InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Broken Dreams ❯ Death ( Chapter 45 )

Broken Dreams

 

Happy New Year Everyone! And now, I say in all seriousness. I don't care if I have to make the extra chapter longer to fit it in, but I promise you now!

 

Chapter 47, the Kouga and Inuyasha showdown you've all been waiting for!

 

Chapter 45

 

Death

 

Kikyo froze in mid step, her eyes widening as the sudden pain. She looked down and moved her mouth a few times in a futile attempt to speak. The pained hanyou beneath her roared and flicked his tail aside. Kikyo slammed into the ground and lay still. Inuyasha gasped and ran to her side as Naraku groaned and struggled to remain standing.

“Kikyo….” The undead miko slowly lifted her torso up and turned her head to stare at the hanyou kneeling beside her.

“I'm sorry…” Kikyo whispered. “I should have killed Onigumo when I had the chance…50 wasted years…I'm so sorry, Inuyasha…”

“Kikyo…there's nothing to be sorry for. None of us thought hat an injured human bandit could cause so much trouble.” Inuyasha said. Kikyo closed her eyes and sighed.

“Kagome…she loves you…and I know you love her…I'm sorry to both of you…all this time, wasted. If it wasn't for Urasuea and my resurrection…who knows what would have happened with you two?” Kikyo coughed and smiled weakly. “Inuyasha…don't grieve. I died decades ago…I've just been here on burrowed time. I died long ago in the past…Kagome is your future. Take care of her.” A shudder ran through Kikyo's body, and the miko collapsed to the ground. Inuyasha lowered his head as a single tear slipped from his eye. Kikyo's body glowed a light blue as gleaming souls burst from her body. One hit Kagome in the chest, filling the young woman with new power. Raijin groaned and smiled.

“I guess…Kikyo's gone now, huh?” He asked. He tried to turn onto his stomach, but only succeeded in wearing himself out. Kagome shook herself from her stupor caused by Kikyo's second death and pushed Raijin on his back.

“Raijin, don't move.” Kagome said sternly. Raijin's head lolled to the side, and he looked up at her from the ground. He didn't even have the strength to lift his head.

“Kill him…” Raijin coughed. “Naraku…kill…” Raijin groaned and coughed up a clot of blood to the ground. Kagome shook her head as the hanyou's chest rose with ever decreasing amounts of breath. The hanyou slowly closed his eyes. Other then the poison in his body, he was physically fine otherwise. But Naraku's poison was winding through his system, infecting every pore and orifice. Raijin was on his last legs.

“Raijin…” Kagome whispered, placing both her hands on his chest. “I'm sorry…for this. But I'm not going to lose another friend.” “Kikyo, wherever you are, I know you'll help me with this.” Kagome closed her eyes and concentrated as her hands glowed a soft pink.

 

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“I'm…not finished with you.” Naraku growled, slowly rising to his feet. Inuyasha rose from Kikyo's body, his head bowed and his bangs covering his face and he turned to the hanyou rising behind him.

“You killed Kikyo…you killed Kagura…you killed Sango's family, you cursed Miroku's, and have caused endless pain to so many others.” Inuyasha whispered. “You deserve to die.” For the first time in his life, Inuyasha felt pity for Naraku. Pity. Naraku was going to die, here and now. And yet, he was still fighting a battle he never had a hope of winning. His time had run out. And still he was fueled by Onigumo's desires. Naraku was trapped in his own Hell.

“I cannot die!” Naraku roared. Inuyasha charged him, jumping into the air. Naraku's tails swung forward, and Inuyasha curled into a ball, Tetsusaiga held out. The blade sliced through the tails and dipped into Naraku's back. Inuyasha landed and ran, dragging Tetsusaiga along the flesh of Naraku's back. With a final swing, Inuyasha cleaved off the tails at their source and jumped off of Naraku. Blood and poison oozing from his back, Naraku collapsed to the ground, weakened but alive.

“Kagome!” Inuyasha called. Kagome stood from Raijin's body. “I want you to fire an arrow at me!” Naraku groaned and began to turn around.

“What, you've lost it!” Kagome shouted back.

“Trust me, do it!” Inuyasha insisted. Kagome winced, but drew an arrow from her quiver and aimed at the hanyou. Kagome closed her eyes and fired. Inuyasha readied Tetsusaiga and glared at Naraku, the Kaze-no-Kizu forming around the sword. “It's over Naraku.” Kagome's arrow neared, and Inuyasha spun, catching the arrow point with Tetsusaiga. The arrow's power surged into the blade, and repelled as the Kaze-no-Kizu fired. The attack wrapped around the miko energy of the arrow, sparking and flashing. With a final explosion, the miko power and youki mixed, and the Bakuryuuha surged towards Naraku. The attack seared along his body and sliced deep into his veins. Naraku's head reared back in a final roar of agony as the dark hanyou exploded.

The dark clouds above flashed and rumbled as Naraku's body splattered about the courtyard of his rapidly disintegrating castle. The miasma in the valley surrounding the plateau glowed pink and vanished. The foul youki of the hanyou lingered for a moment before dispelling into nothingness.

Inuyasha lowered Tetsusaiga and sighed. The blade glowed and shrank back to its normal, battered form. Inuyasha walked to Kikyo's body, dropping the blade next to Kagome's arrow, silent tribute to the hanyou they had just vanquished.

“It's over…” He breathed. Kagome walked over to the head of Naraku. She drew an arrow and fired, the purity casting the flesh into dust. She reached down and picked up the large, shiny Shikon-no-Kakera that fell into the dust. She reached into her blouse and drew out the vial of shards she had.

“It's not enough.” She whispered. Inuyasha cast her a glance and turned Kikyo over, reaching into her kimono. Withdrawing the small sack of shards, he walked back over to Kagome and emptied the contents into her hands. Kagome bit her lip. “It looks like it's enough…almost…” Kagome put both hands over the jewel and closed her eyes. There was a small flash of light, and when she removed her upper hand, the large shard lay glowing, her shards and Kikyo's fused into it. Inuyasha picked the jewel up between two claws and glared at the small sliver of missing jewel.

“Looks like there's only two left…” He muttered, looking at Kagome. Kagome caught on right away and nodded.

“Kouga.”

 

Bakuryuuha: Ultimate Killing Blow, also called the Backlash Wave (For once, the English dub actually sounds cooler to me). For anyone who wonders, why the Kaze-no-Kizu formed, the Bakuryuuha is a Kaze-no-Kizu that wraps around the attack and reflects it back.