Psycho Demon-Witch: Sorry it took so long to get up, and thank you for all the reviews! Even though I don't care what people think of me, I do appreciate it when people show they like my fic. 71 reviews now, I never thought I could get that many! Maybe I can actually make 100… hmm (ponders this) I only need another 29 reviews.

Chapter Eleven
The pups were still sleeping, and Sesshoumaru still held them in his arms with a small smile on his face. He loved them, even if they were Naraku's biologically. They would never know that bastard though, Sesshoumaru would see to that. But, somehow, he got the feeling that Naraku would soon show up again once he found out that the pups had been born.

He noticed a smell coming from both pups. He wrinkled his nose. He stood up, making sure he had a good hold of both pups and walked to where Kagome was sitting, doing some studying. She looked up at him with a questioning gaze. Then she noticed the smell. Her reaction was much the same as his, but luckily for her she couldn't smell nearly as well as Sesshoumaru could. She nodded her head at him and rooted around in her bag and pulled out those weird white things called 'nappies'. Sesshoumaru laid the pups on the ground and watched as Kagome cleaned and changed them, putting them into clean nappies. He wasn't going to rely on her to change them all the time; he wanted to be as independent as his situation would allow him to be.

"You were watching closely" Kagome observed after she finished cleaning them. Sesshoumaru picked them both up again, neither going to sleep but staring at their surroundings.

"Yes, I don't want to depend on you whenever they excrete" he said.

"You're a very independent person, aren't you" Kagome asked.

"Yes" Sesshoumaru said again.

"Why is that?" Kagome asked. Sesshoumaru looked at her.

"I was trained not to depend on anyone. I could only depend on myself to run the Western Lands after father had died" he said.

"Did you have any friends when you were young?"

"Not really, not with the people I had looking after me. Any friends I would have had would have been killed" Sesshoumaru said, sadness evident in his voice.

"I'm sorry, it must have been hard… sorry, stupid thing to say" Kagome said, turning slightly red in embarrassment.

"It's… fine" Sesshoumaru stated simply. Kagome was silent after that.

Rin and Shippo approached them. "Lord Sesshoumaru? Can Rin and Shippo go pick some flowers in that field over there?" Rin asked sweetly, pointing through a group of trees behind her. Sesshoumaru looked at Shippo. He was reluctantly doing what Rin wanted, that was obvious.

"Yes, you may but do not wander too far" he said without any emotion in his voice. He looked at Shippo, who immediately got the message to look after the young human girl or else…

Both children ran off through the trees as soon as they had Sesshoumaru's permission.

"Rin really looks up to you" Kagome said. Sesshoumaru shrugged slightly. "What is she to you" she asked.

"I think… I see her as a daughter. She is very close to me" Sesshoumaru said.

"How did you come by her?" Kagome asked. Sesshoumaru looked at her. She was certainly curious about him lately.

"After I was injured by the wind scar, I woke up in a forest. Rin approached me. After that she kept bringing me food, I refused. One day, she came and she was bruised, she never told me what happened.

"After I was healed, I left. Shortly after finding Jaken, and throwing a couple of stones at his head, I caught the smell of her blood on the wind. I followed it and saw her body, the scent of wolves all over it…." Sesshoumaru said.

"Wolves!" Kagome exclaimed.

"Yes, I revived her, and she has been with me since. I met the wolf demon responsible for her death not so long back, before I was taken by Naraku. His companions seemed to think I would waste my energy killing him" Sesshoumaru finished, with a humorous tone. Kagome looked at him in shock. "What?" Sesshoumaru asked.

"Sorry, I just find it hard to believe that you let Kouga live" Kagome said.

"I understand he also wants to see Naraku dead" Sesshoumaru stated more than asked.

"Yeah, Kagura killed most of his pack" said another voice. Sesshoumaru's face brightened a little when he heard that voice, so little, it was barely noticeable. Inuyasha sat down next to him. "Can I hold one of them?" he asked. Sesshoumaru replied by placing Taisho in Inuyasha's arms. Inuyasha looked down at the child. He looked almost the same as Sesshoumaru, only the crescent moon was missing. Speaking of which, it was the new moon tonight. Inuyasha would be unable to protect them.

"You shouldn't worry about tonight. Father is here, and I can now fight too" Sesshoumaru said.

"Wha… I wish you wouldn't do that" Inuyasha said heatedly. Sesshoumaru smirked at him. Inuyasha glared, and Sesshoumaru feigned a hurt look.

"What is this? Battle of facial expressions?" Kagome asked. Sesshoumaru shrugged.

"None of your business" Inuyasha snapped at her.

"Don't take it out on me! If you weren't holding Taisho, I would S-I-T you into next week" Kagome said sternly.

"Well, I guess I know what will prevent you from sitting me" Inuyasha muttered. He felt a whack to the back of his head, and looked to see Sesshoumaru's fist retreating from his head. "What was that for?" Inuyasha yelled.

"Don't even think about using them as a shield from Kagome" Sesshoumaru said.

"I was just kidding" Inuyasha snapped. Sesshoumaru's cold look remained on his face. Taisho began to cry again. "What's wrong with him?" Inuyasha asked.

"Feeding time" Sesshoumaru said.

"How can you tell?" Kagome asked.

"It's instinctual. When you become a mother, you will know what your child wants too… maybe. I don't know how it works in humans, but I think to some extent it is the same" Sesshoumaru said, taking Taisho into his arms and handing Kaisayoi to Inuyasha.

"Babies eat a lot, don't they? They were only fed a few hours ago" Inuyasha said.

"They need to be fed more times a day than an adult, they are growing and they can't hold much in their stomachs" Sesshoumaru explained as he lifted his shirt down again to feed Taisho. "What?" he asked when he caught Kagome staring at him. She blushed.

"Sorry, I'm just not used to seeing a male feeding a baby" she said. Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes.

"I think you'll have to get used to it, you'll be seeing it several times a day" he said. Now the only sound that could be heard was Taisho suckling on Sesshoumaru's nipple, and the laughter of Shippo and Rin in the nearby field.

Sesshoumaru sniffed the surrounding air and his eyes widened in fear. Inuyasha noticed this. "What's wrong?" he asked.

"I… I can smell Naraku, approaching us" Sesshoumaru whispered fearfully. He quickly pulled the pup away from him and pulled his short back up. Taisho was clearly not happy with this and began to cry in objection. "Be quiet" Sesshoumaru said to him sternly. Amazingly Taisho did quieten down.

Sesshoumaru then took Kaisayoi from Inuyasha and walked over to where InuTaisho was already standing, waiting for Naraku to arrive. Inuyasha ran into the field to get Rin and Shippo, and came back with both of them hanging over his shoulders in protest. "Quiet, Naraku is coming" Inuyasha barked at them. Both froze in fear. Inuyasha put them both down and instructed them to stay with Sesshoumaru and the pups.

Jaken and Ah-Un stayed close to Sesshoumaru, and the others were grateful for that, as it meant they could concentrate all their energy on defeating Naraku… again.

Minutes passed by, and still Naraku hadn't arrived. They all waited nervously.

"What's taking him so long?" Inuyasha said impatiently.

"He must be waiting for something… oh no, you don't suppose he knows about the new moon, do you?" Kagome whispered.

"I doubt it, who could have told him?" Inuyasha replied.

"He is waiting for us to let our guard down" InuTaisho said.

"Stupid plan. How can he expect us to let his guard down when he is in the area?" Inuyasha snorted. He sniffed the air. "Great, that damn wolf is approaching" he snapped at no one in particular. A whirlwind came in, followed shortly by two more wolf demons.

"Kouga, what are you doing here?" Kagome asked.

"I could smell Naraku, so I came to kick his ass, and I run into dog shit" Kouga said, taking Kagome's hand. She pulled it out quickly though.

"Get out of here, wolf, you're not needed" Inuyasha snarled at him. Kouga glared at him. Sesshoumaru sighed. This caught Kouga's attention.

"Oh, you're the guy that smells like dog shit, the one with the human girl" he said.

"Obviously" Sesshoumaru said coldly.

"What's with the kids? Kouga asked.

"They're mine" Sesshoumaru said in a threatening tone.

"They reek of Naraku, they're his as well, you're a Ukiyo demon" Kouga exclaimed.

"If I have to explain this one more time, I swear I will scream" Sesshoumaru said. Kouga blinked at him.

"What do you mean" he asked.

"Work it out. Naraku. Me. Pups" Sesshoumaru said wearily.

"hey, he doesn't seem as scary as he did before, bet Kouga would win if they got into a fight now" one of the other wolf demons whispered to his companions. Sesshoumaru put on his iciest face and looked at them.

"Do not make assumptions about me, it will be your own demise, and don't think I will be trying to kill your leader, it will be you I come after. Cowards" he hissed. They nearly started trembling in fear again. Sesshoumaru smirked in satisfaction.

"If we could please focus on the task at hand, Naraku is approaching again" InuTaisho said.

"Not another dog" Kouga whined.

"Say 'hello' to my father" Inuyasha said, getting ready for a fight.

"Your father is supposed to be dead" Kouga exclaimed.

"He ain't now, thanks to the jewel shards" Inuyasha said. Naraku's scent was now fast approaching. Everyone was getting ready for a fight, and Sesshoumaru put the two pups securely on Ah-Un, while he drew the Toukijin.

Naraku appeared above the trees, surrounded by the poisonous insects. "Well, Sesshoumaru, how have you been?" he asked, in a sickeningly sweet voice. "I do hope you've missed me".

Psycho Demon-Witch: Heheh, I'm evil. Sorry again for the long time it took to update. Hm… should I kill Naraku off next chapter? (shrugs), I don't know yet. Please review, even if you only want to flame me, it will still be for my own entertainment. People who mindlessly flame are so amusing. I guess idiocy can be a source of entertainment now.