Hello, hello. Well, this is my first fanfiction in a while… Sorry it's been so long. I am glad though that I decided to go back and review/revamp my writings, and reevaluate my writing skills. I now have a very good beta (when she can find time) that does actually give proper critique on my work as opposed to just reading through it and saying 'that's neat' or 'it's good'. I'm not taking potshots at my previous beta but she does need to work on better feedback.
If you're reading this, you've probably read the first part of the prologue (or you should have; if not, not). This continues where it left off.
I've also taken down those monstrosities of early fanfictions. It'll probably be the best thing I've ever done…

I don't own anything to do with Naruto or Inuyasha, I'm just blatantly plagurising.

Anyway, on with the fic.

She sighed in annoyance. Her Mother was late. Unfortunately, when you're related to a Kami, They will always argue that They are never late, but that They arrive precisely when They mean to. As a Kami cannot directly lie to a relation (at least not with Karma in the picture), this argument is often true. And thus, she stood in the clearing beyond her cottage, trying to prevent a headache worsening an already souring mood.
Finally, just as she was about to turn around, and go and get some practice done so the day wouldn't be a total waste, a cloaked figure walked out of the woods on the western side of the clearing.
"I know, I know. I'm late. But I had to talk to him first, or this Idea of mine will never work" the figure said before her Daughter could open her mouth.
"Idea? Why do I get the feeling that I will be directly involved in this… Idea?"
"Because you're my Daughter, one of my Children, and you've got a sense for anything that will affect you. And because you are directly involved in this Idea, along with him and that Weaponsmaster friend of yours. A few indirectly involved people are his brother, his brother's mate and his mate. And of course, that crazy old goon that makes weapons and rides that bull."
Her Daughter's eyebrow steadily rose while this list was reeled off. Suspicious and incredulous, she stared hard at her Mother.
"You've got him to agree to this?! Since when has Sesshoumaru listened to anyone, including the Kami? And Inuyasha? How'd you get him to agree?"
Sadame smiled. "I reminded Sesshoumaru of your bargain with him, and Inuyasha feels he owes you for that incident anyway…"
"But what about Kikyou? I know we're friends now, but she doesn't like to leave her family for too long, and the Idea that you're proposing is of such magnitude that she would have to-"
Sadame interrupted. "No, she wouldn't. I'll bring him to you. All you need to do is bring him to her when it's time for his lessons. Same thing with Toutousai, Myouga and Inuyasha."
Kagome lifted her eyes to the sky. "Thank Kami-sama"
"You're welcome, Daughter."
Kagome glared, then smiled wryly. "When will he arrive? How old will he be?"
"Tomorrow. And I know you like looking after children of all ages and species, but this one will require care as soon as he arrives. He'll be very young, probably not more than a few hours old."
"Oh good. I can start training him from scratch, so he won't have anything to unlearn, and I can help the meld along a bit."
Kagome turned and left the clearing.

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Two days later, Uzumaki Naruto met the woman who was to become his mother in all ways that count. The meeting did not shift the Earth or cause a disturbance in the fabric of the universe, but it was the beginning of an influential time in Naruto's life – the time he would spend being trained in weaponry, diplomacy, energy manipulation, strategy, seal making, both demonic and holy, the use of his instincts, and absorbing the Kyuubi's knowledge and power. But most of all it was a time of familial ties, most especially with his 'Kagome-mama'.

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However, when Sadame returned to Her loom, She found Chaos had thrown a spanner in the works, though if you want to get technical it was a large tangle; one that would take her years to sort out.
Annoyed, Fate began the monstrous task of straightening the threads. 'It must have been the Gods of luck and justice, and where you find one of the seven gods of happiness you generally find several more of them. They're getting me back for my insistence on moving him. Well, we'll just see about that…'

It did indeed take Her several mortal years to sort out, and during that time no significant new fabric of space-time was woven on that stretch; it covered Naruto's world of birth, so this was not necessarily a problem - they were still recovering from the aftereffects of the mess with Kyuubi, which though Fate had not intended for it to happen, Chance interfered.
And when Sadame had finally gotten to the bottom of the tangle, She found that Someone had shifted a thread. This would not normally be a problem, except that the thread was that of Uchiha Itachi. Someone had moved his birth to be just after Naruto, even though he was three years old at the time of the Kyuubi's maddened rage. This meant Sadame would have to shift several more threads for the ages to be right. Trouble was, Naruto being one of Her Children, She could not move his thread.

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300 years after Naruto's arrival, Sengoku Jidai

"It is time."
"So soon?"
"It is not soon at all; and you have your learnings and his knowledge to draw upon, as you well know."
"True. I guess there's no disputing it then; I will go back."
"We will open the gate tomorrow."
"Tomorrow, Sesshoumaru-sensei?"
"Idiot student, have we taught you nothing about temporo-spatial co-ordinates? Tomorrow is when the timelines of this world and your home line up, Naruto."
"Heh heh. My apologies, my wits and knowledge deserted me in the face of the suddenness of your announcement of my return."
"See that it does not happen again."
"Hai, hai."
"Fool."

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15 years after the attack of the Kyuubi, Konohagakure no sato Ninja Academy

"…Team Seven is Inuzuka Kiba, Haruno Sakura…" Iruka was interrupted by extensive cursing from Kiba, "…and Uchiha Sasuke." The cursing redoubled in vehemence and volume. "Your sensei is Hatake Kakashi. Team Eight…"
Kiba tuned out for the rest of the spiel in favour of eyeing his 'teammates' in unconcealed disgust (Sakura) and jealous anger (Sasuke). Why, oh why, did I get stuck with the bastard and the pink-haired fluffball. Even Ino would be better than her.
Iruka sighed. That Kiba would be placed with the Uchiha and Sakura was an unexpected, and frankly an unwelcome, surprise. He'd recommended a tracker team consisting of Kiba, Hyuuga Hinata and Aburame Shino, and that a second year genin be placed with the other two, along with an experienced Jounin instructor. He'd been ignored, and now the arrogant Uchiha was placed with two teammates who would not be cohesive, and a sensei that would basically treat him like an apprentice and ignore the other two. He sighed again.
Things were not looking good for Team Seven.

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Two months later, Iruka's observation was bearing out. The teamwork between the three was practically non-existent, largely because of the Uchiha's continuous brooding over his brother and his arrogance in his own skills. Kiba had given up even the pretence of trying to work with him, and largely ignored Sakura. Though he didn't show it, Kakashi was worried. He had never had a team before this, never even closely observed one, but he knew that something was very wrong with this one. He also had a good idea of what was causing it. Unfortunately he was under orders from the Council Elders that the Uchiha had precedence over the other two and was therefore his main focus.
Despite this gaping hole in their group, they'd still managed to complete a large number of D-ranked missions. They'd been rewarded for this with a C-rank when Kiba had blown up in the Hokage's office. Team Seven were currently on an escort mission to Wave country, safeguarding the return of Tazuna, a bridge-builder. Not one of them had an inkling that this was the mission that would restructure the very fabric of their lives and change the face of the world for a good long time after.

A/N: It's fairly obvious that there is a massive time difference between the world of Inuyasha and the world of Naruto. I just felt that no being can learn what I wanted Naruto to learn in just 15 years, especially along with growing from an infant to a teen. There's also the fact that being partly demonic has slowed his normal physical growth, not to mention the fact that his world runs on a different time frame, which would affect that too, slowing his growth further. Thus when he returns from the world of Inuyasha, he will only look about 16-18 as opposed to the more adult look demons often have (e.g. Sesshoumaru – his age is indeterminate, but his behaviour in the manga/anime suggest someone just coming out of teen years (21-24); but, being Youkai, he could in fact be much, much older.). Then there's the alterations I made to ages – Naruto being older than Itachi, for example. That shifted the entire timeframe in the Naruto world so that the numbers would match – 20 years in the Inuyasha world for every one in the Naruto world.
I also had Kagome and Naruto be related to Fate – not blood relation, more like chosen avatar or something.