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Thank you everyone who has reviewed so far! I'm really glad you like this. A friend of mine gave me this idea for this chapter. Well, anyway, enjoy the next chapter!!

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Chapter 8-He's back!!

While Itachi, Kagome, and Sesshomaru jumped down to help the injured Inuyasha, the rest of the genin and their senseis watched them. Inuyasha was clutching his wound while he saw his teammates go towards him. There was blood all over his hand and the arena where he was.

When Kagome and Sesshomaru reached him, Kagome started healing his wound, but it wouldn't heal all the way. She looked at Sesshomaru with pleading eyes. She didn't really want to ask him, but she had to heal him before he died.

"Sesshomaru, I know you hate Inuyasha, but I can't heal him all the way. Can you use Tensaiga to heal him?" said Kagome.

No one in the tower understood what she was talking about until they saw the inuyoukai pull a sword from his waist where another one was placed. No one saw him have swords when they walked in.

"Fine, Kags, but this is the only time. I really don't like reviving the worthless half-breed," said Sesshomaru. He turned to Itachi. "You might want to grab her before the hanyou tries to slash her form the pain."

Inuyasha was soon howling from the pain when he felt Kagome's power leave him. Itachi picked her up and took her behind the taiyoukai. He didn't want anything to happen to her.

"Calm down half-breed. If you don't calm down, the pain will cause you to transform. We really don't want a rampaging hanyou running around," said Sesshomaru.

Before he got an answer from Inuyasha, Sesshomaru raised his sword and cut Inuyasha. When Inuyasha quieted down, everyone in the tower started talking… more like yelling at Sesshomaru for what he just did before they could explain.

"That genin just killed his brother!"

"There isn't any slash from where he cut him!"

"What is going on here?!"

"Someone should arrest that genin before he kills another student!"

"Will you all just SHUT UP!! You are all giving me a headache! That is saying something since I don't have strong hearing like my baka half-brother!" yelled a very angry hanyou on the field.

Everyone looked to where that voice was coming from. They saw Inuyasha alive and his wounds were healed. No one would understand how they healed unless they were part of the Taisho clan or were Itachi and Kagome.

Itachi still held Kagome close to him. The only difference was that he put his forehead on her head. He didn't really care if people saw them. He wanted her just as much as she wanted him.

The Tsuki-nins soon made their way back to the second floor. They weren't going to revive Kanna since she might go after Sesshomaru, Kagome, and Inuyasha. Neither of them could die since they had reasons as to why.

Sesshomaru couldn't die because he would give his place as Tsukikage to Inuyasha. He would never want a half-breed as the ruler of their village.

Kagome didn't want to die since she wanted to stay with Itachi. She knew that she had a poor reason to not die, but she just wanted to stay alive if only for him.

Inuyasha wanted to live so he could prove that a half-breed were not all that awful. He would want to prove that he was worthy to be who he was and not judged by being a hanyou. (A/N-He sounds like Naruto…doesn't he?)

When they reached their spots back on the second floor, Kakashi, Sakura, Naruto and Sasuke walked to the Tsuki-nins. They were curious as to why Itachi was holding Kagome and glaring at Sasuke. Inuyasha and Sesshomaru were glaring as well.

Sasuke didn't even flinch when he received those glares, but instead said, "How come you're still alive? You should be dead."

"Yeah?! Well guess what? I'm not dead yet! I still have to prove to my village that I'm worth living and being the Tsukikage's second son!" said Inuyasha.

"Why would you need to do that?" asked Naruto. He didn't understand why he would be like him when he has someone to watch over him. "Why would you need to go through all that trouble?"

"From where we come from, being like him is a disgrace to the family you came from. He is a half-breed," answered Sesshomaru in his usual cold voice.

Inuyasha's ears dropped to his head. Kakashi, Sakura, and Naruto gasped when they saw the ears go down. They thought they were unreal.

"How did those ears go down? How can they move? Aren't they fake?" asked Sakura.

"What's a 'half-breed'?" asked Naruto.

"A 'half-breed' is a half-human and half-demon. You would be considered one, Naruto," said Kakashi.

"How would I be considered one? I'm not a demon," said Naruto. He looked at Inuyasha and Sesshomaru. "What kind of demon are you?"

"You would be one since you have Kyuubi inside you. The fox inside you is a demon," said Kagome as she was still being held by Itachi. She saw Sasuke glaring at them. "Itachi-kun, can you put me down before Sasuke tackles you?"

When Itachi heard this, he looked down at her before looking at the young Uchiha. He saw the glare that was directed towards him. Since he really didn't want to kill the still glaring Uchiha, he put her down on her feet but put his arms around her to keep her close to him.

"Fine, but you are staying close to me no matter what. He will have to get used to you being close to me. I'm not letting you go," said Itachi. He turned to Naruto. "Inuyasha and Sesshomaru are dog demons. Sesshomaru is a full dog demon while Inuyasha is half."

"Now that this is done, can we go home? I'm tired of being here in this human village," said Sesshomaru.

They waited until the third hokage started talking. Since that was the preliminary rounds, they had to wait a month to finish the exams. They would take a month to train for the final rounds.

Itachi, Kagome, Sesshomaru, and Inuyasha left after finding out who they were going against in a month for the final rounds. The matches were as follows:

Match 1-Neji Hyuuga vs. Kagome Higurashi

Match 2-Sesshomaru Taisho vs. Sasuke Uchiha

Match 3-Inuyasha Taisho vs. Naruto Uzumaki

Match 4-Gaara vs. Shippo Kodosaki

Match 5-Shikamaru Nara vs. Temari

Match 6-Kankoro vs. Shino (A/N-Sorry! I kinda don't really know his last name... but you all know who I'm talking about, right? He's the bug ninja. Again, sorry!)

For the next month Itachi would have to train Kagome, Inuyasha, and Sesshomaru hard enough to make sure they passed this exam. Many things would happen in the next month. And they didn't even know it… yet.

At the Edge of Konoha:

Naraku Hyuuga was returning to the Hyuuga district when he sensed a powerful aura. He turned around and headed towards the woods surrounding the area. He didn't know who or what held that amount of power.

As he walked towards the area, he heard a hissing sound. It was a snake… or a human making that sound. When he reached the area where the hissing sound came from and the amount of power was.

In front of him he saw a man with long black hair that went past his shoulders. His skin was really pale like he was really dead. Under his eyes was a purple liner that made his eyes stand out. His eyes were like a snake. He was the snake sannin named Orochimaru.

When he realized who this was, Naraku didn't do anything. If he was anyone else from the village, then he would have called for help to capture the wanted snake-nin. Instead of doing that, he just stood there staring at him.

"What is a wanted nin like you doing in a place like this?" asked Naraku.

"My business is my own. If you must know, I'm after the young Uchiha and only Higurashi girl," said a sneering snake-nin. "Like I said, it is none of your business."

"Why are you after the Uchiha? Also, why the Higurashi?" asked the Hyuuga boy.

"They both hold powers that can help me with my plans to kill the third hokage," said Orochimaru. "Why are you asking me these questions?"

While they were talking, Orochimaru was walking towards Naraku with a gleam in his eyes. His fangs grew longer. His eyes turned more of a snake's eyes. Before Naraku could answer him, Orochimaru lunged and bit Naraku on the juncture of his neck where the neck and shoulder met. Naraku screamed from the pain that was coursing through him.

When Orochimaru pulled his fangs out from where they were located, Naraku started to settle down, but he continued to whimper from the pain. Where Orochimaru had his fangs, were three red marks.

After a while, Naraku stopped screaming to stare in Orochimaru's cold eyes. He didn't understand why the snake-nin would do that, but he had a very bad feeling about the curse mark.

"Why…did you just…bite…me? What…did you…do?" asked Naraku. He thought about something from before. "Why…are you…after the…Higurashi? Wasn't she dead a…long time ago?"

"I bit you because now you have my curse mark. You are now connected to me through your power. If you want extra power, that curse mark will provide it," said Orochimaru with a sneer. "However, there is a catch."

"What's…the catch? What do I have to do?"

"You must help me get the young Uchiha and the same Higurashi girl your clan took in a long time ago. To you and the rest of Konoha, she was dead, but she is alive and in Konoha."

"If she wasn't dead, then where has she been for so long?"

"That would be her decision to tell you if you catch her. I will say one thing though. She was with Itachi Uchiha the whole time while she was gone."

"Fine, Lord Orochimaru. I will help you get the Uchiha and Higurashi," said Naraku.

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