It took Kagome more than a few days to get over what nearly happened to her. And now after two weeks she was back to normal. She and Itachi stood next to the well, holding hands. This time there was one thing different. She was seventeen, almost eighteen. By the time that they were able to get everything taken care of, she would be eighteen. But with the relationship that they clearly had for each other, her mother signed the papers. She was now Kagome Uchiha. Proud wife of Itachi Uchiha.

Though, at least until they figured out a way to leave his time to get back to either hers or Sango's, they have put the honeymoon on hold. She looked up at him and smiled brightly. "Ready?"

Nodding as he smiled down at her Itachi sighed. Smiling seemed to be second nature again. Just like it was when Sasuke was young. "Are you? The chances of going to my time are high."

Nodding as she squeezed her hand Kagome giggled. "My barriers can withstand your full fireballs now. And can even block your Tsukuyomi. And with the way we were bound together, we will be able to prove it to everyone."

"Hai. Shall we then?"

"Yep."

Itachi then lifted her into his arms and jumped through the well. Though, for this trip, he was back in his shinobi clothes, and she was in jeans and a tank. Just in case they did come across Jiraiya. Though the light that awaited them was not blue, but black. "Here we go."

Kagome gulped as she clung to him when they went through the light. She let her eyes dart everywhere as a number of portals showed up. "Yep this never happened before."

Itachi glared as he held on tight to her. "This has to be it. We are going to my time."

Her arms locked around his neck as she nodded with her wide eyes. "There are so many portals. Let's just hope that we don't get separated. I don't know how I would make it without you."

"You will stay with me."

Then Kagome let out a scream as they were sucked through a portal and found herself holding onto Itachi as they fell from the sky. She looked up and gasped. "The portal is gone! We can't go back through the sky!"

Itachi did not say anything. Instead he focused on where they were. Right on the border between the lands of Wind and Fire. Not ideal for him, since the Sand and the Leaf were allies now. "Soon as we land, you need to get on my back and hang on. Alright."

"Got it." Though she honestly didn't think they would live through the fall. Then she was suddenly on the ground with him. She looked up at him and blinked. "Being in your time must have made you faster. I didn't even feel you move."

Nodding Itachi turned so she could get on his back. "Just like I told you before we left. We are headed straight for the Leaf. You however will have to have your barrier up soon as we start getting close."

"And you need to tell me when to put it up."

Nodding as she jumped up and hung from his shoulders, he wrapped his arms around her knees and then took off for the Village Hidden in the Leaves. He knew it was going to be trouble when he got there. And only hoped that the connection that he had with Kagome would be enough to prove to them what was going on.

X

Walking with Sai, Sakura and Kakashi back toward the village, Naruto was unusually quiet. It has been a few months now and nothing from Itachi, Orochimaru and Sasuke. He knew they were up to something, he just didn't know what.

Looking back at him, Sakura sighed. "Naruto you haven't said hardly a word all day. What's up?"

Stopping and looking down with crossed arms Naruto sighed. In the last year, he has come a long way since he got to see and talk to both his mother and father and found out exactly who he was. He now was a Jonin, along with Sai, Sakura and Kakashi. And his maturity level had gone through the roof as well. "I don't know Sakura. It is just that it has been months since anyone heard anything from anyone. It is like they all just vanished."

"Naruto."

Every stopped and turned to stare at Itachi as he landed a few feet behind Naruto. Naruto hardened his eyes as he turned and glared into the cold black eyes of the source of so much pain in his life and those he cares about most. "Itachi. What are you doing here?"

"You are no longer a target. Sasuke knows the full truth now and will be joining the Leaf as a comrade once again soon."

Naruto arched an eyebrow and crossed his arms. "What?"

His eyes just as hard Itachi sighed. "I can show you. Or rather I will show Kakashi and he can tell you what he sees is truth. Kakashi being in possession of the Mongekyo Sharingan as Sasuke and I knows I can only show him truths that truly happened in my past. It is a truth that I have shown Sasuke. He will return to the leaf and destroy the one who was the cause of the destruction of our clan."

Taking up a defensive posture Naruto glared harder. "You really expect me to take that as anything to do with the truth! You killed your own clan! What truth could you possibly have to show otherwise?"

"No fighting! Geese."

Everyone save Itachi gasped and went wide eyed as Kagome walked from behind Itachi. She crossed her arms as she stopped just in front of him. "How about you hear a whole story before you make assumptions."

Blinking Naruto kept his posture. "Who are you?"

Kagome sighed as she dropped her head. "My name is Kagome Uchiha." A smile crossing her face as Itachi's arm reached out and snagged her by her waist and pulled her back to settle against him. "How that became my last name is a long story. We will tell you guys but you have to swear that you won't try and hurt him or separate us. Okay?"

Itachi glared around. "Barrier."

Kagome sighed as instantly just before a barrage of shuriken were able to strike, a pink barrier went up around them and then bounced off of it. "You know you can't kill him right now."

Naruto glared. "I don't know what he did to make you think he is a good guy but he isn't. I know he brain washed you somehow and we can figure out a way to undo it. But with everything he has done, death is his only option. Especially so blazingly coming back to the village like this."

"Figure out a way to undo it?"

Sakura glared past the woman to Itachi. "That's right. You know what he has done right?"

"I also know the truth behind it!"

With a sigh Sakura stood straight. "Then there is a brain wash in place. Prolly some jutsu that either I or Lady Tsunade can break. First we have to get you away from him. That barrier is coming down."

Kagome crossed her arms as her own body started to glow pink as well with annoyance. "IF you think you can break my barrier then go ahead and try it. But if you can't, will everyone just give us two damn seconds and let us show you what we are talking about? You should really know all the facts before you act."

Sakura closed her eyes as focused all her strength and every ounce of chakra that she had into her right hand. "Fine. But I know I will break the barrier now!" Then she jumped in the air and came down fast at the barrier, slamming her fist in it and sending shock waves through the forest and the village. But not so much as a crack in it.

Falling back to stand with Kakashi she was wide eyed. "That breaks through even Orochimaru's barriers I don't get it."

Kagome sighed as she wiggled free of his grip and dropped her pack to the ground. "Orochimaru is why I am with him in a sense. I will tell the full story later, but right now you need to know that if you kill him, you will kill me too and that aint cool."

"How is that?"

Standing up with a needle she sighed as Itach held up his right hand. "Orochimaru sent him to a different time. If they are back here we don't know yet. And Sasuke. They used a jutsu that bound us together, to the point where if it happens to him it happens to me and vice versa. Watch." Then she pricked her finger with her needle, and dropped her head at the collected gasps when Itachi's finger showed blood just like hers. "Is everyone going to do that?"

Nodding as he put his arm back around her waist Itachi turned toward the gate. "Tsunade."

Tsunade had not said anything as she stood there and watched. Itachi was strong enough as a teenager to totally wipe out the second strongest clan that the Leaf has ever known. The Senju being the only one that was stronger. She listened as she watched what happened between Itachi and the girl who claimed her last name was Uchiha. Once she saw the proof in their hands she stomped the ground. "That is enough. Every Leaf Shinobi is to go back to whatever they were doing. Itachi, Naruto, Sakura, Sai, and Kakashi you all come with me."

Naruto gawked at her. "But he is…"

"Not someone we can kill now if we don't want to kill her. I have seen that jutsu one other time before. And I want to know what 'truth' he is talking about." Then she turned and headed back in the village. "Shizune!"

"Here My Lady!"

"Get Inoichi. His jutsu doesn't have the affects that the Sharingan does. And is just as effective."

Looking over her shoulder at Itachi, Kagome was still nervous. "Let it down?"

Nodding he then started to walk with her. Tsunade in front of them, the others behind them. "She is the leader of the village, everyone has to listen to her. And would be a fool not too."

Tsunade glanced back at the way she clung to him and the hold on her waist. Her eyes flickered up to his eyes and for the first time in all the times she had seen him after the fact, had true emotions as he looked at her. 'That's interesting.'