My Best-friend's Ex-Girlfriend
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Summary: A girl turned up at the Gates of Konoha battered and broken for wear. He didn't know what it was about her; He refuses to say that she's just another face. Oh, wait; what's going to happen to the Village? [Has no specific time]
Alright, I'm doing this to practice with fluff, and romantic stuff so that my other stories will turn out better. And, because there are no Izumo/Kagome/Kotetsu pairings! Heheh, so I'm killing two birds with one stone, ne?
Happy reading!
He didn't like his job. Well, it wasn't his job that he didn't like, per se, but more clear, the mission he was on now. But, it wasn't a mission; well, not really. He's just staying near the gates while patrolling for anything that was out of the norm or anything that could be a possible threat.
Usually Kotetsu would have accompanied him, but today he had to run an errand for Sandaime Hokage-sama. He had told Izumo that he would meet him at the check-in station at the front of the gates when he was done, but that could take forever. There really was no telling what tasks had Kotetsu run off to do…
He heaved a sigh.
It wouldn't be too much of a hassle to actually have some action. He couldn't exactly help his odd hobby; fighting with other shinobi. [It's only because it's an outlet for all of his problems…] The only action that they had was whenever they had last got sent on a B-ranked mission, that was oh so long ago, and now Izumo was searching for a new reprieve; at least something to take up his free time until Kotetsu showed up.
So, he kept walking along the pathway not even paying the slightest attention to what was ahead of him.
She coughed as she stumbled through the clearing, she could see it. She could almost see the light. There were always people talking about dying; about how they could see the light before they died. Now, she understood what they meant. Was she dying? All she wanted to do was see her ex boyfriend one last time; it was one of her last wishes after what she had just been through. And dying would be a relief, if she could receive it as her parting gift in exchange for her past pains and tortures.
…It really had served as a surprise whenever she had been attacked by the ninja of the neighboring villages that held something against her, a miko. They all just wanted what everyone always did; power. She didn't have it, so they decided to take their issue out on her. None too kindly either… She was lucky she escaped with the stabs and bruises that she did. Even if she could feel her reiki working swiftly to cleanse and heal her wounds, she still felt like she was dying.
"Kotetsu…" she muttered softly in a rasped voice as she collasped.
Izumo heard it. His teammate's name… it was a voice that he'd heard many times before. The one that belonged to the one woman who'd caught his interest so long ago. Now, the bell's voice sounded exhausted and filled with suppressed pain. Even then, she still sounded beautiful to him…
He ran to the gate opening trying his hardest to find the owner of the voice. Kagome… he thought, worrying that something was wrong.
Whenever he found her, his heart clenched in his chest as he took in her condition.
She looked like she had been mauled by a bear. There were claw marks that ran along the sides of her that was sloshed in blood and grime, stab marks, and even more jagged cuts along the back of her kimono.
The last time he saw her, she was in a much better condition than she is in now. But now, he fears that their meeting is a little more serious than the last time.
"Kagome... what happened?" he whispered, while holding her form to him gently.
AN: Two-Shot.
This is practice for my Team Kakashi story and Madara's Jewel.