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Ok...sry for the long wait...i had finals to study for and like a million projects...don't u hate it when teachers heap projects on ya the minute school's almost over? Arg...

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"Yes, and he wants us dead now because we know to much about the diamond smuggling operation he's working here." Kagome was just about to ask about the diamonds when footsteps were heard.

"They should be around here somewhere," a voice said.

"That sounds like the sergeant that was in Naraku's office," Sango said. Miroku agreed with her and was just about to say something when Naraku walked in the room.

"So, we meet again my little conniving friends," he said with an evil smirk.

Chapter 24: The Battle

"Naraku! You bastard!" Sango said as she readied her Hiraikotsu. The rest of the group grabbed their weapons and got into their fighting stances.

"There's hardly enough room in here for that," Naraku said.

"Well, lets take this fight somewhere else then," Rin said as she grabbed one of her ninja stars. She flicked it at Naraku and nicked his arm. Naraku looked at the scratch and twitched his mouth.

"You little witch," he snarled as he looked up at her. "How dare you mark me!" With a flick of his hand there was a bright flash of light.

Is this what it feels like to die? Kagome thought as she clutched at Inuyasha's shirt. She buried her head in his shoulder and felt his arm go around her.

"Don't worry Kagome, I'll keep you safe," he whispered into her ear. A split second later the entire group was somewhere else. A somewhere were it was extremely dark and there was no light. Kagome could feel the ground under her feet, but couldn't tell if it was grass or concrete.

"Here is where you die Naraku. You'll die and pay for what you did to my family, and every one else's," Miroku said as he let go of Sango and stuck his staff in the ground. He readied himself and drew his sword.

Naraku jumped up and landed a few feet away. He smirked and waved his hand once more. Kagome, Rin, and Sango all were grabbed by tentacle like things that sprouted from the ground and moved to a different location. Then they were tied with ropes that sprang out of the air and a barrier was placed around them.

Now they don't have any help or support from their female counterparts Naraku thought with a smirk. And only that monk's kazaana is a long-range weapon.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled as he swung towards her. Why is it getting murky where they are? I can barely see her!

"They can't hear you Inuyasha, so don't bother." Inuyasha swung towards where Naraku's voice was coming from; only there was no one there.

"Inuyasha!" Miroku called. It seemed that the mist wasn't just in Inuyasha's head because Sesshomaru and Miroku couldn't see him either. Inuyasha turned around wildly and saw a streak coming towards him. A sword came out of nowhere and slashed at him, cutting him across the leg. Rivulets of blood ran down his leg and pooled at his feet, making him slip as he pulled out his sword to slash at the place the sword had last been. He was disappointed when his sword came in contact with nothing but air.

"You'll never catch me like that."

"Naraku!" Inuyasha yelled into the darkness. Suddenly a ninja star came towards him, piercing the gloom. It hit him in the arm and he yelled in pain and slipped on his own blood, falling backwards into the shadows.

"INUYASHA" screamed someone from far away. Inuyasha could barely hear the voice and everything was hazy. He knew that voice, but couldn't remember who it belonged to or why it was important that he did. Suddenly someone rushed to his side and the face slid into focus.

"Kagome?" Inuyasha said groggily as he remembered her face and voice.

"Oh Inuyasha," she said as she gave him a hug. Vaguely the sounds of battle could be heard.

"What's that?" he asked, indicating the battle sounds.

"The rest of the group is fighting Naraku. Come on. We need to go help out," Kagome said as she helped him up. Inuyasha shook his head as he tried to sort out his thoughts.

"Did I hit my head Kagome?" he asked, wondering why he was so disoriented.

"Hm..." Kagome mumbled as she looked at the back of his head. "Yea, looks like it. It's not bleeding though. I think you'll be ok." Inuyasha nodded and started off towards the battle. He walked a little ways and saw Rin on the ground bleeding freely from a wound on her side. Sesshomaru was standing next to her fending off little flying demons. He nodded at Inuyasha before continuing to chop the little demons in half.

Miroku was fighting Naraku with little success and Sango was trying to get a good angle to use her Hiraikotsu. Every once and a while she would let it fly, but Naraku would always block with his sword or dash off before the large boomerang could hit him. Inuyasha and Kagome could see that the two were tiring quickly.

Sango wasn't used to running after Hiraikotsu and carrying it around and Miroku was more suited to the demands of being a monk, albeit a lecherous one. Miroku was parrying slower than usual and he was breathing in gasps.

"Go help him, I'll try and get a good shot with my bow, I don't think anything else will work on him," Kagome said as she pushed Inuyasha in Miroku's direction. Miroku gladly gave way to the hanyou and went off towards Sesshomaru and Rin to help heal Rin's wounds.

Kagome told Sango to sit down and rest for a bit. Sango gratefully went off a ways and sat down to rest. She had her sword out to fend off any demons if need be, but for now none bothered her. She was glad and used all the time she had to recuperate.

Kagome put her arrows where she could easily get to them and aimed her bow at Naraku. Inuyasha saw what she was planning on doing and tried to get her a good shot. She saw an opening and channeled as much of her powers into the arrow as she was able. She let it go, only to moan in frustration as the arrow missed its target and flashed into the non-existence behind him.

"Little miko, you will regret that," Naraku said with a snarl. He left off his battle with Inuyasha and jumped at her. She shrieked and fell back. Naraku landed a foot or so in front of her and started summoning his powers. Kagome groped for an arrow and fit it to her bow.

Inuyasha saw an opening in which to attack and threw his sword at Naraku's back. Kagome let go of the arrow a split second before the sword hit Naraku in the back. Naraku arched his back and then fell on the ground writhing.

The purification from Kagome's arrow engulfed him and Kagome heard thousands of demons shrieking in agony. Their very flesh was being burned away and Naraku's voice was mingled with theirs, for his life was leaching away with each demon that died.

"Noooooooo," Naraku yelled as he stretched out his arm towards Kagome and Inuyasha. The flesh was hanging from the bones, and steam was rising from the mangled demon bodies around him. He collapsed into a heap on the floor, still twitching, before a bright light suddenly erupted from the center of his being. When the bright light had dissipated there was nothing left of Naraku but a pile of ashes.

The dark fog lifted and Kagome saw that they were in the forest not far from her house. There was a breeze and Naraku's ashes lifted and swirled in it, blown away by a purifying wind.

"Come on guys, lets head back to my house. It seems that the evil is gone," Kagome said as she headed towards her house and family.

hey guys...there will be another chapter...like an epilogue...or something...but ya...

tell me how I did...this is the first battle scene I've done...like serious battle scene...so ya...kk

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