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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Naruto was running late, making his way through the street, he turned into the Academy and waved at Sasuke and Sakura who were leaning against the school talking with one another. "Hey!"

"What took you so long?"

"Oh," Naruto blushed, "...it was, I let time pass me by...not paying attention."

Sasuke raised a brow, "you slept at Kagome's place, right?"

"Mmhm, but she was still asleep when I left her house," he sighed, "are you guys ready?"

"Yeah,"

"Of course!" Sakura grinned, "hey...yesterday, did you get attacked by some Shinobi from the Village Hidden in the Rain?" They walked inside and started for the stairs.

"Yeah, some guy from Rain took Moegi...but it was really lame. You could immediately see that it was a transformation Jutsu...and I'm not even that great at seeing through those..."

"Same, one accosted me while I was training."

"...so I was right." Sakura sighed, "I think it was a test for the Genin who are participating in the Exam." They circled up to the third floor and she frowned, "...hm?"

"You noticed too?"

She glanced at Sasuke as they entered onto the floor and made their way to the next staircase. The academy was always built in a way like a maze, in her opinion. Too many turns to get to where they needed to go. "...yep."

"..." Naruto opened his eyes a bit as they walked into a large crowd of people. Three were up front getting pushed around, and the two guys at the front doing the "pushing around" gave off a familiar vibe. He was sure he'd seen them before. "Aren't those two...hm..." he eyed them both for a moment before nodding to himself. "Yeah, I'm pretty sure..." he turned to Sasuke and Sakura, "those two are the Gate Guards...we saw them yesterday on our way back from the Land of the Waves."

Sasuke nodded, recognizing them now, he walked up and all but told them to get out of his way.

"This Genjutsu can go too." Sakura said from behind Sasuke, "we all know this is just the second floor. It's Academy level Genjutsu at best."

Naruto who was watching Sasuke and the kid at the door, raised his head a bit when it looked as if they were about to exchange blows. What happened next, was somewhat of a surprise. Seeing how the kid in the green jumpsuit moved while Sasuke and the gate guard weren't paying attention, Naruto intervened before he could touch Sasuke, only taking hold of the guards' foot, while Naruto stopped Sasuke's while holding onto the wrist of the kid in the jumpsuit. "This is nice...but I think we should all call it quits before we show off too much of what we can do." Naruto grinned, "fighting will do us no favors, Sasuke." He let go of Sasuke's foot, still holding the wrist of the other guy who released the leg of the Guard. Meeting his eyes, Naruto smirked before releasing his wrist.

"Naruto..." Sasuke called out.

Blue eyes turned to obsidian. "Hm,"

"In the end...you and I will be the last ones standing, since you already know all of my attacks, it makes no difference who sees them."

Sakura sighed as the two basically insulted everyone else who came to the Exam, including herself. "Real nice guys...let's not try to make enemies, I'm sure we'll be doing enough of that during the Exam, no need to get a head start."

"Hey, what happened to the plan?"

Naruto walked away from the door, making his way back to Sakura's side as Sasuke did the same on the other side of her, the three watching as the one who'd intervened got semi-scolded by his teammate and the female who was also being pushed around earlier.

"I know, but..."

Naruto raised a brow at the look of determination that was burning in his eyes as he walked right past Sasuke. "Oh?" He chuckled at the frown on Sasuke's face.

"My name is Rock Lee, and you are Sakura, right?"

"Huh?"

He smiled and gave ger a thumbs up, "Please go out with me! I'll protect you until I die!"

Naruto almost outright died laughing when the jumpsuit ninja asked Sakura to be his girlfriend.

"Absolutely...not..."

"Why?" He sounded so depleted.

"Because you're a weirdo."

He couldn't stop laughing, though Sasuke seemed outright shocked by her savage reply. "The people on this team will be single for the rest of their lives..." he laughed.

"Hey, you two...what are your names!"

Naruto and Sasuke turned to see the other male of Lee's team. Naruto grinned, "Someone interested in my name..." he felt so giddy, he forgot to give his name.

"It's common curtesy to give one's own name..."

"Wait, you guys are one of the Rookie Teams...how old are you?"

"I'm not obliged to answer that,"

"What was that?!"

Naruto grinned, "we're twelve," he supplied, rolling his eyes when Sasuke turned a glare to him. "I'm Naruto Uzumaki, and this is Sasuke Uchiha...can I ask what your name is?"

"...Neji Hyuuga..."

"Well, Neji...hopefully we will get a chance to become better acquainted during the exam..." Naruto smirked, making a fist as he did. His meaning was clear, and Neji couldn't help the small smirk that formed on his own lips as he watched Naruto and Sasuke walk off with Sakura between the two of them.

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"I'm fine with it, but really, I'm not a ranked ninja, why me?"

"Why not?" Sarutobi asked, staring at Kagome who was standing before him. "You are sharp-eyed, and you are at a level higher than that of a Chuunin...skill wise, you are more than competent enough to help with the Exam."

"...sure...I guess."

He sighed, "don't ask too many questions, Kagome. I'm asking you to be a sentinel during the Exam and to assist with all parts."

"...I understand."

He nodded, "There is one other thing I wish to ask of you."

She met his eyes, wondering what else he could want from her, though..being a Sentinel wasn't a difficult task. "Yes?"

"Twelve years ago, you fought alongside the Fourth Hokage..."

She felt the surprised eyes of the many present in the room, "that's...what's your point?"

"You were made a citizen back then, but you never pursued a career as Shinobi...this is your choice..." he placed a headband on his desk and watched her eyes widen a bit. "You have already done so much in the way of protecting Konoha, now I'm asking you to continue doing so. As my pupil, as the Fourth Hokage's pupil...will you bare the symbol of the Village Hidden in the Leaf?"

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Me: Here we go guys, it's chapter 19! I hope you enjoyed, albeit, the chapter is much too short for my tastes, I wanted to post it and I need to go to sleep. Review, tell me what you think, and naturally, I'll update more chapters tomorrow.