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"Kurama is not a bad person, Shippo," said Yukina. "He's friends with the people who saved me when I was held prisoner. They are connected to the Spirit World after all."
Shippo looked skeptical but quieted nonetheless. If the Spirit World was involved, he knew he couldn't do too much too Kurama lest he wanted to get in trouble with Sesshomaru.
"All of this was happening right under my nose," Kagome began, "If I just knew before-"
"If you knew before, you would have chased it and gotten into trouble sooner rather than later, Mother," Shippo interrupted.
"Hey!"
Shippo ducked the pillow that was thrown his way.
