Kouga swept into the clearing in a whirl of dust, sending everyone coughing, except Sesshoumaru, who merely made a face. Of course his mask was firmly back in place before the dust settled so no one got to see his momentary deviation from an iceberg.
Kagome wanted nothing more than to smack the wolf upside his stupid head. She'd been so close to hearing Sesshoumaru confess something, something she knew she really wanted to hear, but no, he had to come sweeping in and ruin everything!
The dense wolf failed to notice her frustration, let alone the very close proximity of Sesshoumaru to her person. He grasped her hands like always and pulled her less than gently against him. A vicious growl shook the air and for once it hadn't come from Inuyasha.
Kagome glanced over Kouga's shoulder and shuddered at the look on the inu taiyoukai's face. She didn't doubt for a second that if Kouga didn't get his hands off of her very, very quickly, she would be planting spider lilies on his grave to keep scavengers away from his very mutilated, if not unrecognizable corpse.
Kagome opened her mouth to speak but Inuyasha beat her to it.