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, and careful folks, I'm known for throwing some SLASH into the mix

Parings: Most likely Sess/Kags, Genma /Itachi. Kakashi/Iruka, Maybe Sasuke/Naruto or Gaara/ Naruto (Vote on which on you want, I don't care really) Lee/Sakura (I think it's cute)

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: I decided to twist some humor in this chapter…because I couldn't think of another way to start it…

Thank you all so much that reviewed, I've passed 100 on the seventh chapter, go me^^

Chapter: The Mother in Her

It was a good day by all standards. The rising sun is bright, not a cloud in the sky. And a nice, cool breeze danced around everyone that walked Konoha's street.

And yet, Haruno Sakura, a pink haired genin kunoichi of said village decided that it was going to be horrible day right of the bat. She had gotten barely any sleep the night before as the mission had lasted well into the evening and it was very dark by the time her and her team got back.

She was ready to kill, no, scratch that, she killed her alarm clock the moment it went off. She had already been awake, her internal alarm form the mission the night before not having time to be reset; but that didn't mean she wasn't hoping and praying that it was hours earlier than it really was. And in all honestly she wasn't sure why she bothered to try to be on time to the training sessions with her team.

She and Uchiha Sasuke were the only ones that were ever there on time, and even a little early. Naruto was always a few minutes late, always, and was usually yawning and rubbing the sleep from his eyes even as he walked to the bridge they always meet at wearing that obnoxious orange jump suit.

And their sensei, don't even get her started with that man. He is always late, and not by a few minutes either, but usually a few hours. It aggravated all of them, well, she can say for sure that it annoys her and Naruto, with Sasuke it is a bit hard to tell with his ever present emotionless mask. And the man always had a lame excuse…

Well today, Sakura could say with a very large yawn that it is most likely that she is going to be a few minutes late. But she would say very quickly that it wasn't her fault either. She decided to try a new route that day, trying to wake her self up a little before she met up with her crush.

Rubbing her eyes and pulling on her top to straiten it she walked in a shadow from the morning light as it started to fall over Konoha. She almost didn't notice the group of three people in the middle of the back road before she ran into them. She blinked her eyes at them, not recognizing them, but knew they were about a year older than her.

There were two boys, and one female. All with dark hair; the female wore hers in to twin buns at the top of her head, and the one standing closest to her wore his dark locks cascading down his back against light tan clothing with the tip of it tied with a hair tie. But it is the last of the three that startled her awake.

He stood, grinning like only a peppy morning person would at this time of day, in a green jump suit with a bowl hair cut, and his eye brows are in serious need of some tweezers, but even then she would fear the poor tweezers would be swallowed whole. And then he noticed her.

And that is when she got her wake up call.

Sakura almost screamed when he leapt forward and grabbed her hands in both of his. He grinned at her, not in the way Naruto would, but on a whole other level of annoyance. And when he spoke she almost tried to kill him right there. No one should have the right to sound that happy, that early in the morning.

"Hello fair maiden, you certainly look very youthful this morning!" She was in too much shock to do anything but stare at him with wide green eyes, but this didn't faze him, "You also look lost fair maiden, do you need an escort to where ever you are going?"

She could have sworn his team mates were laughing at her, or maybe that was pity, she couldn't tell. Finally she found her voice, though it came out more meekly than she wanted, "N-no, I'm fine. I can find my way to the training grounds on my own."

He looked hurt for a moment, and suddenly took up a pose she is sure is as well practiced as Naruto's "I'm-going-to-be-the-next-Hokage" pose. And when he spoke she is sure her eyebrow twitched, "But fair maiden, only Shinobi should be on the training grounds, you might get hurt!"

And that is when she finally came out of her shock and walloped him, hard, over the head. She didn't care how much taller then her he was, she worked to hard for her position as a Shinobi to be mistaken as a civilian, "Baka! I am a shinobi!"

Her punch didn't seem to even faze him, in fact, it only seemed to make him happier; that grin was starting to blind her. He took her hands into his again, "Fair maiden, do you want to be my girlfriend?"

She was about ready to go for her kunai when the male was saved from an untimely death by his female team mate coming up behind him and hitting him over the head, much like the pink haired Kunoichi just had. He looked to be in shock and looked sadly at his team mate, "TenTen, why did you youthfully hit me over the head?"

That only rewarded him with another well aimed hit, "Lee! It's too damn early for your antics! Who the hell gave you caffeinated tea!?"

'Good, I'm not the only one then!' Screamed Inner Sakura in victory as she ripped her hands from the older male's hands while he was occupied; the pink haired female began looking for an escape route when 'Lee' started to pout.

"Why are you so youthless in the mornings, TenTen?"

That's when the last member of their team snorted and spoke, from his eyes Sakura knew instantly that he is a Hyuuga, "No one but you and Gai-sensei are youthful in the morning Lee."

Sakura could tell by the look of disgust on the Hyuuga's face at the use of the word 'youthful' that it annoyed him as much as it annoyed her.

"But you are so youthful Neji!"

This new voice had Sakura nearly jumping out of her skin as she whipped around and faced what looked like an older carbon copy of Lee, but with a Jounin vest on. She wanted to cry as he grinned, no one should ever be that happy…ever.

She started to scoot away, "Um bye, I need to get going."

She shouldn't have even spoken as suddenly Lee had her hands again, "But fair maiden, I know not your youthful name!"

Sakura's mouth twitched in annoyance, and in a poof of smoke the shadow clone disappeared. Lee pouted and looked at where she had been for a moment before looking over at his sensei, brightening up with a grin that matched the man's, "So she is a youthful shinobi then!"

Neji and TenTen shared a look before groaning; knowing what was getting ready to happen next. Gai nodded and then spoke with a grin, "Yes, and Lee…"

"Yes Sensei?"

"Fifty laps around Konoha for not noticing her making the signs." Gai had grown serious and Lee only stood strait and saluted Gai.

"Yes sensei! Next time I will notice!"

Neji and TenTen groaned as they fallowed the two carbon copies, knowing already that their training day did not start off that well.

A few buildings away Sakura thanked her lucky stars that Neji and TenTen hadn't given her away when they saw her making the signs. She also got the odd sensation that this Lee character wasn't going to leave her alone.

She groaned and leaned against the wall behind her, before she noticed she was late and was sprinting.

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Uchiha Sasuke leaned calmly against the railing of the bridge, his eyes closed as he waits for the rest of his team. Like his team mates, he was incredibly tired when they got back. And yet somehow he was not able to go to sleep as he would have like when he finally laid down. And he wasn't able to sleep until he finally allowed himself to lie down on his brother's bed and take comfort from the thoughts of who his brother used to be to him.

He didn't understand it, no matter how much he wanted to hate his brother, he still saw him as that, his brother. And yet he didn't. The last few years before the massacre something was different, but it wasn't until years after said massacre that he started to realize this. Even if he had no clue what was different, as he was too young to notice what said different was.

Growling at himself for letting his mind wonder Sasuke tried his hardest to relax and rest a little before everyone appeared. They were going to be training after all; he had to put his tiredness behind him, for now at least.

Even as he finally relaxed however, he kept his senses on alert, and it is only because of that that he senses his sensei appearing on the bridge not a yard away from his person. He could not hide his shock as he looks up at Kakashi, who is not only on time but not reading his perverted book.

Sasuke had to fight the urge to not attack the man to make sure it is really him. He stays silent as the older male looks around; it is only the familiarity he feels in the man's chakra that lets Sasuke know that it is indeed his sensei and not an imposter.

"Where are Sakura and Naruto?"

Sasuke blinked and pulled back on his emotionless mask before he answered, "Sakura is usually here by now, but the Dobe is always a few minutes late."

Kakashi just nodded his head and leaned against the railing as Sasuke was, and it is only after he pulls of that notorious orange book that the young Uchiha finally relaxes again. A few minutes later Sakura stops running at the foot of the bridge, by the look in her eyes Sasuke gets the odd thought that she was running from someone. And when those eyes spot their sensei she looks just as shocked as he was.

"You're on time?" For once she wasn't shouting, and by her stance Sasuke guessed that she is a tired as he is.

Kakashi doesn't even look up from his book, "Yes, and you are late Sakura. How late is Naruto usually?"

Sakura looks up to see the position of the sun before answering, "He should be here in a minutes or two."

That minute or two turned into thirty.

Sasuke fought the urge to growl to himself, the thought of actually starting training on time for once having flown the coop. He crossed his arms over his chest and glared at the wooden planks of the bridge, "Stupid Dope…"

Sakura looked over at him, he could feel her eyes on him, but then she looked away, "I'm worried, normally he isn't this late…"

But it seemed she spoke too soon as the annoying voice of the blond was suddenly heard, "But you said you would hang out with me today! You can sit in with us and watch. We won't mind!"

Sasuke glared in the general direction the voice came from, until a feminine voice rang out in response to Naruto. Sasuke noticed that his sensei stop reading when the female spoke.

"But Naruto, That wouldn't do, I'm going to be in the exam too. You don't want me to know all your secrets do you?"

"You're just a Genin, Kagome-chan!?" Sasuke glanced up at Kakashi, the man was completely looking away from his book now, and his one visible eyes was looking in the direction of 'Kagome's' voice in shock.

A laugh from said woman drew the young Uchiha's attention away from his sensei, "Yes Naruto, I am a genin, but not for long."

"You sound so confident Kagome-chan," There was underlining sadness in that normally peppy voice, "You don't even have a team."

Another laugh, "Don't worry Naruto, I'm sure your team will do just fine. And don't worry about me, I am a tad bit older than the normal Genin; I'll do just fine without a team."

Sasuke could hear the goofy grin in Naruto's voice when he spoke up again, "Alright Kagome-chan! Will you meet me after we are done training?"

"Yes Naruto, I will. I need to go do my own training so I guess we will meet for lunch yes?"

Sakura and Sasuke almost had the urge to shout out a warning to the mysterious woman, but it was too late, "Can we get Ramen?"

"Yes, but remember, I'm just as poor as you are."

"…but your roommate is an ANBU…"

She laughed again, "You mange to peek at him before he left did you? I'll have to tease him about that later. I'll see you around Naruto; I believe your team is waiting."

"Okay, see you, Kagome-chan."

They didn't even get a glance at Naruto's female friend before they heard a poof of smoke and as Naruto didn't know that jutsu, they could assume that it was Kagome. And then Naruto came around the corner, a jump to his step.

Sakura and Sasuke just stared at him as he walked up to them, a wide grin plastered to his face. Both wondered just who the mysterious woman was, and only Sasuke had the idea that maybe their sensei knows. He wonders if she is the reason the man was on time for once and looks up at the silver haired man only to see he staring at his book again, his one visible eye unreadable.

The young genin narrowed his eyes, something was going on, and Sasuke decided he didn't like it.

"Oi, Teme!" And so things got back to the norm.

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Kagome and Itachi had been awake for nearly two hours when a nock sounded on their door. Do to the fact that they were still getting used to Konoha they both had gotten very little sleep because they were not very comfortable in their surroundings yet. A little on their toes the two world jumpers shared a look and soon their hands found their weapons.

Neither of them trusted to not get attacked by someone that may have found out about them and didn't like what they found out..

Completely awake, both sit at the dining room table in full Shinobi garb munching on the little bread Itachi was able to pick up. He is ready to go out on his first mission since getting back and would leave shortly to go under the darkness of the morning. She was going to go out on an adventure through Konoha to better familiarize herself with her new home.

Both left their chairs and stalked towards the door, ready to attack if needed. They both relaxed a bit when a voice spoke through the door, and a grin formed over Kagome's face, "Kagome-chan? Are you awake yet?"

Both shinobi put their weapons away and Itachi drew back to not be seen as Kagome opened the door to smile down at her newest friend's goofy grin, "That all depends on what you mean by 'awake' Naruto."

He grinned up at her and she couldn't help the pain in her chest at the reminder of her son. Luckily she was able to hide it from the young blonde, "Well, you're up and talking, you seem awake by my standards."

She held her hand on the door and the other on the door way, trying to keep prying eyes from inside her and Itachi's apartment so the ANBU could disappear without being seen. She allowed herself a small laugh at Naruto's reply before giving her own, "Yes that seems to work." She paused to look over her shoulder to see if Itachi was hidden before she spoke again, "I'd offer you in, but since I just moved in there isn't much to look at."

Naruto shrugged his shoulders and looked down the hallway, "It's alright. I need to get going anyway so I'm not too late to training."

Kagome leaned against the door frame and crossed her arms over her chest, "Training, is your team going to participate in the Chunin exam?"

Naruto shrugged his shoulders, "I donno, our Sensei hasn't made it clear if we are or not, I guess it is just good to be prepared, right?"

Kagome nodded and got an idea, "Hey, Naruto, do you mind letting me walk with you, I was going to go looking around Konoha for a bit anyway."

He frowned, his eye brows coming together in confusion, unbelieving of her words, "You don't know your way around Kagome-chan?"

She shook her head, remembering the cover story she and Itachi had thought up for Naruto to believe for now, "I didn't grow up here but in a shrine, I just moved here less then a week ago. I haven't really gotten time to explore yet."

If possible, the blonde's face would crack apart with the smile that grew there, his eyes sparkled and once again Kagome's felt that pain of remembering Shippo, but this time she lets it be a happy pain.

"Oi, Kagome-chan, I can give you a quick tour if you want, to show you the basics, believe it." He was nearly jumping in anticipation.

A smile spread over her face like it had across his, "I would like that Naruto. Just let me lock up okay."

Thirty minutes later found Kagome in awe as her gray eyes took in everything that Naruto pointed out to her. Konoha was everything she thought it would be, and so much more. And she has a friend already. She is sure that without Naruto she would be lost right now, she never was any good with directions in cities. She doesn't even want to recall all the times she got lost in Sesshomaru's palace.

Sesshomaru.

Kagome felt a pain cross over her chest at the thought of the inu youkai. She faltered in a step and sadness almost over took her before she found blue eyes looking into her own, "Are you okay Kagome-chan?"

She tried her best to smile at him in reassurance, "I'm fine. Just a little bit of home sickness is all."

Naruto's face fell, "Do you not like it here?"

At the site of Naruto's sadness Kagome's mother side panicked, she could swear she could see tears starting to form in the young boy's eyes. She rushed to fix this, "No, no Naruto, Not at all. I love it here. Its not where I was that I miss, it's the people I was forced to leave behind."

He cocked his head at her with worry in those bright blue eyes, "Why did you leave?"

Swearing the kid is having mood swings worse then her during that time of the month Kagome ruffled his hair and gave a small smile when he forgot the topic to fix his hair, "I'll tell you some other time, okay?"

He gave her a weak glare, his hands in his hair, but smiled non-the-less, "Okay, I'll hold you up to that, believe it."

A soon as his hands left his hair she repeated her action again and ruffled his hair, "I'm sure you will." She skipped ahead as he gave an unhappy growl, "Now, let's get going. I want to see more!"

They were getting close to the Training grounds, about ten minutes later when she felt him. His aura reminded her so much of her own, it had the same wild feel to it that accompanied all those who are Hatake. The Lightning she could feel in his hidden chakra made her come into action, sending a tingle down her body. She didn't need to see him to know it was her brother and she nearly froze. She knew Naruto's sensei was her brother, so why didn't she think that Kakashi just might be waiting for Naruto with the rest of his team?

Her blonde friend also paused and looked up at her with a small frown, "What's wrong Kagome-chan?"

She didn't want to leave his company, but she has to. With a weak smile she looks the way they came, "I think I am going to go exploring a bit on my own Naruto."

His face fell and his eyes grew sad, "But you said you would hang out with me today! You can sit in with us and watch. We won't mind!"

She tried not to break in at the puppy look he started to give her. And she would have broken in and joined him and his team if it wasn't for the fact that she is in no way ready to meet her brother yet.

She placed a hand on Naruto's slouched shoulder and thought quickly, "But Naruto, That wouldn't do, I'm going to be in the exam too. You don't want me to know all your secrets do you?"

Suddenly shock overtook those blue eyes and Kagome wondered why until he spoke, "You're just a Genin, Kagome-chan!?"

She laughed, she couldn't help it, "Yes Naruto, I am a genin, but not for long."

He looked hard at her, his head slightly cocked as if to look at her from a different angle, "You sound so confident Kagome-chan," awe focused on her, "You don't even have a team."

Doubt appeared in the boy's ever expressive eyes and Kagome rushed to comfort him with a gentle laugh, "Don't worry Naruto, I'm sure your team will do just fine." She struck a pose and put her hands on her hips, "And don't worry about me, I am a tad bit older than the normal Genin; I'll do just fine without a team."

And that seemed to do the trick as Naruto's goofy grin showed its self again, "Alright Kagome-chan! Will you meet me after we are done training?"

She ruffled his hair with a smile, "Yes Naruto, I will. I need to go do my own training so I guess we will meet for lunch yes?"

She noticed how he ignored his hair at the word food real quick. She remembered the ramen restaurant he pointed out on her tour hoped he didn't eat the stuff like InuYasha did, "Can we get Ramen?"

At the look in his eyes, she bet he could, and several times over. There is no way she would get stuck in a position to pay for that much ramen, "Yes, but remember, I'm just as poor as you are."

He pouted, "…but your roommate is an ANBU…"

Again Kagome found herself laughing, "You mange to peek at him before he left did you? I'll have to tease him about that later." She paused to shake her head with a grin, "I'll see you around Naruto; I believe your team is waiting."

He gave her a hug and she wasn't shocked by it this time and welcomed it, "Okay, see you, Kagome-chan."

When they parted Kagome made the appropriate hand signs and disappeared with a poof of smoke. It wasn't needed really, she could have just walked away, but she wanted to get as far away from her brother as possible for the moment.

She appeared on the top of her and Naruto's apartment building, with a deep sigh. She wondered if the Hokage had told Kakashi about her yet and decided she would go ask him. Looking off to Hokage Tower she leapt to a lower building and then to the ground; she might as well take another look around on her way there.

Without Naruto's happy voice to distract her, Kagome quickly noticed something this time around: People were glaring at her.

It unnerved her because she didn't know why they were glaring at her, until her sharp ears picked up on conversations about her, and Naruto. She quickly learned that the civilians do not like Naruto. And what was quickly pissing her off is the fact that it wasn't because of his character, but because of something he couldn't control.

From what she learned from her father's scrolls and Itachi, she could easily guess that young Naruto has the Kuuybi sealed inside him. As a baby, Naruto had no choice in the matter of the sealing, and yet these people hated the young Shinobi.

Kagome walked into Hokage Tower, pissed.

She had very little patients with the secretary as she was forced to wait to meet with the Third Hokage. At least this gave her some time to get a hold of her temper. She closed her eyes and took many sharp breathes that slowly smoothed out. She closed her gray eyes and sighed.

She crossed one leg over the other and leaned back. Sitting there she nearly jumped when the Hokage's door slammed open, the angry aura of a female almost had Kagome running for the hills and skip out on a meeting with the Hokage that seemed to have just managed to piss off a kunoichi.

She really didn't have to see the woman to know that she was coming towards her. She tensed, unsure what to do. Kagome feared getting into a fight and being banned from Konoha, and yet she was not about to lie down and let herself get pumbled.

Gray eyes raised to meet a pare that are as red as Itachi's Sharingan, and with the barely restrained glare coming her way Kagome would have ran, if not for living around demons for the last decade.

"I don't know you." Simply stated and Kagome fought the urge to roll her eyes, else she piss the other female off even more, "Are you the new comer that is going to participate in the chunin exams?"

Her tone had Kagome shivering in slight fright. It is very scary and Kagome would have been looking for an out if not for the fact she feared taking her eyes off the other female. Meekly she spoke, afraid that her words would get her attacked, "Yes…?"

If possible, it seemed those eyes hardened with even more anger and dislike, "How dare you," She started, her tone reminding the miko of Sesshomaru when Rin was nearly killed again, "How dare you jump in now, out of no where. You have no right to over shadow the Genin of this village when you haven't even lived here a week!"

Near the end Kagome wasn't sure if she was pissed, or scared shitless. Her own eyes narrowed and she started to rise out of her chair, livid words forming on her lips. But she didn't get a chance to defend herself. She wanted to say that she is a Shinobi of this village, with every right to advance in rank to better defend the great village, but the Hokage jumped in.

He moved in between them –a very dangerous position to be in as they are glaring daggers at each other- and visually pushed them apart, "Now, now Kurenai, Kagome. Let's not get into any fights okay."

Kurenai's crimson eyes flashed and she motioned towards Kagome, who wasn't the only one to flinch slightly at said motion, "How could you let her join in the Exam. In her twenties, with out a team! She hadn't been here a week and you are already letting her in the ranks!" She turned to Kagome who was doing her best to stay on the opposite side of the Hokage from the other woman, "Who the hell do you think you are!?"

A very animalistic growl left Kagome's throat, her eyes lightened to an almost unreal white-gray as her chakra pulsed under her skin, "ME!? Who the hell do you think you are to judge me without knowing me!? I came here wanting to make Konoha my home, and do you expect me to stay a genin for the rest of my life!?"

The other woman recoiled, as if slapped over the face, but she quickly recovered and her hand started to go for her kunai pouch, and with that, so did Kagome's.

Without any warning a Chakra force pulsed through the room, sending both arguing women back, Kagome into her chair and Kurenai against a wall. Both were met with the sight of a very disappointed Hokage who was giving both of them a look that reminded Kagome of the look she got from her mother when she was caught with her hand in the cookie jar, times ten.

Kagome took a moment to look around the room. The secretary was just starting to lift her head from behind her desk where it looks like she had taken cover. About five ANBU stood without their cloaks; one even had his hand on the hilt of his katana. She was suddenly very embarrassed with loosing her temper and that feeling only intensified when she met the Hokage's eyes.

She blushed and looked down.

The Hokage's voice carried through out the room, "Children! That is what you are both acting like. I've seen genin that took the situation more maturely than you two did!"

Kagome couldn't even find her voice to apologize she felt so ashamed of her self, and it seemed the other woman couldn't either as the only thing to be heard was the room breathing.

"Both of you stand and fallow me."

Kagome slowly stood; keeping her eyes to the ground as if looking up would get her attacked. Soon both she and the other woman were both sitting next to each other in wooden chairs in front of the Hokage's desk. The Sandaime shut the door behind them before he rounded his desk and sat behind it, hard eyes looking both of them over.

To Kagome, the silence that fallowed seemed to drag on for hours and she nearly jumped when the Hokage finally spoke, "Introduce your selves to each other, now."

Taking a deep breath Kagome looked over to see unreadable red eyes looking back into her own emotionless pare. Kagome knew that it is a blow to both of their prides to be treated as children, so she forced her self to give a small smile and pray it doesn't look like at grimace, "I believe we got off on the wrong foot," she held out her hand to the other woman, "Hatake Kagome."

The other woman's eyes widened in recognition and turned to look at the Hokage questionably; getting a nod and a small smile she tuned back to Kagome, and grasped her hand. She too tried to smile, "Yuuhi Kurenai." She cocked her head and both seemed to be a bit calmer, "How are you related to Hatake Kakashi?"

It was Kagome's turn to glance at the Hokage, and only after getting a nod she spoke, "He's my half brother, we had different mothers. Mine just recently passed and forced me to promise to leave the shrine I grew in to come here and live as a Shinobi, the calling of my blood."

Kurenai frowned, "Does he know…?"

Kagome looked to Sarutobi and also frowned, "That's why I was here to begin with; have you told him yet?"

Under the gazes of both women the old man tried not to flee, he sighed, "I told him last night when he turned in the mission report."

Kagome bit her lip and looked to the floor and was shocked to find a hand on her shoulder. She looked up into the calm and caring eyes of Kurenai, "Good luck in the exams, I guess I didn't look much into your entry and got mad., you do have a right to be a shinobi here…"

Kagome was glad for the topic change and knew the other woman did it on purpose. In a way, she was reminded of Sango and couldn't help but smile at the thought of her sister, "I really can't blame you. It's not like I wasn't expecting any resistance. And besides," she paused, her eyes twinkling slightly, "You really don't want me as an enemy."

The other woman's hand dropped but her comfort stayed as she too smiled, "Likewise."

A cough from the Hokage got both of their attentions and he raised a brow at them, "I will never understand women, one minute they are ready to kill each other and the next they are talking like best friends."

Kagome and Kurenai shared a look and a smile. The man dramatically sighed and both kunoichi giggled.

The man chewed on his pipe for a moment and looked at a towering pile of paper on his desk, "Do either of you have something else to say?"

The two of them fallowed his eyes to the stack of paper and shared a look and were about to get up and excuse them selves before Kagome remembered why she had already be in a sour mood. Behind her chair she bit on her lip and frowned, "Hokage-sama?"

His eye found hers, "Yes Kagome?"

Then she decided to drop that topic and think of something else, she rubbed the back of her head and let forth a small laugh, "Somehow Naruto roped me in to taking him to get ramen, and something tells me he can eat more than I can afford at the moment…"

The man seemed shocked for a moment before a grin found its self over his wizened face, "So you have managed to meet our resident prankster?"

Kagome smiled slightly, "Yes, we live in the same apartment building," she suddenly frowned, "Did you know the landlord was forcing Naruto to pay nearly twice as much as I pay for a two bedroom for his single bedroom?"

Kagome felt the other woman stand next to her and she glanced over at her to see concern red eyes, "That's not right; I know most civilians don't like Naruto, but to make him pay so much?"

"That's another factor," the miko looked back to the Hokage who is frowning deeply, "I the way here, I was being glared at simply because I was walking around with him earlier today. I understand humans normally react to demons like that, but Naruto is also human. Why don't they understand that?"

Again, shock, more so from Kurenai then the Hokage but it was still there. It is the other woman who speaks "You know of Kuuybi sealed inside Naruto?"

Kagome cocked her head and motioned to her clothing, "I was trained as a Miko, I can easily feel the demonic aura twisting with his."

"A miko?" eyes shine with understanding, "A Shrine priestess?"

Kagome nodded before looking back to the Sandaime, "I am worried Hokage-sama, I fear that someday they will do something drastic to Naruto…"

Something shined in the old man's eyes and she suddenly opened a drawer and pulled out a scroll and a brush to write with, with out looking up he spoke, "How about I make it so you will be able to afford Naruto's apatite Kagome?"

She shared a look with Kurenai, a little confused, "What do you have in mind?"

"Keep an eye on him, he needs that. Kakashi can do it on missions and during training, but he has his own missions as well. He can not always be there." The brush was now gliding across the scroll and Kagome realized that this was going to be her first mission.

Anticipation rose in her, "I can do that easily. I have to meet him for lunch so I guess I can start then."

TBC

A/n: Have we ever met Sakura's parents? Seriously, I know I haven't seen/read every episode, but still, Have we?

Okay, one, No major Emo Sasuke, he will not run at Itachi and 'try' to kill him the moment he lays his eyes on him. As you can tell, he unknowingly suspects that his brother did not do what he did. (How I love irony). It is going to take him a while to take in what really happens when he finds out.

Two, No horrendous fan girl Sakura. This is only enforced with the fact that she is starting to get a taste of her own medicine in the form of Lee. She will also not be a complete weakling, thought I will have to reread how her first match goes to decide what will happen during her match (she will still lose, just not as bad.) I am a Sakura basher, so I am going to fix what I don't like about her so I don't have to, okay? Honestly, that first since should be punishment enough…

And three, Tell me what you think about who I set up with Itachi. My source says Genma is 34…but is it okay with you guys if I de-age him a bit as I can't find any real reason to keep him that old. And for those of you who wanted Itachi with Shippo…Itachi sees him as too much of a nephew for that to work. Though, since Shippo is coming to the Shinobi world with Sesshomaru later in the story, who should I pare him with?

Anyway, Thanks for reading,

Please excuse my grammar,

FT