42-Radiance

She purified, drank, and washed her face, untangling her hair with wet fingers and glowing beads of water. They slipped down the nape of her neck, causing cold skin to ripple with goose-bumps.

She struggled with her creased and dirtied uniform, but nothing could be done about it so she used the shining water to wipe the dirt from her legs, revealing long ivory skin that disappeared beneath that scrap of cloth she called a skirt.

"Sure you don't want any?" she offered again.

Sesshomaru walked away.

Only when he heard her footsteps behind him, did he increase his pace.