Chapter 14: Searching and Finding
Sachi brought the loaf of bread up to Trinity's lips and pressed it to them insistently. 'You must eat…' she thought desperately. She hadn't gotten the chance to see Fafnir in a couple days and found she couldn't get Trinity to eat anything.
Sachi absently popped a grape in her mouth and glared at her younger sister in irritation and concern. "If you don't eat you could starve!" She thought she saw Trinity's lips tighten even more and was about to try stuffing the bread in her mouth again had Fafnir not decided to show up at that moment.
"She won't eat huh?" he said thoughtfully. "Trinity!" he called from the other side of the cell bars. "I order you to eat the bread." He said firmly. Trinity's body began to shake with jerky trembles that concerned the other two greatly. She lifted a hand towards the bread and then froze. "She resists…" Fafnir whispered softly. "You don't want to eat! Trinity eat the bread now!" Fafnir yelled. The boom of his command echoed in the dungeon and Trinity stuffed the bread in her mouth.
"Why wouldn't she eat before!" demanded Sachi, not really angry at Fafnir but more concerned for her sister.
"She kept yelling in her head that she was a burden and wanted to starve." Fafnir said as he entered the cell and kept the door open behind him, not at all worried Sachi would escape. Sachi looked at Trinity and glared. Sachi crouched in front of Trinity and grabbed her by the shoulders.
"You aren't a burden! You're my sister Trin! I'm always going to be there for you, I don't want you refusing to eat you hear me? We are going to get out of this together!" Sachi yelled as she looked into Trinity's golden orbs. With her face still expressionless tears leaked from the edges of her eyes and ran down her cheeks. Sachi hugged Trinity and they sat there with an uncomfortable Fafnir behind them.
Feeling left out he crouched down and hugged Sachi from behind, smirking when she jumped in surprise. "We need to talk about what we are going to do for the battle, some new developments have come and we need to act quickly." Sachi nodded in understanding the stood up. "Come with me; remember to pretend to be under my spell. Stand up Trinity we are going for a walk." Fafnir said to the sisters.
The rain had finally stopped, it had seemed the rain would never stop as long as their two daughters were missing but with the light shining through the clouds the Takahashi's had new hope.
"Inuyasha, I just checked on Aunt Trin's team…they are going to confront the elves to see if they can help. Dad's team is going to try the police…not that they've been much help before…" Kagome grumbled the last part but still thought that Toru's idea to talk to them had some merit.
Inuyasha jumped down from the fire escape he was using to get a look around for any signs of a struggle. There were hints of magic still radiating in the air and he knew someone had fought here a couple days ago with magic. "They seem to be doing well but we need to look around here before we go following Naraku's scent some more." Inuyasha said looking around on the cold concrete for any hints or clues to help them.
Kagome looked around confused and then after she stepped toward Inuyasha to ask why they had to look around there she felt it. With a gasp Kagome froze in her tracks. "Right here…" she whispered "I can feel Sachi's presence right here…" Kagome said softly. Inuyasha nodded.
"I can still faintly smell them…Sachi, Trinity, and that asshole Fafnir." Inuyasha growled the last part. "They were here a couple days ago but…I don't smell Sachi's magic but I can smell Trin's she and Fafnir must have been fighting cause I can smell his too but…why would they have fought?" asked Inuyasha perplexed.
Kagome understood the confusion as well. "You're right…he has Trinity under his control why would he fight her and not Sachi?" Inuyasha shrugged.
"Lets see…" Inuyasha whispered walking towards the brick wall while sniffing. Kagome followed, her eyes closed as she tried to concentrate on any signs that magic was used. She approached the wall and leaned her back against it.
"Here." She said softly. Inuyasha walked over and sniffed, finding that she had found the last place where the scents were which meant this was where they would have to start if they were to retrace the events. He then moved to the wall across from her where he smelled Fafnir, he leaned against it subconsciously and stared at his mate.
"She pauses in her hunt for Trin…" Kagome speculates softly not knowing how correct her guess was. "She sees Fafnir who approaches her for some weird reason…" Kagome said looking to Inuyasha, the mock Fafnir for their recreation of the events.
"They talk…Fafnir approaches her…" Inuyasha whispered, sniffing the air and slowly approaching Kagome whose eyes were a little unfocused as strange flashed behind her eyes. Rainy ally a dragon demon approaches Sachi who backs up but still looks ready to attack. Kagome backs up until her back was pressed against the brick wall. She looked up at Inuyasha who leaned his head in close and stared at her with half lidded eyes.
"They talk and he says something making her send him flying into the wall…" Kagome whispered pointing to the dent in the wall opposite them. Inuyasha nodded. "They talk, for some reason Sachi stops him from leaving…" the events flashed behind her eyes some more like a soundless black and white movie. Inuyasha didn't question how she knew all this but listened. Kagome gasped as the images of the events flashed through her all at once and she looked up at a concerned Inuyasha in alarm.
"Fafnir brought Trin here and she was under his control, Sachi had her but she didn't bring her home! She…hugged her and then Fafnir yelled something. Trin from the future came and tried to kill our Trin! Fafnir fought her and saved our little Trin…but then he took both Sachi and Trin away…he didn't put Sachi under his spell…" Kagome whispered confused.
"So that is why he was fighting Trin even though he had her under his control…he was fighting that stupid Trin from the future…" Inuyasha grumbled in frustration. "But none of this helps us find them…" Inuyasha whispered.
"I know puppy…but maybe Aunt Trin could help…" Kagome whispered.
Inuyasha smirked and pulled Kagome to him. "You haven't called me that in a long time, kitten." Kagome felt a fluttering in her stomach when he called her that and she blushed shyly. Inuyasha kissed her temple and growled contently. "When all of this is over we can finally live in peace…" Kagome smiled up at him and nodded.
Fafnir successfully led the two girls out of the castle and into the back forest area. Sachi couldn't tell where they were but followed Fafnir loyally. Fafnir was looking around anxiously while they went deeper and deeper into the forest. Soon the dark aura that surrounded Naraku began to dissipate and Fafnir turned to Sachi.
"We should be safe to talk out here…so far it seems Naraku still believes you are under my control." Said Fafnir.
Sachi smiled up at Fafnir. "So can you take your control off of Trinity, so that she can help us with our plan to defeat Naraku?" Sachi requested. Fafnir looked down at the young child with a frown. He crouched in front of the girl and lightly pressed the scaly pads of his fingers to her moon shaped mark. He drew out the mandrake seed and pocketed it in his robes. The effect was instantaneous, Trinity's eyes went back into focus and she let out a soft gasp.
Trinity looked to her big sister and grinned. "Hey Sachi, wanna go call Okaa-san and Outo-san now?" Sachi looked at her confused but nodded none the less. Trinity took her sister's clawed hand and looked up at Fafnir and held out her small hand to him.
Fafnir stared at her stunned and wondered briefly if the spell had rattled the girl's brains. He took her hand and the little girl began to drag the two deeper into the forest. Fafnir stared between a confused Sachi and a peaceful Trinity. "Where are we going?" asked Fafnir.
"The elves…" Trinity said simply. The two teens behind her looked at her curiously.
"You know where to find the elves? How?" asked Sachi.
"I talked to them a lot when I was head lo tech. Which means…" Trinity said suggestively and what she was conveying hit Sachi suddenly.
"Which means we can also contact the head lo tech which is aunt Trin!" Sachi said happily. Trinity nodded. "So Trinity you aren't upset with Fafnir?" asked Sachi asking the question Fafnir had been thinking about. Trinity glanced over her shoulder at Fafnir who grinned nervously. She slowed her pace a little but was still walking faster than the teens.
"No…I'm not upset…I could tell he regretted putting me under his spell and I could somewhat hear and see what was going on with you two and knew he was helping us." Said Trinity. Fafnir sighed in relief and tightened his grip on the little girl's hand a little.
"You are very mature for your age Trinity…" Fafnir mused. "You have an old soul and it's powerful and knowledgeable." Trinity blushed a little but kept her serene look as the forest got a little darker the farther they walked.
"Thanks, my soul used to be in my Great Aunt's, she carried a lot of souls and gave three to this fox demon priestess who gave me two. When I was going to do my ritual I would have given one soul to a demon who isn't a priest or priestess…at least that was what I thought would happen…but now after the wish on the jewel all the extra souls priestesses possessed have moved on to a permanent cycle. The way demons get souls is just like humans now…" said Trinity. Sachi paused, and with her free hand, lifted her shirt to see the mark still on her.
"But then why are these marks still on us if there is no longer any demon soul transfer process?" asked Sachi.
Trinity shrugged. "I guess because we got these marks before the cycle changed we will always have them, a total shift in the balance of nature is sure to cause some flukes." Trinity mused. Sachi nodded in semi-understanding.
Trinity suddenly halted and the other two watched curiously as two elves seemed to come right out of two beautiful elegant trees. They looked stern and untrusting at the three. They lifted their weapons at the children who looked alarmed for a minute. But fortunately, out of a blossoming sakura tree came a female elf who was lithe and stunning. She looked from the children to the now bowing elf men.
"Do not harm these children, two are Takahashi's you know well the pack we have with them. Please escort them to the looking pool, I shall meet you there." The elf woman said softly in an angelic voice, the two elves nodded and the elf woman went into the tree again.
A/N: IM SO SORRY! It's taken me so long to update! Im sorry! Alright, Ive had some requests for lemons --; so Im willing to do another one but I am curious to hear what pairing you want to see so Ill give you some options and you tell me in your reviews or emails. K?
Options:
Inuyasha/Kagome (my personal fav)
Sachi/Fafnir (as suggested by Hot Gimmick Fan)
Miroku/Sango
Sesshoumaru/Rin (Id rather not but whatever)
Any other suggestions are welcomed!
NEWS FLASH! I have drawn a pic of Fafnir for anyone interested in what the dragon hanyou looks like! ; Anyway email me if you want me to send it to you. My email is in my profile! I also have forums set up in my profile for any questions for me and my stories!
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