InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Slave to No One ❯ Chapter 25 ( Chapter 25 )

Chapter 25

 

Kagome slowly started to open her eyes. She noticed that the sun was almost up. She had never before in her life slept in late by her own volition, she had always woken up right before the sunrise to do her training.

 

When she moved she noticed that no one was beside her. There was no hand cupping her breast like he usually did every morning. She quickly sat up and looked around the room. She felt alone and abandoned as tears started to form in her eyes. She started to remember her feeling from the previous day. The way she felt when Inuyasha had left her behind to go with her father and now he was gone from her side again.

 

`I have to get a hold of myself. Inuyasha wouldn't leave me unprotected he wouldn't leave me period. I know he loves me and we belong together but everyone seems to be against our union.' She thought as she sat in her bed. She opened up her senses to see if she could find her mate in the house.

 

She sensed him close by and he seemed happy about something. Curious to see why he was so happy, she got up out of the bed and put on a robe, as she made her way to where he was located.

 

She sensed that he was in the kitchen, when she finally arrived there she smelled something wonderful being cooked inside. She slowly opened the door to see what he was doing.

 

~oOo~

 

Inuyasha awoke before dawn. Kagome was still asleep as he slowly got up and made his way out of the bed without waking her. He had a plan and he wanted to please her this morning. He had never cooked in his life but he had seen everything that Kagome had done in the kitchen and thought that he could do the same thing. It didn't look difficult but then again Kagome had been doing it all her life.

 

He got dressed as he made his way out of the room and toward the kitchen. He hoped that he could prepare breakfast before she woke up from her sleep.

 

He stepped into the kitchen and scratched the back of his head trying to figure out what he was going to do first. He started by getting out all of the cooking utensils he would need. He looked for the frying pans and placed two of them on the stove.

 

He never started one of these things before but he had seen Kagome just turn the knob up on top and the fire will usually light. He tried it to make sure that he got it right and as soon as he turned the knob the fire on the front burner lit up and he jumped back in fright.

 

He had thought that he had turned on the one in the back and quickly looked down to see if he had burned his Juban. Seeing that he was all right he turned to the task at hand and noticed the dark circle on the knobs. They were in a different location for each one as he reached for another and to prove his theory.

 

His theory was correct. The dots represented which fire would light up. He was happy that he figured this out as he went into the refrigerator and got out the food he wanted to make. He got everything out as he started to mix all of it together. Once he was done he put the pan on the fire and started to cook the eggs he had mixed.

 

He was careful not to give it too much fire. Kagome had said that cooking at a high flame would burn the food so he kept it down. As he was cooking it dawned on him that it wasn't as hard as he had first thought it would be. He had watched his mate do this several times and he had an idea of what to do.

 

He continued to make the eggs in one pan while he cooked the ham in the other. When he was done he pulled them off the fire to make sure they wouldn't burn and put it on the plates he had sitting off to the side. He was proud at what he had accomplished and placed the food on the table while he went to get his mate so she could eat.

 

He turned to leave when Kagome came walking into the kitchen and scared the living crap out of him.

 

Kagome had a smile on her face as she walked in and saw what he had done. “Did you do this for me, Inuyasha?”

 

Inuyasha turned bright red from embarrassment and nodded his head yes to her question as he stared at his feet.

 

Kagome was happy, no one has ever cooked her breakfast before as she walked up to her mate and put her arms around his waist. She leaned up on her tiptoes and kissed him in thanks. When they finally broke apart she smiled at him and said, “No one has ever cooked for me before. The last time anyone did something this special for me was my mother on my 10th birthday when she made a cake for me all by herself.”

 

Inuyasha was happy to see his mate so excited. They went over to the table and sat down to eat as he watched her take a bite of his food. He watched with bated breath as he looked at her expression.

 

Kagome took a bite of his food and was surprised at how good it tasted. She must have been a better teacher than she thought as she smiled at her mate and continued to eat her food with more enthusiasm.

 

Inuyasha let out the breath he didn't know he was holding and took a bite of his own food, he noticed that he didn't do a bad job and the food tasted good. He still loved her cooking but at least he knew that he could cook for her when he wanted to.

 

They ate their breakfast and cleaned up the kitchen, putting everything away. They didn't know how long it would be until they returned to the house so they wanted to leave everything in its place.

 

They went and got dressed for their travel back home as they gathered up the stuff they brought while they were in the city yesterday. They each had a backpack to carry, with Inuyasha having the heavier one.

 

They were ready to leave. They hoped that they could make it back to the Western Lands before they ran into trouble in the forest.

 

They made their way outside as Kagome placed a seal on her house to keep it safe from the intruders, as they were walking towards the forest they were met by the king's guards.

 

The sergeant of the guards stepped forward and said, “Princess, we wish you and your husband save passage home. We will be following behind you to make sure you make it to the forbidden lands from there the soldiers that guard that territory will escort you back to the Western Lands.”

 

Kagome looked at the sergeant and said, “Did my father give you these orders?”

 

Then guard bowed and said, “Yes princess, he said to follow behind you just in case you needed help.”

 

Kagome bowed her head in frustration, she knew her father was trying to help but it was making things worse in her mind. She looked up to see the grin on her mates face as she said, “What's so funny?”

 

Inuyasha chuckled and said, “You thought my father was stubborn. I see that he has a rival in your father.” He laughed at her as he finished speaking.

 

He saw that look in her eye as he slowly started to back away from his mate. She was getting mad as he said to the guards, “Fine, you can follow us if you can.” Then he took off in the direction of home with his mate following closely at his heals.

 

They raced through the forest with lighting speed as they made their way back to the Western Lands. Inuyasha skidded to a stop and sniffed the air as Kagome stopped right beside him.

 

Her sour mood from this morning had long been worked off as the exercise she was doing had gotten rid of all of the pinned up anger she was feeling towards her mate. “What's wrong Inuyasha? What do you smell?”

 

Inuyasha started to growl as he said, “The slavers are in the forest. They're surrounding us and there's a lot of them.”

 

Kagome opened her senses as much as she could and found the slavers he was talking about. They were on the edge of her consciousness so she couldn't tell how many of them were out there.

 

She moved closer to Inuyasha as the fear was starting to get to her. There were too many for them to fight and win. They have been training but it was nowhere near this level for them to fight.

 

Inuyasha put his arm around his mate as he sensed her fear. He knew they couldn't fight all of them and win. He had to figure a way to go around them to reach the forbidden lands. He got an idea as he moved the backpack to the front of his chest and put Kagome on his back.

 

Kagome was about to protest when he leaped into the air and started heading back toward the Western Lands by jumping from tree branch to tree branch. Kagome held on as she saw the dizzying heights her mate was traveling in. She hated heights and he knew it but in order for them to get around the danger this was the only way to travel.

 

She continued to hold on tight as she snuggled into his back and kept her senses opened for any danger.

 

~oOo~

 

Inutaisho woke up to the sound of the soldiers moving out of the area and heading into the forest. He heard the guard yell at the rest of them, “Hurry up men, the prince and princess have already left and we don't want to be too far behind them as they travel.”

 

He saw the soldiers mount their horses and take off into the forest following his son and mate.

 

He cursed under his breath. He never slept in and today of all days he did.

 

That feeling was back, the same feeling he got when his son was in danger. It had told him when the slavers captured him the first time, and when he was captured with his mate. Now it was telling him that his son was in danger again.

 

He got up and flew through the air as fast as he could making his way toward the Western Lands. Hoping to catch up with his son and mate before something happened to them.

 

~oOo~

 

Inuyasha was moving fast through the air but not as fast as he normally would travel. With Kagome's added weight he had slowed down but not that much. He looked down as he was leaping and spotted the slavers down below him as he made his way toward the Western Lands. He still had a long ways to go before he made it to the forbidden lands, as he reached another branch and leaped into the air again continuing his headlong flight.

 

When he had hit that last branch it broke from the impact he made to jump off it. It went crashing into the forest floor causing the slavers to look up to see him traveling to the west. They quickly made a radio call for some reinforcements as they all turned to follow him while he was leaping into the air.

 

Kagome sensed that something was approaching them even up here in the air. She opened her eyes to see that there were two helicopters heading towards them at top speed. “Inuyasha, we're being followed by two helicopters and they're gaining on us fast.”

 

Inuyasha couldn't spare the second to glance behind him to see what she was talking about as he landed on yet another tree branch and took off again even faster than the last time. He glanced back and saw them approaching. “Damn!” he said under his breath as he continued to go towards the west.

 

He looked down to see that the slavers were following on the forest ground. They had spotted them as they traveled and now they were in trouble. With so many of them trying to catch them he didn't think that they could get away from so many. But he was determined to keep his mate and pup safe.

 

Kagome saw that her mate had his hands full as he was trying to keep his focus on heading toward the Western Lands. She grabbed her sword from her side and pulled it from its sheath as it pulsed to life. She was going to protect them, but she didn't have any idea how she was going to do this.

 

She saw the helicopters getting closer as she channeled some of her powers into the sword to give it a little boost. She aimed her sword toward the nearest helicopter and let them have it. A beam of pink light came out of her sword and went straight for the helicopter as it destroyed it upon impact.

 

Inuyasha hearing what had happened behind him stopped on a big branch to catch his breath, as he saw the machine fall from the sky. He saw the second one take aim and shoot in their direction as he jumped from the branch to avoid the blast.

 

Kagome saw what was coming and sent her own blast toward the shot that was fired at them. It exploded in the air causing the helicopter to be caught in its backwash as it went towards the ground.

 

But that wasn't all of the consequences it had. Inuyasha and Kagome were also caught in the backwash and it sent them straight to the ground.

 

Inuyasha had spun around and brought Kagome toward his chest, as he held her tight in his embrace. He wanted to make sure that he would cushion his mate's fall as they impacted on the ground. When he opened his eyes his mate was unconscious in his arms as the slavers were approaching.

 

He groaned his side hurt from hitting the ground. It hurt like crazy and he was having a hard time breathing but he had to keep his mate safe. He wished that he had some of his mate's abilities at this moment, so he could summon a barrier to protect them until they could move. He held on to her as he started to growl more fiercely.

 

Inuyasha closed his eyes and said, `Mother, I wish that I could raise a barrier right now to protect us but I can't, what can I do to protect my mate?'

 

As if in answer his mother said, `Concentrate my son, you can put a barrier up to protect you and your mate.'

 

Inuyasha did, he concentrated with everything he had and tapped into that energy that he had deep inside, the one that came out when he was defending his mate against his father. He felt the power coming forth as he started to glow gold. A barrier was placed around himself and mate as the slavers came to a halt.

 

The slavers thought that they had won. They were on the ground and defenseless as they were running towards them. They had almost made it there when a barrier pushed them all back and away from hanyou and the girl.

 

“How could this happen? The girl is unconscious and can't put up a barrier.” They looked around and saw the male hanyou glowing gold. The barrier must've come from him.

 

“Everyone attack the barrier. He's weak and the more we attack the barrier the weaker he becomes until the barrier comes down and then we can get to them!” Yelled the leader of the slavers as they all attacked the barrier.

 

Inuyasha was getting weak. He was feeling his strength leaving him as his barrier was beginning to weaken. Kagome was still unconscious in his arms when he heard a howl coming from the forest.

 

~oOo~

 

Inutaisho was racing through the air looking for his son. He looked off into the distance and spotted a figure dressed in red flying through the air. He knew it must be Inuyasha and Kagome because he thought he saw her on his back. He had never known Kagome to leap into the air like his son does. They must be running from the slavers if they're traveling in the air.

 

He headed in that direction trying to catch up to them. He saw two helicopters chasing them as he started to pick up speed. He needed to reach them and fast. He saw as Kagome raised her sword and blasted one of the helicopters away from them and then he saw them go down into the forest.

 

He lost sight of where they were when he saw a blast come from the forest. It was aimed at the other helicopter that had just fired a shot at them and Kagome blasted it away with her spiritual powers. The blast was too close to where his son and mate where located for them not to have gotten hurt.

 

He made his way there when he saw the slavers starting to approach his son. He was holding his mate in his arms meaning she was unconscious and she couldn't help him in the fight. He rushed to his aid when he saw his son glow a golden color and raised a barrier to protect himself and his mate. He never knew that his son could do that as the slavers were being pushed away from them.

 

He heard what the slavers said as they started to attack the barrier his son had put up. He had enough as his anger started to take over. It was about time these slavers knew that if they messed with his family then they would have to pay the price and suffer his wrath.

 

He began to transform into his true form, as he grew bigger. His face started to get longer as a snout came forth and his fangs grew longer. His body grew bigger as his arms and legs turned into legs and paws. He had a golden half moon on his forehead. He grew into a giant dog of pure silver in color. His eyes were red in color and his hair was long on the side of his face as he gave a howl into the air.

 

The slavers hearing the massive howl coming from the forest stopped to see what it was. Whatever had howled like that was big and it was coming towards them. Soon a big dog came crashing into the clearing where they were located and growled exposing his fangs at the humans. He stomped his paws on the ground, as the land shook from the impact. He approached the humans and they coward at the sight in front of them.

 

They have never seen anything this big before. They knew it had to be a demon. When the salvia fell from his mouth to the ground it destroyed everything it touched. His salvia was like a corrosive as it continued to drip down out of his mouth melting everything in its path. They backed away from the hanyou and his mate as the beast come closer to them.

 

Inutaisho saw the barrier around his son go down as he came out of the forest. He stomped his paws on the ground and saw the humans back away from his son.

 

A few thought that they could get to his son as he took his massive paw and squashed them under the pad of his clawed feet. He growled fiercely at them as the rest of the humans continued to back away.

 

He looked at his son; he had fallen unconscious with his mate in his arms. He reached down and rapped his tongue around them as he raised his head and placed them on his back to keep them save. His saliva never doing them any harm as he controlled it. The hairs on his back moved to wrap themselves around his son and mate to make sure they didn't fall off while he moved.

 

He looked down to see what the humans were doing and he saw them getting ready to attack him. `They must be complete idiots if they think they can defeat me in this form.' He thought as he stood his ground.

 

The slavers got their weapons ready as they made to attack the giant dog that had taken away their prey. They moved forward with weapons raised as the beast let out a howl and attacked. He crushed many of them under his paws as he swiped at the rest with his giant claws.

 

He looked off to the left and saw King Higurashi soldiers making their way towards the battle. He backed off as he saw them arrive and take the remaining slavers that were alive, prisoners.

 

He was looking toward the west as the kings soldiers looked up at the beast standing in front of them. They were surprised that it didn't attack them like it did the slavers. `It must be a demon that came to protect the prince and princess,' they thought.

 

They saw him looking off to the west as it turned and looked down at the soldiers. It turned and howled into the sky as it raced off toward the Western Lands. They thought that the beast might've been calling ahead for some help once it reached its destination.

 

The soldiers got busy and took the slavers that remained alive captive. They tended to the rest that were either dead or wounded. Things were not looking good for these people, when King Higurashi finds out what they did, they will never see the light of day from the prison cell he will place them in.

 

~oOo~

 

Back at Lord Inutaisho castle Miroku heard the howl that was given in the distance. He didn't know what it meant as he raced through the castle trying to find out what was going on. He found Mike and asked, “Mike what's going on? Who sent that message?”

 

Mike stopped as he turned to his friend and said, “Lord Inutaisho is on his way back to the castle, he has Kagome and Inuyasha with him and they have been hurt bad. He's requesting that the healer stand by so when he gets here they can be treated immediately.”

 

Miroku was shocked to hear that the Lord Inutaisho had found Inuyasha and Kagome. He thought that Commander Tou had placed his people in the forest to protect them as they traveled. He continued to ponder this situation when he heard the sound of running feet heading towards the castle.

 

He raced outside along with everyone else as he saw a giant dog approach the castle. It was huge and it had a silver coat much like Inuyasha hair. He saw the healers running down to the castle grounds as he followed to see what was going on.

 

The giant dog came to a stop near the castle as he waited for the healers to approach. Once they were there he started to transform back into his normal form as the healers rushed forward and got Inuyasha and Kagome off his back.

 

It was the first time that Miroku had ever seen his lord in his true form. Now he knew why so many feared him. He was very powerful in that form and the look in his eyes at this moment meant he was out for blood.

 

The healers were immediately tending to all of the wounds that Kagome and Inuyasha had as Inutaisho looked on with concern in his eyes. He hoped that he had gotten to them in time and that they were all right. They weren't moving which had him concerned as they moved the pair up into the castle, with him following closely behind them.

 

Miroku was immediately at his side as Inutaisho said, “Miroku, I want you to go with them and keep them safe. Do not leave their side until I come back, I have some business to take care of.”

 

Miroku said, “Yes my lord, I will stay with them until your return.” He continued to follow the pair as Inutaisho said, “Miroku, have you seen Commander Tou?”

 

Miroku stopped and turned toward his lord as he said, “He's down by the training field with his men at the moment.”

 

He saw Inutaisho turn and leave going in that direction, following closely behind him were his guards. He was on a mission and by the look on his face someone was going to die today.

 

Miroku then turned and headed in the direction where Inuyasha and Kagome were being taken. He ordered some of the soldiers to stand guard at the door. He told them not allow anyone to come into the room they had taken the pair to.

 

~oOo~

 

Inutaisho was fuming, he knew Tou was one of the traitors he had in his mist but he still had another one that he had to find. For now Tou would do as he made his way toward the training field he was in.

 

When he got there he saw Tou with his men as they were practicing. He was making his way towards them as his temper started to flare. “TOU!!!! You have some explaining to do!” he yelled as he was walking toward the demon commander.

 

Tou turned around to see a very angry Tai Youkai heading toward him and the look on his face said that he had found out something as he turned in his direction. His face was expressionless as he faced his lord's wrath.

 

Inutaisho stopped in front of him as he faced his enemy. “Now tell me again how you had our soldiers in the forest protecting my son and his mate while they were traveling between the girls home and here.”

 

Tou looked confused as he said, “My lord, I have no idea what you're talking about. I did send the soldiers into the forest to protect them as they traveled. They have yet to return.”

 

“Well they won't be returning anytime soon. They have been killed or captured by King Higurashi soldiers. Your planned failed. I was able to reach my son and his mate before they were captured.” Said a very furious Inutaisho as he barred his fangs at his enemy.

 

Tou started to back away from his lord. He had been found out and his men had failed miserably in their task of capturing or killing the half-breed and his mate.

 

He saw Inutaisho slowly walking towards him as he got some of his confidence back and said, “Your right, I didn't send any of your soldiers into the forest. I sent my people to capture them but I see they have failed miserably in their task.”

 

Inutaisho stopped his approach as he growled, “Why? Why would you want to hurt them? They have done nothing to you to deserve this.”

 

Tou stood his ground as he said, “We don't want the two kingdoms to be merged together. It's useless for humans and demon to live together in peace. It has never been done and we won't let you get away with it. We will kill them one way or another.”

 

Inutaisho was losing his patience as he said, “Who is this we you speak of?”

 

Tou just laughed in his face as he said, “Wouldn't you like to know that little bit of information, but I'm not going to tell you.”

 

Inutaisho had enough as he leaped forward and slashed Tou right in half for his traitorous act and harming his son. The rest of his men that were in the field were backing away as Inutaisho called over his shoulder to his guards and told them to take them all prisoners.

 

His soldiers moved quickly as they captured them all and then took them to the dungeons to await interrogation.

 

Inutaisho then turned around and went toward the castle. He wanted to check on his son and mate. He hoped that the pup had survived the attack if it didn't it would be a very heavy blow to everyone.

 

~oOo~

 

Miroku was standing guard in the room that held both Kagome and Inuyasha. They were being kept apart as they tended to Kagome's injuries. They knew that if Inuyasha smelled her blood that he would wake up and attack them all. So they put a sleeping spell on him to keep him calm as they finished with the girl.

 

They were in the healer's part of the castle. This place had more equipment in it as they tended to the girls injuries. Kagome had been seriously hurt on their return trip. The healers were doing everything possible so that she wouldn't lose her pup but they were having a hard time, they didn't know human physiology as well as they did the demons.

 

Inutaisho came into the room after he had been told that his son and mate were taken to the healer's section of the castle. He barged in wanting to know why they were down in this part of the castle and not upstairs where they would normally be.

 

Miroku seeing his lord's anger and the amount of blood he had on his clothes, quickly approached him and said, “Please my lord, may I speak to you outside for a moment.”

 

Lord Inutaisho considered his request as he stepped outside the room with Miroku. Once the door was closed to the room he turned towards him and said, “I want to know what is going on with my son and his mate. I want to know why they were brought here?”

 

Miroku swallowed hard and tried to explain, “My lord, Kagome was seriously injured. They brought her down here to save her life. We kept Inuyasha with her but he has been placed under a sleeping spell to keep him calm. We know that if he wakes up and smells Kagome's blood he would attack everyone in the room.”

 

Inutaisho heard what he was being told. A cold ache started to form in his heart as he asked, “How bad is she?”

 

Miroku lowered his head and said, “She has lost two of the three pups she was carrying. The healers are trying to save the last one. They think they have succeeded in preventing her body from rejecting the pup.”

 

Inutaisho face just paled at the news that Kagome had lost two of her pups. He had no idea that there were three of them. He had only heard the one heart beat coming from her. So to find out that there were three of them was a shock.

 

He leaned heavily on the wall in the hallway as he tried to catch his breath. He turned toward Miroku and asked, “Has Inuyasha been told about this?”

 

Miroku shook his head and said, “No my Lord, he has no knowledge of this. But when he wakes up and finds out he will be devastated.”

 

Inutaisho had to agree as he stood straight and said, “I don't want anyone to tell him. I will tell him about the pups when he awakens.”

 

Miroku understood his request as Inutaisho moved away from the wall and started to make his way back into the room where his son and mate were located.

 

Miroku seeing where he was going tapped him on the shoulder and said, “My lord, don't you think it's advisable that you get the blood off you before you go and see your son. He is going to be in an emotional turmoil without seeing you like this.”

 

Inutaisho looked down and saw his clothes. He didn't even notice that he had this much blood on him. He turned towards Miroku and said, “Yes you're right, I'll go get cleaned up and then I will return here. Make sure that no one but the healers are allowed to get near them, is that understood.”

 

Miroku inclined his head towards his lord in acknowledgement of his command as he saw him leave the area to get cleaned up.

 

Inutaisho walked away from the healer's section of his castle as he made his way up toward his room. He was emotionally drained at the events of that morning. He couldn't help but blame himself for what had happened to his son and mate. If he hadn't of slept in that morning then the three pups would've still been alive.

 

He reached his room as he quickly stripped his clothes and stepped into the bathroom in his room. He got the water as hot as he could stand it and allowed the water to clean the blood off him. It helped him relax so he could get enough strength to deal with his son. He was going to be heart broken when he found out that Kagome had lost two of the three pups she was carrying. But they still had the one that was a fighter and for that he was grateful.

 

Once he was done with his shower, and getting all of the blood off him, he quickly got dressed and made his way toward the healer's section of the castle. He was keeping his senses opened to see if he could catch the other traitor that he had in his mist.

 

He finally got back to where they were keeping Inuyasha and Kagome and entered the room. He went towards Miroku and asked, “How are they doing? Have they woken up yet?”

 

“No, neither of them has woken up. The healers did say that Kagome is doing well considering she lost two pups. The third is doing fine and its heart beat is strong. They feel that the pup will come to full term with no damage.” Miroku said with concern in his voice. He knew his lord was blaming himself for the loss of the pups.

 

“But the healers are worried, if Inuyasha doesn't wake up soon to feed the pup it might start to grow weak. Kagome can sustain it but he needs Inuyasha's Youkai to keep it strong.” Miroku said as he looked at his lord.

 

Inutaisho knew what he was talking about. Demon pups needed the youkai of their father to keep them strong and to have a strong bloodline, or they were born deformed. He looked at Miroku and said, “Please leave me alone with them.” Miroku bowed and left the room to give them some privacy.

 

Inutaisho walked over to Kagome. She was pale but her heart was going strong. She was fighting her injuries and was slowly starting to recover. He walked up to her as he heard the heartbeat of the pup. He sighed as he put his hand on her stomach and channeled some of his youkai into the pup. He would hope that Inuyasha would forgive him but he had to make sure that the pup was feed and that it grew strong.

 

It was a gift that he gave the pup. A gift that peace will rule with it once it was born. He saw Kagome stir as her strength was slowly being returned to her and he pulled his hand away from her stomach.

 

She continued to sleep as the color was slowly returning to her face. The pup's heartbeat was strong as well as he smiled inwardly. This pup will be strong once it's born. With everything it has been through already it will be a fighter and just as stubborn as his son.

 

He left her side as he made his way toward Inuyasha. He was still asleep not too far away from Kagome. The healers had done a good job in getting rid of Kagome's blood scent from the room. So when he woke up he should be a little bit easier to handle. He feared what his son was going to do once he found out that Kagome had lost the pups. But he was sure that he would be happy once he found out that there was one left.

 

He stayed by his son's side waiting for him to wake up as the day grew into a long one.

 

~oOo~

 

A few hours later Inuyasha started to stir. Inutaisho was sitting at his side when he saw his son was moving. As Inuyasha was slowly coming back to consciousness he started to remember what had happened. He snapped his eyes open as he quickly sat up breathing hard.

 

Inutaisho was at his side in an instant as he grabbed his son by the shoulders and pushed him back down so he could rest. Inuyasha was fighting with him to get up but he held onto his son as he said, “Inuyasha, you must calm down. Kagome is asleep next to you and she can't help you if you go into another one of those breathing fits.”

 

Inuyasha's eyes focused on the person holding him down to the bed as he slowly started to calm down at what he was being told. He breathed slowly and deeply as he got his control back and then looked up at his father and asked, “Where's Kagome? Is she all right?”

 

Inutaisho looked away from his son's eyes. He couldn't stand to see the hurt in them when he told him what had happened. “Kagome is doing fine. She's alive and she is sleeping on another bed in this room.”

 

Inuyasha saw the look that his father had. He was keeping something from him and he wanted to know what happened. “Dad? What happened to Kagome that you're not telling me? Did she lose the pup?”

 

The look on his father face confirmed his worst fears that Kagome had lost the pup she was carrying. He looked away from his father as he lowered his head and said, “No! This can't be happening. This is my fault for not protecting her. Why?! Why do I have to be so weak that I can't even protect my own mate?!”

 

Inutaisho looked up as he saw his son grieving over the pups. Then he said in a gentle and fatherly voice, “Inuyasha, Kagome is still alive and she has lost two of the three pups she was carrying. She still has one left.”

 

Inuyasha quickly turned his head toward his father as he said, “She was carrying three pups?”

 

His father nodded his head and said, “Yes, she was carrying three pups. She lost two but she still has the one left. It seems to be the strongest of the three and it survived.”

 

“But I only heard one heart beat. I didn't know that she was carrying three of them.” Said a very confused Inuyasha.

 

Inutaisho nodded his head in understanding, “Yes, I agree with you. I only sensed the one but the healers said that she was carrying three. Maybe the other two were weak to begin with and she would've lost them anyway. But the one is a fighter. With everything that it has been through already it will grow up to be strong.”

 

Inutaisho continued to watch his son as he continued, “Inuyasha, I'm sorry I failed you. I didn't arrive in time to protect you and your mate. I have failed to keep you safe and now you have lost two of your pups because of it.”

 

Inuyasha looked up as he saw his father expression. He was hurt for not protecting him and his mate. “Dad, I don't blame you for what happened. I know that you did everything possible to protect us. I'm just shocked that we were having three pups instead of the one.”

 

Inutaisho was surprised at his son's attitude. He thought that he was going to blame him for what happened but he seemed to be taking the news a lot better than he did.

 

“Does Kagome know that she lost the pups yet?” asked Inuyasha.

 

Inutaisho shook his head and said, “No, she hasn't been told yet.”

 

Inuyasha took a deep breath and said, “Good, I don't want to tell her about it. It will be for the best. If she was told that she lost two of her pups she might blame herself for wanting to go home. I don't want her to feel that way. She has every right to visit her parents and go home. I don't want her to feel that she was at fault.”

 

Inutaisho agreed with his son. Then he remembered that he had feed his pup and had to tell him that piece of news. “Umm Inuyasha, when you were unconscious the pup needed to be feed. It was pulling Kagome down with it as it was trying feed off her spiritual powers. So I took the liberty of feeding it some of my youkai to give it the strength to survive, as soon as I did it left Kagome's energy alone and she started to heal faster. I'm sorry if I over stepped my boundaries but I had to do something for the pup and Kagome.”

 

Inuyasha was surprised that his father would even do that for his pup. Most Youkai never took care of their off springs young so he was grateful that he did. “No, I'm not mad as a matter of fact I'm grateful that you did. I never knew that you cared so much about my pup.”

 

Inutaisho looked at his son to see the smile on his face. He smiled warmly at his son as he reached up and scratched his ears, something that he hadn't done in a long time. The surprise look on his sons face was priceless as he closed his eyes and enjoyed his father's touch.

 

Inuyasha was surprised when his father started to scratch his ears. He hadn't done that since he was a whelp. He lowered his head and enjoyed the comfort his father was giving him. Maybe just maybe he was finally getting through to his father and the tension that had always been there was slowly starting to go away as a new relationship was developing.

 

He liked this feeling. It was a feeling that he was finally accepted for who he was and that his father had no problems that he was a hanyou, something that has always stood in the way of his relationship with his father.

 

They both heard a moan coming from the other side of the room as Inutaisho stopped scratching his son's ears and turned his attention towards the girl.

 

Inuyasha slowly sat up as he tried to get out of bed but his father held him by his shoulder and said, “I don't think its wise for you to get up yet. I will go and see how she's doing.”

 

Inuyasha relented, he knew his father spoke the truth as he laid back down and rested. He saw his father walk over to his mate to see how she was doing.

 

Inutaisho walked over to were Kagome was resting. He stood by her bedside as he started to see her struggle to consciousness. She slowly opened her eyes to see where she was. As her eyes started to focus she saw the concerned look in Inutaisho eyes as he looked at her.

 

Inutaisho leaned forward and asked, “How are you feeling Kagome?”

 

Kagome moaned and then said in a whisper, “I'm fine, where's Inuyasha? Is he all right? Did he get hurt?”

 

He smiled her concern was for her mate and not for herself. “Yes, he's fine. He's resting at the moment. He had the same concerns as you. He was worried that you might've gotten hurt.”

 

Kagome smiled she was relieved that Inuyasha wasn't hurt. She looked up at Inutaisho and asked, “How did we get here? The last thing I remember was getting hit from that shot the slavers took at us and hitting the ground.”

 

Inutaisho sat by her bed and started to explain, “I found you and brought you back here. I heard the explosion in the distance and headed towards it. I knew that both of you might be getting attacked because the blast came from the south. When I got there I saw the slavers about to capture you and Inuyasha, so I took care of them until your fathers soldiers showed up and captured them.

 

I put you and Inuyasha on my back and ran here. The healers have healed your injuries and the pup is doing well.”

 

Kagome was relieved to hear that she didn't lose the pup. `If I would've lost it, it would have been my fault for wanting to go home in the first place and I don't think Inuyasha would've forgiven me for that.' She thought as she breathed a sigh of relief.

 

Inutaisho looked at the relieved look on her face when he told her that the pup was fine. Inuyasha had been right. She would've blamed herself if she'd lost the pup. “Kagome, I want you to rest. You're both safe and so is the pup. You will be well protected here and no harm will come to you.”

 

Kagome nodded her agreement, as she was tired. She closed her eyes and fell asleep once again, knowing that she was safe and that her mate was near.

 

Once Inutaisho saw that Kagome's breathing had leveled out, he knew that she was asleep again. He quietly got up and made his way toward his son's bed. As soon as he was there his son opened his eyes and looked at him. “You were right, she would've blamed herself if she knew about the other pups.”

 

Inuyasha nodded his agreement as he closed his eyes and fell asleep to recover from his ordeal.

 

Inutaisho stayed for a while until he was sure that they were both resting comfortably. He was tired as he got up and left the room to let them rest. As he left the room he closed the door behind him. He placed a seal on the door to prevent anyone from going into the room. He didn't want the healers going in there until he had a chance to talk to them.

 

He turned towards the two guards that were standing watch and said, “No one is to enter this room, not even the healers. They are to be left alone so they can rest and recover from their injuries.” The guards nodded their understanding of his orders as he walked slowly away heading toward his office.

 

Inutaisho had some work to do. He had to find the other traitor in his mist. Until he did that his son and mate were still in danger and he couldn't allow anyone to hurt them anymore.

 

~oOo~

 

Shawn was staying close to Naraku. He had yet to gather any new information for his lord on what was going on. He knew that he would have to send word back sometime in the near future to let him know that nothing new has occurred.

 

They were in the surveillance room when one of the observers yelled for Naraku. They quickly walked over to the young man to see what he wanted. He seemed excited about something that he was seeing on the monitors. When they walked up to the young man he quickly pointed to the screen he wanted them to see.

 

Shawn heart dropped as he saw Inuyasha and Kagome appear on the screen as they were heading towards her house. He thought that Inutaisho would've warned them that there were cameras around the house to see when they would return.

 

Shawn watched with interest as he saw Kagome stop and look into the trees around the area. They saw as she said something to her mate and they quickly went inside the house. They saw the barrier go up and Naraku stood up and said, “So, our prey is back in town. This would be the perfect opportunity to capture or kill them while their here.”

 

Shawn' heart started to race as he heard Naraku words. He hoped that Inuyasha and Kagome were smart enough to avoid the slavers.

 

Naraku turned to another one of his associates and said, “Send our best men out there to capture them. They're to use caution, the male is a lot stronger than he seems and so is the girl. The girl is a miko and she can protect the half-breed with no problems. Capture the girl and you will have control over the male.” The slavers understood their instructions as they left for the girl's house to capture them.

 

They saw through the cameras when their men arrived at the house. They had it surrounded but they couldn't get through the barrier. They had to sit and wait for their opportunity to capture them.

 

They didn't have to wait for long when they saw the two leave the house and get into the girls car and drive away. The slavers quickly followed, as the surveillance room became a command center. They were tracking Kagome and Inuyasha's movements through the city as the cameras were switching from one location to another as they followed them.

 

They kept relaying their location to the slavers that were following them. They saw them going towards the mall as they parked their car close to the entrance.

 

They continued to monitor their movements through the building as the cameras switched to the indoor security system of the mall. They picked up their movements as they saw the couple heading towards the restroom.

 

They told the slavers where they were located and told them to take the male while he was busy using the facility. There were no cameras in the bathroom so they couldn't see which stall he was using.

 

Everything was being watched from the surveillance room. They saw the slavers rush in and then quickly walked back out as they said in the microphone, which was attached to their ear, “The hanyou is no longer in the bathroom.”

 

Everyone went frantic trying to find were they had gone. They even went as far as to rewind the tapes of the different locations in the mall to see if they could find them. But they were gone. No one saw them leave the restroom, as they had simply vanished.

 

Shawn was trying to keep a straight face but on the inside he was laughing his ass off at the escape of Kagome and Inuyasha. He knew that they had a concealment spell on, that's how they got away from the people that were chasing them. `Kagome must've sensed that they were being followed and cast a concealment spell. I have no idea what they even looked like because I too was caught off guard to hear that they had vanished.'

 

They saw the slavers continue to search the mall for them but to no avail. Then Naraku told them to split up, half were to stay inside to see if they could find the couple while the rest go outside and stay with the car. They would return to it eventually.

 

They continued with their surveillance as they started to see activity at King Higurashi house. They saw the increase in security as three cars left the estate to go towards the city. They followed their movements because they thought that maybe they were on their way to pick up the hanyou and the girl.

 

They saw the limousine stop at the front entrance to the mall and told several of the slaver to move into position incase the hanyou was there. But to their surprise a very human girl and boy approached the car and got in. As soon as the door to the vehicle was closed the car took off and headed back to King Higurashi home.

 

Naraku told his men to follow the car he wanted to see who these people were that warranted security to be stepped up at the kings house.

 

The car finally arrived at the king's house as the couple got out and went inside. The cameras followed all of their movements. They saw the girl whisper something into the young mans ear and he nodded in returned.

 

They saw them enter the king's study as the girl requested that they talk in private. The king led the way out of the den and went into the more private part of the house.

 

Naraku cursed as he yelled, “Damn!!! Why couldn't they stay in the fucking study!?”

 

Shawn looked at Naraku and asked, “What's wrong? Can't we follow their movement anymore?”

 

Naraku looked at his apprentice with angry eyes, “No we can't. There are no security cameras in that area. We've tried to set up cameras in that area of the house but they always seem to find and destroy them.”

 

Shawn smiled inwardly. Leave it up to Kagome to figure out how they were being followed. They waited to see what would happen. About an hour later they saw the king and the young man leave the house to go to the center of town.

 

Naraku had them followed. He still wanted to see who this young man was and why all the secrecy. They saw them stop at a downtown jewelry store as Naraku yelled out to his men to find the security camera of that establishment.

 

His people were working frantically at the controls when one of his men yelled out, “Sir, they have turned off the security cameras in the store. We can't tap into the place.”

 

Another string of colorful curses was heard from Naraku as they had once again stopped him from finding out what was going on inside the store. They saw them leave about a half hour later and go back to the king's home. They walked inside and headed straight for the more private parts of the house again as the agitation level in Naraku rose.

 

They continued to monitor the activities of the house as they saw the couple leave the area a few hours later.

 

The king's men were escorting them somewhere as they tried to follow with the cameras. The cars stopped in a place where there were no cameras available and they couldn't be seen from their current location. They tried to get a vehicle there to see what they were doing when the cars started to move again and headed toward the princesses house.

 

When the cars finally arrived the hanyou and the princess stepped out of the car. Naraku was furious. “How in the hell did they get into the limousine?”

 

Then one of his men spoke up, “They could've gotten into the car when it stopped in that secluded part of town where we couldn't see what they were doing. They might've picked them up and dropped off that other couple that was riding in the car.”

 

Naraku thought about this for a few minutes and found the theory to be sound. He sighed as he saw all of the guards that King Higurashi had put at the girls house for the night.

 

He started to hash out a plan as he said; “I want all available men to be in the forest tomorrow as they travel back to the Western Lands. They're to be either capture or killed, I'm not being picky at the moment.”

 

His men relayed the information to the remaining slavers that were available. “I will have them tomorrow, one way or another.”

 

Shawn heart was pounding so hard in his chest that he thought that Naraku was picking up on it. He hoped that Inuyasha and Kagome's luck held out as they traveled back to the Western Lands. Naraku wanted them and he would stop at nothing to get them.

 

They kept a silent vigil during the night to see when they would leave. The slavers were already in position deep in the forest. They had a plan on how to capture them and they were determined to get them.

 

Morning came and they saw Kagome and Inuyasha leaving the house. They had very thing with them as Kagome placed her seal on the house and they started to go into the forest.

 

They signaled the slaver that their target was on the move as they saw them take off into the forest. There were no cameras in the forest. The only cameras they had were the one's that the slavers had with them so they could see what was going on and the radios that they used to communicate with.

 

The slavers were trying to locate Inuyasha and Kagome but they seemed to have lost them. They knew they had to be close by as they continued to search, the man with the camera was not with them at the moment so the only thing they had was the communication that they were hearing.

 

Shawn nerves were on edge as he tried to keep himself focused on what was going on. Then he heard one of the slavers curse as he said, “They're traveling by air. The hanyou is jumping from tree branch to tree branch heading towards the west. We need reinforcements, send the helicopters in so we can follow them and have them take the first available shot to bring them down.”

 

Naraku gave the order for the helicopters to leave as he sent two of them to intercept.

 

Shawn held his breath he hoped that they could get away from them.

 

The minutes seemed to take hours as the sound of the battle started to come over the speakers. “Shit that girl just blasted one of our helicopters out of the sky. Look the other helicopter just got off a shot.”

 

“Holy fuck!! They took out the other helicopter too. Wait they crashed to the ground. Hurry men we have to get to them before they wake up, right now they can't defend themselves.” The slavers were moving fast through the forest trying to get to the fallen hanyou before he found enough strength to fight them.

 

“There they are! The girl seems to be unconscious. Good that means that they can't raise a barrier to stop us. Hurry men he doesn't look strong enough to fight us.”

 

Shawn continued to hear the huffing and puffing of the men running to get to where Inuyasha and Kagome were. He heard Inuyasha's growls of warning to stay away then he heard, “Shit!!! Where did this fucking barrier come from? The girl is unconscious there is no way she could've put this barrier up.”

 

Everyone in the control room was straining to listen to what was going on, “Damn the hanyou was the one to put up the barrier. I didn't know he could do that.

 

Hurry men attack the barrier, he's weak and if we all attack it at once we could bring it down and take them.”

 

Finally the man with the camera arrived at the location where the slavers were located. They set up the camera and it started to send pictures back of what was going on. Naraku watched intently, they were finally going to get the hanyou and the princess. They were going to pay for what they had done to Kusco.

 

They watched as the slavers continued to attack the barrier until they heard a howl from somewhere deep inside the forest. Shawn froze. He knew that howl, as he continued to watch what was going on.

 

The slavers stopped what they were doing as they scanned the area for the approaching threat. “Do you see what's coming?” Yelled one of the slavers as the camera continued to pan the area. Then they heard, “Holy Shit! Look at the size of that thing.”

 

The camera turned in the direction indicated by the slaver as a giant dog appeared in the area. Shawn heard everyone in the surveillance room gasped when they saw the giant beast.

 

“Where in the fuck did that come from?” He saw the cameraman starting to step backwards as the giant dog approached. Shawn knew who it was, it wasn't often you would get to see him in this form but when he was you better watch out because he was seriously pissed. Shawn knew that Lord Inutaisho was pissed as he growled at the slavers to get away from his son and mate.

 

They watched as they all backed away. The camera panned left as it saw a group of slavers running towards the hanyou now that the barrier was down. They all saw their death as the giant dog just stepped on them preventing them from reaching the pair.

 

The camera panned right again as it followed the dog toward the two that were the target of their desire. He had picked them up with his tongue and put them on his back. They were out of their reach when Naraku yelled at the slavers, “Attack!!! I want them killed or captured.”

 

The slavers did as instructed, as they got ready to attack the giant dog. They moved forward as the cameraman stayed back to capture the scene. They saw many of the slavers go to their deaths as the dog either stepped or clawed at them. Then the cameraman quickly turned in another direction and curse under his breath. They saw the king's soldiers approaching.

 

They saw the cameraman running away when the soldiers captured him and that was the last they heard of the slavers.

 

Naraku was shaking in rage. They had managed to get away from him yet again. The next time they won't get away. Instead of humans going after them it will be demons fighting against demons. He was determined to win this fight one-way or the other.

 

Shawn continued to watch Naraku he wasn't stable and he wanted Inuyasha and Kagome so bad that he wasn't thinking straight. Shawn followed Naraku back to his office he wasn't about to let him out of his sight. He knew that information would be relayed back to him about what had happened to the pair he was after.

 

Several hours passed and Shawn was fortunate enough to be in Naraku office when he received an important communication from his spy in Lord Inutaisho castle. “Naraku, Commander Tou has been discovered as a traitor and has been killed by Lord Inutaisho. He apparently found out about his plan when he saved his son and mate from your attack.”

 

Naraku inclined his head and said, “Well he was careless in what he did. He should've sent some of his men into the forest to make it look like he was doing his job but right now that isn't important. Tell me of the hanyou and the girl. Are they still alive?”

 

“Yes, they are both very much alive, but the girl lost two of the three pups she was carrying.” The voiced said as it sighed on the other end of the communication.

 

Naraku eyes grew big as he asked, “She's pregnant?”

 

“Yes she is. She still has one pup that survived the attack and it seems like she will keep it.”

 

Shawn's heart ached at the knowledge that Kagome had lost two of her pups. `She must be heartbroken about it.' Thought Shawn as he continued to stare at Naraku to see what he was going to plan next.

 

“Now this is very interesting news. I know now that they will never leave the Western Lands again. So I have decided to launch an attack there against them. I have to contact some more people, when all of the final details have been made I will inform you of the plans so you can get out of the way.

 

I know that the girl will not be able to fight once she gets further along so we can attack in a months time.” Said Naraku as he was leaning back in his chair. He had a big smile on his face as he broke the communications with the person at the castle.

 

Shawn continued to watch to see what else he could get out of Naraku, as he saw him turning towards him. “Shawn, we must set our plans in motion to go to the Western Lands, to finally get rid of those two. Tomorrow we start planning the assault against the castle.” Shawn inclined his head towards him as he left the office.

 

He knew that everyone in the facility was going to get some rest for being up all night but he had no time to rest he had to send word back to Lord Inutaisho as soon as possible. They had to be prepared for the attack that was coming in a month's time.

 

Kagome won't be able to fight in the upcoming battle if she wanted to keep her pup and Inuyasha won't leave her side. He had to make sure that he told his lord what was coming in case he couldn't communicate with him anymore.

 

Shawn sighed this was one of the hardest assignments he has ever had to deal with. He had to make sure he was never put into this type of a situation again, if he survived this ordeal. He set to work putting his letter together to send to Lord Inutaisho.

 

~oOo~

 

The end to another chapter, Naraku will not give up on killing Inuyasha and Kagome. He wants them bad and he is willing to do anything to get them. Inuyasha's father will be there to protect them as much as possible.

 

I was asked some questions about the Kama Sutra. Well if you really want to know what it is you can all look it up on the Internet. Just type Kama Sutra in the search bar and it will take you to a world of information. But in short the Kama Sutra is a book of all the different kinds of sex position. It is meant to bring the partners closer together in both body and spirit in their enjoyment.

 

I was also asked if the necklace that Kagome gave Inuyasha was the same one she gave him in the series. Sorry guys I was unaware that she had given him any necklaces in the series it was my idea. But it's nice to know that I was thinking along the same line and the author of Inuyasha.

 

The ring that Inuyasha gave Kagome was of my own design. It's my idea of what a perfect gift should be.

 

And yes Sesshomaru is in this story you have to wait until chapter 27 to read about him. It's coming guy's just hold on for a few more chapters.

Lord Inutaisho has found out one of the traitor is and has taken care of him. But there is still another in his mist. Can you guess who it is? I gave you a hint in this chapter. Let see if you even come close to who it might be. I haven't mentioned his name yet so all I want is a general idea on who it might be.

 

Until the next chapter!

 

Ja ne!