Chapter 31

FINAL CHAPTER

Alright I know I said it would be a few more chapters until the end, but I figured it would be best to end it here, there's no other way to do it without dragging everything on and making it boring.

I know this story is shorter than the other one by quite a bit, but there is going to be a third one of the series, only it won't be centered around Sonya/Sesshomaru. It will be centered around Touga/OC instead.

I don't like leaving loose ends, so I believe this next story will be the very last one of the series unless any of you have another Cannon you want to see be paired up with another OC of mine. (Sorry, I don't do Cannon/Cannon stories, I just can't do it.)

As for the next story, I'm not sure when or how long it will take, but I'm hoping to get it up either the next few days or by the latest next weekend. I make no promises considering how long it took me to come up with a proper ending to this, I dunno how long it will take for the beginning of the next story will be.

The name I'm not entirely sold on, but for now I'll call it 'Draw Me In'. If I change the name later, I'll let you all know, but for now keep an eye out for a story by that name.

As for this chapter, it's kinda all over the place and I think I missed some details that needed to be explained, if I did let me know because I know how irritating it is to not have certain things explained.

Anyhow, as for this new OC- Long story short- It's me. Strictly me. I'll explain it better later on down the storyline, but it's me, alright? I can't tell you anything else without ruining the plot.

I think that's it for now, so how about we get this ending going, huh?

Please enjoy this final chapter of Eyes of the Devil!

Onward!

-I do NOT own Inuyasha or it's characters

-I DO however own Sonya, the new OC and the plot

~TL S0nya

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Once Inuyasha and company had left the cave, Touga and Sesshomaru turned as one to the demon still held in the older male's grasp. To Touga's mild surprise, he didn't even struggle, simply dangled there, his eyes still locked onto the lifeless body of his sire.

'Sesshomaru.'

Sonya's voice echoed in their heads, drawing all three's attention to the stone laying at their feet. Leaning down, Sesshomaru hesitantly picked the softly glowing stone up and helf it at his eye level, watching as the light inside shifted slightly, revealing Sonya's face.

'Don't be too rough on him. Truthfully what he did was worse to himself than to any of us. Wshile I don't condone his behavior-' She shot a uick glare at the meek Reality Demon. 'I beleive he'll be punished enough. Doubt in yourself is worse than any physical pain either of you could do to him. Death would only bring him peace. Let him wallow in his doubt, his self-deprecating thoughts. Instead of wasting energy, he will punish himself.'

Hearing this, Touga barked out a harsh laugh, his gaze drifting over to Shadouhato. "I see..." With a feral smile that sent a shiver down the demon's spine, he dropped him to the floor.

'Shadouhato. Remember, your father didn't come back to you. Maybe because he knew you would be a disappointment. What if you could have done better?'

With those last words, Sonya fell silent again, her face disappearing from the gem and the light fading away. Hearing what she said, Shadouhato slumped farther to the floor, his eyes loosing the faint, calculating light in them.

Sharing a quick glance with his son, Touga reached down and gripped his arm, pulling the listless demon to his feet and dragging him from the cave to join the others outside.

Back in the chamber that still held Sonya's body, they weren't all that surprised to see Miyoga sitting on the floor beside her. "Ah, you've returned." He called out once he spotted the group emerging from the dark corridor and jumped over to sit on Touga's shoulder. "Did you find a way to reverse the spell?" The flea eyed the limp male being drug behind his master critically. "He claims there is no way to reverse it."

Miyoga turned to Sesshomaru with worry in his eyes. "If her soul is not returned to it's body soon, the body will die."

"That's why I've brought this thing." Touga grunted, dropping Shadouhato to the floor next to Sonya's body. "He preserved his sire's body somehow. After the trouble he caused, the least he could do is do the same to her's." Shooting a glare at the reality demon, he nudged him with his booted foot. "Do it now."

With a empty glance up at the older Inu, the reality demon listlessly got to his feet and held his hands out over Sonya's body silently. The other's watched curiously as the very air around him seem to waver and alter. The tension of the very cavern got thicker as he called his powers forward.

A loud cracking sound made everyone jolt in surprise, eyes widening slightly as the floor under Sonya began to break apart, the cracks spider webbing outward across the floor. To their astonishment, a clear liquid seemed to bubble up through the cracks, slowly rising up and wrapping around her body, encasing it in a bubble.

Breathing out, Shadouhato relaxed back to the floor, his eyes closing with clear exhaustion written across his face. Once his stance broke, the liquid hardened into crystal, keeping her body locked inside, preserved for as long as needed to find a way to return her soul to it.

"It is finished." He murmured, his gaze drifting upwards to the ceiling as he relaxed once more, his whole body seeming to become boneless as he laid on his back. "How long will her body last this way?" Touga narrowed his eyes on the listless male, danger sparking in his eyes if he said anything other than what he wanted to hear.

"As long as you need be." With that, he closed his eyes and simply blocked out everyone there, seemingly drawing into himself and ignoring anything else said to him.

Hearing this, the other's breathed a small sigh of relief and relaxed for the first time since they entered the cave. Walking over, Sesshomaru knelt beside the crystal encasing Sonya's body, one hand reaching out to rest on it's smooth surface, the claws ticking lightly on the hard object.

Watching him, the pack felt the relaxed atmosphere change to a sadder one, the loss seen clearly in his eyes for the first time since they had met him. Even without having mated Kagome yet, Inuyasha knew just what Sesshomaru was feeling. To even think about loosing Kagome in the same way made a very pointed pain lance through his chest. Heaving a small sigh, he walked over and stood beside his half brother, not bothering to say anything as he reached out and hesitantly placed a hand on his shoulder.

Without looking up, Sesshomaru gripped the gem in his hand tighter as he simply stared at Sonya's body in front of him, silently willing it to move again, her soul to slip back into her body so he could see her again, even though he knew full well she would more than likely slap him after what happened.

"Sesshomaru." Hearing his father's voice, Sesshomaru looked up at him, the sad look in his eyes being replaced by simple emptiness as he watched Touga walk over to him and Inuyasha, determination in his gaze. "We must leave, place her body somewhere safe until we find a way to fix this."

Staying silent, Sesshomaru turned his gaze back to Sonya's body and nodded lightly, getting to his feet as his father gently picked the crystal up and lead the way back out the endless caverns and into the light once more.

'Sesshomaru.' Hearing Sonya, he glanced down at the stone in his hand once more, watching as the inner light softly glowed once more. 'Sorry.' Furrowing his eyebrows slightly, he opened his mouth to ask what she meant only to have the gem suddenly flare with a bright light, blinding everyone standing around him.

With a light cry of pain, Kagome and the others covered their eyes in surprise. Once the light faded, a roar of anger made all of them look over at Sesshomaru in surprise only to see him glaring at his empty hand where the stone once rested.

"What happened?!" Kagome cried out, her eyes wide as she stared where she last saw the gem holding her friend's soul just moments ago.

"It is gone." He managed to get out from between gritted teeth, eyes still locked onto his empty hand as it curled into a fist, ignoring the bite of his claws digging into the flesh of his palm. "But... Where did it go?"

At Sango's question, they all looked at each other in confusion, unable to answer her at all.

The long trek back to Kiade's was silent the entire time. No one could think of anything to say, nor did they want to speak to Sesshomaru in his dark mood. Casting quiet glances at each other, they all stopped outside of Kiade's hut, unsure what to do now. They had Sonya's body safe, but without the stone holding her soul, there was no way to bring her back.

With a heavy heart, Kagome pushed aside the rush mat in front of the door, she walked inside. "Kiade-"

"About damn time you showed up!" A brusque voice cut her off, obvious irritation lacing each word as she jumped in surprise and stared with open astonishment at the woman sitting across the fire from the old Miko.

"Wh-Wh... Huh?" She managed to stutter out, her mouth opening and closing as she watched the woman get to her feet and dust off the obviously borrowed clothing she wore. Hearing the strange exchange, the pack all piled in to see what was going on, each of them stopping in surprise at the woman standing there.

Shoulder-length white blond hair, sharp blue eyes and a scowl set on her pale features as she planted her hands on her hips. "What?"

"You..." Touga muttered, his eyes wide as he took in her features. "Who are you?"

"Well about time someone had some manners. My name is Niki, now tell me who the hell is Sesshomaru and why-" She paused, reaching into her pocket to pull a small bag out, holding it up so everyone could see it. "Does the stone in here keep talking about him and demanding I bring it back to him?"

"Stone?" A dangerous voice came from behind the gathered pack members, making them move out of the way so Sesshomaru could walk closer to her, eyes narrowed in a dangerous manner. "Yes, stone." She backed up a step, fear spiking slightly in her scent at the dangerous aura surrounding the male. With a shaking hand, she slipped a familiar gem out into her palm and held it out so he could see. "This thing."

Sliding his gaze down from her face, Sesshomaru felt unwelcome surprise at the shock that jolted through him once he saw what she held out. The very same stone that had vanished from his hand only a week ago. "Where did you get this?"

Hearing his snarl, Niki gulped slightly and watched nervously as he reached out and delicately plucked the gem from her hand with lethal looking claws. "I don't know! Someone gave it to me I suppose."

"What do you mean, you don't know?" This time it was Miroku that spoke, making her slump slightly in relief and look over at him in obvious gratitude. "I just don't, alright? I seriously don't know how I got that damn thing. All I do know is it wouldn't shut up at all."

"Please excuse her." Kiade finally spoke up, walking over to stand beside Niki, one hand reaching up to rest on her shoulder, silently urging her to step back from the dangerous Inu standing in front of her before he ended up slicing her to bits. "She speaks the truth, when I found her in the forest of Inuyasha, she was stumbling around completely confused. There was a large knot on her head, indicating something had struck her there. I believe she truthfully forgot everything besides the bare essentials."

"Like my name for instance." Niki muttered from where she sat back beside the fire, her gaze narrowed at the flames as irritation flashed across her features once more. "Besides that, your guess is as good as mine. You got your stone now though, so leave me be." With that, she turned away from them and walked to the back of the hut, laying down on a blanket with her back to them, obviously done with the whole situation.

"Amnesia." Kagome murmured, making the others turn to her, a thoughtful expression on her face as she stared at Niki's back. "What's Amnesia?" Inuyasha asked, his ears twitching slightly as he watched her walk closer to the woman. "It's where someone forgets everything about themselves, it's pretty rare to remember anything actually, so if I remember right from the medical classes I took while in school, it means she can get her memories back."

Niki looked over her shoulder at Kagome, one eye slitted open to study her. "So... I won't be like this forever?"

"No, if you remember one thing, you can remember them all. How long did it take you to remember your name?"

"Well... It was a couple days at least, I just woke up with it really." Sitting up, Niki faced her with a small gleam of hope in her eyes. "Then you can get them back, it'll probably take a while..." Trailing off, she glanced over at the pack, an obvious question in her eyes that made Inuyasha's hackles raise. "No."

"Don't tell me no! She needs our help!"

"She can stay here, Kagome!"

"Inuyasha, I'm not going to just leave her like this when I can do something about it!"

"I said no, Kagome!"

"Sit!" Once he hit the ground, she turned back to a highly amused Niki and smiled. "We'll help you."

A soft growl caught their attentions, each of them turning in time to see Sesshomaru stalk out of the hut, gem clutched safely in his hand as he left them. "He still blames me right?"

"It would appear so." Touga spoke up, making her glance over at him with a small gleam in her eyes. "You, you're different, like that one there." She gestured to the laid out Inuyasha idly, not once moving her gaze away from his face.

"He's a demon, Niki." Sango came over to kneel down on her other side, seemingly taking Kagome's lead and trying to establish a small line of trust.

"No no, I figured that out. I mean they're related." She waved an impatient hand, her revelation making the others share a look. "What? Am I wrong?"

"No... He is indeed Inuyasha's father. We're merely surprised you picked it up so quickly." Miroku explained while everyone else stared at Niki, making her lean away from them nervously. "Well, that's just it isn't it? I'm different too, dunno how, just am. And that angry guy, he's related right?"

"Keh." Inuyasha's snort drew her attention over to where he sat up, his glare making her own eyes narrow. "Don't give me that look, I know how to take care of bad dogs." She snapped at him, making him snort again. "You happen to have something I could roll up and whap him on the nose with?" She asked Kagome, earning a soft snicker from the girl. "Sorry. No." She shook her head and turned to look at the gathered pack. "Well introductions are in order I guess. I'm Kagome, this is Sango, Miroku, Touga and Inuyasha. The one that left is Sesshomaru. There's other members too but they're somewhere else that's safe."

"Right... Well you all know me already." Niki frowned lightly, her eyes drifting down to her hands in contemplation. "Dunno what else to tell you besides what I already have, so it's a pretty short intro."

Placing a hand on her shoulder, Sango smiled slightly, understanding at least a little bit of what the woman was going through. "My brother was the same way... Actually..." She cast a look over at Kagome as a sudden thought came to her. "He could probably help you more than any of us could."

Kagome gasped in excitement, her eyes gleaming at the thought while her hands clapped together. "You're right, Sango! Should we go get him?"

"You ladies leave that to me." Miroku stood up, a smile on his face when Sango got to her feet as well. "I'll bring him back by tomorrow, do you mind if I borrow Kirara?"

Shaking her head, Sango waved a hand at him. "No, go ahead. It'll be quicker and safer if you do. Just try to explain everything to him before you get here."

"Will do." With a light nod to them, he and Sango stepped out of the hut, leaving them alone with a confused Niki. "Well... That's... Interesting?" She asked, breaking the silence and laughing awkwardly when they all turned to look at her.

"It is getting late, child. It would be best if ye get some rest for now." Kiade spoke up, making her groan lightly and nod before turning to the blanket she laid on before and settling down once again. "Yeah yeah..."

Smiling lightly at the woman, the old Miko shook her head slightly before standing and gesturing for the three still there to follow her out. There was quite a lot to explain, and it would be best if they didn't wake the still recovering woman with their talk.

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