"Lady Sakura?" a kitsune youkai said as he walked toward Sakura. She was doubled over coughing madly. She latched onto the kitsune as her knees went weak, from lack of air. "Are you all right?"

"Of course I'm all right!" Sakura snapped.

"Lady Sakura. Lord Hirotksu is trying desperately to get to you before his death. He wishes for you to take his lands and continue his feud against the west,"

"I want nothing to do with Hirotksu!" she growled. "I'm the proper leader in this world. The other lords are corrupted!" Sakura said still wheezing. The kitsune's eyes squinted as he saw the back of Sakura's neck through her black hair. It seemed the flesh was rotting there...All most like she was dead.

"You're sick!" he jumped away from her. "There's rumor that the plaque is raging again. You have angered the gods along with your father!" he cried. The other around began to murmur watching Sakura Carefully.

"There are no gods!" Sakura screamed. The men and youkai gasped around her and took steps back, like the gods would strike her down right then and there. "Are you all idiotic!?" she cried. "Why do you think we are here? Freedom from everything!"

"We are here for we disagreed with the governments you told us about," a female inu youkai said. "But to question the gods like so is surely blasphemy! I surprised the gods didn't strike you down seconds before!"

"Fancy talk for such a simple youkai," Sakura growled. The inu bristled.

"I was the only daughter of a wealthy court youkai before I joined your trashy!" Sakura growled.

"Trash?!" Sakura screeched before going into another coughing fit. "Do you hear what she just called you?" the youkai started to growl at the woman that had just spoken out.

"That's not what I meant!" the woman cried out. She walked up beside Sakura. "The trash is her!" she spoke to the crowd. "Remember what she promised us! She promised us freedom! Sakura's turned us into her slaves. You each saw what she did to the innocent baby of Sesshoumaru's and Kagome's! What did the baby do?"

"That's not the point! It was a lesson to the west!" Sakura tried to stand in front of the woman.

"For what?" the kitsune called out from earlier.

"They where on our land!" Sakura screamed, trying to regain her troops.

"They where only camping for their war. It wasn't like they where going to stay there," the woman said in a normal tone of voice. The others where so silent, you could have heard a pin drop.

"That's isn't the point," Sakura struggled to stand up. The woman walked up to her, with a menacing scowl.

"Then what is?"

"Ayano is right!" the kitsune said. "Sakura is wrong!"

"No!" Sakura screamed. "Don't listen to them! They are the one's the plaque! Not me! Their insane!" she tried to crawl to another youkai, but they all back away, not wanting to touch her. "Please! Listen to me! Give me one more chance!" she tried again. "I have seen the error of my life!"

"Ayano!" a youkai called out. "What should we do?"

"Tie her up! We'll present her to Lord Sesshoumaru, taiyoukai of the west! From no on! We are no longer rebels!" a wild cheer went through the crowd, while Sakura continued to scream in agony.

~~

"Sesshoumaru!" Kouga burst into the room.

"What is it!"

"The rebels! They have Sakura tied up in a cage, and wish to see you. They wish to make amends," Sesshoumaru stood up, putting on his armor quickly, following Kouga to the meeting tent.

"Lord Sesshoumaru," Ayano bowed deeply.

"Who are you?" he said, his cold mask in place.

"I am the new leaders of what you and the other lords called the 'Rebels'. And the youkai behind me is my right hand man, Lin," Ayano waved a hand slightly at the kitsune from before.

"Why are you here?" Sesshoumaru sat down in a near by bench. "Take a seat," Ayano nodded, and took a bench beside her. Lin stood behind her, like a bodyguard looking for any danger.

"I've come to seek forgiveness for what my other leader has done. I have thrown her own her position and took over,"

"Where is Sakura now? And why did you do such an act?"

"Sakura is a mile away from the camp. We didn't wish to bring her close to the troops for we fear she has caught onto the plague. I wish to offer her to you, to do what ever you wish, and a sign of friendship. And to answer your second question, my lord, Sakura made us believe that she had good intentions in the begging. You, your self know how poor the government is over in the north. She said the others where the same. So we formed out own...community, if you will. It was just last year, when we learned that your where calling us rebels,"

"I accept your apology. Kouga," Sesshoumaru turned to Kouga. "Go and fetch some guards, to swiftly execute Sakura, and through her into the rapids that flow to the north," then he chuckled darkly. "Maybe the old hag of a lord will find it," Kouga chuckled himself at the thought of the lord of the north finding a person with the plague in their main water supply.

"Such a fate for a father to see, but Lin...Show them the way," Ayano said slightly shocked at the evilness of Sesshoumaru and Kouga. Sesshoumaru and Kouga stared at her.

"What do you mean 'such a fate for a father too see'?"

"Didn't you know?" Ayano said with wide eyes. "Sakura is Lord Hirotksu's daughter," Sesshoumaru and Kouga looked at each other.

~~

Later that afternoon Sakura was swiftly killed and thrown into the river, leading the northern lands directly. The river didn't lead to any other four lands, so none of the lords had to worry about the water plaguing their own lands. Ayano turned out to be a strong ally, and Sesshoumaru had welcomed her into his own court, realizing her strong point in politics, and thought that she could be a welcomed addition in his court.

Though there was one thing that was really in his mind. In a week, he would be able to visit Kagome once again.

Akira had ignored his orders and not told him what was wrong with Kagome. He would have a talk with him once he got there. Though Akira did say that what ever the problem was, Kagome was fine, and was fine. Though Sesshoumaru was confused about something. Akira seemed to hint for him, to hurry and come to their home. "Kagome and Rin misses you deeply. You coming home 'soon' would be a great advantage to their slightly low spirits," he had underlined the word 'soon'. "Though I must say. When you will come home to them, Kagome shall have a big surprise for you, when you do return. Though for your orders, Kagome ordered me not to tell you, and right now I'm under her control fully. My apologies..." he had continued the report like every thing was normal.

What ever Kagome was hiding from him was driving him insane.

~~

"Kagome!" Akira knocked on the door.

"What?" Kagome asked. Akira could smell the clean sent of water, and perfumed soups so he knew not to open the door. (Not unless he wanted a death wish. And he wasn't talking about the two angry females with mood swings in the house)

"Sesshoumaru's coming this weekend," Akira could here something shatter in the room, and a few strings of curses fly. He looked at the door with a confused look. "Umm. Everything okay in there?"

"Umm. Yeah! I just dropped something...Now what about Sesshoumaru?" Kagome called out, all most fearfully.

"He's coming over this weekend," Akira said, suddenly cross. He crossed his arms over his chest. The tip of his brown tail was twitching madly. "It would be the perfect time to tell him," There was a minute of silence before Kagome spoke.

"All right," her voice was quiet. "I'll tell him,"

"Thank Kami," Akira breathed a sigh of relief. "Things where getting sticky with the reports, and I could tell Sesshoumaru was getting pissy with me," Rin walked up the hallway.

"Akira," Rin said, wrapping her arms around his waist, and placing her head on his back. Akira placed a hand over her hand that was on his side. "There's a villager that want's to talk to you down stares in the parlor," Akira nodded. Turning around he placed a soft kiss on the corner of her mouth, before heading down.

Rin followed him till she got to her own room, where she disappeared to take a short rest.

~~

Sesshoumaru packed his bag carefully, wrapping gifts he had picked up from a nearby village, for his family. "See you Monday?" Kouga asked. Sesshoumaru nodded, placing the rest of the gifts in the bag. Each of them got about five.

"You where never really modest where you?" Kouga had asked when Sesshoumaru had poor Jaken carry the whole two heavy bags back to the camp. Sesshoumaru smirked at Kouga as he hoisted on of the bags on his shoulder.

"I'll see you Monday. Oh, and don't let your son murder Jaken. It's hard to find good help these days," Kouga grinned evilly.

"I'll try not too. But you know my son,"

"Yes," Sesshoumaru nodded. "He'll find a way, no matter what. Gets that from his father I suppose,"

"I don't think he gets that from me, half as much as his mother,"

"Who says the father was you? Who the hell would mate with you in the first place?"

"Go!" Kouga said, though trying to hold in his own laughter, as he faked hurt at the taiyoukai's words. Sesshoumaru smirked at him as he walked by, one bag hoisted over his shoulder, one bag held in his arm. "Say hello to Kagome and family for me," Sesshoumaru nodded.

"I will," and with that, he tied the bags to Ah-Un, and left, leaving a almost sobbing Jaken being chased by a ten year old wolf youkai.

~~

It was sunrise when Sesshoumaru reached the village where his family was staying in hiding. Guards where standing at the village entrance. "Lord Sesshoumaru?" they asked trying to peer through the fog.

"It is I,"

"Tis good to see thee, Lord Sesshoumaru," Sesshoumaru nodded once as he passed, Ah-Un following behind him.

When he reached the house, the smallest of smiles past his face beyond his control. Taking off the two bags from Ah-Un, he started toward the house.

"Father!" Rin giggled as she ran to hug him. Sesshoumaru softly placed a bag down, and placed an arm around her, squeezing slightly in a fatherly embrace.

"Lord Sesshoumaru," Akira said pleasantly standing about two feet away.

"Akira. I trust my family is well?"

"Perfectly well," Akira grinned, his fangs seeming to glow silver in the fog.

"Where is your mother Rin?" Sesshoumaru asked looking down at his daughter.

"She's still sleeping, along with Kanzaburo," Sesshoumaru nodded, tacking a step back from his daughter and picking up the bag that he had placed on the ground.

"Rin," Akira said. "Help me with Ah-Un. I'm getting the feeling he doesn't favor me much," Sesshoumaru smirked at him, as he saw Akira look at Ah-Un with a weary expression.

"He only like's people that I like," Akira halfheartedly glared at him.

"I'm hurt Sesshoumaru," he said placing a hand on his heart. "You hurt me right here," Sesshoumaru chuckled softly walking into the house. Shippo came running from the house and all most knocked right into him. He laughed when he looked up.

"Sorry Sesshoumaru-sama. I'm late for my work. Talk to you later," with that he dashed out, toward Miroku and Sango's home. Sesshoumaru shook his head, and continued up the hallways, to Kagome's room.

Opening the door softly, he placed the bags softly in the closet, before walking carefully up to Kagome's bed, so not to wake her. Sitting be her side, he softly kissed her. Kagome woke with a start, gasping when she saw it was him, allowing him to deepen the kiss. Slowly she closed her eyes, and wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Sesshoumaru," she whispered against his lips. Sesshoumaru leaned forward to deepen the kiss even further. He had forgotten how much he had missed her whispering his name like that.

Sesshoumaru was now fully on top of Kagome, his knee in-between her legs, yet not high enough to touch her where she wanted all most automatically. Slowly she placed both of her hands on his chest, and softly pushed him away. Sesshoumaru looked down at her confused. "What is it?" he asked his voice husky.

"We need to talk about something," instantly Sesshoumaru backed off, sitting back, allowing Kagome to sit up. "I don't..." she stopped trying to find the right words. "I didn't want you knowing at first, so please don't get Akira in trouble. I made him swear that he wouldn't tell," Kagome said not daring to look Sesshoumaru in the eye. Her lips trembled, Sesshoumaru moved forward, wrapping his arms around her, holding her to him, lifting her up to sit on his lap, while he sat against the wall.

"I won't get him in trouble. Just tell me. I've been...worried about you," Sesshoumaru wasn't used to admitting that feeling, and was slightly nervous, as he was on unknown ground. Kagome twisted around to look at him, clutching his shoulders.

"That's why I didn't tell you! I didn't want you to worry," Kagome laid her head on his shoulder, nuzzling his neck softly, breathing in his wonderful sent.

"Tell me what Kagome?"

"I'm..." she stopped. Taking his hand she laid it on her stomach. His eyes widened slightly, as he looked at her face. "I'm with child, Sesshoumaru," he didn't say anything just stared at her. A tear slowly ran down her cheek.

"Sesshoumaru. Please. Say something," more tears fell down her cheeks. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you before! But you where off fighting, and I didn't want you to worry about me any more then possible. I mean there's Sakura to worry about, Hirotksu, the plague, and the war. I didn't want you to have more on your plate then I could handle!"

Sesshoumaru placed a hand on her cheek.

"Shhhh," Sesshoumaru hushed her. "Don't cry,"

"You mean...You're not angry?" Kagome sniffed. Sesshoumaru smirked at her.

"How could I be angry with the woman that is carrying my child?" Kagome smiled and tears of relief flooded down her cheeks. She laughed as she threw her arms around his neck, and kissed him soundly, moving so she straddled his lap. Sesshoumaru leaned back someone looking her right in the eye.

"But you must tell me something," he said sober.

"What?" Kagome asked.

"Akira and Rin aren't still a couple are they?" Sesshoumaru said looking all most hopeful.

Kagome couldn't help it.

But she laughed.

She laughed till her sides hurt.

~~

"Kagome," Sesshoumaru wrapped his arms around her waist, kissing her neck softly. "Come to bed. It's late," Kagome chuckled.

"I don't get the feeling that you want to only sleep," she rubbed her hip slowly yet hard against him, making him hiss in her ear. She laughed softly.

"I didn't say anything about sleep, did I? I only said come to bed,"

"And if I refuse?" Sesshoumaru growled as he picked her up bridal style and brought her to the futon. Kagome laughed, as Sesshoumaru forcefully opened her shirt, attacking her breasts with his mouth. "Oh, Sesshoumaru," Kagome whispered, as Sesshoumaru trailed kisses up her neck, too finally her mouth. "Gods I missed you," Sesshoumaru smirked down at her.

"Kagome," he whispered to her as he kissed her. "My love,"

~~

YAY! I THINK I AM FULLY OVER MY WRITERS BLOCK! I'M HAPPY!! Lol

On another note, I think there will be a lemon in the next chapter, also LOTS of fluff. And I mean FLUFF! FLUFF, FLUFF, FLUFF!!!

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Don't tell me you don't think that, that little purple button, ain't sexy! Lolol.