The Demon Child Amaya

Chapter 23

Lightening crashes in the sky as Naraku and Amaya stand across the court yard not taking their eyes off each other, “So tell me Naraku, how does it feels to face someone who you know will kill you? You must be scared knowing you are about to go to hell,” Amaya smirks.

“You talk big, but can you back it up? I’m not dead yet,” Naraku says.

“Fine then enough talk, let’s fight,” Amaya says and then charges at Naraku, her claws ready to tear into Naraku’s flesh.

“Why are we letting Amaya have all the fun? We should be helping her fight Naraku so we can kill Naraku,” Inuyasha says.

“We had many chances to kill Naraku,” Sesshomaru says. “And as much as I hate to admit this, each time we failed, allow Amaya to have her chance. She is a proud demon, if we interfere we may hurt her pride she is doing this for us after all.”

“I guess you’re right,” Inuyasha says.

“Don’t worry Papa, sister is going to get rid of that evil man,” Rin says.

“That’s right, Papa, just like Father said, Amaya is doing this for us and she is much stronger as well, she will win,” Shippo says.

“I know but I don’t want her to get hurt,” Inuyasha says. “Even though she is in a grown up body she is still a child.”

“Clam down Inuyasha,” Kouga says. “She is your daughter she will be just fine, I can see it in they way she is fighting right now, she will not go down without one hell of a fight.”

“Thanks Kouga,” Inuyasha says.

Sesshomaru places an arm around Inuyasha and kisses his head, “If she is any real danger we will interfere okay?”
“Okay,” Inuyasha says.

Meanwhile Amaya and Naraku are fighting; Amaya has now brought out her sword same as Naraku. Naraku has managed to in flick small cuts all along Amaya’s body, whereas Amaya has managed to cut deep into Naraku’s body. “This is getting tire some, girl!” Naraku growls. Amaya smirks but then watches as Naraku shots about thirty tentacles out of his body and towards her, they wrap around her and start to squeeze. “I’m going to pop you like a balloon,” Naraku laughs.

“I think not!” Amaya growls and then closes her eyes to call upon the power of fire; after a second fire lights up Naraku’s tentacles and shots down to burn Naraku.

“You bitch!” Naraku growls as he lets go of Amaya; Amaya lands on her feet and charges as Naraku her sword out front; she then pierces Naraku’s heart.

Amaya smirks when Naraku screams in pain and blood drips from his mouth but then suddenly he starts to laugh, “What the hell?”

“I don’t have a heart you pathetic half-breed, nice try though,” Naraku says and then thrusts his sword into Amaya’s stomach.

Amaya gasps and blood escapes her mouth, Naraku pulls the sword out and Amaya falls to her knees. She faintly hears her name being shouted, everything seems to be going in slow motion for her, and she looks over to see the worried faces of her friends and family. Just then the faces of her brothers, Misaki, Daisuke and Ryuu, she could see Ryuu looking down at her and holding out his hand to help her up when they would train and she would fall down, “You okay?” he would ask. Amaya looks up at him “we all fall down, but you just have to get back up.’ ‘Big brother I am going to grow up and be as strong just like you, nothing will keep me down!’ Amaya’s eyes harden as those words echo throughout her mind, she then hears her Papa yelling for her to get out of the way, she looks up to see Naraku bringing his sword down to end her life. Amaya rolls out of the way just in time she then jumps up and jumps over Naraku to stand in front of everyone, “I need you all to take over for me, don’t ask questions you all have to distract him,” Amaya pants she looks over her shoulder to see everyone nod. “Papa, be careful remember you are with pups,” Amaya says. Inuyasha nods, “Rin, Shippo I want you two to go back to Ah-Un, he can protect you, this is not for debate, go now,” Amaya says.

“But,” they both argued.

Amaya looks down at then hard, “do as I say, please we can’t fight at our fullest if we are worried about your safety, do you understand?” Rin and Shippo nod before walking away.

“So Amaya you can’t beat me so you are getting reinforcement?” Naraku laughs.

“Not really, I just can’t be selfish to let myself be the only one to take credit for killing you, after all everyone wants a little piece of you,” Amaya smiles. “Go have fun everyone,” Amaya smiles and watches as everyone charges as Naraku. She waits a while before sneaking inside the castle. Once inside Amaya grabs her stomach in pain, she places a hand on the wound and pulls away to see that it is still bleeding badly. She uses the wall to help her walk, she looks into every room.

“Can I help you look for something?” A voice comes.

Amaya looks up to see Kagura standing in the hall with her fan opened, “I believe you already know what I am looking for,” Amaya says. “Also there is a boy here, Sango’s brother, I am looking for him.”

“I will help you if you help me,” Kagura says.

“I already am, Kagura,” Amaya says.

“Then follow me,” Kagura says and then leads Amaya to a room where Kohoku is sitting, his eyes lifeless. “If you remove the shard he will die.”

“I know, but I plan to not let that happen, Sango was saved and I will save him,” Amaya walks over to Kohoku and sits in front of him. “Kohoku, I know you can hear my voice, and I know you are scared of the memories you will have to face, but you have too. Nobody blames you for killing your village; it was Naraku who did it, not you. Naraku is the only one at fault; you know that, Sango knows that, everyone knows that. The only way I can save you is for you to realize this, I am going to release you from Naraku’s spell, you will focus on my voice and my voice only, and I am going to heal your body so you can live without the jewel. Know focus on my voice,” Amaya pulls Kohoku into a tight embrace and begins to chant a healing spell. Kagura watches as they both begin to glow pink, Kohoku seemed to be doing well until he suddenly starts to scream in agony, but Amaya never lets up and continues to chant while rocking him back and forth, then the glowing stops Amaya removed the jewel and Kohoku’s screams begin to get worse and he also starts to cry. “Kohoku, focus on my voice, not Naraku’s. Naraku killed your village not you, you are innocent, you were brainwashed to believe you did it so you would hate yourself and Naraku could then control you, Kohoku, trust in my words, just in your sister Sango who is fighting for you right now, who never gave up on you.” Amaya continues to whisper those words into Kohoku’s ear until finally Kohoku stops screaming and his tears begin to lesson. “You are free my friend,” Amaya says. “You are loved now and you never have to be alone again.”

Kohoku looks up at the angel holding him, “who are you?”

Amaya smiles, “I will explain later, right now you have to listen to me, you remember Rin do you not?”

Kohoku nods, “Lord Sesshomaru’s ward.”

“No his daughter, but she is just beyond the castle going west, I need you run with all you got and meet up with her, tell her Amaya sent you and that you are now free, she will take care of you until the rest of us can join you,” Amaya says, she then grunts in pain and clenches her stomach.

“Your bleeding, we need to get you to a healer,” Kohoku says.

“You’re a sweet boy, but rights now do not worry about me, we are fighting Naraku right now you need to leave and I need to stay here, do not argue with me, go now,” Amaya pushes Kohoku towards the door, “do not let anyone see you.”

Kohoku looks down at Amaya, “Thank you so much for everything.”

“Your welcome, now get going!” Amaya yells Kohoku nods and runs off.

“Do you need help?” Kagura asks.

“No, I need you to get yourself and Kanna out if here as well, tell the kids that I sent you, if they don’t believe me give them this,” Amaya hands her the jewel shard that she took from Kohoku. “I will get you and Kanna’s heart back once Naraku is killed. Now point me to where I need to go and get out of here, I don’t want you in the middle of this.”

“Amaya,” Kagura looks down at the child now adult on the ground. “Thank you.”

Amaya smiles, “you can thank me once you officially have your heart back,” Amaya says as she slowly gets up.

“Also before I leave, I’m sorry I attacked your Papa,” Kagura says.

“I know you didn’t want to just like you didn’t want to hurt all those innocent people, but with Naraku having your heart, I understand and you are forgiven, but you also will need to apologies to everyone else once this is all over,” Amaya say.

“I will do so,” Kagura says. She then tells Amaya where she needs to go and leaves the room, she walks down the hall and to where Kanna is, “Sister we have to go now.”

“Where are we going Kagura?” Kanna asks.

“We are being freed,” Kagura says.

“We are?”

“Yes, Amaya has freed us.”

“But I do not feel my heart.”

“That’s because she has yet to kill Naraku, but soon we will have them back.”

“I don’t know.”

“Trust in me Kanna, I wouldn’t put you in danger if I didn’t have one hundred percent faith in Amaya.”

“Alright,” Kanna says and follows Kagura out of the castle and towards the forest. Once out they found Kohoku being hugged by Rin, she clears her throat to announce her arrival.

“Kagura? Kanna? What are you girls doing here!” Shippo growls.

“Amaya sent us, she told me to give you this,” Kagura hands over the jewel shard. “She wants us to go with you she is going to free us, when Naraku dies we will have our hearts back and we will not longer be under Naraku’s control.”

Shippo looks at Rin who looks at him and then at Kohoku, “She was with Amaya when she helped me so I believe her,” Kohoku says.

“Alright, but if you try anything, you’ll be in big trouble,” Shippo says.

“Agreed,” Kagura says.

“We are going to head back to Kaede’s,” Rin says. “Everyone will meet us there.” Everyone nods and the children get on Ah-Un while Kagura and Kanna fly on Kagura’s feather.

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Amaya gets up off the floor and sees a small puddle of blood where she was lying. ‘Damn I am still bleeding; I have to hurry before I pass out from blood loss.’ Amaya stumbles to the door and into the hall; she goes down a couple more before entering a room that is heavily masked with miasma. Amaya uses the wind element to blow away the miasma so she wouldn’t inhale the poison; she walks into the room towards a cradle, she looks inside to see a baby sleeping, it has purple hair and when the baby opens his eyes they are purple as well. Amaya smirks, “Naraku’s heart, his one weakness and the sure way to kill him is to kill this infant.” Amaya leans down and picks up the infant, she cradles him in her arms, he doesn’t cry he just stares up at her. “I know you can talk, you are Naraku’s heart and I have to kill you, you must have something you wish to say.

“You won’t kill me,” the infant says.

Amaya raises and eye brow, “oh? You think I won’t?”

“No I don’t, you are too kind hearted to kill an infant even if I am Naraku’s heart and the only way to kill Naraku,” the infant says.

“I will kill you,” Amaya says.

“Then do it.”

“Oh not yet, Naraku will be watching when I do it. You are the one mistake Naraku ever made; he made himself extremely vulnerable when he placed his heart into an infant just so he wouldn’t feel human emotions. What a fool and now it will be the cause of his death,” Amaya begins to walk out of the room, she gasps when her stomach contracts sending pain throughout her body.

“You are in pain, why not die so the pain will stop, the bleeding doesn’t look to be stopping so you will die anyways, why not making it painless,” the infant says.

“Because you bastard, you aren’t dead yet,” Amaya says. “Now please be quiet.” Amaya continues to make her way towards the court yard, he vision blurs for a moment but she stops and takes a few deep breaths before continuing.

“How are you going to live with yourself for killing an infant? You are just a child yourself after all.”
“Because you are not living being that was born into this world, you are only a vessel that hold Naraku’s heart, like a vase that holds a flower, that is all, I may be a child, but I know that much. I feel bad for you the infant that has a conscious mind, but you are innocent of all wrong doing and because of that once I free you from this curse of a life where you will never grow unless it is by magic, and you will be reborn into this world where you will be loved and cherished,” Amaya says. “You will remember nothing of this but I promise you, you will be happy.” Amaya looks down when she infant doesn’t reply to see that he is looking at her, he says nothing and looks away. “I promise, I will make it quick and painless, you have my word.” Amaya finally makes it to the door that leads out into the court yard, she opens the door to see the Sango and Miroku are bleeding and on the verge of passing out, Kouga was also bleeding and looking tired, Inuyasha wasn’t bleeding much to cause worry but looked tired as well Sesshomaru was the only one the didn’t look affected but you could see his breathing was heavy. ‘It’s now or never, you can do this Amaya,’ Amaya walks out, Naraku is about to attack again when Amaya yells, “Naraku I wouldn’t attack if I were you.”

Naraku stops and looks over to the main door to see Amaya holding an infant in one arm and a sword in the other. His eyes grow wide, “you wouldn’t!” He yells.

“You know the infant said the same thing, but I already made up my mind and I am going to, care to test me?” Amaya says.

Naraku growls, “You bitch!”

“Yes Naraku, I am a bitch, putting your heart in an infant was not smart, yes no one would kill an infant, but to those who would, an infant is so vulnerable. Not very smart,” Amaya says. She looks over to see everyone staring at her. “The reason why we haven’t been able to kill you is because you don’t have a heart and therefore you can’t die, but if we kill your heart then you too will then die,” Amaya says. “What’s the matter Naraku you look nervous? I thought you said I wouldn’t do it?” Naraku just growls. “It’s over Naraku, you die here and now!”
“NO!” Naraku yells and charges at Amaya.

“Amaya holds up her sword to the infant’s body, she leans down to the infants ear, “I’m sorry, child, but you are now free, may you find peace, love and happiness in the next lifetime.” Amaya looks down to the infant to see him smile and close his eyes, Amaya then runs her blade through the infant in a single deadly blow.

Naraku stops and clenches his chest and screams in pain, “You stupid bitch!”

Amaya lays the infant’s lifeless body down and glares at Naraku, “Everyone you ever hurt, everyone who is under your control, is now free!” Amaya walks over to Naraku’s now kneeling body, “And now we free this world of you, forever.” Amaya’s fingers glow green and just as her poison whip bursts out and cuts Naraku’s body in half, Naraku’s right hand digs into Amaya’s open stomach wound. Amaya’s eyes widen and she looks down at the hand in her stomach, she watches as Naraku smiles and then his smile fades as he drops to the ground, dead. Amaya reaches down and remove the hand and drops it, “everyone rejoice as Naraku is now dead,” Amaya smiles.

Sango falls to her knees and cries, “my village is now avenged.”

Miroku looks at his right hand where the wind tunnel was to see it know gone, tears of joy run down his face, “thank Buddha.”

“Kikyou is now avenged,” Inuyasha cries.

Kouga just smiles as he remembers all the comrades he lost to this war, “finally it’s over.”

Sesshomaru just nods; meanwhile Kagura and Kanna’s eyes widen and they place their hands on their chest as they feel their hearts beating once again, they hug each other and cry, “We are free at last.”

Back at the castle, the castle disappears and they are now standing in an open field, the sun shining down upon them. Amaya smiles as she watches her family and friends rejoice over Naraku’s death, suddenly pain shoots up her body and she grunts trying to hold in her pain trying not to ruin the happy moment, she looks down to see a puddle of blood around her and her stomach wound is now black and purple with black ooze coming out, ‘Fuck the bastard poisoned me.’

Sesshomaru looks away from his happy mate towards Amaya who has just turned away from them, he body trembling, he could smell blood and poison, a lot of it, he didn’t think anything of it because blood was everywhere from everyone and the poison was from Naraku or what was left. “Amaya?” He asks. Everyone stops rejoicing and looks over at Amaya.

“Amaya, thank you so much,” Everyone says.

“If it wasn’t for you Naraku’s death wouldn’t have happened,” Sango says.

“Thank you for freeing me,” Miroku says.

“You all…very… welcome,” Amaya tried to hide the fatigue and pain from her voice, but it doesn’t work.

“Amaya are you alright?” Inuyasha asks.

“My stomach just… hurts… no big deal… it will heal,” Amaya get’s out before she falls to her knees and then to the ground unconscious.

“AMAYA!”

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