"Why would anyone put themselves through that?" Suffering a broken heart when your partner died was one thing, but a broken soul? Kagome wasn't sure she'd be able to handle that.

"Were you not the one who claimed it is better to spend as much time with a loved one, no matter the consequences?"

She felt her cheeks heat. She had said that, but that had been back when they'd been fighting Naraku, and no one was sure they'd live to see the next day.

It was also the excuse she'd given her mother every time she jumped through the well.