YAAAY!! I finally updated!! I feel so proud of myself D lol... so, for a brand new chapter, i have decided to invite Naruto-kun and Sasuke-...ahem... san!

Aishiteru: say hello Naruto!

Naruto: -pouts cutely- you're only inviting us for publicity!

Aishiteru: -pretends to be shocked- why Naru-kun! I would never!

Sasuke- i'm with him

Aishiteru: but.. but.. sasu-chan! Naru-kun! T-T

Naruto: Sheesh, look, just tell them the usual disclaimer, and we'll leave

Aishiteru: noooo! don't leave! i have ramen!

Naruto: -eyes turn red- where?

Aishiteru: Right next to the desk beside the king sized bed!

Sasuke: -narrows eyes- bed? -evil smile- -glomps naruto-

Aishiteru:.. ahem.. yes.. well.. I DON'T OWN NARUTO OR INUYASHA!!! ;-; sniff.. sniff... well, i'll stop wasting your time now, ENJOY!


Chap 4

"Ugghh.." Sango groaned, still feeling the after-effects of the drug Kikyo had given her. Kikyo... Sango suddenly sat upright, ignoring the dull ache from her head. Was it a dream? Perhaps it was all just a nightmare.

She quickly scanned her surroundings. She saw a faint outline of someone lying next to her. She squinted from the light as she attempted to make out the figure lying beside her. How long had she been asleep for? She groaned again as painful throbs started attacking her head. Disrupting her thoughts.

"Stupid migraine..." Sango hissed, barely able to contain the scream that was forcing to come out from her frustrations. But if she was going to suffer, she sure as hell didn't wanna do it alone. She glanced over at her side again. A small black ponytail came into view. Perfect.

"Wake up monk." She said as she started trying to awake the poor hentai by poking him rudely on the side.

"Eeh? Lady Sango? Eehhh -groan- stop it...neeehhhh...eh?...Nani??" obviously, his head was just about as clear as her's was.

"Wake up baka!" another hard jab was followed by the rude comment.

"Eeh? Lady Sango? Eehhh?" Miroku rocked his head to the side in confusion. Sango mentally slapped herself. She thought waking up the monk could somehow dim her pain? Ha. Haha. Now she had to explain everything to the monk. Dammit! Stupid migraine!

-Back in Konohagakure-

Kkashi groaned slightly as he cracked on eye open slowly, grimacing as the sunlight hit him full-force. He heard a few voices outside his door. He strained to catch the words.

"--Ashi-sensei is in there?"

"Mm! I heard a raven haired girl came and bashed him up like shit!" Kakashi's mouth formed into a small frown. Things were going around fast.

"Eh?! Kakashi??!! The Sharingen Kakashi??!!"

"Yes! Of course! What other Kakashi is there?" The other voice huffed out in annoyance.

"Oi... the Konoha's ninja's sure are slacking off!" -twitch-

"Exactly my point! Just yesterday three sand ninjas came in and no one was at the gates!" Kakashi had then decided to permanently take away the guard's 'free donut offer'.

"And just look at Kakashi! He's been in the hospital so many times these- -" Kakashi coughed loudly at the comment (he wouldn't have just 'coughed' if he didn't feel like shit, we'd be throwing around nurse confetti! YAAAAY) earning a rewarding 'eep' from the two nurses as they ran off.

"Hi!" an annoyingly high-pitched and slightly feminine voice ran throughout the hospital followed by a greeting-like 'hn' as the visitors made their way down the hall.

"Hello?" the high-pitched visitor asked (he didn't like being ignored), sending a confused glance at the two nurses running down the hall, their speed was incredible! (The high pitched visitor had actually discussed the theory of the two fast-running nurses with his silent partner, but was beaten down within to sentences, so I'll just skip the 'argument' P)

"What ever dobe, just watch where your going."

-WHAM!-

Naruto's face succeeded in slamming into the wall. He uttered a few curses as he quickly checked the damage in a nearby mirror.

"Damn, you ruined my face Sasuke! This was my ticket to Sakura-chan's heart!" Sasuke felt a pang of jealousy hit him, but he had exercised more self control than that! He wouldn't-! He-!

"Dobe..." Sasuke murmured as he grabbed Naruto roughly by his sleeve and pulled him into an embrace.

Naruto's face heated up to an unreal shade of red as he was pulled into Sasuke's embrace. It was all he ever wanted to do... with Sakura.

"LET GO OF ME SASUKE TEME!" Naruto yelled as he pulled out of Sasuke's embrace, blushing madly.

"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?! I LOVE SAKURA-CHAN!" Sasuke felt pain rush through him. What the hell was wrong with him? No.. That was a stupid question. He'd always wondered, when he was little, why he never felt attracted to any girls. But that day, when he kissed Naruto, he'd become addicted to him. He tasted like oranges (D just like his trademark colour xDD)... and God! Just look at that hair! Those damn azure eyes that made him want to just drown him their depth! And that tanned skin! Sasuke began to lick his lips unconsciously as he looked at Naruto.

"What the hell are you looking at teme?" Naruto shivered as he felt the intensity of Sasuke's glare.

"Hn. What ever. Let's go. Kakashi-sensei's going to be dead by the time we get there."

Naruto winced at the coldness in his voice... suppose he should have let Sasuke hug him? Suppose it was a friendly hug? Yes! That must be it! Bwahahahahahahaha, perhaps Sasuke had insecurities too? Well, if it's so, then Naruto shall be the one to cure it! Super Naruto!

Naruto went up, feeling a tad bit...okay, fine, feeling A LOT more smug as he hugged Sasuke.

Sasuke's eyes widened in surprise and happiness.'Had he understood? Perhaps he's going to return my feelings now?' Sasuke asked himself as his cheeks turned a light shade of pink.

"Sasuke-teme, you'll always be my eternal rival and my friend you big teme! So don't worry! I mean, I understand how you may feel unloved and stuff..." the rest of the words fell deaf to Sasuke's ears as he felt his happiness pop as Naruto uttered those words. Obviously, he had understood nothing. Sasuke sighed. Of all the people in Konoha he could've loved, he was in love with this blond idiot. (Yes, I know, Naruto-kun would never say that...but...but... -naruto looks at me threateningly with a gun by my head- I was wrong! I shouldn't have put that there! Gomen Naruto! Gomen-nasai! Gomen to the whole world! To all Naruto fans! -breaks down crying hysterically-)

"Let go of me dobe. Let's go."

"Hai! Race you Sasu-chan?" Sasuke smirked.

"You're on naru-baka." and all that was left was a trail of dust and the lingering smell of sweat.

Kakashi's eyes widened in surprise for the umpteenth time that day as he saw a yellow blur break down his hospital door and jump towards him. Almost screaming out in pain as the rather heavy blur landed directly on his stomach.

"HA! I beat you sasu-chan!"

"I let you win naru-baka."

"Yea RIGHT! Don't be such a sore loser sasuke-teme." Though there was a bit of uncertainty that lingered in Naruto's voice.

"Hn, whatever baka,, sure, you win."

"Nani? So you did let me win! You teme!"

"Baka"

"Sore loser!"

"Dobe"

"you..you...TEME!" Naruto was running out of words to say (a/n, Naruto-san told me to tell you guys that he wasn't the one running out of words, I was -rolls eyes- There Naruto! Happy? You made me look like an idiot again...) So he decided to battle with voice.

"Usuratokachi." Kakashi looked with amusement at the scene before him, baka Naruto, he should just quit.

"Eh-..eh– YOU BIG TEME!" Sasuke smirked. Hoho. He loved pushing people into corners. But with Naruto, he'd like to push him onto a bed, and... and... (Naruto: please excuse the a/n. she is suffering from massive blood loss caused by several nosebleeds. She'll be- -, Sasuke: -GLOMP-, Naruto: mmph Sasu mmppph -censored-, Me: -wakes up- uwaaaa Naru.. -sees scene infront of her- OMGAWD! -faints from yet another massive nosebleed-)

"Is that the best you can do?"

"Why I –"

"Ahem" Kakashi coughed loudly, drawing the attention of the two males towards him.

"How long was I in here? And where's 'Gome-chan?"

"You've been in here for 3 days." Kakashi flinched.

"And Kagome-chan was called by Tsunade-obaachan, or else she would've come."

"And Iruka-sensei's teaching right now." Kakashi raised an eyebrow. If he didn't know better, he could've sworn Sasuke just read his mind.

"And I don't read minds Kakashi."

-Silence-

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Kagome pouted cutely, brushing her raven locks that were cascading down her shoulders. That 'Hokage' person was late. Whom ever they were, they were very, very late. And Kagome was feeling fidgety, and the stares that were sent her way when she strode through the village made her feel no better.

Honestly, defeating one guy wasn't much of a feat in her case. Honestly, he wasn't even that good either. But despite all that, all she'd been getting was stares, and whispers that sounded distinctly like '...kakashi!' 'No!' 'There she is!' 'Wow' and a some flirtatious stares from a few of the guys, but she'd sent them off with a stare that was enough to keep them from having unclean thoughts for, oh, just a few years.

-BAM- Kagome reeled back in shock. She was so absorbed in her own thoughts that she hadn't even noticed the 'hokage' approaching.

"Uhh, hi, I'm Kagome Higurashi and - -"

"Another H -hiccup- H- Higurashi? -Hiccup- I thought -Hiccup- that he left... but damn, he was useful... -hiccup- he was a good man..."

Kagome scrutinized the woman with distaste. This 'hokage-sama' of their's was a drunkard. But... yet... wait. She knew the Higurashi family name?!

"W-Who Hokage-sama?" Kagome asked carefully, trying to find out what the old woman was going on about without breaking her drunken trance.

"H -hiccup- Higurashi... -yawn- good man, that he was... protected Konoha -Tsunade moved nearer towards the table at this point, ready to sit down and keep on drinking- he was the 'black raven' as some call -hiccup- call -hiccup- called him... good man, to think he would've left 16 years ago with some woman... what a damn shame, he was a fine man... why he" Kagome strained to catch the whispered words from the old drunk women's mouth as she started to go out of focus.

"-hiccup- two ... haha... two Ka -hiccup- gome-chan's -hiccup-" And with that, Tsunade's head finally made it's way down towards the desk in a soft -thump- and she fell asleep.

Kagome frowned, wanting to hear more about this 'man'. She would decide this later, but for now, she'd just leave the old woman on her own and go explore konoha. Just as she was about to close the door, she felt a touch her shoulders, and another muffling the on-coming scream.

"MMPHMPHPHMMMM!" Kagome shouted in protest, feeling undignified and defence-less at the same time.

"Shhh, gome Kagome-san, but I had to stop you before you woke up Tsunade-sama. My name is Shizune! I'm Tsunade's assistant.

Kagome had finally managed to pull Shizune's hand off her face, and asked.

"What the hell are you doing?"

"Gomen Kagome-san, but since Tsunade-sama is rather disturbed right now, it'd be best if we just talk."

Kagome raised an eyebrow at this. Talk? About what?

"Soooooo, what brought you here Kagome-san?"

"A freak accident."

"Oh? How so?"

"I rather not talk about it."

"Kagome-san, you don't have much of a choice here. After we've been attacked by Orichimaru we have been on higher alert, I'm sure you've heard, the whole village was almost destroyed!"

Orichimaru? Eh? Kagome would ask Naruto about him later, but for now, she had to deal with Shizune.

"As I was saying Kagome-san, if we must, we will have to confine you until we figure out that you are either on our side, or neutral, because someone with your strength could be a formidable enemy." So she had heard about the fights too.

"My date ditched me, I got on the wrong bus." Kagome stated out bluntly.

"Oi... so how long will you be staying?"

"Until when the bus comes back."

"Oh, I see. Well, enjoy your stay at Konoha!" Shizune flashed a brilliant smile at Kagome before disappearing in a poof of smoke, in her place a brochure of Konoha's highlights.

So she had been a clone too, Kagome thought, but it was good thinking on her part, if Kagome really was dangerous and attempted to harm Shizune, she wouldn't have had damaged Shizune at all. Sigh... but she did wish they'd just stop disappearing and appearing like that! It was getting on her nerves.

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"Kagome-chan!" Kagome grunted as she felt something land on her stomach, knocking all the air out of her. She tried in vain to knock it off, but to no avail, the thing wouldn't even budge!

"WAKE UP KAGOME-CHAN!" the thing screamed at her, causing a vein to pop out on her forehead. She would've liked to scream back, but the thing was sitting on her, effectively stopping her air intake.

"Nnngh ge-et o-off" Kagome squeezed out, her face turning a slight shade of blue, then purple.

"Eh? Nani? OOOH! OH MY GAWD! GOMEN KAGOME-CHAN!" it squealed as it quickly jumped off her stomach. Kagome cracked open one eye slowly, the sunlight blinding her.

"Uunnggh.. Let me sleep dammit!" she groaned crossly, trying to make out the annoying thing standing beside her bed, cursed in frustration! It was like the thing was blinding in with the sun! Wait.. Sun..yellow... OF COURSE! Which other baka would wake her up?

"What is it baka?" The blonde pouted cutely at the insult (Kagome's eyes had adjusted by now) and took his sweet time answering.

"... well... Kagome-chan...Tsunade-obaachan (I think it means grandma, oh please let it mean grandma! I know usually people use 'obaasan' if I did it correctly, but I put 'chan' there to make it seem as if Naruto was close to Tsunade) asked if we could meet her at her office in... hmm... now let's see... 20 minutes!" A bright, almost blinding, smile plastered on Naruto's face as Kagome's mind slowly registered the fact that she only had 20 minutes left before she was 'late'.

"KUSO!" Kagome scrammed to her bathroom, locking the door behind her, and in no less than ten minutes, she was out, stuffing a piece of bread in her mouth as she quickly threw on a blank tank-top and a pair of olive-green pants, she grabbed a rubber-band and quickly put her hair together in a ponytail, as she headed for the door, Naruto called out to her with an amused expression on his face.

"Hey, are you sure you wanna go that way?"

Kagome looked at him in confusion.

"What other way is there?" Naruto smirked.

"Grab on to me." Kagome hesitated, but complied realizing that they had less than 2 minutes left.

"This better not be some-" the words barely left her mouth as she found Naruto gain a tighter hold on her, muttering some strange words and making hand signals. A poof of smoke enveloped the two, completely oblivious to the danger happening in the other world.

—Feudal Era—

"I- I see L-L-Lady Sa-Sango." Miroku said fearfully, his eyes wide open. Some would say it was because of the fact that he was scared of the current situation he was in, and others would say that he was just scared of Lady Sango, who was very pissed off.

"Good, monk, finally." She pressed her hands against her head, her migraine now stronger than ever.

"What do you think we should do?"

"-sigh- I don't know monk, we could try to attack, but without Inuyasha and Kagome, we would most likely fail miserably..."

"Hai... but Kagome-san is nowhere to be seen, Inuyasha has ran off with Kikyo (he hadn't bothered to use san or anything like that because though she was beautiful, even Miroku could see that she wasn't the nicest around), and here we are, trying to remember exactly where we are, and you, Lady Sango, have a painful migraine."

"We would die if we went by ourselves. My hiraikotsu can cut through many demons, but it will hardly be able to defeat Naraku's army of unending demons, and you are practically useless -she had ignored the hurt look the houshi sent her- , using your wind tunnel will most likely just kill us off more quickly, and your shakujo is basically completely useless. I don't see how we'll be able to do anything now! Oh dammit all! Where is Kagome-chan?"

Sango sighed, leaning her back against the nearest tree. Okay, calm down, first things first. Find out where they are, get out of here, devise a plan, find Kagome-chan, get back Inuyasha. Easy enough... -snort-

"Konnichiwa!" a cheery voice shot out of nowhere, surprising Sango and Miroku. Snapping them out of their thoughts.

Sango almost cried with joy when she felt that familiar ball of orange-red-ish fur bounce onto her legs.

"Shippo!"

"Sango-chan! Miroku-baka!" the little ball positively squealed with joy.

"Shippo, where have you been?"

"Oh, I was looking for you guys! Where's Kagome-chan?" if Sango didn't have such an annoying migraine she would've noticed that Shippo never called Kagome 'Kagome-chan' it was always just 'Kagome' or, the more likely, 'mama'.. Unless..

"Kagome-san's still not back from her time yet! Inuyasha... left..." Sango tried to brush this off, putting on a cheerful grin.

"Oh, I see! Is Kagome-chan going to be back soon?" He asked, hopping off Sango's legs.

"We should hope so." Miroku replied quickly, cutting Sango off. Something was off about 'this' Shippo. Maybe it was just him, but something was off about this Shippo.

"Hey, you guys, wanna see a new trick of mine?" He asked cheerfully, quickly switching the subject.

"Mm! That would be wonderful!" Sango replied enthusiastically. Shippo was never one to show off, but perhaps all her encouragement had worked after all?

"Eimin!" Shippo shouted out. Spreading a powder-like substance all over the grounds while Sango clapped enthusiastically, momentarily forgetting about her headache.

Miroku frowned at Shippo's choice of words... Eternal sleep; death... how odd... one would expect... expect... A huge yawn rose to the surface of his throat, disrupting his thoughts.

He looked over his shoulders to find Sango yawning as well, eyes blinking droopily.

"Nani? What kind of powder is this?" Sango asked droopily, her mind still not quite ready to register with the fact that there was something wrong with Shippo. It was reinforced when tears dripped down Shippo's face.

"Gomen... Gomen-nasai."

"Ne? Daijebou? Doushita? Shippo?" Sango once again felt herself teetering on the border between consciousness as she looked at Shippo's tear-stained face. Surprise was etched into every bit of her face as she saw Naraku step out from behind the bushes. First kikyo, then Shippo, now Naraku?

"It looks like we do need you after all, at first Kikyo insisted on sparing you, since you are of no meaning to us. But now we have found a use for you, and thanks to Shippo-kun, we have you."

Sango looked over at Shippo pleadingly. Please, not Shippo, it hurt too much.

"Gomen.. They said that they had mama! They said that.." The last of Shippo's words fell deaf to Sango's ears as she finally blanked out, tears streaming down her face.


TBC!!!

BYE! hope you guys enjoyed that chappy!! xP Ja ne! oh, and in later on chapters, i'm gonna focus more on sasu/naru FLUFF! itachi will appear next chappy! i promise! so for now, bye!!