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Chapter 9: A Battle to the Death

There was nothing but silence in the hut. Eyes darted back and forth from Natura to Sango.

Natura just looked at the floor while Sango sat in the corner with her face to the wall. Shippo

started to hum but one glare from Inuyasha quickly shut him up. Kaede came in the hut and

wondered what was going on. " Why so quite usually by now Shippo and Inuyasha would be

fighting over some little thing." No one said anything so Kaede just left it alone. Shippo, being

very inquisitive, saw a locket around Kaede's neck. "Kaede where did you get that beautiful

locket?" Shippo asked.

"Funny thing, I ran into my old friend today. We haven't seen each other in ages because we had

a fight. We got to talking today and was laughing about how silly our fight was. She gave this to

me because she wanted to show how sorry she was. Thirty-five years were wasted because of

our foolishness. I only wish we had settled our differences." Sango just rolled her eyes. ' I don't

care if 500 years go by I am never talking to her again,' Sango thought to herself. " Oh, does

that story makes you want to talk to Natura now, Sango." Shippo asked looking at her. Sango

got up and stormed out the hut. Shippo realized that he didn't choose the right thing to say at that

moment. Natura got up and ran after Sango. Miroku was about to get up, but he was stopped

by strong hands that pulled him back. "Don't you think you did enough Monk," Inuyasha said.

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Sango ran, but came to a halt when her name was called.

"Sango wait."

Sango turned around said, "Why, so you could tell me more lies, so you could betray

me.......again."

"Sango I know what I did was wrong. I lied to you and for that I'm sorry, but I really didn't

know that you and Miroku had something going on."

"You didn't know?" Sango scoffed, "I think a blind man could see that I had feelings for him,

but of course you didn't see that because you only care about yourself."

"Sango that's not fair, I -"

"Not fair, you don't tell me what's not fair. My life is what's not fair. First my villagers and my

father are slain by my brother because your father possessed him. Then when I find someone I

truly love my so called "best friend" fucks him and gets pregnant with his child."

"Sango, you act like your the only one who has been hurt. You act like my life hasn't been

filled with pain."

"Yea, your mother died. I know that, but can you compare that to a whole village. I guess you

don't care, your heart is probably made of ice like your father."

Natura's voice went from pleading to angry, "I am nothing like my father, and you of all people

should know that."

"Well, these days I don't know. I bet your everything like Naraku."

"Sango you are just impossible. You know what, you had the right idea, our friendship has

expired so I guess we aren't friends anymore. I'm sorry I ever met you."

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One off Naraku's poison insects had seen the whole argument between Natura and Sango. It

quickly flew to Naraku.

"Mmmm,,, yes all goes as planned, Kaugra actually did something right this time. Kaugra!"

Naraku said.

"Yes master." Kaugra came in bowing.

"Get ready, now is the time to attack, when confusion and anger is among the group. We must

get the other half of the Shikon jewel tonight ."

"Yes, master."

"Get your sister,Kanna,ready also."

"Yes master." Kaugra despised Naraku very much, but didn't care to defy him because her life

was in his hands...literally.

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Everyone in the hut had heard the argument and was baffled at the words that were exchanged.

Sango went back inside the hut. " Sango, you really didn't have to be so hard on her," Kagome

said. Before Sango could reply Natura bolted through the door.

"You guys some unwelcome gusts are coming our way." Inuyasha and the others got up and

went outside. The sky was dark. Kaugra stood in front of the group with Kanna at her side.

"I told you I would be back Inuyasha."

"You talk like we are happy to see you." Inuyasha said.

"I'm hurt Inuyasha, I thought that all this time we would developed a bond with each other."

"How about you develop a bond with my sword." Inuyasha lunged towards her with the

Tetsusaiga. Kaugra just dogged it.

"Missed me." Kanna was using her mirror to help her big sister fight Inuyasha.

"Kagome," Natura yelled, "use your arrow to break her mirror." Kagome got her bow and

arrow and aimed forKanna's mirror. She shot the arrow and it hit Kanna's mirror. At first it

looked like it was consuming the arrow, but then the mirror shattered. That was Kanna's only

weapon and it was gone. Kaugra saw this and got really angry. She used her blade attack on

Natura and Kagome. Natura used her reflective shield and reflected Kaugra's attack back to

her. Kaugra dogged it but Kanna was hit. Kanna's body laid lifeless and after a while it turned to

dust. Kaugra was shocked, it was five against one. Kaugra wondered where her master was.

She looked at Inuyasha who was about to use the Wind Scare. She encountered the power of

his sword once and didn't want to again. She took her feather out and was about fly away.

"O, no you don't." Natura said, "I call upon the forces of nature listen to your goddess and send

Extreme Lightning and Fire balls." Thunder rumbled in the sky. Balls of fire were now falling

from the sky along with lightning. To protect the others and herself Natura made a protective

barrier around them. The fire burned Kaugra to nothing but ashes. "Forces of nature stop fire

balls and lightning." As soon as she said that it stopped and she took off the

protective barrier.

"Naraku's incarnations are destroyed, now all we gotta do is kill Naraku." Inuyasha said.

"You make it sound so easy to kill me Inuyasha." Naraku was sitting in a nearby tree watching

the fight his incarnations had put up.

"Naraku." Inuyasha's eyes burned with hate. Natura looked at her father, this had been the first

time in a long time she had seen him.

"You look at me as though I'm a stranger, Natura, although I haven't seen you since you were

little I am still your father."

"Yea, Unfortunately." Natura said

"Inuyasha, I do not appreciate you killing my incarnations."

"Well, how about I make you join them." Inuyasha said he had Tetsusaiga in hand and ran

towards Naraku.

He just jumped out of the way and landed on the ground. "You are too slow Inuyasha you

would never kill me."

Just then Sango's weapon hit him from behind. Naraku fell to the floor. Natura looked at Sango

and a small smile crept on both of their faces. They then remembered they weren't talking to

each other and looked away. Naraku got up slowly and as soon as he was up fully he let poison

gas come out of his nostrils. It hit Sango and she fell to the floor. "Sango!" Natura and Kagome

cried out at the same time. Miroku used his staff and hit Naraku with it. Kagome then used her

arrow and aimed for Naraku. She shot it and it hit Naraku on his shoulder. Poison escaped from

his body as he fell to the floor. Natura used her protection barrier again to shield the others,

except Inuyasha, and herself. Inuyasha told her that he wanted to finish him of and for her just to

protect the others. Inuyasha used theWindscare on Naraku. Naraku's body turned a brownish

color and then it disintegrated. Natura took off the protective barrier and ran over to Inuyasha.

"He's really dead." Natura said.

"Yea, he is....finally." Inuyasha hugged Natura. They stopped hugging when they heard Sango

coughing. Natura ran over to her.

"Sango, OMG! you inhaled the poison."

"I'm ok Natura..(cough,cough) at least I am going to a better place. I'm just happy I lived to see

Naraku dead.(cough cough). My only regret is that I didn't get to see your child."

"Sango of course your gonna see this child I'm carrying and many more after that. Your not

going anywhere." Natura said crying.

"Just remember I do love you (cough) Natura, your like my sister and one day we will be

(cough, cough,cough) together again. I'm sorry for the things I said"

"I'm sorry to but Sango, you have to stop talking like that. Your going to be ok."

Kagome and Shippo were crying. "Good-bye Natura. Good-bye (cough cough) everyone."

"Sango no, don't go." Natura was seriously crying, she was turning red.

Sango coughed one more time and breathed her last breath. Natura was holding Sango and was

crying loudly.

Miroku tried to comfort her, but nothing could comfort her now. Inuyasha tried to comfort

Kagome who was nowon the ground. It started to rain and although Naraku and his incarnations

were dead the sky was still very dark.

Well, that is chapter 9. The next chapter is the last. Review and tell me what you think.