The Execution of Kurihara Kagome
The lights rise on what looks like a house of cards. Only, it’s entirely too large, and each card is made of concrete. They balance precariously on each other, occasionally groaning worryingly. Sat in one of the archways is Kagome, curled up and hugging her knees to her chest. And though she already looks terrified at the unstable structure all around her, her eyes widen further when multiple Monobears file in and stand in a circle around her, linking hands and chanting the children’s nursery rhyme.
Kagome kagome
The bird in the basket
Oh when will it come out
In the evening of the dawn
The crane and turtle slipped
Who is it behind you?
The song ends, and there is an abrupt, loud creaking from the concrete cards. Kagome whips around to see who is behind her as the song dictates, but instead sees not Monobear, but Nariko, behind a barrier.
The bears all giggle and scatter, and as Nariko leaps the low wall to pull Kagome from danger, the house of cards collapses with a thunderous crash, shaking the floor. The dust settles, and all that is left is the rubble, and the smallest trickle of blood.
