Chapter 10
- The Revival -

Cosmos' Light will revive fallen allies
The Outsiders of another world
And the Seekers who will serve when the time comes
- The Prophecy of Ages

Shippo stared in disbelief as he supported Kagome's head and looked at Kirara. It was amazing; the words spilling from her lips were

unrecognizable to him, yet somehow...she looked like she was overflowing with power and nearly glowing from their strange power.

"What...what are you doing!" Naraku demanded. "Stop your babbling and answer me!"

"I'm afraid she can't hear you," a voice from the fog said. "She's rather preoccupied at the moment,"

A foot stepped out of the fog, then a leg, then the owner of the leg. Sesshoumaru gasped.

"Father?"

Inuyasha tried to sit up and see.

"That...that's father?" he said, trying to get a look at the man he never knew. Sesshoumaru nodded weakly.

"I'd know him...anywhere..." he said.

"And I'd know you anywhere," Inutaisho replied with a slight smile. "My beautiful heirs...hold on, okay?"

"Mama's here too," said a female voice. "We're here to protect you,"

Inuyasha's mother appeared next to him, dressed in a traditional hakama and kimono, a brilliant spear in her hands, shining like the plated

headband tied on her forehead.

"Mom!" Inuyasha said. "But...but..."

"Just hold on and stay still," she said sternly. "You'll be healed faster that way,"

She looked behind her and nodded, when a giant, creamy-white wolf stepped out of the mist. Inuyasha's mother scratched the wolf under

her chin, and the wolf closed her eyes contentedly.

"No way..." Sesshoumaru said, his voice barely a whisper. "Mo...mother?"

'Mother?' thought the Inu-gumi. 'That wolf...that's Sesshoumaru's mother?'

"My son..." the wolf said, her human-like voice sounding with her growls. "You've grown so handsome..."

"What...what the hell is going on!" Shishio demanded. "Who are you and what is she babbling?"

"A summoning spell," said a husky voice. "And the mist has wonderful healing properties,"

The owner of the voice, a plain, yet beautiful woman, came out of the mist.

"Don't you agree, Ken-san?" she concluded, smiling at her former fiance.

"To...tomoe?" Kenshin gasped, and stood up to find that his wounds had healed and his strength was returning.

"Who's that?" Sanosuke said.

"Now is not the time," Tomoe said. "You're in danger,"

"Suddenly, a strange, translucent green barrier appeared around the victims of the attack.

"What the hell is this?" Naraku said. "Yura! Tsubaki! Break through it right away!"

The two pawns obeyed, but were slammed away as if the greenish wall were made of steel.

"What the hell...?" Yura said, getting to her feet and lifting herself up with some of her hairs.

"A shield," said a husky voice eminating from the barrier. "courtesy of Jupiter, the Soldier of Protection,"

A beautiful woman in a green gown appeared in front of them, a severe look on her face.

"You will not touch them," she concluded.

Naraku snarled at her, but she stood strong, and still Kirara chanted.

"A magnificent army you have," said another voice, coming from the barrier. "Amassed from grudges caused over the centuries by a few,

powerful souls,"

"And who might this be?" Naraku said icily.

A shining silver woman appeared with a rainbow of other women like the green Soldier of Protection.

"I am Serenity," she said. "Soldier of Sanctity and Light,"

Yumi scoffed.

"Sanctity and light, you say?" she said. "Hmph! Honey, nothing's sacred anymore,"

"That may be so," Serenity said (the very picture of her name; serene). "But there is enough of it to amass an army of those touched and

changed by the same powerful souls that caused you pain,"

The mist cleared away like a giant had blown on it, and Naraku and Shishio gasped in dismay and horror.

A sizable army, indeed.

Countless villagers were only the backup, glaring fiercely at Naraku as they waved their sticks, scythes and spears. But up front was the

heavy artillary.

The victims of the attack, safe behind the barrier, were amazed that their wounds were healing before their eyes, but also that they

recognized the figures in the mist that were preparing to fight for them.

Kohaku, Sango's father, and his clan of demon slayers readied their weapons alongside two monks that looked so similar, they might

have been brothers to Miroku (but were in fact his father and grandfather).

A girl clad in white and purple with a furry cape rode in on a wolf and stood next to Sesshoumaru's mother, while a man in blue did the

same on the other side, but with a strange, elk-like creature by his side.

The four slain Oniwabanshu readied for battle, and Hyottoko managed a wink as he slammed his fists into the ground and Beshimi

mounted his back.

Then, Sanosuke cried out.

"Captain...captain Sagara!" he said, recognizing a handsome young figure standing in front of an army.

"All right, men! Rifles ready!" he said, and his men obeyed without question. "Eboshi, it is an honor to work with you,"

"The pleasure is mine," said a cool female voice as a fierce-looking woman appeared beside him. "I always prefer to fight the good fight.

Right, boys! Prepare to shoot at any given time!"

"Yes sir!" they replied. Sanosuke was almost crying because he recognized almost every soldier there.

"Yo, mutt-face!"

Inuyasha was suprised to hear a strangely familiar voice calling to him.

"You sure have gotten wimpy over the years, eh?"

"Koga!" Kagome said. "It's Koga!"

"No way!" Inuyasha said.

"I'm here to help!" he smirked. "Good to see you again, mutt-face,"

"I'd never think I'd be glad to hear someone call me that," Inuyasha laughed.

"What the hell is going on?" Naraku said again. "I want some answers!"

"And you won't get any," said a bubbly-sweet voice, and a familiar figure all the Inu-gumi recognized. "You were supposed to stay in

Time-Out; you need a punishment,"

"The pink girl!" they all said at the same time. She giggled a little, then glared at the spectral enemies.

"I'm so mad at you right now..." she spat. "You didn't listen to me,"

Naraku laughed cruelly.

"What can I say?" he said. "I wanted out, I found a way, I made some friends,"

He laughed again, but everyone glared at him (excepting his allies).

"You have a nice little army," Shishio said with a smirk. "But do you seriously think that mere villagers could seriously harm us at all?"

"I'm not the one doing this," Serenity said calmly. "Why would you be asking me?"

Shishio sneered in a bit of embarrassment.

"As a matter of fact," said the only man of the spectrum (who was dusk-colored). "the army has not been amassed yet,"

"What did you say?" said almost everyone.

"The summoning is not complete," said Kirara, her voice strange and ethereal as she broke out of her chanting. "Those from the Outside

are coming,"

Her feet began to rise from the barren ground, and she began another chant, her eyes glowing. Everyone watched in rapt silence, and

nobody seemed to notice as large quantities of a blueish mist began to flow from among the already summoned warriors.

Then, she stopped and slowly floated to the ground.

"It is done,"

Darting back to the front line of attack, the spectral women (and man) joined Kirara and glared in the face of their enemies.

The mist blew away again, and revealed a magnificent sight.

Dazzling figures stood there with determined looks on their faces.

5 strong wolves stood in front of Sesshoumaru's mother, a pink glowing figure standing next to the leader of the pack, a white wolf with

piercing yellow eyes.

A cluster of men and women in military-like blue uniforms stood to one side, led by a small figure with blonde hair and a red coat.

A man in a dark blue suit hoisted a giant cross-shaped thing onto his shoulder and readied it like a gun.

Two young boys only around Kagome's age produced two key-like weapons and slashed them around like expert swordsmen, preparing

to strike.

A man with green hair cocked his gun and motioned to a woman behind him in yellow, who did the same.

And behind them all, a small army of ninjas, their hands poised to perform jutsus at a second's notice; some of them wielding swords,

some with shuriken or needles, and some unarmed.

The ones they were trying to help were impressed, and the ones they were trying to hurt were horrified.

The last one to appear was a beautiful young woman with raven hair and an orange and yellow kimono, a fierce look on her face as she

mounted Sesshoumaru's mother.

"Rin?" Sesshoumaru said quietly. The woman looked at Sesshoumaru and smiled.

"Don't worry, master. I'm gonna protect you,"

She looked at her enemy and took a deep breath.

"CHARGE!" she cried, and the carnage began.

Ninjas went flying everywhere, flame licked the sides of the barrier, dark energy spilling like blood. It was a massacre unlike anything any

of them had ever seen.

"ENOUGH!" Naraku screamed. "THIS IS THE END!"

With an insane shriek, he sent a wave of miasma everywhere, and for a while, there was silence. Inuyasha was finally dead; that miasma

had pierced the stupid barrier and was guaranteed to kill instantly (he knew from practice). He thought he had won.

But he was wrong.

The silence was caused by a new being in the barren world, dressed in black and bearing a large, spear-like thing. But he didn't see, and

kept on laughing.

"Fool," she said, and he stopped, looking into the face of death.

"Death Ribbon Revolution!" she screamed, holding her scythe high in the air, and looking around in sadness at the state of the world.

Ribbons of energy wrapped around her body as the world began to end. She almost cried as she did her job; she did not want to be

summoned, but her Queen knew best. And it was pointless to try and fight more; the people they were trying to protect had fallen, and

she was the last resort.

Closing her eyes, she let her glaive drop with a graceful swoop.

At last, there was silence. Beautiful silence.

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- Rebirth