"Ew...that's gotta be disgusting." Kazuka offered with a wince.

"Are you talking about that indescribable white puffball thing we found in that dried up river?" Chetara asked.

Ari nodded, with a grin. "That thing was REALLY good. Tasted like chicken, fish, deer, and a bunch of other stuff. I STILL don't know what that was..."

"Ugh." Kiri groaned. "That is vile. Sick."

Ari laughed at the group's reaction. "Some of the wild's worst and most inedible things have been eaten by me."

"Do not kiss me." Artemis warned, joking with her.

Everyone started laughing at them. Then they laughed at Ari's pseudo-reaction.

"Aw, but Artemis," Ari pouted, with a wiry laugh. "Why?"

Chetara looked over at Kiri, with a small smile. "What do you think?"

"About what?" Kiri grinned at her, slightly puzzled.

"The conversation?"

"I'm enjoyin it. Why?" He looked puzzled.

"Just wondering."

Kurama sat on the couch next to Hiei and he watched Chetara and Kiri. Hiei nodded, then went back to glaring at Ari and Artemis. Yusuke glared at Koenma and Ayla.

"You can just see the trust in this room." Chetara remarked, sarcastically.

Kiri laughed. Then to give his father something to really look at, he kissed Chetara. Chetara was thrilled and Kurama was instantly unhappy and on alert. He leaned forward, with a glare. The women came in.

"It's done." They smiled, eyeing their sons and daughters.

"Yay!" Kiri cried, abandoning Chetara to race into the kitchen. She just sat there, looking hurt.

"Don't worry." Artemis chuckled. "Kiri's favorite thing is food, and his metabolism's off the roof, so I bet he's lost about 5 pounds since yesterday. Five pounds he doesn't have to lose..."

Ari got up, let Artemis get up, and then they all went into the kitchen. Chetara sat next to Kiri.

Kiri glanced at her and the look on her face, then back at the food, then back at her. "Are you mad at me?" He asked, pausing for a second in his eating.

"Not really, just...surprised."

He laughed slightly. "My bad." He went back to binging.

"Help yourself." Kiri's mom smiled. "I'm Kiri's mom."

"I'm Ari." Ari bowed lowly, grabbing a plate.

"I'm Chetara."

"Nice to meet you both." Kiri's mother smiled, and Kiri got up for seconds.

"Same here." Chetara smiled.

Everyone started getting plates now.

Ari got a little of everything, not knowing what she'd like. She didn't need to worry though, to Ari, it was all delicious.

Chetara was a little more cautious with what she ate. She avoided anything identifiable. Ari finished her plate and got seconds. To everyone's surprise, she got mostly Mukuro's food.

Artemis gaped at her, then the plate. "Why are you eating that stuff?"

"I don't know, the other stuff tasted funny." Ari shrugged.

"We're not used to good food." Chetara remarked.

Kiri couldn't help it, he started laughing hysterically. Mukuro glared at Chetara, and then all the kids and fathers started cracking up.

"Well, I like it." Ari said, defensively.

"You would." Chetara shrugged, getting more food.

The kids were laughing so hard, they nearly tumbled out of their seats. Ari kept eating, and ignored Chetara.

"I think we've been alone too long, Ari, you're losing your sense of humor."

"I'm hungry." Ari complained, through a mouthful.

"And you're eating that. Wow." Koenma frowned.

Ari shrugged.

"Well, now we know what to do with our leftovers." Ayla nodded cautiously, with a smile.

Chetara looked down at her plate. It'd been a long time since she'd had a real meal and it felt funny to be having one.

"Go on, it's awesome." Kiri encouraged.

"I know." Chetara frowned.

"Well, some of it." Kazuka cut in, pointing to some of Kiri's mom's food. Then he pointed to Ari's plate.

"Right." Kiri nodded.

"Would you kids just shut up and eat?" Mukuro growled. Ari went up for thirds.

"Wow, Ari's beating you, Kiri!" Artemis laughed.

"We have a trash disposal." Kurama chuckled.

"A what?" Chetara asked.

"Trash disposal. It's something that you put garbage and leftovers in and it gets rid of it."

"I've tried that. Yuck." Ari remarked. Sitting for her third plate.

"Oh..." Chetara frowned.

"I like this stuff! Whatever it is." Ari commented. More of Mukuro's food.

"It's called Hot Pot." Mukuro smiled. "And thank you."

Ari kept eating, but she smiled. Kiri went for thirds.

"That's not much of a compliment since Ari eats anything." Chetara commented.

Kiri elbowed Chetara roughly. With a whisper, he hissed, "Do you know who Mukuro is? I'd cut that out!"

"I have no clue who she is."

"She's one of the Demon Lords!" He hissed.

"Oh! Oops."

Mukuro was glaring at Chetara with death in her eyes. Chetara was a little nervous now. She looked at Mukuro, saw the look in her eyes, and immeadiately looked away.

"We try not to offend the Demon Lords 'round here." Kiri chuckled.

"Well, I didn't know."

Kiri nodded. "Prob'ly shoulda warned ya."

"Too late to worry about that."

"The fat oni has sung." He remarked.

"What?"

Kiri jumped up for forths, at the same time as Ari. The rest of the kids went for seconds. Ari saw a cat over in the corner, watching them.

"Oooo, cat." She remarked. "...Um..."

"Just a cat." Artemis replied. "Cat from Ningenkai."

"Oh, ok." Ari nodded. She tilted her head at the cat.

"She's not friendly." Kiri remarked.

"Hey, she looks like you." Chetara remarked. "In your cat form."

"Really? She does not!" Ari insisted. "Her eyes are further apart than mine, and her left ear has that nick in it. Her eyes are more yellow than gold, and her nose is flat. She's ugly."

"I'm telling you, she looks like you." Chetara insisted.

Ari rolled her eyes. "Uh huh. Right." The cat strolled over to Ari, and eyed her.

Ari eyed the cat back. The cat seemed to be debating whether Ari belonged here or not. No, the cat decided. Hiss.

"Ooh!" Ari growled. She made a weird noise. The group looked confused, but what she'd said was, Bring it!

Grr, said the cat.

"Is she...gettin into a...fight with my cat?" Kiri blinked.

Chetara nodded. "Yup."

Artemis grabbed her arm. "Ari!" He interrupted. "Could you not...do that?" He said, confused.

"Fine." Ari sighed, flipping her hair over her shoulder. Artemis sighed, closing his eyes. Ari stuck her tongue out at the cat, scornfully.

Everyone sighed, shaking their heads. They went back to eating.