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Forever Mine
By : Sessysama
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Disclaimer: ::Shikamaru (from Naruto) enters:: "Sessy-sama, you used my lines."

::Bankostu enters:: "See, she steals everyone�s material like she owns us."

"Sheesh, arguing is too troublesome."

::Bankostu and Shikamaru begin to leave::

"So, Bankostu, you want to play some chess?"
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Back from seriously fun vacation. Go A-Kon! We saw Do As Infinity perform, for those not with it, DAI has done 3 of the Inu OP and ED. They are great. Glad you all liked the last chp. Funness in this one, Makoto and Tanshin are getting hitched, and what better person to tell it through than Sessy! Yes, have fun and remember, REVIEW!

There will be a few spoilers from episode 68 of Inu. It is a filler ep, so no big spoilers, but if you haven�t seen that ep yet this gives away a pretty big thing. Those who have seen it will know what I mean when it comes up.

Note: I make reference to Seinan and Azuma, my creations from True Companion, the Lords of the South and East (respectively). Also, Noosu, who I have already mentioned in this story, is the Lord of the North. Ahh, the joys of politics�yes they do come into play in this chp.

Hakama - pants

Nondemoarimasin � A rather formal way of saying �Nothing at all.� I hear it said the way Tamehome says it in Fushugi Yuugi. I couldn�t help but put it in. (may be slightly misspelled, but pretty close.)

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Sesshoumaru watched his two young pups hurrying ahead of Rin and him, or more precisely, Saraku chasing after her younger brother. The eight-year-old hanyou was highly enjoying the excursion away from home, being only his fourth trip so far from the castle grounds. Seto�s childish behavior was only loosely tolerated since Saraku had taken over the task of guardian; wherever he ran she followed, otherwise Seto would have been riding on Ahun with Rin.

Sesshoumaru would have laughed, were he so inclined, at the unusual power struggle his pups were showing. Then again such a display would only serve to further their unruly behavior, and they would need to settle themselves once the four of them reached InuYasha�s village. It would not be proper to see the heirs to the Western Lands acting in such a ruckus manner, but, for now, he would let them play as they would.

The demon lord turned to see a serene smile upon his mate�s face. Sesshoumaru noticed that smile more and more as the pups grew. Rin seemed to find nothing more pleasing than watching Seto and Saraku play or train or even bicker back and forth. Sesshoumaru could remember quite clearly a time Rin herself was the child arguing with Jaken over something or other. Ironically, Seto had become her in the current scene: happy, playful, and full of innocent life. While Saraku was, not Jaken of course, but a more knowing�more experienced force to settle her brother.

Jaken. The toad had been very useful at times, loyal if nothing else. Even Sesshoumaru had to admit there was a definite difference traveling without the often foul tempered demon, but these days Jaken had far more uses than escorting them.

Sesshoumaru slowed his pace slightly, bringing him next to Rin, who immediately noticed the change and spoke up, though her eyes never left the two before them.

"You are concerned with what Neji told you?" Rin said in her knowing tone, something acquired over the years mated to him.

Sesshoumaru glanced down to her, the only confirmation she needed, and returned his gaze to the pups. "If both Seinan and Azuma are beginning to train more demons themselves, they could be considering attacking both the North and West."

"But it could take centuries to properly train an army large enough to go against you or Noosu."

"They do not need an army. A few very powerful demons could easily destroy an army of ill-equipped ones. Even a small number will take time to train though. Patience is a trait that can be essential to demons, our life spans allows such a plan to succeed. Seinan and Azuma are smart, they won�t attack until they know they can defeat at least one of us."

"Then these new demons may be a part of that plan, should that be their intentions?"

Sesshoumaru nodded. "That is what Jaken is finding out now. If that is their plan then Noosu and I cannot just ignore them, preparations must begin."

"Why would they start this now? Even if it will takes a long time, you have been Lord of the Western Lands for over a hundred years, why now?"

"They most likely see my mating a human and having hanyou offspring to be a show of weakness. This is not unexpected, but neither will it be tolerated. If they believe that I have been weakened then that will be their downfall."

"You are wrong. Their downfall will be believing that they are weaker just because they are hanyou." Rin turned, looking directly at Sesshoumaru for the first time during their conversation. "When are you going to tell Saraku of this? She is getting old enough to understand, and she will want her independence soon. If she doesn�t know of those against us it could be very dangerous."

"She may be old enough by human standards, but in demon terms she is still a child."

"That is true, but then again because she is a hanyou I am betting she is going to use the human standard so she can be an adult. I believe she would be able to understand everything and most likely she will want to know what is happening in her land. Until you choose a heir she has that right."

"Neither are old enough to accurately judge their strength. I will not make my choice until I am sure of their potential."

"Then it is only fair that you treat them both as the heir, Saraku will learn of this one way or another soon enough, wouldn�t it be best if we explained it to her. She is a bit rash when she feels threatened."

Sesshoumaru�s golden stare locked on the young hanyou girl in the distance, her long black and white braid flipping about her body as she ran to catch her brother.

Rash. Yes, that was one of Saraku�s faults. If she considered a person an enemy she would kill without question, and if they were conspiring she very well might try to hunt them down. Perhaps he would have to explain things merely for political stability. They couldn�t be the ones to start this war. Still, she was a just a pup. He would wait a while longer.

Saraku�s lean form pounced onto the smaller boy, trapping him. A broad smile formed as she lifted him up and waited for Sesshoumaru and Rin to catch up. When Ahun was close enough Saraku, more gently than one would think, placed Seto in front of Rin. Her mismatch eyes gazed hopefully up to Sesshoumaru.

"Chichiue, would it be alright if I ran on ahead? We aren�t that far now and I really want to go see Makoto before everything starts up."

"I want to see Makoto too!" Seto chirped.

Rin pulled her son into a tight embrace and leaned her head down next to his ear. "If you go without one of us you won�t behave yourself. So you have to stay here, but I suppose Saraku can go on ahead."

Saraku smiled but waited for Sesshoumaru to nod his approval as well, which he didquotquot;Thank you, Chichiue, Okaasan. I�ll meet you at the village then."

She gave them a short bow before running out of sight. Seto sat sulking in front of Rin, a pout more puppy than human set firmly on his childish face.

"I wanted to go too," Seto whined as he fidgeted with Ahun�s black mane.

"We will get there soon enough. When you are older and stronger you can go off on your own just like Saraku does," Rin said trying to comfort the disappointed boy.

"I�m strong."

Sesshoumaru eyed his son reproachfully. "When you can behavior yourself without someone watching you, then you can go on your own. Until then you must be escorted."

"I just wanted to see Makoto," Seto grumbled as he ran his claws over the beast�s scaly neck.

"We�re not far now, you�ll get to see her soon." Rin smoothed Seto�s white hair as she spoke.

Sesshoumaru attributed Seto�s flighty personality on his young age and strong connection to both Saraku and Rin. There was a certain level of distance between Sesshoumaru and his son, though most likely it was from him more serious nature in comparison to Seto�s playfulness. With Rin he could be more childish, whereas Sesshoumaru demanded an amount of discipline, something the pup had yet to gain much of.

Sesshoumaru inhaled and paid attention to his daughter�s scent still lingering along the path. Saraku was becoming quite a different person than her younger brother. It wo Seo Sesshoumaru that Saraku was attached, not Rin. In fact, the past year or so she had been spending less time with her mother and more either alone or with Sesshoumaru. This, however, could be the same as with Seto. Sesshoumaru being the more serious and powerful was who she needed to associate herself, to gain control of her growing strength.

So even though his mate�s innocence and delicate nature had been violently taken from her she was still the gentler and len lenient of the two. Sesshoumaru would not say he was not disappointed in his son�s slight aversion to him, but in time that would change.

It didn�t take long for them to see InuYasha�s village in the distance, and the issuing disturbance therein. There seemed to be quite a commotion going on between Miroku and Isha�sha�s respective homes, Saraku herself seemed to be acting as a go between. When they finally reached InuYasha�s home Kagome greeted them and explained the reason for all the chaos.

"Shinryo and Kyo aren�t back yet and Makoto is refusing to go through with the wedding till they arrive. It is scheduled to begin in a few hours, but she won�t budge till her brothers are home." Kagome adjusted the red and white miko outfit she currently wore and leaned against the side of her house.

Rin, having dismounted from Ahun though still holding onto Seto, looked confused. "Where are they? I wouldn�t have thought twoulwould have left so close to the wedding."

A knowing smirk formed on the tired miko�s face. "They left over a month ago to go get Makoto�s wedding present."

"A month? What would take so long to get?"

"A very special present, but it doesn�t surprise me it has taken them this long. I told them they should have left earlier." Kagome sighed. "They better get here or everything is going to be messed up."

Saraku suddenly hurried over to the four of them. "Well, Tanshin doesn�t seem to mind the delay at least. He said if Makoto wanted to wait for her brothers then that was fine with him."

"He�s a good boy. He would wait years for her if he had to."

"Yeah, but what is the present they went out for?" Su asu asked.

"It�s a secret. We can�t have Makoto finding out before it arrives."

Saraku gave Kagome a questioning glare but let it drop. Time passed slowly as the soon to be in-laws prayed for Shinryo and Kyo�s arrival. The idea of a delay in the wedding did not sit well with Sesshoumaru either as he had only planned to remain among so many humans for one night.

The tension faded though as just before the scheduled time arrived, two hanyou scents and one demon was definitely in the air. Sesshoumaru immediately recognized the demon scent, and for the first time realized it had been absent on every visit to InuYasha�s village he had made. So he must have been the present they spoke of.

The three figures quickly made their way over to InuYasha�s home where Sesshoumaru and his family waited outside. The demon had barely stopped running before Makoto ran outside and wrapped her silk covered arms around his neck.

"Shippo! Shippo! Shippo!" Makoto cried happily as she hugged the kitsune.

"Hey, you�re gonna get your wedding kimono all messed up. We�ve been running for three days straight. I know we can�t be very clean."

Makoto released him and stepped back as Kagome hurried to brush off the front of her daughter�s white kimono. Shippo stared at the young woman and shook his head slightly.

"The last time I saw you, you barely reached my knee, and now you are getting married. And Sesshoumaru and InuYasha are on speaking terms. And he has hanyou pups. Really, I should have come home more."

"Of course you should have. What, you grow up and think we don�t want to see you ever again?" Kagome scolded the kitsune as if he were still a child even though he was now most definitely an adult.

"Come on Kagome, it wasn�t that long really."

"Ten years�"

Shippo looked away. "Well, in demon terms it wasn�t that long."

Makoto�s gentle smile calmed them both. "I�m just happy you came back for the wedding." She looked to her brothers. "Thank you both for bringing him."

Kyo just shrugged it off while Shinryo came over and gave her a kiss on the forehead. "You kept saying you wished he would come to visit, so what better time than for your wedding."

Shippo gave a smug look to Makoto. "Yeah, what kind of a wedding would it have been anyway if I wasn�t here. I mean, did you really�"

Shippo never finished his sentence as lightning suddenly struck drowning out all other sounds. Everyone looked up confused by the sudden change of weather; everyone but Shippo that is. The kitsune casually gazed up and sighed.

"Now what has her all worked up?"

Without warning lightning raged over the ground next to the group, closest to Shippo himself. InuYasha immediately picked up Makoto and Kagome, pulling them back to the house. Sesshoumaru covered Rin as Saraku picked up her brother and shielded him. Slowly they all relaxed as the lightning followed the frantic kitsune without even bothering with the rest of them. The lightning strikes closed in around Shippo till he had no where left to run.

Surprisingly, just when he seemed to have been trapped the lightning stopped, forming a cage around him. Shippo took a deep breath and let it out, obviously relieved.

When he was composed Shippo looked up to the sky. "Souten, what is this all about?"

"Souten?" Sesshoumaru heard InuYasha and Kagome both repeat the name.

From the blackened sky a gray cloud descended supporting the form of a young demon woman. She had black hair pulled back into two ponytails and wore red and black armor, which accented the ferocity currently held in her glowing red eyes. If Shippo had any room to move he would have back away.

"Souten�?"

At the sound of her name lightning and thunder rolled across the sky. "Low class demon. Thunder bitch. A good fuck. What the hell do you take me for you no good kitsune bastard?!"

Shippo raised his hands in front of him to separate himself from the raging woman. "Now, Souten, calm down."

"Calm! You think I�m not calm! You call me nothing more than a good fuck and then tell me to calm down! Damn it, I am more than calm!"

All of InuYasha�s family now backed away as the woman�s anger flared and the lightning scorched the ground aimlessly. Sesshoumaru returned to his more protective stance over Rin and his pups. If this woman even scratched them Sesshoumaru would stop her one way or another.

Shippo tried once again to calm the demon woman. "Souten�when have I ever said that about you?"

"When! When! When you fucking left me with nothing more than a parting insult that you weren�t even man enough to say to my face!"

Shippo�s eyes narrowed, not on Souten, but on the gray cloud at her feet. "Koryu! I�m pretty sure I told you to tell Souten I would be gone a few days for Makoto�s wedding. You wouldn�t happened to exaggerated on that, would you?"

"Wedding?" Souten�s shocked face turned from Shippo to Makoto dressed in a white wedding kimono.

"Yes, Makoto�s getting married. I came to see the wedding, just like I told Koryu."

Shippo�s lightning cage disappeared as the woman�s red eyes locked onto the gray cloud beneath her. She kicked her heal against its surface three times and suddenly dropped to the ground, her feet now atop the back of a medium size red dragon.

"Koryu." Souten�s red eyes flared as lightning began forming in her right hand. "That wasn�t what you told me."

The dragon squirmed in a futile attempt to free itself. "Souten-sama, I think I mentioned something about the wedding."

"Oh you did?" Souten closed her hand around the lightning and it stretched for form a trident. She pointed the forked blade at the base of the dragon�s neck. "Are you sure about that?"

Koryu stilled beneath his mistress and whimpered slightly. "Perhaps I forgot to mention it�perhaps I made a few things up."

The lightning cracked and created a collar around he dragon�s narrow neck. "A few?"

"Perhaps I completely lied to Souten-sama."

Souten stepped off the dragon and allowed him to raise up, though the lightning collar still remained to keep him in place. "Go home, now. And you had better hope I am in a better mood when I return or I will cook your scaly hide for dinner, you pathetic excuse for a lizard."

"Yes, Souten-sama! Right away, Souten-sama!"

Once released from the electrifying collar Koryu flew into the air and away to the north. Souten took a deep breath and turned around, releasing the lightning of her trident into the air. She headed straight over to Makoto without even glancing at anyone else and bowed.

"I�m sorry for making such a scene on your wedding day." Souten straightened up and smiled. "But Shippo always does say I am a bit jealous, and well, I couldn�t help but get angry."

Makoto just smiled nervously but InuYasha jumped between the two women and started yelling at Souten. "You nearly destroyed the village! Not to mention you were trying to kill Shippo!"

Souten bit at her lower lip. "I wouldn�t say I was trying to kill Shippo. I more wanted to fry his good for nothing ass for a very long time. I doubt I could actually bring myself to kill him."

As everyone stared at Souten in shock of her quick change of mood, Saraku asked the question everyone was wondering. "So, you two are mates then?"

Both Souten and Shippo, who had followed her over to the group, burst out laughing. Suddenly, Souten�s face turned dead serious, her red eyes burning into Shippo.

"What�s so funny about that?"

Shippo raised his hands up defensively. "Nondemoarimasin."

Souten turned her head haughtily from Shiand and focused on Saraku. "We are too young to be mating. You need to have fun in your youth, take two or three lovers at a time."

A number of people started laughing at the look of shock on Shippo�s face. "Souten�you�re joking, right?"

She gave Shippo a questioning look but didn�t answer.

"Souten!" the kitsune whined. "Come on, you�re joking, right?"

"As if you could satisfy the last of the Thunder Demons in any way," Souten laughed.

Shippo grabbed Souten around the shoulders and pulled her in for a forceful kiss, his hands traveling down to length of her back to caress the demon�s well shaped posterior. When the kitsune finally released Souten a self-satisfied smirk had already formed on his lips.

"What were you saying?"

Souten�s red eyes blinked furiously as she tried to see straight. "Isn�t there a wedding supposed to be going on?"

Shippo�s smirk expanded to an arrogant grin. "So, have you invited yourself to it?"

"But of course. I need to improve my mood before I see Koryu again. And I am sure you can help me with that later on."

Shippo was about to respond but a forced cough from Kagome took his attention from his lover. "Shippo, I am sure I never taught you to act like that."

"Well, I guess you could say I followed the ways of Buddha." Shippo nervously scratched at the back of his head before taking Souten�s wrist and heading toward Miroku�s house. "I�ll tell them we are ready to start!"

InuYasha and his pups stood laughing while Kagome merely shook her head in maternal disappointment. "Now I know how Sango feels about Kenji."

Kagome ushered her daughter into the house to help her into the outermost layer of her wedding kimono, one that would require her to have assistance walking in it because of its extensive length. Seika and Hikari, Tanshin�s sisters, would be the ones to help Makoto to the site the ceremony was to be held at.

Sesshoumaru was rather curious at the fact Makoto was having ntirntirely human ceremony, the actual demon marking to be taken place in private. Now it was usually only the aristocratic demons that held ceremonies for a marking, often political reasons brought about the mating and required witness from both sides, but with such formality being given to the human side he thought she would have given as much to her demon. Perhaps it was merely the fear of her failing to provide enough power in the marking, and with demons, especially full demons such as himself or Shippo and Souten, present such a failure would be very humiliating.

Now that everyone was present the plans proceeded quite rapidly. Unlike normal human weddings, Makoto had decided not to have it at the small shrine in the village. Instead, she requested to have the ceremony held in front of Goshinboku, which meant the wedding procession would have to walk some distance. No one seemed to mind the inconvenience though.

The two families met at the edge of thllagllage. Makoto wore her white wedding kimono, elaborately embroidered in silver and white thread to show various creatures of worship. Her black hair was pulled tightly into the large white headdress and held by a number of gold and silver ornaments. As per the human custom her entire face was painted white with coloring only on her eyes and lips. Tanshin wore a gray hakama and a black formal haori. A white fan was place in the tie at his waist.

Miroku and Kagome, the ones who would actually perform the ceremony, walked in front, followed by Makoto and Tanshin. Hikari and Seika walked both in front and behind Makoto to hold the bottom of the kimono so Makoto could walk without tripping. Behind the couple walked InuYasha and Sango, followed hinrhinryo and Shuuyou (Tanshin�s eldest brother), and finally Kyo and Kenji. Shippo and Souten began the rest of the wedding party, that is those not of immediate family. Saraku and Seto were next, followed by Rin and Sesshoumaru. A large number of the villagers were behind them, the headman included. It seemed this wedding was one many were long since anticipating.

Once at Goshinboku, Miroku and Kagome headed for the altar prepared while the two families flanked the bride and groom. The rest of the party stood some distance behind so as not to interfere. At the altar, Kagome held a small bowl, into which Miroku poured some sake, and brought it to Makoto. She took a sip of the sake and handed it to Tanshin who did the same. Kagome then gave the bowl to each member of the two families, Miroku and herself last, so as to signify the union of the two families.

Once that was finished Miroku brought the coupwo bwo branches taken from Goshinboku to offer up to the gods for a blessing on the union, and probably a prayer for the success of the marking. From what they had told Sesshoumaru, the offering was the last part of the actual ceremony, the rest was merely reception. According to Kagome this was because most human marriages were arranged and so the families who may not know one another well would be able to speak freely at the reception. This was not as necessary for them, but they were following human tradition.

Since most of the villagers were attending the reception it was held outside; a large fire was built as dusk was quickly settling over the land. There was food and music and dancing�and Sesshoumaru was sure he was getting sick of all the smells, noise, and idiotic sights the humans produced. Rin, Saraku, and Seto seemed to have an entirely different opinion though. Though Rin remained by his side a genuinely happy smile was on her face, and she was laughing more in those few hours than she had in many years.

Her laughter was directed mostly at their two pups who were getting lessons in dancing from their cousins. The human�s dancing wasn�t too difficult, but for those who had never before experienced it, their rhythm was not quite right. Shinryo showed Saraku and she caught on fairly quickly, which meant she was now teaching her younger brother how to do it. A number of couples were dancing around the fire, Saraku and Seto following Makoto and Tanshin as they circled.

Now without a partner Shinryo approached Sesshoumaru and Rin and bowed. "Obasama, would you like to dance as well. Something tells me Ojisama won�t, so I would be happy to be your partner for a while."

Rin looked up to Sesshoumaru to see if he would mind. He merely looked back to his pups. "Do as you wish."

Once again Rin smiled her gentle smile and she took Shinryo�s hand to join the others. Sesshoumaru watched his mate as she obviously as enjoying herself. Sesshoumaru himself would partparticipate in such meaningless activities; however, Rin was human and still enjoyed some human customs. A few minutes passed and InuYasha joined Sesshoumaru as Kenji took Kagome out to dance.

"I figured you wouldn�t dance. Actually I am surprised you are still here. You�ve never been the celebrating type." InuYasha smirked.

"I would not leave my mate and pups to your protection," Sesshoumaru said, receiving the annoyed glare he was expecting from his brother.

"Yeah, well you will have to let them go one day. Your little pups at least. How much longer do you think Saraku is going to want to stay safe at home?"

Sesshoumaru sent InuYasha a sideways glance before focusing on Saraku. "She is still young."

"Maybe to you, but I am betting Saraku thinks quite differently. Hell, look around the village. A lot of people�a lot of men think quite differently."

Not caring about anyone other than his family Sesshoumaru had not given any attention to the rest of the villagers. He took a moment to make a passing glance around those at the reception and found a rather disturbing scene. More than one of the men were staring at his young pup, not with contempt or disgust, but with passion and lust. To think they would be looking upon his daughter with such open interest when she was nitenitely not of age for any such activity. Hanyou or not, Saraku was still a pup and didn�t need the advances of vile men even if her body was beginning to develop to human standards.

Sesshoumaru returned his attention to his daughter. Still, her body was developed to human standards, in more ways than one. In addition to her times of forced humanity, Saraku also suffered from the same cycles any human female of childbearing age did. Saraku was none to pleased to learn she had to deal with that part of her human nature, but without any other choice she accepted it.

But just because her hanyou body was old enough by human standards didn�t mean she was ready in demon standards. That human side of her would, however, call out to more than just humans. The scent of a woman, human or demon, in heat could drive lower class male demons into a frenzy, and the scent of blood could be just as intoxicating to those that feed on humans.

Rin had explained to Saraku about the human nature of her body, and what it meant, but she was still unaware of what those same functions caused to demons. A part of Sesshoumaru knew what InuYasha had said was true, even though he would never admit to such a thing. Saraku most likely did see herself as more than just a pup, and as Rin had said, she would soon want more freedom than life in the castle would give her. She was, however, still ill prepared for the world she would enter outside her home. She needed more time to prepare, and perhaps it was time to explain some things to her.

Sesshoumaru was taken from his thoughts by the sound of shouting. A man was standing in front of Saraku, a very drunken man that is. Beside her stood Shippo. Seto was along side Souten standing behind them, obviously they had switched partners. By her expression Saraku was less than pleased by his presence. Most of the people had stopped dancing and the music had quieted as they watched the encounter.
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