So 'menoto' means instructor as to a prince. There ya go so on with the fic. Much love for you all. Keva
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"Toda!" Onigumo squealed as he ran towards the dog general.
Toga squatted down, held his arms open, and caught the boy when he ran into him. "It's To-GA." He gave him a tickle to his belly as he stood up.
"To-DA." He repeated with a giggle.
"Heathen." He growled as he tickled his side.
"Stop Toda!" He grabbed him by the wrist and tried to pull his hand away. "That tickles."
"Very well." He conceded as he walked into his study with the little boy. "So what did you learn today?"
Onigumo drew his brows as he stared up at the inu. "I learned one," he held up a single finger. "is two." He nodded proudly up at him.
"No." He grinned at the boy. "It's one," he touched his finger to Onigumo's. "plus one is two." He held his finger next to his. "See one of your fingers and one of my fingers is two fingers."
"One, two." He repeated as he touched each finger with his free hand.
"Good." He nodded proudly at him.
"Toda?" Onigumo stared up at him and drew his brows deeply.
"What?"
He pressed his lips together tightly trying to put his thoughts into words.
Toga tangled his fingers into his hair and smiled when he looked up at him.
"Are you going to marry my mommy?" He suddenly questioned.
Silver brows rose highly at that. "Why would you ask such a thing?"
"That's what Nori said." He nodded. "That you and mommy are going to get married and that Sessy is going to be my…" He trailed off as he tried to remember.
"Brother?" He questioned when he started scowling at not being able to remember.
Onigumo nodded his head vigorously up at him. "Yea brother."
"Well I don't know." He answered honestly. "I haven't known your mommy long enough to decide if I want to marry her or not."
"You should marry mommy." He ordered determinedly.
"Oh?" He questioned with an arched brow. "And why is that?"
He just shrugged his little shoulder. "Because."
Well that's exactly what he expected for an answer. "Maybe but your mommy has to want to marry me too."
He stared up at him wide eyed. "Mommy will marry you." He nodded knowingly.
"She will will she?" He smirked. "I think your mommy might have something to say about that."
"What will she say?"
Toga grinned as he imagined the face Kagome was going to make when she found out about this little conversation."I'm pretty sure she's going to say no." He answered simply knowing that that's exactly what she would say. Especially since she had this crazy notion that she was going to return to her own time which if that was where she was suppose to be she'd be there.
He was a believer in the notion that things happened for a reason. So that meant Kagome and Onigumo were brought here to this time and to him for a reason and whatever that reason was they were going to fulfill it. He didn't think for a second she was brought back in time to him to help him fight Ryukotsusei and only partially to prevent him from dying to save his second son. Though the more he thought about it the more he was sure she was sent back for Sesshoumaru's sake. Now what was her role in his life suppose to be was where the real question came into play. As far as he was concerned her only role for his son was to keep him on his toes and make him see everything wasn't as black and white as he assumed it was.
When it came right down to it he decided that Kagome was a potential life mate for him. Sure there was Izayoi but she wasn't the woman for him. From the moment he met her he knew she wasn't going to be his wife or mate or anything other than his mistress. She was soft and sweet and good for being coddled when the need arose. Yet he wanted something more than a soft mind and body he wanted those two things and more.
He wanted a woman that was strong in every way. He wanted a woman that held true to the values of heart and soul. He wanted a woman that would be a good mother and not just to her own child but to his son as well. He wanted a woman that wasn't hardened and jaded by the life dealt to her by the Kami. He wanted a woman he could truly love inside and out whose inner light shined as bright as his own.
What he wanted was Kagome.
She was all those things and more. She was a strong woman that could and would stand against him and his son as needed. She was a protective mother to Onigumo who wasn't her own and to another in a time that had yet come to be. What was even more astounding than that was that she was a human and a miko and she loved that little yokai boy as if he were her own flesh and blood. She was everything he ever wanted in a woman and the only flaw as far as he could see was that she was a human. However that didn't bother him in the least and she more than made up for that by being such a powerful warrior and a miko.
"Noooo." Onigumo shook his head. "She'll say yes."
He grinned down at the boy in his lap. "Oh you think so do you?"
"Yes." He nodded. "I know my mommy and she'll marry you so Sessy can be my brother."
He couldn't help but chuckle at that. "And have you talked to Sessy about being your brother?"
"Yes." He nodded determinedly at him. "He said it was okay."
"I think my boy you're lying to me." He arched a silver brow questioningly at him.
"Nuh-huh." He shook his head. "Sessy said it was okay."
"Hmm…" He hummed at him. "How about we go have a talk with Sesshoumaru about this."
"Okay." He shrugged with a nod.
He suddenly had to wonder if Onigumo was in fact telling the truth with how uncaring he was about it. Then again it could be that he was too young to understand what he was saying to which he was certain was the case.
"Alright we'll go talk to him but first we need to have a talk." He nodded seriously at him.
Onigumo tilted his head to the side. "We are talking."
"No," he grinned at him. "we need to talk about me and your mommy leaving."
"Leaving?" He drew his brows deeply. "But what about me?"
"You are going to stay here with Nori until we come back." He ruffled his hair. "And you're going to be the man of the house while we are gone."
Onigumo grinned hugely at that quite liking being call the man of the house. "What does the man of the house do?"
"Well he makes sure the house is still here when I get home and that everyone is safe."
"But," he scowled down at his lap. "I don't like everyone." He nodded.
"Ah but you have to keep them safe too." He nodded. "That's what being the man of the house is all about."
He pressed his lips together tightly. "No I don't want to be the man of the house." He shook his head. "Let Sessy do it."
"Sesshoumaru is going to go with me."
Oh he did not like that at all and frowned deeply. "I want to go too."
"You're too little to go this time." He smiled comfortingly at him. "Next time when you're a little bigger you can go. Plus," he poked him in the belly. "if you're gone who is going to keep Nori safe?"
He again pressed his lips together tightly in thought. "I will." He nodded.
"Good and I'll even give you your own personal guard to help you out."
His eyes brightened at that. "Really?"
"Really." He grinned. "But first we have to find you one."
Onigumo nodded up at him. "I want the kitty for a guard."
"Kitty?" He drew his brows deeply. "What kitty?"
"Sessy's kitty."
"Oh I see you like Kei do you?"
He nodded his head. "Yes, he plays with me and tells me stories and he plays with Sessy and Nori and plays chase with the badder."
"The badder? Who's the badder?" He should have figured Kei for the perfect guard for the boy.
"Kenya."
"Oh you mean Kenta." He nodded and he could only imagine what kind of trouble Kei was stirring up with the badger demon. He'd be glad when the boy finally grew up and out of his feisty behavior. Though being neko meant he probably never would fully grow out of it.
"That's what I said Kenya." He pointed out with a nod.
"So you did." He grinned at him. "Well I'll talk to Kei and see if he will be your assistant guard but Sesshoumaru might take Kei with him when we go. So what about Kenta just in case?"
"I guess." He scowled not liking that at all.
"You don't like Kenta?"
He shrugged his little shoulder as he stared up at him. "He doesn't play with me or read me stories and says life doesn't have time for me."
He nearly laughed out at that. "Yes but he's very strong and maybe he could teach you to fight like he does so you can get big and strong like him."
"Is he stronger than you?" He questioned wide eyed.
"No." He shook his head. "I'm the strongest warrior in…"
"Your own head." Sesshoumaru cut him off.
"Sessy!" Onigumo beamed at the younger inu.
Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes slightly upon the boy. He couldn't figure out for the life of him why the boy was so attached to him and after such a short time. Every time he turned around there he was following him around telling him about everything he learned in his studies. The boy was a pest and if he wasn't a mere baby he'd cut his tongue off just for a moments worth of silence out of him.
"Son." Toga nodded. "What can I do for you?"
"The scouts have returned." He nodded curtly. "Ryukotsusei has been spotted half a day's travel east of here. Kenta has departed to monitor his movements and Kei and I will depart at first son to intercept should he move until your arrival."
"Oh?" Toga arched a brow at him. "And you just decided this without conferring with me first?"
Sesshoumaru sighed deeply through his nose. "It is an enemy we face and will be dealt with as we have dealt with the many enemies before it." He pointed out rather irritated that he had to explain something so simple to him.
"As you wish though I was thinking of having Kei act as personal guard to this little imp." He tickled the boy in his lap.
Sesshoumaru cut his eyes from his father to the laughing boy and back again. "The boy will be fine without a guard." He pointed out simply. "However if you insist he has one old Tanaka will suffice."
"Old Tanaka?" His silver brows rose highly. "Certainly?"
He again sighed through his nose like he was talking to a simpleton. "I find he has been rather irritating as of late and needs something to do."
"As you wish." He smirked finding it rather odd that Sesshoumaru would give up his personal menoto who he secretly looked up to for Onigumo.
Sesshoumaru nodded curtly. "We will depart at first sun and you and the girl will arrive no later than high sun tomorrow." He ordered then swept from the room before his father could say a word to that.
"Uppity little brat." He muttered to himself.
"Nooo…" Onigumo shook his head at him. "Sessy not a brat."
"Oh and you know do you?" He smiled at the boy.
"Uh-huh." He nodded.
"Well then maybe you're the brat." He poked his belly.
"No you're the brat." He countered and poked him right back.
Toga sighed deeply. "Well someone around here has to be the brat so I might as well be me."
"Okay." Onigumo grinned up at him.
"Monster." He growled then began tickling him until he was giggling loudly.