Chapter 9: Banquet of all Banquets

Recap:

In the kitchen now she got out a bowl and some cereal. She proceeded in making herself a bowl. Pushing on the dividing door with her hip she stepped into the dining room. Sitting at a random spot she begins to eat and day dream.

What would have happened if she never went through the well?

Scoop, insert, and chew

What if she never agreed to join the Akatsuki?

Scoop, insert, and chew

What if InuYasha didn't go to hell with Kikyo?

Scoop, insert, and chew. Around this time is when Deidara enters.

What would have happened if she HAD made it back to her time?

Scoop, insert, and chew. Deidara stares at her.

What if she had died during the final battle?

Scoop, insert, and chew. Deidara glares at her.

What if…her train of thought was cut off by Deidara snapping his fingers in her face.

"Yes?" she questioned innocently.

"The others are waiting for you at the entrance. The food has already been delivered."

That got her out of her reverie. She handed him her half eaten bowl of cereal and rushed out of the room. Why didn't they tell her they were leaving this early?

"There you are you little wench" Hidan sneered.

Kagome promptly cut his head off.

"Jashin-sama is disappointed in you for breaking your promise." She tsked.

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Kagome stood behind the sliding door in the Banquet house. To her it was like Sesshoumaru's castle when she was introduced as his apprentice. She was nervous just as much now as she was then. The short journey here wasn't that interesting.

Hidan cursed at her, losing a limb or two.

Kakuzu counted his money.

Leader glared at everything.

Kagome tried to ignore Hidan's bitching.

Nothing really new.

Leader had informed Kagome that she had to watch her language. That she could do easily, she only really cursed in the morning or when she loses her temper. Hidan had been told not to say anything unless absolutely necessary, something all but Leader and Hidan laughed about.

When the first of the guests started arriving, Kagome was told to go wait in the adjoining room for her to be announced. Kakuzu greeted the guests, Leader kept them occupied while Hidan stood outside her door. This had all been planned beforehand and was going as expected so far.

Even the enemy ninja showed up. Of course, only Kagome knew, no one else was paying attention to every single thing that came into the place from every direction, even from the areas that they had closed off so that everyone had to come through the front door.

Sliding open the door a crack to look out, all she saw was Hidan's back.

"Hey, Move over. I want to see what's going on" she whispered.

"No, you're not supposed to be out wench. Someone will see you, and then it won't be a surprise for them no more." He was so lucky he was right or she would've removed his arm for calling her a wench.

"You didn't say one curse word in that sentence! You did say wench, but still! No real bad profanities. Hidan are you getting soft?" She closed the door and giggled. She could hear Hidan growl, but he wouldn't dare retort cause he would end up cursing and getting them both in trouble.

The front door closed with a loud bang. Everyone was here. Kagome put up a barrier around the whole place. Effectively trapping everyone in, including the ninja in the rafters of the spacious room. Kakuzu had repositioned himself to the other side of her door. Almost Showtime.

"We have invited you all here to welcome the Akatsuki's newest member. An extraordinary fighter, this person is not from any of the ninja villages and has more fighting styles then you could count." Leader had stood up and was getting ready to bring her out. Kagome stood right in between her two friends and waited for the door to open.

"Please give a warm welcome to the Akatsuki's Princess, Kagome" Kagome was gonna have to hit him for actually saying that after she told both him and Hidan to not call her that. Everyone in the room tensed as the doors slid open and there stood Kagome.

The silence didn't last long.

About 50 percent of the room burst into yells laced with negativity. They didn't like the idea of a woman in the Akatsuki. They were saying stuff like; she looks to soft, look how short she is, she barely reaches Hidan's shoulder, there is no way that she can be tough enough to be with these men, I'd bet she is their whore.

With each remark Kagome's leash on her temper loosened. At the last remark, it snapped all together. She was behind the man who had said the 'whore' comment before anyone knew what happened. Holding her dagger to his throat she almost to the point where she would kill him.

The whole room was silent. The only ones who looked calm were Leader and her two partners in crime. The man was a pale white and you could see sweat on his forehead. Kagome's eyes had hardened and she looked down right evil.

"Kagome, remove you dagger and calm down. Im sure Hashi-san didn't mean whatever he said." Leader tried his 'obey me or suffer' glare, but it didn't quite meet Kagome's 'this bastard said I was a whore glare'. Leader gave up, but Kagome still removed the dagger from the man's throat.

"Hashi-san, I am not a whore and I never will be. If you all have complaints then I advise you to wait until you are home. I have enhanced hearing and can hear all your heartbeats right now." She hissed as she walked back towards the head of the table, "I do not appreciate being called anything but Kagome and a few choice nicknames. Remember that."

She sat down next to a woman wearing fancy clothing. Probably a higher up that hires the Akatsuki to do her dirty work. Leader was at the head of the table with Hidan and Kakuzu on his left and Kagome on his right and he was watching the whole banquet quietly while eating. Waiting for the enemy to make their move.

Catching his eye Kagome tilted her head upward and he nodded. Now he knew where the intruders were and they weren't gonna get away. She just had to wait for him to give the ok or for them to move. Ether way, she was going to get them.

The banquet wasn't that fun. People liked her cooking, but were surprised to hear that she cooked everything by herself. The woman next to her turned out to be some stuck-up princess who fancied Itachi. They talked for about a half hour about the Akatsuki guys. She wanted to know who was the strongest, cutest, had the softest hair, etc. Kagome just answer her questions one by one.

Strongest? Kagome doesn't know, she hasn't seen them all fight.

Cutest? Kagome didn't answer because she had three of the guys listening in.

Softest hair? Hidan's, Kagome had only touched his hair.

Coolest Eyes? A tie between Leader's and Itachi's

Any of the woman's questions after that were ignored. Kagome had a feeling something was about to happen and she was just itching to kick some major ass. She just wished the guy who called her a whore was one of the ninja in the rafters.

She watched Leader carefully out of the corner of her eye. Hidan's hand was slowly inching towards him scythe and Kakuzu was relaxed. It was his job to get as many of the Akatsuki allies out of here safely as he can. Leader was going to help him. They were not to kill the intruders, but to make them retreat to tell their leader of their power so that they will no longer bother them. But if a kid with blonde hair, blue eyes, and had whisker marks on his face; they were to capture him.

Leader glanced at Kagome, then at Hidan. They both tensed slightly as Leader stood up and clapped to get everyone's attention.

"We thank you all for coming. But im sorry to say that we have some intruders and you must go now"

Kagome shot up into the rafters before Hidan could even blink. She landed in front of a silver haired man and a pink haired girl. Behind her was a black haired boy, but no yellow haired boy.

"An old man, a pink haired Barbie, and a boy whose drawings come to life, this should be easy" She flashed a grin at Hidan who was now standing next to her facing the black haired boy. He returned it with a sadistic smile of his own.

"Don't be fooled princess, they all are ninja. And the silver haired man is Kakashi, the copy ninja. He can copy any jutsu."

"Then isn't it great that I don't use jutsu?" Kagome launched forward, causing Kakashi and Barbie to back up.

"Look Hidan! They are scared" Kagome was trying to rile them up, and damn. Barbie looked utterly pissed.

One point for Kaggie

Zero for Barbie.

Hidan had ignored her comment cause he had already started to fight the Artist. For a guy so small, the black haired guy could hold his own. Kagome turned her attention back to Kakashi and Barbie. Kakashi had pulled down the side of his mask and his left eye was shown. It looked just like Itachi's eyes, maybe they were relatives or something. If so, why did he only have one eye like that? And why did he have that big ass scar down it?

All these questions ran through Kagome's mind like Wildfire. She was to curious for her own good.

Clearing her mind of questions, she attacked.

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I AM SO SORRY!! I didn't update the yesterday or the day before. The day before I had to pull all the weeds in the area, and now I have a really bad sunburn on my back that hurts like hell! Yesterday my parents made me go to a BBQ that I didn't want to go to! Feel free to shoot me in the head –hands shotgun to readers- PLEASE REMEMBER TO REVIEW!! –puts on a blindfold and waits for first shot-

Next Time:

Kagome takes on Sakura and Kakashi while Hidan deals with Sai. Its not that hard of a battle and soon they are all back in their respective homes ether nursing wounds or celebrating victory. Kaggie's first mission is assigned!