Hi peoples, I'm baaaack! Please don't flame me. Enjoy! The ItaKagness will come in later chapters.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Inuyasha characters, but I wish I did own some of them
Pairing: ItachixKagome
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Chapter One
It was nighttime, but Kagome could not sleep. She could sense something was going to happen tonight, and already the omens were bad. Unable to force herself into the timeless dreamland of sleep, she sat up and quietly left the hut.
The bright round shape of the full moon glistened in the vast blackness of the sky. Kagome decided to walk to the Goshinboku for a little peace and quiet. It's been three years since I first came here…and I've grown so strong in that amount of time. I know so much about herbs and medicine, and how to control my miko powers. I'm thankful Sesshomaru taught me swordsmanship, I probably wouldn't be here if he hadn't. Smiling, she patted the hilts of the two swords by her side.
However, when she got there, she saw the one person she did not want to see. She was standing over the well, her long bow in her hand, her long hair untied. Kikyo! Why are you here? Kagome thought, hiding behind a tree.
The dead priestess traced the well's edge with one pale finger. "Such magic, in something so old…" she murmured softly. "And it leads to the future, where my reincarnation has come from…"
She's talking about me? Why?
"You know you can't hide from me. I know you're there, my dear reincarnation," Kikyo said, not removing her eyes from the well.
Kagome stiffened. She knew I was here? I guess I forgot to hide my aura…she thought bitterly, stepping out from behind the tree.
"What brings you here so late at night?" Kikyo asked. She finally looked up to meet Kagome's serene, yet slightly nervous gaze.
"I couldn't sleep, so I came out to the Goshinboku to get some peace, but you were already here," Kagome answered warily.
"You don't belong in this time." The unexpected comment tore at Kagome. "Your time is still moving. Mine has stopped. You should go back to your own era."
Kagome looked down at her feet. "I can't. I have to stay here and help Inuyasha destroy Naraku," she said softly.
"You can't help him. You are not from this world. You don't belong here! Go home or die!" Kikyo's voice rose, infused with such rage that Kagome took a step back.
Kikyo took one of the arrows from her quiver and aimed at Kagome. "Actually, I prefer your death to your disappearance. That way I can have the other half of my soul back," she sneered.
Kagome grasped the hilt of her deadly Teikiatsu and prepared to counter Kikyo's deadly arrows. The tense air flowed around them like a whirling storm as two rivals began to clash.
Kikyo released the arrow. Everything slowed down as the arrow moved sluggishly through the air towards Kagome, who, in turn, drew her blade and sliced the puny arrow in half before it could touch her.
Then everything blurred quickly again as Kagome leaped towards Kikyo with incredible speed. "Don't forget, I'm not that weak little girl who first knew nothing about this world and needed protection every second! I'm stronger than you are, Kikyo!" she yelled.
"Then prove it!"
Kikyo strung another arrow and fired it. Kagome cut it away from her and slashed down. Kikyo narrowly dodged out of the way, using her bow to whack Kagome's stomach.
"Ugh…Sesshomaru would be disappointed in me for leaving such an opening," Kagome groaned quietly to herself.
Before Kikyo could strike again, she stood up and rammed the Teikiatsu through the dead priestess's chest. Kikyo hissed and pulled back. Kagome took her sword out.
Kikyo's body began to disintegrate. "Damn it! You bitch!" Kikyo cursed.
In a final attempt to kill Kagome and bring her to hell with her, Kikyo took an arrow and tackled Kagome so she would fall into the well. Kagome, unable to move due to Kikyo gripping her, couldn't block the arrow. Kikyo stabbed her in the heart…or so they thought.
The Shikon Jewel hidden beneath Kagome's shirt erected a barrier that deflected Kikyo's arrowhead. "No!" the dead priestess shrieked.
The well glowed bright green as Kikyo died, her bones clattering to the bottom of the well. Kagome, still holding her Teikiatsu, disappeared from the Sengoku Jidai.
Meanwhile, back at the hut, Inuyasha woke up. He sat up, a dreadful shiver coursing through him. He noticed that Kagome wasn't in her usual place. Kagome!
"Wake up! Kagome's gone!" he yelled.
Yawning sleepily, Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and Kaede woke up. "Inuyasha, what's going on? It's still dark outside," Miroku said, his eyelids drooping tiredly.
"Kagome's missing, you idiotic monk!"
That woke everyone up right away. Bewildered, the entire group looked around the hut. "Kagome? Inuyasha, do you know where she went?" asked Sango.
"No, I don't. If I did, why would I be yelling that Kagome's missing?" Inuyasha said.
"Well, sitting around arguing won't help us. We have to split up to find her," Miroku said. "Inuyasha, can you sniff out Kagome's scent?"
Inuyasha sniffed her empty sleeping bag, then placed his nose near the ground. "We don't need to split up. Follow me," he growled, walking out of the hut.
They followed Kagome's trail until they reached the well. Inuyasha's eyes narrowed when he spoke, "There was a fight here. Kagome fought…" he took a whiff of the air. His eyes widened slightly, "…Kikyo."
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Kagome sheathed the Teikiatsu and looked up. "How come I'm still in the Sengoku Jidai?" she asked, her eyebrows furrowing in confusion.
She climbed up and pulled herself over the edge of the well. But the sight that greeted her was not familiar. Sure, there were trees and tons of shrubbery, but they weren't the same. "Where am I?"
Kagome decided to scan the area and was surprised to find four auras hiding in different trees around her. Looks like I have company…she groaned. I guess I'll have to use Teikiatsu.
"If you would kindly show your faces to me instead of hiding, we could start off better," she said irritably.
She felt three auras spike in surprise and one wither in suspicion. "I said show your faces to me," she said louder. "Are you deaf?"
How did she know we were here? was the simultaneous thought that flashed through everyone's mind.
"Fine, I suppose I'll have to do this the hard way," she said. Concentrating her miko energy in her finger, she formed an energy whip much like Sesshomaru's.
Kagome spun in a circle, her whip cutting through the tree trunks like paper. When she completed her full circle, all the trees she cut toppled.
"Gah!"
"Ow!"
"Aaaah!"
"…"
Four strangely dressed people appeared in front of her. One was clutching a bump on his head. Two looked indifferent. One looked angry.
"Now, may I ask who you are and why you were hiding from me?" Kagome asked.
The indifferent boy with black hair observed her calm manner, her state of dress, and the two swords by her side, tied there by a blue sash. She wore a silver kimono-type top and blue hakamas. She had a quiver of arrows strapped to her back and a bow slipped into the leather strap that held her arrow quiver. In short, she looked like a shrine priestess with two swords. She had serene blue eyes that held pain, sorrow, determination, cheerfulness, and irritation in them. She had jet-black hair with blue highlights.
"It's customary to give your own name first," he said.
"Well, I don't even know where I am, in the first place," she said.
"How could you not know where you are?" the blonde and the pinkie yelled, astonished.
"Well, I'm not from here," Kagome answered, shrugging. "Of course I don't know where I am."
"Oh yeah, you appeared from that weird well," the blonde said, a light bulb appearing above his head.
"Shut up, Naruto, you're embarrassing us with your sense of stupidity!" the pink-hair girl hissed, hitting him over the head.
"But, Sakura!" whined the blonde, whom Kagome now knew as Naruto.
Kagome resisted the urge to roll her eyes. She didn't blame the girl for trying to shut him up. He sounded like a four-year-old. "If you want my name first, it's Kagome Higurashi."
"In this world, we say the surname first. So you'd be Higurashi Kagome. Strange, I've never heard of a clan named Higurashi before," Kakashi said thoughtfully.
"I told you, I'm not from here. I came from a different world," Kagome sighed, exasperated. These people were so stupid!
"Oh," Sakura said.
"Now will you guys introduce yourselves?" Kagome asked.
"I'm Uzumaki Naruto, the next Hokage!" Naruto announced proudly.
"Um…what's a Hokage?" everyone fell over anime style, excluding Kakashi, who sweatdropped.
"How could you not know what a Hokage is?!" Naruto yelled.
Kagome growled in frustration. "Do I need to repeat myself to idiots?" she near-screamed.
"Hn, dobe," the black-haired boy snorted.
"Naruto, why can't you ever be like my handsome Sasuke-kun?" Sakura screeched angrily. "You are soooo much more stupider than him!"
"Great, now there's a fangirl haunting me," Kagome mumbled.
"The Hokage is the strongest shinobi in the Village Hidden in the Leaves, Konohagakure no Sato, which is our home. Right now the Hokage is a blonde woman name Tsunade, who…uh, has…gigantic…you-know-whats," Kakashi explained.
Kagome raised an eyebrow. "So your leader has big breasts?" she said.
"Yup, Tsunade-baachan has the biggest boobs in shinobi history!" Naruto said, nodding his head rapidly. Kagome sweatdropped as she thought, Can this guy get any stupider?
"On with the introduction, please," said Kagome.
"My name is Haruno Sakura. Pleased to meet you," the pink-haired girl said, holding out her hand. Kagome shook it.
"My name is Uchiha Sasuke," the raven-haired boy said monotonously. Kagome could hear Sakura's sigh as bubbles of pink hearts swam in her eyes and over her head.
"My name is Hatake Kakashi, the sensei of these three," Kakashi said. "I suppose we'll have to take you back to Konoha."
"All right," Kagome said.
Sakura stole a glance at her as they walked back to their home village. She better not steal Sasuke-kun from me! Inner Sakura raged, glaring at her. Sakura could see that Sasuke was curious to know this mysterious girl.
In moments, they reached Konoha. The well hadn't been that far away. "So…can I see this Hokage of yours?" Kagome asked Kakashi.
"Of course. Sasuke, Sakura, Naruto, let's go," Kakashi said.
"What?! Why do we have to come?!" Naruto whined.
"Because I said so," the silver-haired sensei said.
Kakashi's silver hair reminds me of Sesshomaru…
They reached the Hokage tower in mere minutes. Kakashi knocked and a stern voice called from within, "Enter."
They went into the cluttered office. A young woman who looked to be around the age of twenty sat at the desk. "Kakashi, did you find the thing you sensed?" she asked.
"Actually it wasn't a thing…it was a girl," he said.
"A girl?" Tsunade's eyes narrowed. "Is she an enemy spy?"
"Excuse me? Do I look like the type to be sneaking around spying on people while wearing a mask and black clothes?" an offended female voice exclaimed from behind Kakashi.
A girl who looked to be either seventeen or eighteen walked to the front to face her. Tsunade lifted an eyebrow. "Kakashi, is this who you found?" she asked.
"Yes…she's very talented. She sensed us in the surrounding trees when she scanned the area. And we were stealthy, too," Kakashi admitted.
"Do you know any jutsu?" Tsunade inquired.
"You mean ninja techniques? Nope," Kagome answered.
"Then what are you if you aren't a ninja?"
"Well, duh, nobody knows who I am, but if someone really knows their history around here, they can tell by my clothes!" Kagome replied irritably. "Unless you ninja think that your walnut sized brains are bigger than they are."
Did she just call us stupid? Fumed Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto.
Hey, my brain's not the size of a walnut! Kakashi thought.
How rude. Didn't even answer my question, thought Tsunade.
Kagome sighed. "Guess nobody around here knows what a miko is," she grumbled.
Tsunade gasped. "You're a miko?!" she exclaimed.
Kagome resisted the incredible urge to roll her eyes at the supposed "leader's" stupidity. "Must I repeat myself? I would appreciate it if you just hear me the first time and back the hell off."
Tsunade regained her regal posture and said, "Would you like to help us?"
"Help you how?"
"Konoha has many enemies, and defense is weak right now. We need as many allies as we can get to fight off the intruders and save our home," Tsunade explained. "Especially against a dangerous shinobi named Orochimaru, who is cunning, evil, strong, traitorous, you name it."
Silence fell in the room at Orochimaru's name. Kagome assumed that said name was taboo. "So you want my help? Don't you want to test my skills before you recruit me?" she asked.
"You can go against Kakashi, he's strong enough," she said. "You are dismissed."
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"Inuyasha, what is it? Where has Kagome gone?" Sango asked.
"She fought with Kikyo here…their scents disappear into the well…" Inuyasha said.
"She fought with Kikyo? I hope she survived," Miroku sighed.
"Miroku, Kagome could easily kill Kikyo because of all that training and growing up," Inuyasha said. "I'll check to see if they're in the future." Without any protests, he jumped down the well and disappeared in a flash of blue light.
When he arrived at the bottom of the well, he looked up and saw the familiar wooden shrine roof. He leaped out of the well with his incredible jumping ability and landed on the edge of the well. He frowned. Kagome's scent faintly surrounded this place. She hadn't been here for months.
Then where did Kagome and Kikyo go? He wondered, jumping back into the well.
He arrived back in the Sengoku Jidai and leaped out. He found them waiting for him. "So was Kagome there, Inuyasha?" Miroku asked.
"No…she hadn't been there for months," Inuyasha answered. "That can only mean one thing."
They all looked at each other, the same thought running through their heads.
The well had opened a new dimension. And Kagome was in that dimension.
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Hello, guys! I was just really, really bored, so I came up with yet another story! I know you guys all just want me to finish my previous fics and forget about coming up with new ones, but I simply don't have the heart to.
Curiosity Killed An Uchiha will have to wait awhile, those of you who have read it, because chapter three is based on Itachi's memory before, during, and after the Uchiha Massacre.
Thank you all very much and goodbye!
MF15