Asunder
It was over. They had finally defeated the ugly demon wannabe that called itself Naraku. They were battered and bruised, but they had made it out alive and achieved their goal. The site of the final battle was deeply scarred; the aftereffect of the fight. Trees were uprooted and a thick layer of slime and debris covered everything in their path. True, they were victorious, but the damage was done. He surveyed his pack with haunted eyes. Sango was unseeingly supporting a sagging Miroku who had not stopped staring incredulously at his palm, once occupied by a fatal void. Shippo, Rin, and the fire-cat were huddled together, clinging to each other for comfort and security. Sesshoumaru and Jaken were nowhere to be seen, but he could still feel his half-brother's unsteady aura so he knew he couldn't have gone far. The mangy wolf stood to his right, mimicking his movements as he assessed his own decimated tribe.
Shaking himself from his surveillance, he turned to study the head of their rag-tag group. Kagome was standing as though in a trance, staring at the accursed marble they had finally attained in whole. The blasted piece of rock had ruined so many lives and caused so much suffering. He had once desired it for himself, the overwhelming yet corrupt power singing to his incomplete demon blood, begging for release. Having witnessed the malfeasance it had caused and now that Kikyo had been returned to the ether, he could only look upon the Shikon with revulsion. He shifted his focus to the face of the woman he called his best friend and studied her intense focus. It was up to their Miko to end this once and for all.
He watched as she mobilized from her musings and became emboldened. His ears twitched as she began to speak, but he could not understand the words. He started toward her, but he was rooted in place as if being contained by some unseen force. He growled in frustration as his efforts to reach her were thwarted and his unease grew. They'd come too far to have her taken from them! Suddenly there was an explosion and the land around them was covered by a brilliant light. He flattened his ears to his head after the initial thunderous assault and he focused more intently on the place where Kagome stood. His inhuman tawny eyes absorbed the sight of her hair as it floated around her, defying gravity. She was glowing with a gold and silver hue as her mouth moved. He tore his gaze from her person to seek where the jewel had rested in her palm, eyes widening in shock as he watched it splinter as though it were a mirror shattering and then pulverized into nothingness. He watched raptly as Kagome reached out in front of her towards something he could not see. It was then that Inuyasha heard something that made his hackles rise and his eyes began to bleed red.
"Oh! But, what of my companions? What will happen to them? They are my family too!"
He didn't hear the response, as a sudden piercing pain struck him. He roared as his blood began to boil and an itching sensation began working its way through his body. His eyes slammed shut as he felt his bones begin to throb and his skin began to feel tight. He started to salivate as his fangs twitched and shrank into his now human mouth. His glorious white hair was slowly turning to gray and then to black. He opened his bark-brown eyes, fearful as he lost all sense of the smells and auras around him.
"KAGOME!" came his loud cry as she was suddenly whisked through the air and disappeared. He was beginning to lose awareness, blackness was enveloping his vision. Now blind, he became aware of the sensation of flying before he was thrust upon the hard, unforgiving ground.
He lost all sensation of time as he lay on the cold earth. As his senses returned and he blinked slowly he realized that he was in an unfamiliar place. He sat up gradually, expecting excruciating pain and was stunned when there was none. Gingerly, he rose from the ground and got unsteadily to his feet. He looked down as he noted the odd sensation of something soft upon his feet.
"Why the hell am I wearing shoes? Wait! Jeans too? What the hell is going on and where is Kagome? KAGOME!" he shouted to no one in particular.
"Mommy, why is that strange man yelling at the birds?" He turned, hysterical towards the source of the voice to see a small boy and his mother walking through the park. A park with street lights and cars. Oh, ! This was… he was...
"Don't make eye-contact, sweetheart, just keep walking." The strange woman looked at him with concern before averting her eyes and ushering the child down the sidewalk and away from him as quickly as possible. He was in Kagome's time.