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"She's late again…" Inuyasha mumbled as he stared down into the well for at least the millionth time in the past half hour. He knew she needed to be with her family again but she told him three days and he was relying on her to stick to that promise! He missed her too much for her to be gone any longer. He would never admit it to anyone, except maybe her, that she was what kept him grounded. Without her there he felt lost and like he didn't have a purpose in the world.

"God Kagome where are you?" Inuyasha asked the well, he was started to hear a voice call back up to him,

"I'm down here!"

"Kagome!" Inuyasha exclaimed. He jumped into the well and grabbed Kagome around the waist to pull her out, along with her over-stuffed big yellow backpack.

"What took you so long?" Inuyasha asked casually, trying not to sound worried, but he failed miserably.

"I was trying to lift my bag… it's really heavy and my mom kept giving me a bunch of food… I think she was trying to say that she's sorry in a weird, extremely heavy way." Kagome giggled and let the enormous pack fall to the ground with a resounding thud.

"That probably wasn't a good idea… but it was heavy so I don't care!" Kagome decided as she glared at the bag. Inuyasha smirked at her and lifted the bag onto his shoulder, and nearly fell backwards.

"What the hell did you put in here Kagome?" Inuyasha asked as he marvelled over the fact that she had managed to get of the well without snapping in half under the stupid thing.

"Just the essentials as usual… plus a lot of extra food, my moms looking for redemption remember?" Kagome explained while rubbing her back.

"Remind me to never let her pack my bag again…" Kagome asked with a groan, Inuyasha smiled and told her to lie down when they got to the village.

"Ok… but if I end up with serious back injuries I am going to be SO mad!" Kagome said playfully as she walked ahead, pausing for a moment for Inuyasha to catch up. As they walked back they started idly chatting about anything that happened to pop into their heads, until their hands brushed together and both of them grabbed onto the other. Both of the teens blushed but continued walking and talking as if nothing was different between them. When they arrived back at Kaede's hut, Kagome was welcomed with a hug from Shippo… more like a tackle.

"Shippo!" cried as she fell over from the force of Shippo's weight hitting her too fast. Inuyasha jumped forward to catch the falling girl and yell at Shippo.

"You're too big for that now brat!" Inuyasha yelled as he helped Kagome stand up straight again.

"It's fine Inuyasha, when he ends up knocking me over completely without lunging at me, that's when we can worry about it ok?" Kagome said in a tone that implied that he was not to argue with this one. Inuyasha sighed and dropped Kagome's bag on the ground. Shippo immediately launched himself at it and started digging for candy and batteries for his GameBoy. Kagome giggled at him and went to say hello to Kaede before they prepared to leave again.

"Good Bye!!" Kaede called to the group as they left the village, waving happily.

"Take good care of Kagome Inuyasha!" she yelled when they were far enough so that only Inuyasha heard her. Inuyasha smirked at that statement and silently told her that he would. The group wandered along the dirt road for hours and hours, not even realising that they were in complete silence since all five of them were lost in thought. What none of them realised was that they were all thinking of the exact same thing, aside from Shippo who was concentrating on his game so he didn't have time to think about anything else. They were all thinking about what they were going to do about Tyronos. If what Myouga said was true, then they had an even more formidable foe to deal with. Once Naraku absorbed Tyronos, they stood little chance against him. If Tyronos was able to defeat a miko in a meditative state, he was obviously powerful. Kagome's only fear was that she was probably going to have to deliver the final blow to Naraku. She didn't want that responsibility to be lain on her.

I want to be able to help in the battle of course, but I always thought that Inuyasha would kill him in the end! What if they all get hurt and I'm the last one standing? No Inuyasha wouldn't let that happen to me. He said he would always be there to protect me and Naraku is definitely something I'd like to be protected from! She thought as a look of great apprehension crossed over her face. Inuyasha was thinking about so many things at that moment that he was confusing himself.

I don't want Kagome at the final battle… she'll get hurt and I won't be able to live with myself if she does. But she has to deliver the final blow… she is Naraku's only weakness after all… I always thought it would be me, getting revenge for Kikyo and myself… Where does Tyronos fit into all of this though… if he fuses with Naraku we have an even smaller chance of defeating him… we need to get rid of him before he has the chance to merge with Naraku… but I can't hurt him. The only ones able to hurt him so far have been Kagome and Miroku and I am NOT putting Kagome against him again. I don't want Miroku to risk his life either… he has Sango now and she would be heartbroken if she found out he was to be fighting Tyronos alone. The distressed hanyou tried to formulate a plan while Sango and Miroku walked a little bit slower than Inuyasha and Kagome, and each had thoughts of their own.

How on earth is Tyronos alive? Sango thought, Kagome killed him…we can't allow Naraku to absorb him. We could get Miroku to defeat him… no I won't have him risking his life now that I've finally got him not groping any other girls. But we can't hurt him any other way… and Inuyasha won't let Kagome face off with him ever again. If only we could bring her power together with Miroku's then he would be able to defeat Tyronos with little effort. Strangely, Miroku was having the exact same idea formulate in his perverted mind.

If I could harness Kagome-sama's power, I would be able to defeat Tyronos, therefore defeating any major threats from him… but how on earth would we do that… MUSHIN!

"Inuyasha! We need to go to Mushin's temple!" Miroku and Sango both shouted at the same time, causing Shippo to fall off the seat of Kagome's bike, and Kagome to jump.

"Why?" Inuyasha asked, hoping they had a really good reason. He didn't like that monk; he drank too much for his own good.

"He can help us defeat Tyronos!" Miroku exclaimed excitedly as Sango motioned for Kilala to transform into her larger form. Hearing the name Tyronos caused Inuyasha to start growling but he immediately agreed if it was going to help them keep Kagome safe. He took off Kagome's bag and handed it to her and bent down for her to climb onto his back. Kagome hoisted the bag onto her shoulders and climbed onto Inuyasha's back, praying that the combined weight of the bag and her weren't too heavy for him. He appeared to be fine with it though because he ran full speed in the direction of Mushin's temple.

When they arrived they found Mushin, drunk as usual, sprawled all over the floor of his temple. Miroku kicked the round old man and started shouting at him to wake up.

"Wake up you worthless old drunk!" he shouted and groaned as Mushin rolled over onto his foot. He pleaded for help with his eyes, and soon Mushin was awake.

"What is going on? Why am I all wet? Why is it so dark? What is going on!?" Mushin shouted as he felt around him, not even noticing that he had a bucket of water on his head.

"If you had woken up when I asked, you wouldn't be in this predicament would you Mushin?" Miroku asked coolly as he pulled the bucket off his old guardian's head.

"Miroku? You're back eh? Did you tear your wind tunnel again chasing after a pretty girl?" Mushin asked with a drunken slur.

"You should learn to control your drinking Mushin. I haven't come here about my wind tunnel, nor have I been chasing women for quite some time now. I need you to tell me how to transfer spiritual powers from one being to another." Miroku demanded, knowing the old man would comply with his request.

"It is a lengthy and complicated process…" Mushin sad quietly, hoping to deter them away from this plan.

"We don't care, we need you to tell us now!" Miroku demanded

"All right, you must both go into a meditative state, and a holy man needs to perform a spell upon your spiritual energies, leaving both persons mostly dead. The person who keeps his own spiritual energy, and receives the spiritual energy of another will remain meditative, while the person without their spiritual energy will go into a spiritual coma, their brain and vital organs may work, but they won't be able to move or think throughout the process. Are you certain you want to do this?" Mushin asked timidly, still praying that they wouldn't go through with it.

"Yes." Miroku replied, not even bothering to ask if Kagome wanted to participate.

"Hang on a minute! Who is switching their spiritual energies around?" Kagome suddenly asked from behind Inuyasha.

"You and I Lady Kagome." Miroku explained, preparing for an angry outburst from Inuyasha.

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?" Inuyasha bellowed, causing Mushin to fall over in pain since he was hung over.

"Inuyasha I plan to take Tyronos into my own body, there I will have a higher chance of defeating him, but with the combined power of a miko and a monk, there is no way we can lose." Miroku explained to the hot-tempered Inuyasha, although it didn't calm his nerves at all.

"So you want to take away Kagome's spiritual energy? What if we can't get it back in? What if she doesn't wake up? What if you FAIL!" Inuyasha demanded, raising his voice with each question.

"I WON'T! Nothing bad will happen to Kagome, I promise you that now." Miroku assured the half demon.

"Umm… does anyone even want to know what I think about all this? I mean it's my spiritual energy on the line here!" Kagome spoke up with annoyance evident in her voice. She didn't like people speaking for her.

"I want to defeat Tyronos by any means possible and if that means transferring my spiritual energy into Miroku, I'm fine with that." Kagome said, not even acknowledging the fact that Inuyasha's jaw was dropping lower and lower with each word she spoke.

"You want to risk your life to destroy Tyronos AGAIN?" Inuyasha shouted

"Yes." Kagome replied calmly

"I won't let you!" Inuyasha yelled, and he automatically regretted it.

"You can't control me! SIT!" Kagome screamed, causing him to crash into the hard wooden floor of Mushin's temple. Everyone flinched as Kagome screamed in frustration and walked away. When everyone got over the shock of seeing Kagome mad again, Miroku turned into business mode.

"When is the soonest you will be able to transfer her spiritual power into me?" Miroku asked

"As soon as you wish." Mushin assured him, not wanting to do it at all.

"Then we will have to lure Tyronos here won't we?" Miroku smirked and went to search for Kagome. He wanted to tell her his plan and get her agreement before he talked to Inuyasha.

He found Kagome sitting at the edge of his father's grave, talking.

"I'm sorry, you don't know me at all but I really needed to talk to someone. I want to help everyone so much in the battle against Naraku. Everyone's got some sort of batting skills, whereas I'm just kind of there to shoot an arrow or two… basically all I am to them is a burden. Everyone is always risking their lives to save mine and I don't want them to anymore. If Inuyasha lets me help Miroku destroy Tyronos, I will not only get my revenge of sorts but I'll prove to myself that I'm not worthless. I know I should probably be explaining this to Inuyasha, but I just sat him so I don't think it would be a good idea for me to go talk to him right now. Ah. Thank you for listening. I needed to vent." Kagome said quietly, swinging her legs over the edge of the crater that was Miroku's father's grave.

"You are an asset to us all Kagome." Miroku said as he placed his cursed hand on her shoulder. She jumped slightly at his touch but realised it was only him and calmed down.

"But you all have to risk you lives to save mine in every single battle we get into!" Kagome complained

"But if you hadn't risked your life, we probably wouldn't have won all the battles we have." Miroku explained as he sat beside her.

"Ya, and if I hadn't risked my life, you Sango, and especially Inuyasha wouldn't have suffered as much."

"We would end up suffering under some other circumstance I'm sure." Miroku assured the vulnerable girl.

"That's probably true… but I want to help! I want to help you destroy Tyronos, and I want to help you all destroy Naraku. I will help you destroy Naraku, since apparently I have to deliver the final blow to him…" Kagome pouted as she thought about being the one to finally Kill Naraku.

"I know you want to help… it's all a matter of convincing Inuyasha… and leading Tyronos into our trap." Miroku said understandingly.

"I'll do it! I can lure him here since he wants to kill me so bad." Kagome offered, causing Miroku to smile brightly.

"I was hoping I wouldn't have to convince you!" he said happily and they both laughed.

"Now we just have to convince Inuyasha…" Kagome muttered and they both sighed, knowing what a difficult task that would be.

"NO WAY!"

"But Inuyasha!"

"NO!"
"But I want to help kill him!"

"NO MEANS NO KAGOME!"

"But I'm the only one who can bring him here!"

"No you're not! I can go fins him and tell him to get over here so we could battle him!"

"As if that would work!"

"And how would you know?"

"I don't but Miroku's plan is MUCH better!"

"NO!"

"I don't care what you say, I'm doing it and you can't stop me!"

"Oh yes I CAN!"

"And how are you planning on doing that?"

"I'm not sure yet!"

"See? It would be so much easier for you to just let me lure him here so we can kill him and focus on Naraku!"

"But what if you get hurt?"

"I won't! I'm making you stay near by to protect me just in case!"

"Oh so now I'm only here to protect you?"

"Oh my GOODNESS! You are such a drama queen! NO! I don't only see you as a protector, I LOVE YOU IDIOT!"

"Oh."

"OH? I've told you numerous times before!"

"SHUT UP KAGOME!!!"

Miroku and Sango staring in awe as their friends had a verbal war in front of their eyes. Inwardly, Miroku was doing a happy dance because he knew that Kagome had convinced Inuyasha. Now he had to set up his plan perfectly…

"I hate him SO much! I don't even see why I come here! I want to just DIE!" Kagome screamed into the forest as she stomped over to the well, preparing to jump in. Suddenly, there was a cloud of black smoke between her and the well.

"So you want to die huh?" The voice she recognized as Tyronos' chuckled.

"YES!" Kagome screamed at him, and she lifted an urn in front of her face. She heard Tyronos scream, as he was absorbed into the urn, sucked in by a spell Kaede had placed upon it. Kagome giggled and turned to the forest to find Inuyasha staring at her.

"See? Told you I could do it!" Kagome said happily as she ran to him with the urn in her arms.

"I still can't believe I let you do that…" Inuyasha said dazedly. Kagome could see the claw marks in his hands from clenching them too tight.

"Inuyasha! Why did you do that?" Kagome demanded as she grabbed his hand and examined the cuts.

"I was nervous." Inuyasha mumbled as he snatched his hands out of the young girl's eyes. Kagome giggled at his worrying and pulled him along behind her as she ran to the village where Mushin was waiting to perform the ritual. Inuyasha was still worried for her well being though so he pulled on her arm to make her stop running. She nearly fell backwards at the force of his pull, but caught her balance quickly. She turned to Inuyasha, giving him a look of confusion.

"Inuyasha? What's wrong?" Kagome asked, now showing the confusion in her voice.

"I don't exactly want to go running into what may be the last time I ever see you alive." Inuyasha mumbled as he pulled her into a warm embrace, which shocked Kagome to say the least.

"Mushin told you that I'd be fine! I promise I will, because I'm not ready to leave you again…" Kagome whispered as she buried her nose in his haori.

"I know… you know I absolutely hate putting you into danger like this right?" Inuyasha asked lightly. Kagome giggled at his tone of voice and nodded. Inuyasha smirked at her and tossed her over his shoulder and ran all the way back to the village with Kagome screaming and punching his back the entire way there. When they arrived at Kaede's hut, they found Miroku and Mushin sitting in a corner, discussing the finer points of the ritual. Miroku was dressed in his under white robes, and there was a pair lain out for Kagome as well. It was when Kagome picked up the white robes she had to wear, that the reality of what she was going to do hit her. She started shaking and she stumbled out of the hut to go sit under a tree. Inuyasha followed her, worried yet again about her. He sat in front of her and tilted her chin upwards so he was looking into her eyes. He saw worry and terror consuming her once joyful eyes. He pulled her towards him and held onto her as she calmed down and stopped shaking.

"I better go get changed…" Kagome whispered as she began to pull away. Inuyasha nodded and watched her leave. When she came back from out of the forest, she was wearing the white ceremonial robe and no shoes. Her clothes were in a bundle in her arms, along with her shoes. She stepped on a twig on her way to Inuyasha and stopped, a grimace of pain on her face.

"Oww!" She complained as she continued on her way, trying her hardest to avoid any twigs or rocks that might hurt her. Inuyasha sighed and ran up behind her and picked her up, bridal style.

"Thank you! I didn't want to walk all the way back to Kaede's hut without any shoes on…" Kagome whined as she wrapped her arms around Inuyasha's neck.

When they arrived at Kaede's hut for the ritual, Kagome started freaking out all over again. She sat in a corner and mumbled to herself,

"I'm going to die… I'm going to die… I'm going to die…"

Inuyasha sighed and told her that she would be fine, and he'd never let Mushin screw this up or else he'd kill him. This seemed to cal her down but she was on the verge of tears.

"Ok, are you ready?" Mushin asked Kagome from beside Miroku who was currently saying goodbye to Sango, for she was still worried he was going to die.

"Yes…" Kagome whispered and stood up, trying to look confident, but failing miserably. As she started walking to the middle of the room, Inuyasha grabbed her hand and pulled her back into a hug.

"Be strong Kagome…" He whispered and she nodded. She now had tears welling up in her eyes and Inuyasha pulled away to look into them. They were losing their shine again! Inuyasha started to panic and started shaking her shoulders.

"Kagome!" he shouted, allowing the fear to show in his voice, and she immediately covered her eyes. Inuyasha pulled her into a hug and started rocking her back and forth to stop her tears. When she had stopped crying he brought his face closer to hers, preparing to kiss her. When their mouths connected, Kagome's eyes started shining brightly with the joy of a girl in love. When they pulled away Inuyasha was ecstatic to see her eyes back to normal. But he was confused again, why is this happening? He thought as he led Kagome to where Miroku was currently laying down and pecked her on the forehead. She smiled brightly, her usual confidence and delight returning to her and rubbing off on everyone else. Soon the mood in the small room had lifted and everyone was sitting silently, smiling at the two people who were about to lay their lives on the line to save theirs.

"You sure about this Master Miroku?" Mushin asked with a raised eyebrow. Miroku looked at Kagome for an answer and could tell in her eyes she was ready and wasn't going to turn back now. He nodded the affirmative to the elder monk and drifted into a medative state. Kagome took a deep breath and slowly did the same. Mushin plastered a look of determination on his face and started chanting. Soon the observers, Shippo, Sango, Kilala, Kaede, and of course Inuyasha, saw a foggy orb float out of Kagome's body. All of them tensed as her soul dove into Miroku's body, causing him to squirm in pain.

"Kagome-sama?" Miroku called as he felt the sharp pain of her soul entering his body.

"Miroku?" Kagome called from a distance away. When she caught sight of him, she immediately ran to his side and braced herself for the next part of their plan. She recognized her surroundings, as almost the same as when she had entered her own mind to defeat Tyronos. The only difference was that this field was full of violets. She realised that now was her chance to get some questions answered.

"Miroku? What are all of these flowers for?" Kagome asked as he bent down to examine one of them.

"These are my memories. Everything I have ever said, felt, thought, and done is within one of these violets." Miroku explained with a faint smile. Suddenly he tensed as he felt an evil aura approaching.

"They're releasing him…" Miroku said bluntly, knowing that Kagome could feel it too.

"RELEASE ME!" Tyronos was screaming from his prison inside the sacred urn. Suddenly he could feel the spell release, and he smiled to himself.

"Pitiful fools…" he chuckled as he sailed out of the urn. He hovered in mid air as he surveyed his surroundings. He discovered her was in a small room surrounded by people… along with two unconscious forms. He chuckled and dove into the closest one, Miroku.

"He's coming Kagome, prepare yourself!" Miroku shouted as he pushed the girl behind himself to protect her from the oncoming danger. Soon they were surrounded by a dark presence and both Miroku and Kagome felt sick to their stomachs.

"Ahh I see, you two have fused together in an attempt to destroy me! How cute! It fascinates me that the human race, pathetic as you are, will not only fight, but they will never give up until they all die… are you prepared for such a fate?" Tyronos asked jovially.

"We won't be dying here pal! You will!" Kagome shouted in their defence, completely disgusted to see this creature before her eyes again.

"Fine then. Let the battle begin then shall we?" Tyronos said politely as he dove at them. Kagome jumped out of the way and Miroku blocked Tyronos with his staff. He screamed as the holy energy in the staff exploded onto his cloudy form. Miroku smirked as he shoved ofuda into the centre of the dark mist. Tyronos screamed again and dove at Kagome instead, deciding to steer clear from the monk. Kagome stood her ground and held her bow in front of her as a shield. She couldn't shoot him until he became a corporeal being. Tyronos collided with her bow and was shot back with blue electric energy, as was Kagome. She screamed as the impact caused her to sail backwards and land on her back with the wind knocked out of her. She glared at the evil misty figure that was Tyronos.

"Go for it." She challenged

"I've been waiting for you to say that!" Tyronos chuckled as he soared into the sky. Miroku stared in awe as the misty Tyronos he was used to fighting, molded into a giant demon. He had horns on his head, much like the devil, and had red slits for eyes. The rest of him was a scaly black and he looked like a dragon standing on its two hind legs. At the end of his tail, there were three large spikes that looked as if they could pierce through rock given the chance. It was over 60 feet tall, and he chuckled as he saw Miroku push Kagome behind his back.

"You cannot protect her forever my dear monk…" He said in a voice that had lowered several octaves. Kagome closed her eyes to the sight and wished with all her might that Inuyasha could be there with her.

"Come fight me my dear Kagome… you know you want revenge." Tyronos taunted as Kagome gripped the back of Miroku's robe tight in her hands.

"Don't give in to him Kagome, he could kill you in a matter of moments and I swore upon my life that you would not be hurt." Miroku warned, sensing that Kagome really wanted to give Tyronos a piece of her mind. Kagome wanted to listen to him, but the urge to kill Tyronos was too strong to resist. She bravely stepped from behind Miroku and knocked an arrow onto her bow, preparing to fire.


THE END! lmao not really, I've still got a bunch of chapters to write! I'm really sorry this chapter took so long… no idea why it did… I blame the mall! I went like twice this week! I LOVE the mall! lol I got my formal dress too! OMG! That was the worst dress shopping experience I have EVER had! My mom was being REALLY uncooperative; she made me try on an old lady dress! It was NASTY!!!! It was like dark purple velvety fabric, and it went all the way up my neck like a turtle neck, except there was no sleeves and no back… it was GROSS!!! I wanted this cute little black dress with little pink stripes on it but it was a one shoulder so my mom was like "YOU LOOK LIKE A TROLLOP!" I got called a whore at least 3 times today… I'm pissed. She was working WONDERS for my body image issues! That was just great fun… but I ended up getting the black and pink one shouldered one because I wouldn't shut up about it but she was like "IT'S TOO SMALL!" and then I had the sales lady explain to her what small meant and I won! I was really happy! lol well now that you all know about how horrid my mother is I'll just leave! lol until the next chapter (which I hope will be up here soon) TTFN!!!