Grass bent beneath his feet as he made his way back to that long ago clearing. Now as before the wispy form of the woman- no child took little time to form.
She was so young.
"Little one, it is good to see you once more." She was so quiet and soft, he almost missed the living Kagome's louder expressiveness.
"Kagome." He tilted his head in greeting, smiling slightly at the first show of emotion that didn't involve an emotion akin to sorrow. But he didn't let her surprise deter him from his goal. "Tell me how is it you died?"
She was stiff and silent for a moment before laughing lightly. "You'd have been less offensive if you'd of asked me my age." He merely arched a brow.
And she refused to say anything more.