Sirius paced around his room, in the nice little cottage that he and Remus shared on the Taisho estate, he came to accept a great many things in his years here, his godson, was nothing like James or Lily, he had the mannerisms of Sesshomaru and Maria, but he could understand that reason, the demon couple had raised Harry since a year old. But he still could see a little bit of his birth parents in him.

Remus was with the wolf demon tribe, trying to new ways of controlling his Full Moon problem. So Sirius was left to his own devices, which was slightly dangerous.

He decided to head down the road to the market place, hoping to come across someone, he could talk to or find someone to get to know. He was passing down the road and noticed the turn, off the beaten path, as it were. He noticed a person, wearing the Shinto robes. He couldn't make out features, he had hoped that it was Kikyo.

The Priestess looked up as she sensed something, and noticed it was Sirius, once she got within hearing range, she greeted the wizard. "Hello, Sirius Black."

"Lady Priestess." Sirius greeted back

Kikyo looked at the man, who claimed a paternal relationship with her. "I see they didn't leave you with a dog sitter, since Remus is with Koga's Tribe."

"Nope, its kinda lonely by myself, what are you doing away from the temple?" Sirius questions

"Visiting the orphanage, the little children there are often alone, and have no one to play with, I thought I take a few into the fields with me, let them burn off energy." Kikyo answers "I want them to enjoy being children, while they still can, even if we can't get them all adopted."

The two went to the brownstone building, Sirius looked up at the place, it wasn't very cheery. He never knew what it would mean to have orphan, either by something happening to the parents, or they weren't ready and had no other choice.

The children swarmed Kikyo, as she paid each and everyone attention, Sirius watched as the woman-child interacted with the children, while most were her own age, they treated her as she were an adult, and she treated them as they were children.

"Kikyo, Kikyo, were are we going today?"

"I thought you would like to help me collect herbs, and play in the fields around the temple. Then a nice picnic lunch?" Kikyo questions.

The children cheered as they began to clamor all over again.

"with me here, I think you could take more then you were planning on, I think I can manage to watch a few." Sirius comments.

Kikyo nods, as she was being lead out of the building. She knew that she would only have so many days of this, just being a normal Priestess, before her duty to Harry started up again. She would enjoy the days where she could be with the children.

Sirius watched the children and along with them, Kikyo, who was in the middle.

"Kagome, Kagome, Bird in a cage."

Sirius watched and watched, until Kikyo deemed it was lunch time, she had the cooks at the temple prepare, a small feast.

After lunch and play time, each child started to yawn and Kikyo deemed it time to return to the brownstone.

After returning the children, Sirius looked at Kikyo, "Would it be alright if I were to accompany you back to the temple, just for the evening. I haven't had this much fun since James were alive."

"Keep your hands to yourself, all women at the Temple have swore to be chaste until they decide to marry or death claims them." Kikyo replies

"You have my word." Sirius replies

"Very well." Kikyo agreed

the duo walked back to the path that lead to the temple.

"was everything, I heard about you true?"

"Depending on what you heard?" Kikyo questions

"That your past life memories are at the forefront of your mind, that doesn't sound very plausible." Sirius replies

"Yes, I can remember my past life. I don't remember my life as Midoriko, however my time as the original Kikyo, the one who bound Inuyasha to the Sacred Tree is always with me. Most times, my mind drifts back to those times." Kikyo answers

"Tell me, I don't expect that you need me as a father, which honestly, I never seen myself as, but I rather get to know you as a friend, and understanding the burden you carry might help me?" Sirius questions.

Kikyo regarded the man, who helped her rebirth in this time line with something that akin to respect. "Very well, I shall inform you about my time as Kikyo, the tragic priestess, and what little I know of my life as Midoriko."

Sirius listened to Kikyo, she had the voice of a teacher, who was passionate at the same time, yet detached from the lesson, like she had to deal with it over several years.

At the temple, Kikyo invited Sirius into her office, which was the room that she and Hermione shared, her office contained scrolls that the people, who built this temple managed to save from being lost to time.

"wow, I never seen so many scrolls not even in the Estate's library, which I have been since Maria is hounding me about containing my education." Sirius states, as he looked at the shelves.

"education is very important at any age, most here are study for the rest of their lives. Which is why I find most lessons at Hogwarts to be boring and dull." Kikyo replies, "I have been talking to Dumbledore about adding physical education something to wear out the bodies instead of the minds."

"That is a good idea, I never thought about it." Sirius replies, as the two began to talk about random subjects.