INUYASHA THE FINAL ACT

Naraku - A Transient Wish

Totosai gazes up at Naraku's form in the sky. "You'd better come back, Inuyasha," he says, "You have inherited Meido Zangetsuha from Sesshomaru. Once you have fully mastered that technique, you can't lose."

Inside Naraku, Sango races ahead of Sesshomaru and the others. She breaks through to Naraku and tosses Hiraikotsu at him. She damages him more, but he was waiting for her and unleashes tornados of miasma. Overcome...both her and Kirara plummet into an opening in Naraku's form. Miroku goes diving after her. Before Inuyasha and Kagome can follow, Naraku closes the opening. "How about allowing them to spend their last moments alone together," he tells them laughing.

Miroku has found his way to the unconscious Sango. She awakens to the faint sound of his wind tunnel. "Good Monk, please take me with you," she pleads.

The sorrow of the couple gives power to the darkness and ultimately Naraku. He tells Inuyasha that Miroku and Sango will be consumed by the darkness within the Shikon Jewel. "I won't let that happen. I'll defeat you and end the curse of the Wind Tunnel!" Inuyasha cries and unleashes, "Meido Zangetsuha!" Unfortunately, the Shikon Jewel kept Naraku from being pulled into the path of the underworld.

As the deteriorating Naraku peers down on them from his web, Kagome asks why he continued to try and destroy any bonds of friendship or love that their group had between them. "The Shikon Jewel didn't grant your real wish, did it?" she says. After Naraku retorts, Inuyasha yells at him as well...saying, "We are both half demons with both a human and demon heart. You chose the demon heart. I refuse to let such a bastard continue to hurt my friends. Meido Zangetsuha!" This time the attack is different! The Meido was in the form of blades and chopped away at Naraku. Since the tetsusaiga is a sword that cuts, this was the true Meido.

Kagome suddenly sees the exposed Shikon jewel and prepares an arrow, but Naraku shakes the unsteady flesh-like ground beneath her and regenerates. Inuyasha swears that he will just continue to cut him down and uses Meido Zangetsuha again.

Meanwhile, as Sesshomaru and his group draws closer, the miasma gets thicker. He knows Naraku is getting desperate. "I'll just give you your last rites," he says, "Bakusaiga!" This clears a path for them. The path reunites Jaken with them as well. Thanks to the Bakusaiga, Naraku is unable to regenerate, and his body begins to disintegrate.

In another disintegrating section of Naraku, Sango, Miroku, and Kirara are rescued from falling to their death by Shippo. He gives them an antidote given to him by Jinenji. Because Naraku has been weakened, so has Miroku's wind tunnel. The young Monk is ready to continue fighting.

Returning to Naraku, Inuyasha is telling him to give it up. Naraku says, "There is something that cannot be cut by your Tetsusaiga or Bakusaiga." Kagome responds by saying, "If you mean your soul, that's why I'm here.....to purify your soul." Naraku grins and watches as Byakuya of the Dreams appears behind Kagome and appears to strike her with his sword. The blade he used was Meido Zangetsuha. "Bastard," Inuyasha yells returning a Meido attack. Byakuya slowly disappears uttering, "I have no regrets. I've fulfilled my role." Kagome seems fine, but Inuyasha wonders why the blade used was the Meido Zangetsuha. What was he trying to do?

A few moments later, Inuyasha and Kagome charge at Naraku. In fact, everyone arrives to converge on the evil demon once and for all! It's now Inuyasha, Kagome, Sesshomaru, Miroku, Sango, Shippo, Kohaku, Rin, and Jaken all fighting together!

Will this be the end of Naraku?!? Keep watching!!