What's A Dragon to Do?

Chapter 33

Sesshoumaru had finally finished all his paperwork and for once he didn't want to do his patrols so after sending a few of his best soldiers out to do that job for him he headed to his chamber and his mate. He quietly opened his door and strode to the side of the bed. It never ceased to amaze him that this wonderful female was his mate now. And for a time he had her to himself. His brother was locked in a cave with one of his servants, the children were in the hands of servants with orders not to disturb him or Kagome for the night, the monk and slayer were with their mates so Kagome was all his for the night. And he knew what he was going to do with her. He wrapped her up in a couple of furs from the bed and gently picked her up and walked over to his balcony. With one powerful leap he flew away from the castle.

As he traveled he growled lowly at Kagome to keep her asleep and was rewarded when she curled deeper against him before settling back to sleep. With his speed it didn't take him long to reach his destination. No one knew about his secret cave. He had used spells to hide it away from site. If anyone approached it all they would have seen or touched was pure rock but he could walk through the rock into the hidden cave. Not that it was that easy to get to. One had to be hard pressed to find it. The cave rested on a sheer cliff with just a slight overhang at the entrance.

He landed on the overhang and walked into the dark cave. With one small growl the torches on the walls lit up the space and the fire in the center of the room started to take the chill away. He placed Kagome on the large bed that took up one fourth of the cave and lay down beside her.

Before waking her he made sure to test her aura to make sure that it was stable and smirked when he saw that it was. Now with no interruptions for the night and maybe if he got lucky the next day she would be only his. He nuzzled her neck at her mating mark knowing what this did to her. As expected it only took a second before her eyes flew open and she bestowed on him one of her lovely smiles. "Good evening mate."

Kagome curled into Sesshoumaru but she quickly sat up in bed. "Where are we?"

Sesshoumaru pulled her back down to him and smiled. "This is my hideout. When I want to get away from the castle I come here."

"Ok, that answers where we are, but why are we here?" Kagome turned her head to look around the cavern.

"Because my mate I wanted you to myself where I can do many unthinkable things to your delicious body." With that said he started running his claws down her side.

"But Sesshoumaru you could have done that in the castle."

"While that is true at least here I know that we will have no interruptions not to mention that you can scream my name as loudly as you desire."

Kagome could feel her face heating at his words. "I do not scream."

"I beg to differ mate. You scream most delightedly when you call my name when you reach completion."

Kagome smiled and lay back down beside Sesshoumaru. "Well I may scream but at least I don't howl loud enough for everyone in the Western Lands to hear."

Sesshoumaru smiled and rolled over onto Kagome and looked down into her laughing face. "It is only right that the kingdom knows how much my mate pleases me."

Kagome couldn't help but laugh at his comment. "And after the last few times in the palace I am sure that everyone knows that. They would have to be dead or deaf not to know."

He rolled over making Kagome squeal slightly at the abrupt move. "Well mate let's see what you can do to remedy that. I can't have anyone not know how pleased I am with you. So make me howl loud enough to let the dead and the deaf know how pleased I am."

Kagome gladly took him up on his challenge. He wanted a reason to howl and she would give it to him. She slowly raised her body so that she was sitting on his stomach. She reached down and untied his sash and with a wicked grin she leaned down and gave Sesshoumaru a kiss. She moved her tongue over his lips and when he opened his mouth she moved her tongue to battle with his. While he was distracted she made a knot in each end of the sash and slipped them over his hands. With a quick pull the sash secured his hands. While listening to his not so amused growls she leaned over him and secured the middle of the sash to the head of the head board. As she heard his growls intensify she was glad that the headboard was made from stone. And with the spell he had on the sash he would not be escaping anytime soon. When she was done securing her demon lover she smiled down at him. “Don’t tell me that the great lord of the West is upset over my being in control. You gave me that when you told me to have my way with you. Now quiet down a little and let me get on with my work.”

With that said she used her claws and cut his haori from him. “I do hope that you have an extra change of clothes here.” When the last piece was cut she pulled the remains away from him and threw them across the room. Now her mate’s chest was bared to her. That was a sight she would never get tired of. Those loose clothing and armor that he wore did such a wonderful job of hiding his gorgeous body from the world. Kagome was brought out of her thoughts with a loud growl from Sesshoumaru. “Didn’t I tell you to stop all that noise? It’s not time for you to growl yet.” She leaned down and looked at her mate and smiled. “If you continue to growl like that I may not do this.” Kagome leaned down and slid her tongue over his nipple. When he quieted some she looked up at him to see that he was watching her intently. At least he was a little quieter than he was.

Now to get serious. She leaned over his nipple again and using her fangs she gently bit down on it. As his blood coated her tongue she felt her own blood heating. When that cut healed she moved to his other nipple and repeated the process. She couldn’t get enough of his blood. It affected her better than any sake that she had ever drunk. She moved her mouth down to his stomach using her fangs and her claws to place little cuts along the way.

By the time that she reached his arousal she was so wet that she could feel the liquid sliding down her thighs. She looked up at Sesshoumaru again and found his completely red eyes staring back at her. Kagome watched as he pulled on his sash and then growled when that got him nowhere. “Does my mate not approve of my attention?”

Sesshoumaru heard her voice and looked down at his mate. Her head was right by his erection. As she spoke her breath caressed him making him jerk in pleasure. He growled at her again hoping that she would speak again.

Kagome knew what he wanted but she ignored him. This was her time. She would do what she wanted when she wanted. He had plenty of times of being in charge and she wasn’t going to let him get in her way. At least until she was ready to. With that thought she smiled up at her mate and took his member into her mouth. Gently using her fangs she ran them up and down his hardened member. She felt it pulsing in her mouth and moaned around his girth.

It was a toss-up which felt better to him, his mates tongue or the feel of her fangs caressing such a sensitive area. She was driving him insane. His beast was screaming for freedom to put his bitch in her rightful place. And his reasonable side wanted to know what else she had planned. He watched as she moved her head up and down his rigid length. Kami help him he couldn’t hold out if she kept that up.

Kagome relished in the sounds her mate was making and the taste of him. The liquid seeping out to meet her tongue made her moan louder. She removed her head from his erection. Her body wanted release but wasn’t prepared to give up control. She stood up and smiled down at her mate. With a smirk down at Sesshoumaru she reached behind her and untied her obi. Very slowly she removed it from her waist and tossed it across the cavern. Then she gently parted her kimono as she watched her mate calm below her. With a sly glance down at her mate she dropped her kimono around her feet covering her mate’s arousal. Now that she had his full attention she spread her legs a little more. His growls had ceased as he watched her and Kagome was hoping that he was enjoying her show.
She placed her hands on her shoulders and moved them down her sides and then up to cup both breast. Her nipples already hardened by the air in the cavern and her menstruations to her mate sent shudders throughout her body. She couldn’t control the moan that escaped her mouth. Just knowing that her mate was watching her touch herself gave her the strength to continue.

Kagome moved her hands down her body seductively touching her stomach and down towards her parted thighs. She used her right hand to part her folds and used her left to caress her nub. As she felt the wetness between her legs she had to restrain herself from mounting her mate and assuring both their pleasure. She moved her fingers lower and inserted one into her passage. While doing so she looked into her mates eyes and groaned. She watched as he resumed his bid for freedom as she brought herself closer to release. As her moans got louder and her hand moved faster in and out of herself she didn’t take her eyes away from Sesshoumaru's.

Sesshoumaru couldn’t believe what his mate was doing. That was his job. How dare she pleasure herself! With a loud roar he pulled harder on his sash and let go of his youki. The combination of both was too much for the poor sash and it disintegrated. With a loud snarl he sprang at his mate and tossed her onto the futon. When she tried to move he growled at her and turned her so that she was on her hands and knees. Now he would show his bitch who was in control. He roughly grabbed her hips and with a quick thrust he entered her wet cavern.

Kagome moaned loudly as her mate claimed her. She tried to thrust her hips back to meet his thrust but apparently Sesshoumaru had other ideas.

He felt her trying to meet his thrust and he wanted none of that so with a loud snarl he bit into his mating mark and held her still. His bitch would see that it was him that brought her pleasure. He drew back and buried his rod into her. He rode her until he felt her release. Then he withdrew his fangs from her neck and licked at the new wounds until they stopped bleeding. He wasn’t finished by a long shot.

He withdrew from her wetness and replaced his member with his tongue. It was his turn to moan as he tasted her nectar. She was always so sweet to taste. He slid his tongue in her passage and cleaned her of her release. He removed his tongue and ran it along her nub then back down to her passage. Sesshoumaru held her still as he licked and sucked at her. It didn’t take long before she screamed her release again.

Sesshoumaru pulled away from his mate and watched as she fell forward onto the futon. He couldn’t have that now could he? He pulled her hips back up and with a snarl embedded himself into her waiting passage. He thrust in and out of her delighting in her small moans and once in a while her screams. Her muscles contracted around him as she once again found release. He didn’t slow his thrust and slammed into her harder. With a growl he pulled Kagome up so that her back was touching his chest and not slowing his pace he moved his hands around her body to hold her up. His left hand found her hardened nipple and pulled at it the same time his right hand found her nub and caressed it.

Kagome didn’t know how much more of his torture she could take. The feel of his member gliding in and out of her combined with his roving hands had her finding new levels of release. Each release he coaxed from her body was coming closer and closer together until it seemed like she was one continuous orgasm.

He felt her release again and started thrusting into her harder. With each new entry he released a little more youki and moved a little harder and faster. Sesshoumaru felt his body growing rigid and knew that his release was close at hand and with a howl that shook loose stones from the cavern he bit his mates mark one last time and then raised his head and howled loud enough to shake the very cave itself. As his member released his last bit of seed he collapsed on the bed and kept Kagome attached to him. He wasn’t ready to withdraw just yet.

Kagome’s ears were still ringing from her mates howl. Wow that was amazing. Maybe she should make him loose control like that more often. With a tired smile she turned her head to look at her mate and placed a kiss on his cheek. “I love you Sesshoumaru.”

“As I do you my mate. Now rest. We will have to return to the castle shortly.” With that said Sesshoumaru nuzzled Kagome’s neck and rubbed her protruding stomach until he could tell that she was asleep. He lay beside her until it was just before dawn and time to return. Then he removed himself from her delightful body and with a small groan wrapped her back in the pelts and started for his castle.

Sesshoumaru returned to the palace and found it in an uproar. His saw his guards running around in chaos. Kitaro was shouting orders to some and making hand movements to others. He sent his senses out but didn’t find any unusual aura’s around so they weren’t under attack. What was going on? He landed outside his chambers and placed Kagome on their bed. With a small stroke of her hair he strode to his closet and removed a change of clothing then once dressed he stalked from his room to find his general to find out what in the hell was going on.

Sesshoumaru sensed the children in their rooms so at least they weren’t responsible for what was going on. As he walked into the courtyard all movement ceased. He saw the strange look that Kitaro was giving him and with a small raise of his eyebrows he walked over to his general. “Explain?”

Kitaro couldn’t believe that Sesshoumaru was standing before him. After hearing his howl he had thought his lord was under attack and was forming his soldiers to go help him. But before they could leave a section of the palace wall gave way and one of the towers soon followed. Kitaro knelt before Sesshoumaru before answering him.

“My Lord, the palace wall collapsed as well as the tower holding the medical wing. Everyone escaped unharmed but a few were trapped for a bit. We managed to rescue everyone. I was sending out patrols to check the rest of your lands to assess any other damage. “

“What caused the wall and the tower collapse?” Sesshoumaru looked around him and saw a few of his servants that appeared to be out of sorts. Then he spotted his brother and Juria across the grounds from him. How did they manage to escape from Ah Un and he couldn’t. Surely the dragon hadn’t released them so soon.

“All I know my Lord is that it happened shortly after your howl. I am just glad that you were at your cave at the time and not in the palace itself. If you had howled like that here you would have surely brought the whole palace down.” Kitaro smirked at Sesshoumaru and tried to hide the fact that he was trying not to laugh openly at him.

Sesshoumaru ignored his general as he watched Inuyasha finally spot him and then headed his way.

Inuyasha turned and saw his brother was now in the palace grounds. He had a few choice words for that son of a bitch. He walked over to where his brother stood and swung his fist at him. “Were you trying to kill everyone or what? Juria and I barely escaped the collapse of the cave and her mom was luckily in the kitchen when the tower collapsed. I don’t even want to know what made you howl like that but the next time you do it had better be a life and death situation.”

Sesshoumaru dodged his attack and smirked at him. “Brother if you had seen what I did you would be howling too.”

Inuyasha groaned and growled at Sesshoumaru. “I told you I didn’t want to know. You’re sick, you know that right.”

“This Sesshoumaru is not sick brother just pleased with his mate and thought that everyone should know it.”

“I so didn’t need to know that. I could have gone the rest of my life without hearing you say that. The only good thing about this is that I am not trapped with that crazy dragon anymore.”

Sesshoumaru moved away from Inuyasha as he saw Juria approaching behind him. One day his brother might learn to never anger a dragon not to mention a female one at that. “Brother you are the one that needs to learn to hold his tongue. And I think your lesson is about to happen.” With a nod at Juria he stepped to the side of the steaming dragoness and spoke softly. “Do not damage the castle or any of my servants.” With that said he stepped back over to Kitaro and ignored the look of shock on his brother’s face.

“Some brother you are.”

“You are capable enough to defend yourself Inuyasha. And if you continue to let your mouth get the better of you then you deserve whatever happens to you.”

“Feh, Like that pampered dragon could hurt me.”

Juria listened to the hanyou talk to his brother and after his last words her anger got the better of her. She had always prided herself for her control but for some reason the hanyou managed to make her control vanish with mere words.

With a smile at the hanyou and a few words she watched as he was ensnared in a bubble of her power. She turned to Sesshoumaru and with a nod of her head both her and the hanyou disappeared.

Kitaro looked to Sesshoumaru to see his reaction and almost fell down when he saw the smile on his Lords face. It was never a good sign when he smiled like that. “What are you smiling about?”

“My brother would be smart to mate her before she kills him. I wonder what the odds of that happening are.”

“From what little I know of your brother I would say the chance is slim at best.” Kitaro watched as his lord turned and headed back to the palace.

Sesshoumaru shook his head and started to his chambers. His mate must be up by now.

Kagome awoke to find herself once again in the palace tucked safely into her and Sesshoumaru’s bed. He has got to stop moving me while I sleep. It’s a bit unnerving. But at least now I can take a bath. With that thought she jumped up and after her head had stopped spinning she gathered her clothing and headed to the spring. She loved Sesshoumaru’s personal spring. It had plenty of room and the water was always warm. How he managed that since their room was on the third floor of the palace she had no idea. Who was she to worry about something as trivial as that? She climbed into the bath and shortly was all washed and rinsed.

It was after the bath that she had problems. Like her tail had an aversion to trying to stay orderly after a bath. It wanted to puff out everywhere. She had enough trouble when it was dry but when it was wet it was not a pretty site. Without the aid of a hairdryer it took forever to dry. And with her new claws she had trouble brushing her hair. After the first couple of times that she managed to slice bits of her hair off she realized that it came in handy sometimes to have a maid. She hollered for said maid and waited while she groomed her hair and her tail for her.

After she was groomed and properly dressed she all but ran to the dining room. Thanks to her mate she had missed dinner last night and she was starved. She entered the dining room to find Sango, Kitaro, Masumi, Miroku and the children already present. “Good morning everyone!”

Shippou and Rin looked up from their food and smiled at Kagome.

Sango shook her head and smiled at her friend. “I am glad to see that you are safe after the entire ruckus last night.”

“What ruckus?” Kagome sat down and thanked the servant that brought her tea and food to her.

“What do you mean what ruckus? Some of the palace wall collapsed and the northern tower fell.” Sango was in shock that Kagome didn’t hear all the noise from that happening.

Kagome looked up in shock at Sango’s words. “Did anyone get hurt?”

Kitaro smiled at his new lady. It impressed him that her first words were of concern for her subjects. But then she was friends with his mate. He smiled at Kagome and shook his head. “Everyone got out fine, my Lady but a few were trapped for a short time. As we speak a new wall and tower are going up and the remaining castle structure is being investigated.”

Kagome breathed a sigh of relief and sent a short prayer to the Kami’s for protecting everyone. “That’s good. Bye the way has anyone seen Sesshoumaru this morning?”

“He went to your chamber to bathe a short while ago. I am surprised that you did not run into him on your way down.” Kitaro stood and helped Sango from her seat then bowed to Kagome. “I would like a private word with my mate for a second my Lady, then she will be yours to do with what you want today.”

As she watched her friends face turn scarlet she laughed and laughed all the harder when she saw Kitaro stop outside the door and give Sango a kiss that was sure to curl her toes. She looked down the table at Miroku and saw that he didn’t once look up at Sango. Nor had he glanced at another woman since he and Masumi had mated. At least while in her presence. She was so happy.

She had two wonderful children with her own pups on the way, her sister had found a mate, although not the one she first thought of, and her brother was happily mated. Now all she had to worry about was her brother in law.

She heard the door open just a bit more and looked up to find her mate entering the room followed by an even redder faced Sango. “That was some word your mate wanted with you Sango. If you would like you can find him and continue your conversation.”

Sango glared at Kagome and shook her head. “That’s ok, I will see him later and besides I haven’t really got a chance to spend much time with you lately.”

Sesshoumaru listened as his mate and the slayer talked. “Not to mention if what I interrupted in the hall was any indication if she returned to her mate she would not be walking for another couple of days.”

Kagome couldn’t believe her mate would say something like that. She turned and glared at him.

Miroku heard his comment and spit out the tea he had just taken a drink of and Masumi was hiding her laughter behind her hand.

Sango’s face turned a couple of shades darker and if she could have she would have sank under the table.

Shippou heard the comment and turned to Sesshoumaru. “Why would talking keep Sango from walking?”

At Shippou's question Kagome glared once again at her mate. With a calm face she turned to Shippou “That is one of those things you will have to find out when your older young man. Till then forget about it.”

Shippou grumbled and muttered about never being old enough to find out anything. “One of these days someone is going to have a lot of explaining to do.”

Kagome laughed at the solemn look on his face and his statement. “Yeah, but that time is a long way away. And speaking of a long time away when are we going Shard hunting again?”

Sesshoumaru just knew that question was going to come about sooner or later. “I have written to the other Lords and Ladies and inquired about any rumor of shards in their lands. I have yet to hear of any. When I receive word then we will travel and retrieve it.”

Kagome smiled at her mate. Mating Sesshoumaru certainly had its perks. That would save them many weeks travel. “Well then I suppose all we can do is wait. And speaking of waiting, how long do you think Ah Un will have Inuyasha and Juria in their bubble?”

He shook his head at her question. “My brother is already free from Ah Un’s spell. As we speak Juria is teaching him some manners.”

“Well that is hardly fair. We were trapped much longer than that. How did they get out so early?”

“I believe it had something to do with the fact that the cave they were in collapsed last night.”

“What happened to cause all these structures to collapse? Was there an earthquake or something?” Kagome sat her tea down and looked around the table for answers.

Miroku smiled at his friend. “I say it would fall under the or something category.”

Now it was Sango’s turn to smirk at her friend. Let’s see how she likes having the tables turned on her. She looked to Nichie. “Nichie, why don’t you take the kids to the garden?” She waited till the children all hugged Kagome and then ran from the room with the patient dragon following close behind. When she was sure they were out of hearing range she turned to Kagome and smiled. “I believe it had something to do with a certain Inu howling sometime last night. Whatever you were doing to him please refrain from doing it again. It’s hard to tell what could fall the next time.”

Kagome choked on her tea as she listened to her sister. Her face had to be as red as Inuyasha's haori. Surely her mates howl didn’t collapse all those structures. She turned her head as she felt her mates’ humor through their bond. But when she looked at him she couldn’t see any outward signs of humor. Then she looked at his eyes. It was all there for her to see. Leave it to him to find this funny.

After everyone got done laughing at her expense Kagome stood and took Sango’s hand and drug her from the room. “Let’s go to the garden.” They walked in the garden admiring its beauty. They found a secluded spot and turned to find a servant behind them carrying a blanket and a tray. They watched as the servant spread the blanket and with a wave of her hand more servants entered the secluded glade and brought cushions to sit on. Before they could blink all the servants but one was gone. “If you need anything my Lady just call and someone will hear you.” With that said they were left in peace.

Sango laughed at the look on Kagome’s face. “I guess being Lady of the castle has its perks.”

“I am so never going to get use to any of this.” With that said Kagome sat down on one of the cushions and poured them both a glass of water.

“Just enjoy it Kagome. Besides it’s not every day that you get to enjoy yourself like this. Being the Lady of the Western lands is not an easy job. Just wait till all those demonesses see you. You will be fighting more often than not. From what Masumi told me Sesshoumaru was much sought after for a mate.” Sango sat down on a cushion across from Kagome and leaned back on her arms.

“Like that is a surprise. Just let one of them hussies try to get to him now. They would be purified before they could lay a claw on him. I can see it now. I will constantly be bombarded by challenges at every meeting or social event for the next hundred years or so.” Kagome took a sip of her water and sighed.

Sango laughed at her expression. “I don’t think it’s going to be that bad. After you purify the first dozen or so they should learn to give you room. But at least one thing is in your favor at the moment. They can’t challenge you while you are pupped. ”

“Well at least that is one good thing. I can’t wait to hold these little ones. And one good thing about being a demon I only have six months to wait instead of nine. But on the other hand I have been craving raw meat. And I would have never thought that I would eat raw meat. After watching Inuyasha eating the stuff I was determined to never do so but I crave that more than anything.” Now it was Kagome’s turn to laugh.

“Watching Inuyasha eat would turn you against just about any food. I hope Juria wins their bet. I for one would like to see our friend get some manners.”

Kagome quickly sat up and looked over at Sango. “What bet?”

Sango shook her head and couldn’t hold in her laughter. “From what Juria told me last night they bet each other that Juria could survive without help from anyone for one week and if she wins Inuyasha gets to be her servant and she gets to teach him manners and if she loses she has to be Inuyasha’s servant and he gets to call her whatever he wants and she can’t get angry at him.”

“Leave it to Inuyasha to underestimate a female. He is so going to lose. It’s going to be fun watching him be a servant. I wonder if we get to help her with her manner lessons.” Kagome smiled and shook her head.

“Well from what Kitaro told me I very much doubt that being servants will have any play on the winner. You can’t very well make your mate into a servant.” Sango smirked at the look of shock on Kagome’s face now.

“Surely they are not that close to being mates yet?” Kagome couldn’t believe what she was hearing.

“And just how long does it usually take. You and Sesshoumaru were only imprisoned for about a week or so and I only knew Kitaro for a few days before we mated and he knew he was going to mate me the first time he met me.”

“Yeah but this is Inuyasha that we are talking about. He is not the most spontaneous person that I know. It took him months before he could talk civilly to me. I just can’t see him mating someone so quickly.” She just had to shake her head at this.

“I bet the next time we see Inuyasha he will have a mate. Can’t you just imagine little dragon puppies running around everywhere.” Sango knew that would make Kagome laugh.

Kagome tried to hold her laughter in but couldn’t. “Yeah and they have to have his cute little ears. Wouldn’t that be adorable?”

“Or they could be little dog demons with wings. That would be just as cute. I wonder how long dragons are pregnant for or do they really lay eggs and if so how would that work if the male is a dog hanyou? I can’t imagine Inuyasha sitting on a clutch of eggs.” Sango couldn’t hold in her laughter any longer as a picture of Inuyasha sitting on a nest of eggs popped into her head.

Kagome joined Sango in her bout of uncontrollable laughter. Then she jerked upright and started for the palace.

Sango saw her friend hurrying to the palace and took off after her. “What’s wrong Kagome?”

Kagome shook her head and laughed some more. “Nothing Sango but I laughed so hard now I have to pee.” She made it to the palace and with a servant guide found a room to relieve herself in and then walked out to find Sango waiting for her.

“It’s my turn now.” Sango hurried into the room and shut the door behind her hearing Kagome’s laughter behind the closed door. When she was done she opened the door to find Kagome smirking at her. “What?”

“I am glad that we get to be pregnant together. Wouldn’t it be funny if they were born on the same day? Come to think about it Masumi was mated about the same time. Maybe she is pregnant too.” With that said Kagome grabbed Sango’s hand and drug her through the palace.

“Where are we going?” Sango followed behind Kagome when her arm was finally released.

“We are going to find Masumi and see if she is pregnant also.” With that said Kagome turned down another hall and found the wolf talking to a servant. “There you are.” With that said Kagome grabbed the wolf’s hand and pulled her away from the servant and out to the gardens. When they returned to the glade she motioned to a cushion and sat down waiting for Masumi and Sango to join her.

Masumi didn’t know what to do. She was used to being a servant so when the Lady of the palace brought her to the garden she didn’t know what was happening. “What can I do for you Kagome?”

Kagome shook her head at Masumi’s manner of speech. She planned on spending a lot of time with the wolf and she had better get used to being friends with her and Sango. Hopefully it would be sooner than later. “Sango and I were talking and I wanted to know if you are pregnant also?”

Masumi blushed and lowered her head as she shook it yes.

Kagome squealed and pulled Sango and Masumi into a group hug. “That’s great now we can all be pregnant together and our children can grow up together and be great friends.” She laughed and giggled at the look on Masumi’s face when she released her. “Oh get over it. Miroku is our dear friend and you are his mate so you must get use to such things.”

Sango smiled at the shocked wolf. “Besides since Kagome is your sister there is very little you can do about her.”

Now Masumi was very confused. “What do you mean that she is my sister?”

Kagome sighed and began telling her story of Kouga. “Remember when I mentioned that he kidnapped me well it all started then. He claimed me as his women and then for the next couple of years every once in a while he would show up and him and Inuyasha would fight and then he would leave again. Ginta and Hakaku would call me sister and then they would leave. So in a way I guess I am part of the wolf tribe.”

Masumi listened to Kagome talk and as Sango added bits and pieces here and there. It made her feel comforted that Kagome was in some way associated with the pack. “I heard Ayame talk about you. She spoke highly of you. Not to mention Ginta and Hakaku did also. I would have never guessed that you were that Kagome.”

Kagome blushed and smiled at Masumi. “I am glad to hear that. I consider Ayame a good friend and was so happy that Kouga finally kept his word to her.”

“Their mating has done wonders for the tribe. Ayame keeps Kouga in line and he is a wonderful leader. He is perhaps the best leader that the wolf tribe has ever had. We have prospered greatly under his leadership.”

“I am glad to hear that. After Naraku killed most of his tribe members I was really worried about them.” Kagome sighed when she saw the sad look on Masumi’s face.

“I lost my three of my brothers in that attack. I was just glad that Naraku was taken down. Now my brothers can rest in peace.” Masumi smiled at Kagome and Sango before she spoke again. “And I have you all to thank for that.”

Sango shook her head at Masumi’s words. “It was a combined effort of all Naraku’s enemies. And he had many.”

“That’s for sure. Who would have expected there to be that many people there to bring him down. And with all those minions of his it was a good thing that there were a lot of us.” Kagome shuddered just recalling the battle.

Sango fought back her tears once again at the thought of her brother.

Kagome smelt the scent of tears and crawled to Sango’s side and embraced her. “Sango you can’t keep blaming yourself over your brothers’ death. He thanked you when you took the shard from his back. You gave him peace.”

Sango wiped her eyes and smiled at Kagome. “I know but I still miss him.”

“I would do the same if it had been Souta. Just remember that he loved you and maybe you can name one of your pups after him.”

Sango gaped at Kagome’s words. “What do you mean one of my pups?”

Kagome smirked at her friend’s expression. “From what my senses are telling me I can see three pups and Masumi is having two like me.”

“Three pups. I hope you are kidding.” Sango didn’t know what to think about having three children to start with.

She placed her hand over Sango’s stomach and looked up at her and smiled. “No I definitely sense three of the little darlings. I just can’t tell if they are male or female.”

Masumi had to laugh at the slayers face. “Didn’t Kitaro tell you that you were pupped? Not to mention he should be able to tell what sex they were and how many you were having.”

Sango crossed her arms over her chest and glared at the laughing females around her. “Just wait till I get my claws on that secretive demon.”

Now it was Kagome and Masumi’s turn to break out into laughter. Kitaro was in a lot of trouble if the look on Sango’s face was any way to judge her attitude.

Kagome stopped laughing and sat up. “I wish I had my camera. Your face is priceless. Besides we both know you wouldn’t harm Kitaro.”

Sango was about to respond when a shadow flew over the glade. She looked up to find Juria flying above the palace. “I guess Inuyasha and Juria are back. I can’t wait to find out what happened.”

“Me either.” Kagome jumped up and ran for the front of the palace.

She was closely followed by Masumi and Sango.