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Chapter 29: Finishing The Job...Dead or Alive...
"Miroku! Behind you!" Sango screamed, releasing her boomerang in his direction. The young Monk turned around in time to see Naraku appear behind him with both blade arms raised above his head. In one swift move, Miroku dropped to the ground in time for Sango's boomerang to fly over his head and hit Naraku back. Kouga then started to kick and punch Naraku repetitively in the air, before jumping back and landing rather hard on the ground. Sango and Miroku quickly ran over to Kouga's side, who was out of breath and growing tired with every attack. "I don't know how much longer I can keep this up..." Kouga panted, trying to steady himself. "We have to buy Kagome time to beat Kikyou! Now get up and fight damn it!" Sango ordered, pushing him forward and leading another charge at Naraku.
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Kikyou continued to watch Kagome approach, her guns aimed directly at her head, a smirk upon her lips and her hand slowly petting Inuyasha. "Get your hands off him...now..." Kagome ordered through gritted teeth. Kikyou only laughed as she stood from her office chair, her hand resting on Inuyasha's head. "I don't think so...he's mine, so don't be such a sore loser, and leave..." Kagome gave a growl of aggravation as she cocked the guns and aimed one for the head, and the other for the heart. "This is your last chance Kikyou...give him back..."
Kikyou raised an eyebrow, the situation growing ver interesting to her. "Are you really willing to fight for him?" Kagome stood there for a minute, her glare focused on Kikyou, her eyes burning into hers. "Damn right I will..." Kikyou gave a small laugh at her answer and looked down at Inuyasha. "Well, I don't really feel like fighting, so maybe you two lovebirds should work it out..." at that, Inuyasha got to his feet and grabbed the Tetsuiaga, pulling it from it's sheath and transforming it. Kagome took a step back in shock, not knowing what to do. She obviously couldn't fight Inuyasha! The whole point of this was to get him back alive! As she argued with herself what to do, Inuyasha took the chance to jump at her, sword raised.
The sudden movement snapped Kagome back to the battle and she jumped out of the way in time. "Inuyasha, stop this! Snap out of it now!" She screamed, jumping away from another attack. The blank looked remained on his face. Swing after swing, Kagome tried to get through to him, but he managed to back her into a wall."Inuyasha...please...you've got to come out of this..." Kagome begged, tears coming to her eyes slowly. Inuyasha glared at her before quickly pinning her to the wall by the throat. "Inuyasha!" She cried, trying to pry his hand from her throat. He only squeezed his hand tighter, cutting off her airway. "Y-you...c-can't..."
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"Sango!" Miroku cried, turning around frantically. Naraku had turned off the lights to the floor, making it impossible to see. "Miroku!" Sango's voice cried, seeming to be far off. He slowly walked forward, his staff grasped firmly in his hand. He tried to sens if anything was around him, ut it was going very well. A sudden cry of pain that sounded like Kouga filled the air and Miroku froze. "Kouga! Are you alright?" Miroku called, turning around in hopelessness. Only silence. "One down...two go!" More laughter filled the air as running footsteps echoed through out and the sound of scraping blades came from all directions.
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Kagome's vision was starting to blur from lack of oxygen. She had to think quick or she was going to die and all of this would be for nothing. She quickly placed one hand on Inuyasha's hand around her throat and placed another on his arm. With a quickly motion, she turned each hand in an opposite direction, breaking Inuyasha's wrist. He cried out in pain, releasing her throat and stepping back like a wounded animal. Moving swiftly, KAgome ran up to him and threw her arms around him, placing a kiss upon his lips. He remained still in her arms, confused by the act and not sure what the right action would be to take. Kagome then pulled back, not sure if it had worked.
Inuyasha stared at her for a second before blinking a few times. She then saw emotion slowly come back to his eyes. With one last look at Kagome, he closed his eyes and fell to the floor unconscious. With a sigh of relief, Kagome turned to Kikyou, a smirk still on her face. "It seems it just you and me, Kikyou..." Kagome announced, gripping both guns and taking aim once again. "So it seems...but do you honestly think you can kill me...you know for a fact that your little toys don't work on me...I'm already dead..." Kikyou looked satisfied with this, but Kagome was not one to give up. "Yes, this would be true..." throwing her guns to the floor, and reaching for the bow on her back. "...that's why I brought this..." She grabbed an arrow and strung the bow, taking aim right at Kikyou's heart. "Wether it be an arrow or a bullet, it's all the same to me..."
In her mind, Kagome knew this, but she had to draw things out until she came up with a better plan. Thinking hard...she came up with nothing. With the way things looked now, she was screwed. "You're right Kikyou...but what if she had a special arrow that will send your sorrow soul to hell?" A voice asked. Kagura then appeared behind Kagome with an arrow in her hand, ut the arrow appeared different. It was made with a dark wood and instead of a silver tip, it was red and glowing. "You might have gotten away from me once, but you wont do it again..." Kagura then gave Kagome the arrow, which she quickly strung on the bow. A look of appeared on her face and Kikyou began to step back. "Burn in hell you whore!" Kagome screamed before releasing the arrow and landing it straight into her heart.
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Miroku and Sango now stood side-by-side, Sango holding an emergency flare she had found in the supply closet. Everything was red and hard to see, but it was better than being in complete dark. "Sango..." Miroku started, not sure how to word it. "Yes Miroku?" She asked, continuing to look out. "I think you should know that..." He stopped, his face going as red as the flare. Sango turned to him, her attention not capture, but when the floor suddenly shook like an earthquake and what looked like lighting formed, they were thrown back. A cry rang out that sounded like Naraku, and a few minutes later the lights kicked back on. "What was that?" Miroku yelled, losing his first train of thought.
The sound of footsteps approached them and around the corner came Sesshomaru carrying the Tokijin. "Where is Kikyou..." He ordered, not looking at them. Both of them turned to each other in shock before looking back at Sesshomaru and saying "Top floor."
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Kagome sat on the floor with Inuyasha's head resting on her lap, stroking his hair as if willing him to awake. Kagura walked over to Kikyou's dead body and plunged her hand into Kikyou's chest magically. She then pulled out a smokey red orb, which she grasped firmly in her hand. "Got what I came for..." Without even thanking Kagome, Kagura vanished as fast as she had appeared. But Kagome wasn't paying attention to anyone around her accept Inuyasha. She didn't even truly notice when Kana appeared. "You did very well Kagome. I thank you for restoring the order of the after life. As requested, I shall return Rin to her body." Kana said quietly, walking over to Kikyou body. She then pointed the mirror at Kikyou and the same smoke came from inside. After it wrapped around Kikyou, it pulled out a glowing white orb, which Kana took into her hand. She then quietly walked over to Rin's body and placed the small orb into it's chest. After a few seconds, the little girl opened her eyes and looked around widely. "Thank you Kana...for everything..." Kagome said softly, still looking at Inuyasha. "No Kagome. I thank you." and with that Kana vanished.
The doors to the suit then suddenly flew open and in march Sesshomaru. At the sight of her father figure, Rin jumped to her feet and ran over happily. "Sesshomaru!" She cried, wrapping her small arms around his legs. The man only looked at the small child wrapped around his legs. "Rin...I'm glad to see you're safe...lets go..." The small child nodded up at him and they both left together, Rin placing her hand in his. As they left Miroku and Sango came running in, Kouga limping in slowly behind them. "Kagome!" Sango and Miroku yelled, kneeling down on the floor beside her. She gave them all a small smile and said, "Hey everyone. I'm hope everything went alright."
"Yeah, Naraku is dead, thanks to Sesshomaru. Kouga got caught with his scyth, but he says he is fine." Miroku explained, helping Kouga sit down on the floor. "Is Inuyasha okay?" Sango asked, looking down at the hanyou in her lap. "I'm not sure...he seemd fine but then he collapsed and wont wake up..." Tears started to come to her eyes as she stroked his hair. "Don't worry Kagome, I'm sure he is just sleeping!" Miroku yelled encouragingly. Kagome nodded, but silent tears rolled down her face and landed softly on Inuyasha's cheek. Her vision soon became blurred and she closed her eyes, wishing for him to awake. "Could you cut out the water works?" A voice growled. Kagome's eyes shot open and she saw Inuyasha awak, but barely. She screamed with delight as she embraced him, not wanting to let him go. "Did I miss something?" Inuyasha demanded, turning bright red.
Kagome released him and smiled, tears still in her eyes. "I-I was so scared...I thought y-you had d-died!" Inuyasha stared at her before softening and pulling her into his arms. "Kagome, I would never die and leave you alone..." Kagome only sobbed. "And Kagome?" He asked, pulling her away to look at her. "Yes Inuyasha?" She asked, whipping the tears from her eyes. "I just want to you to know...I love you."