Chapter 15: Blossom
Kagome sighed as she glared at the physician before she stripped and lied down on the futon. The physician walked closer to her as she pulled her legs apart, she never stopped glaring at him, resisting the powerful urge to purify the asshole into ash. Kagome moved to pull away when she felt the painful probing of the physician’s fingers, but the four servants were quick to hold her down; it always hurt so bad, but Kagome refused to cry. “Still tight like before…that’s good, Lord Sesshomaru will like the feel of that, I’m sure.” Kagome frowned at the physician’s words; she didn’t want Sesshomaru to like anything about her at all.
Nori listened and nodded, knowing that was good for birthing. The physician moved his head to her core and started smelling it before he started to taste her, Kagome almost gave into the desire to purify the damned physician right where he stood. But she needed to know…was she pregnant again, or was she lucky enough to not be. “The seed of our Lord is truly strong.” The physician said, making Nori smile happily and Kagome look to her in confusion…hoping that she was wrong in what she thought those words meant.
“You did well, Kagome. I’m sure that Mizuki will be happy to be a big sister,” Kagome paled at the demoness’s words. She didn’t want to be pregnant again; she didn’t want to carry Sesshomaru’s baby again. Tears came to Kagome’s eyes and she had no control in stopping them.
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Sesshomaru smiled at the good news of Kagome being pregnant again as he walked to her rooms. It was good that she was pregnant again, it meant that the other Lords would have no interest in taking her to their beds and out of his hold…he still wanted to kill them for that, and he would in the future, but not now. He wanted his family to grow, to have his seed take root in Kagome’s womb; he wanted his children to grow safe and happy with their mother and him at their side to guide them into the future. But to see that Kagome remained with him…but the Lords would not allow him to simply keep her at his side.
The smile faded at the thought of when she gave birth again. As soon as her body was ready to let seed take root again, the other Lords would start to bid for her. He wouldn’t be able to hold onto her without the Lord thinking that he was taking after his father; they would take her away in a heartbeat if they thought she was changing him.
Sesshomaru stopped in his tracks, was she changing him? He stood there and wondered if she was, and why it was happening now? He started to walk again, but frowned now as he questioned what Kagome was doing to him and if he should be worried. He had no desire to be under the control of a woman, but that didn’t mean that he didn’t see reason to why he wouldn’t go to war for said woman.
Pushing the thoughts away, Sesshomaru continued his walk to her rooms. He found her there, lying on her futon with her hand on her stomach as she stared at their daughter that slept on the futon with Kagome. She felt lost in a sea of despair, doing everything in her power to not drown in the water that threated to take her under.
Sesshomaru walked around her carefully, like a hunter stalking his prey. Her eyes didn’t look at him, but he knew that she knew he was there with her, sawing her. Kagome simply ignored him, too tired to do anything about him at the moment, she wanted to be left alone with her baby and her thoughts, but it was clear that that wasn’t going to happen. “What do you want, Sesshomaru?” Kagome asked with no hatred or venom in her voice, she felt too tired to hate him and simply wanted to rest with her little girl. But her mind was too full to let sleep come to her.
“I came because of the good news. You deserve a reward for getting pregnant and for birthing our daughter.” He said, plan to surprise her. “I don’t want a reward; I just want you to leave me alone. I’m feeling tired,” she muttered as she gently moved some hair out of Mizuki’s face. Kagome smiled at her sleeping baby, the cute face of her little girl seemed to give her some energy, though she still feel like she had been walking for days without sleep or a break. She was tired and she felt so broken inside in so many ways, she just felt like she being dragged to the bottom of the ocean and no matter how hard she fought, she couldn’t get loose of the hold on her.
She was choking on the water that was rushing into her lungs and stomach, making her wonder how much longer she was going to last.
Sesshomaru frowned at her; he would have to wait until she was asleep before taking her to see her surprise. So he sat down and waited for Kagome to fall asleep, to which she slowly did. Kagome despaired that she couldn’t stay away with Sesshomaru near her, she moved to get up, but it seemed that her body was too tired to listen to her and she didn’t know why, though she could guess it was the emotional stress that she had been under. It was finally getting to her and her body did the only thing that it could. “Can you leave, please?” She whispered; she didn’t want to fall asleep with him there. I
t scared her to never have a moment to herself anymore since the poisoning. He had an endless number of guards watching her all the time when he wasn’t with her, the only place that she had left to herself was her dreams and she didn’t want to have nightmares of him, which was likely to happen since he was so close to her.
“No,” he answered, he was taking her the moment that she fell asleep and she couldn’t said anything that would stop him. A frown came to her and she looked away to look down at her baby and finally let sleep take her. Sesshomaru waited until she was in a deep and sound sleep before he moved to pick her up when he noticed that her scent held fear within it. Slowly, he picked her up and held in his arms, noticing that the fear slowly disappeared from her scent and contentment took its place.
Looking down at his daughter, who was still asleep on the futon, Sesshomaru summoned a servant to take his little Moonlight to his mother. When that was taken care of; he left the harem to go to a special room that he had created when she had given birth to their daughter. He had been disappointed that she rejected any gifts that she would have been given for the birth; it was so odd that she didn’t desire a reward for her hard work of carrying his seed in her womb and birthing it. He knew that if his mate had been pregnant, she would have demanded the reward.
It was one of the things that he found that he liked about Kagome; it made him desire to give her everything in this world. She wanted nothing, but gave everything. Walking into the room that he had created for her, to say it was beautiful would be an understatement. The room was filled with blooming cherry trees and the floor was covered in their petals, the ceiling of the room was gone and in its place looked to be the sky and the sun in the center of it. The branches of the trees held more than just the beautiful blossoms, they held thousands of bracelets, necklaces, anklets, and earrings, all of them different colours and such; creating a beautiful display, all of them were for her
The center of the room held huge cushions in a circle with one cushion beside a Koto. Taking Kagome over to the cushion beside the Koto, he gently lied her down on it; he looked at her, wondering what her reaction will be when she awoke…he looked forward to her reaction. He stared at her lovely face for a moment before he kissed her soft lips, gently biting the bottom to gain entrance of her mouth, to which her body obeyed.
The taste was sweet and made him want more from her, but he pulled back and turned to her stomach. He was rarely given the chance to feel Mizuki kick or listen to her heartbeat when Kagome had been awake, it had caused Kagome stress and made her tense when he touched her growing stomach. Taking that experience in mind, he took the chance now and rested his head on her clothed stomach, listening to the heartbeats within her womb. He listened to how they grew stronger and stronger with each moment.
Kagome sighed in her sleep, like his touch calmed her stress-filled body. Sesshomaru looked at her as he listened to their children’s heartbeats, he took pleasure in the sound of the life that had taken root into his concubine and grow within her womb. Seeing the calm look on her face and hearing the life inside her, he knew that no seed besides his own would ever be allowed to grow inside her, and that he would have to have more children with her in the future.
He needed to be rid of his mate.
That answer was become clearer and clearer with the more time that he spent with his little concubine and Moonlight. But to do that, he needed to be rid of the other Lords first. Lifting his head from Kagome, he got up and when across to the other cushions to sit down, and think…of his plan of attack.
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Nori enjoyed the ride in the carriage; the night sky was quite lovely. Mizuki stared at the moon, fascinated by the silver colour that reminded her of her father; Nori smiled at her little granddaughter, who continued to reach out and touch the moonlight. “My Lady?” One of the guards that surrounded them whispered. Nori glared at the guard, ruining the beautiful moment that she was having with her little Moonflower. “What?”
Mizuki had been startled by the sudden hiss from her grandmother and started to whimper, Nori was quick to calm down the little girl with a funny face that shocked the guards that were looking at the great demoness. Mizuki giggled at her grandmother’s funny face and gently grabbed at Nori’s nose, causing the demoness laugh wholeheartedly. Happy to see that her granddaughter was happy again, Nori turned cold and emotionless eyes to the guard, wanting an answer to her question. “We have reached the Lord’s half brother.”
Nori sighed and saw the fire on the ground, and the silver-hair that shone in the moonlight. “Take us down.” She ordered as she held Mizuki tightly in her arms, Sesshomaru would likely not be pleased by her actions, but this half demon stood in the way to her son’s happiness and that in her eyes was not allowed. She saw Inuyasha got to his feet before the carriage landed, his hand on his father’s great sword.
“Take your hand away from your sword, Inuyasha. I mean you no harm, I have simply come to speak with my mate’s child and that is all,” Nori said. She waited until he moved his hand from the sword, her thoughts on her granddaughter’s safety at the front of her mind. She knew that many would see taking the child near him as an ill idea, but it was likely the only way to get Inuyasha over to her side of thinking. Inuyasha stared at the carriage, taking everything in until he noticed a scent…it was so alike Kagome’s, but it was tainted with his brother’s as well.
He took his hand away, hoping that Kagome would come out if he did. But she didn’t.
Nori carefully got out of the carriage when she saw him take his hand away, Mizuki taking everything in as she was taking out of the carriage in her grandmother’s arms. Inuyasha and Miroku stared at the little bundle in Nori’s arms, but there were different emotions from them both. Miroku felt both joy and dread for Kagome, joy that she had her child and dread for the actions that had seen to the child’s creation. For Inuyasha, it dread and sickness. It was like his worst nightmare stood before him, and the truth of how he had failed Kagome was there in front of him, clear for the entire world to see.
He knew what he needed to do in that moment, he would always regret the actions that he would take to that little life…but he would regret it more if he allowed that failure to continue to be seen. He needed to kill Kagome’s child because he knew that Kagome had to hate it…she just had to.
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Sakura walked all around the harem, frowning that she couldn’t find Sesshomaru. He had been hiding from her since he had that breeding session with his Whore; that feeling that she had felt, it had her still worried. She knew that she was losing her power to the Whore, and knew that she needed to carry her mate’s seed in her new womb to regain it.
But she wasn’t going into heat yet, and oddly felt no desire to have a heaven session or breeding session with Sesshomaru. Normally, all she wanted besides the power and wealth that came with being Sesshomaru’s mate was for him to feed her sexual desire. She frowned, it had been rare for Sesshomaru to be outside the harem when he was done his work for the day…she didn’t like it and went in search of the Whore. To which she found was gone as well, Sakura growled at what it could meet for her.
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Kagome slowly opened her eyes to see the falling petals, her heart started to beat wildly at the thought of what that meant. Getting up, she saw that she was surrounded by cherry trees and the sun high in the sky, hope bloomed like the cherry blossoms as did a smile.
Until silver caught her eye.
She turned to see Sesshomaru sitting across from her, watching her…her smile fell faster than a bird shot down. “Where am I?” She asked, her voice sounded dead to his ears and he longed to hold her in his arms, but didn’t move. She didn’t want his comfort, but it hurt to see the tears that were slowly coming to her eyes. He looked at her stomach instead, seeing how one of her hands caressed the young that grow in her.
“A room that I have created for you as a reward for birth Mizuki.” She looked at him, she didn’t remember the servants or any workers making a room in the harem before or after Mizuki’s birth. “You will have a servant escort you here when you desire to come, the servant will stay outside the door if you need anything or when it is time to escort you back to the harem.” Sesshomaru said. Kagome turned and stared at him, he had said back to the harem…meaning that is was outside the harem. She stared at him, not sure what to say. “Why?” She finally whispered as she looked down at her stomach.
“I have told y-”
“Bullshit, Sesshomaru! Tell me why?” She snapped at him, life touched her voice and fire came to her eyes. He stood up and walked to her, towering over her until he kneed down and looked into her ocean blue eyes. “Because I want to,” he said before standing once more and turning to go back to his seat. Kagome stared at him, not understanding him at all. She lied back down and continued touching her stomach, she may have not wanted his baby to grow inside her again…but she still couldn’t find it in her to hate the life that was part of her.
Besides, a baby was innocent of the sins of its mother and father. “I wonder what it will be?” She whispered mostly to herself, not expecting Sesshomaru to answer her.
“There is more than one life inside of you, Kagome…I’m truly in your debt for the six children to be born.” He said. Kagome turned and stared at him before looking down at her stomach before looking back at him. “Six? Did I hear you said six?” She said as she sat up, hoping that she had heard him wrong. She had to have heard him wrong, she couldn’t be pregnant with six babies; something would go wrong. She would lose one or all of them, she wouldn’t be able to bare losing a single one of her children, it would kill her if she did.
“Yes, you heard me correctly. What is wrong?” He asked, the scent of fear and concern filled the room. “I can’t lose them…I just can’t,” She whispered, holding her stomach; it would be high risk. She knew that people had more than three babies in a pregnancy were seen as high risk, and it scared her. She didn’t care about her life, but she did care about the lives of her babies.
Sesshomaru looked at her; he was at a loss to what to say to her. What was a male to say to that? He didn’t know what to do, he had done his part for his child at the moment, he had planted the seed after all. “It will be fine…I will not allow you to birth a stillborn, Kagome.” And he would keep that promise as well, this was his children…he would do everything in his power to see that they were born safely into the world.