InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Ghost of the Past ❯ Carrying Cherished Child ( Chapter 6 )

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Encounter Six – Carrying Cherished Child

An irritated toe tapped on the surface of the base of the large desk. He was late and keeping her waiting wasn’t improving her attitude in the least. Folding her arms over her slight bulge of a belly the woman leaned on the desk taking some of the extra weight over her poor feet. She was beginning to think that it would be best to take her leave early. Getting up for work each morning was beginning to become a handful and Sesshomaru had been hassling her for some time now anyway. The only thing stopping her was her pride. But it wasn’t like she would have to stop working. As Sesshomaru’s new assistant she was completely capable of taking her work home and working on it whenever she wanted. It wouldn’t be long before her belly would be too big for her to move around comfortably, she was already beginning to feel the effects even though she was only a little over three months.

A knock of the office door told there was a visitor to the dark room. People weren’t usually welcomed here and would go unnoticed unless an appointment was made. She had half her mind set on ignoring the person, there were no other meeting schedule but she needed a source to release her frustration so she chose to open the door if only to scream about the lack of courtesy and stupidity said person had to arrive themselves unannounced at the president’s office.

Taking a deep breath she calmly opened the door only to be greeted by a welcomed guest.

“Koga!” the miko was about to pull the wolf into a hug but he took a step back. This reminded the woman about the customs of youkai. She was a pupped female and it would be insulting to have another male’s scent other than her mate’s mixed with hers especially since she was alone with no escort. “Sorry I forgot,” the woman mumbled taking a step to the side to let the wolf in. “Should you really be here?” she inquired

“No worries,” the wolf stated. “I was asked here by that damn dog. It appears he’ll be a little longer than he thought so he asked me to buy you a snack.”

Kagome only then noticed the bags he was carrying. Each of them filled with assorted snacks one in particular sticking out more than the others. “Ah chocolate strawberries,” the woman exclaimed popping one into her mouth. “Thank-you,” the miko mumbled between bites.

“It’s the least I can do,” the wolf replied.

“You sound guilty,” the woman pointed out from the tone of voice.

“Of course I am. I finally find you and you’re with that ... never mind, it doesn’t matter anyway. I mated Ayame a couple of centuries ago anyway.”

“You did?”

“Yeah, well I didn’t think I would see you again and I’ve come to love her dearly. Although, I have to say my heart stopped when I saw you in that wreckage with Sesshomaru. I swear you have someone watching over you because I have never seen any human come out of such a site in one piece.”

Kagome paused mid-bite. The crash wasn’t something she could remember clearly anymore. She only recalled the events afterwards and what she called her ‘soul in a limbo’ incident.

“Stop making my mate depressed filthy wolf,” a voice interrupted.

“Sesshomaru!” the miko cried out, the pit of her stomach aching to be close to her mate at the mere sight of him, It was a feeling she was growing accustomed to. According to Sesshomaru the pup need his presence to grow. The best way to provide this presence was through touch but every once in a while the woman would lose control of her need and want and she would subconsciously seduce the inu, not that said youkai minded. “You’re late!” she cursed narrowing her eyes dangerously. She ignored the deepening need awakening.

“Hn,” he replied tugging at his tie to loosen it as he unbuttoned a top few buttons of his suit.

The miko was curious as to how close Koga and Sesshomaru were here in the future. Apparently the inu allowed the wolf to see him in an informal state of dress, which was shocking because the inu took pride in his looks.

“You may take your leave,” Sesshomaru directed towards the ookami.

“But I just got here,” the youkai pouted. “Besides we have to discuss the border issues,” he added.

“Take care of it as you see fit.” Which of course Kagome had come to learn that this was Sesshomaru’s way of saying he trusted the person in question.

“Very well,” Koga sighed in defeat. “Well seeing that you’re here it looks like I can do this...”

Sesshomaru’s attention perked and he immediately rushed forward to block the wolf. However, Koga had seen this ahead of time and Sesshomaru was left growling as the ookami pulled the miko into a friendly hug.

“Well, I will see you later,” the wolf stated calmly leaving the room at a fast pace right away. He closed the door just as a chair hurdled through the air, smashing to pieces as it hit the door.

“Sesshomaru was that completely necessary?” the miko asked.

The inu whirled around to face her and grasped her waist pulling her to him. “You are mine!” he growled possessively while nuzzling her neck where she wore his mark.

“I know that very well. I don’t want to be anyone else’s anyway,” the woman pointed out.

“Good,” the Taiyoukai pushed the miko to sit on the desk positioning her so he could stand between her spread legs.

“By the way, what border issue? That doesn’t sound business related.”

“Koga is Taiyoukai of the East. His father passed on a few centuries ago. That’s why he had to mate so suddenly. Ookami need to have a mate before they can take the title of Lord,” the taiyoukai replied between his love bites he was placing on her neck, jaw line, and ear. “We have to re-evaluate our borders every so often to ensure that there are no feuds over who owns what.”

“Oh,” the miko replied breathlessly. “Sessho...maru.” His name was more of a moan. “You have... to... stop,” she fought out against the feeling of drowning.

“Why?” he asked loving the difficulty his mate had in speaking.

“We’re in your office,” she replied the statement a little easier to reply because reality was reaching her mind.

“So?”

“What if... someone walks in?” she mumbled trying to reluctantly push the inu away.

“There’s no one here,” he replied huskily, whispering in her ear while leaning into her to force her to lay back.

“Sesshomaru we can’t... not here,” she cried out.

“But I want you, and I know you want me, or else you wouldn’t smell so good.” His hands found the hem of her shirt and one swipe of a claw released the buttons’ hold on the material.

“Sesshomaru! This was a good shirt!”

“I’ll buy you another one,” the inu replied smugly as he bent down a slowly licked the valley between her breast and upwards to the mark. A hand wrapped around her and grasped her buttocks to close the space between their pelvis’ letting her skirt ride up to around her waist. He ground against the woman, letting his hardened length brush roughly against her heat.

“Ah,” Kagome cried out. Her sudden need pushed away any worries or fears that she had previously had and her only wish was to have the inu above her.

One of her hands intertwined in the hair of her mate and she pulled him into a forceful kiss which he responded to with an eagerness that never seemed to die away between them. Her other hand carefully free her man of his shirt and belt. She was working on the button of his pants when the inu pulled away looking at the woman with a mischievous glare.

He lifted one hand to show her torn panties which he had relieved her of. “Do you really have to destroy all my clothing?”

“You’re just so tempting,” Sesshomaru mumbled tossing the material over his shoulder and finishing the miko’s unfinished task. “I don’t think I will ever get tired of you,” he explained, his member now resting at her wet opening.

The woman beneath him twisted and arched into him hoping he would plunge deeply into her. But he continued to tease her pulling away with her eager movement and letting her only brush against him briefly. His teasing was a torture on himself as well so he finally had to give in and push forward entering his woman and releasing a moan instantly which was accompanied by a gasp from his mate.

“Sesshomaru!” Kagome cried out wrapping her legs around him and moving with the man above her. She watched as the blood red colour bled into his eyes rather quicker than usual and she knew it probably had a little to do with the fact that the ookami had touched her.

The inu used his strength to hold his torso lower to lay flat against his woman’s bouncing chest his arms framing each side of her head. His eyes scanned hers to watch the sheer emotion playing across them before his mouth claimed hers fiercely. His pace increased steadily until the woman moaned with each of his thrust. Before he knew it the inu was force to release growling a pleasurable roar as his mate cried out digging her claw tipped fingers into the muscle of his back. The taiyoukai collapsed, letting his head fall to be pillowed by the breast which would feed his pup soon. Unconsciously a hand traced random paths over the swollen belly. The aura of the new life was just become visible to the world around.

“Only a few more months,” the inu said softly crooning to the feeling of his mate playing with his hair. He had to admit he loved moments like these. He enjoyed being in his miko just as much as he loved the moments afterwards when the two would hold one another comfortably surrounded by the scent of their love making.

“Mother says they will be the longest months you have ever lived through,” the miko replied after a few moments.

“Hn.” The taiyoukai rose and looked down at his beauty goddess spread out beneath him. “We should return to the mansion before you seduce me again.”

“Sesshomaru!” an angry and hurt voice interrupted his phone call.

Confused he looked up from his desk to see his mate with her hands on her hips and her toe tapping. It was a pose he was growing accustom to lately and each time it pained him.

“I’ll call you back,” he replied hanging up without another word to the client on the other end. “You’re suppose to be resting Kagome. What are you doing here?” The inu rose and walked over to the dangerously looking woman. “Would you like me to drive you home? I can pull some strings and take the rest of the day off.”

“Don’t come near me!” she warned holding out a hand and giving him a look of pure hate. “Is it true?”

“I assure you that I have no idea what you’re talking about,” the inu replied confused.

“I was talking to Ayame,” Kagome paused and Sesshomaru was startled to see tears rolling down her cheeks. “She said...... she told me that... y-y-you... why?” Suddenly the tears stopped and fury was written in the miko’s eye. “Are you purposely going to leave me in my time of need?!” she yelled her aura encircling in waves.

“Kagome I still don’t understand what this is about. What did Ayame say exactly?” he wondered if letting the ookami’s mate come for regular visits was something he should regret.

“You won’t be in the room when our pup is born. You planned to stay outside while I go through the most gruesome pain. Don’t you want to see your pup as he or she is born?” The scent of salt filled the room again as the woman sobbed into her hands and fell to the ground in exhaustion. “How...c-can you...l-l-leave me alone!”

“A male presence is not accepted in the room as his mate gives birth,” Sesshomaru attempted to explain coming over to kneel beside the woman and pull her into his arms.

“Damn it Sesshomaru! This is a new era, can you give up those high and mighty rules no one obeys anymore?” she sobbed into his shoulder.

“I will see what I can do. For now you need to be taken home. You look tired.”

“I’m sorry,” she whispered as the inu picked her up to carry her to the car.

Sesshomaru soon learnt that his human mother-in-law was correct. After a while not only were the months and weeks long but also the days and he soon realize why it was that his father came home utterly exhausted whenever he had snuck off to be Inuyasha’s mother.

“Absolutely not!” the miko shouted. “Mother’s right about this one, anything can go wrong. I should be in a hospital.”

“But every pup of my family has been born in the main chambers of the Western Fortress ever since the palace was constructed,” the inu pointed out with a growl. He refused to lose this battle.

“Inuyasha wasn’t,” the woman countered.

“That’s because he was early,” the taiyoukai rebutted.

“I can’t just leave while in labour to travel a hundred miles to the palace when it’s time to give birth when a hospital is so close.”

“It’s only 84 miles and I’m not asking you to travel while you are in labour. We can retire there when it is closer to the due date.”

“Sesshomaru is it completely necessary to put me in more agony?” the woman groaned from the bed where she was laying. The pregnancy was a little more difficult because the baby’s movements were more and more reckless draining the miko of her power if she wasn’t careful.

“I don’t wish for you to see this as something painful. I believe you will be more comfortable there. You use the Jacuzzi whenever you can even though you were told to slow down because of the strong chemicals. The palace offers you a natural hot spring you can use multiple times a day should you want to without anyone telling you no.” Sesshomaru hesitated for a while. “I have indulged in your ways and agree to be with you when you birth even though it is against my instincts. I haven’t asked much of you but now I am asking that we stick to this one tradition.”

The woman stared at the inu and the lowered her gaze. “Sesshomaru I didn’t mean to insult you. When you put things that way it makes it sound like I’m acting like some small spoil child getting everything she wants. I keep forgetting that there are things that are written in your blood that you can’t deny even if the world around you is change.” The miko held out her hand. “I’ll talk to mother about this and explain that you only have the best intentions. But you realize that my time will be spent in those hot springs as much as possible.”

Sesshomaru chuckled and took hold of her hand to help the woman to her feet. “As long as someone is with you to make sure you don’t faint.”

“That is acceptable,” she replied standing on her tip toes to steal a kiss.

“I don’t care I don’t want to talk to him.”

“Honey you’ve ignore him for three days straight. He’s worried about you. I don’t think he has slept at all.”

The inu listened from the other side of the marble door. His mate had been safely moved into the palace. There were daily quarrels between the inu and the pregnant Lady of the West and at times like these the servants were always scarce.

“Good, I’m glad! I haven’t been able to rest properly either so at least he has some idea what it feels like to be entirely worn out.”

“But dear how long do you plan to keep this up?” the miko’s mother asked. Sesshomaru had insisted that she come along. He didn’t like to back away from a fight but he knew things like this were more of a female’s job.

“Mother why are you taking his side? He’s the one who put me in this agony. I’ll never forgive him.”

“It takes two to tango,” the elderly woman answered calmly.

“But... but...”

“You’re upset and uncomfortable. You’re constantly in some sort of pain and you can’t stop eating. Your body and mind both want rest but you can’t seem to ever get what you seek. I know things seem bad at the moment but you’re going to forget it all the moment that baby is born.”

“Damn you mother!”

“Shall I call Sesshomaru in?” the woman asked after a few seconds.

“If he doesn’t hate me,” the miko mumbled.

The inu hesitated for a second and entered the room. He made a direct path to his mate avoided the shard of glass from the broken pieces of pottery that had been thrown at him in his latest attempt to speak with his woman. Without wavering the inu pulled the miko into his arms.

“How can you think such a thing? I can’t hate the woman who has changed my world,” he mumbled and lifted her off her feet to carry her out of the room and outside to the hot spring. “Before you say a thing: I’m not after sex,” he voiced before the woman could accuse him again.

He undressed the miko eyeing him with suspicion and then himself before entering the hot spring with his mate in his lap. Ever so slowly he began to massage the problem areas that he knew of. His focus was mainly on the lower back and feet where he knew his mate was in the most pain.

After a while the woman rested her head on his shoulder and sighed. “You’re so good to me,” the woman whispered.

The taiyoukai wondered if he was supposed to remain quiet or answer. Instead he chose to change the subject to something safer. “Are you feeling better?”

At least he thought it was safer until the woman tilted her head up and gave him a look of distrust. “What is that suppose to mean?” Her eyes narrowed and Sesshomaru actually gulped.

“Nothing... I meant... you... I wanted to know if... the heat is helping to relieve the pain.” The inner beast was laughing like a hyena at the sight of the prideful inu stuttering in front of a mere woman who used to be human.

“In that case I’m feeling better,” she answered.

The inu released a mental sigh of relief. He hoped this one pup would be enough for his beast for a while. He wasn’t absolutely sure he could deal with his woman like this for two pregnancies in a row.

“Ah Sesshomaru-koi?”

The inu grunted while pulling the woman’s back tighter to his chest. He nuzzled the woman’s neck from behind and let a hand roam over her belly.

“Sesshomaru I need you to wake up,” the miko stated poking one of the arms around her.

“Hn,” he replied to let her know he was alert.

“I think it’s time.”

“For what?” he mumbled unconsciously kissing the bare shoulder. Suddenly the words sunk in and the inu bolted up. “The pup?” he asked which was answered with a slow nod. The taiyoukai’s face went pale at the realization that he would soon be a father. “Are you sure?” he asked knowing there were such things as false alarms.

“Go get the midwife and mother please,” Kagome ordered with a smile at seeing the usually calm and collect male looking a little lost and confused.

“Right.” The Western Lord rushed out of bed clawing the bedding when it entangled around him preventing him from achieving his goal. He reached the door before turning around and looking at his mate. “Don’t forget your breathing. I will be right back.”

The male left leaving the door wide open and leaped down the stairs bumping into one of the female youkai servants of the house. He grabbed the female by the shoulders frightening the youkai slightly. She had never seen her lord looking in such a state before.

“Call the midwife to the chambers and have whatever supplies may be needed gathered and brought too. No wait, I will get the midwife you get the supplies. Actually I need you to summon Kagome’s mother too. Or should I do that.”

With a small smile the woman interrupted. “Milord, please return to Milady. I will take care of the fetching and summoning.”

“Right,” the inu nodded turning to head back to his chambers. He entered the room and found the miko walking around. “Kagome what are you doing? You shouldn’t be walking,” the protective male rushed forward and picked the woman up with a horrid look of fright in his eyes.

“This is exactly why possessive males shouldn’t be in the room,” an old voice interrupted. “Well would you look at this. It’s been a full circle. The pup I help deliver so long ago will now have a pup of his own. However, you should leave the birthing procedures to me. Milady seemed to have things under control until you stopped her.”

“But...”

“You may know battle tactics well but you’re new to this so leave it to me.”

Grudgingly the inu put his mate down on her own two feet. The miko took his hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze. One hour later that gentle squeeze was full of pain and anger.

“Why is it taking so long?” the inu asked peering down between his mates legs to see if there was any change.

“Patience,” the midwife snapped.

“I agree with Sesshomaru... why is it taking so long,” the miko voiced between gasps of pain.

“It won’t be too much longer now dear. You’re nearly done,” her mother replied with the midwife nodding in agreement.

“Now push Milady,” the midwife piped up. “Keep pushing.”

“I am pushing damn it,” Kagome screamed digging claws into the inu’s hand and making the male flinch. The whole time his eyes had been the colour of the deepest red. His beast was naturally concerned for the woman’s wellbeing and it didn’t do any good to see her in such a state of pain.

A growl escaped his lips and the midwife shot him a look which made him growl louder. He ceased the moment he was able to notice that the crown of his pup was visible. The growl changed to a croon immediately.

“Congratulations, you’re officially a father Sesshomaru,” the miko whispered out of breath.

The inu leaned in to kiss the woman’s forehead. He let a claw finger brush away a strand of damp hair out of her face. “I couldn’t ask for anyone better to be the mother of my pups,” he replied in a low voice.

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Angelic Memories
2008