InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Prophecy ❯ Much Ado about the Miko ( Chapter 54 )
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By: mshutts 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Psychological / Hentai | Type: Yaoi | Uploaded On: 04.08.2008 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.6K | Visits: 1.7K | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Psychological / Hentai | Type: Yaoi | Uploaded On: 04.08.2008 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.6K | Visits: 1.7K | Status: Work In Progress
The Prophecy
By: mshutts
WARNING: incest
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any other characters here-in except for Sturaki
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Chapter 53: Much Ado about the Miko
Following Sesshoumaru back to the room was at least as nerve-racking for Inuyasha as calming Shippo down had been. He was still having some difficulty comprehending that his elder brother had, in fact, marked Shippo as his own. In disbelief, he sniffed the kitsune on his shoulder again. Yep, the scent was still there. He wasn’t entirely sure what to make of it, either.
Why would his bastard of an older brother, mate or no, mark the kit? How would that be of use to him? Because he was sure that it wasn’t done out of altruistic intentions. He almost laughed out loud at the thought. Sesshoumaru doing something out of the goodness of his heart? Utterly ridiculous.
Putting those thoughts to the side, he looked to his next challenge. He was now going back to the room where the more difficult members of his pack were residing. He no longer had the excuse that he had to take care of the kitsune. He had to go in and deal with them. And, at that thought, doubts began to cloud his mind.
What if Kagome was still unconscious? Or worse, what if she was awake? The very thought made him shudder. He wasn’t so sure he wanted to hear what she was going to have to say about his mating. She had to be told, but he had this sinking feeling that she was going to hate him for it and he really didn’t want her to hate him. She was one of his best friends, mating issue aside.
It wasn’t his fault that his youki had chosen to mate with Sesshoumaru. But, he had a feeling that it wouldn’t matter. That all she would see was him lying down with the enemy. That she would leave him and he truly did not want to lose a friend over this. He had few enough friends as is. He was terrified of the possible rejection and REALLY didn’t want to talk to her about it, but there was no avoiding it, she HAD to be told.
Catching himself hoping that she would still be out of it, he shook his head. Despite the fact that it would put off what he had to tell her until later, he did not wish her to be so badly injured that she was still not awake. Not over something his mate had done.
And what if the rest of them refused to accept it either? What would he do then? He didn’t know if he could handle that much rejection. He would be on his own again. The very idea of being that alone once more was enough to send a chill down his spine.
He looked up and realized that he was standing outside of the door to the room yet again. Wondering if he could possibly get out of doing this, he glanced around quickly for some reason not to go into the room. Even though, in the back of his mind, he knew it was impossible. He had to go in and talk to them.
And so, it was with a deep breath that he stepped into the room once again. Despite what he may wish, he knew there was no way for him to get out of doing this. And, the sooner the better. However, upon entering the room and being faced with the rest of his old pack, he found himself speechless.
He didn’t want to tell them about Sesshoumaru being his mate and Shippo being their new son, but he also knew that not telling them wasn’t really an option either. They needed to know, they deserved to know, but he didn’t want to be the one to tell them and he could feel the atmosphere getting more and more tense as time went by.
That is, until Kagome, heaven help the wench, decided to break the mood with an accusation at Sesshoumaru. To say that Inuyasha was wishing he could whack her upside the head was an understatement. Of all the idiotic things she could have done, she decided to challenge his mate. He sometimes wondered if she had a death wish.
He had only tried to defuse the situation before Kagome got herself killed, purposefully ignoring his youkai self that was whispering to him that he should just let his mate at her, when it all went to hell. Who did Sesshoumaru think he was, telling them about the mating? It wasn’t his place to tell them. Inuyasha should have been the one they would hear it from. Not his overly blunt elder brother.
But even that wasn’t the worst part. No, the worst part was Kagome’s reaction to the news. Her tears tore at him. Her obvious upset made him feel lower than the lowest gnat. Her words cut through him like a knife. And then, she sat him. Again.
He was aware of his mate moving towards her yet again, without a doubt intending to kill her. But, instead of instantaneously defending her like before, he found himself stuck once more. He could feel his human side screaming in frustration for him to stop Sesshoumaru. But he could feel his youkai side just as readily demanding that he let his elder brother kill her already. In fact, his youkai side was all but outright cheering for her death while his human side was beside himself with fear for her safety.
And through it all, Inuyasha could feel the sickening pull he had felt earlier that month, right before he had passed out. He didn’t want to go back there again. He didn’t want to. He would do almost anything not to be put back in that place again. For, while he had no distinct memories of where he had been after he had passed out, he knew it had not been somewhere he wished to return and he was terrified of it on an instinctual level.
But, no matter how hard he was trying to fight it, he could feel it beginning to take over. In a panic, as he felt himself go under, he called out to the only help he could think of. His mate. He yelled as loudly as he could, but in that last desperate attempt, he felt his grip fail and he fell into darkness.
He found himself on his mindscape once again and suddenly had perfect recollection of what happened here the last time. Looking to his youkai self, he screamed, “What the hell is your problem?! I thought we were finally getting along a little!”
“What is my problem?! I’ll tell you what my problem is! That fucking bitch is trying to kill our pup! And YOU’RE LETTING HER!” shouted the youkai self.
“Since when is there a pup to worry about? You’re just making excuses cause you NEVER liked her!” the human side accused.
“It’s not my fault you’re too dense to notice it,” the youkai taunted.
“What are you talking about, youkai?” asked the hanyou.
The youkai self gave him a smug look. “I mean, we’re pregnant.”
Inuyasha blinked in shock. “We’re what?”
“Pregnant. Don’t tell me you’ve managed to lose your hearing to the human as well?”
Inuyasha glared at the youkai for a moment until something clicked. “Wait a second, how do YOU know we’re pregnant?”
Rolling his eyes, the youkai replied, “Where do you think all our excess youki is going?”
“Shit.”
“We’re really pregnant?” the human inquired.
“So it would seem,” responded the youkai dryly.
“Well…, that still doesn’t mean we have to let Kagome die. She didn’t know! I’m sure once we tell her…” the human started.
“Once we tell her, she’ll what?” the youkai asked with one eyebrow raised tauntingly. “You know she doesn’t want to listen to anything to do with our relationship. She thinks we’re sick and disgusting. I say we should let her die.”
“Look, I’m sure, once we explain everything…” the human half tried again.
“No, we are NOT going to explain to that wench about what that fucking command of hers does. Has it ever crossed your little human mind that she might use the command to kill our pup on purpose?!”
“But Kagome’s not like that! She wouldn’t kill our baby! You know that!”
“I know that? Based on what exactly? She’s sat us to the bottom of a river before and nearly drowned us! She’s sat us when we were in the top of a tree! She’s sat us right off cliffs!”
“But she wouldn’t hurt the baby! She loves children!”
“Oh, so she won’t hurt children, but she has no problem hurting us? What kind of fucked up logic is that? Besides, mark my words, she’ll get mad and forget. She’ll make us plummet right off the side of a cliff and kill the pup and then she’ll be all ‘Oh, I’m so sorry!’ and teary-eyed, but it won’t matter. Our pup will be dead! Our baby will be gone!”
The human’s eyes grew huge, appalled, “She wouldn’t do that! She’s not like that!”
Inuyasha spoke up again, “Are you so sure about that? Youkai has a point, she gets into her little huffs and she forgets everything else but her anger. She’s sat us numerous times before when we were already severely injured, making it take even longer to heal. How would us being pregnant be any different? If she gets mad enough, she’ll forget everything in her rage and sit us regardless.”
“So you’re taking HIS side? You think she should be killed as well? I thought you cared about her! How can you just stand by and allow her to die in this way?!” the human was incredulous.
“No, I think youkai is a little too harsh in his punishment. True, she’s a threat, but I don’t think she deserves death because of it.”
“If not death, then what? I refuse to allow that wench to harm our pup. She cannot be allowed to wield that kind of power over us,” the youkai said harshly.
“Couldn’t we just request that she take it off?” the human asked.
“Like she’d do that!” the youkai screamed.
“You don’t have to be so negative about it,” the human said defensively. “It was just an idea.”
“No, human, youkai has a point. We’ve asked her before. We’ve been nice about it. We’ve been mean about it. We’ve even been terrifying about it. It hasn’t changed her mind, not once.
“What makes you think that simply telling her about the pup will change her mind? She may not want to hurt the pup, but she enjoys her power over us in this damn necklace a little too much,” the hanyou attempted to explain.
“That’s assuming she DOESN’T want to hurt the pup,” the youkai muttered, crossly.
“What do you mean, youkai?” the human asked, eyes narrowed.
“Just that we have no idea if she would want to kill the pup or not, human. She hates our mate. She hates our mating. She thinks it’s sick and disgusting. She probably thought that we would mate with her. As if I would agree to mating that vile being.
“Has it never occurred to you that she might hate this pup, this visible sign of our mate’s bond with us? That maybe she would WANT to kill the pup? That she would say she was sorry and that it was an accident and maybe even cry about it, but that it would all be pretend? That she would sit us off a cliff ON PURPOSE?” challenged the youkai.
“How can you SAY something like that?! She’s sweet and kind and…”
“Constantly sitting us whenever we don’t do what she wants or disagree with her,” Inuyasha finished.
“You ARE on his side!” accused the human looking betrayed. “Did you forget that he wants to kill Kagome?!”
“I didn’t say I wanted him to kill the wench. But, you have to admit, she can be rather violent and unreasonable.” Turning to the youkai, Inuyasha continued, “Besides, if we kill her, do you have any idea how much the rest of the pack will whine at us? And you KNOW they don’t let up. We’ll be hearing about it day in and out for YEARS and that’s assuming they don’t all just leave us outright. They practically worship the ground she walks on. What if they all abandon us? What if they leave us alone again?”
“We have a mate,” the youkai began.
“Who we don’t know whether or not he’ll stick around,” the hanyou reminded.
“We’ll have our pups,” youkai continued.
“I don’t want to raise our pups alone!” interjected the human.
“We could always find a new pack,” the youkai resolutely plowed forward.
“Where?” asked the hanyou wearily. “Do you even remember how long it took us to find THIS pack in the first place? Who’s to say that we will EVER find another one that will accept us to even half the extent that this one has?”
“If they accept us as much as you seem to think, they should accept this mating as well. And, they should accept our killing of that bitch,” youkai argued.
“I get and agree with the mating part, but there is no way they should be expected to choose between one friend and the other. Why should they side with us rather than Kagome?” countered the hanyou.
“They love Kagome. They would hate to see her die.” The human continued, “Besides if we allow her to be killed, what are you planning on telling our new son? He looked upon her as a mother for the past couple of years. Can you accept him hating us for killing her even if she is no longer his mother?”
“Fine, then, we won’t kill her,” said the exasperated youkai. “We could just let our mate do it for us. You know he wants to.”
“Letting our mate kill her is barely better than us killing her ourselves!” screamed the human.
“Look, no matter how much she annoys you, youkai, we can’t kill her. And we can’t just allow Sesshoumaru to kill her either. Despite what you seem to believe, if we allowed that happen we would never be able to forgive ourselves,” said the hanyou self, completely worn out from this discussion. “Just look what happened with Kikyo. We’re STILL trying to forgive ourselves for that and we didn’t even have any control over that situation.”
Evidently realizing he was not going to win this particular argument, the youkai gave an exasperated sigh. “Fine. We won’t kill her or let our mate kill her. But then what should we do about her? You have to agree that she is a danger to the pup.”
“I don’t know yet, but we can’t figure it out here. We have to do it in the real world.”
Inuyasha guessed that they agreed because he was now aware of where he was, in his mate’s arms on the floor. He could feel his son sitting next to him and the gentle stroking of his hair by said mate. Cracking his eye open, he glanced up to his mate and realized that his attention was elsewhere, somewhere to his side where Inuyasha could not see.
And while the hanyou was trying to decide if he should get up to see what was so interesting, his hearing seemed to turn itself back on just in time to hear Miroku’s voice coming over his brother’s shoulder. He only caught the tail end of the question as it was, “…to mate with Inuyasha?”
Fairly certain he knew the beginning of that particular question, he waited with his eyes closed for his elder brother to respond. If he was willing to respond at all. Upon hearing that it was just the youki that was interested, Inuyasha almost threw his arms up in frustration and walked out of the room.
He then berated himself for daring to think it could possibly be anything more. He, of all people, knew how his brother was. They were only mates out of an interest held by both youkis nothing more, nothing less. It didn’t make it hurt any less to think that though.
He forced his thoughts away from his moping in time to catch the monk suggesting that it was a plot by their father to get them together. Now, wouldn’t that just take the cake? But he still had to agree with him, their old man did seem to have some rather sadistic ideas about bonding. Could this mating be one more of them? But if it was, wouldn’t that old witch have said something? Wouldn’t something dire have happened?
Sesshoumaru had to find the right mate, it was preordained. If he didn’t and their father screwed with it, that was just putting the entire world at jeopardy, right? Inuyasha didn’t know. It didn’t make any sense to him. And the one person he could ask about it who might be able to answer the question without making him feel like a complete idiot was currently trying to get himself killed by suggesting that Inuyasha should have mated with Kagome.
Preparing himself to leap into action and save the monks life from his soon-to-be homicidal older brother, he was shocked when said brother merely yelled at him, never ceasing in his stroking. Even when Sango joined in the argument, he still continued to sit there, using words rather than violence to get his point across.
It made Inuyasha wonder why he was doing this. Was he keeping in mind that his younger brother was friends with these people and would not like it if he killed them? Or was he too preoccupied with taking care of his mate to get up and kill them? And then the words… the words that actually seemed to show emotion, appeared to show concern.
Inuyasha didn’t dare to hope that the outrage was on his behalf. There had to be another reason. His elder brother just did not care for him to this extent. And yet, here he was, defending him against his own friends. Truth to be told, it was making his human side warm up to their new mate quite a bit. To be cared for, to be protected, it was something he had been missing the vast majority of his young life and his human side craved it just as much as his demon side.
Cuddling closer into Sesshoumaru, he tried to silently give his approval for the words and actions of his elder brother. A nonverbal thank you being transferred through touch. His mate was not required to defend him, especially not from his friends, but here he was, doing it anyway. And not only once, but continually.
Feeling more safe and content than he had ever felt in his entire life to this point, Inuyasha finally allowed himself to succumb to the temptation to fall asleep in his mate’s embrace. He was sure that his mate had things well in hand.
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Hey, all! I’m finally more or less settled in at my new place. (Having to refurnish an entire house after a move is nerve-racking.) I know, I know, not a whole lot of plot progression. At least, not in a universal time manner. But you did get to find out some new juicy tidbits that I know quite a few of you were wondering about. Hmmm, I wonder how long Inuyasha will wait to tell Sesshoumaru he’s pregnant.
The next chapter shouldn’t take anywhere near as long to get out. I already have it started. And then, maybe we can get out of this scene from hell and move on with the rest of the plot. One can only hope.
As always, reading and/or reviewing is greatly appreciated.
By: mshutts
WARNING: incest
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any other characters here-in except for Sturaki
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Chapter 53: Much Ado about the Miko
Following Sesshoumaru back to the room was at least as nerve-racking for Inuyasha as calming Shippo down had been. He was still having some difficulty comprehending that his elder brother had, in fact, marked Shippo as his own. In disbelief, he sniffed the kitsune on his shoulder again. Yep, the scent was still there. He wasn’t entirely sure what to make of it, either.
Why would his bastard of an older brother, mate or no, mark the kit? How would that be of use to him? Because he was sure that it wasn’t done out of altruistic intentions. He almost laughed out loud at the thought. Sesshoumaru doing something out of the goodness of his heart? Utterly ridiculous.
Putting those thoughts to the side, he looked to his next challenge. He was now going back to the room where the more difficult members of his pack were residing. He no longer had the excuse that he had to take care of the kitsune. He had to go in and deal with them. And, at that thought, doubts began to cloud his mind.
What if Kagome was still unconscious? Or worse, what if she was awake? The very thought made him shudder. He wasn’t so sure he wanted to hear what she was going to have to say about his mating. She had to be told, but he had this sinking feeling that she was going to hate him for it and he really didn’t want her to hate him. She was one of his best friends, mating issue aside.
It wasn’t his fault that his youki had chosen to mate with Sesshoumaru. But, he had a feeling that it wouldn’t matter. That all she would see was him lying down with the enemy. That she would leave him and he truly did not want to lose a friend over this. He had few enough friends as is. He was terrified of the possible rejection and REALLY didn’t want to talk to her about it, but there was no avoiding it, she HAD to be told.
Catching himself hoping that she would still be out of it, he shook his head. Despite the fact that it would put off what he had to tell her until later, he did not wish her to be so badly injured that she was still not awake. Not over something his mate had done.
And what if the rest of them refused to accept it either? What would he do then? He didn’t know if he could handle that much rejection. He would be on his own again. The very idea of being that alone once more was enough to send a chill down his spine.
He looked up and realized that he was standing outside of the door to the room yet again. Wondering if he could possibly get out of doing this, he glanced around quickly for some reason not to go into the room. Even though, in the back of his mind, he knew it was impossible. He had to go in and talk to them.
And so, it was with a deep breath that he stepped into the room once again. Despite what he may wish, he knew there was no way for him to get out of doing this. And, the sooner the better. However, upon entering the room and being faced with the rest of his old pack, he found himself speechless.
He didn’t want to tell them about Sesshoumaru being his mate and Shippo being their new son, but he also knew that not telling them wasn’t really an option either. They needed to know, they deserved to know, but he didn’t want to be the one to tell them and he could feel the atmosphere getting more and more tense as time went by.
That is, until Kagome, heaven help the wench, decided to break the mood with an accusation at Sesshoumaru. To say that Inuyasha was wishing he could whack her upside the head was an understatement. Of all the idiotic things she could have done, she decided to challenge his mate. He sometimes wondered if she had a death wish.
He had only tried to defuse the situation before Kagome got herself killed, purposefully ignoring his youkai self that was whispering to him that he should just let his mate at her, when it all went to hell. Who did Sesshoumaru think he was, telling them about the mating? It wasn’t his place to tell them. Inuyasha should have been the one they would hear it from. Not his overly blunt elder brother.
But even that wasn’t the worst part. No, the worst part was Kagome’s reaction to the news. Her tears tore at him. Her obvious upset made him feel lower than the lowest gnat. Her words cut through him like a knife. And then, she sat him. Again.
He was aware of his mate moving towards her yet again, without a doubt intending to kill her. But, instead of instantaneously defending her like before, he found himself stuck once more. He could feel his human side screaming in frustration for him to stop Sesshoumaru. But he could feel his youkai side just as readily demanding that he let his elder brother kill her already. In fact, his youkai side was all but outright cheering for her death while his human side was beside himself with fear for her safety.
And through it all, Inuyasha could feel the sickening pull he had felt earlier that month, right before he had passed out. He didn’t want to go back there again. He didn’t want to. He would do almost anything not to be put back in that place again. For, while he had no distinct memories of where he had been after he had passed out, he knew it had not been somewhere he wished to return and he was terrified of it on an instinctual level.
But, no matter how hard he was trying to fight it, he could feel it beginning to take over. In a panic, as he felt himself go under, he called out to the only help he could think of. His mate. He yelled as loudly as he could, but in that last desperate attempt, he felt his grip fail and he fell into darkness.
He found himself on his mindscape once again and suddenly had perfect recollection of what happened here the last time. Looking to his youkai self, he screamed, “What the hell is your problem?! I thought we were finally getting along a little!”
“What is my problem?! I’ll tell you what my problem is! That fucking bitch is trying to kill our pup! And YOU’RE LETTING HER!” shouted the youkai self.
“Since when is there a pup to worry about? You’re just making excuses cause you NEVER liked her!” the human side accused.
“It’s not my fault you’re too dense to notice it,” the youkai taunted.
“What are you talking about, youkai?” asked the hanyou.
The youkai self gave him a smug look. “I mean, we’re pregnant.”
Inuyasha blinked in shock. “We’re what?”
“Pregnant. Don’t tell me you’ve managed to lose your hearing to the human as well?”
Inuyasha glared at the youkai for a moment until something clicked. “Wait a second, how do YOU know we’re pregnant?”
Rolling his eyes, the youkai replied, “Where do you think all our excess youki is going?”
“Shit.”
“We’re really pregnant?” the human inquired.
“So it would seem,” responded the youkai dryly.
“Well…, that still doesn’t mean we have to let Kagome die. She didn’t know! I’m sure once we tell her…” the human started.
“Once we tell her, she’ll what?” the youkai asked with one eyebrow raised tauntingly. “You know she doesn’t want to listen to anything to do with our relationship. She thinks we’re sick and disgusting. I say we should let her die.”
“Look, I’m sure, once we explain everything…” the human half tried again.
“No, we are NOT going to explain to that wench about what that fucking command of hers does. Has it ever crossed your little human mind that she might use the command to kill our pup on purpose?!”
“But Kagome’s not like that! She wouldn’t kill our baby! You know that!”
“I know that? Based on what exactly? She’s sat us to the bottom of a river before and nearly drowned us! She’s sat us when we were in the top of a tree! She’s sat us right off cliffs!”
“But she wouldn’t hurt the baby! She loves children!”
“Oh, so she won’t hurt children, but she has no problem hurting us? What kind of fucked up logic is that? Besides, mark my words, she’ll get mad and forget. She’ll make us plummet right off the side of a cliff and kill the pup and then she’ll be all ‘Oh, I’m so sorry!’ and teary-eyed, but it won’t matter. Our pup will be dead! Our baby will be gone!”
The human’s eyes grew huge, appalled, “She wouldn’t do that! She’s not like that!”
Inuyasha spoke up again, “Are you so sure about that? Youkai has a point, she gets into her little huffs and she forgets everything else but her anger. She’s sat us numerous times before when we were already severely injured, making it take even longer to heal. How would us being pregnant be any different? If she gets mad enough, she’ll forget everything in her rage and sit us regardless.”
“So you’re taking HIS side? You think she should be killed as well? I thought you cared about her! How can you just stand by and allow her to die in this way?!” the human was incredulous.
“No, I think youkai is a little too harsh in his punishment. True, she’s a threat, but I don’t think she deserves death because of it.”
“If not death, then what? I refuse to allow that wench to harm our pup. She cannot be allowed to wield that kind of power over us,” the youkai said harshly.
“Couldn’t we just request that she take it off?” the human asked.
“Like she’d do that!” the youkai screamed.
“You don’t have to be so negative about it,” the human said defensively. “It was just an idea.”
“No, human, youkai has a point. We’ve asked her before. We’ve been nice about it. We’ve been mean about it. We’ve even been terrifying about it. It hasn’t changed her mind, not once.
“What makes you think that simply telling her about the pup will change her mind? She may not want to hurt the pup, but she enjoys her power over us in this damn necklace a little too much,” the hanyou attempted to explain.
“That’s assuming she DOESN’T want to hurt the pup,” the youkai muttered, crossly.
“What do you mean, youkai?” the human asked, eyes narrowed.
“Just that we have no idea if she would want to kill the pup or not, human. She hates our mate. She hates our mating. She thinks it’s sick and disgusting. She probably thought that we would mate with her. As if I would agree to mating that vile being.
“Has it never occurred to you that she might hate this pup, this visible sign of our mate’s bond with us? That maybe she would WANT to kill the pup? That she would say she was sorry and that it was an accident and maybe even cry about it, but that it would all be pretend? That she would sit us off a cliff ON PURPOSE?” challenged the youkai.
“How can you SAY something like that?! She’s sweet and kind and…”
“Constantly sitting us whenever we don’t do what she wants or disagree with her,” Inuyasha finished.
“You ARE on his side!” accused the human looking betrayed. “Did you forget that he wants to kill Kagome?!”
“I didn’t say I wanted him to kill the wench. But, you have to admit, she can be rather violent and unreasonable.” Turning to the youkai, Inuyasha continued, “Besides, if we kill her, do you have any idea how much the rest of the pack will whine at us? And you KNOW they don’t let up. We’ll be hearing about it day in and out for YEARS and that’s assuming they don’t all just leave us outright. They practically worship the ground she walks on. What if they all abandon us? What if they leave us alone again?”
“We have a mate,” the youkai began.
“Who we don’t know whether or not he’ll stick around,” the hanyou reminded.
“We’ll have our pups,” youkai continued.
“I don’t want to raise our pups alone!” interjected the human.
“We could always find a new pack,” the youkai resolutely plowed forward.
“Where?” asked the hanyou wearily. “Do you even remember how long it took us to find THIS pack in the first place? Who’s to say that we will EVER find another one that will accept us to even half the extent that this one has?”
“If they accept us as much as you seem to think, they should accept this mating as well. And, they should accept our killing of that bitch,” youkai argued.
“I get and agree with the mating part, but there is no way they should be expected to choose between one friend and the other. Why should they side with us rather than Kagome?” countered the hanyou.
“They love Kagome. They would hate to see her die.” The human continued, “Besides if we allow her to be killed, what are you planning on telling our new son? He looked upon her as a mother for the past couple of years. Can you accept him hating us for killing her even if she is no longer his mother?”
“Fine, then, we won’t kill her,” said the exasperated youkai. “We could just let our mate do it for us. You know he wants to.”
“Letting our mate kill her is barely better than us killing her ourselves!” screamed the human.
“Look, no matter how much she annoys you, youkai, we can’t kill her. And we can’t just allow Sesshoumaru to kill her either. Despite what you seem to believe, if we allowed that happen we would never be able to forgive ourselves,” said the hanyou self, completely worn out from this discussion. “Just look what happened with Kikyo. We’re STILL trying to forgive ourselves for that and we didn’t even have any control over that situation.”
Evidently realizing he was not going to win this particular argument, the youkai gave an exasperated sigh. “Fine. We won’t kill her or let our mate kill her. But then what should we do about her? You have to agree that she is a danger to the pup.”
“I don’t know yet, but we can’t figure it out here. We have to do it in the real world.”
Inuyasha guessed that they agreed because he was now aware of where he was, in his mate’s arms on the floor. He could feel his son sitting next to him and the gentle stroking of his hair by said mate. Cracking his eye open, he glanced up to his mate and realized that his attention was elsewhere, somewhere to his side where Inuyasha could not see.
And while the hanyou was trying to decide if he should get up to see what was so interesting, his hearing seemed to turn itself back on just in time to hear Miroku’s voice coming over his brother’s shoulder. He only caught the tail end of the question as it was, “…to mate with Inuyasha?”
Fairly certain he knew the beginning of that particular question, he waited with his eyes closed for his elder brother to respond. If he was willing to respond at all. Upon hearing that it was just the youki that was interested, Inuyasha almost threw his arms up in frustration and walked out of the room.
He then berated himself for daring to think it could possibly be anything more. He, of all people, knew how his brother was. They were only mates out of an interest held by both youkis nothing more, nothing less. It didn’t make it hurt any less to think that though.
He forced his thoughts away from his moping in time to catch the monk suggesting that it was a plot by their father to get them together. Now, wouldn’t that just take the cake? But he still had to agree with him, their old man did seem to have some rather sadistic ideas about bonding. Could this mating be one more of them? But if it was, wouldn’t that old witch have said something? Wouldn’t something dire have happened?
Sesshoumaru had to find the right mate, it was preordained. If he didn’t and their father screwed with it, that was just putting the entire world at jeopardy, right? Inuyasha didn’t know. It didn’t make any sense to him. And the one person he could ask about it who might be able to answer the question without making him feel like a complete idiot was currently trying to get himself killed by suggesting that Inuyasha should have mated with Kagome.
Preparing himself to leap into action and save the monks life from his soon-to-be homicidal older brother, he was shocked when said brother merely yelled at him, never ceasing in his stroking. Even when Sango joined in the argument, he still continued to sit there, using words rather than violence to get his point across.
It made Inuyasha wonder why he was doing this. Was he keeping in mind that his younger brother was friends with these people and would not like it if he killed them? Or was he too preoccupied with taking care of his mate to get up and kill them? And then the words… the words that actually seemed to show emotion, appeared to show concern.
Inuyasha didn’t dare to hope that the outrage was on his behalf. There had to be another reason. His elder brother just did not care for him to this extent. And yet, here he was, defending him against his own friends. Truth to be told, it was making his human side warm up to their new mate quite a bit. To be cared for, to be protected, it was something he had been missing the vast majority of his young life and his human side craved it just as much as his demon side.
Cuddling closer into Sesshoumaru, he tried to silently give his approval for the words and actions of his elder brother. A nonverbal thank you being transferred through touch. His mate was not required to defend him, especially not from his friends, but here he was, doing it anyway. And not only once, but continually.
Feeling more safe and content than he had ever felt in his entire life to this point, Inuyasha finally allowed himself to succumb to the temptation to fall asleep in his mate’s embrace. He was sure that his mate had things well in hand.
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Hey, all! I’m finally more or less settled in at my new place. (Having to refurnish an entire house after a move is nerve-racking.) I know, I know, not a whole lot of plot progression. At least, not in a universal time manner. But you did get to find out some new juicy tidbits that I know quite a few of you were wondering about. Hmmm, I wonder how long Inuyasha will wait to tell Sesshoumaru he’s pregnant.
The next chapter shouldn’t take anywhere near as long to get out. I already have it started. And then, maybe we can get out of this scene from hell and move on with the rest of the plot. One can only hope.
As always, reading and/or reviewing is greatly appreciated.