You Can Reclaim Your Crown
Summary: No one paid her much attention, Naruto's landlady, this woman who paid visits to the Uchiha compound with baskets of bread and fruit for the little Uchiha survivor. The woman who sat down to dinner with the Nine Tails Jinchuriki...who had befriended the silent Itachi, the impassive Kakashi...and had enraptured the hearts of Kushina and Minato...no one paid her any attention, until she's forced to act as a Shinobi of the Hidden Leaf Village once again.
Pairing: Kagome/?
Anime/Manga: InuYasha/Naruto
Genre: Romance/Spiritual/Adventure
Rated: M
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Where days passed precariously slow for Kagome on most occasions, she couldn't argue that the older Naruto got, the more time seemed to noticeably sneak by her. With age also cam a more rebellious personality. He was most definitely his mothers child.
"What do you want?"
"Naruto! Where is he!? We saw him come by this way, Kagome. Just give us the kid and we'll leave you be."
Raising a fine brow, Kagome scoffed, "I don't need to answer to you. Now leave before I sic the hounds on you."
"What hounds?"
"Man, lets go. Kakashi had her place her name on the summoning scroll for his Ninken, it's not worth it to start a fight with her just for the boy."
"..." the man stared her down before him and the three nin behind him shot back off towards the Hokage tower.
Kagome glanced behind her and walked up to the residence she ran. Leaning against the door frame, she brought the wooden shaft of her broomstick down on the head of the little blonde haired boy who was sitting on the floor with his knees pulled in to his chest. "What did you do? Nothing so severe surely, that it'd merit four of the Hokage's lapdogs barking at my door."
Naruto laughed a little, but didn't give an answer.
"Naruto..." Kagome removed the stick from his head, having barely bopped him at all, sh knelt down in front of him and pulled him into a hug. The broom fell from her hands and lay motionless in the doorway as she picked the ten year old up and carried him to her apartment. He stayed in the ball he was in, his head tucked away and hidden from the eyes of anyone who might happen upon them.
"Sasuke..."
Kagome tensed and closed the door behind her with her foot, lowering herself against the door, she held him close and listened.
"Some adults were talking about his family, about the massacre...about...Itachi...and Sasuke was there listening. He pushed one of the adults and knocked her over into the others. I was there and, he was just mad because they were being mean. I would have done the same...they saw me there, and I let them blame me. I'm used to it anyways. I ran beneath one of the ladies and tripped her, she was the one leading the conversation, and then I ran."
"...I see...Sasuke has been alone for three years now, going on...you've been alone for ten...you know that feeling. It's painful, isn't it."
"I never wanted anyone else to feel it...it hurts."
"I know, but you can't keep that feeling from everyone. What you can do...is be there for them. Which...is what you did. You were there for Sasuke. Albeit, quite the unconventional method of being there for someone, but still. I se no harm in what you did...but, you should probably try and avoid the market place for a while until everyone simmers down a bit. What say you?"
"...probably."
"Lets make some dinner and perhaps stop by the Uchiha district."
"We can bring Sasuke some!?"
"I don't see why not...maybe we can take ours and eat with him too."
"YEAH~!"
'Sasuke...the pain you feel, the heartache...you and Naruto are both so young. I'm so sorry…I couldn't do anything...I couldn't stop Itachi...I tried, and still...'
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(Flashback)
"Lazy kid. Wants to share the vegetables with Sasuke and his family, but doesn't want to carry the basket." Kagome glanced up at the fool moon, it had gotten too dark to take Naruto out anyways, kids were going home to bathe and sleep around this time, she may not be his mother but she took his eating and sleeping schedule quite seriously. "...I know it's late, but I didn't think it was that late..." Kagome glanced around the quiet district before a slim figure caught her attention from the corner of her eyes. "...Itachi…?" The shadows played with her eyes as he stepped out of the shadows. The boy was young, thirteen if she remembered correctly. The talk of the village in his prodigal ways. "Where..." she glanced around and a familiar and overbearing scent suddenly assaulted her nose. "...Itachi, where is everyone...where is..."
"Dead...everyone is dead."
'Dead...no, no!' Kagome dropped the basket of vegetables and launched herself towards the teen, her hand moving to the kunai she normally kept strapped at her thigh. She was stopped when Itachi disappeared and reappeared right behind her, his hand catching hers and taking hold of her kunai before she could grab it. "I don't believe you!"
"What is it you don't believe? Is it proof you need?" He scoffed, "then let me show you!"
He wrenched her face up and her eyes met red, his irises moving and taking her to a world of terror and torture. She watched in horror as he wiped out the entire Uchiha clan, all of them...all of them except… '...Sasuke...' she pushed herself from his hold, struggling against whatever it was he was doing to her, she pulled all of her energy and purification into her hands and brought them to his face. A gasp of air filled her lungs and she fell to the ground as he released his hold on her. The world around her returned to normal and she pulled herself to her feet. "Sasuke..." she said calmly. "Where is your brother!?"
Itachi looked stunned by the ferocity of the woman before him, "I...let him go."
She felt her heart drop. "Why did you do this Itachi? What reason did you have?! YOUR FAMILY! You killed them, but you left Sasuke...you couldn't kill your brother, so why everyone else?!"
"...why not?"
"...what?"
"I'm strong...I'm a prodigy...able to do what others cannot. I wanted to see how strong I was...but there is no challenge if I kill everyone. I needed someone who would challenge me. He's young still, but when he gets older, as he grows fueled by revenge, he will become a worthy adversary."
"...is that really what you want? You brother to grow up as an avenger? Not knowing what it's like to have friends, chasing after his brother and following a shadow of what he used to idolize!? This isn't what you want, I don't believe it for a second. Itachi, please...tell me you let him go because you love him. Tell me that there is some humanity inside of you..."
"...you may believe what you wish...you know the truth."
He vanished in a swirl of leaves and Kagome felt her heart shatter once more for the boy. However, her ultimate goal was to find Sasuke. Find him she did. Crying in the streets and shaking dreadfully from the chill of the wind and the terror of the horrors his brother had no doubt shown him. She carried him to the hospital that night, and spent the rest of the night, well into the morning, shooing off the ANBU nin and Hokage.
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(End Flashback)
Naruto pulled Kagome by the hand down the streets of the Uchiha district. It was hard walking down the street where she knew so many people had lost their lives. "There's his house!"
The compound where Sasuke chose to remain looked so lonely, so empty… The Hokage allowed him to stay on his own though, mainly because the kid was richer than anyone else in the village...with the exception of the Hyuuga family, Kagome believed they were still a bit wealthier. Breaking away from her thoughts, she watched Naruto hesitate a bit before taking a deep breath and knocking on the door.
It was quiet for a bit before the door creaked open and ten year old Sasuke peaked his head out solemnly. He'd been so lively...this expression was all Kagome ever saw him with now.
"Sasuke! We brought dinner...uh...our kitchen burnt down and we were hoping that we could eat here until the fire was put out."
Sasuke blinked at Naruto, "you left the fire burning? Do I look stupid to you?" He turned and walked off back inside the house, leaving the door open so that Naruto and Kagome could follow.
"Grr..."
Kagome laughed, "let it go, Naruto. Let it go..."
Shaking his head before breaking out into a big grin, Naruto laughed. "Right!" They entered and Kagome closed the door behind her. It was a beautiful home, but still...so quiet...so lonely. "Sasuke…?"
"Hm?" He walked over with three bowls and guided them to the table.
Pausing for a moment, Kagome shook her head and smiled, "nothing...it's not important."
He shrugged and the three sat down to dinner. It was quiet, but the two boys soon started talking, and then laughing, and Kagome found herself at peace...even if it was only for a moment.
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Me: Here is chapter six. I'm soooo, so, so sorry it took me so long to update. I'm about to go home, so I'll start chapter seven when I get there. My other laptop had all my stories and chapters and timelines on it, but it's not working right now and I can't turn it on without risking losing everything...so I can only update certain stories at the moment. Again, sorry for the late update, I hope you all enjoy~!
