Shinobi Miko Madness
Summary: Shinobi seem to come in all shapes, sizes, colours, types, species . . . you get the picture. Collection of short, mostly unconnected one-shots with Kagome and different shinobi of the five great nations.
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Chapter 23: Saved!
Pairing: Kagome x Nagato (A prequel to 'Captured!' I will probably also do a sequel to both this chapter and 'Captured!')
Requested by: Yoruko Rhapsodos (x2)
Disclaimer: I has the not own anime!
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She was walking around, cold, hungry, and lost. Stumbling around in the pouring rain, nowhere to go and no home to go back to. Just moving forward.
Finally, she collapsed on the ground, exhausted, wounded, and lying there, in a place she didn't know, where no one knew her . . . all alone.
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When she awoke, she saw a ceiling. She was lying in a soft, dry bed, warm sheets covering her. She sat up and noticed she wasn't wearing her miko robes like she thought she was, but instead found herself in a plain, white kimono and her wounds seemed to have been treated and bandaged.
She looked around confused. She seemed to be in a small bedroom of an apartment, if the view from the window was any indication.
Slowly, she stood up and mad her way to the door, putting her ear up against it. She could hear voices from the other side and decided to chance a peek, so she opened the door a crack. The room's occupants didn't seem to notice, too engrossed in their conversation.
"Hanzo the Salamander is getting more savage, destroying smaller villages for money and women. We have to stop this!" The male with orange hair exclaimed.
"But how?" The red-haired male questioned.
"We are highly outnumbered," The only female occupant spoke, "We would need a miracle to pull it off!"
"Not necessarily." The orange-hair man said. "We just need a strategy!"
Creak
All three heads snapped in her direction. 'Shoot!' She panicked, eyes wide, she backed away from the door slightly.
"You can come out!" Someone shouted from the other room.
Slowly and unsurely, she approached the door, opened it a crack and peeking around it slightly. She looked more closely at the three people staring at her.
They were all wearing the same plain black cloaks with red lining. The orange-haired male was quite handsome, she noted, he had brown eyes and had a cute smile on his face. The red-haired male was also quite handsome, his hair was covering half of his face, and his one visible eye was rather unusual, but slightly bewitching. The woman had blue hair with an origami kawasaki rose in it, and bright orange eyes.
On further inspection, they all appeared to be wearing the same headband. 'So,' She thought, 'I'm in Amegakure.'
"You're awake!" The orange-haired male spoke up. "I'm Yahiko! The redhead is Nagato and the woman there is Konan!" He introduced.
She slowly walked from behind the door, stepping fully into the room. "K-Kagome." She introduced shyly, looking at her feet. "Nice to meet you."
"You too Kagome-chan!" Yahiko said happily, moving forward to shake her hand. She timidly placed her hand in his and he gave it a firm, but gentle shake. "Where are you from?" He asked curiously.
Kagome bit her lip. She came from a secret village, but it was destroyed now, so what could it matter if she told them.
"Tsukigakure." Kagome replied.
The three Ame shinobi were shocked silent.
"It is a myth!" Konan said.
"But a legend!" Nagato agreed.
"Amazing! Truly?" Yahiko asked. Kagome silently nodded her head, trying to look everywhere but at the three people standing before her.
"Are the myths and legends true?" Yahiko questioned excitedly.
Kagome tilted her head slightly in confusion, finally looking up. "I do not know." She replied. "I have never left the village before."
"Never?" Nagato asked in shock. Kagome shook her head.
"Never ever?!" Yahiko yelled. Kagome furrowed her brow, shaking her head once more. Did people outside her village not know what never meant?
"Intriguing." Konan said.
"Well, the rumours say that Tsukigakure was a village of powerful yokai, miko and houshi. These beings were so powerful, they could beat all of the bijuu without breaking a sweat! Is this true?" Nagato asked.
"Yes." Kagome said simply.
They stood there in shock once again.
"Then all that stuff about them being able to defeat any foe, is that true too?" Yahiko asked.
Kagome looked down, tears in her eyes. "Not exactly." She looked up and saw them waiting for further explanation. She sighed, but continued.
"The yokai residing in the village were powerful, peaceful creatures. They could defeat almost anyone, if the miko or houshi didn't get to them first." She moved to sit down on the couch, motioning to the others to get comfortable as well. "The village was peaceful and all was well. We didn't get bothered much by anyone or anything . . . until he came." Her eyes darkened just thinking about it, but she pushed on for the sake of her saviours.
"A very powerful hanyou called Naraku came to our village, claiming false sanctuary. His real intention was to kidnap one of our most powerful miko's, my elder sister, Kikyo, with whom he had fallen madly in love. She was already engaged to the Tsukikage's second son, Inuyasha, but Naraku couldn't care less."
"When he attempted to kidnap her, Inuyasha chased after him, but Naraku was too strong for him, and he was overpowered and fatally wounded. Seeing Naraku about to deliver her fiancé the final blow, she jumped between them, and was killed immediately."
As she said this, her tears started to fall. "Inuyasha, witnessing his beloved sacrifice herself for him, went into a blood rage. Naraku fled deep into the village and with Inuyasha out of control, he killed everything and everyone who got in his way. Unprepared for the sudden attack from one of our own, many fell by his claws, while Naraku returned to kidnap me instead, as a replacement for my sister."
"When he tried to take me, the Tsukikage's first son, Sesshomaru, intervened and killed Naraku. But Inuyasha was still out of control. Many of the villagers fell by his claws, but it wasn't until he killed one of the ANBU captain's mate, that things really got out of hand. The captain, Kouga, also went into a blood rage, trying to avenge his mate, but he just ended up killing more and more villagers. The more people were killed, the more of our demon residents lost control."
Kagome sobbed as she recalled the carnage, the familiar faces with looks of pure rage, the friends being cut down by other friends. "With Sesshomaru's help I was able to escape, but he went back to the village to try to stop the yokai. I never saw him again."
The three shinobi stayed quiet through her whole story, their expressions were hard to read, somewhere between amazement and horror.
"I am very sorry for your loss." Nagato said sombrely. "We know what it's like to lose everything too."
"But we made new lives for ourselves," Yahiko said with a wide smile, "here in Amegakure. You could have a new life here too . . . if you want."
Kagome looked up at them with tearful eyes, looking at each of them carefully. A small smile came to her face and she nodded.
"Welcome to the family!" Yahiko exclaimed, hugging Kagome tightly.
Kagome didn't know how to react and looked to Konan and Nagato for any indication. They both were shaking their heads, smiles on their faces.
Yahiko put her down and she straightened her kimono. "There's something that you should know." Kagome started. "Miko and houshi can purify not only youki, but any evil taint to someone's soul."
They gasped in surprise.
"They can even purify someone completely if they have enough taint in their heart. This ability is the reason my village was secret," Kagome said, "so that our people wouldn't be kidnaped and abused for their powers."
It felt like the world was spinning as they tried to come to grips with this new information.
"And there's one more thing you should know." Kagome said staring at her feet once more. The three were listening intently.
"I am a miko."
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Word Count: 1,319
A/N: WOW! That is a LOOOOONG one! Well, I hope you like it. (Sorry if it's confusing and I know it doesn't have much on Kagome/Nagato but there will be when I write the sequel to this chapter later XP) DON'T FORGET TO VOTE ON MY POLL FOR WHAT STORY(IES) I SHOULD MAKE NEXT!
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