A Third Chance at Life
Delinquent Archery and Conclusion to Naraku
Disclaimer: I do not own Ranma or Inuyasha, they are the property of Rumiko Takashi and some companies I can't remember, I also do not own Shadow Hearts, I am making no money of this work.
Author's Notes: Well here's the next chapter, not much to say this time. Thank you everyone who reviewed last chapter, now on with the story.
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'Hmm, I had no idea so many of my delinquents practiced archery.' Hinako thought as she observed her students. 'An archery club would be good, but we would need five more people to get it recognized as a school approved activity. I wonder if Ranma would join I could show him how to properly hold a bow…' Hinako blushed at the thought, 'I'm doing it AGAIN, bad Hinako, no naughty thoughts about the students.'
"The time is starting NOW." The announcer shouted.
'Oops, Hinako thought as she took aim, 'can't let myself get distracted now. The middle target is my goal." Hinako pulled the bow string back, aimed, and fired.
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"Oh my, the little teacher Ms. Hinako is quite good, she's hitting the bullseye quite often on that center target." Kasumi smiled.
"She's good, but look at Reika, she's hit the bullseye on the furthest target with all four of the arrows she's fired so far. 'Go Reika, I got money riding on you and Ranma.'
"How is she doing that, that board is ninety meters away and it's the same size as the one thirty meters away and she's hitting the center every time it's not possible." Grandpa Higurashi moaned after Reika had fired her sixth arrow.
"Guess it was kinda dumb to make a bet with some you never met huh?" Sota said as he continued looking through the crowd for someone.
"Shut it I got thirty thousand yen riding on this." Grandpa Higurashi growled.
"It really wasn't a very good idea for you to bet all your money." Mrs. Higurashi said.
"Quiet, Kagome will do just as good as this girl and then it will be a draw." Grandpa Higurashi insisted as Reika fired her ninth and final shot and it like all the others she fired hit the bullseye on the furthest target.
"Heh, Reika's already done and she's still got a minute left." Nabiki smiled.
"All of Ranma's classmates are pretty good; the Ryoko girl seems to be firing three arrows at each target and managed to get two bullseyes on the first target and another two on the second." Kasumi said as she watched Ryoko ready her last arrow and let it fly.
"And she managed to get one bullseye on the far target as well." Nabiki smiled as the last arrow hit.
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"I knew you'd do great Reika." Ben smiled.
"Of course she would, but a perfect, I guess envisioning us naked really helped after all." Kisa grinned.
"Kisa." Reika blushed.
"It seems your all very good, if we can convince a few others I'd be willing to sponsor an archery group, but it will have to be after the presentations for the history report are done." Hinako said.
"I did the worst." Sakura frowned.
"Don't worry you still did great and I only beat you by one point, besides your way better then any of the other's who have been up before us." Ben grinned.
"Not my best ever, but I'm happy with how I did." Ryoko said, "But maybe next time I'll envision everyone naked too." Ryoko added causing Kisa to laugh while Reika blushed again.
'You know it would be really easy to say something like, hey if it helps we can all practice naked together, there's no need to envision it, but it's not wise to anger a group of women holding lethal weapons.' Ben thought as he grinned. "Guess we should get out of the way so the next group could get ready."
"So how many points did everyone have?" Hinako asked.
"Two Hundred Seventy" Reika smiled.
"One eighty six" Kisa grinned.
"One Sixty eight" Ryoko said.
"One thirty seven" Ben laughed, "That's probably the best I've ever shot."
"One thirty six" Sakura frowned, "I'm sure I can do better."
"So how'd you do teach?" Ben asked.
"One seventy one, not bad considering I haven't done this in two years." Hinako smiled cutely.
"I know you're older then you look right now, but I just got this image of a four year old you holding and firing a bow." Ben laughed.
"I… huh weird, it's not often you see someone other then Ranma dressed in clothes like that." Hinako said as she looked over at Kikyo.
"Ranma, where?" Sakura said as she looked around frantically.
"No, Sakura, she said it's uncommon to see people dressed in clothes like that other then Ranma." Ben Smiled.
"Well, let's go sit down and see how the competition does." Ryoko said.
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"I'm probably going to be in the last group, I signed up kind of late." Kagome said
"Me too, I signed up right before I bumped into you and Inuyasha." Kikyo responded. "Do you mind continuing your story?"
"Oh no, not at all, so,"
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(Flashback)
"Simply put kill Naraku fast and I might have a way to heal Kohaku." Inuyasha said, "But if Sesshomaru demands the final blow give it to him."
"Hey you bastard, over here." Inuyasha called out as he blasted Naraku with a wind scar.
"GO FORWARD." Naraku bellowed causing swarms of demons to pour out of the castle
"Inuyasha, he has all of his jewel shards in his body, you're going to have to remove them or your attacks won't hurt him." Kagome called out.
"Kagura." Sesshomaru said as he stood next to her.
"Sesshomaru? What? Naraku is right there, why?" Kagura panted.
"Are you okay?" Sesshomaru asked.
"No, I'm not." Kagura said. "But, that you decided to stand next to me and that I'm now as free as the wind means I can die happy." Kagura smiled before a gust of wind blew through and her body failed her and turned to ash.
Sesshomaru's expression didn't change, nor did he say anything, he merely pulled the Tensaiga from it's scabbard and swung it at Kagura, but nothing happened. 'Why did it not work?' Sesshomaru thought before sheathing his Tensaiga and charging towards the battle with Naraku.
"Damn, he's regenerating faster then Musou did." Inuyasha growled as he jumped back.
"Hiraikotsu" Sango shouted as she launched it at the demon swarm, "That's most of the demons, he didn't have as many this time."
"Inuyasha I have an idea, get ready to jump forward and grab jewel shards, Miroku, Sango cover us." Kagome called out as she took aim at Naraku with her bow."
Sesshomaru reached Naraku and began striking with his power whip causing Naraku to begin dodging.
'Not good' Kagome thought as she tried to aim at the moving target before firing an arrow. "It hit." Kagome exclaimed as the arrow blew a jewel shard out of Naraku and Inuyasha jumped forward to grab it.
Kagome took aim again and launched another arrow blowing another jewel shard out Naraku's back which Inuyasha also caught.
'The jewel shards are what's making him so fast and giving him the ability to regenerate.' Sesshomaru thought as he took a blow from Naraku. 'Time to cut them out.' Sesshomaru thought as he focused his demonic energy into his eyes. 'Now let's see where you have the jewels.' Sesshomaru thought as he began to slice through Naraku's body to get at the jewel shards within.
'No, I won't be beaten by these fools, I am Naraku the greatest demon to ever exist.' Naraku thought as he began to charge up his demonic energy and launched a cloud of Miasma out of his palms and then focused it even further into a liquid form. "Die Inuyasha." Naraku screamed as he let the liquid fly towards Inuyasha.
'Son of a' Inuyasha was thinking when Kanna stepped in front of him mirror held out in front of her and blasted the miasma back to it's owner.
Naraku didn't have time to think anything before his own liquid miasma hit him and turned him into a pile of ashes. The only thing that survived the attack was the jewel shards.
Sesshomaru looked around then turned and began walking away.
"Sesshomaru wait." Inuyasha called out to his brother.
"What is it you want Inuyasha?" Sesshomaru glared.
"I want you to use the Tensaiga and try and bring Kohaku back." Inuyasha responded.
Sesshomaru merely turned around and started to walk away again.
"Wait damn it, I'll give you the Tessaiga, if that's what it takes. Just please use the Tensaiga on Kohaku." Inuyasha shouted as he jumped in front of Sesshomaru.
"I no longer have any desire for the Tessaiga, now stand aside.
"No, he is one of my traveling companions little brother and the only family Sango has left, I'm not sure why, but even Kagura was angry after his jewel shard was pulled by Naraku, please, I'll owe you a favor to be repaid at a later date anything you want, just try and heal Kohaku." Inuyasha demanded.
Sesshomaru looked over at Kohaku's body which was already starting to decay from the lack of a jewel shard. "I will try." Sesshomaru stepped forward and felt the Tensaiga pulse before he brought the sword forward down on the messenger's of the netherworld that were crawling over Kohaku.
"Huh, what?" Kohaku looked around confused.
"Kohaku." Sango cried out before running forward and hugging her brother.
Sesshomaru looked down at Kohaku and then over to the place where Kagura's ashes had been resting.
"Did she suffer?" Inuyasha asked.
"She was smiling." Sesshomaru said before he began to walk away, "I will collect on that favor you owe me, little brother." Sesshomaru called out over his shoulder.
'I made a deal with the devil, looks like he plans to eventually collect.' Inuyasha thought.
"Kagome you got all the Jewel shards?" Inuyasha asked.
"Every one of them." Kagome smiled. "And Sango's got her brother back again, how did you convince Sesshomaru to do that anyway?"
"I now owe Sesshomaru one favor, in which he can make me do whatever he wants." Inuyasha grumbled.
"Ouch, look Miroku's happy too, he's jumping around and rubbing his hand against his face, I guess it worked and the wind tunnel is gone." Kagome laughed.
"Any clue on what to do with Kanna?" Inuyasha asked as he looked at the girl who hadn't moved since killing Naraku.
"The only thing I can think of is to take her with us." Kagome frowned.
"Same here, and I'm not sure if that's a good idea either, she is one of Naraku's reincarnations even if she did help us defeat him." Inuyasha sighed. "But, I think we will take her with us for now, I'd have died if she hadn't jumped in when she did.
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"Kagome Higurashi, and Kikyo Nanashi." The announcer finished calling the last group.
"Go Kagome, you got to get a perfect or I lose thirty thousand yen." Grandpa Higurashi cried out.
"Oh boy do I want to know." Kagome mumbled causing Kikyo to look up into the stands to see the disturbance.
'The man yelling is sitting next to Nabiki, what is she doing here and Kasumi as well? Well whatever money that man is yelling about losing I'm sure Nabiki has something to do with it she's grinning far too largely.'
'Yeah, she's generally involved with it if it has something to do with someone owing money.' Ranma thought.
'Well, we can't let it distract us now, let's just concentrate on the tournament.'
'Guess your right, but I wonder if she told Kasumi about our secret, I don't really mind her knowing, but why would she tell her?'
'If Nabiki told Kasumi it's probably because Nabiki doesn't like lying to her.'
"Good luck, Kikyo." Kagome smiled before taking her position.
"Good luck to you as well." Kikyo nodded at Kagome before stepping forward and began waiting for the signal to fire.
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Well here it is, All reviews are appreciated, hope you enjoyed the chapter.
