Chapter 22

"So that monk finally died huh? Is that finally the end of his cursed family line?"

"You heartless monster! How could you do that?!" Kagome wailed. Inuyasha comforted her.

"I agree. I don't think you're even half human!"

"Oh, I'm so hurt. Not as if being a half-breed is something I willingly am happy to admit, but I do have a heart. It just seems to be buried deep within Onigumo's unconscious state."

"Onigumo! Why do you continue to let this demon use you?! Fight back Onigumo! You can win!" Kikyo shouted.

"Shut up woman!" Naraku ordered. A blast of Yoki hit her. (A/N I can't remember if I used that word before but it means demon chi or demon energy.)

"Hiaahh!!!!" She writhed in pain on the ground.

"That's enough father!" Haku screamed. Surprisingly, Naraku stopped. Haku helped Kikyo to sit up. She was breathing heavily.

"Why did you stop? I can't believe that you would give me mercy

"Woman, you not even begin to understand me, so do not try to."

"Who said I was trying to? I am just saying the facts that I know." She retorted.

"Well then you don't understand anything."

"Father..." Hana said in her small voice. She lifted her mirror. "Look what you have become. Please, do not make us fight you."

"Ha! Do you think you will win? Well you are totally wrong!"

"Naraku!" Kagura yelled. "Listen to her! All we want is to be free and you keep us here caged up like little animals! We don't have to fight! Just give us the jewel and let us go!" She reasoned.

"The jewel? Why do you want this little thing?" He asked looking at the Shikon jewel in his other hand and back at Kagura.

"I don't know why... I just know that we need it."

"Do you even know what the jewel is?"

"Its a power source that even with the tiniest shard it can increase your powers ten fold."

"If that's all you know then you don't know about it either." Kikyo butted in.

"What does it matter?!" She complained.

"If you don't know the real powers of the sacred jewel of fours souls then there is no point of you having it. Its very dangerous for you to have something you know nothing about, but I on the other hand, know everything." Naraku looked at the jewel one last time and swallowed it.

"NO!!!!!!!" The three priestesses exclaimed.

Naraku's head lowered to the ground.

"Heh heh..." Naraku's aura gleamed a blackish color with swirls of navy blue. In the next moment or so he grew horns and spikes all over his body. All the while snickering. He grew as high as his ceiling and gained muscle beyond imagine. "BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO ONE CAN STOP ME NOW!!!!!!!!!" He dodged an arrow that was aimed square at him without anyone really seeing him move.

"I will stop you." Kagome said firmly with Inuyasha.

"And so will I." Kikyo joined her holding her stomach in pain. Haku joined her mother put on his game face ready to fight his father for his mother.

"And this team wouldn't be complete without us!" Shippo, Kirara and Kaede joined.

"Don't count us out of this!" Eisaku and Genpaku chimed in.

"HA HA HA!!! YOU PUNY LITTLE THINGS REALLY THINK THAT YOUR TEAM THATS ALREADY MISSING PEOPLE WILL PREVAIL?"

"Well don't forget us!" Kagura yelled. Kagura, Sesshomaru, Jaken, and Hana all stood in ready stance. (A/N I'm sorry, I can't remember if Jaken was there before but if he wasn't, he just... uh... I don't know popped thru the window! Yea! Ok back to the story...)

"THAT WILL DO YOU NO GOOD AGAINST ME NOW!!!!"

"Well we can still try!" Kagome retrieved another arrow and aimed for Naraku. "Take this!" She let the arrow go and right before it hit, he disappeared. "Huh?" Kagome looked confused.

"Watch out!" Inuyasha yelled. He pushed Kagome out of the way and blocked himself with his sword.

"Nice awareness. Too bad that's all you need to defeat me. You need strength and wits as well!" Naraku opened his mouth and a blast of Yoki fired at Inuyasha. Inuyasha dodged but at the cost of getting a 2nd degree burn.

"Damn it." He cursed.

"Inuyasha!" The priestesses cried in shock.

"I'm fine! Keep your concentration on the battle!" Kagome faced Naraku.

"Poor Inuyasha... You know Kagome, if it weren't for you, Inuyasha would still be alright..."

"S-Shut up!" Kagome shot another arrow at Naraku.

Kikyo and Kaede aimed and shot at the same time but missed as well.

Sesshomaru and Kagura attacked. Naraku, still fixated on Kagome and getting into her head slammed them away with a mere sweep of his hand.

"Careful, don't want Inuyasha getting hurt again do you?" For a brief second, Kagome lowered her guard and her bow.

"Don't give into him girl! Shoot!"

"I- I'm not listening to you!" She shot another arrow wildly.

Haku and Hana tried combining there powers trying to get Naraku to stop going at Kagome, alas, the were forced back against the wall.

Eisaku and Genpaku tried cutting the huge Naraku down with their swords but only succeeded in injuring themselves.

"Too bad, he'll have to die now." Naraku was in front of Kagome before she even blinked.

"Uh!"

"Kagome run!"

"See ya!" He struck with one of his hands that had grow claws, intended to hit Kagome, he missed entirely hitting a favorite of us all... a certain demon that you never really expected to do this...

TO BE CONTINUED