Chapter Three: Ten Years, Five children
It was Taro's tenth birthday and he was bouncing around the garden with his cousin Ai, Draco and Inutaisho's first-born daughter, her name meant love. She was nine and was running with Taro as her Uncle Harry chased them around with Uncle Inuyasha. The two children had stolen the birthday cake and eaten it early and were now laughing as the two men chased them around.
Sesshomaru laughed as he watched Taro get caught by Harry and tickled, while Ai was fast enough to jump on Inuyasha and dart back towards the palace. Yet he stood in her way and she paused, the children all knew that Harry, Inuyasha and Inutaisho were pushovers but Sesshomaru, Kouga and Draco were stricter. Seeing as how it was a party he stepped aside and let her run back inside where he knew she would curl up with Inutaisho and sleep.
Rin was a young woman now and she was getting married to Kohaku in a few days, so the two were gone. Hakudoshi and Kanna were moving around the globe helping heal the sick as their father Draco had taught them. Shippo was sitting with his legs crossed watching the entire scene play out, he remembered back when he was a pup and had played like that with his parents, then Harry when he took him in. Glancing over at the younger three children he chuckled, all of Draco's children had golden hair and golden eyes, the twins were six and the boy was Kin, Golden, and the girl was Midori, Green. The third child was Inuyasha's first born, a little girl named Shika, Deer, she had Kouga's black hair but golden eyes, and she was only five.
"Shippo" Harry called walking over to his oldest son, sitting down he smiled, "I thought you would be missing Taro's birthday this year," he said sitting next to him. Taro had run off to play with his older sister Ayami who was eleven and a half now.
"Well Kouga sent me home saying one of us had to be here," Shippo responded. He traveled with Kouga to help with the ever expanding Pack of Wolf demons, "He will be home in a few weeks, Kanna swung by to visit the Pack and they are catching up."
"Ah, and how does Kanna look?" Draco asked as he came upon the two. He was pregnant again as was Harry but neither were showing, he missed his daughter who had taken to healing so well.
"She is well, misses' home and she might stop by soon for a visit," Shippo said smiling at his Uncle who still looked as young as he had when they met. Harry and Draco had stopped aging, "Sango have trouble with the birth of Tori?" he asked. Sango and Miroku had their first daughter Tori, bird, a few months ago.
"None at all," Harry said smiling, he had been there for the delivery, "Come inside it's about time for presents. I'd offer you cake but two little hellions thought they could eat it all," he chuckled and the three headed inside to see Sesshomaru holding Taro upside down laughing as his son tried to get free. Inuyasha was holding to Ai who was laughing as Inutaisho tickled her.
"Brother!" Ayami cried darting over to jump on Shippo, "I haven't seen you in forever!" growing up she had spent more time with Shippo then the others as he was still young enough for her to play with yet old enough to keep her out of trouble.
"Hello Ayami," Shippo chuckled before getting hugged by Rin and Kohaku as well, the couple had come home for the birthday and were getting married at the palace in a week.
After the party Sesshomaru held tight to his husband and smiled warmly down at his mate who was sleeping away. He had been beyond sleepy after the party because he had chased his children around the palace and was having fun sleeping now; he was amazed someone so small and beautiful had captured his heart so fully. Placing a gentle kiss to his neck he smiled as he drifted off holding his lover close. They had ten years and he still could not get enough of the gorgeous man he loved so much.
