Chapter 18
Not the best but the battle is now out of the way!
It was easy to get into Naraku's castle. Not because it was ready for a trap…but because Kanika was so overconfident that she let them in.
"Welcome my dear sister and her mate." Kanika greeted her tail swishing behind her.
"My mate…what is it you think you are doing?" Naraku asked coming forward from the house. Kanna and Hakudoshi behind him.
"Getting ready to battle." She replied looking shocked.
Naraku glared at her and she cowered. "This was not my plan…however it shall do well enough." He smirked at her and turned to face the rest of them. "Let's end this."
"About damn time." Inuyasha declared unsheathing his sword.
"Indeed." Sesshomaru said.
"I'll take Hakudoshi." Sango declared gripping her boomerang tightly.
"I'll go for Kanna." Miroku added.
"My dear sister is my prey." Jamila started forward her knives flashing in her hands.
"Kagome…"A voice said from the side of the clearing. Startled they all turned to see Kikyo on the tree line. "Let's decide who shall be the one to own the soul."
Inuyasha started to turn to protect Kagome but suddenly the battle was on and he was swept away.
Jamila tackled Kanika from the porch of the main building and through the wall behind her leaving the two of them in seclusion.
"Are you able to kill me?" Kanika taunted settling into her own fighters crouch.
"With pleasure." Jamila snarled and leapt forward and began to trade blows with her sister.
Kagome dodged the arrows that Kikyo launched at her. "What are you doing?!" She shouted trying to steady her own bow.
"Everyone else is distracted, I can kill you without interference and take my soul back." Kikyo stated calmly.
Woah…maybe she is really evil. Kagome thought launching her own arrow at Kikyo. It hit her shoulder and her shoulder exploded letting out a handful of souls. "I don't want to kill you Kikyo!"
For a moment their eyes met and Kagome could read what Kikyo really wanted. 'I want you to kill me'. Kikyo stood still as Kagome set another arrow on her bow. A tear dripped from her eye and was mirrored on Kikyo's calm face. She let it fly as Kikyo smiled and closed her eyes.
Sango ducked beneath Hakudoshi's glaive and curved her sword up and sliced off his head. Then spun around her Hiraikotsu completely severing his body. He smiled but the smirk quickly died when Miroku turned and sucked him into his wind tunnel. One down. As one they turned to face Kanna. She stared back at them without moving then gazed up at the sky as Kagura swooped in.
"Kagura." Miroku growled getting ready to unleash his wind tunnel again.
"Hold off monk. I'm only here to save Kanna." Kagura snapped helping Kanna onto her feather. "Naraku is all yours." With a rush of air they disappeared in the sky.
Sango frowned and turned to Miroku. "This is way too easy."
"Yes." Miroku replied. They glanced up in time to see Kagome's arrow strike home in Kikyo's chest.
Inuyasha saw Naraku falter and glanced at his brother curiously. "What's going on?"
"Kanika is dying." Sesshomaru told him. "It's making him weak."
"My Windscar and your Dragon Strike…think it will finish him off?" Inuyasha asked watching Naraku shudder and straighten.
"Yes." Sesshomaru agreed and the two brothers darted forward to send out their attacks.
As Kikyo died Kagome felt her heart skip a beat and a feeling of completion wash over her. 'Shoot Naraku…' Kikyo's voice sounded in her head and Kagome turned and shot just as the brothers released their attacks and her arrow twined into their swords powers and when it hit, the jewel flew into the sky as the two spells disintegrated Naraku.
Kanika knelt in front of Jamila, her hands hanging uselessly and her tail sliced off. "You've almost killed me sister." She grinned sickly at her injured sister. Though Kanika was severely injured Jamila wasn't untouched, her right ear was in tatters and her left arm was broken. "Can you finish the job?"
"For all the children you've killed I can." Jamila replied settling her knife on the side of Kanika's throat. "May you find forgiveness."
"Forgiveness is for the weak. Fear is for the strong." Kanika growled.
"And that is why mother never gave you immortality." Jamila replied before slicing deeply and severing Kanika's head from her shoulder.
She stared contemplatively at her sisters head for a moment before turning sharply to exit. A rumble was her only warning before the front of the house exploded sending wood to riddle her chest and arms. Once it was calm again she picked her way out into the clearing and stared at Sesshomaru and Inuyasha. "Thanks for that." She muttered and began to pull out the pieces of wood from her body.
Inuyasha muttered an apology before grabbing the jewel from the ground and racing to Kagome's side.
With a sigh Jamila turned from them and began to head off. "I'm going to head to the hot springs." This celebration was for them, not for an outsider like her. But she didn't truly mind. She needed time to deal with the fact that she'd killed her sister.
Sesshomaru watched Jamila walk away in a state of shock, or as close to shock as Sesshomaru could get. He'd been so focused on destroying Naraku he'd forgotten Jamila was in the line of fire. And if the wounds were anything to go by, the explosion of the death blow had injured her.
"Sesshomaru." Kagome's voice came from directly behind him and he glanced back at her. "Thank you for your help. We'll make our way slowly to your castle to discuss this. For now though we need to rest and Jamila needs you." She bowed and started back to Inuyasha, Miroku, and Sango.
Sesshomaru studied her a moment then headed off after his mate. When he reached the hot spring she had just began to undress. "Are you badly injured?" He asked smelling her bloody heavy in the air.
Jamila looked up startled by his question. "Not badly." She twitched her ear and with a frown moved to touch it. "Except I have half an ear. Oh well. I can stand being unappealing for fifty years." She muttered to herself and pulled another piece of wood from her stomach.
Sesshomaru moved forward and ever so gently licked the tattered edges of her ear. He felt her shudder and smelled her arousal and began to let his own claws help her get the last few splinters from her body.
Jamila shuddered under his gently touch and sensual licking. "I should have known blood would get you excited." She whispered and tilted her head to expose her throat.
He was centimeters away from kissing her slender throat when he saw the deep wound by his mating mark. It was as if Kanika had tried to slice Jamila's throat. He carefully licked the wound cleaning it and sealing the injury with his saliva.
Jamila sagged into his arms at the heat the blazed through her body at his touch and tugged him to the ground. They made love with the steam rising around them and helped convince themselves that they were both alive and whole.
"I love you Sesshomaru." Jamila murmured slipping from his arms into the water when their breathing had returned to normal. Her heart pitched when he didn't respond but she shook off her melancholy. She had time to make him love her.
Okay I know this was rather craptastic but like I said, I wanted to get Naraku out of the way and turn this into just a Sesshy romantic thing. But I have one question for you all.
Do you want me to do lemons? I don't care either way but I want to know what you all want.
Anyway review. I'm working on the next chapter already, be warned however...there is going to be a small time skip between chapters.