Bound Endlessly

by FrenchFlutter

What do you do when you receive a birthday present you never thought in a million years would be possible? What if everything you fought so hard for, was all for nothing? What if you never really made a difference at all? Maybe, just maybe, it's all in how you look at it. Maybe, we are all just bound... bound endlessly to a thing called fate!

86. Chapter 86: Only Hope

Chapter 86: Only hope

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Kagome coughed and turned her back towards him, facing the waterfall.

"I planned to bathe alone." She said.

"Plans change."

"The water is pretty cold."

"This Sesshoumaru is not weak to the elements as humans are."

"I know. I was just being polite." Kagome huffed annoyed, turning back to look at him. He stood, clad in boxers, just looking at her. "Would you like me to clean your wounds? I don't have my medical kit, but I can wash them."

Sesshoumaru inclined his head and walked over to her, into the cold water that surrounded their feet and turned his back to her. Most of the gashes had healed well, only one was still particularly bad.

"You can sit here." She motioned toward her jeans on the rock. "I can only hope these continue to heal so well. It really is such a pity."

Sesshoumaru growled. "Do not pity me, Miko."

"I don't. It is a pity that such beautiful skin will forever be mared by ignorance of men." Kagome picked up the soap. Gently she ran her hands over his back, shaking her head as she felt all the scars under her fingertips.