Chapter 10: Reversal

He was a traveler, a spy, a ninja.

She was a teacher, a medic, an angel sent from above.

Sometimes he remains for a day. Sometimes a week. But he never stays for a month or a year.

Most of the time she waits. Most of the time she worries. But she never faltered in her trust or love.

Yet a day came that Jiraiya never returned.

Not a single sighting, not even news.

That year Jiraiya the teacher, the one always needing the medic, and the devil sent from down under died.

That year, Kagome became a traveler, a spy, and a ninja. Well… mostly ninja?