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Kouga smirked at the interaction between Kagome and her brother, like two wolf cubs fighting over the last scrap of food at dinner time. During Kagome's visit at the wolf den she was an accomplice to him in battle. She didn't get the opportunity to see how fun a life living with him and his clan was. Inuyasha showed up and convinced her to leave with them to continue their search for the jewel shards every time. Kouga growled crossing his arms. "Stupid mutt!" He didn't deserve to even be in the presence of his woman. He's lucky I even allowed him to live this long the mangy dog… when I get back he's dead! No one hurts Kagome and gets away with it!

"Kouga!"

The sound of the priestess calling his name made his heart go crazy. He placed a hand over where his heart would be and smiled. "Coming Kagome!" he called back. In the mean time, I couldn't possibly pass up the opportunity to have her alone without Inuyasha or anyone around to interfere. The wolf demon walked out of Kagome's bedroom and followed the sound of her and Sota still bickering down the steps to the first floor of the house. Walking wasn't his style, he preferred to leap in head first but he didn't know what to expect in this world. It was important to be overly-cautious in case any strange demons tried to attack Kagome and her family.

Kagome watched the demon tip toe into the kitchen. It was amusing to see how careful Kouga was being. He was more calm and generous than Inuyasha who had broken down doors, bicycles, even her grandpa's storage shed unaware of how his strength compared to her world's fragile shell. She waved the wolf demon to sit at the table across from herself, next to Sota. "You're here now, you might as well have some lunch and then we'll get you back to the feudal era," she smiled.

"Aww," Sota whined, "can't he stay a little longer Kagome? I want to hear about the feudal era! You never let me hang out with your friends!"

Kagome crossed her arms, "No way Sota! It's too dangerous having him here, what would other people say if they saw his tail or the way he dressed for that matter."

"We do still have some of your father's clothes if you did want to show your friend around Kagome."

All three of them looked up to see Kagome's mother setting out Sushi and rice on the table. She smiled warmly at the long haired boy sitting before her and took her place next Kagome.

"That would be so cool Mom! What do you say Kouga? You have any place you have to hurry off to?" Sota beamed at his new found hero.

Kouga blushed staring down at his empty plate. Her mother's smile looked so much like Kagome's he couldn't bare staring at the woman longer than he had to. He cleared his throat, "I guess if it's not a big deal I wouldn't mind."

"Fine," Kagome huffed, "not like my opinion mattered that much anyways!"

Kouga smiled at the priestess sheepishly, "If you don't want me here, I understand. I just wanted to make sure you were alright. We can go back if you want."

It was Kagome's turn to blush. I didn't mean to come off mean…

"Sure the clothes may be a little outdated but if you think about it, he did travel across time just to make sure you were okay," her mother tried to reason as she begun serving the meal, "Kind of romantic if you ask me."

Kagome's cheeks transformed into a deeper shade of pink. Geez Mom! If you put it that way Sota will never let it down. "Fine," she huffed stabbing away at her food with a pair of chop sticks.

Kouga stared blankly at Kagome, studying the way she used the wooden rods to eat her food. It didn't look that hard! Bravely he picked up his set of chopsticks and tried mimicking the others finger placements but kept dropping the tiny rolled up fish.

Sota grabbed his clawed hand, pushing it down on the table causing Kouga to let go of his eating utensils. The little boy chuckled, "I can never use those things right so when it comes to Sushi I just use my hands!"

He watched as the little boy picked up a piece of the rice covered fish and popped it into his mouth. "Sushi?" Kouga wondered aloud picking up a piece of his own food and eyeing it carefully.

Kagome's mother giggled, "Its raw fish and sea weed, wrapped in rice. Try it, you may like it."

Kouga gave a firm nod before putting the food in his mouth. His cautious frown turned into an excited smile as he ate another, then another, and another!

"You want mine? I'm not that hungry," Sota offered dropping his sushi on the wolf demon's dinner plate.

The mother laughed, "I'm not either, I had a very big breakfast."

She dropped hers onto his plate as well.

"Thank you! This is great!" he shouted excitedly as tiny pieces of rice flew out of his mouth.

The sight, as hard as Kagome tried to be mad, made her laugh. Her heart stung lightly, thinking back to when Inuyasha first had instant ramen, it was a scene similar to this. Enough! I need to stop thinking about him! She scolded herself. Across the table Kouga had finished eating and was staring intently at her as if trying to read her mind. She stood up blessing him with a friendly smile. "I'm going to change into suitable clothes, I'll be back," with a wave she disappeared from the kitchen and was climbing the stairs.

Kouga watched her leave and felt a warm feeling consume him. That smile was different than the many smiles she had given him before. It wasn't forced, or nervous, it was real. It felt good knowing that she was potentially happy that he came.

"Let us get you some clothes to wear as well," Kagome's mother offered, followed by a chuckle as she noticed his tail thump about on the floor, "as far as that goes, I'm not sure what we can do yet but we'll come up with something to conceal it."

"Are there not demons here?" he asked.

Sota shrugged grabbing the wolf demon's hand and pulled him to his feet.

"Not to our knowledge, if there are they're either in hiding or we can't see them," he explained dragging him upstairs as well but into another den. The set up was similar to Kagome's but had pictures of strange flying machines on his walls and humans dressed in funny clothes wielding a wooden club. Humans from this era sure do have strange interests, he pondered sitting on the floor.

Kagome looked through her dresser wondering if she should wear her school uniform or change into something her wolf demon friend wasn't used to. Twas' early but upon recent events if Kouga hadn't shown up she was going to lounge about in bed all day in her pj's and mope. Different was nice from time to time, she concluded pulling out a spaghetti strap yellow dress and her favorite light blue cardigan. As she began to take off the top of her pajamas she allowed it to drop on the floor casually and began to slip out of her pants when came a familiar voice.

"Uh, Kagome?"

She turned suddenly to see a modern dressed Kouga who now twisted his head away from the scene.

"I'm sorry! I didn't know you were still changing!" he cried, "please, don't kill me!"

At first she was going to be scream at him for barging into her room but the last defenseless yelp made her laugh instead. "Don't you dare turn around," she warned pulling her dress on over her head before slipping off her pants, "Okay now you can turn around."

As he flipped around to face her, his face still red out of embarrassment. She thought his blush went a shade darker as he looked her over. She admired at how Kouga blended in well with her world dressed in normal human clothes. Just an ordinary pair of jeans and t-shirt made him look like a super model regardless, and his tail was no where to be seen. In fact it was odd to see him without all his fur, even his head band was gone and his long black hair didn't change. It was still pulled back into a pony tail but instead of a furry hair tie it was a red one. Must have been one of hers she had lying around, she concluded. If it weren't for his elf like ears, he could've passed for a human... a very unusually, buff, handsome human but a human nether the less.

"You look great Kouga! Where's your tail?"

An agonizing look came over his expression as he pointed to the jeans' belt loops but it too was concealed by a long sleeve plaid shirt tied around his waist, toughs of fur stuck out but it wasn't that noticeable.

She frowned, "If it hurts we don't have to go out, we can stay here around the shrine so you don't have to hide it."

"No!" he shouted suddenly, "I want to go out with you Kagome!"

Her cheeks reddened to that of a strawberry at the wolf prince's statement. Don't be silly Kagome, he couldn't have possibly understood what he just said. When she heard him say going outher brain immediately related the phrase to a date. "Uh, right," she smiled nervously, "let's go then!" Kagome lead her friend down the stairs and to the front door where she finished putting on her sky blue cardigan and slipped on her brown school shoes. "I'm sure grandpa wouldn't mind if you barrowed these" she explained gesturing to a pair of old tennis-shoes, "he doesn't care for them that much anyhow, he prefers his shrine sandals."

It was a snug fit for Kouga's feet but he decided to grin and bear it. Nothing could ruin the next couple hours he was about to share with his potential mate, not his tail, not the uncomfortable shoes, nothing. He had the urge to wag his tail in fact but restrained himself knowing the pain that would follow.