Kisame's Daughter

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"Otou-san!" A seemingly feral grin spread across the man's face as a young girl that looked nothing like him jumped into his arms. "I missed you!" The man laughed as sapphire eyes flicked with gold danced with happiness.

His grin widened, pointed teeth flashing. "I was only gone for a day, baby girl." Small yellow eyes shone with love for his daughter and he quickly accommodated her in his arms so he could still hold her and reach his sword easily. Where so many others had shied away from his blue skin and feral features, she loved them, the only others to do that were her late mother and the others in the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist.

"Kisame!" He turned to see a man with a huge clever on his back coming forward with his apprentice, Haku, at his side. Momochi Zabuza gave him a friendly nod and a smile to his daughter before becoming solemn again. "Mizukage-sama­," The title was spat out like poison, "wishes to see us."

Hoshigaki Kisame's face formed into a frown and he sighed. "Well, unfortunately, duty calls, Baby Girl."

She pouted cutely. "I'm not a baby girl, Otou-san! I'm almost as old as Haku-chan!" Said hunter-nin blinked when he found himself at the end of a protective glare. "Otou-san!" His daughter tugged at his hair, pulling him from thoughts varying from 'how is she so familiar with him?' to 'what would be the best way to kill him and not get on Zabuza's bad side?' "No glaring at Haku-chan!"

Kisame gave his small version of a pout and heard Zabuza laughing. "Calm down, Kisame – she's nine and Haku is ten; don't you think that they're still a bit young for that?"

Kisame sighed and turned back to his adorably confused daughter. "I have to go, again. I'll be back soon." She grinned and nodded before kissing him on the cheek and jumping out of his arms to run back up the street.

Kisame watched her go and sighed before turning to Zabuza. The other swordsman walked with him to the Mizukage Tower, both reluctant to go. "How much do you see her, nowadays?" The Hoshigaki sighed and that was all Zabuza needed. Even if he had seen her the day before, it had only been for about five minutes, the same with all the other times he saw his beautiful baby girl.

They reached the tower and proceeded to the Mizukage's office. The room was filled with smoke with the fat leader sitting comfortably in the middle. Both swordsmen wanted nothing more than to separate his head from his shoulders, but they stood waiting for him to speak.

"Oh, you're here." They remained silent. "Now, first things first. Kisame, how is your daughter?" He immediately tensed and his glare was dangerous. "That's nice, now I hope you said good-bye to her, because, as your weakness," Kisame's eyes widened and Zabuza was close to gaping. Was he insane? "I had to get rid of her."

Kisame was immediately no where in sight, and the Mizukage had the gall to look confused. Haku stood still, quietly seething, while Zabuza's clenched fists were shaking and drawing slight blood from his palms. Once he was strong enough and had more supporters, Zabuza was positive that he was going to kill he disgusting man in front of him, if only to avenge his best friend's baby girl.

Kisame bolted through the village, his eyes darting around, frantically searching for his baby girl. A scream came from his left. "No!" He ran toward the scream, praying that he wasn't too late.

He found his daughter being chased by hunter-nin. "No!" He cut some of the hunter-nin with Samahada, not caring about the consequences of his actions, or the screams his sword's jagged edge elicited. She ran into the forest as more nin followed her.

Kisame began cutting even more of them down. "Leave her alone!"

He followed them until they reached a clearing. His daughter was crouched in fear beside a dried up well with the hunter-nin surrounded her. The swordsman could only see red as he charged with a battle cry.

"Otou-san!" Her sapphire eyes immediately lightened and she stood, happy that he came to rescue her. However, she tripped as she stood, falling into the well. "Otou-san!" She saw her father's fear-filled face before a flash of green light.

"No!" The hunter-nin all lay on the ground, dead or groaning as Kisame stood at the well, staring inside with disbelieving eyes. "No…" She had disappeared, simply vanished in a flash of light. His legs gave out and he came closer to crying than he ever had in his life. "Kagome…"

"Kagome!" A black-haired girl with sapphire eyes started out of her daze just in time to dive out of the way of a barrage of tentacles. She looked up at the dark hanyou, wishing for the smirk on his face to burst into flames. "Stupid wench, pay attention!"

The priestess, on an impulse, sneered at her hanyou ally and pushed herself to her feet. Ten years… It was ten years since she last saw her father; ten years since Higurashi Kun-loon found her and took her in… Why was she thinking about him now? It only hurt her.

With more agility than she had shown in the past three years, the miko dove past Kirara to avoid a lungful of miasma, shocking Sango and Miroku, who were atop the fire cat. Before she realized what she was doing, she was beside Sesshomaru, letting her mind work through a plan to bring down their enemy.

"Sesshomaru-sama, this is going to sound really strange, but I need to borrow Tokigen." She was already trying to remember the one jutsu that her father had the time to teach her to provide a distraction for her.

"Have you gone mad, Miko?" The taiyoukai cut down another swarm of lower youkai before letting his golden gaze turn to her.

"No, I think I'm finally becoming sane." He looked at her strangely. "Inuyasha is too reckless – the only two people that I have ever seen that were able to use a style similar to the one he uses, just throwing his sword around, were my father and his best friend, and they were much stronger than Inuyasha, so they made it work."

Sesshomaru watched her for a moment before turning his attention back to the battle. "Be that as it may, Tokigen as a too powerful an aura for you to handle, Miko."

"Oh, come one." Kagome herself was surprised at her stubbornness to him, considering she had always been terrified of him before. "It can't be worse than Samahada."

She kept surprising him. "Fine, but if you are possessed, this Sesshomaru will not be held responsible."

A grin that, even if she couldn't see, she knew would resemble her father's broke across her face. "Arigatou, Sesshomaru-sama." Her hands flew through the necessary signs for the Kirigakure-no-jutsu and took Tokigen from him before vanishing into the growing mist.

Sesshomaru started at the place where she disappeared before lifting his nose to try to find her, only to find that the mist impaired his sense of smell, sight and hearing. "Impressive."

Kagome smiled at the compliment and ran through the clearing, feet making no sound as they moved as they moved. She could hear Inuyasha's cursing and Naraku's confusion, though the mist made it so that it was difficult to tell where sound came from; luckily, she could sense the Shikon, so she knew where Naraku was.

Tokigen's aura flared and she glanced at it. "Oh, hush. You'll be plunged into Naraku's disgusting chest soon enough." It flared again, but this time in excitement before it quieted. A tilt of her lips showed through as she jumped into the air, above where she knew Naraku stood.

The great pulse of Tokigen's aura was all that warned the dark hanyou recieved before he felt cold steel pierce through him. He coughed up blood, hesitating a moment from shock. That moment was all that Kagome needed.

Naraku felt light fingers flutter over where his heart would be before he felt as if he was being burned alive, for the second time, only this time from the inside.

The mist lifted, revealing Kagome standing in a patch of charred ground, Tokigen in one hand and a faintly glowing stone in the other. Inuyasha stood still, not believing what he was seeing. In the light of the jewel, Kagome's eyes shone a bright sapphire flicked with a dark gold. Gold? I don't remember that being there…

Sesshomaru strode calmly over to retrieve his sword, though he too was surprised. "Well done, Miko." She looked up at him and nodded respectfully. The taiyoukai studied her for a moment before turning away briskly.

The miko watched him in slight amusement before looking back to at the glowing jewel. So much trouble, for just a little marble. She glanced at the now fuming hanyou and all traces of amusement left her as she tightened her hold on the jewel. He can't use it – he can't bring back Kikyo, because my soul is my own.

She was surprised at her own resolve against him, but she had to wonder as she watched him coming. Did I really love him at all, or was I trying to fool myself into believing that I belonged here? She closed her eyes and sighed. I wish… The jewel's glowing brightened somewhat beneath her fingers. I wish I was stronger, so Otou-san wouldn't have to worry.

There was a flash of light and Kagome shot her eyes open. She wasn't standing at the battlefield, but at Mt. Hakurai. "Nani?" Six graves stood in front of her, and upon reading the names, the miko's eyes widened. "These are – "

"My brothers." She turned to the side, already knowing who she would see. "Even if one of them tried to kill me, they were still my team, my family." Kagome watched him set weapons on the graves, stopping at the last one. "What are you doing here, Miko?"

Kagome watched Bankotsu reverently set Jakotsu's snake-blade on the grave. "To… pay my respects, I suppose." The mercenary looked up at her curiously but she could only smile. "You may have been out enemy, but you're a great warrior, and so were they."

She placed her hands together and said a short prayer, even for Mukotsu. When she opened her eyes again, Bankotsu was still watching her. "Ne, how are you still alive? Inuyasha said that you died."

He shrugged and sat in front of Jak's grave. "Dunno. Naraku got the jewel shards and I remember turning to dust again, so I don't know." He continued to gaze at his friend's sword as she sat beside him. "I just wish I wasn't alone again."

Kagome looked to the side, to his blade, and smiled. "But you're not." She could feel his gaze snapping back to her. "You still have Banryuu, and I guess you have me." She turned to grin at him. "I wished to be stronger so my Otou-san wouldn't have to worry, and I ended up here."

He laughed a little bit and stood. "Well then, if you want to be stronger, I'll train you.

"And in return?" She stood as well and watched as he easily picked up his Banryuu and slung it over his shoulder. "I know you won't train me for free."

He grinned and turned to her, his braid swinging around slightly. "Well, I'm not going to lie and say that I'll be an easy teacher, but you'll be stronger than you would be if Inuyasha taught you." He saw the question in her eyes and smiled sadly. "I may not like him much, if at all, but Jak did, so I'll at least say his name."

She smiled and nodded, still waiting for the answer to her other question. "The condition for me to train you… is that you don't leave me alone…" His voice trailed off as he stared at her, as close to pleading as his pride would allow. She smiled and nodded slightly.

"I won't."

"Ban!" Kagome turned around, a frown set on her face as she looked for her friend. "Bankotsu, get your butt out here!" It had only been a few years since they had teamed up, and they had managed to avoid any of her former group, thankfully – seeing them would only have brought back painful memories of her kit.

Shaking her head to rid her mind of the images of his mangled body, she continued to look around. "Ban!"

Cursing drew her eyes toward the edge of the forest, her hand coming down to rest on her katana. She could use Banryuu or something similar to it, in fact, she preferred it, but a katana was easier to conceal.

Bankotsu burst through the trees, Banryuu over his shoulder. "Kag, run!" She didn't need any encouragement and turned to flee, her hakamas bellowing slightly. She had given up her scandalous school uniform the second day in the mercenary's company, instead wearing either a pale blue and gold kimono, or, for the times when it was better that she pose as a male, (Bankotsu's brother,) she would pull her hair back into a braid, bind her chest and wear a haori and hakamas like Ban.

Once he reached her side, they both sped up. "Who's after us?" When he didn't answer, she glanced over to see his scowl. "Ban?"

His scowl deepened. "Inuyasha." He didn't need to say more. Though they had managed to avoid them, Inuyasha had caught their scent and knew that they were a team, plus there were rumors and tales of their jobs and whatnot everywhere.

"Where do we go? Sesshomaru is too far from here." The miko stayed silent, considering an option she hadn't thought of using in all the years that she had been with Ban. "Kag?"

She closed her eyes. "We're going through the well; Inuyasha won't be able to do anything there." She could feel his uncertainty and gave him a smile. "Don't worry, we'll be fine."

The mercenary smiled back and they ran through Inuyasha's forest. Once Sesshomaru had heard of the rumors, he had sought them out to insure Kagome's wellbeing. Apparently, he had turned back on the battlefield to find her gone and had been… less than pleased, so when there were rumors of her, he checked them out. He was now their ally, but he was too far away. "There's the well."

They could both hear the hanyou cursing behind them and picked up their pace again. The miko jumped over the ledge, glancing up to make sure that her friend was following her. Otou-san… As the blue lights swelled around them, she felt a sudden longing for her father. I'm stronger now, as strong as Ban, can I come home?

The well's magic pulsed, startling the mercenaries before the light faded to deep green. "What's happening?" Kagome could only shake her head in confusion.

After a moment, they landed at the bottom and quickly propelled themselves out. Bankotsu looked around through narrowed eyes at the forest around them. "I thought you said we would come out at a shrine…"

"We should have." The miko looked around, feeling nostalgia from the tints of red on the trees around them. "But this is someplace else, where we have a much greater advantage than Inuyasha." She turned to see him raise an eyebrow, seeming to say 'Oh? And what's that?'

She grinned and reached up to separate her hair into three sections. Bankotsu came up behind her and swatted her hands away, doing it himself. She sighed lightly at the feeling of his fingers in her hair before responding. "This is where I was born; I fell down the well when I was nine and I haven't gotten back since. Meaning that I know this terrain better than Inuyasha ever could."

His hands stilled for a moment before finishing the braid and tying it off. "Well then, let's go exploring." Kagome grinned and they began running.

The miko relished in the feeling of being home. She could feel her chakre connecting with the nature around them again, something she hadn't been able to do in the other worlds. She knew she was still grinning, but she didn't care. Otou-san… I'm home.

Bankotsu watched her from the corner of his eyes and smiled. She was happier – there was a glint in her eyes that he had only seen a few times before when she was truly happy. If Inuyasha comes to try to ruin this, it won't matter if Jak liked him or not, I'll separate his head from his shoulders.

"Hoshigaki Kisame?" The fearful question changed Kagome's demeanor entirely. She had politely asked one of the few vendors in Kiri of her father, but the scared expression on his face told her all she really needed to know.

"Yes, he is currently a missing-nin and our hunt for him would be easier if we understood why he became one." Bankotsu was confused, she could feel it, but he hid it well, hoisting Banryuu up easily and scanning the crowd.

The vendor glanced around before lowering his voice. "We all know it was coming – some of the swordsmen were becoming more and more disgusted with the Mizukage. – "

"Mizukage-sama­," the title was spat out like poison…

" – But the final blow had to have been when the Mizukage ordered Kisame's daughter, wonderful girl… He ordered her killed – "

"My apologies, but orders are orders." The hunter-nin pulled out some senbon needles.

" – because she was Kisame's one weakness – "

"You're weak! Kikyo wouldn't need me to protect her all the time!"

" – but, the way I saw it, she was his strength; she made him human." Kagome blinked, not believing that she had heard that, from a civilian no less. "Anyway, he became a missing-nin that day, and Momochi Zabuza and his apprentice followed him shortly after."

Kagome nodded. "Thank you for your time." She turned but the vendor called her back.

"I also heard that he's in a group called Akatsuki." Kagome nodded. "Good luck."

Bankotsu followed her down the street, looking around curiously. "So… are you going to tell me what's going on, or are you going to leave me hanging?" She laughed, bringing a smile to his lips as he understood the hidden message. 'Later.'

Soon, they were in the woods surrounding Kiri, away from any eavesdroppers. Kagome sat on a log across from her friend who was more than willing to wait for her to start – one thing he had learned during his time with Kagome was patience.

The miko sighed and tilted her head to stare at the clouds. "Hoshigaki Kisame was one of the most powerful swordsmen in Kiri, now he's a missing-nin, a criminal…" A sad smile crossed her face. "And I'm his daughter."

Bankotsu blinked. "So… instead of hunting him like you told the vendor you would, you're just looking for him?" At her nod, he smirked. "And I'm just along for the ride, ne?"

She laughed. "Yep! I'm dragging you every step of the way."

Kisame hung back behind Itachi as they passed an old well somewhere in Ame. "Has it really been twelve, almost thirteen years?" Itachi turned back to him, silently asking if everything was alright.

"Kisame." The shark-nin turned to follow his partner, shrugging slightly to show that he was fine. He had never told Itachi about his daughter, just as Itachi had never told him about Sasuke before the younger Uchiha showed up.

Somehow, Kagome, I know you're alive, and I've been thinking about you more and more lately, and I know Itachi has noticed. I'll find you, I promise.

Bankotsu was twitching, never a good sign, and Kagome standing between him and the source of his irritation was probably the only thing keeping Suigetsu's head from rolling to the floor. They had come across Team Hebi completely by accident after about a week of searching for signs of Akatsuki. Sasuke had allowed them to join because they had proven themselves strong, and they could occupy Kisame while he killed Itachi.

Karin hadn't taken to their joining too well, considering it a threat to her nonexistent chances with 'Sasuke-kun!' Juugo had immediately taken a liking to Kagome, something Ban wasn't too thrilled about, because he said that she was able to keep him calm. Suigetsu and Bankotsu were too much alike to get along well, but they had developed a sort of kinship.

Sasuke still spent most of his time off on his own, shrugging off Karin's advances easily while watching Ban and Suigetsu with something akin to jealousy. They were like he used to be with Naruto.

"Now, Ban, play nice." The miko smacked Suigetsu on the arm when he laughed. "You too, Suigetsu-san." Her eyes drifted to Zabuza's sword before darting away. "Juugo-kun and I will go hunt dinner."

Sasuke watched her start to walk away with eyes narrowed slightly in sympathy. He had confronted her on why she rarely looked Suigetsu in the eyes and why she flinched whenever he used Kubikiri Houcho. "I knew Zabuza before he was a missing-nin," she had replied. "Haku-chan, too, so seeing the proof that they're dead is a little hard on me." He had simply nodded and left it at that.

"Sasuke-kun!" Kagome hadn't made it out of the clearing yet and turned with Juugo to see what had the deranged kunoichi so excited. "I sense Itachi and Kisame! They're fighting the Kyuubi vessel!"

Immediately, Karin was pressed again a tree, the Uchiha holding her neck, Sharingan active and spinning. "I told you," his voice came out as a growl, "not to call him that."

Bankotsu was the only one to notice Kagome tense, hope flaring in her eyes. "What are we waiting for, then?"

They were jumping through the trees in less than five minutes. Sasuke following Karin's directions just this once, praying that they didn't get there too late. Naruto…

Bankotsu stopped at the edge of the battlefield and pulled Kagome back. "Don't let him think that you're against him, Kag – that would be a very awkward reunion." She reluctantly nodded and watched all three separate groups stare each other down.

They must have talked because in a sudden flurry of motion, it was an all out battle-melee. Kagome watched Suigetsu attack her father with trepidation, hoping that neither were truly hurt, but she knew from the fluctuations of her father's aura that he was not pleased with someone else using Kubikiri Houcho.

She didn't pay attention to any of the other fights, though Ban was conscious of Karin fighting a girl with pink hair and Juugo was fighting someone who could control wood. Suigetsu was joined in fighting Kisame by a boy who looked like Sasuke and Sasuke himself was fighting Itachi with a kitsune boy.

Ban glanced at her before narrowing his eyes at the battle. "Be ready to create a distraction for a retreat – they're getting overpowered. I'll help your dad."

Before she could respond, the mercenary had hefted Banryuu higher over his shoulder and jumped in front of Suigetsu, blocking his attack. The other swordsman's eyes widened in shock. "What are you doing, Ban-no-baka?!"

Bankotsu smirked cockily with a tinge of sadness. "Gomen, but I can't let you kill him – Kagome would be upset."

Kisame stared at him in shock from his standstill with Sai. Kagome?

"Kisame, we're retreating." Itachi looked a little worse for the wear and exhausted. His partner wanted to question the new boy, but nodded and pushed Sai away.

"You're not getting away, Itachi!" Sasuke ran to follow them, but a whip hit him across his chest, stopping him. "Kagome? You're letting them get away!"

The miko stood still with a small smile on her face. Bankotsu was standing at the tree line with Kisame and she could sense Itachi just a little ways ahead. "I never said that I wanted to kill Hoshigaki Kisame, you just assumed that. Besides," she grinned at them, surprising Team Hebi and Team Kakashi. "Why would I want to kill my father?"

"Kag, we're leaving."

"Hai!" She disappeared only to reappear beside Ban and they all used a teleportation technique. Sasuke slammed Kusanagi into the ground, yelling in frustration.

Itachi was leaning against a tree, watching the scene before him in curiosity. Kisame wasn't letting the girl more than an arm's length away from him and continually alternated between grinning and glaring at the boy with the braid as he told his partner the story behind how he met the girl.

"So let me get this straight, first you tried to kill her, not you're her best friend?"

Bankotsu smirked and leaned back a little bit. "Yeah, that's about right. I think trying to harm her in some way is a prerequisite for being her friend. Inuyasha tried to kill her, the hentai houshi tried to kidnap her, the taijiya tried to kill them all, the baka-okami did kidnap her and so on and so forth."

Kagome smiled gratefully to him since he left out her kit. Itachi decided he was tired of being out of the loop and called his partner, silently demanding an explanation. Kisame merely grinned proudly and put his arm around her shoulders. "Itachi-san, this is my daughter, Kagome."

If he was surprised, the Uchiha didn't show it, but he did incline his head politely, running his eyes over her. She was beautiful now that her hair was down, even with his decaying vision he could see that, and her eyes shone brilliantly.

"Itachi-san?" He blinked to show he heard her and she tilted her head to the side. "Are you going blind?" He gave a short nod, his mind working furiously, trying to figure out how she knew. She bit her lip hesitantly. "I can heal your eyes, if you want."

The Uchiha glanced at his partner to see a reassuring nod before shrugging. Not many people realized how well the two of them were able to read each other. Itachi had just asked Kisame's opinion, and the blue-skinned man had replied that, if anyone could do it, Kagome could.

Kagome stood and walked to where the Uchiha sat and knelt beside him, ignorant of Bankotsu's jealous glare, though the Akatsuki members were not. Kisame smirked at Itachi who was holding in his own. Oh, the fun they could have by messing with the boy's mind.

The miko placed her hands over his eyes and closed her own. The blindness was sinking into his eyes like a curse. Her miko ki surrounded the damaging darkness, purifying it while she hoped he wasn't in pain.

After five minutes, she removed her hands and waited for him to open his eyes. When he did, he was surprised to find how clearly he could see her face. She smiled warmly at him and made to stand up.

Itachi's hand reached out and grabbed her wrist, pulling her back down, on top of him. "Itachi-sa – " Her inquiry was cut off as he gently kissed her, ignoring the furious sputtering of the long-haired mercenary and the protective glare from his partner.

He made use of her gasp of surprise to deepen the kiss softly, not pushing her in anyway. When he finally pulled back for the lack of air, he was pleased with the flush of her cheeks and her dazed eyes. "Arigatou."

The miko blushed even more and swiftly went back to her father's side in embarrassment. Itachi glanced at the fuming mercenary while running his tongue over his lips, faintly realizing that he had made a rival of his new ally. She tastes sweet… He returned to looked at his overprotective partner and his daughter. Things will definitely be more interesting now, but I can't seem to mind.

Itachi shared a glance with Kisame and the swordsman scowled darkly, understanding what Itachi had meant. If you think I'm bad, wait until the others see her.

AN: Lol! I love the ending! I worked a long time on this one, so please tell me what you think!

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