Chapter 9: The Chosen fall

The army moved forward through a field to where the Cabal's army waited. Kagome, Inu-Yasha, Sango, and Miroku, went silently through the forests until they found the base. From the outside it looked like a small metallic igloo, about three hundred feet across. "Apocalypse Blue to base" Kagome said into a radio they had given her, "We've found the Cabal base and are presently moving in." Kagome took out the guards with her bow and they entered the base.

Inside there was a large empty room with an elevator in the back. "The rest of the base must be underground, lets try that elevator," Kagome said. "Surprised to see you one step ahead of us," Kagome jumped when she heard Caleb's voice behind her, "Four of us, and four of you, you don't stand a chance. Okay, Ophelia, you take Sango, Ishmael, Inu-Yasha, and Gabriella, Miroku."

"You forgot about me, Caleb," Kagome said, letting an arrow fly at him. He disappeared before the arrow hit. "No, I didn't forget," Caleb said, appearing behind Kagome and grabbing her. "It's over Kagome," he said with a gun to her head. Kagome could see that the others were winning their battles, even if they couldn't save her. "Its not over yet, Caleb," she said. "Even if they win their battles," Caleb said "I'll see to it that you stay dead this time."

Kagome felt the anger balling up inside her; the adrenaline flowed through her body. "You're really starting to piss me off!" she yelled at Caleb, swinging around and knocking the pistol out of his hand. She stepped away from him as he pulled out his shotgun, and fired. Kagome could see the pellets moving through the air, she wasn't sure if she was moving fast or everything was slowing down. She put her hand up in front of her and the pellets stopped in midair and fell to the ground.

"How the hell did you do that?" Caleb asked as he ran to his pistol and picked it up. "It's the end for you, Caleb," Kagome said, ignoring his question. "Try and stop this," Caleb yelled and fired his pistol at Kagome until he ran out of bullets. Once again Kagome could see them slowly crawling through the air. She simply walked around them. "You can't win Caleb, goodbye," She said as she put her hand up again, this time releasing blinding white light. "If I can't have the jewel than Gideon shall have it, not you," Caleb uttered his last words. When everything cleared all that remained of Caleb was that now common pile of dust, and no jewel.

Inu-Yasha, Miroku, and Sango, who had finished the other Chosen easily after Caleb fell, were shocked. "Kagome," Inu-Yasha said, "How did you do that?"

"I…I don't know," Kagome said, "I felt this great power and I just knew what to do. I'm going to face Gideon alone." "Lady Kagome," Miroku cut in, "That is insane, we must go with you."

"No," Kagome said, "I will not risk any of your lives, it is unnecessary, and I feel that somehow this is something I must face alone. Stay here," she said in a more commanding tone and then took the elevator down to the base.

She came out in a throne room of some sort. It was dark but she could make out a man saying something in some odd language and saw the jewel in his hand. She quietly knocked an arrow on her bow and aimed carefully at his hand. He grabbed back his hand and the jewel rolled across the floor. "I believe this is mine," she said, picking it up. "Lights," she heard the man say and the room was flooded with light.

"Kagome Higurashi I presume," he said. Kagome looked at him, he looked exactly like Sesshoumaru only he was wearing a black suit, "That must be the clone Sesshoumaru was talking about" Kagome thought, then said "Correct, I suppose you are Gideon."

"In the flesh, too bad you took the jewel, now I can't reach my full power," he said, "The world will be mine, you've only prolonged the inevitable. Now I can't have the power to take the world, but we will find the Black Dragon." "The Black Dragon, what's that? Who do you think you are, anyway?" Kagome said. "The Black Dragon is a human with immense physical and psychic power, we need only wait to find it. And as for who I am, why you know who I am, Kagome," he said, in a somehow familiar voice.

"What are you talking about?" Kagome demanded. "Look into my eyes Kagome, see into my soul," He said, walking slowly closer to her. Kagome looked into his eyes. "No," she said, "No, It can't be." Kagome felt faint, the man standing before her, was her father.