Chapter 24
There's SNOW out here! WOOT!
Thanks to: Katsurinia and Talaroh for reviewing! ::Hugs::
Disclaimer: If I owned anything this popular, then I would be living in a place that was 80 degrees outside all the time! Since I'm not, then I don't! :P
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It was midnight. I could feel it in the pit of my stomach even before Yusuke quietly told us. A feeling of dread had settled over all of us. What would happen now? Would Naraku just appear? The weight of not knowing was a crushing one. As I looked over everyone, I noticed that I wasn't the only one who was nervous. Some were even scared. But we soon found out what was happening.
The walls started fading around us as Kuwabaka let lose a low laugh. It was disturbing to hear such an evil sounding laugh come from the pervert who was obsessed with kittens. All of a sudden, the baka jumped up and started running away from us. But before any of us could reach him, he had run straight through one of the disappearing walls. Never being one to fail at something, Hiei quickly ran after him, and he too went through the wall. I glanced over to Kurama and he looked just as surprised as I was. Within a split second, all of us were barreling out the incorporeal wall.
Outside was almost an exact copy of the lush forests that were prominent 500 years ago. The trees framed out a circle around all of us. We were on the edge of the circle watching as Kuwabara sauntered up to the two figures in the center of the circle. One was no doubt Naraku. No mistaking that baboon pelt. The other one was HUGE! Almost ear to ear teeth and two long horns protruded from its skull. It gazed at us with a lust to kill in its eyes. I heard Grandpa start growling. The demon smiled, making its horrid face even more horrid. "Inu-Yasha" it breathed. "Fixed your sword? What fun it will be to shatter it once more." "Goshinki........." Naraku demanded quietly. The demon, Goshinki, quieted, though I could still see the insanity spill from its eyes.
"Well, well. Now that we are all here, let us begin." Naraku began chanting in a strange language. I didn't know what it was, but I knew that it would be bad news if he finished. We were just about to launch our attacks, when all the prisoners, minus Dad, who was barely in the clearing at all, began to drag their way up to surround Naraku. Grasping the other prisoners hands they also began to chant. Kuwabara stood facing Naraku, chanting faintly.
Goshinki was not part of the circle. He was the body guard against us. "Be careful!" Grandma Kagome was shouting above the chanting. "He can read minds!" My eyes widened. 'Not good!' I thought! Goshinki grinned maliciously. "Of course it's not good. It's not supposed to be a good thing!" I glared at him. My stilettos would be of no help here. I could not even use my bow. Grandma Kagome had it since it was the only weapon that she could use properly. So, I went after Naraku and left those who could perform long range attacks, or attack with great speed to deal with the mental Goshinki.
The sky was steadily darkening as Narakus ritual continued. Trees seemed to twist and melt into the shadows, intent on terrifying any passer-bys. A light violet glow was shimmering around the former prisoners, and a much brighter light was coming from Naraku and Kuwabaka. Myself, along with Sango, Miroku, and Mom, were the ones that went after Naraku. Miroku slammed into the first of the former prisoners, knocking him from the hand holding circle. With a simple blow to his midsection, the unknown prisoner was down. He was alive, but he wouldn't be getting up any time soon. Both Sango and myself, having only sharp blades, used our fists to knock out the rest of the former prisoners. Once they were clear, we converged on Naraku and Kuwabaka. The light violet glow had faded, but the one surrounding the two left standing grew steadily brighter. It was almost brighter than our eyes could take. But Naraku had to be stopped. I ran full tilt into the idiot who shouldn't die because he's really really stupid. As I knocked him away, the violent violet light dissipated.
I glanced at Naraku. I wanted to see if he was angry under that baboon pelt, but it did cover his face very well. To my surprise, all he did was stagger around a little. That is, until Miroku opened up his wind tunnel and sucked him into it. I smirked. Bye Bye Naraku.
"But my dear," A soft sinister voice fell into my ears, "You have played right into my hands!" I looked over at the idiot. He was smirking. He didn't look idiotic anymore, just insane. He was smirking widely. I was confused as we all watched as the baka stood up and looked at his hands. "Ah! How good it feels to be alive once more" he chuckled. I could feel my eyes expanding to the size of saucers. 'He must have switched bodies with the baka!' The body of said baka leered at me. "Not to bright are we my dear?" I glared at him. The rest of the group, approaching us from their battle with Goshinki, saw that the body of Naraku was gone. Smiles brightened some faces, but others, the ones who wanted a good fight, just scowled. But those smile turned upside down as Naraku, in the body of Kuwabara laughed sinisterly. "Kuwabara?" I heard Yusuke ask. Naraku sneered. "That pathetic, simpering idiot is gone forever." I saw, as well as felt Yusuke's rage build. Kurama and Hiei even looked very pissed. I had never seen Kurama look anything other than worried or calm. To see him angry, pissed my off. Seeing me pissed, set almost everyone else off. Miroku was the only one not pissed. He had a look of absolute horror across his face. I felt sorry for him. To think he was pulling a foe into certain oblivion only to find out that it was the person you were supposed to be saving in instead has got to be terrible. Seeing all of us pissed off, or horrified, set Naraku to laughing. "Struck a nerve have I? Most excellent!" he chimed. "And now that I have a living body, I can do more than manipulate things. How about I show you an example?"
The fight with Naraku began then. The best of the living and the dead versus the absolute abomination of the darkest recess of hell. It was one hell of a month.
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That's it today! Next time: The conclusion to the great battle! I would have put it all together, but I do so LOVE cliffies! Pluss that would mean more typing right now..........and I'm trying to boot my mom off the internet so I can upload this chappie. The next one will be forthcoming.........when I find the muse who insists on getting herself lost! Remember: No reviews=no new chapter! So do a little work, and get a big present! Ta for now!
Signing out ~ DevilWench ~
There's SNOW out here! WOOT!
Thanks to: Katsurinia and Talaroh for reviewing! ::Hugs::
Disclaimer: If I owned anything this popular, then I would be living in a place that was 80 degrees outside all the time! Since I'm not, then I don't! :P
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It was midnight. I could feel it in the pit of my stomach even before Yusuke quietly told us. A feeling of dread had settled over all of us. What would happen now? Would Naraku just appear? The weight of not knowing was a crushing one. As I looked over everyone, I noticed that I wasn't the only one who was nervous. Some were even scared. But we soon found out what was happening.
The walls started fading around us as Kuwabaka let lose a low laugh. It was disturbing to hear such an evil sounding laugh come from the pervert who was obsessed with kittens. All of a sudden, the baka jumped up and started running away from us. But before any of us could reach him, he had run straight through one of the disappearing walls. Never being one to fail at something, Hiei quickly ran after him, and he too went through the wall. I glanced over to Kurama and he looked just as surprised as I was. Within a split second, all of us were barreling out the incorporeal wall.
Outside was almost an exact copy of the lush forests that were prominent 500 years ago. The trees framed out a circle around all of us. We were on the edge of the circle watching as Kuwabara sauntered up to the two figures in the center of the circle. One was no doubt Naraku. No mistaking that baboon pelt. The other one was HUGE! Almost ear to ear teeth and two long horns protruded from its skull. It gazed at us with a lust to kill in its eyes. I heard Grandpa start growling. The demon smiled, making its horrid face even more horrid. "Inu-Yasha" it breathed. "Fixed your sword? What fun it will be to shatter it once more." "Goshinki........." Naraku demanded quietly. The demon, Goshinki, quieted, though I could still see the insanity spill from its eyes.
"Well, well. Now that we are all here, let us begin." Naraku began chanting in a strange language. I didn't know what it was, but I knew that it would be bad news if he finished. We were just about to launch our attacks, when all the prisoners, minus Dad, who was barely in the clearing at all, began to drag their way up to surround Naraku. Grasping the other prisoners hands they also began to chant. Kuwabara stood facing Naraku, chanting faintly.
Goshinki was not part of the circle. He was the body guard against us. "Be careful!" Grandma Kagome was shouting above the chanting. "He can read minds!" My eyes widened. 'Not good!' I thought! Goshinki grinned maliciously. "Of course it's not good. It's not supposed to be a good thing!" I glared at him. My stilettos would be of no help here. I could not even use my bow. Grandma Kagome had it since it was the only weapon that she could use properly. So, I went after Naraku and left those who could perform long range attacks, or attack with great speed to deal with the mental Goshinki.
The sky was steadily darkening as Narakus ritual continued. Trees seemed to twist and melt into the shadows, intent on terrifying any passer-bys. A light violet glow was shimmering around the former prisoners, and a much brighter light was coming from Naraku and Kuwabaka. Myself, along with Sango, Miroku, and Mom, were the ones that went after Naraku. Miroku slammed into the first of the former prisoners, knocking him from the hand holding circle. With a simple blow to his midsection, the unknown prisoner was down. He was alive, but he wouldn't be getting up any time soon. Both Sango and myself, having only sharp blades, used our fists to knock out the rest of the former prisoners. Once they were clear, we converged on Naraku and Kuwabaka. The light violet glow had faded, but the one surrounding the two left standing grew steadily brighter. It was almost brighter than our eyes could take. But Naraku had to be stopped. I ran full tilt into the idiot who shouldn't die because he's really really stupid. As I knocked him away, the violent violet light dissipated.
I glanced at Naraku. I wanted to see if he was angry under that baboon pelt, but it did cover his face very well. To my surprise, all he did was stagger around a little. That is, until Miroku opened up his wind tunnel and sucked him into it. I smirked. Bye Bye Naraku.
"But my dear," A soft sinister voice fell into my ears, "You have played right into my hands!" I looked over at the idiot. He was smirking. He didn't look idiotic anymore, just insane. He was smirking widely. I was confused as we all watched as the baka stood up and looked at his hands. "Ah! How good it feels to be alive once more" he chuckled. I could feel my eyes expanding to the size of saucers. 'He must have switched bodies with the baka!' The body of said baka leered at me. "Not to bright are we my dear?" I glared at him. The rest of the group, approaching us from their battle with Goshinki, saw that the body of Naraku was gone. Smiles brightened some faces, but others, the ones who wanted a good fight, just scowled. But those smile turned upside down as Naraku, in the body of Kuwabara laughed sinisterly. "Kuwabara?" I heard Yusuke ask. Naraku sneered. "That pathetic, simpering idiot is gone forever." I saw, as well as felt Yusuke's rage build. Kurama and Hiei even looked very pissed. I had never seen Kurama look anything other than worried or calm. To see him angry, pissed my off. Seeing me pissed, set almost everyone else off. Miroku was the only one not pissed. He had a look of absolute horror across his face. I felt sorry for him. To think he was pulling a foe into certain oblivion only to find out that it was the person you were supposed to be saving in instead has got to be terrible. Seeing all of us pissed off, or horrified, set Naraku to laughing. "Struck a nerve have I? Most excellent!" he chimed. "And now that I have a living body, I can do more than manipulate things. How about I show you an example?"
The fight with Naraku began then. The best of the living and the dead versus the absolute abomination of the darkest recess of hell. It was one hell of a month.
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That's it today! Next time: The conclusion to the great battle! I would have put it all together, but I do so LOVE cliffies! Pluss that would mean more typing right now..........and I'm trying to boot my mom off the internet so I can upload this chappie. The next one will be forthcoming.........when I find the muse who insists on getting herself lost! Remember: No reviews=no new chapter! So do a little work, and get a big present! Ta for now!
Signing out ~ DevilWench ~