Title: Sunlight through the Mist

Author: landofthekwt

Rating: PG-13 for hanyous with hangovers

Prompt: Mist Dokuga Weekly Perfection Drabble #17

Word Count:400

Warnings: Hanyous with hangovers.

Summary: Inuyasha wakes on the day after "Child Birth Complications" to face the reality of his situation.

The sun shown through the morning mist and awakened the sleeping hanyou from his sake induced haze. It brought him back to the unpleasant reality of his own situation.

Yesterday should have been the best day of his life. Unfortunately, the birth of "his son" caused more pain than he had ever felt in his life.

The revelation that "his son" was actually the result of the union of Sesshoumaru and Kagome was shocking. It had never occurred to him that Kagome had any interest in Sesshoumaru much less than she had been intimate with him.

His trust in Kagome was his deepest held belief. If she could be unfaithful to him, what else could he possibly count on.

His efforts to gain satisfaction by taking out his anger on Sesshoumaru had proved fruitless. All it done was allow the tai-youkai to physically and verbally abuse him. It brought back all of hated memories of his childhood.

Maybe Sesshoumaru was on target with his taunts.. Why would she want a hanyou when she could have a tai-youkai..

All of this had led him to Goshinboku where he had crawled inside of a bottle of sake. Anything to escape the reality of his situation.

"Ah, there you are. Kagome thought that you might be here. She was worried about you and sent me out to look for you."

It took Inuyasha a minute to realize that the speaker was Miroku. What was he doing here.?

"Go away. There is no one there that wants to see me.."

The next sound that he heard was the whack of Miroku's staff against his skull.

"Ow, what was that for?"

" Trying to beat some sense into that thick skull of yours. You have a wife who loves you and needs you right now.. Are you just going to walk away and let Sesshoumaru take everything you ever wanted away from you or you are willing to fight for her?"

"I tried fighting and this was the result."

"I mean you have to go to Kagome and find a way to live with her despite everything that has happened. Otherwise, she will go to Sesshoumaru and you will have nothing."

Miroku's words were sobering. He would try and go on. It was good thing that he had a friend like Miroku to make him see the light.