Naraku's Destruction
With this chapter I wanted to continue Neyla's adventure's in the Feudal Era but I though it would take too long. I decided to have Naraku destroyed, because Neyla's main focus is destroying Deepground and her constant fighting with Akito Sohma. You'll also see something that would never happen. Enjoy!
Three days had passed since Neyla and the Sohmas met Motoko. They were now on the verge of defeating Naraku. Since Neyla had taken the Sacred Jewel back to the present with her, Naraku's power was weakening. After retrieving the final shard of the Sacred Jewel and had her Keyblade's power upgraded, she decided it was time to take out Naraku once and for all.
"All right everyone, gather around," said Neyla as she motioned everyone to join her, "I've cobbled up a plan to destroy Naraku forever."
"Finally, I was wondering when you were going say something useful," snorted Inu Yasha.
"Have you found where Naraku went to?" asked Sango.
"Yes I have," answered Neyla, "Thanks to the Helljumpers' fine intelligence gathering, we now know where Naraku is hiding."
"Where did they find him?!" demanded Inu Yasha.
"Remember their little hideout where Hakudoshi tried to take Kagome's soul?" asked Neyla.
Kagome looked away for a minute, she remembered it like it was yesterday. Hakudoshi had Kagura lure Inu Yasha away on a wild goose chase to find his ex-girlfriend Kikiyo and then kidnapped Kagome and Neyla. Kagome clearly wanted revenge on Hakudoshi but knew she couldn't kill him because Naraku's human heart had to be destroyed. Everyone also knew Kikiyo and her bodyguards would be going after Naraku as well, Helljumper Intel confirmed it, "A priestess and a squad of ten STARS soldiers are moving in on Naraku's hideout."
"We'll need to get there before Kikiyo and her bodyguards do," said Inu Yasha.
"Agreed," said Mirokyu.
"Who's Kikiyo?" asked Motoko.
"Inu Yasha's ex-girlfriend," answered Neyla.
"Hey we were not boyfriend, girlfriend!" exclaimed Inu Yasha blushing.
"Uh-huh, whatever Inu Yasha," Neyla hooted with laughter.
Inu Yasha wanted to punch Neyla, but he had to focus his strength in defeating Naraku. Neyla explained her plan, it would be a blitzkrieg attack. Neyla and Sango with support from the wolf demon tribe would make their way up the mountain to secure the little shrine where Kohaku would meet them and wait for Inu Yasha and everyone else. Once the shrine was secure, the demon slayers and the wolf demons would then climb up the mountain into a cave that Kagura would leave for them to find and start taking out the demons guarding the entrance. Then Inu Yasha and group would move up and take out Kanna, Hakudoshi and any other minion Naraku could find and sucker into doing his dirty work. Neyla knew that Hakudoshi couldn't die but if he was hit with the Adamant Barrage, he would be immobile for a time and they could take on Naraku. Neyla believed that Naraku would keep his second male reincarnation hidden or at his side to fight. Inu Yasha didn't like the idea of Koga and his wolves getting involved, he figured that Koga would want to be around Kagome instead of helping to fight Naraku. Neyla was confident in her plan and left to finish making preparations for the final battle against Naraku. She wanted to see Naraku burn in hell as much as Inu Yasha or Kikiyo. She and her demon cat, Hinoki, flew to the wolf demon's lair and talked to Koga.
"You're going to attack Naraku and you know where he's hiding?" Koga asked kind of surprised.
"Yes," answered Neyla, "Helljumper Intel points to Naraku hiding at a mountain thirty klicks northeast from our current position. You'll spot it when you see a little shrine hanging on a cliff side."
"All right!" exclaimed Koga, "Now we'll settle things with Naraku once and for all. Let me at him, I'll tear him to shreds!"
"Uh…about that," began Neyla, "the plan calls for the entire wolf demon tribe to help. I know you want revenge for your fallen brothers, but you can't go alone. Call for the other tribes and see if you can get help from them."
As she said this, the leaders of the other wolf tribes approached Neyla.
"You're going to attack Naraku?" asked one leader, "If you are, then count us in, we want to see Naraku dead as much as the next demon."
The other leaders agreed to help assist Neyla in taking down Naraku. When Koga saw this, he turned to his tribe and they said they would follow him to the death.
"Huh, looks like you're gonna get help from us wolf demons after all," commented Koga, "Then we'll get the Sacred Jewel and restore our glory."
"Not to sound rude, but I took the sacred Jewel back to my country and locked it away," replied Neyla, "So that no demon can use it for evil. I beg to understand my reasons and forgive me."
Koga nodded and said he understood. Then Neyla laid out the battleplan for them straight and simple; seizing the little shrine, clearing out the cave entrance and battling all the way to Naraku.
"Sounds like a plan!" exclaimed Koga, "Once I defeat Naraku, then I'll take out that mutt Inu Yasha."
Neyla gave a huff of annoyance, Koga didn't listen to the part where she said Inu Yasha had to take Naraku's barrier down before anyone could fight him.
"You can't break down Naraku's barrier," said Neyla, "Inu Yasha has to bring down the barrier before anyone can attempt to strike Naraku. Tetsusaiga's power was upgraded by Hosenki, a demon with Adamant Armor. He even upgraded the Fairy Tsunami Harp Keyblade."
"Really, show me," challenged Koga.
Neyla summoned her Keyblade and chanted the incantation to summon her new power.
"I invoke thee Hosenki," chanted Neyla.
When said those words, her Keyblade turned into adamant, Koga and the other wolf demons were surprised. She even demonstrated her Adamant Barrage on a giant boulder and put a period at the end of her sentence.
Back at the camp, Neyla told the group that Koga and the other wolf demon tribal leaders agreed to help in the fight against Naraku. The next day, Neyla and Sango proceeded as planned and met up with Koga and the Wolf demon tribe and made their way up the mountain. Some of the four legged wolves tried to find an alternate way inside and found it. As half of the wolf demons were climbing the mountain, one of Koga's assistants shouted up to Koga that an alternate route was found. Neyla had Koga's wolf demons and other leaders advance up the newly discovered path, but with caution. The new path sounded too good to be true. Neyla, Sango and Koga met up with Kohaku at the little shrine.
"I'm glad you're safe Kohaku," said Sango hugging her brother.
Sango was worried about Kohaku, Neyla sent him gather Intel on Naraku's movements and she was worried that Naraku would take over his mind again and make him fight her. Neyla however was cautious, but even that didn't ease Sango's worries a bit. Inu Yasha and the rest of the team made it to the shrine before the demon slayers and Koga began advancing again. Inu Yasha wanted to charge ahead and slay the demons before Koga could, but Kagome kept him there until their friends and Koga made it to the cave entrance and began destroying the demons. The Sohmas weren't there, they were waiting at Kadede's village for Neyla and the others. Neyla wanted to keep them safe from Naraku's reach. Back to the fighting, the advance towards Naraku was proceeding as planned. Kagome took out Kanna and Neyla knocked out Hakudoshi for most of the fight with an Adamant Barrage. There weren't many minions that were helping Naraku, but they too died at the hands of the advancing team. Soon Neyla's team linked up with the wolf demon leaders. The leaders were tired, they battled their way up the mountain. Thirty wolf demons died on the way up, Koga became furious and swore to avenge their deaths.
"My, my so everyone has shown up," Naraku said as he floated down from a cave, "It saves me the trouble hunting you all down, well except for Kikiyo."
Inu Yasha became angry and summoned the Adamant Blade, he thought he could take down Naraku in one swing.
"Shut up and die Naraku!" shouted Inu Yasha as he readied to unleash an Adamant Barrage.
Neyla made hand signals to Sango and Kohaku, she signaled that Naraku's second male incarnation was hiding in the cave Naraku came out of. Sango and Kohaku nodded and they went after the second male incarnation in the cave. Naraku tried to stop them but Kagome and Mirokyu intercepted Naraku's miasma and held him back, buying value time for the demon slayers.
Kikiyo and the STARS soldiers with her found the mountain and entered the same cave as the wolf demons. Along the way, they noticed dead wolves and other demons. Nicolai swore in Russian, he hadn't seen this much fighting since Raccoon City. Kikiyo assumed they were fighting their way to Naraku, she feel his demonic aura getting stronger as they walked through the carnage of dead demons.
"It must've been one hell of a battle," commented Jill Valentine.
"Or the demons lying dead could've been trying to guard this entrance," suggested Carlos Olivera.
"No, wolf demons came through here on their way to Naraku," said Kikiyo, "But they haven't tried to attack Naraku yet…unless they're allied with Inu Yasha."
"I doubt Inu Yasha could've come with an attack this effective," offered Nicolai, "Maybe Commander Kaiou came up the attack. I mean look at the speed of the attack, she probably had them attack and continue advancing."
"It makes sense," agreed Carlos, "The attack was swift and the demons guarding the tunnel look like they were caught off guard and didn't expect company."
Carlos then pointed to where most of the wolf demons lay dead with a lot more demons. Before he could say anything, Kikiyo cut him off.
"We must stop arguing," said Kikiyo before smiling, "Neyla and her friends have begun fighting Naraku and we shouldn't be late for the fight." The soldiers laughed and hurried to join the fight.
The demon slayers took their time and played with Naraku's second male incarnation and used their Materia charged attacks and hit him with them. The incarnation couldn't put up his barrier before they attacked him. Then Neyla summoned her new power.
"I invoke thee Hosenki," chanted Neyla as her Keyblade turned into adamant.
The incarnation was pinned to a wall he backed into. Then Neyla began chanting in the Cetra language. As she chanted, the adamant disappeared and her Keyblade began glowing. Sango and Kohaku held their breath, they knew she was going to destroy the incarnation but they didn't know how. When Neyla's Keyblade was completely engulfed with spirit power, Neyla called to them.
"Help me destroy this incarnation, I can't do it without you," requested Neyla.
Sango and Kohaku hesitated at first, but Neyla channeled spiritual power to their weapons. They were a bit startled but they helped Neyla.
Naraku was having a hard time keeping Inu Yasha or Koga from attacking him, Inu Yasha took down his barrier with Adamant Barrage every time he put a new barrier and Koga hit him hard with a super powered kick, provided by the artificial shards that Neyla made in place of the shards Koga had in his ankles. Naraku then felt immense pain and nobody struck him.
"What the hell is going on?" demanded Koga.
"Naraku's human heart has been found," answered Kikiyo as she and the STARS soldiers entered the chamber, "and once his human heart is destroyed, then Naraku will die."
Inu Yasha turned around and saw Kikiyo, just stopped gazed at her. Koga noticed Inu Yasha gazing at Kikiyo and shouted at him.
"Hey pay attention you mutt!" Koga shouted to Inu Yasha, "Naraku put up another barrier and I need it down now! So stop staring at the mortal priestess and bring the barrier down!"
Inu Yasha turned and saw Naraku indeed put up another barrier, but it was a weak barrier. He used his Adamant Barrage brought the barrier down with and pinned Naraku to a wall. Kikiyo watched in amazement as Inu Yasha brought down Naraku's barrier with ease. Naraku then felt like someone stabbed him and he cried in pain.
"I don't understand," commented Shippo, "What's going on here? Is Naraku dying or something?"
Kikiyo overheard Shippo's questions and answered them for him.
"It seems that Naraku's heart, the heart of Onigomo, has been destroyed," Kikiyo answered Shippo, "And to answer your last question, yes Naraku is dying. Without his human heart he can exist no more."
"That's good to hear," added Kagome, "Now mortals and demons alike can rest easy with Naraku destroyed forever." Kikiyo nodded in agreement.
Later at Kadede's village, Inu Yasha and everyone else was trying to figure out what do now that Naraku was dead. Kikiyo had died and her ashes were laid to rest, the STARS soldiers gave Kikiyo a ten-gun salute, she deserved that much and wanted honor to her. Sango had asked why the STARS soldiers were doing a ten-gun salute.
"It's a military tradition when a soldier dies and is laid to rest," answered Neyla, "The American armed forces started the idea of the ten-gun salute and continue it. You could say it's a ritual."
"I see," said Sango.
She thought for a bit and talked with Kohaku and Mirokyu about going to the present with Neyla. Mirokyu and Kohaku were surprised that Sango even thought of the idea.
"Come on you guys," argued Sango, "when you look down the Bone Eater's well, don't you ever wonder what it's like in Neyla and Kagome's time?"
Sango stopped for a minute, she and Kohaku had to the present once. But their visit was to the Shadow Marines' medical base thirty klicks from the outskirts of Tokyo, and that was so Sango and Kohaku could get medical help. Kohaku needed new lungs, diaphragm and a heart before the jewel shard could be taken out of his body. Sango needed stitches for the deep cuts that Kohaku inflicted on her when he was still under Naraku's control. Even Neyla needed medical help after taking five arrows in her stomach. Dr. Halsey remarked whoever removed the arrows did a crap job of repairing her stomach, as well as for Sango's wounds. Kirara, Sango's pet demon cat, had to be treated for miasma inhalation. Kohaku did want to go back to the present with Neyla because he loved her and during their time driven away from the Feudal Era, he confessed his love for her. Mirokyu thought about it as well, he wanted to see the present for himself and see if Neyla and Kagome spoke the truth about man's achievements.
"Okay Sango we'll go you to the present if that's you want," Mirokyu said to Sango holding her hands, "But what if you're needed again to slay demons, what will you do?"
Sango smiled and said, "Now that Naraku is slain, I think the time of demons is over. Maybe we can apply our skills in the present."
Mirokyu thought about this carefully; what Sango said was true about demons, with Naraku out of the picture there were going to be less demon attacks and humans would press on the path before them.
"I understand Sango," said Mirokyu.
As he said this he noticed his right hand was glowing. He examined his hand and saw the Wind Tunnel wasn't sucking anybody in his hand and had disappeared completely. Mirokyu could finally relax now that the Wind Tunnel curse had been lifted. Sango commented that if she had his children they wouldn't be cursed with the Wind Tunnel like when he was born. Mirokyu agreed to that, he told Sango he was still keeping his promise to marry her.
After Kagome and Inu Yasha went through the well, Inu Yasha wanted to move on with his life now that Kikiyo died. He wanted to try and live in the present, because Neyla suggested he try something new. Sango, Kohaku and Mirokyu went through the well with Neyla and the Sohmas to start a new life in the present. This was a new beginning for them.