Here is another fiction I wanted to try out. It is experimental and I want feed back before I continue. But know that I do not own either Inuyasha or Naruto.
Chapter 1: Graduation
She was walking down the hall, her book open as she read the chapter. It was a book from the clan library on advanced jutsu. It was a requirement for those in her clan to read and master advanced jutsu, though it was usually when they were older. She was only eleven and she had to start now. She did not want to disappoint her clan.
A girl ran into her roughly. It looked like she was to be sent sprawling across the floor, but at the last second she shifted her body and flickered out of sight before reappearing two feet away, nose still in her book. She kept walking, surprising a few teachers and a lot of the students. There were a few that were able to move like that, and they were usually ANBU.
'One technique down,' she thought to herself as she turned and walked into the classroom. She took her seat in the back, her limp, dull hair hiding the parts of her face the book didn't hide. The crest of a pink jewel cradled by a dark blue moon was seen on her back, giving away what clan she belonged to. She didn't really care if anyone saw it.
"They are talking about that dull little ugly duckling," a pink haired girl said as she walked in with a blonde haired blue eyed female. "I mean, what they say cannot be true."
"I know. Only ANBU can move the way they said she moved." They looked up to see the one they were talking about sitting in the back right corner of class. Her face was in a book like usual, though no one ever knew what it was she read. "I mean, she's so skinny and pale looking, and her chakra is so low." They hurried to their seats when the teacher walked in.
"Now you all know that the graduation exams are next week. That being said, there will be two parts, a written test and the performance test. The performance portion will be on the kage bushin no jutsu. Study up." The bell rang signaling the end of classes for the day.
She stood, nose still in the book and started out of class. The blonde and pink haired females scheming. They tripped her and waited for her to meet the ground face first but gasped when she didn't.
"Advanced jutsu number twenty-seven, the body flicker technique," she whispered. She had vanished and now stood, her back to them. "It really is childish for you to go around tripping people," she said softly. "You really could hurt someone." And she continued walking. She was soon out of sight.
"So it was true," the blonde said, eyes still trained in the direction of which she left.
"So what? It doesn't matter anyway. It isn't like any guy likes her." The pinkette started home. "I'll see you later, Ino."
"Bye, Sakura." Ino left too.
She looked to her mother and father. She had put her book away because it would be rude of her to ignore her parents as they spoke to her.
"You shouldn't focus on a technique that is so childish," her mother lectured.
"But the body flicker technique isn't childish," she tried to reason. "It helps you evade an enemies attack quickly."
"It takes up too much chakra," her father interrupted. "Chakra that can be better used on better techniques, like the cutting wind jutsu, or even the fire dragon technique." He looked at his daughter in her dull blue eyes, so different from his and his wife's brilliant brown eyes. "Just focus on a different, more useful technique."
"Hai, tousan." She bowed and left knowing she had been dismissed.
He knew a strong kunoichi. That Higurashi brat was strong, but ugly and not worth his time. He had better things to do, like practice the fireball jutsu his clan was so known for. That was their initiation. He had passed but he still needed to practice. He could not afford to fail if he was to catch up with his aniki in technique and power. Yes, his brother was his idol and rival.
He panicked. The kage bushin no jutsu was his worst technique. There was no way he was going to pass. He would have to practice day and night to get it right, but his energy stores would be low after words. He sighed, knowing he should get started with practicing. He had to master it in a week if he was going to become the Hokage.
She knew the next technique she wished to master. It was similar to the forbidden kage bushin no jutsu, but not banned and only the Higurashi clan learned it. She knew that defensive techniques were needed to succeed in missions. Though her father and mother yelled at her for learning defensive techniques. And easy techniques had to be learned in order to learn harder techniques. It also helped in developing the chakra. She had a low amount of chakra now but chances are that it would increase when she hit puberty, like it did with every Higurashi clan member.
She sighed and got to practicing. Yes, she knew the school house kage bushin no jutsu, but she preferred using the other kage bushin no jutsu, the one the clan used. Yes, it was harder to master, but the body flicker was supposed to be hard as well, but she mastered that in a little over a week, so she figured she would be able to do the same for the kage bushin no jutsu. The day before the final exam she would rest to restore the chakra spent on extra practice. She did not think anyone was as driven as her.
Day of the graduation exams
She waited patiently for her name to be called. They had already taken the written exam, which she knew she passed, and was now waiting to perform her mastered kage bushin no jutsu. They had decided to have them perform it in front of everyone else. She wasn't nervous, already having mastered other advanced techniques. The adobansu kage bushin no jutsu was going to be her pride for today. It was either that or the kagewoutsusu bushin no jutsu. Both she had already mastered.
"Higurashi Kagome," Iruka sensei had called.
"Hai." She stood and approached, a coin in hand. If it landed on heads she'd use the adobansu kage bushin no jutsu, tails would be kagewoutsusu bushin no jutsu. She quickly flipped the coin and caught it, both being so fast as to elude the eyes in the class. She looked at the coin to see it was tails. She smirked. She could easily do the hand signs.
"Proceed!" She nodded.
She quickly went through the hand signs, eyes opening. "Advanced technique number forty-five, kagewoutsusu bushin no jutsu." There was no poof of smoke but she stepped back and in front of her stood an exact clone of her, right down to the same amount of chakra she had.
"Amazing," Iruka said, he walked around the clone and poked it to see that it didn't poof. "Though you still need another clone."
"No I don't," Kagome commented from the back of the class, the two clones still standing in a line before him. "Your eyes are getting slow, sensei," she commented.
"Well, you pass." Both clones shattered like a mirror after he said that.
Sakura, who had gone before her, was steaming mad. Kagome had out done her again and the eyes of the class were wide with shock. They had never seen a clone disappear like that. Usually it was a poof of smoke when they appeared and disappeared, but Kagome had stepped back and her clones appeared and they shattered.
He was impressed. It was not every day someone their age performed such jutsu. They were advanced and the clones had managed to have the same amount of chakra as her. It was unheard of. Usually the clones were weaker than the original. It would be useful in missions and hiding.
They had gone through everyone and now they had found out that only Uzamaki Naruto had failed. He was moping as everyone else talked and celebrated with their family and friends. He looked to see Kagome standing there and taking a scolding from her parents. They should have been proud of her. After all, she was able to perform advanced jutsu.
"What have I told you?" Her mother scolded. "No more weak, defensive jutsu. They are a waste of chakra." She didn't reply. "You really are a disgrace to the Higurashi clan."
Something in Kagome snapped. She flipped through hand signs quickly, her anger taking over. She was sick of her parents saying she was a disgrace and weak. "Dansu no kaji ryu." She breathed out and three large dragons wrapped around each other in a seeming dance before charging up into the sky. She turned and walked away from her shocked parents. She had better things to do then listen to her parents degrade her.
He scowled, both his parents going on and on about the ugly Higurashi that had made his kanton look like the light on a candle, compared to a raging inferno.
"Such a strong girl," his mother commented.
"She would make an excellent addition to the Uchiha line, if she wasn't so unattractive," his father added.
She panted after calling out "sho_netsujigoku gufu no jutsu." The whole surrounding area was drenched in fire. She cancelled out the jutsu and turned to go home. She needed her strength when she was assigned a team tomorrow.
Author's note and translations:
Adobansu kage bushin no jutsu: Literally means advanced shadow clone technique.
Kagewoutsusu bushin no jutsu: Mirror image clone technique. It copies everything about the user, including chakra levels.
Dansu no kaji ryu: Dance of the fire dragon.
Sho_netsujigoku gufu no jutsu: Inferno hurricane technique.
I will try to update my other stories later. Please review and tell me what you think. No pairing decided at this time.
