Rin looked hat her horrified "no...no, no, no, no, no, no, no!" She collapsed to the floor on her knees, head in her hands
"Try to remember!" Kakashi said nearly yelling "you have to! Otherwise you wont make it to the final round!"
"Final round?" Kagome asked confused
"The chunin exams!"
"Hey Kakashi! Dont push her!" Obito scolded
"So...do I get a fresh start?" Kagome asked
"Well your going to have to" Minato spoke up
Kagome looked at him and blinked "and you are?"
"Namikaze Minato or your dad" he said with a grin
"Dad...okay..." Kagome said trying to grasp her mind on the subject
"Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha Obito, and Nohara Rin" he dad continued pointing to each one of them
"Kakashi...Obito...and Rin..." Okay got it Kagome said with a grin
"Good...she doesn't remember that incident..." Kakashi said quietly to himself
"What incident?" Kagome asked
"Cripes she heard" Kakashi thought " uh...uh...nothing" he said waving his hands around
"Hm? Okay then...by the way...can someone show me around the place?" Kagome asked getting up.
"We'll all go" Rin piped up
"Then it's settled. When you come home, I'll show you around the place" Minato said leaving
The rest if team 7 walked out the door
"We'll start with the training grounds" Obito announced
"Here" Kakashi said handing Kagome a kunai "try throwing this at the target over there"
Kagome nodded and got in a position that just came to her naturally. She breathed slowly for about five seconds and threw the kunai. It hit the target, dead center.
"Wow! Even if you lost your memory, you're still amazing!" Rin cheered
"How about this!" Kakashi said. Throwing a shuriken at Kagome
"NO DON'T!" Yelled Obito "YOU IDIOT! SHE'S NOT READY FOR YOU TO BE THROWING THOSE DIRECTLY AT HER!"
"Say what?" Kagome said looking at him, twirling the shuriken with her finger in the hole
Obito gawked at the sight
"MY YOUTHFUL, BEAUTIFUL SPRING BLOSSOM!" A voice called out
Kakashi let out a groan, and Obito and Rin flinched, seeing Kagome, startled and without turning around, throw the shuriken that she was playing with like a toy in the direction of the voice. She turned around slowly, seeing a boy with shiny...or greasy...hair, in an akward position, because of trying to dodge the shuriken she threw.
"Gai!" Rin exclaimed at the frozen, whimpering, green, fuzzybrows
"H-hi" he said, becoming a more still each moment. Then he finally calmed down. He jogged towards Kagome, put his hand around her shoulder and pulled her close to him. Kagome had at least five vein throbs on her head as a sign of irritation. She growled and elbowed Gai in the stomach.
"Owwww" Gai moaned and he rolled to the ground
"Serves him right" Obito said laughing
"Gai, how about you spar with Kagome?" Kakashi said pushing Gai gently sigh his foot. Gai jumped up.
"OF COURSE! I WILL NEVER TURN DOWN A CHALLANGE!" Gai said going into his 'crazy' mode "IF I CANNOT BEAT HER, THEN I WILL DO FIVE-HUNDRED LAPS AROUND KONOHA!"
Everyone sweatdropped
Kagome let out a sigh "fine"
They got into a battle stance.
"Begin" Kakashi said
The two lunged at each other. Kakashi, Obito, and Rin watched in intrest for at least thirty minutes. It ended when Kagome grabbed Gai's arm when he threw a punch, and swung him into a tree.
"Humph" Kagome said and giving him a smirk as she walked off "come on guys"
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"And finally, Ich-" Obito started cheerfully
"Ichiraku's!" Kagome said gleefully
"So she remembered ramen...but didn't remember us?" Obito asked in a disbelieving tone
"apparently so" Rin said giving a weak laugh and scratching the back of her neck.
"You want some ramen dont you?" Asked Kakashi heaving a sigh
Kagome's eyes sparkled "yes! Let's all have ramen together!" She said excitedly and dragged the teammates to the stand.
"Four bows of ramen please!" Kagome's voice rang through the shop.
"Ah Kagome! The old man said, then he looked at the people Kagome dragged in...literally...and chuckled. He prepared four bowls in a matter of five minutes.
"How does he do it?" Obito wondered out loud
"Dont ask me" Rin said as a bowl of ramen slid towards her
"Itadakimasu!" Kagome said, now stuffing her face with ramen.
"Still as cheery as ever" Obito smiled
"I hope she gets her memory back" Rin said hopefully
"Yeah, it's a pain having to show her everything again" Kakashi remarked
"Hm?" Asked Kagome slurping a noodle
"Heh...cute" thought Kakashi
"You were the best in our class when it comes to ninjustu, genjutsu, and taijutsu!" Rin said smiling
"Yup" Obito said, nodding his head
"You were even better than Obito!" Kakashi said pointing one finger up
"Yup...hey!"
Kakashi gave them a smile, and next to Kagome who was laughing, Rin, who apparently was eating ramen, nearly choked of laughter, Obito 'humphed' and turned his head, which caused them to laugh harder.
"Are you all done eating?" Asked Kagome. Her friends nodded their head
"Great! Hey Kakashi?..."
Kakashi looked at her "hn?"
Kagome grinned and ran pulling Obito and Rin with her. "Your paying!" She said laughing
"H-hey!" Kakashi yelled after her, but she was too far away. He sighed in defeat and payed for the ramen
The man at the counter smiled at this sight "come again!"
"I will but not with Kagome..." Kakashi grumbled and the man laughed
"Guys wait up!" Kakashi called at the group walking away
"Nope!" Kagome yelled, running, pulling Obito and Rin with her...again...
"Kagome!" Kakashi called sprinting after them. He suddenly caught up and grabbed Kagome's shoulder. He then hit her on the head.
There was a sudden 'poof' and Kagome wasn't there...there was a peice of wood
"Huh?! Subtitution jutsu!" Exclaimed Kakashi. A laugh came from somewhere above him. Obito, Rin and Kakashi looked up and saw Kagome sitting in a tree.
"Got you there Hatake" she grinned evilly
"Oh not with the childish pranks again" Kakashi groaned "besides, how do you evenremember that?"
Kagome smirked and jumped off the tree doing a flip
"Why are you so reckless?!" Kakashi yelled running to catch her
Kagome landed on her feet "why are you running over here Hatake? You dont trust me do you?" She asked folding her arms
"I dont!" Kakashi said
"why?"
"I told you! You're so reckless!"
"So?"
"You could have broken your arms!"
"I can always go to the hospital"
"You just came out!"
"Like I said...so?"
"YOUR SO STUBBORN!"
"I KNOW I AM! AND SO ARE YOU!"
"I AM NOT!"
"SAYING YOU'RE NOT JUST PROVES IT!"
"JUST FORGET IT! YOU'RE IMPOSSIBLE!"
"FINE!"
"FINE!"
Obito and Rin stared at them silently for a few seconds until they heard Kagome's voice again
"I'm going home" she said
"Fine by us" Kakashi remarked
"HEY! WHO TOLD YOU TO ANSWER FOR US?!" Obito yelled
Rin laughed weakly "hey...its fine Obito"
Obito settled down and watched Kagome walk away till she stopped in her tracks and turned around
"Um...can someone show me where I live?" Kagome asked embarassed
"I'll show you" Obito said waking towards her
"Thanks" she smiled
Kakashi gave a 'hn' and walked off, leaving Rin alone
"I guess thats my cue to leave" she mumbled, turning to the direction of her house
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Kagome stopped in front of her door. "Thanks again!" She called out to Obito. He gave her a nod and walked back to his own house
Kagome opened the door "I'm home...I think...am I in the right house?" She asked looking around
"Yup" a voice said. Kagome turned to the direction if the voice and saw a red haired kunoichi coming down the stairs
"Um...mom...right?" Kagome asked questioningly
The woman blinked "...yeah...ah thats right. You lost your memory"
"It would seem so" Kagome said eyeing her mom
"Uzumaki Kushina" she replied knowing that Kagome would ask sooner or later.
Kagome smiled "can you show me to my room?"
"Sure" her mom said beaming "so since you forgot" she started, walking up the stairs "your little brother is due in two months"
"how was your day Kagome" a new, yet familiar voice asked
"Fine" Kagome said, as her dad was walking down the stairs
"We're here" her mom spoke, opening the door
"I'm going to bed" Kagome mumbled
"Without eating?" Her mom asked
"I already ate"
"Oh"
"Night"
"Night"Kagome said, closing the door. Once it was closed, she walked to her bed and laid down. Letting out a sigh, she closed her eyes and tried to remember what happened before she lost her memory and was soon consumed by darkness.
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Early in the morning, Kagome heard a shriek coming form outside. She jumped up and looked out the window. A little girl about ten years old was being cornered by four boys. They all looked fourteen. She changed her clothes and rushed outside.
"Give me your money!" A voice said. The voice originated from a boy who had shaggy brown hair and crooked teeth
"B-but I don't have any..." The girl said trembling
"We heard that your family is rich!" Another said. The one who spoke had black hair with brown eyes. A new boy, who was standing to the side, grabbed the little girls blonde hair and yanked it.
"Gertrude, let's just kidnap her and demand a ransom" the boy said to the brown haired boy.
"Hey!" Kagome called out to the gang
"What do you want shortie?" Gertrude asked with scorn
"What do you want with the girl?" Kagome asked
"Answer my question" Gertrude growled
"Answer mine first" Kagome retorted
"Pertin, get her" Gertrude demanded to the black haired boy
"Touch me, and see what happens" hissed Kagome
"Oh I'm not scared of you shortie" Pertin said smirking
"The names Kagome! Ka-go-me!" She said growing impatient
"Whatever" he said grabbing Kagome's shoulder
Kagome was ticked now. She grabbed both his wrist and kicked him where the sun doesn't shine. Pertin let out a wail of agony before he collapsed on the floor
"Pertin you idiot" scolded a boy with dark green hair
"You would have done the same if it was too Kehv" Pertin moaned
"Fine I'll do this myself" Gertrude grumbled, running towards Kagome. Kagome's hand went to the pouch on her thighh. She reached in the pouch and pulled out five shurikens. She threw them at Gertrude, who had a kunai in hand, blocked them.
"Kage bunshin no jutsu!" Kagome said
"What?! Shadow clones?!" Exclaimed Gertrude
"Gertrude! Above you!" The boy who was holding the girl's hair said
"Got it Ebdi!" Gertrude said looking up. Defeating the shadow clones took about two minutes, because there were like ten, but they were good too.
"Ebdi? What kind of name is that?" Kagome thought. She gasped and grabbed the fist was headed her way. She gripped it tight and twisted it. Hearing a satisfying crack, she smiled and walked to Khev. Kev growled and lunged himself at here with a kunai.
"You shouldn't have done that" Kagome said as she pulled out her own kunai and blocked his attack. She then ducked and kicked Khev's feet. He lost his balance and fell hard on the ground. Kagome turned to Ebdi and raised an eyebrow.
"You ready?" She asked. Ebdi had a frightened look on his face. He shook his head no, let go of the girl's hair and ran. Kagome gave a smirk as she threw shurikens and pinned him on the ground. She looked at the boys headbands. They were the symbols of the hidden mist. She then walked over to the girl and knelt down "are you okay?"
The girl nodded and stood up.
"What's you name?" Kagome asked
"Hatsaru" she replied
"Well then Hatsaru, what happened?" Kagome asked sweetly. Hatsaru looked away.
"My parents are on a mission...I got hungry so I went go to buy some ice cream...and then these boys attacked me..." She said
"I'll walk you home and we'll get ice cream in the way" Kagome said. Hatsaru nodded. They were soon walking down the streets of Konoha when Kagome saw Rin.
"Rin!" She called waving her hand in the air.
Rin looked around and saw Kagome "hey!" She then looked down at the girl next to Kagome and noded her head at her "who's this?" She asked
"This is Hatsaru" Kagome said ruffling the girls head
Rin said "hi" and turned to Kagome "where are you guys going?"
"I'm taking her to buy ice cream and then I'm walking her home" Kagome said
"Mind if i join?" Rin asked
"Not at all" said Kagome smiling
They walked over to the shop and Hatsaru ordered some ice cream. Rin and Kagome decided that they want some too and also ordered. Once they were done, they walked over to a bench under a tree and sat down.
"Hey" a voice said from above them
"Kakashi" Rin and Kagome said without even looking up
Kakashi jumped down and sat between Kagome and Rin.
"You know this morning, four shinobi from the hidden mist cornered Hatsaru and demanded money from her because she was rich" Kagome said quietly to Rin and Kakashi
"Are you planning to tell the hokage?" Rin asked
"Yeah, but after we get Hatsaru safely to her house" Kagome replied "will you come with me?"
"Sure" Rin said biting into her orange flavored ice cream
"Kakashi, you stay with Hatsaru until we get back" Kagome ordered
"Okay...but who's Hatsaru?" Kakashi asked
Kagome pointed to the girl next to her, who was looking at quarreling squirrels, licking her ice cream.
"Hatsaru" Kagome said
"Hm?" She replied
"This is Kakashi" Kagome said nodding her head at him
"Hi" he said holding up a hand
Kagome got up. "He's going to watch over you until I come back from the hokages office. We don't want anymore incidents like this morning right?"
"Okay" Hatsaru mumbled "come on" she said grabbing Kakashi's hand
"Have fun!" Rin said to Kakashi who was being dragged away
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"Lord hokage" Kagome said and both her and Rin bowed
The hokage gave them a nod of approval "how can I help you?"
Kagome straightened up "this morning, a girl named Hatsaru was targeted by some shinobi. They looked fourteen and were from the Hidden Mist. They wanted her money and when she told them she didn't have any, they were suggesting a ransom until I came in"
"So you beat them?" The hokage asked
Kagome nodded
"They were by your house right?"
"Yes"
"I'll send some ANBU members to investigate. In the meantime, I will inform Minato and Kushina"
"Thank you lord hokage" Kagome said and she and Rin bowed once more before leaving.