Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or any of its characters.
Author's Note: Well I have writer's block for all my fics. Sorry for the wait, I was sick today and was spending a lot of time deciding on what to write for this chapter. Happy Reading!
- Na
Purrfect
Chapter 7: Search Comes to an End
"Damn it Kagome! Just get on my back, so we can get back to Kaede's!" yelled Inu-Yasha as he stormed out of the hut after Kagome.
Kagome had wished so much to be able to enjoy the beautiful morning, but Inu-Yasha was set on leaving that very instant. Kagome hissed her annoyance, "No Inu-Yasha not right now I've been tortured for days and I want at the very least a hour to bathe, eat breakfast, and relax. I mean come on Inu-Yasha the sun is not fully risen!" Kagome stomped off to where her nose smelled hot water, she realized she didn't have her toiletries, but that did not mean that her sore muscles and blood stained skin wouldn't benefit from the water.
The hot spring was rather small, and not all that far from the hut that Kagome and Inu-Yasha stayed at. But that didn't stop Kagome, she carefully removed her clothes and to her horror it was made apparent that someone had wrapped her wounds the ones that ranged her whole back and the wrappings doubled for the ones on her stomach. Kagome silently cursed Inu-Yasha for dressing her wounds by way of removing her shirt. Kagome hit her forehead with her palm and thought, 'How else could he dress my wounds?' Kagome placed her clothes in a neat pile, than she began to remove the bandages, it was a slow and painful process they were all blood soaked but Kagome was happy to see that all her wounds were finally healed.
It was not long after Kagome sat in the warm water that she heard footsteps coming near her. The wind was whipping at her face so she could not smell her intruder. Kagome was rather afraid now because this was how Kikyou had gotten to her.
The smell of fear whipped off of Kagome and assaulted Inu-Yasha, "Kagome? Are you all right it is just me."
Kagome turned around relieved to see Inu-Yasha, but the feeling slowly subsided as she saw that it was Inu-Yasha and she had no clothes on, "Turn around now or I'll..." Needless to say Inu-Yasha stopped approaching her about six meters from the hot spring and Kagome, he quickly turned around.
"Fine Wench it's not like I want to see you naked!" growled Inu-Yasha.
Kagome hissed, "Errr... Inu-Yasha you're testing my patients."
"No, your testing mine!" snapped Inu-Yasha, "The farmer came by with breakfast for us, its Fish stew by the way," Inu-Yasha paused he knew that caught her attention, it was true Kagome smiled, "I refused," Kagome's face fell, Inu-Yasha smirked before continuing, "he insisted something about regretting not being able to save his hanyou niece, from being beaten to death. When he found out you were bathing he gave me a towel, washing oil, and a piece of a sponge plant (a loofa (spelling???) sponge) for you, to use. Since I'm nice bitch, I'll back up and hand them to you, but I suggest you tell me to stop before I fall in."
Inu-Yasha began to walk backwards, Kagome glared at him, "I'm not a bitch! Puppy!" Inu-Yasha growled but otherwise remained silent, Kagome didn't notice she had turned her attention to the far side of the woods where she heard foot steps coming closer, followed by the sent of humans, "Inu-Ya-"
Kagome was cut off when Inu-Yasha fell backwards into the spring next to her. Kagome screamed as Inu-Yasha resurfaced sputtering, "Errr! Wench why didn't you tell me to stop!?"
"Because I smelled approaching humans! And stop calling me wench!" Kagome yelled, but then she un-expectantly yelped and putting both hands on Inu-Yasha's haori and dragged him in front of her.
"What are you doing Wench?" asked Inu-Yasha.
"Oh I'm so sorry, I did not know someone was here, I'll come back later," said a feminine voice from behind Inu-Yasha. He turned around to see a village woman standing there with her own towel; she turned her back and left.
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"Why did we get up so early? Inu-Yasha isn't with us!" whined a tired Shippou.
"Because we want to be at Kaede's by midday meal," replied Miroku with a sigh for he had only answered that question twenty times that morning. Absent-mindedly he rubbed his recently received red handprint.
They had not walked far when they heard a menacing laugh, Sango whipped around her Hiraikotsu at the ready, "Naraku," she spat out as the familiar baboon costumed golem appeared with Kohaku, Kagura and Kanna at it's side.
"This ends now..." said the golem followed by a sinister laugh.
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(A/N: Inu-Yasha will be right back, after a word from our sponsors... Ramen! (sorry couldn't resist it just felt as if it were an episode this is where the commercial break would be or the end of the episode))
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Kagome and Inu-Yasha were running towards Kaede's village. After their fish stew, Kagome's many praises to the hanyou friendly farmer, and a fight about Kagome riding on Inu-Yasha's back. They each ran off in the direction of Kaede's hut. Inu-Yasha tried to leave Kagome behind to prove his point but it sadly didn't work her wounds were healed and she kept up with him.
Not to long before noon had the pair arrived at Kaede's hut to find that no one was at home. Kagome was happy to see her Shinsei, and strapped them around her waist. Kagome felt something tickling her senses, as did Inu-Yasha they both sniffed as a large gust of eastern wind blew their way. The wind reeked of blood, and not just anyone's blood.
"Sango, Miroku, Shippou and Kirara,' whispered a shocked Kagome.
"Naraku," growled the enraged inu hanyou. They spared not a second glance at each other as the two bound out the door and followed the strong scent of blood.
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Miroku sat non-perverted with an unconscious Sango in his lap, a growling bleeding Kirara in her demon form, and a frightened Shippou near by. Miroku was surprised that the barrier that him and his Shakujou had created around them, had lasted.
Sango awoke after being hit with her own Hiraikotsu her left arm bleeding, she was rather relieved that her wounds were not serious. Her powerful arm when using Hiraikotsu was always the right arm.
"How is everyone?" asked Sango, their was no reply a steady eye was kept on Naraku, "Miroku can't you just use your Kazaana?"
"I wish I could but I would suck up Naraku's bits of the Shikon no Tama, and there are his Samiyosho," replied a solemn Miroku, "We need a plan."
"We need Kagome and Inu-Yasha," said Shippou, while Kirara nodded. At that moment Kagura's wind attack broke the barrier and sent them flying back into a tree.
Kagura poised her fans for another attack, when a loud "Kaze no Kizu!" was heard as the attack raced towards Kagura, Kanna, Naraku, and Kohaku. They all moved out of the way with the exception of Naraku. Naraku took the blunt on Inu-Yasha's attack, laughing the whole time. His Baboon costume shredded to pieces revealing the true Naraku and not just a golem, like they had presumed.
With as newfound strength, Miroku, and Sango were up as they ran into battle. Sango charged at Kohaku with the help of Kirara and attacked hoping to make him see reason. Miroku threw a few of his wards at Kagura and hit her with his Shakujou. There was no question as if on cue both Naraku and Inu-Yasha charged each other. Kagome looked at the void, which was Kanna, she would have to keep Kanna busy so she couldn't reflect any attacks from the others.
The young girl just starred at Kagome as she drew two Shinsei, and ran towards Kanna. Kanna held her mirror up ready to deflect the attack from Kagome. The tip of Kagome's right sai hit the mirror engulfed in a miko light, the mirror tried to absorb the sai but it could not, it just seemed the reflect the pure divine light made of souls. The souls poured into the mirror but Kanna was ready and went to move the mirror to stop an over flow. Kagome caught her at the neck with the left sai and pressed harder with the right. Kanna froze as she heard a cracking noise. Kanna's mirror broke releasing all the souls that it had trapped there, within the void. Kanna fell backwards exhausted and defeated.
The chain of Kohaku's weapon wrapped, once again, around Sango's katana. Sango was expecting this and pulled the chain taut, inserting the tip of her katana blade in a single chain link; she lifted the blade over her head. Kohaku unable the detach his chain stumbled forward at the raise of the blade. Sango smirked and sent her katana flying to a far off tree bringing the chain and blade with it. With lightning speed Kohaku was on the ground his shoulders pressed down with Hiraikotsu as Sango straddled him. Sango took a glance to see the others and as she saw the plan that was forming for them, she apologized to Kohaku and knocked him unconscious.
Inu-Yasha skidded back on his feet after yet another failed attack on Naraku. He had done so many Kaze no Kizu that he was thinking it was the reason why the wind scar had disappeared from his blade. Inu-Yasha was vaguely aware of Kagome's presence at his side, as one of Naraku's arms attacked her, Kagome sliced it and the withering stump retracted. Inu-Yasha cursed that he could not use Bakuryuuha on Naraku since his attacks were physical and not composed of demonic energy. Though that did not stop him from attacking Naraku only to be thrown back into a tree next to Kagome. Kagome helped Inu-Yasha stand while Naraku laughed.
"I wouldn't laugh if I were you Naraku!" yelled Miroku from behind him. Naraku glanced at the Hanyous seeing that Inu-Yasha was having trouble standing and Kagome was helping him. To his left was the forlorn Sango who starred at her unconscious brother. Seeing no threat at his would be back Naraku turned towards Miroku.
Miroku stood poised a knife to Kagura's throat and his right hand clenched in a fist if he opened the hand the Kazaana would be released.
"Surrender the shards and she goes free!" yelled Miroku.
Naraku laughed, "Never, I hold her heart she can't die, I hold the Shards and the Samiyosho prevent you from using your Kazaana, I so nicely gave to you."
"Wrong Naraku, If I sucked up you, and the shards, at least they would be gone from this world. As for the Samiyosho, if my friends live I'll be happy my life is inconsequential," replied Miroku bringing the knife towards him drawing Kagura's blood.
She gasped, "Please Naraku."
"Have you not been listening monk? She cannot die unless I wish it. I hold her heart!" yelled Naraku in response.
At that moment Shippou appeared on a branch of a tree behind Miroku, "Do you mean this blackish ball?"
Naraku starred in shock at the Kitsune; before he quickly regained composure, "You lie!"
"I'm sorry Kagura," said Shippou as he squeezed the ball in his hands. To everyone's surprise it was the weakened Kanna who screamed in pain, "Oops... well than this one is Kagura's." Shippou removed yet another one of the black ball shaped hearts from his pocket and squeezed it. Kagura screamed, but Miroku still held her tight un-wavered.
Naraku smirked, "I still don't care for their lives."
"Do you care for this?" asked Shippou with a malevolent (as malevolent as Shippou can get) smirk. He reached into his pocket replacing the hearts, as he pulled out the large chunk of un-pure Shikon no Tama that had at one time belonged to Naraku. Naraku froze in shock.
Inu-Yasha saw Naraku's back, he knew what Shippou held and most importantly he knew that Naraku's guard was down and he had be considerably weakened. Inu-Yasha concentrated on the demonic winds of himself and Naraku.
Inu-Yasha was surprised to see that the winds from Kagome were blending with his own. He didn't think of it he just searched for the wind scar, that was slowly coming into view.
Kagome starred stark white in shock as she too saw the demonic winds and smelled the wind scar. Inu-Yasha had raised the Tetsuseiga to slice the wind scar. Kagome reacted quickly by throwing her two sais at hand into the wind scar and retrieving her remaining two transforming them into her katana Shinsei within seconds.
"Kaze no Kizu!" yelled Inu-Yasha, as Kagome's first two Shinsei pierced the wind scar.
Kagome had slashed in a form of an 'X' at the same time with her own cry, "Shinsei Kaze no Kizu!"
The blast that headed towards Naraku looked like an astarus (A/N: spelling??? I mean one of these ) the vertical line from the Tetsuseiga the 'X' from the Shinsei, and Kagome's remaining Shinsei were poised between the lines of the 'X'. The blast's center hit Naraku's spider scare's center in a blinding light the color of Miko energy, each point hitting an appendage.
Naraku screamed in pain as he dissipated in a flash of pure light. A miasma formed, where he stood and, the remaining thrown Shinsei landed in the miasma and purified it.
Everyone just stood there saying nothing and not moving with the exception of Miroku who let loose Kagura and Sango who rushed to Kohaku. None of them had anything to say, Naraku was dead.
Author's Note: Please tell me what you think. Thanks.
- Na