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Chapter 5
InuYasha walked back to Kaede's hut with a cat-shit eating grin on his face but said nothing more. It was a good thing too, because Sesshomaru was about ready to rip his little brother's head off.
Miroku was really worried about his mate though. The stoic full-demon lord was never ill a day in his life and now this. What worried him more was InuYasha's and Sesshomaru's interaction, and that little snide remark his best friend made as he was leaving. "Sesshomaru, what did InuYasha mean by 'it's going to be an interesting six months'?"
The demon said nothing at first, turning his back on his mate and once again heaving into the wooded area. When he was finally done, he stood straight up and walked away as if nothing had happened and ignored his mate and the question asked.
Miroku called out, "Sesshomaru, what's going on and where are you going?"
Again the demon lord kept silent and just walked away.
Miroku wasn't going to be ignored, so he followed Sesshomaru, staying out of sight and just far enough behind so as not to incite him to anger. Sesshomaru walked for about fifteen minutes into the woods until he came upon a glen with a brook. Sesshomaru strode to the water's edge, disrobed and walked into the babbling water, then submerged completely. After several seconds, he reappeared, spit out a mouthful of water and shook his head. Then, as casually as he got into the water, he got out. He picked up his clothes, walked over to a nearby boulder and sat down.
He sat for several minutes with his clothes draped on his lap and after he was able to gather his thoughts, he looked at his mate who was hiding behind some shrubbery nearby. "You are not very good at spying, you know that Miroku. It is safe to approach me now."
Miroku cautiously walked toward his mate, unsure of what was going to happen next. "Would you care to tell me what just happened?"
"I didn't think you were quite that dense."
The statement shocked Miroku. It was said so coldly and as if Miroku should have known the cause immediately. He stood there shocked by the words as much as by the tone. Then it struck him. Jaken's comment about instinct to have children; sickness at smells of food, then InuYasha's off-handed comment. Miroku's eyes grew wide. "Are you...are you.. By all that is holy, are you pregnant?" That last word rung out loudly and echoed in the glen.
Sesshomaru closed his eyes and quietly admonished his mate. "Do you have to announce it to the entire world? Miroku knocked up the Great Demon Lord Sesshomaru!"
Miroku fainted.
Sesshomaru got off the boulder, got a handful of water from the brook and threw it on his mate's face. It brought the one-time monk around and he sat up. Sesshomaru put his clothes back on and sat there next to Miroku. "It seems that sometime during my heat, you did indeed get me pregnant. I am not sure how it happened, for I have little memory of what we did during that time, but yes. I am pregnant."
Miroku was astonished. "You don't remember how? You don't remember throwing me on the bed, tearing off my clothes and insisting I take you- over and over again?"
To say Sesshomaru was shocked at the accusations of his mate is an understatement. "You say I told you to.... and you...? And how long did this supposedly happen?"
"Three days. Every time I tried to leave the room, you pulled me back. You, me, we...." The words just couldn't come out right.
"I see. And Jaken, does he know?"
Miroku nodded. "He told me that during this time, the urge to have a child would be strong, but I never thought..." A hand went up to quiet him.
"Enough. We will not speak of this happening again."
Miroku broke out in laughter. "Um, tell me. How can we not speak of this again. If what InuYasha said is correct, in six month's time, everyone will know. We are going to have a baby!"
Now it was Sesshomaru's turn to faint.
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The pair finally made it back to the village about an hour later. Sesshomaru was no worse for the wear and Miroku looked about as cocky as he could possibly be. He went into the hut first and seeing that all his friends were there, but Rin and Kohaku weren't, he motioned for Sesshomaru to enter. Once inside, they both sat down and Miroku was the one to speak. "First, we would like to apologize for the way we left earlier this evening." All eyes went to Sesshomaru who just sat there, motionless and looking only at Miroku. "Now, we have something we need to tell everyone."
InuYasha started laughing, "Oh, this is gonna be good. Go on Miroku, tell 'em!" A rap on his head by the stoic demon lord, much like InuYasha liked to do to his little kitsune friend shut him up.
"As I was saying. When Sesshomaru left earlier, it was because he was ill, well not really sick, but.."
Sesshomaru cut him off, not liking the way Miroku was stalling. "I am pregnant."
There was dead silence from everyone except InuYasha, who started laughing again. This time, Kagome stopped him with a "Sit boy!"
The shock of the announcement wore off after a couple of minutes. Sesshomaru's look of 'If you say or do anything else little brother, it will be the death of you' kept InuYasha quiet. Sango wasn't sure what to say, but Kagome was the first to speak. "Congratulations you two. When's the happy day going to be?"
There was some relaxed discussion about the six month gestation period and that the baby would be born the first part of spring, probably around the first of May. The big question was, how to tell Rin she was going to have a brother or sister. That was answered a few minutes later when the two children came in. They could tell there was something going on and Rin picked up on her parents' tension. "Papa Miroku, what's wrong?"
Miroku sat Rin between himself and Sesshomaru. "We have some good news to tell you." That got a smile from the little dark-haired girl. "We are going to have a new baby in the family."
Rin looked around the room. She wondered if Kagome or Sango was going to be the one, but tossed those ideas out of her mind. Then she looked to Sesshomaru. She had been around him for a very long time, almost three years. She got up, threw her arms around the demon lord's neck and asked, "When are you having the baby?"
Everyone gasped and started questioning. How could she possibly know it was him? She smiled. "Papa Miroku cannot have babies, he's human, like me. So it has to be Father Sesshomaru, right? He's a demon, and demons can do lots of things humans can't." Then she looked at InuYasha and Kagome. "So, when are you having a baby Uncle 'Yasha?" That's when all mayhem broke loose in the hut. Things finally died down a while later and everyone was able to go to sleep.
The next morning, the little family of three headed back to the castle in the Western Lands. Kagome, InuYasha and the rest of the group promised to be on hand in six month's time when the baby arrived.
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The castle staff was told of the pregnancy, and under threat by the Demon Lord, no one said a word about it. He didn't let anyone outside know of his "delicate" condition. As far as he was concerned, pregnancy was just a natural part of living and it wasn't something to worry about. With the exception of occasional "sickness" caused by the certain smells, Sesshomaru was fine. Once those smells were eliminated from the castle, there were no tell-tale signs that the Demon Lord was pregnant.
The next three months were pretty much business as normal in the Castle and in the Western Lands. Sesshomaru still did everything he always did, including ridding himself of anyone or anything that he deemed unfit to be in his territory. To him, little skirmishes were everyday occurrences, nothing more annoying than a mosquito bite. Of course, his mate didn't see it that way. There had been more than a few disagreements (Sesshomaru called them that, we humans call them knock down-drag out fights). Sesshomaru always won.
The castle was getting prepared for the coming of the new heir. The fourth floor of the castle reserved for the Lord of the Castle was being remodeled. There was plenty of room for an entire suite to be built for the new baby, and that is exactly what Miroku wanted. The master bedchamber also was being remodeled to make room for a cradle and new armoire to cater to the baby's belongings. After all, a newborn had to stay with the mother, I mean father, almost exclusively when first born.
Besides the castle refurbishing there were other things that they had to figure out. Never in the history of this family had a male given birth and no one knew how it worked? How did a male give birth to a demon baby, how was he nurtured; things that normally females had no problem with? Even Kaede, in all her wisdom didn't know the answers to these questions. It was something that needed answered but to get the answers meant that the world would find out that Sesshomaru was pregnant. That was something that they weren't quite ready to do yet.
At the four month point of the pregnancy, things starting changing. Sesshomaru was starting to show that he was pregnant. The little one he was carrying was getting bigger. If word got out that the Demon Lord was with child, there could be trouble in the form of rivalries revisited. If Sesshomaru was not in perfect form, he might lose battles or worse, he could lose the baby. This baby would also become the new heir to the throne of the Western Lands. Precautions would now have to be taken. As much as he didn't want to admit it, Sesshomaru needed help. He sent word and InuYasha came to the castle, along with the rest of his wayward band of friends. Under normal circumstances, Sesshomaru didn't like having all of them around that much, even if they were Miroku's extended family. Still, the extra help at this time was welcome.
One bright February morning, Sesshomaru and InuYasha were out checking on reports that there were bands of renegades in the forests not far from the castle. With a fresh layer of snow on the ground, the two headed out in search of the unwelcome intruders. It wasn't hard to track them, their footprints led the InuDemons straight to them. Watching from a vantage point in the trees, Sesshomaru and InuYasha saw a dozen scrawny weasel demons scouring the woods. What they were looking for, they couldn't figure out. All the two knew was, they didn't want them in their territory, especially this close to the castle.
After about half an hour, the weasels started moving from their current location and headed toward the castle. InuYasha and Sesshomaru followed behind them, staying up in the trees, hopping from branch to branch. When the intruders were within fifty yards of clearing the woods the younger demon hopped down from the trees behind the weasels. InuYasha pulled out Tetsaiga and resting the blade on his shoulder asked."Hey! Where ya think you're going?"
The surprised weasels turned around to see one InuDemon standing there. One of them sniffed at him and spouted "Huh? Oh look, it's a half-demon. And what is it to you?"
"Well, you're on my family's land, so, I think you owe me an explanation."
The weasels just looked at each other, several of them got a evil grin and made a rush for InuYasha and he dropped Tetsaiga. The others started running toward the castle. At that time, Sesshomaru jumped down in front of the second group. "Going somewhere?"
They saw the pregnant Demon Lord and started laughing. Sesshomaru didn't take kindly to being laughed at, in fact it made him angry and in one swipe of his hand, his energy whip came out and annihilated them all. Next he somewhat casually walked toward InuYasha who was fighting off the others. He picked up one that had been thrown off by his brother and with his poisoned claw, stabbed it and it disintegrated. InuYasha was able to handle the others fairly easily with his claws. The whole skirmish lasted about four minutes. As he picked up Tetsaiga, InuYasha looked up to see Sesshomaru double over and collapse. He rushed over to find him passed out, so he picked him up and rushed him back to the castle.
Once at the castle, InuYasha took Sesshomaru to his bedchamber and laid him down. It wasn't long before the all-powerful Demon Lord was conscious again. "How did I get back here?"
InuYasha was sitting in a chair near the bed. "You don't remember? Damn, Sesshomaru. You keeled over right after we got rid of the last weasel. I carried you back."
Just then Miroku walked in the room. He was very quiet. In recent past, if Sesshomaru had a twinge after doing anything, he would have been saying "I told you so". Today, though, he was too worried about his mate and the fate of their baby. He climbed on the bed next to his mate and curled next to him, laid his head on the demon's shoulder and placed a hand on the swollen belly holding the baby. He just laid there, his breathing slow and steady. He stayed this way for a good twenty minutes. Finally, a clawed hand started gently stroking his back.
"I know, you're worried about me and our baby. You win, no more fighting."
Miroku lifted his head. "I don't win anything. Yes I am worried, and I don't want you to fight, but you have to do it because it is what you know it is time stop. The baby has to come first now."
Sesshomaru kept stroking his mate. "It is time."
InuYasha got up. "I think it's time we called in some reinforcements."
There were no arguments as the younger brother left the room. The mates just laid there holding one another.
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Late in the day there was a commotion in the main hall of the castle. InuYasha was having a loud argument with Jaken. "They are definitely welcome here, I invited them. Sesshomaru and Miroku know I was calling for reinforcements. Now get out of our way!"
"Lord Sesshomaru would never allow them into our Castle. You ingrate half-breed. How dare you bring them here."
Finally, Miroku came down the stairs. "Jaken, InuYasha. Stop all the yelling. Sesshomaru is resting. What is all the yell...." And then he stopped dead in his tracks. Standing in the main foyer of the castle with InuYasha were four former foes, four demons that Miroku never thought he would see again. "Panther Divas?"
"Well well, Lord Miroku now is it?" Toran, the leader of the Panther Diva's spoke first. "It has been a long while since we last saw one another."
Miroku looked at his best friend who finally spoke up. "Hey Miroku. I told you I knew the perfect reinforcements. Since we are all friends now, and they weren't that far away, I asked the Panthers to help us out. After all, they owe us a favor, and this is one favor that we really need."
Sesshomaru stood at the top of the stairs and looked down. Even with a loose-fitting yukata, the baby-bump was visible. He walked down the steps, majestic as always. "Toran, you are indeed welcome."
One look at the pregnant InuDemon and the Panther knew what InuYasha told her was true. She bowed to her superior. "Lord Sesshomaru. It is an honor to serve you. You brother has explained everything. We are at your disposal for as long as you need us."
"Thank you." Then he turned and went back up the steps.
"Same old Sesshomaru, a demon of very few words." the Panther said.
InuYasha gave Jaken a sidewards glance, one of those, 'ha-ha you little twerp' looks. Then he escorted the Panther Divas to the great room of the castle. After that, a tour of the castle grounds and the Panthers were on patrol.
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The rest of the pregnancy went relatively smoothly. Sesshomaru became quite complacent. staying inside doing office work or sitting in the garden. As the fifth month of his pregnancy was coming to a close, he was getting very antsy. He fidgeted with everything. Everything had to be perfect. Let me give you examples. At dinner, every plate had to be exactly two inches from the edge of the table, each utensil one inch from the plate. The glasses must be exactly two inches above the knife. There could be no red flowers in the centerpieces, no ice in his glass, no oranges in the fruit bowl. He was driving the staff crazy trying to make everything exactly the way he wanted. They couldn't wait for the baby to be born and their Lord to get back to normal.
Finally, exactly 167 days after that incident in the woods behind Kaede's hut, Sesshomaru started having severe stomach cramping. It was time for the baby to be born. The question was, how was it to be born?
TBC
Next Chapter- The conclusion
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