Kagome tightened her grip on her bow as she pushed open the heavy wooden door of the abandoned castle. 'Feels about the same.' She thought making her way through the drafty building. Taking a deep breath, she re-checked her weapons before delving deeper into the castle, notching an arrow and standing outside one of the bedroom doors. Toeing it open, she crept in, her eyes flying around the room.
Stepping further into the room, she watched as the crumbling brick walls changed; the walls standing tall and together around her. Placing her arrow back in her quiver, Kagome leaned over the railing of the balcony, smoke burning her eyes and clouding her vision. "Think it's enough?" Elphaba asked appearing beside her. "What have you done to Oz?" Kagome whispered. "I'm making them burn; and once I finish with this world and take the Enchanted Forest, your world is next. I wonder if your brother is as much a push over as you."
Kagome spun, drawing her sword and pointing it at the green skinned witch. "I'll slit your throat before you can even get near him!" she hissed. Elphaba laughed and ran her finger along the blade before pushing it to the side. "You couldn't even protect yourself from me, how are you going to protect him?" she taunted. Kagome ground her teeth as Elphaba made her way through the room.
Sheathing her sword, Kagome spun, drawing an arrow and firing it at the witch's retreating form. "Don't you dare turn your back on me." She hissed. Letting her arrow fly she jumped to the side as Elphaba shot it back at her. "If this is how you want to die, so be it." Elphaba smirked. Kagome returned her own smile, pulling her sword back out. "And what do you know of swords? I would put that away before you hurt yourself." Elphaba said.
Kagome circled slowly, getting into a defensive stance. "As long as I get to take you down with me, than I don't care." She mumbled. Taking a deep breath, she called on every memory she had of Inuyasha using his sword before launching into her own set of attacks, Elphaba merely twitching her fingers to keep her from hitting. Gritting her teeth, Kagome launched herself at the older woman, sword swung high over her head before being flung against the wooden door harshly.
"You are the most pathetic creature I've taken down, I was wrong; you are absolutely powerless." Elphaba mocked. "You're wrong. Because I did do one thing right." Kagome groaned. "Oh do tell." Elphaba sighed. "I did what I was suppose to; I paved the way for the savior to come and take you down; by leading her to your permanent portal that I said was a bad idea." Kagome responded.
Elphaba bared her teeth, and whipped around as Emma swung her own sword at her head. Emma released her blade, holding her hand out to help up the other girl as Elphaba disappeared in a cloud of green. "Thanks for getting here when you did." Kagome mumbled allowing herself to be pulled to her feet. "Yeah well, I still don't particularly care for you but I figured I should do what I'm here to do anyway." Emma responded with a shrug. Rolling her eyes, Kagome walked up to Rumplestiltskin and crossed her arms.
"Think you're up for taking on a whole army of flying monkeys by yourself?" she asked. Rumplestiltskin giggled and tapped his fingers together. "I was born ready dearie." He said before disappearing. "How much time do we have?" Kagome asked Blue quietly. "She's figuring out her next move, I'd say less than five minutes." The fairy responded. With a nod, Kagome turned to Killian on the other side of the room and gave him a small, tight smile. "You alright love?" He asked walking up to her.
Kagome nodded and handed her sword over to Neal, pulling her bow back off her back. "You guys going to be okay here? There's something else that I need to take care of." Kagome explained. "Be safe, do you want some company?" Killian asked. Kagome shook her head and laid her free hand on his arm before turning to the doors. Placing her hand on the metal handle, she found herself being flung back, staring up at the ceiling.
"You alright?" Neal asked gripping her arm and pulling her to her feet. "Yeah." Kagome whispered. "You really thought I would let you out of here? You're all right where I want you. Now for my revenge." Elphaba said as she appeared in front of the doors. "Not today, lady." Emma growled as she picked up a nearby bucket of water. Tossing the liquid on the witch, a shocked look crossed Emma's face as the witch turned to her; seething.
"It worked in the movie." Emma groaned as she made her way back quickly to her friends. "Regina, can you hold her off? I've got an idea." Kagome mumbled into the evil queen's ear. Regina nodded and smirked stepping forward and launching a barrage of attacks on the witch as Kagome grabbed Emma and slipped out of the room.
"What are you doing?" Emma asked as she was pulled behind Kagome. "The water's not her weakness, it's her crystal ball. Destroy the ball, you destroy her." Kagome said maneuvering through the halls like an expert. "And you didn't do anything before because…" Emma trailed off curiously. "Because at the time, I was okay being her puppet because I thought Killian was a scumbag that was using me and was really in love with you. She had this mirror that twisted all of your words with each other into something that was more lovey dovey than it was." Kagome replied.
"That's gross, me and him?" Emma said. Kagome shrugged and led her up the stairs to the top of the tower, the windows all looking down at the burning world below them. "Looks like Rumplestiltskin is having a hard time with the monkeys." Kagome mumbled pointing to the figures in the courtyard below. "I don't understand, how is the crystal ball her power source?" Emma asked.
"Because, this was a gift from Fiyero; her first love. After discovering his death, she infused her magic to it, so if we take this crystal ball out, we'll render her powerless." Kagome said. "Seems easy enough." Emma mumbled. Both women walked up to the large ball, being thrown back as Elphaba appeared in front of them. "Alright savior, this one's all you." Kagome explained before trying to pull Elphaba away from the object.
Firing off arrows, she inwardly growled in frustration as Elphaba disintegrated them or turned them back on her. "Did you two honestly think I would let you get near this?" She asked as she sent shockwave through the two women. 'Blue, we could use a miracle.' Kagome thought as Emma attempted to swing her sword at the witch. "I hear you, and I'm here." Blue whispered as she tapped Kagome on the head with her wand.
"Use it for good this time." Blue said before flying off to lead the others to their location. "Those damn fairies, I knew I should have killed them all off with Glinda." Elphaba hissed. Closing her eyes, Kagome inhaled deeply before they flew open; her gray eyes replaced with a vibrant blue. Raising her bow, she swung her arm to the front, a bubble encasing Elphaba. "No! I will not let any of you destroy what I've worked so hard for!" Elphaba shrieked.
"Any day now Emma." Kagome mumbled keeping her eyes trained on the woman in the bubble. Emma stepped up, smashing the hilt of her sword into the crystal ball, allowing it to shatter. Dropping her arm, the bubble around Elphaba popped, the woman crawling over to the shattered glass and attempting to fit two pieces together. "Impressive." Kagome mumbled as everyone burst into the tower. "Kagome, you're fading!" Snow exclaimed. "Do something, you're a fairy! Or you Regina!" Killian shouted.
"I can't do anything, she doesn't belong in this world. It's just like when we left Storybrooke; only this time there's no curse." Regina explained. "She fulfilled her part of the prophecy; I'm sorry. I know I promised you happiness, the same happiness that you found with each other." Blue said softly. Kagome raised her hand as Killian did the same, letting them just rest against each other. "Watch out!" David shouted. Both turned in time to watch Elphaba stab a large piece of the shattered ball into Kagome's side; Emma tackling the fallen witch as Kagome fully faded from their view.
"Tell me she'll live!" Killian growled snatching the fairy out of the air with his blood soaked hand. "I don't know." Blue admitted. "Crocodile; what do you know?" Killian asked hysterically. Rumplestiltskin turned his gaze upward with a smile and a giggle, enraging the pirate as he yelled and lunged at him in anger.
Hi everyone! The final chapter will be up tomorrow before the midseason premiere of Once Upon a Time. I really do hope you enjoyed reading it; I'm actually quite proud of this story, hence the billions of revisions that are saved on my computer, haha. As always, please review and let me know what you think. Thanks for your support!