The Pirates Life for Me

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Chapter 21

Attack!

Kagome POV

"This is it! This is the day we've been waiting for. We're finally going to lay waste to the bastard Naraku." I thought gleefully to myself as my group of friend and I ran through our battle plan.

For the past three nights, one of the three groups would scout out the ship that housed Naraku. Each group, on their particular night, would take as many notes as possible without being discovered. We wanted to know if Naraku actually lived in the room that Miroku had found, how many people lived aboard the middle ship, if the crew was actually entirely demonic, and anything else that could be gathered.

Fortunately, all three of the small groups came back with a ton of useful information. Every group was able to positively say that Naraku lived aboard the middle ship, and even better where he spent most of his time at night. We were able to confirm that the crew was in fact entirely demonic, the amount is still incredibly unknown, but we do know that there are a lot of demons, not just on the middle ship but all three ships combined.

Tonight is the fourth night, the final night of our plan. This night is the night that we attack Naraku. Tonight will be the end of his life and the end of the terror that he causes. No longer will he be able to harm others and no longer will he be able to get away with his sick and twisted plans.

Inuyasha had decided on the first night that only our group would attack the three ships. The remainder of the crew would remain aboard the Shikon in order to protect it from anyone who decided to possibly steal or even destroy our ship. We figured the chances of that the chances of that happening were pretty slim, but we had to be prepared none the less.

The seven of us were slowly making our way towards Naraku's middle ship, even though we would soon be in battle, we wished to refrain from being noticed until we were aboard the ship. We wanted to be a surprise, not be surprised.

"Hey guys?" I whispered as the foreboding ships slowly grew in size. "When we get on the ship, we need to stay together. We can't protect each other, or even be at our full strength if we separate or lose one another."

Everyone silently whispered their agreements and we continued towards the ship. Using the cloud filled night sky and the shadows as coverage, we all boarded the enemy ship. When gathered once more, Miroku took his previously approved position as leader in the front of the group and lead us towards the room that we assumed to be Naraku's.

"God damnit!" Koga hissed yet again. "These stupid demons won't get out of our god damn way. How the hell are we supposed to get to the bastard's room if they keep appearing out of the damned walls?" The trip that should have only taken five minutes max was taking much longer because the demon crew kept appearing out of the dark corridors and preventing us from progressing any further.

Several more minutes passed before the last demon was finally destroyed. "Hey Kouga, I think that's the last of them. Ginta and I will go ahead a little to see if anymore decide to show." Kouga nodded once in agreement before Ginta and Hakaku ran ahead until we finally reached Naraku's room.

Inuyasha briskly walked through the middle of our small group and grabbed the handle to the large wooden door, and after receiving a nod of encouragement from every one he threw the door open and instantly took a defensive stance that was similar to the rest of the groups'.

To our immediate disappointment, a quick glance throughout the room proved that it was in fact empty. "The hell is he?" Inuyasha barked as he ran into the room in an attempt to find him. The rest of us followed suite, I was the last to enter but was suddenly stopped when a large hand grabbed my shoulder and yanked me backwards. A scream was promptly ripped out of my throat as I felt a hand roughly grab my hair, pulling me up off the ground and the hand that was on my shoulder wrapped itself around my throat, instantly cutting of the scream that had already caught everyone's attention.

Everyone stopped in their tracks once they realized who was holding me hostage. "You low lives honestly believed that you could kill me?" My eyes widened into large saucers upon hearing the voice, I would know that voice anywhere. Naraku!

"You bastard! Let Kagome go!" Inuyasha was the first to react, but his movements only caused Naraku to clench his large hand even tighter around my throat. The world was starting to become fuzzy as my breathing worsened.

"Inu. Inuya. Yasha!" I croaked out, at the rate it was going, I would be unconscious within minutes, especially if Naraku didn't ease off of my throat soon. Scratching at the hand and arm around my neck posed to be incredibly useless, it only caused Naraku to become angrier and to squeeze harder, forcing me to just hold on for my dear life.

Upon hearing my voice my friends stopped in their tracks before attacking simultaneously. The action caused Naraku to lift me higher into the air before tossing my like a bowling ball towards my friends.

Kouga managed to catch my flying body. He laid me upon the ground and quickly took up a proactive stance between my crumpled body and Naraku. Once I was able to breathe properly I stood up and took my bow off my back and notched an arrow onto it. I allowed several seconds to pass as I sent a surge of power into the arrow. When the arrow was bursting with spiritual energy I allowed it to fly towards the demon Naraku. The arrow struck his arm and began to rapidly purify his left arm and chest before being stopped by his demonic powers.

"You wench! You will pay for the injury!" Naraku seethed as he threw a large table at me, which caught me square in the chest and sent me flying backwards. While I was laying upon the hard floor I watched as my friends attacked Naraku from every angle. He was being damaged at an amazing rate, yet he was just as quickly healing himself.

The pain in my chest was slowly receding, which allowed for me to sit up and hide behind the nearest piece of furniture as I awaited the perfect moment to attack. The bastard was getting on my last nerve; he would die even if it killed me in the process.

Looking up at the fight one last time, I noticed that Naraku currently had his back towards me, providing me the perfect shot. I sprung from my hiding spot with my claws at the ready and rushed at the demon. I latched onto his back and began ripping him to shreds. Several seconds into it I began to notice that the areas that I cut up were glowing pink and eventually fester and purify. That's it! The new realization gave me the perfect opportunity to kill him.

Taking advantage of the stunned Naraku I continued to rip him to shreds, before he was finally destroyed. Unlike with the arrow, he had been unable to use his demonic powers to stop the purification because I was using my demonic powers to purify him. For the first time ever, I was using both my demonic and miko powers in harmony and they were working perfectly. A pile of pink glowing ash was all that remained of the sick, twisted demon once he had been completely purified. We were now free of him!

"Kagome! You did it!" Inuyasha hollered as he ran up behind me and encased me in a hug as he swung me in circles. Once my feet were once more placed upon the floor I turned around in his arms and smiled up at my silver haired love and kissed him passionately. As it turns out Inuyasha and I weren't the only ones celebrating. Apparently Sango and Miroku had been getting closer through everything and were also in a position similar to ours. "You're safe again Kagome, I can't believe it. This is amazing." Inuyasha said once we broke apart.

"We are all safe now Inuyasha." I said quickly before throwing my arms around his neck and kissing him once more. While we were kissing, I could feel movement until Inuyasha pulled away from me. Watching him with unsure eyes, he clasped my hands within his own and dropped to one knee.

"Kagome Higurashi. The bastard that plagued our lives is no more; he is gone just as we said he would be. Our lives are now free of his torment and we are capable of moving on and doing what we wish. Will you do me the honor of continuing your life with me and becoming my mate?" Upon hearing those words from Inuyasha, my eyes instantly began to glisten with the unshed tears. Fearing that if I spoke the tears would be let loose I simply nodded my head vigorously and yanked my intended to his feet. I threw myself at him and once again kissed him, I allowed my love and devotion to be felt through the kiss and he happily returned it.

Smirking, Inuyasha pulled away a little. "I'll take that as a yes?"

"Of course that's a yes stupid! The woman just kissed you!" Sango was the one to speak up for me as she jokingly yelled across the room from Miroku's arms. "Now go find a room you two."

No sooner had Inuyasha and I returned to the ship, we found ourselves in his room. Our arms were wrapped around each other; mine were tangling in Inuyasha's silver hair while his were busily attempting to undress me. Before long, all that remained were my undergarments. Not intending to be left behind I did the same to Inuyasha.

"I love you Kagome." Inuyasha whispered into my ear as he laid me upon the bed, his tongue darted out to lightly run against my ear before he nibbled on my ear lobe, sending shivers through my entire body.

"I love you too Inuyasha." My voice was becoming husky with want as his lips moved from my ear, down my neck, and to the part where shoulder met neck.

That night, Inuyasha marked me and we became mates for life. He now owned me heart, body, soul, and all. We would eternally be bound together, our love for the other never diminishing; only ever growing to insurmountable amounts.

The End

A/N: Yayy! It's done, this is super exciting! I can't believe that I finished my first full story. It's quite exciting actually. Thank you to everyone that has reviewed my story. They were greatly appreciated! Review please and tell me what you thought, I know this story isn't perfect, it's very far from it, but I would really like to know what you thought of it and what I can do to improve it. Thanks again! :3