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The Emperor and his Champion	By : Lady_of_the_Squirrels Category: InuYasha AU/AR > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 943 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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                Helaku was walking the barracks. The palace was almost back together thanks to mages using reverse spells as Sesshomaru had requested. His emperor had been incredibly busy lately, he hadn’t seen him much during the days. At nights though, Sesshomaru pampered him beyond anything he had ever expected.
                He enjoyed that the mate mark had come with perks. Perks like Sesshomaru just couldn’t keep his hands off of him. He could feel him check on him at any time, and if he was getting angry during his meetings, he could hear his beast purring back to him through their new connection. All he had to do was stare at someone and think ‘Gods, this guy is a moron!’ and he could hear Sesshomaru call back to him ‘Agreed, total moron.’
                Those perks were better when they were in a meeting together. Sesshomaru’s face never changed and he found it hard to keep a straight face but they could sit and talk shit to each other the whole meeting. Sometimes, when he was particularly bored, Sesshomaru would even talk dirty to him through it. He found those moments some of the more surprising ones, he’d sit stone faced, looking as if he were listening intently to some council member, nodding his head at all the appropriate times as he tortured Helaku with what he wanted to do when they got home.
                He loved it though, he wouldn’t change this for anything. His mom had even been thrilled when he told her about the mark. After much questioning though, she had to ensure he was okay. She was even excited to know she would be attending his wedding.
                He was however beginning to feel the effects of all the pampering. He’d been to see the doctor due to cramping in his abdomen the day before and they had confirmed his body was changing. He smiled, Sesshomaru had nuzzled and kissed his stomach for probably half an hour when he told him. He wasn’t even with child, just adjusting so he could carry and the man was all over him.
                He had expressed his concern over his changing body, he’d heard sometimes the changes could soften male’s features. The doctor was more than happy to provide him with tips on maintaining his body and other advice. He had given him a list of things to help with his pains as well.
                He had showed Sesshomaru the list and the man had hummed as he cradled him against his chest. He had immediately sent a picture of the list to Zander and the items were brought to the house within a few hours. Helaku was grateful for the cat, no matter how much Helaku pestered him, he still came through for them every time.
                “Shika had a lot of these too when he changed,” he smiled, kissing Helaku’s temple. He had helped put away hot water bottles and soothing gels, supporting his mate. He made sure they would be able to access them quickly, keeping related items at the ready as well. He was in awe as he watched him, so very attentive to his needs.
                He inspected the barracks, scowling when he found the bunks of the newer recruits to be filthy. “Who has made this mess?”
                His voice roared and several of the men came running in, standing at attention. He turned to look at them, their fear of the man making them wide-eyed and alert. He sighed, staring them all down. No one answered him.
                “Clean it up! What do you think this is?! After it’s clean you can go run laps! 10 for each of you!” They stood for a moment then Helaku started clapping his hands loudly, “Let’s go! Let’s go! Let’s go!”
                They moved, unbelievably fast after that. Helaku watched them before pulling their drill sergeant in and putting them in charge of them. He huffed and he felt that familiar purr in his mind, wanting to calm him. The smallest smile crept up his face as he reassured his mate all was fine. He finished inspections and couldn’t resist himself as he hustled towards the palace.
                He could feel Sesshomaru’s boredom and assumed he was in a meeting. He went to where he could feel him on one of the first floors of the palace. He waited in the hallway, feeling Sesshomaru getting impatient now. He knew he was there, and he wanted to hold him. Jules was there, watching Helaku with a lot less nervousness than he had, had before.
                “He should be almost done,” Jules reassured him. The man was practically in charge of making sure they got their alone time in. Moving meetings and lunches around, assuring business calls didn’t route to Sesshomaru’s cell during the nights. He did his best, even if it had been very busy the past few days. Neither of them could blame the poor man for their lack of alone time as things settled back into their normal routines.
                The meeting let out, grumpy old council members piling out of the room. They grumped about Sesshomaru’s foul mood, catching a dirty look from the Commander. Sesshomaru emerged last, his fangs bared just a little in anger until he caught Helaku’s face in his peripheral. He acknowledged him, that stoic face in place as he headed towards his temporary office.
                “So, inspections didn’t go great, huh?” Sesshomaru made conversation as Helaku followed behind him.
                “They went okay. Only the newest bunks were trashed. They haven’t learned yet,” Helaku sighed.
                Sess opened the door for him, letting him go inside first. The door closed and Helaku found himself quickly enveloped in those arms. His nose quickly buried itself against the mate mark, placing soft kisses on his shoulder. “Who was it that said no affection in the office? For whores only?”
                “I never said for whores only, I said don’t make me think of you as that woman. I didn’t want to make love to you without emotion,” Sesshomaru let go of him, going and sitting in his office chair.
                Helaku sat across from him and rolled his eyes. It felt like an eternity ago that he’d been hurt so deeply by his mate buried to the hilt in someone else. He didn’t like thinking of it now, how angry he’d been.
                “Speaking of, Persia is back under control. I’ve been keeping tabs on the situation,” Helaku looked around the office. He missed the bar, he could be sharing a nice little drink with his mate right now.
                “Good, I’m so glad it could be resolved without force,” Sesshomaru nodded.
                Helaku grunted just a little, pain rolling through his body at random. Sesshomaru jumped from his chair and hustled around the desk, quickly pulling Helaku up and against his body. “Sesshomaru, I’m fine, truly. It’s not even that bad.”
                He didn’t let go of him, nuzzling against him gently as he rubbed his shoulders lovingly. “All the supplies are at home, do you want me to take you home?”
                Helaku shook his head no, “I’m going to have to deal with it when I’m working, right? I’ll be okay.”
                “Let me get Zander to get you a heating pad at least, we can plug it in. He can bring us tea?” Helaku relented, letting Sesshomaru call the cat to help him.

                Zander was enjoying his day, InuYasha was so insistent on helping him ready the parts of the palace that were ready. The Inu followed him around like a lost puppy, obediently taking care of any tasks too heavy or too tall for the little cat. They’d spent a lot of time together and they found they enjoyed each other’s company. Zander dare say he may even be developing feelings for the man, something he’d not experienced before. He’d never really had interest in anyone.
                He looked at his phone as it pinged and smiled, “Sesshomaru needs me to bring Helaku a heating pad and tea. I’ll be right back! Keep folding, okay?”
                InuYasha looked at him, sheet held up in his hands. He nodded, not saying anything as he tried to neatly fold as well as his little companion. Zander was gone for about 20 minutes, prancing back in with a tray of snacks. “I brought you something!”
                Inu looked at him, having finished with the sheets. He was sitting by the window, staring outside before turning his head to look at Zander. He grinned, looking at the tray of meats and gladly joining him for a snack. They chatted, Zander fixing some of the messier sheets. Inu didn’t mind, he didn’t know how to fold anyway.
                The sheets were his last chore of the day and Inu followed him to where he hung his apron up in the staff room. The little cat’s hips seemed to swish more than usual this time, catching his attention. Nothing distracting but he noticed. He grinned as he caught Zander looking to him, eager eyes forming a question. “Do you want to go sit in the garden with me? My sister won’t be here until later so I have time to hang out.”
                Inu nodded, letting Zander lead him. He walked with his hands folded behind his head, elbows out. The garden was freshly planted, the fountain already restored from any damage. Zander found a bench and plopped down. InuYasha sat on the ground, finding it more comfortable. He leaned back against the bench and looked up to the sky. Zander was watching him, unsure on why he had wanted to come here with him, just that he had.
                “InuYasha, can you tell me the truth about something?” Zander curled his tail around himself.
                “Of course,” Inu turned his head towards Zander.
                “Why were you really watching me at the hotel?” He held his tail in his hands.
                InuYasha studied him. He stretched a little, stalling. Zander was onto him. “Well, I wanted to touch your ears. Then, I guess I just wanted to be near you. I like you a lot.”
                Zander blushed, a grin spreading across his face, “You wanted to touch my ears? You have ears though!”
                “Well, I hate when people touch my ears, I didn’t want to touch my own ears. I just wanted to touch your ears. They were so soft against my chin when I tripped over you,” InuYasha blushed, his ears folding back as he looked away from Zander.
                “I hate when men think just because I’m small I’ll like the way they talk to me. I like the way you talk to me though. I like you a lot too” Zander giggled.
                InuYasha shifted to look to him again, turning his whole body towards him. Zander was down in his lap in an instant. He purred as he nuzzled against InuYasha. He didn’t know what to do at first but InuYasha hugged him close as he let the little button nose nuzzle against his neck.
                The first kiss was tentative. Zander lifted his head, kissing him softly, InuYasha careful not to mess it up. InuYasha lifted his hands, gently rubbing those little velvet triangles on his head making Zander giggle. “Hey! Only if I get to touch yours too!”
                Inu found himself okay with this, little fingers coming to play with his ears, rubbing them softly. InuYasha shivered slightly, his body quick to react to the soft touch. Zander paid his arousal no mind, leaning sweetly against his chest.
                “I don’t know if I can give myself to you yet,” Zander blushed.
                “I’ll be okay. I can take care of myself later. I just want you near me,” InuYasha’s arms held him.
                They sat still, Zander’s head pressed against his shoulder, straddling his lap. He kept an eye on the time, not going to make his sister wait when she took the time to come pick him up. InuYasha did his best to ignore the feeling in his groin, it eventually dissipating as he just held him. This was enough for now.
                InuYasha walked him to where his sister picked him up when it was time. He smiled and opened the door for him, helping him with his work bag. The town car pulled up behind Akimi’s car and he watched them drive away before he got into the town car to return to the hotel for the evening.

                At Helaku’s house, he was writhing in their bed. His innards felt like they were trying to rip apart. Sesshomaru rushed to Helaku’s side with a hot water bottle, pressing it into his arms around his stomach. He kissed his forehead, stroking his hair tenderly.
                “Little fox,” he murmured into ginger hair.
                Sesshomaru held him. He vaguely wondered how he’d let himself get here. He was supposed to be the alpha. Why did he let this happen to himself? He glared slightly at Sesshomaru who looked taken aback for a moment before rocking him gently in his arms to try and make up for it.
                “I’m sorry, I’m so sorry,” He nuzzled his neck, kissing the mating mark. He’d already given him the pain relief pills, he was doing all he could think of.
                To top it all off, the pain was making his beast crazy. All he could think of was how he’d have pups soon, it was elated. Helaku could only imagine the pain he’d be in if he did have pups, easy to imagine as his stomach rolled with waves of discomfort. He whimpered, his face turning red at the soft noise that escaped him.
                Sesshomaru’s beast came through to him, giving soft little words of encouragement and love as he kissed the mating mark on Helaku’s shoulder. He got up after a moment and hurried to the closet, remembering the salves. He brought a little jar back to the bed and raised Helaku’s shirt, looking to him as he gently pulled the hot water bottle away. He rubbed the gel on his hands for a moment to warm it before rubbing it to his stomach.
                “I love you more than the moon and the stars,” He cooed gently. He massaged his stomach, putting the heating pad back as soon as he was done.
                “I love you too,” Helaku groaned back. He was glad to have the hot water bottle back, feeling the numbing salve starting to kick in. He was starting to feel he like could breathe again without pain wracking his body.
                As soon as the pain was dulled he sighed, relaxing into the arms around his body. He tipped his head, kissing under Sesshomaru’s chin and down his neck, kissing the mate mark on Sesshomaru’s neck. Sesshomaru smiled, raining kisses down on the top of his head and his face.
                “I might have to take time off,” Helaku groaned. He had taken so much time after the attack.
                “You can take all the time you need,” Sesshomaru smiled.
                “If I’m here, who’s gonna take care of me?” Helaku teased. He pulled himself out of the cocoon that was Sesshomaru. He got up and peeled his clothes off, pulling on sleep pants before crawling back onto the bed. Sess took the time to do the same, putting his clothes neatly in a bag to be picked up by Zander for laundry day.
                “Are you requesting that I stay home and take care of you?” Sesshomaru looked to him as he crawled under the blankets. He knew he had meetings on top of meetings, everything having been pushed back until they could access the palace again.
                “I know you’re busy, I woudn’t ask that of you,” Helaku sighed. He felt himself be pulled over, his body on top of Sesshomaru’s and he moved his legs to straddle his hips as he sat up.
                “You could ask anything of me and I would do my best to succeed in fulfilling it. I have many meetings though, I would not be able to stay home all day,” Sesshomaru ran his hands up Helaku’s muscular thighs, holding his hips.
                “Can you believe I used to think I’d be the one taking care of you like this? All the time,” Helaku laughed.
                He felt Sesshomaru’s beast gently try to push him back into place. Sesshomaru laughed though, “I think it is normal for people to see me and think I would be more suited as a beta. They don’t see strength, just elegance.”
                Helaku bowed his head a little, “My body might change, you know. They might see me differently, more uh… elegance and less strength if that is how you’re gonna put it.”
                Sesshomaru paused, reading his facial expressions and taking the time to read between the lines of his words. His beast even took a moment to try and probe Helaku’s, looking for the right thing to say. Finally he tilted Helaku’s chin to look at him, “You will always be strength, you will always be Commander Helaku. If they can’t see that, then you will just have to show them.”
                Helaku smiled a little, kissing him tenderly, “You’re right, I guess I’m just kind of self conscious about it. Look at me, I’m like half of a body builder here and it’s hard to think I might curve instead.”
                “There are female body builders you know, and they look perfect even with their curves,” Sesshomaru’s hand traveled along his sides, rubbing them comfortingly.
                “I know you think that’s helpful, but I don’t want to think of myself as a female,” Helaku sighed.
                “I’m sorry, Helaku. I just want you to know whatever happens I know you’ll still be you and you need to know that you will still be you. You will still have muscles, you will still enjoy running drills and weight lifting and whatever else you do to maintain yourself. You will still be my champion, I will still want you helming my military for your heart and your brains. You will still be a warrior, even if you curve a little,” Sesshomaru’s hands travelled to his back, gently rubbing his lower back.
                Helaku felt tears in his eyes and as soon as Sesshomaru smelled them he sat up as well, leaning against the headboard as he shifted Helaku’s body to hold him close to his chest. Both arms enveloped him and he whispered words of love softly by his ear. “Fucking hormones!”
                “I’m sorry, I don’t know what else to say. This is because of the heat, if I hadn’t asked you to submit—” Sesshomaru started, quickly cut off.
                “I don’t regret that at all. Please don’t think that. This is what I wanted, just a little different than I thought it would be is all. I’d be stupid to say I’m not happy, because I am. I don’t know what’s wrong with me right now,” He sobbed softly.
                Sesshomaru ran his hands back to his stomach, looking to Helaku. His hands reminded him exactly what was wrong and he laughed tearfully, “Nothing is wrong with you. There’s just a lot going on right now.”
                “Can you take care of me until it’s over?” Helaku whimpered, he felt so weak at the moment. He’d never been a whiny mess before, he was always strength and power. He knew how Sesshomaru had felt the night he had found him in the pool suddenly making him whine more.
                “Of course,” Sesshomaru kissed by his ear, stroking his back lovingly.
                They sat in silence, his emperor giving him soft kisses every few moments as his hands tried to soothe him. His beast tried as well, whispering lovingly to the little fox through their bond, offering all the support it could.
                “This is really how love used to be?” Helaku rested his head onto his shoulder.
                “Yes. Strong demons would mark each other and this is how they’d become stronger together. I think it stopped because it was a lifetime commitment, one dies the other would be in great pain or sometimes die themselves. Some demons used it like a weapon, your body naturally is attracted to its mate but you could still mark someone against their will—” Sesshomaru’s eyes widened as Helaku gasped at that.
                “You could… essentially rape their soul then?” He looked horrified as Sesshomaru nodded quietly.
                “If you wanted to raise your status or strength, yes. You had to take that demon down first, and it’s strongest when you climax so uh, draw your own conclusions. It could be a blood bath if they weren’t successful but, there were times it was successful. Hit a demon during their heat, usually you’re not very in your senses then, your body just aches for release and it doesn’t care how it gets it. This is when markings usually happen. You’re less in control of yourself and more so if your beast smells a suitable match,” He looked at Helaku pointedly then at the still splintered door.
                Helaku laughed a little looking at the door again, “If I’m hearing you correctly, I’m a very suitable mate so your beast went pyscho. Then I challenged it so you broke down a door.”
                Sess nodded laughing with him, gently guiding his head back to his shoulder, enjoying his snuggles. He kissed his head and held him tightly, “What else do you want to know about mating?”
                “How did we go dormant?” Helaku wrapped his arms around Sesshomaru’s neck.
                “That, I don’t know. Over time they just stopped talking to us. We weren’t under attack, we didn’t put each other in their places anymore. It used to be if a demon under me approached, my beast could remind it of its place before it even spoke. I could command respect without a word. I didn’t need to do it anymore, no one did, so I think we just stopped using them. Clearly, they’re still there though, the proof is in you my fox,” He smiled.
                “When you talk about what you remember, sometimes I wish I could witness it,” Helaku yawned.
                “I was a very different man, I would do anything to keep that man away from you,” Sesshomaru’s body language changed slightly, almost more protective.
                “I don’t think I could see you differently than you are. You are an amazing ruler, kinder than anyone knows. You are benevolent in times that I don’t think I could be,” Helaku ran his palm over down his shoulder and to his chest.
                “This Sesshomaru would not have accepted a mate back then, not one person was worthy of mef. This Sesshomaru would not hold you, or love you, only command you. I would have killed anyone who challenged me, I used my poison claws against my own staff when displeased with them. Coupling was beneath this Sesshomaru and when in season, only chose bitches who would not fight this Sesshomaru to get it over with,” Sesshomaru shut his eyes, he wasn’t proud of himself in the past.
                Helaku looked surprised to hear this, his hand stopping in its quest to admire him.
                “Rin is the first to make me care about anything, you can thank Rin for the Sesshomaru that you love,” He smiled, his eyes opening.
                “It’s hard to believe you were like that,” Helaku nodded.
                “Well, you should know if my past ever comes, that is what you will find. That is why InuYasha sought to kill me. I can share my memories with you,” Sesshomaru offered meekly.
                Helaku thought a moment, eyes searching for what the correct response would be, “Do you think it’s better if I see it?”
                “I don’t know. You are already my mate, I think it’s safe to assume future mother to my pups if your beast gets its way, do you want to know who I used to be, or would you prefer to only see who I am now?” Sesshomaru rubbed his back.
                Helaku’s breath caught at ‘future mother’ but he pushed the emotions aside, “I don’t think I want to know today, but someday it would be nice to know all of you.”
                Sesshomaru nodded, nuzzling against his hair, “Sounds like a deal, little fox. You should rest, your body needs it.”
                Helaku snaked his hand back up to hold Sesshomaru around the neck again, moving to lay between his legs. Sesshomaru shifted to let his body get comfortable and held him. He moved so they were laying, Helaku on top of his body, shifted slightly down so his navel rested on Sesshomaru’s waist, head on his shoulder. He sat still a moment before throwing one of his legs over Sesshomaru’s. His breath evened out and Sesshomaru just sat still, continuing to rub his back.
                Sesshomaru stared at the ceiling, dwelling on everything he had done in the past. He didn’t know how to feel about himself but he smiled as he looked at Helaku. He knew he’d do as much as he could to live up to how his fox saw him now, even if he’d done some awful things in the past. He fell asleep, keeping him close.
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