Time for a change part 56
Hmm, can't think of anything to say today (I know you must be terribly disappointed ;) ) except for
I don't own Inuyasha
-Shadow Wraith- Actually, unless I'm mistaken those are styles of kimono. I've read a site on it
somewhere. *shrug*
-moon-neko-princess- I think there are two chapters left and the epilouge (counting this chap) And
no I don't think anyone would be terribly upset as long as he's DEAD finally.
-ladykaa28- Normally yes, Inuyasha's wounds would of healed. But I have already taken that into account
and have an explanation. Also the marks on his neck are from 'Kagome' squezing.
-Amygurl- It has been like 8 months now actually :D. And I have msn, its on my bio.
-Meow the chibi neko- We are all confuzled.
-The Spider- Nope, this isn't the last one. Soon though.
-Junichi-??? The only Kagome in Naraku's lair is a fake one, which is now strangling Inuyasha....
-kago- 1) You have lucky hair then, I have short hair and knots hurt. 2) I'm a guy, so sue me :P
3) Do you read author notes? :D I have said plenty of times I use word pad.
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Inuyasha dug his claws into the vines cutting off his air supply, but not even his could
pierce whatever was covering them. Naraku let out another dark chuckle as he watched the other hanyou
struggle. "How does it feel Inuyasha? To come all this way only to die pitifully?" Inuyasha glanced
down towards the Tetsusaiga, which was still stuck in the ground to his left. It was not a foot away
from where he was suspended in the air, if only he could reach it.. Inuyasha shot out his left hand to
grab it, but 'Kagome' was too fast for him. His hand was only inches away from the hilt of his sword
when more vines snapped tight around his wrist, then his other one as well, all curtousy of 'Kagome''s
other arm, which was also now a mass of writhing vines.
Naraku watched on silently from his seat of youkai as the false Kagome moved closer to Inuyasha,
stopping just outside of kicking range, while pulling Inuyasha's arms as far apart from his body as
possible, probably a bit more. "Before you die, perhaps you would like to know just why my creation
smells of you and your mate?" Naraku called out, obviously not expecting nor wanting an answer.
Inuyasha, of course, said nothing as he struggled to stay conscious and think of a way out of his
current situation. "It is becuase she was made using the blood of you and your mate, both of which were
quite easy to obtain."
"No worries Inuyasha, in a few moments you will never have to worry about failing to protect the
wench again." Naraku said, smirking, but it quickly faded into a frown as he narrowed his eyes suspiciously
at Inuyasha, who also had a triumphant smirk on his face. Naraku's eyes fell onto the Tetsusaiga, which
was now akwardly being clasped between Inuyasha's feet. 'Kagome' realized it as well, but it was too late.
Using the vines gripping his wrists and neck as leverage, Inuyasha swung his lower body foreward, bringing
the Tetsusaiga up as well to make a clean slice straight through his false mate. For a moment she simply
stood there, her mouth agape. Then, she started to melt, dropping Inuyasha to the ground in the process.
Her body turned to a blackish red color and dwindled to nothing more than a little blob. Meanwhile,
Inuyasha rubbed his neck with one hand, taking deep breaths of delicious air as he took the Tetsusaiga into
his other hand. Naraku watched expressionlessly as the blob made its way back to him, crawling up his leg
and onto his open palm. He lifted his other hand and plunged his fingers into the blob. When he pulled them
out, they had a Shikon shard with them. Still holding the shard in his other hand, Naraku stared straight at
Inuyasha, who was still panting, and crushed the blob. He threw the now lifeless thing off to his side and
stood up, the youkai chair which he had been sitting on seemingly absorbing into his back.
Naraku removed his upper kimono and tossed it away, revealing his torso which seemed to be covered in
large pinkish welts. Without any hesitation, Naraku thrust the shard he was holding into his chest, creating
another welt. "Now for the final one." Naraku said snapping his fingers. Out from the shadows came Kohaku, who
approached his master silently. Inuyasha, who had recovered his strength and was now standing straight, rushed
towards the two with the Tetsusaiga raised in an effort to stop what was about to happen.
Kohaku turned his back to Naraku, who removed a knife from somewhere and sliced the shard embedded in
Kohaku's back out none too gently. The result was immediate. With a gasp, Kohaku fell to his hands and knees,
life returning to his eyes. "Die slowly worm." Naraku said demonstrating some of his power by kicking Kohaku
and then leaping backwards as Inuyasha reached the area and swung the Tetsusaiga, slicing a few strands of hair
from Naraku's head. Kohaku's form flew towards the far wall, crashing loudly against it, and then fell to the
ground. He didn't get up.
Naraku fingered the shard tauntingly for a moment before plunging it into his forehead. His eyes flashed
bright purple for a moment and he clenched his hands tightly. Purple energy seemed to start to radiate from him,
flowing outwards to encompass the entire area, including Inuyasha. "Are you prepared Inuyasha?" Naraku said calmly.
Inuyasha let his actions do the talking, as he leapt into the air with a battle cry. Naraku didn't try to dodge
as he watched the hanyou soar towards him, the Tetsusaiga raised above his head. At the last moment, Naraku reached
into his lower kimono again with lightning speed and removed a sword, which he brought up above his head to parry
Inuyasha's attack. For a moment the Tetsusaiga pushed the strange gleaming blade backwards towards its master, but
then something unexpected happened, the Tetsusaiga started to glow pink. Inuyasha's eyes widened as the Tetsusaiga
returned to its rusty form. Naraku took advantage of Inuyasha's distraction to push him backwards and thrust his
blade into the upper portion of his left arm.
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Kaede sighed as she finished bandaging the sword wound as best she could. She then turned to the rest of
Inuyasha's beaten body. There were numerous gashes that needed cleaning and bandaging, but there seemed to be
something wrong here. Acting on a hunch, Kaede placed her hands on his chest. "Broken." she muttered. Kagome
looked up from cleaning one of Inuyasha's cuts. "What?" she asked. "He has broken ribs, they should have healed
by now. So should have most of these wounds. There must be some magic preventing him from healing." Kaede held
out her hand to Kagome. "Take my hand child, I cannot do this myself." Kagome placed her small hand into Kaede's
withered one. "Now I want you to concentrate..."
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Grimacing in pain, Inuyasha pulled backwards off Naraku's blade, which could do more damage inside than
out, and stepped back, holding the untransformed Tetsusaiga in front of him. "How do you like my Hatamashii,
my blade of souls?" Naraku said smiling humourlessly. Inuyasha stared at the Hatamashii, it look much like the
untransformed Tetsusaiga, except in perfect condition. The blade was black and seemed to glint red in the light.
"Souls?" Naraku held the blade, now stained with Inuyasha's blood up and admired it. "Human souls to be exact."
Suddenly it all clicked in Inuaysha's mind. "Thats why all of the villagers were dead! You sucked their souls
out of their bodies with those youkai you killed!" Naraku swung the blade in the air, causing blood to fly
everywhere. The whistling sound it made as it moved sounded very similar to that of a person whailing in agony.
"Of course not just any human soul would do. They had to be strong, much different from the common rabble
that infests most of Japan. That was why those merchants were so ideal for my blade. They were pampered, not
wearing their souls out day in and day out working endlessly for nothing." Naraku pointed the blade towards
Inuyasha's heart. "Now prepare to face the power of the Hatamasshi!" With that he rushed foreward, swinging the
blade sideways in an attempt to decapitate Inuyasha. Inuyasha brought the Tetsusaiga up to block and with a clang
the two swords connected, suprisingly the rusty Tetsusaiga didn't break under the attack. The force of Naraku's
attack pushed him back several inches, but it was what happened next that was truly devestating. A defeaning cry
assailed his ears and an instant later a massive amount of force, similar to a sonic boom, crashed into him.
The force blew him backwards atleast ten feet and tore through his kimono and skin like invisible razor
blades. Naraku watched as Inuyasha struggled to stand straight again. "Perhaps not as powerful as your Tetsusaiga,
but it makes little difference when you can not use it." Naraku taunted. Not waiting for a response, Naraku came
again, this time raising the Hatamashii above his head. Using his less damaged right arm, Inuyasha managed to once
again stop the blade from slicing through him, but the screaming boom still forced him farther back and added
another set of bleeding wounds. Inuyasha found his back against the wall as he raised to block again. This time
Naraku didn't attempt to swing, instead using both hands to press his Hatamashii with as much force as possible
against the rusty blade that Inuyasha was holding mere inches in front of him with one hand. The two struggled
against eachoter as Naraku slowly pushed the Tetsusaiga closer to Inuyasha, who was putting up an impressive effort
considering one of his arms was all but useless.
"The pleasure of killing you will pale in comparison to what happens after you die" Naraku growled.
"The look on her face when I throw your head at her feet will be beyond comparison." Inuyasha's eyes widened
a little, knowing very well he was refering to Kagome. He let a growl escape his throat as Naraku pushed the
Tetsusaiga back another inch. "While I don't posses the weak feelings Onigumo had for Kikyou and her
reincarnation, BREAKING her will still bring me great pleasure." Inuyasha's eyes started to glow faint red as
his growling increased. To Naraku's surprise, Inuyasha begin to push back the Hatamashii. Around them, purple
energy began to swirl and thicken.
Seeing he was losing, Naraku leapt backwards. "It is time to finish this Inuyasha." he said raising the
Hatamashii above his head. Inuyasa braced himself grimly as Naraku began to bring the blade down. Then
suddenly, a chain wrapped itself around the blade and tightened, stopping the descent. Naraku looked behind him,
clearly surprised, to find Kohaku, in a half crouch and breathing hard, holding the other end of the chain.
"You should have just died." Naraku said. Inuyasha then saw his only chance. "Tetsusaiga!" He called leaping with
his last bit of his strength towards Naraku. The Tetsusaiga, perhaps sensing the urgency of the situation, perhaps
not, transformed at his call. Inuyasha put everything he had into the swing, his hatred of Naraku, his rage at
what he had said, his love for Kagome, everything. The Tetsusaiga glowed a bright red as he swung.
Naraku, surprised by the unexpected attack, brought the Hatamashii up to block, pulling the chain from
Kohaku's hands in the process, and once again the two swords clashed. Energy crackled around the two of them,
filling the room with brightness. From a distance, Kohaku watched in amazement as not only did the Tetsusaiga
push the Hatamashii back, but it cut straight through it. Inuyasha completed the swing, which hadn't hit Naraku
at all, and fell to one knee, using the Tetsusaiga to lean against as he watched Naraku. He had destroyed the sword
somehow, but Naraku was still alive and he had nothing left to fight with. Naraku, stared at his broken sword.
"Impossible, how could you have done this? The Tetsusaiga cannot harm humans."
The only answer he got was from his broken sword itself. A horrible shriek eminated from it as dozens
of souls flew out. "No! Stay back!" Naraku roared, his energy swirling around him and clashing with the pure white
energy of the souls. Any other sound Naraku might have made was drowned out by the shrieking as the souls swirled
around him, blocking him from sight. The last thing Inuyasha remembered seeing was Kohaku, who had dragged himself
to the mass of swirling souls. He turned silently to Inuyasha and weakly raised a hand in farewell. With that
Kohaku's body slid limply to the floor and another soul entered the tornado of souls. Then Inuyasha's world went
black.
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Kaede cleaned her hands in a small bowl of water the villagers had brought. "I believe we have done all
we can for Inuyasha. We have cleared the way, but now he must heal himself. The best we can do is ease the pain
now." Kagome nodded, not taking her eyes of Inuyasha's face. Kaede then noticed something peculiar that she hadn't
before. "Kagome, what does Inuyasha have in his hand?" Kaede asked gesturing to the one that was still clenched.
Kagome, now curious, looked at it. She gently pried his hand opened and gasped. In his palm were dozens of Shikon
shards.
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There you have it, the final battle. Hope I did a decent job at it, fighting has never been a strong point
for me. I stayed up most of the night writing this so give me a break and review eh?
Hmm, can't think of anything to say today (I know you must be terribly disappointed ;) ) except for
I don't own Inuyasha
-Shadow Wraith- Actually, unless I'm mistaken those are styles of kimono. I've read a site on it
somewhere. *shrug*
-moon-neko-princess- I think there are two chapters left and the epilouge (counting this chap) And
no I don't think anyone would be terribly upset as long as he's DEAD finally.
-ladykaa28- Normally yes, Inuyasha's wounds would of healed. But I have already taken that into account
and have an explanation. Also the marks on his neck are from 'Kagome' squezing.
-Amygurl- It has been like 8 months now actually :D. And I have msn, its on my bio.
-Meow the chibi neko- We are all confuzled.
-The Spider- Nope, this isn't the last one. Soon though.
-Junichi-??? The only Kagome in Naraku's lair is a fake one, which is now strangling Inuyasha....
-kago- 1) You have lucky hair then, I have short hair and knots hurt. 2) I'm a guy, so sue me :P
3) Do you read author notes? :D I have said plenty of times I use word pad.
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Inuyasha dug his claws into the vines cutting off his air supply, but not even his could
pierce whatever was covering them. Naraku let out another dark chuckle as he watched the other hanyou
struggle. "How does it feel Inuyasha? To come all this way only to die pitifully?" Inuyasha glanced
down towards the Tetsusaiga, which was still stuck in the ground to his left. It was not a foot away
from where he was suspended in the air, if only he could reach it.. Inuyasha shot out his left hand to
grab it, but 'Kagome' was too fast for him. His hand was only inches away from the hilt of his sword
when more vines snapped tight around his wrist, then his other one as well, all curtousy of 'Kagome''s
other arm, which was also now a mass of writhing vines.
Naraku watched on silently from his seat of youkai as the false Kagome moved closer to Inuyasha,
stopping just outside of kicking range, while pulling Inuyasha's arms as far apart from his body as
possible, probably a bit more. "Before you die, perhaps you would like to know just why my creation
smells of you and your mate?" Naraku called out, obviously not expecting nor wanting an answer.
Inuyasha, of course, said nothing as he struggled to stay conscious and think of a way out of his
current situation. "It is becuase she was made using the blood of you and your mate, both of which were
quite easy to obtain."
"No worries Inuyasha, in a few moments you will never have to worry about failing to protect the
wench again." Naraku said, smirking, but it quickly faded into a frown as he narrowed his eyes suspiciously
at Inuyasha, who also had a triumphant smirk on his face. Naraku's eyes fell onto the Tetsusaiga, which
was now akwardly being clasped between Inuyasha's feet. 'Kagome' realized it as well, but it was too late.
Using the vines gripping his wrists and neck as leverage, Inuyasha swung his lower body foreward, bringing
the Tetsusaiga up as well to make a clean slice straight through his false mate. For a moment she simply
stood there, her mouth agape. Then, she started to melt, dropping Inuyasha to the ground in the process.
Her body turned to a blackish red color and dwindled to nothing more than a little blob. Meanwhile,
Inuyasha rubbed his neck with one hand, taking deep breaths of delicious air as he took the Tetsusaiga into
his other hand. Naraku watched expressionlessly as the blob made its way back to him, crawling up his leg
and onto his open palm. He lifted his other hand and plunged his fingers into the blob. When he pulled them
out, they had a Shikon shard with them. Still holding the shard in his other hand, Naraku stared straight at
Inuyasha, who was still panting, and crushed the blob. He threw the now lifeless thing off to his side and
stood up, the youkai chair which he had been sitting on seemingly absorbing into his back.
Naraku removed his upper kimono and tossed it away, revealing his torso which seemed to be covered in
large pinkish welts. Without any hesitation, Naraku thrust the shard he was holding into his chest, creating
another welt. "Now for the final one." Naraku said snapping his fingers. Out from the shadows came Kohaku, who
approached his master silently. Inuyasha, who had recovered his strength and was now standing straight, rushed
towards the two with the Tetsusaiga raised in an effort to stop what was about to happen.
Kohaku turned his back to Naraku, who removed a knife from somewhere and sliced the shard embedded in
Kohaku's back out none too gently. The result was immediate. With a gasp, Kohaku fell to his hands and knees,
life returning to his eyes. "Die slowly worm." Naraku said demonstrating some of his power by kicking Kohaku
and then leaping backwards as Inuyasha reached the area and swung the Tetsusaiga, slicing a few strands of hair
from Naraku's head. Kohaku's form flew towards the far wall, crashing loudly against it, and then fell to the
ground. He didn't get up.
Naraku fingered the shard tauntingly for a moment before plunging it into his forehead. His eyes flashed
bright purple for a moment and he clenched his hands tightly. Purple energy seemed to start to radiate from him,
flowing outwards to encompass the entire area, including Inuyasha. "Are you prepared Inuyasha?" Naraku said calmly.
Inuyasha let his actions do the talking, as he leapt into the air with a battle cry. Naraku didn't try to dodge
as he watched the hanyou soar towards him, the Tetsusaiga raised above his head. At the last moment, Naraku reached
into his lower kimono again with lightning speed and removed a sword, which he brought up above his head to parry
Inuyasha's attack. For a moment the Tetsusaiga pushed the strange gleaming blade backwards towards its master, but
then something unexpected happened, the Tetsusaiga started to glow pink. Inuyasha's eyes widened as the Tetsusaiga
returned to its rusty form. Naraku took advantage of Inuyasha's distraction to push him backwards and thrust his
blade into the upper portion of his left arm.
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Kaede sighed as she finished bandaging the sword wound as best she could. She then turned to the rest of
Inuyasha's beaten body. There were numerous gashes that needed cleaning and bandaging, but there seemed to be
something wrong here. Acting on a hunch, Kaede placed her hands on his chest. "Broken." she muttered. Kagome
looked up from cleaning one of Inuyasha's cuts. "What?" she asked. "He has broken ribs, they should have healed
by now. So should have most of these wounds. There must be some magic preventing him from healing." Kaede held
out her hand to Kagome. "Take my hand child, I cannot do this myself." Kagome placed her small hand into Kaede's
withered one. "Now I want you to concentrate..."
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Grimacing in pain, Inuyasha pulled backwards off Naraku's blade, which could do more damage inside than
out, and stepped back, holding the untransformed Tetsusaiga in front of him. "How do you like my Hatamashii,
my blade of souls?" Naraku said smiling humourlessly. Inuyasha stared at the Hatamashii, it look much like the
untransformed Tetsusaiga, except in perfect condition. The blade was black and seemed to glint red in the light.
"Souls?" Naraku held the blade, now stained with Inuyasha's blood up and admired it. "Human souls to be exact."
Suddenly it all clicked in Inuaysha's mind. "Thats why all of the villagers were dead! You sucked their souls
out of their bodies with those youkai you killed!" Naraku swung the blade in the air, causing blood to fly
everywhere. The whistling sound it made as it moved sounded very similar to that of a person whailing in agony.
"Of course not just any human soul would do. They had to be strong, much different from the common rabble
that infests most of Japan. That was why those merchants were so ideal for my blade. They were pampered, not
wearing their souls out day in and day out working endlessly for nothing." Naraku pointed the blade towards
Inuyasha's heart. "Now prepare to face the power of the Hatamasshi!" With that he rushed foreward, swinging the
blade sideways in an attempt to decapitate Inuyasha. Inuyasha brought the Tetsusaiga up to block and with a clang
the two swords connected, suprisingly the rusty Tetsusaiga didn't break under the attack. The force of Naraku's
attack pushed him back several inches, but it was what happened next that was truly devestating. A defeaning cry
assailed his ears and an instant later a massive amount of force, similar to a sonic boom, crashed into him.
The force blew him backwards atleast ten feet and tore through his kimono and skin like invisible razor
blades. Naraku watched as Inuyasha struggled to stand straight again. "Perhaps not as powerful as your Tetsusaiga,
but it makes little difference when you can not use it." Naraku taunted. Not waiting for a response, Naraku came
again, this time raising the Hatamashii above his head. Using his less damaged right arm, Inuyasha managed to once
again stop the blade from slicing through him, but the screaming boom still forced him farther back and added
another set of bleeding wounds. Inuyasha found his back against the wall as he raised to block again. This time
Naraku didn't attempt to swing, instead using both hands to press his Hatamashii with as much force as possible
against the rusty blade that Inuyasha was holding mere inches in front of him with one hand. The two struggled
against eachoter as Naraku slowly pushed the Tetsusaiga closer to Inuyasha, who was putting up an impressive effort
considering one of his arms was all but useless.
"The pleasure of killing you will pale in comparison to what happens after you die" Naraku growled.
"The look on her face when I throw your head at her feet will be beyond comparison." Inuyasha's eyes widened
a little, knowing very well he was refering to Kagome. He let a growl escape his throat as Naraku pushed the
Tetsusaiga back another inch. "While I don't posses the weak feelings Onigumo had for Kikyou and her
reincarnation, BREAKING her will still bring me great pleasure." Inuyasha's eyes started to glow faint red as
his growling increased. To Naraku's surprise, Inuyasha begin to push back the Hatamashii. Around them, purple
energy began to swirl and thicken.
Seeing he was losing, Naraku leapt backwards. "It is time to finish this Inuyasha." he said raising the
Hatamashii above his head. Inuyasa braced himself grimly as Naraku began to bring the blade down. Then
suddenly, a chain wrapped itself around the blade and tightened, stopping the descent. Naraku looked behind him,
clearly surprised, to find Kohaku, in a half crouch and breathing hard, holding the other end of the chain.
"You should have just died." Naraku said. Inuyasha then saw his only chance. "Tetsusaiga!" He called leaping with
his last bit of his strength towards Naraku. The Tetsusaiga, perhaps sensing the urgency of the situation, perhaps
not, transformed at his call. Inuyasha put everything he had into the swing, his hatred of Naraku, his rage at
what he had said, his love for Kagome, everything. The Tetsusaiga glowed a bright red as he swung.
Naraku, surprised by the unexpected attack, brought the Hatamashii up to block, pulling the chain from
Kohaku's hands in the process, and once again the two swords clashed. Energy crackled around the two of them,
filling the room with brightness. From a distance, Kohaku watched in amazement as not only did the Tetsusaiga
push the Hatamashii back, but it cut straight through it. Inuyasha completed the swing, which hadn't hit Naraku
at all, and fell to one knee, using the Tetsusaiga to lean against as he watched Naraku. He had destroyed the sword
somehow, but Naraku was still alive and he had nothing left to fight with. Naraku, stared at his broken sword.
"Impossible, how could you have done this? The Tetsusaiga cannot harm humans."
The only answer he got was from his broken sword itself. A horrible shriek eminated from it as dozens
of souls flew out. "No! Stay back!" Naraku roared, his energy swirling around him and clashing with the pure white
energy of the souls. Any other sound Naraku might have made was drowned out by the shrieking as the souls swirled
around him, blocking him from sight. The last thing Inuyasha remembered seeing was Kohaku, who had dragged himself
to the mass of swirling souls. He turned silently to Inuyasha and weakly raised a hand in farewell. With that
Kohaku's body slid limply to the floor and another soul entered the tornado of souls. Then Inuyasha's world went
black.
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Kaede cleaned her hands in a small bowl of water the villagers had brought. "I believe we have done all
we can for Inuyasha. We have cleared the way, but now he must heal himself. The best we can do is ease the pain
now." Kagome nodded, not taking her eyes of Inuyasha's face. Kaede then noticed something peculiar that she hadn't
before. "Kagome, what does Inuyasha have in his hand?" Kaede asked gesturing to the one that was still clenched.
Kagome, now curious, looked at it. She gently pried his hand opened and gasped. In his palm were dozens of Shikon
shards.
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There you have it, the final battle. Hope I did a decent job at it, fighting has never been a strong point
for me. I stayed up most of the night writing this so give me a break and review eh?