Naraku's End Pt. 2

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XOXOXO

As Inuyasha and Akuen (disguised as Sango) fought each other, Kikyo and Koga were concocting a plan of their own.

"Koga you have two jewel shards in your legs and they enable you run extremely fast correct?" Kikyo asked the wolf demon beside her.

Koga nodded his head yes and asked Kikyo confused. "Yeah but what does that have to do with anything?"

"I have a plan to rescue little Rin and your fiancée Ayame but you must cooperate with me. Are you willing to do that Koga?" Kikyo said in a calm manner awaiting his answer.

Koga immediately nodded his head and said. "Anything to get my beloved away from Naraku and in my arms again."

Kikyo smiled and said. "Good answer Koga now here's my plan. With you being the fastest I need you to run across the courtyard and snatch Rin and Ayame up quickly and run back over to me. I'll enact a distraction to allow you this time, and if the two children working for Naraku try to attack you, you can fight back but don't kill the boy for he knows not what he's doing, but the girl you can kill. Do you understand my plan Koga?"

Koga nodded and said. "Yeah it seems simple enough, but wouldn't it make more since for me to distract Naraku so you won't be in danger and you go and rescue Rin and Ayame."

Kikyo smiled and said. "It would, but Naraku and I go way back, he won't hurt me, at least not now because of what's inside of him. I'll be fine but thanks for your concern nonetheless. Now let's initiate our plan Koga."

Koga was about to protest but decided against it as he nodded his head and took off in a tornado.

Making sure Koga was at least half way to his destination Kikyo took out her bow and arrow and aimed it at Naraku…

With Naraku…

Naraku was busy laughing at the fight Inuyasha and Akuen were having when he heard a whoosh sound in his ear and saw an arrow land not to far away from him. Naraku turned away from the entertaining fight and saw Kikyo standing not too far away from him with her bow and arrow raised ready to be released into the air with a frown on her face. Naraku laughed and said. "Kikyo what's the matter have you come to kill me because I chose Sango over you!"

Kikyo frowned and said. "No that's not it I know you don't love her Naraku what are you really planning!" Kikyo asked Naraku suspiciously.

Naraku scrutinized her to see if he should tell her then he shrugged and said. "I suppose I could tell you, you can't stop me now anyway. I'm planning to make myself immortal Kikyo."

Kikyo gasped in shock and said. "You can't how can you make yourself immortal there's no way you can do that!"

Naraku smirked and said. "I'll tell you no more than that Kikyo and don't think I don't know about your plan to distract me so Koga can go and get Ayame and Rin. I don't need them anymore so they're free to go."

"Are you psychic Naraku." Kikyo asked him suspiciously.

Naraku smirked and said. "You'll see my plan unfold at midnight."

"What but that only leaves us with one hour to stop you!" Kikyo said in shock.

"Exactly and what I have planned you can't stop." Naraku said with a smirk as he turned back to watch the fight completely ignoring Naraku.

With Koga…

Koga jumped on the platform where his beloved and the young girl remained captive. He had just destroyed Kanna rather easily since Naraku wasn't paying attention to her, and he knocked the boy out with ease being careful not to kill him like Kikyo said. He ran over to the two girls and untied them.

"Koga it's you I've missed you so much!" Ayame yelled happily as she hugged him.

"I've missed you too baby!" Koga said happily as he returned her hug just as fiercely.

The two were about to kiss when Rin cleared her throat and said. "I hate to interrupt but we're on a schedule here people and we could be caught any minute."

"The kids right, we'll catch up later baby!" Koga said as he picked up Rin and Ayame and zoomed off toward Kirara. When he made it he stopped in front of her and said. "Kirara look after the two of them will you."

Kirara was engulfed in flames before she appeared in her much larger form and nodded her head.

Koga smiled and said. "Thanks Kirara!" and he zoomed off back toward Kikyo.

XOXOXO

While chaos was happening at the castle, chaos was happening in the empty village. Sango and Akufu were fighting each other and by the looks of it Sango wasn't doing so good.

"AHHHHHHH!" Sango yelled in pain as she was hit by another fireball. She fell to the ground for what felt like the umpteenth time that night.

Akufu landed on the ground in front of her with a smirk on her face. She laughed cruelly and said with sick amusement. "Hahahaha! Does it hurt Sango!"

Sango lifted her head up to look in the cold red eyes of Akufu and said. "I hate you, you know that you're nothing but a tramp and you hate me because I'm the exact opposite of what you are don't you!"

"Shut up you bitch!" Akufu yelled angrily as she stumped her foot on Sango's back hard causing Sango to release a painful scream. Akufu smirked and said. "How does that feel now."

Sango looked up at her with a smirk on her face and said. "It feels great how about some more."

Akufu let out a frustrated yell and formed a huge fireball in both of her hands and raised them above her head she looked down at Sango and said. "I'll give you more alright…I'll end your life!"

Sango didn't fight back she knew this was the end, her last thoughts were: I'm sorry I let you down Kohaku but at least I'll be able to be with the others from the village again. Goodbye everyone.

"Say good…" Akufu didn't finish her sentence for she fell to the ground with a big gaping hole where her heart was supposed to be. She soon turned into a pile of dust and blew away in the wind.

Sango, not feeling any pain besides her initial wounds, looked up and saw that her adversary had been killed and the person who killed her was…SESSHOMARU!

Sango got up as fast as she could because of the pain she was in but didn't bother to stand up. She looked up at Sesshomaru and asked. "What are you doing here Sesshomaru?"

Sesshomaru looked down at her and said coldly. "I came here because my brother asked me to come and protect you."

Sango growled low in her throat and said. "I don't need your sympathy or Inuyasha's!"

"You mistake me saving you as sympathy I merely came because I owed you for saving Rin's life." Sesshomaru said in a dull voice.

"You should have left me to die Sesshomaru you hate humans anyway and incase you haven't noticed…I'M HUMAN!" Sango yelled angrily. She then looked up at Sesshomaru and said. "Kill me Sesshomaru, end my life."

Sesshomaru looked down at her and said. "No, I won't take your life."

Sango stood up in anger forgetting all about her pain and she asked. "But why not Sesshomaru I thought you would love to kill a lowly human."

Sesshomaru let out a barely audible sigh and he said. "And here I thought you were different from the rest Sango, but I guess I was wrong."

Sango looked up at him in shock and she asked him. "You…thought I was different!"

"Yes, you see I had heard rumors about you and thought maybe, just maybe, there was a human out there that was a challenge for me. I was wrong though you're just as weak and feeble as the other humans I've encountered, but what I can't figure out is why you would want me to end your life because from what I've heard you survive to rescue your brother, Kohaku, from the dark clutches of Naraku!" Sesshomaru said coldly.

Before Sango could answer him a laugh that was all too familiar was heard in the air and a ghostly form of Akufu appeared with the hugest fireball in her hand before she released it into one of the houses causing it to catch on fire pretty soon the whole village was aflame.

"We have to get out of here, but it looks like I can't move." Sango said as she fell down on her back the pain catching up with her. Sango continued. "You can just go on without me I'll only slow you down."

Sesshomaru snorted slightly and walked over to her and said. "You humans really are foolish beings. I can fly on my cloud and I can carry only one person with me so it works for the both of us."

Sesshomaru was about to pick her up when the cry of a baby was heard.

"Did you hear that!" Sango asked him as once again her injuries were forgotten and she moved as fast as she could following the baby's yell.

Sesshomaru followed after her and said calmly. "It's just a baby, come on you fool you can die if you don't come with me."

Sango ignored him and kept going. Sesshomaru sighed and followed after her if worse comes to worse he'll force her to come with him. The two of them soon arrived at the house that was ablaze and the baby's cries grew stronger.

Sango turned to Sesshomaru and said. "We have to save that baby Sesshomaru we have to split up!"

Sesshomaru shook his head and said. "No you fool you'll be killed and I won't break my promise to my brother."

Sango sighed and ran inside the burning house anyway.

Sesshomaru growled low in his throat and said to himself. "So much like Inuyasha." Before he too ran inside the house after Sango.

Inside the burning house…

Sesshomaru, even with his swift speed and strong nose, could not find the infant, and ran down the halls looking for the human woman that was causing him so much trouble. When he found her she was laying on the ground being crushed by a support beam that must have fell down during the fire, cradling something in her arms. Upon closer inspection he realized it was the human infant.

Sango looked up with a pained expression on her face, but when she saw Sesshomaru she smiled and said. "Oh Sesshomaru thank god you came, take the baby and get out here."

Sesshomaru stared down at her and said. "I can't leave you here to die I'll…"

"…you'll break your promise to Inuyasha. I know, but he'll understand, and besides it's too late for me anyway. That infant is more important than I am."

Sesshomaru still looking down at her gave her a confused look not even bothering to conceal it and he asked. "Why are you risking your life to save the life of another, it's so foolish."

Sango chuckled softly and said. "I'm not selfish like you are Sesshomaru, this infant has a chance to grow up and be somebody in this world and it may not, but it doesn't deserve to die like this. I've already lived my life and this is how it ends, I've come to terms with that, but there's one thing I have to tell you before I die."

Sesshomaru nodded at her to continue.

"Before Kagura died she told Inuyasha and I to tell you that she…loved you and she always had and that she always will." Sango told him. Sesshomaru took the infant from Sango's arms being surprisingly gentle, and watched as she then passed away with a smile on her face.

Sesshomaru stared down at the Sango and said. "I suppose Rin was right not all humans are bad and the human wom…Sango taught me that much. She risked her own life to save the life of another that she did not know just so it can have a chance to grow up in this hell we call a world. She was a fool…yet in some ways, she had more sense than I did." Sesshomaru felt the baby squirm in his arm and he realized it was time for them to get out of there, so he formed his cloud and looked down at Sango one last time before he flew out of the burning house just as it collapsed.

Sango, you are the only human that has earned my respect. Sesshomaru thought to himself as he headed back toward the castle.

Back at the Castle…

Inuyasha and Akuen were going at it swords clashing, blood everywhere, and neither one of them were willing to give up. Inuyasha was winning by the looks of it, but Akuen was not going to give up his ego was too great. So he smirked and seizing his chance knock the Tetsaiga out of Inuyasha's hand, and it landed about ten feet away from him. He then transformed into Kagome and said. "You wouldn't hurt me would you, Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha who had his head bowed growled deep in his throat and said in a cold malicious voice. "You shouldn't have changed into Kagome, because I want to kill her you fool. Slow and painfully and taste her blood on my hands."

Inuyasha raised his head up and Akuen gasped in fright. Inuyasha had jagged red stripes going down his face. His eyes which were once golden were now a murderous red and his teeth were more jagged and sharp. His claws were twice as long and his hair was even wilder than usual. He growled ferociously and scratched Akuen, who looked like Kagome, in the face repeatedly until Akuen managed to escape but not before Inuyasha scratched him deep in the back.

Akuen crawled over to Naraku and got in front of Naraku and asked him. "Naraku, please save me, I'm sorry I ever disobeyed you, and if you save me I'll be as loyal as Kanna."

Before Naraku could answer however Inuyasha came over and scratched Akuen in the back repeatedly causing Akuen to release painful screams until finally he was forced to change back into his original form and he said. "Please don't kill me Inuyasha please have mercy on my soul!"

Inuyasha laughed evilly and said coldly. "What soul I didn't even know you had one, and mercy is for the weak something I don't show. Now die!" Inuyasha swiped his claw down on Akuen and dug a hole in his chest slowly and painfully until he got to his heart. He jabbed a whole in it and Akuen let out one final scream of pain before he turned into dust and blew away in the wind. Inuyasha licked the blood off of his hands and said. "Disgusting you were a waste of my time."

"Inuyasha you did it you killed Akuen good job." Kikyo said happily with a smile on her face.

Inuyasha turned to her and he growled slashing his claws at Kikyo, she just barely managed to dodged.

"Inuyasha what's wrong with you it's me Kikyo?" Kikyo asked the crazed Inuyasha she continued to dodge Inuyasha's ferocious attacks.

"Kagome…" Inuyasha said in a low growl as he jumped on top of Kikyo and raised his sharp bloodied claw prepared to end Kikyo's life when an arrow shot out of the sky launching into Inuyasha's back causing Inuyasha to scream in pain and jump up off of Kikyo trying to get the arrow that was lodged deep into his back out.

Kikyo seizing the opportunity got as far away from Inuyasha as she could and watched as some sort of two headed beast landed on the ground beside her with a green troll and an old woman on it.

"AhUn! Master Jaken! It's you where have you been!" Rin said happily as she ran over to greet her friend and Jaken.

"Lord Sesshomaru isn't around is he?" Jaken asked the little girl fearfully.

Rin shook her head no.

"Good!" Jaken said happily as he leaned against AhUn.

While Rin, Jaken, and AhUn caught up, Kikyo was talking with her sister.

"What are you doing here Kaede?" Kikyo asked her sister curiously.

"I came to warn Inuyasha about the darkness I felt, but I didn't expect to see all of this going on." Kaede told her sister referring to Demon Inuyasha.

"I think you're a little too late for that sister. We already know about it but why did you come with the green troll?" Kikyo told her sister referring to Jaken.

"Oh I saved him from being killed by demons and I found out the two of us were headed to the same place, and since he owed me for saving him I took a ride with him. It was faster than walking or else I never would have gotten here quick enough to save you." Kaede told her sister.

Before anything else could be said there was a loud roar and the ground trembled. In the middle of the forest there stood a huge towering beast. It was Yokunen except this time he was bigger and much stronger. He turned to Naraku and said in a deep voice. "Naraku where is my meal!"

Naraku smirked and nodded his head toward all the people in the barrier and he said. "Right there help yourself."

The people in the barrier screamed afraid they were going to be eaten they tried to get out but it was no use. Kikyo, thinking fast, shot her arrow at the barrier but it did no good. Yokunen for to be so big, moved quite fast and he was now in front of the barrier. He was about to bend down and grab one of the prisoners when Yokunen let out a cry of pain and he fell to the ground with a loud thud thankfully he didn't crush anyone.

Floating in the air was Sesshomaru with the human infant in his arms. He had kicked Yokunen in the eye. He floated down to the ground his cloud gradually disappearing until it was completely gone and his feet stood flat on the ground. The people that were free ran to him. They wanted to know what it was he had in his arm but were too afraid to ask.

"Lord Sesshomaru what is that you have in your arm?" Rin asked Sesshomaru not afraid of him like the others.

Sesshomaru looked down at her before revealing the infant to Rin and the others that had gathered around him.

"Sesshomaru where did you get a baby?" Kikyo asked him curiously.

Sesshomaru sighed and handed the baby to her being careful with it and he said. "It's a long story but to shorten it, Sango saved that baby at the expense her own life. I thought it was foolish but she pointed out that I was selfish and I must say that I agree with her. In other words Sango died to saves this child's life."

Everyone gasped that is until they heard a piercing howl of pain and they turned around to see Inuyasha on his knees clutching his head. It seemed that hearing the news of Sango's death was bringing the old Inuyasha back, but demon Inuyasha was trying to push him back.

"He turned demon Inuyasha again?" Sesshomaru asked the people around him coldly as he looked at his brother.

"Yeah it happened after you left he was out of control Kaede stopped him from killing Kikyo though." Koga said with slight fear in his voice. He had never seen this side of Inuyasha before and it scared him.

Sesshomaru walked over to where his brother was and said coldly. "You're pathetic Inuyasha." Sesshomaru kicked Inuyasha hard in the stomach and continued. "You get so worked up over a human wench that's dead. She probably never even cared about you anyway she already was a demon slayer and she tried to kill you before. Looks like she won't get a chance to…" Sesshomaru was cut off by a fist connecting with his face.

"Shut up you heartless bastard." Inuyasha said in a strained hoarse voice as he looked up at his brother with golden eyes and no red streaks going down his face. He was back to normal.

"It was the only way to bring you back, I take it you heard the news?" Sesshomaru told his younger brother.

"No I haven't heard. What happened?" Inuyasha asked his brother curiously.

Sesshomaru let out a barely audible sigh and said. "Sango's dead Inuyasha I…"

"You bastard you were there and you let it happen I thought you were the great Sesshomaru who could do anything but I guess I was wrong I…" Inuyasha was silenced by a hard punch to the face from his brother.

"Silence Inuyasha! I thought I could do anything too but today I learned that I couldn't!" Sesshomaru said angrily his eyes glowing a dangerous blood red.

"Why couldn't you just take her?" Inuyasha asked his brother still furious.

"I would have but thanks to you I only have one arm, and I must say it's quite the inconvenience." Sesshomaru said sarcastically holding up his empty sleeve for emphasis.

Inuyasha's anger faltered for only a second before it came back full force and he said. "Well you could have just gotten her with the other arm.

Sesshomaru sighed and said. "You idiot! I wanted to save her but she insisted that I save this child instead of her."

"Her life is more important than that kid's!" Inuyasha said his anger increasing.

Sesshomaru sighed and said. "Look Inuyasha we had beaten Akufu at least we thought, but she used the last of her strength to set the whole village on fire. We were about to leave when we heard a baby's cry. I was going to ignore it but she insisted. I told her not to go but she's so stubborn that she went in there anyway so I ran after her. When I got inside I looked for her and when I found her she was being crushed by a support beam yet she somehow managed to save the baby. I told her she was a fool but she only laughed and told me that I was selfish. She convinced me and I took the baby from her and I escaped. You see Inuyasha it was her choice to die and who was to take it away."

Inuyasha calmed down a great deal and seemed to be filled with immense sadness. So much sadness that everyone could feel it and for the first time in years Inuyasha cried and he didn't cry just for Sango but for his: Mother, Kikyo, and for himself and he didn't care who saw. The only true friend he ever had was taken away from him. It seemed every time he got close to someone or he really loved them they ended up dying and he was sick of it. He picked up Tetsaiga and held it to his chest.

"INUYASHA NO!" Everyone yelled but they were scared to get too close to him. Well all of them but Sesshomaru who knocked the sword out of his hands.

"Inuyasha you fool why kill yourself it'll do no good?" Sesshomaru asked his brother in a disgusted fashion. He hated when people thought they could escape the pain by suicide.

"What do you care you always hated me anyway." Inuyasha said as he looked at all of them. He glared and said. "None of you ever really cared. So I'll just save you the trouble and kill myself. Hell seems more tempting than the way I'm living anyway." Inuyasha reached over and took his sword he was about to plunge it through his heart when he stopped and dropped his sword all together.

"Inuyasha…" Kikyo asked slowly afraid at of her friends sudden actions.

"Sesshomaru's right, why should I kill myself. I mean all of these years I've been plagued by thoughts of suicide hell I even attempted to do it more times than I can count. I could never do it though I'm too weak. Hell I've had the worst life imaginable but I keep going and why should I stop now. There's a lot a demons and humans out there want me dead. Why should I give them the satisfaction they don't deserve. Besides I can't die until I kill Naraku." Inuyasha said as he stood up and put Tetsaiga in it's sheath before he turned around and noticed a still unconscious Yokunen on the ground and he said. "What the hell is that!"

"Oh that's some demon that was in my way so I moved him." Sesshomaru said coldly with a smirk on his face.

Yokunen as if he heard his name sat up slowly and looked around.

"I see you haven't changed Yokunen?" Sesshomaru said coldly.

Yokunen looked down and saw Sesshomaru and he smirked and said. "Well it really is a small world how are you Lord Sesshomaru."

"I'm doing great actually." Sesshomaru said with a smirk. He frowned and said. "I hate backstabbers though!"

Yokunen laughed and said. "Aww still bitter about that incident after all these years!"

"You betrayed me Yokunen I thought I had killed but you survived somehow!" Sesshomaru said growling low in his throat.

"I see you still don't have a mate Sesshomaru!" Yokunen asked with a smirking remembering that it was a touchy subject with Sesshomaru when they were younger.

Sesshomaru smirked and said. "No I don't because unlike you, I don't settle for trash."

Yokunen growled and asked angrily. "Are you saying Muko was trash!"

Sesshomaru said with a smirk. "I never said that, you did."

"That's it I'm going to kill you Sesshomaru. I never did like your aristocratic ways to began with! You sent me away from my Muko and from my children." Yokunen yelled angrily.

Sesshomaru sighed and said. "If it makes you feel any better. They're still alive I never did anything to them. I told them you died in battle when in all actuality I could have told them you betrayed me and I banished you from my lands. I spared you disgrace and perhaps the love of your wife and children."

Yokunen was struck speechless and he said. "They're still alive. I thought for sure you had killed them! Why didn't you!"

Sesshomaru looked at and said. "I started to, I really did, but something told me not to! Maybe it was the conscious I never thought I had. Now I know why I didn't kill them."

Yokunen looked at him suspiciously and he asked. "Why didn't you!"

"Because they didn't deserve it because it wasn't their fault! I've forgiven you Yokunen comeback to my kingdom and serve under me again, see your family again, be my…friend again." Sesshomaru said.

Before Yokunen could speak Naraku spoke for him. "Sorry but I have control over him now. Those souls he ate were tainted with evil, my evil. I own him now and his first order of business is to kill every living thing in this kingdom, excluding Kanna and I of course."

Yokunen let out an evil growl and he said. "Yes Master Naraku!"

Sesshomaru sighed and said to himself. "I'll do everything in my power to save you Yokunen! You're just another victim of Naraku's schemes!" He then turned to the others and said. "We have to stop him, but whatever you do don't kill him, that'll be a last resort! You understand!"

They nodded.

"Good then let's go and save Yokunen and stop Naraku once and for all." Sesshomaru said.

He and the rest of the gang went into the midst of battle.

XOXOXO

That was chapter 14

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