Chapter 6

Sesshomaru took pleasure in the young woman's anger and overall disgust. He continued on saying, "I will win against the miko I am Lord of the Western lands I always get what I want. I want her so I shall have her and any effort I invest in obtaining my goal will be worth it once she is mine and mine alone."

Miss Kusunoki rolled her eyes saying; "Men are pigs but they were worse in the Futile Era" she quietly sat down glad that modern times were different. Naomi had to fight to hold in her laugh at the outburst.

Mr. Isozaki, Sotaro raised his hand asking, "Wouldn't he be concerned with you purifying him? I also heard mikos are taught to purify a demon upon sight." Naomi replied, "While mikos are taught to purify a demon on sight I have adopted a different rule. I only purify those that deserve to be it would be like me purifying you for no reason other than your hair being black. Would you think it was fair if I killed purely based on your hair color?"

Mr. Isozaki, Sotaro shook his head but added, "I am different though I am not a demon." Naomi arched an eyebrow saying, "So I should judge him differently because he was born a demon. That is a form of discrimination and I am one miko that refused to discriminate my main objective is to purify evil in whatever form it takes and to protect the innocent even if the innocent one happens to be a demon."

Sesshomaru decided that moment to say, "The miko while quite powerful couldn't purify me. I am a dai youkai one of the most powerful demons in all of Japan it would take every ounce of energy her body holds to even come close to purifying me. Human self-preservation would prevent her from ever coming close to that point. So she couldn't even if she wanted to but why would she want to when my duty is to protect the Western lands from all who would do harm."

Naomi turned to Sesshomaru saying, "You will stop calling me miko or I will start calling you demon. If you're going to court me you best start using my name. Oh and just so you know I won't make this courtship easy for you, you will have to work for it."

Sesshomaru rumbled in reply, "I didn't expect you to make it easy in fact a female demon often will make it hard for the male that is courting her. It's the challenge that makes the courting worthwhile and the reward that much greater in the end. Your challenge only proves to me that my instincts were right in choosing you to court."

Naomi turned to the class saying, "If there are no more questions from the class you're dismissed be sure to bring questions for the Lord of the Western lands I am sure he will appear in our classroom again."

After the class was gone Naomi went behind the desk and got Kilala out from the cozy den she created and handed her to Sango while cleaning up the wards she placed and blanket. She smiled saying, "Thank you so much you two I think it went well even with the extra guest."

They both nodded replying, "You're quite welcome this was fun to be able to dress like in the old days even if we had to claim it was our ancestors." Sango took Kilala and put the harness on her and left with Miroku to return home.

Once she and Sesshomaru were alone she smiled saying, "For coming to my job without notice I am allowed to do so too. For changing my entire lesson plans to fit you in you will not share a bed with me until I have agreed to mate you. Finally for courting me yet again I thank you and think it's very sweet."

She grabbed her stuff and left the room leaving both a stunned and happy man behind her although he wasn't too happy about not sharing a bed with her. He would just have to convince her to accept his courtship quicker than he had planned but he couldn't say he blamed her single women didn't share a bed with those courting her. At the same time, he hated the idea of being banned from the bedroom he had wanted to be rewarded immediately for the sweet gesture but the reward would be worth the wait. If she wanted him to chase her, he was more than happy to oblige her with a good chase. He followed her into the hallway watching as she stopped at an older man causing him to pick up the pace.

Naomi had set a quick pace knowing she'd enjoy making him chase her. She also knew once he caught her she'd likely wind up giving him a pup not that she minded. She was most certainly going to have fun with this and make him earn it. As she was heading out she ran into the Dean She stopped and said, "Hello Dean Koike how are you?"

Mr. Koike, Kingo replied, "I am well I hope your husband's arrival didn't send your class way off course. I just happened to agree with him in regards to your safety and all the recent miko attacks. My intention wasn't to impede your ability to teach but he and I agreed at least for this semester he will be here class days to ensure your safety."

Naomi smiled at him saying, "No worries Dean Koike I am used to my over-protective husband doing things. I was able to work around it I will just have to change when the material is presented but I will be fine. All the material will be covered none the less I will just have to change my lesson plans some."

Sesshomaru finally caught up with her as she said, "You remember my husband in class he asked me to court him." She smirked adding, "Remember I am an honorable lady so until we are married again you need somewhere else to sleep." He watched as she continued on down the hall towards the staff parking lot.