Chapter 12

Author's note: Sorry for the wait I got a fever and it wouldn't break till last night. By the way Hitomi is not a dog demon, she is a wind demon like Kagura, who we all know had been betrothed to Sessh before she died.

Hitomi sat in front of Sesshomaru, her eyes seductive as he stared at her in consideration. The council men had left to give them privacy, but a maid who was too old to mate sat in there with them. She was there to ensure they didn't mate until they married, since she would be a courtesan more than a wife.

Inuyasha was forced to leave the room, his body sprawled on the bed as anger made him go insane. If she could take his musk, he would kill her himself. He would not allow the wretched whore to take his mate, no matter what the council said. He felt betrayed in the utmost of ways, tears of anger flowing down his cheeks as he held his pregnant stomach.

It was starting to hurt, but he was just sure it was from his anger. He rubbed it as he trembled with anger and pain, hoping to the gods that Hitomi would die from his musk. He knew it was impossible, but he could hope.

He frowned when his pain got a little more prominent, calling a maid. When she came she bowed deeply, trying to hide the emotions she had in her eyes. She had seen Sesshomaru's mother go through such pain when Inutaisho found a new mate. The human wouldn't have lived if she had been any less civil.

"Yes my Lord?" She asked, Inuyasha keeping his eyes averted as he quietly asked her to get the midwife. The maid left with a small nod, heading out and closing the shoji softly. Inuyasha covered his eyes as he let the pain in his stomach over take the pain of his mind, feeling a primal urge to make Hitomi leave, even if it was b y death.

He got out of bed, keeling over when pain shot throughout his pelvis and legs. He tried to ignore it as he walked out of his room, feeling Sesshomaru's musk from his shoji. Betrayal flew through him, Inuyasha only feeling Hitomi's heat increase. He felt disgusted when he heard the council congratulate each other on finding a suitable mate, their voices loud and joyous.

Inuyasha went back into his room, throwing a vase with a growl of anger. He held his stomach when he felt another painful punch, falling to his knees as he held back his cry of pain. He felt something gush from inside him, his chest tightening as he looked to the water that surrounded his legs. He reached a hand between his legs, his hand coming back damp with a little bit of blood.

He tried to stand up but couldn't, holding onto his stomach as he tried to calm his breathing. He didn't know what possessed him to lock the shoji but he did, not wanting Sephiroth to come near him. He dragged himself to his bed, grabbing onto the edge as he tried to stay calm, breathing heavily as he tried not to scream during the contractions.

He heard commotion in the hallways, Inuyasha not caring as he wondered when the midwife would arrive to his room. He remembered at the last second she had went on an errand to grab some essential oils for when he gave birth, having gone to a village a good day away.

Inuyasha held back his sobs as he tried to push, but for a long while nothing happened.

Just when he thought he would faint he heard yelling, his body shaking terribly as he tried to call out but unable to.

"How could the mutt do what I could not?" He heard Hitomi yell, only a few feet from his room. Inuyasha could care less about her problems, reaching between his legs when his pain increased. The baby still wasn't crowning, Inuyasha starting to freak out a little. He had expected childbirth to be quick and painful, not long. He pushed in an attempt to push his pup down further, just hoping it would soon start to crown. He looked to the shoji when it was about to be opened, hearing Hitomi from the other side.

"Come out mutt!" She yelled, the complete opposite of the so called woman she tried to be. Inuyasha couldn't even move, and if he could he would sooner kill the wench before allowing her to do anything else.

He grunted when his pain increased once again, hearing a council man trying to calm Hitomi who just continued to yell. Inuyasha felt tears fall down his cheeks as he became frustrated, grabbing a table next to him and throwing it at the shoji. It rattled dangerously but did not fall.

"Go away bitch!" Inuyasha finally yelled, Hitomi quiet for a long second. Inuyasha whimpered, unable to hide the noise despite his best efforts.

"Lord Inuyasha, are you feeling well?" The councilman asked, Inuyasha shaking as he pleaded for them both to leave. The council man would not listen and forced the shoji open, breaking the lock. Hitomi gasped when she saw him surrounded by water and blood, the councilman screaming for the midwife.

Inuyasha felt trapped when maids started to flood in, an older maid taking place of the midwife until she would arrive. They helped Inuyasha get onto the bed, the shoji shut once again as the maids quickly got to work.

Hitomi was in shock as she stood in front of the shoji, staring at the thick wood as she wondered when the mutt had started to go into labor. That was probably why Sesshomaru's musk was so strong, he probably felt his mate was in labor and acted to ensure she would leave. Hitomi grew angry at the thought, hearing Inuyasha scream from the other side.

She could always come back after the bastards were born…

"Hitomi, you may leave." The demon looked over her shoulder, her eyes widening in fear when she saw not only Sesshomaru, but his mother as well. She took a step back in fear, Kimi narrowing her eyes.

"M-My Lady," Hitomi sputtered, Lady Kimi pointing towards the exit.

"Leave, now." Hitomi's anger was rivaled by her fear, her feet carrying her as quick as they could. Both Sesshomaru and Kimi looked to the shoji when they heard Inuyasha scream, Sesshomaru moving towards the shoji. His mother stopped him, narrowing her eyes.

"You will only anger him, let him concentrate. You hurt him, now you must wait." Sesshomaru would have pushed his mother out of the way if he could, but even with all of his power, he was no match for his mother. He may have been the Lord that made every villager bow, but his mother could make the council obey if she told them too.

He backed down only for now, but when he heard Inuyasha scream he felt a part of him snap. He turned around sharply when a council member try to say the hanyou was faking it for attention, snapping sharply.

"Get out," Sesshomaru growled, the cool he always tried to keep finally gone. The councilman was shocked by his words, taking a step back. When a councilman tried to console him he turned and ran, petrified and humiliated. Sesshomaru tried to get past his mother once again but she stopped him, pushing him back with force he had never experienced from her before.

"Calm yourself. Do you think going in there will stop his screams?" Sesshomaru wanted to believe him being there would stop the pain. He wanted to believe that if Inuyasha saw his face he would hold him and tell him he was alright.

But his hanyou wasn't. Inuyasha was giving birth to his pups, a painful ordeal his presence or words could not comfort. Sesshomaru looked to the shoji when he heard Inuyasha's scream become one of utter agony, his mother ordering guards to hold him back when he tried to tear the shoji off it's hinges to get in. Soon his screams stopped, the maids and nurses whispering something.

The shoji was finally opened, Sesshomaru only able to catch a glimpse of his pained hanyou before he was shut off to the world once again.

"Has the first one arrived?" His mother asked, the nurse shaking her head.

"He is carrying this one high. It will be many hours before it will move down. He is tired and weak. I fear he will lose consciousness if we do not find something for the pain." Sesshomaru turned away sharply, determined to find something, anything to help his mate give birth to his pups. He ordered the nurses not helping his mate to prepare a tea for his mate, the herbs in it known for helping with pain.

When he heard Inuyasha scream once again he ordered for them to move faster, walking quickly back with the finished product and giving it to the maid that had spoken to them. She quickly took the tea and fled back into the room, once again forcing Sesshomaru to stay out. The screams died down, but not by much.

Sesshomaru paced back and forth as he tried to find sanity in this situation, his mother watching him with calm eyes of a woman who had experienced such pain.

"You are a lot like your father," she told him, Sesshomaru looking to her with a frown. His mother played with her boa like fur, a small smile on her lips.

"When I was giving birth to you, he insisted on staying there with me but the nurses would not let him. The nurses told me he had gone insane with fear when he heard me scream." She looked to the shoji, Inuyasha's screams dying down into heavy growls of concentration.

"You are no different."

Sesshomaru crossed his arms over his chest, looking over his mother thoughtfully. Not once had the woman cared to come see him and his well being, yet as soon as she got word he would take on a new mate she had been here in a flash. The wench Hitomi could not take his musk, but with her power she could have fought it until they were equals.

The woman could have very well been his second mate. His mother changed the council men's mind in a second though, banning Hitomi from their lands. Sesshomaru was glad for the intervention, but he had his suspicions of whether or not she only came so they wouldn't have a repeat of his father. He didn't say his thoughts aloud though, knowing their weight.

"Why did you come now?" Sesshomaru asked, his mother looking to him with a raised eyebrow. Sesshomaru continued.

"You did not come when Inuyasha became my mate, and you didn't come when we got word of his pregnancy. Yet once he goes into labor you are here. Do you not care for my mate?" Sesshomaru asked, his mother seeming to think over his words.

"No, I do not care for your mate. He is the bastard of your father's infidelity." Sesshomaru was expecting that answer, but it still made him outraged to hear it. His mother smiled.

"But he successfully carried full bloods to term. He has proven to me he has some worth." Sesshomaru growled softly but tried to keep his cool, knowing his mate needed to concentrate on giving birth to his pups, not to the ruckus outside his shoji.

Suddenly though his growls of concentration gave way to cries of their first pup, Sesshomaru forcing himself past his guard to see for himself. He pushed past his mother and opened the shoji, Inuyasha looking to him with tired eyes. The head maid held a pup in her arms, her arms outstretched to give the pup to Inuyasha. She finished her movement before bowing, Inuyasha holding their first pup with a tender smile.

"It's a boy," Inuyasha whispered, Sesshomaru looking over his first son. It was in fact a full blood, and the most beautiful he had ever seen. His first son had straight white hair, his signature marks and pointed ears. When he opened his eyes they were the beautiful gold that ran his family, Sesshomaru so in love he didn't realise when he was dragged out of the room once again by the midwife he had originally hired for Inuyasha.

With her guidance he gave birth to two more beautiful pups, a boy and a girl. The boy was just like his brother, only with his grandfather's markings. Their daughter was the most different from them all.

She had Inuyasha's markings when he lost control, black hair with a single white stripe going down the middle. Her eyes were golden and beautiful, and even though she was different, Sesshomaru believed she was the most beautiful of them all. And on all of their foreheads, they had the markings of his crescent moon.