Snow Leopard Uchiha, Kagome

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Inuyasha, and therefore, claim no rights toward it. The only thing I own is my creativity.

To my readers: I have already written this out and the story is finished, I am typing it late. Therefore, there will be no voting on pairings, because if I change anything now, it will screw up the entire story. I will not post any of the pairings yet, as I am sure you would like it to be a surprise. If you really wish to know, leave a review with the request and I will send it to you personally. If you are anonymous, I am sorry, there is nothing I can do, as I don't reply to those. If I tell anyone the final pairings now, then I am sure I will be chewed off again, as the pairings hint in different places, but the outcome is the same. Thank you.

Two more until its done…

Ages:

Kagome – 15

Sasuke and the nine rookies – 16

Itachi – 22

Neji, Lee, and Tenten – 17

Kakashi – about 26, give or take a few years (probably shouldn't though, he might sick his ninken on you for making him seem old. )

Chapter 14

"My mate!"

Kagome growled and jumped behind Gaara.

"Why'd he have to be one of your students!" she demanded of Sesshomaru.

"Nobody else would take this team…"

He looked at his pathetic team in disgust.

And I don't blame them, a weak nigen female, even by their standards, a Hanyou, and an arrogant wolf. Eeewww, how did I end up with this again? He cursed the parents of the pathetic beings, even if one was his as well.

"You stay away from her!" Gaara growled at Kouga and Sesshomaru raised an elegant eyebrow.

"A possessive vessel, isn't he?"

Kagome grinned and peeked over Gaara's shoulder at the Taiyoukai.

"He's trying to help me. I really don't like gamma," Kagome said, pointing at Kouga.

She saw the Taiyoukai's lips twitch upward and she smiled. Gammas were the weakest in a pack, scavengers really. Being called a beta was a compliment to most, unless you were alpha.

"Nanda! You stupid female! I am alpha!" Kouga growled and Kagome scoffed, stepping out from behind Gaara and stood beside the redhead.

"You are a stupid, sexist coyote," she said calmly, knowing that calling him a coyote was one of the worst insults she could deliver to his race.

Kagome grinned as he dashed forward and she stepped away from Gaara, dodging the wolf's furious kicks and punches easily. Her cat's grace allowed her to dodge even the most complex of attacks he threw at her. She ignored the 'poofs' in the room in favor of driving him back with one well-placed punch to his stomach.

Kouga flew away from her and into a wall 20 ft away, creating a large dent in the wood. She smiled when she heard the white haired boy, Inuyasha, Kankuro, and Temari burst out laughing.

"Really, you should know better Kouga," Sesshomaru said, shaking his head in disappointment.

"Anyways, when will you do the tattoo, Sesshomaru?" Kagome asked and he shrugged.

"I can do it now if you wish," he said and she shrugged, pulling her long hair aside.

The Inu demon strode forward and she inhaled deeply. He tipped her head to the side and she felt his claws drawing on her skin, poison seeping into the marks to scar it. She felt her body healing the cut and sighed. She brought her head up and glanced at the Inu.

"Why do I have the feeling that you thought of that spot?" she asked and he smirked.

"As much as I enjoy seeing a beautiful female showing her throat to me, it truly was the Hokage who came up with the location," he said in an amused voice.

"What did you do to her!" Kouga demanded, standing.

"None of your business pup," Sesshomaru replied.

Looking around the room at the teams assembled, she frowned, finding one missing.

"Has anybody seen Kiba's team?" she asked and everyone save Kouga's team shook their heads.

"Dog boy's team was the first one we came across. A sound Nin team that I later disposed of had already defeated them. The dog boy was out, but the white eyed girl and the Bugboy were taking care of him," Kouga said nonchalantly.

"Where were they?" she demanded.

"A mile west of the gates," Inuyasha said, a bit taken aback at the snarl the female sent toward Kouga.

"If any of them are dead…I'm holding you and Pinky responsible," she growled, before disappearing with a swirl of icy mist.

Kagome appeared in the location and scowled, taking in the scent of Kiba's blood. She followed the scent and avoided the traps easily. She came to a large tree and walked under its tall roots, to find a clearing that held the team. She approached slowly and saw that Hinita was crying against Shino's jacket. Coming closer to them, she saw that Kiba was lying on the ground in front of them, panting. Akamaru was sitting next to him, whining. He was the first to notice her presence.

"What happened Aka?" she asked as she knelt beside him.

She saw that he had bandages on his wrists and neck and frowned.

'He attacked them. They had me. So he attacked without thinking,' the dog barked and she nodded.

She unwrapped the bandage on one of his wrists and leaned down to lick the wound, healing it. Noticing that he was far too pale, she repeated the action quickly with the other wrist and his neck. Thinking back on when she had visited the hospital, she formed an I.V. needle and thin tube with another needle on the end out of ice. She inserted the needle into the vein in his arm and had Akamaru hold it there while she inserted the other needle into her main vein on her wrist. She watched her blood shoot through the tube and into her friend. Her pulse was twice as fast as a normal human's therefore the blood rushed through her veins at a pace fast enough to keep Kiba's blood from entering her.

"Let's hope Kiba's legend was true," she whispered to Akamaru, who nodded in understanding.

The male had once told her that the Inuzuka clan originated from a great Inu demon. She honestly hopped it was true, because if it was, then her blood wouldn't kill him instantly, and her blood, as a defensive mechanism, would switch to his type. Kagome pulled the I.V. out of their arms when his skin was a normal shade, and licked the holes to heal them.

"I'll be back within ten minutes. Call my name if anything negative happens," she told the group, before standing and rushing off, smelling a boar nearby.

She caught it easily and sank her teeth into it, letting the blood run down her throat. She had given Kiba ¼ of her blood and needed to hunt lest she lose control. After draining the animal, she returned to the group. Having the two hold onto her, and holding onto Kiba while Akamaru sat on his stomach, she did the teleportation Jutsu to the middle of the room in the tower.

"Is he going to be alright?" Tenten asked as her teammates came over to lift up Kiba and place him on a couch.

"He hasn't rejected my blood yet, so I assume he will be good for an hour, but he needs more blood," Kagome said and Sesshomaru looked at her.

"His wounds were so severe that you had to give him blood?" he asked.

"I gave him ¼ of my blood," she said and he frowned.

"Wouldn't that put you at risk of losing control?" he demanded and she shrugged, noticing that Kakashi and her team were back.

"I will take him to the hospital and Naruto and Shikamaru have offered to give blood," Kakashi said and she smiled.

"Thank you," she said, before falling asleep while leaning against Gaara's shoulder.

"Is she alright?" the white haired girl asked quietly and Sasuke nodded, stepping forward to scoop Kagome into his arms easily, so that Gaara didn't need to hold her upright.

"She hasn't slept today, and almost losing control takes its toll on her body," Sasuke said, and cocked his head at Neji.

"You coming Hyuga-san?" he asked and Neji nodded, before both disappeared with a 'poof'.

That night, Temari entered Gaara's room after knocking, her back stiff.

"What?"

She looked at Gaara, before staring out his window.

"We have orders from the Kazekage," she said quietly, and he looked at her in a bored manner, leaning against the wall.

"We are to terminate team seven while others target Konoha," she said, and looked at him, to see his eyes widen with shock before they hardened and he sighed.

"When?" he asked.

"The night of the third exam, after it's finished," she answered and he nodded.

"So I have a month to distance myself from her," he whispered to himself.

Really, you would think that it wouldn't be all that hard, considering they had only known each other for little over a week and a half. But…he began to doubt whether he would be able to do as instructed.