Chapter 64

Huddled before the dying fire, Kagome mindlessly threaded her fingers through Tamotsu's fur; brushing through any tangles she encountered.

"Bokusenou-jii-san?" she began hesitantly.

"Yes, dear girl?"

"I'm curious…of what you meant the other day when you spoke of my knowledge of Touga's bloodline…"

"Hmmm…It is curious, is it not?"

She looked up from her ministrations, "What is?" she queried.

"I think it quite obvious."

"Well, for my sake, let us assume it is not,"

"Very well…" Pausing, he considered his audience, "I merely refer to your uncanny propensity to, shall we say, bond with certain Inu youkai; despite their predispositions."


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