GOMEN NASAI(I'm very sorry)!
I know I haven't updated this story since...a month...but I had a writer's block on this story.
O_O'
My updates will be slow on this story for a while(until the wheels for this story start turning again). I hope this chapter makes up for the long wait...
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Inuyasha.
Warning: Some Sakura bashing. I'll see how it goes.
-AU so however the story 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
Chapter 9
"Stand a little ways to the left."
"MOVE IT!"
There was a smack sound.
"Sakura!" a whine.
Kagome rolled her eyes. Sakura was peeved off since Naruto was standing in front of her. Naruto rubbed his head with anime tears in his eyes as he continue to nurse the bump on his head.
There was a man with a camera standing a few feet away, directing them. He moved his hand to the left and said, "Okay, kid. Move a little to your left." Naruto moved. "Perfect." the man said.
Sakura looked at Sasuke with googly eyes. "Sasuke, want to stand next to me in the picture?"
Sasuke gave her a creeped out look. He said in a stoic tone, "No." Sakura whined pathetically.
"Sasuke-kun!"
Kagome growled in annoyance. "Sakura, shut up."
Sakura glared at her. "Don't tell me to shut up!" she screeched.
Kagome rubbed her temples with her fingers. "God, you're giving me a headache. You're like a screaming banshee."
Sakura held up a fist. Kakashi sweatdropped and said quickly, "Calm down. Let's not ruin our team photo today, now."
Since the whole team had completed their first mission, they were officially qualified to take a team picture.
Sakura 'hmph'ed. She looked at Kakashi, then to the cameraman and whined, "Can't we just keep her out of the picture? Seriously it would-"
Naruto shot her a glare. "Sakura." Naruto was way over Sakura.
Sakura then added, "And Naruto, too."
Bitch.
Kilala hissed at Sakura as Naruto whined. Sasuke rolled his eyes, listening to Sakura make herself look bad. Kagome sighed deeply.
"I wish we could just hurry up and get it over with..." Kagome muttered to Sasuke, and he nodded.
They would all rather be somewhere else rather than around pinkie.
The cameraman sweatdropped and then said, "Alright...you there, stand next to the blonde boy."
Sakura sneered, "Yeah, Kagome!"
The cameraman shook his head. "Not her, you." Sakura's face fell. Kagome smirked at her expression. "Move next to the blonde boy." The man told Sakura. She whined, "But-"
Kakashi then said, "Just do it, Sakura." Kakashi wasn't in the mood to deal with arguements. He was tired.
Sakura reluctantly moved next to Naruto. The man said, "Good." He looked over at Kakashi. "You stand in the back."
Kakashi stood behind Naruto and Sakura.
"Then, you stand right next to pinkie." He pointed to Kagome. She shrugged and stood next to Sakura. Kagome was aware of the fact that Sakura was glaring at her, but she didn't care.
Finally, Sasuke stood next to Kagome.
"Alright, ready?"
Naruto called out, "Why does that teme have to be in the picture?" Sasuke looked at him and said, "I should say the same thing about you, dobe."
Naruto sent a glare at Sasuke, saying, "Why you-!" At that moment, Kilala jumped on Naruto's head and made him say "Hey!" Kilala grew a fond for Naruto's bushy blonde hair.
"1, 2, 3!"
A flash from the camera.
Their picture was taken.
Everyone slumped and they muttered, "Finally..." in relief.
Then, the cameraman said, "Raven haired guy and girl. Let's get a picture of both of you."
Sasuke and Kagome lifted their heads slightly in confusion. "Huh?" They stuttered out at the same time.
"Come on, you two look good together."
Kagome and Sasuke blushed a little, but it was unnoticed since they kept their straight face. Sakura's eye twitched.
Sakura screeched, "I SHOULD BE IN THAT PICTURE WITH SASUKE! SHE'S NO GOOD FOR HIM!"
Naruto clamped a hand over her mouth, and she struggled while flailing her arms, as he grinned like an idiot at Sasuke and Kagome, teasing, "Come on! You know you guys want to!"
Sasuke sent him a death glare telling him to 'shut up' telepathically.
Kakashi grinned under his mask and said, "Take the picture, you two."
Finally, after a few screams of protest from Sakura and encouragement from everyone else, Sasuke and Kagome stood next to each other in front of the camera.
They both looked at each other and wondered how they were going to take it.
There were many obvious ways, but they weren't that close...
Sasuke hovered an arm around her shoulder as Kagomes went over his, but they withdrew thinking it wasn't good. They shifted around uncomfortably, trying to find the best position.
Then, they dropped their hands.
Kagome shrugged and said, "I don't think this is going to work."
Sasuke responded, "Let's just take the picture like this."
"Okay."
The cameraman shrugged and said, "Okay, then. 1..."
Sasuke shifted a little closer to Kagome.
"2..."
Kagome shifted closer to Sasuke.
"3..."
Kagome felt something on her hand and a flash from the camera went off. Then, whatever on her hand was released and the cameraman said, "Not bad. I'll have these pictures copied and sent to you."
Kakashi said, "Thank you."
The cameraman gathered his stuff and left them.
Naruto called out. "KAGOME!" Kagome flinched slightly at the loudness of his voice. She looked at him and asked, "Yes?"
Naruto grabbed her arm and said, "Come with me to get something to eat!"
Kagome blinked a few times unsure. She peered over her shoulder at Sasuke before saying, "Okay, Naruto-kun..."
She let out a small yelp as her arm was immediately pulled and he dragged her away.
Kagome asked as they ran, "Where are we going?"
Naruto smiled, "To my favorite place out of the whole city!"
Kagome blinked.
A bowl of ramen was placed in front of Kagome.
Kagome, sitting on a stool with her hands in her lap, stared at the bowl with slight disgust.
"Ramen?" She asked.
Naruto, who sat next to her and just recieved his ramen, said, "Yup! Ramen is my favorite."
Kagome looked at him with a queasy look. "Naruto, I told you, I don't like ramen."
Naruto sighed. He scratched his head with a bashful smile. "How long has it been since you've had ramen?"
Kagome stiffened and looked at her steaming bowl. She seemed to take interest of the contents of her dish rather than looking at Naruto at that moment.
She finally responded after a long moment, "Years..."
Naruto's eyes shot open. He nearly yelled out, "YEARS? How could you deprive yourself of such a wonderful thing?"
Kagome shrugged. 'Ramen just makes me remember...of my old days. The taste...it's so familiar...'
Naruto then said, "Oh well, I tried..." and he started eating his ramen.
Kagome watched in slight amusement as Naruto chugged down his ramen quickly. He didn't seem to be chewing his food, only stuffing himself like a goose being stuffed to make foie gras.
She then looked at her soup disdainfully. The steam hit her nostrils and she sniffed, and noticed how good it smelled for the first time she could remember.
Then, she picked up her chopsticks. Naruto's attention was caught as he had some ramen piled in his mouth with some noodles hanging out of his lips.
Kagome took a piece of ramen with the chopsticks and held it up in front of her, the long noodle looking like a waterfall as a part of the noodle stayed in the soup.
Kagome stared at it as if it was something foreign.
Then, she slowly brought the noodle to her lips and took a bite of it.
Naruto held his breath after he swallowed his food, waiting for her response. Does she like it? Or hate it, still?
No, she doesn't necessarily hate ramen. Just...prefers not to eat it for personal reasons.
Kagome smacked her lips lightly a few times, tasting the tangy flavor.
Then, she took another chunk of ramen and started stuffing herself more than Naruto.
Naruto's mouth hung as he watched her chow down her ramen faster than he could.
She finished her bowl in less than 2 minutes.
Naruto said after that little episode he saw, "You have quite an appetite for someone who hates ramen."
Kagome looked at him. "I don't hate ramen."
Naruto's eyes slightly widened.
Kagome gave a small smile. "I love it."
Naruto gave a wide grin and exclaimed, "I knew it! No one could ever hate ramen!"
What happened next shocked Naruto the most.
Kagome had giggled. Having a hand over her mouth, she giggled out of his exclaim.
Naruto stared at her blankly as she starting eating another bowl of ramen.
Kagome blinked as she looked at Naruto momentarily, catching his gaze and seeing his expression.
He suddenly slapped a hand to her forehead, checking her temperature. He placed his hand on her left cheek, then right, then her temple. Kagome sighed annoyingly. "Having fun?"
Naruto said as he kept patting her face, "Do you have a fever?"
Kagome raised a brow. Then, she slapped his hand away and said, "Knock it off."
Naruto exclaimed, "Are you sure you aren't sick?"
Kagome retorted calmly, "No." She crossed her arms. "Why would you say that?"
Naruto scratched his temple and said, "Well, you smiled and you giggled at me. Like a real girl."
Kagome's eyebrow twitched. Naruto held his hands up defensively as he exclaimed, "I-I mean, I've never seen you do that before! Honest!"
Kagome sighed and continued to eat her ramen. Naruto straightened up in his seat and added, "It's just a little weird seeing you express laughter for the first time."
"Oh, so I can't have emotions too?"
"No! I'm just saying-"
"Whatever."
"Kagome! I'm sorry!"
"It's fine." Kagome smiled. She patted his shoulder in a friendly way and went back to her food.
Naruto blinked dumbly at her. He placed a hand to her forehead once again, and she pushed his hand back, saying, "Quit it!"
"KAGOME-CHAN, YOU'RE SICK! I JUST KNOW IT!"
Kagome pushed him off his seat, making him yelp, and he crashed to the ground. Kagome stared at him on the floor. She turned back to her food and muttered, "You asked for it..."
Naruto jumped up and rid the pain by shaking his head. He rubbed a small lump on his head, muttering "Ow..."
He jumped back in his seat, still rubbing his head. "Kagome? Can I ask you something?"
Kagome nodded. Naruto asked, a little hesitant at first, "Does this mean...we're really friends?" She looked at him. Then, she slowly smiled. "Of course."
Naruto pumped a fist in the air and yelled, "YES!"
He sat down and then said, "By the way. Please try not to weird me out."
Kagome turned her head towards him, and gave him a blank stare. Then, she pushed him off his chair again and turned around, as he muttered once again from the floor, "Ow..."
"Hn. Not surprised to see you here on the floor, dobe."
Naruto looked up and said, "Sasuke-teme!"
Kagome turned her head towards Sasuke.
Sasuke raised a brow. "What are you doing on the floor?" he asked Naruto monotonously.
Naruto got up, still rubbing his head. He pointed at Kagome, "She pushed me!"
Kagome shrugged. Sasuke took a seat next to her. Sasuke asked quietly, "Are you doing okay?"
It was weird for Sasuke to ask a question like that to anyone, but Kagome was the only one he cared about.
Kagome responded quietly, "Just fine."
"Hn."
Naruto placed an arm around both their shoulders as he exclaimed, "So, what are you guys talking about here?"
They both froze and turned to him. "Nothing." Kagome said. Naruto shrugged and said, "It's always great to have friends there for you."
Kagome looked at Sasuke and smiled a little. "Yeah...it is."
Then, Sasuke did the unexpected, which only Kagome noticed.
He smiled.
