Chapter 80: The Chase to the Forbidden Realm! How the King Came to Be!
Naraku sits in his chamber and reads the scroll that was in the box. The first part talks about the history of the Great War, which he already knew, so he skims through it until the end. It is the last part that grabs his attention the most. It reads:
The entrance to the Forbidden Realm is many, and all leads to one destination.
It is invisible to the eyes of the flesh. No one can see it.
It is there, but you cannot see it.
A special password and ritual is required for its appearance.
One entrance resides in Japan, at where the finger of the demon is pointing.
"At where the finger of the demon is pointing…?" Naraku wonders. "I believe I know a place like that."
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Inuyasha and his friends are back on their feet again. The high monk tells them that the entrance of the Forbidden Realm according to that scroll is on top of Demon's Hand Peak. "Why is it called Demon's Hand Peak?" asks Kagome.
"The top of that mountain resembles the shape of a demon's hand, with its 'index finger' pointing towards the sky," answers Miroku.
"Is it far from here?"
Sango points to a mountain range in the distance. "It's among those mountain ranges. If we move fast, then we should reach there by evening."
"We better get there fast," says Inuyasha. "We must beat Naraku there and stop him, or else he will be unstoppable!"
However, Naraku is on his way there already, riding inside a spherical barrier that flies through the air, with Kagura and Kanna riding on a feather hovering besides him. When Demon's Hand Peak is in sight, Naraku says, "That is the place where the demon's finger points. The entrance to the Forbidden Realm is there."
As Inuyasha goes near the mountain ranges, he sniffs the air around him. "That smell! It smells like Naraku! He's nearing the mountain!"
"Oh no! We must stop him before he gets there!" gasps Kagome.
"Quick! Kagome, hop onto my back!" Inuyasha bends down to let Kagome climb up, and then he carries her and runs at a very fast speed.
"Kirara! Take us there quick!" Sango commands Kirara. Kirara changes from her little cat form into her large form, and Sango, Miroku, and Shippo climbs aboard her as she rides like a wind.
Naraku now stands atop the peak of the mountain. He walks towards the ledge (that is, the index finger) that is sticking out into the air. He opens the scroll and reads the last part one more time, and then puts it away. He lifts up both his arms into the air and begins chanting some strange language.
"What is Naraku doing and saying?" wonders Kagura.
Inuyasha and the gang are now on their way up the mountain. Inuyasha carries Kagome and jumps up the rocks on by one and Kirara flies upwards while carrying the other three. "He's scent is getting closer! We must go fast!" says Inuyasha.
Naraku continues to chant the strange language that probably nobody understands. The moment he finishes chanting, Inuyash's feet hit the surface of the peak, and he shouts, "Naraku!"
Just at this moment, a bright flash appears in the sky in front of Naraku. "What's happening!" gasps Kagome.
When the flash dies down, a large door is seen in midair! "A door in midair!" gasps Shippo.
"At last! The entrance to the Forbidden Realm is opened!" says Naraku. "I can now become the Darkling King!"
"I will not let you! Naraku!" shouts Inuyasha.
Naraku turns around and sees him. "Ah, it's you, Inuyasha. You will not stop me this time. I will become the king of this world!"
"I will see to it that you don't!" Inuyasha whips out his Tetsusaigi and charges at him, ready to slash him in two. "Get ready to die!"
Kagura appears in front of him and swings her fan. "Dance of the Blades!" When swung, it shoots out several wind blades. Inuyasha quickly brings up his sword to block them. Naraku quickly uses this as a chance to escape through the door, soon followed by both his henchmen.
"Naraku! Get back here!"
"We must go after him!" insists Miroku. "That's the only way now!"
They all agree and so follow Naraku through the door.
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On the other side of the door, Inuyasha's group finds themselves being carried through total darkness by unknown force. "What is this place?" asks Shippo. "There's nothing at all!"
"Even though there's nothing, I can sense a faint evil aura," says Miroku.
"That Naraku can't get far!" says Inuyasha. "We must stop him from releasing these Darkling thing!"
As they keep on moving, they see a broken down and ruined castle in front of them. "A castle?" wonders Sango.
"I can sense Naraku's demonic aura in there!" says Inuyasha. "Without doubt, he's in there!" So they run into the castle's broken downed door.
Inside the castle is dark and quiet. There is absolutely nothing at all. Not even a single soul moving. "This place gives me the creeps…" complains Kagome.
"I can sense great evil aura coming from the deepest part of the castle!" says Miroku.
"And Naraku is there also!" adds Inuyasha.
Meanwhile, in the lowest floor of the castle, Naraku is standing in front of a gigantic door. "So this is the seal of the Darkling," says Naraku. "I can sense massive amount of evil energy behind it. Honestly, I'm surprised that it's actually stronger than mines!"
"What are you going to do next, Naraku?" asks Kagura.
"I am going to open it. They say only a person with a wicked heart can open it." Naraku walks in front of the door and touches it. When he did, a loud voice bursts into the room.
"Who is it that is evil enough to touch the seal of the Darkling that is us?"
"It is I, the great demon lord Naraku! I have come to break the seal on you so I can become the Darkling King!"
"So a mere demon like you dare free us from our prison? Do you know what it takes to be a king?" replies the voice in a loud roaring voice.
"I know. One must have a heart of absolute evil, and I am like that."
"Your evil is not enough!"
"What? How can that be? What must I do to become the king then?"
"You must die once and reborn in deep darkness!"
"What does that mean?"
"You will see it soon enough! Come to us!" Suddenly, a hole appears on the wall of the door and a several black hands reach out and grab Naraku.
"Ah! What are you doing!" he cries.
Kagura is shocked at this, but Kanna just remains still. It is at this moment the Inuyasha gang burst into the room. "Naraku!" shouts Inuyasha.
"Look! Something is happening to Naraku!" points out Kagome.
Naraku is slowly being pulled into the hole by the black hands. "What are you doing! Let me go!" he cries.
"To become worthy enough to free us and become king, one must die first and then reborn in deep darkness! Come to us!"
"No! I don't want to die yet! Not before I become king!" Naraku struggles all he can to break free, but it is futile. He slowly gets pulled into the hole.
The others, except Kanna, are shocked beyond words. Naraku, a powerful demon, is now crying for help! Eventually, Naraku gets pulls through the hole, which slowly disappears.
"Come into the darkness…" says the voice.
"NOOOOOO!" screams Naraku one last time before his crying and screaming disappears.
"Naraku's gone…" says Kagome.
"I don't smell his scent anymore," adds Inuyasha.
"Can it be…?" Miroku takes out the seal on his right hand and is surprised to see his Wind Tunnel gone! "My wind tunnel is gone! That means…"
"Naraku is dead!" Sango finishes the phrase for him.
"Naraku is… dead…?" says Kagura in awe. "That means… I'm free…"
"Well, that serves him right," says Inuyasha. "I was going to give him the final blow myself. Looks like the Darkling thing took care of him."
"But the words of the Darkling bother me though," says Miroku worried. "It said that to become the king, one must die first and then reborn again in deep darkness. What does that mean?"
"I don't know too. But for all we know, Naraku is dead at the moment."
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Everyone is outside in the real world now. "Great! Naraku is gone and we have nothing to worry about now!" says Kagome happily.
"We do not have to fear him any longer!" says Shippo.
"Well, it's a good thing indeed," says Inuyasha. "But I really should've been the one to get rid of him!"
"Cheer up, Inuyasha. With him gone, there will not be any troubles in the future," Miroku tells him.
"But I fear that he may come back again," says Sango. "What if he did get reborn one day?"
"When that day comes, I will slice him into pieces!" says Inuyasha.
So everyone is happy that Naraku is gone. Kagura is flying through the sky in her giant feather, and she is actually glad that Naraku is 'dead'. "With Naraku gone, I have freedom now. I can do whatever I want from now on."
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Back in the Forbidden Realm, the only person remaining there is Kanna. Apparently, she is the only one that remained in the Forbidden Realm and did not leave. "Naraku's death is only temporally," she says to nobody. "In the future, he will rise once again."
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500 years later…
The giant door slowly opens. When it fully opened, a bright purple flash is released and tons of black creatures come out, roaring and shouting in delight. The Darkling have been freed!
A person steps out of from the door, and he is none other than Naraku! "Fufufu… I did it at last…"
He steps out and meets Kanna standing there. For the whole 500 years, she has not leave there at all. Since she is a demon, her life span is surely longer than normal beings. "It's good to see that you are the only one waiting for me, Kanna," Naraku says to her. "That Kagura dare escape from me… Anyway, she probably doesn't exist in this world anymore. Now I am the king and I can do whatever I want!"
"Remember me!" roars a voice from behind.
Naraku turns around and sees another door behind the door that just opened. The Diablo Darkling is behind the door, and it has not been opened yet.
"My freedom is not until the world is tainted with the deepest of the darkness!" roars the voice of the Diablo Darkling. "You have an important job here! You are to spread evil all over the world so that I can come forth!"
"I will do as you say," says Naraku.
"And I congratulate you for freeing the Darkling! You are officially the Darkling King!"
All the Darkling that have been freed gather around Naraku and bow down to him with respect. "Hahahaha! This is just what I want! Now I can do to the world whatever I want!" says Naraku happily. "It's been 500 years and technology have greatly advanced, I presume. I can do more than what I want! I will surely free you from your prison some day!"
"Don't forget."
After this, Naraku goes out to organize the Darkling. He came to the idea of inviting the most evil beings of the outside world to come help him. It would be a pleasure for them all to join forces and work with him. He sends out some Winged Darkling to give messages to the evilest people they can find in the outside word, and let them know all about this.
And in short, this is how the Darkling King, Naraku, came to be…
END OF FLASHBACK
"Hahahahahaha!" laughs Naraku. "My plans have succeeded! Now the Diablo Darkling's time for coming out of his prison is not far!" He looks at the scene of destruction before him again, and is very pleased.
Below the Black Wing, Mario is speeding towards him on the Warp Star. "Naraku! Don't think you can do whatever you want!"
TO BE CONTINUED…
And thus the end the flashback… It was actually sort of rushed. I want to get to the climax fast, so it had to be done. I hope it explains many things to you though.