Alternate ending to the last chapter on Inuyasha. I follow the manga storyline and not the anime.

A Naraku x Kikyo fic.

It is a multi chapter fic focusing on Kikyo and Naraku pairing, I'm trying to maybe add in Sesshomaru for a love triangle... I don't know yet, still experimenting with the idea as I write.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha nor do I have any rights.

"So you will finally be a full demon huh?"

Inuyasha growled angrily between gritted teeth as the overwhelming youki forced even him to not be able to stand steadily. The powerful miasma that filled the entire area made it extremely difficult to breath, surely with such an increase of poisonous fumes Naraku must have already became a full demon.

"Naraku!" Kagome screamed out in desperation, using her hands to block the powerful toxic winds that blew against her whole body. Her vision slowly became misty but she could tell Naraku has not yet transform to a full demon as he originally claimed he wanted. 'There must be something else he wants!'

The half demon did not entertain Kagome with a response. Instead he concentrated for he was about to make a wish on the Shikon Jewel. His very being screamed for Kikyo, how badly he wanted to have her in his arm, call her as his. And that he thought will be his wish. His head warped into such delusions that he did not think as he usually does. His desire for Kikyo so strong that he forgotten or rather ignored the fact she is dead.

"Naraku!" Kagome screamed again. This time with so much determination and certainty, she managed to break Naraku's trance. He growled angrily feeling annoyed that such insolent cockroaches still believe they can stop him. He increased the raging force of his miasmic wind, lifting Kagome into the air sending her crashing into the fleshy wall of his own body.

"Ahh Kagome!" Inuyasha screamed after the flying girl, jumping behind her to soften her landing. Worry and anger etched on his face.

'Why couldn't I have that? Why am I cursed to live such a miserable life that I am forced to slay the one woman I could ever love? Cursed that she would never return my affection? Cursed to be forever alone?' Naraku felt his blood boil at the sight of Inuyasha and Kagome. He is the superior half-demon, he proved he was. Yet surely Inuyasha's life is much more blessed than his own.

"You bastards, I'll make sure you die a painful death, all of you!" Naraku bellowed with sudden resurgence of anger, taking everyone by surprise.

"Naraku I know your true wish isn't to become a full demon!" Kagome shouted out once again with the same amount of certainty in her voice as before.

The spider hanyou was caught off guard by what the young girl just said. Shocked and confused Naraku didn't understand how this wench of all people could see through his soul and read his mind.

The violent wind finally stopped blowing, the poisonous fumes leaving and retracting back to its origination as if allowing Kagome to speak easier. Sensing this, Kagome thought that she is indeed correct on her hunch about Naraku. Flashing back, she recalled how Onigumo's desire for Kikyo prevented him from killing her. No it wasn't just desire, it was love, it has to be. Desire alone would not protect another's life.

"What you really want…it's Kikyo isn't it?" Again with certainty, her voice did not waver with doubt. She knew for certain that this was what Naraku truly wanted.

Had his mind been not been clouded by his own heart's desire, he would have ignored the girl's question and kept up his emotionless mask. But Kagome's words resonated within him, never thought possible, Naraku answered in a soft tone.

"That's right…all I wanted was Kikyo's heart…"

Kagome didn't understand why, but she felt, even if for a second, sympathy towards the spider hanyou. A hated enemy who put everyone's lives in misery and murdered countless people, and she felt sympathy for him? Perhaps it was because she understood the feeling of unrequited love. Or maybe because everything he did were simply misguided actions of a man deeply in love. After all love makes people do stupid things, even if Naraku brought it to a whole new level.

"Kikyo is dead, it's not possible to have her!"

"Anything is possible with the Shikon Jewel." Naraku replied, however his usual condescending tone and smug voice was nowhere to be found. In fact the voice was filled with sorrow and even a hint of worry, like he was trying to convince himself that what he said was true. It is as if he was trying to have Kagome agree and assure him that; yes the Shikon Jewel can grant his wish and that he can have Kikyo.

"Naraku, if you truly love Kikyo then you wouldn't wish away her free will just to be with you. A person who truly loves another will find happiness just by seeing the person they love happy." Kagome knew it was a long shot but she had to try. She hoped that this fight would end with none of her friends getting hurt.

"Really Kagome, you're talking about love to a person like Naraku?" Inuyasha voice dripped with venom. He felt absolutely disgusted that Naraku has such a vile wish for his deceased lover.

"Love? I don't love her. If I love her why would I kill her out of the jealousy in my own heart?"

Inuyasha's mouth dropped comically upon hearing what his hated nemesis had just said. Not shocked by the content of the message but rather Naraku was actually opening up to…Kagome? Telling how he truly felt. The Shikon Jewel must have really corrupted his head.

"Everyone makes mistakes Naraku! It isn't too late to redeem yourself!"

Naraku pondered at what the girl had just said to him. However his own will is slipping from within his grasp. The Shikon Jewel MUST renew itself and its will is imposing on his very being. Commanding him to make the wish of the Jewel itself. The wish to eternally trap himself and Kagome within the Jewel forever.

Kagome noticing the spider hanyou's hesitation and regret etching on his face, renewed her confidence in her own analysis. That confidence was drained however when she saw Naraku's lips curled into a cruel smirk.

"You want this all to end peacefully so you can go on and enjoy your fairy tale lives while I suffer in loneliness forever? Not so easily, I'll drag all you bastards with me to hell."

"Naraku is that what you really want!?"

Again with the unwavering confidence, to be able to peer into the depths of his soul, it was starting to frustrate him. But Kagome's words were not in vain, it broke the trance the Shikon Jewel put him in. And at that moment the hanyou realize he had no time to waste lest he lose control over his own mind again. He made the wish; a wish he thought what Kikyo would want. He wished that he would be destroyed alongside the Shikon Jewel and to purge the suffering he had caused.

'Would you be happy Kikyo? That I wished for my the removal of my own existence and the effects I had on everyone…Sadly I won't be able to go to the same place as you Kikyo…"

A huge flash of light consumed the entire area, blinding everyone. "Damn it what's going on now!?" Inuyasha grunted angrily, believing that Naraku was carrying out an attack to 'drag them all to hell with him.'

Kagome however was able to see as clear as day, Naraku is being purified! For the first time in his inception to her life, she saw him smile, at peace, a calm and relieved expression, however it was just for a brief moment before even Kagome couldn't see what happened. Once the engulfing light dissipated, Naraku's enormous body disappeared and Naraku himself was nowhere to be seen.

"What's he up to now? Where did that bastard go!?" Inuyasha continued his angry protest.

"I-I don't sense the Shikon Jewel at all!" Kagome gasped. Had Naraku really did it? Did what I said really affect him that much? I can't believe it!'

All of their friends ran towards Kagome in shock unsure of what happened. The spring breeze tickling their face felt calm and serene, almost too comfortable after the ordeal they all went through.

"That bastard Naraku probably escaped with the Shikon Jewel!" The white haired hanyou balled up his fist, waving it around angrily to further express his hatred for Naraku.

"Always the fool Inuyasha."

The calm and emotionless voice of Sesshomaru only served to annoy his younger brother even more. However the calm demon prince did not give his more hyper brother a chance to cause an annoying ruckus. "Naraku is gone, there isn't a trace of him left."

"Yeah well how do you know he didn't just run off?" Inuyasha refusing to believe how someone as resilient as Naraku would simply die off without putting up a fight. Sesshomaru did not give an answer he simply turned around, his mokomoko swaying in the cool breeze as he walked off.

"Well he did want our deaths and he wasn't in any noticeable danger so why would he run off?" Miroku chimed in with a thoughtful expression.

"Guys…" Kagome manage to squeak out, she was just as shocked as everyone else was. However she saw something that they didn't. After explaining how she had a hunch that Naraku's wish wasn't to become a full demon or else he wouldn't have hesitated for so long. Then explaining how she managed to convince him to correct his wrongs if he truly wanted Kikyo's happiness. She deduced that Naraku had ended his own life when she saw him being purified by the light within the Shikon Jewel.

"I don't believe it… is it really over? That easily?" Miroku questioned, but rather than dwell on it he pulled out to see his wind tunnel was actually removed and sealed off. Meaning that is was true! Naraku was indeed defeated, and defeated with only words alone.

Inuyasha was forcibly convinced after seeing Miroku's cured hand. However he felt bad that he wasn't the one that obliterated the wretched spider himself. "Like he can ever make up for all the things he did…" Inuyasha grumbled.

"Hey guys! Isn't that Kikyo!" Shippo exclaimed jumping up and down pointing at the burial grounds where the supposedly dead miko was originally buried.

"I don't believe it! It is Kikyo!" Inuyasha's amber eyes widened at the sight, without wasting a second he hopped over to the raven haired miko. "Kikyo you're alive." Inuyasha's voice was gentle with relief. The beautiful maiden looked up at the white haired half demon, her face not betraying any emotions.

"Aren't you happy about that at all?" Inuyasha arched an eyebrow, surprise at his former lover being so emotionless. He embraced her in a hug she made no movement at all allowing Inuyasha to enjoy the moment.

Kagome felt her heart sunk upon witnessing the sight. She knew that the last moment between Inuyasha and Kikyo was a kiss between the two. Though she felt really bad for thinking it, she hated the fact that Kikyo was brought back to life. All it does is complicate things as if it weren't complicated enough. She dreaded that inuyasha would also go back to Kikyo because they were former lovers and their last kiss…certainly showed they still have some spark between them. She was also the first to draw tears from Inuyasha… "Gah!" Kagome mentally scolded herself for thinking so much nonsense.

Kikyo noticed at the corner of her eyes; her reincarnation's heartbroken face. Inwardly sighing she pushed her ex-lover off.

"Inuyasha I think its best we part ways."

"Kikyo?" Inuyasha blinked in confusion. The kissed they shared moments before her death, it was so real and affectionate to him and now that she's revived she's repelling him?

"Inuyasha. The moment we met each other, misfortune took our lives. I think its best we go our separate ways." Kikyo mumbled in sadness. In truth she did love Inuyasha and she still does and the reasoning she gave him is also just a lie. She had already been revived she could have chosen to be with Inuyasha but instead decided to fight Naraku alone. Kikyo may be only 18 years old but she is wise for her age. She knew things would never go back to the ways they were. Mistrust still consumed both of their hearts, their parting kiss should have been the final chapter to her miserable life but unfortunately fate had other plans for her.

"Naraku's defeated, there is no one else!" his voice desperate to convince the miko. Inuyasha is in love with both Kikyo and Kagome. He knew that even if he somehow managed to convince Kikyo to stay he would have to deal with a even more dreadful situation; to deal with two girls when his heart couldn't even decide on one. Part of him wanted to let Kikyo go, so that the whole ordeal could solve itself peacefully, another part of him knew how much pain and suffering Kikyo went through and he refuse to let her go without giving her the love and comfort she deserves.

"Inuyasha you and I both know we can't go back to the way things were." Her voice filled with sadness. Glancing back at Kagome she reassured herself this was the right action. For both herself and the man she loved with all her heart. She couldn't possibly imagine forcing Inuyasha to choose between his past lover and his current one. That would be too cruel, so she made the decision for him.

"Kikyo where are you going?" Inuyasha asked.

"To find my purpose…" that answer was actually what she was intending to do. Her original life was to dedicate herself to the protection of the Shikon Jewel, but now that the jewel itself has been removed from the world she found herself wandering the Earth without a purpose. So then why was she brought back? There was no immediate answer but she was determined to find one.

"Good bye Inuyasha…I will never forget you…"