A Mate for Sesshoumaru
Inquiry
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W A R N I N G:
This is about male pregnancy (possibly) and male/male relationships which
includes incest. I’m letting you know now what the
relationships WILL contain. So, if you are AGAINST such pairings,
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Vocabulary:
Jochuu
Juusha
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Give my muses some time to get to a steamy sexual encounter of that magnitude.
I’m glad that I got you back into Inuyasha. It let’s me know that I’m doing
something right. Thank you!
Kaori is indeed messy and some things will get cleared up but not entirely,
though. Although Inuyasha is considered an adolescent, he will mature significantly
from this.
unfortunately, Inuyasha had to pay the price.
himself; simply because he caused his mate to lose something very important.
come to past. This is the chapter we will find out about the truth about Kaori’s
pup. No one likes Kaori and that’s a plus for me, which means that I’m doing
something right! Sesshoumaru is going to have to think of something to make up
for what he did to Inu. Now, getting locked in a
totally agree with you, Sesshoumaru definitely had it coming to him. And he
will feel it more keenly once he confronts Inuyasha about the miscarried. Look
forward to hearing from you about this chapter. Enjoy!
mate (Kaori parents), but Toga is doing everything in his power to make sure
that Inuyasha stays with Sesshoumaru. Izumi just doesn’t like Inuyasha because
he’s the pampered prince of the West, more so than Sesshoumaru. Don’t
doing a fantastic job if you don’t review more than once? But I’m honored that
you did. Yes, I know ch12 was a bit over the top; however, it was necessary.
Inuyasha is not going to be damaged too much. He is going to grow up behind
this incident. The best thing that’s going to happen for Inu
will be the support of his family and friends. Of course, Toga will make sure
that everything will turn out right for both his sons.
Thank you for reviewing the last chapter.
miscarried. The hurt is more painful for Sesshoumaru because his was the reason
his mate lost their pup.
does.
I’m glad that I was able to reel you in. Toga is a demon and he’s pulling the
strings behind some of the things that transpire between Inu
& Sesshy. Thank you for reviewing.
those who have read but didn’t review, thank you for reading thus far. I hope
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Chapter 13: Inquiry
A lone figure stood in front of
the opened windows, unmoving. Sesshoumaru’s mind wander
assaulted him at once,
His father had forced him from
Inuyasha’s room, telling
gone back, the healers
orders. So
now here he was,
Sesshoumaru’s stomach churned
minutes. He could still smell the odorous staleness of his mate’s
floorings near the bed would
A knock at his chamber door was
was enough of a distraction for him to focus on something else.
“
“Gomen for
disturbing your rest, my lord, but Lady Kaori wishes to speak with you.”
Blinking in confusion as to why
his cousin wanted to see him at such a late hour, Sesshoumaru asked, “Where is
she?”
“She is
my lord.”
Hackles raised
catch himself. H
private chambers, especially
“Send her to my study,
ordered. “Oh, and one more thing, please have Jakken
present. He
is to be my witness,
should know about.”
His attendant nearly fell over in
surprise when she heard the word ‘please’ uttered
from Sesshoumaru’s throat, not once, but twice.
“As you wish, my lord,”
room. She,
significant change of better behavior in
continue.
Outside i
caretaker for not allowing her entry into his quarters. He smirked
to her lord’s study,
underlining threat made, Kaori muttered a curse and left.
Sesshoumaru quickly changed out of
his sleeping yukata,
and slipped
one with the sleeves trimmed
complimenting his crescent moon.
Several minutes later, Sesshoumaru
entered his study. He rarely used it anymore
as he was always in his father’s
affairs related to the Western estates in there. Everything Sesshoumaru needed
was in his father’s study; books, maps, scrolls, quills, and ink pots
all those items, b
him, he had thought he might
When Sesshoumaru slid open the
shoji, he was not amused to see Juusha waiting
patiently near his chair,
Although inus
were well known for their rapid healing, Sesshoumaru could only imagine the
type of pain his attendant had to
noticed angry red blotches appearing
knew the rest of the blisters must be hidden
by the unbraided pallid hair.
“Juusha,
have Moriyaku tend to your wounds
then you may retire for the evening, as well
as tomorrow,” Sesshoumaru instructed in a gentle caring tone.
Walking silently pas
furthest corner of the study.
“May I inquire, Kaori, what is so
important that you came to my private rooms?”
His cousin
to see you, Sesshoumaru.”
An elegant dark brow rose.
“For what?”
“I wanted to know your feelings on
our mating. Uncle said that we’re not bonding,
the other side of the desk.
“The answer is simple: you are no
match for me,” Sesshoumaru replied coldly.
Stunned, Kaori was speechless. Did
their time together mean nothing to him? He could not be that heartless, could
he?
It didn’t take long for her to
recover,
finding her tongue quickly, “H-how could you say such cruel words to the mother
of your heir?”
“The mother of my heir is not you,
Kaori,” the young lord said,
presence. Sesshoumaru wanted to get back to
Inuyasha.
“I conceived your pup after our
last rut, Sesshoumaru. You would deny your offspring?”
“You are probably unaware of some
facts about me, dear cousin, one of which is that I can smell that the pup you
carry is not mine. A
stated calmly.
Again Kaori was thunderstruck.
“I suggest, cousin, that you tell
“You are the sire, cousin,” Kaori
persisted. “Your mot
“I already know about my mother’s
involvement to help you conceive,
were given, my seed did not take to your womb.
When I left you that night, you were not pupped. Your
body flushed out anything that remained to create life
if you will excuse me, I must go and
“Mate?”
“Otousan
didn’t tell you, I take it
smiling. “He must have forgotten to inform you
of my recent bonding while he was berating you for causing me to be upset with
Inuyasha.”
“I don’t care about the
half-breed,” Kaori retorted, livid to hear
managed to usurp
“You should care, for it is the
half-breed that
Nearly in tears by the time she
returned to her room, Kaori was in for another surprise.
“
“We need to talk.”
Opening the door and following her
father in, Kaori didn’t feel too good. Her stomach was bothering her.
Her night was not turning out as
well as she thought that it
real reason why they weren’t getting officially mated
bed once more. A
hoped to convince him to sway his father into
letting them mate. However, Sesshoumaru had
already mated, and
It was enough to make her sick.
How could Sesshoumaru rut with his
brother? That bastard couldn’t possibly
afoot, and
she was determined to find out what it was.
But first,
Chiming for a tray of tea, the
look about her, and
cause her to be scared—especially within the walls of his brother’s palace?
“I’m going to get to the point,
Kaori, and I want the truth. Who is the sire of your pup?” he asked.
“Sesshoumaru is the sire,
Gaori
thoughts.
“I see.”
He stood and walked over to the
door.
Kaori was quite pleased with
herself. He had believed her. N
everything would be fine.
“I speci
you were
only to rut with Sesshoumaru,
to him,” the Southern lord said.
“But, Otousan,
I carried out your instructions as you asked,” Kaori answered, her heart
speeding up.
“You lay with someone else
lie to me, by
saying that your cousin is the sire. I had hoped to save you a lot of grief by
coming to you first,
not be as gentle,
“Father?”
“Toga, for all his silliness
Great Dog Demon for a reason. You will have to deal with his wrath concerning
your pup—and trying
to pass his son off as the sire. What you experienced earlier is nothing
compared to what he
think heavily upon the situation you will trap yourself in
you out of it, my daughter.”
With that as his parting words
Instead of announcing
Sesshoumaru’s newly acquired mate, Toga decided to inform his guests of his
The news was rather unexpected,
The feast that was supposed to be for
his sons was now being held in honor of
of food,
lasted well into the night and for the next couple of days. The
war. But since
there were no wars to be fought,
the mundane work
Toga, with a heavy heart
carriages leave the estate with promises to return for his pup’s birth. A week
had flashed by before any of them knew it after he had told of his new pup.
Pleased though he was at
welcoming a young cub into his family, deep inside him, he
The inu
lord now pondered over Sesshoumaru’s actions
regarding Inuyasha. Nothing made any sense as
to why his son would cause such harm to his mate, let alone his
pertinent information to himself?
Toga had many questions
one who could answer them was still
Even now, Toga felt that his first
born pup was standing on the edge of a parapet contemplating if he should throw
himself over or not. Toga was not going to allow Sesshoumaru to self-destruct.
He needed a way to pull his head-strong son
Regal in all his glory
kimono with honeycombs decorating the sleeves, the complete opposite of his
white one, Sesshoumaru sat across from his mother. It was just as well
discuss the
recent mishap involving Kaori and
“So, my son, to what do I owe this
visit? You usually
Izumi said as she gracefully sipped her morning tea. The healer
she drink
the brew as it would keep her calm,
Sharp golden eyes saw the
noticeable bulge of his mother’s belly. It wouldn’t be too much longer until
she gave birth. Sesshoumaru could already smell the milk her breasts were
producing to nourish the pup, though h
maternal.
“I want to know, why you g
potion?” he asked her, his voice calm,
controlled.
“Ah… the famous question. You
sounded
just like your father then. H
exactly what I told him
lovely addition to this family, not that half-breed he keeps throwing in your
face.”
“Mind your tongue,
Sesshoumaru warned.
Izumi tutted
at her son, and looking at him, s
taller than he had been,
beautiful. He
was a perfect blend of herself and Toga,
Without a doubt, Izumi knew that Sesshoumaru wouldn’t think twice about ending
her life simply
for interfering with his mating to Inuyasha. However, Izumi didn’t care. She
didn’t want her son eternally tied to someone of such a low standing station.
“Sesshoumaru, I mean no disrespect
to you or to your father,
“Is of no concern of your
said bluntly.
Izumi fidget
Not faltering, she remained steadfast in what she
differ, my son. I’m very concerned about your future. Inuyasha can’t give you
what Kaori can.”
“And what’s that?”
“An heir.”
Smirking darkly
just as menacingly, and
mocking look
he gave her at all.
“That’s where you’re wrong,
why Inuyasha is in the healing wing?”
Breathing deeply, Izumi’s heart
sped up a fraction. “I heard he met with an unfortunate accident.”
Sesshoumaru moved closer to his
mother in the
blink of an eye. “Did Kaori tell you that?”
Izumi’s heaving
pronounced. “As a matter of fact,
“Then she
Inuyasha was recovering from a miscarriage,
a pregnancy that I caused.”
The smaller inu’s
breath caught. “That’s impossible,” Izumi whispered. “Inuyasha only becomes
female once during
“Inuyasha may become female once a
month, but
that is only for reproductive purposes. Because of you,
mate to death. A
too, had his tears not stopped me,”
Sesshoumaru explained,
“And what about Kaori’s pup? It is
your heir, is it not?”
“No, it is not.”
Again Izumi gasped.
“All your plotting is for naught,
by someone else. The night I left her, I went to claim Inuyasha,
“You’re wrong!”
“Am I? Then we shall see once the pup
is born. But remember M
do not meddle in my life or Inuyasha’s any longer. Father w
with me,
should I end up killing you. Though I am
sure he will only mourn your loss for a for
Turning to face her son, Izumi’s
claws dripped poison. “Are you threatening me… your own mother?”
“Yes.”
And before Izumi could leash out
at Sesshoumaru, he was gone.
The first lady of the Western
Lands collapsed to the floor, stunned. Izumi for the second time in a month
her mate or pup would carry out their promise to kill her. She had to tread
carefully.
Very, very
carefully.
The following week after visiting
with his mother, Sesshoumaru could wait no
longer, and he went to check on Inuyasha. He
silently entered his brother’s room, finding
swiftly entered,
He stopped dead in his tracks
gone from the futon. Nearly running into the bathing chamber, Sesshoumaru
wanted make sure that his brother was okay. His youkai was distressed—it was
not sensing its young mate.
Hot steam filled the chamber. The
vapors covered the mirrors in a
the reflective glass. Sesshoumaru reached the pool’s edge,
he growled in frustration—the bath was also empty.
Rushing back out to leave
the future Western lord crashed into the larger body of his father.
“Where is Inuyasha?” Sesshoumaru
demanded, not caring that he was speaking to his father so disrespectfully.
“That is why I’m here,
Sesshoumaru,” Toga replied sorrowfully
Sesshoumaru didn’t like the tone
he was hearing. His father had
“What has hap-”
“I received this note while you
were sleeping, my son. It is not a happy
note, but then,
you should have known that it was going to
come down to this,” Toga said as he handed Sesshoumaru a scroll. “I warned
you.”
The writing was unfamiliar to the
Western heir. The uneven strokes were like
those of a child’s making. The only child he
knew was…
“Inuyasha?”
“
Sesshoumaru silently read.
I don’t know what I have done to make Sesshoumaru so angry with me. I tried my
best to fulfill his needs, but it is quite obvious that he wants Kaori as a
mate and not me,
him than me anyway,
going to be with Lady Kaede and her sisters for a
while, to
get my head on straight again as well as to finish recovering from everything
that has happened
cousin.
any reason, please send Myouga. Please do not tell
Sesshoumaru where I am going, I don’t want him to think that he owes me
anything—I don’t want to be a burden,
Sesshoumaru
grabbed onto his arm, holding Sesshoumaru in place with
“You are to remain here until I give
you permission to leave,” he instructed. A
force. “Do not disobey, my son, for
Toga released Sesshoumaru.
The future lord stared in anger at
his father. His was bound to stay within the palace.
None of the villagers knew the
reason why their young lord had
guesses made Inuyasha’s ears twitch and flatten against his head. He was
conscious,
but they didn’t know that. To all
be asleep with his eyes closed
hear every single word that was being said about him.
Had there been any other way,
Inuyasha would have walked on his own two feet. But
as things
healer had cautioned
him to stay off his feet for at
His guards remained posted just
outside of Kaede’s hut,
Inuyasha dismissed his personal guards. With a guilty look, the large
Taisho wanted them to keep a constant watch over their young charge, they
wouldn’t hesitate to return.
Inuyasha sighed as he snuggled
down into the warmth of his covers
body. He wondered how Sesshoumaru was taking the news of him leaving
A single droplet of water escaped
from his drowsy
orbs, and before
Inuyasha knew it, he was crying in his sleep.
“Why, my dearest?”
The couple lay entwined among the
many furs of their futon after a
“I do what is necessary for
Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru. I care deeply for them.”
“But, did you have to make him do that?
There could have been some other way,” Izayoi said
sleepily.
“I forced his hand. Now, it’s up
to him,” Toga answered,
Izayoi
a chance does he?”
“Neither does Inuyasha.”
Izayoi
A/N: How was that? I know it was a
bit long but something needed to be said in this chapter. What does Toga have
planned? Well, looks like Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha
Was anyone surprised that Sesshoumaru deduced that the pup Kaori carries is not
his? Are any of you sure that the pup’s not his? And what
about Izumi? Sesshoumaru gave her quite the scare, didn’t he? And then
there’s Inuyasha. Will he be okay? Don’t know? Well, stay tuned for the next
chapter to find out.
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