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Prologue: Darkness' Sword

"Kagome!!!" Inuyasha reached for her too late; she plummeted into the darkness

of the crevice created by Kikyo. Kikyo, having achieved her goal, left the others

to deal with an angry and anguish stricken Inuyasha. He tried to jump in after her

but Shippo and Miroku held him back. "Let me go!" He snarled; Sango knocked

him upside the head with her oversized boomerang to which was her choice

weapon. He slumped down; Miroku and Sango took a last look at the seemingly

bottomless pit before picking up the unconscious hanyou and heading back for

the village. "What are we going to do Sango?" Miroku asked. "We all know how

he really felt." It was a question that weighed heavily on all their minds as well

as the grief they felt for the loss of their friend. "There really isn't anything we

can do." Came her quiet reply. They were silent the rest of the way to the village.