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Reflections of the Past : Final Battle( part 1) chapter 27

Kagome and the others stood together in a circle, weapons drawn and held ready. They were surrounded on all sides by various demons, some on foot and some airborn...all intent on killing. There were demons of all shapes and sizes, all waiting for their master Naraku to give them the final order to destroy the small group they had surrounded.

Naraku stood at the opening of the clearing, his blood red eyes narrowed in anticipation as he took in the pathetic sight before him. He had waited years for this moment, destroyed thousands to gain the power he still continued to seek. But there before him stood the wench who would bring all his efforts to a close...she alone would grant him ultimate power, ultimate control of the jewel and it's master...but the thought that she had been under his nose for the last three years still only served to infuriate him further, sending his urge to kill ever higher..and he would enjoy every moment, relish every drop of blood that would be spilled, and put to memory every shrill scream of pain, every word uttered for mercy that he had no intention of granting..He would slaughter each one of them, reek upon them endless amounts of pain before allowing them death.. but they would beg for it, beg for their own deaths to ease their suffering...

He had destroyed so many in his quest for this woman, and the jewel...and though he still held a nearly complete jewel, his greed demanded ultimate power, complete dominance of the worthless lifeforms that somehow manged to exist through famen and war, and rogue demons who simply killed them for the thrill , like they were meaningless animals who existed for the their horrific pleasure...and they were. They were worthless...pathetic creatures who deserved no mercy, should not even walk among the demons who were in every way their superiors...their only use would be to serve him, to provide him the thrill of a good hunt, a meaningless kill if only to satiate his boredom.They would bend unquestioning beneath the power he would wield. And by hell he meant to have it all, power, glory, hordes of simple humans and demons to use for his own purposes..and he would have Kagome, willing and defeated..Noone would stand in his way..not the pathetic pack who even now, against all odds strived to protect her, not any priestess or monk who thought to come to her aid, and certainly not a mere half demon...Noone...

He had destroyed even his own incarnations once they had outlived their usefulness without thought or remorse..these pathetic excuses of wasted life would be no different..

This ragtag group of worthless demons and humans had stood in his way for long enough and today he fully meant to put an end to it. Today he would kill them, all save for Kagome and unfortunately Inuyasha, but he would break her, defeat her will to defy him, bend her to his every desire..

The boar demons had sent him an intriquing message before they had undoubtadly been disposed of...A message that shocked him, but yet could ultimately benefit him...The miko had mated Inuyasha, and carried within her his bastard child...a possible heir to the power she controled, and if she would not bend to his will then he would simply kill her as well as Inuyasha and raise the child as his own,manipulate the childs emotions for his own benefit..Things just seemed to be getting better and better...

He stood to gain so much from this battle... the ultimate power of the Shikon Jewel and it's master, he could claim the Western Lands from a dead Sesshomaru, as he had no heir to pass it to..and the deaths of the insignificant monk and demon slayer...

The monk would die eventually from the curse that he had placed upon his family, the windtunnel.. it would continue to grow until it eventually consumed him, just as it did his father and grandfather before him..but he didn't intend on letting the monk live long enough to see such a fate...and then there was the demon slayer, a human woman who should have perished all those years ago when he had destroyed her village..her family, had even possessed her kid brother to turn on her, and yet she had lived...something which he fully intended to rectify soon enough...the kit and the demon slayers' two tailed cat would be easy enough to slaughter, and the female demon who so resembled Kagome could prove to be useful as well, whether it be dead or alive...

Naraku smiled..an evil, menacing smile as he found his voice...it's deep tones rumbling from deep within his cold chest..." Destroy them, make them beg for mercy, but do not kill the miko or the half demon...they are mine...the rest.. are yours...Now go...KILL THEM ALL!" he bellowed as he watched his demons surge forth to converge on the small group...attacking without mercy as they sought to tear them limb from limb...

But it was also then that the baying of wolves could be heard, shrieks of unsuspecting demons echoing in the afternoon, a once collected swarm of demons panicking at the unsuspected attack coming in from behind...from all around them...they had been surrounded..Some of the demons whirled around to confront their unknown assailants,others panicking, not knowing which direction to attack in...resulting in complete chaos...Some remained to fight the small group before them, others turned to defend themselves against the coming attack instantly disregarding Naraku's orders..

Sesshomaru and Rin battled side by side, each taking down numerous demons, but they just kept coming..even with the help of the wolf pack. Sesshomaru used Tojikin, slicing through various demons, his anger steadily rising at the cowardous actions of Naraku..and yet he couldn't...woudn't leave Rin...he'd stay by her side, fight to the death if need be, though he WAS Sesshomaru, these lowly demons would never be able to take him down...but they were sure trying. He battled, sword in one hand and the poisonous claws of his other hand finishing off what his sword had missed, cutting through the hordes of demons, his acidic poison eating away at the skin of those unlucky enough to have come in contact with them...leaving a sizzling trail of dying demons scattered at his feet, their corpses piling up from his relentless attacks...

Rin battled silently next to Sesshomaru, her blade easily removing various limbs from the attacking demons, leaving her drenched in blood and other gore she didn't want to know about. The sky seemed to rain crimson warmth as it sprayed from the demons dying at her and Sesshomaru's blades..and yet they still came at them, undaunted by the deaths of the demons who had attacked before them only moments before..an endless wave of death...their jaws snapping at her, their claws reaching out to grasp what they couldn't kill..

Sango and Miroku rode astride Kilala, her huge form flying through the air on a sea of fire, her fangs tearing through various demons..Miroku and Sango battling the demons who came at them from the sides..Sangos Hirikotsu sailing through the air to slice through the unending tidalwave of demons, returning only to be launched again...her shrill battle cry lost within the army of demons who seemed to appear as quickly as they died...

Miroku sat behind Sango, his prayerbeads hanging loose at his wrist as he tried in vain to help eliminate the hordes of demons that seemed to appear out of nowhere...and just as he thought he'd seen some clearing, he was met with Naraku's poisonous insects, effectively limiting his windtunnel attack...he had sucked them in before, and had suffered from their poison...this was definately not the time to be making hasty desisions when it came to this battle...so instead he used his staff, whirling it around at an incredible speed, making it just as useful as the swords being wielded by their friends on the ground...

Inuyasha stood beside Kagome, sword drawn as he swiped at the demons who had been trying relentlessly to take him down, his sword raised briefly before slicing yet another demon down the middle before raising again.."Windscar!" he growled as it's power cut six jagged trenches through the clearing, taking down a new wave of demons that were headed in their direction...his eyes also taking on a reddinsh haze as his body began it's transformation into his full demon, his urge to protect his mate and child triggering his change..Over and over he used the windscar, and yet the demons kept coming..and from the corner of his eye he could see Naraku standing at the opening to the clearing, his tentacles spread around him as he began to make his way to them...

Kagome stood at Inuyasha's back, her arrows lighting up the darkening sky as she fired repeatedly at the cowardly demons who had been trying to attack from the rear, attempting to take down her friends while they fought the demons attacking within their view...They had been fighting for hours...and still there seemed to be no end in sight...

Kagome heard Rin's muffled cry of pain, and turned slightly to see her grasp the arm that now lay limp in her hand, her blood flowing from the wound in a steady steam to drip steadily from her fingertips...Sesshomaru's eyes tinting red as his demon fought to respond to his injured mate, his sword igniting into a bluish flame of light to form a dome around them before being flung away destroying the newest wave of demons before they could get close to his injured Rin...his face showing the beginning of a full tranformation, elongating to make room for the fangs that extended from his jaws, his fur growing longer as his body finished it's change...his huge form now towering above Rin as he continued protecting her, his huge jaws snapping at the demons who even still kept coming.

Kagome turned her head to search out Sango and Miroku...they were wearing down, the fight had been relentless and they were feeling the strain...Kilala also beginning to look weary as she landed, her body unable to carry the two humans any longer...But what caught her attention was the tentacle that was headed tword Shippo...her little boy, her son..."SHIPPO!" she cried out as she ran tword him, willing her body to move quickly enough to get him out of the way, but out of the corner of her eye she saw a blur of red shoot past her..Inuyasha...she saw him reach out to grab Shippo just before the tentacle shot through him and into the kit...she heard Shippo cry out in pain...heard Inuyasha's muffled pain filled growl...

Shippo had stayed near Kagome's feet, his foxfire helping keep Kagome safe, she was his momma...he'd lost one already, he wasn't about to lose her too, so he fought on, his foxfire steady as if it had formed some kind of shield for her protection...but he was unaware of just how far he was straying from her feet, trying to defeat the demon who just would not die...until he heard her scream his name jerking his attention away from the demon he had been fighting...but all he saw was a blur of red...then felt a sharp pain shooting through his body, heard Inuyasha growl in pain as they fell to the ground...

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Okay guys...Please, Please review..I really need the motivation at this point...I hope the fight scene has been worth reading...I have most of the next chapter written, I just need to enter it into my laptop and proof it...Let me know what you all think.. okay...Thanks for reading...C/ya next chappy..Neisha