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This chapter is my attempt at writing a birthing scenario. Hope it is to your liking!
The pains came immediately, Kagome tried unsuccessfully to hold back a pained moan that came out instead as quick intake of breaths and sighs. Panicky feelings assaulted the daiyoukai making his head throb painfully with the racing of his pulse although he remained calm. Their bond had grown exponentially and he could feel her distress, and by the grimace on her face with her lips compressed in a thin line, her brow a crinkled mess he knew that she was in great pain. Trying to stand even with the aid of Sesshomaru was torture as she could feel the baby pressing down on her womb heavily.
He held her arm while she stood and took a few steps and the action caused her to almost double over as the first stab of pain ripped through her. "Sesshomaru!" she cried out unable to hold it in any longer. "I cannot move, I cannot make it back to the house." The pain in her voice causes it to break with each syllable that she gasped out as she panted audibly. Sesshomaru stilled, he was lost, he was out of his element. What was he to do?
He could feel the pulse at his temples ticking erratically as Kagome held on tightly to his arm, her knuckles white from the vice-like grip, yet he did not know what to do. The baby decided to come when they were on their little excursion and away from everyone and that included the nurse. And by the way Kagome was reacting it would seem that making it back to the house was out of the question. "Kagome," her name on his lips cause her to look up a fraction with glossy eyes and wet lashes as she panted deeply. "Be strong, we need to get back to the house and the nurse." Giving him an incredible look for his obvious naiveté, a series of contractions shot through her abdomen and she screamed loudly with the pain. "I can't take another step, the baby is coming!" She blurted out strongly as another set of pains rocked her small frame.
Pulling her arm roughly away from his and sucking in the pain with every breath that she took, while her hands grasped her belly as she backed up on the tree, Sesshomaru looked on with a worried expression, his brows knitted together in concentration as he wondered what they were going to do. He couldn't carry her now because she was in labor and he hadn't any idea how to deliver a baby. Kagome's high pitch screams jolted him from his thoughts and into awareness. His eyes widened as he could smell blood as Kagome squatted and tried her best to remove her undergarments, but it was a feat that was made impossible by the pain and the awkward position that she was in. "Help me Sesshomaru," and it was the pain and desperation lacing her tone that pulled him out of his stupor and he approached her, settling at her side and easing her gently onto the grassy earthen floor.
His actions slow as he peeled away her robes and underwear that were soiled. Kagome grabbed unto him forcefully each time that the contractions hit causing her entire body to tremble and she cried out even harder. The pains were unbearable as the contractions seemed to run into each other with minimal breaks, her pulse raced and her body shivered as the baby slid into the birthing canal stretching her muscles almost to the breaking point.
Instinctively Sesshomaru's hand went to the inside of her thighs spreading her open, revealing her blood soaked nether regions; he wasn't as shocked as he could have been, because while he'd never taken part or wanted to be there for that matter on such occasions, he wasn't a total novice, he knew the mechanics, and that had to count for something. Kagome was crowning and her vagina expanded trying to accommodate the baby's arrival. With her back resting on the tree she wailed in agony while Sesshomaru's eyes filled with concern at her distress. With his voice muffled and unrecognizable he tried to comfort her. "Kagome it will be over soon, but you need to bear down and expel the babe from within." Nodding her head she closed her eyes tightly and pushed.
The baby was ripping her open, it was quite big and she was small. Sobs wracked her body as she pushed and pushed, yet the baby would not come. "I can't do this. It hurts too badly," Kagome cried her face a mess, red and tear stained. Sesshomaru felt her pain, and the blood that leaked out of her was just too much causing his already slipping emotions to crumble. His eyes wild and a feral growl ripped from his throat frightening Kagome. His slip up only made matters worse as Kagome screamed even harder. "Get it out of me, I cannot bear the pain!" Her cries and screams pierced his brain and he sprung into action.
This is just like fitting an object into a space, it has to be the right size and dimensions, he reasoned. Without giving it another thought he flexed his claws and sliced her vagina down to her perineum. There was momentary silence followed by a shrill scream that sent the birds and animals scattering in the distance, the daiyoukai clenched his jaw at the intense wail that flooded his sensitive ears. "Please Sesshomaru! I can't take it," she continued to sob and shake uncontrollably. "You must if you want our child to live," he commanded her. Trying to calm down Kagome took in deep and controlled breaths of air and fighting through the pain. When next their eyes met it was with determination.
A strong clawed hand pressed down on her belly as she pushed, and each time that she bore down the baby slid out a little further. She was hemorrhaging. But together they guided their baby out into the world safely, and when the baby was delivered Sesshomaru caught their daughter into his hand just as Kagome slipped into unconsciousness. She would recover but needed blood to speed up the process. Slicing his wrist open where the blood flowed more freely he placed his mouth over the wound filling it, then released it into her mouth as he squeezed it open.
Kagome woke with a pained moan sometime later only to see Sesshomaru sitting away from her with their baby in his arms looking down on her adoringly, oblivious to the fact that she watched. A pleased smile etched her features, but the need to hold her baby had her calling out to him...
"Sesshomaru," and he got up and came towards her and handed the baby to her who was wrapped into his haori. Anxious but gentle hands took a hold of the bundle and pulled it to her stomach. Inch by inch peeling away the covering from the infant's body as her mate watched.
The moment priceless as Kagome came face to face with her sleeping infant, and she was beautiful, her thoughts escaped unbidden from her lips. "Oh Sesshomaru she is so beautiful, she looks like an angel." And the daiyoukai agreed wholehearted. "She is beautiful like her mother." Those sentiments had her smiling as she pressed her lips to her baby's cheek, all the while thinking that she looked so exotically beautiful and they were truly blessed. Sesshomaru spoke then expressing his own feelings.
"She is the first of my offspring's that has that color hair," and as he said those words he came closer and sat beside his family, resting his arm about Kagome's shoulders while they both gazed at their baby. The gentle rushing and quickening of feet vibrated into the ground and resounding into his ears as the other members of the family were on their way to join them. They must have heard Kagome's screams of pain earlier and came to find them.
Kagome saw Sesshomaru staring off into the distance and her eyes followed his only to see as the children burst through the tree line hurriedly towards them. The baby wakes just as her siblings crowded around. Her eyes were a brilliant gold like her father's, hair black and silky like the finest of silks plastered her head and brows, lips the color of cherry turned up in a pout, with her skin fair and delicate like smooth porcelain. Snow white from her favored fairy tale crossed her mind then because the baby was the epitome in likeness to the princess.
Her little ears rounded like her mother's but her aura was the perfect blend of demonic and holy energies. At this point none of them knew what the baby's true potential would be. "Can I hold her?" Akiyoshi asked politely. "Yes you may," Kagome answered wearily but showed him how to hold her correctly before handing her over to him. "What will you name her mother?" Another of the children asked. Kagome looked to Sesshomaru and he inclined his head slightly giving her the permission that she desired to name the baby.
While thinking on a name for the baby the children stroked their sister's hand, Akiyoshi sat down with her after awhile, Kagome decided. "The baby's name will be Yuki…Because she is pure like the snow and was conceived in the winter time." All were pleased by the simple and meaningful name. The family sat for a long time out in the clean and sunny atmosphere, enjoying each other's company and celebrating the birth of the baby. Happy smiles were about their faces, and Sesshomaru held Kagome's hand as he sat by her side and they both watched the children as proud parents.
Yuki - Snow
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