Losses by mindcontrolingart

Their first years (ch 1)

The moment she was born, her life was celebrated. She was born as the crown princess of the northern lands, the only heir. A week later after she was born and she had finally opened her eyes to see the large world around her, (inuyoukai pups are born with their eyes closed, just like puppies and kittens) all of the lords of the other regions were invited to see this new beautiful baby demoness. She was rumored to be the most beautiful baby anyone had ever seen.

She was placed in a lush basinet at the top of a small flight of stairs, her mother sitting beside her. People were allowed to come up and pick up and coo at the small pup, making her laugh and not once making her cry, even when some of the other over-excited ladies of the court pinched her cheeks.

A boy who looked about the age of ten stood at the bottom of the steps, waiting for the clucking group of women to step away so he could see the beautiful little girl. Even though he looked ten, this boy was about twenty. (youkai age fast yet, mature slowly) The women scurried off to their respected husbands, still squealing about the cute little sleeping girl.

He stepped up gracefully, lightly bowing his head to the girl's mother. The mother bowed back before saying, "Her name is Kagome." He nodded his head again, before coming closer and peering into the basinet.

He gasped softly; she was of course the most beautiful little pup he had ever seen. Most pups were born without hair and were ugly and sightless for more than three weeks. Just like his new baby brother. (Ha ha Inuyasha's ugly...oopsie. Sorry for all of the Inuyasha fans) But this little pup had a small full head of thick wavy black hair. The little eight-pointed star on her forehead shimmered slightly every time she took a breath of air. Her long eyelashes lay curled against delicately high cheek bones. His fingertips traveled over her two little blue stripe markings on her cheeks, her pert nose twitched as she smelled his unfamiliar, masculine scent. Her perfect little lips went into a flight frown, as if to say that she did not know him. Her little heart shaped face was perfectly arranged into a shape that any woman would die to achieve.

He looked to the girl's mother again, "May I?" he gestured to the basinet with the perfect little pup in its depths. The girls mother, Alinna, smiled at the him before nodding her approval and standing up to walk over to her husband, leaving the thrown open for him to sit in.

Sesshoumaru lowered his hands into the soft blankets and picked up the baby girl. He cradled her little head against the crook of his arm and lightly laid her down in the soft fur of his tail that hung over his shoulder in the customary position of honor. He sat down in the thrown, his whole focus centered on the precious bundle in his arms. Her little nose twitched again and her eyelashes fluttered on her cheeks, before opening, showing him light blue depths that shimmered and twisted from the lights above them. She made a cooing noise in the back of her throat, the small inuyoukai way of greeting someone.

: Welcome little one:

He growled in the inuyoukai language. The little girl giggled a grasped onto his fingers, bringing them to her chest, before hugging his large hand to her body, closing her eyes blissfully, with not intention of letting go. She squeezed with all her might, which surprisingly was a lot for a week old infant.

She was adorable; he had never seen a more affectionate pup in his life. While she had her eyes closed, he grabbed a small section of his hair and lightly brushed the ends on her nose. The pup's eyes snapped open and she sneezed, before lightly chewing on his fingers with her very small fangs, a smile on her face. He did it again and he chuckled as her eyes crossed to look at the ends of his long hair at the end of her nose.

She looked up at him and giggled, delighted to see him laughing. She grasped at his hair, only for the hair to move away and then quickly dart in again and touch her nose. She giggled again and tried to catch the hair in her tiny, clawed hands, laughing the whole time. This time he joined in, chuckling with the little infant.

Alinna, the mother to the little pup, walked up to him and stared down at her little baby and him with a wistful smile on her face, neither the baby nor the twenty year old looked up at her, they just continued playing their little game, laughing the whole time.

Without the two noticing, the whole hall had gone quiet, just leaving his strong chuckle and her small tinkling giggles to echo across the large room. All of the guests had stopped mid-conversation and heated business debates and were looking at the throne on top of the small flight of stairs, smiling.