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Upon arriving home, Naomi was greeted happily by Mika she grinned at her Mother saying, "You stink of Daddy again."
Naomi blushed as Sesshomaru chuckled slightly saying, "We discussed this Mika that is how mated females smell when they carry a pup."
Mika grabbed her Mother's hand saying, "I know it's late but I'd like a story before I go to bed."
Naomi noticed the room filling with some of the most faithful servants all wishing to see the return of their Lady. Jaken bowed as Naomi sat on the couch settling Mika in her lap only to watch them be pulled into the lap of the Western Lord himself. He said, "How about I tell you the story of your parents Mika."
He watched as the pup nodded and then continued saying, "Lord Sesshomaru had taken in Rin as his ward, and I was his faithful kappa servant. We had made the journey to the East to make a deal with Lady Hitomi this was where we met your Mother. Rin instantly took a liking to her. However, I thought she was a worthless human. She proved me wrong by spotting danger and taking Rin inside to safety. Even so, I believed your Mother was after my Lord like most females had been. Over time not only did she continue to care for Rin, but she protected her fiercely it was my Lord who made moves on her, and not the other way around confusing this kappa significantly. I continued to see a vast improvement in the West under your mother's guiding hands. The castle ran more smoothly. There was less fighting in the castle, and my Lord had less work to do. She handled all the issues with the human villages and requests for aid. It wasn't until my Lord banished her from the West that I noticed how valuable she had become, and how much my Lord needed her by his side. Even though at the time he refused to admit that he liked her let alone needed her."
Mika giggled out, "Daddy was so silly by not declaring he wanted Mommy when he did."
Jaken smiled as Sesshomaru patted the pups head then continued with saying, "After your Mother was gone the household was such a mess, and Rin was unhappy. Not to mention that your Father was a wreck he couldn't sleep, and wouldn't eat. This lowly Kappa was so worried that I almost called his Mother to come care for him only to find she already had figured the situation out. It was your grandmother that took your Mother in along with Rin and molded your Mother into a proper Lady for the Western lands. When she returned to the West, I was quite thrilled the castle had become such disarray without her there. I was a little disappointed in my Lord when he allowed his men to date your Mother.
Until one day when I had overheard the guards talking they all wished your Mother to rule the lands by your Father's side and had planned to help your Father along. The men were all loyal to your Father, and only cared for his happiness they knew she would care for the Western lands, and its people way better than any real demoness ever could. Typically they never would plot against your Father, but they felt he needed a little push to claim what everyone already knew was his. So they got a male to court your Mother unfortunately not once during the courtship did your Father respond. It wasn't until he had witnessed what he thought was a proposal of mating, and acceptance that your Father reacted. He tore apart the dojo, and even had an awful nightmare the night he thought he lost your Mother."
Mika said, "You can't stop there Jaken what happened next."
Sesshomaru grinned saying,"Jaken doesn't know the rest other than your Mother, and I mated as he wasn't there but I can continue. I had a dream of your Mother being claimed by another male. I, of course, killed him while he was trying to claim her telling him that she belonged to me. Your Mother heard my growling from her room she put her safety aside to check on me. She climbed into my bed while I was in a nightmare, not the brightest move but if she hadn't, we wouldn't have mated. When I awoke, I had put my claws into her side, and had injured her arm. I was angry that she had come into my room after accepting the males offer to mate. She made sure to let me know that she wasn't being courted by any man, and only had my best interest at heart.
I, of course, insisted on healing her arm which she allowed without protest. However the injury to her side she did protest I had to place a courting mark on her. Even then she covered herself only allowing me to view the damage. It was cute the look she gave me like if I had tried anything that she would have hurt me, and I had to restrain myself from taking her as my mate that night. I did embarrass her the next morning by getting out of bed as I slept in nothing back then. I made arrangements to take her to my mating den, and by that night we were mated. We didn't leave the mating den until she carried my pup. Once we returned to the Western castle, my Mother stayed, and assisted Naomi until the pup arrived. I was not allowed to watch the birth, and while generally, my Mother would have gone in to help I was having control issues, so she stayed with me. When I was presented my daughter, she had cute ears on her head I was a little surprised until my Mother said she was born half transformed as well. I would have loved her either way but my hope for my first-born was to be a full-blooded male. So that was why a year later I pupped your Mother again." Sesshomaru stopped as Mika was now asleep.