Summary: They had been seeing each other in secret for a reason. They wanted something that didn't involve their family. They already had to deal with expectations and the impending uncertainty of their graduation. Sadly good things have to come to an end.

Pairing: Kagome/Sasuke

Disclaimer: Everything belongs to it's respected owners. All mistakes are my own. I wrote this chapter like three different ways. This was harder than I imagined.

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Kagome placed a hand over her mouth to cover her yawn. It was supposed to be her day off, an apology from the Hokage for the misinformation about their mission. She intended to spend the day sleeping, maybe see Sasuke however, her father ripped her from her warm bed. He wanted her to demonstrate her powers and because he worked the night shift now was the only time. The walk to the pond that was close to their house felt ever to her tired mind. Kagome shivered as she stripped off her sweater. There was a little regret not opting to wear her usual leotard underneath her sweater, it was just her sports bra but, in her defense she was exhausted. The early morning summer air left goosebumps with their caress. Any other time she would enjoy it but, the pressure of her father's eyes on her back made it difficult.

'Don't worry about him mistress,' one of the wood spirits offered.

'I may be cheating but I think he's excited.' Water spirit said.

'Yeah if he has a problem, water can't do dick against fire.'

'FIRE!' Kagome winced at the unified screaming, would she ever get used to them doing that?

'My goodness, how idiotic can you get? Water beats fire.' the water spirit said with an indignant huff.

'I just want to be used more.'

'Umm maybe later,' she said as she waded into the pond.

"Alright, show me," her father said from behind her.

"Okay," Kagome breathed in, with arms spread she embraced the essences of nature. There was only a tinge of pain as all of them manifested on her skin at once. Her titled back as she felt her awareness extend to the edges of the Higurashi property, it was refreshing. Everything was so familiar yet it felt new in a way.

"What do you think?" she asked as she turned to look at her father. He stared at her with an unreadable expression. She didn't know how to feel as he circled her and occasionally reached out to touch one of her markings with chakra infused hands.

"I think it's an honor that you are my daughter," he said as he stood in front of her again and grabbed her shoulders, "I will be even more proud, when you unlock your full potential," he smile almost blinded her before he ruffled her hair.

"All of them?" she asked.

'You're so close,' a voice growled deep within her.

"There's more," Kagome gulped as she thought about what a mess her mind would be if there were more occupants. Would she lose herself? Would there be too many? What if she lost control?

"You're thinking too much" he slung his head back with a laugh, "You know your grandfather used to make me stay outside for hours just to see if I had it in me." he looked at her eyes hard, "He didn't do that to you did he?"

"Not really, he just made me train for long periods of time," she said with a shrug. It wasn't like her father was there to stop it. She shook away the small bitterness she felt for him leaving her with her grandfather. 'It's not his fault his missions take so long,' she said to herself. The residual pain in her chest told her differently. It's normal for a shinobi father to be absent to the point most people think that he's dead. She looked up, she never asked why he was gone. Would he be able to answer her?

"Well, having the markings doesn't mean much," she felt her heart crack her in chest, "Unless you can use them. How about a little father daughter sparring." he smiled at her, it lightened her mood but, there was a fire to prove her growth to her father. She guessed anything would be good because he hadn't seen any of her control but, she was going to go all out. It was a need.

"You're on," she held out a hand for the familiar of her vine whip. He chuckled and she felt the atmosphere shift. Her feet rooted themselves to the ground, she wasn't going to be the first one to attack. He didn't move, no shift into a fighting stance, no reach for his weapon pouch, his arms crossed over his chest, with his lip pulled in a smirk. She bit the inside of her cheek in annoyance, if he wanted to play that she didn't have to be the first to move, she made a fist to pull short roots from the ground. He flash stepped away she lashed out her whip but, it withered in mid air as water was extracted from it.

Fighting her dad was vastly different from fighting Shisui. For one he didn't move as much, which should have been a benefit she was in theory faster than him. However, whenever she got close, she lost all control of her limbs and was thrown back. It was on the worst things she had experienced, and she once got trapped in a genjutsu cast by Itachi and Shisui at the same time. Her limbs would become heavy then extremely light and, then her body would crash into the trees around them. It broke her concentration with the spirits and she had to keep summoning them back. The tactic also made her brain fuzzy and she had trouble thinking of a strategy that would work. Ranged attacks were working against her because then he'd move usually closer then she'd be in his range and hurled away once more.

In a moment of panic she dispersed into the leaves and petals in a hope to put some distance between them but her escape interrupted by the kunai imbedding itself in her shoulder. She fell to the ground with a grunt of pain.

"Kagome, I'm so sorry," she felt her father touch her back gingerly, "Sorry," he offered before he pulled the kunai out. It stung for a moment before his hand soothed over the wound with his chakra.

"It's fine," Kagome said, she could feel her chakra rising to the wound to meet his, she was sure the wound would be healed by noon.

"No, I should have let you rest," he rested his head on top of her's, "And just, I'm sorry," his words hung in the air. For a moment it felt like the world paused for them to have this time.

"We can keep sparring if you want," she said as her fingers ran through the dirt under her fingers.

"No, I think I've seen enough, I'm proud of you," Kagome paused before she looked over her shock, the earnesty in his brown eyes compelled her to fling her arms around his neck. His body tensed as her tears soaked the crook of his neck. She was glad he didn't say anything, he pat her back reassuringly.

Kagome felt like nothing could ruin this day for her, even as her father left to sleep before his patrol, or Souta and Naruto running off to train without her, or her grandfather's usual sour mood. She had been riding high in the clouds since this morning, and she'd admit the happiness might have motivated her to fly. Even crashing into the ground when she lost focus, she'd laugh and pluck the sticks and leaves from her hair before they sprouted into miniature soldiers because of her energy. As she was falling to Earth once more she was caught mid air by Shisui.

"Are you suicidal?" he asked as he set her down, she stopped giggling at nothing when he looked at her concerned.

"Have you ever gone flying it's so freeing," she grabbed his hand, "Why don't I take you with me, it's so much fun." He planted his hands on her shoulder before she sprout her wings.

"I'm glad your happy, I don't think I've ever seen you smile this much," he smiled, ruffled her hair, and chuckled when she pouted. "Well since it's your day off, I could use some help." Shisui said as he rubbed his chin sizing her up, "And you are perfect for it."

"What is it?" she asked swatting his hand away before it could touch her head again.

"I need you to run from the training officers," Kagome looked up at her mentor shocked, she hadn't done anything recently. "Calm down, I'll explain. It's a teamwork exercises for the next generation of the police."

"You want them to bond over catching me?" she asked, there was a small part of her that wanted to avoid the Uchiha clan, she was feeling good about herself and she didn't want that ripped away.

"Well when you put it like that you make it sound like I'm purposefully making them team up on you," Shisui sighed as he crossed his arms over his chest. "What if I said this is a good time to make a good impression on the clan?"

"I don't follow," she was sure there wasn't much she could to impress them unless she magically developed a Sharingan.

"Most of the men and trainees don't understand why Sasuke likes you. They think it's because he's enamoured by your beauty," Kagome felt her face heat up, "And nothing else."

"I was top of the class. I'm able to beat Sasuke in a fight. They have seen me spar with you, I know Uchiha-sama told them how I did on the mission" she ran her hands over her face, "Do I have to cause a natural disaster for them to validate me?"

'Oh boss can we?'

"Not now!" Kagome hissed out loud and hit her hand against her head.

"No, they're very stubborn to accept an outsider. However, when you do prove yourself, they'll stop being so hostile. I heard from Kakashi that you handled yourself well against Zabuza and those thugs, and your my student as well as I have nothing but confidence in you." He gave a huge smile with teeth and a thumbs up, she felt the same thing stir in her similar to her father's words.

"Okay, I'll go along with this," she smiled at him with a tilt of her head, "When and where do you need me?"

"The top of the Hokage monument, and I guess now. I have to go collect the trainees and go over planning with them."

"My objective is just to avoid them?"

"Nope, you have to go from the Mountain all the way to the Station. You can't use chakra against them, like a civilian. I mean you fight them to get away if you have to, we get a lot of people who never went past genin and think they can fight the police," Shisui said as he shrugged his shoulders.

"Alright, I'll head there now," she sprouted her wings, she saluted him with two fingers before she took off. As she flew over Konoha, she studied the roads, rooftops, alleys, and telephone lines. When she landed on the head of the First she had her route planned out as well as backups. She wouldn't be going in a straight line, that would be predictable and would make it easier to catch her. Zig-zag was going to the be first part to frustrate, then go straight to lull them into a sense of security, then diagonals and a few loops, then to the Station. If they planned like the Police Force when she and Naruto did pranks then they would not be prepared to be run in circles. Then she'd pick them off and then it would be a wallace down the street to the station.

"I see you have a new way of getting around," Fugaku turned from the other lieutenants to greet her. It made her step falter as she landed fully, the clan leader's demeanour seemed more open. She could have sworn there was a hint of wit in his voice.

"Yeah, though I haven't gotten the hang of how draining they are," she answered as she tried to quirk her lip like she was certain that he just did. The effect wasn't the same as she got a sneer from a white haired officer, Uchiha Yashiro, if she wasn't mistaken.

"I see Shisui sent you, you shouldn't be too hard to catch," she didn't let the snide comment damper her mood. She'd show him that these trainees would not be able to get her Uchiha or not, Shisui picked her for a reason and she'd live up to it.

"They might not be here for another half an hour, they're supposed to be going over procedures and strategies," the patriarch turned back to his conversation, and she noticed the wide gap in the group, the silent invitation. She looked over the edge of Mt. Konoha before slotting herself in space. Standing there wasn't as invigorating as she would have imagined. She didn't feel like she was a part of the group, they talked over her head about clan and marital issues. Which she guessed might me useful for her to know for later.

"Sorry about the delay, this group is cocky but thorough," Shisui said with an exaggerated sigh as he led the group to the summit.

"We had to because he wouldn't tell us anything," Kagome was shocked to see Sasuke leading the group of fifteen or so teenage boys, they made brief eye contact.

"Shisui, can't we use someone else?" Sasuke asked drawing the attention of the group to her. She kept her head held high and shoulders squared as the black eyes of her peers assessed her.

"C'mon Sasuke-san, she'll be fun to catch. Most of us haven't had a proper introduction to your future bride," Kagome felt her eyebrow tick, she recognized this guy out of the bunch, Uchiha Taiko. He had been in the class taught by Mizuki. They had only met on a handful of times when their classes would have joint sparring sessions. She fought him once and beat him rather easily. To say he didn't take it well, would be an exaggeration, he almost set her on fire out of anger.

"Hey now," Shisui said as he walked over to place a hand on top of Kagome's head giving a quick ruffle, "I picked her for a reason Now that you know your assailant, you have a minute to plan and, this is your head start."

"Wait, what's stopping her from using her kekkei genkai?" an older boy of the group asked, she had never seen him before but he looked like a typical Uchiha, spiky black hair, pale skin, and dark eyes.

"It's called Spirit Control," Kagome said

"We didn't ask," one of the boys in the group, he was the tallest with wild light brown hair.

"You already know, she will act like a civilian, forty seconds," Shisui says and Kagome takes this moment to run. She had already lost twenty seconds and that could make the world of difference. Wind whipped past her face as she passed the nose of the First, above her she could hear cries of cheating. She smirked as she flipped and landed in a crouch on a phone post. Unlike her pursuers she didn't need chakra to navigate the city. If her calculations were correct she would have fifteen seconds before they followed. When she counted down to only five she leapt off her final pole onto one of the lower roofs. She gasped as her foot slipped on the slick tile and she slid until she could catch herself on the edge of the drainage pipe.

With an internal curse she was filled with determination, her plan wasn't fool proof but, she wouldn't be stopped so early because of a rare moment of alleyway below her a gift because it was narrow enough for her to drop down, it was a tight fit her back and chest were pressed between the two walls. As she creeped down she could see a corner that offered a way to the next street basically unseen from above or street level because of an awkwardly shaped air conditioning unit..

"Spread out, she didn't get far," She paused after she slid her body around the narrow corner, Sasuke's voice came from above her. If there was space for her to cover her heart she would. Craning her neck she could see the edges of the back of his head, she was in such a spot that she could see him but, he couldn't see her unless he stuck his eye through the small gap the drain created between these particular buildings. Then she didn't factor in his Sharingan which she was sure he was using. She debated quickly the merits of just running and ditching her plan but, that was messy and could go wrong fast.

Pressing her hands firmly against the damp wall she pulled herself further down the alley, going slow and trying her best not to step on anything that would loud. As she reached the end of the alley it opened to be more spacious.

"Think she could be down here?" she heard distantly close to where she started, she didn't stop.

"Really Tsume?" Taiko said, "It's impractical for her to go through there, check anything that might have boxes. Perps and ninjas usually hide behind things, don't you know anything," she rolled her eyes as assessed her options in her route. If she stayed low and crept through the shadows they'd get suspicious that she wasn't jumping across the rooftops. However, she could sense by their chakra that they had all the roofs in this area evenly covered with Taiko and two others patrolling the streets. This was a low populated area of Konoha so any suspicious movements or wrong move on her part would start a fight. She didn't want that with the station being all the way across the village. Stopping at the end of the alley she was behind a small stall, across the street behind a dumpster she found an answer. A drainage pipe wide enough for her to climb through went under a building. If she had to bet it lead to where she wanted to go and, if she stayed low to the ground they would begin to search the ground and leave the rooftops clear.

Now all she had to do was to cross the street without being seen. Which might be easy because from the way they were shifting around heavily mimicked how the actual KMPF patrolled and, from planning a few pranks with Naruto there would be a gap when they switched places in about fifteen seconds. She crouched by the stall still, unseen by the old man with thick glasses who happened to be reading a newspaper.

"Sasuke, you know her, where could she be?" someone piped up to complain as they jumped over, now was her time.

"I don't know, I thought she'd stick to the rooftops," she crossed the street and walked a calmly and quickly to not rouse suspicion of the real civilians. She was behind the trashcan and half in the drainpipe when she heard, "Search the streets, you two stay up here." Sasuke commanded and received a chorus of affirmatives as she crawled under the building.

Being down there didn't smell as bad as she thought but what was almost unbearable was the mush under her fingers and knees. She couldn't see it and she was happy for that. With one arm extended as her guide her creep through the pipes went safely. After a couple of minutes she was blinded as light shone through the end of the tunnel. Her stride quickened, her short gross time in here was almost over. It came to a quick stop when two pairs of legs stopped at the were definitely ninja shoes and leg guards usually worn by the Uchiha. Did they know she was in here? How? Was there a miscalculation and they saw her go in the drain? She could only feel those two ahead of her. Is this a trap to get her to go back and be ambushed when she came out?

"Man, this is more difficult than I thought," a voice said with a sigh.

"Yeah Kusuke. I don't think she's around here anymore,"

"Yeah, I get that vibe too. I think Sasuke-sama's feelings are clouding his judgement and he's buying her time to escape." there was another sigh. Kagome blinked, surely Sasuke wouldn't do that for her. They were on opposite sides for this exercise, though if she had to admit if she was in his shoes she'd be a little lenient with him. She hated to acknowledge it but, she might have to fight Sasuke and she didn't want to. Everyone else she would fight no problem but, hitting her fiance would make her hurt.

"Yeah, I'll talk to him, maybe we'll check further into the village."

"I'll be here," one of the pairs jumped away, and she could trace that the boy was going far, the one in front of her was all alone. Kusuke, she crawled forward to see her first opponent, he was a bit on the chubby side a step down from Choji-san's size. His posture was lax letting his dull black hair hang in his face. The back of his neck was vulnerable, she had to be quick. Pulling herself from the drain with a precise strike, she knocked him out. Catching his body before it could collide with the ground, she tugged and propped him against the building.

"Hey, she's in the street!" she heard someone yell after she stood up.

She ran across the street using a box to haul herself up to the roof. Legs propelling her forward, she could see the park that was between the academy and shopping district. There was one last gap she had to make,followed by a skip and she'd be in the park. She could feel the group following and gaining on her because she was fast but, chakra fueled legs were faster. Soon she would have to start picking off their ranks and the park would be a great place. Her luck was running short however as she flipped to dodge the kunai thrown at her, with quick hands she grabbed both mid air as she rolled onto the gravel roof beneath her. When she stood, she was surrounded by miffed Uchiha boys, some of them had their Sharingan's activated. She hated to admit it but, this was a good formation to corner someone. There were no weakness in their chain around her but, she would make one.

"Stop running, we have you surrounded," Sasuke said behind her. They all looked so smug that she was in this circle but, those looks would disappear she would not be stopped here.

"I'm sorry officer but, I have somewhere to be" she said raising both kunai above her head before throwing them behind her. Their circle fell apart as the more irrational ones rushed forward, if they had moved as one they could have arrested her.

"Stop, get back in formation," Sasuke and someone else yelled. Taiko was the first person the person managed to attack a nanosecond before the oldest boy of the group. Grabbing his arm, using it as leverage to roll over his back and kick the person beside him. Then continuing that momentum by throwing him at the boys who tried attacking her from behind. The next person tried to trap her in a genjutsu, grabbing his face she smashed her forehead into his nose. He groaned as it crunched and gushed blood, she kicked his abdomen and propelled herself away. She went from a crouch to a standing in a split to kick to the next person. Twisting on her foot, swinging her body forward to punch her next target. Her eyes widened as she made eye contact with Sasuke but, she was unable to stop her fist from connecting with his cheek. The force flung him to the gravel. All desire to fight her left her as she covered her mouth.

"I'm so sorry," she ran to his side and stretched out on hand ready to start healing the bruise that was sure to be forming. She didn't get close as he grabbed his wrist.

"Leave or I will arrest you," he said, then he winked at her. She pouted at him before she stood up. With a quick look the unhurt boys were helping the others and, she bounded off the rooftop into the trees. After going half across the park, she didn't sense anyone approaching. It wasn't until she was going through the market that she abandoned her plan. No one was coming after her, jumping up to the phone poles. She paused to make sure before running across the cables, every so often she would pause but, no one was chasing her. A pit developed in her gut as she came closer to station, the Uchiwa fan looming overhead.

"Congratulations, you got here," Shisui clapped her on her shoulder shocking her out of her daze.

"Where are the others?" she asked as she looked at the horizon.

"They are being treated," she's tempted to hit her teacher when he simply smiles at her confusion, "And scolded. You think, we'd let a bunch of genin run loose in the name of training through the village we are supposed to protect?" Shisui ruffles her hairs, "Your naivety is cute sometimes but, anything could have happened with you or them so, you small guys were watched by higher up officers."

"You're lying," she found herself saying before she could stop herself, "I should have been able to sense they were there."

"Your ability to sense others is admirable. You are not a trained sensor and, can only focus on your target and not the larger area without the aid of your spirits," he pinches her cheeks when she begins to frown and she slaps them away about to walk away in a huff. However he grabs her shoulder in a vice grip, "So what do you think Uchiha-sama?" He forced her to face the impassive face of the clan leader, "Didn't I make a good choice?"

"I must I admit I was skeptical at first, we've never used someone outside the clan for this exercise," Fugaku's lip quirked into the clan's signature smirk, "Thank you Kagome-chan, your display will put a fire under the trainees asses. I wanted a way to humble them and, you accomplished that better than any officer could." Kagome's eyes widened as he pat her on the head.

I wanted to show Kagome growing or at least the people around her acknowledging her more, I hope that came across clearly. I'm sorry about the has been hectic, coming back to America I was so tired and didn't want to write. Then I was spending time with my mom and grandma, then I've been spending damn near everyday with my friends because my school started early. So thank you for your continued support. I appreciate your reviews and favorites and follows ect. Ect. I really love you guys. Ja Ne~