Thanks to sesshylover16 for encouraging me and Golden-Eyed-Girl for helping me through these last chapters.
The Battle part I
Chapter Sixteen
Before they had set out, Kagome had changed into her taijiya uniform. Her style was like Sango's except that hers was baby blue where it was pink and dark blue where it is black. She had a bow and a quiver of bows slung across her back. She also had a katana on her waist. Her hair was pulled back into a loose ponytail. Sango was also wearing her taijiya outfit. Inuyasha also changed into his red haori again. Everyone else was wearing the same clothing.
They were now far away from the castle to help prevent any damage. They were at the border of a forest near Naraku's castle. Close enough for Kouga to get the hearts. Everything seemed so beautiful. It was amazing how so many things seemed to stand out suddenly when you realize that you may never see them again. Then they heard a strange ruffling noise in the forest.
Suddenly an arrow shot out of nowhere. Then Naraku, Kagura, Kanna, and Kikyo showed up. Kanna was sent after Shippo and Kirara who had fleeted into the forest. Kikyo was facing up against Kagome. Kagura fought against Miroku and Sango. Inuyasha and Sesshomaru had Naraku. Everything was going as planned. Once Kouga had heard the start of Kagura's Dance of the Wind, he made a dash towards the castle.
When he arrived there, there were some lowly demons who he had no problem destroying. He went in and retrieved the hearts. Shippo and Kanna where doing excellently conjuring figures of the gang so that Naraku would easily miss. Miroku and Sango were shooting fake attacks at Kagura. They made it look so real.
Kagome was fighting her sister. For a little while, she pretending like Kikyo was too much for her. Kikyo bought her bait. Kikyo had her cornered unaware of her katana.
"Well little sister, I hope you know that this will be the end. The only reason why Sesshomaru agreed to fight along side you was because he wished to see me."
"So desu ka? What makes you think that Kikyo? Is it truly a pain to see that he loves me and not you? To see that mother loves me now? To know that you are clay and dirt while I am flesh and blood?"
"You shall pay for mocking me Kagome."
"We shall see about that." Said Kagome knocking Kikyo off her body. She drew the katana and slashed it across Kikyo. She screamed in pain. Kikyo jumped back with and astonished look upon her face.
"Who taught you how to use a katana?"
"Sango, father asked her to."
Kikyo stared in rage. She and Kagome stood about forty feet apart from each other. Kagome and Kikyo both had their bows and arrows ready. They both let their arrows fly. Kikyo's arrow skinned Kagome's face. Kagome's, on the other hand, hit Kikyo's heart. Kikyo lay there dying in front of Kagome. Kagome looked at her sister. She held such pity for her. 'Where did I go wrong?' Kikyo looked up at her sister. She was so pure. So kind and selfless. She had always envied Kagome's beauty and purity. She closed her eyes and died.
Kagome looked down at her sister one last time. 'This was for the best.' She turned and walked away. She turned and saw that Naraku was still fighting Sesshomaru and Inuyasha. She stood in the distance about to shoot her arrows. With the rate at they were going, she might shoot Sesshomaru or Inuyasha. Then she felt an aura within the foreset. She found that it was Kouga and saw that he was surrounded by youkai. She decided to help Kouga fight of some of the demons attacking him. With one shot, she eliminated most of them away from Kouga. He thanked her and continued to fight. She purified most of the shouki that had come from Naraku. She also got rid of some of the poison gas and miasma.
Miroku and Sango continued to "fight" Kagura. They knew that the others would need them though. Miroku used part of his wind tunnel. Kagura pretended to be sucked in but pulled away and vanished into the woods. Then she reappeared. She had a huge grin upon her face. Kagome and Kouga appeared after her. He had the hearts safe. Miroku and Sango nodded they would help Inuyasha and Sesshomaru now.
"You have the hearts?"
"Yes."
"Give them to me and Kanna please."
Kouga handed the hearts to Kagura and Kanna. They held it to there chest and the hearts merged with their bodies. Kagura smiled as did Kanna. They nodded their thanks to Kouga and continued the battle.
Naraku was quite surprised when Kagura attacked him. That's when he realized that she now had her heart. He also noticed that Kikyo was now dead. He had not expected this to happen. He couldn't turn around either. A slight change in plans might be a bit bad but not so much. He turned and continued to battle with them.
They continued to battle. Naraku's tentacles shot at almost every single one of them except Kagome, Shippo, Kirara, and Kanna. They did not seem like much of a threat. He mainly concentrated on Sesshomaru and Inuyasha. The rest of them were not worth his time. Kouga stayed and helped Kagome get rid of the demons. They would be a distraction to the rest of them.
Kagome gazed sadly at her friends all she could do was preoccupy herself with these petty demons. She was indeed helping Kouga however. One of her arrows would purify hundreds of demons at once. Naraku had not seen her power yet. She would keep it under wraps for now. She continued to battle alongside Kouga. Her thoughts however were not fully on the battle, but mainly on Sesshomaru and her friends' safety. She snapped out of her thoughts just as a demon came ahead of her. She drew her bow and purified it. For now she would have to wait.................................
Hey you guys! Well more of my cousins are staying over so you won't be seeing me Thursday thru Tuesday. Another thing is that there will be about five to six more chapters. And yet another thing is that my next story will be a sess/kag and will be rated PG13 and shall also be an AU and the characters will be slightly OOC I'm working the story right after this chapter and they will be high school kids. My third story will probably be an Inu/Kag for some of the people who like Inuyasha and Kagome stories. And my fourth one might be either one. So I'll see you later!
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