InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Decisions ❯ Chapter 2

Decisions

 

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Chapter Two

 

--The Next Week, Sun Rise—

 

Kagome stood by herself at the spot where the battle with Naraku had taken place the week before. She had changed from her normal school uniform into a form fitting black outfit that would not restrict her movements. She had her bow, a huge quiver full of arrows, Miroku's Shakujo (staff) and some sutras, Songo's Hiraikotsu, and Tetsusaiga. She thought about what she had to do as she waited for Naraku to show.

 

Suddenly, in a cloud of miasma, Naraku appeared in front of her. “So Kagome, what is your decision? Not that you really have a choice. If you don't join me, your friends will die.”

 

“You're right. There is only one choice that I can make. I love my friends. They could not live with themselves if I did this just so that they would be free. I couldn't live with my self. No matter what, I could never betray everything that we believe in. None of them would want me to join you, no matter what happens to them. Plus, I don't think that you would let them or me go in just a year.”

 

Naraku just laughed. “You are right about that. I have already killed your human friends. I was going to take your heart like Kagura and use that to control you. I would have the whole Shikon-No-Tama. With the jewel I can do anything, including take over the world. You wouldn't have been safe no matter what you did…but I still want you, reincarnation of Kikyo.” Naraku's eyes turned red with lust.

 

In the back of her mind, Kagome was repulsed by him but she was just too overwhelmed with the loss of her friends to really care about what Naraku had in mind for her. She would die before she let him take her anyway. Tears were falling down her cheeks as Kagome unsheathed Tetsusaiga and stabbed it into the ground in front of her. She then raised her bow and arrow and aimed at Naraku. She had suspected that he would have already killed them in a far corner of her mind, but to know that it was true for sure saddened her immensely.

 

“Wh-WHAT are you doing?! Have you forgotten that your only remaining friends are inside me?”

 

“No, but I know them well enough to say that they would rather die than be a part of you for one second longer.” With that Kagome started rapidly shooting her arrows at Naraku, almost faster than he could avoid them. While Naraku was dodging arrows, Kagome quickly picked up Hiraikotsu, which was covered in sutras and flung the boomerang and went back to firing arrows. The boomerang was glowing pink with Kagome's miko power. Hiraikotsu did not go towards Naraku, but when it returned it went straight through Naraku's unguarded back and split him in two, purifying most of him. Just as Kagome was about to grab Miroku's Shakujo, one of Naraku's tentacles came charging toward her and would have stabbed her if Tetsusaiga had not let out a pulse and Naraku's tentacle came into contact with the barrier that Kagome had learned to make with Tetsusaiga. Kagome purified the tentacle and then ran up to Naraku and let out a burst of purification energy, channeled through Miroku's Shakujo, and purified all of his parts. Kagome sank to her knees, almost totally out of energy. She picked up Naraku's portion of the jewel. As she examined the tainted jewel, she felt something grab her ankle. She looked down and saw one of Naraku's hands clutching her ankle. Using the staff, she knocked the hand from her and slammed the end of the staff down on the hand with a burst of purification energy. She quickly did a search of the surrounding area to make sure no more Naraku parts were waiting to jump out at her and then she leaned against a tree at the edge of the clearing that reminded her of the God Tree at her shrine and near the well.

 

“Well, that was anticlimactic. He didn't even bring any of his youkai hord.” She had a sick suspicion as to why he hadn't but she really didn't want to think about that with him. She looked at the jewel tiredly, hardly able to believe that something so small could cause so much trouble. She barely had enough energy to purify it, much less fuse it with her piece. As soon as the jewel glowed a pure pink with her energy, she passed out.

 

Naraku was no more…but so were her friends.

 

 

So, what did you think? More to come.

 

Did you guys know what Naraku's name means in English? It means “hell” or “abyss” but it can also mean “theater basement.” Just thought that that was funny. If you don't believe me check it out at Wikipedia.