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Absolution

"Kagome...Kagome. If I could have changed it-"

"Then you would not be here, and I would be alone. I forgive you, Naraku. I forgive you, because I love you – and may the souls of all those you've hurt forgive me for it."

He stares at her and breathes deeply of her scent, feels the warmth of her body pressed tight against him and listens to her heartbeat, strong and vital and intense.

"There is no one, not even the gods themselves, who would not forgive you, Kagome."

And he kisses her. It is the first time he has done so since he told her the truth of who he was; she does not pull away from him; her mouth is greedy, honey, wanton -

He does not deny her.