Finally, the fourth chapter. Sorry for making all of ya wait for such a long time. Being in Secondary Three is killing me. I'm pretty sure the pace of learning went twice as quickly compared to last year. By now, the first term tests have already begun and weekdays are packed. 'Tis a torture for me. The internet filtering service, of which I did not know existed, stopped me from reading other fan fiction stories. Therefore I want to kill the person in charge of it.
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Chapter 3... Odd humor
Tsunade was boiling mad but Kagome, on the other hand, was indifferent. "I suggest we run away when they begin." Naruto mumbled. Kagome obviously caught that.
"So you're saying that you will scream like ditzy girls and run around shouting things like 'It's the end of the world!' or 'The sky's falling! Run for your lives!'?" Everyone sweatdropped. With a sudden yell from Tsunade, the battle began. No one screamed and ran around though…
Tsunade immediately brought her fist to the ground, making the ground split and having dirt flying all over the place. Kagome simple sidestepped neatly and a devilish grin appeared on her face. Tsunade kept attacking and Kagome just kept moving, giving the spectators the impression that she was not fighting but dancing instead. Tsunade then disappeared and reappeared behind Kagome, hoping to catch her unguarded. As she brought her fist down, the grin on Kagome's face turned to a smirk. She caught Tsunade's punch. Tsunade quickly pulled off and her movements became even faster than before. Kagome also sped up. Soon, the two of them were no more than blurs of black and green.
It was rather frustrating for Tsunade to keep missing Kagome. Even if it was only by an inch. She paused and Kagome also stopped, her left hand fingered Juuman'okudo's hilt. From a physical battle, it has moved on to a glaring competition. Tsunade gave a hard glare while Kagome, on the other hand, seemed to be having quite an easy time giving her coldest, most scalding glare which she picked up from Sesshomaru (speaking of Sesshomaru, where do you think he's at?). The two of them glared… and glared… and glared… The sky, which was initially blue and cloudless, suddenly turned darker and darker due to ominous dark clouds which appeared out of nowhere over head. Finally, Tsunade blinked by accident. Kagome burst out laughing and the dark clouds seemed to be on a rewind button which made them disappear over the horizon rapidly and revert the sky back to the blue it once was.
Everyone stared at the sky in disbelief and then at Kagome who just recovered from her outburst. "Who's up for ramen? My treat!"
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The group of them were all gathered at Ichiraku Ramen. Kagome and Naruto were competing with each other and practically swallowing bowl after bowl of ramen. Tsunade was sulking. She didn't like the fact that she got beaten by someone younger than her (or so she thinks). Lee was cheering for Kagome while the rest were just watching. Gai was off doing some kind of weird forfeit for losing to Kakashi. The two of them were competing to see who finishes a bowl of ramen faster (the obvious winner was Kakashi). Oddly, Shikamaru, Chouji and Ino intervened just as Kakashi was removing his mask, again. So they were now also spectators to Kagome and Naruto's eating competition. They were joined by Shino, Kiba and Hinata soon after. All of them were simply awestruck by the amount that Kagome eats. It's relatively impossible for her to be eating so much yet still have a figure like hers'.
Kagome and Naruto were like bottomless pits as they poured bowl after bowl of ramen into their mouths. For once, Naruto was evenly matched. After half an hour of swallowing ramen at the rate of one bowl every ten seconds (go do the math for me) Naruto was finally bloated. "Are you up for another bowl?" Kagome asked. Naruto almost puked.
"I don't think Naruto will enter Ichiraku's for a long time." Kakashi commented. The rest nodded in agreement. When Kagome asked for the bill and it came out as an almost six figure sum, Kagome didn't seem to be all that bothered and she paid up in cash, all in one shot. And now a new question rings in the spectators' heads: Exactly how rich is Lee's cousin, Kagome?
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The next morning, Kagome woke up at nine forty-five. She could hear that the streets were already rather busy with people bargaining and trying to decide which product to get. She shuffled her feet on the cold parquet flooring towards the kitchen. She began making coffee and while it boiled, she went to brush her teeth and get changed.
Ten minutes later, she emerged from the bathroom wearing her black leather jacket which was over a grey, sleeveless turtleneck. Along with that, she wore long, black cargo pants which had at least an inch of cloth dragging on the floor. Along with that was the 'multipurpose belt' of hers. By the time she returned to the kitchen, her coffee had been properly brewed and ready for consumption.
When she finished her coffee, she slung her katana on her back along with a blade-like bow and a quiver of arrows. She took along a few kunais and shurikens which she nicked from Naruto yesterday and left the house.
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Kagome jumped from tree to tree, making her way towards one of the more secluded places of Konoha. She took out her iPod, turned it on and scrolled around. Eventually, she played Zips by T.M. Revolution (catchy song, that one). As the music built up, she picked up speed. The feeling of the wind blowing through her hair and going against her face was one thing she really liked.
By the time the song played its last note, Kagome came to the wall of a ridiculously high cliff. "Oh well, time to climb." she thought aloud. Pinning her right arm to her back, she scaled to wall with her left arm and both legs. The weapons on her back clinked as she made her way up the rocky surface. If she wanted to, she could have just jumped up but she already decided not to.
She placed her hand on the lowest rock which juts out and pushed very hard for a head start. She held onto another rock and looked down. Fifty meters up, she thought, could've gone higher… Oh well…
When she came to the exact halfway point of the cliff, she switched to her right hand and continued her climb. She then caught a slight movement to her right. There was another cliff there and someone else was also climbing it with one arm. Her eyes changed from its disguised colour, chocolate brown, to molten silver. Her vision improved tremendously and now, she could see that it was Kakashi who was scaling the cliff. She raised an eyebrow in slight amusement. Then mentally, she set a target to get to the top before Kakashi without using her youkai powers. 5… 4… 3… 2… 1! She thought. She sped up the wall using her right arm.
With one last push, she landed gracefully on the top. She looked back at Kakashi and noted that he just only reached the top. She smiled to herself in satisfaction and dropped her weapons. Using some of her youkai powers, she molded a rock into a target and set it far from her. Changing her eye colour into icy blue this time (having some fun playing with colours!), she picked up her bow/blade and notched an arrow onto it. Without using any the powers she was gifted with, she shot a perfect bull's-eye straight through the slab of rock. She walked over to it and pulled out the arrow.
Putting the bow/blade and arrows to one side, she unsheathed Juuman'okudo and began her "dance" while listening to U2's Vertigo. She spun and twirled, her blade slicing the air around her. Landing, she slashed from her right to her back. Then she jumped and spiraled before plunging straight down with her sword before her. She landed on her left hand and pushed herself upright again. She then unleashed a wave of red and black from Juuman'okudo. It destroyed everything in it's path.
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Unknown to Kagome, Kakashi had been watching. The fact that she used the katana with such skill and precision astounded him. According to what he heard from Lee, she was supposed to be very ill, but just watching her made him doubt that. And the red and black wave was another thing which piqued his curiosity about who or what Kagome truly was.
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As the music finally came to a stop, Kagome's movements slowed and with a final swish of her katana, she stopped. Kagome slipped Juuman'okudo back into it's scabbard and sighed. Suddenly, a white blur dropped infront of her. Kagome's eyes widened in surprise as she recognized the person infront of her.
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On the other cliff, Kakashi level of curiosity about Kagome got even higher.
There, all done. Yay me! Haha. Anyway, I hope all of you out there enjoyed this chapter. Do remember to review. All you gotta do is press the widdle button below!
Disclaimer : I don't own the mentioned songs or the characters featured in this story.
