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Last Time:

There was a sudden burst of bright light from my palms and Naraku leapt off me. "Witch!" He hollered at me before he ran back toward the town screaming 'witch' over and over again. I brought myself back onto my feet and attempted to examine my hands. They were no longer glowing, and didn't feel warm anymore. I had no idea what had just happened, but I did know what was about to happen.

This Time:

By the time I made my way back to the village, everyone was awake. The entire town was gathered around a fire, and Naraku was telling everyone that he had discovered that I was a witch. It was completely ridiculous, but since I had no other way to explain what had happened I couldn't set up an argument for myself. I had seen a few other cases where women had been called witches, and it never ended well for the women the charges were against. As I got closer to the group they moved slightly away from me, but I could hear what they were saying.

"Ever since she got here my cow's been skittish, poor Bessie hasn't been giving as much milk as she used to."

"What other reason would she have to be out on the full moon?" I looked up at they sky and he was right, it was a full moon. I hadn't even noticed before.

"My cat disappeared right around the time she got here."

"She blasted me with a bolt of energy." The last voice was Naraku's, he was showing everyone his singed chest.

"Will everyone calm down please?" Mirouku stepped onto the small platform next to Naraku. He was the head of the church, and therefore the head of the town.

"Kagome will you come over here." I nervously walked over to where he was standing. I could feel the eyes of the whole town boring into my back. "Why were you in the woods tonight?"

"I-I woke up, and couldn't get back to sleep. I decided to go for a walk."

"Through the forest?" Mirouku had always been nice to me, so I was hoping he would help me convince everyone else that I wasn't a witch. He had to believe me.

"I just walked through the town, but Naraku was standing at the edge of the forest. He convinced me to walk with him."

"She's lying!" Naraku cried out. I winced at the murmurs of the crowd. They just wanted someone to ridicule. I hoped with all my being that it wasn't going to be me.

"Naraku please, let Kagome finish her side of the story then you can tell us what happened." Mirouku was once again the voice of reason.

"Well we got deeper into the forest, and he - " My voice trailed off.

"What happened?" Mirouku persisted.

"I don't know." The ground became the subject of my attention as I tried to avoid the murmurs of the crowd."I know exactly what happened." Naraku stepped

forward. I could do nothing except look on as Naraku wove a web of lies. He claimed that I lured him into the forest before blasting him for no reason whatsoever. When one of the villagers noticed the stench of alcohol on Naraku's breath, the authenticity of his claims was called into question. Finally, everyone decided to give it up for the night and go back to sleep. I was so relieved to finally be able to go back to the small room I shared with Sango. Once we were safely inside, I let out the breath I didn't know I had been holding. I placed the candle on the nightstand and flopped down on the bed. I looked behind me and saw that Sango was standing by the door.

"What's wrong Sango?"

"Are…Are you really a witch?" Her voice sounded more fearful than I had ever heard it.

"No, you know me. Naraku's a drunk, and the townspeople are gullible." What I said was partly for her benefit, and partly to ease my own mind.

"You do have a point." Sango slid off her shoes and walked over to her bed. I noticed that she was still staying farther away from me.

"Let's just get a good nights sleep and everything will get figured out in the morning."

"Okay, goodnight Kagome."

"Goodnight Sango" I blew out the candle and closed my eyes, trying hard to forget all that had just happened.

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