Chapter 85

"Sesshoumaru's seal may be gone, yet…I sense another resting within you…"

Kagome ducked her head, avoiding both demons' gazes.

A stunned expression flickered across the great tree's barked face. "This news does not surprise you."

She shyly shook her head. "Before…" she flicked a quick side glance over to Sesshoumaru, "Magatsuhi…I came across a priestess, Hitomiko, who believed my true powers had—have—been sealed; as evidenced by my powers only truly revealing themselves whenever I fire off sacred arrows."

"Are you not concerned?"

"Not necessarily," she solicitously replied, "but how can I miss something that I never knew existed?"


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