InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Nothing Left to Lose ❯ Epilogue ( Chapter 27 )

 

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“My lord, I cannot let you past. Please do not kill me. Kagome-sama has need for me right now.”

 

“If you do not wish to die, you will move.”

 

“You know that I cannot. It is unseemly for a male to be in the birthing chambers, even the Lord of the Western Lands.” Kumo stood firm, hoping that her position as assistant to the Lady would keep her safe from the Lady's mate.

 

“Let him in, Kumo, so I can kill him!!”

 

Sesshomaru flinched at Kagome's scream.

 

“My lord, I don't believe you truly wish to be with her right now.”

 

A loud yell echoed through the halls. “This is your fault, you bastard!”

 

“This Sesshomaru will wait here.”

 

Kumo gave a low bow. “As you command, my lord.”

 

Returning to her lady's side, Kumo tried to hide her smile. Many females yelled when birthing pups, but Kagome-sama was rather unique in her threats to her mate's person. It had the desired effect of keeping Sesshomaru-sama at bay, but it was rather unnerving.

 

“You should have let him in, Kumo. I would love to share some of this experience with him.” Kagome was panting; her contractions were getting very close now. It would be over soon, but that did not help much right now.

 

“My lady, you do not want to be tempted into using your miko abilities until after your pup is born. Besides, seeing his mate in pain would make him hard to manage.” The midwife put a cool towel on Kagome's forehead, not even trying to hide a smile. “I'm sure that you will have your revenge later.”

 

Sango snorted. “If we let him in right now your pup would be an only child.”

 

A giggle wheezed out of the exhausted miko. “I'll let you deal with him then, Sango.”

 

Her heart's sister just grinned and held her hand as another contraction tried to pull Kagome apart. “Oh, this little one is impatient.”

 

The midwife was checking on the progress. “Hai, you will have a new pup in your arms very soon, my lady.”

 

“Be glad that youkai's have a shorter pregnancy than humans. You only had to carry for six months.” Sango had arrived at the five month mark to support Kagome through her first birth.

 

“But I had morning sickness for three of those months. You have no idea how many outfits Sesshomaru went through for awhile there.” Kagome gritted her teeth as her body tightened yet again. “Can I start pushing now or what?”

 

“Hai, my lady, it is time to push. At your next contraction, bear down and we will bring this pup into the world.”

 

*~*~*~*

 

“Is Kagome-chan going to be okay?” Rin had been declared too young to be with Kagome, and was waiting with Sesshomaru in the corridor.

 

Hesitating, the lord glanced at the little girl. He could not feel Kagome fading, but she was certainly making enough noise to make him think she was dying. He had never been around a female when she was birthing her pups, so he had no grounds for comparison. The little girl looked nervous, though. Possibly even more nervous than he was.

 

“Hai.”

 

That simple answer was enough for Rin. If Sesshomaru-sama said that she would be fine, then she would be fine. Soon Rin would have a little sibling to care for and play with. She would finally get to be a big sister.

 

The midwife's voice reached them. “Push, my lady!”

 

Kagome let out a loud groan, and then there was a new sound. An infant's cry echoed down the corridor to the nervous family waiting there. Rin smiled brightly and did a little dance around Sesshomaru. “Rin is a big sister!”

 

Sesshomaru was able to breathe again. Childbirth was always dangerous, and especially so for ningens. It was over now, Kagome was still with him, and he had a pup. Relief made him sag against the wall, his eyes closing for a moment. Rin continued to dance and giggle, trying to guess if it was a girl or a boy.

 

A door slid open and Kumo came out into the hallway with a small bundle in her arms. “Sesshomaru-sama, I would like to present you with your daughter.”

 

Rin made it to Kumo first, peering down at the new pup with adoring eyes. Sesshomaru snapped back to his normal expression before looking at his new daughter. The pup had a poof of white hair and the tiny ears on the top of her head. Her eyes were blue, and her face was rather like her mother's, except for that stubborn chin. That was exactly like her father's. Carefully, he took her from Kumo and held her for the first time. Her eyes were focused on him, and a little hand was waving in the air. He reached out with a finger and let the pup grab on to it. The cold eyes softened as he looked at the little face.

 

“What is her name, Sesshomaru-sama?” Rin ran a finger over the white hair, cooing to her new sister.

 

“It has not been decided yet.” Sesshomaru brushed past Kumo to be with his mate. Kagome looked tired, but awake and alert. She was smiling brightly at the sight of Sesshomaru with his new daughter. He moved to her side, settling his pup in her mother's arms. “Well, miko? What shall we call our daughter?”

 

Kagome gave him a mock glare. “I don't know, there are a couple of names we could use. I was thinking that we should call her Mizuki.”

 

“Mizuki.” Sesshomaru looked at the peaceful little face. `Beautiful moon would be a very appropriate name for a child of my house.'

 

Rin clambered up onto the bed next to Kagome. “Rin likes Mizuki. It's pretty.”

 

“Then her name will be Mizuki.”

 

*~*~*~*

 

Kagome was sound asleep in his bed, Mizuki curled up on her chest. Sesshomaru watched them while they were sleeping, knowing that he should be sleeping as well but his mind would not let him be. After two years they finally had a daughter. Rumors had swirled that a youkai and a miko would not be able to have offspring. The miko's purifying energy would destroy any hanyou children. Kagome had assured him that her family tended towards being slow to conceive, but she had plenty of relatives.

 

There was no record of a miko being mated to a youkai. Kagome had almost been afraid that the rumors were true, that she would not be able to have a child with Sesshomaru, but then she had started to be sick in the mornings. By the end of the month Sesshomaru could smell the difference in her and had surprised her by pulling her into an embrace while at a meal.

 

For two more months it had been a struggle for Kagome to keep food down in the mornings, and they had taken to having a pot next to the bed to avoid her having to run to the window to be sick. Despite her sickness, Kagome was delighted that she was going to be a mother. The last three months she had glowed. Fear for her pup had kept her from using any of her miko abilites while she was pregnant. There was no way to know if it would harm the pup, and she was not interested in finding out after waiting for two years.

 

Now he had a pup of his own. A hanyou pup. A soft sigh escaped Sesshomaru as he watched the sleeping pair. He had known from the beginning that his pups would be hanyous, but it was different to sit and look at the pup and see it right in front of him. The lords had accepted his mate, mostly because they had no interest in being purified out of existence. Now there would the matter of his heirs. While this pup was female, he was sure that there would be a son in the future. His heir would be a hanyou, and would not be acceptable to most of the other lords. Certainly it would be centuries until this became a concern, but he had to think about it now.

 

The pup yawned in her sleep, her fisted hand resting next to her face. Sesshomaru reached out to touch one of those tiny ears, smiling at her perfect little face. No, he would not trade his mate for a youkai, and he would not trade in this little one for a full blooded pup. He would have centuries to work and make sure that his pups would have everything they deserved. His heir would rule after him, hanyou or no. If that baka, his brother, could become powerful enough to challenge any youkai then his pups would be able to do so, and more.

 

There was no way to know just yet what his pups would be like, being a cross between a miko and a youkai. Some said that it was impossible for any miko potential to appear in a youkai, it would destroy them. Other's said that a hanyou could have some miko abilities, since they were half ningen.

 

Kagome's eyes slid open, glancing about until she found her mate sitting at the end of the bed. Wraping her arms around Mizuki she sat up and slid down the bed to lean against him. “What is it? You should be sleeping.”

 

“I have been thinking.”

 

“That's no good. You do too much of that. Come and lay down.” Kagome tugged on his arm to drag him back to lie down. He gave in gracefully, moving under the blankets and pulling her into an embrace with Mizuki resting against him. “Now, what are you thinking so hard about?”

 

“Our pup's future.”

 

“She's less than a day old, it's a little bit early to start planning her empire. Let's let her learn to walk first.” Kagome gave him a peck on the cheek.

 

“If you thought it was difficult when the lord's were attempting to kill you, it will be much more difficult for our young. They are the future rulers of this land, and they are more unacceptable than you were. Many would rather that they never made it to adulthood.” Sesshomaru let Mizuki hang on to his finger in her sleep.

 

“Then it's a good thing that our littles have such wonderful parents that will make sure that they make it to adulthood. We have time. They have started to accept me, we can force them to accept anything. Or I'll just start purifying any that annoy me.”

 

A low chuckle rumbled through the inu-youkai. “Appealing as always, koishii.”

 

“You have already done the impossible, you made them accept me. After just two years most of them have started to call me something other than `that ningen'. Some of the names I've picked up haven't been very nice, but at least they dislike me for something other then being a ningen.”

 

“Very well. We will convince them to accept our daughter, and any other pups that we have. It will be very helpful when our daughter is able to defeat their sons in battle.” A fierce smile had appeared on the proud father's face.

 

“Oh, Kami, we will never get her a mate like that! Poor Mizuki, not even a day old and your father is already seeing you as a great warrior. What will you do if she is an artist or a healer?”

 

“My daughter?”

 

It was Kagome's turn to chuckle. “It could happen, you know.”

 

“Unlikely, but possible. It is far more likely that she will take after Rin.”

 

“Let's not worry about that. Really, let's have Mizuki learn to walk before we start worrying about what kind of weapons to get for her.”

 

“Hai.” Sesshomaru leaned over to press a soft kiss to Kagome's lips. She pressed her mouth against his, deepening the kiss. They broke apart and gazed at each other, the unusual feeling of peace in the air.

 

“You still need to sleep. If Mizuki is anything like I was we won't be getting much sleep in the near future. I was a very busy baby and had my mom up all night.”

 

“Somehow this is not surprising.”

 

Kagome gave Sesshomaru's arm a smack before settling back down with him. Now there were two heartbeats to help Sesshomaru relax into sleep. Rin finally had a sister to take care of. Sleep was creeping up on him now that he was settled into the soft bed. One hand trailed through Kagome's hair as Mizuki held on to a finger on the other hand.

 

The Lord of the Western Lands finally drifted to sleep. The worries would wait for one more night. Tomorrow he would deal with his pup's future.