WOW! I never knew my story could get this far but, THANK YOU everyone for helping my story reach past the 100 review mark! You have no idea how happy I feel about this! Words cannot express my gratitude! :D
I'm pretty sure some of you expected me to update on Thanksgiving, but I couldn't. I went up to my cousin's house for the whole break (5 hour road trip to get there x.x). They had a computer, but people were constantly using it (also, went to the desert for dirtbike riding, and there was NO WIFI x3).
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Response to reviews:
(no name): Inuyasha and the others? Exactly, that won't happen. But that will be revealed later in the story.
Aryabloodlust: I basically just made Kagome's mom appear to show how proud she was of her not killing Gato. (shrug)
S3rrenity4193: I know Naruto may seem weak, but honestly, he's not. I mainly focus on Sasuke and Kagome (because that's the main pairing) so I don't write about Naruto or Sakura in scenes a lot, so it may seem like he's doing nothing. Just giving a head's up.
merlyn1392: Sorry I haven't answered since you reviewed. The reason why her clan's symbol is a crescent moon is because of her dog demon side. You know like how Sesshomaru has the symbol on his forehead along with his mom and dad? Yeah, just like that.
Warning: Some Sakura bashing. I'll see how it goes.
-AU so however this fic goes, IT GOES LIKE THAT….
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 7
"Thank you for helping us. Because of you all we were able to restore the bridge." Tazuna said to team 7 as they were at the exit of the now finished bridge with the rest of the village.
"I can't tell you how much we're going to miss you." Tazuna said with a sad smile. Tsunami nodded and said, "You all be careful as you go back. Good luck!" She smiled.
Kakashi nodded with a smile under his mask. Naruto grinned and said, "Don't get all choked up. We'll come back to visit soon!" Inari sniffled, trying to hold back tears. Inari grew a bond with Naruto and they were like brothers.
"You swear you will?" Inari asked, his voice wavering a bit. Naruto felt his own eyes water and he said with a quivering voice, "Of course. Y-you know…it's alright to cry if you want. Nothing wrong with it."
Inari sniffled again and he said, "Maybe I don't want to! Why don't you cry if you say it's alright?"
"You first!" Naruto shouted, his voice cracking slightly. They had a small staring contest to see who would cry first, with sniffling and their eyes building with tears. Naruto spun away as the tears fell as Inari's fell as well. It looked as if it was a draw.
Sakura dully looked at Naruto next to her, thinking, 'Boys can be so pathetic…'
Everyone said their goodbyes and they walked away.
As they walked, Naruto placed his hands behind his head and he laughed, "Once we get back, I'm going to make Iruka-sensei fix me up with a bunch of ramen!"
Sakura rolled her eyes and looked at Sasuke from across with a sweet grin. "Sasuke! When we get back, want to do something together?"
Sasuke said without even looking at her. "No." but his tone sounded as if he was saying,'not on your life'. Sakura's head hung low at the rejection.
Naruto looked at Sakura and said, "I'll do something with you if you want, Sakura!" Sakura glared and yelled at Naruto, "THAT WAS A PRIVATE CONVERSATION!" then she started chasing Naruto in anger, who was trying to avoid her wrath.
Sasuke looked around, noting something missing. "Where's Kagome at?" he asked. Sakura stopped hitting Naruto as he shot his head up and looked around. "Yeah, I didn't see Kagome at all when we left! Where-"
A loud roar emitted from behind him, which made him yelp and duck his head instinctively as something flew over his head. Naruto looked up, only to see Kilala's larger form flying away; with Kagome on board.
Naruto blinked a few times and asked, "Why is she going back by herself?"
Kakashi stared at the skies where Kagome disappeared to. "She just…wants to be alone now. She has mixed feelings at the moment." he said, trying to reassure them.
Sasuke couldn't help but worry though.
It had been 3 days since they all got back. Naruto met up with Iruka and got his ramen(of course).
Sakura kept on trying to get Sasuke to go out with her but was rejected badly, and Kakashi met up with the Hokage to discuss some private meetings.
Kagome…hasn't been seen with the others lately.
A hand knocked on a door.
"Kagome-chan? Are you there?" Naruto's voice called from the door outside her house. When he got no response, he sighed and looked up at the window of her house. He couldn't hide the fact he was worried. "Kagome!" he called again.
He knocked on the door again. With no response once again, Naruto slid the door open. It was quiet.
Naruto, with his usual curiosity, stepped in the house. He never ever went into her house. It scared him because Kagome might come out of nowhere and murder him.
That was a chance he was going to take, anyway.
"Kagome-chan?" Naruto hollered and his voice echoed through the house. It seemed so cold and empty in here, to him. It could be mistaken for a haunted house, instead of inhabited. He walked around and observed the place.
The living room area; no Kagome. There was a room full of books and scrolls, with one scroll lying halfway across a small desk.
Then, there was one room he hadn't checked.
Her room.
He gulped a little, as he mentally dreaded every second of going towards where it might be.
Naruto slowly, so slowly, slid the door open. He was shocked by the first thing he saw.
It looked a mess. There were some shredded pieces of clothing, he didn't know why, around the floor, with the bed unmade in the corner. What caught his eyes the most were the large scratches across the walls; which made him even more curious.
Where did these come from, Naruto wondered.
"Kagome-chan?" he called again, this time hesitant. He took a step in and looked around.
He heard a low growling and he froze. He jumped a little when he heard it again. Then, it stopped as he looked down.
It was only Kilala.
He breathed a sigh of relief and he knelt down. "Hey there, Kilala." he said with a smile and petted the neko, who purred in response.
He tilted his head curiously. "Have you seen Kagome-chan at all? Do you know where she..." he felt stupid talking to a cat who might not understand him. Kilala just tilted her head confusingly with a mew for her response, wagging her tails.
"Well, wh-" he started but stopped when he looked at the shelf nearby. His eyes were glued to the pictures on there. He stood up and walked over, gazing at them individually.
Kagome was in one of the pictures he was looking at, with three other people who had some familiar faces. The young boy and older woman had Kagome's face while the elderly one looked somewhat related. He looked at the woman. It looked like the person who appeared on the bridge-
'They must have been Kagome's family' Naruto realized/thought to himself sadly. He looked at the next one, blinking a few times.
There were people he didn't even recognize from the village on this picture, about four of them.
He blinked a few times, seeing a lady in it with the same boomerang Kagome used in combat...
Then, there was a little boy who looked like a fox, who's expression reminded him of his own sometimes.
Then, there was two guys, one who wore some purple robes and the other one had unusually white, long hair.
Observing, his hair wasn't like Kakashi's, Naruto noted the man wearing the red robes; it was more of a more brighter hue versus Kakashi's. The man had golden cat-like eyes that somewhat matched his complexion so well.
Are those dog ears, Naruto thought to himself.
"What the hell are you doing here?" a voice asked from behind. Naruto looked behind and froze.
It was Kagome.
"K-Kagome-chan, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to-" Naruto stuttered out, placing his hands in front of him in a defensive manner. He was in through a lot of Hell now-
"Don't be. Just leave."
How very shocking.
Naruto lowered his hands slowly, blinking a few times in surprise. "Kagome?" he said.
Kagome lifted her head slightly. Naruto saw the look in her eyes, and it made him shudder.
They were blank...lifeless. Like a broken doll.
"Leave." she repeated in a monotone voice. Naruto simply obliged and left the room, with Kagome following behind.
Naruto stepped out of the house with her, keeping his worried gaze on her. Through the whole silence she hadn't even glanced at him, only hung her head low.
Naruto walked away, but Kagome went the opposite direction.
Naruto knew she was in depression, and his expression dropped staring at her retreating form, feeling her silent sorrow.
I couldn't tell you why she felt that way
She felt it everyday
'Kagome-chan...I hate seeing you like this...' Naruto thought to himself sadly and turned his head, looking straight ahead of himself as he walked away.
And I couldn't help her
I just watched her make the same mistakes again
Kagome hung her head low, not even bothering to glance up as she walked through the forest, her paces slowed. She looked as if she had no care in the world; in a bitter way. She was like a zombie; but only living and containing emotions.
She looked up as she came to a small secluded area surrounded by trees. There was a house that looked so old, very old, with paint and wood chipped off from the supposed years of wearing; it was a wonder how it was still standing in this condition. It looked as if it was abandoned...
What's wrong, what's wrong now?
Too many, too many problems
Don't know where she belongs, where she belongs
Kagome opened the door and it produced a large creaking sound.
Kagome looked around inside, observing all the old furnishings that were either ripped up or tipped over, the walls having scratches and some cobwebs in the corners. The view focused past the blurred image of a cobweb, and at Kagome who stepped inside the old house.
But not just any old house.
Her old house.
The house was filled with so many memories...good memories...and it pained her.
Her heart hurt as it bled through her mental suffering, the small battle she fought inside herself.
Kagome looked around, seeing illusions of small memories run through her head. She saw her with her family with every image she saw. How happy she looked back then...
The many emotions that were trapped throughout the house made the air feel heavy to her. Then, the illusions faded, leaving Kagome alone in the empty and cold room by herself.
Isolation...
She wants to go home, but nobody's home
It's where she lies, broken inside
"Mom...Souta...Grandpa?" Kagome called out, her voice echoing through the hollow house. There was no response, but she already knew that was going to happen. They're dead, after all.
She was alone. She was cold...and she was alone...
She turned on her heel and walked away, no longer able to bear the overwhelming memories that flashed before her eyes.
With no place to go, no place to go to dry her eyes
Broken inside
Kagome stepped out of the house and started walking away.
Then, she stopped and looked to the side. She stared at the figure shadowing a large area around her.
The Goshinboku.
She silently stepped towards the Goshinboku.
The tree that started it all. Her adventures, meeting her friends, and even Inuyasha. The trees held so many memories. Her whole life story could be told by this tree if it could talk.
Kagome pressed a hand up against the tree, feeling the rough bark beneath her fingers as she traced it slowly. She slid her hand slowly down, remembering the first time she met Inuyasha as her hand touched the indented mark of where the arrow pinned Inuyasha so long ago. Then...everything else...that happened after that.
Why did this happen to her? She deserved better than this...she should've been happy.
She sacrificed so much for many others...
Was there punishment for being good?
She lost her friends...and her one true love abandoned her for her own incarnation...Kikyo.
Kikyo had tried killing her many times, and yet Kagome saved her so many times. And yet Inuyasha still went with Kikyo?
This wasn't right. Kagome should be the one happy...
But she wasn't. Her happiness was taken from her the day she lost everyone she loved.
Open your eyes and look outside, find the reasons why
You've been rejected, and now you can't find what you left behind
'Am I that inferior to Kikyo?' Kagome thought to herself as she shut her eyes tightly, her hand fisting the bark.
Where was her happy ending?
Will she ever have one?
Be strong, be strong now
Too many, too many problems
The dark clouds rolled overhead, the day being darkened almost instantly; mirroring her depression. Thunder clapped overhead. Kagome looked up at the sky through the trees.
It was as if the sky was mimicking her emotions...
She hung her head low with a sigh and climbed down the roots of the Goshinboku, walking back to town. Rain fell and crashed on the earth's surface as Kagome walked away, the Goshinboku still in backwards view from her.
Then, it was gone.
Don't know where she belongs, where she belongs
Everyone went indoors because of the sudden change in the weather. Some peered out their windows in interest of the rain clashing in the streets of Konoha. Some closed their drapes while others watched as one person walked through the rain. They closed the blinds, and they muttered indistinct words through the closed windows of their houses.
Kagome slowly walked through the streets, her bangs limp and sticking to her face; the water soaking them and herself to the bone. But she didn't care.
Her form walking with her head hung low looked so heartbreaking...
She looked so broken...
She wants to go home, but nobody's home
It's where she lies, broken inside
Kagome finally arrived at her house and she slid the door open. She stood there and lifted her head up slowly. It was just as empty and cold as the older house...
But this time...there was no feeling of memories or anyone else here. This house didn't have the kind of weight compared to the other one. The air was lighter and yet...it felt even more emptier...
With no place to go, no place to go to dry her eyes
Broken inside
The floors became wet as she walked through; her clothes and hair dripping of water leaving a large trail behind her.
Her feelings she hides
Her dreams she can't find
She's losing her mind
She's fallen behind
She can't find her place
She's losing her faith
She's fallen from grace
She's all over the place
Kagome slid open the door of her room, looking around. Kilala woke up and mewed a few times, seeing her soaked form as it shivered violently. Kagome hadn't realized she was freezing to death like this.
'What does it matter anyway if I get sick? Hopefully it will end my suffering...' Kagome thought to herself grimly, walking over and flopping on her bed on her back, her arms sprawled next to her.
She turned over on her bed, her cheek resting against her pillow. She drifted her gaze to the pictures. She focused on the image of her mother in one of them.
'Mom...' she wept to herself mentally, clutching the pillow with both hands, and pressed her face in the pillow, trying to vent out some of her pain into it.
She wants to go home, but nobody's home
It's where she lies, broken inside
With no place to go, no place to go to dry her eyes
Broken inside
It seemed like whatever she did to rid the pain never worked. Training...meditation...anything...
She didn't want to suffer like this; all her memories kept her at bay like this. She just wanted to forget, but no matter how hard she tried...she couldn't; deep down, she knew to herself she couldn't forget.
She's lost inside, lost inside...
She couldn't forget the ones she loved.
She's lost inside, lost inside...
And that's why she wouldn't take this suffering much longer.
Later that night...
Sasuke came up to Kagome's house. Without even thinking about it, he slid the door open of her house and walked in. He looked around the house, being slightly mused by the room's simplicity.
Why would he be here?
Sasuke walked around the house, trying to find Kagome. He hadn't seen her since their return.
Sasuke was worried about her, no denying it. He wanted to see her. He wanted to be there for her, especially in her time of suffering.
Sasuke opened the door of her room and his eyes widened. He walked in slowly and looked at the damage done to the walls, and the shredded clothing on her floor.
'What happened here?' Sasuke thought to himself curiously. He looked over at the bed, a dreaded feeling setting over him.
Kagome wasn't there.
Where could she be?
Sasuke suddenly felt the same bad feeling before he saw his parents...
Without a second thought, Sasuke quickly ran and opened the window, jumping outside and on top of buildings as fast as he could in the dead of the night.
'Don't do something you will regret, Kagome!' Sasuke thought to himself as he took off looking for her.
(Updated 12/2/10)
SONG USED: 'Nobody's home' by Avril Lavigne.
Sorry for not mentioning the song it earlier, I kind of forgot. Thank you WraithReaper for pointing that out for me!
Until then,
Sayonara!
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