Melting the Iron Heart
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha characters, only the ones I made up.
A/N: hey, sorry it took so long, I was waiting for someone to review the last chapter, which just so happened to be maire53, thank you. Also, Maire53, umm, I think I said that you were the first to review that story, but I really meant that chapter. Sorry, typo, lol. But you can keep the cookies!!
On with the story!!
"Kagome?! Kagome, where are you??" Miaera yelled, running from room to room trying to find her sister. Inuyasha appeared at the kitchen door, waving at them frantically. Miaera walked around the corner to see Kagome sitting on her leg, holding the bottom part of her stomach.
"Mia, Mia, it hurts, so bad! Mia, heal me so it will stop, please!" Kagome didn't seem to realize what was really happening.
"Kagome, I can't heal you."
"Why not, am I to die like mom almost had?" Kagome asked with eyes filled with tears.
"No, I can't heal you because there is nothing wrong with you." Kagome looked at her, confused. "You're in labor." Inuyasha looked as shocked as Kagome did. "How long has your uterus and child been hurting you?"
"Um, since we got back from the hospital, why?"
"You have been in labor that long, and didn't even know it??" Miaera screamed, making Inu jump. Kagome groaned as Miaera shooed the guys away so she could see how far she was dilated. "6 centimeters, so we have enough time to get her back to either the castle or Kaede's hut."
"Why can't I have the child here, in the hospital?" Miaera bent down and pulled the dog on top of both hers and Inuyasha's head.
"Because these things that are ears to you both, are unnatural to humans. Remember Kagome, the child will likely have those ears like you two have." Miaera stood as Kagome moaned, in complaint or pain, Miaera wasn't sure. "Inuyasha, you are going to have to help her stand up and keep her up. I can't take her if she's lying down." Miaera helped support her sister, and then turned to Sesshomaru. "You are going to have to go through the well; I can't take you as well, sorry."
Sesshomaru nodded and was gone in a flash, leaving Miaera, Kagome, and Inuyasha in the kitchen. Inuyasha and Miaera pulled her up, supported her, and took hands in a circle. The white ring appeared, and they were gone, leaving Sota standing there, feeling left out.
"Kaede, Kaede, she's in labor!! Come quick!" Miaera yelled at the aged miko. She appeared and held the shade out of the way of the doorway so they could get in without major issues with seeing, as it might cover up their face as they were walking in the door.
"How wide is it?"
"The child or-?" Kaede nodded at the 'or'. "Well, I haven't checked since we left, but I knew we had enough time to get here." Kaede looked.
"Yes, it is wide enough, Kagome, ye may start pushing!" Kaede readied herself by walking out the door and returned with water and a blanket. "Lord Sesshomaru, ye must step outside while she is giving birth, as well as ye, Inuyasha." The men already knew that they weren't allowed in the room with Kagome while giving birth, it was an old rule. Kagome, on the other hand, didn't want Inuyasha to leave; she had never seen anyone experience this without their husband.
"No, no… no, no…. Inuyasha please stay…. please stay…. please?" Kagome begged between breaths and grunts.
"He can't stay, Kagome, men are not allowed in the birth room, remember your history class? They explained that to you, also that people here find it horrid to hear the birth." Miaera said.
"Hear the birth?"
"Yes, as in the mother screaming, moaning, and yelling loud enough for others to hear."
"Oh, well I am screwed. Miaera, you're going to stay, aren't you?" Kagome asked, looking at her sister, hoping she wouldn't leave as well. Miaera nodded, clutching her own stomach, wondering if Kagome really was in a lot of pain.
"Miaera, your not in labor as well, are you? I mean, you are clutching your stomach like I was."
"What? Oh, no, Kagome I was just thinking, about what you are probably going through." Miaera responded.
They worked with Kagome for 3 hours, trying to get the baby out, and eventually the baby finally came out, and weighed, according to Miaera's makeshift scale made out of various things around them, 6 pounds and nine ounces. They called for Inuyasha to come in and Miaera left to go to Sesshomaru.
"How did it go?" Miaera asked him.
"I think you forget: you were the one that was helping give birth."
"No, I mean, how did it go being left with Inuyasha for so long?"
"Oh." Sesshomaru looked at the door to the hut. "I think we have reached an understanding."
"OOOOkkkkkk…. Do I want to know?" Miaera said, hugging him.
"If you didn't you wouldn't have asked." He said, hugging her back and staring at the sky.
"Will you tell me?" Sesshomaru looked down and smirked.
"Not a chance, at least not right now. Alright?" Miaera nodded, scratching her stomach.
"When do you need to go back to your University?"
"In a week." Miaera was lifted off the ground, bridal style, and carried to a stream near by. "What if they need us?"
"We are within hearing distance, not that for off." Sesshomaru looked around where they were. "Come."
"You still haven't put me down."
"Then I know you are coming." Sesshomaru carried her to a cave, but they kept walking in, farther and farther until the light from the entrance was completely gone.
"Sesshomaru, where are we going and why are we here?"
"Patience, Miaera, you will understand it soon." Sesshomaru bent and kissed her, then kept on walking, Miaera still in his arms. All of a sudden, a huge light enveloped them both, and they were surrounded by lanterns lighting up the remainder of the cave.
"Wow, Sesshomaru, how did you find this?" Miaera looked around at all the beautiful flowers and pieces of gold here and there. There were roses of every color, tulips in red, orange, yellow, and purple. Lillis were everywhere, growing on everything possible, and daisies practically connected all the different flower patches. Clumps of gold was all over the walls, adding even more of a heavenly feeling to the atmosphere of the place.
"After Inuyasha was born, I was pissed and I went walking, without paying attention to where I was going. I ended up here by accident." Sesshomaru put her down, but put his arms around her, pulling her close. "Mia, look-"
"That's different."
"What?"
"You called me Mia; usually you either call me Miaera or mate."
"Well, that's usually when we are around others, correct?"
"Yeah, good point."
"Yes." Sesshomaru stared at her in the eye. "I… I know it seems as if I'm trying to pick a fight, but I'm really not, I know it wouldn't be good for any of us, you, me or the pup. Even if you weren't pregnant, I wouldn't try to pick a fight with you."
"Then why do you start things that you know are going to upset me?" Miaera asked, turning around.
"Honestly?" Miaera nodded. "And this will never leave the cave, alright?" Miaera nodded again. "Well, I don't understand the things in your time; it doesn't make sense to me. I don't like that feeling, and I didn't want to be around the thing that confuses me. Mia, Mia, I love you." (Ok, guys I know this sounds out of character and really sappy for Sesshomaru, but I had to in order to make this part so adorable.)
Miaera kissed him, then stared him in the eyes. "I love you Lord Sesshomaru."
He growled as he picked her up off the ground again. "Drop the formalities, they piss me off," he recited the words that she had said previously, and then kissed her.
"Gomen nasai, Sesshy-kun, but, are you trying to butter me up?" Miaera pulled him even closer, but stiffened before Sesshomaru could do more than shrug. "Did you hear that?"
"Hai, it sounded like Inuyasha. I can't tell if there is something wrong, or if he is just excited from his voice." Sesshomaru rushed them both out of there, trying to find Inu.
"Sesshomaru, Miaera, guess what?! IT'S TWINS! A boy and a girl! Akira and Shitake, Kagome named them!" Inuyasha yelled, jumping out of the shadows. Miaera's hands instinctively covered her stomach, and she ducked behind Sesshomaru. Sensing her distress, Sesshomaru covered her with his arms and started yelling.
"Inuyasha, even though Kagome has had her child, that does not mean that you can spaz out like you used to, at least not around Miaera, you will hurt her, the pup, and I will hurt you!" Sesshomaru came so close to hitting Inuyasha, but stopped at a hand on his arm.
"Gomen, Sesshomaru, brother, gomen. I'll try to remember." Inuyasha said, his bangs covering his eyes.
Sesshomaru stood there, shocked, bewildered, that his half brother had just called him brother. This nice thing was certainly going to take some use getting to. "NANI??" Miaera was screaming. "You just called him brother!"
"Hai."
"Why?"
"Kagome asked me to be nice, and she said that included calling him brother, not the other names that I call him."
Sesshomaru raised his eyebrows. "Like what?"
Inuyasha looked at him. "That doesn't matter right now, I hear Akira crying!" Inuyasha took off, hearing what he knew was his daughter.
"Humph, I don't hear anything." Sesshomaru grumbled.
"I do, the soft shrill that is a female pup crying." Sesshomaru stared.
"How to you hear it and I do not?"
"My ears are advancing so I may be able to hear the pup's cries when it is born. You will be able to hear it better than I when it comes. It's just that my body is preparing for it sooner, because I know it will not be much longer before it is here." Sesshomaru looked down at her.
"We will make sure that Kagome and Inuyasha will be able to handle this by themselves for the next day or two. After that, we are going to the castle so you can give birth there, and we shall be prepared for this. The pup shall be taken care of nicely." Sesshomaru waited for her response, and she nodded.
They returned to Kaede's hut, listening for the cries of the babies. They both walked in, after getting permission from Kagome. One look and all Miaera and Sesshomaru could do was sigh at the sight before them. Kagome was holding one babe with silver hair with black streaks through it, and amber eyes, and with black ears in her right arm. Inuyasha was comforting the other one with black hair, silver ears, and brown eyes.
"Mia, Mia, come quick, Shitake's eyes are turning colors! It's so adorable!" Kagome was waving to her, trying to get her to come, which she obeyed. Shitake's eyes were changing between red, amber, and brown. "You want to hold him?"
"Sure." Kagome handed him over, and Miaera started to rock him. "Konichi wa, Shitake, welcome to the world." Miaera felt her own pup kick within her stomach, and also felt the newborn jump at the feel of the child, for the baby was right on top of her stomach. "Shitake, Shitake, I am your Aunt, Aunt Mia."
"Grugru puft!" Shitake was making sounds, and then smiling at them. Miaera looked over at Sesshomaru, who was holding Akira.
"Miaera?" Miaera turned back to Sesshomaru.
"Hn?"
"I can't wait for ours." Miaera smiled, and looked down at Shitake again.
"Me 2." They all turned to the doorway at a sound that sent chills down all their spines.
"Yeah, well, neither of you will get to see that day, for that child will be mine. Power like that can't end up in the hands of a pure demon."
A/N: OMG!! Who is at the door?? I know, but do u?? I will give imaginary cookies to whoever can tell me wat the crap that thing over Sesshomaru's shoulder is called, and if someone can tell me wat the word in Japanese for 'lucky' is and wat the Japanese word for 'beautiful' is!! Mk, so please, please, please look into those things, or else I'm not going to be able to give you the awesome chapter I have planned for you!! Oh no!!
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