I'm the Leader of the Broken Hearts by *~*Missy*~*

Just a little help

When you're standing on the battlefield

Kagome and the wolf held eyes for a moment, she could tell that she was going to be forced to do this and she was extraordinarily sad.  She didn’t want to, this wolf did not deserve to die but she knew that this is what had to happen.  As it leapt towards her she aimed her arrow carefully, watching it come towards her and she aimed, then released.  Blood rained over her like a waterfall of death, she didn’t know why it wasn’t just instantly purified, but as she was covered in blood she let out a mournful cry and sank to the ground.  What have I done?  She thought to herself as she just let herself lay there and cry for a good twenty minutes.  Kagome let her powers feel out, she needed to bathe and get all of this blood off of her.  She felt there was a hot spring ten minutes West and she sighed in resignation as she picked herself up, collecting her bow and arrows, finding there was even a jewel shard in the mess of what had once been a wolf, and walking to her location.

It took her ten agonizing minutes before she was there, she saw the steam rising up and it really looked like heaven to her.  She sighed in contentment as she thought of the water rushing over her body, but it was now time to get out of her blood soaked clothes.  She began to slowly strip out, the blood making her clothes stick to her body, her poor white shirt soaked through and through.  As her shirt peeled off of her skin with some difficulty she dropped it to the ground right near the hot springs, where she had previously dropped her bow and arrows, the bow had one knocked just in case.  There was now blood sprinkling all over Kagome’s skin and soaked through onto her white lace bra that she wore underneath, she pulled this off as well.  After she was free of her top half she pulled her blood soaked green skirt off and then her matching white underwear, the only article of clothing that didn’t have any blood on them.  Then her shoes and her now red socks, she then slowly slipped into the hot spring.  She let out a cry as the hot water hit her.  She saw the water start to pool, turning pink in color from the blood that was coming off of her skin.  Her face was the worst, covered completely except for her eyes.  She looked at her reflection and broke into tears, it appeared she was crying blood from how the tear trails looked. 

From her blind spot behind her someone approached her.  A thick,  confident voice spoke, startling her through and through.

“Kagome?  What are you doing here by yourself?  What happened?”  She knew that voice, she’d never be able to forget that voice.

“Ban—kotsu….”  She whispered as she looked up at him, face soaked in blood.

“What happened to you?”  Bankotsu was shocked as he looked at her, what could have possibly happened to her.  Where were her friends, her protector—the annoying whelp Inuyasha—He had not sensed anyone nearby.

“Wolf demon, had a jewel shard, wanted mine.  Had to kill it, exploded in blood just before my face.”  She said in broken clipped sentences.  “Was all I could do to just get here.”  She said as looked back down at the water, and struck her reflection.

“Hey none of that now.”  Bankotsu said, sensing something serious had happened beyond this.  “Let’s get you cleaned up. “  He said as he began to strip. 

“What are you doing?”  Her voice sounded frightened and he didn’t like that, not at all.

“I’m going to get in here to help you, don’t worry Kagome, I’m not going to hurt you.” 

“Oh…alright.”  She whispered as she didn’t even try to cover up, the water was high enough that it covered anything essential anyway.

Words: 672

Challenge: Stella’s Soundtrack Challenge

                     Hotspring Hijinx

Prompts: Wall of Death

                   Blind spot