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After some time, the sun was nearly gone and Kagome was still nowhere near familiar surroundings. She sat down on a nearby bench and put her head into her hands.

She murmured to herself, "What are you doing, Kagome?" Not long after she said that, she began to cry once more. She had no means of getting home and she wasn't up for walking aimlessly at night. Perhaps if she stayed in one place, Shippo would look for her eventually.

"God, I am such a mess," she whispered. She wasn't sure why she was crying.

She was just so tired.

The rustling of the leaves did not make her look up, but the unmistakable aura of a demon sure did.

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