Disclaimer: I do not own Rumiko Takahashi's work, Inuyasha.

A/N: I know it's been a while since I updated and I'm sorry for that, but I have good news. I felt so bad for the long awaited next chapter that this one is the longest I've ever written! Yay! I hope you enjoy it.

Naraku's Revenge and Kagome's Suffering

Chapter 10: Surviving the Battle of Poison

Marimu regained his posture, transforming to his human form and evaporating back to his poisonous mist form several times. He kept thinking why his enemies weren't using his weakness as their chance to strike back. He had heard the child demon beginning to say something with a tone of concern and anger. He put the thought aside and began to reformulate and come up with another attack.

Inuyasha walked through the door to the roof with Tetsusaiga on his hip, his face full of anger and utter confidence. I know I can defeat this demon, he told himself, And I know I can save Kagome, whatever her problem is now.

Sango, Miroku, and the others had just repositioned themselves and began to plan how to distract Marimu for Inuyasha. Both the demon slayer and the monk turned to see their friend returning. His right hip was towards them hiding the fang from their sights.

Marimu, coincidently had regained himself from the counter attack and saw what Miroku and Sango saw. "You'll regret your strategy, half-breed," he hissed at the arrogant dog demon, never knowing the enemy had left for a few moments.

Inuyasha closed his eyes as if summoning the strength from within; his snarling angry frown was exchanged with an evil smirk. "I should say the same to you."

"What was that?"

"You messed with the wrong 'half-breed' when you poisoned Kagome. This ends now." With that he hovered his hand over the hilt of Tetsusaiga and pulled it out slowly, but with grace and agility. With his stance still in the same position after appearing from the door, he pointed the transformed sword at the full-blooded demon with a snarling warning. "Your poison and presense reeks!" Pivoting the rest of his body to face him, he charged with the mystical metal hovered over his shoulder to strike.

In the far distance, Shippo finally had the chance to determine what Inuyasha was holding. It's Tetsusaiga! He thought to himself. But I thought it was with Kagome. Then a thought dawned on him, "Wait a second! If Tetsusaiga is her then what's protecting Kagome?!"

Inuyasha flinched at the thought. He knew nothing was protecting her, but his first concern was to be rid of the source that started the whole thing.

Sango hadn't thought of Kagome. Oh, sure it was a deep intention, but too far in the back of her mind to bring to the surface. Marimu was the ony thing on her thoughts fro the difficulty of defeating him was becoming too great and was only relieved to see Inuyasha's sword to stop the menance. She realized her mistake and guilt creeped over her head like a child hiding from a storm under a blanket. The poison must have gone to my head, she thought logically, but at the same time felt it was only an excuse to calm her nerves.

Miroku, on the other hand, thought differently. He already knew that without the sword, Kagome was defenceless. In just a split second, he wanted to run to the kitsune and play Inuyasha's role by placing multiple bumps on his small head. His realization about the sword and how it played towards Kagome's safety was soon out in the open, but not by him but by…Marimu!

He had heard the kitsune and with the flinch Inuyasha had supported, gave him the time to dodge his strike. He had split in two separate clouds of gas and flew straight left and straight right, on Shippo's right and Kilala's left.

"So that's how I couldn't get closer to that girl without getting shocked. It was that sword. I had wondered what had happened to it after I threw gas at you the first time."

And with that his two "pieces" whirled around and around to form two poisonous, purple tornados.

The force from the whirlwinds made the poison from Marimu's body grow. Everyone tried to grab onto something from the building in hopes of not drifting away. It was nearly a success except for Shippo.

"Someone help me!" he cried as he flew in the air. Kilala heard his cry first and let go of the lead pipe she was holding with her mouth.

Sango, who was being pushed further and further away from her cat companion couldn't reach her in time to help secure her to the pipe. All she could do was grasp Miroku's waist, who used his staff to hug onto another more sturdy thick pipe.

Inuyasha meerly used Tetsusaiga, now stationed in the concrete roof, to hold his ground. He saw Shippo in the distance, fluttering away.

"Shippo!"

Before he could come up with a plan to catch him, Kilala jumped in.

She caught hime by the scruff of his vest and struggled back to the battlefield. She couldn't fly at her normal pace just as much as a swimmer trying to swim against the current.

It finally seemed Marimu's tornados had reached their maximum force for Kilala was getting ever closer to her comrades.

When she finally reached the roof's edge, Marimu tossed another gas granade.

The fumes were stronger than before, probably because of the whirlwinds. The combination of the two resulted in a bad situation. They were so strong that Sango's masks were not helping her or her friends.

Inuyasha and the others coughed, but his was worse. His illness from his and the demon's last encounter had not completely lifted and the gases were making it more uncomfortable. As the whirlwinds died away, he clenched onto his stomach hoping his uneasiness would disappear entirely by a single touch, but he vomited anyway. His eyes began to show blurry objects and he finally passed out again, but not before he saw a purple figure leave the area through the air vent.

Kagome.

(A/N: how was that? I hope you liked it. I've thought ahead and I think there's at least five chapters left. Trust me, it will be good—possibly end with a cliffie! Haha! I am cruel!)

To Be Continued…