Chapter 2
Before them was the feared Naraku. His new form was very impressive with its spiked bone frame and his odd red eye in his upper torso. Strangely, Naraku was "born again" with a blue kimono and purple kimono. Three tentacles were moving behind him like snakes as if they had a mind of their own.
Everybody took out their weapons ready to fight. This might be it.
"Keh, looks like this time you didn't bring some of your puppets to hide behind." Inuyasha spat at Naraku. Inuyasha's Tetsusaiga grown from its shriveled and useless form to it's huge, combat ready form.
"They are not needed anymore I had them returned to where they had once come from." Naraku answered, confident. All the others stared at him; they knew that he meant they had returned in him. He had absorbed them to be at full power, which made him even more dangerous.
He chuckled darkly, lifted his arms theatrically and said, " You fools, you don't know where you are do you?" Sounding as mysterious and in his I-still-have-the-upper-hand way. "You are in a mystical area, where magic has been used for things you cannot begin to understand. It's a place where magic is heightened. It's where I'll defeat you and claim what should have been mine long ago."
Naraku then sped up and lashed at Inuyasha with his green back tentacles. Inuyasha jumped out of the way as best as he could. Naraku was amazingly fast; he was usually powerful, but slow coordinating his movements. This time was different. Inuyasha was then forced to block the hits with his sword.
Sango used her hiraikotsu, trying to hit Naraku's back. Suddenly his bone loops around his shoulder grew in length and repelled the giant boomerang back to its owner. Sango was hit hard by it; she was thrown against one of the valley's walls. Everything happened so fast. Miroku was at Sango's side in an instant, trusting Inuyasha to hold on, he made sure she was fine.
Meanwhile, Shippo was trying to use his foxfire on Naraku. It (not so surprisingly) didn't have any effect on the colossus. Not even a sign that it tickled.
Kagome took out her bow and aimed, she had to slow down Naraku somehow. She knew it was up to her and her miko energy. She knew that it would probably not be enough to defeat him. It would at least buy them some time.
Inuyasha was still blocking the attacks, but he was starting to get sloppy and tired. He had scratches and bruises all over, especially on the legs, where his defense lacked a great deal. He seemed to be running out of energy and faltered. Naraku hit him full force against the valleys' walls. Inuyasha had joined Sango in the K.O. corner.
Kirara had transformed and was trying to keep Naraku busy while the others were preparing.
Shippo was cowering behind Kagome now since no good hand-to-hand fighters were left. Miroku joined Kagome and, since there was no sign of Naraku's poisonous insects, started to take of the cloths that covered the kazaana (wind tunnel)
Kagome noticed this and knew what she had to do. She would have to use her sacred arrow to stun Naraku and Miroku would try to get him into the kazaana. It would have to do because it's their only plan.
"Kirara, come back quickly!" Kagome yelled at the big fire cat. Kirara obeyed in a second. At the same moment Kagome launched her fully charged arrow. Light pushed it through the air; it was so bright they could barely look. Kagome's magic had become stronger as well.
Naraku's reflexes kicked in. His red eye opened and shot a beam of murky black energy to rival Kagome's. It was a tug of war of immense power. One pushed against the other trying to get it to stop.
Miroku pushed his hand forward and yelled "KAZAANA!" The swirling black hole appeared trying to suck everything in. Moments later the Naraku and Kagome's shikon shard pieces reacted to something and glowed with a pink light adding onto the other immense energies.
Then, everything seemed to fall apart. The world swirled in front of their eyes, in their minds and in their bodies. They felt as if they were rolling down a dark mountain. They spun and spun.
Kagome's POVOnce they woke up, the first thing they noticed was that it was the middle of the night. It was dark, but they could see a full moon illuminating the shapes all around them.
Something was off, very off. They had been knocked out in a valley and they were now standing near a huge shell-made village. All the buildings were made of huge shells like the ones she remembered picking up on the beach when she was young during her vacation. Kagome looked around wildly, thinking that she had to be dreaming or hallucinating.
She looked around her to see the shapes of her companions, outlined by the moonlight. They were still out of it. Kagome tried to wake them up for a few minutes before giving up. The priestess noticed that her group wasn't the only ones to be here. She looked around and saw Naraku in his human form. Kagome was surprised and then noticed that she didn't feel the presence of the shikon no tama. It was odd, but not as much as the fact that Sesshomaru was lying out cold with rest of them.
What the? Why is he here? This is too weird She thought. She started to question herself some more, but decided against doing so further I won't get anywhere by asking questions I don't have the answers to.
She decided that it would be best to get them inside one of those houses or whatever they were. It might not be safe out in the open of….wherever they were.
She hesitated, maybe the shells weren't houses, and maybe they are dangerous. The young priestess thought for a moment and decided to go check it out herself beforehand. There might be danger or they might already be someone inside that could tell her where in the world they were or give them shelter.
She went inside and saw that it was like a swirling corridor. The miko called out to see if there was any sign of live. There was none. Kagome followed the path for a while until she saw a short wooden ladder and a door blocked by heavy wooden crates. She climbed up the ladder and saw that there were numerous beds that had, obviously, not being used in a while. There was layers of dust everywhere she looked.
Looks safe. She thought. She went back outside to get her companions and dragged them one after the other inside. There was only four beds. She chose to give them to Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku and Shippo. She put Kirara on the pillow beside Shippo.
There was only Sesshomaru and Naraku left. She pondered on whether or not to bring them inside. Sesshomaru hadn't done anything bad in awhile, but he could still try to kill Inuyasha. Naraku would most definitely try to kill them.
Suddenly, Kagome had an idea. I better keep an eye on them. Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. There must be something we could tie them with… She that it wouldn't stop Sesshomaru, but maybe it would stop human Naraku even though he must still have SOME power left.
She dragged Sesshomaru inside painfully. He was heavy and his boa thing kept tickling her. Halfway through she decided to take off his armor, which made him drastically lighter.
Then, the young girl took Naraku in, it seemed like cake after Sesshomaru. Inside the shell, she looked around for some kind of rope. She looked all over the second floor and didn't find any.
Then, Kagome remembered the crates, maybe, just; maybe there was something inside those. She went down the ladder and walked up to the crate. She couldn't get it to open up. She decided to push it down from atop the other crates.
The crate gave way with a huge blast of splintering wood. Kagome looked at the contents and saw little colored balls like pearls, but all sorts of colors. It was very pretty, but she could hardly see what would be the use.
The miko picked one up and examined it. She saw small swirls of energy inside. It was kind of cool looking. She decided to bring them upstairs with her for further examination. It may tell her more about where she was or have some kind of value. She opened her bright yellow backpack. She always kept it with her; it contained all of her homework material. She'd sooner die than give up on her education. Inuyasha always found it hard when she had to go back to her world to go to school. He just didn't seem to get the use of school and that her life simply didn't revolve solely around him.
She went up the stairs and still couldn't find anything to tie them up with. She paced a bit pondering on what to do. Her eyelids had trouble staying open. The fight with Naraku had taken a lot out of her. She tried to stay awake, but her body wouldn't listen. She crashed to the floor.
The morning came quickly, everyone slept like a baby. Inuyasha was the first to get up. He woke up painfully, his whole body aching. He didn't recognize his surroundings. He saw Kagome sprawled on the floor and tried to wake her up.
"Kagome, Kagome wake up WAKE UP!" Inuyasha said now shaking her out of sheer panic. Kagome was the last thing that could make him feel human, Kikyo's last part. He was still grieving. Kikyo had been his hatsukoi (first love) She had made him feel like a man for the first time since he was born. She had been the only one that didn't treat him like the half-breed he was. She had taught him humanity… She had taught him how to live.
Kagome woke up slowly, as if it took some time for her to connect with reality. When she became conscious of Inuyasha shaking her and yelling at her, her well-known reflex kicked in.
"Inuyasha, osuwari (sit)!" Inuyasha's face met the ground, hard. He started to swear, but the floor made it inaudible. His eras were tense and he was very annoyed. (Well who wouldn't be?)
People started to wake up; all looking confused around at the odd furniture and the shell walls, they were bit groggy from a long period of sleep. Kirara jumped of the bed squealing a bit. It ruffled its fur and rubbed its nose with one of its paws.
"We appear to be in an unknown place. Are we in your world Kagome-sama?" Miroku asked. He had never seen Kagome's world and found it likely that this was it.
" Kuso.(shit) This isn't Kagome's world. Where the hell are we?" Inuyasha said, answering for the young miko. Gripping his sword like a kid would a blanket. His ears were rigid at the top of his head, showing that he was alert and stressed.
"Kagome-chan, you don't recognize this place?" Sango asked, wanting an answer from Kagome herself.
"I'm sorry Sango I don't know…" Kagome stared at the floor. She was stupid for not being able to help. She was usually the one that knew everything about history. Nowhere had she ever seen anything like this…
In the corner, Sesshomaru awoke and quickly stood up. His makeup or face paint wasn't smudged in the least. His hair isn't frizzy and his fur is sleek. He looks like royalty even in the morning, how annoying. Kagome thought with a sigh. She knew it was childish to think that way, but it was true. I must still be lacking sleep Kagome thought.
"This Sesshomaru demands to know his whereabouts" Sesshomaru said, talking about himself at the third person. He had a very high opinion of himself. His royalty was as cold as ever apparently not caring about what was going on. Actually he was, but didn't let it show. It would give Inuyasha the upper hand. (He didn't hear the conversation earlier on)
"We don't know." Kagome answered trying to get everyone to understand that. She looked at Naraku and saw that he was starting to wake up as well. Great, just what I need. She thought sarcastically.
Suddenly they heard a voice coming from downstairs. They all went silent and tried to heard what it's said.
"-can't believe she had been paying to save the world while she was…killed" A sad voice said. Its tone was full of angst, anger and despair.
"We need to destroy Sephiroth or else, the planet will be destroyed" A sleek voice said matter-of-factly.
They saw people climb up the ladder. Both parties stared at each other. The strangers were of all kinds of different shapes and sizes. There was a blond guy with spiky hair; a long haired brunette with revealing clothes; A black haired guy with a red cape that nearly covered his body; a big white thing with a crowned cat on it's head; a muscled guy with a gun where his arms should've been; a big red cat with a glowing tail; a short haired, young looking girl and a blond guy who was smoking like a chimney.
The gun wielding guy said: " Who the $ are you?"
A.N. Okay the chapter ends here, I had a hard time coordinating everybody's movements and thoughts, I'm sorry if it got confusing. There will not always be that many characters at the same time. I hope you enjoyed it. All constructive comments welcomed. Thank you. Co-written with Unfinished Doll. (I don't think she has an account on yet)