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[The sound of the trot will give Konoha away before she arrives, turning the corner and spotting- oh, that's her! Wait, was it? Her ears have disappeared... no, it's definitely her otherwise?]

Hello!

[Coming to a stop before the other young woman, Konoha dips into a little bow of greeting, momentarily not towering at around seven feet tall as she lifts her head from the bow to smile, welcoming... and a little embarrassed, because-]

I'm sorry, I didn't introduce myself properly... I'm Konoha.

[Kagome turns towards the sound, smiling when she spots Konoha approaching. She looks up...up...up. Wow she's really tall.

At 5'0" she's not winning any height competitions, but she's never gotten used to being towered over. Except...maybe by Sesshomaru.]

Hello! [She bows low in return.] It's nice to officially meet you. I'm Kagome.

Nice to officially meet you, too, Kagome!

[The side effects of your human waist starting at what was already most men’s shoulder height. Even Sesshomaru is shorter than her... though honestly even with her height there’s little intimidating about her, not with that big smile and the fact that, were it not for her more equine parts, she dressed and acted... like a peasant from the country.]

Last time I saw Inuyasha was the groves... I think he might be living there? Lord Sesshomaru is, too, so... maybe they don’t like the apartments? I’m not sure if he’ll be there now, but- I can show you where it was?

[With InuYasha's propensity for sleeping in trees and Sesshomaru's utter abhorrence of humans and their villages in general, she's not too surprised to hear about their living arrangements.

The expression of her face is merely one of exasperated acceptance.]

That sounds like them alright. And yes, if you wouldn't mind just showing me the general area he tends to be in, that would be great. I don't want to take up too much of your time.

[Besides, as long as InuYasha isn't too far away, he's likely to pick up her scent and come on his own.]

Sure! Follow me.

[Never too busy to lend a hand, and she’s particularly not busy right now, Konoha gestures for Kagome to follow her and begins clopping her way towards the groves. The general area she could show her too easy.

And she also can’t help but be curious, turning to speak while they walk.]

How do you know Inuyasha?

[Kagome follows at her side eagerly, her legs working quickly to keep up with Konoha's gait.

The question causes her to glance away awkwardly. Why were they back to this question? She doesn't know any better now how to explain their relationship.]

Uh..well...we've been traveling together for awhile. Back home, I mean.

[She quickly attempts to leap to a new topic.]

So, how did you and InuYasha meet?

[Traveling together... well, it certainly was dangerous for a young woman to do that sort of thing alone, especially a human woman... so Konoha just nods with a hum. He must be like a bodyguard, then? Maybe?

Thankfully? for Kagome, she doesn’t pry any further.]

Oh, well... I’d heard a lot about him from Lord Sesshomaru, but I didn’t meet him until he helped me out of trouble some really persistent Fox people that visited the city before... but then, I don’t know, if all got really confusing and he misunderstood how I knew Lord Sesshomaru, so I went to set him straight, and to thank him for helping me, but-

[Quick breath]

Well, I guess I’m not his favorite person. Maybe don't tell him I’m the one who told you where he was? It might be better that way...

From Sesshomaru? [The idea that Sesshomaru would be talking to people about InuYasha is strange enough. He definitely couldn't have been saying anything good.]

You shouldn't believe too much of what he says about InuYasha. They've never had a good relationship, you know. InuYasha is actually a really helpful guy. It doesn't surprise me that he helped you out of a bind.

I won't say anything if that's what you want. But maybe I could help you sort out the misunderstanding? He's not very good with subtlety so it's best to just be forth-right with him until he understands.

[Before Kagome even finishes speaking Konoha is shaking her head with a wry smile. She’d thought as much, but... it’s so frustrating that of all the things he’d said about his half demon brother, the one positive thing was what he’d sworn her to secrecy on. And as much as she hated not being able to say so... she also owed Sesshomaru more than to flagrantly break a promise she’d made to him.

Even if it might smooth things over with Inuyasha a little.]

I believe what I see for myself. Inuyasha helped me out when he didn’t have to, so I know he’s a good person. ... Lord Sesshomaru was right about the rash and temperamental part though, I have to say.

[All she can do is laugh a bit helplessly, scratch behind her ear.]

I thought I was being pretty clear, but... I don’t know. He said I might be a spy, or inadvertently give away his secrets to Lord Sesshomaru, and all kinds of nonsense...

[and Konoha is pretty sure she’s way too dumb to pull off being a spy... but,]

At least he doesn’t think we’re having an affair anymore... I’m married, I can’t have that kind of talk going around!

[Kagome might not suspect that Konoha is keeping any confidences of Sesshomaru's regarding InuYasha, but she is glad to hear that the jinba isn't swayed by second hand information. Especially from a biased source like Sesshomaru.]

Tell me about it. His temper can be the worst sometimes. It's like pulling teeth just getting him to talk about anything that isn't fighting related.

[She can't help but let out a laugh when Konoha tells her InuYasha suspected her of being a spy.]

Honestly, don't mind him. He can be so dumb sometimes. Especially when it comes to that brother of his.

[...What?]

Affair? With Sesshomaru? [Her eyes widen.] He's not really the type. I mean, you could do so much better! Just where is InuYasha getting all of these crazy ideas? Geez...

[It is funny, right? Her? A spy?

It’s also funny to imagine Sesshomaru having an affair... Well, not funny, but. Just barely even imaginable at all! Just by virtue of her culture Konoha sort of expected people of a certain age to be married one way or another, so she’d asked, but... yeah, nope.]

Right? I was just trying to explain how I knew him, and that we weren’t like, plotting an attack on him or something, I just bring him lunch and we moonlace sometimes, but moonlacing can just be holding hands and stuff! That’s all, I don’t know why he just jumped to the worst possible one....

[She shakes her head with a small blush, the bun on top of her head wobbling along.]

Lord Sesshomaru is more like... like a protective brother? Mmm, no... like an estranged uncle, maybe? Something like that!

Well, I can't blame InuYasha for expecting the worst from Sesshomaru.

[In fact, her own first encounters with the older youkai were less than pleasant. He really doesn't present himself in a good light at all. But he does have a little human girl he's taking care of now. Or...he did. So maybe he's becoming a little less awful.]

But he shouldn't take it out on you. You have nothing to do with their relationship. And I'll be sure to tell him that once I find him.

[She can barely hold a straight face at the idea of Sesshomaru being anyone's 'protective brother'.]

I really can't imagine it.

D- Don't be too hard on him or anything, I guess. I mean-

[Konoha tries to think of how to phrase it based on the scraps of information she's gotten from both brothers (and Matthias), frowning as she leads Kagome deeper into the Greatmoon Groves.

Eventually, though, all she can do is smile a bit helplessly.]

I was probably kind of stupid about it. I didn't mean to, but I guess to him it looks like I picked "a side"? I didn't, but.

[Sigh, this is complicated. Demons!!!]

I'm glad Inuyasha will have a friend here, though.

[Maybe it's just her, but. She thought he seemed a bit lonely.]

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