Sesshomaru's Nightmare by cassandra

The shocking surprise

Kagome stayed by his side during the funeral. Even Shippo stood next to him holding his hand to offer comfort to him. Sesshomaru ignored everyone else but them. As far as he was concerned they were the only comfort he needed. After the funeral was over Shippo and Kagome went with Sesshomaru to his house.

"Sess?" Kagome said as he sat down on the sofa.

"What?" He said putting his head in his hands. She sat down next to him and put her arms around him.

"I'm very sorry about your father. I just want to let you know that I'll be here for you like you were there for me when my parents died."

"Thank you Kagome. I know you will. Can you do something for me?" He asked looking at her.

"Anything Sess."

He grabbed her hands. "Stay with me tonight. Please. I just...don't want to be alone right now."

"Sure I will Sess."

"Thank you Kagome." He said pulling her into his arms as he burst into tears. Kagome felt bad. In all her life she'd never seen Sesshomaru like this. He didn't even shed a tear when his mother died and he was only ten! Now this once proud strong man was in her arms a broken man.

"Can I stay too Sesshomaru?" Shippo asked. Sesshomaru pulled away from Kagome. They had both forgotten all about Shippo.

"Yes. I would like that very much."

"Ok." Shippo said before climbing into his lap.

That night both Kagome and Shippo slept in Sesshomaru's bed with him. At first he couldn't sleep so Kagome gave him a sleeping pill and he was soon fast asleep. When Kagome awoke the next morning she found that only her and Shippo were still in the bed. She got up and went looking for Sesshomaru. When she found him he was sitting at the kitchen table with a bottle of wiskey. She sighed and went up to him and took the bottle from his hands.

"Sess I know you're hurting but this isn't the answer. You'll get through this."

He sighed. "Father's lawyer called about an hour ago. In two days he wants to meet with me to go over his will. It would mean a lot to me if you came with me." He said to her with pleading eyes.

She grasped his hand. "You know I will. I'd never let you down."

"Thank you Kagome. You don't know how much this means to me." He said pulling her to him in a tight hug.

Two days later Kagome sat beside Sesshomaru as his father's will was being read.

"Your father has left you his money, his business and your ancestral home. Wow. I never knew you came from a royal bloodline."

"Yes but it never interested me. Much to my father's displeasure." He said sadly.

"Oh that reminds me, he wrote a short letter to you. He wanted you to know that he didn't hate you and that he was very proud of you. He wished you happiness and wished that he'd only had more time with you."

"See Sess? I told you that he didn't hate you." Kagome said patting his hand.

"There is one more thing."

"What is it?" Sesshomaru asked.

The man sighed and pressed a button on his desk and spoke into a speaker. "Bring them in."

A few seconds later the door opened up and a woman came in with two small children. Kagome thought they were adorable. They both had the same white hair and golden eyes as Sesshomaru. The only difference was they had cute little puppy ears. The little girl had her hair up in pigtails and was holding a stuffed bunny. The little boy stood with his arms crossed and his nose stuck up in the air. When the little girl saw Sesshomaru her eyes lit up and she flew over to him and threw her arms around his legs.

"Papa! You scareded me! I thought you went to sweep under the ground!" She pulled back and looked up at him and then frowned. "You not papa! Papa no got a moon there." She said touching his forehead.

"Keh. I coulda told you that stupid!" The little boy said rolling his eyes.

The little girls ears drooped. "I is sowwy." She said as she started to cry.

"Who are these pups?" Sesshomaru asked wide eyed.

"This is Inuyasha and Takara. They are your twin five year old half brother and sister."

Sesshomaru was shocked. "I never knew father had any other children. Why are they here?"

The man sighed. "Since your father is no longer with us, you have become their guardian."

Sesshomaru was confussed. "Where is their mother? Can she not take care of them?" He asked. While he wouldn't mind getting to know them, he had no time to raise them.

"Her died when we was born." The little girl said.

Sesshomaru sighed. "Very well. If that is all we will be taking our leave." He said standing up. When he stood up Inuyasha and Takara stared at him in awe.

"Wow big brother! You is really tall!" Takara said.

"Keh. Well duh! Father was tall too." Inuyasha said. Kagome giggled when he stuck his nose up in the air and started sniffing. "Hey you, are you his mate?"

Kagome blushed. "No. We're just good friends."

"Oh." He said.

When they got out to the car Inuyasha put up a fight when Sesshomaru tried to buckle him in. For all his trouble struggling with the pup all Sesshomaru managed to accomplish was getting scratched in the face.

"Settle down pup! You need to wear this!"

"You can't tell me what to do! You ain't my dad!"

Sesshomaru growled. "No I am not but I AM your guardian and you WILL do as you're told."

Inuyasha growled back. "I ain't gotta!"

"Here Sess. Let me do it." Kagome said. He sighed and moved out of the way. Inuyasha stopped struggling when she took over.

"See? That wasn't so bad now was it?" Kagome said smiling.

"Keh." He said blushing and looking away.

Sesshomaru blinked. "How did you do that? He didn't even fight with you."

"I'm a mom. I know how to handle kids."

The whole way home all Inuyasha and Takara did was argue. Sesshomaru gripped the wheel so hard that his nuckles were white. He couldn't take anymore of their arguing and snapped.

"That's enough! You will stop this fighting NOW!" He yelled. They both stopped fighting and began crying.

Kagome glared at him. "Don't cry. He didn't mean it. He's just upset about your papa. He's sorry. Aren't you Sesshomaru?"

He sighed. "I am sorry pups. I am upset about father but I shouldn't shout at you."

"Hey I know what, when you get home I'll bring over Shippo. He's a little fox kit I adopted." They perked up at the thought of having a playmate.

"Really? Is him nice?" Takara asked.

"Yep. He likes to play tricks on Sesshomaru. Maybe you can help him with some."

Sesshomaru growled. "Don't give them any ideas. One little terror is bad enough."

"Oh goodie! I like tricks! I used to play them on my dad all the time!" Inuyasha said smirking.

"Great." Sesshomaru groaned. Kagome just laughed.