Chapter 10

ELLI!

Elli's pupils turned to slits and her green cat eyes burned with rage. Her heart was filled with hatred towards Naraku, and her facial expression would scare almost anyone. She looked so much like a fierce saber than her normal self.

Inuyasha could feel Elli's rage, and he knew that this battle would be intense. He glanced at Elli and saw her truly mad for the first time. "Calm down, it's not that big a deal!" he said.

"Shut your mouth for once, puppy."

"Wha..." Inuyasha was confused. Why had she called him a puppy?

The black cloud drew nearer and finally the group could see Naraku. Kagome could tell that Elli was refraining from attacking with all her might.

"NARAKU!" Elli screamed as she ran towards him, claws on the ready. She could hold back no longer.

"Elli, come back here!" Inuyasha called. He knew she wouldn't listen. 'Why'd she have to be so stubborn?' he thought. He ran after her, Tetsusaiga in hand, ready to strike Naraku.

Elli's eyes filled with tears. She reached Naraku and began slashing at him, though he dodged her attacks. "Agh, Naraku, you scum! How could you possibly be so low and black-hearted! To kill someone's family without effort, to use someone's brother to kill them, poor Kohaku! If he knew what he had done he'd probably die! Not to mention how you made Inuyasha and Kikyo despise each other 50 years ago! You're pure evil, Naraku! Nothing more!" She packed all her rage into one single kick, which hit him head on, right in the chest. He fell over, which gave Inuyasha and the others a chance to attack. Inuyasha started hitting Naraku with his sword, but it hit him only once before Naraku jumped up. He began to dodge again. Sango threw her giant boomerang at Naraku, missing him by an inch. Koga began running towards Naraku, kicking him whenever possible, but it was very seldom. Miroku began to use his Wind Tunnel, but Naraku's poisonous insects showed up and made Miroku stop. Everyone but Kagome was attacking, even Kirara and the sabers. (Shippo was, of course, hiding behind Kagome.)

Kagome had been waiting for the right time to shoot an arrow at Naraku. She waited until he was facing the opposite direction and then shot the arrow. It hit his right side, making his side disappear.

"Wench!" Naraku yelled. "I'll be back, don't you worry!" Naraku then disappeared, as did the black cloud and the poisonous insects.

"I won't worry!" Elli yelled. She turned to Kagome. "Thank you. Maybe I should start carrying some of those around, might come in handy," she remarked, referring to the arrows. Kagome laughed.

"Sango, what are you doing?" Miroku asked. She had been standing there, staring.

"Something isn't right..." she said.

"Like what?" Inuyasha asked.

"I don't think that was the real Naraku, I think it was a fake."

"Hm?"

"It wasn't the same. He was here, and still may be, but that wasn't him."

"I knew something wasn't right!"

Elli could sense shards coming quickly behind her, but as soon as she turned around she was picked up.

"ELLI!" everyone called. Naraku had taken her.

"Follow him!" Koga yelled. Elli's sabers jumped into action, knocking each person down onto the saber's back, and running towards Naraku at high speed.

"Thank you," Kagome said to the saber she was riding, Kora.

"You're welcome, we must save our leader," he replied.

They kept running, using Kagome's shard sensing abilities to lead the way. They finally came to a castle, where Elli was screaming inside.

"Elli!" Koga called.

Inuyasha thwaped him on the head. "Don't draw attention to yourself, you mangy wolf."

"I'll do as I wish, insolent puppy."

"I see you only call me that when we're not around Elli."

"That's not true!"

"Yes it is."

Kagome grabbed their ears. "Could we please stop bickering and save her!"

"We were just about to do that," Koga replied.

"Yea, wouldn't wanna disappoint your girrrrlllll frieeeeeend," Inuyasha replied. The sabers kicked Inuyasha and Koga off and stepped aside. "Didn't need you anyways!" Inuyasha spat.

"AHH! Unhand me!" Elli screamed from inside.

"Let's go!" Sango said.

"Right now?" Shippo asked, scared.

"Come on, Shippo," Kagome said.

The group got off the sabers and walked towards the castle, with only one thing in mind: Elli.