dragon demons…you are quite the strange girl…" Trinity's glare intensified and suddenly Fafnir was sent back with a burst of violet energy, Trinity didn't move a muscle when she released the energy.
Fafnir's smirk never faltered as he got up. "I wouldn't try picking a fight with me, if you haven't noticed I am in all black and unless you study outside of this school then you are no match for me."
Trinity scoffed, turning her back on him. "I wouldn't push your luck, I do happen to study outside of school and I doubt there would be anything you could do to defend yourself against what I could do to scum like you…" Sachi sputtered angrily and stood in front of Fafnir defensively.
"You shut up! Fafnir didn't do anything to you!" Sachi yelled at Trinity's back.
Trinity's face softened a little at hearing Sachi's voice speak up but at her words she was immediately angry. "You don't know anything about this Sachi he's—."
Sachi cut off Trinity. "He's a dragon hanyou! What does that matter!" Sachi yelled misunderstanding what Trinity was going to say. Trinity wielded around and was about to say something but Sachi began to yell at the five year old again. "You happen to be a hanyou too! But then again you think you are too good for that! You pretend to be human! You probably secretly hate Otou-san, Hikaru, Toru, and even me!" Fafnir smirked from behind Sachi, everything was working out in his favor.
"No Sachi, that wasn't even what I was going to say! Listen to me." Trinity said trying to remain calm. "He works for—."
"Shut up! You think you are better than me! I hope you DO get kidnapped and made into Naraku's slave! You two deserve each other!" Sachi realized that she revealed something she shouldn't have and gasped. Trinity looked up at Sachi with a face that suggested that she wasn't really surprised by anything Sachi had just said. Sachi growled.
Sachi was sick of Trinity's calm omniscient behavior. Sachi ran at demon speed out of the shrine, she just wanted to go home. She forgot completely about Fafnir, she was so mad. She knew Trinity could find her own way home.
Fafnir chuckled, drawing Trinity's attention. Trinity glared up at him. "Now that she is gone…what was it you were going to say?" asked Fafnir. Trinity took a step back.
"You work for Naraku…You are here to kidnap me…" Trinity whispered. Fafnir laughed.
"Always so smart, you're right that is exactly what I'm going to do…Now hold still and I might not have to hurt you…" Fafnir said reaching into his robes to remove a wand and to point it at Trinity. Trinity threw her hands out and a barrier formed around her.
Fafnir chuckled and shook his head. "You think that pathetic barrier will stop me? And I thought you were smart…" Fafnir ran at Trinity with his wand in front of him pointing at the girl. "Expelliaros!" He shouted the barrier dissipated on the spot and Trinity gasped.
She turned and ran from the boy as fast as she could but her legs were still pained from when her bones were shattered and she didn't get far before Fafnir pounced and had her pinned to the ground.
Trinity cried out and tried to crawl away, visions of the torture Naraku put her through came to mind. Tears streaked down the girl's cheeks and she struggled desperately. "SACHI!" Trinity called out but no one answered. "SACHI! COME BACK! HELP ME!" Trinity cried. Fafnir's eyes flickered with sympathy and guilt for a minute but he quickly concealed it with a mocking sneer. Fafnir reached into his robes and pulled out what looked like a glowing pebble.
The glowing green pebble, upon closer inspection, actually looked like a seed with a miniature human fetus inside it. Fafnir reached down, still sitting on top of Trinity, and pressed the seed to Trinity's moon tattoo. Slowly ripples appeared in her skin and the seed sunk in easily.
"Mandrake seeds have the ability to manipulate minds when put under a certain spell and implanted into the body of a weaker person than the one who cast the spell…" Fafnir whispered to himself. Trinity's golden eyes went pupil less and her face went expressionless. Her struggles ceased and she lay limply on the ground, her moon tattoo glowing green. Fafnir gulped. "And since I cast the spell on the seed you will not come out of my control…" Fafnir got off of the child and began to brush dirt off of himself.
Fafnir looked down at Trinity, his eyes softened. "Stand up Trinity." Trinity stood up slowly and mechanically like a robot. Fafnir looked away from Trinity finding the sight of the girl too much for him and held out his hand. "Take my hand…we'll be teleporting to Naraku's new castle…" Trinity took his hand and Fafnir's much larger hand closed around her tiny soft one.
Fafnir closed his eyes and disappeared, Trinity disappearing with him…
A/N: Seriously though people it is drawing to an end! Oh! well Ill be taking a break after this fic is finished. Sorry I didn't update until now, the holidays and all!
Ja Ne