A few weeks passed and it was about the time for the new heir to be welcomed into the royal family as well as in the palace. Rin took it upon herself to see to the predations to decorating the new heirs room, she had painted it cream with beautiful outline of a forest and some pictures of a flower and picture of mount Fuji; she also picked out the a light green kimono and a few toys and a pillow in the corner of his room where she can read to her child.

Sesshomaru was preparing by telling the guards or servants to be on their toes if Lady Rin is around them when she goes into labor their job is to rush her to the hospital wing and tell the royal family members. While Hoshi and Ichiro were fighting about how it would be a boy or a girl or perhaps another set of twins.

Rin was watering and pulling small weeds from the garden, she also looked at all the flower beds making sure they were all healthy no dead flowers in sight. She speaks kindly to the flowers, Hoshi and Ichiro run with their babysitter General Tadashi at their side to their mother.

Hoshi bends down to sit next to her mother while Ichiro stays with General Tadashi, she smiled at her mother "Why do you like flowers?"

Rin picked a flower she loved tending to the garden, ever since she was younger she loved flowers . . . they had held so many memories. When she was a little girl her and her family offend played in the flower beds by her village; on her travels with her lord and Jaken, She would give Sesshomaru flowers to be nice or express how much she admired him; He also gave her flowers when she got older sometimes, and even now in the palace garden there are flowers.

Her mother smiled giving her the flower she had pick "They hold so many fond and sad memories, I have always been around flowers . . . with my parents and brother; with your father and Jaken; with even bad demons; with you and your brother; with Inuyasha and Kagome as well. Also flowers are beautiful and bring others happiness, without wanting anything in return . . . they are so generous."

Ichiro looks at his mother "Well you seem like the prettiest flower then."

General Tadashi smiles at Ichiro is his a well behaved and polite son at times . . . when he's not with Jaken or fighting with his sister.

Rin smiled giving him a flower as well "Oh and why is that?"

Hoshi smiled giving Rin a flower "Your beautiful and you bring others happiness and without wanting anything in return."

Rin smiles at her children and then her eyes widen as she falls to her side, but General Tadashi catches her, and pick her up "Lady Rin what is the matter?"

She grabbed her stomach while he begins to walk with the pups at his side, and then she smiled threw the pain "The baby is coming."

Hoshi and Ichiro looked up at their mother who they could tell was in pain, "Mother what do we do?"

She smiled and patted their heads it was sweet they were worried "Just go get your father, aunt and uncle and grandparents . . ."

They nodded and quickly ran to do as she said, without thinking they ran into the palace up the stairs one going to find their father and grandparents and the other to find their uncle and aunt.

XX Hospital wing XX

Rin was rushed into the delivery room by General Tadashi, the nurses and doctor Cho quickly laid her on a futon and told her to breathe slowly and deeply.

She did as doctor Cho said after all she was a good doctor and friend, she breathed slowly and she felt a lot of pain even thou she was barely into labor; it would usually take two hours before she would have a child. After all demons usually have quick pregnancies, births and childhoods the only time that is slow is once they are full grown they won't change for hundreds of years.

XX outside of the door XX

Kagome wasn't allowed into the birthing room, no one was allowed in the birthing room not even Sesshomaru no one at all, and so everyone waited in the hall way even General Tadashi who given the title uncle by the twins. It was different for a royal birth it was proper for no one to be in the room during the birth unless it was the doctor or nurses.

Sesshomaru tried his best not to show how nervous, excited, proud and worried he was so he just watched the twin who were playing "Simon says."

Inu No Taisho smirked "Simon says touch you furs." The twins did as he said, and then waited for their grandmother.

She thought of a good one "Simon says do a hand stand", they did it with ease.

Sesshomaru smiled "Simon says stay in your hand stand but with one hand touch your toes," they did it as well but with a little difficultly.

There were suddenly loud horrific scream that struck fear into the pups they ran to the door with Sesshomaru stopping them, they cried "Mother . . . Mother!"

Sesshomaru looked up at everyone "Please everyone leave and take the pups, try to make them not worry."

Sesshomaru waits outside eagerly and is for the first time in his life frightened and worried, he has been scared before but never frightened . . . he had to know what was going on, the screams stopped but there's not a healthy child crying.

Just then the nurse came out to tell him to come in, soon as he saw her he ran in to see if everything was alright. He looked at Rin who was holding a small bundle, in her face was happiness but was soon replaced by fear and worry. He was astonished she looked a little different . . . her hair had turned slivery white like his and his son. Sesshomaru could tell something else was the matter but what when he went to look at the child he saw what worried his mate . . . it was alive and healthy . . . but It was a son . . . with black hair. His eyes widened "The Prophecy!"

He looked at the two and then laid his eyes on Rin "Your hair turned slivery white . . . I suppose the reason it didn't slivery white when I changed you into a demon, was it was to help give our son his dark hair . . . it seems he took your hair color as you took his birth right color. As you well know all Inu Youkai males are born with slivery white hair . . . and yet he has dark hair . . . its black with dark brown highlights like yours was and now you have the slivery white hair. . ."

Rin held her child motherly and looked at Sesshomaru worried "Sesshomaru we have many enemies if they knew the prophecy would come true they would kill our son . . . and our daughter . . ."

He looks at her petting the child's black hair "Our daughter . . . I suppose if we had the male heir in the prophecy . . . I suppose we will have another daughter in the prophecy to become his bride."

Rin holds her child with concern in her eye "What are we going to do?"

He looked grim and then whispered in her ear so the nurses wouldn't hear "I think we need to keep him hidden as well as our daughter we will surely have in the near future. We should let the General adopt our son and when we have our daughter we should keep her hidden within the palace and secret."

Rin had tears in her eyes to give away her child "Why did you choose the general?"

He smiled petting his son, his son would never be allowed to know about his real family, until it was time for him and their daughter in the future to know about the prophecy and to seal it. He looked at his mate "He is a dear friend to us both, and will protect him as well . . . he could raise our son . . . close to us so we could see him grow even if he won't know who we are."

Rin smiles and hugs her child for the last time "I see . . . before we do that we should at least name him."

The child had Sesshomaru's smile, he smiled at his parents as they said in unison "HARUKI". Rin smiles "It means shining sun . . . it's perfect, and opposite of the moon."

He then sent for a guard to get General Tadashi, he smiled "At least we know our next child will be a girl and will have silvery white hair. . . like the moon."

Rin nods she hates the thought of giving up her beloved child . . . but it's for his safety and their future daughter's safety.

The general came in and was told about the situation and was told along with everyone in the delivery room that Haruki's birth is to be kept a secret they would tell everyone that he was a still birth and nothing more. Also that Haruki was found in the forest by General Tadashi that his parents were weak and killed by monks . . . a perfect cover up. Sesshomaru held Rin to help her calm down as she saw her child taken away.

Rin was crying in his embrace he held her tight to calm her she whispered "Haruki . . ."