Chapter Twenty-Seven:

Father's Gifts

A week later

Kagome woke a week after meeting with the Elders with apprehension in the pit of her stomach. Today they would meet with the Taisho council and even though Sesshomaru assured them that everything would be all right Kagome was still uncertain about what would happen and that made the expecting mother very, very nervous.

Kagome sat up in the futon; InuYasha was sound asleep on his stomach with his arm draped across her belly. Ever since he had figured out that they were relatively safe here the hanyo had slept soundly each not but at the same time he was alert enough to react if needed.

Kagome smiled at her husband as the talk the two had had the previous night came to mind. InuYasha had finally felt that he should talk to the mother of his child about his fears for Izayoi and though most had seemed normal there were the ones that had been created from his own childhood and Kagome had made sure that he understood that even if something were to happen to either or kami forbid both of them their pup would be well cared for and loved.

Once the he had understood that he put his silly fears behind him and looked eagerly to their future together.

Kagome's smile dimmed as she remembered the council again. There were sure to be at least a few that would not want Izayoi as their heir and what they might do scared her but she trusted her new family to protect her and her daughter.

"You're worrying again." Kagome smiled down at her husband coyly. He was in the same position he had been the whole time, his eyes closed and his body relaxed as he lay on his stomach.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Kagome said and InuYasha stiffly sat up. He yawned while scratching his head. Then he turned to his wife and gently bumped his nose under her jaw.

"You know what I'm talking about wench. You're worrying about the council." He then hugged her with one arm and Kagome laid her head on his bear shoulder.

"I've already told you, even if one of those bastards have a problem with Izayoi they'll have to get through me and Sesshomaru to get to you. And Aiko, and Megumi, and Raiden, and Sango, and Miroku, and Gobodō-sama you see where I'm going with this Kagome?"

Kagome laughed as her mate teased her while naming off all those willing to protect her and Izayoi.

InuYasha yawned again nearly wide enough to unhinge his jaw.

"Come on, lets go get some breakfast. Sesshomaru wants us in the dining hall so we can all go to the meeting room together."

Kagome nodded and allowed InuYasha to help her up so they could dress.

Before they were ready to walk out the door there came a knock.

InuYasha took one sniff and growled.

"I thought we were meeting you in the dinning hall?"

Kagome looked to InuYasha curiously as Sesshomaru chose that moment to walk into the room. He carried a fur pelt that resembled his momoko-sama. Kagome looked at it in awe, it looked so soft and it was pure white.

Behind the demon lord were two servants carrying what looked like armor.

InuYasha glanced to the fur and his ear twitched giving away his curiosity.

"What's that stuff?" he asked as his brother gestured for the servants to leave.

"This is a piece of our father's momoko-sama that he had broken away from his for you. He left it with your mother to keep her warm the night of your birth at Setsuna castle. You and Izayoi will be the only demon members of our family that does not have your own momoko so I think it would please father's spirit if you had his."

InuYasha's eyes widened as he took the fur and the pelt as if it had a mind of its own quickly wrapped itself around him only to slide down his shoulder and settle down his back, the twin tails touched the ground.

Kagome smiled as reached out to pet the soft fur and was surprised when one of the tails rose of its own accord and wrapped around her waist.

"Wow."

"As you know brother the momoko-sama is a demon infused dog pelt that most dog demons acquire after their birth. Usually a small part of the pup's mother's own momoko-sama will break off and attach itself to the newborn but your mother being human did not a have a momoko-sama. So father had this piece created for you."

InuYasha looked at Kagome and smiled. The feeling he got from the pelt was amazing. Especially the slew of information he was getting from the tail wrapped around Kagome. just from the feel of her swollen womb beneath the fur he could tell that Izayoi was still sleeping in her warm home inside her mother, and Kagome was completely calm, basically all was well.

"Thank you Sesshomaru." InuYasha said gratefully, gratitude was heavy in the hanyo's voice.

Sesshomaru nodded. "And this was father's second suite of battle armor. He had two. He died in his favorite and he had mine made for me when I came of age so it seems only right that you have his second favorite."

InuYasha nodded for once struck speechless.

"It would be wise if you wore both the momoko-sama and the armor for our meeting with the Taisho council. It is important that we present a united front," Sesshomaru then turned and left through the door. Lifting his hand he spoke once more before leaving the couple alone. "Be at the breakfast table in no less the thirty minutes.

Once the young family was alone InuYasha turned to look at Kagome. He couldn't be sure but he was almost certain that he could feel, almost smell, his father with them in the room.

Walking to the dinning room was… strange. Everyone they passed, either servant or nobleman, stopped and stared in awe and it was making InuYasha feel uncomfortable which in turn caused his momoko-sama's tails to snap around his ankles as if annoyed at the attention. Only his mate's gentle touch on his hand kept him from running back to their rooms to rip the armor and fur off so people wouldn't openly gawk at them.

When they finally made it to the dinning hall InuYasha breathed a sigh of relief only to smell wolf.

The day after they had me with the Inu elders Koga had shown up rather unexpectedly.

Flash back

"Yo mutt face. Long time no see."

InuYasha growled, as instincts demanded the rival be kept from the pupped female. But he quickly tampered down his demon instinct and instead crossed his arms and scoffed.

"Stupid smelly wolf, what are you doing here?" the hanyo asked as the ookami leapt from his perch on the wall that provided his deceased mother's gardens with the proper privacy.

"I thought I'd come and tell you myself rather then let you find out next week." The ice blue eyed demon said with a smirk.

"Tell us what Koga?" Kagome asked as she stepped up next to her husband.

Koga looked rather smug as he put his fists on his hips and puffed out his chest.

"My grandfather was the Ookami no Taishos and now that he has gone to be with the ancestors I am the new Ookami no Taishos meaning I'll be at the meeting next week."

"W-WHAT?" InuYasha howled as he looked at his old rival and now ally.

"Yup." the wolf demon said before he extended his hand to InuYasha. "I said that Kagome would always be a sister of my pack and that goes for any of her children. The Wolf clans will always support you mutt face."

Flash Back Ends

Ever since that day Koga and his friends Ginta and Hakaku stayed in the western palace waiting for the day of the meeting. It had been a nice. With Koga and his comrades present InuYasha felt a little safer leaving Kagome alone. He trusted his family but he knew Koga would protect Kagome and Izayoi he had proven himself over and over again. And as the week went on and Koga was careful to not challenge InuYasha when it came to Kagome his demon had begun to see the wolf, not as pack, but a friend.

The couple walked into the dining hall where the family was already sat.

Sesshomaru sat at the head of the table Raiden was on his right and Gobodō-sama was on his left two places sat empty between to Gobodō-sama and Aiko for himself and Kagome. Next to Raiden were Dai, Megumi and Koga and Miroku. Then next to Aiko were InuYasha, Kagome, Sango, Rin, Shippo and Emi.

Everyone looked to the couple and they all had different reactions, the dog demons smiled in approval save for Dai who looked like someone had just knocked him over the head, and shock form Shippo and the humans.

"You should wear your hair in a tail, father's momoko was much like yours and his hair got in the way of the sensory it gave him." Sesshomaru informed as the couples sat down. Aiko had jumped up and once her nephew sat down she gathered all of his wild silver hair and tied it into a high ponytail with a strip of leather like her elder brother had worn his.

Finally as Dai was brought face to face with his brother's image he shook the shock off and snarled.

"You gave the half breed your father's fur and armor?" he glared at Sesshomaru. "What the hell were you thinking?"

"Be silent Dai. Father created the Momoko-sama from his own especially for InuYasha. And the armor, well that just makes sense."

Dai could not contain his righteous fury and stood before the food could be brought out and he stormed from the room.

The room was quiet for a split second after Dai left then Shippo piped up.

"So when do we eat?"

A/N: InuYasha getting a momoko-sama was something I thought about when I was thinking up a story for my next one shot of Times of Change one shots. I'll get that written up and posted soon. Please review!"

Disclaimer: I Do not Own InuYasha! I swear I own nothing but the plot and the original Characters