AN: Thank you for all of your kind reviews! I have to tell you that writing this chapter was a blast! XX I can be quite sadistic, evil smirk I hope all of you like this! Okay I didn't want to tell you this, but this is the second last chapter!! blinks I actually completed a story I know pats self on back I have to warn you all … look at the genre of the story. That's all of the clue I'm going to give you for how this ends I'm evil I know, but that means you'll just have to wait and see!!! If you want a bit of foreshadowing, for the upcoming chapter, then I suggest you read the quote. I made sure it was a good one ;)

"Cowards die many times before their deaths, The valiant never taste of death but once." - William Shakespeare

Last time

Kagome only hoped that none of her friends were in the sky. She prayed that none of her friends would be killed. She could no longer see, and her vision had turned white. The pent up power inside of her, looking for an outlet, exploded. Kagome screamed and pink purifying power filled the sky. Everyone had to shield his or her eyes from the bright light.

It was a giant flash. Once everyone's eyes adjusted, they all looked up towards the sky, and saw Kagome plummet towards the ground. Her body was glowing a light pink. Any one that caught her would be purified. With a loud sickening thud, her body hit the ground.

Now

Chapter 15

Told in Sesshomaru's Point Of View

Inuyasha tried running up to Kagome to see if she was all right, but Sesshomaru stopped him, "Running to her will cause you to be purified."

He saw the look of pain that graced his young half brother's face, and added for reassurance, "She is unconscious yet alive. I would have seen the demons trying to take her soul to the underworld if she were not." His voice held a touch of emotion. He would have killed the foul demons of the dead if they came for her soul.

After all, she was the one that gave him his brother back. He still hated his brother for what he was, but he was also proud of his brother for who he was. He looked around and noticed that the sky was clear.

Kagome's power surge took out all of the insects, and even that retched fire horse that kept shooting down flames at them while Kagome was gathering the other armies. It was a magnificent creature really, but it was on the side of evil, and therefore had to be destroyed.

He watched as the other armies come into the clearing. So it was true. Kagome had united the most powerful demon lords for one single quest.

He gave a small smirk. Today his sword and claws were going to taste the blood of the one demon that should be stripped of his power once and for all.

He saw his half brother taking command of the situation. He told Kirara to watch over Shippo and Kagome, but not to get too close. The fire cat took off and standing guard. When his brother was thinking with his head, he was a sight to be hold.

Sesshomaru stood watching his brother. On the inside, he was proud that he took after his father, but on the outside, he was scolding all the tiny mistakes Inuyasha was overlooking. Battle was not a game; it was a means of survival. To survive you have to look at all aspects of a battlefield no matter how vague or insignificant at the moment. That was the key to winning.

He remembered what his father once told him on the eve of his first battle, "If you know the territory in which you fight, and if you are cunning you will keep you head no matter how lost the cause or no matter how big the enemy."

Sesshomaru shook his internal thoughts away and watched emotionlessly as the others engaged in battle.

The human demon exterminator and the monk were taking on a puppet. The armies that arrived started on the vast number of demons. Sesshomaru directed his own men to assist in the extermination of the demons.

He continued to survey the battlefield assessing the situation. The wolf and his brothers took off with full force to the real Naraku. He was hiding behind the child of the void. Both of them were becoming frustrated when their attacks would be sucked into the mirror or reflected back at them.

Sesshomaru was looking for an opening where he too could share in the blood that was coloring the grass a dark red. Then he saw a flash of white. His eyes followed a young child as he danced in the battlefield taking cheap shots and delivering lethal blows to the armies.

Sesshomaru snorted in disgust at the creature. Even this child had no right to be called a demon. He was less than vermin, even more so than the humans that lived on his land. He removed Toukijin from its sheath and used his speed to attack it.

His sword clashed with the young child's. Sesshomaru did not even bother looking at the demon that he saved; his fight was now with one of Naraku's detachment: Hakudoshi. Toukijin screamed for the blood of his "brother", and he was not about to say no to his sword.

The two fought forgetting about everyone else around them. The detachment might have been young, but the young detachment lacked in experience he made up for in speed. This angered Sesshomaru to no end.

He was not about to let some snivelling little brat best him.

Although he did enjoy the battle, he had bigger fish to fry. He was going to kill Naraku for thinking that the half demon could best him by kidnapping his ward. This battle was now personal, and the demon lord of the west was one that delivered.

Hakudoshi was trying to strike him from behind. Children held no honor in battle these days. What was the world coming too? No, do not answer that, it was rhetorical.

Sesshomaru growled as the vermin tried to slice up his back. He snarled, "Fight me like a demon!"

The young boy laughed. Again he moved with speed that Sesshomaru's eyes had trouble following. The child was moving at such a pace that he could almost see multiple entities of the same person.

He closed his eyes. He could hear the sound of wind against the child's weapon. That would be the bastard's downfall. He did not know that dog demons were sensitive to their surroundings. He listened for the blade, when he knew that it was in front of him, he lashed out.

He felt toukijin encounter something soft. Sesshomaru snorted and smirked. Oh, it came in contact with something; it was the young boy's heart. He pulled the sword out of the boy's chest, and tore through bone as he did so. It made a sucking noise as the sword left the body.

He would have revelled in the sound of death, but there was no time.

The vermin detachment that was Naraku fell with a dead thud. He expected to see his little friends, the demons of the underworld, but they did not come. He decided to make sure that this abomination did not come back to life, so with Toukijin he made sure the child would have a very hard time putting himself back together.

The grass beneath the boy's body slurped up the red liquid, and Sesshomaru could almost hear his sword cry for the taste of more blood. He looked at Toukijin watching the crimson substance run along the blade; each drop marred the green grass below. Time to finish off this evil.

He was getting bored.

He turned to look at the others. The exterminator and the monk were finishing off the puppet; the armies were trying their best to keep the demons at bay. Dead bodies littered the field. Both sides of the battle were seriously injured or killed. No one was willing to give up hope.

It was an unfamiliar word, but his brother had showed him that word. Still he did not understand the concept. A demon took what he wanted and that was that. It was either you kill or be killed. You made life what you wanted it to be, if not you died.

This notion of hope made the struggle a little easier to bear. He shrugged off the philosophical thoughts as he found the people he was scanning for.

Kouga's body was thrown upon a tree. He could see the demons from the underworld come to claim him. So the wolf couldn't cut it, he snorted with disgust. Quickly he drew his healing sword, and before anyone could see what he did, he revived the wolf demon and left to kill his real opponent.

He saw his brother exhausted. He could hear his ragged breaths as he swung the Tetsusaiga aiming for the wind scar, but the half demon kept jumping at the last second avoiding the attack. He saw that this frustrated his brother. He made his way to the scene.

He was going to finish off Naraku with his brother's help. He scoffed at the idea of the 'team' word, but it would be a start to patch up their broken and tattered relationship.

He knew that he had to attack the young girl. She smelt like nothing, like the dark abyss when the souls reached the point of no return.

Before Kanna could deflect Sesshomaru's attack, he sliced the mirror. Souls that were trapped inside flew to their appropriate bodies. Some were making their journey to the other side.

The battle between Naraku and Inuyasha stopped for a moment. Kanna stood with slight disbelief in her eyes. Naraku saw that his first detachment was no longer useful to him, so he reabsorbed her into himself. He felt power return to him.

Naraku called for Kohaku. He heard the cry from the demon exterminator and gave it no other thought.

The young boy dressed in the exterminator's attire approached his master. In a swift motion, Naraku took the remaining jewel fragment from the boy's back. Naraku and everyone around them watched in horror as the jewel pieces fused together making the jewel complete again.

Before anyone could make an attempt to grab the jewel, Naraku swallowed it.

Inuyasha flew into a rage. He attacked Naraku with new force. Sesshomaru took his eyes off his brother to watch the female exterminator run to the body. He could smell her tears and he wrinkled his nose.

He could tell that the boy was dying, no correction he was dead. He had been for a while now. The shard that was embedded in his back was the only thing that was keeping him alive. Now without the shard, nature was taking its course.

For that brief moment he took his eyes off his brother, he missed everything. It looked as if his brother was going to win. Somehow, the tables turned in an instant.

Time slowed.

Inuyasha was slicing off tentacles and they were regenerating before his eyes.

He ran to help his brother. He tried to scream out Inuyasha's name, but it was too late. His brother never saw the appendage that attacked from behind. The tentacle pierced his chest. Sesshomaru watched in horror as Inuyasha's body was torn to shreds. The first tentacle that pierced his heart removed it completely from his body.

Sesshomaru placed his hand on Tensaiga. He felt the pulse, but then it stopped. He watched in horror as the bastard took Inuyasha's bloody heart and ate it in front of their eyes. That is why Tensaiga stopped. He could not revive a body with no heart.

The whole battlefield stopped. Both sides stared at the event that just happened. Naraku tore off Inuyasha's head.

Reality sunk in when Sesshomaru expected Inuyasha to cry, or lash out, but only silence filled the air.

The sound of bones snapping and popping and the ripping of muscle and tissue was the only sound heard, not even a single breath could be heard from the dog demon's sensitive ears.

Naraku held up Inuyasha's head and started to laugh. His brother's once golden eyes now stared into space, looking a dull yellow.

They had the look of someone broken.

AN:Evil I know it couldn't be helped…flame and threaten away I know it's in the heat of the moment! Besides it could be worse, it could have been a cliff hanger!! However, I decided to be nice. I know he's dead, but I posted early so I get credit right? Remember to review!! I love reviews and broken inus. laughs that almost rhymes, but it sounds more like a rap. shakes head I'm sick!