Next, almost last chapter, of Naraku's End.
Disclaimer: Ya'll KNOW I don't own Inu-Yasha and co, right? 'Cause I don't.

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The naked, ash colored woman sat on the ground looking up saying,"Give me the Shikon-No-Tama Jewel."

Inu-Yasha looked at her as if she were crazy. "Hell no!"

The ash colored woman stood and pushed her nose right into his face and sweetly said,"My name's Amai. I need the Shikon so I can depurify it, fill it with malice, destroy the world, and take you all to Hell."

"Amai, do you really want to do that? I mean, you could have anything you want, and you're going to destroy the world?" Ikimono asked.

"But that is what I want,"was Amai's simple response.

"You know that if the world is destroyed, you'd die too, right?" Kagome inquired skeptically.

"Yes; it's a small price to pay, I think," Amai brightly laughed.

Shippo cocked an eyebrow at her, while Inu-Yasha and even Miroku were looking descreetly away.

Sango stared at Miroku, her eyes at half mast. "Don't you want to look at a naked woman who won't hit you?" She dully wondered.

When he didn't answer, Kirara tipped over and nuzzled him. She was small, for now. She purred convincingly and finally, Miroku grumbled, "No. She's a demon. Or half o' one."

Ikimono stepped forward and placed a bloody arm on Amai's ashy arm. The blood did nothing to her except make her drool. Inu-Yasha now decided to look, since Ikimono was blocking the bad view. He saw Amai drooling and squinched his eyes, as if to see any better.

Somehow, something dawned on him and he gasped, his eyes as big as hard boiled eggs. "Ikimono, back up fast! She'll-" he yelled, but it was too late.

Amai had lunged for Ikimono's throat and was latched on with her teeth, sucking the blood through her vein in her neck. It was vampiric to Kagome, and to the rest it was barbaric. It was what animals did, how predators killed their prey.

Kagome jumped and was going to pull the ash-demon off of Ikimono, but Inu-Yasha grabbed her by the waist.

"Don't go! Ikimono's a demon, so she'll survive as long as a little blood is left over. You're human and she'll kill you like nothing."

"Okay, okay, okay, Inu-Yasha. Just do me a favor and LET GO OF ME!" She yelled.

Inu-Yasha flinched when he noticed his hands were still around Kagome's middle. Normally, he didn't think that would have bothered her, but this was not a normal situation. Quickly, he let go of her and pushed her towards Sango, who was having problems of her own.

"Miroku, you pervert!" She screeched."This is not the time or place for that!"

"But-"

"No! Get your damn hand off my ass!"

Miroku hung his head and showed her both of his hands. Sango looked confused and turned a little red. SHe turned around and screamed. Amai was standing there, wearing a cloth around her middle so that she was decent, with her hand on Sango's butt.

"I know how to make you fight each other. It's sad, really," Amai lightly chuckled.

With that laughed out of her system, Amai grew serious. She pulled out a very sharp knife and was about to stab Sango through the middle. Miroku reacted quickly and pulled her to the side.

"Bastard!"She cursed.

Not wanting to get into a fight, Amai walked away, totally ignoring Inu-Yasha and Kagome. She kicked Shippo into Ikimono's limp body.

After she had been gone for about half an hour, Myoga showed up.

"So, hello master Inu-Yasha. Hello all. How's it going?"

Inu-Yasha's left eye twitched angrily.

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Okay one more chapter to go! please review! I don't even care if you don't read it! Please? Anyway, I am so happy that I am almost done!

Milana Pashmina