Two: The Fierce Battle
"Let's go Miroku!" said Inuyasha as he sprinted off into the distance. It has always been hard for Kagome and Sango to catch up with them, and this time was no exception. By the time they got to the battle scene, Miroku and Inuyasha were already in action. Naraku himself was there, no puppet or disguise, which was one of their rare chances to kill him once and for all.
"Well Inuyasha, I see you've brought your friends along as well," Naraku said as he glanced up at the small cliff at Shippo, Sango and Kagome."Don't pay attention to them! I'm your opponent!" Inuyasha called as he attacked with his sword. Naraku plainly dodged it, as if the attack was stupid and pointless. Miroku used his spiritual powers, which had little effect. Then Naraku released his Cloud of Distruction.
It suprized Inuyasha how strong it was, and how much harder it was to see or breathe than last time. Miroku escaped the cloud as soon as he saw it forming. The contents of the cloud was warm, humid air with a bit of Miasma."This cloud is more powerful due to that jewel shard that Kikyo gave to me," Naraku said with pride. Inuyasha hated it whenever Naraku mentioned Kikyo's name. "The longer you stay in my cloud, the more damage you will intake."
"We'll see about that!" Inuyasha said as he ferociously swung his sword , only striking him once or twice."You're pothetic!" Naraku shouted. Then the cloud wore off. Miroku realized he was useless in this battle, unless he would use the wind tunnel, but he didn't know what insects Naraku might have around. Even if there weren't any, he douted he would be able to suck Naraku up.
Naraku glaced back at Kagome again and grinned. " Inuyasha, if you even attemped to use the wind scar, I'll kill her." 'The only chance I have is to do the windscar when he doesn't expect me too,'Inuyasha thought. 'Meanwhile, I have to let myself get injured to make him think he'll kill me, and then attack. He won't have time to hurt Kagome.'
All of a sudden, Naraku sent powerful waves of electricity at him, but he jumped up before it hit him.'This must be one of his new attacks!' he thought. When he landed, he noticed Naraku had a new sword also. Next,out of the blue, a thick white rope came out of nowhere and wrapped itself around Inuyasha. It was no ordinary rope, for anyone who's demon, or has demon in them wouldn't be able to get out of it. Inuyasha tried his hardest, but couldn't get loose.
Then, intense waves of electricity came from the rope. Inuyasha bit on his lip to try to keep himself from crying out. He wouldn't allow the others to know how much pain he was in. As Naraku noticed this, he made the electricity it's highest, and the rope started constricting on him. 'Don't cry out, don't cry out!' Inuyasha tried to concentrate on. " I don't think he can indure this much pain any longer!" said sango as she was about to attack. "Stop Sango! If you attack, Naraku will kill you instantly, and I can't bear the thought of life without you!" Miroku confessed. She stopped and blushed as those words rung in her head.
'If this doesn't stop soon, I really will die,' Inuyasha thought. "Inuyasha's getting tired!" Shippo said in concern. Then, Inuyasha couldn't take it anymore, the the pain was unbearable, he finally gave in. He cried out in agony, and collapsed to his knees.
" Inuyasha!" Kagome called. Inuyasha looked over at her, as if to tell her he was alright. But infact, he was far worse than alright.He himself wasn't even sure if he had enough strength to attack with the wind scar. He wasn't expecting Naraku would take this much out of him. Finally, Naraku stopped his attack.
Naraku slowly approched him. Inuyasha struggled, but stood. "Now you know my new powers," Naraku said. Oddly, Inuyasha backed up, almost to the small cliff that the others were on. "Are you scared Inuyasha?" Naraku asked as he turned his back on Inuyasha. "NO!" Inuyasha replied as he pointed the Tetsusaiga at him. "You fell into my trap, and now I can use my windscar since I caught you off guard. You should learn not to turn your back on your opponent!"
"You're a fool Inuyasha," Naraku said as he turned to Kagome and beamed a very radiant light , right before the windscar could finnish forming. Inuyasha jumped in front of her before it hit. The scent of the fresh outdoors surrounded her as he held her tight. Then, as the beam hit him, not Kagome, she felt him wince and give out a low moan.
"Inuyasha?!" Kagome said in a worried voice. 'He risked his life, for me?' " Kagome," he spoke, "are you alright?" "Yeah," she replied. "Inuyasha, behind you!" Shippo called. Inuyasha looked in time to push Kagome out from under him. Naraku's sword pierced through is chest. Inuyasha's pain showed in his eyes. Knowing that he was hurting made Kagome's heart sink. Naraku drew out his sword. Inuyasha tried to stand, but halfway was as far as he could get. "How does it feel Inuyasha," said Naraku, who was smirking," to know this is the end?"
"Why you..." Inuyasha said, ready to attack. Then he lost his footing and fell to his knees, using his hands to keep from falling to the ground. Naraku had a big smile on his face. A smile so evil that it made Kagome feurious. She fired her sacred arrow, but missed by an inch or so. Then, Naraku fled, with his laughter echoing through the trees.
Kagome rushed to Inuyasha, she was terrified when she saw his condition. His blood was running down his kimono, and she could see in his eyes that he was weakening."Inuyasha, are you sure you're okay?" He took a deep breath, "I'm fine," he said firmly. " You might say you are, but those injuries are serious." Shippo, Sango and Mirroku rushed over. " Inuyasha!," Shippo yelled as he ran to him."Shippo", replied Inuyasha. " You're hurt!" continued Shippo. "Oh, my wounds are no big dea..." Inuyasha suddenly doubled over on his back and clutched at his chest as excruciating pain shot though his body.
" Inuyasha, this wouldn't of happened if I had done something sooner!", Kagome said as tears flowed to her eyes. "No," said Inuyasha in a husky voice, "don't blame yourself, it was me who just wasn't strong enough," he said as he forced a weak smile. She picked up his hand and rubbed it against her cheek. "You can't leave us!" Kagome cried. When he saw Kagome cry like this , his heart filled with sadness, and he tried to hold back his tears.
Miroku and Sango backed away because they thought the three of them should be alone. Now, Inuyasha couldn't feel the pain like he used to anymore. "I guess this is the end," Inuyasha said aloud. "No, you can go!" Shippo cried as he hugged him tight. Inuyasha's breathing slowed down. Then Kagome realized the horrible truth, Inuyasha was going to die. She felt his grip getting looser as she held his hand until his eyes slowly closed. Kagome could'nt believe it. "No, NO! He can't be, he gone!"
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