Sotaru
Chapter 1 – The Grand Finale
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or anything that has to do with Inuyasha.
A/N: YAY! New story finally! I re read With or Without You recently and man…that stunk so bad. And just before this story gets too far, I want everyone to know that no, Sotaru is not a real name in Japanese. It's a name I thought once was real but it turns out I was thinking of Satoru. Sotaru has no meaning that I know of and just isn't real so don't criticize me about it…
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"HIRAIKOTSU!" Sango thrust her boomerang bone at Naraku only to have it repelled by a barrier.
"There's a barrier." Miroku remarked as Sango caught her boomerang. She backed up next to Miroku.
"Inuyasha! Use the red Tetsusaiga!" She called. "Huh?" She looked around and noticed Kagome and Inuyasha were no where in sight. "Miroku…where'd they go?" She looked back up at Naraku and met with a tentacle of his wrapping around her neck and pinning her to a nearby tree.
"Sango!" Miroku yelled swinging his staff at the tentacle to set Sango free.
Naraku grinned. "Die…" His raspy voice said in a low, menacing tone.
Sango struggled but only lost the battle.
"SANGO!" Kagome shouted as a pink light sliced through Naraku's tentacle. Sango fell to the ground and pulled the remaining piece of Naraku off her throat.
"Kagome…you made it." Miroku said approaching the priestess who was adjusting the strap of her bow.
"You know it." She smiled at him.
"Where's Inuyasha?" Sango asked climbing to her feet. Kagome gestured towards the half demon who was charging at Naraku with the red blade of the Tetsusaiga.
Naraku turned to Inuyasha as he broke through the barrier.
The blue force field surrounding Naraku disappeared and both Sango and Kagome took this as their cue to attack. Sango thrust Hiraikotsu at Naraku while Kagome shot an arrow at the same time. Both weapons hit Naraku and sliced off his left arm which automatically returned to his body.
"You guys…" Inuyasha started as he made his way over to the rest of his team. "I found out a way we can get him…"
Sango perked up. "I'll go distract him while you guys discuss it if I'm not needed." She started to run off. "Kirara" Her cat demon transformed and picked Sango up.
"Miroku…you'll be the main person to put this into action." Inuyasha stated.
Miroku nodded.
"If you can handle just a little moment of pain…then we might be able to beat him…" Kagome added.
"What exactly are we talking about here?" He asked.
Kagura's ears perked up as she heard this. 'They are planning to kill Naraku?'
She and Kanna had been watching the battle through Kanna's mirror in the sanctity of Naraku's castle.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSango came face to face with the half demon before her and smiled. "Father, Kohaku…prepare to be avenged!" She shouted as she and Kirara charged at Naraku.
"Fools…" Naraku growled piercing Sango's stomach with a tentacle. She groaned in pain.
Naraku chuckled. "I almost don't want to kill you, this sight is priceless…" He brought his face closer to her's. "So I'll let some one else do my dirty work…" With that, he released Sango and moved out of the way for another, smaller figure to make his entrance.
"Ko…Kohaku…" Sango looked the figure over carefully.
Kohaku raised his weapon. 'Sister…I'll help you…I'll avenge father an the others right…' Kohaku turned to his former master.
OOOOOOOOOOOO"NOW!" Kagome shouted releasing a purifying arrow.
"WIND SCAR!" Inuyasha bellowed releasing the power of the Wind Scar.
"WIND TUNNEL!" Miroku watched to make sure the arrow and Wind Scar were going to hit Naraku and opened the Wind Tunnel. Hundreds of poison insects flew into the void, but Miroku ignored the pain. Naraku tried to stand his ground but lost the fight with the wind when Kohaku turned on him and sliced him with his weapon.
Naraku shouted as he was swallowed by the hole in Miroku's hand which diminished after Naraku had been swallowed. The remaining insects disappeared.
Kagura gasped. "He's gone…" She stood up. "He's really gone…"
Miroku clenched his right hand into a fist and fell to his knees.
"Miroku…" Kagome ran to his side. "Are you okay?"
He smiled. "I'm fine…it's just unbelievable how easy that was…"
"Does your hand hurt at all?" Inuyasha asked sheathing the Tetsusaiga.
"Hardly." Miroku smiled. "Where's Sango?"
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSango stared at her brother in shock. "Kohaku?"
"Sister…I'm sorry…" Kohaku's eyes filled with tears as he ran to Sango and embraced her. "I didn't want to hurt you."
'He remembers?' Sango's lip trembled and two tears dropped simultaneously dropped from her eyes. "It's okay." She held him against her. "It's okay…"
The two sobbing siblings held each other as the sky faded into night.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"Are you guys sure?" Kagome asked holding the nearly full jewel.
"Kohaku says he doesn't need it anymore." Sango said handing the shard from Kohaku's back to Kagome.
She nodded. "Now we just have to pay Koga a little visit…" She said looking at Inuyasha who scoffed and turned his head.
Miroku, Sango, Kirara, and Kohaku all stood together.
"Well…" Kagome started. "I guess this is goodbye." She said as hot tears rushed to her eyes.
Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "Oh come on Kagome…don't tell me you're that weak!" He turned around only to find the two girls hugging.
"I'll miss you so much, Sango." Kagome said letting go of her best friend.
"I'll miss you too, Kagome. Thank you for everything." Sango looked up at Inuyasha. "Both of you."
He turned and scoffed.
"Bye Miroku…" Kagome said hugging the monk.
"Bye Kagome."
Kagome let go of them and took a deep breath. "Too bad Shippou won't get to say goodbye to Kirara…" Kagome said.
Inuyasha groaned. "Would you give it a rest! Chances are we're going to run into them again."
"I know but…Wa!" Kagome was cut off by Inuyasha pulling her away.
"Goodbye Sango! Bye Miroku! You'd better behave!" She yelled.
Miroku rested a hand on Sango's waist.
"You too, Kagome!" He shouted back waving to her.