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"well this could have gone better… who am I kidding this couldn't have gone worse!" she thought. the girl behind her had her by her arm and hair.
"Of course what were you thinking letting her grab you like that! you Idiot! Being afraid to kill someone does not make for a good kunoichi!" inner Sakura screamed at her she could have killed them easily but didn't because in this dumb girls opinion it was 'wrong'.
"well then it's a good thing I'm not a kunoichi then!" Kagome mentally snapped back at the annoying and vulgar voice in her head of course only she could get herself mixed up in something like this.
she watched with horror as the boy approached her two unconscious 'team mates'.
'well I hope Sakura will forgive me for this…" Kagome thought to herself as she grabbed a kunai and quickly and deftly cut her hair and formed energy in her hand to form a long blade in order to stab through her shoulder just under her collar bone (away from anything vital) knowing that she would stab the girl behind her somewhere and cause some sort of painful injury knowing it would cause the woman to let go and to her immense relief it did.
It stabbed her in the thigh by instinct the kunoichi behind her let go to grab her bleeding leg. And she hissed out "you little bitch!" Kagome choosing not to respond knowing it would probably sound like she was in pain which she was the curse on her neck throbbing with an almost mind fogging pain and the burning pain in her shoulder where she had just stabbed herself she had to hold back tears, that could wait.
She quickly jumped to her feet away from her once captor and quickly threw Kunai at the young man with broom hair and it nailed him right in the shoulder moving it too much would probably be painful for a while the fact that she was (by instinct) infusing all her attacks with reiki probably made her attacks all the more painful. She watched as he dropped to the ground she knew that everyone around her was stunned at her earlier stunt (cutting her hair and stabbing herself) but at the moment she now had six people to watch out for three to protect and three more hiding she honestly didn't know if they were ally or enemy but for now she was going to focus on the more immediate threat.
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Kagome was now getting into the swing of things she was picking up on the fighting fast and these people had an obvious pattern in their attacks but she was getting tired really fast or… at least her body was.
'for a fighter this Sakura girl doesn't have a whole lot of stamina.' She thought it was that brief moment of distraction cost her as she received a hard kick that sent her flying into a tree.
"NOW!" the boy with broom hair pointed his hand air cannon things at her and just as she was about to jump out of the way three familiar yet unfamiliar people were suddenly in front of her between her and her assailant.
"I've already told you, Sakura, I won't lose to you." Ino said seeming quite confident.
Kagome managed to find a memory where they, Ino and Sakura, had some sort of conversation and Ino had indeed said something like that.
She couldn't think of a way to reply to the blonde girl.
She was both relieved and terrified they were here, now she had more help but they could get hurt like that Rock-Lee boy had.
Not only that but she could feel something happening to that Sasuke kid, the mark had started to seep into his mind and was beginning to amplify his negativity.
Things just never seemed to go well for her.
"but… why?" kagome asked
"Like I'm going to let you look good in front of Sasuke alone?" she replied
'oh great, she's doing it for a boy!" Kagome thought annoyed but didn't say anything.
Kagome tried to come up with a plan while idly noting that that the one that seemed to be named Shikamaru seemed to be willing to support Ino while chubby one named Choji seemed to be opposite.
But that all stopped when Mr. broom hair called him fat.
"I'M NOT FAT, I'M PLEASANTLY PLUMP!" he screamed in outrage.
Okay in Kagomes opinion he was probably over reacting to that taunt but it seemed to boost the confidence in Ino and Shikamaru.
She watched shocked as Choji seemed ready for war "Sakura" the blonde girl addressed Kagome "take care of those two." Ino indicated Naruto and Sasuke
Kagome smiled at her "I was planning to, thanks Ino." Ino now ignoring her took charge.
Kagome watched wide eyed as Choji inflated like a balloon. 'That's new' she thought although it reminded her of a few demons who could increase and decrease their sizes and she decided to search his aura.
Kagome was surprised to find demonic heritage in each of the new participants and then in Sasuke although she had already known about the mix in Narutos Aura that wasn't from heritage it wasn't natural but it over powered any demonic heritage he might have so she couldn't really tell.
As she thought on this she watched Chojis feet, head and arms disappear into the rest of his body and he rolled at his earlier verbal assailant.
The guy tried to use his air cannon attack thing but the spinning made his air attack practically useless. Kagome smirked watching but noticed the bandage wrapped mummy guy was headed in their direction.
She was about to try and do something to help but noticed Shikamarus shadow stretch across tha ground towards said mummy guy he stopped dead in his tracks and began copying Shikamarus movements a little too precisely 'is he controlling that other guy?'
Kagome heard Sasuke groan and she turned to look at him for a moment and took notice that the mark must be causing him even more pain now but unfortunately there was nothing she could do.
When she turned back to the fight she knew she had missed something because Ino seemed to have passed her soul into the girl form the other teams body if their auras were anything to go by and she was being attacked by the broom headed guy.
"I can't watch this any more!" Kagome looked to were the voice came from to see a… 'that's a boy right?' standing in a tree he had pale skin and eyes and long, dark brown hair.
"watching some minor sound nin attacking these second rate ninjas and declaring victory?" he scoffed and kagome noticed a girl with brown hair rolled up in to two buns on the sides of her head and brown eyes crouched next to the boy.
Kagome searched her memories and found that they were rock-lees team mates and felt her self relax slightly but only slightly and thet relaxation was gone as she felt Sasuke slowly regaining consciousness and looked at him
"that knocked out freak is our team mate and you're going to pay for that" he threatened
Kagome felt the others boys energy spike and focus around 'his face? His eyes?' she wondered as he continues on not really paying attention to what he was saying as she turned to see Sasuke start to move and felt every ones attention focus on Sasuke as he stood up 'the mark spread? He feels more demonic than before.'
"Sakura, who did that to you?" he asked and she looked down at herself and had to admit she looked bad .
"Are you okay?" she asked because this was not normal it reminded her of Inuyashas transformations when he would turn into a full demon, when his demon blood took control, it was a bit unnerving.
"Who!" he demanded
"Sasuke… those marks…" She felt slightly relieved that Sasuke semmed more lucid than Inuyasha when transformed.
"don't worry I feel powerful… I feel great." He replied in an eerie tone that made Kagome shiver.
"he gave it to me. I Understand I am an avenger." Kagome couldn't think of a single reply right then only that she didn't lake that mark and seemed to be reacting to where she could assume there was one on her if the pain meant anything.
Even if I must sell my soul to the devil I am on a path where I must gain power." He said and Kagomes eyes widened 'he's crazy! He's lost it!"
The Uchiha boy turned to the sound nin "it was you wasn't it?"
"this is bad! Ino return to your body or you'll be caught up in it!" Shikamaru called to his team mate who was currently possessing a sound nin and turned to his other team mate "come on Choji we're hiding"
Although Kagome wasn't paying attention to anything but the rise in demonic power on Sasukes part due to the mark 'I've got to do something or that mark will swallow him whole!' Kagome thought horrified.
The broom head turned a blast of air onto Sasuke and her self as she was about to erect abarrier she felt herself picked up carried and set down and noticed he had moved her and Naruto to dodge the attack and watched as Sasuke simply hit the guy away as if her were a fly.
And Sasuke blew fire out of his mouth at the male sound nin 'part dragon?' Kagome Idly wondering if that was his demonic heritage.
The guy tried to blow away the fire with his air blast only to find shuriken in the fire. He was nailed by the projectiles and grabbed my Sasuke almost simultaneously he had and arm in each hand a foot on his back and a sadistic smile on his face
Kagome watched horrified as Sasuke dislocated the guys arms and watched as his smile seemed to widen at the guys pained cry.
Inner Sakura was wailing at Kagome to 'do something' and that this 'wasn't her Sasuke' and kagome didn't need to be told twice this was stopping now!
"STOOOOOP!" Kagome cried tearfully as she Grabbed Sasuke in hug from behind, it was a but stupid but the only thing she could think of.
"please stop…" she almost whispered
And was overjoyed when she felt the demonic energy recede and felt his legs give way "Sasuke?" Kagome asked in concern but what ever he would have said was cut off by the mummy guy.
"you are strong." Kagome watched as he pulled out a scroll that said earth on it a "here is a gift to you please let us leave." Before kagome could ask what it was the guy had picked up his team mates and fled.
Kagome now allowed her self to relax quite a bit more she was still on guard but not nearly as tense
"are you guys alright?" kagome not even bothering to find out who it was just answered "I'll live." And Sasuke simply gave a nod as he looked at his hands probably confused about what had happened.
She stood to go help Ino with Lee knowing that Sasuke was alright not a few seconds later Naruto woke with a yelp and a bump on his head, probably from either Choji of Shikamaru, seeming panicked and paranoid.
"you awake now" Kagome asked the blond who looked around for some unseen enemy. Not waiting for an answer she ignored the boys until she heard Naruto call out to her.
"Sakura!" she looked back up at the blonde boy "Sakura, your hair!" it took Kagome a second to figure out what he was talking about having forgotten about it in all the confusion and fighting.
"Oh, this I… just wanted to try a new look that's all, be sides it was so long that it was getting in the way." She gave Naruto a reassuring smile.
Shikamaru narrowed his eyes at Sakura there was something different about her, Sakura smiling at Naruto was rare and this was not one of the times it would happen there was something going on here but what was it.
Naruto accepting her explanation moved on turning to look a t Shikamaru and Choji "what are you gays doing here?" he asked.
Kagome smiling again answered "they came to save us"
"I'll take it from here" Kagome looked over to see Lee's teammate take him from her an Ino and she began to shake him violently.
"SNAP OUT OF IT LEE!" she yelled and he seemed to do just that.
"Tenten? Why are you here?" he asked her.
"we came to save you!"
Kagome ignored them to take inventory of the situation 'okay everyone is alive and safe, I look worse than I feel, everyone is conscious and for the most part okay, the demonic power I felt from Sasuke is laying dormant in that mark on his neck for now and-" her thoughts were cut off by a certain loudmouth blonde.
"HEY ITS BUSHY BROWS!" Naruto pointed at Lee with a big smile.
Kagome Gave Naruto a half hearting hit on the back of his head "Naruto! Don't be so rude!" she frowned.
"Lee thank you for so much for your help, things were looking pretty bad there for a while." She gave him a grateful smile
She saw his face somber he almost looked like he was about to cry. "I need more training Sasuke took them down so easily, when I got my butt kicked."
Kagome not one to let someone to let another think poorly of themselves had something to say about that "come on Lee you don't give yourself enough credit they were already worn down by the time Sasuke stepped in and it was three against one for you, you can't win them all but you train hard to lose less." She smiled a little brighter at him.
He returned her smile "Sakura, the lotus blooms twice." He said confusing the girl. "the next time we meet I will be a stronger man. I promise"
"I know you will be." The sincerity the young man in front of her had shown was something that truly spoke because she could see that same sincerity was put into every thing he did.
"Hey Sakura." Kagome looked up at the blonde who addressed her "I'll straighten out your hair!"
"thanks" kagome smiled at her.
"That was dirty of you. Hugging him like that, billboard brow." Ino whispered in clear annoyance as her kunai sliced through the uneven hair.
"I simply took the initiative, it's not like couldn't have done the same thing." Kagome said stating a fact, though Ino took it for a taunt.
Ino finished up and with a huff "there all done."
Kagome turned to Ino with a tired smile "thanks." And turned to look at her current teammates "you ready to go boys!" kagome called out she saw Naruto bouncing on his feet with hyperactive energy and Sasukes solemn nod.
Kagome approached Shikamaru and Choji and gave them a polite bow "I'd like to thank you… for saving me and my team I really owe you." She stood up and gave them a smile that made both boys blush slightly and raised Shikamarus suspicions on the pink haired girls change in attitude but it was a nice change.
"troublesome." He muttered but nodded and the teams each went their separate ways.
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FINALLY DONE! My god! I got TOTALLY stuck knowing that Kagome would act and react differently than Sakura but not want to change things too drastically… yet (things will spiral WAYout of control and into total chaos later.)
Now I have other stories I should update *sigh*