3-24-2015
Every chapter seems to be getting longer than the last… just saying. This one is 18 pages… for most stories my average is 3-6 pages… Really I am spoiling you guys. What is next, 25 pages? There is plenty of everything in this one so I am certain you will love it.
Taking Chances
Chapter 16
Yamato roused from his sleep, he didn't have anything planned for the day so he was confused why he was up after only a few hours of sleep. Looking next to him he could see his girlfriend sleeping soundly.
Knock
Knock
Knock
So that was why, he thought he could hear knocking but not on his door. Being careful to not wake her he got out of bed, grabbing pants and a shirt he slipped them on while the knocking became insistent.
With the door open he found Lady Tsunade in front of him with Ino and Shizune with Kagome's door open. "Is something wrong?"
"We can't find Kagome, I don't know if she made it home okay or not," Lady Tsunade looked wracked with guilt for getting them drunk.
"Well she never did go home," he answered before pausing as he could see Kakashi appear across the hallway. "Kakashi and I had brought her here," the look of relief in her had really said that she felt bad about it.
"Is there something you need, I wasn't aware she had anything going on today," opening the door for them to enter, letting Kakashi come in as well.
"Yeah, I guess she wouldn't have been able to. I had her with me yesterday studying in the morning before we went to the hospital for a bit and finally her training, along with all three meals. She had over done herself training the day beforehand so I wanted to keep her in check," she explained while taking a seat on the couch.
Knowing Kagome is completely bare he closed the bedroom door looking as if he was merely trying to keep it down for her. Kakashi and Shizune shared a look where Kakashi decided to make the Hokage admit to something else. "She ended up overdoing it yesterday to the point I had to rescue her since she was only following Lady Tsunade's instructions."
She sent him a withering glare, seeing his eye crinkle while Yamato grew serious. "I have a feeling there is a lot that has happened that I should be informed," his voice deadly serious.
"To my credit I only asked her to see how big of a barrier she could make, like if she could make one big enough to cover the whole village, I didn't know she wouldn't hear me telling her to call it quits or that she was so stubborn to go through with it even though it was taking a lot out of her," casting another glare at Kakashi while she folded her arms under her chest.
"Or that she would pass out and fall off the Hokage Tower right afterwards," Shizune chimed in.
Yamato let them bicker, feeling a bit angry that she was still overdoing it. Her reckless nature just might make him sport a few grey hairs if Naruto didn't beat her to it first. Then he finds out that the one night he was gone she had passed out at the training grounds with only the Anbu to watch out for her.
He was starting to feel his blood get heated with just how much happened while he was gone; it was making him worry about what would happen next time he was on a mission. Taking a few calming breaths he did his best to not throttle the Hokage or wake Kagome up with the rant he wanted to get out. Is she only ever going to be safe with him around?
"What is on the agenda today," he asked suddenly, wanting to be prepared ahead of time for what might take place.
"Well we are skipping the hospital in the agenda for today, at least I don't want to go there with Kagome," she shuddered.
Ino looked at her as she pieced things together, getting up and pointing an accusing finger at her lady she spouted off in a way more characteristic of Naruto. "That was you guys? You should have helped clean up the mess you caused!"
Shizune watched them cautiously, after chancing a glance at the confused look on the face of the two males she decided to fill them in. "Kagome happened," she supplied at first before figuring she would have to let them know just what that means. "We entered the hospital to do our rounds and see how things were going but we didn't expect what happened. Let me just say this, needles went airborne, male nurses were as clumsy as can be; some of the patients even fell out of bed. We ended up hiding in Naruto's room and introduced the two of them until we figured the coast was clear. Then more chaos ensued as we rushed out of the hospital. That is why she doesn't work there."
Ino was ready to have a fit, warning Tsunade that Sakura is going to know about this. "What did Kagome do to cause such chaos?"
Kakashi chimed in, having already seen the affects it had on other males, "I believe that would be, smile, she simply smiled and they immediately became uncoordinated."
Lady Tsunade remembered her plan and turned to the two. "I don't have my usual helpers around today so I actually need you two to be in my office today, Kagome will be with us studying as usual. Just be by within an hour after we depart. I brought food with us, Shizune can you go grab it?"
With that Yamato went to wake Kagome, giving her a slow good morning kiss. "We have company waiting for us," he let her know when he could see she was getting aroused.
Getting up immediately after that she quickly got her clothes on, running her hands through her hair to straighten it out until she could get over to her apartment. Walking out of the bedroom with him she was greeted to several faces ready to dig into the pancakes and leftovers.
"Good morning everyone," she happily greeted. They all greeted her in return and she sat down, receiving a coffee from Tsunade since she figure she would need it.
She poured the boysenberry syrup across her pancake, loving how good they tasted in her mouth that morning. She sat next to Yamato and was quick to scarf down her food while still being neat. It was apparent her appetite was definitely back and today it wanted more food. When everyone was full they chatted merrily at the table, making sure to include her in the conversation and then gave the rundown for the day.
She left to her apartment ahead of everyone so she could shower. They left shortly after her and with his pervert side coming out; Yamato crossed the hall with his own things. He quietly entered her apartment and then the open bathroom door hearing her humming.
Setting his things down on the sink counter he slipped in behind her, his hands pulling her against him while he attacked her neck. She quickly sucked in air and was about to scream, most likely thinking it to be someone else. He surprised her when he spun her around and claimed her lips, only giving her a second to see it was only him.
With her legs wrapped around him he was so tempted to slip into her but he wouldn't have their first time be a quick thing. He would rather it last into the night, or all night long. Wanting to give her a taste of what was to come sometime in the future he stroked her folds, teasing the entrance to the cavern he wanted to be buried deep inside of. Swirling a finger around just inside the entrance he kept his slow tease going while he claimed a nipple again.
She kept moaning for more but he kept it up, occasionally flicking her nub with his thumb, dipping his finger inside her. When he parted his mouth from her fleshy orb he crashed his lips on hers and pushed three fingers into her, pumping them in and out while her walls stretched around him. She moaned against him as the bathroom steamed up from the hot water being wasted with them not even under the pounding water.
The treat he gave her as he continued to thrust her closer to the edge that she so desperately sought. She cried out, her walls clenching his fingers, desire surging through her core as she teetered there. She only needed a slight wind to send her toppling over the edge. She wound tighter and tighter waiting for the explosion, waiting for the trip down as she stood at the very top. With a tingle and then one of his fingers rubbing this hidden sweet spot she felt it gush out. Feeling high as she enjoyed the relief her fall brought her.
Slowly he removed his fingers from her and let their heartbeats calm down. She kissed him before he let her down and then they washed up, not daring to touch the other unless they want someone coming by and catching them in the act when they continued to not show.
A while later they were already in the office, Kagome sat a little further from the desk today but was still easily in eyesight. Kakashi and Yamato stood on the other side, not having done anything besides that. They both wondered if there was another reason for her having them come. So far the office had been quiet with only the shuffling of paper until Tsunade looked at the door aggravated no one had come and reported.
Thinking about it she turned to Yamato, "Hey, did you turn in your mission report?"
Looking over to her he shook his head no, "No I am afraid I forgot it at home, should I get it?"
"Nah, not right now," she was already digging into the paperwork. "Just stay as you are," she instructed, getting frustrated as no one came yet. Granted it was still early so she could only hope that like clockwork someone would come in at 6:30.
Waiting, waiting, waiting; she began to drum her fingers on the desk impatiently as the clock continued to tick. Then it hit 6:30 and she grinned at hearing the shuffling outside the door. With glee she called to them before they could knock, "come in!"
It was her now favorite errand boys, "Good morning Lady Tsunade and Lady Shizune," Izumo called in good spirits.
Then they heard that angelic voice come from their left, "Good morning Izumo and Kotetsu," she welcomed them.
They both stammered before trying to fight back the blushes that were crossing their faces, not realizing that Captain Yamato was narrowing his eyes at them a little. "Good morning Lady Kagome, it's a pleasant surprise seeing you here again," Izumo got out.
Kotetsu eyed the books, completely ignoring everything else in the room. "What are you studying today," he asked curiously yet also just wanting her attention on them.
"Hmm," she hummed out as she looked at the page she kept reading over and over again. "I don't know to be honest, I'm just too tired to really retain any of it," then she yawned and Tsunade grinned at the unknowing opening the two were given.
"Oh yeah, you were out with Lady Tsunade, Lady Shizune, and Kakashi; I hope Kakashi will be more diligent the next time he has a lady out," trying to keep the sneer from his voice.
Kagome blushed knowing just what she was doing up so late and then recalled the shower she had this morning. "Oh, it wasn't really him and I'm a big enough girl to look after myself," not liking that Kakashi was blamed for it.
They set the papers down while grabbing another stack; Izumo chirped out, "what kind of coffee would you like, we would be happy to get it for you?"
"Oh really its no-"
"We insist as gentleman," he pushed.
"Well, I guess just anything will do but really-"
"Okay, we will be right back!" They departed with a wave and she stared at them puzzled.
"Well they at least appear to be coordinated today, you don't think they will spill it and get burnt do you?" She looked over at Lady Tsunade who was hiding her face behind a stack of papers while her shoulders shook.
Yamato had a permanent tick on his head after that display and he had a feeling from noticing that the Hokage was laughing, this is why she insisted they were here. Kakashi just watched it interested in the interaction and hiding his amusement much better. Shizune, well she resorted to hiding her smile behind her delicate hand since TonTon wasn't there.
Yamato wondered why Kakashi was there as well but then again, they have been the two males watching out for her. It could be Lady Tsunade is gambling on Kagome being single and ripe for the taking. She must be trying to play on both of their feelings, unknowing that he has already claimed her for his own.
Kagome shrugged her shoulders and went back to staring at her book, trying to concentrate but finding her mind going back to her boyfriend who stood just on the opposite side of the room, in easy view of her eyes. Every once in a while she would glance his way and be immediately checking him out, undressing him with her eyes before swallowing hard and focusing on the book. Fifteen minutes ticked by in that fashion and suddenly there was a knock on the door.
Kakashi was a bit on edge, 'if she just flashes them even one smile they could end up burning her.' They were given permission to enter, never noticing the varying emotions playing out in the room. Kotetsu was holding the steaming drink while Izumo stood with a fresh stack of papers already, though quite smaller.
Kagome looked up, seeing the hot beverage her eyes glued to it as she began to smell the French vanilla flavoring. "Here you go Kagome," Kotetsu began to bend down to hand the drink to her, her arm slowly reached up and that is when the catastrophe happened.
She flashed her smiled catching Izumo off guard; he tripped over his own feet and went crashing into the desk as papers went flying again. Kotetsu was startled and lost his balance when he turned around to see what happened, his hand holding the Styrofoam cup too tight and causing the lid to pop off.
It was almost like slow motion, the hot liquid splashed as the cup tipped and then Kakashi acted. His speed got him there just as the liquid went airborne. He scooped up Kagome right on time while kicking her books away, and saving her from burns. By the time the whole thing finished playing out he was back in his spot holding a wide-eyed Kagome.
Kotetsu tried to catch himself and hit the wall just after he noticed Kagome was missing from her spot. Izumo had picked himself up and was quickly uttering apologies while he collected the papers. Standing up, Kotetsu had coffee stains on his flak jacket and hot liquid to clean up. With wide eyes he searched for Kagome and found her in Kakashi's arms on the other side of the room.
"Lady Kagome, I'm so sorry!" He gushed out; trying to not care that once again Kakashi interfered.
She slowly snapped to attention and was let down on her own feet, "Oh no worries, really. I'm just glad you seem to be fine. You are right?"
"Oh yes, yes! I'm quite fine!" He blushed, "I am still really sorry."
"Don't be, if you think that was bad you should see how deadly the hospital is. I mean even needles went flying and we had to dodge blood bags and stuff!" She waved her hands around as if to prove her point.
"Really Lady Tsunade, I think this must be some jutsu of an enemy, why else would your ninja be becoming so uncoordinated?"
Everyone in the room had massive sweat drops, she was just so innocent. "It is even spreading to your civilians, a guy walked into a pole yesterday, remember?"
"Uh, yes Kagome, I will certainly check into this jutsu, it certainly would be bad to have this continue any further," she remarked, 'didn't we just tell her yesterday that it is because of her they are all acting like uncoordinated idiots,' she thought to herself.
"It would be bad if it got in the way of a mission, I'm not really sure who all you assassinate and stuff but I certainly wouldn't want a jutsu like that on me," she stressed.
Yamato really had to love just how innocent she was but really, how could she not see that it is her and that smile of hers that makes the men act like fools. 'She is too humble in thought to think in such a way or even accept it,' the thought lingering in his mind making him happy he had such a girlfriend.
Outside the window he could hear one of the Anbu start laughing, followed by another, and then another. Apparently they were all getting a really good kick out the show they were given. "Kagome, why don't you take a break and we can go get some coffee together for everyone?"
She turned around and nodded to him with a small blush on her face at the tender look he gave her. That caught quite a bit of attention. Shizune and Tsunade were beginning to think it is Yamato that has captured the dear girl's heart. The errand boys were fuming in the background, having Hell's fire in their eyes at the easy way he made their object of affection get such a beautiful blush to her face.
"Okay Yamato," she was then led out with his hand on the small of her back.
Once again, they were bested but this time it was Yamato. It was really something how smooth the two are, they both wondered if they should start taking notes from them or they may never get anywhere if they were acting like idiots all the time.
"How do you do it?" Kotetsu being the more curious of the duo was the first one to finally ask.
"Do what," Kakashi stood there calmly, already back to his more lazy appearance.
"Be so smooth with the ladies, with HER?" He elaborated while everyone watched him for an answer.
"Well I just be me," he said simply.
"But you haven't once acted like an idiot around her, even Yamato is doing fine," he pointed out.
He considered their words for a few moments, "We have both worked in Anbu, meaning we're excellent at having control over ourselves and being critical about every situation. We are just as drawn to her but she also brings out our protective instincts. We both have darkness inside of us and she is the light, we are drawn to her light and want to keep it from dimming or flickering out. I suppose I could indulge you a bit more," he looked at their faces and sweat dropped at how eager everyone was to hear what he has to say.
"I had watched her from afar and noticed how lonely and depressed she really was. No one else seemed to catch it," he paused just for the Hell of it. "When Yamato took her out to dinner I really began to notice her and that was the first time I had seen her so happy. Then go figure he actually screwed up, so after I gave him a talk I decided to watch her more closely. When he left on a mission and she was sitting alone as usual out on the docks I finally approached her and learned what was troubling her."
Giving them a look like this next part was critical, he watched and waited for them to all hold their breath, "I had been a friend to her and that was all it took to cheer her right back up."
They all looked at him so stumped, was it really that simple?
"She had no friends, no family; she had absolutely nothing when she woke up in the hospital. Lady Tsunade had been kind and gave her an apartment across from Yamato's but every day she went home to this empty apartment and when she tried to make friends with other girls they had decided to be petty all because she keeps attracting attention from other guys. So I became one of her first friends but it took a couple months," he finally finished, not letting anything else out but figured they must have learned something from that.
They were all quiet at that, he figured with Kagome not around he could pull out his book for a few minutes, for some reason he just knew that he should not let her know about his books. Eventually she will find out but his instincts were screaming self-preservation.
"Wait; didn't you save her a few times and what about Yamato?" Izumo added in his own questions.
"Yeah, I was there to help save her from Itachi and Kisame, then I had saved her yesterday when she passed out after making that barrier, and again today, but I doubt she knew about last night since she passed out after Lady Tsunade got her drunk," he rattled off while keeping his nose in the book.
"So you must be like a hero in her eyes or something," he pressed.
"Not really, she was passed out both times yesterday, I was part of a team with the rescue and retrieval mission, and I suppose today was the first time she was awake when I held her," giving them a glance as if to say 'just go ahead and ask the next question.'
"Yamato then?"
"He found her ill and unconscious in the woods, then he was part of the mission as well, he caught her another time she passed out, and basically played caretaker to her," he replied, hoping that was the last of it.
They both nodded and after hearing Lady Tsunade clear her throat with a pointed look at the mess; they both went about cleaning it up.
Shortly after Yamato and Kagome came in carrying coffee for everyone, setting them down on the desk to hand each of them out. Yamato was quick to grab the ones for the other two males while Kagome handed Shizune and Tsunade one. She was then quick to give one to Kakashi who took it from her with a smile and then had Yamato's in hand to give him before grabbing her own.
The drinking holders were discarded and they all went back to their morning, noticing Kagome seemed to have a permanent blush ever since she came back from getting coffee. Yamato merely acted like nothing happened when really, once they were down the hall he had her pushed up against the wall in a passionate make-out session. The things he whispered in her ear afterwards certainly helped to keep it there.
With the mess cleaned up the day continued on with more and more male ninjas coming in to report, each of them noticing the lady studying under the window pane and sipping coffee. She was so lost in her studies that she was missing all of the humor the others were getting while Yamato just couldn't decide what he felt. Not a single one of them seemed to know that he is her boyfriend.
Then things changed… Kagome got up and brought her textbook over, asking for further explanation on a few things that she had marked. A female kunoichi came in the room, Kagome stepped back to let her report in but that was when her eyes narrowed in on her angrily.
She was upon her so fast no one could react quick enough when a sudden –SMACK- was heard. Kagome was surprised; she was hit so hard she had actually stumbled to catch herself. As her shock was slowly wearing off, she began to touch the raw skin on her cheek as she cautiously turned her head to look at her attacker.
She was screaming, the rage and jealousy in her eyes noticeable, "How dare you hurt his feelings you little bitch!" She raged, "You didn't even give him a chance and now of all people you have to date Captain Yamato!" They were quite surprised but she ignored the fact she had four kunai pressing against her threateningly. "Why don't you leave you little scamp and stop being such a floozy!"
The Anbu had appeared in the room, surrounding Kagome and the other two ladies to protect them from any further harm. Kakashi said in a deadly calm voice, the note of seriousness not missed from his tone, "Any further and you will be dead," he threatened.
Yamato agreed with his sentiment, both of their eyes were hardened; he turned his attention for further instruction. "Lady Tsunade, what should we do with her," he asked, his voice coming out just as deadly and calm as his friend's.
Tsunade got up from her desk, her fury sparking in her eyes as she signaled for them to stand down. Pulling back her first she slugged her in the face sending her flying backwards through the doors, following after her with her coat discarded on the floor. Holding her up she glared down at the kunoichi, "How dare you hurt her!"
Kagome cried out, shocked at just how strong the Hokage's punch was. "Please stop!" Not wanting the other woman to possibly get killed. The two Anbu by her had blocked her path.
"Lady Kagome, we cannot allow you to interfere with the Hokage's business just as we cannot allow you to come to harm either," said the bird masked Anbu.
Kakashi and Yamato stood at the ready while Tsunade dragged the kunoichi back in by the scuff of her shirt. "I want her put in a holding cell until I have time to deal with her," she commanded.
The Anbu then appeared by her side and took hold of her before disappearing to presumably heed the demand. With the threat gone they all turned their eyes to Kagome's unreadable gaze, her cheek beginning to swell. Yamato approached her, drawing her into his arms, feeling her smaller fists grab on to his flak jacket.
No one even noticed that they had an audience for a few moments until they cleared their throat. It was Team Guy reporting back from their mission. Guy had noticed the tension in the room after Tsunade had dragged a kunoichi back in. TenTen watched with her group as they wondered what just happened.
Kagome pulled back, forcing herself to not shed a tear but still feeling shaken. Raising a hand to her cheek she let it glow pink and healed her swollen cheek right in front of everyone. Tsunade decided to drop the subject for the moment and listen to Team Guy report.
"Hello Guy, what does your team have to report?"
The team kept trying to not stare at the woman Yamato was just comforting, noticing her power and wondering just what had happened. TenTen though was already certain she knew what happened since she recognized the kunoichi. The victim to her wrath looked shaken up but then suddenly her face was schooled to an unreadable mask and shoulders held back looking ready to take on whatever happened next.
Guy frowned a bit at seeing her hide her feelings behind a mask but decided it wasn't his business for now. Rock Lee copied his actions but did remain at the ready, not quite comfortable seeing those shimmering eyes close the world out.
"The mission was a success, we have the documents and everything here," Guy handed her the scrolls before stepping back.
Waiting for further instruction as Tsunade went about looking them over, she finally handed them to Shizune for filing. "Very well, you had done a good job," she dismissed them.
They turned to leave the room, TenTen stopped; looking like she wanted to say something but decided against it after Neji told her to, "Come on."
With the room cleared and doors shut once more they all turned back to Kagome. "Kagome, would you like to talk about it?" Lady Tsunade offered.
"No, I will be fine," she calmly replied before turning to her. "Could you still help me with those questions?"
Deciding to leave her be she nodded and sat back down as Kagome approached the desk and pointed to the first one and the others gave her a live demonstration for her to copy. When lunch finally came she asked to go home instead of joining them. Yamato left with her, not about to leave her alone now that she has been attacked by another female.
Once in the door to his place he went about preparing lunch for them while she curled up on the couch. He hoped this quiet and closed-off personality that she took on would fade away soon. He set the table for the two of them and walked to the balcony to let the fresh air in and search for the Anbu that he knew would be there. Connecting eyes with one he handed him a note that he scribbled on informing Tsunade that he will be taking Kagome to go train after lunch.
"Kagome, how about we take a break from your studies for the day and train instead while the demonstrations are still fresh in your mind," he offered.
She looked up at him from her position on the couch and seemed to be considering it. "I like the sound of that," she agreed.
He went back to the kitchen and finished up, serving it on to their plates before sitting down with her at the table to eat. The silence was unnerving but he wasn't sure what to do yet. He watched her for any sign as to what she is feelings before giving up and paying more attention to what he is eating.
She helped him clear the table when they were finished and helped with the dishes before sitting back down on couch towards the far end. He sat down with her and pulled her on to his lap, one arm wrapped around her while the other massaged her scalp. Kissing her forehead he let her take comfort from him and gather her strength or break down crying. Just something that isn't more closed-off.
"Why did she hate me so?" She finally asked quietly.
"I'm not entirely sure; I don't really recognize her from anywhere in particular so I have no idea as to why my name was dragged into it. I certainly don't know who the mystery male is," he answered truthfully back.
"I could feel her emotions like they are my own, ever since the barrier yesterday I have been able to occasionally feel strong emotions or feel many emotions from all around me and yet I don't know why," she admitted, letting him know what is on her mind.
He thought it over critically for a while; he could only draw a couple possibilities as to why this is occurring. Thinking it over he wondered if she will finally see how much attention she attracts by only being herself. "My thoughts are probably the same ideas you have already come up with. Either the barrier has helped you connect you more to those around you or your powers are growing making it easier to sense other energies."
After sitting there for a few more minutes he finally urged that they should get training. Forgetting that she could probably keep up with him he carried her and took off to the training grounds not wanting to run into people on the way. Checking for one that is available he found a little humor in Team Guy being there instead of relaxing after they just got back from a mission.
Letting her down on to her own two feet he asked her to show him what she has achieved so far with both of her powers. "Maybe I should have written a list, I can't guarantee I'm going to remember it all or really be able to display it in a sense that lets you see what I would accomplish should I be up against a demon."
"Just try to explain it to me, I am sure you can do a good job at that," he encouraged. That began the next couple hours.
Sitting down in the field she brought up her barrier, and then after dropping that she made a bow and arrow out of her power, casted a spell on the arrow and shot it to a random point in the ground making a barrier appear. That followed by her plunging an arrow with the same spell into the ground with her own hands.
After that she faced her palm away from her and sent out a blast of power before changing it into a beam of power. She produced small balls of power on the tips of her fingers to and guided them to random targets. Once that was done she turned it into claws and whips. Realizing she forgot another barrier she had one shimmering just above the surface of her skin, fitting her like a cloak.
Focusing it into her legs she used it to run and sprint at a much higher speed than she could without it. Then she ran out of things to show him from off the top of her head when it came to just her priestess powers. "I'm sure there is more, things I can't even demonstrate really but that is the just of it. I will show you how far I have come along with the chakra and then using the two together after that."
Focusing her power on her feet she sprinted at a faster speed than her purifying powers gave her, once she was halfway through the training grounds she focused it so she could walk on air until she got to a tree and continued walk up the tree and then upside down, giving him a cute wave as she smiled at her accomplishment. Using chakra in her hands she hung there before turning around to face him and drop down until she was only 15 feet from the ground where she then easily caught herself with her chakra and slowly began to form her bow and arrow.
That was when Yamato noticed she had struggles controlling both at the same time. Seeing her hold it for a few minutes until she was getting steadier, she fired off the arrow, her footing stopped and she dropped several feet until catching herself once more. "Oh I forgot something. I can also do something else with my arrows. Let's say a demon is sneaking up on you, I could shoot the demon with you in the way, my arrow basically disappear before it hits you and then reappears after it passes you and then hits the demon. Does that make sense?"
Blinking, he was certainly surprise and gave her a small applaud. "I really had no idea you were so versatile or such a quick learner," he complimented. "How much of that is new?"
"Well, the majority of it in all honesty. I could only shoot a bow and arrow when I started; I had to learn it with life and death situations, then the disappearing arrow trick that I guess I was always capable of doing. I had, without knowing how, blasted a couple demons with my hands but once I finally started to gain more control over my meager powers it was sealed. Turns out I was powerful priestess right from birth but since I was born with the jewel, the demon, Magatsuhi, inside the jewel had sealed a lot of it away. When I began to become more of a threat when he found a way to get a physical body, he sealed the rest of it away until he was defeat just minutes before we defeated Naraku. After that I was in the jewel battling them in there and bending my powers to save myself while I made the correct wish and well, showed up here. I came up with some of it while trying to escape the Akatsuki or just from training a couple days ago, I learn best it seems when I have no choice," she informed him.
Ever since she showed up in the village she was always in need of saving or extra care. Never would he have ever thought she was this powerful. If she could just learn to get a mastery control of the powers individually and then learn to control them together, she would be an opponent to reckon with on the battlefield. Knowing where to go from here he reminded her of the demonstrations earlier; simple things like making a clone, using scrolls to store objects and retrieve them, and finally using her chakra to transport her to a different location.
With his instruction she attempted to make a clone of herself, following through the steps she looked at it and blanched, "That is horrible," she wallowed.
Yamato went through the steps again, producing his own clone and patiently watched as her next one went flimsy and cancelled out. While focusing on her lesson they didn't realize that Team Guy was watching them curiously, seeing the two interact while she went through her own training. Each of them were impressed, Neji even activated his Byakugan to see her chakra and was surprised to see he could view both of her powers.
"Neji what do you see," TenTen asked impatiently, a bit envious that she couldn't see things the way he does.
"Her chakra pathway is as it should be but that pink power is centered, instead of running strict pathways it can spread out to envelop her whole body; it is a lot like a pink flame. Let me expand on that further. The pink power is burning brightly around where her chakra centers from, but her whole body has even yet small amount that it is bathed in at all times," he explained, finding this to be one of those once in a lifetime things.
Yamato was just starting to show her some taijutsu, finding she had no skills in it at all, that was when Guy and Rock Lee could not help themselves. Before and Neji and TenTen could stop them, Guy was already barging in on her training session. "Yamato, you should let me take over from here with her taijutsu, after all I am a Taijutsu Master," he proudly stated with his chest puffed out and hair shining in the sun from the gel.
"Guy," he exclaimed, shocked by the sudden interruption. "I think I am perfectly capable-"
"Nonsense, I would be honored to help one that shines with such youth as her. It should never be doused and I will make sure of that!" He promised, but no one really knew to who it was aimed at.
"Neither will I!" Rock Lee chimed in.
Kagome looked shell shocked at the sudden boisterous energy coming from the two and their interesting appearance. Opening her mouth to say something she felt tempted to take a step back when suddenly they were both looking at her and her body screamed, 'high tail it out of there!'
"Guy, I can help my-," Yamato attempted to finish but was once again interrupted.
"Neji, TenTen; glad you two decided to join us!" Rock Lee exuberated while Guy looked proud of his students.
The two of them took a collective sigh. Putting their best foot forward they stepped in front of the two before they frightened the poor lady any further. Giving her a friendly wave TenTen smile, "Hi I'm TenTen," she introduced.
Neji bowed to her, "I am Neji Hyuga, and that is Guy-sensei, and this is Rock Lee our other teammate," he introduced all of them.
Before the other two could start in TenTen decided to take over, "Are you by any chance Kagome?"
Feeling a bit hesitant to answer since she was suddenly paranoid around other females, she did her best to answer strongly, "I am."
"Oh I knew it!" TenTen rejoiced a bit, trying to keep it down. "Sakura and Ino were telling me about you, they planned on introducing you to me since we are friends and I can help with your weapons portion of the training since I'm an expert!"
Kagome was a bit taken aback at how eager this girl was. "I don't know what to say," she admitted, almost cringing internally that she had changed so much.
"No worries, I'm just excited to be able to show and teach someone what I can do, plus make a new friend." Then with an apologetic look and a glance at Yamato, "I'm sorry about that woman earlier. I really wouldn't put too much thought behind it but I do have an explanation if you would like to hear it."
Blinking, Kagome wasn't quite sure. Yamato instead answered for her, "That would be very helpful TenTen."
"She is friends with my older sister so I know her personally. Basically she has a first love, an Anbu member that goes by Kage, whom admitted to being interested in you. That was her first issue which really is nothing, but the next one made you the absolute enemy. You have been spotted with Yamato often and then she had spied on him and seen you at his place multiple times. She is obsessed with him, like mega obsessed," she tried to stress.
Neji decided chip in, "She is crazy and built a shrine. She has clippings of his hair, scraps of his clothing, I'm not sure how she obtained his razors or any of the other things she has of his. She isn't the only one either unfortunately," he confessed.
"Wait, what?" Yamato shouted, freaked out about what he was hearing.
Kagome looked at him worriedly, "Maybe I should start putting a barrier up around your place and it will only take me infusing it into something like I do my arrow. It won't constantly drain me like my other ones do."
Yamato glared out into the forest, he could feel the Anbu out there and he swore one of them laughed after another one swore. Turning to reply to Kagome's suggestion he shook his head, "I think for now we are fine, besides, how would anyone visit or how would I get in and out?"
"I can set it up so it will allow only you and whoever else you choose to be able to enter and exit. It can last for days with enough of my power," she explained.
Everyone looked at her intrigued. Neji thought about the Akatsuki and asked, "What about a barrier around the village?"
"I did yesterday," she flushed, feeling embarrassed.
"Absolutely not," Yamato cut in with a stern look. The others seemed curious as to why not if it would be safe for the village.
"With practice I could do better!" She insisted; looking determined to prove it.
"That may be but right now I won't budge. I already know what happened yesterday, why do you think I'm here and not them?" He pointed out the obvious lack of the others joining them yet.
Guy turned to him, "What happened then that you are so against it?"
"She was so focused on making it engulf the whole village that no one could get through to her so she would stop when it became obvious that she was taxing her body too much. Someone has a stubborn streak but it once again almost cost her life when she promptly passed out and fell from the Hokage Tower. Kakashi was lucky enough to be watching her training and catch her in time," the visual not a good one of what could have happened.
Neji nodded, understanding but also knowing she could probably do it one day with more control of her powers. He wondered if she could combine the two eventually to create a barrier, it would be something to think of in the future.
"We can help, with her mixed powers and the combination of different skill sets we could have her ready to take on enemies much sooner than it took us since she already has her own experiences to help. On top of that she has a lot of chakra, once she can start creating clones she could train harder and faster with the use of a few clones," he threw out there.
Yamato looked uneasy but knew it would be for the best. He can't have his personal feelings getting in her way, someday he might not be here to protect her and he would rather die knowing she is as capable as most ninja instead of being a sitting duck. "Kagome, it is up to you, I will not stand in your way."
She didn't really know much about the enemies the village has but it sounded numerous. If she could be a backup safety net then she will gladly give it her all. Straightening out and hardening her gaze, a side of her none of them had seen. Before them now is confident priestess that put her all into everything, "I accept."
The change in her demeanor had stunned them all; the wisdom that had suddenly shown in her eyes, everything screamed that she is ready to be put to the test with all the training they could offer. That was when Lady Tsunade touched down with the other two; proud of her. "That is what I have been looking for, I knew somewhere in you was the warrior that had to exist after fighting demons," she faced her full on. "From here on out you will be trained in the ways of us ninja, starting now," she took aim, catching everyone off guard.
Kagome's reflexes kicked in and she darted out of the way, appearing on the trunk of a tree, parallel to the ground waiting for the next move. Tsunade laughed lightly, with a jump in the air she hit the ground hard and it cracked open sending trees toppling over. Kagome did a couple quick steps across the ground before using her chakra to stand in the air. Powering up her hands she timed it and fell purposely to throw a few punches at Tsunade, ducking out of the way of her punches.
Lightly a barrier appeared over her skin right before Tsunade landed a blow, it pushed her back several feet. Tsunade charged aiming to swipe her feet out from under her and catch her off guard should she dodge. Kagome dodged, taking to the air but a strong hand grabbed her and sent her flying into the forest.
Using the chakra she was able to slow down and stop in the air before charging forward in a skating motion. Forming her bow and arrow while a tree blocked both of their views she pulled back and fired, forcing the arrow to bypass the tree it took Tsunade by surprise to see the arrow come from out of nowhere. The flaming pink exploded on contact with the ground forcing everyone to dodge the sudden eruption.
Throwing a few kunai her way with exploding tags Kagome prepared her barrier right before she was hit with the explosion. She flitted into the forest, going into a prayer pose she centered herself before she quickly ran into the clearing, her fingers enveloped in pink before five whips of light came out as she did a quick spin forming a ball of light as Tsunade continued to try and attack with more explosive tags after it was determined she couldn't break through with her fists.
Doing a quick maneuver she jumped out of her diminishing ball of light firing off five tracer balls. Tsunade narrowly dodged, punching walls of ground up before each one could connect. She was certainly impressed but deciding to not play around she cranked up her own speed and took her by surprise as she kicked her up into the air before punching her in the stomach and sending her plummeting into the ground forming a crater.
Kagome got up sporting a fair share of bruises. Her gaze was determined though and she just ran off of experience, her senses, and instinct. Seeing Tsunade at the ready with a kunai she focused on her right hand; the flaming shape of a sword formed and she defended herself the best she could with the sudden barrage of quick attacks.
Not being trained with a sword she was cut with several quick slashes, blood spurting out before she could correct her stance. Yamato was about to interrupt before Kakashi placed a hand on his shoulder to stop him. Watching they could see Kagome flare her powers into a big flame surrounding, when the flare subsided she was completely healed. Then she charged, not able to land a blow on the Hokage but as soon as she hit the rocky terrain she went back to skating on air while still holding the flaming sword.
The tango between them had certainly been something but as Kagome kept having to up the amount of power she used to keep up she began to slow down, her stamina not as high but she held her own with a final showdown with Tsunade aiming well placed punches. Kagome had shields formed in front of her hands to help her block the punches without sustaining any of the blows after realizing Tsunade had superhuman strength.
Kagome not being used to the aspect of clones had thought she was finally getting the offensive but after just a couple blows the clone dispersed, while stunned she was taken out with a kick to the head that sent her flying into the woods and through a few trees. Tsunade stood panting, watching to see if she would make a comeback. After a few minutes she followed the path she had kicked her in and found her unconscious below a cracked tree.
"That wasn't too bad Kagome," she whispered before letting her hands take on a green glow, beginning to heal her of some of the wounds. With that done she picked her up and walked back to the training grounds seeing the others look at Kagome with a newfound respect for holding up better than they expected and change her powers to her will within an instant. Each of them knew she had not done some of those maneuvers before.
Just before she was going to hand her off to Yamato her body took on a faint pink glow and the rest of her wounds slowly healed over the course of a minute. TenTen already knew Lady Tsunade is awesome but to see the skill Kagome possessed with her own power she knew that down the road she would be amazing to see on a battlefield.
"I really don't know about this anymore," Yamato muttered as he was finally handed Kagome's unconscious form. "I think I have had enough of seeing her in this shape."
"That right there, Yamato, shows just how much she is already capable of. She already said she learned most skills in life and death situations, if she can keep that up she might be able to defeat most opponents and even go up against the Akatsuki. Holding her back would only put her in more danger of either being targeted for assassination or being used," her words reminding him that she is already capable and needs to be capable of more.
Hearing her stir they were surprised that she was already coming to. When her eyes finally opened and cleared of any haze she realized Yamato was holding her and she could sense everyone. Blushing with embarrassment, she somehow managed to fall out of his arms and catch herself just before her butt hit the grass. Neji activated his Byakugan and watched how she directed the chakra, hoping to figure out how she did it.
"How easily you do that is quite something, not very many ninja are known to be able to do that. You might be the only person in the Leaf to do it," he informed her.
"I take it I wasn't out for very long then," she questioned.
"Just a few minutes, I would say around fifteen. I gave you quite the beating and yet you're fully healed already," a bit envious of her ability.
"I guess that is why I feel almost lethargic," she slowly stood next to Yamato. She looked at them expectantly, "So what is next?"
She got varying looks of disbelief and before Yamato could say a thing he was cut off, "Kagome, I think that will be enough for today, its already time to eat. Now that we have a good feel for your skills we can think about what to do in the coming days."
Kagome looked over to Tsunade a bit puzzled before she nodded her acceptance. "I guess that would be fine," she looked at the sliver of the sun she could see over the tree tops.
Everyone left at that, Yamato insisted she take it easy since they didn't need to rush. They ended up walking until she insisted that she could use her chakra and try to keep up with him where he plainly told her he would leave her in the dust. He did however give in and run at her speed, showing her how to leap from branch to branch when they reached the surrounding woods.
Arriving back to the apartments they indulged in showering together even though he hadn't worked up a sweat unlike her. He eagerly tired her out that way before they ate and snuggled up on the couch watching movies with plenty of action in them where he then carried her slumbering body off to bed.