InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Day to Play ❯ Inuyasha's Secrets ( Chapter 6 )

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Chapter Six

 

Inuyasha's Secrets

 

 

As a precaution, please note that this was originally posted under my alternate pen name Hanyou Slave long, long ago when I first started writing somewhere back in 2004. This fic is not plagiarized. ^_^

 

 

Sesshoumaru's face came into focus as Inuyasha felt the cold marble making its way up his back. "No…" Inuyasha whispered a plea. “What if...I don't want a blade anywhere near our child!”

 

A warm hand slid from beneath his head, leaving it on a cool soft pillow.

 

"You can't let her do this!" protested Inuyasha while trying to worm his way out of Sesshoumaru's grasp. Inuyasha grabbed for his mate's shoulders and used him to pull up from the table only to be shoved back down. “Fuck!”

 

`So, his worry is mainly for the pup,' Sesshoumaru thought. With Inuyasha's state being what it was, any argument he might put forth would be rejected, so he decided not to engage in any attempts at persuasion, instead choosing to hold Inuyasha to the table. The sight of his mate struggling against him, furious and scared, did not sit well with Sesshoumaru. He didn't like it, not at all. In an effort to calm and soothe Inuyasha, he leaned down and laid his chest against Inuyasha then nuzzled his nose into Inuyasha's hair.

 

"Damn you, Sesshoumaru," growled Inuyasha into the ear resting against his cheek. "I'll get you back for this. I swear to all the gods, I'll get you back for knocking me up and making me go through this! Bastard!"

 

Inuyasha flung his legs up to kick his way from the table only to have two large hands grab his ankles and pull his legs out straight. "Fuck all of you! I'll kill you all!" he yelled in a panic, squirming against inhuman strength.

 

Sesshoumaru slightly raised his head and gazed softly into Inuyasha's eyes. "Inuyasha, everything will be alright. I won't leave your side," Sesshoumaru murmured in another attempt to soothe his mate.

 

The one who had made Inuyasha feel safe, for the first time since his mother died, oddly enough, was an assassin who's hand currently brushed his cheek. Safe was not what Inuyasha was feeling right now.

 

"Keh! Screw you! You're not the one getting ripped open!"

 

He continued to unsuccessfully struggle, throwing epithets at everyone in the room, including Kaede.

 

`Sure, getting sliced open isn't nothing new, but I've been aching for months now and it already hurts like a fucking bitch! They don't want me awake to protect my pups either. They're mine! I'll be damned if someone takes them away while I'm asleep!' he thought as another contraction hit.

 

“Ung,” he moaned at the height of it. “I'm gonna kill you,” he panted.

 

“If you worry so much for yourself, you have a poor memory, Inuyasha. How many times have you been injured? Even by my own hands? You will survive this, little brother,” Sesshoumaru responded, having had enough of Inuyasha's paranoia inducing hormones.

 

“I ain't worried so much about me as the pups! Hell, you'll probably eat them!” Inuyasha accused deliriously and watched as Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow and gazed beyond him. That would the last thing he remembered before he awoke.

 

Miroku's staff still jingled from the blow to Inuyasha's head. "Sorry about that, Inuyasha," whispered the monk, unheard by the unconscious hanyou. “And I thought women were hysterical while in giving birth,” he scowled, though still highly amused at Inuyasha's accusation against Sesshoumaru.

 

“Thank you, Miroku,” Kaede said and placed a wet lightweight cloth over Inuyasha's mouth and nose. "There, that should keep him out for awhile. Now let's get on with it."

 

Miroku flung a sheet over the patient and Kaede started to undo the sash of Inuyasha's robe, only to have Sesshoumaru raise his hand in a gesture for her to move away. The others looked on in surprise as Sesshoumaru gently untied the sash and raised Inuyasha up to remove the robe. Although Inuyasha could not be embarrassed or humiliated in his current state, Sesshoumaru was careful to keep the sheet over him while he removed the Inuayasha's clothing. He stepped away, allowing Kaede to pull the sheet down to Inuyasha's hips.

 

"Leave, now," Sesshoumaru ordered Inuyasha's friends.

 

Everyone, except those servants recruited to restrain Inuyasha, shuffled toward the door while sending one last glance toward the still body of Inuyasha. Entering the hall, their eyes met lightening, flashing and glowing through windows that reached two-thirds of the distance up the wall to the high vaulted ceiling. The storm raged as they paced the floor and occasionally stared at the door while they waited for any comforting sound.

 

"Are you sure you're up for this, Lord Sesshoumaru?" the old priestess asked, receiving a single nod in answer as both intently stared at each other.

 

Sesshoumaru may have had nerves of steel and he may have seen demons and humans alike with their insides turned outside, but this was completely different. The thought of peering into his mate's swollen belly tied his stomach into knots. Despite his hesitance to be a part of this procedure, he couldn't leave his mate to go through it all alone. `He needs me and I won't leave him alone,' Sesshoumaru thought while he lightly caressed Inuyasha's left arm from across the table from Kaede's position.

 

"Alright, Inuyasha's reflexes may cause him to lift his hips, pushing his entrails out. I need you to hold him down and keep everything in place," she instructed. The old woman had had many years of experience in treating wounds to the abdomen, particularly since Inuyasha had been a steady presence. One thing that stood out was the unconscious patient's urge to send his or her own entrails out onto the floor.

 

"Understood," replied Sesshoumaru placing, a hand on each of Inuyasha's hips while intently watching to make certain that the old priestess in no way harmed his mate.

 

Kaede used a string to mark straight lines, tracing the area's she intended to cut then dabbed it with some orange stuff Kagome had insisted she use.

 

Sesshoumaru watched, his face slack and unreadable as ever while blood oozed from Inuyasha's abdomen. The stench of the liquid combined with Inuyasha's blood was more than disgusting. He didn't want to see it, didn't want to be here, but he had no choice. `At least, Inuyasha doesn't feel anything.'

 

Kaede parted the skin and muscle tissue and reached inside Inuyasha's belly to draw out a clear bubble filled with water. A small figure with a thumb in its mouth floated inside the warm liquid. Momentarily setting it aside, she lifted a large, shimmering, silver sack from Inuyasha's belly and laid it on the table then tied off the connecting, twisted, silver cord in two places and cut it between two knots.

 

"The pup is too still," Kaede commented with a frown and quickly sliced open the sack of water. "Hold it down," she instructed upon seeing Inuyasha's abdomen strain upward. She knew that Sesshoumaru would heed her instructions and went about caring for the new arrival. Peeling the bubble from around the terribly white pup, she grabbed the rubber bulb Kagome had given her and applied suction to its nostrils, clearing them of fluid. She scrubbed its arms and legs in an attempt to get a response.

 

"Priestess, why does my pup refuse to cry?" Sesshoumaru asked, even though he could already smell the scent of death. He held his breath without thinking and watched for any sign of life. `I do not wish to use Tenseiga so soon. It would never be useful for the pup again and there is no guarantee that Tenseiga would heed my call.'

 

Kaede didn't bother to answer, instead, leaning over to breathe into the pups mouth and nose. `Expectant parents are always so nervous. He should at least give me the chance to do my work,' she mentally huffed.

 

His patience at an end, he grabbed the hilt of his healing sword, Tenseiga. Little, pea green creatures came into view, the same kind that had circled Inuyasha's body when they had waited to take his soul to the other side.

 

"Move!" Sesshoumaru growled and unsheathed the sword.

 

Kaede moved around the table and took over Sesshoumaru's position. She had seen the death of newborns many times, but this one was so special that she would heavily feel the weight of its death. `Only Sesshoumaru can save the little one now,' she grimly thought and focused on the task at hand.

 

"Sango!" she called. No sooner did the name leave her lips than Sango stood before her.

 

"Hold him while I sew him up," she instructed the deceptively strong demon slayer.

 

Sango placed her hands on Inuyasha's hips and gasped when she saw Tenseiga sweep dangerously low across a deathly white pup.

 

Relief coursed through Sesshoumaru and a rush of air left his chest at the tiny, almost inaudible sound of a whimper.

 

"Take the pup to the tub and scrub the skin good and clean," the old woman said without bothering to look up from her task.

 

The pup was so small that Sesshoumaru could nearly hold it on one hand. Carefully, he lifted it and strode to the tub. He smiled at the protesting wail as the slippery pup struggled and thrashed about to avoid the water.

 

`I can barely believe this is happening. It has been difficult to simply accept that I have feelings for Inuyasha. It has all been so sudden...so strange.'

 

Kaede glanced over and grinned at the shameless expression of awe on the great lord's face while he scrubbed away the protective coating from the tender skin of his heir.

 

"What's this?!" exclaimed Kaede at a slight flutter in Inuyasha's abdomen.

 

"What is wrong?" asked Sesshoumaru with a scowl and turned to look in her direction, concern clearly written on his face.

 

Sango gasped as Kaede reached back into Inuyasha's belly and felt around then drew out another small sack of fluid containing a very small pup. Its hands were fisted in its hair and it was kicking furiously. Kaede quickly followed the same procedure she had before then handed the now wailing pup over to Sango.

 

Sesshoumaru laid the first-born beside the small tub and had to struggle with the second writhing pup. The little one was just as slippery as the first and it was difficult to keep it within his grasp yet avoid hurting it with his claws at the same time.

 

While Sesshoumaru tended to the little ones, Kaede worked carefully; first sewing the inner wall of muscle that had held the pup. Then she moved to the outer layer of muscle. Finally, she completely sewed the skin together. Once that was completed, she and Sango tightly wound Inuyasha's abdomen in a single long bandage.

 

"He will heal soon enough," Kaede said with a tired sigh while she rose away and stretched her back. "You may let go now, Sango."

 

The old priestess bunched towels around Inuyasha then poured over the wound a liberal amount of the smelly, orange stuff that Kagome had given her to keep out infection, not that the half demon would actually need it. Nevertheless, Kaede had promised Kagome to follow procedure to the letter. After soaking up the excess liquid, covering Inuyasha, and throwing the soiled cloths into a basket, she and Sango approached the great lord who sat in a chair with the each of the pups wrapped tightly in a white blanket of soft lynx fur.

 

"They are beautiful," whispered Sango.

 

Sesshoumaru gazed in awe at the first-born and stroked the fuzzy, triangular ears atop her head then traced his fingertip along the curve of the crescent moon on her forehead. Fine, silver hair flowed down just below her jaw line. She was sucking her thumb again. Her lips were a deep, ruby red and the upper lip a perfect bow. Against her pale skin, the color made her markings, a mirror image of Sesshoumaru's, stand out all the more. In his other arm, the boy squirmed, grunted, and growled. Sesshoumaru scowled at the little punk. His coarse, spiked, white hair stood on end as though he'd been tugging on it for months. He did have Sesshoumaru's pointed ears at the side of his head and a lavender streak across each cheek. Still, his annoying behavior distinctly reminded Sesshoumaru of Inuyasha.

 

<i>`He's definitely going to keep the household busy. They are both so small. Two...two pups. What have I ever done to deserve such treasures?' </i>he thought and an overwhelming desire to protect them washed through his mind, body, and soul. <i>`I swear on my life that I will do everything in my power to protect you.' </i>

 

May I bring the others in?" asked Sango, barely able to contain her excitement.

 

He simply nodded and she ran to the door and flung it open. Breaths escaped everyone's lips at the grin on her face. They all rushed in, first seeing if Inuyasha was in good health then gathering around the proud father.

 

"What are you going to name her…daddy?" asked Kagome with a mile-wide, teasing grin.

 

"Izayoi," answered Sesshoumaru without moving his gaze from his daughter. He hadn't had to think about it for a moment. Inuyasha had carried these most precious treasures for so long and had suffered daily. There was also the added fact that he had terribly tormented Inuyasha for quite some time. This was the least he could do for his brother.

 

""What made you choose that name in particular?" asked Miroku.

 

"It was the name of Inuyasha's mother," Sesshoumaru nearly whispered.

 

"Does Inuyasha know?" Kagome asked, knowing that Inuyasha might throw a major temper tantrum if he disagreed with the choice of names.

 

"No," stated Sesshoumaru as if it were not a choice he intended to give Inuyasha.

 

Shippou jumped onto Sango's shoulder to get a better view. "She has golden eyes!" he squealed as Izayoi's eyes fluttered open for only a moment.

 

"What is the boy's name?" Miroku asked.

 

"Inuyasha will name the boy," Sesshoumaru answered, curling his upper lip in distaste. Already, the little female was wrapping him around her pinky finger and the boy was making a nuisance of himself.

 

"Sesshoumaru-sama," a small voice intoned from his right.

 

"Yes, Rin," he murmured softly and turned to the little human girl who had adopted him as her father, and that, without his permission.

 

"May I hold Izayoi?"

 

"It would be best for you to wait until after Inuyasha has held her. Don't you agree?"

 

"Yes, Sesshoumaru-sama," she agreed, disappointment clearly showing in her expression.

 

"Lord Sesshoumaru, I would like to have Inuyasha moved to the bedroom now," the tired, old priestess suggested.

 

Sesshoumaru had Miroku retrieve the servants who had earlier held down Inuyasha's legs. They came in bearing a stretcher and began to shift Inuyasha onto the cloth surface.

 

"Careful, fools!" commanded Sesshoumaru when he noticed that Inuyasha being handled too roughly for his liking. He growled as he rose and headed to their bedchambers, everyone in tow except Kaede, who was straightening up supplies.

 

"Shippou," whispered Rin as she grabbed his hand. "I have a present for Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru-sama. I got one for the baby, too. I didn't know there were two babies and I have to find something else. Come on!" she said and dragged him off to her room.

 

Once they reached her room, Shippou's eyes lit up when she pulled a flower from an ornate porcelain vase and handed it to him.

 

"Here, you can have this one. The rest are for Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru. Look what Kagome showed me how to make." She held out a small yellow, crocheted blanket made of the softest cotton.

 

"It's pretty, and it'll match Izayoi's eyes too!" grinned Shippou. "Look what I got. We can give it to the boy." He pulled out of his vest a small rattle made of a dried, baby gourd and covered with soft leather.

 

"I know the boy will love a noisemaker!" squealed Rin.

 

Rin wrapped her arms tight around the vase and followed Shippou back to royal bedchamber. They arrived just as Sesshoumaru removed the cloth from Inuyasha's face. He had slid onto the bed beside Inuyasha while still holding the sleeping Izayoi and active boy. Rin placed the vase on a small table and sidled up to the bed. She decided to keep secret the blanket she had made until Inuyasha woke up. Scattered about the room, everyone waited with trepidation, hoping that Inuyasha would wake up without throwing a fit.

 

They didn't have to wait long.

 

Through slits, Inuyasha could make out the fireplace across the room. His head still swam and hurt like a bitch. 'Asshole,' he thought, fortunately only to himself.

 

"Sesshoumaru," he growled, wincing in pain when his effort to sit up pulled at the stitches.

 

"I am here, as I promised, and so are our twins," murmured Sesshoumaru.

 

The words drifted into the darkness of Inuyasha's swimming, thick head. "Twins?" he whispered and raised a hand to rub his eyes, all anger forgotten. He blinked as his eyes adjusted to the light while they roamed around the room. Gradually, he began to get his bearings. Sesshoumaru sat cross-legged beside him, holding two little bundles. Anxious to see and hold them, Inuyasha struggled to sit up.

 

"Wait, you will injure yourself," stated Sesshoumaru then looked to Inuyasha's friends for help.

 

“Keh! I'm fine. Gimme my pups!”

 

Miroku strode over and pulled him up while Kagome stuffed pillows behind his back.

 

"I'm not helpless," Inuyasha protested.

 

"Hey, enjoy being pampered while you can. It may never happen again!" Kagome scowled at him.

 

Inuyasha ignored her and reached out to Sesshoumaru who handed him the pups then relaxed beside him.

 

"What's your problem, shithead?" growled Inuyasha at the squirming male.

 

"Is that his name, shithead?" Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes, venom in his voice.

 

"No! His name is Ken'Ichi, strong first son." Inuyasha smiled as the boy tugged at his finger. "And the girl's name is…"

 

"Izayoi," Sesshoumaru cut in.

 

Inuyasha looked over at him wide-eyed. 'How could he name her after my mother? He despised her for so many years.'

 

Having anticipated this reaction, Sesshoumaru read Inuyasha's thoughts. "To make up for my foolishness, Inuyasha."

 

"I don't know what to say, Sesshoumaru. You just…" A lump stuck in his throat. "...don't know what that means to me." His eyes began to water as tears threatened to flow. Inuyasha was truly at a loss for words. Sesshoumaru had changed his life in ways he could never have imagined. He no longer had to struggle to survive. His painful past was just a distant memory. Now, with two beautiful pups, he wondered when the boom would fall and he would once again wake up alone, cold, and rejected.

 

"One day at a time," he sighed while gazing down at the two delicate creatures held in his grasp. 'One day at a time.'

 

Sesshoumaru noticed Inuyasha's odd expression and felt that something was wrong. Reaching out and placing his index finger under Inuyasha's chin, he drew Inuyasha's gaze.

 

"One day at a time?" repeated Sesshoumaru.

 

"Later, Sesshoumaru. I want to see them," he replied, neatly dodging Sesshoumaru's question.

 

Inuyasha laid Izayoi and Ken'Ichi side by side between his legs. Unwrapping the boy first, he studied Ken'Ichi's physique. Ken'Ichi squalled and kicked at the loss of warmth, his hands ending up fisted in his hair again, the pain causing him to squall even more. He shrieked when a little fist popped him in the cheek.

 

Sesshoumaru nearly fell off the bed laughing at Izayoi's nonchalant flop of the arm in Ken'Ichi's direction. She hadn't even bothered opening her eyes, but had scored a direct hit all the same.

 

Inuyasha pried the little fingers loose from Ken'Ichi's hair, scowling at the ruddy boy.

 

"He takes after you," Sesshoumaru laughed, breathless.

 

Inuyasha glared at him then narrowed his eyes at the rest of the group, though he couldn't help but internally wonder at Sesshoumaru's display of emotion. `I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it myself.' He could tell that his friends were having a difficult time maintaining silence. Kagome finally ran from the room with her hand over her mouth. Inuyasha growled at the laughter in the hall. It was more than Miroku could take and he ran out joining Kagome.

 

“Feh, idiots,” Inuyasha muttered.

 

Ken'Ichi panted then opened his eyes.

 

"Oh, look Inuyasha. He has big round eyes like yours," Sango cooed, gazing at the pup reaching out to caress his cheek. "Ow! He bit me!" she exclaimed, pulling her finger out of Ken'Ichi's grasp.

 

"That's right, Ken'Ichi. Don't take shit off anybody," Inuyasha instructed with a smirk and lifted the boy's lips up to spy small fangs.

 

Miroku and Kagome snuck back into the room as Inuyasha allowed Ken'Ichi to grab his fingers. He gently pulled upward, ignoring the pain searing up his belly. The pup held on until he was completely raised from the bed. Little claws dug into Inuyasha's fingers.

 

"He's strong," Inuyasha stated with a grin. “Look at his wrists and the stripes on his face. Sorry, Sess, no crescent moon." Inuyasha gave Sesshoumaru a teasing, doleful gaze.

 

"No, but she does," Sesshoumaru said and smiled, tracing the crescent moon on Izayoi's forehead.

 

Inuyasha rubbed Ken'Ichi's belly then wrapped him back in his fur and handed him to Sesshoumaru. Shippou ran up to the side of the bed and raised the rattle.

 

"This is for Ken'Ichi!"

 

"Thanks, Shippou," Inuyasha said and smiled as Shippou handed the rattle to Sesshoumaru.

 

Ken'Ichi grabbed the rattle as it passed in front of his face. The weight of the noisemaker being too much for the pup caused it to fall into his head after which he promptly flung it backward into Sesshoumaru's chest accompanied by an impressive growl. Sesshoumaru took the rattle and started shaking it in front of Ken'Ichi's face and the pup slapped at it and cooed.

 

"Finally," Sesshoumaru sighed. “Something to keep his hands out of his hair.”

 

Izayoi stirred when Inuyasha peeled the furry wrap away from her body. Her legs, tucked up to her belly, had given Inuyasha the impression that she was much smaller. She flung her arms out, stretched, yawned, and shivered at the tug on her feet. He brushed her satiny silver hair from her face and caressed her puppy ears that resembled his own. Rolling over, she pulled her legs up, her knees beside her hips as if she were squatting; her feet just below her butt, and her thumb stuck back in her mouth.

 

"She looks like a pale skinny frog," chuckled Inuyasha.

 

"She's beautiful," growled Sesshoumaru.

 

"I didn't say she wasn't! But, if she makes it a habit of sleeping like that, I'm nicknaming her Froggy! I think it's cute."

 

Sesshoumaru growled trying to come up with an insulting nickname for Ken'Ichi.

 

"Well, we've got an idea what Ken'Ichi is like. Let's have a go with Izayoi."

 

"Inuyasha, do not torment my daughter."

 

"I'm not going to do anything to her," he smirked, tickling her foot.

 

He didn't stop until her leg jabbed down and a scowl creased her face. Rolling over as he tickled her side, she opened her eyes and narrowed them at him, still not making a sound.

 

"Just like you, Sess! Let's see what she does if I tickle her belly."

 

"I wouldn't do that, Inuyasha," warned Sesshoumaru. `If she's anything like me, you'll regret it.'

 

Inuyasha ignored him and was rewarded with four small slashes across the back of his hand. "Damn!"

 

He shook his hand and licked it, watching as Izayoi licked her bloody claws while never taking her eyes from him.

 

Sesshoumaru looked on with pride. "She will be a force to be reckoned with and Ken'Ichi had best learn that quickly," he smugly stated.

 

"Ah, he will be just fine," Inuyasha asserted. "I think she's still mad at me. Maybe you should wrap her back up. I'm tired anyway," sighed Inuyasha as he leaned back into the soft pillows and closed his eyes.

 

"Sesshoumaru-sama, I made this for Izayoi," Rin said and walked up to the bed. "May I hold her now?"

 

Sesshoumaru answered by lifting Rin onto the bed and allowing her to wrap Izayoi in the yellow blanket she had made. He placed Izayoi in Rin's arms and Izayoi smiled up at her and cooed.

 

Ken'Ichi abruptly started whining and smacking his lips.

 

“I know what that means!” exclaimed Kagome and she retrieved a bottle from a warm pail of water then handed it to Sesshoumaru.

 

“Kagome?”

 

“Yes, Inuyasha?”

 

“How long `til the sun sets? I can't tell through this storm,” Inuyasha asked while gazing to his left out the window.

 

Kagome looked at her watch. “About an hour or so.”

 

“Let me feed Ken'Ichi, Sess. I want everyone to leave soon.”

 

Sesshoumaru frowned at Inuyasha while handing him Ken'Ichi. “At least, allow Kaede to stay.”

 

Inuyasha just nodded as he focused on feeding his son.

 

Sesshoumaru allowed Rin to feed Izayoi. Both pups went back to sleep and Sesshoumaru put them into a bassinet, unhooked the sashes on the bedposts, and closed the curtains for Inuyasha. They hadn't planned on two, so the pups had to share for now. Sango rolled them into another room that Sesshoumaru used on occasion during Inuyasha's pregnancy, once a month to be exact.

 

Kaede had stretched out on a chaise lounge, gratefully relaxing her old bones on the soft, foreign furniture.

 

After everyone had left, Sesshoumaru sat back down on the bed.

 

“Sess, I meant for you to leave too.”

 

“I know that. Why won't you allow me to see you when you turn human?” Inuyasha's secrecy the past few months had been nearly unbearable though Sesshoumaru had been patient due to the horrible tirades that his brother was prone to throw.

 

“I'm different now. I don't want to explain it. It's…embarrassing.”

 

Sesshoumaru sighed then thought to himself. `I'll just come back when he is asleep and see just what he is hiding. There is no reason for him to hide from me.'

 

“I will see you in the morning, mate,” Sesshoumaru said leaning over giving Inuyasha a light kiss on the lips.

 

“Wait,” whispered Inuyasha as Sesshoumaru pulled away.

 

Inuyasha leaned forward and wrapped his arms around Sesshoumaru's neck. “They're beautiful, Sess,” he whispered into Sesshoumaru's hair.

 

“Yes, they are. You did well...even though you were a royal pain in the ass,” Sesshoumaru agreed with a light, teasing tone.

 

Inuyasha chuckled and drew back to gaze into his lover's eyes. “That's what I'm here for,” he murmured then placed his warm lips to Sesshoumaru's.

 

Sesshoumaru nibbled on Inuyasha's lips and felt heat filling his cheeks. “I had better leave now. You are too tempting,” Sesshoumaru murmured and brushed his cheek against Inuyasha's.

 

“I miss you already. Morning can't come soon enough,” Inuyasha replied then gave his mate a searing goodnight kiss.

 

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Sesshoumaru carefully cracked the door and stole into Inuyasha's room. He listened and heard breathing that assured him that both Inuyasha and Kaede were asleep. So as not to make a sound, he floated on a cloud of his own power instead of walking to the bed. Carefully pulling back a drape and peeking in, he barely contained a gasp. Lying in the bed was an ebony-haired, full-breasted female. `No wonder Inuyasha hadn't allowed him to see this.'

 

The girl's eyes fluttered open and tears welled up in her eyes.

 

“I told you, I didn't want you to see me,” whimpered Inuyasha, believing that the boom had just fallen.

 

 

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Thank you to all of my readers and reviewers. You are such an encouragement.

 

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loretta357

Thanks for the review. Ah, the wonders of hormones and the worries of an expectant mother. I hope this chapter clears up some of the trouble. Inuyasha is very confused and there's not quite anything like being in labor. I apologize for not focusing much on the side characters. This was one of my first fics and I mostly focused on Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha. I tried to make some additions to help out. ^_^

 

Quiet Storm

Thanks for the review. I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Heheh, have you noticed my tendency to kill off Inuyasha yet? LOL We still have a couple of trials to go!

 

 

 

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*Disclaimer*

 

Inuyasha and all associated characters are owned by Rumiko Takahashi, Shogakukan, Yomiuri TV, Sunrise, and Viz. I make no profit from this story, nor do I intend to. My only goal is to occupy my demented mind with delusions of actually owning a life-sized, anatomically correct Sesshoumaru.