A/N: I fully intend to have this story finished by the end of this month! It'll happen I swear it!
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The Other Side
Chapter 51
200 years later, Second Born
200 years later
"Akira! You little insolent pup! Get back here!" Inuyasha roared, running out of his room, ignoring the shouts from his mate. He ran after the spawn of the devil with an intent on doing damage.
Akira flew to his mother's side before Inuyasha could so much as grab him. Kagome squeaked when her son latched himself to her legs. "Sweetheart, be careful," she said softly as she went back to cooking. Akira shielded himself between his mother and the counters while giggling at his uncle.
"Kagome!" She looked to him with a brow raised in question. "Your brat just cockblocked me!" Kagome gaped at him then glared at his language. "Don't give me that look!"
Her son glanced between the two of them as his mother turned her attention to him. He gave her grin and a giggle. "Akira," she started and he just knew that he was about to get scolded. "Your father will be proud." He clapped his small hands.
Inuyasha pouted as Kenichi walked into the room with a knowingly smirk. "That is so messed up," he grimaced. "Sesshomaru is such a bad influence on you Kagome."
"What are you talking about?" Kenichi asked, coming up behind Kagome and kissing her cheek. She giggled as she gave him a smile.
"Oh Inuyasha's just mad that Akira interrupted his foreplay," she said offhandedly. Kenichi barked with laughter as Inuyasha elbowed him in the ribs.
"Good job Akira!" The child beamed.
"Why does everyone have to gang up on me?!"
"You make it easy little brother," Sesshomaru hummed, walking into the kitchen after hearing all the noise. "My god, what smells delicious?" He sniffed around the room before landing next to Kagome. "Aside from you, of course."
"Ew! Don't get sappy!" Inuyasha whined as he closed his eyes to avoid everything.
Akira snickered and said, "You're just jealous!" Kagome laughed at her son as Sesshomaru grabbed his mate in his arms.
"I agree!" Kenichi smirked. "You're just jealous that Shiori doesn't show affection in public."
"Stop ganging up on me!" he yelled as he walked out of the kitchen, annoyed at his family. They all heard his grumbling and only managed to laugh harder at his display.
"Oh well, I guess Inuyasha will miss dinner," Kagome said as soft as possible and yet, Inuyasha came flying back in; this time with Shiori. Sesshomaru chuckled into her neck as she leaned back against him.
Once Kagome was done with dinner, they all moved to the dining room to gather around and talk. Elder Ichiyama joined them the minute that he had smelled food as Kagome got a kick out of that. Out of all the elders, Ichiyama was the most friendly and talkative to Kagome. Well that and he absolutely loved her cooking.
"So, Lady Kagome, how far along are you?" he questioned, reaching for the chicken at the same time that Inuyasha did. He gave him a long hard look before Inuyasha's hand slowly retreated.
Kagome blinked then thought on that for a moment and said, "I should be due any day I believe. A couple of days ago, Sess said that I should be giving birth soon so I assumed that it might any day... I could be wrong."
"No, you are right," Ichiyama nodded as she smiled. He watched as she waited until everyone went after their food before getting herself some. He shook his head as he added, "Have you thought of a name?"
"Yep! It's going to be a girl this time and we're naming her Hikari," she excitedly told as she started eating small bites of food. "I think somewhere down the lines I would like more than two children but getting Sesshomaru to cooperate with me is a nightmare..."
They all shared a collective laugh as Sesshomaru merely glared at his mate. "Have you heard from Shippo, Kagome?" Shiori asked gently as Kagome turned her attention to her. "I haven't seen him around lately."
Kagome smirked. "Well after the year that we changed Rin, Miroku, and Sango so they could keep up with me, Shippo has taken it upon himself to watch over Rin. So if you don't seem him, he's probably around her and if you don't see Rin, well... I can't help you there. She's like a ninja!"
Inuyasha snorted behind his drink as he shook his head. "You're bonded with Rin though, you should be able to find her in a heartbeat," he pointed out as Kagome pouted.
"That's no fun though! I like not knowing where she went!"
"Kagome, you're so silly." Shiori smiled.
The lady turned to Ichiyama, who paused mid-bite when he noticed that Kagome was looking at him. "How are things with getting the demons around here to be all right with humans?"
He set down his fork and revealed, "It is going all right, I suppose. I am working with Gou and both of us are still trying to get the West demons to make friendly with the West humans in smaller villages. It is a lot harder than I originally thought it would be."
"Well, you have had such a harsh past, I don't doubt that it wouldn't be hard to glue it back together," she agreed as he weakly smiled to her. "Perhaps I can suggest throwing a festival?"
"A festival?"
Kagome's eyes lit up. "Yeah, like we get some of the royal demons and guards to attend as well as some of the humans that have had it rough this past couple of years, and show that we can form alliances. Like Hijitaka said all those years ago, the West has been in the dark for so long, light needs to be shed. I think it might be a good idea."
Ichiyama hummed. "I like the suggestion actually. I'll make sure to send that along then. Thank you, milady."
"It's Kagome, please, enough of this milady stuff."
"Well you are the lady of the West, so it is only natural that I call you milady." She growled in annoyance as he chuckled at her.
"Hey, Kagome, did you ever find out what happened with Naraku?" Kenichi questioned suddenly as Inuyasha choked on his food. He probably forgot about that. Kagome made a circle with her mouth. "I take that as a no?"
"Holy—I completely forgot!" Her eyes were wide as she brought her hands to her face. "Oh god, poor Naraku. I never actually cleaned up those vines. Welp!"
"Mommy is forgetful," Akira bluntly said as Kagome nervously laughed.
"That she is," Sesshomaru agreed.
"You two suck."
"Ha! Now you know what it feels like to be ganged up on!" Inuyasha huffed.
Kagome suck her tongue out at him and like a child as well, he did so back to her. "We should invite the lords to the festival!" she exclaimed with a smile before her face dropped. "Well, except for Kouga..." Sesshomaru growled at the thought of the wolf. "My thoughts exactly."
"Oh yeah... did we ever figure out if that guy died?" Inuyasha requested as he leaned against the table, resting his head on his hands. The lady shook her head. "We probably should've done that."
"Yeah, but with everything that was going on, I guess we simply forgot."
"Among other things," Kenichi added as Kagome grunted. "Did we ever find out what happened with Touga?"
Inuyasha looked to the lord of the East in wonder. He honestly forgot about his father unexpectedly coming back to life. "I know that he was in the battle with the hell god."
Kenichi nodded, he remembered that. "Yes, exactly, but what happened after that?"
"I think that was my doing," Kagome admitted with a nervous chuckle. "I purified everything around that wasn't alive and since Touga was a skeleton with armor, he wasn't actually alive. I guess he was only brought back to help the hell god or... well, I haven't been able to figure that out."
"Originally," Inuyasha began. "He said that he was brought back cause of Fate. Was that a lie then?"
"Fate brought him back?" Kagome urged. Inuyasha bit his lip. "When did he say that?"
"Uh—right before the battle between you, me, and Sesshomaru I think."
"Which means that it was right before the weird trance that Sesshomaru and I went into."
"Exactly."
Kagome looked to Sesshomaru. "We haven't seen Fate in a long while."
"Fate was replaced with Zhou-Mao," he replied as she gasped.
"You don't think—"
"That would be very far-fetched, but then again, I wouldn't put it past him."
"Well that's terrifying," she told him. "I would like a word with Fate to clear things up but I know that's too much of a long shot."
I can tell you that Zhou-Mao and Fate are two entirely different people, Draicia interjected as Kagome's eyes widened. It had been while since she heard from any of her elements. Fate had realized what he had done when he attacked your bond and knew that if you ever saw him again, he would either be killed or harmed in some way. And because of that, he has left you alone.
But that doesn't make sense; that didn't stop him before, she tried to reason. Everyone around her was trying to get her attention, even Sesshomaru looked apprehensive.
Yes, before your bond with Sesshomaru; had he not attacked the bond, then you would be seeing Fate a lot more than you are currently.
Oh.
A child's voice intercepted through her head. You do not need to worry though. If you ever need to talk to Fate, you can always talk to Zhou-Mao, Chebawi said calmly as Kagome gasped. Also, hi! Long time no talk!
Chewy! Kagome laughed to herself as she heard Chebawi yell out obscenities. It's been so long! And thank you Draicia, that makes a lot more sense. She felt Draicia smile before only Chebawi was left.
It's Chebawi! Damnit, Zhou-Mao has been hanging around you for too long! You've picked up on his habits!
Why does he call you Chewy anyways?
Chebawi sighed with a twitch. Because I'm a kid and he thinks that Chewy sounds like a kid more than Chebawi does. I don't know, he's weird. He suddenly gasped, making Kagome tilt her head to the side. Oh yeah! I forgot to ask, did Zhou-Mao ever give you the necklace that he had made?
The only necklace that I have is from the one Sesshomaru in the future.
He never gave it to you?! One moment!
Kagome took that moment to look around the room and resisted the urge to laugh. "Are you finally back on Earth? Where the hell did you go?" asked Inuyasha, worry lines on his forehead.
She rubbed the back of her neck. "Oops! I guess me going quiet is a big sign that something happened."
"Ya think!"
"Kagome, are you all right?" Sesshomaru questioned, looking down at her as she smiled.
"I'm fine. It's just been a long time since the last time that I talked to my elements," she responded as her mate hummed. "Sorry I worried you all."
Ichiyama sighed. "Milady, next time just say that that is happening. Also, elements? What exactly does that mean?"
"Oh yeah, I guess I forgot to mention that as well." She nervously laughed. "I'm some sort of elemental, who's part dog-demon, part miko yet full demon. I don't know—my life is one big joke."
Call upon me! I have the necklace! Zhou-Mao said that he was too lazy to help Sesshomaru with his youki so I'm going in his place, Chebawi happily said, probably because it would be the first time that he would actually be able to meet Kagome. Ready when you are!
Sesshomaru doesn't want me to call upon any elements. I'm close to having my pup soon.
Oh! No worries! I'll come out then!
Ichiyama gaped; he couldn't help it. The lady of the West was not only the heart of the West but a miko and an elemental! The gossip that he could say to the other elders! Why didn't he know this beforehand?! He did vaguely remember hearing about that when he first met her...
A large gust of wind came out of nowhere as everyone turned to see a child, no taller than the table's height. Kagome squealed, her air element was adorable! Now she understood why Zhou-Mao called him Chewy; she could eat him up!
Chebawi was a light blue-haired boy with lavender eyes and freckles, dusted on his face. On his head was a pink crystal flower with two blue hairpins on his right side to keep his hair from falling in his face. He wore a overly large shirt that was pink and white striped with a huge dark pink bow with yellow stars on it.
He was wearing light blue shorts with pink cuffs and the same color combo with his shoes. Pink bows, blue and yellow dots while the shoes overall, were pink. He wore the happiest expression on his face that anyone had seen and was holding a silver chained, sapphire necklace. "Kagome!" he squeaked, running over to where the woman was and embraced her as hard as he could, mindful that she was pregnant. "I'm so happy to meet you! I'm gonna be your bestest friend!"
"Mommy?" Akira whimpered as Chebawi squealed.
"Smallish child—I must hug you!" Akira ran under Inuyasha's chair. Chebawi's face dropped. "Aw, you no want hug?" He could ready to cry as Akira peeked out from under his uncle. "I'm one of your mommy's elements; I won't hurt you." Akira stayed where he was. "Kagome, your child is mean!"
"He's just afraid of you, Chewy," she said, knowing what was to come next.
"It's Chebawi!"
"Whatever!"
"Kagome." Her name suddenly sounded like an order as she turned to Sesshomaru. "Is he really who he says he is?" She nodded to him while looking back to Chebawi.
The boy looked like he was itching to hug Akira as his eyes settled on the necklace in his hand. "Oh right! Kagome, this is for—wait, Sesshomaru! I need you to put as much of your youki into this necklace," he commanded as Sesshomaru raised an eye to him. "Oh my, you're intimidating. Just do as I say; it'll help Kagome in the long haul, considering how much trouble we all know she gets into."
The necklace was placed down in front of Kagome, who pushed it over to Sesshomaru, who stared at it like it was going to bite him. The others gazed between the couple and the colorful boy; back and forth until it made some of them dizzy, like Inuyasha. Regardless, Sesshomaru listened as his youki flared and straight into the gem.
Moments later, it was resting upon Kagome's neck, right next to the old one from before.
"Kagome, how many elements do you have?" Kenichi questioned, staring at Chebawi with a thoughtful look.
"Nine," she said.
"Nine?! And they all have humanoid bodies?"
"Yup."
"Bullshit, I call bullshit," Inuyasha muttered.
"There's Zhou-Mao—we all know him," she laughed. "Then there's Draicia, Ilosia, Oras, and Keida—they were all in the battle with the hell god." She paused as she looked to her lap in thought. "We've just met Chebawi. There's Saiyu—he's the one that is always healing me if something goes wrong, and I have yet to meet Eeinu and Imatsu. I believe that's nine."
"Imatsu you'll probably never meet," Chebawi stated. "He's always asleep and only rarely ever awakes and Eeinu is shy, but you're more likely to meet him than Imatsu."
"Always asleep?" Kagome asked as her hands went to her stomach; she didn't think anything of it though.
Chebawi gave her a knowing look, she waved him off. "Yeah, like the only time that he was actually awake was after the battle with the hell god, so that he could look for Shiori but when Inuyasha said that she was probably with her father, he went back to sleep," he explained as Kagome gasped. "Oh yeah, and you're going into labor, by the way. I just thought that you would like to know that tidbit."
"What?!" she yelled, sending everyone into overdrive. "You didn't think to say that before?!"
"Well..."
"Shut up Chewy! You're on my hit list!"
"It's Chebawi!"
"It's Chewy when I'm mad at you!"
"Well, I could say that you're Sesshomaru's bitch but I'm not that mean."
Kagome gaped at the boy as she winced in pain. "Hm, I wonder what would happen if I let out certain elements and watch them deck it out with you."
Chebawi's eyes widened at that threat. "Okay then, it's Chewy."
"Good, someone call Sango and InuKimi. I refuse to have any healers this time around," she ordered as Sesshomaru lead her to their room.
x
It took eight hours for Kagome to deliver her second born child and Sango was the one that delivered the baby. "Congrats Kagome, you have a healthy baby girl. She's adorable," Sango said, a bit tired. Kagome was breathing hard and smiled weakly to her.
InuKimi was at her side and cleaned the pup before handing her to her mother. "She is an excellent addition to the family."
Kagome held the pup in her tired arms, nuzzling her cheek. "Oh, you're so precious!" She was a spitting image of Sesshomaru as it was only fair since Akira looked just like her. Hikari had a small tuff of white fluff on top of her head, a deep color of gold for eyes, and she was super chubby. She was utterly adorable to Kagome once she was cleaned. She looked to Sango, who nodded and left the room to go get Kagome's mate.
"She's beautiful, my dear."
"I agree," she answered lightly.
"You need rest this time around," she ordered, her tone was one that said that one shouldn't go against her.
"Saiyu is healing me, I'll be fine soon." InuKimi gave her a blank look as Sango and Sesshomaru, who was holding Akira, walked into the room. "That was quick, Sango."
Sango laughed. "He was eager to get into the room, plus he was easy to find. Just follow the shouts next door."
Sesshomaru glided over to his mate and glanced down to his newest pup. "Doesn't she remind you of someone?" Kagome asked as Sesshomaru leaned his head against her.
"We'll just leave you two here," Sango said, grabbing InuKimi and leaving. The ex-lady of the West protested all the way out, saying that she was family and she should be allowed to stay.
"You've done well, Kagome," he told her, placing a kiss on her forehead then leaning down and placed a kiss one his new daughter. "I was thinking—"
"—that can't be good for your head," she interrupted as he glared at her. She grinned up at him.
"I was thinking that we should take a break."
"You can't take a break from being a lord," she pointed out as his face fell. "Did you forget about that?" Kagome moved over to one side of the bed as Sesshomaru laid down next to her with Akira in the middle of the two of them. He was watching his new sister with wonder in his eyes.
Sesshomaru sighed. "My mother can take over for the time being."
"You just wanna be lazy."
"I think it would be a good excuse."
Kagome giggled softly. She shyly glanced at him and said, "I'm a horrible influence on you. You're picking up on my lazy habits!" He leaned against the pillow with a smirk. "The elders will have your head if you take a break."
"You mean that you will have the elders' heads if I don't."
"Ha ha, very funny."
"I'm a riot."
"No seriously—"
"You still love me."
She rolled her eyes at him. "You're being ridiculous."
"And you're not listening to me. If I say that we need a break, you should be jumping for joy."
"And you've picked up on my talking ways too."
"Perhaps a different way will convince you?"
She rolled her eyes again and huffed. "Stop looking for an excuse to be lazy. You're the lord, you can't—"
"I can do whatever I want."
"Hm, perhaps."
"What will it take to convince you?" Kagome blushed when he looked at her. Akira was going back and forth between his parents, trying to figure out what exactly they were talking about. "What was it you asked for—a hundred children running around?"
Her jaw parted a little. "Okay! We'll have it your way. Now let us all sleep," she caved as she got the pleasure of hearing him laugh. She pouted, knowing that she lost.
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