Boo, shortest chapter so far D: This was sort of a chapter to fill in a bit of gaps. Next chapter deffinitley has the introduction of Sasuke Uchiha, be excited :]

Apparently, when I was editing the previous chapter I uploaded number three again. Lol. Sorry for any confusion, but I have fixed everything.

ALSO, NOTE: It is actually a fact that Hinata`s mother does not die during child birth. If you want proof, I shall give you some. I was actually thinking about making her die but decided that she will come in handy for Kagome in later chapters :D

Disclaimer: Me no own Naruto or Inuyasha. No no no. :P

Chapter Five:

The month of March held quite a bit of surprises.

Harumi, having been pregnant before Kagome had even returned with Haichi, had her child in March. March 27th to be exact.

Kagome had been excited to meet the baby, but had not been allowed at first because she was of the Branch House. After a couple days, Harumi had gotten permission for her daughter to come in and meet her sibling.

Kagome had came into the healing room of the Hyuga's Main House. She walked up to the bed where her mother was laying, holding a bundle in her arms. The girl had taken the chair next to her mothers bed and sat down.

"Hello Kagome." her mother smiled at her.

"Good morning Mama." Kagome had smiled back.

"This is your new little sister, Hanabi." the woman leaned over to her middle child and showed her the baby.

Kagome, who had so rarely seen baby's, was in shock. It was so cute! It had puffy little cheeks and the smallest little hands. Hanabi had her piercing white eyes open, staring at Kagome. The youngest girl kept blinking, taking in the bigger body. Her face then scrunched up, leaving a cute little expression that Kagome giggled at. The baby also had a tuft of brown hair on her head, their fathers color.

"Mama, shes really cute." Kagome said in awe.

"Would you like to hold her?" Harumi looked at her child, trusting that Kagome would hold Hanabi safely.

"Really? I can?" Kagome had just assumed she came in for a look and that her Father would never let her hold such a fragile part of the family.

"Of course." the Mother of three sat up in her bed, leaning over and setting Hanabi in Kagome's awaiting arms, making sure she was in the right position brfore laying back down. "Make sure you support her head, dear."

Kagome cooed to the child, telling her it would be so strong one day, that it would be so beautiful because she was already so cute. It truly was a scene to take in and for the oversensitive Mother, she had tears of joy in her eyes while watching.

Behind them, the door creaked open, revealing half of a familiar face.

"Hinata-nee!" Kagome called. "Little sister is so cute..."

Hinata, who had been waved in by their mother, came in silently. She walked over to the chair Kagome was in and got up on it as well for Kagome had scooted over on the large seat. All of the older females then sat quietly, looking at the newest Hyuga. They watched as she blinked, as she squirmed and as she played with her fingers.

Harumi than gave Hinata a turn with holding the child. Hinata being the more careful twin, held her second little sister gently, not too close and not too far.

"Oh!" Hinata whispered, looking down as the baby grabbed onto her longer side bang, pulling lightly. Harumi and Kagome both giggled.

March was also the month in which Neji had activated his Byakugan.

Around a month after Hizashi's death, Neji was back to normal with Kagome. He seemed distant to all others and had seemed to grow a hatred for her twin, which she didn't approve of but, it wasn't up to her whom he disliked. Things fell back into place between them, even if something or really, someone was missing.

The six year old male and the five year old female were both in the Dojo, practicing their Gentle fist. Every once and a while they would stop for a break, grabbing some water and sitting for a bit. They were never doing nothing though. As they sat they ran through several hand signs. When Neji and Kagome came to the Byakugans hand signs, they did the sequence quickly.

While nothing happened to Kagome, she heard somthing to the side of her.

Looking over, she could literally see the veins popping out around Neji's eyes.

"N-Neji-nii! The Byakugan!" she yelled.

He looked over to her, only to not stop looking at the wall he had been concentrating on. In fact, he could see everywhere... All around him was clear, except one small dot, where he could not see at all. Kagome herself wasn't skin and flesh... He could only see her chakra coils and tenketsu. It was odd though, weren't chakra coils supposed to be smaller than that? Why did Kagome have two sets of them? One blue and another... Silver? Looking at her body he could see the charkra flowing, most of the silver chakra though was built up at the forehead and around her brain.

"You did it! You have the Byakugan!" Kagome's excited yells pulled him out of his thoughts.

Suddenly, the door slammed open revealing Hinoki. She looked flustered, hanging onto a spatula.

"What's wrong? All I heard was screaming!" she raised her spatula as if it were a sword. The woman had been quite stressed with the death of Hizashi, meaning she was to take care of the children. Kagome was well-tempered but Neji usually ignored her unless he was around the other girl.

"Look Hinoki, Neji has the Byakugan!" she clapped her hands together.

Neji was still facing Kagome but watched as his caretaker's eyes shone with glee.

"That's wonderful, I will go tell Master Hiashi right away." and just like that, the cook ran from the dojo.

Later on that night Hiashi, the elders and even some branch members had taken Neji to a training ground, all watching as he successfully activated the Byakugan for them. Kagome watched the whole thing from her bedroom window with elders whispered to eachother about the genius Hyuga boy. The Branch members cheered, knowing that they had just one upped the Main house for one of their own had been the youngest Hyuga in history to activate their Byakugan. Hiashi Hyuga looked at the boy, nodded and then walked away frustrated that Hinata was not that good.

When Neji came back inside, he was immediately ambushed by his best friend.

"Kagome?" he asked, putting a hand on her head.

"You did well!" she smiled. "To celebrate, I'm going to cook you Herring Soba, your favorite!"

Neji tilted his head. When had she figured that out?

A giggle and than she was off to the kitchen to ask Hinoki for help.

While Neji went to the Dojo to practice, the girls stayed in the kitchen, cooking the meal for the boy.

Kagome boiled the noodles and the broth while Hinoki fixed up the Herring. She made sure the noodles were the special buckwheat kind that Neji seemed to enjoy so much. She also chopped up some herbs for topping and some pickled vegetables for the side dish, all of this cutting happened in under one minute. Kagome was glad Kunai training had helped her in more ways than one.

Hinoki helped her strain the noodles over the sink when they were finished, then moving to grab three plates.

Kagome put an equal amount in two bowls and made sure there was a little extra in one. She left Hinoki to put the herbs on top and set the pickled veggies on some plates, so she could go grab Neji.

The navy haired girl walked, no... creeped, slowly to the dojo and poking her head in. Neji was meditating, his back facing her.

"Yes?" he asked and she laughed. Of course he had the Byakugan on.

She slid through the door and held up one hand, wiggling all her fingers. "How many fingers do I have up?"

"Five." he answered simply.

"Nope, four and one thumb." she giggled, running back in the hall, yelling over her shoulder, "Dinner is ready!"

Kagome set each bowl in the correct spots. Neji's spot was still in the same spot, right beside the head of the table. Kagome's spot was still right across from her and ever since Hinoki started to dine with them, she sat beside Kagome. She made sure Neji had the biggest bowl of soba and then set all the different vegetables in the middle of the three bowls.

"Dinner is served." she bowed to Neji when he entered the room. He just shook his head and continued to his spot, a small smile gracing his lips.

A few weeks after that, Neji returned to the academy, having taken a break of it from his fathers death.

That left Kagome with more time on her hands.

She would visit her Mother and her two sisters more often, talking about Neji for the most of the time. She and Hinata would go sit in the Main house garden rarely, watching the clouds. The Hyuga girl also helped Hinoki with her duties more often, learning more recipes and new ways to cut with a knife. What she loved to do most of all though, was train.

Just the thought of becoming better like Neji was making her train more and more. She barely noticed when her Mother or Hinata snuck into the Branch dojo to watch her. She had gotten good at memorizing the tenketsu, she also was better with her aim because of the training time. She wasn't the best with Genjutsu, but being more skilled with Taijutsu and some Ninjutsu, it was fine. She started using small weights, adding two pounds first to get used to it and as time went on she added more weight. Kagome also practiced with her hand signs, trying to get faster.

Hinoki had to admit, the girl had quite a bit of stamina. One time, she had walked by the Dojo and heard Kagome training, only walking back past it an hour later to finally hear her collaps.

Whenever Kagome could not move, having little to no strength left, she would visit the Branch houses library to grab some books to read when resting. Every once and a while her Mother would bring her a special book from the Main houses library, telling her it was their little secret.

By the end of the day, she would always go wait at the gates for Neji to return home, even if she was exhausted. She had even fallen asleep there once, only having been brought in by the person she was waiting for.

On those nights when she wasn't tired or out of energy, she would sneak into Neji's room and listen to story's about his day and about what he learned. It interested her greatly. Kagome also knew that without herself, Neji would be lonely and she didn't want that.

On weekends, she took her time to relax and watch him train. She would always make tea for them when he was done. They would occasionally go into the garden, Neji letting Kagome play with his hair. She would meditate with him or read while he did homework.

Neji was her closest and pretty much only friend. Was it so bad that she spent all of her time with him? It truly took her mind off the fact that she could not leave the compound, other than the few times with her Mother and Hinata.

Kagome also took to drawing.

If she were ever sitting somewhere, having to be patient, she would pull out a little sketch book. She drew flowers, Sango the bluebird, Shippo the fox, stick figures of Neji, Hinata, Harumi, Hanabi, Hizashi, Hinoki, herself and even Haichi, whom she had yet to see. Drawing was her last resort though and she knew she really sucked at it.

Things truly had fallen back into a calm as the year continued on.

Neji and Hinata never talked anymore, as if the girl avoided him and he stayed away from her because she was 'plague'.

Hanabi took up quite a bit of Kagome and Hinata's Mother's time, but they knew it was for the good of the family.

Hiashi started to ignore both Hinata and Kagome more as time flew by, basing his interest in Hanabi. Though every once and a while when she was in a training field, Kagome could see Hiashi glaring at her from windows. She just ignored it, thinking he was just in a bad mood.

Kagome never had a normal life, she knew this even at age five. All the stuff that was going on then didn't mean much at all compared to what would be happening in the future. If only Kagome had known that.