As Kagura's figure receded into the distance, Kagome slid down from the roof with Kirara's help and ran toward the unconscious young wolf demon. "Koga, are you all right?" Kneeling beside him, she saw that his entire arm had turned an eerie deep purple. "What do we do? Koga will die at this rate!"
Kagome reached out to touch the arm embedded with the Fake Four Souls Shard, only to have her hand repelled by the miasma. Just as she feared, the miasma was too strong.
"Do you really want to save me, Kagome? I nearly killed Inuyasha," Koga managed to say.
"Don't be silly. Naraku just tricked you," Kagome said hurriedly. "Inuyasha didn't want to fight you either."
Inuyasha slowly approached from nearby, clutching his right arm where Koga had wounded him. "Since Naraku fooled all of us, there's still a way to save you, if keeping you alive is all that matters. Hold out your hand. I'll cut off the one with the fake shard."
"Wait, Inuyasha! There has to be another way," Kagome said urgently.
"Right! If you can't touch it directly, couldn't your arrow purify it, Kagome?" Shippo suggested in a flash of inspiration.
"That's right!" Kagome exclaimed delightedly, drawing an arrow from her quiver.
"You..." Han glanced in the direction Kagura had left, then sighed and walked over. "Kagome, do you still not know how to use your own power?"
"Well..." Kagome instinctively realized that the girl probably wasn't talking about techniques like the Purification Arrow, and lowered her head in embarrassment. Her spiritual power seemed to emerge whenever she needed it, almost like an instinct, but that also meant she didn't truly know how to use it. She could fire a Purifying Arrow because spiritual power inherently suppressed demons, and she could instinctively purify