Someone to protect

Chapter 12

We set out to find Naraku and thanks to Kagome being able to pinpoint his exact location, it was no hard task at all. Rin, Shippo and Ah-Un stayed behind at my mother's castle so they're out of harm's way and seeing the dense miasma surrounding us, it was a good decision. The demon slayer and the monk seemed to have some sort of a protection mask on their faces and were dealing with the miasma just fine. My only worry was for Kagome's safety, but even there I needn't have worried. The sacred aura surrounding the priestess tickled my arms as I carried her in the direction she pointed at and purified the miasma instantly. A sense of pride rose in my chest as the clean air hit my nose, she sure has grown.

When we arrived, Naraku was already waiting for us. His words washed around me without any meaning, I did not come here for chit-chat. I could hardly see anything through the thick miasma. I set Kagome down and immediately set out for an attack. For the first time though, it felt like we were a real pack. I just faintly realized the presence next to me as a huge boomerang shaped weapon flew by me cutting off his escape route from one side, while the monk was covering the other one with an opened wind tunnel in his arm. I stroke right from the front as he covered his body in disgusting tentacles just to block my blow. From the corner of my eye I saw Kagome as she ran towards the side of the battlefield. She kneeled down to something that I didn't pay any attention to but when the dust settled, I noticed the silver through the dirt. The half-breed was lying motionlessly on the ground, clearly unconscious. She then turned to the side as I saw the dead priestess crawling towards him with a badly wounded shoulder, the scent of blood hitting my nose.

I dodged the attack from Naraku and cut through another set of tentacles as I more felt than saw the aura from Kagome reaching towards the dead priestess in an attempt to heal her wound. It seemed like she had experience in doing that and I figured, it wasn't the first time Inuyasha put her in a position like this. She didn't seem worried though. I didn't feel any negative emotions as my aura brushed against hers in reassurance, even though she clearly didn't need any. I set my attention to another combined attack on Naraku to let her do her thing.

"How convenient, I get to kill them both at once."

"You won't lay one of your disgusting tentacles on her."

I saw Kilala grab onto the unconscious half- breed and threw him to the side so he wouldn't get caught up in the fight and I internally smirked at the rough treatment he was getting.

I stood my ground firmly and any demons he tried to send at Kagome ended their life by my blade. She didn't even blink, focusing completely on her task. I was slightly irked, that she dropped her guard by that much, yet as the battle progressed and the demons attacks kept on being focused more and more on her motionless figure as she healed the dead priestess, it came to me. She didn't bother with distractions, because she believed in me. She put her trust into me and the demon slayer with her monk so completely; she left herself totally defenseless in front of her worst enemy.

It was evident that Naraku saw that as well, as his brows furrowed in frustration. She was so close, defenseless yet so far away from his reach. "Interesting," he said as he watched me protect the priestess behind me.

The battle was easy because of the great work the demon slayer and the monk were doing so protecting Kagome was only a minor task for me. I always thought of humans as useless in fights between demons, but they just kept proving me otherwise. Miroku's wind tunnel was a strong weapon and even after he had to close it off because of the poisonous insects, his sutras and fighting ability were killing demons left right and center, not to mention Sango, who certainly earned her title of a demon slayer. I charged at Naraku once more, cutting and slashing away at his made up body, my mind cleared of worry for my pack, they were a capable bunch. However, try as I may, the finishing blow was escaping me. The snake kept finding loopholes from which he kept escaping his nearing death. It all ended when a sacred arrow swished next to my ear, caressing my cheek with the warm light and found its way right into Naraku's left shoulder. We all turned to Kagome, who stood by Kilala, who had the dead priestess over her back and ran towards where she threw the half-breed in the first place. Kagome was standing tall in her fighting outfit, her bow in hand and aiming another arrow at Naraku.

His face changed spitting nasty words on her accord as she sent another arrow into the right side of his monstrous body purifying it in an instant.

"You little wench!"

His whole attitude change as he noticed the power of her arrows, his reactions clear that he was trying to flee again.

"I won't let you this time!" she exclaimed and closed her eyes. The power surrounding her arrow grew to sizes I have never seen before. I just stood and watched in awe as she charged up the arrow, her aura begging to be released. I snapped out of my gaze, when she finally opened her eyes and released the arrow.

"Everyone! Follow up on Kagome's attack!" I cried out as the dragon strike surrounded my sword and I released it so its aura danced around the charged arrow, seconds later even the demon slayers and monks attacks joined in and Naraku had no place to hide.

His agonizing wails of pain and a black Shikon jewel laying on the ground in a cloud of dust were the only signs that this time, the attacks actually hit.

Monk quickly looked at his hand, where once the wind tunnel was, tears spilling from his eyes.

"It is over."