A/N: Thank you for reviewing, sorry this chapter was so late. I had a hard time trying to get my idea out on paper.
"Talking"
'Thoughts/ Sesshomaru's demon'
"Kagome's demon"
Hatara's demon
Ch.14 Kikyo's fall and the final battle
LAST TIME:
Out of the corner of right eye, Shippo saw both Noriaki draw his attention to Kagome and Sesshomaru stand at the edge of the battlefield in horror, it even showed on his face then Hatara and the others arrived with the same horror-stricken face. Shippo didn't realize why until he saw that Kikyo had let her fly and there was no way anyone could stop it from hitting Kagome and Kagome didn't even know the arrow was coming.
NOW:
As the arrow made its way toward Kagome Sesshomaru tried to use his acid whip to knock the arrow out of the way but there was a strong barrier surrounding it, and when Sesshomaru knew he wouldn't be able to reach her he saw crimson. Sesshomaru was gone before any one except Hatara could notice. It seemed as soon as Sesshomaru left the others a white blur picked up Kagome and disappeared seconds before the arrow would have hit her.
"Lady Hatara did you see that?" asked Heion?
"Yes, though how he got here I do not know, and if his is still the same we will have quite the spectacle to watch." stated Hatara trying to hide her smile and quiet laugh at previous memories that flooded her mind.
Right after she finished here sentence a hoard of low class demons came to them and initiated them into the fight.
(KIKYO AND INUYASHA)
Kikyo watched in despair as her tempted on Kagome's life was ruined by the white blur who she believed to be Sesshomaru, but then rationalized in her twisted mind that it couldn't have been.
Inuyasha who was right beside her did nothing he did not move, blink, or scream when Kikyo shot her arrow. He was under Kikyo's powers and he if really wanted he could have broken the spell when she had first placed it on him but his love for the dead priestess was to strong and only fueled the spell, and now it was too late. The only way that the spell could be broken was by the death of Kikyo.
Kikyo who was now frantic scanned the battlefield for Kagome and the "Blur", but had no success in finding her and what she heard next made her undead body rigid with fear.
'FACE ME MIKO OF HELL! I WANT YOUR UNDEAD EYES TO BORE INTO MINE AS I CLAIM THE RIGHT TO AVENGE MY MATE TO BE'S DEATH! ... LOOK AT THIS SESSHOMARU, DAMN IT!!!!!!!' roared Sesshomaru's beast in a mixture of pain sorrow and anger that made his voice sound as cold as death.
"Lord Sesshomaru, I heard you first time. However, my opinion of you has changed. Who knew that the mighty Lord of the West who hates humans would fall in love with reincarnation? You are just like your stupid, pathetic brother." spoke Kikyo as she slow turned and revealed a sickening smile. She knew Kagome was not dead but she loved seeing the Western Lord in this type of state that he has tried prevent by hiding his feelings.
That is all it took to get Sesshomaru to raise his hand to strike Kikyo. As Kikyo saw this she then turned to Inuyasha and said in a quivering voice, "'yasha your brother is trying to kill me, HELP ME PLEASE!"
About a second before Sesshomaru's hand that was now full of poison (that had spewed from his claws) made contact with Kikyo another clawed hand grabbed hold of his.
"What in the hell are you doing you bastard? Do you think you can just strut up to our camp and kill my mate?" As Inuyasha said this his claws dug into Sesshomaru's arm and was twisting it (the arm) and pulling it making the wounds deeper and longer so they would take longer to feel.
'YOU REALLY ARE AS STUPID AS YOU SEEM HALF-BREED. FOR YOU CANNOT TELL WHEN YOUR OWN BITCH HAS TRIED TO KILL YOU AND MAKE YOU KILL THE ONLY PERSON THAT SEEMED TO CARE. I SHALL HAVE NO QUALMS HURTING YOU AND KILLING YOUR MATE.'
And with that, Sesshomaru threw Inuyasha into a tree so hard that the tree shattered but did not stop Inuyasha's momentum and he then flew into another tree where he was rendered unconscious and fell to the earth. When Sesshomaru turned to the face Kikyo, he saw that she had fled like the coward she was. That's when Sesshomaru's pure red eyes turned white.
(KAGOME)
"OK, WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?" yelled Kagome letting her miko powers flair out slightly and turning to see her savior, who she ironically thought was a threat.
Once she got turned completely around and looked at him her, breathe caught. (He looked at quick glance like Sesshomaru.) Her Savior was a Kitsune demon. He had silver tinted hair and had light sky blue streaks in it, his as were a deep honey gold with violet around the pupil, he stood about the same height as Sesshomaru though he (the Savior) was a bit taller, on the demons forehead was a symbol of a blue flame with a pink circle around it, he was also wearing a black Haori that had red and blue roses on the back , black Hakama that had the vines from the two roses going down on one of the legs, his sash was red and carried two swords and a almost invisible black pouch.
"I am Shizen, friend of the Northern Lord and answerer of your kit's distress call. I infer you did not notice the arrow about lodge itself in your back. Also I must inquire how the hell are you?" spoke Shizen with a smirk while he teased Kagome.
"I'm Kagome guardian of the Shikon Jewel." stated Kagome only slightly ruffled at the kitsune's last statement. "Also thank you for saving my life."
"It was no problem, but what are you going to do about Naraku, he is not going to let you get to him again so easily?" asked Shizen.
"I could Teleport next to him then purify him." stated Kagome with a hint doubt.
"You can't for two reasons one it would leave your self open and the is a barrier around him." announced Shizen. "How about I use one of my seeds from my pouch and get through the barrier and right next to him?" asked Shizen calculating the possible ways to get to Naraku.
"But wouldn't that leave open still?" inquired Kagome.
"No, because would be getting ready to attack when a opened my plant up." explained Shizen
"Alright, but how do I know you won't kill me?" asked Kagome getting a little skeptical.
"You don't but if it helps the pink circle around my flame on my forehead shows that I am the guardian to both the tama and the miko protecting it." spoke Shizen with great pride.
"Very well then, we will try your way." stated Kagome.
All Shizen did was nod his head and reached into his pouch and brought out a black seed. He then placed it on the ground and watched as the ground absorbed it.
"Kagome-chan, would please put a barrier up so I am not killed leaving you in the ground?" asked Shizen with a smirk when he got a look on Kagome's face.
"Yes, of course" was all Kagome could say.
After the barrier was put up Shizen let some of his power into the ground and then after few seconds he stopped because the ground was shaking. The shaking continued for about two minutes before a red rose just big enough to fit kagome popped up and bloomed.
"Step in and watch the thorns." stated Shizen.
Nodding her head Kagome walked up to the rose and stepped in and stood right in the center and watched as the rose slowly closed back up.
(HATARA)
Hatara had just gruesomely tore through a lesser demon when Kikyo ran in front of her. She (Hatara) watched Kikyo run for a second before she disappeared from where she was at, but she wasn't out of sight for long. She reappeared behind Kikyo with claws a mere millimeter from her (Kikyo's) jugular. Also Hatara was losing the fight with her inner demon.
"I would have thought Sesshomaru would have ended your pathetic life, but I see you managed to escape his wrath for the moment, but no worries he will end your life slowly as soon as he gets here." spoke a blood chilling voice from Hatara.
"How can he if he is being killed by his brother?" smirked Kikyo.
"Because you little bitch I called him and while we wait I suppose I could make your undead clay pot of a life hell." spoke Hatara's demon.
As soon as Hatara finished that statement she was completely lost to her demon and you could see the fear in Kikyo's eyes, because she knew there was no escaping this.
It was about ten minutes before Sesshomaru reached where Hatara was and once he got there he couldn't believe what he saw. Kikyo was just barely clinging to life she had lacerations on her arms along with bruises. Though he never expected to find an out of control Hatara
"HATARA, YOU WILL CALM YOURSELF. WE ARE IN WAR THIS NEITHER THE NOR THE PLACE FOR YOU TO LOSE CONTROL. YOU REVERT OR WILL BE FORCED TO EITHER SUBDUE YOU OR GET YOUR SON." yelled Sesshomaru letting his aura fan out around Hatara.
Sesshomaru watched as Hatara had jumped at the sound of his voice and slowly calmed. Once she was to her normal self she stated, " I am sorry. My anger got the best of me when I saw her because she almost killed my daughter."
Sesshomaru only nodded his head and turned to the dead miko and with out of word he used his poison whip and watched as the life left her and she turned back into grave yard soil and ash.
No words were said until Noriaki came and called out to them, "Look over by Naraku."
Once they did neither could believe their eyes.
(KAGOME)
Thought above the move that would end this battle. She never had perfected it so she knew there was a chance she could die, but she willingly excepted the fact. Kagome could hear that battle above so that meant she was close to the surface and started to gather her energy. Once the rose broke the surface and bloomed again Kagome looked at Naraku and smiled before she yelled out "MIKO COMBUSTION."
All anybody could see was a pink and red wave follow after each other, and when everything turned back to normal color there was no Naraku, no Kagome and no jewel.
In the now silent battlefield all could hear were six voice four them unknown to any living soul except the other two and in perfectly spoken at once.
The chant the broke through the clearing was soft and gentle, " A phoenix is reborn from its ashes make sure this one is." And as to answer the unspoken question of how the two known voice looked over to where the clans that took Kagome in and said "love." Heion and Shizen then joined in the group as they began to look for the fallen heroes and Kagome.
A/N: I hope you enjoyed your holidays, and I am sorry this chapter took so long to write.