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Sweet Surrender	By : inumom Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female > InuYasha/Kagome Views: 7748 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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22. Explanations

I opened my eyes to see two pools of brilliant gold focused intently on me. I struggled to move before realizing that I was being held firmly but gently in place. �What happened?� I was more than a little surprised by the weak, fragile sound of my voice.
My mate reached up to lightly brush aside the hair that had fallen into my eyes. �Hell if I know, wench,� he growled. �When Sesshoumaru made his little announcement, your eyes rolled up in your head and you dropped like a rock.�
The memories had come rushing back. �I remember,� I said. Looking at him sharply, I asked, �Didn�t you feel that?�
He shook his head. �No. But I didn�t have to feel it--I could smell it!�
I sat up with a little help. �So I wasn�t imagining it.�

�You,� he said, wagging a finger in my face, �Need to start having a little more faith in your own abilities. I didn�t know what the hell he was going to do, but as near as I cold tell, he disappointed a lot of youkai clans. You really missed the best part, you know.�
He lowered himself carefully to the futon next to me. I knew that he was just dying to give me all the juicy details of whatever had happened after I passed out, so I simply looked at him, waiting. He pulled me down to rest next to him, my head on his shoulder. Gently squeezing my shoulder through the silk of my kimono, he smirked. �As I understand it, Sesshoumaru�s been getting a lot of pressure from the youkai clans in the region to produce an heir. From the look of things, the lesser youkai lords have been throwing their daughters at him for years now, but he hasn�t given any of them a second look. When he named us as his heirs, he shattered a lot of hopes.� He pulled me tighter against him, shaking his head. �I�ve never seen him show his natural form in this house before�. Not that he had any choice: that room was starting to look like those �riots� you showed me pictures of back in your world.�
�Will he be all right?� Even though he had sometimes been our enemy, I thought I was finally starting to understand some of the things that had driven him to some of the actions he had taken since I had first met him.
He nodded slowly. �Better than you think, once the youkai lords take a little time to cool down and think. Think about it for a minute--they sure as hell won�t want a disgusting hanyou taking over the region, especially one that�s mated a human. I�ll bet anything you like that Sesshoumaru will have a long, long life after making that announcement.�
�That�s something I don�t quite understand,� I said. �Does all this--this �heir� thing, I mean--mean that we have to live here now?�
�Hell, no!� His laugh was almost infectious. �That�s the other great thing you didn�t see.� Reaching into the scarlet silk of the formal haori, he extracted a tightly rolled scroll. At my raised eyebrows he grinned, showing off his impressive fangs. �The land deed to the forest and the area around it, including the six villages closest to Kaede�s. It seems that the small area immediately surrounding my forest isn�t exactly part of any of the four lands. Sesshoumaru seems to think that taking care of the area will teach me what I�ll need to know if I ever have to take over the Western Lands some day.�
�What do you suppose the villagers will say?�
He shrugged. �The people in Kaede�s village won�t have too much trouble about it, I don�t think. You were right about them: look at the house they made for us. It won�t really affect the daily lives of the other villages all that much. I�ll pretty much stay out of their faces unless there�s an emergency or something. I will have to send messengers to all of the villages to let them know that I�m there if they need anything, maybe ask them to meet with me and representatives of the other villages.�
Looking up, I could see that he seemed slightly uneasy. �You don�t look very happy about it.�
Something very much like resentment bubbled to the surface. �Hell, no, I�m not happy about it! I was never raised to take on this kind of situation--I don�t know a damn thing about diplomacy, or treaties, or any of that crap!�

�Still,� I said, reaching up to gently rub his ears, �If what Sesshoumaru said about giving you so much misery just to make you stronger is true, he must think that you can handle this as well.�
�Exactly so, miko.� We both looked up in surprise--neither of us had heard the taiyoukai enter the room.
�What the hell do you want, Sesshoumaru?�
�I was concerned for your mate�s safety. I think that you should leave the palace in the morning.� He seated himself on one of the floor cushions, helping himself to some of the cold water that always seemed to be freshly placed on the low table.
Stretching out with the senses that had been awakened since I had first come to this world, I could detect no trace of deceit in the youkai lord. �What do you think will happen?�
He shook his head slowly. �Probably nothing,� he said, rising with a grace that rivaled that of his brother.
�So what the hell are we supposed to do now?�
Sesshoumaru shook his head slowly, smiling just the slightest bit. �I want you to go home and rule your territory with strength, wisdom, and justice. Have your pups and teach them and the humans around them that they can get along with each other--that each can enhance the quality of life of the other. Remember this, brother,� he said as he moved silently to the door, �You do not have to do this alone.�
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