Resurrection


- Rewritten!! Better than ever! -


Chapter One

Inuyasha versus Naraku


It has been three years. Three years exactly since Kagome Higurashi had fallen into the Bone Eater's Well, and found hanyou Inuyasha attached to the Goshinboku tree. Now eighteen, Kagome had grown into a lovely young woman, and her surrogate son, Shippou, was slightly taller than he usually was. His hair was longer, as well.

"Oi, wench! Where's the shards?!" Inuyasha's rude voice penetrated Kagome's thoughts, as she stirred the ramen they would have for dinner. Kagome looked up at the hanyou, who looked more and more anxious every day.

"I don't sense any, Inuyasha," She answered, quietly, as she went back to cooking. Shippou narrowed his eyes at Inuyasha momentarily, until he looked back at Kagome.

"Kagome, what did that idiot do to ya?" Shippou asked. Kagome smiled at the kitsune.

"He didn't do anything, Shippou," She reassured him. And that's the problem. She thought.

"Okay. If ya want me to eat him, I will!" He promised, as the little cub transformed into his pink bubble form, and bit the hanyou on the ear.

"Itai!" Inuyasha yelled, as he smacked Shippou, hard.

"Inuyasha, osuwari! Don't hit Shippou like that!" Kagome said. From the ground, where Inuyasha was currently at, you could hear muffled curses coming from the hanyou.

All during this little episode, Sango, the taiji-ya, and Miroku, the monk, both watched, with little sweatdrops on the back of their heads.

"Are they almost finished?" Miroku asked, through his teeth, so that Inuyasha or Kagome heard them.

"Can't tell... Kagome'll sit him again, I'm sure," Sango answered, just as softly. The monk nodded, as Kaede, the miko of the village they resided in, gave them each a cup of tea.

"Argh!! He makes me so angry!!" Kagome said, stomping over towards Sango and Miroku, and sitting down, her eyebrow twitching angrily.

"Ano... Kagome, are you alright?" Sango asked.

"I'm fine, Sango-chan. It's that idiot over there," Kagome said. Suddenly, Sango's eyebrow started twitching angrily, as well.

"Houshi-sama, move that hand, or else you'll have TWO cursed hands!!" She threatened, as she whacked Miroku over the head with her boomerang, Hiraikotsu.

Kirara mewed slightly towards Miroku as if to say, "Told ya so", and fell asleep.

"So, Kagome, are you going back to your time later?" Sango asked.

"I don't know. Inuyasha won't let me, I know that," Kagome answered.

"Hai, but it's a very important day for you, isn't it? Turning eighteen summers is a very important day for girls here," Sango asked.

"It's very important in my time. It signals when a girl has reached womanhood," Kagome said. "Yet, Inuyasha doesn't believe me when I say I'll be back. You know, I thought I'd be done with this whole ordeal before my seventeenth birthday, and, I'm celebrating my eighteenth, and we're still not done!"

"I know, I was expecting it to be done last year, as well," Sango agreed. "I'm guessing the last few shards belong to Naraku, but Inuyasha doesn't seem to agree with that thought."

"You're right," Kagome agreed. She then sniffed the air, and then her eyes bulged. "OH NO!! THE FOOD!!"


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After the group swallowed down the overcooked ramen, (Inuyasha with less vigor than usual when he ate his) they decided to settle down for the night. Miroku was putting up the demon ofudas, and he and Sango had decided to take first watch.

As he watched Kagome fall asleep, Inuyasha noticed that she wasn't as calm during her sleep these past few days. She had been thrashing around in her sleep a few times. After asking her about it, Kagome had shook it off as a nightmare, but Inuyasha didn't believe it. Some youkai (most likely Naraku) had poisoned her subconscious, and now she was having less and less sleep. Shippou had decided to sleep with Kirara until his "mother" stopped having the nightmares, because the last time he slept in Kagome's sleeping bag, she nearly suffocated him.

Why am I thinking about her so much? He asked himself. He never thought about Kikyo this much before. Not at all. Maybe a little bit, but... not as much as Kagome.

As he thought about the miko-in-training, he didn't notice a soul-stealing youkai and the miko it was flying around...


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"Naraku-sama," A small voice said. "They're near the village. Will you attack tonight?"

"Aa," Naraku answered. "Arigato, Kanna. You may leave."


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A small rumble was all that Inuyasha needed to wake up. It didn't wake the thrashing Kagome, but the monk and the taiji-ya immediately took up their weapons, Shippou transformed into a javelin, although it had a slight fox tail at the end, and Kirara transformed into her big neko youkai mode.

Inuyasha didn't take out the Tetsusaiga out just yet. He wanted to find out what was making all those sounds first.

"Foolish mortals," A voice said, evilly. A chill went down Inuyasha's spine as he realized who it was-- Naraku. "You should just give me the shards and be done with it."

Now that Naraku had been speaking, Kagome had awaken, although her eyes looked... dead. Sango remembered the look as the one her brother had.

"Kagome-chan! Wake up!!" The taiji-ya ran over to Kagome, and shook her a few times.

"You can stop that," Another voice said. They all turned to find Kikyo standing there. "I'm taking what's rightfully mine. And none of you can stop me."

"Stop this sister," Kaede said, standing between Kagome and the miko.

"Kaede, you side with my reincarnate?" Kikyo asked, in disbelief.

"I side with whatever that's good, and is in favor for the good of the people," Kaede corrected.

"That is what I promise to do, as soon as I gain my full soul back," Kikyo said. "And I intend to take Inuyasha."

"Oh no you don't," Sango said, now totally peeved. She had disliked the miko ever since she met her, and now Kikyo had the gall to try and steal her best friend's soul? Yeah, right!

"A mere taiji-ya dare to try and stop me?" Kikyo asked, almost laughing. (a/n- creepy... Kikyo laughing...)

"And me," Miroku said. Kikyo raised an eyebrow.

"AND ME!!" Shippou said, turning back into his kitsune form. Kikyo smirked.

Inuyasha just stood there. He had no idea what to do. Side with Kikyo, his first love? Or side with his friends, and truly betray Kikyo? Fortunately, Naraku had decided to make his appearance.

Sure enough, he was in his baboon outfit, and, although they couldn't see the face of him, everyone knew it was the true Naraku.

"Hello, Inuyasha. So glad to finally see you again..." His voice said. Inuyasha narrowed his eyes. "I see you've met Kikyo..." The miko 'floated' over towards Naraku.

"Shut up," Inuyasha said.

"Aha. Going to the attack mode right away, are we?" Naraku asked. "Well, I see... a taiji-ya, a monk, a pathetic excuse for a kitsune, and a hanyou." He said each as if they were a disease on the tongue. "Versus a miko and a youkai. Not to mention Kanna and Kagura." As soon as he said their names, out came his children, the white haired youkai, Kanna, and the wind youkai, Kagura.

"I wouldn't say this is a fair fight," A nonchalant voice said, as a tall inu-youkai dropped from the ground. It was Sesshoumaru.

"Sesshoumaru! What the hell are you doing here?!" Inuyasha asked, in disbelief.

"Destroying him," Sesshoumaru said, pointing towards Naraku. The inu-youkai took out his long whip.

"So, two inu youkai? Should be interesting..." Naraku said. "Kukuku! Let's see if you can defeat the all-mighty Naraku!"


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Kagome tried to scream, tried to run, tried everything. But Kikyo's hold on her was too strong. Suddenly, a thought appeared in her head.

"I LOVE INUYASHA!" She screamed. Suddenly, she gained full control of her body. (A/n- and as it turns out, it was right in the middle of the battle, too)

Inuyasha turned towards Kagome, his eyes wide. She didn't notice him, though, for she was busy moving her hands and arms, as if she couldn't believe it. Swallowing, he turned back to the battle, and fought twice as hard.

Sango, however, ran up to the girl.

"What was that all about?" Sango asked.

"Well, Kikyo had me in a strong hold, and I needed to be let go, and the only thing I could think of was to yell out something true. And that's exactly what I did!" Kagome asked. (a/n- couldn't think of anything else, so... -_-)

Sango smirked, but pointed away from the battle.

"Kagome, run. Just leave this place. Go home to your time. Stay there."

Kagome didn't need anyone else's opinion on that. She ran as fast as she could... until Kagura caught her.

"Nani?!" Kagome yelled.

"I'm sorry," Kagura said. "Blame Naraku, not me."

"Why should I?!" Kagome asked.

"Listen! If I let you go, will you make your friends kill Naraku?" Kagura demanded.

"Wha--?"

"He's enslaved me," Kagura explained. "Make your friends kill him, and I'll let you go."

"Hai." Kagome agreed, as the wind youkai pulled her back to the clearing.


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Inuyasha felt drained when Kagura walked back into the clearing... carrying Kagome. He growled.

"INUYASHA!!" Kagome yelled. "KILL Naraku!!!!! Kill him!!!!!!!!"

He didn't need any more fuel. Leaping to reach Naraku, Inuyasha put his claws into a wound on his arm, and yelled out, "CLAWS OF BLOOD!"

Suddenly, the baboon costume that Naraku wore dropped off him, and Inuyasha's attack hit it, but not Naraku himself. Naraku seemed to know Kagura's plan, for the youkai stole Kagome from Kagura's grasp, and pulled her to the tallest tree.

"See you in Hell, Inuyasha!" Naraku said. (a/n- Isn't it kinda ironic his name actually means Hell?) With that, he sliced Kagome's throat, and finally his own, disintegrating the youkai part of him once he hit the shards in his throat, making the Onigumo part of him start to bleed profusely, as Kagome was.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled. He saw her choking, and suddenly, her body stopped moving. He barely heard, "'Love you... Yasha..." before he smelt death. Kagome's. Suddenly, the soul-stealing youkai belonging to Kikyo flew up to Kagome's body, and stole her soul, bringing it to Kikyo, who was smirking.

"Inuyasha, come with me!" She said. "I'm now complete!" But he was no longer himself. His eyes, originally golden in color, were now completely red. His face now had stripes on it.

"Not anymore!" He yelled, striking Kikyo with his outstretched claws. It knocked the miko's head off her shoulders.

Miroku, Sango, and Shippou all blanched when they saw youkai-Inuyasha growl sadistically, as he took Kagome's lifeless body, and ran off into the forest.


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Author's note- This is the longest chapter of Resurrection I've written. I've decided to rewrite it, because it was too short, and it was too vague. I'm now gonna make it slightly longer and different. ^^ Hope ya like it!