InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Tomaru's Story ❯ Chapter 24

Chapter 24- Y'all asked for it, you got it! You'd better enjoy it, too! -wink-

 

Sesshoumaru paced the bedchamber, glancing every so often at the calm, collected miko sitting quietly on their bed. Her clothing and Tomaru's bassinet had been moved into his chambers the day they announced their mating to the children.

 

Tomaru, the mischievous little hanyou, sat on his mother's lap, chewing contentedly on a scrap of leather. He was dressed very handsomely in a tiny white and light green haori and hakama that bore similar patterns to Sesshoumaru's orange-red and white clothing. Kagome had even managed to brush the scamp's hair so that he looked rather presentable.

 

“When I said celebration, I meant a private party, for just us and the children,” he grumbled as he paced. His usual white and orange-red garb was replaced by one similar- this time orange-red with the same white pattern trim. It was merely a reversal of his normal colors, showing his dominant color.

 

Kagome gave him a brilliant smile. She was dressed in an elegant lavender formal kimono, complete with a silver obi that bore strands of silver and lavender beads sprouting from a delicate fabric flower off to one side. Her hair was pulled up in an enchanting style with silver sticks with silver tassels on the ends holding her hair up. She looked every inch the Lady of the Western Lands. “Don't be so worried! Jaken was right to invite the other clans to celebrate with us. After all, the Inu no Taishou doesn't take a ningen bride every day.”

 

He almost rolled his eyes. Hai… not since the last time, nine months before Father and Izayoi had Inuyasha…

 

It had been about a month since they formally mated and Jaken had thrown himself into his task with unusual enthusiasm. Now, all the clans from the four different Lands had arrived and were mingling in the long-unused ballroom, made beautiful and sparkling by the talented woman smiling innocently at him.

 

The tai-youkai wasn't overly concerned with having the other clan representatives here- he was more concerned about reactions to Tomaru. He still had not been able to tell Kagome the truth about the boy's paternity- the timing never seemed to be right.

 

Well, maybe now would be the right time. Rather than wait to see if one of the delegates would accidentally comment on his heir, he decided it would be better if he told her the truth now, before they joined the celebration. “Kagome?”

 

Wide innocent eyes regarded him, filled with love. “Hai, itoshii?”

 

He almost smiled. He loved hearing that endearing term from her lips. “There is something we need to discuss. Now, before we join the others.”

 

She blinked up at him as Tomaru giggled. “What's wrong?”

 

“It's about… my son.”

 

Shock registered in her eyes, but she managed to keep her face neutral. “You… you have a son?”

 

Golden eyes stared straight at her, unrelenting. “Hai. I have a son. The heir to the Western Lands and the next Inu no Taishou.”

 

Kagome swallowed hard. “I see.” She tried to keep the sadness from her face as she looked up at him. “This… is a surprise. I didn't…” She grasped for coherent words. “Do you see your son? I mean, does he… know who you are?”

 

“I see him every day. I have spent every day with him since the day he was born and I first held him in my arms.”

 

“Oh.” Taking a deep breath she gave him a shaky, weak smile. “Well, do I get to meet him? Or won't his mother allow it?”

 

He walked towards her, never blinking, never taking his eyes off hers. “I'm sure his mother will allow it. She is the most amazing woman I have ever had the privilege to know.”

 

Her heart sank. Was he still in love with his son's mother? “S-she sounds… very nice,” she murmured.

 

“She is more than nice. She would gladly give up her happiness to save a loved one's life. She is simply the most selfless, most loving, most beautiful female I've ever known, other than my mother.”

 

Despair gripped her gut as she struggled to breathe. Tomaru wriggled, trying to loosen his mother's grip on him so he could get down and get into trouble. “You love her,” she said simply, without emotion.

 

Golden eyes sparkled. “Hai. This Sesshoumaru loves her very much. I always will.” He reached down and gently lifted Tomaru out of her arms, holding him up to his shoulder. Two pairs of gold eyes stared at her intently.

 

She glanced up, her eyes bright with unshed tears. “If I may ask… where… is your son now?”

 

A slight smile curved the corner of his perfect mouth. “Right here, in my arms.”

 

Tomaru twitched his ears and gave his mother a partially-toothy grin.

 

Complete bewilderment swept over Kagome's face. “What?”

 

“Tomaru is my son. He is my heir.”

 

Relief flooded her body. “I know he's your son. You've been the only father figure he's ever known. You've been so wonderful in adopting him as your own, just like with Rin and Shippou.”

 

She stood up and walked over to him, looking much more relieved and much happier as she thought she understood. “Are you sure, though, that you would want to make Tomaru your heir? I mean, what if we have a baby of our own? Wouldn't you want your own son to become Inu no Taishou?”

 

His golden eyes hardened slightly. “Kagome, look closely.” He lifted Tomaru's silver white bangs to expose the green crescent mark.

 

The hanyou's mother stared uncomprehending at the mark. “So? Isn't that a family mark? One that just skipped Inuyasha?”

 

“Look closer, koi.”

 

Her heart beating faster as he called her his love, she leaned in closer and peered at her son's forehead as he grinned up at her, little ears twitching merrily.

 

A very, very thin lavender line outlined the light green crescent. It was so thin that it was unnoticeable unless one was looking for it.

 

He gently touched her chin, turning her face slightly to his. “Now look at mine.”

 

She lifted his silver bangs away from his forehead, looking closely at the lavender crescent. It bore an extremely thin light green line around it, so inconspicuous that even she hadn't noticed it during all their nights together.

 

Confusion clouded her gaze as she looked at Sesshoumaru, his face now next to Tomaru's. They both stared at her with the same blank look, the only differences being Tomaru's ears and Sesshoumaru's magenta stripes.

 

“The matching crescent mark you bear on your neck, the proof that you are now my mate, also bears the light green line,” he said softly, “because you are Tomaru's mother.”

 

Something clicked into place, making Kagome's stomach hit the floor as she stared at him with wide, baffled eyes. “Isn't… it because… you adopted Tomaru?” she whispered, almost too soft to be heard.

 

“No, Kagome. I was the one with you that day in the hot spring room. Not Inuyasha, not his spirit. It was I who had saved you when you almost drowned.

 

“I am the one who fathered your child.”