Mornin' minna! Tsup? Me nuthin. Jus' updating yet again. K here comes de disclamier:I don't own Inu-Yasha and co, Rumiko Takahashi does and I could never be smart enough to think up such a great idea:(: ^_^

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Part 1:Focus of Battle:Kohaku Verses Sango Verses her feelings

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"Naraku's gonna kill us!" Shippo stuttered as Naraku attacked.

He took out his sword and sliced at the enchanted wind. This time he did not miss. The sword sliced open a gash in the middle of the wind. The wind still held the group, but it was weakend to barely keeping them from falling all those miles above too the ground.

Struggling to get ahold of the wind, Ikimono nervously coughed. She strengthend it enough to glide it to the forresty ground, but as soon as their feet touched the ground, the wind died.

"Well, well Ikimono. It seems you know a few more tricks than I thought," Naraku laughed.

"You bastard! I'll make you pay!" Ikimono snarled, much like a caged animal snarls.

"Little bitch. This'll show you!" Naraku swore, flinging Ikimono into the woods.

"Enough talking!" Miroku said. "Hellhole open!"

The hellhole on Miroku's hand opened and it began to suck up the things around him. Naraku felt himself being pulled toward the void, but he just smiled. A second later, Saimoshyo(Spelling?) came.

"Damn! I have to close it off or I'll be cmpletely useless!"Miroku cursed.

"Is that suppossed to mean you're not useless at other times?" Sango dryly asked, pulling out her Boomerang Bone.

She threw it as hard as she could, and sliced Naraku's arm off.

"Sango. I like it better when you fight Kohaku," Naraku grumbled, sounding annoyed.

A second later, Kahaku showed up at Naraku's underlined request. His face, once so lively, was now nothing more or less than a zombie's face. His actions were unthinking, and he didn't remember anything; his sister, his father, how it felt to love and be loved, or a reason not to fight. Once again, this tore Sango's heart to shreads.

"Kohaku! Kohaku, I still love you! Fight Naraku! You can win if you try!" Sango desprately yelled through tears.

She knew it was in vain, though. He was dead, gone, never coming back. He was only kept "alive" by a Shikon shard implanted in his back. In her heart, Sango knew.

"Sango! I know it's hard, but we only need four more Shikon shards! You've got to take the shard out of Kohaku! You know that's what he wants anyway!" Myoga shouted, from his safe, cozy spot on Kagome's shoulder, where she shot arrows at Naraku and Kohaku both.

"I know," Sango cried.

Kohaku had been standing still through Sango's tears, but now he attcked. He tossed the blade of his Chain sickle (Not an ice cream or popsicle, all you nimrods out there. Hey. Nimrod. I like that word) at Sango and nearly hit her. She moved though, and the sickle was pulled back to its master. Kohaku attacked again, and this time Sango froze.

The sickle came at Sango and she just sat there. Kirara sensed her master in danger and left her spot of attacking the gigantic wasps to defend Sango. Seconds before the blade could slice Sango in half, Kirara broke the chain and flung the blade in the direction of Naraku. It hit him in the chest, but did not faze him much.

Inu-Yasha, who was battling Naraku firsthand, looked somewhat surprised and called,"Thanks Kirara!"

Miroku came over and pulled Sango to her feet. While she collected herself, Miroku held her to himself. Kirara attacked Kohaku with great courage. He was nearly helpless now, without his Chain Sickle.

"Kirara, don't kill him yourself,"Miroku ordered.

Sango became more or less normal again. She stumbled toward Kohaku, whom she thought weaponless, and hugged him as tighly as she could.

"Brother. This is goodbye, I guess,"Sango whispered lovingly into Kohaku's ear.

He pulled out a knife and sliced at Sango. He cut her leg open deeply, and Sango fell away clutching her leg. Shippo ran up with surprising courage to help her. Miroku took his staff and held down Kohaku's head,arms, hands, and top half of his back with it. Kirara took the bottom half.

"Lady Kagome! Hurry and take out the Shikon Shard! We can't hold him much longer," Miroku shouted at Kagome.

"o-Okay!"Kagome called back.

She ran over and bent over Kohaku's back.

"There!"She reached through his flesh and pulled out the shard.
Suddenly the struggling Kohaku lay still. His body went limp as a ramen noodle.

"Kohaku! Kohaku I'm sorry I couldn't help you,"Sango whispered in tears, falling to her knees.

"Lady Sango," Miroku sadly said before turning to Inu-Yasha's fight.

Kagome ran over and draped a comforting arm around Sango's shoulders. Sango welcomed the comfort.

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Part 2: Focus of Battle: Naraku Verses Inu-Yasha

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While Sango had her little fight with Kohaku, Inu-Yasha battled Naraku.

They slashed at each other with swords and powers, Inu-Yasha weilding Tetsusaiga, Naraku using a fairly normal sword and his demon powers.

Inu-Yasha swung Tetsusaiga hard against Naraku. It cut him open in the arm that Sango hadn't lopped off. Naraku's blood splatered Inu-Yasha and it burned at him.

Inu-Yasha fell back in agony. Just before Naraku could deliver a nearly finishing blow, Kirara flung Kohaku's Chain sickle at Naraku. It slowed him for the millisecond Inu-Yasha needed to recover.

"Thanks Kirara!"He called.

"Pay attention to me, you halfling bastard!"Naraku screeched.

"Feh. We're both halfbreeds, so you might do well to pay attention to yourself, because I'll kill you!" Inu-Yasha said with astonishing wit.

He twisted Tetsusaiga straight through Naraku, but it did little good. Inu-Yasha ducked out of the way of the blood htis time, but narrowly missed it.

For a short time, Inu-Yasha and Naraku volleyed against each other with light attacks while they were on the rebound. Suddenly, Inu-Yasha noticed the arrows that had been coming from Kagome stopped.

"Hey, Kagome! Keep the arrows coming! I'm relying on them to keep me ahead! Kagome? Kagom-oh,"Inu-Yasha said, sensing Kagome holding another Shikon Shard and Sango crying.

"Heh. Looks like they got Kohaku, Naraku. Now it's just me and you,"Inu-Yasha smirked.

"Don't forget me," Miroku reminded Inu-Yasha, popping up behind him.

"Monk. It's us now, is it? That's fine with me," Naraku retorted.

He striked at Miroku, but Miroku dodged it. Inu-Yasha, however, did not fare so well. He got deep scratches across his chest. He fell, and lay on his back. Angrily, Miroku slashed at Naraku with his staff, causing Naraku to grow angry.

"Why, you bast-"Naraku started.

But he was interupted by Kagome. She had shot an enchanted arrow and it had hit Naraku in the neck.

'This wench. Her arrows again. If I don't leave now, she'll destroy me for sure,' Naraku thought both fearfully and furiously.

He ran away from the group of enemies, who didn't follow him.

"Inu-Yasha! Kagome! Simply strength and attacks that would hurt another being will not work!"Ikimono called, running from a place in the woods.

To Inu-Yasha, Miroku whispered,"She wants revenge so, yet she did not stick around for the fight. Something is wrong here."

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Part 3: Focus of Battle: Ikimono verses Stranger

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Inu-Yasha fought with all his might Naraku and Sango struggled to hurt Kohaku. Ikimono was about to join the fray again, but then-- Ikimono noticed a stanger in the woods and ran to meet him.

"You wanna defeat Naraku as much as Master Sesshomaru does," a little girl said.

"Yes! Of course I do! Oh, and I'm Ikimono by the way,"Ikimono whispered with rage.

"Well, I'm Rin. I know how you can defeat him,"Rin grinned.

"How?"

"Use your blood."

"But that will help him."

"No it won't."

"Okay, how do I use it?"

"Just Burn it and throw it in the wind."

"Really? Thanks Ri-."

"Rin! There you are! Lord Sesshomaru would have my head if he found out I'd lost you,"A wrinkled old demon griped, sounding slightly relieved.

"You what now? Lost Rin?" A colder, less weak sounding voice inquired from behind the old demon.

"M-M'lord! I found 'er! Faithful Jaken has found 'er, m'lord,"The ugly old demon said, bowing low.

"Rin. Who're they?"Ikimono whispered into Rin's ear.

"The big one is Sesshomaru, and the dumb one is Jaken,"Rin replied, wrinkling her nose at the name "Jaken."

"Oh."

"You! What did you happened with you and Rin?" Sesshomaru asked, turning his attentin to Ikimono.

"N-nothing,"Ikimono trembled slightly.

"Ikimono siad she'd help me find you after Jaken just left me in the woods,"Rin told Sesshomaru, looking up with an irresistebly cute look on her face.

"Jaken, is this true?"Sesshomaru growled, in calm anger.

Several moments silence, and then, Jaken hung his head.

"Yes M'lord."

Even though it was not true, Jaken was not foolish enough to deny it. He knew Sesshomaru would side with Rin. He always did, it seemed.

Sesshomaru motioned for Rin and Jaken to follow him.

"Thank you for offering to help Rin."

"I bid you farewell,Sesshomaru!" Ikimono yelled at the retreating backs.

She watched them go for a moment, and then remembered Naraku. She turned around and saw the fight. She watched it for a few minutes. Kohaku being dtopped and Sango's tears were too much. It was too sad for her to go out there now; she knew not why.

After a few minutes more, an arrow struck Naraku in the throat. It was Kagome's doing.

"What is that girl's power? It's almost as if she were more than just a human,"Ikimono muttered to herself.

She watched Naraku get a shooked look on his face. She watched him retreat; it was as if Ikimono was in a daze. She shook her head and called to Inu-yasha-tachi.

"Inu-Yasha! Kagome! Simply strength and attacks that would hurt another being will not work!"Ikimono called out as she dashed up to them.

She saw Miroku turn his head and whisper to Inu-Yasha. She saw Inu-Yasha nod his head. Ikimono ignored the remark that was slightly hurtful. She didn't care what they though, as long as Naraku ended up defeated.

"Hi Ikimono,"Kagome waved.

Sango sadly looked at the Shikon-No-Tama Shard that had been in Kohaku and put it in the little jar that kept the small shards. Later, Kagome would purify tham and make the Shikon-No-Tama whole again.

"Now we only have three more shards to go," Shippo said, with a venturing look at Sango.

She looked away at the ground as if she were ashamed. A few more tears rolled down her cheeks and nose.

'Only three more shards to go,'Sango thought miserably. 'Only three more to go.'

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Well. minna! Did you like it? It seems really long and it took me hours to write. I watched all of "Lord Of The Rings" as I typed it and still was left typing for about 13 minutes after it ended, not including this. Jeez, I hope it's long. And I hope you R+R! Laterz and PEACE FROM
-Milana Pashmina