A "Final" Battle
Kagome looked around and took a deep breath. She saw her friends looking at her from their spots, tense, ready to spring into action at a sign of her hand.
This was it, the final battle. She looked at Inuyasha last, his back straight, his ears perked, his eyes intense and focused. A fang was peeking from under his lip. His fists tightened and loosened as he shared looks with his team. Cold wind was blowing near, shaking trees and rattling loose parts of the buildings.
"And so, the heroes were deep down the dreadful dungeon under Naraku's castle, ready to face the vile hanyou and end his reign of terror," she muttered.
"Quit stalling, wench!" Inuyasha grumbled.
"I must agree with Inuyasha," Miroku smirked. "We all waited for this for so long."
"Yeah, I still can't believe we're finally here," Sango nodded, smiling.
"Go on, Kagome!" Shippou encouraged her, grasping his fists in front of himself in anxiety and excitement. They had only to break Naraku's barrier and bring him down.
Kagome smiled. It was up to her to break the barrier since Inuyasha's attempt had been fruitless. She closed the object in her hand and focused her will before she threw it in front of herself. It fell on the floor and rolled a couple of centimeters before stopping. Everyone watched it in tense silence as it rolled.
"Yes! Six!" Kagome raised a fist in the air and looked at Kaede, who held a big book. "Did I break the barrier around Naraku's secret room?"
"Yes," Kaede nodded.
"Fuck yeah! We charge in!" Inuyasha exclaimed and sent Kagome a proud smile.
"Wait, let me first perform a blessing so we all are immune to Naraku's insects!" Miroku called and raised a hand. They all nodded and Inuyasha impatiently grabbed the dice to hand it to the monk, so he could roll it and see if the blessing was successful
"You have to roll at least five, Miroku," Kaede warned from her spot next to the board after seeking out the spell chapter of the book she held.
"No pressure, huh?" Miroku sighed and rolled the dice.
Outside of Kaede's hut the winter winds were howling their mournful song of the darkest and most gloomy part of the season. Inside, the group of friends was laughing and bickering over a board.
A/N: I'm alive, see? The end of the last week I spent at Lord Yau's and wasn't really online, not mentioning I had no time to write. But now I'm back and hopefully you'll get some fun stuff out of me soon!