Inadvertent Encounters

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Spinning around to face the youkai, Kagome peeped up at him, momentarily enthralled by his beautiful face. Stepping back a pace, he predatorily followed and she felt the trunk of a tree at her back. She winced as her wounds seared. "S-Sorry?"

"Someone had intruded in my den," Youko remarked, his voice a deadly purr. Golden eyes roved over her face. "You would claim ignorance?"

"You're a little… close," she squeaked, a blush rising in her cheeks.

"Answer me, girl." He pushed impossibly closer.

"It's nothing long term," Kagome promised, pressing her hands to his broad chest.

Clawed fingertips toyed with a tendril of her hair. "How shall I collect payment for your loitering?"