InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Inutaisho Legacy ❯ Birth Rights ( Chapter 12 )

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“The Inutaisho Legacy” chapter twelve

Birth Rights

 

Inuyasha lounged at the breakfast table, eating alone. He had risen earlier than Kagome and his son, demanding Jaken to bring his meal as his stomach had twisted in ravenous hunger. The old goblin had grumbled and complained, but fetch a meal for one he had. Inuyasha enjoyed the large table for his own, as his brother and sister in law weren't up yet.

However, the solitary meal was not to last. All too soon, Inuyasha's sharp ears twitched and noticed a steady tread heading his way. Inuyasha looked up as his brother walked into the dining hall.

 

“Sesshomaru,” Inuyasha hailed him. Sesshomaru paused, his sole hand holding two sheathed blades. Inuyasha's eyebrow raised.

 

“Do you want a bit of fun?” Sesshomaru murmured. He tossed one of the swords onto the long table. Inuyasha looked at it, then at his brother. He smiled. Putting one hand on the leather sheathe, he rose to his bare feet.

“Let's do this,” Inuyasha swore lightly. The Inu lord moved out to the courtyard and Inuyasha followed.

 

Sesshomaru swept his pelt over his shoulder and rolled up his wide sleeves. He unsheathed the thin blade with graceful fluidity that Inuyasha would not think possible of a one-armed man. Inuyasha smirked and flung his own sheathe across the tiles, holding his blade with one slimly muscled arm.

 

“Don't hold back,” Sesshomaru warned.

“I don't intend to,” Inuyasha promised.

They met with a shivering clang, and the morning rang with the song of steel.

 

Kagome was having a pleasant dream of running through flower-filled fields with her baby when said baby wailed lightly across the room. She opened her eyes, wondering as to the other sounds she was hearing. They seemed to bother her boy so she sat up, rubbing the sleep from her eyes.

“What is it, Inutaro? What's bothering you?” Kagome cooed, moving her long hair over one shoulder and picking up her son. Inutaro had rolled around and tangled himself in his blankets, wailing as the sharp sounds made his ears flatten. Kagome had a time of it unwrapping him from his self-made prison.

“Waaaaah!” Inutaro commented, sucking at Kagome's shoulder and the fabric of her sleeping robe as she smoothed his pajama set. Kagome sighed and kissed his white hair, and rubbed his back, standing up.

 

“Well, where's your Papa, hmm?” Kagome murmured, yawning. Inuyasha was not in the futon so she made her way to the sliding door. “Maybe he went to eat ahead of us, hmm?”

Kagome met the Lady Rin in the hallway, also tousled and half-dressed from sleep. “Oh, you got woken up, too?” she asked. Inutaro waved one hand and grinned.

 

Rin's eyes were worried and her hands twisted with nervous energy. “My lord was gone when I woke just not too long ago. He would tell me when he leaves our bed, or if he was leaving for more than an appointment. My lord Sesshomaru always tells me.”

Kagome reflected that Rin's more eloquent speech came out with practiced ease, but there was no eloquence about the naked concern in her eyes.

“Well, maybe he just forgot about some…appointment,” Kagome said. She knew Sesshomaru wouldn't stray from his mate's affections, and if she said he always spoke of errands or travels, her worry must be a very real thing. Kagome felt an icy shivering in her belly, a snake twisting her insides into one roiling knot.

 

“What do you think he's doing….. and with Inuyasha?” Kagome finished, recalling her mate was not abed when she woke also. Rin wrung her hands together, her face paling further.

“He was not with you also? And whatever is that sound?” Rin wondered, strolling quickly to the window to see. The clanging and shouts from the courtyard were annoying now, clamoring for attention. Rin's royal gait moved her sleeping robe around her as smoothly as if it were a layered kimono. Kagome darted after her, Inutaro cradled against one shoulder. What they say drew anguished gasps from both women.

 

“My lord!” Rin whispered. While she feared not her mate's prowess with a blade, whip or claws, she knew how Inuyasha-sama was not to be underestimated, as many of his enemies had thought him below them in his long life. At her side, Kagome's knuckles clenching the windowpane were white. Inutaro cried out happily and then Kagome was running for the stairs. Rin sprang after her, fear warring equally throughout her. What was her lord husband doing? Battling his own brother, the lord Inuyasha? They could hurt each other or worse!

 

Rin crashed into the tiled courtyard behind Kagome and her son, barefoot and panting. Kagome clutched her son and surveyed the hearty thrusts and lusty stabs as the Inu lordlings crashed steel loudly and with much enthusiasm. Inuyasha's face was contorted with a ferocious snarl and he appeared to be…. laughing??

Rin cried out and her lord turned to look at her. His expression was ever unmoving as sculpted ice, but she knew his eyes were expressive all their own for her alone. She must have looked a sight, hair loose and tangled, feet bare on the tiles and her sleeping robe tangled. Sesshomaru's eyes warmed ever so slightly, and Rin was calmed. He turned his stern countenance back to his brother and the edge of his lips quirked up in the barest ghost of a smile.

Inuyasha flashed a mad grin over their two blades. “Enough for now?” he swore. Sesshomaru made a small non-committal sound that may have been a chuckle.

 

“You understand this Sesshomaru then,” Sesshomaru intoned. Inuyasha nodded and looked around for the discarded scabbard. Sesshomaru knelt and sheathed his thin practice blade as the women ventured out slowly, fearing more fighting between the two of them.

“You should have had someone teach you when you were younger,” Sesshomaru commented. Inuyasha barked and nudged his brother in the side with one quick elbow.

“Hah! That's because you were a fucking asshole, brother.” Inuyasha laughed.

 

Kagome met her mate with wild unknowing eyes. “What was that about??” she demanded. Inuyasha cupped her cheek and his eyes softened.

“It's okay, Kagome…we were just sparring,” he promised. Inutaro batted at his father with one small fist and cried out rebelliously.

“Oh, is he hungry now too?” Inuyasha grinned. Inutaro stuck out his tongue and panted, before he set to wailing lightly with promise of not stopping until food reached his tummy.

 

Rin stopped before her lord and bowed to her knees before him. Sesshomaru waited for her eyes to lift to his, and he brought her to her feet with his one hand.

“My lord?” she asked simply. Sesshomaru merely nodded. Rin took the crook of his arm and they walked back to the dining hall. The presence of only family and Jaken could ensure that Rin's casual appearance would go unnoted by dignitaries and the like.

 

By the time they knelt down beside Kagome, Inuyasha and the pup, Inuyasha was griping at Jaken to bring food for all.

“What do I look like?? I already brought food enough already!” Jaken complained. Sesshomaru flashed a look with his cold golden eyes and his servant jumped to obey.

“I'll have to learn that one….” Inuyasha muttered.

“It's all about delivery,” Sesshomaru commented. Inutaro grinned.

 

* * * *

 

Inutaro babbled quietly as his father carried him down the palace corridors. Inuyasha had wanted to explore his sire's home ever since their first visit, and finally he had a chance to do so with just his pup. Inutaro deserved to see the Inutaisho's tapestries. Claw and needle had made images of his father's exploits and battles over his long life. Inuyasha wondered, as he paused before a linen portrait of the lord Inutaisho in battle armor, if he would see half the things his father had. Two hundred years plus was such a short life in comparison to even his older brother….

Inutaro cried out and reached to tug at the ancient scrollwork but Inuyasha juggled his son carefully to his shoulder.

“It's alright, pup…. Papa has you.” One thing he could say he did before his sire. Father had seen him only a moment after his birth. Inuyasha was with his son far longer. His clawed hands had cradled his boy, washed him, fed him, changed his diapers and held him when he was colicky and fussy.

“You are my treasure,” Inuyasha dared to whisper, sure that the youkai servants were far from hearing. Inutaro closed his eyes and giggled when his father kissed his brow. His son opened his eyes then, sharing Kagome's dark eyes. The edges were tinged with the gold of the Inuyoukai clan and Inuyasha smiled to see the bare trace of them in his boy's gaze.

“You have some of our eyes….” Inuyasha commented, holding his son up to his face, as if to compare him to the scroll. Inutaro wriggled his legs and grinned. His teeth were starting to come in slowly but for now he wasn't fussy about the pain. Inuyasha was only happy to let his pup teethe on his wrist and hands when he needed to bite something.

 

“They are rather dark for a quarter inu…..” Sesshomaru strolled up without warning and Inuyasha regarded him with an askewed look. “But there is no denying your heir's birthright.”

Inuyasha patted his boy's back and held him to his shoulder. “How do you mean, Sesshomaru?”

Sesshomaru tucked his hand into his wide sleeve. “While your woman is thinking over my Lady's condition, this Sesshomaru has had time to reflect over Father's line.” Inuyasha stayed at Sesshomaru's side, holding Inutaro in the crook of his elbow. Inutaro waved his stocking feet and crowed.

 

“What, about me an Inutaro?” Inuyasha asked. Sesshomaru nodded, vast amusement pooling in his eyes.

“It is this Sesshomaru's intent to get the Lady Rin pupped as soon as she is able,” Sesshomaru murmured. “If she can not….” The lifelong disappointment of that would only kill his now searing heart. “…..then Father's inheritance will pass from this Lord to your son.”

 

Inuyasha stared at his brother, clutching his pup close in his arms. His son, a quarter youkai, could be the next Lord? “But he's only a pup! He's only getting his teeth in now,” Inuyasha protested.

 

“We know,” Sesshomaru intoned. His hand settled not unkindly over his nephew's brow. Inutaro cried out eagerly and wriggled to grasp those claws. Sesshomaru gazed almost sadly down on him. “But if the Lady of the Western Lands cannot be pupped, your son will have all of this youkai court.”

 

“Why are you doing this, brother?” Inuyasha gaped. Sesshomaru looked far ahead as they walked down the corridor.

“Because while we live long lives, we can still fall. And your son will have what I denied you.” Sesshomaru stated. Inuyasha shrugged.

“Thanks, Sesshomaru….”

 

Kagome wandered down the palace hallways on instinct, feeling her middle as she went. She had been throbbing over the scar where the Jewel had been torn from her severely. The feeling wasn't unwelcome, just so very hot. She slowed, strolling past youkai and guards, ignoring their usual pointed stares. Let them stare, she was not Lady of the Western Lands, and like it or not, she was an honored guest.

 

Kagome peered around a corner, hearing familiar rumbling conversation. Sesshomaru and Inuyasha were walking side by side and viewing the scrolls of the image of the inu shade she had chanced to see at her mate's side. Her middle throbbed in response and Kagome pressed her hands over the scar. Why did she feel so at peace while Inuyasha was getting along with Sesshomaru?

The sounds of her son crying out happily added to the warmth.

 

* * * *

 

Rin was babysitting Inuyasha's heir when said lordling returned to the guest chambers. Kagome was grooming her hair again, he noticed and Inuyasha crossed his arms over his thin chest, surveying her efforts with an appreciative gaze. Kagome smiled in the mirror, hearing Inuyasha's small snort of awe.

“Where's Inutaro?” she asked. Inuyasha smiled and sat behind his wife, putting his hands around her middle. She would ever ask him that.

“He's with Rin just now….” Inuyasha said and nuzzled Kagome's bare shoulder. Kagome let her hair down to her side, and turned to kiss his lips. Inuyasha smiled, and grasped her hips, pulling Kagome into his lap. Kagome wrapped her legs around his hips and settled against the bulge in his lap.

 

“No one can say you're unsure of yourself,” she laughed slyly. Inuyasha leaned back and let Kagome do all of the work, their yukata pulled open and his hakama pushed down his thighs. Inuyasha found he didn't mind the tatami mats scratching into his bare back, when his wife pumped his hips hard onto the floor.

Afterwards, they curled up around each other half tangled in their clothes. Inuyasha spooned Kagome tightly, his arms wrapped protectively around her waist. He murmured sweet adorations into her ear and kissed her neck. Occasionally he worried gently at his mating mark and Kagome shivered. She held an arm up and back over his hip and hugged him that way.

 

“Are you sure nothing happened?” Kagome asked almost as an afterthought. Inuyasha grunted in response and hummed deeply. Kagome smiled at the vibrations against her shoulder.

“Sesshomaru did give our pup his birth right…..” Inuyasha commented. Kagome craned her head to try and look over her shoulder.

“What do you mean? Like inheriting his title?” Kagome asked, confused. Inuyasha's eyes looked so sad…

 

“Like that, only everything here,” Inuyasha finished. Kagome gaped like a fish for a moment.

“He shouldn't give up the hope that I could heal Rin! We're so close, I'm sure she'll see her own child within a year,” Kagome said optimistically. Inuyasha gazed at his mate with adoring golden eyes and kissed her cheek sweetly.

 

“So I guess herb potions are out? Kaede's had plenty to keep her busy as it is,” Inuyasha laughed. Kagome swatted his hip and cuddled back into the warmth of his chest and arms.

“I really don't want to think about that, Inuyasha….” Kagome said, stretching. Inuyasha followed her, then crawled up behind her into their futon.

“Yech, all that old people flesh…” Inuyasha commented. Kagome groaned and reached back to hit him again.

 

“Stop it, mate! I swear, you're fixated,” Kagome protested. Inuyasha chuckled.

 

“Help Rin, Kagome. She should have a child,” Inuyasha asked suddenly. Kagome blinked and traced his wrists with her hands gently.

“It is my intent to help her. Don't worry, Inuyasha. I think I know what to do…I just have to do it.”

 

Inuyasha held his mate closely and kissed her longingly.

 

* * * *

 

Rin hugged her arms together, savoring the scant warmth Inutaro left in them, and turned to her lord. She did not embrace him before his dignitaries, but bowed low on her knees. Sesshomaru bid her rise, and one look between them was enough for him to dismiss his meeting and follow her to the royal bedchamber.

 

“Did my Lady require anything?” Sesshomaru asked, his eyes warm for her. Rin knelt before him and took his hand, holding it to her cheek.

 

“Inuyasha-sama told me about your walk with him and little Inutaro,” Rin commented. She blushed to hear her lord purr as she nuzzled his palm. His large claws gently stroked her cheek.

“And what of it, my Lady?” Sesshomaru demurred. Rin knelt between his thighs and arched high to catch his lips with hers. Sesshomaru had to slouch low for her to reach.

 

“I was just so…. glad that you were acting like a brother should. Inuyasha-sama has needed that, I just know it,” Rin murmured, sliding her arms around his neck. Sesshomaru hugged her slight waist and nuzzled her mating mark, large and silvery red against her pale flesh.

 

End for now

 

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