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Numb. That was how he felt. A horrible burning feeling .He was desperate to keep

something out of his mind, to avoid realizing what he had seen by not knowing it and yet it

lingered there, trying to worm its way into his thought to reak havoc on his emotions.

And then it all came screaming back to him, breaking through the wall in his mind and

continuing to shatter the fortress he had perfected. All of his feelings broke out and started

screaming.

" KAGOME!!! "

Barely aware of his legs, he was by her side and only then did he take a real look at her. Oh,

God. Blood was absolutely everywhere, draining out of her body as if deserting it. She was flat

on her back, her head to the side, her hair fallen around her face. He felt sick, heaving at the

sight of the huge open gash in her side. Kagome was hurt. No, more than that. She was dieing.

The scene around him froze. His entire world stopped. All sound slowed somehow to a dull

roar in his ears. He could make out perfectly the sounds of her heart, beating painfully, slowing,

and then ..

Stop.