Kagome acknowledged the youkai's rather prudent point. If Inuyasha had any inkling that she was going to run off with the "pretty boy fox", he'd kill her. Scratch that, she thought, chancing another long look at the beautiful specimen of a kitsune, he'd kill him first, and then me.
She had promised the hanyou that she wouldn't abandon him, and she had every intention to keep that vow. Her little trip had just…extended a bit.
The next glance she gave Youko was tinged with warning. "You may want to move back a bit." She said, kneeling down to bury her hands in the earth.
He proved tempted to do the exact opposite, and approached her side. "What are you planning?"
"My friends will try to find me." She adjusted her palms, sifting through the dirt in an attempt to find a hold.
"They won't be able to."
She sighed. Youkai and their pride. "They will worry. I was hoping to prevent that."
He persisted, leaning down to inspect that patterns she was trailing in the soil, and in doing so placed himself firmly in her space. "How?"
Kagome was accustomed to curiosity, but rarely was it accompanied by a tall male with an intimidating amount of youki. She tried a distraction. "You wanted to observe me, correct?"
He tilted his head so that his nose brushed alongside her cheek. "Yes."
"Well consider this your first chance. Now move."
She butted him with her shoulder and the youkai seemed to take the hint. Kagome wasn't sure if interest had won out over the temptation to tease, but either way Youko stood up and moved to the far edge of the clearing.
"Good enough?" He called sardonically.
Kagome located a patch of youki-free soil and grinned. This'll shut him up.
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AN: Sorry for the delay in posting! I'm currently undergoing a major school-sanctioned meltdown and time crisis so you may not hear from me until Thanksgiving! I haven't abandoned ship. I've even spared some time (and grade points I imagine) to work on ABNW ;)
(PS. I'm Canadian, my Thanksgiving is early, don't worry)