Lord Toru's Study
Lord Toru was sitting at his deck finishing up the notices to send out to all, the council and committee members even to the western lands, which he'll hand to Kagome to state there will be a short notice meeting in the southern castle. The notice read as followed:
Greetings, Lords and Ladies of the Great Council and High Committee.
As to the reason for this short notice meeting is to inform all of you about the vile hanyou known as Naraku! This information will prove to be beneficial to you all as it was to my person and the southern lands. There will be amongst the council members some guests.
In closing I regretfully apologize that this comes to you upon short notice.
Lord Toru,
Lord Of The Southern Lands
After Toru read through the message, he was sending he rolled up all the scrolls and then summoned for the messenger to come to his study. When the messenger entered the study, Toru spoke.
"You were summoned, do to the need to have all of these scrolls to be delivered to every council and committee members, well except for the western lands that is. I need them at there, respective places in the hands of the Lords and Ladies this very night. You must travel swiftly for it's getting late." Toru motioned for the messenger to step close to his desk.
"Yes, lord Toru. It shall be done." With that the messenger pulled the carrier out and placed every scroll in it then bowed and left the study and in turn left the castle.
As Toru was sitting there at his desk, he remembered the scrolls that Sesshoumaru gave him. The one that was to give to Kagome for her to read upon the death of her mate he put in the desk drawer. Then he broke the seal to the scroll Sesshoumaru had handed him, while Kagome went to change before they left this morning and read what all the western lord wrote and then sealed concerning Kagome and the western lands. That if Sesshoumaru happened to die that out of anyone else in the high council or committee that he preferred lord Toru to take his mate for his. Toru looked down at the bottom of the scroll to see that Sesshoumaru had already signed and put the western land's seal upon it. That in the case it should ever happen all he Toru had to do was sign and place his seal on it and show it to the council.
"Would Kagome like living here as my mate if that was ever to truly happen?" Toru thought to himself. Then Toru stood up and walked to the door and left his study to head to his bed chamber. Inside his chamber he went to his futon and sat upon it. "My chambers still smell like Kagome when she was in here." He smiled then went to sleep. Several hours later a knock sounded at his door waking him from his slumber. Getting out of bed and going over to and opened the door.
"M'Lord, sorry to disturb you, but I thought you might of wanted to know that all the scrolls have been delivered." The messenger told Toru.
"Where there any problems or questions?" Toru asked.
"No, M'Lord, there were none." The messenger answered.
"Very well, you are dismissed." With that Toru closed the door and went over and went back to sleep till close to sunrise.
Kagome's Chamber
As the night sky gave away for another morning the silence of Kagome's chamber gave way to the sound of a crying inu-pup. Kagome slowly opened her eyes and sat up stretching. Then turned and picked up her son. "Good morning, my Kichiro, how is my son? I bet I know what you need." Kagome opened up her sleeping kimono and brought her son to her breast. Then a light knock came to the door and within a few seconds in walked a servant.
"Good morning, M'Lady." The servant said as she went about her duties as well as set a kimono out for Kagome to change into. When she was done she stepped up to the foot of the futon. "Would M'Lady, be needing anything?" The servant asked.
"Could you find clothes that I may dress my son in, along with some fabric that I can use to wrap around his bottom so he won't soil his clothes or the silk blanket that keeps him warm, as well as a few more different colors that I could use as a silk blanket when I carry him around in my arms?" Kagome asked while still nursing her son.
"I'll see what I can do M'Lady." The servant walked to the door and opened it but when she did she saw there were people at the door.
"We would like to seem lady Kagome." The voice that Kagome heard were her friends.
"Lady Kagome is nursing her child and is not changed yet. Come back later." The servant voiced.
"It's alright let them come in!" Kagome answered.
"Yes M'Lady!" The servant bowed then left the room. Then when the last of her friends came in then shut the door.
"How are you this morning, Kagome?" Sango came over and hugged Kagome gently.
"I'm doing good a little tired and sore. Say, Inuyasha could you please hold Kichiro while I go and change?" Kagome asked as she brought her son away from her breast and covered up.
"Sure Kagome, I'll watch him for you." Inuyasha walked over close to the futon and bent over holding his arms out.
"Inuyasha! Are you alright? You never volunteer willing to do something before. Unless it's for ramen, or covering up something you've done wrong so you would not get sat." shippo said to Inuyasha.
"What I can't hold my nephew without any questions from you?" Inuyasha got an attitude of sarcasm as Kagome placed her son in the arms of Inuyasha. Then Inuyasha cradled Kichiro in his right arm and held out his left so Kagome could take ahold of and when she did he helped her up out of bed. While Kagome was changing a knock came to the door.
"Could someone get that please?" A few minutes later Kagome came out wearing a plan yellow kimono with a orange obi. "Who was at the door?"
"A servant brought these for you." Sango walked over and handed the stuff to Kagome. Kagome then walked over to the vanity put the things down and picked up a white cotton fabric then picked up a orange silk for the baby blanket as well as a baby haori and hakama then walked over to the futon.
"Inuyasha, could you hand me my son, so I may dress him." Kagome asked as she laid the cloth down on the futon and folded it till it was a triangle as Inuyasha held out his arms and handed Kichiro to Kagome. Kagome took her son and laid him down on the triangle and wrapped it up and made a cloth diaper. Then she put on his baby sized haori and hakama. Then she wrapped him in the orange blanket she would use to keep him warm while carrying him around. There came a knock at the door and Sango was closer so she answered it.
"Let lady Kagome, know the morning meal will soon be ready." A guard told Sango. Sango turned and looked at Kagome and saw her stand up while Inuyasha reached down and picked up his nephew and handed him to Kagome when she was ready.
"Well let's head to the dining hall. Just follow me and I'll lead the way so you won't get lost." She walked into the hall and stepped to the side to wait for her friends and when she reached for the door a guard moved to the door before her.
"Let me get that, lady Kagome. Don't worry about it. You and your friends go enjoy your morning meal." The guard bowed.
"Thank you!" Then she lead the way to the dining hall.
Inside Dinning Hall
"Greetings, everyone. Did you all sleep comfortably?" Toru asked.
"Yes, thank you, lord Toru for your hospitality." Miroku thanked Toru.
"You are friends of lady Kagome, so since she trusts you than you are welcome to stay at my castle." Toru looked at Kagome. "Lady Kagome, I've sent out the notices to the council and committee members, as I have said I would since your mate is unable to sit in I hand you the notice of the meeting that will be held tomorrow morning. The council and committee member's will start arriving today. I let them know there will be gusts during the meeting. Your friends here so they would be able to verify that the vile hanyou Naraku is once and for all destroyed." Toru said.
"One way to show that he is dead is the completed Shikon no Tama but I don't have it with me. But there is another way. You see my friend Miroku here had a curse on him that was passed down through all the males in his family. They were cursed with a hole in the right hand that would grow each year until it would consume and kill him and now that Naraku is dead it is not there anymore. Show him Miroku." Kagome looked over at Miroku. Miroku nodded and unwrapped his hand and showed it.
"Ah Kagome!" Inuyasha said sitting next to her.
"Yes, Inuyasha what is it?" She looked at him.
"Here hold out your hand." Inuyasha watched as Kagome held out her hand. Then he held her hand with his left hand then took his other hand and reached into his haori and took it back out and placed his hand in hers. Kagome's eyes got wide as she felt something smooth in her hand. "But it is not complete Kagome it still has missing pieces!" Inuyasha said.
"I know, where the other pieces are. Lord Toru, is it alright if Inuyasha, Miroku, Shippou, and Rin stay here?" She asked.
"That would be no problem, lady Kagome. But where are you going and what about your pup?" Toru asked.
"I'm going to the place that the remaining shard pieces are hidden. You were there when they were hidden to keep me safe! I'll be taking my son with me." Then she looked at Sango. "Sango, could you and Kirara take us?" asked Kagome. Sango nodded. Then both Sango and Kagome stood up and walked to the door but was stopped.
"Here Kagome, take this it will keep both you and my nephew warm." Inuyasha took off his fire rat haori and wrapped it around her and the pup.
"Thank you, Inuyasha." She said as she and Sango along with Kirara left the dinning room with everyone following. On the platform outside Kirara transformed and Sango got on and Kagome handed Kichiro to Inuyasha till she got on Kirara behind Sango and Kichiro was handed back to her as she wrapped both herself and Kichiro more tightly in the fire rat haori then Kirara lifted into the sky. Once out of sight Sango asked where they were going.
"So, where do we need to go?" Sango asked.
"We need to head to the western castle. For my mate is holding the other pieces for me so Naraku would not find me." Kagome told Sango.
"Okay to, the western castle we go then. Kirara, let's go." Sango tapped Kirara's shoulder.
"Sango, when we get there land before coming to the gates." Kagome warned. Sango nodded. A half hour later they landed and got off Kirara and walked towards the guards at the gate. Sango carried Kirara while Kagome carried her son.
"Stop who goes there?" One guard asked.
"Lady of the western lands along with my friend Sango." Kagome said.
"What have you in your arms M'Lady?" The other guard asked.
"I'm carrying in my arms mine and my mate's son. Now move aside and let us pass or face..." Kagome got cut off. Kagome saw it was Sesshoumaru's general.
"What is going on here?" The general asked to the guards but Kagome was the one to answer.
"General, these guards will not let myself as well as the next heir to the western throne and my friend to pass without question." Kagome told him.
"M'Lady!" The general bowed. "You and your friend and our next heir please come this way and rest assured, i'll handle these two later." The general turned and walked through the gates with them following.
"General, how is my mate fairing? Is he unconscious or what?" Kagome asked with worry in her voice.
"He is healing but slowly and yes he has been conscious since he was brought to the castle to heal. He just can't move that much that well." The general continued on to the castle. When they got into the castle Kagome called over a servant.
"Yes M'Lady, what can I do for you?" Bowed the servant.
"Take my friend and her neiko to the dinning hall and have food brought to them and when they are finished show them to the library for them to wait for me." She looked at Sango. "Go with her and i'll meet up with you in a while. Sango, could you hold this as well." Kagome handed the fire rat haori to Sango as she followed the general and walked up stairs to the third floor and down the hall part way to the chamber before Jaken came out. Kagome called out to him. "Jaken!" Jaken looked up with happy eyes.
"M'Lady, it's good to see you! Oh what are you carrying M'Lady?" Jaken asked.
"Thank you Jaken. Is my mate asleep or awake? This here in my arms is lord Sesshoumaru's son." She voiced out softly.
"He's sleeping now." Jaken looked towards the door.
"Please, take me to him." Then turned to the general "Thank you, for your help you may go now." Then turned and walked with Jaken to the bed chamber and walked in. She walked closer to the futon and her heart dropped to the floor at the site of how frail her mate looked. She stopped close to Jaken as she heard him try to wake Sesshoumaru.
"Sesshoumaru-sama, you've got visitors Sesshoumaru-sama!" Jaken said as he touched Sesshoumaru's arm.
"Grrrrr, send them away! This Sesshoumaru cares not to see anyone!" Sesshoumaru ordered.
"So his lordship cares and does not wish to see his mate and son!" Kagome spoke up.
"Kagome! Why did you?" Sesshoumaru's voice went soft.
"Jaken, lay the staff down and come and hold your arms out." Jaken did so and Kagome laid the child in his arms. "You drop him your head is mine!" Then she went and helped her mate to sit up. Then she hugged and kissed him.
"Why are you here? I told father in front of my half brother to inform you to stay there. This Sesshoumaru did not want his mate to see him like this." His voice was a bit harsh.
"I've come for several reasons. First off is to see you and show you our son, Second, I need that tiny bottle that you hid for me that had the shard pieces in it because of the third reason that i'm here. Third and final reason is to hand you this so you will know the reason I need the shard pieces." She handed Sesshoumaru the scroll that contained the message lord Toru sent out. "My friends will be there as lord Toru's guests for this matter as well as Inuyasha." She told him.
"The council and committee has not been notified that i've taken a mate. They will wonder why this Sesshoumaru is not there." He growled.
"It will be taken care of. Now it's time, you meet our son and your heir." Kagome turned to Jaken. "Jaken, bring me our son." Jaken walked closer and handed Kichiro over to her. In turn Sesshoumaru held his arms out to receive his son. "I have given him the name Kichiro, which means lucky son. I hope the name pleases you. I've been told from your father and mother that our son has their traits as well as yours in our son." Sesshoumaru looked up at her when she said his mother. "Yes, your mother showed up the same time your father did in battle after I was thrown and stayed with me till after the birth of our son and when your father and brother showed up. Anyways, as you can see our son has violet eyes like your mother and middle jagged strip on his cheek as well as other places on his body as well as his tail is like your father's. Then the top and bottom stripes are like yours. The crescent moon is the same color as yours as well." She pointed out as Sesshoumaru unwrapped their son and looked him over.
"Yes, the name is a good one and yes he looks like his grandparents. But why does he smell like my half brother?" Sesshoumaru looked at her.
"Because he took off his fire rat haori and wrapped it around us so we would not get cold as Sango brought us here on the fire neiko. Sango is holding the fire rat haori right now. Besides I could not keep Inuyasha away because Kichiro is Inuyasha's nephew after all. Anyway Rin misses you alot and she has been good. I need to return soon since the meeting is tomorrow morning and I still have to combine the shards that I came to get with the chunk Inuyasha gave me that Naraku had." She said with regret that she had to return. "Even though I want to stay here with my mate." She sighed.
"This Sesshoumaru wishes not to see his mate and son leave either but it needs to be just for the time being. Jaken retrieve the box in the closet where this Sesshoumaru's outfits are and bring it here!" Sesshoumaru ordered. Kagome got a evil look to her.
"Yea, the only reason you don't want me here but down at the southern lands is so you can rut with your concubines, so you don't have to worry about your mate knowing or walking in and watching you in action with your concubine!" She turned slightly with a giggle. But turned back when Kichiro started to crying. She picked him up and checked if he needed to be changed which was a no then she cradled him in one arm as she used the other to slid open one side of her kimono then brought her son to her breast.
"No mate, that is not the case. This Sesshoumaru has not the strength to do anything in that manner." He watched his mate feed their son with pride.
"Sesshoumaru, I know that I was just joking. Besides you would not have to be the one doing the work at giving, you pleaser. A female can bring pleaser by sitting on your lap the way you are sitting and wrap their legs around behind you and slid your manhood deep inside her and ride you until your release came and your seed shot out into her." She finished as Jaken showed up with the box Sesshoumaru had him get and handed it to Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru opened the box and took out the bottle. Kagome finished feeding their son and laid him on the futon then closed her kimono.
"Jaken, could you go to the library and take my friend down to the main floor and have her wait for me then come back up and let me know." She asked.
"Yes, M'Lady." He bowed and left. Then Kagome turned back to Sesshoumaru as he raised his hands and placed the necklace around her neck. She then reached out her hands and touched his chest closing her eyes. Sesshoumaru's eyes widened as he saw his body start to glow lightly. Then the glow stopped and she slightly fell forward.
"I-I'm sorry Sessho. I couldn't heal you that much. I guess because having not regained my own strength back yet from giving birth to our son just last night but at least your minor wounds and injuries are heald." She said as she rested her head on his shoulder. "I feel like I need a long nap." Kagome yawned.
"Save your strength. Some of the major wounds are alot more healed then they were." Just then Jaken came in.
"M'Lady, your friend is on the main floor." Jaken looked at her and bowed.
"Thank you, Jaken." Kagome turned and laid out the silk blanket and picked up their son and laid him on it and wrapped Kichiro up. Then picked him up into her arms and moved over and to Sesshoumaru and kissed him on the lips then moved back. "I guess, we will see you later then." She watched as Sesshoumaru reached down and touched Kichiro's face.
"Yes my mate, soon we will all be back together." Then he looked at his pup "You be good for your mother, Kichiro." Then Kagome stood up but had to reach for the wall with her free hand.
"M'Lady!" Jaken squealed as he moved towards her.
"Kagome! My mate are you alright?" Sesshoumaru looked worried.
"Yes I'm fine, just a little dizzy is all. I think I used what little strength and power then my body could handle after having given birth last night." Kagome said.
"Jaken, retrieve a guard from the hall and have him help my mate to the main floor you walk with them!" Sesshoumaru ordered.
"Yes, master!" Jaken ran to the door and opened it and called for one of the guards to come. Then Jaken and the guard entered the chamber.
"Yes, Sir!" The guard answered.
"Help my mate and our pup to the main floor and help her mount up on the fire nekio then report back to your station. That will be all!" Sesshoumaru gave his order.
"Yes, Sir! Right away sir." The guard came over and placed his arm around Kagome's back and they walked out of the room followed by Jaken. When they reached the main floor Sango ran over to them.
"Kagome, what happened?" She asked.
"I'll tell you on the way. Let's just head out." Kagome sounded tired. Outside Kirara transformed and the guard picked Kagome and her son up and placed Kagome on Kirara's back. Then Sango got on placing the fire rat haori around Kagome and the baby.
"Jaken, don't tell Sesshoumaru this but I plan to come back in a few days to help and do the documents in the study. I'll tell him when Rin and I and our son show up." Kagome watched as Jaken nodded before Kirara lifted into the air as the guard and Jaken returned inside.