Chapter 3

Inuyasha returned to the feudal era, and he couldn't get the smile off of his face. Shippo walked up to him and was very curious about what was going on. "Inuyasha? What happened? Did you find another shard of the jewel? Where's Kagome?" The fox blurted out (so quickly that Inuyasha barely understood). "Feh. It's none of your business, no, and she'll be here soon." Inuyasha answered. With that, Inuyasha walked back to the spot where he had left his allies, Sango (the Demon-Slayer) and Miroku (the perverted Monk). Miroku saw Inuyasha (and his unusually happy face) and knew immediately what was going on. "That is the face of a man in love, Inuyasha!" Miroku said. "You finally told Kagome how you feel about her, didn't you?"

"Well, uh, yeah, I guess." Inuyasha said sheepishly. "How did he know that? Are my feelings for Kagome that obvious?" Inuyasha thought to himself. "I'm glad for you, Inuyasha. I'm also glad for Kagome. Now she can finally be happy." Sango said. "Where is Kagome, Inuyasha?" Miroku asked. "She'll be here soon. What's be.." Inuyasha was cut off by the sound of bees buzzing over his head. He looked up and saw a huge swarm of Naraku's poison insects. (For those of you that don't know, Naraku is Inuyasha's hated enemy). Naraku appeared in the center of the insect swarm, and he dropped down to the ground between Inuyasha, Sango, and Miroku. "This will be our final battle, Inuyasha. It's just too bad that the girl you pal around with isn't here. I'd like to kill her too." Naraku hissed. "You're right. This will be our final battle. You're gonna be the one that ends up dead, though, Naraku!" Inuyasha growled angrily.

With that, the battle began. Naraku had brought two of his henchmen to occupy Sango and Miroku, as he wanted to fight Inuyasha alone. At first, Inuyasha seemed to be overmatched. His first few swings of the tetsuiga missed their mark badly, and Naraku pounded Inuyasha in the back with one of his tentacles. Inuyasha went flying into a boulder, which burst into a thousand pieces immediately after he collided with it. "Inuyasha!" Miroku yelled while fighting off his demon opponent. "I'm fine." Inuyasha said, slowly standing up in the pile of rubble that used to be a boulder. Inuyasha then lunged at Naraku, almost catching him by surprise. Almost. Naraku stabbed one of his tentacles through Inuyasha's shoulder, but Inuyasha kept coming. Inuyasha sliced through Naraku's torso, and Naraku quickly dropped to the ground. "It's over." Inuyasha said, believing that Naraku was finally dead. Just then, Inuyasha smelled Kagome's scent, and it was coming closer. Naraku must have smelled her as well, and the upper half of his body flew into the air. "Inuyasha! I'm here!" Kagome called out as he came into her sight. "Kagome! Stay back!" Inuyasha yelled frantically. She never saw Naraku coming. He grabbed her off of her bike and flew off before Inuyasha could do anything about it. "Nooooooooo! Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled as Kagome and Naraku disappeared from his sight.