Shards of Madness

by Ayadin

Short stories based on Inuyasha, Some are funny, some sad, some cute. Formerly called RANDOM THOUGHTS, but I decided on a name change. CHAP 23! Inuyasha gets an unexpected visit from someone scary.

19. The REAL End

Inuyasha and Kagome panted as they carried Shippo through the well. Blood covered most of their body, and unshed tears formed in their eyes. Inuyasha, not injured half as much as the two in his arms, jumped from the well and ran into the house. Kagome's mother looked on in terror, as did Gramps and Sota, but no one questioned anything. They all began to care for them as quickly as possible.

Without a moment's notice, Inuyasha ran back to the well house. Going for the last time back to the feudal era, he grabbed his two closest companions, next to Kagome. Sango and Miroku were terrible banged up, but still holding out. Remarkably, they had been able to make it to the well to fend off Naraku one last time. The village had stood up, not bearing the brunt of Naraku's attacks. Kaede had evacuated much of the visitors before Naraku actually came. They were safe.

However, once Inuyasha and the rest were through the well, the world was subject to Naraku's terrible reign of terror. Yet, they could do nothing. They were too badly injured, and their only hope was in the future to find a new life. A new beginning.

888—MANY MANY MANY YEARS LATER—888

"I wonder whatever happened to Naraku. This world seems fine to me," Sango asked one day. The rest of the group nodded in agreement as Kagome and Inuyasha busted into the room laughing.

"What is so funny?" Miroku asked curiously. Unable to speak, or catch their breath, they flung a book towards him. He looked at it and collapsed in a fit of laughter. Sango too read the passage and fell down laughing. Shippo picked it up and read it aloud.

"The Legend of the Sacred Jewel" he started.

"The end of it baby," Kagome pointed. He looked at it and began to read it.

"The terrible demon Naraku was never defeated in battle, but died due to a plague that ate away at the nervous system," Shippo read. The rest of the group laughed like crazy until Shippo hit them in the head with the book.

"YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT WE COULDN'T BEAT NARAKU! THAT HE DIED OF ILLNESS! IDIOTS!" Shippo screamed as he stomped out of the room.