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Sesshomaru demon's thoughts

Sesshomaru thoughts

Sesshomaru Demon speak

Rin's thoughts

*Inu*

*Sesshomaru Inu*

The battle commences

"Here they come." Sesshomaru's calm voice cuts through the air.

"Sesshomaru, I know you love a good fight and all but why don't you try talking to them first. Most demons will give up a fight when they see you are protecting what they are after." Rin said quietly. "That way no more villagers will be killed." Sesshomaru thought it over and nodded. Mate has good point, why waste energy when we could talk and then leave this place intact.

"I agree. We shall try talking to the snakes, if that doesn't work though you must join the young women with Ah-Un. He will protect all of you until the battle is done." Rin nodded and mounted the dragon. Just as she was seated the snakes came into view.

"Give us the young women and the pregnant ones, and we will be done without needless bloodshed." Said the leader, whose voice was familiar to Sesshomaru and Rin. When the Hebi leader stepped into sight they saw the young snake they had met hours before becoming mates. "I am Khan and you will die if you try to stop us. Not even the Lord of the West will help you, seeing as he hates humans and half-breeds." He obviously hasn't seen us yet.

"Halt your actions." Rin called out making her presence on Ah-Un known; she had moved the dragon in front of Sesshomaru so that Khan wouldn't recognize him yet. "I don't know if you remember me, but we met a month back. I am a traveling companion to the Western Lord." He shouldn't know I am the lady yet. It might make me a big target or might settle it. Sesshomaru will have to tell him.

"Woman, you shouldn't have stayed here alone, you are young enough for me and my men. After we are done with you and all the other women, Lord Sesshomaru will thank us for ridding him of your human stench." Khan hissed at her.

"Are you the leader of this rabble?" Rin asked, "Do all of your men wish for this, or are you just leading them because you can influence them easily? What happens if Lord Sesshomaru finds out and comes to kill you for harming us? Did all of you think this through?" She let her words soak in for a few moments. "I can tell you for a fact if you harm me or anyone in this village from today on, you will face his wrath."

Khan shook his head. "He won't care and I will personally kill you, and bring your head to him and his mother."

"Why his mother and not his mate?" Rin asked with a smile.

"He has no mate." Khan said with a deadly smile, "And this talk is done, I will have some fun with you first then take him your head."

"That won't be necessary." Sesshomaru's voice snapped. "And if you so much as brush up against her I will kill you."

"Where did that come from?" Khan asked worried. "Where is he?" He looked around only to see Rin giggling loudly.

"He was behind me the whole time." She managed to get out through her giggles. "Are you still intent on fighting knowing that you are up against the most powerful demon in the country?" She asked with a serious face. "You are no match for him."

"To rid him of your human stench and influence? Of course." Khan readied himself to attack. "I will take you with me to the netherworld." He cried running toward her.

"Ah-Un fly!" Rin called to her mount. "Get away from him and let us join the others." Ah-Un responded to his mistress's commands immediately, letting Khan, who was going to slow to catch them, but too fast to stop, almost run into a livid Sesshomaru. He noticed a green glow to Sesshomaru's hands and also noted that the Western Lord had released his demon, in his rage. Khan skid to a stop right before Sesshomaru and just barely managed to not hit him.

"I will kill you for even thinking about killing MY MATE, and YOUR Lady." Sesshomaru's demon spoke. His rage was evident in every action. He quelled his poison, reminding himself that Snake demons are immune to poison, and promptly drew Bakusaiga. "I shall send you to the underworld in pieces." He snarled at the hebi. "Along with all who will follow you."

He started to swing his blade only to have it stopped by Kasume. "Explain this betrayal, General." He said when Kasume continued to get in his way.

"My lord, Khan is my…" he trailed off knowing that what he was about to say wasn't accepted by many. "He is my mate." Both men blushed at these words. "I will talk to him and see if this can be resolved without causing someone to die." He looked at his lord. "Please." He begged.

"Sesshomaru, please." Rin said coming up beside him with Ah-Un. "How would you feel if someone killed me because I pissed them off, would you really just let them live if you could try to stop them from killing me?" She said bringing it up in a way he would understand. "Love, please if it doesn't work you can always kill them both. Khan for attacking a village under your protection repeatedly, not to mention me, and Kasume for pointing his blade at his sworn Lord." She stated. "I understand your wrath, but"

"Go, talk to him and if this can be settled that way then so be it, if not both of you will die." He said waving the two demons off. "Rin, anyone who tries to harm you should die regardless of whether or not they are human or demon, friend or foe it is my right to protect you and our child." He said kindly, "I understand that you dislike bloodshed, but you can't always avoid it." He reminded her. She smiled and leaned down toward him, kissing him in front of everyone. One of the humans stepped forward.

"Why aren't we fighting them? They have raped and killed our young for over a year now, and we are ready to take them on." He said to the couple. "Why are we just talking to them?"

"Do you want to see more people die just because of us being too hasty in attacking them?" Rin asked, "We do this so that more villagers won't have to die." A scream pierced the air from the direction of the women's hiding spot. Rin turned only to find both Kasume and Khan dragging a pregnant woman out towards her and Sesshomaru. "What are you doing?" She demanded of the pair of demons.

"We are ridding this village of half-breed children and then we will never attack it again." Khan replied. "Did you really think that we would just give up on our quest to rid the world of half-breeds?" he sneered. Kasume nodded.

"I believe my mate is correct." He intoned. "Demons and humans shouldn't crossbreed."

"Then you have just declared war on all half-demons, correct?" Sesshomaru asked. They both nodded. "Prepare yourselves for the netherworld, for you have just threatened my mate and our unborn child. Neither of you will survive this battle." He snarled darting forward and grabbing the pregnant woman and carefully carrying her to Rin's side.

"How far along are you?" Rin asked the woman who was very large.

"6 months, this is when half-snake-demons are born." She said clutching her stomach, "I have gone into labor." She gasped, as she felt her water flowing down her legs. Rin nodded and said that she needed to get on Ah-Un so they could reach the other women without going through the battling demons. "I understand, my name is Kona by the way." She said as she carefully mounted the dragon. Ah-Un held still and waited until Rin had a hold of the woman before lifting off and flying to the women's hut. Once she left Sesshomaru attacked both of the demons at once. He activated Bakusaiga's effect and within seconds both were small pieces. He turned toward the group of snakes that hadn't moved since arriving.

"Leave or die." Sesshomaru notified them. Several of them ran away. However the majority of them surrounded Sesshomaru and commenced with attacking all at once. When Sesshomaru realized that there wasn't enough space for him to use his blade he sheathed it, releasing his whip instead. Several fell to his whip and to his surprise the human men were helping him fight the hoard of demons off. "Humans get back." Sesshomaru yelled. He then released a snarl to draw out the new leader to battle. "I will be changing so go protect the women." He informed them. With that he was surrounded by his youkai and his true form was revealed to everyone. Sesshomaru flew up into the sky in order to draw the fight away from the village. He was followed by a Hebi just a little smaller than himself. They battled in the sky for a long time. Sesshomaru was toying with the snake and the snake was trying to poison him hoping to kill him with a strike that would slowly eat away at his blood until he died. They were fighting for about 2 hours before returning to their humanoid form. "I am immune to poison." He stated to the snake, who looked at him in shock. "Your plan was one that I have used myself. I would never fall for it." He informed his opponent. "You on the other hand are about to die so trying another plan won't work." Sesshomaru said as he slid his hand into his opponent's chest and ripped out his heart, he then shredded the heart into very small pieces. He turned to find that the humans had subdued the remaining attackers and were trying to decide what to do with them. "If you don't kill them they will come back out of revenge." He commented to one of the older men.

"We know, it is just different for us to kill them when they aren't fighting back." He stated to the demon lord. "How do you manage to kill them without them fighting back?" He inquired curiously.

"I can show you if you would like, and it would also get rid of this problem." He offered. The man nodded and ordered the humans to move for Sesshomaru would take care of it for them. They all moved and when Sesshomaru unsheathed Bakusaiga and used it to kill all of the snakes at once. "Never allow an enemy the chance to come back, because the battle might not go the same way twice." He informed all of the humans. One of the women walked out and went to Sesshomaru to inform him that Rin wanted to stay in order to help with the delivery. Having already gathered that they would be staying for the night he just nodded to the woman who then bowed and hastily ran back to the hut.

2 Hours later

The woman in labor had been screaming for over an hour and Sesshomaru was getting a headache. Suddenly a new scream was added to the noise in the village, the cry of a baby. Sesshomaru walked over to see how his mate was doing after she didn't come out for another half-hour. When he reached the hut several men and women moved into his way to prevent him from entering. "Men are forbidden the birthing room." One of the women said bravely, "You can't enter."

"I am well aware of that, I was just going to call my mate out to see how everything went." He informed her. "Rin," he called loudly, "I want to speak with you." Rin poked her head out of the hut. When she saw Sesshomaru she nodded and ducked back in. When she came out she informed everyone that both mother and daughter were fine and it was clear for them to enter. She smiled at her mate and walked up to him. Sesshomaru took her into his arms and held her close, "are you okay?" She asked him. He nodded, "Everything went well for us as well. Kona had her baby and she is so cute. Do you want to see?" She asked her mate happily. He smiled and nodded, knowing that most half-demons don't look cute or smell good, but willing to anything for his mate he followed her as she led him to the baby. He was surprised that the smells weren't offensive to his nose. Rin smiled again when she saw the surprise in his eyes. "What are you so surprised about?" She asked him.

"Is it always so clean and quiet?" He asked in awe. She started to giggle at his expression.

"No, we cleaned up before anyone else was allowed in. We cleaned up, aired out and set up a separate room for feeding the baby." She informed her awed mate. "You don't see blood or any of the things from birthing but the baby." She stated seriously. If men really knew what they put us through they wouldn't get us pregnant. She looked at him. "You have no idea how much we go through for you do you?" She asked him.

"No, I really don't know anything about child birth." He responded. "What really happens?" Rin smiled.

"I will tell you when we are away from everyone, tonight." She told him in a whisper. "Human men are never told what happens." She explained under her breath. He nodded his understanding.

"Later then." He responded. "Now can I see that baby?" He asked with a sweet smile. She giggled and went to ask the mother. When Kona answered she said it loud enough for everyone outside to hear as well.

"Of course, Lord Sesshomaru can see her, I was hoping I would be able to thank him for helping me when they were going to kill me anyway and he can hold her too." At that Sesshomaru walked into the room and over to the young mother who was holding the baby.

"May I?" He asked holding his arms out for the baby. She nodded, and Rin handed him the baby reminding him to support the head. Sesshomaru looked confused so she showed him how to cradle the baby in his arms. "She is so small… What will you name her?" The mother's face dropped.

"I don't know, she will need a name that speaks strength but kindness as well." She thought about it. "May I name her after you, Lady Rin?" Rin's eyes lit up and she nodded.

"It would be an honor for her to have my name." She said softly. "I hope you find your happiness when you get older." She said to both mother and child. "Sesshomaru, can we visit them from time to time, to check on little Rin?" She begged her mate. He nodded.

"She and our child will be playmates." He said making both women really happy. Rin jumped up and mindful of the baby gave him a hug and a kiss, making Kona smile.

"Well we will let you get some sleep." He said passing baby Rin back to her mother. He then reached out and pulled his mate out.

"We will be going home tonight." He said quietly. "Kasume was in charge of a lot of things and now I need to find someone else to take over his position." He informed his mate. Rin sighed, and nodded.

"It has been a long day, and I am tired." She said when he looked at her oddly. He then nodded and wrapping his arms around her he flew up calling to Ah-Un. The dragon followed his masters and was immediately beside Sesshomaru, so Rin could be place gently on his back. Sesshomaru place Rin on the dragon and told Ah-Un they were headed home. With that they sped off towards the Western Palace arriving in minutes. The both landed and Sesshomaru lifted Rin and carried his exhausted mate to their bedchambers. He placed her in bed and joined her.

"Good night, Rin." He whispered

"Night, love." She responded, rolling over and spooning him.