Neji sighed as he walked home, wiping sweat from his brow. His training session had gone reasonably well, considering Gai had run off with Lee somewhere and he was left to train alone with Tenten. As his eyes drifted over to the branch family home, he noticed Kagome sitting up on the gate, Gin beside her.

"Welcome home, Neji-sama!" Kagome said with a bright smile, dropping down and walking beside him.

"I thought you didn't want emotional attachments." He said and she nodded.

"Don't get me wrong, Neji-sama." She said, turning her eyes to him. "Have you ever owned a cat, Neji-sama?"

Neji hadn't, he didn't have time for pets. "No, I've never felt the need for such a companion."

Kagome grinned. "Neji-sama, no matter how human I look, I am more cat like than you can imagine." She purred, placing a hand on his arm. "If I touch you, if I come to you to be pet, you will do so. If I seek you out to play, you will do so." Her nails suddenly grew, long and sharp, and she carefully traced them down his arm, watching angry red lines appear. "If I walk away, if I want nothing to do with you, you will not follow, or you will find me lashing out with claws."

Neji raised a brow. "And what is it you are looking for now?" He asked and she grinned, Gin winding around her feet as she walked.

"You're the one that said you'd be courting me." Her grin grew wider. "I want fish. You'll give me fish, right?"

Neji chuckled. "Are you asking me out on a date, Kagome-san?"

"Will that get me food?" She asked and he nodded, a small smile on his face. "Hai, hai, lets go on a date!"

"Allow me a shower and a change before we go, Kagome-san, and I will take you where ever you want to go." Neji said and Kagome nodded before she hopped over the gate, turning her body so he could see her wave as she reached the highest point in her jump. She landed gracefully on her toes, and, as Neji rounded the wall and into the Hyuuga land, he watched as she climbed into a tree and lay down on one of the thick branches.

He shook his head with amusement as he walked into the building, feeling her eyes on his back as he disappeared from view.

She lay there for a while before realizing...

She had a date.

She was going on a date.

With Neji Hyuuga.

She was going on a date with Neji Hyuuga.

She sat up and looked down at her clothes. Was what she was wearing alright for that? Would he be embarrassed if she didn't change into a dress like other girls?

She frowned. It was a wife's duty to make sure such things do not happen. A wife needed to put on a mask for social situations, especially a wife of a Hyuuga or Uchiha.

Pain seeped into her mind as she thought of the Uchiha she had been engaged to. She shook her head, trying to remember the things she was taught back then, when she was happily being groomed to be his wife.

If he had known, would she had been able to help him through the pain? Was he still in pain? Was he alone?

She dropped from the tree, deciding it was best to change into something casual, but nice. She pouted a little, the fur lined coat helped to disguise the small swell of her breasts. She didn't like not wearing it, she was developing a little faster than other twelve year olds, but she supposed it was natural, being who her mother was.

She entered the building and swiftly made her way to her room, avoiding anyone who was walking about. She ended up taking the long way to her room, passing Neji's room on the way there.

She heard him start the shower as she passed, and wondered what kind of shampoo and conditioner he used. His hair was always so pretty, unlike her wild, wavy locks that seemed to just go everywhere. Her hand went to her bangs, smoothing them down as she walked, uncomfortably sure of her flaws.

Kagome entered her room and immediately went to her dresser, looking through the clothes. She had quite a few feminine outfits, but she rarely wore them as of yet.

They were for times like these, when she would put on her mask and play her part.

She decided to go with a sleeveless, knee-length dress in a plain chocolate color. From what she saw of Neji, he wore neutral colors, this would compliment his clothes perfectly. A wife's duty is to support her husband in all ways.

She looked into the mirror and frowned at her hair, trying to brush it down. She wasn't surprised when the unruly locks bounced back, and so she used a trick she learned over the past year. She drew in more of Gin's chakra, causing the cat to glare at her from her place on the bed. Closing her eyes, Kagome smiled at the warmth that filled her, and when she opened them she focused on the mirror.

Her eyes had more yellow-gold in them, making it look as if her eyes were dark emerald in color, and her hair had, to an extent, straightened itself out. She ran a brush through it and purred with pleasure as she came across not a single tangle. Placing down the brush she grabbed a cream colored poncho and put it on.

It would be comfortable, not too showy, and, at the same time, hid her breasts. She shifted uncomfortably thinking about it. She didn't like the attention she knew they gathered from the boys her age, it made it stressful walking down the street at all when they stared.

Slipping on a simple pair of black slippers, Kagome walked out of her room and headed outside to wait again.

One downside of her becoming more influenced by Gin's chakra was her inability to stop herself from satisfying her curiosity, and where as this usually would be alright, sometimes it had severe consequences.

Today was one of those days as, while Kagome was walking, she was passing Neji's room, and, again, she wondered about his shampoo and conditioner.

So, Kagome Inuzuka walked right into Neji Hyuuga's room uninvited.