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Chapter 7

It turns out that the tiger belonged to the family that the group was headed to. Sesshomaru found a note stuffed into the collar and read it. Sesshomaru saw the note and read that the people they were going to already knew of them coming and that they were waiting.

Right now, Sesshomaru was with Shino. He petted him and looked up at the moon, thinking of what happened at the festival; the both of them were at a little pond. Little did he know; Inuyasha and Kikyo were looking for him.

"Sesshomaru, are you okay?" Kikyo asked.

Sesshomaru turned around and smiled when he saw his friend and lover.

"I'm fine…" Sesshomaru said.

"Let's get back to everyone." Inuyasha said as he offered his hand to Sesshomaru.

Sesshomaru accepted it and was lifted up; but as he stood, a rose fell out of his hair. Earlier Kikyo braided white roses into Sesshomaru's hair, but the one that fell out of his hair was lavender. Kikyo was the first one to see the fallen rose.

"Oh god…" She said.

"What?" Sesshomaru asked, he followed Kikyo's eyes to what she was looking at on the ground and his eyes widened.

"No…no…I can't be…" Sesshomaru whispered, then he passed out. Inuyasha caught him before he hit the ground.

"What is that rose about!" Inuyasha asked.

Kikyo picked up the rose and looked at it.

"I suggest you sit down." She said as she sat down.

From the way the two were acting, he knew it wasn't good news.

"What's happening?" Inuyasha asked.

"Earlier, I braided these roses into Sesshomaru's hair." Kikyo began. "On one of the roses, I sprinkled a potion onto it and braided that one into his hair along with the other ones."

"What was the potion for?" Inuyasha asked.

"It was for a test." Kikyo said. "We had to leave the roses in his hair for a few hours before we can check on them. The one with the potion on it turned lavender, if it turned red that means there is nothing wrong with him."

"What does it mean if it turns this color?" Inuyasha asked as he took the rose Kikyo had.

"It means he's with a child." Kikyo said.

Inuyasha's eyes widened and he looked at Sesshomaru.

"I'll kill that bastard." Inuyasha snarled. "I bet he knew that Sesshomaru was carrying his child."

"What gives you that idea?" Kikyo asked.

"Sesshomaru told me that Naraku was his first." Inuyasha said.


Inuyasha with Sesshomaru in his arms and Kikyo following him with Shino close behind.

"Papa, what happened to daddy!" Rin asked when she saw them.

"He fell asleep." Inuyasha said. "You should go to sleep too, it's late."

"But I'm not tired." Rin whined.

"But you're still going to bed." Inuyasha said as he placed Sesshomaru in the tent. He turned around and took Rin's hand, and the both of them walked to her tent.

When Rin opened the tent, Sango, Kagome, and Shippo were already in there.

"Now go to sleep, we leave early." Inuyasha said.

"Good night papa…" Rin said she stood up on her the tips of her toes and kissed Inuyasha's cheeks.

"Awww…" Everyone in the tent said.

"Shut up…" Inuyasha murmured, then he bent down and kissed Rin's forehead. "Good night…"

Rin watched Inuyasha headed for the tent Sesshomaru was sleeping in, and then she went into her tent.


Inuyasha lay in the tent with Sesshomaru in his arms; he brushed some strands of hair away from his eyes and looked down at the beautiful demon.

"Sesshomaru, I promise that I'll protect you." Inuyasha said.

Soon sleep claimed Inuyasha and he slept through a dreamless night.


The next morning, Inuyasha and Sesshomaru woke up at the same time. Sesshomaru started to cry, Inuyasha tried to calm him down. Inuyasha held Sesshomaru in his arms as he sat up, gently he rocked the distraught demon.

"I want to go to the lake." Sesshomaru whispered.

Inuyasha didn't know why Sesshomaru wanted to go there, but he got out of the tent and help Sesshomaru out. Shino heard their footsteps and followed them.

When they got there, they saw Kikyo. Kikyo turned around and smiled when she saw them.

"Morning you two…" She said. "How are you?"

"Fine…" The demons murmured as they sat down beside her.

Sesshomaru sat between the other two; the both of them had their arms around him comforting him.

"How long do we have to wait for the baby to come?" Sesshomaru asked as he put his hand to his stomach.

"Seven months." Kikyo said. "But I'll need to look over Sesshomaru to be certain how long before the baby comes."

"Can you check now?" Sesshomaru asked.

"Yes, come with me." Kikyo said.

Inuyasha help Sesshomaru up and they followed the priestess.


Rin was the first to wake up back at the campsite. She snuck out of her tent and went to her fathers' tent. She opened it up and when she looked inside, she saw no one. She went into Kikyo's tent and found no one.

So she went and woke up Miroku.

"Morning Rin…" Miroku yawned. "What's wrong?"

"I don't see my daddies, where are they?" She asked.

"Maybe they went somewhere with Kikyo." Miroku said; he saw Kikyo go into the forest a little earlier.

"Do you think they'll be back?" Rin asked.

"Of course they'll be back." Miroku said. "They'll never leave you."

Rin walked away from Miroku.

"I'm going to go find them." She said.

"I'm coming with you." Miroku said as he ran out of his tent.


Kikyo determined that Sesshomaru was about a month pregnant and would start to show soon.

Right now, Inuyasha carried a sleeping Sesshomaru in his arms as he followed Kikyo.

"Papa!" A voice yelled.

Inuyasha looked around and saw that Rin was running towards him.

"Hey, how are you doing?" Inuyasha whispered.

"Fine, is daddy asleep?" She asked.

Inuyasha nodded, just then, Miroku walked up to him.

"She tried to come look for you three by herself; I had to run to keep up with her." Miroku said.

Inuyasha smiled and looked down at his daughter; Rin looked up at him smiling.


When the six returned to camp, Kagome was cooking breakfast.

"Where were you guys?" She asked.

"We had to do something." Inuyasha said. "We'll tell you later."

Kagome nodded and continued to cook the fish that was caught the night before.

Inuyasha was about to walk to the tent to put Sesshomaru in, when he opened his eyes.

"Morning…" Sesshomaru yarned.

Inuyasha kissed his forehead.

"You sleep well?" Inuyasha asked.

Sesshomaru nodded.

"You can put me down now." Sesshomaru said.

Inuyasha put him up to his feet.

"Daddy!" Rin said. "You sleep well?"

"Yes, I did." Sesshomaru said.

"How long do you think it's going to take for the food to be done?" Rin asked.

"Not long." Sesshomaru said.

"Food's ready!" Kagome called.

"You see." Inuyasha said.

Rin giggled as they walked over to the fire.

They ate peacefully, before Shino and Kilala started to growl.

"What is it you two?" Sango asked.

Kilala changed to her beast form.

"Come out if you value your life!" Miroku yelled.

A little kitten demon; with a gash on its forehead, came out of the bushes.

Kagome gasped.

"We have to help it." She said.

Shino walked up to it and picked it up in its mouth.

"I'll take care of it, you just eat breakfast." Kikyo said as she walked up to Shino.

Everyone looked as Kikyo and Shino went into the forest.

To be continued…


What's going to happen to the kitten?

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