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Chapter 36:

Kagome still never liked the harunos after that accident all those years ago…

Kagome looked up when a medical nin came in "kagome, its worse than we thought" kagome winced and walked around her desk calmly, her nin watching her in fascination "you mean you will be seeing to it personally?" the nin asked, awe clearly in her voice at being able to work with kagome.

Kagome nodded and felt a smile tug at her lips when the medical nin bowed "you honor me kagome-sama" kagome sighed and looked at her nin "please no honorifics…" she said, she had to deal with it enough from her genins, her jounins, her ANBU and most of the foreign nin.

The medical nin blinked at her and kagomes eyes softened when she saw the name tag. Kaede… she bowed her head to the nin and they walked out of the office together, leaving behind a fuming Madara, a concerned Gaara and a confused Kakashi.

He turned to the other nins and asked "whats going on?" Madara growled out "your former teams stupidity is whats going on." Kakashi was surprised to see the severity of madaras gaze and turned to gaara. "id have to… agree with Madara" Gaara said, not meeting kakashis eyes.

"next time your teaching a team Kakashi. Please do a better job." Madara said, strolling out of the room with intentions to watch kagome as she worked to ensure her safety should something go wrong. Kakashi glared, miffed at madaras choice of words. He turned to Gaara and Gaara started whistling as he turned away, looking out at training ground 1 where the victors were currently being housed in.

Gaara chuckled when they saw it was practically a festival there with the genins scarfing down the food that was provided. Food in the hell dimension was surely scarce and the genins would probably have had to rely on their meager provisions to complete the task.

Gaara turned to Kakashi "how bout lets head to the café? " he said, gesturing to the portal to the commercial district. Kakashi had an incredious look on his face at gaaras suggestion but went with Gaara anyways.

Kagome was strolling down the qaurentine area for the genins that came in infected from the caves. She sighed, those caves were one of the areas that caused most genins deaths in this exam. She was glad that nothing further happened other than the infection.

She shook her head, it can hardly be called an infection by humans standards, it can hardly be called a disease by youkais standards, even a daiyoukai like kagome was miffed about the creation of the caves. But it did serve its purpose.

When the door awakened they heard the screams and she looked into the aura of ino. By mikos standards? It was an invasion on the very soul itself.

Kagome walked forward and enveloped ino with her reiki and watched as kaede joined her in her efforts.

They had to work hard in separating the two battling forces of inos and… you know, kagome should really name this once she was done. She felt like slapping herself for getting off track from her task and redoubled her efforts.

She groaned as her and kaede stopped and she looked at kaede "its no good… with both mikos and even youki, its not enough. Since ino is PURELY human, than we need a counterpart for that…" she was looking around and blinked when tsunade walked in with a bottle of sake "im sure I can help." She said with a hiccup and kagome giggled.

She nodded to tsunade "well deal on the fundementals and use your chakra to help. All you need to do is pour your healing chakra in and we will do the rest." She said as tsunade went on kaedes side and they set to work.

While they delve deep into inos psych to purge her of this illness that is currently battling her, they didn't notice sakuras condition worsen.

It was maybe a day later when they were able to withdraw and collapse onto the very spot they stood. Ino was now battling off an infection from the area that the worse of it originated from. She looked over at tsunade as they all got up "ino… may or may not be able to pull through, she was pulled out of the worse of it, but she is still in the danger zone." She gestured to kaede "you will be able to handle the rest." Kagome said as she strolled to the door.

"ARENT YOU FORGETTING SOMETHING!?" tsunade billowed out and kagome blinked "no? why?" tsunade let out an impressive growl "my student is still…" tsunade looked over as sakura flat lined….

Kagome shrugged "shes not my problem nor do I have any interest in healing her." she tilted her head at tsunades positively murderous look. "also, our villages are not allies. So we akuma nins are not obligated to help out the leaf." She said as she turned around, hiding her smirk from tsunades view.

"wait." Tsunade said quietly and kagome stilled, a triumphant smirk on her lips, her face radiating in dark glee. "i…. I will…. As the hokage ill join in an alliance with akumagakure no sato…" kagome wiped the look off her face, making sure her face and her eyes wouldn't betray any emotion she was feeling as she turned slowly to tsunade.

"due to your earlier and all past refusal of an alliance with akuma, you will receive no benefits from akuma. Nor are you able to terminate the alliance for a while." Tsunade nodded, grounding her teeth together as kagome pulled out a scroll with a flourish and let it hover over to tsunade.

A pen was poofed into existence at tsunades hand and she looked over at the agreement of the alliance between akuma and konoha. "until konoha has provided another hokage, that is when you guys will receive no benefits. Once a new hokage is in office than I will have a meeting with this hokage to speak of this alliance and what it will intitle to both villages."

Tsunade gulped and with a shaking hand, she signed the hokages approval of this alliance, dread heavy in her gut as she felt as if she were signing her soul to the very devil himself… she looked over at kagome, it may have very well been…

Once the paper was signed, it shot to kagomes hand as she shrunk it into a charm and put it to her others. She walked over to sakura and saw that kaede was struggling to bring her back. she grinned at kaede and nodded.

They both poured reiki and with agonized screams sakura was brought back as she lay spasming and foaming at the mouth, her flesh glowing green as incorporal worms made their way out of her skin. Leaving scorched marks and decaying flesh were they were protruding out of. Kagome looked over at tsunade who was watching on in despair.

"shes the reason you signed the alliance tsunade, you better be damn proud of this little girl your willing to risk your very ideals for. If you wish her to live THAN MOVE IT!" tsunade rushed forward and they head to work quickly. It was a good 2 days later where they pulled out of the trance and kagome scoffed down at the pink haired banshee.

She was smirking as she left, tsunade leaning against the wall with an empty bottle of sake, a defeated look on her face as she watched sakura still on life support, barely clinging to life as her system attempted to fight off the infection.

Kagome walked to training ground 1 and giggled when Naruto tackled her to the ground, she pulled out a scroll and presented it to Naruto. He saw it and looked at kagome with wide eyes "this better mean youll be getting visitations rights to your beloved mother" kagome growled out and Naruto burst out laughing.

He was hugging kagome, burying his face in her side as he attempted to wipe away tears, Kakashi walked forward and blinked at the delighted and physcotic look on madaras face. He walked past kagome and Naruto and to Madara.

"why are you so happy?" Madara shrugged as he watched kagome "because im rather proud of my mates manipulative nature and her ability to get the things she so desires." He was watching as his eyes softened, she went through all that trouble to ensure her little kits village didn't have to go to war with her own…

He breathed out "will you do this one a favor and sway kagome into baring children?" Madara was looking at kakashis shocked look and Madaras eyes hardened "ive been trying to convince kagome to bare children for a while Kakashi…" he turned to Naruto and kagome "she is allright with raising you, Tenzou, Naruto, shisui and countless others. Yet she does not have children of her own…"

Kakashi tilted his head at Madara "don't you suspect that maybe she may be… barren?" Madara blinked at Kakashi and shook his head "that have never crossed my mind." Madara said with a frown on his face as he thought this over.

Than he remembered the history lesson and such he received shortly after being transformed. Daiyoukai is very near impossible to conceive…

Kagome grinned down at Naruto and pulled him away slowly "haruno and ino will be able to pull through" she said and that made narutos day before he hung his head in shame "im sorry that it happened in the first place, I knew not to go in those caves." Kagome rolled her eyes "I was there Naruto, so of course I know whats happened and why." Naruto blinked up in surprise and kagome leaned down before whispering secretively "who do you think healed you?" Naruto let out a loud gasp.

Kagome looked around at the genins… 102 teams made it out… she sighed, 42 teams were terminated in these exams.

She looked at the grieving jounins and walked over to each one, providing her condolences for their squads. Once she was finished her and rin went up onto a dias and looked down at everyone "now that you guys have made it out of the second exams… I would regretfully announce that the third will be within 3 months time. Before than, you guys will be holding a preliminaries…" she looked around at the genins. There were still 306…

She shrugged at everyones cries of outrage. Before turning to rin and Raksha. Raksha will be helping in hosting the preliminaries. Raksha came forth and placed her foot on a disk as a hologram lit up.

"here are your matches." She said as she jumped off the dias and walked forward, the genins providing a large area for fighting when the area glowed pink with rakshasa reiki. She was left standing in the middle as on the hologram, two names came up with the genins faces and stats along with afflictions to which village.

She held out her hands "alright, you guys come forth." Kagome felt Kakashi and Madara tug on her hand "sorry kagome, but we are going to kidnap you now." Madara said huskily as they disappeared in madaras light orb, they appeared in kagomes office in front of the portal to the commercial district. She let out an indignant sputter at being dragged away.

She turned to glare at Kakashi and Madara, Kakashi gave Madara an evil smirk before disappearing up in a puff of smoke. Appearantly Kakashi was not above leaving Madara holding the bag. Madara turned to kagome with fear in his eyes. She was a force to be reckoned with when someone pulls her from what she believes is her duty.

He sweat dropped "Kakashi and gaara are waiting for you at the commercial district" Madara said and kagome crossed her arms, tapping her foot impatiently on the floor and Madara felt a smile tug at his lips when he put up his youki to create a barrier on the room before strolling towards kagome with a predatory grace.

He will make kagome cease to even remember of the fact that she is mad at him. He thought as he started biting and sucking at her lips before unbuckling her corset. Kagome let out a blissful sigh.

Gaara felt the shock through their mating bond and chuckled, Kakashi raised an eyebrow at Gaara "madaras fine, he was able to divert her attention to a more… distracting manor than anger." Gaara said as he sipped coffee. Kakashi chuckled and shook his head.

"I still cant believe that when I was a child, kagome was able to hide such a big secret from me." He said as Gaara clucked his tongue "its kagome Kakashi, shes keeping a lot of things from a lot of people. A very dark and sexy play mate is no exception to her secrets." Kakashi nodded as he bit into his black forest cake.

They both chatted on about suna and konoha, along with memories shared between themselves and kagome. Gaara tilted his head "though I haven't truly met the kagome, ive met kagome as ANBU during a mission that I called konoha on to help deal with some manners outside the country. I gotta say, I as really surprised to find out THE kagome, the elusive daiyoukai, the shikon no tama, the eternal one was koneko." Kakashi burst out laughing.

"you know Gaara, shes had more alias and disguises than just ANBU and koneko" he said with a glint in his eyes. He was in a ANBU squad with kagome in between her working at the hospital and her training ANBU so he would know.

Gaara tilted his head "and why might I ask, that you would know that?" Kakashi sipped his matcha and snickered "because, we were in an ANBU squad together. Me and Tenzou were the only ones after Itachi left that were able to keep up with kagome during missions." Gaara nodded.

Gaara tilted his head "though, there is something I do not quite understand…" he said slowly and Kakashi paused, his fork halfway to his mouth with cake on it. He blinked at Gaara "what is it?" he asked and Gaara sighed.

"im sure you've also been given lessons Kakashi. But kagome, there has never been a miko demoness, especially one who was able to retain purity among all else during these times." Kakashi nodded slowly "how, I mean why is kagome able to? what is she exactly?"

Kakashi felt his eyes harden "kagome is sort of a machosist. She has been trying soo hard since awakening to taint herself, at first it was out of punishment over the sins she has commited during those warring times and the extinction she brought about on a whole race as a whole. Now… she genuinely is a machosist, she genuinely likes those things. I don't know, ive read texts of a wyvern that spoke of a miko demoness that is able to retain great power. Accending above those of the godly in terms of youkai and miko standards."

Gaara choked on his coffee "you think kagome is this wyvern?" he asked slowly and Kakashi tilted his head "I do believe so, as there was no other miko or demon before her that was in recorded history." Gaara chewed on his lip "what is the purpose of this wyvern?" Gaara asked slowly and Kakashi sighed.

"there were prophecies that spoke of duties of this wyvern, in some it speaks of the shikon miko, in others it speaks of a being of paradox and in others it speaks of a divine being of two races. Ive grew up loving kagomes stories so I know she was able to accomplish them all, now the last speaks of an everlasting serenity in a being torn by self-loathing and hatred."

"huh?" Kakashi chuckled "the last prophecy that was in kagomes temple has been made and completed. Beyond that prophecy it speaks of the ever lasting peace of the wyverns mind, a way of clearing self-hatred and loathing to bring about salvation to a once dead race. Depending on the tides of the shinobi world, upsetting this balance that kagome has in place and bring about desasterous destruction and ruin upon our world."

Gaara blinked "aren't you worried?" Kakashi chuckled "no im not, that is like a .0009% chance of happening." "what would spurn such a thing?" Kakashi shook his head "I honestly don't know Gaara, kagome is the shikon no tama, the most powerful and pure miko that can ever become corporal in this plane of existence of ours, so it would take a great deal to sway her high morals into that path."

Gaara slapped his forehead "first you tell me kagome is a machosist and now you are saying she has high morals. What about the fact that it is very clear that she is a sadist?" Kakashi rolled his eyes "being of paradox?" Kakashi said with a lift of his eyebrow and Gaara burst pout laughing as mia came by with more coffee, more matcha and asked if they would like anything else to which they shook their heads.

Suddenly Kakashi burst out laughing, almost spitting his matcha out at Gaara and Gaara blinked at him "what is it now?" Gaara growled out and Kakashi shook his head "im sorry, just thinking on how the shikon no tama is trying to find ways to put in at least a little bit of taint on her soul, im just wondering on all the various methods she has tried." Gaara felt his eyes bulge out as he thought about it.

Kakashi leaned back in his chair, arms and legs crossed in front of him as he had a thoughtful expression "why don't we make a little game Gaara? Discreet mind you. We will try to test out theories we have on this shikon no tama on its purity. It would be interesting to see how these theories act out especially on seeing if it will taint or not." Gaara chuckled.

"im in."

"okay, so as a kid, me and kagome would used to train and we used to make it into a little game to see how much she heals and see if she was immune to death, it became out little past time when we were bored. During that time, I didn't understand that such things could bring pain to a person, kagome never let on that it brought her pain. So anyways, the interesting things is seeing how she healed and how she survived such things. I want to do the same on this purity test of ours." Gaara raised an eyebrow.

And thus, came the discussion on the many methods Kakashi and kagome tested out in terms of mortal health and most hilarious ways in how she healed and hilarious days of her recovering from said methods.