12k
My, I sure did get a lot of reviews on my last chapter, but anyways. This is the second part, and keep in mind of the note I made last chapter about the last two flashbacks. And before I begin the chapter one final note, the third flash back of Sesshoumaru and Inu-Yasha you have read before, however I am adding onto it. Also though, I got a comment about someone asking me how the series ends . . . well in all honesty I have no idea how the series is going to turn out, there is only the fact that it is ending in September. So far the number of episodes is around the 150's right now, so I'm guessing there's going to be over two hundred episodes.
Winter Wonderland
Chapter Forty-Three
(Sesshoumaru Flash Back Three)
Inu-Taishi sighed contently as he shifted slightly against the trunk of the tree and wrapped his arms tighter around the women sitting in front of him. Natasha snuggled closer to Inu-Taishi's chest, but had to be careful not to hit her stomach. Sesshoumaru gave off a small yawn and looked down at Natasha from his branch.
"How are you feeling?" asked Sesshoumaru.
Natasha looked up and smiled, "I'm fine Sesshoumaru . . . I swear you worry more about me than your father does,"
Sesshoumaru just smiled and rested his back back against the tree, closing his eyes. The past few month's had been very stressful with the mating between Natasha and his father, plus the fact that she was eight and a half month's pregnant also added to the stress level. This had been the first time in weeks the three of them had been able to relax without a care in the world. A slight breeze blew by, causing the leaves to rustle lightly in the wind. Patches of light would shine through the leaves, and in Sesshoumaru's opinion, it was a perfect summer day.
A gasp from Natasha caused Inu-Taishi and Sesshoumaru's eyes to fly open.
"Natasha what's wrong?" asked Inu-Taishi.
"I . . . I think . . .I think my water broke . . ." whispered Natasha, before giving off a small cry.
Inu-Taishi slowly helped Natasha stand so he could pick her up, "Sesshoumaru, find Suichi as soon as possible! I'll be taking her to my chamber,"
Sesshoumaru wasted no time and ran back into the castle.
"My lord Sesshoumaru, where might you be heading off to?" asked Myoga, jumping onto the dog demons shoulder.
"Natasha is going into labor, I have to find Suichi," hissed Sesshoumaru, heading over to the servants wing.
"Why that's wonderful! Now your going to have a younger sibling!" Myoga said happily.
Sesshoumaru nodded and final reached his destination. Grabbing the demon doctor they both ran as quick as they could to Inu-Taishi's chamber. Sesshoumaru was about to run in with him, but Suichi stopped him, "You will wait out here my lord,"
Sesshoumaru growled but nodded as Suichi disappeared. A loud scream gave Sesshoumaru the shivers as he took a seat outside of the doors. Myoga still remained on Sesshoumaru's shoulder, and the old flea demon looked hungrily at the prince's neck.
"Suck my blood, and it will be the last thing you regret," hissed Sesshoumaru.
Myoga shivered at the tone in his voice, and nodded his head.
Another loud piercing scream echoed through out the castle, causing Sesshoumaru to put his hands over his ears and Myoga as well.
"That was a loud scream, eh my lord?" asked the flea.
Sesshoumaru just glanced at the flea and then at the door, which the noises were coming from, "Do you suppose she's alright?"
"Natasha's a strong women, she will be alright," assured Myoga.
He could hear his father's worlds of encouragement, and the doctor demanding that he needed more hot water. Finally having enough Sesshoumaru stood up and went to the door, opening it slightly to take a look inside. His father was hovered over Natasha, the lord of the western land held his mate in his arms, whispering into her ear and kissing her forehead the odd time which had beads of sweat pouring down her face. He couldn't see anything since his father blocked the way of anything as the doctor grabbed some water from the servants and went back to his position between Natasha's legs.
"One more time my lady, push . . ."
Natasha cried out in pain and clung to Inu-Taishi for dear life. Sesshoumaru's ears slightly twitched as he heard the soft sound of a baby crying, and a smirk spreading across his lips.
"You have a son my lord," sighed the doctor, handing Natasha a bundle of blankets.
Inu-Taishi kissed her on the forehead and stared down at the baby that his mate was holding. Sesshoumaru knocked on the door, and watched as his father look up, "Ah Sesshoumaru . . . com on in, take a look at your new baby brother,"
Sesshoumaru took a step in and closed the door behind him. Walking to the bed he looked down at the bundle of blankets Natasha held. He could see the small pudgy face of a baby boy. Natasha smiled and pulled the blankets off the boys head to reveal two silver dog ears on top of his ears. The baby yawned to reveal four sharp fangs, and Sesshoumaru noticed the claws on his brother's hands as well. Sesshoumaru watched as the baby opened it's eyes which were as golden as the morning sun. The baby stared around the room, first looking at his mother and father, and then looking at Sesshoumaru. The baby smiled at the sight of its older brother, which caused Sesshoumaru to smile as well. Natasha smiled and motioned for Sesshoumaru to come closer. Sesshoumaru sat beside Natasha, and almost froze as she placed the baby into his arms.
"What are we going to call him?" asked Natasha, staring up into her mates eyes.
Inu-Taishi smiled and stared down at the boy in his older sons arms, "Inu-Yasha sounds like a good name to me . . ."
Natasha nodded and pecked her mate on the lips. Sesshoumaru stared down at the half demon, and watched as the baby reached his arm out. Smirking Sesshoumaru brought his own hand forward, pressing his palm against Inu-Yasha's, seeing how small his hands were to his big clawed ones.
"Inu-Yasha . . . my little brother . . . ."
Inu-Taishi crossed over to Sesshoumaru and took his younger son into his arms, staring into those warm golden eyes, "He's so perfect,"
Natasha gave off a small yawn and rested herself back on the bed, "Oh . . . I'm so tired,"
"Inu-Taishi leaned down and kissed her forehead, "Rest my love . . . rest as much as you want,"
Natasha nodded and closed her eyes as she drifted off into a dreamless sleep. Sesshoumaru stood and looked at his younger brother, "He turned out just fine . . . I have hear of some half demons that don't . . . well . . ."
"Would it really matter? After all he is your younger brother,"
Sesshoumaru just smiled.
(End of Flash Back)
(Inu-Yasha Flash Back Three)
The morning sun shined brightly into the little boys room, causing him to open his big golden eyes. Giving off a great big yawn, the little half demon sat up, and rubbed his eyes. His ears twitching slightly, he could tell that his mother and the servants were still asleep. Getting to his feet, Inu-Yasha walked out of his room, closing the door behind him. Walking down the hall, he smelled the fresh morning air with his sensitive nose. He turned left at the end of the hall, and peeked inside his mother's room. She was sleeping peacefully, and Inu-Yasha decided not to awaken her. Closing the door, the little half demon wandered out side into the garden. Birds were chirping happily to one another as Inu-Yasha walked down the bank of the river as he ran along the lush green dew grass, Inu-Yasha stopped to look at himself in the water. The young boy stared into the glistening water of the river that flowed by his house. He stared at his appearance, his ears twitching slightly. The boy laughed and twitched his ears again, not noticing that someone approached the river from the other side until he heard a small splashing noise. Looking up, he saw a little girl around his age playing in the water. Smiling, he jumped across the river in one leap and approached her.
"Hi,"
The girl looked up, staring at the strange boys silver hair, "Hi . . . who are you?"
"My name Inu-Yasha," smiled the boy.
The girl smiled, "You sure look strange, do you want to play with me? My mama and papa are getting food,"
Inu-Yasha nodded his head, feeling happy that someone had asked to play with him. The girl finished washing her hands, and grabbed a ball out of the small pack that she carried on her back. Tossing the ball to Inu-Yasha, the boy caught it and tossed it back to girl. Soon they were tossing it back and forth with their feet, both laughing as they kept the ball in the air. Inu-Yasha was having so much fun; he kicked the ball a little to hard, hitting the girl in the stomach. She fell to her knees clutching her stomach. Inu-Yasha ran forward, his hand outreached to see if he could help her up, but as Inu-Yasha reached for her arm, the girl stood up, causing his small claws to scrap against her arm. A high pitched scream sounded through out the village, causing villagers to run and find the source.
Inu-Yasha stared at the girl with wide eyes, seeing the blood covering her arm as cried. He tried to apologize but was stopped as something hard hit him in the head. Falling to his knees, he noticed a rather large rock by his side.
"That half breed attacked the girl!" cried a villager; grabbing another rock and throwing it at the boy, this time hitting him square in the head, causing blood to run down Inu-Yasha's face.
More villagers started to grab rocks and threw it at the boy, throwing it as hard as they could. The girl had been picked up by her mother while the father went to the half demon and kicked Inu-Yasha in the back.
"You animal, how dare you hurt my daughter!" cried the man, kicking Inu-Yasha again, with more force.
Another man had grabbed a shovel and began beating the small half demon with it, cutting his arms and legs. Inu-Yasha screamed out in pain, and tried to use his claws to defend himself.
"LEAVE ME ALONE!" screamed Inu-Yasha, but the villagers had now pinned his hands and legs to the ground, beating the helpless pup.
Inu-Yasha tried to keep his tears back while trying to get away at the same time. Just when Inu-Yasha thought the torture wouldn't stop, a scream made the villagers freeze. A tall silver haired man stood in front of a kneeling villager who was clutching his bleeding arm.
"Ah . . . it stings," moaned the man.
All the others stood frozen still, staring into the emotionless face of the demon, "If you don't want to feel my poison claws you'll leave,"
They all ran off, not looking back.
Inu-Yasha opened his eyes as he felt himself being picked up. He stared into his half brothers eyes, trying to keep the tears back, but not saying a word.
Sesshoumaru sighed and continued to walk to Natasha's house, "Why do you bother brother? You know the villagers hate you, so why try to make friends with them?"
Inu-Yasha nodded, but still kept quiet.
"You're lucky I happened to be passing by, or they would have surely killed you this time,"
Inu-Yasha let one tear slip, "Why do they hate me so much?" he whimpered.
Sesshoumaru frowned and held his little brother tighter, "They don't 'hate' you literally, but the fact that your mother and our father are together makes them feel disgusted with you as the end result, and so that hate you for what you are, a half demon,"
The half demon started to cry harder.
"However, not all humans are like that, some look for what kind of person you are, instead of what you are,"
Inu-Yasha stopped crying and stared up at his older brother, "So . . . I won't be alone for the rest of my life?"
Sesshoumaru nodded and continued to carry the injured the boy back to his mothers home.
Natasha came running out of the house as soon as she saw her wounded son in Sesshoumaru's arms.
"What happened?" she asked.
"The villagers attacked him,"
Natasha sighed heavily and took her son into the house to bandage him up.
"You know, you can still move back to the castle, Father and I would not mind at all,"
"Thank you for the offer Sesshoumaru, but I think I'll stay here,"
(End of Flash Back)
(Sesshoumaru Flash Back Four)
The sun was high in the sky, beaming down on the courtyard of the castle grounds. Birds were chirping cheerfully to one another, and a calm breeze blew by causing the trees to sway slightly. Natasha sat comfortably in the grass, holding her small child in her arms. A patch of silver hair was on top of his head, and his ears were less white and turning more silvery. The small pup gave a small cough before his big warm golden eyes opened up, staring into its mothers face. Natasha gave a small laugh and looked up, to continue watching the fencing lesson. Both her husband and Sesshoumaru had taken off their tops since it was so hot out, and no one else was around. The two demons held two dull metal swords in their hands so they wouldn't hurt each other. At the moment they were only facing each other, and they were both showing a different pose before attacking.
"Come at me Sesshoumaru," said Inu-Taishi.
Sesshoumaru lunged forward and attacked his father. Natasha tried to keep up with the movements of the two demons, but unfortunately she could only wait until they stopped, or Sesshoumaru was knocked down again. There was a loud crack and Sesshoumaru went flying into the pond, his sword broken in half. Inu-Taishi smiled and chuckled as he went to help is son out of the water. Natasha giggled and looked down to see that her child was once again asleep.
"Your getting better, but you do have a long way to go,"
Sesshoumaru just grumbled under his breath as he took his fathers hand, pulling him out of the water. Inu-Taishi smirked and headed over to his mate while Sesshoumaru rung out his silver hair.
"And how is my little pup?" asked Inu-Taishi, kissing Natasha on the forehead.
"He's doing fine. Inu-Yasha was awake just a minute ago,"
Inu-Taishi just smiled and kissed his younger son on the forehead, "So Sesshoumaru, have you had enough or shall we go again?"
"I've had enough for today,"
"Oh giving up so soon?"
"Oh, is that a challenge?"
"You better believe it,"
Sesshoumaru smirked and grabbed his broken sword.
"You plan to fight with that?"
" . . ."
"Here,"
Sesshoumaru grabbed the dull sword his father had been using, "What are you going to use then?"
"I'll be using your broken sword, and I'll bet I can still beat you,"
"Your on," said Sesshoumaru.
Natasha sighed and held her child closer, watching the two demons going at it again, but it was over soon as Sesshoumaru was thrown into the bushes.
"And I am still unbeatable," bragged Inu-Taishi.
Sesshoumaru swore under his breath as he crawled out of the bushes and started to pick the leaves and grass out of his hair.
"Well . . . shall we head in and get some lunch?" asked Inu-Taishi.
"I am kind of hungry," said Natasha.
"Sesshoumaru how about you?"
"I'm fine for now,"
Inu-Taishi just nodded and helped his mate to her feet, and grabbing the blanket she had been sitting on. Sighing, Sesshoumaru walked over to his father and lightly nudged him in the shoulder.
"I was just going easy on you today, but I won't tomorrow,"
The Lord of the Western Lands just chuckled, "We'll have to see Sesshoumaru . . . we'll have to see,"
The golden doors swung open as they entered into the main hall where Jarlarg was waiting for them.
"Good afternoon my lord, how were the fencing lessons?"
"Quite alright Jarlarg, but my son still has a long way to go,"
The old demon nodded, "Indeed, but I'm afraid we just got a message from the borders of the western lands, some demons have been devouring the villagers,"
"I see, well then . . . I will have to deal with this matter immediately then. Sesshoumaru I'm leaving you in charge of the castle,"
"Me?" asked Sesshoumar.
"Yes you . . . you are old enough to take the responsibility,"
Sesshoumaru smiled, "Thank you father,"
Inu-Taishi then turned to his mate, "I'll be back in a few days, I won't be gone long,"
"Good . . . I'll miss you,"
"And I'll miss you," whispered Inu-Taishi, leaning to kiss his mate passionately.
Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes and gently took Inu-Yasha from Natasha's arms, "Not in front of the child,"
Inu-Taishi chuckled before wrapping his arms around Natasha and kissing her again. Sighing Sesshoumaru left the two mates and wandered into the kitchen to get a bite to eat.
(End of Flash Back)
(Inu-Yasha Flash Back Four)
Inu-Yasha stayed in his corner in the room, tears silently falling down his plump cheeks. The room was fairly dark, and he could hear his mother crying softly in the next room. Sighing, Inu-Yasha slowly got up, and walked down the hallway to be by his mother's side. This afternoon had been peaceful with the two of them waiting for Sesshoumaru and his Father to come for another visit, but only his half brother had come, telling them both that father was dead. Instead of being there to comfort them both, his half brother had left them, telling them he blamed them for his fathers death. (You'll learn more about this scene in the next chapter)
"Mama?" asked Inu-Yasha, walking into her room.
His mother looked up and opened her arms as Inu-Yasha walked forward and hugged his mother tightly.
The two said nothing to eachother, just holding one another as Natasha stroked her son's hair.
"Natasha?" asked a voice.
Natasha looked up all of a sudden to see an old demon standing in the doorway to her room.
"Yes?" she answered nervously.
"You need not be afraid, I am Jarlarg . . . I was Inu-Taishi's advisor,"
"What are you doing here?"
Jarlarg walked into the room
and took a seat beside her, "I am here to talk to you about the resting place
of Inu-Taishi. He has hidden his
remains in another dimension between this world and the next,"
"But why?" asked Natasha.
"So that his most precious treasure will not be found. The sword which he has left behind for Inu-Yasha,"
Natasha looked down to the small boy in her arms, who looked confused beyond belief, "But . . . I don't understand . . ."
Jarlarg then reached into his robes and pulled out a small black pearl, "This is the gate way to the dimension where Inu-Taishi has been laid to rest. His last request was to hide it in Inu-Yasha's left eye,"
"What!?" cried Natsha.
"Don't worry my lady it won't hurt him,"
Natasha glanced down at her son who had a worried look on his face, "How do you plan to do this?"
"Just hold him down, and I will do the rest,"
Natasha looked at her son and whispered, "Just relax Inu-Yasha,"
The small half demon nodded and watched with big eyes as he was placed on his back on the wooden floor. Jarlarg then leaned over him, taking his right hand to keep his left eye open and holding the black pearl above it. Then a blinding flash of light caused Inu-Yasha to scream, but it didn't hurt him, just surprised him. When the light was gone, the pearl was gone from Jarlarg's hand.
"How does he get it out?" asked Natasha, picking her son up again.
"He only has to hold his hand out in front of his eye, and want the pearl to come out,"
Natasha nodded and held her son tighter, not even noticing Jarlarg leaving.
(End of Flash Back)
TBC . . .
I know this one was a little shorter, but hey the next one is going to be a lot longer. Sorry for the long update, but since I work all this week, I won't have a lot of time to work on the next chappie. So, later for now!
Lynns