InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Desperation ❯ Chapter 26

Chapter Twenty-Six

 

Brook's eyes glazed over for a few seconds as she watched her best friend walk into the house. They quickly cleared.

“Damn it!” She swore. “Blue eyes, nothing but damn dark blue eyes!”

“What are you going on about?” Fawn asked her.

Brook whirled and gave her a hard look.

“That's all I can `see'! When I try to `see' her all I see is dark blue eyes. I can `see' you, I can `see' Annie, oh hell, and I can even `see' them.” She waved her hand at Inuyasha's pack. “But no matter how hard I try I can't `see' Holly!!” Her voice went up an octave.

“Who's Holly?” Miroku asked. Brook turned toward him.

“Shadara is Holly. That was her name before that damn prophecy grabbed her by the throat and made her what she is.” She turned away. “I'm going to get Rage and go for a ride.” She jogged away.

“What did she mean she's `going to get Rage'?” Sango asked.

“Flame's Rage, he's her stallion. She'll be gone for the rest of the day.” Annie answered. “If it's alright I'm going to my room for awhile.” At Fawn's nod she quickly went inside.

“Fawn?”

“Yeah Kagome?”

“I have a few of those questions you mentioned.”

Fawn hung her head for a second then looked up with a smile.

“Just my luck to get you here when all hell breaks loose huh?”

“I guess,” Kagome answered with a smile of her own.

“Let's go inside and I'll try to explain.”

 

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They moved the rest of lunch into the kitchen to listen to Fawn's story.

“Okay I'm going to give you the shortened version. Any further detail you want you're going to have to drag it out of Shadara.” She said as she sat on a tall bar stool. “She's the prophesied protector of an entire race. Her parents had an idea that she was at birth. Her eyes are green, and they should have been brown.”

“Why?” Sango asked.

“Shadara is American Indian, a full blooded Cherokee to be exact. All of her family, on both sides are brown eyed people.”

“Okay so her eyes were different, what the fuck was wrong with that?” Inuyasha had a feeling this was headed to a bad place.

“Well the first thing her grandfather did when he saw her was call her Mom a whore.”

“What?” He growled. His own mother had dealt with that.

“But his son, Shadara's Dad, had a stack of paper work proving she was his.” She sighed and waved her hand. “We're off track. Anyway the second sign came when she was two and the lock behind her ear turned silver. It was confirmed when she was five.

“Her Dad had been training her for a year already by that time. He continued to train her and as she got older it accelerated. By the time she was twelve she could fight like a demon and she carried that dagger on her hip. She was skilled with a sword as well. She had just started learning the bow when her parents were killed.”

“Was it an accident?” Kagome asked.

“Yeah, so her life went from being loved and praised for her every effort to a living hell. Her mom had no living family. So she ended up being bounced around between her Dad's six brothers for a year. Then she ended up with her Grandfather.”

“The bastard,” Inuyasha was still growling.

“For nearly a year and a half every time he was angry he took it out on her. She wasn't strong enough to fight back. She took the beatings and waited.” Fawn sighed and looked around at their angry faces.

“Then one night she was home alone. It was dark and she walked out to the barn. One of the ranch hands grabbed her, held a knife to her side, and told her to be a good little girl.”

“Did she knife the bastard?”

“Actually she did.” Inuyasha nodded at her words. “She didn't come away unscathed though. She has a scar on her left side from her bottom rib to her hip.” She turned to Miroku. “You're blessed she didn't do more than tell you to back off. She hates men. She won't allow one to touch her.” She shook her head. “It's just been one thing after another. Our freshmen year the captain of the football team tried to slap her, she broke his nose, and his arm.” Miroku gave a low whistle.

“Good thing you didn't touch her monk. She would have taken your arm off at the shoulder.” Inuyasha smirked.

“What?” Kagome asked at seeing Fawn shake her head and smile.

“I had a nasty fight with my dad one night. We fought all the time. Anyway I called her. She told me to get my stuff she'd come get me. A bit later I was standing on the porch with my bag when he started in on me again.” She shook her head again. “You know Shadara can be truly scary when she wants to be.”

“You mean like in those pictures?” Kagome asked with a smile.

“Yeah, well he started yelling again and asked me where in the hell I thought I was going. Shadara stepped out of the darkness and said `She's going with me'. She said it in a really scary tone. She told me her truck was at the end of the driveway and that she'd meet me there. When I went home two days later my dad had a nasty black eye.” She smiled at everyone's shocked expressions. “He never fought me about going to her house, and all I had to do to stop a fight was mention her.”

“Why did she hit him?” Sango asked. Fawn shrugged.

“He made me cry. She felt that was reason enough.”

“Okay she has people that she protects,” Miroku said. “So do you three fit into this prophecy as well, and what did Brook mean by she can't `see' Shadara.”

“Yeah we're there too. Annie is Shadara's Innocence, I'm her Joy, and Brook is The One Who Sees. She can see things about people, mostly just small things. She knew that there would be six of you coming out here. She told me before Kagome did.”

Suddenly Inuyasha stiffened and gave a low growl.

“Wolf,” he said through clenched teeth.

“Aunt Fawn,” said a deep growling voice from the door way. They all turned and saw the white wolf from the picture standing there.

“Hi Kit, did you need something?”

He turned his silver eyes from her to the strange people standing in the room. His gaze settled on Inuyasha.

“You can quit growling at me now I am no threat to your pack.” He turned back to Fawn. “I need water for Mama. She's turning the music on. You know how she gets.”

“Of course,” she pulled a large bottle of water from the fridge. “She'll be at it for hours. Is Sa there too?”

“Yes, thank you for the water.”

“You're welcome.” He opened his mouth; she placed the bottle between his teeth, and then ran her hand down his neck. “Watch over her.” Her voice was quiet. He gave her a nod and walked down the hall.

“Now the animals talk,” Inuyasha shook his head. Fawn smiled again.

“Some of them do.”

“He called Shadara Mama.” Shippo piped in.

“She raised Kit and Sa from blind babies. So she's the only mother they know.”

“Like Kagome's my Mama because she takes care of me.”

“Exactly like that. Well let's get your stuff off the veranda and I'll show you to your rooms. Then I'll show you around.”

“Sounds good,” Kagome nodded.

As they headed out they could hear music. They past a door that must go to the gym, because from the other side of it came the thumping strains of Three Days Grace `Animal I Have Become'.

Inuyasha pinned his ears.

“Got it loud enough?”

Fawn looked at him.

“For her this is quiet. She has it down for the boys. She keeps them with her if she's lifting. When she stops she'll kick them out, turn it up, get her sword, and loose herself to the music. She'll be in there for hours working till she's exhausted.”

“Why does she do it?” Sango asked. This time Fawn's smile was sad.

“It's the only way she can keep her demons at bay.”