Note: The whole Ungaikyō knowing an ancestor of Momiji's was an idea I got from seeing one or two comics dealing with his past and knowing someone who looked like Momiji. Just with longer hair. His ancestor's name will stay unknown.

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"So you had a memory of your past?" Momiji questioned, listening very carefully to what Ungaikyō was telling him.

"Yeah..about my time with one of your ancestors...I don't remember his name but we were friends, I guess" 

"Weren't our families enemies back then though?"

"We never disclosed our surnames when we met. I didn't know he was part of the Tachibana family until much later....He..never seemed like someone to harm others without a real reason. So I have my doubts about him helping kill my family. But I'll never know, not that it matters anymore" Ungaikyō said, looking down at the ground. He didn't want to think about his friend doing that, but there was no way to ever find out.

Momiji stood up and walked over to him, embracing him and holding him close. The mirror yokai simply leaned against him. This was why he preferred not remembering his past much. Sure he had good memories from back then and it was nice to think about them sometimes. But then reality hit him, how he out lived all of them. How he abandoned his family in their time of need and had to live a long time just for revenge.

"Stop being so hard on yourself Tadaakira, the past is over and done with" Momiji whispered to him along with some soothing words. He wasn't very good at calming others, but he was willing to try so he could help Ungaikyō. "Yeah..." The other mumbled.

They stay embraced in each others arms for a while, it felt comforting and made them feel safe too. It had taken them a bit to get used to the whole romance thing as well as all the things couples normally do. At first it was strange and rather awkward. But they were slowly getting used to it. After all, they went from, being enemies to lovers.

"Now let's get going, the ramen stand should be open" Momiji smiled, pulling away from their hug.

"..What's wrong with instant ramen?"

"You eat it cold!"

"You're so picky..but as long as it's ramen..fine..."

. . .

Kyuubi watched as the two walked over to the stand, his tails swayed curiously. "Strange, I didn't see you walk by at all to visit Ungaikyō"

"I stayed with him last night" Momiji replied.

"Oh? Well that's a first, letting someone stay with you for the night" 

"..It's fine if it's Momiji...anyways he's going to treat me to ramen.." 

"I never said that-" Momiji sighed. "Whatever..I'll pay for it this time, but you're going to pay next time in return" he said, looking to Ungaikyō with a serious expression.

"..scary..alright, I'll pay next time" Ungaikyō held his hands up in defense.

Momiji had to make the ramen as Ungaikyō only ever ate instant ramen so he didn't expect him to know how to cook them. Plus he didn't want to risk him trying to eat cold ramen again. So it was probably better that he was the one to cook it.

"So I'm guessing with the absence of Onibi and Kamaitachi means they must of snuck by and went to the human world" Momiji spoke up.

"Mmm, that's obvious by now. Although he's with that Katanashu now, Onibi is still determined to visit the human world" Kyuubi replied, glancing over. "I'm sure he'll get lectured by Aoi, though I doubt he'd listen regardless"

"..Aren't you interested in human culture?" Ungaikyō asked the fix, tilting his head slightly. 

"Hmph, we'll humans have expanded their culture to where it's quite advanced compared to what it was hundreds of years ago. So of course I'm a bit curious about their current culture" the kitsune said in response, closing his fan. "It's amazing how advanced everything has become, it makes humans lives much easier"

Momiji couldn't help but smile a little at just how interested Kyuubi was in human culture. If humans knew about yokais existing they'd probably be just as interested in yokai culture. In which case, it was more of like old times, about a hundred or so years ago. Who needed all that technology when you could just live easily like them?

"Here you go Ungaikyō" Momiji said as he handed Ungaikyō a bowl of ramen. "I don't know what you like as toppings so you can decide for yourself"

Ungaikyō hummed and simply began eating the ramen as it was, he didn't mind eating ramen like this once in a while. But he still preferred instant ramen instead. He occasionally glanced over to Momiji who was quietly eating his own ramen. Maybe it wouldn't be too bad to start eating at the ramen stand more often. Since Momiji seemed to like coming by and eating here.

'..Hopefully..it stays peaceful for a while...'

"You're staring Ungaikyō" 

He jumped a little when he noticed that Momiji had started to stare back. "...sorry"

"It's fine, hurry and eat your ramen before it goes cold" Momiji instructed with a small smile.

"Yeah.."