Mama's Boy
"So what else can you tell me about this future? Did you see our fates, Tomoyo?" Treyz asked his mate as he carried her to their chambers. She was weak from havomg used so much of her energy to project the images that had shown a truly confusing future and wasn't steady on her feet.
"No, the girl's thoughts were not on us and therefore none of the memories she might have concerning us were presented to me." Tomoyo said with a shake of her head, wishing that she could have been granted such thoughts. She had longed for children for so long but had yet to be blessed even once. It would have eased her mind either way to know whether her dreams of children would remain dreams or become a reality. "But I saw enough to know that you should ally yourself to Sesshoumaru sama now, as soon as possible. In the future he will be such a force that the gods themselves will view him with respect and even fear. With such an ally we would have few demons willing to be our enemies."
"How is it that he will be so powerful? True it would appear that his children and kin are strong but the same can be said for other demon households not to mention packs. When you get right down to it I don't see how Sesshoumaru sama could have taken a human mate." Treyz said with a slight shrug of his shoulders. "The lord hates them with such passion."
"True that is what he says but it is his excuse and his justification. In his heart he knows he hates them because otherwise he'd have to admit that it's his father he truly hates. He cannot bring himself to do that and so he lays the blame on Inu yasha's mother, on humans in general. But would someone that hates humans truly take on a human child, least of all a female one? No." Tomoyo said with a shake oh her head. "He loves that little girl with all his heart, my love and views her as his pup. He has a good heart only buried now beneath his personal demons and painful memories. As his heart will fill with love so will it fill with power and purpose. To protect the ones he cares about he will become a demon of legend. Everyone, human and demon alike will know his name."
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"Then it's a good thing we've always remained on reasonably good terms." Treyz said thoughtfully, sliding the door open before walking in to deposit Tomoyo in her favorite chair before taking a seat beside her. "His kin were quite amazing though. Those sons of his look just like him."
"Yes they do." Tomoyo said with her head slightly down. She knew her mate wanted pups just as much as she did and she wished that she could give them to him. "Both female and male."
"That Mika looks like quite the handful." Treyz agreed, chuckling slightly under his breath. Unlike most other demons he'd always based his opinion of someone on themselves rather then their species. He had as much disgust for a weak demon as he did for a weak human. Race meant little to him though he didn't know how he'd feel if a child of his ever got it into his or her head to mate with a human. He'd like to think he'd be somewhat open minded. Then again the life of a half breed was never an easy one and that would concern him. Then again in the future perhaps that changed given that no one in their right mind would want to offend Sesshoumaru sama by looking down at his children because of their mixed blood. And how ironic would that be. The so called self proclaimed human hater bringing about an era where judging someone by their blood was unacceptable. "Did you learn anything about the strange smelling demon that traveled with them? The one that smells like the sea?"
"She is related to Sesshoumaru sama through mate ties. Her older sister is the mate of Sesshoumaru sama's oldest son." Tomoyo said carefully, holding back the information that she was also a water demon, a race many considered a simple myth. There were those in this holding tonight who would do that girl harm if they knew what she was though and so Tomoyo decided not to risk even saying the words out loud. "As well she's quite close to Inu yasha's youngest son as well as being very powerful."
"I've never smelled or seen a demon like her for that matter. Perhaps she's some sort of sprite instead." Treyz said thoughtfully, assuming his mate didn't know when she didn't correct him or agree. "I'll inquire tomorrow as to what exactly she is."
"One of Sesshoumaru sama's greatest advantages is his many alliances with powerful demons. The wind user and a creature known as Mina in particular will be great threats." Tomoyo said quietly, thinking to distract him. "As well I get the feeling that the young girl who is with Sesshoumaru sama right now..Rin I think..she will be a powerful sorceress in time." Tomoyo was about to continue when there was a loud knock on the door. "Who could that be?" Tomoyo said with a questioning look towards her mate.
"I don't know. Enter." Treyz said as his hand shifted to rest on the hilt of his sword that he had yet to remove.
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The door slowly opened to reveal Andrea, wrapped up in a large cloak with Kyou in the background though he had his back to them and appeared to simply be lounging there. Andrea alone walked in, coming within hearing distance before she bowed low. "I apologize for disturbing you but as we are leaving early tomorrow I wanted to insure I had the chance to speak to you, Lady Tomoyo."
"What can I do for you?" Tomoyo asked with a surprised look, unsure what the girl could possibly want to speak to her about.
"You did me a good turn this night so I wished to return the favor." Andrea said as she met Tomoyo's eyes, a silent message passing from Andrea to Tomoyo telling the surprised Lady Tomoyo that some how the girl was aware that Tomoyo had chosen to keep the knowledge of Andrea's race to herself. "In return for your good deed I will tell you that you will have three."
"Three?" Treyz asked with a questioning look, wondering what he was missing here.
"Children, two boys and a girl." Andrea said with a small smile as she watched joy bloom on Tomoyo's face while Lord Treyz looked rather like he'd been hit upside the head. "I just thought you'd want to know since it's bee worrying you, Lady Tomoyo." Andrea added then turning around to let herself out as Lady Tomoyo had burst into happy tears and Lord Treyz was too busy trying to get her to stop to think to dismiss her.
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"Uhm..why is someone crying in there?" Kyou wanted to know as they made their way back to the others. "And are we going to get in trouble because of it?"
"They were happy tears and we won't be getting in trouble." Andrea said with a roll of her eyes as they made their way through the darkness. Kyou had insisted on coming with her which was sweet but he had talked all the way over and she had a bad feeling he was going to want to talk all the way back too.
"I don't get why people cry when they're happy. When I'm happy I celebrate, not cry." Kyou said with a considering look the idea of being so happy it drove you to tears on his easily distracted mind for the moment. "It must be a girl thing."
"Don't make me hurt you."
"You wouldn't hurt me badly. You love me remember." Kyou said with a snicker, well aware that no matter how often his best friend threatened him with extreme physical harm she'd never follow through. They didn't call each other their best friend for nothing.
"You have no idea." Andrea muttered, stuffing her hands into the pockets of the cloak as she trudged along with Kyou at her heels with a puzzled look on his face.
"What do you mean I have no idea? No idea about what?"
"If you don't know then I see no reason to tell you."
"Awwww come on. I wanna know." Kyou said in his whiniest, most pitiful voice. There was nothing he hated more then not having his curiousity appeased. "Tell me. Tell me. I'll be as annoying as possible till you tell me."
"When are you not annoying?"
".......HEY! That's not true. You're ten times more annoying then I am....now tell me ...Please?"
"No."
"You suck." Kyou grumbled, brooding until they reached the campsite. "Mommy! Andrea's being mean to me!" Kyou called out once he caught sight of his mother, speaking before he thought it through as usual.
"You are such an idiot." Andrea said with a chuckle as she wandered over to sit down beside Inu yasha while Kyou went over to his mother's side with his best put upon and puppy dog eyes. "And a mama's boy at that."
"There's nothing wrong with being a mama's boy." Kyou said as he stuck his tongue out before looking up at his mom with his golden eyes shimmering with a need to be comforted. "Is there, Mommy?"
"Of course there isn't." Kagome said as she gave her little boy a big hug. He was just so adorable.
"See. I was right." Kyou said with a self satisfied look on his face. "Now tell me what you meant." When Andrea simply stuck her tongue out at him Kyou decided to ask his mommy what his mean friend had meant. Explaining the conversation Kyou asked his mother what the brat had meant, the brat comment sending flames shooting into Andrea's eyes.
Kagome raised an eyebrow at Andrea, the girl simply pouting and trying not to pout. Looking around Kagome saw the rest of the guys were utterly clueless and wasn't the bit surprised. Well if the girl didn't want to explain it to Kyou then Kagome didn't think it was right for her to either. "I think you need to be nicer to Andrea so that she'll tell you herself."
"But I don't wanna!"
"Quit acting like a whiny baby or I'll give you something to whine about."
"Mommy! Dad is threatening me with physical harm again!"
"SIT!."
CRASH
"Thank you, Mommy."
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The Next Day
The group that left the holding the next morning was a silent and thoughtful one. Sesshoumaru and Sango were trying hard to ignore each other as they walked side by side, Rin walking between them just in case. Shippou was walking at Kagome's side and pondering the idea of Kagome as his mother while Inu yasha was inwardly gloating about how much stronger his daughter was then Manta's son. Sora, Andrea and Kyou were all busy worrying about how their futures were being changed around them and Miroku was just wondering how the hell he could have a son who was afraid of women.
"Wait up." Came a call and the group turned to see Kouga walking/jogging towards them to catch up. When he did he smirked and then explained why he'd chased after them. "I'm going with you."
"And why would we want a stupid wolf demon with us?" Inu yasha wanted to know with a sneer having yet to reach a point in his life where he could stand Kouga much less get along with him. "The last thing we need to be doing is wasting time keeping you alive. You'll just slow us down."
"And you say that with two pups in your midst." Kouga said sarcastically, folding his arms in front of him. "Look you guys apparently had trouble with him in the future so me being around to lend a hand couldn't hurt. Besides if you guys don't stop him he'll start going after everyone who's pissed him off in this time period which means me anyway. Besides he's attacking my pack in the future, I'd like a chance to help send him to Hell for it."
"I suppose we could always use him as a distraction." Sesshoumaru said dryly, her cold eyes studying the wolf carefully. He doubted the wolf demon would be of any use to them as anything other then bait but bait was always useful. "If he wishes to die let him."
"Besides you guys have got to get along sooner or later." Kagome said with a huff as she watched Kouga and Inu yasha eye each other with mutual hostility. "You are going to be brother in laws remember."
"I'll stick with the brother I've got thanks. At least he's not a pansy ass wolf demon." Inu yasha said with a sneer in Kouga's direction, completely missing Sesshoumaru's look of surprise which vanished before anyone could comment though most of them saw it and took note of it with mixed feelings.
"Careful, dog or you're going to end up pushing up pansies." Kouga growled with a dark look on his face that said he really, really wanted to get into a fight with Inu yasha but was trying to restrain himself.
"Hey you know what would be really funny?" Shippou said as he watched the two from the ground. "If Mika or Kyou married one of Kouga's kids. Then they'd really be stuck with each other."
"That's not funny, Shippou." Inu yasha said as he swiped a hand at Shippou's head, just missing the fox. "And that'll happen over my dead body. It isn't going to happen is it?" Inu yasha commanded as he sent his son a glare that said he'd wring Kyou's neck if it were possible.
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"Actually there's no need to worry. Really. I haven't the faintest attraction to Hermione and none of Uncle Kouga's boys are old enough for Mika," Kyou said as he put up his hands in defense against his dad's quick temper. "I love Hermione but I've never thought of her as anything but a relative and friend."
"I have a daughter named Hermione?" Kouga asked, carefully saying the foreign word that sounded exotic and pretty to him. When Kyou nodded Kouga forgot about needling Inu yasha for the time being. "I would take it she's about your age then. What's she like? She doesn't have a mate yet I take it?"
"Hermione is a lot like you or at least everyone says so. Unless she's around Jason. Around Jason she's just scary sometimes." Kyou said with a smirk then seeing that the adults were interested opted to elaborate. "Jason is Mika's partner at work. He's a good cop and a great guy but he and Hermione don't get along so well. Actually they're more like gasoline and a match..whenever they meet up you can expect heat and explosions. Since Jason doesn't have any family in Japan Grandma's sort of adopted him so we see him a lot, much to Hermione's irritation. Jason says it's because Hermione's too blunt and arrogant for her own good. Hermione says that he's an arrogant pig that she'd like to crucify someday. She says the only reason he's still alive is grandma."
"Sounds like their behavior is very similar to the way your parents used to get along." Miroku said with a small smile, turning his chuckle into a weird sounding cough when Inu yasha sent him a dark look. "Only of course Hermione can't sit this young man."
"No but if she could he'd never be on his feet again in her company. She'd sit him till he hit the earth's center." Sora said with a chuckle as she shook her head at the fact that her statement was far from an exaggeration. "Manta had always hoped then Ren would take Hermione as his mate but that's never going to happen. They're too much like brother and sister, She's like a little kid sister to him. Aunt Mina says that Hermione was always trailing after Ren as a kid but that she could never see them being more then friends because they hardly ever fight."
"And that's a sign that they could never be more then friends?" Sango said with a confused look on her face. Wouldn't getting along with each other be a sign that they'd be suited to become more?
"Well you see Aunt Mina has this theory that couples who don't fight are just headed for disaster." Kyou explained with a wide grin of his cheerful face, always happy to be the center of attention whenever possible. "Because if you don't fight then that either means that you're holding your anger in which is never good or that you're sailing along too smoothly. If you're sailing along too smoothly well then things don't stay interesting and more importantly if a big crisis comes you don't have the experience or a strong enough bond to weather through it. Really you can't fault the logic since everyone in our family argues with their spouses and all our marriages are going strong."
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"But I've never heard Hotaru and Linc fight." Sora pointed out, playing devil's advocate for the hell of it and to keep her uncles from fighting. "And they're devoted to each other."
"That's true but Hotaru apologizes to flies before she swats them." Andrea pointed out with a smirk, Hotaru a constant source of wonder and interest to the water demon. Trying to figure out how Hotaru's mind worked was a fascinating activity simple because it was impossible. "They're both the type that discusses things instead of fights about them. Men never want to discuss, they always want to do and do it their way. Since Linc is one of the few exceptions to the rule the way he looks and does things vary from that of a typical male."
"So this Linc is my son in law then? He sounds like a very unusual guy. I hope he has some positive influence on the other members of our family." Kagome said drolly as she looked over at Inu yasha pointedly. He could definitely benefit from learning how to discuss things instead of turning the whole thing into a shouting match.
"Yeah, you definitely could learn from him, Kagome." Inu yasha shot back smugly having understood Kagome look no problem.
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