Chapter 12
The Battle Begins
(original, I know...)
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Kagura kept flying around the castle. Naraku's minions were nearby; also under orders to not approach the castle until they were given orders. It looks as if Naraku plans to finish off Inuyasha once and for all. It's sad. Their group is the only one that could help me become free.
The air around her was cold and sharp as she surveyed the area. Kohaku was hiding in a few trees in the distance, the demons were hiding at the sides of the castle, Naraku was at the front. She started going towards the area where Kohaku was hiding when she felt a different demonic aura from the familiar ones.
Sesshomaru...
She flew down quickly, there would not be much time to waste; Naraku would have her head if he found she was letting her guard down. She landed a few feet away from the silent demon, the little girl that always accompanied him was hiding behind him, holding a flower in her hand; his green companion was currently staring daggers at her.
Jaken lifted his head high, "How dare be you woman! Your presence is not welcome in front of Lord Sesshomaru!" He turned to his master. "Lord Sesshomaru, let me dispose of this vulgar woman!"
Without waiting for the dog demon's approval, Jaken launched a flame from the staff of two heads. Without even a blink, Kagura swiped the flame out of her way. "Do not underestimate me demon. My business here is with Sesshomaru, not you."
Jaken sputtered, "Ho..How dare you!" His tirade would have continued if it wasn't for the boot of a certain dog demon embedding itself in his face. "Jaken, stop this."
As he retreated towards Rin., Kagura moved closer to Sesshomaru, "What are you doing here. A battle is about to begin. Naraku will not even allow you to come near his castle. And I am assuming that you are not here to help out your brother."
"My reasons for being here are my own. Why should I tell you what my business is?"
She narrowed her eyes, "You tell me."
His eyes flashed red for a moment. His movements were swift, hiding his anger. He pointed a finger out towards the nearby fields, "Rin. Jaken. Wait for me there. I need to settle some private manners."
Not wanting to be reprimanded again, Jaken dragged off a confused Rin towards the fields.
Sesshomaru looked back at Kagura. She returned his glare. "You gave me your word that you would free me from Naraku!"
"Then maybe you should not value my word as much as you do."
"Does that mean that you're not going to do it?"
"I will kill Naraku, do not doubt that fact. The fact that you will become free is merely a consequence. A strike of luck."
She looked at the ground, "Is it really a consequence? I matter nothing to you?"
His face held no emotion, "Nothing matters to me. Not human nor demon. You will not be the one to understand me."
She stepped forward until she could touch his chest with her hand, "I do understand you Sesshomaru, and wether you like it or not, I have already become part of your life. You will not get rid of me as easily. Your mind may despise me, but your heart has other things in mind."
She stood up higher and gave him a small kiss on the lips. It was short and she pulled away, bringing his face between her hands. She studied his statuesque features with a smile and turned away from him. As she plucked a feather from her head she looked back at him.
"Goodbye Sesshomaru."
She flew away from him without looking back.
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"Dammit Naraku! What have you done to Kagome!" Her condition had not gone unnoticed by him. She looked sick, deathly sick. Even though she technically had died, he never thought she would be in these conditions.
Inuyasha tried to move towards her, but his limbs would not cooperate. As he tried to move, he realized that the only part of his body left mobile was his head, "Miroku, Sango. Stay back! He's got some kind of spell around the castle. Stay back."
Miroku, Sango, Makia, and Kirara all moved back a few steps, Sango glared angrily at Naraku, "Coward! You can't even face us without putting us under a spell!"
Naraku smirked in return, "My objective is to destroy all of you. The methods which I use in the process are of no concern to you."
As Naraku was focused on Sango, Inuyasha took his chance to look for a way to free Kagome. She as still holding out her hands to him and he smiled in return. She tried to speak, but her voice could not overpower the wall that lay between them. He shook his head and tried to reassure her. I'll take you back. He mouthed, giving her yet another dazzling smile. It seemed to reassure her a bit and she blew a kiss at him. He blushed.
"Oh how sweet. This is the last time you see your wench, I'm glad to see you're taking advantage of the moment. She will be a most delectable thing to kill. Especially since I've done it twice."
Inuyasha struggled against his restraints. Naraku eyed him carefully, "I warn you Inuyasha. You do not have the luxury to make yourself the hero here." With a flick of the wrist he tightened his fist in Kagome's direction. She started shaking violently and brought her hands to her neck. She couldn't breathe.
"The shackles she wears on her wrists are connected to me. One wrong move and she is gone. And believe me, I will make her suffer more than she has ever had in her lifetime."
"Ku..." Inuyasha's eyes began close as a purple stripe appeared on his cheek. This time the transformation had nothing to do with Tetsusaiga, this time his only will was to kill anyone who would harm Kagome.
Don't even try to transform Inuyasha. You shall be doing it in vain. She will be dead by the time you even get to lay a finger on me."
Instead of fueling his rage, a part of Inuyasha seemed to understand the logic of his argument. He needed to free Kagome, but he needed her to be alive in the process.
As he calmed down he noticed that his companions were staying very still. He turned his head to look at them fully, Miroku shook his head, "Sorry Inuyasha. It seems as if he put the spell on us too. Sango seems to be under the same dilemma, as well as Kirara and Makia."
Sango sighed, "No duh Sherlock."
"No need to be violent my dear."
As they quieted down Naraku began to transform. His body grew into a huge, hideous mass of combined bodies of different demons. He raised his head up high and screamed into the heavens, "This time I will possess the Shikon Jewel! It shall be mine and with it I shall wreak havoc upon this earth!"
As he said this, a ball of white light flew through the air and smashed into him, destroying part of his body. And unlike other times, his body did not regenerate itself like it always did. The dead skin lay sprawled all over the ground.
Naraku looked towards the origin of the attack, "Sesshomaru, why not come out and fight like a true demon of your class."
Sesshomaru walked onto the clearing, his face cold. "Unlike you Naraku, I do not need to hide from my enemies behind barriers. I fight them head on, knowing that I will bring about their demise."
"Very well, so have you come to assist your half breed brother in his quest to kill me?"
"No. This fight is between you and me Naraku. There will be a time where I will kill Inuyasha, but for now, your death is all I need."
"Now, now Sesshomaru, lets not ne hasty. Do you think I believe that your attack was simply made up of your own power? I know very well that your power cannot defeat me so easily. Your powers were enhanced..." He surveyed the group quickly, "Makia, would you have anything to do with this?"
"It doesn't matter wether I did or did not you bastard. Now you know that you're going to die. That's all that matters to me, I'll avenge my mother with your demise!"
"I am certain your mother would be happy to see you now, after all, the day that I killed her the only thing she would do was scream out your name over and over again. Pity, I thought you would behave under my control." His smile faded as he felt a weird sensation in his body, something he couldn't pinpoint... A lack of power...?
"What are you doing to me Makia?" he said through clenched teeth.
"Just making sure of letting you know how powerful I have become."
As she said this, Naraku could feel a significant drainage of his power. How is she doing this?
At once Sango threw her weapon at him, Kirara came at him with Miroku, and both Makia and Sesshomaru attacked him with power spheres. As the battle started, Inuyasha jumped through the window that separated him and his love. He sliced the shackles that held her captive and took her in his arms. He inhaled her scent strongly, glad that it was still there with him.
"Kagome, I'm sorry I couldn't get to you sooner. I'm so sorry."
"Don't worry," she whispered against his hair, "You came for me. I always knew you would. I never thought otherwise."
He pulled back and looked at her in the eye, "We'll make him pay for this, for all that he's done to you."
She nodded, "Let's go. This fight is for all of us!"
As she stood up she struggled a bit but forced her legs to go on, "Are you okay?" Inuyasha looked at her with concern.
"I'm alright, Naraku's spell is wearing off, and I'm weak. I'll manage it though."
"Good. Let's go."
They flew out of the castle together, ready to join into the fight.
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They're fighting, why don't you go?
Are you scared?
Are you scared of death?
No.
You're scared of seeing her again.
That face that won't go away.
She represents your past, but Naraku told you to forget that past.
But her face just won't go away.
Will it be better if you fight?
A day of truth would be better than living in this hell on earth.
You don't even know who you truly are.
Are you scared?
No.
No.
Kohaku made his way to the top of the tree he was in. The fighting was seen through patches of light in the distance. He eyed the demons flying and slithering in the forest.
Nothing can keep you away from the truth now.
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Kirara was currently holding a frail Kagome against her fur. Sango looked back at her friend, "Hang in there Kagome! We're glad to have you back with us!"
Miroku looked back too, "Yes, it is truly a blessing to see you again."
As they resumed the fighting, Kagome viewed the battle scene before her. All of them; Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku, Sesshomaru, and an unknown woman were battling against Naraku. For once this fight looked as if Naraku was going to loose. Surprisingly, Kagura had not come to his help, and instead kept hovering above the castle.
She was useless without her energy and had no bows to help out with. Everyone was giving it their all, and all she could do was sit there and do nothing.
One question remained in her mind, Where's the jewel? He should have completed it by now... Wait! He still didn't have the shards that Koga and Kohaku had. This meant that killing him would be even easier.
She heard Inuyasha scream out an attack, "Wind Scar!"
The wave of power blew against Naraku, but left no visible damage. The other attacks from the others seemed to be losing their effect as well.
Inuyasha leaded against his sword, "Damn you Naraku! Hiding behind your barriers again!"
"As long as you cannot reach me, my future is secure."
"Fuck you!"
What are we going to do now? No one seems to have an idea on how to defeat him, and I'm barely able to stand up. Inuyasha doesn't look much better. We need to find a solution NOW!
As her thought finished, she saw soul collector near her. It revolved around her and stayed on the ground. As Kagome looked up she met with the eyes of Kikyo.
"Kikyo? What are you doing here? Why can't any one else notice you're here?"
"Everyone is preoccupied with the battle, the only one who can see me right now is you, my reincarnation." She looked at Inuyasha with soft eyes, "I come to finish this fight once and for all. Listen well, all of you must combine your powers to destroy Naraku, and you all must attack at once. I shall give you my power and my soul to defeat him, my time on this earth has finished. I wish you happiness with Inuyasha, you deserve it. Farewell Kagome..."
Kikyo disappeared into a ball of white light and floated down to the ground. As her soul hit the floor it transformed into a bow and an arrow. Kagome looked at all that was left of the woman who she had hated for so long. She took the weapon in her hands, "Thank you for your sacrifice, Kikyo. I'm sorry I didn't understand you."
Kagome stood with newfound strength and called to the others. "Everyone, we have to work together!" It seemed that the understood what she said as they readied their attacks.
"Naraku you're going down!" Kagome let her arrow fly and it combined midair with everyone elses attacks.
He screamed out in pain as he realized he was dying. His terrible screams filled the surroundings and he shot out a barb in his last defense.
He opened his eyes wide and let out a final laugh, "I never thought it could be done."
He exploded and died, leaving the area devastated.
But it was over...
Finally over...
In all the happiness that filled her heart, a horror met her eyes. The unknown woman, who helped them defeat her nemesis, had been struck by the barb that Naraku had shot out.
She ran over to her and leaned over her."Please hold on, we'll help you."
Makia raised her head a bit, "Kagome. I'm glad you're safe. Don't worry about me, I'll be fine. This is the way I am supposed to go, my mother waits for me in the afterlife."
She closed her eyes in pain, "Thank you for letting me help you."
She closed her eyes and her aura left her.
Kagome looked up to see Inuyasha's hand outstretched and she took it. Standing up, she looked at her friends and back at Makia, "Thank you. Thank you for giving us our lives back."
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