Chapter 7 –

Kagome –

Kagome woke up before the others in the hut. She had been given her yellow backpack back the day before by Sango, and now she was digging through it to get a change of clothes. She duck up a pair of black, tight pants, a red tight t-shirt, decorated with small black flowers, and last a black jacket to keep her warm, and to complete the look. She strapped on her bow and arrows and then went out. She would have loved to use her sword in the battle, but it was in her home in the Northern palace. She turned her head when her eye caught a movement in the corner of her eye, and she barely caught the thing that came flying at her. Damn human weak body… She hated the late reaction and reflex time her body was restricted to. She looked to see what the flying object had been and noticed a sword

"It would be a shame not to use a sword, when you already know how to use it" she heard the familiar monotone voice say. She turned to see Sesshoumaru coming closer. She turned her head back again; not wanting for him to see her blush deepen with each step he came closer. Kagome took the sword and looked to see the quality, except her senses were more alert of the inu that came closer

"Thank you Lord Sesshoumaru" she whispered and gave him a small smile, which disappeared quickly again when she saw annoyance in his eyes, but it quickly vanished again

"You are up early" he stated, still looking at her. She felt her cheeks become warmer, and she almost felt like a prey about to be devoured

"Nerves" she just answered. It had not been a complete lie. The final battle and its outcome made her nervous. The thought of when he got to know the truth, she got nervous. Her nerves had a hard time at the moment, but she was also thrilled with the idea of turning back to her real self. She had been trapped in this weak body for too long. Kagome turned her attention towards the hut when she heard noises from the inside. It would seem they were starting to wake up and preparing for the battle. Kagome sat down on the ground, closed her eyes and focused on her breathing. She searched for the last shards, meaning the shards which Naraku had. She opened her eyes startled. He was much closer than she had thought him to be. Really close, as if he was expecting them. Kagome heard her friends sit next to her, so she opened her eyes and turned her focus to her friends

"I know where he is, but it would seem we need to be extra careful. He is too close to us for it to be a coincidence" she told them. She felt a hand, gently being placed on her shoulder

"Maybe it would be wise to make a plan before diving into danger?" Miroku asked, Kagome saw Sango nod in agreement

"Then I have an idea…" Sango started and then they sat close together, and she started to explain her plan.


2 hours later –

Some miles away from Edo –

Kagome and Sesshoumaru watched from atop of a tree, concealed by the trees branches and leaf. Sango and Miroku were sitting on a hill, playing their part. Kagome had lent them some shards as bait. She concentrated, so she would know the moment Naraku appeared.

They must have waited for a good 15 minutes, because she finally felt a big chunk of shards coming closer. Kagome folded her hands up to her mouth and gave out a bird cry to alert her to human friends. In a mere moment, Naraku had appeared on the hill, not too far away from Miroku and Sango

"Kukuku… Well, if it isn't Sango and the monk. I see you have jewel shards. Why don't you just be nice little pets and hand them over to me" he asked venomously and with a sick sadistic smile on his lips. Sango and Miroku got up from their position, weapons drawn. Naraku only with his smiling

"Kukuku… You do not think that you have a chance against me now, do you?" Naraku sent out some of his tentacles in the direction of Kagome's friends. The moment the tentacles were close to her friends, they dissolved into dust and a pink barrier became visible. Naraku hissed in irritation and looked around, searching for the owner of the barrier. Kagome and Sesshoumaru got out from their hiding spot, Sesshoumaru to Naraku's left and Kagome to his right.

Naraku only showed his surprise in a second before it was replaced by a scowl, but he did not get to react in time because he suddenly was attacked from 4 different sides, Sango with her boomerang, Miroku with his seals and staff, Kagome with her sword infused with purification energy and Sesshoumaru with his Tokijin.

Naraku's counterattack filled the clearing with his deadly miasma, with tentacles hidden in the purple poisons mist. It took them all by surprise since they could not see all of the hidden tentacles that suddenly were sent flying from every side of Naraku.

Kagome, with a body tight barrier around herself, so as to not get affected by the miasma, were fighting with her sword, slashing left and right and in a swing, she send of a blast of energy, purifying enough tentacles and miasma to clear a path for her friends. When she was sure Sango and Miroku could hold their own again from the surprise, she turned to look for Sesshoumaru, which only made her freeze to the spot. Sesshoumaru were on his knees with a tentacle through his stomach and one through his leg, making him immobile. At first the sight made her numb, but that was only until her beast inside of her took control and screamed

"No! Sesshy!" her eyes became red and in a heartbeat she was in front of Sesshoumaru with her hands held high in a defensive manner, and a pink barrier was created around the two of them. She had made the barrier just in time, when more tentacles banged into her barrier, only to become purified. Kagome was lost in her anger and her beast was focused on Naraku

"Kagome" she heard Sesshoumaru whisper in pain, but all of her attention at the moment was on the smiling Naraku

"How dare you hurt my Sesshoumaru?!" Kagome's beast growled loud. Naraku just laughed and kept sending tentacle after tentacle after her friends. That was when the final straw broke. Her necklace flowed around her neck and then… It broke, which caused Kagome to shine a bright light that made everyone on the battlefield cover their eyes.


Sesshoumaru –

He was fighting against Naraku's damned tentacles. He turned his head to look after Kagome and found she was handling herself impressively, but because of the moment of distraction he had not seen the tentacles that crushed itself through his chest and leg. He went to his knees and led out a painful growl

'That is the price for not keeping my attention on the battlefield!' he growled in irritation of himself. He was about to get up when he heard Kagome scream

"No! Sesshy!" Sesshoumaru turned his head in surprise

'Sesshy?' only one had had ever dared to call him that, but what caught his attention had been her voice and eyes. She had growled like a youkai and her eyes were red?

'How?' before his brain could present him an answer, Kagome had an incredible speed moved to stand in front of him with her hands over her head, and a barrier had been formed around them

"Kagome" he whispered. It hurt like hell to talk. She did not answer, she did not even turn her head, instead she yelled to Naraku

"How dare you hurt my Sesshoumaru!" when Naraku had just laughed and sent more of his blasted tentacles out to attack, he noticed the silver necklace around Kagome's neck was flowing and then it broke. She started to glow a bright light, so bright that he had to cover his eyes.

When the light started to fade away again he removed his hand and saw he was still in her barrier, but there was no Kagome. He looked around the field to find her, only to see her appear in front of Naraku with a hand through his chest, and though it would have been enough to shock any of them on the battlefield, it had not been what had shocked him the most. No, Kagome had suddenly hair as long as his own, a black and red stripe on each cheek and a black star on her forehead

'A black star? But that means…' He heard in his head conversations he had, had over the past couple of months with Kagome and his grandmother who had theories… How she and Kagome had acted… Kagome's sudden power burst when she saved Rin and the kitsune pup… Now… The mystery of Kagome finally made sense

"Aya"


Kagome –

She was standing in front of Naraku. Her right hand in his chest, holding the tainted jewel in her hand. Kagome looked at him with her red eyes and smirked evilly

"Surprise" she whispered. She saw Naraku's eyes had widened in surprise and shock, and before he got the chance to act, she started to concentrate on sending waves of purification energy into the tainted jewel. Naraku must have sensed what she had been up to, because the next thing she felt was a pain that burst through her chest. She coughed in surprise and tasted a metallic taste in her mouth, but she could not afford to let it distract her, she continued with sending wave after wave, and she did not stop either when she heard voices from behind, calling out her name. She tightened her hold on the nearly completed jewel and sent another massive wave of energy into it and around it. Naraku screamed in agony

"Let me go you bitch!" he hissed and his movements became more erratic, trying to make Kagome loose her grip. She saw how he slowly started to be purified from the inside out. She gave the purification flow another notch and then she felt the pressure in her chest disappear along with Naraku, turning him into a cloud of dust. Kagome collapsed to the ground, still holding on to the now purified jewel. She gasped for air when she absorbed the jewel back into her body, back to safety. She felt hands around her, even though she slowly started to become numb to the touch and cold air she felt around her. Though it was very difficult and painful, she managed to turn her head and look into a pair of golden eyes

"Sesshoumaru" she whispered in a short breath

"Aya?" she could almost hear the disbelief in his voice and she saw the confusion on his face

"Hai… Sesshy-kun" she answered in a pained whisper, smiling weakly up to him, barely feeling the tear that travelled down her cheek, and the fluid that ran down her lip. Sesshoumaru tore of his sleeve and pressed it against her chest wound she had now realized must have been from one of Naraku's tentacles. She gestured for him to come closer and grabbed his neck, pulling him down, so that his ear was next to her mouth

"I… I will tell you… *cough* everything… but first… we need to treat our wounds… if you want… *cough* answers, Sesshy-kun" Kagome took in a labored breath and saw Sesshoumaru nod. She felt herself being lifted up, and she more felt than saw them flying in the air from the shift in the winds. Kagome tried hard to stay conscience but in the end, the darkness won.


Author's note:

Thank you so much for your feedback and for lifting my spirit : ) Sorry for the short chapters two days in a row, but the next chapters will definitely be longer : )

Do not worry; the next chapter is not the last, far from it. I still have 82 handwritten materials left for this story, so many more things are going to happen, so look forward to the next minimum 5-7 more chapters : )

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