Hey! Welcome back for chapter 9! Did you like the last chapter? I wanted to put a little fluff in it between Miroku and Sango. Are any of you wondering what "Our Long Battle Is Finally Over" is about? If you want to find out, read the chapter! Thank you to all of the people that have reviewed! I specifically want to thank sapphire-glass because she has helped me get reviewers, given me ideas for some of the chapters, helped me when I have had writers block, and most of all, has been a very good friend! Thank you sapphire-glass! Well, most of you are going to want to read the chapter, so on with it!

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Chapter 9: Our Long Battle Is Finally Over

"It's right here." He said as he got out his Tetsusaiga. He turned the blade red and swiped in front of him. Before their very eyes, Naraku's castle appeared out of thin air.

"Let's get going." Inuyasha said as he put Kagome back on his back, put the Tetsusaiga back in its sheath, and started running.

The others followed him. Behind them, a tunnel of wind came toward them. When the noticed it, they stopped. When it reached them, the wind stopped. They realized that it was Koga.

"Why Kagome! What a pleasant surprise! What are you doing here?" Koga asked her surprised.

"Well, I…" Kagome said, but Koga interrupted her.

"Here, I don't need them any more. You can have them." Koga told her as he shoved something into her hand. She looked and saw that it was the two jewel shards had been in his legs.

"Koga, but how can you run so fast without them?" Kagome asked him.

"Simple. I practiced and I got a whole lot faster. I thought that you would like to have them." Koga told Kagome.

"What are you doing here, you filthy mutt?" Koga asked Inuyasha as he walked over to him.

"Why do you need to know?" Inuyasha asked him, sounding annoyed.

"Because, I have been looking for Naraku's castle for quite some time, and all of a sudden, I smell him like he's was right next to me. Can you explain you mutt?" Koga asked him, getting a smirk on his face when he called Inuyasha a mutt, yet again.

"None of your business. Naraku is mine and he belongs to no one else. You hear that?" Inuyasha told him.

"Here's an idea. Whoever defeat's Naraku first, gets to have Kagome as their bride. That sound fair enough?" Koga told Inuyasha. Inuyasha got a smirk on his face.

"You can't have her." Inuyasha said smugly.

"And why is that?" Koga asked him, getting very angry.

"Because we're engaged." Kagome said, so that Inuyasha wouldn't have to answer.

"WHAT? You have got to be kidding me Kagome! I thought that you wanted to be my bride, not this mangy mutts." Koga said, sounding a bit hurt.

"I'm sorry Koga, but you should have asked he first." Kagome said.

"We need to get going Inuyasha, or Naraku will know that we are here."

"It's to late for that." A new voice said. They all turned around and saw Kagura.

"You want to fight?" Inuyasha asked as he pulled out the Tetsusaiga.

"Well, Naraku told me to come and beat you till your guts spilled out, so I'd take that as a yes." Kagura said coolly.

"Let's get on with it then!" Inuyasha yelled as he lunged at Kagura with the Tetsusaiga. Kagura dodged the sword and got out her fan.

"Dance of the Dragon!" Kagura yelled as she waved her fan at Inuyasha. A burst of wind came at Inuyasha. He dodged it, but only by tumbling to the ground. He got up as soon as he could.

When he was fully standing, he didn't realize that more wind was coming at him.

"SIT!" Kagome yelled at him. Inuyasha fell down on the ground, face first.

"Oh, Inuyasha! You're so pathetic! You require the protection of a mortal?" Kagura said as she laughed. When she was laughing, she didn't notice that Inuyasha was back on his feet.

"Wind Scar!" Inuyasha yelled as he swiped his sword at her. She stopped laughing and moved out of the way just in time. Inuyasha was about to swipe at her again, but Koga got in his way.

"What are you doing? Move so that I kill her!" Inuyasha yelled at him.

"No. Let me kill her. She murdered my kinsmen, so I think that I have the right." Koga said to Inuyasha, not moving a muscle.

"All right." Inuyasha said as he put down his Tetsusaiga. He walked over to Kagome.

"I'll bet that he's out of the battle in less than five minutes!" Inuyasha told Kagome telepathically. Kagome sighed.

"You're always so competitive!" Kagome thought to him.

They then turned their eyes to the fight. Kagura was using her fan to keep Koga busy while she advanced on him. When she reached him, she hit him with her fan. She then picked him up with her wind. Kagome and Inuyasha watched as Koga fell to the ground. He didn't move afterwards.

"See? Told ya so." Inuyasha told Kagome in their minds.

"Inuyasha." Miroku and Sango said together.

"What is it you two?" Kagome asked them.

"Leave this battle to us. We know how to beat her. Trust us. If we fail, you two will have to step. Got it?" Sango asked Inuyasha and Kagome.

"I don't want you two to do that, but go ahead." Kagome said. They all snapped back to reality and Sango and Miroku looked at Kagome and Inuyasha. Sango and Miroku gave them the thumbs up, and Miroku started to walk towards Kagura.

"You want to fight next?" Kagura asked him.

"Yes. I think that I will." Miroku said as he put up his right hand.

"WIND TUNNEL!" Miroku yelled as he pulled the rosary off. There weren't any Saimyosho in the area, so he was safe from that. Kimi, Shippo, Inuyasha, and Kagome watched Sango as she and Kirara made their way behind Kagura. She didn't seem to notice because she was occupied with Miroku's wind tunnel. Sango got onto Kirara's back and they went into the air.

They rode up behind Kagura and Sango yelled, "Now Miroku!" Miroku put the rosary on his hand and the wind stopped. Kirara rode in front of Kagura and Sango grabbed her fan.

"You little…" Kagura said, but she stopped mid sentence. She looked down at her stomach. There was a sword in her gut.

"Die!" Sango said as she pushed the sword farther into Kagura. Kagura gasped for air, but she didn't receive any.

"You finally defeated me…" Kagura said as she fell to the ground. Sango pulled the sword out of Kagura's corpse.

"She's dead." Sango said in relief. (A/N Sorry Kagura lovers! I didn't see any use with her in my story. I hope that you aren't to mad at me!)

"Now, time for the clean up." Miroku said as he lifted up his hand and reached for the rosary.

"Wait Miroku!" Kagome yelled as she ran towards him.

"What is it Kagome?" Miroku asked her as he put his hand down.

"Let's give Kagura a proper burial because she didn't do those evil things on her own will. Naraku made her do those things. Let's give her a burial, please!" Kagome pleaded with him.

"All right. We will have to wait to do it though." Miroku said as he agreed with her.

They all heard footsteps coming from behind them. They turned around to see Kanna walking towards Kagura. When she reached her, she stopped.

"Kagura is dead. You killed her, didn't you?" Kanna asked in her soft, yet evil voice.

"You want to die as well?" Kimi yelled at her. Kimi grabbed a sword that Sango had given her back at Kaede's village and threw it at her. Kanna just picked up her mirror and sucked in the sword.

"How did she do that?" Kimi asked in disbelief.

"It's no use. She can suck anything into her mirror." Sango told Kimi.

"Oh." Kimi said.

"I'll try an arrow." Kagome said as she reached for an arrow. She drew the string back on the bow, and shot. Kanna picked up her mirror and sucked in the arrow. Then, she turned to Kimi and shot the arrow at her.

Kimi barley had time to dodge. Shippo, who was on Kimi's shoulder, fell to the ground and started tumbling.

Then, Kanna turned to Sango and Miroku and let the sword that Kimi had thrown fly towards them. Kirara ran by, grabbed both of them, and started to fly out of the range of the sword. Kirara then brought them safely to the ground.

Kimi ran towards Kanna, who failed to notice her. When Kimi reached Kanna, she grabbed her and threw her over to the side. Kanna, who didn't seem to be hurt at all, stood up.

She turned to Kimi and said, "You have caused me pain. Now you will die!"

Kanna's eye's turned red, she started to float about six inches off of the ground, and her hair started to stand up. She said a chant and looked at Kimi. Kanna opened her eyes fully. When she did, Kimi went flying into a rock.

"KIMI!" Inuyasha yelled as he ran over to her.

"Kimi! Are you all right? Wake up!" Inuyasha said as he tried to wake her up. Kagome ran over to him.

"Kanna, that little bast…" Inuyasha began to say as he stood up.

"Inuyasha! I have an idea." Kagome interrupted him.

"What?" Inuyasha asked her.

"I'll shoot another arrow, and I know that she'll just suck it into her mirror. When she turns to shoot it at us, you use Backlash Wave on the arrow with your Tetsusaiga. It's really simple." Kagome told him.

"Sure. Sounds good to me. You ready?" Inuyasha asked her as he put his sword in front of him.

"Ready." Kagome said as she got another arrow and pulled it back on the bowstring.

"Now!" Kagome yelled as she released her arrow. It flew at Kanna. Just like Kagome had said, Kanna sucked in the arrow.

"You ready Inuyasha?" Kagome asked him as Kanna turned towards them.

"Yeah. Bring it on!" Inuyasha said as the arrow came towards them.

"Backlash Wave!" Inuyasha yelled as he swung his sword at Kanna and the arrow. The arrow and the swipe from the Tetsusaiga met. At first, it looked like the arrow was going to beat the backlash wave. Then, the swipe from the sword gave a giant push and hit the arrow and Kanna. Everybody shielded their eyes as the wave hit Kanna. When they looked, Kanna was lying on the ground, her eyes were closed, and her mirror was broken.

"She's dead." Shippo said as she went over to Kanna and poked her.

"Yup, definitely dead."

"Good." Inuyasha said as he walked over to his little sister.

"I guess that I'll have to carry her. Kagome, could you ride on Kirara? Or would Sango be willing to carry Kimi with them?" Inuyasha asked Kagome as he picked up Kimi.

"Sure, we'll carry her with us." Sango said as she got onto Kirara. They put Kimi on Kirara's back. Kagome looked at Kanna and Kagura.

"We'll leave them here for now. We'll have to bury them later." Miroku said as he followed her gaze. He climbed on Kirara.

"Let's get going, before any more demons have the chance to come and attack us. We need to get to Naraku before he can escape." Sango said.

"WAIT!" A new voice said behind them. They turned around to see Ayame running towards them.

"Where is Koga?" Ayame asked them.

"Ummm…" Sango said, looking over in the direction where they had left Koga. They had completely forgotten about him.

"Over there." Kagome said. Ayame walked over to Koga. He was waking up.

When he saw that Ayame was there, he said, "Uh, oh."

Ayame just looked at him. The more she looked at him, her gaze turned into a glare.

"Koga! You were supposed to be at our wedding, you mangy wolf! I had to call off the wedding because you didn't show up! I'm starting to think that you don't love me!" She told him.

Koga tried to speak, but before he got the chance, Ayame kicked him in the gut, stunning him. She looked at the gang.

"Thanks for keeping him here for the time being. He will be in SERIOUS trouble when we get back home. Bye!" Ayame said as she took off.

"Well, that was strange." Inuyasha said. Kagome started to giggle.

"What's so funny?" Inuyasha asked her.

"Koga was supposed to be at their wedding, but instead, he was flirting with me! Ayame is going to kill him, dig him up, and then kill him again!" Kagome said as she burst out laughing.

"You're so weird." Inuyasha said as he took off towards the castle.

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The gang was about three-fourths the way to the castle, when a white blur ran past them. It stopped in front of them. When they stopped, they realized that it was Sesshomaru. "What are you doing here?" Inuyasha snarled at his older brother.

"I'm here to kill Naraku. And you?" Sesshomaru asked him, as if they were brothers, not rivals.

"I was here first, so bug off. Leave us alone and go home. Naraku is ours, and no one else can have him. Got that?" Inuyasha retorted.

"Why don't we work together for once?" Sesshomaru said, to everyone's surprise.

"Why should we?" Inuyasha asked him.

"Inuyasha! Accept! Be nice for once!" Kagome whispered in his ear.

"Fine, you can come with us." Inuyasha said.

"Shall we go?" Sesshomaru asked.

"Yes, lets." Inuyasha said as he started to run towards the castle. The two brothers took off running.

"Last one there's a rotten egg!" Sesshomaru called out to Inuyasha. Everyone was shocked.

"He's acting like a little kid again! I knew that he was nice!" Kagome thought as Inuyasha ran faster.

When they arrived at the castle, Inuyasha said, "I can smell Naraku everywhere! I don't know where he is!" Sesshomaru sniffed the air.

"He's this way." Sesshomaru said as he walked down one of the hallways. They all decided to follow him. They finally went into a large room that looked large enough to be a battle arena. Sesshomaru stopped.

"Why'd you stop?" Inuyasha asked him.

"Because he's right there."

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Inuyasha was running, dodging attacks left and right. He was the only one left fighting. Sango had been the first one to fall. She had just charged at Naraku with her sword out in front of her. Naraku had easily blocked the sword. He picked her up and threw her into the wall. She passed out when she hit the wall.

Miroku was next. He had run up to Naraku and opened his wind tunnel, which was a grave mistake. When he opened it, Saimyosho came flying out at him. He had sucked in so many before he could get his rosary back on that he couldn't count. He had fallen to the floor. He didn't move afterwards. Kagome had run over to him and given him an antidote, so he should be fine.

Shippo was after Miroku. Shippo was so small and fragile. Naraku only had to pick him up and throw him to the ground. Kirara had been poisoned by the miasma that Naraku had sent into her mouth and nose.

Sesshomaru had been knocked out at the same time as Kagome. Naraku had taken Tokijin from Sesshomaru, so he had no sword. Naraku was about to hit Sesshomaru and throw him into a wall, but Kagome dove in the way of Naraku's extended hand. He had grabbed both of them and threw them into the wall. When they hit the floor, it looked like Sesshomaru had taken the hardest blow, but if Kagome hadn't dove in the way, his injuries would have been a lot more serious.

Inuyasha was about to get hit by one of Naraku's arms, when he heard Kagome yell, "SIT!" He fell face first into the ground. He was grateful that Kagome had "sit" him that time. The only problem was, he was about to regret Kagome "sitting" him and letting Naraku know that she was awake.

Naraku looked over in her direction.

"Wench!" Naraku yelled as one of his hands went toward her. As it got closer to her, it sharpened to a fine point. Inuyasha watched in horror as Naraku's hand went through Kagome's stomach.

Naraku smirked, then pulled it out of her. Kagome gasped and fell to the floor, blood spilling everywhere.

"KAGOME!" Inuyasha yelled as he ran over to her. He put Kagome into his arms.

"Kagome? Are you all right?" He asked her, though he already knew the answer.

"No, I'm not, and you know it." Kagome told him in a weak voice.

Inuyasha could feel her growing cold and her skin was getting pale. Her breathing was getting slower and slower.

"Kagome, you're going to live! I know that you will!" Inuyasha told her as tears came to his eyes.

"No, I won't. I just want you to know that…I love you and I will always love you. This is where I wanted to die, right your arms." Kagome said as she went limp in his arms, her head fell back, and she closed her eyes.

"Wake up! Wake up Kagome! WAKE UP!" He yelled, though he knew that it wouldn't work. Tears were now streaming down his face and staining his kimono. She was dead.

He gently set Kagome's body on the floor and stood up. He looked at Naraku.

"Man, if looks could kill…" Naraku thought.

"You killed Kagome, now I will kill you." Inuyasha said in an evil voice.

Inuyasha put the Tetsusaiga out in front of him. When he was about to do his Wind Scar, he stopped. A white ball was floating in front of him.

He heard a voice say in his ear, "Use my power well, my love." He knew in an instant that it was Kagome. He watched the white ball float into his Tetsusaiga. He felt its power grow tremendously.

"Now, it's your turn to see what death looks like." Inuyasha told Naraku as he put his sword at the ready again. He swung the Tetsusaiga. When he did, the sword had a hint of red into it. It looked kind of like the wind scar, but more so. He watched as it spread, so that Naraku couldn't escape.

When it looked like it had stopped, the Tetsusaiga lifted out of Inuyasha's hand. A large bow appeared in the air. He looked at his sword. It looked like whatever was picking up the sword was about to use it like an arrow.

When his eyes fell on the bowstring, he gasped. It was Kagome that was pulling it back. Kagome was transparent, but he saw that she really wasn't alive, it was just her spirit. When she let go of the sword, it had miko powers put into it. It flew like an arrow right into Naraku's heart. Naraku looked at it, then looked at Inuyasha.

"How did you…?" He said as he fell to the ground. Inuyasha looked over at the spirit of Kagome. She looked at him and smiled.

"I didn't kill him. You did." She said. Inuyasha walked over to her. He tried to hold her hand, but his hand just went right through her.

"Inuyasha, you can't touch me. I wish that I could so that I could feel your warmth one more time, but I can't. I have to go now." Kagome said as she started to disappear.

"No, Kagome! Don't go! I love you!" Inuyasha yelled at her.

"I know. I love you too Inuyasha." Kagome said as her spirit completely disappeared. Before she had disappeared, he had noticed at tear rolling down Kagome's cheek. He heard a gasp behind him. Sango had woken up, and was looking at Kagome's body.

"Inuyasha, she can't be…" Sango said as she started to cry.

"I'm afraid so." Inuyasha said as tears came to his eyes as well.

He walked over to Sango and sat down next to her. He put his arm around her and they both cried together. After a minute had passed, they heard a groan. They turned around to see Miroku open his eyes. He looked past Inuyasha and Sango, past Kagome (he didn't notice that she was dead), and saw Naraku. He removed the rosary from his hand and looked at his right palm. His wind tunnel had disappeared. He sighed with relief.

"Where is Kagome? I want to thank her for the antidote." Miroku asked them.

"It's no use to thank her now." Inuyasha said.

"Why?" Miroku asked.

"Because she's dead." Sango said, tears coming to her eyes.

"You're joking, right? She can't be dead!" Miroku said as he stood up. He looked at Kagome's body.

"You weren't." Miroku said as he took a step towards her. Tears came to his eyes as he ran a hand through his hair.

Shippo, Kirara, and Kimi had woken up and were looking at Kagome. Kirara mewed sadly. Kimi started to cry, even though she didn't know Kagome that well. Shippo broke down crying, worse than he had on the night of the fire.

"I loved Kagome!" They heard him say every once in a while.

After about ten minutes, Sesshomaru finally woke up. Inuyasha stood up and walked over to him.

"Get up." Inuyasha said. He held put a hand for Sesshomaru to use. He accepted it and was pulled up.

"So, Kagome is dead." Sesshomaru said, as he saw Kagome. He didn't shed one tear.

"Give me Tensusaiga." Inuyasha demanded.

"What?" Sesshomaru asked his younger brother confused.

"Give me Tensusaiga. NOW." Inuyasha said as he held out his hand. Sesshomaru was still confused, but he gave Inuyasha the sword.

He walked over to Kagome and said, "Sango, Miroku, you need to move." Sango and Miroku scrambled out of the way.

"I hope that this works." Inuyasha thought as he lifted Tensusaiga. He swung it at Kagome. He watched Kagome's body after he had put the sword down. In less than ten seconds, Kagome's hand twitched. Inuyasha bent down over her.

"Welcome back to the world of the living." Inuyasha said. Once she had opened her eyes, she just looked at him.

"What?" She asked him as she sat up.

"I thought that I was dead." Kagome said.

"You were. I brought you back to life with Tensusaiga. Do you remember defeating Naraku?" Inuyasha asked her.

"Kinda. Did I really shoot the Tetsusaiga like an arrow?" Kagome asked him.

"Yup." Inuyasha answered her as he helped her to her feet. Sesshomaru didn't see a reason to stay, so he just left without saying a word. Kagome started to walk over to Naraku's body.

"What are you doing Kagome?" She turned to look at Inuyasha.

"Well, duh! I'm getting his jewel shards!" She said as she turned back around. She bent over his corpse and reached in his overshirt. When she pulled out her hand, there was almost a complete jewel.

"Wow, I didn't know that he had so many jewel shards!" Inuyasha said.

"Let's complete the jewel!" Shippo said as he leapt onto Kagome's shoulder.

"I'll try it." Kagome said as she grabbed her fragment of the jewel out of her pocket. She put both pieces together, put her hands together, and closed her eyes. After about a minute, Kagome blushed. She looked at Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha? Could I have my miko powers back?" Kagome asked him, as she gestured for him to hand her his sword. He did so and as the sword and Kagome's hand touched, a ball of white light floated to Kagome and into her chest. She did the same thing that she had done before with the jewel, and when she had opened her eyes, she looked successful.

She opened her hands to show the Shikon No Tama. She examined it closely.

"Oh, no." She said.

"What is it, Kagome?" Sango asked her.

"There's still a fragment missing." Kagome said with a sigh.

"Kohaku." Sango whispered.

"What did you say Sango?" Miroku asked her.

"Kohaku still has a shard in his left shoulder. We need to find him and get it from him." She said.

"I wonder where he is." Shippo said.

"Well, lets get going back to Kaede's village. She'll be worrying about us." Inuyasha said.

"Yes, lets." Miroku said standing up.

"Our long battle is finally over." Kagome said as she stood up and followed the others.

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Well, that was chapter 9. I hope that you liked it. It took me a while to figure out how they were going to beat Naraku, but I figured it out in time. Well, I need to go study for a test, do my chores, and go and take a bath. I hope that you don't forget to review!

Join me next time for:

Chapter 10: The Unexpected Guest and The Soon To Be Daughter