Temporary Truce

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Inuyasha, ain't it depressingly sad?

"Kakashi! Get your butt back here this instant!" The silver-haired genin ran through Konoha's streets in a terrified sprint. Having Rin trying to date him was bad enough, but having her cousin chasing him in a fury was worse; Kagome was scary!

Soon, he was joined in running by his other teammate and rival, Uchiha Obito. "Baka! What did you do now and how did you draw me into it?!" the Hatake demanded in, for once, a tone that wasn't indifferent or superior.

The ebony-eyed, black-haired boy looked at him angrily. "Me?! What makes you think I did this?! If I remember correctly, she started chasing you before she started chasing me!" Hearing a crash and a string of curses from somewhere behind them, the two sped up, trying to run from the crazed girl. "Look, I don't like you and you don't like me, but let's call it a truce until we get away from her; what do you say, teme?"

Kakashi glared lightly at the Uchiha but finally nodded when another shouted curse was heard. "Fine, truce; now let's find a way to get her off out tails!" Obito nodded and the two ran faster, each thinking of possible ploys that would at least calm the girl.

Up in a tree, watching them run, Kagome smirked. Mission: Stop idiot boys from fighting. Status: Complete. Mission: Keep it that way. Status: In progress. A laugh broke from her throat, causing her prey to try to speed up, again.

Kakashi watched Sasuke and Naruto squabble with a sigh. It had been years since he had thought of his former teammate's cousin, but seeing these two fight so much brought back the memories of how she would make him and Obito stop and made him wish for the old days again.

Kagome had continued to bother him long after Obito's death, if only to make sure that he wasn't wallowing in self-pity and hate too much. Then, when Rin 'left,' so did she. Kagome just up and left the village and seemed to disappear into thin air.

"Kakashi-sensei!" The whiny tone of his female student's voice brought him back to reality. "Can't you do anything to make Naruto stop?" The jounin barely resisted the urge to roll his eyes at how Sakura blamed Naruto when it was clearly Sasuke who had started this fight.

Instead, he gave her an eye smile and pretended to go back to his book. "Sorry, Sakura, but I can't do anything."

A chuckle came from the edge of the clearing Team 7 was currently in. "Still as lazy as ever I see, Kakashi." They whirled toward the voice to see a raven-haired girl leaning against a tree, sapphire eyes laughing happily. "I hope I won't have to make them stop fighting the way I did with you and Obito."

Kakashi shuddered. "If you do, I pity them." Her laughter flowed through the clearing like music, amazing all the occupants. Kakashi tilted his head to the sad slightly. I don't remember her voice and laugh being so… nice… Of course, that might be because she was always driving me to near insanity. Though his thoughts were harsh, there was a content smile on his face.

"Oh, where are my manners?" She turned to the three genin and bowed. "I am Higurashi Kagome; I'm an old acquaintance of Kakashi's." The genin bowed, well… Sakura did. Sasuke turned his head to the side with a 'hn' and Naruto began yelling about how he would be Hokage someday, 'Believe it!'

Shortly after, Kakashi sent his students to go climb more trees to build their chakre capacities and turned to his visitor. Kagome was gazing off in the direction his students had gone with a wistful smile. "They remind me of your old team… It's hard to believe that you've changed so much."

Kakashi watched her then gave her a cautious smile. "You're not here to torture me again, are you?"

Kagome laughed again and faced his with a bright smile that seemed to make her whole being glow with happiness. "I prefer to think of it as… only a temporary truce, since I'm going to start annoying you again very soon." The smile on her face made him shudder in fear and slight excitement. At least he wouldn't be bored for a while.

AN: Heh heh... Poor Kakashi. I hope you enjoyed reading this one as much as I enjoyed writing it, which was a lot. Thanks for reading and please leave me a review!