A/N: I should be updating Chibi Yasha, but this story has me hooked somehow. And one more thing YOU 6TH GRADERS ARE REALLY STARTING TO ANNOY ME! No offence if you are a 6th grader and I don't know you of course.

Disclaimer: I'm starting to run out of ideas. Do I own anything? Let's see, my glasses, clothes, books, mind, friends. (Hears angry protests) Ok, I don't own my friends.

Koodori Joshuu

Chapter 3

Seeing the world through different point of views

Akabeko was quite busy this time of day. It was pretty close to lunch time, so Sesshomaru decided to order something to see what it was like from the costumer's point of view. Now, Sesshomaru had never been at a place like this, there was shouting, laughing, people coming and going, along with people taking and brining dishes. He had thought himself above commoners, so he did not talk with them often. A big mistake, a voice ran though is head, it was his father's. 'Sesshomaru, the commoners make this world go around, they are the one's who bake your bread, wash your clothes, and chop down trees for furniture and fire. If you want to be a Lord someday, you'll have to get them to like you.' "Yes, Father." He sighed.

A girl came to take his order, she had red eyes and her hair was tied in a high pony tail. She also had a smile that told him that she was laughing at him. "Welcome to Akabeko. May I take your order?" He ordered something off the menu, he had no clue what it was. "Thank you, your meal will be out in a few minutes." She set down the tray of side dishes she had been carrying and put them on the table. Then refilled his tea cup and left.
Sesshomaru was deep in thought about a thief who had visited him last night. She had carried no scent, that ruled out all humans. From the name she had given him, the thief was also a female. Since he was hit by a gust of wind, he found himself narrowing the list of elemental demons. There are many elemental demons, but pure elemental ones were rare. Since Joshuu, or that was the she had given him, had used only air, and not poison or speed or anything, it was pretty safe to think that she was pure elemental demon. He listed off all the elemental demons he knew, Kagura, Kagura, Kagura, and um… Kagura again. He sweatdropped, Kagura was the only elemental demon he knew, and if he asked her, then he'd have to explain what had happened last night. Decisions decision decisions, there were so many to make.
Enough of Sesshomaru, on to Kagura. She was having fun, her father hated when she did things like this, it would chap her skin, she would get blisters on her hands, yeah, whatever. She didn't care if she would never get married or anything, human kind matter to her more. She took orders, cooked, dished food out, argued with the cook, got slapped for that, lost her tempter, worked as the cashier, cleaned tables, did dishes, and set tables. Overall, she was happy, no father to tell to be ladylike and act her rank. What about Lady Sango? She would ask. Her father would say that she was from a long line of taijiya, and it was normal for her to do what she was doing.

She had last taken Sesshomaru's order, she wondered if he knew that he had ordered a bowl of rice porridge, and high quality at that. Only cooks from Korea knew how to cook it, and made sure that only they knew how. She made herself some soft tofu soup with dumplings along with a bowl of rice. She took both their lunches and started walking out the door. Her job here was finished, she paid Tae, the owner, despite her protests.

When the same girl who took his order came with two dishes, Sesshomaru was confused, he was positive that he had only ordered one dish. He was about to speak, but the girl beat him to it.

"Ok, I'm betting your question is why do I have two dishes when you only ordered one. Let's see, I'm a waitress so I can carry more then one dish at a time, thanks to the fact that I have two arms. Another reason might be that you are not the only person who might be hungry." He stared at her. "You really don't know who I am, do you?" He shook his head. She put her hair in a bun. "Looks familiar?" She laughed and let her hair fall again. "Here's your lunch." and she put the bowl under his nose. "Dig in."

"It's porridge." He commented flatly.

"Yeah, and it's also edible too. You know that?"

"Food like this is below me."

"You crazy? Half the cooks in this country want the recipe! It's from Korea and they refuse to give it up! That's why so many people come to Akabeko, for the meat soup and porridge."

"But it's porridge."

"Yes, and we have already established that fact. Now, eat up before it gets cold." A few minutes later, Sesshomaru looked like he was enjoying his porridge, despite the fact that it was porridge. Kagura asked him a question. "Do you think the wage is satisfactory?"

"No, the current wage seems a bit low."
"I thought so. I heard one of the workers saying how her daughter has to work to make ends meet, and she's only a student."

"Kagura," she looked up. "How many pure elemental demons are there?"

"Nine or ten. Why?"

"Just wondering."

"Why?"

His mind raced through many possible answers. "I was wondering what the world would end up if most of it's habitants were like you."

"Is that an insult?" Kagura grinned inwardly, she had caught him off guard that night.

Throughout the day, the pair had gone to various eating houses and evaluated how hard the workers were working.

"I'm calling it a day." Kagura stretched out her arms. "The wage is too low."

"I will have to agree with you. The report will be easy to make out, with all the interviews you did." Sesshomaru started at the notebook which Kagura was carrying.

"You go on ahead without me. I'll be at dinner in a little bit."

"The castle is this way." Sesshomaru pointed out.

"Who says that I'm going there, unlike you, I have ventured outside and know where I'm going." Those words stung Sesshomaru, and his Father's voice came into his head again, 'Sesshomaru, the commoners make this world go around, they are the one's who bake your bread, wash your clothes, and chop down trees for furniture and fire. If you want to be a Lord someday, you'll have to get them to like you.' Once again he sighed and followed Kagura.

"You wait out here," she said, "I'll be back in 30 minutes." It turned out that they were at a temple dedicated to Kagura's patron goddess, Koodori, the wind goddess, who also happened to be the goddess of tricks and good fortune.

"Very interesting." he thought.

Kagura was paying her respects to the goddess. She also noticed many notes at the feet of the statue of the goddess. She looked around and saw that no one was looking. Kagura took a few and starting reading them. Her eyebrow furrowed by the time she finished reading the first one, and when she finished reading the rest of the notes, Kagura was angry. The notes were full of pleas to the goddess to help them, from no money to support their family because the government had cheated them, to little things, like a necklace that had belonged to a deceased mother that had been stolen.

"I, Kagura, will bring honor to the name Koodori Joshuu!" She took the notes and left, bowing once more to the goddess.

Meanwhile…

Sesshomaru was waiting for Kagura, he surveyed his surroundings. He was in a shabby district with old women sweeping the streets so it would be safe for the children who were barefoot because they could not afford any shoes, mothers were calling children home for dinner and welcoming them home, everyone's clothing looked shabby and was patched in at least one or more places. His clothes, even though they were plain, were neat and clean, and looked better then the ones commoners were wearing. This was totally different from what he saw. He saw papers, documents that needed revising, people in fine clothing eating high quality food. His physical features were the same, a cold winter gaze, but beneath that, he knew what his father meant. Election for new Lords would be in a year, and he knew that the current ones would not be reelected.

He was snapped out of his train of thought when Kagura came out from behind him and said, "Boo!"

They both started walking to the castle, every once in a while, Kagura would look at a street vendor and maybe buy their ware. When questioned, she simply answered that it was their living and they needed to survive.

Nearing Akabeko, they heard sounds from a fight. "You can go. I'm going to see what's going on." Kagura left and headed towards the direction of the fight.

A/N: I would have updated sooner, but I got kind of lazy. Don't expect another update for this story for about another month, I really need to finish Chibi Yasha, which only has about 3 to 4 chapters left. Also I've been slightly stressed lately, I need to choose what classes for high school, so I'm worried I'll choose something above or below my level. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Thank you for the reviews!

goldenmoonlight13: here we go again...

Ok, let's try this again:

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