A/N: Well this is my last shot at a sequel then I am throwing in the towel. However there will be one more chapter for this story coming up after this one, but I will post it following the completion of one of my stories. I also plan on eventrually going through the rest of the story and attempt to clean up the story or I may leave it as is depending if I can set aside time for it.


Chapter 24

Darkness cannot be destroyed

After falling through what seemed to be an eternity spend falling through a never-ending abyss; Hitomi and his detachments reappeared. The trio appeared on what seemed to be a large stone bridge crossing a deep never-ending chasm of darkness while pillars of rock with blue light shinning from the tops of the pillars provided the only light available in this dark realm where the two demons and their marker had arrived at.

"Where are we?" Arael asked.

"I don't know, but I feel so much darkness surrounding us." Hitomi commented, but their moment of thought was interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Inuyasha still in his berserker state who landed a few yards away from Hitomi.

"Tentai…Arael get behind me. At the very least I'll finish him." Hitomi declared with determination as he drew his sword while Inuyasha charged head on at him. Bringing up his barrier Hitomi watched as Inuyasha was reflected as the energy of the barrier sent him flying backwards. "Poor fool!" Hitomi roared as he unleashed a blast of demonic energy from his sword straight at Inuyasha.

The feral half-demon leapt into the air to evade the counterattack before sending blades of blood flying at Hitomi, but like his attempted tackle they bounced off the barrier.

"When will you learn you can't beat ME?"

Inuyasha's anger reached its highest point as he yet out a glass shattering howl into the darkness around him as a mist of darkness began surrounding his body while the purple stripes on his cheeks crew larger and much more serrated than before with his eyes turning completely blood red with a yellow lining around them.

The berserk demon jumped again this time it seemed actually likely it was going to break through the barrier as Inuyasha's claws were beginning to penetrate the surface and the barrier was failing to repel him.

What's going on…Inuyasha is getting stronger.

This time Inuyasha broke through the barrier and finally landed a blow on his half-demon foe raking him over the shoulder.

Hitomi backed away while he held one arm over his wound while counter attacking with another demonic blast of energy from his sword, but as if Inuyasha's sudden burst of new strength wasn't troublesome enough things became more complicated as giant creatures of pure darkness began to appear from the abyss below them…surrounding them.

"What are those things?"

"I sense nothing, but darkness from them, could they living darkness the inhabitants of this place?" Hitomi said trying to reply to Arael's question, but he had to turn his attention back to Inuyasha who kept pressing his attack. Now on the defensive uncertain the power he was up against now, Hitomi called forth several tentacles from his back in an attempt to attack the half-demon, but Inuyasha slashed his way through all of them forcing Hitomi to block his next attack with only his sword.

"Damn it…I am not losing you hear me I AM NOT LOSING!" Hitomi roared as his own building rage within his body reached its boiling point as he began tapping into the power of the Shikon Jewel trying to use its power to give him an edge against Inuyasha, but in doing so he began tapping the very power of darkness which was the life blood of the realm he was in.

Behind Hitomi a giant black fist sucker punched Inuyasha; the sucker punch alone carried the force of a cannon which was powerful enough to send the crazed half-demon flying about fifty yards backwards until he landed on the stone bridge far away from Hitomi. Hitomi wasn't sure what happened, but when he looked behind him he saw something taking form.

That black fist soon finished forming followed by an arm and eventually a humanoid creature took shape behind the reincarnation of Naraku. The Heartless-like symbiote creature was an ink-black muscular, humanoid creature with a partially bandaged head that possessed relatively small human features. The Heartless had yellow eyes gleaming above a mouth filled with sharp teeth, as well as two long antennae spouting from the top of its head. Lastly a hole appeared in-between more bandages on its torso in the shape of a heart.

The Guardian had taken full shape behind its summoner ready to defend its new master from the feral half-demon. Hitomi's eyes began to take on a new color as his normally red eyes turned amber gold as result of drawing on the powers of darkness using the Shikon Jewel as a conduit for the dark power that flowed through the Realm of Darkness.

Inuyasha leapt back up to his feet while shouting. "NARAKU"

"INUYASHA!" Hitomi roared in response as the vicious battle between father and son was on.

Hitomi swung his sword at the feral half-demon attempt to cleave him in two, but Inuyasha took hold of the blade trying to create an opening to strike Hitomi. However the Guardian came to its aid attacking Inuyasha with a vicious upper cut from the ground leaving Inuyasha open for Hitomi to attack Inuyasha with a cleaving cut across his chest before kicking him to the ground. But before Inuyasha hit the ground the half-demon grabbed Hitomi's leg and threw him over his head before somersaulting off from the ground to press his attack against Hitomi.

The Guardian once more came to the aid of its master hurling a dark fireball at the charging Inuyasha, although it failed to stop Inuyasha in his tracks the dark flame attack did inflict serious second degree burns on the hanyo further weakening him as his previous wounds he received from his last battle with Hitomi were also starting to catch up with him.

Inuyasha threw another punch at Hitomi, but after catching it with his fist the Guardian counter attacked on his behalf to send the half-demon flying with a upper cut to the half-dog demon's jaw. Hitomi pushed forward with a counterattack as the Guardian hurled flames of black energy at the downed half-demon, but Inuyasha recovered quickly before charging straight at his foe.

Raising his sword the Shibofukkatsu up in the air the reincarnation of Naraku brought the blade down while shouting.

"Gokuryuuha"

A twister of demonic energy was sent flying straight at Inuyasha with the hellish blast of energy seemingly consuming him at first, but a quick victory wouldn't belong to Hitomi as Inuyasha emerged from his left side flanking him after climbing below the bridge using his claws to narrowly evade the attack. Although Hitomi blocked with his sword, but Inuyasha's kick sent the blade flying out of Hitomi's hands.

Reacting quickly to this new situation, Hitomi head butted Inuyasha in the face causing the hanyo to stagger backwards giving Hitomi a chance to fight back, but when the young teen raised his right hand up a black vortex of energy began to swirl around his fist before something began to take form within it. Hitomi struck with his hand releasing a blast of pure darkness against Inuyasha at point blank range that carried enough power to send Inuyasha falling over the edge of the stone bridge.

Hitomi took a moment to examine the new weapon that had appeared in his hand…it was very unusual. The weapon itself held something of a sword-like appearance, but it was some kind of key and sword hybrid.

The hilt guard of the weapon was had the characteristics of a spider. The spider's head had two horns on its head and a single red demonic eye with the head itself connecting the hilt and the shaft of the weapon while the hilt guard was made up of four demonic spider legs on each side while the hilt was polished black with a black-spider silk like material wrapped around the handle to provide the wielder with a better grip.

From the base of the shaft which appear as cresting waves of miasma which extends outward until coming together at the top where the cresting waves of miasma form both the top of the weapon as well as the teeth of the weapon. But within the cresting waves of poisonous mist at the top of the weapon in the center of the teeth specifically was a glowing black jewel identical to a corrupted Shikon Jewel.

In fact dangling from a silver chain at the base of the hilt was the same jewel albeit smaller.

"What is this weapon?" Hitomi asked himself examining the blade before turning his attention back to Inuyasha who he saw had barely managed to grab a hold to the edge of the stone bridge, but was having trouble holding on since that point-blank attack inflicted serve damage to the half-demon such as his right arm was broken to the point that it was dangling against his side while his left leg seemed to be left as equally as useless as well since his right leg was still barely moving.

"Still alive…well…father…sorry, but…this is it." Hitomi said calmly as he fired one more blast of dark energy from his newly acquired weapon as it sent Inuyasha falling into the endless abyss below the bridge. He wasn't sure if it killed him, but Hitomi was content that he had at least defeated his father with the knowledge that he wouldn't be troubling him again.

Although content he couldn't help, but feel saddened by what he had done…however he argued that it was for his survival.

A single tear fell down Hitomi's face before the half-demon acrimoniously wiped it away.

"Master Naraku" Arael asked as he brought back his master's sword to him.

Hitomi took the weapon and placed it back in its sheath before he returned to examining his newly gained weapon as the Guardian vanished while the Darkside Heartless departed from the area heading into the abyss chasing after a severely weakened Inuyasha….deeming him easier prey.

"What do we do now?"

The reincarnation of Naraku considered his opinions for a moment, but as he did memories of Ami, his mother, Inuyasha, Usagi and others flooded his mind. The thoughts of those he tried to kill and used for his own gains.

"You're hurting innocent people!"

"Perhaps, but the only people I have killed so far where those who wanted to destroy the world. I could have finished you and your friends off, but I had no real intent of taking your lives since we are both friends after all. I would never harm you."

He saved her life later when she protected him and she repaid him by betraying him.

"Damn you mother!"

"Hitomi please stop it."

"I won't stop until I am a full demon. Then I'll make things the way I want them to be. I will not permit the future of this world to be controlled by the likes of Sailor Moon nor Ami for that matter."

Even his mother who claimed she loved him didn't understand, but she didn't stop his so called father from trying to kill him when he needed him the most.

"Father…Mother! Please don't leave me like this. Please someone help me!"

"We aren't going to be tricked that easily Naraku!"

"Father…wait...please don't!"

Fathers are supposed to protect their children…clearly Inuyasha's anger and extreme hate for Naraku clouded all reasoning…as far as Inuyasha was concerned Hitomi was dead and in his place was Naraku.

"Hitomi stop…we don't want to fight you anymore."

"I intend to kill Sailor Moon for enslaving Ami to her will and this foolish destiny of servitude."

"What? You got to be joking Usagi wouldn't"

Usagi wouldn't, but she did and Hitomi knew it…even then they were completely under influence, so nothing he said changed anything.

"Hitomi wait!"

"I am not Hitomi! I am Naraku!"

Again the half-demon dismissed them as he rationalized in his mind.

They could never understand…all I wanted was power to make things right so I could be safe from harm and to protect Ami. Was changing this world to a better place without the rule of such a foolish daydreaming brat such a horrible thing...how could someone like her be deemed capable of ruling a world in the future. She is nothing more than a petty figurehead. Her hesitation and sympathy would have doomed the human race…she didn't save the Earth from the Death Busters…I did. I saved humanity and the Earth and that girl Hotaru should be grateful to me I could have devoured her and taken all of her powers right there.

"Master Naraku" Arael asked again.

"Arael we'll find a way out of this place…then"

Hitomi began, but his mind wandered further inward…however this time it was a memory that wasn't really his own…it belonged to Naraku.

Now that the jewel is almost complete what do you intend to do afterwards?

Nothing…I had no real plans for the jewel, but I wonder what will be left for me once I destroy Inuyasha and the others.

A realization came to Hitomi…Naraku acted only on the desires of Onigumo and the demons in the following order; acquire the jewel, then claim Kikyo, but due to the demon's desire to see Kikyo dead the woman Onigumo wanted died and once the jewel was claimed there would be nothing left for Naraku. It was in that moment Hitomi knew he was different than Naraku…no…he was superior.

The original Naraku couldn't live beyond the desires he was born with, so Hitomi would define a goal a purpose higher than even one the original Naraku could ever consider. Hitomi would remake the universe create a wave of reformation so powerful and chaotic he'll reshape the Earth and create the foundations of a new universal order…one that would shake the foundations of the very universe itself.

Hitomi envisioned a world where those of proper talent and intellect would govern and rule while he himself could guide and protect it since unlike Usagi he could make the important discussions and do what had to be done.

The ends justify the means.

But Hitomi knew even with his power and intellect he would need more than mere demons to aid him, so in order to operate and act efficiently to fulfill his new set of goals he needed people, weapons and resources.

"When we leave this place we'll build an army"

"An army" Arael said clearly shocked by his master's new plans.

"I lost because conditions weren't in my favor. Usagi had allies and I had only you two, so I'll set the conditions in my favor next time. I'll raise an army one that can never lose to the likes of Usagi and fools like her…of people…a nation."

"What about Usagi and her so called friends?" Tentai inquired.

Hitomi stopped a moment to consider, but soon came to a conclusion as his thoughts echoed an answer within him.

One day Usagi and Ami, I'll make you both feel the pain I suffered. I'll take away everything you two cherished as individuals. I'll snatch your hearts and pound them into the ground. I won't leave either one of you anything, and I won't give you two the sweet release of death. That will not be an escape route for you two. As long as your geriatric lives continue, suffer…scream. I don't care if it's right or wrong, but I have decided that this is going to happen. You two will burn with the old world as I create a new one.

"They will fall with the old world before I remake it anew."

With a new sense of purpose and drive Hitomi walked down the stone path to seek a way out of the realm of darkness, but little did he realize…he was quietly being observed by a man wearing a black cloak with silver drawstrings.

"Perhaps you are what I need."


A/N: is Inuyasha gone or not...that will be revealed in the sequel.