My Heart Will Go On

Chapter 19: The Final Battle Part II

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Naraku sneered. "How foolish are you?" he asked, sending the wind scar right back at him. Inuyasha's eyes widened and he moved to avoid his own attack. When he heard a scream, his eyes widened. Kagome!

Turning around, he saw the miko kneeling down on the ground, bleeding. He growled and hissed, instantly running over and kneeling down to face her. "Are you okay, Kagome?" he asked her.

Kagome looked up at him, nodding weakly. "I'm fine...it was...a tentacle," she told him, reassuring him that it hadn't been his attack that hurt her. He slowly nodded, quickly tearing a piece of his haori off and wrapping it gently yet tightly around the wound to get it to stop bleeding.

All the while, Naraku watched curiously, a smirk on his face. Inuyasha truly cared for this miko, that much was clearly seen in his eyes at a first glance. But he wondered . . . who did he love more?

At this, the smirk on Naraku's face widened, and Miroku noticed this. The monk's eyes narrowed. "What are you planning, Naraku?" he asked, making the others look up at him.

"Something . . . perfect," Naraku grinned, and vanished into the shadows. Inuyasha growled.

"Oh no you don't get back here!" he growled out, looking around everywhere for Naraku, who's laughter could be heard around the whole area, just as another familiar scream could be heard.

'Kikyo!' Inuyasha thought, his eyes widening. Kagome bowed her head. She knew there was no way to break their bond, she knew that. . . but she also knew he wanted to save her . . . and she loved him more than her own life . . . she couldn't stop him.

Inuyasha looked down towards Kagome, who couldn't seem to meet his eyes directly. He mentally sighed. He knew Naraku would try something like this . . . but why? " . . . Kagome?" he asked her in a quiet voice, as if silently asking him permission if he could go after her.

"Go, Inuyasha," Kagome spoke softly, her voice oddly calm. At hearing her answer, he nodded and took off running.

Naraku was smirking wildly. His plan was working perfectly. It wouldn't be long before that miko was in his clutches, and the mutt would be bowing down before him, begging him to let her go and spare her life.

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Inuyasha was running around, looking for Kikyo. Strange thing is, he couldn't smell her. Anywhere. It was like he had been hearing things, but then, how could that be? Kagome heard Kikyo too, didn't she? She told him to 'go'. He was sure that she had meant for him to go after Kikyo, so then he wasn't just hearing things. But something still puzzled him.

Why couldn't he smell-

Wait!

There it was! It was faint, but there was her scent. Kikyo's. It was mixed with dead bodies and graveyard soil, and the souls of the dead. Blood was also in the scent, she was bleeding, or had been. He cursed and ran foward towards the scent, when suddenly an ear-piercing scream went through the air.

His eyes widened.

Kagome!

He was about to turn back, when he felt an unbearable pain in his side. He hissed and fell onto his hands and knees, holding his side. It wasn't bleeding, but it felt like he had just been stabbed. How was that possible? Was he by any chance feeling what-

Oh no . . .

He had been tricked.

Naraku wanted Kagome all along. He hissed and stood up, trying to ignore the almost blinding pain in his side as he walked. If it was like this for him and he wasn't even hurt, he grew scared, wondering what Kagome was feeling right now.

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Kagome groaned, slowly opening her eyes. She looked around, seeing nothing but darkness. She moved to stretch, but found out that her arms and legs had both been chained to a rather cold bed with no sheets.

"So. . . you've finally woken up." A female voice said calmly, and she froze immediately. The voice sounded so familiar. She hadn't heard it in a long time, but it was one she'd never forget.

"K-Kikyo. . ." She looked over to where it was coming from, and sure enough, illuminated by the souls that were entering her body, Kikyo laid on another bed just opposite her.

"You are Inuyasha's mate now, aren't you? He has chosen you." Kagome caught a hint of sadness in the miko's eyes as well as voice as she said this and frowned, nodding slowly.

"Yes . . . he did," Kagome said, and what she said next made her eyes widen.

"Make him happy."

'Kikyo. . ."

"You have failed to do what I could not," Kikyo told her in a calm, saddening voice. "You taught him how to trust people once more, even after all that's happened to him. You've . . . made him happy,"she seemed to smile at this, though Kagome noticed it was sad too. "Please, all I want is for you to make him happy."

Kagome was silent for a while, listening to Kikyo's every word. To the undead miko, she wasn't sure what the look on her face was exactly.

"S-So . . . you're not . . . taking him to hell?" Kagome asked, tilting her head to the side. Kikyo shook her head back and forth.

"I cannot now," Kikyo told her. "You would die too."

A deep chuckle could be heard all around the room, a few minutes later Naraku appeared before them.

"I'm afraid that you are not going to leave this room, unless Inuyasha chooses in time."

"KAGOME!" Suddenly, an explosion could be heard as Naraku went through the doors. Kagome's heart skipped a beat.

There, in all his red glory - stood her knight and shining armor.

Her mate, Inuyasha.

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TBC

A/N: Oooh, drama continues~! Who do you think he will choose? Can he really let go of Kikyo?

Review please!