Teething

Seshoumaru was worried. Kagome was acting very ill. Her scent didn't give away any sign of illness, but the fact that she was not eating or sleeping that well, aroused his suspicions.

Also, lately she been more irritable and fussy, something she had never been before. She had started gnawing on things. At night, he woke up to find her gnawing on the rounded futon post.

Something was wrong with her. He had even attempted to consult his mother, something which he had never done before. She too however, had been at a loss.

"Father."

His father looked down at his serious son. He could scent a hint of worry in his aura, so he nodded.

"Would you look after Kagome. I have extra lessons to attend to, and she is not feeling well."

His father's eyes widened, as he picked up the girl, and examined her, "What is wrong with her?"

His son sighed, and Inu no Taisho noted that his son's appearance looked almost haggard, "I do not understand. She is gnawing on things. She is not sleeping, and she refuses to eat."

"I shall watch her."

Seshoumaru nodded, and left for his lessons, while his father looked at a grumpy and oddly silent Kagome.

"Well, little one. Just what is wrong with you?"

Kagome raised her hands as if wanting him to bring her closer. He complied.

She looked at him, and grabbed onto his nose and started biting it.

"Not this again."

The Lord of the West sighed, and pulled her away, and then noted the tears in her blue gaze. She seemed to be in pain, and kept clenching and unclenching her jaws.

'Could it be?'

He whirled around, intent on finding the maid, who looked after Kagome when she needed it.

He found her attending to her mate, and beckoned her.

She bowed before him, "My Lord?"

"Find me a smooth rock, which is clean."

She nodded, and departed, not knowing what her lord wanted to do with a rock.

She brought the smoothest rock she could possible find, and presented it to her lord.

To her amazement, he gave it to the little girl, who started gnawing on it.

"You may go."

The Lord of the West looked at Kagome who was busy slobbering over the rock, and his mind shifted to the time when Seshoumaru had first teethed. It had been a difficult experience for everybody, because since he had been just a month old, he would bite anybody who came near him, poisoning them. It had been a difficult month. They had finally given him a rock, which he had reduced to dust in a week.

He smiled at the memory. Things had been so different back then.

He felt a tiny hand on his cheek, and met the gaze of a curious Kagome. She offered him the slobbery rock and he chuckled, shaking his head in denial.

"She is teething?"

He turned at his mate's voice. She stood in the open archway, looking at the two of them.

Her mate smiled, and she joined them.

They looked across the massive gardens, together.

"Have you heard the news? The uprisings are rising. There is very little time left, mate."

Inu no Taisho nodded, "It will take the rebellion at least two years to attack. The Western Lands has a powerful and bloody history. Few are willing enough to raise arms against us.

Lady InuKimi sighed, "However, they will have to be separated soon. Seshoumaru will take it the hardest. He has become extremely attached to his little mate."

Her mate rubbed Kagome's cheeks gently, "He will survive. As will she. They will be reunited. "

Lady InuKimi just sighed.

"Have you made the arrangements?"

She nodded, "Yes. Everything has been prepared."

They both fell silent, as they felt their son's aura approaching.