Hi guys I'm back!!!
To those of you asking why Naraku hasn't been possessed by So'unga and how he can wield it, in this story, So'unga was forged from Kyuubi's fang, since she gave it to him, she has stopped the sword from possessing him hence, why he can wield it.
Also some of you are wondering just how strong Naruto, Naraku and Sesshomaru are now that they have their 'new' weapons well here's your answer.
Sesshomaru with the new Tensusaiga '13' (previously 11)
Naraku with So'unga '18' (previously 11)
Naruto with his new weapons '???' (yes, I have settled on a name, it will be revealed after his fight)
Anyway, now that we've cleared that up lets get on with the story.
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Naraku laughed cruelly, his glowing blood red eyes watching the two Inu-brothers. Inuyasha to his left, Sesshomaru to his right. "So then, which one of you will I gut first?" He asked himself.
"Do not flatter yourself, parasite." Sesshomaru spoke as he drew Tenseiga from its sheath the blade pulsed and glowed with a calm blue glow.
"That's right bastard, today is when I'll put you down for good" Inuyasha threw a look at his older half brother which relayed one simple message. 'Truce for now at least' as Tetsusaiga also pulsed, the blade glowing a bright yellow color.
At this Naraku's smirk dropped lightly but came back full force shortly after. No mater what they threw at him there was no way he would lose to these mutts.
"You first then Inuyasha." He said as he raised the blade and sliced the air. "Gokuryuha!!!"
Inuyasha snarled as he ran, he remembered the last time he had seen that attack. He had tried to send it back with the Bakuryuha…lets just say that it ended with…less than favorable results, he wasn't about to try his hand on it again.
Sesshomaru left his perch on the tree and rushed towards the hanyou, his claws dripping with acid as he let his whip fly.
Naraku turned and batted the attack away with So'unga as if it was an annoying fly, and then blocked The Tensaiga as Sesshomaru took a swing at him. "Lord Sesshomaru you insult me? What good is fighting with a blade that does not cut?" He laughed mockingly at the dog demon.
Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes, he placed more pressure on the blade and then…
Naraku barely reacted in time as he stepped back avoiding The claw swipe delivered by Sesshomaru's other hand, he had been so used to seeing the dog demon with just one arm he didn't even realize he was hiding the newly restored one in his sleeve, even so, he had three slashes on his face to prove his carelessness.
Sesshomaru's claws dripped with acid as he spoke. "I do not need a blade that cuts flesh to defeat you hanyou."
Naraku snarled at the dog demon before rushing him again. Sesshomaru took up his fighting stance and met his charge with his own. Metal clashed with metal as the two exchanged blows, loud clangs echoed through the forest
Naraku took a horizontal swing at the dog demon, only to have Sesshomaru spin once, around the swing, and deliver a solid elbow to the spider Hanyou's face. Naraku reeled from the blow and watched as Sesshomaru's claws again glowed green with his acidic Youki.
As the dog demon moved to impale him Naraku reacted, turning So'unga in his grasp he stabbed it into Sesshomaru's palm, Naraku's strength, added to Sesshomaru's own momentum, dug the blade as deep as the forearm, just slightly above the wrist.
Sesshomaru cursed before pulling his hand back and punching the Hanyou away with it.
Naraku smirked as he took up his fighting stance again.
"HRAGH!!!"
Naraku spun around, barely having enough time to block the Tetsusaiga as Inuyasha came at him with a downward swing.
Sesshomaru seized this opportunity and rushed forward, approaching Naraku from behind.
The spider demon turned, one hand still holding Inuyasha back while the other turned into numerous tentacles that rushed the western lord.
Sesshomaru didn't even pause in his stride as he formed his poison whip and sliced the incoming appendages to ribbons.
Naraku cursed as he pushed Inuyasha's sword to the side and kicked the dog Hanyou right in the chest, sending him sprawling back. He leapt away just as Sesshomaru took a swing with the Tensaiga.
However, something most unexpected occurred, when Sesshomaru completed his swing a black, cut or slice momentarily appeared in thin air, revealing a black arc that closed shortly after.
As Naraku landed he stared at the western lord with a new sense of caution.
"WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?" Inuyasha yelled as he got to his feet.
Sesshomaru stared dispassionately at his younger brother. "That Half-breed, is the Tensaiga's ultimate attack, the Meidou-Zangetsuha. It opens a portal into the realm of the dead." He stared back at Naraku. "It kills any who touch it instantly."
Naraku's eyes narrowed before he smirked. "Then I suppose I had better keep you occupied, lord Sesshomaru."
He turned and sliced his sword over the ground. Sesshomaru and Inuyasha tensed when they felt a foul presence fill the air.
An arm, rotting and half decayed emerged from the ground, and then a body, one of a bull demon, more soon followed, a horse demon, various low level Yokai wolf demons, until there were virtually hundreds of them.
Sesshomaru and Inuyasha both growled at the sight. They remembered these from the last time they had fought So'unga.
Kagome gasped from her place nearby. "That's right, So'unga can revive any demon its killed, Naraku must have done this before he came."
She looked uneasily at Shippou's unconscious form and bit her lip in hesitation.
Finally coming to a decision she stood ad ran. When she was satisfied with the distance, she set Shippou down as gently as possible and stabbed one of her arrows next to him erecting a small but strong barrier to protect him.
She gave him one more worried glance before she grabbed her bow and rushed to get back.
Meanwhile back at the clearing, Sesshomaru snarled at the parasitic hanyou as he gave them a smug smirk. These creatures were of the undead, and so, the Tensaiga was the better weapon against them.
"Inuyasha." He called to his younger brother, catching his attention. "You hold off Naraku, while I deal with this."
"Who the hell said, you're the boss of me!?" He snarled in anger.
"Just shut up and do it Inuyasha!!!" Came Kagome's voice before a purified arrow shot between the two purifying eight of the undead Yokai.
"I'll help Sesshomaru so we can get rid of them quicker, just make sure Naraku doesn't go after us." She said notching another arrow.
Inuyasha looked quite pissed that Kagome was basically ordering him to co-operate with his hated half-brother.
Sesshomaru chose to bite his tongue in order to hold the comment he was going to say about not needing a Ningen's help, he had nearly been killed the last time he had faced So'unga, he did not want a repeat performance.
Naraku snarled at her form, having forgotten that she was even there. She was always the thorn in his side. Most of his well thought out plans failed because of her interference.
He tightened his grip on the sword of hell, he would get rid of his nuisance now.
He leapt up, over both Inu brothers, landing directly infront of her, he reared his sword back, ready to kill her once and for all.
"OH NO YOU DON'T?" Inuyasha yelled as he interlocked Naraku's sword arm with his free one. He pulled as hard as he could, flipping the spider Hanyou over his shoulder, placing himself between him and Kagome.
Naraku rolled with the momentum getting to his feet in a second and raising his sword in preparation to use the Gokuryuha.
Inuyasha however followed up the toss with a swing of the Tetsusaiga. "WIND SCAR!" The attack was launched at point blank range, Naraku barely had time to place the So'unga in front of him for protection as it deflected most of the attack.
Even so when the dust settled his entire body was covered in deep gashes and lacerations.
Naraku snarled "You'll pay for that worthless mutt!"
"Just try it bastard! Kagome, go and get rid of those Zombies."
The futuristic Miko nodded before rushing past the two.
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Meanwhile, in a clearing just a few hundred yards away the remaining members of the group were fighting off the army of Yokai.
"HIRAIKOTSU!!!" Sango yelled throwing her large boomerang again, slicing off the heads of eight or nine demons.
"Fujin no Mai!" Kagura yelled sending another wave of her wind blades.
Miroku threw ten sutras, which formed a semi circle infront of him. He chanted a prayer and slammed his staff on the ground, it glowed for a brief moment before several beams of white light shot out from them and headed towards the Sutras, at random intervals at high speeds purifying several of the demons infront of him with each blast
Sango caught the Monk's display and swooped down, unsheathing her sword and killing another demon on the way. "What on earth did you just do Miroku?"
The lecherous monk smiled before showing several complicated looking sutras wrapped to the bottom of his staff. "I combined religious incantations along with Naruto-sama's seals. These at the bottom of the staff amplify my own holy energy and the ones I threw draw it out, like a focus.
Sango smiled. "I'm glad, I think he'll be proud of you once he gets back."
Miroku smiled and nodded.
"I hate to interrupt but will you two fools stop this foolishness? We're in the middle of a battle." Kagura spoke sending out more of her wind blades.
Sango nodded. 'Kirara" She commanded. The fire Neko roared before she rushed up to gain altitude.
Before she was out of range however Miroku somehow managed to cop a feel, of his favorite part of her anatomy.
Sango resisted the urge to bash him unconscious…for now. Once that battle was over though, he would be getting his punishment.
Kirara rose until she was high above all of the other demons, Sango shifted through her weapons pouch and took out several Shuriken and Kunai, throwing them down, like a rain of metal.
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Sesshomaru sidestepped a sloppy swing one of the undead attempted to deliver from behind and lobbed off the foul creatures head, the body dropped without another motion.
He vanished a moment later, reappearing almost ten yards away the Tensaiga pulsing in his hand as the dead bodies fell easily.
He rushed forward again, leaping high into the air, where he landed in the center of a large group of their undead opponents. He began spinning, and in a second, a black void appeared, indicating the Meidou Zangetsuha was being used. The zombies immediately caught in the attack were sucked into the void, once again going to the land of the dead where they belonged.
Others remained unaffected at least until the Zangetsuha formed a complete circle around the dog demon, now the souls of the undead demons were literally being sucked straight out of their bodies, leaving the rotting corpses lifeless once again.
As Kagome launched another of her purified arrows she couldn't help but feel rather inadequate next to the demon lord, he had just killed about…well a lot of them in just a few seconds while she couldn't hope to come close to that power unless she poured over 1/3 of her strength into it.(Never mind that she killed roughly twenty of them with each shot.
She was getting ready to launch another arrow at one of the approaching demons when something caught in her peripheral vision.
One of the undead demon was literally coming out of a shadow of a tree behind Sesshomaru. The Taiyokai, was busy fending off attacks from four other demons and was currently too distracted to sense it. Not that it was making much sound to begin with.
She turned her sights onto it, ignoring the demons approaching her and let it fly.
Sesshomaru turned at the sound, and saw the arrow heading towards him. 'The Miko has betrayed me?' It was mildly surprising, from what he could tell she was never that kind of person. But still, she was human, and they tended to be such foolish creatures.
But when the arrow merely passed him by and he heard a high pitched screech behind him, Sesshomaru looked over his shoulder to see the purifying remains of a shadow demon.
He looked back at the Miko, and saw one of the demons had gotten close to her while she was helping him. She wouldn't be able to turn in time and not even he would be able to make it there in time to save her.
Kagome heard the growling behind her and turned her startled eyes behind to see a boar Yokai holding a very big, very blunt looking ax over his head ready to bash her skull open.
Kagome closed her eyes and waited for the inevitable blow when a roar came from the boar Yokai. Kagome looked and gasped as an arrow stuck out from the Yokai's chest before he was purified to ash.
Kagome looked to where it had apparently come from and found Kikyo standing several yards away, her normal emotionless look adorning her face.
Kagome was brought out of her shock as the dead priestess tossed her a spare quiver of arrows, the projectiles being held in place by a tight strap over and around them.
Kagome caught the arrows as they practically landed on her chest with a small "Omph"
Before anyone could call the dead priestess on her actions she simply notched another arrow in her bow and took up the fight again.
Kagome choose file it away in the 'weirdest day of my life' file in her mind, after all, first some insanely strong fox demoness warns her about the attack, then Sesshomaru of all people saves her from Naraku and now Kikyo also saves her.
She sighed before placing the quiver on her back and pulling out one of the arrows.
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Inuyasha snarled as he struggled against Naraku, the two were locked in a deadlock, the sound of metal scraping metal was loud in both their ears.
Naraku pushed Inuyasha back, Swinging his sword horizontally, Inuyasha leapt up over it and delivered a kick to Naraku in the process, Naraku blocked the blow with his right forearm keeping a firm grip on So'unga with his left.
He reversed his grip on the sword and came in with an upward slashing motion.
Inuyasha grunted as he used Tetsusaiga to block the attack and then head butted the spider hanyou, sending him reeling.
Inuyasha followed up the headbut with a slash of his claws. "IRON REAVER!!!" He cried slashing him across the chest. Naraku stumbled back before regaining his footing. He stood still for a few moments, the silky strands of his black hair obscuring his face from view.
Inuyasha breathed heavily, he smirked at Naraku's still form. "When I'm done with you they're gonna need chopsticks to pick up the pieces!"
Naraku smirked and began chuckling, the slow cruel laugh reverberating through the clearing.
Inuyasha snarled. 'What the hell is so funny?"
Naraku's laughter died somewhat but his smirk still remained. "It has been fun Inuyasha, but its time that I end this."
"Over my dead body." He ground out through gritted teeth.
"I wouldn't have it any other way." The spider demon's smirk grew into a positively psychotic expression as So'unga pulsed in his hand, only this time it was much worse, a blood red aura surrounded the blade, making it look like its namesake "The sword of hell"
The aura converged around Naraku, His Yoki seemed to spike tremendously, so muh so that even Miroku and Sango could feel it from there fighting area.
Naraku let a few small laughs escape him before he vanished from sight and reappeared infront of Inuyasha.
The dog eared hanyou barely had enough time to let out a small "Holy shi…" before So'unga impaled him right through the gut.
He gasped and clutched the blade stopping it from going in any further, Naraku continued to push him back until he hit a tree. Inuyasha snarled and reared his hand back to swing the Tetsusaiga when Naraku twisted the blade in his gut, along with increasing the swords aura, which was already burning him in the first place.
Inuyasha screamed his grip on the Tetsusaia slackening slightly, an opportunity Naraku took to beat the sword out of his grip and into another tree where it transformed back into its original state.
"Now, Inuyasha, its time to die." He said in a slow, satisfied voice as he raised his free hand, which turned into a cloud of Miasma, and went right into the Hanyou's face, entering his nostrils, mouth and even his eyes. His cry was strangled in his throat before his world faded into darkness.
"INUYASHA!!!" Naraku heard Kagome scream. He turned slowly, reveling in the anger and worry that rolled off her in waves. When he turned though, he was surprised to see Kikyo standing just a few yards behind Kagome, most of the undead were…well…dead already, and the ones that weren't were too injured to be any real threat.
Naraku laughed as he removed the blade from Inuyasha's stomach and tossed him aside, his pale, near lifeless form falling over with a dull thud.
At the sight of his brothers lifeless form falling to the ground, Sesshomaru felt a…a small pain in his chest. Saying they had their differences was an understatement, but still, there was just something that…felt wrong about his brother, laying there at Naraku's feet.
Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes, the hanyou would pay.
With this thought in mind Sesshomaru cut up the last of his undead opponents and rushed Naraku fully intent on killing him.
Naraku laughed and raised his blade before meeting Sesshomaru's charge with his own.
The two demons met halfway, their clash sending a shockwave through the forest as their respective Youki crackled and permeated the air in its heavy, oppressing grip.
Kagome felt an arm grip her shoulder she turned to see Kikyo with a grim expression on her face. "Come, we have to get Inuyasha out of here, if Sesshomaru-sama gains the upper hand, Naraku could try to use him against us, or he could simply be caught in the crossfire."
Kagome nodded, trying to keep her composure despite the situation and followed Kikyo as they moved to the fallen Hanyou.
Sesshomaru's fight meanwhile, was getting more and more intense with every second as both demons raised their Youki higher and higher to match each others strength. Their blows were moving to fast to be caught by human eyes.
It was broken when Sesshomaru dodged another of Naraku's swings and lashed out with his Youki, pushing Naraku back with enough force to send him up to the tree tops. The western Taiyokai, followed shortly after meeting the Hanyou in mid air where they again exchanged attacks.
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Kagome and Kikyo were currently carrying Inuyasha away from the battle when Kagome suddenly remembered something. "SHIPPOU!" She yelled startling Kikyo.
"The fox kit?" The undead priestess asked.
"Yes, he was hurt during the battle, I placed a barrier around him but I have to go get him."
Kikyo paused for a moment before she hefted more of Inuyasha's weight over her shoulder. "Go then."
Kagome nodded in appreciation before she gently removed Inuyasha's weight from herself and ran in the direction she had left the young Kit.
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Naraku and Sesshomaru landed on a tree branch where the two took a moment to gain their balance before beginning their exchange anew, with Sesshomaru again pushing Naraku back.
Naraku gritted his teeth when he felt his foot reach the edge of the tree, he blocked a swing from Tensaiga then another and a third, before Sesshomaru swiped at his legs, the moment he chose to somersault over the dog demon. He swung as he passed over. Sesshomaru ducked, avoiding the attack and spun around, fluidly blocking Naraku's next swing as he landed. The blow however was strong enough to open his guard, leaving him open to the next attack which was a solid kick to Sesshomaru's chest which sent the Taiyokai flying back.
Naraku appeared behind the Taiyokai raising So'unga.
When he brought it down however Sesshomaru simply vanished, using his Yokai cloud to carry him through the air at extremely high speeds. To Naraku the western lord was barely a white blur as numerous slashes appeared all across his body, the black crescent of the Zangetsuha appearing with each of the Taiyokai's strikes, taking more and more of the souls that made up his whole body.
His eyes bled into red. He refused to die at the hands of this dog.
So'unga, sensing his lust for power and desire to live, fed off these emotions like a hungry parasite as its red aura spiked and then exploded outwards in a great wave.
Sesshomaru, caught off guard by this new development, ouldnt pull back in time and received the blast full force, other than the minimal protection the Tensaiga offered in the onslaught, he had little more protection.
The Taiyokai, gritted his teeth, refusing to cry out in pain, even as the wave of red Youki washed over him. It felt as if he had decended into the deepest pit of hell, his own Yoki tried to fight against it but even he found himself powerless against the blade of hell.
When the dust settled Naraku stood, a satisfied expression adorning his face as the western lord slowly stood up, his clothes were scorched, and burn marks covered nearly his whole body.
Naraku laughed, raising the So'unga over his head. 'Farewell, lord Sesshomaru!!!"
Before he could attack however, he heard the twang of a bowstring reach his ears and lazily leaned back, letting the projectile pass him by harmlessly.
Kagome had been on her way to get Shippou, but when she had seen the red blast hit sesshomaru, she knew that it would be too much, even for the western lord. While one part of her told her to run, the other would never allow her to simply leave someone to die, especially if the person had saved her before.
He extended his free hand which turned into a mass of tentacles and grabbed the futuristic Miko by her throat, never removing his eyes from the Taiyokai stopping her from grabbing another arrow, even so, her Miko aura struggled against his Youki, attempting to purify him.
He chuckled at her fire. "Well Kagome, since you're so eager, you can die with him!!!" He laughed before throwing her at the Inu. Sesshomaru caught her and placed her down. He would have tried to in order to get out of Gokuryuuha's attack range, but the spider Hanyou had already proven more than capable of keeping up with him, his only choice was to try and stave off the attack with one of Tensaiga's barriers.
"Miko, you are adept at barriers are you not?" He spoke calmly not turning to face her. As he felt her nod he spoke again. "When he releases his attack, form the strongest barrier you can. Once the attack dies down, I will attack him, he will most likely overestimate himself and believe we will both perish with his next attack and let his guard down."
Kagome nodded again and focused.
Already the tell tale winds were picking up as the dragons came from the blade their red eyes speaking of hatred and bloodlust as it built up.
Naraku's expression was positively gleeful, this was the moment where he eliminated his three greatest threats, Inuyasha was already as good as dead and now Sesshomaru and Kagome would soon follow him. After them, there was no one in the four great Yokai territories that could stand up to him.
"FAREWELL!!!" he yelled as he swung.
The attack was the most powerful he had released, tearing through the landscape with the force of one-thousand earthquakes. The harsh winds nearly blowing Kagome away, if not for Sesshomaru holding her in place she was sure she would have been.
Kagome focused all of her strength and formed a barrier infront of them, the pearlecent white light a stark contrast to the purple wave of destruction heading for them. Sesshomaru soon formed his own barrier behind hers, and the two braced themselves for the inevitable attack.
A massive explosion rocked the entire area, the tree's were completely uprooted and blown away, absolutely nothing survived,
Kagome's scream could barely be heard over the roar of the thrashing winds. But she was confused, she still hadn't felt any strain on her barrier, was Sesshomaru attempting to hold off the attack himself.
She looked at him but one look at his surprised eyes revealed that it was not he who was responsible to their survival.
She followed his gaze and gasped as she saw the silhouette of a person beyond the dust cloud.
When it finally settled, she had to stifle another gasp, and the tears of joy that threatened to fall down her cheeks.
Stark blond hair, sea blue eyes that shined with mirth and a black facemask.
Naruto stood before her, a sword with the design of a dragon being held in his grasp as it glowed blue and hissed from the heat of the previously deflected attack.
"Naruto?" She asked carefully as she stepped forward, she really wanted to make sure it was him.
"Don't cry Kagome." Naruto smiled at her through his mask as he spoke reassuringly, almost as if he was speaking to a child. "Don't you know? The hero always shows up late."
She smiled, only he could pull off a joke at a time like this.
Naruto's eyes lost all mirth as he turned them onto the spider Hanyou's fearful ones. "Now then…I think you and I have a score to settle."
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There ya go, hope I made this fight scene believable. I have personally never seen either So'unga or Sesshomaru's Meido Zangetsuha in action, so if anyone can explain them thoroughly to me then please do so, I get all my mental images from Wikipedia and small flashes I catch on Youtube AMV's
Anyway, read and review please