Hello everyone! This is NightShade! And this is a sequel to "Becoming One." Hope you enjoy it!
Summary: through out the household of the Western Lord, chaos is sure to follow.
Royal Pains
Inuyasha sighed as he strolled over to the meeting room. He was finally able to wear a mans clothes after five years in a woman's yukata. The kimono he chose was a dark green with gold outlines on the sleeves and collar. Faint swirls in similar colored thread covered the cloth. The dark color made Inuyasha glow.
"Inuyasha, don't dawdle." Chided InuTaisho, Inuyasha's father. The Hanyou smiled. He then stepped into the room. Sesshomaru waited for the two. Seiryu and Asmodeus were there as well. Ryukotsusei, InuTaisho's mate, held a bored expression on his face.
"well now, shall we start?" Asmodeus, An incubus said. Seiryu, a young blue dragon female nodded. Sesshomaru did as well.
"so, what is this meeting for anyway? You called it Asmodeus, what is it?" asked Sesshomaru. The incubus nodded.
"ah yes. It seems that a comet is suppose to pass our land, but however, it is arriving on the Solar Eclipse. Many yokai are beginning to worry."
"Sesshomaru, what shall we do? Both events are holy to yokai. How shall resolve this?" asked Seiryu. It was Inuyasha who came up with an answer.
"among humans, these events are also sacred. I know a few Lords thanks to Miroku. If I may, I would like to go and visit a few. They may have a solution." Inuyasha waited for his alpha's approval.
"hmm… very well. Take tetsuaiga along. And another." Sesshomaru said. Inuyasha nodded.
"when should I leave?" asked the hanyou.
" does now sound good?" Inuyasha smiled and took off. InuTaisho and Ryukotsusei watched as the half demon went to retrieve his weapon and leave the castle.
"if Inuyasha-chan-san is unable to solve this…what should our next option be?" asked the candy blue dragon. Asmodeus gave it thought.
"we try to celebrate both events at once, combining the ceremonies and festivities."
"then why the hell did you not say that in the first place?" growled InuTaisho. The incubus paused…then shrugged.
"you are insufferable." Sesshomaru stated. Asmodeus just gave a cheeky smile.
~~~~nowhere near the castle~~~~
"so Inuyasha, you want to go around the this area and talk to the ruling Lords?" asked Miroku. Inuyasha smiled.
"not all of them. just the ones we have befriended, such as the Takeda Kuronoske." Inuyasha then paused as he came to an impressive looking gate. One of the guards came over to the pair.
"You there, demon! What brings you here to our castle?" he growled.
"I have come to talk with Lord Takeda. I bring no ill will." Removing Tetsuaiga from his belt, Inuyasha placed the sword on the ground.
"and why does a holy man travel with a demon?" the guard asked/ordered.
"because, this holy man knows a certain Lord who has the hots for a certain slayer." The sounds of footsteps came over. A good looking lord stood in the entrance.
"I remember you two! Monk Miroku! Lord Inuyasha! Welcome!" Takeda then shooed his guards away and led the two men into the castle.
"Lord Takeda, I have come to seek out a solution for the upcoming eclipse and comet…although my idiot brother could just combine the two into one." Takeda chuckled at the hanyou's brute way of speech.
"I see. I was planning to just allow the people in my providence to celebrate it as another festival. Just twice the meaning."
"you see? That is so easy to think of, but my idiot brother and the other rulers have to throw a big meeting over something that could be resolved with ease. I just don't understand them." Inuyasha sighed, accidently giving away his Uke status. Takeda blinked and then chuckled.
"Well now, since that is settled, care to join me for a drink? We could use this time for a bit of reviewing one another."
"I could you a drink. You Inuyasha?" asked Miroku. The Hanyou smiled and scoffed.
"eh. Why the hell not!" he followed the two into a simple meeting room.
~~~~back at the west~~~~
Sesshomaru paced his office, wearing an indent into the carpet. InuTaisho sighed.
"Sesshomaru, calm down." The Older Canine placed a hand on the Younger Canine. Sesshomaru sighed. He sat next to his father.
"I know. But I worry for him. Inuyasha is not one to sit down and chat." The dog Lord then sighed again. The Dog Emperor smiled. He eased his son to calm.
"Inuyasha will be fine." InuTaisho then called a maid to bring sake. When she arrived, the chilled wine was placed next to the dogs. With a bow, the servant left.
"relax, and enjoy a cup of sake." The Dog Emperor grinned as he took a sip. Sighing once more, Sesshomaru filled himself a cu and downed it. His father balked.
"go easy on the stuff or you'll regret it later."
"hn." InuTaisho sighed. He tried.
"Daddy!" a young black haired girl came running in. she had soft black puppy ears on her head and the biggest grey eyes.
"Kaede, you are not messing around with Naraku again are you?" he chided. Little Kaede smiled. She crawled onto her father's lap.
"nope! Naraku said he was not feeling well, so I came to find you!"
"why? Is he ill?" asked InuTaisho. Kaede turned her head to her grandfather.
"he was holding his belly like ahne did before Koryu came." The pup then tried to take a sip of her grandfather's sake.
"no you don't. that is not for kids." InuTaisho lifted his cup out of reach of the curious girl. Kaede pouted, but quickly turned her attention to her father's retreating form.
"daddy? Where are you going?" she asked.
"to check on Naraku."
"I thought you hated him." Quipped InuTaisho. Sesshomaru paused to speak.
"I do. But he is now a pack mate. As alpha I should at least see how he is." And with that, the Lord left.
"hn! Kaede, where is Yahiko?"
"asleep."
~~~~infirmary~~~~
Naraku groaned. After over 50 years, THIS returned with a vengeance.
"So Naraku, it seems that you are not immune to this." Sesshomaru stood at the doorway, smirking. The spider groaned again, this time not with pain.
"what do you want Sesshomaru?" he whined. The Dog Lord raised an eyebrow.
"…Lord Sesshomaru."
"that's better. However, I just wanted to see if you were well. It is not uncommon for an alpha to come and check on members of his pack." Sesshomaru smirked at the in pain spider.
"I see."
"heh. It seems that even pure males are consumed by this agony." With another smirk, the Canine left the spider to his agony.
"damn, this sucks." Naraku hated all things when he went into heat.
~~~~Inuyasha and Miroku~~~~
The two rested in a nice hot spring. Inuyasha just slid into the water.
"Ah! This is one thing that I miss from our travels."
"yeah." The hanyou sunk down until the water rested at his nose. Both of their faces were flushed with the heat.
"Inuyasha?" asked the monk.
"yeah?"
"…Naraku and I were thinking about having a child."
"…well, its your choice. I noticed that after you mated with Naraku, you lost your perverted nature." Inuyasha then dropped into the water. Miroku sighed. As Inuyasha popped back up, Miroku spoke.
"however, I don't know if Naraku can have a child. are men able to…oh. Never mind." Miroku locked eyes with the Canine, who glared at him like he was an idiot.
"Miroku, you do know you are talking to someone who gave birth to two healthy children?" the Inu scolded.
"hehe…stupid question."
"you think?" ignoring he twittering that came from Miroku, Inuyasha trickled the water across his arms.
"…so Inuyasha? Is it possible for Naraku and I to have a family?"
"I don't know. Naraku was, is, pure male. My father was able to give birth because he casted a spell to help him bear a pu or two. But the spell is dangerous. Because once casted, the one it was placed on, the Bearer, has to remove the pup unnaturally."
~~~~eight years ago~~~~
InuTaisho cried out. The pup was eager for birth. Sesshomaru rested to his left, the Lord was unconscious due to poison shot his way.
"Chichi-ue, what must me do to help?" asked Inuyasha. The baby Kaede whimpered at her mother's distress and her grandsires agony.
"go get me a blanket for the pup. And some sewing thread." Easing himself up so his back rested against the wall, InuTaisho reached for a well sharpened knife. Biting down on his lip, the Dog Emperor then pressed the blade into his belly and cut across where the pup was. Blood covered the male and wafted through the room. The male cried out. Kaede wailed. Inuyasha then tried to calm her down.
"inu…Inuyasha. Take baby Kaede away and give her Naraku to take care of." InuTaisho then gave a weak smile as he watched his son carry his grandchild away.
Knowing that no one was around to help, InuTaisho took a deep breath and sliced the walls of his temporary womb open and plunged his hand into his body. He was crying out in pain. Feeling a firm, formed body, InuTaisho then slowly lifted the baby out of him. The pup was slick with blood and not making a sound. A closer inspection showed that the pup was sound asleep. Newly born and now feeling the cool air, the tiny pup began to move. The baby opened its tiny mouth and cried, a mewling, whimpering cry. Chuckling softly to himself, InuTaisho held the pup close. He began to lick the pup thoroughly. Inuyasha came rushing back in, a soft clean blanket in his hands. The Dog Emperor finished licking his mewling newborn, then began to inspect the babe for anything wrong. He was quick to sense that the baby was mute. The mews it made now were the first, and last sounds it will make. He also saw and scented that his newborn was a boy.
"Yahiko. My baby shall be called Yahiko." Wrapping the pup in the blanket, InuTaisho began to close weary eyes. The scent of death slowly wrapping itself around the male.
"Father? Father! Stay awake!" Inuyasha began to shake the male. But InuTaisho gave out one last sigh, and stilled. The only sound was the shuffling of cloth coming from the newborn. Inuyasha was quick to run over and violently shaking his mate awake.
"Sesshomaru! SESSHOMARU! Wake up! Father is…is.." Sesshomaru was instantly awake at the scent of his mate's tears. He inspected the scene in front of him. His father, dead with wriggling pup in his arms, blood pooling on the ground. Inuyasha shaking and crying.
"Calm down Inuyasha. Let me get up." Standing, Sesshomaru walked over to his father. He unsheathed the Tenseiga. Concentrating, Sesshomaru saw the hell demons gather to collect his sire's soul. With one quick swing, the hell imps were gone. The two Canines waited.
InuTaisho took a deep breath. He coughed a few times.
"ugh…WHERE IS MY PUP!" bolting up, InuTaisho cried out in pain. He caused blood to start flowing again.
"MY LORD!" a pale Kanadi came running in. she quickly went to work tending to the stomach wound. Locating the pup, InuTaisho calmed down a bit. Heavy footsteps came this way, followed by two pairs of lighter ones.
INU!" Ryukotsusei threw open the door and stormed over to his mate. Seiryu and Miwako were close behind him.
"what happened?" asked Seiryu. Inuyash turned his head away.
"Father died. I was lucky that Inuyasha woke me. He was lucky that I have mastered Tenseiga." Sesshomaru said.
"Oh Inu," Ryukotsusei said. In his mind, "we will have no more children. I don't want to lose my mate."
"Ryu, come look at our son." InuTaisho handed newborn Yahiko to Ryukotsusei. Yahiko opened his eyes.
"they're purple. Dragon eyes."
~~~~present day~~~~
Sighing, Miroku shook his head.
"if I help Naraku, will there be a chance for us starting a family?" egged Miroku. Inuyasha sighed.
"I don't know. It depends whenever he goes into heat." And witht hat, the Beta stepped out of the hot water. He dressed and waited for Miroku.
"um…Inuyasha?"
"yeah?"
"where are my clothes?" Inuyasha did a quick look around. All he found was a single sandal.
"monkeys." Sighing, the Canine began to strip.
"wear mine for now."
"but! Sesshomaru will kill me if I do!" smiling, Inuyasha called forth his yoki. He began to shift into his Canine form.
{I will go as this. It will be okay.} the canine Inuyasha then waited for Miroku to dress.
They went on their way.
~~~~blah~~~~
Yay! Finally, the first chapter done at 3 am! Stay tune for the next one.
Spoiler: meet all the pupsx
