-1Last Chapter- He gave her a reassuring hug and kissed her on the forehead, "I apologize for not being able to stop it." He felt as if demons were ripping threw him…he couldn't protect her from it all.
Chapter 10:
Kagome smiled wickedly to herself humming 'Love Song' by Jack off Jill. She had a great plan. It had been two weeks since her stomach pains, and Sesshomaru had just started letting her out of bed again. But that had nothing to do with her plan. Inuyasha had told her about trying to ask Keya to Setsubun (End of winter celebration.). She had asked the royal seamstress to make a beautiful kimono for Keya, along with that, Kagome had a whole outfit to dress her maid in. She had much to do, and since she was done with that… Sesshomaru had placed her in charge on the Setsubun Celebration, so she needed to see to those plans also.
Flashback
"Sesshomaru…please will you let me up?" He raised an eyebrow, "You wish to use the bathroom?" "No Sesshomaru…" She looked rather annoyed. "Oh so then you wish to take another bath in the hot spring?" "Sesshomaru! Please! You know very well what I want! … Please just trust me, if anything feels wrong I'll come straight to you, and I'll stay here for the rest of the pregnancy if that's what's needed." She looked up at him pleadingly. "Tomorrow you may get up, but do not over whelm yourself…If I feel you are, I'll take you back to bed." He got a glare in return, "I'm not a child Sesshomaru! I don't need your parenting…" He smirked at his love, gently he bent down to kiss her, "I don't want anything happening…and tomorrow also you will be taking over the Setsubun Celebration. Soon you will be my mate, and you'll be doing these things all the time…" Kagome smiled a bit, "Okay, I'll do it." He rested her cheek in his hand, and kissed her soft lips once more, "I have work to be done, I'll come lay with you soon."
End of flashback
She currently was walking down to the sculptor. There needed to be a plaque made saying 内の人食い鬼外部幸福 (Ogres outside, Happiness inside) for the celebration. She laughed to herself, she was forcing Jaken to play the role as the ogre. The chefs were preparing thousands upon thousands of beans to be thrown, and special bean dishes for each member of the household, and the guests.
The gardeners she had working nonstop, the palace grounds were to be the most beautiful around. She stopped by to see they were doing their job, and stole a pure white calla lily from them. She laughed at her behavior…she could really get used to this 'supervisor' thing. Walking back in the castle she went to the study, knocking lightly before opening the door.
Her smile widened as she walked over to the demon lord, "How are you feeling?" He asked not looking up from his paper work. "A lot better and free than laying in bed." He looked up smirking, "Indeed." She laughed before coming behind the desk and sticking the lily behind his ear. Silently she walked from the room and to the kitchen to see how things were going.
Sesshomaru shut his eyes and sighed after watching Kagome's form leave the room. His clawed hands came to a flower in his hair, simply placing it down on the table. At least her mood swings are just strange…He mused to himself before continuing with his work while the scent of lily filled the air.
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Keya played with Rin in the garden, she was told to help Kagome at first, but apparently Kagome thought it just as helping if she played with the child. She smiled thinking about Inuyasha. Every time they saw each other now, he'd ask her to go to Setsubun with him. Every time, she'd answer no. It wasn't that she didn't wish to go with him…she just was raised to serve…not be courted by the Prince, or well soon to be reinstated Prince. "Keya is there something wrong?" Rin's little voice shined her out of her thoughts. "No I'm fine, just thinking. So are you ready to go grab some lunch?" Rin nodded and grinned taking Keya's hand and heading toward the kitchen.
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"Inuyasha-sama , you've got it all wrong." Daiki spoke to the hanyou, who for the past hour was trying to sit properly and eat mannerly. "I have it fine old man." His voice was engulfed in annoyance at himself and the teacher. Daiki just laughed. "Well fine just isn't enough, now elbows down, mouth closed…and eat with your chop sticks…not your fingers please." Inuyasha growled before complying. He pulled his elbows closer to his body away from the table, and closed his mouth, only opening to put just the right amount in. Apparently their was a rule about how much he could put into his mouth also…..
He wanted to retch… There were just so many rules to be prince once again. His mind drifted to Keya. He had asked Keya to their upcoming celebration about a million times…and every time she would say no. It hurt him more each time, but the thing was… it wasn't her words that hurt him, it was her eyes. Her beautiful blue eyes tinged with sadness. He sighed, but was quickly brought out of his thoughts.
"Ow!" He pulled the chopstick from his left nostril. He had lodged it in while thinking and trying to eat. "My my boy, what is wrong with you?" Daiki was met with a glare, "Nothing old man." He just smiled at Inuyasha, "Ah I see. So it's a girl then." The tone of his voice knowing and factual. He turned to leave Inuyasha in the room alone. "Hey! Daiki where you going?" Daiki didn't feel the need to turn around, "It is 'Where are you going' Inuyasha, and I am going to see my lovely wife. I should think you would go see the woman of your daydreams?" With that he disappeared down the hall.
Inuyasha sighed, should he go see Keya? Did she even want to see him?
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Kagome smiled at the Akio her head chef. "Looks like everything's going according to plan. Your doing a marvelous job." "Why thank you my Lady, is there anything I could do for you?" Kagome smiled, "Well if you would please give me Sesshomaru's lunch, so I can bring it to him in the study." "Right away milady." Akio waddled off his, heavyset body bouncing with each step. Seconds later he returned with a metal serving dish, "And here you are my dear." He lifted the lid for a moment, "Sushi, and miso soup for our Lord." Kagome bowed at him graciously as she took the dish from his hands. He bowed in return before waddling away.
She smiled carrying the dish toward the exit where she was greeted by Rin and Keya. "Kagome!" Rin gave her legs a huge hug, while she herself steadied the quivering metal dish. "Rin, aren't you hungry?" Keya spoke up, "Oh that's what we were headed to do. How are you feeling?" Keya pried Rin off of Kagome's legs, "Oh Keya she's fine, I'm fine." She laughed lightly. "I was just heading up to bring Sesshomaru his lunch. "Here can you hold this a sec.?"
Keya nodded taking the dish off Kagome's hands. "Okay Rin give me a hug so you can go eat some lunch!" Kagome said smiling while kneeling down to Rin's level and pulling her into a hug. "When is Kagome going to come play with me?" "Hmm…" Kagome placed a finger to her pursed lips, "Well I could come play with you in around thirty minuets if you really, really want me to." Rin's face lit up, "Oh please I do I do!!" "Okay I'll see you two in a bit." She tapped the tip of Rin's nose, "Be good." "I will okasan!" Kagome stood up and took the dish from Keya, "I'm sorry you've had to watch her today, I'll take her off your hands tomorrow." Keya smiled brightly, "Oh no really, it's no problem. We've had lots of fun." Kagome headed up the stairs, "Okay thanks again. I really appreciate it!" Keya huddled Rin into the kitchen for lunch.
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Wind blew into the study harshly scattering papers everywhere. Sesshomaru growled as he got up and shut the window and pulled his claws through his hair. He sat back down at his desk as a knock reverberated the door. "What is it?"
Kagome tip-toed inside carrying his food and smiled, "You could at least act a tiny bit happy when someone knocks." He arose from his chair and went over to her, taking the dish and setting it down on the desk and wrapping her up in his arms. "I had not sniffed to see if it was you." He nuzzled her neck and cheek affectionately before kissing her soft pink lips. Her cheeks tinted pink, "I figured you were hungry and I wanted to bring you lunch." She pulled out of his grasp and took the lid off of the tray. "Sushi and miso soup."
He came up behind her moving his hands around her stomach. It was bigger than he imagined it was supposed to be, but then he hadn't been near a pregnant women since Inuyasha was born. Still it seemed a bit strange to him, it had grown so much in just two short weeks…ever since her pain. "He shook the thought from his mind and kissed her cheek, "Thank you koi. You will stay with me awhile wont you? Even I am threatened to go mad surrounded by all this paper work all day." She slid her hand over his cheek and smiled, "Of course, I haven't seen you hardly at all lately." "He picked up the food and brought it over to the couch where they both seated. "Are you hungry?" He extended some sushi to her lips with his chopsticks. She laughed, "I'm not hungry, plus don't you think I'm a little fat for only being around two months pregnant." "You are not fat." He said before popping the sushi into his mouth. "Sesshomaru look at me. Look at my stomach, I look like I've been with child for a year!" He swallowed down the food, "Perhaps the child is only fat…" This got him a glare and silence during the rest of his meal. When he was finished, he finally snapped a bit at the silence. He ran a finger down her cheek. "Kagome, you are not fat. Your having a baby. You are not fat, stop acting like this."
She immediately slapped his hand away and tears began to stream down her face. "Kagome?" She refused to look at him. "Kagome what's wrong?" He grabbed her chin gently and made her look at him. "Your just being nice. I'm a cow!" She cried harder. He sighed, there was no stopping her. Forget what he thought earlier about nothing but strange mood swings this was HELL. He pulled her up into his lap legs and all and rocked her, "I assure you I do not think you are fat."
His shirt dampened with her tears as she continued to cry harder and harder with each word he spoke. "You really.." She sniffled, "Don't think I'm a fat blob?" She smiled at him and kissed his lips softly, without him having said one word at all. "Thank you Sesshy. I think I'm going to go play with Rin now." Out of fear he only nodded before she left. With his head pressed down into his palms he sighed heavily. "What is this woman going to do to me…"
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"Kagome!" Rin's bright voice echoed through the garden. Kagome smiled at the girl and walked up to her, all signs of crying erased from her face completely. "You'll play tag with Keya and I won't you Okasan?" A nod caused a shrill of excitement erupt from the child.
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Akemi smiled his wide sadistic smile. The orb her had been looking through dissipated. "Can't be to much longer now, and I'll have my son." The baby his son, would be growing rapidly until he was full grown at the age of two months old. Now to construct a plan to get his son from the mother and Sesshomaru. Now that would indeed be tricky. He ran his hands up to his silken hair and pulled it up into a pony tail. He laughed wondering in Kagome and her so called love would ever realize what was happening. Well if they did it would be to late to stop anything. Hell it was too late now to stop anything. Then it hit him, another wonderful idea. "Sake!" He called his slave from her sleep. He had made her from a clay body her eyes glowed red and he had named her after his favorite thing. Mmm Sake, He thought. "Sake bring me sake and then come here!" The brainless woman came to him with a jug full of liquor. "What do you wish of me master?" Blowjob? Oh no that's later…baby, that's it baby! "Go bring me a pregnant ningen, she must be due to have her child within the next couple of weeks. "Yes master." The slave walked from the room toward the exit.
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"Hi Inuyasha!" Rin tackled him to the grown. She had become somewhat attached to the hanyou. Kagome pried her off of him, and winked at Keya. "Rin I think you stink, you need a bath." The little girl didn't catch the wink, "Wha...what?" She sniffed her arms, "I do not stink Okasan!" Kagome ignored her and continued her way to the hot spring. "I do not stink!" Rin hollered over and over after her Okasan.
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Keya watched Kagome fake a reason to leave her, with horror etched on her face. Oh kami.. She thought. "Hello Keya…" Inuyasha's voice burned in her ears. "Hello Inuyasha. Why aren't you studying?" She couldn't stop the blush burning her cheeks. "I was dismissed early, and I wanted to ask you something…" He walked up to her trailing a finger along her cheek causing her eyes to lock with his for a moment before she turned and looked away. "I want you to accompany me to Setsubun." "No." She began to walk away from him when his voice came upon her once more. "Keya all you ever tell me is 'No.' Is it that I am not good enough for you?" A tear fell from her eye as she turned and stared straight into his, "I am not good enough for royalty Inuyasha, I am to serve you." She ran from his shocked form to her room. Her eyes red and stinging from her tears. "Stupid hanyou… Can't just leave me alone."
Well that's it for this chapter, sorry it's kind of short. I've been pretty busy.. Thank God for Thanks Giving break. Lol. Well I hope you all liked this chapter, and had a very Happy Thanks Giving Day! I know I did. Please Review! And I'll try to post the next chapter soon, but it will most likely come out in December…Sorry.
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