Wow. This is just...wow. I am soooo proud of this little fic, I think it deserves its own title. So I gave it its own story, instead of lumping it with my other songfics.
Also, welcome to the first, and probably only songfic with chapters! I couldn't believe it either, but that's the way it came. And the lyrics--all of the same song (Somewhere, by Within Temptation)--continue on all but the last two chapters. And yes, I do have them all written out...except for the end bit. So updates will probably be every few days...unless I forget or something...you know how it is. -grins-
Anyway, enjoy the greatest thing I've ever written...so far.
...The Fight...
The final battle had taken them back to Musashi's Domain, and they were nearing the Bone-Eater's Well. Naraku's trail of carnage had flattened the nearby village, and Shippo had stayed behind with Kaede to help care for the injured. Inuyasha was slashing at Naraku's yoketsu with surprising patience, slowly wearing him down. From Kirara's back, Sango hurled circles around him with her newly repaired Hiraikotsu, sucking up and negating his jyaki so Miroku could use his Kazaana freely to suck up spare body parts to make doubly sure Naraku couldn't regenerate. Kagome was down to her last arrow, the previous four having done some serious damage of their own.
They had finally cornered him.
They had lured him out by spreading rumors that Inuyasha was severely injured after a recent battle. They had origionally hoped to capture Byakuya and force him to lead them to Naraku's hideout, but Naraku had come himself, hoping to settle things once and for all.
A howl could be heard in the distance, and Inuyasha smiled savagly to himslef as the other half of their trap closed in on their foe. He could hear Kagome breathing heavily as she ran from tree to tree, waiting for the perfect moment to loose her final arrow. There was a flash of color as Kirara lept past, passengers in tow. The air was getting more and more poisonous as shouki poured from the numerous wounds induced by some sixty feral wolves. And was that Sesshomaru's scent coming this way?
There was a crash of splintering wood and a gasp, and suddenly Kagome was on the ground, having just barely dodged a tentacle that was about to impale her.
That was enough. Inuyasha abandoned his attacks and pulled Kagome up out of harm's way. He barely heard her protestations as he dropped her uncerimoneously down the well, and was flung aside as Naraku, practly torn to shreds, fell forward on top of the Well opening. With her Sight, Kagome saw a powerful shield being formed with the last of the Jewel's power. She saw Naraku wrap a slimy tentacle around Inuyasha, about to swallow him up. She saw that he wasn't able to escape. And then she saw the Jewel itself.
Time seemed to slow down. Even Kagome's fall down the enchanted Well seemed to take hours. With agonizing slowness, she drew the enormous white bow that was her's, body and soul, and fired her last arrow in freefall. Then all there was was the dark blue magic of the Well, something even her powers could not stop.
There was an incredible, blinding flash of pale blue light that slowly, ever so slowly, turned laverner, then pink as the Shikon no Tama erupted from Naraku's body. Inuyasha struggled free and caught the Jewel by the slim white arrow protruding from its side. Staring at it, he looked at the remnants of the ancient Well, crushed under Naraku's tattered remains.
Did Kagome make it through?
Suddenly, there was a flash of dark light, and a pulling force that they all recognized very well: Tenseiga's meidou. It appeared just above Naraku's head and crashed down on him with the force of a thousand nuclear weapons. Sesshomaru stood calmly behind the destructive force, and everyone else had the sense to get clear as Naraku was sucked into the very place he was named after. In mere moments he was gone, and the purified and nearly completed Shikon no Tama sat innocently in Inuyasha's hands.
ooOooOooOoo
It was dark. Kagome found herself sitting at the bottom of the Well. But it wasn't Naraku's disgusting bulk that shadowed the daylight, but the man-made shed in her own backyard. She was home...
...Which was the absolute last place she wanted to be at the moment! "Inuyasha...?" she whispered. "Where are you? Inuyasha!!"
Lost in the darkness
Hoping for a sign
Instead there is only silence
Can't you hear my screams?
How was he not there? He was always supposed to be there! What happened to him? Where was he?!
Okay, she thought, Get a hold of yourself, Kagome. He's fine, I'm sure of it. Naraku didn't kill him in that blast, there's no possible way. Except for the fact that he was probably blinded by the flash of light that I caused, and right when he about to be absorbed oh gods, what have I done?
In her mind, it was the only possible explanation. If it had gone any other way, Inuyasha would be here to make sure she got through the well safely. Why wasn't he here? Where was he?!
Never stop hoping
Need to know where you are
But one thing is for sure
You're always in my heart
Kagome took a deep breath. Okay, she began again, He's probably just finishing the battle off, and doesn't want to lead Naraku through to my time. So I'll just wait by the door of the Well-house, cause he'll be up in a few minutes. Yeah. That's right. He'll be here...
She just kept telling herself that over and over again. Even when Sota found her sobbing by the edge of the well an hour later, and her mother and grandfather brought her into the house, she kept telling herself that Inuyasha would climb in through her window, perfectly alright, any minute now.
It was her only hope.
ooOooOooOoo
Yeah, just so you know, most of my Inuyasha fics take place after the most recently released manga (at least, the most recently released as of April, 2007, when I started this thing), so try not to get confused about new attacks and things. I follow the manga, not the anime. But this really only applies to this chapter anyway, so don't sweat it.
And the word naraku translates literally to abysmal hell. So I thought this was a fitting end for him.
Oooh! Almost forgot! Ahem...(serious voice) Disclaimer: Inuyasha and all associated characters are the copyrighted property of Rumiko Takahashi, and the song Somewhere belongs to Within Temptation. And this applies to all further chapters of this story, so I won't be typing it over and over again. Kay? Cheers!
Next up...The Wish