Chapter 14

"When mating again after your first child, it will be… uncomfortable. You may ask to stop if need be, but understand your mates desire."

Inuyasha tilted his head slightly, wondering why Sesshomaru's pleasure was his duty.

"He has a hand, he can use it." Lady Kim looked to Inuyasha with humor flooding her eyes, Inuyasha almost expecting her to yell at him or tear off his head. Her and Sesshomaru looked terrifying when they smiled.

"Half breed, you are a man before a woman. Did you let your last mate dwindle on her duties?" Inuyasha frowned, looking away with a mixture of disgust and humiliation. Lady Kim raised an eyebrow, moving on versus increasing his humiliation.

"If you do not wish to sate him with your secrets, your mouth is just as pleasing. Now, have they taught you to breastfeed or did you call upon a wet nurse?" Inuyasha was blushing now, but he managed to point to his chest. It had seemed like he had started to form breasts, after his labor they seemed to vanish.

His body could only do so much since he was a male beta, so for this he had to call upon a wet nurse. Lady Kim nodded, needing no further explanation.

"Inuyasha beware of this time. Though you do need a heat to conceive, your human side can make it possible to conceive without it. This will only last a month, so after this time you may copulate."

Inuyasha practically died at this point, clearing his throat as he tried to cool his warm cheeks.

"Anger my son Inuyasha, and I will terminate your worth." Inuyasha's head bolted up at the threat, her eyes cold as she blankly assessed him.

"Run away, and I will kill you."

Inuyasha sat up straighter, his spine shook to the core. He did not let it show though, his pride returned as his body quickly began to heal. Internally was still a soup of blood and gore, but his emotions gave way to rationality. He was almost in his prime once again, and at this state he would not show fear to anyone.

"Raise your sword to him, and I will stab mine through your heart. You will respect him, as my son hanyou scum."

If Inuyasha hadn't experienced the life he had, those words have hurt more. Instead he raised his nose to the air, leveling her stare.

"He so much as raises a hand to me, I will kill him. And as his Lady, take the throne."

"Only those of roya-!"

"I am royal!" Inuyasha yelled it loud enough that the guards outside the door peaked in, a look of shock painting their faces. No one spoke to Lady Kim in such a manner, not even Sesshomaru. The Lord resided on the other side of the castle, but hearing Inuyasha's yell made him speed to his side. He was merely a ball of light as he sped through the halls, shoji's and vases flying off their polished thrones.

Sesshomaru growled as he bolted into the room, his mother giving him a bored look. Inuyasha was seething though, Sesshomaru's eyes red as he nearly begged his mother to step towards Inuyasha so he could tear her to shreds. Family or not, demons were not social, or very non-homicidal to their own.

"Relax pup, he is merely stubborn." Sesshomaru growled at her again, his claws becoming longer and thicker as he dared her to touch his mate.

Inuyasha had not expected the intrusion, his body pressed against a wall in fear. Lady Kim looked to him, something clicking in her eyes. She slowly looked back to Sesshomaru, her eyes narrowing.

"How did you mate him Sesshomaru?" Sesshomaru's rage grew as his youkai read his mother's thoughts through her eyes, her own demon raging inside her.

"Sesshomaru, did you force him to mate you?" Inuyasha was confused, his head tilting slightly as he tried to figure out why she was angry. How Sesshomaru mated, was how all demons did… right? Like the ones in the woods and cave as well. That was how mating was done, wasn't it?

"That is none of your business," Sesshomaru grit out, Lady kim standing as she faced her son.

"He was untouched! You know the ritual for those untouched!" Lady Kim was furious, her youkai barely contained her human form body.

"He is a half breed, those rituals do not apply to him!" Sesshomaru growled, his youkai barely contained as well. Inuyasha almost wanted to be insulted by his remark, but a life of discrimination had made him immune to it's wrath.

"The ritual applies to all those of demon blood. You are no better than the barbarians who hunt in the woods!" Inuyasha frowned as he thought back to their first encounter, remembering Sesshomaru standing the clearing. Inuyasha made a wild guess why.

From how defensive Sesshomaru became, he had been acting like a barbarian. He had lost sight of himself, the reason he had entered the woods because his musk had become too much to handle. He had gone insane with lust, and it had driven him to insanity. Mating with Inuyasha had probably been his desperate attempt to rid himself of the pain of a musk.

Inuyasha snapped out of it when he felt the ground tremble beneath him, looking to see Sesshomaru pinned against a wall by his throat. His mother held power that rivaled his by generations, her eyes becoming purple as her pupils became golden.

"You disgraceful pup," Lady Kim hissed, Inuyasha slowly standing up as he thought to leave the two to their fight. Sesshomaru wasn't gasping for breath, but his eyes did waver in their unconquered coldness. Inuyasha wasn't sure what emotion he felt, but to see him break for his wrong doings did make Inuyasha feel better about the situation.

"I could kill those pups, Sesshomaru. You made them impure, and your daughter will lead the same fate as her mother." Sesshomaru's pupils became nearly invisible in his pools of gold, his roar shaking the castle. He began to shift, his mother throwing him through a wall. Sesshomaru roared as he shifted fully, his white fur glistening in the moonlight.

His mother walked out of the walls, her body transforming in a burst of blue flames. She was vastly larger than Sesshomaru, her roar felt in Inuyasha's bones. Her size was almost as big as Sesshomaru's father's, but even so Sesshomaru didn't falter.

'Pups.'

Inuyasha suddenly had a sinking feeling, his feet carrying him quickly to his pups room. A maid held Mamoru to her chest, but he did not suckle. He appeared weak, his face pale. Inuyasha touched his cheek, the maid looking down to his other son. Inuyasha picked him up, his body shivering in his arms. Inuyasha felt tears burn in his eyes, the thundering of the two fighting outside only adding to Inuyasha's pain.

Inuyasha looked to his daughter, her face warm with a light blush as she slept with her arms outstretched over her head. Inuyasha felt a rush of relief at her appearance, looking back to his sons. He took in a shaky breath, holding his son to his chest.

'Mate.' Sesshomaru snapped out of his rage, his large head snapping to the direction of his pups. His mother stopped mid swipe at his sudden halting, the sour smell of sickness filling her nostrils. They both transformed into balls of light, rushing into the room where Inuyasha held his barely breathing son. The maid held the other, her face grim.

"Fever. They won't last to see their first sunrise." Lady Kim and Sesshomaru looked to Inuyasha whose eyes were wet with tears. None fell though as he held Satoshi closer, his eyes darting to Sesshomaru.

"Do something," he pleaded on a hitched breath, Lady Kim walking over to Inuyasha.

"Your water broke too early, infection will take them Inuyasha." Inuyasha growled, holding Satoshi tighter as he let the tears fall.

"Do something," he growled out, looking to Sesshomaru who appeared too shocked to do anything. The only thing he could do was take Mamoru from the maids arms, looking down to his first born son.

"They are purebreds, this is not supposed to happen!" Inuyasha sobbed, Lady Kim taking in a breath as she tried not to follow suit.

"Infants are weak, Inuyasha. We would need someone with the correct herbs to heal them." Inuyasha looked to the window, trying to remember.

"Jinenji. Find Jinenji. He is a hanyou I met on my travels, he has many herbs to heal ailments." Inuyasha looked to Sesshomaru, his eyes narrowing.

"Find Jinenji."

Sesshomaru quickly vanished after passing Mamoru to the maid as he raced to find the herb healer, Lady Kim looking to Inuyasha.

"Is this what you wanted?" She was caught off guard by Inuyasha's soft voice, her eyes looking to the sick pups. She looked to Inuyasha, his eyes burning with anger. The gold of his eyes almost shined in their fierce anger, his body shaking as he watched Mamoru take in a deep, shaky breath.

"Is this what you wanted bitch!" Inuyasha roared in anger, Hanako jumping awake before beginning to cry loudly. Inuyasha held Satoshi with one arm as he comforted Hanako, his tears falling next to her small body.

"No. I would never want this." Inuyasha looked to her, the fight in his eyes to save his pups so strong Lady Kim was taken aback. Never before had she seen a beta so fiercely defend the pups of a man who forced them to procreate. Inuyasha should have been glad that the offspring would die, but his fear for their lives was confusing.

Lady Kim looked to her healthy granddaughter, her face scrunched up as she cried. Sesshomaru had forced him, brutally, if his fear from earlier meant anything. She would have killed the pups after their birth, or danced within sight of their death.

She found a new respect for the hanyou, obvious feelings felt towards her son. She sighed, their fight earlier proving futile.

The hanyou might have been into that sort of thing if he was still here after the pups birth. It was strange and very taboo, but she had to applaud him for his uniqueness.

"Inuyasha, there is no medicine to save them." Inuyasha glared at her, Hanako screaming louder. Inuyasha took Mamoru so the maid could calm his daughter, Inuyasha feeling weak as he felt Mamoru's heart give a weak thump before stopping. He stood there in shock as Satoshi went with him shortly after, his dead pups feeling like a boulder was crushing him.

He screamed in absolute terror, Lady Kim quickly coming to his side and holding him tight as his eyes became red with rage. Inuyasha held his pups against him as he roared in agony and loss, Hanako crying with him.

The maids and guards felt a deep sadness fill the castle, Inuyasha's pain like a blanket over them all. They heard his screams, felt as the infants passed.

It was a pain felt by all.

Sesshomaru was back in an instant, his eyes wide in horror and anger as he looked to his mate cradling the corpses of their pups. His mother held Inuyasha so he wouldn't harm himself or anyone, Sesshomaru frozen in place. He tried to take their pups from Inuyasha but to no avail, his heart shattering inside him.

With help of his mother they pried him away, Sesshomaru wrapping them both in the cloth that brought them into the world.

"Why!" Inuyasha screamed, Sesshomaru's mother letting him go when Sesshomaru motioned for her to move away. He held Inuyasha against his body, Inuyasha screaming as he punched Sesshomaru's chest.

"Why didn't you save them!" Inuyasha screamed, Sesshomaru holding him tighter as he placed a kiss between his peaked ears.

"We'll try again," Sesshomaru whispered, Inuyasha's legs giving out on him. Sesshomaru held him against him, letting him get it all out.

"We'll try again, Inuyasha. Again mate," Sesshomaru whispered, Inuyasha burying his face into Sesshomaru's chest.

"I am here Inuyasha, I am here," Sesshomaru whispered, Inuyasha becoming weak against him. His head spun as he fully leaned against Sesshomaru, his consciousness slipping. His eyes battled to stay open as Sesshomaru held him with one arm around his waist and the other tenderly holding his neck.

"Inuyasha look at me," Sesshomaru growled softly, Inuyasha trying hard to keep his eyes open.

"Get the midwife!" Lady Kim yelled at the maid, the maid putting down Hanako and rushing out the room.

"Hanako," Inuyasha whispered weakly, his eyelids so heavy…

He heard Sesshomaru's mother gasp, feeling a warmness between his thighs. His body felt cold, though he shivered with a fever.

"Look at me Inuyasha," Sesshomaru urged, his eyes frantic with fear. Inuyasha was surprised with the emotion shown in his eyes, his vision becoming blurry.

"Inuyasha please," Sesshomaru whimpered, the noise foreign to Inuyasha's ears.

"Mate… please stay with me."