When we got back to the house, I was feeling terrible. Not just physically, though I did have a headache, but also emotionally. I was very angry, and so I kept telling myself that I'd been stabbed in the back for the last time.

So, when Miyako had warped us all there, Sakura and I led everyone inside. By the time I went through the door, Miyako and Steph were stunned at how big the place was.
"Kagome!" Steph exclaimed, her eyes wide and gleaming in astonishment. "When did you get so rich!"
"She /is/ in the music business, you know," Miyako said. She was trying to cover her surprise, though it wasn't so easy for her; she still looked amazed. "We were at her concert, moron!"

"Just shut up," Steph replied, sticking her tongue out at Miyako.

I laughed. "Actually, some of this money comes from our blob business." Sakura looked over eagerly.

"Yeah!" she yelled. "Our blobs rock!"
"Blobs?" Miyako and Steph said in unison.

"Yes, blobs," I told them. "They're just materialized energy. It's an alchemical process."

Miyako frowned. "Alka-what?" she asked. Steph said, in agreement: "Yeah… what?"

I really didn't feel like explaining it, and I guess Sakura could tell, because she took over for me. "Alchemical," she repeated. "It has to do with alchemy."

"Well, duh!" Steph said. "But what's alchemy?"

"Oh, my god…" Sakura shook her head, looking frustrated. I nudged her and said: "Just forget it."

Then I felt someone pulling at the edge of my skirt. I knew who it was – there was only one person I knew who was short enough to do that – so, in an immediate and subconscious response, I rolled my eyes.

"Kagome-sama?" Tsumi said, releasing my skirt and looking up at me with that cute little stare of his.

"What is it?" I asked.

"The tape. We've got it." He pointed at the guys, who were gathered around the living room television and watching all of us rather impatiently.

"Oh!" I said happily. "Thanks, Tsumi." I ruffled his hair and ran towards the living room.

"Someone's been a good spy, that's for sure," Axel muttered. He sounded extremely annoyed.

Ryou nodded sullenly. "Watch." Being the one holding the remote, he put the tape on and turned the volume up. When the images started to flash onto the screen, one by one, I felt all the blood sink out of my head. I couldn't believe my eyes. The angles were perfect. The sound was flawless.

The only bad thing about it was the content.

As my eyes began to blur, whether it be from tears or my weakening senses, the images grew worse. The tape made its entrance with an image of Sakura calling out my name, and me running to her from where Auron had put me. Then it hinted that Auron was good with lightning, it let out the fact that Auron is dead, and, finally – the worst part – gave away one of my strengths. My restorative powers.

I would have cried, right then and there – seriously; just burst into tears – if I hadn't fainted instead. The last thing I can remember, even now, is hitting the floor. I guess I was out cold after that.