Chapter 25,

Kagome was walking in the garden when a strong sense of Dejavu came to her. She looked up at the half clouded sky and noticed that it was the night of the new moon, when Inuyasha would be almost completely useless in any battle.

She then remembered her dream and her eyes widened in fear. She turned around an ran back to the castle. Before she got to the castle gates she saw her friends walking out of the castle in battle gear.

Kagome sighed but soon after she felt two dark and menacing auras. One of them had the impurity of the Jewel Shard. She did not want to tell anyone of the dream in case it changed what would truly happen.

Kagome looked at her friends. "Everyone, Naraku is coming, and he brought a friend!" She yelled and everybody ran over to her. Inuyasha was with them as was Kikyo and he looked at her.

"Are you sure it is Naraku, Kagome?" He asked and Kagome quickly nodded her head and so everybody positioned himself or herself for a fight.

Naraku and Takani materialized in front of them and Kagome looked at them and she pointed to Takani. "Um..who is he and where is Takai?" She asked and Naraku smirked. "I absorbed Takai, and this is one of my reincarnation, Takani." He said darkly making Kagome shiver.

Naraku looked at the pitiful group and then his eyes landed on Inuyasha. "I always wanted to see your human form in person. It is so much more degrading when your enemy sees it." He said with a smirk.

Kagome unsheathed her sword and pointed it at Naraku. "We will finish you off this time for sure!" She screamed at him and all he did was chuckle. He looked around and then he looked back to Kagome.

"Where is Sesshomaru at?" He asked and Kagome glared at him. "Even if I knew, I would never tell the likes of you!" She said and Naraku chuckled again. "Well, I guess he won't get to see you all die, perhaps just a body is enough to throw him into a rage." He said and then both him and Takani charged the pitiful group.

Kagome looked at her friends and they all nodded. Kagome, Inuyasha, and Kikyo would fight Naraku, while Sango and Miroku along with Shippo and Kirara would take on Takani.

Kagome ran towards Naraku and quickly swung her sword at him, hoping to catch him off guard. Naraku laughed and easily dodged but ended up getting hit in the back by Inuyasha's Tetsaiga when he tried to dodge. Suddenly there was a bright blue light from Kikyo's sacred arrow and it was soaring towards Naraku.

Naraku looked at the arrow and quickly dodged. Kagome ran and smirked when she attacked and it landed. Kagome then pulled the sword out of his shoulder and jumped back, avoiding any counterattack he may do.

Inuyasha smirked as Naraku put up a barrier and his sword became red. He quickly slashed at the barrier, breaking it instantly, and the attack nicked Naraku's already wounded shoulder.

Naraku hissed in pain and he glared at everyone. He then pulled out the Jewel Shard and he showed it to everyone.

"This is my plan B, just so you know. I will not be defeated by the likes of you." He said and then he swallowed the whole Jewel. Suddenly dark smoke surrounded him. He then completely changed. His hair became longer and his body completely healed. He then got pitch-black armor and had two swords in his hand. He then looked at everyone.

"I hope you are prepared." He said and then the real battle truly began. Both Inuyasha and Kagome attacked and clashed swords with Naraku. The attack was blocked on both sides. They pulled away and Kagome then sheathed her sword and brought hand up and a whip of miko energy appeared. She jumped back and attacked Naraku from long distance.

Naraku sighed in slight frustration when he could not get in a single attack. He always either blocked Kagome and Inuyasha or was blocked by them. He looked over at Takani to see how he was faring and was furious at what he saw.

Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Kirara had finally managed to seriously injure Takani and they were moving in for the kill. The incarnation was extremely weak. Sango smirked at him and drew her sword, she charged Takani and quickly beheaded him. The man then fell to the ground and then turned to dust, completely dead.

Naraku glared at them and then turned his attention back to his opponents. He saw Inuyasha charging him and he blocked the attack and used Inuyasha's own momentum to send him crashing into a tree, rendering him out cold.

Kikyo, who had just been firing off arrows, ran over to her fallen lover. Naraku smirked knowing that by only taking one person out he had put two out of the battle.

Kagome looked over to make sure that Inuyasha would be okay later and when she was satisfied she turned back to Naraku.

"You will pay for that." She said darkly and Naraku smirked. "How do you plan to…pay me back…?" He said, smirking. Kagome growled and charged him again.

They both attacked relentlessly, neither gaining the advantage of the battle. All they did was attack and block. Finally Naraku saw an opening and he took it, thrusting his sword up through her ribs, although he missed all the vital organs.

Kagome hissed in pain and growled when Naraku pulled the sword out. Kagome backed up and leaned on her sword for support. She looked down at the large wound and she then noticed that it wasn't healing. She glanced up at Naraku for answers.

"I am sorry if you are not pleased that your wound is not healing. There was poison on the blade stopping your healing powers from working." He said with a smirked and Kagome glared at him.

She got back up and charged Naraku again, this time putting a little of her miko energy into her sword. She quickly slashed at Naraku and she smiled when she saw his arm fall to the ground. He looked at his arm and also noticed that it wasn't healing and he then glared furiously at Kagome.

"Wench! What did you do to my arm?!" He yelled at her and Kagome smirked. "Nothing really, just returning the favor of stopping my healing abilities." She said and they charged once more.

This went on for about another hour. Kagome was glad that her friends were staying out of the battle, she did not want them to get hurt. Suddenly she felt a familiar aura and turned slightly to the left. Her eyes widened when she realized her mistake and felt a sharp pain in her abdomen. She looked down and saw the sword sticking out of her stomach.

Kagome looked up at Naraku and glared at him when she saw his smirking face. He pulled the sword out of her and she fell to the ground. She started seeing spots in her vision and through the spots she saw a flash of silver.

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Sesshomaru ran through the forest and he stopped, only for a second, when he heard the sounds of a battle raging. He ran even quicker to the castle. When he was about a mile away from the castle he smelled the strong stench of blood, some of it was Kagome's.

Sesshomaru's eyes bled red but he did not transform. Instead he used that power to fuel his speed. He ran even faster than before and when he got to the battlefield he noticed that Kagome was fighting Naraku, alone.

He saw her then turn to him and saw Naraku thrusting his sword at her. He would have yelled out to her but saw her get impaled by the sword, kind of stopped everything.

He then ran at her to try and help her. When he got to her he noticed that her eyes were starting to glaze over from blood loss. He looked back up at Naraku.

"You will pay for hurting her." He said in a deadly tone of voice and Naraku laughed. "What do you plan on doing about it." He asked and once again, Sesshomaru's eyes bled red.

A.N

Sorry for not updating in so long. I have had trouble thinking of how I would write this chapter and because of that, I did not get the update on time. There will only be one to two more chapters of this story then I will start on the sequel. Please review and tell me what you think. Thank you all who have read and reviewed!