Chapter Three

Sunlight peeked through the windows waking up the sleeping figure under the sheets. The figure growled obviously upset about being awakened. The dark haired girl sat up and sniffed the air. 'hmm I smell… bacon?' she thought rubbing the sleep out of her eyes and adjusting them to the light. "what time is it?" the girl asked nothing in particular. Deciding to get breakfast she got up and folded her sheets and walked down the stairs.

"Mornin' Kags!"Naruto shouted as soon as his cousin was in sight

"Good morning Kagome" Shadow greeted taking a position beside her master

"Good morning guys" Kagome greeted with a yawn "sorry I woke up late"

"it's ok Kagome here have breakfast" Sango answered handing Kagome a plate.

"thanks Sango" Kagome said. Taking the plate and taking a seat next to Naruto

"so Kakashi what's my test going to be?" Kagome asked, taking a spoonful of food and stuffing it into her mouth.

"well Kagome after what we saw the other day I don't think you need to take a test" Kakashi said with a smile "although I would like to see you fight" he admitted.

"really? Are you serious" Naruto said before wolfing down the rest of his food.

"I don't smell a lie on him so yes he's serious" Kagome said while everyone but Sango and Kohaku stared at her like she was crazy.

"is that a Kekei Genkai?" Sakura asked.

"no, demons can smell emotions and lies" Kagome answered

"Kagome, how do demons look like?"Sakura asked

"well they look like humans actually but have some features depending on what kind they are. They also have a different form, most of the time we call it their true form, in which they look like more of the creature they are" Kagome explained to them.

"hey when are we leaving?" Kohaku asked finally speaking up, after yesterday he was eager to be elsewhere.

"after we get our things ready we can leave" Sango told her brother.

"ok" he replied

After an hour, everyone was done packing and headed off to Konoha.

-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_Four-Hours-Later_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_

"aneue, Kagome-san I'm tired how much longer till' we get to Konoha" Kohaku asked complaining. He was really tired form walking and wanted to just sit down and the weight of the things he was carrying was killing him.

"well Kohaku maybe another two-three days" The Jonin said and the boy just groaned "it really depends how fast we travel" Kakashi said still reading his book, never taking his eyes off it.

"can we stop I'm getting tired too" Sakura said stopping and sitting down on the ground unable to continue.

"well Kohaku it's ok with me and shadow if we travel by air why don't you ask Kilala" Kagome said stopping and looking and Sango and Kilala"sure Kilala seems fine" Sango said smiling at her brother " came Sango's reply.

"really? thank you!" the boy said brightening up and hugging the girls, earning a jealous glare from Sasuke.

what's wrong with me? was I feeling… jealousy? Why do I feel that way when he hugged kagome? Sasuke thought shortly after that a million questions raced through his head. The boy gave a growl of frustration he didn't have an answer to any one of these questions and that pissed him off.

' so Sasuke likes my cousin huh? I should get them together Kagome needs someone 'Nnaruto thought a plan forming in head"hey Sango" Naruto whispered to her.

"what is it Naruto" she asked going closer to him also whispering as well.

"did you see how Sasuke looked at Kohaku when he hugged Kagome" Naruto asked hoping she would say yes.

"hai, Naruto does that mean he likes her?" Sango asked she didn't really know Sasuke how was she to know is that was normal or not.

"probably, Sasuke-teme, he dosen't care about girls" Naruto said smiling thinking of ways to embarrass and tease Sasuke.

"also shadow told me about last night." Naruto replied earning a questioning look from the was about to ask him what happened when "they spent some time just talking and Sasuke-teme NEVER talks to other people" Came the reply to her unasked question.

"so we get them together" Sango asked him with a smile.

"oh yeah" Naruto said with a big grin.

" Naruto stop smiling like that you look so stupid you are such an idiot" Sakura said hitting him hard in the head.

Kagome just growled ' that looks like the 5th time today' Kagome though her growling getting louder. "if she hurts him one more time she's going to die' Kagome told shadow who just gave a nod in approval.

"hey guys were going to travel by air" Kagome announced setting her things down.

"Kagome how are we going to do that" Naruto asked, half excited, half anxious.

"your going to ride of course" she said with a smirk.

"r-ride?" came Sakura's scared reply

'wimp' Shadow thought

"yes Sakura" Kagome answered with a sigh. 'Really, why were so many people afraid of highs the more you get scared the more likely you are going to fall' she thought.

"Kagome me and Sakura will take Kilala" Sango said sternly, it was more of a command then a suggestion. She sensed her two dragon companions hate for the kunoichi. 'if either of them take her she won't make it to Konoha' Sango thought sometimes the two an be so… violent. Especially Shadow. It was easy to provoke them and their wrath is something you do not want, that black dragon had one twisted mind. She reminded Sango of that one time they met Sessoumaru's mother. Formal, cynical, manipulative and a really good liar. Nevertheless she loved Shadow just as much as she loved Kilala.

"ok Kohaku, Kakashi you can take shadow" she said and the dragon transformed into the size of a small plane she bent down her head,tail and wings so the two could climb aboard.

"Naruto and Uchiha you'll be taking me" Kagome announced to the two shinobi."Kagome why do I have to be with the teme?" Naruto complained pointing to Sasuke aka 'the teme'

"because, Naruto you two would probably be best on me" Kagome explained "dragons fly at a much higher altitude than most humans an tolerate" Kagome continued pausing so Naruto could properly digest the information "it's uncomfortable mot to mention hard for us to go long low and not at top speed and you might fall off, and Shadow is nice to us, but since she doesn't know you that well yet, she won't be that considerate.

"why do we have to be the ones?" Naruto asked.

Kagome sighed. Sometimes the boy asked too many questions "I told you we fly higher than MOST humans can tolerate which means there are exceptions like Kakashi and Kohaku because he's used to it" she said. Then an idea to make him shut up popped into her head "well ok if you don't think you can handle it… " Kagome trailed on. That was all it took for Naruto to explode.

"can't handle it?" ha snapped "bring it on I'm the best ninja in the whole world" he said. He gave his signature thumps up "believe it!" the blonde boy replied.

Kagome smirked, she got him. With that said and done she transformed into her yokai form.

She was a dragon the same size as shadow. She was a brilliant sapphire color with darker blue markings she had silver claws and at the tip of her tail Kagome also had bright silver eyes and black pupils she was beautiful the sun making her scales shine and sparkle the silver part of her tail was hard and could probably cut you if you were not careful

"wow Kagome-chan you look so pretty" Sango said adoring her friend's beautiful scales and color.

"wow Kagome that's so coo!" the boy exclaimed. He went over to her and used one of his hands he ran them across the scales of her snout. He used both to open her jaws and stuck his head inside looking at her teeth. Kagome would tell his to stop but she couldn't speak because that would mean crushing his head.

"she's not that cool and I'm still more beautiful' Sakura mumbled softly and luckily for her nobody heard it.

"dobe can't you see that's disturbing her" Sasuke scolded pulling his head a bit out of the dragon's mouth.

As soon as it was safe for Naruto Kagome wrapped her tail around Naruto's stomach slowly and carefully pulling him out of her mouth and setting the boy securely on her back.

"thanks" Kagome told the Uchiha who just nodded in reply getting on her back as well.

"sorry Kags" Naruto apologized to her.

Kagome smiled at him "it's ok only next time tell me or you might get your head crushed"she warned "also…" Kagome said taking a few apples from a nearby tree and stuffing them into her mouth.

"your shoes taste bad." Kagome said still munching on the apples.

"well come on, by air we'll be there by tomorrow"Kagome said taking off into the air.

-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_The Day After_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_

Kagome landed only instead of turning back into a human she turned into a canine.

"Kagome I thought you were a dragon" Naruto said observing the her "Naruto, I'm also part dog demon because of my foster brother" Kagome said running just a bit ahead of them.

"Kagome we'll reach Konohagakure in about an hour and also stop running we might trip on you" Kakashi told the pup almost stepping on her again. He was getting annoyed with the young pup.

'she dosen't just have the form of a pup but has the mind of one as well'. He thought in frustration. As mature as she was, Kagome had her moments.

"fine" Kagome pouted she took an available spot and started walking properly. The rest of their trip was uneventful until..

"OUCH" Kagome hissed in pain because apparently Sakura 'accidentally' as she called it, stepped on Kagome. Everyone knew she did it on purpose.

"watch were you're going girl" the dragon tuned to face her "I should kill you for that" the dragon sneered. "it's ok shadow I'm sure she didn't mean to do it" Kagome told her dragon. "are you ok Kagome" Sango asked worried for her friend "it's ok Sango her shoes just hurt that's all" Kagome reassured her friend but hissed when she was kicked.

Sasuke gave Sakura a death glare. 'Sakura can be so irritating' he thought' we all know she did that on purpose' Sasuke thought he didn't know why but he had an interest in Kagome and didn't like seeing her In pain. Sasuke picked up the tiger cub he petted her behind the ears. Earning a purr like growl from the girl.

Naruto and Sango just snickered seeing how kindly Sasuke treated Kagome so different from everyone else. "I told you Sasuke liked Kagome" Naruto told Sango "yeah at this rate I don't think we have to interfere. What! Sasuke's not supposed to like her he should like ME he's MINE Sakura thought jealously.

-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_Later_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-

They were already near Konoha and she was happily napping still being held by Sasuke. "wow aneue! look at the gate it's huge" Kohaku said to his sister, admiring the gate just about a kilometer ahead "it's a lot taller than all the hut's and the cave in the village!" Kohaku said excitedly. Sango just smiled at him "well Kohaku are you ready to learn how to be a demon slayer?" Sango told the boy "really aneue? your going to teach me how"Kohaku said with stars in his eyes looking up a his sister now hw was bouncing up and down with excitement. "of course who else" Sango said smiling "thank you Sango onee-chan " he said hugging her tightly.

Sango suddenly stopped and wrapped her hand around the handle of her Hiraikotsu. "

what is it aneue?" Kohaku asked walking up to his sister. "Kohaku there's a demon here" she replied seriously her eyes glancing in different directions. Then from seemingly nowhere, a demon appeared

"give me the jewel!" it roared running forward in an attempt to kill them luckily, they dodged it"why isn't Kagome waking up" Naruto shouted.

Sango looked over to her "a sleeping spell" Sango announced, puzzled how it got there, and why. "she should be up in less than an hour though" The slayer told them.

Sakura, trying to outshine the rest, threw kunai knives at the demon. To her surprise, the demon shrugged it off, not even a single scratch on it. Sakura screamed as the demon was about to kill Sakura.

"Hiraikotsu!" Sango shouted, her boomerang effectively tearing the demon in half without much effort.

"wow it's like you know exactly where to hit him" Naruto said in astonishment, he was also hoping she's tell him.

"actually I do. I'm a demon slayer we're trained to kill them" Sango explained to Naruto.

"we're also trained to use various poisons, though I highly doubt Kagome or I can handle your demon" she added

Naruto's jaw dropped. "Y-you know?" Sango smiled at the boy. "Kagome and I have known since day one" She put a hand on his shoulder. "but listen and listen good, we don't care, ok?" Naruto looked instantly relieved.

"hey can I try to carry the boomerang?" Naruto asked. He assumed it would be easy seeing how Sango carried and threw it with ease.

"sure" the girl replied. Handing him the boomerang to his surprise it was heavy and he collapsed when Sango let go.

'how do you carry this thing?" he asked legs wobbling ready to fall again every second.

"years of training" she replied with a smile thinking back to she first got it and took the massive object from him.

After a little bit more walking they entered the gates of Konoha.

"well I have to repot to the Hokage and tell him that our mission was a success. " Kakashi told them, and disappeared in a puff of smoke.

"hey guys" Kohaku tugged on Sango's arm to make sure he would be noticed. "I'm hungry, is there anywhere to eat?"

As soon as he heard Kohaku's question, Naruto brightened up. Finally! Someone else he could take to Ichiraku's ramen place. They would love it, he was sure.

"we can all go out for ramen" Naruto said happily jumping around. He was already thinking off what kind of ramen he should order.

"sounds good" Sango said approvingly. "are you two coming?" she asked Sasuke and Sakura.

"hn"

"ok" Sakura chirped happily, she was going to have ramen with Sasuke!

"well come on" He ginned and pumped his fist into the air "I'll lead the way!" Naruto shouted sprinting off in the direction of the ramen shop, leaving his teammates behind staring in wonder.

-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_At the ramen place_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_

"Guys!" Naruto shouted happily, arms flailing about trying to catch the attention of the group of people approaching the ramen stand. Apparently they all had the same idea as Naruto.A shy, pale-eyed girl was the first to speak.

"H-hi Naruto" She said, blushing. Her eyes refused to meet his.

"hey, Naruto who are those people?" A boy asked. He was wearing a fur coat and had red markings on his face, but the thing that set him apart the most was the puppy happily perched on top of the boy's head.

"oh these are our new friends" he said, gesturing to Sango, the people beside him. He looked back to the people, and noticed that there were more of them.

"Introduce yourselves guys" Naruto commanded.

"Hi-Hinata Hyuuga" The shy girl said.

"Kiba Inuzuka" The dog-boy said with a cocky smirk. The dog barked, as if wanting to be introduced as well. "Oh yeah, this fella right here is Akamaru"

"Shino Aburame" Said a boy with dark glasses, whose collar covered most of his face.

As Kagome observed these people, she assumed that they were in a team, as they arrived together and continued to stand close to each other. If you tried, you could see the divisions of people.

"Shikamaru Nara" a boy said he had spiky hair. Kagome giggled as she thought of a pineapple.

"Choji Akimichi" Said the chubby boy, stopping only to talk before he continued to eat.

Sango sized them up. She decided she liked Hinata's team, but Ino same off as prissy. She pushed her thoughts about them into the back of her mind. It was now their turn for introductions.

"Sango" the slayer said, she would have extended her hand for a shake, but there was just too many people.

"this is Kilala" Sango told them as Kilala meowed and tilted her head cutely.

"Sasuke!" Ino yelled happily, wrapping her arms around his neck, ignoring the looks she got from both Sakura and Sasuke.

"Ino…" Sauske trailed on, his voice was beyond pissed. What was the point of prying her off? She would always come back. He wondered if she chose to ignore him, or she was really that stupid and ignorant. Hmm, maybe a mix of both, though there was more of the latter.

Kiba went to go pry Ino off Sasuke, before there was a fight. He could help but notice…

"hey Sasuke what's that on your lap?" the Inuzuka asked leaning closer to Sasuke to get a better look, after he pushed Ino of the Uchiha, for that he was grateful.

He picked up Kagome and held her out so everyone could see.

"wow it's a dog!" Kiba said.

"wow it's so pretty" hinata mumbled "c-ca-can I hold her" the hyuuga asked hesitantly.

Sasuke hesitantly handed Kagome over to Hinata.

Hinata started to pet Kagome after a few stroked she began to move. When she was fully awake she raised her head her ears pointing upward "'I'm s-s-so sorry!" Hinata panicked she was afraid she angered the feline. "relax Hinata she was under a sleeping spell she was bound to wake up anyways" Sango replied reassuringly. Kgome saw her worry and purred to calm her down.

Sasuke picked up the puppy and set her on his lap. "now that she's awake" Naruto said excited he grabbed the kitten from Sasuke much to his dismay. "hey everyone this is my cousin Kagome" dramatic pause (guess what's next… ) "believe it!" he shouted .

"Naruto you do understand that's a dog... right?" Ino said, practically telling him that he's crazy.

"oh yeah right" he said "show em' Kags!" Naruto commanded enthusiastically.

She just blinked and scratched her head, even let out a yawn. Anime tears streamed down Naruto's eyes.

"you're so mean!" He wailed.

Kagome smiled in the inside. But decided to let Naruto have his way. She leaped out of her cousin's grasp. She walked to a spot where there was space. In a flash of light she turned back into her human self.

"wow! Naruto wasn't crazy" Ino said.

"of course not!" the boy replied angrily

Then a thought made itself present in Ino's head 'wait so Sasuke was carrying a GRIL? No! Well now I hate her. I have to. I don't need ANOTHER girl trying to steal MY Sasuke' she thought from now on this girl and her were enemies..even if the other didn't know that yet.

"I guess we have to introduce ourselves again how… bothersome" Shikamaru said annoyed.

"no I heard everything you said I just can't wake up or move" she said with a smile.

"so I'm Kagome" She greeted happily.

"And this is" Kagome said a dark figure flying into her arms "shadow" Kagome said.

So they just spent the rest of their time talking and getting to know each other. Kagome genuinely enjoyed their company, or at leas the company of some of them.

Well me and Akamaru got to go" Kiba said "see ya" the Inuzuka shouted turning around and waving at them.

The others excused themselves one by one until only Naruto, Sasuke, Kagome, Sango and Kohaku were left. "hey Kagome," Naruto said slowly "where are you guys going to stay?" Naruto asked curiously.

"I don't know Naruto" Kagome answered the boy "we could just camp out in a nearby forest" Sango said. "maybe you could stay with one of us" Naruto suggested "it would be best you guys wouldn't get lost" the boy added.

"it's ok Naruto" Kagome reassured "I don't know about Sango or Kohaku but if there is a forest nearby I'd be happy to camp out" Kagome asked looking at Sango and Kohaku.

"I'm fine" Sango replied.

"same here" Kohaku said.

"why don't you guys stay with Sasuke" Naruto suggested to them.

"no Naruto, we don't want to bother him" Sango said.

"there's a forest near where I live" Sasuke said "you can either stay there or with me" he added.

'what! No she CANT stay with sasuke' Sakura thought in panicking.

"are you sure?" Kagome asked. She didn't want to intrude on his privacy, he didn't really strike her the most social person. Not that she was saying he was mean, but he just seemed to enjoy his privacy.

He just gave a short nod and left motioning for them to follow, though he was a bit excited about having other people over. The Uchiha compound had a somewhat creepy, and definitely a lonely feeling.

-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_Later_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_

They walked until a huge mansion came into view. It was in a really big clearing around it except for the front, it was a forest.

"It's huge!" Kohaku exclaimed amazed at the Uchiha houses. They were a lot bigger than the huts back home more than three could fit in that space.

"Hai kohaku" Sango calmly replied but in truth she felt the same way. Kagome smiled "It reminds me of Sesshoumaru's castle" Kagome said " yeah I guess it could be like Sesshoumaru-sama's home" Sango agreed also getting a smile on her face "if that is so then I am definitely camping" she said "what could possibly be wrong with your Aniki's castle Kagome" Kohaku asked. He didn't know why they were getting grins on their face and wanted to find out.

"nothing, except for the fact that she would always get lost" Shadow said "can you blame me? That place is REALLY big" Kagome argued, with a pout on her face. Sasuke mentally slapped himself for thinking it was cute. "yes but the funny part was what you did when you got lost" Sango said now laughing a bit. She missed the feudal era already.

"what happened?" Sasuke asked curiously. He was listening the whole time, silently laughing to himself about all the silly things they did.

" bout' time you said something'" The black haired girl said "I was starting to think you were mute" she joked.

"anyway" said the slayer "whenever Kags here" She pointed to Kagome, who just have her a grin "would get lost she would find the nearest window and use it as an escape route to find her way back to the entrance" Sango explained.

"it worked didn't it!" Kagome shouted .

"yes, but face it that way is kinda silly"

"I don't see you with any bright ideas" she pouted crossing her arms.

"were here" the Uchiha announced stopping. There was just the slightest scowl on his face. It was a while since he took a long, good look at this place. Usually he would

"well, I'm gonna go check out the forest" Kagome announce, walking into the forest, Shadow trailing behind her.

" Come on, I'll show you around the house" said Sasuke opening the door and entering his house with the siblings in tow. In truth, he was a bit jealous of them. They seemed so close, they supported each other, that much he could tell. He wiped those thoughts out of his head. Now was not the time, in fact there was never a time. They walked though a hallway until they reached a set of doors." That's my room" the boy announced pointing to a door "that's a room any of you can use" he said pointing to door next to it. "that's the bathroom" said Sasuke showing them another door "over there is the kitchen."

-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_With Kagome_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_

She kept going deeper into the forest until she reached another clearing. (there sure are a lot of those in forests they ALLWAYS find one) "this place will do" Kagome said "what do you think shadow" she said looking up to her dragon who was lying down in a tree. "yes it's very nice here" she said flying down "and the trees are very tall and sturdy" she said "it's perfect here" said the girl smiling as she marveled at all the tall, sturdy trees.

"nature's not corrupted or dirty like in back home and there's not any demons except for a few" the dragon just nodded. "It's like a perfect mix " She slipped into a reverie for a few moments. "we should head back" Shadow said turning around, and Kagome following.

-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_Back at the Uchiha mansion_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_

" The forest is great guy's" Kagome said, seeming truly refreshed.

"really?" Sango asked. She also wanted to go see, maybe go camping. Camping, foraging, hunting and fighting were her only connections to her home, and she would hold on to them as best as she could.

"yeah, the trees are really tall and sturdy and there's a lake nearby a well" came the girls reply.

"well come on let's set up camp" she said picking up her and Sango's things and happily skipping to their clearing

Kagome had used her abilities on the largest tree and bent it's branches to form nest-like things and the bottom was made out of leaves which surprisingly held up. With that said and done it was already night and everyone decided to sleep and continue what they wanted to do later. Right now they needed rest.

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