Authors note: This takes place after the Hakurezan arc. If you don't know what that is, it might be good to look up a few things. This will also use some terms from the Japanese version, so be aware of that. And a disclaimer, I don't own Inuyasha in any shape or form, I'm merely using it as the subject of my fanfic.

Kikyou's Final Struggle

It was like any other day. Kagome had just returned from her time, with a backpack full of supplies she couldn't really carry. Inuyasha was waiting impatiently for her to return by the well.

            "It's about time!"

            "I had a lot of schoolwork to catch up on, and I was only gone a few days. If you were that impatient you could have come to get me to keep yourself content."

            "Keh. Lets just go already," he said as he picked her up onto his back. He ran back to the village to meet up with the others, taking long jumps through the air occasionally. They were almost there, when something unexpected happened. Up ahead they saw something. It was who else, than Naraku. He'd tracked down Kikyou and was about to finish her off it seemed. He was pulling the same tactic he'd used on them long ago, surrounding her in a whirlpool of shouki. It seemed he destroyed her bow earlier on, so her arrows were useless at this point.

            The second Inuyasha saw this, his heart almost skipped a beat. He landed a safe distance away, and the next thing Naraku could hear was a "KAZE NO KIZU!" off in the distance. Then the next thing he knew, he was being shredded, although not mortally wounded at all. Kagome shot one of her arrows, and managed to strike Naraku right through his head. Naraku started to retreat, although that came as no surprise to them, he always ran if there was a chance of himself dying, or if he was even just toying around with people.

            "Kuso! He's getting away. I'll leave him something as a reminder next time he tries to mess with Kikyou…  KONGOUSOUHA!!!!" With that, it was safe to say Naraku was leaving in pain. He was shredded in about 5 million pieces. Not quite enough of a victory for Inuyasha, but it'd have to do. Next to check on Kikyou.

            "Kikyou, are you ok!" They both yelled. Inuyasha was of course the first to get to her, Kagome close behind. She wasn't breathing.

            "Kikyou, KIKYOU!" Inuyasha and Kagome looked around.

            "Inuyasha, there's no more shinidamachuu left… The shouki…" There was no denying it this time. Last time Naraku shot through her and plunged her into his sea of shouki, she had managed to survive out of his reach, but this time, she was dead right in front of them, there was no hope of denying it. Inuyasha welled up in tears. Kagome was upset, more in a sense of worry about Inuyasha. She did hate Kikyou, but didn't want her to die a second death from Naraku.

            "Inuyasha…" She said in a saddened tone. Inuyasha picked Kikyou up in his arms. She could hear him crying under his breath.

            "Climb on Kagome, we'll take her back to Kaede." Kagome couldn't believe how well he seemed to be taking it, even though she knew he was only keeping a strong front for her sake.

            "Inuyasha…"

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Kongousouha – "Diamond Spear Blast, Inuyasha gets this Tessaiga move in Manga chapter 325.

Shouki- The English version calls this a miasma, for all wondering.

For all unaware, in episode 126 Inuyasha promises Kagome he'll never leave her behind for Kikyou again. Hence the "keeping a strong front for her.

So how was it? Review please!