Chapter 21 is FINALLY HERE!!! WHOOO!!! lol. Sry i'm excited. I really liked this one. It has a surprising ending! I hope you love it as much as i doo. Well don't forget to send reviews!!!!

Chapter: 21 – The Spell of Life

"Where are the rest?"

Kagome turned to Inuyasha knowing who he was talking about. "Miroku and Sango separated from Koga and me before we went into the building where Naraku was," Kagome explained. "

Do you think they got caught up in the blast?" Shipo asked while on Kagome's shoulder as the group was being led down the hall.

"They had to of been; that blast should have blown up this entire region," Bankotsu pointed out.

Everyone stopped talking for a while.

"Here you are," Artamus said as he opened the door to their room. "Since we normally let boys in one room and girls in another…"

"And there is only one girl, then you could stay in this bigger room," Thantose interrupted.

"Just as long as I get my own bathroom and my own bed," Kagome said.

"There are two bathrooms and five beds," explained Thantose.

"The kid can share your bed," Artamus said to Kagome. They all walked into the room and looked around. Kagome counted the beds just in case then turned to the two men.

"But if Shipo shares a bed with me then there's still an extra bed," she said.

"Kida will be joining you shortly," they said shutting the door in her face.

"Unbelievable."

Sango and Miroku began walking around when the smoke had finally disintegrated; well almost.

"Ugh!" I can't believe the demonic Ora!" Miroku said.

"Miroku," Sango said as she tapped on his shoulder. Miroku turned around and looked to where Sango was pointing. Something was crawling around through the smoke; they had no idea what it was. Soon, more smoke was sent flying towards them. They began coughing rapidly. Kirara growled as she flew through the air and flipped the two humans on her back; flying above the smoke.

"What is that thing?" Sago said.

"A demon?" Miroku wondered.

They suddenly saw tentacles moving around in the mist. Then out of no where a huge tentacle, in the form of an arm shot out of the mist and grabbed Miroku's neck.

"Miroku!" Sango yelled as Miroku was pulled from Kirara's back. He was held by his neck in the smoking air. He was able to see the face of the demon. He tried to gasp but he couldn't breath. But Sango did gasp.

"Naraku?!" She said, still riding on Kirara's back.

Naraku laughed as he began squeezing his neck harder. Miroku closed his eyes in pain. He grabbed his beads around his right hand. "I wouldn't do that if I were you," Naraku said. At that moment Miroku spotted Naraku's simiosho.

"Heiakos!" Sango yelled as she broke Naraku's tentacle that was holding Miroku.

Kirara quickly caught Miroku before he fell to the ground.

"Are you alright Miroku?" Sango asked.

Miroku nodded. They then began circling the ferocious demon.

"How on earth are we going to kill him?!" Sango said.

"Fools! I have no heart! My body is immortal! How do you expect to kill an everlasting being?!" Naraku shouted.

Miroku and Sango were silent for a while. "How are we supposed to destroy something that can't be destroyed!?" Sango said.

"You don't!" Naraku yelled as he shot many of his tentacles at them.

Sango gasped, "Kirara!" she shouted.

But before it could strike, Sango and Miroku saw hundreds of crystals shoot at Naraku.

"What was that?" Miroku asked as he and Sango looked over to where the crystals were coming from.

When they stopped they saw Kina come out of the clouds along with Sena, Star Fire, and Danny. They shot numerous blasts at Naraku, really ticking him off. Naraku shot a tentacle at Danny. He dodged it and flew to the right. He got his hands ready for another attack. They began glowing blue! Even though they normally glowed green like Star Fire. When he shot, the blue light collected together and created ice! It froze Naraku where he stood even though Naraku busted through it one by one as if it was thin, Danny kept firing.

"I never knew he had that ability!" Sango said astonished.

Danny then stopped. He created a large snowball in his hands and on the inside was a green laser ready to strike. Star Fire got her lasers ready as well. At the same time, they shot their attacks at Naraku.

Danny's snowball froze Naraku but he broke it; but his laser on the inside, combined with Star Fires and blew his body to pieces. As his head floated in mid air, trying to reattach itself.

He growled and yelled "curses!"

Naraku then heard the sound of a clap. He, along with the rest of the ones in the air, turned to the forest right next to where the building had exploded. They saw the trees being overcome by blue Alchemy as it shot from the trees and towards Naraku. All of the ones in the air, including Kirara, spread out away from Naraku and watching as he was hit by the huge blast.

Once the blast subsided, everyone saw Ed and Al come out of the trees. From the smoke around Naraku's body, they could still see the movement of his tentacles. Akina then popped out of no where and snapped her fingers, sending fire shooting all over him. It seems as if Naraku had had enough. He couldn't fight back with a useless body that broke every time somebody stuck him. He suddenly let his body open up and send Miasma shooting everywhere! Everyone backed away as it began spreading throughout the entire area. Once it began clearing they noticed he was flying through the air.

"He's getting away!"

Kohaku suddenly came out of no where and shot his weapon at Naraku cutting parts of his body.

"Die vermin!" Naraku yelled as he shot a large tentacle at Kohaku.

"Kohaku!" Sango yelled as Kirara ran for him and took him on her back before Naraku could strike him. There was nothing more they could do but let Naraku escape.

"Ahh, this feels nice. Real covers!" Kagome said much later after a nice hot shower. She and Shipo were now in bed just laying down listening to her roommates argue. She sat up and watched them with a smile.

"I'm layin here! You don't deserve to sleep next to Kagome!" Inuyasha shouted.

"Well it's too late now!" Koga yelled back.

"You've been on Kagome ever since you kidnapped her that day!"

"Well it's not my fault that she's the most beautiful girl I've ever seen!" Koga shouted.

Kagome smiled with a small blush. "At least I treat her better then you do!" Koga continued.

Inuyasha growled. "Why you! I should have killed you when I got the chance!" Inuyasha yelled again.

"You wanna go now dog boy?!"

"Bring it on wolf breath!"

"You should be put down for rabies!" Koga yelled. Inuyasha growled.

"Stop it guys!" Kagome yelled.

"Stay out of this Kagome!" Inuyasha said.

"No! Just stop fighting!"

"No chance, he's mine now!" Inuyasha shouted gripping his sword. Koga smiled, ready to fight.

"Sit!"

Inuyasha was brought painfully to the ground.

"Do they ever stop fighting?" Bankotsu said annoyed.

While walking through the halls, Kida remembered the last words that Prince Caspian had said to her before she took her leave.

'You have to take care of him, he cannot be eager to battle. If he does then his body will be torn and the spell will not work.'

'The Spell of Life,' Kida thought as she looked at the floor. She remembered what Prince Caspian had said about it.

'The Spell of Life is a way of living, a spell between evil and good; death and life. There is another spell, to turn someone despicably evil after death.'

'Can I truly trust Prince Caspian?' Kida wondered.

'Bankotsu's life is in your hands. I will start the potion now; I'll call you when it's ready.' Kida sighed. She did know one thing was true for certain. Her memories have returned.

"Oooh! Where are they!?" Screeched a worried but small voice. "I hope they haven't gotten too far." It was the little flee Mioga, flying on the back of a crow. "If they came upon the one they call Prince Caspian then they're done for…I must hurry," the little flee said as he ordered the crow to go faster.
"Where is Inuyasha?" Kina asked.

"He had gone to look for Kida. Then Kagome, Shipo, Miroku and I all went after him," Sango explained.

"When we got here there was a building so I and Sango went around while Koga, Kagome and Shipo went inside," Miroku continued.

"Once the building collapsed there was no sign of anyone," Sango finished.

Everyone gathered around on the floor.

"Where should we go?" Al asked.

"I think I saw some kind of house or castle on the way over here," Kohaku pointed out.

Everyone looked in the direction of Prince Caspian's castle and began walking forward.

Kida sighed sadly; she had so much on her mind. Again, she felt her brain about to explode. She didn't know what to do. She was told which room her friends were staying in and opened it and walked in, every eye was on her. But she didn't notice for her eyes were staring at the ground. Another sigh showed her sadness and frustration.

"Kida, are you ok?" Kagome asked.

Kida didn't say anything; she walked up to the bed next to Kagome, the one Inuyasha and Koga were fighting over. She got under the sheets and got comfortable before falling asleep within moments, still with everyone still staring at her silently. Koga and Inuyasha fought for nothing! Turns out, neither of them got to sleep next to Kagome.

'Typical,' Inuyasha thought angrily.

The night dragged on forever. But one little demon was still up and about. Now roaming the halls f the castle, he could not be seen. The little Mioga noticed a half opened door with lights. He peeked inside, his eyes widened. There were many machines surrounding the room, and a man was making something. It was some kind of liquid. Mioga saw him throwing in ingredients. He realized what he was doing.

"He's making a potion!" He said to himself, his little voice unable to pass the loudness of his rustling. Mioga saw the man turn around. He gasped. "Prince Caspian!? Oh this is not good. Not good at all. Wait! What is that he's holding?" Mioga said squinting his eyes. "They're liquids. No! Potions," Mioga realized. One was pink and the other, black! He tried reading the labels. "Spell of Life and Spell of Death!?"

Prince Caspian put the pink potion on a shelf and held the black on still in his hands as he poured it into his cauldron as an ingredient. "Oh no! That one was the Spell of Death! But what's he going to use it on?" Mioga wondered. Prince Caspian began laughing manically, and evilly. "Oh no! Oh no!" Mioga said as he began bouncing away. "I must find Master Inuyasha."

Kida was tossing and turning in her sleep, having a horrible nightmare that she felt that she couldn't wake up from. She finally jolted forward as she opened her eyes in fear. She was sweating and breathing heavily. She looked around the room. Everyone was fast asleep. She looked to her left and saw Shipo sleeping on a pillow like a puppy, right next to Kagome. Kida smiled. She then looked to her right and saw Inuyasha. He almost looked like a puppy in his sleep as well. Kida couldn't help but giggled. Next was Bankotsu then Koga. She knew that Bankotsu had gotten the middle bed because Inuyasha and Koga refused to sleep next to each other.

Kida sighed. She tried going back to sleep but she couldn't. She got out of bed and walked into the bathroom. She turned the sink on lightly and put her hands under the cool water. She then leaned over and gathered some water in her palms then splashed it on her face. It felt so good that she did it a couple more times. Kida took a deep breath. She turned off the water and shook her hands. She took a cloth and dried her hands. When she turned to leave she noticed a few pictures on the wall of the bathroom, right next to the shower.

They were of Prince Caspian. Of when he first sat in his royal throne, how he ordered men to do things for him, how he killed people. Kida looked carefully at it. He looked like a murderer, or some kind of killer; but Kida didn't understand. She looked closer. There were words. But she couldn't read them. They were Japanese. She could only read English. "Damn," she said to herself. 'I need to find some way to read this, or for someone to read it to me…but who?' She thought as she looked at everyone untouched in their beds. Silence spread throughout the room. There was no one to ask.

"Maybe I'll ask someone in the morning," she said feeling tired. She yawned then climbed into her bed and surprisingly, fell asleep.

Little Mioga couldn't find the room they were staying at. It took all night.
When the morning sun rose, the group was woken up by Artamus and Thantos not too early, but early enough to start the potion on Bankotsu. Kida thought about it the whole time she was led by the two men to the throne room. But she realized something.

How come she was going alone? And how come she didn't see Bankotsu when she woke up that morning? She was confused, but staying on her guard.

They entered the room and Kida's eyes widened. Bankotsu was lying in the middle of the room, candles surrounding them; Prince Caspian was with him.

"Welcome Kida!" He said nicely. "Come in. Come in."

Kida walked closer. The door slammed behind her and she noticed that the two men had left. She walked into the circle of the candles and starred at Bankotsu with a sad look on her face.

"Ok, the potion has been placed in him over night, but there is one thing it's missing for it to work completely," Prince Caspian said.

"And what's that?"

"True loves kiss."

Kida gasped. True loves kiss? So Kida had to kiss Bankotsu to bring him back to life forever? Yet the question of trusting him still flowed through her mind. What should she do?

"Master Inuyasha! Master Inuyasha!"

The sucking of his blood made Inuyasha swat his neck. As the squished flee landed in his hand.

"What are you doing here Mioga?" Inuyasha asked.

"Hey where'd Bankotsu run off to?" Shipo said.

Inuyasha looked down at him. Then around the room at the commotion of his roommates. Kagome came out of the warm shower as Koga walked up to her. Inuyasha's eyes widened as he saw Koga set his eyes on the beautiful Kagome in a towel. He made a fist with the hand holding Mioga.

"Master….Inuyasha….can't….breathe…" Mioga said.

Inuyasha threw Mioga to the ground as he stormed over to Koga before he could say a word. As Shipo hopped on Kagome's wet, naked shoulder Inuyasha pushed Koga away from Kagome harshly.

"Don't even think about it wolf!!" He shouted.

"Think about what?! Mind your own business Dog!" Koga yelled back.

Shipo noticed something in the bathroom. He leaned backwards and saw the pictures on the wall of Prince Caspian.

"Hey Kagome," he said.

"Yeah?"

"Look at that," Shipo said pointing.

Kagome walked over to the pictures and looked at them. As Inuyasha and Koga continued to fight Mioga went up to Kagome and looked at the pictures as well.

"Hey Inuyasha! Koga! Look as this!" Kagome shouted among their yelling. T

he boys actually stopped fighting to see what Kagome had wanted.

"It says that ever since Prince Caspian had become the ruler of this town he had been nothing but a destroyer. He had actually killed the real Prince so that he could become the ruler. He took control of the land and destroyed everything. Made everyone attempt rigorous tasks but killed them afterwards. He either killed everyone, or they had left after being tortured. But nobody had ever wanted to obey the horrible Prince. Soon he had become too powerful and couldn't be destroyed. He even ticked people on bringing their love back to life when in the end, he brought them back, but turned them evil," Mioga read.

Everyone's eyes widened as they thought of Kida and Bankotsu. But then Mioga continued.

"He then used that evil dead man to kill the woman and become part of his next army to kill the next village to become the ruler of that. He would not stop until he had totally taken control of everything."

"Oh no!" Shipo said horrified.

"We've got to get to Kida! Fast!" Inuyasha shouted.

Kida almost felt tears in her eyes. She slowly leaned closer to Bankotsu as different images rattled in her mind. She closed her eyes and set her soft lips upon the dead body of the cold Bankotsu. She pulled away moments later. But Bankotsu did no open his eyes.

"What the matter Kida!?" Prince Caspian shouted a bit angry. A long pause came between them as Kida stared at Bankotsu and Prince Caspian stared at Kida. He then realized what had happened. Why Bankotsu had not come back. Why the spell didn't work. Yet.

"I see," he said as Kida looked up at him. "Kida. Is he not your true love?" Kida looked back down at his soft skinned face. "Do you have another love?" She heard him say to her.

Was it true?

Did she love Sesshomaru more the Bankotsu!?!!

Weellll!!!! Will she choose Bankotsu!!! OR Sesshomaru!!! YOU deside through a review!!! And find out what happens in chapter 22!!! Where an old friend visists them from the past!! Or do they visit them from an attack of Prince Caspian?! FIND OUT!!! AND REVIEW!!!