IMMORTALITY

Chapter 10

The Dead of the Child

It had been almost three months since her lord Sesshoumaru came back from the outside with blood all over his white attire. Rin had first thought that Lord Sesshoumaru was injured, but he assured her that he was fine, and then only she realized that the blood belonged to someone else. Her lord had never let the blood of his victims ruined his attire before, and Rin wondered what had angered her lord so much that he lost control over his urge of killing.

Caressing her swollen stomach, Rin knew that her child was going to be born in another week or so, according to her servant, Ryoko. She rested her hands on her stomach, eager to feel the movement made by the child. Ryoko had told her that when her stomach was big enough, she would feel the child's movement within her body. Rin frowned when she felt no such movement within her body. The child must be sleeping…

" Rin."

Rin turned around to look at her Lord Sesshoumaru who was standing by the sliding door with a tired expression on his handsome face. Standing up from her sitting position, Rin went to him and wrapped her arms around is torso, sighing when his arms came around her in a protective embrace. Since the day her lord came back with blood on his attire, he had been acting strangely, and rarely left her side unless he had meeting with the other demon lords.

"You need rest, my lord. You look tired." Rin said, pushing herself slightly away from his embrace, only to be pulled into his arms again.

"This Sesshoumaru is not tired, and demons do not need to sleep everyday." He replied her, and took in her scent. His golden eyes saddened slightly when he smelled the scent of the child within her; it smelled of death and acid. Rin's child, his child was truly dead and could not be revived like what the priestess had told him.

Your child will become a monster if it stays alive…

Closing his eyes in total defeat, Sesshoumaru just hoped that Rin would be able to accept the truth when the day arrived. The day when his child would be born and be dead at the same time.

Rin could feel that her lord was troubled, and she wondered why. Could it be the news Jaken brought him a few months ago, or he was just concerned about her childbirth. She herself was afraid of the childbirth also, for she had never had a child before. She had listened to Ryoko as she explained about child birthing, and Rin found it extremely painful. I have to push the child out of my…oh my.

She sighed and laid her head against the white fur on his right shoulder, knowing that no matter what happen, her lord would always be there for her. He was what supported her until today, and he was the source of her life. Without him, she would be as same as being dead and she was grateful when he made her his life mate, and an immortal so she could be able to stay by his side forever and ever. Her right hand slid from his back to her stomach. Soon, my happiness will be twofold.

" Lord Sesshoumaru, a letter arrives from the Eastern Land…" Jaken announced, coming into the chamber with his head bowed. His lord had been stressing himself lately, and Jaken knew the reason why. His huge yellow eyes saddened when he took a glance at the scene before him, where his lord openly showed his fondness towards his mate. The child was going to be born around next week, and he dreaded for that day to come.

" Lord Sesshoumaru, should I keep the letter until you are free to read it?" the toad demon asked, wincing when his lord stared at him with his icy golden eyes.

" I will be there in a moment. Get out of here, Jaken." Sesshoumaru ordered, his voice as cold as winter snow, sending shivers up the toad's spine. He watched as Jaken retreated himself from the chamber, then he turned his attention back to his mate. He pressed light kisses on her lips and forehead before he released her from his embrace and led her to sit on the cushion once again.

" I will be back after I read the letter. Don't go anywhere without anyone." He said, pressing another kiss on her pouting lips before he left her.

Rin pressed her fingers to her lips and smiled while watching her lord exited the chamber. They had ceased to make love since the second month of her pregnancy, but more kisses and touches had been exchanged between herself and her lord. She loved the way Lord Sesshoumaru kissed her; sometimes gentle and sometimes rough. Although she loved his kisses, but she also longed for the day when she was able to make love with her lord again once the baby was born.

She heard footsteps coming from the corridor, knowing that her servant Ryoko was coming to serve her another red root tea which she craved to drink daily since her got pregnant. She smiled when Ryoko came into the chamber with the tea pot. When Rin tried to stand up again to help Ryoko with the tea, a terrible pain, as if something was tearing her from the inside shot through her body and she fell to the floor.

" LADY RIN!' the servant screamed when she saw her lady fell to the floor with a painful expression on her face. She dropped the tea pot she was holding and rushed to her lady's side.

Rin placed her hands on her stomach, and moaned painfully when she felt another pain. She could also feel something moving in her stomach, as if the baby wanted to be out, now. When another unbearable pain shot through her, Rin heard her servant screamed for help before everything blacked out.

" LORD SESSHOUMARU ! LADY RIN IS….!"

SCROLL KEEPING CHAMBER

Sesshoumaru was giving orders to Jaken and some of his generals when he heard the scream. His golden eyes showed his dread as he threw away the documents he was holding and rushed to where Rin was in a lightening speed. It was happening, what he dreaded was happening. Rin was going to give birth!

" RIN!" Sesshoumaru slid the door open with a bang, not caring if he damaged it or not and rushed to Rin who was being held by the mix breed servant. He took Rin from the servant and carried her back to their chamber.

" Jaken, go fetch the priestess!" Sesshoumaru barked out his order and laid Rin on the futon once he reached their chamber. His heart ached when he saw the pained look on his mate's face, although she had fainted, she still felt the pain caused by the child. He wiped the sweats from her forehead with his sleeve end, and could not help but notice how pale she was. Holding her hand within his huge one, Sesshoumaru pressed his lips against her cold palm and whispered.

" Rin, be strong…"

Rin could feel her lord's hand holding her own, his warmth soothed her pain and she opened her eyes slightly. Although her amber eyes were filled with pain, she was still smiling at her lord, to assure him that she would be strong to go through the childbirth.

It was the second time she made her lord worried about her, and she was happy because he did care for her, but guilty at the same time because she had him worried. She clenched her teeth when another pain shot through her body, and she clutched onto her Lord Sesshoumaru's hand in a dead grip.

"Lord Sesshoumaru, the priestess is here." Jaken announced when he rushed into the chamber with the old priestess behind him.

"Lady Rin's childbirth is a week earlier than what we expected." The priestess said, kneeling down beside Rin as she pushed away the blanket covering the pregnant woman to examine her stomach. " I need hot water and a lot of cloth."

The servant, Ryoko followed the priestess's order and prepared whatever she needed to deliver the child. Jaken did not stay in the chamber because he was dreaded to see what was going to happen, and Sesshoumaru remained beside Rin even though the priestess had told him to stay outside the chamber until the child was delivered. He wanted to stay with Rin, to give her support, and to calm her down once the child was born, and dead. He would go through this along with her, because it was indeed, his fault. My fault…it is my fault that the child has to die…

"Rin……"

Rin had been unconscious since the arrival of the priestess. In her dream, she was holding a baby in her arms while running away from something that wanted to take her child away from her. She ran and ran, as if there were no boundaries in that place. She looked at her surrounding, there were nothing but a piece of wide endless field covered with nothing but grass. Lord Sesshoumaru, where are you? Rin is scared…

The baby in her arms cooed, drawing Rin's attention to the small infant. Pushing the white cloth covering her child, Rin felt her eyes burned with tears when she stared at the baby girl who was staring up at her with her unfocused golden eyes. The baby girl even had purple strips on both her cheekbones and wrists like her father, and she even had hair the color of silver, the proof of her being one of the White Dog.

Rin traced the baby's figure with her fingers, and counted her fingers and foots. She was so perfect, her baby, Lord Sesshoumaru's daughter was so perfect. She watched as the baby girl placed her thumb into her small pouting mouth to suckle, but her golden eyes never once strayed from her face, as if she was memorizing her.

" My baby, my daughter…" Rin smiled with tears in her eyes, and placed a kiss on the baby's forehead while her baby cooed musically for her. Then suddenly, the scene changed, and she found herself standing waist length in the sea. Rin quickly held her child upward away from the cold sea water, and wondered what was happening.

SPLASHH!

Rin dare not turned around to find out who, or what was splashing behind her. Holding the child tightly in her arms, but away from the sea water, Rin walked toward the shore a few feet away from where she stood.

SPLASHH! SPLASHH!

Rin quickened her pace when the splashing sound increased, but the water and the soft sand was making it hard for her. When she was about to reach the shore, something cold and hard wrapped itself around her legs.

Give…me…

Rin could feel the thing wrapped itself tighter around her legs, and stiffed when she felt someone, or rather something was behind her. She held her child tighter, and closed her eyes when something cold touched her face, leaving a trail of wetness behind.

I …want…it…back…

Bubbles began to form before Rin, and she could see something was emerging from under it. Her eyes widened in fear, and her mouth opened in a silent scream when a bloody head slowly emerged from the bubbles. Its lifeless red eyes glared at her with hatred, and Rin struggled to back away from it.

Give…me…the…child…

Rin tried to move but she could not, she could only watch as the creature reached for her baby girl. Tears began to stream down her cheeks as her baby was slowly removed from her arms. A pain shot through her when the child was taken away, and she screamed.

" NOOOOOOOO…….!"

Sesshoumaru held Rin down when she awoke from whatever she was dreaming, and held her hands tightly in his. Her child, their daughter was born, and dead at the same time, and he could do nothing but watch as the priestess took her away for a proper burial so she would not become a fiend even in death. He looked at Rin who was staring at him, as if she knew everything.

" Our child…Lord Sesshoumaru, where is our daughter?" Rin asked, knowing that her child had been born because she could feel how empty her stomach was. She looked around the chamber, but could not see her child anywhere at all. Pulling her hands from her lord, Rin clutched onto his shirt and asked again.

"Where is our daughter?"

Sesshoumaru knew even if he was able to hide the truth from her for a moment, but he could never hide it from her forever. As if not to startle her, he gently pulled her into his embrace and buried his face in her raven hair. He hoped, he really hoped that his mate would be strong enough to accept the truth.

"Our daughter is….dead."

A/N: Sorry for updating late. I have been stressed lately by the test and assignment, and I got sick because of it. I will try my very best to finish the story as soon as possible, and I think I can finish it before Christmas.

Who is that that took the child away from Rin in her dream?

Heh heh, that creature is the Moon Mermaid in chapter 2 who wants its life back. Like I say, everything come with a price, and the mermaid is just collecting its price after it sacrifices his life to let Rin gain an immortal life.

Where do I get the idea of monster?

It is actually from Rumiko's stories which are Mermaid's Scar, and Mermaid's Forest. These two stories are sad and a bit scary also.

Male pregnancy?

Wow, that is really an interesting idea since you mention it. Male pregnancy, perhaps I will use it in my new story.

To have Kagome or Kikyo purifies Rin's poison?

Uh…let's just say if Kagome purifies her blood, Rin will become a normal human once again and all the stuff Sesshoumaru did will be wasted. And let's just assume that Kikyo has gone to heaven after Naraku was defeated.

Ideas for last chapter

There are many types of ending for this story, and I welcome any ideas or suggestions, no matter it ends up in a sad or happy ending.