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CHAPTER 9: Side Effects

"This room?" Kagome asked as she looked around the door. Her eyes lit up.

"I found you, finally! After 50 or more doors! YAY!" she exclaimed and ran over to Gaara, jumping on him and giving him a hug. Gaara stumbled back at the unexpected weight and fell onto the lounge.

"Wow, didn't think you'd want to be laid that bad Gaara, let us leave the room first!" Kankuro sniggered.

Kagome turned bright red and Gaara blushed slightly glaring at him. Sasuke, Sakura and Naruto then walked through the door. They saw Gaara and Kagome position on the bed and coughed slightly.

Kagome and Gaara looked at each other and finally realised there position. Gaara was lying against the back of the lounge and Kagome was straddling him.

Kagome's eyes widened and she turned even redder. She jumped off of Gaara and sat next to him.

"Kagome," Temari started. "... 50 doors or more, you always exaggerate don't you?" she sighed.

Kagome's eyes lit up and she jumped up and gave her a hug.

"You remember!" Kagome squealed.

"I'm sorry I forgot! Please forgive me!" Temari cried.

"No! Forgive me! I ran away!" Kagome exclaimed.

"I'll forgive you if you forgive me!" Temari disagreed.

"Fine I forgive you, now forgive me!" Kagome said.

"I forgive you!" Temari cried.

"Thank you for forgiving me!" Kagome cried.

"No thank you for forgiving me!" Temari exclaimed.

"I missed you!" they yelled at the same time.

Everyone looked at them.

"You know, if this was an anime, we would be doing that sweat drop thing." Kankuro pointed out. Everyone nodded in agreement.

Kagome smiled brightly and turned to sit next to Gaara.

"Ah, Kagome... I'm sorry too and please forgive me as well. I didn't mean to forget you." Kankuro muttered.

"Oh course Big Brother!" Kagome exclaimed running over and hugging him. Kankuro hugged her back and sat down on a spare lounge. Kagome went, sat next to Gaara and everyone then starting talking and getting to know each other.

A ninja then barged into the room.

"Gaara, Anko needs to see you, now." He said.

"Can I come?" Kagome asked pouting.

"…I guess…" the ninja said.

"YAY," Kagome squealed. Then she frowned.

"That was seriously out of character…" she muttered. Everyone gave her the 'no der' look and shook their heads.

"… Follow me." The ninja said and led the couple to Anko's room.

"You're Gaara correct?" Anko asked Gaara once the other ninja's had left the room.

Gaara nodded.

"Hello Kagome, why are you here?" Anko asked.

"Just wanted to go with Gaara, Anko Sensei," Kagome replied. Anko frowned sightly and her eyes quickly scanned over her pupil's appearance.

"Okay then." Anko turned to Gaara. "What is that mark on your neck? It isn't a curse mark is it? You didn't have it before this exam." Anko asked.

Kagome turned bright red while Gaara's cheeks tinted a VERY light pink.

Anko raised an eyebrow at the reaction but waited for the answer. Gaara turned away and didn't answer. Anko then turned to Kagome but noticed the blood stained on her shirt.

Her eyes widened.

"What is that?" she asked pointing to the blood. Kagome frowned and looked down. Her eyes widened slightly at the blood but sighed when she realised what it was.

"I thought it stopped bleeding." She sighed. "I guess it opened when I lunged at you." Kagome said to Gaara who was looking at her in worry.

Lifting up her shirt to just under her breast, Kagome wiped the blood that had trailed down from her mark.

Anko gasped at the mark, looked at Gaara's forehead, then at his neck and at Kagome's seal markings.

"Oh my God! Please don't tell me it's what I think it is." Anko Exclaimed.

"Depends on what you think it is." Kagome said.

"…mate mark…" Anko said after a moment. Kagome nodded.

"Yep, Gaara and I are now mates… Well, I have to have a baby for us to be complete mates, but that won't be happening anytime soon." Kagome laughed nervously.

"…You do know the side effect of mating right?" Anko asked.

Anko sighed at the confused looks she was given.

"You know feel each other's feelings, if Kagome's happy, Gaara will feel her happiness. You can' also, if the other allows it, read each other's minds. Oh, and anything that happens to one person will happen to the other. So, for instance, Gaara was punched in the face and he started bleeding, Kagome will feel the pain and also start bleeding." Anko explained.

Anko was presented with shocked gazes.

"…so I know what Gaara is feeling?" Kagome asked. Anko nodded slowly preparing for the worst.

"YES! I know the emotionless ninja's emotions!" she yelled. Anko sweat dropped while Gaara rolled his eyes.

"The only problem is the preliminary rounds." Anko said. Kagome frowned.

"Before the 3rd round, we are having an elimination round. And if Kagome has the crap beaten out of her, Gaara will as well." Anko explained.

"Well," started Kagome. "We can always have me fight first, and I can get help from Alaria, so I don't have the crap beaten out of me, then Gaara can fight." Kagome decided. "Thought, no one can beat Gaara, so maybe Gaara can go first… actually, we'll just play by ear." Kagome said and nodded to herself.

"You sure? You could die out there." Anko prodded.

"Positive, Gaara?" Kagome asked.

"Whatever is good with Kagome, I am happy with." Gaara agreed.

Anko smirked slightly. They are so in Love.

I thought that was a good place to end. Please review and you will get the chapter faster… after I go through and edit all the chapters.

In the next chapter, you will find out more about Alaria, Kagome's Powers, other side effects of the mark and IT IS THE PELIMINARY ROUNDS! But I will only show Sakura, Kagome and Gaara's fight as the rest are the same. ^.^

Also, in you reviews, I want you to choose what will happen in a few chapters:

A: Konaha gets attacked by Sound and Suna, like in anime, but it will be a bit different.

B: Gaara kills Orochimaru before he is able to attack and the third Hokage dies or retires

C: Your own idea but it includes Tsunade becoming Hokage and the attack

D: Other

I will put all ideas into consideration with C and D and will probably end up mixing most of them together.

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