What's A Dragon to Do?

Chapter 26

Rin awoke and found Shippou sitting on the bed across from hers, "Good morning Shippou"

Shippou heard Rin talking and looked up to smile at her, "Good morning Rin."

"So what do you want to do today Shippou?" Rin laid her hands in her lap and waited anxiously for him to answer.

"I don't know Rin. Without Jaken around there isn't anything fun to do. I wonder what they did with him?" Shippou sighed. It was going to be boring with out Jaken to torture.

"They probably put him in the dungeon. I am not supposed to know about things like that though." Rin smiled at her brother. "Too bad we can't go down there and play with him."

Shippou sat up and smiled at Rin, "Why can't we? Besides I have the best plan ever." He jumped onto Rin's bed and whispered his plan to her.

Rin heard Shippou's plan and started laughing. That would be fun, "Let's do it but first we have to get away from Nichie. And I know just the way to do that."

Rin waited for Nichie to enter their room, "Good morning Nichie. Shippou and I have decided that we will spend the day resting. We have been through such an ordeal and are very tired. Could you please bring our breakfast here? We are too tired to walk to the dining room." Nichie looked at the human child then turned to the kitsune. They did look tired. She smiled at both of them.

"I will return shortly with your meals. Why don't you two lay down and rest until I get back." Nichie tucked the blankets around the children and then left the room and quietly shut the door behind her. Those poor children, they must have been through much to still be tired after sleeping all night. She went to the kitchen to prepare them a special treat to pick their spirits up.

The children waited till Nichie left their wing of the palace then they slipped out of their room.

Rin guided Shippou around the palace and soon they were walking down the stairs to the dungeon. She spotted a guard in front of a cell and smiled when she saw who it was. She stepped out of the shadows and smiled at Dai. She motioned for him to come to her and when he knelt down to her level she hugged him and whispered what they wanted to do.

Dai couldn't believe that the children wanted to do something so devious. But the imp did deserve it. He nodded and told them that he would keep the other guards away should the imp scream. He left the children to pull their prank.

Shippou and Rin found some dust and cobwebs in the room before Jaken's and rubbed it all over their bodies. When they were sufficiently covered they looked at each other and smiled. Let the games begin.

Shippou engulfed them both in his foxfire magic creating a bluish glow around them both. Then he floated them to Jaken's cell.

Jaken saw the guard leave and was relieved to have some solitude. The guards had been rude to him since he was thrown in the dungeon. He just wished his master would return and set him free. He just knew that Sesshoumaru wouldn't blame him for the children's deaths. He heard a sound in the corridor outside his cell. The guard must have returned. He walked to his bars to tell the guard to get him some food. What met his eyes frightened him more than facing Lord Sesshoumaru ever did. He saw the children that he had killed floating toward him, a bluish light surrounded them and they were covered in soot and dirt.

"What do you specters want with me?"

"Why we came to play with you Jaken. We haven't been able to do so since you killed us. But we are now allowed to visit you. Aren't you glad to see us?" The children kept their faces straight despite the fact that the imp was now white instead of his normal green.

"W-h-h-h-hy wo-o-ou-u-ul-l-ld y-y-y-y-you-u-u-u w-a-a-a-a-n-t-t-t-t t-oooo pl-l-la-a-ay-y-y-y w-wit-t-th-h-h m-m-m-e-e-e-e." Jaken could feel his knees shaking together and he was having trouble breathing.

"We don't hold our deaths against you Jaken. We know you didn't mean to do it." Shippou smiled at the terrified imp. This was a lot of fun.

"Why not? I meant to kill you and that horrible human girl. You two were always causing trouble for me. I for one am glad you are dead." Jaken started to shake more when they started to glow brighter. Maybe he shouldn't have said that.

Rin couldn't stop the tears that came to her eyes, "You meant to kill me. I thought of you as my friend and you murdered me." She turned her back on Jaken. Wait till she told mother and father what he said then he would be in really big trouble. "Shippou we are not wanted here. Let us go."

Shippou glared at the imp. "We will return for you Jaken."

Shippou used his magic and floated them down the hall until they were out of sight of the imps cell. They went to open the door and came face to face with Nichie.

"Uh oh."

Nichie glanced down at her new wards. They were filthy. "Would you two like to tell me what you were doing down there?"

Shippou glanced to Rin and then back to the nanny. "Can we tell you in our rooms. We don't want anyone else to know."

Nichie guided them down the hall and to the hot springs. "You can tell me here. You are not going any further without a bath. How did you manage to get so dirty in such a short length of time?" Rin smiled at the nanny.

"We rubbed dirt on ourselves. We had to make Jaken think we were dead so our plan would work." Nichie had heard of the imps crimes against the young ones now in her charge. If he ever escaped the dungeons he had better not come near them again or he would answer to her.

"And what was your plan?" She crossed her arms and glared down at her charges. If she weren't firm with them they would undoubtedly run all over her. And she liked her new position as their nanny. It beat dusting the palace everyday.

Shippou sighed once he saw the look on Nichie's face. He scooted one foot in front of the other and decided to tell her. "We made Jaken think we were ghost to come back and haunt him."

Nichie held back her smile but she was laughing inside. "So did your plan work?" Both children nodded yes then Rin's eyes started watering again.

"But he said that he never liked me and he honestly meant to kill me. What have I ever done to make him hate me like that? Well besides dressing him in flowers and getting him in trouble with Lord Sesshoumaru when he was mean to me. I didn't want him to hate me." Nichie leaned down and took the small human girl into her arms. She held her until she stopped crying.

"Rin you did nothing wrong. The blame is all laid on Jaken's head. He was always a mean self-absorbed imp. You can't blame yourself for his mistakes. I am sure that when Lord Sesshoumaru returns he will be dealt with accordingly. Now time for a bath then you two will stay in your room for the day for lying to me."

Shippou and Rin both groaned when they heard their punishment. But they got undressed and took their bath and they quietly returned to their room.

~Elsewhere in the Western Palace~

Kitaro awoke just before dawn and smiled when he remembered that Sango was going to be his servant today. He quickly got out of bed and put on a robe. Then he went to wake up his servant.

Kitaro entered Sango's room and found her sound asleep. He looked down at her and smiled. He picked up the pitcher of water that laid on her nightstand poured it over her sleeping body.

Sango awoke to very cold water being dumped on her. She sat up quickly and gasped when she saw Kitaro standing over her.

"What do you think your doing?"

"Why waking my servant up. You didn't think I was going to allow you to sleep all day do you?" Kitaro held back his smile and crossed his arms and looked down at her now soaked body.

Sango looked out her window and saw that darkness still dominated the sky. She turned to glare at the inu in front of her.

"What do you mean all day. It's just turning dawn. How dare you wake me up so early."

"You did agree to our bet and I for one don't want to miss a moment in your pleasant company. Now get up and come with me." Kitaro stood back and smirked at the slayer.

Sango glared at him then threw the covers aside. She stood up and felt the cold air hit her wet body. She couldn't stop her body's reaction and felt her nipples harden. She looked down and found her sleeping yukata was now transparent and left nothing to the imagination. She quickly jerked a sheet from the bed and wrapped it around her body and turned to find Kitaro watching her every move and saw the lust glowing in his eyes.

"Why must I always be stuck with the hentai's?"

"Have you ever thought that your body is the cause? For if you didn't have such a glorious body nobody wouldn't want to look at it or touch it." Kitaro laughed at the look on her face. "Come it is time to leave. I have things that must I must do."

"I have to get dressed first." Sango started walking toward her stand where her clothes were set out.

Kitaro grabbed her hand and started out of the room, "You have wasted too much time. It will have to wait for a little bit." He pulled her protesting body out of her room and headed back towards his.

Sango pulled on his hand trying to get him to release her. She didn't want to walk all over the palace dressed in a soaked and see through yukata. She tripped on the sheet and quickly pulled it up before it fell to the floor. She had to run to keep up with his pace and it wasn't easy when trying to keep the sheet on her body.

Kitaro entered his room and walked into his private hot springs, "I need a bath and you being my servant will wash me." He removed his robe and let it drop and walked into the water. He sat down on a ledge that was made for a seat and laid his head back on the floor to stare up at her.

Sango couldn't believe that he undressed in front of her. There was no way she was getting in that spring with him. She crossed her arms and glared at Kitaro. "There is no way that I am going to wash you."

Kitaro sighed. He had known that she would be difficult about some of his requests. He would have to bend her to his will. He stood up and walked out of the hot springs and over to the angry slayer. He picked her up bridal style and walked back into the spring. When he was back in the water he dropped her into the water. When she surfaced he handed her a cloth to wash him with.
"Now do as your master wishes."

Sango was speechless when he boldly strode out of the springs and then he picked her up and carried her with him back into the spring. She was still in shock at seeing his body bared to her. When he had removed his robe and stepped into the spring all she had seen was his backside but now she knew what the rest of his body looked like. She was frozen in shock as he picked her up and carried her into the springs. She was brought back to reality when the water closed over her head. She came up sputtering and ready to kill one general. She wiped her face with her hands and turned to face Kitaro ready to beat him like she had never done Miroku. Suddenly she felt something forced into her hand.

She looked down at her hand and saw a cloth. All anger died at the thought that she had to wash him. Now her maidenly instincts set in and she tried to find a way to escape. Sango looked from the cloth to the general who had a disgusting smirk on his face and then back to the cloth. No way. She went to walk out of the spring.

Kitaro could tell by her face that she was ready to bolt for the door. He grabbed her hand to stop her escape.

"I will not let you get away from me Sango. If you can't up hold your part of a deal you shouldn't make bets. Now you will wash me as I commanded. And you won't like what happens if you try to escape again." He turned her loose and leaned his head back against the floor. He closed his eyes but kept them open enough to watch her from under his lashes.

Sango felt like hitting him upside the head. But if she didn't fulfill his request he would make the day harder on her. She picked up the clay pot resting beside the spring and dipped the rag into it to get the soap on it. Then she knelt in the water beside him and washed his face, neck and chest. She moved him forward so that she could wash his back and then lifted his leg and washed it then did the other one.

Then she grabbed a pitcher and filled it with water and rinsed the visible areas of his body. Then she got his hair wet and reached into the pot to retrieve more soap and lathered his hair. He had really nice black hair. It was almost as long as Sesshoumaru's. Sango ran her fingers through it and felt his tail wrap around her waist. She let it stay while she rinsed his hair. When his hair was done she did the same for his tail. At least the part of it that reached above the water. When she was done she stood up and went to get out of the spring.

"Sango I believe that you forgot part of my body." Kitaro had enjoyed feeling her hands wash his hair and tail. He had never felt anything so wonderful before. Not to mention the feel of her body sliding against his as she reached for parts of his body.

"I don't care what you do to me I am not going to wash the rest of your body. Your a big boy so do it yourself." She stomped out of the water and reached for a towel.

Kitaro sighed. Well she had done more than I thought she would. He took the cloth and finished washing himself then he rinsed and stepped from the spring. He grabbed a towel and handed it to Sango. "Now dry me off."

He has got to be kidding. She put her own towel down and snatched his from him. Fine she would do this and was determined to win their next bet. Then she would get even. She quickly dried him off trying her best not to touch his waist or anything around it. She wrapped the towel around his hair and then picked up a robe and helped him into it.

"Now your dried can I go now?"

"Not yet. You have to help me dress and comb out my hair and tail for me. Then you may go retrieve my breakfast." Kitaro walked into his room and lay down on his bed.

Sango sighed and counted to ten. Kagome had told her once that it was good for helping her control her anger. So far it was doing nothing for her. She followed Kitaro into his room and found him lying on the bed. She was not about to go anywhere near a bed with him in it. She looked around the room and found a chair that would suit her needs.

"Sit here so that I can do you hair." Kitaro laughed at her antics. So she was afraid to go near the bed. Oh well the day is early yet. He stood up and sat in the chair.

Sango picked up the comb and started brushing his hair. After the comb got stuck for the fifth time she put it down on the table in front of her.

"I have to get something from my room. I will be back in a couple of minutes."

Kitaro sighed and leaned back in the chair. His head was hurting from all the knots. His hair always got knotty when it was wet. He hoped it didn't take her long to get it under control. He waited and soon could smell her coming down the hall. He saw her walk in carrying a strange looking item in her hand. It almost resembled a comb but with more teeth. And it was longer. He raised his brows at her as she came toward him.

"What do you have there?"

"This is something my friend Kagome got for me. It is called a brush and it will help me with your hair." She bent his head back and started brushing his hair. In no time she was done. Then she tied it back into a ponytail similar to Kouga's.

Once that was done she started on his tail. Then she heard him growling at her. "Am I hurting you?"

Kitaro shook his head from side to side. "That feels good."

Sango decided to remember that piece of information. It could come in handy sometime. She finished his tail then dropped it at her feet.

"There I am done." Kitaro stood up and walked to his closet and pulled out a pair of hakama's and a haori. They were silver with black moons on them. The sash that went with it was black with silver moons.

"I will wear this today." He handed them to Sango and then untied the robe and let it drop to the floor.

What was with him and nudity? "Do you have something against wearing clothes?"

Kitaro couldn't hold back his laugh. "I am not ashamed of my body and you are the only one that I allow to see me thus. I can see no reason to hide my body from you."

"Why don't you look harder then you might be able to see a reason." Sango picked up his loincloth and handed it to him. "You can put this on by yourself. I will help with the rest." She turned around and listened for him to finish and when she couldn't hear the rustle of cloth she turned and found him facing her with a huge smirk on his face. What she wouldn't do to get that look off his face. She hurriedly finished helping him dress.

"I will go get your breakfast now. After I get dressed." Sango turned and started to leave the room.

"Wait a second." Kitaro walked to his closet and removed a kimono and handed it to Sango. "You are to wear this today."

Sango took the kimono and then looked to Kitaro. It matched his outfit and was made out of silk. She had never owned something so grand in her life.

"I can't except this. It must have cost a fortune." She went to hand it back to Kitaro.

Kitaro took the kimono from Sango and watched as she went to leave the room. He wrapped his tail around her and brought her back to him.

"You will wear it Sango." He used his claws at the top of her yukata then sliced the sleeves down her arms when that was done he released his tail and watched as the wet yukata fell to the ground.

He again found her in small wisps of clothing protecting her body from his gaze, although they didn't hide much of her body from him. "What are those things you are wearing?"

Sango knew her face was red. "Kagome called them bra's and underwear."

"I will have to ask this Kagome where she gets such items. For when we are mated I would enjoy you wearing these things. They are very enticing." He wrapped his tail back around her and pulled her closer to him. He ran a clawed hand around the edge of the top garment. "And which one is this the bra or the underwear?"

Sango gasped at his touch, "A bra." She was beginning to regret Kagome ever talking her into wearing the garments. But they were comfortable. "Now turn me loose so that I may get dressed?"

He ran his claws around the crest of her breast that the flimsy garment didn't hide from him. Kitaro could feel her body shaking and could smell her arousal.

"Are you sure that you want to?"

Sango was having trouble thinking because of what Kitaro's claws were doing to her. With each caress across her breast he would moved them lower and lower. When she felt his claws slide under her bra she grabbed his hand and brought it away from her. She took a couple of deep breaths until she could think straight. Then she stomped on his foot and stepped back away from him.

"I may be your servant for the day but that doesn't make me your concubine." Sango retrieved the kimono from his other hand and threw it on as she stormed out of the room and down to get his meal.

Kitaro sat on his bed and nursed his sore foot. She sure knew how to kill the mood. He would talk to her when she returned with his meal.

Sango stopped in her room to retrieve something Kagome had given her once to put in Miroku's food when he tried to get touchy with her. He had been so busy drinking water to cool his mouth he hadn't touched her for at least an hour. With the bottle in hand she headed for the kitchen.

"I have came to get Kitaro something for his morning meal." She was handed a tray and saw that it had a bowl of raw meat on it. He actually ate that. Gross. She carried the tray out to the dining table and added the hot sauce and then stirred the meat around. Then she went to her room and put the bottle back in her dresser then hurried back to his room before he got curious as to why she was gone so long.

She walked into his room to find him on the bed again and grinned when she saw him rubbing his foot.

"Hear is your meal." She sat it at the table in his room and then took a seat opposite his tray. She didn't want to miss a minute of the show.

Kitaro watched Sango carefully. She was being just too calm for his liking. What was she up too? He joined her at the table and carefully looked down at his meal. It was what he had everyday but it smelled different. "What did they do to my food?"

Sango tried her best to look innocent. "What do you mean?"

Kitaro looked down at his plate and then back to Sango. "It smells different than it normally does."

Sango thought quickly before coming up with an answer. "The cook said something about trying a new seasoning that she found in the village. I am supposed to let her know what you thought of it."

Kitaro picked up a piece of meat and sniffed it, a new seasoning. He had never smelled anything like that before. He put a piece in his mouth and then carefully chewed. It wasn't bad and it was spicy. He liked spicy foods. He ate the whole bowl and then looked up to find Sango staring at him with a very odd look on her face.

"What is wrong Sango?"

"Nothing. I guess I can tell the cook you liked the spice." Leave it up to her to find the only being in Japan that liked that stuff. Inuyasha had tried it and he whined for a day about them trying to poison him and Shippou tried it and cried to Kagome for an hour. They had never touched the stuff since then.

Kitaro handed her his tray, "Tell the cook I enjoyed the new spice and would like to taste it in something else. When you are done delivering the tray meet me in the garden."

He watched her leave and when he was sure she wouldn't come back anytime soon he ran to the pitcher and drank all the water down. He didn't know what she had put on his meat but he wasn't about to let her know that it bothered him. After he swallowed the last drop of water his mouth had cooled somewhat and he was ready to meet Sango in the gardens. What could he do next to get even with her?

Sango found a bench that was far from the palace in a secluded spot in the garden. She would make him hunt her down.

Kitaro stepped into the garden and couldn't see Sango anywhere. He put his nose in the air and found her scent. He tracked her down and found her sitting on a bench.

"I have to go check Lord Sesshoumaru's villages and you will be going with me. Can you write?"

"Why?" Sango didn't know why she would need to know how to write to check on villages.

"We have to keep a log of what problems the villages are having." He looked to Sango and saw her nod her head yes to him. He was shocked. Not many humans knew how to read and write. He handed her the inkwell and quills and a handful of scrolls. "Come it is time to depart." He took off walking to the closest village.

~Western Cave~

Kagome awoke early the next morning to find herself wrapped in Sesshoumaru's tail and arms. It was still dark so it couldn't have been to early. She turned her head and found herself looking into golden eyes. "Good morning."

Sesshoumaru chuckled at her. "It is near noon Kagome."

"What? How could it be noon? It is still dark outside. Did Ah and Un change the orb again? They have got to stop messing with us like this." Kagome laid her head down on Sesshoumaru's shoulder.

Sesshoumaru couldn't stop himself from laughing even if it was silently to himself.

"They didn't change the orb and you have been asleep for a whole day."

"Well I wouldn't have slept so long if you hadn't wore me out." Kagome felt the tail around her waist start moving across her thighs. It tickled. "Could you please stop moving your tail around my legs it tickles."

Sesshoumaru couldn't help but laugh out loud at his mate's comments. "I would like nothing better than to have my tail playing with your legs but your tail tangled with mine when I tried. It was very painful for both of us when I tried to untangle them. I finally managed it though and after that I ensured that they didn't get tangled again. Which was not very easy by the way. It seems that your tail has a mind of it's own and kept trying to get to mine." He tried to hold Kagome's body against his but when he said the words her tail she jerked out of his arms and all but jumped away from him.

Kagome heard Sesshoumaru say her tail and she got out of his grasp and moved away from him. She looked down to find the tail still around her legs and she moved it so that her legs were free and then dropped it on the ground. "What am I doing with a tail?"

"How soon you forget. I told you that if you continued to drink my blood you would change into a youkai. This time you grew a tail. That was the cause of your deep sleep. Your body kept you asleep so that you wouldn't feel the pain of your tail growing." Sesshoumaru watched his mates tail wagging a little before it curled around her legs again.

Kagome felt her tail twine itself around her legs and bent down to undo it again. But every time she dropped it her tail would wag a couple of times then curl around her legs. "How do I control this thing? I can't walk if it is constantly wrapped around my legs."

Sesshoumaru held back his laughter after watching his mate wrestle with her tail. He stood up and helped her drape it over her shoulder. "It is easier to carry it this way. Just remember that it is part of you and you control it."

"That's easy for you to say." Kagome finally managed to stop the tail from trying to choke her. She looked to Sesshoumaru and smiled when she finally controlled it. "This may not be too bad. And it would come in handy with the children."

"That is one reason for it. We should leave for the palace if you are ready. I have already packed our supplies on Ah and Un." He leaned back and watched the confusion on Kagome's face.

Kagome froze at Sesshoumaru's words. Then she looked around her and saw Ah and Un watching her like she had lost her mind. They were free from the orb. Oh what a wonderful day. She walked over to Ah and Un and glared at them.

"Don't think that you are going to escape me. Lord Sesshoumaru turned you over to me for your punishment. When I think of something appropriate I will inform you. Until then you had better not do anything else to anger me." With that said she climbed on his back and they followed Sesshoumaru out of the cave.

Ah glared at Un, "I wonder what punishment she will choose for us?" Un shook his head.

"I don't know but it is sure to be better than anything Lord Sesshoumaru can come up with."

"That's true. I just hope we don't anger her anymore before she decides though."

Kagome sat on the dragons back and watched as Sesshoumaru flew beside her. "Hey Sesshoumaru can we visit my family before we go to the palace. I was supposed to be home a week ago. My mother will worry about me."

Sesshoumaru nodded to her and turned to fly southward. "We can not stay long. I have been gone from the palace and my lands too long as it is." With his flying and with Kagome on Ah Un they made it to the well in no time.

"I always wondered how this well worked." He walked up to the edge and looked into it.

Kagome got off the dragon when it landed and walked to Sesshoumaru's side, "You do know that it might not let you through?"

"If it denies me then I will stay here and wait for you to return." Sesshoumaru turned to find Kagome walking back to Ah and Un to retrieve her pack.

Kagome walked back to Sesshoumaru and stood in front of him. "It might be better if you held me as we jumped into the well. It might let you through then."

Sesshoumaru put his arms around Kagome and then jumped into the well. He had to shut his eyes at the bright light that surrounded them. When he opened his eyes again he found that they were still in the well but there was a roof over it. He held Kagome tighter against him and then jumped out of the well. He turned her loose and watched as she slid the door opened. When she opened the door his head started throbbing. He placed his sleeve over his nose to block out the horrible smells that assaulted him. Too bad he didn't have anything to block out the noises. He had never heard anything so loud before. It sounded like thousands of demons dieing at once, but louder.

Kagome saw Sesshoumaru stagger when she opened the door and rushed to his side. The last thing she needed was for him to pass out on her. She took his arm and started guiding him to her house. She opened the door and dragged him inside.

"Mom I'm home." She heard footsteps running toward her from upstairs and more from the direction of the kitchen. Soon she felt her mother's arms embracing her and her brother wrapped himself around her legs and her grandfather just stood back watching them all.

Sesshoumaru watched Kagome being embraced by her family. Well that certainly explained her fondness for hugging. He growled letting Kagome know that they didn't have much time. When he saw her mother freeze and her brother running to hide behind Kagome and her mom and her grandfather coming at him quickly screaming about youkai's and pulled out a handful of sutras' out of his sash. He didn't want to hurt Kagome's family but he wasn't about to let the old man hit him with a sutra. He ran to the other side of the room and watched the man fall onto a strange looking futon.

Kagome's mom heard the growl and looked up and saw a demon standing just inside her door. She held Souta behind her and grabbed Kagome's arm and pulled her behind her also. "What cause do you have for being here?"

Sesshoumaru stared at the lady that would have to be Kagome's mother. He walked to her and when he came face to face with her he bowed to her. "I am honored to meet my mates mother."

Sakimi (Kagome's mother, I don't know her real name.) looked at the demon then turned to glare at her daughter. "Mate?"

Kagome lowered her head and sighed. She walked to Sesshoumaru's side and placed her arm in his. "Mother this is my mate Sesshoumaru."

Sakimi bowed to Sesshoumaru and then stared at the couple. Then she saw the tail on her daughters shoulder. "What happened to you Kagome?"

Kagome turned to her grandfather and moved her head toward Souta. "Don't you have to go to the store and I am sure that Souta would love to go with you." She watched her grandfather mumble under his breath before he dragged Souta out the door with him.

Once they were alone with her mom Kagome guided everyone into the kitchen. She sat down and patted the seat beside her for Sesshoumaru. When everyone was seated Kagome began to talk.

"When a youkai mates a human the human has the choice to mark the youkai. With the youkai's help that is. I marked Sesshoumaru and I drank his blood twice so now I am part youkai with the hope of becoming a full one soon." Sakimi tried to understand what her daughter was talking about but she didn't know what mating meant. She did have an idea though. But she had to be sure.
"What exactly do you mean by mating?"

Kagome felt her face redden and she turned to look at Sesshoumaru. He had his stoic mask in place and it didn't look like he would be helping her explain it to her mother. "Well mating is something like being married in human terms."

"So you are married and turning into a youkai. Are there anymore surprises that I should know about?"

Kagome looked down at her hands and mumbled. "Just one, I am pregnant."

"You're going to have a baby. That's wonderful Kagome. I can't wait to be a grandmother. I thought it would be years before that happened. Now I get grandchildren while I am still young enough to enjoy them." Sakimi pictured little outfits that she had saw recently at the mall that she would just have to buy the baby.

"Well mom it or they wouldn't be like normal babies. They will be hanyou's and I could have more than one. If I were a full-blooded youkai I would have had puppies. Meaning they would be born in their youkai form and I would have anywhere from one to who knows how many. After I become a youkai and I can change into my youkai form I will have the pups in that form." Kagome could see the shocked look on her mothers face. Maybe I should have left that part out.

"My daughter is going to have puppies!" She looked from Kagome to Sesshoumaru. "I guess they will eventually turn out to look like you though. Right? They won't stay puppies forever will they?"

Sesshoumaru sighed and shook his head. "They will get a humanoid form when they reach one year of age. It is easier to protect and hide them if necessary when they are small if they stay in their pup form."

"So I have to wait a year to see what my grandchild will look like?" Sakimi didn't know how she would handle having puppies for grandchildren. But if her daughter was happy and didn't complain about it why should she.

"Don't worry mother. I will bring your grandchild or grandchildren to see you in six months after I recover from the birth." Kagome reached over and patted her mother's hands.

"Six months. You have been mated and pregnant for three months and you are just telling me. Kagome how could you keep something like this from me." Sakimi raised her head and glared at her daughter.

Sesshoumaru could tell that Kagome's mother was disappointed in her. He decided to help his mate out. "We have only been mated for about a week."

"You slept with my daughter and got her pregnant before you mated her." No wonder youkai's died out. Human fathers probably killed them for making their daughters pregnant.

Kagome shook her head, "No mother we were mated then I got pregnant."

"Kagome how could you lie to me like that. It takes nine months to have a baby or puppy or whatever your having." Sakimi was very upset with her daughter for lying to her.

Kagome laughed when it dawned on her why her mother was upset.

"Mother, since I will be having a Hanyou it will only take me six months. If I were having a full-blooded youkai it would take three. And Inu males are able to tell right away when their mate is going to have a pup so that they can protect her."

Sakimi sighed in relief as she heard her daughter explain the situation to her. "I am sorry I thought wrong about you Kagome."

"That's ok mom. Sesshoumaru and I have to return to his lands now. We will be back to visit you when I can." She stood up and hugged her mom. "Tell grandpa and Souta that I love them and will visit with them longer the next time I come back." Kagome stood up and then walked into the living room. She saw her pack lying on the floor. "Oh mom can I take a few supplies back with me?" Sakimi smiled at her daughter.

"Go ahead. If you can't come and visit for a little while make sure you send either Sesshoumaru or Inuyasha to tell me how you are doing. I will talk to our family doctor and get you some prenatal pills also. I will give them to who ever I see next." She walked to a cabinet and started taking out packs of Ramen and stuffing them in Kagome's bag. Then she threw some bandages and medicine in with them. "That should do you for a little while. If you need more send one of the boys."

Kagome went to take the bag from her mother but she refused to hand it to her. Instead she watched as she handed it to Sesshoumaru.

Sakimi handed the bag to Kagome's mate, "Pregnant females are not to lift anything heavy. You take care of my daughter." She watched him bow his head to her then she saw them leave the house.

Kagome and Sesshoumaru made it back to the well and when they arrived back in the feudal era they found Ah and Un waiting for them.

Sesshoumaru secured her pack to Ah Un's saddle and then lifted Kagome on his back then he jumped up behind her. "Ah and Un take us home."