InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Lonely No More ❯ Chapter 20 ( Chapter 20 )

I couldn't do it you guys. I couldn't leave you hanging waiting to see what will happen in the battle, so here is the next chapter. The battle for the sacred lands!

 

Chapter 20

 

The cat demon that had brought down the barrier was very proud of himself. It had taken a great deal of his energy to bring down the barrier but the deed was done as his newfound army marched forward towards the sacred lands.

 

The cat demon smirked as he addressed the leader of the soldiers. “The barrier is down and your men can continue going up the cliff. There is a passageway there to the side of that cliff that would take the soldiers up to the top with no problem. Once they arrive at the top I will be there waiting for them to show them where to go.”

 

The leader of the soldiers smiled as he instructed his men to continue up the cliff and showed them the passageway that they needed to take.

 

As the soldiers marched on the cat demon stood back surveying his handy work, `my plan is working perfectly, soon everything will belong to me.

 

When these fools help me take this land I will get rid of these disgusting settlers once and for all. The land will belong to me and I will rule supreme.'

 

The cat was enjoying the thoughts he was having as an explosion ripped through the area-killing one third of the soldiers he had brought with him. He looked on in horror as the smoke cleared and another arrow was fired at them killing some more of his men.

 

Then out of the woods came a pack of wolves as they launched an attack against the soldiers.

 

The battle was ragging on as he heard a lone wolf howl into the night. He knew that this wasn't good as the wolf was calling for reinforcements.

 

He saw a hanyou jump from the tree it had been hiding in and began attacking the soldiers. It attacked without mercy as if searching for something.

 

The cat demon thought it best to just cut his loses and lived to try again as he slowly started to back away from the fight, when he turned to leave he spotted a giant wolf blocking his retreat.

 

Jinx had spotted the cat demon, as she was killing the soldiers who got in her way. She circled around behind him figuring that he would try to leave when his soldiers started to lose.

 

Sure enough when the cat demon saw the men he had brought to this land losing to a pack of wolves he started to turn and leave.

 

Jinx blocked his path as he was trying to get away. The cat demon hissed at her as she stood her ground, he tried to move to the right as Jinx once again blocked his escape.

 

Jinx barred her teeth and fangs as she was starting to get mad. She was tired of this fool coming after her family and she was going to put an end to it.

 

As Jinx started to change her fangs and claws grew longer and she doubled in size. She looked more menacing and fierce as she slowly started to get closer to the cat demon, her jaws were snapping as she was approaching her prey.

 

The cat demon seeing the wolf transform into a larger form started to panic, if this wolf got a hold of him it will be the last thing he would ever see. He slowly started to back away as the wolf started to move closer to him.

 

When the cat demon started to move backwards an odd thing started to happen, the earth began to shake as everyone was knocked off his or her feet. An evil red aura started to form around the fallen cat demon as it consumed his very soul sending it to a place where he would never see the light of day. What took over his body was something that was more menacing than the wolf that stood there in his way.

 

The evil that had possessed the sacred land had gathered around the cat demon as it sent its soul to hell and the evil emerged in its place.

 

This being was even more powerful than anybody had ever thought possible. The new cat demon slowly got up to his feet and stared at everyone that surrounded him. He laughed an evil laughter that shook the entire area and struck fear in the depths of everyone's soul.

 

~oOo~

 

Kagome had been fighting with some of the soldiers when she saw the confrontation between Jinx and the cat demon. Then the earth shook as if it was letting out something that has been kept deep inside for a long time.

 

Kagome heard as the soul of the cat demon was sent to hell and an even more menacing presence came forth. His aura was pure evil. She knew that this was the evil that they were waiting for. The evil that had been left in the land had finally formed and extracted itself.

 

All she had to do was defeat this evil and the land will be safe once more. She heard as the cat demon laughed an evil laughter that struck fear in everyone's soul. She had never felt an evil such as this. She knew that this was going to be a fight to the death as she readied herself for battle.

 

~oOo~

 

Sango and Ayame had followed the warriors to the battlefield not willing to stay behind as the men went off to fight. They saw the wolves attacking the soldiers that were down in the valley.

 

As the advance party of warriors started to enter the battle in the valley no one noticed the enemy soldiers that were approaching from the west.

 

The girls looked at each other and took it upon themselves to battle the threat from the west. They descended down the cliff, as they got ready to do battle.

 

Sango got her boomerang ready as Ayame drew her knives.

 

Sango was first to attack as she let go of her boomerang; it sailed through the air killing at least 10 of the soldiers before it came back to her.

 

Ayame attacked with her knives as she weaved in and out of the enemy killing anyone who stood against her. They continued to battle holding off the advancing forces preventing them from entering their land.

 

As the main tribe arrived they saw the warriors battling a group of soldiers down below them, then they heard the battle cry coming from the west and noticed that two lone figures were battling very heavy odds as they prevented the enemy from advancing.

 

They were a force to be reckoned with as they were killing all the advancing soldiers. They were dodging the bullets that the soldiers were firing as they were driving them back to the land from which they came from.

 

Miroku finally got to the battle himself as he looked around surveying the battle. He saw the advance party battling the soldiers in the valley then he turned his attention to the west, he saw two lone figures battling an enormous force.

 

Miroku looked and noticed that one of the fighting figures was Sango. Fear started to settle in his stomach as he saw his beloved battling with the soldiers.

 

Then it hit him, the words that Kagome had spoken came true. The tie of this battle will turn because of Sango and Ayame. If they weren't down there fighting against those soldiers then they would be deep in their territory.

 

He quickly took off in that direction as he called back over his shoulder to the main battle group and said, “Hey, two women are holding off the enemy to the west and they need our help, lets get a move on!”

 

The men stared in disbelieve that two women were holding off that big of an attack force as they rushed to their aid.

 

The battle raged on as the soldiers were slowly being pushed back.

 

The battle for the sacred lands was being won by the Indians as the soldiers chose to retreat. Not wanting to battle against such a strong force they pulled back while they still had their lives.

 

Many of the warriors and soldiers were either wounded or dead in the battlefield. The valley looked like a sea of blood as the governing chiefs gathered to survey the damage.

 

They still had the majority of their people, which was a blessing. But there was still a battle raging on in the valley as they all turned towards the battle and rushed to help defeat the cat demon.

 

~oOo~

 

The cat demon slowly turned and faced Jinx who was still blocking his path.

 

Jinx growled deep in her throat as she barred her fangs and lowered her ears as she prepared for the attack.

 

The cat demon stood poised and mocked her as he raised his hand and shot a bolt of lighting straight at her.

 

Jinx saw the attack and leaped into the air as his attacked missed her, then she yelled, “HOWLING WOLF BLADES!!!” She whipped her tail around and out came the wolf blades that went straight for the cat demon.

 

The cat demon was shocked by her attack as he tried to dodge the blades; he had almost succeeded when one embedded itself in his leg.

 

The cat demon cried out in agony as he fell to the ground. He quickly rose as the two faced each other for another attack.

 

Then the cat demon noticed something out of the corner of his eye. He saw the female hanyou fighting off to the right with the soldiers from his army. He got ready for another attack but instead of sending it towards Jinx he sent it towards Kagome.

 

Jinx watched as the cat demon let go of his attack but instead of the attack being aimed at her it was aimed at her sister.

 

Jinx leaped into the air as she yelled, “Kagome! Look out!!!”

 

Kagome turned just in time to see the attack coming towards her as Jinx leaped in front of her and pushed her out of the way to protect her. Jinx had taken the full blast of the attack as it sent her fling into the trees. She hit the tree with such force that she let out a howl of pain as she landed unconscious on the ground.

 

~oOo~

 

Tsa-li had been battling with the enemy near Kagome when he heard his mate call out to the girl he quickly turned to see her take the full impact of the attack. He saw her get thrown into the air as she hit a tree and fell to the ground.

 

Tsa-li became enraged as he saw his mate go down. He leaped towards the cat demon determine to take him down for what he had done to his mate.

 

The cat demon saw him coming and got his attack ready, he quickly moved out of the way and as the wolf rushed by he dug his claws into Tsa-li side. The wolf let out an agonizing howl as he fell to the ground not too far away from his beloved.

 

Tsa-li managed to slowly crawl over to Jinx, leaving a trail of blood as he did, he nuzzled his mate and said, “I'm sorry my love for not protecting you. I have failed you yet again. I never got to tell you how much you mean to me. I love you. I always have and I always will.” Tsa-li then collapsed right next to his mate as he fell unconscious.

 

~oOo~

 

Kagome slowly looked up from the ground in time to see her friend get tossed into the trees. Horror filled Kagome soul as she yelled, “JINX!!!!”

 

Kagome got up from the ground where Jinx had pushed her to get her out of the way. She turned and rushed towards her sister to see if she was all right.

 

When Kagome reached her friend she noticed that she was hurt pretty badly. There was blood coming from her mouth as Kagome gently stroked her head and started to cry, she knew that there was nothing she could do to help her sister survive this attack.

 

Jinx seeing her sister's tears gently said, “Kagome, please defeat this evil, I wish for you to be happy in your new life. Please remember me always, I love you.”

 

Then Jinx slowly closed her eyes as she let out a little whimper of pain and turned her head to the side and said to her mate, “I love you too Tsa-li. I will wait for you on the other side.”

 

Jinx let go of the final breath that she was holding and stopped breathing, her life had been taken and there was nothing Kagome could do to help save her.

 

~oOo~

 

Inuyasha had made it to the cliff where the fighting was in full force. He saw his angel as she was in the thick of battle. He was irritated because he had told her not to attack the cat demon. But as he looked around he saw that she was not fighting the cat demon but the soldiers who where with him.

 

He cursed at himself, `next time I have to tell her no fighting without me.'

 

She had kept her word to him as she was fighting with the soldiers and not the cat demon. He knew that fucking cat demon had to be around here somewhere when he felt the earth shake as he fell on his butt.

 

Inuyasha heard an evil laughter, it filled the night air as it touched his very soul, this laughter was evil and he could sense it. He looked around and found an evil red aura surrounding the cat demon.

 

Inuyasha watched as the cat demon battled with Jinx. Jinx was getting the best of him when he unleashed his attack at his angel. He tried to reach Kagome but Jinx was faster as she pushed Kagome out of the way and took the full force of the blast.

 

He saw as Jinx was sent fling into the trees as she hit it and fell to the ground. He saw as his mate run towards her sister. As Kagome reached her sister he saw her kneel in front of her, as he smelled the scent of salt water. He knew that Jinx didn't survive the attack for Kagome to be crying.

 

He lowered his head in respect; he knew that she had died protecting his mate, her sister from the evil that had been after her all these years.

 

~oOo~

 

Kagome slowly stood and faced the cat demon that had caused her all this pain. She was pissed beyond reason and she was about to unleash her anger.

 

The cat demon sensed Kagome's presence near him as he turned to her and said, “What's wrong half breed? Have I taken something of value away from you? Do you want it back?”

 

He was mocking her as he spoke, his voice full of hatred. He knew that the wolf was something more to the girl but he didn't care, in order for him to take over this land he would have to defeat her and her half-breed mate.

 

Once he had accomplished this then he would be free to take this land for his own. The power he would gain from it made him shiver with want, as he stood poised for the battle against the half-breed female that was now standing in front of him.

 

Kagome had enough of the cat demons insults. Her eyes flashed white as she raised her hands in front of her and released her powers.

 

A pink light came shooting out of Kagome's hand as it went straight for the cat demon.

 

The cat demon seeing the attack quickly moved out of the way and dodged it as the blast sailed right by him. The blast stopped and disintegrated before it made contact with her pack.

 

Kagome had seen the cat demon dodged her attack and she had managed to stop hers just in time.

 

Kagome turned in the direction of the cat demon clearly seeing that this battle was far from being over as she took a fighting stance against the evil that threatens their land.

 

Inuyasha saw as his angel let loose of her power and sent it fling at the cat demon. The cat demon was amazingly fast as it dodged the pink light.

 

Inuyasha yelled for everyone to get out of the area as the pink light just disappeared before it had killed anyone from their pack. He instructed the wolves to move out of the way as the fight was going to get even worse.

 

He warned them to stay out of it for fear that they might get hurt or even worse cause either him or Kagome to lose their concentration on the fight to save them. The wolves agreed that the fight was theirs as Inuyasha turned and entered the battle.

 

~oOo~

 

Chief Togo and the rest of the tribe made their way back to the valley as they saw Kagome, Inuyasha and the Cat demon start the final battle.

 

They made to move forward to help them when the wolves blocked their way. He looked at them with curiosity as the lead wolf started to bark and yip.

 

Sesshomaru understanding what the wolf was saying quickly translated for the rest of the tribe, “He says that the battle is for Kagome and Inuyasha to fight alone. If we enter the battle then they will be forced to protect us. Inuyasha has requested for them to leave the battle area, as it is about to escalate. In this way they would be able to concentrate on the enemy and defeat him.”

 

Chief Togo had listen to Sesshomaru's words he knew that he had spoken the truth. If they entered into the battle then the hanyou's would be forced to protect them. He held up his hand and the tribes stayed where they were. They would watch from a distance, as the final battle for the sacred land was about to begin.

 

~oOo~

 

Inuyasha walked up behind the cat demon as he growled his challenge.

 

The cat demon slowly turned towards him as an evil smile formed on his disgusting face. “Ah, I see the other half breed has decided to join the fight. Good this way I don't have to go looking for you to finish you off.”

 

Inuyasha stood his ground as he unsheathed his fathers knife and it grew into a large fang as he said, “You will find that I am not that easily killed and it will be you who will die this day.” As Inuyasha finished his statement he attacked.

 

The cat demon seeing his attacked dodged to the right to get away from him.

 

Inuyasha had already seen some of the cat demons moves and was prepared, when the cat demon dodged his attack he moved in the same direction as the cat demon as he brought his father's fang forward to attack. The fang slashed the cat across the stomach as the demon crashed to the ground panting from the assault.

 

Kagome seeing that he was down released her powers and sent it towards him as Inuyasha moved quickly out of the way.

 

Her bolt of lighting made contact as the cat demon yelled in agony but it didn't purify him as she had hoped. He was still very much in the fight as he sent his own bolt of red lightening towards the two hanyou's.

 

Kagome quickly raised her barrier and blocked the attack. She was panting from using so much of her energy as Inuyasha stepped in front of her to protect her, while she slowly started to regained some of her strength.

 

The cat demon seeing that the female was weak attacked with such force that the hanyou's didn't have a chance to defend themselves as Inuyasha rushed towards his angel, picked her up, and leaped into the air as the attacked landed where they had been a few moments ago.

 

Inuyasha landed and placed Kagome on the ground, as he made ready his own attacked releasing the power of his father's fang. He swung the fang down to the ground and yelled, “Wind Scar!!!”

 

As fang made contact with the ground three separate beams of light came shooting out and made its way towards the cat demon. The cat demon being weak from the previous attack saw the attack coming but couldn't get out of the way.

 

As the beams of light came in contact with him he cried out in pain. When the blinding light had finally faded away the cat demon was still in the fight looking more menacing than before.

 

He let out and evil laughter as he started to regain his strength.

 

Kagome and Inuyasha looked at each other with horror on their faces. This cat demon was a lot stronger than they had first thought.

 

As the cat demon regained his strength he let go of another blast that went straight for the hanyou's.

 

Kagome quickly raised her barrier and blocked it yet again. She stayed on wavering feet as Inuyasha stood by her side.

 

Kagome mind was reeling on what to do; she didn't know how to defeat this evil. Then she remembered something that the god tree had said to them, “to defeat this evil you must combine your powers.”

 

She thought about the best way to do this when the cat demon attacked again. He rushed in with his claws raised as he attacked Inuyasha.

 

Inuyasha seeing his attack moved to the side as the attack barely missed him.

 

Kagome saw that Inuyasha was still holding his father's fang in his hand as she got an idea. If she combined her powers and strength with Inuyasha knife along with his powers and strength it would be enough to defeat this demon.

 

`But at what cost? We could both die from this attack.' She thought for a few moments and came to a decision. They would have to defeat this evil if their people were to live in peace.

 

Kagome steadied herself as she started to concentrate. She started to glow pink as her powers grew, she put up a protection barrier to prevent the cat demon from attacking as they prepared for the final attack.

 

Inuyasha saw the barrier go up as he turned towards his mate.

 

Kagome was starting to glow; he walked up to her with concern in his eyes. Kagome saw the look on his face and with a heavy heart she said, “In order for us to defeat him we must combine all of our power and strength. If we use your father's knife and channel the power through it we can defeat the cat demon.”

 

Kagome continued look into his eyes as she said, “but in order for us to defeat him it will take everything we have, it could cost us our lives.”

 

Inuyasha heard her words, he saw the fear that she had but he stepped up to her and said, “Promise me that we will be together on the other side and I will gladly give up my life to save our people.”

 

Kagome smiled at her mate and said, “I promise to be with you for all eternity my love, together forever never to be lonely again.” She smiled at him as he brought her into his embrace.

 

Together they started to glow. Kagome pink aura and Inuyasha's golden aura started to get stronger as their love for one another fueled their power.

 

As Inuyasha stepped away from Kagome he brought the hand up that held the knife of his father as he started to channel all of his strength and power into it.

 

Kagome stepped up and placed her hand on the knife and added her strength and power to it. The knife started to glow brighter as it was feed the energy it needed to defeat the enemy.

 

It grew to twice its length as Inuyasha made ready to attack. They both held onto the knife they cried, “GUARDIAN SPIRIT!!!” the power that the blade had gathered shot forward as it turned into and eagle of pure energy.

 

It spread its wings as it rose from the ground emitting a healing aura to all of the injured people of the land. The spirit was healing their wounds and their souls.

 

As the eagle looked down it spotted the cat demon as it flew in for the final attack.

 

Kagome and Inuyasha being left weak from all the transfer of power fell to the ground panting. It was now up to the power of his father's fang to rid this land of the evil that had taken over for all these years.

 

~oOo~

 

The cat demon had skidded to a stop as he turned to attack the half-breeds again.

 

When he approached this time a barrier, that he could not break, stopped him. He looked on in horror as he saw his enemy glowing; they were gathering their power to defeat him. If they succeeded then it would be the end of him.

 

He had to think of a way to kill them if he was to win this battle. As he pondered this question he saw the half-breeds start to glow as their power reached their peek.

 

The knife that the male held grew bigger as they channeled their power into the blade making it stronger, then he heard them yell, “GUARDIAN SPIRIT!!!!!”

 

His eyes grew wide when he saw the eagle of pure energy that came forth. Centuries ago it was an eagle just like this that defeated him, now it was back to do the same.

 

He hissed as he stepped back from the barrier trying to protect himself from the impending attack. He raised his own barrier as he quickly tried to think of a plan of attack.

 

The cat demon saw the eagle emit a healing aura to all the wounded warriors on the battlefield healing their wounds and their soul. The eagle then turned towards him as it started its final attack.

 

He knew he couldn't defeat this power as he saw it getting closer. So he gathered his remaining energy to fire a powerful blast at the two half-breeds that were left panting on the ground as he said, “If I have to die then I will take you with me!!!!!”

 

As the eagle engulfed his body, the cat demon made his final attack, a red shinning ball of lighting shot towards Kagome and Inuyasha.

 

The hanyou's were still weak from giving up all of their energy to defeat the cat demon that when they saw the attack coming the only thing they could do was embrace each other as the red ball of lighting hit them both.

 

The explosion that occurred rocked the area as you could hear them cry out in pain.

 

When the smoke cleared all you could see were the two hanyou's laying on the ground, not moving as they still held on to each other.

 

The wolves let out a cry of anguish as they mourned the loss of the two who gave their lives to protect this land.

 

The cat demon had been defeated and the land was once again cleansed of the evil that possessed it. But the cost was too much to bear, at the loss of the two who laid down on the battlefield still in each other's embrace. Never wanting to leave the other alone in the final moments of their lives.

 

Chief Togo looked at the scene in front of him. He couldn't believe that they gave their lives in order to keep this land safe.

 

A lone tear could be seen as it slowly went down his cheek. As he looked at all gathered around him and said, “We owe them everything they gave their lives to protect us all. Even in the final battle they found a way to heal our wounded.

 

We should all learn from their example and try to live our lives the way they did. To love and care for one another as much as they cared for us.” He stared at each of his chief as he finished speaking; each of them nodded their agreement to his statement.

 

He then turned back to look at the battlefield and said, “We must go and get them. They deserve full honors when they are burned and their spirits are released to join our forefathers.”

 

The group turned as one and started to make their way towards the two fallen hero's who had saved them all and purified the land.

 

~oOo~

 

Tsa-li had woken up in time to see the great eagle hit the cat demon and destroy him. At the same time he saw as the cat demon let go of his final attack and sent a red ball of lighting towards the two hanyou's. His eye grew wide when he saw the attack hit knowing full well that there was no way that they could survive such an attack.

 

When the smoke cleared the only thing he saw were the two lifeless forms of the hanyou's lying in each other's embrace in the final moments of their lives.

 

He heard the howl of anguish of his pack as they all joined to grieve the loss of the two who gave their lives to protect this land.

 

Tsa-li turned towards his mate, as she lay there on the ground dead. His heart was heavy with the lost of his mate.

 

He wanted to die with her but the healing power of the eagle had healed his wounds.

 

Tsa-li changed into his human form and reached for his mate. If he had truly been mated to her then he would have died with her. But the fates had it that he survived were she did not.

 

He would miss her laughter and all the looks she used to give him when they fought. He gently picked her up in his arms as he started to go towards the rest of the tribe to lay to rest their fallen hero's.

 

~oOo~

 

This was one of the hardest chapter's I ever had to write but before you all kill me for what I did there is more to this story.

 

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