Chapter 36: Perturbation
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Kagome's last year of traveling to the past had taught her at least one lesson, sleep lightly.
She bolted upright that night, her cocoon falling away as wild eyes attempted to adjust to pitch black. The darkness of the night was aberrant.
The silence of the desert put Kagome's nerves on edge, not even a rustle of hollowing wind reached her ears although a steady thrum of rising energy battered against the very edges of Kagome's awareness, a warning.
Kagome quickly slipped from her layers, calling out to the others.
A terrified sob was the only sound that called back.
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