Differences Don't Matter

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Kagome watched the bird fly over her and across the sun. That isn't a normal bird… It was pretty high up, but it looked like it wasn't, telling her that it was too big to be a normal bird. She shrugged and continued trying to figure out where she was.

The miko cursed Inuyasha for the umpth time as she sat on the edge of the well. This was not the Sengoku Jidai, nor was it Tokyo, so she was at a loss as to where she was. Why was she cursing her hanyou companion? That was easy, 'Anything that does wrong,' Shippo had once told her, 'blame it on the hanyou.' It actually worked in making her feel better, too.

She sighed and looked back toward the sky. She narrowed her eyes as she saw that the bird was still there. Unless it was a giant vulture that thought that she was its next meal, it should have left and gone on its merry way by now.

She pulled out her bow and an arrow and took aim at the vulture. She was not lunch, although it might be. She released the arrow, allowing some of her miko ki to leak into it. After a minute and a flash of light, she watched as clay fell from the sky, accompanied by a blonde in a red and black cloak.

Said blonde was currently cursing up a storm while she merely arched an eyebrow in an indifferent manner that would have made Sesshomaru proud. "What the hell was that for, un?!"

Kagome focused on the one blue eye that she could see and shrugged. "It wasn't a bird I was familiar with, and I've learned that it's better to be safe than sorry." The blonde scowled a little but didn't reply as he looked her over.

"If that's true, then why aren't you wearing any armor, un?"

Kagome blinked and let her mask of indifference fall as she thought over that. "I don't know… I'll have to ask Sesshomaru-sensei about that… once I find a way back that is…" She grumbled the last part and cursed Inuyasha again. "Do you know of a place where I could restock my supplies?"

The blonde watched her for a moment, seeing if she was a possible threat, before shrugging and turning away. "Sure; follow me, un." The miko picked up her pack and followed him, mentally creating a map so she would be able to get back to the well. "My name is Deidara, un."

The miko smiled. "I'm Kagome."

"Dei-kun!" Kagome laughed as she tried to stop the tickle attack sent at her by her companion. "Alright! I give!" The blonde Akatsuki member grinned and sat back, letting her sit up. It was a little over three months since they had first met, and Kagome was still trying to find a way back through the well.

She had almost made it, but Deidara's partner, Sasori, had been killed and she didn't want to leave him like that. She had met his new partner, Tobi, and could understand why Dei was often time frustrated when he came to see her. She smiled at him as he turned to lay his head in her lap.

He was a good friend to her, teaching her about chakre and even some jutsu for when she did go back. In turn, she kept him company when he wasn't off on a mission of some sort and calmed him down when dealing with Tobi became too much.

"Ne, Kagome-chan?" She came out of her thoughts to look down at the blonde in her lap. "If you go back to wherever you come from, will you come visit, un?" She blinked but smiled and ran her hand through his bangs.

"If I can. I'm still needed back there, more than I am here, but you and Tobi are here, so once I'm finished there, I'll do everything I can to come back." Deidara seemed to accept that, but he had scowled slightly when Tobi was included.

He shifted into a more comfortable position and allowed his mind to drift a little. "I'll miss you while you're gone, un. No one will be here to keep me from killing Tobi, un." She giggled and he paused a moment in thought. "Then again, that might not be such a bad thing, un."

Kagome laughed and could just imagine his masked partner crying out, "But Deidara-sempai! Tobi is a good boy!" Tobi reminded her a little of Rin; they were both childish and referred to themselves in the third-person. But, of course, Tobi had the ability to kill, while Rin wouldn't harm a fly, she left that to Sesshomaru.

She noticed that Deidara had drifted off to sleep, though she knew that his senses were alert for any possible danger; he was still a criminal, after all. She smiled down at him and pet his hair. She would miss him too, so she promised herself that she would defeat Naraku as quickly and efficiently as possible as she could with his training then finish her training under Sesshomaru.

I want to be able to help him when I come back, not just sit around and wait for him. I wouldn't be any better than Inu-baka says I am then. She leaned back onto one of her hands and watched the clouds. It's strange; he's a criminal and I'm a priestess… Our roles are so different, we're different, but that doesn't matter.

AN: Yay! DeiKag! XD I love it. Thank you all for reading! Please leave me a review with your thoughts and reasonable requests.

Coming up: Kagome and Team 7, Kagome's little adventure, Kagome and Neji, Kagome and Lee, Kagome and Naruto, Kagome and Itachi, Kagome and Kakashi. Not all of these are real pairings, some of them are just friendship.