Next Move
A soft moan escaped Kagome's lips as she slid into the hot spring. For awhile, she soaked in the water, trying to keep her mind blank, trying not to dwell on the predicament she was in, but she couldn't put it off any longer. In the next chamber over, a dangerous fox guarded her only escape.
What am I going to do? She wondered with a troubled frown. The water splashed as she reached for her back pack. Pulling it close to the edge, she rummaged through looking for her shampoo. Pulling out a few wayward items, she paused on the bottle of ink and paper talismans, her mind working as an idea took form.
Miroku had been trying to teach her a couple things. Recently, they had practiced some binding spells.
Glancing at the opening of the chamber to make sure the kitsune wasn't spying on her, she laid the paper ofuda as flat as she could on the stony floor and quickly scrawled the appropriate characters.
Finishing up her bath, she changed into a fresh set of clothes, and surreptitiously hid the paper in her sleeve.