InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ The return of Anubis ❯ The return of Anubis (Part 2) ( Chapter 13 )

A/N: I do not own Inuyasha, I do not own YuGiOh, I do not own Fairy Tail and I definitely do not own Tales of the Abyss.

Again, another long update. Sorry! I'm still into this fic guys, don't worry! Just busy with work and school, the usual. So, here's the next chapter~

By the way! I warn you, this one is going to have lots of violence, fighting and heavy battles ahead.

~X~

Each time an arrow shot through the air, a tear fell from her cheek.

She was completely devastated. Devastated that the only reason Inuyasha even came with her on this trip was to revive his beloved, Kikyo.

She'd realize this even more than ever, tears forming in her eyes but she'd quickly blink them away after she let loose another arrow.

That arrow whirred through the air in a vivid pink and purple light, striking down a monster that soared through the skies, eventually killing it in one shot.

The more her feelings took a plunge, the more her emotions would power up her bow and arrow shots. It turned this disastrous event into an advantageous situation but at this cost? Her heart was broken.

All she thought about was Inuyasha carrying Kikyo! Kikyo! How could he do that to her? They made a vow! They were married! She loved him more than anyone else and he just crushes her love for him like it was nothing. Nothing!

`Why?! Why did he do this to me?!' Kagome could no longer hold in her tears as she stood there upon the main stone path that led into the heart of the city, those tears streaming endlessly down her face. Her heart was so crushed, she couldn't even hold up her bow anymore. She just didn't care anymore.

She wanted to die.

But not on Sesshoumaru's watch.

A towering Sphinx monster that followed beneath Anubis soared through the skies several hundred feet above the city, its burning red eyes finding the crying miko upon the floor. This was the girl that Anubis was wanting, was she not?

In any case, that monster dove hard for the earth, roaring out loudly as it was ready to capture Kagome within its jaws and bring her back to Anubis as ordered. The beast did not even come close within a hundred feet of her because the moment it did, Sesshoumaru raised his weapon high and closed the distance between him and the monster in seconds, “Bakusaiga!” Crackling power surged from his blade and sliced that Sphinx cleanly in half, blood spattering upon the floor below as if it were raining.

Sesshoumaru landed gracefully upon his feet as the two halves of the monster's body fell to the ground in a bloody heap, Kagome oblivious to it all as she cried her heart out. Sesshoumaru turned upon single heel to view the woman who was having her mental breakdown and when he took a step towards her, he felt her power surge immediately.

At first he thought she did it on purpose, as if to keep him away but now that he observed her more, it was only because of the emotions of hurt his idiot half-brother caused.

But this was not the time right now.

“I'm s-so sorry, Sesshoumaru! It just… It hurts so much…!” Her voice was deathly soft, hushed and quiet but he heard her clearly.

“Kagome.”

Kagome's eyes blinked slowly, wiping away her tears when Sesshoumaru said her name. He said her name! That was the first time in… Forever! She would stop her crying and slowly gaze up at the demon man who approached her with that same soft look he gave her only a few times before. The rare moments where Sesshoumaru's mask was no longer placed upon his face and emotions would break free.

Sesshoumaru had deemed her worthy, did he not? Worthy of her bearing his child, not Inuyasha's. As cruel as it may sound, this act by Inuyasha only severed her relations with him and Sesshoumaru was certain Kagome will no longer be at his side any more.

“It is inexcusable what my half-brother has done to you and he will pay for his betrayal personally by my hand, this Sesshoumaru will promise you that.”

Kagome sobbed, “Sess…” She wanted nothing more than to see that because Sesshoumaru was always a man of his word. And was this his way of comforting her? It may or may not have been but it had worked as Kagome began to wipe away her tears and struggle to stand.

The moment she stood, a pained, howl would be heard in the skies above, Kagome and Sesshoumaru gazing up ahead to find that large red serpentine like dragon taking a plunge down into the earth. Kagome's eyes widened, “No! Atem has been hit!”

Anubis struck Atem right in the chest with a deadly spear attack, piercing through his body and the dragon roared out in pain as he crashed hard onto his city. His large body crushed many stone buildings that had long been abandoned, the floor shaking violently as the dragon fell. Dirt and debris would kick up around the vicinity and Kagome was right in the middle of it. She rose up her arms to protect her from the oncoming dust but her waist was seized by Sesshoumaru's arm and she was then lifted up and they'd land onto a nearby stone building.

Sesshoumaru set her down gently and she quickly thanked him before turning her curious blues to the dragon when the rubble and dust cleared. Atem looked to be in pretty bad shape from the looks of it. And Anubis? He barely broke a sweat. Not even touched!

Anubis was walking along Atem's body while he remained in dragon form, finding it difficult to even move.

Kagome gritted her teeth tight in anger at seeing Anubis' grin towards the dragon he just defeated. Kagome quickly turned to Sesshoumaru, “Quick, we need to save him. Get me closer to Atem!”

Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed at the god up ahead when he heard Kagome speak, turning his eyes to the miko beside him who gave a plea to save the pharaoh. He gave a light nod and again he would gather her up and began to leap towards the fallen dragon by scaling the stone buildings.

When he landed within a hundred feet of the dragon and Anubis, two more large sphinxes would dive straight for them upon that building. Sesshoumaru set down Kagome and went after the two monsters that roared out above them but Kagome was determined to save Atem no matter what.

As Sesshoumaru busied himself with the two sphinxes in the sky, Kagome gathered up one of the special arrows Hachi made for her and notched it, gritting her teeth tight as she pulled that arrow back, glaring hard at the God of Death.

“Get away from him!” Kagome shouted out those words and let loose her arrow, the pink stream of light whirring through the air until it exploded into a bright ball of pink like, aiming straight for Anubis. When the ball of holy light was seconds away from impact, Anubis' eyes widened and head turned in time to see that arrow coming straight for him. His left hand rose and immediately a barrier was erected and that arrow exploding upon contact with Anubis' barrier, essentially causing no damage to the god.

Anubis' hand rested at his side when the smoke cleared, removing his barrier and glared hard at the one in the distance who dared to attack him. It was none other than the raven haired girl who was his main attraction. So, she brought herself here? Could any of his monsters could even do their job right? And where the hell was Theinen?!

For now, Atem was ignored which was Kagome's intent but now she was Anubis' attention now.

Suddenly, a large fireball made with black flames would come crashing down onto earth, aiming right for Anubis. That attack was done by none other than Aria, that black dragon quickly making her descent the moment she heard Atem's pained cry rip through the skies. Aria found both Kagome and Sesshoumaru and was happy to see that they were both okay.

Aria's fireball attack did nothing, however, even as the flames exploded into a towering pillar of intense heat that reached several feet into the air… But as those flames dissipated, Anubis stood there unharmed with a smirk upon his face. It was going to take more than that to even damage a god.

“Aria! Atem is hurt!” Kagome shouted towards Aria in the skies.

Piercing yellows of the dragoness found Atem and seen he was still alive and moving but he was in pain due to that large spear that pierced through his scaled body. He was going to need help. Fast.

“Don't worry Kagome, we'll handle this!”

The familiar voice in the distance was heard, following by thundering footfalls of a large monster. She turned her head and found Asche running his way on over in his dragon form as well, charging for Anubis. Kagome wasn't so sure both Aria and Asche could handle Anubis but she could only hope they would at least fend him off while she'd get closer to Atem.

Kagome gazed up in the sky to find Sesshoumaru in time to see him slay the second Sphinx, blood spatter littering his clothes but he did not care one bit as evident from the look in his eyes. Kagome gazed back down and began to call for Sesshoumaru once more, the DaiYoukai finding the girl but his eyes widened when he found her.

She gazed back with a puzzled expression but she would sense someone or something behind her.

She whipped around to find a hooded figure behind her, the person wielding a rather large cutlass. Kagome backed away until her legs met with the barrier of the railing upon the roof of that stone structure, a sinister laugh coming from them.

They pulled back their hood and revealed themselves to the miko. Her eyes gazed at them in confusion but she quickly readied up her bow and arrow, notching one of her arrows quickly and pointed it right at them.

“Well hello, girl. The names' Bakura. The King of Thieves. And it seems Anubis over there has his sights on you… I wonder why, though.”

And Bakura began to twirl that cutlass as he closed the distance between himself and her but he didn't even come close as Sesshoumaru deliberately placed himself between him and Kagome.

Eyes narrowed and drawn his sword once more, pointing it towards Bakura.

The King of Thieves merely laughed, “Aha, you again. So, I take it this is your woman?”

“That isn't any of your concern.”

Bakura laughed at Sesshoumaru's reply which only had the DaiYoukai growing even more irritated at this `king' of thieves. Tch. He was nothing more than a nuisance to Sesshoumaru.

The battle between the god and the two dragons was clearly heard behind her, Kagome's glancing over her shoulder to see the fight go on. Asche and Aria were managing to keep their ground against Anubis but they will only suffer the same fate as Atem. “Sesshoumaru, I'm going to see if I can make it to the Pharaoh and get him to safety. Will you be alright?”

Sesshoumaru scoffed, “Again, you doubt my abilities, miko.”

Kagome turned around and began to climb over the railing when she heard his reply, “I don't… But please, promise me you'll be okay.” Because Kagome was not about to lose someone dear to her today and if it had to be Sesshoumaru, she wasn't going to forgive herself any time soon should anything happen to him.

“You have my word.”

He remained poise as can be with his eyes upon his opponent, Bakura, in which that Bandit King merely laughed once more. When Kagome was no longer in sight, Sesshoumaru again charged forwards in blinding speed to catch Bakura off guard and strike him down. But Sesshoumaru's blade parried with Bakura's own weapon, the man smirking at the silver haired youkai.

“Let's see who's stronger, eh!?”

Kagome managed to make it down onto the floor after scaling down that building, her head gazing up to see bright sparks of light emitting from the rooftop of the building she just came down from. Sesshoumaru was already in battle with the enemy.

But this miko had no time to waste, she needed to save Atem!

Again she had her bow and arrow ready, notching some arrows and shot down every lesser demon that came her way. She climbed over rubble and large stone rocks from collapsed buildings, now scaling up a hill of debris which was just mere yards away from the fallen dragon, Atem.

She could hear his pained breathing as she drew near, her eyes widening at his large body once she was up close. She knelt beside his large scaled body some inches above from his shoulders and placed a hand upon his red scales, “Atem, are you alright?! Can you hear me? Just hold on!”

A pained growl was heard soon after Kagome spoke and she'd put away her arrows back into her quiver whilst mounting her bow upon her back as she began to scale up his body.

“You must get away…! He's, too strong…”

Once Kagome reached the top of his body, she heard his weak and painful reply, the dragon struggling to speak. “Please, don't move, Atem! You're hurt badly.” From here, Kagome eyed the tall black spear that impaled through the dragon, black wispy smoke coming from the spear and Kagome could sense nothing but death that reeked from it. She should be able to purify this, right?

“Kagome!”

Kagome's eyes raised and looked to her left, her eyes finding a woman heading for her. Her eyes widened, “Ishtar? Why did you come back?!” Wasn't she supposed to be in the palace, safe and sound from this chaos?!

“I can't… Not after hearing Atem's cry of pain. I have to help him… He is… He is the only family I have left!”

Kagome watched as the woman struggled to climb up the rubble and make it to the top with her. Once she managed, Ishtar found the black spear that had been pierced through the thick dragon scales and gasped out in surprise. “Kagome, we need to purify this quickly before it spreads throughout his body!”

The miko and the oracle would begin to purify Atem's wound done in by Anubis himself, focusing their holy power in ridding of the dark substance. They had to be careful however because should they put too much into their power in purifying the spear, they may purify Atem as well. Luckily the two girls were skilled in their abilities to heal and once the spear dissipated into nothingness, Atem groaned out in pain and began to move once more.

In seconds, Atem's body began to glow and would revert back into his human form since he was still gravely injured. But he was a youkai so something like this wouldn't kill him but he would be put out of commission for a while until he healed up. Ishtar quickly gathered up Atem into her arms as she lifted him up from the rubble, Atem growling lowly through gritted teeth with a shaking hand coming to cover the spot where he was struck.

His blood soiled his expensive cloths and his palm that covered the spot but his youki would begin to work in healing his wound.

“You… shouldn't have come back, Ishtar…”

Atem's weak and exhausted reply towards Ishtar was heard by them both with Atem wincing in pain. Ishtar frowned when his face began to contort in all sorts of ways because of the wound he was now starting to heal from but Kagome would approach the two, “Please, Ishtar. You must take Atem to safety. I don't think—“

Kagome was immediately interrupted when a fairly large creature landed upon the pile of rubble Atem's dragon form had landed on not too long ago, seeing a huge pile of red heading her way. The body of that dragon came crashing down onto the rubble and Kagome yelled out for that beast, “Asche! No!”

Anubis struck a critical blow onto the red giganotosaurus and Asche was knocked back far from the god of death so hard that he was forcibly knocked out of his true form and back into his human state.

Kagome quickly ran towards Asche who was defeated by Anubis, his body in a complete mess with nothing but cuts and bruises all over his once unblemished skin. Red hair was disheveled and all out of place as he struggled to get up but the pain was too great to bear. He hissed in pain and grunted to move again but all he could manage was to sit upright.

“Asche! Are you okay?”

The voice of Kagome reached Asche's ears but he was far too much in pain to even look at her. His eyes gazed out ahead and seen in the distance that Anubis was now taking on Aria, Freed and Kisara but even then, it looked grim for them too.

“Kagome, we need to do something… About that damn god…!”

Kagome knelt by Asche and he looked to be in pretty bad shape. Blood was dripping from his head as he struggled to breathe and looked ready to pass out.

“What do we do?! How do you even stop a god…?”

Kagome turned her eyes towards the battle some yards ahead, watching as the black, white and green dragon fight as much as they could against Anubis but to the god, it was mere child's play. If anything, he looked to be quite bored with this fight.

Kagome began to quickly heal Asche's wounds while the three dragons took on Anubis.

At the other end of the battlefield, two more people were on their way in helping Kagome out.

And who were those two? None other than Inuyasha and Kikyo, of course!

But by the time that pair arrived to the scene, Anubis knocked away Kisara, Aria and Freed simultaneously with his power. Kisara was sent flying towards a large building, essentially crushing it under the brute force from the god, breaking one of her wings.

Aria came crashing into a pillar that held up other buildings and once that shattered, the support needed for the building atop the pillar came crashing down onto Aria's body, burying most of her body beneath the rubble and stone.

Freed managed to recover from being struck back but that blow from the god had him colliding into several statues until he crashed into a body of water which once was the pool within the cities' many gardens.

Anubis simply yawned, “I grow tired of your silly little games, dragons.” His hand waved briefly with boredom overcoming his facial expressions. Then he turned from the spot and began to pace towards Kagome the moment his eyes were set on her. He grinned widely and Kagome glared back, quickly readying up her bow and arrow. But the moment she did, her eyes widened and watched as Asche struggled to stand after he was partially healed up by Kagome, placing himself between her and the approaching god of death.

“Oh? So you still live, dragon? Perhaps I should just kill you.”

His eyes then glanced behind the two as he saw Atem who was currently struggling to even breathe as Ishtar held him close. Anubis grinned widely.

“Actually, let's make this more interesting, shall we?”

A hand rose and Anubis snapped his fingers, immediately summoning two beasts before him, The Sphinx Teleia. But he was not done just yet, Anubis' hand rose and crackling thunder would be heard from the skies above. Kagome and her companions all gazed up at the sky where the door to the underworld still remained open and several ropes of chain began to come out from the portal and moved as if they were alive like a snake.

“It seems there has been an onlooker ever since the portals opened… A friend of yours, perhaps?” His eyes staring hard at Kagome and she gazed back with a confused expression. What was Anubis talking about? The sound of those chains clanking against one another was heard once more and Kagome saw those chains head for something. When the chains found their target, it bounded the soul that wandered out of the realm and Kagome's eyes widened greatly.

`No… That can't be him! Why is he here?!'

Anubis' lips drew to a smirk when he saw Kagome's expression change when he grabbed a hold of the wandering soul. Anubis brought that soul close to him from the skies, the small spherical orb that glowed in a dark purple and red hue was now in his hands and he looked ready to crush it. Kagome quickly readied her bow and arrow once more and stepped around Asche, “You let him go! Now!”

“Oh, I will, my dear. But first,” Anubis released the hold he had onto that sphere of light and Kagome would watch as he'd bring out his limitless power, forcing the orb to grow and grow and grow. Soon that orb dispersed and now it revealed Naraku in the flesh.

Kagome gasped. What did Anubis just do?! Asche stared on with Kagome and gazed at the man that now stood before Anubis in question. Who was he? Did they have some sort of connection to Kagome in some way?

Naraku's eyes slowly opened when he stood some feet away from Kagome and the rest, his vision blurred but would soon clear up in seconds and focus upon a familiar face. Was that Kagome? Wait, why was he here? His eyes widened when he realized where he was but upon that factor, the man was force down onto his knees by a powerful external force. Naraku grunted and attempted to resist but that only had Anubis forcing him down even harder onto the dirtied ground.

Naraku was forced down onto his hands and knees, a heavy hiss leaving him as he continued to resist the god.

“Stop it! Leave him alone!” Kagome shouted out at the top of her lungs and let loose an arrow to strike towards Anubis. He smirked at the girl when that arrow flew towards him but his sphinx summons he summoned moments ago blocked the attack from even reaching him, providing quite the meat shield.

Kagome grimaced when her attack did not land as she hoped for, instead, her bow striking one of those Teleia Sphinxes but their wound quickly regenerated due to Anubis' power.

As for Naraku, he couldn't believe it. He was just a simple wandering aura as he managed to escape the barrier but now, he was… Alive?! This had to be Anubis' doing. Naraku's eyes widened upon realizing it and when he lifted up his head, he found the wide grin plastered upon the God of death's face as he gazed over towards Kagome.

“Your eyes do not deceive you, girl. I have revived him.” Having known that Kagome could not believe in what had just happened. Anubis bent down and a hand reached for Naraku to grab a handful of his hair, pulling those strands roughly and forced the male to stand.

Naraku growled lowly in protest and immediately he would retaliate as tentacles upon his back would spring into action and aimed to impale themselves into Anubis. But his attack did nothing to Anubis because soon Naraku felt himself suddenly restrained?! Those chains again would appear, constricting around him and bound his entire body together, preventing him from moving.

Kagome was so confused. Those chains were not there before!

She could only watch helplessly as Naraku was restrained and suddenly something appeared around his neck. It was one thick iron collar… Almost as if he was a slave…?!

“Those who I have revived will be under my command. No matter who they are, they cannot resist the will of god.”

Naraku hissed and continued to struggle, his youki flaring quickly as he tried with all his willpower to resist Anubis' influence. Yes, Anubis revived Naraku and he was back in the flesh. He came back with his bone armor and bone armor plating placed over his dark purple and light blue mix of his kimono and hakama He could not feel the presence of the shikon jewel as it was destroyed but the power left behind resided within him… But it was not enough to go against Anubis himself.

But he'd be damned if he was about to be forced into submission by that God.

“I will personally see to it that you will be killed by my hand, Anubis.” Naraku hissed low with venom lacing his words. Eyes glared at the male but again he was forced his head back, Naraku hissing again in pain as the grip onto his hair was not letting up.

“You are welcome to try, demon. But first, I'll have you work for me.” Then his sights turned to Kagome in the distance and she gasped when their gazes met.

“You will get me that girl. Kill her if you must. And you two, Teleia Sphinx!” The two large Sphinxes' head turned and bowed before Anubis when he called for them, the God pointing towards the miko who was now completely out of options on what to do.

“Assist our friend here in bringing her to me.” Anubis shoved Naraku and released the hold he had on his hair, the once proud hanyou—now youkai— stumbled on his two feet and growled, ready to turn and attack Anubis but again, an unknown force would prevent him from doing such. Damn him! Anubis' power was just too great and Naraku could not resist him. He was forced to stand and turn towards Kagome, his eyes finding the miko and he gritted his teeth tight.

“I cannot fight him, Kagome. He is… forcing me…” The man grunted in pain and Anubis' eyes narrowed as he stood some feet behind Naraku, arms crossing.

“Hmm. You are a strong one, demon. Perhaps I should keep you too… For collection, of course.” Chuckling darkly.

“Fuck you!” Naraku snarled at Anubis when his head whipped back but again, he was forced to advance forwards, trying to stop his body from moving but he couldn't. No matter how much he tried.

The two Sphinxes Anubis summoned would charge ahead for Kagome, the girl narrowing her eyes and got her bow ready once more.

She was about to let loose her attack but a flash of silver was seen from the corner of her eyes, her head raising and gazed upwards.

“Kaze no Kizu!”

“Bakusaiga!”

The attacks from both of those powerful swords came into contact with the two sphinxes that charged for Kagome, striking them simultaneously and sliced those monsters cleanly in half. The bloody flesh of the monsters fell onto the dirt and rubble of the fallen buildings, soon sizzling as it would dissipate into nothingness.

Those two males would land before Kagome with their weapons drawn, a smile forming wide upon her face as she gazed at the backs of the Inu brothers.

“Sesshoumaru…. Inuyasha…! You guys are okay!”

Inuyasha smirked when he gripped onto his weapon tightly; his eyes remaining upon Anubis up ahead, “Of course! Ain't gonna miss this party, that's for sure.”

Sesshoumaru simply scoffed, “A minor setback on my end but the problem has been dealt with.” The fight was prolonged more than what he anticipated but he managed to rid the world of that Bandit King.

Now there was a new enemy to face. The God of Death.

Inuyasha's nose wrinkled a tad when he gazed up ahead as he caught a familiar scent and he gasped when he found a not-so-friendly face up ahead.

“Naraku?! Why the hell is he here?”

Inuyasha noticed quickly and so did Sesshoumaru, his eyes narrowing hard upon Naraku in the distance. Was that truly him?

Kagome stepped ahead and stood between the brothers who had their weapons drawn, “Yes, it is Naraku. Anubis revived him—“

“Fools! I am the God of Death! Reviving anyone from the land of the dead is of no feat to me!” Then he pointed towards Inuyasha and the hanyou blinked in question. Why was he suddenly pointing at him?

“That woman you revived, the method you used is weak.” And said woman he revived would be now arriving at the scene, in which it would be Kikyo, wearing just a cloak with white silks beneath. She was currently gathered with Ishtar and Atem as the oracle was tending to his wounds. Atem recovered somewhat but he was still out of commission for a little while longer.

“That woman, her power has been sealed by the method you used to revive her. If you would have asked me, I would have revived her. But with a cost, of course.”

Anubis grinned widely at Inuyasha and he growled at the god, pointing his sword at him. Did that dark miko slut trick him?! She told him that she would be revived with no problems! Inuyasha was livid right now. When this was all over, the moment he arrives back to Japan, he was going to kill that bitch.

So, it was true. Inuyasha did revive Kikyo. Kagome was so saddened by that fact, her heart was waning again but no, she should not be feeling this way right now. Her life and the lives of her other friends were on the line right now.

Immediately the areas where those dragons were launched back by Anubis' attack would explode in a surge of youki that even Kagome could sense. Blue eyes of that miko gazed around her to find that those dragons, Aria, Freed and Kisara were okay, struggling to stand on their two feet. They were badly injured but knowing youkai, they looked to be fine. But how much damage could they take? Even youkai had limits!

Aria growled lowly as she stood from the top of the destroyed building, shaking her head and began to dust herself off of all the dirt from her silks she wore. Her head rolled and the kinks in her neck cracked in various areas, now focusing those eyes hard on the god of death some meters away.

“We aren't done with you yet, you damned god.” Eyes shot to where Kisara and Freed crash landed to, glaring hard at those spots, “Well?! Ain't that right guys?”

And so Kisara and Freed bursted out of the spots they were knocked to, the white dragoness tossing aside a large piece of the stone building she crashed into, now moving to stand upon a fallen pillar, her eyes glaring angrily over towards the god of death. Freed rose up from those waters, his body and clothes completely drenched but the look on his face was complete and utter anger at the god.

Those three dragons would make their way for Kagome and the two silver haired Inu brothers, Inuyasha grinning hard at Freed as he made his way near, “Heh, you look like shit, Freed.”

The green dragon eyed Inuyasha back with a grin of his own, wringing out his long locks, “Tch. This is nothing, mutt.”

As Aria and Kisara neared Kagome, the miko gazed back at the two females and noticed their injuries weren't too severe but still, this was a god they were going up against.

“So, this is what Atem has to offer me in his final moments before I kill him? Four lizards, two silver haired dogs and a raven haired girl?” Anubis' hand went to his face and began to laugh. He laughed hard and menacingly at them all, even as they prepared themselves for the worst to come.

“HAHAHAHA! Fools! You all will know what it means to go against me, the god of Death, Anubis!”

His arms raised high and they'd all feel his power surge to lengths they did not think it could be possible. Then Anubis began to ascend into the skies, floating up several feet into the air and gazed down at all who remained standing before him.

“Now, go my pets and kill them! Kill them all!”

The large sphinxes Anubis summoned leapt right into action with Naraku unwillingly doing the same. His body was forced to move at god's will, charging forward at the dragons and the Inu brothers. Naraku's eyes found Kagome and he gazed hard into her blue one's—`I'm sorry, Kagome.'

Kagome gasped when she heard Naraku's voice and stood there shocked as the rest of them leapt into battle.

She had to save Naraku before this was over. She had to!

Naraku charged in fast but was stopped by the sword of Tessaiga. The large metal blade made out of his father's fang came into contact with Naraku's bone gauntlet that was fastened tight around his left forearm. Inuyasha glared hard at the once known hanyou before him angrily, gritting his teeth tight at the male.

“Hey, Naraku! So good to see you again, huh?!”

“Inuyasha.” A curt greet given to the male as he gazed at the silver haired boy with a bored expression.

Yes, Naraku remembered the hanyou. How could he forget? He was the one that killed him when he was inside that jewel with help from his brother.

“Look at you! First you were takin' orders from the jewel's demon and now you're takin' orders from a god! What a demon you turned out to be!”

Inuyasha berated Naraku before him and while his words were all true, Naraku glared angrily at Inuyasha and bared his fangs and for once he was glad that he was alive to wipe that smug grin from Inuyasha face.

But before Naraku could do that, aforementioned brother would intervene as he, too, would bring out his sword drawn and Naraku countered Sesshoumaru's strike as his arm raised up quickly, the blade of Bakusaiga coming into contact with his bone armor upon his right forearm.

Naraku stopped both Inu brothers in their tracks with ease and this surprised the silver haired boys.

“What the fuck?! Did he just revive you with all your power?!”

Naraku smirked at the hanyou's outburst with his eyes drew to him once more, “It seems he did.” Naraku hunched over a tad and those appendages from his back appeared in the shape of spider's legs, thick and armor plated in bone.

“And with a few more adjustments as well.”

Four of those appendages appeared on Naraku's back and elongated to several feet, Inuyasha gazing at those spider legs wearily when they moved about upon his back. Now two of those appendages were aiming for Inuyasha and the other two aiming for Sesshoumaru as Naraku was looking to impale them both onto those deadly sharp spines.

Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru quickly leapt away in time from the attack and Naraku turned to face the brothers with a not so pleased look upon his face. His lengthened spines stabbed hard into the ground where those silver haired boys were just standing, easily pulling out those spines from the ground and Naraku looked highly unimpressed at the two males that killed him in his previous life.

“Damn, what do we do?” Inuyasha was running out of options on how to stop Naraku who was now at full power. He could feel the youki that surged through him.

“You can start by not getting in my way, Inuyasha.”

Sesshoumaru lunged in once more for Naraku and Inuyasha stared in disbelief at his brother as he went in to attack again, “Hey!” Inuyasha growled lowly in anger but charged in right after his brother with sword drawn, attacking Naraku and hoped to put him down for the count.

And while those brothers busied themselves with the revived youkai, the four dragons were back in their dragon forms again and were now taking on two of Anubis' greatest beasts and Anubis himself.

Anubis remained in the sky, constantly shooting out energy pulses in the shape of large spheres. Aria and Kisara effectively blocked off every attack with their own attacks, protecting the Pharaoh and Kagome who remained on the ground. Kisara as well was placed beside Kagome, having not taken flight because of her broken wing.

Asche and Freed were fending off the Sphinxes that tried to come near Kagome.

They had no idea why the god was so fixated on retrieving Kagome but they all knew that they had to protect her at all costs. They could not let the god of death have her!

Kagome watched on as her friends would fight valiantly for her and her being and for that, she was grateful to them all. But there was no point standing around here doing nothing! She had to think up of an idea to stop Anubis and fast.

Kagome shouted over towards Kisara, “Kisara-chan! Can you hold out for a bit longer?”

The blue eyed white dragon's jaws parted wide and shot out various balls of her attack, streams of white light shooting down those attacks from Anubis. Kisraa paused only momentarily when she heard Kagome's voice and she nodded her head.

“Do you have a plan, Kagome-sama?”

Kagome slowly shook her head, “No but… I'll think up of something. So please, hold out for a bit longer!”

Kagome began to make her way for the fallen pharaoh, Atem, with Kisara returning to the task at hand and continuously shielded herself from Anubis' attacks.

When Kagome returned to Atem, she found Ishtar and Kikyo who was currently tending to Atem's injuries. The current, living miko eyed the revived miko with a look that was uncertain and so would Kikyo view Kagome, the two… Really didn't have much to say to each other. Kagome bore no ill will to Kikyo, hell, she was saddened at the fact that she was killed by Naraku but now?

It was just fucking awkward.

Ishtar sensed the tension between the two miko's so she spoke up quickly, “Kagome, Atem seems to be alright. We managed to purify that wound Anubis landed on him in time.”

Kagome's eyes blinked a few times when her name was called, her eyes going to Ishtar and then to Atem who was still leaning against Ishtar his eyes remaining closed. Kagome knelt by the pharaoh and that's when he opened his eyes slowly. He found the faces of all three of them and for a moment there, he was convinced he was dead.

“Have I gone to heaven?”

Ishtar smiled softly, “No, Atem, you are still here.”

Ah yes, indeed he was. The smell of death in the air, fresh blood and the wailing cries of monsters and his people came in quick. It hit him hard and that reality hit him quick. Atem moved to sit upright and grunted in pain, a hand going to his chest where he was just struck earlier. “I see. So, Anubis is still here…” His eyes looking ahead to see his dragon's fighting for their very lives, keeping the god at bay.

“We've tried everything, Atem. But he is just too powerful. The world we may know it may perish.” Ishtar gazed up at the opened portal to the underworld up ahead, some spirits and monsters still coming forth.

Was this the end for them all and the planet?

“No, we haven't. There is something we should be able to do!” Kagome was determined to stop Anubis at all costs. This was her destiny, she was sure of it. If they did not stop him now, the world was going to perish and at that fact, she may cease to exist.

“I haven't given up and neither should any of you!”

Kagome's words were heard by the pharaoh and the oracle but honestly, things looked grim. How were they going to stop a god?

Can you even kill a god?

And Kikyo was listening to everything that was said, even before Kagome came over to them. Inuyasha filled Kikyo in on what was happening and she only feared the worst. What good was it to be revived, only to die again by the god of death? There had to be something…

Wait a minute!

“Kagome!”

Kagome's eyes rose to find Kikyo when she called out for her and she gazed at the revived miko in question. Did she somehow figure something out?

“Do you remember when I sealed Inuyasha to Goshinboku?”

Of course she remembered that. How could she forget? She was the one who removed that seal too—Kagome gasped as she realized what Kikyo was getting at and Kikyo gave a firm nod to the girl when their gazes met.

“That's it… That's it!”

Now both the pharaoh and the oracle looked quite puzzled as they had no idea what was going on. Kagome quickly stood, “It was so simple… Why didn't I think of that sooner?!”

“Because you wouldn't have done that to anyone, unless it was a last resort.” Kikyo soon stood as well with Kagome and now the pharaoh was completely confused to no end. He struggled to his feet but Ishtar would help him up as well, standing up with him.

“Kagome. If there is something you figured out that would help in stopping Anubis, now is the time to tell us.”

Kagome gathered one of her arrows; the special one's that Hachi prepared for her. Unfortunately, she had only one left. She was going to make this one count. All or nothing in this attack.

“You can't kill a god… But you can seal one.”

Kagome looked to them both with an arrow in her hand, “I can seal Anubis to the doors of the underworld, keeping him there for all eternity. But it's going to be difficult as I have only one special arrow left.”

Ishtar nodded her head, “I see… So that is your plan. It may be quite difficult to do indeed as we need someone to lure him to the doors.” All of them raising their heads to gaze up at the opened portal to the underworld. With Anubis still here, those doors were going to stay open. And if it stayed open any longer, it may pose a problem later.

“Then I'll do it.”

All eyes quickly turned to the pharaoh that spoke and Kagome shook her head quickly, “No! You can't do that! You're injured and there's a chance he may kill you!”

Atem raised his head high, gazing at the god of death as he would laugh manically as he attacked his dragons, seemingly finding this amusing. Atem growled lowly and his fists balled at his sides. No, he was going to stop that god, even if it costs him his life.

Atem's hand shot out and his staff was gathered in his hands, the eye upon it glowing when he gripped tightly onto the rod, “My dragons, listen to me!”

The millennium eye appeared on Atem's forehead and he began to emit his thoughts onto the dragons that were currently in battle.

All of them gasped in surprise to hear their pharaoh's voice, knowing full well he was okay!

“Lord Atem, you are okay?!”

When he heard Kisara's voice, he gave a firm nod. “Yes, I am okay. I will join you all soon. We have a plan to stop Anubis.”

“How?!” Came Aria's reply as she managed to block an attack sent her way from Anubis and with that god of death wide open, Aria took in the chance to lunge in for an attack. She tackled that god with all of her might and Anubis was struck with the mighty force of the dragon, sending his body crashing down hard onto the earth.

“And are you sure you should even be fighting?! You was just struck and nearly killed!” Asche's words were heard then as he battled the large Sphinx, his massive jaws tearing through the creatures flesh again and again.

“Kagome plans to seal Anubis to the doors of the underworld. So I want all of you to focus your attacks on Anubis now. Ishtar and I will handle the rest.”

“Yes, Lord Atem!”

And when both Freed and Asche defeated those Sphinxes Anubis created, they would now focus all of their attentions upon the god who slowly stood from the pile of destroyed stone he was knocked into.

Anubis looked quite unhappy and was going to shoot that damn black dragon down from the sky but now he saw that he was facing with two more dragons as the green and red one were charging straight for him.

“It is futile! Nothing you do will stop me!” That god shouted and with his hand, he raised it high, ordering for his downed Sphinxes to come to him now. But for some reason, they did not respond. What happened to his beasts?

Anubis saw up ahead, a bright yellow pillar of light appear some feet away from the dragons and as that light aimed for the sky, it then dispersed when a large sphere appeared several hundred feet into the air. It began to glow brightly, illuminating the very lands as if it was the sun itself. Then the sphere began to move? Anubis gazed on in shock as he finally recognized what he was looking at.

“That damned Atem. You called upon Osiris, didn't you?!”

Ishtar called upon Osiris to become the Winged God Dragon of Ra. It was her who was currently in the skies in that new form, a form that was only temporary and should only be used in dire situations. This situation was quite dire, so, why not?

Anubis knew they were planning something but he did not know what.

The large golden metal plated dragon glowed brightly in that sky which would be the light of their last hope. The wings unfolded out wide from her back and her jaws parted wide, letting out one loud roar that shook the very area. And after that dragon made its appearance, so did Atem once again, as that large, red serpentine dragon coiled around in the skies and gave a low growl as jaws parted. Anubis did a double take. Why was Atem still alive?! He thought he had got rid of that damn Pharaoh!

Blasted mortals! They were all going to die by his hand!

“Kagome, call your companions and tell them of the plan, we will suppress Anubis until you are ready but be quick!”

And so Atem roared out, as did Ishtar as well and those two dragons soared through the skies, aiming for Anubis who was currently grounded.

As those dragons flown off, Kagome shouted out for Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha and their keen hearing picked up the miko's cry, gazing back at the girl who called for them. What was it?! Inuyasha hoped it was something important and he was about to shout right back at her but Sesshoumaru had already gone and left Inuyasha there with Naraku.

“What the… Wait a damn—“

Inuyasha was stopped by Naraku who had plans on retreating as well but that youkai blocked him from doing such. Naraku smirked, “Going somewhere, Inuyasha?”

The hanyou glared right back at Naraku who used his new limbs to block Inuyasha's path. Those limbs grew even longer, doubling Naraku's own height and he used two of them to lift himself up from the ground and then four more spider legs grew out from Naraku's back, Inuyasha grimacing at Naraku's new look.

“What do you know? This improvement is pretty good actually.” Chuckling darkly at his newfound power.

Inuyasha growled, “All the more legs to chop you down with my sword, that's all!”

As those two went into battle again, Sesshoumaru appeared beside Kagome instantly and she would tell the DaiYoukai of her plan; the plan to seal Anubis to the door of the underworld up above. It was a onetime shot and she was going to have to make it count. She needed Sesshoumaru's help, mostly.

Sesshoumaru knew what he needed to do.

He sheathed away his sword and the moment he done that, Sesshoumaru took to his true form. His face stretched out and those eyes began a deep red, powerful winds encircling him and grew outwards, wider and wider with Kagome stepping back. She shielded her face as the dust kicked up but when the winds died down, she gazed back at Sesshoumaru and gasped out in surprise as she was now looking at a very large dog.

A dog that did not look too happy.

“Sess…?”

The dog growled at her when its large, red eyes stared her down, eyeing her hungrily as if he was about to consume her. But Sesshoumaru did not and she watched the large dog beast in amazement as he moved and crouched low beside her. Thank heavens she wasn't going to be eaten! Kagome gathered her wits and took one deep breath, pacing towards Sesshoumaru's large, fluffy mane and grabbed onto it as she climbed atop him.

Once that girl made it to the top, she made a surprised sound when that dog began to move, standing and then turning to face towards the action up ahead. “Matte, Sesshoumaru…!”

The dog growled once more but he would wait at his spot as she asked and when he did, Kagome gazed back to eye Kikyo down below. “Kikyo, please, head to safety! I don't want you to get hurt in the crossfire in this battle. Anubis says your powers have been sealed by however way Inuyasha revived you.”

Kikyo's eyes widened. Her powers were sealed?! Why? That could only mean that a kuro miko had done this. But who?! Tsubaki was long dead… Kikyo had no idea who could have done it but Kagome was right, she had to get to safety. She can't do anything if she was powerless. She was just an ordinary human now. Kikyo grasped onto her cloak tightly and moved to stand, “Be careful, Kagome. And remember, the more feelings you put into your arrow, the stronger it becomes.”

And with that, Kikyo began to descend that pile of rocks, distancing herself from the battle field as fast as she could, getting to a safer ground than the already destroyed platform.

Once Kikyo was out of sight, Kagome turned back around and leaned over once she got comfortable upon Sesshoumaru's back.

“Alright, Sesshoumaru. Let's go! We have to get Inuyasha first and tell him about the plan and then we can stop Anubis!”

Sesshoumaru howled out once Kagome was ready and the dog took off, the beasts' heavy paws crushing anything and everything down in its path as he'd charge for Naraku and Inuyasha. His appearance interrupted their battle and Naraku gazed at the approaching dog in question in which it was enough for Inuyasha to use this distraction to get a hit in.

Inuyasha swung his blade hard and struck Naraku with a powerful `Kaze no Kizu', striking the youkai that had no time to block the attack. A large gaping wound was placed upon his shoulder and Naraku snarled as he skidded back, his large spider leg appendages digging into the ground to stop him from getting blown away.

Naraku glared angrily at Inuyasha, “You'll pay for that, boy.”

Inuyasha simply grinned at him, “Heh, try and catch—woah! Hey!”

Inuyasha was suddenly picked up in the jaws of his brother when he arrived, his jaws parting wide and his teeth latched onto Inuyasha's red haori. Sesshoumaru growled as he tossed his brother up into the air with Inuyasha yelling out his frustrations when he was sent flying, “What the hell is goin' on?!?”

Inuyasha then came crashing down onto Sesshoumaru's back and grumbled angrily as he face planted into a bunch of fur. Kagome then patted Sesshoumaru's neck when the hanyou was safe, “Okay we got him, now move, Sesshoumaru!” The dog quickly turned and then made his way for the dragons who were pinning Anubis back successfully with their combined attacks.

Kagome gazed back behind her to eye Naraku and gave him an apologetic look when he gazed at the three of them, leaving him there. `Sorry, Naraku! I'll come back to save you, don't you worry.'

Naraku's injury was quickly healed due to his link to Anubis but he would remain there for the moment as he was not being controlled by the god of death. Those dragons that were attacking Anubis relentlessly managed to draw his attentions away from controlling Naraku and his two most powerful sphinxes.

And so that woman went with both the Inu brothers, riding into battle.

Kagome raised up her bow and eyes found the god of death who was currently in mid-air, erecting up a barrier to shield himself from the attacks of the dragons, one after another.

She glared angrily at that god and again her power would surge throughout her very being, pouring all of it into her bow. Once more her bow reshaped into that same angelic look but this time, it grew bigger. A true long bow with the ends of the bow shaped into feathered wings.

Inuyasha grumbled as he sat up upon Sesshoumaru's back and blinked slowly, his eyes finding Kagome but then they'd switch to that bow in her hands and he gasped. That bow was fucking huge! It was almost big as her! Inuyasha would watch with amazement and awe as she reached for her regular arrows and notched it, aiming right for Anubis with careful and steady precision, even as they were moving upon Sesshoumaru's back.

Kagome gritted her teeth tight and pulled that string back when she focused everything into her attack, “Judgment Arrow!”

She let that arrow fly the moment she shouted out her attack, a pink stream of light whirring so fast through the air, it literally broke the sound barrier. Anubis did not see this arrow in time and when it struck his barrier, he gazed down near his left leg and seen that arrow hit the underside of his impenetrable shield and produce a crack.

What?!

In seconds, that arrow that was embedded into Anubis' barrier exploded into bright flash of pink light, encasing the god of death with immense holy power that almost rivaled a god.

All the dragons in that sky gazed back to find the approaching miko with her bow and arrows ready, riding atop that large dog beast who was likely Sesshoumaru.

“Alright, Atem! I'm ready!”

And boy, was she ever.

They were going to stop Anubis today.

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