Stay at Home Puppy
Visitor pt. 2
Inuyasha was just knew that something was going to happen today and he couldn't figure out if the butterflies in his stomach were a good sign or a bad sign, but he knew for certain that something was going to happen. Wanting to take his mind off of the conundrum that was ever so persist in his mind, he decided to see what Shippou and Rin were up to. He hadn't played with them in a while considering his steadily expanding girth, but he knew at the moment that they would playing out in the gardens and he would drop in to watch them as they played. He loved to see their faces alight with laughter and innocence, the way his childhood should have been and the way that Shippou and Rins should have began. All of them had been through so much, it just warmed him to see everything as it should be.
Rin and Shippou were indeed in the private gardens that was their designated play area. They were playing tag, though the little fox kit was taking it easy on Rin so that she wouldn't constantly be it, and he could see how happy they both were. Inuyasha placed his hand upon his swollen belly preying to every deity that he could think of that his his and Sesshoumaru's pup(s), they still don't have a clue as to how many, would be able to enjoy a happy childhood. He only wanted the best for his children and he hoped that the rumor of trouble around the palace lands was something that Sesshoumaru could dispatch quickly. He hated worry if his mate was going to come home in time for the birth or that whatever the trouble was would be like another Naraku. Inuyasha shivered violently at his memories of the kumo and what was done to him. Inuyasha was over it, but the memories were always there and the nightmares had come back since Sesshoumaru had been gone. He grinned as the two children noticed him and with the innocent laughter only children could have, they ran over to greet him.
Sesshoumaru couldn't believe what he was seeing. There was no way that he could be alive...no way that he could be alive and have left him and Inuyasha, especially Inuyasha, without his love and guidance. It had taken Sesshoumaru a century of mistakes to learn how to run the Western Palace properly and just as much time to learn how to apply the right diplomacy to the different lords and ladies of Japan. The demon standing before could not possibly be the father that was supposed to have died over two and a half centuries ago, this man could not be his father because his father was never a coward, he never ran away from anything. Sesshoumaru wanted so much to act childishly and pretend that the scene before him was not true. He wanted to close his eyes and hope that when he opened them that nothing would be their and he could admit to having ate something that gave him hallucinations. He didn't, however, he only stared in shock, anger, and sadness. He knew he would have no choice but to give back his position to the man before him because he knew that the demon was returning to the palace. Sesshoumaru also worried for what would happen when his mate laid eyes on the pair before him. He knew his mate would only see it as one more betrayal by people that were supposed to love him and that could set back Inuyasha's emotional recovery to square one.
"Sesshoumaru?" The deep voice broke him of his reverie.
"...." Sesshoumaru was speechless. What were you supposed to say to the parent that you had thought to be dead for over two hundred years. How were you supposed to respond to the revelation that everything you now hold dear could be destroyed because of matters beyond your control. Sesshoumaru felt for the first time in years as though his perfect control could be snapped if the wrong gesture or words were said. Sesshoumaru for once decided that he didn't want to stand strong, that he didn't want to handle the problems that he knew would arise from this situation.
"Sesshoumaru, I came home." The great demon Inu no Taisho told his oldest son. And he was home for good this time.
Inuyasha was excite when he saw Sesshoumaru flying on his cloud of ki in the distance. For the past month, he was so lonely and he was so happy that his mate was coming home. What he didn't expect to see was the gigantic white dog that was racing behind Sesshoumaru. As far as Inuyasha knew, what was left of the white dog clan did not have such large forms as they were not part of the royal family. The feeling in Inuyasha's stomach that had been there all day turned to a weight of dread. Inuyasha's smile slowly died as the forms closed the distance from the palace gates to where he and the children stood.
"Momma," Rin asked in her sweet voice. They had both taken to calling Inuyasha that after they found out he was pregnant. "Who is that with Papa?" Inuyasha looked down with a strained smile at Rin and Shippou.
"I don't know Rin, but I am sure Papa will tell us when he gets here." Inuyasha looked worriedly at the incoming forms. He had a bad feeling about this, but he just didn't know why. He rubbed his belly to soothe the restless pup(s) within. Inuyasha could only hope that it wouldn't lead to anymore bloodshed. He had seen enough of that.