A/N: I have noticed from my story stats that I am getting tons of readers but no reviews. Most people don't even read past the first chapter! -mumbles- But the first chapter is never any good when I write a story! But it always gets better! Please review if you read the story...even if you detest it and want to kill me, I don't mind hearing that. Well this is the fifth chapter...I left you with a juicy cliffy last time didn't I? Hehe. Hope you enjoy this chapter more than the last one! I've talked to much, now you read. -forces you to read-
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. But you people don't know that! Crud I just told you. Leave me alone! '
Last time: "Hmm. A fight? I have no time for such insolence." Naraku started to walk away, but Inuyasha ran up behind him and slashed him with the Tetsusaiga, cutting his arm off. Naraku turned around and picked Inuyasha up by the throat. "I'll be damned if some half demon gets away with injuring me."
For the first time in ages, Inuyasha felt helpless. Like nothing in the world could save him. Maybe if he kills me, I can be with Kagome. NO! I won't think like that...but I can't get away. Naraku is way stronger than he was the last time we fought. Inuyasha slowly lifted up the Tetsusaiga, and sliced Naraku's other arm off. "You fool. You think you can harm me? I am immortal!" Naraku pushed two new arms out of his bloody, misshapen body. "Nice try though." Naraku growled as he shoved his newly grown hand through Inuyasha's chest.
Right at the moment when Inuyasha was at the hands of death, a sacred glowing arrow whizzed by his wounded body nailing Naraku in the shoulder blade. "Leave him alone!" Shouted a familiar voice. Inuyasha turned around to discover the one he had loved, that died from the hands of Naraku.
Chapter 5: Souls Unleashed
"Ka-Kagome?" Inuyasha stuttered looking at her. "No wait, that's not Kagome. That's Kikyou!"
Naraku pulled his hand out of Inuyasha's chest and backed away from him. "Cursed wench. How dare you touch me with this arrow!" Naraku pulled the arrow out of his shoulder and ran towards Kikyou, but to his avail, Inuyasha summoned up the remainder of his strength and jumped in front of Kikyou taking on the assault.
"Inuyasha!" Kikyou yelled kneeling down beside him to further study his wounds. Inuyasha seemed to be unconscious, so Kikyou stood up and turned her attention to Naraku.
"Naraku...we meet again." Kikyou said calmly. Naraku smirked and took a few steps toward the priestess.
"Yes. And you came exactly on time." Naraku took a few more steps, to where he was exactly in front of Kikyou. Kikyou stepped back and thought, Hmmm. I came on time? For what evil purpose could he need me?
Naraku laughed and turned to look at Kagome as if he had read Kikyou's thoughts, "The very soul that resides in your body, is it not of this girl?" Kikyou looked at Kagome.
"Yes, that girl is my reincarnation. Two years have passed since I was risen from my grave using her soul. But somehow, she stopped my revenge on Inuyasha by calling the souls back to her body. I have a small remainder of her soul, for I left before all of this soul was sucked out of me. Why do you want to know of this?" Kikyou answered timidly, not so much shy, but fearful. Naraku's wanting to know knowledge about her soul angered her.
"Because you are the one who will rise her from her grave. It is not in my nature to raise the dead, but I have plans for this girl. Kikyou I will suck the soul from your body and place it back into Kagome's body." Kikyou was taken aback by Naraku's words.
"I will not let you do such a thing. Although I am one of the dead, I shall not allow you to bring this girl back to life. Kagome shall never return to this world, or hers." Kikyou answered with retort. Once more, Naraku laughed. He raised his hand in the air and slowly closed it. Kikyou noticed this movement and looked to her left. Naraku had destroyed three of her soul reapers. Kikyou fell to her knees and struggled to look up. "Why? Why must you take my souls away? Leave this cursed body alone Naraku."
"You seem to have to rely on the souls of the departed to keep your strength. How pathetic. You would be better off returning to the dead. I shall now destroy the remainder of your soul reapers." Naraku lifted his hand into position to continue the destruction of Kikyou. "You are impure. Relying on people, that you once had protected, to keep you alive. Now you die." Kikyou struggled to stand up, but somehow she managed. Her body was limp, her left shoulder leaning forward a little more than her right.
"You...Naraku...your actions and words, you are familiar to me." Kikyou said weakly.
Naraku smirked. "I was wondering when you would notice. Yes, we do know each other. You once took care of this wretched body."
Kikyou's eyes widened, "It can't be. Onigumo died in a fire more than 50 years ago!"
"Heh. I am not Onigumo, though I was born from his body. He was weak, lying there helpless, unable to move. The fool called on the demons to give him power and strength. They devoured his flesh. Thus I was created. Naraku." Naraku started to tighten his hand but Kikyou ran up to him and grabbed his arm.
"You trader. You are the reason for the demise between Inuyasha and I." Kikyou tightened her grip on his arm.
"No. Like I have told that useless half-demon over there, your trust in each other was weak. Nothing could have stopped your destiny." Naraku answered using one hand to pick Kikyou up by her arms, and the other to draw his sword. "Your time has now come, so stop wasting mine." Naraku rose his sword to Kikyou's throat. But without warning, Inuyasha pushed himself off the ground and ran towards Naraku with Tetsusaiga drawn. Naraku drove his attention to the approaching Inuyasha. "You still haven't had enough, have you half demon?" Naraku once more dodged Inuyasha's attack with no problem, but in the process he let go of Kikyou.
"Kikyou...run." Inuyasha said without even looking back at her. Kikyou gazed at Inuyasha without saying a word. "Damn it. I said run!" Inuyasha shouted.
"Inuyasha... Naraku is right. I do not belong in this world any longer. For I am one of the dead..." Kikyou said breaking her gaze at Inuyasha and turning it to Kagome, who was laying on the ground face down, "This girl, she means a lot to you. As did I when I was alive. Does she not?"
Inuyasha turned away from Naraku and set his gaze onto Kikyou, who was looking at Kagome. "Yes she does. I am having trouble dealing with her death. But I still care about you." Inuyasha walked over to Kikyou and grabbed her hand.
Kikyou pulled away from Inuyasha, "No Inuyasha! You do not care for me. I am not really here. My blood runs cold in my body. I am dead. Kagome is here now. Although she may be dead, I can sense the love you have for her. And I am now going to allow her to come back to you." Inuyasha's eyes softened.
"Kikyou..." But Kikyou interrupted him, because she knew what he was going to say. "No Inuyasha, you do not love me anymore. It is Kagome that you love. You belong with her. For I do not wish to love you anymore."
Naraku stepped forward catching Inuyasha's attention again. "How very touching. My heart feels all warm and tingly inside. But now Kikyou, it is time to relieve you of that girls spirit."
Inuyasha ran towards Naraku, "Not if I can help it. I want Kagome back to life as much as the next person. But killing Kikyou sure ain't a way you're going to bring her back!" Inuyasha once again attempted to strike Naraku down, but only to find himself on the ground from a stroke of Naraku's sword.
"Inuyasha, I must leave. I have not a reason to stay." Kikyou was almost in tears. Her eyes shimmered from the sunlight. Inuyasha rendered all his weight to one knee, still holding onto his chest, from where Naraku and shoved his hand through. "No Kikyou.."
Inuyasha looked over at Naraku, who had raised his hand in the air getting ready to suck the spirit out of Kikyou, and yelled, "Why are you bringing Kagome back? Last time we fought you killed her! You bastard. What kind of a fool do you take me for?"
Naraku looked over at Inuyasha and laughed as he crushed Kikyou's body and sucked the soul out. Kikyou made the most horrid noise that Inuyasha had ever heard. It almost made Inuyasha's eyes water, but he shook the feeling away. Kagome's soul was now free from Kikyou. The soul shot into Kagome lifting her up and surrounding her in a blinding white light. Inuyasha looked up to discover the soul that Kagome had lost just the day before. It shot into Kagome as well. Kagome's body lowered down to the ground as the light faded away. The young miko moved slightly. That was enough to get Inuyasha to come running over to her.
"Kagome! Kagome, are you alright?" Inuyasha asked passionately. Kagome opened her eyes and looked at Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha.." Kagome answered weakly.
"What is it Kagome?" Inuyasha said eagerly lifting Kagome's head onto his lap.
"Where am I? My head hurts, I feel like I got knocked out for a week." Kagome said a little stronger while holding her head.
" It was something like that...Kagome do you remember what happened?" Inuyasha said helping her off the ground. Kagome was covered in dirt and blood.
"I remember not being able to breath, and falling to the ground. But that's it." Kagome looked behind her to discover Naraku walking towards them. "Inuyasha! It's Naraku!" Kagome shouted running to hide behind Inuyasha.
"Marvelous, my idea worked," Naraku stopped right beside Inuyasha, "oh and Inuyasha, never turn your back on the enemy." Naraku said while sliding his sword out of the sheath once again. Inuyasha looked at Naraku, "Don't worry about me. Kagome run!" He shouted, the last thing I need is you dieing on me again. Inuyasha thought.Kagome nodded her head and ran in the opposite direction. Unfortunately, Naraku jumped in front of her, stopping her from proceeding in the direction she was headed. "Where do you think you are going little girl?" Kagome backed away.
"Away from you." Kagome ran towards Kikyou's shattered body, "Inuyasha..who is this?"
"That's Kikyou's body. Naraku killed her to bring you back." Inuyasha answered without looking at Kagome, but what he was thinking was far from the tough guy exterior he had just put on. Kikyou...damn you. Why did you have to go and die, again? Inuyasha closed his eyes and started to regain his strength. I have to be strong. I can't let Kagome leave me again. Like Kikyou...
Bring me back? I was dead? Kagome stepped away from Kikyou's body and tripped over the bow. Kagome picked up the bow and got an arrow. "Just like before, right Naraku?" Kagome shot the arrow nailing Naraku in the back.
Naraku reached one hand behind him and pulled out the arrow. "Nai. This time, you won't manage to destroy half of my body."
Inuyasha smirked, "Tch. We'll see about that." Inuyasha ran towards Naraku and slashed him with the Tetsusaiga. Naraku healed himself. How can that be? I cut him clean open! Inuyasha thought.
"Have you forgotten that I have consumed 25 jewel shards?" Naraku answered as if reading Inuyasha's very thought.
Kagome pulled her hand up to her heart to discover that the necklace was gone. "No. How did he get the jewels?" She yelled at Inuyasha.
Inuyasha ignored Kagome and continued his eye lock with Naraku. "Inuyasha. This is becoming pointless. You are not getting anywhere. I am indestructible." Naraku jumped behind Kagome and grabbed her by the waist. Inuyasha darted towards Naraku.
"No! You bastard, I won't allow you hurt Kagome!" Naraku jumped out of Inuyasha's way.
"Maybe you do love the girl. That priestess was right. I shall enjoy this even more." Naraku said calmy, ticking Inuyasha off even more.
Kagome struggled to get free from Naraku, punching and kicking. Love me? Kikyou told Inuyasha that he loves me? This is getting weird... Kagome thought. "Let me go you big baboon!" Kagome yelled at Naraku.
"Be quiet you wench, or I will kill you." Naraku said smacking Kagome in the face.
"Naraku...I'm going to kill you for even touching her!" Inuyasha once again ran towards Naraku with Tetsusaiga drawn, "Wind Scar!"
The yellow stream of light pierced right through Naraku's chest forcing him to release Kagome, who ran straight towards Inuyasha grabbing onto him around the waist. Naraku fell to the ground and remained motionless.
"Kagome, let's get out of here." Inuyasha said allowing the miko to climb aboard his back.
Continued in the next exciting Chapter of -plays evil music- ONE LAST TRICK!
A/N: I hope this chapter is just as good as the other ones. I didn't leave you with a big juicy cliffy this time. I still hope you will continue reading my story. I still have many chapters to go. I'm trying to make it to at least 10 or 12 for a first story.
Karen12- Thanks. I once again had no clue how to spell 'tetsusaiga'. Lol. Your review means a lot to me! Yes, it was Kikyou. Obviously, don't I feel intelligent? Anywho…
Crazypoet- Heh. Sorry about all the cliffy's. It keeps you into the story though doesn't it? Thanks for the compliment!
Kagome's girl- -hides behind tree- don't kill me! Kikyou's dead…lol.
Shel the Inuyasha Stalker- Thanks for the awesome compliment! It makes me feel special! Lol. I hope you enjoy this chapter also.
