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To my wonderful readers: I'm so sorry that it's taken me longer to update than lately. But I've had to work, share my computer while my cousins were staying for a couple of days, and take care of a mischievous kitten for its new owner. I'll try to update quicker next time. No promises that it'll be as quick as the first chapters. But I'll really try.
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Sango watched as the insects from hell, and the demons, attacked the mansion with fury. Damn Naraku…I knew he wouldn't keep his word! Her eyes narrowed as she turned to those huddled inside of the mansion, looking at her in intense fear. "If they keep banging like this, they are going to break through. We have to do something. Try defending yourselves with whatever you can find. The women and children should hide." She watched as they hurried to do as she'd commanded. The Demon Hunter sighed, wondering what cruel fates had destined her to protect a mansion filled with demons. Turning to Kaede, she looked down at both Rin and Shippou, who were frightened and huddling together. "Take them and hide."
Kaede reached for both children's hands before looking up at the younger woman. "What about you?"
Wincing when she saw the dents in the walls growing larger by the second, Sango narrowed her eyes in determination. "I'm going to be having a little fun."
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"Who's that down there?"
Hearing Miroku, Inuyasha narrowed his eyes as he saw the youkai running from the forest. Jumping from the cloud, he landed in front of the youkai, who fell to her knees, her eyes widened in horror. Believing that this was one of the demons on Naraku's side, the hanyou pulled out Tetsusaiga.
"Wait!" Jumping from the cloud, Sesshomaru landed gracefully in fornt of Inuyasha. Ignoring his brother, his eyes narrowed as he recognized the youkai. "You are one of my servants, the one called Fusako."
Fusako nodded rapidly, her eyes filled with tears. "Oh my lord! I was rushing to the palace to warn you! Naraku has surrounded the mansion! I was outside but they hadn't sensed me. Naraku told Lady Kagome that if she went with him he would let everyone in the mansion live, and my lady did so."
"What?" Sesshomaru's face grew paler.
"But Naraku still ordered his demons to attack the mansion." The female youkai gasped for breath before continuing. "Everyone is still inside of there. Naraku took Lady Kagome against her will, and last I saw, he and part of his army were flying towards Hellmount!"
Sesshomaru nodded, his fists clenching. "You have done well. If we survive this, you will be a free youkai." And with that, he jumped back on the cloud.
Inuyasha looked at the beautiful dog demon and for a moment he didn't know what to say. "Stay here and hide. We will come back for you if it is safe." And he jumped back up into the cloud, but he couldn't get her soft blush out of his mind.
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Slicing down the demon that had attacked Kaede and the children where they had been hiding, Sango closed the door to the room they were in. Her dark eyes glistened in the darkness of the room as she locked the door and backed away from it a couple of steps. Quiet as the night, she listened as outside of the room; she heard the screaming of servants and the war cries of the guards and the demons.
The demons had finally broken through one of the windows, and the insects from hell were flying in through the hole at a rapid pace. Being a DemonHunter had allowed Sango to maintain her calm and eliminate any demon close to her—but she'd seen the fear in the eyes of those around her. And she wouldn't have left them if she hadn't heard Kaede's scream for help.
Motioning for the three people in the room with her to be quiet, she kept her eyes trained on the locked door. Sango could feel something approaching them. Having been a DemonHunter for so many years had taught her to sense the evil presence whenever it was near—and now the evil was almost suffocating.
The light from under the door disappeared as something large blocked it. There was a couple of sniffs, and then a deep and dark growl. The doorknob began to rattle fiercely. Something was trying to get in at them.
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Naraku smiled as the shards the miko had, and those he had found, united, forming part of the Shikon No Tama. His eyes wandered over to the miko, as she looked at him emotionlessly. That evil smile appeared on his face as his anticipation grew. Now that the Shikon No Tama was completing itself it would call the other shards to it. During the lunar eclipse at midnight tonight, the Shikon No Tama would be whole and miko would make his wish before the moon reappeared—making the ancient magic unbreakable.
He frowned for a second, remembering the last verses of the prophesy—which he had memorized completely.
During the night the moon disappears for a moment, all evil in hell breaks free.
Evil magic combats with the good, only one can have the victory.
The man of darkness--the maiden of light, everything depends on that night.
If the maiden's love is tainted, the wish impure will be; the man of darkness prevails, if so only darkness I see.
But if the maiden's love is pure, the wish will change the land; because the man of darkness, true love cannot withstand.
He returned his gaze on the miko, assessing her silently. Well, we'll see how 'pure' the miko's love is when I order her to kill her husband and even that hanyou if he's stupid enough to try and stop me. Once again Naraku's bone-chilling smile returned. No matter who tried stopping him, the intruder would meet his death tonight. Because tonight Naraku would become everything that he had ever dreamt of becoming.
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Miroku led the half of Sesshomaru's army that went to the aid of those trapped inside of the mansion. He stood and watched as the legions of demons from hell charged towards them. Even thoughSesshomaru's army was ready to charge as well,Miroku stopped them with a swift but decisive movement of his hand. They were getting edgy, waiting as the enemy approached at dangerous speeds. But the monk was calm, calculative, waiting with great anticipation. Closer…come closer…just a little closer.
When they were within range, Miroku let loose his Wind Tunnel, and began sucking the demons from hell into the black hole in his palm. Pain ripped through him but he kept from wincing. Miroku didn't care if the Wind Tunnel consumed him. He would die a happy monk if he knew that in dying he'd saved the woman he loved and their child. He just asked for one thing: That Naraku be defeated so his child would not have to worry about the Wind Tunnel.
He stopped when a half of the demons had been sucked up into his whole—which was growing dangerously big. "GO GET THEM! I'll be fine here!" Watching as the army charged towards the mansion, he turned his back so that he could keep away any demon who came to try and stop the army. Wind Tunnel ready, Miroku closed his eyes, praying to all holy that Sango was alive and well. I am honored to die for you, my love. Opening his eyes once more, he narrowed them in determination. He would suck up hell itself if he had to.
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Sesshomaru and Inuyasha headed with the other half of the army towards Hellmount. Both brothers were silent, but their expressions would strike fear in any youkai or hanyou's heart. If apart they had been dangerous, together they were fatal.
Sesshomaru clenched his fists into tight balls; his usually calm exterior was being rent with anger and fear. He didn't care that tonight he could die. He didn't care that everything he had could be taken away from him. All he cared about was one thing. How was Kagome?
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Inuyasha was about to tell his brother that they would get Kagome back safely—and tear Naraku to pieces—when Inuyasha felt a tugging at the little pouch where he kept the last shards he'd found with the monk. His eyes lowered to the pouch and grabbed it when it yanked itself from his clothes. Holding onto it as it tried to get free, he cried out in shock when the pouch exploded in a bright light.
Letting go of the pouch, the dazzled hanyou covered his eyes and fell to the cloud with a loud thump. The brightness disappeared, and he opened his eyes and looked up at the troubled expression on his brother's face. "What the hell just happened?"
Sesshomaru's eyes were trained in the direction of Hellmount. His voice was low and emotionless. "The Shikon No Tama is calling the rest of the shards."
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"Look!" Shippou announced, after looking out of the window—something Sango had told him repeatedly not to do. But ever since the army of Sesshomaru had infiltrated the mansion, the fox kitsune had grown rather confident and disobeyed.
Stepping over the last demon whom she'd killed when it had entered the room, Sango went towards the window and cautiously pulled away the curtain, as if expecting another demon to be waiting to stare her in the face. But instead, her eyes widened in horror as she saw Miroku using the Wind Tunnel on some demons that were racing towards the mansion—obviously trying to back up their nearly extinct partners.
"Oh my God! Miroku! No!" Sango cried out in sheer terror, her face going pale white as she took a step backwards. "STOP IT! You're going to make the Wind Tunnel consume you!" And with that, she twirled around and quickly ran out of the room.
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Somewhere deep inside, Kagome was still there, watching horrified as the Shikon No Tama united with brilliant splendor. It floated in the air, beautiful, and the magic seemed to send little electric shocks down her spine. There was a whole in the tope of the cave, where the moon shone down on the Shikon No Tama.
This couldn't be happening.
How long had her friends and herself been waiting for this moment? How long had they been on the road, endangering their lives, so that this gem could be reunited? And now that it was, Kagome wished with all of her might that she could pull out another arrow and shatter it into a million pieces once more. It was better destroyed than in the hands of a monster like Naraku. But no matter how she tried to do something about it, her body wouldn't listen to her.
"Look up at the moon, miko." Naraku's voice by her ear startled her, but in her trance-like state, Kagome didn't even blink. "Soon the eclipse will begin." No doubt he liked torturing her, because he didn't leave her alone wallow in her misery. Instead he continued speaking with an evil smile on his face. "Do you know what you must do when the moon disappears from the sky?"
Yeah, wish you into oblivion you sick bastard, you--. "I shall wish for what your heart desires, master." –psycho! I hate you for making me do this! I hate you!
He smiled mockingly, a hand caressing her hair. "I'll let you bequeen of the whole world—not justlady of the Western Lands. I know how you'll enjoy that role."
Get your hands off of me! I'd never be your Queen—you bastard! "You are most gracious, master." You—you—wait a second. The Western Lands? SESSHOMARU! Oh GOD! Don't let him get hurt!
"Now, I like this side of you much better." Giving her hair a last caress, Naraku gave her a smile that sent shivers of fear up her spine.
"I am glad that you approve, master."
With an assesing grin, Narakuthen turned his back on her and went to the entrance of the cave, so he could get some fresh air.
Oh, you arrogant son of a bitch! Why the HELL can't I stop calling him 'master'? Geez. I sound like Inuyasha. At the thought of Inuyasha, Kagome sighed, remembering her friends and her husband. Am I ever going to see any of them ever again? Or will my wish kill them all?
