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Naomi returned to the clearing that had been their campsite, and they were all plotting and planning the best way to handle Naraku should they find him. She looked at Sesshomaru while he was strategizing with the others she sighed at how handsome he looked. The way the moonlight hit his body gave him a godly look and glow. She felt an incredible aching, and longing to be in his arms it was overwhelmingly powerful, but she knew he wouldn't welcome her. She wondered just how much longer she was expected to wait. She sighed as she realized that for her no one but him would do.

That night Sesshomaru was plagued by several dreams the first aroused him to no end as he had claimed the most beautiful Inu demoness as his mate. The second one he was what appeared to be Naomi's human pet. She treated him way better than he would have treated her had the roles been reversed. She even saved him from being raped several times and gained his consent to mark him as a prospective mate to protect him from the demoness's that desired to take advantage of him.

He was taken by surprised when winter set in, and she welcomed him into her bed, and the warmth of her body to keep him comfortable. What bothered him most was that she treated him as if he were her equal, and never once took advantage of the situation. She could have easily done so with his human body as it seemed to grow stiff on its accord way more than he wished it to. He found the painful annoyance to be what attracted the other demoness's to attack him to sate their needs.

Over time he grew to love her, and one night he reached over kissing her with the passion, and fire he felt while she slept. When he pulled back and gazed into her eyes, he expected her to kill him for daring to make advances on her when he was only a human. Instead, he was surprised when she mated with him in such a loving, and passionate way. The feeling of love he received from her that night had been so overwhelming that it had brought him to tears. Much to his surprise, he had woken up the next morning with residue from his tears staining his cheeks. He was thankful no one was awake yet and went to the stream to wash off all traces of his weak moment.

He was pleasantly surprised that when he returned everyone was ready for the journey to deal with Naraku until he noticed a new male Inu demon. He growled out, "State your business here!"

The male smiled saying, "I am Kiba of the dark Inu I was attracted to your group by the auras of your Mikos. I wish to claim one as a mate I was hoping to choose, but InuYasha here has staked a claim on Kagome. He informed me of your journey, and I will be glad to help in exchange for getting to know Naomi that is unless she has a claim too."

Sesshomaru growled slightly replying, "I know of no claim on her, and as long as you truly are a help, and not be a burden you may join us." Kiba smiled kneeling down saying, "If you climb on my back while InuYasha carries Kagome, the fire cat takes the monk and slayer we shall get to our destination quicker."

She looked over to Sesshomaru before he said, "The sooner your duty is done, the sooner you can get off my lands, and return home."

She climbed on Kiba's back blushing at the muscles she could now feel under her. Gently putting her hands on either side of his neck. Kiba liked the female already and could tell the Western Lord didn't like him touching her. If he wasn't attracted to men, he could easily see claiming a female such as her. He debated on asking her if she would join him, and his mate they wanted pups, but neither of them could carry. He felt as though that wouldn't be enough for her so he quickly pushed the thought from his mind instead he would adopt her as his sister, and see to it that her soul mate saw her for the woman she was.

During their travels, Sesshomaru had to grit his teeth every time the two interacted. It started simple with being nice to her but soon progressed to him hugging, and kissing her in modest places. They were now close to where Naraku was supposed to be and would face him the next morning. He sat next to Kiba asking, "What do you see in her she will only give you Hanyu offspring."

Kiba grinned widely replying, "That is where you are wrong Lord Sesshomaru. She will give me full-blooded heirs as she is the Jewel. You can't tell me that you weren't able to sense it."

Sesshomaru instantly spread his yokai, and that was when he picked it up she was the Shikon Jewel so in truth, Naraku was after her. His eyes widened as he wondered why he hadn't noticed it before. So in truth, she was setting out to destroy the creature that desired to have her. He instantly had a new-found respect for the female he was one to bring the fight to the enemy instead of waiting for the enemy to strike. The element of surprise most certainly was a good thing to have on your side. He took in her appearance to assess her age and figured she wished to hunt him down so that she could safely settle down, get married, and have children. Sesshomaru decided to ask, "Even so why mate a human she will die way before you. You will be walking the earth alone for centuries before you join her."

Kiba looked at him in surprise and shock saying, "Do you truly think she is a mere mortal human woman? She is the jewel of the four souls as such she has a demons lifespan if anyone were to mourn and ache for their mate it would be her as I am sure her lifespan is way longer than mine or even yours. Now if you don't mind I am going to go rest next to the woman, I plan to ask to allow me to court her."