A/N: Wooohooo! Chapter 15! And last chapter other than an epilogue. Thank you guys so much for staying with me even when it's taken me forever to update for the last several chapters. I really appreciate it. Sooooo this is the last chapter, in case you didn't see the first sentence, lol. There will be an epilogue, again, in case you didn't see it the first time. As far as additional stories spun off from this one, I know I will do at least one with Takai and Kurama and possibly one with Takai and Lynn's child. So, favorite/follow me if you wanna see when I write it. There's several other stories I have that are in progress, and if it weren't for you lovely readers and Lynn boosting my confidence on this story, it would have been highly unlikely that it would be finished this soon. So thanks a lot.
Stuff2Eat-Yeah, I'm working on it lol. And other than one story about SessXOC, I don't have any others planned. And thanks! See previous paragraph for the other stories lol. Randomness-sama-Lol just how old are you that it's seven years too mature for you? The way it sounds you're like 10. Lol, if that's the case…I'm glad you like my story but uh…please don't get in trouble on my account hehe… As far as a deviantart account…no I do not. Though I probably should considering I like the pics on there. OokamiTora Hime-Sorry about that. If you want to see the dress then I could probably send you links to them via message if you'd like.
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Previously: He smiled and nuzzled the mark he made before laying next to her and pulling her close to him, wrapping her in his arms and using his foot to lazily draw the throw fur at the bottom of the bed over them, kissing her forehead gently as he closed his eyes, basking in the afterglow of their lovemaking. It wasn't long before he too fell asleep, a contented smile on his face for once in his long life. It would seem that things would be looking up for him now that he had a mate who truly cared for him at his side. And any pups that they would sire would surely be strong, as well as fully demon. Lynn woke shortly after he fell asleep. She looked up at him with a contented smile before snuggling closer and falling back asleep. Tomorrow would be time enough for them to figure out the actual Ceremony and where to hold it. For now, she just wanted his love and warmth.
Sunlight filtered in through the open balcony doors and through the billowing curtains, blown in from the light breeze coming in from outside. Sun beams fell across Sesshomarus' face, making him scrunch up his nose in distaste at the rude sun trying to wake him up. He snuggled closer to the warm body in the bed with him and tried to ignore the sunlight. A few seconds later, it filtered into his head that not only was he in a bed, but someone else was occupying it with him.
He quickly opened his eyes, gaze bouncing around the room. Well, he was in his own room, but at the moment, his brain was apparently turned off because he couldn't recall how he ended up in his room, let alone his Palace. Last he remembered was talking with Feara about getting Mated…Feara! His head shot up and he looked down to the being snuggled in his arms. Long silver hair obscured the persons' face from view, but he held hope that it was indeed Feara and not some random demon. Carefully, so as to not wake the sleeping being, he brushed the hair from said persons' face, only to sigh in relief at the sight of Feara's lovely features.
But then he frowned. How in the world did they both end up in his room? Not only that, if the bare skin against his own was any indication, they were both naked. Now he full on panicked. 'How did this happen?' he frantically wondered. He panicked for several moments as he tried to recall how they ended up in this situation. He hissed in pain as his head started hurting and suddenly he remembered in vivid clarity the events that transpired. Then he started to panic for a whole new reason. He was naked. In his Palace. In his bed. With a naked Feara beside him. Both of them were drunk as hell last night.
She was going to raise holy hell when she woke up to find that she was in his bed. Not only that, but if she found out she was naked, and that they had sex, she would be…well, now that he thought on it, she might not be as furious as he originally thought. While she was drunk, she had already expressed her desire to lay with him while she was sober once before, but that still didn't mean she wouldn't be upset at the way things happened. He started to calm down, his eyes following the contrasts of her face. She looked so peaceful while she slept. His gaze swept down over her chin, following the delicate arch of her neck –it was rather adorable that she had her nose buried in the crux of his shoulder and neck as if she couldn't get enough of his scent- eyeing the twin marks on her neck from where he…wait… what the holy hell?
He returned to the juncture of her neck to find that there was, indeed, two marks where he had bitten her, and the only reason he knew it was his own mark was because his scent was pouring out from the twin holes, already scarred over. His eyes widened and he inhaled sharply, horror written on his elfin like face. 'Oh, nononono. She is going to KILL me when she wakes up,' he thought, full on panic hitting him again. He knew that she didn't want to be forced into a mating, and this would surely piss her the hell off, because now there was no way for things to go back to normal. If they had just had sex, while her reputation would be put into question, she would still be eligible to Mate should she choose to do so. But now she couldn't even do that!
In the midst of his panic, he failed to see that Lynn was waking up, a contented smile on her face. Unlike when Sesshomaru first awoke, she remembered everything and happily played it all back in her mind, for the moment, oblivious to Sesshomarus' blind panic. She snuggled closer to him and inhaled his scent deeply, only to scrunch her nose as his scent was spiked with anxiety. Sesshomaru, to his credit, was still too far gone in panic to notice she had moved, let alone was scenting him. Lynn opened her eyes and looked up at Sesshomaru, seeing that he was blankly staring at something on the other side of the room, panic running rampant on his face.
She tilted her head a bit, confused as to why he would be so panicked. She looked over her shoulder but found nothing that could cause such worry on his face. Worried, she turned back to him and reached up one hand to his face, lightly touching. Though the touch was light, it still startled Sesshomaru enough that he jumped and gasped, looking down at Lynn. Much to her increased confusion, his eyes widened in horror and he jerked away from her, spouting something about being "sorry".
"I am so, so sorry, Lady Feara! Please, do not hate this Sesshomaru," he begged. Lynn only looked at him confused. Sesshomaru could only figure that she hadn't yet realized that she was naked. Or in his bed. Or that she was mated. At least judging by the look on her face. "Sesshomaru, what on Earth are you apologizing for?" Well, if that didn't let him know that she didn't know, he wasn't sure what would. He ignored the fact that he was still naked and bowed his head to her. "I'm so sorry, Lady Feara. I know you did not wish to be forced into a mating, but-" "Forced? What are you going on about?"
Lynn was now even more confused. Why would Sesshomaru seem to think that she had been forced? Did he not remember? "Last night…we were…mated. And we had both been drinking and…" Lynn didn't even wait till he finished his stunted explanation. She just reached out and placed both hands on his chest before shoving him hard, completely knocking him off the bed. Sesshomaru sat on the floor, looking extremely stunned at her sudden attack. "Really, Sesshomaru? You remember what the hell happened last night, and you are under the impression that I was forced into a mating? Really?"
"But, I-" "If anyone was forced, it was the Council into letting us become mates, not you forcing yourself on me, idiot. I may have been drunk, and so were you, but I don't regret mating with you or sleeping with you. Unless…you do…" Lynn wrapped her arms around herself, looking down at her naked lap, realizing that the blankets that had been wrapped around her was no longer covering her legs. Sesshomaru's eyes widened at the mere mention that she was thinking that he didn't want her. He leapt up and pulled her small body into his arms, hugging her tightly. "Never! I'll always want you. Never doubt that. I was just worried that you would regret lying with me."
Lynn shook her head and nuzzled his chest, smiling as Sesshomaru shuddered a little and his scent spiked with pleasure. "I don't regret it. Matter of fact, I want to do it again." Before he could reply, she shoved him onto his back on the bed and straddled his hips; a smirk graced her lips before they covered his own when she felt the instant hard on that Sesshomaru was sporting. Whether it was because of her or because of her words, she didn't know, but either way, it made her feel quite powerful.
Sesshomaru moaned softly into her mouth, his tongue immediately slipping out to duel with hers. He couldn't believe that she wasn't angry about their Mating, considering her previous dislike for the idea of Mating at all. They did discuss it but he didn't think that she'd want to given how he treated her at the Ball, let alone the fact that they were drunk when it happened, but he could honestly say that he was glad that they did. He just didn't like the circumstances behind it. But if she was happy, then he could handle it. Sifting his fingers through her silver tresses, he pulled her closer, deepening the kiss and growling softly into her mouth, arching up gently against her, shuddering as he felt his raging erection slide across the slick lips of her nether region.
Lynn moaned softly and pushed against him as he arched, taking both their breaths away with the delicious friction. Deciding that there had been enough foreplay, she pinned him down with one hand while the other reached between her legs to grasp his straining erection and line it up with her opening, her eyes open and staring into his as she slowly lowered herself onto him, watching with pure joy as a look of ecstasy crossed his face and his mouth opened slightly to allow air to burst through his lips in short, shallow pants.
They both shuddered with pleasure as she fully seated herself onto him, both sitting still to savor the sensations as well as to catch their breath. After a few moments, Lynn placed her other hand on his chest and pushed herself upwards a bit, merely teasing him with the slight movement. He didn't find it as amusing as she did and grabbed her hips, yanking her down over him and pushing up at the same time, causing her to gasp and him to moan. She tried to move again to keep the friction going, but he didn't allow her to move, not wanting her to tease him again.
Using his hands, he set a pace for them, with long, deep strokes that left her breathless. When he felt that she would keep it that same pace, he released her hips to smooth his hands up over her sides and up under her breasts cupping them and giving them a good squeeze before moving his fingers to her nipples and lightly pinched them between his fingers. Lynn groaned in approval before raising her hands and laying them over his, using her own fingers to make him pinch them harder.
Sesshomarus' breath hitched when he found that she liked a bit of pain mixed in with her pleasure before a smirk slowly spread over his features. He kept his left hand where it was, pinching her right nipple, while his right slid back down to her hips before digging in enough to draw a bit of blood and lifting her from him, before slamming her back down onto him. When she cried out at the dual pleasured pain, he did it again, before deciding that the current pace wasn't good enough for him.
He switched their positions, angled her hips up higher and set a bruising pace. But she didn't seem to mind as her hands went to his back, her claws digging in before raking down his back drawing a little blood, which of course was healed almost instantly by his demonic healing. Keeping her hips in position with hands that shook from pleasure, he leaned down and nipped hard at her collar bone, smiling when she keened with pleasure. He loved hearing pleasured sounds coming out of her mouth. He couldn't say that he loved any one particular word, but when the word "More," fell from her lips in a demanding moan, he could honestly say that he hadn't loved a word more than he did right then. Trailing his lips down over her breasts, he nipped, licked and sucked his way over to a nipple, glancing up at her from beneath his lashes and waiting until she looked at him before sucking the rock hard nipple into his mouth, sucking on it with a moan that was positively sinful.
Lynn tried to arch at the stimulation to her breast, but found herself even more aroused when she couldn't move. She was also a bit frustrated that she couldn't move to get more friction, either below her waist or above it, and decided some payback was in order. She sifted her fingers through his long silky hair before fisting them and using them to yank his head up to hers, kissing him deeply. Sufficiently distracted, she sank her fangs into his lower lip causing him to stiffen and moan, jerking when she licked at the blood welling from his lip.
Thankfully for her, that was enough to get him into action quicker, as he reached a hand down between their bodies while keeping the other at her waist and quickly found the little nub at the top of her sex that would bring her lots of pleasure. Using a slim digit, he swirled it around the said nub causing her to release his lip with a shuddering moan, tilting her head back from the pleasure of his probing finger as well as his surging arousal within her. A few minutes later and the pleasure became too much for her and she burst with loud moan, her Youkai taking over moments after and rearing up to sink her fangs into his shoulder, drinking deeply from her Mate.
Sesshomaru roared with pleasure as her teeth sunk into his shoulder and he finally came, his beast coming to the forefront as well and returning his Mates' gesture. They stayed that way for long moments, shivering and panting as they both came down from their high.
Lynn looked up into Sesshomarus' half closed eyes, a glow of happiness about her. She smiled radiantly at him before leaning up and nuzzling his neck happily. Sesshomaru smiled and allowed it for a moment before speaking. "I think perhaps we should get dressed and go speak to your father and the council. I seem to recall browbeating the elders into accepting our Mating and that we still have to actually perform the Mating Ceremony." Lynn pouted. Sesshomaru merely smiled at the pout and kissed her gently before pulling back. "I do not wish to see them right now either, but we must talk with the Council and your father. Not to mention, I need to make sure your cousin hasn't molested Takai."
Lynn quickly smothered the laugh that bubbled out of her at the thought of Kurama manhandling Takai with a hand. "That ought to be interesting," she murmured before stretching with a cute little mewl. Sesshomaru's breath hitched at the sight. Lynn's back arched with the stretch causing her pert breasts to practically hit his face, not to mention her hips rubbed against his own. Unable to resist, and positive that she was ok with it, he pinned her down again and kissed her deeply. She squeaked in surprise before a moan tumbled from her lips and she wrapped her arms around his neck.
It was hours later before they found themselves satisfied enough for the moment to leave the bedroom. They had missed breakfast and lunch was well on its way to being finished when they came in, Lynn giggling still at the look on Jaken's face when they finally did emerge. Apparently, they weren't as quiet as they had hoped, or at least not for the western wing. Fury, Kurama and Takai were just finishing up their meal when Sesshomaru and Lynn walked in. "Feara, dear!" her father said, pushing back from the table and approaching the couple. Lynn dislodged herself from Sesshomaru and ran to her father, leaping into his arms the last few feet. Fury hugged her close for a moment before pushing her back a bit to examine her face.
It was glowing with a radiance that hadn't been there before, and he could just barely catch a different scent on her other than her own and now Sesshomarus'. However, he didn't comment on that just yet and focused on how happy she was. "You are happy?" he asked her quietly, throwing a glance towards Sesshomaru who thoughtfully stayed back to allow them their private moment. "More than I've been in a while," Lynn answered truthfully, a bright smile lighting up her face. Kurama chose that moment to appear behind Fury and poked her side playfully.
"Hey, where's my hug?" he asked, mock sadness in his voice. Lynn only grinned and leapt from her father's arms to Kurama's. Kurama got a nose full of her scent as well and his eyes widened before jerking his look to Fury, then to Sesshomaru. By the looks on their faces, Kurama could deduce who exactly knew about the change in her scent, and who didn't. Apparently, Sesshomaru and Lynn have yet to discover it, but Fury had, and Kurama only kept his mouth shut because Fury shook his head at him to let him know without words not to say anything yet.
Putting Feara on her feet, Kurama smiled at her and looked her over. "You look surprisingly well and awake for someone who spent most of the day in bed," he quipped, earning him a smack in the gut. "Yeah, well, I can imagine what you and Takai got up to while we were busy," she said, smirking when Kurama's face lit up like a stop light. A glance at Takai told her that he heard as well, as was just as bright as Kurama.
"Now, now, dear. Let's not start something this late in the day. Besides that, were we not to plan a Mating Ceremony today?" Lynn gasped and started bouncing on her feet. "What should we do, Father? It's so last minute to call everyone here." Sesshomaru chose that moment to step in. "Perhaps we should do all the invitations now, and send them off. I can send my fastest messengers off with orders that they must reply then because we will have the mating in a week. There isn't anyone farther away than that that I know, and I'm sure there isn't for you. That way you can decide on how you would like things done wherever you decide you would like the Ceremony to be," Sesshomaru said, smiling softly at her.
"Oh! Can we do it here? And maybe a separate one for just my village?" "Feara, love, a Ceremony here will be just fine. There's no need for a separate one," Fury said, amusement in his voice. "But, Father! I know there will be people from our village who will come here, but not everyone will get to come. Some have to stay behind and tend to the village and that's not fair to them." Sesshomaru wrapped an arm around her waist. "We can do the more formal one here, and then we could have a big party in your village. That would be an awful lot of work for everyone involved if we were to have two Ceremonies," Sesshomaru told her, smiling when she gave him a big hug in thanks.
Fury chuckled. "Alright, dear. Lord Sesshomarus' plan sounds a bit more doable, so we'll go with that." He laughed as Lynn squealed happily and threw herself into his arms, hugging him tightly. After a few moments, Fury led Lynn to the table to sit and eat some lunch, listening while she excitedly chattered about the Ceremony and what all decorations she wanted. 'If only you could see our beautiful daughter, Keera,' Fury thought, not for the first time, rubbing at the mild pain in his chest at the reminder of his lost love. He missed her dreadfully, but he knew she was smiling down at them with all the love, happiness, and warmth that she always held in her heart. The coming week would be interesting indeed.
One week later…
Lynn stood in the room given to her to get ready for the Ceremony, nearly hyperventilating. Why was she hyperventilating? Because she was getting Mated one would think, but no. Poor Lynn was worried because she wanted everything to go right. She was flitting back and forth in the room, worrying over whether Sesshomarus' servants would be able to do as she had asked. Kagome, Sango, and a few of the Castle servants, as well as a few of her own villagers watched her flit around the room in amusement. The poor girl didn't know what to do with herself.
"Feara, if you don't sit still, we will never be able to finish getting you ready. The Ceremony is going to start soon," Kagome said, laughter in her voice. Sango echoed her words and grabbed her arm to steer her to the ottoman in front of the vanity and continue working on her hair while Kagome used the make-up she brought from their time to make Lynn even prettier. Not that she needed the help of the make-up of course. Sango finally managed to get Lynn's hair up in an elaborate bun, with a few strands of hair framing her face, before she was once again on her feet, worry eating at her. "I'm going to go check on the decorations," she said, heading for the door.
Sango merely grabbed her arm and steered her back to the ottoman again. "I'll go check for you since I'm done with your hair. Now sit still and finish silly," she said, making sure Lynn was going to stay where she put her before making her way out the door to check on the decorations. Lynn pouted but knew Sango was right. Kagome finally finished her task as well and let the village and servant girls get her into her Mating Gown. Lynn frowned at the gown. It wasn't that she didn't like it, but she had wanted to pick out what to wear for the Ceremony. But all the girls in the room insisted that she must wear this one for the Ceremony. It was a pure white, complementing her pale features and hair quite nicely, but there was a big blue crescent moon on the back, Sesshomaru's family symbol, embroidered onto the back.
The only thing that got her to agree to wear the gown in the first place was a promise from her father, who had brought it to her as a gift, was that she could pick out whatever she wanted for the village Ceremony/party. Otherwise, she'd have found something else to wear. Sighing, she stood and let the girls gathered around her help her into the gown, tying it shut with elaborate obis that she couldn't possibly figure her way out of on her own. Once they were finished, she walked to the tall floor length mirror in the room and turned this way and that, looking at her reflection in every light possible to make sure not even the tiniest hair was out of place.
Normally she wasn't so vain about things like that, choosing to wear what make her feel comfortable, but this was a once in a lifetime -for her anyway- thing. She was getting Mated officially to the man she loved. There was no turning back at this point even if she wanted to. And she didn't. Deciding that it looked as perfect as it was going to be when she didn't want to wear the gown, she quickly put on her sandals just as there was a knock on the door. "Feara, love, are you ready?" her father called through the door. She walked over to the door and slid it open in answer.
She blushed as her father looked her up and down a small smile on his lips. "You look beautiful, love." She blushed even more and looked down at her feet. "Simply radiant, cousin," Kurama piped up from behind Fury, poking his head around Furys' broad shoulders. Lynn looked up at him and smiled. She jumped when an arm snaked around her shoulders and she was brought into a warm chest. At first she pushed away, pissed off at whoever snuck up behind her and surprised her, but then she looked up into the smiling face of Takai and immediately smiled, hugging her friend back. "Sesshomaru is one lucky demon, Lady Feara," he murmured into her hair.
She grinned and smacked him playfully in the chest. "Oh, hush 'Kai. Don't act like you aren't lucky either." Takai blushed so brightly she was surprised that blood didn't come out of his nose from how fast his face filled with blood. "W-what are you talking about?" he asked, trying to brush off her words, but then frowned subtly as her scent hit his nose. Since it was the first time in the past week that he had been this close to her, he was only just now noticing the change in scent. Fury cleared his throat as Lynn let out in a sing song voice "Oh, nothing," to gain his attention. When he looked from Lynn to Fury, he frowned, then immediately had to suppress a grin when he realized what Fury didn't want her to know yet.
"Come, Feara, let us go or we will be late," Fury said, holding out his arm to her. Smiling happily and forgetting about all her worries, she grabbed his arm and snuggled close to him as they walked down the wing to the Ceremony Hall. Kurama and Takai both were following, blushes riding their cheeks as they glanced at each other. Nothing had happened between them as of yet, but both of them had a feeling that something was coming up, quicker than either were comfortable with sober. And they both knew that Lynn would push them towards whatever end that something might go. Only time would tell.
After a few minutes, they stood in front of the huge doors to the Ceremony Hall, and Lynn was nervously clasping and unclasping her father's sleeve in her hand. He merely reached over and patted her hand, telling the guard at the entrance to let the Council know they were ready. While the guard wandered off to inform the Council, Fury leaned down close to Feara and whispered, "Take deep breaths, love. Everything is going to be ok." She nodded and did as she was told. Truth be told, she was very nervous. She had never done anything like this before, let alone thought of it. She wasn't sure what to expect.
It wasn't like she hadn't been to a wedding before, seen how it was done. But she had never been the bride in one, didn't know that it was possible to feel elated, breathless, nervous, nauseous, and giddy, as well as a number of other emotions, all at once. The bombardment of emotions were freaking her out just a bit. But with the deep calming breaths that she took, it was helping her calm down quite a bit. When the guard returned and informed them of the Council's orders, they waited patiently while the head Council Member started talking. When it was time for them to go in, she took a deep breath and braced herself as her father walked her down to meet up with Sesshomaru, who was already standing at the altar.
He didn't look over until Lynn was standing next to him and her father had already taken his seat with Kurama and Takai. Lynn looked over at the sudden intake of breath next to her, blushing at the reverent look that Sesshomaru was giving her. Looking into his golden eyes, she somehow managed to say what she was supposed to say when she was supposed to say it, as she had gotten lost in Sesshomaru, barely registering anything else. When it came time for the Marking, or re-Marking in this case, she blushed profusely. She shivered and sighed as Sesshomaru carefully moved her Ceremony yukata out of the way before leaning down, his bangs brushing against her skin gently, and placing a light kiss to the Mark he had given her a week ago, before sinking his fangs in deep, causing a more permanent mark, causing her to gasp. He pulled away after a moment, licking the wounds closed.
Now instead of twin fang marks, there were two tiny crescent moons where the marks had been. He smiled and carefully covered the bare skin back up, looking into her eyes as he did. He could see a sheen of tears in her eyes, ones that hadn't fallen yet, but he wasn't worried. He knew they were tears of happiness and not pain or sadness. When it was her turn, she leaned up and tugged his clothes back, baring his neck. It was only then that she noticed that he was wearing the same thing she was, just more masculine. It had his symbol on the back as well. She also just now noticed that his hair was up in a high ponytail. It reminded her of a picture she had seen of his father. She smiled a bit and gently kissed his mark, before sinking her fangs deeply into his mark, smirking against his skin when she heard a faint moan fall from his lips. Pulling back, she licked the wounds closed and smiled at the twin marks left there. Instead of blue crescent moons, they were a shimmery silver.
Elated, she looked up at him, tears finally falling as he framed her face and kissed her lips gently at first, before deepening the kiss a bit, only pulling away when they needed air. They stared at each other, even as the room around them erupted into cheers and whistles and clapping. They only had eyes for each other up until Fury came up and gathered her into his arms. She hugged him tightly as he whispered words of congratulations into her ear. Kurama and Takai came up, as well as the Inu group to give hugs and pats on the back. Lynn laughed and cried and hugged everyone, happy to be Mated to someone she truly cared for. "You're whipped now, ya know that?" Inuyasha taunted Sesshomaru, earning a glare from him and a smack from Kagome. "And what does that make you?" she asked, causing everyone to laugh.
It wasn't until Lynn went to reach for an alcoholic drink that she found out even better news. "Feara, dear, I think perhaps you shouldn't drink for a bit," Fury said, taking her cup away and pushing it off onto Kurama, who looked at it as if it bit him. After last weeks' fiasco of waking up in the nude with Takai, he wasn't too keen on drinking anything with even the slightest bit of alcohol in it. Thankfully, his Yoko side knew what happened and he wasn't worried about something untoward happening between them, but it was awkward as hell trying to explain to Takai, who is a grumpy riser sober, but hell on wheels hung over, why he was naked and in the same bed as Kurama. Of course, once it had filtered through, he was immediately a bright red all over, and Kurama had a hard time getting that image out of his head.
Lynn frowned at her father. "I'm not going to drink much, Father. What's wrong with a couple?" she asked. Fury smiled and shook his head. "It just wouldn't be good for you right now," he said vaguely. Sesshomaru himself was confused by her father's words, but the look of mischievousness on his face gave it away completely, at least to him. His eyes widened when it filtered through what it could possibly be, and immediately he grabbed her arm and brought her to him, ignoring her surprised shout in favor for burying his nose in the skin between neck and shoulder and inhaling deeply. At first he didn't smell anything different, but after another sniff, he was able to filter out his scent as well as hers, to catch a whiff of a foreign one on her skin. Taking another deep breath, he finally caught the whole thing and his eyes got so wide, he was sure they were going to fall out his head. 'I'm going to be a father…' he thought incredulously.
"Sesshomaru, are you alright?" Lynn asked. She wasn't sure why he was suddenly scenting her, but when his face got pale, she got worried. Sesshomaru merely looked at her for a moment, a stunned look still on his face, before pulling her into his arms and hugging her tightly, burying his nose in her skin again, trying to get more of that wonderful scent that told him he was a father. While he was a father figure to Rin, he never imagined that one day he'd have his own young. The enormity of it brought tears to his eyes. Rin chose that moment to bounce up in her own Ceremony yukata that looked like theirs only with hundreds of small blue crescent moons on it, and surveyed the scene. Since her new mother seemed to be whispering words of comfort to him and smoothing his hair in confusion, she surmised that something was wrong with Sesshomaru.
She quickly walked over and wrapped her arms around her Lord, hugging his legs tightly. "Lord Sesshomaru, Rin is sorry if she did something wrong," she apologized. Of course, Rin was well aware that she hadn't done anything to upset her Lord, but she was smart enough to realize that more often than not, when she did that, he would generally tell her what was bothering him, and she soothed him after words, knowing that all he really needed was to vent. And of course, her ploy worked, for Sesshomaru pulled back, looking down at her with wet eyes before reaching down and lifting Rin up into his arms for a hug, startling many people around him, as he had yet to do something as personal as a hug.
Rin, after getting over her initial surprise, didn't mind, and hugged him back fiercely. "There is nothing you did wrong to upset this Sesshomaru, Rin. I am merely very, very happy." Rin smiled brightly, wrapping her arms around his head and hugging it to her small chest, nuzzling her Lord happily. "Rin is glad." Lynn smiled as well, noticing he seemed to be much more open with his affections recently. She wondered why that was, but found she really didn't care. Lynn moved closer and hugged them both, happy to have something she never thought to have. A husband and a place to call her own, as well as a child, adopted or otherwise.
Fury smiled at the scene, sensing that Keera was there as well, watching with most likely tears in her eyes. "Uncle, shouldn't we tell her? We can only keep the alcohol from her with vague excuses for so long," Kurama whispered, hoping that Lynn was distracted enough that she wouldn't hear him, even though he spoke low enough for only Fury to hear him. Unfortunately, she heard and turned a confused expression to them. "Tell me what? And why are you keeping alcohol from me?" she asked, and Kurama winced, glancing at Fury who merely chuckled. "I think you should wait about six months dear, before drinking again," was all he said before turning and walking off to mingle, leaving behind a confused Feara and a suddenly fearful Kurama.
Lynn let go of Sesshomaru, looking after her father, trying to figure out the vague clue given to her, while Sesshomaru set Rin on her feet and bade her go play with the other children. While Sesshomaru got rid the evidence –well, most of it- of his crying, Lynn played back what her father said, trying to puzzle it out. "Six months? Why six months? The only thing I could figure is that it's the gestation cycle of…" she gasped and covered her mouth with both hands as the truth of it hit her like a sledge hammer. "I-I'm…" she couldn't even finish that statement it was so shocking. Sesshomaru came up behind her and wrapped her in his arms. "You are pregnant, love," he murmured to her.
"Pr-Pregnant? H-How…?" she stuttered out, at a loss for words. Sesshomaru chuckled warmly. "I do believe you are well aware of the "how". As for how long, I am not sure. You may have to ask your father, for I've only just realized it myself because of him." "I'm pregnant," she said so quietly, he barely heard her. "I'm pregnant!" she said more loudly, happiness lacing her voice. Then her breathing sped up, and she placed her hands on her stomach. "I'm pregnant…" she said breathlessly before promptly fainting into a stunned Sesshomarus' arms.
A few days later found the new couple back in the Silver Fox village, all the villagers crowing around them, either congratulating them on their Mating, or congratulating them on their unborn child. After Lynn's first initial shock and subsequent loss of consciousness, she squealed happily and immediately started making plans for the baby, the first order of business being to pick out a suitable name for either sex, as she didn't know what the baby would be. Sesshomaru, relived that she didn't find the thought of a child, let alone his child, repulsive, readily agreed to help with whatever she wished to be done. He, of course, got scolded by Lynn for even thinking that she didn't want the child. "I was just shocked is all, silly," she had said, grinning from ear to ear.
As the party in the village got underway, Lynn stole Sesshomaru away for a bit to steal kisses and touches in a secluded part of the village, which of course led to more…interesting things than a party. Everyone knew, of course, what the newly Mated couple went off to do, and kept any would be voyeurists' and children away from the general direction they had gotten off to. And that, as they say, is a happy ending.
A/N: OMG. Took me forever to finish this last (next to last really) chapter. I'm super sorry it took me so long. I just hadn't had any motivation (outside of Lynn every once in a while poking me with a stick to get it done) to finish this chapter. I actually got back to it like last week sometime, and it kinda just flowed out for a bit, then today I finally finished! Woohoo! Ok, a few things to say: there will be, but I don't know how long it'll be, two stories (probably one shots) stemming off of this story. One will most definitely be Kurama/Takai, seeing as how for whatever reason I can't get that out of my head. The other will be Takai/Lynn's child. As of yet, I haven't come up with a name for the child, but I do know (spoiler alert) it will be a girl. She will be named in the epilogue; however, I don't know what to name her yet, so if you have any ideas, hit me up. As for the epilogue itself, I have no Earthly idea when that will be done. It most likely won't be as long as any of the previous chapters, or it could be longer. I don't know yet. Let me just toss out this tidbit before I end the chapter until next time: reviews fuel the plot bunnies…the more reviews the more motivation XD. Ja ne! See you in the epilogue!