Chapter 8: Home Once More

Sesshoumaru smelt new demons approaching the battlefield, and cut down a low level demon.

"Looks like fresh meat to chew boys!" He snarled as he battled and watched the four mysterious females take part in battle. Blood filled his nose, along the smell of two pregnant females. He knew that it had come from the girls, and the four boys cut down the demons, taking multiple out at a time.

Kohaku growled, he smelt children near, and they were human. But he was distracted when Kai barked at him.

"Come on! We've got four more standing!" he hollered, and Kohaku started towards the woods.

Rin saw her husband go after Mabaru and Ruby. She charged him, finally growing courage to face a man, and when he posed a threat to her children, she was lost, gone into a maternal protecting stage. Kagome went after Sesshoumaru, Akina went after the nearest male, who was Takumi, and Megumi was already lost in battle with Kai.

Kagome flipped backwards, narrowly avoiding Sesshoumaru's poison whip. He grew bored of her dodging antics, and drew Tokijin. She drew both Katanas, and the swords clashed, neither gaining on the other.

Kai had his hands full, Megumi was trained by Marici, who was a very skilled warrior. Rin was leading Kohaku away from the kids, and Akina was losing with Takumi.

Kagome smelt fresh blood, and looked at her companions.

"NO!" She cried, and left Sesshoumaru to slice thin air. Takumi had stabbed Akina through the heart, piercing the lung. "Akina!" she said, falling to her side. The fighting stopped abruptly, as everybody not only recognized the voice, but also the name. Rin and Megumi came running to her side, and the children burst out to see what had happened. Kagome held Akina by her chest.

"Kags-" Akina sobbed, before going limp, dead. Kagome was so overcome with grief, she had forgotten about her dagger. the girls had made it to Kagome's side.

"Kags?" Megumi whispered, shaking Kagome's crying body. But when Kagome looked up, Rin gasped.

"Get her body and the children away from here." she said, before her eyes turned black and empty. They rushed the body away, and once she was sure they were far enough, she drew her swords and began to fling them at Takumi, who was so surprised, he got a cut in his armor, from how hard and fast Kagome had swiped. He fell to the ground, bleeding slightly, and Kagome knocked him out. Kai ran at Kagome, as did Kohaku and Sesshoumaru. She rolled Kai off her back and kicked Kohaku square in the jaw, knocking them both out at the same time. Sesshoumaru was the one to dodge her attacks, she was much quicker than he was, and almost lost footing over the dead bodies. His Blood rage had stopped the moment he heard her voice, and he realized at that time who she was, who they all were. Doing something daring and stupid, he flung himself on top of her, knocking her to the ground. She struggled under him, but immediately stopped as he bit into her neck, over the mating mark, bringing her out of the rage. Kagome's eyes turned back to lilac and she saw his face.

"Sess-" she whispered, just before fainting in his arms. He looked to the woods, and picked up his mate. Walking over to the breathing pile of bodies, he kicked them awake. Kai, Kohaku and Takumi, still bleeding, holding his chest, slowly stood. The girls, all but Rin, who stayed with Akina's body and her two kids, ran to their mates, happy to see them reunited. Kai looked around, saw his mates body and rushed over, Kohaku not far behind. There were teary exchanges, deep kisses, and then Sesshoumaru formed a cloud.

"Are you all coming?" he said, stepping on. They nodded. Kai swooped his mate's body up, and Rin led the children over to Kohaku, who started to explain as they got on with the rest of them. Sesshoumaru put the last of his energy into speeding the damn thing, hurrying to get them home, for everybody's sake.

Sesshoumaru couldn't revive Akina, but they froze her body, until Kagome woke up. Turns out that she was the only one that could weild her life dagger. Mizuki had to put a sleeping spell on her father, so he would be passed out when she woke up.

Kagome woke up a month later, to her daughter placing a washcloth on her forehead.

"Baby?" She said weakly. Mizuki stared at her mother, who had grabbed her hand.

"Mother!" Mizuki cried, happy to see her mother better again. It had been almost two years since she's seen her, and Mizuki was solitary and silent since she had woken up. Now that her mother was back, her emotions came back, as did her cheery smile. "Are you ok? Did they hurt you?"

"I'm ok Mizuki. Now, go get your father. I- I need to talk to him." Mizuki nodded. Helping her sit up, they hugged and Mizuki was gone. Instants later, Sesshoumaru was in the room by her head. His eyes showed hurt, the same hurt he had experienced when Kagome revealed herself back to him.

"Kags?" he said, tears starting to fall. she nodded, and unconsciously placed her hands on her bulging stomach. His eyes widened as did hers. How could I not feel this within me? I felt Megumi, but not me. Sesshoumaru will be pissed... she thought, her hands had left her stomach, up in the air as if in a surrender, her eyes wild. Sesshoumaru was trying to smell what it was. Of course, he thought the worst, that Kagome had left him for another.

"Sesshoumaru, I swear-" she started, but he held his hand up. He refused to listen, and turned away from her. But a smell hit his nose, and it hurt; Turning back around, he noticed that she had bit her wrist. "Take a lick, you'll see my memories, you will know what happened." she said. She was refusing to heal herself, and he knew she keep doing it if the healer was brought in. So he placed his mouth on the sore and licked the blood away, healing it instantly. He watched as his eyes were flooded with visions of her being used by humans, subdued powers through a necklace, her helplessly playing along for her life, the trek across China. His eyes snapped back to Kagome, who was crying silently into her hands. Sesshoumaru held his mate close to his chest, not letting her go. She was pregnant with a hanyou, and would hold it for another month, before having it. This was very unique, because Kagome was half-demon and demigod. Would the child be a mix or would it be just a hanyou or just a demigod? There were so many questions to ask, and nobody had the answers. Would Marici know?

Well, Marici couldn't tell them anything, and Kagome was afraid of everything that could possibly go wrong during the birth. Akina was defrosted and revived, thankfully, and Kai was happy. Megumi had her child, and it was a beautiful girl, though the birth was long and difficult. It lasted nearly a week, and with her screams, nobody could sleep, and Kagome tried everything to keep from screaming with her. But Kagone was born healthy, and Takumi was happy for nothing else. Sesshoumaru wasn't too happy of the birth happening under his roof, but it was acceptable, and everybody waved as they left for their lands.

Not ten hours after Megumi had left that morning, Kagome was screaming to kill, she was thrown into labor, and it was worse than Megumi's screams. Sesshoumaru, reluctantly, had to leave his castle until sent word from them that it was over.

Four days later, Kei was born, healthy and with a very tired but happy mother. It turned out, that her pushing was turning the child right, it was backwards and stuck. word was sent to Sesshoumaru and he returned. Kagome's demeanor with children, he knew the child was here to stay. But what was even stranger, was that Kei (Named after her dead father) was full demon. Not a trace of human or god blood in him. she couldn't understand it, nobody could. Marici didn't even see it in her visions. Kagome was now stuck on doing two things: One, she was taking care of Kei, and two, she was trying to locate Aoi's aura. She had learned something while tracking through China. If she concentrated on one person with anger hard enough, she could kill them.

She found Aoi, alright, a month later. He was headed towards the castle. She played a dirty trick on her family. Once she knew everybody was inside, she sealed all the exits into and out of the castle, so Aoi couldn't take anymore of her family. Then she grabbed Ash and met Aoi in the sky.

"Ahh, Kagome. I see you're no longer pregnant. You see, I didn't have to touch you to make you pregnant. Though I am not the kid's father, it was easy to do."

"You!" she snarled in his direction. "You shall never harm anybody anymore!"

"Really? Are you, uh, challenging my to a fight- of course as humans."

"Humans?"

"Powers enough for speed. The rest is blocked off. Hand to Hand combat, easy enough to attempt to kill you."

They flew down into the dojo, where everybody that heard their talk waited, afraid of what would happen. She sealed the dojo, separate from the castle, but refraining anything from exiting. She drew the tetseiga, and it transformed. With Inuyasha full demon, and the Tetseiga accepting her, she was able to protect her family. Now she held her own Katana and the tetseiga in her hands. Aoi was unprepared as far as her skill went. An onna was not very adverse in fighting.

It didn't matter much, because he dodged one attack, but then was killed. She knew he'd come back, so Kagome formed a ball, and sucked his soul and energy into it. The ball became glass, and she said a spell to it. It was purified in her hands instantly, and she flew around to see her infant child held in Rin's arms, had his arms outstretched, his hands glowing pink. the seals came down, and everybody rushed to congratulate her. She picked up Kei and hugged him tightly. Looking at Marici for answers, Marici shrugged, completely clueless as how it happened. Kagome looked at her newborn son, smiling, thankful that somebody else is watching over him, which put her mind at ease as the onyx crystal turned pitch black, saying the threat is over, and everybody is at peace.