InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Taste Of Power ❯ Naraku’s Betrayal ( Chapter 8 )

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Chapter 8: Naraku's Betrayal

"I am here for my shard, and the boy." Naraku droned.

"I was promised the boy as my prize." Sorrell said coolly, her eyes dangerously narrowed.

"You promised to devastate InuYasha, and sully the shard." Naraku continued, "InuYasha and his group came into this forest to kill you, he does not seem devastated to me."

"Give me time Naraku." Sorrell sneered, "InuYasha is weak, his group is crippled. I can handle them, I will not fail you."

Naraku gave an evil chuckle, "If you faced InuYasha he would kill you easily."

"Don't underestimate me." Sorrell lifted her chin, "Where is he? I will go and end him now, but only if you tell me where he is."

Naraku was silent for a moment, "I can not see in your forest Sorrell. He is close."

"Leave the hanyou to me, leave my forest, I will finish what I started." Sorrell stated.

Thunder rolled, announcing the imminent appearance of a summer storm. The tall, black clouds were just barely visible over the trees. The wind picked up, brining with it the fresh smell of hot rain.

"I have run out of patience with you Sorrell," Naraku raised his voice, "I'm taking back my shard and the boy now!"

A tentacle shot out from under Naraku's cloak aimed for Sorrell. Sorrell gave another burst of energy that destroyed the tentacle just before it reached her. The storm clouds darkened the sky above them as she readied a ball of energy to throw at him, but he already had another tentacle rushing toward Kohaku.

"He's more useful to me dead." Naraku said.

Sorrell threw the energy at the tentacle dissolving it before it reached the boy. Miasma spewed out the stump and Kohaku stumbled back coughing.

Sorrell frowned, she forgot that the human wouldn't be immune to Naraku's poison like she was.

Naraku chuckled, "You are very weak now Sorrell, give me the shard."

"No." Sorrell replied calmly, "You seem determined to underestimate me, Naraku."

Sorrell was nearly out of energy, but she had some tricks left. Too bad her pets were all preoccupied.

Naraku sent out more tentacles at Sorrell and Kohaku, Sorrell managed to deflect or destroy most of his attacks, but her energy reserves were almost spent. Yet another tentacle sped toward Kohaku. Sorrell was out of reserve, the great amount of energy she needed to deflect the wicked appendage just wasn't there, and she couldn't blow it up with out exposing Kohaku to more miasma.

With no time to think, Sorrell used some of her remaining energy to push herself into the path of the tentacle. It tore through her midsection and would have continued on to pierce Kohaku if she hadn't sunk her nails into it, and sent electric waves of energy through it.

On the ground, not six feet away from her, InuYasha, Sango, Miroku, and Shippo lay pinned to the ground, having their youki drained. They could only listen to the battle going on above them. Suddenly they heard Sorrell cry out, "Kohaku, the vines!"

They heard the quiet clanging of a chain shortly before Kohaku's sickle came down and sliced through the vines that were holding them down and choking them.

Rain fell hard and heavy on the battlefield as the restrained warriors stood and readied to attack. Before them stood Sorrell, impaled by a tentacle, and Naraku, in his baboon cloak. Kohaku had retreated to the trees again, holding his sickle on a chain.

"Naraku!" InuYasha shouted. He held his untransformed sword in front of him. "You bastard!"

Naraku turned to look at InuYasha "Perhaps I did underestimate you, Sorrell. But it doesn't matter, now I will get rid of InuYasha my self."

However, Naraku over estimated the amount of damage that Sorrell had inflicted during her battle with them. InuYasha managed to transform his sword and lunge at him, Sango threw her Hiraikotsu and rushed him with her own sword. Shippo… sat down, dizzy from his struggle with the youki sucking vines, but watchful in case he might be useful in the battle. Miroku stood by prepared to jump in as well.

Naraku was taken by surprise, he thought that Sorrell would have worn them out more. He ducked Hiraikotsu and Sango's sword. InuYasha was the one to cut Naraku cleanly through the middle and caused him to dissipate into a wooden doll.

"SHIT!" InuYasha shouted. He leaned on his scabbard for balance and glared at the severed pieces of wood.

Sorrell gave a choked laugh, "Did you… think Naraku… would come himself? … He couldn't even… see what he… was walking into."

The group turned on Sorrell, weapons drawn, again ready for a fight. Sorrell waved her arms in front of her dismissively. She was leaning against a tree gasping for breath; her toga stuck to her from the falling rain, and the dark spot that grew over her stomach. Some of the dark liquid was mixed with the rain and traveled to the ground, farther staining the fabric.

"Don't bother," She said, "I'm already dead."

"Where is Kagome?" InuYasha yelled.

"Safe, in my cave… on the mountain…. Follow the trail… the cave is just off… hidden." Sorrell closed her eyes.

"Why are you telling us this now?" Miroku asked. He didn't trust Sorrell, she may have set a trap for them on the mountain.

Sorrell opened her eyes, "I'm … dying. Kagome … needs protection… she's weak…. Better you then him." She reached into her toga and pulled out a slightly red jewel shard. "Here, I don't… want this."

She tossed the shard at the group.

"Couldn't you use that to heal yourself?" Miroku asked as he watched InuYasha put the tainted shard in his haori.

Sorrell shook her head, "Youki… feminine."

"What?" Miroku turned his attention back to Sorrell.

"The jewel has youki… and human energy, but … I can't use youki or feminine energy." Sorrell stood up and took a few steps in the direction Naraku's puppet came from.

"So you were the youkia that was… attacking the village men." Miroku stated coldly.

Sorrell turned back to face him, "We all have to eat Houshi….I needed to prepare. I'm going to get Naraku, … for killing me. You get Kagome, take care of her."

InuYasha tried to go after her but Miroku stopped him, "You are in no condition to fight her or Naraku, InuYasha. Besides, now Kagome is alone on the mountain. We'll get them latter."

Sorrell soon disappeared in the pouring rain.

"Kohaku?" Sango's voice rang out from the trees where her younger brother was last seen. "Kohaku! Come out!"

Miroku looked around the meadow, "Perhaps he returned to the cave, to help Kagome."

InuYasha sniffed at the air experimentally; the hard rain would have washed away any sent trail that the boy might have left. All he could smell was the rain.

"Let's find Kagome." InuYasha started up the path to Sorrell's forest.

"Kohaku was just here!" Sango shook her head violently, "I have to find him."

"He didn't know you Sango," Miroku said gently, "he does know Kagome. It is likely that he returned to her after the battle."

Sango nodded reluctantly and followed InuYasha. Miroku put an arm around her shoulders comfortingly.

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A/N: I'm not updating unless I get at least one review! The next will probably be the last chapter in this book. I don't mean to hold my fic for ransom but I just want to know if people are actually enjoying this story and want me to update; I haven't had any reviews here for two chapters!