Title: Raiton Kage
Author: FairyTails13
Disclaimer: I own nothing…but the plot.
Rating: M
Summary: 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: Sesshomaru/Kagome, Itachi/??, 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'
Beta: Jade Aislin (I'll post the beta'ed version when they are done.)
A/n: Um…I seem to notice that I can't decide a paring for the Uchiha brothers…..I am personally okay with The Itachi/Sasuke paring, and see a way to make it work here. I have opened a Poll on my page; vote for it or against it.
I am not ignoring any suggestions that my reviewers have given me for the two…I just don't see how to make those work as a side pairing because I would need to dedicate more time to them then the main pairing to make it work.
Now that I have gotten that out, on for the real reason you are on this page.
Chapter: Two Weasels
Kagome watched as the puppeteer froze in fear, "Is that so?
One of the young Civilians spoke up, a little boy with goggles and a green scarf stepped out from behind Naruto shyly and pointed with a shaky figure at the puppeteer, "Yes! He said he was going to kill me!"
Anger boiled in Kagome's gut as her gaze suddenly hardened and she was forced to restrain her killing intent, "You are from Sunagakure, our allies and our guests, how dare you threaten one of our civilians, a child no less."
The puppeteer and the female took a step back from her in fear; they knew it was restrained, but they could still feel her chakra from where they stood, and the power they felt was terrifying. The red head didn't react and she met his gaze, not affected by his killing intent in the least after living around full fledge demons twenty-four seven for half of her life.
Finally those eyes looked over at the puppeteer, "Kankuro, apologize."
The newly named Sand Nin looked at the younger male in shock, and looked as if he was about to protest, but the red head's gaze alone silenced him and he suddenly turned around and bowed stiffly, "I apologize for my behavior."
Kagome watched as Sasuke landed next to his team mates. He ignored Kankuro by not even sparing him a glance, but Sakura slowly nodded her head with wide eyes, unable to speak like Naruto next to her who was string at his newest friend. He seemed shocked by her change in attitude and no matter how much her heart clenched at the hurt there in his blue eyes, she forced herself to look away. The civilians don't know how to react, to affect by the killing intent hanging in the air to say anything.
The miko's eyes connected with the blue-green eyes of leader of the sand Nin, she could see the demon in them, and she could feel its blood lust for her. Without thinking she flared her miko aura and the demon hid inside his host. The Host gazed at her in pure confusion, and she could see a bit of sanity in his eyes with his demon hiding.
The host, she could tell, wasn't insane himself, but indeed sleep deprived and probably wasn't taught to love or be loved. Like her Naruto he probably had a hard life and had been betrayed and hated most of and if not all of his short life; and by the looks of it, never got the love Naruto finally found. It was not the host's fault, but unlike Naruto, where his demons seemed to be completely sealed, the red heads did not seem to be so restrained.
This greatly worried the mother at heart.
She held back the urge to take him away and figure out all his problems and help solve them. But she couldn't do that, she isn't in the feudal era where she would not be questioned for motives for doing such a thing, but in a world of sneaky and suspicious Shinobi.
She held back her aching heart as his eyes suddenly turned back to ice, probably not understanding the chance at a true relationship he was getting ready to be offered. He closed up, and hardened, staring her down and she was forced to do the same, "You are here for the exam, are you not? Where are your passes?"
The female was the one to speak up, pulling out her pass as she hid her confusion at was happening with her youngest brother and this Konoha Shinobi, "Yes, we are." She stood proudly and Kagome had to hold back a smile as she was reminded of herself, "I am Tamari no Suna."
The puppeteer looked at her from his side angle, his pride still deeply injured even as he tries to hide it. She hates to admit it, guessing that he was probably treated the same as the demon host, if not a little better; but he seriously needed to learn not to mess with Konoha Civilians "Kankuro no Suna."
He wasn't glaring at her when their eyes connected and at that moment she noticed the connections between all three's auras. They were all related, brothers and sister. Kagome decided to figure out who would treat their children so and then beat the bloody hell out of the arrogant ass hole.
Kagome immediately pushed down those murderous thoughts, thinking way to much like a feral demon than was physically and mentally safe. She distracted herself by looking at the demon host as he introduced himself, "Gaara no Suna." His eyes narrowed at her with a scrutiny she hadn't seen since Sesshomaru discovered she could fight, "I require your name as well."
Kagome debated on telling them her clan name, but knew they would find out sooner or later because of what it was and the rumors that would soon be all over –if not already- Konoha, "Hatake Kagome." She turned her head slightly in the direction she had just come from and the way they had been going, "I believe you were leaving."
Gaara stared at her for a moment, body tense, "We were." He motioned to the rest of his team, "Let's go."
Kagome watched them as they walked by, her eyes never leaving them until they were out of sight. She knew she would have to watch them, something was up with them. And if anything, she needed to see this Gaara alone and work that magic in relationships she was always being told she had. He needed someone that was for sure. And so did his siblings.
"You didn't need to interfere."
Breaking away from her thoughts, gray eyes looked at the Uchiha with a little shock as he glared at her with a malice that almost hurt her. She blinked at him in confusion and in the back of her mind she hates Uchiha Madara all the more because of all the trouble he caused, "I didn't, but that doesn't mean I couldn't."
"Just because you are Kakashi's sister does not mean you can come into our lives like that, so don't try to get all friendly with us." He was glaring at her, his fists clenched. He shocked her and his team too, it seemed, as they were both looking at Sasuke like he had grown another head.
She was unaffected by his hatred no matter his efforts to scare her and raised a brow at his behavior, "Please keep in mind that there are civilians with you Uchiha-san. I knew you did not need saving, but I could not stand aside as they were put in danger." She glanced at Naruto and gave him a small smile, "See you Naruto-kun."
He nodded dumbly, "See you."
She nodded to the little kids who were staring at her with big eyes, and then with the proper hand signs Kagome teleported away, leaving a slightly guilty Sasuke, a dumbfounded Naruto, a shocked Sakura and three awe struck civilians.
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Kakashi looked up at the sky as it darkened, and a small smile on his face. Today had been a good day for the Copy Nin. He had finally gotten to meet his sister and she didn't seem all that bad; she was reading 'Icha Icha Paradise' after all. This told him that she was at least accepting and willing to learn about something or someone before discriminating against them or it.
He couldn't wait to see her in action. From the stories she told the Hokage about her life, Kakashi knew it would be epic if she really had to put effort into winning. Just the way she walked, head held high, back straight and movement fluid showed that she was a graceful and confident fighter. And the way she carries a katana in the open with pride, it made him shiver with the thought of seeing her kick ass.
After he had left her reading, Kakashi had went to a meeting at Hokage tower and stood next to Asuma and Kurenai as they nominated their first year genin to take on the Chunin exam. He truly believed that they were ready to take on the exam. Even if he got through it easily on his first try, he would lie if he said that he thought his team would as well. It wouldn't be easy, and he doubted they would go through without a scratch.
He could see Sasuke getting through the exam without a hitch because all of the torturous training he puts himself through to be able to defeat his brother, and maybe Naruto if he stopped being head strong and rash. And together, when they actually decided to work with one another, they would defiantly not go down without majorly injuring their enemy first.
Sadly, on the other hand, Sakura needed more training; the Jounin knew for a fact that this event would open her eyes and hopefully get her attention away from Sasuke and make her pay attention to her jutsu. After all, her team couldn't be there for her at all times, and she could barely defend herself at times if at all.
In the week before the exam, Kakashi knew he would have to train them hard, and now that he wasn't distracted, he could, because they needed it. Lately their team work has been suffering; he only wishes that he could get through to them.
As soon as Kakashi stopped in front of his apartment, he knew his day was getting ready to get ugly. He remembers just fine, the look his lover had given him at the meeting and he shivered in fear at the thought of the mother-hen Iruka.
He knows that the chunin is overly protective of Naruto, and that he would really have to explain himself before his lover accepted that the Jinchuuriki was ready to leave the nest.
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By night time they still hadn't found anything and it was irking Weasel. They were at a dead end and all he wanted to do was go back to Konoha to check on Kagome and keep an eye on his brother. But that seem impossible at the moment as their search came up empty, but the mission was to find the missing Nin and they could not leave until they finished the mission.
Sharingan still activated Weasel surveyed his surroundings under the light of the crescent moon. He felt a sense of home under the barely there moon, it reminded him of the west and that calmed him just slightly. He closed his eyes and reached out his senses, searching hard for anything that his eyes had missed. He would have to be honest though, it wasn't the first time he had done this throughout the day; he was just doing it to put some kind of effort into searching.
He could feel the squad leader not far away, talking with Owl and Lioness. Two of the others were making a perimeter to make sure no one enters or leaves the ruins and the last member of the team was in the village looking around. He recognized their auras right off the bat, but the two others he felt were new, but one he recognized.
His red eyes snapped open and he jerked around, a shiver running down his spine, 'Not good. Not good at all.'
Behind him the Squad leader called out, attention attracted at the jerk movement the normally graceful ANBU showed, "What is it?"
Weasel leapt back to on what was left of a stone wall, right in front of Crow, just a little bit higher than him, "We aren't alone anymore."
Crow, Lioness and Owl looked around and probably sent out their senses, but Weasel only had eyes for what was coming from the distance. They were hiding their chakra, really well, but he was trained to sense auras and those, he could feel. He deactivated his Sharingan, knowing that even if those that are not of Uchiha blood couldn't see it, another Sharingan could see the unique chakra that the blood limit emitted. He hid his aura, his chakra, anything that would identify him as Uchiha Itachi in hopes of not being recognized.
He leapt down from the wall and stood behind Crow and Owl, pulling down on his hood to hide his mask as much as possible, "He cannot know of my existence."
He got odd looks before it seemed to click in Crow's mind as his next orders were to conceal their selves and to make certain that Weasel was not seen by their new visitors. So, looking like any other ANBU that just happened to get Itachi's old mask, Weasel hid with his team in the shadows of the ruins, praying that his murderous clone would not discover him or any of his platoon and that they were able to make it out alive.
When Weasel grabbed onto a kunai, it wasn't because he was going to fight; no He can't fight. Even if he was trained in another world completely, no one knew better than an Uchiha, the basics that were practically drilled into their heads from birth. And the Clone would no doubt recognize those basics; even if Weasel's fighting style had drastically changed over the years under Sesshomaru and Kagome's wing.
He couldn't use his fire based jutsu either, because it is all Uchiha based. And his Genjutsu would be useless against his self, a Genjutsu master. Though, the thought of testing out his clone's ability with genjutsu made him a bit gitty with the thought of getting a real challenge, and to show that the original is always better.
He would have to set traps, he has enough exploding slips on him to blow the Hokage Monument to hell and back three times. So he carefully pulled those out, wrapping some around his throwing weapons, and some on the ruins around him. Can't recognize someone if there is an explosion in the way. And this is something he would defiantly not resort to ten years ago.
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Kagome has this gut feeling.
That something was up with her ANBU brother. She knew the feeling wasn't because of anyone else she cared about in this world, because she had already checked up on everyone else. Naruto is peacefully sleeping, hugging a large stuffed toad to his chest. Sasuke is asleep as well, peacefully now that she calmed his nightmare ridden mind.
Someday she was going to find Madara and show him how she killed demons that were cocky and felt like messing with the lives of those around them.
She had checked up and Iruka and Kakashi…and wished she hadn't with every fiber of her being and bleeding eyes. She had even checked up on Sakura, and still she could not find anything wrong here in Konoha. So something has to be wrong with Itachi.
She couldn't sleep, and was pacing across the top of the Hokage monument as she tried to calm down. She had come up here, remembering that Itachi said that when you stand on top of the monument it felt like you could reach the stars, and maybe that would calm her nerves. It did feel as if you jumped a little bit, you could grab a star out of the sky, but her gut was still clenching and aching.
She wasn't sure if she wanted to kill something or just cry.
"Kagome-san?"
Kagome held back the urge to screech and jump in fright, and felt like kicking herself in the ass for letting her guard down, again. Calmly she turned around to see her guest and found the Hokage looking at her oddly. His pipe was in his mouth and his arms were held behind his back. She blinked away her shock, "Hokage-sama?"
He looked at her was questioning eyes, "It is two in the morning Kagome-san, what on earth are you doing up this early in the morning?"
Her jaw dropped, "Two…in the morning?"
His face grew worried, "What had you so distracted that you didn't even know the time?"
She bit her lip, and looked away to the stars, "Tachi-kun once said that you could almost grab the stars when you were on top of the Hokage Monument, I came up her to see if it was true."
"Yes, but we both know that is not the real reason." He didn't buy it. He pulled out his pipe and dumped the ashes out, "You don't pace when you are star gazing, Kagome-san. What is bothering you?"
Kagome looked down and sighed as she hugged herself, "Something is wrong with Itachi."
When she looked up at him he seemed to be a bit confused, "He is out on a mission yes? There is always a chance for danger or death on a mission Kagome-san, especially with ANBU. I thought you would know that."
Kagome growled to herself and turned around in frustration, "I know that! That danger isn't any different from the feudal era when we could be attacked or killed at any moment. "She hugged herself and looked back at the Hokage as he studied her with aged and wizened eyes, "I know that he can handle himself in any situation with ANBU because he has gone into battle against the odds too many times to count and came out unharmed. But something is wrong."
The Sandaime sighed and chewed on his pipe, "What could it be then Kagome-san?"
He was trying to comfort her, and the miko knew he really did care; this wasn't him trying to just get another female crazy with worry to go to bed. Her gray eyes downcast to the ground, "I don't know, and I guess that is what is unnerving me the most. In the feudal era I could usually guess what was happening, but here I can rarely be sure of anything anymore."
She felt a touch on her shoulder and she looked up to a sad smile and kind eyes, "I can see where you are coming from Kagome-san. You are in a new world that you know only the past to, and from scrolls your father wrote from memory. You have jumped from one dangerous situation to the next and everything is different. You have lost the precious control you once had over your life."
She could feel the tears swelling up in her eyes and she fought to keep from crying in front of her new leader but her sight kept blurring, "I don't know what I would have done if I came here alone, Hokage-sama. Tachi is me sturdy ground here, if I lose him too-"
She lost her voice as the thought of losing him like everyone else passed through her mind, the tears started to fall and she allowed herself to be hugged and she lost control over her fears and emotions He rubbed her back as she sobbed into his white robe, fisting the material as her legs threatened to fall under her.
Kagome knew she wouldn't be able to look him in the eyes after he saw her like this, but for the life of her she couldn't care at the moment. She has the right to cry Kami damn it!
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Kankuro couldn't sleep. It wasn't like Gaara's 'I can't sleep', because, let's face it, Gaara's 'I can't sleep because I have a demon sealed within me that will go on a killing rampage if I go to sleep' totally beats his 'I can't sleep because we are guests to a village we are going to backstab and attack when they least expect it so I feel too uncomfortable to sleep'. But either way, Kankuro can't sleep, so he decided to take a walk to see the Hokage monument.
It was one of the village's greatest sites, a geographic achievement to behold. And he wanted to see it before it was destroyed. His only problem being…he had somehow gotten himself lost. He was not always getting lost, but he did so more than healthy for a shinobi. And this was a new low for the puppeteer.
Kankuro stopped and glared at the forest around him, and damning it for having so many trees that looks so alike. Tamari would probably fall on her ass laughing at him if she found out. This thought made him glare even harder at the unsuspecting and innocent looking trees the loomed around him. His grip on the strap holding Karasu to his back tightened, wishing he was back in the desert that had not trees to utterly confuse him.
Deciding that standing in one spot meant he wasn't going to get even more lost, but it also meant he wasn't getting anywhere either, Kankuro trudged on through the underbrush, too lazy to climb a tree because it was too dark to use that method to find out where he was. After about ten more minutes the forest started to thin out and Kankuro couldn't help the excitement that put a slight bounce in his step, until he heard voices.
He went into spy mode as the voices got louder and moved soundlessly and hidden until he could make out what was being said.
The first voice he could understand was male, and had an old and wizened feel to it. The puppeteer didn't recognize the voice, but it sounded like whoever it was they were playing the part of the helpful grandfatherly type, "He is out on a mission yes? There is always a chance for danger or death on a mission Kagome-san, especially with ANBU. I thought you would know that."
The other person growled, it was a very animalistic sound, not at all human and made Kankuro shiver and the dread of being discovered piled on as he recognized the voice that came after it, "I know that! That danger isn't any different from the feudal era when we could be attacked or killed at any moment." The Kunoichi that got him in trouble earlier paused, and when she spoke again she was a little calmer, "I know that he can handle himself in any situation with ANBU because he has gone into battle against the odds too many times to count and came out unharmed. But something is wrong."
Kankuro's trained ears could pick up a barely audible sigh from the other person before he spoke again, "What could it be then Kagome-san?"
When the kunoichi spoke again Kankuro was shocked to hear defeat in her voice, as if she had been thrown down too many times, and just couldn't get back up this time "I don't know, and I guess that is what is unnerving me the most. In the feudal era I could usually guess what was happening, but here I can rarely be sure of anything anymore."
Kankuro heard clothing shift around, clothing that sounded a lot like the robe his father always wore and this made him stop and think of the possibilities of the old man being the Hokage. More was being said by the suspected Kage, but he spoke so lowly even Kankuro couldn't understand the words being said.
But he could clearly hear the distressed words of the Kunoichi when she spoke again. The word and tone clenched at his heart that had long ago blocked off emotion, and all he could think was using this against her, "I don't know what I would have done if I came here alone, Hokage-sama. Tachi is me sturdy ground here, if I lose him too-"
She stopped talking as her voice cracked and Kankuro could hear her sob, she just had breakdown. The old man continued to mutter soothing words until she calmed down to silent cries and weak hic-ups. After a minute of this Kankuro decided he had heard enough, and with a smirk her left, forgetting about his site-seeing plans, they could wait another night.
He and Tamari had some plotting to do.
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Weasel watched behind his bolder as two figures came into view, a glare set on his face behind his mask as memories surfaced. He glanced of his clone for a moment or two before looking over at his traveling partner. He eyed the zanbatou belted to the tall figure's back, and the bandages that covered its length. He could feel that the sword had its own aura, and he really didn't want to find out what such a sword was capable of with the thought of InuYasha and Sesshomaru's heritage fangs.
He prayed to Kami that the sword couldn't do anything like that for his team mates' sakes. If so, he has his own blade; you could say that it was most defiantly not the standard ANBU issued Katana. Unless their blades could set blood on fire with barely a thought from their owner, he doubted that.
"We have guests Kisame."
Weasel looked at his clone with a glare as glowing red eyes looked over his team's positions. He readied his hands to make his tags explode when Kisame's blue skinned hand reached for his sword, "Really now, think they'll be more fun than the last batch of Hunter Nin?"
Itachi looked from his partner to the barely there chakra signatures hidden among the ruins of the old castle. If he did not have the Sharingan, he would have missed them and the unique signatures that Konoha ANBU masks give off, "If those are an older generation of Konoha ANBU, then you will have your play time."
Weasel's eyes narrowed, but did not give away to the anger he felt at being so close to the thing that killed his entire clan. He forced his eyes onto the Platoon leader, waiting for any order on what to do, anticipation he knew he shouldn't act on welling up inside him.
Everyone was ready to fight, ready to defend their selves…when a Giant toad the size of a horse came out of nowhere, a white haired man on its head. Realization hit everyone as soon as the man looked up to reveal a pair of black eyes with red lines going from his eyes past his chin. The Toad Sage looked around with rapidly blinking eyes. He barely glanced at the ANBU Platoon's position before looking over at two cloaked figures.
He cocked his head and grinned, "Did I stop a party?"
Weasel watched as Kisame gripped his blade and started to get into a fighting position and the Uchiha didn't doubt that he would have attacked the Legendary Sanin if it wasn't for Itachi's hand on his arm, "Not now, Kisame. We Leave."
If Weasel didn't know any better, the blue skinned man actually pouted at this order, but seconds later they were gone with a leave carrying wind and a swirl of water. When they were gone the Sanin jumped up and with a poof the toad tuned into the ANBU that had been sent off to the village, and Jiraiya landed next to him. It is only then that the ANBU team relaxed and came out from their hiding places.
Crow walked up to the Toad Sage and bowed, "Jiraiya-sama, you saved us from a very serious battle, thank you."
The much older man smiled and bowed slightly back, "Not a problem. I have been keeping my eye on their organization and knew they would be here. Though, I wasn't going to make my presence known until Crane here told me that you were all up here."
Crow glanced at Crane for a moment as she walked over to Owl and Lioness, then he nodded, "Have you heard of the Missing Nin terrorizing the local village? That is why we were sent here."
"Don't worry, I took care of them when I got here two nights ago, didn't need them interfering with my investigation." Jiraiya looked them over with a smile, but frowned when he his eyes fell on Weasel.
Crow took this in with a relieved sigh, not noticing the man's reaction to one of his team members, "That's good, now we can go home and keep an eye out on the guests that are coming for the exam."
Weasel let out a breath he didn't know he had been holding in when the Sanin looked away, his grin coming back to his face, "Really? It's that time again; I might just come with you and see how the next generation is doing."
Everyone knew Crow was smiling when he spoke again, "There are many promising Genin this year; it will be most interesting."
White hair shook with Jiraiya's head as he nodded, "I'll bet." He paused, "I guess I will be coming with you; when will you all be leaving?"
Crow looked around the ruins, "We need to pack up first, and then we will head out. We should probably be back as soon as possible."
Weasel took the longest to pack as he collected his tags, but soon they were all running back home. He hopes Kagome is okay alone, he still wishes he wasn't forced to leave her alone so soon.
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Silently Kagome was plotting the death of the sun as even her thick blanket could not hide her from its dreadfully-cheery light. Whoever's idea it was to put the bedroom window on the east side of the building needed a slow and very painful death. She would have preferred to have it on the west side, seeing the sunset had always calmed her.
Really, the miko was in no mood to wake up just yet; she was very content on sleeping in. She hadn't gotten back until about three hours ago, and to be honest, only half that amount of time to sleep. Her eyes were red and puffy and she now supported a sniffle as her nose refused to allow her easy breathing. Her body ached and she would kill for a box of chocolates right about now.
Or Itachi to be back, whichever comes first.
And damn it, whoever was knocking on her door so loudly was about to see a side of her that made Sesshomaru make any excuse he could get to get as far away from her as physically possible. With a growl that made demon armies shiver in fright, Kagome threw her nice comfy blanket off of her body. She didn't even have time to change, so she was still in her fight clothes, minus all weapons but her dagger of course.
Somehow she managed to not stomp to her front door. But, from his aura, Kagome could tell that the poor shinobi that had gotten the 'pleasure' to come get her about pissed his pants at the glare she sent him when she opened her door. She mentally tried to calm herself down as he nearly took several steps away from her, "Do you need something?"
She supposes that the question didn't need all the malice she put in those four words, but then she also supposes she really should invest in some curtains as soon as possible. The man actually shook, "Um…."
Her eye brow twitched, "Well…?"
He gulped down his fear enough to spit out, "You are wanted at Hokage tower."
And then he was gone. The miko stood there for a long moment, before taking in several deep breathes as her hand itched to slam her door shut. The poor thing wouldn't take that abuse, and would most likely be thrown off its hinges and through the wall of the building across the street from her. In fact, a woman shaking out a floor mat was frozen in her task to stare at the kunoichi with wide eyes and mouth hanging open.
Kagome forced herself to not glare as she smiled weakly before turning on her heal and softly shut her door.
She took a shower before she left, not just because she wanted one, but because she was not happy with being summoned with so little sleep. Another form of retaliation: she 'poof'ed into place right outside the Hokage's office window.
Inside the Office she spotted her brother, a white haired man she did not recognize and an ANBU platoon of seven, one she immediately recognized to be Itachi. Her anger was forgotten, and her crankiness passed for the moment as that mask looked in her direction. But he wasn't the only one, everyone turned to look at her as she stood on the other side of the glass.
She smirked to herself when the Hokage sighed in frustration as he stood from behind his desk and opened the window, "What is it with you and Kakashi?! Ever heard of a door?"
She blinked at him then gave him a fake smile, one everyone would know was fake, "Oh, I know how to use a door. This way was just so much funnier of an entrance."
He winced and everyone else gave a strained chuckle at her defiance, "I am sorry Kagome-chan. I know after last night that you would not have wanted to be up until well after noon, but something has come up."
The miko grew serious, looked from the old man to the new man for a moment, then to her adopted brother, "What happened Tachi?"
The Uchiha didn't have time to answer as the new man spoke up, once again drawing her attention, "Tachi?" He looked at the Hokage with wide eyes, "What is going on Sarutobi?"
Kagome studied the man, her gray eyes taking in details that would normally mean nothing, but after war gained lessons, meant a lot to her. His stance was that of power, but had an underlined playfulness to it, She wouldn't doubt it if he dealt with the seriousness of his Shinobi life with a prankster's view, and yet everyone seemed to hold him with respect.
'Who is he?' She had a feeling she could trust him, but wouldn't judge him just yet and waited for the Hokage to reply.
The old man sighed deeply and pulled out his pipe, "You can take off your Mask Uchiha-san." Weasel nodded and reached up and pulled off his white mask, revealing the face of one of the Shinobi they had just avoided battling, "This is the real Uchiha Itachi, Jiraiya."
Kagome's eyes widened as she looked at the white haired man in a new light, 'He is one of the legendary Sanin!?'
The toad Sage's eyes studied Itachi's face for a moment, "Okay, I can trust you with that. But then who was the Akatsuki Member that we saw last night with the Sharingan?"
Kagome stopped breathing for a moment, suddenly understanding the uneasy feeling she got last night. She turned to her adopted brother with wide and fearful eyes, "You ran into that thing last night!? Did anything happen?"
Itachi held back a smile as Kagome's mothering side came out and shook his head, "No 'Gome, Jiraiya-sama appeared before anything happened and it and its partner left."
Before Kagome could launch herself at Itachi in a bear hug, Jiraiya decided he had had enough and wanted those answers, unreadable eyes looked at Kagome, "And you are?"
Kagome looked away from Itachi and took a step towards him and bowed slightly with respect she knew the man deserved but had yet to truly gain from someone of her status in the feudal era, "Hatake Kagome."
When she looked up again and stood strait the miko had to hold back a little smirk at his shocked expression. His eyes were wide and she could see his eyes swift back and forth between Kakashi and the Hokage. She wasn't shocked when her older brother came up behind and threw an arm around her shoulders, "Jiraiya, Meet my younger half sister, Kagome."
Some of the confusion lifted away, "But how?"
Kagome couldn't help it, "Well, you see. When my mother and father loved each other very much," she started to make motions with her hands, "They-"
"Kagome-san!" The Hokage had interrupted her with a shocked look on his face, "That is something I expected Kakashi to say, but you?"
Kagome blinked at him and frowned, "What do you mean?"
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Itachi watched her look innocent with a hidden smirk, knowing that this was her way of easing the tension in the room. It was just what she had learned to do. Her Shinobi life had hardened her, yes, but had also given her a new respect for laughter…and she spent too much time around dirty minded Youkai then a woman should. She had a form of crude humor at times, but it was usually toned down and only came out when she was with 'her boys'.
But the Hokage had pissed her off, she wasn't about to but her polite lady act up for him, she just wasn't in the mood. But having some form of respect for the man, Itachi interfered before she could go any farther, "'Gome, think of Chocolate and neon colored hair."
He got odd looks from his fellow ANBU for such an odd statement from the normally silent Uchiha, but Kagome was back behind her mask now, ambit a little happier than normal, but that made sense since she and Kakashi seemed to have bonded with the way he was leaning on her and she was allowing it.
He watched as Kakashi whispered something into her ear and she smiled ever so slightly with a barely visible nod. Itachi wonder what that had been about, but would wait till later, they had other pressing matters. Within the next hour the toad Sanin knew everything about how Itachi and Kagome are in Konoha. He didn't seem to be all that shocked by the otherworldly tale, no pun intended.
Sadly, any talk with Kagome would have to wait till he went off duty around seven, as he and his platoon were suppose to patrol the village while visitors were out and about. He would get this kind of duty at random hours through the duration of the exams, randomized so enemies couldn't predict when certain ANBU would be on patrol, if they caught a glance of the masked Shinobi, that is.
Hardly any ANBU would be leaving the village during the event, lower ranked shinobi would as any enemy needed to believe that they were unprepared and doing on with life like normal. But even during times of peace their eyes were not blinded.
'Let there be more ANBU hidden in shadows, then those in the light.' One of his ANBU trainers said that to him.
Before putting his mask on before his platoon left, Itachi sent Kagome a look that said that they would talk later. Her gray eyed connected with his onyx and she nodded.
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Kagome watched as her adopted brother left, Weasel mask in place. For a moment she wished he wasn't a shinobi, but the miko knew that that would be selfish. Itachi loved his position, and it wouldn't be right for her to take the order he gained in his life away from him when he needed it as bad as she did.
"So, I take it you two finally took up the courage to confront one another."
One and a half pairs of gray eyes met the Hokage's smile with slight confusion. Kakashi was no longer leaning on Kagome, but instead standing next to her, hands at his sides. It was with a glance at those empty hands that Kagome remembered the finished book in her back pouch. Ignoring the Hokage and Sanin in the room she reached in the pocket and pulled out the adult rated orange book.
She held it up to her brother whose eye saw it right off the back, "Here, I finished it last night when I couldn't sleep."
Kakashi also seemed to ignore the other to males in the room, taking the book back with a smile no one could see, though, he did notice the shock on both of their faces, "Did you enjoy it?"
"For reason different then you, I'm sure." She paused to give him a look, "It is really well written though. The plot line really drags you in."
The siblings' moment was interrupted with a gasp, "Kagome-san! You actually read that?"
Both Hatakes looked at the Hokage owlishly and the miko answered simply, "Why not? I like it."
Jiraiya smirked, "Yeah Sensei, I thought you like my books." He wasn't looking for the reaction from his old teacher; he already knew that reaction by heart. No, he wanted to see Kagome's.
While the Hokage sputtered to insist that he doesn't read such trash –even if everyone knows he is a closet reader of the books- Kagome stared at the Sanin, her opinion of him changing yet again, "Wait a moment, you wrote Icha Icha Paradise?"
Jiraiya grinned, "Yes, yes I did."
Kagome's face suddenly went sour and Kakashi had a hard time not laughing at the white hared man's reaction to this, "I am in-between thanking you for such great reading material, and slapping you because you remind me of Miroku."
Jiraiya stepped out on a limp nervously, "Who is this Miroku, so that I know why you want to slap me."
Kakashi and the Hokage listened in on this, both knowing little about Kagome's life besides the facts she gave them about what had happened to her, but both knew those were watered down.
Kagome took a step up to the pervert in disguise, emotionless because she knew it was making him jumpy to be in the presence of such a strong willed woman, "A perverted Monk that traveled and fought next to me in so many battles. While he became a brother in arms over the years, at the beginning he made an act of groping every woman's ass in site. This included me and my demon slayer friend, Sango."
She paused and stepped closer again, inside she smirked when he almost to a step back from her, "He also tried to, on many occasions, to come peek at us when we were at the hot springs…and regretted it deeply every single time." She finally let her smirk show with a wicked glint in her eyes, "You don't want to remind me of that part of Miroku."
The Sanin gulped down his sudden fear of his old friend's daughter, trying to think of anything that would change the subject. He thanked the heavens above when Kakashi chose to talk, "What did Itachi mean by chocolates and Neon hair earlier?"
Kagome blinked, looking over her shoulder at her brother, away from the cornered toad sage before her, "Are you just trying to distract me?"
Kakashi's only visible eye did the happy 'u' thing again, something Kagome was sure only Kakashi could pull off, "Why would you think that? I would love to see you pumble Jiraiya to a bloody pulp," he ignored the over exaggerated hurt gasp from the aforementioned shinobi and continued talking, "But I am also curious on Itachi's choice of words when it comes to calming down my sister for future situations.
The miko finally turned away from her prey and cocked her head slightly, "Okay, I'll bite. Chocolate has always had a calming effect on me, and thus it makes me happier to think about it."
"And neon colored hair?" Sanin, Jounin and Genin tried not to jump at the sound of the Hokage's voice, ashamed to be thinking that they had forgotten that he was even there. Which is ridicules because they are in his office to begin with…
Kagome couldn't hold back a little giggle, she rubbed the back of her head and her eyes grew distant as she looked out the window she had entered through, "Before the Final Battle, when I was away to see my mother in the future, my adopted Kit decided to prank Inuyasha, the Inu Hanyou, and unofficial leader of our group"
She looked back at them, a smile gracing her lips and an evil glint in her eyes, "he dyed our heroic leader's hair neon green. It was faded by the time I got back, but the coloring really took well to his snow white hair."
Jiraiya instinctively tried to hide his own white hair from the woman before him, fearing the worst from the look he was getting from her. The Hokage and Kakashi noticed this and shared a look that barely hid their amusement. Which, in turn, the toad Sage noticed and he gifted them with a glare and decided to remind Kakashi, with a smirk, "Hey, weren't you suppose to meet with your team an hour ago to tell them you entered them in the exam?"
The Hokage wasn't surprised and just shook his head and put his pipe back in his mouth and leaned back in his chair. Kagome, remembering that yesterday Naruto told her not to worry about being late because his sensei was always 'way late', looked to her brother for his answer.
For his credit, the Copy Nin had the decency to look shocked, "It's that time already?" He is reading his book again, when he pulled it out no one was really sure.
The miko's eye twitched, "Naruto wasn't kidding? You are always late?"
Amusement flared in the other Hatake's aura, annoyance in both of the other males and her eye brow twitched, "I'll take that as a yes then."
Before anyone had time to ask her what she meant Kagome walked up to her brother. They barely caught the hand signs she made before she jumped him, but they knew it was the teleportation jutsu by the way they both disappeared in a twirl of wind and leaves.
Jiraiya looked where they once were before looking at his old teacher, "You trust her?"
The Sandaime sighed and smiled, "Yes, I do…something tells me she is good for this village, and mostly, she will be good for Team Seven."
The Sanin once again looked where The White Fang's two children once were, "And Uchiha Itachi?"
"The real one," After getting a nod from his old student Sarutobi continued, "As long as we have Kagome's loyalty, we will forever have Itachi's. He truly wants to make Konoha his permanent home; he wants Kagome's happiness, and most of all, he wants to know his brother again."
"And if Sasuke will not give him that?"
Sarutobi's face grew sad, "Something tells me, that if our young avenger wants to kill Itachi, the ANBU will let him."
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On the other side of the village, on a bridge we all know so well, Kagome tackled Kakashi to the ground as they appeared in front of his stunned students, a smirk on her face as she steels his book again and runs to hide behind Naruto, the book firmly in her grasps.
The Genin weren't really sure how to take their sudden appearance, or the fact that their Jounin sensei was laying on the ground, looking just as shocked as they were, his one visible eyes wide as it found Kagome hiding behind his Orange clad student, "My book?"
Ignoring the presence of the stunned silent students for the moment Kagome smirked as him and shook her finger at him with disapproval, "It's your fault for being late."
He blinked at her, "But I have a valid excuse this time…"
And that is when Sakura and Naruto finally reacted, both pointing at him with accomplished looks on their faces. Together the shouted, "We knew it! You are always late on purpose!"
Kagome continued to smirk at him as he finally stood up, her eyes twinkled as she thought of something, "And what is that excuse?"
He couldn't say that they were both in the Hokage's office because what they were talking about is highly classified. And by the feel of his aura, he realized this,"I got lost on the road to life."
While Kagome just gave him a look, the louder two members of Team Sever yelled at him, calling him a liar and all he did was smile behind his mask. The Miko could have felt his amusement miles away.
She decided to ignore what appeared to be their meeting rituals to look over at her adopted brother's brother. Weather the genin knew it or not, he was her family, and to feel that pain in his aura was killing her. And the fact that she could feel Itachi's aura a few blocks off with his platoon meant that the ANBU could also feel the pain in his little brother's aura.
She truly couldn't wait for the day that both brothers knew the family love that was waiting to be accepted between them.
"I'm sorry about yelling at you yesterday."
Kagome chocked on her breathe when Sasuke suddenly talked. She smoothed over this to not let him notice as she looked him over. He was looking away, at the rest of his team, but his onyx eyes were looking at her with guilt. She didn't expect anything else out of him, so didn't ask him to clarify like she wanted.
Instead she gave him what he needed, a nod of her head. That was all he needed to know that she forgave him. Words weren't needed; she knew this from years of living and fighting next to Itachi. She smiled at him and he visually relaxed. A civilian wouldn't have noticed his tenseness, but she did and was happy to see him relax.
Both of them let their attention be drawn back to the rest of team Seven when Naruto seemed to be calm enough to ask why they meted to begin with.
Kagome held back a smile when Kakashi pulled out three slips of paper, recognizing them as what she had filled out to enter the exam. She could feel the pride in her brother's aura, "I have nominated you three for the Chunin exams."
While Sasuke and Naruto aura's screamed excitement at this announcement, all Kagome could do was look over at Sakura at the fear and sadness that filled her innocent aura. Realization took Kagome from the present as she watched Sakura fake her happiness as Kakashi explained where and when they needed to be to enter with those slips of paper.
She was reminded of herself at age fifteen.
Kagome nearly missed it when her brother disappeared, shooting her a curious look as he was at it. But she had a feeling this was something an accomplished male like her brother wouldn't understand.
Naruto brought her back to the present when he tackled her, hugging her around the neck, "Hear that? Hear that?! I'm going to be in the exam with you!"
She laughed at his actions, thinking quickly for a way to get alone with the other female shinobi, "Yes Naruto to I did, but know you really have to train if you are going against me."
And her plan worked as Naruto suddenly was dragging of a very reluctant Sasuke to go train, leaving her and Sakura behind. Grey eyes found the younger female giving an unsecure look at the slip of paper in her hand as sound of Naruto and Sasuke bickering could be heard fading away.
She took a deep breath and stepped up to the distracted pick haired youth, "You have so little faith in yourself."
Sakura's head jerked up, obviously forgetting that her teacher's sister was there, "W-what?"
Kagome smiled brightly at her and put on hand on her hip, "I can sense aura's Sakura-chan." She ignored the way the girl's eyes widened in shock, "And with that ability I can feel any emotion someone feels strongly. I bet you are better then you are giving yourself credit for."
With one last smile Kagome make the correct hand signs and disappeared, leaving Sakura feeling just a little better for herself.
TBC
A/n: I put fan art up of how I see Kagome in this fan fiction on my deviant. Search with the key words: Kagome Hatake Raiton Kage Fairytails13
You should find it.
Hope this chapter was good, I had fun writing Kankuro (he is my favorite character after all.) Sorry it took so long to finish it. I hope it gets easier to write now that I am past all the filler before the exam….
Anyway, Thanks for reading,
Please excuse my grammar,
FT