Chapter 81

[Flashback Conclusion]

Given his incredibly astute demon senses, there was no doubt in her mind that he could see more of what had transpired on the upturned, carnage-riddled stretch of ground than she ever could.

Expectedly, Sesshoumaru then turned his hard, assessing gaze to her. "Where is the half-breed," he demanded, "Where is Inuyasha?"

Slouching in weariness, Kagome tearfully sniffled, unabashedly wiping her face with her blood- and dirt-crusted shirt sleeve.

"Gone. They are all gone!" she wailed, curling pitifully into an angst-ridden ball.

A consoling little girl and the presence of her indomitable Inu-youkai Lord became the grieving miko's only comfort.


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