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Three

Kagome looked around they had gone to a one of the more popular local restaurants people were gathering near the window until the owner chased them off. However they would just come back some were humans, their fans, and some were demons curious about the process only they understand. It was a neat mostly brown and orange theme with a mix of booths. The waitress, a pretty pink haired woman was clearly a demon and she took their drink orders she was watching to see what else they wanted after delivering the sodas. She glanced at the menu, she felt eyes on her but only smirked.

"I'm surprised you all came but then mother always said she didn't want to give me certain lessons, saying it was too much for me. Then she changed her tune, said there were many ways to offend and I had to learn depending on who took an interest. So you'll have to explain this to me."

"As I said it's about pride, there are many differences between those that have no chance with you because of status and us who can at least try. If this were in our homeworld we'd fight to the death just for the right to make an effort." Naraku said.

She looked up.

"And one like you can lose their place?"

"It is when the elders have more control, there was another in the circle he was one of the thunder brothers, his brother seemed to idolize him. Their father passed his more acceptable looks to him and when the woman he loved rejected his brother he went on a rampage. It was an embarassement they were ripped from the world."

"Wait...that's not fair if only one of them messed up why did both of them go down."

"Life tends to be a lot more unfair for those like us Kagome." Kouga said.

"Well sure..shouldn't we be making more of an effort to fix that?"

"And now you see why it's like this, I don't want to lose everything shame my family...make it seem like they were too uncivilised to raise and heir that could promise a real future for the clan. Doesn't mean the normal demonic ways aren't there we have learned well to handle them. There are some loopholes, like you were raised in the dark away from us you probably wouldn't ever snap but if you did it would be shaken off as they kept you hidden once untrained and it worked out Sesshomaru and Naraku are clear too. I don't have any family here that is out of control so I lucked out." he said.

She frowned but it faded slowly as she sat up straighter.

"Well that makes more sense..."

"To some, it won't always be like this but there will be times when despite how things go we'll have to work at getting along there are other duties things to keep us busy."

Kagome nodded slowly Abi may be pushy but she always reminded her that some things she handled would be her responsibility and it was a lot more than just paperwork. She nodded slowly she just wondered how that would work if she didn't want to be with anyone. If she just picked one of them demons were different with the same woman on the line weren't they? She wasn't sure.

"So since you aren't looking to pair off yet what are you looking forward to now that you're free?" Kouga asked.

"Someone told you huh?"

"No it's in your aura, something you can sense just if someone is interested or not all there is now is curiosity." Naraku said.

"So it's really weird that I can feel more than that?"

"Not weird, impressive." Sesshomaru said.

She smiled slightly as Naraku signaled the waitress she hurried back.

"The meal is on me today so if could start with some appetizers it's a calm meeting today." he said.

She nodded quickly and hurried to get it.

"Well aren't you generous, don't try and show off." Kouga said, however his tone was light clearly he was teasing.

Naraku rested his chin on his raised hands.

"I don't believe that is something that would impress the lady I told Sesshomaru I was on my way and that I would be paying this time." he said simply.

Sesshomaru shrugged it really didn't matter, this time anyhow he glanced at Kagome she was still giving off something in her aura.

It was nice though it showed it wasn't just in his head.

"You planned to show up together, why do I get left out?"

"Because you show up uninvited so we expect you to be where we are anyways." he said with a sly smirk.

Kouga flipped him off Kagome smiled slightly the sense was picking up, at the moment it was all in good fun they were at ease with one another. She suspected it was because it was more a time to get used to one another, welcoming her to their ranks. At least that was what it seemed she didn't feel they were were judging her as a future wife it was all in her senses it made her relax though maybe it wouldn't be so bad to consider looking for a mate or such.

She'd consider it.

"So what else do you get hmm? With your senses." Kouga asked.

"Well I know you're actually allergic to tomatos." she said.

Kouga sighed as Naraku smirked.

"That's what you pick out?"

"It's the least embarassing thing if you want me to keep digging."

Sesshomaru smirk as he nudged her.

"You must have wolf in you."

"Not like you'd want me to." she said slyly.

It ended up being a lot more peaceful than she expected.

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(Shorter chap as I've been letting them get a little long.)