Summary: Few now remembered what once was. History became legend, legend became myth, and then, myth was forgotten. Few now lived that remembered the truth of what had happened.

Pairings: KagomeHarem

Warnings: Slight Language

Chapter Three

They were half a day from the small village when Kagome picked up the unmistakable feel of youki. Her pace quickened, startling the ninja who traveled alongside her. The genin would be able to keep up with her pace, a part of her remembered that they were only human and so very young at that, and so did not fly across the land as she wished, but kept a manageable pace. Even so, when they arrived at the village in a scant few hours, the young ninja were exhausted while their seniors and Kagome were barely tired.

The earth itself permeated youki. There were youkai yet in the world!

Her senses stretched out to find the youkai responsible for the power, yet could not find any powerful enough to have caused it to seep into the very earth. Oh, there were low level youkai present, but no youkai present powerful enough. Kagome's lip curled back to reveal a fanged smile as she looked out from the entrance to the village as the Konoha nin entered.

They were not the last!

"Why the hell did she have to speed up? Argh, I don't think I can move. Teme, I'm dying!" Naruto was splayed on one of the beds in the room where the six genin males were staying during their as of yet still unexplained mission to the small village.

"That bitch! I can't feel my legs!" Moaned Kiba from the floor, he did not have the energy to even climb into one of the soft beds a few feet from the floor.

"…She wasn't going as fast as she could…" The eyes of the two moaning males turned towards Sasuke who was sitting on the windowsill, cooling his still heated forehead with the window's glass.

"You're joking." Deadpanned Naruto as he painfully lifted himself up on his elbows to stare at the Uchiha, not believing the words of his teammate. That…that…monster couldn't have been taking it easy on them…right?

"I'm not, Dobe."

"As much I hate to agree with Uchiha, he has a point." Neji spoke up from where he was beginning to divest himself of his clothing and gather his bathing supplies as his teammate, one of the few who were not completely exhausted, Rock Lee followed suit.

"You can't be serious!" Naruto shot out of his bed after hearing that a Hyuuga agreed with a Uchiha, it seemed that all manner of strange things were happening recently. Maybe Kakashi would remove his mask too then? And then Kyuubi would roll over and be kind to him? Yeah right.

"She could have easier gone faster. Why? Because she was not pumping chakra into her legs." Those were the first words that Shino spoke about the strange female that accompanied them and from the look on Neji's face, the Hyuuga agreed with the bug-user.

Kagome sat on the village walls, the elders of the village had told them that the killings usually occurred during the night, so she was standing guard. Shippo she had left in their room, various Seals she had placed in and around the room left to protect him and warn her if anyone came close, since the kit was tired already from their journey and also so she could focus her senses on finding any youkai that sauntered close to the village. During the journey, she had been able to ward off any questions from the curious nin about her son, mainly due to remaining near the jounin and sending off clones of herself to taunt the genin into chasing her but never catching her.

With a sigh, Kagome released her hold on one of the Seals binding her power. Her eyes slit, nails sharpened and canines lengthened in a mere moment. The youkai, when they came, would not be able to escape her.