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Sesshomaru picked up his mate bridal style and carried her to their bed chambers. He gently laid her on the bed before climbing in next to her for the night. He felt her turn, and snuggle into him, and soon found his way into the realm of dreams. Naomi followed shortly after him enjoying his warmth. It was the best night's sleep she had in a long time she could just spend all day in his arms. She heard him growl lightly as he nuzzled into her saying, "As much as I love having you curled up into me I do have work to do."

Naomi sighed saying, "Alright I wish you could stay home a little longer."

Sesshomaru kissed her head replying, "So do I but you will have the day to get to know Mika again. Plus I am only going in for the meeting I have I will return in a few hours."

Naomi let him go so that he could get ready for work. Sesshomaru slowly got out of bed and got dressed for work he hated having to leave his mate already after just getting her back. He knew he needed to meet his clients he was lucky his sire had made sure that he would only need to work a few hours each day over the next several months. He looked back at her grabbing his digital camera, and capturing a photo of her. She laughed at him before saying, "You better not share that with anyone."

Sesshomaru grinned at her replying, "This is for my eyes only it will help me get through the next few hours without you."

Naomi got up from the bed dressing saying, "You're incorrigible my dear but as long as it helps you. You may keep it for today only I want you to take a modest picture for your desk so you can look at it always."

Sesshomaru growled at her before kissing her, and leaving before changing his mind. Naomi sighed going to Mika's room only to find her playing on the floor. She smiled at her saying, "What shall we do today?"

Mika grinned up at her Mother replying, "I don't know what do you think we should do?"

Naomi smiled and held her hand out watching Mika take it she took her to the Dojo to the west she looked at it oddly. She watched her Mother open the doors, and she could clearly see the women dancing. She pouted saying, "Why would I want to know how to dance? I have no interest in boys."

Naomi stepped on the floor and grabbed a fan chucking it to her daughter. Then she moved over and bowed to a woman sitting it wasn't until a few moments passed that Mika realized that her Mother wasn't dancing she was using the fan to fight. Mika grinned and followed her Mother's lead learning both a dance and some fighting skills. At the end of a few hours, Naomi patted her daughter saying, "Fighting is no longer allowed, but dance is. We ladies all felt the younger generation had a need to learn real fighting skills. Since dance uses so many skills that are equal to what a good fighter needs so we joined the two. This way no woman is every without the skills necessary to defend herself when needed."

Mika's smile grew wider as her Father returned home she rushed over saying, "Mommy moves so gracefully you must dance with her often."

Sesshomaru looked at his pup saying, "It has been awhile since we have danced together. But your Mother has many years of practice. I do believe though she enjoys dancing with me." Mika grinned asking, "Can you, and Mommy dance together for me?"

Sesshomaru walked over to Naomi, and held out his hand for her to take asking,"What do you say?" Naomi smiled replying, "How can I refuse such a generous offer from such a handsome man."

Sesshomaru growled at his mate playfully asking as he twirled her around the dance floor, "Do you talk this way to all your dance partners?" Naomi replied, "No only to you handsome just don't let my mate find out he's the jealous type."

Sesshomaru twirled her into him saying, "Well then good thing I am your mate my dear, so there is no reason for jealousy."

Naomi pouted slightly she had hoped he'd play along sighing she asked, "Couldn't you have humored me, and pretended to be someone else?"

Sesshomaru growled replying, "No one but this Sesshomaru flirts with his mate." She nuzzled into his neck right before he spun her around pulling her back into his hard chest grinding his manhood into her rear. Making sure that she would be the only one to know what he was doing.

Naomi just relaxed in his hold saying, "You're so lucky that I love you, and your jealous nature."

Sesshomaru chuckled he couldn't help but to agree with her. He was indeed a very lucky Inu Yoki his mate loved him, and every one of his faults. She was the only one that had ever dared to yell at him and lived to tell about it. She was also the only one that had faced him in pure form without a hint of fear in her scent despite the fact that he could have easily killed her. It was then it dawned on him something he had never asked her so he asked, "Naomi when did you know I wouldn't hurt you?"

Naomi thought back saying, "I am not sure but I saw how Rin felt safe in your presence, and I figured if she could trust you so much that so could I."

Sesshomaru was a little surprised by the answer, but not entirely his mate had always trusted her judgment and took other's feelings into consideration on everything. So he asked, "But all my servants feared me I even killed a few in front of you. It never scared you why is that?"

Naomi replied, "I understood your reasoning of having to make an example of them. It didn't scare me simply because I never planned on doing anything that would make you punish me. Well until you were angry at me for letting Rin leave captured by Naraku. You could have killed me that day I wouldn't have cared I knew I was right about my choice."