InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Decisions ❯ Epilogue ( Chapter 22 )

Epilogue: Can you count?

Kagome waddled through the apartment, growling about something or other while Ranmaru and Rin watched in amusement. She raised an eyebrow at her children in a way reminiscent of Sesshoumaru and they had to force themselves to remain silent, if they had laughed they had a funny feeling she'd be most unimpressed.

Kagome's pregnancy had been progressing normally up until a point when the doctor had informed her that she had exceeded all expectations. She was going to be the mother of triplets, of course being a Yokai doctor he could shed no light on whether her children would be Hanyou or not. His best guess would be that they would be more than likely a mixture of both Hanyou and Yokai in the litter. Kagome had not been impressed at him calling her children a litter, but she hadn't purified him. Sesshoumaru had asked nicely, she acquiesced.

She was three days overdue at this point and in her eyes as big as an elephant. She and Sesshoumaru were having even more arguments than usual. Or rather she was feeling smothered by his incessantly overprotective nature and he was ignoring her complaints completely. She had been happy that he had been called into the office on urgent business. It gave her time to breathe.

“Argh!” she exclaimed.

“Okasan?” Rin asked timidly.

“What?” she asked in a completely defeated voice.

“Are you okay?”

“No” she answered shortly “I've had enough of being so elephantine!”

“Mama is an elephant” Ranmaru giggled

Kagome growled at him and winced as her babies decided to practise their kickboxing- again. She tugged at the maternity tent she had been coerced into wearing by Hana and Kikyo. Hana and Sasuke were in town again purely for the birth of Kagome's children and looking forward to it as a child looks forward to Christmas.

She was not in the best mood, her stomach twinged and the babies seemed to be performing acrobatics.

“Do we still have ice cream?” Rin asked, used to her mothers' mood swings she knew the only thing that could really placate her was pistachio ice-cream, Rin thought it was yucky but at least it made her mother less grouchy.

“I'm all for that plan.” Kagome commented digging in the freezer she unearthed ice cream for both her and the two children who preferred strawberry flavour.

They decided they'd eat it in Sesshoumaru and Kagome's bed, because Kagome was feeling vindictive and loved the imagined expression on Sesshoumaru's face when they got sticky ice cream mess all over his bed.

They'd been arguing a lot over the pregnancy, he wanted a natural birth at home and she refused to turn her nose up at modern medicine, she wanted to go to the hospital. They were still fighting over it, or as Kikyo had told them; they were at an impasse.

Whatever. She was entitled to give birth in whatever way she felt appropriate, after all he wasn't going to be doing anything. She shook her head as she realised her thoughts were getting a tad violent and concentrated on her ice cream.

She fidgeted on the bed for a moment as she felt the most peculiar feeling, like she was peeing. Except she wasn't, it was just a steady trickle of fluids. It appeared her waters had broken, her babies had decided they wanted to see the world at last. She sort of sat there wondering what the hell she was supposed to do. And then the twinges got more pronounced causing her to clutch her stomach and wince.

“Um... Okasan” Ranmaru ventured timidly “what's that smell?”

“Aw crap” she groaned “best call Sesshoumaru”

Under the circumstances she was surprisingly calm, but then she could have been in shock. She wasn't sure.

“Baby!” Rin squealed in understanding

And then all hell broke loose.

***

Sesshoumaru was not having the best day. First Jaken had called and implored him to visit his company and be away from his overdue pregnant mate and now he had discovered the need behind his return to the office. Naraku was poaching his most valued employee's from the company, offering them phenomenally better wages and he was left with an ever depleting workforce. Only the most loyal had remained, and even they were few in number. His slammed a palm down onto his desk and growled.

Jaken poked his head around the door letting loose a terrified sound as his lord's aura buffered against him like a sail in a storm.

“Um... Sesshoumaru-sama we just lost Takumi-san and Sumika-san” Jaken admitted nervously.

Sesshoumaru growled harshly “Get Azami on the line, it's time this Sesshoumaru played his ace”

***

“What do you mean he's not picking up?” Kagome demanded Kikyo and Inuyasha had arrived when she had called both completely confused by the fact that she was pacing around irately.

“I guess he's busy” Kikyo shrugged.

“I'm going to neuter him” Kagome vowed.

“What's neuter mean?” Rin asked happily, she was still eating ice cream on the bed.

“Never mind, why don't you go and play with Ran and Ayame okay?” she ushered the small child out of the bedroom and helped her mate wrestle Kagome onto the bed.

She groaned. “It hurts Kikyo”

“I know honey” she said soothingly she turned to Inuyasha “Call an ambulance and Sasuke, now!”

***

“It's good to hear from you Sesshoumaru-kun” Azami purred, Sesshoumaru was stood in the board room using the phone and at the same time finding his evidence. He had ordered for no interruptions and terrified workers had obeyed seamlessly.

“Azami, cease your incessant chattering” he snapped “are you loyal to Naraku?”

“No” she said bluntly “he's an ass.”

“Good, now this is what I want you to do” he smiled as he located the CD.

***

“I win!” Kagome exclaimed before letting out a groan scream as Inuyasha laid her onto a hospital bed they had procured upon arrival.

“What?” Sasuke asked.

“Sesshoumaru wanted a home birth” Kikyo shrugged.

Kagome clamped down hard on her cousins arm and then groaned “bring him here, now”

“Her contractions are only five minutes apart” a nurse commented as another ushered Sasuke and Inuyasha from the room.

“Stay with me!” Kagome choked, clutching onto Kikyo's arm.

“I'm not going anywhere, I'm right here” Kikyo cooed calmingly.

“Who's the husband?” someone asked.

“Not a husband, her mate. Sesshoumaru Taisho of Taisho Publishing” Kikyo said “but he's not picking up”

“Sesshoumaru!” Kagome whimpered.

***

“It's nice of you to invite me over Sesshoumaru-sama” Naraku said smiling smarmily as he sat down at the head of the table in the board room. Sesshoumaru sat near to him, his laptop open on the table. ”but I can't imagine what prompted this impromptu visit”

Sesshoumaru smiled placidly, his eyes cold and promising death. “Of course you poaching people from this Sesshoumaru's company has no relevance” he said silkily

“That's just business, I'm sure you understand” Naraku smiled condescendingly

“This Sesshoumaru understands” Sesshoumaru was still smiling and Naraku was being to feel uncomfortable. “And if you continue in your futile attempts to ruin this Sesshoumaru's company then this Sesshoumaru shall annihilate you” his smile grew wider and he turned the laptop to face Naraku and pressed play.

Naraku's eyes widened in horror. The scene of him accosting Kagome was playing out in front of him obviously from some kind of shop security camera, then another clip was played, this one of Bankotsu trying to force Kagome into his private town car. Sesshoumaru laid some documents on the table and Naraku balked as he realised they were Kagome's call records, showing the numerous times he had called her.

“This Sesshoumaru spoke to Azami, she is perfectly willing to run a story on your stalking habits. And this Sesshoumaru will take the evidence of your assault on Kagome to the police, Bankotsu is willing to testify that you coerced him into kidnap.” Sesshoumaru smiled wider as he watched Naraku's world collapse down around him. “but as you understand, it's just business”

“What do you want?” Naraku growled

“This Sesshoumaru desires nothing half-breed” Sesshoumaru smirked “This Sesshoumaru demands that you rescind your stock and leave Japan”

“What?” he was livid

“Or go to prison, you decide” Sesshoumaru shrugged

“Fine” he spat

“Good, if you ever come near this Sesshoumaru or his pack again, make no mistake, prison will look like the easy option out” his warning held the promise of intent

Ten minutes later Naraku had given his stock over to Sesshoumaru and left the building in a blinding rage. Sesshoumaru smirked and picked up the phone.

“Azami? Run your story” Sesshoumaru hung up and prepared to call the police. No one harmed what was his.

***

“Look” Inuyasha yelled at the woman who claimed to be his half brothers newest assistant “Just put the damn ass on the phone”

“I'm sorry but he said I wasn't supposed to bother him” the poor woman sounded terrified.

Sasuke could see this getting out of hand fast and skilfully wrestled the phone from the Hanyou.

“I'm Sasuke, can I ask your name?”

“Ami” she said tremulously.

“Can you remember the worst mood Sesshoumaru has ever been in?” he prompted whilst in the background Inuyasha whined about him taking too long.

“Yes” she trembled with the memory.

“Now imagine what it would be like if he discovered that you had kept him from the side of his mate when she was giving birth to his children” Sasuke prompted.

There was a sharp inhalation and the woman began to hyperventilate “I'll get him” she squealed and Sasuke rolled his eyes.

***

Sesshoumaru paid no heed to his half-breed brother, or the neko outside the hospital, and instead strode straight through the waiting area and like the crazed soon to be parent he was hunted down his mate, his eyes blood red.

He burst through the doors of Kagome's delivery room and half pounced on her. She was propped up in the bed looking at him blearily, twin bundles in each arm. Kikyo was holding a bundle too. But the bundles were not his main focus.

“Kagome?” he asked softly looking to her cousin who was massaging her abused hand.

“You're lucky you weren't here” Kagome mumbled in the tone she used when she was dead on her feet “I would've burst your eardrums”

“You are okay?”

“Mmm, I'm okay just tired” she yawned hugely

“The pups?”

“Fine, healthy” she chuckled “two boys and one girl”

“Here” Kikyo carefully handed Sesshoumaru the minute bundle she was holding. “I'll leave you two, bye Kagome.”

“Mmm”

Sesshoumaru peered down at the small bundle. This was his first born, with the crescent moon gracing his forehead, he had a small silver sprinkling of fluff on his head and tiny claws but no fangs and as it opened it bleary eyes he looked back into his own perfectly copied ones. He had crests across his face that made him almost identical to Sesshoumaru.

“That one's gonna be called mini Sesshoumaru” she told him with a lopsided grin “It doesn't look like I had any effect on him”

“He is pure Yokai” Sesshoumaru commented

“Yep, the other two are something kinda like three quarters Yokai, it's like I got rid of all his human side and then the other two tired me out and I only managed to do some on them.” she chuckled

He gazed down at his other children. The female was the smallest, the youngest but she too had a scrap of silver hair and tiny flaps of dog ears that protruded from her skull, and she was the only pup that had an aura of a Miko about them. Her eyes were blue like her mothers and she looked down her nose at him as if to say `and where do you think you've been?' They both laughed slightly at that expression on her face.

The other boy, the middle child had dark hair like his mothers and there was a strange abundance of it, he had small dog ears like his sister and carried the same facial and blue body stripes as his grandfather Touga did and the same golden eyes as his father. He surveyed his father and then sneezed. Causing them to laugh, again.

“They are mine” he said slowly, like he was trying to wrap his mind around the fact.

“They are ours” she corrected

***

Seven years later.

The triplets had grown up strong, guarded closely by their parents and loved fiercely by their older siblings.

The eldest male had been named Akira. He was slightly too smart for his age and appeared to take immense satisfaction in winding up anyone and everyone, particularly his two sisters and his uncle Inuyasha. Sasuke and the child got along famously, much to Sesshoumaru's dismay.

Shouhei, the second son was relaxed and mellow, often found stopping Akira from tormenting someone, the child was impossible to rile up and most who knew him couldn't figure out where he had gotten the calm gene from. Both his mother and father were famous for their tempers and he didn't seem to even have one. He was protective of his family though, loyal and stubborn when it came to them.

Chikako, the youngest and the only girl in the first litter loved everyone. She could be a little gullible at times and had a bizarre fascination with bats, but she charmed everyone she met effortlessly so that they fell in love with her. She possessed her mother's Miko abilities and loved to practise them with her. Rin constantly dressed her up as if Chikako was her personal life size doll, but she didn't really seem to mind.

Ranmaru was now fourteen and cheeky as ever, but mildly so. He appeared to have a number of female fans but didn't seem to care very much. He thought his entire family was stupid and tried to avoid them as much as was humanly possible. But if they ever thought he was avoiding them too much everyone (except Sesshoumaru) dog piled him. He learnt not to avoid them so often. Rin was tolerated and he could deal with everyone, but he preferred them in small doses.

Rin, now twelve was at the awkward age all humans seemed to have to go through. Ranmaru never seemed to go through anything similar, but then most demons didn't. She had started to befriend some not so nice girls who just wanted to be around Ranmaru and as such he had soaked them in a demonic tidal wave. Needless to say she wasn't friends with them anymore.

Sesshoumaru was as dry and cold as normal, apart from when his facade cracked and his family dog piled him. Kagome was still cheerful sprinkled with annoying and prone to violence when annoyed. But such was life.

“Akira!” Chikako whined “that's mine!” she attempted to tackle him, failed miserably and slid on her stomach across the hard wood floor and into the wall.

“They're all mental” Ranmaru remarked to Rin as the two older children watched two of the triplets fight.

“What does he have?” Rin asked

“Some doll?” Ranmaru shrugged “all I know is I'm getting annoyed pretty fast” he blinked as his mobile buzzed.

“Who is it?” she asked

“Mamoru” Ranmaru said “Do you wanna come out with us?”

“Who's going?” she asked, she enjoyed going out with her brother and his friends because they were older and it made all the girls in her year at school jealous.

“Ah,” he grimaced “Emi's going and you and her...” he trailed off not needing to say anymore. They didn't get along very well.

“I'll pass” she shrugged and then grimaced as Chikako accidentally ran into her legs, knocking her over into Ranmaru, and landing them sprawled in a pile on the floor.

“Akira!” Rin growled “Get here now and give it back or I'll sick Ranmaru on you!”

Akira appeared standing behind them and looking smug “why would I be afraid of a horse?”

“So dead” Ranmaru muttered getting to his feet “I propose we give this puppy a bath” he grinned evilly as his two sisters cheered and they marched Akira forcefully into the bathroom. They were without mercy.

That was how Kagome found them when she left her bedroom and her computer to discover the source of the ruckus.

What greeted her made her laugh so hard it hurt.

A disgruntled Akira sat in the bath, soap bubbles making him look like a half melted snowman while he was scrubbed thoroughly by his sisters, held in place by a chuckling Shouhei and doused routinely by a smirking Ranmaru.

“What'd he do?” she asked.

“A lot of stuff” Ranmaru shrugged “like usual”

They all jumped out of their skin as Sesshoumaru appeared in the doorway and looked at them all, eyebrow raised.

“You need to remember how outnumbered you are in this house Akira.” Sesshoumaru advised his son with a slightly evil smirk. Akira pouted.

“He's not the only one out numbered” Kagome reminded him and a second later Sesshoumaru found himself staring at the ceiling to his bathroom as his entire family tackled him to the ground, giggling like idiots. At the bottom of the dog pile he noticed that even Akira and Ranmaru had joined in and sighed. They may have been annoying but they were his.

His family. Through thick and thin. Enduring dog piling and temper tantrums. Definitely his family.

A/N: I don't own Inuyasha. I hope you enjoyed this little ditty of mine; it was lots of fun to write. Eventually I'm going to go back through it and correct my grammar (because I can't punctuate). Thanks so much to anyone who has ever reviewed you guys are the best!