trigger warning:
minor mentions of abuse
Hours passed and you were exhausted as hell.
You had to take a boat from Kokomi's island then the damn boat stopped working—making you two set foot on grassy plains.
Thinking about what you'll discuss about with Yae; you were deep in thought about other things, you bumped into a tall wall of black and blue and saw Dainsleif standing still.
He looked over his shoulder and at you—his face was blank. "We're almost at the shrine." He said and began walking again.
You were now in Inazuma grounds, once again.
His long strides were hard to keep up a bit as he slowly sped up his walking. From where you two were, you could see the shrine sitting a top the big mountain from afar.
It was nerve racking to be in Inazuma that, you didn't even notice you were until Dain mentioned the shrine.
It took a few more hours to get near the mountain and almost half an hour to get to the top. There were shrine maidens walking around, one of them greeted you two but the man continued walking— you apologized to the girl.
You followed and saw the fox tree. It was one of your favorite places to see in Inazuma. A gentle but sophisticated voice called you.
"Huh?" You turned around and was faced with Yae Miko.
She was more beautiful in person from the way people described her. Your ears were much alike with hers except for the color.
"Y/N, it's been a while since I've seen you." She looked between you and Dainsleif, then back at you.
"We've met before?"
"Yes." She nods, looking you up and down. Her features softened up.
"When? This the first I've seen you..." your brows furrowed as you watched her. She motions you to follow her.
She led you two inside the shrine, going inside a small room. She left for a moment before coming back in with cups of tea, handing you and Dainsleif one.
"As you can already guess, we look the same and we definitely are related. From your mothers side." She nodded, folding her hands over the table.
You talked, getting to know each other. Apparently your parents were in a forced marriage despite your mother being younger than your father.
Yae didn't like that and tried to stop her sister (your mother) from marrying into the family. Your fathers side was very wealthy and wanted him to marry a young, beautiful girl.
They knew your mother had very special genes in her, hence why she was chosen to be with your father.
A huge argument exploded and if Yae continued to object your mother from marrying, she would've been dead and you wouldn't have even existed.
It was a lot to take in. You didn't know the dark secrets of your parents from back then.
After everything and the whole forced marriage (almost much like yours) they had you two years after. Yae continued explaining and said that your father was horrible to your mother.
"It was a very, difficult time back then. I would always ask the people to let me stay with your mother because... whenever she came home sometimes, she'd have bruises on her skin.."
Her eyes closed as she took in a deep breath. When she opened them her eyes were distant.
"Even when you were born, he was still very abusive towards her. He was inches away from hitting you when I slapped him hard. You were left untouched." She quietly talked, looking down at her hands.
After that, Yae told the head of your fathers clan that she will take her sister back with her and expose the clan to everyone in Inazuma, let everyone know how horrible they truly are.
The head of the clan became really quiet after that and that led to your parents divorce.
Half a year later after the divorce, your mother passed away from a sickness. When the news came, somehow your father heard and tried taking you away, but your grandparents (your mom's and yae's parents) refused and took you under their care.
Right after that, Yae took a close watch on you from afar or when your grandparents would contact her. There was still family problems between your father and grandparents, but that was the last you knew till you got taken to the Kujou clan.
"That was the last time I saw them before being taken away." You told after Yae explained the side of your family and what went down.
Dainsleif would look between the two of you while you talked, seeming curious and taking in the information to understand.
"Yes, because Baal wanted you to be in the Kujou's. Reason behind all this or perhaps, half of it: is due to your fathers and Baals selfishness. Both of them know we're special, we're not like normal humans."
You nodded, "wait but what does this have to do with Baal wanting me or, or what about Thoma? He's not the same anymore, he acts like he's being controlled." You huffed out, feeling frustrated.
She hummed while watching you, taking in your distress self. "I believe that he is. Same thing is happening to Baal, the real version of her is inside what is called: The Plane of Euthymia. Which she secluded herself 500 years ago. The current is just a mere puppet."
So, in a way you were right? Thoma is being controlled.
"Do you know who could be controlling him? Or both of them?" She looked off to the side, thinking of suspect.
She took a sip of her tea before speaking again. "Not entirely sure, but it could very well be your father."
"But why him? He doesn't know Thoma, does he...?"
At that, there was a long pause. She didn't speak yet was looking down at the table.
"Does. He. Know, Thoma?" You slowly and quietly gritted out each word. Inhaling deep and exhaling.
"Yes."
You turned to look at Dainsleif—out the corner of his eyes, he was looking back at you.
"And how does he know him?"
You really weren't expecting your horrible father to even know the boy from your childhood. Shaking and biting down on your lip, you looked at Yae.
"He met Thoma when he was just a child. He was in Mondstadt for a while before coming back here with him. It was, right after your birth."
The look in your eyes urged her to continue. It couldn't be possible—right? You met him when you were 6 and he was 8... how was that even possible.
"Thoma was two, close to being three years old when you guys actually met." As if she were reading your thoughts about the possibility of meeting much more earlier than you thought.
"Why did he bring Thoma here then?"
"He brought him here because while in Mondstadt, a person who were his parents, didn't want Thoma anymore. Thus, him taking your friend here." She explained, taking another sip of tea.
"What about the time I thought we met when we were six and he was eight? My first memories of him was meeting at a festival.." you furrowed your brows.
Yae took a deep breath and slowly nodded, more to herself. "Of course you were only an infant. With Thoma, it was slightly different from your situation. I'm suspecting your father wiped his memory."
Again. Is that even possible or even heard of? Having their memory wiped clean when just a child.
"Okay. How about the woman that's supposedly Thoma's mother? I met her a few months ago."
"Just a lady your father told to take care of him after coming back here again." She sighed.
So everyone surrounded around Thoma are based on lies. Does he know that?
"Alright Dainsleif, we're leaving. Now." Dainsleif stood and walked out the shrine.
Yae looked at you as you got up, "you sure you want to face him now?" She said, scanning your cold expression and then handing you a paper. It had the location of your father's whereabouts.
"Yes. He's going to have a good present coming." With that, you up and left.
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UH not sure if I got the Baal part right? 😕
i tried but wow, theres still some more to uncover!