Mini Me has 13 razors in her face, read and review or I'll tell her to bite you. Trust me, she knows how to bite!
Also Inu No Taisho is a tital, rather than a name as fans often use it. It means dog general. I read that the crew that worked on Swords Of An Honorable Ruler played with the idea of naming the general Touga, so that is the name I use for him, though he was ultimatly left nameless.
About two weeks later Sesshomaru went to find Melissa midmorning after training with the men. She and Granny were busy with stretching exercises the midwife had shown her. It was important for her to keep active but she could no longer practice kendo and the weather was often not suitible for playing outside with Hoshii.
She was dressed in nothing but a yukata for ease of movment and when she stood and stretched her back he saw it. Her belly was starting to bulge. It was slight, to anyone else it might have looked like she ate to much, but her belly was bulging.
"Granny, you are excused." Sesshomaru informed the old woman as he entered the room. He wrapped his arms around his lovely wife and grabbed her ass as he pulled her to him. Her reaction was not what he expected, instead of embracing him or kissing him she screamed and began to struggle. He released her and Granny spun at the door.
"What happened?" She demanded rushing back toward Melissa. Released from Sesshomaru's grib Melissa backed away against the wall, white and terrified as tears began to seep from eyes she shut tightly as she flattened herself against the wall.
"I do not know." He admitted reaching for her. Feeling his touch Melissa lashed out, fighting him away. He withdrew in concern and found Granny pushing him towards the door.
"Go, Sesshomaru, I'll calm her. She doesn't need a man in here right now."
"I do not understand."
"Sesshomaru, she is having a flashback. Go."
Sesshomaru obeyed and left the room. If his wife was having a flashback he knew Granny was best to calm her down. Not being male Granny was less likely to cause her to panic more, and if Melissa became violent she would not be able to harm the old mama bear. But he stayed just outside the door, how could he leave with his wife in such distress.
After a time Granny opened the door. "My lord, she is calm now. She wishes to speak to you." She reentered the room and sat quietly in a corner incase she was needed again.
Sesshomaru sat beside his wife as she quietly mopped her red eyes. "I'm sorry. I... I do not know why but I had a memory-"
"Do not be sorry. You had a flashback. I should apologize for frightening you."
"It's ok."
"No, it is not. It was unintentional, but it is not ok."
"When you grab me just then... That was how he grab me." She explained with a shudder.
"It is my job to protect you, but I do not know what may trigger these memories as I do not know the details of what happened. If you are able will you tell me what happened to you so I may know what actions to avoid?"
Melissa was quiet for a long time ans he began to believe she would not tell him. But then she climbed into his lap and began to cry. She tearfully began to tell him the tale, starting with when she first realized she was in danger.
She broke down sobbing when she reached the point where he first tried to rape her and Sesshomaru's blood boiled and froze at the same time. After several minutes she was able to explain that he was interupted before he had a chance. She broke down again when she reached the part about cutting herself to bleed. Sesshomaru was relieved that she'd found a way to prevent being raped, and sickened that she'd had to. Then she calmed down just enough to explain that when he couldn't rape her vaginally he beat her and raped her oraly.
Her lunch arrived shortly after she finished her tale, but she had no appetite. Sesshomaru convinced her to eat a little, but she mostly just pushed the food around with her chopsticks. After eating she laid down for a nap when she awoke Hoshii had finished with her lessons and was sitting beside her singing to the baby. In the weeks that followed she found her nightmares greatly reduced, as though a poison had been extracted.
Sesshomaru woke up in the middle of the night a week later and found her in his courtyard gazing wistfully at the stars while rubbing her belly. The night was silent save for the soft foot steps of the guard placed atop the wall as added security. He saw the gaurd turn and look down at the movement in the garden then continue his steady pacing.
"Melissa?"
"I could not sleep." She told him, leaning her head against his chest as he placed his arms around her. "Just thinking. I have never been pregnant this long before. Maybe... Maybe this one will live."
"I hope so, dear." He whispered. He lifted his eyes to the wall and the guard quickly looked away and resumed pacing. By morning everyone would know. Many already suspected she had a hard time carrying children, it was the only way they knew to explain the delay in her producing an heir.
He guided her inside, away from prying eyes and ears. "Perhaps you will now be willing to discuss naming the child?"
Melissa hesitated, she didn't want to get attached. But this was her longest pregnancy. And Sesshomaru protected her from harm, rather than inflicting it. She nodded.
"If we have a boy I would like to name him for my father, Touga." Sesshomaru told her sitting back down on the futon with her and pulling her into his lap.
"Touga." She whispered, the smiled and nodded, "I like it."
"Did you have any names for a male child in mind? If I am to choose our first son's name, you should choose the second. I plan to put another child in you as soon as possible."
"My grandfather had a nice name, Ray." She replied.
Sesshomaru nodded, it sounded nice, and was easy enough to say. "Does it happen to have a meaning?" He asked. As he was Killing Perfection he was well aware that a names meaning could be of vital impotance.
Melissa thought for a moment then said "It means beam of light, like a sun beam."
"I like that name. it would be a perfect name for our second son. Now we should choose a name for a daughter. I have no female name's that I am attached to. What was your grandmother's name?"
She shook her head and replied "Olivia."
The staff would never be able to pronounce that. "Did she have a nick name?"
"Livvy" She replied with an apologetic smile. He frowned, that wasn't any better. Melissa got up and got an apple from a bowl of fruit Granny had brought up earlier.
"We will think up the perfect name for a daughter." Sesshomaru told her.
"Well... Ray can be a girl name." Melissa offered.
"The name is unisex?"
"Yes. Is not as common, but some girls are named Ray. I met one-" She stopped talking abruptly and her apple thudded to the floor and rolled away.
Sesshomaru jumped to his feet and went to her. "What is wrong?"
She didn't answer him, instead she stared at some unseen point straight ahead, eyes and mouth open. Then her eyes and hands flew to her belly. "Ray." She whispered.
Then she looked up at him, tears of joy streaming down her face. "I met Ray! Sesshomaru I met our daughter, she's going to live!"