A/N: One last update before I start on HTK. Thank you for all your continued support.
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Kagome eyed the two brothers warily. There had always been animosity between the two, a simmering violence laying right beneath the surface, but now there seemed to be a sharper edge to their interactions. There was something she was missing.
But what?
Could it be because Sesshomaru had come to save her? Or did Inuyasha knew about Sesshomaru's previous study of her? Kagome shook her head. That couldn't possibly be it, Inuyasha would have said something a long time ago if it were.
She snuck a glance at the demon lord, blushing when he caught her gaze, his eyes intense and probing.
Why does he look at me so?
None of it made since. There was no possible way that he was interested in her. She was human! And a miko at that, the sworn enemy of his kind. He would never see her like that.
So why does that thought pain me so?
Kagome looked to the hanyou by her side. He had been her best friend, her savior, and her first real crush. Once upon a time, she had thought herself in love with him, had envisioned a life by his side. However, life and a heavy dose of magic have a way of turning dreams, even sweet ones to dust.
She was not Kikyo.
Kagome would not have cared if she was his second choice, as long as she was his choice. But she wasn't. Inuyasha would never be able to see anything but Kikyo's face when he looked at her, and as much as she cared for him she deserved to be loved for who she was and not someone she used to be in another life.
She sighed. Kagome could feel Inuyasha's restlessness, his barely restrained anger broiling within him, just as she could feel the tense pressure of Sesshomaru's youki, waiting, simply waiting. It would not be long until Inuyasha snapped.
And they both knew it.
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