Ch.19 –Mamoru
The wedding was beautiful, Kagome was decked out in a white, silver and red layered kimono, her hair twisted and pulled up with chopsticks and a small veil to cover her eyes. The hall was decked out in red and white flowers, white fabric hung up everywhere. Kuronue and Youko had been dressed up in all black, their hair pulled back and a rose pinned to them. They stood off to the side while Sesshomaru waited patiently for Kagome to make her way down the isle created for her. He was dressed in his house colors but with special silk fabric instead of the outfit he usually wore. His face was just as passive as it always was. The only sign of emotion could be seen through his eyes, if anyone but Kagome ever got close enough to see that and live. The ceremony itself was quick as no one wanted to stand there forever, but the reception was longer, filled with music, dancing, drinks and of course, cake. After all the guests left the staff had an after-party to celebrate some more, allowing Kagome to change out of her wedding kimono and into a floor-length red dress. Kuronue took full advantage of the change and of the company, having his own time with Kagome on the dance floor, Youko joining them for a couple rounds while Sesshomaru took a break.
It wasn't long after that night did the three men find out Kagome was pregnant when she shut herself in her room, trying to pin everything off of 'sickness'. Sesshomaru assigned Kuronue and Youko to take care of her while he took care of preparations for the child.
None of them were prepared when the child finally arrived. They had all been shut out of the delivery room while Kagome screamed at them from the other side of the door for making her go through everything she had for the soon-to-be-born kid. When they had finally been allowed back in after she was calmed down and held her wrapped up baby, unprepared was the only word that could describe them. They had all thought the child would be a Hanyou, with Kagome being a human. They could tell ahead of time the child would be a boy, but none of them ever figured out what the child would actually be. They had all just assumed since they couldn't sense anything. But it turned out that Kagome had put a barrier around the child to keep them from knowing that her first born was actually a full-blooded dog demon.
At first Sesshomaru was angry at Kagome for keeping secrets, but he couldn't stay that way when the child reached for him first. He was adorable, his mother's dark hair, his father's golden eyes. Kagome named him Mamoru.
As all of them watched the child grow he developed stripes and a crescent moon. But he surprised them all when instead of a poison whip like his father; he made a whip of holy energy. Indeed, the child would be special. He'd grow up with two surrogates as well as his parents, learning all sorts of abilities from them all.
(Mamoru – protector)