Tragic Hope

Chapter One

The Last Battle

Naraku slithered through the sheltered shrubs, not to far behind Sango followed.

"Naraku you pile of scum you'll pay for slaying my kin!" Sango yelled in fiery as she followed in pursuit of the dangerous man.

Naraku barley dogged her giant boomerang causing an oak to fall in his path blocking his exit; Sango finally had the man cornered right where she wanted him. At the last moment Naraku pulled out a handmade blade and stabbed Sango right in the liver. Sango stood there looking into the eyes of the cold-blooded killer who had done so much wrong in the last fifty years and beyond, breathing her last breaths. Slowly she fell to the ground, but the hard ground never came. She felt two strong arms holding her close and warm tear drops making their way down her neck.

Then the sad voice of the one she knew so well "Sango!"

Before falling into the dark abyss she whispered her last words 'Miroku, I love you and always will.' Miroku sat over Sango's lifeless form tears flowing like a rivers tide down his puffy cheeks.

Not to soon after Inuyasha, Kagome, and Shippo came upon Miroku holding Sango's lifeless body screaming at her begging her to 'wake up!' and saying 'you can't be dead I love you!' Kagome rushed to Miroku trying to pry him from Sango's being.

"Miroku there's nothing we can do now, she's in a better place" Kagome tried telling Miroku also trying to believe it herself.

Miroku leaned into her shoulder his tears soaking her white blouse saying "I loved her so much she can't be dead, she just can't be!"

Kagome suddenly burst into tears herself as she clung to Miroku's kimono saying "Sango we need you, why did you have to leave us, we need you, why!"

Shippo ran over to Kagome to try and comfort her, but Kagome's didn't cease in the slightest.

Miroku suddenly stood up and uttered the foulest name on the face of the earth "Naraku!"

He took off in the direction he saw Naraku fled but was pulled back by his comrades holding him back; they started telling him it was just too dangerous and that Sango needed to be put to rest peacefully. He knew they were right but as soon as that was over and through with he would kill Naraku even if it killed him too. After putting Sango to rest in the Slayers village the group that was left set off in search of Naraku. Kagome suddenly felt a cold chill run down her spine, dark shards invading her senses.

She gave Inuyasha a solid stare and said "Inuyasha I sense jewel shards."

"How many are there Kagome?"

"More than I can count."

"Then it must be him, in which direction lady Kagome?" Miroku said with fire burning in his violet eyes.

"He's dead ahead!" Kagome screamed over the rushing water of a high waterfall, Miroku took the lead on Kilala's back. Shippo was not far behind on Kagome's shoulder. Far off in the distance all five of the followers could see the gruesome form of Naraku just standing there not moving or even fleeing at the sight of them.

"I see you've lost one of your own what a shame the slayer was the most angered out of all of you," he said in the most menacing voice adding an evil laugh at the end to see how they would react.

Miroku came flying at Naraku with all his might but Naraku dogged his attack and flung his hand through the monk's chest, Miroku had been to slow to block with his staff. Pulling his hand out Naraku turned to Inuyasha and Kagome, in front of them Miroku fell to his knees, hands clinging to his open wound. All Inuyasha, Kagome, and Shippo could do was look and watch as their fallen friend took in his last breaths.

Miroku looked up at Naraku anger sketched onto his face "you'll pay for killing her, for killing my father and grandfather, and for killing m . . ." Miroku's upper body fell to the ground motionless, his eyes fading to a lifeless black.

Inuyasha came at Naraku his sword in hand Naraku was caught off guard losing his right arm for his stupidity. As it started to grow back Kagome came at him with her arrows in toe shooting the jewel shards in his chest. Once Kagome's purified arrow hit Naraku's slimy skin he was blown to bits leaving the jewel shards to fall to the ground. Kagome picked them up carefully and walked over to Miroku's dead body before kneeling next to it she looked up at Inuyasha and started to cry. Inuyasha and Shippo did their best to comfort her. Now Naraku was gone for good and they had avenged their fallen companions. The jewel shards in Kagome's hands started to glow a light blue along with Miroku's staff, Sango's boomerang, Shippo's top, Kagome's bow, and Inuyasha's sword. The jewel called to its last remains and they came soaring to their rightful place, once it was whole again it called to the glowing weapons slowly each and every one were encircled by a blue and purple light. They all surrounded the jewel and started to spin around it causing a giant pink ball to form. In the depths of the ball a head appeared hair black as night, skin white as snow.

Then the lightest voice said to them "make your wish oh chosen ones."

Kagome looked at Inuyasha in shock, Inuyasha just stood there not sure of what to do.

Kagome got up from the cold ground and walked up to Inuyasha and pulled off his rosary while saying "you can do what you want now I won't stop you."

He looked deep into her brown eyes and said "I don't want to be a full demon any more; I want to stay with you Kagome."

He wrapped his arms around her and whispered "I guess I've always wanted to be with you but I guess I never did see it clearly."

"Well what should we wish for?" Kagome said looking at the women in the ball then back at the fallen body of Miroku.

"How about our friends souls back, but not in the feudal Era, how about in your time Kagome."

Kagome looked at him then at the ball of light "that's a perfect idea Inuyasha."

Kagome, Inuyasha, and Shippo walked up to the ball of light and said together "we wish for our friends souls back in the future."

The women in the ball nodded her head and replied "your wish has been granted."

Then she disappeared leaving no trace, all that was left was their weapons still glowing a faint hew of pink. Inuyasha, Kagome, and Shippo gave Miroku a proper burial and then set off for the well.