InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ InuYasha: Legend of the Record Keeper ❯ Rush to Battle ( Chapter 14 )

A/N: Dun own InuYasha, *eyes Sesshy-samam* but…oh boy if I did…..>.>…

 

Alex: Hey all it's been a while since I updated on this story and I'm really really sorry.

Sally: No you're not, you're just gonna blame it on your boss again.

Alex: >.>… well it is her fault for giving me so many hours! Anyway I hate to say it but this fic only has maybe two more chapters after this one but don't worry there will be a second half to it so all you have to do is wait until after I finish my Blood+ fic which has somehow turned from one-shot to full out blown thingy!

Sally: Thingy?

Alex: Yeah, you know a thing-a-ma-hooze-it!

Sally: A what?

Alex: A….hold on a second! You're distracting me again!

Sally: *evil grin* You betcha!

Alex: Arg! Anywho I'll stop arguing with myself and get on with the chapter.

 

Chapter 13:

Rush to Battle

 

 

Sango stared at the couple that walked ahead of them, Kagome had hold of the end of InuYasha's sleeve and they were talking in low tones. Sango crossed her arms and continued watching the couple it had seemed they had patched things up, Miroku stepped closer to her.

 

“Makes you wonder what they're talking about doesn't it Sango?” his violet eyes held a kind of shimmering humor that went well with the slight curvature of his lips. She blinked up at him and couldn't help her own smile.

 

“Yes it sure does.” Shippo peeked around Miroku's head to peer at her from Miroku's other shoulder.

 

“I see, do you think they finally got together, I hope so. That way InuYasha will stop looking for Kikyo!” Kirara mewed softly in agreement. There was a soft sound of the monks robes shifting as he sidled closer to her, it was a habit of his, he tended to move closer to her when thinking about the future or during battles. That was until she felt his hand move nearer to her, anger bubbled forth until his hand simply took hold of hers lightly. Everything seemed to drain out of her in one great rush as the slightly callused flesh of his palm slid against hers, she turned her head to look at him and met only a gentle smiling face as his fingers threaded with hers.

 

Sango felt her face heat before she turned her face back forward although she tightened her fingers around his telling him in her own way that she approved and felt the same, words that she could never say aloud. InuYasha suddenly came to a stop in front of them one of his hands pushing Kagome behind him while the other gripped the hilt of his sword. There in their path stood a demon already bloodstained from battle, her kimono was ripped and her fur was matted with dried blood but what tipped Sango off that the demon wasn't an enemy was the look on her face.

 

She looked lost and scared…. No terrified of something. Her right clawed hand was pressed to her shoulder where blood was slowly seeping between her fingers.

 

“InuYasha no!” Kagome shoved InuYasha aside and ran forward catching the demon as it fell, “Miss Aya! Sango help me!” Kagome was trying to lift the demon up to move her out of the path. Sango dropped Miroku's hand and ran to her friend while InuYasha just stood and growled at them both as they moved the female demon into the edge of the trees, “InuYasha please get me some water.”

 

“Hell no! I'm not helping the demon that kidnapped you Kagome!” Kagome glared at him with furious eyes.

 

“Miroku and I will get the water!” Shippo leapt off of the monks shoulder and ran into the trees the monk close behind him. InuYasha growled louder and Sango pinned her own glare on him.

 

“Miss Aya, wake up.” Kagome tapped the demon's cheeks with her hand and she stirred, “Oh thank the gods, I thought you had died.” The demon called Aya's eyes widened and she sat bolt upright.

 

“He got Kusa! Naraku got Kusabana!” she winced her hand flying back up to her shoulder even as Kagome and Sango stripped the top of her torn kimono off of her.

 

“Miss Aya what happened to your shoulder?” Kagome stared in horror at the huge hole in the woman's shoulder.

 

“Kagura and Kanna came after us after I brought you back, they've placed part of Naraku inside Lady Kusabana. After she collapsed I got her away but…. He found us and he took her. He's going to use her against everyone!” she let out a yelp as Kagome bandaged her wound, Miroku and Shippo had returned with the water and she had cleaned the blood away. Aya suddenly leaned closer, “We have to hurry to the bone eaters well.” She pushed away then stood. Confusion clouded Sango's mind as Kagome followed the other woman's lead.

 

“Lets go guys, Naraku is headed for the bone eaters well, he may be trying to use the Record Keeper to get closer to completing the jewel.” Kagome turned pinning her eyes on InuYasha, “We have to go, this is our one chance to kill Naraku.” InuYasha glared back at her and Sango felt her heart still in her chest, was this really their chance.

 

“Let's go.” InuYasha turned and offered his back to Kagome and with that they were off.

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Kusbana's body was numb, she couldn't move a single muscle, all she could do was stare at the trees passing below her as Naraku carried her draped under his arm like a sack of rice. She watched her hair dance below them as it interrupted her view every so often, although numb her mind still worked, they were headed towards the bone eaters well just as she had written in the book.

 

“Just think Lady Kusabana soon I will have both you and the book. Once I absorb you into my body I will truly be immortal, I will know everything, every weakness, every secret.” it was then that she felt the large swell of enraged demonic aura, it was an aura that she knew all to well. She let her eyes slide closed and started to think back upon the battle that had taken place on the dream plane.

 

Kusabana shot towards Naraku, she could feel the wind ripping at her clothing and hair as she moved her claws held at ready. She could hear as well as feel Sesshomaru behind her, following her into the fight. The tips of her red fingernails began to glow as she pushed her demonic aura into them, small smoky tendrils of blood red energy drifted off of them to float and disappear behind her.

 

She struck, five separate ribbons of energy lashing out like whips at Naraku, the baboon disguised demon dodged to the side and up into one of the bunt skeleton trees. Kusabana came to a stop the five ribbons trailing to the ground to pool around her for a mere second before her feet left the ground again, she sprang up the tree just as Naraku leapt to another one, she gave chase Sesshomaru turning to head another direction.

 

Kusbana frowned slightly as she felt herself become weaker and the pain in her body worsen until her vision blurred. She gave a single powerful thrust of her legs against a tree trunk and shot forward, she didn't have any more time left, her hand snapped out as did the ribbons at the same time Naraku turned slightly and sent parts of his mutated body flying in her direction as well as Sesshomarus as he dodged her attack.

 

Dodging her attack was his mistake for he stepped directly into Sesshomaru's path as he unleashed his Tokijine. The blast of furious demonic energy tore the incarnation of Naraku into tiny pieces and destroyed him. The stench of burning flesh and fur drifted into the air as Kusabana landed on the next tree branch the ribbons trailing from her fingertips fading away as her fingernails retracted taking on their rounded appearance again.

 

She stared at the lord who landed a tree away directly in front of her before her eyes started to slide closed, using what demonic powers she had left in this world had drained her, her body gave out and fell going completely numb. She could make out the white blur of Sesshomaru as he jumped to catch her and closed her eyes shoving against him with her will as well as releasing her hold on him. At first she had been unable to send him back because she had clung to his strength but now Rin needed him.

 

“Protect Rin…” she heard his growl as she felt him disappearing from her dream plane even as her body slammed into the ground. She lay there in numbed silence for a long moment before she willed up enough strength to push herself out of the dream plane back into her own body. She had woken as Naraku took to the air with her in tow.

 

Kusbana closed her eyes to hold back the tears and emotions that wanted to spring free, already her arm was burned and throbbed painfully inside her sleeve, she could see the blood seeping through the light colored cloth and every so often a few drops would fall outside of her sleeve to fall to the earth below them. They were nearing the well faster than she had thought he would. The God Tree swelled in her line of sight and soon enough there was the open field with the old wooden well sitting off to one side on the first little swell of a hill.

 

If she had had the ability to do so she would have smiled because waiting for them was a band of people standing around the well. She could make out the red of InuYasha's clothing and the gleam of metal of his sword, the flickering flames that surrounded the transformed Kirara drew her next as did the woman holding the gigantic boomerang. The monk stood close to Kagome and the little fox demon as if to keep them safe, standing a ways in front of the whole band stood a dark brown splotch wearing a bloodstained kimono, Aya had survived the attack on them.

 

She felt Naraku stall in the air to stare down at his opponents as his grip around her middle tightened, “You warned them!” the words were hissed down at her as he jerked her up so that her back was pinned against the front of his baboon suit. The enraged swell of demonic aura behind them grew and Naraku tightened his hold on her, “You warned them all! I would kill you here and now if I didn't need your living flesh!” In truth she hadn't told Sesshomaru where the final fight would take place; he was most likely following the aura put out by Naraku at that moment as he carried her towards the well.

 

With Sesshomaru gaining ground on him Naraku had no choice but to take his chances with InuYasha and his friends. His following of lesser demons darkened the sky as they were led by Kagura and Kanna, Naraku neared the ground as he pulled her slightly in front of him one arm wrapped around her waist while his opposite hand wrapped around her neck so that her head tilted back against his shoulder. She moved her eyes just slightly to land on Aya who stared her teeth bared in a snarl at the half demon behind her.

 

“Let Lady Kusabana go Naraku!” Aya's tail fur was fluffed electricity sparking down its length as she readied herself for the attack and all the while Kusabana could only watch the fear in her chest growing. What if their plan didn't work? What if Naraku killed her before she could get the book back from little Rin? What if he killed Sesshomaru? She could feel the rosary around her arm begin to burn, although she couldn't show her emotions due to the poison Naraku had put in her body with his attack she could still feel them and just feeling them was enough to make the rosary's magic work.

 

Fear mixed with pain as the white hot fire that was the rosary worked its way into her arm and settled heavy in her chest. There was a soft shifting of grass behind them signaling Sesshomaru's landing followed by the heavy claws of Ah-Un then the padding of small feet.

 

“Lady Flower!” Rin's high pitched cry that accompanied Sesshomaru's low growl sparked a new fear in her heart and a new spike of heat in the rosary.

 

“You all came for the sake of one woman. A woman as disposable as the next for me to use.” It was then that the sacred arrow flew past his open shoulder to kick up dirt a few feet in front of him, all eyes turned towards the priestess in red that stood in the trees edge. Kikyo stood still as a statue her bow already redrawn the arrow pointed dead center of Naraku's back. There was the sound of another bow string tightening and stretching and she moved her eyes to look at Kagome who stood with her bow half drawn ready to lift into position. Next came the sound of metal sliding against metal as Sesshomaru drew his katana, everything around them seemed to still. This was the ending battle, the one they had all been waiting for, a strong breeze moved through the clearing tossing her hair around her face and Naraku's body bringing with it the scents that surrounded them.

 

She shifted her eyes from Kikyo to Aya who nodded just slightly to her, she knew the plan was still in action, Kusabana still had time to make everything right.

 

“It's about time!” InuYasha's growled words set the battle into motion, the lesser demons seemed to fall from the sky with a small directive wave of Kagura's fan. Naraku turned then his baboon pelt and her hair flaring around them.

 

“Get the child!” his hand waved in Rin's direction and a new sense of fear burst into her chest along with the fierce protective rage that someone was going to hurt the child that had been her friend. Kagura and Kanna fell with the feather that was taking them in the dark headed child's direction and Rin let out a scared scream as another lesser demon streamed down from the sky towards her. Everyone seemed to burst into movement in that instant, this would be the end of their war, the final battle that they had all rushed to meet.

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A/N: I'm soooo sorry that this chapter took so long and that it's this choppy but I've been so exhausted that I've barely been able to write at all. Hopefully the next chapter or so will be the end of this half of the story. Sorry again! *falls over dead asleep now*