A/N: Oh man, I felt so weird for the last chapter. Sesshomaru deliver the baby? Oh dear… I'm surprised myself that he was able to do such a thing, although I'm writing it…meh. I hope it was a good chapter.
Disclaimer: Everyone doesn't belong to me…except for Kazuma. Also the fact that I have written this story. So bleh on you :P
After the first year of having their new baby Kazuma, Sesshomaru felt that his energy was getting sucked out of him. His son was very energetic, and active. Rin had a hard time even, trying to keep up with him.
"Kazuma honey, come back here!" Rin called out, chasing behind him, as he crawled quickly, giggling and making it one big joke. But, that's when he bumped into Sesshomaru's foot, to see Sesshomaru not very amused by it. He picked up Kazuma, and held him up front.
"You stop this now." He told him. Oblivious, the baby vomited all over him. Sesshomaru closed his eyes, frustrated, and fed up, he put Kazuma on the ground, and Rin give him a sympathetic look. She picked up the baby, and patted him slowly on the back.
"My lord? Are you…alright?" Rin spoke, and then started to gently laugh, to see how pathetic it was to see the great all mighty Lord Sesshomaru, covered in vomit.
"Never been better." He told her sarcastically, and then walked out the room. "I am going to wash it off."
Rin continued pathetically laughing, when she sat down the baby to play with it, with much less effort to keep him still.
As time continued, the baby turned into a toddler, and was now 4, and felt that he could walk. He walked pretty well, and it didn't take him long to get used to it. Sesshomaru now could really see the resemblance between him and Kazuma. The hair was white, growing long, and quicker than most people's hair. His son wore a white kimono, and white pants, like Sesshomaru did. Rin thought it'd be cute to do it, so it looked like a mini Sesshomaru. Along with the scars across his cheeks, the rest was all Rin. The lips, the eyes, and even the nose were all hers. Sesshomaru never really showed anger towards his son, although he felt a lot of frustration, like when he's trying to sleep and Kazuma comes up to him crying that he had a bad nightmare. Rin, on the other hand, took it very easily and never really got frustrated unless after the fifth time telling him to stop doing something. Kazuma looked up to his father, a lot. He stopped making noises or whatever he was doing any time Sesshomaru was in the room, and then Kazuma would just stare at him. Rin loved how that was, because it was very cute. Kazuma was now old enough to take proper baths in the hot spring, and so he went in when Sesshomaru did, and sometimes Rin would join them all (Since Kazuma didn't know the difference), and they'd all sit there relaxing. Soon, Kazuma got older and learned to talk.
"Father, why do you not talk? I rarely hear you speak." Kazuma said mannerly.
"I've never talked very much." Sesshomaru replied.
Kazuma sat down next to Sesshomaru, who was once again, reading. Kazuma, now about five years old, was in his white kimono. He looked at Sesshomaru. "Father, do you love me?" his tone felt slightly heartbroken. Sesshomaru wanted Kazuma to know that he meant the world to him, but it was just not his nature to show much expression. Sesshomaru wanted to have a closer bond with Kazuma than Sesshomaru did with his own father.
"Yes, I do." He admitted. Kazuma's heart felt lifted, and hugged him much unexpected.
"As a demon, you should not do that. It shows weakness, and your enemies will know it, and taunt you with it." Sesshomaru spoke, feeling strange with his son hugging him.
Kazuma let go as fast as possible, and sat fumbled. "Sorry father." Kazuma seemed confused. "I do not have any enemies."
"And be it a good thing you don't."
"Father, can you tell me…about your past? I want to know more about my grandmother and father, and about how you met mother… and mother told me about uncle InuYasha and aunt Kagome…. Father…" He looked up at Sesshomaru determined. "I want to know."
"Very ambitious aren't we." Sesshomaru said.
"I have a right to know, don't I?"
"Yes you do. So I will start." Sesshomaru said. Sesshomaru, after a few hours told Kazuma about his father, and how he owned the three great swords, Tetsusaiga, Tenseiga and Sou'unga. He explained this, and how these swords basically ruined his relationship with his father. He explained to him what these swords do, and the legends of them. He told him about his mother, who he had vaguely remembered, and InuYasha, who he said he could talk too some day. He also explained how he met Rin, in time of danger.
Kazuma sat, not moving a muscle, too amazed to move. "Whoa…"
"I am surprised too, how you could stand listening to this…"
"It's a neat story." Kazuma smiled.
Sesshomaru made a small nod.
"Thank you father, I'm going to go play with the kids in the next village." Kazuma called out to Sesshomaru, as he waved, and ran off.
It was only an hour later, when Kazuma came back. Rin was now sitting with Sesshomaru, taking the time to enjoy the quiet, and both their eyes widened when they saw Kazuma. He was beat up, his eyes purple-black, he was even bleeding. Kazuma held his arm tightly, where blood dripped, and limped carefully.
"Kazuma!" Rin yelled. "What happened!"
"I don't sense a demon… did someone hurt you?" Sesshomaru asked calmly, as Rin rushed to him, and brought him back to Sesshomaru. Rin ran in to get some supplies, and came back out.
"Oh.h..h. Kazuma…" Rin broke. Kazuma ignored everything, and ran right into Rin's body, where Rin held him close.
"Mommy…what's… a half-breed?" Rin looked at Sesshomaru with widened eyes. Sesshomaru and Rin had always taught him that he was an equal, and that he would never be treated differently. But, that theory broke into pieces.
Rin dropped to the ground, and cried. Sesshomaru sat unknown what to do. "We'll see InuYasha tonight."
"Why?" Kazuma asked, turning his head slightly, as Rin still held him.
"He too is… a half breed."
"Is he really? What is a half-breed though?" He asked.
"InuYasha will explain that." Sesshomaru said. "Rin, help his wounds and we'll go."
Rin looked up, her eyes red, and so she let go, sniffed, wiping away her tears, and helped his bleeding. After, Kazuma got onto Rin's back, where Rin and Sesshomaru ran very quickly and soon got to InuYasha and Kagome's.
"Surprise, surprise." InuYasha said, greeting them outside. "Who's the kid?"
Kagome rushed out. "Kazuma!" She rushed to Rin. "AWWWW You're sooo adorable!" She grabbed him, and nearly killed him with her kisses, when she noticed the bruises and bleeding. "Kazuma?"
Kazuma nearly started to cry. "Hi aunt Kagome…"
"So, what's the problem?" InuYasha asked, giving attitude. "And…hey…how come you know these things and I don't!"
"InuYasha… this child…" Kagome practically fell back. Rin started crying again, and Sesshomaru stood still.
"InuYasha, as you know our child is a half-demon. We need you to explain to him what a half-demon is. We are not half demons, so we cannot fully explain it properly. Better get a real half breed to explain it." Sesshomaru finally spoke.
InuYasha raised his eyebrow. "And what makes you think I should do this for you? You and Rin have never done anything for us."
"InuYasha! Their child is badly hurt… just tell him, he's your nephew!" Kagome groaned at him. InuYasha rolled his eyes, and sighed.
"Fine… come with me Kazuma." InuYasha walked off a bit, and Kazuma somewhat ran behind.
"Thank you InuYasha." Rin called out.
"Yea yea." InuYasha said quietly, to himself, to see this young boy, who looked kind of like him because of the white hair. "Okay kid."
InuYasha sat down at a tree. "So… you wanna know what a half breed is eh?"
Kazuma sat next to him. "Yes."
InuYasha told Kazuma all about how InuYasha grew up, and how he had hated everyone, and how everyone hated him. It was hard for InuYasha seeing, he was growing up with out anyone.
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"So… how'd it happen?" Kagome asked Rin and Sesshomaru, who sat next to each other, across the table from Kagome.
"What?" Rin asked.
"Where'd he conjure up the thought of asking what a half-breed was?" She asked again.
"He came home, after being beat up by some kids. On the way here, he told me that the parents of the kids told them not to play with him because he was a half-demon, and so he got beat up…then he came home and asked." Rin said.
"I knew this would happen." Sesshomaru spoke. "I witnessed InuYasha grow up. Although I am not a 'big brother' as most would say, I did not care for him…and still don't. But, I saw that he went through a bad time."
"Yes, I know…InuYasha has told me about it." Kagome said. "…I was… surprised too… because… he was crying, when he told me. He wanted to tell me everything."
"InuYasha cry? Hmm." Sesshomaru raised his eyebrow in amazement.
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"So… you came to your mom asking what a half-breed was the same way I did eh? Funny."
"I suppose." Kazuma sat confused, and tried to contain all the new information in his head. "Why does my father hate you so much?"
"Because I'm a half demon and because I have a sword that he wants. Not only that, but, I guess because my father left Sesshomaru's mother to be with mine. It's all a mystery when it comes to Sesshomaru's mind." InuYasha spoke, not looking at Kazuma.
Kazuma looked up at InuYasha with admiration. "How did you… get on with life? With everyone hating you, why didn't you just kill yourself to end the terrible life you were having?"
InuYasha sighed. "I fell in love, and I realized that life was worth living again."
"Aunt Kagome?" Kazuma assumed.
"No…it's a big, love thing. My love before Kagome even. We'd be together right now if it weren't for Naraku."
"Who's Naraku?" Kazuma asked.
"A half demon like us." He said. Then InuYasha went into great detail about the whole Shikon jewel issue, and about Naraku, and how he fell in love with Kikyou, then fell in love with Kagome. It was all too personal, but Kazuma was curious. After another 2 hours went by, InuYasha said, "You…won't tell anyone what we've talked about will you?"
"No I won't."
"Good. Keep it man to man."
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"Sure taking a while." Kagome sighed, now pouring a new cup of tea, for Rin and herself.
"Yes." Rin said.
"I'm sorry." Kagome said. "I'm surprised that it didn't even just last five minutes."
"I too, am mildly surprised of this. Kazuma lately has been very quiet, and has been trying to hear anything he can. Before this, he couldn't sit still for a moment to listen to a word anyone said."
Rin looked at Sesshomaru. "I guess our little baby's matured."
Kagome smiled in agreement, and that's when InuYasha and Kazuma walked in. It was about 8 at night, after being there for at least 6 hours, and Kazuma was asleep in InuYasha's arms.
"Awww..w.. how cute." Kagome had to say.
"When did he fall asleep?" Rin asked.
InuYasha looked at her. "A few minutes ago. But…I've told him everything that's worth telling him." He said.
Rin smiled, and Sesshomaru walked forward to pick Kazuma into his arms. "Thank you." Rin said to InuYasha.
Rin and Sesshomaru walked out, and went back home where they put Kazuma to bed, and they went together to their room.
"My lord?" Rin asked, as he took off his armor, and laid his boa on the ground.
"Yes?"
"I love you." She said instantly. "I must admit, you've matured yourself."
Sesshomaru was too tired to say anything else, so he fell instantly asleep after Rin gave him a kiss on the cheek.
That's when a few hours later Sesshomaru sat up quickly. Rin wasn't disturbed much, when she just rolled over, but Sesshomaru got out of bed, alarmed.
This smell…Where is it coming from? Kazuma is in danger.
Sesshomaru ran to Kazuma's room, where he gently woke him up. Kazuma asked what was wrong, and Sesshomaru held him in his chest, while his eyes wandered.
"Come out from your hiding demon." Sesshomaru said.
"A.a.d..demon?" Kazuma choked out.
"Be strong Kazuma." Sesshomaru whispered to him.
Kazuma tried to hold in his cry. "I. we're going to die. Where's mommy?"
"This demon lives off of children's spirits that are separated from their parents. It's a demon spirit." Sesshomaru explained. "Leave demon at once." Sesshomaru called out.
A large gust of wind past by Sesshomaru and Kazuma, even when they were inside, it flew out of Kazuma's window. A whisper went into Sesshomaru's ear. Sesshomaru's eyes widened, as he put Kazuma down, and ran to Rin.
"Rin! Wake up!" Sesshomaru called out. She didn't budge, but she was still alive, he rocked her back and forth, and Kazuma walked into the room, still confused. "RIN! Stay strong… keep in there!"
Jaken came in, too, confused. "Mi lord? What's wrong?" He turned to Kazuma.
Kazuma looked at Jaken. "There was a demon spirit after me…"
"Then why is my lord all worked up to get Rin up?"
"I don't know master Jaken." Kazuma said, as he saw Sesshomaru shaking Rin, when her eyes flickered, and she finally woke up.
"Lord.d. Sess..homaru?" She asked him, to see his eyes shaking wildly.
Sesshomaru had never been so happy, when he hugged her in his arm tightly. "You're okay. Good."
"What's..wrong?" Rin asked, confused. Kazuma sat down next to Rin, where Sesshomaru let go of her.
"The demon spirit…as it was leaving, told me that instead of Kazuma, he was going to take your life instead." He looked at Rin, whose eyes just went insane.
"What! My lord, what demon is this…" Rin asked, holding Sesshomaru.
"It lives off of children's spirits that are separated from their parents." He explained again. "I had encountered this before…as a child myself." He said. Rin and Kazuma looked amazed, but still worried.
"Father, if… that spirit was going to take away mother's life…why isn't she dead?" He asked.
Rin gave a worried look for her own life. She held Kazuma. "She held in." Sesshomaru said.
Jaken left the room, and Rin put Kazuma back to bed. Rin had lay next to Sesshomaru like earlier. "Why did it want to take my life?"
"Because I was with Kazuma, and I told it to go away, so it told me that it was going to take away your life instead."
Rin cried herself to sleep, with Sesshomaru's arms wrapped around her. Kazuma soon came into their room, seeing them both asleep, and woke them up. Sesshomaru got up, and tried to wake Rin up again. She woke up, but she looked very tired, and sick.
"Kazuma, can you go make some food for your mother?"
"Yes father." Kazuma obeyed and went to the kitchen.
Rin hacked up blood, and her face was pure white. Soon enough, it was out of Sesshomaru's hands to be able to know what to do, so he sent for Jaken to get Kagome to come help her. Kagome came back, along with Miroku, who offered to help ward off the spirits because Jaken had told them about the demon spirit.
"Be gone spirit!" Miroku yelled, as he placed a sutra on the wall.
Kagome knelt over Rin, both getting reasonably old. Kagome was now in her late forties and Rin in her late thirties. Sesshomaru and InuYasha, along with the children didn't age too much being demon's themselves, but Rin and Kagome's look definitely changed.
"Oh Rin." Kagome wiped blood, with the new medicine she brought over.
Rin opened her eyes. "Lady Kagome." She smiled, and tried to laugh, "You're always helping me…I've never done anything for you."
"It doesn't matter. I don't care… I want you to get better, and that's that." Kagome said. Miroku came back around, and waved his hands over Rin (He himself has matured…if you can believe it…)
"The spirit inside you shall stay yours, and no demon will take it. Demons be gone, and let this spirit be its own." He spoke to himself, as Rin felt no different.
Miroku gave a frightened look, and looked at Kagome. "She…oh dear… she doesn't have much longer to live."
Rin's eyes widened. She started to tear, as instead of clear streams of salty water, was blood, as thick as could be. Kagome wiped it again with a cloth, and gave her some water.
Sesshomaru walked in, when Miroku said this. Sesshomaru him self- felt a flow of emotion go through him. He stood still, when Kazuma had just walked in, and hugged his leg. "Is mother going to be okay?" Sesshomaru said absolutely nothing, because if he had said 'yes' it would have been a lie, and if he said 'no' then he would make Kazuma upset. "Father?"
Kazuma looked up. He saw tears flow down Sesshomaru's face, Sesshomaru completely unaware that the tears were even going down his face, but Kazuma's eyes stood shaking. He knew this meant something terrible. Kazuma never saw any sign of worry or even happiness in him…so tears down Sesshomaru's face worried Kazuma very much.
"Rin…." Sesshomaru ignored Kazuma, and walked right up to Rin. "…If… it is okay with you… I would like to try something."
"Try what?" Kagome asked for Rin, as Rin was slightly unable to talk.
"Kill her. Then I will revive her." His tone broken into pieces, speaking this.
Rin's eyes widened and more tears of blood streamed down her face, and Kagome too looked worried.
"I will not do it if you don't want to Rin. But, you are in definite pain…and I want to see if Tenseiga can revive you to your normal self." He told them.
"And if it doesn't work?" Miroku asked.
"Then… I will never forgive myself."
Rin made a small groan, and slowly nodded her head in agreement.
"I'm sorry Rin, but I'm hoping this is for the better." Sesshomaru said, starting to pull out his Tokijin. Kazuma stood in the background. Sesshomaru had no idea Kazuma was there, and didn't want him to see it. Kagome and Miroku backed up slightly, to see Sesshomaru bend down and kiss her, and then stand back up. He held his tokijin above her, her eyes closing with pain, Sesshomaru too, closed his eyes. He didn't want to do this, but he had…hoped it would be for the better. He pushed the Tokijin down into her stomach, where she let out a groan of pain, and everyone in the room let out a wail of despair. Then…everything went quiet.
"FATHER!" Kazuma ran up behind him.
Sesshomaru instantly turned around and saw Kazuma, tears still flowing down his face, and Kazuma's too. Miroku, Kagome and Jaken stood together, in the background, leaving them quiet. Sesshomaru put his tokijin away, and hugged Kazuma. "I will save your mother." He said in his ear, then stood back up and took out his tenseiga. He saw the little goblins that took away the life…he took two swipes of his sword to kill them, and he put away his tenseiga. Rin was revived once again, and her face looked calmer. Her face went back to her pale self, and she stopped bleeding. Sesshomaru dropped to the ground and held her face in his neck, in total relief to see her once again.
"Lord Sesshomaru…you saved me…again." Rin said quietly. Kazuma too, dropped to the ground, where he was, and cried. Kagome and Miroku believed their work to be done, and left without them knowing.
"Kazuma honey…" Rin gestured Kazuma to come to her, laying on the ground feeling better. Kazuma came to her, and she held his head, and rocked it back and forth. Sesshomaru stopped crying, and thanked his tenseiga for doing its duty. He was using it, to save the one he loved.