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Baka: Stupid,fool,Idiot. Hai: Yes. Ja ne: Bye. Hentia: Pervert. Okasan: Mother. Otou-San: Father.

Chapter 17: Final Battle

---Previously---

Years seemed to pass in the time dimension that the shard hunters have luckily came upon. In those long years, they trained hard, in hopes of getting stronger. The weapons that the group of shard hunters have acquired have help them immensely, soon they would be leaving the time dimension and returning to their own dimension. Soon they would end the ongoing battle for the Shikon no Tama.

Sakura petal's fell gentle into the calm, cool pool of water below, floating gently in the water. Kagome watched the cool pool of water below her and look at her reflection, she had changed so much, from a scared little school girl, too a strong fierce warrior. Soon the final battle would be at hand. She silently walked away from the small pond and into the castle.

Kagome, walking gracefully down the long hall soon came upon the dinning room. Everyone had collected in the room to eat their last meal before the final battle. They sat their in silent union. After their meal, they walk to the door that would bring them home. Slowly everyone walk through the two tall, double doors and in a flash of white light, appeared home, to their own world. Down the hall appeared Kagome's dad, Sora. With the letter clutched in his hands. They all gracefully walk down the hall, towards Sora. All prepared for battle and with their hands clutched to their own weapons.

They would need to call upon Kouga for back up, knowing that a large army that awaited them.

"Father, we need to call upon reinforcements, maybe Kouga and Ayame tribes?"

Sora just smiled. " I've already sent for reinforcements and have called upon my personal army, to back you guys up." Sora happily spoke, scanning the new and improved group of warriors in front of him.

"Do you know when they can arrive?" Kagome asked , a little worried.

"They should be here in a matter of hours at the least" Sora spoke calmly.

Nodding the group left for the arrival of Kouga and Ayame tribes to come to their aid, with their aid and that of Sora's army, the final battle would be a little easier for them all. At least they would be more focused on Naraku and his detachments, instead of the endless army of youkai that Naraku possessed.

Soon Kouga and Ayame army arrived at the scene. With Sora's army too soon follow after. All gathered around Kagome as she chanted the spell, spreading it out so it would both engulf them and the army to Naraku's castle.

00(Now)00

An Evil laugh echoed in an all but silent castle. Kanna had shown him their departure. She thought to bring what pitiful army she possessed against him? A soft rumble erupted from his chest. Never the less, she would be defeated and succumb to his whim, to be at his side throughout his rain over the people of Japan and beyond.

He silently, but swiftly walk down the silent hall, to the dungeon. He passed the scattered corpses, they have all been killed at his whim, all but too deepen hopeless feeling that flooded the empty castle walls. He enjoyed, the all but forgotten pain that endlessly filled the castle walls.

Once he obtained the jewel, he would be complete. No longer would he have to fight for control of his body, with the many demons that inhabited it. He would become all powerful. (---- 0) He would be rid of the damned human heart.

He arrived at his captives cell. He unlocked the door and pulled the mold ridden latch.

00(An hour before)00

Rin, Shippou, and Kohaku laid in the old musty floor, soft mold was generously growing on the walls, with musty water was running down the mold ridden walls. They all knew that their time was running out and that soon they would have too get out of here.

Shippou looked over to Rin, Kohaku had his head in her lap, Rin was gently stroking Kohaku's hair.

Shippou opened his mouth to speak, but Rin spoke up. Her soft voice echoing in the old musty dungeon walls. "I know, dear brother. It is are time too make our escape."

Shippou smiled and nodded in agreement with her. He quickly got up, walking closer too her and Kohaku.

Rin and Shippou both helped Kohaku up, sliding their arms between his and steadily pushing him upwards. "You okay?" Shippou asked in a low whisper.

Kohaku nodded "Never been better..." and steady himself looking upwards towards their faces. "Kohaku, you do know the layout of this castle, right?"Rin ask, hoping he at least new the basics.

"Of course, being stuck here did have its benefits," Kohaku replied quickly "It is going to be tricky getting out of here. They have traps everywhere and the un-dead are guarding these cells."

Rin smiled "Of course, just let me see your memories to make a map." He took a hesitant look upwards. She smiled down at him. Choking on his words he nodded his head.

Rin walked forward towards Kohaku. Her hand slid up to his forehead, her hand started too glowed. She searched his memories of the barren castle. She lightly slide her hand away, forming a map in her hand.

Smiling, she looked down at the map, hoping to plan their escape. This would be difficult. Traps laid at every corner. From what she learned from Kohaku, was that the un-dead only awoke too the presence of prisoners. They would need to find a way to get around that. Rolling the parchment up and sliding it in her Haori, she looked at Kohaku.

"Your right, it is going to be very hard to get past them." Rin said softly with a grim face.

'What am I going to do? Their depending on me...' Deep in thought, she didn't notice Kohaku taking his keys out. He jingled them and her head snapped towards the sudden noise. He gestured the key's towards her. She grabbed them quickly. Thinking quickly she formed an Invisibility cloak out thin air, She quickly snagged it around them.

One problem did form to represent itself, if Naraku knew that they escaped their odds of getting out of this rotten castle would be one to ten. If they didn't escape, they could be used against their own family. Rin could not stand for this fact. Forming fake, clones of each of them, in the same position as they were before, quickly brought them to life. Their dull faces stared into space forever blinking. Quickly she led them to the cell door.

She silently unlocked the door, carefully so she wouldn't alert the un-dead. She locked the door behind her. She quickly mask their scent. Creeping cautiously down the hallway, they spotted the un-dead slumped against the wall. Most of the flesh on them was melted off do to the miasma.

She quickly led the group away from the decaying bodies. They passed many prison cells. It seemed to be a huge maze. Their seemed to be no way out. Even Kohaku was lost. Rin quickly pulled out the map she made from Kohaku's memories. She scanned the map closely with light scowl forming on her face. This was not going to be easy...

00()00

He silently walked in the room, carefully so no noise was made. He found them chained to the wall with Kohaku not far from them, starring up at him with a blank face and dull eyes.

Something was not right about this scene. Rin and Shippou... Something was off about them... He couldn't put his finger on it. So he brushed off the odd feeling, he was in a hurry. He quickly called for Kagura. He pulled out her heart and lightly squeezed it.

Kagura had just made it to where Kanna was, when she felt a pain in her chest. Lightly wincing, she walk out of the room and down the hall, leading to the dungeon.

The pain continued to light throb until she arrived at the cell, where her hated master was standing. She walked into the cell, her eyes diverted from his gaze. His cold, blood red eyes. Those very eye's she hated enormously, that where also her own.

She lifted her gaze up to his. He was looming over those children. But in her minds eye she saw that no aura clung to them. What a small detail and it was easily missed by her master, or was it? She rather not ask.

A cold shiver ran up her spine, when his cold blood red eye's landed on her identical ones. She wanted to look away quickly, but she knew what he do to her. His cold voice echoed through the mossy dungeon walls. How she hated that voice.

"Kagura do not fail me, if you do so, you shall pay a heavy price," He looked directly into her eye's, but her cold exterior never faltered "Take the children... and Kohaku. Chain the children to the front of the castle and prepare Kohaku for battle. It very important to keep them on tight chains. Do NOT let them escape." Kagura nodded her head in silence.

With that he rushed out of the room and slammed the door. Kagura, starring at the door with enough hatred the burn it down, walked towards the children that where ruffly chained to the wall. Looking at Kohaku, she barked an order to help her. He slowly got up and walked up to her, his eyes ever dull and lifeless.

Kagura, ruffly unlocked the chains around their feet and ankles. She had Kohaku help her drag the unconscious bodies through the dungeon and up the stairs.

"Kohaku, I want you to get prepared to fight, leave me to these children." With a dull nod, the fake Kohaku left.

Kagura left the castle with the children in her arms. Once outside she pulled out her feather and enlarge it. Gently, she laid the children onto the feather. Jumping on, she took off. Once her task was done, she left to go back inside. But the hairs on her back started to rise in alert. She sensed them. They where finally here.

00()00

The group arrived at the Naraku castle. The very air was thick with miasma, making it hard to breath. There was a long silence, the calm before the battle. The small army moved into place. Every archer was jumping into what seemed to be dead trees, to get a good aim, while the front line moved into place.

Kimiko stepped forward, drawing her blade from the it scabbard with ease. Her silver locks gently blowing in the breeze. Her gaze wandered from the empty courtyard, up to the the towering castle above the small army. Breathing in a deep sigh, the shard hunters step toward the empty castle.

With closer inspection of the large, front of the castle. The shard hunters could make out the impression of two figures tied in chains, high on a large, circular crystal. A light purplish shine could be seen a couple of feet away from the crystal, that enveloped the entirety of it. They could only guess that it was one of Naraku's barriers.

As the group got closer, the two figures became clearer, appearing as Rin and Shippou. Their eyelids drooped over their dull eyes that looked on forever, with no expression on their faces. Stepping forward for a better look, Kagome could see that no soul resided in these empty shells. This must be another trick too fool them. Kanna could have ripped their souls from their bodies and into her mirror, but it seemed not to be the exact case here. Their was no residue of their souls in those shells. Only a traces of magic.

An evil laugh erupted from the castle. No one could tell where it had come from, but they all knew who it came from. The miasma grew thicker, enveloping the entire castle. The army drew their weapons out with a nervous anticipation.

The archers drew their arrows, ready for an attack at any one moment. One thought passed through everyones mind, would they survive in the end? Would they live to see another day? The air seemed to grow thicker with one ominous message. Then they new... most of them would die, leaving behind a unanswered future.

The horde of demons came out of nowhere, filling the courtyard. They attacked the small army. The sky grew dark leaving no trace of daylight and in the doorway of the castle it illuminated with a dark glow of an eerie violet, the light was almost blinding. Naraku appeared through the doorway a smirk on his face, Kagura fallowed as did Kanna and Kohaku.

"So here we are... At the end of this 'hunt'." Naraku said darkly. His eyes fixed on the half sized chunk of Shikon on Kagome's neck.

"Pleasure as always," He chuckled lightly "Ah Lord Sesshomaru seems your so called ward is yet in my grasp... and your son Kagome"

Sesshomaru eyes tinted red slightly, but did not go unnoticed. "Angry are we?" Sesshomaru barred his fangs, but said nothing.

"Would ya stop yapping already!" Inuyasha shouted loudly.

Naraku rolled his eyes. "So be it." The battle began with Inuyasha charging head on, only to be hit with Naraku barrier. Sesshomaru groaned at how stupid his brother could be. Inuyasha was knock unconscious only to wake with is brother walking past him, his blade drawn. "Get up whelp."

Inuyasha got up with a scowl on his face, but said nothing. Turning his blade blood red, he slashed at the barrier, cracking it in half.

"Dance of blades" Kagura shouted, sending large sharp blades towards Inuyasha. Inuyasha dogged and sent Kongousouha (diamond spear) towards Kagura. Kagura dodge and they continued to battle.

O0O0O

Tentacles shot out of nowhere catching Sango off guard. The tentacle rap around her legs, burning her ankles and making deep gashes. Sango quickly slashed at the tentacle. Miroku saw Sango being attack and ran towards her, killing all that got in his way. As Miroku ran toward Sango, tentacles shot towards him. He dodge the tentacles and quickened his pace towards his mate.

Sango struggled with the tentacles as more came. Her body healed quickly but tentacles came fast, inflicting more damage than her body could heal. What made it worse was the horde of demons that got threw the army came directly at her making it even worse.

Miroku got to Sango just as she was going to be overcome. He quickly killed the remaining horde that was coming their way and help her with the endless line tentacles. Just as they got throw the tentacles, Kohaku's soulless body came at them with unnatural speed. His chained sickle clasped in his hand.

Sango shook her head in denial. The tears seemed to flow unstoppably. Why? Why hadn't Kohaku remembered her? His sister! In all this time Naraku still had his hold on Kohaku and his memories! Kohaku sent his sickle flying towards Sango. Miroku had to leap into its path to deflect it. The sickle hit Miroku's staff in a clang of metal. The sickle then flew back to it master as Kohaku rushed at them, quickening his pace.

O0O0O

Kagome attacked Kanna while dogging her mirror. She tried to blast her mirror apart, but with no avail, her mirror just absorbed it. So how was she going to get rid of it? Nothing came to mind but then she had a flash back to the time Kanna had suck her soul into her mirror and with that the mirror was overcome by the volume of her soul and with her last strength she broke the mirror with her purification arrow. So would it work now? Or would it back fire on her? She new that getting Kanna out of their hair or at to at least unable her to attack them would be beneficial to them all.

Kagome new this would be risky, she would need lots of huge souls or an extremely huge soul. If she were to summon one would it backlash at her? It was a heavy risk to summon the dead warriors of the past. It was almost impossible to control/kill them and to even attack them was futile, since they had no essence. But Kagome only saw this option.

Kagome waved her hand in silent ritual, calling forth the dark/light spirits to protect her and aid her in her task. Dark shadows seemed to swallow the ground, making it seem like there was the ground was no longer there, though no one seemed to notice with the exception of Kanna. Her soulless eye's gazed up towards Kagome, never blinking once. Kanna watched as Kagome completed her summons.

"You summoned them, what do think it will do to help you?" Her cold/soft voice spoke.

Kagome grimaced at Kanna's cold voice and began to chant to the spirits she manage to summon, to aid her in her task. They rose from the ground in silence, circling around the one who summoned them, hearing her silent plea. She was one of purity and they respected that. Though if provoked they would rebel against their summoner.

Kagome was relived that they did not rebel against her, but did as she commanded them to do. Directing the two largest spirits she summoned, she sent them to attack Kanna. Kanna being Kanna did what she would always do, suck in any attack anyone did against her and fire back the attack at them. So when the spirits attack her she sucked them into her mirror. Her mirror trembled and cracked but did not brake. Kagome then sent her next largest spirits to attack Kanna, both were absorbed quickly into her mirror. It tremble and cracked some more, almost to the breaking point.

Kagome then sent an attack of her own. Materializing a bow and arrow she attacked Kanna's mirror, shattering it and releasing her summoned spirits. Kanna pulled her dull eyes towards Kagome and then back to her broken mirror.

"You broke it." Kanna frowned and dropped the mirror, her eyes rolled in the back of her head, it clattered to the ground in a dull thud. Kagome commanded the spirits to go to battle and aid the army. They disappeared and reappeared by Sango and Miroku.

O0O0O

The three children clutching the Invisibility cloak around them became restless and started to get frustrated. They could not find a way out, it almost seemed impossible to them. Though they stumbled into many deserted rooms they still could not find their way. When upon chance, they found a vile smelling room with jars filling the shelfs.

In the jars it looked to contain living beating hearts. One of those jars seemed to have a part of it dead, as the living part kept on thumbing in a gentle rhythm. Rin, with her height, easily propped down the half living jar /substance.

She began to study it with a questioning glare, though it would do her no good, she continued to glare at the substance. Shippou stood behind Rin and look at the odd substance.

"What do you think it is?" she turned head back and looked at Shippou. "I think its a heart but not a heart and why is a living heart not in a body. How could it be living?"

Shippou gave her 'How am I supposed to know" look but then it struck him. He remembered a few times seeing Naraku hold something looking like a heart, he would at times be squeezing it and he would see Kagura collapse in pain. So maybe its the hearts of his detachments.

Kohaku listened in on their conversation and smiled. "Those hearts are the hearts of Naraku's detachments, he uses the hearts to torture them for their mistakes." Rin and Shippou both smiled and nodded.

"So we if we destroy the hearts would the detachments die?" Kohaku nodded. "So all we need to do is destroy them all or do we need to find Kagura's and Kanna's specific hearts?"

"We could just destroy them all but then it would bring a lot of unwanted attention to us. Lets just find those detached hearts." They all agreed and started to look around the room.

O0O0O

Kagome, once done with sending off her summoned spirits, went after Kagura, before she could she saw Miroku and Sango being attack by Kohaku and they were not fairing well. She went to go help but a tentacle shot towards her, she dodge and looked strait into blood red eyes.

She leap away and landed by Sango. Sango was kneeling on the ground shaking uncontrollably with tears streaming down her face. Kagome look towards Kohaku then it hit her. It was just like the fake bodies of Rin and Shippou but animated and made to exactly look like Kohaku. "It's not Kohaku." Kagome said but more to herself than anyone else.

Sango look up towards Kagome. Did she just say that he, Kohaku, was not him? How could that be! He looked and fought like her beloved sibling! "How could he not be?" Sango manage to choke out.

"He's a shell of a body, no soul resides in it. Its not Kohaku." Sango stood up with a determined look on her face. "How could it look and fight like him?"

"Its made of magic, that why," Kagome replied "this is not his work, Its Rin's work, she did this." Sango looked up with hopeful eyes "So they're still alive."

"Yes, they are. They must of found a way to escape." Kagome said with a hopeful voice. Sango nodded and said " This is my fight, kill him for me. Revenge my family and Kohaku." Kagome nodded "I will, for us all."

Kagome charge at Naraku with a new kind of determination. Kimiko ran along side her with the same determination flashing through her eyes, he would die for killing her family. They both charged, swords raised.

Kagome sword glowed with purification. She slashed the barrier around Naraku, it shudder under the strength of her blow and shattered. His eyes widen just as Sesshomaru slashed at him, cutting his arm off. It grew back just as quickly.

Naraku leaped a few yards away, shocked that she could even brake through his barrier. He shot out hundreds of tentacles aiming them strait at the three of them, but they all got through them and charge strait a towards him.

He brought out more tentacles but instead of sending them strait them he encircled them around him. Sesshomaru sent a charged wave of energy towards his display of tentacles destroying most of them. Kimiko did the same.

Kagome took the distraction they gave her. She used her new power and called back the tainted jewel shard Naraku carried. It slammed out of his chest and flew strait at Kagome's awaiting hand. The instant it touch her hand it was purified.

Naraku stood shocked. Small trickles of blood drip though his mouth. How did she do this? She was grinning and began to laugh. "Your nothing without this." but in a way she knew different. He was a formidable foe even without it.

Kagome took her chance and drew a bow made out of her purification power and a arrow. She drew the arrow and sent it strait at Naraku, both Sesshomaru and Kimiko did their own attacks and sent it at him.

Most of his body decinergrated in the blast and the rest fell to the ground lifelessly making a sick sound of flesh hitting earth. The castle surrounding them decinergrated into the air. Kagura died clutching her chest where her heart would have been. The spirits Kagome had summoned drifted away knowing their task was done. The demons that seemed endless died away with castle.

"Its finally over." All of them sighed in relief. Their hard fought battle was finally over. Rin, Shippou, and Kohaku pop their heads from the debris of the remaining castle, still looking for the hearts of Kagura and Kanna. Kagome and the rest of the shard hunters ran towards the kids. Sango enveloped Kohaku in a crushing hug. Kagome hugged her kids to death and walk over to Kohaku.

"I have to take his shard." They both nodded. Kagome gently took the shard from his shoulder his eyes rolled in the back of his head. Sango's tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

Kagome shot a glare at Sesshomaru and motion him over. He came over to them and drew the Tenseiga which pulsed in his hand. He slashed at the soul demons, killing them. Kohaku woke up his with a rush of air though his lungs. Sango latched onto him in a bone crushing hug.

With the battle over many of the shard hunters moved on with their lives. Sango, Miroku and Kohaku moved in with Kagome and Sesshomaru in the western lands. Kimiko and Inuyasha moved into the Northern lands and settled down, rebuilding Kimiko's Element clan.

"GET OUT, YOU BASTARD." Kagome screamed. Her water broke only an hour ago. Sesshomaru flinched at his mates tone and slowly backed away. The nurse gave her lord an apologetic look and ushered him out of the room. The door closed behind him and he let out a breath he didn't even know he was holding. Shippou and Rin look over towards their father.

"So she kicked you out, again." Sesshomaru shot a glare at Miroku and Inuyasha. Inuyasha and Kimiko had heard of the news and came a quickly as they could. "Yes... now cease your bickering...brother." Inuyasha gave his older brother a glare.

"And I thought you were making progress from being the prince of ice to a more warm hearted person." Sesshomaru shot Inuyasha a sharp glare.

A maid rushed out of the room Kagome was in and shouted "She giving birth! Quick my lord, come!" Sesshomaru rushed into the room to see his beloved giving birth to not one but two twin girls.

Both exactly identical. Silver/blue hair adorned their heads. Their eyes were shocking gold. Their backs had cut little angle wings that were silver and silver/blue fluffy tails. "Our children, the new heirs."

---Funny's---

Kagome: Finally, after getting Bob the penguin off her trail, she marches into the house.:

Dragon: Smiles at the disheveled Kagome and laughs "How long did he chase yay?"

Kagome: Giving her a peeved look.: "FOR FUCKING 50 MILES!

Inu: Busting in and slamming the door, Shouted loudly: "ITS OVER! Finally I can have some peace from those savage fans out there!"

Dragon: Busted out laughing at Inu's attire, He had markup on, ribbons clipped to his ear's, his hair was disheveled and a pink tutu was ruffly set around his waist.

Inu: Had a confused look on his face and then looked down and saw his pink tutu. He then turned hot pink and ran too the Bathroom. In about a two seconds you flat could hear a girlish scream coming out from the bathroom door. "WHAT THE FUCK DID THEY DO TO ME? ME OF ALL PEOPLE?!"

Kagome: Looking confused for a minute, busted out laughing.: "He's a cross-dresser!": Then she was on the floor rolling with laughter.

Bob the penguin: Burst open the door and saw the bathroom door open and Inu: "Charge fellow Penguin's! Kill the cross-dresser in the bathroom!"

Inu: O.O "Shit!"

I hoped you like it! This is the last chapter to this story! I hope to one day rewrite this story and correct my mistakes. Maybe when I'm done with ' Kagome Go's to Hogwarts', which is in its beginning stages. Anyway, I hope that you liked this story and I've have enjoyed writing it and of course I will make this story longer when I rewrite it.

Dragon from Hell

Ja ne!