And here's chappy 21 ^^ almost done with this story. just a couple of chapters to go
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Chapter 21: Final Battle Part 2
"Looks like you're nothing without your little tricks" Kagome taunted as she dodged another of Masaru's attacks. He had manage to get a hit on her, but thanks to her armour it wasn't by much. He growled at her and charged in for another attack. Kagome blocked with Tenkire and sent a pulse of reiki at the moth. He jumped back to avoid the full blast and countered with a strike to her side.
"Don't think you've got the upper hand miko" Masaru hissed ready to strike again.
Kagome brought up a barrier then quickly notched an arrow in her bow, pointed straight at his heart. "I think I do have the upper hand" she said before firing the arrow. Masaru barely dodged it, causing the arrow to embed into his arm instead. Unfortunately for him Kagome had already prepared another arrow and fired at him, this time catching him in the chest. He snarled at her as he tried to pry the arrow from it place. That only succeeded to cause him more pain when the pure energy from the arrow shocked his arm.
"I should make you suffer but I won't. Instead, I'll let you go." Kagome said, placing her bow back behind her and picking up Tenkire. "Let's go Shippo" She called out to the kitsune, both bounding off toward the main fight. Not even a good ten feet away Kagome sensed Masaru coming up behind for an attack. She turned around, and with a wide swing of her arm, she swiped Tenkire straight across the oncoming youkai's chest.
Masaru eyes widened in disbelief. How could this ningen girl...this weak miko defeat him. No she wasn't weak, not if she was able to survive for so long. He felt the sting of his wound as the purification energy began to eat him away. As he felt the last of his energy fade away he looked into the miko's eyes. Determination and courage. "But is that enough to kill Naraku" He said dryly as his body started to fade to dust.
"What did he mean by that?" Shippo asked kicking the left over youkai dust.
"Don't worry about it Shippo. Let's get to the others" Kagome took off to the battle field, Shippo following behind.
"Damn!" Inuyasha exclaimed as he jumped back from Naraku's attack. The wicked hanyou was gaining the upper hand. With an almost completed jewel (save for the one Kagome had), he was much more stronger than before. Even Sesshomaru was having a hard time. The taiyoukai was cutting away at Naraku's tentacles with his Bakusaiga, but even that wasn't slowing him down. "Sesshomaru move!" Inuyasha yelled as he prepared to unleash the Wind Scar. As soon as the inu moved, he released his attack.
The cloud of dust and debris cleared, revealing a unharmed Naraku behind his barrier. "Now I know you could do better. Or are you helpless without your miko?"
No sooner had those words left his mouth, an arrow streaked across the field and struck his barrier, breaking it instantly. The evil hanyou turned in slight shock to see Kagome standing with another arrow ready to fire at him. "That's impossible"
Kagome just smirked as she released the arrow. Naraku dodged it only to be facing the sharp blade of Tetsusaiga. Inuyasha got a good hit on him but the wound healed almost instantly. Kagome dashed forward and drew Tenkire for an attack.
Naraku placed up his barrier but it failed under the strike. Kagome had laced her sword with her powers before hand, knowing the hanyou would try and hide behind his barriers. As soon as his barrier failed, Inuyasha and Sesshomaru took aim at him. They struck with extreme force that they tore him to pieces. "Don't let your guard down. He's still here." Sesshomaru warned.
"I know" Inuyasha replied, his eyes darting back and forth across the field. He could see where the others were fighting, finishing the last of Naraku's demons. It looked like Miroku was injured but nothing to serious. Shippo was fighting from on top Kirara, hitting the demons with his fox fire. Sango was helping Kohaku battle three large bear youkais.
"Should we wait?" Kagome asked. She held her bow tightly in her hand, getting ready to launch an arrow if need be.
"Not to worry miko" Naraku's voice covered the entire battle field. "I won't make you wait for your deaths!" Suddenly the youkais that were there was drawn into one spot and were wrapped in the flesh of Naraku's tentacles. They were all quickly devoured, or in this sense absorbed, into Naraku's flesh. Kagome could sense the jewel deep within the mass of flesh. A bright dark light then engulfed the pile. When the light disappeared a massive spider youkai stood in front the inutaichi.
"Now how should I kill you all?" The beast said, a laughter erupting from him. He spewed a thick web like strands out his mouth and at the group. Kagome made a barrier around them quickly. The pure energy of the barrier diminishing the strands. Where the strands hit the ground it ate away at the earth like acid. Kagome released the barrier, and the rest of the group spread out, trying to find a weakness. However, one by one they were being knocked aside by the youkai spider.
Miroku held a bleeding arm, where Naraku had pierced it with one of his sharped edged legs. Shippo was laying not to far away unconscious. Kohaku, who had a slight head wound grabbed him and moved away from the battle. Kagome was also hurt as she clutched her side in pain. Naraku caught her off guard and pretty much shattered her armour. The only ones who seemed perfectly fine were Sesshomaru and Inuyasha, although they were both bleeding. They two of them were fighting back relentlessly.
Sango was leaning on Kirara for support. She hand taken a hit to the leg and could barely stand. Not letting that stop her, Sango leaped on Kirara and flew into the air. She readied her Hiraikotsu and swung it at Naraku's head. The large boomerang met with a barrier, which caused the large weapon to break on impact. The monster spider turned it's head upward and sent a strand of web at Kirara, successfully wrapping around the felines hind leg. Kirara immediately threw the taijiya off of her as Naraku drew the feline in with the web. Inuyasha rushed to catch her falling body and landed safely from the youkai. A cry from Kirara brought their attention to Naraku, who crushed her in his jaws.
"KIRARA!" Sango screamed as she watched her loyal companion go limp.
An arrow was shot and hit the spider square in the jaw, causing him to release the fire cat. Her body dropped to the ground with a sickening thud and shrunk down to her smaller size. Kohaku ran to the fallen youkai, not knowing Naraku was ready to strike him. Kagome quickly shot another arrow at Naraku hitting two of his legs. Unbalanced he fell to the ground where Sesshomaru was waiting. The taiyoukai struck the dark youkais remaining legs with Bakusaiga. Even with his legs gone, Naraku still proved difficult with those webs he kept spewing out.
Sesshomaru had to dodge backwards when he started releasing the strands of webs from his mouth. Naraku was wrapping himself in the webs like a cocoon. "He's using the jewel to regenerate." Kagome said coming beside the taiyoukai.
"Then let's not give him that chance." Inuyasha voiced as he came up behind them. Sesshomaru nodded in agreement. Both inu-brothers readied their swords for attack. Kagome notched an arrow in her bow and let all of her purification power flow into the single arrow.
"I'll break through his barrier and web with one hit." She said pulling back on the bow string. With a deep breath she released the arrow. It cut across the field in a brilliant blue light and struck the webbed barrier. Not a second after it hit the two inus launched their attack. With all three attacks coming in together, Naraku was destroyed. Kagome ran forward to catch the small dark orb falling to the ground. With a simple touch the jewel became purified.
Kagome looked back at her friends and almost cried. Sango was hugging the small fire cat to her body, tears falling down her face. Miroku was trying his best to comfort her, ignoring his bleeding arm. Shippo was now conscious, his eyes roaming sadly across his friend's dead body. Kohaku was trying hard to fight his tears but failing. Kagome's attention was then drawn to Sesshomaru who was beginning to walk towards the group.
He looked over his shoulders and saw the curiosity in her eyes. He simply tapped Tensaiga and she knew what he was going to do. "If anything happens, I'll save them" That's what he said and he was fulfilling that promise. He walked over to the taijiya and in one sweep motion he swipe Tensaiga over the fire cat's body. Time seemed to stop for an instant as youkai's soul returned to it's body.
Sango's teary eyes widened when a small mew came from the small cat. Slowly Kirara opened her eyes and looked up at her companions. "Kirara" Sango whispered and hugged her companion to her in relief. She looked up at the taiyoukai and smiled. "Thank you."
Sesshomaru nodded and walked away. He was stopped by Inuyasha.
"Where are you headed?"
"To get Rin" the taiyoukai answered. "If your heading back to the village, we will catch up"
Inuyasha just waved him off and walked back to his friends. They were all injured but they wold live. Finally, their nightmare was over. After Kagome had attended to their wounds, the group set off to return home. But there was now a question nagging in his head. 'What will happen when Kagome completes the jewel and make the wish?'
3:45am... wow two hours behind my other story. I suck. then again my computer is a pain in the neck. hoped you enjoyed this chapter. The battle scene came out a little short but i like it. another note i didn't mean to kill kirara... it just sorta happened. i was writing and trying not to cry. aaaaanywhoo- review please. also if there are any spelling errors or something like that tell me and i'll try to fix it right away