InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Fifty Years ❯ Chapter 2

Sesshomaru’s decision to take Inuyasha as his mate changed everything. The royal demons who so eagerly sought his little brother as a prize were upset, but most had enough sense not to attack the Inu no Taisho. Those that did not, however, were dealt swift justice. Rumors spread, and word that the House of Taisho was once again united reached all corners of the land. Soon, none dared stand against it, for a battle with the House of Taisho was a battle with death.

Although the brothers put up a united front for the rest of the world, life inside the castle was anything but peaceful. Sesshomaru and Inuyasha weren’t taking well to their new roles. Well, more like Inuyasha wasn’t taking his new life well. If there was one thing the half-demon hated, it was weakness. Now that he was Sesshomaru’s mate, he was the weaker partner. He was the weaker partner. He was the one expected to submit without question, and it was sometimes too much for him. It didn’t help that Sesshomaru was most inflexible in his demands and their resolutions. It seemed as if the brothers were constantly at each other’s throats. All that changed two years into their relationship. ~*~

Dawn came, and with it, the sounds of retching. Sesshomaru was wrenched out of his much-needed slumber by the sounds of his half-brother reliving last night’s dinner. He would have made a snide comment if not for the absolutely miserable appearance of his mate. Inuyasha’s skin was clammy, his forehead sweaty, and his heartbeat rapid. Seeing his mate in this condition, Sesshomaru was afraid something was seriously wrong with him.

"Little brother, come back to bed," he said, carefully watching Inuyasha’s movements. As the half-demon made his way from the basin to the bed, he stumbled, and fell to his knees. Knowing something was definitely wrong, Sesshomaru went to his mate just in time for him to vomit all over his robes. Thoroughly disgusted and slightly concerned, the Demon Lord picked up his brother, changed his clothing and placed him in bed. Then, after changing his own robes, Sesshomaru summoned the healer to figure out what was wrong with his mate.

Forty-five minutes later, Sesshomaru had his answer. Inuyasha was pregnant. It took all of the Taiyoukai’s control not to show his shock at the situation. He didn’t even think the boy could have children. He had mated him during his first heat and every monthly heat for two years after that, and nothing had come from their unions. Until now. Now, there was an heir to the Western Lands on the way, and Sesshomaru would see to it that his brother and pup were fine. ~*~

That was a long nine months. There were times when Sesshomaru wanted to wring his brother’s neck. The half-demon was content one minute and irate the next. He never knew what he was facing when he came near his brother. It was disconcerting, to say the least. The only good part was Inuyasha’s sexual appetite. It seemed that his pregnancy increased his sex drive to the point that he wanted intimacy several times a day. One weekend, in a marathon session, Sesshomaru actually had to concede defeat to his little brother’s prowess. The hanyou was so insatiable that Sesshomaru’s body just couldn’t keep up. At that point, he was forced to pleasure his irate lover orally and manually until his body finally collapsed from exhaustion and he slept for two days straight. That was the best sex either one had had in their lives.

Then, the big day happened, although not quite like anyone thought it would. ~*~

There was something soft underneath his hand, a softness that he had never felt before. He was in bed, snuggled against his mate, yet he had never felt this softness on his mate. At first he wrote it off as nothing because it was his left hand. After his left arm grew back (thanks to the mating), he sometimes had phantom pains and other weird sensations.

This softness, however, was not one of them. It was firm, and pointy, and weird. As the fog of sleep lifted from Sesshomaru’s eyes, he looked down at his left hand.

What. The. Hell?

In his arms, there was a girl. A full-breasted, long-haired hanyou girl who smelled like his brother.

"What type of trickery is this?" Sesshomaru demanded, waking the slumbering girl in the process.

"Sess, please be quiet. I don’t feel well," the girl replied, sounding remarkably like Inuyasha.

"Who are you to speak to me so formally?" Sesshomaru asked the girl, as her eyes lit upon his face.

"Sess, is your brain broken? I’m your mate, Inuyasha. I can speak to you however I damn well please," the girl told him, angry at having her sleep interrupted.

The look upon Sesshomaru’s face, however, was priceless. He stared at the girl, taking in her frame with hungry eyes. Her breasts were full of milk for their unborn child, her stomach rounded with the new life therein, and her hips wide. Her face was softer than his mate’s normal visage, as well as her hands, skin and hair. In a word, the woman was breathtaking.

"Inuyasha, I think you should see yourself this morning," Sesshomaru told her, a ghost of a smile on his face.

Grumbling, the girl got up and made her way to the bureau. There, she looked at herself in the mirror. Horrified, Inuyasha stared so long that Sesshomaru thought he was in shock.

"What the hell is going on here?" he screeched, appalled at his high pitched voice.

"It seems, dear brother, or should I say sister, of mine, that you are now female," Sesshomaru said, openly chuckling at his mate’s new look.

Before Inuyasha could make a comeback, a sharp pain in his abdomen assaulted him. Grunting, he doubled over, hands holding his stomach. Sesshomaru shot out of bed and helped his mate back to the futon, then changed robes and sent for the healer.

The healer, an old youkai who had seen many things in her day, was shocked momentarily by the half-demon’s appearance before she went about her business. When questioned by the dog demons about Inuyasha’s apparent gender change, she replied with common sense.

"How else did you think the baby was going to leave your body, Lord Inuyasha?"

Properly chastised, Inuyasha and Sesshomaru shut up and allowed the healer to prepare for the birth.

Eighteen hours, several curses, and one broken hand later, the heirs to the Western Lands were brought into the world. Identical twin boys named Keiji and Akeno were the first children of the Lords of the West. Keiji, which means cautious ruler, was born first with Akeno, which means beautiful sunrise (for that is when the boys were born), next. The two looked identical to the deceased Lord of the Western Lands, Inuyasha and Sesshomaru’s father. They had singular cobalt stripes on their cheeks, wrists, hips, and ankles; soft, downy hair; and strong, angular faces. The only difference was they both sported full moons on their foreheads. The boys looked so much alike that their fathers knew it was going to be difficult to tell the two apart.

While the healer and a nurse were cleaning the babies, Sesshomaru was tending to his mate. His brother looked exhausted, but absolutely ecstatic. In a rare moment of openness, Inuyasha looked at his brother and smiled beautifully.

"Inuyasha, you have done well. Our sons are healthy and you are fine. Rest now, and heal yourself," Sesshomaru told him, unable to stop the small smile that spread on his face.

Inuyasha, in his exhausted state, couldn’t filter his thoughts and let his brother know the inner workings of his heart.

"Sesshomaru, I love you," he said, as he slipped into oblivion.