Chapter 18

"Who the hell was he?" Antu said out loud to himself. After the battle he returned to the cave to go over what happened. He was very unsure of what had occurred. "What were those things I remembered?"

He mentioned something called a Jedi, a person named Kram Millah. Antu thought instead of speaking out loud. When he said that, I remembered something. Was Kram Millah the Jedi, me? The name seemed so familiar. Yes, I think I was a Jedi once. But not any longer. I have grown beyond any mere Jedi ability. He paused and closed his eyes, only to open them a moment later. It appears they are drawing closer to my location. Best to go and greet them. He transported out of the cave

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"You sure this is the right way?" Inuyasha asked Obi-wan.

"Yes, I am sure. We are close." He said in return. Sure enough they approached the cave, with Antu standing in front of them. They stopped several feet away from him.

"Master Obi-wan Kenobi, I remember you now," Antu said.

"Then if you remember me, then you must remember who you are as well." Obi-wan said.

"Yes, I do." Antu said. "I am darkness." His transformed into a tentacle like spear and shot straight for Kenobi. A blue blade shimmered and sliced the front of the tentacle off, then Obi-wan jumped back.

"Why are you attacking me? You are a Jedi."

"I was a Jedi, now I am far more powerful." A blast of dark energy came out Obi-wan. He raised his lightsaber blade and, concentrating with the Force, blocked the attack.

"Antu, Kram, don't you understand?" Obi-wan said. "I know what happened to you and how you came to be this way. You bonded with the demons to give you a new body. But their evil corrupted you. You must turn from this path now. This is not your true way."

"Kenobi, this is mytrue path." He got ready to fire another blast of energy at Obo-wan, but then hesitated, looking unsure. "No, your right. This is not right. I must stop." When Antu spoke this is was in a different voice, one not as filled with hate. Then he changed his mind. "No, this is the right choice." He fired the blast of energy. Obi-wan blocked it again.

"Kram, you must fight the evil influence over you. Don't let the dark side corrupt your mind. You can still come back to the light." Obi-wan said.

Antu stopped and looked confused for a moment. Then he let out an aggravated yell and put his hands on his head in a frustrated manner. "Obi-wan, I am trying…The demons are strong…I need help."

"Kram, use the Force." Kenobi said.

"Yes, the Force." Antu/Kram said. For a moment he stood straight, but with his head down and eyes closed. Then there was a burst of light from him and something strange happened. One shard of the scared jewel landed near Kagome's feet.

"A shard of the jewel." Kagome said as she bent down to pick it up. "It must have been the one he took. I guess it never got absorbed into the rest of the jewel."

"He's trying to fight back on the evil in him." Obi-wan said to Kagome, and then turned back toward Antu. "Kram, you can do it. Remove the demons' influence from your mind."
"Master, I am trying, but it is hard." Antu said. He seemed to be struggling, clenching and unclenching his teeth. "They are relentless. I feel my hold slipping. You must…stop me before it is too late."

"No, Kram, you can do it." Obi-wan said, not wanting to have to kill a fellow Jedi.

"Master, I cannot. I've done all I can. You must finish me before it is too late."

"I cannot." Obi-wan said.

"Do you want me too?" Inuyasha asked.

"No, Inuyasha, we cannot kill him, not like this." Obi-wan said.

"But I can." Naraku said. His tentacle spear popped out from Antu's chest bone. Antu's body slumped slightly as Naraku appeared behind him. Obi-wan, Inuyasha and Kagome were stunned.

"Naraku!" Inuyasha said.

"No." Obi-wan said in disbelief.

"The fool Antu should have finished me off." Naraku said. "Now his power will be mine, and the jewel will return to its master."

"Naraku, you bastard." Inuyasha said as he drew his sword. Slowly Antu began to be pulled toward Naraku. With his other free hand, Naraku sent out another tentacle spear at Inuyasha and the others and whipped it around, striking them and knocking them back.

"Kram, fight back." Obi-wan shouted. He still felt Kram in the Force, though weak. Antu looked up at him weakly.

"Obi-wan, do not worry. This is for the best." He said, and then his head slumped down.

"Now, become one with me." Naraku said. Antu's body was pulled into Naraku, and was absorbed. A dark glow surrounded Naraku. "At last, enough power to completely finish you three." He prepared to attack.

But then he stopped moving and looked down. He looked like he was in pain. Naraku looked up suddenly and gasped, and then was torn apart. Where he had stood now stood Sesshomaru.

"Sesshomaru?" Inuyasha said surprised. Instead of speaking, Sesshomaru turned around and fired a blast from his sword at Naraku. It would have hit had Naraku not put up his barrier at the last moment.

"We will meet again, Inuyasha." Naraku then promptly escaped.

"Sesshomaru, I thought Antu absorbed you." Inuyasha said as he put his sword away.

"The weakling never finished absorbing me." Sesshomaru said. "I waited in his body until I regained my strength to finish him off. It was just Naraku instead." He began walking away, but then spoke something still within ear shot of Inuyasha and the others. "Still, even before I had regained all my strength, it felt like I was pushed out of his body, by some force of Antu's will." He walking on until he was gone.

"Then that means, if he was forcibly pushed out of Antu's body, then Antu must have willingly released Sesshomaru." Kagome said.

"It seems that he did overcome the demons influence in the end." Obi-wan said solemnly.

"Let's go back to the others and tell them what happened." Inuyasha said. They began their return trip back to the village.