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Startled

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Kagome paused in the middle of a field of flowers and twirled, it was nearing noon and he had not found her yet . . . or was he even looking- there was no way to tell if he was or was not and did she really care? No. She was free to do what she wanted just as he was free to be with that whore if he so chose. Walking over to a tree and sitting down, she ignored the pain in her chest at the thought of him with her and pulled out some bread to munch on.

Why had he even bothered marrying her if he already had someone? She should have known better then to even hope that he just might be different then the others. All men were alike, period. She was just an object to add to their reputation, especially with yōkai but was he not already at the top . . .? What would he gain marrying h-

"Hello there."

Startled Kagome jumped to her feet and spun around in place trying to find the owner of the voice. Quickly scanning the area she found no one. Could she, maybe be imagining it? After all she didn't get a good night rest and- an amused voice broke into her thoughts, "Up here." She looked up only to go pale and then red in anger. What, she wasn't good enough for him to come himself and get her! 'I'll show that no good Inu-'

Seeing her anger rise, he swiftly came down to join her landing lightly on his feet. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to startle you," he added quickly breaking off her thought, "I was taking a break when you sat under my tree." He finished glad that she seemed to be calming down some. He really hadn't meant to startle her like he did and while he did find it amusing; he wasn't expecting her to get angry like she did. "Lets start over. Hi, I'm Koroshiya."

"Ka-gome." She answered back slowly looking for signs that he knew who she was and seeing none began to relax until he held out his hand to her. She looked at him questioningly and only got a cocked eyebrow as he pointedly waited. Tentatively she placed her hand in his and watched in shock as he lifted her hand to his lips and placed a kissed upon it.

"Nice to meet you Ms. Kagome."

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Okay, I know I said there would not be another Chapter till after Christmas but believe it or not I actually had some time to come up with this and I owe it to Nipi for planting the seed! I hope you all like it; let me know your thoughts. Thank you to my awesome reviewers! CityOfFallenAshes, TearsDrippingDown, kate, Slytherin's Pimp, Esha Napoleon, IntertwinedMelodies, Verzozao, TheLostPrincessOfTheEast, Vocaloid Marmalade86, The Dragon Singer, llebreknit, nipi and Sarah Victoria Cullen. Priss ^^

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This is definitely it, till after Christmas; MERRY CHRISTMAS!