As Sango quickly scuttled into the next room, Kagome took a deep breath and opened the door.
"Kagome, isn't it?" were the sharp words that had greeted her.
Confused, Kagome took in the unexpected sight of the curvaceous, yet slender woman in front of her. With one glance, she could tell that the clothes she wore were expensive and well-chosen. Her hair sported an elegant up-do, but despite her marked beauty, it paled in comparison to the malicious look in her crimson eyes.
"I'm Kagura. But let's cut the petty greetings, shall we?" she said, her voice laced with venom.
'Kagura', Kagome thought. So that's why she had a feeling she'd seen this woman before. They attended the same university. And if memory served her right, Kagura had in fact been in a relationship with Sesshomaru for quite some time. Not to mention her notorious reputation for being, for lack of better words, a catty bitch.
Kagome raised an eyebrow, but otherwise stayed silent.
"So tell me," Kagura prompted as she narrowed her eyes to the smallest degree. "What business do you have with Sesshomaru?"
Kagome's eyes widened. Then looking away with a disbelieving scoff, she shook her head.
"What does that have to do with you?" Kagome asked back with a frown.
"It has everything to do with me," she snapped. Then after giving Kagome a quick yet derisive look-over, Kagura continued to say, "There is only one similarity between us, Kagome, and that's Sesshomaru. But even then there's a difference."
"And that is…?"
Kagura rolled her eyes, as if Kagome should have known the answer already. Then after casting an almost subtle glance over her shoulder, she leaned forward, narrowing her ruby eyes at her self-proclaimed rival.
"Sesshomaru and I are just going through a rough patch," Kagura bit out in a low whisper. "You on the other hand, are only temporary."
Kagome felt utterly disgusted. The length girls like her would go just to wrap their manipulative fingers around a man was ridiculous. But even though Kagome knew better than to believe Kagura, she admitted that not allowing the words to get her was harder to do than she thought it'd be.
"If you want him so badly, you can have him," Kagome found herself saying without putting much thought into her words, and before she knew it, she had slammed the door shut on an incredulous Kagura.
Putting a hand to her head, Kagome couldn't help but wonder what Sesshomaru ever saw in a girl like her. The thought only served to fuel her growing anger.
One thing after another… Kagome sighed, wondering how she could deal with it all. But in the end, was it all just unnecessary drama? Would incidents such as the one that had just happened reoccur? And then in addition, just to deal with his often proud personality…
Perhaps it was better to just leave things unfinished as they were, and have nothing more to do with Taisho Sesshomaru.