Author Note: Yo! It's me, and it feels great to be updating again! So ya hear that Kon bubble butt! I'm updating! Nya! Nya! …I'm so mature…heh-heh…I'm insane and immature…got the love that combo…not to mention a smart-ass…but you didn't hear that from me! ...yeah, the last post was one of my favorites as well...*grins*

I found a temporary cure for writer's block that works for me, and others, but mostly me…the cure…you'll see at the end of the chappie.

I'm going to answer some reviewer's questions. If you review, feel free to ask a question or something that you wanna know about the story if it confuses you or something…I'll answer…but no spoilers! I won't give those out 'cause they're a secret! Oi! Aka Ryuu! If you reveal any spoilers without my permission, I'm going to kick your ass when I see you at school. *gives a feral grin*

Pairings

KagomeXItachi

P.S. considering I always forget the disclaimer…It's in my profile, so take that lawyers!

LET CHAPTER 7, BEGIN!

'Damn. We need to get the clearing before she blows!…Wait…what is that smell?' Raizen thought as he sniffed the air as he carried Kagome in his jaws by the back of her shirt. He flipped her onto his back as he ran alongside Raiden.

"Oi! Raiden! Do you smell that?" Raizen asked with a slightly worried tone in his voice.

Raiden lifted his nose and took a sniff before his golden eyes widened, "We have visitors, and they don't come in peace. In fact, they have the exact scent as those ninja who tried to kill Kagome-chan here."

"Shit. Itachi, I need you to listen to these instructions…" Raizen said with steel in his voice. Itachi turned towards him to show he heard him. Kagome looked down at the wolf as well, curious as to what he was going to say. Raizen simply looked forward as he began to speak.

"Considering you're the one that will save her, I'm going to leave her under yours, and Raiden's care while I fight off the intruder, understood?" All he could do was nod in response.

"Good, first off, I need you to go to the clearing, and considering you two are still young and need to be educated on the wonders of life, your bodily contact will be simply grabbing her arm. You will do this right after the glow suddenly stops. If not, the glow will come back as her chakra, and be released into the air.

Also, since her chakra doesn't recognize yours, it won't hurt, but you'll feel her chakra trying to forcibly push you away. That is why you hold on with all your might. It will form a shield, and even the slightest bit of hesitance will blow you away.

Afterwards, she will pass out from chakra drainage, and during this time, you will have absorbed every ounce of her charka, then from there, Raiden will take over the extra chakra before it destroys you.

After that is done, you are to listen to Raiden's instructions from there on out. If you stray in even the slightest bit, both you and Kagome will be killed, and I've grown quite fond of you squirt, so don't disappoint me, understood?"

Itachi's pride seemed to swell at the thought of them trusting him with their lives. His determination took over as he accepted the instructions. Kagome simply stared in admiration,

'Raizen rarely trusts anyone fully, even if he's known them for years and years, and for him to trust him with our lives, he'd do anything for Ita-kun, and that's an understatement, he'd die for him too. He completely trusts him! He'd never do anything like that to anyone outside of the clan! That is truly impressive Itachi-san.'

Her head hung down as her bangs covered her face. A silent tear rolled down her cheek, and a proud smile came to her face.

'I'm proud of you my friend, no one I know besides me has ever earned that amount of trust, not even father, and he was one of my father's summons as well…and here you are, a seven year old kid who just got his back watched by the wolf summons. Good job.'

Raizen and Raiden both unintentionally heard her thoughts when the smell of salt met their noses. They were worried that she was hurt, and instead, they heard the high praise. They both looked at each other from the corner of their eyes, then at the recipient of her praise.

They were all deep in thought before both wolves' eyes widened. They both nodded to each other before moving closer together. They proceeded to snap each other out of their thoughts.

"Kagome…jump!" Both wolves shouted simultaneously. She didn't question either as she jumped onto Raiden's back.

As soon as she jumped, the wolves leaped into the air to evade flying shuriken. Soon after, Raizen was knocked off course by a shadowed figure as it crashed into his side, sending flying, and straight into a tree with a sickening crash.

They looked back in an effort to see if Raizen had gotten up, but they were forced to look forward at Raiden's words, "Don't you dare look back you two."

"Right," they both replied back quietly. They did however, flinch and wince at the sound of Raizen's pained howls, and the sound of blood splattering the trees and other foliage.

They could however feel Raiden being torn apart on the inside. They could feel his internal worry for his elder brother. In an effort to relieve him of his worry, they tried to console him.

"It's alright, I'm sure he'll be fine, and besides-"Kagome began.

"That brother of yours is too stubborn to die from a couple of flesh wounds," Itachi finished, earning him an amused glance from the wolf.

"Thanks."

"Your welcome!" Kagome cheerfully replied.

The cheerful moment soon ended as Raiden began to zigzag through the dense forest. They quickly dashed through the forest, and they soon moved even faster as Raiden sensed they weren't alone.

A shadow ran alongside them as, their eyes widened as they saw a kunai flying through the air, and headed directly towards Kagome. Time seemed to slow as the kunai flew closer and closer to its target. She tried to move, but was paralyzed. Kagome closed her eyes in hopes of blocking any oncoming pain.

Seeing red, a pair of coal black eyes watched the flying projectile. The eyes shifted, and without realizing what happened, the body of the eyes moved out of instinct. The body moved in the way of the oncoming weapon, causing it to bury itself deep in its back.

Her eyes opened when she felt drops of blood splatter onto her face. Her sight met the pained face of Itachi's.

He took the hit for her, and currently, the kunai was lodged deep in his back. His teeth were gritting together in an effort to block out the pain. She looked at his form, and saw it curled around her in a protective shield. He slumped forwards, and she grabbed onto him, in a effort to keep him on the wolf's back.

Raiden's eyes flashed an icy blue, and they looked in the direction of the attacker. Soon after, an strangled cry was heard. His eyes returned to a molten gold as he ran towards the clearing. None noticed the brush where the attacker was hiding, was slowly being covered in deadly icicles. Slowly, the icicles were being slowly stained by a red liquid.

Quietly, ignoring the heavy scent of blood, Raiden dashed through the trees. Soon, they burst through to trees, and skidded to a stop in the center of the clearing.

Kagome carefully got off of his back, and proceeded to help a wounded Itachi off as well. He sat down in an effort not to strain his wounds, and his hand became a fist as Kagome quickly pulled the kunai out, and bandaged his back.

He looked over as she threw his ruined shirt aside, 'Damn! That was my favorite one too…' he simply sighed instead of voicing his thoughts instead. Then, at looked at the wolf who sent him a sympathetic look, who soon disappeared.

"I'm going to set a barrier around the clearing so we don't have another incident. You know what to do kid," he said before turning away and walking into the forest, fur blending with the shadows.

Itachi simply watched him leave, then turned his eyes to Kagome, who seemed oblivious to the slight glow around her form. It was small, but it was growing with an intense brightness. He watched as the color danced around her form with a sort of playfulness. It then changed to moving calmly like the ocean.

It seemed as reliable as her mood swings, constantly changing in the blink of an eye. He would never be able to predict her changes in mood for as long as he lived, but she doesn't need to know that. He watched as she began to stare at the night sky, he looked up as well, but proceeded to watch her chakra dance in front of his eyes, until a shift in energy caught his eye.

Her chakra began to fluctuate wildly with rage…as if trying to escape. He readied himself as the chakra flared and Kagome fell to knees, feeling the power of her overloading chakra. It flared outward and pushed him aside in a burst of energy before quickly fading away. He stumbled backwards but quickly regained his balance. He shot forward and grabbed her arm as the chakra came back to life.

In that split second, he felt to absolute power of that raw chakra looking for an escape. He felt it push against him, but he held on. It was a battle for dominance, his chakra against her own. The harder he held on, the more force it exerted. It was pushing his entire body back, leaving marking on the ground from his feet.

It grew angry at not being released, and entered his body instead, battling his chakra inside. The bare force of the battle strained his body as more chakra entered his system. The battle was straining his body, and was straining his wound, causing the bandaging to become a bright red.

His grip was loosening from the blood loss, so he forced his body to make a ditch effort.

He threw himself forward, tightly grabbing his shorter companion in a tight embrace as he knocked her to the ground. His breath became ragged as he felt a pair of arms wrap tightly around his neck. He looked down, and saw Kagome's face twisted in pain, much like his own.

In a quick flash, the chakra finally drained out of her body and settled to fight an internal battle with his chakra. He released her and stumbled back as he felt a surge of heat thrashing furiously inside his body.

He looked over, and saw Kagome passed out from chakra exhaustion. He could of sworn that for a split second, a faint image of his wound was on her back. It flashed red, then disappeared. He began to wonder, but then gripped his sides as beads of sweat trailed down his body.

He felt the heat rush to his injury. Both chakra sources seemed to battle over which would heal him. Soon, after the heat grew, causing his wound to bleed even quicker, both chakra sources seemed to blend together and proceeded to heal him wound. Once healed, it seemed the temporary truce between his chakra and hers, was broken as they began to battle for dominance once again.

Suddenly, they furiously clashed together, and a pained yell erupted from his throat and flew into the night sky. In that instant, the chakra inside him flared as it began to leak out of his body. He could feel it tearing at his insides, finally coming together. The power gathered in his chest and coiled itself, ready to spring out of his body in one enormous, destructive blast.

As soon as it sprung, all he could do was simply wait for it to escape. He felt it escaping, and he waited for the blast to erupt, but it never occurred. He never noticed that he closed his eyes, but he opened them to see a clawed hand on his chest.

His eyes followed the hand in an effort to see the owner. The owner of the hand was pretty tall, maybe six foot in his opinion. It was also a man, with fangs, and a feral face. His eyes were closed, and eyebrows were knitted together, as if he was concentrating on something. He had long, shaggy, black hair held in a high ponytail, with black bangs framing his face.

His clothes consisting of a pair of slightly baggy, navy blue pants, a deep red shirt, and a black jacket with a symbol on the collar. It was ice blue, and seemed to take the form of an attacking wolf.

Itachi's eyes were slightly wide as a name came to his head, but when the man's eyes opened to reveal a pair of kind, molten gold orbs, the name was confirmed.

"Thanks Raiden," he managed to say as he sat up. Raiden simply watched in amusement as his tone.

"Your composure must have fallen apart if you're openly being grateful to me," he said with amusement as he pulled his away from Itachi's chest as he walked around to inspect Itachi's wound with seriousness in his eyes. When he no longer saw the wound, his eyes widened and he poured chakra into the area, revealing a faint red image of his, now healed, wound.

He then rushed to Kagome and did the same. He achieved the same results, the faint red image. He swore under his breath as he gently picked her up and set her in front of her taller companion.

"Take her to the lake. I'm going to freeze the water and leave a trail to an underwater cave me and my brother built. Once inside, you will see a seal at the back wall. Pour your chakra into it, and the ice will melt.

Don't worry about flooding, the seal activates a jutsu of ours. We'll get you when it's safe since the barrier around the clearing has dissipated." With that said, he looked at the lake, and his eyes flashed ice blue. Soon after, the lake was completely frozen, except for a small tunnel heading downwards at an angle.

After, he simply walked out of the clearing with his eyes flashing red with a hidden anger in his eyes for reasons unknown to all but him.

After he left, Itachi carefully picked up Kagome bridal style, since his back was in no condition to carry her. He slowly walked over to the ice and slipped into the tunnel. He slip down and through the tunnel. He felt the ice's cold, smooth surface touch his skin. He flinched at the temperature and kept sliding as if he was a kid sliding down the slide at a playground. He kept going until he made it to the cave's entrance. He carefully stood up, being mindful of the slippery ice. He gently set his cargo down, and began to look for the seal.

He found it in the middle of the black wall. It had strange, incomprehensible markings with an empty space in the middle. He figured this was where he needed to pour his chakra. He placed his hand on the space, and released his chakra, then pulled his hand away. Shortly afterwards, the symbols glowed a fiery red and icy blue. The blue symbols moved towards the mouth of the cave, while the red ones moved towards the ice.

The blue symbols quickly dispatched a light blue barrier around the mouth of the cave. The barrier shimmered as the red markings went through it. The second they touched the ice, the ice melted. The symbols moved throughout the ice, melting it, leaving behind the lake as it once was.

He could only stare in awe at the workings of the wolf brothers' jutsu. This was when his mind began to grow cloudy with exhaustion. He stumbled, and fell backwards against the cave wall, falling into a deep sleep.

He stayed like that for at least an hour, oblivious to the pair of warm arms wrapping around his form as they gently lifted him up. Another pair did the same with Kagome. They were carefully carried out of the cave, and out of the lake. Both chibis were carried in the arms of two long, shaggy, black haired men.

They were practically identical. Both had the same clothes, but each was a different color. Both had a pair of slightly baggy pants, a shirt, and a jacket. They both had the same feral looks and long, shaggy, black hair.

The first male, carrying Itachi, had grey pants, and a deep blue shirt. His black jacket held a fiery red, wolf-like insignia His hair was down, looking slightly like a mane. His eyes were filled with mischief, a mischief that few could compare.

The second male, carrying Kagome, had navy blue pants and a deep red shirt. His black jacket had the same insignia, though his was an ice blue. His hair, unlike the other's , was in a high ponytail. His eyes, were filled a certain seriousness.

"Good thing I finally figured out to transform into a human, or this would be more difficult that it seems," the red insignia said.

"Raizen, cut the nonsense, Itachi-san was injured, and her chakra healed him during the process. We now have a serious problem on our hands," Raiden snapped.

"What!? What happened!" Raizen practically shouted, with worry etched into his face.

"While we were leaving you behind, one of those ninja came after us. He threw a kunai, aimed at Kagome, who was slightly paralyzed due to the chakra acting up. Itachi took the hit for her. I saw the faint red mark after I took the chakra from his body…and on hers.

It seemed to be fighting for dominance against his in an effort to heal him, and push him away. It strained his wound, causing it to bleed even more. That was when they molded together in an effort to save the container, thus healing his wounds, not to mention…" Raiden quietly said.

"Completely tying themselves to each other…physically, mentally, and emotionally…permanently. I do believe we shouldn't tell them of this development just yet. We might still be able to prevent the link from manifesting in their body. We have one year. We should prepare for that day.

If it wasn't for those damn, vengeful, power hungry ninja, we wouldn't be in this mess!" Raizen growled out through gritted teeth. Raiden simply nodded in response.

"We should put them to bed now. They're exhausted," Raiden suggested as they carried the children through the dark woods. Having already disposed of the evidence of an attack a little earlier, they had nothing to worry about with the Hokage. After all, if they had to report the attack, whether they liked it or not. They didn't want their cargo injured in any way.

Soon, after making it home, the humanoid wolves placed the kids in their beds, and left them to their rest. Quietly, they left the house and headed towards the Hokage Tower to report the incident.

Once there, they barged in on The Sandaime sleeping on his desk.

"Hiruzen, Sarutobi! We have important matters to speak to you about!" Raizen practically yelled in the sleeping man's ear, much to the aggravation of his brother. The startled old man shot up, and frantically looked around the room, before settling at the sight of the brothers.

"Who are you?" He tiredly asked.

"Ah, old man, don't tell me you forgot little ol' me?" Raizen teased.

"Yes, how could you forget us Sarutobi-sama?" Raiden said as well, feigning sadness.

Sarutobi's eyes widened as he recognized those two voices. It was the wolf brothers. He massaged his temples in an effort to prevent the oncoming headache.

"What do you want?" He asked, expecting a sarcastic reply, but instead, a serious voice met his ears.

"Sarutobi-sama, we are here to report an attack on our summoner. Raiden, give him the details," Raizen said with his arms crossed, and his eyes closed.

"Very well. About five rouge ninja appeared today and attacked us. We believe they were after Kagome-chan's power, considering she has no control over it yet, she would've made a deadly weapon-" Raiden began, before recounting the events that happened earlier, leaving out details of the red on their backs. Sarutobi's eyes widened considerably at the information.

"Currently, there is still a danger of attacks, so we need to keep an eye out for trespassers in the village without raising suspicion. If word gets out that she lives here, and still can't control her power, there will be enemy ninja waiting to attack to village in an effort to get through to her, all in an effort to gain revenge.

Word of this attack must get out Sarutobi, and understand this, if any intruders attack us, they. will. DIE. Understood?"

Sarutobi simply nodded as the wolves simply walked out of the room as if nothing happened. He knew it. He just gained a major headache. He simply groaned in exasperation as his head his desk.

Meanwhile, the wolves where simply walking the streets of Konoha, talking quietly to themselves.

"Raiden, until she's eight and her chakra fluctuates once again, we must prevent any possible injuries on either of their persons. If not, we will have a serious problem on our hands. Understood?" Raizen said carefully said as he scanned his surroundings.

"Clearly brother. This is one situation we not be able control if we let the bond complete itself, but for now, we should get home before anyone suspects you're up to something," Raiden replied.

They suddenly blended with the night shadows. They were virtually invisible, if not for the fact that their golden eyes glowed with a powerful coldness that radiated fury and incomparable determination. Then, they both sped off toward the Uchiha Compound. They were determined to get there as to not leave the chibis unprotected, because now, Itachi was in as much danger as she was. They would sooner die than let something happen to them.

TO BE CONTINUED…

Well, that's what I got! I solved my writer's block! Guess how I cured it!? I was banging my head repeatedly on my desk! Somewhere along the way, someone turned on the T.V. and an idea popped into my head. Hurray! Now that that's out my system, there's chapter 7. Sorry it took so long. It's shorter than the others, but it works! ^_^

Chapter 8 will be updated sooner than this one was…I promise. -_-' you might get a little info on the 'Bond' that the wolves are so determined in preventing…but hey you never now…oh yeah! i'm grateful that you'll all put up with me for this long! *sweatdrops nervously*

…yeah, last time, you met some of the people that reside in my head…you weren't supposed to see me destroy my mindscape like that…*sweat drop*…oh well! oh yeah! check my profile poll on the wolf brothers!

'Till next time! See ya!

-Taichou