Chances Not Worth Losing

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from Inuyasha.

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The next morning Sesshomaru woke up in the hospital bed with Rin. They had their arms and legs intertwined, so it was difficult for him to get out of bed without waking her up. She was thoroughly exhausted after giving birth and then seeing all of their friends afterward. Then the pup had woken up in the middle of the night wanting to be feed and be changed.

"Good morning." His hand caressed her cheek. "I'm going to take a shower and change. Just go back to sleep." She sleepily nodded her head and closed her eyes again. He kissed her forehead before finally getting out of the bed. The shower inhibited him from hearing or smelling much of what was happening in the room.

Slowly a demon stalked to their room. She was stopped by a nurse who then allowed her to go in since he found out that it was the pup's grandmother. Yukio shrieked out loud when his grandmother picked him up, and Rin's eyes opened wide realizing that the shriek was unlike any cry she had ever heard from a baby. She sat up immediately and glared at the woman holding her pup. "What are you doing with my baby?"

"Can't a grandmother see her grandpup?"

"Not when you hate him. Put him down and I promise I won't call security."

"They know I'm his grandmother, so they won't take him away from me. And your husband is unable to do anything right now."

"Sesshomaru," Rin cried out desperately.

He could hear her cry and turned off the shower. The scent of Rin's and Yukio's fear and his mother sent chills through his spine. In a flash he had on his clothes and shoes and was out of the door, but his mother had already taken off running. He picked up Rin and followed his mother on a high speed chase through the hospital into the parking garage.

His mother stood next to the edge of the garage gently inspecting the boy. "He looks so much like you when you were first whelped," her voice came out softly. It turned harsh as she said, "But the ears remind me of that bastard half brother of yours that I removed from this world."

"Mother, give him to me. He is your grandson, and possibly the only one you will ever have," Sesshomaru demanded. Rin stared at the pup anxiously.

"I have heard of your problems conceiving, and frankly, I could not have been more pleased. I will rid our family of shame first my killing him and then your mate."

Sesshomaru growled, "You will be the one to die. I will see to it." He put Rin down and stepped between her and his mother.

"Not if your dead also," she said as she dropped the pup off of the parking garage.

Sesshomaru turned into a ball of light and was able to catch Yukio before he hit the ground. While that was happening his mother was lunging towards Rin, but she was thrown back as two bullets hit her in the chest. Rin turned around to see Sango and Miroku standing behind her with their guns aimed. Miroku slowly moved forward still concentrating on the older woman while Sango rushed to Rin. The ball of light returned before reforming into Sesshomaru with the pup cradled in his left arm. His right hand extended and the light whip shot out and sliced his mother in half.

Rin rushed to Sesshomaru and took Yukio out of his hands and examined him. He was crying from all that he had been through, but he seemed to be free of any injuries. She was able to get him to calm down when she hugged him close to her. Sesshomaru stood there watching Rin's motherly instincts kicking in. He had almost lost both of them and his life, but they were both safe and his mother was no more. "He seems okay, but I suppose the doctors should look at him." He nodded in agreement and picked up both mother and baby and carried them back to their room.

The doctors found nothing wrong with Yukio, so he was given back to his nervous parents, who were being questioned by the police. It was ruled that Sesshomaru acted in self-defense. The press were all outside the hospital wanting to get more information, but Sesshomaru refused to go downstairs to talk to them. He wanted to stay with Rin and Yukio for as long as he could.

Rin was a little reluctant to put Yukio down when he fell asleep, but she had good reason to be worried. She put him down to allow him to sleep comfortably and sat down in the bed again. "You must be really tired, Rin, so Miroku and I are going to take the kids and go home. We'll be back some time tomorrow."

"Okay. Thank you." Sango leaned over to hug Rin and Miroku nodded. They left leaving Sesshomaru and Rin alone to talk. She scooted over to one side of the bed and patted the other side. Sesshomaru lay down on his side next to her and absentmindedly ran his fingers through her hair. "I haven't thanked you yet for saving Yukio."

"You don't need to thank me. It's my duty as his father."

"I know, but if you weren't a demon, we would have lost him." Her hand reached up to run her fingers across the markings on his face and forehead.

"Are you disappointed with how it ended? With how I handled my mother? I know you always wanted to show her the kindness she never showed us."

"I understand what you did was not easy for you. No one should ever choose between their mate and pup or their mother." She yawned.

"I will never regret my decision though. You and Yukio are my life."

"And both of you are mine. I love you."

"I love you too." She kissed her once before allowing her to fall asleep there in his arms.