Even today as he made fun of her she could sense that there was something going on with him, like some battle with in him that he was trying to ignore.
She could not help it as her eyes traveled over his well toned, deeply tan body, his beautiful golden eyes, the dark pink streaks on his cheeks, the crescent moon that signifies his as a lord of the west and his long shiny silver hair. But as her eyes were looking over his very muscular arms she noticed a deep gash on his on his left arm, which his long silver hair was attempting to hide. "My lord, you're bleeding," she said to him
" Ah yes but it is just a small wound, nothing to worry about." He told her with an amused smile on his face.
" My lord, you may like to think that you are all powerful and that nothing can hurt you but you are far from invincible this small wound could kill you if not treated." She said as her checks started to go red from how close he was standing.
"And are you willing to do so?" he asked with a suggestive smile crawling across his face.
"Lord Sesshomaru, you are an arrogant jerk, but that is not something that I feel should be punished by death." she said smoothly.
"Ahh so you are a witch, maybe this was your plan so you can poison me."
"I am not a witch! I know how to read!" she exclaimed, her patience wearing thin. "Fine have it as you will. Do you fear my touch?"
"Ahh that I do," he said softly. "But the shoulder pains me. Fine, my lady, do as you will"
He called fro his page, and between the strong young boy, Sesshomaru and herself, they managed to strip Sesshomaru of his upper clothing, and armor. Kagome called to one of the kitchen maids and told her what she needed to be soaked together to treat Sesshomarus' wound. He sat before the fire as Kagome put several stitches in to his arm to keep the wound closed. When she was finished she bandaged his arm carefully.
" What luck I have! Not only do I have a teacher for my sister to keep her out of my face but I also have a doctor since you are not a witch." He teased her.
As she bandaged him she made sure to do his bandages extra tight for that comment and tried not to notice the hard bare muscle beneath her fingers, the heat of his flesh, the sent of him. Kagome tried not to look in to his eyes but did so when she replied to him. "I told you, my lord. I read. And I have learned a great deal from books."
He rolled his eyes at her comment and asked her " Tell me, do you only read for knowledge? Or is there something else you wish to gain from old musty pages?"
His eyes seemed very dark, intense. Her fingers still lay upon his well-toned arm, and she almost took her hand off, something she didn't wish to do right at that moment. She loved the feel of his heated flesh right below her small fingers.
"No, my lord," she said " in a book all things are possible, they can give you excitement or they can make you sad or they can even make you feel safe."
"You speak as if that's all you want in life is a book, perhaps I will allow you to teach me."
"Perhaps I will be kind enough to do so," she said almost challenging him.
Ah, but she should have known not to challenge him. She had realized what was coming next. And wish she hadn't opened her big mouth and said anything.
"You will teach me," he said firmly.
"Perhaps later-"
"Perhaps now."
"Then perhaps we should renegotiate my contract that I hav-"
"Perhaps you should get a book!"
"We will renegotiate!" she said haughtily, but he was so close to her she could feel his body heat, and she was afraid that he was going to touch her, so she did the only think she could think of, she reached out and grabbed a book.