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Chapter 18
Kagome sat looking glum as she looked out the window picturing a rainy day when in reality it was quite sunny out. She was practically on house arrest ever since Pain had tried to take her. A whole week went by and she was getting to the point of pulling some disappearing trick.
What makes it worse is the other women of the village now hated her even more! It wasn't fair; she kept picturing herself on that awesome vacation that seems so distant now. At this rate she will never lay her eyes on another hot spring again. If the rainy day visual didn't work then InuYasha barging in to take her shard hunting sure did.
Perking up she realized she had a scroll on the transformation jutsu. Getting up suddenly she ignored Yamato and went off to where her scrolls were in the bedroom. He for the most part ignored her minus following her movements with his eyes. She sat hunched over the scroll, memorizing the technique. With a clear image in mind she completed the jutsu.
"Hey wench!" He called as he came busting into the room through the window. "Get your lazy ass up! We have shards to collect and I know Naraku isn't sitting on his ass letting us collect them!"
There was a sudden clatter out in the other room, the door she had shut was slammed open with a serious Yamato, Anbu suddenly appeared with their weapons out and ready to attack.
"Who the hell are these losers?" He asked gruffly, before noticing their weapons. "Can't they get real swords? I mean seriously, they don't stand a chance against Tetsuiga."
Kagome covered her mouth; it was just so flawless that she burst out laughing. "Hey what happened to you? Huh, Kagome?"
She bent over, the laughter coming out so hard she held her sides as tears collected in her eyes. "I think you've got a few screw lose or something?" He remarked while scratching his skull.
"Let's go, these guys are weirding me out with their creepy masks," he grabbed Kagome and was about to haul her out the window when he was suddenly attacked. With a 'poof' he was gone and Kagome just lost it, collapsing to the ground in laughter as her knees gave out.
"Oh my goodness," she laughed out.
"Kagome," Yamato tested as he looked down at her a bit miffed. "What or who was that?"
She did her best to collect herself; she could even feel the Anbu glaring at her. "Well, you see," she fiddled with her fingers trying to not burst out laughing again. Thinking of something she grabbed the scroll and rolled it out for them to see. "It was InuYasha!"
"Kagome! What were you thinking; you nearly gave us all heart attacks!" He yelled at her.
Then a look neither had really seen on her face before as she stood up and stood her ground, "I was thinking about cheering myself up since I'm practically being babysat ever since I came to this village! Now I'm basically on house arrest!"
She huffed from her rant and stomped past him and out the door. Heading to her apartment, she shut her door and slid down. In the other world she could stand on her own two feet at least even if she was constantly protected but here, she is practically a prisoner.
"It's not fair," she steamed. "I had dozens of enemies back then too trying to kill me, control me, or take my soul. I come here and I'm treated like I haven't saved the world over a dozen times." Her eyes hardened, "Just because I came from the past where my power was needed on a daily basis doesn't mean I'm a weakling here," she glared at the balcony across from her.
That was their first fight; he stared at the door a bit lost. He would let her have some actual alone time but they can't risk it. Belatedly he realized one of the Anbu members is still here, even a bit surprised that it is Kage. Turning his head towards him he gave him a look that really was the equivalent to: Just say it already.
"For what it's worth, I understand," he simply said, shocking the hell out of Yamato. After a moment he left to resume his duty while Yamato was left clueless as to how to proceed from here.
Kagome though, had had enough. Before the Anbu could stop her she darted out the patio door and took off to the docks wanting to at least feel the sun on her skin. Not caring if she was going to be yelled at later she reflected back on the past while the gentle lapping of the water eased her nerves. It took her back to a time where she had exited a hut and headed out to find Naraku.
That day she had blasted a huge hole in him and they had thought he was finally defeated. Then of course Kaguya happened and she was shot with her own arrow while trying to protect InuYasha from it. It later led to their first kiss but now those days are gone.
Resting her head on her knees she stared at the water as it shimmered in the sun. The dock moved to adjust to the new weight. Turning around to see who it was now she was surprised it was someone she hadn't met.
"Care if I join you?" He asked, she could see he seemed to have a brush and paper.
"Umm, go ahead," she scooted over, faintly remembering the time Kakashi had joined her.
"I'm not the best at understanding the emotions of others but you seem upset," he guessed while setting his stuff down and getting ready to do whatever was on his mind.
"You could say I'm just fed up," she mumbled, a bit curious to what he was planning to do.
Seeing him start drawing she watched his sure brush strokes, noticing he was drawing a crane on the other side of the pond. Once he was done with the crane he drew a few trees and mimicked the reflection on the water, she was awed at how fast and skilled he is.
"You're really talented," she complimented. "Could you show me where I could get some supplies; I could never find a store for it?"
He looked up at her, "Haven't you been here for a few months already?"
"Well, yeah, but I haven't really been around town much," she replied a bit somberly.
His gaze swept across the trees before landing back on her, "Oh I see." Thinking back to one of the books he read about what to do when you meet someone new he realized he had skipped a step. "By the way, my name is Sai," he extended a hand in greeting.
Kagome perked up at the name, "Wait, you were there," she suddenly exclaimed. "You were one of the ones that found me in that forest." She shook his hand a bit happier, "Thank you for coming to my aid. I'm Kagome," she introduced herself with a smile.
Sai found a small smile naturally come to his lips as a rare event. Recalling the next step for making a new friend when that friend is upset he asked, "So what has you 'fed up'? I never found out why you looked like you came from a battle."
"Yeah, a battle inside a jewel against two demons that are made up of thousands of other demons," she grunted out, "and won," she included as an afterthought. "Then I come here and I'm practically being babysat. I even found myself in some old history books on priestesses, I'm the "Legendary Priestess of Time," and now look at me, it's pathetic," she spat out.
He nodded his head, showing he was following along, "I had saved the world more than a dozen times. If they think Pain scares me then they should try facing one of my deceased enemies."
Getting an idea she stood up, "Would you like to see a few?"
"Sure, why not?" He indulged her, wondering what some of these demons looked like.
"Okay, first there is Lord Fluffy, I mean," she laughed," Lord Sesshoumaru, he ended up becoming an ally in the end." She focused her chakra, and then before them was who she called Lord Sesshoumaru. "He was a powerful dog demon, even ruled the Western Lands. He could transform into a gigantic dog with acid in his saliva. Really, he was deadly, the most powerful demon I ever came across."
The she had her clone turn into Naraku, "This was our main enemy, his name is Naraku, he can shapeshift. This was one of his last forms before we defeated him outside of the jewel and then I defeated him inside the jewel. He would send thousands of demons at us to wear us out before he would send a puppet in to try and defeat us."
"This is Magatsuhi," her clone changed, "He is the one that was truly behind the whole thing, even pulling Naraku's strings from within the jewel. He had been a human that secretly lusted after the priestess Midoriko. They had an epic battle and when as she was drawn into the creatures massive jaws she seized the spirit of the demon and bound it within her own with the last of her power, killing both of them and creating the Shikon Jewel, which burst from her chest. Within the jewel, her soul and the souls of the demons she bound within it still battled on until I finally defeated it."
"Naraku was created by a bandit by the name of Onigumo," she stated before continuing with the beginning of the whole story, "he was found badly burned by the Priestess Kikyo. She took pity on him and secretly treated his wounds to make the rest of his life better since he would never be able to move again. He began to lust after Kikyo and one night he gave himself to demons, including a spider demon and that was how Naraku came into existence. He made it look like her and her love InuYasha had betrayed one another. With the last of her life she bound InuYasha to the Goshinboku tree and as her last request it was asked that the jewel be burned with her body so she could guard it in the afterlife."
Her eyes dulled a little, "I am Kikyo's reincarnation, the jewel was reincarnated with me; I was born with it. It was ripped out of my side on the day of my 15th birthday when I was pulled 500 years into the past. I released InuYasha," her clone changed to him, while she produced another to look like Kikyo, "and ended up shattering the jewel. After that it was life or death on a near daily basis. Half of my soul was stolen to bring Kikyo back from the dead, I was kidnapped, and almost killed more than I can recall. In the end though we made many friends and allies, I succeeded and destroyed the jewel," she concluded, dispelling her clones.
"If Naraku and the jewel couldn't control me then I don't see how anyone else could, they were not even the only ones to try either," she commented, eyes narrowing as she glared at the end of the pier. "It's insulting to be reduced to this," she spat.
"How many enemies did you have," he questioned, wanting to know a bit more.
"Oh I don't know, hundreds maybe. Thousands if you count all the demons Naraku sent after us. There were moth demons, the four so-called War Gods, demon ninja, a wind sorceress, crow demons, Kaguya, Kanna of the Void, spider demons, snake demons, the Thunder Brothers, Yura of the Hair, phantoms, demon ink, possessed swords, formerly dead enemies, panther demon tribe. Honestly, you name it we probably had it," she sat down with a huff as she reminisced, getting lost in how many there really were.
"Could you make a transformation of some of them," he studied her, unsure if his request would be too much. She was quite good at transformations he noted.
"Sure," she stood back up.
Four demons appeared, one being much smaller than his actual size, "This is the Four War Gods, the turtle one was actually as big as the village and built like a fortress. The one with the blue braid is Ryura, he was basically the leader of the group."
Then she transformed the clones again, "The two guys are the Thunder brothers, the ugly looking one, Manten, kidnapped me to turn me into a hair tonic. Hiten used me as ransom to get the jewel shards at the beginning of our journey. The lady with black hair is an incarnation of Naraku, her name is Kagura but she betrayed Naraku in order to help us. He finally gave her the freedom she desired just to take her life in return. Kanna was a bit the same, InuYasha didn't want to defeat her but she also wanted to be free of Naraku."
She changed them yet again, "The sword is Sō'unga, he managed to break the seal at my shrine after being sent there when the Inu no Taishi, InuYasha and Sesshoumaru's father, had died in battle. He brought back the guy next to him, Takemaru, who was a human in love with the princess Izayoi, who is also InuYasha's mother. Next to them are the other forms they took. The sword is thankfully in the Hell it came from."
Wiping the sweat from her head she felt a little drained and sat back down. "I think that will have to be it for now, I'm a bit tuckered out," she admitted.
"You are really good at transformations," he acknowledged.
"Thank you, today was the first I tried it," she commented.
He looked at her with widened eyes, 'She only just learned today?'
Choosing to keep his comments to himself he carried on with the conversation. "I wonder what it would be like to go up against either of them," he shared his thoughts aloud.
"Heh, well I certainly wouldn't want to go up against some of them ever again. Naraku and that whole fiasco being top of the list; he was like a cockroach, once you thought he was dead then boom, there he is again," she lamented.
"Oh, I should show you my other companions, then this will have to be the last of it since it might take the rest of my strength," she stood up and before he could stop her just in case she overdid it and got herself killed, several poofs sounded off, leaving her a little woozy on her feet.
Sitting back she regained her breath after a few moments, "That took a lot," she mumbled.
Looking before him were several transformations. "That is Sango; she was like the sister I never had. She was a demon slayer with a younger brother named Kohaku that was under the control of Naraku. Next is Miroku, he was a Buddhist Monk with a cursed hand put there by Naraku. If he took the prayer beads off a wind tunnel would form and suck in anything in its path."
With a fond smile she gazed at the smallest of them, "That is Shippo, he was a fox demon left orphaned when the Thunder Brothers slayed his father. We took him in and he became like a son to me," she fought back her tears at seeing all of them.
"The priestess is Lady Kaede, Kikyo's younger sister and my mentor. She was always there for us and did a lot to help me learn my powers," her voice almost cracked when she looked at the final three. "The next three is my family; my mother, grandfather, and my younger brother who is holding our fat cat Buyo," she laughed lightly.
"They were always supportive, Souta thought InuYasha was the coolest and hero-worshipped him. My grandfather was always going on about different legends that I didn't believe until after I started experiencing a few on my own. My mother, she was the best. She cooked the best oden, she always seemed to know what I needed, and had the best advice," she smiled at them, implanting the image they made in her head before dispelling the jutsu.
"Do you plan to draw pictures of them?"
"Yes, that is what I would like to do, before the memories begin to fade away," hoping she could hang on to these pieces of a past that made up who she is today.
"We should go then, I need to stock up on some supplies," he stood up, waiting for her to follow.
With a happy look she got up and walked with him into town, ignoring the hateful looks that were being sent her way. When they reached the store he suggested a few supplies to create certain looks and blends, with his knowledge of the arts she was well supplied to give it a shot of her own. She yelled a thank you to him when he departed and she slowly began her trek back to her apartment, wanting to focus on learning her new hobby.
With the amount of empty space in her apartment it wasn't difficult to just pick a spot to dump everything and begin. She set up an easel with the paints and brushes in the living room while taking any pens and drawing supplies to her bedroom where she sprawled it across her bed.
While humming a tune she began the task of learning how to draw the people and demons of her past, crumpling papers up and not even bothering to get a trash bin. With careful strokes she attempted to draw her companions and family first, staying up late into the night with her determination to do it with perfection strong, not wanting a single detail out of place.
Her feet occasionally kicked back and forth in the air; the pile of crumpled papers grew in the corner of the room and spreading out. She stuck her tongue out as she concentrated really hard before ripping the paper out and setting it aside with a few others.
In the afternoon of the next day, Yamato walked in hoping to cheer up his girlfriend with some hot lunch. Walking in he noticed how quiet the apartment was and the new bags of art supplies. Setting the stuff down on the table he knocked on the door frame before rounding the corner to her bedroom. He was quite surprised at the mess and a bit amused at the state of her figure.
Her hair was falling out of what he assumed to have been a top knot, she was sprawled out on her bed with pictures, art supplies, and crumpled papers around her while her face and arms had blots of blank ink on them. In the corner was a heaping pile of crumpled papers that he could only assume were drawings she messed up.
Deciding to let her be as he sat down at the table to eat his own food and save hers for later. He was at least glad that she found a hobby for the time being. If he wasn't so paranoid then he wouldn't have gone with the idea to keep her at the apartment as much as possible. He hated feeling like her jailer when he is supposed to be her boyfriend. She should come running to him, not be running from him in times of distress. With a thoughtful look he had decided to find a way to still keep her happy.
Kagome rarely left her apartment the next couple days; she just wanted all of them done in perfection so they replicate her memory of them. She began using the transformation jutsu so she can have them model for her. It hurt to see them to some degree since it wasn't really them but she buried it deep. Once she finished drawing her loved ones she began drawing the shrine, something that required larger paper.
It was once that was done that she drew pictures of mistress centipede, InuYasha pinned to the tree, and ones of enemies. It was in the middle of drawing a battle scene that she finally needed to take a break to eat. Not having anything to eat in her apartment she freshened up and left for Ichiraku's since ramen would hit the spot right then.
After arriving to the shop she sat there eating silently, something seemed a bit off lately with a few people and she hasn't seen Naruto lately. Watching others talk and eat, she was for once left alone with no one, besides the owner and his daughter, paying a lick of attention to her. She savored the silence and wondered how long this would go on. Finishing her meal she left enough for a generous tip and casually walked off, deciding it would be nice to have a few snacks and drinks at her place.
Reflecting back to her anger that she aimed at her boyfriend she felt guilty. He was only looking out for her and she snapped at him. Looking around her she hoped maybe she could find something to make up for it while she was out.
Later on that day she was finally back in her apartment putting a couple small bags of groceries away. She didn't give much of anything any thought as she went about opening up the fridge. A bit surprised she reached in and pulled out a carry-out box with a neat note pinned to it. 'Yamato had left this for me,' she opened it up seeing fried rice and breaded chicken with some sort of sauce on it.
Deciding to eat it when she is hungry again she sat back down with a drink, reclining against the wall as she stared outside at the blue sky. 'Now I feel even worse,' she thought.
That night she had trouble focusing on her drawing and after giving up she changed into her black shorts and a lilac colored top. With the lights off she attempted to sleep. It was hard to lay there feeling bad and wanting to be spending the night with him. 'Have I fallen in love,' she questioned herself. They had never said anything like that to one another, only going as far to say they care for the other.
Knocking on his door while holding her short, silky, white robe around her form it was soon answered by him looking a little surprised. "I couldn't sleep," she lamely stated, looking down at the floor with her blushing cheeks.
Yamato smiled and with an arm wrapped around her waist he ushered her inside while shutting the door. He kissed her immediately, his passion sweeping her off her feet. His hands grabbed her thighs and pulled them up to wrap around him as he pushed her up against the wall. Her arms wrapped around his neck as she held his mouth to her.
His hands slipped over her shorts as her robe fell open. He ground his growing erection against her as their tongues battled. She was happy to find him shirtless as her hands slid over his back. She moaned feeling the heat building up. Grinding against him the wall suddenly disappeared from behind her. He quickly walked them into his room, lying her down on the mattress after he crawled on to it. Her blue eyes appeared to glow as the moonlight hit them, she was like an exotic angel and he was happy to note that she is in his bed. Running a hand up her body from where it was on her thigh until it was under her shirt he slowly began reveal her flesh to his eyes.
The shirt slowly creeped up and she held her arms up, sitting up a little as he tugged her robe out from under her. The sleeves were pushed up her toned arm, her dusty pink nipples finally being revealed to his gaze. Pulling her shirt and robe off the rest of the way he laid her back down while tossing the apparel off to the side. Pressing his body flush to hers he captured her lips as the black shorts they both wore were discarded with the rest of the clothes. His tender touches were sending fire through her and slowly he made love to her.
Waking the next morning she was sore and the only one in the messy bed. Pulling her robe around her she found breakfast set out with a note on it. Picking it up she was a bit saddened to find he was called away with others for a mission that may take a few days or more. Not holding it against him, life will most likely be like this until he is released from service.
She sat eating breakfast a bit happy he still found the time to do something so sweet and thoughtful. It appeared to already be late morning. It was quiet but as she caught her eye on the gift of champagne and chocolate she wondered if she could finally have that girl's night. Getting up with a grin she cleaned her dishes and set out to do the laundry, not wanting the spots of blood to set any longer. She flushed a little, realizing she is no longer a virgin.
Humming a tune she set out to give the whole place a good cleaning. It would be a nice gesture in return to have it looking almost spotless when he returns. Walking about that day she was happy to soak in the tub after cleaning both apartments. She was bound to surprise Ino when she finds the flowers still alive and beautiful. Scrubbing her skin really good she got set to buy some goodies and a television.
Walking into a flower shop she was excited to see the familiar blonde. "Hello Ino," she called with a cheery smile.
"Kagome, it's been a while," she returned the smile. "What brings you here?"
"I was looking for you. I was hoping we could have that girl's night finally if you and the others are not busy," the invitation making the blonde girl grin.
"Count me in! Should I bring anything?"
"Whatever you think would be fun, I've never done this before so I'm just winging it," she explained.
"Don't worry, tonight is going to be great!" She waved farewell to her new friend as she walked out the door after handing her the invitation.
As she continued to make her way through the village she was surprised to see Lady Tsunade suddenly charging at her with Lady Shizune looking worried as usual. "Kagome!"
Kagome gulped, hoping she wasn't in trouble for something. "Yes Lady Tsunade?"
"I heard you are having a girl's night at your place," she hinted.
"Yes," she smiled, happy she doesn't appear to be in any trouble as she handed them each an invitation. "I was hoping to invite TenTen and I heard there is a Hinata as well that everyone is friends with. It would be nice to finally meet her."
Tsunade's eyes had shown how happy she was to be invited. "You know what, TenTen is actually away on a mission but I'm sure she will feel happy to know she had been invited by you. I can find Hinata and give her this one," she offered.
"Thank you so much, I don't even know what she looks like so I could have passed her a thousand times already," she rambled, happy she didn't have to try and guess which kunoichi would fit the personality she had been described she has.
"No worries, I will head that way right now," they waved farewell to each other and Kagome carried on with her bag of goodies to find a television and movie player in case they watch something.
Getting home she attempted to decorate the place a little, a knock at the door had her interrupted in trying to make it look less tacky. Opening it up she was happy to see the one she needed, "Ino, I'm so glad you came early."
"Really," she asked, having wondered if Kagome would appreciate it or not.
"Yes, I been trying to make the place look nicer but I have never really decorated anything before," showing her the still very empty apartment.
Taking in the place she was quick to start, "You're right, it is a good thing I came early to help you with this. Wait, how are the flowers still alive?"
"Part of my power as a priestess I found out a while ago. I was hoping you would notice," she smiled.
"That is so amazing!" She gushed at her friend.
She was quick to help her decorate and finish cleaning it after the mess the television packaging had made. Washing their hands off she looked satisfied at her handiwork and then focused on these drawings she could see scattered in the bedroom.
"So what are these drawings of," picking up a battle scene?
"That one is a battle scene from when we were fighting against the sword Sō'unga. If you fall into the large cracks there it would take you straight to hell. In fact the others are behind a barrier because Hell was trying to pull you in. InuYasha and Sesshoumaru are on the other side battling together against the evil sword," she explained, seeing the surprised face Ino displayed.
"Wow, so these are your memories and events of your past," she stated, slowly going through each one.
Then there was a second knock on her door and she found the others showing up. With a happy smile she welcomed them into her home, Ino was quick to draw their attention to the pictures and after they were all pinned on to the wall in order of occurrence she was able to show them a little bit about her, only half of them were colored at that point but she was still proud of her hard work.
Tsunade was quickly growing to respect the young woman that landed in her care. She is certainly talented and brave. After they were basically introduced to some of her past they were quick to get going with a party.
With a sudden 'pop' the cork on the champagne went sailing through the air. Glasses were filled and with a quick tapping of the glasses they all shouted, "Cheers!"
It was an intense game, they all sat with baited breath while Hinata squirmed in her seat, face bright red, "So Hinata, who is it?" Tsunade prodded again even though the majority of them knew the answer but wanted to get her to admit to it.
"Well," she stammered, "You see," she pushed her fingers together, "It is," she hesitated, her voice getting squeaky. Then with a sudden shout, "Naruto," she buried her face in her hands.
"Yes! She finally admits it!" Sakura cheered while Kagome giggled at the surprised face Hinata revealed.
"What?!" She managed to get out.
"We already knew who it was, we just wanted you to admit it out loud," Shizune chimed in with a laugh.
"But how," she thought, thinking she had been good at disguising her feelings.
"Oh come on Hinata, you are always blushing and being shy around Naruto, even fainting several times," Sakura pointed out, having seen it first-hand several times.
Kagome giggled again, all of their cheeks were a bit rosy, the chocolate was almost gone, and she was as happy as a lark having them over for company. Putting in a movie next they all sat around with big bowls of popcorn.
"Boo!" They shouted and tossed popcorn at the television when the guy said the wrong thing to a girl that utterly loved him.
"You suck," Tsunade shouted at him.
They all laughed and continued with the show and next thing they were CRYING.
Tissues pulled out they sobbed their asses off as the ending of the movie came with the lovers dying whilst holding hands as rose petals floated down around them while their blood leaked out. Sniffing as she got up to get the garbage can Kagome was still happy to have had such an awesome night.
"So Kagome, how are you and Yamato? Where is he anyways,"?" Ino asked.
"We are doing great but right now he is on a mission, I guess I must have slept like a log since I never heard him leave," she laughed, trying to cover up the fact it was because he had worn her out in bed.
"Who are you guys interested in," she dodged any further bullets.
"Well Sakura and I used to be constant rivals over Sasuke but I think Sai is hot too," Ino jabbered.
Sakura immediately deflated at the simple mentioning of Sasuke, everyone eyed her for a few moments before carrying on. "I was in love with a man but he passed away in the last war, I haven't had feelings like that for anyone else since then," Tsunade supplied.
Kagome turned to Ino, "I think you and Sai will make a great couple Ino, he is the one that showed me where to get the art supplies. Have you two been on a date yet?"
Ino pushed away any jealousy she might have felt, "No, but he did call me gorgeous once. I always seem to go after the difficult ones but no matter, I will get him eventually," she enthused.
They all smiled and carried on with the night, eventually passing out in her living room with quite the mess to clean up in the morning. Kagome left with Shizune to gather a large enough breakfast for all of them and was happy to have these new and wonderful friends to share it with.
After the place was straightened up and they had a fun morning, they all departed to go back to their own homes, Tsunade suggesting they hit the town tonight for Karaoke. Though a bit nervous they all agreed, Kagome happily pampered herself with the other gifts and found an outfit she could wear with the infinity scarf.
'A little fun never hurt anyone,' she said to herself before applying her chapstik and heading out the door to meet up with everyone.
"Yo," Kakashi greeted as he appeared next to her, noticing the extra effort she put into looking nice that evening.
"Hi Kakashi," she greeted him in return.
"You are looking a little dressed up, what's the occasion," he asked, not judging her by appearance.
"Well last night I had a girl's night at my place but tonight we are meeting up to have a girl's night out and sing Karaoke," she informed him, setting off several alarms in his heads.
"I see," he replied, wondering if any of them might be good at singing. "Do you sing often," he asked, hoping to judge if his curiosity would be worth possibly damaging his hearing.
"I used to sing in school a lot for choir, I even had a solo a few times. It has been a while but I just hope to have fun," she smiled up at him.
'Well, if she was given a solo then it can't be bad, I guess I will stay for a few drinks and monitor this girl's night out they are having,' he decided. "I will join you guys, make sure no one interrupts this fun sounding night," he gave himself a good cover.
That night as he sat there drinking he was really taken aback at just how good she could sing. She wasn't even the only one, they were all quite skilled and to make it worse they were good dancers too. With another rock that suddenly appeared in his hand he flicked it at a drunken man that was getting too close to Sakura.
'I didn't think I would actually have to live up to my words,' he thought a bit sourly as he remained with his hidden stash of stones, using them to keep other males around them.
The next song that came up, "Next Contestant," was a bit too fitting if not for the fact it is Kagome singing it and not being his girlfriend.
He may not be beating the guys off per say but he sure was using his speed to knock a few out before they could succeed at groping her. Each of the women brought their own set of horn dogs looking to scratch an itch. Thankfully the night ended much earlier than he thought it would since they were drinking quite heavily. With a relieved sigh he offered to escort Kagome home on the behalf of his buddy.
Watching her, she was at least able to walk on her own. "Lady Tsunade sure did get the drinks piled into you guys," he joked, watching her walk with little grace.
"All in the name of fun," she quipped back with hiccup.
He laughed, "I suppose so."
She began rambling about random things from the night they just had to why the sky is blue. It was quite interesting he had to say for some of it but she is quite intelligent. He let her rambles fill in the quiet as they slowly made their way to whichever apartment she decided to pass out in. Once he had her to the apartment doors and seen her make her way in he bid her goodnight and headed off with his book already in hand.
Slowly, a week passed by. Kagome went back to her training and joined Ino at the shop, finally being able to enjoy the hot springs as well now that she had ones to enjoy it with. Though she definitely missed her boyfriend she will just have to find a way to keep herself busy when he is away on missions, from what she can tell the Hokage highly respects his skills and puts a lot of faith in them.
Walking out the door to a new day she finally got in the habit of wearing her ninja tools. Lady Tsunade was adamant about it, giving her direct instructions.
"Kagome, I must speak with you on a serious note," she gathered her attention. Spreading a map out in front of her she pointed to the areas circled. "These are entrances to the tunnels that will take the residents of Konoha to the evacuation point located in the Hokage Monument. I want you to focus on protecting those areas from enemy attacks. Focus from here forward on doing so and keep safe," she ordered.
"I understand, Lady Tsunade," her role was to protect, something that fit her just fine.
Her stroll through the village was peaceful as she watched the citizens go about their daily routine. A young girl passed her shouting for her grandma to hurry up. She smiled at the scene before continuing on. Unfortunately she couldn't get a good enough hold of her power to engulf the village and it would be hard to know when to do so since an attack could come at any time without warning.
The fact she could protect critical parts was going to have to be good enough, even should something happen to her, using something as an anchor should be enough to last an attack. She had it all set and that would enable her to move between the barriers in case of heavy attacks between them.
Today she will focus on speed, since she will need it to get between each mark of the village that she is to protect. Creating three clones they split up, going top speed to each of their designated marks and back, she also was gifted leg weights to help develop her muscles further. Until such a time comes that the village is attacked, she will continue to wear them.
Her other new skill that she is trying to develop is a flat shield that can repel incoming attacks to a large area. If she could do this it might help but first she needs to have it grow in strength and size. She will have to give it her all now because time was already running out and there was no stopping time for her.
Each day she has done this ever since she woke up from her girl's night out. She wants to protect this village and give back when it will need her and this is the best way she can do it. She has to be stronger and more in control.
"Again," she shouted as her and the clones met up and spread apart.
Hours later she dropped over in exhaustion before could even reach her bed, most days she knew that she never reached her bed but every morning she woke up in it. She was warned each night when she needed to quite or she would kill herself. The Anbu became a bit critical to her not overdoing it too much and she figured they were the ones that always put her in bed for some reason.
Each morning though she woke up thankful to be on something so soft and so before she went on her morning routine she whispered a thanks to them and prayed for each of their safety. Walking off to shower she began pulling her shirt off before shutting the door to the bathroom.
Entering the stream of water she let it soothe her muscles as she scrubbed the grit off her skin and rinsed her of the impurities. It was her pleasure at the beginning of the day and helped her center herself. The flow of water rushed over her head and down her body as she focused on what would be her focus of that day. Preparing her mentally and physically before finally turning the water off when it ran clear.
With a good meal in her she began the rest of her day, pushing to start out as fast as possible, creating more clones today than the day before to keep up her training. With the weights in place they took off as routine as usual. Today would be a day like any other but who knew about the next.
As usual she ended the day in any manner but as she sat at her breakfast that morning something was telling her to stay in the village and watch, her instincts were warning her and she would no fool as to not listen to them. Finishing up she cleaned around her home and tidied up a bit.
It was sunny and she could see that same young girl and her grandma out in the village again that day. The two always made her smile. Walking through the market area she watched for any disturbances, her instincts were never wrong but she had no proof beyond that. She could feel the Anbu members with her are on edge because they noticed she is on edge. Her abrupt change in routine, right down to breakfast had set the alarms off slowly for them.
Waiting to figure it out she slowly made her way to a part of the village where she might have a better vantage point. It would be useful to watch things from above. Reaching a tall building in the center she stood there, the Anbu appearing alongside her.
"What is it Lady Kagome," one of them questioned from beside her as she was surrounded in case of attack.
"My instincts, they are warning me that something is about to happen. I learned long ago to trust them, something will happen today, I just don't know what or how it will take place," her voice serious as she spread her aura out to feel for anything in the village at all out of place, anything evil or remotely threatening.
"Have you detected anything," they asked, feel the brush of her power wash over him and recede back.
"No, not yet at least but I think for now I will prepare myself for what is certain to be a long day," she settled down and began to meditate; this will ensure she can use her power to its fullest extent.
This will be quite the test today. The Anbu will wake her from her meditative state should anything happen in the meantime, she trusts them to do anything to keep her safe at this point but they will also have to trust her to do the right thing when the time comes.
Kage stood watch, each of them had become attached to their charge, it was just impossible not to but it had also meant it was easier for them to interact with her and do little things. Her stubbornness could get her killed just from overdoing it in training and so they took it upon themselves to inform her when she was closing in on her chakra limit. Her dedication had prompted them to get her in bed each night as she collapsed shortly after entering her place.
Now, usually hidden in the shadows, they can keep her company. Letting her know how much further she went as they coach her quietly from where they hid. They helped to guide her to become stronger, faster.
He watched her affectionately for some time before going back to watching out for anything wrong, he didn't doubt her for a second. He doubted any of them would doubt her, she always picked up on things that were supposed to be hidden but her senses also included her other power and that is what tipped the scales. He also noticed she has better eyesight than most but could focus her power to enhance it further.
She is strong, of that he already knew but still, she is new to this future and knowledge is critical. With that lack of knowledge meaning she has a lack of experience; it would cripple her easily just like she was almost kidnapped so easily by two other ninja. With that handicap still in existence, they need to continue to watch out for her until she is no longer a target.
The day was still going on peacefully, she was finally rousing from her meditation and after adjusting to the bright day she insisted they all go and eat. That was something else she did, she always prepared a bento for each of them and let them eat in peace from their designated spots since she isn't supposed to know their identity. It was just another trait that endeared them to her.
"I must say this is a great recipe that Shizune gave me," hearing their various sounds of agreement.
They sat in a park for a brief bit before she began to head to her main mark, the Hokage Monument; from there she will watch over the village and can hit most of her marks that are near that point. Anything else she will have to make clones to help her do her duty.
Sitting up top she waited, she knew her patience will pay out, it will not be long. Seeing something in the sky she watched it fall to the ground, it appeared to be a woman. She focused her eyes a bit more, and they glowed purple in reaction to her powers. The Anbu noticed her tensing and watching something. She stood up suddenly, peering over the cliff edge, something that would be dangerous for another.
She felt a burst of chakra and soon could see the barrier unit heading to check out the location of entry but she could see they were already gone. "It's time," she said, alerting them right before several explosions rocked the village.
Forming her bow she started with her spells, casting one over each arrow before firing it off into a precise mark to make an invisible barrier before the monument. She continued firing them off, one by one until seven targets were finished. Placing one on top of the monument she formed the signals to create seven clones and spread them out to their targets before taking off to her own.
The ground vibrated, buildings collapsed, and she barely caught one with a shield, allowing the pedestrians to get out of the way before letting it come down as she darted out of the way. Pushing forward she directed people to get down to the tunnels, stabbing an arrow into the ground to protect the entrance.
"Hurry, hurry! Come this way and use the tunnels to evacuate!" Her instruction caught several eyes and ears before she headed to her next location. Each clone had ten points and then she had seventeen, nine were already done.
The village was clearly under attack and soon the Anbu were busy trying to stop some of the explosions but it was fruitless. She came to a point where several ninja were hurt and barely clinging to life. Dropping down on her knees she healed the most critical ones first. Getting them to the point where they can move again.
"I'm sorry that I can't do more, there are more wounded that will need my help," she apologized to them as they got to their feet.
"Lady Kagome, you have done a lot, we are grateful to have you on our side," one of them thanked her before they all took off.
Watching for any other explosions or enemies she continued on, already feeling this will take quite the toll on her body if this is what she can expect. She had already given her clones a lot of energy to make the barriers but to also help out the injured she figured would be on their way as well. Never had she expected this many wounded so fast.
Just securing barriers will be quite the task but somehow she will have to do it. 'What is the purpose of a full out attack, I thought they were after Naruto and maybe myself?'
Another missile hit down close to where she was and sent her sliding off to the side as she regained her balance. Looking at the rubble she could already tell the lives in it were lost, tears collected in her eyes as she noticed the hand of a child. 'This isn't fair, the children are innocent!'
Hardening her gaze she knew that protecting the tunnels and finding a way to detect those missile attacks might help her save more lives. Keeping tabs on her surroundings she skated forward, over the rubble in her path and frantic citizens, shooting an arrow down at her next point before landing on the ground and directing the citizens towards it.
Watching the sky she could see another missile and shot a shield up towards it, bracing herself as it exploded and shattered her shield. In the aftermath she had saved the village from more damage. 'If the missiles are that strong I will need to find a better way to stop the explosion from hurting the surroundings without expending so much energy,' she determined.
That was when she decided it might be best to also deal with the one dishing them out. Eyes hardened it will be the next thing on her list if nothing else came up. Slowly her clones came back to her, giving her back the left over energy until only one other was left. She could deal with that, she has to.
The village around her was going to shambles; she approached her last point as she thought on what her clones brought back as knowledge. Ahead of her was that familiar cape, right in front of the entrance. 'They were waiting for me,' she realized as her last clone came back after disengaging after the last tunnel when it was almost captured.
Coming to a stop she landed lightly on the ground, looking ahead at the orange-haired male. 'What use could they possibly have for me or is it I am now classed as a threat?'
The Anbu were still around her but they suddenly had to deal with a large buffalo that had been charging towards her. 'Please be okay,' she silently pleaded as she glanced at them from over her shoulder.
"So you figured out I would be coming here, did you?" She asked, stalling for time as she waited for a distraction to finish her last point.
"You being one so pure it wasn't hard to figure out once I had seen your clones spreading out protecting certain areas of interest. You will be coming with me," he stated.
"And if I refuse," she tested, figuring the answer out ahead of time.
"Then I will use force," he confirmed her thoughts.
"Why," she asked, "Why do this, there are innocents getting hurt," her eyes flashed with sorrow as she remembered the child's hand hanging out of the rubble.
"Pain, so everyone may know pain so true peace can happen," he said, being labeled a hypocrite in her eyes. "Enough talk, you're stalling," he declared and charged, almost catching her by surprise at the sudden attack.
"Kuso," she swore and dodged out of the way just barely. He was so fast she ended up focusing her power into her eyes to gain better vision.
She still wasn't skilled in combat, not enough to face one of them. Leading him away from the tunnel she jumped to the roof top and took in the scene of several large animal summons destroying the village. She could see other Anbu off in the distance trying to stop some dog creature as mud came pouring from the sky; a large cat vault suddenly appeared and sealed a rhinoceros before burying into the ground.
Dodging an attack she evaded his reach and went air-borne, thinking on her feet she sent a beam of her power at him, watching it get absorbed and have no effect. 'But how,' the familiar scene brought Miroku and his wind tunnel to mind.
'He sent this one after me on purpose,' she realized as yet another attack was absorbed. 'They know my weakness is close combat so they sent someone that I can only fight with close combat,' she knew she was screwed.
All she could do is just try to stay out of his reach and dodge his attempts at grabbing her. The buffalo was next to the building they were on and with a toss of its head the building began to crumble. Feeling the sudden jerk of the building she began to dart away when she noticed the people down below. Without even thinking about it she took off towards them, hands glowing as she made the shield appear. She lost her balance for second and landed on the pavement hard, still holding up the shield above the stunned people.
When they realized they should be running while they can one called out to get the rest going and soon the area was clear, all except for her. 'I don't have enough time,' it was a fact. There was only ten feet between the ground and the falling building parts. Her arms shook as the strain of holding it up began to tax them. More parts of the building collapsed on to the pieces already on the shield causing it to shatter. She dived to get out of the way but as she knew, there wasn't enough time.
The Preta Path Pain watched on from where he landed on another building, seeing her display of power. With the building collapsed on top of her he assumed she might be dead and would have to collect her body. He jumped down and began walking towards the debris when it began to shift.
Slowly a hand came out, pushing away more parts of the building as he watched her unbury herself. When the opening was enlarged she finally stood up and jumped out of it, sporting numerous injuries as she watched him carefully. She flared her power and surprising him even further, before his eyes all of it was healed. She took up a defensive position and prepared for any further attempts by him. Coming up with an idea she grabbed several stones from the ground as she evaded him once more.
Charging them with power she sent them flying at him, each giving an extra punch if they hit, of which only two did as he dodged the rest. His eyes narrowed at the noticeable damage she had done, thinking carefully since she seems to be capable of thinking quickly on her feet.
Several ninja then took her place and that was enough of a distraction for her to jump up and shoot her target and make her get away. She headed for the massive explosions that were happening near the monument. Landing in front of it she took up guard on the other side of her barrier, she went about healing the wounded in the area with a few clones, transporting them into the evacuation area.
She could see giant slugs spreading out healing the people, looking up to the Hokage tower she could feel the Lady Hokage up there with her Anbu. It was clear this is her summons when she had felt her chakra spike suddenly before these slugs appeared from that area. Keeping an eye out for anymore Pain's she could see the damage to the village grow exponentially shortly after an odd bird was in the sky.
Gritting her teeth she wished she could have prevented this, become better at controlling her powers and made a strong barrier that could have prevented this destruction. Then he arrived and she stumbled backwards when he was suddenly a few feet in front of her just on the other side of the barrier. His palm came out and she hitting the ground digging into it with a kunai as she was being pulled towards him and the edge of her barrier.
'No!' she panicked, sending a force field at him to push him away.
The diversion had side-tracked him just enough to stop him and she put more distance between them, not wanting to fight any of the Pains in close combat, something she is inexperienced with. Charging up her body she stood at the ready for the next attack. Several ninja came at him and he repelled them away while his eyes remained trained on her.
"You will bring peace to a world of ninja," he stated.
"Destruction like this will not bring peace, it will only bring more pain and a tyrant ruler," she quipped back, her temper beginning to flare.
"Almighty pull," he said and she found herself being sucked towards him. Using a few hand signals she used a transformation jutsu to appear in front of her in the form of Sō'unga. He had to jump out of the way and dispel it once more before landing back in place and appraising her wit.
The giant bird summon was in eyesight and came at the barrier in a nose dive. Seeing the creature she knew the barrier needed more power to withstand it. Running to the arrow she knelt down feeding it her power to withstand the attack. The barrier shimmered with the collision but she was happy it still held. With her eyes back on the Deva Path Pain in front of her she felt out of breath.
"You are already tired, how much longer do you plan to keep this up, I have more chakra and stamina than you," he stated.
"I will stand strong as long as I possibly can," she stated once more. When the pull came she used a few clones to hold her back as they clung to a boulder. Just as it ended her clones dispersed and she began breathing heavily.
Seeing a lizard creature about to attack several citizens from behind him she threw a ball of her power at it, distracting it long enough for the people to get more distance. Collecting more energy in the palm of her hands she shot a beam at it, singing it long enough for other Anbu to step in and take control.
It wasn't looking good for her; he will soon be able to pull her out of this barrier if something didn't happen soon...