A/N: Well, this is my first fanfiction, and we all know that I've read just about a million of them! (It's about time, right? Haha.) I don't even think there are 1 million InuYasha fanfics on this site…! Eh whatever. Oh by the way, the only other fanfictions I read besides IY is JtHM or… yeah, anything by Jhonen Vasquez. Though, this one is an InuYasha one! I just rock so much! ..err heh I know, "Shut up and get to it already!" So fine, here yah go!!

Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha… wahh!!! L

Summary :: The battle with Naraku is over, the shard is complete! What is to become of the heroes we've come to love and cherish? InuxKag :: MirxSang :: SessxKag

Story :: Beneath The Surface

Chapter One :: An Epic Battle

The battle with Naraku was drawing to an end, and the Shikon Shard would finally be complete, if only the shard hunters could conjure the will to attach them all. Of course, the fight so far had not been an easy one, and would leave our heroes lying without strength on the battlefield. During the brawl, InuYasha had used the wind scar several times, and received an immense amount of blows to the head, which left him feeling fatigued and dizzy. A little before this epic battle came to an end, Kagura used her ability to control the wind to beat InuYasha to the ground and knock him unconscious.

Kagura was weak at the time, and fainted after using such an immense amount of her power. Naraku noticed that he was weakening, and his incarnations were dying off. Kanna was long dead, and Kagura could be proclaimed as such. Even Lady Kikyo had been killed, and to everybody's surprise, by the bare hands of the irritated haynou that once loved this woman. She had betrayed him, though. She was fighting on the very person who pinned them against each other, his side. Upset and angry, he thrashed over to her and within a matter of minutes, she was gone.

Before Kikyo had been torn to pieces by InuYasha, she shot an arrow at Miroku which struck him in the ribs. Such a blow knocked him to the ground, but it did not kill him; it just left him unconscious, lying on the floor. Kirara darted over to the fallen Miroku, just to be attached further by Naraku. Before she could be killed, she decided flee from him, not in an act of cowardice, though. She just knew she had no way to defeat him alone, so she backed off, knowing her place, realizing that it was not her turn or time.

Cursing under his breath at such unfortune, Naraku attacked the small and fragile Shippo, leaving him hanging onto his life by less than a thread. The strike would have killed the poor dear if Sango did not use her gigantic boomerang to shield the little guy from the rest of the hit. As Naraku directed his attention towards Sango, Shippo lay there motionless, but still breathing. Since he could not move, he decided to lay there in hopes that the evil half-demon would declare him as dead, and leave him be. 'So far, so good,' he thought as the world slowly faded from his vision.

"Watch out, Sango!" Kagome called as Kohaku, her brother under Narakus spell, attempted to hit his sister with his weapon. Thinking that everybody else had been killed, the haynou sat back and relaxed and thought he was about to enjoy the show the siblings were putting on. 'How sweet, sibling rivalry!' he thought to himself. Without a sound, Kagome struggled sit up from where she had fallen. After succeeding at doing such, she silently took out her last arrow and shot it directly at Narakus heart. "Enjoy this!" she screamed, just as it hit his heart. Amazingly enough, that last arrow cut through his barrier, and struck him directly at where she had aimed.

A white streak of light, with a hint of a purple/pink color, emerged from where she had struck him, and with that, Naraku had exploded and vanished into a dark purple dust pile after letting out a bloodcurdling scream. Lying at the top of the pile was his piece of the Shikon no Tama. Suddenly, Kohaku fell to the ground, relieved of Narakus spell, but passed out. Kagome called over to Sango breathlessly, "Get the shards," and lied down, content that all of this was finally over.

Sango nodded and used her last amount of energy to walk over to the piece of the Sacred Jewel. After it rest peacefully in her hands, she allowed herself to collapse onto the battlefield to catch her breath and rest. After what seemed to be an hour of the heroes lying motionless on the grounds, Kagome dragged herself within arms reach of her closest friend, and laid her hand on top of hers. "Sango," she said in a hoarse whisper, "Sango," she tapped the top of her hand gently.

Tilting her head a little, Sango saw Kagome's smiling face, and a small smile crept across her face. "We did it," she said in a small voice, though still enthusiastically.

"Yeah, we did," Kagome smiled sadly. She knew that once the Jewel of Four Souls was complete, she would go back to her era and never see the rest of the crew ever again. She was no longer needed, and surly InuYasha didn't want her still around. 'Though, how happy could he be without Kikyo? He'd be all alone if he sent me home,' she thought morosely.

"Should we put the shards together?" Sango interrupted her thoughts.

Startled, Kagome quickly thought of a reason for her to stay a little longer. "I think we should wait for everybody to wake up before we do anything," she whispered, and then giggled, "We'd hate for InuYasha to get upset that we didn't wait for him to put it together!" Sango joined in with Kagomes chuckle, and they both sighed and allowed sleep to overcome them.

Kagura awakened a little bit, surprised that she was still living and no longer under the control of her evil creator. She looked around the area and saw so many bodies looking limp on the floor. Some of them dead, others passed out, and more of them just asleep. She was feeling quite drowsy as well, after such a fight, who wouldn't?

"I'm free…" she whispered, and fell peacefully back asleep, with a small smile placed upon her bloody face.

A/N: Wow! Chapter One is complete! Proud of me? I know I sure am! Sorry this is so short… the rest of the chapters won't be, though. Well, that's just me assuming that people are actually going to read this!