Fifty-six.

Kagome realized that in all that excitement she had completely forgotten about the other side of the coin – namely, Jaken-sama in Sesshoumaru's bigger and stronger body.

"Oh, you're right!" She tapped her finger against her lips. "Poor Jaken-sama, he must be so scared. By the way, where did you leave him?"

"There is a hidden cave up that hill", Sesshoumaru replied softly, pointing his chin somewhere in the distance. "If Jaken has managed to control this one's body, that is where we will find him."

Kagome shivered: she didn't want a daiyoukai on a rampage that close to her village.

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(100 words)