Thanks to everyone who has reviewed so far!! This fanfic is my most successful out of all of my other ones. I'm really shocked that this has so many reviews.
Anyways, if you have any questions about this, please don't wait to ask them. Keep the reviews coming!! I'm sorry for the wait. I hope this makes up for it!
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Chapter 10-Meetings
When Itachi and Kagome reached Sesshomaru and Inuyasha, she calmed down a little bit. She heard Itachi say something about a snake to Naraku and waited until they left Konoha before saying anything about it.
The three males on the team didn't say anything about what just happened, but they knew it wouldn't stay quiet for long. They knew it would be brought up sooner or later. It just happened to be sooner rather than later.
"Kagome, what happened between you and those pupil-less ninjas? Did you know them from before?" asked Inuyasha once they were a little ways away from the Konoha gates.
"Yes. Before I met Itachi and left to your village, I was adopted by the Hyuuga clan. Naraku and Neji were my brothers, but things changed once Itachi-kun started training me. I haven't seen them since I left this village," answered Kagome very quietly.
"What did they want with you?" asked a cold Sesshomaru, even though he didn't show it, he still cared for his female teammate. "What happened over there?"
"They just wanted to know what happened tome after I left. They thought I was dead since I was always with Itachi," said Kagome. She turned to Itachi. "They wanted to know what happened to my family. I didn't say anything since you showed up and pulled me out of there."
"Good thing I got you out of there. No one should know what happened since it isn't their business in the first place to know," said Itachi. He turned towards Kagome. "You need to stay away from Naraku and the other Hyuuga members."
"Why?" asked Kagome. She thought about what he said before he pulled her away. "Does this have anything to with what you said to Naraku about the snake?"
Itachi nodded his head in answer. "His chakra is mixed with a tainted aura. If I were to look on his neck, there would be a curse mark there."
"I thought there was something wrong with that guy's aura. It had the smell of a snake for some reason," mumbled Inuyasha.
"Wasn't that the snake we killed in the second exam match the chakra signature of the curse mark on the Hyuuga's neck?" said an emotionless Sesshomaru.
Kagome stopped where she was when she heard that. She thought they had destroyed him in the exam. There shouldn't be any reason for him to still be alive after she got him with her miko powers.
'He must have used on e of his useless lackeys to switch places with him before the attack could even touch him,' thought Kagome. She faced the ground, which now caused her bangs to cover her eyes.
Itachi, Sesshomaru, and Inuyasha noticed that Kagome wasn't following them. They turned around and saw her bangs over her eyes. They turned back around and walked over to her.
When Itachi reached Kagome, he picked her up and brought her into an embrace to comfort her. He knew that she wanted to kill Orochimaru to avenge her clan's death. He knew that this was how Sasuke felt with Itachi all those years ago.
"Don't worry, Kags. We can kill him when we see him again. You can always train some more in order to kill him again," said Inuyasha to a depressed Kagome.
"Yeah, you're right. I can't help but wonder who we killed if not that snake-teme," said Kagome against Itachi.
"It was probably one of his subordinates. He always did use someone else for his punishments," answered Sesshomaru. He knew this since he was allowed to read the files on Orochimaru, plus it was in the Bingo Book.
"Yeah, but which one? He would never use Kabuto since Kabuto is his medic," said Itachi. "Oh well. Come on you three. We're wanted in the Tsukikage's office once we return home."
He put Kagome down on the ground before turning around and walking towards their village. They continued to walk for another couple of hours before they saw the village.
Once they entered the village, they went straight to the Tsukikage's office. When they entered the room, they saw Inu and the Onigumo head.
"Well, this report will be longer than most. At least we can go ahead and tell Onigumo-san the news as well as Father," mumbled Inuyasha quietly to himself.
"Okay, first off, how did you three do?" asked Inu since he didn't hear what his second son said. He looked from his sons to Kagome to Itachi. "Well?"
"We passed, but the second part was bad," stated Kagome.
When she said that, Inu and Onigumo stared at her. They stared at her until Inu asked, "How and why was it bad?"
"The second part of the exam was a battle. The Onigumo sister went against these three in different times, said Itachi. "I'm afraid that they went too far and were killed."
The Onigumo head was outraged. He was shocked at first but then turned angry that his daughters were killed by the three genins in the room. He was about to say something, but Inu said, "Let them explain first."
"Kaguya, Kagura, and Kanna were given chances to surrender, but they still came at them to kill them. They wouldn't stop unless they were killed. We could have revived them, but they would have gone after them again," continued Itachi. "Also, Kanna used some type of poison to kill Inuyasha. Sesshomaru brought him back after Kagome asked him to."
"Is that everything?" asked Inu. They shook their heads no. "Okay then. Itachi stay here. Kagome, Sesshomaru, Inuyasha, please wait outside for a minute."
They left the room and waited. Back in the room, the Onigumo head had already left to bring the sad news to the rest of the family. Inu turned to Itachi.
"What else are you not telling me?" asked Inu. "Are they ready to become ANBU at the young age?"
"During the second exam, Kagome ran into the killer of her clan. They fought and killed him, but he somehow got away at the last minute. He is now after Kagome and my brother, Sasuke," said Itachi after a few minutes to gather his thoughts.
"He wants the jewel and the sharingan, doesn't he?" asked Inu looking down at his desk.
"I'm afraid so. He thinks that he could have Sasuke's sharingan to have the power to kill me, but he now knows the truth about what happened all those years ago."
Inu thought about what was said just now. He then came to a conclusion. Itachi, Sesshomaru, and Inuyasha would have to watch over Kagome even though she could take care of herself. He needed to do all he can to protect her. She was like a daughter to him in some ways.
"You asked if they were ready for ANBU. I believe they are. They will have to complete the chunin exams first in a month. When will they start ANBU?" said Itachi breaking Inu out of his thoughts.
"They can start now. You can bring them in now. They should know what's happening," said Inu.
Itachi opened the door and called his students in the room. They entered and saw three porcelain masks on the desk with ANBU uniforms under them. They looked from Itachi to Inu and back to Itachi.
"What's going on? We aren't even chunin yet, but we're becoming ANBU?" asked Kagome looking from Inu to Itachi back and forth. Sesshomaru and Inuyasha only stared at their father.
"Itachi says that you are ready to become ANBU rank now. I happen to agree since you can defeat almost everyone. The Onigumo sisters were our own genins, but they were strong by themselves," said Inu looking at the young ANBU. "I know we agreed that you would become ANBU after jonin, but things can change."
"Even though we killed them, you're making us ANBU?" asked Inuyasha shocked.
"Yes. You will lean that there isn't any other choice but to kill the other ninjas," said Itachi. He grabbed the ANBU uniforms and gave them to the three new ANBU.
"Kagome is Wolf, Inuyasha will be known as Tiger, and Sesshomaru will be Panther. Also, Sesshomaru is going to be helping me out in the office since he will be the next Tsukikage," said Inu. (A/N-I couldn't think of another name for Sesshomaru other than 'Dog'… Plus, my friend kept bugging me for this chapter.)
"What about the chunin exams?" asked Inuyasha.
"Do we still have to take them?" said Kagome.
"Unfortunately, you do. Since you've already completed the first two parts of the exam, you'll need to complete the third. It doesn't really matter with the outcome of the finals since you are now ANBU," answered Inu. "You can even forfeit the match for all I care. Sandaime will be the only one who will know about you being ANBU."
"I plan on knocking some sense into Neji's head. All he talks about is fate and destiny. For all I know, he could be saying that it is fate that I be defeated," said Kagome. She had to get him to stop saying what fate is when you could change your fate anyway you want.
"I might not fight that Kyuubi kid. It might just shame us both if one of us wins over the other. We both understand what it means to be an outcast of your village," said Inuyasha. "Besides, Naruto's village already hates him, and if he loses his match, then the village will just go after him because they'll call him weak."
"Very wise decision," said Inu looking thoughtful. His village kind of hated his second son since he was a half-demon. His village hated the thought of any hanyou going around the village.
"I never thought of that before. But, wouldn't our village hate you since you lost?" asked Itachi.
"No, since I'm going to be ANBU when we get back," said Inuyasha.
"That's true. We'll be going on mission for our village," answered Kagome quietly. "What about you, Sesshomaru? What are you going to do against Sasuke?"
"I won't be going easy on him since he's an Uchiha and sensei's brother. Besides, I would like to test myself against and Uchiha who is not named Itachi," answered Sesshomaru glaring at the look on Itachi's face, which was a pout.
Itachi always enjoyed their matches since he would sometimes win. You would never know the outcome of one of Sesshomaru and Itachi's fights.
"Just don't try to kill him in a month," said Itachi. "Other than myself, he is the only other Uchiha left right now."
"Hn."
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Well? What do you think? Not much has happened in this chapter… oh well! I would like to know what you all think about his so far.
I hope this makes up for the delay. School started on the 18th of August, so I'm just getting back in gear. Plus, I'm still sick from a head cold I got last weekend. I was out of school for two days, plus the holiday, but this chapter was with one of my friends at school since she lets me know what needs to be done to it. Again, sorry about the wait!!
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