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Chapter 13

Digimon versus Demon Slayer 2

Despite the groups late start they were able to reach the foot of the mountain where Naraku's castle was by sunset. They quickly set up a camp before it became to dark to see, and enjoyed some of the modern food Kagome had packed. By 9:00 everyone was had full stomachs and they began to talk of what they would do tomorrow. Inuyasha said, "According to Kagura it is about a half day hike up to Naraku's castle."

Kagome added, "So, if we start out at dawn we could make to the outer protective barrier by lunch time."

Sesshomaru added, "Yes, but that is based on the idea that we won't meet any enemy's on the way up."

Sango added, "Even if we do, they would only be some easily slain lesser demons. We don't have to worry about Kagura, and Kanna is no longer in this world. That only leaves Naraku."

Miroku asked, "But Sango, what will we do if we come across Kohaku." Everyone realized that they had forgotten to include Kohaku in all of this.

Sango began to cry slightly as she said, "We will try to save him, but if he tries to kill any of us, we must defend our selves."

Renamon put her hand on Sango's shoulder and said, "Don't worry; when we cross paths with him, I have a plan that should free him from Naraku's grasp." Sango just smiled through her tears and nodded her head. In a while everyone was asleep, resting up for the challenging hike up the mountain, and the great battle ahead."

In the morning Renamon was the first to wake up. She sat up from her place and stretched as she saw that the sunrise was just about to start. She took a quick look around the camp. Sesshomaru had fallen asleep in a sitting position up against a tree, his right hand across his waist, resting on the hilt of Toukijin. Rin was sleeping soundly using Sesshomaru's leg as a pillow, while Jaken had fallen asleep standing up beside his lord. Shippo had fallen asleep on top of Kagome's back pack, curled up into a little ball. Sango and Miroku had fallen asleep much like Sesshomaru had, Sango was leaning her head on Miroku's shoulder, and Miroku was resting his head on hers. Kagome had laid down in her sleeping bag beneath the tree where Inuyasha was sleeping in the bows. It was a very peaceful scene.

Renamon then got an evil idea in her head. She went over and quietly woke up everyone except Miroku and Sango. Once everyone understood what she was doing they sat up and waited for the show to start. Renamon then quietly walked up to Miroku and tickled his nose. She then went back to where she was sleeping and pretended to be asleep. As Miroku woke up he noticed where how Sango was leaning against his shoulder. Everyone watched as Miroku started too sweat slightly, trying to stop himself from doing what he wanted to. Eventually his perverted self won the battle and he reached his right hand down toward Sango's back and lower regions.

Sango woke up very slowly, wonder what had caused her to wake up. That is when she felt a certain monks hand and a shiver ran through her entire body. Miroku then realized Sango was awake, but it was too late for in the next second he was sporting a deep red hand mark on his left cheek. Inuyasha let began to laugh at how red Sango was now getting. When Sango realized that everyone had been awake to see this little display she went even redder. This caused most of the group to laugh; even Sesshomaru had let a small smile cross his face. After this bit of morning entertainment everyone got the camp cleaned up and they began their hike up to Naraku's castle.

The hike was pretty uneventful, even though Sango was in a constant state of anger and embarrassment. It wasn't till 11:00 did they run across their first bit of trouble. They had made much better time then Kagura had suggested, and they could now see the castle quite easily through the trees. They enter the clearing where the castle stood, but before they got too far into it Inuyasha, who had been leading the group, ran right into the mystical barrier protecting the castle. After fuming a few minutes he took out Tetsusaiga and launched a wind scar attack at the barrier. Unfortunately the barrier acted like Kanna's mirror and his attack was launched right back at him. He was flung back, landing a few yards behind the group. Kagome sighed and said, "Inuyasha, have you already forgotten that Kagura told us the only person who could break the barrier was a Tao sorceress."

Inuyasha just grumbled as he started to get up and walk back toward the group. He then turned to Renamon and said, "Well then, I guess it is all up to you." Renamon just nodded and took a few steps ahead of the rest of the group. She then touched the necklace given to her by Priestess Kaede. She felt a familiar sensation flow through her body as her body began to glow a bright white.

The others watched in aw as Renamon began to float in the air. They then heard her say, "Renamon, Digivolve to…Kyuubimon. Kyuubimon, Matrix Digivolve to…Taomon" As the light began to fad they saw that Renamon had gotten much taller. She was now clothed in sorceress's garments, and that her face had become much more human. Her arms were lost in the long flowing sleeves, but they could still see her tail, which only appeared to have gotten bigger, and her paws witch had turned into what look like feet. She gently floated back to the ground, and touched down softly. She turned to the others and said, "Well, what do you think."

Shippo replied, "WOW! I can't believe it!"

Kagome added, "Yeah, me either."

Miroku said, "The aura of energy around your body as increased at least 10 fold."

Inuyasha grinned as he said, "Naraku won't know what hit him."

Taomon just nodded at the Inuyasha and then turned back to the invisible barrier. She brought her hand up in front of her face and produced a mystic symbol. She then threw it as she said, "TALISMAN SPELL," The symbol struck the barrier and caused a large hole to appear in it. Taomon then said, "Hurry, get through before it closes." In a few minutes the hole in the barrier was gone, and almost everyone was inside the barrier. Sesshomaru had told Rin and Jaken to remain outside the barrier and to wait for his return.

Once in the barrier everyone noticed that there was a fog, making it difficult for them to see where they were going, or if anyone is attacking them. Taomon lead the way through the haze, using her new mystic powers to find the Naraku's castle. Everyone was silent for a while, but then Kagome said, "Man, this is really creepy."

Sango added, "Yeah, there are no trees, bushes, only grass. There is absolutely nothing for us to use as a reference point."

Taomon said, "Your right, it is useless trying to find our way in this. Even if we found our way we could be walking right into a trap and not even know it."

Inuyasha said in an irritated voice, "Then what can we do now?"

Taomon turned toward the group and said, "I think I have an idea. Miroku."

Miroku asked, "Yes Lady Renamon."

Taomon said, "Please, in this form I am called Taomon."

Miroku sighed and said, "Very well, what can I do for you Lady Taomon?"

"Open your wind tunnel; just open it off in a safe direction."

"Why?"

Taomon replied, "Just do it."

Miroku shrugged his shoulders and said, "Alright, I don't see the point though." Miroku then took a few steps away from the group an in the direction opposite of the group he opened his wind tunnel. The others looked at him a second and then turned their attention to Taomon who was saying in a low voice, "

Mist that blocks are sight

Fog that hides our enemy

Be gone from this area

So we may travel in safety".

The others soon noticed that the fog was starting to thin, and they were able to see farther. In a few minutes the fog was completely gone, and they could see Naraku's castle very easily. Miroku sealed up his wind tunnel and said, "That is why you need my wind tunnel, you needed somewhere for the fog to go since it was trapped in here by the barrier."

Taomon just nodded and said, "Yes, that spell made it so the fog couldn't remain in this barrier, but it is also locked in here like we are. Your wind tunnel made for the perfect escape route for the fog. Now, let us continue our journey, now that we can actually see our destination." The group then continued there journey toward castle in the center of this flat, grassy field. Kagome's original observation was right. No where within the barrier could you find a tree, bush, nothing else but grass and Naraku's castle.

The group continued in silence until they were about half a mile away from the castle's outer walls. That is when they noticed a lone figure emerging from the castle's gate. The person appeared to be quite young, but still had a menacing feel to his aura. Inuyasha was about to attack the person with Tetsusaiga when Sango said, "Wait!"

Inuyasha turned his head slightly and asked. "What is it Sango?"

Sango was on the verge of crying when she said, "That's Kohaku." Everyone one strained their eyes and saw that Sango was telling the truth, it was Kohaku walking toward them, his chain weapon at the ready.

Inuyasha quickly sheathed his sword as he said, "Damn, what are we going to do now."

Kagome said, "Yeah, we can't hurt him, he is just a victim of Naraku's evil, but if we don't fight he will kill us."

Taomon moved in front of the group, watching as Kohaku drew closer. The others watched Taomon, wondering what she was doing, but they didn't have to wait long. Taomon quickly summoned a barrier around everyone else and began to move toward Kohaku. Sango began to pound on the barrier Taomon had put up, desperately trying to stop her from harming Kohaku. At the same time Inuyasha was attacking the barrier with his Tetsusaiga and Miroku was trying to break it with his own mystic energy. The barrier stood strong though, making everyone except Kohaku and Taomon spectators to the fight.

Kohaku moving toward Taomon when he was about 50 feet away, Taomon continued forward until they were 40 feet apart and then stopped her advance. They stared each other down for a few moments, and then Kohaku suddenly went on the attack throwing his chain weapon at Taomon with all his might. Taomon simply levitated out of the way of the assault not taking her eyes of Kohaku. Kohaku quickly pulled the weapon back and flung it at her again, but this time Taomon dodged it by just stepping to the side of it. She then broke the chain as it passed by her, making the weapon useless.

Kohaku dropped the weapon quickly and drew his sword. He then continued his attack slicing at Taomon with his sword while she either dodged the attack or deflected it with her loose sleeves. This continued for several minutes, Kohaku showing no signs of wearing down, and Taomon kept her eyes of him, as if she was looking for something, something very hard to find.

By this time Inuyasha and the others had given up on breaking out of Taomon's barrier and now were watching the fight, wondering who would win. Sango was taking it the worst. She was divided of who she would like to win, either here brother Kohaku, or Taomon, her newest friend. She wrestled with the thought of Taomon killing Kohaku, and couldn't bring her self to think that was the only way for Taomon to win, but she knew better. Sango knew that Naraku would force Kohaku to fight until he was victorious, or he was killed. Sango finally said, in a very low voice, "Taomon, I wish for you to win."

Taomon heard this very quite comment, and it made her resolve greater to defeat Kohaku without doing any harm to him. She continued to dodge and block the constant barrage of attacks Kohaku was launching at her. He had now begun using some steel throwing stars and martial arts in addition to his sword, trying to defeat the ultimate level digimon. Finally Kohaku was able to land an attack, catching Taomon's shoulder with a throwing star. In a few moments blood began to stain the white cloth that made up Taomon's clothing, but Taomon showed no sign of pain, as if she had yet to notice she had been hurt. Her eyes were instead focused upon something, as if the air above Kohaku's shoulder had suddenly become extremely interesting. She then leapt high into the air and floated there as she materialized a paint brush from her sleeve. She then took the huge brush up in both hands and began to draw a very complicated symbol in the air; she added the final stroke to the symbol as she said, "TALISMON OF LIGHT".

With that Taomon launched her attack at Kohaku and it was a direct hit, but instead of killing him it caused him to glow a soft white, and float slightly above the ground. After a few moments he returned to the ground. Soon after that she landed beside Kohaku and lowered the barrier around Inuyasha and the others. They all began to run toward where Kohaku now laid motion less on the ground, fearing the worse.

Sango was the first to reach Taomon and Kohaku. The second she got close she dropped to her knees by Kohaku's side and held him close. That is when she realized that Kohaku was still breathing. She hugged him closer, thankful that he was alive. By the time she had released Kohaku and laid him back on the ground Inuyasha, Kagome, Shippo, Sesshomaru, Miroku, and Kirara had reached their position. Sesshomaru asked, "What did your attack do to this boy."

Taomon smiled slightly and said, "Oh, I just broke the link Kohaku had with Naraku, and purified his body of any demonic energy."

Miroku asked, "How did you do that."

Taomon said, "All I had to do was sever the link between Kohaku and Naraku, which isn't that hard. That hard part is finding the link. That is why I dodged his attacks for so long; I was searching for that link. Once I had found it all I did was destroy it. It is like cutting a marionette from its strings. With out those strings, Naraku or the puppet master couldn't control his puppet, or Kohaku."

Sango had tears of joy forming in her eyes when she asked, "So, is Kohaku free from Naraku's control."

Taomon smiled as she said, "For the time being yes, but he is not immune to being recaptured, so we must guard him against Naraku."

Sango smiled and began to cry as she said, "Kohaku, I will never let Naraku get control of you again." Everyone gave Sango a moment to calm down, and then Sango had Kirara take Kohaku back to where Rin and Jaken were waiting for them. She also instructed Kirara to stay there to guard them against danger. If something should threaten them she was to take Rin, Jaken, and Kohaku back to Kaede's village, and wait for them there.

Once Kirara was well on her way to Rin and Jaken with Kohaku on her back Inuyasha, Sesshomaru, Kagome, Sango, Taomon, Shippo and Miroku continued their march toward the castle where they knew more danger awaited.