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Sesshomaru turned to watch her retreating form he had to admit she had beautiful curves, and something about the female seemed strangely familiar. His beast chimed in saying [master did you notice she had no scent we could only detect her holy aura.] Thinking back on the encounter he couldn't place any scent coming from the Miko it made him wonder what she was hiding. He knew for sure she was pure in fact so much so that it carried into her holy aura. Miko's that were tainted in any way always carried the taint in their aura. Perhaps he needed to stop, and talk with his Mother she would be able to answer his question on the Miko.

His beast said [we find out more, and then mate her with that level of holy power she bare us strong pups]. Sesshomaru growled at his beast replying {we will do no such thing I will not lower myself to mate a Miko that would be worse than Father.} His beast chuckled saying [what if she makes our pups, so they aren't vulnerable to Miko's. We would have most powerful pups in the land.] Sesshomaru couldn't argue there he was very powerful thanks to his parents, and having pup's that were able to protect themselves from Miko's would make his offspring very powerful. He put Rin on Ah-Un before turning to Jaken and hitting him on his head saying, "That is for leaving Rin alone and allowing that Miko into our camp. You are just lucky that she is the peaceful type that only fights when attacked."

He took Ah Un's reigns after putting Jaken on his back as well and took off in the direction of his Mother's Castle. It only took a few hours for him to reach his Mother's Castle. Upon arrival, he went directly in to see his Mother. He found her in her office drinking tea he asked, "Mother do you know of a powerful Shrine Miko with no scent?"

InuKimi looked at her son saying, "I need more information than that Sesshomaru as there are a few powerful Shrine Miko's that can hide their scent. Perhaps if you knew her name I'd be able to offer more."

Sesshomaru looked to Rin asking, "Did she tell you her name Rin?" She replied, " Rin was told her name was Naomi."

InuKimi paused a moment before saying, "It helps some if she is the one from the Eastern hidden Shrine than you have my permission to mate her." Sesshomaru was shocked yelling out, "You would have me follow in Father's footsteps?"

InuKimi smirked replying, "Oh no the one from the hidden eastern Shrine is a very rare Inu Miko. She is a demon with holy powers as her soul is so pure the Kami's decided to make her the Jewel of souls. Only she can use the Jewels powers for good, or evil, and as long as her soul remains pure, the jewel remains pure as well. She can claim a mate but it must be out of love, or she can become tainted. But the pup's she bares will gain her powers."

Sesshomaru stood stunned he thought the last Inu Miko demon had been killed. Perhaps the Kami's themselves had hidden and protected her by placing her in the hidden Eastern Shrine as no one knew of its location just that it existed. He would have to find out for sure if this was, in fact, her there was no way he was mating a human Miko he just wouldn't have it.

His Mother could see him thinking about what to do with the Miko he just discovered so she decided to add, "Son you may have a hard time figuring out if she is a demon, or not as she does have holy powers. So she can cause her demon markings retract. Typically Inu Miko demons would disguise themselves as human, but when doing so, they only hid visible demon marking. They would often wear their hair in a way to cover their ears. Plus when they smiled it was always soft as not to show off their fangs. You will have to catch her off guard or gain her trust to find out."

Sesshomaru pondered for a moment before saying "Thank you for the information Mother." As he was leaving, she yelled, "Next time I see you I want to see you mated, and expecting a pup. It's about time you gave me grand pups."

Sesshomaru shook his head as he instructed Jaken, and Rin to follow him. His next stop on his patrol was to find out where his Father left his half-brother InuYasha's sword So that he could claim the sword as his own. There was no way he was letting the half-breed have it. He should consider himself lucky to even carry the great Inu Tashio's blood within his veins. Once Rin and Jaken were back on Ah-Un, he headed in the direction of his brother and hoped he'd run into the Miko again. His lands were significant, but there still was a possibility of their paths crossing again. He for one was looking forward to the encounter he hoped he could somehow figure out if she were a demon.

~ With Naomi ~

They had gotten the villagers to the village that would accept them. Upon arrival, Naomi spotted a Hanyu he was with a young Miko dressed strangely he seemed furious at her. Naomi rushed into action the moment it looked as if he was going to hit her pinning him effectively to the hut behind him. InuYasha stared at the woman unbelieving asking "Kikyo?"

Naomi glared at him saying, "I am no Kikyo" before turning and asking, "Are you alright?" Kagome replied, "Yeah I'm fine now can you let my friend go?"

Naomi smirked saying, "I most certainly will as soon as he apologizes for almost striking you."

InuYasha huffed saying, "Wench let me go already there is no way I am apologizing for telling her to change her clothing and trying to discipline her for not doing so."

Naomi replied, "Only humans should punish other humans as you could have seriously hurt her. Although I agree with you on her choice of clothing, you have no right unless you are related, or you are going to mate her."

InuYasha growled out, "Thankfully I am neither." Naomi responded with a grin, "Then you owe her an I'm sorry."