84—True Loyalty
"Kikyo," Kagome breathed.
He noted the way she said it.
A pained taboo.
"I don't know what you mean," she tried.
Sesshomaru wasn't one for games, "His beloved."
She hid her flinch gracefully.
"Inuyasha had responsibilities," he continued. "He abandoned them for her."
"What…happened?"
"A clash between demons," Sesshomaru described. "I demanded his presence. Yet his love and her arrow detained him."
Kagome hesitated.
"That was… complicated. I'm sure he wanted to be there," she defended gently. "Inuyasha is pretty loyal."
"Agreed," Golden eyes met brown.
"To this day," Sesshomaru lightly touched his empty sleeve. "His humans always come first."