Catriona lay on her bed with her mate next to her, in one of his mediation slumbers. With his head on Sesshomaru�s chest & his body stretched out over the youkai�s abdomen, the seven-month-old pup lay in his own peaceful slumber, having fallen asleep there before his father went into his slumber.
Catriona & her brother had settled in nicely with living in Sesshomaru�s time by now, having lived there for almost a year & a half now, & so far Josh almost had the Japanese language completely understood & only had a few more phrases to learn before he could speak it fluently. He even settled into the customs quickly, after a few whacks on the back of the head when he complained too much.
Catriona sent Rin to the village every now & then for stuff for their home, & sometimes went with the ningen child herself. Sometimes, but very rarely did Sesshomaru escort them with his son, who seemed to have won over the hearts of the ningen village just on the borders of the Western half of his lands with his infant charms.
Rin was being allowed to have male visitors now, but only when Sesshomaru permitted it; never would she be foolish enough to go see one without her Lord�s permission. But when she wasn�t seeing young males her age, she was either being trained at weaponry for her own future protection, or she was helping Sesshomaru find new servants for his castle since the ones he previously held had been murdered during the battle long ago.
Mitsuri had been lucky enough to be born a full blooded youkai & Sesshomaru had already sworn on his home & lands that he would not be foolish enough to let his son grow up to be like him. He would make sure his son knew that it was fine to show emotion as long as he did not allow it to cloud his mind when it came to defending his future lands.
Catriona agreed with these teachings completely, though she had nothing to do with her decision & he had come up with it on his own. She just hoped he would be willing to raise the pup that was two months along in its development inside her womb. The pup was of undetermined sex as of yet, but she had made him swear to her that as soon as he could tell the sex he would let her know.
She had made sure to keep in touch with Kagome & Koga, who came to the castle, with their pup, Kuro, whenever they could. Kagome had also made the choice to stay behind in this time so she could be with her mate & raise their family. Kuro & Mitsuri had already grown close to each other & it had been decided that the two pups, if they agreed to it when they came of age, were to be mated to each other, even if the pairing was a bit odd.