Chapter 1: Meet Our Favorite Family 12 years later
Feudal Japan (1505)…
The sound of water splashing was all that could be heard in the beautiful clearing as a young girl of 12 jumped into the water nude. The clearing in the woods was surrounded by thin foliage and in the center was a large spring where the water rushed off the rocky cliff and into a small pool where it sank into the underground water to eventually come out warmed in a hot spring. This water wasn't so warm though but it was good for waking you up for a long day of miko training. As the girl surfaced the warm glow of the sun beat down on her slight tanned skin.
The young half demon swam towards the water fall and ducked inside to find her favorite place to relax, the cave behind the water fall. The twelve year old hopped onto the smooth stones and sat there, kicking her feet in the water happily. Her long silver hair pooled behind her back and the two silver dog ears on top of her head twitched away specks of water. Her large eyes were a shocking light blue color that almost glowed in the dark cave. The young girl's peaceful time was unfortunately broken by the voices of her two little brothers.
"SACHI! Okaa-san says she wants an early start on miko training!" the twin boys yelled together, they were only about 9 years old. Sachi rolled her eyes and after lightly tracing the mark on her stomach she sank into the water and swam towards her clothes.
When Sachi surfaced she saw her brothers standing a little ways away and she gasped when she noticed someone missing. "Where is Trinity! I told you to watch her!" Sachi yelled at her brothers, both of whom looked EXACTLY like her father the only difference was that they had blue-gray eyes. The two boys looked at each other and smiled innocently, but don't be fooled, they were evil.
"You didn't tell US to watch her! I distinctly remember you calling Hikari and Tora to watch the runt." Said Hikaru, the younger twin. Toru nodded in agreement the smirk on his face making him look shockingly like his father, both twins had the smirk and it creeped the hell out of the half demon girl.
While Sachi quickly dashed behind a bush and began to pull on her miko robes in a hurry she yelled over at her brothers. "Who are Hikari and Tora!"
The twins shrugged in unison. "You said their names we assumed they were your friends or something." They said innocently.
Sachi dashed out of the bush and ran at demon speed to stand in front of the misfit twins. She knocked their heads together angrily. "Liars! You knew I was talking to you! If Trinity gets hurt Otou-san is going to kill you!" Sachi dashed out of the clearing leaving the twins to grumble and rub their heads.
Sachi ran through the forest sniffing out her little sister she caught her scent and raced towards the shrine/house. When she arrived she spotted the little five year old sitting in the grass under a tree looking at a spell book as always. No one thought she could read of course and she flipped pages so fast they doubted if she was even looking at the pictures, but never the less if you find Trinity you will find a book in her hands.
Trinity was a small five-year-old who was quite different from her brothers and sister, she looked nearly human. She didn't have dog ears or fangs or claws. She looked like a regular human child and her parents weren't sure why. She had medium length black hair like her mothers except it fanned out a little. (A/N: picture Rin in the show without the ponytail.) The only evidence that she wasn't an average human was that her eyes were the same as her father, golden and intense, and with the large eyes that came with youth well; she looked interesting for a fiver year old. Trinity was also different in that she seemed to show no signs of having spiritual powers, unlike her big sister and big brothers.
Trinity's golden orbs looked up as her sister approached and she smiled slightly. Trinity knew the demon language of course having grown up in a house of demons. She had demon blood in her but for some reason it seemed almost completely suppressed she even had to learn inuyoukai the hard way instead of getting it instinctively. Trinity shut the book and stood up.
"Trin?" Sachi said crouching in front of the five-year-old. Trin smiled up at Sachi, Trin didn't talk much and no one pushed her to. Trin's eyes rested on the Shikon-no-Tama and the Scrying crystal around Sachi's neck and she pointed to the jewel and looked up at Sachi. Sachi followed her indications and nodded. "Yes I have to go to miko training. Do you want to watch?" asked Sachi. Trinity shook her head and held up the thick book in her hands. "Gonna get another book? Okay, go to Otou-san he should be inside." Trinity nodded and ran towards the house the best she could with the golden kimono she wore.
Sachi watched the girl for a minute with a small smile, though the burden of being the eldest child weighed heavily on Sachi it didn't bother her so much in regards to taking care of her little sister. She and her three siblings grew up in an abandoned shrine all of their lives and even though they were told it was only temporary they still thought of it as home. All of the children knew of how they got to this time but not why they were there, Sachi didn't know of her destiny or anything like that. When they ran out of supplies to live on Inuyasha would simply go to the nearest human village and "haunt" them until they were so scared he could simply take the things he needed; things like food, clothing, furniture, and weapons.
Sachi saw her brothers running towards the back of the shrine and knew lessons were about to begin. She ran after them at demon speed not wanting to upset Kagome.
Kagome saw her children approach and smiled slightly. They came to a stop in front of her and she laughed a little as they took a little break to recuperate. Kagome now looked to be in her early twenties, demon aging was treating her good. Kagome began the training like everyday by making them do some meditation and prayer.
Inside the house Inuyasha was shining some weapons in the weapon room and was surprised when his youngest child walked in meekly. "Hey Trin, what is it?" asked Inuyasha, who also looked to be in his early twenties. Trinity held out the book and Inuyasha smirked. "Another? What are you going to do when you run out of books?" asked Inuyasha amused. Trinity gave him a confuzzled look as if she didn't understand the idea of running out of books. Inuyasha rolled his eyes and stood up, sheathing the sword and putting it on it's rack her threw the rag aside and began to walk out of the room indicating Trin to follow him.
They walked across the shrine to the large library where all of the books they brought from the future were kept. Inuyasha sighed and began to walk along the book shelf, every time he pointed at a book Trinity would whisper in a soft voice. "Already had that one." Finally Inuyasha reached a book on the top shelf and Trin nodded, he gave it to her and smiled as she dragged him out of the room by his hakamas until they came to her bed room in which she promptly pushed him onto her bed. Inuyasha sat there and lifted the girl into his lap.
"I can only sit with you for a little while Trin, I have some work to do and your brothers' combat training starts soon." Said Inuyasha while he stroked the girl's hair. Trin nodded up at him and opened the book to the first page.
"Alright you three, time for today's lesson. I want you all to successfully put spiritual power into a weapon before combat training alright?" Kagome said eyeing the children. The three nodded and eagerly made their ways to the weapon shed, Sachi immediately came out with her bow and a quiver of arrows. The bows followed with a number of different types of weapons from throwing darts to a long bow and arrows. Sachi looked at the twins skeptically and began to practice shooting.
After a half hour of failed attempts there was a rustle in the trees and out jumped a messenger from the elves. Kagome looked at the man with skin the color of bark, clothes that appeared to be made out of leaves, pointed ears, and a bow in his hand. Kagome approached him with her own bow in her hand and her three children watched her curiously, though they lived in the Invisible World the elves didn't come very often.
"What is it Layfelle?" asked Kagome concerned. The elf's hard stoic face didn't alter when he looked at the priestess but he did briefly bow.
"Priestess, the elf elders would like to request your assistance with the containing of some vicious trolls a little to the north of here." Said Layfelle. Kagome seemed to consider this offer for a minute and looked over at her children, it was important that she solidify bonds with the elves since they still had 3 years before they returned home and the trolls were a danger to her family.
"Tell the elders that I will gladly assist in any way that I can, I will go to the areas where there is likely to be dangerous trolls and dispose of them with my mate, do not worry we shall be allies against these beasts." Kagome said in a formal voice that surprised the three children who watched their mother curiously. The elf nodded and jumped back into the trees swiftly. Kagome yelled at the kids to get back to work as she made her way into the house to talk with Inuyasha.
Kagome found Inuyasha and Trinity in Trin's room and she smiled as Inuyasha held the young girl on his lap while she flipped pages in a book, his eyes showing a brief glimpse of how much he loved his children. Kagome softly knocked on the door and Inuyasha looked up not at all surprised to see her having smelled her easily, Trinity continued to flip pages like nothing had happened. Kagome watched the girl for a minute and then looked at Inuyasha.
"The elves want us to assist them in destroying some trolls, do you think we should bring the children with us?" asked Kagome. Inuyasha looked down at Trin who seemed to not have heard.
"Yes, Sachi can protect her siblings and they might be able to help, besides they spend so much time in the woods they might be able to help us. Right Trinity?" Inuyasha implored to the girl trying to get a reaction from the mellow child. Trinity paused and looked up at Inuyasha and smiled.
"I'd love to help Otou-san!" she said joyously and with a slam of the book the scene changed to the present…
…Modern Tokyo (2005)…
The first Trinity, Kagome's aunt twisted and turned in her bed. She lives in the back of the magic shop and she had been living relatively alone since the ritual 12 years ago. Around her neck was the scrying crystal that held the power of the ritual in it, the jewel feeds off her powers to sustain the spell.
Trinity was looking particularly sickly, her skin had a yellowish tint and her eyes had deep circles under them. Her lips were chapped and dry and she looked like she was withering away to the bone. Trinity shifted in her sleep and with a creak of a floor board her eyes snapped open immediately. Trinity grabbed the dagger under her pillow and jumped off of the bed just as a sword pierced her pillow and feathers flew everywhere.
Trinity looked down at Naraku who slowly removed the sword form the pillow and looked around for Trinity who was crouching on one of the thick beams supporting the roof. "ANOTHER attack Naraku? Cant you be more creative?" asked Trinity in her usual mellow and amused voice. Naraku looked up at her and narrowed his red eyes.
"This time I WILL kill you Trinity."
"You can try…" Trinity said with a smirk and came down to kick Naraku.
A/N: The beginning of the third installation of the phobia trilogy has arrived! I was pleased with the reviews! Keep them coming. Also the title means: irrational fear of death. Ooo what does that mean for Trinity Senior? What is up with the youngest member of the Inu family? When will Sachi learn about her destiny? And what has happened to the rest of the Inu gang over these past 12 years? Keep reading to find out!