AN: Thanks for the reviews! Loved them whole bunches! Oh, and I realized I said full moon in the last chapter, but I meant to say new moon. If you don't know what I'm talking about it, good you didn't notice my blunder, lol. Oh and when I described Sesshy's momma's hair I did my best not to use the term pigtails…. That's what they are, but it seemed beneath her to use the term pigtails.
Oh and if you read my profile you know I'm in a doc upload error war with right now… I found the most ass backwards way to post this chapter, LMAO... To say the least it involved exporting another chapter and copy and pasting this one into it.
Chapter 11Sesshomaru picked up on Rin's fading scent about an hour ago. His brows knitted together in worry, he could smell distress laced within her sweet scent. He could also smell the man who captured her and a primal anger boiled within him. He recognized the smell. He had run into this man just shy of a month ago. However, he looked like one of the villagers. Sesshomaru remembered the man had a distrustful aura, but found nothing else worth paying the man much thought.
"He will suffer." Sesshomaru muttered to him self as another scent prickled his nostrils causing him to pause. The light around him dissipated and he stood on the earth once more. He watched as bright ball of light honed in on him from the horizon. His eyes narrowed in aggravation as the ball of light dissipated and revealed a tall demon woman. Her hair was a more delicate shade of silver, tied elegantly in separate ponytails on either side of her head. Her facial features were a delicate replica of his handsome ones. Her regal looking kimono was white, but with splashes of red much like Sesshomaru's.
"Mother?" Sesshomaru asked beginning to get angry at the waste of time.
"My dear son, your little youkai sent me word of what happened." She said surveying her son. "Is your mate, Rin, still with your brother?" She asked showing mild concern. Sesshomaru shook his head.
"They poisoned Inuyasha and took her. I have her scent. It shouldn't be long before I get there." Sesshomaru said turning to leave.
"I will come with you." His mother said and did not wait for Sesshomaru to accept her presence. The two taiyokai blazed across the landscape in great balls of light following Rin's scent. His heart twisted as the approached the source of her scent. He could smell blood everywhere and his beast began to take over.
"Hold yourself together." His mother scolded as they descended on the outskirts of a village. They both eyed a dilapidated hut that reeked of the man Sesshomaru remembered and Rin's blood. "Is that blood hers?" Sesshomaru did not reply his eyes were red as he began to walk towards the hut. Suddenly a hand yanked him backwards and he growled angrily at the culprit.
"Don't do anything they are expecting you baka." His mother chided. He stopped and watched as his mother unleashed her poison whip. She tore the far wall apart. Being sure the debris fell outward and not inward. Two men stood motionless, looking at the two demons from what used to be an enclosed hut. Sesshomaru spotted barrels and used his own whip to break them apart and watched as the priests supply of holy water soaked uselessly into the ground.
"Rin." Sesshomaru growled as he spotted her motionless body on the ground by the priests. Sesshomaru was about to dismantle the priests limb from limb when his mother spoke.
"Where are they?" His mother's cool voice held an enraged and disgusted sting that he hadn't heard come out of her in many centuries. Confused by her comment he turned his head back to find a chilling anger in her golden eyes. The priests simply gawked at her not knowing whether to flee or fight. "Don't play stupid with me, where are they?" The priest, Sesshomaru remembered encountering, pointed towards a wagon that sat a few feet away from the ruined hut.
"The two of you are disgraces to your religion." Her angry voice shot at them. "So blind with zeal you can't even see what you've done. You will be meeting your God tonight and trust me…" A cruel smirk touched her porcelain features. "You will pay for your sins against the innocent." Two bright green whips lashed out to rip the priests apart. However, as their whips sliced in unison a piercing angry white light took over their once green whips. Both Taiyokai gasped as their whips acted on their own accord and ripped the priests to pieces.
"Huh…" Sesshomaru panted as he watched the light fade from his hand.
"Their God was indeed angry with them." His mother said looking at her own hand.
"Rin!" Sesshomaru said snapping out of his daze and running after his mate. His mother quickly ran to the wagon and lifted the cover to reveal what she already knew was there.
"Sesshomaru?" Rin's weak voice whispered as he knelt down beside her. "I'm so sorry." Tears began to leak down her bright pink cheeks. Sesshomaru put his hand on her forehead and found she was delirious with fever. He began looking for the source of her blood. He froze when he tried to lift her and realized that all the blood was coming from between her legs.
"Rin, what happened?" His voice was quiet yet heart wrenching. He brought his head down to her stomach, finding it soft and void of the lives he helped create. He stood up and cradled Rin's tired body in his arm, clutching her as close as he could. He felt as if someone was squeezing his chest, breathing felt painful. 'Our children…' A single tear slid down his cheek as he sniffed the air to locate the bodies.
"We need to get back to your castle. There is still a chance." His mother said from behind him. He turned to see the bottom of her elegant silk kimono was torn apart and she now held a bundle made of her torn kimono in her arms. Sesshomaru could make out the scent of death coming from within the bundle. "They haven't been dead long." She said turning from him. Clutching her dead grandchildren she bounded off towards the castle.
Gripping Rin as securely as he could, he took off after his mother. He felt his sword pulse as he moved beside his mother. "There is no way they'd survive even if I brought them back. They were only twenty six weeks along! Their bodies are far too frail for this world yet." Sesshomaru said glaring at his mother.
"Sesshomaru I know what I'm doing. Don't question your mother." She bit back at him. Her son's apathy was getting under her skin. "You lack your father's graces. He'd never give up on you this easily." Her comment irritated him to no end. He bit his tongue knowing he had never and would never win an argument with his mother. It wasn't long before they reached the castle. The two taiyokai raced into the palace where they found Jaken fretting outside Sesshomaru's rooms.
"Jaken get the healer now!" Sesshomaru barked as he ran into his room and laid Rin on the futon. She was long since unconscious. She moaned as her body withered with pain and fever.
"Is your sword still pulsing?" His mother asked hastily from behind him. He heard things fall to the floor as he turned to look at her. He found she had flung all the things off his desk and laid the bundle on top of it. She quickly unwrapped the shreds of her torn kimono to reveal to tiny babies. Sesshomaru's eyes became frozen on the tiny bodies. He slowly walked over and brought his hand up to stroke their tiny features. 'I had a son and a daughter.' He thought sadly as the pad of his finger passed over the girl's palm, completely covering it.
"Sesshomaru? Is the sword still pulsing?" His mother yelled at him, snapping him out of his trance.
"Yes." He whispered as he brought his attention back to his sword. He unsheathed it and watched as the Paul Bearers of the under world became visible. "If they die again I won't forgive you." He whispered to his mother as he slashed the creatures away. The cries of the two infants immediately resonated in the room. Sesshomaru's mother quickly opened their eyes and wrapped them in warmer blankets. She sat down with them and began to loosen the top of her kimono.
"What are you doing?" Sesshomaru asked shocked as she bared her chest.
"Keeping them alive." She whispered as she offered a breast to each infant. "Demon milk should quickly nourish their shortcomings." Sesshomaru huffed and turned around. He vaguely remembered that dog demon females would lactate whenever related pups were in need. His eyes quickly rested on Rin's weak features. A demon care taker was now tending to her.
"How is she?" Sesshomaru asked sitting next to Rin's side.
"I'm confidant She'll pull through. I gave her herbs that will keep her asleep for a few days. That will allow her body to cope with the fever better." The old female explained. She had dull purple hair that had long since lost its youthful luster. Her pale pink eyes watched the young woman carefully as she pulled the kimono back to examine the damage Rin's early labor had caused.
"It looks like all the after birth was expelled. That's good, but she is torn. Most likely where her fever has originated from." She told Sesshomaru while she bent down and started to mix herbs with antiseptic qualities. "I'll have her patched up and the infection rid of." Her optimism and confidence eased Sesshomaru's mind. Sesshomaru held vigil over Rin as the care taker finished all that she could do for one night.
"Tell the servants to prepare a room for my mother." Sesshomaru ordered as the old woman got up to leave. She bowed her respects and left to find a servant. He heard his mother move from the seat she had been in. The fragile infants were done suckling and were beginning to drift off. He looked up to find her kimono was back in its proper place. She knelt down next to him with the infants in her arms.
"Here is your son." She whispered passing a small baby wrapped in a soft white blanket. Sesshomaru almost hesitantly accepted the boy from her. He awkwardly tried to cradle the baby in his arm. "Like this." His mother whispered as she used her free hand to guide Sesshomaru's arm to the proper position. She gently moved the blanket further away from the baby's face so Sesshomaru could get a better look at him. Bright amber eyes blinked as the looked up at him. A soft smile stretched across Sesshomaru's lips.
"Yukio." Sesshomaru whispered as the baby gave a pleasant gurgle. His mother watched quietly with a soft smile on her face. He felt pride swell in his chest as he memorized his son's tiny face. After a few minutes Sesshomaru looked up and gestured for his mother to take her grandson.
"Here is your daughter." She said warmly as she took Yukio and placed the tiny girl in his arm. He intently studied her face and knew she would be beautiful. Her bright golden eyes sparkled up at him as she rested quietly in his arm.
"Kohana." The name fell gracefully from Sesshomaru's lips. The tiny girl smiled up at him. "Thank you." He whispered to his mother. "You saved my children."
"I finally taught you humility my dear son." Her voice warmed the room. Sesshomaru handed Kohana to his mother who rose from the futon. "They'll need to stay by me for the time being." Sesshomaru nodded his understanding as his mother left the room with the newborns.
"We have two beautiful children." Sesshomaru whispered to Rin as he stretched out next to her weak body.
I hope you all liked this chapter! There will be one more chapter and then this story will be finished! Please Read and Review:)