Complicated Childbirth

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'...' = thoughts
"..." = speech

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Chapter 5 - On the Run

Sesshomaru watched the tiny pucker that he was so familiar with was being stretched impossibly wide. Scabbed cracks of the skin were running in every direction from the tight sphincter muscles when the head of the pup was maliciously forced out.

Unlike other newborn, his son had long and rich silver hair just like Inuyasha. There were two purple stripes on each cheek and pointed youkai ears like Sesshomaru.

Starring in appalled wonder at the small being now nestled in-between his mate's pale thighs, Sesshomaru leaned over and pressed soft kisses on his mate's sweaty face.

"You are magnificent, my love."

His strong and beautiful mate was giving birth to his son. That was the most miraculous sight Sesshomaru had ever witnessed.

Inuyasha howled deeply despite his best effort to keep it in. Crimson fluids were dripping heavily from the head of the pup. Not a single inch of Inuyasha's nether regions were untarnished as blood continued to spill out from between Inuyasha's legs in horrifying amounts.

Sesshomaru tried to dab away as much blood as he could but with little success as crimson fluids was rushing out abundantly. Ogling at the source critically, he looked from the size of the head to the abuse hole with furrowed eyebrows. He knew the head was big but never did he expect the actual size of the head was as big as his open palm.

Every time after making love, Sesshomaru could always find bloodstain on his cock and bed sheets. Regardless of how much foreplay or preparation he did for his mate before actual penetration, Inuyasha still end up bleeding.

If accommodating his cock had hurt Inuyasha that much, getting this head out of that tiny pucker had to hurt many times more.

Sesshomaru had sensed swarms of youkai gathered in all directions, a mile away from their current location for quite sometime. None of them headed toward them until just a moment ago, when the pup's head had emerged.

"Love, we need to move away from here," Sesshomaru warned, "Youkai were heading toward us right now."

"Wha... uuughh!!!" Inuyasha grouched through gritted teeth and arched his back as he surrendered to another painful contraction.

"Don't push!" Sesshomaru instructed as his golden orbs darkened with worry at the pasty white face of his mate.

Blood loss was an insidious thing and Inuyasha had already lost more than necessary share of blood. Despite his youkai healing power, it was not clotting fast enough for Sesshomaru's liking.

He had to stop the bleeding now. Bending down, Sesshomaru processed to lick at the splits around the stretched cavity, like what he always did after every love making session.

Sesshomaru knew they had to move away quickly but no matter where they were, youkai would be been able to sense Inuyasha and caught up with them.

The ideal place would be back at their castle which was protected with a strong barrier to prevent any youkai or human from trespassing. They needed more than a day journey to get back and Inuyasha would never be able to make it.

The nearest place would be Mount Hakurei. With Sesshomaru's speed, they would be able to reach there in less than an hour. The aura around Mount Hakurei could purify any corrupted spirits and prevent youkai from getting close.

Conversely, the aura could cause harmed to their pup and Inuyasha as well in his weakened condition. If a barrier was formed upon entering Mount Hakurei, it might be able to prevent the aura from affecting them.

Forcing a youkai's barrier into Mount Hakurei would be tremendously taxing, even for the almighty daiyoukai especially since he had to maintain the barrier throughout the time they were in there. However, if this was the only way to save his mate and pup, Sesshomaru would do it regardless of the consequence.

"Guuh!!!" Inuyasha tried to hold back his scream at the next contraction but failed miserably. He vaguely registered Sesshomaru's tongue licking at his wounds. His body was coercing him to push but his mind asserted a stronger command. Biting hard on his lips, he fought against every fiber in his body to obey him.

Looking at the raw flesh of the half-healed wounds, Sesshomaru was relieved that the bleeding had slowed down. Inhaled deeply the unique scent of his son, he pulled himself up after giving his son an affectionate lick.

Sesshomaru then proceeded to put on Inuyasha's hakama but take special care of the head nestled in-between his mate's thighs. Inuyasha hissed in pain as Sesshomaru slowly shifted him on his hands and knees.

"Slowly," Sesshomaru urged. He knew very well that it was extremely dangerous to move Inuyasha in his current state but Sesshomaru had no other choice.

Suddenly, a handful of youkai descended onto them from the canopy but was sliced by a green whip before they could touch the ground. The rest of the youkai would reach them in no time but Sesshomaru did not want to hasten his mate.

"They..." Inuyasha narrowed his eyes at the remaining of the youkai bodies melting away due to the poison in Sesshomaru's whip.

"Don't worry," Sesshomaru responded in the unperturbed voice as he kneeled in front of his mate. "Put your hands on my shoulders."

Inuyasha did as told and Sesshomaru proceeded to dress Inuyasha with his inner white robe. Inuyasha felt lightheaded at the sudden change in position. He almost tumbled if Sesshomaru had not held onto him.

After dressing his mate, Sesshomaru draped the fire-rat haori over Inuyasha's head and placed his mate's hands around his neck so that Inuyasha's head was resting on top of his fur pelt. To ensure of Inuyasha's comfort, Sesshomaru had long deposited of his armor.

Once Sesshomaru was sure that the pup's head was secured, he put his right forearm under his mate's thighs and lifted Inuyasha off the ground.

"Where... where go...ing?" Inuyasha panted raggedly as the pain continued to assail him in vicious waves.

"Mount Hakurei," Sesshomaru stated as he leaped off. Cracking the claws of his left hand, Sesshomaru was ready to attack anything that dare to approach them.

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Youkai that were pursuing them was soon left far behind but they were getting closer to those agitated youkai in front of them.

Once Sesshomaru came into their sight, they lunged forward as they simply could not wait to get their hands on Inuyasha and the pup.

Exchanged of claws, snarls and loud gurgling noise filled the air when Sesshomaru and those youkai collided. Pressing his mate's smaller form close to his body, Sesshomaru had to constantly remind himself that his goal was not there to battle but to get to Mount Hakurei quickly.

Inuyasha knew that Sesshomaru never flee from a fight or opponent. For him to do such an extent meant that he regarded the two lives that were currently in his arm more important than his pride or honor.

Happiness swelled in Inuyasha's heart yet he feared that he had become Sesshomaru's weakness. The last thing he ever wanted was using him or their pup against Sesshoumaru in order to weaken him.

Inuyasha was feeling nauseating as Sesshoumaru was moving back and forth at top speed. His breasts had become extremely tender and sensitive during pregnancy and all the friction on his nipples against Sesshoumaru's chest was making him twitching and moaning in his mate's arm.

Sesshoumaru was conscious of the hardening points of his mate's nipples pushing into his chest and was worried that his mate was fidgeting and squirming around in his arms. He needed to get them away from these youkai, fast.

Long claws dripping with poison attached themselves to the chest of a snake youkai as Sesshomaru slammed him into a tree. Despite at the verge of death, the snake youkai bite into Sesshomaru's arm while his body coiled around the tree for support.

At the same time, other youkai rose from the earth and clenched onto Sesshomaru's legs to impede his movement.

A repugnant youkai took the opportunity and pounced toward Sesshomaru with his poisonous claws. Inuyasha saw this coming and with Sesshomaru immobilized, instinct told him to protect his mate.

Without second thought, Inuyasha used both hands and draw Toukijin from the sheath and severed the offensive arm from the youkai's body. The youkai howling in pain as the large body crumpled to the ground.

However, the severed arm hit Inuyasha right on his chest. He shrieked in pain as the arm knocked the air out of his lung and the poisonous claws cut through his robe, into his left breast.

"What do you think you are doing?" Sesshomaru reprimanded snappishly at his mate as his rancorous whip lashed out and mutilated those youkai who clenched to him.

The remaining youkai saw these and fled from the spot, putting as much distance as they could between themselves and the furious lord to save their own skin.

Sesshomaru knocked Toukijin off Inuyasha's hands. Holding up his mate's hands, it was clear to him that Toukijin had absorbed adequate amount of Inuyasha's blood from those open wounds on his mate's palms and fingertips.

Sesshomaru's attention was subsequently drawn to the small reddish-black patch appeared in front of Inuyasha's white robe. Sliding down the robe, the first thing Sesshomaru noticed was his mate's engorged breasts was streaked with red.

Due to this pregnancy, Inuyasha's flat and masculine chest was replaced with a slightly rounder and fuller chest. Each of Inuyasha's breasts was capped with a dark pink areola, the size of a silver dollar. His nipples were hard and stuck out at least a half inch.

Sesshomaru reached up, cupped the left breast which was dribbling with thick, yellowish fluids from the nipple along with some reddish-black liquid.

"Agaah," Inuyasha snarled in pain when Sesshomaru squeezed his left breast, causing more yellowish and reddish-black fluids to ooze out.

Sesshomaru was aware that leaking of milk might happen at the later stage of pregnancy and the first flow of pre-milk was rich with nutrients that the newborn need. It would not do if the breast was tainted. Sesshomaru need to purge out the venom before it spread to the entire breast.

Moving away from the atrocious battle scene, Sesshomaru laid the limp form of his mate slowly onto the soft grass.

"Gahh...ggh..." Inuyasha croaked as the increased pressure in between his legs causing the desire to push to be unbearable, not to mention the throbbing burning pain in his left breast too.

Sesshomaru began to make small circular motions on the breast with his open hand, his palm lightly pressed against his mate's huge, taunt nipple.

"What... you doing?" Inuyasha struggled as he threw his head back and arching his back involuntarily under his mate's ministration.

Sesshomaru knew the right pressure to apply on the hyper sensitive and tender breast without hurting his mate. He also knew that being gentle would not be able to purge out the poison.

"To cleanse your wound," Sesshomaru replied before locking his mouth over Inuyasha's huge distended nipple and sucked it into his mouth with his tongue swirled around the cracks on the areola, gradually increasing his pace and pressure.

Inuyasha gasped loudly as his hands clasped onto Sesshomaru's arms in a feeble attempted to push him away. Instead of moving away, Sesshomaru forced the nipple deeper into his mouth, squeezed it more firmly as he crushed his hand into his mate's engorged breast and sucked harder.

"Stop... it... hurt..." Inuyasha punctuated each word with a moan of pain, tightening his clutch on his mate.

Looking from Inuyasha's pale face to his inflated nipple, Sesshomaru's eyes were filled with worry. The poison must be flush out before it was too late but... but...

Just then, a small white fragment stick in the nipple caught his attention. Sesshomaru was absolutely certain that the fragment did not belong to Inuyasha. Without warning, he locked his fingers on the swollen nipple and began to pinch it, rolling it firmly between his thumb and forefinger.

"Nn...o..." Inuyasha tried to speak but broke off with a strangled scream as his back arched from the intense pain gripping his belly.

Seeing the stubborn splinter refused to budge, Sesshomaru locked his mouth over the distended nipple and began to suck very hard at it. Together with his fingers pinching the nipple and the sturdy suction from his mouth, Sesshomaru repeated it again and again.

"Grrraaahhhh... aaahhhhhhhh..." Inuyasha yelled as he felt his nipple was about to be ripped off viciously from his areola.

Sesshomaru's effort was rewarded when the fragment shot into his mouth followed by those poisonous fluids seeping out. He spit them out and scrutinized the fragment which seemed to be the tip of the claw.

To ensure there was no residual remained in Inuyasha's breast, Sesshomaru repeatedly sucking it until he felt the first dribble of thick warm milk flow across his tongue. The taste was sweet with just a hint of a salty after taste, and not at all unpleasant.

Sucking hard again and squeezing his mate's tits firmly, Sesshomaru was rewarded by another slight trickle, which he greedily lapped from the nipple. He started to suck even harder, struggling to get the few precious drops of nectar which his mate's breasts had only just begun to manufacture.

Sesshomaru had sucked them dry in only a few seconds and then realized that his mate was in frenzy. He had been so lost in the wondrous sensation of drawing milk from Inuyasha's breast that he had not noticed the effect his attack had on his mate.

Inuyasha was gasping for breath, eyes closed and head thrown back. Trails of tears were still fresh from Inuyasha's face as Sesshomaru brushed the sweat slicked hair from his mate's forehead.

Sesshomaru proceeded to check on the other breast. There were no injuries except it seemed uncomfortably full. Pressing a finger on the breast, a stream of milk sprayed out from the nipple.

If the engorged breast was not relieved, it could cause a permanent drop in milk production. With this understanding, Sesshomaru applied the same treatment but gentler this time as he began to suck.

"Naaah...!!" Inuyasha whimpered from the assailed on his breast and the searing hot pain at his opening.

Without further ado, Sesshomaru slide back Inuyasha's robe, lifted him on his left arm and dashed across the forest after picking up Toukijin.

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Inuyasha was not only trembling and shivering abysmally in Sesshomaru's arm, but his body felt cold against his mate's flash skin. Despite his best effort to stay awake, Inuyasha was drifting in and out of consciousness.

Inuyasha remembered overheard the healer telling Sesshomaru that he might not survived the childbirth. If chances of survival were slim when giving birth in their castle with the healer around, there would not be any hope when they were out in the wildness with masses of youkai hot on their heels. For the first time in his life, Inuyasha could feel death.

Death was not scaring to Inuyasha. He was fully aware of the risks involved when he first found out that he was pregnant. In spite of incessant persuasion from his mate and the healer to opt for an abortion, Inuyasha mulishly insisted to have this baby for this was the product of the love he and Sesshomaru shared.

Being the eldest of the family and the last of their kind, it was Sesshomaru responsibility to ensure having offspring to carry on their noble bloodline. Not to mention that Sesshomaru adored children thus it was an awfully painful decision to urge Inuyasha to abort their own pup.

Although Sesshomaru said he did not need any heir or children but Inuyasha could easily saw through the lie. It did not need a genius to figure out that Sesshomaru did it out of his love for his mate.

Fate had not been kind to the daiyoukai family. Sesshomaru's mother died while giving birth to him and Inuyasha's mother was in no better condition either. In Sesshomaru's opinion, giving birth was to exchange the life of the mother for a new life.

If the hazard for woman childbirth was that high, how would a male hanyou able to endure it. He did not want to put his mate in danger for Inuyasha's body was not built for pregnancy and unlikely to withstand the pain of childbirth.

Inuyasha was determined to convince Sesshomaru that he would cope just fine. In additional, Inuyasha claimed that he would live forever in guilt if he gave up this chance of giving Sesshomaru a child. After much reassurance and conviction, Sesshomaru finally gave in.

"Sess...hy?" Inuyasha groaned, slumping on his mate's shoulder and panting heavily.

Scenes of trees flashed passed them as Sesshomaru raced through the forest, placing his right hand on the small portion of his mate’s back. "Yes, my love."

"Save... grrrrh!!!" Inuyasha hunched his head over Sesshomaru's shoulder and wrapped his arms around his swollen abdomen. "...our son."

"You and our son... both of you will be all right, just hang on."

"If... if I don't make it, look for another mate," a lump formed in Inuyasha's throat as he continued, "someone who... will love... love you whole heartily... care for our son... like a mother would."

"Don't be silly," Sesshomaru ticked off, more to himself than to Inuyasha. He could understand his mate's fear as he did not want to lose his mate nor his son either.

"Pro...promise m...ahhhhh!" An intense wave of pain wrenched through Inuyasha's body making him arch in the arm of his mate.

"No! Never!!" Sesshomaru scowled. "I'm not like our father, there can only be one mate in my entire life."

"But..."

"No but!" Sesshomaru interrupted. "If you give up, I'll personally bring our son to follow you to heaven or hell."

Inuyasha's eyes were widen in shocked, "Don't... don't you dare!?"

"Don't try me! I mean what I said!" The defiant stared in Sesshomaru's eyes told Inuyasha that his mate was not joking.

If Inuyasha died, Sesshomaru would truly carried out the threat and bring their son to join him in another world. Inuyasha sobbed, unable to stop the tears from pooling in his eyes as the reality came crashing down on him, "Why?"

"Because I no longer want to revert to the life without you."

'This is crazy! How could he commit suicide and kill his own son?' Inuyasha mulled and a voice deep inside him answered his own question, 'Yes, he is crazy... crazily in love with you.' Instead of hating Sesshomaru for such an irresponsible declaration, Inuyasha found himself loving him even more.

"Once our son is born, let's go to your old village."

Seeing the incomprehension in the eyes of his mate, Sesshomaru smiled and explained, "Before we headed back to the castle after our son is born, let's go and have a taste of the sweeten rice balls that you crave so much, as a family."

Inuyasha pressed his face against the side his mate's neck and Sesshomaru could feel the beamed on Inuyasha's face, "Thank you!"

Unknown to neither of them, that was a promise which would never been fulfilled.

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"Hang on, youkai ahead!" Sesshomaru warned.

Inuyasha had his hands on Sesshomaru's shoulders, seized a handful of robe and braced himself for the attack. He could feel the shoulders of the pup descending toward his opening as the pup moved lower and lower but he kept silent about it. Sesshomaru need to concentrate on the fight right now. He had enough worried about him for today. Inuyasha would hold on till they reached Mount Hakurei.

Sesshomaru was soon engaged in a fierce battle. Unlike previous encounter, most youkai were able to regenerate hence making the fight more arduous.

Inuyasha's body was preparing for his pup's birth and it was moving along fast regardless of his wish to hold back. He could feel the slow agonizing tearing of his vaginal wall as he felt himself being stretched wide to accommodate both shoulders in his narrow birth canal. Blood began to trickle down his thighs, soaking his hakama.

The pains gave Inuyasha no respite, coming one on top of each other as he gripped onto Sesshomaru's robe, twisting it as the wave of agony peaked. He squirmed more than he intended as his body wanting escape.

"GRRAAAAHHHHHHH!!!"

All youkai, including Sesshomaru, froze on the spot when Inuyasha gave a raucous screamed which reverberate throughout the forest. Inuyasha felt his inner muscles squeezed the pup downward, compelling those half-healed wounds to reopen viciously when something was forced out from him. Bleeding had increased with each effort his body put in to bring the pup forth.

"Love?" Sesshomaru sounded alarmed, staring at his mate's twisted visage.

"Ca...came... out," Inuyasha grimaced at the throbbing feeling as his hair matted to his head with sweat.

Placing a hand over his mate's nether region, Sesshomaru shuddered when he felt one of the pup's shoulder was out. There was blood all over Sesshomaru's hand as they flowed mercilessly out from his mate. Both Inuyasha and his hakama were drenched with blood.

"MINE!!!" The youkai roared spontaneous and dived toward them.

Instantly, Sesshomaru formed the barrier to block the assaults. He expertly shifted Inuyasha onto both of his arms and tore through the horde of youkai.

Sesshomaru planned to form the barrier when they were nearer to Mount Hakurei but he had to bring forward his plan as his Inuyasha's precious life was seeping away. Blood was dripping from his mate's feet, leaving a continuous blood trail on the ground, so much of it that Sesshoumaru feared for his beloved mate's life.

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To be continued

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