A/N: here I am again. Sorry I didn't update on Tuesday like I said I would (it's because I'm a liar, see? j/k). No, see, up before Tuesday, I got lazy. Actually, a few days ago, I ran out of Cardcaptor Sakura fanfiction on and so I went kinda crazy looking for fluff and it cost me a couple days. The on Tuesday I wasn't feeling to well and so I busied myself by watching The Notebook twice and then going to bed again. Then yesterday I was being lazy so deal with it. j/k. but hey, I updated today which is a whole lot better than a year from now, isn't it?
Anyways, I dunno when I'll be able to update again. See, tomorrow I'm going to my friend's b-day party that I believe is over-night now…maybe…I dunno. So that takes out tomorrow and Saturday. Sunday I might be able to, depending on how tired Jessie gets me over the other 2 days, but Monday… drumroll I got a job! So now I have to work on Monday, and I don't know my work schedule yet, so who knows after Monday? But as soon as I get some time off (which shouldn't be too long) I'll work on the remaining chapters, which there aren't a lot of. Maybe two or three chapters more at the most and then it's DONE!!! HORAY!!! Then I get to go back and edit it all together better, and then it will be done and I'll never have to type another thing on it ever again! Lol. Not that I don't enjoy writing it, but I'm getting very tired of it.
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DISCLAIMER: I don't own Inuyasha or the song "REWRITE" by KUNG FU GENERATION. The translation is at the bottom, like usual.
kishin da omoi o hakidashitai no wa
sonzai no shoumei ga ta ni nai kara
tsukan da hazu no boku no mirai wa
"songen" to "jiyuu" de nujun shiteru yo
yugan da zazou o keshi saritai no wa
jibun no genkai o soko ni miru kara
jiishiki kajou no boku no mado ni wa
kyonen no KARENDAA hidzuke ga nai yo
keshite RIRAITO shite
kudaranai chou gensou
wasurarenu sonzai kan o
kishikaisei
RIRAITO shite
imi no nai mousou mo
kimi o nasu dendouryoku
zenshin zenrei o kure yo
mebaete ta kanjou kitte kuyan de
shosen tada bonyou shitte naite
kusatta kokoro o
usugitanai uso o
keshite RIRAITO shite
kudaranai chou gensou
wasurarenu sonzai kan o
kishikaisei
RIRAITO shite
imi no nai mousou mo
kimi o nasu dendouryoku
zenshin zenrei o kure yo
A while back, Sesshomaru, Tsuyoi, Miroku, Sango, and Shippo found us. They knew what we planned on doing, however, and left it at that, leaving Inuyasha and me glad they didn't start an argument. We still couldn't find him, not that that surprised us. It is annoying though, like he's just vanished without a trace. I was starting to get the feeling that it would be better to sit down and wait for him to come to us like he usually does. That was, of course, right before we found him.
He was waiting for us, on higher ground than we were, alone. He stood up over the hill as if waiting for us to attack. That alone made us more skeptical of what would take place that day. It was almost like he was laughing at us. Needless to say, we didn't attack just then. It was like the stare downs in those old western movies, except neither side circled the other. We just stood there and waited for his attack.
No one remembered how long we stared at Kurnai. Time seemed irrelevant. I do know that sometime during this silence, Inuyasha dropped the jewel into my hand. "This might help. You could always wish him gone."
I sighed. "Inuyasha, wishing him gone will seal him and his magic away. We want him either alive and willing to help or completely dead, preferably, the latter."
It might come in handy though, I realized. I had forgotten we had the jewel on our list of assets. And so, I put it around my neck…just in case.
I was broken out of thought by Kurnai's laughter. "You think the seven of you can defeat me?"
I smirked as I saw a red light flash across the sky, symbolizing Assari's return. The other angels would be with her.
"Oh, sorry. The seven of you and one useless angel." He shielded his eyes as though preparing for the blast of light that would follow her landing.
It took a while. We were all starting to wonder when she was going to pop up. It had taken longer than usual… and then, a bright flash of light appeared from the other side of the hill Kurnai was standing on.
We stood, wondering what in the world she was doing, until we heard Tsuchi's horn rise through the silence. Next, San and Tsuki growled so furiously the ground shook, and finally, I saw the explosion caused from Dad's attack.
Kurnai snarled and his human form shifted into what is quite possibly the largest serpentine dragon ever in existence. It could easily have wrapped around ten buildings were it in my era. As if its completely black form and massive size weren't enough, the enormous dragon opened its mouth and shot a blast of blue energy straight through the forest and we watched as the ground exploded around where the blast hit. (A/N: if anyone has seen Fushigi Yuugi, think of Seiryu when he appears in the 2nd-to-last episode).
It seemed as though time stopped as we starred up at the monstrous sight. This scene in itself seemed to pour doubt in our minds at defeating something so gigantic, let alone whatever other demons were lurking behind the hill fighting off the angels. But we all knew that this being was for Inuyasha and me to deal with.
Sango, Miroku, and Shippo flew off to the left on Kilala as Sesshomaru and Tsuyoi jumped to the right, dodging around the beast to help with the minor demons. The angels had chased the demons up over the top of the hill, in full view of us, and we were able to see the massacre taking place. Angels were everywhere and blasts of energy were being shot in all directions, sending demons through the air at random. It was quite the scene to witness.
The sights and sounds of the battle before us were drowned out again as Kurnai roared and shot another blast of energy straight up into the sky, dragging our attention back to our own battle.
"Inuyasha…?"
"Yeah?"
"Got any ideas?"
His silence indicated his answer. There wasn't much we could do about this. The idea of his abilities never even came close to this creature.
Inuyasha pulled out Tetsusaiga and shot a wind scar at him, as if experimenting with his opponent, and as we expected, the massive dragon didn't seem to even feel the blast.
Amidst our thoughts on what to do, we faintly heard Tsuchi's horn sound again, but paid it no heed as Inuyasha sent another wind scar toward our enemy. An explosion in the sky caused us to divert our attention away from the attack, not even seeing it ricochet off Kurnai's scales.
We looked just in time to see another massive dragon, green this time and not nearly as huge as Kurnai, shoot out of the blast, followed by an eagle, a dolphin, and a stag. We would have questioned a flying dolphin, though it was obvious that these were the four deceased angels. They were all slightly transparent and glowed brightly against the sky.
Kaji flew over to us as the other three descended into the massive chaos of the battle below. His eyes glowed a shining red as fire seemed to shoot out of his entire body, straight at Kurnai. Within seconds, the immense dragon was engulfed in flames that were fueled as Cooksey shot blasts of wind into the blaze.
He looked over at us. "You know, that won't hold him for long…it'll only distract him. If you're going to do something, now would be the time."
"But what can we do?"
"You're the priestess, right?"
I nod.
"Then use your powers!"
"I don't know how!"
"What'd'ya mean you don't know how!?"
"I mean I don't know how."
He sighed. "Fine, we'll yell at you for your stupidity later. Close your eyes and focus on Kurnai."
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Outsider's POV
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Inuyasha watched as Kagome did exactly what Kaji had instructed and stepped back as a massive pink light erupted and completely surrounded her.
"What just happened to her?"
"She'll explain it later, I'm sure. As for you, I believe you're needed over there." Kaji pointed to the ongoing battle."
"But what about Kagome?" He turned to look at her and saw nothing. Kagome was gone, as was the light. The jewel was all that remained, though it floated up into the sky and seemed to vanish in the light.
"She'll be fine, now go!"
"When will she come back?"
"Would you shut up and go help the others? Cooksey and I will keep Kurnai busy and protect her when she returns, now go!"
Inuyasha reluctantly ran off to the battle, only looking back once.
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Kagome's POV
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I did as he said and felt myself immediately engulfed in my spiritual aura. I felt it grow and grow until the light was so bright I couldn't see any darkness, even with my eyes closed as they were. The sounds of the battle drowned out and I opened my eyes to find myself no longer on a battlefield. Instead I was floating in mid-air, surrounded by my light-pink aura.
Just as I began to wonder what I was supposed to do here, a white flash erupted. There stood a girl I had only seen once, as a statue no less. Midoriko opened her eyes just as a light purple flare shot up and out stepped Kikyo. The real Kikyo.
"Where are we?" I asked.
"You still wonder that? You're inside the Shikon no Tama." Midoriko answered. "We, your older sisters, came before you to protect the jewel and as such, when we die, our spirits remain within it."
"But I'm not…"
"You're not dead, we know. But there is something you need to do. Something we should have done but couldn't."
"You don't have much time," Kikyo stated. "You must return and kill him."
"But how?"
"Just trust us. When the time is right, you will return and we will help you with the task at hand."
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Onlooker's POV (again)
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The battle had been raging for hours, and the seemingly infinite number of demons just kept coming. The angels, after using their powers so continuously, were running out of strength. There was not much more they could do.
Every so often, Inuyasha would look over to where Kagome had disappeared, though she was never there. He was starting to wonder just where she was and how much longer she was going to take.
After a while, Kaji and Cooksey had relinquished guard duty to Mizu and Tenka who proceeded to freeze parts of the enormous dragon, making it harder for him to move. It was obvious though, that they were using up a lot of strength doing nothing but keeping Kurnai at bay. Everyone now knew that the angels could do no harm to one of their own.
Inuyasha jumped as Tsuchi sent yet another earthquake out into the hoards of demons and noted how much weaker the attack seemed to be.
Looking toward the others he noticed that Tsuki and San had run out of magical strength and could only fight one opponent at a time with their temporary bodies. It was obvious that they were both growing weary from the numerous wounds they received from being in such close proximity with their opponents. Tarento had given up using his massive attack in favor of another less destructive and tiring method of extending the length of his horn, and as far as Inuyasha had seen, Assari could only produce barriers and send monsters flying backward, doing them no harm except the damage they received from the landing.
Kaji and Cooksey were the only ones still going strong, one flaming down hundreds of demons with one blast and the other creating colossal whirlwinds farther down so as not to hit any comrades.
Miroku, it seemed, had run out of sutras a while ago and was currently trying to help with his staff, though not helping very much. Kilala was over with San and Tsuki fighting one demon at a time. It seemed that Sango's arms had finally given out from catching Hiraikotsu for the millionth time and she had settled to using her katana. Tsuyoi was living up to her name as she would jump quickly into the debris left from Kurnai's blasts, pick up gigantic rocks, and toss them at her opponents. Sesshomaru was still fighting well, as one would expect, and Inuyasha himself was doing just fine. That whole thing about Tetsusaiga being able to take out a hundred demons with the wind scar… that was coming in handy.
This strength meant nothing, however, against the continuous amount of demons that charged forth. And just as Inuyasha began to think it was hopeless, a massive light covered the area. It reached out past everyone, even Cooksey, and as it faded, the comrades noticed that every demon within that radius had turned to dust right then and there. More would come, they knew, but this gave them time to rest and watch as a glowing Kagome descended from the sky with power completely encircling her. It was quite a sight, especially as they noticed she was holding the jewel.
Both Midoriko and Kikyo appeared on either side of Kagome and took her hands in theirs. The free hands, Midoriko's left and Kikyo's right, stretched out in front of them and all of the power surrounding the three of them went directly to those two hands. Everyone could sense the immense power coming from the two blasts and demon, human, and angel alike all held their breath waiting to see what the three priestesses would do.
Mizu and Tenka left Kurnai's side then, waiting for the blast to come and trying to avoid getting struck with it themselves. Kurnai shattered the remaining ice left on his massive body and roared, opening his mouth to release another all-powerful blast at the three who dared to oppose him.
As he released his blast, Midoriko let the blast in her hand go, straight at the blue light. As the two attacks combined, they exploded into dazzling multi-colored lights that flew out across the sky just as the bystanders watched Kikyo release her blow of power straight into the rainbow of brightness.
They all watched as the lights turned into a single beam that shot straight up into the air. The beam split in half and shot out each direction, one toward a screaming Kurnai and the other right at the three priestesses.
"INUYASHA!!!!!"
As though he had foreseen the danger, Inuyasha was there in an instant.
"Backlash Wave!"
In an immense whirlwind, the flash was sent towards Kurnai, hitting him only seconds after the first.
The evil dragon threw his head back and let out one final scream as the crowd watched another dragon emerge from the original one so that two of these colossal creatures were side by side. One was pure black and it roared and writhed in the sky, evoking pure terror from the onlookers. The other was light blue in color and looked majestic and peaceful, especially given what it was compared to.
Kagome then took up her bow and shot an arrow straight into the dark dragon, causing it to be surrounded in a faint pink aura. The light seemed to compact the demon as the darkness became smaller and smaller until nothing was left but a tiny black speck that shot straight into the sacred jewel.
The jewel, now tainted, glowed pure black for all of two seconds before Kagome used her remaining strength to purify the jewel completely.
She sank down onto her knees and starred at the jewel.
"Well, I guess that's one was to vanquish a demon…"
A/N: And there you have the infamous battle scene finally all typed up on virtual paper. Tell me what you think, k?
There are probably two or three chapters left on this story, and I'm sorry but do not be counting on a sequel. Actually, you guys are lucky I'm even finishing this story. I have, however, had some ideas about turning this into an actual novel-like book. It probably won't ever be published or anything, but I've already given everyone alternate names and stuff, so someday when I'm done with all my other fanfics I'm gonna sit down and redo this entire story so it has nothing to do with Inuyasha because frankly it's gotten a little out of hand for a fanfic. So, if something shows up on fictionpress or something later, don't sue whoever stole my idea cuz that would be me.
Anyways, I can't remember if I mentioned this earlier or not, but Tsuyoi means strength if any of you were confused about that living up to her name bit.
Wow, I'm in a Fushigi Yuugi mood today. I put in that dragon thing and about every time I typed "Tsuyoi" I put "Noriko" instead because they have the same powers…sigh…I miss that series. I even went back and rewatched the 2nd to last episode so I could see Seiryu again… y'know, that is the coolest picture with that massive dragon wrapped around all those buildings…wow. I mean, I know Seiryu is supposed to be the "bad god" in that storyline, but Seiryu has to be the coolest. Except for the Seiryu Seven…wow they creepy. Esp. Nakago. And the one with the illusions and the feathers. shudder he more creepy. Ok, I'll shut up about Fushigi Yuugi now.
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::singing:: "Miagare…Suzaku…Miracle la…"
ok, I'm done for real now.
Translation to REWRITE, the best FMA opening there is,
Wanting to spit out the jarred thoughts is
Because there's no other proof of my existence
My future that I should've grabbed hold is
Conflicting between "dignity" and "freedom"
Wanting to erase the distorted afterimage is
Because I'll see my limit over there
In the window of the excessively self-conscious me
There are no dates in last year's calendar
Erase and rewrite
The pointless ultra-fantasy
Revive
The unforgettable sense of being
Rewrite
The meaningless imagination
The driving force that creates you
Give it your whole body and soul
After cutting my feelings that grew, I regret
After realizing that after all, I'm just a mediocrity, I cry
A depressed heart
A dirty lie
Erase and rewrite
The pointless ultra-fantasy
Revive
The unforgettable sense of being
Rewrite
The meaningless imagination
The driving force that creates you
Give it your whole body and soul