A/N: As promised! I will update as I can! ^-^ Hope you enjoy!

Day 2 - 11:15 PM

He arrived at the fortress just before midnight. He could see his men moving about as they prepared for his arrival.

"Lord Sesshoumaru." One called out as soon as his feet hit the ground. "Lady InuKimi asked us to inform her as soon as you arrived." He said, keeping his head low.

"I will meet her in the war room." He said as he continued walking without breaking his stride. She better have a damn good reason for calling a meeting of the lords.

As the Inu soldier went to deliver his message Sesshoumaru took a little detour and went to find Rin.

He followed her scent and was not surprised to find her in his room. He smiled a little and quietly slid the shoji doors, as to not wake her. With silent steps he walked up to his futon and found the sleeping child. In her hands she had clutched one of her favorite dolls.

Carefully removing the doll from her little fingers and placing it next to her instead, he leaned down to nuzzle her cheek, reclaiming her as his daughter with his scent. He made sure she was tucked in and made his way to the war room.

"Sesshoumaru." InuKimi said as he entered the room.

"Mother." He replied, keeping the venom in his voice.

"Now, now, my sweet boy, do not give your mother that tone." She replied, faking hurt in her own tone and hiding behind her fan.

Sesshomaru chose to ignore her theatrics and instead asked the question he needed answered.

"Why are you calling the clans together." If her answer was anything other than absolutely vital, he would be furious and she would be tossed out.

"Fine." She answered, snapping her fan closed. "It has come to my attention that you are neglecting your duties during the blood moon."

"Mother." Sesshoumaru growled in warning, but InuKimi was having none of that as she snapped back at him.

"No, Sesshoumaru. If you have to abandon your own ward and run away from your own home in order to not lose yourself to your instincts, then you are neglecting your duty!"

"Be that as it may, mother, but it has nothing to do with the clans." He retaliated.

"It does." She countered.

"How so?" He demanded, trying to control his anger. This woman could be absolutely infuriating when she wanted to be.

"It does, because all your blood moon problems would go away once you take a mate."

The silence after her declaration was deafening.

'Take a mate...THAT is what this is about?!'

"You speak nonsense." He managed to say through clenched teeth. She had taken him away from his little miko so that she could shove some demonesess in his face?! Completely unacceptable. He had no interest in any one of them, and he had made that perfectly clear before. Takashi must have known. 'When I find him, he is dead.' He thought.

"No, Sesshoumaru. I speak of Rin's welfare."

His eyes glowed red and he was in front of his mother, claws extended and wrapped around her throat in an instant.

"What of Rin's welfare?" He asked, his voice rough.

InuKimi winced at the pain but made no other show of discomfort. "She needs a mother."

In Inuyasha fashion he "Feh'd" and released his mother.

"No." He said simply. This was not up for discussion.

"Yes, and you will hear me out, son." Sesshoumaru stayed quiet allowing her to speak. "Sesshoumaru, this thing that you do, fighting against yourself, it will not end well. If you cannot control yourself you may find yourself mated to some bitch that does not love Rin. I care for her as well, and I will not allow for that." She said.

"That will not happen." He said.

"Can you be sure?" She asked. Her voice was hard and unwavering. "Can you promise me that you will never lose control? That you will not force yourself on someone? Is that not why you stay away? Because you fear who you become when your instincts overtake you?" She asked.

Sesshoumaru could only growl. What could he say? She was right on every point. He had lost control, he had almost forced himself on Kagome, and he did stay away from the fortress so that he would not be forced to rut with some annoying bitch.

"That's what I thought." She concluded.

"I will not allow for this." He said. She could be right, but she had no right to tell him how to live his life.

"Yes, you will." She sat down on the cushion and locked eyes with him. "I have already arranged for the clans to come, and if you do not do this Sesshoumaru, I will not give Rin my blessing when it comes time to make her officially yours. I would rather take her than have her suffer here at the hands of some unloving bitch like Arisu."

Sesshoumaru was stuck. He needed her blessing in order to have Rin at his side when she got older, it protected her against the other clans and it gave her power and position should he meet his death.

"I will not be forced into a mating." He replied.

"No one is forcing you to mate, I am merely hoping that you will open up to the idea." She said softly.

"Fine. I will stay here for one week and no longer." He said as he turned around and walked away.

InuKimi watched as he exited the room, his MokoMoko stirring the air and bringing to her nose a hint of wildflowers and sex.

Her eyes widened in realization. 'Interesting.' She thought as she opened her fan to hide her devious smile. She would have to find Takashi in the morning.