Reluctant Deception

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"No fair, Dei-kun!" Kagome pouted from her place on the ground with a grinning blonde above her. "You know that you're stronger than me!"

"That's why it's so much fun to pin you down, un." Deidara stood up, careful not to step on her and help out a hand to help her up. Kagome smiled and took her hand, jumping slightly when she felt the mouth in his open palm.

"Must you always tease our little miko, Deidara?" The usually indifferent voice of the Uchiha was colored with a hint of amusement as he approached them. "Surely you know that that is my job."

Kagome pouted and crossed her arms over her chest in a huff. "You two can be so mean."

"But you love us anyway, un." Deidara commented, reveling in her blush just as he was sure that Itachi was.

"Ne, Kagome-chan…" He paused when she looked at him with her blue and eyes and heard Itachi chuckled at his lapse in concentration. "Why did you insist on help me and Itachi-san find the Kyuubi and the Nibi, un?"

The miko that had taken to following them around blinked then smiled. "Let's just say that we're already acquainted." She just shrugged at their curious gazes and looked at that sun setting in the West with a wistful look. "For a while is was just the three of us and Gobi…"

The two Akatsuki members stared at her in disbelief, but this was the most she had talked about her past, so they didn't say anything. "Did you know that Gobi, though he only has five tails, is actually stronger than the Kyuubi?"

"That shouldn't be right, un." Deidara's brow furrowed in confusion. "Gobi can't be the strongest, un."

"Then why haven't you found him yet?" The miko gave them an 'I know something you don't know' smile and turned back to the West, as if hoping something would come out of the sun. "You remind me a lot of him, Itachi-san."

They watched her with fascination. She seemed to always throw new facts about the bijuu at them that would throw them off… Perhaps that was why they liked her.

Deidara saw Sasori waiting for him and sighed. He walked over to the puppet-user and left, but not before giving Kagome a kiss on the cheek good-bye.

Itachi left shortly after, though his good-bye was a little more intimate… and possessive. Like Sesshomaru…

Kagome sat down and watched the sun disappear, reminding her of her companions. Kirara… Shippo… Sesshomaru… She would get them back, that was why she was here; she was waiting for them to come so she could unseal them. She would end up, reluctantly, betraying her friends/lovers, but she would gain her son, her guardian, and her love back.

Kagome sighed. She had disappeared on them one day and ended up in this place, where apparently all the demons went at some point in time, that's why there weren't any in her time. She had discovered that Shippo was now called the Kyuubi, Kirara the Nibi, and Sesshomaru the Gobi, all demons of incredible power, and two of them were sealed inside vessels called jinchuuriki. Sesshomaru had seemingly disappeared for a while. He'll come back once he hears that I'm around. Her thought caused her to smile into the West, where he had ruled and believed that she belonged.

The miko missed them, and she was certain that she didn't want to harm their vessels, but she had to get them back… they were her only family now. She would probably have to wait a while, but that didn't mean she couldn't have some fun in the mean time. Itachi and Dei made good playmates.

AN: I was honestly not sure if I should post this one or not, but meh. I'll just post it and hope you guys like it. If you do YAY! If not, oh well. I hope you guys all like this one. Thanks for reading, and please review!