(Author: this will be really long so prepare yourselves)

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"Koneko, I need you to stay in our room….can you do that for me?" I said as I nuzzled her neck softy.

"What?" said Inuyasha, her body going motionless "Why? Don't you want me to meet your mother and let her see that we're happy together?"

I shook my head at her "If my mother was a different person, then yes I would love for you to meet her" I said gently as I tried desperately to preserve what we have from the bitch who birthed me "but because my mother is a bitter and angry woman I would prefer it if she never met you" I sighed heavily "Do you trust me my saiai?" I finally asked her.

Her eyes widen a bit "Of course I do, you know I do"

"Then I need you to trust me right now" I said fiercely "I need you to stay here and let me deal with her"

"But…" she started to say but I gave her a stern look.

"I am telling you as your mate, stay here" I said as I kissed her forehead and moved out of the water to change.

"Why do I get the feeling your hiding something from me?" she asked following me into the room going to the wardrobe and retrieved a red and gold kimono.

"Because I am, I'm hiding you from the venom that is my mother. You don't understand just how evil that woman can be" I moved to kneel so that I can wrap my arms and nuzzle her stomach "I can't stand the thought of her being in your presence koneko, you are the only pure thing in my life…please… mate, stay here" I knew I was playing dirty, knew that I was hiding something that would alter her view of me…

but I was too selfish to offer her that awareness.

If she was to be my personal slice of heaven, then where will be no apple of knowledge offered, I would do everything in my powers to ensure that she remains clueless to what I have done.

True that father said that she was my lifemate, it still didn't change the fact that I should have been truthful with her. She had been created to be my lifemate, it was altered by our father.

He had made sure that there would be chemistry between us, that by placing us together in the same room we would have eventually been drawn to each other, would have not been able to fight the call.

Inuyasha smiled gently down at me "Okay Sessh….I'll stay put"

I laughed at her strained voice a "I can tell that took a lot of effort for you to say"

She rolled her eyes at me "You have no idea buddy, Okay go on before she comes looking for you again" she said as she went to her vanity and took her brush and sat in front of the fire as she brushed her long hair trying to dry it by the fire.

Looking back at my beautiful little mate once more I walked out of our chambers and ordered two guards to stand in front of the doors and keep anyone one out of there. She was my most treasured possession, the future mother of my pups and I would guard her as the jewel she is.

I found my mother pacing my study, fuming and cursing my name. Closing the doors behind me I moved to sit at my chair and raised an eyebrow at her.

"You wanted to talk to me, fine. Here I am… so speak" I said leaning back waited for her to start screaming at me.

"I don't even know where to being with you! How…..Inuyasha…..he's….." she made a choking sound as she tried not to gag.

I laughed….a good hearty belly roll at the look on my mother's face.

"Inuyasha is female mother" I said making her freeze and frown at me "It seemed that father placed an enchantment on her from birth, once the spell was lifted, she reverted back to her original form, that of a female silver Inu"

My mother blinked as she processed all of the information.

"Be that as it may…..she is still your sister Sesshomaru" my mother said still pacing "For heavens sakes my son….the old ways died long time ago. Mating your siblings is no longer something the council approves of and you know it. Damn your father and his stubbornness in preserving the old ways. I had wondered why he was so keen on teaching them to you"

I nodded to her. I knew all of this already. I knew that the council wouldn't approve of my joining with Inuyasha and as far as my father was concerned I have a feeling he had planned all this before his untimely death.

"He orchestrated all of his didn't he? Your father hid her for you didn't he?"

I nodded "He said that she is my lifemate, and it's true. She responds to me like a lifemate should"

"Wait…Inuyasha was born a little over 50 years ago….58 years if I'm not mistaken" she said muttered to herself more than to me. She then turned her gaze to look at me "What is the matter with you?!" she hissed "What is going on in that head of yours?! Inuyasha is not of mating age, she is too young! it's not proper Sesshomaru, you are a lord"

I glared back at her "Listen to me well mother" I said in a deadly whisper that made her cringe slightly "It has been done. I have mated her and bonded my spirit to hers" I moved the collar on my kimono top so that she could see my mating mark "She belongs to me now and I will kill anyone who touches her and furthermore, once her heat cycle comes around again…I will impregnate her"

She was seething in anger as I leaned back and turned my face to stone.

"I won't allow this. The council will have your head for this don't you realize that? We have let go of the old ways because brothers were becoming obsessed with their sisters, forcing themselves upon them, not giving the females a chance to mature and find someone else who would suit them better. And what of Inuyasha? Wasn't she made aware of….." she stopped, frowned for a moment then smirked at me evilly.

"She has no idea does she?" she said as she laughed "Of course she doesn't know! since she was placed under a spell and cast aside by both you and our society, she was never taught these things"

I snarled at her "And she will never know" I said in a warning to her.

"Oh what is this? So keen on keeping your little mate in the dark to your sins, is that why you didn't bring her with you? Where is she now? Locked away somewhere I assume? It would seem that you are more like your father than I ever could have imagined" she said with a sneer "He too coveted Inuyasha's mother and tried to hide her from the world, and now it seems that history is repeating itself"

I snarled at her "History will never repeat itself with me and as for Inuyasha I don't give a damn what the council says! Anyone who tries to question me will be slaughtered,  I will never allow you to even be in the same room as Inuyasha. She is mine. If I am like father then so be it, but I learned from his mistakes and will not fall victim like he did"

My mother scoffed at me

"Look at you. Just like her mother, she too tangled you in her web. No doubt that she is more beautiful than even a full blooded demon for you to have over looked the fact that she is your little sister and claim her. Your father was so enthralled by Izayoi's beauty that he overlooked the fact that she was a human and mated with her. Men…so easily swayed by a pretty little face, but mark my words my son" she said as she moved to leave the room

"The truth will be known and when it is I doubt that even Inuyasha will find it in her heart to forgive you for what you have done. She will be repulsed by the fact that you lied to her just so that you, her very own brother, can crawl into her bed like a dog in heat, and when that day comes….I myself will help her leave you and take her far away from you"

She slammed the door to my study leaving me snarling at her wake, my eyes bleeding red with rage and anger. Curse that woman to the depths of hell!

So she plans on getting Inuyasha to hate me and leave me. I clenched my fists as a wave of pain ran through me as I imagined my mate's angelic face, so dear to my heart, regarding me with loathing and anger as she walked away from me.

No…I couldn't let that happen. I refused to lose her now that I earned her heart, now that we have joined.

I walked out of my study and started to walk towards my chambers when I ran into Kagome. She looked up at me and swallowed.

She must have heard something; her scent was laced with fear and concern.

"What did you hear? And don't lie Kagome, I would be able to tell" I said as I crossed my arms and waited.

"I only heard the part where she said that you have been lying to Inuyasha. Why? What could you have possibly done to cause Inuyasha to hate you?" she asked softly "And why would the fact that you're her half-brother be such a key factor? I read in a scroll back in my time about demons and their society, I thought it was acceptable for siblings to mate, demon blood doesn't have a DNA chain and I also read that it was common among royal blood, so what's going on?"

I didn't want to point out to Kagome that she must have read a really old scroll and that our society no longer abided by the old ways. But I wasn't an idiot.

"My mother is a bitter woman Kagome. Think about it" I said telling her a little white lie "My father, who she had hoped to mate, chose Inuyasha's mother over her to mate with. Now, I have chosen Inuyasha' rather than the mate that my mother chose for me. I am willing to bet that she would rather I chose a human rather than know that I am mated to Inuyasha"

Kagome nodded as she thought it over "It makes sense" she said making me almost sigh in relief, she then smiled at me "Well good luck with that! I hope your mother gets over it soon because honestly I can see how much Inuyasha loves you. It would be a shame if your mother got in the middle of both of you"

I nodded to her and moved so that I could go back to my chambers and to my mate. The guards that I assigned to guard the door were still there and in one piece meaning that my mother did not come by here. They moved so that I could enter my chambers.

My mate was such a welcomed sight. She must have fallen asleep shortly after I left because she was still in front of the fire asleep on the plush rug, her silver hair gleaming in the light of the room. I went by her and crouched down to pick her up so that I could move her to the bed. Once I tucked her in I sat and stared at her for a moment.

Was it so wrong of me to love her? To have reached out and taken her for my own? If father had not altered her when she was in her mothers womb….would I have mated with her? I couldn't say for sure, but what I did know was that I would do just about anything to keep her in the dark to what I have done. It took me so long to get her to stop seeing me as her older brother that while yes she finally accepted me….I forced her to do so.

I threw all of my flaws and showered her with affection making her see me, almost shoveling my reality down her throat all but shouting at her see me! accept me! and because I gave her no other choice

She accepted me.

I am not blind; I know how she saw me at first. I saw her mistrust and shock when I announced that she was to be my mate, the revulsion as she shouted at me if I was out of my mind for wanting to mate my sister.

The problem was that in my mind's eye…I never had a sister. Never did I look at her and see a sibling, so when father informed me that she was to be my mate, I never questioned it once I saw her.

"Sessh?" I blinked and realized that she had been looking up at me "Are you okay? You looked kinda dazed for a moment there" she sat up on the bed and took my face into her hands as she checked for a temperature making me chuckle softly at her. I didn't get sick, she apparently didn't know that.

"I'm fine koneko, dealing with my mother always leaves me in a foul mood" I said leaning down to kiss her soft lips wanting to desperately forget my encounter with my mother and our conversation. To forget all of the accusations she threw at me and just savor the feel of my mate in my arms, to know that she was here with me willing and safe.

"Geez" she said laughing softy around my lips "You make her sound like a monster"

I sighed in aggravation "Because she is, you remember how I use to be?"

"Cold, cruel, evil and a bit of a dick? Yeah I remember"

I glared at her for a moment as she blinked up at me innocently.

"Little minx" I mutter "Well imagine my mother is all of that only ten times worse"

"Wow…I have to say" she said with a laugh "when it comes to families, I don't think I have never encountered a more dysfunctional one than ours"

laughed at her choice of words and how true they were.

"Well, I think it's safe to say that once we have our pups we will put an end to that" I say as I felt a stab of guilt once the words leave my lips but I ignored them as I placed my large hand on top of her abdomen where our pup will lay in a few months time.

She smiled up at me and blushed as she placed her small claw hand on top of mine "I get a bit nervous every time I think about it….a pup. A child created by both of us…..do you know how weird that sounds to me?" she said, "I never thought to be a mother…what if I don't know how?"

I signed then leaned in to kiss her gently "Your instincts will guide you, do not worry about such things. I am certain that you will be a wonderful mother to our pups"

She nodded as she pulled me close to her as she embraced me "I love you so much Sessh…I never thought I would ever feel this way towards you but I do and I will happily give you as many pups as you wish"

I chuckled against her neck "Then be prepared to be round with child for the next few years koneko….I just may keep you that way" I said laughing when she stiffened in my arms "I'm joking little one" I said before she punched me on my arm.

"Jerk" she muttered with a laugh.

I knew she deserved the truth but not if it came at the expense of her love. To keep her love I would kill off the entire demon council if I needed to.