A.N. another chapter, and I'm closer to the end. I will definitely update sooner. I hope this chapter is better than the last one. It was pretty bad. Again, don't own InuYasha. Too bad though, I'd be pretty happy if I did.

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Saturday came pretty fast for Kagome. She wasn't expecting the rest of the week to finish so quick, but it just meant her date with James was closer.

"I'm not nervous," she said to herself as she finished her makeup, "I just haven't been on a date since high school. It's not a problem."

"You really shouldn't talk to yourself," Miroku told her as she put the brush on the bathroom counter, "it's normally a sign that a person is going crazy."

Kagome smiled at her friend before going into her room to change from her pajamas to the outfit she chose for the date. I hope I look alright. How does a person dress for a date here anyway? Probably the same as back in Japan, normal clothes. Just not as casual. Kagome settled for a pair of dark blue slacks and a blood red top.

"Kagome you look beautiful," Sango said when she walked into the living room, "be glad Kouga himself isn't really here. He would try and make you his mate against your will."

"Don't say that," Kagome said. "I'm more than positive James is Kouga's reincarnation, or even a family member. I would flip if he started the same junk Kouga did."

There was a knock on the door that seemed to scare Kagome, "it cant be James. He's not supposed to be here for another 20 minutes."

When Miroku answered the door, Kagome wanted to scream. It wasn't James at all, but InuYasha. Looking like he was ready to go on a date, "hey guys you ready?"

Kagome didn't notice it until now, but Miroku and Sango were dressed up as well.

"Where are you going?" she asked surprised they didn't tell her they were going out.

"I am taking them to dinner," InuYasha said, "you've kept them hostage and now it's my turn to spend time with my friends before Shippo gets here. What are you all done up for?"

Kagome nodded before putting some shoes on, "I have a date."

"With who?" InuYasha asked, his voice lowering with each syllable. "Not that wolf I hope."

"As a matter of fact InuYasha, it is with James," Kagome said looking at her watch. "Actually he should be getting here soon, so be nice."

"Whatever," InuYasha grumbled.

Five minutes later, as InuYasha and Kagome continued their argument, James arrived and was surprised to see Miroku answer the door.

"I'm here to get Kagome," he said making her look up.

"Come in," Miroku said nicely, "she's just in the middle of something."

James nodded, and entered the apartment. He never thought it would be as roomy as it was, especially from the things Kagome had everywhere. A mounted bow and arrow, bookshelves with books and movies, a big cd player with stacks of cd's everywhere, and a TV.

"I'm James," he said putting his hand out for Miroku to shake.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Miroku. I'm a friend of Kagomes. And this is my wife Sango," Miroku said as Sango walked into the living room with her bag and shoes.

"Nice to meet you," James said when Sango walked up to him.

"Nice to meet you too," she said with a smile just as Kagome and InuYasha appeared from the kitchen.

"James!" she said, "I didn't know you were here."

"I just arrived," he said eyeing InuYasha, "your friends and I were getting acquainted."

"Right," Kagome said smiling, "well are you ready?"

"Sure," he said, "nice to meet you both."

"You two behave," Sango said grinning at Kagome.

"See you guys later, if you come in after me please don't make a lot of noise."

"Right." InuYasha grumbled, "I'll just take them to my place."

"Bring them back," Kagome said, "there's room here for them."

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At the restaurant

"Your friends seem very nice," James said to Kagome as they sat down.

"They're great," she said smiling, "there more like family than anything."

"They seem so young to be married though," James commented thinking about how Miroku and sango looked his own age.

"They're definitely young," Kagome said, "but they've been seeing each other for years. They have a son too."

"Really? How old is he?"

"He's around ten," Kagome said.

"Sango adopted him three years ago," she quickly added noticing the expression on James' face.

"Oh," he said smiling, "that's very kind of her."

Kagome nodded, "Sango's quite attached to him too. She and him used to not be close, but she couldn't let him be without parents, and I wasn't old enough to take him."

James raised a eyebrow,

"What do you mean, you couldn't take him?" he asked.

"I…" she didn't understand how to describe it, "well… I met the boy when he was still a pup, he's a demon, I loved him like a son. But I was only fifteen. I couldn't take care of him. Sango was already out of school, and she loved the kid herself, but like a brother. She petitioned and got him under his custody because his grandmother couldn't take care of him." She hoped the little lie worked,

"I see," he remarked taking a drink of tea, "how'd you meet him?"

"I was traveling with sango and we came across Shippo in a small town not far from Tokyo. He was wandering around, we were going to take him home when he said he didn't have one. So he stayed with us for some time before sango adopted him," Kagome explained, feeling tears come to her eyes at the thought of Shippo.

"Well," James said, "if this is upsetting you we can change the subject."

Kagome smiled and nodded. The last thing she needed to do was start crying on a date.

"Sure," she said smiling again, "let's talk about you."

"Well you already know my life story," he said laughing, "there really isn't anything else to tell."

Kagome smiled, "did you ever visit Japan?"

"Once," he said, "I visited my grandfather. Bizarre as all hell too, he was always bitching about his woman that left him for a half breed. I think he was crazy."

His grandfather couldn't be.

"What was your grandfather's name?" Kagome asked, she had to know.

"Kouga."

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"InuYasha where are you taking us?" Sango asked as InuYasha drove them onto the highway

"There's this awesome restaurant but it's not in the main part of phoenix. It's technically in Chandler. It's the only one I've seen that is so similar to the decade it pretends to be," InuYasha explained as they got back onto Baseline and turned into the mall parking lot before heading to a metallic restaurant.

"What?" Sango asked as they pulled in, "it's weird."

"It's pretty interesting actually," InuYasha said grinning, "I lived in New York in the 1950's and this place reminds me of a store I went to once. I barely remember it, but this is similar."

The couple nodded and followed their friend into the restaurant.

After they were seated and ordered, Sango looked around.

"It's so strange in here," she remarked looking around at the booths and the waitresses.

"Yeah," InuYasha said, "It's weird. But they've got good food."

Sango and Miroku just nodded, they hadn't eaten there before and at Kagome's they normally ordered take out and watched TV with Kagome.

"So," Miroku said, "Kagome's date seemed nice enough."

"He did," Sango agreed.

"I don't like him," InuYasha said as the waitress brought them their meals.

"Can I get you anything else," she asked, looking at InuYasha more than the other two.

"No we're fine," he remarked, "Thanks."

The girl nodded and walked away, still looking at him.

"InuYasha I hate to say it," Miroku said taking a drink of his soda, "but you don't like any men that flirt with Kagome. You tried to kill me the first time we met."

"YOU TRIED TO KIDNAP HER YOU IDIOT!" InuYasha exclaimed, "OR DON'T YOU REMEMBER THAT?"

"Oh yeah I did huh?" Miroku said smiling.

"You did what?" Sango asked.

"It was a long time ago," Miroku said shooting InuYasha a glare.

"You tried to kidnap her? Why?"

"She had a jewel shard," InuYasha said, "a big one and at the time Miroku was a bigger ass than he is now.

"I can imagine," sango said, "he was a bigger ass when I met him than he is now."

"But you married me," Miroku said rubbing her leg, "your stuck."

Sango smiled, "not really. People get divorced all the time. Shippo is fully under my care, you can be taken off the adoption papers like nothing. Our child can be claimed fatherless and I'll be all good."

Miroku paled, "please Sango. I didn't mean it like that!"

"I know," she said evilly, "but remember that." Then she lightly kissed him on the cheek.

"LETS EAT!" InuYasha said, trying to rid the booth of all the tension.

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A.N. That's it for this chapter! Yeah, I made James Kouga's grandson. I thought it was a fun twist. Hope you liked it! REVIEW PLZ!