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Chapter 23:

The conversation Seshomaru had with his mother before they left her house replayed in his head.

"What do you really want? This is the final time I'm going to ask." Sesshomaru deadpanned, face not looking one bit pleased. "I've been choosing to ignore you, but I won't be forced to do so any longer if you get the hanyo involved again." His tone closer to a threat now.

"Son, you already know what I want. I want you to come live with me. We'll rule this empire together. You have so much potential, work for my company instead. You've worked for your father long enough."

The demon prince sighed in pity. "Get lost mother. I have no desire to leave father's company. Where you this entire time? It seems all too convenient you need me now. But of course, you're trying so hard because you need me. That's all. You don't care about me. I'm confident Izayoi cares more for my general well being than you do." He stood up. "Now, I won't ask again, release him. And never come near him again or I will fight you."

His mother had no choice but to oblige at that point.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Sesshomaru asked again as they stepped inside their manor.

"Yeah, I'm fine—just some momentary amnesia but that's it." Inuyasha answered, scratching his head. To his surprise, the demon was right behind him, the broader chest touching his back as a hand uninvitedly plastered over his abdomen. "Wha—" The teen fought a sudden blush until his mate spoke.

"It seems the pup is fine," The elder reassured, to himself mostly it seemed.

The hanyo smiled cheekily and Sesshomaru wanted to look away when he realized the other may have picked up on his rare display of concern. "Hey, I wouldn't let her or anyone do anything to our pup even if it's the last thing I'll do." The younger cupped the silverette's cheek with a hand.

"There won't be a need for that." The elder touched the hand on his cheek, as his solid golden eyes locked with the other's in promise.

"Good,"

Before Inu could say more Sesshomaru arched down and kissed him hard on the lips, feeling the soft mildly dry lips against his thin ones. Their lips only parted enough to let a small presence of wetness between them, they were still in the living room after all.

"I'm going to warn father of what happened with mother." The pure blooded demon stated, stepping away briefly. Inuyasha looked down with slight disapproval but didn't mouth his concerns. "What?" Sesshomaru challenged.

"Nothing…I just thought it's a shame to cut her off so rapidly like that. I mean maybe she would have come around—she is your mother after all."

"Hanyo." Sesshomaru demanded his full attention. "Listen to me. She doesn't care about the baby or you, or even me, despite how much she claims she does. Take my word for it and just stay away from her. There's no telling what she'll do—her magic could have easily harmed the pup today. It's not worth the risk. She only wants me to work for her. It's not happening." He clarified before the younger could say anything else.

"Fine, I get it." The teen surrendered.

"Hmph." The demon flashed him a content smile before patting his head and walking away.

A Couple Months Later

InuKimi left as fast as she came. When her son and husband had nothing to do with her, she stopped pursuing Sesshomaru and disappeared with one measly note of goodbye. Sesshomaru was at work when he received a call from his father. Before he could say hello, he heard his father hastily speak.

"Sesshomaru, where are you?"

"At work, why?"

"Inuyasha just went into labor,"

"What? I'll be right there, hold on." The sileverrette stood up from his desk, the chair dragging behind him with urgency.

"No, we're already driving to the hospital. Meet us there." InuTaisho instructed.

"Mh, okay, tell him I'm on the way."

"See you there."

Sesshomaru rushed into the hospital room, finding his mate already laying on the bed, with a few nurses and a doctor around him.

"Sesshomaru—" Inuyasha called out his name the moment he saw him. It was apparent that he was trying to put up a strong front, but his eyes were conveying otherwise. The elder grabbed his hand firmly and looked him in the eyes.

"I'm here. You'll be fine. Just remember to breathe." With that the younger timidly nodded and began to feel the contractions. The pure blooded demon stepped to the side, still holding on to the younger's hand and at the same time giving space to the nurses and doctors.

After what seemed like long excruciatingly painful hours, their baby was finally delivered. A small white-haired puppy with traces of purple and red markings on his face.

'A demon,' Sesshomaru thought as he held the small animal. He didn't know how to feel about that, but he didn't care at the moment. He was simply relieved both his mate and pup were able to make it alive without any complications. The baby's eyes were closed and his body was motionless for the time being. The elder glanced at Inuyasha who lay on the bed, exhausted, sweating and in and out of consciousness.

"Inuyasha," Sesshomaru softly let out, causing the younger to blink and blankly stare at him.

"The pup… show me…" Inu weakly let out.

"Okay…but you have to rest after this." Sesshomaru was about to put him to sleep right away but obliged this request because the hanyo deserved it. The demon brought the baby in his arms closer to his mate, bending down to give Inuyasha a better view of the puppy.

Inuyasha stared with awe and amazement, like he couldn't believe this just happened—him giving birth, staring at a physical creature, an embodiment of him and Sesshomaru. The feeling was surreal. All he could muster next was "let me hold him."

"Not yet, you're too weak, you can't even sit up. Just sleep for now. The pup's not going anywhere, I promise you." The hanyo sighed but didn't have the energy to argue. He settled with just grazing his fingers over the tiny head, chuckling inside at how small the creature was. "You did great. Now rest." Sesshomaru's simple words gave him immeasurable comfort as he slowly closed his eyes and drifted into a well-deserved slumber.

The teen cracked his eyes open to an unfamiliar plain white ceiling, steady beeping machines and a smell reminding him of disinfecting sprays. Almost like he was in a hospital. Oh wait. He was. When he could hardly move an inch of his muscles especially his lower back, his suspicions were confirmed and his memories came flooding back.

That happened. It finally happened. Their little secret finally came to life. 'In the most painful way possible no less…' The half-breed groaned as he stirred on the bed. 'Well it could've been worse. Speaking of which, where was his family? Where was their pup—he didn't get a proper look last time.' He lay there peacefully for an extra five minutes, not having the energy or willpower to lift himself off the soft bed just yet as a silent hum played in his head.

When nothing changed, he decided he had no choice but to get up and start looking for the others. The white-haired pushed himself into a sitting position, looking at the floor for any slippers or shoes. As if on cue, the door to his room opened and he was both surprised and not to see his parents walk in.

"Inuyasha! You're awake!" Izayoi ran to his side and gave him a hug. "How are you feeling? You were asleep the entire day—are you alright?"

"Ack—mom—yeah…I'm fine, just sore as hell."

"That's expected, I'm still impressed you went through with this all. You're one tough nut Inuyasha." His father spoke besides her.

"Mh…I don't think I'll be doing it again ahaha…um, by the way where's…"

"Sesshomaru?" Izayoi cut him off before dashing towards the door. "Don't you worry I'll get him here right now!" And with that she was out the door in high spirits.

"She seems extra excited." Inu noted.

"Yeah, she is. She just had a grandchild. Her only son's child. She's elated." InuTaisho expressed.

"Doesn't the same apply to you?"

"Hah, yeah I suppose it does. I've always been proud of Sesshomaru but I never thought I'd see this day." There was content and pride in his tone.

The door opened again before any of them could continue the conversation. They both glanced towards the door to find Sesshomaru with a bag of fruits in his hand. However, the demon was only gazing at Inuyasha the entire time. InuTaisho smiled and nonchalantly stepped towards the door. On the way there he patted Sesshomaru's shoulder once. "Well, congratulations to the two of you. It's gonna be one hell of a ride from here."

Sesshomaru made his way to the bed as the door closed behind his father. "How is your body?" The elder sat beside him on the bed.

"Aching. But nothing I can't handle."

"Hmph. There's nothing you can't handle." The elder caressed his fingers behind the other's ear, absent-mindedly with fondness resonating in his voice.

Inuyasha's face grew warm, but he pushed the notion aside to ask the more important question. "Where is he? Where's the baby?"

"Asleep. They're also performing a health eval and everything on him. We won't see him until later." The younger looked mildly dejected at that. "Relax, he's healthy and doing well. He just needs time to become precocial. We can take him home today though. He's special, so he doesn't need to stay in the hospital for too long."

"…What do you mean by that?"

"He's a demon."

Inu was silent for a moment but then let out a "Yes! That's so cool. Does that mean he's just like you?" His pure smile caught Sesshomaru off guard for a second there.

"Hn, you say that now. Demons are no easier to raise then normal children—if not worse."

"So, he's a pure blood, right?" The hanyo clarified.

"Yes."

"Wow…"

"Name." Sesshomaru mouthed. "Have you thought of a name?"

"Hah you bet!" Sesshomaru waited. "Bakusaiga~"

The elder demon stared at him for a good long minute. "Inuyasha. That's my sword." Inu nodded well aware. "You're naming him after a sword?"

"Oh come on, don't say it like that—it's your sword. Its special."

"I don't know…"

"It even has a nice ring to it, don't you think?"

"Whatever you want." Sesshomaru surrendered. It wasn't a bad name, and the reasoning kind of flattered him too, but he wasn't going to admit that.

"Bakusaiga it is~ His nickname could be Baku, or Sai, or Saiga—"

"Alright, I get it." Sesshomaru leaned forward and kissed him hard on the lips. He had been stifling the urge ever since he walked into the room. He so badly wanted to take his mate here and now but knew better than that.

"Well I cant wait to go home then, eat some good food. I'm gonna empty out the fridge."

"If you wish."

To Be Continued…

Precocial: being able to crawl and feed; since the pup is in animal form, it needs that lactation period before it becomes precocial. I just truncated the time period for the sake of this fic and for him being a pure demon.

And yeah I wanted to keep the same name as my previous Inucest fic lol. The characters just feel more real and consistent to me that way lol.

Second chapter coming up right now. It was a pretty long chapter so I had to split it into two. Stay tuned.