InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Demon Eyes ❯ Final Battle ( Chapter 6 )

Demon Eyes

By LoupeyLady

Disclaimer: I am a very, very poor college student. I own nothing. I am unoriginal. I am just playing with Rumiko Takahashi's creations. (wistful sigh) I really wouldn't mind a rent-to-own deal with Kouga or Sesshoumaru, though!

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Last time:

Midoriko coughed discreetly. "You wanted some explanations?" She asked, sitting down on the soft grass.

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Chapter Six: Final Battle

"Okay, so why was Kagome able to wish on the shard fragments? I thought we had to use the entire jewel?" Inu Yasha asked, dropping into his normal sitting pose and pulling Kagome into his lap.

Midoriko waited for a moment, her head slightly tilted as if she were listening to someone they couldn't hear. She nodded, and turned back to the couple. "Because Kagome isn't Kikyo's reincarnation. She's mine, in a way. That's why the jewel was reborn in her body. When Kagome wished with all her heart she called upon the rest of the Shikon. Just because the complete jewel wasn't there doesn't mean she does not have a connection to it."

"How can I be your reincarnation if your soul is still battling inside the Shikon?" Kagome asked.

"Kagome, for someone who travels 500 years into the future at regular intervals, you have such have a linear way of looking at time. At some point we have shared the soul that now inhabits your body. Remember that if you free the jewel in this time period, instead of your own, then our soul will be free to reincarnate many times in the next five centuries… that's how our soul got so large that Kanna could not contain it in her mirror. Does that make sense?"

Kagome looked a little lost. "Then why do I look like Kikyo?"

"She was your ancestor… one of your aunts in a way. You've only met Kaede and Kikyo, the sisters who decided to become mikos. Your mother descended from another sister."

Inu Yasha blinked, trying to grasp it all. "But if they didn't have the same soul, how was the Urasue able to use Kagome's soul to wake Kikyo?"

"The soul-thief was not Kikyo. Our soul powered the body, but the memories, hate, and arrogance were all drawn from the bones and grave soil used to form her."

"I'm not Kikyo," Kagome whispered. "I'm NOT KIKYO!" She shouted in joy, launching herself out of Inu Yasha's lap only to jump right back at him. Kagome grabbed his hair and yanked him into a passionate kiss.

"Um, excuse me," Midoriko interrupted a few minutes later.

"I wish she'd just go away," Inu Yasha muttered into Kagome's lips. They froze when they realized what he'd said.

The ground started to shake. The couple jumped up and looked over at Midoriko. The miko was in a battle stance, watching the jewel now floating in front of her. Pink energy was whipping around them as the jewel began to transform into a giant demon.

"Inu Yasha, call the Tetsusaiga! Kagome, your bow!" Midoriko shouted over the din, unsheathing her own sword and attacking the youkai's spirit.

"But-" he started.

"How-?" she asked.

"NOW! CALL THEM!" She shouted, dodging an energy attack.

Inu Yasha's ears flattened. She sounded like a really pissed off Kagome. Inu Yasha closed his eyes and drew his focus inward, searching for something… a connection… there! He could feel it! The pulse of the Tetsusaiga. He focused all his energy on that point, and gave a pull.

Kagome held up her hands and closed her eyes. "Weight," she told herself. "I feel the weight of my bow in my hands." She moved her hands, still focusing. "I feel the tension of the line as I place my arrow. I feel the warmth of my power radiating from it." She opened her eyes and watched as her purple miko power shimmered in her hands, forming into a bow and arrow.

Inu Yasha opened his eyes as a bow formed in Kagome's hand. Over her head, he could see a shape rapidly flying over the tree line. He held up his hand, and the Tetsusaiga rushed through the barrier with a ripple of white energy before stopping in his hand and transforming for battle.

"Inu Yasha!" Kagome shouted, dodging a blast of energy. "Use the Bakuryuha when I shoot my arrow!"

"Be careful!" He shouted back, taking aim as the next blast headed their way.

"HIT THE MARK!" Kagome shouted, as she let her arrow fly.

"BAKURYUHA!" Inu Yasha shouted, slicing the suspicious looking part of the energy wave, his power wrapping around Kagome's arrow as it flew straight towards the heart of the youkai spirit. Whirlpools of energy ripped through the dome, tearing the spirit apart and melting its form away.

Across the clearing, Midoriko began to glow bright white.

"Thank you, Kagome, Inu Yasha, for finally releasing me," she said as her soul began to float into the heavens. "The Shikon no Tama has finally been destroyed. It will never again fall into evil hands."

"Hey, what about the rest of our questions?" Inu Yasha shouted. "What about the final wish?!"

The spirit laughed. "Inu Yasha, you're the one who wished me to go away!"

Inu Yasha's ears flattened. "Shit… I did, didn't I?"

Kagome sighed, and cuddled into his arms. "Well, we're demons. We're incredibly strong demons with youkai powers and miko powers… you no longer have to worry about loosing control of your youkai blood, I'm not going to have a short human lifespan. You can still use Tetsusaiga, and Naraku is probably the weakest he's ever been because we just took back all the shards. Really, I don't see what the problem is. Besides," Kagome smirked and tweaked one of his ears. "We still have a day left before the dome will weaken… let's not waste it talking…"

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Author Notes:

I'm trying to write like mad and come up with an ending for this story before graduation. After I get my BA and move out of the dorms I don't know how often I'll be able to get on the internet. If I run out of time I'll post an epilogue or summary of some sort so I don't just leave you guys hanging.