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AN: HOLY CRAP! This story's received more reviews than my One-shot series, "Lovers of a Miko"! That's so AWESOME! Thank you all so much for your reviews and encouragement to continue this.
Hope you guys enjoy this chapter as much as the last one. Know that a majority of the beginning was written with the help of Kagome Yuki Niwa.
Chapter Eight
Brooklyn and Goliath both felt their breath catch as they saw the small human that used to be Kagome. Although she was human...she was still quite beautiful. She had a large yellow backpack on her back along with a bow and a quiver of arrows.
Kagome sighed heavily as tears filled her eyes. She watched as her old human self came from the well, ignorant to the fact that her life was to change that day.
Together they watched as a boy with long silver hair, dog-ears and amber gold eyes wearing red raced towards her. The gargoyles thought he was going to attack her but he didn't.
Instead he skidded to a halt in front of her. A smile broke out on the human Kagome's face as the boy took her monstrous yellow backpack from her. The gargoyles wondered who he was and they were answered when the two began to talk.
"Thanks, Inuyasha!" Kagome said brightly as she smiled happily at him.
Brooklyn's eyes widened when he heard Kagome address the handsome demon as Inuyasha. That was he?
The Half demon boy she talked so fondly of during her story?
"You got here faster today than usual."
"Naraku was scented early yesterday morning. He's in the vicinity but we don't know where exactly. We sent word to Sesshoumaru and that pretty boy prick should be here soon. He's coming with his army." Inuyasha said gruffly. Kagome giggled when she heard him refer to Sesshoumaru as 'pretty boy prick'.
"You seem grumpier than usual today." Kagome laughed.
"That damn flea bitten wolf got here last night and has been bothering me all night and day asking for ya!" Inuyasha growled. "Stupid Sango kept getting in the way of our fights saying something about you sitting me." He grouched with a scowl on his gruff features.
Kagome giggled again and this time she brought her hands to his ears and gently rubbed them. Inuyasha calmed almost instantly as his eyes closed slightly. She did this for a few moments before pulling away. Inuyasha sniffed indignantly, a small blush lighting his slightly tanned cheeks.
Inuyasha growled as a whirlwind came from the forest yelling, 'Kagome!' and causing Inuyasha to growl as he and Kagome were placed apart by the wind. It died down and Kouga appeared wearing animal pelts and looking nothing like the man who was presently standing next to Elisa. He gripped Kagome's hands in his and smiled charmingly at her.
"Kagome! How's my woman today?" he asked.
"I'm fine, Kouga." Kagome replied a slight smile on her face as Inuyasha growled, dropped her backpack, and pulled Kagome from Kouga.
"How many times do I hav'ta tell you not to touch her, wolf!" Inuyasha growled, pulling Kagome into a fierce embrace.
"Until it sinks in." the gargoyle Kagome said softly, the tears still filling her eyes but not falling as she watched Inuyasha, her eyes sweeping over him. "I miss you." she said softly, but Goliath heard and felt her pain.
"Guys!" Kagome yelled. "Both of you relax and let's go to the village!"
"Good idea!" Kouga said happily as he moved faster than the eye could see and pulled Kagome from Inuyasha's arms and taking off with a boisterous laugh. "Bring her stuff dog breath!"
Inuyasha growled and ran after them after grabbing the yellow backpack. They met within the village as Sesshoumaru appeared with several thousand troops, each wearing bright silver armor, carrying weapons and wearing the colors of Sesshoumaru's house, white and dark blue. Kagome saw them and leapt from Kouga's arms before he started grumbling about demon lords. She appeared before Sesshoumaru who was in garbs of white with armor and a white mokomoko. If it were possible he looked even more intimidating then he did now.
The gargoyles shuddered.
Sesshoumaru patted Kagome's head affectionately and she smiled brightly at him. He gave her a small smile back and then he turned to his army of demons, each as beautiful as the one before them and had the females of the group (Elisa, Angela, Kun-loon, and Fox) were slightly flustered.
"Set camp. I have a feeling this is where it will happen." Sesshoumaru told the demons coldly and there were a chorus of, 'Yes Sir' from the demons as they began to talk amongst themselves. Four people came from inside one of the huts. One was a woman who looked a year or two older than Kagome wearing a black cat suit-like uniform with pink and red armor. Her dark brown hair was held in a high ponytail and over her back she was carrying what looked like a huge boomerang.
The other was a male who appeared to be at least twenty, give or take, with black and purple monk robes and a staff with dangling rings. On his right hand was what looked like a purple clothed armguard with a string of prayer beads while he also had dark black hair that was held back in a small low ponytail and deep violet eyes.
The final two were a small child with red auburn hair held up in a high ponytail by a green bow and was wearing a teal colored shirt that had green leaves embroidered on it with blue pants and over his shirt was what looked like a fur vest. What caught their eye about him were his paw-like feet and his bushy tan colored tail. And strangely enough, he shared a great resemblance to Shippó.
And right next to him was a light golden colored cat with two tails, black ears, paws, and a black star on its forehead. To complete its look that made it absolutely adorable was it's huge red-orange eyes.
"Kagome!" called the female.
"Sango! Miroku!" Kagome yelled back as she ran to embrace the older teen known as Sango and the man Miroku though she stopped short of hugging him.
"You wound me so Lady Kagome!" he cried.
"Whatever, you letch." Kagome snorted.
The small demon that resembled Shippó jumped at Kagome and she ruffled his hair slightly after she caught him in her arms.
"Hey Shippó." she said happily yet softly as he burrowed into her chest. This surprised the gargoyles to no end as they stared at what used to be Shippó.
"I was so cute." Shippó sighed and then he smirked with mirthful glint in his eye. "Now I'm drop dead sexy."
Sesshoumaru dropped his head into his hands as he heard the kitsune and sighed.
"Kitsunes." he said with a shudder.
Kagome momentarily looked at him and asked in a soft mutter that he could hear, "Was he that bad to raise?" Her answer was another shudder. She guessed it was hellish.
"Kirara." Kagome smiled as she pet the small cat demon that hopped onto her shoulder. She looked back at Sango and looked around curiously. "Where are the villagers?"
"We evacuated the village because we somehow feel that this is where Naraku will strike." Miroku told her. Kagome nodded and then frowned when she felt tingles over her body and turned towards the forest. Out came a priestess that resembled Kagome greatly.
This caused a gasp to spill forth from Angela. She looked so much like Kagome but older with cold brown eyes, long straight hair, very pale skin, and robes of white and red.
"Kikyo." Kagome greeted the dead woman with a small smile. The priestess nodded and then went and sat beside a tree, not far from the group.
Inuyasha stared at the woman with something akin to regret and Kagome touched his arm. "Go talk to her for a bit. We don't know how long we'll have before this thing starts." Kagome said softly.
Inuyasha sighed and shook his head.
"No. I'll stay here. If something does happen, I want to have been able to spend time with my friends." Kagome's eyes filled with tears and she nodded her head. The rest of the morning was spent relaxing slightly but mostly on guard.
They talked of battle plans and what they were to do. They left this part to Sesshoumaru.
"My army will go into three separate lines, one behind the other. The main group, the shard hunters, Kouga's pack, and myself will be in front of the lines slightly spread. Inuyasha, the priestess, Kikyo, Kagome, and, myself will unleash all of our attacks together in one. We will strike towards the ground creating a thick layer of dust around us. The main groups will separate into the dust and we will begin the attack. My army will come behind us and kill all lower class demons. Our main target will be Naraku. My men will take care of the lower demons. If you have a shot at Naraku, take it.
"If you can't, then continue to fight with my army. You do not fight alone. Fight in pairs so your attack strength will be stronger and you will be able watch the other person's back. The monk with Hachi, the Taijya with the Neko-Matta, it doesn't matter. Just don't fight alone. This plan should be effective and our easiest route. I will not delude you with pretty words and say we will win because we may not. Some of us may die and the battle will be long and hard but you do not stop fighting no matter what. Fight to your last breath. Do you understand? You are warriors and you will fight as such." there was a chorus of nods and Sesshoumaru gave them another small smile. "Good."
It was then the ground rumbled that things took a turn for the worst.
The sky turned black as the groups tensed, the army prepared for battle as hundreds of lower classed demons descended from the skies that were filled with purple clouds. The army immediately went into three lines, one behind the other in rows. Sesshoumaru and the other shard hunters were in front as he had said. The four that were to attack first pulled out there weapons and then two voices were heard together.
"SORYUUHA!"
"KAZE NO KIZU!"
The cries of these attacks were accompanied by Kikyo shooting one of her arrows and Kagome using a pair of long metal fans and infusing her miko ki into them before swiping them in powerful swoop, aiming to disturb the earth beneath her.
Lights of blue, pink, and yellow hit the ground with thunderous sounds emitting from the earth and dust and debris settled over the group.
Within the debris, all had stealthily prepared to fight with all they got and those who were in their weaker form transformed to their strongest (Like Kirara), ready to shed and survive to the end.
Thus, the battle had begun.
Dark laughter was heard over the sounds of the armies clashing together. There behind the lines of mindless demons was Naraku with Kagura and Kana.
Everything went according to plan with everyone fighting in pairs and sometimes even switching partners to almost confuse their enemy.
The gargoyles, as well as Elisa, Xanatos and Fox had never seen a battle so bloody and hellish. It was just pure madness and… words just couldn't describe the carnage that was being revealed to them. Nor were they prepared to see just how ferocious the demons and human girl turned gargoyle present with them could be when facing an enemy.
But unlike the humans present, the gargoyles understood that the situation they were being shown was basically a war that could easily claim your life if you made a single mistake or even drop your guard.
The battle carried out through the night with Naraku's minions continuing to attack while Kagome and her allies grew weaker and tired but still kept fighting. As Naraku's minions lessened in numbers, the vile hanyou sent in Kagura and Kana to fight.
The wind sorceress went against most of Sesshoumaru's army that was doing everything in their power to protect Kagome, as well as their lord. One of her attacks, "Dance of The Dragon" had separated the miko and Sesshoumaru but to where they were completely by themselves. The two had a guard each watching their backs.
It also seemed that Kagura was planning something when she started fighting Kagome while Kana took on Sesshoumaru. Right when it looked like Kagura was going to deal the final blow on Kagome, at the last second the wind sorceress aimed her attack at Naraku when he wasn't looking.
Kagome was shocked that Kagura attacked Naraku on her own and hoped beyond hope that the attack would get him but unfortunately, he saw it coming and barely dodged it. The attack grazed his shoulder, almost slicing through bone. This only seemed to have pissed him off and without a word; he brought out a small glowing red orb and squeezed it in the palm of his hand.
This action made Kagura cry out in earth shattering pain that caught the attention of all those in the battlefield while clenching at her chest where her heart should be. That was when Kagome, as well as many others, realized that it was Kagura's heart that Naraku was squeezing.
Kagome dropped her bladed fans and was about to bring out an arrow to shoot Naraku, when she heard something that disturbingly sounded like a tomato being squashed in one's hand. She then saw blood drip from Naraku's hand and Kagura standing deathly still before her legs gave out. Her body faded into nothing, almost as if becoming what she controlled; the wind itself. Before she faded completely, Kagome saw a content smile on the demoness's red lips.
As the fighting started to pick up around her, Kagome faintly heard the wind sorceress's voice saying, 'aim for his chest… that's where Naraku is keeping the jewel… he switched his heart for the jewel…'
The miko then knew that Onigumo's heart was no more since Naraku had the jewel to sustain his body… also meaning that he wouldn't have any qualms in killing Kikyo.
(Okay, I'm getting lazy now. Use your imagination to think of what happened to lead up to how Inuyasha took the blow for Kikyo and such)
With the gargoyles and the others, Owen- or should I say Puck- was internally jumping in excitement at being able to see the most renown battle that had happened five centuries ago and to be able to be in close contact with THE Priestess who dealt the final blow and fully became a third race.
The gargoyles, and many of the humans who were watching this were watching in morbid fascination when they witness one of Naraku's tentacles pierce through Inuyasha and Kikyo. This sight made the Gargoyle-turned-miko tense and forced her self to look away from the memory.
She had already witnessed her love's death once… and that was more than enough for her.
Everyone witness how everyone in the illusion just stopped in their fights when they felt the miko's energy spike from rage. Her aura burst from her body making her hair flow wildly and her eyes glowing stark white in an unearthly way.
To Brooklyn and Goliath, it was like seeing a goddess in rage at losing her mortal lover. They thought that she couldn't possibly be human.
After they witnessed Kagome's arrow pierce Naraku, they heard the Hanyou recite the spell that changed her into a gargoyle. Kagome's family as well as the gargoyles couldn't help but feel helpless at seeing Kagome writhe in pain and cry out in agony as her entire body change into the white Gargoyle who now sat on the couch next to the present Sesshoumaru.
As Naraku was halfway through reciting the same spell that made the gargoyles turn to stone forever, Sesshoumaru silenced him the final time.
The words exchanged between a dying Inuyasha and now Gargoyle Kagome was so sad that it brought tears to all the females present, including Souta (Oh, leave him alone. He's still young.). Even Fox sought her husband's embrace to help calm her tears.
Goliath couldn't help but feel for Kagome as she watched beloved die in her arms. It was never easy to lose someone you love so dearly. He had… thrice- twice when he still loved Demona, and once with Elisa. But Kagome… she lost her first love when he was protecting his former love, yet, instead of being angry, Kagome understood why he did it.
She understood that Kikyo was his first love and that she still held a place in his heart for her.
Brooklyn could understand what Kagome was feeling. He knew the loss too well especially when he lost Maggie and Angela. He only hoped… that maybe, he could help Kagome get through her pain. And maybe even show her that she can move on and know that she's not alone.
The others thought of this as well. I mean Kagome was going to be a part of their clan. And to be a part of the clan was to be family.
After the sun had washed over Kagome's weeping form, the entire illusion faded and turned black before disappearing completely to reveal the entry wing of the castle.
Everyone's attention then turned to where Kagome sat, only to see her shoulders shaking from the sobs she was trying to contain. She was gripping the cloth, or what was left on her shoulders before softly saying, "Excuse me…" and stood to quickly leave the room to outside.
It had stopped raining sometime before she finished showing her memories. Halfway in the hall, Kagome broke out into a run, not wanting anyone to see more of her tears- to see her pain.
Kun-loon and Souta were about to run after her but Shippó and Jí-chan stopped them. Kun-loon looked at her grandson and father confused before Shippó spoke, "Just leave her be, 'Bá-chan. 'Ká-san needs this."
"But-"
"She won't do anything rash like commit suicide." Shippó interrupted before continuing, "If there's one thing we all know about 'Ká-san, she never breaks her promises. She'll continue to live, if not for herself, then for Inuyasha… because of the promise she made him to continue living. She knows that it'll be hard but she'll do what she can to make it through."
During the explanation, no one noticed Bronx leave the room. And no one noticed that Owen was no longer in the room either.
Another chapter done and it was all thanks to Kagome Yuki Niwa who emailed me most the chapter.
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