Chapter 38: Macabre
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Kagome's fingers trailed along the barrier's edge following it to the cry she could hear nearby. Her eyes focused on the surrounding blackness, she failed to notice faint pale blue leaking from probing fingers.
Kagome barely made out the outline of a small bundle of clothe before she tripped over it. Kneeling down, her hand firmly pressed against the wall as she used the other to draw the sobbing bundle towards her.
Gaara straightened, a bolt of lightning traveling up his spine as he sharply turned away from battle to glance towards their charges, safely buried in a hollowed dome.
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