Naraku immediately wished that everything would be as it was before. Suddenly, the castle disappeared, startling Kagome awake. She was laying upon the ground in the same tattered yukata she was wearing the morning after she encountered Sesshoumaru in the woods. "What has happened?" she cried into the night.

Golden eyes shone in the light of the moon. "Your prince has betrayed you, Kagome. He gave your pendant to the sorcerers."

"Kuronosuke would never!"

Suddenly, said man stepped into the light from the shadows under the trees. "You are nothing but a peasant? You sicken me." With that, he left.

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