Ch.2: The convincement.
Sesshoumaru awoke the next morning feeling warm and contented. He had no Idea WHY he felt so, he just knew that he did.
He stretched, yawned, and snuggled further into the warmth, only to have it rumble with a chuckle. Wait, that couldn't be right. Last time he had checked, warmth didn't rumble. He subconsciously frowned.
"Are you going to wake up, or sleep all Day Sessh? If you plan to sleep, let me know, and I can go back to sleep." Came a familiar voice. He knew that voice. Who was it? A picture formed in his mind. Why was the name escaping him? He pondered for a while, but was once more interrupted from his musing by the voice. And it was annoyed right now. "Yo, Sessh! Can you hear me?!" The voice seemed to be covering for something. Concern, maybe?
"Shut up Inuyasha." Inuyasha! That was the name that went with the voice that went with the heat! Wait, what? He was confusing himself again, and the warmth was getting annoyed again, and trying to leave. "Please stay, Inuyasha. I need to sleep, and you make me feel safe. Protected." He murmurs into the chest of the other. Such warmth, he couldn't leave. He WOULDN'T leave.
His words seem to have pacified the warmth, as it settled in around him, making him even more comfortable than before, and, wanting to be closer to it, snuggle into the warmth further.
-----oOoOo----- One month later -----oOoOo-----
He and the warmth had slept all day. The only reason that they were stirring now, was because of that loud mouthed miko. She first stirred the warmth, causing it to become irate, causing it to make the taiyoukai whimper.
He didn't like these feelings. He didn't want to feel helpless, or afraid, or insecure. He made up his mind. Screw traveling with the group, he'd find another way home, but he had to make sure to do it when no one was around. He stood up and headed for the door, only to be questioned by the older miko, who had insisted upon traveling with them, incase there were complications with the "poison".
"Where are ye going child?" she inquired. "This Sesshoumaru shall return in a moment, I'm just going to the restroom." And, with that lie told, he went to exit the hut. He had decided to leave, and he would not risk being questioned or dissuaded, two things he hated more than humans. Which was saying a lot in his case. He walked into the forest, and took a sniff. His home was in front of him, and it was relieving him that he was not even a day's travel away.
He was one month pregnant now, and a third of the way through his pregnancy. He still didn't have obvious signs, as they would not show until towards the end of the second month, when he would develop breasts, and his hips would widen for the natural process of birth to be accomplished with no problems. Also, the babes would begin to rapidly grow throughout the third month, leaving him in bed rest.
But these symptoms would not occur until later. Heh. Symptoms. He was thinking on the pregnancy as though it were a sickness. Well, he supposed it was one, but that was beside the point.
For now, he was content to just have lost his 8 pack, and have it replaced with relatively flat abs, but still with a bulge.
He subconsciously placed his hand there. It was a habit he was beginning to develop. It made him less paranoid about dangers being around. Yes, he couldn't wait for this to be over. And he to be back to his normal self.
While he had been dressing a few mornings ago, he noticed the mating mark that had been given to him. He also remembered seeing a similar one on Inuyasha. He had to come up with a way to get rid of the marks without his brother becoming suspicious. That was going to be a rather difficult task, since his brother was always suspicious.
Speaking of suspicions, he suspected his brother was following him at the moment (which he was), though he had no time to comment on this, as Naraku steps from behind the trees. He could sense that his brother was debating whether or not to come out, but decided not to.
"Ah, Lord Sesshoumaru, I see we meet again. How are the pups?" The spider drawls with his mischievous voice.
"That is none of your business Naraku. Leave." The youkai hissed.
"Aww, but didn't I vow to kill the heir to the west? Well, should I say, heirs, as there are two within you? What would your brother think if he knew that you, his beta, carried both his pups, AND his mark this entire time, but never said anything to him?" The sly half-demon inquires with raised brow.
"That is none of your concern, filth. Leave."
Sesshoumaru barely got that sentence out, when Naraku suddenly lunges forward to attack. Sesshoumaru, barely dodges the attack, enough to miss fatal injury to himself and the pups. And was relieved, when Inuyasha stepped out and killed the puppet.
He didn't feel that same relief when Inuyasha turned to me.
"So the marks were…"
"Yes." Sesshoumaru ashamedly replies.
"Uhn hunh, and you were..."
"Yes." The lord once more ashamedly replies.
"So that could have been…"
"Yes. I'm sorry Inuyasha." Sesshoumaru gets on his knees and begins to beg, clinging to his cloth, as a good beta should "Please, forgive me!"
"Shh, it's okay Sesshoumaru." Inuyasha soothes, as he kneels before him. "I'm not angry. I'm just upset, okay. There is nothing to forgive. I can tell now, that you were confused. Just…relax, okay?"
"Okay, my alfa."
"You're too cute. Now, let's get you to Kaede, so she can patch you up, hunh?" the hanyou asks with his head cocked to the side, like a puppy.
His beta couldn't help but smile, and oblige. He didn't even complain when he was picked up, bridal style, and carried back.
----oOoOo-----
'Kagome's not gonna like this' was the only thing that the half-demon had on his mind the entire time, but he didn't really care. He wasn't afraid of being sat, and the only worries he had were for his ears and his mate's sanity. She could fuck herself as far as he was concerned.
Sorry that this was shorter than the other chapters, but the word count is about the same. Any who, hope that you enjoyed, and please let me know if my story is forming out to be like any others you have ever/already read on this forum.
Koishiitenshi