Anika
Chapter 4
Touga wasn't so sure if these two creatures were the infant's parents by their angry tense auras but he knew that they were the same species as the infant. All of a sudden the infant began to squirm valiantly as she tried to take to the air. Touga let the infant go and watched what she would do. The infant was flapping furiously trying to gain air while giving out a consistent set of chirps. The first creature that flew overhead was female and she smelt to be the infant's mother. Letting out a low chirp that soon grew in volume the female creature seemed to be warning her pup. The second creature that followed after the female was male and his aura felt very angry and blood thirsty. Touga could tell by the creature's wing structure that they were the same species as the infant but wasn't sure what they were doing. Touga watched in horror as the male creature drew his head back as he spat out a silver spike like object from his mouth. The female creature dodged the first attack but was too slow for the second spike that pierced her through the chest. The female creature gave out a loud yelp of pain as she lost altitude and landed somewhere in the surrounding woods. The male creature circled back and was now aiming at the infant who was desperately trying to fly back to Touga. Touga reacted quickly as he leaped up and caught the panting infant to his chest while loudly snarling at the approaching male. As the approaching male got closer Touga saw that his wings were pitch black and so were his eyes. Sesshomaru transformed into his demon form and chased the other male away until the other male was flying away back out to sea. Touga noticed that the infant was shaking badly from her fright. Touga growled reassuringly as he set out into the woods to find the fallen mother. When he finally sniffed her out there she was laying in a puddle of her own silver blood that kept leaking out. The infant was now struggling to go to her mother as she chirped sharply. Touga finally let the infant approach her mother as he looked on with worry. Chirping in a low mournful manner the infant approached her dying mother as she snuggled up to her mother's side not caring about the silver blood that now stained her kimono.
"Take care…of her…as one of…your own…Her name is…Anika." The dying mother spoke her last words as the breath left her. Anika was giving off distressed chirps as she placed her little hands on her mother's side and shoved a little trying to wake her mother up. Touga almost turned away from the scene it was so heart wrenching. Anika was now snarling lightly not wanting to accept the facts. Anika turned her tear-streaked face at Touga who looked back at the pup with sadness evident on his face. Sesshomaru had followed his father into the forest and now ran into his father's arms silently crying. Anika broke into a wail as she buried her face into her mother's bloody chest. Anika couldn't stand that she couldn't hear her mother's comforting heart beat anymore. Touga just held Sesshomaru to his chest and let the pup cry his grief out.