This is my first fan fiction, so I would like to know if this is good enough to continue. Tell me if you liked the first chapter and replies are always welcome. I'll do more if I get positive replies and such.

The whole story is taken place after the end of the series, but the very end may be manipulated a small bit.

Chapter 1

Inuyasha, Kagome, Shippo, Miroku, Sango, and Kirara stand still as they try to gaze through the smoke that has clouded Naraku's last position because of Inuyasha's and Kagome's last attack. They expect for the battle to be won from the power felt from the attack. Then, as the smoke settles they look upon a dream, what they have been fighting against all this time is nothing there. All that is left is the ground that is now immersed in a deep demon aura.

"Finally it is over…" said Kagome is a relieved tone.

Miroku stepped up to the ground and looked around with dismay.

"Don't be so hasty Kagome" said Miroku in a dismal voice.

Kagome and everyone then appeared shocked from the news. They all walked up to where Miroku was standing and became confused to why it wasn't over. In front of them was the barely recognizably corpse of Naraku.

"Why the hell isn't it over Miroku? Naraku is obviously been taken care of. Open your eyes," shouted Inuyasha as he swatted him over the head.

Miroku faced away from the group and unraveled his hand and the Wind Tunnel began sucking in everything in front of him. He then quickly raveled in back up.

"When Naraku's power fades, the Wind Tunnel in my hand will be no more. But yet, his power must still be there if it is still in my hand" replied Miroku as he faced Inuyasha.

The rest of the group realized what it meant and began to wear grim expressions.

"Let us leave this please for now and regroup. We are all very tired and wore out from today's experience," said Miroku drearily.

At A Nearby Village

"But how could he be still influencing the world when he has been destroyed?" questioned Sango in the house that had welcomed them for a stay.

"It may seem that Naraku is such a powerful force that even after death he is able to keep in effect things he has done before. Even puppets he had created in the past would likely still be alive. The ground which has been defiled from his death may even have some significance," answered Miroku.

As they talked into the night about what to do next and how to stop him there were other rumors going about the village. When only Miroku was still awake, a small boy entered the house where they were.

"Are you the people who were fighting outside the city today?" questioned the small boy.

Miroku, who didn't realize the boy was in there, replied "Yes, and what are you doing up so late and wondering about the village?"

The boy seemed to almost ignore the question and swayed what they were talking about to the battle.

"You know, I watched your entire battle and well. I don't know why, but why did you let the demons get away?" he asked afterwards.

Miroku looked startled from the question and never remembered any other demons besides Naraku, and replied with his own question "What demons? There was only the one demon there, or at least that's all we saw. Please, tell me what you saw."

"Well, after the person in red and that other one killed that main demon there was a stream of demons that ran away from your group. They were long gone before the dust had settled though," replied the boy.

Miroku looked very pleased at what the boy had told him. He was about to wake up the others but then decided he would tell them his findings tomorrow. He then said to the boy "Thank you very much, but now you should get back to your family before they realize that your missing"

After that the boy walked away slowly and his footsteps faded from hearing and Miroku fell asleep.

In The Morning In The Same House

Inuyasha and the rest began to arise from slumber. In the night Miroku had gotten steadily closer to Sango before he went to sleep and Sango awoke to feel something she knew all too well. A loud slap suddenly awoke the rest of the group and Miroku especially from their sleep. After they were all up and about they finished off the rest of the food Kagome had brought with her from her last visit to the her time. Miroku still had a red mark on his face, but soon remembered what he had talked to the young boy about.

"Oh, yeah. A small boy came into the house last night, and he had actually watched our battle with Naraku. He told me something that may aid us in understanding what happened" said Miroku as everyone was cleaning up the food.

Everyone's attention then shifted to Miroku.

"Then spit it out already, what are you waiting for?" retorted Inuyasha.

"Certainly. He said that demons had appeared and ran off after Naraku was felled. He said that it looked like a stream and well it seems that we could've easily not seen them until they were off. This new information leads me to believe that these demons are the reason Naraku still has influence" said Miroku as he got up.

"So, then all we have to do is eliminate the demons that escaped yesterday and then he should be dead forever?" questioned Sango.

"That seems to be the most logical way to defeat him, yes. Then we can put this behind us" replied Miroku.

"Yuppie, and they should be pushovers compared to Naraku," said Shippo as he was jumping about.

"Well, at least I get to beat some more demons" said Inuyasha.

The group was now ready at this point to leave. They were pleased by this information and a new feeling of inspiration filled them. As they were stepping out of the house the same small boy from yesterday appeared out of another house, ran to them and greeted them.

"This is the young boy who came here last night," said Miroku.

The group came up the boy and they all gave him appreciation for his help.

"Do you live here in this village?" asked Kagome.

The boy seemed to ignore her and looked a little worried. He then ran off in the opposite direction and disappeared from sight. The group was confused by his actions but didn't pay too much attention. As there were leaving the village they saw one of the villagers and preceded to go up to her.

Miroku stepped up first and was about to say something when Sango stepped in front and closed his mouth.

"Excuse me, I am just wondering if you know if a small boy about half my height lives in the village?" asked Sango.

The women looked confused and shook her head and replied "There are no kids in this village, everyone here is above 18 at least"

"Oh, so the boy mustn't be from this village then. Maybe he was just traveling through here and had to leave," said Kagome at the reply from the women.

The group walked away from the women and went towards the exit of the village with Sango having to yank Miroku away from the women. After they were back to yesterday's battlefield they examined where Naraku fell and noticed that the land was still defiled and indeed, like the boy had said, there were tracks from demons retreating away from the area. Naraku's corpse was still lying there, but it was in worse off condition then the day before.

"So the boy was right. Demons were released from Naraku's body and had escaped without us knowing" said Inuyasha as he was sniffing around and filled his nose with the scent of hundreds of demons.

"The demons that had once joined with him to form Naraku had split from him for their survival, but he passed on pieces of him to them" said Miroku as he stopped examining the area.

"Looks like another long journey is for our group. But I know that it couldn't be harder than the ones we have endured" said Kagome in an inspirational voice.

Miroku then placed wards around the defiled land so that it wouldn't spread any further. After they finished up around the area the group resided back to the village to see if they could get any information from the villagers there.

Back At The Village

The group had been searching the village for a while now and no one had noticed the battle yesterday and they hadn't seen any demons near by. It was getting late and most of the villagers were going into their houses and again, the group was welcomed into the same house. Most of the group went in, but Sango stayed out to search for a little bit more. As she wondered the village she saw lights going out in the houses. Right when she was about to go to sleep she noticed someone standing up on the tallest building's roof and gazing at the night sky. Sango decided to go ask the girl on the roof if she had noticed anything. Getting up to the roof was relatively easy from a ramp like staircase. When she stepped onto the roof the girl on top immediately noticed her and turned to face her.

"I haven't seen you around here?" asked the moonlit girl.

"I've only been in the village for a short time. Ever since yesterday actually. I was just wondering if you had noticed anything yesterday? Anything that was out of the ordinary?" replied Sango with another question.

The girl fell silent and deep in thought. She eventually looked back at Sango and replied, "Last night was frightening. I remember that I was up here looking up around the village and I could have sworn to see demons go out every which way from the forest near the village entrance. They made almost no noise and they even came very close to me. That very same night, just after the demons had gone out of sight a small boy began to wander the village and had went into every house. The boy then saw me and asked me a question. He had asked if I fought some sort of demon. Then when I replied no he almost immediately left and went out of the village"

Sango knew much of what the girl was talking about since she had known the boy. "Thank you for your time. I do not believe demons will be troubling the village too much anymore though. So, no need to worry" said Sango as she got up and left for the house with the group.

Once she got there she pondered what she had been told and soon after fell asleep without disturbing the others.

So there was my first attempt. Please write reviews.