A/n: Hahah I told my reviewers I would get this out by the end of this week, and I haaaave! Muwahahahaahah

Anyway, yeah. You can expect an Honor and Glory update probably every two to three weeks. I still have one more chapter of My Pet left to finish, but I suppose I might also do a rush job on this story because I BELIEVE it has only 2 chapters left. The finally battle and the epilogue!

Thanks for sticking this out with me!

Honor and Glory

I'm so sick of title chapters I could puke

Sesshoumaru opened one golden eye the following morning and contemplated getting up at dawn. He had spent most of the night staring at his door, as though he had x-ray vision and could spy on the recovering wolf. More correctly as though he could spy on the recovering wolf and make sure Kagome was not trying to pick the lock to the burned off door knob.

Sesshoumaru tested the air, flicking the top corner of his cover off him. He shivered in the cold air and flicked the blanket back up, deciding he had been through more mental trauma in the past week than in his whole life. He deserved to sleep in dang it.

Sesshoumaru scented the air when he heard Kagome leave her room around 6:30 and pad down to the kitchen. She pleasantly banged around there, and Sesshoumaru allowed himself to dose.

Approximately half an hour later he jolted awake and sat upright in his bed. "KAGOME!"

At 6:30 Kagome, who was beyond grumpy and bordering on livid, dragged herself down to the kitchen. "Kouga, you had better way up, or I'll force you to. I'm sacrificing another one of my mornings," she snarled as she purposely bashed a few pans.

That was her grand plan, you see. She knew as she sat in bed last night that Sesshoumaru was absolutely tense as he listened for anyone, anything in his house to move. Then was not the time to go on a crusade to Kouga's room. No, it would be in the morning, when Sesshoumaru was groggy and pouting from his lack of slight the night before.

The first order of business was to lull the dog into thinking she was obeying his orders and keeping far away from Kouga. The noise she was raising in the kitchen would surely accomplish that.

After five minutes of making kitchen-y noises, Kagome snuck out of the kitchen, padding up the hallway in her stocking feet. She glanced at the door to Sesshoumaru's room, feeling for his aura. It was content and solid. He was clearly napping.

Kagome slipped into Kirara's rooms, carefully closing the door behind her. The cat stirred in her bed and sat up. Kagome merrily waved as she passed through, opening the French doors to the cat's patio.

Kirara crawled out of bed and ambled out of the patio in time to see, with horror and a frozen heart, Kagome hop over the patio fence partition and land on the patio to Kouga's room.

"Kagome!" Kirara hissed, but Kagome had already slipped inside Kouga's rooms, the doors clicking shut behind her. "Kagome!" Kirara repeated, hanging over the edge of the patio. The feline played with the idea of waking Sesshoumaru until she remembered that Kouga was currently injured because of Kagome.

When Kagome quietly snuck into the room, she was greeted by Kouga's familiar snores. He sounded like a sleeping dog, occasionally whining and twitching. Kagome wondered how to wake up without giving him a heart attack as she slowly walked across the room, but, as luck would have it, she stepped on a creaky floorboard. The noise woke Kouga up, and he opened his deep blue eyes, blearily blinking at Kagome it.

"Kagome?" he sleepily murmured. "Not a dream?"

"No," Kagome smiled, slowly seating herself halfway down the bed, resting on the edge of the mattress.

"It's really you?" Kouga asked, slowly sitting up, his elbows propping him up. He winced and opened and closed his mouth several times, moving his stiff, still stinging jaw.

"I'm sorry I hurt you," Kagome apologized, her head hanging. "It was your fault though, you wouldn't listen to me," she said, a faltering grin returning to her lips when she glanced over at the wolf.

Kouga sank back down into his pillows and instead reached out with a hand. Kagome hesitantly scooted further down the bed, allowing the youkai to take her hand.

"Where am I?" he asked, his voice garbled from his jaw and rough with sleep.

"Sesshoumaru's mansion. I convinced him to let you stay here with Kirara and I. I'm pretty sure Mihoku and Sanru are somewhere around here as well. Now that I think about it though… they never officially asked for a room," Kagome pondered, tapping her lower lip with her pointer finger from her free hand.

"Sesshoumaru?" Kouga gurgled.

"Yeah," Kagome smiled. "He's right across the hall, so you need to be quiet," she whispered.

Kouga fearfully glanced at the door, looking somewhat terrified.

"Kouga, I'm going to need your help," Kagome continued.

"With what? Anything Kagome, I'll do anything for you. I'm just, I'm so sorry," he said, rustling in the bed with sincere distress.

"Shhh," Kagome soothed, a serene smile settling on her lips. "I know. I know Kouga, and I forgive you. It is in the past now."

Kouga closed his eyes and nearly started crying again. Kagome's heart was still so big.

"I need you to tell me everything you know about the compound and facilities the Shikon Shamers us. I assume you will be deserting them as well?" Kagome asked.

Kouga opened his blue eyes and nodded. "Absolutely!" he emphatically replied. "But… why do you need to know about the compound?"

Kagome twisted over her shoulder to wearily glance at the door before she leaned closer to Kouga, her voice the quietest whisper. "Because I'm going to storm it and give Shippo the lecture—and spanking if I have to—of a lifetime."

Kouga was aghast. "He won't listen to you Kagome. You can't go. He'll kill you before you have a chance to speak, before you have a chance to see him. He can extinguish his aura Kagome. I'm not talking about cloaking it, I mean he makes it go out. Like a candle."

Alarm welled up in Kagome's eyes, and Kouga was momentarily pleased that she wouldn't foolish rush to the facilities until he realized that the alarm wasn't for her own safety.

"Kouga, that's not good," she hissed. "This is bad. This is beyond bad," she said, rubbing her hands together with worry.

"What?" Kouga asked, propping himself back up on his elbows.

"You can't extinguish auras, Kouga. It's your soul. That's why you can cloak it, like you can cover a scent, but you can't literately get rid of it. It means you're losing your so—," Kagome froze. "No. Oh no, oh no, oh no. Kouga… please don't tell me Kikyo is the Shikon Shamer's leader."

Kouga looked surprised. "How did you know? Did Kirara say something? Sanru and Mihoku shouldn't have known."

"Kouga, she should be dead!"

"Oh, no. It's cool. When she mated Inuyasha some of his youki, or at least what little he had, transferred to her. It extended her life. That's why she's still alive," Kouga explained. "She'll, actually, probably be easier to convince that you're alive than Shippo."

"Kouga… if Inuyasha's youki extended her life, then why isn't Inuyasha here as well?" Kagome sharply asked.

Kouga paused. "Oh."

Kagome stood up, crushing her hands to her temple. "I abandoned my friends to her clutches. I led them right into the trap! What have I done! I should have stayed, I was so naive, to trust her, when she's tried killing me how many times and tried to drag Inuyasha with her to hell—," Kagome broke off, trying to keep herself from screaming and alerting Sesshoumaru to her mental anguish.

"Inuyasha was killed by a youkai though. I mean, who knows, he probably would have lasted this long too."

"How did he die?" Kagome sharply asked, turning to face her canine friend.

"The youkai, which we never did catch, sucked the youki and soul right…out…of…him," Kouga said, slowly connecting the dots. "No," he whispered so quietly. "I couldn't have been that blind."

"Something has been sapping your youki, Kouga," Kagome said, frustration screaming at her soul. "I knew it when I fought you yesterday. A powered up rake shouldn't have shattered your jaw like it did. You were too weak. I might have gotten stronger, but certainly not that much stronger. She's been feeding off you Kouga. She's feeding off Shippo. Oh gosh, Shippo," Kagome cried. "She'll finish off his soul if we don't hurry.

At that moment the tears Kagome had been fighting back finally made one small win. A single tear from each of Kagome's eyes slipped down her cheeks, dripping off her chin.

Across the hallway Sesshoumaru snapped to attention after scenting a crying Kagome. She was close. So close, in fact, it felt like she was near his room. Sesshoumaru sat up after realizing exactly where Kagome was. That impudent girl, how dare she disobey him! "KAGOME!"

Minutes later Sesshoumaru awkwardly sat in his sitting room with an alternately raving and sobbing Kagome. He had shooed away Sanru, Mihoku, Kirara, and even the stupid Kouga… although he was absolutely certain all four of them were huddled at the door. (The hypocritical Kirara was hissing to the others they should give Lord Sesshoumaru and Lady Kagome their privacy, even as her tapered ears twitched while she listened to Kagome's rant.)

"I trusted her Sesshoumaru, I thought she had changed! She looked alive, the jewel was complete, I thought—," Kagome broke off in a sniffle, rubbing at her red eyes.

After Sesshoumaru had thundered into Kouga's room and broken down the doors he realized that 1. the wolf was still in bed and 2. Kagome was far across the room, her eyes lit with something like self realized horror. Obviously the wolf had done nothing to harm her. Sesshoumaru somewhat embarrassedly removed himself and Kagome from the room before deducting Kagome was not in shape to attend college or work at the museum.

He sent Kagome to her bathroom to wash her face before racing to his room where he changed out of his silk pajamas and put in a quick, heated call to inform his office he would be working from home that day, before swooping back to Kagome's room.

The girl looked much how she did now, red eyed, flushed, and clearly distressed. The offer of food did not placate her, so Sesshoumaru swept her off to the study where she could alternatively pace and cry.

It appeared her pacing gig was over for the moment, and instead she collapsed in the couch next to Sesshoumaru, an arm thrown across her eyes.

"How could I have been so stupid Sesshoumaru. She… she killed Inuyasha," Kagome cried, tears freely pouring down her cheeks now.

Sesshoumaru inhaled Kagome's crying scent, the smell of the ocean. "You don't know that for sure," he offered.

"Kouga said his soul was stolen from him. It had to be Kikyo. Stealing his youki was something I didn't know she could do, but she was, is, a priestess. She obviously picked up the dark arts, plus Kouga has been all but sucked dry," Kagome hesitated and Sesshoumaru dug into his pockets, digging out one of the Kleenex he had stuffed on his person in preparation. "Sesshoumaru, I left my friends—no—my family to their killer."

Kagome's voice broke and she heaved great sobs, her small body wracking with horror, with the realization that all of the pain she went through, all of the pain Sesshoumaru had been pushed into, the pain of her friends turned family from the warring era, she could have stopped it.

Without any reservations, Sesshoumaru reached out across the couch and dragged Kagome closer to him.

The petite miko gratefully flung one of her arms over his shoulders, reaching up to clasp the collar of Sesshoumaru's shirt with a shaking hand. She cried into his chest, which was actually somewhat uncomfortable because she was smashing her nose into his rock hard muscles, but his warm arms enfolded her in a strength and protection Kagome had never felt before.

Kagome allowed the flood gates of her heart to open and she sobbed for herself, for her friends, for everyone involved in the cruel plot—because surely this all had been a scam created by Kikyo, that would explain how everyone had "seen" Sesshoumaru kill her.

For his part Sesshoumaru occasionally made a rocking motion, a few soothing noises, and instead spent most of his time smelling Kagome's hair and feeling sorry for her.

Sesshoumaru wasn't exactly shocked by the proclamation that it was Kikyo who led the Shikon Shamers. It had always been fairly obvious to him. He knew she was an active member, and never had anyone railed at him about her death so as far as he knew she was still living. Plus Katashi had always complained that Kikyo was a dark priestess. (To be truthful she always complained that Kikyo stank of the dark arts, but for Katashi that was a big hint.) He was not that surprised to realize the dark miko had obviously been feeding off the members of the Shikon Shamers. She had to find some way to keep herself alive besides collecting souls. Youki was just as powerful, if not more potent, than human souls.

Inuyasha's death had been a revelation. Then again, he had never been told the details of his brother's death. They were even more estranged at the end of Inuyasha's life than they had been when Kagome was around. Inuyasha had been convinced of Sesshoumaru's guilty part in Kagome's "death" and the brothers hadn't talked much, if at all, after that confrontation.

Truthfully speaking though, Sesshoumaru had never really cared about the Shikon Shamers, nor their leadership. Sesshoumaru tolerated their presence, perhaps because somewhere back in the corner of his mind he couldn't help but oddly feel guilty. That was why he had never fought back. Even so though, he never particularly sought them out or attempted to learn more about their glorified "cause". As far as he was concerned they were gnats who occasionally tried to kill his employees. Katashi had rarely been in danger from them thanks to the last shreds of Shippo's honor, and Sesshoumaru himself would never, ever be in danger of falling to their puny powers.

Sesshoumaru somewhat regretted his apathy on the matter. If he had known and was able to break it gently to Kagome it would have been easier for her. Still… she cared too much.

"Kagome. Kagome," he firmly said.

Kagome's sobs quieted, although they did not still.

Sesshoumaru shifted her in his arms so that she was tucked against his shoulder. "Their pain is not your fault," he firmly said.

"How can you say that?" Kagome hiccuped.

"Very well. Then we might as well blame Katashi as well. She was there, she was competent enough in her miko powers that she might have been able to do something to your dreadful little friends when they saw the illusion. It's just as much her fault, if not more," Sesshoumaru said with absolute decisiveness.

"No," Kagome protested, sitting up in his lap, her eyes growing just a little bit fierce in her defense of her friend. "No. It's not Katashi's fault, she was just a kid!"

"She was older than you were when you dropped through the well," Sesshoumaru gravely said, pausing for a moment to frown. "I think." It always was terribly difficult to remember exactly how many years Katashi had walked upon the earth. She seemed to grow older in uneven stretches. Sometimes Sesshoumaru suspected she aged only when she wanted to.

"Katashi couldn't have helped it. It wasn't her fault. Shippo was being an imbecile, they all were," Kagome argued. "Even if she had stripped the illusion in front of their eyes they most likely wouldn't have believed her."

"Exactly," Sesshoumaru nodded. "And that is why it isn't your fault either."

"It's different for me," Kagome protested. "They were my friends."

"You are such a sadist," Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes, deciding that he didn't really like the weepy Kagome as much as he liked the fiery one. "You intend to blame yourself for all the pain in the world, don't you? Look at the facts, Kagome. You needed to go home to the modern era. Your place is here. Your friends were the ones who made their own decisions, you cannot be held accountable for their actions. I will allow you to grieve their betrayal, even the betrayal of Kikyo, but it is not becoming, or even logical, for you to blame yourself for their stupidity."

Kagome stilled as she thought about his words. The clogs in her brain clinked as they processed his speech. Sesshoumaru was right. It was unrealistic to place all the blame on herself simply because she had returned to her time. Heck, even if she had stayed around there was no guarantee Kikyo wouldn't have hatched another equally nefarious plot.

Kagome sighed. "You're right Sesshoumaru.

Sesshoumaru chuckled, the sound vibrating deep in his chest. "It is very refreshing to hear you admit it, for once."

Kagome rolled her eyes as Sesshoumaru adjusted his grip on her waist. The pair was quiet, and Sesshoumaru had just shut his eyes, content to the deepest level, when Kagome groaned and curled closer.

"We should probably get started," she moaned into his shirt.

"…Started on what?" asked a confused Sesshoumaru.

"The information download. Kouga and Kirara are gonna have to tell us everything they know about the Shikon Shamer's compound. Sanru and Mihoku didn't get to see everything so their description won't be as complete."

"And why would we need a complete description?"

"Well we would be fools to storm the place without a plan."

"…"

"Because, you know, we're gonna have to go save Shippo."

"We?"

"Fine. I'm gonna have to go save Shippo."

Sesshoumaru snorted. "Not while you're in my care."

"You don't get a vote. He's my kid and my responsibility. He still needs to be wailed on."

"You are not going."

"Am too."

"No, you aren't."

"Make me."

"Don't tempt me to."

"…"

"…"

"Sesshoumaru… Please?" Kagome asked in a soft, quiet voice.

Sesshoumaru made the mistake of looking down, his golden eyes meeting Kagome's tearful cobalt blue irises. Tears still pooled on the blue surface.

"Fine," Sesshoumaru sighed. "Get that disgusting canine and commence with the planning," Sesshoumaru growled.

"Thanks Sesshoumaru!" Kagome giggled, reaching up to toss both her arms around his neck.

The motion was very familiar to Sesshoumaru thanks to the affections of his charge, and so he automatically turned his head and very gently kissed Kagome's temple. As he pressed his lips against her forehead he realized what he was doing and froze.

Kagome pulled back her eyes huge as she stared at him.

The youkai and miko stared at each other for several silent moments before Sanru shifted outside the door and said "What do you think they're doing?"

Kagome practically fell off Sesshoumaru and the couch and scuttled across the room. "Hey guys, I'll make us all a big breakfast, and then we start planning! Sesshoumaru and I are gonna go rescue Shippo! And, of course, Kagura and Kanna!" Kagome declared, throwing the door open.

"Well duh, we're coming with," Mihoku snorted, shouldering her boomerang.

Kagome stared.

"What, you didn't think we wouldn't help you?" Sanru grinned. "Kagome, you are our friend and savior. Your wish is our command."

Kagome's eyes misted. "Aw, thanks you guys," she said, reaching out to embrace the twins. As she hugged them, Kagome could see Kirara and Kouga were hanging back a few steps, looking like kicked puppies.

Kagome released the fake monk and the monk-youkai slayer and walked over to her other friends. "Guys. It's in the past. I don't blame. Come on, let's go save them," Kagome smiled.

"Kagome," Kirara mewled, blinking tears out of her eyes.

Kagome smiled and flung an arm around the cat, reaching out to do the same with Kouga.

"I love you guys. Everything will be okay," Kagome promised before releasing them. "Now let's go get breakfast! Whose hungry? I'm thinking 4 or 5 pounds of bacon are necessary at minimum!"

The day was spent eating and planning.

"It's a simple layout. From the outside it looks like an outbuilding. It is surrounded by brick wall topped with barbed wire," Kouga said, drawing a wavy line around his hand drawn square that represented the outbuilding. "But that's only part of it. It's also surrounded by a protective shield cast by Kikyo. It only allows Shikon Shamers in and out. You should be able to break it, Kagome, but doing that will cost our element of surprise. Kikyo will know the instant you break or touch the shield."

"I originally thought that you might be able to interfere with the shield and create a gap in it, which would let us pass through," Kirara admitted. "But Kouga is right. Kikyo would know the instant your purity powers touched her shell. Your powers aren't exactly subtle," Kirara blushed.

"I don't get it," Kagome said, scratching her head. "You and Kouga are technically still Shikon Shamers. Why can't Sesshoumaru and I grab on to one of you and walk through it."

There was stunned silence around the table.

"That might actually work," Sanru volunteered.

"That's what Shippo had Sanru and I do the first time we visited the compound," Mihoku piped in, inspecting her nails before attacking one with a nail file.

Sesshoumaru idly eyed the twin—she hadn't hit on him since he had left the sitting room Kagome, and was a little worried why that was.

"Right… well… crossing the compound yard shouldn't be such a big deal. Usually someone is on guard duty but Shippo is really the only active member left. They might have called in Ayame since I left, but she lives in America now. It would take her another day before she manages to get here," Kouga continued.

"Kagura is locked in the dungeons in the basement of the building. I am not completely sure where Kanna is, most likely near by, although Kikyo did like to keep her around as a handmaiden," Kirara added.

"Kanna, through her mirror, might be able to learn that we're coming. Will she warn Kikyo?" Sesshoumaru asked.

"No very likely," Kouga shook his head. "The only real reason why she ever joined our crusade was because Kagura did. She never volunteered any information unless it was asked of her. She has to know Kagome is alive now, and knowing how her sister feels about Kagome it's pretty safe to say she might try to cloak our movements from Kikyo. Plus her powers aren't what they used to be. Kikyo said because Naraku died… although I suppose she's probably been feeding on Kanna too," Kouga trailed off, still unable to believe he had been so blinded.

"Inside our building the defenses are unsubstantial," Kirara took over. "We mostly depended on our patrols and protective shield. The biggest annoyance will be getting in undetected and running into locked doors. Our security has grown more lax over the years as it became apparent Sesshoumaru was never going to attack us," Kirara said, glancing over at the motionless dog youkai.

"The biggest threat will be Kikyo and her purity powers—forgive me, dark… arts I guess, and Shippo."

"I have dibs on Shippo," Kagome said, raising her hand.

Sesshoumaru scoffed before shutting down her request. "No."

"Too late, I called it! You'll have to be faster next time Sesshoumaru," Kagome taunted.

"You will not fight the kitsune," Sesshoumaru repeated, his voice icy cold.

"Sesshoumaru, it has to be me," Kagome rebutted, placing her hand on top of his.

Sesshoumaru looked unconvinced, but squeezed her hand.

Kouga unapologetically cleared his throat, breaking their "moment." "Sorry Kagome, but we're also going to need your help taking down Kikyo. If she really is a dark priestess your purity powers will do the most damage to her."

"I know," Kagome smiled. "And I am beyond okay with that too. I'm going to slap that crazy woman into last century," she said with a grin not unlike Inuyasha's. "But first I will pummel Shippo."

"We shall see," Sesshoumaru muttered.

Kagome gave him a dirty look.

"Right, so tonight at dusk we meet up and drive to the compound to break in. We storm the gates, snap Shippo out of it, release the fair Kagura and Kanna, and purify Kikyo to hell, where she belongs! Sounds fun," Sanru grinned.

"I'm going to take a nap," Kagome announced, leaving the table. "Wake me when it's time."

"Talk about an anticlimactic finish," Sanru grumbled.

"I heard that," Kagome called over her shoulder.

"You were meant to!" Sanru shouted back.

An hour before sunset Kagome sat in Sesshoumaru's beautiful, if not somewhat messy thanks to the battle with Kouga, gardens. The sun was slowly sinking down the horizon, stirring up glorious hues of pink and orange.

"Lady Kagome, I did not expect to find you alone," Sanru said, drawing up to her lawn chair.

"Oh, I'm not. Not really anyway. Kouga is watching from his room. He still feels too guilty to come talk to me. Sit," Kagome ordered after gesturing behind her at the balconies of Sesshoumaru's mansion.

(Sure enough Sanru squinted and could spot Kouga's dark figure pressed against one of the glass windows of his room.)

"Don't mind if I do," Sanru grinned, plopping down in another lawn chair after glancing after Kouga.

The pair watched the sun sink in comfortable silence. "If you'll pardon the intrusion Kagome, what are you thinking?" he asked.

"Honestly? What I want to eat before we leave," Kagome sheepishly grinned.

"You're not worried about the battle?" Sanru asked.

"No. Not particularly. I don't think it's going to be an easy slam dunk battle so to speak. But Sesshoumaru will be there. He's more powerful than he was centuries ago. Kirara and Kouga are still not quite well enough to be good back up, but you and Mihoku will be there. Plus… I get the feeling we just might get a little help from Katashi," Kagome grinned.

"But she's gone to China," Sanru objected.

"She has," Kagome nodded. "But it hasn't escaped me that it was Katashi who first found me. I know she was looking for me, but still. What are the chances I would stumble into her like that? No, Katashi seems to be able to predict the timing of things all too well."

Sanru glanced over at his companion. "You place a lot of trust in Sesshoumaru."

Kagome shrugged. "Of course. The guy has been a saint, Sanru. And he hasn't even threatened to kill or maim me. Well, seriously at any rate. He hasn't slammed me into any walls either. The centuries have perhaps dulled that insufferable arrogance of his," Kagome pondered.

"You love him?" Sanru asked.

Kagome laughed. "I love a lot of people, Sanru. Sesshoumaru is one of them. As are you."

Sanru glowed before pursuing it. "But you love Sesshoumaru in a different way?"

"I'm not sure Sanru," Kagome sighed, leaning back in the chair. "A lot has happened over these past few days."

Again the pair felt quiet.

In fact the next person to speak was Sesshoumaru when he found them five minutes later. He looked down at Sanru with his golden eyes. "Move," he ordered.

"Sesshoumaru! He was here first, get your own chair!" Kagome scolded. "How rude are you?"

"It is my house," Sesshoumaru said, sounding almost sulky.

"That doesn't matter! You should treat your guests better," Kagome informed him.

Sesshoumaru scoffed.

"It's alright," Sanru laughed, standing up. "I need to make sure I am properly attired before we leave anyway. Wouldn't want to leave the place unprepared," Sanru winked at Kagome before turning to Sesshoumaru just as he sat in Sanru's vacated lawn chair. "Enjoy the warm seat, Lord Sesshoumaru," he laughed before running/walking away.

Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes and grumbled under his breath.

Kagome grinned and twisted in her chair to watch Sanru retreat before returning her gaze to the gardens, which were now bathed in crimson light.

"I'm going to have to get a specialist out here to repair the damage," Sesshoumaru observed, noticing the black patches where Kouga had friend plant life with his youki.

"You should expand it and add a rose garden. I love roses," Kagome grinned.

"Hmn," Sesshoumaru said.

The two fell silent and did not speak again. To anyone it might have appeared to be that they were ignoring each other. But to Sanru, who was watching the pair from Kirara's patio, he could see Sesshoumaru's hand encircling Kagome's as the young miko shook with unvoiced fear.

A/N: Annnnnd there we have it! Depending how long the Shippo battle is, there should only be 2 chapters left! Whoopee!

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