InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Pride (In the Name of Love) ❯ Chapter 18

Pride (In the Name of Love) 18 / ??
Written by Jezz-Ra
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A/N - XD Glad you all liked the last chapter, the reviews made me happy. Figured I needed to lighten the mood a bit - its not ALL doom and gloom, after all. o.O There WILL be some happy endings at some point. Believe it or not, I'm a fan of them. Not...that I forsee an end for this any time soon....XD
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Inuyasha ended up sulking for a good long while. He had managed to escape mokomoko and abscond with the can of whipped cream, but Sesshoumaru was able to hold him off long enough for him and Rin to finish their 'iced cream'. Kagome did her best to soothe the hanyou, promising she'd buy him his very own ice cream. Even bigger than the one Sesshoumaru had had.

This pleased the hanyou, who went about smirking superiorly. Sesshoumaru was a bit too content after indulging in the foreign treat and having all sorts of other fascinating things to examine to be put out by it.

The evening passed peacefully enough. Kagome was sad to hear that the brothers would be leaving first thing in the morning. Rin was even sadder, having found out she was going to be left with Kagome. She enjoyed spending time with the girl, to be sure...but nowhere near as much as she wanted to spend time with Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru silenced her arguments quickly, however.

"This Sesshoumaru will not risk your safety. Until my enemy is dealt with, I will not chance you being used against me." Rin nodded and automatically accepted his reasoning.

The first problem of the night occurred at bedtime. Rin bid everyone a good night and made her way to Kagome's room, where she'd been staying. Kagome's apartment wasn't terribly large and she didn't have a guest room, after all.
This in itself wasn't really anything unusual - it was, in fact, entirely expected. The problem occurred a few minutes later when Sesshoumaru announce he was retiring for the evening as well...and followed Rin, shutting the door behind him. There was a distinct 'click' of a lock a moment later. Kagome stared at the door, jaw open and her eyes wide, stricken speechless for a long moment.

That passed quickly. "SESSHOUMARU! What in the HELL are you doing?!"

Sesshoumaru reappeared in the door a moment later, his eyes narrowing. "I am going to sleep.""But...but that's my room! And Rin is in there!"

"Precisely. I will watch over my ward. Until I depart, she remains in my care."

"You can't sleep in the same room as her!"Sesshoumaru stared hard at Kagome. He wasn't about to do as the human said, in any case, but he figured he might as well hear her reasoning if he was to get any peace. "Why?"

"It's indecent! She's...she's...and you're...she's not old enough yet, you pervert!"Sesshoumaru hiked one elegant eyebrow, not following her reasoning even if he fully understood her accusation. He growled low in his throat. "I have not laid a finger on Rin in the matter you are suggesting, miko, nor do I intend to this night. However, if I so chose, I would be perfectly within my rights." So saying, the door clicked shut again.

Inuyasha headed Kagome off before the fuming woman could storm the room. "Easy, Kagome...heh. Seriously, you're waging a pointless battle.""POINTLESS?! She's only thirteen!"Inuyasha blinked a few times. "Er...yeah. Kagome, y'know...things are different where we come from. Lots of girls her age are already long-married with children."Kagome blinked and stared at Inuyasha. "But...but thats wrong! And what the hell kind of bullshit is him saying he'd be within his rights?! AND ITS MY BEDROOM! WHERE THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO SLEEP!?!"Inuyasha sighed - he hated when situations like this cropped up and the culture-gap was so glaringly obvious. "Look. This may be your time, but we're not part of it. You have a habit of forgetting that. Things are obviously done differently. What age do females get married here?"

"Eighteen, at the minimum!""Why? I thought you human females were more or less considered mature at twelve or thirteen...whenever you ...y'know.""Just because we get the ability to have kids does NOT mean we're adult! Your brain keeps growing until eighteen or so. When you're younger than that, you aren't fully equipped to make decisions regarding your life!"

Inuyasha sighed heavily. "Yeah. Well. In our society...and youkai society...being able to have kids DOES make you an adult. Rin's pretty much prime marrying age. If her parents were alive they'd probably already be making arrangements. But it doesn't matter, anyway. Sessh claimed her."

"You can't just CLAIM someone! How does he even know she'd want that?"Inuyasha gave Kagome an incredulous look. "Alright, seriously, Kagome...I can understand you having issues with our societies having different views, but you can't be that blind."

Kagome scowled but couldn't really argue with Inuyasha's logic on THAT count - a complete stranger could pick up on Rin's opinion of Sesshoumaru the briefest moment of observation. "Still, you can't just CLAIM someone.""We're not human, Kagome.""Rin is."

"She's been raised by a taiyoukai for the last several years and before that was too young for it to have mattered. She doesn't really think like humans. Besides, Sesshoumaru sure as hell isn't going to act like a human for anyone. He claimed her and will probably take her as his mate when she can give him pups."

Inuyasha thought this was a perfectly logical, rational, reasonable argument. Kagome let out a screech of horrified indignation, causing Inuyasha to scramble back a couple steps and flatten his ears. Kagome stormed past him and hammered on the door, yelling.

"Sesshoumaru, you bastard, get out of my bedroom and leave that poor girl alone! How dare you use her for some kind of..of...puppy factory?! You're despicable!"

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Sesshoumaru eyed the door from his perch on the bed with an arched eyebrow, not missing a single word of Kagome's entire rant - indeed, he doubted anyone within half a league had missed it, the screeching miko was being anything but quiet. He wasn't doing anything at all to warrant her accusations - he was half sitting, half laying, propped against the headboard. Rin was curled up next to him in a gown of some sort of white, fluffy material that Kagome had bought her. His mokomoko was wrapped around her waist protectively, but otherwise he wasn't even touching the girl.

Rin propped herself up on her elbows to listen wide-eyed to Kagome yelling at Inuyasha. To be honest, she didn't understand Kagome's argument at all. Inuyasha's responses were too quiet for her human ears to pick up. The girl sat up sharply when Kagome started hammering on the door so forcefully that it shook on its hinges.

Sesshoumaru's eyebrows shot up when he heard Kagome's latest accusation. He didn't have a clear idea what a factory was, but he had enough context clues that Kagome's meaning was perfectly clear regardless. He growled softly, offended not only at being thus accused when he had JUST told the idiot human what his intentions were, but also angry that she should dare presume to tell him what he should or should not do. If he wanted to have a pup with Rin, that was ENTIRELY his business and NONE of Kagome's.

The thought set him back several steps mentally. He had thought briefly about the ramifications of claiming Rin as his mate, but he hadn't really THOUGHT about it. His mate would be expected, of course, to bear him an heir. But there was a whole big step in between a simple claim and then introducing one's heir to the world that he really hadn't taken into consideration...

He spared a glance at Rin and did a bit of a double take. The poor girl was redder than he'd ever seen a human, and he briefly wondered if she was in some sort of danger. He noticed the way her eyes were straying towards him despite how hard she was trying to NOT look at him. Kagome's screeching and pounding stopped and a moment later he heard a yelp from his brother. Good, Inuyasha was distracting her.

"Rin."

The girl jumped and then slowly turned to look at him. "Yes, Sesshoumaru-sama?..."

"Ignore the miko and sleep."

Rin paused before speaking. "She...doesn't think we're sleeping, does she...?"

"It does not seem that way."

Rin laughed nervously. "Wh...what else would we be doing?"Sesshoumaru turned his full attention to her then, one eyebrow raised suspiciously. "You seem to have an inkling...how much do you know and where did you learn such things?" He knew he had SURELY never had any such talks with his ward - whomever had was going to feel his wrath.

"I...I found a book in one of the villages we passed a while back. And...um...I...I know it involves kissing. And...and it has to be dark. And...um...touching. I think. But maybe not. And sleeping."

Sesshoumaru blinked, then chuckled. Rin had no idea. "I have touched you and slept next to you, in the dark, for several years. If this is the case, why do you not already carry my pup?"

Rin blinked at him, wide-eyed, her hands clamping immediately to her stomach as she drew back from him as far as the confines of the bed would allow. Sesshoumaru couldn't help but laugh, and Rin squinted at him. "Sesshoumaru-sama is teasing Rin..." she accused, although she was more than a little surprised.

"Yes. I promise you, the process of mating and producing a pup is far more ... involved."

Rin scooted back in next to him, eyes bright and shining with curiosity. // Uh-oh. Oh, Rin, don't say it... Please... Please don't say it...//

"What does it involve?"Sesshoumaru would have slapped his forehead if he were prone to such things. "It is not something I should discuss with you," he said abruptly.

"Oh." Rin nodded, accepting that. Sighing inwardly in relief, Sesshoumaru missed the contemplative look that drifted across her features. "Can you show me?"

Sesshoumaru choked and sat bolt upright, golden eyes widening in something akin to alarm as he stared at his ward. Oh, she could not know how...terribly...terribly tempting such an offer was...how wickedly delicious it would be to the demon lord to have such a virgin sacrifice. Sesshoumaru swallowed hard and beat back his inner demon. He had never given in to lust before, and he was not about to start now! He had gotten by JUST fine without it. His voice was a bit hoarse.
"Rin, you should not...tempt this Sesshoumaru. You have not had your first heat yet, you are incapable of conceiving a pup regardless. It is...not appropriate."

"Oh." Rin blinked, then flashed him a sunny smile. "Ok. Rin will go to sleep, then." She paused, considering. "Does it involve sleeping?""Rin. Go to sleep."

Rin smiled and snuggled up against his side. "Good night, Lord Sesshoumaru.""Good night."

Sesshoumaru sighed inwardly - between the over-curious and unconsciously tempting girl that he wanted in ways he didn't even care to dwell on...and the miko and his brother in the other room...he was not going to get any sleep this night.