Chapter Fourteen: Rejection's Sword
Sesshoumaru still had Kagome pushed up against the wall firmly; obviously, they had no intention of parting any time soon.
The other eight men in the room had dispersed. Haru was lying on the couch, his legs thrown up over the back and his head was flipped over the front. He consciously noted how shiny and polished the marble floor was and admired the swirling black and beige colors blended into it.
The triplets left and was wreaking havoc somewhere off in the mansion. An outraged scream could be heard on occasion from a poor unsuspecting maid. The twins took up thumb wrestling, while sitting on another couch cross legged.
Dai had found a book on one of the shelves called, "How To Deal With Living With A Bunch Of Idiots" and was indulging himself; nodding on occasion in agreement with some of the context.
Rin had wandered off and found the board game "Battle ship." Kisho had foolishly challenged her to it. Kisho was now sitting on the ground, cross legged, bent over the plastic board, laughing diabolically, wringing his hands. Too bad he didn't know that 2 years old don't usally know how to play Battle Ship.
"B-4" He announced sinisterly, wiggling his eyebrows.
Rin looked up from the picture she was drawing to look at the half of her board with the boats. Looking back at her uncle, she held up her page with a bunch of swirls of color on it.
"Puppy!"
"Did I hit your ship?" Kisho asked firmly.
"Ruff!" Rin imitated.
"No, you silly child! Did I sink your battle ship?!" Kisho screamed in an aggravated voice. Sometimes, he forgot that Rin was just a small child.
"Uncle Haru!" Rin ran over to her uncle who had changed positions on the couch. Now, only his back was on the front side of the couch, his legs were up in the air, his hands and the top of his head was on the ground. He was trying a hand stand.
Note the word 'trying'.
Rin rammed into him, causing his almost perfect acrobatic act to fail.
Stupid child.
Haru pulled his niece to his chest and stood up. Sitting Indian style on the floor, before his younger brother and the board, he scanned it, looking for the spot in which his brother thought a ship was.
"Missed." Haru said, as if it was completely obvious and grabbed some of Rin's crayons and paper.
"Damn it!" Kisho grumbled, punching the floor, regretting it instantly after succeeding in cracking four knuckles.
"Damn it!" Rin squealed, clapping her hands, giggling slightly.
"Oh shit!" Haru responded, wide eyed.
"Oh shit!" Rin responded in a deep voice, before squeaking and swinging her legs frantically in front her uncle's lap. Her eyes were bright and her hands were being clapped furiously.
"Honey," Haru said softly, "you don't want the Old Fart to hear you say that. Your Uncle Kisho and I will get in BIG trouble."
"Okey dokey."
"Good girl." He praised, patting her head before returning to drawing.
"Ruff!" Rin cheered.
"That means B-9" Haru interpreted.
"You sunk my battleship!"
Smooch.
A frantic woman screamed.
Crayon scratched.
"That's cheating, Fujita!"
Clothing shifted.
"H-5?"
"Missed again. A-1?"
"It is not, Fudo!"
Another woman screamed.
Kaido screamed for his triplets to leave the poor maids alone.
Said trio cackled.
"Missed."
"Oh Shit!"
"Taisho Rin! Where did you learn such foul language?!" Kaido fumed, standing at the door in gray sweat pants and a giant tee-shirt that said "TML: Toronto Maple Leafs" with the team crest in the middle. He still had his glasses down at the end of his nose.
"Rin! What did I tell you?!" Haru asked loudly.
"Oh shit." Rin covered her mouth and giggled.
"Haru, if you and your accomplice don't get out of my sight this instant, you will see just what this I can do to make your lives miserable!" Kaido bellowed, swooping up his grand daughter from his eldest lap.
Kisho and Haru popped up and ran like crazy, as if a demon from the pits of Hell were chasing them.
"Never repeat those words again, Rin. Do you hear me?" Kaido told the toddler firmly.
Rin nodded.
"Sorry." Rin bowed her head in shame.
"It's alright, tenshii. Just don't do it again." He placed a loving kiss on top of her head.
Looking up, Kaido instantly noticed Sesshoumaru and Kagome against the wall. His eyes brightened.
"I dibs naming the first pup!" He bellowed, raising one hand for all to see. He was on the balls of his feet, bouncing up and down slightly, but never leaving the ground.
Fujita made a sound that reflected a buzzer.
"Wrong answer, Pops. I already dibbed that role!" Fujita countered. His tongue was wedged between his front teeth as he wiggled about the couch, trying to capture his older brother's thumb under his.
"You can' t move, Fujita!" Fudo screamed, bonking his younger brother on the head.
"Bakane! I can so!" Soon, the twins were wiggling around like crazy, trying to win.
"I'm your father! What I say goes! I'm naming the first one!"
"Dibs' totally out rule status." The twins chimed in unison, still battling on like crazy.
"Does not!" Kaido whined.
Kaido gave up and turned to Kagome.
"Musume! I can name your first born, right?" Kaido complained, planning on out doing his pup.
"Iie! Kagome-imouto! I can name it, right?
"Iie!"
"Hai!"
"IIE!!"
Kagome suddenly became very aware of all of the noise in the room. She opened her eyes, but only saw the soft skin of Sesshoumaru's cheek and closed eye. She smiled into the kissed and sighed through her nose. Sesshoumaru's hold on her waist tightened slightly.
Still trying to figure out where all of the racket was coming from, she shifted her gaze to see Kaido, looking at the intensely, an angered look in his eyes.
Kagome's eyes widened. Removing her hands from around his neck and torso, she put them to Sesshoumaru's chest and pushed him away with great difficulty. Her eyes were still trained on Kaido.
Sesshoumaru grunted at the rejection and took up kissing the base of her neck softly, feeling her pulse flutter beneath his soft lips. He grinned smugly.
"Kagome, I can name your first pup, right? You wouldn't allow your houritsu no kyoudai to name it! He might give a ridiculous name, like 'Pirate'!"
"I would not! Kagome, you wouldn't allow this roujin to name it! He would just name it after himself!"
"Would not!"
Kaido had enough. He stalked over to where his twins were and bopped Fujita on the head.
"Itai! Pops! I'm Fudo!"
"Like hell you are!"
"I am!"
"Prove it!"
"How the hell can I do that!?"
"Figure it out!"
"What are you two arguing about?" Kagome asked shyly. Her face was deep red and she had not success in pushing Sesshoumaru away from her.
She was becoming very embarrassed and aware of his closeness.
'Awkward? Oh yes! Yes, indeed. This morning turned out to be very awkward. How, you might ask? Well, lets start with somehow waking up by falling on the floor and having an oh-so-sexy man 'drop in' on you. Then, be checked over by a perverted male like you're a piece of meat. Then assumed that you are something you're not. And now this! How is it that Kaido always has 'perfect' timing?' Kagome thought grumpily.
Sesshoumaru moved up her neck a bit until he was kissing behind her left ear, hidden from everyone's sight.
Kagome shuddered out a small gasp. Sesshoumaru chuckled darkly and continued his adventure.
Now, Kagome looked like a sunburned tomato and doubled her efforts to remove her lawyer.
She had no avail.
"Kagome, who gets to name your first pup, me or your dim-witted father in law?"
"P-pup?" Kagome stuttered, her eyes as wide as planets. "I'm not pregnant!"
"Oh? That bites. Well, when you do get pregnant, who will get to name it?" Fujita grumbled.
"Why would you care?!" Kagome exclaimed, utterly shocked and embarrassed.
"Well, Kagome dear, since it will be Sesshoumaru's pup, we want it to have a respectable name, considering his status and all." Kaido said delicately, not wanted to be too blunt.
"Say what!?"
Kagome was outraged.
Her scream hurt Sesshoumaru's ears. So he moved from her neck to look down at her from his staggering height. Curiosity shone in his sunset eyes.
"Excuse me! Please, let me apologize for being rude, Kaido-sama, but it's none of your damn business! I am NOT Sesshoumaru's mate! He is my lawyer! I am not pregnant! Even if I were to have a baby, you wouldn't even get a say in what its name would be! It would be mine and the baby's father, and believe it or not, it most likely won't be Sesshoumaru!"
Kagome roughly pushed herself away from Sesshoumaru and stormed passed Fujita and Kaido who were both stunned to say the least. She headed for the stairs and made her way up to the room she was currently occupying. Being in someone else's home, she did not want to ruin anything by slamming a door, so she closed it gently.
After the men in the living room heard the click, Sesshoumaru turned to his family.
"I told you she wasn't my mate! Why can't you understand that?!" Sesshoumaru left the room in a haste to see if Kagome was okay.
Kaido walked over to Fujita and slapped him on the head.
"Now you've done it, dingbat!"
"I didn't do sqwat! I'm Fudo!" He exclaimed.
"You are not! I know who my pups are!"
"What is all this noise?" A soft voice rang.
All heads in the room turned toward the open door where Ai, Kaido's wife stood.
"Kaido, why are you hitting Fudo?" She asked as she walked over to her injured pup and kissed him on top of his head.
"That's Fujita!" He hollered, pointing a shaking finger at the one being nursed by his mother.
"Oh he is not, Kai-chan! That's Fudo!" Ai admonished softly, rubbing her son's head.
"Oh, and how do you know, Miss Hot Pants!?" Kaido asked, crossing his arms.
"Because I gave birth to them and these are my pups." Ai responded before leaning up to kiss her husband. "Besides, I'm their mother. And what's this I hear? Jaken told me Sesshoumaru brought a woman home with him. Is she his mate?" She asked hopefully.
"Iie. His client." Kaido responded sadly, he turned his gaze to the floor.
"Pops and I kinda hurt her feelings, too." Fugita admitted.
"Shouldn't you apologize then?"
"Yes, but Sesshoumaru is calming her down right now."
"Hmm. Well, make sure you do so! I hate it when people are mad at each other." Ai announced. She left the room and let the four men sit in silence.