When they finally went to sleep Kagome was far too tired to protest Youko's declaration of, "packmates who spoon together stay together!"…although she did insist he remain fully clothed. In the interest of cultural assimilation they would both compromise.
She was tuckered out and overfull with what she'd learnt that day. There was so much Youko wanted to know, and so many details she knew she couldn't possibly give up before the week had passed. Her duty and loyalty to the jewel and friends was her first priority, overwhelming enough in its own right.
And yet there was so much she hadn't realized, so many things to learn…and her worry that she could never be an adequate mother to Shippo dug further and further into her skin.
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