Chapter 10-Beginning of the End
Inuyasha stared at his big brother Sesshomorru who nodded with all understanding since this was neither the time nor the place to celebrate Inuyasha's return. "We must retrieve the demon slayer first my brother and kill those who have tried to kill you," said a now thought collected Sesshomorru.
Inuyasha nodded to Sesshomorru and then looked down to his loyal servant that was the little girl Kanna who called forth her powers over the mirror and showed where Sango was. "I will retrieve Sango from her little prison with the help of Kilala since she is now my mate. In the mean time I need you Kikyo to drop off Rin back at the castle since she is too young to join us in this fight. At the same time I want you to stay with her Kikyo to ensure her safety as well as advance her training. Sesshomorru will be finding out where Naraku is with Kanna's assistance by using the power of her mirror to find him and trap him in a corner he cannot escape from," said Inuyasha giving them each of the battle plan for them to execute.
Kilala was ready to go in a heartbeat as she and Inuyasha took off to the North, while Kikyo took Rin back to the castle, and Sesshomorru went with Kanna on his shoulder heading for wherever Naraku might be hiding. 'Never have I seen such power radiating of Inuyasha before. Could this be his true power? If its not I would never wish to see if it is or not because I can't bare to see what he would be like calling it to him,' thought a curious Sesshomorru as he turned and headed East following Kanna's directions.
(At the Inn)
Koga and Miroku were on watch while Kagome tried to get some sleep since she was still very tired from fighting Inuyasha. Then to make matters worse some dark spirit that tells her and the others that the very person they thought they killed was coming for all three of them. 'I've never been so scared before of Inuyasha. Will he really kill us? No of course he wouldn't. Inuyasha said he wouldn't. Then again he is much angrier that we took Sango and allied with Naraku to kill him. Oh no if he finds out we have the sacred jewel as payment then he'll be even more angry at us,' thought Kagome as she suddenly remembered being told by Miroku that Naraku had lived up to his end of the bargain.
The door opened slightly and Koga stuck his head through to see Kagome shivering from an unseen cold with fear on her face. "Hey Kagome don't worry about it I'll protect and with the sacred jewel and the monks Wind Tunnel will be stop that mutt from getting here no problem," said Koga who was trying to sound confident to make Kagome feel better.
"Thanks Koga, but even the sacred jewel so close to completion I doubt even its powers will save us," said Kagome as the thought of that creature so close her made her shiver even more.
"You leave that mutt and his freakish powers to me and the monk all right everything is going to be fine," said Koga as shut the door though he knew as well as Kagome, and Miroku that this place may in fact be their graves.
(In Sango's room)
Sango waited as patiently as humanly possible for her mate and lover that was Inuyasha to come rescue her from her confinements. Though she could do have done it herself with ease with her already above par human strength from all the years of demon slaying she decided not to. She felt that this way was more...romantic in her mind as she imagined her love to come in claws swinging at their enemies and breaking down the door to rescue her from her dreary prison. Such a thought made Sango sigh with anticipation as to how Inuyasha would rescue her. Sango could barely wait to have him hold her in his arms...among other things as well as his arms. It was then that Sango felt her bite mark pulse slowly at first, but then it gradually speeded up rapidly with every passing second. "He's nearly here I can feel it," said Sango as she nearly gasped she felt the bite mark on her neck pulse with increasing strength.
Outside she heard the sound of an explosion and the roar of what sounded like a viscous cat demon that Sango knew anywhere...Kilala. After several moments a slam could be heard on a wall outside her room and a familiar voice she knew and love were heard as she pressed an ear to a nearby wall. "Where is she Koga?" said the dark yet handsome sounding voice that made Sango's heart beat faster with every possible moment.
"Find her yourself mutt she's not my property," said the voice of Koga in a defiant tone that Sango knew was the wrong answer to give.
"Wrong answer," said the first voice as in the next moment the sound of flesh being pierced, ripped, and then sliced could be heard as well as drips of blood that came from a nearby dead body.
"KOGA!" came a voice that Sango recognized as Kagome's who was clearly horrified at what Inuyasha had just done.
For a while Sango heard silence for a moment except for the growling of either Kilala or Inuyasha of which she didn't know who. "Inuyasha stop I'll tell you where Sango is just don't kill us," came the voice of Miroku who sounded like he had been beaten badly by Inuyasha.
"Where...is...she?" came Inuyasha's voice with a loud of growl afterwards that made Sango shiver out of delight rather then fear.
"Down the hall and to your left on the last door in the corridor. Please don't kill me Inuyasha," said Miroku in a defeated voice.
"All right Miroku I won't kill you. Kilala! Kill him...painfully," came the sound of Inuyasha's voice as Sango heard his footsteps coming closer as the sound of Kilala's roaring and Miroku's screaming being heard in the background.
Sango immediately rushed to the door and waited for her noble warrior to spring forward and rescue her from this prison. Inuyasha did just that as he sensed she was waiting for him on the opposite side of the last door that was locked on the left. He slashed open the door and knocked it aside as to not accidentally hit Sango. As soon as he stepped into the room and saw Sango the demon slayer jumped into his arms and kissed him like there was no tomorrow. "Inuyasha I knew you would come for me," said Sango in between kisses with the man she loved.
"It's good to see you again too my mate, but you better save some of that kissing for later when were alone once more," said Inuyasha as she slowly stopped kissing him and just embraced him in a warming hug.
When they finished their embrace they left the room and went down the corridor to see the bitter remains of Koga and Miroku whose organs and limbs were all over the place. It was then Sango noticed Kagome was still alive there was a look on her now extremely pale face told Sango that said whatever Inuyasha did to her was a fate worse then death. Sango saw that Kagome was silent with her mouth hanging open and her eyes had a look of eternal fear in her eyes that she may never wake up from. "What exactly did you do to Kagome Inuyasha?" said Sango in a neutral voice, but deep down she was happy that the girl from the future was in her current emotionless state.
"Simple. I showed her thedark place of my soul that had locked away all my life through my demonically red eyes. After all Sango...the eyes are thewindows to a person's soul and as you can see from her reaction...she didn't like the view. That was what made Miroku tell me where you were so I could find you quickly," said Inuyasha picked Kagome up by her shirt and threw her on Kilala's back.
"I have two questions Inuyasha. One, would I hate the view of your soul Inuyasha if I were to stare into your lovely eyes? Two, why aren't you killing her?" said Sango who felt that she needed an explanation for Inuyasha's choice in actions.
Inuyasha just smiled at her as his eyes locked with her as he gave her a reassuring kiss. "Since you are my mate you have nothing to fear from eyes and windows that they are to my soul since you will only seethe more peaceful side of them while my enemies...well you've seen what Kagome is like. As for the reason I'm not killing her Sango is because she doesnot belong here in this time and deserves to be put back in her world. Once Kilala dumps her into the well she will be on the other side that is herworld and without thesacred jewel I plucked from her possession...she won't come back. Not that she would be able to regardless," said Inuyasha as he nodded to Kilala who took off to the well.
"What do you mean regardless?" said Sango curiously.
"Her mind is so traumatized that she will never recover from the mental assault that I placed on her. To her family and friends on the other side they will think she had a mental breakdown and be nothing more then a living, silent, and mentally destroyed little girl," said Inuyasha with a smile as he gave Sango the now nearly complete jewel in her hands.
At that moment Sango couldn't help, but smile as Kagome was going to get her just deserts for all the 'sits' she gave Inuyasha as well as her betrayal to him too. "As long as she can't hurt us anymore Inuyasha I don't care what happens to her," said Sango as she hugged Inuyasha again feeling happy once more in the grip of the man she loved.
"Then you don't have to care my love," said Inuyasha as they walked outside together while hugging each other in perfect bliss.
It was then that Sango noticed her weapons beside a nearby tree and realized that they had been brought here through Inuyasha's divine powers. "Thanks for summoning my weapons Inuyasha," said Sango who put everything where it normally went when it came to her weapons.
"No problem really. I figured that now that you were out of your prison with weapons in hand we could kill Naraku and rescue your brother to make him part of our family," said Inuyasha.
"You know where Naraku and Kohaku are?" said Sango surprised by this latest news.
"Yes. While I went to get you I had Sesshomorru go with Kanna to find out where he was and found that he is to the East of here in one of his castles with Kohaku," said Inuyasha pointing in a direction that was obviously East.
"Let's go then," said Sango as Inuyasha nodded and she got on his back as they now headed East to kill Naraku and rescue Sango's little brother Kohaku.
(Somewhere in the East)
Sesshomorru and Kanna watched the castle with interest as well what was inside through Kanna's mirror. Currently the castle had a powerful barrier around as well as a massive army of mindless demons swarming inside the barrier to protect their master. "This will not be easy since there is no way to sneak in," said Sesshomorru as he looked at the castle inside and different area inside the castle through the mirror.
"We must wait for Master Inuyasha to break through the barrier and the demons before we can act to destroy Naraku," said Kanna as her mirror showed an image of Kohaku sitting in a corner somewhere in the castle.
"Yes. We must also wait till my brother uses his powers to save the boy from possible death if the jewel shard is to be removed to make the sacred jewel whole again," said Sesshomorru knowing that this was going to be tricky even for Inuyasha.
(Western Lands Castle)
Kikyo and Rin had gone into a deep meditation the moment they got back to the castle with Shippo who was waiting near the castle gate for his friends and loved ones return. In the limbic trance as before they looked at past and present events that lead to future ones that hadn't yet occurred. While looking for the future events to unfold Rin pointed to someone who was in the same place they were waiting for the same events to reappear. Kikyo saw it was an old female half-demon cow that was watching for what events had yet to unfold from the clouds of uncertainty. "Who are you?" said Kikyo in a demanding voice that echoed through out the plain.
The old female half-demon cow looked and smiled at them both to indicate she meant no harm to them. "I like you Kikyo was a priestess, but a curse was put on me stay like this and I was exiled into a snowy mountain area away from others. I am Bova the one who is responsible for creating the un-holy arrow that gave Inuyasha his new found strength, powers, and transformed body," said Bova as she turned back to the plain to look for future events that were taking longer then usual for her to see.
"You are the one who did that toInuyasha? Why?" said Kikyo wishing she had a bow and arrow to kill Bova for forging the weapon that nearly killed Inuyasha.
"Naraku gave me holy items and knowledge necessary to create the un-holy arrow for his own purposes to pay off my debt to the mad man. I made one and only one un-holy arrow out of fear of it power when it hits its intended target. Since then I have felt the power of the one who was hit with it and have feared what he may do to me since he knows of my existence. However, he has apparently decided not to kill me and it is for that act of kind mercy that I destroyed the tools and knowledge needed to create such a weapon. When this is over I was hoping you would tell him that I would be honored to be in his loyal service in the castle you two reside in...if he would grant me that honor that is," said Bova with hope in her voice at the very end.
"I will speak to Inuyasha about it and maybe we can use the sacred jewel to remove the curse that plagues you gentle Bova...if Inuyasha will permit it of course," said Kikyo who knew that another priestess would be wise to have around to further Rin's training.
"Thank you kind priestess I will leave you to your search of the future that you seek to find while I do the same in a different area," said Bova as she faded away from sight.
"Will Lord Inuyasha really do what he said he will Mistress Kikyo?" said Rin who had kept respectfully quiet over the entire conversation.
"We will see Rin. Remember that Inuyasha may or may not decide to have Bova stay here in the castle. However, I know Inuyasha has a kind heart and I am confident Inuyasha will show mercy to her again by letting her stay in the castle and freeing her from her curse," said Kikyo as she turned her attention back to the task at hand.
(Somewhere in the East)
Inuyasha was working nearly full speed with Sango burying her head into the back of his clothes, which Inuyasha had secretly cleaned before arriving at the village Inn to rescue her. She absorbed his scent as she couldn't do anything else since he was going so fast she wouldn't be able to see where they were going. 'I hope we can free Kohaku from Naraku's grasp before that bastard does something to him,' Sango thought as started to drift asleep just as Inuyasha had nearly arrived at the spot where Sesshomorru and Kanna were watching the castle.
Sesshomorru sensed the two coming his way right before Inuyasha jumped into the same tree branch as them. "Hey big brother you look well as do you Kanna," said Inuyasha smiling his demon smile while his eyes glowed in the shadows that they were in.
"It's good to see you too Inuyasha. Where's the fire cat demon called Kilala?" said a curious Sesshomorru knowing that the fire cat demon was with Inuyasha originally.
"Let's just say she's dumping off some last minute garbage down the old well," said Inuyasha who saw Sesshomorru nod at the remark understanding what he meant.
"What about the monk and the wolf?" said Sesshomorru who already knew they were dead, but wanted to know regardless.
"I got my revenge for myself if that's what you're worried about Sesshomorru. I also got my revenge for Sango who is on my back currently sleeping. I killed that wolf demon Koga and Kilala got the pleasure of killing the monk after he begged me not to kill him," said Inuyasha who smiled even more after remembering the look on Miroku's face when he told Kilala to kill the monk instead of himself.
"But you didn't kill Kikyo's reincarnation and she could be a threat to us when she returns from that well that leads according to you to her world," said Sesshomorru who saw that Inuyasha just smiled at that.
"You think I didn't put her as a threat into consideration Sesshomorru? What I did to Kagome was a fate worse then death as she will spend the rest of mortal and pathetic life in her own mind like a prison where every second is terrifying beyond words. She will be inher prison and she will never get out of it no matter what they do in her world to treat her for what is untreatable," said Inuyasha who let out a little laugh at the end making Sesshomorru shiver slightly.
"I guess you did cover all the angles involving your former friends however, now that is taken care of we have more important things to worry about. Namely this barrier, the demons inside protecting their master that is Naraku, and of course the saving of the demon slayers little brother Kohaku," said Sesshomorru who as he said Kohaku's name saw Sango slowly awaken from her brief sleep.
"Leave the barrier, the demons, and Naraku to me. You, Sango, and Kanna will retrieve Kohaku from where he is in the castle. With Kohaku away from him and once properly subdued by you or Sango I can kill Naraku freely without having to worry he'll try something on him," said Inuyasha.
"Wait. Will you be all right alone fighting Naraku by yourself without me or Kanna by your side?" said Sango as she was wide awake and had listened to the plan intensely.
"Trust me Sango you will want to be retrieving Kohaku with Kanna and Sesshomorru while I fight Naraku. What I am going to do tohim no mortal eyes should have to see and besides I want you to be by your brother's side when he awakens a free boy from the clutches of a cruel master once the jewel is removed," said Inuyasha as Sango got off his back.
"But if we removed the jewel from him he will die," said Sango surprised that Inuyasha would suggest such a thing.
That's where Sesshomorru comes in with Tenseiga since it has the power to saves lives like it did with Rin's life when she died," said Inuyasha looking from a now shocked Sango to a now surprised Sesshomorru.
"You think Kohaku can be saved with Tenseiga?" said Sango hopefully knowing it was a long shot since the sword had a mind of its own.
"If Sesshomorru commands Tenseiga to heal Kohaku the sword will obey regardless if it wants to or not," said Inuyasha in an all knowing voice.
"I understand my brother. Shall we proceed now?" said Sesshomorru who scooped up Kanna on his shoulder.
"Yes Sesshomorru. Now is time when Naraku will know what it means to pick on someone stronger then him. Let's go," said Inuyasha now all serious as he pulled out Tetsuigia as Sango got her weapon ready and Sesshomorru did with Tokijin as well as they set out to destroy their hated enemy.
(A/N: Were nearing the end. I think I have one more chapter to produce. But you won;t see it till I get A LOT of reviews. FEED ME!)