Chapter Four.
Naraku pierced Inu-yasha's side with his Demon Strike attack and the wound bled profusely. Then roots shot forth like spears through his shoulders and pinned him to a brick wall. Inu-yasha hung there while Naraku slaughtered yet more helpless policemen. There was nothing that could be done to stop him. His miasma was spreading through the streets of the city on the wind. Inu-yasha knew that if he did not do something then more innocent people would die.
"Naraku, finish with me first and leave those people alone!" The han-you cried.
"All in good time Inu-yasha, but for now watch as your city dies." Naraku said and continued his onslaught. "You're new life, your friends, and your woman, and your child shall all die."
"NO!!!" Inu-yasha let out a scream like none had ever heard before then his eyes began to glow. The sword Tetsuseiga glowed red in his hands and his full demon form was released. He broke free once again and leaped down upon Naraku who was taken completely off guard by this. He'd never before had to face Inu-yasha like he was now. His many incarnations had done so and failed to return but even they had not faced the full wrath of a fully demonized Inu-yasha.
Their swords clashed and then the blade on Naraku's sword shattered beneath the force of Inu-yasha's blows. The broken blade flew high into the air and then landed tip up in the ground. It gleamed in the darkness of the miasma cloud and Naraku saw that it was over. Inu-yasha's full demon form was too strong for even he to handle in his current form. He would have to resort to more drastic measures.
"Very nicely done Inu-yasha." Naraku said as he backed away. "But let us dispense with these foolish human formalities of fighting with swords and fight as two demons truly should. Unless of course this is the extent of your abilities. I suspect though that you have been hiding something from us all. An inner strength that even your brother and Kagome do not know about."
"You mean my true form as a demon?" Inu-yasha laughed wickedly and licked his lips. "And what about your true form?" He asked.
"I see." Naraku replied. "Then let us discard these pitiful shells." With that said his skin ripped, and tore apart, falling to the ground in shreds, out of which came a huge spider with pincers dripping with venom. Inu-yasha saw this and smiled. Then he too began to transform from his humanoid form into that of a demon dog clad in armor like unto his great father's form. This was the full extent of Inu-yasha's demon transformation. The one he dared not ever let out because once he'd become such a great beast he could not be brought down except by death. He howled and the people who saw him ran for their lives as he charged forwards and did battle with Naraku.
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Kagome cried out in excruciating pain as she pushed with all her might to deliver the baby.
"That's a good girl, come one now, push." The Doctor's said urging her on. "We've almost got a pair of feet coming out." Kagome pushed again and she screamed horribly in Sango's ears. She was leaning down next to Kagome, holding her hand, and rubbing her forehead with a cold rag.
"OH GOD!!!" Kagome screamed, "I didn't think anything could hurt like this! AHHHH!!!"
"We've got some legs, and a… wow. A boy." The doctor said. "Just one more push Kagome and he's out." Kagome breathed deeply and then mustered all her strength to give one more push and she did. She pushed with all her might and cried out with all her pain as the baby came forth from her womb. It was over, and the doctor, the nurse, and everyone around were amazed to see a perfectly healthy baby boy with what appeared to two pointed ears on the side of his bald head.
"What's wrong, is my baby okay?" Kagome asked raising up. "Let me see him." She pleaded.
"Just a moment." Replied the doctor. "Nurse would you hold the baby while I cut the cord." Once the cord was cut they handed the baby over to Kagome who held him in her arms like he was the most precious treasure in all the world. For to her, he was. He was hers and Inu-yasha's son. A son. A son.
"Kagome look at his ears." Sango said.
"I Don't care about his ears, they could be dog ears for all I care, I'm just so glad that he's here. He's here and he's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen." She was so happy to have her baby at last and so glad that the labor was over. Now all she wanted was for Inu-yasha to make it out of that battle alive to see their son. Their beautiful son.
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Sesshomaru had watched the battle between Inu-yasha and Naraku with great interest. Only his gaze could penetrate the miasma cloud. Then when he saw how the had both transformed he was astonished. He'd had no idea that Inu-yasha had been hiding this kind of power behind his half breed disguise.
"So it has come to pass that my brother has become his father's son." Sesshomaru said to Jaken.
"Me Lord, does this mean that now you can finally put aside your bitter feud with Lord Inu-yasha?" Jaken asked from where he stood with his master on the roof top of their apartment complex.
"Of course not." Sesshomaru said to his half witted squire. "It simply means that I have more respect for him now than I did before but I will still be the one to kill him. Wait and see." Sesshomaru smiled from behind his sunglasses and then with a bound he leaped from roof top to roof top towards the epicenter of the battle.
"Me Lord wait for me!" Jaken cried then used the staff of sculls to follow him.
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"Wow Eri, this is so terrible." Yuka said as they waited in the hospital waiting room. The TV was tuned into the local news station, which was covering the spread of the miasma through the streets as the battle between Inu-yasha, and Naraku continued. Nothing could be seen within the mists but the devastation that was left in the enormous cloud's wake was as Yuka had put it, truly terrible. The death toll was over one hundred and the catastrophic battle was still raging.
"Oh Doctor." Eri said getting up as best she could. "Are my husband and our friends okay?" She asked the first doctor who'd come out of the emergency room and she prayed that he would be able to tell her.
"Uh you're with Miss Higurashi weren't you?" The Doctor asked thinking. "She's fine and so is her son. As for the other two, they are both were in serious condition when they were brought in. I don't think that either of them out of the intensive care unite yet."
"Kagome had a son?" Ayumi said, surprised.
"And you're sure you don't know if Hojo or Miroku are going to be okay?" Yuka asked as Eri's heart began to sink.
"I'm sure that everything is being done for them that can be done. Now please wait right out here and I'm sure that someone else will be able to give you an update soon." The Doctor said to them and then he left them to wait as patiently as an expectant mother and her friends could.
"If Miroku dies, I don't know what I'll do." Eri said crying. "I can't raise my baby alone." The other girls tried to comfort her but the knew that they couldn't. Everything they had worked towards as a group for the last six months seemed to be slipping away from them. No one knew how this would end, no one.
"Hey girls aren't we forgetting someone?" Ayumi said suddenly, remembering Kagome. "We have to all be in good spirits for Kagome. She's got her baby to look after now and she might just have to raise him alone too. Inu-yasha's fighting for his life out there and for all of our lives too. We can't forget that."
"I'm sorry." Eri said thinking her friends. Kagome and Inu-yasha were the only two people she and Miroku could really relate to as a couple. They had always been there for them in the past and Eri needed to be there for them all now. "I just hope that everyone ends up okay."
Naraku pierced Inu-yasha's side with his Demon Strike attack and the wound bled profusely. Then roots shot forth like spears through his shoulders and pinned him to a brick wall. Inu-yasha hung there while Naraku slaughtered yet more helpless policemen. There was nothing that could be done to stop him. His miasma was spreading through the streets of the city on the wind. Inu-yasha knew that if he did not do something then more innocent people would die.
"Naraku, finish with me first and leave those people alone!" The han-you cried.
"All in good time Inu-yasha, but for now watch as your city dies." Naraku said and continued his onslaught. "You're new life, your friends, and your woman, and your child shall all die."
"NO!!!" Inu-yasha let out a scream like none had ever heard before then his eyes began to glow. The sword Tetsuseiga glowed red in his hands and his full demon form was released. He broke free once again and leaped down upon Naraku who was taken completely off guard by this. He'd never before had to face Inu-yasha like he was now. His many incarnations had done so and failed to return but even they had not faced the full wrath of a fully demonized Inu-yasha.
Their swords clashed and then the blade on Naraku's sword shattered beneath the force of Inu-yasha's blows. The broken blade flew high into the air and then landed tip up in the ground. It gleamed in the darkness of the miasma cloud and Naraku saw that it was over. Inu-yasha's full demon form was too strong for even he to handle in his current form. He would have to resort to more drastic measures.
"Very nicely done Inu-yasha." Naraku said as he backed away. "But let us dispense with these foolish human formalities of fighting with swords and fight as two demons truly should. Unless of course this is the extent of your abilities. I suspect though that you have been hiding something from us all. An inner strength that even your brother and Kagome do not know about."
"You mean my true form as a demon?" Inu-yasha laughed wickedly and licked his lips. "And what about your true form?" He asked.
"I see." Naraku replied. "Then let us discard these pitiful shells." With that said his skin ripped, and tore apart, falling to the ground in shreds, out of which came a huge spider with pincers dripping with venom. Inu-yasha saw this and smiled. Then he too began to transform from his humanoid form into that of a demon dog clad in armor like unto his great father's form. This was the full extent of Inu-yasha's demon transformation. The one he dared not ever let out because once he'd become such a great beast he could not be brought down except by death. He howled and the people who saw him ran for their lives as he charged forwards and did battle with Naraku.
----------Scene Break---------
Kagome cried out in excruciating pain as she pushed with all her might to deliver the baby.
"That's a good girl, come one now, push." The Doctor's said urging her on. "We've almost got a pair of feet coming out." Kagome pushed again and she screamed horribly in Sango's ears. She was leaning down next to Kagome, holding her hand, and rubbing her forehead with a cold rag.
"OH GOD!!!" Kagome screamed, "I didn't think anything could hurt like this! AHHHH!!!"
"We've got some legs, and a… wow. A boy." The doctor said. "Just one more push Kagome and he's out." Kagome breathed deeply and then mustered all her strength to give one more push and she did. She pushed with all her might and cried out with all her pain as the baby came forth from her womb. It was over, and the doctor, the nurse, and everyone around were amazed to see a perfectly healthy baby boy with what appeared to two pointed ears on the side of his bald head.
"What's wrong, is my baby okay?" Kagome asked raising up. "Let me see him." She pleaded.
"Just a moment." Replied the doctor. "Nurse would you hold the baby while I cut the cord." Once the cord was cut they handed the baby over to Kagome who held him in her arms like he was the most precious treasure in all the world. For to her, he was. He was hers and Inu-yasha's son. A son. A son.
"Kagome look at his ears." Sango said.
"I Don't care about his ears, they could be dog ears for all I care, I'm just so glad that he's here. He's here and he's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen." She was so happy to have her baby at last and so glad that the labor was over. Now all she wanted was for Inu-yasha to make it out of that battle alive to see their son. Their beautiful son.
----------Scene Break---------
Sesshomaru had watched the battle between Inu-yasha and Naraku with great interest. Only his gaze could penetrate the miasma cloud. Then when he saw how the had both transformed he was astonished. He'd had no idea that Inu-yasha had been hiding this kind of power behind his half breed disguise.
"So it has come to pass that my brother has become his father's son." Sesshomaru said to Jaken.
"Me Lord, does this mean that now you can finally put aside your bitter feud with Lord Inu-yasha?" Jaken asked from where he stood with his master on the roof top of their apartment complex.
"Of course not." Sesshomaru said to his half witted squire. "It simply means that I have more respect for him now than I did before but I will still be the one to kill him. Wait and see." Sesshomaru smiled from behind his sunglasses and then with a bound he leaped from roof top to roof top towards the epicenter of the battle.
"Me Lord wait for me!" Jaken cried then used the staff of sculls to follow him.
---------Scene Break-------
"Wow Eri, this is so terrible." Yuka said as they waited in the hospital waiting room. The TV was tuned into the local news station, which was covering the spread of the miasma through the streets as the battle between Inu-yasha, and Naraku continued. Nothing could be seen within the mists but the devastation that was left in the enormous cloud's wake was as Yuka had put it, truly terrible. The death toll was over one hundred and the catastrophic battle was still raging.
"Oh Doctor." Eri said getting up as best she could. "Are my husband and our friends okay?" She asked the first doctor who'd come out of the emergency room and she prayed that he would be able to tell her.
"Uh you're with Miss Higurashi weren't you?" The Doctor asked thinking. "She's fine and so is her son. As for the other two, they are both were in serious condition when they were brought in. I don't think that either of them out of the intensive care unite yet."
"Kagome had a son?" Ayumi said, surprised.
"And you're sure you don't know if Hojo or Miroku are going to be okay?" Yuka asked as Eri's heart began to sink.
"I'm sure that everything is being done for them that can be done. Now please wait right out here and I'm sure that someone else will be able to give you an update soon." The Doctor said to them and then he left them to wait as patiently as an expectant mother and her friends could.
"If Miroku dies, I don't know what I'll do." Eri said crying. "I can't raise my baby alone." The other girls tried to comfort her but the knew that they couldn't. Everything they had worked towards as a group for the last six months seemed to be slipping away from them. No one knew how this would end, no one.
"Hey girls aren't we forgetting someone?" Ayumi said suddenly, remembering Kagome. "We have to all be in good spirits for Kagome. She's got her baby to look after now and she might just have to raise him alone too. Inu-yasha's fighting for his life out there and for all of our lives too. We can't forget that."
"I'm sorry." Eri said thinking her friends. Kagome and Inu-yasha were the only two people she and Miroku could really relate to as a couple. They had always been there for them in the past and Eri needed to be there for them all now. "I just hope that everyone ends up okay."
