The attacks kept coming but Sesshomaru kept deflecting them always with a look of concentration. Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Kazunari and Inuyasha were battling with the thousands of demons that Naraku unleashed in order to distract Sesshomaru.
Naraku kept dodging Sesshomaru's Bakusaiga knowing that if Sesshomaru gets him with that he would more than likely die. Inuyasha was sick and tired of it all, she just wanted him dead already.
"Kagome, come over here and climb on my back! We need to get him with a double whammy" Inuyasha said going over to her friend. She then looked over at Kazunari "Think you can help Sango and Miroku with these stupid demons?"
Kazunari nodded then leaped over to where Sango was. Inuyasha grabbed Kagome and ran to where Sesshomaru was holding off Naraku's miasma with his own demonic aura. Sesshomaru looked to where Kagome and her were and snarled them
"Inuyasha get away from here! Go back to the castle now!" He thundered as he flew over to where they was.
Inuyasha shook her head at him "Don't be stupid" she said then bared her fangs at Naraku "Ready Kagome?"
The priestess nodded as she readied an arrow. Inuyasha felt Tetsusaiga pulse as she got it ready for her adamant barrage, but just as she was going to strike at him she saw Naraku laugh, and sent shards of bone armor right at Sesshomaru, managing to wound him. She watched in shock as the pieces pierced his body
"No" the female silver-inu whispered, as she saw her powerful mate gritting his teeth as he fell to one knee. Inuyasha looked up to see Naraku laughing as the armor on his arm stretched into a long sharp bone blade, his gaze on Sesshomaru. He was getting ready to give him the killing blow.
Inuyasha snarled and ran over to Sesshomaru "Now Kagome!" the female silver-inu yelled "Adamant Barrage!" and thousands of shards sprang out of Tetsusaiga.
"Hit the mark!" Kagome called out as one sacred arrow flew across the air towards Naraku. Naraku gritted his teeth as the combination shattered his barrier and speared him forcing him to retreat.
"Byakuya now!"
Inuyasha frowned when she heard Naraku yell an order.....but to who? Naraku was retreating. She walked over to Sesshomaru who stood up after yanking the last bone shard from his body, wincing and glaring at her
She flinched, knowing he was pissed at her for not listening. Just when she was about to touch him, something pricked her neck. She frowned when she touched the area and pulled out a very small needle.
Immediately she felt groggy and weak. Her mouth went dry as she tried to take another step but her body wouldn't listen to her
She could hear people shouting her name but they sounded far away and dim, like someone calling out to her from a dream. Inuyasha blinked once before closing her eyes and was unable to open them. She didn't even feel herself hit the floor
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"Inuyasha!"
Just as Sesshomaru reached to grab her, his body jerked from the force that Naraku impaled him with one of his tentacles. He tasted his own blood, and turned his face to snarl at him.
"You lost Sesshomaru" he gloated as another tentacle reached out to wrap itself around Inuyasha. Her body was limp, her delicate neck exposed as he dragged her to him.
Something snapped inside of Sesshomaru. The sight of his mate in Naraku's grasp pushed his demon to the edge and for once he didn't fight it. He allowed himself to let go of his humanoid form and transform into his true demon form.
With a roar he slashed Naraku in half as if his body was made of butter. He was a pure blood demon from an ancient and powerful bloodline: He was almost humiliated that he allowed himself to forget that.
Sesshomaru looked down to see that Naraku had let go of Inuyasha and she now laid unconscious on the forest floor. Her sweet face pale and turned to one side.
Sesshomaru moved so that her small form was now under his large form, no one was going to get her and live. He summoned his demonic energy, making the very trees in the forest groan at the amount of power he was projecting, but he was through.
He was done playing games with the miserable excuse of a demon: Naraku's first mistake was assuming that he could ever defeat the great Sesshomaru.
He was in a demon class that was only second to the very gods. His second mistake was to challenge him on his lands. The idiot didn't realize that as long as Sesshomaru was stepping on western land soil his powers escalated ten folds.
He growled at him and let out a massive wave of poison at him, feeling satisfaction when his eyes widen in shock, when he realized that his poison was stronger than his miasma.
Lastly his finale mistake was targeting Inuyasha.
After being alone for many years, living in solitude, never knowing the pleasure of a gentle caress, always accompanied by the emptiness inside, he should have realized how foolish a move that must have been...to try and steal the one person who brought him joy and pleasure.
He has suffered the indifference of a mother who was as cold as ice and the loss of a father who he couldn't understand, and to have the one person he has waited for years to be ripped away from him?
No.
Naraku was going to find out that a mated demon was a force to be reckoned with
Inuyasha was his strength. From the moment that he saw Inuyasha as a female, all connections to the male she used to be vanished. In his mind the male Inuyasha died and ceased to exist. The Inuyasha she is now is his mate. From the moment he saw her angelic face, her cat eyes and her petite body he knew that she would be the one thing he would kill and fight to keep by his side.
Naraku was struggling to keep a barrier up so Sesshomaru reached out and took another swipe at him. He had to finish him off soon, he was losing too much blood, and his eye sight was getting a bit hazy. Naraku's barrier came down finally, he kneeled on the floor panting, and his eyes wide open in surprise.
He looked to his right and snarled making his reincarnation stand in front of him. Did he really think he would hesitate to kill them both?
Sesshomaru felt Kagome's arrow whiz past by him, it hit the reincarnation right in the chest purifying it instantly. The next arrow lodged itself in Naraku's chest making him grunt in pain before he screamed as the purifying light engulfed him.
Sesshomaru reverted back to his humanoid form "Bakusaiga!" he hit him with the power of his sword and with that ensured that he stayed dead.
The only thing left of him was the partially finished Sacred jewel.
It was done.
He rushed over to the fallen form of Inuyasha grimacing in pain as he kneeled by his mate and took her in his arms
"Wake up Inuyasha" he said shaking her a bit.
He wanted to see her golden eyes look up at him. Needed to know that she was unhurt and safe. He looked at her neck and saw the dark red ring from where the needle had pricked her skin. He leaned down and licked her neck tenderly as he shook from the lack of blood.
"Lord Sesshomaru!"
He looked over to see Kagome, Sango and Miroku making their way towards them
"We have to get you back to the castle, you've lost too much blood and we need to get Inuyasha to a healer" Miroku stated
Even though he knew it was the wisest thing to do, he couldn't help the feral snarl that erupted from his lips as he felt someone try to pry his mate from his arms.
Sesshomaru held her closer and tighter to his body, protecting her from anyone who would try and take her. He knew Naraku was dead, knew that they both needed medical attention, but he would be damned if he let anyone take her from his arms right now.
Summoning all of his reserved strength, he got up and leapt into the sky taking her small body with him, ignoring the cries of protest from the humans below. His only thought was getting her somewhere safe and to a healer to bandage up their wounds.