Note: I'm back! Yes, sorry people. I would have updated WAY sooner, but I lost everything on the computer…or so I thought until my dad said he saved it in a file that was not supposed to be deleted, so then I had to find it as well as get some other stuff back, so now that it's spring break, more time to write. Okay? I'll try and put more chapters up soon….that is if I still get reviews.

Chapter twenty-eight- Let the fights begin

Kagome, Sango, Ecaro, Rin and Shippo watched as the four walked away. A sound was heard behind them and they all turned to see Jaken running as fast as he could, yelling "Sesshoumaru-sama! Don't forget your faithful servant!" They watched until all…five of them were out of sight before slowly turning away from the door.

Kagome though, continued to stare out the opened doors and at the last spot she had seen the lord of the west's back. She frowned, she knew Naraku wasn't going to be easy and that it would be awhile before they knew the true results of the battle 'Sesshoumaru you better keep your promise and come back' she thought.

"Kagome-chan"

Kagome turned to see Sango "did you need something?"

"I just thought you might like to talk about what you've been up to while we soak in the hot spring" she replied "I just found it and thought it might take your mind off of some things"

Kagome smiled gratefully "thanks Sango, I could really use it" she turned her head to Ecaro "would you mind watching the kids?"

He smiled "not at all, it would be my pleasure"

Shippo cheered "alright!" he was quick to jump on the dog demon's shoulder "come on Ecaro; let's go to the garden to play!"

Rin nodded "yea, it will be a lot of fun"

Both women watched as Rin and Shippo dragged the future eastern lord to play in the gardens before turning and preparing for their bath. During their bath, they remained silent for awhile, until one spoke.

"Do you think they'll be alright?" asked Kagome

Sango looked at her "I'm sure they will be"

"It always seemed like this day would never arrive and now that it has…it's a little hard to believe"

"I know what you mean, a lot has happened since now" Sango answered before they both fell into their own thoughts. After a couple minutes, she spoke again "I bet you never thought you'd be with Sesshoumaru, huh?"

Kagome gave a smile "I always thought that after this great adventure ended I would go home and marry a guy from there, but it seemed fate had other things planned"

"I'm sure Sesshoumaru wasn't expecting it either, after all you did travel with Inuyasha and you're human to top it off" Sango pointed out

"I know, that's what makes it even harder to believe" Kagome then looked at the ceiling "I never thought Sesshoumaru could show emotion besides hatred and anger, but he can actually be very caring" she looked at her friend "we actually had a fight over today; I wanted to go to defeat Naraku and he wouldn't let me because he was afraid for my safety"

Sango blinked in amazement "really? Wow," she then smiled "you know, he's changed a lot over these 2 years, right now he's our ally…it kind of makes it hard to believe that he use to be our enemy"

"I know what you mean, I still keep thinking that one day I'm going to wake up in my bed back home and this whole thing was nothing, but a dream" she answered with a sad tone in her voice.

Sango looked at her before reached a hand over and pinching Kagome's arm, satisfied when the girl let out a yelp of surprise "nope, your still here…I guess it's not a dream"

Kagome looked at her before they both began laughing and then continued to talk about the old times and how things have changed since then. After awhile of talking they stepped out and went to see what the children were up to.

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Ecaro sniffed and looked around "where on earth did they disappear to?"

He walked around the garden, but still could find no sign of the kitsune or the human girl. They had started to play a game of hide-and-seek and had made him hide the first few times until he caught on to the game….then they made him it. He sighed before speaking to himself quietly "brats, quite sneaky even the human child" he smirked "guess now I must consider them family" he walked behind a bush only to find the space empty "which I am proud to do so if they are this witty"

Rin watched from the flower bed as Ecaro kept walking around and sniffing the air from time to time. She was trying her hardest not to laugh, after all she had been hiding there for some time, and he still hadn't found her or Shippo.

As for Shippo he was right at home in a small burrow he had found one day. It reminded him much of his underground den when his parents were alive. He quickly peeked his head out to see Ecaro walking past. He'd been 'it' for awhile and still hadn't found them; it was starting to get funny…after all dogs are supposed to have the better nose.

Ecaro sighed and threw his hands up into the air "alright! You guys win, I give up!"

Rin stood up from the flower bed with a huge grin on her face while Shippo emerged from the hole in the ground covered in dirt. Ecaro just stood there for a minute before looking at the ground "damn, they were in easy spots too!"

Shippo laughed "don't worry, maybe you'll have better luck next time Ecaro"

Ecaro chuckled a bit "maybe" he turned his head to see Kagome and Sango coming their way "enjoy yourselves ladies?"

"Sure did" replied Sango.

Kagome smiled "quite refreshing" she then looked at the children "now, what have you been up to?"

Rin ran up to her "we've been playing hide-and-seek with Ecaro, but he's not very good at the game"

Ecaro frowned for a moment before crossing his arms and huffed "I've never played such a game before" he looked at Kagome "they really play those games where you're from?" she nodded and he blinked "wow, it was hard for me to find them and I'm a demon, it must be really hard for humans to find other humans"

Kagome laughed "it can be at times, but it is fun and passes the time quickly" she looked at the children "now why don't we teach Ecaro the game tag"

Ecaro gave her a confused look "tag?" he saw a strange mischievous look in her eyes and took a step back "something tells me I'm going to regret even volunteering to be a guardian here"

Kagome tried to hold in her laughter and gave a sly look "awe, don't be afraid of a little human Ecaro"

Everyone had a good laugh and then Kagome explained the game to him. Not long after that they had the game going.

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It was a while before the group of five finally made it to the designated battle field only to find it empty. There wasn't even a trace of Naraku's scent that said he would be there.

Inuyasha growled "what's the big idea? That bastard is supposed to be here"

"Calm down Inuyasha" said Miroku as he scanned the sight with his own eyes "it's not quite time, we're early"

Sesshoumaru turned his head and both hanyou and monk looked in the direction just as a whirl wind came up "you're on time"

Koga gave a nod "of course" he then turned his head to look behind him "I also brought my tribe with me and some of the allies are here"

Sesshoumaru gave a nod before turning to look at his toad servant "Jaken, return to Kagome and only come back here should anything go wrong at the home"

Jaken gave a nod "hai, Sesshoumaru-sama!" and then scurried off.

The taiyoukai then turned his attentions to the open field in front of him. Something was wrong, Naraku should have been the first one to arrive and be waiting for them, but he wasn't. There wasn't even a trace of his scent. 'What is Naraku up to?' he wondered.

"Everyone! Look out!" someone shouted.

Sesshoumaru turned around to see thousands of demons headed there way. He smirked; he would work out his frustrations on a couple hundred youkai while he was trying to solve this little problem.

Inuyasha whipped out the tetsusaiga and smirked "about time"

Miroku's face remained tense, something was wrong about this "Inuyasha, everyone, be careful…something's up"

Koga nodded and sniffed the air "I still don't smell Naraku anywhere"

"Which is why we need to be careful" Miroku reasoned "he's up to something"

Shortly after that was said the battle began and the blood began to spill onto the ground. Many allies were killed straight away, most wounded. Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru used their powerful, destructive swords to slice and dice many of the demons, but they continued to come for the hours they fought.

Koga growled, he was sparing a few cuts and was slowly starting to get tired of fighting so many demons and it seemed that there was no end to them "they just keep coming"

Inuyasha released another Kazu no Kizu attack, killing another hundred. He was panting hard and his muscles were screaming for rest, but he wasn't about too. If he did pause for even a moment he would be resting for forever. He growled "well, wolf, what do you suggest we do about it?"

"Find out where they're all coming from" he replied.

Miroku fought his way over to the two "they seem to continue to poor from the skies, your best chance is to get up there"

Inuyasha gave a nod and shouted over to the giant cat that was just finished killing a demon "Kirara! Give me a lift!"

The fire cat quickly jumped over a couple pair of fighting youkai and landed next to the hanyou. Inuyasha hastily jumped on and then felt something jump on behind him. When he turned to look he growled "who said you're comin ya stinkin wolf!"

Koga glared "I did, now let's go"

"No way! I can handle this on my own" he argued.

A slimy glob demon was headed their way. Both braced for the impact, but Sesshoumaru came up and sliced the demon and the last minute. He glared at the two "now is not the time to argue!" he looked at the cat "get going!"

Kirara nodded and jumped into the air. Both demons held on and the fire cat jumped higher and higher into the sky. Both were surprised when they noticed a miasma like cloud that seems to be raining out the demons.

Koga glared at it "looks like we found it"

"Yea" replied the hanyou seemingly distracted.

"What's eating you mutt?"

Inuyasha looked back at the wolf "I don't know, but this seems just a little to easy"

Just then the demons stopped pouring down and the miasma cloud started to dissipate, revealing a giant golden cat fish. Koga glared at the half demon "you just had to go and open your big mouth didn't you"

"Shut up, wolf breath"

"Make me, mutt face!"

The cat fish immediately used this to his disadvantage and charged at the two unexpected demons. Kirara tried to doge, but it was to slow and was hit in her side, so the 3 began to plummet to earth.

Sesshoumaru and Miroku were fighting fairly close to each other, but not with each other. Miroku was warding off two that had charged him dead on, but noticed another jumped towards him. His eyes went wide when he realized he could not block it 'and so here ends my fate'

At the last minute a sword slashed through all three demons. The monk just stared for a moment, trying to comprehend what had happened before turning around and looking to the emotionless face of the demon lord.

"Watch yourself monk"

Miroku could to nothing, but nod. A silence fell over them as they continued to start at each other. The monk curious as to why the taiyoukai saved him and Sesshoumaru wondering why he had saved the monk 'only because he is Kagome's friend' he figured as an appropriate answer.

"Hey, they're not coming down anymore!" someone shouted happily.

Sesshoumaru turned his attentions to the sky, where demons were no longer raining down.

Miroku grinned "everyone stand back, I'll take care of these left over" he waited till people gave him a clear shot before he opened up his wind tunnel, sucking up every last one of those demons. Once he was done everyone was shocked and silence before bursting into cheers and applause. The monk said nothing, but suddenly got a worried look on his face and looked over to the taiyoukai who was continuing to stare at the sky "Sesshoumaru-sama, I sense a strong and most evil aura"

"Indeed" was the reply.

At that moment 3 figured falling to earth could be seen. Everyone looked on in shock and confusion. They were one of the strongest demons out there, so what could have injured them so quickly.

Kirara was the first to regain consciousness and quickly gathered up the other companions before they collided with the ground and flew to where Miroku and Sesshoumaru were standing. A giant roar was heard before the cat fish appeared out of the clouds.

"You will all be destroyed" it bellowed in a thunderous voice.

Most of the allies stared up in fear and awe while the experienced fighters grinned at the chance of a challenge. Inuyasha and Koga regained consciousness and looked up at the demon.

Miroku sighed "this isn't going to be easy"

Inuyasha huffed "keh! Speak for yourself, monk" he charged at the fish, but was quickly hit with a lightening bolt.

Miroku then walked up to the fried hanyou "I warned you, this isn't a normal cat fish. This is Marokubara, he rides the wind currents and brings rain to the lands. When he is angry he is known to cause big and dangerous storms"

Inuyasha growled "damn it! It's just like the time when I fought the thunder brothers"

Miroku grinned "so, Inuyasha, I go back to my earlier statement of this isn't going to be easy.

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Note: okay, how was that? Sorry, not good at fight scenes. Alright here are responses to reviews.

rikku542- No Kagome isn't going to be a demon

staxrt- no this isn't the end of the story. I still have a few more chapters. Not sure how many tho cuz I thought it was going to be ending right around here, but it's longer than I thought it was going to be.

blaw blaw-umm, I'm not sure what the title of the sequel is going to be called, I forgot, I don't have the sheet with me, but it's got the word change in it. And no Sesshoumaru isn't gonna help Kagome when she's attacked. He's too far away.

firedragonakai- duh, of course she is!

Litha-23- I chose the name Dark Neko17, because my friend on msn calls herself Dark Slayer, can't remember why. That's how I always knew she was on, so I called myself dark cat at first, but I got annoyed with it, but I like cats so I ended up going with the Japanese version for cat. I didn't want to put a 17, but it said someone else called themselves Dark Neko, so I added the 17 because 1) it's my favorite number and 2) because I was 17 when I got this account.

RoxyFoxyKitsune- I was thinking more along the lines of age wise. If he dies of old age then she will die with him kinda thing, but if he dies in battle then she's left to be a widow.

moophead2009- sad ending, but I like the way the baby is described.