The two shared an inscrutable look and took a seat next to Sango and Miroku without further comment. Inuyasha had resettled at the base of a nearby felled log, leaving Kagome in front of the fire, and more alarmingly, right in the spotlight.
She toyed with the jewel around her neck, soothed to have the familiar bauble resting next to her collarbone. Being without it for the last week had been the final notch in an otherwise unreal encounter, and having the shikon back made her bargains all the more real…and her promises more looming.
The play of her fingers prodded Youko's gaze. "Your aura reacts strongly to that." He pointed.
She stopped, then smiled, for the observation was the perfect introduction to an otherwise convoluted story.
"It should," she said, drawing the fine chain out from beneath her top, the jewel glowing a soft pink almost as if it were showing off, "I was born with it in my body."
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