Hey everyone! I hope you guys have been enjoying the story so far! I'm not the greatest at battle scenes, so just kinda bear with me here. Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy this chapter!
Chapter 9: Death Becomes the New Moon
A blood curdling scream ripped through the air. It almost wouldn't have sounded human if the voice wasn't so well known. A splash was heard immediately after. Demons and humans alike rushed towards the water. Tentacles flew everywhere knocking them aside. A tentacle went for the water, meaning to pluck out the individual who had fallen to its depths, but was thrown back by a mountain of pink reiki. Silence followed. It seemed the only sounds were the hearts thumping in the chest of her companions. It seemed an eternity had passed as they watched the surface of the water that was slowly calming. No bubbles were seen. Suddenly the one who had fallen to the water rose out of its abyss like a god. Her ebony hair flowed about her like branches of a tree bending to the winds embrace.
"Onigumo… I know you still reside somewhere in this black abyss you call 'Naraku'. Come forth, and be Onigumo once again. You will be given another chance at life. A chance to do it right." She said, her eyes fixed on him.
"NEVER! I will never be that man again! Onigumo is dead! I am Naraku and I WILL be a full demon!" he shouted back, rage filling his eyes as he looked around. Demons lay splattered about the ground in disgraceful chunks of flesh. He looked at them in disgust then looked at the young woman's companions he had tangled in his miasmic tentacles. No, he can't quit now. He's come too far and has accomplished too much. He can't lose it all now that he almost has it all.
"You're refusal will be your demise, Naraku." She said calmly. Shots of reiki shot towards him. Most he blocked with his tentacles, but a few managed to shoot past and hit him. She calmed her reiki for a second, long enough to build it up again.
"You fool! You cannot defeat me! I have no heart!" he shouted at her. It didn't seem to affect her as much as he had hoped it would. It didn't deter her in any way. But of course, she already knew he didn't have his heart with him. She snuck a glance behind him. A woman with red eyes stood there, with what seemed to be an infant. The Infant. The one they needed to finally end Naraku's horrible and evil existence. One stab, a cry, a scream, then silence.
Everyone stood and stared. They dare not breathe, or even blink. Was he really gone? The woman, Kagura, walked up to him, tossing the dead infant aside. She always despised the little cretin. A jar was in the robes of the thing they had fought. Inside the jar was a red, beating heart. Kaguras heart. She grabbed the jar and opened it, holding her own heart in her hand. But the reunion, was not to be lived long for a tentacle shot through the heart, and into her chest. She gasped, a pained and horrifying gasp. Blood spilled from her mouth as she looked at all the humans and demons around her. The ones Naraku had forced her to attack, lest she be killed. She chuckled a sort of ironic and sarcastic chuckle.
"Figures." She said, before she passed to oblivion. Kagome walked up to her along with Miroku, and they prayed for her. They didn't know if she had a soul, but they prayed for it anyways. Though Naraku had created her, and she had done horrible things, in the end, she still helped them defeat the great evil in Japan. And for that, they were thankful. They hoped she found peace where ever she may have gone.
Sesshomaru walked up to Kagome. He studied her for a second, noticing that she seemed to have gone back to normal despite her almost drowning. He was still worried for her though, that was a lot of reiki she used to have been able to send shocks through the water the way she did. She certainly was amazing. She was willing to give him a second chance, if only he claimed his human side instead of the demons he so desired. Even after all the disaster that he had caused. The heartbreak and deaths that had happened because of him. Yet she still offered a second chance. Most definitely not your average Miko.
He looked then to Inuyasha, who was being held up by Sango. It seemed he had gotten hit pretty badly with the miasma tentacle. Kagome followed his gaze and ran over to him. She helped Sango carry him to flat ground and forced him to let her examine his wound. Luckily he hadn't been stabbed, but a bruise covered pretty much his entire torso. It was most likely that he had either broken or cracked a rib or two. Looking it over, she began clicking her tongue at him. There were a couple cuts on his back where he had been slammed into a tree, but other than that he was alright. She rubbed an ointment on the cuts and wrapped his torso. Even tomorrow he wouldn't be able to move much and he knew it. They'd have to go back to the village so he could rest properly.
She turned to talk to Sesshomaru, but found he was not there. She looked all around, but she couldn't find him. She walked to the forest and walked the perimeter trying to find some trace, but there was nothing. It was as if he was never there.
Whoa! Naraku is deeeaaaad! Haha I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! R&R please!
