Chapter 76: Timorous
n. subject to fear, timid
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Kagome jumped and quickly spun around, one hand to her heart and another to a hidden pocket in her summer dress, a gleam of steel shinnying from her clenched hand.
She quickly released the weapon and breathed a sigh of relief when a small, pitiful meow resounded off the alleyway walls. A black cat, with a single white sock limped his way up to Kagome, weaving in between her legs, hoping to receive some attention.
"Hey there fella," murmured Kagome, kneeling down to better scratch behind his ears, "if he had asked you, what do you think you would say?"
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