Psycho Demon-Witch: Thank you for all the reviews! Hopefully I will be able to get Sesshoumaru more into character as he gets over his ordeal, if I get a chance to. I hope I can, I love Sesshoumaru's character.

Chapter Four

Ever since Sesshoumaru's companions had joined them, life had certainly gotten more… interesting.

Rin and Shippo had been spending a lot of time playing. They were both happy that they were travelling together because now it meant that Rin didn't have to annoy Jaken to play with her and Shippo didn't have to just plain annoy Inuyasha, so he didn't get hit as much as he did and Inuyasha didn't get 'sat' so much, so everyone was happier apart from Sango as Miroku was still a perverted bastard.

Sesshoumaru had been getting more tired lately, so he had to rest more frequently and sleep more at night. He would never admit to anyone that he was tired though, or that he was hungrier than usual. He knew that Jaken was getting suspicious. The main reasons being that Sesshoumaru was showing more emotion in one day than Jaken had ever seen on him since he first joined him, and he wasn't wearing his armour because it no longer fitted him. He decided that he would tell Rin and Jaken at some point that day, he just wasn't sure how he was going to do it.

He had also noticed that he was finding the children more adorable than he should. He suspected that it was just his 'maternal' instincts acting up due to his pregnancy.

They had stopped for a rest and some food a few minutes ago, though Sesshoumaru didn't join them. He was currently sat in a tree, overlooking the group. He heard Rin make an exclamation of excitement. She had recently been introduced to lollipops, and now that she had finished some weird food called 'ramen', Kagome had given her and Shippo one.

Although he hated the miko, he had to admit she was good with children.

Sesshoumaru was currently sitting in a tree, not too far from the group. They had stopped for something to eat and a rest. He was thinking about his new-found feelings for Inuyasha. He knew that he was feeling things he shouldn't for a brother, but he couldn't help it. He admired his brothers' strength, and his determination to defeat Naraku. Although it wasn't uncommon to mate a sibling in demons, Sesshoumaru was afraid Inuyasha would be disgusted by it because of his human heritage, so he chose to hide his feelings. His icy mask was becoming more frequent in his attempt to hide his feelings and the others were concerned by it.

Sesshoumaru was so deep in thought; he didn't notice Inuyasha approach him. "Hey, you've been looking at that tree for half an hour, are you alright?" he called up. Sesshoumaru shook himself out of his reverie and looked down at Inuyasha.

"I was just… thinking" he replied.

"What about? You've been getting more and more distant from us, we're worried about you" Inuyasha said. Sesshoumaru opened his mouth to reply, but was cut short by Kagome's yelling. 'Curse that human wench' he thought.

"INUYASHA, there are two jewel shard approaching, very quickly"

"Yeah, yeah, I'm coming" Inuyasha called back, drawing the Tetsusaiga. "We'll continue this later, OK?" he asked. Sesshoumaru nodded. He was worried. The scent that was coming from the direction of the jewel shard was most unsettling, as he hadn't smelt it in almost 200 years. The person it belonged to was supposed to be dead. He jumped down from the tree and walked up behind the others.

"What are you doing?" Inuyasha asked.

"Can you not smell it Inuyasha? This scent… it's not supposed to exist anymore" Sesshoumaru said absently. Inuyasha looked at him in confusion.

"What are you talking about?" Inuyasha began, but was cut off as a figure burst out of the trees. A cloud of dust surrounded the figure, so they could not see who it was. Inuyasha readied his sword for a fight, but stopped when he caught the scent. 'What the heck?'

As the dust settled, everyone gasped in shock. There, in front of them, was Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru's father, InuTaisho. They had only seen him briefly once before, when the Sou'unga had tried to destroy the world. Inuyasha dropped his sword on the floor in shock.

"Wha… how…" he was at a loss for words. InuTaisho chuckled slightly.

"A half-breed demon resurrected me using these shards in my back. He thought he would be able to control me. As if I am that weak. But when I destroyed him, he turned into a pile of rock and dirt" he said.

"Naraku" Inuyasha said simply, with a lot of anger in his voice.

"Is that his name?" InuTaisho asked. Everyone nodded dumbly.

"Ano, are you Lord Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha's father?" Rin asked. InuTaisho looked down at her.

"Yes, who are you?"

"Rin is Rin, I travel with Lord Sesshoumaru, Master Jaken and Ah-Un and now I travel with Inuyasha and his friends" Rin answered cutely.

"Why don't we sit down and talk, because it looks like there will be a lot to talk about" Kagome said.

Once they had all sat down, Kagome started introducing them. "My name is Kagome, this is Sango, the monk is Miroku, the kitsune is Shippo, the fire cat is Kirara, and Sesshoumaru's companions, the little imp is Jaken, the dragon is Ah-Un and you already know Rin" she said.

"Why does this Naraku wish you dead?" InuTaisho asked.

"Because we have prevented him carrying out his evil plans many times now" Kagome answered. "He seeks to gain all the Shikon shards and complete the jewel to gain power" she continued.

"Do you also collect these shards?"

"Yes, we do. But so far Naraku has more than half the jewel. We know that Sango's little brother has a shard in his back, and a wolf demon called Kouga has two of the shards" Kagome said. InuTaisho turned to face Sesshoumaru.

"Everyone here hates Naraku, yet you carry his children. Why is this?" he asked. The others were shocked. More than one child? They watched both InuTaisho and Sesshoumaru carefully, especially Inuyasha. He knew some of Sesshoumaru's past, and it was not happy. Although InuTaisho had never wanted his son to be hurt in such a way, it was still indirectly his fault.

"The bastard raped me" Sesshoumaru stated quietly, while glaring at his father. A look of shock came over InuTaisho's face. That shock then turned to anger. Now they knew where Inuyasha got his temper from, and where Sesshoumaru got his glares from.

"That bastard will die for this". InuTaisho's eyes were turning a blood red colour. Everyone apart Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru backed away from him, and Shippo hid behind Kagome.

It has already been. There is no point in getting point worked up about it now" Sesshoumaru said. "Everyone here is working to defeat him anyway; this just gives me another reason to kill him". He put his head down, and InuTaisho's eyes turned back to their amber colour. The others rejoined them, though very cautiously. InuTaisho moved over to Sesshoumaru and lifted his head up to see something he'd never wanted to see again. Sesshoumaru's eyes glistening with tears.

"Why is it always you, Sesshoumaru?" InuTaisho whispered, more to himself than anyone else. Sesshoumaru's eyes flicked to look at his father.

"Because of what I am?" he asked sarcastically.

"No one knew what you were at the age of four" InuTaisho countered. Intakes of breath were heard.

"This… has happened before?" Sango asked. Sesshoumaru sighed. There was no point in trying to hide it now. He just nodded in confirmation, not wanting to go into details again. "Why would people do such things to a child… why would they do such things at all? It's sickening" she said.

"I don't know" was the answer she got.

Jaken had been stunned into silence since InuTaisho mentioned that Sesshoumaru was carrying pups and was only just coming to his senses. "M… my Lord? Why did you not tell me?" he squawked.

"Although it doesn't seem it, I know you quite well. I know what you think of this" Sesshoumaru replied quietly. Jaken was silent after that. Rin approached Sesshoumaru. It had taken her a while to understand what was being said.

"Are you having a baby, Lord Sesshoumaru?" she asked with a curious look on her face. He smiled slightly at her.

"Yes, two of them actually" Sesshoumaru said. A huge grin came over Rin's face. (She doesn't understand what rape is). Sesshoumaru was corrected. He had predicted that she would be disappointed that she hadn't been told straight away, but she was thrilled by it.

"Wow, Lord Sesshoumaru. Two babies? I think babies are so cute, it will be great with them" she babbled on. The others sweat dropped.

"Um… who let her at the sugar?" Inuyasha asked. Everyone turned to Kagome.

"Oops? I didn't know she would get so hyper after a couple of lollipops, she can't be used to having a lot of sugar" she said.

"She'll tire herself out… eventually" Sesshoumaru said.

"Well, maybe we should help her along and get moving" Inuyasha said. There was a mutual agreement about this. Hyper children were nightmares. "Next time, bring them junk with less sugar in it" Inuyasha said to Kagome. She nodded, and once they had packed up, they set off.

Psycho Demon-Witch: Um… I hated that chapter. I knew what I wanted in it, but I couldn't seem to write down how I wanted. I must have rewritten the damn thing six times! It was also a lot shorter than I wanted it to be! I hope you decide to take time to review this rubbish.