Miko Upgrade - Chapter 7

The blond man's eyes shot open, everyone pair of eyes were focused on the miko. She was tired, hungry, lost and getting more than a little pissed. Just as blondy was opening his mouth to say something the door to the grey room opened with a resounding boom, revealing two more people to add to this revolving circus. The first to enter the room was a woman with large breasts and vicious scowl, following her was a dark haired man with pupiless eyes, similar to the blond man yet he held a very different feeling.

"I think it's about time we find out a little more about our strange guest, huh?" Said the woman as she looked Kagome over, she seemed to have a lot of authority amongst the group. Bubblegum rushed to the woman's side and at her entrance demon boy seemed to snap out of his surprised stupor and do the same. "Hiashi, take a look at her and tell me what you see"

The man nodded, his actions very formal as he walked up to Kagome, "Byakugan!" The man's facial expression changed and Kagome felt as though he was seeing through her, it made her shudder in her bindings. "It's like nothing I have ever seen Lady Hokage. She has some kind of power flowing through her, it acts similarly to chakra but it definitely isn't. It doesn't look like a blood line limit either. By the looks of it she has never used chakra a day in her life; she's definitely not a ninja though I cannot say for sure if she's a spy for the Akutsuki, that would be Inoichi's territory. It looks as though she has that capability to channel chakra, she has a dangerous build-up of it within her but as for the other energy I'm afraid it is beyond my present understanding."

"I see" The woman nodded to the man, whose face had now returned to normal, and looked to the blond man. "Inoichi, see what you can get from her. If she has information we need to get it out of her." The man nodded, his expression grim as he reached out a single hand and placed it on Kagome's head. However before anything could happen his hand was lifted from its position and blue orbs were battling brown across the room.

"I don't think this is necessary, you expect her to tell us anything when we're treating her like this? Look she healed me, however she did it she's saved me months of recovery, why would she bother if she was our enemy?" The demon boy looked accusingly at the large breasted woman but it was bubblegum that stepped in.

"Naruto are you forgetting who gave you those injuries in the first place? How can you trust someone that dangerous who just turned up outside a massacred village! For all we know she killed all those people"

'Naruto' looked slightly sicked by the thought, he looked down at Kagome but as he did a brilliant smile crossed his features and in that moment Kagome thought him very handsome. "She was lost, injured and scared. Any of us would have reacted the same! She has a special gift, perhaps she's like me! I trust her, and I don't think Yamanaka-san should be going through her thoughts and memories." The boy released the man's hand and stood next to Kagome's tied form, he seemed so much like Shippo in that moment… just taller and less fluffy.

"Naruto don't be an idiot, you don't even know her!" yelled bubblegum, it seemed the adults in the room had resigned themselves to see how this would turn out. It was strange to see the pair bicker yet no one stepped in, as though everyone was waiting for someone else to make the decision. That's when Kagome's eyes trailed back to the large breasted woman, it seemed she was the one everyone was waiting on but she merely watched on with a look of mild amusement. The fighting went on a few more minutes before the woman stepped in, bubblegum stopped immediately at the older female's actions but Naruto seemed to decide that switching targets was a wise decision and so he started barraging the blond woman with his opinions on the matter. He was promptly ignored as this 'Lady Hokage' approached Kagome.

"This is my village, it is my job to protect it. Right now I don't know if you're a victim of circumstance or a viable threat to the safety of every single person in Konoha. Hiashi tells me you're not a ninja but that doesn't mean much if your brimming with some other kind of power. You are an anomaly and unless you start telling me something convincing I'll be forced to send Inoichi into your thoughts and find out just who and what you are. Do you understand?" Such angry and stern words seemed misplaced on this woman, just as deep thinking had been on Naruto. Her eyes held evidence of laughter but today it seems she was not in the mood for merriment or time wasting.

"Like I've told you, my name is Kagome Higurashi. I am not from this land, I got here by accident and was attacked near the massacred village. When your people found me I was barely conscious and thought that they were the ones who'd thrown the knife that injured me. I did not mean to cause them injury, and that is the truth! I have been separated from my loved ones and don't know if I can get back to them. Is that enough information yet?" Kagome felt her eyes burn as the gravity of her situation sunk in. She was lost and captive in some unknown place, and there was no guarantee that if she went back to the ruins she'd be able to get home again. Tears stung at her eyes and her throat grew tight as she thought of Inuyasha, bleeding and dying without her. Her tears began to fall against her will as more and more images of his slow, painful demise flooded her, her captors merely watched on unaffected.

"A nice story with a brilliant show of emotion, but still that offers us no insurance of who you really are. Inoichi…" The blond man nodded and placed his hand once more on Kagome's head. After a moment Kagome felt the pressure on her head increase, it felt like the man was trying to reach through her skull. The young miko could feel the man trying to get into her mind, she fought him the best she could but this wasn't something Kaede had ever thought to teach her. It wasn't long before she felt tendrils of consciousness begin to grasp at her memories, Kagome watched as her memories replayed backwards. The hours in this room, the hospital, the forest… each detail of the attack so clear that her wound began to ache again. Further back he went, pouring over each scene in a split second, the village, the ruins, and even further. Kagome watched again as she was forced against her will through the time stream, then she was forced to relive the battle with the snake demon again, back still to the happy moments before that. Holding hands with Inuyasha as they walked past their friends and family, sharing a kiss that would seal them for eternity. It was the more agonising thing she had ever seen, watching her wedding again and knowing what was about to befall them. Kagome screamed as the images kept reversing and began fighting once more, Sango walking with her, her bouncing stomach a testimate to her own successful marriage. Kagome fought she couldn't bare the pain anymore, her skin began to sizzle as tears fell faster than ever. Just as he was about to invade further into her memories Kagome let out a blast of miko energy, it wouldn't hurt the man but it got him to release her. Her head bowed Kagome cried, heavy ugly tears as all eyes fell onto the blond man.

"Some of her memories regarding how she got here don't make sense, but it seems she's been telling the truth. She has no ties with the Akutsuki or any other village, she is an alien here and though she holds a strange power she doesn't seem to have any desire to use it… other than to protect herself." The blond man, Inoichi, looked at Kagome with sad sympathetic eyes. He didn't need to tell anyone just how much she'd been through, that was her business.

"Do you think we can trust her?" The woman looked steadily into Inoichi's eyes, her gaze unwavering as he nodded in the affirmative. "Fine. Naruto, Sakura! I'm putting her in your hands, see if you can help her find her family otherwise try to help her settle in somewhere… and get her some clothes."

"Hai!"