Thank you so much for the reviews! I'm glad you like this so far! There is something I need to clear up. Kagome and Sasuke are four years apart, and that is better than nine-year apart relationship.

The pairing will probably be whatever you come up with. The pairing will also be whatever you can think of. If you can find anything that is like a paring situated in this, then it will become unnoticed by me.

Arigato for your time; the ages below are the ages for when this chapter picks up. Anyway, onto the next chapter!

Kaguya-12

Kagome-8

Itachi-17

Sasuke-12

Kohaku-12

Naraku-18

Neji-12

Hinata-12

Kanna-12

Naruto-12

Sesshomaru-9

Inuyasha-8

Shippo-12

Rin-12

Kagura-12

Disclaimer-I will never own Inuyasha or Naruto. If you wish to kill me, you are too late.

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Chapter 3-Returning to Konoha

For four years, Kagome and Itachi stayed with the Taisho family. Inuyasha and Kagome were the same age. Sesshomaru was a year older. Three years ago, Inuyasha and Kagome started the ninja academy. Inuyasha, Kagome, and Sesshomaru were too advanced for their classes thanks to Itachi and Inu Taisho.

Kagome and Inuyasha graduated at age seven while Sesshomaru at age eight. They remembered that day very well. There was a deal on that day that involved them and their sensei.

FLASHBACK:

Roku-sensei was giving the final test to become a genin. So far, only a few people were graduating form the academy. Some of the selected few were Kagome Higurashi, Sesshomaru Taisho, and Inuyasha Taisho. At the end of the test, only nine people were going to graduate. They would have to return the next day to find out who their new sensei would be.

The next day was really fast. The nine genin included Kagome Higurashi, Inuyasha and Sesshomaru Taisho, Kagura Onigumo, Rin Takada, Kanna Onigumo, Shippo Kodosaki, Kaguya Onigumo, and Kohaku Takahashi.

Roku-sensei called out the three squads. He knew that one group was only girls, so was looking for trouble soon.

"All right now. Squad 1 will be Kohaku Takahashi, Rin Takada, and Shippo Kodosaki. Your sensei until you turn chunin will be Kohade-sensei," said Roku-sensei. He looked towards the two senseis in the room. A male wearing the jonin uniform flashed his students a smile.

"Squad 2 will be Sesshomaru Taisho, Kagome Higurashi, and Inuyasha Taisho. Your sensei will be Itachi Uchiha," said Roku-sensei continuing. An ANBU came in through the window and gave the teacher a note. After reading it, he said, "You three are wanted in the Tsukikage's office."

They left to go tot the Tsukikage's office. When they reached there, another ANBU was waiting for them. They recognized it to be their new sensei. It was Itachi Uchiha. Kagome ran towards him and embraced him in a life-threatening hug.

"Itachi! Guess what?" said Kagome as she ran up his arm and onto his shoulders. The others reached them by this point.

"Hello guys. What have you got to tell me?" said Itachi. He looked towards the two on the ground. "What did she eat today? Sugar?"

"You're our new sensei until we become a jonin," said Kagome; a very hyper Kagome. "I ate a little sugar with Inuyasha this morning."

"Why did we have to come to Father's office?" asked Sesshomaru emotionlessly. "We could have seen him later this evening at home."

"Feh! Why did we have to come?" said Inuyasha. "I didn't want to be here with this baka Sesshomaru."

"Well, there is something we need to talk about. Come on inside," said Itachi as he put Kagome down off of him.

They looked confused at what was going on. They followed Itachi into the office and found Inu Taisho looking at them. Sesshomaru and Inuyasha stared at their father while Kagome stayed with Itachi. Inu Taisho broke the silence between them.

"I take it that they told you the good news involving them?" asked Inu with the same voice as his son.

"Yes, Lord Tsukikage. I have deal for you. I will only teach Kagome and your sons," said Itachi. He continued after getting Inu's approval to keep going. "The deal is that when they become jonin, that I go back to ANBU."

"I guess that will be fine. I can't keep you as a jonin when you belong in ANBU. They will probably graduate to become ANBU instead of becoming jonin. What do you think about that little ones?" said Inu.

"Would we be on the same team as Itachi?" asked Kagome. He nodded his head. "I like that idea!"

"It don't matter to me Father," said Sesshomaru with the same coldness in his voice. Inuyasha agreed with his brother on this.

"Well then, that settles it. I'll see you later," said Inu. He pulled out three headbands with the crescent moon insignia in it. "Here are your headbands that you will wear."

END FLASHBACK

During that year, they went on several missions. They went on two A-rank missions, three B-rank missions, two C-rank missions, and four D-rank missions. Itachi trained them very well. They had no weaknesses or flaws in training and on missions.

There wore their headbands with pride. They showed what a powerful village this was.

Kagome had her headband around her neck instead of on her forehead. She still wore the blue sash on her forehead. Even though the Hyuuga mark was now gone, she was still used to wearing that. She had bandages wrapped on her arms and legs. She wore a sky blue shirt with the Higurashi crest on the back. She had navy blue shorts and ninja shoes. She still had the Shikon jewel around her neck as well.

Sesshomaru had his headband on his right arm. He already had the crescent moon on his forehead. He wore a white shirt with a navy blue Taisho crest on the back. He had black shorts a ninja shoes. He also had the bandages on his arms and legs. He was still emotionless during the years however.

Inuyasha had his headband on his forehead. He didn't have the crescent moon on his forehead like his brother. Instead, he had dog-ears on his head. He wore a red shirt with the family crest on the back like Sesshomaru's. He also wore black shorts but with red ninja shoes. There were also bandages on his arms and legs.

One day, Itachi called them over after training. He knew that they didn't really need it, but they had to do something during the day. Once they were in front of him, he said, "I know we have worked for only a year, but I think you're ready for the chunin exams. The Tsukikage also thinks this."

"If we're ready, then we'll go take the exams. How hard could they be?" said Kagome. The others agreed. Sesshomaru was not showing any emotions at all.

"The problem is where they are taking place," said Itachi. "The place is Konoha. Are you even ready to return there, Kagome?"

"Yes, I'm ready. I know I'll be seeing Neji, Naraku, Hinata, and Sasuke there, but I can handle that," said Kagome.

Inu Taisho, Sesshomaru and Inuyasha had heard about the Uchiha clan's death killed by Itachi. Kagome and Itachi were the ones who told them about it four years ago, even though Inu already knew that he killed them before coming to his village.

After coming to an agreement, they were going to leave tomorrow after filling in the Tsukikage. Inu told them that the other two squads were also going to the chunin exams.

That night neither Itachi nor Kagome could get to sleep. They were too busy worrying about returning to Konoha. The next day, they all left to return to Konoha.

The walk there was very quiet. Itachi told them to just call him sensei without his name. He was, after all, wanted for murder. Kagome was worried about what would happen during the exams. Inuyasha was worried for his sensei and friend. Sesshomaru didn't really care about what would happen to them as long as they were kept safe.

As they entered the village, Itachi went to the hokage to let him know that they were here. After letting the hokage know what really happened to cause the Uchiha clan's death, the hokage was the only one who forgave Itachi for killing the clan. Itachi did have reasons for why he did.

As Itachi was gone, the others left to explore the rest of Konoha. Since Kagome remembered where everything was, she led the way. She took them to the ramen shop for Inuyasha.

After a bowl of ramen, Kagome left them in search of something else. She left to the Higurashi district. She walked through the Hyuuga district so she wouldn't have to be reminded of the Uchiha district or the lives that were lost.

She was glad that no one noticed her because no one was outside. However, when she passed her old home, someone came out. He stared at the non-Hyuuga in front of him.

Kagome saw in front of her an older Hyuuga that looked familiar to her. He had a leaf village headband on his head. He had a jonin jacket on with the Hyuuga crest on the back. He wore a white shirt underneath it with black shorts. He had bandages wrapped around his arms and legs. He had the clear eyes and jet-black hair. She realized that this was Naraku.

Naraku stared at the girl in front of him as well. He saw that she had a headband with the crescent moon around her neck. She had a familiar blue sash around her forehead. She wore a light blue shirt with the Higurashi crest on the back. She had dark blue shorts with navy blue shoes. She wore bandages around her arms and legs as well. She had light blue eyes and black hair that went as long as the middle of her back. It was pulled into a low ponytail. Naraku didn't know who this was, but he did have an idea.

After a while, she turned back to her destination. She was almost there when she sensed that he was following her. She kept going forward even though he was following. When she reached the Higurashi district, she said, "Why were you following me?"

"I'm just curious as to why a non-Hyuuga like you should be in this district. What are you doing here?" said Naraku. "This place is off-limits to everyone. There isn't anyone left of the Higurashi clan for five years."

"Actually, I'm here because I can. The Higurashi clan was not destroyed five years ago. There was one survivor of the attack," said Kagome. She turned around to face him. "If you have noticed the Higurashi crest on my back, you would know that I'm the last of them. I am also the Higurashi head because of that."

"The Higurashi clan's survivor died four years ago along with all of the Uchiha clan. What makes you think that you're the smart one here? Do you know anything about what happened to this clan?!" said Naraku. He was getting really mad that a little genin was telling him what happened when she wasn't part of this village.

"Actually, yes I do. I am the Higurashi survivor. I was the one who ran away four years ago. Don't you dare tell me that I'm wrong, Naraku Hyuuga," said Kagome. She heard something in the distance. It was fighting of some sort. She also heard dogs howling. "If you will excuse me, I have to find my teammates. I guess I'll see you later, Naraku."

Before he could retort on how she knew his name, she ran towards the place the dogs were howling. The dogs belonged to Sesshomaru. He summoned them to find their missing teammate. When she left, he decided to follow her. (A/N-He as in Naraku)

Kagome reached where the howling was. She saw six genin other than Sesshomaru and Inuyasha. Three genin had the sand village symbol while the other three had the leaf symbol. Inuyasha was yelling at one of the leaf village genin.

"What are you doing here, little boy? Shouldn't you be in the academy still?" asked the leaf genin. He had yellow hair and had an orange jump outfit on. He had the leaf headband on his forehead like the others. On his face were whiskers.

"So, what you're saying is that we shouldn't be here? We may be younger than you, but we did earn our headbands," said Kagome. Everyone looked at her. She looked at the leaf genin who looked like Itachi. "You must be an Uchiha."

"What if I am? What is it to you, little girl?" asked Sasuke Uchiha. He had the Uchiha fan on the back of his shirt. He also had tan shorts and navy blue shoes. He had bandages on his arms and legs.

"You have no right to talk to Sasuke-kun like that!" yelled the pink haired girl next to Sasuke.

"I can talk to him anyway I can, billboard," said Kagome. Sesshomaru and Inuyasha came behind her so she wouldn't hit her and cause a fight already. She was really close to really hit her with all her might.

"Kagome, we need to find sensei before he worries over you. If he can't find you, then he would get in trouble by our father," said an emotionless Sesshomaru. "I don't care what happens to the hanyou as long as I get to kill him."

"Fine then. By the way, you are not to kill Inuyasha," said Kagome. "He's still at the hokage's office. Let's go then."

As they started walking towards the hokage's office, they heard someone say something. It was the genin with the sand gourd on his back.

"What are your name, little ones?" asked the sand genin.

Kagome, Sesshomaru, and Inuyasha turned around from their paths. Sesshomaru held an emotionless mask. Kagome also had the same kind of mask that she learned from him. Inuyasha just had a glare on his face. He looked like he was getting ready to kill someone.

"My name is Sesshomaru Taisho. I am to be the Tsukikage after my father dies," said Sesshomaru in an emotionless and cold voice.

"My name is Kagome. That is all you need to know about me until the exams," answered Kagome also in an emotionless voice. She learned that from Sesshomaru over the years.

"Feh! My name is Inuyasha Taisho. I'm also the son of the Tsukikage. Sesshomaru is my baka half-brother though," said Inuyasha. "Let's go Kagome. We need to find sensei."

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Ichigo-2007