Naraku's True Wish

Naraku stood above Kagome and InuYasha, gloating over what was happening.

"Sango and the monk have chosen to die together…this is the end." He said. Just then, Kagome spoke, almost as an effort to ask Naraku for the truth.

"Naraku, I've noticed what you've done. You claim to want the Shikon No Tama, but all you've done is tear siblings like Kohaku and Sango apart, ruined the relationship between Kikyo and InuYasha, and you are now trying to kill Sango and Miroku. For someone who doesn't care for anyone, you understand the importance of bonds…and know the pain of losing them." Naraku stared at Kagome, who continued speaking. "Naraku…The Shikon no Tama didn't grant your real wish, did it?" At this Naraku froze, but recovered quickly. "Kagome…What are you trying to say? Do you think you can purify me with words like that?!" he screamed angrily, losing his temper, and he tried to attack Kagome, who was protected by InuYasha.

"Naraku, you bastard, I can't forgive you!" yelled InuYasha. "You and I are both hanyou, but you chose to ignore your heart! You ignored it and killed the woman you wanted! You killed Kikyo, and you make me sick! That's why I will never forgive you!" and with this, he blasted the Meidou Zangetsuha at Naraku."Even if I die… the Shikon no Tama will never disappear. Kikyo's corpse was cremated alongside it, and it was reborn in Kagome's body. Kagome and Kikyo are the absolute same. They are both bitches, and both will die by my hand!" cried Naraku, who clung onto the sides of the Meidou with his spider web, and prevented himself falling into hell.

He suddenly thought of Kikyo. The miko whom he hated. But did he hate her?

She…had treated him with kindness when he was Onigumo. He had hated her pitying eyes, but all the same…he had wanted her.

Kagome shot her arrow at Naraku, and it sliced through the Shikon no Tama, purifying it. That's right…I simply…wanted Kikyo's heart…he realised. "When Kagome was cut by Byakuya…I made a wish on the Shikon no tama…that wish will be granted when I die…" he told InuYasha and Kagome. Kikyo…even though I won't get to go where you are…I…

With that, Naraku died, fading away into the pure light. Just then, to everyone's horror, the Meidou opened up behind Kagome. Before InuYasha could grab her, she flew up into the Meidou and it closed. Sango and Miroku reappeared. "InuYasha! The kazaana disappeared! Is Naraku-" cried Sango. InuYasha was still staring at the spot on which agome had disappeared. "That bastard. His wish…was for Kagome to be dragged to hell with him." Said InuYasha. "Meidou Zangetsuha!" he cried, and the Meidou opened. He jumped into the Meidou.

'There is no way that the Shikon no Tama would leave Kagome alone!' thought InuYasha as he transcended through Hell. 'I have to find her!' Kagome found herself in her high school uniform, and saw her brother Sota and her friends. "Sota!" Kagome called. Sota turned around, and saw Kagome. "Kagome! You're back!" he cried happily, and Kagome looked puzzled, saying, "I never left." If Kagome had looked puzzled, Sota was confounded. "But what about InuYasha-niisan?" Kagome looked at Sota. "Who is 'InuYasha-niisan'?" she asked. Just before Sota got the chance to answer, his friend called him, and with a cheery 'see you later', was gone. 'InuYasha?' thought Kagome to herself. A face appeared in her memory- a cocky, arrogant boy who thought he was the greatest guy on the planet, which annoyed her a little. The word 'OSUWARI' seemed to stick out in her mind. She did not know who InuYasha was, but she seemed to have met him once, a long time ago. Then, another face occurred to her. Blood was spattered over the girl's face. She could hardly have been much older than Kagome, maybe two or three years older. From her clothing, Kagome knew that the girl was a Shinto Miko. There was something familiar about the girl- as though she and Kagome weren't so different. But what was her name? And who was this 'InuYasha' person? Suddenly, another image appeared in Kagome's mind. The girl was clinging to 'InuYasha' as he was pinned to a tree. Something about this image made Kagome's heart hurt, as though seeing the two of them together was too painful for her to bear. She saw the wound on the girl's arm. From the image in her head, Kagome realised that both 'InuYasha' and the girl were dead. 'No…no…! That…can't be-!' a voice in Kagome's head cried. Kagome shook her head, and carried on walking. She thought about the boy and the miko no more.

She carried on at school, quite happily, when her friends appeared. "Kagome-Chan!" they called. Kagome felt like she had not seen her friends for a long, long time. It felt almost strange to see them again, as though she had been away. "So, Kagome-chan…did you get over your rheumatism?" asked one of her friends. 'Rheumatism?' Kagome wondered, but then the other friend exclaimed, "Eh? I thought it was beri-beri!". A third friend cried out, "No, you're wrong! Kagome-chan's grandfather told me it was pneumonia!" Kagome's jaw dropped in horror. Had it been rheumatism, or beri-beri, or maybe even pneumonia that she did really have and didn't remember about it? Or had it been her grandpa telling…lies, and rubbish ones at that? She raced off back to her house, leaving her friends behind, who realised she was gone. The first friend said, "Oh, wait…I was going to ask about her hapa boyfriend…InuYasha."

"Grandpa! Why are you telling people that I had rheumatism, beri-beri or pneumonia?" Kagome cried, rushing into the house, the door clattering behind her. "Kagome-chan, I had to say something whilst you were away." Her grandfather pleaded. Kagome stopped. "What do you mean, 'away'? When was I away?" she asked. Her grandfather looked puzzled. "Kagome-chan…you were in Sengoku Jidai." He said, and she laughed. The Sengoku era was hundreds of years ago! "How could I have been in Sengoku Jidai, Gramps? That was 500 years ago!" She shook her head, laughing. If her Grandpa had been puzzled before, he was confused now. "You were in Sengoku Jidai…with InuYasha." He answered.

Kagome suddenly heard her own voice say in her head, as though an echo,. She was suddenly in darkness, her grandpa and everything around her disappeared. She was completely alone. She felt a bow in her hand, and with her other hand, she was clinging to a cliff. The bow in her arm was unbearably heavy. She wanted to let it go, and just as she was about to, the miko she had seen in her imagination appeared. The miko spoke to Kagome, as though she knew her. "I know that the bow is heavy, Kagome. It is because your heart is heavy." Kagome didn't understand what the miko meant. She felt the bow loosening in her hand. She wanted to let it go. "Kagome! If you let that bow go, you let everything that you knew after you entered Sengoku Jidai go! You have already forgotten my name, even though you are my reincarnation; do not let InuYasha go!" the miko cried. Images flashed through her head. InuYasha! cried a voice in Kagome's head. Then she opened her mouth, and screamed:

"INU-YASHA!"