The oni chased after her, roaring angrily and accusing her of murdering his brother – which admittedly was true since she's the main reason he died but he was asking for it by kidnapping her friend.

She fell again in the dark but above her the sky was turning gray as dawn approached. She tried to rise but her foot was entangled in vines and would not come loose. In the twilight of dawn she could see the oni arrive. He bore down on her and the only thought in her mind was, "I wish Sesshoumaru was here to save me."

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