Ch 29
The men finally went to sleep and the next day the guards were packing things as Rin, Shippo and Souta played around. Karas and Kira grabbed their things as Kagome walked over to Kikyou to talk. "Can we go now?" Inuyasha asks.
"In a minute!" Sesshoumaru snapped at him.
"Jeez, someone's cranky," Inuyasha said, smirking.
"I would watch my mouth if I were you, mutt. I already have a short fuse with you," Sesshoumaru hissed
"So we keep east, I know a healer there." Sesshoumaru says to them as he looks at Kagome. "Don't look over here." she says to him.
Keski sighed as he made sure his sword was secure.
"Keski let's go." Naraku says to him.
Keski bent down and picked up Shippo and started walking.
Kira walked over to Naraku. "Is he okay?" he asks
"He'll be fine once we figure out what's wrong with him," Naraku said, though he had a feeling Keski was thinking about something else.
Kira looked at him suspiciously before nodding and turning around, walking quickly to catch up to Karas.
Souta ran up to Kohaku as they were walking ."Kohaku is it true are you going to leave us and live with him?" Souta asks him.
"How did you hear that?" Kohaku asks him.
"That's a secret." Souta says with a smile on his face.
"Well yes Souta I will but I'll visit as much as I can, you know I still have to train to be a priest." Kohaku says to him.
"Then why don't you just stay and not go at all? You can still visit him instead of coming to visit us," Souta said, looking up at his brother.
"That's what you should do." Keski says as he walks ahead of them.
"Who asked you!?" Kohaku growled. Sesshoumaru rubbed his temple, he should have known it was to good for those two to get along.
Keski stopped and turned around and looked at Kohaku. "You're too young to leave your parents, or are you too stupid to realize that?" Keski asked him.
"Maybe you're too self-centered to realize how mature I am for my age," Kohaku said through gritted teeth, glaring at Keski.
Keski laughed and said, "Oh really? Half of the shit you've done since I've been here has been really not mature. You're just a jealous child, upset that he's not getting what he wants."
Keski placed Shippo on the ground and took his bow off his back and loaded it with a arrow, "Reincarnation or not I will hurt you." Keski growled at him.
"Keski stop!" Karas said and ran over to him and stood in front of Kohaku.
Keski eyes flashed red for a second before he backed away. Shippo looked up at Keski. "Let's go!" he says to them.
Shippo gulped and jumped back up onto Keski's shoulder, flicking his tail back and forth nervously. Kohaku's hands were still clenched into fists at his sides and he breathed deeply, still angry at Keski's words.
Sesshoumaru eyed the two but kept his mouth shut as they walked on. "I'm sorry." Karas says to Kohaku and walks back over to Kira.
"So um Kagome you look nice."Inuyasha said breaking the silence.
"Thank you." Kagome said as she watched Keski walk on.
"Sesshoumaru what is going on?" Kagome asked him.
"I honestly don't know." Sesshoumaru says to her.
"What are we going to do after we visit this healer?" Kagome asked.
"We'll probably head back home if it's not something terrible. Otherwise, we'll just have to wait and see," Sesshoumaru replied.
When they arrived at the healers home, Sesshoumaru walked into the tent to speak to the healer, "Kaede nice to see you, I was wondering if you could look over a friend of mine that's been moody for the last few weeks." Sesshoumaru says to her.
"Sesshoumaru and what would I be looking for?" Kaede asks him.
"We're not sure. Anything, I guess," Sesshoumaru said, shrugging. Kaede nodded and said, "Alright, bring them in."
Sesshoumaru walked out and said, "You can come in, Keski." Keski nodded and walked into the tent, sitting down across from the old woman.
Sesshoumaru walked out the room taking Shippo with him. "How long do you think this will be?" Bankotsu asks.
"Why you have somewhere to be?" Sesshoumaru asked him.
"No sir." he says to Sesshoumaru. "Hmm , I see you're a priest would you mind talking your shirt off so I can look at your stomach?" Kaede asks.
Keski took his shirt off. Kaede stood up and went over to her table where she had a mixture of elixirs she poured a red and blue one into a bowl and mixed it together and then walked over to Keski."Drink all of this." she tells him.
"May I ask why?" Keski asked, taking the bowl from her.
"Because I said so. Now drink it," Kaede replied. Keski just nodded and drank the elixir, forcing himself not to grimace at the bitter taste
"You must be a real good friend of the dogs, he usually doesn't deal with humans." Kaede says to him.
"Yes we've grown on each other." Keski says to her as he puts the bowl down.
"I see he seems worried about you." she says.
"I know but he shouldn't' I can take care of myself." Keski tells her .
"Hmm, well in 15 minutes I'll know what's going on with you." she tells Keski
"I don't have time to talk I have to find the rest of the shards." Keski tells her.
"Yes I heard it was shattered." Kaede says to him.
Kohaku looked at Naraku. "What will you do after we find out what's going on with Keski?" Kohaku asks him.
"If it's serious I will take you two back to my castle." Naraku says.
Kohaku nodded and said, "What if it isn't serious?"
"Then we'll keep looking for the jewel shards," Naraku replied, crossing his arms over his chest
"What makes you think my brother will go with you?" Karas asks Naraku.
Naraku turned his head and looked at Karas.
"Are you really asking that question Karas , you know Keski will come to me no matter what." Naraku says
"He can stay with me and Kira, I can care for him better than you can." he says
Naraku smirked and said, "I think I can handle it. After all, he won't be the only human there." Karas glared at him and said, "I said he's not going with you. He's my brother, and I won't lose him to you again."
"Thank you for not having boys." Sesshoumaru says to Kagome.
"You know how Karas is, Karas behave before I have to knock you down."Kagome warns him. "All do respect Kagome, butt out!" Karas says to her as he glares at Naraku.
Kagome stood up. "Kagome leave Karas alone let him learn his lesson for once." Sesshoumaru says to her.
Kagome looked at him and said, "Sesshoumaru, he's like a son to me. If he were really my son, I wouldn't let him do this." She walked up to Karas and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Come on, let's go for a walk," she said, gently yet firmly pulling him away from Naraku.
Naraku chuckled as they walked away and said, "Let the woman save you, Karas. She knows I'd kick your ass." Kagome swung around and punched Naraku in the face, sending him flying back several feet before hitting a huge tree. "Just because you could probably kick his ass doesn't mean I can't kick yours," she said.
Sesshoumaru looked in the direction where Naraku had been thrown, "Still want to try my mate?" Sesshoumaru asks him as Rin walks over to her father. "Mommy was really mad." Rin says to him.
"Yes that's why I chose her to be your mommy." Sesshoumaru says to her.
"Naraku are you okay?" Kohaku asked him as he ran over to him.
"I'm fine." Naraku growled as he sat up.
Keski heard the crash outside the tent. Kaede looked at Keski's body and smiled."You can put your shirt back on now." she says.
Keski nodded and put his shirt back on. "So...what's wrong with me?" he asked.
Kaede stood up and walked back over to her table. "I never thought it was possible but from the blue glow, you're going to have a baby Keski." she says to him.
"Say that again." Keski says as he stands up.
"You're pregnant." she repeats.
Keski closed his eyes. "I didn't plan for this." he tells her he didn't know who would take it worse, Karas, Naraku or Sesshoumaru .
"I don't think anyone does, Keski. It just happens," Kaede said, walking over and sitting down next to him. Keski sighed and said, "But why did it have to happen to me? I'm not even supposed to be here."
"But you're would you like me to come out there when you tell them?" Kaede asks him.
"No you stay here I have a feeling this isn't going to go well, thank you for doing this." Keski says and bows and walks out the tent. He looked around seeing Sesshoumaru, talking with Rin, Naraku was with Kohaku but he didn't see Karas.
Shippo ran over to Keski. "Keski you okay?" Shippo asks him.
Keski gave the kit a reassuring smile and said, "Yeah, I'm okay. I need to talk to Sesshoumaru though so I'll be right back, okay?" Shippo nodded and Keski walked over to the dog demon. "Sesshoumaru," he said.
"Hmm?" Sesshoumaru said as he looked up.
"I need to tell you something as well as Naraku and Karas." Keski says to him.
Sesshoumaru stood up. "Karas went for a walk with Kagome, so what did Kaede tell you?" he asks.
Naraku walked over to Keski. "Well tell us." Naraku says to him.
Keski backed away from Naraku and Sesshoumaru. "She said something which shouldn't be possible." Keski says to them.
"Out with it!" Inuyasha yelled.
Keski looked at him and said, "This isn't for your ears!" He grabbed Sesshoumaru's and Naraku's hands and pulled them into the forest, out of Inuyasha's ear range. He sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. "I don't know of any other way to say this so I'm going to just say it. Kaede says I'm pregnant. And it's Naraku's," Keski said, staring at the ground.
