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Naomi awoke to Sesshomaru's head on her and his nose buried in her stomach. She moved her hand on his head running her fingers through his hair asking, "Can you tell what it is yet?"

Sesshomaru grinned replying, "You are carrying a boy he is quite strong already. Whatever they did to you must have changed you on a genetic level. It seems our son carries golden Inu traits from you."

Naomi was surprised that the spells had twisted so much by being applied all at the same time. She wondered if the outcome would have been different had they taken their time between each spell. She smiled saying, "As long as it does no harm to our son I don't mind do you?"

Sesshomaru grinned up at her saying, "I don't mind any as long as he's healthy and strong. He seems to be both, and he's not far along I can tell he will cause you a bit of discomfort when you're further along."

Naomi grinned at him saying, "Well lots of hot baths for me and messages from you to relax sore muscles. Not to mention very little pleasure for you once this one is active."

Sesshomaru growled at her before capturing her lips before whispering in her ear, "I will not be denied we will find a way to make both of us happy."

Naomi smiled saying, "I am sure we will but first you have to get off of me, and we have to deal with Onigumo I believe we should see him. I bet he'd be thrilled by our mating, and the pup we have created."

Sesshomaru gained the smile he wore back in the day that used to strike fear in everyone's heart. All but his precious Naomi nothing he did scared her she saw right through it to the love he hid buried deep inside. He felt her caress his cheek before he said, "Let's get dressed and see him today before returning home the staff would love to see you again."

Sesshomaru got up helping her along with him even going as far as to aid her with dressing. He then dressed and picked her up bridal style creating his orb and flying directly to the council and their jail. Once there the council showed them to where Onigumo was being held. Naomi was the first to approach the cell saying, "Hello Onigumo I believe you have met my mate Sesshomaru."

Onigumo screamed out "How dare you mate him I gave you everything a female could want for 14 years, and this is how you repay me."

Naomi replied, "It's quite simple because with you I never had freedom, and because he, and I are soul bound to each other we are a package set. Besides, I have been with him 500 years which far outweighs your measly 14. I just thought you'd be happy to know the golden Inu won't die when you do. It seems that those you choose to put the spells on me overlapped them causing them to interact and combine into my DNA. I will give birth to a strong golden, silver Inu hybrid."

Sesshomaru smirked at the male's horrified look standing next to his mate. Wrapping an arm around her waist, he pulled her into himself. He said, "He's a strong, healthy male, and I assume any additional pup's we create will be the same, so you are no longer an endangered species."

Onigumo sunk as close to the ground as his chains would allow. He was utterly despondent he had hoped to be the one breeding with her. He hadn't investigated their relationship enough he never had a chance with her once they soul bound themselves to each other. His only chance with her would have been if he had sent them all back in time. He needed a powerful witch, or two for that to work. Odds were that he would be long gone before he could have the time reversal performed. He had to try though he was entitled to a lawyer, and a trial, and he was going to take advantage of both. He wondered if it was even worth it if she'd even give him a chance it would all depend on how far back he went, and if he could figure out what caused her to fall in love with the Lord of the Western lands. He watched the couple leave the cell leaving him to wallow in his misery. Sesshomaru made his way to the council asking, "When will the court date be?"

They replied, "We are looking into getting a lawyer for him but so far none wish to take his case. He has made a call to an attorney that is a friend that is considering taking his case. We will know the answer by the end of the week. If it's no, we will hold a lottery to choose someone to represent him at random. Even though he is a lawyer he is entitled to legal advice. Based on his behavior we think that life-long care in a mental institute maybe what's best for him."

Sesshomaru growled he didn't like the idea of this male living saying, "While I understand you not wanting to take a life I don't trust that he won't continue to scheme to get my mate as long as he lives."

The council couldn't argue with his sound logic it was a possibility that this male would be obsessed with Sesshomaru's mate as long as he lived. No matter what the security level as long as Onigumo lived Naomi was at risk of being kidnapped again, and possibly raped by this male to get the pup he desires. They wondered if this was the exception to the rule, and they would indeed have to kill the man to make sure the female was safe. They sighed saying, "We will call you when a date is set for the trial this decision is going to be hard for us. We take no pleasure in taking life when it's not necessary but in this case it may be required."