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Naraku's Demise

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Author's Notes: This project has taken off sooner than expected. This is my grand masterpiece and the fict that I've been waiting to write for months now. However, I forced myself to wait until I have seen all of Inuyasha (including the 4 movies), and now that I have, this fic is finally going to be created!

Unfortunately, there might be a delay at first because from tommorow until the 5th, I will be away at Disney Land. Fear not any of my fans, I will try to use my brother's laptop (if I can) to write more chapters while I'm there, and I will continue this as soon as I get back home. Until then, juts grind your teeth in anticipation.

This fic takes place immediately after the anime series, right where it left off. If I find it's any different in the manga, I might change this a little or just throw some parts away that the manga may have already accounted for.

That being said, thank you for reading this first chapter of my fic, and I hope that you will enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it. (This is better when listening to one of the Inuyasha themes. I recommend Sesshoumaru's theme.) If at any time, you don't know what's going on (because you didn't watch the entire series), just look at the authors notes, and it will explain without spoiling anything that you haven't seen.

Now it's time for Inuyasha!

Chapter 1:

"INUYASHA!" a familiar voice cries out in terror.

"Kagome!" echoes a certain Hanyou after turning around and seeing his love, Kagome, being picked up by a giant tree youkai. "Bastard! Let go of her!"

Inuyasha, Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Shippou, and Kirara have been travelling together, closing in on Naraku. They are getting closer, but they still have not found his heart.

"Inuyasha!" came another scream.

Inuyasha quickly raised his sword above his head. "Kaze no Kizu Wind Scar" and a burst of energy came out of his sword, heading directly for the tree youkai that had Kagome in its hand. Kagome flew out of the youkai's hand, and the youkai landed straight on it's back.

"I'll take care of this one," Miroku called. "Common, Sango!"

"Yeah."

Their search was drawing nearer once that they had the Youki crystals from Gakusanjin, but now they have resorted to searching blindly since their crystals had been stolen by Mouryoumaru. The shards were suppose to lead them straight to Naraku's heart. Without destroying his heart, he was invincible.

"Kazaana Air void!" Miroku opened his wind tunnel.

"Miroku," Sango called. "It's no use! He's holding himself in the ground with his roots."

"I'll take care of that!" shouted a suddenly brave Shippou.

However, several others are also after his heart. Sesshoumaru, Kohaku, Kagura, and even Kikyou are after Naraku's heart. When it is finally destroyed, they can finally take down Naraku for good!

"Shippou-chan!" a suprised Sango said.

"Dynamite!" he threw a stick of dynamite, which blew the tree right out of the ground.

"Miroku! Now!"

"Right. Kazaana!" Miroku opened the air void again and sucked in the Youkai. "I wonder how Inuyasha and Kagome are doing with the other one," he said, closing the wind tunnel.

Now, the true battle is about to begin!

"Koun-gou-sou-ha!" Inuyasha destroyed the tree youkai with one final blow. "Keh!" He swings his tetsusaiga through the air, and it reverts back into a rusted, old sword and returned back into it's sheath.

Miroku had an inquisitive expression on his face."I wonder why those tree youkai attacked us," he said.

"Huh?"

"Yeah, that is strange," Sango added. "Tree youkai don't usually attack passing strangers." They stood there and thought about it for a couple seconds. Then, Inuyasha inturrupted.

"Whatever. We don't have time to waste on this. We still have to find Naraku remember?"

"Inuyasha, we have to check this out," Kagome insisted. "What if it leads to Naraku?"

"Inuyasha, I'll go with Sango and Shippou to find out what we can from nearby villages about the tree youkai, and you and Kagome continue on ahead and see if you can find Naraku," Miroku suggested.

"Heh, fine. I'll find him in no time," Inuyasha said arrogantly. With that, Miroku, Sango and Shippou got on Kirara and started heading toward the nearest villages. Inuyasha had Kagome get on his back and start looking for any signs of Naraku.

"If Naraku thinks that he can hide his heart that easily, he's mistaken," Inuyasha said, darting off.

"We'll find him no matter what," Kagome echoed.

Inuyasha continued running until he got to the side of the mountain. "Kagome, do you sense the Shikon no Tama Jewel of 4 Souls/Shikon Jewel?"

"I can feel that it's near, but I can't quite tell where it's at."

"Dammit! Where the Hell could he be hiding."

Just then, the wind started to pick up. "Inuyasha, do you feel that?"

"There's no doubt; Hakudoshi is comming this way, and he's bringing company."

A voice called out to them.

"So you could sense me comming could you? Well then you should also know that I brought along Mouryoumaru."

"Keh, you're just too afraid to fight me yourself!" Inuyasha taunted, letting Kagome down.

"Don't be a fool, Inuyasha. I just enjoy watching you suffer."

"You're just like Naraku," he replied, pulling out tetsusaiga. "You never do anything for yourself! KAZE NO KIZU!"

"Fool!" Hakudoshi quickly put up his barrier to block the attack. "You should be paying attention to the fight right in front of you! Go Mouryoumaru!"

Mouryoumaru came from behind Inuyasha and struck from behind, but Kagome quickly shot off an arrow, breaking apart its arm.

"How pathetic, being protected by a woman."
"Shut your mouth!" Inuyasha quickly turned around and struck at Mouryoumaru with Tetsusaiga a couple times then he jumped up in the air. "Kaze no Kizu!" The energy shot out of Tetsusaiga, but Mouryoumaru quickly dodged so that he would only suffer a minor wound on his shoulder. "Dammit!" Mouryoumaru quickly shot a counter attack, shooting one of his arms directly at Inuyasha. He was quick to act, however, and blocked it with the side of Tetsusaiga. "Keh, you'll have to do better than that."

"Inuyasha!" Shouted Kagome, ready to fire an arrow.

"No! I'll handle him on my own! I will protect you!"

"Inuyasha," Kagome repeated, a little more sincere.

Just then, Hakudoshi butted in. "How pitiful. You fight to protect a human girl. Your human blood makes you weak, Inuyasha!" He swung his weapon toward Inuyasha, causing energy to come off and strike at Inuyasha, which Inuyasha easily blocked and deflected with Tetsusaiga.

"You think my human blood makes me weak?" he said with a twisted look in his eye. "I may not be a full-blood youkai, but I am strong enough to defeat you!" He lifted Tetsusaiga over his head, which turned diamond. "Koungousou-HA!" As he swung it down, diamond spikes came off of Tetsusaiga and peirced through Hakudoshi, leaving him as nothing more than a head.

"Always acting so irrationaly," Hakudoshi taunted as he faded away and disappeared out of sight.

"Hey!" Inuyasha called after him, but before he could say anymore, he was peirced through the back by Mouryoumaru's right arm. "Agh!"

Meanwhile, Miroku and Sango had been finding out rumors about what happened to the tree youkai. They had been talking to one of the villages in a near by town.

"So what your saying is that the tree youkai were driven away by a youkai child with white hair?"

"Yes, that's what I've heard. It was a little child with a barrier, and he attacked all of the youkai trees. He claimed his name was Inuyasha."
"What!" Sango replied in shock. "He said his name was Inuyasha?"

"Then that means..." cut in Miroku. "There must be some sort of trap set up for Inuyasha. Sango!"

"Let's go Miroku."

They jumped on Kirara and headed toward where they saw Inuyasha going.

"Keh! You're going to have to do better than that," Inuyasha taunted the thing. Although he was bleeding from the hole in his stomach, he acted as though it was nothing. "Time to die! Kaze no Kizu!" Mouryoumaru quickly dodged it by flying up, and with little effort, hit Inuyasha with his over-sized left arm, 'causing Inuyasha to fly back. "You're gonna have to do better than that! Koun-Gou..." Tetsusaiga started turning into diamond again, but suddenly, he stopped.

"Inuyasha! What's wrong? INUYASHA!" He wasn't responding. He seemed to suddenly be possessed. 'Oh no! Inuyasha has a Yadori Sanagi possessing him.' She had just realized that he had it on him and that it was controlling him.

'Inuyasha, kill Kagome!' it told him. 'Kill her! Strike her dead and take her shikon shard. Use it for yourself!' It seemed as though he had subdued the Hanyou. He began to raise his Tetsusaiga over his head in Kagome's direction.

"Inuyasha!" she called to him, trying to get through to him. "INUYASHA!"

Suddenly, he strarted lowering his blade, and although his eyes still looked possessed, he seemed to be speaking on his own free will. "Kagome..."

Once Inuyasha had killed Kagome, Mouryoumaru was to finish Inuyasha off while he was still possessed. Yet now, he seemed to be resisting.

"Kagome..." he repeated.

"Inuyasha! Snap out of it!" Her senses suddenly reacted. She looked over to see more of them comming. 'I can't let any more get to Inuyasha!' She started shooting arrows at the bugs. Hundreds came, but she was able to hold them off, while Inuyasha fought against the bug trying to control him.

Kagome reached back for another arrow and shot it into the crowd of bugs. And another arrow, and another. It seemed to never end. She reached back again. 'I'm out of arrows!' A look of horror came acrossed her face. 'What will I do?'

"Inuyasha!"

"Ka-go-me!" He seemed like he was in pain, fighting the Yadori Sanagi for control over his own body. However, more were climbing on and he was losing control. "Sorry, Kagome..." His sword rose again. Right before he was about to swing at Kagome, it lost its transformation.

'What is this?' thought the bug. 'No matter. I will kill her with these claws!'

"Sankountessou! Iron Reaver"

"INUYASHA!" The sound of slicing was heard and she was sure she was dead. However, she opened her eyes to find that Miroku and Sango had made it just and time and destroyed the youkai bugs controlling Inuyasha.

'Hurry Mouryoumaru! Finish them!' called a familiar voice in its head. Obeying its master's commands, it gathered energy in its mouth and shot it at Inuyasha.

"You think that will hurt me?" He took out Tetsusaiga again and it immediately transformed. "Baku-ryuu-ha! backslash wave" The blast blew right through Mouryoumaru's attack and right through Mouryoumaru. "Heh, it looks like the creature is finally dead," Inuyasha said, saying what everyone was thinking. Then, Kagome shouted, "Inuyasha, look out!" Mouryoumaru wasn't dead after all, and was still intent on killing Inuyasha. Inuyasha quickly moved out of the way of its attack.

"Time to finish this," Miroku said, putting his staff straight up in the ground. "Kazaana!" He opened his wind tunnel and sucked Mouryoumaru in.

After setting up a camp to rest and let Inuyasha's wounds heal, they all sat around a fire they built. "What did you find out?" Kagome asked.

"Hakudoshi posed as Inuyasha," Miroku told her.

"What? Why would he do that?" Inuyasha butted into the conversation.

"It must have been to give him more time to set up a trap for you. I'm sure of it."

"I wonder if it's more than just that," Sango suggested. "Perhaps he has more planned for us in these tree youkai."

Authors notes:

Koungousouha - I don't actually know the actual translation for this one. I heard it a couple of times on the game, but I never caught the American name for it, since I was watching 98 of the episodes in Japanese with English subs, because it never translates it in the siries, I'm rushing to get this off before my vacation, and It was at the very end of the series.

Hakudoshi - For a certain few, you don't know who this is. However, if you watched far enough into the series, you will know that this is Naraku's son. He is bares very close resemblance to Naraku in everything but looks. As far as looks go, he is a young child with white hair and a long weapon like a spear, except with a blad on the end.

Mouryoumaru - This is a creation of Hakudoshi that he was experimenting with. Like Naraku, Mouryoumaru is made up of many demons and has regenerating powers like him. In every living thing, it says, there is haku (spirit) and kon (heart). In these creatures, they have only haku, which makes them harder to kill.

Yadori Sanagi - Also mentioned later in the series, these bugs can possess youkai and manipulate them as they please. They even have the power to manipulate daiyoukai.