Sesshomaru made his way from the tree line, and faced the hanyou, inwardly surprised the boy had sensed him.

He was learning.

He raised a brow in question.

"The hell you doing lingering around Kagome? I ain't dumb. You can hide your presence, but your father was my old man too."

"It is not your concern what This One does or does not do regarding the miko."

"That's bullshit, and you know it. She's been mine for years now, and all of a sudden you decide to sniff around?"

Yours?

His eyes bled red as fury gripped him like a vice.