WARNING: This fiction may contain lemon scenes, "InuCest", and/or the theory of male pregnancy. Rape is implied in the following chapters. Some swearing may be used. Viewer discretion is advised.

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA; IT IS THE PROPERTY OF RUMIKO TAKAHASHI (sadly T_T). ONLY ORIGINAL CHARACTER(S) NAMED IN THE STORY ARE MINE.

Summary: It's mating season, and both Inu brothers rut in the throes of their heat cycles. The consequences of their actions cause Inuyasha to accidentally mark his brother, and uncover Sesshomaru's long kept secret: he, the great demon lord, is an uke. Inuyasha is ready to take the responsibility that comes with the title of Alpha, and maybe even learn to love his brother. But is Sesshomaru ready to give up their age-old rivalry? Can he learn to soften his cold demeanor, and learn to love and submit? SessXInu/Yaoi/Inucent/MPreg. Don't like, don't read.

Chapter 1: Four Months Since the Mating

Sesshomaru stopped walking in midstep, one hand flying to his enlarged abdomen, the other braced against a tree for support. He could feel his stomach tighten and relax again. It can't be time yet,' he thought to himself. He wasn't due for another few weeks. This was too early.

A sharper pain arced down his spine, causing the usually silent demon to hiss in discomfort. The pup wanted out. It was time.

Find mate. Need mate now.

Sesshmaru ignored his youkai as another slow contraction hit. Jaken, who'd been chatting away the entire time, noticed nothing until he bumped into his lord's leg. "Lord Sesshomaru, why have we stopped? Is everything alright?" he exclaimed. The imp squeaked at the red-eyed glare he received.

FIND MATE NOW!

His youkai's voice boomed loudly in Sesshomaru's head. "Jaken," he said in his usual condescending tone, "find Inuyasha quickly." Jaken nodded and raced off, hopping on Ah-Un.

"I'll be back in no time, milord!" he said, determined to carry out his master's wishes.

Sesshomaru, finally alone, growled at the building pain in his groin and lower back. He willed his legs to move despite the discomfort, searching for a safe enough place to protect him and his pups from ill-wishing demons and other dangers. The Mighty Lord of the Western Lands had been 'knocked up'. He was an uke, a secret that was known to no-one but his father, and himself. And now his mate. How ever did he allow himself to fall into such a situation?

'Something is amiss. We should search for our mate.'

Inuyasha paused his meal momentarily, thinking of his youkai's words before brushing it off and resuming eating. Mate? Psh, what mate goes MIA for four months? Clearly, Sesshomaru didn't want him around, as he'd run off after a night of senseless rutting. The rut was purely carnal, spurned only by the mating season as both demons had been in heat. Even so, Inuyasha had to admit that part of him, his demon side, was attracted to the idea of being a life-long partner to his only sibling. His human side, however, was repulsed by the idea. It caused a conflict of emotions inside the hanyou's head.

Miroku was meditating a few feet away, while Shippo and Kilala rested snuggled against each other. Sango had been holding a pleasant conversation with Kagome when she noted the silence from Inuyasha. She nudged her friend, pointing across the camp. "He's thinking about him again," she said quietly.

Kagome looked up and stared at her dog-eared friend from across the fire, noting his pensive and forlorn expression. Poor Inuyasha…he must really be struggling with this whole mating thing. "Hey Inuyasha!" she yelled out.

He jumped, startled out of his thoughts. His usual arrogant expression replaced the thoughtful he'd had on his face. "Whaddaya want?" Agitation was evident in his voice. His youkai was right..something was definitely off, but he just didn't know what.

She got up and walked a ways from the group. "Let's talk..in private."

Inuyasha grumbled but rose to meet her anyway. "You know, we could have just talked over there"—

"Why don't you go look for Sesshomaru?" she interrupted.

He scoffed and stubbornly pushed his arms in his sleeves, turning his face away. "He's got two legs. He wants me, he can damn well find me when he's ready."

"But he's your mate."

"You think I don't know that?" he asked. "I'm ready to take on the responsibilities that come with the title, but apparently I'm the only one willing to do that." Inuyasha's ears flattened themselves against his head. "I'm waiting for him to come to me. I've been waiting for months. Do you know how painful it is to be separated from your mate for so long? Even if I marked him unintentionally, the concept still applies…He doesn't want me, Kagome. He's never wanted me." His voice faltered in the last sentence, cracking only a bit, but enough for Kagome to hear it.

"Inuyasha, have you ever thought that maybe Sesshomaru does want you, but just doesn't know how to show it? That maybe, he's been waiting for you to come to him this whole time?"

Inuyasha looked away and said nothing. "You're his mate too, Inuyasha. He may not be ready to deal with that, but if you are then you have to show him that somehow."

"Yeah, yeah I gotcha. Find my brother and make nice. I'll do it soon, ok?"

Kagome smiled. "You can start now, since I have to go back home anyway. I have exams to study for back"—

"Ssh!" Inuyasha raised a hand to silence her, his ears twitching. He heard noise overhead apart from the birds. He sniffed and looked up, eyes narrowing. "That's Jaken on Ah-Un."

Kagome looked up as well. "Yeah…but where's Sesshomaru…?"

Out of habit, Inuyasha's hand rested on the hilt of his sword, thought there was no impending danger. Sango came over when she saw the dragon flying overhead, Miroku and the rest of the gang following after.

Jaken landed quickly, but remained on the two-headed dragon. "Inuyasha, you must come quick; Lord Sesshomaru is in trouble!"

Inuyasha swore he could feel his heart stop at the words. 'Our mate needs us!' it said more urgently. Aloud he said, "What trouble? Where is he?"

"Not far from here, but he bid me find you quickly. He didn't say as much, but he's in pain. I believe he's fallen into labor!"

The group let out a collective gasp. Inuyasha's face went pale. Labor…? he thought. And he never meant to tell me…that I was to be a father? The thought made him and his inner youkai angry.

Inuyasha turned to his female companions."Sango, Kagome, how much about childbirth do you know?" he asked them.

"Well, I helped Kaede with a few back in the village," Sango responded.

"I don't have much experience, but I've seen a few on TV back home- oh wait, neve rmind, you guys don't know what a television is...," said Kagome. They stared at her a while in confusion, except Inuyasha, who remembered what a TV was. "Ugh, yeah, I know enough to aid in labor."

Inuyasha nodded. That would have to do. All he knew about child birth was that it involved pushing, and that it hurt like hell. "Alright, I need you two on Kilala. You're gonna help me with birthing these pups, so we gotta get there fast." They nodded and hurried back to camp to pack up their things.

"Miroku, get on Ah-Un with Shippo and Jaken. I'll meet you wherever Sesshomaru is."

Jaken waved his arms in protest. "I refuse to share my Lord's beast with a ningen and little fox demon!" His protest went ignored, however, and he grumbled about it under his breath.

'Find mate. Go now, we must comfort our mate.'Inuyasha nodded to himself. He felt a sudden sense of urgency. "Let's go, guys. We've got no time to spare."

It had been little over an hour since the contractions started, and they'd steadily gotten worse. Sesshomaru bit his bottom lip to silence the moan of pain that threatened to spill forth. He was resting on his mokomoko-sama, his armor removed and obi loosened. He could feel a steady stream of liquid rush from between his legs, indicating that his water had broken and that his birth canal had fully formed.

Our mate draws near his youkai purred in satisfaction. Sesshomaru knew as much. Inuyasha's scent was faint, but grew stronger with every passing moment. In a weak attempt to distract himself from the pain, Sesshomaru counted the seconds in which he would arrive.

5,4,3,2..."Sesshomaru, you bastard. Where are ya?"

The demon lord didn't respond. Inuyasha found him in the back of the cave, propped against mokomoko. Sesshomaru's normally stoic face was filmed with perspiration and taut with the effort of holding back screams. Inuyasha's eyes dropped to his abdomen, and they became clouded with anger.

Sesshomaru could feel it through the mark, and his youkai trembled. He is displeased with us...we must make amends. You should have told him you were with child. Now he is angry.Sesshomaru fought the urge to bare his neck in submission. He wouldn't lose even more of his dignity. He refused to.

"You hid your pregnancy from me. Your mate." The disappointment was evident in his voice, but so was the pain.

Sesshomaru's youkai was writhing now, and he had to fight the urge to bare his neck to they half-breed. He breathed through another contraction before responding. "I am...sorry...otouto..." He felt his brothers anger abate only a bit, but it calmed his youkai enough. "I had my reasons"-

His words were cut off by a rather painful contraction in his groin that took his breath away. He shut his eyes tightly, a growl escaping his lips. Inuyasha rushed forward, anger temporarily forgotten. "I don't know nothin' about child birth, so you better not push any pups out till Sango and Kagome get here! I mean it, I will push 'em back up if i have to!"

Kami, I wish he would stop yelling the demon lord thought silently. Said people entered the cave a few minutes later, with Kilala blocking the entrance to prevent any bold demons from attacking. Sesshomaru didn't like that they were in his presence, breathing the same air as he, seeing him in such a disheveled state. His bangs were sticking to his forhead, his hair in disarray.

Sango approached the demon lord with caution, preparing to fully remove his obi when he growled at her in warning. "Do not touch me, human," he said levelly.

Inuyasha growled at Sesshomaru, who again had to fight the urge to bare his neck in submission. "Shut up ya bastard, they're the ones who went of their way to help you give birth to your pups. My pups. So can it, and let 'em do their damned job!"

Sesshomaru prepared to retort but finally let out a scream as another scorching pain ran down his spine. Inuyasha's ears flattened at the sound, and the humans jumped. Sango looked the demon lord in the eye. "Look, Lord Sesshomaru. I don't give a damn how lowly you think of us humans as a whole, but as of right now, we're the best chance you've got at successfully birthing your pups, and keeping you alive afterward. Now, you can sit here and whine about it and put your life, and that of the pups, in danger; or you can let us help you both live through it. Pick one."

With that, Sango sat back on her heels and stared at him, stare at her. After five minutes, he finally obliged, turning his face away as his obi was untied and his hakama pulled away. How is it that women deal with such embarrassment in childbirth Sesshomaru thought to himself. He did not appareciate others seeing him practically nude. Nudity was vulnerability. That was a feeling he'd rather do without.

"Kagome, can you get me some water from my gourd? I need to clean my hands before I touch him. And get me..." Sesshomaru tuned her out as the contractions came closer together.

"Ningen, I cannot wait forever. I. Must. Push. Now."

Sango calmly ignored him and wated for the water. She thoroughly cleansed her hands before turning her attention back to the lord. He refused her request to have him open his legs, and so Inuyasha had to pry them apart, giving his mate a death glare. Sesshomaru's face flushed a dusty pink in shame. Shame? Since when do I, the great Sesshomaru, experience such an emotion? He blamed it on his pregnancy and endured the prodding of his new female parts. Sango was intrigued by the newly formed vagina just behind his testes, but pushed the curiosity aside to focus on the situation at hand.

"Ok," Sango said. "With your next contraction, I'm going to need you push. Bear down as if you were having a bowel movement, not as though you hand to urinate. Kagome and Inuyasha, both of you need to push his legs back, and wide." They nodded and moved to do as they were bid. Sesshomaru nodded, silently awaiting the next one.

He flinched when the next one came, harder than the last, and growled in pain. His eyes were shut tight, hands clenched into fists.

"Push, Sesshomaru!"

He did just so, pushing and hoping this childbirth would end quickly. But he could tell from the first push that it wouldn't be so.

"Very good, now stop."

Sesshomaru growled at her.. "Why?"

She ignored him again. "Push on the next contraction, ok?"

It came all too soon, and Sesshomaru beared down once more, another scream ripping from his throat. Decorum to hell, he was in a world of pain in his nether regions that was almost unbearable. He'd rather lose his arm again than have to suffer this any longer.

"Again, on the next one. Ready...go."

He propped himself up and really pushed his hardest, wanting nothing more than to rip this child out of his belly. When the contraction ended, he slumped back to the floor, only to find Inuyasha there as a support.

He looked up into those amber eyes, already feeling exhausted. Inuyasha stared back into the golden orbs below him.

"You can do this, aniki. Now push."

Sesshomaru sobbed at the next painful contraction but did as he was told. He grabbed Inuyasha's hand for support and pushed as another wave came shortly afterward. Sesshomaru was tired but pushed anyway. Wen it ended, he slumped against Inuyasha, taking comfort in the heat and solidness that was his brother. He'd regret this later perhaps...but as of right now, he would take comfort in the support his brother was giving him.

"I can't do anymore," the demon lord stated. His eyes closed in exhaustion. "Please, no more." It hurt everywhere. He couldn't think. He couldn't breathe.

Inuyasha spoke up, stroking the lord's bangs away from his forehead. "Hey, don't you want this to end? Don't you wanna see your...our pups?"

Sesshomaru said nothing, but sobbed again at the next contraction. The searing hot pain was now concentrated in his nether regions.

"Good job! You're crowning..almost there..."

Another contraction came after. And another, and another. As the shoulders were pushed out, Sesshomaru had voiced his pain loudest. And then...the baby was out.

The great demon lord, Sesshomaru, had achieved the greatest miracle. He had given birth to a child.

Author: Soooo, this is only Chapter 1, and I have a million ideas swirling around in this crazy brain of mine, so this is definitely just the beginning. Will get started on Chapter 2 as soon as possible. Is it a boy? a Girl? Oh oh oh, what should I name her/him? How about I allow you, the reader, to choose the name of the child, and the sex of the child? Whichever one I like best, is the one I will choose! The winner will get a lovely shout out in the next chappie. So R&R people! If you have nothing productive to say, then keep it to yourself. Constructive criticism accepted. Downright rude flames & comments have no affect on me, so go somewhere else with that nonsense -_-

In the meantime, I shall write my story free hand, and just insert the name/sex when I type it. Cool? Cool!