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Naruto didn't like being told that his son could die at the hands of this Miko even if she was only doing so to make sure he helped his son along with the female she chose for him to mate. He decided then that he had to get rid of this Miko without actually doing anything himself as he didn't want to deal with the Western lord's wrath. He decided to kill two birds with one stone he looked at her, and asked, "Would you be kind enough to help us out with an issue we have here?"

Naomi never turned down someone who needed help it went against Miko teachings, but something told her to proceed with caution she asked, "What is the issue?"

Naruto grinned replying, "The nearby Miko shrine keeps attacking our demon village, and I can't figure the reason behind it. We have a peace treaty that I had them sign when they started construction. They even changed the plans so our village and the shrine would never interact. But lately demons from this village have returned injured from the Miko's at the shrine. I went to check but found a barrier around the shrine, and I just put up my marker as a warning for my villagers to not go past. It has been quiet since but some of my villagers say they are losing their kills due to the barrier that is actually on our property. The shrine property ends several yards back."

His words were truthful, but she could tell that he wasn't telling her the whole story. She looked to Sesshomaru saying, "It would be good for me to go and see what was going on. It wouldn't be good for you to go through the barrier I am sure it would damage you."

Sesshomaru didn't like this one bit he looked at Naruto carefully, and said, "I will escort you to the barrier, and I expect you to return by the next morning. Otherwise, I will be entering the barrier to retrieve you."

She smiled at him she knew somewhere inside he cared for her even though he didn't want to admit it just yet. She took his arm as he motioned to Naruto to show the way. Upon arriving at the barrier, Sesshomaru let his mate to be, go through the barrier and camped out at the border he made sure Naruto stayed as well. If anything happened to her, he was holding him responsible.

~ With Naomi ~

Naomi easily made it through the barrier altering the barrier slightly to allow those who meant no harm to enter, and went up to the shrine. It didn't take long for her to walk to the entrance and knocked on the door. A young woman answered the door asking, "May I help you?"

Naomi could tell she had no holy powers, and it wasn't uncommon for a shrine to take in a few people for daily tasks so the Mikos and Monks could concentrate on their studies. Naomi replied, "You certainly may help me. I am here to speak with the shrine Mikos or Monks that live here."

The girl stepped aside and led her down the corridor to the main room where an elderly man stood. She could tell he was a dark Monk which didn't surprise her in the least. He looked her over saying, "What is it you want Miko?"

She replied, "Well the leader of the demon village to the Northwest has asked for help to resolve issues between the shrine, and the village. I am unsure if he has spoken the whole truth as he failed to mention that is was a dark shrine."

Itachi grumbled in annoyance saying, "We had a peace treaty they had agreed to leave us alone if we turned the entrance, and built into the rock face. We complied, but when they found that we were allowing Holy Mikos to train here as well, we started to leave traps designed to kill the monks, and Miko's." He pulled out a scroll and showed her what belonged to them, and a second map of where each Miko and monk had been injured. He then took her to a room that was filled with the devices that had been used. Naomi sighed she knew the barrier was within the property line. She was angry that Naruto had stretched the truth to fit his needs. She looked him, and said, "Naruto seemed to think your border was closer to the mountainside."

Itachi replied, "He would because we initially agreed we wouldn't use the land behind but within days of living here found it was the only way to get to a place to bathe. We have since moved the spring closer as it became too dangerous to go back there. We eventually had to put the barriers up as it's the only good land we can use to grow our healing herbs and the vegetables we need to stay healthy."

Naomi could tell there was no lie in what he said, and he was hiding nothing from her. She asked him, "Would you mind if I changed your barrier." She paused because she saw he was going to speak, and held her hand up adding, "I'd like to change it so that if a demon is just going to collect their kill or intends no harm they can enter. But if they have malicious intent they can't. Also, I would like to make it stronger so that when one of you are out you are more protected it will hide your scent as well as make them unable to see whoever is out there."

Itachi was touched it wasn't often Holy Mikos offered to help he sighed saying, "As much as I would like the help there is an area, "He pointed to a place on his property, "There are desperate men here. I let none of my Mikos or Monks go there unless it's in a group. They often kidnap them I fear to be sold as slaves or worse."

Naomi sighed asking, "What of the Holy Mikos that were here?"

Itachi shook his head saying, "It didn't turn out as I had hoped. We couldn't seem to put our differences aside very long. Then training became an issue as the dark powers bothered the Holy Miko's, and the spiritual powers bothered the dark Mikos. We did get holy monks and Mikos from time to time, and we'd welcome them for a brief stay. But as soon as they could travel again they were sent away."

Naomi nodded noticing the time asking, "Would you like to come with me when I change your barrier? I do need to get back to the barrier edge by morning I have my intended mate there waiting for me."