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For all it's Worth:
Chapter Ten – To the End
At first my vision was blurry, but soon I came too and was able to see everything around me. Inuyasha was staring down at me, his furry ears twitching for no reason. Sitting up, I noticed we were at the bottom of the stairs.
Looking up, I could see the stairs we were just on disappear to darkness the higher I looked. Then I looked around us. The area was a circle, which we were in the center of. Candles lined the walls, giving light to the bottom. A pathway was right across from us, also lined with candles as well.
To my right, I heard someone sneeze. Looking over I saw Shippo rubbing his nose as he sat on Kirara's back. Behind him was a giggling Taski, who earned a glare from the sniffling fox kit. Beside Kirara were an angry looking Sango and Miroku, who was holding his red cheek.
I tried standing up, but my legs felt like jello and just would wobble and give out. If Inuyasha wasn't there, I would have fallen right back on my behind. But he grabbed me around my waist and set me back up straight, giving me support. Slowly, we headed over to the others.
"Should we start going down the hallway?" Miroku said as he turned his attention to us then looking down the hallway. Taski hopped off Kirara and stood with us. "I think so, were not going to get anywhere just standing here."
Sango nodded her head then looked over to Kirara, who transformed into her smaller form as soon as Shippo got off. Shippo hoped onto Miroku's shoulder instead as Miroku sighed. He mumbled something under his breath, something regarding Sango. Inuyasha bent down, allowing me to get on his back. As soon as he knew I was secured, we took off down the scarcely lit hallway.
Every few feet there would be another candle, alternating from one wall to another. This reminds me of when you're going through one of those tunnels on the highway. The hallway felt just like the stairs, never ending. But I prefer this hallway more than I did the stairs.
It didn't take long till we made it to a dead end. The hallway just suddenly ended, with no doors or exits of any kind. We looked along the walls to see another secret door, but there wasn't any to be found.
Taski and Inuyasha continued looking a few feet down the hallway, looking for some sort of entrance. Sango and Miroku continued to look along the dead end, but they couldn't seem to find anything. I looked around the side of the walls by Sango, looking for anything. That's when I saw something small against the wall. It looked a lot like a button of some sort. Like the ones you used when pressing a reset button that had to use a pen or something to get.
"Hey Inuyasha," I asked as he was about to walk past me. He turned to me and looked to where I was pointing. "Can you press this with one of your claws?" Nodding, he placed his smallest claw to the hole.
A passage appeared a little bit down the hall way. Everyone went down there to see a small room that had one candle on each side of the room. On the other side of the room, right across from us, was a doorway that was a bamboo mat. A bright light appeared from behind it and could be seen by the holes in the mat.
All of us entered the room quietly. I went to the mat and pushed it aside to see what was behind it. Katasi was in there; with some alter in from of her. Her eyes were closed and a peaceful and neutral look stayed on her face. Looking around the room, I noticed how big it was.
This room was about six times bigger than the last room with a ceiling that was about three times taller than me. Candles were on every self surrounding the room, not even an inch apart. Each one was a different height and color, making a wave like pattern of flames. Selves of different herbs and other things lined one wall behind the table. Every thing was plain and nothing was out of place.
Looking at her again, I noticed she wasn't wearing the same outfit as last time, the clothes she had now still didn't look fit for fighting. A white dress with elegant black designs ended at her ankles, tight fitting at her upper part and flowing from her hips in rippled waves. Her long hair lay out around her, framing her face. But even in the dress, she fought with a fire and strength that women didn't normally have.
We all entered the room with ease. After we all appeared inside, her eyes opened to show the same dark purple eyes as before. Standing slowly with grace I thought only full blooded demons had, she turned to us to look at each one of us. Her eyes strayed to Taski, making her lips gain a small smirk.
"I see you all returned, and with a new companion as well." Dark, deep purple eyes traveled back to stare at Inuyasha. "And I see you are back to being a half demon." A smile then appeared on her face like she was happy he was still alive. "Thought your friends were going to have to kill you for awhile there, since you just kept knocking them down." The smile got wider as she noticed the looks on our faces. "Of course though, none of that equals up to when you killed Kagome, does it?" Shocked faced filled my friends, except for Inuyasha and Taski.
"I'm taking it you're all here to kill me?" The look on each person's face was serious and each person went into a battle stance and prepared for battle. The same sword from before, the Dragon's Fang, appeared magically in Katasi's hand.
"Then let us battle."
Inuyasha charged at her, his sword held high and ready to attack. Again, just like before in the field, a shield surrounded Katasi and protected her from the attack. The giant sword broke through the barrier though when the sword turned a red color. Katasi brought her sword up with ease and blocked the attack. Inuyasha flipped backwards and landed on his feet a few feet away from the enemy.
Sango picked up her boomerang and threw it with all her might at the beautifully clad woman. Katasi faced the oncoming weapon, not a sign of fear on her. Instead she just smiled and hit the boomerang so that it went in a different direction. Pulling her sword from its sheath, Sango then charged at Katasi. As she went at one side, Miroku came from the opposite side with his staff ready to hit. But even with that, Katasi somehow blocked both people and sent them flying a few feet back. Both got back from the ground and got ready to fight again.
"None of you can beat me. Even if you all came at me at once from all directions, I will win and take you all out with one blow of my sword. You are all doomed to lose." Katasi's voice spoke as she readied her sword to attack us.
We all stood by each other, trying to find a way in our minds to beat the one woman in front of us.
I lifted my bow and notched an arrow in place, aiming it at the demon priestess. Sango, Miroku, and Inuyasha readied their swords and staff for attack. Taski somehow gained two swords and held one in each hand. Kirara was in her larger form, bearing her teeth at the enemy. All Katasi did was smile at us as she held the Dragon's Fang in her hand.
Inuyasha lifted his sword above his head and right before it went down I let go of my arrow. The glowing arrow led the bright four or five streaks of light towards Katasi. My arrow hit her arm and the lights only gave her a few scratches. She hissed in pain and grabbed the injured area while gripping the sword tighter in her hand.
As Katasi looked to her wound, Sango threw her giant boomerang. But the demon priestess saw the weapon just in time and created a small barrier that made the weapon fly in another direction till it landed in the ground. Blood continued to come out of her wound.
I notched another arrow, reading for anything. Inuyasha charged again at Katasi, his sword raised high. She placed hers in front of her, defending herself from the brunt attack. Both continued to throw attack after attack with their swords, alternating from one blocking to attacking. I swear I could see sparks shooting from each attack as their swords clanged with the sound of metal against metal.
Blood could be seen splattering against the ground when each made a hit. Could hear one curse or hiss when the pain coursed through their body. We could all see their footsteps and movements when they took a choice on attacking or defending.
Quickly, I aimed my arrow at Katasi while she was defending an attack from Inuyasha. She didn't notice the arrow coming till it was not even an inch from striking her side. The sharp point entered her side, making blood fly and a hole appear. Smell of burning flesh could be smelt at the purifying arrow burned her flesh around the wound. Katasi screamed in pain as the whole thing registered in her brain.
Inuyasha was about to attack her with his sword, but she still managed to block herself from the close attack. With one hand she held her sword, though it was quickly making Inuyasha's sword come closer to her face, as she used her other hand to focus her energy. And when she did she launched the blast at him, making him fly into the opposite wall.
"You wench!" Katasi screamed at me as she pulled out the arrow I shot her with. More blood poured from the wound. Like before, she poured her energy into her hands. A bright light was seen coming from her hands, a dark color with an electric feel. The pressure from the upcoming attack was warm and made me want to shake in fear. She first took small steps towards me, then quicker and bigger steps towards me.
My eyes got bigger as I stood frozen in my spot. Sango and Miroku tried to attack her but that only led to their weapons going somewhere else. Katasi was getting closer to me, and I couldn't do anything it felt like. My hands were shaking so badly, that they felt like they were about to fall out of my hands. "I can't die like this," I thought to myself.
Instinct took over then. My body stopped shaking till you couldn't tell it was and lifted my bow and arrows. Quickly the arrow was sent soaring towards Katasi. But my arrow didn't make it to her; it slowly burned to a crisp in the fire.
Katasi was getting closer, so now I could feel the burning on my face. I could see the crazy look on Katasi's face and the red florescent glow to her eyes. It scared the living hell out of me. There was nothing I could. I really was going to die here. I closed my eyes tightly as I waited for the attack.
A loud scream could be heard a few feet in front of me. Quickly I opened my eyes to see Katasi have a sword going through her chest. Her once bright eyes became dull and slowly closed. Blood pooled on the floor around her, reaching to my feet.
The giant sword was taken out of her chest and through her back. Katasi collapsed to the ground, falling face first into her own blood. Inuyasha stood behind the dead body, looking at me. "Are you alright?" Tears from the fear I had now flowed for relief as I grabbed onto Inuyasha's shirt. The warmth from the almost attack was now from the warmth of Inuyasha himself. This was the safest place I could ever be, right here in Inuyasha's arms.
He placed his sword into the sheath and wrapped his arms around me, to comfort my trembling form. I couldn't be anymore happier than I was now. But this happiness was sort lived as I felt a sudden pain and jolt as a burning sensation took my back. My eyes became wide than fell closed into unconsciousness.
Katasi made one last attack, right at me.
But Sango's boomerang took her head right off her neck, making sure there was no way to could come to life again. Inuyasha held onto Kagome as she slowly was dying from the burn in her back.
"Kagome!!!"
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I'm so sorry everyone! I've been working on this but I've also had all this other stuff going on. Wish I worked harder though on this. But I've had some problems. All better now though. Also, I'm sorry about this chapter. I suck at fight scences and I believe this isn't that great of a chapter. Just hope you guys like it. Well, there's one more chapter for this story, the if I remember I promised a one shot. Well, I hope everyone the best and everything is going great for you guys! Luvs:-)
