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This Sesshoumaru Doesn't Do Christmas	By : SunsetMiko Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female > Sessh?maru/Kagome > Sessh?maru/Kagome Views: 24491 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 2
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This Sesshoumaru Doesn’t Do Christmas
Chapter 21 - Volunteered
Saturday, December 6, 2008

Sesshoumaru frowned as he heard the front door slam and immediately went to investigate. The look on her face sent a shiver down his spine.

"Kagome, is everything alright?"

"No, as a matter of fact, it's not," she growled, anger clear in her voice.

The taiyoukai's eyes widened for a moment. Had she found out? Did she know that he had been lying to her all this time? Or worse, did she find out about the hotel? That, he was certain, he could never adequately explain. It just looked too bad. He sucked in a breath and steeled his nerves to go forward, terrified that this was the end.

"What's wrong?" He wasn't sure if he really wanted to hear the answer to that question, but he had to, if only to know how to begin damage control.

"You know what? Demons really suck!" she practically yelled at him. Yes, she was trying very hard to get him to reveal his demon characteristics and instincts to her, and no, what she'd just said would not help things in the slightest, but she was too pissed to care.

"They do?" he asked carefully, rather confused. "Why, exactly?"

Kagome sighed as she flopped down on the couch and looked up at him with hurt in her eyes. "Every time I go to the orphanage the kids tell me about the ones who got adopted. Some are happy for them, some are jealous, but that's not my point. I didn't notice right away, but it's gotten more and more obvious. The demon children never go anywhere. Finally I asked someone and they told me that demons don't adopt! What the hell?! Those kids need homes and families just as badly as the human ones, more so even because no one who works at the orphanage is a demon. There is no one to teach these kids about their instincts or how to control their powers. There isn't a single adult who understands them. They even keep them segregated from the human children because they're so much stronger, that they might accidently hurt someone. I understand it, but that doesn't make it fair or nice. Why, Sesshoumaru? Why don't demons adopt?"

The inu heaved a silent sigh of relief. At least she wasn't angry with him specifically... just his entire species. No, that wouldn't do either. He thought about it for a moment before attempting to explain the best he could.

"Human couples usually adopt when they find that they cannot have children of their own, correct?" She nodded and he continued, sitting beside her and wrapping an arm around her shoulders to comfort her, happy when she didn't try to pull away. "Reproductive problems are almost unheard of in demons. Because of that they are much less likely to adopt."

"Okay, fine, but some humans adopt even when they can and do have their own kids, because they want to give a child that needs it a home and family. Why don't demons do that?"

He mentally grimaced. He did not want to have to use the I word, but it seemed he didn't have a choice, as there was no other way to explain it. "I suspect it has a lot to do with instincts. Demons have a strong urge to protect and provide, and it goes against that instinct to bring another child into the pack, thus spreading time and resources more thinly. It sounds selfish, and it probably is, but that's just the way a demon's mind works."

"What about their families? Don't demons have the need to keep their blood with them? These kids couldn't all have been completely alone. Even with their parents dead, at least some had to have aunts, uncles, or grandparents... something! Why wouldn't they take care of them?"

"Extended family does not always fall under that instinct, though it should." Sesshoumaru understood why she was so upset. Inuyasha had a hard enough time without their father, and once his mother died as well the hanyou could very well have ended up the same position as these children she cared so much about. If he hadn't felt it his duty to ensure the boy was cared for... He didn't want to think about it. No, he didn't always like his half brother and they spent most of their time at each others' throats, he was his brother and he couldn't have fathomed allowing such a thing to happen to him.

"That's just... It's just wrong, Sesshoumaru! They are the sweetest kids and they don't have anyone. You know, the other volunteers don't even want to visit with them. All they have is me."

"They are lucky to have you. I do not understand why others will not volunteer with the demon children as well. They are not dangerous by any means."

"I'm glad you think so," Kagome said with a weak smile. "I sort of volunteered you for... something."

He shot her a serious look and her smile widened. "What, exactly?"

"I said you'd dress up as Santa and hand out presents to the demon kids. They've never had Santa visit them before."

He gave her a incredulous look. "You want this Sesshoumaru to put on a red suit and beard and allow strange children to sit on my lap?" Was she out of her mind?

"It would really mean a lot to them! Please?"

The pleading look on her face was too much to resist and the taiyoukai caved. "Fine."

"You'll do it?!" she asked with excitement in her voice.

"Of course I will." He thought for a moment before continuing. "Have they had enough donations for the children to each receive a toy?"

She shook her head. "I don't know. They said things were slow donation-wise this year."

"Get a list of the children's' ages and the types of demons and we will obtain their gifts. Perhaps I will have a better chance of guessing what they might like, from a demon's perspective."

"You're going to buy them presents?" she asked, more than surprised.

"If I am going to be Santa, I may as well go shopping. I cannot arrive empty handed, now can I?"
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