Hulk and His Priestess

Chapter 25 Helping a Wounded Soldier.

WARNING: SEXUALLY EXPLICIT SCENE!

Monday morning, Kagome gets up early, she decides that she'd like to go for a run before she heads down to her office. She leaves a note for Bruce telling him where she went. She goes to the bathroom, gets dressed and heads out to the track that she had seen on Saturday. Kagome starts stretching and warming up when she notices a lone figure running the track. She shades her eyes with her hand waiting to see who it is when the person gets closer, she can see that it's Bucky. Kagome continues to stretch and waits for him to come back around, when he passes her she starts running and catches up to him.

"Good morning."

Bucky looks at her and nods.

"How did you sleep," Kagome asks.

"Good...you?"

"Very well, thank you."

They continue to run laps on the track, Bucky every now and then looking at Kagome out of the corner of his eye. Kagome keeping perfect pace with Bucky, she doesn't seem to be overexerting herself at all. The silence goes on for a while longer until Kagome finally speaks.

"So, I couldn't help overhearing yesterday that you're thinking about stopping your therapy sessions."

Bucky doesn't answer, he just picks up the pace a little more, but Kagome stays with him.

"Yeah." He finally says after a long while.

"Isn't that part of your probation?"

"Yeah."

"What happens if you stop going?"

"They'll send me to prison."

Kagome doesn't say anything, she just keeps running. Suddenly Bucky stops, grabs Kagome by the arm to stop her.

"Did you really mean it when you and Bruce said you would help me?"

"Yes, we meant it, Bucky."

"Can you cure me?"

"Yes."

"How?"

"I can't tell you now."

Bucky's eyes harden and he squeezes her arm a little tighter.

"It's a long story, but if you come over for dinner with Bruce and me tonight, I'll explain everything. I'll even show you how I'll do it."

Bucky's grip loosened, he stared at Kagome for a moment then nods. Kagome gives him a smile.

"Good, then I'll see you tonight," She tells him and pulls her arm out of his grasp.

While Kagome and Bucky had been talking, Natasha had been watching them through the window from the compound. She had her arms crossed and was leaning against the window pane watching every single move that Kagome and Bucky made. She was trying to figure out what Kagome's interest in Bucky was. As she watched Steve came up behind her.

"What are you looking at?"

She motioned with her head outside.

Steve looked outside and smiled, "Hey, looks like Bucky is making a new friend."

But his smile faded when he saw Bucky grab Kagome's arm and squeeze. He watched anxiously to see what Kagome would do. But when he saw that Kagome only smiled and said something to him then gently got him to release her arm he relaxed.

"I wonder what that was about?" He asked.

"I don't know, maybe you should go find out."

Steve nods and makes his way down to the track. By the time he gets there, Bucky is cooling down from his run, and drinking water. Steve smiles when he reaches his best friend.