Sand and Shadows
Chapter Two
~With Team 7~
A quick shake had awakened Sakura but that was not the case with Naruto or Sasuke. Both had fairly okay wounds considering the fright they were in. Sasuke woke up not long after Sakura but Kagome had done something to Naruto and he was suffering from what seemed to be chakara depletion but he hadn't used any huge chakura depleting jutsus. So team 7 had to stop and wait for him to recover enough to wake up. Kakashi took several promotions and summoned Pakkun to follow Kagome and the stranger.
~With Kagome and Mystery person~
"I think we can stop now," Kagome said slowing down. The dark haired boy looked over and saw that she was breathing hard and was having trouble moving well before nodded slowing down as well. They came to a stop and Kagome had to hold on to a tree to keep from collapsing, she slowly eased herself down and then began to touch her left side looking for the extent of the damage Sasuke had caused her. It felt to her, like it was really bruised and was already turning a blackish blue color. Kagome sighed before turning her attention to the man standing next to her.
"Sorry, I kind of got you into a bad situation back there but at the same time thanks. You provided enough of a distraction to allow me to escape or at least for now." Kagome pulled out a small pill out of her pouch and took it before sighing at the pain relief it gave her along with a small chakara boost. Kagome then concentrated to summon her spiritual powers to the surface of her hand before setting to work on repairing some of wounds she had gained in fighting that group of ninjas. After she finished Kagome breathed deeply glad that she could breathe fully now.
The dark haired teen had sat patiently until she was done before starting up a conversation.
"Why were you fighting them?" He asked curious. Kagome's happy mood vanished as she thought about why she was being hunted and immediately she changed the subject.
"What is your name? Sorry, I just find it hard to talk to someone of whom I don't know how to address." The teen waved off her apology before answering.
"I am Jirou Kenshin, and yours?"
"Kagome Higur- err just Kagome. Jirou-san I was fighting them because they tracked and then attacked me. That is about all." Kagome said trying to be nice but emotionless about the situation. Jirou looked closely at the older teen before shrugging and letting the subject slide.
"Just, Jirou please. So, what are you going to do now?"
"I don't know but I believe that I should head north." Kagome said thinking of the continous feeling she had of a shard from that direction. Jirou noticed that Kagome had not really thought about it which meant that she really had no direction in mind but seemed to head in whatever direction she thought of at the time.
'Well this might be fun and she seems to be a nice person and I am slightly curious about why the famous Copy-nin Kakashi was attacking her.' So with that in mind Jirou just decided to tag along with her for a while.
"Well then I should come with you." Kagome tried to protest but was cut off. "Besides you seem to be injured and I have nothing to do." Jirou said before turning and lying against a tree to settle for the night.
'Wow. I am not quite sure what to do. I always had to leave but no one usually wants come with me. Shimatta.' Kagome thought and after a while of seeing that Jirou would indeed change his mind she finally gave up and accepted his company.
~~~~~The next morning just before dawn~~~~~
"Jirou, come on we need to go!" Kagome said shaking the sleeping teen. He came awake quickly with a small dagger in hand and saw Kagome before placing away his weapon. He yawned stretched and then stood up dusting himself off.
"What is the rush? Kagome-san what-"
"We are no longer alone and I am very sure that we will be attacked soon if we don't move now." Kagome said beginning to move in a Northerly direction.
'I wonder how she knew, I can't sense anyone.' Jirou though before catching up with the older teenager.
~ With Team 7~
'Pakkun seems to have found her but it seems like she knows that he is there.' Kakashi thought as he jumped through the forest with his students following closely behind him. 'But we seem to be gaining on her and should be on her soon.'
~Several hours later~
'Wow I thought that the desert was further north.' Kagome thought as she raced north, over now what was desert instead of a forest, with Jirou. She had thought about the strange boy and his reason to come along with her and she was now slightly sure that Jirou was a nice person even though he tried to be uncaring about others. Her thoughts and steps were stopped by a sudden sand cloud that appeared and the disappeared revealing three ninja that looked to be from Suna. Kagome spun around only to see team 7 come over the top of the dune above her.
"Gaara! HI, Temari, Kankuro. Thanks! You managed to stop her we have been chasing her all day!" Naruto yelled at the group that consisted of a Red haired boy, about Naruto's age or maybe a bit older, a male wearing a strange outfit who seemed to be wearing makeup and finally a blond teen girl who carried a large fan that Kagome only could wonder about its use.
'What? How? Looks like I have to fight this time. Crap. I really didn't want to hurt Naruto he seemed like a really good guy.' Kagome thought as she stood her ground. Jirou was silent as he stepped closer to Kagome so as to cover her back. After seeing that Kagome and the man would stand their ground Naruto decided to just rush in.
He got close enough to see something in her eyes before Kagome met his charge with a copy of the attack she had used on him last time. The result was that Naruto was thrown back and into Sakura knocking her unconscious as well as Naruto. This time though the attack sent them farther away than it had before and it stunned everyone except Kakashi who had seen it before and Gaara who didn't care.
"What? How did you do that?" Jirou asked just before anyone decided to attack them. Kagome threw a glance his way before shrugging.
"Well I really have no idea. I just kind of thought it." Kagome quietly said at a slight loss about she could do it because as far as she knew no one else could do it. Then their attention was divided as Sasuke, Kankuro and Temari came attacking. As Sasuke neared her Kagome finally decided draw her sword and fight the younger teen off. The sound of steel announcing its arrival sang out in the desert air and you could immediately see a difference in Kagome. She changed from her normal happy and cheerful self and became deadly serious and dangerous.
"Fine this time I will fight you seriously." Kagome's voice had lost its warmth and became icy cold and uncaring which carried out clearly over some distance. In reaction Sasuke activated his Sharingan.
Then Kagome used speed that clearly rivaled Sasuke's and they clashed powerfully in midair with sparks as their weapons hit each other. Breaking apart they quickly came together starting a taijutsu fight that was almost impossible to see and they seemed to be getting nowhere as both of them would not give way to the other.
'Crap, He is good. He seems to know my every move just before I do it. Think, think, what would work...? Ah ha I know that might.'
After a complex exchange of blows Kagome fell to one knee seemingly weakened and Sasuke rushed forward to finish it taking this opportunity to attack. Just before his strike lands Kagome turns and slams her Katana into his stomach stunning him enough that she can knock him unconscious with a pressure point on the neck.
~ With Jirou~
'Wow, I really don't want to ever clash swords with her, but... you know it may be fun.' Jirou thought before turning to the sand ninjas coming toward him. He assumed that Kankuro was the male and Temari was the girl with the oversized fan. Jirou mimicked Kagome's action and the sound of another sword being drawn sang out into the air. Jirou braced himself to meet both of the older teens when Kagome came up to him and also took a defensive stance next to him.
"I will take the blond okay?" Kagome whispered to Jirou.
"Good, I really don't like fighting girls." Jirou whispered back before they both nodded and they spilt away from each other and toward their respective opponents.
Kagome neared the fan wielding teen and came to a stop as did Temari. Kagome nodded toward Temari's weapon.
"That is a good weapon but it also gives away the fact that you are a wind user and I am also a wind user but I am very different than you because I don't need a fan or weapon to produce wind." Kagome said relax in her stance and she held her hands slightly from her sides. Several seconds passed as the wind began to pick up around Kagome and her hair began to lift as well and for a second it looked like Kagome's her eyes changed to a lighter blue with hints of gold color swirling inside them. Temari reacted by unleashing a blast of wind at Kagome.
Jirou was currently fighting Kankuro and he seemed to be managing his own against him. When Temari yelled Jirou looked over to Kagome's fight and froze. Kagome had closed her dark blue eyes and didn't move to block her attack.
Kankuro had taken advantage of Jirou worry and hit him several times with kunais. Jirou turned back to Kagome and with some attacks went down but not before taking Kankuro with him.
"Kagome..." Jirou couldn't gather the strength to finish what he wanted to say before falling unconscious.
Kagome's eyes snapped open and she used her sword to direct wind to cancel out Temari's attack. Then even before the attacks clashed Kagome raced over to her fallen comrade only to be relieved that he was not very hurt and should recover over a small amount of time if she could get rid of the poison in him. She placed her hands on Jirou and concentrated on trying to get rid of the poison.
"Jirou, you have to wake up! Come o-" Kagome said as she pushed her chakura into the unconscious man purifying the poison but before she could finish her work she had to dodge and roll away as an attack from Temari came crashing down on the spot Kagome had been kneeling down. Kagome stood up slowly and turned toward the other teenage girl.
Kagome's face was devoid of any emotion and she began to move toward Temari as if she was stalking the other girl. She stepped ever closer to Temari until she was in easy speaking distance.
"How dare you attack me while my back is turned? Did no one ever teach you any manners? Maybe I should teach you some." With each word the wind began to pick up and the temperature began to drop even though it was the middle of the day in the desert. That seemed to be the least of Temari's worries because as Kagome looked straight at her, Kagome's eyes were filled with bloodlust. "Normally, I would just let it go but you not only had the gall to attack me but you also targeted my comrade who is unconscious. That I cannot forgive."
Temari stood there shocked at the difference in the girl before her then seeing that Kagome was walking toward her again threw several attacks toward her. After several seconds though Temari started being forced back as her attacks did nothing. Then Temari paused as Kagome had disappeared, a noise from behind her had Temari turn to find Kagome standing there. Temari made a small strangled noise before collapsing to the ground.
"This should teach you to never do that again." Kagome stepped over the fallen girl and raised her sword high before bringing it down full force toward her.
Yasushi: Bit of a cliff hanger, but I hope it was alright. I edited this without a beta reader so if there are some really bad errors then please send me a PM and I will fix it. The vote is still going about the pairing so please vote! Flames will be ignored unless it is constructive criticism. Thanks!