Haley

Haley and Hanaki led Sesshomaru away from Ashley's castle. At first it was just to distract him enough to make them both calm down, but now it was personal! He made fun of Hanaki and Haley wasn't going to let him get away with it.

"Hey half-breed! How far are you going to drag me away from the castle?" Sesshomaru asked impatiently. Haley stopped walking and turned around with her hands on her hips.

"You know, you're starting to sound just like your brother!" she yelled. He glared at her.

"Don't you dare mention that insects name in my presence!" Sesshomaru warned. Haley just shrugged him off. He couldn't hurt her. Not as long as he wanted to keep Ashley happy. Even Haley knew Ashley was very protective of those she loved.

"Whatever!" she waved him off. She turned back around and once again started to walk as far away from the castle as they dared. Then a thought struck her. "Hey! Kagin! Can you come up here?"

Ashley's older sister ran up to where Haley was walking.

"Yes?"

"How far would you say your sister is?" Haley whispered. Even Sesshomaru wouldn't have been able to hear them at the distance they were at.

"If you're talking about her pregnancy, then I would say roughly 2 months," she whispered back.

"Oh, well how long does this last for demons?" Haley asked.

"Usually 5 months. Our newborns develop much quicker than humans do," she said.

"That's not good," Haley muttered. Kagin looked at her confusingly.

"Why?"

"I may be wrong, but I think that we are in the beginning of mating season," Haley explained.

"Oh yeah, I can see where that would be bad," Kagin whispered. Haley nodded.

"What would be bad?" Sesshomaru asked. Haley jumped at the closeness of his voice. She looked over her shoulder to see Sesshomaru walking up right behind them.

"First, get out of my bubble!" Haley yelled. Sesshomaru raised his eyebrow and so did Kagin. Haley sighed. "You know, my personal bubble? You do not enter it!" It seemed that they still did not get it. Haley sighed again. "Just take a step away." He hesitantly complied. "Okay, second, wait, what were we talking about?"

Kagin face palmed and it seemed like Sesshomaru would have too if his ego and pride didn't get in the way.

"Sesshomaru, just forget you heard anything. It seems Haley has," Kagin said, sighing. Haley looked from Kagin to Sesshomaru and back again. Then her memory became nice to her once again.

"Oh yeah!" Haley said. Kagin sighed once more.

"Anyway, let's keep moving," Kagin said. Haley nodded but Sesshomaru refused.

"We are far enough away from the castle. This Sesshomaru doesn't know what you are planning but I refuse to move any further," Sesshomaru said. This time both Haley and Kagin sighed.

"Whatever, Haley is right here okay to start the fight?" Kagin asked her. Haley looked around and they were in an open plain.

"Yeah, it's pretty good. Okay Hanaki! It's time to show our stuff!" Haley said. Hanaki nodded her little dragon head and then flew up to Sesshomaru and roared a little. Sesshomaru smirked.

"Do you honestly think you can beat me with this puny thing?" Sesshomaru asked. Haley crossed her arms and signaled Hanaki to transform.

"When she is like that, not really. But you really should learn not to trust everything your eyes show you," Haley said. Hanaki flew up high into the sky and transformed into a huge black dragon with blue eyes. However it did not seem like Sesshomaru was very impressed.

"Is that all?" he asked. Haley huffed.

"No, that is not all. You will see that I am not just a half-breed, Lord of the fluffiness!" Haley yelled. She saw his eyes turn red.

"What did you just call me, half-breed?" Sesshomaru growled. Haley smirked.

"Lord of the fluffiness!" Haley repeated. He growled as his face started to shift into his real form.

"Sesshomaru!" Kagin yelled. Sesshomaru ignored her. She sighed in aggravation. "LORD SESSHOMARU!" He suddenly snapped out of it and went back to his humanoid form. Once he went back he turned his glare to Kagin.

"What?" he growled.

"No transforming! Only Haley's pet can do that!" Kagin declared.

"This is a battle! There are no rules in battle!" Sesshomaru told her.

"There are in this one! Why don't you think for at least one time today? If you transform here and fight full on then you would most likely destroy most of our home! And you know neither my brother nor I will let that happen! Plus, what would Ashley say if she knew you destroyed her home?"

"Ashley's home is in the Western Dog Demon Lands! Not here," Sesshomaru stated.

"Excuse me, but technically this is the place where Ashley grew up and lived most of her life. Technically it is her home," Haley butted in. Sesshomaru glared at her again.

"Silence yourself half-breed," Sesshomaru said.

"Okay, first, enough with the half-breed crap. Second, Haley is correct. And if Ashley wants to call this her home then you have no right to go against her in saying that it is not! So I suggest that you silence yourself for once Lord Sesshomaru and think about what your mate wants for once instead of what you think is good for her," Kagin said. Sesshomaru looked at her surprised. Then he quietly sighed and turned back to Haley.

"Whatever. Let's just get this battle over with," Sesshomaru said.

"Gee. Don't show all your excitement all at once," Haley muttered sarcastically. She heard Kagin trying to cover up her laugh. Sesshomaru just narrowed his eyes at them. He looked up at Hanaki and flew up to him to fight.

"Prepare yourself, dragon!" Sesshomaru yelled. Hanaki roared and zoomed towards Sesshomaru. In the meanwhile, Kagin walked over to Haley.

"Hey, how long do you think this will work?" she whispered.

"Hm, not sure. If we are trying to stall him while they both calm down, then probably a few hours. If anything, Hanaki can probably just dodge Sesshomaru until Sesshomaru gets this out of his system. As for Ashley, her anger kind of varies depending on the situation and mood she started in," Haley whispered back. Kagin agreed.

"Yeah, I guess that's true. But is your dragon that fast and strong?"

"Who knows? All I know is that she can defeat, like, 50 demons at once. She proved it just before I got here," Haley said.

"Really? Were you being attacked?"

"Yeah, by, like, 50 or more male demons," Haley said.

"Wow, that's bad. Especially since it's the start of the mating season," Kagin said. Haley nodded.

"I know right?" Haley said. They then heard Sesshomaru yelling above them.

"I will make you pay you stupid dragon!" Both of the girls looked up. It seemed like Hanaki had managed to hit Sesshomaru in the arm and now Sesshomaru was bleeding.

"Good job Hanaki!" Haley yelled at Hanaki. Sesshomaru glared at Haley but Haley just ignored him.

"What about you? Aren't you going to fight?" Sesshomaru asked. "Or are you too afraid that you are weaker than me and will just get killed in the process?" Now it was Haley's turn to glare at him.

"Look. Just because I am half-dog demon half-wolf demon does not give you the right to say that I am weaker than you! I'll show you just how powerful I am!" Haley yelled at him. Haley then flew up into the air and told Hanaki to stay out of this fight. Hanaki whimpered.

"Hanaki. I'll be fine. Sesshomaru won't be able to kill me, okay? He wouldn't do that to Ashley," Haley told Hanaki.

"And what do you mean by that?" Sesshomaru asked. Haley turned to him and smirked.

"I mean that even you should know how close Ashley and I are. We are best friends so if you really did kill me then Ashley would never forgive you!" Haley said to him. Sesshomaru scoffed.

"You are assuming that she will ever find out that I was the one to kill you. Even if I do, I will never let her find out," Sesshomaru said. Haley mentally grrred. How dare he! Does he honestly think that Ashley couldn't find out on her own? Or the fact that she wouldn't stop searching until she found out who did kill her best friend? "Enough of this useless talking!" Sesshomaru then flew straight for Haley and she dodged him at the last moment.

"Aw, is Fluffy anxious to get his butt whooped?" Haley taunted in a baby voice. Boy, if looks could kill Haley would be six feet under by the way Sesshomaru was glaring at her.

"If you call this Sesshomaru that name once more I will make sure you die here and now!" Sesshomaru warned.

"Aw! Look at that Kagin! I made Fluffy angry!" Haley said with a smile. Kagin laughed below them.

"It appears so, Haley!" she agreed. Just then, two of Sesshomaru's fingers turned green and a whip appeared around him. He then began to twirl around (like a little fairy) and then whipped it at Haley. Luckily she dodged, but she could still feel the sting of the air after the whip left. Haley quickly looked around, no water source. She sighed and floated down to Kagin.

"Is there any water near here?" she asked Kagin. Kagin looked at her with surprise.

"You do realize that we are surrounded by volcanoes, right? The only water would be in the air around us," she said. Then Haley got an idea and she flew back up, leaving a confused looking Kagin.

"Thanks Kagin!" she yelled below.

"Uh, yeah, sure," Kagin said.

"Okay Sesshomaru! Now I'm serious!" Haley yelled. She put her arms out and focused on the little particles of water that surrounded them.

Of coarse there's water in the air! It's crazy humid out here! I can just use the water in the air to create a whip like Sesshomaru's so then we can equally fight! Haley thought. Haley briefly closed her eyes as she felt the water particles form in her hands into the shape she wanted. After a moment she opened her eyes so see a huge water whip lying in her hands.

"Woah," she muttered. She looked at Sesshomaru who also looked a little stunned. Then his face went back to its usual emotionless self. They both prepared their whips and flew at each other.

It continued like for until the sun set. Haley managed to hit Sesshomaru a few times in the same spot that Hanaki had bit him in earlier. Each time Sesshomaru grimaced a little in pain.

"Hey!" a voice below yelled. Sesshomaru and Haley looked down to see Ashley's older brother, Shozu, looking back up at them. "Haley! Sesshomaru! Come down here a second!" Haley and Sesshomaru complied.

"What's up, Shozu?" Haley asked.

"Well-woah. Sesshomaru, what happened to you?" Shozu said when he saw Sesshomaru's bleeding arm.

"Do not ask. How is Ashley?" Sesshomaru said.

"Well, that's the reason I'm here. It seems like she's calmed down a lot and wants to talk to you about something. But she told me specifically to tell you that if you are planning on harming the baby in any way, then just go back to the Western Dog Demon Lands and she will go back once he is born," Shozu said.

"I see. Then I shall not harm the being she wishes to protect. Is she allowing anyone to see her?" Sesshomaru said. Haley raised her eyebrows in surprise.

Wow, I didn't expect him to comply so quickly. Well, then again he does love Ashley so I guess it makes sense that he would do anything to make her happy. Haley thought.

"Yes she is. For right now she just wants to see you, Sesshomaru. So go up to her now and don't screw things up," Shozu warned him. "Oh, and try not to make her angry. Her hormones are crazy right now so even the most innocent tease could set her off." Sesshomaru nodded. He then flew back towards the castle.

Ashley

A knock was heard at my door.

"Come in!" I said. The door opened and Sesshomaru appeared.

"Ashley?" he said. I nodded.

"Hi Sesshomaru. Could you come here a sec? I've been thinking about things and there's something I came up with," I said. Sesshomaru nodded, gently closed the door, and sat on the edge of my bed closest to me.

"What is it?" he asked gently. It was clear that my brother had spoken to him about being nice to me.

"Well, I was thinking about how much you don't like this baby. I'm letting you know right now that there is no way I will not let this child be born. Sesshomaru, I am so happy right now. I not only get to spend my life with you, but now we can both take care of a child of our own. I can't tell you how happy this makes me," I said. I wiped my eyes of the tears that were starting to fall. Stupid hormones. Sesshomaru placed a hand on my cheek and I smiled at him.

"You are correct. I cannot imagine how happy you are. But that does not mean I cannot try," He said. That just made me smile more.

"That brings me back to what I am trying to say. Sesshomaru, I know you don't like how he is hurting me and making me sick. I know that. But I won't let you take him away from me. Just like I won't let anyone take you away from me. I love you both but honestly, this baby needs me to take care of him. To make sure he is able to even live. You have no idea what it's like to feel needed. I rarely feel like anyone actually needs me so this baby needing me also makes me very happy. Now, I am going to give you two options, Sesshomaru. The first, if you don't want to even see this baby, then I will raise him myself. I will move out of the castle and travel with the baby, protecting him," I said. Sesshomaru scowled at the end.

"I do not like that option," he stated.

"The second, is that you learn to accept this baby as ours and we can raise him together. In the castle," I said. Sesshomaru thought about it, then he sighed.

"I guess I will learn to tolerate it, I mean him," Sesshomaru said. I smiled then pulled him into a hug. Tears streamed from my eyes.

"Thank you, Sesshomaru! Thank you! I just know you will come to love him!" I cried. Sesshomaru hugged me back and just let me cry.

After that day, Sesshomaru and I, as well as Haley and Hanaki, all went back to Sesshomaru's castle. Haley decided to stay so that she could help whenever I got really hormonal so that Sesshomaru and I wouldn't have another fight. However, Inuyasha said that he could not stay in the same place as Sesshomaru for too long. He had said something about it being too suffocateing with all the baby talk and whatnot. But he did say that he would stop by once in a while to see Haley and update her on things. So basically, things were looking up, except for the war that would start once the mating season was over.

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