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Chapter 1

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"More precious than diamonds," Kagome sang happily, "or any other stone!"

The baby in the high chair squealed in pleasure at the melody. Kagome pranced around the kitchen as she sang.

"Brighter than any star in the sky!" Kagome smiled and tapped the baby on the nose gently.

The baby froze and blue eyes grew wide at the contact. Then in a sudden motion started to gurgle and bounce in the chair ecstatically. A small hand grabbed up some dissolvable cereal and pushed it into a slobbering mouth. Kagome giggled at her son's behavior and wet a napkin to clean his face of the grain spittle. After throwing away the wipe she realized what time it was.

"Time to go grocery shopping," she said to the baby in high pitch voice as she removed his bib. "Up we go! Woo!" The baby was raised out of the high chair and up into the air as Kagome made sputtering air plane noises.

She held him on her hip as she moved into the living room. On the ground by the front door was a diaper bag with blue and white stripes and her red leather purse. Skillfully she bent down and swung both bags onto her vacant shoulder while still holding the baby. She took her keys off the key holder screwed into the wall and exited the house. This was a regular day for Kagome.

Strapping the baby into the car seat she got into the drivers seat. As she looked back through the rear window to back out of the drive way her son smiled and teethed on a rubber set of keys. On their way to the store with the radio set on low Kagome felt at ease. The first couple of days she had driven with her son in the car Kagome thought she was going to have a heart attack. She went slow as possible and constantly snapped her head to peer at the back seat.

The car in front of her came to a rolling stop at a red light and she followed suit, as did the cars behind her.

"Maybe we'll go see Daddy first?" She spoke to the baby. "Everybody at his work loves to see you!"

The baby shook the rubber keys in response. Kagome smiled and watched as the traffic light turned green. Her foot pressed on the gas pedal to make the vehicle move. Her car was just past the middle of the intersection when a loud car horn rang in her left ear. She looked to her left to the car speeding at them. She couldn't speed up because the car in front of her. There was no backing up.

In a last move to protect them both Kagome spun the wheel and stepped on the gas so the on coming car wouldn't hit the her side. Everything seemed to speed up and slow down at the same time. The car, time itself, and Kagome's reaction as she looked back at her son.

The last thing that left her mouth was the desperate scream of her son's name, "Daiki!"

The last thought in her mind was that of a family portrait of the three of them. The face of her beloved husband stuck in her head.

Metal crashed into metal in a chaotic twist of fate.

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His name was being called by someone across the room but he ignored it. If he was really needed whoever it was would come find him.

"Sesshoumaru!" His secretary's high pitched voice was full of desperation and panic.

The female ran up to him and gasped out chilling words that made his blood run cold.

He rushed out of his office and to the hospital.

When he arrived he had no idea what to expect. How to act. He immediately asked the nurse at the front desk where his wife was with demand.

"Let me call the doctor," she replied calmly picking up a black phone.

Was this the time to reassure himself that everything would be ok? Would doing so just be false hope.

Sesshoumaru's wife always looked on the brighter side of things. Her smile popped into his head and he focused on that to relax. It worked up until the point he thought he might never get to see her smile again.

The phone was set back down. "The doctor will be here soon, please take a seat," the nurse explained.

That's all he could do so it was what he did. Sat there uselessly waiting for a stranger with a medical degree to tell him what was going on.

"Mr. Taisho," a man greeted and Sesshoumaru stood up. The man had to tilt his head up to meet Sesshoumaru's eyes. "Your wife is in the emergency room right now. She'll live but it seems she suffered a great deal of head trauma. She will be staying over night. The baby however is perfectly fine. A miracle really. But we understand he is...," the doctor stumbled unsure of his next words, "...demon, so another doctor with this expertise will be here shortly to explain more."

"When can I see them?" Dark and menacing. In a time such as this Sesshoumaru felt himself revert back to how he was once.

The doctor's adams apple bobbed as he gulped. "I-I'm not sure. I'll send someone to get you at that time though."

Sesshoumaru only nodded and the human doctor left. There was a wave of relief that his wife and son were both alive. But he couldn't relax for more than a few seconds. He would probably not calm down until they were both home safe.

Not long after, his wife's family were entering the hospital doors with darting glances until they spotted him. They ran his way and their questions were thrown at him with desperation and fear. He only told them what he could. His mother in law crumbled in happiness and emotional pain. His brother in law caught her, holding her close. Whispering words of comfort Sesshoumaru could not and would not say.

The two went to sit down in vacant chairs. He did not follow but leaned against the wall closest do the door the doctor had gone through.

An hour had passed before someone came back to update them. It wasn't the same doctor. This one was obviously the specialist the previous doctor had promised.

On the outside he was human but Sesshoumaru sensed he was in the presence of someone with demon blood in their veins. Unlike this demon Sesshoumaru refused to hide what he was, making humans comfortable around him was last on his list of concerns.

Sesshoumaru's extended family were soon right next to them.

"I'm Dr. Jinyo, the specialist," he introduced himself. "I'm happy to report your son is in perfect health but even for a demon child this is incredibly supernatural. I understand your wife has her own powers. Being so, your wife focused all her energy into a protective force field around the child. If it wasn't for your wife's power the baby would have...perished. "

"She used her power to protect him," his mother in law whispered.

"Why couldn't she do the same for herself?" Souta, his brother in law, angrily spit out. His jaw locked firm.

"More than likely it was a split second decision. The amount of energy that was transferred to the child must have been everything she had."

Souta averted his gaze from the doctor.

"You may go see the child now if you wish," the doctor informed. "I'll take you there."

"Yes!" Souta's mother jumped. "Please...," she said in a quieter tone.

"Follow me," he gestured.

The trio did as told and were led into a room full of incubators with children inside.

"Here he is," the doctor held his open palm to one incubator specifically with a screaming child inside.

"Daiki," the child's grandmother crooned. She reached her arms out but froze to look at the doctor.

Dr. Jinyo nodded.

She picked the child up in her arms and began to rock him until he calmed down. "Grandma's here now," her voice cracked and the tears from earlier started to spill once again.

Sesshoumaru watched the transaction but made no move towards them. From here he could evaluate his son was unharmed and what the doctor said was true. There was an extreme spike of energy in Daiki even if the force field had fallen.

His wife had protected their child even if it would cost her life.

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AN: Not much to say in this note. But if you would like to review your welcomed to :)

The story will range from romance to kinda tragedy, to humor (which won't come to later).

Give it a shot before you stop reading after the first 2 chapters.