Chapter 23

"Ko-Koga?" Kagome asked. The dead wolf walking, Koga, was alive and had protected Kagome. No one could believe it. Kagome fell to the ground when her legs refused to hold her up any longer.

"Koga?!" Everyone exclaimed. Koga was grabbing his chest in pain. A dark red splotch of blood was slowly seeping through his fur clothing.

"Ugh... Yep, it's me..." He said difficulty.

"Oh my God! Are you alright?!" Kagome examined his wounds.

"This? It's nothing really..." He said shaking it off.

"Hey, did you forget about us?" A revived Miroku and Sango stood to smile at the gang. Their wounds had healed and left no trace of ever being there.

"Miroku! Sango! But how?!" Kaede asked.

"That's where I come in I think." Genpaku smiled. "I noticed that their wounds weren't nearly as bad as everyone thought they were. No demons came for their souls which meant that they were still alive, maybe just barely, but still alive." Genpaku walked over to Kikyo and held her hand. "You didn't see the demons either, did you?" Kikyo was released from her pain and she shook her head slowly wondering where it all went.

"Wait, so you're…"

"Yep, I'm a healer, I am." Kagome wrapped her arms around him placing a kiss on his cheek.

"Thank you so much!" Inuyasha and Koga were shocked and twitching when they saw that Kagome was blushing after doing the unthinkable.

"Well, that's one way to say thanks that I don't mind. Here's another." Genpaku kissed Kikyo on the lips. Everyone's mouths dropped even lower than usual. Inuyasha's went through the floor.

"What are you doing to my mother?" Haku asked.

"Oh, sorry. For some reason, I've been longing to do that."

"Okay! We are not here for a tea party! How dare you kiss my woman!" Naraku roared.

"I'm not yours and never will be again!"

"Is everyone ready?" Kagome asked.

"I need to blow off some steam, sure, why not?" Inuyasha said, Koga agreeing.

"Time to put an end to this. We sure won't miss you Naraku."

Everyone gathered up energy. Sesshomaru attacked with Sango, Haku, Kagura, and Kanna as decoys. (A/N I can't remember if Jaken was there and if he was, then he's either fighting as a decoy too or he went running off to find his precious stick that shoots fire… I like the second one better.) Naraku, of course, fought back trying to fight them all at once.

"Okay, is everyone ready?" Kagome asked. Everyone else nodded. The second wave of decoys was sent out Koga, Kaede, and Shippo. Kagome and Kikyo focused on their targets and disintegrating the miasma.

"Ugh, I don't think I have enough power t hit him." Kagome announced.

"You've got to try." Kikyo pressed.

"I don't have enough power! It'll miss!"

Eisaku walked up behind her. He placed his hands on her shoulders and closed his eyes.

"What are you-"

"Shh… We have the same energy, I can give you mine. Come on Kagome! Lets be heroes." He said excitedly. Something about that sentence made her look at him. Instead of him, she saw her little brother.

'Sota?' She asked herself. She shook her head. Not now. Pay attention to the fight. She concentrated as Eisaku's power flowed through her into her arrow.

"Ready?" Kikyo asked.

"Go!" Kagome shouted and the both let their arrows go at the same time, both hitting the target and not only stunning him but purifying most of his body. Inuyasha immediately ran to cut him into pieces.

"Where is it Kagome?!" Kagome looked.

"It's in his left arm!" Inuyasha hacked Naraku's arm up and found the jewel shard.

"NOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He screamed as he disappeared into dust.

"Good riddens. We've lost a lot of things and people because of you." Inuyasha glanced over at Sango after he finished his sentence. She hung her head with sadness.

"If you are sad because of Kohaku, I can take you to him." Kagura offered.

"You'll what?" Sango's eyes lit up.

"Now that that monster is dead, I can take you to him."

"But, Naraku killed him!"

"That's what he wanted you to believe. Kohaku is actually sitting downstairs waiting for Naraku's next order. He was under a spell. Now that he's dead, he should've snapped out of it." Sango's eyes glistened with tears of joy.

"My brother, we will finally be together again!" She exclaimed. Everyone was happy for her as they walked out of the room. Inuyasha and Kagome stayed after for a little while.

"I'm a little uneasy about this."

"Yeah, I know what you mean. For a great foe that we've been chasing for so long, for him to just up and die so easily…"

"He can't be dead. A brother whether he be half or even full blooded, will never die so easily from our family. I would have died if he was dead."

"What do you mean?"

"I never told you? We can't kill our own flesh and blood."

"I know that. No one really can unless they're stark raving mad."

"No, I mean, if we kill a brother, we all die together in our family. It's a curse of ours that made sure we never fought, to the death anyways."

"Oh my gosh…" Kagome suddenly understood why Naraku always said he wouldn't die so easily. She ran out the door and down the hall to find her friends. All signs of them had disappeared. With Inuyasha following close behind her, she came to a stop when she found a hidden door in the floor.

"What's going on Kagome?" Inuyasha asked.

"No time to explain, I just hope we aren't too late." Kagome threw herself down the hole and took a look around. It was too dark to see anything. Suddenly, she tripped over something big and fell on something squishy. Inuyasha pulled out Tetsusaiga and the room pulsated with light. Kagome looked down at her legs and gasped. She tripped over Kaede's ravaged body.

TO BE CONTINUED

IM SO SORRY THAT I DIDN'T UPDATE IN FOREVER, BUT I HAD EXAMS AND GYMNASTICS AND MORE STUFF! But I am proud to say that I will be able to update a little more than I have been lately. So keep checking in!