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I snuck onto the computer so that I could update this, so please do not expect another quick update soon...and I'm sorry thatI can't.

I am also working on another Kakashi and Kagome story, but you might have to wait the year before I post it up. Again, I'm sorry about that! Please enjoy this chapter!


The village had changed a lot while she had been gone. She walked around, staring in awe at the different food stands that had appeared, creating new images to be incased in her memory.

Regretfully, Kakashi wasn't with her today, he was on an A-ranked mission. Very important, but he was sorry that he couldn't show her around. She sighed, shrugging her shoulders. Oh, well. When he got back, she was going to make him treat her to several of the food stands that were littered across the village.

'Ramen sounds okay…but then again, I did have some of that already before…'

As she sorted through the different stores, her sharp eyes caught the figure of a person she knew quite well. "Kurenai!" Kagome said cheerfully, waving at the other kuonochi.

Kurenai paused at the sound of her name and turned to the girl who had called her, instantly recognizing Kagome, but keeping a cool façade. Finally, she silently murmured, "Hmm."

Happy that she was acknowledging her presence, Kagome grinned.


They were at a dumpling stall, Kagome being the only one of the two Jonin to order something. As Kagome bit into the soft pastry, Kurenai murmured, "Why did you want to talk to me?"

The Kekkai Genkai user swallowed, "Oh…nothing. I guess I just wanted to catch up with you. After all, we haven't talked in seven years." Kurenai shook her head, looking somewhat exasperated.

"Why do you want to talk to me? We've never really been on good terms." That part, was true.

Kagome looked thoughtfully into the sky, "Hm…that may be true…but you know, there has to be some reason that you were picking on me back then."

Kakashi was trying to avoid her again. 'Little does he know, that I can't be avoided.' Kagome snickered quietly to herself.

Today was supposed to be the day that he trained with his Sensei. One day, or yesterday, one of the Three Legendary Senin had visited Konoha. From what she had heard about them, they were supposed to be some of the best ninja ever.

Kakashi himself had a chance to talk to him, while she watched from afar. The Senin, or apparently, Jiriya, had noticed her, and pointed her out to the Hatake, saying something to the younger boy that she couldn't quite hear.

Then, she wasn't sure what had happened, but Kakashi had seemed to recoil, backing away from the Senin with a red face that matched a tomato. Or maybe she was just imagining it…she could never be too sure with the mask covering his face…

She approached them cautiously, when Kakashi rushed forward, and passed her, running off somewhere else. But just before he went out of sight, he yelled, red-faced, "You ecchi!" Then he ran faster and completely disappeared from her view.

"K-Kakashi…kun…?" She inquired softly as she was met with only silence, "What happened…?"

Jiriya chortled, "Oh ho. Nothing, nothing. We just had a man to man talk."

Ever since that day, Kakashi had avoided her. 'And I'm going to find out why.'

She peeked into a classroom. No…it was empty. 'Hmph…I'm trying to trail after Kakashi, but I have no idea where he is. I am so pathetic.' Inching almost silently along the hallway, she slowly opened another sliding door.

Inside was bare, except for several desks and…

She leaned closer towards the doorway. There was Kurenai…the prodigy kuonochi. She was with someone else as well…Kagome didn't recognize the other person. Kurenai was speaking softly to him and bandaging his leg.

"It will be alright in a few days. Be careful on your next mission." The boy, that looked much younger than Kurenai, nodded, tears drying instantly.

"Thank you so much, Kurenai-san!"

Kurenai smiled, before her face contorted into a suspicious one, "Who's there?" Quickly, she reached into her holster and pulled out a few shuriken. Kagome let out a small 'eep' at the doorway and ran away from the scene quickly, the door wobbling with a small clatter.

Back in the classroom, Kurenai let out a soft, annoyed sigh, "Ah…it was just her…" She placed her shuriken back in her case in one graceful move.

'Too bad…if she wasn't a Kekkai Genkai user…then maybe we would have been friends.' Her face darkened. 'But she is. I'll never forgive those Kekkai Genkai users for killing my parents...even if Kagome wasn't involved with it, I can't help but be angry at her.' She smirked, a tinge of sorrow coming onto her face. 'That's one of my flaws.'

Out in the hallway, Kagome sat against a door, gasping for breath. 'Eeh…that was so scary…I really thought she was gonna chuck those at me…'

'But, but, but…Kurenai was being so nice, so gentle to that boy in there…' She tilted her head. 'But why not to me? Did I ever do anything to her to upset her…?'

The door that was supporting her opened, and she fell back with a small yelp. Lying on her back, she looked up and saw the person that she had been looking for in the first place.

"K-Kakashi-kun!" Quickly, she straightened up. Her silver haired friend shook his head, exasperatedly, "Doofus. What are you doing?" He stepped through the doorway, followed closely by Rin, Obito and The Fourth Hokage.

Rin and Obito looked at her in confusion. Finally, the brown haired girl spoke up, "Ne…Kagome-chan…what are you doing here?" Obito awaited her answer as well.

"Um, um…" Then she remembered, "Kakashi-kun! I wanted to ask you about that time where Jiriya-sama visited Konoh-"

Kakashi sped off, dashing through the hallways and out of sight. The Hokage chuckled, "Kagome-chan, did you do something to him? He's never been this paranoid before."

Kagome shook her head, "No…"

"…Hmph. So you saw me then?"

Kagome nodded vigorously, "Mhm. And I really do believe that you had an ulterior motive for hating me."

The other Jonin didn't reply for a while. Finally, she whispered, "My parents were killed a long time ago." Understanding filled Kagome at those words, "You mean they were killed by…"

"Yes. Kekkai Genkai users." Kurenai closed her eyes, her expression taking on a blissful state, "A long time ago…I bred a hatred for all of them…the people that had their own special abilities in their genes at birth."

"But then, when I thought that you had died…I realized how human you really were…not the immortal monsters that I thought that your kind were."

Kagome nodded, relief filling her entire body, "Well, I'm human. I can be killed. I'm…not a monster."

Kurenai nodded as well. 'You may not be a monster, Kagome…but unfortunately, sometimes…we ninja are.' She stared at the ground silently. 'From what I have seen, you are so very…cheerful. We ninja are tools, used by the village. We cannot have any emotions. Did you want the task of becoming a shinobi, not knowing what we were?'

"Well, anyways…" Kagome's voice broke through her thoughts, "We're…friends now, right?"

"…Of course. I can't tell you something like that and not want to be friends with you, hm?" Kurenai smiled softly and said in a teasing voice, "But from now on, since you're my friend, you're going to have to buy me takoyaki."

Kagome stood up, a cutely panicked look on her face, "Wha, wha, wha? I haven't even been on my first mission yet! I don't have any money! What do I do, what do I do?"

"Kagome, what are you doing?" Kakashi appeared out of a cloud of smoke, his one eye looking bored. Kagome ran up to him, "Kakashi-kun! You're treating me to some takoyaki! And while you're at it," She pointed to the other kuonochi, "treat Kurenai-san too!"

There was nothing but silence and the bustle of the market around them as Kakashi stared at her in a way that clearly said:

"What are you talking about?" Asked the uninterested Jonin.


"Oh…where's Kakashi-sensei? He's already kept us waiting for three hours!" Sakura complained, Naruto nodding his head in agreement.

"Yeah! I mean, can't he ever be early for a change! Would it kill him to be early for a change!" Naruto yelled, obvious aggravation in his eyes. Sasuke twitched. 'These two are so dramatic.'

Behind them, a puff of smoke appeared and Kakashi stepped out, "Yo." Kagome was beside him, "You keep them waiting for this long? Wow." Her expression was an amused one.

"Sometimes even longer." Kakashi replied, "Now guys, today, Kagome will be watching you guys train, just to see how it is done."

Naruto snickered quietly to himself. 'All right! This is a good time for some matchmaking!' Sakura was thinking the same thing. 'They make such a cute couple!'

Sasuke rolled his eyes, easily able to tell what the two were thinking. 'Idiots.'

"Today, we have a mission. To help out a farm, somewhere to the east." Kakashi gazed at the sky, lost in thought, "If we hurry, we'll be able to make it there by around sunset and rest."

"Ah…is Kagome-sensei going to come with us too?" Sakura inquired shyly. Kagome perked up at the use of honorific, "S-sensei? You mean, you consider me a teacher too?"

Naruto nodded, somewhat confused by the girl's surprise, "Well, yeah. I mean, you're older than us and probably know more than us, and you're going to be alongside us when we train. So that would make you a teacher, right?"

Kagome wasn't really listening, "A teacher…wow…" She was staring off into the distance, hands clasped together, "Amazing that I could be one…"

'Well…she always was a bit of a space cadet, even when she was young…' Kakashi sweatdropped slightly, not noticable enough.

Sasuke scoffed, "Well, we better get moving. The more time we waste here, the later we get to that farm. We have to go soon." Kagome snapped out of her daydreams, "Right, right…"

They were outside the gates of Konoha village again. And like any other mission outside of the village, Naruto yelled, "All right! Let's get going!" Sasuke kept silent, while Sakura punched the hyperactive ninja.

Kagome giggled, "Wow, Kakashi. This is some team you have here." Her best friend nodded, "Well, you do get used to them after a while." They continued walking along the isolated dirt path.

'It does remind me of a team from long ago…'

Kakashi was waiting. Kagome was waiting. Rin was waiting. The Fourth Hokage was waiting. For who exactly?

Obito came, running through the bushes, gasping for breath as he collapsed. "I'm sorry that I'm late, sensei. I was just…helping an old lady with her groceries…yeah—"

"I don't believe you. How could you be late? Doofus." Kakashi was being ever so blunt again. Kagome sweatdropped, "K-Kakashi-kun…" Obito frowned, ready to pick a fight, "What did you say!"

Kakashi smirked, "You heard me. Or are you deaf as well as dumb? Or maybe that trait gets passed down the Uchiha clan too."

"Why you--!" Obito lunged at Kakashi. Rin held him back, "Obito! You can't just try to attack Kakashi randomly like that! He doesn't deserve it!"

Kakashi's face held a smug smile until Kagome walked up to him and said, "And you, Kakashi, do not have the right to make fun of Obito like that. No wonder he attacked you!"

He said nothing for a while. '…She's defending him…because she likes him…'

He turned his head to the side, "Hmph." Kagome placed her hands on her hips, an adorably exasperated look on her face. 'I'm pretty sure that he thinks that I'm only defending Obito because I like him.'

'He's wrong.'

Rin wrestled back Obito, while the Sharingan user protested, "But, Rin! He insulted my clan! I can't just sit here and do nothing!"

The Fourth watched their actions with interest, chuckling. 'My, my. This is some team I have here.'

For Kakashi, those days of being arrogant were over. Kagome could tell this much. 'Hm…I wonder what happened to him while I was gone.' Somehow, she had a feeling that it involved Obito…and his death.

'He hasn't talked to me about him at all since I came. He probably doesn't know that I've already realized that he's dead.' Realization hit her. 'Even after all this while…Kakashi thinks that I still like Obito…?' She frowned, apparent annoyance coming onto her expression. 'Geez…if he really does think that…hm…that would be a problem.'

'But…if he really does think so…' She snuck a tiny glance at her comrade. 'He's not affected by it at all.' Kagome turned her gaze back to the front when she sensed that Kakashi had noticed her staring. 'Or maybe he is…I can't tell with the mask on.'

Kagome realized what she was thinking and slapped her head. 'Oh, I'm such an idiot. Why would he be affected by that anyway?' Maybe it was just her wishful thinking?

Satisfied somewhat with her train of logic, she walked confidently down the path, leading Kakashi to wonder inwardly what his best friend was doing.


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