A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER
A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER
Type: Anime
Date of Completion: 7/9/07-8/31/07
Genre: Action/Romance
Crossover: Inyasha/Naruto/Gensomaden Sayuki Crossover
Pairings: Kagome/Itachi
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Gensomaden Sayuki or Naruto
Chapter 1: A Happy Start
Kagome wiped her head as she finished the sweeping of the grounds of her family's shrine. The now nineteen-year-old priestess looked at the sky and frowned as she noticed the rain clouds gathering.
I hope it doesn't rain too much. I still want to do some training today she thought. Shrugging, she put away the broom and entered the house.
"Mom, I'm done sweeping the grounds!" she called to her mother.
"Alright dear. I'm here in the kitchen" her mother called back. Kagome headed to the kitchen and saw her mother over the stove, cooking something that smelled very delicious. YengLa turned and smiled at her daughter as she bowed politely. Growing up in a shrine, Kagome and her two brothers were taught proper manners that only royalty would learn. YengLa's smile became warmer as she motioned for her daughter to stand straight.
"Kagome dear, have you finished the rest of your chores?" she asked.
"Almost. I still have to bring in the laundry. It looks like it's going to rain, and I think it's going to be a big one," Kagome replied.
"There's no need dear. I already did that earlier. But I want you to call Goku and Souta back into the house. I don't want them to get in the rain right after their training," YengLa said.
Kagome nodded. "Alright mom. Do you need me to do anything else after that?" Kagome asked.
YengLa shook her head. "No, that will be all," she said. Kagome bowed again and left the kitchen, going through the back door. She headed to the shrine dojo, where she found her twin brother Goku training their youngest brother Souta in hand-to-hand combat. She stood by the doorway and watched the two of them.
Souta is improving greatly. At this rate, he'll advance from hand-to-hand combat to sword fighting in just a week or two she thought with pride.
Kagome and her brother's are half-Chinese, from their mother, and half-Japanese, from their father. The two of them met while their father, Kinta, was in China, looking for an ancient sword that belonged to their family, but was lost some years earlier. YengLa, seeing that Kinta was having some trouble looking for the sword, kindly offered to let him stay at her place and help with finding the sword. The two of them fell in love, got married and moved to Japan, where Kinta's father was managing a shrine. That was the story YengLa and Kinta told their children, but the three of them had always suspected that their was something more behind the story.
It was tradition in YengLa's family to teach their children fighting, and it was the same in Kinta's family, so the two of them agreed to teach both Chinese and Japanese style of fighting. However, they only agreed to teach them enough so their children could defend themselves. But as they progressed, Kagome and Goku insisted on learning more. Even after they learned every style their parents could teach them, Kagome and her brother still wanted to learn more. So at the age of ten years old, Kagome and Goku began to travel the world with their father whenever he would look for an artifact for the shrine. Amazingly, they would master the fighting styles, in time for their departure back to Japan.
This is because Kagome and Goku are child prodigies, and because of this, they never had any problems with school, and since they have traveled in most parts of the world, they are fluent in many languages, excluding Japanese and Chinese. These are French, Russian, German, Portuguese, Korean, Mandarin and English. When Kagome and Goku were sixteen, they enrolled for high school, and manage to graduate in just two years. They are currently in the second year of their college, and despite spending many years of their childhood learning how to fight, they managed to make many friends. YengLa and Kinta couldn't be any prouder of them.
When Souta was born, YengLa and Kinta hoped he would grow up just like his older siblings, and they weren't disappointed. Souta was soon discovered to be a child prodigy as well, and he also had a passion for fighting. And even though the only language he learned, apart from Japanese and Chinese, was English, his family is still very proud of him.
Goku, who noticed her standing by the doorway, brought Kagome out of her thoughts.
"Hey sis, what's up?" he asked.
Kagome smiled at them. "Mom wants you to go inside. It's going to rain and dinner's almost ready," she said.
Goku nodded and turned to Souta. "We'll continue training some other time," he said. Souta nodded and the two of them quickly cleaned the dojo before heading back inside the house with their sister. While Kagome helped her mother with dinner, Goku and Souta cleaned themselves. The two of them entered the kitchen, and after giving respect to their mother and grandfather, they all started eating.
"By the way, I got a call from your father this morning. He said that he finally tracked down that armor he was looking for. And there's something else. He told me that there was a Jewel with it as well. It's called the Jewel of Chaos," YengLa said.
"That's great! It means Papa will come home soon!" Souta cheered.
"Yeah. And I can't wait to take a look at that armor. I read in one of the scrolls that it's supposed to have magical powers," Goku said.
"We'll I'm looking forward to examining the Jewel of Chaos. I read that it's supposed to be like the Jewel of Four Souls, only it's more powerful and can grant unlimited wishes," Kagome chimed in.
YengLa smiled and their grandfather looked proudly at them. "Yes, but that means that the Jewel of Chaos would require a lot more spiritual power. By the way", he added, turning to Kagome, "how is the Jewel of Four Souls?"
"It's fine grandpa. It's harmonizing perfectly with my miko powers. It seems taking the seal off it did nothing to disturb it's sleep," Kagome replied.
"That's great sis", Goku said.
Souta turned to his mother. "Mom, when is Papa coming back?" he asked.
"He should be back by Wednesday," YengLa replied as she gathered the plates around the table. Kagome rose to help her mother while Goku went to storage rooms with his grandfather to make sure that nothing had gotten wet by the rain, which had ended while they were eating dinner. Souta headed to his room to study.
"Mom do you need me and Goku for anything tomorrow? 'Cause Sango and the others asked us to hang-out" Kagome asked.
"No dear. You and Goku have just fun tomorrow. Do you need some money?" YengLa asked.
"That's alright Mom. We already got our own. Thanks mom," Kagome said.
"Welcome dear. You can go and rest now," YengLa added, "I can finish up here"
"Alright. Goodnight Mom," Kagome said as she kissed her mother on the cheek and headed to her room. Kagome sat behind her desk and looked at some of the job offers some big companies are offering her. She noticed that some of the companies are very influential.
If I remember right, Goku got the same offers she thought. She looked up as Goku entered the room.
"Hey sis, grandpa and I are done checking the artifacts. You can use the bathroom after mom is done," he said.
Kagome nodded. "Thanks bro. Have you looked at these job offers yet?" she asked.
"Yeah. The offers are great, so is the pay. But the only problem is, we won't have much time for our studies and training," he explained.
"I thought so. Let's ask Papa about what he thinks we should do when he gats back" she said.
"Besides, I don't need to consider those offers since I already got a job right now," Goku added. Kagome giggled.
Goku nodded and left the room. Kagome stretched and prepared herself for a nice refreshing bath. After she was done, she decided to meditate for a while with the Jewel of Four Souls, and then headed to bed.
***
The next morning, Kagome woke up early. After meditating for ten minutes, she dressed and headed to breakfast. When she got to the kitchen, she found her twin and mother already there. She bowed.
"Good morning Mom, big bro" she greeted.
"Good morning Kagome. You're up early today. Goku told me that you wouldn't have to meet your friends until lunch" YengLa said as she served her daughter breakfast. Kagome smiled her thanks.
"Yeah, but I wanted to do some training, since I didn't manage to do any yesterday" she replied. She finished her breakfast and headed to the sink to wash the dishes.
"By the way 'Gomes. Dad called this morning. He said he'll be able to go home earlier than expected, so he'll be here tomorrow afternoon," Goku said.
Kagome smiled happily. "That's great! I'm so happy Papa is going to be home again. He's been gone way too long. Does Souta know?" she asked.
"He's still sleeping. I'll tell him later when he wakes up," Goku said, taking a sip of his tea.
"Alright then, if you need me, I'll be in the dojo. Can you please call me when its time to get ready?" Kagome asked her twin. At Goku's nod, she bowed to her mother and headed upstairs to her room to get ready. She came out wearing her favorite fighting outfit with her sword in her right hand.
Her fighting outfit was a two-piece outfit with a combined Japanese and Chinese style, colored peach. The top has long, wide sleeves that reached her ankles, with slits reaching her elbows. The buttons were at the right side of her chest while there was a 1Sakura flower on the left. It had a turtleneck. The two sides of the top had slits, exposing a little of her stomach. The bottom half is a combination of a ankle-length skirt with large slits on the sides reaching her hips and inside were a pair of black mini shorts. Her shoes were a pair of white boots just below her knees.
Kagome greeted her grandfather, who was sweeping the grounds, and went straight to the dojo to train. After three hours, Goku called her attention.
"Hey sis. Come on, you should get ready. Inuyasha called and told me to meet us at the mall," he said. Kagome nodded. She was about to clean the dojo, but Goku shook his head.
"I'll take care of it. Go get ready, or we'll be late. It always takes you hours just to pick the clothes your going to wear," he joked. Kagome stuck out her tongue at him playfully, and then left to do just what he said. When Kagome came down the stairs, she found Goku sleeping on the sofa. With a slight frown, she went over to him and shook him awake.
"Goku, wake up! We still have to meet up with the others, and you're here sleeping!" she scolded. Goku started awake and looked at her sleepily. With a yawn, he said, "Sorry, but it's your fault. You took so long getting ready that I fell asleep waiting for you,"
Kagome pouted. "Hey! I don't take that long to get ready!" she defended herself. Goku looked at her with a scrutinizing eye.
"'Gomes, I've been waiting here for two and a half hours," he stated. Kagome blushed slightly.
"Well, maybe I do," she mumbled. Goku shook his head.
"Anyway, come on. The others are probably waiting for us," he said "Mom, were going!" he added to his mother.
"Alright! Enjoy yourselves!" YengLa called out. Without giving Kagome a chance to talk, he pulled her out of the door and into their car. When they reached the mall, they looked around for their friends. They turned around when someone called out Kagome's name.
The two of them saw Sango waving at them. She was sitting beside her perverted boyfriend Miroku, Inuyasha beside his girlfriend Kikyo, and 2Keiji beside his girlfriend Reiko. Keiji has short black hair, gray eyes, well-built body and the group comedian. Reiko has long blond hair, brown eyes, slender figure and the shy one in the group. That's the reason why Keiji likes her so much. That, and she's the only one who would laugh at his lame jokes. Kagome and Goku went over to them and sat down.
"Keh, finally" Inuyasha grumbled.
"Blame it on my twin here. It took her ages to get ready, as usual," Goku smirked. Kagome chose to ignore this statement and turned to Kikyo.
"Did anything happen before we got here?" she asked.
"Not really. Inuyasha was just being his usual self, that's all" Kikyo said.
"What happened?" Kagome asked, already knowing something was bothering her friend.
"The new computer game he waiting for is sold out," came the reply.
"Its not fair!" Inuyasha whined, "the game was just released yesterday and already it's sold out! I've been waiting for that game for months!"
"I told you to pay a reservation fee," Goku said.
"Yeah, like me!" Keiji added, "If you just agreed to come with me that day, you would have been enjoying a perfectly good computer game." He fell silent at the deadly glare Inuyasha gave him.
"I was just saying" Keiji mumbled. Kagome smirked and turned to Kikyo.
"Don't you should give it to him? If you don't do it now, he's going to be like that all day," she said. Kikyo chuckled as she reached into her bag and took out a computer game, which she handed to Inuyasha, who shouted in delight.
"I can't believe it! Kikyo you're the best!" Inuyasha shouted and kissed her on the lips.
"Before the two of you have a make-out session right here, what do you say we go inside and eat? I'm starving and people are starting to stare a us," Sango interrupted. Sure enough, the people around them were staring at them curiously. All of them quickly trooped inside, Kikyo and Inuyasha a bit red from embarrassment.
They headed straight to the food court and ordered their food.
"Kagome, I thought you had work today?" Reiko asked
"Mr. Naraku gave the employees a day off today because its his daughters birthday" Kagome explained.
"Keh, I still think you should resign. That Naraku is completely nuts. I've noticed every time he looks at you, its like he wants to rape you or something," Inuyasha said.
"Yeah Kagome. I've asked some friends who used to work for him, and they all feel the same thing," Miroku added.
Kagome sighed and nodded. "I know, but I haven't found another job yet. And I'm still waiting for my pay. I have plans for that money," she said.
"What for?" Goku asked. Kagome eyed him.
"To pay for my phone bill. You know, because of that 'important call' you made last week that lasted four hours," she said. Goku laughed sheepishly.
"When is your pay day?" Kikyo asked.
"This coming Friday" Kagome explained.
"Well, when you get it, make sure you quit right away," Inuyasha said.
"I told you, I haven't…" Kagome started, but was interrupted.
"You don't have to look for a new job, I already got one for you. My dad is looking for a new assistant, and you're perfect for the job," Inuyasha said.
Goku snapped his fingers in agreement. "Oh yeah! I'd forgotten you told me about that," he said. Sango looked at them both in disbelief.
"Kagome is a genius, and the best job you can get her is a secretary?" she asked with one eyebrow raised.
"I didn't say secretary, I said assistant!" Inuyasha snapped.
"What's the difference anyway?" Kagome asked before a fight could start. Goku answered her.
"It's actually more like being the vice president than an assistant. You have to help Mr. Taisho with all the big stuff. You get to go to all the parties he goes to, meet the presidents of the other big companies, those kind of things," he explained.
"Really? But don't you get to do that? I mean, Mr. Taisho invites you to those high class gatherings, doesn't he?" Kagome asked her brother.
"Yeah. Because I'm the head of the Designs and Development department, I have to meet the president of the other companies because they buy the products our department designs. On the other hand, when you become Mr. Taisho's assistant, you have to meet them so you can represent the company when Mr. Taisho can't," Goku replied.
"Really? That sounds like a great job. Inuyasha, can you please ask your dad if I can have an appointment with him?" Kagome asked.
"Sure" came the reply.
"Thanks" Kagome said.
Sango clapped her hands. "Alright. Now that this problem is settled, let's go celebrate by watching a movie," she said. There was a chorus of agreement and all of them spent a fun afternoon together.
***
Kagome and Goku reached their shrine near dinnertime. Kagome went to the kitchen to put away the cake they brought while Goku headed to his room. The former was just wondering where the rest of her family was when her grandfather entered the room. Kagome bowed.
"Good evening, grandpa," she greeted.
"Good evening my dear. Did you and Goku enjoyed yourselves?" her grandpa asked as he sat down.
"Yes, we even brought a cake for when Papa comes home. By the way", Kagome added as she prepared some tea, "where are Mom and Souta?"
"Buying some more food for tomorrow. Your mother wants to have a celebration when your father gets back" came the amused reply. Kagome giggled.
"That's so just like mom. By the way grandpa, " she added as she served her grandfather some tea "I'm going to quit my job. Inuyasha said he might have a new job for me as Mr. Taisho's assistant at Taisho Corp. I'm expecting his call tonight about the appointment,"
Her grandfather smiled his agreement. "Fantastic! I'm happy you'll finally be able to quit that job of yours. That Naraku character is very strange. I don't want you working any longer for him," he finished with a frown.
"Don't worry grandpa. If all goes well, I'll go to the office tomorrow and resign before Papa gets back," Kagome assured him. Just then, the phone rang. Kagome finished cooking as her grandfather picked up the phone and her mother's voice rang through the house.
"Were home!"
"I'm in the kitchen mom!" Kagome called back. Kagome had just finished setting the table when YengLa and her brothers entered the room. Kagome bowed to her mother and served the three of them some tea.
"Thank you dear. Did you and Goku enjoy yourselves today?" YengLa asked as Goku helped Souta put away the grocery.
Kagome nodded. "Yeah, we even bought a cake for tomorrow. Mom, I got something to…" she started, but at that moment, her grandfather called her.
"Kagome, phone!" he called.
Kagome excused herself and took the call, already knowing who it is.
"Hey Inuyasha, what's up?" she greeted.
"Hey. I just finished talking to dad, and he says he'll be glad to hire you as his assistant. He also said that he doesn't need to interview you. He already knows you'll do a fantastic job. All you have to do is meet him this Thursday to discuss the details," Inuyasha said.
"Great! Thanks a lot Inuyasha. You're the best," Kagome said.
"No problem. So are you going to quit or what?" Inuyasha demanded.
"Sure am. Tomorrow. Grandpa thinks I should quit as soon as possible. He thinks Naraku is strange," Kagome said, rolling her eyes. She heard Inuyasha snort on the other side of the line.
"Your grandpa thinks everyone is strange. Remember the first time I went to your place, he tried to purify me because he thought I was a demon?" he grumbled.
Kagome laughed at the memory. "Oh yeah! It was because of your hair and eyes. That was really funny. It took us one hour to convince him that you were human," she recalled.
"I don't think we did a good job of it, though. Every time I go there, he always looks at me suspiciously. And he's always carrying those purifying talismans with him. Its like he's expecting me to slip up and reveal my demon side or something," Inuyasha complained. Kagome laughed.
"Don't worry, those talismans don't work on humans, or on anything, for that matter," Kagome assured her friend.
"I just remembered. You might see someone familiar at work soon," Inuyasha suddenly said.
Kagome sounded confused. "Who?" She asked.
"Sesshoumaru. He's coming back here in Japan to learn running the company," Inuyasha explained.
That's right. It's been three years since Sesshoumaru moved to America. I wonder how he is after all this time? Kagome wondered. She nodded at her brother as he motioned that it was time to eat.
"Ok, thanks again Inuyasha. I got to go, were about to eat dinner," Kagome said.
"Alright. Don't forget the meeting," Inuyasha said before hanging up. Kagome did the same and went to the kitchen to join her family.
"You took a long time Kagome," Souta noted as they started eating.
"I was just talking to Inuyasha about a job he offered me," Kagome said and explained about what happened earlier in the day.
YengLa nodded her understanding. "Alright dear. Just make sure you're back in time for the party tomorrow," she said.
"I will mom," Kagome assured her mother with a smile.
"Hey sis, looks like we'll be working together soon," Goku pointed out.
Kagome nodded happily. "Yeah! I'm really looking forward to it," she said. But suddenly suspecting something, she added, "And just because that is going to happen, it doesn't mean that you can use me as your scapegoat, so you can forget it,"
Goku looked hurt and insulted, clutching his chest dramatically. "What! Kagome, I'm hurt. Do you really think I would do such a thing to my sister? My own twin sister?" he exclaimed.
"Yes," Kagome answered at once "since you did that to me all the time during our old job,"
Goku sighed dramatically as the rest of their family laughed loudly. "Jeesh sis. That really hurts, you know. It hits me right here," he pointed to his heart. Kagome sighed and shook her head.
"Honestly big bro. Stop being such a drama king. You're more dramatic than Ella," she said. Goku choked on his tea and glared at Kagome, who simply stuck out her tongue at him. The rest of the night was spent in laughter at the expense of Goku.
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The Goku in this FanFic is from Gensomaden Sayuki. I thought I should make it clear, since some of my friends that have read my story thought it was from Dragon Ball. =p
1 Sakura means Cherry Blossoms in Japanese
2 I only described the characters of Keiji and Reiko since they are my characters.
