#12 Reformation and Destruction
By the time the fire had finally died down, the night was almost over.
"I think you can handle it now." Inuyasha stated. "Use the wind tunnel."
Pulling at the prayer beads surrounding his hand, Miroku unleashed his powerful, and deadly weapon. Miroku gasped, without using the cloth to hide the wind tunnel, he rewrapped his prayer beads, and glanced at his hand. It had turned a blackish red color.
"Damn flames," he mumbled to himself.
"Inuyasha," Kagome uttered.
"Huh?" he turned around and understood why he had heard the panic in her voice.
They were standing at the edge of a forest; unmistakable smog surrounded it, miasthma. Poisonous wasps floated through the gas. Putting two and two together, they realized Naraku's castle lay hidden somewhere near here.
"Why, of all the times we could have found it, did it have to be now?" Inuyasha half shouted, the annoyance and anger apparent on his face.
"Don't get so irritated, just look up," Sango commanded.
The sun had started to emerge from its nightly hiding place. Kagome felt a warm feeling course through her veins; she realized she was again a hanyou as she saw Inuyasha's silver hair.
"Perfect timing," Kushimi sighed. "Um, you might want to get out that sword of yours Inuyasha."
A laugh echoed through the smog sending shivers down Kagome's back. Three figures seemed to appear out of nowhere. Kanna and Kagura were made out first, then the third became clear. Following them was Naraku.
"So, the final battle begins," Naraku cackled.
"I remembering saying 'I've heard similar threats from a number of poor fools whose memories I keep alive by dancing on their tombstones.' to the now dead Thunder Brothers, but with you I'll make an exception. You I'll just fertilize the ground with." Inuyasha taunted.
"Don't get cocky, that could throw the battle!" Naraku lunged for Inuyasha, Kagura and Kanna going different directions picking their opponents.
Kagura ended up with Kushimi, Sakimi, Sango, and Kirara. While Kanna dealt with Miroku, Arami, and Emarine. Kagome joined Inuyasha; Shippo pulled his normal trick and hid behind a tree.
'So many allies yet we still aren't overpowering them!' Kagome thought. 'Why?'
Naraku took his opportunity and slid his blade up Kagome's arm before twisting it on her cheek. Inuyasha, after batting away Naraku's sword from its position very near Kagome's neck, attempted to get revenge for her.
Kagome dropped to the ground; searing pain tore through her other arm. Her eyes started to droop as she fought unconsciousness. 'It's over; I'm going to bleed to death.'
Kagura was weaker than Naraku, yet the four were still having trouble gaining the advantage. She favored her 'Dance of the Dragons' attack; which, after about the tenth time, had knocked out Sango and injured Kirara to the point of defeat.
Kanna, on the other hand was virtually defenseless. She had her mirror which she deflected attacks with, but it was soon shattered. Kanna suffered for the last time when Emarine managed to get at her neck.
Kagome's eyes popped open as she heard the worst thing in the world, Inuyasha's scream. She saw him lying only a few yards away, on his back, blood seeping out his side. She crawled over with much difficulty; her left arm was rendered useless because of the gash, and her right wasn't much better because it was dislocated at the shoulder. She pressed one hand against the wound on his side, and the other in his hand. Her head rested on his chest. She squeezed his hand; he returned the action.
Kagome gasped, "Inuyasha! No, don't leave us! Don't leave me!" his grip lessened, but was still apparent, "Get up! For me, for Kikyo; I don't care why, just get up!" she yelled, his grip ceased and his heartbeat stopped all together.
Inuyasha saw Kagome lying on a silver haired man, he realized why she was crying, that was him, dead, defeated by the man who had tried to kill him fifty years earlier. "Kagome!"
Then he heard the three words he had tried to tell her for so long. "Inuyasha, please don't go, I love you!"
"Now that the dog is gone, I shall kill his filthy girl!" Naraku loomed up beside her and lifted his blade for the strike.
'It's just like my nightmare!' Kagome thought.
"No, KAGOME!" Inuyasha screamed; there was nothing he could do.
Kagome was thrown off Inuyasha as he suddenly sat up and severed Naraku's left arm.
"Kagome, get the jewel shards to one of the others!" Inuyasha ordered. "Don't ask why just do it."
"But how di-"
"I don't know, just do it!"
She was halfway to the fight with Kagura, when she heard Naraku's screech. As she turned she saw what seemed to be hundreds of shards fly from Naraku's back. Inuyasha caught as many as possible and then picked up the remaining pieces. He ran to Kagome's side grabbed her hand and continued pulling her along with him.
"Sakimi!" he yelled out, "Get the other three!"
He handed her the fragments he had been holding, then took Kagome's fragment and also shoved it in Sakimi's hands.
The other three ggathered around the jewel. Light shone from it, they could barely see through their squinting eyes. The light subsided and the jewel was finally reformed; it was a pearly pink colored sphere the size of an infant's fist.
"Nigimi, give Kagome your bow. Kagome remember when we killed Menomaru?" she nodded her hand. "Well, we're going to pretend Naraku is Menomaru, use the same, only this time you're going to have this attached to your arrow." He held up the Shikon No Tama. Kagome simply nodded. They heard Naraku groan and sit up.
"Better hurry it up." Miroku muttered.
Kagome finished tying the jewel to her arrow. She stood up, aimed, drew her arrow, and released. Inuyasha followed with the Wind Scar. A blinding light flashed then disappeared instantly. Kagura and Kanna were crumpled masses on the ground, Naraku transformed unwillingly into a man with bandages covering his body, Naraku fifty years earlier or Onigumo, then into a pile of ash.
"It's finally over!" Miroku sighed, the void in his hand vanished as he glanced at it.
The pain in Kagome's arm began to seep through her body again, before she hit the ground Inuyasha caught her.
"They're gone!" Emarine cried out. Arami, Kushimi, Sakimi, and Nigimi had disappeared.
"Ack! You pervert!" Sango screamed and slapped the monk for about the trillionth time. She had regained consciousness, unfortunately for Miroku, just as he was a few inches from her face, and his 'possessed' hand had found its way to its favorite spot, her butt.
"Who would have know that so much damage could happen just from measly little stone," Inuyasha sighed. Picking up Kagome bridal style he set off in the direction of Kaede's village. Shippo, realizing it was all over, ran out and jumped on his shoulder.
"Inuyasha," Miroku called, "I don't think Kagome will make it to the village without her arm bandaged."
He regretfully stopped and waited for Sango to wrap some cloth around her arm.
THIS IS NOT THE FINAL CHAPTER! I will write one more to tie things up but no more than that, so don't think its complete just because Naraku is dead. I know most people would have Kagura and Kanna live, but I like to deviate from most people. Please review.