Tsubaki frowned, she tapped her chin thoughtfully.
"What are you holding back for? Don't you realize this is for your body, for the jewel inside of you?" she sighed.
Kagome lowered her wand, shoving it in the waistband of her jeans, "who said I'm holding back? It's always been about the jewel so I've kind of started ignoring the spews about it, besides when the baddie always starts doing that they usually die soon; I'm just waiting for my opening."
"Now who's cocky?" Tsubaki smirked.
Kagome shrugged and pulled out a folded stack of sutra's from her back pocket, "let's just finish this."
"Are you quite sure you're Kikyo's reincarnation? Sutras, really?" the dark priestess asked mockingly.
Kagome tossed them in her direction, launching herself forward as she focused her purification abilities into her hands. She pivoted quickly, wrapping her hands around her head and gripping her face, locking her arms down onto Tsubaki's shoulders.
"If I go, you come with me." Tsubaki hissed.
Reaching back, she gripped her waist as her own powers flowed through her fingertips. Movement outside the barrier drew Kagome's attention, George had his wand drawn and pointing it forward, yelling something over his shoulder at Kouga as he attempted to pull him back.
"I brought back up." Kagome smirked.
She could feel blood beginning to drip down her sides, Kagome dug her fingers into Tsubaki's head before the dark priestess' hands dropped from her waist, her body sagging forward.
Kagome released her grip, falling back as she held her sides.
"You're never going to be happy… you think I'm the only one who cursed you?" Tsubaki grunted, blood coming out of her mouth.
"I call your bluff."
Tsubaki smirked, "you caught me… but you'll never find peace, no happiness for you."
Kagome blinked lazily, she was vaguely aware of the barrier dropping and George, Kouga, and Misa rushing to her side.
Misa leaned over the body of the fallen priestess, "Kouga, will you take care of her? Make sure she can't come back this time."
Kouga nodded and grabbed Tsubaki's body, darting out of the room in a flash.
"What happened?" George asked, smoothing Kagome's bangs from her eyes.
"She went down easy… the room's kind of spinning."
Misa ran over to he potions, running back with two vials. "Here, I need to clean you up, I'm going to have to run a few tests too."
"Hasn't she been through enough?" George asked.
Kagome placed her hand on his forearm, "it's alright."
Misa walked away again, rummaging through her stock.
"I'm going to tell you everything, you're going to know the whole story." Kagome mumbled.
George glanced down as her eyes rolled behind her head and she sagged against him. He kissed the crown of her head softly, his arms wrapping around her tightly, ignoring the blood as it soaked his arms.