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Kagome looked around her house, smiling at how clean it is now. Dennee and Kin had been a very big help in cleaning; the house now looked amazing, the way it did before everything went down the drain.

'YOUKAI!' Kagome groaned and ran into the living room, finding Kin sitting down quietly on the couch, his eyes wide while her grandfather shouted and threw sutras at him.

'Jii-chan!' Kagome shouted, effectively stopping her grandfather.

'Kagome! Did you let this beast inside our house?' He shouted.

'Father, Yoshida-san isn't a beast, or a Youkai! Apologize to Yoshida-san, you rude old man!' Kagome's mother said, her voice out raged. Kagome's grandfather looked at Kin, who was ripping the Sutras from him and trying to keep his composure.

'I will not bow to a beast!' He shouted, fleeing from the room. Her mother quickly followed him.

'Kin-san! I'm so sorry!' Kagome said, coming to help pull the Sutras from him. 'My grandfather is crazy! I'm so, so sorry!'

'There is no need to apologize Kagome.' Kin said, though his voice held the annoyance Kagome knew he felt.

'Wow Kagome.' Dennee, who was sitting on the floor with Souta, playing a video game, laughed. 'Your grandfather is a piece of work.'

'I'll say.' Souta murmured, and then shouted in glee as he won the race against Dennee.

'I understand if you never set foot in my house again, Kin. Sometimes I don't wanna set foot in the house.' Kagome said darkly, scrunching up the sutras.

'But you do- because then you won't be able to see me!' Souta said with a cheeky grin. Dennee wrapped an arm around Souta, making the younger boy flush a dull pink.

'Aw you're brothers the cutest, Kagome-chan!' Dennee said, hugging him. Kagome just laughed at their antics.

'That is so embarrassing.' She muttered under her breathe. 'Damn things don't even work!' she shouted, hoping her grandfather would hear.

Kagome's mother walked through the door, a smile on her face.

'Yoshida-san and Dennee-chan are staying for diner?' She asked, looking at Kagome. Kagome was about to say no, but Kin nodded.

'That would be wonderful, Higurashi-san.' He murmured. Dennee grinned.

'Oden?'

'Oden.'

Souta and Dennee high-fived each other and ran to the kitchen. Her mother grinned and walked out, leaving Kagome and Kin on the couch.

'You didn't have to say yes if you didn't want to.' Kagome said, though she had a sneaking suspicion that is Yoshida-sama didn't want to do something, he wouldn't do it.

'I want to.' He said, standing up and soothing out his slacks and white shirt. Kagome looked up and smiled at him.

'My mother makes the best Oden.' She said. 'But my family is crazy, so if anything happens tonight, you have only yourself to blame.' Kagome said with a grin.

Sesshomaru smiled down at the miko, happy to see her smiling the way she did before the well was sealed.

He followed her silently into the kitchen where her mother, brother, grandfather and Dennee sat, waiting patiently for them. Her grandfather glared at him but didn't say a word.

'Hey Kagome, remember that time in Collage when-'

'Mom brought Oden for us and you spilt it all down your white skirt. Why yes, yes I do remember, Dennee-chan.' Sesshomaru frowned. Collage?

Dennee laughed and started to eat her food.

'And then Keiichi-kun asked why I had crap on the front of my skirt!'

'Oh!' Kagome laughed. 'You were mortified! You had the biggest crush on him.' Kagome sipped at her water, clearing her thought. Her family were smiling, obviously used to the two girls talking about their collage days.

'Yeah...' Dennee rested her chin on her placing some of the rice in her mouth. 'I wonder what he's doing now-a-days.'

'Not thinking about you, that's for sure.' Souta muttered, earning him a smack to the head by his grandfather.

'Nah, that's 'cause you're the one thinking about me!' Dennee said cockily, grinning widely at the blush the crept up Soutas neck and face.

'Wha-? NO! You're too old!' He shouted, and Dennee gasped, faking being offended.

'Why you little brat!' Dennee grabbed him in a head lock, grabbing his hand and making him hit himself once in the face.

'AH! Dennee-chan!' Souta moaned, struggling in Dennee's surprisingly strong hold. 'LET ME GO!' He shouted, laughing as she made him slap himself in the face.

'How's the most beautiful young woman you have ever met?' Dennee asked teasingly, her light brown hair falling over her as Souta struggled.

With a blush and a laugh, Souta shouted 'Dennee is the most beautiful young woman I have ever met!'

'Not at the dinner table Dennee-chan, Souta.' Kagome's mother scolded the two. They both pulled and huffed. Placing some of the stew in her mouth, Dennee muttered under her breathe 'I always knew you thought I was beautiful and young.'

'Yeah for baasama.' Souta muttered, grinning as Dennee slapped him, rather hard, upside the head.

Dinner went by with playful bantering between Dennee and Souta, or Dennee and Kagome recalling the 'Good Ol' Days', though Dennee had scolded her younger friend for calling them that; she felt that it made her seem older than she already is.

Sesshomaru watched with a curious eye as Kagome interacted with her family and her supposedly best friend. He thought that she would have been… he didn't know… lonely? He was slightly disappointed that even though she hadn't seen him in five years, she didn't seem to miss him at all, though he was relieved that she had gotten on with her life and lived it, like he always wanted her too.

He didn't know what to feel; he had known back then that the priestess would leave and he had wanted her to move on with her life and even find love because he hadn't expected to meet her again. But now that she is here, he is here, in her house sitting right beside her, he didn't know if he should be happy that Dennee was there to help her get over the depression that he knew she would have felt, or mad that Dennee had replaced him all together.

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'Are you ok, Kin-san?' Kagome asked as she stepped out her back door, finding Kin leaning against the side of her house. He straightened up when he spotted her and smiled.

'I am fine, Kagome-san, thank you.' He said politely. Kagome grinned and looked up at the sky, noting the full moon.

'It's a beautiful night tonight.'

'Yes.' Sesshomaru agreed, not looking away from her. Kagome turned to him and blushed softly.

'Thank you so much for your help, Kin-san. We… we haven't been able to hire anyone to help out around the shrine with Jii-chan's medical bills and-'

'It's fine, Kagome-san. I am glad to help you.' Kagome grinned up at him, their eyes locking. They stared at each other for a long moment before he sighed, shifting his gave from her to his watch. Kagome took a step and blushed deeply, happy that it was night and he couldn't see. 'It's getting late.' He said.

'Oh! I'm so sorry to have kept you.' Kagome didn't know what was wrong with her, she'd never been so formal in her life. But this man… this gorgeous man…

'Goodbye Kagome-san.' Bowing his head, Kin turned and started to make his way around the house.

'Wait! Kin-san…' Kagome trailed off. Kin turned. 'I… would you like to go out for lunch, tomorrow afternoon?'

Even though it was dark, Kagome could see the slight lifting of the corner of his lips.

'I'll pick you up at noon tomorrow.'

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I'm not really sure about that last part… I wanted this chapter to exceed more than one thousand words so I had to put something, so yah. I told ya guys I wouldn't be updating a lot, and I probably won't for a while. Life's getting pretty hectic :\ Oh! And I need ideas people, I don't know where to go with this story! :)