(A/N) Rei: Strange story, I know. I shall consult my 'beta, who is totally willing in this…

JJ: sob

Rei: And get back to you. Short chapter, I promise the next one will be longer. Can anybody guess who the Inugami 'girl' is?

The woman had white hair down to her feet, and it had many tiny, intricate braids. Her eyes were bright green with just a tinge of gold to them. Atop her head were two small, jet black ears. The innocent looking child standing at her feet shared her colouring. He looked up at her with wide eyes. "Hahaue?" She smiled and looked down at him. "Yes, Shinji-chan?"

"Why do I have to get married?" She chuckled. "You don't have to worry about that for some time, Shinji-chan. You'll get married when you're ready."

"But why to I have to get married to an Inugami?"

"Because our families made an agreement that we'd bring the two houses together with our children. You're going to marry an Inugami so that our families can stop fighting, finally.

Their matriarch, Amejitsudo, had a daughter a few months before you were born. You're going to get married on your sixteenth birthday."

She put a hand on the boy's head and ruffled his short hair. "Then our families can share the land in peace." She said. 'Though I'm not all too sure what your children will look like.' She thought.

Shinji smile and buried his face in her volumous kimono. "Okay, hahaue.

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"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" The voice filled the entire valley, leaving a small man running from the large house and down the side of the hill.

Emararudo came into the main room to talk to her husband. "How many times have I told you not to yell like that? I just had Shinji settled for bed."

Kuryu sighed and buried his head in his hands. "That was a messenger from Inugami. Apparently they forgot to mention that their 'daughter' turned out to be a boy." His wife's eyes widened. "What?" Kuryu sighed again. "I knew we shouldn't have made plans when Amejitsudo was still pregnant. You can never tell."

Emararudo put her hand to her mouth. "How will we tell Shinji? He's had his heart set on this since he knew how to talk. He wants to be the one that makes peace between our families."

Her husband turned to her. "That won't happen now. The children of the two families are both boys."

"This isn't what should have been…" Emararudo said sadly.

"Nothing ever is."

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Kotaro scratched his head and leaned back, yawning. Negi sweatdropped. "How long are you planning to stay with us?"

The dog boy grinned and look up and the ten-year-old sitting on the lower bunk. "Long as it takes, Besides, I don't take up much room."

It was true. Kotaro had simply curled up on the rug and fallen into a deep sleep every night that week. The only one who even made a slight complaint was Asuna, who kept stepping on him in the morning.

"Anyways, I'm not leaving until I beat you to a frothy pulp, and I can't do that until our feline friend leaves me alone."

Chamo leapt out from being buried in the sheets. "Why to you want to beat up Aniki?"

Kotaro snickered. "What, you think I'm after revenge? Naw, it's more of a pride thing, really."

Suddenly, Shinji walked in to the room. Everyone tensed and held out their old Febreze bottles filled with water. The cat demon held up his hands in a gesture of peace and winced preemptively. The rest lowered their weapons suspiciously as Shinji walked over to the fridge, stuck his head in, and emerged chewing on the remnants of a chicken.

He then proceeded to curl up beside Kotaro on the floor, and a few minutes later was snoring.

Kotaro looked down at the peacefully sleeping cat boy, trying to look only mildly shocked. After all, it wasn't every day your mortal enemy curled up at your side and fell asleep.

Kotaro found himself fighting to hold down the urge to pet the kitty boy.

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Asuna sighed. "Well, it's not like they can enroll, so they can't follow us around all day."

Chamo pulled a cigar out of nowhere and went into his sob story stance (SSS). "I'm not too sure about Kotaro, but the Nekogami boy can stay in the apartment. He'd make a great housewive."

Asuna sweatdropped and tensed up, hoping Shinji had been out of earshot.

"I heard that, weasel!"

Apparently not.

Sounds of a brief scuffle followed, indicating Kotaro was holding the cat boy back from charging into the other room. Short silence ensued, then the quiet noise of purring drifted to Negi's ears, causing him to sweatdrop.

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