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Excuse

Katsurou immediately realized his uncle's attitude had changed. He dropped from Sesshoumaru's arm and scurried to hide behind Kagome.

"It's something I needed to talk to you about. It has to do with Katsurou's new moon..." Kagome tried to explain.

"No excuse!" Sesshoumaru roared. Rin and Kagome were stunned.

"It was of little consequence that you had put these cursed beads on Inuyasha, because he was an idiot. How could you have put these on your child, like a collar on a DOG!"

Hey guys, I must have been asleep when I tried to post last, because I accidentally posted the same chapter twice! Oops, Here is the real chapter 44. Thank you everyone who reviewed!