Disclaimer: Not making any money with this, Characters not mine – ours….. And so on, you know.. Song by Louis Armstrong (if you didn't know that, SHAME ON YOU!)
Chie: And now the real fun starts! – giggles- Oh, those of you who have read my own fanfic Faded Memories, should recognize Sesshy's last name. xD I think it's a rather good name, and I'm too lazy to make up another, so deal with it. :P
The Dah: I was the one who found the name Sugiyama:D Jay for me! ;) Anyway, enjoy the chapter!
Bachelor's true nightmare
Chapter two – What a wonderful world
The first thing he realised as he woke up was the overwhelming loss of his youki.
'They can't be doing this to me! Sealing my youki away – !'
'Stop whining, it's your own damn fault anyway for being such an arrogant and spoiled little pup', his inner demon noted.
'Oh no, you're telling me that my youki was sealed away and I still can't get rid of you!'
'I am you, buddy, we're stuck together forever!' the inner demon reminded cheerfully.
Sesshoumaru groaned in his mind.
Something moved against his side and he heard a soft mutter in his ear.
"Five more minutes, honey, they'll wake up too soon anyway..."
Sesshoumaru's eyes shot open and for the first time he gave a thought to the environment he was in.
A sleepy, black-haired woman was curled up against him, her arms wrapped around his naked form. Sesshoumaru bolted up and straddled the woman, his hand wandering up to her throat, meaning to strangle her.
"Koishii, not now. We just woke up. Maybe in the evening, neh?" She had opened her left eye and was grinning mischievously.
Sesshoumaru stopped as he spotted something on the woman's neck. he leaned closer to see properly what it was.
No. Not this.
'Yaaay! Yatta! We have a mate! We have a mate!' the inner demon cheered dancing happily around in his mind.
'No... NO!'
'We have a mate! We have a mate! We have a mate!' the inner demon chanted.
'Mate or not, I'm going to kill – '
'Oh no you're not!'
Sesshoumaru stared at the mass of white hair which belonged to a woman who was glomping him.
'Ha- haha-ue?'
'Yes, sweetie?'
'What are you doing here?'
'Watching how you are doing of course!' Sayuri smiled happily. ' And preventing you from doing bad mistakes, such as killing your mate. If you kill your mate, you will die yourself. If your mate bleeds, you will bleed. It's a rule. Haven't you explained to him?' the last question was stated to the inner demon.
'I've tried to, but you can't imagine how stubborn he is – '
'Knowing my son... It must be hard to you.'
'Yes', the inner demon answered sighing, 'So hard..'
'Would you two stop blabbering? It's MY mind, you know.'
'Baka, I am you.' the inner demon noted, mentally poking Sesshoumaru.
'Is that a way to treat your own mother?' now irritated Sayuri scolded.
And then Sesshoumaru had to bear listening to a long talk about what was the right way to treat one's elders.
'Honestly, I am disappointed, I thought you had turned into a fine young man, instead of this. Don't you understand? That was why you were cursed in the first place.'
'Hahah-ue, onegai, stop this madness.'
'Sorry, Sesshie-chan, but I can't do that. You know your father. He wants you to learn.'
'Learn what?'
'That you must figure out by yourself. Oh yeah, if you disobey the rules, you shall be punished.'
'The rules?'
'Yes. And killing your mate, for example is against the rules – as well as killing your kids, so if I were you I wouldn't try – '
'KIDS!'
"Good morning, mommy and daddy!" a bright voice squealed.
Sesshoumaru's gaze flew to the doorway. He saw a silver-haired and blue-eyed girl, who had puppy ears. She was bouncing up and down.
'What is this?'
'This is kawaii!' Sayuri said, bouncing up and down in his mind, pretty much in the same way as the puppy eared girl. The late youkai glomped her son again.
And then there was three kids surrounding him and the strange ningen woman in the weird thing he had been sleeping in – what ever had happened to his futon?
It was all too much for him. An unfamiliar environment, unknown human woman as his mate, three hanyou children and his dead mother bouncing around in his mind, blabbering with his second persona..
He wished it to be a nightmare, from the start.. Everything, the curse, this, to be just a bad dream..
But he knew better than that. This was really happening.
"Come down, darlings.. Rei! Stop bouncing, please, mommy is tired..."
"Sowwy mom", the silver-haired hanyou girl answered.
"Did you sleep well, dears?"
"Yes, the bed was so comfortable", Rei announced happily.
"Rin did not sleep so well because Rei stole Rin's half of Rin's and Rei's bed"; complained the other puppy-eared girl, whose hair was black.
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did – "
"Okay girls, knock it off. Is Sayo still sleeping?"
"Yes mom!" Rei answered brightly.
"Takeo, please take your sister into their room and ask a servant to help them dress."
"Hai, okaasan", the oldest one said obediently. He was a young boy, who looked exactly like his father – save for that his markings were different.
"Finally alone", the woman breathed and snuggled closer to Sesshoumaru who still was too shocked to react.
"Are you all right, koishii? You've been so quiet and withdrawn this morning. You didn't even greet the kids... Is something troubling you?"
'Wait and I will just tell you what is troubling me..'
'I wouldn't do that if I were you.'
'Funny. And you just last time said that you are me..'
'Stop picking on your inner demon, Sesshie-chan. He's right anyway. It's easier if you play along...'
'Do I have to?'
'Well no.. If you want to be stuck in here for forever, then –'
'Got the point.'
"No, I'm fine. Everything's all right."
"I'm glad", the dark-haired, blue-eyed woman smiled and kissed him on the cheek.
"You had better go and wake up Sayo. You know what she's like.."
She got up and walked over to the cupboard and started to dress herself.
The pup was about 3 years old. She was curled up under a pink blanket.
Sesshoumaru stared at her. He had a fourth kid? He was thinking how in hell he could wake her up. Her silky pitch-black hair reminded him of his ward Rin. She was something so sweet, innocent and pure that even Sesshoumaru could not consider killing her. As he stood there, examining his youngest pup, the girls eyes fluttered open. She stretched and yawned.
And then, she spotted him.
"Daddy!"
With a muffled thump she glomped his legs.
"Daddy! Lift me up!"
Sesshoumaru picked the girl up into his arms and immediately the three-years-old cuddled against his chest.
"Daddy, me saw only good dreams. Not any bad dream."
"I'm glad to hear that", he heard himself to say.
'What? I didn't want to say something like that..'
'That's why I'm helping you', Sayuri smiled.
'Mom, are you controlling me?'
'Just a bit, Sesshie-chan. Relax.'
Relax? How could he relax when...
"Koishii, you should get her dressed. The servants just came to inform that the breakfast is served."
His mate smiled and walked over to them.
"Good morning, Sayo."
"Hey mom."
The woman took out a pink kimono.
"This would do", she said, and smiled gently at the sight of her mate and youngest daughter.
Sesshoumaru nodded and started to dress the little girl. Once they were ready, the girl wanted back into his arms.
"Come, koishii", his mate whispered gently and walked out of the room. She opened the shoji screen and the two older girls came out, the silver haired dressed in red and the other in blue.
"Rin is already hungry!" the black-haired girl informed.
The woman laughed heartily.
"Soon you will have breakfast, sweetie."
The twins smiled at their mother and the one took their mother's right hand into her own as the other took the left.
"Takeo", the woman called, "breakfast is served, come on."
"Yes mom!"
Another shoji screen opened and the boy walked in to join the rest of his family.
Sesshoumaru felt a bit uncomfortable, there was simply too much of them...
The boy, his heir, seemed to be fine, he was silent and obedient. But the twin girls were babbling and giggling all the time. And the silver-haired one – Rei, was it – reminded him strongly of his mother. Not to even mention the smallest girl, who constantly was clinging to him.
His mate seemed to be a sweet and caring, gentle woman, who seemed to be strong in her own way, and didn't blabber about irrelevant things. He might have accepted her – if she only weren't human.
They reached the dining room. There were guards standing on both sides of the shoji door.
"Would you please inform the lord and lady that we have arrived", his mate said calmly to the guards.
'WHAT! I am the lord! What is she talking about?'
'Sweetie', Sayuri said patting Sesshoumaru's cheek – my, had he always hated that – 'things aren't here as they used to be.'
'He truly is slow to realise', the inner demon pointed out.
Sesshoumaru decided not to bother to answer.
If he wasn't the lord, then who was..?
"Hey uncle Inuyasha!" Rei squealed and bounced over to glomp the silver-haired hanyou.
Sesshoumaru stood there, staring at the scene wide-eyed.
'That's it, the half-breed dies!' Sesshoumaru announced flexing his claws.
'It's against the rules!'
'What?'
'If you disobey the rules – '
' – I shall be punished, I know that. But guess what, dear mother? Screw the rules!'
'OSUWARI!' Sayuri bellowed.
'Wh – ' with a thump Sesshoumaru crashed down in his mind.
Sayuri eyed at him disappointedly, while the inner demon was laughing his ass off.
'Tut tut' Sayuri said shaking her head as she watched his sons pointless attempts to free himself of the spell.
'What is this?'
'This, Sesshie-chan, is the punishment.'
'Release me!'
'No.'
Mother! Please.'
'No.'
'But – '
'No buts. You have to understand, sweetie. The rules must be obeyed.'
They both fell silent and only the spiteful laughter of the inner demon could be heard.
'Fine. I am sorry. I will honour the rules.'
'Good.' Sayuri flashed a smile and helped Sesshoumaru back up.
"Good morning, Rei-chan."
Inuyasha raised his gaze and smiled at his older brother.
"Good morning, aniki."
"Morning, Inuyasha."
"Kagome, you look as beautiful as ever", Inuyasha said, now looking at Sesshoumaru's mate.
'Kagome?' the name sounded somehow familiar. 'Where have I heard that before?'
'It's the miko, can't you tell?'
'What miko? The dead one?'
'No, the one who wears those interesting clothes and follows Inuyasha around.'
'I'm mated to a miko? Hell no! She could kill me, you know!'
'One does not kill one's mate... My, haven't you taught him anything?' Sayuri complained.
'Kami knows that I have tried', the inner demon muttered.
'Would you please stop talking of me like I wouldn't be here?'
"Thank you, Inu-chan", Kagome answered smiling. "Rei, don't disturb the lord."
"Sowwy – "
"She's not disturbing me, Kagome", Inuyasha assured, smiling. "I wish I'd have a daughter too.."
"Yes, this far we've only got sons.."
The lady of the western lands caught Sesshoumaru's attention. If he had not been so collected and trained, he might have dropped his jaw right then.
It was nearly too difficult to imagine. The woman, sitting next to Inuyasha was –
"I'm sure that one day you'll get a girl too, Kagura-chan", the miko answered smiling.
"Please, sit down", Inuyasha then said.
Sesshoumaru and his family seated themselves and started to eat the breakfast.
"Daddy", said the little girl still sitting in his arms, tugging the collar of his kimono, "daddy feed me."
Sesshoumaru nearly choked on his tea, but luckily nobody seemed to notice.
He looked into the big, pleading amber eyes.
'Play along, Sesshie-chan', Sayuri reminded.
Sesshoumaru sighed. He really had no choice.
He started to feed the kid, who only snuggled closer to him, using his chopsticks.
"You know I truly admire you, my brother. Though now that I have two sons of my own I understand your motives."
"Who would ever have thought that Sesshoumaru would one day give up his position and title as the lord of the western lands so that he could devote himself to his family", Kagura said.
"Kagome has truly changed you."
'What!' Sesshoumaru growled.
'What?' Sayuri squealed. 'I'm so proud of you my son!' She glomped him.
'Mom, get off me.. That's it, I want to get out of here, now!'
'Too bad for you then, because you won't get out of here. You really should take all this more open-mindedly... If you want to get out of here, you must learn. And to learn you must – '
' – play along, yeah yeah.'
He felt a hand settling on his hand and turned his head. It was his mate, smiling affectionately to him.
How had it ever come to this? Inuyasha as the lord of western lands, mated with that Naraku's wind witch. Himself, Sesshoumaru, NOT being the lord, having four pups and Inuyasha's human wench as his mate.. Whatever had happened? The miko had been in love with his half-brother. How come that she was now his mate – and that Inuyasha seemed to be cool with it?
"So you're leaving today?" Inuyasha asked.
"Yes, it is time for us to head back home now", Kagome replied calmly, still keeping her hand on Sesshoumaru's. He hoped that if he wished very hard, she'd remove her hand. It just.. made him feel uneasy. Filthy human – miko! – touching his hand... And he couldn't even kill her.
"Would you stay for another day or too?" Kagura suggested.
"No", Sesshoumaru said quietly, "we'll leave today."
He couldn't stand stay here, watching Inuyasha disgracing his castle.
A week had passed. He watched at the room opening in front of him. What bad had he ever done to earn this? The young girls in the front seats were eyeing at him their eyes sparkling.
He sighed.
"Class dismissed."
The students left he classroom – except for one girl.
"Yes, what is it, Miss Sugiyama?"
"My essay is really late, and I'm sorry... I just thought if I could do something.. To make up for it.."
Sesshoumaru eyed the girl suspiciously. He did not like the expression she was wearing, nor the scent he could smell on her. His doubts proved to be true as the girls hands flew to the buttons of her white blouse, ready to unbutton the piece of clothing.
"Miss Sugiyama, what are you doing?"
"I'm making up for the late essay", she answered innocently.
"I'm a married man."
"Oh, I don't mind.."
Honestly! What was with women here?
He shot her with his famous death glare and walked out of the classroom.
"I'm home", he informed after he had stepped in.
'Yeah, like this could ever be my home.. Play along, damnit.'
"Daddy!"
-THUMP-
The youngest pup – Sayo – was hugging his legs.
"Me wants up!"
With a sigh he lifted the little girl up into his arms. Carrying her he followed his nose into the kitchen. The miko was there, preparing a dinner.
"Hello, koishii." She placed a soft kiss on his lips.
'Don't touch me, you filthy – '
'Sesshy-chan, She's your mate. She loves you and wants to show it to you.'
'It wasn't my choice that –'
'Oh shush.'
"Sayo, honey, you should leave your father be, he has had a long day in work..."
"Me wants to be with daddy! Daddy, daddy, some to see what me drew today – "
Sayo jumped down from his lap and dragged the demon lord out of the kitchen.
Kagome smiled and continued cooking.
They were sitting on their bed together, the human wench and him. The pups were already sleeping.
At the moment he had his eyes closed, and was thinking that maybe having a mate wasn't a bad idea, he loved the feel of the hairbrush gently sliding through his hair. She was humming softly and watched as his silver hair glowed in the dark. She put the hairbrush away and collected his hair and moved it out of her way. Sesshoumaru didn't bother to open his eyes. He felt her hands gracing his skin when she started to massage his neck and upper back.
He was completely relaxed at that point and just enjoyed the quiet moment.
Unfortunately for him, it didn't last so quiet for long.
'See? This is what I mean! This is exactly why having a mate is a wonderful idea! Why were you ever against it?'
'Shut up you useless nuisance, I'm trying to enjoy.'
'Why should I – '
'Leave him alone please?' Sayuri asked smiling. It was a good sign that his son was able to enjoy of his mate's touch. Maybe the situation wasn't as hopeless as she had thought...
"You know, I've been thinking how our lives would be different now if you hadn't kissed me that day", she whispered tenderly into the darkness, still gently massaging him
"Until that day all I saw was Inuyasha.. But your kiss was like a lightning from the clear sky, it truly woke me up..."
Her small hand caressed his skin and she bent lower to kiss his shoulder.
He enjoyed the butterfly-light sensation for awhile.
Then he remembered who she was. Who he was.
She was Inuyasha's miko, a filthy human wench! And he was the lord of the western lands, no matter how the things were in this upside-down dimension...
Whatever everyone said the miko was NOT his mate.
'Uh-oh, Sesshie-chan, not that kind of a negative attitude again... Besides, you're wrong, honey. This is not another dimension – this is the future.'
'The future?' Sesshoumaru snarled. 'There's no way that I'd ever let these kind of things happen! That I'd take a human as my mate, give up my title and hand it over to Inuyasha, and happily raise four pups... And suffer from the constant flirting attempts of desperate high schoolgirls!'
'OSUWARI!'
'Mom!'
'Just sit back and enjoy, son, sit back and enjoy.'
Sesshoumaru moved into a better position on the bed and pulled Kagome into his arms, kissing her deeply.
'Hey wait! What are you doing with me!' the demon lord bellowed, trying – in vain – struggle against her mother's binding spell.
'I gave the control over to your inner demon. He seems to be taking the situation better than you do.'
'Mom, you can't be doing this – !'
'Oh, but I am, Sesshie-chan, I am.'
The kisses were just about to start getting more passionate as the bedroom door opened.
Little figure ran over the floor and jumped into their bed. She snuggled her way between her parents.
"Me saw a bad dream", the trembling little girl informed.
"It's okay, Sayo-darling", Kagome said, petting he child's hair.
"You're safe now", Sesshoumaru comforted.
'And damn, you ruined the perfect chance – ', the inner demon complained.
'Mom?' Sesshoumaru called, still trying to get free from the binding spell.
'Mom? Mom! Where are you? Get this damn spell off! Mom!'
The Dah: OMG! I haven't laughed this hard for a while.. :P Poor Sesshie-chan... :D
Chie: Teeheehee, thanks hun.. :P Oh.. And Gomen for those who had to wait.. I hope this chapter will make up for the time I took writing it.. Please tell me what you think! –bows-