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Lady'Athena Jinguji de-Geminis: Ohmigosh, thank you, I love you too :D This story is almost done, but I have a new story I'm going to publish on here. It's a little different from this one in that it doesn't follow the Inuyasha plot line, I actually came up with the plot. Anyway, I loved your review and it actually reminded me that I had to update this story. Anyway, I'll let you read this chapter, and I hope you enjoy it.
A/N: So I was reading through this chapter and it moves pretty quickly, I would rewrite it, but I can't think of a way to rewrite it. I hope you guys enjoy it. :)))
Kikyo watched from the Sacred Jewel as Sango, Kagome, and Inuyasha fought to keep Kohaku's shard safe. She remembered her death and the events that followed.
She felt the last of her life fade from her body and watched as the souls of all the women she had absorbed flowed to the sky, finding peace and as Kagome gained the rest of her soul back. She watched Sesshomaru take her body and leave his brother behind once again, she still had work to do. She saw Kohaku waiting with Rin and Jaken for Sesshomaru's return, still his shard shone brightly with her spiritual power, she continued on her journey. Naraku, she saw him holding his jewel, quite proud of himself for finally killing her. She entered the Sacred Jewel and watched his smug face turn to one of surprise as she let a speck of light shine through the darkness, simply to let him know she was still affecting him and would defeat him.
She saw Kohaku struggling, he tried to fight the evil spirit inside of him, but he couldn't break free. She couldn't just stand around and watch him, she moved her light into his shard and found Kohaku in his mind. He was reliving the day he'd killed his father and comrades, she felt her heart grow heavy as she watched the poor boy suffering.
Kikyo outstretched her arm and watch as a soul collector flew forward and moved around Kohaku, drawing his attention, then led him towards consciousness. She watched as he took back over his body and began to fight for his life. He wanted his life as much as she had wanted hers when she had been brought back to life. He was only a child caught in Naraku's crossfire and certainly didn't deserve to die for a fight that was not his.
He let go of his hold on the possessed weapon and Kikyo thrust her hands forward, closing her eyes and releasing her spiritual power, forcing the evil spirit from his body. She watched as Sesshomaru appeared and fought the spirit, Sango had caught Kohaku and now stood in a safe place. Sesshomaru quickly defeated the spirit, but she could sense something wasn't right. The spirit hadn't disappeared from this world, not yet. Sesshomaru quickly flew away when he heard Rin had been in danger and she was glad, she had a bad feeling about this spirit.
Something else caught her attention, the part of her spirit that remained tethered to the Sacred Jewel could feel Naraku's malice. He appeared and took Kagome into his arms.
"Who will you choose Inuyasha, Kagome or Kohaku?"
"The Sacred Jewel is in his right shoulder!" Kagome yelled to Sango and Inuyasha.
"So, you had enough spiritual power to see that?" Naraku seemed amused.
"His right shoulder!" Inuyasha yelled over to Sango, he summoned his red Tetsuaiga and got ready to swing.
It won't work, Kikyo thought, Kohaku get my arrow! Kohaku seemed to understand and took off on Kirara when Naraku's tentacles shot out towards him. He flew down and grabbed the arrow, then landed near Naraku.
"Naraku," He spoke loudly, drawing everyone's attention. "Promise me, you'll hand over Lady Kagome unharmed if I give you my shard."
Naraku smirked. "I promise." His arms shot out and grabbed Kohaku, drawing him near his main body.
"Kohaku, no!" Sango yelled.
"Allow me to handle this, sister!" Kohaku yelled back and turned towards Naraku. He pulled out the arrow and slammed it into the hard shell around the Sacred Jewel. "I will not die!" He yelled and pressed down harder.
Kikyo watched his fierce determination and continued to pour her strength into the arrow. Her eyes closed and she continued to hold her sad look that seemed to be etched on her face. She pushed more strength into the arrow and watched as the shell that both Inuyasha and Sesshomaru had failed to scratch broke. This was her one chance to defeat Naraku, she had to do it now. She poured even more of her strength into the arrow and watched as the jewel began to shine with a pur pink light, how long will you hold on Naraku?
Naraku threw Kohaku to the ground and tried to make his escape with Kagome, Inuyasha quickly swung his sword causing Naraku to drop Kagome while Sango caught Kohaku's falling body.
Sesshomaru watched from the sidelines, he had quickly turned around when he felt Kikyo's presence appear. He watched as Kohaku used power that only Kikyo had possessed.
Kikyo felt her heart lift as Kohaku made up his mind to live, to fight for his life and happiness, however, she knew his battle wasn't over yet. Something changed in the air, the shard was moving, she was no longer tied to Kohaku's soul. Naraku had taken the shard, she watched from the shard as Kohaku's body fell to the ground, lifeless. She watched Sango sink to the ground in tears and remembered Kaede's tearful look when she had first died, and then again when she had died the second time.
Kikyo felt the jewel become whole, she couldn't do both by herself and Kagome still didn't have her spiritual powers back. She had to choose. She closed her eyes with resolve and slowly allowed her power to flow into Kohaku, his eyes opened and she smiled as Sango pulled him close, sobbing against him. Kohaku had been given a second chance at his life.
Kikyo glanced back up at Naraku, then over at Kagome, she and Inuyasha would have to defeat Naraku themselves. Kikyo had used most of her strength to revive Kohaku, she didn't have much left to fight Naraku, but she would use what remained the help in his defeat.
A/N: Okay, so we have one more chapter(I think) and an epilogue and I can almost gurantee that you guys don't know how this is going to end, but if you want to give it a guess, go ahead. You have two weeks to guess how this story is going to end, and no that doesn't mean I'll be skipping the update next week, it just means the epilogue is going to be the end end, so at the end of the next chapter please don't murder me. And omg I feel like I'm spoiling the story, don't listen to me just put in your guesses and if you get it right I'll send you a batch of virtual cookies. :)