Sesshoumaru stood in demon form as he growled viciously at Naraku and Kikyo. Eyes that glowed the color of blood were focused in on his pray. Never moving even when he could see movement out of the corner of his eye. His saliva was acid as it poured from his mouth and hit the ground causing the wood to eat away. No thoughts in his mind as rage took over. The only thing he heard was 'kill'.
Everyone else in the room ran to the side except for Inuyasha. Remaining in his original spot in his half demon form his eyes to never left the two figures that were frozen to their spots.
Naraku had a look of utter horror on his face for a minute before he was able to regain his composure. With a wave of his hand demons flew from his body and started to attack them. He used his miasma to shroud him in a cloak of darkness as he started to run. Kikyo following him closely quickly left the room as well.
Sango taking out her Hirakoutsu through it at a group of demons slicing them in half. She turned around after catching it and had just enough time to pick up a sword from the ground and plunge it into the worm demon behind her.
Miroku used his staff to block a snake demons sword as it lunged towards him. Blocking each attack with skill and successfully knocking it from it's hand. Bringing his staff up he pushed it towards the snake and punctured it all the way through it's scale covered body.
Kouga and Ayame were working back to back as they used their speed and swords to cut the demons in half, while Ginta and Hakkaku used daggers to slit the offending demons throats.
Shippou was on the opposite side of the room using foxfire to burn them until they were nothing but dust. Grabbing the sword from his side he cut through the mob of demons as he made his way towards Kagome.
Inuyasha unsheathed his sword and used the wind scar to cut through everything and everybody. Quickly he ran in the direction of Naraku and Kikyo as he tried to catch up.
Sesshoumaru jumped right through the roof and landed outside. He gazed around the grounds watching for Naraku to exit the house.
Naraku and Kikyo walked through the halls as they headed for the back door. Kikyo simply followed quietly as her mind was blank. Naraku on the other hand was thinking about what had happened.
Flashback
Naraku watched as Inuyasha started to change. His ears appearing and his nails and fangs grew back like they had been centuries ago. So astonished by the half-breeds transformation he didn't see anything else.
'How could he turn into a half demon. He was just a human and I smelt no trace of demon blood. It's impossible.' He thought to himself in amazement.
So deep in thought he was knocked from it when he heard a loud growling and saw everyone but Inuyasha run to either side of the room. Upon looking up he froze from the huge blood filled eyes and huge dog that now stared intently at him.
End Flashback
'I will need the jewel. If I don't consume it he will kill me easily.' He thought as he walked briskly down the hall. "Give it to me!" he order Kikyo
She hesitated for a minute before putting her hand towards him and dropping it in his hand. Watching closely as he put it in his pocket.
Both jumped when they heard a loud explosion coming from the room they had just left and threw themselves against the wall when a bright yellow light swished by them causing the hall to divide in half.
Quickly they started to run in the direction they had been headed as they knew where the power had come from. Knowing Inuyasha was right on their tail and coming fast.
When they exited the house they caught their breath. When Naraku heard the growling from earlier, he looked up to find Sesshoumaru towering above him.
Naraku backed up putting distance between them as he smiled his evil smile. "Now, now Sesshoumaru let us settle this as equals." He said calmly as he pulled the jewel from his pocket and swallowed it quickly.
Inuyasha chose that moment to run out as he and Sesshoumaru watched the jewel slide down his throat. They both stared in anger and horror as he began to change and was surrounded by red fog.
On his forehead two horns grew to a foot in height as a mark appeared on his forehead. It was a crimson heart that dripped blood from a black sword that was run through it. Two black stripes ran from the bottom of his eyes and ran down to his jaw line. Nails growing into claws as all his teeth became razor sharp. What seemed to be black ink filled his eyes making them completely black and unreadable. Finally spikes grew from his back and arms making him a human porcupine.
Inside the house...
Shippou moved with such speed as he continued to fight off the offending demons. It was like a never-ending army as they didn't stop appearing from thin air. He looked to Kouga and the rest of his small but formidable pack he saw the Ginta and Hakkaku were unconscious on the floor. He was silently praying they weren't dead. When he looked to Sango and Miroku seeing they were looking just as beaten and bloodied as he was. They didn't look like they would last much longer against this large army of ruthless demons. He winced in pain as one of the demons he was fighting stabbed his side and looked down as blood started to ooze out.
Miroku looked over to Sango to find her clothes covered in blood. He didn't see her Hirakutsou anywhere but was pleased to know that she had picked up a sword and was still defending her self. He continued to fight as best as he could knowing full and well he would not survive this fight. He and the others were barely holding on. For the last thirty minutes they had all together taken on at least two hundred demons. But the part that made it so easy and so hard at the same time was the fact that they were in such a small space. It enabled them to slay the demons because they weren't able to jump away, but neither were they. He just hoped the demons would stop their attacks soon.
Finally after ten more minutes of fighting the demons stopped coming. They all wondered why but didn't complain. They were bleeding heavily with other small cuts and bruises scattered across their bodies.
Sango was the first to fall out of the still conscious group. Miroku quickly kneeling by her side trying to keep her awake. With her bleeding draining from her body on her legs and back he became scared.
"Sango! Sango! Stay awake, don't close your eyes." He shouted as he shook her roughly
"I feel so tired. I just need some rest." Was her soft reply
Shippou, Kouga and Ayame had ran over to them now after checking their other fallen comrades. They all stood silently around her as Miroku continued to shake her and call her name. They all watched as she finally closed her eyes. 'Kagome, please help us. We can't defeat him on our own.' Was her last thought before everything went dark.
Miroku quickly checked for signs of breathing and her pulse. But he became sad and angry as he found no sign of life in her now lifeless body.
As he rose from his knees he looked to everyone still standing to see everyone just barely still alive. Tears flowing out of his eyes as they became hardened and his teeth, were grinding together in anger and hatred.
"I will not voice my thoughts knowing we are all on the same page. But we must continue to fight. Not only for Kagome but our other friends that were used and killed by him." Miroku said to them all, with tears still flowing freely down his face and landing on the wooden floors.
They all nodded in agreement. They had all lost family and friends. They had all lost parts of their lives. It didn't matter if it was from the past or now. All that mattered was destroying Naraku so he couldn't harm anyone any longer. They would all give their lives if it meant freeing the world from the vile half-breed.
Walking as fast as their legs would carry them outside they made their way to the back courtyard. Wounds profusely bled from their bodies as they walked down the once covered hallways. Trails of blood could be seen which every step they made. But they still made their way in hopes of destroying him.
Outside...
Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha stood side by side as they waited for Naraku's transformation to end. When he finished they gazed as his hideous body and were slightly worried from the new power that resonated from his being.
"You hope that you will be able to destroy me? I will let you in on a secret. I can read your minds and hear the doubts you have. And I will tell you that you will not be able to destroy me." Naraku informed them as he chuckled lightly to himself
"Why did you take her? Why did you want her so bad?" Inuyasha screamed
"She had the power I wanted and the power she had taken from me. She caught my eye." He replied with an evil smirk
Sesshoumaru growled deep in his throat at hearing this and attacked Naraku. Naraku easily countered his attack by send his hands out. His finger grew in length and width turning into deadly spikes. He smiled as they made contact with the former demon lords body. Sesshoumaru yelped in pain as spikes pierced through his body.
Inuyasha tried next as he ran at top speed with his sword raised and fully transformed in the air. Jumping into the air he brought it down as he yelled.
"Wind scar!"
Naraku seeing this move coming by reading his thoughts simply sidestepped and totally avoiding the attack. He chuckled again as he grabbed one of the spikes on his back and turned into a completely steel spear. Throwing it with such speed and ease Inuyasha tried to avoid it but only succeeded in being hit. It landed in his upper thigh causing him to scream in pain.
He pulled it from his leg as he again screamed in pain. When he pulled it out he looked down to see that the pain doubled. Hearing clothes shuffled behind him he swiftly turned around to see his friends enter the courtyard.
"Did you like that Inuyasha? It was my special gift for you. It was covered in poison that is now coursing through your body. You wont last much longer." He spat proudly
At that moment Sesshoumaru stood up, still in demon form and began another attack. Now his attacks became sluggish as his wounds bled horribly.
Miroku, Kouga and Ayame attacked when Sesshoumaru did. All silently hoping their numbers would help them.
Inuyasha finally stood and was able to attack as well. Helping them out and a little slow from his fresh wound.
However Naraku was ready for them all. Again his hand shot out only this time piercing Sesshoumaru's legs causing him to fall to the ground again. Throwing Miroku to the side as he broke his arm and a leg. Kouga received a fist straight through his shoulder causing him to lose even more blood.
When Inuyasha and Ayame started to attack they were able to get in a few punches in until he attacked back. He pulled three smaller spears and threw them at Ayame as he successfully landed all three in her body, knocking her to the ground.
Naraku however grasped Inuyasha as he was given punch after punch. With speed and grace Naraku pulled out his sword and sliced Inuyasha's legs, arms and chest. When as fist was thrown at him he avoided it and appeared behind him as he sliced his back open.
Naraku was suddenly grabbed by large teeth as Sesshoumaru bit down on his body hoping to wound him with his poison that was seeping from his mouth. But when he pierced Naraku's skin poison miasma shot out causing Sesshoumaru to be poisoned instead. Sesshoumaru's poison burned him making him grind his teeth but was bale to remove it without further harm.
Miroku stood as Sesshoumaru fell and transformed to his humanoid form. He looked at everyone seeing they were all on the brink of death. Even Sesshoumaru lay there breathing heavily as he tried to stay alive. Holding the staff he had found earlier he used it to stand. His left leg and arm had immense pain shooting threw it as he wobbled over to Naraku.
Inuyasha attempted to stand but failed as his body screamed in agony. He cried out to nobody in particular for help and continued to try and stand on his feet. Trying to ignore the pain his body felt he finally stood and slowly joined the Miroku as he too made his way to Naraku.
"You are foolish to get up. I would have left you there but you insist on fighting me. You can't defeat me. I have the power of the Shikon no Tama now. It is pointless to continue." Naraku said smirking at them
Running towards Miroku he thrust his hand through his side and broke his right leg. He watched his face closely as it contorted from the extreme pain. Falling to the ground he found he couldn't move and was barely staying awake as his blood formed a puddle around him.
When he came to Inuyasha he was again holding his sword only this time he had it on the ground. It weighed too much now that his body felt so weak and he had no energy. He screamed again as a hand went through his chest while another punched him in the face throwing him ten feet in the air.
"Once again you are all foolish to think you can beat me. Because your body is poisoned your body grows weak trying to fight it. But soon it will eat away your insides as you slowly die from the pain. If you even last that long." He said kind of victoriously
He looked around to see that there was something missing.
"Fox fire!" Shippou yelled
Naraku jumped into the air as he quickly avoided the attack. As he descended from above Shippou he pulled another spike from his back as it turned into a long and wide sword. Shippou was in better shape then the others and was able to pull out a dagger to shield him self until he could jump away. Naraku used his other hand to pull a long dagger from his side and stabbed Shippou in the opposite side he was hit in earlier. Falling to the ground from his still bleeding wounds and the new one from Naraku's dagger he lay there still and barely alive.
As they all lay there silently trying to stay alive and build enough strength to continue fighting they all thought about one person. Someone who had touched them all and worked her way easily into their hearts. The only reason they had come here to face Naraku in the first place. Kagome.
'Kagome, I'm sorry.' Shippou cried to him self as tears rolled down his face
'We need your strength. You are the reason we were able to kill him before.' Miroku thought sadly
'I'm sorry we failed you my friend. I only wish you were here so we could all say good bye.' Kouga frowned
'I will miss you my friend. I will always remember you.' Ayame thought as she struggled to stay conscious
Sesshoumaru looked to the pitch-black sky as he remembered his time with her in the present and in the past when he had first met her. She had always been so strong and never feared anybody, even if they were stronger then her. Her loyalty and confidence in her friends made them stronger. Always being able to brighten anyone's day with her warm and caring smiles as she listened to their problems. Warmth radiated off of her as she would talk in her sweet and gentle voice. She would give her life for anybody and would never think twice. Her laughter was intoxicating and sounded so beautiful and full of happiness. She was his power, his strength, his life and he felt so weak and useless without her. 'I'm sorry I failed you. I will be seeing you soon. I only wish I could hold you once more and watch you smile before I die. I now know why. I love you, I always have. I was too proud to admit it until I lost you. But I need you with me now. I need you by my side. I need your smile, your voice, and your laughter. Kagome.' He thought closing his eyes as he pictured her.
'Sesshoumaru.' He heard Kagome call as she smiled at him.
Naraku was standing there having a hard time trying to decide whom to kill first. Deciding he would watch them all die slowly. After all he didn't mind killing them all again. Only this time he was happy that Sesshoumaru and Kouga were joining them this time around. Reaching in a small pouch on his side he pulled black dust from it and opened his hand. Slowly he blew it on everybody but Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha. They were already dying from his poison so there was no need to give them more. He watched closely making sure they all inhaled it and smiled when they all groaned in pain.
As he stood there listening to their whimpers and quiet screams he felt his body start to tingle. Not knowing why he simply ignored it until it started to burn him from the inside out. He grasped his stomach painfully as it began burning more and more as the seconds passed. Then out of nowhere he felt his body ripped open as the jewel was pulled from his body. Watching as it hovered away he saw where it was going.
There, standing thirty feet from him was Kagome. Her eyes were blank and her skin was pale from death as she waited for the jewel. He became somewhat frightened to see her able to walk after he had removed the jewel from her body. It was impossible to live without a soul and only the dead her are being controlled can stand. He could smell death as it swam in his nose and he felt his body tingle again. His hand still covering his stomach as his body slowly reverted back.
Still watching her closely no longer caring about his power dissipating, her hands came up as the jewel hovered between them. Her eyes closing as a bright pink light flashed through the valley and surrounded her form. Waiting to see what was happening to her now that she rejoined with the jewel. She was now three feet above the ground and complete submerged in a ball of light.
When the light started to fade and Kagome was revealed she was the same but different. Eyes blue and sparkling like Sapphires as she gazed over to him and her friends. Her hair had grown to mid back and blew around her as if it were a shield. And she wore a long white dress that flowed like water around her.
"You have caused great pain and suffering for six hundred years. Killing people and using them like toys. I will not permit you to continue this path you have chosen. You will be sent to hell never to be reborn." She said angrily as her body turned pink and translucent. Her voice emotionless as her eyes were cold and hard.
Pink tinted clear wings appeared behind her and spread out reaching out six feet in length. Closing her eyes as if concentrating on something in particular and then she vanished.
He didn't see her as he looked up and to his sides. But he froze when he felt a hand touch his shoulder from behind as he felt his skin burning.
"Soon you will experience great pain and forever live in agony for all the souls you have taken and tainted with your hatred. You will no what true suffering is like and will feel that way for all eternity." Was the last thing she said before he was engulfed in her purifying light and turned to dust
When she had finished with him she looked to her friends that lay in their own blood on the ground. She frowned as her eyes softened with sadness.
Walking over to Sesshoumaru she found he was barely alive. Leaning down she gently kissed him on the lips as a pink gas entered his body. Her hand went to his face as she felt his smooth skin on her own. Pulling crimson hair that was stuck to his face and pushing it behind his ears she took in his breath taking features. Smiling sadly she kissed him on his forehead and rose from her place next to him.
Slowly she walked over to her friends and used her powers to place them side by side and brought out Sango's body to lay next to Miroku, while Hakkaku and Ginta lay by Kouga. She found that all but Shippou had passed on and frowned again when she found this out.
Once again closing her eyes in concentration she started to glow again as she surrounded her friends and her self in the warmth of the light. After a few seconds the light disappeared again and she listened closely as and smiled when she heard their hearts beating strongly in their bodies.
With the last of her power she moved them inside Naraku's house and set them in a room where they would be more comfortable. With this final act she fell to the floor limp and lifeless.