InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Changes 'Till The End ❯ Chapter 11 ( Chapter 12 )

Chapter 11: Battle To The End [part 2]

"Seems like your bitch has finally decided to come." Naraku whispered evilly, momentarily distracted by the human. Inuyasha, being himself, didn't take the opportunity to attack, and instead ran to the woman in question.

"What the fuck do you think your doing her wench!" he yelled loudly, grabbing her roughly by the shoulders, slightly shaking her. Kagome's eyes weren't on the hanyou a few inches in front of her, they were behind him.

"Watch out!" she cried, and Inuyasha pushed her away, missing the thrust of Naraku's sword that almost went through his chest. He had to get serious, this bastard could harm Kagome now, and the hanyou would not stand for it one bit.

Inuyasha charged at the evil hanyou, sword drawn in his most prized attack. "Kaze no Kizo!" he shouted, slicing the air with his sword, managing to finally make a mark on his opponent. Naraku's left shoulder was nicked, and black liquid oozed from it.

"You'll pay for that with your life." Naraku told the hanyou, before raising his sword again, aiming to slice Inuyasha's head right off. And he would have, if Kagome had not fired one of her powerful arrows straight at him. Inuyasha ducked it time, a lock of silver hair falling to the ground, but the arrow hit Naraku in his right arm.

Since Kagome's miko powers had become more powerful than the last time she had met up with Naraku, the arrow went right through him, leaving a deep hole. He dropped his sword, his dark eyes gazing up at Kagome evilly.

"How dare you miko. You, along with your sorry companions, will pay." He stuttered, but gasped when another powerful arrow shot though his chest, a thick trail of black liquid running down his chest. Two shards fell out of the hole, swimming in the pool of `blood' at Naraku's feet. He bent down to pick up the sword he had dropped too easily, but Inuyasha slammed the weakened demon to the ground.

"Seems I wont be the one to die here today, you bastard." Inuyasha lifted his sword over his head, ready to finally kill Naraku, who had caused nothing but pain for the past few years.

"STOP!" cried a certain voice that was forgotten not long ago. "He's hanyou, your sword won't kill anyone with human blood." She pointed out. Inuyasha stood there in disbelief, staring at the creature of evil in front of his feet. The bitch was right!

"Then what do we do?" he asked, still keeping his amber eyes on Naraku.

Kagome smiled. "How about I purify him, like I do with the shards. He is so full of them it might work." She moved to crouch down next to Naraku, who was now too weak to stand on his own two feet. She touched his chest, above where her arrow had pierced him. A blue flame lit up, and in seconds his whole body was engulfed in a blue haze. Kagome didn't know what exactly was going on, but the evil inside of him seemed to be dieing down.

The black liquid was forming a large puddle now, and Inuyasha moved to avoid it, but not before getting a large spot on his red pants. Naraku closed his eyes, and the blue flame began to die down. Kagome lifted her hand from the demon, and stood up.

Naraku no longer looked much like himself, but more like the man he once used to be. Kagome was sure he was now Onigumo, the man who had given his flesh to demons for power. But his chest stopped moving, and the liquid was evaporating in the sky at an alarming pace. His body seemed to be braking down too.

"What's happening Inuyasha? Shouldn't he be alive?" asked a worried Kagome.

Inuyasha nodded his head `no'. "He gave half of himself to the demons that consumed him. That half is gone, and he couldn't live without it. The bastard's finally dead." He smiled down to her, and pulled her in for a quick kiss.

He began to look around, moving the now disintegrated body to the side. Under the demon-turned-man was a large piece of the shikon jewel; the hanyou picked it up, and then the two shards that had broken off.

"The jewel Kagome, it's coming together." He stated, watching as the jewel around Kagome's neck turned a bright pink, attracting and putting the jewel pieces he had in his hands to make a completed sphere.

"Finally!" breathed Kagome.

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"Sango!" cried Miroku as the woman fell to the ground in a heap, dropping her weapon and all. The monk ran to her side, lifting her head into his lap. "Speak to me Sango." He whispered.

There was a long pause of silence before the woman opened her eyes, taking in the face of her Miroku, who was hovered over her. He smiled painfully, happy to see her awake.

"What happened?" she asked in a raspy voice.

The monk sighed, pulling her up more to have her seated in her lap. "Naraku took control of you Sango. But you're here now, and that's all that matters." He said, bringing her into a warm embrace. She kissed his cheek, and then noticed all the scrapes and bruises on his body.

"Did I…"

"It's not important now my dear Sango. We must go and find Inuyasha and Kagome now." He lifted himself and Sango, setting the girl on her feet, keeping his arm around her waist to steady her.

"Oh Kami!" she breathed. Her gaze was no longer on him, but to the left of her. There stood the one person that mattered most to her… there was her little brother…

Kohaku was alive.

She forgot about the slightly aching pain in her arms and legs, and ran to him, her arms opened wide. When she was close enough to Kohaku, she noticed that he was almost transparent. Sango stood there for a few seconds, processing all of this in her head.

"I've come to say goodbye sister." He said, smiling like he did when they were at home with their father. "I can't live without the jewel in me…"

"No Kohaku, you can't go… you can't!" she cried, not believing what she was hearing or seeing.

"I love you sister, it's better this way, goodbye…" and then he began to vanish into the air from which he had come from. He was gone again, and this time forever. Miroku ran up to her now that the whole ordeal was over and wrapped her arms around her.

"It'll be alright, you'll see, at least he is no longer being controlled by Naraku." He whispered gently, slightly rocking her in his embrace.

Her body shuttered before she regained herself. "Lets find the others."

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Kagome and Inuyasha, along with Kirara and Shippou were at the edge of the clearing as Sango and Miroku started searching for them.

"Bitch, you don't follow orders well. What the hell did you think you were doing here!" he yelled.

"Saving your butt, you ungrateful ass!" she replied, enjoying the curse she added to her remark. She knew she didn't like cursing in front of the kit, but he probably already heard everything from a certain hanyou.

"And you managed to cut off a chunk of my hair!" he continued.

"But it hit Naraku, you were in the way!" she replied.

"What about the pup? Did you even think about that? HUH?" he said angrily.

"Of course I thought of that! I had Shippou and Kirara with me too!" she spat back.

"That runt couldn't……."

"Since you two are well and arguing, I am assuming all went well?" asked Miroku, cutting the two off, now that the group was reunited. The two nodded and everyone felt a wave of relief flow across them.

"So what happened to Naraku?" inquired Sango.

Kagome sighed before she began telling the two of the whole ordeal, including the way she punctured Naraku with two arrows and then purified him. She ended by telling them that he was dead and the jewel was complete.

"What happens now?" asked Shippou, jumping off from the ground to land on Kagome's shoulder.

The young miko smiled. "We go home."

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Lots of talking in this chapter! It just fit so well. I don't think I've read a story yet where Naraku met his end the way I wrote it. LOL, so I finally got to write this chapter. And I'm happy to say that I have my regular, fast Internet connection back. I don't think this is one of my better chapters, but I still like it. Please r/r folks. And this isn't the last chapter. There will be a few more!

Responses to Reviews:

That person named bob: I know that Inu + Miroku can run at the same speed, just altered it a bit in my story.

Adam: Inuyasha almost lost his arm, but he didn't.

Angel dawn: strangely enough I have a surge protected, but it didn't do squat. Thank goodness the problem is fixed though!