Just Us

By: Luna Hikari Uchiha

Summary: Kagome decides to stay at the ninja village that the Inu-tachi passed on their travels. She becomes a Konoha shinobi. Then, she meets her new teammates, Neji, Sasuke, and her new sensei, Kakashi. Three years after her arrival, the Inu-tachi, shows up again, only this time, they came to get Kagome back.

Disclaimer: If I owned Inuyasha or Naruto, I wouldn't be sitting here typing this disclaimer.

This is going to be a Kagome/Neji fic. Just so you know, Kagome was 12 when she decided to stay at Konoha. Kikyo is going to be written in and out in at least two paragraphs. This is also going to be a two-shot.

Just so you know:

"blah blah blah" this means talking

blah blah blah this means thinking

blah blah blah this means inner self

blah blah blah this means spirits talking

(a/n blah blah blah) this means authoress note

Part One: The New Village

Kagome looked at the large, simple gate in front of her, then at the group that was walking away from her. Wistfully, she gazed at the gates again, then with a small sigh, she ran to catch up to rest of the group.

Later that night, as everyone sitting around the campfire slowly drifted off to sleep, Kagome stayed wide awake. Pretty soon, the only ones awake were Inuyasha and herself.

Kagome looked around the clearing at all her friends. There was Sango, who was on the opposite side of the clearing as Miroku, who was leaning against a large tree, his staff in hand, and fast asleep. Then, there was her almost-son, Shippo. He looked so kawaii laying there with Kirara, that Kagome wanted to go over and cuddle with him.

Kikyo had been a former member of the group, at least until she died. Again. Amazingly enough, Sesshomaru had joined their group, though it was probably just so he could protect Kagome and her kit. Over the years, Kagome had begun to see him as a father figure. He, in turn, treated her like a daughter, which was a first, since Kagome was a human.

"Otou-san, I'm sorry...but I have to leave." Kagome whispered. Inuyasha had fallen asleep against the tree he had been leaning on. Kagome had also thought of Inuyasha as a brother. The group was her family, but none of them could train her the way she needed. She decided to go to that ninja village and get training there. Before Kagome left, she pulled out a small paper pad from her giant yellow bookbag, and a pen. She wrote a note then folded it into a square and put it in Sango's hand.

With a single tear running down her cheek, Kagome left the clearing, and her friends, behind.

The next morning, Sango woke up to something that felt suspiciously like a hand on her butt.

"Hentai!!" Sango raised her hand to smack the owner of the hand, when she noticed something in her hand. "What's this?"

"Where's Kagome?" Miroku asked, glad that Sango didn't hit him, but worried about the youngest of the group members.(a/n Shippo is actually 58 years old, but with demon aging, he looks only 8)

Sango was too busy reading the note. When she finished, there were tears streaming silently down her face.

"What does it say?" Sesshomaru asked. He was worried about his daughter. He reached over and took the note gently from her hands.

It read:

Dear everyone,

I have decided that I'm going to stay at the village we passed earlier yesterday morning. It's a ninja village, so I may be able to find some good training there.

I beg of you, please don't try and stop me. I want to do this. I will come visit you sometime. Sesshomaru, please take care of Shippo. Sango, hit Miroku over the head for me. Inuyasha, please be strong. Miroku, stop groping women. Shippo, please stay with them, until I come to get you. I want you all to have a safe journey. I won't be permanately staying with you guys when I visit, so please, don't fight.

I love you all so much. You are like family to me. I will become stronger for, not the sake of myself, but the sake of you guys.

Do not try and get me, for there are humans here, but they are very powerful.

Stay safe and alive for me, OK?

With love,

Kagome Uchiha

Sesshomaru let the note flutter to the ground. He was paralyzed with shock. For once in his demonic life, his eyes were beginning to become moist. A single tear leaked out from each eye.

"Kagome..." He said.

Inuyasha picked up the note and read it through. His eyes widened. Just like everyone else, his eyes filled with tears. He let them fall silently, one by one, until they were flowing down his cheeks. Sesshomaru walked out of the clearing to the direction of a stream, which happened to be in the exact opposite direction Kagome went. There, the tears poured out.

"Kagome...visit soon." He said to the sky.

In front of the gates that Kagome had walked past the day before, Kagome got up the courage to ask one of the ninja that was standing outside the gates.

"Um...My name is Uchiha Kagome-"

"Liar! All the Uchihas are dead except for two! Sasuke and Itachi Uchiha." One of the guards said.

Kagome's coal black eyes studied them for a moment. "I can prove it."

"Show us the Sharingan, then." The other guard said. He crossed his arms, and waited.

"Fine." Kagome said. She closed her eyes, then shouted out, "Sharingan!" before opening her eyes a split second later.

The guards stumbled backwards in surprise. Her eyes were now an angry red, with a black pupil, and three black comma markings surrounding it.

"Uchiha-san! R-right this w-way!" The guard stuttered.

"Don't call me that!! Just Kagome." Kagome said. The guards nodded and opened the gates.

The guards started walking Kagome to a tall building, that Kagome guessed was the Hokage Tower.(a/n don't ask how she knew that)

Inuyasha, Sesshomaru, Sango, Miroku, Shippo, Kirara...I miss them so much already...but...here I need to find my brother...Sasuke...

Kagome was snapped out of her thoughts when she was pushed into a room and heard a door close behind her. She flipped her long blue-black hair over her shoulder, and studied the woman in front of her. She had blonde hair that was currently in two low pigtails, brown eyes which had a dramtic curve to them, and a lavender daimond shape on her forehead.

"You must be Kagome Uchiha. I'm Tsunade, the Fifth Hokage." Tsunade said. She motioned to the chair that was in front of her desk. "Tell me...where have you been these past eight years?"

"Travelling." Kagome answered. "I would like to stay here and receive training in the ninja way."

"Hai. That can be arranged." Tsunade said. She pulled out a scroll from one of the many piles of paperwork on her desk, and walked to the middle of the room. She laid the scroll down on the floor and stood back.

Suddenly, there was a poof of smoke, and a man stood there.

He was tall, had silver-gray hair that was swept to the side, a dark blue mask covering a majority of his face, while a blue headband was covering his left eye. He was wearing typical jounin wear.

"You called, Hokage-sama?" The man asked.

"You will be personally training this girl in the way of the ninja." Tsunade said, motioning to her left, where a young blue-black haired female sat.

"Ohaya gozaimasu. My name is Kagome Uchiha." Kagome said.

"An Uchiha?" The man said. "Well, my name is Kakashi Hatake. I will be your new sensei."

"Kagome, here are your apartment keys." Tsunade said, tossing said keys to said girl.

"Arigatou gozaimasu." Kagome said, bowing.

"I must be off. I expect you at Training Grounds 13 the morning after tomorrow." Kakashi said, before he vanished in a puff of smoke.

"Kagome, you might want to get to know Konoha before you do anything else. That includes the people." Tsunade said, before shoving the poor girl out of her office. Kagome looked down at her attire, and saw why some of the guys were gawking at her when she passed. Her skirt was way too short. She decided to go to her apartment before anything else.

A few minutes later, Kagome was in front of her door, trying to figure out which of the keys was the one she needed. When she finally did find the key, she opened the door and closed it softly behind her. She immediately set her bag down, then went into the bedroom to check out the closet. She almost jumped for joy when she found something that was really cool to wear. It consisted of black capris that tied around mid-shin, a midriff black top with a long-sleeved fishnet shirt under it, black shinobi sandals, and a hair ribbon. Kagome put her hair up in a high ponytail, though with enough hair out to fall over her left eye. She then grabbed some money she found conveniently placed in a drawer and headed out.

After a long day of shopping, Kagome came back to her apartment, completely spent. What she had bought, went something along the lines of a shuriken pouch that was now around her right thigh, a belt with a kunai pouch and pouch to hold scrolls, also on her person, a katana in a plain black sheath was at her waist, a new quiver full of arrows and new bow lay beside her, and finally, a new set of beginner scrolls, already in her pouch.

The next morning, Kagome woke up to the sun shining brightly on her face.

"Even here nothing will let me sleep in..." Kagome said to herself. She got up off her bed reluctantly, and then set out of the apartment, determined to figure the place out.

Kagome came across a patch of woods in the middle of the village. She then saw a sign that said 'Training Grounds 13'.

Kagome smiled to herself. At least now she would know where she was going. She heard the sounds of fighting ahead of her. I wonder who that could be?

Kagome made her way through the brush and caught sight of a clearing ahead of her.

When she made it to the edge of the clearing, all she could see was two streaks darting around the clearing. When they both stopped, Kagome got a good look at them.

The one with very light blue eyes had long brown hair that was in a low, loose ponytail, and was wearing a formal hakama and haori set. The other one had coal black eyes exactly like Kagome's, though his hair was the same color as hers, his was long in the front and spiked out in the back. He was wearing a dark blue T-shirt with the Uchiha family symbol on the back and cream colored shorts.

"Sasuke..." Kagome whispered.

Apparently, the two boys heard her and turned their gaze to the place where she was standing.

"Come out." Sasuke said.

Kagome walked out of the bushes with her gaze fixed on Sasuke.

"Who are you?" Neji asked.

"You may not believe me, but my name is Kagome Uchiha." Kagome said, though she turned her eyes to Neji.

"That's impossible. I'm the only Uchiha that is a resident of any village." Sasuke growled.

"That's probably why you never heard anything about me. I'm no resident of any village. I'm a traveller. I was not here at the time of the slaughter." Kagome explained.

"Prove it." Sasuke said.

Kagome then activated the Sharingan, yelling out the name as she did.

She focused her eyes on Sasuke and he took a step back.

"Sasuke, I'm your sister." Kagome said.

All time seemed to freeze.

How did you like it? I was kind of bored, so yeah...I stopped here because I want to focus on how to get Kagome and Neji together. The next chapter will be three years later, and when the Inu-tachi comes around. Kagome will be a lot more powerful, and will have mastered the Sharingan level she's on now. If you don't know what the Sharingan is, then watch Naruto episodes and you will see.

With that said...

Ja ne!