You know what I'm going to say, so I'm not saying it, again. Stupid rules, stupid people, stupid world!!! Anyway... this is going to be it! This is going to be the chapter where the fighting happens, where everyone comes together, where... where... where... am I? Who are you people? Who am I? Oh crap, I've finally lost my mind! Ahhh!

Chapter 12: The Final Battle

"Kagura, what is it?" Yume asked her when she stopped.

"Something is wrong. Kaminari, do you feel that?" Kagura asked.

"I feel... death." Kaminari said as she began to walk again. "We are almost there. We need to hurry." she said. Kagura nodded as she, Yume, and Kibou followed Kaminari.

Kyou was running to get to Naraku's castle. He knew he had to get there soon or Iyasu's family would die. When Megami past him coming out of the castle, he knew Iyasu's family was in trouble. He knew Naraku was up to something and that he had to help Megami. "I'll get you Naraku." Kyou promised.

"Inu-Yasha!" Megami stood behind her brother.

"Megami? What are you doing here?" he asked her.

"Kanna, where is Master Naraku?" Megami asked.

"Master Naraku? Megami... you're not working for Naraku, are you?" Inu-Yasha asked her as he took a step towards her.

"I made a deal with Naraku. He will give me my grandfather's lands, the lands Kouga now controls, if I kill you and your family." Megami told Inu-Yasha as she pulled out her katana.

"Megami, I'm your brother? How could you betray me?" he couldn't believe it.

"I was raised this way. My mother left me and I was raised by my grandfather, and this is how he raised me." Megami told him. Inu-Yasha didn't know what to do. In behind him stood Kanna, with her mirror, before him was his sister, Megami.

"What do you wish me to do, Master Naraku?" Kohaku asked him.

"Kyou is coming; I want you to take care of him. He is of no use to me anymore." Naraku said. "As for Kagura, I will deal with her myself. Where is my newest creation?" Naraku asked.

"Here, my master." Rin stepped forward, her eyes blank, with no expression on her face.

"Rin, Sesshomaru is here, with his daughter. Kill them both." he ordered.

"Yes, Master Naraku." Rin said as she pulled out two daggers.

"Father... what is that?" Tsuta asked her father. Sesshomaru stopped and looked up. Kyou was standing before him.

"What are you doing here, wolf youkai?" Sesshomaru asked him.

"Go away! I will be the one to take Naraku's life!" Kyou told Sesshomaru.

"How dare you speak to my father that way?" Tsuta yelled at him. "I should cut your throat for such insolence." Tsuta said as she pulled out her katana.

"Tsuta, stop." Sesshomaru told her. "Kyou, I do not wish to kill Naraku. I am only here for the girl he has taken from me." Sesshomaru told Kyou.

"Fine, just stay out of my way." Kyou warned him. Sesshomaru nodded and walked towards the castle with Tsuta right behind him. Kyou watched them walk threw the gates and began to follow after them, but the gates closed.

"Father, the gates closed!" Tsuta screamed as the gates slammed shut. When Tsuta turned back to face her father, he was gone. "Father?" there was a dense fog surrounding her and she could barely see in front of her.

"Tsuta?" Sesshomaru turned to see his daughter, but she was gone. "Tsuta, come here." Sesshomaru ordered, but there was no reply. "Tsuta!" Sesshomaru was becoming worried. He knew that Tsuta could take care of herself, but she was still his daughter, and he was worried.

"Hello, Lord Sesshomaru." a young woman's figure could be seen through the fog.

"Rin?" Sesshomaru knew it was her, just from the sound of her voice.

"Yes, Lord Sesshomaru?" Rin emerged from the fog.

"What has Naraku done to you?" Sesshomaru knew there was something wrong with her.

"Master Naraku has freed me. I now care for no one and I am free to kill who I wish." Rin laughed.

"Rin, I know you. This is not you. Naraku has not freed you, he now controls you." Sesshomaru told her.

"Enough! Master Naraku has ordered me to destroy you, and that is what I shall do." Rin told him as she readied to fight.

"I do not wish to fight you, but I will if I must." Sesshomaru said.

Inside the castle, Inu-Yasha was trying to figure out how to get by Megami and Kanna. "Come, Inu-Yasha, let's fight." Megami said.

"I don't want to fight you, but I have to save my family." Inu-Yasha said as he got ready to charge Megami.

"Naraku, open the gates! Are you scared of me?" Kyou screamed at the gates, hoping Naraku would open them, but it didn't work.

"Kyou, what are you doing here?" Sumire asked as she walked up to her brother.

"I came here to fight Naraku, but the gates closed. What are you doing here?" he asked his sister.

"I followed Megami here, but she disappeared." she answered him.

"Kyou, Sumire, what are the two of you doing here?" Kibou asked when he and the others walked up to them.

"I've come here to kill Naraku." Kyou answered, and then he turned and saw Kaminari. "Kaminari, I will kill you!" Kyou said as he began to charge at her.

"Stop!" Kagura used her fan to push Kyou back, away from Kaminari.

"Kagura! Stay out of this! She killed my brother!" Kyou said as he readied to fight Kaminari.

"I did not wish to kill your brother, but I had no choice."

"You had no choice! You always have a choice!" Sumire screamed.

"Naraku has her little brother's soul trapped in Kanna's mirror. If she didn't do as Naraku said, he would kill her brother." Yume told them.

"So instead she took the life of my brother?"

"Her brother is only a small child, no more than three years old." Yume said.

"My brother was only a small child once..." Sumire remembered her younger years with her brother.

"I cannot bring your brother back, but believe me when I say that I would give my life to make up for all the damage I have done." Kaminari told Sumire.

"I don't believe you." Sumire said as she turned and walked towards the gates.

Inside the gates, Sesshomaru had lost Tsuta and now, Megami had appeared. "Megami, the half demon girl birthed by Izayoi, and half sister to Inu-Yasha. I was wondering when I would get the chance to meet you." Sesshomaru told her.

"You mean former half sister to Inu-Yasha." Megami smirked.

"What have you done to my brother?" Sesshomaru yelled. For once he was actually worried about Inu-Yasha.

"Inu-Yasha has been dealt with. Kanna has taken his soul from his body, now his body can be controlled by me." Megami laughed as she pulled out a fan that looked much like Kagura's fan.

"What are you doing with that? What have you done to Kagura?" Sesshomaru asked.

"I have done nothing to your pathetic mate. This fan is more powerful than Kagura's fan; Master Naraku gave it to me so that I could defeat you and your brother." Megami told him. Sesshomaru could feel her power growing; she was becoming even more powerful than him.

"You will never be able to defeat me." Sesshomaru told her.

"Sesshomaru!" Kagura screamed at the gate, hoping he would hear her, but there was no response. "Please be alright." she said to herself as she lowered her head.

"Kagura, something is happening." Kaminari told her as the gates slowly began to open.

"Hurry, before the gates close again." Yume said as she followed Kibou into the castle.

"Inu-Yasha! Father!" Kibou screamed for his father as they walked through the court yard and towards the front entrance.

"Welcome to my castle. Kaminari, Kagura, I am glad you came back to me." Naraku's voice could be heard around them.

"I have not come back to you! Give me back my brother!!!" Kaminari screamed.

"Never!" Naraku yelled as a hoard of demons began attacking them.

"Yume, look out!" Kibou yelled as he threw his katana, killing a demon that was coming from behind Yume.

"Thanks Kibou." Yume smiled at her brother, just as a spear flew threw Kibou's chest. "Kibou!" Yume ran to her brother's side, as blood poured from his body. "Kibou..." Yume cried as her brother breathed his last breath.

"Yume, you have to help us fight or we'll all die." Kaminari told her. Yume took her brother's shoge and headed towards the demons.

"I'll kill you all!" Yume screamed as she threw down her hiratsu and used Kibou's shoge to attack the demons.

"Inu-Yasha?" Tsuta wondered up to his limp body. "Master Inu-Yasha, are you not well?" Tsuta asked as she stepped closer to him. Slowly his body moved and he stood up. "Master Inu-Yasha, what is wrong with your eyes?" Tsuta asked him when she noticed that his eyes looked, soulless.

"You should run. He will kill you." Kanna warned her.

"What is wrong with him?" Tsuta asked.

"It is not Inu-Yasha, it is his soulless body. Inu-Yasha no longer can control his body." Kanna answered.

"Ru...u....un." words struggled to free themselves from Inu-Yasha's lips.

"How can you speak when your body no longer holds your soul?" Kanna asked.

"Father!" Tsuta screamed as she ran from Inu-Yasha's soulless body. He was chancing after her with the Tetsaiga, trying to kill her. "I have to find my father." Tsuta told herself.