By the time they take care of Naraku's underlings, the rain has stopped.
Everyone is exhausted, grimy, wet, and ready to retreat and recuperate.
Kagome wants to cry. She's not the only one who's irritated. While he might not show much outwardly, she can feel a dark mood rolling off Sesshoumaru like thunderclouds before a storm.
She's not ready for him to go.
There's a brief moment when their eyes meet, and in that moment there's frustration and disappointment and weariness and longing, and it's so much and so hard.
So unfair.
She leaves with her friends.
He heads west.
