Sorry for the delay. I umm had some troubles at home. Twitches -.-;; I hate my family. Sighs Oh well. Here's chapie 8!! Wahoo, yay. And the crowd goes wild….or not.

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They left the village, after of course cleaning up Kaede's hut and visiting her grave. Kagome laid down a few flowers and said a small prayer. They left after that. They now walked quietly north. It was after all the last place Inu Yasha had seen Naraku's castle.

From Kaede's hut Kagome had taken a bow and a case full of arrows. Just in case.

"Do you think we can beat him?" Kagome asked.

"I don't know….But it's worth a try." He said while looking up at the sky.

Kagome nodded softly. They continued on their way, in silence.

A few birds chirped, the wind blew softly and it actually almost looked like the sky was blue. Though with a mist of gray shrouding it. Everything was perfect. If only they knew…

From the shadows of a large tree stood a figure watching them as they passed by. At first neither noticed. But when a certain familiar scent hit Inu Yasha's nose, he knew.

"Kagome stop…" He said and sniffed at the air again.

"What is it?" She asked as her body stiffened.

Inu Yasha's eyes widened. He looked around until his eyes met the shadowed figure. Kagome followed his eyes and stared. Who could it be? Naraku perhaps? Or maybe it was Shippou, come back to finish what he'd started.

"I'm surprised Inu Yasha, I didn't think you'd notice I was here. I was actually hoping to kill you both quickly without you realizing it." A soft woman's voice called.

The one who stepped forward was not Naraku, was not Shippou, but instead..it was her… Kikyo. Kagome gasped. She was so…so…different. Her hair was pulled back and up in a pony tail. Her clothes were so much different. It was a lot like Sango's demon slaying oufit. It was black with a red sash around her waist. A spike plate of armor rested on her chest. Around her neck was a necklace with three jewels on it….Shikon shards!!

"Kikyo!?" Kagome spat out.

"I'm surprised girl. You know me, heh. Take a good look at this face, for it is the last time you will see it. You die here and now." She said.

She grabbed the hilt of the sword that rest on her side. She unsheathed it quickly, as she did it sparked with energy and transformed.

"Tetsiega!!" Inu Yasha bellowed. "Give it back Kikyo! Why the hell are you doing this?"

"Because, hanyou, I can. I've tried so many times to drag you to hell, now I'm just going to kill BOTH of you and send you there." She said with a long grin.

She lifted the sword and swung hard. The cascading light that is the wind scar came roaring towards them. Inu Yasha shoved Kagome out of the way and jumped away himself. He quickly caught himself and went forward charging at Kikyo.

Kikyo only laughed at his attempt to even try and stop her. She quickly, and easily glided back away from his claws. She brought up her left hand, waved it in the air as a glowing red swirled around it. The red hardened and formed into an arrow. Kikyo threw it forward straight into Inu Yasha's arm. Inu Yasha cried out in pain and limped back.

Kagome readied her bow and aimed at Kikyo. She released the arrow. It seared towards Kikyo with a Hssss. Kikyo, who had been paying attention to Inu Yasha hadn't noticed the young Miko shoot the arrow. Kikyo tried to flip backwards out of the way. Just as she did the arrow hit, right into her thigh.

"Damn you!" She screamed as she yanked it out.

The wound where the arrow had been smoked and made a "Fssss" sort of sound.

'Why would the arrow do that to her? Wait that's right, she may be a Miko but she's evil now. Besides she's using the jewel shards for all the wrong reasons. So that means, my powers can hurt her more then they might of ten years ago.'

Kikyo waved her hand and again the arrow formed from the red mist. She flung her wrist forward and released the arrow. Kagome quickly ran out of the arrows way. Inu Yasha took advantage of the fact Kikyo was looking away and threw his hands forward. "Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!!" He bellowed.

The yellow strands of energy cascaded towards the dark Miko. She had no time to move. However, after the lights disappeared and she could be seen again. She was hardly hurt at all. The shards around her neck glowed intensely.

"Damnit!" Inu Yasha cursed.

Kikyo's eyes hardened. "That's it, no more games!" She cried.

She threw her left arm out in front of her and held it there. A gray and aqua like mist circled around it. Slowly a form came to it. A long curled form. Her Shikigami. It became solid and swirled around it's master. "Go my pet, attack her!" She cried.

The Shikigami slithered it's way through the air to Kagome. It wrapped it's self around her, binding her. It squeezed good and hard trying to draw out her very breath.

"Leave Kagome alone!!" Inu Yasha cried.

He leapt forward at Kikyo only to be knocked back by Tetsiega. She leapt over to his body on the ground and pinned him to the ground with her foot. She stared down at him, the hatred and evil evident in her eyes.

"Kikyo don't do this. Please Kikyo, let us live." He pleaded.

"Why? So you can live happily ever after? I don't think so. You either come to hell with me, or I'll send you there with her." She offered.

Inu Yasha glared up at her. She chucked his head forward and spat right into her face.

"I'd rather burn in hell forever with Kagome then to spend one minute with you!!" He growled.

Kagome couldn't believe what she'd just heard. But that was beside what she should be concentrating on. The monster was coiling around her tighter and tighter. She couldn't breath.

"Now Inu Yasha, die!!" Kikyo bellowed.

She lifted Tetsiega up the tip pointing straight for Inu Yasha's heart. She grinned softly and lifted the sword up. A sudden blur of movement seared past Kikyo. What it was none of them knew. Kikyo's eyes widened as she stared down at Inu Yasha. She fell forward limply onto him. He quickly pushed her off and stared down at her. In her back was a hole leading into where her heart would be. Red smoke rose from the wound. Inu Yasha kicked at her softly to make sure she was really dead. He picked up Tetsiega, it returned to it's small original state.

The Shikigami that had held Kagome so tightly, was suddenly gone. She fell to her knees gasping for breath. What had happened?

Inu Yasha rushed to Kagome's side and helped her up.

"What…happened?" She asked.

"I don't know…." He answered.

From behind the very tree Kikyo had hidden by came forth….a familiar, yet strange, foe.

He seemed exactly the same as he had when she'd last seen him. Only now his eyes seemed so much more…painful. He seemed tired, not physically, more mentally. He looked distressed, unhappy. He slumped over slightly, he didn't stand tall and proud like he once had.

"Se….Sesshou-Maru?" Inu Yasha muttered.

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Wasn't expecting that was ya? Hell no! lol. Hope you enjoy. I was tired as hell writing this. - See I think of you guys before myself. Mwuahahah. R&R!!!!!!!!!!!!!