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Chapter Seven:

Awake

Six long months passed.

According to Dr. Chou, Kagome was experiencing the seven stages of grief.

The first had been denial, which lasted a week and caused her fingers to bleed and led to her breaking her leg.

Then there was only pain. Heart crushing pain - the kind that has potential to kill.

The third step was anger. The fury boiled up inside of her for two months until she finally exploded, screaming at the world for its failure.

Then there was the depression. It swallowed her whole, eating her alive for four months.

And then, finally, she woke up.