Chapter 18- Final Battle?

"Hiei?" Yusuke asked in astonishment. Hiei didnt say anything, but his actions spoke for him. He drew his sword and jumped into the air. Still in shock Yusuke made no attempt to get out of the way. Luckily Touken pushed him out of the way at the last second. He then drew his own swords and started a counterattack. Both swordsman were moving so quick that they appeared to vanish. The only hint that they were still there was the sound of clashing steel.

Toukens wounds were still not compleley healed, and Hiei made sure to take advantage of this. There was a quick flash of white that flew by the others. They looked back to see Touken, all wounds reopened. "Fool, he couldnt defeat me when he was at full strength so what made him think he could beat me now?"

"Thats it! You've been asking for this for a while now!" Inuyasha said after letting Sango off. He drew the Tetsuaiga and charged the fire demon. He jumped into the air with a small whirl wind around the blade. "WIND SCAR!" Inuyasha yelled the name of his signiture move. The yellow waves of energy tore apart the rock floating in the lava and toward Hiei.

"I've been given this armor so I could never be defeated. Now take this! HELLFIRE STORM!" Hiei yelled out one of many of his new attacks. He fired out countless balls of black and red fire which headed straight toward Inuyasha.

"I dont think so!" Inuyasha said. He then raised the Tetsuaigas' sheath and pointed it toward the oncoming attack. It created a barrier over him which blocked the attack. But to the dog demons surprise, Hiei jumped through the smoke and put his sword through his chest.

He grunted in pain as Hiei twisted the sword and ripped it out. He then kicked Inuyasha in the side of the head which sent him flying towards the lava pool. "Inuyasha!" Sango cried out. She ran as fast as she could and stood in his path, hoping to stop him. He hit her with incredible force, causing them to skid accross the gound. They stopped right at the edge of the rock where the heat was extemely intense. Inuyasha slowly got up while holding the side of his head which was now bleeding.He looked down at Sango who now had blood covering her shoulder and leg, showing that her wounds had also reopened.

"Hiei! Why are you doing this?" Yusuke asked his former friend while blocking and dodging multiple punches and kicks. "I finally have everything I ever wanted! Power, freedom, anything I ever dreamed of!" He responded. "So you would really betray your friends for this? Someone elses power?" Yusuke asked. "Ha! You were never my friends! No human could ever be important to me!" Hiei yelled over the fierceness of their battle. "Fine but what about Yukina?" Yusuke reminded him of his sister. Hiei falltered for only a moment, but a moment was all Yusuke needed. He threw a punch charged with spirit energy. It contacted with Hieis' jaw, sending him flying through the air. He landed in the lava with a large splash.

But a second later he burst out from underneath Yusuke and met him with a crushing fire powered kick to the stomach. The spirit detective was sent high into the air by the kicks force. Hiei then jumped up to where Yusuke was and with his fingers interlocked, hammered him down. He then teleported to where Yusuke was going to land and as he flew down was greeted by a knee to the stomach.

Touken woke up and picked up his swords. He was about to dash back into the battle but was stopped when a large pillar of rock smashed into him and pinned him against the wall. He looked down only to see a second pillar coming straight at his face. He tightly closed his eyes, waiting for the impact. "Hiraikotsu!" He heard Sango yell. Her boomerang smashing both pillars to bits. He landed and faced his opponent. Geode stood before him, his eyes glowing red, shining through the darkness that hid his face.

"You guys are too hurt to fight, I'll take him on!" Inuyahsa said. "No way! I wont let him get away with sucker punching me!" Touken yelled as he charged forward. Sango looked toward where Hiei and Yusuke were fighting and saw that Yusuke had taken a majority of the beating. She limped toward them and got ready for a fight.

Hiei picked up Yusuke by his hair and charged his hand with fire energy and was about to finish him off. Just then he jumped back as a white flash came between them. He looked as the white flash returned to its weilder. "Stupid girl you're no match for me! Im stronger than ever while you're on the verge of unconciousness." He threatened. "Then come get me!" Sango fearlessly yelled back.

"Fine! But remember, you brought this upon yourself!" He charged at her with lightning fast speed. He raised his sword and quickly brought it down. But instead of cutting her in half as he intended, he had only missed her by mere centimeters. He then jumped back and launched a fire ball at her. But again the attack missed its intended target. She wasn't moving at all and Hieis' aim was perfect but something was causing him to continuously miss her.

"What? My power over Hiei feels like it weakened slightly. I need to find out whats going on!" Big brother thought as he was flying through the portal. He then opened another portal to Volcannons room. He landed on the ground, being that he had not finished regenerating his arms or legs. Dozens of tentacles shot out of his stumps where his limbs once were. They twisted together to form arms and legs. They then grew skin over them and finally armor. "Ah thats better." He said as he got up. He flew into the shadows and watched Hiei carefully.

He could see that Hiei was still attacking Sango but none of his attacks were connecting. "Hm...I dont know whats going on but it must have something to do with the demon slayer. I have to put a stop to this now before my power over him gets even weaker!"

Geode thrust Touken and Inuyasha against the wall and began crushing them. "Geode! Forget them and kill the girl!" Big brother said to the earthen giant. He dropped the two swordsmen and turned around. He saw Sango and focused in on her. He then charged toward her with an unnatural rage.

Kagome,Kuwabara, Kurama, and Koga fell out of the portal that they had been following Big Brother through. They landed in Volcannons room and looked around too see where they were. Kagome spotted Inuyasha and Touken getting up off the ground. She rushed toward the dog demon and wrapped her arms around him.

Meanwhile Sango was still fighting Hiei when Geode grabbed her and began crushing her. She screamed in agony as her muscles began to burst and her bones began to crack. Then without thinking Hiei cut one of Geodes arms off, but because of his rock hard exterior the blade shattered into numerous pieces.

"Inuyasha! I was so worried that I would never see you again!"Kagome told the half demon. "Kagome!" Touken called to her. She looked in his direction and caught the bow and arrows he had just tossed her. "I thought you might need these! Sorry I forgot to give them to Kurama!" He said as he turned back only to see why Geode had ceased to attack them. Without saying a word Kurama, Touken and Kuwabara. charged in to finish the fight with the remaining knight.

Hieis' Jagan then began shining. "Now lets see you for what you truly are! HELLFIRE DRAGON!" He then yelled. He fired out a dragon of the darkness flame which was now a mixture of black and red flames as the rest of his attacks were.

The dragon hit the giant with a large explosion. After the smoke cleared Geodes chest plate was missing. But then to everyones astonishment there was a baby imbedded in the rock that composed his fake body wearing a suit of brown armor. "A...Baby?" Kagome asked in astonishment. She was the first one to speak out of the entire group.

The infant then opened his eyes which began to glow with a familiar yellow/brown color. He began screaming, causing his fake body to roar. Geode charged forward with his one fist raised. He punched Touken, threw Inuyasha into the wall, threw a boulder at Hiei, and contiued to go on a rampage as his temper tantrum worsened. That is until he went after Kagome. He raised his fist up to try and smash her into the ground.

At this Big Brother emerged from the shadows and jumped in front of the attack. He caught Geodes fist like it was nothing. "You idiot! I need her alive!" He yelled at the tiny giant. But Geode was in such a fit of rage that he raised his fist to try to attack his brother and master.

"You dare raise your fist to me? I am your master! The only reason you live is becaused I allow it! NOW DIE! HELL RAISER!" Big brother yelled. He pointed his palm atthe ground and fired a blast of energy which exploded from underneath Geode who was now realizing his mistake. First his fake body shattered like glass, then black smoke started to come from the infants armor.

The limp empty armor fell to the ground with black smoke still seeping out. "A pity, he was the last of my brothers, oh well." Big brother said in anon-chalant voice.

"That...Thats horrible! How can you live with yourself? You just killed your own brother! And he was just a baby!Your insane!" Kagome said, horrified at what she had just seen.

"Hm. You should be grateful. If I hadn't killed him you would have died." He then said. "But then again, If I were you I would rather die by Geodes hand then by mine. DARK TENDRILLS!" He shot his fingers out again in an attempt to steal her power again. But this time she was ready. Kagome knocked two arrows into her bow and fired.

The first arrow destroyed his dark tendrills. While the second arrow flew towards his face. Big brother managed to move out of the way but even being close to one of Kagomes sacred arrows was enough to weaken him. He grunted in pain as his armor began to burn again.

"Hm...Her power is weaker then it was before. It seems that whatever it was that she did is no longer working. Although... her powers can still weaken me so I'll need to be sure not to let myself get careless." He thought as the pain subsided.

Just then a blast of blue energy hit him with full force but he didnt even flinch, let alone move. He looked back and saw nothing but an even larger blast heading toward him. "Fool." was all he said as held out his palm where an eye with a blue iris opened.

The attack hit its mark but was absorbed by the eye. he then quickly held out his other palm which opened with another eye, but rather than a blue iris this one was red. The attack was launched back out through the eye which closed after it had finished releasing the energy.

Yusuke was dumbfounded by the sight of his own attack being sent back at him. He quickly came out of shock and crossed his arms in front of his face in an attempt to block the attack. He was then further surprised when Big brother appeared behind him and fired a blast of black energy equal in size and power to Yusukes spirit cannon. Both attacks hit him from both sides, trapping him in between them.

His screams of pain couldnt be heard over the explosion that quickly followed the connection of the two massive energy blasts. The walls were blown away, as was the entire top half of the castle. This caused the lava to begin flowing out over the sides of the castle.

Inuyasha, Kuwabara, and the others ran in to help Yusuke and Kagome. But before Touken ran in to help, Sango stopped him "Touken...do you know where Miroku and Hiei are?" She asked weakly. " It looks like Hiei vanished and I dont know where Miroku is, but I'll look for him, I'll bring him back here as soon as I can." He told her. Seeing that Miroku had stayed behind to fight Geode and that Geode was just fighting them a moment ago he feared the worst for him.She smiled softly and closed her eyes as she waited. Touken then rushed off to find the monk, hoping his fears werent needed.

The battle raged on between the spirit detectives and the Darkness master. Thanks to Kagomes arrows Big Brother was weakened enough where it was about an even match. Big brother dodged Kuramas whip and fired a ball of black energy at Inuyasha. He then dodged an arrow from Kagome and created a sheild of energy to block Kuwabaras' sword.

He then formed a barrier around himself to protect him from the oncoming attacks.But this didnt stop them from trying. Yusuke, using what was left of his strength,fired a spirit cannon at him while Inuyasha and Kagome launched a combo attack which combined the windscar and one of her sacred arrows. Kuwabara used his long sword to try and pierce the barrier. Kurama transformed into Yoko and used his demon plants to attack. They all hit at the same time which caused the ground to crack and break apart. "Enough..." Big brother said quietly. "Keep going guys I think its working!"Inuyasha yelled over the sound of the attacks. "I said...ENOUGH!" Big brother then burst with energy. His voice had become much deeper and had a more evil sound to it.

All of the attacks were instantly destroyed. He then became so filled with rage that his power jumped to unimaginable levels. He then began to lose control of it because of how quickly he released it. Beams of energy started firing everywhere from his body as a giant portal opened in front of him. "N-No! I have to regain control!" He thought as his rage subsided because of what he saw happening.

His eyes closed for a moment and opened again to reveal four glowing red eyes. He then closed them again and opened them to show that his eyes had returned to normal. "No! I have to regain control before it gets out!" He thought as he felt a greater evil inside him surging with energy.

But it was too late. The portal began to suck up everything within a large radius.What was left of the castle began to collapse into itself, the trees and even the ground around the castle were also being drawn in. Geodes armor, the lava, and even he himself started to become distorded as he was unwillingly dragged into it.

Everything was gone, the giant forest, the mighty castle and even the warriors within it. All of it was gone in an instant.

(ENDOFCHAPTER)

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