Summery; Warning; Disclaimer: See First Chapter.

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Lime in next chapter, so be forewarned!

The day came and went quietly, until the town finally heard the sound of snowplows digging through the white mass.

"Finally!" Kagome huffed impatiently, watching out from the second-story window as the machines dug their way through.

"At the rate they're going, we'll be outta here by morning," Inuyasha commented, slightly surprised that the usually-undependable workers were working so late at night.

"That's the best news I've heard in days," Koga yawned, and stretched his arms out behind his head. "I can't stand much more of this house – no offense, Kagome."

"None taken," she assured him, over Inuyasha's muttering, "I feel the same way. I'm not even sure I want to sleep here for a while."

"What's up?" Leslie asked curiously, as Sesshomaru lifted his head. The two lay under the covers on the bed, as she rested her head on his collarbone.

"I believe snowplows are finally in operation," he said shortly. She paused, listening, and frowned.

"I can't hear anything," she protested, "Are you sure?"

"Maybe you're right," Sesshomaru shrugged, still debating when to tell Leslie the three most important things about him. "One – that you're a demon. Two – she's your mate for life, now," the voice repeated in amused tones, "And three – that's she's pregnant with your child."

"Shut up," he muttered under his breath, so softly that he barely heard himself. Leslie snuggled back into his collarbone, and he slid his hand to her lower back, sensing the presence growing inside her.

"We're free!" she cheered later that evening, when the town finally began to dig out the back roads. "I guess you were right after all," she said, turning to Sesshomaru. He glanced up, and shrugged into his jacket.

"I'm going to go see Inuyasha – they're probably worried," he said shortly, "I'll spend the night there, all right? I have a few things I have to do."

"Okay," Leslie nodded, and peered up at his face. "Sesshomaru, are you okay? You look kinda sick."

"Do I?" he asked in surprise, blinking. Regaining his composure, he bent down and kissed her forehead. "I'll be fine. Just get some rest and dinner."

"Yes, sir," she replied jokingly, but his expression remained serious and he nodded. Forcing the door open, he quickly rushed out into the still-deep snow, shutting the door behind him.

"C'mon, Mozart – looks like it's just you and me again," she sighed, a feeling of loneliness creeping over her.

"Sesshomaru!" Kagome sat up from the couch, where she had been reclining, in surprise as he appeared. "How'd you get here?"

"The snowplows made it to the back roads," he informed them, "I decided to make sure you hadn't killed each other by now."

"You smell different…" Inuyasha commented, sniffing the air suspiciously. Koga absently smelled the air, and then dismissed it with a shrug.

"Of course he does – he just spent a long time at a different house!" Kagome rolled her eyes, but Inuyasha persisted to smell the air around his brother. Suddenly, his eyes opened wide and he stared at Sesshomaru. "You mated with Leslie! That's it!"

"What?" Kagome shrieked, causing all three demons to wince and cover their ears. "Sesshomaru! Is Inuyasha right? Did you mate her? She doesn't even know who you are! You tricked her!"

"I did no such thing."

"So she knows that she slept with a demon, and essentially mated with you?" Koga pressed, and nodded at the glare Sesshomaru shot his way. "I didn't think so."

"Geez," Inuyasha shook his head in disbelief, sitting down. "I can't believe it. I thought you hate humans."

"I do," Sesshomaru replied calmly, also sitting down while ignoring Kagome's glares. "Just not this one. And you're not one to talk, half-breed."

"Shut up!"

"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled, stopping her fiancée in his tracks. "We have enough problems without you starting a fight! Sesshomaru, when are you going to tell her?"

"Tell her what?" he asked, and watched in amusement as her eyes bugged out.

"Everything, that's what!" she retorted, "At least I knew what I was getting into! You…you took advantage of her, practically!"

"I assure you, it was consensual," Sesshomaru said, and Kagome's face reddened in anger. Koga let out a laugh between a bark and a laugh.

"You can't seriously call mating a girl without her knowledge 'consensual', can you?" he challenged the dog lord. "You're stupider than I thought. I thought dog-breath here was the only one in the family."

"Hey!"

"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled again, stopping the ensuing fight. "Get off it! This is…this is bad! What are you planning on doing now, Sesshomaru?" she demanded, turning back to the original culprit.

"I'm going to tell her tomorrow," he replied.

"I think I'll talk to her first," Kagome said firmly, "Oh, get that look off your face. I won't tell her anything you should and make your life easier, trust me."

Inuyasha snickered at Sesshomaru's expression, and quickly sobered when Kagome glared at him.

"I'm going to get some work," Sesshomaru announced, standing up. "And I would appreciate it if you three didn't say anything else about the subject," he added, and shut himself up in the study.

"Unbelievable…" Inuyasha muttered, "He hates humans…"

"You okay, Koga?" Kagome asked gently, and his head snapped up.

"What? Yeah, I'm fine. I didn't care for Leslie like that, don't worry," he waved his hand, "I'm just pissed at Sesshomaru, that's all."

"I can relate," she nodded, and winced, thinking of Leslie's predicament. Luckily, Sesshomaru hadn't told them that she was pregnant.

"I'm going over to Leslie's," Kagome announced early the next morning, "I'll radio when I need a pick-up, all right?"

"Sure," Inuyasha nodded, and glanced at the study. "Did you tell Sesshomaru?"

"I'm sure he knows," she said dismissively, putting the two-way walkie-talkie in her purse. 'Have fun."

"Sure," he snorted, and returned to a magazine.

"Kagome?" Leslie blinked in surprise as she helped her friend inside the house, and pushed the door shut. "How'd you get here?"

"I can hike," Kagome replied, slipping out of her boots. "I wanted to check up on you."

"Is Sesshomaru coming?" Leslie asked, and Kagome shook her head.

"Not yet – he's got some more stuff to take care of first," she lied, following Leslie to the kitchen. "So, how've you been?"

"Great," Leslie nodded, and Kagome didn't miss the look of bliss that crossed the other girl's face. Examining Leslie with sharp eyes, Kagome felt her heart sink when she saw the mating mark when Leslie pulled her hair back.

"What's that?" Kagome asked, pointing to the offending mark.

"This? Oh…" Leslie flushed, and Kagome nodded understandingly, her worst fears confirmed.

"So, he did mate her – and marked her as his own too," Kagome thought, as Leslie poured some coffee. "The nerve! She's tied to him for life, and doesn't even know what he is! Well, I'm certainly not going to make his life easier – and it's not my place to tell her, anyway."

"Kagome?" Leslie snapped her fingers in front of the ebony-haired girl, "You okay?"

"Oh, yeah, sorry, I dazed off there for a sec," Kagome laughed self-consciously, and took the offered mug. "Mmm…this smells great."

"Thanks," Leslie nodded, sitting down. "Kagome, I'm getting the sense that there's something you came to tell me."

"Well…um, well, Leslie…" Kagome stammered, and took a deep breath. "Well, you know a woman's intuition, and I can see that you and Sesshomaru have been – are – close, and…"

"It wasn't a moment of passion, Kagome," Leslie said, realizing what she was trying to say. Pausing, she nodded. "Well, maybe it was, but it wasn't a passing moment. When I saw him – I knew him, Kagome. It felt like I had known him for a long time. I know it sounds corny, but I loved him already."

"You're sure?" she asked worriedly.

"Yes."

"I'm glad," Kagome let out a sigh of relief, and patted Leslie's hand. "Well, it looks like we're going to be sisters-in-law, aren't we?"

Leslie nodded happily, and Kagome used her priestess-enhanced powers to examine Leslie. She inwardly gasped when she realized something, and gritted her teeth.

"I'll kill Sesshomaru!" she vowed, raging inwardly.

"I think you better watch out," Inuyasha commented later that day, as Sesshomaru strode into the kitchen.

"And why is that, little brother?"

"Because Kagome just called for a pick-up, and she sounds pissed," he warned him, "You forgot, she has priestess powers. She'll be able to sense anything that you're hiding, remember?"

"Shit," Sesshomaru cursed silently at himself, and turned to his brother, outwardly collected. "There is one thing I suppose I should tell you."

"Yeah? What?" Koga asked suspiciously.

"Leslie is pregnant with my child," he informed them, and Inuyasha gasped. Koga growled, but didn't move.

"You better be ready to follow through on this, you bastard," Koga said, still growling threateningly. "These times are different. A girl that gets pregnant with some guy's kid is nothing more than a whore – and worse."

Koga had barely finished his sentence before Sesshomaru flew towards him, and pinned him by his throat to the wall.

"You ever say that about her again, and I'll rip your jugular out with pleasure," Sesshomaru snarled, and Koga nodded. Dropping the wolf on the floor, Sesshomaru flexed his claws.

"You're awfully protective," Inuyasha commented, getting ready to leave. "And he wasn't insulting her – he was warning you. If you don't marry her or something, she'll be disgraced and ruined. And it'll be your fault."

Sesshomaru gazed after his brother, and Koga slipped back into the library, rubbing his throat.

"Sesshomaru said he'll return this evening," Inuyasha told Leslie before he and Kagome took off. One sniff of Leslie's aura and Inuyasha confirmed Sesshomaru's story.

"All right. Thanks for stopping by, Kagome," Leslie smiled, and rushed back in the house before she froze.

"Did you see that?" Kagome hissed, as they began to hike.

"See what?"

"He bit her!" she informed him, "Right behind her ear!"

"I guess her hair hid it," Inuyasha remarked, and she looked suspiciously at him.

"You're taking it awful well," she commented, "Is there something you know that I don't?"

"Oh, c'mon, I know you sensed it too," he said impatiently, "She's pregnant with Sesshomaru's kid, you know that. So in the long run, at least he had the decency to mark her, right?"

"I guess you've got a point," she nodded hesitantly, considering his words.

"I always do," he said smugly, and kissed her. "Don't worry – Sesshomaru doesn't do things without thinking 'em through, remember?"

"Oh yeah? Well, he hated humans too, remember?" Kagome retorted, and Inuyasha's ears twitched.

"Sesshomaru!" Leslie greeted him happily, as he shoved his way past the snow into the house. "Did you get everything done?"

"For the most part, yes," he nodded, and suddenly guided her to the couch. "Leslie, there is something I need to tell you."

"You're not married are you?" she asked in fear, and he shook his head silently.

"No. Sit down and let me finish," he ordered. After they had sat down, facing one another, he continued. "Leslie, I haven't been honest with you about who I truly am."

Leslie gazed at him openly, and the innocent look was harder for him to handle than he had previously thought.

"Leslie…I was Bach, your pet," he said finally, "I am really Sesshomaru, the Dog Demon Lord of the Western Lands. I was cursed into becoming a dog until I found someone I could truly love, and who loved me back."

"A…a demon?" she asked faintly, and then glared at him. "How do I know you're not pulling a fast one?"

"Pardon?"

"How do I know this isn't just some desperate way to break up or something?" she repeated, "You're a demon? Prove it."

Sesshomaru nodded, and closed his eyes in slight concentration. Within moments, his furry pelt and demon markings became plain to her eyes, and she gasped.

"It's…" she fingered the pelt cautiously, and then recognized his crescent mark. "That's the same mark I saw on Bach!"

"For some reason, you were able to see me for who I was," he explained patiently, "I am not lying to you, Leslie. Come, I'll show you."

"Go where?" she asked nervously, and then stiffened as he pulled her toward the door. "Where are we going?"

"Trust me," he said, and gazed at her as they stood in the moonlight. She stared back, trust clouded by fear and confusion. Pulling her into his embrace, Sesshomaru summoned up a cloud of red ki, and flew into the air.

Leslie held tight to him as they soared over the town, and continued into the mountain range. Shivering from the cold, she looked back up at him as his pelt moved over her, warming her throroughly.

"Look down," he ordered, and she glanced downward. Beneath them was a large lake, shimmering with the reflection of the stars and moon. Leslie tightened her grip even more as they lowered down to the water, and then looked in wonderment as they skimmed the surface.

Sesshomaru's face remained stoic, but inside he was an emotional turmoil.

"Is this going to prove to her who I am?" he wondered, acutely conscious of her body against his, and his own arms around her. "Will she still love me, once I tell her what I've done to her?"

"Sesshomaru?" Leslie asked, after hesitating. Feeling his gaze on her, she remained looking straight ahead. "Could we go into that field? I want to see the stars."

Nodding, he adjusted their flight, and landed in the snow-covered field moments later. Placing her gently on the ground, Sesshomaru remained silent and motionless as she took a few steps away from him, lost in her own thoughts.

Suddenly, Leslie turned to him, an odd look on her face.

"I suppose I have no other choice to believe that you're a…a demon, after this," she said, avoiding his gaze. "Does that mean, Inuyasha's one too?"

"Yes – my half-brother," Sesshomaru nodded, slightly impatient. Leslie returned to his side, and looked up at him.

"There's something else you need to tell me," she stated, "I can see it in your eyes. What is it, Sesshomaru?"

"Leslie…when we made love, it was not merely an act of lust or passion," Sesshomaru began, "It was a mating. When a demon mates with the one he loves, he marks her."

Leslie's hand flew to the mark on her neck, but remained silent.

"That claims his mate as his own – for life. Once they are mated and marked, there is no going back," Sesshomaru said, unable to look at her face, afraid of what he would find. "Leslie…I love you. I've never loved anyone before, but it was as if we were meant to be together. That is why I mated you."

Leslie still didn't say anything, and Sesshomaru decided to revealone last thing to her.

"Leslie…even though we are mated, and I have marked you…it is not final until we mate once more, this time…this time as you knowing what, and who, I am," he told her, "And I would have to use my full demon strength. I could not hold back – I could most likelykill you."

Leslie continued to absently rub the mark on her neck, seemingly indifferent to his words. Sesshomaru looked away, prepared to leave her in the field if worst came around.

"Sesshomaru…why couldn't you tell me from the beginning?" she asked quietly, after several minutes of silence. He looked at her in surprise.

"I could not. You had to love me for who I was to you, not as a demon lord or anything else," he said finally. Leslie looked up, and their gazes locked. Expecting to find anger, resentment, or anything else similar in her eyes, Sesshomaru was left in wonderment when all he saw was love – pure, untainted love for him, even after he had tricked her.

"I do," she whispered, and buried her face in his chest, "I do, Sesshomaru – I love as much as a person can love another. I knew from when I first saw you – and nothing is going to change that."

"Leslie…" Sesshomaru remained in shock, his arms embracing and pulling her to him. As she relaxed in his arms, he formed the cloud of ki around them, and levitated home.

SO OOC, but when is Sesshomaru not OOC when he says he loves someone? I mean, he didn't even admit it in the movie! Yes, I have the thrid Inuyasha movie - I got it the day it came out. Kill me if you want - I'll day happy.