Twin Kitsunes: Darkness Falls

3.

⤚ A Shadow's Shadow ⤙

Daiki

ARAYA spent a lot of her time worrying over Akiya, but I didn't blame her. Unlike me she hadn't  gone a century or more without contact with her sibling. A decade was nothing. A month was a blink to some kitsunes. Of course time was slow in real terms.

But when you lived to see empires rise and fall time was fast. I mean I wasn't that old, but I had seen history pave itself for six nearly seven centuries. But Araya wasn't even a century old yet, so she didn't understand it. But her brother was missing.

And I hear the bond of twins is strong and it gets doubled with a supernatural. In the supernatural culture twins were both a blessing and a curse as well as feared by many due to the capability to share their powers. It was deadly and most knew it.

And Araya was experiencing her first time without her twin; her other half. And she was not taking it well. All I could do was hope he'd appear. But it came to the point it wasn't like that. So I went down my last option; Issei. He could help to a point.

Issei were out in the backyard, it was a rare day where Nightshade wasn't here since she had a mandatory therapy appointment. "So what is it you wanted to talk about?" Issei asked as he eyed the cherry blossom tree which was beginning to blossom just a bit.

"I think we need to really pull out the big thing in finding out where Akiya is." I told him going straight to the point as Issei looked at me. "And what would that be?" Issei asked. "Your ability, you can see through natures eyes." I told him and Issei sighed at that.

"Let me guess, we're heading back to the sight he was taken to see if I can get a glimpse of who took him?" Issei asked and I nodded at that. "If we can see what species took him we have a clue, he's not dead that I can guarantee, but we need to find out what took him." I told Issei.

"Had to have been quick, thunder kitsunes are nasty things when it comes to staying alive." Issei responded and I nodded at that. We had to find out what it was.

Once we found what it was, the who would be much easier. Akiya really hadn't done anything to catch anyone's attention. I knew that. But it simply made things worse for him if no one had anything out for him. Because it meant a supernatural captured him for other things.

Torture and a way to keep their beast down. I wasn't blind to what could be happening to Akiya as I sat outside with Issei. But I wasn't about to tell Araya that her brother could be being tortured. He couldn't die without a bite from a werewolf or foxfire blessed blade.

I looked back at Issei. "So are you in, this could give us a big hint of what to look for. And you can't lie to me. I know that you don't hate Akiya. He had begun to grow on you." I spoke and Issei glared at me for that comment.

"Like a fungus." Issei muttered. "You know that him not being here is weird. Awaiting one of his witty remarks." I responded. "Yeah because his sister is a pathetic excuse for a kitsune, she doesn't act like one at all. Sure she's kind and nice, but. . ." Issei trailed off.

Issei didn't hate Araya, Araya confused him so I let the pathetic comment slide. . . this time. Next time I wouldn't be as nice. "She's not pathetic Issei, and she just doesn't show her kitsune side the way Akiya does, but you know you miss his presence." I responded with a smirk.

Issei looked back at me his eyes narrowing on me as they glowed an orange a sign of his spirit rising out. A bit of jealousy formed in me at the thought. My spirit couldn't rise out because of the suppressor that Ena had me on to keep him down.

My spirit wasn't that bad. He just had a sick sense of humor. And wasn't the most friendliest of the bunch. But now he rarely did much since he was suppressed which wasn't the most ideal thing to feel. I bit my lip as I looked back at Issei.