Disclaimer: . . .

AN: Okay this IS the last chappie. This ending may be depressing, I'm just letting the

words flow now so if it does come out that way, please don't be mad. Know I didn't do it

on purpose. To the fic I guess . . .

~ ^-^ ~ Sesshoumaru was running as fast as he possibly could.

He stopped dead in his tracks as a familiar scent caught his attention.

It was the smell of jasmine and miasma.

It was Naraku.

He had no idea that finding Naraku's lil 'hideout' would be so easy.

Asia probably wasn't there but he knew a certain hanyou that wanted Naraku's head on a

silver platter.

He ran back to where his brother and the rest of the group slept.

They would attack when he least expected it.

~ ^-^ ~

The sun slowly rose above the horizon, lighting up everything in its wake.

Sesshoumaru sat in the grass, the team ready for their final battle with Naraku.

'I will beat him until he tells me what he's done with her,' he thought.

He didn't really know if he did anything to her but he just felt something was wrong.

His instincts told him so.

He stood up to lead the group to where he had found Naraku.

The group advanced, prepared to take him on.

Inuyasha had embedded several jewel shards in his arms, legs, and back.

He was gonna kick Naraku's sorry ass.

~ ^-^ ~

Naraku woke up, feeling a strange sense of warmth.

He rolled over and saw Asia's sleeping face.

They had shared a futon.

'She's so beautiful. I can't even imagine why she forgave me.'

He climbed out of the futon, careful not to wake her.

He was going to take a morning walk.

Just to clear his thoughts that is.

Flashback:

"I can't do this to you Asia. Please forgive me."

". . . I forgive everyone."

He kissed her and ran away, grabbing his baboon pelt.

He went out into the forest, looking for the nearby hot spring.

When he found it, he shed his baboon pelt and climbed into the water.

He had to think.

This was his usual spot for plotting his evil and twisted plans and he really needed to

think out his next move.

He heard rustling in the bushes and Asia stepped from behind them.

He felt a hot blush creep upon his cheeks.

"Asia . . . what are you doing here?"

"I-I wanted to talk."

'I wonder what's so important that she'd interrupt my bath . . .'

"About what?"

". . . Do you really love me?"

"Yes. I have since I met you."

". . ."

"When you said you forgive everyone . . . do you really?"

"Yes. Why?"

"I just thought . . ."

"Thought what?"

"I just thought that the world would be a better place if there were more people like you

and less people like . . . people . . . like-me."

". . . So it was true."

"What's true?"

"What Inuyasha told me about you. You are evil aren't you? You did do those evil things

. . .didn't you?"

". . . Yes. Now I regret ever doing them."

"I know you do."

"People don't forgive the way that you do. Why have you forgiven me?"

"I forgive everyone."

". . ."

"Naraku . . ."

"Yes?"

"I-I . . . I think I love you too."

End Flashback

"I wish everyone was more like her. I wish I was more like her."

~ ^-^ ~

Sesshoumaru and the gumi were close by, sneaking up on him.

He was so close, they could smell him.

And the doggie demon brothers really did.

Sango, Shippo, and Miroku were sitting on Kirara. (Kilala, Kirara, whateva makes ya

happy people. Actually it's both. Kilala in English, Kirara in Japanese.)

Just then, Hojo appeared in front of Sesshoumaru. (ain't he annoying)

"I gotta get rid of the curse."

"Hojo-kun?" Kagome asked, pretty confused as to why he had wings and what he was

doing there.

"Hello Higurashi. Sesshoumaru, since my mission is completed and you didn't really do

anything to deserve the curse, I gotta get rid of it. Hold still."

He got rid of the curse that bond Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha's souls just as easily as he'd

given it. (Stupid Hoho, Bojo, Momo, Mojo?)

"Thank you for getting rid of that blasted curse," Sesshoumaru said, an evil grin plastered

on his face.

"Well you're welcome-"

He disappeared just in time to miss a blow to the head, hey half angels can feel pain too.

"Man I hate that bastard."

They rounded a tree and saw Naraku sitting on a boulder in front of his fortress where his

beloved lay sleeping.

Naraku looked at the sky wistfully before he noticed the intruders.

Inuyasha walked over to him.

"Hello Naraku, I'm gonna snap your spine and feed you your entrails. And I don't even

need Tetsaiga for that." (Sounds painful, ne?)

Kagome and Shippo hid behind a tree.

"Okay Shippo, you know what to do?"

"Yeah!"

She handed him a lit road emergency flare.

"Throw it in the window."

"Okay."

"Iron reaver soul stealer!"

Naraku dodged Inuyasha's attack only to be hit by Sango's boomerang.

Miroku took the opportunity to hit him with his staff.

Killing Naraku seemed, well, easy. (Yeah if you're all ganging up on him. Meanies.)

Inuyasha threw Tetsaiga to the ground.

"I'm gonna kill him with my bear hands."

He charged at him, slicing an open hole into his lower abdomen.

He was pulling at his entrails, blood spilling everywhere.

"Hungry?"

This couldn't be happing to him.

Asia finally told him she loved him the night before only for him to die the next morning.

He hadn't had a chance to make it up to the world for all of the pain and destruction he

caused and he never would either.

He looked at his blood.

'No, this cannot be. Asia . . .'

He looked to his fortress in distress, it was burning!

It couldn't be burning!

Asia was in there!

"Asia . . ."

He started stumbling towards the burning fortress, determined to save her.

Sesshoumaru grabbed him by the throat.

"Where is she?"

"She's . . . inside the fortress."

Fear struck Sesshoumaru.

He had to save her.

If he didn't then she'd die and it'd be his fault.

He ran inside.

Asia woke up.

'Why is it so hot in here?'

She saw an orangish-yellow glow around the wall.

"Naraku? Hmm, I wonder what that is . . ."

She rounded the corner and saw the place was on fire.

"Naraku?! Naraku where are you?!"

She frantically ran searched the room she was in, looking for her beloved Naraku.

Fire blocked the doorway and the ceiling was beginning to cave in.

She looked at the window desperately.

'I hope I'll live after this.'

She jumped out the window and landed in a bush below.

"Talk about a lucky break. I -"

"So, this is how easy it is to kill the big bad Naraku."

Inuyasha lifted Tetsaiga, ready to deliver the final blow when something jumped in front

of him.

Asia was laying on top of Naraku.

"Stop it, you've done enough!"

"Wha-"

"You have revenge for whatever he's done to you now, just leave him alone."

"No, I'm gonna kill him. The only reason you're saying that is because he's never done

anything to you. He killed my love and he must pay."

"You're wrong, he tried to rape me. But I love him. You're trying to kill my love."

She started to cry into Naraku' s beaten and bloody chest.

"Please, don't hurt him anymore."

Kagome put her hand on Inuyasha's shoulder.

"Inuyasha, it's over."

Suddenly, the entire fortress caved in and burnt to the ground, Sesshoumaru still inside.

He was as dead as a doornail.

~ ^-^ ~

Inuyasha looked out the window of Kaede's hut.

He was gonna miss his bastard of a brother.

Asia, after bandaging and working on Naraku, decided to try to comfort him.

"It'll be okay Inuyasha. I'm sure he's happy and doesn't want you to miss him."

"How do you know?"

She looked out at the sky and saw Sesshoumaru and Midoriko kissing.

"Oh, I'm positive."

She had given part of her, Midoriko's, soul to heaven to be with Sesshoumaru.

He'd be happy in his afterlife.

~ ^-^ ~

Well, that's that for now. I'm glad this didn't come out TOO depressing. Probably gonna

take one or two weeks for me to get the sequel up so relax and enjoy other great Inuyasha

fanfics. See ya for now.