InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Cornerstone ❯ Chapter 11: Higher than I ( Chapter 11 )

Title: Cornerstone
Author: DeityOfDeath
Archive: Yes please...
Pairings: Inu Yasha/Sesshomaru,Inu Yasha / Kougamentions of Inu Yasha/Kagome and Inu Yasha/ Kikyo
Category: Drama, romance, slash, Mpreg,
rating: NC-17/R
Spoilers: Most likely.
Warnings: Yaoi, Lemon, Non-con, Mpreg, Incest, SPOILERS!
Disclaimers: I never have nor will I ever own Inu Yasha or its chars. They are property of Rumiko Takashi and major companies.

 

Note from Author: Thank You for reading and supporting fan fiction! Enjoy and please review!

 

The chapter titles are lyrics from the song "Cornerstone" by Day of Fire

 

 

Chapter 11: Higher than I

 

 

 

 

I stepped on to the chariot and took the reigns giving them a quick snap causing Ah Un to fumble in the snow as the hurried to take flight. It took all of a moment to be air born with the frosty wind whipping at us. We passed tree tops and towns as the gray sky went on endlessly.

 

 

 

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The winter is a beautiful time of year with the frost streaking across watery surfaces like tiny works of art made of evanescent glass. The pure white snow beautiful and peaceful but even with all its beauty I was far from admiring it at the moment as heavy winds blew it in whirlwinds around me, obscuring my view and thus my path. The snow became thicker and heavier as I made my way and its watery scent covering all others, the perfect companion for any thief should they be crazy enough to be out in it.

 

Ah Un tugged me here and there in their almost panic stricken frame of mind. Not that I could blame them but I am not giving up just yet.

 

No sooner had I thought it than howls echoed through what I could see was a valley; valley…..I had to be close.

 

I forced Ah Un to descend in the hope of seeing more clearly and if not that then to catch a familiar scent among the wind if not another howl.

 

As we came down I found myself hovering above what looked to be a small pack of wolves chasing an even smaller band of deer.

 

I watched as they ran debating on calling out and deciding against it. Their prey was at hand and seeing as it was scarce this time of year I let them have their hunt. I slowed Ah Un down and watched as the pack of gray and black misfits brought down what looked to be and older doe.

 

I stopped my chariot and called out to them, “This Sesshomaru needs to find Koname, healer of the wolf tribe!”

 

They all turned to look at me; two of them specifically coming to my side with excited intelligence sparkling in their golden eyes. I watched as one transformed in front of me and I recognized him immediately as Ginta.

 

“Follow me, Lord Sesshomaru! She said you would come today. The whole pack is excited.”

 

I watched as he transformed back into a wolf and then took off, leaving his fellow pack members to carry the deer carcass back to the caves. I flicked Ah Un's reins and they took off after the wolf that stopped to check on us every few feet, so that we could follow him in the thickening snow fall. No sooner had he taken off then I found myself going up the mountain side and at the very entrance Inu Yasha and myself had left from only a month or two ago.

 

A few wolves exited the cave yipping excitedly at the Ginta who once again transformed into his human form.

 

I stopped Ah Un in front of the entrance and jumped from the chariot following after Ginta.

 

“Welcome, Lord Sesshomaru. If you are here, then that means that our Yasha has begun his labor pains,” stated more than asked the calm and elegant voice of Amaya, Kouga's mother and current leader of the wolf tribe.

 

“You would be correct, Lady Amaya,” I answered with a curt bow.

 

“It would be better to wait out the storm, I do not like you taking our healer out in this weather,” said the young princess and currently round with child Kourin.

 

“I shall have her returned to you before you drop your cub, Princess Kourin.”

 

I kept from grinding my teeth. Could this female say anything that didn't sound scathing?

 

“Why you rude….”

 

“I'd watch your tongue Kourin, our Lord is a bit…tense and I would not pull his nerves much more, you'd find them easy to break at the moment and we would not force an apology for his actions no matter your condition,” replied her mother.

 

I watched the young princess clench her fists and walk away.

 

“We will discuss Kourin's behavior another time, we must go. Yasha is in pain and I fear for his health.”

 

“Come then, let us be off,” spoke Koname's all too familiar voice from beside me.

 

I nodded and headed towards Ah Un, the snow calmed some leaving an even deeper and thicker blanket of white in its wake.

 

I helped Koname onto the chariot and came to stand behind her, wrapping my thick outer cloak around her body before pulling on the reins causing Ah Un to take off into the air.

 

Time is a fickle thing, whether it is too slow when waiting on someone or something or too fast and fleeting like now.

 

Soon the pale gray sky began to darken as the shimmering waning moonlight played over the layers of white that blanketed our once lush green lands. As I looked below I saw rows of brightly lit flames leading into what I could see was my courtyard. I brought the reins taught and the chariot slowly began descend until the flames became torches lining our pathway.

 

We came to a stop at my well lit doorway where excited servants waved their welcome, a few turning to run inside; I assumed to alert my family that I had arrived with the healer in tow.

 

I stepped from the chariot and offered Koname my hand so that she too could step down.

 

She took my hand and stepped down but did not let go of my hand. Instead she led me inside like a lost child which I allowed. What was I to do, yell at her, cause a scene? No, I needed to get her to Inu Yasha as soon as possible. We walked through the entrance way and was stopped by servants disrobing both Koname and myself.

 

“Koname-sama, welcome.”

 

One of my older servants bowed before Koname before standing up and smiling.

 

“I see you are well, Anisina. Tell me, how does our young lord fair?”

 

The woman who looked to be in her late twenties smiled brightly, teal eyes sparkling as a long black tail wagged behind her. She pushed an errant strand of black hair behind pointed ears. She looked like those in Kouga's tribe but her scent said otherwise.

 

“He is well Koname-sama. His pains have just gotten stronger and he is almost ready to begin pushing. We have readied things for your arrival.”

 

“How is it that you know my help, Koname?”

 

I suppose it was unimportant but it would nag at me until I asked.

 

“Young Anisina is much like Inu Yasha, she is of mixed blood, her mother was a fox hanyou and her father of the wolf tribe.”

 

I nodded and then began to head for the stairs. I didn't turn to see if they followed, I wanted to see Inu Yasha, I needed to see him. If I found him well then I could calm my nerves.

 

I bound up the stairs and turned to the right, headed in the direction of my quarters. I found the door to my quarters and opened it finding my brothers and Uncle sitting and standing in various places.

 

The smell of sweat was pungent and seemed to come from under my bedroom door which was shut causing what shouts, moans and wails to be muffled.

 

I walked past them and went to the door prepared to open it when a hand landed on my shoulder. I turned to snarl at its owner, finding my Uncle.

 

“It is not our place to enter. Your mother is with him as well as a servant, all will be well.”

 

I wanted to snap at him, something in me not liking him at that moment. Was it because he had stopped me or talked to me like I was a dimwitted child? Or perhaps it was simply because he was a dominant male in the same room as my soon to be mate?

 

I felt rattled and as a painful moan passed through the door I was ready to throw open the door and run in.

 

“Calm your nerves Lord Sesshomaru, Inu Yasha is in pain but he will be fine, you'll see.”

 

I turned around and watched as Koname entered the room followed by Anisina.

 

“Move, let me through.”

 

I found myself pushed from the door as she turned the knob and stepped inside I craned my neck, catching sight of Inu Yasha hunched over the end of the bed with his hair in a bun a top his head, his face flushed red and covered in sweat and his eyes glistening brightly. I could see is overly large belly hanging out of his robe.

 

He was a beautiful sight indeed and seeing him made my nerves less on edge. He turned and saw me and I saw some of the tenseness leave his body.

 

It was then that the door was closed in my face.

 

“Come, sit and wait with the rest of us. There is nothing else for us to do.”

 

Once again time was my enemy…

 

I counted the moans of pain and when that wore on my nerves I watched my Uncle and Koakajou play a half hearted game of Go. I counted moves and tried to block Inu Yasha's cries of pain.

 

Soon the door opened and a servant exited bearing white cloths now tinged pink. The copper smell of blood filled the room. I stood and paced until the servant came back through carrying a new set of white towels another servant behind her came bearing a large basket. They knocked and the door opened.

 

This time there was no sign of Inu Yasha at the end of the bed. The smell of blood grew stronger and a scream tore from Inu Yasha's sore throat and the door was shut again. I paced the floor until wails cut through the air which was thick with tension.

 

I felt a pat on the back and turned to see my Uncle grinning, “See it's just a waiting game.”

 

I nodded and turned to stare at the door, waiting for it to open again. Instead more pained screams echoed off the walls. Soon the wails softened and ended altogether but Inu Yasha's agonized screams continued and when they ended we all waited with baited breath for a second set of wails and as time slipped by none came. I felt my heart sink and it ached where it sat deep in my chest for Inu Yasha. That feeling was soon replaced by worry as the coppery smell permeated my quarters more so than before.

 

Silence, it overtook the entire room as well all waited with baited breath.

 

Then it began, a loud screaming wail, louder than the first. I closed my eyes and let myself fall into a chair beside me.

 

I didn't move or say any thing I just allowed those cries to become a lullaby. My eyes felt heavy and they ached and burned as I closed them. Exhaustion pulled at my every limb as I turned to stare at my door waiting for it to open. And then there was quiet darkness….

 

 

To Be Continued….

 

 

Poor Sesshomaru, must've been tired. After being stressed I usually fall asleep. All that tension just exhausts me beyond belief.

 

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