.o.O.o.

"Welcome, Kagome Higurashi," a woman's voice said. Kagome opened her eyes. Where was she? Last she remembered she was holding the jewel, ready to make her wish when...oh.

"Midoriko," she breathed.

"Hurry, child! You must make a wish now!"

"What-" Kagome blinked. The air around her began to fill with thick humidity, matching the urgent tone of Midoriko's pleas. She was still trying to regain her senses as she floated in an endless space of pink nothingness.

"Danger is coming and you may die."

"How? Am I not in the jewel?

"Your spirit is. Your physical body is still able to get hurt," the older woman explained. "You do not have much time."

"Okay, okay. I wish that the jewel would return to wherever it came from." Just as soon as she said it, pain shot through her chest, as if she was being burned inside out. Then Kagome Higurashi fell into darkness.

.o.O.o.