Chapter 14
Naraku stood, tentacles outward, with miasma terminating the adamant's exterior on the floor slowly. Goyasanku glared, his hand opened; still placed in front of him while the other hand laid limp by his side. The adamant demon thought to himself, 'I must make this quick so I have enough time to perform the ritual.' As though Naraku could hear his plans, the evil half-demon lunged forwards with the deadly tentacles. Firing the inflexible mineral, the adamant continued to rip apart at Naraku. Thinking the battle was almost over, Goyasanku pushed Naraku back with the adamant barriers then sent a large chunk of adamant at where Naraku's heart was suppose to have been. The limbs of the half-demon continued to fall to the floor in an instant. Finally whirling his hand around, Goyasanku trapped most of Naraku's remains in an adamant dome.
"The wretch was pathetic, didn't even put up a fight." The adamant demon mumbled as he turned around, "Enough wasting my time, I have important tasks to perform." Walking over to Kikyo, he formed a piece of adamant that was shaped like the mark on his chest. Holding it above Kikyo, the demon began to mumble words in a foreign language. His and Kikyo's bodies pulsed as a gasped escaped her lips and her soul started to drift into the adamant. At that moment, a sacred arrow soared past his head and struck a wall. Kagome stood with a left hand tightly gripping the bow while the other still in the position where she released the arrow.
"Kagome!" You're going to get yourself killed." InuYasha barked down at the priestess. Kagome glimpsed at the half-demon before turning back at Goyasanku, "I don't care, I'm not just going to sit…" Suddenly InuYasha's enchanted beads began to illuminate as they tried to force him down.
"Opps, sorry InuYasha!" Kagome stated as Goyasanku looked in their direction. In order for him to succeed in his plot, he thought of a baleful plan, "Hmmm, die InuYasha!" he announced as a patch of adamant disappeared from InuYasha's chest. Then after the adamant disappeared, he sent a large adamant piece at InuYasha, aimed for one thing; his heart. Kagome ran to his side, grabbing one of her arrows then jamming it into the mineral. It illuminated but didn't quite break. The beads were still pulling him downward as he struggled to keep his head up.
"Sit boy, SIT!" Kagome screamed as she stabbed forcefully into the adamant. The adamant broke and InuYasha fell towards his right side, watching as the adamant pieces shattered beside him. Kagome fell to the floor due to the impact and lay motionless under InuYasha.
"Kagome," he whispered as he gazed on to her face. He continued to calmly chant her name until all he could do is quickly wrap his arms around her body. Mumbling softly he cursed, "Damn these human emotions…" as he tried to hold his emotions in. A soft mumble of, "Inu…Yasha…" was heard from his chest and he felt her movement. Looking down in astonishment, InuYasha watched as she opened her brown eyes to see him painfully looking back at her. She smiled before she gently pushed him away so that she could stand up. Goyasanku stood smirking at the couple, "Well, well, that was rather impressive. Kagome, my dear, do tell how you were able to break my adamant." His body pulsed as he summoned more souls of humans and the demonic power of the demons.
"We don't know, you bastard. Her powers just seemed to increase exponentially like mine did when we faced my old man's fang. When she's deeply emotional, her powers strengths." InuYasha growled as the statement wiped the smirk off his face. The half-demon's words ran through Kagome's mind as she remembered back then how she first came to the feudal era; where she first met InuYasha. At that time, she was scared for her own life. The first time she meet Naraku, she was very enraged at him for deluding Kikyo and InuYasha against each other The time they faced Menomaru and Kagome was forced back to her era, she felt sad; truly crushed. He was right; InuYasha was right about her spiritual powers, they did increase exponentially. Giving her back the courage, Kagome loaded an arrow as she took her aim. InuYasha stood in front of her, watching the determination glisten in her eyes. The adamant demon merely gave a weak smile as he quickly whipped around and shot adamant from his hands. A figure lurked into a corner and was torn apart by the adamant. Kagome and InuYasha watched as the demon reassembled into its spidery form. InuYasha whispered, "Naraku," as the priestess relaxed and pulled her arrow out. Walking forward, Kagome stood behind InuYasha then clutched his shoulders as he watched Naraku and Goyasanku go at it. He flinched before realizing who it was and put his hand on hers. Softly InuYasha whispered, "If we keep distracting him, he won't be able to keep Kikyo's soul. By that time, I'll be a half-demon again." Kagome slightly frowned when he didn't mention anything about not allowing her soul to be stolen but she guessed it went without saying. She nodded and whispered back, "Should I shoot him now?" InuYasha pulled his hand back and put it on the hilt of his tetsuiga, "No, I don't play dirty, get ready anyways." Kagome slowly took her hands off his shoulders and loaded her bow.
Meanwhile, Naraku sent a large amount of miasma towards Goyasanku who leapt backwards then sent up blockades of adamant pushed the demon against a wall. Naraku then gasped for breath as the adamant continued to pound at his remains. Something glistened as Goyasanku stopped striking him. Kagome saw a tainted aura and pulled back on her arrow. Naraku pulled himself together as InuYasha glanced back at the steadying priestess, "What do you think you're doing?" Kagome continued to hold back the arrow as it surged with power, "I can sense the sacred jewel shards." After her statement, Kagome released the arrow then stood by as it charged forward. InuYasha watched as the arrow flew by Goyasanku's figure, just barely missing him and pierced Naraku's exterior. The sacred jewel shards flew out towards the two and Kagome quickly picked them up. The aura around the jewels was purified and Kagome scattered back beside InuYasha. The presently human-demon pulled her behind him then kept his eyes on the demon. Naraku's body soon illuminated with a bright light as he disappeared. Kagome mumbled, "Do you think he's dead?" InuYasha replied back, "It's not that easy to kill Naraku but that was a pretty strong arrow." Goyasanku merely glanced at his adamant, watching as the lavender started to turn its clear, sparkling hue.
"There isn't much time," Goyasanku moaned as he ran towards Kikyo. Kagome eyes widened as she without hesitation, grabbed another arrow. Quickly, she released it as it soared with its blinding fiery. The arrow collided with a part of Goyasanku's adamant armor, making him stumble a bit before regaining his balance. Smirking, the demon placed a hand on the weak adamant then looking at the priestess, "You are trying to kill me, aren't you, you insolent wretch." His smirk banished as she replied back, "Take another step and Ill shoot. The next time I will hit the spot." Goyasanku grinned balefully then put a large amount of adamant on his chest. The weak adamant fell to the floor and shattered as the stronger mineral replaced it. His armor formed over his adamant mark and he held out his hand, "Try your best shots." Kagome fired off another arrow on cue which earned a frustrated remark from the human, "Stop wasting arrows, we need those." Kagome apologized as the arrow headed straight towards the adamant demon's mark. With a quick spin, Goyasanku dodged the arrow and emitted a large amount of adamant spiraling towards the two. InuYasha stood back mortified as the adamant came from the surrounding area. On impulse, the half-demon pulled out his tetsuiga and Kagome closed her eyes awaiting the painful hits of defeat. When she didn't feel cold, hard minerals piercing her body, she opened her eyes in confusion. To her amazement, there stood InuYasha with his luscious silver tresses and two fuzzy dog ears on top of his head. The tetsuiga was transformed and the heat from the sun could be felt through the adamant. The night was over and they had all made it. The ground had the shards of the adamant on the ground as InuYasha glanced back questioning, "You alright?" Kagome verbally acknowledged her well-being as she loaded another arrow. Goyasanku's face had a disappointed look as the radiation from the sun started to beat down on Kikyo's pale complexion. He could no longer steal the souls from anybody; he could only revive his powers by draining their physical will. He could easily be defeated if he had no victims but the demon did not decide to give up so easily. Suddenly a yell of "DRAGON STRIKE" was heard as Goyasanku turned towards his side and leapt backwards. There stood the almighty Lord Sesshomaru, adamant free, next to the structure he was encased in.
"Well Lord Sesshomaru, how did you ever get out of your confines?" Goyasanku questioned as he glanced at the adamant. There was a big crater that was slowly being devoured by a green acid. Kagome watched as the acid slowly demolished the mineral. She whispered under her breath low enough for only InuYasha to hear, "He used his poison claw just like Naraku used his miasma." The half dog-demon nodded his head as he watched the two exchanged glanced before Goyasanku's eyes slowly turned towards the two. Quickly, he raised his arms up, causing the adamant to disappear from the ceiling; the demon had opened the cavern. Pushing his arms forward, the walls began to collapse back then the adamant expanded. InuYasha and Kagome ran towards their encased allies and shattered the mineral surrounding them.
"Okay, you guys get these humans out of the way. We can give them a burial later." Kagome told Miroku, Sango, and Kirara while Kouga grimaced.
"Why don't you just leave them, they're just humans?" Kagome frowned at the wolf demon then pointed at him, "Kouga it might not matter to you but they had their souls sucked from them. The least we can do is give them a proper burial so the animals don't eat at their bodies. Besides, if it wasn't for me, they wouldn't have died…" she lowered her head down as a tear trailed down. A low growl was heard as InuYasha announced, "Listen Kagome, it's not your fault. It could have happened to anybody and besides, in the end, you saved us." Kagome smiled as she raised her head and gripped the bow. InuYasha held tightly on to his tetsuiga and announced, "Alright, let's get this over with!"
A/N: So sorry it took me so long. Turns out I had to go to the same behavioral health faculty because of my depressed behavior. Anyways it took me a while to remember my method on how I wanted to tell the story so I hope I didn't lose any readers. PLEASE REVIEW AND I'LL CONTINUE WITH THE STORY! Thanks.