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The past couple of months had gone by surprisingly fast, but that was fine with Kagome. Her only problem lately was that the longer she spent in this world, the more she had been missing her old one. She knew going back wasn't an option so she tried her best to ignore those thoughts, but it was like her old friends were making sure they were all she could think about.
It had started small; one day she had been helping Shikaku with the deer, like normal when a stray thought popped into her mind. Shippo would really enjoy this. Her thoughts had ground to a halt after that. She hadn't really thought about her friends before then, she had been actively trying not to. She knew she would miss them too much if she kept going down that path. The next few weeks it seemed like anything she saw reminded her of one friend or another.
She would see kunoichi training and her mind would drift to Sango. Kagome had managed to ask Minato to start training her to be a kunoichi. He had been reluctant at first, but he had eventually come around. As she ran through drills, she wondered how Sango would do a certain move. Or, how proud Sango would be of her of finally taking her training seriously. As Minato and herself walked past one of the local hot spring baths, she would remember all the times she and Sango snuck off to take baths together and just have some girl-talk time. She missed the simple girl time she had with her sister.
Seeing kids playing together in the park would make her mind whip to Shippo, Rin, and Kanna. They had managed to save Kanna from Naraku a few months before the final battle and she had chosen to travel with them. Kanna wasn't the most emotive kid, but she had been getting better towards the end. She would see Kanna in the kids that kept more to themselves, but still close enough to be involved in what was going on. Kagome could walk past a patch of flowers and all she could think about was Rin. Rin loved flowers, particularly making flower crowns out of them. Practically everything reminded her of Shippo, her precious Shippo. She felt so bad having made Shippo lose another parent. She missed Shippo so much it hurt at times; he was her kit. She had adopted him as her own and all she wanted was him back at her side. She knew that wasn't possible however so she had started trying to avoid other kids. At least for a while, all they did was remind her of her lost son.
She had passed a guy in the street with white hair and then all she could think about was Inuyasha. The shinobi she would see on the streets that kept their emotions to themselves also reminded her of him. Or the ninja she saw that seemed to fight more with brute strength than strategy. Inuyasha was her best friend, still was her best friend, and probably would always remain her best friend. There was a lot of little things she would see or hear that would make her think of him, it was starting to become like a kind of torture.
She would be reminded of Miroku as guys flirted with their girlfriends. Bad pick-up lines especially made her think of her older brother figure. As she played Shogi with Shikaku her mind would drift to Miroku attempting to teach her. His wise words, usually followed by something inappropriate but that was just Miroku. In the feudal era, Miroku was the person that helped her learn the most, the people training her made her think of her first teacher the most. Training had become an almost double-edged blade.
She missed all of her friends so much and she didn't even have a picture to remind her of them. She missed her family as well. Her mama, grandpa, and Sota. She wondered what Inuyasha had told her family, or if he had told them anything. Had he even been able to tell them? It was possible the well stopped working after she had left that world. Would her family forever be wondering what happened to her, if she was still alive? What would be better for them? On one hand, they could stay ignorant and still hold onto a glimmer of hope of her returning home one day. On the other it's not like any of her friends knew what actually happened to her after she fell through the portal, so what would they be able to tell her family? Sorry, Kagome disappeared and we don't know if she's even alive or not. Yeah, probably not a nice way to go about it. She hopes that her mom won't be too sad about her not coming back. She didn't want her mom going through the rest of her life in depression. Also, she hopes that Sota will forgive her for breaking the promise she had made to him so long ago. A promise of staying alive and always returning to him. She had broken that promise, perhaps not in the way he had meant, but it was still broken.
It was one of the nights that her mind was being exceptionally mean to her and she woke up practically sobbing from a nightmare. She angrily wiped her tears away but they just kept coming. All of a sudden, she felt so lonely, scared, and alone. She didn't want to be alone. She grabbed the stuffed animals that Minato had bought her and hugged them tightly. After a few minutes of the tears not stopping and the fears not going away she decided that they just weren't helping tonight. Her eyes drifted to the wall that separated her room from Minato's. Should she? The eighteen-year-old in her mind said absolutely not, to just tough through it and try and go back to sleep. The seven-year-old part of her brain was screaming for someone to comfort her. The seven-year-old won. She grabbed the stuffed rabbit, which had become her favorite between the two, and hopped out of bed. She very slowly walked out of her room and towards Minato's. She paused for a moment in front of Minato's cracked door. He never fully closed it, always leaving it open about halfway just in case.
Kagome tip-toed into Minato's room and very slowly approached the bed. Apprehension grew in her mind as she got closer to the large bed. This was ridiculous, why was she doing this? That didn't stop her, however. She came to a stop at the edge of the bed and slowly reached up to tug on Minato's arm.
Minato woke up with a start as he felt a pull on his arm. He blearily looked over to see Kagome standing there with a miserable expression on her face. Tears were pooled in her eyes and her cheeks were wet from her previous tears. She was clutching her stuffed rabbit like it was a lifeline. Minato was immediately fully alert, "Kagome what's wrong?" They had dropped the suffixes a few weeks ago.
"I'm sorry, I don't know why I woke you up." She said and she suddenly looked like she was regretting her decision.
Minato sat up and started attempting to dry her face, the new tears didn't help much however, "Nonsense I don't mind at all. Really, what's wrong?"
"I just had a nightmare," Kagome whispered as she looked down at the floor.
Minato frowned slightly; he had noticed her recent mental state but didn't know what to do. She would disconnect from reality for a while before coming back with a sad look on her face. It had seemed like she was going to start making friends her age until she suddenly started avoiding other kids like the plague. He didn't want to push her, that always made her start pulling away which was the opposite of what he wanted. However, if this kept up, he would have to start doing something. Whatever was going on was obviously not healthy. It looked like it was starting to affect her sleep as well now too.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Minato cautiously asked.
Kagome bit her lip as more tears spilled over, "I just miss them all so much." She answered after a moment of silence.
Minato's eyes went wide in realization. The loss of her village was finally starting to get to her. He had thought that she had been taking the loss of everything and everyone she had ever known a bit too well. She had thrown herself into books to learn new things, all to keep her mind off of the waiting torment. This was the stage that he had been dreading when he decided to take her in. He was fully familiar with the loss of family and loved ones, he was the last of this clan. He had lost one person after another for years. She had lost everyone at once, which was much more of a blow though.
"Oh Kagome, come here." He reached down and picked her up before sitting her on his lap. He gave her the best hug he could as she cried into his shoulder. She clung onto him and he let her, he would willingly be the rock she very clearly needed at the moment. He wasn't able to do much, but this was the least he could do. After a good ten minutes, her crying finally died down a bit, the sobbing transitioning to hiccups, "Do you want to sleep with me for the rest of the night?" he asked quietly.
Kagome didn't vocally answer, just nodding her head slowly. She was too miserable at the moment to even care about it possibly being weird. Minato was like this warm light and that was exactly what she needed at the moment.
"All right." He laid her down on the opposite side of the bed and tucked her in before crawling back under the covers himself. Kagome skootched herself closer and curled up right next to him. In one hand she had hold of her rabbit and in the other, she grabbed a fistful of Minato's sleep-shirt. A small smile pulled at Minato's lips, while the scenario wasn't the best it looked like she was finally opening up and trusting him. This was a very good step in the right direction.
That night was another turning point in the relationship between Kagome and Minato. She started opening up to him a lot more and she was considering telling him about her past. She wasn't sure she wanted to tell him about her real age however, so she had been thinking about how to change her story to hide that little detail. She had started calling him Minato-Nii after that night, and she just wanted him to think of her as his little sister. She had come to the conclusion after that night that while she missed her old life, she wouldn't really have a chance to go back to it. So, if she was going to be staying here it was well past time to find her own family. Minato was a great start with that.
Then came the day that she had been looking forward to since her agreement with the Hokage. Freedom! Her three-month probationary period was up and she had passed with flying colors. That meant that she no longer had to have a chaperone at all times. She would just go out by herself and not worry about getting in trouble. Which was exactly what her plan was for today. She was just going to take a casual walk around town, all by herself. Oh, she was so ready for some alone time. Something that she had been sorely missing these past three months. She had been walking around for about ten minutes when she spotted something that absolutely boiled her blood.
A group of three boys was beating up boy a few years younger than herself. The three looked like they were eleven or twelve, so why in the world would they be picking on a kid so young? Thankfully Minato had been training her pretty hardcore the past couple months, she could easily hold her own against these three idiots. She marched over before punching the largest bully right in the back of the head.
"Gah!" the boy shouted as he fell down.
Kagome quickly jumped in front of the green-clad boy to protect him better.
"Leave him alone." She growled at them. She hated bullies, absolutely despised them. She had never been fond of bullies growing up having been teased herself as a little kid. Learning and witnessing what Inuyasha went through just because of him being a hanyo made her hatred burn for bullies.
The boy she had punched stood up quickly and once the three boys saw it was a small girl that interrupted them they laughed, completely ignoring that she had managed to get the jump on them just a few seconds prior, "What are you gonna do about it girlie?" one asked loudly.
"This had nothing to do with you kid. Just leave us and the freak alone and we won't hurt you." The apparent leader of the three said warned her.
Kagome's eyes went dark and she was suddenly extremely grateful for Minato's intense training regime, "You hurt me?" she gave a dark chuckle, "I would like to see you try."
"What?" one of the boys asked in surprise.
"You stupid or something?" another asked.
"No, I just know that you idiots won't be a problem," Kagome answered confidently.
"Cheeky brat needs to be brought down a few pegs." The leader said angrily.
As one the boys rushed at her and she almost had to laugh, these boys were nothing. Just punks really, all bark no bite. They moved so slowly compared to Minato. Plus, will all of the experience fighting demons made this fight laughable. She held her ground and made sure to protect the boy that was on the ground staring at her with wide eyes. She stayed on the defensive for a few minutes, pretty much just playing with them, before suddenly switching to the offensive. With well-placed jabs and kicks she had the three boys on the ground groaning.
Her mind suddenly drifted to a past conversation she had with Kikyo a few months before the final battle.
"I am going to teach you a new technique. It is not a very useful thing to know, but it can be used as an intimidation tactic. It is not something just anyone is able to do, you need to have enough energy and exceptional control over your Ki." Kikyo explained as she pulled her aside.
"Oh, alright, what is it? Do you really think I'll be able to do it?" she asked curiously.
"Of course; besides what you may think, and what Inuyasha keeps saying, you have more natural talent than I do. Your control is also rather good especially considering you've only been actively training for two years. Your bow from Mount Azusa would not work for you as it does."
Kagome blushed at the compliment, "Oh, okay. So what is it?"
"Watch my eyes," Kikyo instructed and in the next moment Kikyo's eyes glowed an almost eerie pink. The same color as Kikyo's own Ki, "It can't be used offensively, but it can show your ability without having to fight. Most demons with common sense normally back off as they know it is not a trick most can master."
Excitement swelled in Kagome, this was the first time Kikyo volunteered to teach her ANYTHING, "Please teach me!" she answered with a smile.
Kagome made a dark smile pull at her lips and she felt her eyes start glowing. She knew it would be the same color as the Shikon. She saw slight fear appear on the boy's faces and her only thought was good. Let these bullies feel the fear they like seeing in others.
"Leave him alone or I'll find you and you will curse the day you trifled with me. Now leave." She warned them. Hopefully, this would keep these boys from beating up a kid again.
"We won't forget this you little witch!" the leader boy yelled as they all ran out of the alleyway.
Finally, Kagome turned around to actually take a good at the boy that she saved. She did have to be honest; he was kinda a weird-looking kid. His black hair hung shaggily around his chin, though his bangs were clearly in a bowl-cut design. He wore a sleeveless green spandex jumpsuit and a red scarf tied around his neck. He had a rather large nose that he hadn't quite grown into yet. His black eyes were filled with tears that he was fighting back. There was already a bruise forming on his cheek.
Kagome kneeled down in front of him, making sure her eyes weren't glowing anymore to scare the boy, "Are you alright?"
The boy rubbed at his eyes to try and dry them and only nodded.
Kagome frowned for a moment and she let her Ki wash over the boy, to search for any injuries worse than bruises. The boys had been kicking at the boy on the ground, they could have broken something. She quickly pasted a large smile on her face, "My name is Kagome, what's yours?"
"Might Guy, but you can call me Guy." He mumbled out.
"Nice to meet you Guy, does anything hurt?" She asked, right as she finished asking, her Ki detected a sprained ankle. Everything else was just bruised, nothing too serious.
"No, I am fine, thank you for your help Kagome," Guy said as he jumped in excitement only to fall back down when he put weight onto his bad ankle.
Kagome very nearly rolled her eyes, yeah, he was totally fine, "Are you expected somewhere anytime soon?" she asked him.
"My dad said I was free to play all day." He answered her.
"Alright, here hop on," Kagome said as she showed him her back. If he wasn't needed anywhere, she could take him back to the Namikaze district and heal his ankle there. She knew at least no prying eyes would be around in the Namikaze district.
"What?" Guy asked in a confused tone.
"I'll take you back to my house and we'll get you cleaned up and I'm sure my guardian wouldn't mind making us a snack."
"Oh, you don't need to do that, I'll be fine. I have to power of youth on my side."
Kagome was a bit confused but simply answered, "Even the, uh, youth… need help every once in a while. Come on."
For a moment she didn't think he would accept her help but she eventually felt him climb on her back. It took a bit longer to get back home with the new burden on her back, but she didn't mind. She definitely got a few odd looks, but she was very good at ignoring looks like those by now. She couldn't count all of the looks she got in the feudal era. If not for the strange clothing she wore, then the company she kept. It was extremely unheard of that a Miko was willingly around demons or even half-demons. Once people realized that she was a Miko, especially one that adopted a fox kit, she got plenty of odd looks and dark glares. There were many people who thought that she had betrayed them and switched sides, no matter how ridiculous that was. It seems that no matter where she went people were destined to look at her oddly. So, it was safe to say she was used to it by now.
Eventually, she made it back home right as Minato was coming out of the house he always seemed to know where she was or when she was coming. She didn't know how he did it without being able to see auras like her, she was assuming it had to be something to do with chakra but she hadn't read anything about it yet. Minato would only ever give her a cheeky grin when she asked so he wasn't giving her anything she was going to have to find this one out on her own. He currently had a confused look on his face, "I thought you'd be gone for longer Gome." Minato said before catching sight of the boy on her back, "Oh my gosh, what happened? Are you two alright?"
"I ran into something I couldn't ignore on my walk. Do you think you could pull together some snacks for us?"
"Oh, um, sure. I mean of course. We will be talking about this later though." He warned her.
Kagome nodded her agreement and headed towards the garden in their backyard. She set Guy down on one of the benches. She knelt down in front of him and bit her lip nervously.
She really didn't want people to know about her "kekkei genkai" yet. It seemed a bit too risky before she had enough of a foothold in the village. Sure, she had a pretty good start; the Hokage was in her corner, Inoichi and Shikaku would also help her without a second thought, and finally, she had Minato. It was definitely a good start, but she had read about what could happen to people with rare kekkei genkai's. She had read all about what happened to the Uzumaki clan, they had nearly gotten wiped out because of their healing ability, only a few still survived. Especially women, she did not want to mysteriously disappear or get cornered into marrying someone just to have kids. Kagome was from modern-day Tokyo; she knew how to protect herself while slowly releasing information to trusted people.
"Where are we?" Guy asked as he finally started looking around. He had hidden his face in her back for most of the trip here. She wasn't sure if it was because of the pain, to hide tears or embarrassment at his situation.
"Oh, we are in the Namikaze district," Kagome answered bluntly, not really thinking anything of it. Besides the hospital, this was the only place she had lived since coming here. It was just natural to her to others, however, as far as the common public knew only Minato lived within the Namikaze district.
Guy's eyes went wide in surprise, "The Namikaze district? What are we doing here?" he remembered his dad telling him to stay out of any clan district that he wasn't invited into beforehand.
Kagome sent him an amused look, "I live here." She plowed on before he could say anything, "Look I know that your ankle is hurt and I can do something to help you. However, you have to close your eyes for me to do so, and you can't open them until I say so. Do we have a deal?"
Guy didn't even hesitate as he screwed his eyes shut and covered his eyes with his hands, "Sure!"
Kagome's eyebrows raised in surprise at his willingness but proceeded to start healing him. The reason she wanted to do this out of the way was she glowed slightly when she used her Ki. This was something new to her. In the feudal era, the only times she glowed was when she would supercharge her attacks with her emotions. Now it happened every single time she used her Ki, it was definitely something to work on. She sensed Minato coming up behind her but didn't stop. She had healed him a few times already from the failed attempts at his new jutsu.
She stopped a few minutes later once his ankle was completely fixed, she also healed most of his bruises, "There you go Guy, you can open your eyes now."
Guy's eyes popped open and a huge smile split his face. He could clearly already feel the change as he jumped off the bench in excitement, "Wow Kagome, you're amazing! I feel so much better."
"It was no problem; just don't tell anybody and we'll be even kay?"
"Deal! It'll be our secret."
"Listen if you get hurt and you are able to make it here, I'll help you out again. I really don't mind." She grabbed the snack tray from Minato and held it out to him, "Do you want something to eat?"
Guy's eyes practically shined, "First you helped me, then you made me feel better, and now you're sharing food… this means we're friends, right?!"
Kagome lowered the tray in slight shock, she hadn't even thought about it. Avoiding other kids had become so natural to her that she had practically given up on the notion of gaining friends around her own age. She shifted nervously and did her best to ignore Minato's chuckling behind her, "Oh, um…." She hesitated without really meaning to.
Guy deflated, "No? That's okay, the other kids said no too."
Determined anger burned in her eyes, "No! I mean yes. Yes, I'll be your friend. Sorry, I'm really new here and I don't know many people. I'm not really good with new people, but I'll try my best."
Guy jumped in excitement once again, "All right! I have made my first real friend. Not only that but she is a great fighter, we can grow strong together."
Kagome flinched as she heard Minato clear his throat in warning. She turned around to see him with his arms crossed and giving her a stern look, "A good fighter?"
"Wait Minato, let me explain," Kagome answered quickly.
Guy interrupted them, completely missing the mod, "It was so awesome. She jumped in out of nowhere and she was so cool. She stopped all of their attacks with no problem. Then BAM! All three boys were on the ground. It was like pow, pow, pow! So cool, I wanna be able to fight like that."
"Kagome," Minato said slowly, in warning. Honestly, she just got let off of probation today and she was already picking fights. Three whole months of keeping her temper in check outside of the house and minding her own business. That all goes out the window the moment she gets a taste of freedom.
"There were three older boys, around eleven or twelve years old, were bullying Guy. They were beating him up in an alley and I will never ignore people being bullied or people in need of help. I just won't, and I won't say sorry either." She said determinedly. She grabbed a few snacks off the tray before shoving it back at Minato with a glare daring him to fight her on this. This is one thing he will never win on.
"Fine, fine. You win. Have fun with your new friend." Minato said in a resigned tone. How was it that he always seemed to be losing arguments to a seven-year-old?
The next couple hours were fun, Guy and herself playing ninja, which was kinda weird but it was fun. She then walked Guy back home, to make sure the boys weren't waiting for him somewhere. She met his dad; he was a unique one that was for sure. He thanked her for bringing his son back home and she headed back.
Minato was waiting for her when she got back and they sat down in the living room and they had a long conversation. She was to tell him anytime she got into a fight and why so he could tell the Hokage that she wasn't picking fights just because. In return, he'd bump up his training with her so she didn't get hurt.
Kagome rolled her eyes as she got ready for bed, she was willing to bet that Minato wasn't even near ready to go to bed yet. He always stayed up hours after she went to bed and he always wondered why she woke up earlier than him. She was determined to change that tonight. The past couple of days Minato had seemed exhausted, he was getting desperate to get his jutsu to work. So, with a smirk on her face, as she put her pajamas on, she started her plan. Ever since the night that Minato let her sleep with him, she had gone to him after a few different nightmares. Plus, she had found out she was embarrassingly afraid of thunderstorms once again. It was something she had grown out of when she turned twelve. It was really annoying the gain her old childhood fears back, but she was learning to get around those.
She grabbed her stuffed rabbit and made her way into the kitchen, just like she suspected Minato's face was stuffed in his scrolls and books to find out where his jutsu was going wrong. Kagome readied herself for the incoming fight and strolled up to Minato.
"I'm heading to bed Minato."
"Alright, sleep well," Minato answered without even looking up.
Kagome grabbed onto Minato's arm and pulled slightly, "Come on Minato you need to get to bed too, let's have a sleepover."
Minato paused for a moment, "A sleepover?"
"Yeah, you need some sleep and it looks like there might be a thunderstorm tonight. So, let's have a sleepover, please Minato." She gave him a big pout, folded her hands together, and delivered her best puppy dog eyes.
"I don't know Kagome; I have a lot to figure out with this jutsu. I swear everything is correct, I don't know why it won't work."
"Ugh, give your brain a break. Go to bed early for one day and maybe you'll find something you haven't seen before. Please Minato, Please." Kagome practically begged.
Just then a huge crack of thunder sounded across the sky and Kagome jumped and clung to Minato's arm. Minato gave a sigh of defeat and stood up, "Alright, sleepover." A smirk crossed his face, "Go into the closet across from the bedroom next to you, and grab as many blankets as you can. If we are having a sleepover, we have to do it properly."
"Properly?" Kagome asked with a head tilt.
"You'll see. You get the blankets and I'll grab everything else. Meet back in my room." Minato grinned at her before making a couple of clones and dispersing. Kagome watched after him, a bit lost, before heading to the closet to grab the requested blankets. She jumped slightly as thunder cracked across the sky once again, hugging her rabbit to her tightly. She really, really hoped that she learned to get over this fear sooner than she did the first time. Honestly, she had slept out in the open during thunderstorms all the time in the feudal era. It wasn't like they could always find somewhere to stay every time there a storm. Even if they were near a village, there were not many places that allowed demons or half-demons inside their Inns. People were such discriminatory bastards back then, though that never really changed. Discrimination changed from demons to different races over the years. She couldn't understand people's racism, to her everyone had one thing or another in common. Everyone bleeds red, even demons.
She shook her head to clear her thoughts and grabbed as many blankets as she could. Why in the world did Minato even have so many blankets? There had to be like a dozen of them in here. She grabbed as many as she could and with how thick they were that was only like five of them. She was assuming Minato would want more so she dropped a couple on the floor and started kicking them towards Minato's room. When she got there, she saw the last clone disappear with a poof of smoke. Kagome's eyes grew wide as she saw what Minato had put together. A fort. Minato had built a fort on the floor of his room. Pillows and even more blankets were everywhere. Kagome dropped the blankets on top of the ones she had kicked into the room.
"Why do you have so many blankets?" Kagome asked for a lack of other things to ask.
Minato shrugged, "It gets cold in the winter."
"Weirdo." Kagome teased.
Minato nudged her slightly as he picked up a few of the blankets, "Come on, help me finish."
"How many times have you built a fort?" Kagome asked as she draped a blanket over the top. She wasn't judging him or anything, but building blanket forts were more of a girl thing than a boy thing.
"Not many, my mom died when I was four. I don't really remember her much but what I do remember is that she liked to make little forts to sleep in every once in a while. I remember her warmth, and forts like these help me feel her warmth." Minato explained as he finished setting up the fort, "I haven't made too many of these throughout the years but I'll throw one together every once in a while."
Kagome stared at him with wide eyes. He had never talked about his family before, besides saying that his dad died three years ago. She didn't know what made her say it but she suddenly said in a quiet tone, "My mom used to make me a cup of hot chocolate on the nights I couldn't sleep. Mama made the best cup of hot chocolate I've ever had; nobody could make it better. I continued the tradition with Sota after he was born."
"Who was Sota?" Minato asked slowly, carefully. Just like he never talked about his family, she had never uttered a word about hers. All he had gotten out of her was that she missed them. And that had been released on a nightmare induced shock.
Kagome froze, wanting to stop this conversation in its track. Then she remembered that she wanted to start telling him about her past, which included her little brother. She let out a sigh as she snuggled into one of the many pillows surrounding them, "Sota was my little brother. After Daddy died Mama had to start working nights to keep supporting us. I started helping Mama take care of Sota."
"What about Kikyo?" Minato asked. He only knew about her from the report from the Hokage.
"Oh, uh Kikyo had a lot on her plate protecting the jewel." Kagome lied as she fingered her necklace. She really hated lying but until she decided to tell him the whole truth, she would have to keep it up.
They spent the next couple of minutes talking before falling asleep. Kagome barely noticed the thunderstorm outside. The next morning, she woke up snuggled right next to Minato. It was with the dawn, like normal, and before Minato also like normal. She got up carefully as to not wake up Minato and made her way to the kitchen to make breakfast. She got things cooking as her eyes drifted to the table. Minato didn't put his scrolls away like he normally did. She kinda got what he was trying to do from watching him practice, but maybe looking over his notes and research would help more. She made sure nothing was close to burning before she climbed up on the chair and started looking over his work. To her surprise it was mainly based on Fuinjutsu, she had looked a lot into that when she first found out about it. It reminded her a lot of her sutras; she had been wondering if she could mix the two in the future. She read something that made her brain really start working just as she felt Minato's aura switch from asleep to awake. She shimmied off the chair and back to finish making breakfast.
During breakfast, Minato brought up his plans for the day, which included going out to practice his new jutsu.
"Can I come with?" she asked quickly, she wanted to really watch this time. Maybe finally figure out what was going wrong with his Fuinjutsu. While she didn't have any experience with Fuinjutsu she had plenty of experience with her sutras. That was one of the main things that Miroku made sure that she had down. Sutras didn't need a whole lot of control to activate, though the more control one had the stronger the sutra. She was looking forward to watching this practice with new eyes.