Chapter 33

The final battle begins

Naraku quickly recovered from his wounds as he launched another attack against his foe Inuyasha as he lashed out his claws at him. Inuyasha quickly jumped to side and avoided a possible death blow as Naraku's fingers stretched out and stuck the wall behind Inuyasha causing bits of rock and dust to fall to the ground. Just when Inuyasha thought he was safe Naraku ripped out his long claw-like fingers from the wall and whipped them to the side striking Inuyasha in the back.

Bits of cloth and blood were seen as Inuyasha fell face first on the ground near by with Naraku watching with a smile on his face. "Inuyasha despite the slight advantage you have over me you cannot win." Naraku mocked as he raised his hand up to strike his foe down once and for all.

Meanwhile Marik was getting back onto his feet when he heard Chibi-Chibi's voice in his head asking "Marik can you stand?" Marik was a little surprised to hear the small child's voice in his mind as he answered her question by replying.

"Barely…what do you want now?"

"Is the machine you used to gather evil energy for your father still operational?" Chibi-Chibi asked.

"Yes, but why are you asking me?" Marik demanded as he was trying to stand up.

"Because we need you to reverse its effect so it can gather positive energy then I want you to focused it into the cauldron." Chibi-Chibi answered.

"What! I could do it, but for what purpose?" Marik asked as he was a little confounded by the request.

"Just do it, and please hurry. Inuyasha will not last much longer against Naraku nor will anyone else for that matter so hurry." Chibi-Chibi pleaded as Marik started running into a hidden passageway that leads to his lab where the machine was located at while running Marik replied to the pleading Chibi-Chibi by replying mentally.

"Yeah, yeah I heard you once already."

Meanwhile Sailor Moon was trying to hold her own against her former friends who were still under Naraku's influence as Haruka used her World Shaking attack against the moon princess. Usagi jumped to the left to avoid it, but she was attacked from behind by Mamoru as he stuck her in the back with her cane. Usagi hit the ground face first. She rolled to the side just in time to avoid getting stuck again by Mamoru's cane.

Sailor Moon was almost exhausted to the point where she couldn't continue fighting while Mouryoumaru, Kagura, Kohaku, Kanna, Kakyuu, Neherenia and Kagome were not going to be able to last much longer against their foes. Marik reached his lab as he ran to the machine's controls and began activating it. Only this time instead of gathering evil energy it was to gather positive energy that was in opposition against the evil energy that was gathered for Naraku originally.

"Well I hope that kid knows what she is doing." Marik said as he flipped the last switch and the energy was being gathered from across the universe.

Meanwhile back inside the throne room Naraku kicked Inuyasha across the room while the young human was trying to recover from his wounds that Inuyasha had inflicted upon him. Inuyasha had lost a lot of blood from Naraku's last attack and he was on the verge of unconsciousness. He was trying to force himself onto his feet, but Inuyasha's strength was leaving him.

"You may have the one weapon that can hurt me Inuyasha, but without your demon abilities you are nothing but another weak human who needs to be exterminated and removed from their pitiful existence. Prepare to die Inuyasha." Naraku said as he drew his sword and was raising it up to impale the dieing human at his feet by running it through Inuyasha's heart.

"Y-y-you bastard." Inuyasha said weakly, but he was continuing to try and force himself up so he could fight back, but his strength had left him.

At that moment Kagome was grabbed from behind by Koga who had freed himself while Miroku was walking towards her to stab her in the heart with his staff. At the same time Mouryoumaru was hopelessly overwhelmed by Naraku's minions as he had the Anime-mates to deal with along with Hakudoushi and the most of the Sailor Senshi. The large demon was outnumbered and was being quickly outgunned. Once Naraku was finished with Inuyasha he would turn his attention to the demon.

Kagura was barely holding her own against some of Naraku's minions, but with her blindness she had problems with aiming her attacks at her foes while Kohaku was getting literally slammed into a wall by Sango who had her sword at his throat. Kanna was trying to help Mouryoumaru, but was sent flying into a wall by Goshinki. Naraku turned his attention away for a moment to notice his followers were winning the battle.

"Look Inuyasha. It's seems my victory is at hand. Perhaps I will let you live long enough to watch me take their Star Seeds. Then instead of taking yours I think I will send you straight to hell. I am sure those you have slain will be happy to greet you there." Naraku mocked with a smile as he placed one foot on Inuyasha's chest. It was at that moment that instead of hearing Inuyasha make some kind of comment the human began laughing. Naraku was confused by Inuyasha's laughter as he asked "What do you find so assuming about this situation?"

"Nothing…but haven't you learned Naraku. Whenever you are on the verge of winning something unexpected goes wrong and the tide of the battle suddenly turns around because you always overlook the small details or is it me or…is someone missing from this picture?" Inuyasha mocked weakly as blood dipped from his mouth.

Naraku searched the room as he noticed all of his minions were present and so were all of his foes including Satsumjin who was trying to save Kanna from Goshinki, but someone was missing…Marik was no where to be found. Naraku thought for a moment his son might have fled, but he knew his son better than that. He would have only left the room unless…he was up to something.

"Marik…where are you?" Naraku roared as Inuyasha smile grew wider.

"You make the same mistake every time don't you, but this time Naraku I think this will be the last time you will make the same mistake twice." Inuyasha said while at that moment in Marik's lab all of the energy was finished gathering as it was finally released into the Galaxy Cauldron. A blinding beam of light flooded the room as everyone was blinded by the white light as it quickly engulfed the room.

For several moments the white light filled the room until it finally died down. Suddenly Naraku opened his eyes and was shocked by who he saw standing in front of the Cauldron was a certain someone who Naraku had slain only moments ago. Standing clad in all-white armor and robes similar to the ones his father wore Sesshomaru stood before everyone with a glowing white aura surrounding him.

"Surprised Naraku…I had a feeling you would be." Sesshomaru said with a grin as he held out a sword that was similar to that Sailor Galaxia used, but was made out of white metal like the color of his robes. Inuyasha had regained his ability to see and was shocked to see his brother alive again, but that was only one of many surprises in store for him. Inuyasha was amazed to find that all of his wounds had been healed, and he wasn't a human anymore either nor a half demon for that matter either.

"I am a full fledged demon." Inuyasha thought as he looked at himself, but unlike the times his demon side took control Inuyasha was in complete control over his demonic side despite having become a full fledged demon. Inuyasha wasn't the only one who had been changed. Kagome noticed that she was dressed in a full miko priestess attire expect hers also had some armor had onto it. However the most important thing was that she could feel her powers had been greatly heightened.

The next thing that had surprised everyone was that the Sailor Senshi, Starlights, and Inuyasha's friends along with those who had their Heart Crystals taken had returned to normal. Naraku's minions knew they were in trouble now as they were beginning to realize what had happened. The tables had literally turned on them.

"Impossible…this cannot be." Naraku said as his fists were tightening in anger. He ran at Sesshomaru with his sword raised, but a powerful field of energy knocked Naraku back. The evil demon had lost a great deal of power thanks to Inuyasha's efforts and since the star seeds he had taken were now returned to those who had their stolen had weakened his power even more.

"Inuyasha remind me what is that poplar human saying for a situation like this?" Sesshomaru asked his brother.

"Let's see…oh yeah I think it is called. Pay back is a bitch anti it." Inuyasha replied with a smile.

"Curse all of you." Naraku said as he was flaring up with energy while everyone who was under Naraku's influence was busy trying to remember what had happened. Sango had regained her star seed along with her free will just in time to prevent herself from killing Kohaku while Mamoru had prevented himself from committing a similar crime.

"Usagi?" Mamoru said as he was trying to recall what had happened.

"Good to see that you are back to normal Mamoru." Usagi said with a sigh of relief as Mamoru moved his cane away from Usagi.

"What happened?" Hotaru said as she rubbed her head.

"Oh crap…this isn't good." Sailor Iron Mouse said as she began sweating.

"I think we're in trouble Crow." Sailor Aluminum Siren said as she and her friend were concerned with the Sailor Senshi and their allies regaining their star seeds and their free will.

"Glad to see you all back to normal." Inuyasha commented.

"Normal what do you mean?" Shippo asked as he was still slightly disorientated from getting his star seed back.

"Let's just say that you guys weren't quite yourselves." Kagome answered as she looked down at herself.

"The last thing I remembered was my star seed being taken by one of Naraku's minions." Haruka said as she and Michiru both shot angry glares at Sailor Lead Crow and Sailor Aluminum Siren who seemed worried about the two Sailor Senshi's retaliation towards them.

"I can explain to all of you what happened later I believe it is time that we finish this battle already." Sesshomaru said as he held out his sword Toukijin in front of him prepared to attack and rejoin the battle.

"The Miasma has probably engulfed the earth by now. If we want to save everyone we have to destroy Naraku now!" Usagi said as she transformed and became the Moon Princess once again.

"Like I said Naraku you always make the same small mistake every time you come close to winning and it screws you up royally." Inuyasha commented as he tossed the Tentseiga back to Sesshomaru while Usagi gave Inuyasha back the Tetsusaiga. Sesshomaru put away his sword and took the sword of life as Sesshomaru simply said.

"I agree Usagi…it is time we end this."

Naraku began laughing manically as he transformed his sword into a long dual bladed Scimitar. "I may have been weakened by your sword, but I assure you. This fight has only truly begun." Naraku spun his sword above his head once before holding firmly in front of him in a battle stance ready to attack Inuyasha, Usagi and Sesshomaru.

The final battle between good and evil was about to begin.

A/N: sorry for the late update, but I was distracted with a lot of stuff, but I am hoping to finish this fic off soon. Well later.