Chapter 15

Author's note: I had time today to write this chapter, and I honestly just wanted to give a different perspective in this one. I might upload again this week, though I will try to before the end of this weekend. I hope you enjoy this chapter.

Sesshomaru wanted to destroy the well.

He wanted to kill anything that came out of it, wanted to strangle it with his acidic whip.

And if it was Kagome…

He wanted to tear her apart.

Looking down at the hanyou that slept peacefully next to him, Sesshomaru could only feel the absolute rage at the thought that anybody would try to take him away. He understood the way he took him was not exactly playing fair in the terms of love, though either way they did love each other now.

No matter the deceit that was done to achieve such love.

Inuyasha remembered everything and still chose him.

Him!

Sesshomaru!

The demon rose out of bed quietly, trying not to rouse the sleeping hanyou. Inuyasha merely groaned softly in protest before rolling over, falling asleep once again. Sesshomaru smirked at the sight, looking to his twitching ears.

Cute.

Sesshomaru dressed and went to the hot spring to bathe, looking for his mother afterwards. She was sitting in one of his many libraries, her eyes staring blankly into the lit fireplace.

Silence fell between them.

Sesshomaru fought with the idea that he might have to tell his mother what had transpired, wondering how she might use it to her advantage. It was not common for a demon to do what he did to win Inuyasha's favor, and in the eyes of many it could tarnish his name. However, Sesshomaru knew he wasn't the only demon with a few skeletons in his closet.

Some demons took their maids with force, or with the sly lie of love. It led to many bastard children who were never recognized. Yet they remained in the home of their father, forever told that their father had died or left them for a better life. Sesshomaru had enough dirt on them to cause another war if he so pleased, though his wild card was hidden for now.

His mother was no perfect demoness herself. Though there was no questioning he was his father's son, his mother was not as faithful as she made herself seem. Even more so after his father's affair. She just remained ever careful.

"Do you love him?" Sesshomaru was caught off guard by the question, having expected something with more malice. He eyed his mother, nodding his head once.

"Yes."

"Yet you fear you may lose him?"

Sesshomaru lowered his eyes, feeling very small. He felt like he was a little boy again, running to his mother because somebody took his ball. Soon after he had been turned into a honed killer, but to remember those days of innocence were painful, yet oddly blissful. His mother had been so different then…

"Yes."

"Before the flea left, I questioned him. He told me what I wished to know."

"…"

Sesshomaru was going to kill that flea. He was going to squish him until his insides left his body. The demon tried not to let it outwardly show he was affected by this news, merely tilting his head in response. Kimi met his eyes.

"If he leaves you, what will you do Sesshomaru?"

Murder.

Sesshomaru felt his youkai try to take control though he capped his rising anger. He knew his mother saw the answer in his eyes, her own searching his.

"The boy never got a chance to say good bye, at least let him do that."

"Why does this matter to you?"

Kimi looked back to the fire, her eyes seeming haunted. She looked older with that look in her eyes, her pale skin now looking sickly. It was the type of tired Sesshomaru felt when he thought he lost Rin, the thought that he would never get to say goodbye or see her smile again.

"Because I know how it feels to not get to say goodbye… Me and your father ended on mutual terms Sesshomaru, but there was once I thought I loved him. I never got to say goodbye, not the way I wanted."

Sesshomaru had never experienced his mother opening up to him in this way. He was taken aback by it, though he kept his shock disguised with stoic indifference. His mother met his eyes once again, the weight of them pulling down his own body.

"Let him say good bye if this is the miko. What you wish to do with her afterwards is up to you." Sesshomaru didn't say anything as silence fell once again, only feeling his rage mix with his want to make Inuyasha happy.

Would Inuyasha even be happy if he was faced with the miko again?

Or would the miko try to convince him to leave him?

He was pregnant with Sesshomaru's pup, he really doubted the miko would take him as he was now. She knew and wanted the strong independent hanyou, the one hardened by years of abuse. Not the one Sesshomaru loved and smoothed out over time.

For as angry as Inuyasha used to be, Sesshomaru knew now he was happy. He knew he loved to be scratched behind his ears, he knew he loved to be held. He knew he loved to bathe with lavender, and that he hated footwear but loved foot rubs.

He knew Inuyasha loved him.

"As for the banquet, they agreed to return within a week for the ceremony. I arranged for the banquet to be held the same day, as to ward off any animosity." Sesshomaru nodded, his eyes narrowing just slightly.

"Did the flea return to the village?" Sesshomaru asked, Kimi nodding silently.

"We will know if she returns," Kimi replied, rising from her seat. Sesshomaru looked into the flames.

"Believe in love Sesshomaru. For humans it may be fickle, but for demons it is for life." Sesshomaru nodded, moving to let her pass by him. He stood in the room and thought, going over all the possible outcomes in his mind. Every outcome that started with Kagome winning over Inuyasha's favor left her dead, and though the thought pleased him, he knew it would not please Inuyasha.

No, if he did so, Inuyasha would hate him.

But wouldn't it be worth it? Couldn't he just lock him in his castle forever? Sesshomaru shook his head, smacking away the thought. That was not the type of mate he would be to Inuyasha.

Inuyasha deserved better than that.

Inuyasha deserved better than her.

Inuyasha deserved him.

Sesshomaru frowned as his thoughts went in a circle, giving up on them as he headed back to his room. He opened the shoji, looking to the prone form on his futon. Inuyasha looked peaceful, and Sesshomaru wanted so badly to keep that look on his face.

He wanted Inuyasha to be the mother of his pups. He wanted him to stay his mate.

He wanted to seal the well.

"Stop staring," Inuyasha grumbled, sleep filled eyes opening and meeting his own.

"Come here, m' cold." Sesshomaru stripped out of clothes and went back to bed, pulling Inuyasha close and rubbing his nose against his neck. His scent wafted into his nose, the sweet scent of his pregnancy just beneath. It calmed the demon's racing thoughts, his body relaxing as he released a deep breath against the warm skin.

"What's wrong?" Inuyasha asked, his hand rubbing along Sesshomaru's, the hanyou too tired to not try to be affectionate. Outside of all the anger and rude behavior, Inuyasha was very affectionate. Sesshomaru was happy being the only one to know.

"Let me seal the well."

Inuyasha groaned.

"Not now," he grumbled, Sesshomaru frowning slightly. Inuyasha felt his aggravation, his sleep filled eyes narrowing in the dark.

"Sesshomaru I'm with you, no matter what happens." Sesshomaru's youkai growled at the promise, Sesshomaru stopping the sound before he could make it himself.

"Are you sure?" Sesshomaru rose up to an elbow, his eyes becoming stoic as he looked down at his mate. He maybe shouldn't have woken him, but this was something they had to work out now. Before that bitch arrived, if she did.

"Yes."

"Even if she was willing to accept you as you are now?"

Inuyasha rolled his eyes, sitting up and facing his mate since it was very obvious he wasn't letting this go.

"Duh! I love you stupid!" Sesshomaru frowned at being called that, sitting up as well so they were face to face.

"Yet you went back to the well when I let you leave. Do you still love her?" Sesshomaru knew from the look in Inuyasha's eyes he had pressed a button, and prepared himself for the oncoming anger.

"I loved her yes, the same way I loved Kikyo. But that doesn't matter because I want to be with you! Do you know how hard it was for me to admit that I loved you! After all your shit?" Sesshomaru growled softly at that one, Inuyasha pushing one of his buttons as well.

"Inuyasha-"

"You lied to me to fuck me, yet I still somehow ended up loving you! Is that not enough!" Sesshomaru scowled at that, Inuyasha's anger only getting more wind as he became more heated.

"On that matter, what about the bitch your mom was talking about? Is she going to be at our ceremony?" Sesshomaru nodded, his jaw feeling tight. He had come to realize he had woken Inuyasha at a bad time, as his pregnancy hormones made him very unpredictable. Especially if he was woken from sleep.

"She is a noble," Sesshomaru spoke, Inuyasha rolling his eyes once again.

"Well I don't care, I don't want her there."

"I cannot make that order."

"Good cause I am."

Sesshomaru felt his youkai grow angry with Inuyasha's increasing anger, his urge to make the hanyou submit almost overwhelming.

They had to address this now though. Before either woman tried to interfere with their relationship.

"I can put forth the order she never enter our lands after the ceremony." Inuyasha growled, though Sesshomaru could see the words seemed to calm him down just a bit.

"If you won't make that bitch disappear now, why should I let you seal the well?"

Sesshomaru didn't know how to respond. He wanted to fuck the hanyou into submission, to make him the affectionate, understanding mate he had been a few hours earlier. That wasn't all Inuyasha was though. He was still the angered hanyou who was abused, the brave hanyou who stood by his pack and even managed to take the demons arm.

He was still Inuyasha.

"Would you leave me for that bitch?" Inuyasha asked, Sesshomaru's answer immediate.

"No."

"Then understand I'm not leaving you either."

Silence fell between them.

"Do you wish to say good bye to her?" Sesshomaru asked, Inuyasha's anger turning into uneasiness. The hanyou shrugged a shoulder, looking away to something across the room.

"Maybe, yeah. The part of me that remembers wants to… Though another part of me wishes the well would just stay asleep."

Sesshomaru frowned down at the furs surrounding them, the anger he had felt before quickly dissipating.

When did Inuyasha get so good at calming him down?

"Sesshomaru," Inuyasha sighed, laying down again and stretching rather provocatively. Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow though stayed as he was.

"Let's go back to sleep okay? I'm tired and this pup is growing fast. We will worry about the stupid well in the morning." Sesshomaru wanted to vehemently say no, they would worry tonight, but he swallowed his words and laid down. Inuyasha rested against his chest, placing his jaw on Sesshomaru's shoulder.

"If nothing happens in a week, you can seal the well alright?" Sesshomaru closed his eyes at that, breathing in his mates' sweet scent.

After they were joined as one.

Kagome would be no more.