This was asked the other day and I thought I put it as a note in one of the other chapters but apparently not. But jifu means affectionate father. Much love keva.

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Sesshoumaru stared at his dark mate when he entered the cavern. "You have returned so quickly."

Naraku nodded his head. "Hai. Rin and Kenta are approaching and wish to speak with you on a matter."

A silver brow arched. "And what matter would that be?"

Naraku smirked at the inu. "It will be revealed upon their arrival."

Deep ambers narrowed. "You will tell me." He growled.

Naraku sat on the bed; placing the pink bag upon the taiyoukai's lap, and withdrew the bottle with the pills in it. "She wishes to tell you and I have promised not to say a word. They should be here shortly and they will speak with you themselves."

"Jifu?" Takara questioned as she walked over to him. "I don't want Rin to come here." She nodded stubbornly.

Naraku picked the child up. "This sudden selfish behavior of yours needs to end today."

"I'm not selfish." She bit out with a small growl.

"Oh?" He questioned with a dark brow arched. "Your chichi is mine." He stated with eyes narrowed.

"Nuh huh… chichi belongs to Takara." She nodded.

"That is selfish behavior." He growled. "And little girl's that are selfish are bad."

"I'm not bad!" She growled and attempted to make the same face Sesshoumaru did when he was angered only to look more like she was trying to lift a heavy object.

Naraku leaned in to her until they were nose to nose. "If you are selfish then you are bad and are in need of a spanking."

She shook her head. "Jifu; you won't spank Takara…" Her little eyes began filling with tears. "Will you?" He bottom lip began to quiver.

"Must you make her cry." Sesshoumaru demanded with a hard glare at his mate.

Naraku ignored his mate in favor of breaking his daughter's selfish behavior. "Are you going to continue this selfish behavior?"

She shook her head and held her little arms out to him.

He deflated instantly and pulled her into a hug. "You are my weakness." He sighed as he rocked her in his lap.

Sesshoumaru snorted as he withdrew the lotion stuff from the pink bag. "She is a liability to us both." He growled as he tried to remember how to get the contents out of the bottle.

"And what do you suggest we do about her then?" Naraku questioned with a hard stare at the taiyoukai.''

Sesshoumaru pushed the pump of the bottle; expelling the white contents within, and began rubbing it down the length of his arm, sighing in relief. "There is nothing we can do." He nearly purred when the tightening in his skin subsided.

Naraku pulled his daughter away from his chest and stared at her. "I suppose you are right." He sighed. "You are quite troublesome." He nodded.

Takara shook her head. "Iie jifu. I am Takara." She then pointed to the silver being behind her running his lotion filled hand down over his chest. "That is chichi." She nodded then poked him in the chest. "And you are jifu."

"I am aware of who we all are." He growled with a small tickle to her sides.

Takara giggled madly. "Chichi helps Takara." She squealed.

Sesshoumaru looked down his nose at her. "Children that speak like heathens get no help from this Sesshoumaru."

"What about children that speak like adults?"

The three in the cavern turned and looked at the two beings that had entered the cavern.

"Rin" Sesshoumaru nodded. "You wished to speak with me."

Rin sighed deeply and rolled her eyes. "No; how are you or anything. That is so Sesshoumaru-sama." She nodded.

"I can see that you are fine as you are standing here in front of me." He nearly growled then looked over at his general. "What news from the scouts?"

"None as of yet." He gave a curt nod. "I will be returning to the palace to check on their status today and prepare for an offensive should it be determined that it is needed."

Sesshoumaru gave a curt nod. "You will send news to me upon your return and we will then make our plan of attack for invading their lands."

"Hai; as you wish." He gave a bow.

Rin sighed deeply; steeling her nerves so that she would be able to tell him what she wanted. Telling tediibea was easy; actually telling Naraku was always easy, but Sesshoumaru was a whole different story. However she was going to have to tell him sooner than later and she just wanted to get it over with. "Sesshoumaru-sama I am going with Kenta." She nodded and took another deep breath. "I intend to remain in the palace."

Sesshoumaru arched a silver brow at her. "Explain to this Sesshoumaru why I should allow this." He stated with a hard edge to his voice.

Rin nearly withered under the pressure but when Kenta put his hand on her shoulder she remained steadfast. "I am not asking." She swallowed hard. "I am giving you the courtesy by informing you as my elder. I am leaving home and returning to the Palace of the Moon with Kenta."

Sesshoumaru narrowed his ambers upon her. "I forbid it." He growled low and deadly in this throat causing everyone to stare at him in various states of shock. He'd be damned if he was going to let her leave just like that; even if she was in love with his general. She was just a child and children remained at home until the parents deemed in necessary to let them go and he was nowhere near ready to let her go; she was just a baby.

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"Kagome!"

"Oh no…" Kagome groaned as she grabbed Shingai by the arm and held her in front of her like she was a shield.

"Kagome?" Shingai panicked as she stared wide eyed at the tornado flying towards her.

The miko ignored the girl and glowered at the flurry of dust and wind. "You stop right there!" She bit out. "I mean it Koga; you touch me and I swear Kei will kick your ass from here to China and back!"

Shingai pressed back against the female standing behind her when a blue eyed, black haired, male dressed in furs suddenly appeared before her and way too close for her liking.

"Come one Kagome." Koga bemoaned. "You'll always be my woman no matter who you're with."

Kagome snorted as she glowered at the wolf. "Koga I wasn't your woman six years ago and I'm not your woman now. You touch me and Kei will have your head!" She pointed a sharp finger over Shingai's shoulder.

"That neko is…" He stopped short when he saw the look on his beloved's face; he was about to be purified to hell by the woman. He cleared his throat nervously before he stared hard at the other female. "And who are you?"

"I'm…" Shingai trailed off when Koga interrupted her.

"You smell like Naraku and Sesshoumaru." Koga growled low in his throat before he grabbed her by her kimono and jerked her close in order to get a sniff of her.

Kagome grabbed the girl by the arm, jerked her away from the wolf, and laid her fist to the side of his head. "Don't be so rude!" She hissed at the wolf sitting on the ground rubbing his head.

"But Kagome;" Koga whined. "She smells of my enemies."

Kagome crossed her arms over her chest and stared hard at the ookami. "Of course she does." She then smirked evilly. "She is Naraku's daughter after all."

Koga jumped to his feet and raised his claws. "Then she must die." He growled.

Shingai eeped in a panic and hid behind Kagome; nearly on the verge of tears. "Kagome I want to go home." She whimpered.

"Iie" Kagome bit out. "Koga reel it back in. You harm one hair on her head and I swear I will purify you to the deepest level of hell and…" She smirked darkly as she held a finger up at him. "If you manage to survive by some miracle of the Kami; Sesshoumaru will finish you off in a slow and painful fashion."

"What does Sesshoumaru have to do with anything?" The ookami bit out. "She reeks of Naraku and you said she was his daughter!"

"Quit talking bad about my master!" Shingai bellowed at the wolf.

"Shingai" Kagome hissed. "I will take care of this." She glowered at the wolf. "Now listen here you perverted puppy. Shingai is Sesshoumaru's and Naraku's daughter and believe me when I tell you that should she…" She pointed at the girl behind her. "Or I go back and complain about your behavior towards either of us;" Her voice dropped to a dark whisper. "You will have their wrath on your head and I am certain Kei will be right there with them. So behave yourself and act like the prince you are."

Koga stared wide eyed at the girl behind his woman. "What do you mean their daughter?"

"What do you think it means?" Kagome sighed with a roll of her eyes. "It means that they are her parents. Plain and simple."

"What? I don't understand." Koga shook his head.

Kagome put her fingers to her temples and began massaging little circles. Was it her or was Koga getting stupider every time they met? "Koga; just forget it. Just know that she is their daughter and that will be the end of it." She sighed deeply. "Better yet; where is your grandfather? I'm sure he will be a lot more inviting and respectful, since you obviously plan on standing out here sputtering like a baka instead of inviting us in."

"Kagome I don't want to go in. I want to go home." Shingai whispered in the woman's ear.

Kagome shook her head and sighed deeply. "See there!" She accused the wolf. "She doesn't want to be around you either. I can't imagine why you're still single."

Koga stepped back like he had just been punched in the chest. "Kagome" He whispered with a drop of his head.

"Sorry" She sighed. "But you just make me so mad with your behavior sometimes. Please Koga; she's not here to cause problems." She nodded as she held up a scroll with Sesshoumaru's seal on it. "We are here at Sesshoumaru's request."

Koga looked at the scroll; knowing full well that when Sesshoumaru sent a message it was business of the political kind. "Sorry Kagome." He nodded before he looked at the panic stricken girl behind the miko. "Come" He nodded at her. "I will take you to my grandfather and then we will start over."

Kagome smiled hugely at the wolf. "Thank you Koga."

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Naraku moved to sit by Sesshoumaru. "I believe you have forgotten our recent talk."

"Iie" The demon lord growled.

"I'm sorry Sesshoumaru-sama." Rin started while trying not to wither under the pressure. "But I am moving back home with Kenta." She nodded determinedly.

Sesshoumaru curled his lip at the girl in a snarling manner and was tempted to attack his general and kill him for turning his daughter against him. "Iie"

Rin looked over at Naraku and pleaded with her big brown eyes for him to help her.

Naraku sighed and turned back to Sesshoumaru. "You have to let her go. She is going to whether you want her to or not; and I do not believe you want her to leave on bad terms with you." He stroked his fingers through his long silver hair. "She won't be far and you can visit anytime you wish and she can always return. Let her go before you lose her forever."

Sesshoumaru ground his teeth together as he knew Naraku was right. "Very well." He growled in irritation.

Small tears escaped her eyes as she stared at the man she had been with and known nearly all her life. "I thought you loved me." She whispered before she turned and ran as fast as she could out of the cavern.

Kenta narrowed his eyes upon his lord but said nothing as it wasn't his place to do so. He gave a curt bow of his head then turned and swept out of the cavern after his little woman.

Naraku stared hard at his mate as he had quite enough of Sesshoumaru's bitchy behavior. "That was uncalled for." He growled. When the inu opened his mouth to respond he held his hand up. "Iie I do not want to hear it. You have gone too far this time and I will not tolerate it." He rose from the bed grabbed Takara who was watching her parents with wide unsure eyes, and left the cavern with his final words echoing against the inu's ears. "This behavior or yours will drive them all away then who will you have left; she is going whether you like it or not."

Sesshoumaru sat in the middle of the bed glowering at the wall on the other side of the room. How dare they all disobey him and speak to him so commonly? Were they anyone else he would have killed them all on the spot; starting with his bastard of a mate.

However none of them were here for him to take his wrath out on; which meant he was going to have to go to them, and that was completely unacceptable yet necessary. He slowly got off the bed and made a single step towards the exit when his head began to spin madly.

He shot his hand out and placed it flat against the wall in order to keep himself from falling to the floor as the room began to spin out of control around him. Now what was wrong with him? If it wasn't one thing it was something else and he was quite tired of the whole mess. "Naraku" He growled low in his throat as darkness played at the edges of his vision.

He could feel his stomach churning causing his free hand to press tightly against his hard stomach. He slowly dropped down to his knees and doubled over feeling like he was going to be sick and once again growled out for Naraku and placed his hand to his neck in an attempt to get Naraku to him as soon as possible as he didn't know what was happening to him.