Mal De Amores
Chapter Eleven: The Pro & Con
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Silence had never plummeted so swiftly in an atmosphere with both enemies and friends as it had that very instant. Stunning shock and bewilderment, two emotions that were normal in a place like the Crisis Unit, roamed thick in the air as an essence unknown. Sango wondered if her words actually come out of her mouth or had she just thought them in her head without saying anything? From the looks on each individual's face she knew they had heard her, she could tell…the opened mouths and widened eyes said it all. Even the doctor, who had only known the group of teenagers for all of five minutes, seemed stunned at the news, that such an older man had fathered the child of a seventeen year old.
"That wench is lying!" Naraku snarled, shattering the quiet. He shot Sango an angry glare, "How could he possibly…Kikyo and I were…no! No, no, no, no, no! I don't believe you." His eyes were at the point of tears as he dispersed angry scowls to everyone around him.
"Watch your words Naraku," Miroku warned him, "My girlfriend never lies. Especially about matters as important as this."
"She couldn't possibly know!" Naraku insisted "Kikyo and I were in love, she would never cheat on me…"
"Don't be so sure of that," InuYasha interrupted. He tried to keep his voice as calm as possible, "I was with Kikyo before you, why do you think we broke up?"
"She said you hurt her!"
"Naraku be sensible," Koga mused. He flicked a stray hair away from his face and examined his claws, "The mutt isn't the only one who shared…experiences…with Kikyo. I can tell you that personally."
Kagome's eyes snapped to Koga's face. Had he even heard what had just slipped out of his conceited mouth? She felt her cheeks flush in anger, "You slept with Kikyo?"
Koga gave her a confused stare then realized what he had just admitted too, "Kagome, it's not what you think. I did it before I met you."
"WHAT?" InuYasha's voice slurred in uncertainty as he glanced from the wolf to his girlfriend; he studied the looks on their faces. For a while he hadn't even noticed the wolf's presence but he seemed to appear out of no where. Who was he connected to? Why was he with them? Something was going on he obviously didn't know about.
"Everyone just calm down," Sango breathed. She turned to Naraku, "I'm telling the truth. I work at the place where Kikyo was DNA tested. I saw her results and connected the dots."
Koga coughed and glanced at Kagome, choosing his words more carefully this time, "I believe her… my kid sister and my mom work there too. They told me something along those lines when I heard Kikyo was pregnant."
Naraku's head spontaneously snapped from one face to the other. He didn't want to deem anything these people were saying. They all hated Kikyo, they were her enemies. The people she told him horrible stories of cruelty about and she had never lied to him…
Had she?
Naraku ran a hasty hand through his lengthy tresses, "I don't trust any of you little shits! Now let me see my woman! Kikyo I'm coming!"
Without another moments pause, Naraku thrust himself at the double doors behind Doctor Kenji leading to the patient rooms, the strength of his body easily pushing past the small physician. InuYasha and Miroku each grabbed one of Naraku's arms and snatched him backwards.
"GET OFF OF ME!" Naraku snarled. He swung wildly at Miroku but the monk ducked before the blow connected with his head.
"Security!"
Before anyone could see what was happening four hefty looking demons emerged from the elevators and swarmed around Naraku. Three of the demons seize Naraku by his limbs while the fourth shot his body with a 2 inch long stun needle. Within minutes Naraku became limp and ceased to move. The guards carried the demon's body away through the elevators just as swiftly as they had come.
"Now then," Doctor Kenji muttered breathing heavily and straightening his tie. He turned to Sesshomaru, "Are you the biological father?"
"I-I am," Sesshomaru swallowed. He glanced at InuYasha who refused to make eye contact with him. It was the silent sign of rejection. Sesshomaru couldn't imagine how his brother felt. He had betrayed him and as soon as he had time Sesshomaru vowed he would make things right again. Or at least explain his actions.
"Then follow me please to the Nursery."
"I'll go with you," Kagome suggested, she took a quick look back at InuYasha, ignoring his disapproving smirks before joining Sesshomaru's side, "After all…I want to see my new niece or nephew right?"
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Sesshomaru tried to steady his shallow breaths but nothing he did could stop the anxiety running through his body. He was about to see his child for the first time, his accidental creation. How could a one night stand escalate to this? Sesshomaru cursed himself for being so careless but he knew that he now had responsibilities to uphold. The truth was out and there was no denying that he had fathered Kikyo's baby. Sesshomaru wasn't going to abandoned his broken family, he now had a child to protect and take care of, a precious soul that would require his love and presence throughout its life. And Kikyo, she would need him too. Everything they had been through in the past was history, there was no way he was going to ignore her and keep his distance like he had so selfishly done before.
"Sesshomaru," Kagome said kindly as they followed Dr. Kenji down an extended slender hallway "How come you never said anything?"
Sesshomaru kept his eyes fixed on the door that was approaching with the title New Born Nursery imprinted on it, "I never knew."
"That's not what I meant," Kagome sighed "How come you never mentioned having a relationship with Kikyo?"
Sesshomaru cleared his throat, "I was foolish and thinking with my conscience rather then my head. When InuYasha and Kikyo started dating I knew I couldn't tell him."
"InuYasha is really hurt," Kagome looked down at her feet "But I guess you're not the only one who has contributed to that."
"I know I was wrong, and I'll explain everything to him later. But you? Is there something you're not telling him?"
"There's something I haven't told anyone," Kagome admitted silently "I just don't know how to say it. I know I should soon but he's got so much going on now…I'm afraid what I have to say will make him…will make him want to leave."
"If I know my brother," Sesshomaru said emotionlessly "Whatever you have to tell him won't be enough for him to break up with you. He's too blinded by love to take your mistakes so seriously…then again, I could be wrong."
Kagome raised her eyebrow. For a moment it had sounded like Sesshomaru was comforting her, until that last remark of course. Maybe he was right. If she admitted her affiliation with Koga, maybe they could work through it mutually. Although InuYasha was already hurt by his brother's betrayal; Kagome's confession could be the very thing to make him so infuriated he wouldn't care about their relationship anymore.
Dr. Kenji hung his clipboard upon a near wall and placed his hand on the door Sesshomaru had been watching. He pushed lightly and motioned for them to go inside, "It's the third crib to the right."
Sesshomaru nodded, stepping into the nursery with Kagome close behind him. The room was lit dimly by oil lamps, providing a personal view of each infant. There was a row of cribs lining each side of the room which was painted half cherry and half sapphire; a clipboard with the child's birth information hanging on a string marked each bassinette.
Sesshomaru glance to the right, which happened to be the cherry colored wall. He took a deep breath and counted two cribs, stopping in front of the third. Kagome glanced over his shoulder and peered at the name on the clipboard, "It says the mother is Kikyo Kamahashi…Sesshomaru this is your daughter!"
Sesshomaru looked down at the sleeping infant wrapped in pink blankets and couldn't stop the angst impending his eyes. She was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen in his life. He reached into the crib and ran his fingers across her tummy. She had his dark hazel eyes and high cheek bones. Her skin was a velvety coffee color much resembling his own. Surprisingly, Sesshomaru's daughter had a full head of thin sleek hairs that were a mixture between dark brown and pure white. He touched the top of her head gently, memorizing her features and comparing them to those of Kikyo and himself.
"She's beautiful…" Kagome said breathlessly. She couldn't help the smile that tugged at her lips.
"She looks like her mother," Sesshomaru was hypnotized by his daughter's presence "She's perfect."
"I can't believe she's yours." Kagome said as kindly as she knew how.
Sesshomaru nodded his head. He couldn't fight the impulse any longer and before he realized it, he had tenderly scooped the infant into his arms. She was every more stunning up close. Sesshomaru smiled affectionately as his daughter unconsciously rested her head on his chest, "She's mine alright…and I'm going to love and protect her until the day I breathe my last…especially keep her away from assholes like me."
Kagome laughed as she admired the bond that was forming between father and daughter. How could something so unintended change their lives in such a drastic way so fast?
"Sesshomaru," Kagome whispered quietly after she had watched them for a few minutes, "What are you going to name her?"
Sesshomaru looked up startled, he had almost forgotten Kagome was in the room too, "Her name is Ren." He told her without a second choice. In Japanese the name meant precious water lily and as Sesshomaru cradled his baby girl in his arms nothing more perfect seemed to fit.
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InuYasha sat crossed-legged on the floor of the waiting room, lost in his own livid thoughts. Sesshomaru, my own blood! How dare him! He tapped his knee caps in annoyance. How could Sesshomaru sleep with his girlfriend? Ex-girlfriend! Yes, Kikyo was promiscuous and yes, she had her ways of manipulation but Sesshomaru knew, he knew since the first day InuYasha had introduced them! They couldn't have possibly known each other before that had they?
InuYasha didn't know what to think, he let his eyes shift around them room and he clenched his teeth as they landed on the Wolf. There was something itching the back of his mind every time InuYasha looked at him and he didn't like it.
"InuYasha?" Miroku took hold of his best friend's shoulder "You alright man? You look pissed off."
"I'm so enraged," InuYasha snarled, he felt fire in his chest "That traitor…when I get my hands on him—"
"Don't be so quick to judge Sesshomaru."
"Don't mention his name around me."
"Look," Miroku chose his words carefully "You're way too mad to think about what you're saying right now. Sango and I are going to the cafeteria for some dinner; maybe you should come with us."
"You go," InuYasha's tone was cold and emotionless "I need to be alone."
Miroku nodded sensing no need to argue. He motioned for Sango and together the two of them left hand in hand, unaware that they had left Koga and InuYasha unaccompanied together.
"You've been staring at me all night," Koga scowled as soon as they were gone, "If you have something to say, say it."
InuYasha clenched his teeth, biting back the impulse to go crazy and attack the wolf that was speaking to him, "I don't know who you are but I can sense something going on every time you step next to my girlfriend. Stay away from her."
Koga chuckled to himself, showing his upper fangs, "You must be InuYasha. Poor thing, first your ex-girlfriend cheats on you. Then your current girlfriend steps out on you. Funny, how they both came running to me."
InuYasha lunged at Koga so quickly the Koga didn't notice the half demon's right claw around his neck until it began to tighten, threatening his air supply. InuYasha growled his deepest, most aggressive tone in dominance then inhaled heavily, "What the hell are you talking about, and don't test my patience."
Koga narrowed his eyes, trying to contain as much air as possible, "She never told you?" He wheezed "Yes InuYasha, the love of your life was with me when she wasn't with you. You weren't there for her so I had to step in. She even kissed me."
"I'll make you eat those words!" InuYasha cracked the knuckles of his left hand and drew his dear sword.
"INUYASHA!"
Kagome ran to her boyfriend's side and tugged on the arm that had Koga pinned, "InuYasha what are you doing? Are you crazy? Let him go!"
InuYasha released his grip on Koga, turning the tip of his sword to Kagome's neck.
"InuYasha you're scaring me, what's going on with you!" Kagome asked frantically. Her eyes darted from Koga to InuYasha as tears began to form in them.
"This is who you want, you lying wench?" InuYasha questioned her. His tone was icy and cold, one that Kagome had never heard before.
"Are you crazy?" Kagome was sobbing uncontrollably now "I love you InuYasha why are you doing this to me! Koga what did you say to him?"
"He told me everything I needed to hear." InuYasha growled "After everything we've been through, and everything you punished me for, all the while you were with him!"
Kagome opened her mouth to speak but her sniveled tears held her words back, "L-L-Let m-me explain."
"You don't need to explain anything to me," InuYasha spat "We're through!" He lowered both of his arms and sprinted past Kagome without another word.
Kagome fell to her knees and cradled her distraught face in her hands, "InuYasha no! No, no, no! Please… please come back to me!" She whimpered.
Koga offered his hand to her but she smacked it away crossly, "You bastard! You ruined it! Everything, after what I told you! I hate you!"
Sango gasped as she saw her best friend hysterically crying on the floor and rushed over to her, "Kagome! Oh my god what happened?"
Sango wrapped Kagome in her arms and rubbed her hair, "What did he do?"
Miroku, only seconds behind Sango glanced at the two women on the floor then to Koga, "What happened? We just saw InuYasha run past us. I tried to ask him what was wrong but he ignored me."
"The hell if I know." Koga snarled rubbing his neck "All of you are crazy. I'm out of here."
"Don't you dare walk out of here like nothing happened you ass!" Kagome screamed "This is your entire fault!"
Miroku narrowed his eyes, "You had something to do with this?"
Koga didn't answer the question. Instead he disappeared within seconds leaving a cloud of dusty wind behind him.
Sango tried her best to contain the volume of Kagome's sobs but it was no use, "Shh, shh calm down Kags. Breath in…breath out…breath in…breath out."
Kagome shook her head in misery, trying to form words, "S-S-S-Sango he-he-he-he's gone! He-he-left, left me!"
"What do you mean honey?" Sango asked in a motherly tone, rocking her best friend back and forth "Who's gone?"
"Inu-InuYasha-a-a-a," Kagome stuttered she could hardly control herself "He dumped m-m-me!"
Sango shook her head hugging Kagome tighter. She didn't know what the hell happened. All she could do was try to calm Kagome down until she was stable enough to talk.
The double doors of the Crisis Unit swung open again as a woman with dark brown hair and green eyes made her way through its entrance. The woman removed what appeared to be a surgical mask from her mouth, "May I speak to the family of Kikyo Kamahashi?" She called sullenly.
Miroku exchanged glances with Sango before approaching the woman, "That would be us."
"I'm Nurse Yuri. I'm on staff with Dr. Kenji…I didn't know someone had already delivered the news, I'm terribly sorry." The nurse explained peeking over Miroku's shoulder at the women on the floor.
"What news? We haven't been told anything."
Nurse Yuri lowered her eyes and inhaled deeply, "Kikyo went into cardiac arrest an hour after surgery. We tried to save her…we tried to bring her back…"
"You're not saying…"
"Kikyo has passed away. We're terribly sorry for your loss."
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babiswag-- WOW—.sniffle—sniffle. I just want to say thank you for everyone who sent in their reviews! I was so impressed with the positive feedback I was getting from chapter ten that I had to give you something better so this story was updated chapter early! Please let me know what you all think! I don't know how many more chapters there will be but I have the next two in mind I just have to get them on paper! And I promise they'll be good!
until next time
Ashley.
