This is the final chapter I am so glad you all enjoyed it so much. Hope to see you all in another of my stories. Thanks for reading! Keva

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"I can't do this by myself and you refuse to help me! Always off patrolling your boarders leaving me here in hell! You're suppose to be the great taiyoukai of the west and yet you run away from them. Some great lord you are! And now we're expecting two more?! No, oh hell no! I refuse to have two more!"

Sesshoumaru sat there staring at the ranting woman before him. Under normal circumstances he would have killed someone for speaking to him the way she was, but this was anything but normal circumstances. When the girl was in this mood, she was very dangerous and everyone stayed clear of her as much as possible, including him. It wasn't so much that he was afraid of her, oh no. It was just easier to stay away then to try and defend himself against her accusations. Accusations that she had no right in accusing him of, she was just as guilty as him.

He tried to point out the last time that it wasn't entirely his fault and that she had helped in getting into the position she was in. She didn't see it that way however, and she stuck him with them for the entire day with no help as her revenge. He thought it was bad when it was only two… now they had four with two more on the way, giving them a grand total of six. If his hair wasn't already silver, it would probably would be gray by now.

Sure he should try to comfort her or even defend himself. Yet, the fear that she might send all the staff away for a day, and leave him with all four of them was enough to make him keep his mouth shut. If he didn't know better he would have thought that they belonged to Inuyasha, being they were just as wild as he is. Even Rin, the biggest ball of energy he had ever seen, couldn't keep up with them; plus she knew better than to do the things they did.

He tried to train them the same way his father trained him, using strength and fear. It was no real surprise when that backfired in the worst possible way. The new wall to the training room should be done within the week.

"Are you even listening to me?!" Kagome screeched at him leaning over his desk to look him in the eyes. He gave her a slight nod, avoiding saying anything, for if he did she would somehow turn whatever he said into something completely different than what he meant. He came to the conclusion that the kami hated him and this was their way of making him suffer. Part of him hoped that the two on the way would be nothing like the other four, but knew that it was useless to hope for such a thing. They would be the same or worse then the two before them, just as the last two were worse than the first two.

Had he know that when he took her as his mate ten years ago, that they would have such wild, out of control, and all around destructive children, he would have never rutted with her in the first place. What were the odds that each time she was pupped, she was with twins? Maybe his father had put a curse on him all those yeas ago, because he despised Inuyasha's mother. Whether it was the kami or his father that caused him to be damned with pups such as his, there was not he could do about it now.

He watched as Kagome stormed out of the room to find out what they had destroyed this time, and was thankful that he had all the valuables removed from the castle. Nothing was safe from them. How they managed to destroy the, what he thought was impenetrable, vault in the basement was beyond him.

He put his head between his hands in defeat. 'Four with two more on the way', kept echoing through his head. Maybe he should see if there is a way to prevent her from conceiving any more after these next two are born. The thought that they might have eight or even ten running around was too much to bear.

His short solitude was disrupted by the sound of four screaming voices, followed by his fifth study door being destroyed, as four children came running into his study trying to hide from one irate miko. He could feel the vein in his forehead pulsing, as the pounding of a nasty headache began to drum behind his eyes. He had told them more times than he could count that they were not allowed to enter his study without permission. They never listened, not even after he punished them to within a inch of their lives.

How he wished for his life to be as it once was. The quiet solitude, the freedom to come and go as he pleased, having nice things in his home. Yes, taking a ningen as a mate was a big mistake, no not taking her as a mate was a mistake. Pupping her was the mistake, a big one.

Sesshoumaru stood there looking at what had once been the horse stables on one side of the yard, and the barracks on the other. A voice inside his head kept mocking him, echoing… 'Six haha, you have six of them!' Kagome had left him two days ago to go home for a break, and the staff was hiding in fear of them. Even his guards, who were the most feared in all the land, avoided them.

Maybe he should turn them loose onto his enemies and see how long until they all bowed to him and begged for him for mercy. Better yet, he should send them off to bring down the hanyou filth Naraku. Even Inuyasha did want anything to do with them. He sent them to spend a few days with their uncle, providing a good laugh at the image of the half-breed trying to deal with them, only to have them returned by nightfall. Not only did he get them back; they came with a bill for all the destruction they had caused. Something had to be done about their behavior and it had to be done soon. Or else, the western lands would fall to his own blood.

The only good news he had received once the last two were born, was that Kagome went home and came back with something call birth control. It must work since it has been five years since the last two were born and Kagome hasn't conceived once. Now she was at home again but this time she said besides taking a break she was going to see what she could come back with to mellow them out. He was sure there was no such thing either here or in her time that could cause such a miracle.

A loud crash brought him out of his thoughts. With a heavy inward sigh, he went off to see what they had destroyed this time, and to punish them 'again'.

He looked at the six not so innocent faces staring up at him. This time they had gone to far, and this time the punishment would be severe. They had destroyed his fathers room knowing that, that was the one room they were never ever allowed to enter. He paced in front of them trying to think of a good punishment, getting the feeling from each one of them that they weren't afraid of what he might do. Then it came to him. Why he never thought of this before was beyond him, but it was something they had never tried before.

He assembled twelve guards two per kid and had them each taken to a different room. Maybe having them separated from each other would solve the problems, and based on the moans and protests it just might work. The problem was keeping them separated; they were tricky and sneaky. He gave it an hour before they all found a way to incapacitate the guards and be off destroying something else. Much to his chagrin he needed help and after so many years of uncontrollable children he would take any help he could get.

The day before he had sent a messenger to retrieve the monk that used to travel with Kagome, along with the elderly miko Kaede. Kagome had told him that Miroku was the best she had ever seen at creating subduing ofadas, and that Kaede was the one who made the subduing beads for Inuyasha. Between the two, they should be able to come up with something that will keep the six of them separated, and something they can't break through. He tried using barriers, but they had broke through those like they didn't exist at all, no thanks to the miko powers they picked up from their mother.

Another crash somewhere in the castle told him that they all or at least most of them managed to escape their rooms. He wondered how many of the guards would need medical treatment, and how many would want to quit. It was a good thing that since the second two were born he had all his guards sign contracts preventing them from leaving his employ due to the children. Which again made him wonder what ever happened to his retainer Jaken?

The toad came up missing about three years after the last two were born. When he asked them what ever happened to the toad, he was received with some very suspicious 'I don't knows.' He was certain that they either, knew the whereabouts of the toad, or what happened to him to make him disappear. Something in the back of his mind told him that the toad was still on the castle grounds, but he wasn't sure where. Jaken was either being held somewhere or turned into something that only the kids knew. Maybe someday the toad would turn up again…somewhere.

Miroku and Kaede showed up three days later and were met with a very tired and very irritated youkai. They knew that they were there because of the children, and both prayed that they weren't summoned there to baby-sit. They sat in the study across from Sesshoumaru waiting for him to explain why they were there.

"I have called you both here for I require your assistance. As you know I have six pups that need to be brought under control. What I need from you is some way of subduing and separating them, with something that they can't use their powers to break through. Kagome has informed me that you both have very strong subduing powers, and I wish to use your abilities."

Miroku looked at the demon lord in shock. Was he really asking them for help? Then again he had experience with his pups and couldn't imagine what life with them was like on a day to day basis. "Won't Kagome be upset with us if we use subduing powers on them?"

Sesshoumaru already knew the answer to that question. Kagome would be thrilled if she could use one word on the children to get some peace and quiet. "No, nor does it matter what she thinks. She is not here."

The sound of screaming children and something breaking made the hōshi and the miko look at each other then over at the unmoving demon lord. From the look of things, these noises were something that was a constant around the castle and everyone in it was at their wits end.

"Very well Sesshoumaru-sama, we will see what we can do." Sesshoumaru nodded at them, and rose to escort them out of the room when the door to his study was thrown open. The next thing he knew Miroku was buried underneath the four boys, and Kaede had the two girls climbing all over her. He continued to walk out of the room figuring that they could handle the children on their own, and come to a complete understanding of what they were up against.

Sesshoumaru was sitting at his desk going over land titles when his mate finally returned. She looked confused and horrified at the same time. "Sesshoumaru, where are the children?" Sesshoumaru looked up at her, and she noticed that he had a look of complete relaxation on his face. He rose from his seat and walked over to her, grabbed her hand, and led her out of the study without saying a word.

"Sesshoumaru where are we going? What is going on?" She had noticed that all the castle staff was going about their daily chores with smiles on their faces, something she hadn't seen in years and that made her nervous. Being that she hadn't seen or heard the children since she came home, she was sure that Sesshoumaru had finally snapped and killed all of them.

"Are you going to answer me or not" Sesshoumaru turned towards her with that evil smirk that she so despised as he opened the bedroom door belonging to their oldest two children. Kagome's jaw hit the floor at what she saw. There sitting against separate walls were the twins sitting quietly, just staring angrily at their father. "Sesshoumaru what is going on? What did you do to them?"

Sesshoumaru kept his evil smirk on his face. "They are subdued as they should be when they misbehave." At the word subdued, Kagome took a better look at the two boys sitting against the walls of their room. "Why didn't we think of that a long time ago?" Sesshoumaru beamed knowing that she was pleased with what he had done. "So how long will they be stuck like that?"

"Until I feel it necessary to release them."

Kagome looked up at him and tilted her head to the side. "Does it only work for you or can I use it as well?" Sesshoumaru turned his head and grinned even more evilly at his sons. "You can use it as well, and the spell works even better for you since you are a miko."

"What do you mean?"

Sesshoumaru turned back to his mate. "It means that no matter where you are in the castle or the grounds outside it, if you say the word the spell will bring them to their bedrooms and keep them there quietly until you say otherwise."

"So it doesn't wear off like Inuyasha's?" Sesshoumaru put his arm around her and led her away from the room. "No, you have to use the word to release them, just as you would to subdue them." Kagome wrapped her arms around him, thrilled that peace and quiet would be something that they once again would enjoy.

"Ya know Sesshoumaru to think you and I ended up here all because of a moon rock."

Sesshoumaru led her to their chambers, and picked her up and put her on the bed. He walked over to the small desk in the corner, opened the drawer and pulled out the rock. "Who knew that this little thing could cause such a change in my life." He turned his golden eyes onto her. "Are you still on those birth pills." Kagome grinned excitedly, knowing what she was about to get and with no interruptions. "You know I am."