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FIFTY-ONE REVIEWS FOR THE FIRST CHAPTER IN LESS THAN ONE NIGHT!!!!!

HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Ahem) I mean…I appreciate your support. (Bows lowly)

Also to the many people that asked if the Kyuubi was free or still inside of Naruto. I'm sorry about the confusion but no Kyuubi is not inside of Naruto anymore. Naruto released him.

Also I want everyone to know that I only saw up to Mnt.Hakurei in the anime in even then I only saw a couple of episodes in between to catch the main jist of what was going on throughout the rest of it. So if I get something wrong then point it out.

And as for the votes, Sango is in the lead followed closely by Kagura and Midoriko. Kagome is a little behind but she has time to catch up. Kikyo has a chance to catch up but unless a couple of Kikyo fans show up I think there's little chance of her making the cut.

Anyway lets get on with the story.

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Naruto slowly opened his eyes and found himself beneath a treewith a clear sky above him. He would have to guess it was morning if the singing birds and misty air was any indication. "Hmmm, now where have you placed me Midoriko?" He mused to himself.

His eyes slowly rolled upwards and came to the sight of the ancient Goshimboku. 'The tree where Kikyo sealed Inuyasha? Fitting, I suppose.' He thought to himself before slowly picking himself off the ground. "Now if the visions I saw were accurate then I suppose the village should be that-a-way." He said with a mild shrug before walking in the direction he pointed out earlier.

As he approached the village he saw the wet fields and crops forming along the hills and slopes. It was just like the jewel had shown him. So that small hut in the center of the village should be where the old priestess, Kaede lived.

With a shrug he began making his way there. As he passed by, the villagers sent him glances filled with trepidation and even a little fear. Still, he couldn't really blame them much. It probably wasn't often they saw a masked figure in full Anbu armor walking down the road.

So it was no surprise when Kaede and several of the village men were soon gathered infront of the very hut that he went to visit "Well now, is this the welcoming party?" He asked, his voice a lazy drawl.

Kaede stepped forward to speak. "What do ye seek here?" She asked narrowing her single eye at the ninja.

Naruto looked thoughtful for a moment. "Hmmm, I suppose you could call it information."

"We are a simple village. We have no information for a ninja." Kaede replied.

"Ohhh but you do." Naruto stated as he shook his finger with his eyes as upside down U's once again. "About a certain Hanyo, Hoshui, Tajiya and untrained Miko."

Kaede's eyes widened and, with speed no woman her age should possess her bow was in her hands and already pulling back an arrow. As the string was released the projectile flew through the air, heading strait for Naruo's neck.

In a simple side step the boy let the arrow whiz by. "Now was that really necessary?" He chided with the smile still present.

Kaede narrowed her eyes at the blond. "I will not allow you to harm them assassin!" She said with forceful determination and Naruto had to admit that even in her old age the woman was indeed someone one did not want to mess with.

But nevertheless he decided to play this out. "Now now, if they sent me to deal with a Hanyou with a powerful sword and an experienced Demon slayer a Monk with a black void in his hand and a Miko with untrained spiritual powers then I doubt a few villagers and an old woman can handle me." He craned his head to the side to avoid another arrow.

"Young man" Kaede spoke as she notched another arrow "You do not wish to threaten me…" Sha aimed the bow. "That is a very foolish thing to do. I may not be as powerful as my sister but I am indeed more than a match for a common ninja."

He smirked in a very intimidating way. And one could see that even beneath the mask. "Who say's I'm common?"

She fired.

The arrow whizzed through the air and lodged itself in his chest.

And he promptly vanished in a nice cloud of smoke.

Kaede's eyes widened and before she or any of the villagers could react she felt the cold edge of a kunai on her neck.

"Now, are you ready to start sharing?" Came the blonds voice from directly behind her.

Naruto still held his smile even as he felt the village men all moving and pointing their spears at his neck and chest.

Kaede gulped and she felt a bead of sweat trail down her cheek.

"Well Baba. Where are they?"

Kaede refused to speak and stayed quiet. Naruto had to admire her dedication to the group.

A villager spoke to his right. "They left the village…"

"Masanori!" Kaede yelled in warning.

The man, Masanori bowed lowly to the old Miko. "Forgive me lady Kaede, but you have always been like a grandmother to me. I will not allow you to die if I should have a way to prevent it."

Naruto eyed the man with a lazy, yet critical eye. "Well?"

"They left, heading eastward."

"Thank you." Naruto said and with a quick wave he vanished in a swirl of leaves. Leaving a startled group of villagers and a worried Miko.

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The Inu gang was currently sitting around a fire in subdued silence. Inuyasha had taken the 'death' of Kikyo rather hard. He hadn't spoken a word to anyone for two whole days. Even when Kagome offered him Ramen he would still say nothing.

Each of the group had somewhat mixed feelings on the situation but none dared to speak up.

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Naraku watched the group through Kanna's mirror with a sick smirk plastered on his face. Already a sick plot formed within his mind. He could increase the Hanyou's suffering by taking away his second love. But merely kidnapping her just wouldn't do. Nooo, he wanted Inuyasha to watch as Kagome was taken away, permanently. While he was helpless to stop it.

"Kagura." His cold voice seemed to sweep across the hallways, like a blanket of cold, dark miasma.

Immediately the wind mistress appeared before him.

"Listen closely."

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As Naruto's trek across the lands of feudal Japan continued, he avoided most of the villages he came across. Often he preferred to simply hunt for his food and maintain an extremely low profile. If the title Sesshomaru held, 'Taiyokai of the west' was any indication it was safe to assume that there were at least three others. And Sesshomaru was most certainly someone he would not want to fight one on one. He wasn't sure if he could defeat the Taiyokai. Every other time Inuyasha had come out victorious had been through sheer dumb luck or twist of fate.

It was safe to assume that if Inuyasha had not found out the way to use the Wind Scar on their third or fith confrontation then the Hanyou would most likely be dead.

So if the other Taiyokai were as strong as him. He did not wish to catch their attention and a Ninja walking around in a time of mainly samurai might just raise a few eyebrows. It was highly unlikely but it was still a risk he did not wish to take.

So it was no surprise that he currently found himself sitting amidst the dying flames of a camp fire where he had cooked two rabbits. Now they laid as a pile of bones and near him. He silently removed any traces left of his camp. It was a skill that Jiraiya taught him long ago, while he had trained.

The toad hermit had always said 'Your enemies will always fear you more, if they do not even know you exist.'

With a small shake of his head he removed the thoughts of his old mentor from his mind. He didn't want to think about him. He didn't want to think of any of them. Not now…not ever again.

He sighed tiredly before finishing the process and leaving an empty field.

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Inuyasha stopped mid stride as his ears perked up and he sniffed the air. With a snarl he unsheathed the Tetsusaiga and the fang emerged.

"Inuyasha, what's wrong?" Came Miroku's voice as he and the others dismounted Kirara.

"Kagura." Was the half demons only response as the familiar feather in the sky began descending with hundreds of demons hot on its trail.

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Naruto slowly looked up to the sky as hundreds of low level snake and worm yokai soared through the air, following what appeared to be a giant feather.

He stared at it for a few moments.

"Well that's not good." He muttered absently to himself before resuming his walk.

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"WIND SCAR!" was the cry that echoed across the battlefield as the Half demon swung his blade into the horde of incoming demons.

Miroku had managed to use his wind tunnel on some, but predictably enough Naraku's insects soon arrived and left the Hoshui with his sutras and staff as his only weapons.

Sango was swinging the large boomerang, Hiraikotsu like a woman possessed. With Kirara biting and slashing at any demons that came near her while the weapon was still flying.

Kagome hung back towards the rear of the group shooting her purification arrows with enough power to purify two or three of them with a single shot. Shippo stood at her heels, Using his Fox Fire on the few that he could.

Kagura sat atop her feather, while secretly hoping that the group would win. She hated Naraku. The sick bastard was twisted and cruel and she wanted out. Since Sesshomaru had refused the use of the jewel shards she had offered him one of the few groups of people that even had a slight chance of defeating the dark half demon was this group right here.

With a slight buzzing sound coming from her right she turned her head and found one of Naraku's famous insects watching her. So he was spying on her again? She cursed under her breath and took out her fan.

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Naruto sat in a tree, silently observing the fight, watching each of them. The Inu group was nothing new, he had seen most of their battles in the visions. But the woman, Naraku's incarnation, Kagura. It appeared as if she was not going to join the fight.

He saw, with his sharpened vision as a bug hovered next to her and she took out her Fan.

'Either, that's a signal for attack, or Naraku is spying on her. Hmmmm, do I sense animosity?'

He watched as she stood and prepared to swing her fan to use the dance of blades attack. Now, the only question was. "Who are you aiming for?"

It was soon answered.

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"KAGOME, WATCH OUT!" Came Shippo's voice at Kagome's feet.

As the young highschool girl looked up to where the fox was pointing she barely had the reflexes to move away just in time before Kagura's blades tore her in half. Even so the wind sorceress managed to get a hit that sliced deep into her left thigh.

She cried out as she fell to the ground, her arrows clattering and falling out of their quiver. Her bow, lay sliced in two at her side. She was now defenseless.

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As Inuyasha heard Shippo, the blast sound and Kagome's own scream, aas well as the smell of her blood, had the half demon turning around completely to where he knew the girl was. "KAGOME!" He screamed as he watched Kagura prepare another dance of blades.

He moved to charge at either the girl or the sorceress but in a rush, the hundreds of snake yokai that he had forgotten in his haste swarmed over and around him, barring his path and packing themselves in way to close for him to us the wind scar effectively.

"Damnit!" He growled in frustration as he swung his sword again.

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Kagura winced in her mind and also gave a slight grimace. It appeared as though Naraku's plan would work for once. Inuyasha was busy and the monk and slayer were too far to do anything. 'I'm sorry' She mentally appologived before swinging her fan again, letting her wind blades fly.

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Kagome watched the attack coming at her with fear and realization creeping into her system. 'Mom, Souta, Grandpa. I'm sorry.'

But as she closed her eyes the feeling of nausea and vertigo hit her full force and she felt her world spinning out of control. When her mind and her eyes finally came into focus again she was staring at the masked visage of a blond man with blue eyes that appeared to be smiling.

"Do you meet all of your friends like this?" Naruto asked with his eyes as upside down U's

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Well that's a new chapter for you. This was really the only, at least semi believable scene that I could come up with for the meeting and Naruto's joining of the group. Since I really didn't see Naruto just walking into Kaede's hut and saying. "Well, Midoriko asked me to join you" Nope, I didn't see that happening.

Anyway I'm kinda new at Inuyasha fic's (First one) so if I get something wrong or I make a character OC or something then go ahead and tell me. (Constructive criticism)

I don't accept pointless flames though.