Chapter 8: Trading Places
Ai sat down and waited for Sesshoumaru to return and tried her best not to think of what had happened. Almost two hours later she saw him coming down the path badly beaten and barely walking. Ai rushed up to him and helped him to a nearby stream where he laid down with his head resting in her lap. She got up very gingerly so as not to disturb Sesshoumaru and went over to her small bag where she proceeded to take out her old kimono and tare it into strips. She then started dipping the strips into the small stream.
Before she could begin to clean his wounds he put his hand over hers in an attempt to discourage her from doing so. "I'm fine." Ai just shook her head worriedly "Even though being a youkai helps you heal faster your wounds could still get infected if they're not cleaned and bandaged properly, now let me help you before that happens." Sesshoumaru removed his hand, a sign that he was giving her permission to proceed.
Ai began by first cleaning his wounds and then bandaging them. Sesshoumaru sat up and leaned his back against a tree as she finished bandaging a wound on his arm. He looked down at her and she gave him a warm smile. Sesshoumaru was having a hard time trying to understand why she was being so nice to him after he treated her so badly. He looked into her eyes, they were usually filled with joy, but now they only looked worried. "Why are you doing this?" Ai looked up at him as if she was confused by his question and then her thoughts were turned back to the scene that took place between them just a few hours ago. "Because you're hurt and you needed my help, you should get some rest so your wounds will heal faster, no more talking for today."
Sesshoumaru nodded; too tired to care that he was in his previous position, lying down with his head in her lap. Ai looked down at him and couldn't help but think that he looked so innocent when he was asleep almost like a child. She didn't sleep that night, instead she watched over Sesshoumaru, just like he had done for her many times before.
Ai sat down and waited for Sesshoumaru to return and tried her best not to think of what had happened. Almost two hours later she saw him coming down the path badly beaten and barely walking. Ai rushed up to him and helped him to a nearby stream where he laid down with his head resting in her lap. She got up very gingerly so as not to disturb Sesshoumaru and went over to her small bag where she proceeded to take out her old kimono and tare it into strips. She then started dipping the strips into the small stream.
Before she could begin to clean his wounds he put his hand over hers in an attempt to discourage her from doing so. "I'm fine." Ai just shook her head worriedly "Even though being a youkai helps you heal faster your wounds could still get infected if they're not cleaned and bandaged properly, now let me help you before that happens." Sesshoumaru removed his hand, a sign that he was giving her permission to proceed.
Ai began by first cleaning his wounds and then bandaging them. Sesshoumaru sat up and leaned his back against a tree as she finished bandaging a wound on his arm. He looked down at her and she gave him a warm smile. Sesshoumaru was having a hard time trying to understand why she was being so nice to him after he treated her so badly. He looked into her eyes, they were usually filled with joy, but now they only looked worried. "Why are you doing this?" Ai looked up at him as if she was confused by his question and then her thoughts were turned back to the scene that took place between them just a few hours ago. "Because you're hurt and you needed my help, you should get some rest so your wounds will heal faster, no more talking for today."
Sesshoumaru nodded; too tired to care that he was in his previous position, lying down with his head in her lap. Ai looked down at him and couldn't help but think that he looked so innocent when he was asleep almost like a child. She didn't sleep that night, instead she watched over Sesshoumaru, just like he had done for her many times before.
