AN:// Thx for the reviews people who reviewed!! I was kinda worried about this fic seeming weird or awful. =( But since at least one person likes it, I'll write until either I finish or ya'll tell me to quit. Ja Ne and enjoy! =)))))))))))))))

At the end of the hellish place sat a young girl. Her normally vibrant red hair seemed dull and lackluster compared to the blood surrounding her. This time I did vomit. These bodies were utterly undistinguishable as human they were so hacked up. Intestines were threaded through holes in te skin that had been flayed from flesh. Skulls were split in two with thte brain being ripped in two and shoved through gouged out eyes. I vomitted again before stumbling towards the girl.

When I reached ten feet of her, she looked up at me in a feral hiss revealing fangs and emerald cat eyes. Black ears lay pressed into her red hair. She was a hanyou...a neko hanyou.

Instead of recoiling from the hiss, I reached out my hand. "I've come to help." Fat tears rolled down her face as she nodded. I truly felt sorry for her in that instant, sorry and respectful. The fact that she'd seen her family like this and still stood to do what was needed spoke volumes.

"Go to the clearing just east of here, there are two demon children. Tell them I sent you and then take a bath." She nodded "I'll Say prayers for their souls." She nodded again for me to continue. "Wait until dusk before returning to bury them, you'll see why." She nodded for a final time and took off.

I, on the other hand, sobbed and began my task. I completed just as Shippou burst through the trees. By then my clotes stank of putridness but I knew there was still much to be done. There were fifty-three graves that needed to be dug, then again, the animals deserved a resting place from the horrors they suffered.

"Shippou, you and her dig the graves. We need seventy-seven." They simply nodded and tried to ignore the gore around them. Sesshoumaru and I, however, started carrying the desecrated bodies over as soon as they finished the first two.

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The sun had nearly risen by the time Sesshoumaru and I lowered in the last of the bodies. The young hanyou girl and Shippou had gone back to bathe while we finished up. I wanted her to be clean and comfortable when I asked her about what went down.

"Miko-"

"My name is Ka-Go-Me." Normally I would've shouted but I was too tired.

"Kagome, why did you help this girl?" His voice-now unable to hold the coldness in its usual degree-was soft and slightly slurred.

"She needed it...besides no human could do that type of damage." I started to stumble as we walked but was caught by Sesshoumaru's arm snaking around my waist.

Blushing, I looked up at him after he didn't immediately release me. Despite te blood, dirt and sweat covering his face, his Elven features were beautifully strong.

"We need to reach my castle soon." He sounded tired in more ways than one. I understood how he felt. A sinking feeling told me this catastrephe was related to our current issue.

We finished the trek in silence and made it just as the sun did. At least without a pushy Sesshoumaru I could talk to the poor girl.