(Sorry for the delay, would have released this a couple days ago but as you may now Fanfiction is having problems. Anyway this chapter is by far the longest, being almost double what my usual chapters are. Enjoy!)

"Looks like Inuyasha and his friends have finally arrived." Hakudoshi said after noticing them from afar. Kagura leaned on the banister a few feet away; she watched their progress with boredom.

"What does Naraku want us to do, kill them?"

"That's what he told us." He responded than jumped over the banister, "I've been waiting for this day for a long time." He floated down and Kagura followed.

(Inuyasha and co.)

Finally after all this time Naraku's gonna pay. After all the lives he's destroyed all the people he's killed. Today he dies.

Inuyasha looked to his left to see Mirkou. When he first met the monk he didn't like him much. He kidnapped Kagome and stole their jewel shards. His constant womanizing wasn't that enjoyable either. Yet despite all his faults they were friends. Miroku was loyal and a good man to have around.

On his right Sango walked beside him. Her Hirakosu and various other weapons hung around her body. When he first met her he had felt sorry for her, it was hard losing someone you love. But not long after he thought she showed her true colors by stealing his Tetsugia. He was wrong their too, Naraku was the one behind it all controlling her little brother. Besides Inuyasha she was probably the strongest in their group of demon slayers, they would have lost a lot of battles without her.

Finally the fox demon Shippo leaped ahead of them. While they did have their differences and often fought they were really similar. Both of them had demon blood flowing through their veins and both of them were orphaned. He was glad Shippo was around; he needed someone to relate to.

The mountain Naraku was hiding out at rose above them, it was growing bigger with ever step they took. So far they hadn't fought any of Naraku's demons or his incarnations. This changed when both Hakudoshi and Kagura landed ahead of them.

"So we have to get through you before we get to Kagome? Fine, try and stop me!" He rushed forward and swung his massive sword at his closest target, Hakuhoshi. The young boy was to fast however and merely jumped in the air to avoid his attack. He landed and stabbed at Inuyasha with his halberd. Their blades crossed and his friends rushed forward to help him.

"Dance of blades!" Kagura unleashed her signature move which sent pieces of the ground flying.

"You take her! I-got-the-little-punk!" He yelled swinging his sword between each word.

"Step aside Kagura, and we'll let you live." Miroku requested.

"Hmph, if I just gave up and let you pass Naraku would kill me! I die either way!" Mirkou just barely avoided the blades of light. "So be it."

(Inuyasha)

"Your temper is going to get the best of you." Hakudoshi dodged yet another one of Inuyasha's blows.

"You know you're really pissing me off!" He just doges everything I throw at him! I'm gonna have to use the wind scar to end this…

Bit by bit Naraku's child incarnation was wearing down Inuyasha and before long he was going to be wide open.

(Others)

"Hirakosu!" Kagura lifted her fan and the winds carried the wooden boomerang far away from her. The monk charged her with his staff and she had to jump back to avoid him. Dam it! There's too many of them, Hakudoshi better hurry up with Inuyasha. She thought.

Kagura used her power over the winds to thrust the staff from Mirkou's hands leaving him wide open. "Dance of bl-" Shippo rushed forward and jumped onto her back before she could finish him. "Get off me you little pest!"

"I'll never give up on my friends, get her!" He bit into her arm which caused her to try and get the fox child off of her.

"I don't usual hit women so you'll have to excuse me!" Miroku charged towards her and hit her hard with his staff. She stumbled back and fell on the ground. "I wonder how Inuyasha's doing." He looked over to see them fighting a few meters away.

(Inuyasha)

"I got you now, Wind Scar!" He smashed the Tetsugia as hard as he could into the ground. The blades of light surged forward however Hakudoshi dodged them just as easily.

"You're really going to have to try better to beat me." He continued to smirk which just fueled his opponent's anger. He was slowing down now, soon would be the time to strike. He charged him again and sent a flurry of blows which he merely jumped to avoid.

"Wind Scar!" As before he used his lightning speed to avoid the attack, and then went back to avoiding his blows.

"Ugh." Inuyasha groaned as his body began to slow down from swinging around his heavy sword so much. Hakudoshi leaped forward and angled his blade to cut straight through him; he didn't have the strength to lift his sword.

Inuyasha closed his eyes thinking it was over. However after several seconds he opened his eyes to see his friends in front of him. Hakudoshi lay unconscious a few feet from them. "What the-?"

"You're lucky we got here in time, he was just about to finish you." Sango smiled at him.

"But what did you do?"

"I hit him with my Hirakosu, he was so intent on finishing you he didn't even notice it coming."

"Well thanks. But now's no time to celebrate, we still have Kagome to save." They nodded and continued toward the mountain.

"Wait, what about Kagura and Hakudoshi?" Inuyasha stopped them.

"I got just the thing." Sango pulled out a couple of tablets from a pouch, "We use these to put demons to sleep. It should keep them quiet for a few hours." She gave a tablet to both of them and they continued on their way.

As they got to the base they found a large cave entrance. "This must be where he's keeping Kagome, come on lets hurry." They walked through the fairly large cave in the dark. The ground underneath them was very moist and every step they took seemed to suck them in more. The storm outside could still be heard faintly and only made the cave more eerie.

Before long they made it to an intersection, the tunnel parted three ways.

"What way do you suppose we go?" Mirkou asked.

Inuyasha smelled the air around him, "This way." He said walking towards the right tunnel. Suddenly the sound of yells and footsteps filled the cave. Dozens of demons began pouring out the other two tunnels; they immediately began attacking the group.

"Go on Inuyasha, we can handle them!" Mirkou said crushing a demon's skull under his staff.

"But I can't just-"

"Just go you idiot, you need to save Kagome!"Shippo yelled before courageously jumping onto and biting a demons head.

"Here take these!" Sango yelled throwing him a bow and a quiver full of arrows. "Their Kagome's, they might come in handy."

He looked back on them as they battled the demons. Those were his friends alright. Inuyasha nodded and ran deeper into the cave.

As the dog demon delved further into the mountain he began to realize how familiar this was. It's like I've been here before… The darkness around him was becoming lighter as something ahead was flickering. He made out the form of a torch not far ahead; he stopped just as the cave branched off left. Wait a second! I have been here before, in my dreams! I remember now, I was trying to save Kagome and the others. But then Naraku beat me. He's in there, I know it… But I have to do this for Kagome, he won't beat me. Naraku dies today! Summoning all his courage he put a hand on his Tetsugia and turned the corner.

The small dark tunnel had branched off to a large cavern. Torches hung along the walls which kept the room reasonably lit. In the middle stood the man that filled him with such hate and anger, Naraku. A few feet from him sat the bound and gagged Kagome. The evil man smiled as he entered.

"So Inuyasha, you've finally arrived." He stated smugly.

"Kagome!" he yelled as he ran over to her. He threw the bow and quiver to the ground and untied her.

"Inuyasha you came!" She cried as he embraced her.

"Of course I came; I would never leave you…" He whispered into her ear.

"How touching, but we must really get on. I haven't set this all up for nothing you know."

"What do you mean 'set up'?" He asked getting up.

"My plan of course. This whole time I've been setting you up with one fight after another. Who do you think gave Jusake his demons; did you honestly think that weakling got them on his own? I gave him command over a number of my demons, I than told him to start rampaging the country side. I knew it was only a matter of time until you ran into him." Inuyasha listened as Naraku revealed his plan, was he serious about this? If so than what did he accomplish?

"I knew you would kill him, but only in your demon form. After I heard of Jusake's death I created an incarnation, Kori. I sent him into the forest to fight you. I entrusted three jewel shards with him so he would have enough strength to beat you, but not strong enough to kill your demon form. Ha, and Sesshormaru… I never planned him, but he only made the whole thing better."

"What the hell did you accomplish with that, what was the point?" Inuyasha asked.

"My point was to get you to transform. Every time you transform you lose a piece of your human self, so the more I made you transform the more uncontrollably you became. Now finally it comes down to this. I led you here and I just need to execute the final phase of my plan."

"Narkau you bastard, this time you've gone too far!" Inuyasha got up and swung his sword at Naraku. His barrier flickered as the sword made contact leaving him unscarred.

"You can't beat me Inuyasha, at least not in this form…" He smiled. "But enough fighting, watch as my plan comes full circle!" Naraku raised his hand which extended out into a bony spear. Inuyasha watched in horror as it shot straight towards Kagome. Before he could even move it went through her chest in a storm of blood. He pulled back his arm and she looked at Inuyasha with wearer eyes.

(Sorry to interrupt but I would suggest playing the Inuyasha song, End of Memory. I guarantee that it will make this next part a dozen times better.)

"Inu…yasha…" She struggled to say before falling back onto the ground.

"KAGOME!" he rushed over to her corpse and looked upon her. Her arms were spread out showing the hole in her chest. She was covered in blood and her eyes were closed. Inuyasha desperately checked her pulse to see if she was alive. Nothing.

"No…Th-this can't be happening…She can't be dead." Inuyasha began crying as the truth washed over him Kagome, the women he loved was dead. "NO! Kagome I love you! You can't die, y-you just can't!" Naraku smiled cruelly as he wept over her body. "Please Kagome; I'm so sorry for everything. Don't be dead, please don't!" His tears dropped onto her body as he continued to plead.

"You can still save her." Naraku stated.

"Wh-what? How? Tell me! I'll give anything, pay any price to save her!" Inuyasha yelled the sadness was suddenly turned to bitter rage against the man who killed her.

"Here." He threw something and he quickly caught, the Shikon jewel sat in his hand. "It's complete; it will grant any wish you desire."

"Wait, why are you helping me?" Inuyasha asked, his voice becoming weak and horse.

"Ha, we both know you won't use that to save her. If you were to instead use it so become a full demon, than your selfishness and wish would corrupt the Jewel beyond purification. Its darkness would corrupt anything it touches, and it would be truly complete."

What the hell is he talking about; of course I'm going to use it to bring Kagome back! 'Are you so sure of that?'Another voice suddenly asked in his head. 'If you were to use it to become a full demon than you could easily mop the floor with Naraku. You would become the strongest demon alive!' But what about Kagome? There's no way I'm going to just abandon her. 'Why would you need her? You have no need for a mortal, power is all you desire and power is all you need'Inuyasha suddenly realized who this voice was, it was his demon self!

He was literally torn between himself. His demon half wanted to become a full demon while his human half wanted to save Kagome. He held his face in his hands while he tried to decide. "Ha, you can't win Inuyasha. Your human half has become too weak; your inner demon is taking over."

"You're wrong Naraku!" He stumbled around as his mind was in turmoil. That damn voice just kept whispering in his head, it wouldn't stop! 'Forget about her, even your full demon brother couldn't beat you!'"Will you get out of my head!" He clumsily slammed himself against the wall and continued to flail around the room.

Suddenly the hands around his face began to stiffen; the familiar feeling of his demon taking over was washing over him. "No! I won't transform, not now!" No matter how hard he tried he was forced to watch in horror as he transformed. Just as the transformation was about to finish he collapsed on the ground.

"Now you see Inuyasha, I always win. I'll be taking the Shikon Jewel back now." As he was about to pick up the jewel the room was filled with a sudden pink light. "What the-!"

Inuyasha got to his feet and smiled at Naraku. His transformation had subsided, his claws and fangs were their normal length and his eyes were the usual yellow. "You're wrong Naraku. The human spirit will always be stronger." Kagome was getting to her feet and he noticed that her wounds were gone. The Shikon No Tama had worked.

"Here Kagome!" He threw her bow to her and turned back to Naraku. "This ends now." He unseathed his own sword and pointed it at Naraku.

"This is impossible! There's no way you could beat your demon half!" He yelled angrily. "Your human half was too weak, I made sure of it!" "Very well than, I'll just have to kill you!" His hands began to crackle with energy and he launched a dark ball at Inuyasha.

This is it, time for the Backlash wave! Finding the middle point of the balls energy he cut straight through it, "Backlash wave!" combining his Tetsugia's own energy and sending it straight back at Naraku. Behind him he heard Kagome pull back her bow, and release it just as he finished. The two forces of extreme energy hit Naraku's shield and easily tore through it.

By the time the dust finally cleared only Kagome and Inuyasha were left standing, holding each other in a tender embrace. "Oh Inuyasha, I'm glad you're back."

"So am I Kagome, so am I…"

One week later…

"Inuyasha! Where did you run off to?" Kagome wandered around Kaede's village. She ran into Sango and Mirkou holding hands.

"Looking for Inuyasha? I think I saw him over by the old tree." Sango told her. She smiled when she noticed them holding hands.

"Oh, thanks Sango. You two enjoy yourselves!" She ran off skipping.

"Hmm, I wonder what she's so happy about."

"No clue…"

"Will you get your hands off of me!" Slap!

Kagome followed the dirt road outside of the village and wandered into the forest. Before long she came across the old tree and Inuyasha. The light was beautiful shinning through the trees and the sky was a clear blue. The birds around her chirped and everything was good in the world.

"Oh, hey there Kagome." He turned around noticing her.

"What are you doing out here?"

"I was just remembering old memories. Not much to do around here since we beat Naraku. Shouldn't you be heading back home?"

"I've got plenty of time, right now I want spend it with you." Inuyasha smiled as she held his hand. They looked up at the clear blue sky and knew that only good times were to come.

(Well here we are, I really did enjoy writing this, and for being my second fanfic I think it's rather good. Thanks all for who read and reviewed; it really did help me write better. I will be releasing another story sometime in the future; I've already begun work on it and should be done the first chapter soon. Till then Goodbye!)