"About a year after the peace accords I began to court Midoriko." Kagome noticed he'd dropped the suffix but didn't comment on it.
"She was sweet and seemed receptive to the offer but at the time was married to a monk. Unfortunately the monk passed away a year later while he was trying to save a few travelers from bandits leaving Midoriko alone to raise their son. Hearing of his passing, I went to offer my condolences and soon we were back to being the friends we were." Kagome gently placed a hand on his and Katsuo-sama smiled in gratitude.
"A few years after that, I asked her to be my mate. She told me that she couldn't because of her obligation to the human race. If she gave up her life to be with me then it would seem unfair to the humans. So instead I asked her to marry me and she agreed."
"She was the Eastern Lady?" Kagome asked slowly not wanting to disrupt his telling of the story.