InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Child Birth Complications ❯ The Road Seldom Taken ( Chapter 24 )
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By: landofthekwt 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Divergence | Uploaded On: 05.25.2009 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.0K | Visits: 296 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Divergence | Uploaded On: 05.25.2009 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.0K | Visits: 296 | Status: Work In Progress
Title: The Road seldom Traveled
Author: landofthekwt
Rating: PG-13
Prompt: Seldom (Dokuga One Shot #18)
Word Count:904
Genre: General
Warning: None
Summary: Sesshoumaru goes to his mother for help with Ouji
A/N Child Birth Complications Chapter 24
He sighed as reached the Castle in the Air. It was a road that he seldom traveled. When he did, it
was because he needed something from her even if he did not want to admit it.
He had learned the game from her. Always remain in control. Never show weakness. Win the
battle with words before you fight it on the field. All of these had helped shape him into the
person he was today.
Today he would have to ask her a favor. It would show his weakness. The humiliation was
almost more than he could endure. Yet, doing nothing would be worse.
He had thought that he could handle Ouji by himself. Now that Kagome and Inuyasha had been
removed from the scene, surely his son would turn to him. The truth had hit him like a load of
bricks.
He had no clue how to be a father. Ouji did not respond to him at all. Instead, the boy cried for
his mother and refused to do anything that Sesshoumaru asked of him.
He was at his wit's end. The wet nurses had been dismissed. Ouji refused to go near them. The
nursery was a shambles.
Ouji had discovered the temper tantrum. He was holy terror. None of the women in the nursery
would work without a guard being present. He was out of control. Something needed to be done
about it.
Sesshoumaru first thought had been his mother. She had handled him. Surely, she would be able
to care of Ouji. The boy simply did not respond to him.
He had dismissed out of hand running to Kagome. His pride would not allow him to admit that
boy responded better to her than he did to her. Inuyasha must never be allowed to know that he
could not control the boy without Kagome.
His mother left him to stew in the antechamber before finally admitting him. She knew the fine
art of made him uneasy. He was never able to feel comfortable around her. Maybe this was a bad
idea. The thought of asking her help made him uneasy. At last she called for him.
"Well, Sesshoumaru. What a rare pleasure. To what do I owe the honor of this visit to my
humble abode?"
"Mother, Could we cease the attempt at wit and get to purpose of my visit?"
" I am always civil to you. Sheathe your claws and behave like the gentleman that I taught you to
be. What is the purpose of your visit?"
Sesshoumaru finally gave in. She was going to make him beg.
" Ouji is out of control. I need help taking care of him. Do you know of anyone who might be
qualified to do so.?"
There he had said it. Left himself open to her slings and arrows. He waited anxiously for her
response. She did not fail to meet his expectations.
"What of his mother? A child belongs with her mother."
"Out of the question. I will not have my son raised by Inuyasha."
"And yet you admit that you have no clue how to raise him."
"That is why I am here if you must know."
"Have you approached Kagome about returning?"
"Given the circumstances under which she departed, I could hardly go to her on bended knees
and ask her forgiveness."
"And yet you tossed your own mate out of the Western Shiro and slammed the gate in her face."
"She was insisting on an agreement where I do not see my son for six months. An agreement
that caused my son to be confused about whom his own father was."
"And I had to pick up the pieces for you. She was very broken after what you did. You took her
son from her."
"She could have stayed."
" When you slammed the door, she thought that you were rejecting her too. You forced a
confrontation she was not prepared for. What do you expect from her? She was still depressed
when I left her with Inuyasha. I have not seen her since then."
" Do you think that she will come back?"
"I think that we will have to approach this slowly. If Ouji were left here, I could arrange some
visits between her and Ouji."
":Why here?"
"It is my home ground. I have the advantage here. You must come to me to see Ouji, but you
cannot simply dump your responsibility as a parent on me. I do not want to have to raise him.
You must come here and learn to interact with him. If Kagome is willing to meet with you while
you are here, fine. I will not insist that she do so and I will not allow to you to insist that she do
so."
Sesshoumaru considered his mother's offer. She was a skilled negotiator. This was her best and
final offer. She obviously had expected him and given it much thought.
" Fine. I will bring him next week. Hopefully, the castle will survive until then. You and I can set
up a schedule when I return."
Sesshoumaru bowed to his mother and departed. She watched him descend to the ground below.
Sesshoumaru had been a handful as a child. Ouji sounded like a combination of Sesshoumaru,
Inuyasha and Kagome. She was getting too old for such foolishness.
Author: landofthekwt
Rating: PG-13
Prompt: Seldom (Dokuga One Shot #18)
Word Count:904
Genre: General
Warning: None
Summary: Sesshoumaru goes to his mother for help with Ouji
A/N Child Birth Complications Chapter 24
He sighed as reached the Castle in the Air. It was a road that he seldom traveled. When he did, it
was because he needed something from her even if he did not want to admit it.
He had learned the game from her. Always remain in control. Never show weakness. Win the
battle with words before you fight it on the field. All of these had helped shape him into the
person he was today.
Today he would have to ask her a favor. It would show his weakness. The humiliation was
almost more than he could endure. Yet, doing nothing would be worse.
He had thought that he could handle Ouji by himself. Now that Kagome and Inuyasha had been
removed from the scene, surely his son would turn to him. The truth had hit him like a load of
bricks.
He had no clue how to be a father. Ouji did not respond to him at all. Instead, the boy cried for
his mother and refused to do anything that Sesshoumaru asked of him.
He was at his wit's end. The wet nurses had been dismissed. Ouji refused to go near them. The
nursery was a shambles.
Ouji had discovered the temper tantrum. He was holy terror. None of the women in the nursery
would work without a guard being present. He was out of control. Something needed to be done
about it.
Sesshoumaru first thought had been his mother. She had handled him. Surely, she would be able
to care of Ouji. The boy simply did not respond to him.
He had dismissed out of hand running to Kagome. His pride would not allow him to admit that
boy responded better to her than he did to her. Inuyasha must never be allowed to know that he
could not control the boy without Kagome.
His mother left him to stew in the antechamber before finally admitting him. She knew the fine
art of made him uneasy. He was never able to feel comfortable around her. Maybe this was a bad
idea. The thought of asking her help made him uneasy. At last she called for him.
"Well, Sesshoumaru. What a rare pleasure. To what do I owe the honor of this visit to my
humble abode?"
"Mother, Could we cease the attempt at wit and get to purpose of my visit?"
" I am always civil to you. Sheathe your claws and behave like the gentleman that I taught you to
be. What is the purpose of your visit?"
Sesshoumaru finally gave in. She was going to make him beg.
" Ouji is out of control. I need help taking care of him. Do you know of anyone who might be
qualified to do so.?"
There he had said it. Left himself open to her slings and arrows. He waited anxiously for her
response. She did not fail to meet his expectations.
"What of his mother? A child belongs with her mother."
"Out of the question. I will not have my son raised by Inuyasha."
"And yet you admit that you have no clue how to raise him."
"That is why I am here if you must know."
"Have you approached Kagome about returning?"
"Given the circumstances under which she departed, I could hardly go to her on bended knees
and ask her forgiveness."
"And yet you tossed your own mate out of the Western Shiro and slammed the gate in her face."
"She was insisting on an agreement where I do not see my son for six months. An agreement
that caused my son to be confused about whom his own father was."
"And I had to pick up the pieces for you. She was very broken after what you did. You took her
son from her."
"She could have stayed."
" When you slammed the door, she thought that you were rejecting her too. You forced a
confrontation she was not prepared for. What do you expect from her? She was still depressed
when I left her with Inuyasha. I have not seen her since then."
" Do you think that she will come back?"
"I think that we will have to approach this slowly. If Ouji were left here, I could arrange some
visits between her and Ouji."
":Why here?"
"It is my home ground. I have the advantage here. You must come to me to see Ouji, but you
cannot simply dump your responsibility as a parent on me. I do not want to have to raise him.
You must come here and learn to interact with him. If Kagome is willing to meet with you while
you are here, fine. I will not insist that she do so and I will not allow to you to insist that she do
so."
Sesshoumaru considered his mother's offer. She was a skilled negotiator. This was her best and
final offer. She obviously had expected him and given it much thought.
" Fine. I will bring him next week. Hopefully, the castle will survive until then. You and I can set
up a schedule when I return."
Sesshoumaru bowed to his mother and departed. She watched him descend to the ground below.
Sesshoumaru had been a handful as a child. Ouji sounded like a combination of Sesshoumaru,
Inuyasha and Kagome. She was getting too old for such foolishness.