Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or any of it's characters or the original plotline of the Inuyasha anime/manga. Just know that this fic starts after the defeat of Naraku and, that I will twist some details from the original Inuyasha storyline to fit my purposes.

Quick warning: ****THIS FANFICTION IS WRITTEN IN FIRST PERSON.****

This fic starts in Kagome's POV but it will flip flop between her POV and Sesshomaru's POV as the story progresses. Everything will be explained as the story goes on. Thank you all so much for reading my fic. I hope you like it. :)

Update: This chapter has been updated as of 1/18/20. Thank you all so much for reading my story.

Shards, Mikos, Hanyou, and Daiyokai

Chapter One-

As I stood in an open field surrounded by my friends, my first thought was that we all dared to hope we would defeat Naraku. We all hoped that we could destroy him before he destroyed everything. Village after village had been attacked by Naraku and his incarnations. We always tried to help as much as we could but some villages didn't survive. The attacks were gruesome at best and horrifying at worst. We did everything we could for all the people we had to bury on our journey.

Close to the end of the battle, we threw everything we had at him, even Sesshomaru, as we desperately tried to bring this battle to an end. I shot Naraku with an arrow filled with all the power I could put into it. Sesshomaru and Inuyasha unleashed their attacks as well and when they all three hit Naraku… Naraku disappeared as if he never existed at all.

We were all wounded. I picked up the jewel that dropped to the ground in the place that Naraku was once standing. It was smaller than it should have been. I connected my remaining pieces to it. With the pieces that we had collected with the exception of Kouga's and Kohaku's jewel shards made the jewel only half completed. I hurried to heal everyone's wounds as much as I could without tiring myself.

I could hear Inuyasha walk up to me slowly. I turned around to show him what I had found. His face fell.

"I'm so sorry, Inuyasha. I knew you wanted it to be completed as much as I did," I whispered knowing he would hear me.

"It's alright, 'Gome. It isn't your fault. Now we have to figure out where the remaining jewel shards are. Knowing him, he may have something up his sleeve that we aren't going to like when we find the rest of the shards," Inuyasha answered just as quietly.

Sango who had been tending to Kohaku, turned to Kagome with a questioning look on her face.

"Do we have a completed jewel?" Miroku asked from his position on the ground a few feet away from Kagome and Inuyasha.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Sesshomaru sit down against a nearby tree with his right knee drawn up, arm resting upon his knee. I looked over to Shippo who was sitting close to Miroku and Sango clearly wanting to come to me but knowing that something was wrong, so he stayed where he was. Jaken was standing next to Ah-Un close to where Sesshomaru was sitting against his tree. Rin sat atop of Au-Un quietly. Inuyasha chose that moment to unceremoniously plop himself on the ground to sit.

"No, Naraku must've hidden some of them," I said, biting my lip in worry.

Miroku sagged where he sat, disappointment written on his face. Sango leaned against Kohaku's shoulder as she held him close. Kirara tried to comfort the both of them the best she could by nuzzling in Kohaku's lap. Sesshomaru showed no emotion or any kind of reaction at Kagome's statement.

"That's no big deal. We just have to wait a little bit longer until we find all the shards so 'Gome can make her wish. That means we can spend some more time with her without the threat of Naraku, right?" Shippo asked with excitement in his voice.

"Shippo's right, Kagome. We have all enjoyed having you around while hunting for jewel shards and Naraku," Sango said as she stood to walk closer to Kagome.

"Yeah, because once you make the wish on the jewel, we might not ever see you again," Shippo said ringing his hands with a sad look on his face.

"Oh, Shippo," I held my arms open to the kit once I put the jewel in the vial around my neck.

Shippo ran into my arms and hugged me tightly before climbing on my shoulder.

"I guess we should head back to Edo to rest up before finding the rest of the jewel shards," Inuyasha spoke up.

"Sesshomaru, will you be accompanying us back to Edo?" I ask Sesshomaru curiously.

"This one has been away from the Western Fortress for too long. This Sesshomaru should head back as soon as possible to see what has happened in my absence," Sesshomaru answered as he stood up and carried Rin to sit on Ah-Un.

"Lord Sesshomaru, could we please spend one more day with Kagome-sama and the others before we go back?" Rin asked as politely as she could.

"This one supposes one more day couldn't hurt, but we must get back as soon as we are able," Sesshomaru answered her sternly.

Everyone gathered their things quickly before beginning the journey back to Edo.

-A few hours later-

The group had nearly made it to Edo when all of the villagers came out of the village to check on the group. The villagers knew that it was the day that they had taken on Naraku. Sango and Miroku went with Kaede to her hut. Inuyasha trailed behind them as they left.

"Shippo, go with the others while I go bathe," I gently put the fox kit down and ruffled the hair on his head before heading off to the spring to wash up.

I walk to the spring and slowly undress before stepping into the water. I sink down all the way up to my chin and relax. A short time later I grabbed my soap and washed myself before rinsing off and grabbing the towel I had sitting on a rock next to the side of the spring. I wrapped myself with it as I got out of the spring. I grabbed all of my things and hurried behind the nearest bush to get dressed before heading back to the village as quickly as I could. By the time I got back to the village it was nearing dark and everyone had gone into their huts to hunker down for the night. I walked to Kaede's hut and walked in to see Sango and Miroku asleep on the floor. Kaede was also asleep as well, so I grabbed my sleeping bag and Shippo, who was laying on Kirara, so that he could snuggle with me for the night.