Chapter 2
Disclaimer: the characters of InuYasha do not belong to me, but the Characters Akimaru and Ryuji are my original characters.
Rin yelped as she was thrown roughly into a cold cell, "Now be a good girl and stay in there until you are needed." Akimaru said coldly, and only just dodged the rock that was thrown at her head. Rin scowled at the fact that Akimaru dodged "You had better behave child. My master is not a very merciful man." The fox maiden said with a laugh "Lord Sesshomaru will rip your master's throat out if he touches me." Rin said in response as she leaned against the hard stone wall "Hn. We're counting on it." Akimaru laughed as she left the dungeon 'Sesshomaru, please come soon...'
Sesshomaru dashed through the woods his attention set ahead "Lord Sesshomaru! WAIT!" Myouga jumped on to Sesshomaru's shoulder "You…Wait do you want?"
The dog demon growled very annoyed to have the flee on his shoulder "Pardon me Lord, but might you be chasing a Kitsune?" the flee asked
Sesshomaru grunted in response
"I thought so. We must find Lord InuYasha Lady Kagome is in great danger as well."
"Hn. I have no intention of finding that foolish brother of mine or his woman."
Ironically InuYasha came into site right as Sesshomaru finished the comment, the dog demon came to a stop as he realized the woman Kagome was not with his brother. "Lord InuYasha!" Myouga yelled jumping on to InuYasha's neck and starting to drink his blood "Myouga? What are you doing with Sesshomaru?" The half demon questioned smashing the flee on his neck
"My Lord where is Lady Kagome?" Myouga gasped
"Beats me. She took off about an hour ago, said she was going to live with Sango and Miroku for a while." InuYasha said with a shrug
"But Lord InuYasha we must find her, she is in great danger!" Myouga yelled "Especially now that she is with child!"
"Damn it, did every body know that Kagome was pregnant except me!" InuYasha growled
"I haven't the time for this." Sesshomaru growled but just as he was about to leave InuYasha spoke "Wait Sesshomaru, why are you in a hurry? Normally you would have threatened me by now and why did you save Kagome earlier?"
"You ask too many questions, ask that flee of yours, he seems to think he knows everything." And with that Sesshomaru sped off in a flash of white light.
"Alright Myouga, you have some explaining to do."
Not far from the new demon hunter village Kagome rested by a tree, "Damn InuYasha, how could he even think that I'm not loyal to him? After everything we've been through, I'm his wife now for crying out loud! Of course we've only been married for about six weeks…" She sighed to herself touching her stomach 'will he accept this child, growing inside of me?' she thought worriedly. Her thoughts were cut short as a loud crash sounded from behind her, she jumped and knocked and arrow to her bow. Akimaru stood there looking slightly annoyed "I like my new powers and all, but you think he could have figured away that I could arrive with out making so much commotion." She growled under her breath "oh well. Ah you must be Kagome, I'm afraid that you're going to have to come with me." She said walking gracefully toward the human woman. "Who are you, tell me now!" Kagome yelled backing up but still pointing her arrow at the fox "All you need to know is that I'm here to retrieve you." Akimaru said as she was suddenly behind Kagome, she put her hand around the human's waste but let go as Kagome turned and shot a sacred arrow at her. "You could poke some one's eye out with that, new mommies shouldn't play with dangerous toys."
"I'm not your typical mother." Kagome growled
"Kagome!" Sango and Miroku called as they ran toward her, Akimaru smiled and after a few words between the three humans, the battle began. It didn't last long. Kagome had put up a fair fight, making it very difficult for Akimaru to fight her. Though the fox was working for evil she had respect for mothers and found it very difficult to attack Kagome without causing harm to the growing child in her body. Finally Akimaru was able to drop a sleeping powder on the floor by the human woman, and the mother soon to be lay unconscious on the ground. Sango and Miroku were now the only obstacles in Akimaru's way and if the fox beat Sesshomaru so easily then these two humans were no challenge at all.
"Blood Slash!" She screamed and nine whip like bursts of energy hit the two human's head on, spilling their blood every where.
Akimaru picked Kagome up gently, the fox smiled as the human looked at her weakly and with fear "Do not fret, I'll be sure not to harm the child in your womb." Akimaru said with a kind smile. Kagome lost consciousness again and Sango struggled to stand "No KAGOME!" She screamed as Akimaru disappeared, a triumphant, excited look on her face and the unconscious Kagome in her arms. An hour later InuYasha stumbled across the scene "Sango! Miroku!" He gasped as he looked around, there was blood every where and in the middle of it lay an unconscious Miroku and a very weak Sango "I-InuYasha, forgive us. We failed to protect Kagome." The demon slayer said whimpering "Never mind that, I have to get you two back to the village first. Kagome's a strong woman she'll be okay for a while." He said as he lifted the two humans on to his back and entered the village. The two of them had lost mass quantities of blood and were in critical condition.
"heh heh, sorry InuYasha looks like we're gonna have to sit this one out." Miroku said breathlessly "I don't think I've ever wanted my wind tunnel more then I did back there." He added wincing in pain
"InuYasha be careful, that woman is extremely powerful, she got us in one attack." Sango whimpered
"Mother! Father!" A girl yelled as she ran into the hut, she was about the age of five, and had blue black eyes and long brown hair tied up in a pony tail, she wore a purple and pink kimono and in the arms of Kohaku, who had also just entered the room, was a small baby boy, he had short dark hair and dark eyes, the spitting image of his father. Kilala followed quickly behind them.
"How did this happen!" The girl gasped touching her mother's hand, the boy started to cry "now my little ones it's okay, we're stronger then we look. We'll be fine." Sango said smiling, InuYasha watched the kids with interest, the truth of Kagome's pregnancy sinking in for the first time.
"Oh, that's right, Kagome told us that she is expecting your child InuYasha, congratulations" Miroku half laughed half coughed.
"Oh yes, I had forgotten.' Sango said as she stroked her daughter's hair.
"Yeah, to tell you the truth I don't think she's ready to have a child. It's such a hassle." InuYasha said staring off thoughtfully
"She's not ready? Or your not?" Sango asked raising an eyebrow, truth was Kagome had the mother instinct since Sango had first met her. InuYasha growled and walked out of the hut. "What's his problem!" the little girl growled her tiny hands still on her mothers arm. "Ah, that's just how he is. It is possible that since his father was not there for him he is afraid that he will not be a good father for his son or daughter." Miroku said thoughtfully "As I've said before a father is the most powerful row model a boy can have, and since InuYasha grew up with out a father he is perhaps unsure of how to react to Kagome's pregnancy."
InuYasha sat out side on the roof 'for once your right Miroku, my old man wasn't around for me so how can I be there for this child? I don't know what a father is supposed to do.' He thought to himself before jumping off of the roof and running in the direction Sesshomaru had gone earlier.
Akimaru laid Kagome down in the cell with Rin, luckily the girl had fallen asleep and there were no escape attempts. With a sigh she locked the door and left the dungeon, upstairs there sat a man with shoulder length dark brown hair and dark blue eyes, he wore a dark blue kimono under his, gold and black dragon like armor. "Ryuji!" Akimaru growled as she came into the room "Ah, Akimaru, you're back so I assume you have Kagome as well?" He said turning to her, by his side laid the Sounga. "I have. Why did you not tell me that she was with child!" Akimaru growled annoyed
"Does it really matter?"
"To me it does, I never would have gone after her if I had known that she was a mother to be!" the fox growled and a red stone on her forehead started to glow,
"Sigh. I see this has upset you greatly, you are even starting to fight my control." Ryuji said as he approached her, she backed up "Now, now my love there's no need to fear I just need to use your powers to achieve supreme power and conquest. And I can only do that if you are under my complete control." He said as he touched the stone on her fore head and it shone a bright red, her eyes went blank for a moment then returned to normal. "Are you feeling better now?"
"Yes, Ryuji. Forgive me I lost control for a moment." She said bowing a little
"That's my girl. Now it will be a while before Sesshomaru and InuYasha arrive, I suppose they still have things to work out, we caught them in a very emotional time. But they must be here by the next full moon, understood?" He said cupping her chin "Of course my lord.' She smiled as he kissed her passionately.
Rin awoke to see Kagome asleep on the floor "Kagome!" she gasped as she crawled to the older woman's side, Kagome groaned and opened her eyes "oh, Rin what are you doing here?" she asked as she sat up "Um…Where are we?"
"In the dungeon of a castle. Akimaru brought me here, after she fought with Ses-, I mean Lord Sesshomaru. How did you get here?"
Kagome touched her head "Uh, that fox woman brought me here. She said something about me being important to her master's plain."
"Yes that is Akimaru, she brought me here for the same reason. Here this wall generates heat" Rin said helping Kagome to lean on to the wall.
"How long have you been down here Rin?" Kagome asked shivering
"About Two days. See that window over there, it's the only source of light in this place..."
There was a sudden noise and Akimaru came through the door leading to the dungeon
"I'm moving you two to a more comfortable setting. It'd be smart of you both to come quietly." She said, two large demons standing behind her. Normally the two girls would have done everything to get away, but now that Kagome was pregnant she couldn't be as daring. They followed Akimaru to a large room, the windows were covered by metal bars, but the room had two comfy looking beds, a bath room, a table with food and water and a change of clothing for the two girls. "Enjoy you're stay while you can." Akimaru said as she slammed the western style metal door shut. There was a small window only big enough for food on the door but there was no handle from the inside of the room and no possible way of leaving the room. "Well we might as well eat" Kagome said looking at the food on the table
"But they could be trying to poison us."
"They wouldn't kill us so quickly, they need us to get to InuYasha and Sesshomaru, I'm positive that is why they have kidnapped us." Kagome said as she sat down and began to eat, and was soon joined by Rin "I hope Sesshomaru gets here soon."
"Hey Rin, this is a personal question that you don't have to answer but, what is your relationship with Sesshomaru?" Kagome questioned
"Well I don't actually know. I always thought of him as a kind of father because he took such wonderful care of me, but as I got older I developed a different kind of love for him. His beauty seemed more defined to me, and his kindness made my stomach tingle. And thinking of him made me blush, but I don't think he returns my affections." Rin said sadly "I'm sure he does Rin. When he brought us back with his Tensaiga, you should have seen the momentary worry in his face." Kagome smiled
"I envy you Kagome, you and InuYasha are so in love, you are married and expecting a child."
"Yeah…" Kagome looked off to the window, it was night again 'InuYasha…'
InuYasha sat under a tree, the spot where the Sounga had disappeared before was completely undisturbed, now he had no leads. Starting a small fire for the night he laid down and fell asleep. An hour or so later, Sesshomaru walked out of the forest towards InuYasha's little fire. "Sesshomaru?" InuYasha groaned as he tried to make himself wake up. The older brother sat down across the fire with out saying a word "Sesshomaru, what are you doing here!" InuYasha suddenly yelped realizing his brother was right across from him, "hn. Foolishly I followed Totosei here."
"Really? Myouga lead me here."
"It appears that our father's old servants wish us to work things out." Sesshomaru growled
"Hey, Sesshomaru…what was he like?"
"What?"
"Our father, what was he like?"
Sesshomaru stayed quiet for a while until finally he found the nerve to speak. "He was extremely powerful, viciously skilled, and apparently he had a soft spot for humans."
"Gee thanks, that's what every one tells me!"
"Well, what else did you what to know? Spare me the ridiculous sentimental speech." Sesshomaru growled watching his brother with intense eyes.
InuYasha let out a grumble and fell back wards "well what did the two of you talk about before he died?" Sesshomaru suddenly became utterly silent and looked away
"Hey I actually hit a sensitive spot in you, that's fascinating, you may actually have a damn heart in that cold exterior of yours." InuYasha said turning his back to his half brother. He let out a light growl as he felt a cold blade on his neck
"I would have killed you long ago if it were not for our father's idiotic last request." Sesshomaru growled removing his sword and starting to walk away
"Sesshomaru!" InuYasha growled jumping up, Sesshomaru stopped but did not glance at his younger brother
"You've kept your damn secrets long enough. What was father's last request? Why do you hate me so much?" InuYasha questioned
"Why should I tell you?" Sesshomaru growled now turning to face InuYasha
"Because, whether we like it or not I am your brother."
Yay! Chapter 2 done, so who think's InuYasha would make a cute daddy?