Kagome groaned as she sat up and held her head. "Oh man. I think my head hurts worse now than when you did it the first time."

Itachi stood over her. "I have two things to tell you. You pick. The news about what you can do or explain who you saw."

Kagome looked up at him. "Tell me who I saw. Of all of them two of them really, really, REALLY scared the hell out of me."

Itachi nodded. "The first image that I showed you is of a boy named Naruto Uzumaki. He is my mission I talk about. To extract a beast that is sealed with him called the Nine Tailed Fox. However that is proving more and more difficult with the new jutsu he learns and his strength. He can now stand on his own with me without getting winded. He will be one that will be trying to get you away from me, and kill me."

Kagome gasped. "No way! I don't wanna die!"

"The girl with the pink hair. Her name is Sakura Haruno. Exactly why she is furious with me stems from my targeting Naruto and killing my clan. She is in love with my brother Sasuke and says she will stop at nothing to see that the pain he feels over what I did is lifted. And vows to protect Naruto from me."

Kagome dropped her head. "Same thing as Naruto huh?"

"That's right. The one with the black hair. That is my little brother. He is not as strong as I am yet. He has yet to cut all bonds that he holds to let his revenge on me take total control of his life. Until he does that he will never have the strength to beat me. But he may target you if he knows that by killing you he will kill me."

Kagome dropped to her hands and knees. "Oh man I should have asked what was new with me first. But that wasn't the one that scared me."

"That would no doubt be Orochimaru. He uses snakes in all his jutsu save one. It is a reanimation jutsu. With that one, he can take on the appearance of anyone that he wants. Because he literally, takes all his chakra, and jutsu learned and moves his soul into a new body, forcing the other one out. He then takes control of that body and jutsu."

"The white haired guy and the blond girl?"

Itachi opened his eyes. "Jiraiya and Tsunade. Together with Orochimaru, they all hailed from the Leaf village just like I did, and Naruto, and Sakura do. Sasuke use to live there as well. They are known as the Sanin. Even those in in the organization that I belong to, the Akatsuki, won't fight them. Or they will loose."

Kagome blinked. "Then how about we just die right here and right now. Oh man."

"The only ones of them that will try to kill you are Sasuke and Orochimaru. The others will see you as kidnapped and try to 'rescue' you from me. That is why I push you the way that I do. And now that you can do more than defend. It makes what I have to do easier."

Kagome looked at him with an odd look. "It hasn't been that easy to me the last two weeks."

Itachi smiled a rare smile as he looked down at her. "But now I have something that will spur you into trying harder and focusing better."

"What might that be?"

"Simple. You can now produce chakra. I used mine and gave you enough for the pill to take effect and cleanse you of the effects of my jutsu. But it should be gone by now. Instead you are making more of it. Your body is now producing chakra. And that will help you greatly."

"Okay? So I can do the whole breathing fire thing and stuff?"

"More. Now for the kick in your ass."

"Hey!"

"Orochimaru will want you now. To do tests on you, and in the end take your body. The only way to stop him from doing that is to get stronger than him. Fast."

x

Sasuke glared as he walked through what seemed like an endless expanse of woods. "I swear this version of Japan is nothing but trees."

"Master Jaken! Wait for me!"

"Hurry up you insolent girl! We must hurry and get back before Lord Sesshomaru returns!" Jaken glared behind him as he ran on ahead of the girl and two headed dragon. He didn't want Sesshomaru to return back to where he left them or it would be his head that would roll! He broke through a bush and stopped with a gasp and a glare. "Who are you?"

Sasuke glared down at the toad. "Your executioner if you do not shut up."

"Master Jaken who are you…." Rin came through the trees and stopped and could only stare as she started shaking when she looked into his eyes. He was evil! She could sense it. "Lord Sesshomaru…."

Sesshomaru walked up to stand next to Rin with an expressionless face. "Do you have business with us?"

Sasuke glared. "I am looking for my brother who travels with a girl that dresses different from you. Kagome is her name."

Sesshomaru sighed. "I see. You want my brother's wench. She is five days from here that way." Then he started to walk on with Rin gripping his hakama.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "How do you know that?"

Sesshomaru looked over his shoulder as he continued to walk. "I am a demon. I can smell better than you. And I passed them going that way as I travel this way looking for Naraku."

Sasuke smiled. "Well since you pointed me in the right direction, I will do the same for you. Go that way." Then he pointed South East. "Keep going that way and you will come right to it."

Sesshomaru glared. "You are sure?"

"Oh yeah. Now I have a brother to kill." Then he was gone.