Disclaimer: Obviously I don't own any of the characters from Inuyasha. I just write with 'em. The only characters I do own are Mei and Kira.

Mei grinned.

"You came!"

Sesshomaru had kept his promise, in seven months he had returned; to find Mei, seven months pregnant.

"What the--."

"Surprise!"

Sesshomaru sat on the floor next to Mei.

"You know, that's not exactly something you spring on people." He said

"Why?"

"Because..." He swallowed "Is it... mine?"

"'She'. And yes, she's yours." She replied, taking his hand and placing it on her stomach.

"Why seven months?" He asked

"Because," She said, " I figured that would be about the time I'd start having trouble getting around, and I was wrong... I should've told you to come back in six."

"But that night... how did you know that--."

"Because I'm physic." She said simply

She tried to stand, and wobbled, nearly tipping over. Sesshomaru caught her.

"I'm just a little dizzy." She said

Sesshomaru helped her to her bed.

"You should lie down." He said

"I can't." She said "I have to get food... catch some fish... she's starving."

"She who?"

"She our baby." Mei replied "Try to keep up..."

She started to stand.

"And then there's the laundry..." She said, wobbling on her feet

Sesshomaru laid her down again.

"I'll do it." He said

"What?"

"I'll do it. You just rest."

"Um... okay."

Mei pointed to the large pile of laundry in the corner.

"And there's also wood to chop and..." She yawned "Something else... let's see..." She was soon fast asleep

Sesshomaru caught some fish down at he river and brought them back to the house. He found Mei, once again, awake.

"Oh..." She said, sleepily, as he began to bundle up the laundry "No fighting, promise?"

Sesshomaru looked at her askew. But nonetheless nodded.

"I promise."

Sesshomaru made his way down to the river, careful not to drop the extremely large bundle of clothing.

"For a peasant, she sure has a lot of clothing."

Sesshomary sat the clothes down at a shallow spot in the river, and began to scrub.

"Sesshomaru? I thought I smelled your--."

Sesshomaru sighed and looked up to find his younger half-brother Inuyasha.

'No fighting,' Mei's voice played in his head 'Promise?'

Sesshomaru removed his hand from his blade.

"What?" He asked simply

"Since when did you take up such domestic chores?" Inuyasha asked

"It's none of your business."

Inuyasha looked down at his older brother.

"Are those... women's clothes?"

"Again, none of your business."

Inuyasha looked at him strangely.

"Well, I just hope you're washing them for someone else."

"Inuyasha, if you have no business with me, then go."

Inuyasha took a step backwards.

"Okay..." He said, cautiously, taking off running in the opposite direction.

Later, Sesshomaru finished the laundry, choping the wood, cooking diner and a bunch of other random, and seemingly pointless chores that Mei asked him to do. Now he sat on the floor with her, watching her eat and laugh as he told her about his incounter with Inuyasha.

"He thought you... you were wearing women's clothes?" She asked, laughing "Even though you would make a pretty girl... Oh!"

She placed her hand on her stomach.

"What?" Sesshomaru asked

Mei laughed.

"Oh... the baby... it's kicking."

"Does it hurt?" He asked

"No... not really."She said "Here." She grabbed his hand "Feel."

Sesshomary looked down at his hand, placed carefully on Mei's belly.

"Feel that 'thump, thump, thump?'" She asked

He nodded.

"That's her kicking." she laughed softly "Hard, but that's good. You know why?"

Sesshomaru shook his head.

"That means she's gonna be strong." She smiled warmly. "She get's that from her father."