A/N: last chap was a sort of filler as well as a few tidbits of the plot added in. enjoy!

disclaimer: i don't own InuYasha; my OCs belong to me.

Chapter 41: Burn - Let it Bleed

"Hit the mark!" A bright pink arrow sailed at the large green limb that shot out to hit the moving hanyou, making him almost skid to a halt before the she-wolf came into view and was sprinting at his side, another arrow in her bow.

"Nice shot," he mused, seeing her wink and smirk.

"You can thank me later." She replied.

More limbs flew at them from the sides of the gorge, making both hanyou and she-wolf dodge and evade them as they kept running.

"Wolf's Crescent!" A wide torrent of blue-green energy sailed at the various limbs that shot out, destroying them instantly.

"Onee-chan!" Korihime beamed.

Getsu smiled in relief at seeing her sister still standing, looking at the hanyou and smirking. "Glad you two are still in one piece." She declared.

InuYasha smirked at her, resting Tetsusaiga against his shoulder. "Well ain't you actin' like a bigshot." He teased, seeing her chuckle.

A loud cry came from Magatsuhi's face as part of the face was sliced from behind, making everyone gathered look to see Sesshomaru present with a drawn Tensaiga in hand.

"Nii-san!" She smiled, glad that the cavalry had arrived.

Three large limbs shot up from inside the gorge wall to hit him; he sheathed Tensaiga and instead drew Bakusaiga.

"Naraku's limbs, hm? Bakusaiga!" Torrents of green-yellow energy screamed at the limbs, destroying them and setting off a chain reaction as the rest of the limbs in the gorge imploded and burst like tomatoes.

"Amazing!" The priestess declared in awe.

"You're telling me; it looks like a body that's been cut by Bakusaiga can never be used again." InuYasha chimed.

Getsu huffed calmly and smiled, sheathing her katana. Therein is the sheer power of the Bakusaiga, she mused.

"It ends here, Magatsuhi; rather than face me you used Byakuya of the Dreams as a diversion to elude another encounter. Are you really that fearful of Tensaiga?" Sesshomaru drawled coldly, facing the aggravated-looking glare of the evil will.

Magatsuhi sneered, 'If you could've destroyed me with Tensaiga, you would've done it on your first stroke.'

"It's not that I couldn't destroy you, it's that I chose not to." He mused calmly, further aggravating him; he tried to snake his way out of the direct line of fire before the Inu-Daiyokai caught him from fleeing and glared at him, Tensaiga gripped tight in hand. "I wanted you to see my face, that way you would know that I was the one to cut you down. Tensaiga!" He swung the heirloom fang down sharply, ripping a new one in the pale face.

Magatsuhi cried out in pain before fading from sight, fleeing at last. 'Damn you; don't think this is the end! I am indestructible! I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE!' He bellowed before his voice wasn't heard again.

Korihime huffed. "I'd like to hope that he's only bluffing." She muttered.

"Pretty sure he is." InuYasha scoffed.

"Getsu, Sesshomaru, both of you listen; before coming here Magatsuhi attacked the village and poisoned both Rin and Miroku." Sango declared, drawing closer to the male daiyokai riding Kirara with Kohaku sitting infront of her.

Sesshomaru perked up as Getsu's eyes sharpened alertly.

"Stay with InuYasha," she ordered gently to her sister, leaping into the air and flying back to the village with Sesshomaru in the lead.

"Getsu-onee!" Korihime barked, watching the two daiyokai disappear into the darkness.

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"So, Magatsuhi survived after all, as I expected."

Jaken squeaked and froze up in total fear.

"YOU IDIOT FROG!" Her bare foot stomped onto his head, smashing his face into the ground as she rubbed her heel into the top of his head with a vein twitching annoyedly on her temple.

Miroku and Shippo sweatdropped.

"If you're done using his face as a footstool…" Sesshomaru sweatdropped, perking her ears.

"Sorry, love!" Getsu smiled sheepishly, removing her foot from the imp's head and folding her arms in the sleeves of her kimono.

Well, at least those two haven't changed, the monk mused before pondering on what the Inu-Daiyokai said. "Sesshomaru, what'd you mean when you said that he survived?" He asked warily.

"Wait, are you suggesting that Magatsuhi's true form had been hiding in the monk all this time?" Kaede chimed alertly.

Getsu blinked. "Well to be honest…" She began to explain before he tugged on her hand and took off into the sky again, making her yelp. "H-Hey Sesshomaru; hold it!" She barked.

Sesshomaru ignored her protest, scowling ahead into the moonlit night. Magatsuhi took Rin to Naraku for one reason, and that's to seal both Tensaiga and Bakusaiga… Knowing Naraku, he'll most likely still be vying for Getsu's demonic powers even after completing the Shikon Jewel. Taking her with me is dangerous enough, but at this point in time it's strange to not have her fighting at my side… Even at the cost of her safety, I want her at my side as we finally destroy that overgrown pest…

"Do you think Rin is okay?" Her voice stirred him from his thoughts.

He looked at her to see she was looking up at the moon, her silver eyes trained on the great white orb in the night sky. "Naraku won't hurt her so long as he's using her as a bargaining chip." He replied quietly.

She nodded, her brow furrowing softly. Sesshomaru is pissed, I can practically smell it. But is he angered because of Rin being abducted again, or is he angered because he's putting me in danger? I doubt it's the latter; at this point in time I'm so used to fighting at his side that if he made me stay behind I would follow him into the heart of battle regardless! I don't want to leave his side, not again, she thought.

Korihime bristled and glared at the swirling black cloud hundreds of yards away from them in the sky.

"Shouldn't you have gone to look for your sister?" InuYasha wondered, stirring her attention away from the ominous cloud and seeing her blue eyes look at him.

She shouldered her bow absently and sighed. "Both Getsu and Sesshomaru made me stay with you, remember? Besides, Rin was abducted by Magatsuhi, something I should have prevented. Rin is my responsibility and I have to get her back before Naraku kills her; besides, I figured you lot could use an extra hand." She explained, looking at him and smirking slightly.

He nodded and returned the smirk, clapping a hand on her shoulder. "I'm glad you decided to stick around, then, Kori." He replied with a light in his gold eyes that reminded her once again of his being only one century younger than her.

She smiled and nodded a little, her ears twitching as she looked over her shoulder to see the priestess running towards them. "Kagome!" She declared.

"InuYasha! Thanks for waiting on me; Korihime, I'm glad you're still here." The girl said as she came to a halt short of the hanyou and wolf demon, smiling.

"Good, let's get going." InuYasha declared calmly.

"Welcome back, Kagome," Sango chimed.

"That didn't take long." Miroku added.

"All right we're together again!" Shippo chirped.

Korihime smiled at him, lifting her arms to tie her hair back in a ponytail. "Shall we?"

"Let's go!" InuYasha barked.

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She deadpanned. "I coulda handled them…"

"It's wiser for you to save your energy; this is only the beginning and we're going to have to combine both our powers to both destroy Naraku and save Rin." He reasoned calmly, ignoring the vein twitching on her brow at his untimely interference.

She huffed and instead glared at the imposing form of Naraku's final transformation into a large black spider: she hated insects, and Naraku's current form was no exception by any means.

"I must say that new sword of yours is really something!" Both daiyokai looked over their shoulders to see Byakuya of the Dreams standing behind them riding a large eel demon. "One swing in a demon's direction leaves a crumbling corpse, and if that corpse is reabsorbed by the main body, then it too will crumble. Naraku won't have a chance even in his new form… so by all means, swing away!" He smiled lightly.

"Byakuya of the Dreams," he ground out in a low growl.

"You'd like to see that, wouldn't you?" She drawled, throwing the incarnation a dirty look before her silver eyes traveled back to the large spider before them. Even if we do hack away at the body using both Bakusaiga and Mangetsuga, we might hurt Rin in the process because we don't know where exactly in his body Naraku has her, she mused, her lip curling in a snarl.

"Or are you worried for your little companion? As you've already guessed, she's in there… Inside Naraku." He sneered as the abdomen opened up and allowed thick streams of webbing to shoot out, destroying demons that got close enough to touch the spider web, both daiyokai sidestepping the lone webbing that sailed at where they were.

Getsu and Sesshomaru perked up slightly and looked to see another wave of demons coming forward, both their younger siblings plus their human pack mixed in with the wave of lesser beasts.

"Well look who's here." Byakuya mused.

"Onee-chan," Korihime smiled in relief at seeing her sister had arrived first, her brother-in-law at her side, as she held onto the monk's sides from riding with him and Sango atop Kirara.

The spider reared up, opening up the chest cavity as if allowing them entrance.

That's just what he wants, well he's got another thing coming if he thinks I'm gonna go inside that overgrown web-spinning… He flew ahead of her inside the open cavity.

Getsu blanched. "You're insane!" She clicked her tongue and flew after him, groaning. I know I'm going to regret this later! She thought.

A/N: another prologue sorry. not much else to put so later!