InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Witch's Spell ❯ Chapter 9 ( Chapter 9 )

Chapter 9

Sota walked around the grounds of the shrine again. It was a busy time for them, but he was watching for one particular person. He started past the steps again and glanced down them. His eyes grew wide. "She's here.", he thought, as he hurried down the steps to help her.

Kristen stopped on the steps again. She was hot, tired, and her back ached constantly. She sighed not really wanting to go up those stairs and hear that the father of her pup was dead and he would never know him. She watched as a young boy made his way to her.

He bowed politely, and asked, "Kristen?"

She smiled at him, "Yes, I'm Kristen." Sota grinned at the pretty lady dressed in a pink kimono, who was very, very pregnant.

"Let me help you. Kagome and Inuyasha have been anxious for you to arrive.", he smiled at her.

Her heart clenched at his words, and tears welled into her eyes. Sota squeezed her hand and said, "We can't talk here. Ok?" Kristen nodded and blinked back her tears, not wanting anyone to see. She took a deep breath, and started the last few steps.

As she started up, a limousine pulled up at the curb. Sesshomaru alighted, then reached inside and assisted a beautiful female inuyoukai out. He smiled down at her, thinking that perhaps she would be a good mate and mother for his pups.

She asked if he could take her to a shrine so that she could pray, saying that her family's graves had all been destroyed and she would like to honor them in some way. He brought her here because he knew that the old man and woman that ran the place wouldn't freak out over his appearance. This was the shrine of his brother's woman's family.

He looked up to see Kagome's young brother helping a very pregnant woman up the stairs. His eyes widened at the color choices the kimono was pink, complimenting the woman's skin and coloring perfectly. It was the obi that surprised Sesshomaru, it was gold, with blue at the ends. It looked like one of his. "Now, where did she get that?", he asked himself.

His companion touched his arm, gaining his attention. He took her arm and assisted her up the steps and toward the shrine.

Kristen looked down at Sota, "Please, I need to sit down. I can't go any further."

They were close to the benches by the God Tree, so he led her there. "Stay here. I will go get Kagome.", he said. She nodded, and sat, a sigh of relief escaping her lips. Tilting her head back she looked up through the branches of the trees, fighting to hold back the river of tears that threatened to over come her. Her hand absently stroked her belly, while she thought of his father.

Sesshomaru saw her again as they left the shrine house. "Who ever chose her kimono has impeccable taste. The color is beautiful on her, or is it her beauty makes the color?", the thought. Wondering why he felt as if he should know her.

"It's her, the one from our dreams.", his youkai interrupted his thoughts. Images from the dreams flashed through his head. His intense stare gained her attention, and she looked over at him. Her face broke into a beautiful smile and she stood.

He looked around to see who it was she was giving such a smile to, but no one was there save himself. "Sesshomaru, you are alive. I thought you were dead.", tears came into her eyes.

He growled causing her to stop short. "Woman, who in the hell are you? I don't know you.", he said. The woman standing at his side began growling, low and threatening.

Kristen's face registered shock, then disbelief. Her eyes went from him to the woman at his side. "So, it's that game. Fine by me, play away. Hope you have fun playing by yourself.", she turned to walk away, then whirled back to face the woman at his side. "If he tells you he wants to mark you as his intended, make sure you get more than I got.", she turned around and bared her right shoulder, showing his mark.

She started walking away and Sesshomaru moved to attack her, only to be blocked by Inuyasha. "No, Sesshomaru, I will not let you hurt her in any way. She is not lying about the mark, you told me yourself you made the mark and that you pupped her.", he said.

The female growled, "No, she will not take you away." She took off after her only to be blocked by a barrier erected by Kagome, who stood not far away, arrow pointed at the female.

"Back off.", she ordered the demon. She backed away, having no choice since she faced a Miko's arrow. Kristen looked at all standing there and then at the puddle of water pooling at her feet.

Kagome reacted the fastest. "Mom and Gramps, I need you.", she yelled. They hurried out and over to Kristen. Kagome's mother fussing over her, with Sota's help they started moving her inside the house. Kagome right behind them, arrow trained on the female demon.

Sesshomaru was growling at Inuyasha, his eyes blood red. "Do you wish to fight me over your own pup, brother?", Inuyasha asked.

"That is not my pup. I have never met that woman in my life." , he answered.

"Sesshomaru, we need to talk. The pup IS yours, by your own admission to me. You arranged for her to come here, if you did not show up to get her. You chose the kimono she wears and gave her the obi, so we would know who she was.", Inuyasha said.

Sesshomaru was stunned. "This is not possible. I do not remember that woman. How could I have created a pup with someone I don't know?", he said.

Inuyasha looked at him, "It is a long story and I don't think that your companion wants to hear it."

Sesshomaru looked at her, "Have my driver take you home, and I will contact you after I have cleaned this mess up."

The woman nodded and swept down the steps, knowing that she had lost him and to a human. "Not without a fight. He claims it isn't his, so he won't feel bad when it turns up dead.", she thought.

Sesshomaru's head was spinning, he could hear her moans of pain and knew that the pup was coming. He looked at his brother, who wore a look of sympathy.

"Kagome and I think you were under some kind of spell. Come and sit, I will tell you all that we know.", Inuyasha indicated to the bench that Kristen had been sitting on.

Inside the house, Kristen was a wreck. The pain was extremely intense, made worse by her emotional state. She looked at Kagome's mother with wild eyes, "How could he say he doesn't know me? He swore he would be here for this pup. I don't know anything about raising a pup alone."

Kagome's mother looked at her, "Shhhhh, you must calm yourself. Your baby needs you now. We will worry about that later, he's the most important one. Concentrate on him, and bringing him to life."

Kristen looked at her calm eyes and found the anchor she needed. She grabbed her hand, and took a deep breath. Releasing it she said, "What do I do?"

She smiled at her, "Let's get you undressed and see what is going on?"

They took her to Kagome's room and had her strip down. Kagome's mother laid piles of clean sheets under her and some towels and sheets on the bed beside her. She laid her sharpest scissors in a pan of alcohol, and put it on the bed stand. "To cut the cord.", she answered Kristen's unspoken question.

She gently spread her legs and looked down. "Child how long have you been in labor?"

"I haven't been in labor. I've had a back ache today, but I put it down to all the traveling I have been doing.", she panted.

She gave her a gentle smile, "No, my dear, you have been in labor. Now is the time to push. When you feel the next contraction, I want you to push and hard. From here." She pressed on her belly.

Kristen felt the next contraction, and did as she was told. "Good, sweetie, that's very good. Keep it up.",she cooed at her.

She felt the next contraction and again pushed. "There's the head. Kagome give me that mirror so she can see."

Kristen looked into the mirror at the head of her pup, coming from inside her. Suddenly, she couldn't wait to have him in her arms. Kristen heard, "Ok, this should be the last one. Push hard, yes, that's it." She felt him slide from her body and then heard his wails. Tears sprung to her eyes, as she watched Kagome and her mother clean him up and cut the cord.

Kagome turned to her and laid a bundle in her arms, "Your son."

Kristen looked at him and gasped, "So much like his father." His hair was silver white and he bore a little crescent moon in the center of his forehead. The pup opened his eyes and gazed at her with golden eyes.

A smile bloomed across her features, "So you are the one who has been kicking me all this time?"

Outside, Sesshomaru heard the sudden wail of a pup and jumped. Inuyasha watched him wrestle with all of this, and he actually felt sorry for his brother. The one who hated humans so badly, now had a half human son.

"You are certain?",he asked.

"Yes, I am. I would not do this to you as a joke, I know how you feel about humans. We wanted to talk with her first and find out what actually happened and then we were going to contact you. I just didn't know what else to do, up until twenty years ago, all you talked about was coming for your mate and pup.", he said.

"For a while there, I actually thought that fate made you fall for a human as a lesson for your attitude. But, Kagome made me see that it was part of a spell. The same spell that allowed you into her world.", he finished.

Sesshomaru nodded and looked at him, "Do you think I could see him?"

"I'm sure that could be arranged, but you must promise not to hurt either the girl or pup.", Inuyasha said.

Sesshomaru nodded and Inuyasha got up, motioning for him to follow. Gramps jumped up as soon as he walked in, sutras at the ready.

Inuyasha looked at him, "Old Man, put those away. If they don't stop me, they won't stop him." The old man mumbled to himself, but put them away. Inuyasha told Sesshomaru to wait there and he went upstairs.

He knocked on the door and Kagome opened it. "He wants to see the pup.", he said to her. Kagome nodded and shut the door. She turned to Kristen.

"He wants to see the pup. Will you let him?", she asked.

Kristen's eyes filled with pain and confusion, "Yes, but I don't want to see him right now. Take him to his Father." She held the baby out to her.

Kagome smiled at her, "We will figure this out. I promise, you and I will talk. Ok?" She looked down at the pup, "Well, aren't you just the most handsome little man?" She went out the door with him, stopping long enough for Inuyasha to see him.

Together, they took him to Sesshomaru. As Kagome came into the room, carrying his son, Sesshomaru's heart sped up. Part of him was very anxious to see this pup and to verify that this was real.

He looked down at him and knew this pup was his. Sesshomaru reached out a knuckle to stroke him, but the pup reached up and grabbed it, looking his father in the eye. A sense pride and protectiveness threatened to overwhelm him.

Suddenly, he took the pup from Kagome and laid him on the table. He unwrapped him and stripped him of the towel, serving as his diaper. He inspected him from head to toe, both looking and sniffing. The pup began screaming, and Sesshomaru gave him a low growl, causing the pup to stop and look at him.

Sesshomaru stood up and looked at Inuyasha. "I have a son.", the look of awe on his face, saying more than the words.

He picked him up and handed him back to Kagome, "Take him back to his mother. Tell her that his name is Taji. I must go and prepare, tell her I will be back for both of them." He swept out the door, leaving them all looking at one another.

Kagome shrugged and took Taji back to his mother. She gave her a huge smile, "He said to tell you that his name is Taji." She sobered, "He also said to tell you he would be back for you."

Kristen took Taji, and kissed his forehead. "Does he still say he doesn't know me?"

Kagome slowly nodded and tears formed in Kristen's eyes. "How can he say that?", she demanded.

Kagome sighed, "I believe a spell was cast over Sesshomaru. One that has either worn off or was removed, and that is why he doesn't remember you."

Kristen's eyes grew wide, "The painting. I know nothing of magic, spells and things. Would it be possible for more than one spell be cast on the same thing?"

"It's possible, if all the spells are intended for the same person.", Kagome answered.

"There was a witch, named Rianna. She had to be the one who did it. She created a portrait of Sesshomaru and sent me an email with a picture of it. I opened the email and used the picture as wallpaper on my computer. It opened a portal between our worlds, and that's how we met.", she said.

"We must find this witch....", Kagome started.

"She's dead. The day after Sesshomaru and I met, we tried contacting her via email. Both her email and web sites were disabled. A week later, I recieved the actual portrait with a letter from the Tokyo police stating that she had been found dead and the portrait was addressed to me.", Kristen said.

"I'm certain it was more than a portal spell she placed on that. You don't know Sesshomaru, he loathes humans. When he came to me all those years ago, I knew it then. His personality changed, he was nice to me and more open.", Kagome said.

"You mean, if we would have met under normal circumstances?", Kristen asked.

"He would have never noticed you or approached you in any way. You would be beneath him.", Kagome answered.

Kristen's eyes filled with tears, spilling over and onto her cheeks. "I knew I should have listened to my head. It kept telling me fairy tales never have a happy ending.", her quiet words filled with pain.

"Fairy tale?", Kagome asked.

"He stopped a man intent on raping me. That's how I met him, he saved me.", she said.

"Oh", Kagome said. Thinking about how it was every time Inuyasha came to her rescue.

Kagome's mother spoke up, "I think Kristen and Taji need some rest. We will discuss all this further when Lord Sesshomaru returns."

Kristen nodded, suddenly very tired. She laid down and Kagome place Taji at her side. She closed her eyes and allowed sleep to claim her, pup at her side.