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Mending A Broken Heart

Chapter 10

Kagome sighed happily. The arm that was around her waist moved slightly at the sound of her sigh. It surprised her until memory of the night before came flooding back.

They had arrived back at the castle to find Rin and Shippo chasing Jaken through the halls. Sesshomaru had wanted to drag her upstairs, but the children had wanted to still go on the picnic, so they had spent the afternoon out in the meadow. After dinner, Kagome had tucked Rin and Shippo into bed. Sesshomaru had been waiting outside Shippo's room when Kagome had emerged.

"Good evening, my lord. Were you waiting on me?" Kagome asked causally. Sesshomaru nodded, picked her up, and carried her to him room.

Sesshomaru pulled her closer as she continued to think about the pervious night.

"Good morning, my lady." Sesshomaru purred in her ear. Kagome finally opened her eyes as her thoughts were interrupted.

"Good morning. I am surprised the children haven't come looking for us." Kagome said as she rolled over to face him.

"The servants will care for the children. We are not leaving this bed until you are pupped." Sesshomaru growled. Kagome giggled, but asked her next question with seriousness.

"Are you sure you want more children right away? You looked pretty out of your element yesterday with Rin and Shippo running around you."

"I am not used to being around excited children. Rin tends to be more calm when I am around. I am in need of an heir, Kagome, but not right away if you wish to wait."

"Maybe it would be better to wait until Naraku is defeated before we talk about expanding our family." Kagome stated. Sesshomaru didnt answer right away as his nostrils flared slightly and he moved closer to her.

"I think it might be too late to put that discussion on hold." Sesshomaru said almost regretfully.

"Why?" Kagome asked cautiously. Sesshomaru didnt answer right away. "Sesshomaru?"

"Your scent has changed." Sesshomaru finally answered. Kagome raised an eyebrow at his vague response.

"What does that mean?"

"Well, I could be mistaken, but I believe it means we will be parents sooner rather than later." Sesshomaru answered quietly. Kagome opened her mouth to say something, but quickly closed it again when she didn't know what to say. "Darling, I know you wanted to wait, but you will be a wonderful mother because you are already are one to Shippo."

"I am sorry, I am just in shock. Everything has been changing so fast, I am having a hard time processing it all." Kagome tried to explain. "I will be all right. Are you ready for all these changes?" Sesshomaru smiled and caressed her cheek.

"My little miko, I have been waiting for you for a long time. Now that I have you, a child is just an added blessing." Kagme felt like crying. His statement was the closet he had come to professing love for her. "I have wanted you as my mate since the first time I saw you fight."

"How could you? I didn't even have any control over my powers or know how to aim my arrows." Kagome laughed at the memory of her younger self and far she had progressed since then.

"Love, it wasn't your aim or your control, it was your desire to want to protect your friends, even Inuyasha. You may be able to control your powers and protect yourself now, but your desire and protectiveness has always been a part of you. It is one of the many reasons I love you." Sesshomaru heard Kagome's sharp intake of breath.

"You love me?" Kagome focused her gaze on Sesshomaru's chest.l, afraid to look at him. Sesshomaru lifted her chin to make her look at him.

"Silly miko, what did you think wanting you for my mate meant?"

"I thought it had more to do with my powers and the ability to give you powerful heirs more than anything else." Kagome answered quietly.

"While you will give me powerful heirs, it is you I fell for, Kagome, not your powers. No matter what others think of me, I couldn't spend hundreds of years with someone I mated with only for heirs."

"Hundred of years? Sesshomaru, I won't live for hundred of years. I have maybe sixty, seventy years left."

"My dear, you are now the Lady of the West." Sesshomaru stated.

"Yes, but that doesn't mean I will live any longer than my human lifespan will allow." Kagome countered.

"In a way, you are no longer human." Kagome sat up and looked herself over. She didn't look any different from what she could see.

"I still look the same."

"Kagome, last night when we mated, I bit your shoulder to mark you as my mate to the demon world. In doing so, you will share my lifespan. So as long as I live, so will you and you will not age." Sesshomaru explained as Kagome settled back against his side.

"Are you sure you want to put up with my for that long? I have been told that I have a fierce temper and that I can be demanding." Kagome told Sesshomaru with a smile.

"I could put the same question to you, my dear miko. I have been told that I am cold-hearted and a killing machine. Can you stay with a cold-hearted demon lord for the rest of your days?" Sesshomaru asked. Kagome seemed to give his question some serious thought for a few moments before giving him her answer.

"On one condition."

"And what would that be?"

"That the cold, uncaring attitude that you project to the rest of the world never enters our domain. Here, with me, you be the caring man you really are."

"I promise." Sesshomaru said and leaned down to seal his promise with a kiss. When he finally broke the kiss, Kagome looked up at Sesshomaru with wonder in her eyes. "What it is?"

"In just a few short days, you have managed to show me what love and caring should be. I know now that what I felt for Inuyasha wasn't love. After I recovered from my initial shock of his 'betrayal', I began to see you as the man you really are and to also develop feelings for you. At forst, I thought they were feelings caused by my loss of Inuyasha and you were his brother, so I thought that those feelings had just been transfered to you. But I realized that they are much deeper and different than anything I have ever felt before. I hope you can believe me when I say how much I have come to love you, my darling Sesshomaru." Kagme finished with a sigh.

"I believe you, my love. In addition to your condition, I promise you that I will love and protect you and our family all the days of my life, even though you are capable of protecting yourself." Sesshomaru kissed her again and Kagome smiled against his lips.

"So, my lord, since it seems that you have already carried out the promise of us not leaving this room until I was carrying your child, shall we rise for the day? Or shall we hide for awhile longer?"

"Tired of me already?"

"Never, but we will have to return to reality at some point." Kagome pointed out with a chuckle.

"Tomorrow." Sesshomaru said as he leaned down to kiss her again.

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