Chapter 4
Kagome looked over to the door in wonder, 'I wonder who that could be? He's pretty loud.' She thought with a lifted eyebrow.
"You are all dismissed for now. Have a nice night." Sarutobi said then the 5 Jonin nodded then did a couple hand signed and disappeared in a fit of smoke making Kagome cough. "Cough cough! How'd they do that!?" She yelled in shock.
Sarutobi smirked, "Just one of the many things you'll come to learn about the ninja here. Come in Naruto!" He called out.
Kagome looked over to the door seeing a blonde boy with blue eyes and whisker marks on his face. He was wearing an orange and blue jumpsuit and he had a lue leaf village head band on his forehead.
"Hey, what's the big idea grandpa? What'd you call me down here for?" He asked looking lazily at the Hokage not noticing Kagome yet. "Well, I need you to escort someone to her new home for the time being. Looks like you're going to be having a neighbor." He smiled at the kid who was like a grandson to him.
"Huh? Her?" He looked around then finally spotted Kagome. His eyes widened and his face turned red, "U-Uh…" He stuttered.
Kagome tilted her head then smiled at him, "Hi, I'm Kagome! Nice to meet cha!" She said giving him a smile.
'A-A-Ah…S-Sh-She's so… Pretty! Gosh! She makes Sakura look so… Normal!' he thought as he gulped loudly. "Uh…" He was lost for words and Sarutobi sighed.
'Well,I should have seen this coming. Kagome sure is quite the pretty one for her age. She'll grow to be a fine woman.' He thought feeling sort of lecherous.
"Naruto are you going to just stand there or are you going to introduce yourself?" The old man pushed with a smirk.
Naruto jumped snapping out of it, "Right! Naruto Uzumaki, Future Hokage, believe it! At your service!" He yelled with a blushing grin and a fake salute.
Kagome laughed lightly, "Nice to meet you Naruto-kun." She smiled. Naruto quickly lost his resolve, 'Ah man… She even says my name cute… Hah…' He sighed dreamily out loud on accident making Kagome look at him weird, "Uh, you okay?" She asked curiously.
He straightened himself with a jump, "Of course I am!" He said chuckling nervously giving her a grin.
Sarutobi sighed, 'It seems I've been forgotten…', "If you two are done. Naruto, Kagome here will be staying in the apartment next door to yours. I assume you know which one, you'll be showing her home." He said giving another tired sigh.
He nodded, "Got it, old man! C'mon Kagome, I'll show you the way, follow me!" He said smiling to her. She nodded, "Okay, thank's a lot Sarutobi-san." She said giving him a final bow before leaving out the door. Sarutobi dropped his smile once they left and his face dawned a more tired look as he gave a huge sigh. "Man…What a crazy long day…" He sighed out pulling out a bottle of sake to calm his nerves. 'I'm just glad it's finally over…'
"So, how far do we live?" Kagome asked as she looked around the now dark town lit up with late night shop lights making it look pretty. It may not have been as advanced as her world but they sure knew how to make it look beautiful.
"Not too far away, so where are you from? How come your staying in the leaf village?" Naruto asked her curiously trying to keep up conversation so it wouldn't get awkward.
Kagome felt sweat drop down her temple as she got nervous, 'I don't want to go through all of that again… Um but what do I tell him then?' She wondered with a sigh.
"Well, I'm from a really far away village I got stuck here through an invention my aunt was working on and I don't really know my way back at all, so the Hokage said it was cool that I stayed here for the time being." 'And who knows how long that will take.' She thought shaking her head.
Naruto nodded, "Ah, an invention huh? Well, won't your family be worried?" He asked her as they approached the apartment complex.
She shook her head, "No, I don't think so. Well, I mean, they know I can take care of myself rather. Though my mom tends to overreact sometimes…" She sweatdropped remembering how crazy she could be sometimes. "Oh, well, here we are. Come on, I'll show you to your apartment."
The two of them walked through the complex until they reached Kagome's new room, after getting the key of course. "Well, this is your new apartment and mine is right next door, so you can uh, well, if you need anything, just- Uh!" He stumbled over his words embarrassed.
Kagome giggled, 'He's kind of cute…' She thought absently as he blushed and scratched the back of his head as he tried to find a way to tell her ask him if she ever needed anything without inviting her over and having her think something else was going on.
Kagome lifted a brow, "I got it, Naruto-kun. I guess I'll need to go shopping or something…" She trailed off as she unlocked the door and walked in leaving the door open for Naruto, who was busy trying to determine if he was allowed in or not.
He decided he's just walk in behind her, "Yeah, you really do." He muttered as he looked around. 'These apartments are already furnished but it sucks getting all of the other stuff…' Naruto suddenly remembered something and perked up as Kagome looked around her new apartment, "Uh, hey! The chunnin exams are happening soon, and you're about my age, does that mean you're going to be apart of it?" He asked looking her up and down looking to see if she had a leaf band.
Kagome looked at him curiously, "Chuunin exams? What's that?" She asked sitting down on her couch then patted the cushion next to her. Naruto's eyes widened, "What!? You don't know what the chuunin exams are!? Wow, you must really not be from around here!" He exclaimed taking a seat next to her as he started to explain.
"It's only the ruthless crazy test that determines whether or not you'll surpass the regular genin level!" He exclaimed excitedly. Kagome nodded, "Genin is the beginning level ninja… So Chuunin must be next, the Jonin like Kurenai-san…" Kagome nodded putting it together.
"Cool! Then I guess I will be attending it!" She grinned. "Uh, but are you even a ninja? I mean, you don't have a leaf ninja head band anywhere on you." He asked her curiously.
Kagome smiled, "Yeah, I'll be getting one tomorrow if I pass Kurenai-san's test. Then I'll be on her team!" She said to him. He nodded, 'But… Don't they already have a four man squad?' He thought offhandedly then shook his head. "Well, that's pretty cool! I guess we'll be seeing each other around then!" He said getting up. Kagome nodded, "Yup! We will, see ya around Naruto-kun!" She said as he walked out.
Kagome decided to call it a day and go to bed. 'Sigh… I wonder what I'm gonna do about breakfast tomorrow…Sigh I guess I'll just have to ask Sarutobi-san about that.' She thought lightly as she laid down on her bed.
'Man, I just hope those idiots found a way to bring me back home soon… I'd hate to bring any trouble to this village by staying here, and it seems wherever I go, trouble follows…' Kagome sighed.
Next day
Kagome walked along the street by herself as she went to the destination she was supposed to meet Kurenai for her test. She was in the forest clearing by the great mountains when Kurenai popped up in a fit of smoke, "Hey Kurenai-san!" Kagome greeted with a determined look in her eyes.
'Good, I like the fire in her eyes.' She nodded. "That's Kurenai-sensei, to you Son!" She yelled in her military voice.
Kagome nodded and saluted her, "Yes, m'am! Kurenai- Sensei!" She nodded.
"Good, now the test for your approval to ninja will be…" She trailed off for suspension making Kagome lean in.
"You will be finding Mrs. Pation's cat!" She exclaimed seriously. Kagome anime fell over, "Ugh.. What!? You want me to find a cat? But why?" She asked wearily.
Kurenai smirked, "This will show me your hunting and retrieving skills." She said seriously. Kagome made an 'oh' face then nodded, "Got it!" She turned and went to find the cat but Kurenai stopped her. "Uh, Kagome?" She said with a sweatdrop.
"Huh?" Kagome stopped and turned around.
"Wouldn't it be better if you knew which way the cat went? Or what it even looked like?" She said to her. Kagome laughed nervously then came back, "Oh yeah…Hehe."
Kurenai shook her head, 'This is gonna be a long day…' So after Kagome spent half the day doing a bunch of random d-rank missions by herself without complaint Kurenai smiled at the girl's good heart and enthusiasm.
"Alright! Kagome you've done a great job and now it's time for your last part of the test!" Kurenai exclaimed. Kagome jumped up, "Really, awesome what is it?" She asked looking around for any needy old lady or old man who needed help with something, or lost cat or dog, or a pond to clean out.
"Well, your last mission is a test of teamwork! Here." She said holding out a blue leaf village band. Kagome gasped, "This is the test?" Kurenai smiled softly, "Sure is. You are now a part of Squad 8. How you play well in our first week will determine if you will stay on the team!" She said to the young demi-saiyan.
Kagome grinned, "Awesome!" She took the leaf band and tied it loose around her neck. "So when do I get to meet the team?"
"Right now."
"Hey! KURENAI-SENSEI! What's up with the major call!?" Kagome looked over to where she heard a loud male voice call out and was met with 3 people. The one who called out was the one she noticed first he wore a grey jacket with dark brown fur around his cuffs and hood. He had brown eyes and two big red upside down triangles on his face. On his head he had a small white puppy. Next to him, in the middle, was a small girl, probably shorter than Kagome was, with short dark blue hair and purple pupil-less eyes and pale skin. She wore a big hoodie that covered her body and dark blue ninja tights. Next to her was a taller guy with dark shades covering his eyes and also he had pale skin as well. He wore a hoodie with a high collar that covered his mouth and spiky brown hair. He gave Kagome a weird vibe, but it wasn't threatening.
"Huh? Hey whose the chick?" Kiba asked as he came closer, 'Whoa, she's a cutie!' He thought with a smirk.
"This is what I told you about yesterday. We are going to be the only 5-man squad due to uneven numbers. This is Kagome Son. Your new teammate! I expect you all to get along." Kurenai stated firmly, looking at Kiba mostly.
"N-New teammate? But Kurenai, it's so sudden." Kagome looked over to the soft voice seeing the girl from before with the blue hair, 'Whoa, she talks so softly. It's crazy.'
"This was decided by the Hokage. This is the new team as of now. I will be leaving now for some business, introduce yourselves and play nice. I expect you all to meet me here tomorrow for training." Kurenai said before disappearing in a cloud of smoke.
"Hey, wait!" Kiba tried but it was too late. 'Damn! Some teacher she is… Just leaving us in the dust like that…'
"Well, it's nice to meet you guys, I'm Son Kagome as you've heard. It's nice to be apart of the team." She grinned giving a bow.
"I-I'm Hinata Hyuuga." Hinata said shyly. "Kiba Inuzuka, at your service! And this is my buddy Akamaru!" He winked at her and Akamaru barked in response to his name.
"Shino Aburame." Shino said in his drone like voice. "Eheh… Nice to meet you Shino…" She said wearily.
"So where are you from? How come you're a leaf ninja so suddenly, I didn't see you in the graduating class?" Kiba asked her.
"Oh uh… It's a long story…Hehe…" She could lie to Naruto but her team was a different story, from what she heard from Kurenai, she's going to be around these guys just about everyday, she needed them to trust her and she needed to be able to trust them. 'Aw man, what do I do?'
"You're the one…" She jumped hearing the droned voice of Shino say lowly.
"Huh? Shino what are you talking about, the one what?" Kiba said looking to his weird team mate.
Hinata looked over curiously, "You're the one… Who they say fell from the sky… Last week…" He stated looking over to Kagome.
Kagome sweatdropped, 'He's so creepy…' "Huh? Fell from the sky? What are you talking about Shino!? I swear you're always saying weird stuff!" Kiba yelled at him.
"N-No, Kiba-kun. I heard about it too… Last week they said a girl fell from the sky, that's what that big crater is in the middle of the town, down by the east gates." Hinata said softly.
"Huh? What that crater?" He looked closer at Kagome. "No way… She doesn't have a scratch on her, how's that possible?" Kiba asked looking to Kagome for answers.
"Well, you're right I am that girl who fell. And I healed fast because that's just who I am." She shrugged. 'No point in lying now…'
So, Kagome spent the rest of the day explaining herself to her 3 teammates. It was 8:00pm when all was said and done and they seemed to take it better than the adults she knew.
They were all sitting in the clearing and Kiba flopped laying with his back on the grass, "Whoa! Man, this crazy!" Akamaru barked in agreement.
"Yes, truly remarkable…" Shino said with a nod. "Y-Yes, it's really hard to believe but here she is right in front of us…" Hinata said looking to the pretty young girl, who was apparently a demi-alien defender of Earth.
"Does Kurenai-sensei know about you?" Shino asked her curiously.
"Forget that! Does the Hokage know!? Man with her on our side, the upcoming chunnin exams will be a piece of cake!" Kiba exclaimed jumping up with a grin, Akamaru barked in agreement, seeing as he could feel her energy a lot better than Kiba could, but Kiba could smell her energy a lot better than the other who could. He was sure Hinata could probably see her energy inside of her with her Byakugan and Shino's bugs probably made it clear how strong she was.
Kagome nodded, "Yup, he knows alright! Kurenai knows as well, though they all freaked out a lot and I wasn't able to give as much information to them as I did you guys, they were pretty overwhelmed and it took the whole day to convince them!" Kagome complained with a sigh remembering yesterday.
Shino nodded, "That's pretty understandable don't you think?" He said also standing. Kagome nodded, "I guess, I'm around people like me so much, I always forget there are some people who just aren't as used to these things as I am…" Kagome said realizing just how hard this would be to believe if she were some regular person.
"Well, we had better be going to get some rest, we have to meet Kurenai pretty early tomorrow." Hinata stated in a soft voice as she stood up as well. Kagome nodded, "Yeah you're right. I guess I'll see you guys tomorrow." She grinned before standing as well.
"Yeah, see ya Kagome!" Kiba said waving. "B-Bye, Kagome-chan." Hinata blushed slightly. "See ya." Shino said walking away. Kagome ran off to her apartment then remembered she was hungry and without food. 'Next stop! The old man's office!'
So after a short run to the big Hokage building Kagome decided to cut the long walk up the stairs and decided to just fly up to his window and into the office. "Hey, Sarutobi-sama!" She called from outside, decided to give him his proper formalities. He turned around from his paperwork then his eyes widened slightly before going back to normal. "Ah, Kagome come in!" He called and she flew in.
"What can I help you with?" He asked giving her his full attention. "Well, I kind of don't have any money and I really hungry…" She said sheepishly.
"Oh! Yes, I'm glad you reminded me,here!" He tossed her a bag of coins. "This should get you settled in before your real missions start." He smiled. "Wow! Thanks Sarutobi-sama!" She grinned then flew out before he could say another word. "Wait! Oh nevermind…" He sighed. 'No one ever listens to an old man anyways…' He sulked.
Kagome flew to the ground then ran to the ramen shop Kurenai took her to before not noticing the eyes watching her fly from the Hokage's office in shock affectively stopping the argument they were having over a certain Uchiha.
"Uh… Did you just see that?" Ino said wearily with her finger pointed weakly at where Kagome just flew. Sakura gulped, "I really wish I hadn't…" She responded weakly as well.
Kagome ran full speed to the shop, dodging all the people in her way easily before she got there, "TEUCHI-SAN! I'M BACK!" She exclaimed cheerfully. 'Food, food, food! Yes! I haven't eaten all day!' She cheered as she sat down in the stool not noticing the blonde next to her.
"Huh? Kagome-chan, you know about Ichiraku ramen?" Naruto asked looking over to his new crush. "Naruto-kun, hey! And of course I do! It's the best ramen I've ever had!" She said grinning. Naruto nodded slurping his bowl, "You said it!"
"Well, well, well if it isn't my two favorite customers getting along right before my eyes. How's it been Kagome? The village treating you well?" He asked pulling out a pad of paper.
She nodded, "Yup, everyone's really nice here. By the way I'll have 5 orders of supreme ramen with everything on it!" She said grinning. Naruto looked at her shock, "Wow, you must be hungry…" He said chuckling.
Kagome nodded and Teuchi chuckled, "Oh no, Naruto. This is just the beginning." Teuchi smirked, he couldn't wait to see Naruto's face when this small girl out-ate him.
So, 25 bowls of large ramen later and a shocked Naruto and smirking Teuchi later, "…WHAT!? Just how in the world did you manage to eat all that!" Naruto yelled in disbelief.
"Huh?" Kagome looked over to him then shrugged. "Well, I was just really hungry is all." She chuckled.
Naruto looked at her for a moment then shook his head as he gained stars in his eyes, 'Where have you been all my life?!' He yelled in his mind.
At the end of the day Naruto ended up walking Kagome to her apartment again, seeing as they were neighbors, "See ya later Naruto-kun!" Kagome called as she unlocked her door.
"W-Wait a second, Kagome! I couldn't help but notice your leaf village bad, does that mean you're a genin now?" He asked her. Kagome nodded, "Yup, and I'm officially part of squad 8." She nodded.
"Wow, that's pretty cool! So I guess I will be see you soon then?" He said scratching the back of his head awkwardly.
Kagome nodded not noticing his flustered appearance, "Yup, bye!" She said walking to her room then closing the door making Naruto deflate, "Aw man..!"
