Dog May Cry

Loss of Innocence

Note: Angst scene ahead. A bit gory too.

Desolation, that word summed up the scene that was in front of them. Brick, wood, stone and other various other substances were strewn out before them, some in piles and some littering the ground. At any rate it looked like a tsunami hit minus the water. The only thing left standing besides the well was a giant tree sticking out like a sore thumb around the rest hilltop. Kagome stared at what she thought was her home. Many questions raced through her increasingly panicky mind. 'Is this really my home?' 'Did the well send me somewhere else?'' Where is my family? Oh god! My family!'

Fear struck her heart at that thought but when she tried to shake it off it came back three fold. As Kagome had her little mental breakdown, Dante lost his patients quick. His highly sensitive nose led him to one particular pile of ruble. He shuffled through the trash and other various things of no real importance until he came upon his finding. By this time Kagome had calmed down enough to notice Dante's little expedition. When she thought he found what he was looking for she crossed the yard to him and looked over his shoulder, fearing what it was. It turned out worst than she could imagine. Dante had found… A snickers bar? Kagome whacked him across the head.

"Dante you idiot, you're screwing up the mood!" Kagome scolded.

"Well I can't help it if love chocolate. Do you know how hard it is to find anyone who even knows what that word means on this island!" Dante defended.

Before Kagome could give him another whack the wind picked up, and along with it a familiar scent to both of them. They turned towards the east and stare at another pile of debris not thirty feet away. They gazed at it for awhile, Kagome began to mentally panic again. Her worst fear may be coming true. Without thinking, she stepped towards the pile only to be grabbed on the shoulder. Twisting her head she saw Dante looking at her with a sympathetic face and shook his head. He new what she was thinking.

"I have to know…" Kagome whispered.

She shook herself free and ran the rest of the way to the pile. She dug furiously until she felt her hands getting wet with something sticky and red. She stopped her digging; there was no need to do anymore. She found the answer she was looking for. They where gone, that was it. She sat there in silence and silently sobbed for her loss, almost concealing what she had found, but Dante knew.

He could smell the blood, the tears, the pain, and the sorrow. He could also see something or more like sense it. The light that had surrounded Kagome was dimming rapidly. He wanted to go comfort the girl, tell her things would be alright. But it wouldn't do any good. Nothing would be alright again, better maybe, but never alright. He let out a heavy sigh of helplessness.

He concluded that standing there wouldn't do any good so he started searching around for something, anything unusual in the already unusual pile of destruction. It didn't take him too long because he almost fell into it, literally. Laid out before his feet were four crevasses in the ground. All starting at one point small, then spreading out and enlarging as they went out. All of them pointed to where the house obviously used to stand. It couldn't have been an earthquake, the rest of the earth would be damaged as well and tornados didn't leave this kind of mark. The wind did smell strange here. Whatever it was it wasn't a natural cause. Someone or something had done this.

Kagome had stopped sobbing for the moment and stood up to go for the well. She didn't want to stay here. Before she climbed in she noticed her red clad companions staring at the ground. She looked down herself but couldn't believe what she saw. That was it. That was all her mind could take. Dante rushed towards her right before she passed out. While on her way down she was able to mutter "Inuya…"

Dante caught Kagome before her face hit the ground and heard her barely audible mumble. He wasn't really sure what to do but he did know that this was the last place Kagome wanted to wake up at. He picked her up bridal style and carried her through the well to put her with her friends and to take a break himself. When he came out the other side, he rushed back to the village and to the old woman's house that Kagome had spoken with earlier.

When he arrived he saw that everyone had fallen asleep but they all seemed to be on edge. Screaming to wake them up was unnecessary and not his style. He simply kicked the side of the door lightly and they all sprang into dreary battle stances. In another situation he would have laughed but this was no time to make jokes, even he new that.

The Sango, Miroku, Kilala, and Shippo, and Kiade all jumped quickly to face whatever attacker dare face them. But they soon saw it was that new friend of Kagome's holding an unconscious…Kagome! Wordlessly, Dante laid Kagome on a spare mat and lay against the wall next to it and closed his eyes to relax. But before he could come close, his ears where bombarded with shuffling feet and many questions.

"Hold up, one question at a time!" Dante exclaimed.

"Very well, I'll ask the general question. What happened?" Kiade asked.

Dante rubbed the bridge of his nose. He was tired, confused, and irritable. But he figured they wouldn't leave him alone until he explained. So he told them what they had seen on the other side of that god forsaken well and Kagome's reactions. When he was finished everyone sat in silence for a time till Miroku asked

"Was there anything that could explain what happened?"

Dante thought a moment then replied "Yeah, I think so. There were these four gouges in the ground aimed at the house. The air smelled kinda funny around there. Then when Kagome saw them she said something like 'Inuya' or something then passed out."

Everyone gasped at this new information. They looked between each other till a very confused Dante piped up.

"What? Do you know who did it?" Everyone nodded and Miroku stated simply. "Inuyasha"

"Oh"

"Inuyasha has really joined Naraku, why I can't fathom. There is nothing to do now until Kagome wakes up." Kiade said.

Everyone agreed and settled down into an uneasy sleep. Everyone except Dante that is, who was out like a candle in seconds.

Sorry guys for being so late. I'm a slow writer and my internets been down for so long. I hope you liked the story changing chapter. Please don't flame me for this but Kagome needed a real motivation for what I'm planning. See you in who knows how long. –Sigh-