My One and Only

Chapter 2: The Perfect Kill Part 2

He sat on the bed, disgusted with himself. How could he allow them to take away his mate without him knowing where her unusual pain was coming from.

He stood angrily from his bed, tugging at his hair as he screamed up at the ceiling. He had failed her, he was suppose to protect her, yet he allowed them to take her away. How could he show his face to her, she would be disgusted with him.

Maybe he could find her a gift, then she would forgive his incompetence. He searched around the room, then sighed after realizing that there was nothing he could possibly give her, there were no flowers, no butterflies, and he could not hunt for a fat rabbit to give to her.

Falling to his knees, the youkai tried to calm himself by instead thinking of the pup his mate would soon bring back. He would finally have a family, after all of these sun rotations of being alone, he would finally have a family to take away his lonely nights spent in this cell.

Even thought he had his mate for the last two months, she was constantly being taken back and forth to the healers which lessened the time he got to spend with her

Inu no Taisho slowly crawled over to his hay stack and leaned against it, he scanned the cell, it was decent sized for his family

He looked over at the small bucket he had set in the corner away from his bed, it was filled with dirty water he used to clean his body. The youkai grunted, his pup was definitely not bathing in that.

Maybe if he could behave himself, then the guards would allow him and his mate to take the baby down to the shared hot springs where they could bathe their pup amongst the other parents there and his pup could happily play with the other little ones, while his mate spoke tall tales with the other females present.

His eyes trailed to his makeshift bed, he once again frowned. Maybe if he asked kindly the guards would allow him to bring wood into his cell so he could build a bed for his pup, and if he really behaved he could ask to replace his hay with the soft thin hay that his mate liked so much. But, until then the pup could just share the bed with them both.

He could just picture his future with his family; his mate would finally be able to calm her manic behavior due to motherhood and he would finally have a reason to want to be let out of his cell.

Just as his thoughts led to life outside of his cell, the steel doors opened, taking him out of his stupor. It was one of the guards from earlier and in his arms was a red blanket that kicked and moved.

Inu no Taisho’s ears perked as he sat forward. The guard dared to only walk so close to the youkai before placing said bundle onto the ground and backing away.

Inu no Taisho quickly crawled forward toward the blanket, lifting it into his arms. His nose turned as he realized that red was in fact not the actual color of the cloth, it looked to have been white. The scent that hit his nose was that of his mate, it was her blood that soaked the cloth.

However, he ignored the thought for now as he pulled back the sheet to reveal a small face. He almost laughed when he saw the beautiful baby...

Pulling back the sheets to reveal its sex, a boy, yes, how wonderful.

He studied its features taking in the similarities to him and his mate, the boy definitely took after his mother. There was a soft splash of white hair, that would most likely grow to rival his own in length.

The little bundled gurgled in his arms, it was still too young to open its eyes, but at least it wasted no time in recognizing its father’s scent.

Inu no Taisho already knew that behind those magenta tainted lids were beautiful slanted amber colored eyes.

He studied the pups pale markings that would grow darker with age and quickly took notice of the two magenta strips that adorned each cheek and, it made him smile with joy, the sapphire waning crescent moon that sat perfectly in the middle of his small forehead, a gift from his mother of course.

Running a long finger down the pup’s soft cheek, Inu no Taisho smiled as the child began to cry out, what a good sign, he was searching for his mother, the pup must have been hungry.

Turning his attention away from the barking bundle, the older youkai looked towards the guard who was still standing close by the door. He gave him a look that the guard understood as a questioning for his mate.

The guard stepped a few feet forward and placed a sack on the ground not too far away from the new father and his pup, before retreating back to the safety of that door.

“We took what we could from her, that should last the pup at least until he is able to eat solid food and drink our water.”

Raising a thick eyebrow, Inu no Taisho reached for the sack wasting no time in opening it. He reached inside and frowned when he pulled out a long cup with a nipple shaped top. Snatching off the weird top, the father sniffed the substance and was confused to find his mate’s milk already inside. The cup was still warm so the milk must have been fresh, so where was his mate and why would she allow them to place her milk into this container as a gift to her newborn son.

The father set the cup onto the floor and turned angry eyes toward the guard who flinched under his gaze.

“Where is she, why have I received these containers of her milk and a blanket with her blood?”

The guard nervously cleared his throat before answering the waiting youkai.

“The healers tried their best to stop the bleeding, but...the child had taken so much energy out of her and she was already having an outburst, there was not much they could do.”

“What are you saying?”

The nervous man placed a hand on the cell door, ready to make his escape if necessary.

“The pregnancy involved a lot of blood, she seemed to have stayed through until the end. But as soon as the child was removed from her body, she collapsed....”

“Collapsed?”

“...and she never woke back up. Before we could even show her the pup, she was gone. All of the blood she’d lost in the process, but we never thought it would cause her death. No one expected it, we are sorry to say, but it was like the perfect kill, the healers are saying that with this pregnancy she never had a chance, she must have known, possibly why she had an outburst so close before going into labor. She did not suffer from much pain, it was just a lot of blood, she went peacefully though, as soon as the child was out, she just lay back and closed her eyes, we all assumed that she was just resting...but...”

Inu no Taisho’s breath hitched in his throat, so his mate was dead.

All of the ideas he dreamt of having a family and now they were gone. All he was left with was a bloodied blanket, containers of her milk, and a murderous child.

“The child is healthy, at least physically. The healers insist that you raise the child because they are not yet sure of his mental stability, if he improves upon growing up, then he will be allowed to start his training as a warrior, however if he starts to show any behavior similar to that of you or his mother, then he will stay locked in this room with you.”

With that said, the guard exited, leaving Inu no Taisho to think to himself. He looked down at the baby pup who had yet to cease his crying out for a deceased mother.

Without thinking, the father reached for the sack that still lay next to him and pulled out a new container, placing the nipple to the pup’s lips.

The little one cringed with no recognition of the rubber nipple that pressed against his lips, but when his father squeezed the container just a bit as to sprinkle a little milk onto his lips, the pup quickly recognized the scent and taste of his mother and happily began to drink.

It was then, as the new father watched this baby, with those rosy little cheeks, sit so small and innocent in his arms, that Inu no Taisho realized that this was his family, this was his future, this was his new goal.

“So you are the one, who took my mate away from me?”

Inu no Taisho spoke his words softly, fatherly and even though the pup was not able to hear his voice, the feeling of the father’s warm breath on his skin caused the little one to snuggle deeper into the youkai’s arms.

Inu no Taisho found that he could not help but smile at this.

“The perfect kill, huh?”

A sigh fell from his lips as he tried to picture the scene of this child being pulled from his mate’s bloodied opening. It was definitely a clear scene, such a beautiful baby killing off such a beautiful woman, with no blade, no sword, no weapon of any kind except life. This baby wanted to live, so his mother had to die. It really was the perfect kill.

“Sesshoumaru.”

The name came so natural, he looked the part, this baby was indeed his killing perfection.

“Sesshoumaru, my Sesshoumaru.”

Inu no Taisho had then decided, he may have failed his mate, but he would not fail his pup.

TBC...

Ok, next chapter will be a quick fast forward, no more baby Sesshoumaru, so get your fill while you can. Next chapter will move more into...let’s say teen years, and now the story will focus more around everyone’s favorite Aristocratic Assassin.

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