Demon Guardians

Demon Guardians

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. So fuck off!!!

Warning: This story does contain sexually explicit scenes so if you dont like it please dont read.

Last Chapter: Kikyo learned that Naraku intercepted the Calling Circle and prevented Inuyasha from being her companion. She was slowly being taken over by evil and Naraku took the Sacred Jewel. Inuyasha had some fun with Kagome and slept the night away in preparation for the final battle.

Chapter 10: The Final Showdown

'They are coming,' Kikyo thought as she sat on Naraku's bed. They had just finished making love, or what he called making love. She had been his slave/comapanion for 70 years and she was tired. There were perks to being mated to a demon like the ability to age the way they do but that was about it. Since she was a teenager she felt his evil aura trying to take over but luckilly her miko spirit was able to keep that from happening. But Kikyo was growing weary of fighting with the two sides of her personality. She wanted to give in to one or the other or just end her misery all together.

She felt her savior coming though, Inuyasha, her real companion.

" Kikyo," Naraku called re-entering the room. She lifted her head enough to see his dark prescence enter through the doorway and she fought not to cringe. Her body knew him well, loved his cursed touches, but her spirit was not so kind. It could never forget the intense feeling of mistrust and betrayal that she felt when he confessed his true intentions. She would never forget or forgive him for it.

" Can you feel them coming Kikyo?" he asked

"Yes Naraku," she replied meekly. "But perhaps the better question is, are you ready to fight them?" Naraku laughed softly and went over to Kikyo standing between her legs. She simply sat and looked into the dark eyes of her oppressor, her evil master.

" I do not fear Inuyasha," he replied simply. " But I can feel your spirit my dear Kikyo. Do you actually think that Inuyasha can somehow save you?" Kikyo looked away from his piercing gaze. He felt the hope in her heart and that was not a good thing. " And why would they want to save you? You destroyed the home of his companion and lover along with that you destroyed all of the villagers except for your sister. When they arrive they will want to kill you as much as me."

" But I didn't want to do those things!" she shouted angrily. " You made me do those things. You put those suggestions in my head and I could not resist you! I didn't want to destroy my own home. I never wanted any of this." Kikyo felt the tears rushing down her cheeks. He was right though. They would want to kill her as well as Naraku. Maybe she could talk to Inuyasha and he would save her.

" They can't save you Kikyo," Naraku whispered in her ear as he pressed his body further between her legs causing her to feel his arousal through his robes. " You have destroyed any chances that you ever had of being saved. And even if you had not, what will happen if they destroy me? You will die as well or be thrown into eternal insanity because unfortunately for you we are bonded together and not you and Inuyasha. You are mine Kikyo." Naraku untied the sash holding Kikyo's robe closed and opened it to expose her immaculate body. He dipped his head low and captured a nipple in his mouth sucking on the hardened nub.

" No!!" Kikyo yelled as she slapped Naraku away and scrambled away from him into the middle of the bed.

" You dare defy me?" Naraku said quietly. Kikyo hopped off the bed in an attempt to make it to the door but Naraku grabbed her leg causing her to fall to the floor. Kikyo screamed in frustration and anger as she felt Naraku's body cover her form. His robe was open and his arousal was pressed along her buttocks. " On your knees wench," he commanded. Tearfully, Kikyo raised her body on her knees and Naraku swiftly entered her tight opening. She gasped at his entry because she wasn't ready for his size. He continued to thrust into her and eventually her body grew slick to accomadate his massive length.

Kikyo felt moans coming because he was hitting her spot ever so forcefuly. They had been together for almost a century, so of course he knew how to make her scream his name. " Say my name my little miko," Naraku purred in her ear. She shook her head in defiance. Kikyo was determined not to give him the pleasure of her moans and screams. She bit her tounge until she felt the metallic taste of blood. His thrusts were getting harder, she felt her orgasm rising. She wasn't willing to let him hear her scream so she took her intense pleasure in the form of a small sigh. Naraku slid out of Kikyo but she remained on the floor facing away from him.

" I think it is pitiful how you wait for them to save your soul my little miko. You destroyed your home and killed your very friends and family. How will they ever believe that you meant to help them? That I forced you to do those terrible things against your will? They would soon kill you first and ask questions later. Think about that when you choose a side," he warned.

" I would rather help them and die then continue to help you and live, Naraku," Kikyo spat.

" Ah, that is if I let you help them." And with that he walked away leaving Kikyo to cry silently on the floor.

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Shippo sat quietly on my shoulder as we stared at the ominous looking building looming in front of us. I felt my heart beating heavily inside my chest. I knew that we were in some serious shit now. The final battle was apon us and we had not choice but to be ready. " You don't think its a bit suspicious that the castle appeared out of no where?" Miroku asked timidly.

" Are you afraid monk?" Inuyasha teased. I glanced over to him and saw that he was excited about this battle.

" No," Miroku protested bravely trying to calm his fears. " I was only pointing out that this is probably a trap."

" I know its a trap," Inuyasha said. " He is waiting for us. He has been leaving signs for us to follow on our whole journey just to get us to this point. There will only be one victor and it better be us." Inuyasha turned towards the whole group and looked us all in the eye individually. " But just in case this is the end, I'm glad that I got to know each and every one of you." Everyone nodded their head in agreement and we started towards the huge double doors. As soon as we got close enough the doors opened and a dark mist flowed from inside. I clutched my bow and arrow tightly in anxiety and proceeded to follow Inuyasha inside the castle.

The castle was supiciously empty with no monsters or demons but it was also huge. " Where do we go?" Miroku asked. Inuyashed growled in annoyance.

" Shit. We gotta split up. Sango, Miroku, Sota, Kouga and Shippo take the left side while Kagome and I take the right. If it gets to dangerous try to meet back up with us."

" This group seems a bit uneven Inuyasha. Let me and Kouga come with you," Sota said confidently. Inuyasha shook his head.

" No. Go with Sango and Miroku," Inuyasha commanded.

" But..." Sota protested until Sango jumped in.

" Don't worry Inuyasha, we'll be fine," Sango said confidently.

" Yeah, I have my wind tunnel," Miroku added. Inuyasha nodded and I watched them disappear in the mist. I came next to Inuyasha clutching his arm.

" Are you sure its a good idea to split up?" I asked quietly.

" None of this is a good idea truthfully," he mused. " But we have to do what we have to do." I nodded and we went about our way searching the castle.

After an hour of searching through empty rooms we finally came to a room that wasn't surrounded by mist. Inuyasha stood in front of me and sniffed the air. " Thats weird. This air smells...clean."

" Kikyo must be near. She is still a priestess so the air in her chamber must be purified." Inuyasha took out his testaiga and cut down the door. And sure enough sitting on the floor in her priestess garb was Kikyo. She looked ethereal sitting on the floor and she radiated an air of sadness.

"You bitch," Inuyasha growled. " Don't you wanna see the face of your savior?"

" My savior Inuyasha?" She inquired quietly. " Don't you mean my murderer since you are trying to kill me?"

" No, I meant your savior. No one in their right mind would want to be tied to Naraku so I am here to save you from your suffering and your sins." Kikyo turned in our direction and I noticed something glittering on her cheeks. Were they tears?

" He is a selfish tyrant. Only putting his own ambitions in front of others. But then again, weren't you like that Inuyasha? Before you were bonded to Kagome there." Inuyasha growled in irritation.

" I was never like Naraku and don't you ever compare me to him again!" he bellowed. " I never wanted to harm humans but if they were stupid enough to get in the way of demons then they were killed. Its the naural balance of things. And I would never use a human for my own evil ends." She smiled sadly and stood up from her place on the floor.

" I was mistaken then Inuyasha, I apologize to you. But even Naraku didn't understand what he did when he intercepted my village's calling circle."

" What do you mean by intercepted? Wasn't he meant to be your companion?" I inquired. She shook her head causing her heavy black hair to sway.

" No Kagome. Inuyasha was supposed to be my companion but Naraku intercepted the call to get this, the sacred jewel. But he was not immune to the effects of the bond so he is to suffer with his emotions for me. Not a fair trade for a demon of his personality. More like the calm before the storm." Inuyasha and I stood in shock as we listened to her tell the truth. Kikyo was a victim of Naraku as well.

" If you are a victim why did you destroy our home and kill our people? How could you hurt the people who raised you? How could you?" Kikyo turned away from me looking at the night sky that was lit up by the full moon.

" I resented the village. I hated it. All the customs, everything because if it wasn't for them I would never have been stuck with Naraku in the first place. But it is not in my nature to kill. Naraku used my small shred of anger and darkened my heart so I could destroy everything I knew and once loved. That does not excuse what I have done. If I had not a shred of darkness in my heart I would never have done it. I am a priestess but I am also a human with human emotions and that is my gift and my curse."

" Well, you're right, that doesn't excuse it, so now you're going down Kikyo," Inuyasha said as he raised his Tesaiga to strike. She turned back towards us with tears in her eyes but a smile on her face.

" Sometimes I wonder what we would have been like together Inuyasha. WOuld you love me like you love her?" She opened her arms. " Strike me down Inuyasha so I can be free, so I can live and be pure once more."

" You aren't getting off that easily my dear Kikyo," a voice said. Inuyasha's ears twitched in antcipation.

" Where are you Naraku?! We have been looking for you for so long so show yourself!" Naraku appeared behind Kikyo holding her by the waist.

" No need to get impatient Inuyasha. Here I am," he taunted. Kikyo looked like a porcelain doll in his arms. He rubbed his face on Kikyo's neck and slide his tounge out to lick her skin. I was grossed out but tried to hold my composure. "tsk, tsk, Kikyo. You told them all of our secrets. That wasn't nice."

" You mean your secret Naraku," Kikyo retorted. " I have nothing to hide."

" Perhaps not. But you are not to be free of me just yet. I have been waiting too long for this. Patiently waiting to put an end to the hope of the demon seeker tribe. If you people would have minded your business you could have lived out your pathetic lives in ignorance until I killed you."

" And we might have done that if you didn't send Kikyo to destroy our village," I spat.

" Yeah, you dicked yourself over," Inuyasha added. Naraku shrugged in indifference.

" Perhaps I did. But I did find it amusing to watch my little miko vent all of her anger on the people that put her in this situation. My own pettiness caused me to make such a error."

" And here we are Naraku. So lets stop talking and fight!" Inuyasha challenged raising his Tetsaiga again. Naraku threw Kikyo down to the side and transformed into his demon form which was a huge spider. I was immediately grossed out by his form and fought not to throw up. " Get out of the way Kagome!" Inuyasha commanded. Just as I dodged out of the way Naraku came at Inuyasha and the epic battle began. Somehow I managed to find my way over to Kikyo who had managed to prop herself up on the wall after Naraku threw her.

" Are you okay?" I asked timidly as I looked over her body for wounds. She smiled sadly.

" He has done worse to me little Kagome. That little toss was nothing," she mused. I was going to comment again when I heard Inuyasha growl. My attention was drawn back to the battle and I saw Inuyasha on top of the huge spider stabbing his torso with his powerful sword. " He is putting his heart into it for you Kagome," Kikyo said.

" Its not just for me. Its for everyone including you. I bet Inuyasha feels guilty for not being able to save you from Naraku." Kikyo smiled.

" I believe that this was meant to happen to me. Like fate or something. I could have handled the whole situation differently and this never would have happened. But instead, I chose to feel sorry for myself and allow my resentment for the situation fester until it ended in me destroying my village. I am no better than Naraku." Kikyo stood quickly then and took my bow and arrows. " And it is for this reason that I must kill Naraku." My eyes grew wide in fear when I saw her determination. She began to walk towards the battle but I grabbed her robes.

" Stop this Kikyo! Inuyasha can save you! We can save you! When Naraku is dead we can explain everything to Kaede. We can tell her it was an accident, that you were being controlled by Naraku and his dark passions." Kikyo shook her head and raised her hand. I saw sparks of fire erupt from her hand and i was suddenly hurled towards the wall unable to move.

"No Kagome. I have been a part of this whole thing. I was the one who did all of those terrible things. If you were to ask Kaede to read my face she would say that she saw my sincerity. I did destroy our village and I took great joy in doing so. She will never forgive me and even if she could find in her heart to do so i couldn't forgive myself. And as far as Naraku's passions go, his passions were my passions. I was groomed to be a priestess from childhood so I could never just be free to do what I liked and Naraku gave me that outlet. He fed on my dark passions so maybe he was meant to be my companion. We were meant to be together so I must be the one to kill him so I can die too. I can never be as I was, I am evil. Good Bye Kagome." Kikyo turned her back on me and walked towards the fray that had only just intensified while we talked. I tried to muster the strength to be free of her enchantment but there was no way for me to save her. I watched as she lifted the bow and arrow and aimed for Naraku's heart. Her arrow struck true as the pink arrow wizzed past Inuyasha and struck Naraku. The moment it hit him, Kikyo fell to her knees with a pool of blood pouring from her heart.

Naraku fell to the ground with Inuyasha in front of him bloodied and battered. " You bitch," Naraku spat. " I am your companion! You should not be able to kill me!" he screamed in pain. Kikyo now had blood dripping from her mouth and I could feel that her death was near.

" It is because I love you Naraku that I was able to kill you. Now, die and have some peace."

" We are damned to hell you idiot. Now we shall burn in its flames for all eternity." Kikyo smiled as she fell to the floor staining her white robes.

" Eternity isn't long enough to atone for our sins. Burning in hell is getting off easy." She closed her eyes and I watched as her chest rose and fell for the last time. Naraku let out a scream of agony and fell to the floor with his body disappearing in a cloud of ash. I felt tears running down my cheeks as the enchantment left me and I was standing on the ground. I still wished we could have saved her because no matter what her reasons for destroying our village were she was deeply sorry for it and that would have been enough for me.

Inuyasha walked over to me and held me closely. " I wanted to save her," I confessed to him as I cried into his haori.

" She made the choice for us. There was nothing we could do. Just take peace in knowing that she saved you, me, and the world. That is her way of apologizing. And you should just accept it," Inuyasha said.
I nodded in agreement and let him go. He picked up her body and we walked towards the entrance of the castle.

At the entrance we saw Sango, Miroku, Sota, Kouga and Shippo waiting for us. Sango ran over inspecting our wounds. " Are you two okay? We heard the battle and were trying to come over as quickly as we could but by the time we got there the demons stopped coming and we assumed the worse."

" As you can see we are fine. We have to bury Kikyo before we head home. I'll be back," Inuyasha walked off to the nearby field leaving the rest of our group in shock.

" Why didn't you leave her in there? She was trying to kill us," Miroku interjected.

" Yeah and she killed Ayumi," Shippo said.

" She told us the truth about everything and she was the one who killed Naraku not us," I explained. The group stood in shock again. " We owe her at least this." Just as I finished my sentence Inuyasha came back over to us with a thoughtful look on his face and he pulled me into his arms.

" It's over now. Let's just go the hell home and try to rebuild whats left of our lives." The group nodded and we silently began to walk back the way we came towards home. I felt the urge to look back at the ominous castle and i saw nothing but forest. I sighed in relief. No one would ever remember the horror that we lived through and Kikyo would not have a place to haunt. Her spirit could rest in peace. I turned back towards our destination and I snuggled closer to Inuyasha. All was right with the world. Well, at least all was right in my world.

TBC.....................

I kno u guys are pissed as shit at me for taking so long to get this out. And i apologize but here it is. Up next is the finale then two bonus chapters are after this filled with lemony goodness. Be sure to stick around and enjoy.