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: Sesshomaru/Kagome, Itachi/Shikamaru, Kakashi/Iruka, Gaara/ Naruto, Lee/Sakura, Shippo/Hinata, Sasuke/ ?? Asuma/Kurenai
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'
"Canine"
A/n: Ugh….
Enjoy…
Chapter: Meetings
Weasel ran a few passes behind Crow, his feet barely touching the trees as they passed under him. It is the first mission he had been on for Konoha in seven years, and even if he has been living in battle all those years, the thought of going against another shinobi with the intent to kill quickened his pulse. Don't get him wrong, fighting demons was a thrill on its own, but it was too easy to trick them as a Shinobi because they knew next to nothing of what they were fighting against.
The mission they were going on was A-classed, but he was not fooled. Weasel knew that this mission is a lower rank that this squad usually would go on, and not just because they are all ANBU. The Hokage would not have placed the seven years missing Nin with those he did not trust to be able to contain him if he chose to go against them.
Weasel saw many things wrong with that theory.
One, if he really wanted to, he could kill them all, not easily, but he could. Next to just one of Sesshomaru's top soldiers, the whole ANBU group is novice, beginners, genin who just got their hitai-ate. And the eighteen year old Uchiha is one of Sesshomaru's top soldiers, only beat out of the top because of his human blood.
Two, why would he interfere with trying to get his brother back? And surly killing an ANBU squad would not help that matter any.
And three, and this one he feared the most. Kagome; she would probably kill him if he did anything that interfered with her living in Konoha peacefully. She had already lived most of her life with danger around every corner, and that is the life of a missing Nin, which she would become if she was forced to leave the village hidden in Leaves.
Okay, she wouldn't kill him; just make his life a living hell, which is much worse then dieing. She would never abandon him, but damn she knew how to hand him a one way ticket down a guilt trip. And the only way he could make it two-way was apologizing, and no amount of ground kissing that would make her forgive him for ruining her chance to know the last member of her blood family.
With that thought he gave a very involuntary shiver. He would rather die then get on Kagome's bad side.
Signals that he would never forget formed on Crow's hands out of the corner of his black eyes and he forced him mind blank: Time to show them his loyalty, time to show them why he was an ANBU at age eleven.
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Kagome huffed to herself, crossing her arms over her chest and glared out at Konoha in front of her childishly. She sits atop the fourth head on the Hokage monument, grumpy and with way to much energy to spare. Not a single training field was open for use, as every genin team was either training for the exam, or just training for their next mission.
You'd think that a life of battle after battle would prepare her for the upcoming exam for Shinobi with far less experience than her, but Kagome realizes that the only shinobi she was ever put up against was Itachi, and that wasn't really a battle, and usually more like a sparring match. She has little to no experience fighting another Shinobi, and it kills her deep inside to know she is so unprepared...
If only she could go on a few missions before the exam, just to see what it was like.
The miko had decided that she should go practice with her chakra more than her miko energy to prepare herself a little, and go through the basics of her sword and fighting techniques. But she couldn't find any where to be alone to practice, wanting to surprise as many people as possible with her skills. She couldn't go to the Forest of Death either sadly, because it was being prepared for the exam.
It was more like home to her than any other part of the village too. She is suddenly saddened and she looks away from the village laid out before her, eyes watering a little. Home, she missed it so much and no matter how much she told herself that Konoha is her home now, she cannot forget the people she left behind.
She wishes Sango was here to give her some advice. She wishes Miroku was here to make her laugh. She wishes Kouga was her to kid around with. She wishes Hato was here to spare with. She wishes Shippo was here to hug away her fears. She wishes InuYasha was here to tell here to such it up with that knowing smile and most of all, she wishes Sesshomaru was here to stop her heart from aching.
Kagome's hand snaked up to the jewel hidden just under her collar bone, attached to her soul to keep hidden. Her Sesshomaru, she really loves him, right? A tear falls down her cheek and her eyes darken with her sadness, 'But no amount of wishing will make him appear, not even with you, you damn thing.'
"Are you alright Ma'am?"
Kagome's heart jumped to her throat in surprise and she quickly rubbed her tears away as she looked at who had been able to sneak up on her and caught her in a rare moment. There stood a kind looking Chunin with brown hair, a look of worry in his honey brown eyes. He wears his hair up in a high pony tail, but it is just long enough to spike out in all directions from its placement. A scare runs across the bridge of his nose, and she recognizes him as someone Naruto had said hello to earlier, but for the life of her, she could not remember his name.
She forced a smile, "I'm fine, thanks for asking."
He must have noticed how fake her smile was because his worry only deepened, "If you say so." He paused and looked out over the village, "What are you doing up here alone?"
She turned and looked out too so he could not see as she rubbed away the remainder of her tears, "Being bored I guess."
He laughed, shocking her and making her look at him in surprise, "You are new to Konoha and friends with Naruto and can't find anything to do?"
She glared at him playfully, and he seemed to get that because he just smirked back, "Naruto is training, so he isn't around to be free entertainment. I should be training, but I can't find anywhere to do so, and I am too tired of the glares I get to continue walking around the village to try that again."
He seemed to sadden a little before he smiled again, "I doubt they are getting much training, Kakashi has had his head in the clouds since he found out about you, he can't concentrate that much."
Kagome frowned a bit, not understanding at first, but then she did and her eyes widened and she stood up, "Wait how do you know about that?"
"Kakashi-kun and I are a bit closer than we let Naruto and anyone else thinks, Kagome-san. He was troubled last night and I finally got him to…tell me-" he seemed to freeze, as if he had said more then he should have.
Kagome noticed he was looking at her with a little…fear? She didn't know why until his words clicked and she truly smiled, happy for her brother, "Love is hard to find, I hope you two are embracing it."
He also smiled at her, and it seemed as if a weight was dropped from his shoulders. Really, she had no problem with same sex relationships; life's too short to be picky. If you find true love, one should not discriminate. Besides, she was the one that had to council Itachi when he was starting to notice his attraction to the same gender.
"We are," a dreamy look entered his eyes, "Took us a while to get each other to admit to it, but we are, thank you."
She grinned, feeling just a tad bit closer to her brother now, "Since he told you about me, I suppose you know everything, right?"
He seemed shocked about her bluntness; well she was never one to beat around the bush in situations like this. Slowly he nodded, "He told me everything the Hokage told him, from your past, to your roommate."
Kagome blinked her eyes, "He knows about Tachi-kun?" she cocked her head, "Does he care about that?"
Iruka –right, that was his name! - shook his head, "Kakashi-kun trusts the Hokage's judgment, if he doesn't see him as a threat, then neither do we unless he proves other wise."
Kagome's face darkened and her fists clenched, "And he won't do anything if he knows what is good for him."
The chunin took a step from her, laughing nervously, "How, how deep is your relationship, Kagome-san?"
The miko's face brightened again, "You could say he is like my little brother."
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The elder sibling of the two Hatakes found his self very unable to concentrate on anything, not even his precious book as it seemed to be blur words before his eyes. Heaven knows how many times he had to dodge a rouge kunai at the last moment because he hadn't noticed it being released wrongly, something he would usually notice.
And he knows his students notice, because even Naruto was giving him worried looks. The same look Iruka was giving him last night until he spilled. Maybe he should tell his students…no, it's too personal right?
But she seems to be friends with Naruto, so it is not like he isn't going to find out sooner or later, if he doesn't already know. Finally Kakashi sighs and puts away his book and gets ready to call off the training session as it is already past noon and it would be a good time to escape to think more on the topic of his sister, maybe even find Iruka to get some counseling.
He clapped his hands together to get their attention and it seemed like they already saw it coming because it didn't take them a second and they were standing in front of him, "Training for the day it over, I'm sure you're both hungry and tired."
Before he could speak anymore, Sakura's overly worried face drew his attention to her green eyes, "What is wrong Kakashi-sensei? You've been very distracted throughout the entire training session."
He really didn't want to tell his students that he just found out that he had a younger half sister and he was afraid to meet her, no that would ruin his image. So he wouldn't tell them unless forced, "Nothing you should worry yourself over Sakura."
The worry only deepened –the girl has been getting lesions from Iruka, he just knows it- and her eye brows knitted together, "But you are our sensei, if something is wrong we want to help."
Kakashi sighed deeply and his one visible eye closed, "As soon as I figure out what is wrong, you will know too Sakura…it's just complicated."
She was going to say more, but Sasuke spoke up and Kakashi was praising who ever listened that the usually silent genin interrupted Sakura's interrogation, "Who was that woman with you Naruto?"
The ex-ANBU turned to the youngest Uchiha to find him looking right at him, probably to see his reaction and Kakashi damn whoever was listening for giving the Uchiha a brain, 'The boy is too smart for his own good.'
Their eyes connected when Naruto spoke, "Oh her? That is Kagome-chan! She just moved in a few floors above me."
Black eyes still looked into grey, "You guys are going for Raman right? Let's all go so we can meet her."
And like that Kakashi knew he was doomed, whether it was to meet his sister before schedule –not that the really was one- or to be the one forced to pay as said sister has yet to go on a mission, and there for, is penniless. The gods hate him, really they do.
He watched as Sakura got all starry eyed because 'her true love' asked them all to lunch –at least that is what her mind is saying- and Naruto get hearts in his eyes because Sakura is going to eat lunch with his, a date in his eyes; and the whole time black calculating eyes are on him, probably ignoring the stupidity of his team mates to figure out what was going on with his sensei. Yeah the gods hate him because they gave him a team like his own genin team. 'Sensei, Rin and Obito are laughing in their graves, I just know it.'
Soon Naruto was dragging them off to his favorite Ramen stand, "Kagome-chan is going to be so happy to meet you guys!"
Kakashi forced himself not to sigh dramatically, because that isn't part of his image, 'If she is anything like me or my father Naruto, you are a dead man…'
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Iruka eyed Kagome out of the corner of his eye as she looked over the seemingly innocent looking Ramen stand. But anyone who knows Naruto and his hunger for Ramen knows that when you have to pay, you never want to see the stand again, ever. He knew she was calculating how much she was going to pay, like she already knew what she was getting into.
"If you have heard any rumors about Naruto's hunger for ramen, I am regretting to tell you that they are all true." He smiled knowingly as she groaned.
She shook her head and walked to take a seat to wait for Naruto, "It's not that I have heard rumors. But the way he reacted when I offered to take him to lunch….I had an old friend that the mere mention of Ramen could empty all of your bank accounts in hours…."
Iruka grimaced at the idea, "Well, Naruto isn't that bad…but you seem to have very bad luck with Ramen lovers."
"Yes," she held out that one word to add dramatics and to show just how much she dreads the upcoming event.
"Kagome-chan! Iruka-Sensei!"
Genin and Chunin turn around to find a hyper happy Naruto waving at them as the rest of his team fallowed, including Kakashi. Iruka could feel Kagome freeze next to him, for what reason he was unsure, but by the look of his lover, Kakashi was fighting off the same thing as his grey eye landed on his half sister sitting next to his lover.
For once the silver haired man didn't have his nose in one of his 'novels', not a good sign if you know him. Iruka is glad he chose to come along with Kagome, he needs to be the sturdy land on the rocky ground Kakashi –and Kagome if he is reading her right- just found himself on. He just hoped it wouldn't be so soon.
He watched as she smiled at the new comers, he doesn't know her, he can't read her, but she has eyes just like her brother, so from that he gets that she is fighting the urge to flee. So he starts their greetings, "Hello Naruto, Sakura-san, Sasuke-san, and Kakashi-sempai."
And like that Kagome seemed to find herself again and she relaxed, "Ah, so this is the rest of Team Seven I was told so much about," she nodded to all of them and looked at Naruto, "well, it seems they know who I am, but I don't know who is who Naruto."
Naruto grinned at her, oblivious to the fact that she had already used her deduction skills to figure out who was who. She smiled as she he turned half way to introduce his team to her, first he pointed to the only other female present and the only person she had to guess with, "This is Haruno Sakura."
The pink haired girl stepped forward, a smile gracing her young face. Kagome could tell she had seen horrors in her life, and what shinobi hasn't, but she didn't have a hard life; innocence still glittered in her emerald eyes, "Hello, It is nice to meet you."
She bowed a little, and Kagome dipped a bit shallower in return, "It a pleasure to meet you as well."
Standing strait again she turned her eyes to who could only be Itachi's brother and tried not to stare. No going around that with those black eyes and even blacker hair. He gave her a calculating look that would have unnerved her if she hadn't lived with Itachi for so long, "Uchiha Sasuke."
Naruto glared at his self proclaimed rival, "Teme! I'm doing the introductions."
Sasuke rolled his eyes as the blonde, "And you can't even do that right."
"Why you…." Everyone watched as Naruto attempted to pounce on Sasuke. Key word being attempted as he was side stepped.
Kagome had the urge to comment on how much the young Uchiha acted like his brother, but decided that wouldn't be a good thing to say, but she couldn't help but be reminded of the 'fights' Itachi and Shippo had gotten into. It brought a smile to her face.
She shook her head, "Naruto, you have one last person to introduce."
When Blue eyes were on her she motioned to her brother. Naruto blinked and he fought to get out of Sasuke's choke hold and succeeding when he bit down on the other boy's arm. He ran and hid behind Kagome to get away from the angry look in Sasuke's black eyes; Kagome had to fight the urge to laugh until she was crying on the ground with how much this reminded her of the good times in the past.
Instead she sighed and looked over at her brother to find him shaking his head, Iruka patting him on the back, also shaking his head. Sakura was next to the two teachers, face blood red with embarrassment; it is then that Kagome notices the crowd around them. Shinobi were laughed, or trying to hide it and Civilians were giving strange looks and some heated glared at the young blonde hiding behind her.
Kagome's gray eyes glared at those who had the nerve and many scampered away. Now that she was with Naruto again, her mission has started, and no one will stop her from protecting the kit. No one.
Kagome patted Naruto's head as she turned to her brother. Well, no use putting it off anymore; she reached out her hand, "Hello, Onii-san. I would be Hatake Kagome."
She smiled the best smile she could muster at the moment, hiding her nervousness when he just stared at her for a moment. The Butterflies dies however, when he reached out a hand gloved like her own, a smile hidden under his mask, "And I'm Hatake Kakashi, Jou-chan"
She gripped his hand tightly and gave a weak glare, "I'm not little. I am average height thank-you-very-much."
He was smirking at her, she just knew it…if the mirth in his aura was anything to go by, damn mask. He cocked his head at her, eye turned into an upside-down 'u', "Not average for a Hatake, you're not."
If their hands weren't still griped in a motionless hand shake she would huff and cross her arms over her chest, "Ha, ha, I'm sorry my hair doesn't stick strait up Scarecrow."
"Why didn't you tell us you have a sister Kakashi-sensei?!"
Hands were dropped as their first 'hello' was cut short and two pairs of shocked grey eyes turned to a gleeful and slightly angry pink haired girl. She was looking between the both of them and Kagome just knew that she was trying to get the facts straight in her mind. Sasuke on the other hand looked like all the pieces just clicked together with his 'I knew it' look. Iruka was smiling at them, relief in his brown eyes.
Kakashi looked at his sister and then to his student, well aware of the fact that many pairs of eyes were on him. He would not doubt it if news that the Copy Ninja had a sister would travel to all houses in Fire country by night fall, and then the whole continent by the end of the week.
And it would be farfetched rumors if he didn't correct all thoughts right now by answering Sakura's question, so he did, "I did not know I had a sister until last night Sakura."
He glanced at her sister, and Kagome connected eyes with him and her next words read his mind and probably answered a lot of questions, "We are half siblings sharing our father. I grew up in a shrine and did not know of my father until I was seventeen and when my mother died she made me promise to come find the brother I never met."
Naruto jumped around her in glee, a smile nearly splitting her face apart, "So she came to Konoha to take on the life of a Shinobi!"
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It was well past noon when the ANBU group got to their destination: the ruins of a long dead warlord's castle. The story the ruble told him did not impress Weasel as he looked it over. It is a remaining factor of why castles are pointless in their world, were survival is essential and gloating the money and power you have is useless unless you have the strength and numbers to protect it.
They were there to check up on the rumors of a group of Missing Nin that were making the ruins their head quarters. Of course, the Hokage had more than rumors to go on because the village that is at the foot of the large hill the castle once claimed was suffering many deaths. Lone ANBU discovered that the villagers are being blackmailed and their daughters, and sometimes sons are being taken and never seen when they were ordered to become the shadows of the village.
Usually this kind of thing would be left for the civilian police to handle, but with the rumor of a leaf village hitai-ate being seen, it was made their matter.
No part of the castle was still standing, so they are were not using the actual building for their hide out, so they are either underground or using a really strong genjutsu to hide whatever part of the building they are using. Before he was even given the order Weasel had his Sharingan activated, searching for traces of chakra.
He just prayed that it has nothing to do with his clone with Kagome so far away.
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Kagome had to empty her wallet to pay her half of the bill after everyone had eaten, and she did so with a groan. In the feudal era she was well know and revered as a hero, so hardly ever had to pay for anything she wanted, and would get it anyway because of the vast wealth and power Sesshomaru held, but here she had nothing, which would need some getting used to.
She got a synthetic look from Iruka, but she refused to let him pay for what he had eaten, and he had gotten a glare when he tried to behind her back. He had nearly hidden behind Kakashi when she had directed that at him, demons cowered at her glare, so why wouldn't he?
But the man soon got her back, and she vowed revenge against him for his evil plotting; soon only she and Kakashi were left standing at the Ramen stand as the chunin ushered everyone else away.
"Oh, he is evil."
Next to Kagome Kakashi chuckled, having loosened up around her after watching her interact with his students and lover, "Am I that bad Jou-chan?"
She gave him a side long glare, "I've been forced to communicate with worse."
He smiled, but didn't say anything and motioned for her to start walking down the street. Together they walked out of the main market area of the village –bustling to catch up with all of the visitors coming for the exams- to go to a more quiet area to talk.
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They had been walking for a good twenty minutes now, just enjoying each other's company as they stalked through a quieter section of the village. It was quiet here, away from the hustle and bustle of the market place and tourist attractions.
But Kakashi was getting bored.
So he pulled out his notorious book to read. He decided that he might as well; it is not like they were talking, hell, he is sure that neither of them knows where to start with their sudden relationship. And when in doubt about a relationship with a female, push off all thoughts about it until a later moment.
Finally, finally he was actually able to read his beloved book after being too distracted to read it the whole day, too bad it wouldn't last long.
Kagome had noticed him pulling out the book and had peeked over at him to watch as he read. She frowned because he had given up on trying to get to know her, but conceded to the fact that it wasn't like she was trying very hard either. She let him walk ahead of her, taking her chance to get a peak of what he was reading.
The miko's cheeks stained pink and she isn't sure if she really wants to read the material her brother has chosen to read. But then again, it's not like the time she came home and caught Souta –cough, cough- having some interment time with himself. The book seemed to actually be well written and she found herself getting on her tip toes to read over Kakashi's shoulders so she could see more of the words on the page.
But then he suddenly stopped, and she ran into him. She didn't remember when she had gotten directly behind him and was so caught off guard the miko found herself flat on her bum with some not so graceful and ladylike word coming from her mouth. Spending time with InuYasha will do that to your vocabulary….
With a glare she looked up at her brother who had turned around to look down at her with one brow raised, though because of the fact that only one brow can be seen, she isn't really sure if both are raised or not like his voice told her they were, "Is my baby sister trying to read my adult novel?"
She huffed as he held the book to his chest protectively and looked away with her arms over her chest, "I'm twenty-six, and I assure you that I am far from being innocent after living with demons for so many years."
He smirked at her, and the only way she knew this is because his aura was telling her he was. She looked back at him with a small glare when he taunted her, "You were enjoying my novel, weren't you Jou-chan?"
She narrowed her gray eyes at him, "Because liking such a book is bad for my image, I will be inclined to say no."
He laughed at her. And it was no small chuckle either, but a full belly laugh that had him throwing his head back in mirth. This slightly ticked her off so to get back at him for not only stopping so suddenly and making her fall, but laughing at her, she got up, stole his precious book and was about a mile ahead of him reading it by the time he figured out that she had gotten up.
He was quick to catch up to her fast paced steps with his longer legs, mirth still flaring in his aura, "Sure Jou-chan, you may barrow my book, but I will want it back."
Finishing the first page Kagome turned the page; she humped at him, "Like I was going to ask after you laughed at me."
Her sour mood with him seemed to have no effect on the jounin as he chuckled at her as she read a book he was looked down on for reading. At least they found something they have in common for now, "I'll keep it a secret if you discuss it with me later on, it would be nice to talk to a fellow fan."
Kagome stopped and gave him a look, pausing from her reading, "You, a male and my older brother, wants to talk about an adult novel with your younger sister?"
He stopped next to her and gave a show of thinking on it, "Yes, yes I do."
Her eye brow twitched, "The plot, nothing else."
He chuckled again and stuck out his hand, "Then we have a deal."
He grasped his with her own, "Yes, you help me keep my image and I live through immense amounts of embarrassment. Sound about right?"
He was practically shaking with mirth, "Yes it does."
"Good," she glared at him then looked at the page before her to go on from where she left off, "Now poof away like a good shinobi and let me read."
He bowed to her, making her eye twitch, "Yes oh, mighty Princess Hatake."
He 'poofed' away before she could hit him or do any form of physical harm to him, she restrained from going after him to just pumble him. After a moment a small smile formed on her pale lips and she giggled to herself in the middleempty road, 'It's like being with Miroku again.'
The monk was like her brother, her perverted, groping brother, but her brother. He always knew how to make her laugh, and even if he didn't know it, Kakashi seemed to have this ability as well. That alone made her less fearful of confronting him again.
Kagome read her brother's book for the next few blocks as she walked, soon passing up a chapter and on to the next, engrossed into the text. But something made her stop and close the book, now fully aware of her surroundings. She had felt another demonic aura, and it was very close to where she felt her Naruto's.
After putting her book in one of her scroll pouches Kagome jetted off, passing about five more blocks until she turned suddenly and looked down a street, eyes taking in every detail of where another Youkai was making its presence known to her senses.
First off her eyes traced Naruto and his team unharmed but shaken up. Thank Kami; Itachi would kill her if Sasuke had gotten harmed. The young Uchiha was currently in a tree, shock in his eyes, Naruto and Sakura are on the ground with three younger kids, maybe three years younger. From the way they stood around the two genin Kagome knew that they were frightened by the last three shinobi on the street.
Sharp eyes studied the three figured in different clothing. In her mind, it was made up that they are not from around Konoha, and this is made a fact when one slightly turns to leave towards her and their hitai-ate are seen.
'Sand Village.' She narrows her eyes at them. There is two male, and one female like the normal genin team so she assumes that they are here for the exam. The female is carrying a very large metal object, a closed fan maybe, she stands taller than the other two with bleached blonde hair divided into four pony tails.
The next one is the one slightly turned towards her and is wearing all black and she recognizes his face paint from the angle as a puppeteer's make-up and assumes that is what is wrapped up on his back. Both of them seem to be older than the last, but she can feel their fear of the red head.
And the last one is the one she can feel the Youkai coming from, and in the way that it is coming from him she can guess that the demon is sealed within him like it is with Naruto. It is weaker, but makes him far stronger than any normal genin with the power she feels coming from his core.
It is this red haired, blue eyes genin that finally turns around and sees her. The miko makes her face just as emotionless as his when their eyes connect, "What is going on here?"
Everyone turns and looks at her in shock as her voice could have cut through metal without a problem, none of them having sensed her arrival. Gasps are heard and she stares at them, waiting for an answer.
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After Iruka had forced the genin of team seven to abandon Kagome and Kakashi at the ramen stand, the three of them just walked down a street, all thoughts to their selves. Naruto was thinking of the upcoming exam, daydreaming about coming out victorious in ways not possible for his skill level. Sakura and Sasuke on the other hand, were thinking about this new woman, Kakashi's half sister.
Sakura thought she seemed nice enough, not at all like her older brother from what she could see. Sasuke, on the other hand, was thinking of her strength. Was she as strong as her brother? What kind of Jutsu does she use, and if she uses elemental jutsu, what element or elements does she favorer. He remembered over hearing her and Naruto that morning, with the fact that she would be participating in the exam. And he really couldn't wait to see how she fought.
Even if she is in her twenties and still a genin, he can tell she is not to be underestimated, if not for anything then just because she is a Hatake. She had said she had grown up in a shrine, who knows what kind of training she could have gotten there.
"Oi, Teme, let's go train for the exam!"
With a barely hidden twitch Sasuke looked over at the other male of his team who was looking at him with a wide grin. It's not that he hates the blonde; it's just that the Uchiha finds him incredibly annoying.
Before the onyx eyes shinobi could say anything Sakura spoke up, "Shut up Naruto! We just finished training; Sasuke-kun must be tired!"
This time his eyes brow fully twitched; as annoying as Naruto was, his pink haired fan girl was ten, no, twenty times worse. He fought the urge to growl at her in his annoyance as he spoke, cutting of Naruto as he went to complain, "Sakura-chan."
He ignored the way Naruto looked at him with envious eyes as he got Sakura's full attention by just saying her name. He could swear that hearts have entered her eyes and resists the urge to gag. Instead his eyes narrow, "Shut up, and stop talking for me. Compared to Naruto, you need immense training so stop acting above him."
And then he walked away, leaving two shell-shocked team members in his dust. Naruto was trying to figure out if he had just heard his rival right, or if by some chance he had fallen asleep at the ramen stand and was dreaming.
Sakura felt like she had just been slapped and wanted to cry, 'I am weaker, I do less than everyone else on missions!'
Wallowing in self pity Sakura turned around and walked slowly in the other direction. Naruto decided that he was indeed dreaming and turned around to ask Sakura on a date just to keep it a happy dream, when he heard movement behind him.
(1)The blonde looked behind him and his eye brow twitch at the sight of a box with two eye holes that was painted to look like a rock. 'Suppose to be a rock?'
Naruto turned around and walked away, but the 'rock' fallowed him. With a small smirk he jerks back around, pointing to the 'rock', "Ha! I act like I am looking forward, but feint! What kind of rock is square with two holes! I see right through that!"
Some grumbling could be heard from under the rock and the blonde watches as the box is over turned and three younger kids comes out from under it. He recognizes one right off the bat "Oh, it is you Konohamaru…." He frowns, "Huh? What is with the goggles?"
The named kid strikes a pose with his thumbs up, "We are coping the old you Bro!"
A little bored Naruto put his arms behind his head, "Ahh…"
Konohamaru leapt forward and pointed at the old female, "What do you mean by 'Ahh'?" He frowned at Naruto, "Hey, you are cold lately bro!"
Naruto resisted the urge to sigh and blew off the brunette's words, "So, what do you want?"
The only female of the group stepped up to him and the blonde ignored the two males as they whispered behind her, probably about him, as she talks, "Umm, leader, are you free?"
Naruto brightened up, thinking of his plans, "Nope!" He struck a pose, "I'm Training!"
"What!?" All three of the shinobi in training burst out in disappointment, "But you said you would play shinobi with us today!"
Naruto laughed nervously, "Oh, yeah…" He took a stop back, 'If I play with them it will take all day…'
"Um…" At the new voice Naruto and his crew turned to see that Sakura was still standing there, "Why would a shinobi 'play' Shinobi?"
Sakura stared at the dobe of her team and resisted the urge to cry again, 'I'm below him…?'
Next to Naruto Konohamaru looked up at his 'rival', "Hey bro, who is this girl?"
The orange clad shinobi effectively ignored him, 'Man, she is making me nervous by looking at me like that…'
After being ignored the dark eyes leader of the younger group turned at studied the pink haired girl that was in turn, staring at Naruto, 'She is staring at bro like she wants to eat him alive…'
Suddenly and idea clicked in Konohamaru's head and he brightened up and looked at Naruto in approval, "Not bad bro."
A little confused the blonde looked down at him with his eye brow raised, "Huh?"
Konohamaru smirked, "Is she your," he made a hand movement with his pinky figure, "This?"
Naruto couldn't help it as his mind started to wonder, "Wow, you brats are very perspective…"
"Wrong!"
It shouldn't have shocked him, but suddenly Naruto found himself thrown back with an immense pain in his cheek. She had punched him. Konohamaru gasped as he watched Naruto be thrown into a nearby fence, "BRO!"
He glared at the offending female that had just punched his 'hero', "How Dare you!" The he and his two friends run to assist the dazed Shinobi.
Naruto just laid there, not really sure which way was up, and which way was down. The female of the group gasped, "No, leader! Don't die!"
Konohamaru looked back over to the pink hared female, "You bitch!"
Big mistake.
Sakura ran at them, fists raised and started going at not just Konohamaru, but Naruto as well. When satisfied, and feeling a little better about herself, she started to walk away. Konohamaru's friend, the one with the glasses watched her go for a moment before leaning down, "Konohamaru-kun? Are you all right?"
Konohamaru sat up, with great amounts of pain, "Damn it bro, that big fore headed…Is that really a girl? Seriously, Bro?"
Naruto felt dread in his very heart and wanted to cry as he turned to look in the direction Sakura had gone off in, praying that she had not heard the idiotic words that had left Konohamaru's mouth. Unfortunately, she did.
He stood up and braced himself, then turned and ran with his crew as she turned with angry eyes and chased after them.
They weren't looking where they were going, and unfortunately, Konohamaru ran into someone. He fell back down on his bum and everyone else stopped and looked in horror at who Konohamaru had just collided with. The brunette's body shook as a much taller male, and a shinobi by his garb and hitai-ate as he was stared down at.
"That hurts," to his utter horror the new male reached down and picked Konohamaru up by his green scarf, "That hurt you little piece of shit."
Naruto took several steps forward, "Konohamaru!"
Sakura suddenly felt very nervous and shook a little as she noticed that the male was not alone and a lighter haired female stood not far off. Something was mumbled between her the two new shinobi that she could not catch, bat all she could think of was apologizing, "Sorry, we were just messing away.'
But Naruto had to break in and ruin her chance of getting everyone out without anyone getting hurt, "Hey, Fat ass, let go of him!"
!!!!
Kankuro just looked over at the loudmouth blonde and glanced at the hitai-ate over his forehead, 'A Leaf Genin…'
The Puppeteer couldn't help but chuckle to himself and ignore his sister's words, as well as the other genin's and raised the boy who had run into him, just a bit higher. He laughed to himself, "Let's play a little before the boss comes."
He watched with glee as the blonde lost his cool and ran at him screaming, "You Bastard!"
With his own evil chuckle he clenched his hand and called on his chakra threads and tripped the loud mouth with ease, "Leaf genin", he paused to laugh, "Are weak."
The blonde tried again to rush him, but the pink haired female of the group was smart enough to hold him back and he could hear mutters of 'stupid' from her. He decided since Gaara had yet to show up that he would continue to play, "You see, I hate midgets…" He raised his fist, "Especially younger rude ones…they make me want to kill them."
He enjoyed it as the younger Konoha residents shivered in fear and the other two genin gasped. Next to him Tamari sighed and looked away muttering, "Oh well, I'm not involved."
The blonde raised his fist at him, "You bastard!" The female stayed behind the loudmouth, a look of slight fear in her eyes, oh how he enjoyed that.
Kankuro shrugged his shoulders and turned his attention to the kid in his hand and readied to punch him, "Well, after this one I'll take care of the other annoying midget."
He didn't sense it until it was too late and impact happened. He dropped the kid and rubbed his suddenly sore arm, glaring at a tree not far away, "Hey!"
In the tree sat a black haired male, tossing a few rocking in one hand as he gazed down at himself and his sister, "What are you bastards doing in our village?"
Kankuro growled at the new genin in his mists, ignoring the shouts of 'Sasuke-kun' that came from the pick haired female. The kid that he had dropped ran to his friends but all he could do was glare as he rubbed his hand.
Ebony eyes met his eyes, "Get lost."
This further angered the sand Nin, "Hey, Punk. Get down here!"
He was just stared at and he pulled Karasu off his back, "I hate show offs like you the most!"
From behind him Tamari decided it was time to interfere, "Are you even going to use Karasu!?"
"Kankuro, stop it!"
A shiver went down both sand shinobi's backs and they looked up to where the voice came from and found their younger brother standing upside-down on a branch not far from Sasuke, "You are an embarrassment to our village."
While everyone else looked at the new arrival in shock Kankuro took a nervous step back, "G-Gaara."
Those heartless blue eyes stared at him, "Loosing yourself in a battle, how pathetic. Why do you think we even came to Konoha?"
It was all Kankuro could do to point at the leaf Shinobi and blame it on them, "Listen Gaara, they started it and…"
He stopped talking, he was getting 'that' look, "Shut up or I will kill you."
Fear racked the puppeteer's body, "Okay, I'm sorry."
Next to him Tamari leapt in to help him, "I'm also sorry, really sorry…"
Gaara ignored them and looked over the other occupant of the tree, "Sorry to you guys."
Before any of the leaf Nin could react Gaara was surrounded by sand and teleported in between Kankuro and tamari, "Looks like we got here early, but…" Gaara straitened up, "We didn't come here to play."
Kankuro held back the urge to back away from the red head that was suddenly closer, "I know that…"
Again he was ignored and Gaara turned to go, "Let's go."
But Gaara paused and a new voice made them all jerk around and stare at another new comer, "What is going on here?"
And she was no Genin, Probably a higher Chunin or Jounin. And by her Hitai-ate, Kankuro knew they were in trouble. She wasn't glaring at the, but her frown and crossed arms were enough to make the Puppeteer shiver. Her grey eyes are hard and her black hair flows in the wind from her high pony tail.
None of the Sand Shinobi spoke, Gaara was to shocked that she had been able to sneak up on them. Behind them Kankuro was able to hear the loudmouth suddenly make a whooping sound,"Kagome-chan!"
Finally those eyes left Gaara and she looked behind them, "Naruto-kun, is anyone hurt?"
"That cat eared one attacked Konohamaru!" Kankuro froze as even Gaara and Tamari's eyes landed on him, but oddly it was the gray eyes that scared him the most, and that is saying something with who Gaara is.
She took a step forward, "Is that so?"
The little brat who had run in to him spoke up, "Yes! He said he was going to kill me!"
And now Kankuro knew he was screwed.
TBC
A/n: I'm breaking down. I need a beta. I can't get everything, no matter how much I don't want help. Just grammar and stuff like that. If you want to be my beta, you cannot try to change the tense of anything, because then you will annoy and confuse me. If you are interested, send me a note. Just be warned that you will have to beta every chapter already written, not just those to come.
Thank you for being patient with me. I kept getting stuck on this chapter; it was very frustrating until I finally figured a way to work it all out. Sorry if it wasn't the meeting you wanted between Kakashi and Kagome, they are working one step at a time, they will not jump into their new relationship all of the sudden.
(1) Hehe, I love taking parts directly from the true plot, makes it easier. Btw, I do not own that part of the story and I proclaim that it was not originated out of my mind, so no suing!
Anyway, Thanks for reading,
Please excuse my grammar,
FT