Once matters with Kagome were settled, Han pulled Tsubaki aside and asked softly, "Tsubaki, Naraku... how did he find you?" Though she lowered her voice, those with keen enough hearing could still make out her words, including the two dog demons. Sesshomaru remained as composed as ever. Kagome held Inuyasha back, and at her shake of the head, he could only suppress his impatience and obediently wait for their conversation to end. Had he not been pacing with Tessaiga dragging along the ground, carving deep furrows into it, he might truly have counted as obedient. Meanwhile, Mu Dan and Cong, the two miko of Kiyomori Temple, glared furiously at him for damaging temple property and rolled up their sleeves, ready to give this monster a lesson in life.
"The monster called Kagura approached me." Tsubaki naturally held nothing back from Han. "That monster Naraku offered me the Shikon Jewel to curse Kikyo's reincarnation to death. Better still if I could make her and Inuyasha kill each other." Tsubaki blinked her deep-blue eyes, and a damaged, bright-purple orb fell from her right eye into her outstretched hand.
"But I don't need it anymore." Without a trace of attachment, Tsubaki looked at the Shikon Jewel she had once yearned for so desperately, then handed it to the girl before her without hesitation. "Would you like a look?"
"Yes." The Silver-Haired Girl nodded and took the Shikon Jewel from Tsubaki. The Shikon Jewel, a treasure that humans and certain monsters claimed could grant any wish-she had heard many rumors about it, but this was her first time seeing it so nearly whole. Only a small gap remained in the round, bright-purple orb, as though it would soon be restored. The instant she touched it, her heart suddenly seized, as if an invisible hand