Ok guys. Now this chapter is going to surprise you with some things and leave you wondering in others. I just hope that you like the sudden turn of events. You know, good things cannot happen all the time during life.

In the last chapter:

We found out that everyone was going to gather at the Tashido palace to celebrate Christmas. Although while discovering that everyone was there, bad news came upon our group. Kanna was raped and Kohaku was forced to watch. We also found out that Muso was the one who did the vile act on her and Kagome almost lost it again.

Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha but I do have my words! Muhahahaha!

Sesshomaru and Kagome arrived at the study and Jaken was ordered out of the room. He humbly left as the others started to arrive. They noticed that the study now held two large desks. Kagome sat behind one and Sesshomaru behind the other. Both of them were very edgy and from what Sheila could sense out of her daughter, she was pissed.

As they all sat down, Kagome motioned Kanna and Kohaku over to her. She took Kanna into her arms and hugged her tightly.

"Please have the strength for this Kanna." Kagome said softly. Kanna looked at her and smiled.

"I will try."

Kagome then looked over at the others.

"What is going on?" InuYasha demanded.

Sesshomaru pinched his nose and closed his eyes for a moment. The words that fell out of his mouth chilled everyone that was in the room. They suddenly feared the great lord that was before them.

"There has been a vile act done upon this family. I am going to request that all of you be quiet while I explain this further." He opened his eyes and saw that everyone understood him.

"Kanna and Kohaku have let Sesshomaru and I know of something that has happened to them while they were away from the village before they got here. It is something that I never would have thought that anyone would do considering that they know that Kohaku is like another brother to me." Kagome said with no emotion in her voice.

"In about 5 minutes from now; I will need to have InuYasha, Kohaku, Kagome, Miroku, Sota, Akoro, Kouga and myself go down to the dungeons for the interrogation as to the reason for this vile act. There are no buts there are no exceptions. We are going to go down there as lords of the lands here in Japan. The situation is so very delicate that the most extreme measures have to be taken." Sesshomaru said sternly.

"What the hell happened?" Kouga demanded.

Kagome got up quickly and slapped him across the face. Kouga looked at her with a surprised look on his face as he brought his hand up where she hit him.

"Kouga, that better be the only time that I have to do that." Kagome said as she glared at him. She closed her eyes and sat back down. Steeling herself for the impact she opened her eyes.

"Kanna was raped in InuYasha's forest and Kohaku was forced to watch his wife be ravaged." Kagome said.

Kanna started crying again and Kohaku embraced her. There was no sound from the group that was in front of them. Kagome had thought that at least Kouga or InuYasha would have said something but there was nothing said. She looked over at Sesshomaru and he nodded his head.

"Ladies, if you would please take care of Kanna while the rest of us go down for the interrogation now. Sayla is at your disposal if you are in need of anything." Sesshomaru said getting up from his desk.

Sheila took Kanna's arm and looked at Kohaku, "It will be alright. She will be in my room." Kohaku nodded and Sheila left the room with Kanna in her arms and the other ladies following her. InuYasha went to Sesshomaru.

"Why isn't Kagome going with them?" He asked.

"Because she was the one who caught him." Sesshomaru said with no emotion found in his voice.

Sesshomaru took his arm into Kagome's and walked out of the study. Kohaku was close behind them with InuYasha, Kouga, Sota, Miroku, and Akoro behind him. They went down 4 flights of stairs that wound down to the dungeons. The darkness of the stairways almost made the trip even scarier than it should have been. Kagome was bound and determined to draw blood but knew that Sesshomaru was not going to let her just yet.

Kagome saw Arigato as she turned the corner. He got up quickly and bowed to her.

"My Lady." He said quickly.

"Where is the vile bastard?" She demanded.

"He is put in the 3rd cell on the right my lady." Arigato said. He noticed everyone else and bowed to them as well.

Kagome turned to Sesshomaru and then to Kohaku.

"I want my time alone with him. I promise that I will not kill him. I have Sota with me to make sure of that." She said sternly.

Sesshomaru looked deep into her eyes and nodded her head. She smiled softly and then went down to the cell. Sota was close behind her. They walked in quietly and then they heard a scream. Sesshomaru smiled.

"Arigato, please take InuYasha and Kouga into the room with one of the companions that Muso has with him." Sesshomaru said.

"As you wish my lord." Arigato said.

"You mean that Muso did this!" Kouga said.

"Yes. And now you are going to interrogate him to find out the reason why Muso would do such a thing." Sesshomaru said.

"Isn't Muso the being that was left behind after Naraku was destroyed?" InuYasha asked.

"Yes." Sesshomaru said as he just stared down the cellblock. "Now go and talk to him. Let me know what happens after we are all done. We are to meet back at the study when you are finished. Wait for me and Kagome there." Sesshomaru said.

"Alright." InuYasha said. Arigato had both of them follow him down to the next hallway to where the other prisoner was.

When Arigato came back he turned to Sesshomaru, Kohaku and Akoro.

Sesshomaru nodded at him and they followed him down the south hall where the last prisoner was.

Meanwhile with Kagome, Sota, and Muso..

Muso looked up and saw Kagome and Sota coming into his cell. He screamed even though he knew that it was going to do no good. Kagome smiled as she approached him slowly. He was trying to back into the wall as much as possible.

"What are you so afraid of Muso?" Kagome said as she sat down on a chair in front of him crossing her legs. Sota remained near the door of the cell. He could not stand the sight of this bastard in front of him.

Muso looked around in the cell and found that there was nothing in there that could protect him from this vicious woman. He let his body slide down the wall to the floor where he held his knees together.

"I am not afraid of you wench." He said, his voice slightly shaky.

"Muso, do you know who I am?"

"No. Should I?"

"Muso, I am the one who purified you from Naraku after the jewel was put back together. I gave you another chance at life."

"Kagome?" Muso asked softly.

"Yes, it is I Muso. You told me that you were going to do something good with your life now that I gave you another chance instead of letting you die that day."

"I did try."

"Are you telling me that raping my family member and making her husband watch you do this to her is trying?" She said as her voice started to get louder.

"I don't know what came over me when I did that. I was very drunk at the time and I smoked something that I don't know what it was. I had been holding some odd jobs around the village and that was when I saw her. She was so beautiful and then I saw her husband. I just don't know what came over me Kagome. Truly I don't know!" Muso said pleadingly.

Sota looked at him totally disgusted with the humans actions. Here his sister was nice enough to purify the bastard and let him live and this is what he does. And with what he seems to have no remore on his actions what so ever. The man just sits there knowing that death could be dealt to him with his sister sitting there close to him.

"You should be happy that I am over here controlling my anger human. Because if it was I sitting in the chair in front of you, I would kill you in an instant." Sota said as he glared down at Muso.

Muso tried to pull himself within the walls to shield himself from the angry demon at the door.

With each breath that she took, she could smell more and more fear coming off the human in front of her. She knew that he was lying and she didn't know what to do. Because all she wanted to do is rip his limbs off and stuff them down his throat.

"Muso I am sorry but I know that you are lying. I also wanted to let you know that there was a baby made during this vile act that you set yourself upon. You are expecting a child of rape. One that you will never see grow up." Kagome said as she got off the chair and headed for the door of the cell. Sota slowly opened it and stopped when he heard Muso.

"She is pregnant with my child?" Muso asked.

"Yes. Not only did you take away trust of ever feeling a loving touch for her but now you have taken away the right of my adopted brother of bearing a child with her." Kagome said as she shut the cell door. "I hope that you are happy with what you have done. You have caused so much pain and done hurtful things. That was not the gift that was given to you when you were given another chance."

Kagome went down the hall and sat down at the desk that Arigato was at. Sota went upstairs to make sure that things were ok.

"Are you ok my lady?" He asked.

Kagome sat down and looked at him, her face slightly wet from sweating. She started to wipe the sweat off of herface when she blacked out. Sota was walking down the hall when he saw his sister start to fall to the floor. He slowed only slightly when he saw Arigato move from his desk.

Arigato got up and went to her. He placed her on the floor and yelled for help.

Meanwhile with InuYasha and Kouga..

Kouga and InuYasha walked into the cell and sat down on the bed that was provided for the man that was cowering in the corner.

"Why did you do that?" InuYasha demanded.

"I. I. I don't know what you are talking about." The man in the corner said.

"What is your name human?" Kouga asked.

"My name is Shiko."

"Shiko, how long have you known Muso?" Kouga asked.

"I had just come into the village about a month ago. Muso said that he would help me find a job and stay at his hut until I was able to afford to build my own."

"Shiko, why didn't you stop him on that day that he rapped the woman?" InuYasha asked.

"Which one?"

"What? Are you telling me that he has done this many times before?" Kouga asked. Completely stunned at the human.

"Yes. He would do this at least 4 times a week. Usually he would go to this one woman but lately he has been going to many different women in different villages."

InuYasha looked at Kouga. Worry was clear in his eyes because they both understood that there might be more children of his out there.

"Listen to me. He raped a young woman who is white as the snow. She is a small woman and she was traveling with a young man who was her husband. He would resemble a human but he is a hanyou. Do you remember this occurrence?" Kouga asked.

"No. I do not remember her. I would remember a woman who looked white as the snow. There was a time there when I was gone for 3 days. I was at the neighboring village with Kaede getting supplies that she ordered. He could have done it then."

InuYasha and Kouga got up. "Thank you Shiko. You have been a good help." Kouga said as they walked down the hall. It was when they were about to reach the halfway point when they heard Arigato yell. They headed for his desk immediately and saw that Kagome was on the ground.

Meanwhile with Sesshomaru, Kohaku, and Akoro..

Sesshomaru walked in with the others close behind him. The man that was on the bed looked up.

"Come to kill me Lord Sesshomaru?" The man asked.

"No. But I want to know the reason why you are traveling with Muso." Sesshomaru asked.

"I don't know. The man is entertaining in the least. But I did not think that he would ever attack Kanna."

"Then why did you let him!" Kohaku asked loudly. Akoro put his hand on the demon's shoulder and Kohaku tried to restrain himself.

"He said that if I stopped him that he would burn the whole village down and kill the people in it. That he would have the demons devour him again so he could be powerful like he was before. So I had no choice." He said with his eyes on the floor.

"Tell me Cracko, what do you think that your punishment should be?" Sesshomaru asked.

"Death. That is the only thing that will restore the honor to my family and to you Lord Sesshomaru."

"Cracko, you do realize how lucky that you are don't you? Your brother is at Lord Kouga's home taking care of things there and the rest of your family has not heard of your treachery. You are my assassin for Kami's sake Cracko! What in the hell are you thinking?" Sesshomaru asked. Looking for some reason not to kill him.

"He is your assassin?" Kohaku asked as he looked at Sesshomaru and then Cracko.

"Yes, unfortunately Cracko has been in service of the Tashido family for years now. His whole family works for me. His younger brother Koarau is living with Kouga and Aiayme as their personal guard." Sesshomaru said not taking his eyes off of Cracko.

"Lord Sesshomaru, please just kill me down here and deposit my body somewhere else. I do not wish to die for this in front of them." Cracko said.

"No. They are going to know what you have done. You said that you wanted to restore the respect and honor to your family. Well, facing up to your faults and wrong doings is the only way to do that Cracko. And just to let you know, Koarau is coming here in 2 days time to assist Lady Aiayme. I expect that he will want to see you after hearing what you have done." Sesshomaru said as he stood up.

They were about to leave when they heard Arigato yell for help. Sesshomaru dashed out of the cell so fast, his eyes turning red as he approached Kagome's limp form on the floor. He threw InuYasha out of the way as he took her into his arms. Akoro and Kohaku were there soon after.

"What happened Arigato?" Akoro demanded.

"She sat down after her talk with the prisoner. Her face was covered in sweat. I asked her if she was ok and then she went limp." He said quickly.

Sesshomaru took her back upstairs. Akoro went to Arigato.

"No one is to move out of here. Do you understand me?"

"Yes Akoro."

Akoro then followed everyone as they made their way up to Sesshomaru's bedchambers. Sesshomaru laid her down on the bed and got some water for her head. He then noticed that her scent changed before him. His eyes got wide and then he understood.

InuYasha came in and his eyes went wide. "She's pregnant." Was all that came out of his mouth as the others caught up to him.

"Kouga, go and get Lavonia. InuYasha, go and get mother. Kohaku,Sotaand Akoro please let the women know of the developments but nothing of the interrogation." Sesshomaru said as he looked down at his mate. Her breathing was even and her faced was slightly flushed. She opened her eyes and smiled at him.

"Sesshomaru."

"Shhh. It is ok. We are back in bed now."

"How did I get here? What happened?"

"You blacked out. Kagome, did you know that you were pregnant?"

"I had no idea. Oh my gosh Sesshomaru!" Kagome said excitedly. She sat up and threw her arms around him.

"Kagome, please! I want to have Lavonia look you over first to make sure that you are ok." Sesshomaru said as he held her close to him.

Lavonia and Sheila both came to the door at the same time. Akoro stood by the door just inside after he closed it.

"Oh Kagome! You are pregnant again!" Sheila said, happiness clearly on her face as she went to her daughter's side. Lavonia sitting on the other after Sesshomaru moved.

Lavonia looked Kagome over and went to Sesshomaru.

"Stress might be one thing that she can not tolerate at this time my lord. Otherwise, she should have no problems holding this one. Her aura is bright pink which is good because the babies is the same color which means that both of them are healthy." Lavonia said.

"Thank you Lavonia for coming." Sesshomaru said as he got up and went to Kagome's side.

"What did she say?" Kagome asked.

"She said that you are healthy and that the pup is fine. But she said that stress is not going to be good for you right now. Which means that I need you to let me handle the Muso trial." Sesshomaru said.

"But Sesshomaru!" Kagome started to say but stopped as her mother put her hand over her mouth.

"You have no choice Kagome. You do not want to put your pup's life in danger." Sheila said. "Remember Kagome, we do not have the same provisions here as we do in our time."

"Yes mother." Kagome said slightly muffled. Sheila removed her hand and then smiled.

She got up and started to dance. "I have another grand pup on the way. I have another grand pup on the way."

Kagome started to laugh as Akoro just shook his head.

"Mother, don't you think that you should let the others know?" Sesshomaru asked.

"Oh yeah!" Sheila said as she lightly tapped her forehead with her palm. She ran out the door.

"Akoro, please go and get Kohaku, Sota, InuYasha, and Kouga." Sesshomaru asked.

"Alright." Akoro said. He then left and got the boys and came back in, closing the door tightly.

Sesshomaru sat down on the bed next to Kagome who was smiling so big. She just couldn't stop.

"Now, as you can smell, Kagome is with child. She is not going to be involved any further with the trial but she is going to inform us on what happened with her interrogation. She is going to offer some input on this situation as well. But that is as far as she is allowed to go. Stress is not good for her or the pup as Lavonia informed us." Sesshomaru said.

"Alright. Congratulations Lord Sesshomaru." Kouga said.

"That will have to wait until later. For now, please let us know what happened when you went and talked to the human?" Sesshomaru asked.

"His name is Shiko. He said that he was not around when Muso did this. He said that he was with Kaede in another village." InuYasha said.

"And do you believe him?" Kagome asked.

"I know that Kaede had him with her. I stopped and got the things that Aiayme requested to be sent there. I had seen him with her." Kouga said.

"Sesshomaru, who were you talking to?" Kagome asked.

Sesshomaru sighed heavily. "I was talking with Cracko." He finally said.

"Koarau's brother? Why?" Kouga asked.

"Kouga, Cracko was the person who was holding Kohaku back while Muso was having his way with her." Sesshomaru said.

"Are you serious! Sesshomaru, Koarau is coming down here in a few days! What in the hell are you going to do about his punishment?" Kouga asked.

Sesshomaru looked at Kouga and then at Kagome. "He asked for death."

Kagome gasped. "You cannot do that Sesshomaru! You cannot kill him with his family here watching!"

"I know that! I don't know what to do. He is my assassin and under my employment and yet at the same time, he did this vile act. I just don't know what to do." Sesshomaru said.

Lavonia knocked at the door.

"Come in Lavonia." Sesshomaru said.

"I am sorry for the intrusion but I just wanted the lady to have some tea while she rested." She looked around. "Is everything ok?"

"Lavonia. Could you please come over here?" Kagome asked.

"What do you need my lady?" Lavonia asked as she went to Kagome's side.

"Lavonia. I have something to tell you. And I think that you should relay this to the rest of the family because we don't know what to do." Kagome told her.

"Alright my lady, what is wrong?" Lavonia asked. She was slightly nervous at what might come of her mouth.

Kagome for the next few minutes told her what happened and who was involved. Lavonia could not believe her ears at what she was saying to her.

"Lavonia, we don't know what to do as punishment. So I am asking you to go to your family and tell them. His fate is in his family's hands now. We will abide by what you request." Kagome told her. "Koarau is on his way down here and will be here in 2 days time. You can tell him then." She added.

Lavonia shook her head, she was still absorbing what Cracko did and what he was involved in. She could not believe that her older brother would do such a thing. Kagome noticed that she was in distress and she went and hugged her. Lavonia started to cry and Kagome just held on to her. Trying to sooth her the best that she could.

Lavonia left soon after that to talk to her family about what has happened and the boys looked around to Sesshomaru for the next orders.

"Death is no matter what going to come upon Muso. But what would you like to do with Shiko?" Sesshomaru asked them.

They all looked at each other and Kohaku stood up.

"I think that we should let him go. But we should keep him in Kaede's care so there is an eye on him at all times." Kohaku said.

"As you wish. Akoro, please inform Arigato of this. Then send a missive to Kaede to let her know what she has to do." Sesshomaru said.

"Yes, Lord Sesshomaru." Akoro said and quickly left.

"So then we are going to leave Cracko's fate to his family?" InuYasha asked.

"Yes InuYasha. I have the feeling that they might request death for him. He has dishonored them greatly and at the same time, dishonored us. We will wait for their answer and then carry out the death sentence for Muso." Sesshomaru said.

"I guess that is what is best." Kouga said.

"I hate to see Koarau go through this Sesshomaru." Kagome said.

"I know. Now tell me what did Muso tell you?" Sesshomaru asked Kagome.

Kagome looked at him. "He told Sota and I that he was drunk and that he did not know what he was doing. I then told him about Kanna pregnant and he couldn't believe me. He also told me that he was trying to give his second chance at life a try. I just couldn't listen to his bullshit any longer so we left then."

"Does he understand that he is going to die?"

"Oh I am sure he knows. Sota made sure that he was not going to forget that." Kagome said chuckling.

"What do you mean by that?"

Sota laughed. "I told him how lucky he was that I was at the door and she was in front of him because I would have killed him without a second thought."

"Nice Sota. You are getting better at threats than I thought."

"Yes, but I do wish that I could. But that is not my call." Sota said.

"I know. Now, we all should get some rest. I have the feeling that Koarau is going to be here early. He has already entered my lands." Sesshomaru said.

They all agreed and left for their bedchambers. Kagome got up and put on her nightgown and Sesshomaru got ready for bed as well. They cuddled each other after putting out the candles. Sesshomaru brought Kagome closer to him as he rested his hand on her belly.

"Kagome, I am so happy that we are expecting yet another pup." He told her in her ear.

"So am I Sesshomaru. So am I." Kagome said smiling.

He could feel that her breathing slowed down and knew that she was asleep. He was worried about what is going to happen over the next few days. He knew that Koarau was going to be angry with his brother for what he did. It was then that Sesshomaru decided that Kohaku, Kanna, Sango and Miroku were going to live on his lands. He wanted to make sure that this was never going to happen again. He kissed Kagome's cheek and went to sleep. He was going to need all the rest that he could get for tomorrow.