Kagome was currently on a double date with Sango, who was enjoying a plate of sushi. Kagome herself had ordered Soba and chicken, and Shikamaru ordered riceballs while Kakashi got dumplings. They were enjoying a pleasent coversation, with Kagome casually arguing with Shikamaru, and Sango accusing Kakashi of being a pervert.
"Shikamaru, you lazy bum, I told you not to mess with the dog, but no! So I hate to say it, but I told ya so!" Kagome said playfully. Shikamaru rolled his eyes. "I don't recall you saying not to mess with the dog. Infact, I remember you saying that I should play with it, and second of all, you loved to say I told ya so, and you know it." he said. Kagome shook her head. "I never said you should pull the dogs tail, or it's mouth. Playing with a dog consits of fetch and tag! So it's not my fault Akamaru bit you!" she said. "I never said it was your fault. You just assumed I would think that and therefore began this entirely pointless and troublesome conversation." he said. "Pointless? Troublesome? You think spending time with me is troublesome?!" she asked. His eyes widened and he turned urgently. "N-No!" he said, but the glared when Kagome burst into giggles. "Kagome, you really need to stop doing that." he said, shaking his head and causing her to only laugh harder.
"Ahhh, crisp morning air is the best!" Kagome said contentedly, stretching as she walked to the defensive training grounds. Most of the ninja were already there waiting, some were eating, and some still looked asleep. "Alright, time for barrier practice! Everyone, main chakra concentration, and try to time it right this time!" she demanded. All of the ninja nodded and began handseals. "Group 1, Standard Barrier, Erect!" she comanded. Suddenly a large blue protection barrier formed. "Group 2, Secondary Barrier!" she ordered. The second group made all the groups invisible. "Hold it firm!" she yelled out, and heard a collective grunt as response. Kagome also focused her energy and added support to the two barriers. Two hours later all the Shinobi and Kagome fell to the floor, exhausted.
"Alright! I want training to double! After all these recent Akatsuki attacks we've weakened, and we can't have Konoha go into ruins! We all have the ability to grow more powerful than any Akatsuki memeber, but we haven't mastered that potential, so I plan to work your mental and physical strength ten times past the point of exhaustion and defeat!" Sango spoke passionatly, with ferocity past what any of the ninja's had ever seen. And so, they trained, and as Sango had promised, they were so exhausted by the end of it that they collapsed half dead and already asleep by the end of it. Sango sat panting tiredly on the floor, sweat pooling around her after her huge workout.
Ino and Hinata worked the farming comunity to the bone since Nezhul's departure three years before. Both 18 year olds had developed harsh callouses from tilling the soil constantly, always watering plants, neverending work. The two girls were always exhausted and weak feeling. It was an exhausting job, but they were both confident that they were helping Konoha by doing this. And they knew that when it came down to it, they'd do anything for Konoha.
A long sigh emitted from rosy lips as Tsunade tried desperatly to finish all of her long and boring paperwork. Finally she gave up and handed the task over to Shizune. Some of the paper work was irrelevant, and some just too much of a bother. She then walked out and observed the village in one of it's rare moments of peace. Recently the village had been suffering constant attacks from the Akatsuki and Orochimaru, and they had been going through hell just trying to keep alive and running. Konoha had fallen upon hard times, and it almost brought Tsunade to tears at the optimism the ninja still held, convinced that somehow they'd make it through this. It was awe inspiring, considering how little hope their was to cling onto still. Many ninja had been lost in the furious, and many continued to put their lives on the line in every battle, their deaths almost inevitable. Konoha's outlook on the future was bleak, yet the ninja never gave up even at the cost of their own life. The original rookie nine was still alive, each working just as hard as any other ninja, as well as their sensei's, Iruka, and a few ANBU here and there, but that was almost it. The great Konoha reduced to a little less than 20 ninja, excluding genin, it was a pitiful sight to see.
"Hey! Would you hurry up!" Kagome exclaimed, waving energetically to Sango, who was walking along the brooke quietly. "Alright! I'm coming!" Sango said, shaking out of her revierie. She had been caught, once again, thinking about the past. Running to catch up with Kagome, the two continued their peaceful trek through the woods. They needed a small break from the hard village life, if only for a few hours at most. Sighing, Kagome sat down on the ground and looked up at the evening sky. "It's beatiful." she said wistfully. "I miss sleeping outside like this, under the stars without a care in the world." Kagome said. Sango frowned. "But even then Kagome-chan, we were not without our worries. Naraku was a great threat, as well as the demons that lurked all around us." she said softly. "It seems life will never be without it's difficulties." Kagome said softly. "It will get better Kagome-chan, and you know it. For every great tradgedy, there comes an even greater happiness, and none know this better than we do." Sango said. "Yeah...I guess you're right. I mean, we were frozen, never to see our loved ones again or complete our mission. But look where it landed us? I don't think we'd be the same people we are today if not for it." she said. Sango nodded and sighed softly. "Still...I really do miss being back in the past." she said so softly that Kagome almost didn't hear. Grabbing Sango's hand, she forced her to look at her. "Why think about the past when we have our future to look forward to?!" she exclaimed, and the two girls stood and decided to head back to Konoha, but a weird noise stopped them. "Did you really think to escape that easily?" A sinisterly farmiliar voice asked. Both Kagome and Sango turned, horrified and stunned, to see a huge writhing mass of flesh flying toward them, but something seemed to be off with the mass. It was almost ghostly. Closing their eyes in unison, fearing the impact, they were surprised when it never came. Both girls, weaponless, cautiously opened their eyes to see a farmiliar mane of white hair. "What the hell is going on here?!" the white haired person said.
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