Chapter 4: Where Power Swells
In the morning,
Everyone was up in Titans Tower and was already fed, "So what do…just wait around?" asked Cyborg
"Until Naraku makes his move…" replied Inuyasha as he and Kagome sat on the sofa
"God this is so boring!" screamed Beast Boy
"Said the boy who plays video games all the time…" said Raven
"Hopefully something will happen soon…" said Sango
On top of a building, somewhere in the city,
"Hopefully…Kohaku is gone someplace far away…" Kagura said to herself
"…You made a big mistake Kagura…" said Hakudoushi who began flying in front of Kagura suddenly
"Hakudoushi…" Kagura said "you had Kanna killed…now I'll avenge her, Fuujin No Mai!" and with that wind blades flew at Hakudoushi
They hit Hakudoushi's barrier with no effect and he laughed "I'm going to do something to you Naraku never had the balls to do himself!" and he started attacking Kagura with his spear, Kagura just began blocking his strikes with her wind blades
In Titans Tower,
"The alarm!" screamed Robin as the alarm (of course) went off "that little punk, Hakudoushi and Kagura…are fighting?"
"What?" Inuyasha asked surprised
"They're fighting each other…" said Robin
"That's weird…this has never happened before…" said Kagome
"Maybe we should just leave them alone" said Shippo
"We can't" replied Robin
"Why not?" asked Inuyasha
"They're destroying the city and causing chaos" said Cyborg
"Inuyasha…we just can't let them do that…" said Kagome
"Okay…come on…" said Inuyasha and everyone rushed into the city
Meanwhile in the city,
"Kagura that was the last mistake you'll ever make!" said Hakudoushi
"You're all talk Hakudoushi, you always were…" she replied
"Kagura you know too much…now I have to kill you…" he said and went to strike her with his spear, she blocked with a wind blade but then Hakudoushi knocked her fan from her hand, "Now Kagura you will die…oh…and tell Kanna I say hi…" and he prepared to strike her with the final blow
"I guess this is the end…hopefully Kohaku will live to kill Naraku for me…" Kagura thought to herself and she closed her eyes as she prepared for the strike, she suddenly felt the spear coming down and then she heard CLANK, she opened her eyes and couldn't believe them "…Inuyasha?" Inuyasha had blocked Hakudoushi's strike with the Tetsusaiga
"So you know something you're not supposed to know Kagura?" asked Inuyasha as he pushed back Hakudoushi's spear
"Kagura do not speak!" said Hakudoushi as he jumped back
"I'll tell you all I know…" Kagura said as she got up and she smiled "you won't be fighting Mouryoumaru in battle anymore…"
"Kagura shut up!" screamed Hakudoushi
"Keep going Kagura…" said Inuyasha, as the others all were behind him and Kagura, "what is it with Mouryoumaru?"
"That's where Naraku's heart is…" replied Kagura, Hakudoushi got aggravated and broke his spear in half in one hand, "its in Naraku's baby in Mouryoumaru , who now has a soul and they're all planning to betray Naraku, so he'll never reach his heart!"
"So even Hakudoushi and his own heart are trying to betray Naraku?" asked Miroku
"I never saw that coming…" said Shippo
"Kagura…I'll kill you!" screamed Hakudoushi, as he stood there
"Sorry not today!" screamed Inuyasha, "Kongousouha!" he screamed as the diamond spears headed for Hakudoushi but suddenly he disappeared
"Where'd he go?" asked Robin
"Where is that little punk?" Kagura thought to herself and then suddenly she was trapped inside a barrier "Inuyasha!" she screamed, Inuyasha turned around to see Kagura trapped inside a barrier
"Kagura!" he said and then suddenly Hakudoushi appeared inside the barrier with her and then they flew up high
"So what now Inuyasha?" asked Hakudoushi "cut threw the barrier and kill Kagura or don't cut threw the barrier and she dies anyway"
"Damn you!" screamed Inuyasha
"And trust me she has a lot more information she could give you…but if she speaks I will kill her" Hakudoushi said and then began to laugh, and then suddenly his barrier was broken, all on its own and he was ripped into pieces, only thing that was whole was his head "…what?" asked Hakudoushi in shock and suddenly Kagura flew away and then landed on top of the building
"Someone is trying to get rid of Hakudoushi…" Kagome thought to herself "only one person…Naraku…"
"Miroku, quickly the Kazaana!" screamed Inuyasha
"Kazaana!" Miroku screamed as he opened the kazaana and began sucking in Hakudoushi
Hakudoushi laughed, "Do you really think I can be killed by that?" he asked and then suddenly Saimyoushou appeared
"Miroku!" screamed Sango "close it!" and Miroku went to close the kazaana
"Wait Miroku!" screamed Inuyasha, and suddenly the Saimyoushou flew off, and Hakudoushi was being sucked in
"NO!" Hakudoushi screamed and then suddenly right before his head was sucked into the kazaana, a shard of Koronomka flew out of his head, and he thought to himself "Naraku…that bastard!"
With Hakudoushi sucked in, Miroku closed up the kazaana "wow that was strange…"
"He was betraying Naraku…Naraku saw him as a threat and had to get rid of him and that's it…nothing strange" said Kagura
"So tell us more about Mouryoumaru…" said Inuyasha, returning Tetsusaiga to its sheath
Kagura removed a feather from her hair-band and threw it up into the air and then hopped on it as it grew to giant size, "You should find Kohaku…Mouryoumaru is going to try and make himself stronger…" and she started to fly off
"Kohaku's shard!" said Sango and she flew off on Kirara
"Exactly" replied Kagura as she stopped in mid-air
"Kagura, maybe you should come with us…" said Kagome
"I can't I have to find out what Naraku knows…maybe I can use this against him…" she replied and she flew off
"Come on, Kagome we have to follow Sango…" said Inuyasha, as Kagome watched Kagura fly off
She climbed on Inuyasha' back "I hope she's okay…"
"Kagura can take care of herself…" said Inuyasha as he ran after Sango, and Miroku and Shippo followed
"Come on Titans!" screamed Robin as he followed Inuyasha
Beast Boy said, "So we just can't stand around with our thumb up our…"
"Yeah let's get going…" said Raven interrupting Beast Boy as she flew off, and all the other Titan's followed
Meanwhile in another abandoned building,
"Kagura said that the demonic energy would disappear from these crystals when I came close to Naraku's heart…" said Kohaku looking at Gakusanjin's crystallized demonic energy, and then suddenly the demonic energy disappeared, "The baby is here…" said Kohaku "but where...?" he asked as he looked around
And out of the shadows crawled Mouryoumaru, "here…" he said "Kohaku…give me your shard…" and his tentacles started attacking Kohaku
Meanwhile above the city, Kagura was flying away
"Hopefully that idiot Kohaku is out of the city…but I did give him the crystallized demonic energy…so he's probably hunting down Mouryoumaru as I speak…" she said to herself
Suddenly Naraku appeared before her "Kagura…"
"Naraku!" screamed Kagura as she stopped before him
"Calm down Kagura…" said Naraku "It seems as though Hakudoushi has died…and I'm here to give you what you want…"
"You're the one who killed him…" she thought then Kagura looked shocked "my…heart?" she asked
"Hakudoushi thought he could take my place and yes Kagura…your heart…and your freedom…" said Naraku, and he held out his hand and in it was Kagura's heart, beating
Meanwhile in the destroyed part of city,
Sesshomaru walked, suddenly his head turned to the direction of where Kagura and Naraku were talking "Naraku's scent…Kagura's there too…" and he turned to that direction and began walking
Meanwhile Kohaku was fighting Mouryoumaru,
"Give up Kohaku…" said Mouryoumaru "you can not defeat me…"
"Yes I can!" screamed Kohaku as he tossed his chained sickle at Mouryoumaru, which was just easily dodged
"Kohaku…just give me your shard…" Mouryoumaru said and then pinned Kohaku up against a wall with one of his tentacles as another burrowed into Kohaku's back to grab his shard
"Hiraikotsu!" screamed Sango rushing onto the scene, slicing off Mouryoumaru's tentacles that were in Kohaku, Kohaku fell to the ground, "Kohaku!", she jumped off Kirara and ran to him and hugged him
"Sis…sister?" Kohaku thought to himself
"Sango is everything okay?" asked Inuyasha who had just jumped in with Kagome on his back, and then he noticed Mouryoumaru, "Mouryoumaru…" and he placed Kagome down, and unsheathed Tetsusaiga
"Kohaku…" Kagome thought to herself as she rushed over to him to help with his wounds
"Inuyasha…you have found me…" said Mouryoumaru as he started moving backwards
"Kagura told us everything!" Inuyasha screamed back
"That fool…its okay though…Naraku's taking care of her as we speak…" Mouryoumaru thought to himself and then he said, "so you know that I hold the child?"
"Yes, and I plan to kill you and Naraku's child!" screamed Inuyasha
"I hate to spoil your plans, Inuyasha but…" then suddenly one of Mouryoumaru's tentacles wrapped around Kirara and tried to pull her in, Kirara roared and struggled
"Kirara!" screamed Sango as she watched Kirara be pulled in
Inuyasha ran over and cut the tentacle into half, "your fight is with me, Mouryoumaru!" and he stood ready in front of Mouryoumaru ready to fight
Meanwhile Naraku and Kagura were talking about her freedom,
"Yes Kagura…" said Naraku "I wish to free you…"
"Even though I tried to find your heart to get you out of the way?" asked Kagura
"You just wanted me out of your way so you could be free" he replied "I will return your heart to you…" and Kagura's heart beat once again and then suddenly it vanished
"What…?" asked Kagura "it was a trap!" she said as she pulled out her fan
"No…" said Naraku "feel your chest…" Kagura put her hand to her chest and felt her heart beat
"My…my…my heart has returned!" she thought to herself, and she turned to leave
"Kagura, one last thing…" and suddenly when Kagura turned her head back and three of Naraku's tentacles were imbedded in her back, Kagura looked stunned "don't worry I avoided your precious heart…"
"Na…Naraku…you bastard…" Kagura said and she used her fan to launch a wind blade at him, it just hit his barrier with no effect, Naraku laughed, and then removed his tentacles, Kagura dropped softly to a near building below them and then dropped to her knees "he injected miasma into my body…" she thought "that bastard…" and she dropped down to her hands and knees
"Go to wherever you want…whenever you want…" Naraku said as he began to fly away and he thought to himself "go…do what your best to entertain me before your life runs out…" and then he said to her "Kagura…this is what you wanted so badly…freedom is only despair and agony…" and he flew off
"So this is my freedom…" she thought to herself as she leaned herself up against a wall "well…soon I'll be dead…and there's no way to save me…"
Meanwhile in the abandoned building,
"Now that I have you here, I'll kill you and Naraku will one swing of my sword" Inuyasha said, and then Tetsusaiga crystallized, "Kongousouha!" he screamed as hundreds of diamond spears broke through the building and when the smoke cleared, Mouryoumaru had broken through the roof and was flying in the air
"One day…I will be able to absorb your sword's demonic energy…" and he started to fly off
"Where do you think you're going!" asked Inuyasha as he powered up another kongousouha
"You should know you have bigger problems…" replied Mouryoumaru and then he flew off
Inuyasha returned Tetsusaiga to its sheath, "Inuyasha what is he talking about?" asked Kagome
"You're just going to let him get away!" asked Beast Boy
"We have to…Kagura's bleeding…Naraku got to her…" replied Inuyasha "and if I know Naraku…there's a shard of the Koronomka in Kagura…"
"What are you talking about?" asked Miroku
"When you were pulling Hakudoushi into the kazaana, right before his head was sucked in…a shard flew out…" said Inuyasha
"He's right I saw it too" replied Raven
"You think there's one in Kagura too?" asked Cyborg
"I don't think…I know it…" replied Inuyasha "but we're wasting time we have to go to Kagura
"Listen up Titans!" screamed Robin "I'm going with Inuyasha and his friends, Raven, you, Beast Boy, Starfire, Aqualad, Speedy, Mas Y Menos will go after Mouryoumaru, Cyborg, you and Bumblebee head back to Titans Tower to make sure Inuyasha and Raven weren't just seeing things, there had to be a security camera around, contact me if you find anything, Teen Titans GO!" and with that everyone was gone, and Robin looked at Inuyasha "let's go!"
Meanwhile on top of the building,
"I guess…this is my destiny…to die here…" Kagura thought to herself, and she looked at her wounds which miasma was pouring out of, then suddenly someone stepped into her sunlight, and a shadow was cast over her and she looked up "…Sesshomaru?"
"Kagura…" Sesshomaru said, "I followed the scent of Naraku's miasma…"
"Do I disappoint you…?" she asked still struggling for her life "I'm…not Naraku…"
Sesshomaru looked away from her, "I knew it was you…" Kagura's eyes widened
"I see…" she thought to herself
Sesshomaru then placed his hand on the handle of Tenseiga, "Tenseiga won't work on her…" he thought to himself "most likely because she is an incarnation…and truly has no soul…" then he took his hand off of the Tenseiga "are you…leaving?" he asked
"Soon…" she responded, she smiled at him, "thanks…for coming…", Sesshomaru bent down and kissed her lips gently, then he got back up, Kagura's smile widened but it still showed her pain, "it was nice…at the end…I got to…see you…" and she started to turn to ashes starting at her feet and spreading to the rest of her body and the ashes danced in the wind and that's when everyone else was rushing to Kagura from another building
"Hold on!" Inuyasha screamed as he jumped from building to building trying to reach Kagura in time, he had Kohaku on his back
"Kagura…" Kohaku thought to himself "I never got a chance to say goodbye or thank you…"
A white feather near Kagura blew up and danced along with the ashes and Sesshomaru said softly so only she could hear, "I love you…"
"I…love…you too…" she replied softly and then the rest of her body turned into a gust of wind
Inuyasha landed on the building and Kohaku got off his back and everyone is touched by a gust of wind, a tear appeared in Kagome's eyes, even Sango's and Miroku's, "wind…" they all thought
"Thank you, Kagura…" said Kohaku and Sango at the same time and suddenly where Kagura last lay, a shard was there
"Inuyasha…" said Kagome "look!" and she pointed at the shard and when Inuyasha took a step towards it, it flew into the air
"I knew it…" Inuyasha said, and then he turned to Sesshomaru who was walking away "Sesshomaru!" Inuyasha said, Sesshomaru's head turned to face Inuyasha
"Inuyasha…" Kagome said
"Was…Kagura suffering…at the end…?" asked Inuyasha
"At the end…she was smiling…" replied Sesshomaru and he began to walk away and a breeze blew up against his face and he thought about her, who was made from an enemy but was the only one he loved and he looked into the air and saw the feather from before and smiled and continued walking
Inuyasha and everyone else looked up at the feather and felt a small bit better, "Thanks to Kagura…Kohaku is safe…" Sango thought
"She was like a second sister to me…" thought Kohaku
That's when Robin's communicator buzzed, and he answered it, "What'd you find?" he asked
"Well, Raven and Inuyasha were not seeing things, we got a video from a security camera near by…a shard flew out of his head right before he was fully sucked in" said Cyborg
"What color was it?" asked Inuyasha as he looked into the communicator screen
"The shard was orangey red…like what Blood described to us…" said Cyborg
"Just what I thought…" replied Inuyasha
"Kagura had a shard in her too didn't she?" asked Cyborg
"Yeah" replied Robin "she's…she's…gone now, we're reporting back to Titans Tower, we'll be there soon, I'll call Raven and ask what she saw and we'll all head back, Robin out…" and with that he closed the communicator and opened it again
"We haven't found anything…" Raven said
"Okay, report back to the tower…" replied Robin
"Meet you there…" Raven said "Raven out…" and Robin closed his communicator and then he turned to Inuyasha and everyone "let's head to Titans Tower…its been a long day…" and he walked towards the tower and everyone followed except Kohaku and Sango
"Aren't you two coming?" asked Inuyasha as he turned around
"I want to pay my final respects…" replied Kohaku
"Me too" replied Sango "Kagura was like another sister to Kohaku…I owe her this"
"Okay, head back to the tower when you both are done" replied Robin
"Kirara will stay with you too" said Kagome and then everyone else left as Kohaku and Sango held each other as they laid flowers which was where Kagura last laid, and then they both rode away on Kirara, and as the darkness covered the building, Sesshomaru appeared
"I'll avenge you…Kagura…I can promise you that…" he said and he dropped one rose on top of Kohaku's and Sango's flowers and he walked back into the darkness
Meanwhile somewhere underground,
Two shards hovered around Koronomka, "Hakudoushi…Kagura…" Naraku said "you both thought you could betray me…" and the shards then reattached to Koronomka, and it pulsated and then Satan's flame appeared in front of Naraku once again, Naraku immediately dropped to his knees and bowed "Master…you have returned…"
"Yes…" replied Satan "what good news do you have to tell me?"
"Hakudoushi and Kagura are both dead…" replied Naraku
"And?" asked Satan
"Their demonic energy has been absorbed…" Naraku added
"Good…good…" replied Satan "the day after tomorrow Naraku…"
"What happens the day after tomorrow Master?" asked Naraku
"You will awaken the sword's power and merge Earth and Hell…" replied Satan
"I understand Master…" replied Naraku
"I'm going now…I will talk to you tomorrow, and I will prepare you to merge the two worlds…" said Satan "and when your deed is done…you will claim your prize…" and with that the flame vanished
Naraku got back up and he thought to himself, "let's see what you can do Koronomka…" and he awaken a little of its power which made a giant surge of power which made a big quake, even though it was just a little of Koronomka's power
Meanwhile in Titans Tower,
Inuyasha woke up from his sleep, "did you just feel that surge of power?" he asked
"Inuyasha go back to sleep…" said Kagome and then she pull him back down into bed and she thought to herself, "we still have to take care of Kohaku and his shard…"
Meanwhile, back underground,
Naraku immediately stopped the power of Koronomka, "that was amazing…the day after tomorrow I will claim my prize…and tomorrow I will collect what someone owes me…" Naraku laughed and then walked back into the shadows