Disclaimer: oh I wish I were Rumiko Ta-Ka-Ha-Shhhhhiiiiiiii!!! in tune to I wish I were an Oscar Mayer wiener
Author: yea I know last weeks chapter was not my greatest -- though last week I was a lil' stressed, out third week of high-school and all, I hope this one is better!!!
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"Sister!" Tamashii whispered in a high tone.
"InuYasha?" Kagura said in fake surprise as she lightly fanned herself.
"Kagura! Naraku being the coward as usual" InuYasha gritted out as he steadied his fang in front of him.
"Naraku? I think you should be more worried for yourself!" she cried as she suddenly whipped her red and white fan in a wide arch in front of her, InuYasha cursed as swung the wind blade with his fang into the castle.
"Where the fuck is that bastard?!" InuYasha yelled.
"Sister! The mean puppy stopped me!" Tamashii approached her elder sibling on her knees, her white kimono getting grass stains on it.
"What is wrong with you Tamashii?! You usually seem more in control than this!" Kagura bellowed at her younger.
Tamashii ignored her and suddenly wrapped her arms around Kagura's legs and burring her head into her sister's kimono.
"Kana what is wrong?!"
Kana looked point blank at Tamashii and knelt down next to the bowel that laid by Tamashii's side.
"Tamashii's bowl is cracked sister" Kana told in her toneless voice.
"What?" Kagura narrowed her eyes in thought
"WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!" InuYasha yelled.
Kikyo suddenly stepped forward but not out of Tetsusaiga's protection.
"That bowl keeps her alive doesn't it?"
Kagura looked up to the undead woman.
"And so what if it does?" a sleek voice sounded from behind Kagura.
There stood in the doorway was Naraku himself, he was donned in his blue in sliver armor, the slimy dragon tails swept back and forth from underneath the tips of his half-ponytail.
"So you finally showed yourself you bastard!" InuYasha cried out with a smirk only to receive one in return.
"You should be paying more attention to your comrades InuYasha, or more importantly to your son"
InuYasha already knew something was wrong, but it just didn't sit well with him, it satisfied him that Kagome was there but something else was the matter as well.
InuYasha finally turned his head and took a look at Kagome and Genko who now had Sango kneeling next to them as well, pouring a deep liquid into the boy's throat.
"Something's wrong InuYasha"
"He's not going demon again is he?!"
"Heh heh, InuYasha, now why would I repeat a trick that old hmm?" Naraku's voice oozed with malice.
"NARAKU YOU BASTARD!!!" InuYasha yelled at the top of his lungs as he charged and taking a swipe.
Naraku smirked and dodged easily as a black barrier suddenly formed itself around him.
"Tsk tsk InuYasha, I'd expect more from you"
Miroku from the back sneakily placed his right hand over the jade that held his wind tunnel shut and concentrated on the demon that cursed his family.
"Don't even try it monk" Naraku's voice sounded, not even turning to look at Miroku.
Thousands upon thousands of hell insects filled the field, buzzing as innocently as they could get around the perimeter of Miroku in a twenty mile radius.
'Damn it!'
"Call him forth Kagura, I think the monk and slayer are getting bored" Naraku said in more of a command than a request.
Kagura bit her lip and glared at him as she swept a wind blade at the castle, cutting a room that stuck out in half, the wood and dust cleared and there stood in the debris was Kohaku.
"K-Kohaku?" Sango suddenly stuttered as she dropped the empty vial with the antidote for Genko onto the long grass.
Sango looked deep into her younger brother's eyes and saw the cloud that separated him and her REAL younger brother.
"Sango....the shards and black...there tainted...."
"I know Kagome-chan"
InuYasha watched Sango out of the corner of his eyes and knew that she wouldn't be much of help, in a few moments as usual she would be trying to drag her brother back, to save him, but something in InuYasha's gut told him that she would fail this time.
InuYasha felt his anger rear again as he felt Naraku cornering his most beloved friends with their weaknesses and their emotional battles.
"Naraku you hell-born bastard....how much of a coward can you get? To attack your enemies with their family and their poison's to affect those at their hearts.....you make me WRETCH! And I swear by night-fall you will be dirt under my feet!"
Naraku gave a short and evil chuckle and let his armored body touch the ground, his fist curling around a small object and the barrier vanishing, only to be replaced with an evil aura so evil, the devil would shudder.
"I beg to differ InuYasha" Naraku sleazed "for I shall be stomping on you"
His hand uncurled to reveal the shikon jewel, dark with evil and it seeping with horror.
InuYasha stared at it with wide eyes and realized that he wouldn't just be fighting Naraku...but the tainted jewel that he held.
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Sango walked towards her brother in slow evenly paced steps, hiraikotsu firmly in her grip and tears in her eyes.
'Why does it have to end like this? KAMI WHY?!'
Kohaku's controlled body went into a fighting stance, his grip on his scythe firm and set, he started twirling the ball end in a fast circle and grunted as he threw it out in front of him and where his sis ter would have been if she hadn't jumped out of the way.
'Kohaku!'
Sango felt a single tear glide down her tan cheek. She closed her eyes briefly for a moment then re-opened them with a new resolve on her face.
'I'll free you little brother...I'll free you'
Kohaku sensed the tense feeling between him and his target, he noticed on how her once tear-filled eyes were suddenly filled with determination and resolve.
Sango took a deep breath and charged her little brother, hiraikotsu at its aero dynamical angle with out it wobbling.
Kohaku felt something prick I the back of his mind and did a back hand-spring out of the swerving arc of the sharp bone.
'His instincts kicked in'
Sango narrowed her eyes and suddenly pictured her and her brother before all of this happened, they, out in a field, Kirara behind Sango in her little form, licking her slender paw and rubbing her face, she in her battle outfit with out the armor and hiraikotsu replaced with a light wood substitute. Her then-innocent brother sweating and laughing with playful ness as he swung his soft-bone scythe at her.
Sango blinked the memory away, all that was doing was making her lose concentration, she had to do this, it was an obligation for her to set her brother free, she knew he might still have a chance, but Kikyo need ALL of the jewel before she could drag that bastard Naraku to hell, and she knew, even if her brother did survive, he would be in depression for the rest of his life, no matter what, he would be haunted with the memories of slaying their father and comrades, and she would let that happen.
'Kohaku forgive me!'
Another memory flashed in her mind as she charged her brother, they were in that field again, Kirara snoozing under the shade of the weeping willow and Sango in her wine-red and white kimono, her fake hiraikotsu in her grip. She charged her brother, making note of her zig-zag steps before she knocked the wind out of her brother by hitting him in the stomache, and if that were to be the real hiraikotsu, he would be cut in half.
"Kohaku! For Kami's sake im in my kimono!"
"I'm sorry sister!"
"You need to train your eye, some demons move like that and if you can't learn to block at the right time then you could be dead!"
"I know..."
Sango felt her heart break at her little brothers words, she went to her knees and put and arm around her brother.
"But it makes me so proud that at least you're trying"
"Thanks sis" Kohaku exclaimed brightly before giving her sister a squeeze back and blushing.
"Now let's try that again, tomorrow we have that mission at the castle and I want you to be on you toes!"
"God sis you sound like fath-erm master"
Sango giggled.
Sango pulled back once again from a memory as she did her perfectly timed zig-zag steps and angles hiraikotsu for a killing blow.
She got closer to her brother, his body freezing at the confusion as he tried to predict her steps.
She was less than a foot away; she swung hiraikotsu and closed her eyes, unable to watch herself kill her only living family member...
Hiraikotsu was within an inch....
And Kohaku went limp, body still intact. And hiraikotsu was not stained with blood.
'What?!'
Sango looked down and saw a black shikon shard rising out of her now dead brother and fly past her, joining two others that seemed to come from the forest.
Sango stood there in shock, staring at her beloved brother, hiraikotsu fell with a dull thump and she fell to her knees. Staring at her dead brother's body in shock...
Mind-numbing shock.
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InuYasha swung the now red Tetsusaiga at Naraku's barrier, it suddenly shattered and Naraku gave him a smirk as it suddenly reformed.
"What the fuck?!"
"You seemed surprised InuYasha" Naraku said in a creepy joyful tone.
InuYasha gave a growl and swung red-Tetsusaiga again, only to have the barrier shatter and re-form again.
Kagome looked up at InuYasha and Naraku battling, Kikyo was off in the sidelines, her bow and arrow poised ready to shoot Naraku when she felt anyone was in danger, Miroku was slowly approaching Sango who was kneeling next to her dead brothers body.
Kagome closed her eyes for a moment and then looked down to her own lap to where her son was twitching from what looked like a seizure, only more painful, like his soul was slowly, painfully, being ripped from his body.
Kagome looked up again her eyes glassy with tears; she didn't expect this to happen. When this all started, since she fell through the well, since she met InuYasha, since she shattered the jewel, since she met her friends...h never imagined that this would have, COULD HAVE, happened.
Kagome felt Kirara approach kagome, her sleek cream fur slightly dirty, with Shippo buried protectively in her mane.
Kagome looked into the feline's eyes and saw the yearning to protect and the yearning to comfort Sango burning in her already fire eyes.
"Kirara....." Kagome scooped up Genko and gave him a small hug before placing him with Shippo.
"Protect my boys"
Kirara looked at her and gave her a mew before nudging her and understanding, yet not leaving Kagome unprotected.
Kagome turned around and yet again saw InuYasha swinging the red-Tetsusaiga.
Kagome notched an arrow and kept her grip firm, the sleek wood of her fresh sharpened arrows resting against the cloth-covered bow and the calloused underside of her index finger, showing that this wasn't her first arrow.
She took aim and let it fly, it pierced the barrier and didn't return, Naraku turned to her and gave her a wild eye before leaping into the arrow and avoiding the now normal Tetsusaiga.
Kagome let a smile show as she saw the surprised look on Naraku's face.
"Kagura! Kana!"
Kana approached only.
"Kagura is taking care of Tamashii master"
Naraku gave Kana a brief nod before commanding.
"Go take care of the slayer and monk"
Kagome let her brow furrow in confusion.
'You would think he would send her to take care of me'
Naraku smirked and Kagome felt and ice—cold feeling shoot through her, like someone dropped an ice-cube down her back.
Three dark darts brushed past her, causing the wind to chill her further and she looked up in horror as she saw the final three jewel shards sink into the almost whole shikon jewel.
Naraku laughed in pleasure as the almost whole shikon jewel sucked in the final three shards and as it sunk into his open palm.
"INUAYASHA THIS IS YOUR END!!!"
Everyone, even Kana who was now wrapped in a battle between Miroku who was keeping her off Sango.
InuYasha backed up right in front of Kagome who now had her bow dangling at her finger tips, threatening to fall to the long grass. Everyone's eyes turned up in horror as Naraku's dragon tails evolved into spider legs and his top armor falling away revealing Onigumo's scar had legs coming out of where they were on the scar.
Naraku landed on his spider legs and placed his fists against each other and pointing it in the direction of InuYasha and Kagome. A dark purple and black energy ball formed where his knuckles met. He gave another laugh and sent the energy ball at the couple.
InuYasha scooped kagome out and jumped out of the way in time. The energy ball hit the grassy land causing a smoking crater in its wake.
'Damn it!'
"InuYasha.....he's unstoppable" Kagome said in a whispery tone.
"What are you saying wench! We can beat him! We have too!"
Kagome felt her eyes fill with tears.
"We failed InuYasha, Naraku has the whole shikon jewel and it's tainted...."
"WE CAN GET IT BACK!"
Kagome let a tear fall "Something's wrong with Genko too... after Tamashii started spazing...he's been acting like he's going through a seizure...only worse like his soul is being pulled from him"
"Kagura said something about her bowl being cracked"
"InuYasha....." Kagome looked up to him with huge tear filled eyes, she started getting hysterical.
"Kagome please don't do this to me! We can beat him, for Genko's sake at least Kagome!"
Kagome still had tears in her eyes but she nodded slowly and stood up out of his grip only to e pulled back form another energy ball.
"Ah InuYasha, such a inspiring talk"
InuYasha looked at Kagome, who looked right back and gave him a defining nod.
"Don't worry Naraku, this is your end"
Naraku felt his gut twist in an unpleasant way and screwed his face up with anger.
"I WOULDN'T GET SO CONFIDENT IF I WERE YOU!"
Naraku slapped his fists together only to pull them apart again slowly, dark lightning sparked between his fists and an energy ball formed yet again; it was bigger than the castle in the back ground.
InuYasha raised the Tetsusaiga in front him and saw the golden lights of the wind scar wrap around his blade. He spread his feet a little more apart and lifted his fang over his head. Kagome poised another arrow again and felt her Priestess powers wrap into her aura making her glow a pure white.
Kikyo looked on as she saw both sides power up, she sighed and beckoned her soul-collectors which wrapped around her waist and slowly drew her out, un-noticed into the battle field, her pine bow and arrows dropped carelessly back in the thicket in which she had been hiding.
Naraku glared at the Half-demon and felt his enhanced power start to tire and the energy ball became bigger.
"SUFFER InuYasha!" he roared out and swung the energy ball at them.
InuYasha gave a smirk and found the spot where he was to release the backlash wave, he let it fly in a magnificent array of silver and gold, kagome felt her cue and let her arrow go as well, both pierced and diminished the energy ball and flew through Naraku.
Naraku's eyes where filled with shock as they pierced his heart and destroyed his spider legs.
He fell to the field and looked up to InuYasha who had his fang slightly dug into the soil as he panted and the girl looking ready to pass out.
"Y-You forget that I-I have the jewel I-InuYasha" he stuttered out as he tried to stand.
"That was the point, Onigumo"
He saw Kikyo come closer and forcefully push Naraku back to his knees, he looked up into the undead woman with shock and felt her slightly tainted miko energy form a barrier around them, the ground started to quake and fly up in chunks, her soul-collectors sweeping around them as she slowly started to drag him to hell.
Kagome suddenly was reminded when she watched Kikyo attempt to pull InuYasha to hell, only this time, she didn't feel like her heart was being ripped form her chest, she felt suddenly relieved for some reason.
"NO I MUST NOT DIE!!!!!!!!!" Naraku's yell sounded out into the clearing causing Kikyo to drag him faster.
'InuYasha....be happy...Kagome...I wish you to make up for what I've done wrong' Kikyo thought as her physical body suddenly exploded into bits of clay and the part of Kagome's soul wrapped itself around Naraku, purifying him and the last they saw was the burnt corpse of the bandit Onigumo sinking into the earth with the soul collectors, leaving a deep crater in their wake.
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"KAGOME!!!!!!!!!!"
Kagome felt her heart stop at the sound of Shippo's yell. She saw him practically jumping up and down with anxiety as Kirara swept down at them at a break-neck speed.
"Shippo what's wro-?"
Kagome gasped in horror as she saw Genko wheezing for breath and his face gone as pale as a cloud, he was drenched in sweat and his eyes bug-eyed as he whimpered slightly.
Kagome wrenched in off of Kirara's back and held him like a baby.
"GENKO!!! WHAT'S WRONG? TELL ME!" Kagome yelled going into hysterics, collapsing to her knees while smoothing back her son's bangs.
"Mama!" he cried silently between gasps "I-It hurts!"
InuYasha sunk next to Kagome and stuck two clawed fingers underneath Genko's chin finding his pulse.
"His heart is beating way too fast for someone his age...." InuYasha said in a deadly calm voice.
"T-That's because puppy, you broke my bowl"
InuYasha whipped around and placed a battered hand on the hilt of his fang. He saw Tamashii drag herself by one arm across the grassy field and towards the trio.
"What's going on with him?!?!?!" he yelled at her urgently.
Tamashii smirked and pulled out her now wide cracked bowl.
"Unlike my older sisters...I am directly connected to Naraku's soul so he has an even tighter hold on me, if he was to die, I would die"
"You expect me to fell pity for you?" InuYasha snarled, being driven into deeper hatred and anger for the girl as he felt his son's soul starting to slip away and Kagome's tears intensifying with every second.
"Not for me, I already knew this was coming, but puppy, it was part of my masters plan to put you and that priestess through hell with me bringing forth your soul, every one of my created soul are connected to my precious bowl" she fingered it lightly before continuing "now my precious bowl is cracked and I'm dying puppy, and guess what? I'm going to have a playmate in hell!!" she said in her creepy ad yet cheery voice before giving a start and suddenly exploding into dust and being absorbed by her bowl.
InuYasha looked at the solitary bowl on the ground, the crack started widening at a slow, steady pace and InuYasha knew that Genko didn't have much time left.
InuYasha ignored the bowl and turned back to Kagome and Genko.
Kagome was hugging Genko to her and letting the tears fall with out shame down her face, Genko was gasping more and more now.
"D-Daddy?" Genko cried out in a weak voice as he stretched out a small clawed hand towards his father.
InuYasha grabbed it without a second thought and gave Genko a long stare.
"I-I love Y-You D-Daddy.." Genko said lightly.
InuYasha gave him a short nod and squeezed the dying boy's hand.
"I-I love you S-So much M-Mama..." Genko's voice was starting to come from a faraway source.
"I love you too Genko...so much...." Kagome told him with sincere in her tone as she hugged him gently and kissed him on his fore-head.
"I-I P-Promise Mama...Daddy...I-I'll be back....I will!" he said in a happy tone.
Kagome nodded quickly and hugged him tightly as his body became limp and his whole entire body started to fade.
"Genko....." InuYasha whispered out as the little hand in his own disappeared along with his body.
A sounding crack was heard behind them.
Kagome groped the air and suddenly wrapped her arms around her, her eyes going dead..
Genko was gone....
Her son was gone.....
Kagome suddenly burst out into tears as she flung herself into InuYasha's embrace and fisted the fire-rat material until her knuckles were white.
InuYasha happily accepted her and hugged her like she was his last life-line.
The brat was dead...
His brat was dead.....
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Author: 00 I can't believe I did that
Um....::in shock:: wow erm two more chapters to go....please don't flame me....I can't believe I did that......
::silent tears forming and running down face::
Till next week