A/N: I do hope the previous chapter was reasonable. His new found feelings in that chapter were acceptance (Half demons), and love and tenderness. Whee…go Rin go! Anyway…thank you for sticking with me
Disclaimer: Sesshomaru and Co. Do not belong to me
"Mi lord…this was as close as I could find to that rock you were speaking about." Jaken told Sesshomaru the moment he returned. Jaken held out a rock that was small, and somewhat looked like it had a chipped circle on it, but Sesshomaru wasn't going to say much about that.
"That's not it." Sesshomaru said.
Jaken looked disappointed. "I am sorry mi lord. I have failed you."
"Don't worry about it."
Rin came outside to see Sesshomaru reading a new book, and Jaken bowing his head, and looked like he was going to start crying some time soon.
"Master Jaken…you have returned. Where did you go?" Rin asked.
"You mean mi lord didn't tell you?" Jaken looked to Sesshomaru. "Well, he sent me on a quest."
"And what was that quest?" Rin asked Sesshomaru getting slightly suspicious.
"Well, you see Rin, there is a stone not too far away, that contains powerful wishes in it for whoever finds it." Jaken answered for him.
"A-hun." Rin said in disbelief. "Well, I am going to go take a bath, I will return soon." She said. Sesshomaru looked up at her from his book.
"Alright."
Rin walked over to the hot springs, where she took off her kimono and found her self-a nice warm spot in the water.
Meanwhile, Jaken continued to stick around Sesshomaru. "Mi lord…why…after all these years, do you keep Rin?"
Sesshomaru looked at Jaken, and blinked. "Well, I have grown accustom for her being around. If she was not here, it would seem almost strange to do anything."
"Mi lord…you really do love her don't you?" Jaken asked, testing Sesshomaru's patience with him. Jaken, expecting a punch in the face, covered his face in fear, when he released, noticing that Sesshomaru didn't move.
"I do." He admitted. Jaken looked up shocked.
"WHAT! Mi lord…you have fallen in love with a mortal girl!"
"And what of it?" Sesshomaru questioned him.
"You have never…really like humans mi lord. I find it hard to believe that you would fall in love with a mortal girl." Jaken said, scratching his head slightly.
"That was then…this is now." He said. "Now you can leave me alone."
Jaken didn't want to test Sesshomaru any longer, so, he went off to do what ever he did. Sesshomaru held his book to his face, but his eyes overlooked the book to the forest, curious of Rin.
"AHHHHHHHHH!"
Sesshomaru's eyes became alarmed. He knew that voice…it was Rin. Sesshomaru threw his book, and he ran to the forest, to the hot spring where he saw her getting out of the water, the moment she saw Sesshomaru racing over, holding out Tokijin. She ran over naked, and ran into his chest crying.
"What happened?" He asked her.
"A snake…was…on me..." Rin cried. Sesshomaru sighed, and thanked that that was all that it was. He put away his sword, and then held Rin in his arms. He tried his best not to focus on the fact that she was naked, but he was worried for her in any case.
"You didn't really have a quest for Jaken to go on did you? You planned this all out…" Rin said.
Sesshomaru didn't know whether to lie, or not. "Well…"
"Cause, it was really thought out well." Rin continued.
Sesshomaru sighed, in relief that she wasn't mad with him, while holding her in his arms.
"Thank you for worrying." She said. "About the snake I mean."
"Yes…are you going back?" He asked.
"Yes." She smiled to him, and then ran back to the hot spring where she walked in carefully. She didn't mind him seeing her body anymore.
Sesshomaru walked to the hot spring. "Do you mind if I stay?" He asked her. She looked at him curiously.
"Are you coming in?" She asked.
"No, but I will stay here…for company if you wish." He told her.
She smiled. "Alright then." Sesshomaru walked until he found a rock to sit on, which was really close to Rin. They could see each other perfectly.
"So…my lord. Did you think about…the baby? Do you wish for it to be a boy or girl?" She asked.
Sesshomaru looked at her, after looking down to find something to say. He never really thought too much about the baby after they had made love. "Never really thought of it."
"Hmm…I don't mind in either case."
"Will you be okay?"
Rin looked at him oddly. "What do you mean by that?"
"Having the child. Would…you like to see that Kagome woman? For advice I mean."
Rin looked to her self and thought about it. "Hmmm…that might be a good idea. She has a child…I could get some good advice. Lord Sesshomaru, can we do that this afternoon?"
"Yes. But, you'll have to go alone…I have to check something out. There is a sinister smell in the air…and I am curious to know what it's coming from." He said looking into the sky. "And, InuYasha will protect you, if there is harm. If he does not…he will regret the day he was born."
"That's alright." Rin then though. "But…what if I am not even pregnant!"
Sesshomaru looked at her strangely for that even thought of. "What do you mean; do you think you're not? It's only been a few days."
"Yes…I know. But these things don't always work out…what if…oh no…"Rin held her face, in fear that she wasn't even pregnant. This is one thing she wanted to do for her lord…her love, was to have a child.
"Rin, the best thing is to not worry too much about it." Sesshomaru said coolly. Rin then looked back at him, and made a quick nod in agreement.
"You're right. I should have faith!" She said, as she got out of the spring, and placed on her kimono. She and Sesshomaru walked back to the home, where Jaken stood there widely concerned.
"Mi lord…I heard a scream…is Rin okay?"
"Master Jaken, as you can clearly see…I am fine." Rin said annoyed.
"Well, mi lord was taking so long to come back, I was just about to go in myself, but I wasn't sure." Jaken said.
"And be it a good thing that you didn't." Sesshomaru said quickly.
Jaken looked semi-alarmed. Sesshomaru and Rin then walked past Jaken, where Rin went to go dry herself off.
That afternoon, Rin and Sesshomaru decided to mysteriously leave Jaken home alone. After the many years of Sesshomaru's training, Rin managed to get to Kagome and InuYasha's home reasonably fast. That's when Rin knocked on the door, and InuYasha thumped his way to the door. "Sesshomaru! What the hell do you want now!" He opened the door to just see Rin. "You?"
Kagome peered over InuYasha's shoulder. "Ahh Hi Rin!"
"Hello Kagome." Rin smiled. "I hope I'm not intruding."
"Of course not!" Kagome said happily then moved InuYasha aside so she could come in. Rin walked into the room. "So…where's Sesshomaru?"
"Well, he smelt something suspicious…so he went to go find out what it was." She said.
"I don't smell anything wrong in the air…" InuYasha said, raising his eyebrow. "Whatever."
"In any case, come…sit down." Kagome led Rin to the table. "So, can I help you with anything?" Kagome asked, as she too sat down. InuYasha stood up, behind Kagome.
"Well…I wanted to tell you…the first to know as I should say…that…well, I'm pregnant."
InuYasha and Kagome's eyes nearly fell out of their eye sockets. "You…with Se-ss-h-o-m-a-ru?" InuYasha stuttered.
"As weird as it may be to you two…yes." Rin smiled to one side. InuYasha wanted to laugh very hard, but he held his tongue.
"Well…congratulations Rin." Kagome smiled. "How long have you been pregnant for?"
"Well…I'm not really sure. It's only been a few days."
"So what'dya say to Sesshomaru to get to him…to you know." InuYasha asked rudely.
Rin and Kagome rolled her eyes. "InuYasha…"
"Well…I was only curious…jeeze." InuYasha crossed his arms.
Rin smiled. "Well, actually, we never really said anything. You know how I was taking care of Nina? Well, he told me that he loved the way I took care of her, and so he was basically…inspired to have the child."
"He knows that it'll be a half demon right?" Kagome asked curiously. InuYasha's ears perked, as his back was turned.
"Yes… he thought about it for the longest time. I'm not sure what he was thinking about exactly, but he has come to accept it if it meant being with me."
"Awwww.w..w.w." Kagome smiled, and held her hands by her heart.
"Feh." InuYasha spat. "Sesshomaru despises half breeds. If he can easily have a kid, and accept it being a half breed, then he'd need to accept me…which I highly doubt."
"He's got a bit of a point Rin." Kagome said slowly.
"Yes, well, he is still angry because you have the Tetsusaiga I'm guessing." Rin made a small giggle.
"Hmm. Well, did you or did he make the first move?" Kagome laughed, like she was a giggling schoolgirl.
"Umm, well…" She blushed. "One night, it was just us, and I went to say goodnight, and the next thing you know he grabbed onto my wrist, and he…yea. It went on from there."
Both Kagome and InuYasha's eyes had widened, and seemed slightly disturbed and interested from that thought.
"Well, in any case. You're pregnant. Is that all you wanted to tell us? Or…is there more?" Kagome asked.
"Oh. Duh..." Rin smacked the side of her head. "I need advice. I'm worried that I may not even be pregnant, and yeah. You've had a child, so I decided to come to you for advice."
"Well… let's see… where to start?" Kagome said, as she clapped her hands together. InuYasha rolled his eyes dully, and left the room so it was just the two of them. "Actually. I can get you a pregnancy test." She said.
"What's that?"
"Something in my time. It'll determine whether or not you're pregnant."
"Oohhh. Here is some money, if you wouldn't mind!"
"Well, money in this time doesn't work in my normal time. But, if you don't mind giving me the money, then I'll buy it with my own normal time money. Is that okay?"
"Yes yes, I don't mind!" Rin said quickly, immediately pulling out a few coins.
"Okay. Ummm, what would you like to do in the meantime?" Kagome asked.
"It doesn't matter much to me. I'll sit and wait." Rin said patiently, as Kagome nodded, got up from the table and left.
Naomi walked in, now practically a young adult, looked at Rin weirdly. "What the hell are you doing here?"
"Excuse me?" Rin looked up.
"What. The hell. Are you. Doing here." Naomi said again, rudely.
"Your mother went to her time to pick something up for me." Rin said, ignoring the ignorant tone in Naomi's voice.
"Right. Well, why did she leave you here doing nothing?"
"Because I didn't mind. She'll be back." Rin said. Naomi made a rude snorting noise, and left the room. After five minutes or so, Rin could distantly hear InuYasha scolding Naomi for being so rude. InuYasha came in to the room.
"Sorry 'bout Rin." He said standing in front of her. Rin smiled pathetically, when Kagome came dashing into the room.
"Okay. Here we are Rin." Kagome huffed, as she held out the test. InuYasha's eyes widened, and backed slowly out of the room. Kagome walked over across the table of Rin, and sat back down. She handed Rin the test.
"Thank you." Rin paused, looking at the pregnancy test. "Umm…Kagome?" She looked up at Kagome. "How do I use this exactly?"
After 2 full hours explaining how to fully use it, and some good hints and tips about being pregnant, Sesshomaru, fully armored walked into the room.
"Lord Sesshomaru. I did not expect you to be back so soon."
Lord Sesshomaru kept his normal and cool self, and spoke. "It was simple demon that I took care of easily." He said. "Are you nearly finished?"
"Yes, I believe we're actually done." Rin said, looking at Kagome for reinsurance. "Thank you very much Kagome." She made a slight bow with her head, and got up from the table.
"You're welcome, and see you soon!" She said, as Rin and Sesshomaru left.
"Yo. Sesshomaru." InuYasha stood, leaning at the doorway, just as Sesshomaru and Rin exited from the doorway. Sesshomaru turned around.
"What." Sesshomaru stated.
"Apologize to me right now. From your own mouth, I want to hear it." InuYasha said.
"What are you talking about?" Sesshomaru said calmly.
"You're having a half demon kid. Well, if you can so easily have a half demon kid. Can you not accept your own half demon brother?" InuYasha spat.
"You and I are different. You still have the Tetsusaiga. Why should I forgive you of that." Sesshomaru said, starting to turn around. Rin looked very worried, but she never said anything.
"Being a half demon's got nothing to do with having the Tetsusaiga you idiot." InuYasha snarled. "Besides, you had your chance of having Tetsusaiga. It just never accepted you."
"Why does it bug you that much?" Sesshomaru asked, not facing him.
"'Cause you've hated me all my life."
"Have you not always hated me?"
"I've hated you because you've hated me. A big brother is suppose to ACT like an older brother. Being a half demon ain't easy…I hope you teach your kid that. They're going to go through some tough life…I'll guarantee you that much."
This time Rin did say something. "What do you mean tough life?"
"As a kid, I only had my mother, and I was always teased and stuff, because I was never accepted by humans because I was part demon, and I was never accepted by demons because I was part human. I was both, and although I have the feelings for both, it doesn't help that much. When my mother died, I was left all alone." InuYasha said. Rin looked more worried.
"Lord Sesshomaru, our child won't be accepted with other children." Rin turned to Sesshomaru who had still not looked at InuYasha.
"Our child will be different from InuYasha."
"Naomi alone has had a difficult time growing up. And she's still only a quarter breed."
"I do not care for your daughter. She's a snobby little brat, she does not deserve friends."
"As much as that may be true, that's just because she's got Kagome's ignorance and stubbornness, and she's got my original attitude. We teach her to be better…but she never learns." InuYasha rolled his eyes.
"Is that why she is still living with you?" Sesshomaru grinned to himself, and then walked away.
InuYasha was speechless, and left right away to go tell Kagome. Kagome however agreed with Sesshomaru.
"Lord Sesshomaru that was kind of rude what you said back there." Rin turned to him.
"Do you think it's not true?" He asked her.
"I do, but, its something you don't say to her father's face."
"It had to come out at some time." He told her, and hadn't said another word all evening.
Rin privately went out to the bushes, to check out the pregnancy test, and turns out she was positive. She screamed in delightfulness, and then dashed back to Sesshomaru.
"My lord, my lord…I'm pregnant!" Rin yelled to him, as he sat reading a new book.
Sesshomaru looked up, and hadn't had the slightest idea what on earth to say. Rin got down, and hugged him happily.
A few months went by, and her stomach was gradually growing and growing, the baby inside of her. There were no real problems with the baby, or Rin, and Sesshomaru didn't mind anything that was going on. Jaken was the next slave to Rin, who was always craving for food, trying new foods out, and sometimes too lazy to get up, so she got Jaken to make her food. Sesshomaru never really said anything about it, figuring that this is normally what happens. He, however hardly spoke to Rin. They had romantically grew apart, and he had hugged or held Rin in his arms less and less, and as the months of giving birth came by, he was soon finding excuses to leave. He knew he should have been closer to Rin, but being the so-called serious demon that he claims to be, he seriously had no idea how to react.
"My lord." Rin walked to Sesshomaru, her stomach very large. "Why…have you been so…distant from me?" she started to cry.
Sesshomaru had literally not spoken to Rin in a week, and so he had to talk to her. "I'm…sorry. I don't know how to deal with this sort of thing."
"Doesn't mean you have to IGNORE me!" Rin yelled at him, trying to punch him, but because of her tears streaming down her face, it was causing her punch to be extremely weak. He looked at her curiously, strangely allowing the punch, as if he deserved it or something.
"I never really knew what to say."
Rin sat down, as slowly and as carefully as she could next to Sesshomaru. He wrapped his arm around her, as she leaned her head along his shoulder.
"What are you going to name the child?" Sesshomaru asked. Rin turned to him.
"Huh? Oh… well, I thought…if it's a girl, then…Nina. If it's a boy, then Kazuma." She thought.
Sesshomaru looked frustrated. "Nina I can understand, why do you want to name it after that stupid boy?"
"He was stupid when you met him. I'm sure by that point he had gone insane, but before that he was a real gentleman…always so kind, polite, and hilariously funny. I think it'd be best to name it after him if it's a boy." She paused. "Unless you have something else in mind?"
"No. Nothing." He spoke, wishing he kind of had.
A few more months went by. It was winter, and it was very cold, especially since they had no electricity they lit candles and had a fire going on at all times. Rin was having a troubled time, during her eighth month. Sesshomaru, instead of being distant, was always very close to her to be sure she was okay, and because he really couldn't go much anywhere in the freezing cold. He sat near the fire where she said she was going to make something for them to eat. That's when he heard the scream, and a pot dropped onto the ground. Sesshomaru's eyes widened and he rushed to Rin, where he saw her holding her stomach closely, and kind of crouched onto the ground.
"Lord…d.d.Se..e.es..shomm..ar..u.u." Rin choked out. Sesshomaru helped her to the ground.
"Rin, what do I do?" He asked her, slightly frantic. He had never been in so much panic before. His loving woman was giving birth to his first child; two lives were on the line.
"Mi Lord? Is everything alright?" Jaken asked, coming in at the seemingly wrong time. Sesshomaru sighed in relief.
"Jaken. Get me some sheets, and warm water. A few pillows and you'll need to help me bring Rin out near the fire, its cold in here." He told him. Jaken, finding this was very sudden, ran out of the kitchen.
"Rin…We need to stand you up. Can you get up? Put all your support on me." He told her. She got up as much as she could, when they managed to bring Rin out into the next room, where it was very dim, and the fire was the only thing keeping light. Sesshomaru helped her onto some pillows and sheets that Jaken placed out. Jaken knew that he needed to do everything perfectly, knowing that he really would be murdered if anything wrong happened to either Rin or the baby.
"Jaken. More sheets and warm water. Now!" Sesshomaru demanded. Jaken rushed out again. Rin huffed, in slight panic, and in pain. She opened her legs, where Sesshomaru held her head gently.
"My lord, you're shaking." Rin said, sweating, and opening her eyes to see his frightened face.
"I'm scared." He told her, admitting the truth.
Rin tried to smile, but it turned into a mild scream. Jaken rushed back into the room, holding water, and sheets. Sesshomaru pulled off his swords, his boa and with his armor already off, he pulled back his kimono sleeves, with a long strand of ribbon that Jaken had conveniently found from Rin's things that she used to clean. He tied back his sleeves to leave his arms practically bare. Jaken wiped Rin's head with the warm water, and sheet.
"I found this in Rin's room. I thought it might be good idea to deliver the baby."
Sesshomaru winced with the fact that he was delivering a baby. It was just not his nature, and it was 200 years ago, he would have had nothing to do with this.
Rin made another scream. Sesshomaru sat at the end of her, scared to look where the baby was going to come out of, but in any case, he stroked gently Rin's legs, and told her to breathe. Jaken sat at Rin's head, watching her being frustrated. Now, as Sesshomaru looked down, a baby head was slowly starting to come out of her bottom. Rin made a terribly loud scream, that made tears stream down her face uncontrollably, and Jaken covered his ears. The baby slowly coming out, Sesshomaru held the sheet in his heads, holding the baby's head in the sheet. Soon, the whole baby was out, and Rin had stopped screaming and was just left crying. Sesshomaru held the baby, blood all around, he cleaned it off with the sheet. Jaken put on fresh warm water on her head, and it relaxed her slightly. Sesshomaru held the baby in his arms.
"It's a boy."
Rin smiled to him, and cried more. The baby had one scar along each of his cheeks. Rin looked at Sesshomaru after calming her self down, and asked for the baby. He slowly handed her the sheet with the tiny baby in it. She touched the baby's head, and called out the name Kazuma slowly.
She then looked at Sesshomaru, and saw him do something she had never seen him do before, unless doing it evilly towards an enemy, or a very big smirk. He smiled. From the bottom of his heart, he smiled to her and their baby boy Kazuma. "Thank you lord Sesshomaru. You did a marvelous job."