Gift of the Blood

Part 2





Bathed in light of the full moon, Kagome had stopped breathing, her heart ached painfully, before her eyes in large pools of blood lay all of her friends, and loved ones. All lay dead or dying, unable to be saved, unable to remain in this world with her. High above her in the heavens, the fates watched the final battle and made wagers on the outcome, for even though they were the past, the present, and the future, they could not see what the out come of this battle would be. If one side won, then the world would go on its course pre plotted and never changing, if the other won, the fates would have to unravel time itself beginning anew in darkness. Inuyasha’s head lay in her lap, he was dying, telling her to ‘run‘, but all was silent as she looked into his eyes, their metallic gold hue glazing over as the pupils dilated, foggy, cold and distant.



She’d looked up only when he’d stopped breathing, his chest finally stilling, no breath to be drawn again, glanced up again to take in everything as her heart broke into millions of pieces more delicate then the shards themselves, she saw the rest of their hunting party. A massive crater twenty feet round, and ten feet deep, was the monks final resting place, they were too late. Yards away, closer to their prey the huntress and the boy hunter lay dead as well in each other arms, at least they are finally at peace, the two tailed cat lay bleeding to death near her mistress, her soft whimpered mews caught Kagome’s somewhat sensitive hearing as she looked upon the rest of the gory scene. Closing her eyes again only to open them seconds later, to see another worse sight, her child, her kit dead, protecting Sesshomaru’s almost dead child, a large green splash of blood being Jaken’s only remains, while their masters two headed dragon lay feet away beheaded and bloodied. Tears began anew. Blood, she could smell blood, gallons, upon gallons of blood, picking between the scents, and not knowing how she found the rest of their hunting party, she felt the pain in her chest grow.



Down the hill out of view, Kouga, and his last two pack mates, slashed to death, gone forever. Searching with her powers, only she and Sesshomaru were left in battle shape, or at least from what she could fell. Kissing Inuyasha on the lips tenderly, she rose from her perch of death, the world was grey, cold, and quiet, fires loomed in the distance, burning life, and death all around her, she ran to Sesshomaru. Her speed alarmed her but she knew right now it didn’t matter, the faster she got to him the better chance she had of saving the last person she loved. Yes, she knew she loved him. Though they had started off as enemies, they had become friends over time, both being single adoptive parents, had some how bonded in some way. Kagome arrived in time to see the smiling dark hanyo attacking the Great Dog Lord. Perching his heart, Sesshomaru fell back, his eyes beginning to bleed crimson as he neared the ground. Her heart seemingly stopped again at the sight, all had fallen, her breath ragged, tears threatening to wash her face of blood and gore, she felt her blood quicken and her heart pulse, like she was awakening for the first time in a thousand years. Laughter, his dark laughter engulfed her.



A deafening roar shattered the eardrums of the living, Naraku looked to the wounded taiyoukai, but he too looked bewildered, turning his gaze to the two tail as she had finally died, it was then that he noticed Kagome. Her aura had once been so bright and pure, a radiant white that he had long wished to tarnish, twist and taint, was now a vivid red and blood thirsty. Her hair stood on end, charging with the deadly purifying energy along with something else, something that neither the taiyoukai to the dark hanyou could place. That onyx mane floated wildly around her as though it was the air it self, leaving it to look almost on fire with her angered aura. The whites of her eyes were blood red, deep and unnerving for someone so pure, only to truly become scary as the muddy blue that were her iris’ began to glow white with her righteous fury. Her delicate hands dropped her bow and arrows, claws extending into small talons, that soon fisted and drew from her palm a demoness’ blood. Faint crest marked her cheeks, and writs in a lovely pale silver blue that contrasted her skin tone perfectly, and her onyx hair began turning into a snow white, like a powder. Naraku had taken everything, there was no need to hold back at this point, her only reason for living now was to stop this abomination of hatred. To bring peace back, and erase the Shikon from this world forever. Kagome would reign hell, fire and brimstone upon the earth, and kill the worthless thing named Naraku.



Naraku was terrified, in all his cowardly dealings with the female that stood only a hundred feet from him now, she had never once shown such powers, she was livid and he for the first time feared her. Kagome could smell his fear, it registered and she smirked, a dreadfully almost evil smirk. Narrowing her eyes, as a warm breeze sent the scent of her friends death towards her, Kagome felt the rage inside of her unlock something deep within her soul, so deep she‘d never felt it. “Naraku! You will die!” She called as she advanced on him with a speed that alarmed all who saw. The Taiyoukai could barely see the situation as it unfolded, he’d heard her, smelt her wonderful scent which was covered in so much blood, almost none of her own, and had tried hard to see what was happening, little did he know what she‘d become. Kagome moved far to fast to be seen by either the taiyokai she could no longer feel, or the dark hanyou who was trying to read and counter her actions. It was only when he felt her heated grip with poison tipped claws on his throat that he knew where she was. A loatheful glare fixed on him with her glowing white eyes, scowling at the creature before her, the waste of space, she would make him suffer all of her vengeance.



“How?” he chocked, his eyes widened in disbelief as she lifted him into the air, they were floating, Kagome using her powers walking on air itself, and held him so that he had no way of being able to get lose while she had him by the throat. Kanna and the infant baby holding the dark hanyous heart watched as the scene unfolded, they had no need to intervene this creature that once was the miko would not be able to harm them. The baby was overconfident, and for once Kanna was happy, though her nullified face would never show it, her whole being wished for an end, to be a void trapped in the space of a body was not what she wanted, she wanted an out, and to be void of this life once more. From a small distance they watched, the baby in an odd amusement, the void with hope that she could return to the nothingness she once was.



“Why wait time telling something that will be dead soon anything? Your time is over, and I will enjoy killing you.” she roared fangs bared and eyes narrowing, if possibly more dangerously.



The dark hanyou smiled his tricky smile and said. “Kagome my lovely Kagome, together we can rule the world. Rule by my side, be my dark queen, and we will do what ever we please.” Laughter, dark, venomous laughter was his answer. Her dark laughter.



“Youreally are a fool.“ she said low as she reaching her other hand out, pulling the baby that held his heart towards her with her sheer will. Before it could be stopped, the pale baby had been ripped from Kanna’s arms violently, Kagome could feel no remorse for her actions, this group had killed so many, and the baby was no innocent, he had killed hundreds, demons, and humans, in his quest for the final shards. It’s barrier remaining intact as Kagome willed the child to her.



“You won’t be killing us that easy Miko.” the child said hotly as the barrier grew closer to Kagome. The child laughter was heard dying by Kanna, as Kagome entered his barrier with ease, as though it was not there in the first place, while still holding fast to Naraku‘s throat with a death drip. He had not attempted to move, not once, and she knew why, she in fact was amused so much by it. The Shikon was in his throat, black, dark and deadly, she held it and him in place with her tight grip. The child gasped and cried out for help that would never come as she engulfed the child in a scorching white glow of purifying energy killing it and Naraku’s heart. The barrier ebbed leaving just Kagome and Naraku’s shard filled body left. Her eyes again fell upon Naraku, having just dispatched his heart, with a ice electric glare, she almost wanted to smile.



She still had her own single shard now, and it had been all that kept the dark hanyou from having his way until now. Her scenes again took notice, Kanna had fallen, dead as the others were, only there was still a low heart beat on the bloodied field below, shallow, and lingering between beats, steady though, hope that she was not alone. Slowly bright blue barriers built around the bodies of her fallen loved ones, though her eyes never left those of Naraku, she cradled the dead lovingly as a mother would to calm a child, within her barriers they were safe. For it was true his heart was dead, Naraku could never come back after this death, but he was still right there in front of her alive and well thanks to the jewel, and completely in shock at his hearts death. He began to fight her, trying desperately to free himself from Kagome’s grasp which only tightened its hold on the tainted almost complete shard. His poisoned claws scratched her from top to bottom, with no effect. As soon as his poison came into contact with her skin, her aura would flare in defense, causing only her clothing to feel the pain Naraku wanting to inflect upon her. She didn’t care, her overwhelming modesty was little to give up for his death.



Kagome held perfect control of all things elemental, spiritual and youkai, welding her power like that of Midori‘s five hundred or more years before this, she had a goal, and she would stop at nothing to finish it. Her friends were gone, all but one, who was almost lost to her now, she could tell. She would more then likely be trapped here in feudal Japan after this was done, after the dark hanyou was executed, another small price she’d have to pay to save the world and the future. The barriers around her loved ones grew thick almost unable to see through, the misty blue color looking like a thick orb of fog had engulfed them.



A grand barrier broke the earth, cracking its earthly skin growing around them all thick and clear pulsing with her radiant deadly power, Kagome, the dead, the vile hanyou, and the lone soul life alive. They were all going to stay here and finish this now, she would not lash out at her loved ones, nor the world, no, her wrath was meant for one alone. Kagome laughed a sad mournful laugh as a single tear left each of her eyes, “Its all is over.“ she whispered as she poured her pure overwhelmingly large rightfully furied soul into the world that was created within her grand barrier. Her body turned into a blinding white scorching purifying creature, it emitted everything she held within her and swallowed everything around her. Weaving like a wave from the center, it crashed against the barrier, and created a mushroom upon the walls. They quacked the earth as they braced for her furied wrath.



It is blinding, the Taiyoukai thought, he could feel her in ever way, ever bit of pain, anguish, ever smidgen of remorse, every piece of her soul that she might have never shared with any other mingled with the small joy she felt having finished the dark hanyou, her energies passed over the bodies of the dead, cleaning them, mending them, though it could not save them, they would be beautiful for their trip to the land of the dead, as they had been when they were alive. A painfully agonizing cry of pain from Naraku had been released, though it was a small sound compared to the cry of Kagome’s mournful soul. The Taiyoukai felt his heart, his iced over heart cry for her. She had done what no other could, and from the feel of her pain she was dying from it. But he knew her, she would not die from this, she would live on if only to prove that Naraku would never win, in no small way would she let that happen, and though he knew it would pain her to live on she would, just to spite the filthy creature known as Naraku. It was her fire, and her passion that would will her to live, and for that he was grateful.



But despite Sesshomaru’s gratefulness at his knowledge that she would will herself to live on, if for no other reason then to win the situation, he could still feel how raped of love she felt, how sad and mournful, it made him shudder just to think of it, to feel it, looking to his side he surveyed those of the dead. He watched with slight amazement as the dead were being cleaned and minded, only to see his child floating in a small orb with Kagome’s, both little bodies devoid of life. His heart almost stopped, his rage grew suddenly but ebbed into sorrow just as fast at the realization that no revenge could bring them back. Forcing himself, he again looked around and saw the huntress and the boy hunter, un-bloodied with two tailed cat, all lifeless and cleaned. Farther still the three wolf demons, engulfed in their own barrier, finally his own brother, ripped in two, his body becoming one again as she sewed him together from afar. He understood now, what had caused her sudden surge in power, she was vengeful, only to start mourning everything, it was a happy time, Naraku was gone, but here and now she was dying from her love for them all.



Spiritual hands found Sesshomaru, from the tips of his toes to the top of his head, they poured over him in worry, and fret as they cleaned and healed him with their touch. The sensation was breath taking, only then had he noticed that they were needling and sewing him a new arm, he tried to stir from the peace that she’d washed over him with her love, subduing him with ease. When the spiritual hands had finished their delicate work, his barrier grew weak but did not released him. She’d landed on the ground with white mist at her feet, calmed from her wrathful vengeance, but still not sure where the only living life form was. Kagome was stretched spiritually thin at the moment and finding her friend was important but she had to finish this now. Summoning power deeper within herself, she forced the orbs to move, the huntress, the boy hunter, the two tailed cat, and the pale blue rosaries that were the only remains for the monk, in one orb flew high and to the north. She speeded their remains to the exterminators village, burying the loved ones deep in the earth as the orb crashed into the ground, green grass and a multitude of wildflowers springing to life in their wake, covering their graves with her love ones with warmth.



The Wolf demons were next, flown high and to the pack den of their ancestral home. A young female came towards the barrier, as she’d scented the occupants, her flaming red hair in pig tales floated on the wind as green eyes shed tears. Before Ayame could get to close the orb released and reformed into Kagome, placing the dead lightly on the ground in a neat row.



“I have returned what is yours. They fought bravely to save this world, honor them as hero’s, telling their stories to each generation so that they may never die. I am sorry Ayame, I never wanted this.“ the spirit Kagome’s voice had been haunting yet soothing, stepping forward the spirit held Ayame, pouring her love into the female like her mother had done with her a month before, slowly she dissipated, but not before saying, “He did truly love you. I know that in my heart and soul.” with that she’d vanished, leaving Ayame at the feet of her beloved Kouga. The wolf demoness heart cringed in sorrow, she howled wildly into the full moon above, mournful, sad, tears filling her eyes and bathing her face in wetness, it was soon followed by more howls, they all knew what her cry said, they knew of the death of the Great Prince, and his last comrades and would honor them as heroes as asked.



Kagome turned toward the Taiyoukai, but not seeming him yet, he on the other hand got his first glimpse of her for the evening since her transformation, he’d known it was Kagome but in her place, radiating all this power was a beautiful female Inuyoukai, he rubbed his perfect eyes to see if he’d gone blind, again he saw her, but now her face was defiantly Kagome’s. He was simply shocked. She walked passed him still a distance away though, to his brother, and stood there silently, again her mournful soul cried in despair, her breaking heart felt like it was killing him. He’d never felt so much emotion, not even his own rage could match hers. He saw her kiss the barrier that held his brother, speaking a few words he could not hear, as soft tears fell down her face, she smiled sadly.



Stepping back she ascended his brother high and to the east, to Keade’s village, planting him next to Kikyo’s grave. Keade had seen the sphere coming, she’d worried it was evil until she felt the spirit holding its precious bundle. She’d run to the top of the shrine to get a better view. What she saw caused her to cry for the first time in fifty years. The sphere came to a crashing stop before hitting the earth, the ground was willed away, as though being blown hard by some unfelt wind, held by the orb, inside floating peacefully was the dog hanyou Inuyasha, dead. Keade watched in horror as the boy was buried tenderly by the spirit, finally releasing him when he’d been lain to rest next to her sister‘s remains. The ground covered the boy, and grass grew, sprouting from the earth as though time had stopped was a tree, but it did not grow a pure tree, it had grown into an alter, matching to that of Kikyo’s. Keade cried anew. And finally Kagome formed from the spirit, finding Keade she kissed the old woman’s forehead smiling sadly.



“He is finally at peace, be happy for him. As I am. He is with whom he truly loved. I will see you soon.” Keade stared as Kagome again dissipated, feeling lost, but soothed, and at peace. The old miko fell to her knee’s and prayed for them all. She had felt most of it, this night of terror, it was hard not to. She thought that tonight many miko and priests would be praying to the unknown force that had eradicated the dark evil, if she were a betting woman she‘d have been right. Across the lands in small villages, and large towns, monks, mikos, and priests, all prayed for peace for the radiant soul that had devoured the dark evil, they could all feel her sorrow and pain, they could feel the deaths of each of the valiant souls that had passed in this battle, though none had such a connection as Keade. She prayed that the dead would be at peace and that those alive would find peace as well.



Kagome released Sesshomaru, steadying him with her spirit, he was shocked, and in no way himself. Her mournful soul had held him, cradled him, saved him, healed him, and now it had released him, his vision saw what his heart could not truly take, slowly and gently as she neared their children the orb holding them, they picked their children from her spirit that held them fast. She held her kit to her breast and slid down to the earth gracefully but with a resounding thud. She rocked back in forth with her little child pressed to her heart, finally the quiet and almost silently the woman sobbed, the sound had caused him, now holding his beloved daughter to fall to her side embracing her as they held their children. Neither said a word, words were not needed.



An hour passed before either said anything, she had sobbed like that for at least a third of that time, only stopping because she could cry no longer. Her eyes were puffy and red, as she looked to Sesshomaru, who for the first time ever had emotion in his face instead of just in his eyes, gently she touched him sending him as much calm as she could to ease his pain, bring his grief stricken face to gaze upon her own. “My kit,” her words were soft and quiet almost shaky, showing her weakened self, “He tried to save her.” she paused again as he looked up at her. “He loved her.“ she sniffled. Trying to keep the new wetness that she’d somehow found again “I… I buried everyone else, but I don’t know where he should rest. I’m the only family he had left, and Inuyasha is with Kikyo…” she trailed off not knowing what to say. There was silence, a calm peaceful mournful silence.



“Beside her, at my home. She will be where her wild flowers grow, where she can be at peace.” he said quietly, and not at all like himself finding his quiet again, neither could really say much. Time passed on and the sun was finally beginning to show its head. So many hours had passed, she’d been happy just a few hours before, today was her eighteenth birthday, and she would be a legal adult. Now she could feel nothing but pain and sorrow. She stood first, clutching the little kit to her body in some vain attempt to keep him warm now that his little body seemed to grow so cold. She turned away from Sesshomaru feeling a faint pull on her soul, she narrowed her eyes as she saw the subject of her momentary hatred. The almost full blackened Shikon lay on the ground she didn’t even have to call to it, the object floated idly in the air, and right to her palm becoming pure again at her mere touch. She huffed angrily at her duty glaring at the offending object, knowing that she would always blame the jewel for all this. With her free hand she managed to uncork the small bottle that held her single shard, clasping it and the rest together she felt a hard pulse, and it formed whole in her hand.



“Kagome?” she shuddered. He’d called her wench, he’d called her girl, woman, bitch, even female before, but never had he called her Kagome.



“Yes Lord Sesshomaru?” she said respectfully for once and it had not been missed.



“What will you do now?” he looked at her, a mixture of longing to fix her, and sadness, and what she might think was hope.



“I do not know, the jewel is my responsibility though I can’t really say that I’m pleased about it, but I have never known what time I should live in.” she said as she shifted the hated thing into her kimono, safely next to her breast.



“What do you mean, what time?” she looked to him, remembering that he had not known her secret. What did she have to lose at this point,nothing, that’s what. Sitting down next to the Great Taiyoukai. She extended her hand for him to sit as well not daring to order him, she waited for him to do so before she began.



“Have you ever wondered why my clothing was so different? Why I speak so differently? or carry myself with pride that many women in this time do not? or even why I carried such odd magic medicines?” he nodded and allowed her to continue. “I was born about four hundred eight five years from now…givertake, in Keade’s village, in the future.” he looked at her in disbelief. “I know sounds like I’m lying.” she mindlessly rocked her little kit, while giving him a very weak smile. “But my family has been the care takers of that shrine for at least two hundred years, I was raised there, at Keade‘s shrine. On the day I turned fifteen, three years ago today for me. I happened to be looking for my pet, near the Bone Eater’s Well. -- It is on the property,” she mentioned. “-- When a long dead centipede demoness pulled me in and brought me to this time. She ripped the jewel from my body, I eventually freed Inuyasha from his slumber, being the reincarnation of Kikyo.“ she paused letting it all sink in for him. Seeing that he’d seemed to manage fine she continued.



“At some point a demon attacked me for the jewel, and it was taken by a crow demon, I shot the jewel and shattered it. Seeing as how it was my fault and my duty to protect it, I quested for the jewel, I believe you know most of the rest.” he nodded to her.



“So, your from the future?” she nodded “And you came back because of duty?” again she nodded. He seemed to ponder her for a while. “Kagome. We should go, nothing good can come from being this place now.” against she nodded.



“Would you hold him? For a moment?” he looked to her for a moment and took the young kit from its ‘mother’. Kagome thanked him with a nod, and willed the Tetssaiga to come to her, to his surprise it did not shock her, taking great care she closed her eyes and whispered something to the blade, it pulsed once as if to answer, she again opened her eyes, and then sheathed it in his obi, next to its brother, Tenssaiga. He gazed down at her in shock, as she took the kit back with one arm as he had Rin at that moment. She took his other hand in her own wrapping her clawed fingers with his, he did not pull away, she noticed. An orb of her energy formed around the pair, they ascended going west and were at his castle in a beat of her heart, she lowered them and again she had amazed him.



“You are full of surprises. How did you know where my palace was?” he sounded almost shocked.



“Not all humans are worthless. And I felt for your presence, since you are here, the next largest amount should be your home.” she said to him low and tired. Her answer caused a raised brow as if to question her.



“Indeed, but from what I can smell and see you are no longer a human.” She dropped his hand and looked at him in question, he grabbed her hand again and held it to her face so she could see the claws, suddenly noticing the silver frame of bangs, her tongue findings its way over sharp fangs in her mouth. He could see her taking it all in, and again was amazed when she did not freak out, no doubt her new found demoness calm.



“Hn.” was her only answer. It didn’t seem right to deal with anything other then their children at that moment though, she sniffed and followed her nose to a large garden in the back of his palace, he mused slightly, if only to take his mind off of the current situation, at how she’d become accustom to herself so fast, he’d have to find out. He paused, and looked at the little girl in his arms, so much love, she’ll never get to give that away, never to her own pups, not even to a love interest, she’ll never be older then she is right now. He sighed audibly.



She stopped and looked to him, she shared his grief for the girl, Kagome had always loved Rin. Once Kagome found out about her, she’d always made time to ask him about her if she were not present, even when in battle or after it for that matter, and if Rin were present, she acted as her mother might. He’d remembered every time the females of his brother pack, and his Rin would come together, it always seemed like family, he even felt remorse for her lost kit. The boy had been a playmate of his own child, and he had tried to save her life, giving his in doing so.



Kagome turned, and went on without stopping to see if the Taiyoukai followed, she knew he had, she could feel him, smell him and in her mind’s eye she could see him without looking. With her powers she found the perfect spot, the area had Rin’s own tiny aura and her smell all over it. There had been a cherry tree there, that bloomed beautifully looking back she saw why, the view from Rin’s tree was breath taking, she had picked a place that would give her sight of the whole garden, noticing too that her spot had a good view of what she felt was Sesshomaru’s room, or a room he spent much time in. “Is this okay?” She asked quietly while looked back to the Taiyoukai who had indeed followed.



“Yes, It was her favorite place on the grounds. How did you know?” Kagome again looked at him, her pale sky indigo eyes searching for the best way to answer him.



“I felt her most here, she was happiest here, often. She would have been a miko had she been able to grow up. Her dormant powers seemed at peace here.” Rin a miko?, had he never felt that power in her, did he really spend enough time with her to know? He simply nodded to her. Kagome took this moment to draw forth her powers, two small orbs like those she’d used earlier came forth and pushed against the ground using some heavy wind that could not be felt. Digging a few feet, but not too deep, she somehow knew their children might want to feel the rain, she allowed one of the balls to engulf her small kit, silent tears began running down her cheeks. She’d kissed him tenderly on his small forehead, as a mother would to kiss a child goodnight. The little body lifted from her arms, and was placed in the whole away from the tree. “He will be her constant protector, even in death.” she whispered as the orb vanished within the hole, crossed her arms at the lose of the small form from her body she turned away and looked at the view, and walked off some giving Sesshoumaru a last moment with Rin.



Sesshomaru watched Kagome walk away, he knew it would be the last time he ever saw Rin’s little angelic face. Looking down at her tiny body in his arms he was reminded of the time she’d died in hell, Tenssaiga could not bring her back, nor the boy hunter. Not even his brother could have been brought back. The Huntress and her two tailed fire cat, the wolves, they were all that could have been brought this day, not that he would give the wolves their lives, no, they owed him a life, Rin’s. The huntress too was not one to bring back. From what he had found out from the boy hunter, she would not want to live without her beloved brother and monk.



He had a heavy heart as he looked down at his ward for the last time, kissing her cool cheek he whispered the words he knew she had always wanted to hear, “I, Lord Sesshoumaru, Taiyoukai of the Western Lands, proclaims that he has always loved you and will never stop.” he was quiet, but not trying to hide it either, Kagome turned back to the pair after a moment, the orb from before that had dug Rin’s resting place lifted itself up lazily. The Taiyoukai placed his precious bundle in her spirit hands who again held the girl as though she was her own, and placed her gentle below. He turned and walked away not being able to see the dirt fall in on her little body, he walked pasted Kagome back to his palace.









AN: yes i know furied is not a word. but i wanted something more then "angered" ..."furied" sounds angrier...



Lovelessjayson - soon enough? :D



lizzy - there you have it.



LoveIsAMovement - I've got one more chapter I'll be uploading soon, then please feel free to let me know what you think afterwards, because honestly when i wrote this one i actually made myself cry.... besides its probably not what was expected.



Lunar84 - i'm very sorry if chapter one was confusing, mostly i just wanted Kags upset b/c of the grade, that she'd have to find out about her history b/c if she does then she'd be tempted to save them from anything possibly changing the future and even her own exsistance. plus what kags doesnt know is that Inu find out more aobut her history then she knows in one sitting with her gramps.



SesshieXplushie - well honestly i've only been accused of un-originality once before, kinda makes me sad but then i don't think its going to end up that way so i can at least be happy for that, i hope this chapter changes your opinion. let me know ^_^



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