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Chapter 24
Kagome shifted restlessly on the fur covered rock. Today Sesshomaru would transform back into his humanoid form, back to the form she knew best. Miroku had explained that Sesshomaru wanted to bond with the pup, to let him see his father's face.
The great wall of fur shifted behind her and she glanced back at the massive beast that had lain beside her for a week, watching over Akio and her. "It is time." Miroku murmured softly, standing beside Sango and Kikyo while Inu-yasha stayed in beast form with the pups peeking out from over his massive paws.
Sesshomaru softly snuffed at Kagome and Akio before standing. His white fur grew brighter and brighter until everyone had to turn away for fear they might go blind. When the light had died down the miko found herself wrapped in the demon lord's arms, his nose tucked against her neck, on his mark.
"Mate…" He growled, "It is good to hold you again." For Kagome it took all of her strength not to try to rip herself out of his arms and curl up with her son safely tucked against her bosom, away from prying eyes and away from the man before her.
"Sesshomaru, might you like to take a bath before you bond with your son?" Miroku asked, his bright violet eyes narrowed slightly. The gesture was lost on Kagome but not on the demon lord. He released her to walk over to the cave that housed the spring.
"Come, Miroku, Inu-yasha." Inu-yasha stood and transformed back into his humanoid form before following his brother into the cave. Miroku was a bit slower but he too trailed after his lord.
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"What was that?" Sesshomaru growled at the black haired inu. "You dare think I would harm her?" the outrage was evident in his voice but so was a slight hurt it carried.
"No." violet orbs glowed softly in the dim light. "But she does. Remember Sesshomaru she sees the beast in you, the evil you once were. Kagome does not know how to react to you now except to cower and cry." The silver inu sighed, rubbing slim fingers over his face, "But it wasn't just you, Naraku played a big part in this. She needs to heal, remember that, my brother."
"Inu-yasha, what do you think?" a pair of molten gold eyes slowly opened, and gazed at the cave exit.
"Keep her close, Sesshomaru. Keep her close." The three men finished washing and reentered the birthing cave, their eyes zeroing on Kagome who was curled up on her pallet of furs with wide eyes.
"What happened?" Sesshomaru snarled, striding over to kneel down beside the frightened mother. "Kagome, what happened?" As if his voice was a key her muscles unlocked and she fell forward into his arms, her blue eyes closing as she fell.
"A-Akio started to grow…" Kikyo explained; her own brown orbs wide. Instantly the demon knew what had happened.
"Akio needs energy to grow. His body doesn't have the necessary means to create enough yet so he drew almost all of Kagome's powers into him so he could grow. He would have done the same to Sesshomaru only it wouldn't have such an effect on him. It will take Kagome a few days to regain her strength but for now Akio will have to feed off of his father's energy to grow, or he could possibly kill Kagome without meaning to." Miroku explained, poking at the coals in the fire.
"Akio didn't know any better so it isn't his fault." Sesshomaru growled softly, reaching out with his aura to feed some of his own energy into the tiny pup whom at the moment was curled up on the pallet of furs sleeping. "However Miroku is right, if you catch Akio trying to feed off of Kagome's energy, Kikyo you need to break the connection by pressing against Kagome's powers.
"It won't hurt Akio because of his own mixed powers but it will teach him not to take her energy." The miko nodded and settled herself against the rocky wall.
"We go back in a week correct?" Kikyo asked, her chocolate orbs gazing into the fire, "I want to teach Kagome how to suppress her powers. Without the collar she may end up hurting someone, not on purpose but if someone of youkai power were to push against hers they would be fried to a crisp in a few seconds because her power is unstable at the moment. With your permission, my lord?"
Nodding his head he then turned back to his sleeping mate and pup, situating them so he was between them and the entrance Sesshomaru dozed off.
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Don't kill me! I haven't had access to a computer lately so i havent been able to write! *Huddles in her dark cave after tossing this out*
Okay so...yeah, it's short for now because i'm not on my own computer and don't have much time to write these days...but on the good side i have gotten back into my writing groove and hopefully shall be updating this one soon again. I will be trying to lengthen this chapter over time but for now this is all you get. :P