InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Changes 'Till The End ❯ Chapter 10 ( Chapter 11 )

Chapter 10: Battle To The End [part 1]

"We can't just sit here, we need to go and find her!" cried Kagome. All three of them were sitting near the rekindled fire in Miroku's house. He hadn't taken the news too well, but who would have?

"Its late Kagome, and you won't come with me and Miroku anyway, got that?" replied Inuyasha, trying to think of a good way to track down that bastard of a demon.

"I can't just sit here knowing Sango isn't safe. We leave now." Miroku added, not pleased at all about the situation at hand. He wasn't going to stay in this village while Kami knows what was happening to his beloved Sango.

"Fine, we leave tonight. Where's her damn cat?" asked the stubborn hanyou. If he had to leave, he'd leave now and come back with Sango as soon as he could. Miroku could ride Kirara so he could keep up with his half demon speed.

"I haven't seen her all day. Who knows where she is?" Kagome spoke up. She wasn't thrilled of the idea of staying home while Inuyasha and Miroku went out to who knows where to battle Naraku. It wasn't fair that she wouldn't be able to fight him off.

"Fine then, we leave without her. Naraku can't be far off if he just took Sango, and he wouldn't want to play any games now. He's waiting and we'll find him." With that the two men got up and headed for the door.

"You can't just leave me here! What if you don't come back." Cried Kagome as she ran to Inuyasha, grabbing him by the waist. Tears were threatening to roll down her cheeks.

He pulled her closer to him, trying to soothe her troubles. "I'll be back." He whispered, than placed a clawed hand on her stomach. "You have to stay here. Remember your promise? Remember that this pup will be born in three months? I can't risk loosing either of you."

What he said touched her. Inuyasha had never sounded so caring until now, and she could understand what he must be going through. But there was just no way in hell she would miss out on the action. Hadn't she been waiting a few years to see Naraku meet his end? But she just nodded her head, understanding what he had to say. She had a little backup plan as well.

"I love you Kagome, and I'll come back soon. With Miroku and Sango." He gently kissed her forehead, and was out of her grasp in a few seconds, following Miroku who had already started in the direction of the hot springs.

Kagome just stood there for a few moments, thinking of all the risks she'd be taking if she left the village and followed Inuyasha. But she knew they were all worth it. She couldn't sit around all day and get fatter. She was going and no one was going to stop her!

She ran as quickly as she could to Kaede's hut, knowing that she would need a few things for the battle. Kagome rushed in without knocking, and stumbled in upon Kaede telling Shippou a story about fish. Kirara was asleep in the corner on a small pile of hay. Kagome's grin grew even wider.

"Kaede, I need some arrows and a bow. Please hurry, I've got to follow Inuyasha before it's too late." She said in one hurried breath, without explaining the situation to either of them.

The old woman slowly got up and made her way to where she kept her bows and arrows. "Kagome, what's going on?" asked Shippou after latching himself on her torso.

"Naraku took Sango." At that Kirara's head perked up, suddenly interested. "Inuyasha and Miroku already left to find her, and we need to go too. All right Shippou?" she asked him. Kagome knew that no matter what was told to the kit he would never stand being left behind. He nodded his head as Kaede handed her 12 arrows and a bow.

"Thank you Kaede. We'll be back soon, I hope."

"Just be safe child. You live for two now." The old Miko told her. Kagome nodded her head, shifting the equipment to her back.

"Kirara, we need you to follow Inuyasha for us. Come on then! We have to go get Sango!" The group of three left the hut, leaving Kaede alone. `I do hope that thee and the rest will be safe. May Kami watch thee.'

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"Pick up anything new yet Inuyasha?" asked Miroku. The two were rushing through the woods, following Inuyasha's nose. The hanyou had picked up the distinctive scents of Sango and Naraku at the springs, and now the trail was leading them deep though the forest.

"Nothing new, but the scents are fresher, like they were here a few minutes ago." Seconds later, the two stumbled into a large clearing, surrounded by the never-ending forest. There, in the center of it all was Sango, her eyes holding no emotions. She was in her battle stance, watching as the hanyou and her lover moved closer to her. Naraku was nowhere to be seen for the moment. But Inuyasha could pick up his scent non-the less.

"Sango, you're all right! Thank Buddha!" cried Miroku as he moved closer to her. That's where he noticed that Sango was rather pale and expressionless. The look on her face resembled that of death. "What happened to you my dear Sango?"

She didn't reply, instead she threw her Hiraikotsu at Miroku, who was just standing in shock. Inuyasha shoved him out of the way, narrowly missing a blow to the head by the girl's weapon. "Dammit Miroku! You almost got yourself killed!" he yelled at the monk.

"That can't be Sango. My Sango's alive and brilliant. That can't be her." Mumbled Miroku, but Inuyasha caught all of it. He had been thinking while the monk was acting stupid, and he came to the conclusion that Naraku was controlling Sango, much like her brother.

"Snap outa it. That bastard's controlling her. We have to get to him if we want her back." Said Inuyasha, bringing the monk back to his senses. He nodded, agreeing to the hanyou's idea.

"Alright then, you go find Naraku, and I'll fight off Sango." He said. Miroku didn't have to do much, seeing as Sango was already sending her Hiraikotsu back at the two. Miroku ducked his head and Inuyasha was off to find Naraku.

He picked up his scent rather easily; surprising him that Naraku seemed to want to be found. `Easier for me to finally kill that asshole.'

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"Kagome, where is Inuyasha? We've been riding Kirara for a while now!" whined Shippou. Kagome sighed, he was right. It had been an awfully long time since they had picked up the scents of Inuyasha, Miroku, and Sango at the springs. But she trusted Kirara to take them to wherever they were.

"We'll get there soon Shippou. And when we do, I want you to fight only if you have to. We can't have you getting hurt." He nodded his small head, burrowing into Kagome further. He would never admit it, but he was afraid of what was to come.

All too soon they ended up in the clearing, clearly seeing Sango and Miroku battling it out. She quickly hopped off the fire cat and ran off to Miroku. She stopped when she noticed that each sported a few cuts, but nothing major.

"She's being controlled by Naraku." Grunted Miroku as he used his staff to block off a swing from Sango's powerful weapon. "Go find Inuyasha, he'll need you more."

Nothing more was said as she headed back to Shippou and Kirara. "Take me to Inuyasha, and quick, we need to help him out!" and they were off, the fire cat taking them in the direction of Inuyasha, and no doubt of Naraku. "We'll be there soon." Whispered Kagome.

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Inuyasha was running franticly though the forest, jumping from tree limb to tree limb, never missing a beat. He could feel Naraku's presence surround him. The bastard was close.

"Well, half-breed, it seems that you have found me." Naraku grinned from the base of a large tree, that was once alive, but dead now due to the demon's lethal miasma. He wasn't wearing his usual baboon pelt, but an outfit similar to Inuyasha's, except his was a dark purple- almost black color. "It seems that your end is near." The hanyou knew that this was the real Naraku; this one had a scent of death, much unlike his puppets.

The hanyou was in no mood of talking, and drew his Tetsusaiga quickly. He closed his eyes for a few seconds, easily picking up the change in winds and began his attack. "Kaze no Kizu!" he cried as he managed to cut Naraku's haori in two. He jumped back, waiting to see what he was going to do. The other half-demon just stood there, only having moved back a foot to miss Inuyasha's attack.

"My, it seems you have gotten a bit stronger than last time, you actually managed to get close to me this time. But it will be the last time, now you die." He said un-emotionally, moving closer to the hanyou.

He drew out the sword that was sitting on his hip, preparing to attack the hanyou until he fell to the ground in pieces. He jumped up into the air, and Inuyasha almost lost him in the darkness, but drew out his sword quick enough to counter the attack. Naraku narrowly missed cutting his left arm off, but he wasn't through yet.

Naraku swung his sword again, this time cutting Inuyasha's right shoulder, the sweet scent of blood filling the air. He gave the inu hanyou an arrogant grin, dragging his left index finger in the thin trail of blood on his sword.

That's when Inuyasha picked up a new scent, the scent of Kagome, meaning that she was close by and Naraku would find out soon enough. `Damn her! She fucking disobeyed me!'

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Yes, another cliffy. That's two in a row for me, but this chapter is already 1,689

words long. That's a lot for me to write in one sitting, and I need to figure out how to end this whole `Battle Naraku' thing. This is just part 1 of the action; so don't miss out of the next chapter, which should come out in the middle of next week. Besides that, I'm still on slow dial up until the dumb computer people actually show up. They were supposed to come today, but they didn't. ASSHOLES! But anyway, thanks for the reviews, I wanna hit 100! So r/r!

Starr-chan

P.S

In my story, Kagome's pregnancy is going to be 6 months.

I know that Naraku is also a hanyou, but when I say `hanyou' I mean Inuyasha unless I add onto it, like `the dirty bastard of a hanyou' ect. Just so you don't get confuzzled!