InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Consequences ❯ Chapter 14

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or anything else, Rumiko Takahashi does. I don't make any money from the writing of this story.

 

A/N: Thankyou all for reading my story! And especially thankyou to all the nice people who reviewed!

Sorry it took me longer than normal to update; I've been distracted by stuff the last few days.

Warning! There's a kinda disgusting little scene in here…lol

 

 

 

 

 

Consequences: Chapter Fourteen

 

 

 

Recalling the previous nights events, Inuyasha's first reaction had been shock and anger. He was stuck with his asshole brother for a mate for the rest of his life…Inuyasha hadn't known what to do or say, so he'd fled.

At first he'd just wanted to be on his own, then he'd changed his mind and wanted to go to the village, then he was still sticky with come and needed a bath.

Looking forward to some much needed time to think and get clean, he'd made his way down to the river and slipped into the cool water.

He wasn't at all sure whether he should be happy or miserable about what had happened. Sesshomaru had treated him worse than dirt his entire life; even if the recent events between them had been pleasant, they still equated basically to Sesshomaru using him for sex and then throwing him away like trash when he didn't need him anymore. Or so it had seemed…then, last night, his brother had said he'd been jealous thinking he'd been with Kagome. Inuyasha wasn't even sure if he'd yet known he was pregnant when he'd marked him. Could it have really just been out of jealousy? And if it had, why had Sesshomaru previously told him he was tired of him and walked off? He couldn't make any sense of his brothers actions at all. The daiyoukai was completely unpredictable, most likely irrational…but if their history was anything to go by, Inuyasha could expect the rest of his life to be a living hell.

 

Of course, then there was all the stuff Sesshomaru had said about wanting them to have a good relationship and raise their pup together, which was extremely appealing to think of, and after that, he'd been really….nice…

But did Sesshomaru really mean those things? What exactly was his idea of a `good relationship'? And even if that idea matched up to Inuyasha's, was there any hope of it working at all? Inuyasha did not know.

He was confused, and wished everything could just go back to being normal for a change. He wanted to forget about Sesshomaru entirely, even if it was just for a little while.

But it was not to be. Within a few minutes of getting into the water, his unwanted mate strode out of the trees behind him and began removing his clothing.

“Go away, bastard! I don't want to see you right now!” Exclaimed Inuyasha.

“You should be grateful you have a mate who is willing to watch over you and ensure nothing comes along and eats you, in such a weak state, Inuyasha.” Said Sesshomaru.

“I'm not weak!” Inuyasha yelled.

“It is a well known fact that males lose the use of their youkai abilities while pregnant. You are as weak as any human, and will remain as such until our pup is born.” Sesshomaru told him.

“Shut up!” Said Inuyasha, “Wait, you don't mean you plan on hovering over me the whole time, do you?”

“Of course, I will vigilantly guard you.” Said Sesshomaru. Inuyasha turned away as his mate's hakamas fell to the ground.

“No! It's stressful enough, without you around all the time! I'm perfectly safe hanging near the village. You can just…come visit sometimes, I guess.” Said Inuyasha.

“Don't be ridiculous. This forest is reeking all over of Naraku, or are your senses so dull you failed to notice? He probably is already aware of your pregnancy, and is merely awaiting the opportunity to attack. I will certainly not leave my mate and pup with mere humans to defend against his attack.”

“Of course I noticed, idiot! Gods…” Inuyasha decided telling him about the recent events with Naraku in the forest was definitely a bad idea. It was comforting to know the daiyoukai intended to protect him, but the thought of constantly being in Sesshomaru's company was just too much to comprehend. If he would just go away, and maybe come see him, briefly, every couple of days or something, and make sure everything was alright, maybe that would be fine.

“Then you understand the necessity of being closely guarded.” Said Sesshomaru. `closely guarded'…Inuyasha hated the thought of being `closely guarded'. It sounded like Sesshomaru thought he was some kind of prisoner or something! 'Or a treasure…' another part of his mind whispered. He mentality `keh'ed at it, and turned his attention to glaring at his brother, who continued peacefully washing himself and paid Inuyasha no further attention.

 

Inuyasha's thinking and glaring was suddenly interrupted by the sound of somebody loudly screeching his name.

A little way downstream, Shippo had just burst out of the bushes, and was staring in shocked confusion at the two of them bathing together.

“Inuyasha! Sesshomaru is there!” cried the kitsune, bounding a little closer.

“Yeah, I noticed that.” He replied.

“But…” Finally Shippo's eyes landed on the fresh bite mark which decorated Inuyasha's neck. “Oh! Oh! Congratulations!” He shrieked.

Inuyasha scowled at him, while Sesshomaru continued to ignore Shippo's presence.

“What, you're not happy? This is great! Now Sesshomaru will hang around to protect you, so we all don't have to worry about Naraku coming to get everyone while you're so weak like this!” Said Shippo excitedly. Inuyasha wanted to grab him and pound his head, but being naked and in the water some distance away, all he could do was growl and glare.

“Yay! I'll go back tell everyone, and make sure Kaede makes some good food to celebrate!” And with that, Shippo joyfully rushed back toward the village. Tired of having his `pregnant and weak' status rubbed in his face, Inuyasha got out of the water and dressed, intending to head back to the goshinboku and have some time to himself.

“Don't go anywhere.” Said Sesshomaru.

“I'll go wherever I want!” Said Inuyasha, angrily.

“After I finish my bath, we are going to retrieve Rin, Jaken and Ah-un. Then you may return to your companions for the day.”

The words sounded to much like orders for Inuyasha's tastes, and he directed a fierce glare at his brother.

“No, I'm going to hang around the goshinboku for a while, and then I'm going to find something to eat. You can go back to wherever you left your weird little followers and stay there.” He told him.

“As they are all the way on the other side of the forest, you will be in danger if I leave to retrieve them without you. Therefore, you will come.” Said Sesshomaru.

 

“Fuck off. I'm leaving.” Inuyasha turned to start walking off, only to find himself imprisoned by the mokomoko-sama, which had whipped out and wrapped itself firmly around his legs, leaving him rooted to the spot.

“What the fuck is this?!” He growled, pulling at it angrily. It was no use; the fluffy thing could not be dislodged, and trying to walk would only result in falling on his face.

“I told you not to go anywhere.” Answered his mate.

“Get it off, bastard!” Yelled Inuyasha.

“No.”

The barrage of demands and insults which poured from Inuyasha's mouth were ignored entirely, and he remained trapped in the fluff.

“Fine! I'll come with you, but only if you get this thing off me right now! And after that, you're not to bother me for at least the rest of the day!” He demanded.

Sesshomaru glanced over, and the mokomoko-sama slid off. Inuyasha kicked it away from his feet, then waited with crossed arms and narrowed eyes until his mate finally came out of the river and got dressed.

Grumpily, he followed Sesshomaru through the forest.

“So why do you have that girl following you around anyway?” Inuyasha asked, curiously. He'd been wondering about that for a while.

“I revived her from death. She was without anyone else to care for her, and so she became my responsibility.” Sesshomaru's explanation only served to further darken the hanyou's mood.

“Since when do you care if a kid doesn't have anyone to take care of it!?” He spat. Sesshomaru glanced back at him, but didn't answer. Meanwhile Inuyasha's head was filling with memories from his childhood; youkai chasing him, falling asleep cold and hungry, being chased out of human villages, being caught in winter blizzards because he had no home to shelter in…why did Sesshomaru care if some human brat was subjected to those things, but not him? That bastard! He felt like yelling at him about it, but that would have meant revealing an emotional weakness to his brother.

 

Soon enough, they emerged into a clearing near the edge of Inuyasha's forest. Rin and Jaken sat by the remains of their campfire, while the two headed dragon chewed blades of grass nearby. Seeing her beloved Sesshomaru-sama, Rin jumped up and ran happily toward him, waving her little arms about excitedly. Her immediate babbling about how happy she was that he was back and all the minor events that had occurred in his absence was cut short when she noticed Inuyasha behind him. Jaken had also noticed his presence, and was staring with bulging eyes and making an odd, choked kind of noise.

“Hi! Aren't you Sesshomaru-sama's little brother? Are you and Sesshomaru-sama friends now? I'm Rin!” Chirped the little girl, peering up at him. Inuyasha could feel her eye's alighting on his ears, no doubt wanting to touch and poke them, as all females seemed to want to do…he narrowed his eyes a little in irritation, but she was not deterred.

“You have pretty hair like Sesshomaru-sama!” She told him, smiling brightly at him.

“Ah, that's nice…” he muttered.

 

Jaken was beginning an attempt at forming a coherent sentence, understandably shocked and horrified to see that Inuyasha had been marked as his master's mate. Sesshomaru kicked him with his foot.

“Inuyasha is now my mate, and you will treat him with respect.” The daiyoukai commanded, glaring down at his servant with a look that clearly said `and if you do not, I will kill you.' Jaken, trembling, managed with some difficulty to clamber back onto his feet and mutter a rather dismal sounding “Hai…”

Sesshomaru continued to stare down at him.

“Yes! I mean, congratulations, Sesshomaru-sama!” He shrieked. Apparently satisfied, Sesshomaru stopped glaring at him.

“We're going now.” 'Going where?' Jaken wondered, `surely he doesn't mean for us to stay in the half breed's forest any longer? How could this have happened? That filthy hanyou! He's pregnant! I can smell it! He's gotten himself pregnant on purpose, and now poor Sesshomaru-sama will be obligated to care for him!' Jaken followed after his master miserably, aiming a death stare at the accursed hanyou's back. 'What sorcery could the filthy hanyou have used to cause Sesshomaru-sama to dirty himself with him?' He wondered. His mind started conjuring images of the two of them, together, naked, limbs intertwined, faces flushed, long silver hair everywhere… Jaken prayed they would not have to go very far. He really needed some time alone in the bushes...

 

“So Inuyasha-sama is your mate now! That's like being married, isn't it?” Rin was excitedly asking.

“Yes.” Sesshomaru replied.

“Wow! So, Inuyasha-sama, you'll come with us now, right? Wait, but, Inuyasha-sama, you're a boy aren't you?”

“Of course I'm a boy!” Inuyasha exclaimed. What kind of question was that?

“I didn't know boys could get married! Can you have babies too? Are you and Sesshomaru-sama going to have any?” Rin sounded very hopeful.

“Yeah, I'm going to have a baby.” He told her. Instantly her little face lit up, and she began pouring out question after question. Was she always like this? If so, how did his brother put up with it? Sesshomaru wasn't the patient type! He listened with interest as Sesshomaru calmly answered Rin's various questions, which seemed to be mostly about what the baby would be like and what games she could play with it. Inuyasha wished she'd ask something about how the baby would be born, or how he'd gotten pregnant. He'd love to see Sesshomaru's face while trying to answer one of those questions!

It was truly surreal, watching Sesshomaru talking nicely with the little human girl who trotted so happily beside him. She sure seemed to idolize him a lot…

He watched the girl curiously. Hadn't she been kidnapped by Naraku that time? And Sesshomaru dragged her around looking for Naraku, and was constantly going off and leaving her with only the green thing and the dragon for protection…obviously, he was not a very careful protector. Really, it was a wonder she was still alive. Perhaps she'd actually died many times, and Sesshomaru just kept using tenseiga to bring her back to life! For all he knew, it could be true.

Still, looking at her, the girl was clothed nicely, though he wondered how Sesshomaru might have obtained that expensive looking little kimono for her. She seemed to be in good health, and was positively brimming with energy and happiness. Her hair was neatly tied, though in an odd style, and she smelled clean.

Possibly, Sesshomaru would make a better father than he'd first thought. Maybe. He decided to keep a close watch on his mate's interaction with the girl. That way he could get a better idea of what sort of parenting skills he might have.

 

Finally they reached a clearing near the river and Sesshomaru stopped, declaring it a suitable place to set up camp.

“Great, I'm leaving.” Said Inuyasha.

“Wait! Where are you going?” Asked Rin.

“Away.” He replied.

“But you'll be back soon, right?” She sounded slightly anxious.

“I'm sure he'll come back by this evening, won't you, Inuyasha?” Said Sesshomaru.

“Probably.” And with that, Inuyasha strode off into the forest, happy to have a chance to be alone for a while. He made his way to the goshinboku, his most favourite tree which he had been wanting to get to and relax in since he'd woken up.

He had barely sat down when his stomach began to rumble, and he realised he was starving. He could go back to the village, where food would probably be waiting for him…but he wanted to put off returning to his friends for a while longer. Showing up at Kaede's hut and seeing whatever reactions they'd have to his mating with Sesshomaru just wasn't something he felt like facing yet. After all, he wasn't even sure what his own reaction to it was yet! He needed to clear his head, and that couldn't be done with a grumbling empty stomach. So he went off to a patch of bushes with newly ripened berries growing, and stuffed his face for a while.

 

With his hunger satiated and knowing he could now return to his tree and be at peace for a while, Inuyasha's mood started to lift a bit.

Until he arrived back at the tree.

Thanks to the lack of attention he had paid to his senses as he casually wandered back through the trees, he failed to detect what was ahead until it was too late.

Inuyasha came to an abrupt halt, his breath choked in his throat, his face frozen in shock and horror at was positively the most disgusting nightmare of a scene he could ever have had the misfortune to witness…

There, leaning against one of the goshinboku's roots, face scrunched up in an almost pained expression, completely devoid of any clothing and clutching a tiny, disgusting green organ in one three fingered hand, was Jaken.

“Ses…shomaru….samaaaa…” Squeaked the hideous little creature, body convulsing as he sent a foul smelling liquid squirting onto the grass at the foot of the tree. His eyes opened, and he lifted his head, his little beak-like mouth opening, about to sigh in satisfaction. Instead, a wailing shriek came out as he saw Inuyasha standing there watching with a traumatised look on his face.

A strangled sound of horror left escaped Inuyasha's lips, and he fled the scene as fast as his legs could carry him.

 

So frantic was he in his dash to get away from Jaken that he didn't see Miroku coming until it was too late, was unable to stop in time, and ran into him, knocking both of them over.

He quickly got off the startled monk, and tried to push the traumatic incident at the tree from his mind.

“Inuyasha! Are you alright?” Miroku looked concerned as he gathered himself back onto his feet.

“I'm fine.” He replied.

“Are you sure? Shippo told us that you and Sesshomaru had mated….what happened? Who were running from just now?” Asked Miroku.

“I wasn't running from anyone! He just came and marked me without even asking! So now I'm stuck with him.” Said Inuyasha, angrily. He tried his best to wipe the images of Jaken from his brain, to no avail, and he was becoming seriously angry. Probably, he should go back there and end the vile creature's life…

“Are you sure you're alright? You look a bit pale.” Said Miroku.

“I'm fine, I said! I just saw something really disgusting back there. What are you doing out here, anyway?” He asked.

“Looking for you, since you didn't show up. We've all been anxious to know if what Shippo said was true, of course. So! Congratulations, Inuyasha!” Miroku smiled at him.

“Oh, thanks.” Said Inuyasha, unenthusiastically.

“Shouldn't you be at least a little bit happy about this? Your baby will have both it's parents to raise it, and I'm sure Sesshomaru wouldn't mistreat his mate and m…the other parent of his child, right?” Asked the monk.

“That's what he said…I guess it's good our pup will have both it's parents, at least.” He admitted.

“Well, let's go back to the village. Everyone will want to congratulate you, and we saved some food from breakfast.”

 

Everyone did indeed want to congratulate him, and repeatedly. Why was everyone else so much happier about this than he was? Their excited bantering was annoying, but there was a lot of nice food, and it was kind of nice to see everyone so happy. Eventually their joyful mood infected him a bit, and he stopped sulking. It was true, there were reasons to be happy about this; his pup would have it's father around, he wouldn't have to worry so much about Naraku during his pregnancy, and even if Sesshomaru was a bastard, at least he couldn't harm him while he was carrying his pup. In fact, Sesshomaru would have to make sure he was well taken care of and not overly stressed about anything for the pup's sake. And at least there was one thing they could do together without fighting…he blushed and tried to turn his thoughts elsewhere. Inuyasha was gradually becoming convinced that this mating was at least not quite the complete disaster he'd immediately assumed it to be, after all.

Kaede and Sango chattered about weddings, and joked about making him and Sesshomaru going through a traditional Shinto ceremony. Miroku obtained some sake, but since Inuyasha couldn't drink any due to being pregnant, Miroku drank it all to himself, in `celebration,' winding up drunk and with bruised cheeks from grabbing Sango's ass a few too many times.

Shippo was in high spirits, and picked flowers to decorate the hut. Even Kirara seemed happy for him. She'd tried to sit on his lap, but eventually gave up after he repeatedly pushed her off. She mewed at him joyfully and sat purring beside him.

 

 

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