Standing and attempting to get her bearings back, Kagome looked at Midoriko to find the elder miko beaming at her.
"You did quite well, Kagome. I am very proud of you." she told Kagome.
"Yeah, well... I almost wasn't able to do it. Honestly, I almost broke" she said, looking away in shame. She couldn't believe the Jewel had nearly won with such a tactic. Especially since it was something Naraku would try to use and she really should have seen it coming, or at least been used to it enough to not let it effect her so much.
"It doesn't matter what you almost did or didn't do. What matters is that you succeeded and now you need to make that wish" Midoriko reminded her.
"Right" came Kagome's reply. Her gaze steeled and her stance widened marginally. As Midoriko looked on, she couldn't help but notice that the younger woman almost looked like she was getting ready to fight someone, not make a wish and would have laughed had the situation not been so serious. She watched as Kagome closed her eyes and began to speak to the Jewel.
"I wish... I wish the Shikon no Tama out of existence" she stated with finality. Midoriko's eyes widened in surprise and her last thought before she faded from limbo was, 'Oh no...'