"Kagome's Puppy Troubles"
By Xio the Dog Demoness
Xio: Wow, what a nice day.
Minnie: What's wrong with you, it's 12:00 midnight!
Xio: I know, but every time I shut my eyes, it's like rainbow sprinkles have taken over the world.
Minnie: Too much caffeine is not good for a dog demoness, especially so late.
Xio: *spinning in circles* Wheee!
Minnie: I'm going to bed.
Xio: Ja Ne everybody!
Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha, but I think I own all those pretty swirls over there. Wheee, what sparkling colors!
WARNING: There will be a short lemon scene in this chapter. It won't be long, and I'll warn you before and after the lemon should you wish to skip it.
SECOND WARNING: There will be Kikyo bashing and character death. If either bothers you, don't read and don't flame. I did warn you.
'Thoughts'
"Speech"
Dog Speech
**Scene Change**
~Different POV~
********************Last time on Kagome's Puppy Troubles********************
"I believe I will make a deal with you. Until Naraku is defeated, we shall be allies, but things shall return to normal as soon as Rin is safe in my protection once more.
"Of course," replied Kagome calmly. 'But things have a tendency of happening differently than we plan, and it may be a while until we rescue her.'
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"And you think perhaps they have a greater fate in store for them than what they are going through now?" replied a young male voice.
"Perhaps," stated the young female voice.
"Do you think they're the ones to fulfill the prophecy?" asked an older male voice.
"Only time will tell…" responded the first voice.
"Only time will tell…" echoed the rest. The voices fade away. The darkness is undisturbed once more.
********************This time on Kagome's Puppy Troubles********************
Chapter Nine: A Miko's Love Conquers All
They were heading on their way again, Kuri in her larger form walking beside Kagome, Sesshomaru behind Kagome, Jaken beside him, Shippo on Kuri's back, Sango a little in front of Kagome, Kirara on her shoulder, Miroku to Sango's side, and InuYasha in the front, often looking back at Sesshomaru, waiting for him to do something. Jaken was busily annoying everyone by complaining constantly. InuYasha, Shippo, Kagome, Kuri, Sango, Kirara, and even Miroku had little ticks on their forehead, and soon, *THWACK* Kuri had smashed Jaken with her tail, leaving him swirly-eyed on the ground.
"Please refrain from hitting my servant, as I do not wish to carry him and it takes too long to wait for him to recover."
Well then, don't wait. We'd be more than happy to get rid of him! replied Kuri. As she said it, Jaken woke up.
"How dare you strike me! You'll pay for that!" Jaken shot fire at Kuri with his staff, but Kuri used her shadows to deflect it, and gave a canine laugh as the flames charred the ugly little toad youkai.
"Kuri, Jaken, behave yourselves. And Jaken, if you don't stop annoying us I swear next time she knocks you out we're tying you to a tree and leaving you there for the crows!" called Kagome in annoyance.
"You wouldn't dare!" retorted Jaken angrily.
"Watch me," Kagome replied.
"At this point, we're all willing to help," added Sango.
"You wouldn't let them, would you, Lord Sesshomaru?" whined Jaken.
"If you gave them fair reason. Your whining slows us down," replied the taiyoukai stoically.
"Even Lord Sesshomaru's on our side," laughed Shippo.
The pull of the shards is getting stronger and more direct, barked Kuri.
"Yes, I feel it too. We should be careful though, there has got to be a good reason why they've stopped moving," replied Kagome.
"We should hurry before they get away again!" growled InuYasha in annoyance.
"It's probably a trap, so we'll be caught if we aren't cautious. We should look things through before we go bursting in," replied Kagome.
"Lady Kagome's right. If we rush into things we would most likely end up dead, and that won't help us or the young girl Naraku kidnapped," added Miroku.
"Hey guys, I think Myoga left again," said Shippo after a quick look around.
They kept walking farther into the center of the Southern Lands. The deeper they got the more silent they became, feeling Naraku's dark and oppressing aura grow stronger.
***********************Lord Shi's Castle***********************
"So, Naraku, how is your plan going to help me again?" asked a large, black bat demon.
"Lord Shi, you shall get the Western Lands as you have wanted, as well as Sesshomaru's death," replied the baboon-pelted hanyou.
"And you will receive what from this plan?" asked Shi.
"I? I will get to kill InuYasha and his little group," replied Naraku. 'And also most of the jewel as well.'
"Naraku, have you forgotten me?" purred a voice from a nearby room.
"How could I forget you, my mate to be? Speaking of which, we do need to finish that." Naraku smirked.
The woman smirked in return. "Why don't we do that now?"
***************************LEMON WARNING***************************
Naraku grinned darkly as he went to Kikyo in the room. "You should enjoy this, my beloved dark miko." He shut the door. In a few minutes he was unclothed, as was she. They crawled into bed and he took her roughly, biting and clawing. Kikyo, a being clay and ash, felt nothing. Her cold muscles clamped onto him as he pumped in and out of her. As he climaxed, he sank his fangs into the junction between her neck and shoulder. The fang marks, his claiming mark, easily stood out on her deathly pale skin. His courting mark, a spider, shone on her neck as it became permanent. 'You are mine and mine alone Kikyo. No one else can have you,' thought Naraku smugly. Kikyo, however, had very different thoughts. 'You have my clay body, but it will be gone when I take InuYasha to hell with me!'
*************************END LEMON WARNING*************************
They put on their clothes slightly before Kagura knocked on the door, fighting a look of revulsion. 'She is dead. She is made of ash and dirt and bones. How could anyone rut with that?'
Naraku came to the door. "What is it Kagura?"
"They have arrived outside the castle," she replied.
"Well, we can't keep them waiting, now can we? Kohaku, bring the girl. Kikyo, you'll be coming I suppose?"
"Of course," 'I can't allow you to kill InuYasha before I can drag him away. He's mine!'
************************Outside Shi's Castle************************
"Shi, where is the girl?" asked Sesshomaru, hiding his fury quite well.
"Give me your lands and I might tell you. Then again, I might not either," he replied, chuckling in his joy. 'Finally I get what I deserve!'
Kagome, if we kill him, we can still try Naraku. Shi isn't the important one anyways!
Kagome nodded in agreement and knocked an arrow. She took aim and let it fly. As it hit, Shi was covered in the pink, purifying light. He released a screeching cry as he was torn apart by the pure energy of the attack.
"So you've killed Lord Shi? It doesn't matter though. He's nothing compared to me," laughed Naraku.
"Naraku, return Rin to me now."
"Oh, you mean that little girl? I think not. That is, unless I receive the jewel."
"Yeah, like we can trust you! You'd merely kill us as soon as we handed over our shards," retorted Kagome.
"We'll find her ourselves after we kill you!" called Miroku. He took a few steps forward and held out his hand.
"Did you truly believe I would forget your wind tunnel?" Naraku threw out a hive and out flew his insects.
Miroku stepped back as the insects covered the field. "You knew he was going to do that, Miroku, so why did you bother?" asked InuYasha.
"Then did you expect this?" asked Naraku. He summoned a horde of demons.
"Yes actually," Kagome replied with a deadpan anime voice.
"I'll tear you to shreds!" cried InuYasha as he raced through the demons. He slashed through them on his way, until a blast of wind blades made him leap back to avoid them. "Kagura!" he growled.
"Dance of the Dead!" called Kagura. The demons InuYasha destroyed pulled back together and began closing in on the group. InuYasha slashed with Tetsusaiga and Sesshomaru used his whip. "Hiraikutso!" over and over Sango threw her boomerang, but for each time they destroyed a demon, Kagura brought it back. Then Kagome got an idea. 'It's her fan that allows her control of her powers, so no fan, no undead demons!' She took aim and loosed her arrow, watching with pride as it struck through the fan and the demons under her Dance of the Dead fell to the ground. Kuri sped across the battlefield, slashing down demons until she reached Kagura. As Kagura tried to run, Kuri slashed Kagura's back. Kagura fell unconscious from the pain and Kuri went back to Kagome's side.
As soon as Kuri returned, Naraku walked closer to the group, but still staying out of attack range. "So, you have destroyed my demons. Very well then. I will allow you a choice for making it so far. You may have Kohaku or Rin, but the one you do not choose dies. Your own miko may make the choice for you. Choose, Kagome," said Naraku with a smirk, as Kohaku dragged Rin out to the center of the field. Beside Miroku, Sango stiffened. 'Kohaku!'
"I choose to kill you, you bastard!" cried Kagome in a rage. Pink miko energy swirled around her, lifting her hair in invisible wind, as she loosed another arrow. It streaked through the air like a missile, heading for Naraku's chest.
The arrows struck each other with a *CLANG* and a *BOOM* like lightning as they exploded between Kagome and Naraku. The blast created enough wind to blow Kagome back a little, before Kuri braced her. When the light from the arrows cleared, Kikyo stood at Naraku's side, her bow in front of her, string still vibrating from her arrow's release. "You won't kill him little miko. I'll kill you instead," she cried.
"Kikyo?!? How could you betray me?" asked InuYasha in disbelief.
"Betray you? You who killed me for the jewel, you who chose my reincarnation over me, you who refuses to go to hell with me, you would dare talk of betrayal to me?!?"
"Kikyo, I did not kill you to begin with. Naraku did this to us. He tricked us 51 years ago. (A\N: Yeah, cause Kagome's sixteen) This is not the true you, and so the promises I made to you when you were alive no longer apply. I have moved on and fallen in love with Kagome, and I have promises to keep to her now. Kikyo, you no longer belong among the living! Can't you rest?"
"I cannot rest until you are dead, InuYasha. I refuse to go alone!" called Kikyo.
"Kikyo, when you die you shall return to my body where you belong, as part of my soul. You would no longer exist, and you would not go to hell. Should you drag InuYasha away, you would be condemning him to stay there alone! Kikyo, do not keep your unfair hatred of InuYasha," begged Kagome.
"Unfair? My hatred is not unfair. What is unfair is that InuYasha lives, same as he was 51 years ago while, I died because of a jewel that shouldn't have existed in the first place! Well, I shall have a second chance once you are gone, Kagome! Die reincarnation!" Kikyo aimed her arrow at Kagome and fired. As the glowing purple arrow sped closer, Kagome's eyes glowed pink with small black pupils. Beside her, Kuri's eyes glowed black with small pink pupils. The arrow came to a foot away from Kagome's heart before their barrier of miko and shadow energy revealed itself and destroyed Kikyo's dark arrow.
Kagome, her scent is mixed with Naraku's! She, she mated with him! Kuri barked with disgust as the wind changed and blew Kikyo's scent towards her.
"Kikyo, how could you? He killed you! He's our enemy, and you mated with him? And you still want me to go to hell with you!?!" cried InuYasha with anger and disgust flowing through him. "You deserve to die, YOU TRAITOR!!!"
"Kikyo, not only have you mated with our enemy, but you have tried to kill me as well. I believe it's time I reclaim what's mine, and put you to rest once and for all!" cried Kagome, filled with rage at Kikyo's treachery. Kagome aimed her arrow and fired, watching as the arrow hit Kikyo directly in her black heart. Blue souls streaked out of the dark miko's crumbling body, streaming into the sky. She sank lower until the last soul soared out and struck Kagome, merging back into her body, and Kikyo's body crumbled back into clay and ash.
"NO, KIKYO! You, you killed my mate! I'll kill you!" cried Naraku wrathfully. He sent out thousands of demons to attack them. Everyone defended themselves to the best of their abilities. Kirara slashed through demon with fang and claw. Miroku struck with his staff and ofudas as Sango threw out her Hiraikutso repeatedly. Sesshomaru swapped between poison claws and youkai whip. InuYasha used the Wind Scar to take out as many as he could, and Kuri clawed down any demon that came near as Kagome pushed her miko energy through her sword and slashed repeatedly. Demons fell to them, but for every one of them destroyed, it seemed three more came to take their place.
InuYasha was the first to fall to the sheer numbers, rendered unconscious by the poison of a scorpion youkai and multiple wounds. Next Sango and Miroku both were knocked out by a couple of snakes with Kirara attacking with all her might beside them, trying to protect her friends. Sesshomaru went down from blood loss, the taiyoukai's blood pouring from multiple injuries, as Jaken shot his flames from the Staff of Skulls, trying desperately to save his master, before a bat hit him from behind. Shippo was bleeding from a gash in his stomach, falling beside InuYasha. Only Kuri and Kagome remained standing. "NOOO! INUYASHA, SHIPPO, SANGO, MIROKU, SESSHOMARU… NARAKU, I WON'T LET YOU KILL THEM!" Kagome's eyes glowed white as her and Kuri's bodies shone with that same brilliant color. Kagome and Kuri's power, born of love and fueled by the grief of their friends' pain, poured from them as a shining, radiant beam of light. This blinding white light covered the field, forcing Naraku and his demons to close their eyes or go blind. The intense light flared brighter with the grief and desperation of the pure miko and her demon companion. After what seemed like years, but only took minutes, the blinding light slowly faded away, revealing the battleground devoid of life, save Kagome, Kuri, InuYasha, Shippo, Sango, Miroku, Kirara, Sesshomaru, Jaken, Rin, Kohaku, Kagura and Naraku. Her friends stood, completely healed, a little ways off from Kagome. Rin rushed to Sesshomaru, happy he had come for her. Kohaku raised his face to reveal his tear filled eyes. "Sango!" he called, running to his big sister and finally free of Naraku's control. Naraku stood in front of her, shocked beyond belief. Kagura lay to a side, still unconscious from the earlier fight.
"How, how can a young girl have so much power? It's impossible! How can you be this strong?" Naraku glared at Kagome. "How can you have the power to kill thousands, and still stand after?"
"Naraku, you forget I am the Shikon no Tama Miko. I am the Shikon Incarnate, and I have been united with the one born to assist me with your demise. It is destiny that I shattered the jewel, as it is destiny you die by my hands. Naraku, your reign of evil is over. It is time to embrace your fate!" Pink miko energy and black shadows began curling around Kuri and Kagome. Kagome, riding atop Kuri, rushed towards Naraku with her sword drawn. Naraku merely stood there, rooted by fear and completely unable to move as Kagome ran him through and Kuri slashed with her claws as she passed him. He disintegrated from their combined attack, and the nearly complete Shikon no Tama fell to the grass, shining a deep, dark purple and emanating evil and malice. A small red ball fell beside it, its dull gleam throbbing a steady beat. Kuri easily walked to the Shikon Jewel and Kagome slid off her back. She picked up the tainted jewel and it purified in her hands. As the energy loss hit them, Kagome and Kuri fell to the grass, unconscious. InuYasha and the rest merely stared, shocked at her power and her speech.
*************************Unknown Location*************************
"See, they are the ones!" declared the young female voice.
"Then how is it they are in those forms?" replied the young male voice.
"But the prophesy declared the Shikon Incarnate would take her place," interrupted the older male voice.
"Midoriko will reveal all soon enough. Once the Shikon no Tama is complete once more, we will know for certain. We have seen enough for now," said the older female voice.
"Of course," responded the older male voice. The picture faded again, but the darkness was filled with a sense of excitement and barely contained enthusiasm.
Xio: Hah, Naraku and Kikyo are dead! They're gone at last!
Minnie: *sweatdrop*
Xio: I'm sorry about the lemon, but it was planned for the plot. I made it short cause I don't like Kikyo or Naraku. Well, here are our reviewers! X-with stars (heh, I thought it was funny too), Annice Hastings, luna-moonkitty, Someone (sorry you got grounded), Senko-sama (I just don't want them to fight so much, they'll still argue every once in a while though), Kiara126, Kira, AoA-Kagome-AoA (sorry, no one can have a dog like Kuri, she's an original *grin*), BlackMoon13, Crystal Renee, darkkagomae, Purim (thanks for the compliments!), Inuyasha Jr. (you gotta sign in when you review if you want me to find your story {I'll never find it otherwise, there are thousands out there *grin*}), dragonmaster01, (Kuri: Yay, people love me! Xio: -_-; ), and Kasazona. Thanks to everyone for reviewing!
By Xio the Dog Demoness
Xio: Wow, what a nice day.
Minnie: What's wrong with you, it's 12:00 midnight!
Xio: I know, but every time I shut my eyes, it's like rainbow sprinkles have taken over the world.
Minnie: Too much caffeine is not good for a dog demoness, especially so late.
Xio: *spinning in circles* Wheee!
Minnie: I'm going to bed.
Xio: Ja Ne everybody!
Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha, but I think I own all those pretty swirls over there. Wheee, what sparkling colors!
WARNING: There will be a short lemon scene in this chapter. It won't be long, and I'll warn you before and after the lemon should you wish to skip it.
SECOND WARNING: There will be Kikyo bashing and character death. If either bothers you, don't read and don't flame. I did warn you.
'Thoughts'
"Speech"
Dog Speech
**Scene Change**
~Different POV~
********************Last time on Kagome's Puppy Troubles********************
"I believe I will make a deal with you. Until Naraku is defeated, we shall be allies, but things shall return to normal as soon as Rin is safe in my protection once more.
"Of course," replied Kagome calmly. 'But things have a tendency of happening differently than we plan, and it may be a while until we rescue her.'
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"And you think perhaps they have a greater fate in store for them than what they are going through now?" replied a young male voice.
"Perhaps," stated the young female voice.
"Do you think they're the ones to fulfill the prophecy?" asked an older male voice.
"Only time will tell…" responded the first voice.
"Only time will tell…" echoed the rest. The voices fade away. The darkness is undisturbed once more.
********************This time on Kagome's Puppy Troubles********************
Chapter Nine: A Miko's Love Conquers All
They were heading on their way again, Kuri in her larger form walking beside Kagome, Sesshomaru behind Kagome, Jaken beside him, Shippo on Kuri's back, Sango a little in front of Kagome, Kirara on her shoulder, Miroku to Sango's side, and InuYasha in the front, often looking back at Sesshomaru, waiting for him to do something. Jaken was busily annoying everyone by complaining constantly. InuYasha, Shippo, Kagome, Kuri, Sango, Kirara, and even Miroku had little ticks on their forehead, and soon, *THWACK* Kuri had smashed Jaken with her tail, leaving him swirly-eyed on the ground.
"Please refrain from hitting my servant, as I do not wish to carry him and it takes too long to wait for him to recover."
Well then, don't wait. We'd be more than happy to get rid of him! replied Kuri. As she said it, Jaken woke up.
"How dare you strike me! You'll pay for that!" Jaken shot fire at Kuri with his staff, but Kuri used her shadows to deflect it, and gave a canine laugh as the flames charred the ugly little toad youkai.
"Kuri, Jaken, behave yourselves. And Jaken, if you don't stop annoying us I swear next time she knocks you out we're tying you to a tree and leaving you there for the crows!" called Kagome in annoyance.
"You wouldn't dare!" retorted Jaken angrily.
"Watch me," Kagome replied.
"At this point, we're all willing to help," added Sango.
"You wouldn't let them, would you, Lord Sesshomaru?" whined Jaken.
"If you gave them fair reason. Your whining slows us down," replied the taiyoukai stoically.
"Even Lord Sesshomaru's on our side," laughed Shippo.
The pull of the shards is getting stronger and more direct, barked Kuri.
"Yes, I feel it too. We should be careful though, there has got to be a good reason why they've stopped moving," replied Kagome.
"We should hurry before they get away again!" growled InuYasha in annoyance.
"It's probably a trap, so we'll be caught if we aren't cautious. We should look things through before we go bursting in," replied Kagome.
"Lady Kagome's right. If we rush into things we would most likely end up dead, and that won't help us or the young girl Naraku kidnapped," added Miroku.
"Hey guys, I think Myoga left again," said Shippo after a quick look around.
They kept walking farther into the center of the Southern Lands. The deeper they got the more silent they became, feeling Naraku's dark and oppressing aura grow stronger.
***********************Lord Shi's Castle***********************
"So, Naraku, how is your plan going to help me again?" asked a large, black bat demon.
"Lord Shi, you shall get the Western Lands as you have wanted, as well as Sesshomaru's death," replied the baboon-pelted hanyou.
"And you will receive what from this plan?" asked Shi.
"I? I will get to kill InuYasha and his little group," replied Naraku. 'And also most of the jewel as well.'
"Naraku, have you forgotten me?" purred a voice from a nearby room.
"How could I forget you, my mate to be? Speaking of which, we do need to finish that." Naraku smirked.
The woman smirked in return. "Why don't we do that now?"
***************************LEMON WARNING***************************
Naraku grinned darkly as he went to Kikyo in the room. "You should enjoy this, my beloved dark miko." He shut the door. In a few minutes he was unclothed, as was she. They crawled into bed and he took her roughly, biting and clawing. Kikyo, a being clay and ash, felt nothing. Her cold muscles clamped onto him as he pumped in and out of her. As he climaxed, he sank his fangs into the junction between her neck and shoulder. The fang marks, his claiming mark, easily stood out on her deathly pale skin. His courting mark, a spider, shone on her neck as it became permanent. 'You are mine and mine alone Kikyo. No one else can have you,' thought Naraku smugly. Kikyo, however, had very different thoughts. 'You have my clay body, but it will be gone when I take InuYasha to hell with me!'
*************************END LEMON WARNING*************************
They put on their clothes slightly before Kagura knocked on the door, fighting a look of revulsion. 'She is dead. She is made of ash and dirt and bones. How could anyone rut with that?'
Naraku came to the door. "What is it Kagura?"
"They have arrived outside the castle," she replied.
"Well, we can't keep them waiting, now can we? Kohaku, bring the girl. Kikyo, you'll be coming I suppose?"
"Of course," 'I can't allow you to kill InuYasha before I can drag him away. He's mine!'
************************Outside Shi's Castle************************
"Shi, where is the girl?" asked Sesshomaru, hiding his fury quite well.
"Give me your lands and I might tell you. Then again, I might not either," he replied, chuckling in his joy. 'Finally I get what I deserve!'
Kagome, if we kill him, we can still try Naraku. Shi isn't the important one anyways!
Kagome nodded in agreement and knocked an arrow. She took aim and let it fly. As it hit, Shi was covered in the pink, purifying light. He released a screeching cry as he was torn apart by the pure energy of the attack.
"So you've killed Lord Shi? It doesn't matter though. He's nothing compared to me," laughed Naraku.
"Naraku, return Rin to me now."
"Oh, you mean that little girl? I think not. That is, unless I receive the jewel."
"Yeah, like we can trust you! You'd merely kill us as soon as we handed over our shards," retorted Kagome.
"We'll find her ourselves after we kill you!" called Miroku. He took a few steps forward and held out his hand.
"Did you truly believe I would forget your wind tunnel?" Naraku threw out a hive and out flew his insects.
Miroku stepped back as the insects covered the field. "You knew he was going to do that, Miroku, so why did you bother?" asked InuYasha.
"Then did you expect this?" asked Naraku. He summoned a horde of demons.
"Yes actually," Kagome replied with a deadpan anime voice.
"I'll tear you to shreds!" cried InuYasha as he raced through the demons. He slashed through them on his way, until a blast of wind blades made him leap back to avoid them. "Kagura!" he growled.
"Dance of the Dead!" called Kagura. The demons InuYasha destroyed pulled back together and began closing in on the group. InuYasha slashed with Tetsusaiga and Sesshomaru used his whip. "Hiraikutso!" over and over Sango threw her boomerang, but for each time they destroyed a demon, Kagura brought it back. Then Kagome got an idea. 'It's her fan that allows her control of her powers, so no fan, no undead demons!' She took aim and loosed her arrow, watching with pride as it struck through the fan and the demons under her Dance of the Dead fell to the ground. Kuri sped across the battlefield, slashing down demons until she reached Kagura. As Kagura tried to run, Kuri slashed Kagura's back. Kagura fell unconscious from the pain and Kuri went back to Kagome's side.
As soon as Kuri returned, Naraku walked closer to the group, but still staying out of attack range. "So, you have destroyed my demons. Very well then. I will allow you a choice for making it so far. You may have Kohaku or Rin, but the one you do not choose dies. Your own miko may make the choice for you. Choose, Kagome," said Naraku with a smirk, as Kohaku dragged Rin out to the center of the field. Beside Miroku, Sango stiffened. 'Kohaku!'
"I choose to kill you, you bastard!" cried Kagome in a rage. Pink miko energy swirled around her, lifting her hair in invisible wind, as she loosed another arrow. It streaked through the air like a missile, heading for Naraku's chest.
The arrows struck each other with a *CLANG* and a *BOOM* like lightning as they exploded between Kagome and Naraku. The blast created enough wind to blow Kagome back a little, before Kuri braced her. When the light from the arrows cleared, Kikyo stood at Naraku's side, her bow in front of her, string still vibrating from her arrow's release. "You won't kill him little miko. I'll kill you instead," she cried.
"Kikyo?!? How could you betray me?" asked InuYasha in disbelief.
"Betray you? You who killed me for the jewel, you who chose my reincarnation over me, you who refuses to go to hell with me, you would dare talk of betrayal to me?!?"
"Kikyo, I did not kill you to begin with. Naraku did this to us. He tricked us 51 years ago. (A\N: Yeah, cause Kagome's sixteen) This is not the true you, and so the promises I made to you when you were alive no longer apply. I have moved on and fallen in love with Kagome, and I have promises to keep to her now. Kikyo, you no longer belong among the living! Can't you rest?"
"I cannot rest until you are dead, InuYasha. I refuse to go alone!" called Kikyo.
"Kikyo, when you die you shall return to my body where you belong, as part of my soul. You would no longer exist, and you would not go to hell. Should you drag InuYasha away, you would be condemning him to stay there alone! Kikyo, do not keep your unfair hatred of InuYasha," begged Kagome.
"Unfair? My hatred is not unfair. What is unfair is that InuYasha lives, same as he was 51 years ago while, I died because of a jewel that shouldn't have existed in the first place! Well, I shall have a second chance once you are gone, Kagome! Die reincarnation!" Kikyo aimed her arrow at Kagome and fired. As the glowing purple arrow sped closer, Kagome's eyes glowed pink with small black pupils. Beside her, Kuri's eyes glowed black with small pink pupils. The arrow came to a foot away from Kagome's heart before their barrier of miko and shadow energy revealed itself and destroyed Kikyo's dark arrow.
Kagome, her scent is mixed with Naraku's! She, she mated with him! Kuri barked with disgust as the wind changed and blew Kikyo's scent towards her.
"Kikyo, how could you? He killed you! He's our enemy, and you mated with him? And you still want me to go to hell with you!?!" cried InuYasha with anger and disgust flowing through him. "You deserve to die, YOU TRAITOR!!!"
"Kikyo, not only have you mated with our enemy, but you have tried to kill me as well. I believe it's time I reclaim what's mine, and put you to rest once and for all!" cried Kagome, filled with rage at Kikyo's treachery. Kagome aimed her arrow and fired, watching as the arrow hit Kikyo directly in her black heart. Blue souls streaked out of the dark miko's crumbling body, streaming into the sky. She sank lower until the last soul soared out and struck Kagome, merging back into her body, and Kikyo's body crumbled back into clay and ash.
"NO, KIKYO! You, you killed my mate! I'll kill you!" cried Naraku wrathfully. He sent out thousands of demons to attack them. Everyone defended themselves to the best of their abilities. Kirara slashed through demon with fang and claw. Miroku struck with his staff and ofudas as Sango threw out her Hiraikutso repeatedly. Sesshomaru swapped between poison claws and youkai whip. InuYasha used the Wind Scar to take out as many as he could, and Kuri clawed down any demon that came near as Kagome pushed her miko energy through her sword and slashed repeatedly. Demons fell to them, but for every one of them destroyed, it seemed three more came to take their place.
InuYasha was the first to fall to the sheer numbers, rendered unconscious by the poison of a scorpion youkai and multiple wounds. Next Sango and Miroku both were knocked out by a couple of snakes with Kirara attacking with all her might beside them, trying to protect her friends. Sesshomaru went down from blood loss, the taiyoukai's blood pouring from multiple injuries, as Jaken shot his flames from the Staff of Skulls, trying desperately to save his master, before a bat hit him from behind. Shippo was bleeding from a gash in his stomach, falling beside InuYasha. Only Kuri and Kagome remained standing. "NOOO! INUYASHA, SHIPPO, SANGO, MIROKU, SESSHOMARU… NARAKU, I WON'T LET YOU KILL THEM!" Kagome's eyes glowed white as her and Kuri's bodies shone with that same brilliant color. Kagome and Kuri's power, born of love and fueled by the grief of their friends' pain, poured from them as a shining, radiant beam of light. This blinding white light covered the field, forcing Naraku and his demons to close their eyes or go blind. The intense light flared brighter with the grief and desperation of the pure miko and her demon companion. After what seemed like years, but only took minutes, the blinding light slowly faded away, revealing the battleground devoid of life, save Kagome, Kuri, InuYasha, Shippo, Sango, Miroku, Kirara, Sesshomaru, Jaken, Rin, Kohaku, Kagura and Naraku. Her friends stood, completely healed, a little ways off from Kagome. Rin rushed to Sesshomaru, happy he had come for her. Kohaku raised his face to reveal his tear filled eyes. "Sango!" he called, running to his big sister and finally free of Naraku's control. Naraku stood in front of her, shocked beyond belief. Kagura lay to a side, still unconscious from the earlier fight.
"How, how can a young girl have so much power? It's impossible! How can you be this strong?" Naraku glared at Kagome. "How can you have the power to kill thousands, and still stand after?"
"Naraku, you forget I am the Shikon no Tama Miko. I am the Shikon Incarnate, and I have been united with the one born to assist me with your demise. It is destiny that I shattered the jewel, as it is destiny you die by my hands. Naraku, your reign of evil is over. It is time to embrace your fate!" Pink miko energy and black shadows began curling around Kuri and Kagome. Kagome, riding atop Kuri, rushed towards Naraku with her sword drawn. Naraku merely stood there, rooted by fear and completely unable to move as Kagome ran him through and Kuri slashed with her claws as she passed him. He disintegrated from their combined attack, and the nearly complete Shikon no Tama fell to the grass, shining a deep, dark purple and emanating evil and malice. A small red ball fell beside it, its dull gleam throbbing a steady beat. Kuri easily walked to the Shikon Jewel and Kagome slid off her back. She picked up the tainted jewel and it purified in her hands. As the energy loss hit them, Kagome and Kuri fell to the grass, unconscious. InuYasha and the rest merely stared, shocked at her power and her speech.
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"See, they are the ones!" declared the young female voice.
"Then how is it they are in those forms?" replied the young male voice.
"But the prophesy declared the Shikon Incarnate would take her place," interrupted the older male voice.
"Midoriko will reveal all soon enough. Once the Shikon no Tama is complete once more, we will know for certain. We have seen enough for now," said the older female voice.
"Of course," responded the older male voice. The picture faded again, but the darkness was filled with a sense of excitement and barely contained enthusiasm.
Xio: Hah, Naraku and Kikyo are dead! They're gone at last!
Minnie: *sweatdrop*
Xio: I'm sorry about the lemon, but it was planned for the plot. I made it short cause I don't like Kikyo or Naraku. Well, here are our reviewers! X-with stars (heh, I thought it was funny too), Annice Hastings, luna-moonkitty, Someone (sorry you got grounded), Senko-sama (I just don't want them to fight so much, they'll still argue every once in a while though), Kiara126, Kira, AoA-Kagome-AoA (sorry, no one can have a dog like Kuri, she's an original *grin*), BlackMoon13, Crystal Renee, darkkagomae, Purim (thanks for the compliments!), Inuyasha Jr. (you gotta sign in when you review if you want me to find your story {I'll never find it otherwise, there are thousands out there *grin*}), dragonmaster01, (Kuri: Yay, people love me! Xio: -_-; ), and Kasazona. Thanks to everyone for reviewing!