(Scene change. Jaken is pulling a tarp with Sesshomaru on it. Rin is walking next to him with her mouth shut.) "Why did that girl want to attack my lord?" asked Jaken for the billionth time. "And what does she mean about 'cleansing his soul'?"

"Um.. Jaken?" said Rin timidly.

"What?"

"I heard stories back home, about Demon Exterminators. It was said that a priestess once lived in their village who could "cleanse demons' souls" too. Shouldn't we go ask one about Sesshomaru-sama's condition?"

"You're probably right. But where are we gonna find an Exterminator around here?"

"Wasn't one of Inu-Yasha's companions an Exterminator? Her name was Sango, wasn't it?"

"I think so, but we haven't enough time to scour the country for that stinking hanyou." replied Jaken.

"I think a I know where Inu-Yasha might be. He might be in the village that we passed a little while ago. He knows the village priestess."

So, with that, Jaken and Rin trudged back over to the village. Once there, they found Inu-Yasha sitting on the roof of lady Keade's house. It was Kagome that spotted them first. She made Inu-Yasha "sit" and told him that Sesshomaru's companions were coming. Inu-Yasha flexed his fingers and said "Bring it on." When Jaken and Rin approached Keade's house, they left Sesshomaru by the door, and went inside to try and find Sango. Inside, Jaken found lady Keade and told her what had happened. Shortly after they entered, Sango, Miroku, Kagome, Shippo and Inu-Yasha came in. Kagome noticed Sesshmaru lying by the door.

"Lady Keade, I.. oh!" said Kagome, first to see that Jaken and Rin were talking to lady Keade.

"Kagome," said lady Keade, "they do not come boding ill. They come seeking help." "Eh... what?" replied Kagome.

"Jaken told me that something happened to his lord. Now, he wants help reviving him."

"But what if 'his lord' is a dog-demon?"

"Than we should help all the same." replied Keade. "Now," said Keade, turning to Jaken, continue your tale."

Jaken told the others his story. When Jaken had finished his tale, Sango said,

"The priestess Midoriko was the only priestess who entirely defeat demons. She knew how to put the four parts of a soul in balance. A demon's soul is not balanced. It is this unbalance that makes the soul a demon's. Most demons today have demons for parents, so their soul is naturally twisted. If a soul of a demon of this sort is cleansed, the soul itself will disintegrate, therefore, causing a slow death of not just the body, but the very soul itself. Then not even reincarnation is possible."

Jaken's eyes went wide. "No."

"However," continued Sango. "There still might be a way to save your lord."

Jaken was almost pleading when he said: "Please do it."

Sango ignored him. "But, it takes another willing vessel. The only way to revive Sesshomaru requires a priestess to twist his soul back into it's original form. There are a few glitches, however. When a soul is cleansed, it get larger. A demon body can only hold so much after that, even attempting to revive him is useless. And, the soul must be put back into its original form and size, in order to revive the demon. If the extra amount of soul remains within Sesshomaru, it might kill him. So we need another living vessel into which to feed this demon's soul, so he will awake. But, the extra soul is already a demon's, so the vessel into whom we feed the soul must be human, and must be willing to receive the soul. An unwilling vessel would force the extra soul back into the demon."

Jaken looked desperately around the room for someone who would hold the extra demonic soul.

There was frustration drawn on Kagome's face, as though he was trying to make up her mind. She then stepped forward and said "I'll do it."

Everyone was stunned.

"I'm serious. I'll do it. We found the whole Shikon Jewel, and there is no use for me to stay in this realm. Yet, I don't want to leave. If I do it, I'll be able to stay here."

"Are you sure Kagome?" asked Sango.

"Yes. I'm sure."

"You're going to end up looking like Inu-Yasha, you know." said Sango.

"Hey!" replied Inu-Yasha.

"I mean look like a hanyou. Some people here sure are sensitive."

"I'm still doing it. On one condition. Sesshomaru has to agree to stop badgering Inu-Yasha." replied Kagome

"I'll see that's arranged." said Jaken.

"O.K then. I'll do it." said Kagome.

They pulled the tarp that Sesshomaru was on inside, and lay him on the floor. Kagome lay down next to him. She closed her eyes. Somewhere above her she heard someone say "Ready." She heard both lady Keade and Miroku chanting. Then, she knew no more. Sango observed as the monk and the lady chanted. Then, she saw a small simmering ball of light on Sesshomaru's chest. The ball grew. Then, the ball twisted itself.

"It going all right. This is supposed to happen." thought Sango.

She kept watching. After the ball twisted, a part of it broke off, and went to hover above Kagome's chest. The part still hanging above Sesshomaru sank into him. Then, the part hanging above Kagome sank into her.

Sesshomaru slowly opened his eyes. "Huh?" he said. Sesshomaru slowly sat up. He looked over at Kagome, who was next to him, and at the others. Jaken and Rin (who had been quiet all this time,) ran to him. Meanwhile, Kagome did not stir. Then, her body began to glow. Everyone looked. Soon the light died down. They could see her now. Sango was right when she said that Kagome would look like Inu-Yasha, for she did. She had his ears, except, hers were black. She also had his claws and his sense of smell. Kagome now stirred. She opened her eyes and sat up. She looked straight at Sango and asked "Did it work?" Shippo went to Kagome's backpack, which was in the corner. He pulled out a mirror and handed it to her. Kagome looked in the mirror. "Ookay..." she said slowly. " I guess it worked then." She turned to Sesshomaru.

"How are you feeling?" She didn't get an answer.

Then ..."Why did you do that?"

"Huh?" said Kagome.

"Why did you do that?" repeated Sesshomaru.

" Well, I didn't want to let you die like that. Even if you do threaten us, I couldn't let you die." Sesshomaru looked dumbstruck. After all that he had done to get the Tetsusiaga and to kill Inu-Yasha, Kagome still would not let him die. Here Sesshomaru said something that he normally would not say. "Kagome?"

"Yes?"

"Umm... Thank You.