Time of Heaven and Hell
Chapter Thirteen
Sesshomaru watched Inuyasha, hoping that his eyes would open again, and he would sit up. But he did not. Since it was still night time, Inuyasha was still in his human form, the wounds that Naraku had inflicted on Inuyasha did not heal. He had lost too much blood, and Naraku had stabbed him straight through the chest. Inuyasha's chest just stopped moving after an hour of Naraku leaving. Sesshomaru continued to hold Inuyasha's hand, while his breathing became more shallow.
Inuyasha's eyes did not open as he stopped breathing. Sesshomaru did not cry as he watched his brother die. He could do nothing to help him. Sesshomaru brushed some of Inuyasha's hair away from his face and ran his hand down his cheek gently.
"Rest now little brother." Sesshomaru whispered to him, before covering his entire body with the blanket. Sango walked into the room, tears were coming out of her eyes. She sat in the corner quietly, covering her face with her hands. She cried for Inuyasha as well as for her massacred village. Sesshomaru paid her no heed, fore he was still watching Inuyasha's limp form.
Sango raised her head and looked at Sesshomaru. She saw that no tears fell from his eyes, and this bothered her somewhat. Naraku could not just let them go free, he always had to win. This also made her angry. She knew that she should not blame Sesshomaru nor Inuyasha for what happened in her village, it wasn't their fault that this was brought upon them. It was Naraku's fault, and that was where she would place the blame.
"What now Sesshomaru?" She asked quietly, hoping that she hadn't disturbed his thought.
He did not answer for several minutes, "I will kill Naraku." Sesshomaru stated with no emotion.
"You want revenge then." Sango whispered.
"And you do not?"
"Yes I do, but you saw what he did, I have not even completed my demon slayer training. He killed everyone."
"Then I will kill him without you, you can stay here and bury the dead. When I kill him, I will come back and tell you."
"You can bring him back you know." Sango stated matter-of-factly.
"The Shikon Jewel or the Jewel of the Four Souls, is that what you are referring too?"
"Yes that is it."
"No one knows of its where about, it could be anywhere."
"The jewel was taken from this location, for safe keeping to be protected by a very strong priestess, now Naraku has it. Perhaps if you were too…"
"If I survive the encounter with Naraku, we will see. It might be better if Inuyasha remained…asleep."
"How can you say that? He is your brother, you promised to care for him. Don't you demons have some code, or something, that makes you want to protect the ones you care about?"
"If you cared about your family so much, then why are you telling me about the jewel. You can use the power to help yourself."
"I…don't know." Sango sighed.
"No matter, I must attend to the matter at hand. Naraku will die by morning." Sesshomaru stated and walked out of the room, giving one last look at Inuyasha's still body.
"Be careful Sesshomaru." Sango whispered once he had left, and turned her eyes back to Inuyasha.
Once Sesshomaru was out of the village, he ran at full speed back to Naraku's mansion. The rain did not stop as he ran, and it was some what of an comfort to him.
Naraku
"He is returning my Lord."
"Yes I know."
"What do you want me to do?" Kagura asked.
"Nothing, let him come."
"Yes my Lord." Kagura bowed and left her Lord.
"Finally, I will have what belongs to me." Naraku said to himself.
Sesshomaru
It took Sesshomaru nearly an hour to get back to Naraku's mansion. He jumped the walls and ran back inside, getting near to Naraku's familiar scent. He slowed to a mere trot until he came to a room. It was a large, half of it was split by a cover, Sesshomaru could see a shadow, which he knew was Naraku.
"I'm glad to see you made it Sesshomaru."
"Come out and fight."
"Why, we could do so many other things than just fight."
Sesshomaru glared at the shadow and charged it, slicing cleanly through it, only to discover it was nothing but a puppet. Sesshomaru turned his head a little to late, when a different Naraku came at him and slammed him to the wall.
"I've missed you Sesshomaru, what took you so long?"
"Why did you kill Inuyasha and everyone in that village, they did nothing to you."
"I wanted too, and besides, now you have no one to take care of, but me."
"That's not good enough."
"You decided not to come to me willingly, and there is a price to pay for disobedience you know."
Sesshomaru tried to push away from Naraku but found him to be stronger than him.
"You're mine now." Naraku stated, as Sesshomaru closed his eyes for a second.
When he opened them again, they were red. He didn't look too happy either. Naraku released him and stood back, watching the transformation. Sesshomaru's hair flew up, and his face stretched and turned white. Within another five seconds the roof of the building was gone and Sesshomaru was standing there in full demon form.
He was white and gray in color. His eyes were red as well as his tongue.
"So this is your full form, I should have known you would turn into that form."
Naraku also changed and became the collection of demons that he had already accumulated over the years. Arms shot out of different directions, his clothing ripped, showing off the mark of the spider, on his back.
"Why don't you just surrender Sesshomaru, you can not defeat me. Even if you are in that form."
Drool began to come out of Sesshomaru's mouth and hit the floor below, melting it. The green fumes rose up, which Naraku could feel as it began to make him numb. Sesshomaru jumped into the air coming down on Naraku. He jumped back, just in time as Sesshomaru's large foot slammed into the ground.
Naraku only dodged the attacks that Sesshomaru was sending at him. Sesshomaru hit Naraku and he hit the wall, breaking it down. Sesshomaru walked over to him, drool still falling from his mouth. Naraku returned to his feet and sent some of his tentacles at Sesshomaru. He jumped and grabbed them in his mouth, and bit them off. Naraku did not scream, fore it did not hurt. More arms sprung out and took their place. Naraku sent out his poison miasma at Sesshomaru, but it had no effect on him.
Sesshomaru jumped up and landed correctly aiming at Naraku. He smashed him under his foot, holding him there on the ground. Drool dripped from his mouth down on Naraku, burning into his body. Naraku gritted his teeth under the pain. Sesshomaru lowered his head and grabbed Naraku in his mouth, biting the arms off, causing blood to pour out. Sesshomaru picked him up and tossed him in the air.
Naraku was now paralyzed by the green poison that had spread everywhere. Naraku decided to retreat and began to form his miasma so he could leave, but Sesshomaru stopped him. He knocked him down back to the ground. Naraku fell with a grunt, when he opened his eyes, Sesshomaru was back into his "human" form.
Sesshomaru wielded a katana in his hand. He was walking to Naraku with the intent to kill him. Naraku now seeing this, decided to use the power of the jewel. He could feel the power going through him. He ran toward Sesshomaru, but he was not fast enough. Sesshomaru threw the sword in his direction, and it pierced straight through him, hitting the mark on his back causing him to stumble and fall. Naraku landed on his hands and knees coughing up blood.
Sesshomaru came over to him, grabbed him by the neck and pulled the weapon out of his body. He threw it to the ground, and hit the wound in Naraku with his poison claw, piercing straight through, leaving a whole in his chest. Sesshomaru located the jewels on Naraku and ripped it from his flesh. With out the jewel, Naraku could now not survive. He was in his human form, and the wound was fatal.
Sesshomaru dropped Naraku to the ground, and blood flowed freely from his body.
"That was for my brother." Sesshomaru said and walked away with the jewel in hand. It was an hour before sunlight, and by then Naraku would be dead.
Naraku watched Sesshomaru walk away. Now that he was dying so were his incarnations. They could not help him now. He didn't make it to see the sunrise.
By the time Sesshomaru returned to the village, he had been right with his estimate. It was morning time when he ran into the village. He slowed his speed and walked to the house where Inuyasha had been. He found Sango in the same position, yet this time she was sleeping. Sesshomaru looked down at the jewel in his hand, which was still covered with Naraku's blood.
Sesshomaru pulled the white sheet from Inuyasha and looked at his corpse. He contemplated what to do and soon he made his wish to the jewel. Within minutes the jewel shone bright and reacted. Sango woke to see the scene.
"Sesshomaru!" She called but he did not respond, but kept his eyes on Inuyasha. Nothing happened for a full minute. But after that, Inuyasha's eyes slowly opened and his chest began to move slowly again. Sango heard some noise outside and went to check it out. The jewel fell to the ground, Sesshomaru's wish was now completed.
"Brother…" Inuyasha whispered, "I thought I was…"
"You were, I brought you back."
"Thank you brother." Inuyasha whispered and fell asleep. Sesshomaru watched his sleeping brother and hear laughter outside.
Sango was hugging the people she thought she had lost to Naraku. The village returned to the way it had been before Naraku had come.
Two months later
Sesshomaru and Inuyasha had left the Demon Slayer village to start their own lives. Sesshomaru returned to his home land, and took up ruling there with his brother. He became the Lord of the West. They were given the Swords of the Fang, the Tetsusaiga and the Tenseiga by one of their father's friends. Nothing was heard from Naraku again, although when Sesshomaru did return there, Naraku's corpse was not found, nor the bodies of his reincarnations. It always made Sesshomaru somewhat uneasy that Naraku might still be out there, waiting and planning for another move against Sesshomaru. But in light of that, he continued to take care of his brother and protect him.
End
A/N
I hate happy endings, but oh well. I hope you enjoyed this story and I apologize for the late update.
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