Chapter 56

A heavy, awkward silence weighed over the clearing's occupants; filled only by the slowing of the young woman's heaving breaths.

"Kagome..? How are you feeling?"

Sesshoumaru stifled an annoyed growl.

Blinking through the last of her oxygen-deprived haze she replied, "I'm alright, surprisingly..." Sitting up, she gingerly flexed the joints of her arm. "The burning sensation is receding," she explained, gaze sliding from one demon to the other, "Does that mean it worked?"

"It remains to be seen," Bokusenou replied. "Regardless, we won't subject anything else upon you today."

Sporting an accepting smile, the miko sighed in resignation and relief.


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