Seven Sins

"I win." Kagome said, smiling at Naraku's disbelieving face. Look away from him he looked down at her stomach and saw a glimmer of pink, before her eyes fell shut.

"No!"

Looking around all she saw was darkness.

'That was a pretty brave thing you did. Brave, but stupid.'

And realization hit Kagome, as did the pain. Gasping, she fell to her knees, holding her stomach. Breathing deeply, she looked around. She should be dead. And, she wasn't an expert at death or anything, but shouldn't she not be feeling pain, let alone her Pride?

'You're not dead.'

"Wish I was." Kagome said between breaths. Not only was the pain in her stomach excruciating, but the pain in her chest was agonizing. And everything else just felt numb.

"What happened?" Kagome asked, taking a deep breath.

'You killed yourself, I got back into your body before you passed, I healed you as best as I could, and I transported you back to your friend's house-Inuyasha?'

Groaning, Kagome did the best she could to be happy. She was a live. But Inuyasha would probably kill her. Or Sango… Miroku… Sota… Pretty much everyone would kill her.

"Naraku?"

'What about him? You didn't even hit him.'

"I meant," Kagome grounded out through clenched teeth, "Where is he?"

'Oh, well, he's still down in his dungeons, planning his next move. He can't track you anymore because you're in the house.'

"Where am I?"

'In the house, the library too be more exact.'

"Where am I now?"

'Oh, well, you're dreaming. Kinda. It was a dream, then I interrupted it, so now it's more like you're in my dreams.'

"Fun." Kagome said, before fading away.

Darkness, pain, nothing had changed. Except now Kagome couldn't even see herself. It was complete darkness.

"Kagome?"

Trying to open her eyes, she found they were too heavy. "Uh?" she said instead, wincing at the pain in her stomach.

"You're awake?"

She couldn't tell who it was, all she knew was that who ever it was hadn't been expecting her to answer. "Uh huh."

"God, Kagome, what were you thinking?"

"Hurt." She said simply, hoping that the pain she was in would stop whoever it was from the lecture that was sure to come.

"Of course you're hurt damn it! That's what happens when you go in blindly!"

'It's either Miroku, Sango, or Inuyasha.' Kagome decided, ruling out everyone else because, the old guys would ask about the fight, Sota wouldn't cuss, the moms would ask if she was all right, and Inutashio and Sesshomaru would tell her what she did was reckless and stupid, but in a nice soft way.

"Loud."

Quiet. Whoever it was didn't anything to say to that. Suddenly, she felt the coolness that was laying on her eyes, and realized that a wash cloth was on them.

"Eyes." A second later the wash cloth was on her forehead and off her eyes. Slowly, she opened them, and saw that it hadn't been Inuyasha, Sango, or Miroku, it had been all three of them.

"Hi." No one said anything, and Kagome took that as a sign that they wanted details.

"Won." She said, slowly. "Won." "Won." "Won." "Lost." She said, leaving them to figure it out.

"What's that-" Inuyasha started but Miroku, answered him, having figured it out. "She won against Kanna, Kagura, Yura, and Koga, but lost against Naraku."

She slightly nodded her head, showing he was right.

"Stomach?"

"You're stomach was bad, really bad." Sango said, and an image of Naraku's hand digging around her stomach came into her mind. "But we stopped all the internal bleeding, and stitched you back up."

"Heart?"

"The blade never touched your heart, if it had then you would have been dead for sure. But it came close. But we fixed that too."

"How?" Kagome asked, her voice still sounding rough.

"They used their spiritual power."

"What were you thinking?" Miroku asked.

Kagome looked over at him and couldn't help but smile. "Check mate."

"How'd it turn out?"

Kagome didn't answer, instead just looked into Miroku's eyes, letting him look into hers. Then suddenly, he went kinda pale, and Kagome knew that he knew that she had almost killed herself.

"Sorry." She said to Miroku, leaving the others in the dark.

"Why?"

"To win."

Miroku looked at her, confused, until slowly, he started realizing what she meant. "Kagome…"

"What? What's going on?"

"Nothing." She said, still looking at Miroku, silently urging him not to tell anyone about what she almost did. As soon as he nodded his head silently, Kagome looked back at the other.

"You ok?" she asked, looking at Sango, then Inuyasha, and finally Miroku.

"We're fine." Sango said, looking down at Kagome's stomach.

"Everybody?"

"Better now." Miroku said. Kagome nodded, letting her eyes close.

"Tired." She said. And with that she fell back asleep, completely exhausted.

Naraku paced back and forth, furious.

She almost died. She would have killed herself if not for Pride jumping back into her body at the last instant.

Which meant that she wasn't the push over he was hoping she'd be. Which meant, that if he didn't get Pride soon, he'd have to wait another 15 years, because Kagome would die before she let him have it.

"Damn!" he yelled, stopping his pacing.

"Naraku…" Koga said, stepping back away from him.

"Now what?" Yura asked.

"We could just go attack her." Kagura suggested.

"Or wait till they're sleeping."

"No. We don't go to her, she comes to us." Kanna said softly.

"There's no way she comes back." Yura said.

"She has to, she still has Pride and we still want it. If she doesn't then she knows we'll hunt her down. She'll come."

"Yes, but we want her to come at our terms!" Naraku said, looking at Kanna.

"Then invite her. Not here though. It has to be somewhere with plenty of room for our army, and away from everything."

"When should we invite her?" Koga asked.

"Tomorrow. Pride can heal her injuries, so she really can't refuse."

"What if she doesn't come."

"She will."

Kagome sat up, groaning at the pain in her stomach. Though it was now just a little twitch here and there, it still hurt, and she was still sore.

"Kagome."

Kagome looked over at the library's door and saw Sota there with a note in his hand.

"Yeah?" she asked.

"There's a letter here for you." Looking at the letter that was in his hands, Kagome had a bad feeling.

"Whose it from?"

"No clue." Sota said, walking up to her and handing it to her. There, on the envelope was her name written in all capital letters.

'Kagome: Tomorrow at noon, Blue-side Valley, bring some friends if you'd like. Don't be late. Feel better.'

Kagome shivered as she read the last sentence. Naraku. Looking up she saw Sota looking at her.

"Everything ok?" he asked, trying to peak at the letter.

"Yeah."

Kagome woke up the next morning, feeling 100 percent better.

'Thanks!' she said silently, knowing the Pride could hear her.

Throwing off the blanket that had been on her she quickly moved over to a table, grabbed a scrap piece of paper and started writing.

'Miroku, you're the only one I'm telling about this, and you can't tell anyone. I'm telling only you because, well, there are plenty of reasons, but the most important is that you'll understand. Or at I hope you will. Miroku, I'm going to die today. That's the only that this will end. I tried yesterday, to finish it, but Pride healed me before I passed on. I'm really sorry. Don't worry though. Ok? Anyway, I got to go. Thanks so much though, for everything. Love ya, Kagome.'

'Inuyasha, Sorry I left, again, and sorry I'm telling you through a note. But if I told you in person you'd stop me, and you can't stop me. I'll see you later. I love you, Kagome.'

'Sango, What can I say? I'm really sorry I'm leaving again, really truly sorry. But I have to. I'll see you later. Love ya, Kagome.'

'Sota, I miss you all ready. I'm sorry I left again, but I had to. Don't worry about me. I'll be fine. I'll see you later. Love ya, Kagome.'

'Everybody, Don't worry. Be back later. Love ya, Kagome.'

Kagome felt her eyes tear up, looking down at the letters, knowing that she was lying to everyone, everyone but Miroku.

Rubbing her eyes, she folded each letter, leaving them on the table, before quickly going down to the kitchen, knowing that if she was quick, she would be able to leave before everyone was awake.

Quickly she got into a drawer and pulled out the aluminum foil. Ripping off a sheet she crumpled it into a ball, and closed both her hands around it lightly.

Quietly, she mumbled incoherent nonsense, waiting as she felt some of Pride's power go through her hands and out onto the ball.

Looking down, she opened her hands, and saw the perfect replica of Pride. The surface was smooth, and the ball was pink, and it gave off a pink glow.

Perfect.

Miroku, Sango, and Inuyasha entered the library, laughing, but stopped when they saw Kagome was gone. Sango, quickly looking over at the table felt her face go pale as she saw letters on the table.

Moving over to hers, the guys followed her. Miroku looked down at his letter, reading and re-reading it, making sure he was reading it right, and hoping he was wrong.

"Kagome…"

Kagome looked down at her watch and took a deep breath. Noon. Focusing on nothing but Blue-side Valley, Kagome felt Pride do the rest, transporting her there.

Opening her eyes, she saw that she was on a cliff, and looking down, Kagome felt her eyes go wide and her heart stop.

Hundreds of Thousands of demons stood beneath her, waiting for her, to kill her.

"Aw, Kagome, you made it!"

Kagome scanned the crowded, looking for Naraku, trying to ignore all the other voices and noises. Finally, she found him, and narrowed her eyes.

"Brought a few friends have you?" she asked, feeling herself shake.

"Well, I told you too bring some. Oh well…" Taking a deep breath, Kagome looked down at herself.

One vs. Millions. Grabbing her only weapon, her sword, Kagome shook her head. If anything this helped her plan. Looking over the edge, she took one last breath before jumping off, bringing her sword down on the first demon she saw once she was safely on the ground.

And then she was off. Moving at lightning fast speed, swinging her sword so quickly that she realized what she'd done a moment after she'd done it and while she was in the middle of the next move. Blocking and Killing all in one, getting hit with everything from arrows and swords, but still going, nothing really stopping her. There were cuts all up her arms and legs but she ignored them, moving further and further into the group of demons, slaying them with a swing of her sword.

After what seemed like an eternity, a demon finally struck her leg, sending her crashing back to reality. Looking up at the sky she could see the sun slowly setting, and new that it was time.

Looking around she saw that a lot of the demons were either dead or dying on the ground, and that, even though she had to of killed thousands, there were still so many left.

She continued to fight, though not nearly as well as she was before. As soon as she had some more cuts on her she finally stopped.

"I give!" she yelled, watching as all the demons continued on her anyway.

'Come on, come on, come on…' she thought, squeezing her eyes close.

"Stop!"

Kagome let out the breath she'd been holding and opened her eyes to see Naraku coming towards her, Koga, Kagura, Yura, and Kanna right behind him.

"What did you say?"

"I give up. I'll give you Pride on two conditions."

Naraku didn't say anything.

"One, you leave my friends and family alone. Two, you release the people in the dungeons and you leave them alone too."

"That's all?" Kagome nodded, looking down at her feet.

"Fine. Give me Pride."

Nodding, Kagome reached into her pocket and pulled out the replica.

"Here." She said, tossing it through the air. Naraku caught it, effortlessly, and examined it carefully.

Smiling, he took out the chain and stuck Pride in it. "Finally!" he said, watching as it glowed.

Kagome, taking steps backwards, smiled. She'd been right. The power of the other medallions would feed off the little power she'd put into the replica. When all the power was sucked out of the replica, the other medallions' powers were still being sucked out, the chain would malfunction and explode.

"…Naraku?" Yura asked, pointing as the chain stopped the light glow of the colors and instead became a bright white.

The power of the medallions together, even without Pride, would no doubt, blow everything up in the near vicinity.

"What's going on? What did you do?" Naraku asked, glaring at Kagome.

Kagome looked between a pissed Naraku, a scared Yura, a confused Koga, a worried Kagura, and then Kanna, a small smile on her facing, a knowing smile.

"Boom." Kagome said. And then the white grew bigger and bigger till it surrounded everything, and then a loud and powerful boom from the chain.

Kagome closed her eyes, wincing at the heat the washed over her, until a familiar pink washed over her body.

And then there was nothing.

Kikyo looked up quickly as she saw her sin flying through the wall and back to her.

She gasped quickly, before looking around and she saw that saw that everyone else's sin came back to them too.

"Kagome…" the words left her lips before she could stop them.

"Come on, let's get out of here." Kikyo said, breaking them out of their shocked states.

Everyone nodded, then concentrated, until they were gone in a glow of color.

"Idiot. Stupid. Dumb."

Kagome opened her eyes, seriously surprised that to find herself looking up at the ceiling that she knew only too well.

'Your welcome.'

Kagome shook her head, confused.

'Well, I transported you out of there at the last possible second. Don't get me wrong, you were still just hanging on, but I healed you, and well, the other medallions came, and they healed you too and…your welcome.'

Kagome just smiled, sitting up.

"You are the most irresponsible, idiotic, stupid, girlfriend I've ever had."

Kagome smiled, but ignored him.

'Naraku?'

' He's toast.'

'So I-we-ended up killing the bad guy, saving the day, and staying alive. Pretty good if you ask me.'

'Yeah, pretty good.'

Smiling, Kagome looked over at Inuyasha.

"Are you going to say something?" Kagome thought for a minute, before leaning in to give him a quick kiss.

"Boom." She said, watching as he smiled.

"I'm still mad."

Another kiss. "Boom."

"Sill mad."

Another kiss. "Boom." She said, smiling.

"…yep, still mad."

"Inuyasha!" she said, laughing, standing up, and leaving him behind, leaving him to catch up to her.

The end! I hope you guys liked that. My fingers are killing me now. Especially my pinky. Anyway, yep, that's it. I hope you guys liked this chapter. And I really hope you guys liked the story. Took a while, but I'm done. Read and Review. Till Next Time…