A/N. A merry Christmas and happy holidays to all of you! This chapter is a late present :D enjoy!


Seventy.

Kagome felt Sesshoumaru starting to fidget beside her, but she didn't let it distract her.

Little by little, what of her power that wasn't invested into the barrier started to pool towards her palms; she let an ofuda slip from her sleeve, then pressed it between her now glowing hands. Nothing lethal, she prayed fervently; please, I just want him unconscious, not dead.

The blessed paper absorbed the gathered reiki like a sponge; then, Kagome cut sharply the link between her reiki and the vessel.

She took a shivering breath, then opened her eyes and gazed into red, angry ones.

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(100 words.)