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Chapter Sixteen:
Kouga looked at Inuyasha as they walked through the woods. "So what happened to Kikyou? You let her get away again?" "Shut up wolf." Kagome walked a little faster from the two. "Can they not see that I'm not in the mood?" Kagome felt the hate Kikyou had for her and something in Kagome wanted to hate her back. "It's all Naraku he put that darkness in here." Kagome was in deep thought when she heard the yells of kids. She turned to see that two girls from the village were running to them. "Lady Kagome wait!" Kagome ran back to see what the kids needed. When she got to them they were all smiles. "We know that you have to go but we want to give you this." The two girls opened their hands to show her two brightly colored bracelets. "Oh they are so pretty." "We want you to take them so you know that we are always with you." Kagome hugged the girls and watched as they ran back to the village. Kagome put the bracelets on her arm then went back to the others. "Those kids really like you Kagome." "I guess so Miroku." Shippo jumped on Kagome's shoulder as they started to walk again. Kagome knew why they had to go. Naraku was hurt bad and this was her chance to kill him.
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When Kikyou walked back in she was faced with a very angry Naraku. "Your job was to kill Inuyasha." "I changed the plan and tried to kill Kagome!" "I have told you this over and over she is too strong for you. Even if you had a chance that day you would have failed." "You just want me to think that!" Kikyou walked out of the room to find Kanna. "Oh Kanna? Help me find them." Kanna turned her mirror to show her that soon the group would be in front of the great caves. "That is my chance. All I need to do is pull Kagome in and then destroy her." Kikyou ran off laughing. Naraku walked to the door and looked at Kanna. "Looks like we are going to have to follow her." "I understand." Kanna walked slowly after Kikyou. Naraku stood against the door. "Go and find that as you are now you will never have a chance at killing her. Then I will show you a way to kill her." Naraku laughed then went back into his room. Kagura sat in the corner looking out the window, as Kikyou was getting ready to leave. "Why to you indulge her?" "Why Kagura when I do I allow for all her hate to be freed towards Kagome." Naraku laughed again as he sat down and watched Kikyou walk out of the town with Kanna behind her.
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Kagome and the others came to the great caves. "Now everyone stay close and no going into a cave without the rest of us." Inuyasha yelled back. He looked at Kagome who was in the back she was thinking about something. "How can I stop Kikyou before she destroys us all." Inuyasha was now in her face when Kagome looked up. "Ahhhh SIT!" Inuyasha went down as Kagome then saw what she did. "Oh Inuyasha I am so sorry." "I know just please help me up." Kagome helped Inuyasha up as Kouga laughed. "Mutt why do you even try to impress her?" "Kouga not now!" Kagome sighed, as she knew that soon the two would be yelling back and forth. "Come on Inuyasha she is so not into you." "Oh like she is just dying to be with you!" The two were now yelling so loud that only Kagome heard a faint cry of a child. Kagome turned to the cave next to them. She walked next to it and heard it again. "Help me." Kagome turned to tell the others but they were busy trying to get Kouga and Inuyasha off each other. "I'll just leave an arrow here so they now where I went." Kagome walked into the cave to find the child. Kanna showed this to Kikyou. "I will say this that she is smart. Kanna go put some arrows in front of other caves." Kanna nodded as she walked away.
Kagome was still looking for the child when she felt something coming at her. She ducked as an arrow went flying past her. "Looks like it was just a trap." Kagome looked to find that there was now a barrier behind her. "Looks like I'm not getting out of her without having to fight." Kagome held her bow as she now walked towards where the arrow came from.
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Finally Sango got the two to stop yelling. "Uh, where is Kagome?" Shippo asked as he was looking around. The others looked around and she was nowhere to be found. "Look it's her arrow." Shippo picked up an arrow and that's when Inuyasha saw that someone put arrows in front of three other caves. "Looks like we each need to take a cave and look." Sango took Kirara with her while Shippo went with Miroku. As they all walked into their own cave, they hoped they were going to find Kagome in time. "Naraku is behind this I know it." Inuyasha started down his cave and soon he found that he walked right past a barrier. "So it looks like I am in the right cave." He turned to yell but the barrier wouldn't let him got back. "Fine I will just save Kagome and get out of here." Inuyasha started to run as he soon caught Kagome's scent mixed with Kikyou's.
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Kagome walked till she was in a little room. In front of her was Kikyou in black. "I see you came." "Kikyou what are you doing?" "I am going to kill you!" Kikyou shot her spiritual power forward. "What is wrong with you? STOP THIS!" Kagome shot her hands forward and her own spiritual powers came and meet with Kikyou's. They sat holding each other back till one would drop for a moment then they would do it again. Kagome then dug her heel in and pushed her power a little and Kikyou was tossed back. "Stop this! Kikyou we shouldn't be fighting." "No you should be dieing." Kikyou took hold of her arrow. "Die Kagome!" She shot too fast for Kagome to pull an arrow her self. "Kikyou this is not you!" Kagome reached out and took hold of the moving arrow. She then turned it around and it went flying back to its owner. Kikyou was hit in the shoulder with her own arrow. "How is it you can touch my arrows." "Kikyou this hate has made you weak. Your arrows are weak." Kikyou was thinking of what Naraku had told her. Kagome was stronger than her. "I will not lose to you, a girl who came to this world by chance." Kikyou ran and tired to grab Kagome by the neck but Kagome just ran off. "Kikyou stop this right now!" Kikyou stopped as Inuyasha walked into the room. He had his sword thinking it was Naraku. "Why look it's my cheating man." "Kikyou I am not your man anymore." Kikyou was red in the face with anger. Kanna was now standing next to her. "Kikyou Naraku wants you to return now." "Why?" "He wants to show you something." Kikyou smiled he must have a way for her to be stronger than Kagome she thought. She and Kanna walked into the darkness of the cave and were gone. Kagome looked at Inuyasha and smiled. "Come on we need to go." Kagome ran and took Inuyasha's hand. "Hey when we stop tonight can we go talk somewhere alone." "Oh, sure Inuyasha." Kagome looked at Inuyasha trying to figure out why he would want to talk to her. They ran out of the cave to find the others waiting. "So it looks like the mutt found her." "Kouga do be so mean. So Inuyasha who was doing this?" Inuyasha looked at Sango not sure what to say. "He never saw her but it was Kikyou. She got away from me." Kagome said fast. "Oh so looks like you did good mutt." Kouga laughed as he walked next to Kagome and started to lead her through the mountains. Inuyasha ran after him yelling something as the others followed.
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Kikyou arrived back at Naraku's in anger. She walked into her room and started to smash things and throw things. "How could this be? Kagome shouldn't be stronger than me!" Kikyou was still throwing stuff when Naraku opened the door. "I told you, you would need help." "Naraku! Shut your mouth unless you're going to help me!" "Why Kikyou I see that your anger has made you blind to who you're talking to." Naraku moved and hand his hand around Kikyou's neck. She felt her voice stop and she looked into Naraku's eyes. "I will now help you." Naraku let go and Kikyou hit the floor. "We must go." Kikyou then followed Naraku out the door and out into the world.
As night fell Naraku lead Kikyou to a dark cave in the middle of the south mountains. They walked in to find an old man sitting on the floor. "This is the man of equals. He will make you a sword of great power. This is the one warning I give though. He will make it for a price." Kikyou walked away from Naraku and towards the old man.
"I see that Naraku has brought you young lady." Kikyou stopped as the man looked up at her. "I hear that you wish for a sword to make you stronger." "I want a sword that can cause great damage!" Kikyou spoke up. "I see. I will give you the sword of destruction under one condition." "What?" "I will give its equal to another person of my choice." "Deal." "Young lady you do know that whoever I chose for the sword of peace would be one of power like you." Kikyou stopped. "Would he want to chose Kagome? I don't care she wont be able to stop me with a sword that is to create peace." Kikyou smiled as she looked down at the old man. "Like I said it's a deal." The old man got up and walked over to his wall, there sat hundreds of swords. He reached and took the one with a blue dragon on it. He then placed it in Kikyou's hands. "Here is the sword of destruction. With it you may use it to create evil." Kikyou took the sword and pulled it from it sheath. The sword grew to a great size and glowed with a blue light. Kikyou felt the sword pulse inside her. "It will do as I wish. I can cause death and near death. I can toy with the very life of my enemy." The old man looked at Kikyou. "That you can for if not that sword would have sent you flying." Kikyou smiled as she started to walk out into the night. "Do what you will with that other sword old man. I thank you for this power."
Kikyou walked out with the sword and Naraku smiled. " I wasn't sure that your hate was this strong. For the sword you carry can only be held by a human who has a great hatred." "We can thank Kagome for this." Kikyou and Naraku started back to the town for they were now ready for the greatest plan to date. The old man sat looking into the fire. "This is not good. I was sure that no human alive or dead would hold so much hate. Now I must find the one who can wield the sword of peace." The old man then reached out to the fire and said a prayer. "Show me the person who will wield this sword." As he looked into the fire he saw the face of a girl talking to a half-demon in red. "I have found her."
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Kagome and Inuyasha were sitting on the grass far from camp. They sat looking at the stairs silent for a while. "Inuyasha, do you think Kikyou will ever be free from her hate?" "Uh, well Kagome I think Kikyou's soul is no longer there. When she gave into the hate she gave up the soul you gave her." "That is what I thought. Inuyasha I'm sorry I really thought I could save her." "Kagome I know but you need to let go. I have." Kagome stopped; he said the words that her heart wanted to hear. "But Inuyasha she and you had so much." "Kagome that is no more. She died and I live. I must move on with my life. She no longer dominates my heart. That's where you lay." Kagome's eyes filled with tears. "Inuyasha you live in my heart too." Kagome moved closer to Inuyasha as she smiled. "Kagome I have thought about something." "Really what?" "When we send the jewel and Naraku to hell. When the fighting is done I realized I need to have a plan on what I was going to do." "Oh, I see." "Kagome I have a plan." Inuyasha got up and faced Kagome. He got on his knee as he looked into Kagome's eyes. "I want to spent my life with you and only you Kagome. I want to ask you to marry me after we kill Naraku." Kagome was in shock, as Inuyasha took out the ring. Its purple glow made it so beautiful that she could only cry. "I will Inuyasha." Kagome took the ring and looked at it. "Oh but what about the others." "I thought about that too." Inuyasha took out a chain. "Until you are ready to tell them all and so Naraku doesn't find out you can wear it around your neck." Kagome smiled as she took the chain slipped the ring on it then put it around her neck. "So you really want to be with me?" "I really do." Kagome smiled then kissed Inuyasha softly in the moonlight. "I never want this moment to end." Kagome then felt someone coming so she pulled back just as Kouga walked through the woods. "I thought I would find you two. Come on mutt time to eat." Kouga went to take Kagome's hand but she smiled as she walked past him. "I can walk Kouga but thank you." Kouga felt his chances of winning Kagome were slipping but he wasn't ready to give up yet. As night continued the group ate and listened for sounds of Kikyou or Naraku. Nether came so they went to bed.