Tale of A Miko/Kunoichi

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, I also do not own Inuyasha and I highly doubt that I ever will. These two great Manga and Anime series belong strictly to their creators. Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto and Inuyasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi.

Jumpingbeans480: Oh, and just a quick note over here. It seems that I messed up Anko's age here. So instead of not being born yet in this story, she is already 3 to 4 years old. It seems that when I was checking her age, I looked at her age in Part 1. So my bad!

Chapter 9: An Invite to Dinner

Kagome certainly did not expect anyone to pick her up from school when it ended. She had thought that she was going to walk home by herself. So she was surprised when she saw someone familiar waiting for her at the gates. But Kagome was even more surprised when the person that picked her up was her elder brother.

"Minato-nii what are you doing here?" Kagome asked in a curious tone as she walked towards the gates of the academy.

Minato was leaning against the entrance gates with a cool expression etched on his face. And the Academy students, especially all the girls, that happened to pass by the two siblings were ogling at Minato. Kagome couldn't really blame them very much. Spiky blonde locks that were the colour of the sun, piercing blue eyes that seemed to see through your very soul, pouty but totally kissable and seemingly soft lips; Minato was every girls dream come true. Especially to a certain red head named Kushina…

Kagome smiled inwardly at that thought. Minato was a very handsome teenager whether he was aware of the fact or not. But… judging by how Minato normally behaves, he probably didn't know about his good looks at all.

He was totally clueless more like it…

Yeah… That sounded about right to Kagome. Minato smiled warmly at his sister and waved cheerfully. "What does it look like? I'm picking you up after school like a good big brother should. How was your first day of school? So did you have fun today?" he asked her in a still cheerful manner. Kagome grinned from ear to ear and replied she enthusiastically "It was great! I learned a lot of things today and I even have Jiraiya-sensei as a form teacher! I didn't have anything to eat for lunch today so he shared with me some of his!"

A dawn of realization flashed in Minato's blue eyes and a look of horror crossed his face.

"Lunch!! Oh my Kami Kagome I am so sorry!! I forgot to make lunch for you to bring to school today!!! Did you go hungry?! Oh I know you went hungry!! I'm such a bad big brother!! I have no right to call myself an elder brother!!! I don't want to lose you!! I know that they're going to come and take you away because I could not even remember to feed you!!" Minato kept on babbling out his 'supposed' apology and Kagome opened her mouth to tell him that everything was all right.

Well, she tried to at least.

Minato was too distracted to pay any attention to her. In fact, he was acting very much like Kagome when she had met that strange silver haired Ninja. In other words, Minato was acting like a flustered chicken that looked like it was about to get it's head chopped off.

Well, at least now Kagome knew where she got that strange behaviour from.

Kagome noticed that many of the academy students were staring at them now; the two siblings who were making a total scene. She sighed deeply and she placed her finger on his lips to silence him. It worked; Minato stopped talking and he looked curiously at Kagome. "Minato-nii, calm down okay? I told you, Jiraiya-sensei shared his bento with me for lunch today. So I didn't go hungry at all. And I'm not mad at you or anything."

"……Jiraiya-sensei?" Minato muttered "What's he doing at the academy?" he asked her curiously in a mumbled tone.

Kagome shrugged "He's our homeroom teacher. Didn't I say that already? Are you paying attention to me or not?" Minato's eyes almost popped out of their sockets as he heard her reply. "EH?!?!" he yelled in an undignified tone. Everyone continued to stare at them. Kagome fidgeted uncomfortably under their gazes but she tried to ignore them and pay attention to what was happening now.

Minato weakly lifted a finger at his sister as he struggled to find his voice. "Ji-Jiraiya…sensei…?"

Kagome sighed again and she replied "I think he's on probation or something on the Hokage's orders. He won't tell me more than that. But Minato-nii, Jiraiya-sensei isn't such a bad teacher. You of all people should know that right? So just relax already. I don't think that Jiraiya-sensei is a paedophile or anything so he won't do anything bad. But that doesn't mean that he won't flirt with the other female teachers…" Kagome mumbled out the last part as she recalled Jiraiya asking Kikyo about her breast size.

Minato sighed in an exasperated way and muttered out "I know that I can trust Jiraiya-sensei to be an excellent teacher when he wants to be… But……that man will never change his perverted ways. And who taught you that word?" he asked her.

Kagome blinked "What word?"

After a second of silence it occurred to her. "Oh, you mean paedophile right Minato-nii? Well, I learned it back at the shrine. After priestess training, I would read quite a lot and sometimes I even read a dictionary to pass the time. Then I picked up the word from the dictionary." Minato stared at his sister and Kagome looked at him innocently. "You read a dictionary?" he repeated slowly and Kagome nodded, not understanding what the problem was.

Kagome was a five year old and she read dictionaries to pass the time…… Doesn't she ever do things children her age should be doing? Like playing outside with their friends and making mud pies and stuff? He used his hands to rub his temple; Minato knew that a migraine was coming along.

Sometimes in a way, Kagome was exasperating.

Don't get him wrong; of course Minato loved his sister. But sometimes the way she behaves way too maturely for her age was enough to drive any brother insane. It seems like in their small family, Minato was the one that behaved like a total child playing Kagome's role while Kagome played the responsible adult, his role.

Kagome asked him when she was not used to the sudden silence of her brother "So why did decide to pick me up Minato-nii?"

Minato smiled wearily at her. "I finished my meeting with the Hokage and the results are in. And…" he paused for a dramatic effect. "I'm getting a new student." A smile lit on Kagome's face and she said "That's great news Minato-nii! So how is he like?"

"Well…I've already met with him earlier today and he's an all right kid. He's just shy, kind of like you once were when you first came to Konoha. So I told him that I will be going to his house for dinner. I would like to speak with his father about some matters and I wanted to bring you along. My student is almost the same age as you and I want you to be friends with him. So do you want to come along?" he asked her in just one breath.

Kagome blinked, and then she smiled brightly "Okay!"

Minato ruffled her hair slightly and he picked her up in his arms. Kagome knew him long enough to guess what was going to happen next. They were going to get home the fast way. Minato was about to use his Hiraishin no Jutsu before a thought occurred to him.

"Whoops! Almost forgot!" Minato said and he placed his hand on the gate of the academy.

Then Kagome felt a slight flare of chakra and Minato pulled back his hand. "There, now I can get to this place immediately in case of an emergency or anything," he told her calmly. Kagome knew that he must have marked the academy gate for his Hiraishin no Jutsu.

"Now we're going home to get you a change of clothes first!" he told her cheerfully and she nodded.

Then they were gone in a flash of yellow, with the eyes of every student at the academy watching them in awe. Jiraiya was looking at the spot where his student and his sister stood from the window of the staff room. He shook his head and chuckled slightly; Minato always did love to show-off.

Kagome and Minato appeared in their apartment in a flash of yellow. Minato then set Kagome down gently on the floor. Kagome then looked curiously at him and asked "When are we going to leave the house Minato-nii?"

He smiled at her and replied "Let's get you a change of clothes first Kagome. Then we'll leave."

Kagome nodded and they both went into her room. Kagome's room was actually Minato's study, but they had converted it into her bedroom. The scrolls and family Jutsu that were previously stored in the study were currently cramped in the closet. And during the week before Ninja school began, Minato and Kushina had taken Kagome shopping for all her clothes and furniture. So the study didn't look like a study anymore and it looked like Kagome had lived there her whole life.

Minato opened her wardrobe and he peered at all the clothes stacked neatly inside.

"Hmm…" he hummed thoughtfully. "Now what do we have here?" Kagome stood beside him and she also looked at her clothes, wondering what to wear. Finally, she spotted something she liked and she strolled past Minato, taking a hanger that held a simple summer dress.

"How's this Minato-nii?" she asked him.

Minato pondered on it for a moment as he tried to imagine Kagome in the summer dress. When he finally saw the image in his mind, he gave Kagome a thumbs-up and he nodded. Kagome then walked out of her room to the toilet and closed the door.

Minato leaned against the wall opposite of the toilet door as he waited patiently outside while Kagome changed.

But after a while he decided he also needed a change of clothes, so he went to his room and selected something casual. Then he heard the door click open and Minato stuck his head out into the hallway. Minato felt his jaw drop as he looked at his sister.

"Kagome-chaaaaan you look soooooooo KAWAII!!!" he yelled out happily, and then he gladly ran and glomped her. Kagome struggled uncomfortably under the strength of his hug.

"Minato-nii, it's difficult to breathe," she told him in a forced tone. Minato realized his blunder and he immediately let go of her. He then rubbed the back of his neck and laughed sheepishly. "Gomen Kagome-chan! But you just look so cute!!! I'm sure Kakashi-kun will love to be your friend!!"

Kagome raised her eyebrow. "Kakashi?" she repeated.

Minato made an 'O' with his mouth and a silence passed between them. After a second he smiled and declared "Oops! I forgot to tell you didn't I? Silly me! Kakashi is the name of my new student. Hatake Kakashi. That's his name."

Kagome smiled serenely "I hope he's nice. He's lucky to have you for a sensei."

Minato returned her smile and he knelt down so he was eye level to her. "Now Kagome-chan," he began, his voice serious "There is something you need to know about Kakashi-kun. And about his father, Sakumo-sama, so I want you to pay close attention, okay? And please, no interruptions. You can ask me only when I'm finished talking okay?"

Kagome nodded; for Minato to change from goofy to serious in a moment, it meant that he was not joking around anymore and whatever he had to say has to be taken seriously.

"You know Jiraiya-sensei is one of the Densetsu no Sannin right? Well everyone in the village respected Sakumo-sama on the same level as the Sannin because he was a genius and every mission he took was a success. He didn't fail a mission once, even when he went on the most difficult of missions that nobody but him could complete. That is, until he went on that mission," Minato said sadly.

Kagome perked her ears "What happened on that mission Minato-nii?" she asked him.

"Sakumo-sama was on a mission and he had to make a choice. He could abandon the mission and save the lives of his comrades or he could let them die and then complete the mission. But instead, Sakumo-sama chose to save their lives. Konoha incurred serious losses and Sakumo was disgraced by everyone in the village including the lives of the companions he saved," Minato said with a sad smile.

Kagome frowned "That's not fair at all!"

Minato nodded "Tell me about it, and now because Sakumo-sama is his father, Kakashi-kun cannot really fit in. No one wants him to be on the same squad with them, no one—" Kagome cut him off "But you?" she finished with a small smile.

"Yes. So try to be nice to the both of them okay?" he asked her.

"You have my word Minato-nii, a priestess's honour!" she said with a confident smile. Minato found her smile contagious and he couldn't help but smile as well. He ruffled her hair a bit before he gave her a peck on her cheek. "That's my girl," he whispered, before he stood up and made his way to the bathroom.

It was his turn for a change of clothes.

Minato took a look at himself in the mirror and once he was satisfied with his appearance, he smiled to himself and called out "Kagome, it's time to leave!" Then he exited his bedroom, but not before switching off the lights. He was bursting with anxiety.

He was finally going to meet Hatake Sakumo. THE Hatake Sakumo. Sure, he had met the man a few times before since Jiraiya was good friends with 'The White Fang'. But that was the point. He had met the man WITH Jiraiya. And now his perverted sensei was not going to follow him. He had to go alone. Well technically not alone since Kagome was also tagging along. Actually, asking Kagome to follow him was because he did not want to go alone.

But Minato also thought that she could be friends with Kakashi. So he was killing two birds with one stone here.

And every time he met 'The White Fang', it was all because of Jiraiya dragging him along. You see, sometimes Jiraiya and Sakumo would go out drinking. And they would end up dead drunk. So who would be there to get them home?

Minato.

With his Hiraishin no Jutsu, he would send them home in a second flat. And Jiraiya knew that Minato wouldn't get drunk because Minato was still below the drinking age. And Minato also happened to be the model Ninja of Konoha. He always abided by the rules. Always.

But even though Sakumo was usually dead drunk when Minato saw him, Minato could already tell that 'The White Fang' was a good person.

He did not deserve to be treated badly by the villagers. Sakumo deserved to be treated like a hero he was and the man was still a hero in Minato's eyes. Who cares about what the other villagers think about Sakumo?

Minato still respected Sakumo and his respect grew when he learned what Sakumo had done. The lives of your friends really were more important than the sake of a mission. You could get the money back sooner or later from other missions; but once your friends died, they wouldn't come back to life. And it's unheard of to meet another person who looks and acts exactly like your dead friend. That was just wishful thinking from a grieving person.

So yeah, saving the lives of your companions seemed like the better choice. And here was another matter that Minato had thought about. There is more than enough money in the world. They make more of it everyday. But the same person won't stumble into your life twice once he's dead.

But those ungrateful companions…

Sakumo had made it possible for them to return back alive to see their friends and families again, and yet they treated that matters like it was nothing, and instead turned on him like the rest of the villagers.

Minato's sharp blue eyes flashed anger for a moment as he thought about the villagers' hostile behaviour towards Sakumo and his son.

He had really found it unfair. He had been with a meeting with Jiraiya and the Hokage when he had heard the news, and like his sensei and the Hokage, they believed what Sakumo did was right. He had displayed that he had the Will of Fire within him.

But no one seemed to be able to see that.

When Minato walked past the Hatake house sometimes, he would see all those horrible writings on the wall about Sakumo, and then he would see broken windows and such. It pained him to see some of the villagers behave in such a clearly childish manner.

'They don't even know that they're in the wrong,' Minato thought sadly.

"Well, the mind chooses what it wishes to see, that is such the act of Scotoma," he muttered to himself. "Minato-nii!! Are you coming or not?" Kagome had shouted from the living room. Minato snapped out his pondering and he replied "Yes yes I'm coming Kagome! No need to worry!"

Kagome was waiting by the door when Minato left his room. She was smiling at him. "So are we going there by walking or by your Jutsu?" she asked him.

"By walking. I haven't marked Kakashi-kun's house yet. But I plan to later, for emergency purposes," Minato replied easily. Kagome nodded at that. She opened the front door and walked out. Minato followed after her and he made sure to close and lock the door. The two siblings walked down the stairs and into the streets. Kagome breathed in the fresh air and her eyes travelled towards the direction of the Hokage Mountain. The sun was setting and you could see it peaking from behind the Hokage Monument.

It really was a beauty to behold.

Minato gently took Kagome's hand and her small fingers interlocked with his. "Come on Kagome. This way," he told her as he led her down the darkening streets. Kagome had no idea where the Hatake house was, so she obediently followed after Minato. After a few minutes of walking down the silent streets, Minato turned a sharp left at the corner of the streets. The two siblings stopped in front of a house and Kagome gasped softly.

"How awful," she whispered.

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Oh my freaking god everybody I am so sorry!! I know that I have not updated in a month and I seriously apologize for it!! But school has just started and everything is a little hectic for me right now, especially since Chinese New Year was not too long ago!

And I happen to take 7 subjects this year. My 'O' levels is next year but I need to study!

I don't really know when I will be able to update next but I promise I'll post up the next chapter as soon as I'm done with it! And Yahoo! 236 reviews, 10 795 hits, 17 C2s, 109 favourites and 163 alerts!! That's a seriously big and new record for me! Thank you guys so much for supporting this story!

Well, all you readers wanted Kagome to meet Kakashi again, and I was wracking my brains just to think how she would meet him again when this idea popped into my head. I thought that it was an amusing way to meet someone again, and I plan for Kagome to slowly befriend Kakashi; break his barrier a little, you guys know what I mean. So what can possibly happen to her when she meets him again?

So Minato and Kagome have arrived in front of the Hatake house. But what adventure awaits them inside? Find out in the next chapter of 'Tale of a Miko Kunoichi' chapter 10: The Hatake House!

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