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This Sesshoumaru Doesn't Do Christmas	By : SunsetMiko Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female > Sessh?maru/Kagome > Sessh?maru/Kagome Views: 24489 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 2
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I do not own Inuyasha and Company, no matter how happy it would make me. Rumiko Takahashi is the lucky one there. I do not profit from these stories, unless sweet reviews, supportive emails, and shiny banners count. I think they’re worth more far than money though, so let just go with I do not profit financially from these stories.

This Sesshoumaru Doesn’t Do Christmas
Chapter 22 - The Perfect Tree
Saturday, December 6, 2008

The drive to the tree farm was comfortably quiet, Sesshoumaru listening to the radio while Kagome admired the scenery as they drove through more and more rural surroundings. Every now and then the taiyoukai would take a second to admire his favorite bit of scenery, the beautiful woman in the seat beside him.

Did he really want to dress up in a stupid red suit, put on a no doubt itchy beard, and allow strange children to touch his person? No, of course not. However, agreeing to do so was well worth it, just to see the smile on her face. He would do anything to make her happy, including this. Besides, he had a feeling she would find her own very pleasant way of thanking him.

This concern she held for demon orphans went a long way to telling him that she truly didn't have a problem with demons. It was heartwarming, but worrisome as well. He didn't want to adopt. He'd spent many a night imagining just how Kagome would look, belly round with his pup.

He ached to finally sense that telltale change in her scent, when it would go from just her own enchanting aroma to one that told anyone with a demonic nose that she carried his child. She had the perfect body for childbearing and the perfect breasts for sustaining those lives they would create together. Watching her breastfeed would be enthralling, though he didn't doubt for a second that he would suffer a bit of jealousy at having to share those delicious pink peaked mounds he adored so much. Still, it would be for a good cause so he would survive it.

Adopting a child wouldn't be a terrible thing so long as they could have their own as well, except that just as he'd told her, his instincts reminded him that if she was caring for someone else's child, that would take time and attention away from their flesh and blood offspring. She could handle it, of course, no matter how many children they ended up with. The miko was a natural mother, loving and caring for anyone and everyone that needed it. Her heart seemed to know no bounds.

Besides, they weren't ready for a child. Yes, he would happily impregnate her that very second if she would allow him to pull the car to the side of the road and give it a go, but he knew he couldn't pup her until he mated her. His honor wouldn't allow it. He couldn't mate her until he told her the truth and showed her all that he was hiding from her, partly because it would be a terrible thing to do and partly because she would certainly notice during their actual mating. He couldn't hide from her then, not when his beast was an integral part of the ceremony.

No, they couldn't have a child yet. They couldn't adopt a child yet, not that the idea of doing so at any point thrilled him in the least to begin with. Sesshoumaru could only hope that she knew that. He knew how badly she wanted to give these children the homes and families they deserved, but they couldn't be the ones to do it. The last thing in the world he wanted, besides her leaving him, was to have to tell her no. It would be beyond disappointing. It would break her heart and he would die before willfully doing that.

Finally he was able to shake his worrying thoughts as they reached their destination. Kagome's eyes lit up and the inu couldn't help but smile. However much this sucked, and he didn't doubt it would, he was still glad to be the one there with her.

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Sesshoumaru walked slowly, an ax resting on his left shoulder while his right hand was buried in his pocket. He watched with a smirk as Kagome literally skipped between the rows and rows of trees. She looked like a child set free in a toy store and it was the cutest thing the taiyoukai had ever seen.

"What exactly are we looking for?" he asked, somewhat regretting interrupting her child-like moment.

Kagome turned and smiled brightly at him. "Well, I really like the ones that are almost blue. It needs to be at least a head taller than you since once you cut it down and they level out the bottom it will get shorter."

"What about this one?" he pointed to a tree that met her specifications.

She looked it over for a moment before shaking her head. "No, look, it's all lopsided. We want one that's nice and round."

The taiyoukai held back a sigh and continued looking. "This one?" he asked again, not at all hopeful that she'd agree.

Kagome shook her head again. "Sesshoumaru, look at the branches. It's got a huge bald spot. The branches need to be nice and even so we can hang lots of decorations and they don't look clumpy."

"You are not going to make this easy, are you?" he asked her with a grin.

"It's not supposed to be easy, or fast. If you want the perfect tree you have to look for it. We need to go in further. This area's already been picked over," she said while pointing at all the tree stumps where others had already cut down their tree of choice. "Besides, it's so pretty out here. All serene, quiet. It smells nice too. Don't you like it here?" He nodded and she smiled. She looped her arm through his and they continued their search, walking further and further into the forest of evergreens.

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It had seemed to take forever, but to be honest Sesshoumaru hadn't minded. She was right. It was nice out there in the woods, surrounded by nature. The air smelled sweet, there were no annoying city sounds. It was tranquil, only made better by sharing it with her.

Finally, Kagome stopped, pulled her arm from his, and began circling a tree as if she were stalking her prey. After walking around it no less than five times, she turned and beamed at him. "I think this is it. What do you think?"

"Will it make you happy?" he asked, not caring in the slightest what the stupid tree looked like.

"Yeah," she answered, the smiled never leaving her face.

"Then this is it."

"Okay, be careful when you cut it down. One year Inuyasha decided to show off how strong he was and tried to cut down a tree with one hit. It literally exploded. He ruined my perfect tree. Hit it softly, okay?"

Sesshoumaru chuckled at her concern over a tree of all things. "This Sesshoumaru will be careful."

The taiyoukai took his time, focused on the task at hand that was taking far longer than it should because he didn't want to mar her 'perfect tree' in any way. He did not want to have to find another one! Completely focused on his task, he didn't notice when Kagome silently slipped away, not until he was finished and turned to look at her.

"Kagome?" Glancing around, he lifted his nose to sniff the air while listening carefully. Why would she have wandered off? She could get lost out here! His head snapped to the right as he heard a soft giggling in the distance.

"Bet you can't catch me," she said so lightly he almost missed it.

Just what was that girl playing at?
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