Alrighty, then. Sorry for the long update, but I was spending a lot of time trying to update my homepage. It's a lot better than it was before. Well, that's really what has been going on in my life so far. So, I'll start the next chapter. Here we go! !

Chapter Fourteen

Kasumi stood there with a dumbfounded look on her face. Master Naraku, he was using the mirror. She was only a puppet to him. Nothing more to him.

"Please, Master Naraku? Why are you doing this?" Kasumi asked. Naraku glared at her darkly.

"From the very beginning, I had no more use for you then to simply take the Jewel Shards from Inuyasha and his friends. You are nothing to me. Now that I have the entire Shikon no Tama, nothing else matters!" He held up the mirror closer to her. Kasumi screamed out in pain and fell to her knees. Naraku, Kagura, and Kanna all laughed heartlessly.

"Naraku! How can you be so cruel?" Kagome asked. "I can't believe you. All you do is hate." She picked up a bow and arrow. "I HATE YOU!!"

Kagome fired the arrow. It glowed a soft pink and it headed for the trio of demons. With their newfound power, they easily blocked the attack. Kagura gripped the arrow and it desinigrated by her evil touch. Even Kagome's miko powers had little effect on the incarnate.

"Fine! Let's Go!" Inuyasha yelled as he charged. Sango and Miroku ran after him. All three tried to attack at the same time. Inuyasha swung the Tetsuseiga, Sango launched her Hirakotsu, and Miroku let the scrolls fly. Sadly, the evil demons had counter attacks.

Kagura took one of her giant claws and swiped the scrolls till they were little pieces of confetti on the ground. Kanna took her mirror and it absorbed the blocked Hirakotsu and the giant boomerang went flying back to the demon slayer. Naraku simply stepped to the side, and the Tetsuseiga's attack destroyed a quarter of the castle.

Inuyasha, Sango, and Miroku stood back, weapons ready again. Kagome ran to their side.

"Kasumi, c'mon. We need your help!" the young miko yelled. Kasumi looked at her. From the mirror, she had lost a lot of energy. She tried to get up, but only succeeded in falling back down again.

"We don't need her. We'll take down these three easy," Inuyasha huffed.

"But, Inuyasha--," Miroku said.

"No! We can beat them, I know we can! Let's try this again!" They all ran to the trio of demons. The battle was on.

Just like at the assault of demons, they raged on with their weapons.

Sango's POV

Kanna had Sango cornered in one end of the yard. She smirked confidently and raised up the mirror slowly. It was like watching a horror film in slow motion.

"Now, you die," Kanna whispered. But, Sango took a pouch full of powder and unleashed it in Kanna's face. The void coughed as she realized that it was pepper powder.

(Note: I dunno if they had this in the Feudal Era. I just put something down that would hurt your eyes.)

Kanna staggered back as she let out a roar of pain. Sango took this opportunity and let Hirakotsu fly. Kanna tried to put up her mirror and black the attack, but she was too slow. The boomerang hit her fully, and then she disappeared into dust. Only the mirror was left.

Miroku's POV

Miroku was currently blocking the attacks Kagura made with his staff. She was a strong opponent, true. But, Miroku knew he could win. If only he knew how...

"Give up yet, monk? I'm tired of playing around. I need get this over with; I've got people to kill, villages to slaughter, that type of thing," Kagura spoke. Miroku quickly prayed to himself and then took the rosary of his hand.

"What are you doing?" Kagura roared. "If you open your Wind Tunnel now, you'll die!"

"As long as I defeat you, I don't care what happens to me!" Miroku opened up the Wind Tunnel. Everything began to draw in, even the Poisonous Insects of Naraku's, but Miroku didn't care. He bravely kept his hand open, even when he was on his knees.

Kagura was getting closer and closer to the hand. "Damn you!" were her last words before she got sucked up in the Wind Tunnel. Miroku put the rosary back around it and shivered. He had won, but lost a lot of energy in the process.

Inuyasha and Kagome's POV

Inuyasha and Kagome were facing off against the big man himself: Naraku. The hanyou flexed his claws rapidly and launched for him.

"SANKON TESSO!" he yelled as he tried to cut Naraku. Inuyasha only succeeded in cutting the air. He grabbed the Tetsuseiga and swung again.

"Wind Scar!" he attacked again, accompanied by a pink-aura arrow. They hit Naraku in the chest, only making a small cut on his large body. Sango and Miroku were done with their battles and they ran to help their other two friends.

"Fools. Do you really think you can defeat me?" Naraku roared. He yelled and a blast of black hit the team full force. It was a mighty attack, because when the smoke cleared, they were all sprawled on the battlefield, barely alive.

Naraku was the only one left standing. He saw the damage he had done, and he smiled and laughed. Kagome, Inuyasha, Miroku, and Sango still lay there, breathing slowly.

By the castle, Kasumi looked at all this. She gasped when she saw the heroes on the ground, unconscious. She ran straight to Kagome and shook her violently.

"Ka... Kagome? Inuyasha? Miroku? Sango? Kouga? Anyone?" Kasumi asked as she looked at the fallen. She couldn't help but let tears fall on the miko's face. Kasumi stubbornly wiped them away and looked at Naraku with pure hatred.

"Naraku!" she growled. "You... you evil bastard! How could you do this? They were my friends, you monster!!!" Kasumi yelled. She stood up and made her way to Naraku, who looked as evil as ever. Suddenly, Kasumi was engulfed in a pure white light that blinded Naraku. The light shone over the fallen heroes, and they slowly woke up. They saw the light wash over them all. Even Kouga woke up by the light. Then, it disappeared.

In its place was Kasumi. She was no longer in the kimono she was in before, but she had on a white dress that dragged along the ground. Something light and fluffy was on her back. Everyone stared in wonder at the newly transformed Kasumi. Naraku cowered in fear.

"No, it can't be! I... sealed you back for all eternity when I took your memories! How is it that you're still here?" Naraku said.

Kasumi spoke, in an older and dreamier voice. "I was reborn, Naraku. Now, it's your end!" Kasumi raised her hands and a pure light washed over Naraku. He screamed in pain as he completely vanished into thin air.

Kasumi turned to the others. "You can stand. My aura healed you all." They stood with dumbfounded looks on their faces. Kagome cleared her throat and then asked the question everyone wanted to know.

"Kasumi? Is that really you?"

"Yes, I am Kasumi. The form you see before you is my true form. Thanks to you, I was able to be reborn again when you all broke the curse Naraku had on my human form. I am so sorry for the pain I made you suffer. Please forgive me," Kasumi said. Kagome hugged the girl.

"Of course we forgive you, Kasumi," she said. Everyone else nodded.

"Thank you. I must now go, unfortunately. I must return to my world with the Shikon no Tama. It's powers are too great for the evil here. However, I will allow you to wish on it before I go."

They thought. There were so many things that they wanted, and they only had one wish. Inuyasha thought the longest and then replied.

"I wish the well can be open forever and we can all pass through," he said. The others agreed.

"Alright. The well will remain open," Kasumi said. She took the Jewel and it glowed brighter than ever before. Kasumi turned to leave once it died down, but then she stopped. She stood up to Inuyasha and whispered something in his ear.

"Love Kagome. She will lead you to true happiness." Kasumi softly kissed his cheek and then smiled at the group.

"Do not worry. We will meet again, I promise!" Kasumi said. The things on her back spread apart and she flew up toward the sky. At that moment, everyone understood. Kasumi was right. She was neither a human nor a demon. She was something more special. She was an angel.

I'm done! Summer Love is officially done! Well, I guess not. We still have the epilogue before we say our goodbyes! Tune in next time for the epilogue of this fanfic. Thank you every one who reviewed and stayed with the story all the way. See you in the final chapter!

- Wandering-Destiny72