Title: Raiton Kage

Disclaimer: I own nothing…but the plot.

Summery: Kagome never met her father, but what if that was because he was from a different world, from the Naruto Universe. What if Kagome's father was the Konoha White Fang?

Warnings: Naruto x-over

Parings: Probable Sess/Kags

Spoilers: If you aren't up to date (I am to Sasuke going to get the eight tailed demon) then go Google 'Naruto Manga Returns'

Key:

"Talking"

'Thoughts'

A/n: They are growing closer in this chapter, and Itachi might be opening up…

Now on for the real reason you are on this page.

Chapter: Demons

They had been traveling all morning, trudging along a well worn path since the crack of dawn. Itachi settled into the habit of walking a half a step behind the female shinobi, alert and watching their surroundings with a curious eye. He wanted to activate his Sharingan out of habit, but also didn't want to rely on it alone.

He tried his hardest to become aware of every demon around them, but would have to get used to not just searching for chakra signatures but also auras and youkai. The ANBU captain would tense, ready to hide or attack when ever he felt one came to close, but didn't otherwise react if Kagome didn't. He had gotten it into his head that she could be trusted.

However, when one particularly strong demonic aura started towards them at an alarming speed, Kagome shocked him by stopping. Glancing at her, he did as well, not understanding why she just stared off into the distance the demon was coming from with calm grey eyes. Her brows had knitted together in thought, forming a soft frown.

Slowly he watched as a grin forged it self on her face; eyes glinting she looked down at him. She shifted to her other foot and his eyes widened as she held a Kunai in front of him "Would you like some practice ANBU-sama?"

Itachi glanced at the kunai, then in the direction of the demon that would be on them with in minutes, and then to her with a questioning look. He then glanced back at the kunai, held loosely in her hand, waiting for him to take it, "It's a relatively weak demon, really. And I will be right here in case it something goes wrong."

Again he gives her an odd look, this time with the anticipation of a fight sending adrenalin into his blood stream. He felt insulted a little at the fact that she assured him she would be there if he needed her, but knew she didn't know his strength, just as he didn't know the strength of the demon she deemed a good opponent for him.

Itachi took the kunai from her just as a large, almost humanoid demon rushed onto the path. Its reddish brown skin shocked him, as well as the horns protruding from either side of its temple. It stood a good five feet above his head, and had the muscle of a body builder, times ten. It was kind of sickening, the amount of build the demon had and Itachi wondered how the hell it could move with all that.

However, Itachi knew that the muscle would protect the demon vital organs from his small kunai, and that it would not fall easily because of that. He needed to test the skin because something told him that it wasn't as paper-thin as humans' seemed to be.

He watched as the demon leaped at Kagome, a large spiked club smashing down in the spot she had been seconds before. She evaded the attack with practiced ease, appearing in a tree on the other side of the road, eyes on him. The demon, on the other hand was trying to rip the spikes of its club out of the ground to attack her again, its back to the eleven year old. Itachi saw his chance and jetted forward, flipping the kunai in his hand.

Pushing his chakra into the blade to make it stronger and sharper, he slashed at the beast's exposed back. He growled to himself, realizing that he barely made a scratch. He was forced to retreat back a few yards when suddenly the beast roared and turned to swing its club at him, able to get it from the ground in an amazing show of strength. It glared at him with beady black eyes and Itachi coolly stared right back at it, not betraying his fear to it.

Instead the ANBU released some of his killing intent, to see how it would react. Kagome seemed to have completely left hits small brain as it roared at his challenge, running forward at him, club swinging madly. Itachi saw what she had described the night before, incredibly strong, yet equally stupid.

He dodged the on slot with his speed gained from training, almost as fast as Kagome. He whipped around, while the demon was forced to regain its balance after putting so much of its weight into trying to strike him. The Uchiha decided he would try his flames on the beast, a thrill of fire spreading through his veins. He had yet to meet an Uchiha that isn't even a little bit of a Pyrotechnic maniac, and he wasn't any different.

He made the correct hand seals and built his chakra up just as the beast started to lunge at him again. Making an 'o' in front of his mouth with his pointer and thumb Itachi called his jutsu and breathed out flames.

"Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu (Fire release: Grand Fireball Technique)"

The intense flames did their job, making the demon howl out in pain, the air becoming thick with the smell of burning flesh. Itachi didn't wait for the flames to dissipate before he was on the demon, his barrowed kunai slashing the beast's throat wide open. He was happy that his flames seemed to weaken the thick skin enough for him to slice through it.

He jumped over its head after pushing with his foot on its chest, doing a flip to land on the other side of it as it turned around to howl, or do it's best to howl even as it's throat gushed blood. Again Itachi used the jutsu that proclaims every Uchiha an adult once mastered. This time the beast was burned to a crisp as the open wound gave the flames something tenderer to burn.

The body fell to the ground, almost completely incinerated with no head. Itachi looked down at it, feeling a little proud of his self. He had killed his first demon, Kagome was right when she said it was practice, he didn't even brake a sweat.

He felt the other shinobi land on the ground next to him and looked over as she smiled at him, "Not bad."

He nodded –however slightly- as a show of acknowledgement before turning to his kill, "What was it?"

Kagome tuned her gaze to red skinned demon, not at all affected by the smell of burning flesh like she used to. She took a step forward, and extended a hand that glowed a faint pink. She didn't even touch the corps before it started to be purified. That done, and the ashes dancing in the wind she spoke, "That, was an Oni. Very stupid and dense youkai, I never thought of getting its attention with killing intent. Their skin is as thick and strong as three inch steel; your flames must be very hot to burn it."

He watched the ashes, clutching the kunai, "Hn."

"Back to one syllable answers again is we?" She smirked as him when he looked up at her, eye brow quirked. She shrugged her shoulders, "You can keep the kunai, just in case I want to kill another Oni or something."

Then she started to walk down the path again, and Itachi hurried to caught up, a little unbelieving that she trusted him enough to keep a weapon, not that he really needed one. It wasn't a Sword or anything, but it helped calm him with the fact that he has a blade on him and doesn't need to use jutsu every time he goes into a fight.

The prospect of seeing another Oni makes Itachi smirk, he could use the workout and the more he saw them the quicker he forged a perfect way to kill them. He clutched his kunai before slipping it into the holster that was still strapped to his thigh, getting rid of its emptiness that was just another reminder that he had failed his brother.

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Five days and about thirty demons later, Kagome finally proclaimed that they were almost there. Itachi is sure he could defeat an Oni blindfolded at the point. Its not like that was the only thing that attacked the traveling pare, but as Kagome explained it, they were one of the only demons stupid enough to attack her and ignore her pure aura while doing so.

She explained that just as she can feel their demonic auras miles away –he had blotched at that, he was lucky if he felt it a mile away-, they can feel her pure aura, and that is what kept most demons away, but the pull on their beast from the jewel she guard, is strong enough to pull the weak minded to her regardless of her strength and the warning it gives out.

Kagome was very impressed with his skills; his ability to adapt and learn proved his rank to her, his strength and intelligence only building on to that view. Not once did she have to interfere with one of his fights, she just sat on the sidelines. He had already killed many D-class demons and a few C-classes. She could bet that he could take on a B-class or even an A-class demon, as she could also bet he was holding back in front of her watchful eye.

She couldn't blame him, he didn't trust her completely yet, so it was perfectly fine by her for him to keep secrets from her, she was, after all, doing the same. The female couldn't wait till they could trust each other completely, but knew all to well that that could take a long time.

"You said we were almost there."

Kagome looked over at him and his emotionless gaze, and blinked, "We are."

He snorted, "That was nearly two hours ago."

Again she blinked, then looked around, smirking when she realized why that weren't there yet, "Oh, usually when I'm at this point I can't help but run the rest of the way. Normally I would be there by now."

She victoriously shouted in her head when she saw his eyebrow twitch, it was annoyance, but an emotion non-the-less. She waved her hands to the trees around them, "Wanna take to the trees then?"

He didn't answer, just disappeared and reappeared in the closest tree, looking dawn at her with his arms crossed. She fallowed him, "I'll take that as a yes then."

The next twenty minutes found them running along tree branches, making an hour's amount of traveling. Itachi soon found that they were reaching the edge of the forest and they came to a halt. What met his eyes reminded him of home. Nearly a hundred yards from the thinning forest, stands a tall wall much like the one that surrounds Konoha.

With a trained eye Itachi studies the barren land between the wall and forest, the space gave no place to hide. No trees, no boulders, nor bushes and no bumps in the even land. It would be hard to get to the wall or escape the wall with out on of the guards on top to not notice the movement. It made him shiver; he would not be leaving without Kagome.

With that thought he looked over at her and the shine of happiness that glinted in her blue-grey eyes. She looked over at him from her branch when she felt his eyes on her,
"Ready to go in? We'll have to walk around to the main entrance however."

The ANBU nodded slightly, trying to assure himself that she would not let him get hurt. He could defend himself from other shinobi, not the A and S-class demons that she had explained would be around and in the palace. Her lord would only allow the strongest and most loyal around him, and that meant all the demons he was about to face were in control of their demons.

Kagome nodded back at him before gracefully landing on the ground below with him in tow. She easily evaded the trees and small bushes as they thinned. Before reaching the edge she slowed and turned her head to him slightly, "Stay close, once they see us they will come down to investigate. I will handle them; I rank above them so they will not disobey unless they wish to die."

Her words oddly helped him calm his instinct to run the other direction, away from impending doom. He had been tense without realizing it he noticed and had to force himself to take long, deep and calming breathes.

Kagome's warning rang true as soon as they left the cover of the forest. From the top of the wall jumped three red and white blurs. Their appearance was kept from him with not just their speed but the distance that separates them for the moment. They came at him and his female travel companion, not even pausing after landing from the height they just jumped, even Itachi -an AMBU- would have had to regain his balance after that drop.

As they neared close enough for him to make out their clothes he couldn't help but step closer to Kagome, drawing comfort in her strong presence. She didn't even flinch as they came towards them, in fact she stood taller, her chin held high and an emotionless mask firmly in place. This new Kagome was not the Kagome Itachi had been traveling with, the care free shinobi who only showed him kindness and caring. It unnerved him a bit, though he saw it as a mask, he could not help but want to inch away from that look too.

It was almost as if she sensed his feelings when he found her eyes meeting his, the cool grey flickering with reassurance with a smile on her lips. She kept her eyes on his ebony pair, even as the demon soldiers approached them.

Itachi looked at them when they halted; noticing how their emotionless eyes widened slightly at the sight of Kagome and him standing there, as if they weren't expecting her, he knew they wouldn't be expecting him. He watched in semi-shock as all three bowed down, "Kagome-sama."

Kagome turned from watching her ward to look at the three bowing demons, glad they weren't any of the ones that didn't like her, and growing happy at the sight of her personal guard among them.

"Raise," each of the stood strait at that, waiting for her instructions, and eyeing him with curiosity and suspicion. Kagome distracted them, pointing at one, "Go inform our lord of my arrival and that I have ward for him to meet."

The green haired demon nodded and bowed low before whispering "Yes ma'am." and disappearing. Next Kagome pointed to the other green haired demon –Itachi wonders if they were related- and gave her next command.

"Go inform Mazola that I have a new project for her." A smile fleeted across the pale features of the second demon before he too disappeared with a low bow.

Last was the oddest looking demon; meaning that while the other two could probably pass as human in his world with green not being an odd, natural hair color. No, this male demon could not. It wasn't his pale blue hair or bright green eyes that did that, no, it was the pair of fox like ear poking form the top of his head and the fox tail wagging behind him. He smiled at Kagome, eyes no longer emotionless, "It's good to see you back Kagome-sama."

She smiled back, relaxing and leaning on one foot, "It's good to be back Aoi. Mind being our escort to the gate?"

Aoi simply bowed, keeping his eyes on the high ranking official, "It would be my pleasure Kagome-sama."

This is when Itachi started to eye the sharp looking spear in the other male's purple clawed hand, tensing a bit until he felt Kagome's hand rest on his shoulder. He didn't know how she was able to calm him down like that, but it worked and soon they were walking along the wall, going around the large fixture.

They walked in silence, and Itachi's keen hearing could barely catch the whispers pouring down from the top of the wall, many pares of eyes watching them from above. He felt uneasy, and was fighting every instinct he has not to run or teleport away.

Again the hand was on his shoulder and she was looking down at him, worry in her eyes and reassurance in her smile, "I believe you were wondering what made the green haired males demons other than their auras, right?"

He had been wondering, but it wasn't heavy on his list of thing to find out at the moment, but would listen to her so his mind would be distracted, "They would pass as human in my world."

On the other side of the female shinobi, the blue haired kitsune chuckled, "Don't let them hear you say that."

Kagome swatted at the older male's shoulder, "Leave him be, he is still new to this," she turned to him, "They were dragon demons actually. Cousins if I recall it right…"

Itachi nodded, and then glanced at Aoi, silently asking for his suspicions to be answered. Kagome caught it, "Aoi here is an ice Kitsune" She paused, looking up; "Sesshomaru-sama is a silver inu."

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It took them a minute or two to get to the front gate, and when they did, Itachi had to stand in awe of the large door, and he thought Konoha's were large. Kagome seemed to notice hi look.

She giggles, "They are that large so Sesshomaru can enter while in his true form."

With this explanation, Itachi only grew to be more confused and mentally frowned, "True form?"

Kagome bit her lip, remembering that her nameless ward didn't know that much about demons, "Hai, stronger demons, the ones that can control their blood lust, are the ones most common to have a human form. This form is not their original form, just one they take on. Sesshomaru is a silver dog demon, his true form is a over six stories tall silver dog, with a maw that an easily bite down you or me in one gulp."

Itachi had to shiver at the thought, picturing the Kyuubi when it attacked the village when he was young. He had been too young to really fight the demon, but he would still have nightmares of the attack, though, lately they were out numbered by the ones of his fight with Madara and what was going to happen to his brother.

As his thought passed that road Itachi forced himself to talk, to say anything to distract his self, "How does a demon take the form of their true form?"

Even Aoi looked over when she started to explain, wondering how she would word it. "Well, it usually occurs during a moment of great emotion, when they can not control their inner beast. This is why most demons portray themselves as emotionless; they can not risk to be overtaken with any emotion. While they can transform on will, the transformation can take a lot of energy to complete and even more to go back to the humanoid form."

The young ANBU captain stored this information away, wondering…well he had to ask, "When I was young Konoha was attacked by a nine tailed kitsune, the attack reeked havoc on us and many wonder if was possible for Kyuubi no Kitsune to be controlled into attacking."

It wasn't Kagome who answered, but Aoi, "It is impossible to control a nine-tailed kitsune, for you to have even seen one it their truest form is amazing in it's self, as once a Kitsune grows that old, well, we tend to ignore the world around us and only concentrate on what is most important to us. It would not shock me however; if the attack was influenced by the death of someone close to this Kyuubi."

Itachi blinked and frowned, remembering the speculation in the Uchiha clan that maybe it was Madara to have used his Sharingan to control Kyuubi into attacking Konoha in revenge. They settled into an awkward silence, which Itachi took as an opportunity to look around. They were walking through a village, though it was nothing like Konoha, and far less advanced in technology.

No, they still just had the mud and straw huts, not even a second story could be seen. That is, until he looked over the huts' roofs, spotting the palace Kagome kept talking about. When she had said palace he had thought of a two or three level mansion, not a freaking castle.

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Kagome looked over at her ward as they walked through the small huts that weren't really used. They had been there since Sesshomaru's father was alive, that is until almost everyone moved into the castle, filling the majestic beauty up, and yet she still stands with corridors that were never walked.

The huts were mostly for the peaceful demon clans of the west who needed refuge from humans that misjudged them. So they hid behind the walls of Sesshomaru's Palace complex. Armors, weapon makers, farmers and other venders also occupied the huts; this helped support the servants and soldiers that keep the palace in working order.

Next to her, Itachi eyes a weapon shop and Kagome couldn't help but shake her head, as a shinobi she knows just how helpless he must feel with only a kunai and his jutsu. She had felt and still could feel his uneasiness being in such a close facility to so many demons, demons that could control their blood lust and inner beasts.

Her lord refused to house demons that could not control their selves so every demon inside the palace complex walls was incredibly dangerous should they choose to fight. She could feel the tension in her bones, but knew she will not be attacked. She has nothing to worry about; she was trained to fight demons, not humans, so her expectations in a fight are much different from a normal shinobi's, from her wards. She wonders how good his genjutsu is at that point, because maybe they could get a fair trade.

It is taken from her mind however, as they near the castle, "Okaa-chan!" "Kagome-chan!"

Kagome looked up from her ward just in time to see a blur of orange make contact with he stomach and Rin stopping not far in front of her. With a whoop of happiness Kagome twirled her adopted son around in a circle, lifting his legs into the air. She spotted her ward's wide eyes and stopped before she got dizzy, too late for her kit. He toppled over when she placed him on the group, a giggle ripping from his mouth when he fell into Rin.

"Shippo."

The voice had come from the stairs leading up to the castle entrance, and Kagome smiled up at her lord and bowed slightly, "Ohisashiburi, Sesshomaru-sama!"

His eyes fell on her and he nodded, "Kagome-miko." Then his golden eyes sternly found Shippo, "Calm your self until we are in privet Shippo."

Itachi watched as the red haired male that looked as if he was Sasuke's age blush and look down at the floor, "Gomen nasai, Sesshomaru-Sensei."

Kagome stepped forward and rubbed the young boy's head, messing his hair up and only laughing when he gripes about this and tries to fix the mess of his hair she created. Itachi felt his lips twitch at the memory of doing that to his younger brother and getting the same reaction.

Kagome's grey eyes find Sesshomaru just as Itachi truly got to study the powerful man. His hair color reminded him of the Copy Nin –though the length is nothing he had seen before-, and his eyes reminded him of the Imuzukas and their canine features. The demon's appearance, from how he held himself to his swords and armor told Itachi to run, as fast as his legs could carry him, so it shocked him when Kagome spoke jokingly next, "Don't be too harsh on him Sessho-sama; he doesn't get to see me very often."

Itachi's eyes widened at the nickname, having not expected the formalness between Lord and Soldier, and then he remembered the female telling him that she had been the Taiyoukai's student at one point. Other than a slight twitch in the silver haired man's eye brow, he gave no other reaction to the bribe, "You asked me to teach the damned kit, so I am teaching him."

'Manors' was the unspoken word.

Kagome smirked and mumbled, "Slave driver."

Sesshomaru smirked, "True, but at least your mannerisms were acceptable when I taught you, onna."

Kagome had long since learned to ignore how he refused to use her name unless it was formally said, she didn't mind, unlike InuYasha and other demons, he didn't call her bitch, wench or any other fowl words, it is below him to do so. And even when he calls her woman, there is no malice, he knows it irks her. She just rolled her eyes, "Well Sessho-sama, I came here for you to meet my ward." Her eyes twinkled, "And to save my son from you for the time being."

Shippo hugged his mom for that comment, but his green-blue eyes fallowed golden to also look over at the dark haired eleven year old that had yet to speak, and was watching everything through his dark eyes. Those eyes widened when the Western Lord took a step forward, "Your name, human?"

Before Kagome could reply for him Itachi spoke, standing tall and face emotionless; "Uchiha Itachi."

He did not miss the widening of Kagome's eyes, but just continued to gaze up into Sesshomaru's golden eyes, something telling him that if he backed down he would not get the blessing Kagome wished for him to get. His pride would not let him back down, but he had to hold in a great sigh when piercing golden eyes looked away.

"He does not smell right." The statement through the ANBU captain off, if he had been expecting anything, it was not that.

Kagome looked from her ward –still in a little bit of shock and fear of his clan- to her lord, growing serious, "He is not from this world; he is from the same world of my father."

Sesshomaru looked back to Itachi, taking another step forward, eyes studying his much smaller form, "Is he Shinobi?"

"Hai," Kagome gave simply, "High ranked; I have watched him fight Oni for the last five days on his own. He is a quick learner, resourceful and powerful."

Those golden eyes reminded Itachi of the Hokage's, wise and judging. He is used to being talked about like he wasn't there, but Kagome has far more kindness in her voice, more pride, than his father ever did when boasting about his oldest son. It made him want to puff up his chest for some reason; he ignored that sensation as childish.

Sesshomaru nodded, looking from his study of the Uchiha to his ex-student, "Let's go to my study, and talk about this in more depth." He turns to Aoi who has yet to leave, "Take Shippo and Rin to the dojo, Aoi."

The Blue kitsune bows and drags the moaning and grumbling pair of youngsters to fallow his orders. Shippo protests and runs back to give Kagome a hug around her legs, "Promise you will spend time with us Okaa-chan."

The female shinobi smiled down at him with sparkling grey eyes, "Of course Shippo, I wouldn't come all the way to the palace without bugging you."

He smiles up at her before running off to catch up with Rin and Aoi. She looks over at Itachi to catch his curious look. She smiles sadly at him, "I adopted him when his father was killed by the Thunder Brothers."

The dark haired male's eyes widened, 'She can read me so easily.'

No one had ever been able to do that so easily; at a young age he was forced to hide his emotions, and yet she can see past the mask he perfected over the years spent as a killer, and she hadn't even known him for a week. She amazed and frightened him.

"Let's go." Itachi and Kagome turned and fallowed Sesshomaru into the castle, thoughts on new secrets revealed.

TBC

A/n: I lied; no new clothes yet, I'll do that next chapter^^ And just so you know, I would have posted this earlier, but I could not log in to FFN.

Japanese:

ohisashiburi = "it's been a long time" or "long time no see!"

Anyway, Thanks for reading,

Please excuse my grammar,

FT