A Mate for Sesshoumaru

A Mate for Sesshoumaru

Pairing: Sesshoumaru/Inuyasha

Disclaimer: The characters of InuYasha are not mine;
they are the property of Rumiko Takahashi, Shogakukan,
Yomiuri TV, Sunrisestyle='color:black'>, and Viz. I do not make any money from the writing of this
story.

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,
please find something else more to your liking, you have been warned.

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Beta-read by: Mitts. Thank you for
beta-reading and for taking on another project with me. I appreciate all the
help. Any mistakes after she has completed her work are mine.

style='color:black'>Special thank you to: those
who have read but didn’t review, I hope you had enjoyed the story thus far.

Notes: Happy Valentine’s Day to
everyone! Again, I apologize for not updating in a timely manner. I’m still
without internet, so please just be a little patient with me.

Enjoy!

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Chapter 16: Confrontational

Timid knocking at the door startled
Inuyasha awake. He glanced over his shoulder and
noticed that Sesshoumaru hadn’t stirred from his slstyle='color:fuchsia'>umber at the intrusive banging, which was highly
odd considering that his brother didn’t
require a lot of sleep. Being a Youkai (style='color:fuchsia'>a full-blooded demon) meant
that Sesshoumaru could go for days,
weeks even, without needing any reststyle='color:fuchsia'>. Inuyasha, on
the other hand, had to replenish his
depleted energy much sooner because of his
human blood, but once he was properly rested he could go at least a day or two
without having to closstyle='color:fuchsia'>e his eyes again.

Climbing out of bed and slipping
into his robe, Inuyasha intended to see whostyle='color:fuchsia'> it was that had the audacity to bother him so
early in the damn morning. But having risstyle='color:fuchsia'>en up from
their covering of furs and beginning to walk,
Inuyasha winced in obvious soreness from Sesshoumaru’s overzealousstyle='color:fuchsia'> the night before. His alpha’s need to make up for
his lack of pleasing him the correct way had seemed
oh so pleasant while it was happening, and the daiyoukai style='color:fuchsia'>had proven repeatedly that he wasn’t lacking in
bedroom talent. But now Inuyasha knew he
would have to make a trip to the near-by hot springs
to soothe his aching body.

He smiled in thought as
he moved gingerly towards the front door. He
would swear
that his mate had been trying to fuck him to
death from the many couplings they had dstyle='color:fuchsia'>one throughout the night.
They had even had one early morning
rut. Warmth bloomed in his stomach and spread outward,
happiness filling him just from his brief reminiscing of style='color:fuchsia'>his growing sexual experiences. If Inuyasha
couldn’t be any more embarrassed by his blushing
face, he was now also sporting an
erection, his robe tenting vaguely from the
bulge.

With a small irritated sigh, Inuyasha
pushed aside the covering of the entrance. “This had
better be good!” he intoned none to gently,
letting whoever it was on the other side know
he was not amused at being disturbed so soon into a
new morning.

“Well, Mutt-face, aren’t
you gonna give me a proper welcome?”

Too shocked at the sight of the unexpected
visitor, Inuyasha didn’t have time to resist any physical advances by the other
male as he found himself pulled into strong arms
and embraced. Golden eyes widened
beyond what was possible as Inuyasha felt his
semi-swollen cock being deliberately rubbed through the thin material of his robe by
the greeting male’s thigh, style='color:fuchsia'>causing the organ to harden
even further than what Inuyasha wanted, and style='color:black'>making the young class=SpellE>hanyou whimper in distress.

That one tiny sound
instantly alerted the sleeping inuyoukai in the next room.

Acting swiftly, Sesshoumaru raced
across the room and separated Inuyasha from his attacker—hauling the
dishonorable pest off his feet and shaking him like
a rag doll.

Startled by his mate’s abrupt appearance,
Inuyasha began to tremble with fear from Sesshoumaru’s dominating aura.
Normally, Inuyasha would curse out his brother for
daring to interfere. But not
today. Apparently, his youkai wanted to see what his mate could
do at fending off other males, and he wasn’t
going to be disappointed.

The overwhelming heat of Sesshoumaru’s power radiated all
over Inuyasha’s body, stirring his desire for his mate,
and Inuyasha had to gatherstyle='color:fuchsia'> up his robe to prevent it from being soiled by
his dripping manhood. In all honesty, he really hadn’t
known that his brother would look so hot
when riled with anger.

Inuyasha had to bitstyle='color:fuchsia'>e at his bottom lip to keep a moanstyle='color:fuchsia'> of need from escaping.

“You have no right to touch what is mine so intimately,
wolf!” Sesshoumaru snarled matter-of-factstyle='color:fuchsia'>ly before throwstyle='color:fuchsia'>ing the younger male he
held across the path, causing him to crash into a near-by hut,
destroying it. Luckily, it was unoccupied.

Picking himself up, the wolf dusted off his tail. “Who the
hell are you to make such a bold statement? Last I checked,
Inuyasha is still mine to claim.”

Knowing his father was behind this escapade did not bode
well with the Western heir. He was going to
put a stop to the old man’s meddling once and for
all, as well as any other competition in the process.

Particles of dirt and debris swirled around Sesshoumaru,
engulfing him within the fast spinning vortex that
he was creating. His eyes became wide
with blood, and his face extended outward.

“I am Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha’s Alpha.
And you, wolf,
have challenged me for him. Prepare…. to die!”

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The foundations of the
palace shook, and the occupants of the
estate attempted to keep from toppling over. A shockwave of some sortstyle='color:fuchsia'> had hit the majestic dwelling, causing those
within it to seek refuge in the main hall where their lord was currently
holding court.

“Be at peace,” Toga calming but firmly called out, rising a
hand to forestall the fears of his household. “Do not be alarmedstyle='color:fuchsia'>. Please go back to your daily choresstyle='color:fuchsia'>, and if there is a need to leavestyle='color:fuchsia'> here, I will come
and inform each of you myself.”

The servants bowed respectfully to the Inu
no Taisho, and quietly retreated.

“Niichan, you are only going to
make Gorai madder?”

“You sound as if you actually care about that dog, class=SpellE>Shizukastyle='color:black'>,” Toga said.

“Please… I’m merely concerned for
the pup,” Shizuka replied.

“The pup will not come to harm, I
give you my word on that.”

Fanning herself, class=SpellE>Shizuka turned to look into mirrored amber eyes. They were
alike in appearance. Ostyle='color:black'>ut of all of them,style='color:black'> she resembled her older brother the most, never mind the
blue crescent moon in her forehead similar to Izumi’s and Sesshoumaru’s.
“Kaori’s bodyguard arrived this morning,style='color:black'>” she announced.

“Hai, I
know. Naraku has been her bodyguard since she was
born. Muso lived with Gorai
ever since he claimed the Northern
territory. They
share a history together… long before Gorai became
mated to Emi.”

Shizukastyle='color:black'> was extremely happy at the change instyle='color:fuchsia'> the topic style='color:fuchsia'>of conversation. She
couldn’t bear to think what Kaori was thinking,style='color:black'> by lying about the pup she carried.

“Hm, style='color:fuchsia'>has Muso
or Gorai told Naraku of
this?” she carefully asked. Naraku was a touchy
subject for Gorai.

“No, neither of them have style='color:fuchsia'>done so. And it is my
firm belief that they will keep Naraku in the dark,”
Toga answered, standing upstyle='color:black'> from his high back chair.

“Where are you going, Niichan? Are
you not finished playing around with Sesshoumaru?”

“Come now, sister, I get no pleasure from this,” he saidstyle='color:fuchsia'>, the corners
of his lips turning slightly upward.

An undignified snort erupted from the inu
female. “You enjoy watching my nephew flounder through this debacle.”

“He created this calamity, Shizuka.
He should have listened to me in the first place… if
he had done so, none of this would have happened. I will not allow himstyle='color:fuchsia'>, or anyone else,
to mistreat Inuyasha, as he is too vital for
the survival of our clan. With the exception
of Kaori and Izumi, there hasn’t been a pup born in over fifty years. Izumi has
taken it upon herself to never get pupped again,
right along with  Emi
and,” Toga sadly proclaimed. “And then,
there’s you,” he added.

“Please, brother, don’t…”

Bowing her head in agreement, Shizuka
didn’t add anything else. Toga was right. Inuyasha had been the last pup to be
born. None of the other inu clansstyle='color:fuchsia'> had since sent any messages of recent births. If their
proud clan were to continue, pups were needed,
desperately. And she had not found a mate in her long lifestyle='color:fuchsia'>, the one she wanted having
been killed by the panther tribe many, many years
ago.

Shizuka had
sworn to never allow class=GramE>herself to fall in love again. She wouldn’t risk her heartstyle='color:fuchsia'> a second time—losing Ayumu
had almost killed her.

“Please forgive me, Niichan, that was
very thoughtless of me,” Shizuka apologized style='color:fuchsia'>humbly.

“There is nothing to forgive, sister. By the flow of power
Sesshoumaru is currently displaying, I’m
guessing that Kouga has made his presence known. And
don’t worry, I’m sure Sesshoumaru will have
Inuyasha pupped again in no time,” Toga said with a contagious
beaming smile.

The siblings went their separate ways. style='color:fuchsia'>But once the chamber was empty, another form
entered.

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A large paw stepped out of the dust cloudstyle='color:fuchsia'>, followed by another one. Thenstyle='color:fuchsia'>, all movement ceased.

The humans of the village had run
inside their huts. Some had rastyle='color:fuchsia'>ced to Kaede’s for fear style='color:fuchsia'>that their own dwellings would be destroyedstyle='color:fuchsia'>, because they were so close to where the demons
were fighting. Strangely enough though, the
demons did not seem
set to end their lives, for they
fought over a matter that didn’t concern them,
and the people were thankful for that.

“Inuyasha! Snap style='color:fuchsia'>him out of it!” Mirokustyle='color:fuchsia'> pleaded as he rushed to his friend’s hutstyle='color:fuchsia'>, alerted to the fighting when he saw Sesshoumaru
throw Kouga across the path. All of them were friendsstyle='color:fuchsia'>, and the monk couldn’t for the life of him figure
out what would have happened to cause Inuyasha’s brother to attack the wolf
prince in such a manner.

The enormous beast that had
silently emerged pawed the dirt, snorting in disguststyle='color:fuchsia'> at the scene being played out, but Sesshoumaru
was not backing down and he waited for the
wolf to regain proper footing, eager to continue
his battle. However, the young transformed demon simply lay on the ground and turned his oversized head tostyle='color:fuchsia'>wards the surrounding foreststyle='color:fuchsia'>, sensing the presence of another demon.

Rustling in the trees
caused Sesshoumaru to abandon his current prey temporarily,
and he focused
on the new enemy, watching cautiously as another
inu materialized from the grove of foliage; a much
larger inu, larger than Sesshoumaru. Compared to the class=SpellE>inu prince, Sesshoumaru was a small annoying flea.

Sesshoumaru momentarily hunkered
down before launching himself at the
intruding inuyoukai. And, as fast the attack happenstyle='color:fuchsia'>ed, so it was over. The other unidentified dog
slashed its paw across Sesshoumaru’s muzzle, dazing him.
If they had been in their humanoid
forms the hit would have bestyle='color:fuchsia'>en the equivalent to that of a style='color:fuchsia'>good hard punch. Sesshoumaru stumbledstyle='color:fuchsia'>, before falling to the ground in a crumbled heap.

Inuyasha ran over to where Sesshoumaru remained unmovingstyle='color:fuchsia'>, but the large
dog blocked his way.

“Don’t hurt him, Otoutsan, style='color:fuchsia'>please,” Inuyasha begged trying to get around the class=SpellE>inu he called father.

Soft red eyes looked down at
Inuyasha, and a gigantic pink tongue came out of the dog’s mouth to
gently lick Inuyasha’s face, to let the class=SpellE>hanyou know that everything would be fine. It whinedstyle='color:fuchsia'> low in its throat, and then stoodstyle='color:fuchsia'>, latching its teeth onto
the scruff of Sesshoumaru’s neckstyle='color:fuchsia'>. Then, with the defeated demon between its jowls, it
began to walk off.

“Who was that, Inuyasha?”
Kagome asked, placing a tentative hand on her friend’s shoulder.

“That…… was my old man.”

The teenagers stared in awe at the vanishing
majestic large white inu that style='color:fuchsia'>had picked-up Inuyasha’s brother with little to no
trouble at all, and watched
as it trotted off in the direction of the West.

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So, that was the big
secret that the half-breed was somehow able
to conceive. But the question now was, how? How was her cousin able to get class=SpellE>pupped? There wasn’t any
feasible way, unless Izumi was givstyle='color:fuchsia'>ing Inuyasha a potion of some kindstyle='color:fuchsia'>. But Kaori immediately dismissed that thought.
She couldn’t see her aunt helping the mongrel with anything.

No, Inuyasha must be getting a fertility
potion from someone else. How else was he able to conceive?

Back tracking her steps, Kaori went towardstyle='color:fuchsia'>s the family wing. She would no doubt find some,
if not all, of her answers there. style='color:fuchsia'>But first, she was going to style='color:fuchsia'>have to stop at her set of rooms to changestyle='color:fuchsia'>. Naraku hastyle='color:fuchsia'>d arrived, and
she knew she should probably be present to
welcome him.

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After depositstyle='color:fuchsia'>ing Sesshoumaru in his private chambers, Toga style='color:fuchsia'>walked back
outside using a different entrancestyle='color:fuchsia'> than the one he had come in, and style='color:black'>was amazed to be greeted
by a rare sight; both of his mates were talking—civically—to style='color:fuchsia'>one another. This was a special moment for the
Taiyoukai. Izumi and Izayoi had been stubborn style='color:fuchsia'>in not wanting
to form any type of friendship. Then again, Toga couldn’t style='color:fuchsia'>really blame them. For many months thatstyle='color:fuchsia'> had blended into years, Izumi held class=SpellE>Izayoi at a distance. And it didn’t matter how hard class=SpellE>Izayoi had tried to
befriend the inu, Izumi completely ignored class=SpellE>Izayoi for the last half century.

Toga figured thatstyle='color:fuchsia'> now, with
Izumi being pupped, her demeanor hastyle='color:fuchsia'>d mellowed some, but
only time would tell if it continued
after his third heir had been born.

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Through the open courtyard,
Naraku walked until he reached the main gate. style='color:fuchsia'>There, he wasstyle='color:fuchsia'> again stopped by Taisho’s guard dogs, very immense
dogs at that, and after being questioned for the second time since his arrival,
the half-demon was permitted to finally enter the vestibule of the palace.

A timid female inu servant bowed
to him, and then she gestured for him to
follow her to a waiting lounge in order for the lord of the house to be
summoned.

Naraku nearly sneered in distaste
at the god like riches that were so blatantly
thrown in everyone’s face, including his; but he would have thisstyle='color:fuchsia'>, and more, style='color:fuchsia'>he reminded himself, once he obtained his heart’s
desire, his treasure.

“Welcome to my home, Naraku,” Toga
warmly greeted, his mates bowing just behind
him.

“Thank you, sir. Though, I must confess that I am at a loss
as to why I was summoned. My father and your brother, Lord Gorai,
entrusted the safe keeping of the North to me until their return.”

Impressed by Naraku’s political fineness
and tactfulness, Toga smiled. “My brother will be leaving for home in a few
more days, but there is a complicated matter
that needs attention and perhaps you might be able to help
clarify it. But first, let me show you to where you will be staying and
then tomorrow, we can discuss the mystery that has everyone up-in-arms.”

Bowing to show his respect, Naraku
quietly followed the Inu no Taisho. The older dog
radiated power, and Naraku
was being crushed by it. He had to fall back, there was no way he could
maintain an equal footing with the lord. Not even Gorai’s
power was this stifling. He was choking,
thus stumbling along.

“Are you alright, Master Naraku?” class=SpellE>Izayoi asked, eyeing him
with concern and suspicion.

“Yes, I’m quite fine, thank you. I’m just merely tired from
the trip. Plus, I’ve just returned from a recent recon mission for Lord class=SpellE>Gorai which I, unfortunately,
cannot discuss until I’ve spoken with him first. You do understand, Lady class=SpellE>Izayoi?”

“Oh, I understand quite well,”
the human princess giggled. The style='color:fuchsia'>tinkling sound was foreign to Narakustyle='color:fuchsia'>’s ears,
but it somehow made him blush.

Enduring the awful display, Izumi just followed along
without complaint, thinking that the human was just
pitiful, but her private thoughts were intruded upon.

“And I hear congratulations are in order, Lady Izumi,” class=SpellE>Naraku said, turning slightly to her.

“For what?”

Izumi had been so
consumed by her own musings that she style='color:fuchsia'>had completely missed the mentionstyle='color:fuchsia'>ing of her conceiving another heir for Toga.

“Why, for the new life you carry, my lady,” class=SpellE>Naraku answered.

“Uh, well, it was completely unexpected,” she repliedstyle='color:fuchsia'>, placing a loving hand over the bump.

“But not un-welcomed I hope?” he asked.

“Of course not!” Toga cut in, amber
orbs sparkling with pride. “Pups are a rare
treasure to behold within our clan.”

“If I may be so bold as to
ask but, where is Lady Kaori? I thought she
would be among those to welcome me,” class=SpellE>Naraku inquired. He was keeping up a brave front, hoping
that they would reach his room soon.

“I did not inform her of your arrival.” That was all Toga
said in response to Naraku’s
enquiry and, as they came to a stop at one of the many shoji that lined
the corridor of the guest wing he added, “Here
is where you will be staying. The last meal is a six. I will send someone to
personally attend to you for your stay. If you require anything else, please
ask. I will summon you in the morning for the meeting. Until then, please enjoy
my hospitality. You are welcome to visit
just about every area of my home except for the family wing—that is strictly
off limits.”

Without waiting for any acknowledgement Toga turned with class=SpellE>Izayoi and Izumi on his heels,
and walked away.

Staring after the famous dog and his mates, class=SpellE>Naraku continued to
stand in the middle of the hallway for a few
moments. Then he said, quietly, “You can come out now, Kaori. I know that you are there.”

The young princess emerged from the shadows around the
corner of the wall, and Naraku
smirked as she came closer, but his visage
became twisted with anger once he got an eyeful of his charge’s condition. Quickly
pulling her into his room and slamming the shoji shut, Naraku
rounded on her.

“Is this the reason why I have been called away from my duty
to your father’s land, because of this?!” he
berated pointing an accusing finger at her distended abdomen.

“I have no idea what you are talking about,” style='color:fuchsia'>Kaori countered, trying to make her stomach less
visible by wrapping her hitoe around herselfstyle='color:fuchsia'>, with little success.

Growling, Naraku advanced on her.
“What male did you allow to fill your belly with seed? Your father explicitly
told us both that you style='color:fuchsia'>were to only rut with Lord Sesshoumaru.”

“And I did… except for that little tumble we had on our way
back home. But I assure you, class=SpellE>Naraku, the pup is not yours.”

Closing his scarlet eyes, Naraku
counted slowly to twentystyle='color:fuchsia'>. How could he have so
easily forgotten
that mistake? He somehow knew that Kaori would be the death of him. style='color:fuchsia'>And he also knew that he might
just as well tell her the truth now,
and hope that the gods would be merciful on him when he met with her father and
uncle.

“Kaori, you are aware that I am a
spider demon, yes?”  style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>A
half-demon, but a demon nonetheless.

“Yes, but what does have to do with my pup?”

“Female spiders are capable of laying thousandstyle='color:fuchsia'>s of eggs for a single hatchingstyle='color:fuchsia'>. In my case, being
a male… I can plant a multitude of seed, in
one spent release of fluid, to insure
conception.”

Timidly stepping away from her bodyguard, Kaori began to
tremble, and her face went pale. style='mso-spacerun:yes'> 

Narakustyle='color:fuchsia'> knew he needed to grab hold of her before she did
something stupid, like abort the child and his
hands reached out for her.

“Let go of me! Why are you lying? This is Lord Sesshoumaru’s
pup,” she cried in desperation.

Just then the infant
within her womb moved for the first time, reacting to Naraku’s
presence.

“Ahh!” style='color:fuchsia'>Doubling over
in pain and truthful realization, style='color:fuchsia'>Kaori fainted.

This was a dangerous situation Naraku
found himself to be in. He never thought that… it didn’t
even occur to him, that she would conceive.
More than likely, if he was to tell the
truth for once, he could still come out of
this unscathed. The worse that could happen was he would style='color:fuchsia'>be made to mate her.

Naraku shivered at the mere
thought of being with her for the rest of his life.

But maybe this could
still work in his favor. After all, he did need the princess to point him in
the right direction of the Shikon Jewelstyle='color:fuchsia'>. And what better way to get closer to herstyle='color:fuchsia'>, than by mating her husband’s niece.

Laying Kaori on his bed, Naraku
went in search of a healer. Then he was
going to see his father.

class=GramE>oOo TBC oOo

A/N: Well, how was it? Now we all know who the father of
Kaori’s pup is. Now the question is: will Naraku own
up to his responsibility? Don’t know? Well stay tune for the next chapter to
find out.

Nemesis

Up next: The
truth about Kaori’s pup