Kagome pursed her lips, then helped Kagura to her feet. "I can't believe you're defending him."
She snorted. "I'm not defending anyone. Especially since he could've talked to Mama or me to explain the situation at any time." Kagura raised her chin at him. "But I'm assuming he's got some sort of excuse for why he didn't." She dusted herself off, her movements more fluid than before, though she kept her posture stiff to avoid exacerbating her wounds.
"So you think I should hear him out," Kagome said, avoiding his gaze.
"What I think, is that if you are twin flames, and he knows it, that it means he's willing to give up a lot to be with you." She pushed Kagome's hands away from her side.
"Lying isn't a great way to start things off," Kagome grumbled.
"Which is why you're going to give him hell regardless of his answer," Kagura said with a smirk, patting her shoulder. "I'll tell Mama what happened." She plucked the remaining feather from her hair, her smile reassuring as Kagome endowed it with her power, guaranteeing her safe passage home.
"You're still healing!" Kagome called out as she rose into the sky.
"I'll be careful," she replied, her words lost on the wind as she disappeared.
Kagome watched until she couldn't feel her aura anymore, muscles tense as she finally faced him. "I hope you realize how much trust she just put in you."
"I am aware."
"I'll fry you if you try anything." Kagome's heart fluttered as his expression softened, the slight crinkling of his eyes reminding her of how open he'd been in her dreams, but she refused to give in to the aching need to throw herself at him. "Are you at least going to tell me your name?"
Amber bore into sapphire, unblinking. "You already know it."
She did. She could feel it in the very core of her soul, but she didn't dare say it aloud, worried about the power it had over her.