Bleach Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ New Life ❯ Battle ( Chapter 16 )

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or Bleach or any of the anime/manga characters.

Warnings: mild violence and strong/considerably offensive language

Battle

 

They all stared in awe at the youkai, who seemed to be amused by this.

“He'll be coming with us, Captain Hitsuguya,” Kagome said, breaking the shock.

“It's about time you showed up. Let's get going,” he said, staring expectantly at Urahara.

He nodded, and suddenly, the black scar appeared before them.

“Alright, I'll explain things quickly. This is the Garganta. It's sort of like a bridge to Hueco Mundo. Just don't get distracted, and focus on the light, and you'll end up in the desert. From there, it's just a matter of you getting to Naraku yourself. Simple enough?” she asked, looking at Kagome's friends.

They nodded, and Yamamoto pointed at Kagome.

“Higurashi, if we live through this, I'd say you should consider your future carefully. You have a large amount of power, and a lot of experience in battle. The Gotei 13 would most likely benefit from you being in our ranks.”

“I'll think about it,” Kagome nodded. “But, of course, we have to live, first.”

The Captain nodded, and they began to walk toward the Garganta while the others went through a massive Senkaimon. Suddenly, Sesshomaru turned, and gave a heated stare to his attendant.

“Jaken, if any harm comes to Rin, I'll have your head,” Sesshomaru growled.

“Ye… Yes, Lord Sesshomaru!” the imp barked, eyes wide.

And then, they were gone…

 

Kagome marveled at the vast desert, eyes wide in wonderment.

“Welcome to the land of the Hollows,” Uryuu mused.

They quickly began moving, the Hollows coming to stop them being annihilated so easily that it was utterly pitiful.

“Your men are pretty skilled,” Kagome remarked as one of the Shinigami drove his Zanpakuto through three Hollow in rapid succession.

“Of course! Toshi pushes them so hard!” Rangiku exclaimed, smiling.

They continued on in silence, and they finally reached about halfway to the massive structure in the distance.

Suddenly, Kagome stopped, and everyone else followed suit. And then, walls of sand exploded upward all around them.

As the sand finished falling, a woman appeared, a cruel and twisted sneer on her face.

All of Kagome's group was absolutely stunned by what they saw before them. Kikyo stood there, a Hollow mask broken around her face and a look of pure evil taking her features.

She stood motionless, a short Zanpakuto strapped to her arm. Her body was no longer clad in miko robes, instead changed for modern-day `slutwear.' Her body was wrapped in tight, black leather that just barely covered her breasts and a skirt that just barely covered from her hips to her mid-thighs. And everything else was translucent, sickly-pale expanses of skin. Her raven-hair was no cut to just below her shoulders, and had that careless post-sex mussiness to it.

And the power coming from the kuromiko was the definition of evil.

“How… How is that possible?” Kagome finally managed to choke out.

Kikyo's lips curled into an even nastier sneer, and she put a hand on her hip.

“Well, you're not nearly as smart as you pretend, Kagome,” she sneered, drawing the name out as though it were a curse. “I was already living on the souls of the dead. And when Naraku told me about you, and asked for my aid getting that well open… well, I just couldn't resist. He told me he'd give me the power to kill you, my weak little fake, and take back my soul.”

“You… You, a miko, literally made a deal with the devil?” Kagome gasped.

“Whatever it takes,” Kikyo growled. “I'll admit, I'm honestly surprised that he actually managed to follow through with his promise… Though I did have to completely die and being brought back as a Hollow was very unpleasant,” she added, a thoughtful look softening her features somewhat.

“This is unbelieva… Actually, it's not,” Kagome sighed, staring at the kuromiko.

“The witch seems to have changed, in such a short time,” Sesshomaru said, staring at the woman.

“Ah, Sesshomaru. I take it you're here for Inuyasha's life. He's in that building behind me…”

Suddenly, Kikyo's mouth turned up in a cruel smile, and she let out a dark laugh that chilled Kagome to her soul.

“You know, it's really unbelievable. That filthy half-breed actually believes that I love him. He even let go of most of his humanity when I told him that you were working with Naraku to kill me, Kagome! It's truly laughable!” she laughed out, though her eyes held no amusement. “What, you don't find that funny? Don't tell me you're still doting on him like a lost little slut!”

Kagome's eyes widened at that.

“Wait… Let me get this straight. You're covered in about a collective inch of leather, sleeping with the demon that killed you, using your fake body to trick and torture your past love… and I'm the slut?” Kagome asked, incredulous.

At that, the miko snarled, and her hand closed around the hilt of her blade.

“Enough banter. Prepare to die, filthy little worthless bitch,” she snarled, drawing her sword.

Kagome began to draw her own sword when suddenly, a hand closed around her wrist.

“You shouldn't waste your energy on such a low creature,” Miroku said, stepping forward. “I'll deal with it, Lady Kagome. The rest of you should go on ahead.”

“Ooh! The monk wants to play,” Kikyo mocked.

“Miroku-”

“It's fine, my dear Sango,” Miroku said in a light tone. “I would never die to such a despicable beast such as this. You just leave it to me, and get Lady Kagome to Naraku,” he added, giving Sango a passionate kiss before raising his staff to the now not-so-amused kuromiko.

“Thank you, Miroku. Make sure you keep your word!” Kagome said, seeing he was serious.

“Of course, Lady Kagome!”

Kagome grabbed her friend's hand and they were off, leaving the monk behind to face the suddenly very pissed Kikyo.

The Hollows got stronger as they got closer to the building, and by the time they finally reached it, almost all of the people in Hitsuguya's division were dead. The only ones left were Rangiku and himself.

And just as they got into the thick of the structure, they were met with another shock. Standing before them was Inuyasha… sort of.

His eyes were completely blood-red, his fangs were curved dangerously in his snarling mouth, and he had very demonic claws, wrapped around a fully transformed, and shimmering black Tetsusaiga.

“Inuyasha,” Sango gasped, eyes wide.

“Move out of our way, Inuyasha,” Kagome growled.

“Keh! Like hell. If you want to get past me, yer gonna' have to kill me, first! But you can't do that, can you, bitch? I've finally fulfilled my promise and followed Kikyo into the afterlife, and now I have all this power! Not that you could beat me in the first place, anyways, you useless, inferior copy,” he sneered, expecting Kagome to break into sobs.

Instead, Kagome yawned, looking at him with boredom.

“That about it? You decided to help that… thing, and Naraku by proxy.”

Inuyasha snarled and brought his sword down.

Just as the Wind Scar released, Sesshomaru appeared, his blade held up. Inuyasha's eyes widened in surprise at his brother's sudden appearance, as well as the ease with which he destroyed the attack.

“You all move forward. This is my fight,” Sesshomaru said, his youki flaring.

The group moved on, not even bothering to try to argue. They'd only gotten a little further in when suddenly, Kohaku appeared, his presence only being known after a chain-scythe came from nowhere, headed right for Sango.

“Kohaku!”

“Sango-”

“Go, Kagome,” the taijiya growled, tossing her boomerang as Kirara transformed.

Kagome nodded, knowing that she wanted nobody to see what would happen next, regardless of the victor.

Finally, the group reached the center of the structure, their only members being Kagome, Uryuu, Rangiku, and Hitsuguya. Before them was the sneering hanyo himself.

“Kukuku! Welcome to Hell, Kagome,” he sneered.

Despite seeing his hand moving, Kagome could do nothing as he drew it.

“Kuikorosu, Kuragari!” his voice boomed throughout the room.

“Shit!” Kagome yelped, jumping back.

Naraku's body was suddenly enveloped in black energy, and his face glowed. Suddenly, much to Kagome's surprise, his face was covered in a baboon mask. And then, his back exploded, and billions of poisonous, youki-filled tentacles sprouted into existence.

“SÅten ni zase, Hyorinmaru!”

Naraku's eyes widened in shock as suddenly, every one of his tentacles was encased in a solid sheet of ice.

Unfortunately, the poison was entirely too strong, and the ice quickly melted. The Captain didn't see the attacks coming. Luckily, the others did.

“Unare, Haineko!” Rangiku yelled, swinging her suddenly vacant hilt.

A barrage of Uryuu's arrows, and a wall of ashes covered him and completely destroyed the attacking tentacles.

And, while Naraku was distracted by his death glare at the `annoying whelps,' Kagome moved.

She was within an inch of cutting through him with her right blade when suddenly, she was assaulted with the full force of every one of his tentacles.

Kagome dodged them all, but there were entirely too many close calls for her liking. And she knew that it was a lot of luck that was keeping her alive.

“Oh, don't look so relaxed, bitch. I'm going to give you a new level of suffering for every single time you and your friends have pissed me off,” Naraku snarled.

And then, Kagome found herself in a corner. And the tentacles were rushing at her fast…

 

A/N:

Kuikorosu- devour

Kuragari- darkness

SÅten ni zase- Sit Upon the Frozen Heavens

Hyorinmaru- Ice Ring

Unare- growl

Haineko- ash cat

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