Author's POV:
"Why?"
It was the only word that passed through her blood red luscious lips.
"Why?" She asked as a large boomerang of demon bone tore a gash in her thighs.
"Why?" She asked as a jingling gold staff of a monk smashed into her ribs.
"Why?" She asked as blue fire from a fox swiftly clawed up her arms.
"Why?" She asked as claws from a large cat tore through her shoulder.
"Why?" She asked as an arrow embedded a little above her heart.
"Why?" She asked as a clawed hand ripped through her back coming dangerously close to her neck.
She fell back her legs hitting hard wood.
"Why?" She asked softly looking up.
No one heard her, not even the demons.
"Why?" She asked louder.
The hanyou with silver hair, white dog ears, a red outfit, gold eyes, and blood stained claws smirked. The small kitsune child on the two tailed neko's back laughed as the neko growled softly in amusement. The slayer woman smiled as she raised her large Hiraikotsu. The lecherous monk grinned and spread his feet apart. A laugh ran from the former Shikon No Miko, who aimed her bow.
"Why?" The woman asked.
"Why Kagome, you must understand you are useless, idiotic, and weak. We have no use for you." The hanyou laughed.
Kagome, the woman, looked down at the ground a few feet from her. A groan came from the body lying there. The body was actually a wolf clan leader, named Koga. He had wounds littering him and was lying in a pool of blood. Kagome found a tear running down her face. Poor Koga. He had tried to save her but he was no match for the others when they ganged up on him.
"I'm so sorry Koga." She whispered.
The wolf just whimpered in pain. The group hadn't even been merciful enough to give him a quick death. They just tortured him till Kagome had shown up on the scene.
"You don't need to apologize to that wolf now. You will go with him to hell. You'll have plenty of time to apologize then." Kikyo laughed.
Kagome's eyes looked at the group and drank their appearances in. They all held their blood covered weapons high ready to finish her off; ready to kill their old friend. Kagome looked down again as she schooled her face and emotions. When she was fifteen she would have given them the pleasure of crying but now she was nineteen. Four years did a lot to a person, especially three years of training.
"I am not weak." She whispered to herself.
But the hanyou heard also.
"Of course you are." He laughed. "How do you think we hurt you so easily?"
"I let you, hoping you would see your errors after you saw me hurt." She whispered looking back at them with cold emotionless eyes.
They all snickered.
"You were so weak that three years ago when a demon attacked us you ran away." Shippo said.
"Yeah. We hoped it had killed you but here you are three years later crawling back to us." Sango said.
"I did not crawl back. I came back to ask to join you."
"You hid for three years and you expect us to accept you back? You are too cowardly and weak." Miroku chuckled.
"I did not hide. I trained to be stronger." She said coldly.
"Who would train someone as weak as you?" Kikyo asked.
She let her arrow go and Sango released her Hiraikotsu before Kagome could answer. Two blurs shot from the trees; one black from the east, one white from the west. The two blurs knocked the weapons away as they stood protectively in front of Kagome. The whole group's eyes widened as they looked at Naraku and Sesshomaru who stood in front of Kagome. The two former blurs glanced at one another. Then they looked back to the group.
"What are you doing to my student?" Sesshomaru asked in an icy cold voice.
The group opened their mouths and starred.
"You taught her?" Inuyasha asked in disbelief.
"She has been my student for the past year and a half." Sesshomaru replied.
"No wonder she is weak." Inuyasha taunted.
"Don't you dare call my daughter weak." Naraku snarled at Inuyasha.
The group stumbled back gaping with budging eyes. Sesshomaru also slowly turned to Naraku surprise even showing on his face.
"Daughter?" Sango asked. "You adopted her?"
They all starred in disbelief.
"No. She is my biological daughter."
Everyone was gaping.
"That isn't possible." Miroku whispered.
"She was never from the future. I sent her there long ago, through the well. And she is not Kikyo's reincarnation she is Midoriko's. She is over sixty."
Kagome got the stares redirected at her. She lifted all the illusions around her. Her eyes turned blue instead of brown, she grew claws, and fangs, her ears pointed and she looked even prettier.
"I lived in the future since I was ten, fifty years almost. My first adoptive mother was my grandmother but since we age slowly she died and gave me to my present adoptive mother."
"Why throw her in the well?" Kikyo interrupted.
"At the time there was a war between the north and the south. I couldn't have my daughter, the heir of the south getting hurt." Naraku said.
They all gaped again. Sesshomaru starred a moment.
"The lord of the south is a full demon and has been around for over three hundred years." He said.
"That Onigumo thing was all an act. I have been playing with you because I was bored. I have just cloaked my self in illusions."
A barrier like thing around Naraku shattered. Everyone could feel his demon youki radiating off of him. He was at least as strong as Sesshomaru. Everyone starred.
"Why?" Sesshomaru asked.
"Bored." Naraku grinned.
Sesshomaru nodded.
"Father…"
Naraku turned to Kagome.
"Can we save Koga?"
The two lords glanced at the bloody wolf.
"The prince of the east?" Sesshomaru questioned.
"The one who pursues you?" Naraku asked.
"He tried to save me but they got him." She said.
The two lords looked at one another again.
"Allies?" Naraku asked grinning.
Sesshomaru nodded. Then they turned back to the group who had reigned in their shock. The two lords raised their claws. Sesshomaru's glowed green with Poison and Naraku's surrounded by scalding flames that worked better then Sesshomaru's claws. They were going to lunge at the group but suddenly they heard a yell. They all spun to see the well giving off purple light. The purple light sent out whips that constricted around Kagome.
"The well is going to pull me through." She said quickly.
Naraku went to help her but hit a purple barrier. He growled.
"I'll be fine. I always am. Don't kill them. I call those rights." Kagome hissed at the lords as the whips of purple dragged her back slowly.
Naraku attacked the barrier but to no avail.
"Don't fight it or you will hurt yourself. It will let me back through when I finish what ever task I am being pulled in for." She said.
Naraku pulled out the almost complete Shikon No Tama. He tossed it to Kagome who grabbed it.
"Two shards are still in Koga's legs. That will make sure you can come back." Naraku said.
Kagome nodded as she was jerked back. She let out a cry as she was sucked into the well.
The two lords saw the group behind them inch away. Even the group was smart enough to know they couldn't take on two annoyed demon lords. The two glanced at them. The group ran for it. The two lords didn't follow. Sesshomaru crouched by Koga.
"Explain please, in detail." Sesshomaru said as he helped the barely conscious prince sit up.
"I married a demoness named Saya. She was then loveliest thing to be seen on earth. We had only one child; Kagome. Then the war started when Kagome turned ten. It started when the lord of the North killed my mate Saya. I was furious of course. The war started. My daughter was the last thing I had beside my lands and people. Saya's family were dimension skippers. They are rare demons who can skip from dimension to dimension and almost always have spiritual powers. They need a route though. Saya never skipped between dimensions but I knew Kagome held her blood. My mate told me of the sacred tree that was said to be in every dimension. There was the well and I decided to try it. I made Kagome jump in and promise to stay there till called back here. She did. She stayed in the other dimension for forty long years. The war ended nine years after Kagome left. I tried to call her back but found I couldn't. I just had to wait for my daughter to return. Then I learned that Kikyo held the jewel of four souls. I knew Kagome was a reincarnation of Midoriko and knew that if the jewel disappeared for a while it would return to my daughter's body since she was the true Shikon No Miko. I thought maybe she would come because of that. Well you know what happened from there. I watched as my daughter first pulled Inuyasha from the tree too. I talked to her that night but she said she wanted to stay with them a while. Then she met her 'friends'. If you have noticed she never once really tried to kill me or you for that matter. She knew killing you would start a war. But her friends were fooled with her act. Of course she never planned to betray them. She had fallen for Inuyasha and I tried to sway her heart. But then at sixteen in human years she overheard Inuyasha and the others talking about killing her. She ran to me immediately while the group was distracted with a demon. I trained her for a while and helped her. Then she set off to look for you."
"Was she a spy?" Sesshomaru asked.
"No. She said you would be a good teacher. I taught her hand to hand and how to wield things such as a scythe, mace, and axe but she went to you to learn the sword and whip."
"What kind of demon are you?" He asked Naraku.
"I am a spider demon. I also can control fire."
"Did Kagome learn your abilities?" Sesshomaru asked.
"Yes."
"Then she should be fine."
Naraku nodded.
"Now let's help this prince of the east here. He protected her and we owe him." Sesshomaru said.
"Of course." Naraku said.
Naraku grabbed Koga's other arm. Suddenly a two headed dragon, a girl, and an imp burst into the clearing.
"Lord Sesshomaru, I hope you are going to dispose of that bloody weak demon." Jaken screeched.
"How do you put up with him?" Naraku asked softly.
"It is very hard." The western lord sighed.
"WHAT IS NARAKU DOING HERE?!" The imp screamed.
"Silence Jaken. This 'bloody weak demon' is actually the prince of the east."
Jaken gulped.
"And Naraku is the lord of the South. We are allies."
The imp just fainted. Rin, the sixteen year old girl, (Let's say she was twelve when she met Sesshomaru) laughed and skipped over with the dragon tailing. She swung Jaken onto the dragon and gave us all a smile.
"Do you want me to treat him lord Sesshomaru?" The girl asked.
"Yes Rin." The old lord said almost softly.
Rin nodded and ran at the dragon. She un-strapped a basket of herbs and bandages. Then she skipped back to the two. The two lords laid the wolf prince down. He opened his eyes a crack and groaned almost inaudibly. He tried to sit up but Rin pushed him back. He saw her and closed his eyes again.
"Kagome." He whispered.
Rin did look like Kagome with long black hair and dark eyes. But Rin had some hair in a ponytail and wore a kimono. Rin sighed as she stripped the prince without a second thought. Sesshomaru and Naraku just leaned against a tree and started to talk.
"So why do you let the girl follow you around?" Naraku asked.
Sesshomaru looked at Naraku then back at the girl. Naraku grinned as he saw love in the western lord's eyes. Naraku could not tell if it was father daughter love or love, love. He just grinned and watched as the girl treated the now unconscious prince. Naraku wondered when Kagome would return.
Pein stood outside Akatsuki's base in a clearing. He stood at the edge looking at the green clearing. It was a regular clearing with green grass tall trees and flowers. The only difference was an old well in the center of the clearing. A ways away stood a huge tree that was said to be sacred. Pein opened a scroll he carried and started to read a certain part. It was on how to summon a demon. Not one from their dimension but from another dimension. There was a theory that there were many dimensions. One is where the tailed beast came from. But no one was sure….
Well Pein had found this ancient scroll. It talked about a certain group of demons that were called 'dimension skippers'. They could travel between the dimensions. It said that strong ninja could summon them. It also said the demons were rare and there aren't many but they are very strong; both the males and females. The only catch is that if someone summoned them, the demon got to choose whether or not they want to help the summoner. And if someone summoned them from their home they arrive in the condition they left; so if they were a child there they would be a child here.
Pein was interested because the demons were rumoured to be even stronger then the tailed beasts. Orochimaru has an army behind him and one of his priorities was to wipe Akatsuki out. Besides that all the hidden villages are against Akatsuki. They could use some help. Besides, Pein was just curious. The only danger was if he summoned the demon and the demon was mad, blood thirsty, angry, or annoyed he would be in trouble. Pein shook the thoughts aside and gently tossed his scroll behind him. Pein took a deep breath and calmed a bit. Then he did a long serious of fast hand signs. His chakra flared and Pein grinned. He felt as if it had worked. He blinked as a bright violet light came from the well. Suddenly a person was thrown out by long purple whips. Then the light died and Pein felt most of his chakra was gone. He all starred at the 'demon' in front of them. It was a she.
She had long poker straight raven-black hair. Her eyes were deep water blue with wisps of red. She also had small claws and fangs. She had pointed ears too. She wore a pair of red Hakamas and a red kimono type top that was tied with a black obi. The whole outfit was littered with flying black ravens. At her waist she wore two swords, a small pouch, and a small axe. She also had a bow, a quiver of arrows, and a scythe on her back. He also noticed a small bracelet that looked like a black snake winding up her arm. The demon stood quickly. He couldn't completely tell if she was a demon since she looked quite human but the energy coming off of her and some of her appearance was different from a humans. The demoness looked around and rested her eyes on him. She stood slowly.
"Are you a demon from the 'dimension skippers' clan?" Pein asked clearly.
"Yes." She said.
"I am Pein. I summoned you."
"Ahhh. So you were the one who pulled me to this dimension." She said.
Pein nodded curtly.
"May I ask what this land is like? Do you have demons, humans, spirits?"
"Ninja and nine stray demons." Sasori said.
"Why did you summon me?" She asked.
"I was curious to try this summoning. And I am the leader of a group of the strongest but most wanted ninja in this world. Our group is called Akatsuki. I have an enemy who has a large army behind him. Besides that all the large hidden villages of ninja want our heads. We could use the help of a strong demoness such as you."
Then woman looked straight at me.
"I must get every fact before I choose to help you or not."
Pein sighed. He guessed she would say something like that.
"You could stay at our base while you decide. I can swear that I will not kill you and order the others not to but they are criminals and I know two who would love to sacrifice or eat you, even against my orders."
She nodded.
"I can look after myself."
Pein smirked.
"I will give you a room and as much time as you want to decide. Or you may leave now."
"My transportation is closed. It will not let me back to my dimension unless I can give a good reason why I will not help you."
Pein grinned. She sighed.
"I will also swear not to harm any of you as long as you don't harm me."
Pein nodded.
"So you will think on it?"
"Yes Pein."
"May I ask your name then?"
"My name is Kagome."
Pein nodded. Kagome straightened and Pein starred as he noticed her thighs contained two deep gashes, her arms were also cut deeply. Her back was raked with what looked to be claws, her one arm was burned, and he saw her breath as if she had some broken bones. He also saw an arrow near her heart and wondered how he hadn't noticed it earlier.
"You are wounded."
"I'm, fin…"
She cut off and doubled over coughing up some blood. Pein saw now why she hadn't tried to fight.
"I'm fine. It's nothing." She said.
"How did you get those? Some don't look to be made by normal weapons."
"You are correct. These were made by two demons, two humans with special weapons, one priestess, and one half demon."
"Who were they? They can't get to this dimension can they?" Pein asked scowling.
"No they can't get here. And they were my best friends."
There was silence.
"Your best friends tried to kill you?"
"Yes. They were fools."
"Did you kill them?" Pein asked.
"No. You summoned me before I could."
Pein almost winced. He had come between a strong demon and its revenge. Not the best position.
"Let me take care of those wounds." He said.
"No."
Pein blinked in surprise.
"They are just minor."
"But most people wouldn't live with those wounds."
"Demons can live through a lot. This will be healed before the day is up."
"But you have an arrow in your heart."
Kagome blinked and looked down.
"Oh, almost forgot about that."
She grasped it and plucked it out like it was nothing.
"Shouldn't you be dead?" Pein asked softly.
"I have seen demons get a whole arm through their heart and live. One demon had his entire body except his head disintegrated and lived."
Pein blinked. That would be handy to have but it would make it hard to kill others.
"So are we going?" Kagome asked
"Yes. But can you somehow hide your demon attributes, your weapons, and your wounds. My group will be very suspicious for a while."
"Can do sir." She grinned.
Suddenly she looked a normal school girl with a large bag on her back.
"I will get you some clean clothes when we get to the base." He said.
"Thanks."
He nodded and motioned for her to follow. He was a bit surprised when she walked almost perfectly. He had thought she would be able to barely walk at all. But she didn't been seem to have a single injury. She smiled softly at him. Her smile was warm and soft and made even him smile back. He looked away quickly and walked straight ahead. The two walked down the trail they were on for less then five minutes. Then they popped out by a large stone house *coughmansioncough*.
"If you have so many enemies how come your base is so obvious?" She asked.
"We have a huge genjutsu, or illusion, surrounding the area a mile in each direction. If any one that does not have one of our special rings on tries to enter the illusion activates. It turns the person around or makes them go around with out letting them know it is happening. The genjutsu was made by my self and some others so I doubt anyone would be able to tell there was one."
"Nice." She said.
Pein nodded. They walked up to the door and inside the light halls. he led her silently down the winding halls to a room. Pein shooed her in. It was his room. He walked to my large closet and opened it. He ripped through the contents to a box. Pein opened it to find an outfit like the Akatsuki cloaks but fighting kimono style. He held it out to Kagome.
"The member who designed the cloaks made this one. We all very much doubted we would find a wearer because there are not very many strong but wanted kunoichi."
Kagome nodded and gently took it. Pein pointed to a bathroom.
"Wash off quickly and put that on. Are you hungry?"
Kagome shook her head.
"Then we don't need to worry about food at the moment. Now I am going to gather the other members in the meeting room. I will fetch you when they are there. Please don't leave this room till then or you might have some unexpected attacks."
Kagome nodded slowly. Then she walked to the bathroom and locked the door behind her. Pein just walked from the room quickly. He walked to the living room first. He found Hidan watching TV and arguing with Deidara. Tobi sat on the floor playing a game boy. They looked up as Pein cleared his throat.
"Meet in the meeting room in ten minutes."
The three nodded. Then Pein turned and walked to the surprisingly large library. He found Itachi and Sasori here.
"Meeting in ten minutes." He said.
When he got nods he walked outside again. He walked to the side of the base to Zetsu's large garden that was surrounded by a large fence. The plant man was talking to his plants and to himself. Pein gave him the same message and walked off to find Kakuzu and Kisame. Kakuzu was in his room doing some maters of money and Kisame had been in his room feeding his ridiculous amount of fish. They all nodded. Pein finally headed back to his room after five minutes. Kagome was still in the shower. He had expected that. He sat in his desk chair and replaced the scroll he had used today. He started to read a small book as he waited.
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Kagome tried to wash quickly. She didn't want to keep the leader waiting. He seemed nice. She had learned that he was the leader of a very strong criminal organization with most of the country as his enemies. Kagome sighed. She wished she had got to kill Inuyasha and them. But that could always wait. This was something new; something exciting. She sighed again. She wanted to stay here and learn about this place but she didn't know if she wanted to be tied to this organization. From what she had heard it contained all men. She wouldn't mind as long as they were good looking and had at least some manners. The leader at least had good manners and he was okay looking even with his absurd amount of piercings.
Kagome shook the thoughts off and quickly scrubbed the blood from her self. She let the water wash over her wounds. She took a deep breath and let her miko powers flow through her. Her wounds immediately started to heal. She grinned. She had mastered her miko powers a couple years ago and was very glad about that. They saved her a good deal of suffering and trouble. She waited till all the wounds were healed and all the blood was gone. Then she slipped from the shower and grabbed the silky fighting kimono Pein had handed her. She slipped it on. She also found a ring wrapped in the obi. She slipped it on her finger and smiled. Then she stuffed the Shikon No Tama which she had been holding in her pouch which she attached to her obi. She also slipped a small necklace with a symbol on.
She gently ran a finger up the black snake coiled around her arm. It was a small snake, smaller then a garter snake. It was pure black with red eyes. It had stayed coiled on her arm while she had been summoned and as she had fought so it looked like an ordinary bracelet. As soon as her finger ran up it, stroking it, it lifted its head and the blood red tongue forked out sniffing the air. She smiled down at the snake. It wasn't an ordinary snake. It was a demon. Mostly called shadow snakes. It could change size from small enough to act as a bracelet to as large as a large house. And they had a few other abilities. The snakes rarely stayed by themselves. They always attached themselves to a good strong master as soon as the opportunity arose. He was very loyal to Kagome. She had found him in a forest and he had taken a liking to her. His name was Hiro.
"Hiro will you stay acting as a bracelet?"
Hiro bobbed his head.
"You may come out at any time as long as you stay only this size."
He bobbed his head again before circling her arm again and laying still. One good thing about shadow snakes was they could be very patient. She stroked him a few more times. She finally pulled her sleeve over him to hide him. Then she glanced at her weapons. She had taken the illusions off of them. Kagome scooped them up and walked out of the bathroom. She found Pein reading a scroll at his desk. He looked up at her and starred. He starred for a few seconds not moving.
"Yes?" She asked
She could swear a small blush rose to his cheeks.
"Nothing, you just look good in that."
She sighed. She had noticed that who ever had made it was good at designing clothes. The whole kimono clung in the right places and showed all her curves. It would make most people stare if it was on someone with a good figure. And Kagome had to admit she herself had a nice figure. She looked at Pein again.
"Where can I put my weapons?"
"I'll show you to a room."
Kagome nodded and followed Pein still carrying her armful of weapons. She followed him back out of his room and down the halls. One thing she had noticed when he had brought her in here was that the halls were like a large maze. She had seen plenty of dead ends and even with her demon senses she got turned around. She shrugged; she would learn her way about soon. Soon they stopped at a door. Pein opened it and Kagome stepped in. It was a deep blue room with black furniture. It contained a double bed, a dresser, a nightstand, a shelf, and a desk with a chair. It also had a door leading to a light blue bathroom.
"We always have a couple rooms ready in case we get a new member or important guest. Both happen rarely." Pein said.
Kagome nodded and gently set her weapons on the bed. She already had a few daggers hidden on her body. She also knew hand to hand combat, how to wield fire, and she always had her miko powers and her claws. Pein motioned her back out of the room. She followed silently as he led her to a set of large doors. Then he turned back to her.
"This is the meeting room. All the members are inside. Would you wait her till I call you?"
Kagome nodded. Pein grinned and slipped in the doors leaving Kagome alone. She heard him start to talk. He probably thought she couldn't hear but with her demon hearing she would hear the whole meeting.
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Pein walked into the meeting room and everyone stopped talking. He grinned as he slipped into his chair at the head of the table. Everyone watched him. He seemed excited and cheerful. He rarely looked like that.
"Now I called this meeting because I would like to announce we have an important guest staying with us."
There was silence.
"The special guest is not one who we will keep in the dungeon. They are very special and very strong."
There was more silence. They had never had a guest who would stay as a special guest unless that person was down below in the dungeon, held for a ransom or information against their will.
"The person must be treated with respect. None of you will attempt to kill him." He said dangerously. "I doubt you would be able to kill him. If you attack them they will kill you. We have a truce at the moment but attack and he will break it. Trust me; if you attack him you won't survive."
"Who is this person?" Sasori asked.
"He is strong, quick, smart. He knows weapons and fighting. I am hoping he'll become a future member but that choice is up to him."
There was even more silence. If Akatsuki wanted someone as a member the person wasn't given a choice. They either joined or died. Most joined after some…persuasion.
"Why not make him join, un?" Deidara asked.
"He could easily stop us from forcing him." He said bluntly.
Everyone sat in silence still.
"So where are they?" Kakuzu asked.
"Waiting outside the door." Pein said.
"May we meet him?" Tobi asked childishly.
Pein gave a curt nod.
"Kagome please come in." He called.
Everyone scowled. Kagome was a woman's name. The doors opened and everyone starred with open mouths. At the door stood a woman with long silky black hair, deep blue eyes, and luscious lips. She wore a fighting kimono made out of the same design as the cloaks but the kimono clung to the woman's curves showing a lot. It was hard not to stare, for most of the members. But after a moment they jumped to the next shocking news. A WOMAN IN AKATSUKI!? It was unheard of. Hidan and Kisame both immediately thought women were weak and this one was no different. But the other members even Tobi wondered. Leader said she could beat them and they weren't strong enough to force her to join so she had to be good. Very good.
"Why is a fucking woman in here?! She can't be the fucken guest." Hidan said.
"Yes she is. I suggest you treat her with more respect." Pein said.
He stood and motioned the woman over.
"Are these the members Pein?" She asked.
Everyone was a bit surprised at her tone. She sounded as if Pein was her equal or he was even lower then her self. Even Itachi spoke to Pein with more respect. Everyone waited to see if Pein would get mad. He just smiled and nodded to her. Everyone starred at them.
"Yes. These are the members of Akatsuki. Excuse their manners."
"Of course." Kagome said. "Hello my name is Kagome."
She bowed a greeting. Deidara suddenly grinned.
"I'm Deidara, un. I'm an artist and bomb specialist, un." He said.
"Nice to meet you Deidara." She smiled.
Tobi waved childishly.
"Tobi's name is Tobi! Tobi is a good boy!"
Kagome let a small grin slip on to her face as her blue eyes danced with mirth and she gave a curt wave back.
"I'm Sasori, a puppet master. I am Deidara's partner." Sasori said in a bored tone.
"I am Zetsu." Zetsu's white side smiled.
"Yes, we are Zetsu." His dark side.
"Bipolar and a cannibal. He's also Tobi's partner." Pein said to her.
We all expected her to look horrified out or scream.
"Well you wouldn't want to eat me. I bite back." She winked.
Zetsu looked surprised a moment. The others were also a bit surprised by her response.
"I'm Kakuzu, I am Hidan's partner."
"He's hung up on money." Pein said.
Kagome nodded and bowed her head to Kakuzu politely.
"I'm Kisame. I'm a swordsman. Itachi is my partner." Kisame grinned.
"A swordsman? I'll have to try you out." She smiled.
"You know the sword?" He asked.
Kagome nodded. Everyone stored this in their memory.
"Uchiha Itachi." Itachi said blankly.
Kagome smirked.
"A man of few words?" She asked.
Pein nodded.
"And I'm Hidan." Hidan said squinting at her.
Suddenly he gasped and stood up. Before anyone knew what he was doing he was in front of her. He grabbed her necklace and examined it. Pein scowled. Kagome waved him off and let Hidan look at the necklace. Then she suddenly grinned and grabbed the one around his neck. She held it up to hers and we all gaped at the identical necklaces.
"You are a follower of Jashin." Hidan grinned.
"Same with you."
We stood gaping. Even Pein was gaping slightly.
"Not another one!" Kisame cried.
The two glanced at him.
"At least she's not a filthy heathen." Hidan said.
"I am not what you may call the perfect follower. I make a few sacrifices here and there and do some rituals but I am not as extreme as some." Kagome said.
"So you are religious?" Pein asked.
Kagome looked at him. Then her eyes flashed over us.
"Yes but that does not interfere with anything."
Pein nodded. Hidan finally dropped her necklace. He slowly walked back to his chair and flopped down. He didn't seem to mind the woman as much now. Everyone was still silent though. Kagome looked over everyone very slowly. Everyone got the idea she was searching their soul with those unreal blue eyes of hers. None met her eyes except Itachi who looked away a moment later. She smirked when she had finished looking them over.
"Well Pein they are strong. And quite good looking, if I may add. I am tempted to join."
Pein smirked and nodded. Everyone watched her still. She was a bit forward. Suddenly Tobi squeaked.
"Kagome you have a snake on your waist."
Everyone blinked and looked at the black snake circling her. She just smirked and let the snake slither up to her neck where it wrapped around and looked at everyone.
"This is Hiro. He is my companion."
Everyone starred at the snake. They all clearly saw his red eyes and tried to remember if they had ever heard of snakes having red eyes. Kagome just seemed to ignore it and turned back to Pein. She smiled softly.
"May I ask what time it is?"
"It's a little before dinner." He replied.
She nodded. She glanced over us.
"I must learn everything while here. Do you have any books on ninja, and such?"
Everyone looked thoughtful a moment. Why would she need books on ninja? Didn't she know what they were? She had to. She also had to be a strong ninja to join this organization.
"We have a large library." Pein said.
Kagome smiled. Then she glanced over everyone again. She squinted.
"You are all too thin."
Everyone blinked. Why did she care?
"Shall I make some thing for dinner?" She asked.
"Can you cook, un?" Deidara asked.
Kagome nodded.
"Then yes! Anything is better then Tobi's cooking, un!"
Everyone nodded agreement.
"You don't have to cook though Kagome." Pein said.
"Nonsense, I would like to cook."
He shrugged.
"Tobi you show her to the kitchen."
Tobi nodded and skipped to Kagome. He clasped her hand and skipped off leading her out the door. Pein didn't leave and neither did the other members. They waited till Kagome and Tobi were out of hearing distance.
"So how is she special?" Sasori asked.
Pein looked at them thoughtfully.
"It will be explained in due time." He said.
"And why do you let her talk to you as if you are equal?" Zetsu asked.
"She is at least my equal in strength." Pein muttered.
Everyone fought the urge to gap. She was strong as their leader? Pein looked at them with narrowing eyes. They all listened closely.
"I suggest you do not make her an enemy. Or you will not live. I have no control over her. No one does. I don't know much about her either. Except that she is very strong."
"I didn't see any chakra in her." Itachi said. "I can't sense her either. Like she isn't really there."
"I do not know if she has chakra but she is still strong. While she is here we need to teach her about the ninja villages, about ninja, and about Akatsuki."
Everyone nodded slowly. Pein looked thoughtful a moment.
"She is in the room near Sasori's; the blue one. While she is her try to earn her trust. We want her to join us. We don't want her to join any of the villages."
"So she doesn't belong to any ninja village?" Kakuzu asked.
"Correct."
"But she is strong, un?" Deidara asked.
"I already said she was. She is also quite pretty."
He muttered the last part to himself but the others heard. They all agreed.
"Well this meeting is over."
Everyone nodded and stood. They all sort of drifted off. But they were soon gathered in the kitchen. They had all been led by the delicious smell wafting from the kitchen. They all stood in the kitchen starring at the table of food. Kagome smiled at all of them.
"Dig in."
They immediately sat and dished out the food. No one spoke as they all started do eat. When they finished they all thanked Kagome. They talked for a while then drifted off to their rooms leaving Pein and Kagome in the kitchen. Pein then looked at Kagome.
"So you are religious."
"Yes."
"So you believe in Jashin?" He asked.
"I have met him before."
Pein gaped.
"Met him?" He asked.
"In my world there are many gods and a few even get to meet them. I met Jashin once in the woods. We had a chat and after that I started to worship him a bit. My father also worships him. He is the patron god of our lands."
"Lands?"
"I am the heir to the southern throne. In my world the land is divided into four. Demon lords rule each land. The demon lords are the strongest beings besides the gods which rarely interfere in mortal doings. I am the heir to the south. I'm one of the strongest demons in my world."
Pein starred a moment. She was higher in rank then the kages and she was probably stronger. He nodded slowly after a minute.
"So what do you think of them?" He asked.
"Well they are all quite handsome, even the plant and the shark in their own ways."
He grinned.
"They are strong too. Itachi seems to be the strongest and coldest."
"Itachi is responsible for the genocide of the Uchihas. None know his reasons. But one day he killed them all only sparing his younger brother. He was fourteen at the time and the Uchihas were the largest and strongest clan in Konoha."
Kagome nodded slowly. 'So he killed his family. I wonder about his reason.' She thought to herself.
"They are a bit suspicious of you." Pein said suddenly.
"I know." She said.
"So what will you do while staying here."
"I will read as much as I can and I was wondering if I could go on missions with your teams."
He nodded. Then he stood. Kagome and he both walked out the door and down the halls. She noticed he looked her up and down a couple times.
"I have to admit Sasori did a very good job designing the fighting Kimono."
"So the puppet man made this?" Kagome asked.
"Yes."
"So what are the weapons or attacks they are all best at?"
"Deidara is a bomb expert. He makes bombs from clay. Kisame has his giant sword, Samehade, Sasori has his puppets, Hidan has his scythe, and Itachi is good at everything. But watch out for Itachi's eyes. He has the ability to suck you into a world in his mind. He has complete control over the world and uses it for torture. He'll torture you for three days but it'll be only a second outside of his mind. He is very good at torture too. He is also quite unpredictable so be wary of him."
Kagome nodded and absorbed this. Suddenly she saw the library. She stopped.
"I'm going to read."
"Okay. Everyone gets up at about eight or so and they aren't quiet so you won't sleep much past eight."
"As a demon I need little sleep."
He slowly nodded and waved before walking off to his own room.
Kagome's POV:
I walked into the large library and sighed happily. I loved books. Besides that I was alone now; finally all alone. In the feudal era I had stayed at Sesshomaru's castle for the past couple years and I hadn't had much alone time. Then when I had first come here I had had to be surrounded. I liked it here though. These people didn't bow, scrape, run from me, attack me, or pester me. For a bunch of criminals they seemed nice. Pein seemed nice to. I could tell he wasn't too used to treating people as equals but soon he would. I needed to find out about these 'enemies' though. I shook the thoughts away as I walked down the shelves. I picked out an armful of books and walked back to a comfy looking chair. I set all the books beside me and pulled the first one form the pile. Hiro slid off my arm and onto my lap. He curled up and hissed slightly.
"Ssso Lady Kagome, do you likesss it here?" He asked.
I had gotten used to his 'sss' sounds and his talking long ago.
"Yes. Well enough at least."
"Will we be ssstaying?"
"For a while."
"Will we be in thisss room long?"
"Yes. I plan to stay here for the night."
"My I go explore then?"
"Go ahead but no size changing, and no trouble making."
"Of courssse lady Kagome."
He dropped from my lap and slid down the floor. I watched till he rounded a corner then returned to my book.
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I read for hours. I sped through the books memorizing the important things. The whole time I practiced some of the stuff too. By morning I had grasped chakra control. It was actually quite simple after learning how to use my miko powers. The two powers were very similar but slightly different. After I had that down I easily memorized my hand signs. By eight a.m. I could already make shadow clones of myself along with knowing most of the history of the hidden villages. At eight I saw Tobi skip past the door. I stood and stretched slowly. Then I slipped silently out of the door. I followed Tobi to the kitchen. Once there he looked around.
"Tobi wonders where Kagome is." He muttered to himself.
"What do you want me for Tobi?" I asked from the door.
He spun.
"Tobi was wondering if Kagome would help him make breakfast."
I nodded and he immediately clapped and started to pull stuff from the cupboards. As soon as I gotten him started I ducked back to the library and grabbed a book I had been reading. I returned to the kitchen and started to read while I helped Tobi. Soon we had the table set with stacks of pancakes. When everything was set nicely Pein walked in. He blinked then grinned. I smiled at him over my book then returned to my cleaning as I continued to read.
"BREAKFAST! GET DOWN HERE NOW!" A yell came from behind me.
I turned to see Pein grinning again. Suddenly Deidara and Sasori scrambled through the door. They blinked at the pancakes then sat and started to eat. The others soon followed. I just continued to read ignoring their stares as I cleaned up and gave them what they needed. It was quite easy to do while reading, since I had my miko senses to warn me of stuff. Suddenly I heard Itachi clear his throat. He had just walked in the door and was looking at me. I looked up at him along with everyone else. He held up Hiro by the tail. Hiro just dangled sniffing the air.
"I found him in my room." He said. "If he comes in there again I will cut his head off."
"That won't work."
He blinked at me.
"To kill him you need to cut his eyes out." I said.
There was silence a minute.
"Was that a joke, un?" Deidara asked.
I just clicked my tongue and grabbed Hiro as Itachi tossed him to me. Hiro immediately snaked up my arm to my neck.
"I told you not to get into trouble."
His head sunk as if he was sulking. The others watched a moment then returned to eating as Itachi sat down. I leaned against the counter eating my own pancakes and reading. Just as I was taking the last bite of my pancake I sensed something flying towards me. Without even looking away from my book I dropped my own fork, snatched the thrown fork from the air, threw it back at the thrower, and grabbed my fork before it hit my plate, then flipped the page and continued reading.
"Wow, un." Deidara said.
I looked up to see him leaning against the wall his shirt pinned by the fork which was very close to his throat.
"That was amazing. You didn't even look up and you still aimed perfectly, un."
Everyone was starring.
"What are you talking about?"
He blinked at my response.
"I missed." I smirked.
He paled. The others all starred at me. There was silence a moment.
"Joking. I won't try to kill any of you as long as you give my no reason."
They nodded slowly and Deidara pulled the fork from the wall. He glanced at me as he walked to the sink and dropped his dishes in. I smiled at him and his caution melted as he smiled back. The others soon followed his example and dropped their dishes in the sink. Then most split and headed off to do something. Except Hidan and Itachi who stayed. Itachi didn't seem to be moving any time soon and Hidan watched me as I cleaned up.
"So you worship Jashin."
"Yes."
He nodded. Then he stood and grinned.
"We should do a ritual together sometime."
I almost felt a blush rise. He wasn't asking me to just come worship a god with him. Then Hidan walked off smirking. Itachi watched me. I was sure he saw my blush.
"I am guessing there is a hidden meaning behind just asking you to come join him in his rituals." He said.
"You only invite good…'friends' to do rituals with you, not just any other follower."
He smirked. Then he looked at Hiro who glared at him a moment
"You were serious, about cutting his eyes out, weren't you?"
"Very."
"Is he a special summoned snake? And why tell me his weakness."
"No. He is just my companion. But he is different from other snakes. And I don't think you could cut out his eyes easily."
Itachi watched me. I snapped the book I had finished shut.
"I saw your stack of books in the library. Were you in there all night?" He asked.
"Yes."
"You do not seem that tired."
"My secret." I winked.
He watched me with the same emotionless eyes. I grinned and strode out the door back to the library.
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I read more till noon. Then Pein came and sat with me. We talked about the more recent stuff and the stuff not found in books. At dinner Tobi interrupted and asked for my help making dinner. I agreed to help. I liked Tobi and had agreed to teach him as much cooking as I could the night before. I excused myself from Pein and followed the skipping member to the kitchen. When dinner was ready everyone ate. By the time they were done it was getting late. After I had cleaned up I walked to my room. I was going to sleep for a while. I had a shower first and changed before I crawled into my bed.
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I woke from my sleep but kept my eyes shut. I could sense two people in my room. One was at the door, and one was walking towards my bed as quietly as they could. No human would hear or sense them but I could easily smell tem, sense them with my miko powers, and hear them. I made my arm reach under my pillow. I moved it so neither of the people would see. Hiro slipped off my arm and wrapped around my small weapon pouch dragging it to me. I opened it. I grasped the kunai and shuriken inside. As soon as the one walking towards me was reaching for me I sat straight up. I threw about five shuriken at the man in the doorway. I smirked as I heard the rustle of cloth that was being pinned by my weapons. In my other hand at the same moment was a kunai. It snaked for the person-in-front-of-me's throat to kiss it. I felt a bead of blood roll down my knife and hit my hand.
I opened my eyes now. I saw Deidara looking a bit pale as my kunai was pointed at his throat. Sasori in the doorway looked startled. I saw that all five of my shuriken had snagged his clothing and pinned it to the doorway. One of them was even touching the skin of his neck. I just watched them; none of us saying anything. Finally I heard Deidara take a breath. I pulled my knife back and slid from my bed. Deidara slowly lifted a hand to his throat and rubbed it staying still. I walked to Sasori and pulled out the shuriken. He didn't move, just watched me. When I had all my weapons back in my pouch I looked at the two. I knew they had come to wake me, not hurt me. I couldn't sense any intent in their aurora. I was grabbed my Akatsuki kimono and walked to my bathroom. I changed quickly. When I emerged the two were gone. I glided down the halls to the kitchen. I stopped in the doorway and listened.
"It was scary, un." Deidara said.
"What happened?" Pein asked.
"I was just reaching to wake her up, un. Then before we could blink Sasori was pinned to the door by some shuriken and I had a cold blade against my throat. We hadn't even seen her move, un."
"Your eyes weren't able to follow my movement, that's all."
Deidara jumped as I spoke. All the members look at me. I was utterly blank.
"Next time I suggest calling me. If you come to close I won't be hesitant to show you I'm serious."
Everyone was silent. I just walked to the stove and started to help Tobi. I felt them all watching me but ignored their stares.
"You aren't human." Itachi's voice cut through the air.
Everyone looked at him. I turned and leaned against the counter.
"What makes you think that?" I asked.
"You do things no human can and you don't strike me as human." He said calmly.
I glanced at Pein. He sighed. Everyone looked at him.
"I guess you can tell them Kagome." He said.
"Tell us what?" Zetsu's white side asked.
They all looked back at me I made a thoughtful expression.
"I could tell them." I mulled out loud.
"Tell us what?" Tobi asked bouncing up and down in an excited manner.
"You don't have to tellsss them lady Kagome." Hiro hissed his head poking from my collar.
All attention was directed at him as the Akatsuki gaped.
"Did he just-" Deidara started.
"Yesss I talked pathetic mortal." Hiro hissed.
"Now Hiro, be good. No name calling, eating people, or fighting." I said sternly.
"Okaysss lady Kagome." He bobbed his head.
"That little thing couldn't eat us, un." Deidara said.
"Yousss want me to try?" Hiro asked.
"Go ahead, un." Deidara said.
"We're getting off topic. How come the snake can talk?" Sasori asked.
Hiro and Deidara ignored him. Hiro hissed again and dropped to the floor. He coiled up. Suddenly he started to grow. They all watched with wide eyes as he quickly took up space. When he was as big as me at least he hissed again. Deidara gulped and ducked behind Sasori. They were all looking at the snake in wonder.
"Hiro." I said.
He hissed once more at Deidara then he shrunk to the size of a cobra and wrapped back around me.
"What the fuck is with the snake?" Hidan asked.
"Is he a summoned snake?" Kakuzu asked.
"No human." Hiro said.
"If he's not a normal snake or a summoned snake what is he, un?" Deidara asked.
"More importantly what are you?" Itachi asked me.
I sighed again. I lifted my barriers quickly. My fangs grew, my claws grew, my hair even grew. Then I looked up and grinned showing off my fangs.
"You aren't human." Zetsu said.
"She's a demon." Pein said.
"A demon container?" Kisame asked.
"No a demon." Pein said.
"Why is she not in a human container?" Tobi asked.
"Because she is not from this dimension. I summoned her from another." Pein sighed.
"There are other dimensions?" Zetsu asked.
"Ask Kagome. She comes from a line for demons called 'dimension skippers'."
Everyone turned to me.
"There are many dimensions all side by side. Most are similar in some way. This dimension has a few demons that some how traveled from my dimension. In my dimension the lands are infested in demons and it is the feudal era." I said.
"How is everyone still alive if demons roam?" Sasori asked.
"The lands are divided into four places; the north kingdom, the south kingdom, the east kingdom, and the west kingdom. Each landed is ruled by one of the four strongest demons alive. They keep their lands in order and try to make the demons live in peace with the humans. But villages are destroyed all the time. Human lords attack demon villages and bandits and rogue demon attack human villages. Each village usually has a miko though, a woman with spiritual powers. They are responsible for keeping the rogue demons at bay."
"The wars between the demon lords have to be something else." Hidan muttered.
"They are. Demons are immortal. We can live forever. We can be killed but it takes a lot to kill us. My friend got a whole arm through his heart and lived. And the wars are something. There is always disagreement between the lords. There is also a lot of hate between Demons and humans. They are not on friendly terms. Most will attack each other on sight."
"Do all demons talk and look human?" Itachi asked.
"There are some demons that resemble animals more then humans and can not talk the human language. Most demons that look like humans are either lucky or in disguise."
"What do you mean disguise?" Sasori asked.
"For example; the lord of the west looks like a tall silver haired man but his true form is a huge dog."
"So how big and strong are demons?" Zetsu asked.
"Most of the demon lords are bigger then this base when in their true forms. But some demons are no larger then a flea. Actually a personal friend of mine is a flea demon. He's quite annoying." I grinned. "And strength depends on your type of demon and rank. The demon lords are the strongest and rarest demons. The lord of the west is a silver inu. There are many inu but many are lower rank then silver."
"And what are you?" Itachi asked.
"I'm part spider demon and part dimension skipper demon. I took after my mother the dimension skipper. I have spiritual powers, her looks, and her true form. I only got fire control and miasma control from my father."
"So what-" Hidan started.
"Why don't we go on a field trip?" I asked.
"Field trip?" Pein asked.
"Yes. You come with me to my dimension."
"Oh! Can we go leader?!" Tobi asked clapping.
"I can promise you at least some protection." I said.
Pein thought a moment as everyone looked at him.
"I guess so. Does everyone want to go?"
"Oh! Tobi does!" Tobi yelled jumping up and down.
"I'll go, un." Deidara grinned.
"Us to." Hidan and Kisame chorused.
"I guess I'll come." Sasori said.
"I'll come." Itachi said.
"Not me." Zetsu said.
"Me neither." Kakuzu said.
"Then you two will watch the base." Pein said.
The two both nodded.
"Will we go right now?" Tobi asked.
"Breakfast first." Pein said.
"Go pack while I finish." I said.
Everyone nodded quickly and set off except Zetsu and Kakuzu. By the time the food was ready everyone was once again at the table their bags nearby. They dug into the food and I slipped off. I hurried to my room and dug through my bag. I found a pair of water blue hakamas and an icy blue kimono like top. I pulled them on and let my hair fan out. Then I put my two swords and my axe in my sash. I also strapped my scythe, bow, and quiver on my back. Then I walked back to the kitchen. As I stepped in everyone froze. I just waited for them to move.
"I didn't know you had weapons like those, un." Deidara said.
"Aren't they nice? They are so deadly too." I purred.
They all looked away and continued to eat quickly. When that was done we all walked outside, Pein and me leading towards the well. Everyone talked softly. As they stepped into the clearing everyone stopped as I walked to the well. As I reached it I motioned the others forwards. Tobi immediately skipped to me.
Author's POV:
"Look in the well." Kagome said sweetly.
If it had been anyone else they would have backed away at her to sweet tone but Tobi, being Tobi, looked into the well. They all gaped as she pushed Tobi in. 'That's what he gets for being annoying, un.' Deidara smirked. They all blinked as a violet light glowed from the well. Pein stepped forwards next. Kagome just smiled at him as he jumped into the well. They watched the purple light again.
"Hurry up." Kagome said.
The others slowly walked over. Kagome sighed and grabbed Hidan and Kisame by the front of their cloaks and shoved them down the well. For a minute she thought they might get stuck going in at the same time. Everyone heard them start to complain but they were cut off by the violet light. Next Sasori grabbed Deidara and dragged him in. Itachi looked at the well a moment then stood on the rim. Kagome grinned and hoped up beside him. They jumped down and Itachi felt like he was falling through purple water. As they touched down they both jumped from the well. They looked at the other members who where all looking around at the unfamiliar clearing.
"Welcome to my world." Kagome grinned.
They all pulled out weapons and got ready as a green two headed dragon lumbered into the clearing. They all gaped at it except Kagome who laughed.
"What are you doing here A-un?" She asked.
It let out a soft roar.
"Lady Kagome." Came a voice.
Everyone blinked at the eighteen year old girl who slid off the dragon. She skipped to Kagome.
"Lady Kagome, Sesshomaru sent me and A-un to wait for you and give you this." She said.
The teen handed Kagome an envelope.
"Thank you Rin." Kagome said putting the envelope in her pocket.
"Who are your friends?" She asked looking over the Akatsuki members."
"Just some normal friends." Kagome smirked.
"Oh, okay lady Kagome. I must be going." Rin smiled.
They watched as she walked to the dragon and scrambled onto his saddle. The dragon let out a roar and leapt into the sky. It flew off quickly leaving some curious people.
"Can all demons fly?" Sasori asked.
"No." Kagome yawned.
"I thought you said humans didn't get along with demons and vice versa." Pein said.
"Most don't. Sesshomaru saved that girls life and she has followed him loyally for years. It's kind of ironic. Sesshomaru is infamous for hating humans but he saved that girl. I think only he and Rin know why." Kagome laughed.
"And what about you, un?" Deidara asked.
"I lived with humans for years in disguise."
"That reminds me. You said demons are immortal. So how old are you?" Pein asked.
"I'm still considered a child." Kagome asked.
"How old?" Pein asked.
"Sixty."
They all gaped at her.
"And you're considered a child?' Itachi asked.
"The old lord of the west was about three thousand when he died." Kagome said.
They all blinked.
"What was in the letter?" Tobi asked.
"Oh that. It was a wedding invitation." She squealed.
They starred at her a moment.
"So how to go about this." Kagome mumbled to herself. "Well I need to go see Kaede so follow me."
The Akatsuki members followed her quickly as she set down at trail. They looked around as they walked for five minutes. Then they all sensed people up ahead. They topped a small hill and saw a village spread out. Kagome sighed and set down the hill towards the last hut. They all followed quietly. As they neared an old woman walked from the hut. She had grey-brown hair. She wore a traditional miko outfit and an eye patch.
"Kagome." She greeted.
"Kaede. Tell me are you with them or me?" Kagome asked.
None of the Akatsuki members understood but listened.
"I am not against yea. I have forbidden the others from entering this village but if yea stay they will attack." The woman sighed.
"I understand. I just came to see." Kagome said.
"What would yea have done if I was against yea?" Kaede asked.
"I would have killed you."
Everyone blinked at her. Her eyes had gone cold and her voice dripped with venom.
"Yea would?" Kaede asked.
"I have had enough betrayal." Kagome whispered.
"Yea are a good child. Now I would hurry. If Inuyasha is near he will have picked up yea scent." Kaede said.
"Goodbye." Kagome said spinning around and walking off.
All the members followed her a bit puzzled by the conversation. As they stepped from the village Kagome looked thoughtful. They didn't bother her as they walked. Suddenly Kagome ripped the bow of her back and notched an arrow. She aimed it at the trees. A second later a woman walked from the trees. She wore a kimono, she had black hair in a bun, and she had red eyes. Kagome grinned and put her bow and arrow back.
"What are you here for Kagura?" Kagome asked.
"Naraku sent me." She said opening a fan.
Kagome nodded.
"Are you human, un?" Deidara asked.
"No. I am a wind sorceress." Kagura sniffed.
Kagome smiled at her and she smiled back.
"Did he send you to guard us?"
Kagura sighed and nodded.
"Kanna come out." Kagome said suddenly.
They all looked to the trees as a small white child wearing white, with white hair walked from the trees with two large horses. One was a large white one with fire for a man and tail and the other was a black one with fire-colored mane and tail. A child hoped off the white horses back. He had long purple hair and looked to be about ten. He held a spear way to big for him.
"Hello Hakudoushi." Kagome smiled.
"Hello Kagome." The kid smirked.
"We came to give you a ride." The albino said.
"Who are they?" Hakudoushi asked.
"This is Itachi, Kisame, Deidara, Sasori, Tobi, and Hidan. And this is Pein, their leader. They are friends of mine." Kagome smiled. "And Akatsuki this is Hakudoushi and Kanna. The horses are Enti and Miro. Enti belongs to Hakudoushi and Miro is mine."
"They are demons?" Pein asked.
"Yes."
"Even the kid?" Itachi asked.
"That kid could probably beat all of you." Kagura sniffed.
They starred at the kid a minute.
"So we are flying?" Kagome asked.
"Yes." Kagura sighed.
"How will we all fly, un?" Deidara asked. "I have my bird but only Sasori and I can ride it, un."
"Hakudoushi will ride Enti, with Pein. Kagura and Kanna can ride on Kagura's feather with Tobi. Kisame and Hidan can ride Miro. Sasori and Deidara can ride Deidara's bird and Itachi can ride on my cloud with me." Kagome said.
Everyone blinked. Kagura sighed and all the Akatsuki members watched as she pulled a feather from her hair, and in a gust of wind it enlarged. Kanna and Kagura jumped on. Kagome pushed Tobi forwards. Both the women watched in surprise as he skipped to them like a child. He scrambled on the feather and sat between the two clapping. They starred at him. Then Enti stepped forwards. Hakudoushi jumped on him and Pein walked over cautiously. He leapt on behind Hakudoushi and steadied himself.
Then Kagome dragged Kisame and Hidan to Miro. She tossed them up as the horse sorted in amusement. Kisame in the front grabbed the horse's mane, and Hidan grabbed Kisame's shoulders. The two had both their weapons strapped on and had to shift them. Then Deidara sighed and dropped a small clay bird. In a poof of smoke it enlarged. Deidara hopped on and Sasori slid on behind him. Then Kagome signalled everyone to get into the air. The bird and feather rose straight up while the horses leapt into the air. Itachi walked to Kagome as she motioned him over. He stepped up beside her. She grabbed his arm and pulled him right against her. Suddenly he looked down and saw a purple-black like cloud form under their feet. It rose into the sky after the others. Unconsciously, Itachi gripped Kagome's arm.