Chapter 7: The Final Act

John definitely hurried. He was there in ten minutes, ushered into Mycroft's office where immediately went to Kagome, who was now shivering on her hands and knees, kneeling down next to her.

"Kagome? What do you need me to do?" Kagome blew out a slow breath and lifted her head. She opened her eyes and stared for a minute at John.

"Explain." She waved a hand at a troubled Mycroft. "He needs to know and I'm… unable to do so." She continued evasively. John put the pieces together and narrowed his eyes.

"That night -" Kagome panicked and put a finger on his lips.

"Shh. Just tell Mycroft what he needs to know." She insisted with urgency, eyes wide. Too late. She crumpled forward as the pain in her stomach intensified. Moriarty tutted disapprovingly.

"Oh dear. He knows. Now what to do?" He mused to himself loudly.

"John." She gasped out. "Tell Mycroft." She met his eyes meaningfully. "There's nothing you can do." But the look in her eyes said, 'leave-it-to-me'. John nodded reluctantly, getting the message. Kagome put her head down again to hide her smirk.

Soon.

"You know, I think, first, I should find your beloved family and kill them." Kagome smiled mentally. They had died in a house fire seven months ago. She still spoke to them in her dreams quite often and she could only thank the Kami that Moriarty wouldn't be able to affect their lives now. So she didn't rise to the taunt. She could hear the men talking, the words incoherent. "After all, I am nearly powerful enough to affect human lives. Maybe I should kill you… or a very special part of you, perhaps." He slid a ghostly hand under her stomach and pressed against her abdomen. She whimpered sharply in protest. The men's conversation halted momentarily before continuing. "How about…" Moriarty didn't continue, only took his hand away.

"How about what?" She hissed when it became clear he wasn't going to continue until he heard her say something in response. She could almost feel Moriarty smirking.

"How about I kill your lover? Or Sherlock, even. Or maybe Mycroft? All of them at the same time?" Kagome tensed in a way that had nothing to do with pain, and the spirit knew the difference. "Yes." He hissed, satisfied to find what he was looking for. "I'll scare them first - throwing things around, maybe. And then perhaps possessing them and forcing them to hurt each other? Or maybe I should do what I am doing with you at the moment. And then…" Moriarty trailed off. Kagome knew what was coming next and shook her head.

"No." She whispered. He chortled delightedly.

"Yes! Then I will kill them! Make it as slow and painful as possible - maybe force John to commit suicide in front of Sherlock - see how he likes it. Then Sherlock committing suicide in front of Big Brother. I might not even need to prompt the destruction of the Detective Inspector and Big Brother." He continued excitedly.

Kagome felt the protective rage building up and overcome whatever barrier the pain Moriarty instilled in her created. And just like that, she had access again. She let her other side take control and felt a dark chuckle rumble to life. The men's conversation completely stopped at the sound. They looked at each other warily. Mycroft had never seen the full force of Kagome's darker personality in person, whereas John had, so John had a bit more experience and knew exactly what to expect from it.

The chuckle stopped abruptly. "No." Kagome purred as she slowly got up and faced Moriarty. "I won't allow that to happen." Her eyes turned silvery hard. "I will destroy you first." Moriarty laughed a bit uneasily.

"Really?" He drawled. "And how do you expect that to happen when you have no access to your -" He stopped, stunned as Kagome brought her reiki to the surface, letting everyone see the dark purple strands curling around her form. Kagome laughed harshly.

"What? You actually thought your little pain-barrier technique would actually hold me?" She asked mockingly. "I will admit that it did, at first, work. But then you threatened to kill what was mine." She continued simply before her tone darkened. "Big mistake." She lifted a hand, glowing purple and waved it in Moriarty's general direction. He let out a shocked cry and a barrier stopping him from moving. A sword materialised in Kagome's hand and she grinned viciously. "Say bye bye." Walking up to the barrier, she swung, the blade going right through Moriarty.

He laughed shakily. "Was that actually meant to do -" He was cut off as his see-through body was disintegrated into a pile of ash which was blown away by a supernatural wind. Kagome sighed in relief as she dematerialised her sword, locking her darker side away again. She turned to Mycroft and John with a cheery smile, ignoring their wary and shocked faces.

"The threat had been terminated. What else do you need to know?"


A/N: The final confrontation is finished! At last! Reviews are always welcome!

BP