A New Beginning
(Chapter 45)
The Final Battle
Growling when yet another one of their attacks bounced off of the glowing red barrier. Whenever it shattered, it came right back. They all had wounds, some a lot worse then others. In meaning Inuyasha having most of the serious injuries, from protecting Kagome and rushing in, his sword once again tuned red. They had tried everything, but a few of them, were confused on why Sesshomaru was acting like he was waiting for something, but what?
"This will take it down!" Inuyasha growled, "WIND SCAR!"
Seeing the barrier went down, he went in to finish him off. "INUAYSHA!"
When a suddenly when Inuyasha was close enough, the red barrier came up again, trapping both half demons inside. When a sudden wall of miasma came around the area, making sure there was no way out. "Just great! Looks like we're going to be seeing sis again soon after all." Iva growled
"Don't talk like that baka!" Tora growled
Naraku having a sinister smirk, "Now Inuyasha, what will you do? If you don't hurry, your mate will die slowly." Naraku mocked
"You damn bastered! Take this BACKLASH WAVE!"
But the attack didn't hit, it got turning right back on him. "INUYASHA!" Kagome cried
When he hit the barrier he got shocked, same thing happened when Kagome tried to get near it. Luckily Shadow caught her, "Kagome stay away!" Inuyasha growled out.
"Great now what are we supposed to do!"
Having been going for 2 days, making sure that the pups were ok and had to convince Sakura to stay there, though her back and arm still burned like hell, Koro always tried to make it feel better. The burn over her eye had yet to fade, along with a lot of the other injuries. He had yet to leave her side, he wasn't taking any chances.
Seeing the purple miasma seeping from an area another 3 hours away, they knew they were close. Mika growling when another demons scent hit her, "Now is not the time!" she thought
Hearing a sharp growl from Koro made her worried confirmed, when a twister came into few. "What the hell do you want Kouga?" Mika growled
Twister stopping a little in front of them, "What the hell happened to you?"
"How about you back off flee bag." Koro growled
"You!"
"Glad you remember, so you know to back off before I beat your sorry ass!" he growled
"Like you could wolf pup!"
"You want to test that you loser!"
Mika getting tired of this real quick, "Please could we take care of this later! The others are already fighting Naraku you know!"
"What's your excuse for not being there? Being whore to this loser."
Talk about signed death warrant, knocked clear across the path, one of them pinning him by his neck to the ground, foot firmly planted. The wolf already having a black eye and a bloody nose, picking the guy up by his neck, "You ever call my mate that again, I will kill you." Koro snarled
Mika not doing anything to stop him, a small smirk crossing her when Koro caught one of his brothers kicks. "You want to try that again." He growled
"Look bastered, what happened to me is none of your damn concern. But if you don't want to leave your own mate without the father of her kids, then shut the hell up." Mika growled, "Let the loser go, he's not your our time. We have too help the others out."
Letting the loser breath again, he backed off, "Lets go." He growled, picking up his mate he ran before Kouga was able to move. Landing about 10 miles away, "Damn jerk off bastered."
"And think the loser has kids."
"That's just scary." Koro mumbled
Mika laughed lightly, "I'm going to guess that Tora and Iva are going to be just as freaked out to see me alive, along with being pregnant."
"Second part might have slipped, but first well they don't know."
"How did they find out?"
"When I had Kinomi the neck, it kinda slipped."
"You always have to mess up the surprise don't ya?" she asked, laughing slightly.
The wall of miasma closing in, and Inuyasha was getting beat to a bloody pulp. Shadow and Tora had to hold Kagome back, lucky they didn't get purified in the process. They had tried everything to break the barrier, but nothing worked.
Only thing that happened was them getting more injuries. And it looked like Naraku was going to go in for the kill. "Inuyasha!"
Up in the forest area surrounding the valley like area, a white shine caught Sesshomaru's eye. "Not a moment to soon." he thought
Holding the arrow as steady as possible, it being hard to see with the wall of purple smoke in the way, hoping she didn't purify her brother. A hand on her shoulder, helped steady. "Don't worry so much koi, you'll get this."
"Hope so."
She was never one to use arrows at all, she was ok with them but not the best. "Here goes nothing."
Letting the pure white arrow fly, a stunning light blue energy flares up, breaking threw the miasma barrier, making white sparkles fall. When it shot threw Naraku's barrier, shattering it. Naraku looked totally pissed, more so when the white stuff burned him on contact. But for the others, it was healing them. Sesshomaru surprised the most when he looked at his a right arm, since when did he have his right arm back!
Kagome ran over to Inuyasha, who's injuries started to heal. The others as well as Naraku looked to the forest. "Who dares interfere!"
"What you stupid bastered, thought you could get rid of me that easily." Someone said.
Naraku for once looked a little scared, "What do you know that mighty Naraku can be afraid." Someone growled.
When two blurs jumped done, Naraku landing in 4 different pieces. Someone hanging on Tora and Iva, "Hey guys, miss me?"
"Mika! You're alive!"
"You think?"
"But you, how!" Iva yelled
"Where do you think the burns came from you numbskull?"
"Oh shit, you went threw…."
"Yea, meet your guys parents too."
"What!"
"Explain this later, hey Ray, Ryuu its been a while."
"Apparently." Ray mumbled
When the sound of flesh reconnecting hit their ears, a sharp growl from the other half dog demon, grabbing the bow and arrows from her back, Mika quickly shot another arrow, getting the jewel by a chain. It was now hanging on a tree, glowing black.
"Nice aim." Koro said
Tossing the rest of them to Kagome, who caught them out of reflex. "You and bro have to finish him off."
Inuyasha was already on his feet and sword ready, "Prepare to die Naraku! WIND SCAR!"
Kagome got a arrow ready, shooting the arrow, the two attacks combined. An sharp cry of pain, and a sharp white light. Blinding everyone in the area, if Mika and Koro could have seen, they would have been laughing. Ryuu had spread his wings out, pulling Iva to him. Ray doing the same with Tora.
Most of them had taken the spot of protecting who they loved, weather some knew or not. When the blast subsided, nothing was left of him but ashes, which Kagura made sure blew away. Mika started laughing at the position her two friends were in. Who hurriedly separated.
"Did we do it? Is Naraku gone?" Shippo asked
Before anything else happened, Mika held out her hand and the jewel shot into her hand. Making sure she grabbed it with her burnt hand, making sure not to get it anymore tainted.
When a black arrow hit the ground, a sharp black glow, and the ground and the ground started shaking, "Great what now!" Kimsune growled
Miroku flinched at the strong demonic aura, when a huge crack started in the center and spread. From wall to wall, when it started to cave in, when the crater was an inch wide, a 12 foot wall of fire shot up. Burning anyone within 5 feet of it, "What the hell!" Inuyasha growled
Mika turned dead white, Koro saw this, pulling her to him, jumping back when the crater got bigger.
"What the hell is this thing? What's going on?" Koro growled
When something broken up the flames, sending fireballs in everything direction, seeing not everyone was going to be able to get out of the way, acting quick Mika put up a barrier that stopped them.
When a they were able to see something, a black thing with spikes on its arms and legs, black fangs, black red eyes, ripped bat like wings, a iron collar with a chain hanging from it, with a huge club in on hand and whip in the other. It let out a roar the shook the earth again.
"Kami not again." Mika growled
"What?"
"I had to fight that thing to get back, except Kinomi was holding the chain."
"Not saying how we can kill it!" Inuyasha yelled
"You can't kill what's already dead!"
Looked like this meant Naraku had had this planned, but not expecting her to come back though. When the barrier came down, Inuyasha decided to test his luck, "Take this ugly, WIND SCAR!"
The demon didn't even make a move, raising its club he knocked the Wind Scar back! They jumped out of the way as the attack back turned, "I TOLD YOU!" Mika yelled
When there was a sharp gasp of pain and Miroku was sent back a whip mark across his chest, deeply burned. Mika flinched at remembering that pain. Sango ran over to her fallen future husband, if he made it. Seeing it coming again, Mika tackled Koro out of the way when it hit the ground, making small fire sparks.
"You get hit with that, it will be painful."
When the thing shot down, club ready, it looked like they would be able to got out of the way just fine. Inuyasha grabbed Kagome and got out of the way, Mika growled low she knew what this thing was going to do. "Move now!"
Jumping just in time when the thing came out of know where, suddenly turning around and slammed Inuyasha in the back, burning on contact even with his the fire-rat fur his kimono was made of. Screaming in pain, landing roughly on the ground, Kagome looked worriedly over her mate, his back was burned badly and still smoking. The thing had already taken out Miroku, but Inuyasha still got up.
"Inuyasha stay still!" Kagome yelled
When Mika growled low, the thing wanted revenge, she knew on who, drawing her sword, the one she fought it with before, "Hey ugly! Its me your looking for right!"
"Mika! What are you doing!" Koro growled harshly
"Its ok, I know what I'm doing, I beat this thing before I can do it again."
The thing looked at her, letting out another enraged roar, "Shit what dose that thing have against you!" Iva growled
"Beat him once."
The thing let out a stream of fire, getting out of the way just in time before it hit, leaving a burnt out whole. Then remembering how she beat it before, "You have to stab it in the back! It's the only way." She said, luckily everyone heard.
Sango had already taken to the air on Kirara, totally pissed off at this thing, "Take this, HIRAIKOTSU!"
Aimed for right between the wings, but when it hit the boomerang spilt in half, both ends embedded in the dirt. Sango looked wide eyed, no demon had ever been able to break it.
"Ray."
"You got it, Tora want to help distract this thing."
"Got it."
A bright flash and the two were gone, when a silver bolt of lightening with swirling fire hit it, "Kami you guys are bakas! FIRE FEED ITS POWER AND ELETICTY DOSEN'T EFFECT IT!" Mika yelled
The monster laughed, and the two hanyous were shot back, burned badly, slammed into the back wall, "Ow."
"YOU COULD HAVE SAID THAT SOONER!" Tora growled
"Add two an two together you numbskulls! A demon from hell uses fire, ITS NOT EFFECTED!" Ryuu growled
Shadow suddenly grabbed Mika and Koro out of the way at something almost got them, when Shadow was shot down by a fire ball. Shadow shrunk to her normal size, Mika caught her, and Koro grabbed her.
"That's it!" she growled mentally
Mika once again took of her sword, using her shadow powers made several pillars come from the ground, taking off before Koro could stop her. But was cursing up a storm when she did, "Mika! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!"
Jumping from the different rock pillars, hardly being able to dodge the fire balls, or the whip lashes, when someone well two people caught her eye, "Hell no!"
With this thought she almost lost her balance, and the whip snapped around her ankle, hissing low in pain, a white glow came from the sword and she sliced threw it. Every time she tried to get the back something knocked her back. No more rock pillars left, standing on the last one, "Shit!
Then the demon took a different approach, seeing that distraction of one of the half demon, suddenly shot out a fire stream at the very pissed ookami hanyou. Mika thought it was from her when he hardly missed by half an inch, spinning around, saw it just as it hit Koro, not being able to get out of the way, "Koro! You fucking did it know!" Mika snarled, eyes changing really quickly, especially after hearing the pain filled scream from her mate.
Even after the fire had stopped it still felt like the fire was on him, a massive burn over his arms, one on his chest, tops of his ears burnt.
"That's it!" Mika snarled
Leaping into the air sword in hand, she quickly sliced threw the demon landing on the other side, black blood stuck to the sword, the thing began to fall, four sharp snaps, and the whip that was still on fire went around her neck, stomach, and both legs ready to pull her down with the thing. Crying in a sharp pain when the thing shocked her, stabbing the sword into the side of the steep incline, other hand holding on to the side for dear life. The things were burning threw her skin, and breathing cut off.
"Mika!" the only ones able to stand, which were Iva and Ryuu tried to get there but a strong barrier threw them back.
"No not again! I can't die, not this time!" Mika growled feeling the sword and her claws slip. Looking back turning dead pale seeing the dancing flames at the bottom, with demons waiting to take her out along with other things. "No! Not again I won't leave him again!"
Trying with everything she had to pull herself up only making the whips on in deeper, "You can't get away half breed! If you had just stayed away this could have just been your smart ass brother." Naraku's voice laughed.
One tear fell, "I'm so sorry Koro, it look like I won't be able to keep that promise." She thought, one final hard pull and she lost her grip. Closing her eyes tight with something grabbed her wrist, out of reflex grabbed on as well.
Opening her eyes again, "Koro!"
"I intend to make sure you keep your promise koi, you're not leaving me again." He growled, visible struggling to keep her from going, "Just let go! You'll get dragged down too!"
"Then so be it, if anything I am going with you."
That's when both the marks on their shoulders started glowing, the outline of the silver dragon most of all. When both eyes shot open when they saw a silver dragon wrapping around her wrist up to his, holding them together, not planning on letting go.
"The mark," she thought, when a sudden strength returned, to her as well as him, Mika grabbing the sword from the side, quickly cutting threw the whips, before the black claws hand tried to grab her, Koro pulled her up quickly making both fall back Mika on top of her mate.
Kagome acting quickly chanted something and let another arrow fly straight into the pit, and the thing quickly sealed.
Everyone was waiting for something else, after two few long minutes the demonic aura was gone. Everyone fell back, "Thank kami that's over." Kimsune said falling on her back.
Koro painfully opened his eyes, pain was raging threw him, he didn't care though. His mate was safe in his arms again, bad looking injuries around her neck, stomach, and ankles. He had a few of his own bad burns, his hand ran threw her hair. Then saw her start to come around, "Is that thing gone?"
Feeling a hand rest against her cheek, "Yea, you killed it, and almost gave me a damn heart attack. What were you thinking? I could have lost you, again." He said, pulling her closer ignoring the pain.
She knew other wise, she knew how much the burns hurt, getting off top of him, helping him stand, grabbing a clear crystal bottle from her sleeve, "Guess Midoriko was right saying I needed this." Mika thought, "Ok who else got hit by that fire?"
Seeing Inuyasha being in the worst shape, seeing the deep whip marks and the dark black mark from that club, Kagome ran over, "Mika was it that stuff?" Kagome asked seeing the glowing water.
"Its holy water, it's the only thing that can heal these kind of wounds." Mika said, taking off the top.
"Wait won't that purify him!"
"No that's only the fake stuff." Mika said, pouring a small amount onto her hand.
"What do you mean "fake"?" Shippo asked running over.
"There is no "real" holy water on earth, you can only get it one place. I'm lucky enough to have it."
Koro was hanging on her shoulders, ears falling remembering what happened, Mika put her hand against her brothers wounds, he growled in pain, and tried to swing at her but Kagome stopped him, when a sharp glow and the burns closed up but a few scars stayed. When Sango's cried were heard, "Miroku! Come on Miroku don't give up!"
Ignoring the pounding in her legs, she jumped over to the fallen monk who's breathing was ragged, looked like the fire went deeper then she thought. Doing the same thing as she did with Inuyasha, the two girls hands twitched, and the monk had to more new injuries, two handprints one with claws, "He's just fine now." Mika growled
"I am most grateful Lady Mika." Miroku said
Mika had to stop Koro from hitting the pervert, going over to Ray and Tora, getting ride of the few harsh burns, it seemed like the stuff was never ending, when she heard a small whimper from behind her, then feeling a warm tingle go threw her neck.
"You're ok right?"
Not really feeling the stinging, it was weird, then realized the jewel, were the hell did it go! Looking at the hand that held it, the jewel had fused into her hand, pure no longer tainted. No wonder she didn't feel it, but hid it for now.
"Yea I'm fine, the first time is the most harsh. It's you that got hit."
Sitting him down, seeing the harsh looking burns, ears falling slightly, her fingers lightly traced the burns, "I'm sorry this happened." She said sadly.
"Its not your fault, I should have paid more attention. If you can go threw this pain, I will too." He said, hand holding on to hers.
Lightly putting the water on the injuries, which stung for a second, and he made her do the same to her own injuries. When everyone was half way normal, Shippo started jumping up and down, "Naraku's dead! Naraku's finally dead!" he yelled happily
When Inuyasha shot up, "Where the hell is the jewel!"
"Would you settle little brother."
"Really, you think I would let it go? God your stupid." Mika growled, holding out her hand. "How in the hell did that happen!"
"Oh I don't know, maybe to stop it from falling into freaking hell! Last thing we need!" Mika yelled, "Oh yea thanks for worrying so much."
Defusing the jewel from her hand, it glowing pretty bright, when exchanging it with Kagome, the light doubled. When a transparent figure came, breaking the clouds apart, where the sun once again showed threw.
Everyone finally opened there eyes again, seeing Midoriko there, feeling the sheer power, mostly anyone with demon senses bowed low, Ryuu forcing Rays head down. As for anyone that couldn't at the moment, well they tried, even fluffy.
"Once again the Shikon jewel is complete, and the darkness gone. The evil of this land has been erased from the face of this earth never to return, for that I thank all of you. Though not all darkness has been erased from your lives, all will never be at peace, but all will be much easier. You all have my eternal thanks, as well as protection. Your love as a pack, and as friends will keep you from harm. Now my soul is released."
With a bright flash, she was gone, everyone looked at each other, Shippo tackled Kagome down. Everyone tackled someone down in a crushing hug, Shippo switching to Kagome to Kimsune. Well everyone besides Sesshomaru of course, who silently walked off as if nothing had happened.
Koro was slightly caught of guard when Mika kissed him hard, not complaining though. Pulling away, forehead resting against her own, "Your parents murderer is finally dead, I know how much you wanted this since we were kids, koibito. I'm just glad it finally happened." She said
Pulling her closer to him again, "I am, I'm more glad I'll never have to worry about him hurting you or my pup, not anymore." He said, hand going to her stomach, kissing her lightly again.
Miroku having recovered his strength from no where, spun Sango around, rambling about there future life, and no more wind tunnel, some where saying wanting 20 kids. Shippo and Kimsune were dancing around like two wild kids, well it fit. Kirara let Kohaku hold on to her. No one had noticed, well Shadow did take to note, that everyone was overwhelmed even for some who were effected in a very small way. Without realizing Ray had quickly kissed Tora, shocking the fox hanyou who had never been kissed before in her life! The coyote hanyou quickly pulled away, blushing big time, "Tora, uh I.." but was cut off when she pulled him into a kiss.
Shadow laughed slightly, almost busting when the cold dragon she knew, well heart was suddenly defrosted. Iva was just as caught off guard as her sister, when the fire/ice dragon hanyou kissed her.
Shadow just rolled her eyes, well it was faster then with Mika and Koro that was for sure. Kagome was in a state of total shock, as well was Inuyasha, everything it was finally over. Three years of jewel hunting, fighting, making friends, traveling between times, all of it finally was over. The evil hanyou that had plagued the lands for so long, that cause everyone so much pain, was finally in hell were he belonged. Now they could live their life without so much worry, without always looking over their shoulder, not having to worry about their children being in such terrible danger. Kagome basically tackled over Inuyasha, not being able to help the tears, Inuyasha caught that scent, "Why are you crying?"
"I'm just so happy its all over, we can be a family in peace now." Kagome cried
Hugging his mate, realizing what she meant, it was all over, everything could be normal again. The battle was finally over.
(NO this is NOT the last chapter! We still at least got three to go, since I'm sure you have noticed no painful Kikyo death, yet. That will be very soon well its going to have to be, I guess or will it? Anyway I know its been forever, but this move was totally messed me up and this laptop is just weird but IT IS NOT OVER! I assure there will be a sequel, with some twists, now PLEASE REVIEW! PLEASE)
