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Stay at Home Puppy	By : Namiriana Category: InuYasha > Yaoi - Male/Male > InuYasha/Sessh?maru > InuYasha/Sessh?maru Views: 4643 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Stay at Home Puppy
Sleep With One Eye Open

Inuyasha woke just before the sun was due to rise in the east sky. It took a moment for his brain and his body to reach the same page. When they were in sync, he realized exactly why he had been awakened. The pup launched out of the bed to the basin that was across the room and proceeded to relive last night's meal. After a few moments, gentle hands held his hair as his retching became more violent and he could not do so himself. Inuyasha hadn't felt that horrible since he had been poisoned and could only hope dearly that he hadn't been poisoned again. After what felt like hours, he finally stopped dry heaving and was able to relax back into his mate's arms. Five years, and Inuyasha still smiled stupidly at the thought of his mate and his young ward, Shippou. Sesshoumaru and Shippou were his family and he loved them dearly. Sesshoumaru's presence while he had been sick reminded him of the reasons why he had mated his stuck up, pompous aniki. Sesshoumaru awoke to the sound of Inuyasha getting sick over the basin. He had told the puppy not to indulge to heavily in the wine, but did the pup listen? No. Inuyasha had to be stubborn and do what he wanted to do instead of taking his aniki's sensible advice. Sesshoumaru's internal victory at his otouto learning his lesson was cut short as they sounds of retching became more harsh. Even over indulging in drink would not have caused such a reaction within the hanyou. The TaiYoukai was up out of the bed and beside Inuyasha in the blink of an eye. He took up the pup's hair as the smaller inu's hands became more preoccupied with maintaining Inuyasha's precarious balance than with such trivial things as keeping his hair out of the way. Sesshoumaru was worried about the fact that even when nothing else was coming up that the pup was still trying to retch until all the tense muscles finally relaxed into his grasp. It took him a moment to find that Inuyasha had passed out in his arms as he held the pup there, waiting for the smaller inu to move. "Stay away from me, Sesshoumaru," Inuyasha had been in a snit all week after his early morning episode. Sesshoumaru just couldn't figure out what he had done wrong this time, though. He had just wanted to spend a bit of time with his mate, alone, in their quarters and instead he got a foot to the ass while Inuyasha threatened to cut off some very important parts of his anatomy if he wanted to have heirs. The sickness had also not abated in the past week and that was another worry that Sesshoumaru held for his young mate. It was affecting Inuyasha's appetite, making it impossible for the hanyou to eat something and keep it down. Some foods he holds better than others, but still most foods come right back up. Sesshoumaru was beginning to think that he would have to force Inuyasha to see the healer as the pup was being his usual stubborn self and was refusing to go. Inuyasha didn't know why he was constantly getting sick or why Sesshoumaru was all of a sudden pissing him off so much. Not only those things were wrong with him. His nipples would get really sensitive at times and he could swear that his chest was going soft. Inuyasha didn't want to go to the healer, but he was getting freaked out by what his body was doing. He had an idea of what was going on and if he was right, then Inuyasha felt no guilt in tongue lashing or denying his mate sex. He really was ready to go through the trails and triumphs of pregnancy and childbirth. He was also fairly attached to Sesshoumaru's bits, but those might disappear if the healer confirms his suspicions. Inuyasha stalked the palace corridors until he reached the healers quarters. Their previous healer had died due to his mate poisoning him and no one had figured out why the she-demon had done it. Inuyasha liked Nya, but he disliked hands being on him, well any hands besides his mate. He looked about her workspace, but she wasn't in sight. Her study was just as empty as the workspace and Inuyasha had no choice but to knock upon the door leading to her private suites. He might be interrupting something, but at the moment Inuyasha could care less about what was going on beyond his own problems. He really needed to know whether or not his aniki was going to be missing some valuable pieces. He knocked at the door with a quick beat and waited for Nya. Inuyasha was an odd combination between pleased and pissed. He supposed that the pleased portion of himself was his youkai, but his human half was already telling itself that Sesshoumaru was going to need to sleep with one eye open from then on. He had told the libido happy youkai that he was not ready to get pregnant and yet, that was where they were. Inuyasha wanted to cry at that point, but decided that he would need to talk/yell at some demons first, visit Shippou and Rin to tell them the news, and then kick Sesshoumaru's ass. Of course, the last on that list would have to wait until he was back to full strength, but that was okay with Inuyasha because then Sesshoumaru would never see it coming. He would expect the pup to come raging after him while pregnant. Inuyasha knew he could be brash and bullheaded, but he wasn't about to harm an innocent soul in his anger. He had seen far to often what that leads to in his two centuries of living.
Stay at Home Puppy
Forgiven

Sesshoumaru smiled at his sleeping mate and hoped that the puppy would continue in the happy, joyful mood that he had adopted for the past week. The memories of that week were both joyous and horrid in their content. Inuyasha had deemed it necessary to avenge himself for Sesshoumaru's great injustice of getting him pregnant by telling Shippou of his unfortunate reaction to the good news. By the next morning, the entire palace staff knew of what occurred within his private chambers that he shared with Inuyasha. The puppy had even had the audacity to laugh about it...to his FACE! Sesshoumaru couldn't remember a time when he had felt...embarrassed. After that, Inuyasha had declared him forgiven and had been quite loving to him for the rest of the week. That also included some very passionate loving and many a sleepless night. Sesshoumaru doesn't regret a moment of the last week as those nights made everything worth it, including his embarrassment. Inuyasha on the other hand was pleasantly tired and for once not up at the crack of dawn getting violently ill. He was happy that he wasn't reliving last night's highly interesting meal as he was sure it would turn him away from certain things forever. Inuyasha decided to stop thinking along that route before something happens that he would come to regret. Instead, the half-demon got out of the bed, waved to his mate who was watching him from the doorway that connected their private chambers to the sitting area, and traipised happily into the hot water spring that was also connected to their rooms. The hot water relaxed his aching muscles after all of the exertion the night before and that was a good thing as they were hosting a formal meeting of all the lords and ladies of the surrounding lands. In total that meant that they had around ten to fifteen snooty demons to deal with and Inuyasha would have a time holding his tongue as they would 'whisper' about his aniki's mistake in taking him as a mate. He sighed and put the daunting thoughts out of his head as he enjoyed his bath. Maybe he would visit Shippou later. Shippou and Inuyasha laughed heartily as they once again shared the stories of the servants reactions to the news that their lord had fainted. This get together happened to be a direct result of the gathering that would be happening later on that night and Inuyasha was helping the kit to dress as well as rehearsing the little fox's manners. If there is one thing that Sesshoumaru absolutely would not stand for, it was lack of decorum and especially a lack of etiquette in front of any members of the court or demons of standing. Shippou was trying his hardest and it seemed that his hard work and tutoring was paying off. The young kit was acting like a true prince and Inuyasha couldn't be happier for his little pup. Shippou would make him and Sesshoumaru proud this evening and Inuyasha knew it. They both took deep breaths and checked themselves once more. Inuyasha's midnight blue haori and hakama with silver stars along sleeves was completely as it was supposed to be, not a stitch was out of place, and Shippou in his emerald with pale blue circles on one sleeve was just as impeccably dressed. They moved through the many corridors and stopped at the great dogwood door that separated them from the rest of the party. Sesshoumaru was a bit anxious at how the presenting of his mate and their adopted kit would turn out. Inuyasha had a reputation of speaking first and thinking later, so did the little kit, especially when it came to something being said about his Papa. Sesshoumaru knows that much from experience. He can only hope that Inuyasha will do him proud and that the brat will follow his Papa's example. Sesshoumaru covered his face for a mere second before letting out a defeated sigh and coming to terms with the fact that tonight was going to be pure hell. He could only hope the damage to the palace could repaired quickly as he would like to use this room in the future. Sesshoumaru sighed again and tried to will the 'not there' butterflies from his 'not' quesy stomach as only the night would truly tell what would happen at the formal presenting of his mate and child.
Stay at Home Puppy
Visitor

Sesshoumaru had gotten wind of a very troubling rumor, one that he almost couldn't believe to be true except for the fact that there were so many supposed confirmations of the rumor. This was not a great time to get such news as Inuyasha was now through the first half of his six month pregnancy and should the rumors be true and he half-demon should find out, there would be no doubt that he would fly off the handle. That would be not be good for the baby or for him. Sesshoumaru was afraid that he would have to leave his mate by himself in the castle for a long enough time to head off that rumor. Inuyasha was perfectly capable of running the palace as he had shown when he had played the perfect host at the presenting ceremony a month ago. The rumor was too close for comfort at the moment and Sesshoumaru would do anything to protect his mate. Inuyasha could feel something off with Sesshoumaru everytime the older inu even called his name. It was worry that laced the stoic demon's voice and that caused the pup to worry as well because Sesshoumaru never gave a hint emotion to anyone but himself and the children. To call his name with such worry in front of many of the nearby servants and Miroku, who he had been talking to, was unheard of until then. Inuyasha quickly excused himself from Miroku and went to his aniki. Sesshoumaru took Inuyasha's waist in a gentle embrace before leading him away from prying ears, he didn't go far do to the extra weight his small mate was carrying, though. "What is wrong, Sesshoumaru? I have never seen you this jumpy or worried before," the hanyou started immediately. Sesshoumaru looked pensively at his mate before giving a slow and hesitant answer. "There is rumors of trouble at the border. Normally such rumors have no value or significance to me as they can and are handled by the locals. This rumor, however, has been spreading inland and at a remarkable pace. I want to head it off before it gets anywhere near here, but I am worried that I will not be in time or that they will reach here while I am away. I need your help Inuyasha because I want to stay here and protect you and our children, but the need to cut it off before it can come any closer is just as strong a want. What should I do, puppy?" Inuyasha was stunned that Sesshoumaru had actually sought his council for anything that didn't directly involve his position as the beta of the relationship. He wrapped his arms around his aniki trying to get his mate as close as physically possible with his swollen belly before he spoke directly into the older inu's pointed ear. Sesshoumaru actually found himself feeling guilty of leaving his family and especially his mate at such a budding time in their relationship and halfway through Inuyasha's pregnancy. He didn't know when he would get back, but he made sure to promised himself to come back before his pup was born because he wanted to be there. He wanted to be there not only for the birth of his pup(s), but for Inuyasha as well. The young hanyou was still scared about becoming a parent so soon and nervous that he wouldn't be able to handle a newborn/(s) while Sesshoumaru would be away. Sesshoumaru promised his otouto that he would be there to support, help, and comfort him, that they would figure out the parenting thing together. Inuyasha knows he had told Sesshoumaru to go, but he was already missing his mate and his aniki had only been gone for a little over a day. It was hard to be pregnant and taking care of Shippou and Rin by himself as he refused to allow them to be raised by nannies. He believed that they should know the care and love of their parents and that was what Inuyasha was doing. Inuyasha straightened with new resolve as he reaffirmed that he could do this. It may be a newborn that he was going to have to handle in a few months, but he feels he can do it, he knows he can. He hopes to Kami-sama that Sesshoumaru would be there when the pup(s) comes, but if he for some reason cannot, Inuyasha will not hold it against him, but try to be the best 'mother' as he can be. It has been over two and a half centuries since he had been in the Western Lands and more importantly since he had resided at the Western Palace. After grieving for the loss of not one, but two mates in less than a two decade span, the demon had decided to travel rather than to return to the place he once called home. The figure had finally moved on from his grief and had even found someone else to be his companion. Since he was back to a semblance of the demon that he used to be, he decided he was ready to go back home. The couple had been traveling for days and they had finally reached the borders of the Western Lands, which the demon could have sworn two centuries ago did not extend thus far, but he didn't pay much mind to it as it was not as important as getting home. However, his companion and he had to move slowly due to his mate's pregnancy and it also had him worried that they would not make it in time to the palace before his companion gave birth. He just wanted to go home.
Stay at Home Puppy
Visitor pt. 2

Inuyasha was just knew that something was going to happen today and he couldn't figure out if the butterflies in his stomach were a good sign or a bad sign, but he knew for certain that something was going to happen. Wanting to take his mind off of the conundrum that was ever so persist in his mind, he decided to see what Shippou and Rin were up to. He hadn't played with them in a while considering his steadily expanding girth, but he knew at the moment that they would playing out in the gardens and he would drop in to watch them as they played. He loved to see their faces alight with laughter and innocence, the way his childhood should have been and the way that Shippou and Rins should have began. All of them had been through so much, it just warmed him to see everything as it should be. Rin and Shippou were indeed in the private gardens that was their designated play area. They were playing tag, though the little fox kit was taking it easy on Rin so that she wouldn't constantly be it, and he could see how happy they both were. Inuyasha placed his hand upon his swollen belly preying to every deity that he could think of that his his and Sesshoumaru's pup(s), they still don't have a clue as to how many, would be able to enjoy a happy childhood. He only wanted the best for his children and he hoped that the rumor of trouble around the palace lands was something that Sesshoumaru could dispatch quickly. He hated worry if his mate was going to come home in time for the birth or that whatever the trouble was would be like another Naraku. Inuyasha shivered violently at his memories of the kumo and what was done to him. Inuyasha was over it, but the memories were always there and the nightmares had come back since Sesshoumaru had been gone. He grinned as the two children noticed him and with the innocent laughter only children could have, they ran over to greet him. Sesshoumaru couldn't believe what he was seeing. There was no way that he could be alive...no way that he could be alive and have left him and Inuyasha, especially Inuyasha, without his love and guidance. It had taken Sesshoumaru a century of mistakes to learn how to run the Western Palace properly and just as much time to learn how to apply the right diplomacy to the different lords and ladies of Japan. The demon standing before could not possibly be the father that was supposed to have died over two and a half centuries ago, this man could not be his father because his father was never a coward, he never ran away from anything. Sesshoumaru wanted so much to act childishly and pretend that the scene before him was not true. He wanted to close his eyes and hope that when he opened them that nothing would be their and he could admit to having ate something that gave him hallucinations. He didn't, however, he only stared in shock, anger, and sadness. He knew he would have no choice but to give back his position to the man before him because he knew that the demon was returning to the palace. Sesshoumaru also worried for what would happen when his mate laid eyes on the pair before him. He knew his mate would only see it as one more betrayal by people that were supposed to love him and that could set back Inuyasha's emotional recovery to square one. "Sesshoumaru?" The deep voice broke him of his reverie. "..." Sesshoumaru was speechless. What were you supposed to say to the parent that you had thought to be dead for over two hundred years. How were you supposed to respond to the revelation that everything you now hold dear could be destroyed because of matters beyond your control. Sesshoumaru felt for the first time in years as though his perfect control could be snapped if the wrong gesture or words were said. Sesshoumaru for once decided that he didn't want to stand strong, that he didn't want to handle the problems that he knew would arise from this situation. "Sesshoumaru, I came home." The great demon Inu no Taisho told his oldest son. And he was home for good this time. Inuyasha was excite when he saw Sesshoumaru flying on his cloud of ki in the distance. For the past month, he was so lonely and he was so happy that his mate was coming home. What he didn't expect to see was the gigantic white dog that was racing behind Sesshoumaru. As far as Inuyasha knew, what was left of the white dog clan did not have such large forms as they were not part of the royal family. The feeling in Inuyasha's stomach that had been there all day turned to a weight of dread. Inuyasha's smile slowly died as the forms closed the distance from the palace gates to where he and the children stood. "Momma," Rin asked in her sweet voice. They had both taken to calling Inuyasha that after they found out he was pregnant. "Who is that with Papa?" Inuyasha looked down with a strained smile at Rin and Shippou. "I don't know Rin, but I am sure Papa will tell us when he gets here." Inuyasha looked worriedly at the incoming forms. He had a bad feeling about this, but he just didn't know why. He rubbed his belly to soothe the restless pup(s) within. Inuyasha could only hope that it wouldn't lead to anymore bloodshed. He had seen enough of that.
Stay at Home Puppy
Surprise!

Inuyasha, Shippou, and Rin watched with unveiled curiosity and worry. Sesshoumaru did not look the slightest bit happy with the company he was escorting to the palace doors, but quite a bit irritated. Inuyasha could see that past that irritation was fear. Fear of what, Inuyasha didn't know and he thought that most likely he didn't want to know. Inuyasha gave a huff when Sesshoumaru passed him without so much as a word, only motioning for him to follow. Inuyasha ushered Rin and Shippou off to play before following the silent bastard and the 'guests' in front of him. The group continued down the corridor until they reached Sesshoumaru's general study, where he tends to have meetings instead of actual paperwork. Once they had stopped at the door to the study, Sesshoumaru and the other transformed dog began to shrink in size and space. As the unknown dog became smaller, Inuyasha could see that their was another figure in the group and a heavily pregnant one at that. The woman seemed to be in the final stages of her pregnancy just as Inuyasha himself was, but she might be further along than he. He watched her dismount the strange white dog before watching the dog transform into someone that Inuyasha had no memories of and only recognized because of the painting of that hung on the wall in the study that was right through the doors they were standing out of. Inuyasha suddenly didn't feel to well, in fact, he felt a bit faint and reached out to the wall to steady himself. Sesshoumaru went toward Inuyasha to help, but he was brushed away roughly and Inuyasha left in the opposite direction of the study. The inu-hanyou was not happy about this new development and while he felt that Sesshoumaru didn't have any knowledge of the fact that their father was alive, he just didn't want to be bothered at the moment. He needed to go somewhere and calm down before he did something that could seriously harm his unborn child(ren). Sesshoumaru glared at his father as the man settled his mate into one of the plush chairs in front of the giant cherry wood desk in the center of the room. For over two centuries his father was believed dead. Inuyasha was even the keeper of the grave and had seen his spirit when they had gotten rid of that horrendous sword that their father had foolishly left in the care of its sheath. The Lord of the Western Lands looked at the former lord of the same lands and decided he would get straight to the point. "What is your purpose here?" Sesshoumaru demanded coolly. Inu no Taisho was suprised at the tone and look he was getting from his eldest son. He didn't think that his return would be met with such hostility from either of his children. "I came home, Sesshoumaru. Why do I need a purpose to be here within my own lands?" "You left." Sesshoumaru replied coldly. The pregnant female at the former demon lord's side flinched and shivered at the DaiYoukai's steel tone. Her mate wrapped comforting arms about her. "And I came back. I shouldn't even be arguing with you over this, pup. Now why don't we talk about what has happened over the past two hundred years. I would like to know what all I missed while in...recovery." The older inu demanded. Sesshoumaru glowered at his father before doing something that most would say was childish. "No." Sesshoumaru replied almost petulantly and then left his father sitting in the study stunned at the behavior of his eldest son. Sesshoumaru did not once turn back to look at his father's shocked features. He had an upset mate to find and comfort and that was exactly what he was going to do. Inuyasha was napping in his rooms with Shippou and Rin. They had arrived when they heard their mother's sobs from the garden and had come in to see what was wrong. Before they could ask what was wrong, Inuyasha was wrapping them warmly and tightly within his arms and just crying into their hair. Silent agreement passed through both of the youngsters not to ask why their mother was crying as they were now putting it off on the raging hormones that Inuyasha was prone to in the last couple of months of his pregnancy. When Inuyasha's cries had finally subsided, the little ones were sleeping comfortably around the swollen belly they were trapped against. That was how Sesshoumaru found his mate. It was such an alluring, beautiful, and slightly arousing sight to see his family, his mate all together as they should be. Sesshoumaru hoped that the arrival of their father did not set back Inuyasha's emotional recovery from that time three years ago as he knew the inu-hanyou still had nightmares of it when he wasn't in their bed to protect Inuyasha from his dreams.
Stay at Home Puppy
Stressed Induced Trouble

Inuyasha awoke to small pains in his back and the pup(s) kicking against his stomach violently. This was unusual and it scared him. As he continued to lay there, the pains and the kicking become worse and Inuyasha tried to sit up so that he could attempt to get to the serving gong. He soon found that he could not move due to the amount of pain he was in and the distress occurring within his pregnant belly. Inuyasha looked over at Shippou and Rin whom were still sleeping peacefully and hated what he was about to do. He didn't want them to worry, but whatever was happening in his body didn't feel right and he needed a healer. The inu-hanyou shook Shippou and Rin awake, calming them enough to get his orders to them before sending Rin off to find the healer and Shippou to find Sesshoumaru. Just as the two children were exiting the door of the suite, Inuyasha let out a bloodcurdling scream that echoed to the far corners of the Western Palace. Sesshoumaru raced through the corridors from the gardens at the rear of palace. The howl that he heard had scared him to near death because he knew it was Inuyasha's. After everything that his otouto had gone through, he had never heard a sound like that from the younger sibling's coral colored lips. Sesshoumaru was afraid that something was horribly wrong and the royal demon had no idea just how right he was. He arrived at his chambers, where he had left Inuyasha and the children sleeping, to see that Inuyasha was laying on the bed, curled in the fetal position with his arms wrapped about his stomach and whimpering in extreme pain. Sesshoumaru sat next to his young mate, gathering him into his arms and tried to comfort his distressed lover. Not long after he had appeared, the healer came through the door and shoved him aside before kicking him out of his suites completely and going to work to find out what was wrong with Inuyasha. Sesshoumaru could here murmurs and Inuyasha's pained whimpers and it broke his heart to hear his mate in such agony, but unable to do anything about it. He summoned Jaken and requested that Advisor Miroku be sent to him immediately as well as to round up the children. After Jaken scurried around the corner, an unwelcome and familiar face came quickly from the direction that Jaken had just left in. "What's wrong? Who's hurt?" asked the Great and recently found to be alive Inu no Taisho. Sesshoumaru did not respond as he focused solely on anything else. Sesshoumaru and Inu no Taisho had been waiting for news on Inuyasha's condition for nearly thirty six hours. After the first sixteen, Inuyasha's whimpers had become quiet and after twenty four, the healer had stopped his murmurs. Sesshoumaru desperately wanted to know what was wrong with his mate and so did his demon, which was becoming impatient and rather testy. Inu no Taisho was trying to get answers out of Sesshoumaru, hell he was just trying to get his eldest son to talk to him even if it was just to yell at him because he had faked his death, quite well he might add, two hundred years ago. The door opened and the healer came out sweaty and tired. He motioned for Sesshoumaru to come in, but dismissed the former demon lord when he tried to follow after. He softened his reproach by commenting that Inuyasha had specifically asked for his mate. Taisho backed down at the gentle rebuttal. Sesshoumaru walked into his bed chambers to see Inuyasha pale, drawn, and much smaller than he had when Sesshoumaru had arrived home those many hours ago. Sesshoumaru looked to the tiger demon that was Inuyasha's personal healer. He and his demon already knew the answer, but he had to hear it for himself. "What was wrong?" Sesshoumaru feared the answer that would confirm the sinking feeling in his gut and the pain in his heart. "The pups went into distress. I do not know what caused the distress, only that Inuyasha would have had to had something extremely stressful happen, especially with how much trouble the pups were in when I made it here."Sesshoumaru's ears perked at the term pups. "How many?" he asked the downtrodden healer. The tiger demon sighed before answering, knowing that it would add to the DaiYoukai's pain. "All three pups were miscarried. None of them survived. I am sorry M'lord for your great loss. I leave you and your mate to your grieving." The tiger demon gracefully and quickly exited the room. The demon did not stop on his way out, not even to fill in the former lord that was still waiting outside the door. Sesshoumaru cried for the first time since he was a pup. He cried for the pain of losing his pups and he cried for all of the pain that Inuyasha had gone through, but fate had decided was just not enough. His mate had been looking forward to giving birth and becoming a true parent. He also cried for the fact that when Inuyasha was told, by him no doubt, he would have to be strong for his mate as there was no one else that would be strong for Inuyasha, and finally, he cried for Rin and Shippou who had lost the siblings they were so looking forward to teaching about this world. Inuyasha regained consciousness to the sound of sobbing and blinked his eyes rapidly before finding that it was Sesshoumaru that was crying. Having never seen his mate cry before, he panicked and tried to ask Sesshoumaru what was wrong, but his royal lover seemed beyond speech. Inuyasha went to grab his stomach as he tried to get up as he always did, only to find that there was no longer a bulge there. He looked into the red rimmed, golden eyes of his mate questioningly. After a moment he was finally able to get the courage to ask the question he feared the answer to. "Sesshoumaru, the pup?" "Pups. . .gone." was all he got out of the demon lord. A soul wrenching cry echoed down the corridors of the Western Palace, disturbing the peace of all that lived within the mighty walls.
Stay at Home Puppy
Confronting the United Past

The past month had been hard on everyone that resided at the Western Palace, but it was harder for no one more than it was for Inuyasha. He felt as though it was his fault that the pups died and he had avoided Sesshoumaru believing that his aniki would be angry with him over his failure even though he was sure that the DaiYoukai would never show it. Inuyasha went into hiding for a week with those thoughts before he had built enough courage to face not only his mate again, but Rin and Shippou as well. He felt as though he had failed them, too. They were so looking forward to their little siblings and Inuyasha had failed at his job to provide them their wish, he had dashed their hopes. He only hoped that all of them would give him a second chance to try again and he would succeed the next time. He would do everything in his power to make sure of it. Sesshoumaru knew something was still wrong with Inuyasha, but he couldn't figure out what it was. Sure the hanyou was playing with Rin and Shippou, laughing, and working his usual duties as the mate to the Lord of the Western Lands, but his eyes were dead. There was none of the life that usually filled the beautiful golden orbs that were so like his own, but different. Sesshoumaru didn't like it, not one bit, but there was little he could do about it at the moment as he was still having to deal with his father and his father's mate whom was due within the next month, just two weeks before Inuyasha himself was due to birth their pups. Every time that thought crossed Sesshoumaru's mind, it angered him. He knew that it was not his father's intention to cause Inuyasha to miscarry so late into his term, but he did not feel very rational at the moment as it was his father's fault that Inuyasha such a shock which anyone would have had. The regal demon sighed and went to check up on his mate who was napping in the next room. Sesshoumaru's chest gave a painful twitch as he saw Inuyasha tossing and turning in distress as he weathered whatever nightmare he was having. Inuyasha's whimpers made him feel helpless and useless to his mate. Sesshoumaru did the only thing he could do, he went and lay with his mate, wrapping Inuyasha withing the security of his arms. Inuyasha continued to restless before he began to talk and murmur in his sleep. "Don't leave me Sesshoumaru!" was the quiet plea. Sesshoumaru was shocked as he had had no idea that Inuyasha felt that way. He would never leave his mate and he felt guilty that Inuyasha felt that way after the loss of their pups. He did not blame the pup, but Inu Taisho and Sesshoumaru decided once his mate woke up that he and Inuyasha were going to face their not-dead-father. Inu Taisho was feeling guilty about the loss of his grandchildren. Even though he hadn't known about Inuyasha's pregnancy until he had arrived at the palace and seen it for himself, he also knew that he should have never tried to run away from his problems and leaving them to deal with the aftermath. It also appears that his reappearance caused even more problems for his children than leaving did and he didn't know how to fix it. The former lord was still torn, however, as he had a heavily pregnant mate and knew that any confrontation with Sesshoumaru over his otouto would come to blows and Inuyasha had already proved that stress of any kind was too much to be so far along in a pregnancy. He also knew that if he didn't head Sesshoumaru off, that a violent confrontation is exactly what was going to happen. Inu Taisho had not expected to be ambushed by both of his sons and backed into a corner while he was contemplating. Inuyasha, who he had not seen since he was an infant, looked weary and defeated. By the tales he had heard, Inuyasha was a strong spirit and held quite a bit of fire, this is not what he wanted to envision of such a strong warrior. Sesshoumaru was looking tired as well and Taisho, from what he remembered of his eldest's childhood, had never expected to see such a blatant show of, to use Sesshoumaru's term, weakness. He really couldn't have picked a worse time to have come back unannounced. Inuyasha couldn't look at his father long because of the anger and the betrayal that bloomed in his chest at the thought of what the former Lord of the Western Lands had done. It made him want to be sick that his father had chose a faked death over caring for him. At least when the older inu was dead, Inuyasha was able to dream and pretend that had his father been alive, he would love him, play with him, teach him, and all the things that a parent did for a child. However, when the great inu returned, he had dashed all of Inuyasha's dreams and wishes in one felt swoop. The shock had been so sudden and so much that Inuyasha had to shut down and he was glad that he had made it to his and Sesshoumaru's suites before he did so. Inu Taisho attempted to speak, trying to get out what he needed to say before his sons closed him out to the point of not listening, if they hadn't done so already. Before he could finish his first sentence though, Inuyasha's fist connected firmly with his father's jaw before he turned and walked away, his tears leaving small crystalline drops upon the floor like a trail. Sesshoumaru looked a bit smug, but he also knew that for the moment, it was between him and his father to work things out. Inu Taisho was surprised. He had never expected his SON to hit him. It made him begin to doubt that he could ever build and rebuild his relationship with his sons.
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Confronting the United Past (pt. 2)

Sesshoumaru glared at the man that was supposed to be his father. Sesshoumaru had always looked up to him, but he could honestly say that at that moment in time, he wish he didn't know his father. First he had to get down to more important questions such as, why did his father fake his death, and how did he do it so convincingly with the graveyard and the spirit for the sword Souja later on? Sesshoumaru was deeply confused and he did not like it one bit. However, the young lord knew that he could only find the answers to those questions by making his confusion known. "How did you survive?" Sesshoumaru cut straight to the point. He needed to get his answers quickly and return to his mate as he knew, through their bond as mates, that Inuyasha was blaming himself for things out of his control. He did not want Inuyasha to do something self-destructive or he would never be able to forgive their father. Inuyasha had already been through too much, he didn't deserve the trouble that his father had brought with him and that bitch he brought clinging to his tail. "Your Uncle stepped in at the last moment. He was the one to help me seal Ryuukotsei away and I made him swear an oath on his unborn children that he would not tell anyone my whereabouts after I left to clear my head. I did not mean for him to say that I was dead, but I am assuming that he told you I died so that you would not follow after me while I was desiring my peace." "Running was never the answer. You left me with your burdens, burdens so large that I could not even take care of Inuyasha and his mother. The council took my preoccupation to throw both of them out and back to her people. By the time I had things settled enough after the chaos of YOUR 'death,' Inuyasha's mother had died of a human blood disease and he had been banished from their village." Sesshoumaru's face was blank, but his voice was pitching with his emotion. Inu Taisho looked away, not able to face the consequences of his actions, until Sesshoumaru's next words. "For so long, Inuyasha had to live with the lie that I hated him because that had been the way things looked when he was kicked out of the only home he knew, supposedly, by his own brother. Inuyasha had to learn to read from a whore when he was held prisoner at a brothel. He was a CHILD! It took me months to convince Inuyasha to trust himself and me enough to become my mate after I rescued him from that horrible hanyou that his 'gang' had unwittingly on purpose given him to. He was looking forward to bearing our pups. I believe we both deserve more than 'I wanted my peace' as an answer. I want to know the truth, not what you think will placate us. We are no longer children!" Inu Taisho was surprised at Sesshoumaru's tone and felt his paternal instincts wanting to discipline the demon before him that he still considered a pup, but he knew that Sesshoumaru was right. He had to come clean. "I was grieving and I admit that in my tears, anger, and anguish I wasn't thinking about anything else but my own pain. Naiya was the one to find me and tend to my wounds physically and later emotionally. She helped me, slowly, to become the demon that I had once been before the death of your mother, Sesshoumaru. I loved Inuyasha's mother, but I admit that I was never in love with her. I see now that I was trying to fill that void your mother had left and had gone about it in the wrong way. I do not regret Inuyasha, though. I just needed time. When I had informed your uncle, I had thought that he would have dragged me back if something had happened here that would require my presence. I had expected to be back sooner, but it was just so peaceful and for a little while I felt as if I owned the world again. More importantly, I felt as if I owned myself again. I am sorry Sesshoumaru. I am sorry for everything I missed in my selfishness and I am sorry for what the consequences of my surprise visit caused you and Inuyasha. If there is anything I can do to make it up, please let me know. I never wanted something like this to happen." Taisho was so sincere, but Sesshoumaru still felt unbridled anger and the dark edges of hate within himself. After the explanation, it wasn't gone, but he did have better control over himself. Sesshoumaru had the perfect solution. Inuyasha needed to know his father and to heal. Sesshoumaru could only help so much as he knew that a lot of the problems lay in the fact that he believed Inu no Taisho had abandoned him because he was an 'unworthy hanyou.' "You can start by talking to Inuyasha. You made the mess and now you will clean it up. DO NOT attempt humor with him. He is too emotionally fragile from what you just put him through and his past to have you cracking jokes because you are uncomfortable with the situation. Father or not, you cause him more pain and I will find a way to permanently end you!" Sesshoumaru walked away from the slightly frightened older inu and to find where his mate to start the process for his emotionally awkward father. Inuyasha was pissed and he was in agony. Seeing his father brought back memories that he had been trying to fight ever since he had escaped Naraku's grasp. He didn't know why his mind was making a connection between his father and his dead enemy, but he could only guess that it was the anguish that they had both caused. It was also causing that tiny part of himself that always doubted why Sesshoumaru, or anyone really, wanted to be around him. Inuyasha knew that he was nothing special and his inability to give Sesshoumaru children had just reinforced that opinion of himself. He had not even seen Shippou and Rin since the day they fell asleep with him. It was almost as if they knew just how pathetic and unworthy of existing he really was. He was tired of everyone pretending and decided to do something that he should have done after his mother had died so long ago. He would make sure that the bastard son of Inu no Taisho and his true son, the respected and pitied (because he was mated to Inuyasha) Sesshoumaru, were relieved of their imaginary obligations to him. It was time to go.
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Hide and Seek

Inuyasha was cooling himself in the lake outside the palace and surrounding village. He just wanted to be alone for a moment to get his head together about everything that had happened recently. Inuyasha knew that his thoughts were becoming seriously destructive and for once, he wanted to be strong enough to sort them out himself. He wanted to be strong enough to trust in his own decisions based on what he knew in his heart to be true since his brain had a way of mucking things up. He also did not feel ready to deal with the man, his father, that was supposed to have been dead for the past two hundred plus years. As he was sinking further into his own thoughts, Inuyasha was pulled back from what he knew to be an epiphany by the sound of someone approaching. He opened his eyes and looked in the direction of the noise to see that it was the last person he wanted to see at the moment...His supposed to be dead father. Inuyasha did not have the energy nor was willing to put in the effort to listening to the demon that had basically forsaken him and his mother when he was born. "Inuyasha," Taisho called softly. He wanted to make sure that his presence would not be violently revoked as it had been the last time the two had saw each other. Inuyasha merely stared at him, not saying or expressing anything upon his face that would be considered a good or bad sign of his appearance. Inuyasha was merely content to watch the discomfort he was causing his father, his stoic face had been taught to him by the best after all and everyone said he was supposed to take after his father. "Inuyasha, could I please have the chance to explain? I only hope that you will hear me out." "Feh," was the hanyou's fallback reply. He would listen, but once he had all the facts, he would decide on whether or not he really wanted to get to know the demon that is supposed to be his father. "I will tell you the same reasons as I told Sesshoumaru and if you do not believe me, you can confer with your mate on it later." From there, Inu no Taisho told his reasons for running away once again before describing how he had not known until recently that his kingdom and his children believed him dead. He had come back to rectify that mistake, but he realized that he should have put more thought and research into that plan before he acted so rashly on it. It caused not only mass confusion and chaos, but it also cost Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru their pups. "That is the worst possible set of excuses I have ever had the misfortune of hearing. It also does not explain how your there is a very real, very you body in the grave that no one was supposed to know about. I do not even know how Sesshoumaru found out about it because I certainly had had no knowledge of it. Let's not forget that evil piece of destruction that was more monster than sword. How did you manage to go all astral projection without having been dead? I have only ever heard of the dead doing such things. There are a lot of holes in your story and I am surprised that Sesshoumaru did not call you on them. Just leave me alone. When you really want to make things right, then you can come back and tell the truth." Without further ado, Inuyasha got up and walked away from his father. Inu no Taisho was disheartened about his son's reaction, but the words he spoke were true. However, Taisho didn't know how his death came to be so real as his brother had been the one to handle everything and now his brother was taking a sabbatical. The other would not return for quite some time yet and when he did, Inu no Taisho knew that he would be going after answers to the questions that Inuyasha spat at him. He only prayed that that would be enough to at least get Inuyasha to refrain from being so hostile toward him. Sesshoumaru had finally found his mate and what he saw made him feel warm and content, something that he hadn't felt since he had believed that his father had died over two hundred years ago. Inuyasha was brushing and braiding Rin's hair for bedtime while instructing Shippou on proper etiquette for the Introduction Ceremony that would re-introduce Inu no Taisho to the world of royalty. The ceremony was tomorrow evening and it looked as though Inuyasha was trying to assuage their fears of acting improper while attending. "Sesshoumaru? Would you like to join us?" Inuyasha spoke softly, almost as if afraid to ask. Inuyasha had changed so much since arriving at the palace after his time with Naraku. In many ways, Sesshoumaru thought of this as a blessing, but he could still see the remnants of the torture still affecting his mate and it made him want to kill Naraku all over again. This incident with their father had not helped matters any either, but he would go a be with his mate and try to build back that cocky confidence that Inuyasha had once held in spades. He would just love his otouto and hope that his love would be enough to heal the wounded heart that seemed to always being taking the hardest of blows. With a small, but still noticeable, smile, Sesshoumaru walked over to the bed that was housing the little ones and his mate. "Momma? Papa?" Rin looked up at them as she called for their attention. "Yes, baby," Inuyasha answered, his voice soft and his expression loving. "Are you and Papa going to try again?" Inuyasha's expression went to shock and a bit of sadness. Sesshoumaru took head of that question. "One day, Rin. For now, why don't you let momma and I talk about whether or not that is a good for us right now. It's time for bed. We will see you and Shippou in the morning. Goodnight." Sesshoumaru pulled Inuyasha into his arms as he spoke, giving the other as much comfort as he knew how to give. Rin and Shippou hugged them both and said goodnight before running to bed. Sesshoumaru looked down at Inuyasha when the hanyou tugged on a strand of his silver hair. "I do want to try again, Sesshy, but I can't right now. I just can't," Inuyasha cried brokenly into his mate's chest and for once allowed Sesshoumaru to truly comfort him in his time of need. Sesshoumaru's voice vibrated his chest as he spoke in reply. "I know Inuyasha, and we will wait until we are both ready." For the rest of the evening, Sesshoumaru just lay with his mate and they comforted each other over the loss that they still felt so sharply. Sesshoumaru watched in vast amusement as Taisho ran around in a panic, forgetting that he was going in the opposite direction of the healers chambers. Inuyasha took pity on the demon, though, and pulled his attention to the fact that he was going in the wrong direction with his in-labor mate. With a flare that neither thought they would see coming from the former lord, he turned and proceeded to go in the correct direction to get to the healers quarters. Afterwards, Inuyasha made a quick and slightly ungraceful exit to get as far away from the palace as possible. He did not want to hear what should have been for him and his mate had his father not shown when he did. Inuyasha felt bitter and he knew he had every right to be, but that woman and child did nothing to him and he was not going to ruin what should be the happiest/most painful days of her life. He would just at, what he now dubbed as, his lake. Sesshoumaru wanted to follow, but he knew that his mate needed some time to himself. If he had been in his otouto's place, he would have felt the same. He gave Inuyasha his space for about two hours before going out to seek and comfort his mate. While Jakken was passing in the hallway, he informed the vassal to tell their guests that the ceremony would have to wait at least another day and that if that was any inconvenience then they could depart with the Lord of the Western Lands blessings of safety. Jakken scampered off to do what was asked of him immediately. The demon found Inuyasha walking back through the palace lands and could not help but stare at the stunning beauty that was his mate. He would definitely have to make sure that Inuyasha knew that he was loved tonight. The past month had been one thing after another anyway, and he hadn't been able to touch his mate like that since the pup had reached his fifth month. Yes, he would show Inuyasha just how much his mate wanted and loved him.
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