TRAILING SHADOWS 25 Finding Bounty

Tayo walked out of Obedi's Specials Shop, head filled with rumbling thoughts of failure. He latched onto the reins of his Esin Onina, patting it's mane thoughtfully. The horse neighed, seeming to sense the thoughts of its rider before snorting off with an arrogant look to the shop and stamping a hoof.

Tayo smiled, but to the onlooker, what he had on was a twisted snarl. He looked back at the shop seeing just only Obedi staring at him with amused look.

Sighing, he mounted the horse while muttering to himself.

"For as lightning strikes from the East to the west, so will I tear through all realities, in search of you Sunday." He balled a fist, shaking it ferociously.

The horse neighed, raising it's two fore legs while tiny blue flames spurted out of it's hooves. One thing the Esin Onina was greatly coveted for in battle was it's ability to sense it's riders emotion and react similarly to it. A warrior on bloodl.u.s.t was able to transform his Esin Onina into a frenzied power horse capable of smas.h.i.+ng into boulders thanks to it's crazied state.

But now was not such time for that. At least according to Tayo.

"No, let's just go for a trot instead." Tayo said, patting the horse's head. So saying, the flames died down as the horse whined rather sadly. It did not understand why it's rider would suddenly feel like containing himself when it was time to throw all out.
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However,it took intiative and begun trotting along the street causing Tayo to sigh in relief. Getting the Esin Onina to a frenzied state was one thing, controlling it from not reaching that state was an entirely different thing. Such that required the strong will power of it's rider. And for one thing, Tayo wanted to just reflect, not dash off.

His stomach rumbled beneath the heavy robes and he moaned in responded. Irunmoles could really go days without eating, even months but under severe mental strain, that was reversed.

He was thinking so much and even now, he needed to eat. Sadly, he had no money on him to get some food.

At least not until he had his belongings sent to him from Ilu Ogun. And that would only happen once he had reached Sunday. He actually could do that but for sake of ego, such as was common to the realm of Ogun, he wouldn't.

Dipping his hand into the overcloak, from which his hood materialised from, he pulled out the soul sensor. And with that, he directed his horse towards the front of a p.a.w.n Shop.

After all, it wasn't like the sensor was useful anymore. Now, he knew where Sunday is.

No, Where he was.

Meanwhile, Off to the opposite end of the market was girl standing under the shade of a stall. The stall had some ripe apples, big and huge with a visible delicious aura about them.

However, the girl was not fazed by that. Her mind was actually a turmoil of various thoughts.

Some days ago, she had watched as the 3rd Prime of Ilu Obatala, Maerius had sealed her off. All to prevent her from getting going with Sunday.

It seemed like betrayal and she hated it. Even more when she thought the 3rd Prime had her in good spirit. However, she was thankful that it was only a Temporary Boundary Seal that's was contained in.

And so, after a day or two, the seal wore off. It looked like it was even three days or so. She instead spent all the time, meditating.

After she had been sealed in, she looked back at the Prime in dejection and watched as Sunday took off.

Without her!

That silly brat of The Elder. Always thinking he could do everything all by himself. If she hadn't been coming in at intervals, he would have been mincemeat long ago.

She blushed, thinking about about she had to rush in to save him and the embarra.s.sed look on his face.

So she couldn't really blame him now at all , for his wanting to act by himself. He was only trying to show her, indirectly, that he wasn't that same weakling anymore.

But still, she felt left out of all the action. What was wrong with them teaming up and acting all bada.s.s throughout the Realms.

She thought and thought, bringing more reasons as to why Sunday leaving by himself was illogical. Unknown to her, all of that was sp.a.w.ning from the loneliness she had felt ever since her banishment.

Sunday was the only person who looked at her as normal. Well, the only one if you were not going to count those that related to her out of ignorance of her background. Once they knew, they avoided her like a plague, cutting off all relations.

Now, she looked up straight ahead, watching with interest at the dark blue hooded rider on an Esin Onina. Piqued by curiosity, she picked an apple and bit, unconsciously moving herself forward.

Something was captivating about the cold mysterious airs around that rider.

"Hey, Da pada(1) You little thief." The stall owner cried after her.

Turning back, Niniola smiled, pointing to the bite she had taken in the apple before talking.

"Oruko mi ni Niniola.(2) I am that Irunmole that was banished from Ilu Aganju when Orisha Aganju came visiting." She smile ruefully as the trader suddenly panicked, making signs of shoo-ing her away.

'Even Exile has it's benefits' She thought, taking another mouth watering bite.

She watched the fellow walk into a p.a.w.n shop. And she followed.

Originally she was here because of Sunday. While being sealed, she was able to meditate and as such she could now sense life essence of people around her.

Whilst it wasn't possible for her at such young age, without the use of an Artefact, it seemed viable since she as an Indigene of Ilu Aganju, the realm of the Orisha of mountains and volcanoes was capable of using 'Ino Agbara Imbued Techniques'.

Catching up with him before he entered, she called.

"Hey, mister blue riding hood." The figure did not stop

"You don't look like someone to be in a p.a.w.n shop. Except you stole something which is unbecoming of an Irunmole." She lashed finally.

The figure froze.

Turning back, she could almost 'hear' the snarl behind the hood. If anything, thievery was greatly frowned on by every Irunmole. Except for Niniola who had no qualms 'picking' an apple.

"Watch your tongue, or you might lose it." Tayo spoke, trying to put a lid on his rage while projecting his aura from the Principle of Cutting into the air.

Strangely, that seemed to fire her up.

"You, prove to me or I'll be your end." Niniola replied, excitement burning through her frame.

She lunged forward, with a punch to his face. Quickly he sidestepped, barely escaping the fist.

"Hmm... As expected from someone from Ilu Ogun. "

Taking the initiative, he bent, sweeping his knee into her stomach.

"What do you want?"

She countered, an elbow to his knee.

"Agbara Aganju: Smoldering Fist" Niniola's arm fissled suddenly, cracks appearing containing flowing molten magma. She kicked at him and watched him move to her left, taking the bait.

She threw her waiting Smoldering fist, sending it flying towards Tayo who moved into range.

As she did, she felt a small resistance at her fist, chipping against the attack ferociously like a sharp blade.

She knew what it was. He was channelling his cutting aura to act as an innate barrier. She smiled, now knowing how skilled her opponent was.

So negligble but yet, it was leaving an impact red line that it tore on her fist. Ignoring that, she willed her fist forward, smas.h.i.+ng into the waiting steel that appeared from no where.

BAM

CLANG!

"Your reflexes are good. Able to react in last minute to pull your aura as a barrier and still had a safeguard by bringing your sword to intercept. " Niniola smiled, flexing her knuckles.

"Who are you?" Tayo asked.

"I need someone who is looking for something. And from the looks of it, you need something. And I can help out on that. " Niniola spoke, a certainty emanating from her as if she had read his mind.

He t.i.tled his head considering her offer.

"I need food!" He spoke brazenly.

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Meanwhile, somewhere in the realm of Ilu Eshu.

That same day.

A burly heavily bearded man stepped out of a house. The house was rather simple, a bungalow sort of with inscriptions of protective incantations around.

For some reasons, the house seemed deserted. And it was indeed. Being in the middle of tall and towering trees with a mere square meter Infront of it that was devoid of trees.

"Are you ready? We should start going now." He spoke , calling into the house.

Someone m.u.f.fled a reply at him, asking

"Just how are we going to find them? We have no fate tracker, you know."

"You foolish... If not for the fact that I don't know the cla.s.s of that Niniola girl, I wouldn't have involved you. Just to think that only we have this bounty is mouthwatering. Finding them wouldn't be hard. We just listen."

"Oh yeah? Just listen? When a fate Irunmole can just give us a range of where they are exactly." A thin, young looking Irunmole popped out of the house, wearing a coat that was strapped around him with belt and tight fitting trousers.

"And, how are we sure that as soon as we begin, this news would spread at the Alliance House and we would be..." A second figure emerged from the house, wearing similar clothing except that his had red belts on a blue.

The burly figure just patted his stomach.

" I will stay back to clear the tracks. Just think, three orbs of Occurence, we are rich."

"Where did you say she was last?" The one with black long coat asked.

"Oh, last I heard was at the Ilu Obatala Forest strait. Where the battle took place. Of course she can't be there now, but that's a good place to start asking." The burly Irunmole replied.

"We can even hire a Fate Irunmole there to tell us the last location of the girl. " The man with red belted long coat said.

"Yes, yes, be on your way." The burly Irunmole took a gla.s.s item and threw it down.

Upon shattering, a portal emerged. First as all small spark of light before growing in size till it was big enough to contain them, one at at a time.

Grinning, the two similar coated Irunmoles walked through. Time for finding bounty was here.

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(1) Return it. (2)My name is Niniola.