Chapter 25 Naraku!
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A/N:
What you all need to understand is that this is not how Inuyasha ended. I just used some things from the show to….add to my ending. Inuyasha ends totally different from how I say they defeated Naraku, Okay? In the Anime, they do not defeat Naraku. It just ends.
I want to that these people for taking time to actually reply to my authors note! You guys helped a lot! Djl, Angel452, Anonymous, Taeniaea, sassysango26, setsunakutteyume, Shay-Shei, heavens lil cherry, Ray, sparkinu, LanierShazar, coyote, Roycerules, Inuyasha05, Sesshoumarugurl416. You all really helped me a lot! Thank you for all your support! It really means a lot to me!
Sailor Moon1996- I'm not using the end of Inu. I am making up my own ending but to do that I need to reveal some things from the last few Inu episodes. And Inuyasha doesn't really end for the Anime. It does but not the way you would want it to. Naraku is still alive…and stuff like that.
Taeniaea- I'm glad you liked it! Thank you for your review! You actually were the first for this chapter.
kmkoolj2010- Thank you for reviewing! I think this is the first time I have gotten a review from you!
VampireAlexanderluver- Thank you!
ryiko at 13- Thank you. And I was thinking the same thing you were about Kagome having a sword. I just didn't know how I should put it in there. Maybe if I make a sequel or I don't know if I'm just going to keep this one going for awhile. But thanks!
bullseye1985- Yeah I sure am planning on doing a few aftermath chapters. So you will know what happens with Tessa and Takashi and the rest of the Inu gang. And how lucky you are! You review and the next day I post the chapter! How cool is that! Lol. Jk.
Since most of you don't mind or don't care I am going to go a head and write the chapter how I wanted it with the spoilers. But I won't tell you what they are just let you know they are there. Which is good because I think the story is better this way. So thanks again for taking time out of your busy schedules to give me some input! I know you all just are so busy with other things! Lol.
InuyashaLuver37- You reviewed Chapters 11 and 12 and I know only Inuyasha can wield Tetsusaiga, but for my story I need it to be so Sesshomaru could also but for you r benefit I will go back and make up and explanation as to why he could wield it suddenly. Yes in chapter 12 the great Sesshomaru did smile! OMG it's the end of the world! Time to die! He smiled because I wanted him to smile. Characters can be changed slightly for the benefit of your story. Jaken…Oh well. And thanks for not blaming me.
Goku's Sister- Glad you like it! Sorry I took a little bit to update.
And to those of you not wanting the spoilers I have written especially for you another chapter. It's right after this one. I hate disappointing people…it's a weakness I acquired from my mother. Blame it on her.
Sorry I took a little while to update. I did have two chapters to write and I kinda got a little stuck.
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The Inuyasha group readied for battle. The biggest battle they would ever have to experience would be happening very soon. Some may die. And if they did, they knew it wouldn't be for nothing as long as the bastard Naraku went down in the process. That was all they could hope for. As long as Naraku was killed, they knew everything would be okay. Everything would turn out fine.
They knew they couldn't defeat Naraku simply by just killing him. They had to first destroy his heart. If they succeeded in destroying his heart he would be gone, dead, destroyed, vanquished, forever removed from this realm. How ever you chose to word it, he would no longer cause problems. But Naraku was smart in the sense he wouldn't just leave it lying around for someone to find. He had it carefully hidden. That, in itself was the hardest part of all. How were they going to get past Naraku long enough to search for it? That they did not know. But what they did know was that Kagome would be the one to search for it. After all she had held the baby that was Naraku's heart. She, out of any of them would be the best chance they had at finding it.
Just how they were going to do this….none of them knew. The only plan they had was to play it by ear. So they readied for battle. Naraku began to grow in size until he was this massive spider standing before them.
"Kukukukukukuku!" He cackled. "This is where you all die!" He shot forth one of his tentacles straight towards Kagome.
With skill she easily dodged his attack.
"My, my! You, little miko or should I say hanyou have gotten quicker and stronger! You no longer depend on others to take care of you! I'm surprised! You must be so proud of yourself!"
"Shut up Naraku! Let's just get this battle over with! The sooner we kill you the better!" Kagome retorted. She aimed and shot one of her arrows at Naraku. Her attack easily shot off one of his tentacles. Immediately the appendage began to reform back onto the evil demon.
"Damn it! It's not going to work that way! We need to find his heart!" Koga stomped his foot angrily.
"Kaze no Kizu!" Inuyasha's attack hit Naraku square in the chest. Sango then shot out her Hiraikotsu; Miroku tried some sutras, while Takashi shot forth a ball of light and Sesshomaru merely swung his sword sending forth an immense amount of power.
Ayame and Koga stood back and watched from a far for now, waiting for their moment to jump in.
Tessa stayed back with Shippo keeping him safe from harms way. Each attack hit Naraku in turn, but any damage they inflicted was immediately healed. In Tessa's eyes all seemed the lost. But they weren't ready to give up just yet.
"Kukukukuku! You might as way surrender now! You're attempts are all futile!" Naraku taunted. "You'll never win! You can never beat me!"
"We'll see about that!" Said Takashi. "Today will be your death!"
"Over confident are we? What makes you think you can defeat me?"
"I may not be able to defeat you alone but with the help of my friends, together we will take you down!"
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"Kagura, what's your plan?" Kanna asked. "You can't forget about Hakudoushi and Naraku's heart."
"I know, Kanna. You should know I have been thinking about my escape for a long time. Almost since the day I was created." Kagura answered smoothly. "So believe me sister when I say, I haven't forgotten about them."
"I just want to make sure. When dealing with Naraku you can not have any flaws. He's very tricky." Kanna said in her unemotional voice.
"I realize this. Now, first where has Naraku hidden his heart?" Kagura asked.
"Follow me." Kanna said.
With Kanna leading the way, Kagura followed her sister down a dark corridor. It seemed as if it would never end….until finally Kanna stopped before a room. To the untrained eye it would appear to be unguarded. But Kagura knowing Naraku knew better. Preparing for the worst, Kagura reached forward to slide open the door.
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The battle against Naraku continued to rage on. About an hour had gone by and neither side seemed to be getting the upper hand. But the Inu gang was beginning to get tired. Even the great Sesshomaru! (Surprising aye?) Koga and Ayame looked as if they wouldn't be able to hold out much longer.
"Are you getting tired yet? Ready to give up?" Naraku taunted. "I can see it on all your faces. You all can't take much more of this! It's only a matter of time before I kill you all! So why not give up? I can promise you it will be quick and painless."
"Never!" Kagome yelled. "We will never give up! Not until we kill you!"
"We'll see about that miko. Sadly if Kikyou couldn't defeat me what makes you think you can? You are in fact her reincarnation, are you not?"
Kagome narrowed her eyes at Naraku before she began speaking. "I am not Kikyou and I never will be! We may have the same soul but we are entirely different people!"
"We'll see about that!" Once again Naraku shot forth his tentacle straight for her. He seemed to be directing most of his blows towards her, forcing Inuyasha to always be worried about her. It was as if he felt she was the greatest threat of them all. Whatever the reason is was beginning to make Inuyasha angry.
Without wasting anytime Inuyasha jumped protectively in front of Kagome and sliced Naraku's appendage clean off. But Naraku was ready for this and without wasting a beat shot forth another one of his tentacles straight through Inuyasha's stomach before he could even raise his Tetsusaiga to deflect it.
Inuyasha fell back into the open arms of Kagome. "Inuyasha? Inuyasha!" She cried.
"I'm fine Kagome." Inuyasha said struggling to get to his feet. "He only wounded me. I'm not down yet." He reassured her. Kagome nodded sadly.
"Kagome!" Called Sango. "Watch out!"
Kagome looked up to see Naraku charging towards her. He seemed to think with Inuyasha wounded Kagome would be an easy target. Kagome looked around. Her friends were to far away to aid her. She was all on her own with this one. Inuyasha tried to step in front of Kagome to protect her, but Kagome gently pushed him aside.
Naraku grabbed Kagome by her throat and held her high in the hair. "I've got you now, young miko! Now I will kill you!"
Kagome didn't bother a reply and only smiled in return.
"What's with that smirk?" Naraku asked becoming slightly worried. She should be terrified right now! Not smiling! Had he missed something? "I said what's with that smirk!" Naraku asked again his voice rising.
By this time Kagome noticed that her friends had surrounded Naraku without him even noticing. Kagome didn't want them to get hurt so she looked deep into Naraku's eyes and grabbed the hand holding her neck. If she was ever going to do this, now was the time. It may drain most of her power but she had to take that chance.
Using everything she had, she sent a serge of her purifying energy through her hands. The energy enveloped Naraku. He screamed in pain and dropped her. She began to fall but Inuyasha caught her. She smiled at him before blacking out.
Naraku continued to shriek until his body turned to ash. "Is he dead?" Asked Tessa.
"No. That was too easy. And besides the only way we can defeat him is through his heart. Kagome used her power to give us time to find it." Inuyasha answered looking worriedly at the woman he held in his arms.
"How's your wound?" Miroku asked.
"Fine. Let's not waste anymore of the time Kagome gave us and start looking for Naraku's heart. Who knows when he'll be back."
"Little brother, you stay out here with Kagome and alert us if you see anything strange. The rest of us will go inside and search Naraku's palace." Sesshomaru spoke up.
"I'll stay out here too" offered Tessa. "Besides I don't think I would be of much help to you guys inside anyway."
"I'll stay too." Takashi said in such a way that said 'and no one can tell me other wise!'
Tessa smiled and blushed slightly.
Sesshomaru nodded and led his group inside the dark building.
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Kagura slid open the door and looked in. Naraku's heart lay in its cradle holding that ball Naraku stole to hide its scent. Kagura looked around and noticed Hakudoushi was no where to be seen. This was way too easy. Now where was he! Naraku would never leave his heart so unprotected! But then again, he thought she was dead.
"Kanna, where is Hakudoushi?" Kagura asked.
Kanna shook her head. "I don't know." She answered truthfully.
"Well he's gotta be around here somewhere." Kagura cautiously stepped into the room. "Naraku would never leave his precious heart so unprotected."
"Here I am." A voice said from behind.
Kagura spun around just as the door shut on her and Kanna.
"Hakudoushi." Kagura said her voice laced with poison.
"Kagura, Kanna." He said and evil grin forming on his face. "I had a feeling you weren't really dead. I don't know how Naraku could have been so easily fooled. Luckily I thought to come here and wait for you. But I wasn't expecting Kanna. I never thought she would go against Naraku like this."
"Who said I was going against Naraku?" Kanna said without emotion. "How do you know I didn't bring her here so you could kill her? How do you know I didn't know you would be here waiting for her?"
Kagura glared at her sister before she realized what Kanna was doing.
"Ah. My bad Kanna. I should have known better. Naraku created you to be his slave. There is no way you can go against him."
Kanna nodded her agreement.
"Now Kagura you shall pay for you insolence to your master! I will teach you to go against me or Naraku!" Hakudoushi thrust forward his spear intending to stab the very place where her heart should have been.
"Fuji no Mai!" Kagura was just able to block the attack with her Dance of the Wind Blades. She was not going down without a fight. But what she really hoped was that she wouldn't go down at all!
Slowly so as not to be noticed Kanna made her way towards the sleeping baby. Kagura and Hakudoushi continued to fight. Hakudoushi seemed to be getting the upper hand in the battle as it continued. Sweat dripped down Kagura's forehead but she didn't dare wipe it away.
Kanna was now right in front of the baby's cradle. She stared down at the seemingly innocent infant that wasn't so innocent. The pain and trouble this one baby had caused….was immense. Hopefully after today it would all be over. Kanna reached down and gently scooped the enfant into her arms. It was a struggle to hold it and her mirror but she somehow managed.
When she turned, what she saw made her heart skip a beat. Hakudoushi had thrust forward his spear, sending it straight through Kagura's stomach.
Kagura's eyes widened in surprise as she gasped and slid to the floor. Hakudoushi unmercifully pulled his sword out of Kagura's stomach and smiled. Kagura fell on her hands and knees. She coughed up blood and struggled to breath.
"Looks like its over for you!" Hakudoushi laughed wickedly.
"You have forgotten something Hakudoushi! As long as Naraku holds my heart I can never die!" Kagura sputtered, blood slipped down her chin.
Before Hakudoushi could muster a reply the door was swung open revealing….
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Sesshomaru stepped forward showing no emotion on his handsome face. His eyes took in to horrific scene before him and still he face never changed. Unlike him, the companions of Inuyasha, not including Ayame and Koga, grimaced as they followed him into the room. Their eyes widened as they saw the gaping hole in Kagura's stomach.
"Why hello everyone. You want me to kill you too?" Hakudoushi sneered.
Sesshomaru glared. Ayame was barely able to keep Koga from charging at Hakudoushi! "You will not be doing this killing! I shall be the one to kill you!" Sesshomaru said unsheathing his Toukijin. (Is that how it is spelled? I guessed.)
"That sword can't hurt me!" Hakudoushi said not as confident as he was only a few minutes before.
"How about we find out!" Sesshomaru swung his blade, feeling to great power pulsing through it. The power inside his blade shot out in thousands of tiny spears, pinning Hakudoushi to the nearest wall.
"NOOOOOOOO!" He screamed as he felt himself becoming weaker. "You can't kill me! I won't die! NOOOOOOO! This can't be happening!" His voice became smaller and smaller as his body turned to ash and disappeared.
By this time Kagura's hole had healed itself. "Let's get outta here!" She said sensing Naraku nearby.
"Wait! Where is Kohaku?" Sango asked. "I have to find him before we leave! I will not leave him behind!"
"I am here."
Sango spun around to find Kohaku standing there.
"Kohaku!" Sango wrapped him in her arms.
"Sister." Kohaku's voice was muffled.
"You know who I am?" Sango Gasped. "I thought Naraku had erased your memories."
"Yes. He did. But for a long time now, I have known who you were and what happened. I just didn't want Naraku to find out. I knew he would kill me if he knew."
"I'm so glad!" Sango could help but let a tear slide down her cheek. She was just so happy! But her happiness didn't last long.
"Look!" Koga said pointing at the empty cradle.
"What is it?" Sango spun back around and looked in the direction he was pointing.
A pink barrier had formed there and inside that Barrier were bits and pieces of Naraku. Only his head remained intact.
"Kukukukuku! You thought I could be defeated so easily? Well you were wrong! And as soon as my body repairs itself you will all see how wrong you were!" Naraku laughed wickedly before he continued. "Come here Kanna. Come into my barrier."
Kanna stepped forward and did as her master requested. He saw she had his heart. Inside the barrier the baby couldn't be destroyed. It didn't look like Kagura was going to get her freedom after all. Nor did it seem Inuyasha and his friends would live to see another day. Naraku had won after all. And what of Kanna? She would remain Naraku's slave forever until he no longer had need of her.
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There it is. I have made it so no matter what chapter 25 you read you can still read the next chapter and not be confused. I still think this chapter is better than the other one I made for the people against my spoilers. Oh well. It is kinda short too. I really don't think this chapter is all that great either…Sorry. Please R and R! Thank you!
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