(Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha.)
Chapter 30: Congratulations
Four Mouths Has Passed
It was mid-morning and Kagome had taken Rin, Shippo out into the
meadow a good distance away from the castle While Sota was training in
the dojo with InuTaisho and Sesshomaru. Rin and Shippo and Kagome were
looking for flowers when Kagome had to stop and catch her breath due to
a slight pain that slowly went away in her lower back and belly. After
the pain went away she caught up with Shippo and Rin. When she got there
she picked up Rin and twirled around and around but had to stop and put
Rin down as pain shot through her.
"Rin, Shippo I think we should head back to the castle." They started
walking when a sharp pain hit her again sending her to her knees. When
she did Rin and Shippo ran up to her.
"Momma, what's wrong?" Shippo and Rin asked.
"I don't know. Rin, I don't think I can make it to the castle. Please
run and get Kumiko." She said breathing heavy. Shippo seeing this sat
down close to her.
Inside the Castle
Rin ran into Lady Kumiko's chamber.
"Lady Kumiko come quickly there's something wrong with momma. We were out
in the meadow and she went to
her knees in pain." Rin said with tears in her eyes. Lady Kumiko picked
up Rin and ran out the doors as Rin told her where to go. When they got
there Lady Kumiko put Rin down and went and knelt by Kagome.
"Kagome dear, what's wrong?" Kumiko asked.
"All of a sudden I started to have back pain here and across my belly
here." She said
"How long have you had this?" Kumiko asked.
"Not long. It started out very light pain but then all of a sudden it
started hurting worse." She said. "But now it's not hurting." She stood
up with Kumiko's help and they started slowly walking to the castle.
They were almost out of the meadow when another wave of pain hit her and
a heavy gush of liquid came forth.
At this Kumiko picked up Kagome.
"We need to get you to your chambers
and changed. Rin run to the dojo and get Sesshomaru, and my mate. Tell
them to meet us in my son's and Kagome's chambers and fast. Come on
Shippo I need you to help me. Climb onto my shoulder and hold on tight."
Kumiko said as she ran fast to the chamber.
Inside the Dojo
Rin came running into the dojo
"Sesshomaru-sama, InuTaisho-sama, come
quickly. Kumiko had to carry Kagome to the chamber's, Kumiko told me to
tell you both to meet her at Sesshoumaru's and Kagome's chambers and to
hurry." She just got done saying that when Sesshomaru flew by picking
her up and running out of the dojo with his father and Sota right behind
him.
Back at the Chambers
Lady Kumiko just got Kagome changed into a sleeping kimono when
Sesshomaru, and her mate as well as Sota and Rin came in.
"Mother, what's wrong with Kagome?" Sesshomaru was deeply worried.
"Your mate is in the beginning stages of labor, son. It will be awhile
for her to give birth, my son, since this is her first pup. But did not
her friends want to be here for this as well as Lord Loren and Prince
Kouga?" Kumiko asked.
"Yes, they wanted to." Sesshomaru answered his mother.
"Sesshomaru, go and get her human friends and my mate would you go and
get Lord Loren, Prince Kouga and his mate, along with Ginta and Hakkau."
She asked.
"Yes." They both said and left.
It took around about thirty minutes for everyone to show up at the
castle. When everyone showed up all the women ended up in the chamber
while the males and children entered up in Sesshoumaru's study.
Sango was holding Kagome in a sitting position in her arms, while Emi
was holding the birthing rages and Kumiko was holding the silk wrappings
to wrap the pup up in when it was clean. Kaede was at the foot of
Kagome, waiting for the pup to be born. Kagome labored long and hard
when finally...
"Come on child, push you can do it. That's it, a little more. I can
see the head, it's coming." Kaede said. Kumiko had tears in her eye for
being so happy to see her son's pup coming into the world.
"Just a little bit more, push the shoulders are coming out now. Here comes the
rest of your pup. It's a boy. Kaede picked the pup up by the feet upside
down and swatted it on the bottom to make it cry.
But no sooner did she hand Kumiko the pup when Kagome said
"Kaede I feel like I've got to push again. Kaede looked down to see another head
starting to show. This time this pup slide out faster then the first.
"It's a girl." Kaede now held the second pup by the feet upside down and
swatted it and the pup cried. By the time Kaede was able to clean Kagome
up for her mate to come in, Kagome had three pups in all, lying by her.
Kagome started nursing her daughter and the last son that was born.
There were two males and one female pups.
"Sango-chan, would you go and get Sesshomaru-sama? Kaede said as Sango
walked out of the chamber and into the next room.
Sesshoumaru's Study
Sesshomaru was pacing back and forth waiting for some sign that his
mate and pup was fine.
"Son, your mate and pup will be fine. I know how you are feeling. I
did the same thing when you were born." InuTaisho said. "Sometime it
takes a long while when it's the females first pup."
The study doors opened and Sango stepped in. Everyone stood up.
"Sesshomaru-sama, Congratulations you're the proud father of three
pups. You have 2 sons and 1 daughter." Sango said. "Your first pup that
was born was a son. Now if you would follow me next door, she is ready
to be seen by her mate!" Sango said as she turned and walked back to the
chamber. Sango walked in first then Sesshomaru.
"Congratulations, son." His mother said. "We'll go next door and wait
with the others."
"Mother, tell father in an hour have everyone in the throne room for
the presentation of the pups and to send a message for the Eastern Lord
and Lady to be here as well." Sesshomaru said as he walked over to the
futon while his mother and everyone else left. When he got at the futon,
he saw his mate nursing his first born while the other pups were asleep.
Smiling he sat down next to his mate. "Kagome." He spoke softly so he
would not wake the two sleeping pups.
"Sessho..." She moved their first born son away from her breast and
handed him to Sesshomaru. He reached out his arms while Kagome laid him
in Sesshomaru arm and drew him to his chest and traced the crescent moon
on their son's forehead and then his stripes on his cheeks as Kagome
pulled her sleeping kimono back over her breast. Then she picked up
their daughter and told Sesshomaru that she was born second. Then she
pointed down to their second son and said he was born soon after their
daughter was born. Kagome then looked up at Sesshomaru and she saw tears
in her mate's eyes "Why do you have tears in your eyes?" She asked.
"I have tears in my eyes my mate because you have made this Sesshomaru
the proudest youkai. I thank you very much my love, my sweet mate." The
tears slide down his cheeks as he leaned in and kissed his mate.
"So I did great then?" She asked.
"Yes we've done a great job. So well in fact in a week or so when
you're in heat again we'll start the whole six months all over again.
But right now we need you to get dressed and then we'll go down and
greet everyone who's waiting to see our pups. Father is ecstatic to see
his grand-pups." Sesshomaru said.