New FIC! It has been in my head for a very long time now so I am once again making another story to get over my writer's slump.

Title: To be Free

Summary: After the wrong wish was made on the Shikon no Tama, Kagome has been reborn.

Warning- Will be covering most of the Naruto series. Some major plot points will be tweaked of course :D

It was silent. All the ninja's that stood before the two parents watched with horror in the eyes and shock on their faces. Tremors shook the former Hokages' body as he saw the two bodies pierced by a single claw, shake with pain.

"Minato…Kushina…" the names slipping from his lips without him even realizing it.

That's when they all heard Kushina begin to speak to her son, love laced with each word as tears ran down her face and blood down her sides:

"Naruto...Don't be picky…Eat lots and grow strong…
Make sure that you bathe every day and stay warm...
Also... Don't stay up late... You need lots of sleep...
And make friends... You don't need a lot of friends...
Just a few... Ones you can really, really trust...
I wasn't very good at it, but keep up with your studies and practice your jutsu hard...
Remember that everyone has strengths and weaknesses...
So don't get too depressed if you can't do something well...
Respect your teachers and upperclassmen at the Academy...
Oh, and this is important... It's about the Three Prohibitions for a shinobi...
Be extra careful about lending and borrowing money...
Put your mission wages into your savings account...
No alcohol until you're twenty... Too much can ruin your health, so drink in moderation...
Another Prohibition is women...
I'm a woman, so I don't know too much about this but...
All you need to remember is that this world is made up of men and women...
So it's only natural to take an interest in girls...
But just don't get hooked on bad women... Find someone just like me...
Speaking of the Three Prohibitions, be wary of Jiraiya Sensei, you know...
Naruto, from now on, you're going to face lots of pain and hardship...
Be true to yourself... Have a dream and have the confidence to make that dream come true...
There's so much... Oh, so much more that I want to pass on to you... I wish I could stay with you longer…"

"I love you…" and a bright flash filled the entire clearing.

There was a meeting in the Hokage tower. All the clan heads of Konoha was present. A woman garbed in a white haori, a pair of red hakama, and decked in armor stood in front of them all. Long raven colored hair that reached past her hips hung loose. A bow and arrow sat on her back and a sword at her waist. There was another woman right next to her with a paler skin, bone straight hair, and similar out fit with no armor.

No one said at word for what seemed like hours.

"Minna…" The Hokage started but then broke off. How could one start a conversation to even explain what occurred moments before? He couldn't rap his mind around what he saw himself. All he remembered, as he began to tell everyone, was Kushinas' last words to their son when…

"Not yet!" Minato's eyes shot to the sound of the soft yet powerful voice. Minato looked around and realized that he no longer had a claw going through his stomach. Kushina laid at his feet, healed just as he was.

"It is not your time to leave this world. You have a son to protect and teach." A voice behind him said. Minato turned to see a young woman, no older than 18, smiling at him.

Striking blue eyes, paler than his own gazed back at him. She had heart shaped face, pink coral lips and smooth fair skin. Her hair was pulled up into a tight bun, bangs hanging to the left. She was dressed in a white kimono with red maple leaves held together by a pale pink and gold obi.

"What is going on?" He asked

"I purified your summon. I'm sure I caused a lot of people some irritation somewhere down the line but I was always had a habit of acting without thinking things through sometimes. I didn't think I would ever be awakened from the hold of the Shikon…"

"I'm sure Midoriko-sama will be pissed off at me, and I'm almost positive that there will be some serious repercussions on my part as well but I couldn't…I couldn't watch you two die and leave that baby by himself. I felt the love of your wife and was called forth. You were successful in your transfer. A part of the chakra of Kurama is sealed into Naruto and the other I sealed away."

"Oh man…Inuyasha, I wish you were here with me to help me with this mess." She whispered as she fell to her knees next to Kushina.

"That boy will be strong and powerful, he would have lived a harsh 12 years before coming into himself, but I felt compelled to change this. He will be just as powerful with you two to guide him along the way. I wish you well on that journey." She smiled at him again just as Kushina opened her eyes and began to fade.

"Wait! Are you an angel?" Kushina asked.

"No. I'm just a mother."

Everyone was entranced with the story as Minato finished his tale.

"Hokage-sama, if I can inquire…" Hisashi began to speak but the odd dressed woman held her hand up.

"I have a story to tell as well before you ask any questions…It started back in a period of war…"

This story was even more farfetched than the Hokages' but after all that has happened, who could tell was truth or lies anymore.

"In the end, the jewel was purified but a proper wish could not be made. Kagome decided that she would stay in the past to be with her lover and help her friends rebuild the slayer village. The village was opened to all people; hanyou, humans, full blood demons alike lived in this village.

Kagome married Inuyasha, and she in turn pushed the young kitsune to go out to the academy they had ran across to hone his skills. Feeling betrayed and hurt-thinking she was trying to abandon him to start her own family-he left and year by year grew another tail. In those 9 years, Kagome sent him missives every single day but he never responded to her.

Finally, after many failed attempts, Kagome was able to conceive a child. On the night that she gave birth, the village came under attack. Sango and Miroku were away on business leaving Inuyasha to fend for them but it was the night of the new moon and he fell just as the child born. Exhausted but knowing that she was needed she grabbed her bow and arrows, instructed her helper to escape with her child, and reached her fallen husband. Realizing who it was attacking the village, Kagome could not find it in her to harm the now grown kit.

Grabbing the Shikon from her neck, he made a wish on the jewel. However, it was a selfish wish and would also pull him into the jewel."

"But wouldn't that cause the jewel to taint again?" Fugaku asked.

The woman nodded. "Refusing to let him be tainted by the jewel, Kagome allowed herself to be sealed inside the jewel in his place. Soon the Kitsune wreaked havoc on many lands and finally searched for the new born child now hiding with Sango and Miroku. Learning of what happened to their friends but having no other choice, Miroku sealed the kit into the child left behind. The child was used only because she contained demonic blood but had obtained her mothers' miko powers. Eventually, she had children of her own. This powerful line of people eventually became the Uzumaki clan. That special chakra the clan holds is a mix of reiki and demonic jyaki"

Heads turned towards the red haired woman who was silent at Minato's side.

"Tonight, the jewel which was sealed with the kit, activated and Kagome was able to overcome the taint of the jewel."

"She mentioned that a Midoriko-sama would be mad at her. Are you her?"

The woman nodded.

"The only reason why she intervened is because she knew that although you wanted the people of Konoha to think of him as a hero, they would hate him and he would be lonely. Interfering with the will of the gods would in fact mean that her soul would be destroyed, never to be reincarnated. However, I think that the Gods' decided to have mercy on her. Enough, to give her a second chance at life. After this moment, the Shikon no tama will be resealed into the babe Kagome, along with the memories of her past life. She will be in need of a family that can hone her abilities and mold her into a strong warrior."

At this all the clan heads dropped to one knee and bowed. Each offering her a place in their clan. To have such a child in their clan would give them much honor.

"I nor your Hokage will choose. She will. Kikyo?" The woman next to her nodded and looked down at the sleeping bundle in her arms. Stepping forward, she beckoned each clan head to great the babe. It was down to the last three clans. Kikyo stood in front of the Hokage and she began to squirm. When she got in front of Fugaku Uchiha, the baby began to cry. Last was the Nara clan but nothing happened.

"I wonder…" Kikyo muttered. She moved in front of the former Hokage and she couldn't help but smile down at the now happily giggling baby.

"Hiruzen Sarutobi. Do you accept this babe into your clan?" Midoriko asked. Hiruzen opened his arms to accept the babe. Bright pale blue eyes stared curiously up at his own eyes. She smiled up at him and he couldn't help but smile back at the child.

"I will."

"KAGOME! WAKE UP OR YOU WILL BE LATE FOR SCHOOL!" the young girl shot up from her futon and looked at the time. "Oh great! I promise Hinata-chan I would walk with her to class too." Running into the bathroom she washed up quickly, tied her hair into a bun, brushed her teeth, and ran back into her room to get dressed.

She put on a short sapphire blue kimono with silver trimmings. The sleeves were long, almost the length of a furisodes'. Pink cherry blossom petal decorated her sleeves and the bottom of the kimono that reached mid-thigh. The obi was pale pink color. She slipped her shorts on underneath and placed a pair of chopstick daggers into her hair. Next she tied her pouch to her thigh, and tied her tanto securely into her obi.

The now 7 year old ran out of her room and down into the kitchen. "Haha-ue, ohayo!" she said as she sat at the table and started scarfing down her food.

"Mah, Kagome-chan! Slow down!" her said waving a spatula at the girl.

"I can't! I'll be late walking with Hinata-chan!"

"I woke you up 25 minutes early just in case Kagome. You have time." Kagome gave a sigh of relief and then looked at everyone else at the table that was trying not to laugh at the young girls antics.

"Kaggie!" Kagome smiled at the little boy who was grinning at her happily from his high chair.

"Good morning Ko-chan! Oji-chan, Ojii-sama."

"Good morning." The two older men said to the young girl. Breakfast went by smoothly and Kagome excused herself so she can leave just as her mother started the dishes.

"Ittekimasu!" she called.

"Itterasshai! Bring back leeks on your way home!"

"Hai!" and flew out the door.

"Nodoka, how do you do it?"

Nodoka smiled as she looked out the window and watched her little girl running off.

"I admit, she can be a handful sometimes, but she has a heart of gold and makes every day amazing."

Asuma and Hiruzen nodded their agreement and grinned. That girl was going to be special, they could feel it.

Kagome made outside of the Hyuga estate just as Hinata was walking out.

"Hina-chan!" said girl smiled back at her.

"G-g-good morning, S-Sa-Sarutobi-san." Kagome shook her head.

"Just call me Kagome!" they had the same convo every morning. Hinata and Kagome had been friends since she was two. On her second birthday, all the clan heads brought their kids over to meet the young girl. Since Hiruzen decided to take the position of Hokage again so Minato could appreciate the second chance he was given, the Sarutobi family was back in the limelight. There was some offers of marriage, and some bickering between some fathers' (mainly Fugaku and Hisashi), but in the end, all offers was declined.

Kagome became fast friends with almost everyone, but she was especially fond of Hinata. She was hiding behind her father's legs while all the other kids was playing so Kagome walked over to the girl and offered her some candy. From that moment on, they were always together or at each other's homes even though Kagome hated the way Hisashi treated Hinata.

Walking hand in hand, the two made it to class on time for their flower arraignment class. Kagome waved at Ino and a few other kunoichi before she realized she left her bento.

"Oh man…"she groaned in frustration.

"What happened?" Ino asked.

"I left my bento again! I hope Oji-san will bring it today." She muttered as her stomach grumbled at the thought of no lunch. The girls all chatted with each other just before their teacher walked in.

"Good morning."

"Good morning Kaede-sensei!" the girls chorused. Their sensei smiled at the bright eyed girls before writing a question on the board.

'What do you want to be when you get older?'

"Who wants to go first?" Kagome shot up from her seat, hand raised high. "I want to be an ANBU captain!" the others looked at the short girl with a shocked expression. Almost all the other girls wanted to be a medic-nin, instructor, or mother. To think that the eldest Sarutobi child wanted to be ANBU, a captain at that, was kind of terrifying.

The lesson was flower identification.

"At times ladies, you would not be identified by your name but by a name of a flower. I want you to pick a flower that you would identify yourself as. You may pair up if you want to."

Kagome and Hinata were immediately next to each other, Ino and Sakura came over to them later.

"Kagome-chan, what name did you come up with? Something like Kigiku (chrysanthemum) or Jasumin (jasmine) right?" Sakura said to the girl. Kagome shook her head. "No way! I was thinking Suikazura (honeysuckle)."

The other girls thought about it and nodded. "Yeah, that fits you to a tee. Hey why don't you pick out names too? I think I might pick something bad." Ino said with a grin. Kagome nodded and though long and hard about each choice.

"Suisen (narcissus) for Sakura. Ajisai (hydrangea) for Ino. Shirayuri (white lily) for Hinata."

"Why would you give Sakura that? She doesn't have any self-esteem. Her name should be Furījia (freesia)." Ino said snidely.

"Oh yeah!? Your name shouldn't even be pride since you lack that, your name should be Kiiroibara (yellow rose)" she said blowing her a raspberry. Ino glared at the girl and Kagome stood up with her hands out to stop the girls from attacking each other. Hinata was blushing from her name choice but also silently agreed with Kagomes' choice for the two of them.

"Pick another name!" they yelled at Kagome.

Kagome sat back down and then came up with Tsubaki (red camellia) for Sakura and Yuri (lily of the valley). She had a feeling they only want pretty names from the beginning.

"Um...Sarutobi-chan?"

"Yes?" she said turning her attention to the shy girl.

"I think your name should be Botan (peony)."

Kagome smiled and nodded. I'll take it!

Kaede stopped by each group and asked for their flower name. "Kagome-chan, what is your name?"

"Botan for bravery sensei! Hinata-chan picked mine." She said happily, hugging her friend. "I gave Hinata-chan the name shirayuri, for purity and chastity." Kaede nodded.

"Lovely names ladies. Alright, time for you to head to your other lessons. Class dismissed."

The rest of the day went by pretty easy. Lunch time came around and no one brought her bento to school. Hinata offered to share hers but Kagome told her no. "I'm just gonna have to suffer instead. Mama made rice balls too."

"Sarutobi-chan." Kagome looked up to see one of her favorite people.

"Dog-sama!" she cried out hugging his legs.

"Hokage-sama asked me to bring you your bento. I would have gotten here earlier but an elderly woman needed help learning the meaning of life." Kagome sighed and held her hand out for her bento.

"Thank you Dog-sama!" the masked man looked down at the little girl still holding on to his legs. "Sarutobi-chan, why do you keep calling me Dog-sama? Why not Dog-san?"

"It doesn't matter if my last name is Sarutobi or that my grandfather is the Hokage. You are idol and the fourth best shinobi to ever live and when I get older I want to be put in your squad like Uchiha-sans' son" he pried her off of his leg and patted her on the head and left in swirl of leaves.

Hinata smiled at her friend who squealed at being able to talk to her precious Dog-sama. Going back to lunch with others, Kagome was laughing at something Ino said when she spotted her other classmate sitting alone. She never got a chance to talk with him since he usually got in trouble and was in detention a lot.

"Uzumaki-san…" he always sat alone at lunch. She seen him talking with several students but he always sat alone during lunch.

"Uzumaki-san! Oi! Come over here and join us! I have extra rice balls!" Kagome felt herself grin at Hinatas' rosy cheeks. 'Aw she likes him!'

The boy came over to them and she handed him a rice ball. "Why do you sit by yourself anyway Uzumaki-san?" the boy grinned sheepishly but it seemed forced.

"No one has really asked me to join them." Kagome nodded and smiled at the boy.

"Well for now on, you are to eat lunch with us all the time alright? My name is Kagome!"

"I remember your name Kagome-chan! Mine is Naruto, so stop calling me Uzumaki-san." Kagome nodded and everyone finished eating and was sitting around talking and laughing.

'Lunch is always more fun when you're surrounded with friends.'

TBC

Whelp, this puppy was typed literally all day. I couldn't get this out of my head for the longest so treat it kindly!

Pairing ideas?

Also, yeah a stretch on the tales but in a lot of ninja/kunoichi movies, female ninja have flower names like ayame, sakura, hinagiku, yuri etc. if you want to know the names of each flower I used here is a link: wiki/Hanakotoba

Kagome's names- the first one means generous, the second means bravery

Sakura's-self-esteem (which she lacks in the beginning but later would have too much like a narcissus) then the flower Ino gives her mean childish and immature. The second flower Kagome give her means in love/perish with grace

Hinata-shirayuri, white lily, means purity/chastity. Also, in flower arranging, Lilies bruise easily like Hinatas' delicate nature.

Ino-first name is pride (another future prediction as Ino is very prideful about her looks and skills.), then sakura gave her a flower name that means jealousy. Then the second name Kagome gives her means sweet.

In the anime/manga, Konohamaru's parents are never revealed to be alive or dead, so that was easier for me to use. Also, he is 4 years younger than Naruto so some of the soon to be genin will be 6-7-8 with Kagome being the youngest. Ko-chan is 2.

Will any of the Inuyasha character's appear…yeah, just different.

Also, yes, the thought of a 6 year dreaming about becoming an ANBU captain is terrifying. I'm using the same expression as when I told my mom when I was little that I want to be an assassin. At age 5. She didn't looked thrilled by it at all.

Also, again, I had many friends in school too but I sat alone a lot only because when it was lunch time kids divided up quickly and didn't real ask me to sit with them. I was a polite kid lol

This was also one of my longest beginning chapters too! I think perpetual misdemeanors had the longest over all though. Also, if you read those fics, I am bringing those to a close real soon too because I hate leaving my work unfinished, but glad some people still read the old fics. Trying to improve my craft, but I have sporadic ideas and write the, and it's getting complicated catching errors and coming up with ideas sometimes.

Anyway, as always! Thank you for reading!

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