Chapter 9

It was very hard to keep a straight face while talking to my Mom and Andrew. Finally we get the twins off of them and we head up to our room. We go in, I go over and set down on our bed with Maru in my arms.

Sesshoumaru gets us two bottles for them, he comes over and sets down with Jasmine. He hands me the one bottle and we both start to feed the twins. I can really feel the sadness in his aura, I know inside it is killing him to half to leave us when the twins are so young.

I just pray that he doesn't miss a lot of their firsts while he is gone at war. Wait a sec, I know what to do, I will make him a video diary with my camcorder everyday to show him when he comes back. I hear a knock at the door, it makes me look up from Maru to the door.

"Come in," I say.

The door opens just enough and Rin and Shippo come walking in with sad looks on their faces.

"Whats wrong guys?" I ask.

I pat the spot of the bed that is open between Sesshoumaru and I for them to come and set down. Without any hesitation they run over and jump into the bed with us. I see the twins finish their bottles.

I set Maru's empty bottle down on the bed as I get up off of the bed. I place Maru over my shoulder so that I can burp him, Sesshoumaru does the exact same thing with Jasmine, except he stays setting down.

I go over and lay Maru down in the crib, I go back over and take Jasmine off of Sesshoumaru and place her into the crib beside Maru.

I turn back around from the crib and find Rin and Shippo crying in Sesshoumaru's lap with his arms wrapped around them. It makes me almost want to cry, but I half to be strong for the children and I.

I walk over and set down beside him and pat their backs to try and give them some comfort.

"Rin, Shippo. It's going to be ok. I am not going to be gone for long." He says.

Rin and Shippo pull back away from him, trying to stop crying. " But Daddy we are going to miss you."

"I am going to muss you guys to. But I half to go."

"We know you do Daddy."

"Now you guys half to promise me that you will help your mother out with Maru and Jasmine while I am gone."

"We promise Daddy."

"Good"

He pulls them close to him, giving them a big hug. I smile, I know how hard it is on my right now that Sesshoumaru has to go, I know it is way worse for them. They stay with us, we talk and talk.

After about a hour and a half they are both asleep in our arms. We walk out of our room, we go straight into their room. Sesshoumaru takes Rin over to her bed and I take Shippo over to his bed.

I tuck Shippo in, I lean down and give him a kiss on the cheek. Sesshoumaru comes over and kisses him Good night while I go over and kiss Rin good night.

I shut the light off in their room as we walk out the door. We walk back into our room, we head straight into our bathrrom where we take a quick shower and put out night clothes on.

Instead of going over to our bed we go over to the twins crib. We watch them as they peacefully sleep side by side. Maru is going to be just like his father, he does not cry as much as Jasmine does. At only almost 2 weeks old they are already developing there own little personality's.

' Sesshoumaru o how I wish you didn't half to leave.'

"My Love. Maru is looking so much like my father already." Sesshoumaru says.

I look up at him, he is looking right back down at me. "He is?" I say.

"Yes. When I come back and we all can go back to our normal lives. I want to show our children so much."

"I know you do Sesshoumaru."

I turn my head around and look out the open window in our room that looks straight out at the goboshi tree. The sun is setting behind it, eliminating the tree in orange.

This is going to be my last night with Sesshoumaru for a long time until the war is done. I turn my back around to Sesshoumaru, he is giving me a lust filled gases.

He wraps a arm around my waist, pulling me close to his body, he leans down and captures my lips. The kiss is sodr, I can tell he is cherishing every last moment we have before he goes.

He picks me up and walks over to our bed, laying me down and he lays down beside me. He wraps his arms around me, I snuggle close to his chest. I listen to his heat beat and I very slowly fall into a peaceful sleep.

Sesshoumaru's POV

I hold Kagome to me, I look down at her beautiful sleeping face, she looks so much like a sleeping angel. I look out her open window and see the moonlight shinning down and in through her window.

I will not be able to sleep tonight, I have told no one but I know Kagome can feel it, but I am really scarred.

I know just how powerful Koten can be at time, even with the other Lords help it is going to be a tough battle. Koten never likes to lose, at anything, especially not war. I remember a moment long ago between my Father and Koten, when I was very young.

Flashback

No one is telling me who this Man is that is visiting, I am getting very upset about it. I walk through one of the many halls in my Fathers castle that leads to his study.

I can feel a very strong demonic aura coming from there. The closer I get the stronger it gets, soon I hear yelling coming from there.I break into a run for there, I burst through the door, I don't even bother to knock.

There in the middle of my Father's study is my Father and some man arguing. They stop when they see me as mad as I am. My Father glares at me.

"Sesshoumaru, leave." He says.

I have no other choice then to do as he says." Yes Father"

I retreat out of my Father's study, I then go to hunt down my Mother to see if she knows who this man is. I later learned that his name was Koten and he was a enemy of my Father's, a very powerful one.

End Of Flashback

I look down at Kagome, she has a smile spread across her face, even though she is not happy.

' Kagome, I promise you that I will come back to you and our children.'

I pull her closer to me, I nuzzle her neck and lay my head down on her shoulder, my thoughts drift to the battle, for the rest of the night I lay there, planning and praying.

Hi everyone, I am sorry for not updating last week like I usually do but my life has been one joy ride lately and I barly have time for writing. Now 2 weeks from today I will be traveling across my home state of Pennsylvania to the Pennsylvania State Bowling Championships. Please wish me luck because you don't win trophys but Scholarship money. I will try to update the Friday before but I will be gone all weekend so I don't know. Please review review review.

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