Chapter Seven
"I want to see him."
"He doesn't want to see you. Leave. Now." Sesshomaru had hold of the annoying female humans arm to prevent her from trying to run into the cave again. He had been walking back from hunting when he had heard a snarl and a scream. He had dropped the deer he had been carrying and ran to the cave to find the girl on the ground outside the cave, her leg bleeding and tears in her eyes, Inuyasha screaming at her to leave him alone.
"I'm not leaving until you talk to me, Inuyasha. Come out here and talk to me."
"Get the fuck away from here! If you try to come in here again I will fucking kill you. Stay away from me!" Inuyasha's voice was laced with panic.
Sesshomaru pulled the girl up until her face was an inch from his. "I told you to stay away. Your human stench is distressing my brother. He has told you to leave. Now you will leave. If you come back, I'll kill you myself."
Movement in the trees heralded the arrival of Miroku and Sango. "Damn it, Kagome. We've been told to stay away. You are the most stubborn person I have ever met."
Sesshomaru threw the girl at the monk. "If she or any of you come back here, I will kill you. Inuyasha doesn't want you here. Leave. Leave this forest. Go back to wherever you came from. If Inuyasha ever wishes to see you again, I will track you down. But if you don't leave this forest it will become your grave."
Miroku gave the demon a short bow. "We'll leave." He clamped a hand over Kagome's mouth when she started to protest. "May I just ask how Inuyasha is doing?"
"He will be a lot better when he isn't distressed by the presence of humans near his pups. But he is doing better. I'm bringing him food so he doesn't need to leave his pups to hunt. That is enough for now." He pointed into the trees. "Leave."
Inuyasha watched his friends leave and his pounding heart slowed. He knew in his heart that they would never harm his pups, but his demon side panicked anytime they were near. "I can't deal with them, Sesshomaru."
"I know."
"They're a threat."
"Yes."
"I'm never going to see them again, am I?"
"That is entirely up to you." Sesshomaru turned to his brother. His eyes were that of someone who had just lost something very important. "You can't handle them near your pups. And you shouldn't. Those pups are more important than anything else in your life has ever been or ever will be. You know they aren't completely safe here. Even standing outside this cave those humans were much to near those pups."
Inuyasha closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "I don't know what to do."
"You have two options. You can come to the castle. You and the pups will all be safe there. I will protect you and them. Or you can stay here. And you will have about a year before their father comes for them."
Inuyasha swallowed painfully and looked up at Sesshomaru. "He'll really come back?"
"He will want his offspring. And he will likely kill you when he takes them."
"If I go to the castle, you can prevent him from taking them?"
"I can."
"You won't take them away from me?"
Sesshomaru frowned. "Why would I want to do that?"
"They're full blooded demons. And they have father's blood."
"They're also full Inu. But no, Inuyasha, I won't take them from you. They are your pups. I'm only offering you my protection."
"Full Inu? How do you know that? I don't remember what their father smelled like."
Sesshomaru sighed and decided he might as well tell him now. "I know who their father is."
