Chapter 15- The Final Battle

A.n: I'm so sorry that I haven't updated in like 20 years, but I have been so busy. I just went to Washington D.C for the presidential inauguration and my computers have been so mean to me! I just got a laptop! So, I should be updating more often. I hope my original fans are still around and will read this next chapter. There are 3 more chapters after this one and I hope you all enjoy it! Please review!

Kagome opened her eyes slowly and found that she was in Kaede's hut. A huge pain exploded into her head and her sight was slightly blurry, but she felt okay. The hut was dark and she could only make out shadows that loomed on the walls. She could hear a fire crackling and she could smell food cooking.

Kagome tried to sit up, but a wave of dizziness washed over her and she fell back in a daze. Where was Inuyasha? Did she save him?

The questions were answered as the door rustled and in came Inuyasha. His hair had small red speckles in it and he had a big cut on his face. Kagome closed her eyes with relief and then opened them again to see Inuyasha standing over the fire and tending to the cooking stew.

'Inuyasha is cooking. How…odd.'

Inuyasha looked over at Kagome and his eyes held worry, but it softened and he rushed over to her.

"Kagome, are you okay?"

Kagome nodded and looked at the cut on his cheek.

"What-what happen to you?"

Inuyasha frowned a little bit and he took out a damp cloth and put it on Kagome's forehead. He then smiled a little bit and put a clawed hand on Kagome's slightly bulging stomach.

"I-I can sense our child. It-It's a hanyou…like me. I'm not alone anymore. I-I have you and…our child."

Kagome smiled and tried to sit up again, but Inuyasha put his other hand on her chest and lightly pushed her back down.

"You can't get up yet. I have to make sure that our baby is okay. Kaede will be in here soon. She was out collecting herbs for you."

"You never answered my question, Inuyasha. What happened to you?"

Inuyasha stood up and turned his back to her. He was silent and Kagome was starting to get worried.

"We don't have any time to talk about it. I must find Naraku and destroy him once and for all…before…"

"Before what?"

Kagome's voice was soft and she tried to move again, but Inuyasha whipped around and Kagome saw tears in his eyes.

"No! You can't move yet. You must stay safe…for your sake and our child's."

Kagome's heart broke at that moment and she was so confused. Why was Inuyasha acting the way he was? She needed to know…she wanted to know.

"Please, Inuyasha. Tell me."

The tears started to come to Kagome's eyes and she looked away so Inuyasha wouldn't see her cry. Inuyasha came over and turned her head to him with a finger under her chin. He smiled at her with a sad smile and his tears wouldn't stop. He kissed her gently, his hair falling all around her and she breathed in deeply to catch his scent. She found that her sense of smell was a lot sharper than it had been before…before she had killed Kikyou.

"Inuyasha…"

She grabbed his hand and held it in hers.

"You're not mad at me, are you?"

"For what? Why would I be mad?"

Kagome closed her eyes and breathed deeply again.

"For…killing Kikyou."

Inuyasha was silent and he just stared into Kagome's eyes silently.

"No. She deserved what she got. She wanted me to become something that I wasn't. I'm neither demon nor human. She wanted me to become human and even after death, that's all she wanted me to be. I finally understand why she had such a vengeance towards me…she needed me to become human because I would lose who I really was and then…then she would've been truly free, but I couldn't lose it. I am who I am because of you and only you."

Kagome started to cry harder and Inuyasha kissed her one last time. As Inuyasha got up, Kagome cleared her throat and took another deep breath.

"Inuyasha…I still want to know how you got that cut."

Inuyasha didn't turn to her, he just stayed forward.

"It was Naraku. He came after I awoke again. He demanded that I give you to him, but I refused and he attacked me. I fought to keep him from you and he finally gave up. He said that you and our baby would pay for killing Kikyou. I think Onigumo's heart is finally taking its toll on Naraku."

Kagome nodded and she watched as Inuyasha exited the hut and Kaede came in after. She sat down next to Kagome and sighed.

"Now, child. Drink this and I will check to see if ye child has been harmed."

Kagome nodded and still watched the hut opening, hoping Inuyasha would come back in.

A scream echoed out over the woods and it came from a distant castle that had miasma floating around it. Kagura floated on her flying feather and watched the castle intently. The barrier which had been strong and indestructible at one point was now diminishing into nothingness. Naraku was going insane.

"This is perfect. The death of that cold priestess was just the thing to add to the fall of Naraku. His barrier in dwindling and soon I will be free."

Inuyasha walked out into the cold crisp night and he shuddered a little. His cheeks felt stiff because of his dried tears. He sniffed the wind and he could smell the faint scent of Naraku on the breeze.

Kaede emerged from the hut and came up behind Inuyasha.

"Ye child is fine, Inuyasha. It was not harmed in Naraku's attack."

Inuyasha nodded and he kept looking forward.

"Is Kagome okay?"

His voice was soft and filled with sadness. Kaede nodded and she turned her back to Inuyasha.

"I want to tell ye now, Inuyasha. If Kagome should get hurt anymore during her pregnancy, the baby will not survive. Yes, it is a hanyou, but it is less hanyou than ye. Ye must watch over Kagome…"

"I will protect her….even if it costs me my life. I will never let anything happen to Kagome. I wouldn't be able to live with myself."

Kaede nodded again and she left Inuyasha to his thoughts.

Inuyasha sighed and watched the East where the sun would be rising. He made his decision at that moment.

Kagome opened her eyes and the morning sun was shining in through the cracks in the hut. She rubbed her eyes and she felt almost as good as new. Her head wasn't painful anymore and she wasn't dizzy. She looked around the hut and saw Inuyasha was leaning up against the wall across from her and he was sleeping peacefully. Kagome smiled, sat up and stretched.

Inuyasha's ears twitched and he opened his eyes slowly.

"Kagome, you really shouldn't be moving…"

"I'm fine Inuyasha…really…"

Inuyasha got up and walked over to her slowly. He sat down next to her and brought her into his arms. She smiled and took in Inuyasha's scent again.

Inuyasha looked down at her and had a goofy grin on his face.

"Are you smelling me?"

Kagome laughed and blushed slightly. Inuyasha also laughed and he kissed her forehead lightly.

"How do I smell?"

"Mmmm…good…actually…"

She had a surprised tone in her voice and Inuyasha pulled back swiftly.

"Are you saying I smell bad any other time?"

His voice dripped with sarcasm and Kagome punched him lightly on the shoulder.

"No…I never knew you smelled so good before. I thought since you never really took a bath…"

"WHAT!"

Inuyasha tackled her lightly and Kagome yelped with surprised. They tumbled lightly on the floor and they started laughing. Inuyasha was on top of Kagome and they fell silent. Inuyasha pushed back a piece of hair that had fallen in Kagome's eyes and he smiled at her.

"Well, this brings back memories…"

"Uh huh."

Inuyasha leaned down and kissed Kagome on the lips passionately and they kissed for a long time.

Suddenly, a huge rumble broke them apart and the screaming of Sango and some villagers made Inuyasha bolt up and unsheathe Tetsusiga. Kagome got up as well and rushed outside with Inuyasha. She gasped as she saw the huge pink spirit shield of Naraku with Naraku inside floating over the village and his appendages were striking down the huts near him.

"Naraku."

Inuyasha jumped high into the sky and landed on one of the hut roofs that hadn't been destroyed yet by Naraku.

"I told you that if you showed your face near me again Naraku, I would kick your ass!"

Naraku chuckled heinously, but it wasn't a confident chuckle. His laugh was more silly than confident.

"I told you that I would kill your wench and the whelp that is inside of her."

Inuyasha growled and unleashed his Wind Scar, but it was deflected off of Naraku's barrier.

"I thought you had learned before, Inuyasha. You're weak sword attacks are useless against me…"

"Backlash Wave!"

Inuyasha tried catching Naraku off guard, but the attack again deflected off the barrier. Kagome looked helplessly at Inuyasha attempts to bring down Naraku. She rushed back inside the hut and grabbed her bow and arrows. Kagome rushed back out to find Inuyasha being wrapped in Naraku's appendages.

"You will be absorbed into me and then you won't be a pest to me anymore. I can finally achieve what I have been longing for, for over 50 years. Even though it won't be with the original, I guess the copy will suffice."

Inuyasha's rage exploded at Naraku's statement and he ripped at the appendages with his free hand.

"Damn you, you bastard! You will never touch Kagome!"

Suddenly, I brilliant pink light whizzed in front of Inuyasha and he was free from Naraku's grasp. He fell back onto the roof of the hut and looked to where the light had come from. Kagome stood there with the bow raised and she had this strange glow around her. It seemed to be wrapping itself around the bow.

"NARAKU! PREPARE TO DIE!"

Naraku laughed and an appendage flew out towards Kagome and Inuyasha screamed for her to run. Just before the appendage hit her, a gigantic barrier came up, the appendage bounced off and the barrier turned green.

"You will not put your FILTHY THINGS ON ME!"

Kagome strung another bow and she could see the black glow of the nearly complete Sacred Jewel. She aimed and fired the bow. The bow whizzed through the air and it turned into this bright golden light. It shot into the pink barrier and right into the chest of Naraku.

Naraku looked down at the arrow jutting out from his chest and laughed again, but just before he retaliated, the arrow glowed gold again and it exploded.

Naraku's barrier wavered and finally disappeared.

"Now, Inuyasha! Hit him with the Red Tetsusiga!"

Inuyasha nodded and he closed his eyes. He felt the sword pulsate and it turned a brilliant red. Inuyasha lifted up the sword and first fired the Wind Scar and then he let out the Backlash Wave. Kagome fired a gold arrow into the back of it and the three attacks produced a huge ball of white. The ball sped towards Naraku who looked helplessly at it.

'I've finally been defeated."

The ball hit him and he dispersed with the energy that the ball had been. The almost complete Jewel fell slowly from the ashes that floated away in the wind and Inuyasha leapt up to grab it.

Inuyasha caught the Jewel and quickly rushed over to Kagome so she could purify the darkness. He placed it in her hand and the blackness swirled inside the jewel. Kagome closed her eyes and a slight blue glow wrapped around her and Inuyasha watched as the Jewel slowly started to turn pink.

The Jewel finally went back to the original color that it had been in the beginning and he noticed that it seemed to glow brighter than when Kikyou had been its guardian.

"What do we do now?"

Inuyasha turned around and Sango, Miroku and Shippo came up slowly from a small hill on the side of the hut.

Inuyasha looked at Kagome and they nodded.

"We have to get the final two shards."

Kagome looked sadly down at the jewel and she could see Koga's face in it.

A.n: OKAY! Finally! I have been typing this for 3 days straight. Geez! Well enjoy and PLEASE REVIEW!