For Forever My Lord, For Eternity My Love

Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha.









..."Heir?" Kagome asked, her eyes wide. "What do you mean, 'heir'? I thought you, Lord Kito and the others got rid of him."



Sesshoumaru had a feeling nothing good would come out of this. "We did not know Takana had a son, not to mention mated. Even if we did know Takana had an heir, we could not have just killed him. We did not see him as a threat."



"Oh, well now you do!" Kagome said, removing herself from her mate's lap. "What if he comes here! What if he tries to harm our pups!" She ran her fingers through her hair.



Before she could do anything, Sesshoumaru came and wrapped his arms around her. "Do not fear mate. This Sesshoumaru shall dispose of him, himself. There is nothing to fear." he promised, the beast inside him growling.



He will die!



Hai. He will.











..."Sozen, Kojiro!" Kagome called, her arms wrapped around herself. "It's time to come inside!"



"Aww, mom!" Kojiro whined, his little ears flattening. Sozen's ears flattened as well, but he did not say anything. Kagome could only smile. He tried so hard to be the tougher pup.



"It's time for bed, Kojiro." Kagome said as Kojiro ran up to her whining, hoping to change her mind.



"Come on, Kojiro. I'll tell you a story or something." Sozen said, not looking at his mother. Kojiro's face immediately lit up.



"Great!" Kojiro exclaimed, quickly grabbing his brother's hand and running inside. Kagome smiled and walked in behind them, the guards closing the doors behind her.



Kagome sat in the boy's room until Sozen finished his story and they both fell asleep. Kissing both of her boy's forehead's, Kagome blew out their candle and left the room, softly closing the door.



"Kagome," Kagome screamed aloud, her heart racing. It took her a moment to realize it was Sesshoumaru, but when she did, she quickly turned around to hit him. Sesshoumaru quickly caught her hand. Kagome glared at him with all her might.



"What is wrong with you!" she whispered. "You scared the crap out of me!"



Sesshoumaru kissed the palm of her hand while pulling her closer to him. Leaning down to her ear, he whispered, "This One is sorry, but there has been more deaths." Kagome tried to remove her hand, but Sesshoumaru kept a firm hold on it.



"How many?" she asked.



"Let us go back to our chambers." Kagome nodded, allowing him to lead them to their room. Kagome undressed and got into bed with Sesshoumaru, staring into his citrine eyes.



"How many?"



"Four."



"Four!" she whispered, her eyes wide. It hadn't been two weeks yet and Taji is killing again!



Sesshoumaru nodded. "Lord Kito had sent me the message not too long ago. He believes This Sesshoumaru will be next after him. He will come here and This One promises that no harm will come to any of us. There are guards outside our pups rooms and outside their windows." This eased Kagome a bit. That's one thing that would keep her up at night, knowing that her boys weren't safe.



"I will also check on the pups myself, so do not worry yourself." he whispered, lightly kissing her lips. Kagome nodded.



"Hai. I will not worry."











..."Sozen."



...



"Sozen..."



...



"Sozen!"



Sozen growled as he turned his back to his brother. "What do you want?"



"Who do you think killed Lord Toshiyuki?" Kojiro whispered in the dark.



Sozen shrugged, not really wanting to talk about it. "I don't know. Maybe someone who doesn't like him."



There was silence before, "I'm gonna miss him." Sozen's ear flattened at his brother's response. The last straw was when he distinctively scented salt in the air. Turning around in the bed, Sozen faced his brother.



"Kojiro?" Sozen whispered softly. Before Sozen knew it, his brother was in his bed, sniffling. "Kojiro..." Sozen said, looking down at his brother.



"I'm sorry," Kojiro whispered, his ears flattening as well. Sozen let a small smile touch his lips as Kojiro hugged him. "Father tells me I'm too old to cry and hold onto you and mother, but I... Just don't tell father, okay?" Kojiro asked.



Sozen smiled genuinely, then. Sozen believed that the reason why Kojiro was so sensitive at times was because of their mother. They had all seen her cry plenty of times, many times for reasons he and his father did not understand. Sozen pulled the sheets over him and his brother. Though he did not show it the way he should, Sozen loved his brother deeply. But if it there was one thing he couldn't stand, it was seeing his brother sad.



"Go to sleep, Kojiro. Tomorrow we'll play a game." Sozen's promise whispered into the night, lulling his brother back to sleep.











...Time had passed before Kojiro had fallen back to sleep, leaving Sozen to his own thoughts. He had thought about moving his brother back to his own bed, but decided against it. If Kojiro ever awakened before it was time for him to, all hell would break loose. Sozen sighed when he heard his brother purr against him.



Father would never let this go if he saw us like this. Sozen thought to himself. He couldn't help but smile at the scene their mother would make if she heard their father patronize him about it. Shaking his head, Sozen settled himself into bed, closing his eyes.



"Sozen..." A voice whispered making Sozen's eyes immediately open. That voice was not his brother.



"Who is my room?" Sozen asked, growling. The scent was not familiar and he did not trust them. They had no business in his room. Through his heightened senses, Sozen could see the man.



"Who are you?" he asked, Sozen's eyes narrowing.



"I am the heir of Lord Takana. I'm Taji. Your father along with the other lords killed my father." Taji said, his voice calm. "This is quite cute, I must say. Lord Sesshoumaru's heir watching over his sleeping brother." The man came closer to him and Sozen growled. He would protect his brother from this man.



"Do not come any closer! Leave!" Sozen ordered, amber eyes glaring at the man in the room.



The man smiled at Sozen as he said, "Oh, I will... but you will be coming with me." Before Sozen could even make an attempt to call his father, Taji knocked him unconscious. Taji smirked as he held the pup in his hand.



"Do not worry. I will come for your brother later." Taji whispered, leaving a note beside the still sleeping Kojiro before taking his leave.











..."Daisuke!" Sesshoumaru growled, red, feral eyes on the young demon.



"My Lord?" Daisuke was scared shit-less. He had never seen his Lord this angry. He didn't even want to be in his presence.



"Contact all the other Lords at once! They are not to move in at all. This belongs to me." The Taiyoukai ordered, his hands tightening over his own sword.



"Yes, My Lord!" Daisuke said, quickly running off to do as told.



Sesshoumaru watched with red eyes as everyone moved swiftly. Sesshoumaru could not believe that little shit of a demon came to his Shiro, killed his guards, and stole his heir. It only made it worse that he



"Bastard!" Sesshoumaru and his beast growled, turning to slam his fist into the wall of his palace, leaving a wide, gaping hole.



"Sesshoumaru...?" The soft voice of his mate called. Sesshoumaru turned his head to her and his beast riled up even more when he saw the state that his mate was in.



"You should..." Sesshoumaru tried to keep the second voice erupting from his throat down, but to no avail. "You should be with Kojiro." Kagome nodded.



"I know, Tansho is with him. I needed to see you." she said softly. Her tear stained face only drove him and his beast into another fitful rage inside.



"Leave." he growled at her, red eyes narrowing at him. Kagome worried her bottom lip. She knew she would have to be careful with her words as well as her actions-- she knew it would only take another mishap to happen for him to snap and turn to his demon form. Knowing it would delay him a second, Kagome quickly hugged him, baring her neck to him when she heard him growl.



"Today will be his last day breathing." Sesshoumaru promised against her neck, his teeth scraping his mark. Kagome sniffed, feeling another wave of nausea hit her. Kagome kept the bile in the back of her throat down and swallowed softly before looking up at him.



"I want to come with you." she said, looking him straight in the eye.



"No." Sesshoumaru snapped just as quickly as she requested it.



"I can help you, Sesshoumaru."



"No." he said again, ruby eyes now narrowed down at her.



"Sesshoumaru--"



"This Sesshoumaru will not allow anything bad befall you because of my carelessness. No."



"I will come with you, Sesshoumaru." Kagome's voice was hard now, cold, just like his.



"You are not skilled in anything," he pointed out. Kagome growled at him.



"I am in the bow." Sesshoumaru's lip curved up, disapprovingly.



"You have not practiced using the bow in years. You will fail."



"I won't." she said confidently, her hands clenching by her sides. "Whether or not you approve Sesshoumaru. I will come with you. Sozen is my son, too."



Against his better judgement, Sesshoumaru nodded his head once. "Menoru!" Sesshoumaru called out and not too long after, the snake demon appeared.



"Retrieve the bow and arrow for my mate." Menoru would have looked at his Lord as if he had lost his mind, but knew it would only get him killed if he did so, especially in the state is Lord was in.



"As you wish, My Lord."