I'm sorry this chapter is so short. This basically covers Kagome, on basically what happened to her family and how it became everything she is.

Sort of.

But I hope you enjoy it. Hopefully I'll get another chapter posted soon? Maybe if I have time…

Warning: Some Sakura bashing. I'll see how it goes.

NOTE: Just to cover some things, the modern era in the Inuyasha series and the era in the Naruto series are the same times. Also, in this story she lives in the same area where she once lived in before she died. So the Goshinboku is somewhere around as long as the well. She's just the only one who knows where it is.

Main Summary: After friends and family are killed, Kagome dies and is reborn into the Naruto world; but with some deadly secrets. She attends the Ninja academy and joins team 7 as a new life begins for her. But what happens when everything from Kagome's past returns for her…? AU

Pairing: Sasuke/Kagome

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Naruto. They belong to their rightful owners.


Chapter 2

Later in the day team 7 had wandered the town, but Kagome. She had walked away alone. She went home, changed into the same outfit she wore yesterday, carried a large shapely case and walked out, Kilala following.

Her paces were slow as she walked into the nearby forest. She disappeared through the thick trees and kept walking.

The sun in the early afternoon shined through the leaves of the trees, spots of sunlight dotted on the ground in the middle of the pathway Kagome walked in, shadows to the side right under the trees to the side. The leaves were brushed by a calming wind that blew and shifted Kagome's hair behind her excluding her bangs that were lowered, hiding her eyes.

A larger area was shown at the end and she looked up. It was secluded with nothing but about a dozen flowers, a large area of grass and three faded objects a distance away. Kagome sighed sadly and walked towards the figures sticking from the ground and stood in front of them.

They were tombstones. Three of them to be exact.

Kagome kneeled down and took something out from her bag. Three white lilies. She placed them over their graves slowly and stared sadly at the names written on them. Kilala mewed sadly and rubbed against her arm affectionately, as if she knew Kagome was feeling grief.

She looked at the bottom part of the stones with some words written on them.

It may seem like it but they weren't real graves. They were memorials. For her family.

A memory flashed through her eyes….

Early in the morning, Kagome climbed through the well, and ran out the shrine to her house. She happily called out, "Mom, Souta, Grampa I'm home!"

She ran in the house and stopped dead in her tracks. There was furniture tipped over, vases or other glassware were broken as well. It looked like nobody's been in this place for days.

"Mom…?" She whispered out. She ran around the house, hoping to find something, ANYTHING that meant they were around. There was nothing.

She shook her head and ran out the house, across town. She ran to the police station and asked the chief. "Excuse me, I've come to report some missing people!" she panicked.

He looked up from his notes and responded plainly, "Is it family?" She nodded. He took out a binder full of papers and flipped through them. "What family name is it?"

"Higurashi."

His hand that held a paper stopped at midpoint, and Kagome blinked. He shut the binder slowly and said quietly. "I'm sorry…you don't even know…"

Kagome's face turned to fear, realizing this had to be a bad thing. "What? What is it! Where are they!" she cried out, ready to burst into tears.

The man looked up, a solemn look on his face. "Your family….they've been the same place they've been for days….at Shira-yuri (1) cemetery…."

Kagome felt her heart stop and her blood run cold. She ran out.

She kept running as fast as she could, tears threatening to leak out of her eyes the whole time. She arrived at the cemetery, searching through some tombstones.

Then she came upon three particular ones. They had the names of her family.

"No…" she mumbled, crumpling to her knees shakily. She brushed away some grass that covered some words.

She repeated to herself what the letters said.

"Died December 15th , 1998 under assassination of the business man named Gato. The reasons were cruel and unforgiving. May these unfortunate souls rest in peace for their innocence…." She mumbled. She buried her face in her knuckles and shook her head, her hair flying wildly. Then, the tears she tried holding back shed.

Taking it no more, she fled back. Back to the well. Never to return.

Someday….maybe….she would find this man….

Her friends had died that night when she went back.

Kagome's eyes darkened. She shook her head and wiped her eye from a tear that was threatening to fall.

Ever since she passed on to a new life, she was tired of being weak. She was tired of crying. Crying was just showing weakness, and showing that she is weak; in her eyes, she believed. But somewhere on the inside, she still felt the urge to cry from time to time.

She didn't want any friends either, for her own reasons. She didn't want to be heartbroken again if people she cared about got taken away from her.

"Hey guys…..I just graduated and now I'm a ninja." She spoke as if she was talking to someone. She continued while staring at the skies. "I wish you guys could be here….I wish…I could see you guys one more time…."

Kagome shifted her eyes back to the stone and shut them tightly. "Goodbye…"

She stood up with her case and walked away, Kilala staying at her spot before following along. Kilala looked back for a brief moment before catching up to her master who was a distance away.

Kagome and Kilala sat on a tree that didn't have any leaves in a semi-secluded area and brought out something from her case.

A guitar.

She tuned the guitar, plucking it for the right note. Kilala seemed to have enjoyed every sound the guitar made as the notes changed and she mewed happily, wagging her tail.


Sasuke rolled his eyes as Sakura tried catching up to him. Naruto was also following in tow behind the pink-haired girl.

Sasuke walked faster, trying to avoid and the calls Sakura was giving him. "Sasuke-kuuunnn! Wait up!"

Much to his disappointment Sakura caught up and latched onto his arm like a barnacle to a turtle: a vice grip. Sasuke growled as she kept on babbling about other stuff he didn't care about. He flew her off his arm and yelled, "Don't TOUCH me! Useless weakling!"

Sakura was hurt for a moment, but her arrogance got to her and she called, "You just called me that so I can become stronger! Yea! To get stronger than that Higurashi girl!"

Naruto furrowed his brows, understanding the offense Sakura was giving to Kagome when she wasn't here. He liked Sakura, but truthfully Kagome was a nicer person than she was even though she was mysterious.

"Sakura, don't talk about Kagome that way! She's a nice person!" Naruto retorted. Sakura glared at him. "She can't be better than ME! I'm prettier, smarter, and a better fighter than she is!" she huffed, flipping her hair. Sasuke turned his head and gave her a silent death glare at her.

Naruto smiled slyly. "Really? That's not what Iruka-sensei said when he mentioned your ninja skills were at the bottom at the ranks in the female group!" He was joking when he had said that. But Sakura didn't seem to take it as that.

"SHUT UP!" She fumed, punching the back of his head and he whined.

They both followed Sasuke who was far ahead in the forest.

Sasuke kept walking until he spotted something, or someone in a tree. Without it having leaves, he could clearly see who it was.

"Sasuke-teme, what's wi—" Naruto started but bumped into his back since he wasn't paying attention ahead of him. Sakura ran up and glared as Naruto shook his head.

They all followed Sasuke's gaze to the tree and were watching the person in the tree.

'What's Kagome doing up there….with a guitar? She looks like she's about to play it.' Sasuke thought with interest while Sakura did not look too pleased.

Kagome sighed and finished tuning her guitar properly. A hand hovered over the strings for a long moment before strumming it. The tune was completely in-key, not a note was off-balanced.

Kagome, not realizing she was being watched, started to sing.

They were all mesmerized. Her voice sounded so soft and pure as she sang it, like an angel.

Na na

Na na na na na

I miss you

Miss you so bad

I don't forget you

Oh it's so sad

I hope you can hear me

I remember it clearly

The day you slipped away...

Was the day I foundit won't be the same

Oh

Na na

Na na na na na

I didn't get around to kiss you

Goodbye on the hand

I wish that I could see you again

I know that I can't

I hope you can hear me

Cause I remember it clearly

The day you slipped away...

Was the day I found it won't be the same

Oh

I've had my wake up

Won't you wake up

I keep asking why

And I can't take it

It wasn't fake it

It happened you passed by

Now you're gone

Now you're gone

There you go

There you go

Somewhere I can't bring you back

Now you're gone

Now you're gone

There you go

There you go

Somewhere you're not coming back

The day you slipped away...

Was the day I found it won't be the same

Oh

The day you slipped away...

Was the day I found it won't be the same

Oh

Na na

Na na na na na

I miss you…

Kagome sighed after finishing and stared blankly in front of her.

The other three were still put in a trance by her singing. That is…until Sakura broke it by snobbishly shouting, "STOP TRYING TO IMPRESS SASUKE-KUN! YOU'RE NO BETTER THAN ME!"

Bad mistake.

Kagome jumped up slightly at the Medusa's screech and whipped her head around to them, shock filling her features.

Kagome then sent a small glare at the fuming Sakura before quickly putting her guitar back in its case and disappearing in a puff of smoke with a teleportation jutsu. The smoke cleared up; she and Kilala were gone.

Naruto blinked. "When did she learn how to do that?"

Kagome slammed the door open in her room and threw her guitar case on the side of the room and flopped on the bed furiously, jamming her face into a pillow.

After taking out her frustration in the pillow for a few minutes she slowly brought her face up and stared out the window, watching the deep blue sky that barely had any clouds.

She grumbled and flopped on her side with crossed arms. "All I wanted was to be alone…." She muttered. "All I want is to be ALONE. But no..." she spewed out the last word with venom. "I had to be put in a team with a fucking banshee who doesn't know when to shut her mouth!"

She flinched and got up.

Kilala mewed as she ran to the bathroom. Kagome had felt some slight pain as her anger had rose high at that moment. She splashed some water on her face a few times and grabbed a towel, patting her face dry. She sighed and looked in the mirror.

She stared sadly, seeing her face in the reflection. There were jagged blue markings on her cheekbones and she traced them with her index and middle finger slowly.

'At least I didn't go full out berserk …'

Kagome knew she wasn't completely human. Not like as in Naruto(she knew about Kyuubi) inhuman; like in blood relation. Half of her blood was human, part of it was…demon. But not just any demon.

A DOG demon.

Just like…Inuyasha was.

She didn't have to find out to know. She fingered her raven hair which went down to her knees, letting the strands fall; emphasizing the idea. Dog demon's hair are much longer than human's and they grow faster when they're cut off.

However, since she didn't maintain the demon's physical appearance, she still remained in human form. She could use the demon attacks, but mostly never does. She had never told anyone about her secret, and she intended to keep it that way.

She clenched her fists and stared at her reflection with a scowl, but not letting her anger break loose.

She was just like Inuyasha. Since she was born. However…unlike him, she willfully tried so hard not to let her demon side loose.

Inuyasha's demon had only come out when his life was in danger. It was the same principle with her, except Kagome's demon side was also tied to her emotions. Specifically: anger. So if she got too angry, her demon side could let loose at any moment.

That's why she ignored anything that might have made her furious. Like Sakura, for example, when she insults her and calls herself better than her.

But then again, she knew that wasn't true. Sakura was all talk but no action.

What was worse…she was shunned by the whole village. More like the adults, who kept their children away from them; saying she was a monster. She didn't know how they knew but...they've done it since she was a child.

The markings disappeared and Kagome closed her eyes, exhaling deeply. She walked out and sat on the edge of the bed, crossing her arms and staring at the ground.

She heard purring and something rubbing against her side. She gave a small smile and petted Kilala, who gave a purr of content. Kagome looked around the room. She crinkled her nose as she clearly looked around her room for the first time.

She lied on her side as Kilala cuddled against her stomach, and said to herself,

"I'm not cleaning my room anytime soon…"


SONG KAGOME SANG(which I don't own): "Slipped away" by Avril Lavigne.

Avril is one of my favorite singers; all her songs hold a story and are filled with emotion.

I'm not just going to leave this chapter for you all for a long while. I will post a longer chapter up a little bit later, so don't be disappointed! ^_^

Until then…

Sayonara!

(1) White lily in Japanese.