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Naomi with a little help from Rin rescheduled all the castle staff Rin had been watching, and listening to Lord Sesshomaru every time he got upset at the staff. Between what Rin could remember, and the staff themselves. Naomi sat down and started working out a schedule as well as rearranging some of the staff that wished to change positions. It took Naomi several hours to work it out, and the day to make multiple copies of the schedule for each head of staff member. By the end of the day she had handed the new schedule to be started the next day by the castle staff. Few took it with ease while others looked at her, and said, "If the Lord doesn't like this?"
Naomi smiled, and replied, "Tell him I ordered you to do it this way."
Those against the change gracefully accepted it once Naomi took the responsibility of the lord's anger should he dislike the change. All the servants cared about was if Lord Sesshomaru got infuriated they could place the blame on her, and then he'd take it out on her. All of them were pleasantly surprised with how efficient the new schedule was for a human this female was smart.
Bright, and early the next morning they all implemented the schedule Naomi had given them. Sesshomaru was first to rise as usual he was pleasantly surprised when his hot springs were ready for him to use. His clothes for the day set out, and ready as well as fresh towels. He bathed, and dressed going to the dining room to find everything ready, and set up the way he liked it in the morning. Rin was there within moments asking, "Do you like it Lord Sesshomaru?"
He looked at her confused asking, "Do I like what Rin?" She smiled saying, "I helped Naomi make a schedule for the staff. So you'd enjoy your day better."
Naomi had joined them at the table she had added a few personal touches herself; she looked at him saying, "Rin was a big help in getting the castle staff more efficient."
Lord Sesshomaru was a little surprised but not entirely surprised Rin was a smart girl. He was pleased so far everything had made his morning easier. He turned to her saying, "Well you have done well I have been quite pleased so far today."
He knew Naomi had worked the schedule out, but he was sure Rin's ideas had been used on the schedule. He wondered what other changes had been made by the two he had no doubt that he would be pleased by the changes as well. He took off for his rounds for once in his life looking forward to what the day would bring. By the end of the day, he was most pleased with all the changes that had been made to the staff, and how things were run in his home. He went to bed more relaxed then usually all thanks to the new schedule Rin helped to create.
It made him think about how that perhaps despite the fact she was human Naomi would make a good mate for him. The time he needed to be on his lands had passed quickly, and soon he was ready to patrol again but first was the matter of freeing Naomi from her duty as a Miko so that he could place a proper courting mark, and hold an announcing ball. He took Naomi out of the castle, and the two of them headed North to where Onigumo would be living with his parents.
It took a few days travel to get there, and upon arrival, Sesshomaru was the one to ask to speak with the head of the household as the Western Lord they wouldn't dare turn him down. Once they let him in he explained to the couple why they were there. The male growled out, "You expect me to trust what this Miko says about my son?"
Naomi smiled saying, "All I ask is that you let me touch him so that I may find his soul mate so that the future I see which ends in his death without siring a single pup putting a stop to the line of the great golden Inu forever doesn't happen."
Sakura looked at her mate saying, "Love I don't want our line to end, and with Lord Sesshomaru here the Miko wouldn't dare harm our son."
Naruto growled he didn't want the Miko to touch his son but he couldn't deny the Lord of the Western lands, and with him sitting right there the Miko wouldn't dare harm his son. If she did Lord Sesshomaru would have no choice but to let him have retribution. He finally relented saying, "I will allow it but if my son is harmed, she will pay the price."
Sesshomaru didn't like it but agreed he knew full well Naomi had no plans of hurting the pup. Sakura insisted on holding the pup the whole time Naomi didn't mind as she placed a hand on him, and used the ritual to call forth the name of his soul mate. It took a while for Naomi to find the female meant to be his. She currently lived in the village but to poor parents, so odds were if they didn't take the girl in she would die before reaching child-bearing age. Naomi moved away from the child saying, "It is a female named Yuki she lives nearby I would recommend you have her, and her parents stay with you to make sure the success of the golden Inu line."
Naruto sighed he knew the family, and he agreed if this was his son's match he would need to give them some protection. He was pleasantly surprised that his son was, in fact, unharmed by the Miko perhaps not all Miko's intended to do their kind harm but one less Miko never hurt. So he asked, "Naomi why did you wish to help my demon son? You are Miko and our mortal enemy."
Naomi replied, "Many Miko's believe that but I don't I believe that Miko's are here to stop those that are evil whether they be a demon, Hanyu or human. I defeated with a little help a Hanyu spider named Naraku that truly was evil. Your son isn't evil just becomes misguided when he grows into an adult without his intended female. But with her by his side, he should grow up to be like his Father. I will pray to the Kami's that nothing happens to her. I will have to return to find a new mate for him if one can't be located. I will have no choice but to assess where he is, and if he's crossed the line into evil then I will have a duty to take care of him."