Sesshomaru stayed by Mei's side all day until she'd ask him to do some weird errand or strange chore. In his spare time, he'd buy little things for the baby. A crib one day. Clothes the next. More toys than a child could ever hope to possibly use after that. Until one night, Mei awoke shrieking, and the baby was born.
After the midwives left, Sesshomaru was finally able to get a look at his daughter, a small sleeping bundle nestled in Mei's arms.
She was gorgous.
She had his and Mei's silver hair, and his golden eyes. She also had his ears ,but mostly Mei's face. He smiled down at her.
"What's her name?" Sesshomaru asked
"You tell me."
"Why me?"
"Hey, I spent nine months carrying her, and the last eight hours pushing her out. The least you could do is name her."
Sesshomaru looked down to find Mei staring up at him.
"You have to go, don't you?"
"Yes."
"Then go, but first...name her. Leave her with something.. just in case."
Sesshomaru nodded, and then thought. After a while, he finally said:
"Kira."
"Kira?"
"That shall be her name. Kira."
"Kira." Mei repeated "I like it." She looked down at Kira. "What do you think little one?"
She continued to sleep peacefuly.
"Let me hold her."
"No."
Sesshomaru looked at Mei strangely.
"That way you'll have to come back. Now go."
It took several days for Sesshomaru to track down Jaken, Rin and A-Un, but when he did, he explained to them that he had to leave them for a long time. So he took Rin to an orphanage, and basically told Jaken and A-Un to fend for themselves. About a month later, he returned to Mei and Kira.
"Can I hold her now?" He asked
18 months later
"Dada? Dada? Dada? Dada? Dada? Dada? Dada? Dada? Dada? Dada? Dada? Dada? Dada? Dada? Dada? Dada? Dada? Dada? "
Sesshomaru groaned.
"Why doesn't she ever want you?"
"Because I don't spoil her."
" Dada? Dada? Dada? Dada? Dada? Dada? "
"Are you going to get her?"
"No, Mei."
"Why not?"
"Maybe she'll stop."
"Daddy! Da-ddy! D-A-D-D-Y!"
"You know she won't."
"DADDY!"
"Fine."
Sesshomaru sighed and slid out of bed. He made his way to Kira's room, where she stood up in bed, arms out stretched and beautiful amber eyes shining brightly.
"Daddy!"
"Sh." He said
She nodded. Sesshomaru picked her up and balanced her on one hip.
"Sesshy, no sweets!" Mei called
"Alright." He said, shaking his head to Kira "Let's go see what I have." He whispered
Sesshomaru grabbed his stash of sweets and took Kira outside on the front porch. They did this nearly every morning, sat outside, just before sunrise, and watched the sun come up togethr. If it was chilly, he'd wrap her in a blanket, and if it was raining, he'd wrap one over both of them. He'd sit with his beautiful girl, who practically for the only time in the day, would sit perfectly still and stare in wonder at the rising sun.
After the sun would rise and before Mei would awaken, Sesshomaru would feed Kira sweets from his stash. He knew he really shouldn't, but he just loved the look on her face. She'd even bounce and clap for the really good ones. And Sesshomaru would smile, and feed her more, until Mei would wake or she'd get a tummy ache.
And then, the day for them would start. Sesshomaru treasured their few moments togethre, because it was often the only time he'd get to spend with her. Between his odd jobs in town, and usually his demon slaying, and Mei's gardening, they made a nice living and had a lovely house in the small town Mei had lived near before Kira was born.
Sesshomaru looked down at Kira, who shifted. She knew their time was up.
"One more." He said, sliding her a piece of candy and then putting her on the ground, where she followed after him "I have to go, Kira."
"Bye." She said simply, waving
For a moment, Sesshomaru smiled, but then his stotic face returned, and he headed down the path into town, as usual. He, as always, stopped at the point where Kira could no longer still see him, but he could still see her, to watch her as she looked for him, and then turned around and ran back towards Mei.
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