To Chance Fate

by dxlmao

After a chance meeting on a train, Sesshomaru reluctantly becomes friends with Kagome. Slowly but surely she becomes something more, and he finds himself not wanting to let her go. His past, is her future. Will he sit by quietly and watch her slip away, or will he seize fate into his own hands. Explores the three year period where Kagome was gone.

10. Chapter 9

A/N: A note about me. I'm very, very superstitious.

Word count: 100

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Chapter 9

Eyes that had experienced too many lifetimes closed. "She needed to learn how to be human," They opened and she could see something linger in them, "I could not give her everything she needed."

Kagome forgot her own pain and she reached across the small table to envelop his hand in her smaller one. "I'm sure she understood why you did it." A small sincere smile graced her lips, and he felt some of the guilt leave him.

"So," Her eyes were curious now, "do you have a family?"

The loneliness he'd been keeping at bay reappeared, "I do not."