By: Inuyasha4ev
Chapter 10
(Disclaimer: I do not own the Inuyasha Anime, nor do I own the poems I used as songs within the chapter.)
Kagome's breathing was ragged as she pressed her back against a tree. Hours! Hours she had been running none stop, trying to avoid the many beasts that were after her. There were so many of them. She closed her eyes, trying to place them. Okay, two were at least a mile away. There were three smaller one perhaps a yard to the east of her. Two strong auras were coming toward her from the west. There was another, slightly less powerful aura speeding in her direction from the south. And the last aura was right behind her. Gasping, she shot off, bouncing from tree to tree. The beast, it was on her tail! She ditched it, masking her scent and leaping to the top of a tall tree to survey the area.
"Oi." She muttered when the branch sha had been on snapped, sending her falling to the ground. Landing elegantly and gracefully on the tips of her toes, sprinting off when one of the smaller demons began to approach. She slowed her pace, trying to give it a small chance.
"I'm gonna get you!" It lunged at her, falling to the ground when she zigged and ran in another direction.
Kagome smirked. -Perhaps eventually.- She heard a slight rustling in the trees above, and moved just in time to dodge the youkai who had tried to pounce on her back. "You should try a more silent approach!" She barked out, rolling on the ground when another demon leapt out of the brushes to capture her, only to snag air. "Nice try, old man." She teased, enjoying this little chase.
The demon smirked, trailing after her quickly. It reached for the flapping sleeves of her kimono. "Confident, aren't we Kuro?"
"Very." Leaping into the air, she flipped backward, landing on his shoulders and staring down at him when he skid to a stop. "But then again, why be confident when you have raw skill and it's a guarentee?" She jumped away when he tried to grasp her ankle, jumping into the welcoming forest of trees. A small smile grew on her face when one of the more powerful demons chased her. "Are you enjoying yourself?" She giggled light heartedly.
"Laugh while you can, Kuro. But eventually, I will catch that delicate body of yours. And there will be hell to pay." He teased, licking his lips as he picked up speed.
Kagome rolled her eyes. "I don't think my mate would like that very much."
"He will not mind." He answered confidently.
"I'm sure he wi-" Kagome's heart stopped when she saw the smallest one coming at her from another direction, then tripping and falling. When he started to cry, she ran to him. "Oh, pup, are you okay?" Her eyebrow lifted when he suddenly backed away. "What are you d- agh!" She squealed when the other offending chaser jumped and tackled her, causing them to roll away from the now laughing pup. Kagome opened her eyes, locking them with her attacker's golden ones. "Baka cheating mate."
Sesshomaru kissed her mating mark gently, standing up and extending a hand toward her. "You say cheating. I say seizing the opportunity."
"And you," Kagome scolded, looking at her two year old son as the rest of the family joined her, "helping your father that way. I'm your mother."
"But we had to get you some way."
Kagome pouted, hugging her father. "Father, they were cheating."
Hiroshi smiled, stroking her haid. "And what am I supposed to do?"
"I don't know." She backed off, grabbing Inutaisho's hand. "Could you punish your son?"
Inutaisho sighed. He couldn't deny those eyes. "Forgive me, Sesshomaru. But I must punish you some way."
Sesshomaru cocked a brow. "How so?"
"What do you suggest, Kagome?"
"Something strange that will embarass him."
Sesshomaru scoffed at his mate, picking up his son. "I do not get embarassed, mate."
Inutaisho whispered something in Kagome's ear, and she grinned maliciously in return. "Oh, Sessy."
"What is it?" He looked at her skeptically.
"Would you sing me a song?"
Inuyasha laughed. "You're kidding, right? Sesshomaru hasn't sang in years!"
"And I will not." He said stubbornly.
"Onegai, mate."
"No."
"Hai."
"Iie."
"Please."
"No."
Kagome narrowed her eyes at her mate. "Stop being so difficult. It was your fault for cheating, so just accept your punishment like the demon you are." She poked himin the chest. "Or..." She thought for a moment, "Or...I won't tell you my secret."
Hajime jumped up and down. "Secret! Secret! I know secret! Momma told me yesterday!"
"Shh." Kagome placed a finger to his lips. "So, Sesshomaru, will you?"
He narrowed his eyes at her. "Hn. Follow." Handing his son to his father, Sesshomaru led his mate into a clearing and began to sing. "Yumeji ni wa ashi mo yasumezu kayoedomo utsutsu ni hitome mishigoto wa arazu (in my dreams / along dream paths without resting my legs I go often to you in the real world, a single glimpse is different.)"
Kagome stared at her mate unblinkingly, her eyes void of emotion. The shock she felt was deep down within her. "Oh my. Sesshomaru, your voice is so..." She couldn't contain herself, immediately launching herself into his arms and hugging him warmly. "Sessy, thank you. That was the sweetest thing i have ever heard in my life. Arigato, my mate."
Sesshomaru felt proud, hugging her to him. "You are welcome." It felt so nice for him to make her feel so happy. Her eyes were filled with such happiness. Her smile was blinding. Smiling softly, he lowered his lips to hers. His heart soared,swelling in his chest. Who knew love could be so, so, so sweet? So fulfilling? Who knew that just making her smile would make him feel as though it were his greatest accomplishment. it was so far beyond running his kingdom and lands or killing off strong opponents no one even came close to injuring. Bringing a smile to those otherwise straight lips felt amazing. Sesshomaru ignored his whimpering beast when Kagome moved out of his arms. Instead, he waited until she had turned to jerk her into his arms. "Where do you think you are going?" He kissed her neck, tugging at her obi.
Katsu rolled his eyes,turning to Inuyasha. "Can your brother contain himself for atleast a minute?"
"Half brother and I guess not." Inuyasha replied.
"Sesshomaru," Kagome knocked his hands away from her obi.
"Hm?" He mumbled, sniffing her. "Your secret?"
"Ah yes." Kagome allowed her scent to be revealed, forcing back a moan when he moaned into her ear.
Sesshomaru couldn't be happier. "Another. We are expecting another." Getting on his knees, he turned her to him and took a deep breath, burying his face deep within her stomach. "Kami, we will have to go months without sex, love. So I suggest we go have our fill before we must wait."
Kagome shook her head. "No." She snatched away,trying to run from him. She leapt away when his tail snapped at her. "Sesshomaru, forgive me. We just can't." She changed directions when his tail snapped at her again. A gasp fell from her lips when her ankle was caught, causing her to fall to her knees. She pulled at it and tried to crawl away. Her eyes widened when she found Sesshomaru crawling after her as if prowling toward prey. Kagome frantically jerked herankle once more, and when it wouldn't get free, brushed her tail against it until he let go. Jumping up, she took off again, Sesshomaru materializing in front of her and catching her thighs. Kagome groaned when she fell on her butt. "Hm hm." She whimpered, trying to move away.
Sesshomaru smirked, pulling her to him and setting her in his lap. "My darling, you really shouldn't run away from your mate that way." He teased, licking her forehead.
"I know, it was wrong of me, wasn't it?" She acted, purring and nuzzling his neck. "All you wish for, is a little loving, isn't it, Sessy?" She purred seductively.
"Yes. That is all I wish for. It will not be hard to comply." He placed a chaste kiss on the back of her head.
Kagome sighed softly, placing her right palm against his and then comparing the sizes. "Isn't it rather amazing how you can be atleast twice my size, your hands and feet three times, and still be so gentle. And the way we fit..."
Sesshomaru smiled, finishing her sentence. "Like a wooden puzzle piece to another?"
"Exactly."
Ayumi beamed as she watched, having just entered the scene. She leaned against her mate. "I've never seen Kagome beam that way before."
Hiroshi nodded. "I suppose he makes her happier than we once thought."
"Kagome." Sesshomaru began with an uncharacteristic, slight waver to his voice.
"Yes, Sesshomaru?"
He placed his forehead against her back, rubbing soothing circles into her stomach as he held her tight. "Will you," He hesitated, "ever regret leaving Naraku to be with me?" He had never been unsure of anything in his life, but with Kagome everything was different. he was unsure and self concious, when he used to be positive and arrogant. He was happy and smiling, when he once was empty and blank.
Kagome looked back at her mate, feeling his pain through the bond they shared. "Oh my, Sesshomaru. Who would have thought that you of all people would change so much. Not only did you crawl earlier, but now you are behaving as though your ego has vanished. Sessy, nothing makes me more happy than being your mate and love. I could have never had such a fulflling relationship with Naraku-kumo. I feel that he was a minor infatuaton compared to teh love I feel toward you. Does that lift your spirits?"
Sesshomaru grinned at her. "Are you taunting This Sesshomaru?"
"I believe I was being quite sincere." She giggled, gasping when Sesshomaru chuckled. "Sessy, you're scaring me?"
"Nani? I can not laugh?"
"Yes. I simply did not know you knew how."
Sesshomaru tried not to laugh harder, his chest aching. "Love, you are truly one intriguing creature."
Kagome nodded. "I am, aren't I?" She shot to her feet, Sesshomaru right behind her. "Come, dance with me."
"Woman, I have changed. that I will admit, but I will not change that much."
"Oh." Kagome gave a sad sigh, her lips quivering as she turned away. She smirked and looked back at him when he felt him stiffen.
Sesshomaru frowned. "Are you truly upset?" He felt sadness in their bond and grabbed her hands. "If you will sing the music, I will dance with you."
"Kami," Inutaisho breathed, "Hiroshi, your daughter surely knows how to work someone to get what she wants."
"She sure does."
Katsu shuddered. "Kami, what are we going to do, Katsuro, if she tries that on us? I mean, if it worked on Sesshomaru, it'll definitely work on us."
Katsuro covered his ears. "Don't make me think about it."
Kagome situated her arms around Sesshomaru, her small hands on his broad back. All the world around them disappeared as they rocked from side to side, Kagome singing softly.
"The poem I wrote for you, I believe in you, I believe true love, Who are we....
I am I, you are you, But we are we, that is the world, to think compassion for others again.
Here we are, About us and AISHITERU, For the man that you are, Do not hide what you see, That is the world, Old souls we are from the days of old, To bring the love of life back around, Like the meaning I think AISHITERU, And I am needing you.
Oh Yes, it is I who understand you, that I am rare, You who wrote, If you are human you should do, To finding true love, Someone to love to be close too, be true, Just as good souls.
Could the world turn around without you, Who are we, Strangers that meet, Alone, awake, I wait for you, Strangers we are no more.
I am I, You are you, But we are we, That is the world, Love is what you are inside, See you were here in my arms, And I held you, I held our distance between the stars, I could walk with you through the sky, For you and then you could understand this, Like AISHITERU, To kissing you once again, Love is what we are inside.
I want to understand you, completely...
I imagine you sowing, romanticly.
our love in the night sky,
Knowing no limit to the universe,
It is I who understood you,
It is you who understood me,
I made you a mask,
It covered my heart,
Blindly not,
I saw your glimmer,
Hoping to catch the mask before it fell,
There you were weaving sifting through,
The moments, our footprints in the sands of time,
Counting every precious grain,
Coddling the pearl of life,
It is who we are.
I am I, you are you, we are we, We are who we are, that is the world, to think compassion for others again.
Here we are, Looking for something,
More should I say someone,
The someone who knows what you feel like inside,
All your colours streamed my light,
It is the brightness of the sunrise,
Or even the universe, That colored us gold.
Shimmering my heart beating still, It is the cool breeze of the night sky, That will never let you forget that, Still I am wet with thoughts, Of only you, I will be quiet in the storm, I see you there, the breath, That pulsates pleasure, To honor, What is life for no satisfaction, What is love without trying, Our passions cry no more, I made you a mask, It covered my heart, Come to me.
I could only make the words from my heart, The way I want to say it, The words did not exist, They were just not there.
See you are here right now, I could walk with you through the sky, For you who understood AISHITERU.
To kissing you always with love the one I love Koishiteru."
Sesshomaru lifted her hand up, spinning his mate around. When she was once again facing him, he placed her against him, a hand on her lower back. "You sing beautifully."
Kagome nodded delicately as though if she nodded any harder her neck would break, never breaking eye contact. "Arigato." Her lids lowered as their faces seemed to magically grow closer until their lips were against each others. The passionate kiss grew more arousing when Kagome opened her mouth, Sesshomaru darting his tongue in to taste the entire thing. Their tongues wrestled playfully. Growling into her mouth, Sesshomaru untied her obi, pulling her kimono off her shoulder slightly to kiss the pinkish flesh. -Yes. Just a little more, Kagome.- She coached herself, pressing against him until she fell his hard arousal against her. Immediately, she jerked away, licking her lips and retying her obi. "Well, I am hungry. I will see you at the castle." She left him there, panting in the clearing.
When Sesshomaru caught his breath, he glared after her. "Kagome, you will return so we can finish what we started woman! This Sesshomaru will not be teased!" Outraged and aroused, he stormed after her, not bothering to avoid trees, simply cutting them down and making a straight path. "Kagome!"
Inuyasha couldn't hold it in. "Gods, that's funny! I've never seen Sesshomaru so angry before! And Kagome just left him standing there like an idiot." he stopped laughing when he heard a distressed howl. "Dad, he isn't going to kill her when he finally gets in her kimono is he?"
"I'm not sure."
"Agh!" They heard Kagome's scream as she laughed. "Sesshomaru, please! I'm sorry, seriously! Let go!"
"No!" Her mate growled, crushing his lips into hers. "I am going to wreck you, love!"
"Agh!" Kagome laughed, as he tore his kimono off. The laughing quickly became moaning when he suckled her left breast. 'Okay, okay. Perhaps eating can wait."
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"Push one more time, Kagome."
Breath ragged, Kagome pushed one more time, forcing herself not to cry out in pain. When she felt the baby exit her body, she relax, slumping down on the futon. "Thank Kami that's over." Closing her eyes, she regulated her breathing. -What? Something is wrong here.- "Mother, why isn't she crying?"
Ayumi looked up at her daughter with sad eyes, then looked away, the bundle in her arms. "Sesshomaru, tell her." She glanced at the door when everyone began to file in.
Before speaking, Sesshomaru put an arm over her to hold her down on the bed. "Kagome, she did not make it."
"What do you mean?" Kagome asked, feeling her eyes tint already. "She had to."
"Forgive me." he whispered. "She did not."
Kagome's eyes drained, flaring red. "You're lying. Let me see her." Kagome tried to sit up, but he held her down. "Sesshomaru, get off! I want to hold my baby!" She fought against him, starting to get worried. He was using all of his force to hold her down. Why? Why wouldn't he just let her see their baby girl? So what she was a quiet baby? That didn't mean she was dead. "I just want to see her, Sesshomaru! Just a glimpse! Please!"
"You do not wish to see it, Kagome. I assure you." He struggled to hold her down.
"I do! Let me see my girl pup!" She managed to peek over his shoulder, her eyes growing wide and filling with tears at the sight of her mother beginning to wrap up the dead baby. Their little girl laid there, her eyes closed. Her silver hair was plastered to her head by blood and amniotic fluid. She was so small, so shriveled. But still so beautiful. Kagome's heart raced. "No. What happened?! What did I do wrong?!"
Sesshomaru pressed his face to the crook of her neck. "You didn't do anything wrong, Kagome."
Kagome shook her head furiously. "I did. I had to. I've killed her!" She felt pain rack through her system and arched her back.
"Kagome, are you alright, love?" Sesshomaru asked in a soft voice, caressing her cheek. "Kagome, you're harming yourself. You need to calm down. Miscarriages occur often, mate. You've done no wrong."
"Stop it. Just cease. I don't want to hear it." She breathed harshly, pushing him away and fisting her sheets as her body ached. "Kami, why did this happen?" She sobbed.
"Kago-" Sesshomaru reached to comfort her.
"Stop touching me." She whimpered, sliding as far away from him as possible.
Ayumi sighed. "Kagome, you should rest. You're going to hurt yourself." She sat her hand on her daughter's shoulder, snatching it away when Kagome snapped her jaws at her. "Kagome, dear..."
Kagome glared. "I don't want to hear it, mother. I just want silence." She looked down when she felt someone hugging her waist.
Hajime smiled at his mother. "It's okay, momma."
"..." Kagome stood, despite Sesshomaru's protests, backing away from her son.
"Momma, what's wrong?"
Shaking her head, Kagome ran from the room. "Damnit!" Sesshomaru stood, running out of the room. He looked up and down the hall, but she was gone. He went back into the room. "She's gone, and she masked her scent." He paced back and forth, trying to think of what he could do to locate her.
"Sesshomaru," Hiroshi began, "when she ran...she was bleeding. You should follow the drops of her blood."
Sesshomaru nodded his thanks, running after the trail and into the night. -Kagome, be safe until I find you.- He kept after the trail, following for hours before he actually managed to track her. She was unconcious on the ground, a demon hanging over her. Without hesitation, Sesshomaru decapitated the beast with his whip, lifting his mate up into his arms. "My mate, do not worry. We will try again. Everything will work out." He smiled at Kagome's whimper, which he took as affirmation. Heading back to his castle, he laid her form on the futon.
Katsu and Katsuro immediately sat near their sister, staring at her with worry. "Dad, she'll be okay, right?"
Hiroshi nodded. "I have no doubt. My girl pup is strong." He paused, then added, "And Sesshomaru will stop at nothing to make sure she is well."
Kagome whined in her sleep, clutching her hands tightly until blood ran down her palms. "Blood." She mumbled. "My blood for pup blood."
Rika detached from her master, crawling up the bed and lying in her arms. "Master Kagome, it's okay."
"Rika." Kagome purred, a soft smile on her face. "Good puppy."
"I could be a better puppy than she can." Katsuro mumbled, crossing his arms.
"Of course you could." Kagome taunted unconciously, rolling over to Sesshomaru and curling into him. -Better.-
Sesshomaru ran his claws over her arm gently. "As I said before, we will try again, Kagome. We have all eternity."
"We try again. Just not now." She muttered. "Now sleep."
"Yes. Now, we sleep." He kissed her then laid there to watch her sleep.
"We'll leave you, now." Inutaisho said, getting up from his spot on the floor.
Katsu frowned. "We can't leave her."
Hiroshi rolled his eyes, grabbing the brothers by the ears. "As Inutaisho said, we'll leave them now. Come, dear." he said to his mate.
"Coming." After kissing her cheek, Ayumi followed everyone out.
"Obou," Rin tapped him on the shoulder, "Do we have to leave too?"
Sesshomaru looked at the three children with soft eyes. "No. I think your mother would like you to stay." Sliding over slightly, he made room for the three. Then he continued to watch his mate rest for the night.