Here we are again! This is the countdown until the end of the fanfic. There
will be two more chapters following this one and that's the conclusion.
After that I'll have to brainstorm for awhile to come up with another
prospect that is worthy writing about. Maybe I'll try a choose your own
path fanfic. . . Though that may be really hard to pull off. Undoubtedly it
will be another Inuyasha fanfic since it is my all time favorite show. Have
fun reading. . .
Chapter 13: Endgame
Thunder roared across the landscape and rain fell down in sheets. A terrifying transformation of Naraku towered above a determined group of individuals who faced off against the evil.
"You are as ugly as ever." Inuyasha sneered. "The Jewel doesn't help you much in the way of looks." Inuyasha raised his bow and notched an arrow. "Don't worry though. I'll fix that face of yours." He released the projectile, which glowed a bright purple as it streaked towards its target.
Naraku dodged to the side and out of the path of the arrow. "Naughty, naughty little girl." He taunted. "You almost grazed me, but you can't hit what you can't see!"
The huge demon leaped into the air and vanished into the blackness.
"Where'd he go!" Sango shouted looking around frantically through the blinding rain. "He should have come back down by now."
"Behind you Miroku!" Inuyasha shouted suddenly. Naraku's stinger came hurtling towards the monk's back, who barely deflected the attack with his staff.
As suddenly as the attack came it was gone. The appendage had retreated back to the cover of dark to seek its next opening.
"Damn you Naraku!" Inuyasha yelled at his surroundings as he readied another arrow. "Stop being a coward and come out and fight us!"
In response eight pairs of steely claws flashed into sight. The extremities flew towards Inuyasha weaving like snakes ready for the kill.
Taken by surprise, Inuyasha realized that he didn't have time to dodge. Desperately he raised his bow and fired from the hip (he didn't take time to aim). The arrow of souls struck the offending claws head on, decimating them.
"Way to go Inuyasha!" Shippo cried out happily. "You got them!"
However, he had spoken too soon as the claws reformed themselves into completely healthy weapons and once again disappeared into the night.
"Hahahahahha! It is useless to fight me. I am indestructible with the power of the Jewel in my possession. No matter how much you injure my body it will always regenerate!"
Turning to the sound of the voice Sango threw Hiraikotsu as hard as she could. The huge weapon vanished into the dark. The sound of trees being shredded and a huge CLANG was the only thing to reach her ears. Sango caught the returning weapon, which was vibrating slightly from an impact, and anxiously awaited another opportunity to present itself. "I hit him." She muttered to herself. "But Hiraikotsu only bounced off of him."
"Damn." Inuyasha said. "There's no way we can defeat Naraku if we can't see him."
Upon hearing this Shippo brightened up. "Oh I can do something to help!" he exclaimed.
"Fox Fire!" the kitsune yelled as he released the attack upon the surroundings. Trees and stone alike ignited in a magically controlled blaze that was un-dissipated by the falling water.
The strategy served its purpose, lighting up the area clearly enough for fighting to be made possible.
************************************************************************ In the low light a pair of red eyes could briefly be seen from the shadows of the castle's highest tower. Kagura looked down upon the battlefield. It would be the last stand for either the Inuyasha gang or for Naraku. It was odd that the hanyou wasn't with his friends during such a desperate battle, but Kagura had no time to think of such things. If Naraku prevailed another band would never surface to challenge the mighty evil. And if Naraku was not defeated Kagura would never ever be free. The wind sorceress turned to the egress. Something had to be done. ************************************************************************
"Excellent thinking Shippo." Miroku commented. "Kagome would be proud."
"Sango watch out!" Inuyasha cried.
Naraku sprang from a dark niche in the trees and was on a course that would end only in Sango's crushed form.
Sango, realizing her danger, dove to the side in a shoulder roll and drew her katana from its sheath. She came up in a crouch as Naraku landed a few feet behind her. She struck in a back hand slash that collided with the demon's hellishly tough hide. The blade snapped in two. In shock, the huntress threw the useless weapon away as Naraku struck at her with multiple claws. She gracefully avoided the attack and used a few back-flips to get away from further danger.
"Are you alright Sango?" Miroku asked, concerned.
"Yes, I'm fine." Sango replied frustrated. "But I don't know how we can defeat that bastard if weapons won't penetrate his skin."
In a rage Kirara charged Naraku's back and sank her fangs deep into his flesh. Kirara's bite barely penetrated Naraku's armor. However, one particularly sharp fang did get past his defenses. For all her success Kirara was rewarded by a gush of miasma in the face. The youkai writhed in agony and untransformed.
"Kirara!" Shippo yelled distressed as he watched his companion rolling about in the mud. The kitsune raced to the youkai's side and picked her up. Unfortunately, on the trip back to safety Naraku swung his tail about, hitting the pair with bone crushing force.
"No!" Sango yelled as she watched the two land, unconscious, by the trees.
"Oh poor youkai." Naraku sneered "It seems they have been knocked out. Poor things. Your little friend actually penetrated my armor but no more. You can not defeat me, so save us all some time and resign to your fate as my next meal!" He lunged at Miroku and Sango with teeth bared.
An arrow streaked in and connected with Naraku's leg. The leg was turned into clumps of scattered flesh and the charging being was made to eat dirt.
"Nice shot Inuyasha!" Miroku complemented "Now it's my turn!"
Miroku stripped his deadly right hand of its prayer beads and pointed the void at the beast on the floor. "Wind Tunnel!" he roared
The void began sucking in loose rock and foliage. Naraku himself was being drawn slowly but surely towards his doom.
"There is no way that I will be conquered by the wind tunnel." Naraku pronounced as he waved one of his claws. Suddenly hundreds of Naraku's insects appeared and flew straight towards Miroku's hand.
"Miroku seal your hand! It's Naraku's poisonous insects!" Inuyasha cried.
"No!" Miroku shouted violently. "I'll suck up a few of the bugs but in a few seconds I will have Naraku within its confines!" The monk stubbornly held his ground as the demon inched closer and closer to his hand.
The hoard of bugs struck the opening in Miroku's hand as Naraku was a yard away. "AAAhhhh!" Miroku cried out as he felt the effects of the poison pound his body. "No. . ." He growled "He's so close! I can take it!"
"Miroku stop it! You'll be killed!" Sango screamed in a frantic pitch. She leaped upon the man that she had grown to love and respect, and wrapped the prayer beads around the monk's right hand. She held it tearfully as she felt it trembling in agony.
Naraku smiled evilly as he watched the couple before him. "You should have let him continue with his suicidal attack. True he would have died, but I would have been sucked in if it wasn't for you."
Sango held Miroku in her arms to try and will the gasps of pain and spasms to calm themselves.
"Well it seems that one formidable weapon has been nullified." Naraku remarked. "Time to take care of the other." He said as he turned towards Inuyasha.
Seeing this Inuyasha grabbed an arrow from his quiver. He was about to load it into the bow, but suddenly Naraku was beside him. The demon backhanded Inuyasha and sent him to the mud.
Casually Naraku picked up Inuyasha's fallen bow and crushed it into small pieces.
Inuyasha watched the remainder of the only effective weapon crumble to the ground. "Damnit! We're screwed now" Inuyasha groaned. "We can't beat him. . ."
Naraku loomed above the fallen girl. "Now it is time to say good bye Inuyasha. You may want to say a prayer for I will make your death as long and painful as demonically possible."
A sense of dread filled Inuyasha's soul as he stared at his enemy. He vaguely sensed that he was still holding the arrow from earlier. "Perhaps I should kill myself and deprive Naraku of the pleasure." He thought to himself as he positioned the arrow above his human heart. "Good bye Sango. . . Miroku. . . Shippo. . .Kirara. . .Kagome. . ." he spoke softly. He raised his arms above his head intending to drive the arrow into his abdomen.
"Dance of the wind Blades!" Multiple blades of cutting wind flew through the air and crashed into Naraku's side. The demon was knocked to the side and away from his prey.
In shock everyone looked towards the attack's origin.
"Kagura!" Inuyasha yelled
"Yes it is me." Kagura said calmly "I am only helping because I need you to destroy Naraku. I must be free!" she shouted as she waved her fan in a downwards arc. Another volley of blades tore through the air towards her former master.
The wind connected with the demon and pushed him back another twenty feet.
"Kagura!" Naraku raged. "You will pay for your treachery! The first thing I will do after disposing of these vermin is to crush your heart in the palm of my hand!"
"I don't plan on you being around that long MY LORD!" she screamed as she threw a third volley at the being she despised.
Naraku was pushed away until his back was against one of the castle's stone walls.
"Your puny attacks have no effect on me Kagura!" Naraku gloated "They only succeed in pushing me backward."
"You're wrong. I have you right where I want you." Kagura said. "Kagome!" she shouted "Take your arrow and drive it into his forehead! You must rid him of the Jewel!"
"So that's her plan." Inuyasha thought to himself. Aloud he shouted "Alright keep him right there!" He charged the demon head on.
Kagura sent wave after wave of her wind blades to restrain Naraku. The transformed demon fought against the assault, but to no avail. He was firmly pinned to the castle wall.
"AAAAHHH!!!!" Inuyasha leaped into the frenzy of blades, braving the possibility of being cut to ribbons as he reached his target.
Desperately Inuyasha drove the arrow deep into Naraku's forehead. "Gotcha!" he shouted in triumph.
A chiming sound could be heard as the Jewel within the wound was purified. A pillar of blinding light cut through the night sky, dispersing the clouds and calming the wind and rain.
"NNNOOOO!!!" Naraku bellowed in his final moments. "This was not supposed to happen! I was supposed to. . ." He was cut off as a huge explosion rocked the earth and he was no more.
When the light dimmed and the air cleared nothing was left of Naraku at all. Inuyasha was left kneeling on the ground with an arrow in his hand and a brightly glowing Jewel of Four Souls a few feet away. "What happened?" he gasped as he looked around.
Sango gently placed Miroku on the ground and walked towards Inuyasha. "It must have been the jewel." She explained. "When you purified the Shikon no Tama with your arrow it was embedded in Naraku's flesh. However, the tremendous amount of evil surrounding an object so holy was too much. The Jewel caused a violent explosion to rid itself of the wickedness around it." She bent down to retrieve the round pink object from the mud.
"Here Inuyasha." She said handing the Jewel to him. "You must quickly take this to Kagome so that you two can be transformed back!"
Inuyasha snapped back to reality. "You're right! I have to go NOW!" He looked around frantically for his ride. He spotted Kirara, still on the ground. Rushing over he found that she was alive but unconscious. "There's no way I can get back in time without Kirara!" Inuyasha moaned. "We've used up approximately half our time and it will take a day at least to run back!"
"Maybe I can be of some assistance." Kagura said as she appeared beside Inuyasha.
"Kagura!" Inuyasha yelled gleefully.
"Why do you guys keep mixing each others' names up? And what is this whole transformation business?" the wind sorceress inquired.
"I'll tell you everything on the way." Inuyasha said "But you have to take me to Kaede's village!"
"Yes of course." Kagura said without hesitation. "Anything for my benefactors."
With that Kagura pulled out her feather and swept Inuyasha onto it.
"Come on Sango!" Inuyasha yelled at the exterminator.
"No." she said calmly. "I have to stay with Miroku and the others. When we are well we will return to the village. I'll see you soon. Now go! Hurry!"
Kagura used her demonic powers to lift the huge feather up into the sky. She called upon the winds to take them home.
Sango watched them until they were out of sight. She turned back to the battlefield. She thought of all the things that she had to do. Build a fire, find supplies. The list kept expanding as she got to work.
"Hang on Kagome." Inuyasha thought to himself. "I'm on my way!"
Thank you Buritsutsunei and InuyashaMistress for responding to my question about my gender. And yes I love cliff hangers and I think my name is cool too. Unfortunately for you, Areka, I won't have Inuyasha die because that would just be depressing wouldn't it? Everybody likes a happy ending, but if you want I could always write an alternate ending especially for you where everybody dies and Naraku takes over the world. Sounds good? Tell me about it in your review. In fact that's what everybody should be doing now. Review Review Review. It makes me happy!
Chapter 13: Endgame
Thunder roared across the landscape and rain fell down in sheets. A terrifying transformation of Naraku towered above a determined group of individuals who faced off against the evil.
"You are as ugly as ever." Inuyasha sneered. "The Jewel doesn't help you much in the way of looks." Inuyasha raised his bow and notched an arrow. "Don't worry though. I'll fix that face of yours." He released the projectile, which glowed a bright purple as it streaked towards its target.
Naraku dodged to the side and out of the path of the arrow. "Naughty, naughty little girl." He taunted. "You almost grazed me, but you can't hit what you can't see!"
The huge demon leaped into the air and vanished into the blackness.
"Where'd he go!" Sango shouted looking around frantically through the blinding rain. "He should have come back down by now."
"Behind you Miroku!" Inuyasha shouted suddenly. Naraku's stinger came hurtling towards the monk's back, who barely deflected the attack with his staff.
As suddenly as the attack came it was gone. The appendage had retreated back to the cover of dark to seek its next opening.
"Damn you Naraku!" Inuyasha yelled at his surroundings as he readied another arrow. "Stop being a coward and come out and fight us!"
In response eight pairs of steely claws flashed into sight. The extremities flew towards Inuyasha weaving like snakes ready for the kill.
Taken by surprise, Inuyasha realized that he didn't have time to dodge. Desperately he raised his bow and fired from the hip (he didn't take time to aim). The arrow of souls struck the offending claws head on, decimating them.
"Way to go Inuyasha!" Shippo cried out happily. "You got them!"
However, he had spoken too soon as the claws reformed themselves into completely healthy weapons and once again disappeared into the night.
"Hahahahahha! It is useless to fight me. I am indestructible with the power of the Jewel in my possession. No matter how much you injure my body it will always regenerate!"
Turning to the sound of the voice Sango threw Hiraikotsu as hard as she could. The huge weapon vanished into the dark. The sound of trees being shredded and a huge CLANG was the only thing to reach her ears. Sango caught the returning weapon, which was vibrating slightly from an impact, and anxiously awaited another opportunity to present itself. "I hit him." She muttered to herself. "But Hiraikotsu only bounced off of him."
"Damn." Inuyasha said. "There's no way we can defeat Naraku if we can't see him."
Upon hearing this Shippo brightened up. "Oh I can do something to help!" he exclaimed.
"Fox Fire!" the kitsune yelled as he released the attack upon the surroundings. Trees and stone alike ignited in a magically controlled blaze that was un-dissipated by the falling water.
The strategy served its purpose, lighting up the area clearly enough for fighting to be made possible.
************************************************************************ In the low light a pair of red eyes could briefly be seen from the shadows of the castle's highest tower. Kagura looked down upon the battlefield. It would be the last stand for either the Inuyasha gang or for Naraku. It was odd that the hanyou wasn't with his friends during such a desperate battle, but Kagura had no time to think of such things. If Naraku prevailed another band would never surface to challenge the mighty evil. And if Naraku was not defeated Kagura would never ever be free. The wind sorceress turned to the egress. Something had to be done. ************************************************************************
"Excellent thinking Shippo." Miroku commented. "Kagome would be proud."
"Sango watch out!" Inuyasha cried.
Naraku sprang from a dark niche in the trees and was on a course that would end only in Sango's crushed form.
Sango, realizing her danger, dove to the side in a shoulder roll and drew her katana from its sheath. She came up in a crouch as Naraku landed a few feet behind her. She struck in a back hand slash that collided with the demon's hellishly tough hide. The blade snapped in two. In shock, the huntress threw the useless weapon away as Naraku struck at her with multiple claws. She gracefully avoided the attack and used a few back-flips to get away from further danger.
"Are you alright Sango?" Miroku asked, concerned.
"Yes, I'm fine." Sango replied frustrated. "But I don't know how we can defeat that bastard if weapons won't penetrate his skin."
In a rage Kirara charged Naraku's back and sank her fangs deep into his flesh. Kirara's bite barely penetrated Naraku's armor. However, one particularly sharp fang did get past his defenses. For all her success Kirara was rewarded by a gush of miasma in the face. The youkai writhed in agony and untransformed.
"Kirara!" Shippo yelled distressed as he watched his companion rolling about in the mud. The kitsune raced to the youkai's side and picked her up. Unfortunately, on the trip back to safety Naraku swung his tail about, hitting the pair with bone crushing force.
"No!" Sango yelled as she watched the two land, unconscious, by the trees.
"Oh poor youkai." Naraku sneered "It seems they have been knocked out. Poor things. Your little friend actually penetrated my armor but no more. You can not defeat me, so save us all some time and resign to your fate as my next meal!" He lunged at Miroku and Sango with teeth bared.
An arrow streaked in and connected with Naraku's leg. The leg was turned into clumps of scattered flesh and the charging being was made to eat dirt.
"Nice shot Inuyasha!" Miroku complemented "Now it's my turn!"
Miroku stripped his deadly right hand of its prayer beads and pointed the void at the beast on the floor. "Wind Tunnel!" he roared
The void began sucking in loose rock and foliage. Naraku himself was being drawn slowly but surely towards his doom.
"There is no way that I will be conquered by the wind tunnel." Naraku pronounced as he waved one of his claws. Suddenly hundreds of Naraku's insects appeared and flew straight towards Miroku's hand.
"Miroku seal your hand! It's Naraku's poisonous insects!" Inuyasha cried.
"No!" Miroku shouted violently. "I'll suck up a few of the bugs but in a few seconds I will have Naraku within its confines!" The monk stubbornly held his ground as the demon inched closer and closer to his hand.
The hoard of bugs struck the opening in Miroku's hand as Naraku was a yard away. "AAAhhhh!" Miroku cried out as he felt the effects of the poison pound his body. "No. . ." He growled "He's so close! I can take it!"
"Miroku stop it! You'll be killed!" Sango screamed in a frantic pitch. She leaped upon the man that she had grown to love and respect, and wrapped the prayer beads around the monk's right hand. She held it tearfully as she felt it trembling in agony.
Naraku smiled evilly as he watched the couple before him. "You should have let him continue with his suicidal attack. True he would have died, but I would have been sucked in if it wasn't for you."
Sango held Miroku in her arms to try and will the gasps of pain and spasms to calm themselves.
"Well it seems that one formidable weapon has been nullified." Naraku remarked. "Time to take care of the other." He said as he turned towards Inuyasha.
Seeing this Inuyasha grabbed an arrow from his quiver. He was about to load it into the bow, but suddenly Naraku was beside him. The demon backhanded Inuyasha and sent him to the mud.
Casually Naraku picked up Inuyasha's fallen bow and crushed it into small pieces.
Inuyasha watched the remainder of the only effective weapon crumble to the ground. "Damnit! We're screwed now" Inuyasha groaned. "We can't beat him. . ."
Naraku loomed above the fallen girl. "Now it is time to say good bye Inuyasha. You may want to say a prayer for I will make your death as long and painful as demonically possible."
A sense of dread filled Inuyasha's soul as he stared at his enemy. He vaguely sensed that he was still holding the arrow from earlier. "Perhaps I should kill myself and deprive Naraku of the pleasure." He thought to himself as he positioned the arrow above his human heart. "Good bye Sango. . . Miroku. . . Shippo. . .Kirara. . .Kagome. . ." he spoke softly. He raised his arms above his head intending to drive the arrow into his abdomen.
"Dance of the wind Blades!" Multiple blades of cutting wind flew through the air and crashed into Naraku's side. The demon was knocked to the side and away from his prey.
In shock everyone looked towards the attack's origin.
"Kagura!" Inuyasha yelled
"Yes it is me." Kagura said calmly "I am only helping because I need you to destroy Naraku. I must be free!" she shouted as she waved her fan in a downwards arc. Another volley of blades tore through the air towards her former master.
The wind connected with the demon and pushed him back another twenty feet.
"Kagura!" Naraku raged. "You will pay for your treachery! The first thing I will do after disposing of these vermin is to crush your heart in the palm of my hand!"
"I don't plan on you being around that long MY LORD!" she screamed as she threw a third volley at the being she despised.
Naraku was pushed away until his back was against one of the castle's stone walls.
"Your puny attacks have no effect on me Kagura!" Naraku gloated "They only succeed in pushing me backward."
"You're wrong. I have you right where I want you." Kagura said. "Kagome!" she shouted "Take your arrow and drive it into his forehead! You must rid him of the Jewel!"
"So that's her plan." Inuyasha thought to himself. Aloud he shouted "Alright keep him right there!" He charged the demon head on.
Kagura sent wave after wave of her wind blades to restrain Naraku. The transformed demon fought against the assault, but to no avail. He was firmly pinned to the castle wall.
"AAAAHHH!!!!" Inuyasha leaped into the frenzy of blades, braving the possibility of being cut to ribbons as he reached his target.
Desperately Inuyasha drove the arrow deep into Naraku's forehead. "Gotcha!" he shouted in triumph.
A chiming sound could be heard as the Jewel within the wound was purified. A pillar of blinding light cut through the night sky, dispersing the clouds and calming the wind and rain.
"NNNOOOO!!!" Naraku bellowed in his final moments. "This was not supposed to happen! I was supposed to. . ." He was cut off as a huge explosion rocked the earth and he was no more.
When the light dimmed and the air cleared nothing was left of Naraku at all. Inuyasha was left kneeling on the ground with an arrow in his hand and a brightly glowing Jewel of Four Souls a few feet away. "What happened?" he gasped as he looked around.
Sango gently placed Miroku on the ground and walked towards Inuyasha. "It must have been the jewel." She explained. "When you purified the Shikon no Tama with your arrow it was embedded in Naraku's flesh. However, the tremendous amount of evil surrounding an object so holy was too much. The Jewel caused a violent explosion to rid itself of the wickedness around it." She bent down to retrieve the round pink object from the mud.
"Here Inuyasha." She said handing the Jewel to him. "You must quickly take this to Kagome so that you two can be transformed back!"
Inuyasha snapped back to reality. "You're right! I have to go NOW!" He looked around frantically for his ride. He spotted Kirara, still on the ground. Rushing over he found that she was alive but unconscious. "There's no way I can get back in time without Kirara!" Inuyasha moaned. "We've used up approximately half our time and it will take a day at least to run back!"
"Maybe I can be of some assistance." Kagura said as she appeared beside Inuyasha.
"Kagura!" Inuyasha yelled gleefully.
"Why do you guys keep mixing each others' names up? And what is this whole transformation business?" the wind sorceress inquired.
"I'll tell you everything on the way." Inuyasha said "But you have to take me to Kaede's village!"
"Yes of course." Kagura said without hesitation. "Anything for my benefactors."
With that Kagura pulled out her feather and swept Inuyasha onto it.
"Come on Sango!" Inuyasha yelled at the exterminator.
"No." she said calmly. "I have to stay with Miroku and the others. When we are well we will return to the village. I'll see you soon. Now go! Hurry!"
Kagura used her demonic powers to lift the huge feather up into the sky. She called upon the winds to take them home.
Sango watched them until they were out of sight. She turned back to the battlefield. She thought of all the things that she had to do. Build a fire, find supplies. The list kept expanding as she got to work.
"Hang on Kagome." Inuyasha thought to himself. "I'm on my way!"
Thank you Buritsutsunei and InuyashaMistress for responding to my question about my gender. And yes I love cliff hangers and I think my name is cool too. Unfortunately for you, Areka, I won't have Inuyasha die because that would just be depressing wouldn't it? Everybody likes a happy ending, but if you want I could always write an alternate ending especially for you where everybody dies and Naraku takes over the world. Sounds good? Tell me about it in your review. In fact that's what everybody should be doing now. Review Review Review. It makes me happy!