With dinner set to cook, Kagome steps out for a breath of fresh air and to find Sango while they wait for the males to return from their bath. But when she does, she sees Sesshoumaru sitting beneath a tree at the top of the hill.

He didn't go?

Brows furrowed, she leans against the doorway, watching just as Rin joins him.

The girl stands silent, considering. And then suddenly, she drops to his side and shoves her hands up his sleeve.

A knot forms in Kagome's throat as she watches Rin massage his arm.

He's hurting.

And hiding it.