Chapter 14-How the Mighty have Fallen

Inuyasha and Sesshomorru matched each other move for move as each wielded a different blade against the other. However, Inuyasha was fighting with one hand while his other hand held Kagura's head by her hair. "You...won't...win...little brother," said Sesshomorru as the two became deadlocked with each others swords as the other pushed for the advantage.

"Tell me...brother have you reached your limit yet? Because I haven't! In fact I haven't even used half my strength!" said Inuyasha as he pushed a surprised Sesshomorru back with ease.

"No! You can't...have that much...power!" said Sesshomorru as he found himself being pushed back even further.

"I can...and I do! You on the other hand have become weak feeding off your title has the Lord of the Western Land and the fact you are a full blooded demon. I bet you never imagined the one being you thought would dethrone you was your little half-demon brother!" said Inuyasha who finally overpowered Sesshomorru causing the older of two brothers to have his arms in the air and cause him loose his grip on the sword making it fly in back of the Lord of the Western Lands.

"There is more to me then a sword Inuyasha..." said Sesshomorru, but was cut of by a kick to his stomach by Inuyasha.

"Shut up! I have heard of enough of your voice to last over three life times and more. Now I intend to do what you could not to me when we first met after Kagome freed me from that tree so long ago. And that dear brother is to end your life...just as you tried to end mine!" said Inuyasha as he raised Tetsuigia over his head to deliver the final blow.

"NO!" said Kikyo who fired a sacred arrow at Inuyasha who slashed diagonally and destroyed the holy arrow with ease.

"Your sacred arrows have NO EFFECT ON ME...KIKYO!" said Inuyasha who look at Kikyo and then back at Sesshomorru who grabbed Inuyasha by the throat with his temporary dragon arm.

"Now who is careless little brother. You should never stop when your about to go in for the final kill, but a stupid half-demon like you would never understand such things," said Sesshomorru as he squeezed Inuyashas throat tighter with every second.

"Fool...your arrogance...blinds you...so...so much...that you...can't even...see...see through...your...your own...stu...stupidity," said Inuyasha who showed an evil smile as he took Tetsuigia in hand and sliced off Sesshomorru's temporary arm and did a spin kick to Sesshomorru's face as well sending him flying across the grass before putting Tetsuigia away.

"So much for the Lord of the Western Lands. Let's see how Inuyasha handles an angry wolf rather then a tame dog," said Koga who leaped into the air towards Inuyasha as he came at the half-demon with his fist.

"One fool after the next. Do any of you have any brains left? If you couldn't defeat me with jewel shards in your legs what makes you think you can do it now?" said Inuyasha who grabbed Kogas fist spun him around in a circle once before slamming the wolf into the ground with his own power.

"MY TURN!" yelled Sango as she swung her boomerang from a top Kilala who was already in the air only for Inuyasha to catch it again as he did in their last encounter.

"Twice on our last encounter I caught your little toy and gave it back to you in hopes you would try something new. Now I see that you like Koga and Sesshomorru can only do the same old stuff without doing anything new from what you have at your disposal. Well now your going to get this back," said Inuyasha who put one end of the boomerang on the ground and then broke it by applying increased pressure on the opposite end downward to the one in the ground causing it to snap in two like a toothpick.

"My boomerang you...you broke it!" said Sango in disbelief as Inuyasha now held the top half in his hands.

"Yes, but don't worry Sango. You see I'm going to give THIS to you as a sign I'm sorry," said Inuyasha a smiling who threw the top half back to Sango with such force it nearly sent her off balance and off Kilala.

Kilala herself was force to land and get Sango off her so she could fight herself. When Sango got off Kilala almost immediately attack Inuyasha who picked up the remaining half of the boomerang and hit her with it in one powerful swing sending her flying back hitting Miroku and Shippo who got knocked out in one shot. "Kilala! Miroku! Shippo!" said Sango as her demon friend and other comrades as Kilala turned back to her small cat like form and the other two lay unconscious next to her.

"How touching! But pointless none the less. None of you know how I feel deep inside my heart. None of you could ever comprehend the power that is inside I will soon unleash all of from my body that you all fear. But you won't have to fear it for too long mind you. No, you are all going to die before that ever happens. Pity really. I was almost hoping for your reaction on what I would have become if you allowed it to happen. Would you fear me? Would you respect me? Would you have killed me? Oh wait! I already know the answer to THAT one!" said Inuyasha who threw away the broken boomerang wing as he walked over to Tokijin and picked it up and wielded it with his now free hand.

Now it was down to Kikyo and Inuyasha. No distractions. No interruptions. Just a one on one fight to see who was stronger. Even though it had never come down to it before both of them knew it was something that they had always wanted to do. "So...Lord Inuyasha. We stand here face to face at last like the good old days, except now your heart is filled with darkness while mine has stayed pure," said Kikyo who readied and arrow in her bow.

"Don't be so full of yourself great priestess. If I recall it was YOU who gave Naraku piece of the sacred jewel that Kagome had that allowed Naraku to create incarnations in the first place. It was YOU who pinned me to a tree and wanted me dead. Well...now you get your shot at me. Just make sure you don't miss because if you do...I won't!" said Inuyasha who put down Kagura's head and took out Tetsuigia again.

(Narakus castle)

"The battle has started. Now we will see the true extent of Kikyo's power," said Naraku as he watched from Kanna's mirror.

"Should our two guests see this as well?" said Kanna in her sweet voice.

"Yes! Why not," said Naraku as he redirected the events being shown in Kanna's mirror to Kagome's and Rin's room that had to hollow glass balls in each room.

(Moments earlier)

Kagome herself at the time was finally awake and trying to open the door, but found it was no use. She tried putting her hand through the rice paper, but it wouldn't work as the rice expanded like putty and wouldn't break. "You can't get free," said a voice from behind a wall to her right.

"Whose their? Kagome said curiously as she walked to the rice papered wall where the voice originated from.

"It's me! Rin!" said the little girl.

"Rin! Are you all right?" said a surprised Kagome.

"Yes, but I'm afraid of this place," said Rin in a terrified voice.

"Don't worry Rin we'll get out of here eventually when Sesshomorru and the others come for us," said Kagome trying to bring hope to Rin.

"Really?" said Rin who felt some hope return to her heart.

"NO!" said a voice that was neither Kagomes nor Rin's. The glass ball in each room glowed white for a moment as Kanna's mirror always did.

"What the...?" said Kagome as she had to shield her eyes from the bright light as did Rin in her room.

"Sorry if I broke up your little talk between you two, but I have something to show you both," said Naraku as the balls from each room went from glowing white to showing an event far from the castle taking place at that very moment while they were stuck in their prisons.

It was Inuyasha and Kikyo fighting each other in a one on one fight...and Inuyasha was winning.