A/N: Yeah, yeah save the comments until after you read this chap. Oh and its not my fault the stupid school had MAP testing. Oh and thanks JB. Your advice helped a lot.
Chapter 12
"K…kill us?" Kagome thought.
"Ha, you're too weak to even notice I'm right behind you!" said a voice behind her.
Kagome was going to jump into the air and turn to counter when she heard a loud 'clang' come from behind her.
Kagome moved ever so slowly and noticed something…amazing.
Gakuto Minamoto was holding back the Akatsuki's huge sword with one hand and blocking an attack from the other with his weird lightning sword.
Both Akatsuki's looked in astonishment and intrigue as the 'ANBU member' spun one of them and threw the other into the one still spinning.
They both hit the ground and landed farther away from the gates to the village. One after the other rose up and cursed.
"What the hell…How did you do that?!" said one of them. He took off his hat. Gakuto and Kagome just stared, and stared. Then….
"Hahahahaha!!!!" They laughed so hard the villagers and the others probably heard them. Kagome held onto Gakuto so she didn't fall down but even he couldn't suppress his laughter enough to fall down. He hit the ground, bringing down Kagome with him, and they both landed on the dewed grass, rolling around in circles.
"What the hells so funny?!" The Akatsuki member asked. He took a step back and shot a look of confusion at the two.
Kagome and Gakuto both kept laughing but raised a shaking finger and they both said, "You look like your dad screwed a goldfish!!!" they both said laughing their guts out.
Kisame looked at the two and did something no one would have expected…He laughed with them. He laughed at the cruel but yet funny joke and he even had to lean on his partner, which no one noticed grinning, to stop from falling like the other two. The 4 laughed until they heard a faint explosion where the castle was.
The four looked at each other and then remembered they were enemies. Kisame was about to launch an attack when Gakuto put away his lightning gauntlet. Kisame stared at his opponent, as did his partner and Kagome.
"There is no need to fight us Kisame Hoshigaki and Itachi Uchiha." Gakuto told the two stunned members. They were not stunned that he knew them but what he requested for Gakuto guessed.
"Why the hell not?" Kisame asked stepping forward and slamming his sword into the ground making spider web cracks in it. Itachi then placed his arm in front of his partner and whispered something to him. Gakuto smirked behind his wolf mask when the words reached his sensitive ears.
"So…They know how strong Kagome and I are…Great." Gakuto thought while still smirking.
"But that is not all you want is it?" Itachi asked.
Gakuto smirked again. "No, I want to give you an offer, more like an ultimatum if you do not accept." Gakuto said returning to his normal self.
"What kind of offer?" Kisame asked.
"Work for me and my team and you will get what you want, minus the world domination part." Gakuto said pulling out the jeweled dragon. Before Kisame said anything Itachi asked, "What is that?" He pointed at the dragon.
"This, my friend, is the Tama no chiisai ryuu. It will grant the holder one wish that they wish. There's a bad side though…" Gakuto said.
"The wish doesn't only effect the user it also affects the people and the world. No one really understands how that's bad but imagine you make a wish to rule a land that is already ruled. Who will you be replacing? Would they be able to feed their family if they are no longer in power? What if you asked to be a god? All your wishes affect life, no matter how small." Gakuto explained the rules and ways of the Tama no chiisai ryuu.
"So are you willing to accept my offer?" Gakuto asked.
"First things first, what are you?" the Akatsuki partners asked.
Karakuto and the team…
"Tobi what are you doing?" Karakuto asked. He had already asked the offer to the Akatsuki member and he agreed to the shock of the leaf ninja.
"Tobi want to know how to hold big sword!" Tobi yelled in Karakuto's ear. Karakuto flinched behind his mask but didn't say anything. He knew this 'kid' was really friendly especially in the future. But the kid always got in the nerves of his team mates. The kid just wanted to have fun and play; it was understandable to Karakuto but not Tobi's team.
"Sir, do you really think having an Akatsuki member on your back is a good idea?" the female ANBU asked.
Karakuto looked behind him and grinned behind his tiger mask. "If you have been to the future you would trust this kid." Karakuto said.
"You have been to the future?!" they all yelled.
"Shit…I'm going to get an earful today…" Karakuto thought, moving faster.
In the castle…
"You would think they would have had a bigger castle, don't you think Sesshomaru?" Kagura asked him. She didn't want to stick around during the battle between the two 'lovers', so she snuck away into the castle before the other human ninjas, Naruto and Sasuke came in. She met Sesshomaru, Kirara, and Shippo near the stairs. They were talking to a bunch of spirit guardians, virtually worthless unless there masters asked them to be.
"Hm" Sesshomaru agreed and returned his attention to the tiger, the leader of the pack.
"So can you let us pass?" Shippo asked. He wasn't expecting the animal to talk back but knew at least he would understand. The tiger nodded and went threw its door. The other animals did the same, each to their own, and the doors opened one by one.
"Well I guess we just had to be polite." Shippo said moving ahead.
"Shippo, wait. Gakuto told me we each had are own bedroom but were separated by color. Women go to the raven and snake halls and men go to the wolf and tiger rooms." Kagura explained, moving to the raven hallway, Kirara close behind.
"Thanks Kagura!" Shippo yelled after her. She just kept on walking and waved back, while Kirara mewed. The door soon closed behind them. Then the snake hallway closed on its own too.
"So what now?" Shippo asked Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru just shrugged and moved into the tiger hallway.
"Hey wait for me!" Shippo yelled, moving as fast as his two little feet could carry him. The door soon closed behind him and Sesshomaru, the wolf door closing last. Soon two ninja could be heard being thrown into the castle.
Gakuto, Kagome, Itachi, and Fishman…
"So do you agree?" Gakuto asked again. To his surprise they weren't paying attention to him but at his companion, Kagome, which was getting red with embarrassment. Gakuto saved her just before Itachi went all Miroku on her.
"(Cough) Itachi!" Gakuto yelled. Itachi looked at Gakuto and grinned.
"Oh well." Kisame said and gave Itachi some money.
"What were you betting on?" Kagome asked inching closer to the partners, much to the dislike of Gakuto. He did not want anything to happen to Kagome but he didn't want her to get taken away, ruining his future plans and…other things.
"We were betting to see if you were going to fall for his trance or not." Kisame said grinning sheepishly.
"Oh you shouldn't have done that…" Gakuto laughed inside.
"What!?" Kagome yelled. The two partners were stunned at the outbreak. They both turn on there heels and were about to book it when Kagome tackled them like a professional football player!
"Hehehe I should have told them that was coming…" Gakuto smirked.
Kagome was tearing the Akatsuki teammates, throwing a hat and cloak, here and there, in a dust cloud. For Gakuto it was amusing to watch but painful to here the fish man and Sasuke's brother yelp in agony, begging for mercy.
"Amusing yes, but where's the popcorn?" Gakuto mused as he watched the brawl die down.
Where the explosion at the castle occurred…
"I told you the explosion would be enough to kill them!" Naruto yelled, jumping up and down. He had thrown a kunai at the guardians with an explosive surprise. What he didn't expect was the snake to come out of the ground and hug him.
"Dobe." Sasuke said while he was fending of the tiger and wolf. All of a sudden a door opened somewhere near. The door was the raven door and it revealed a woman in a kimono with scarlet eyes and a cat in her arms, apparently just waking up from the noise and commotion in the main lobby. The woman also looked like she also barley awoken.
Kagura had her eyes half closed when she walked into the lobby and barley noticed the two ninja and guardians. She went down the stairs and through a door at the foot of the stairs. All the ninja could do was watch the woman go into what appeared to be a kitchen. The group heard glass moving, a fridge opening and closing, a microwave going of, and what could only sound like a person pouring something into a glass.
What the ninja and guardians didn't expect was that Kagura stepping out with a plate of hot Mexican enchiladas in one hand and milk in the other. (A/N: sorry I just thought it would be funny). Kagura went up the steps, stopped at her door, and flipped around to see the two Nin and guardians.
"So…What's up?" Kagura asked in a very relaxed state. Naruto and Sasuke could only stare at her and imagine the same thing. Thankfully only Naruto said something.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" He yelled at her, almost making her drop her things.
"Geese you don't have to yell you know?" Kagura said still in a relax voice.
"What?! Aren't you noticing us fighting these huge ass things?" Naruto said.
Kagura went up to Naruto and thumped him in the head, looking smug while doing it. She backed away from him when he turned red with anger, embarrassment and a small hint of something else that Kagura couldn't pinpoint…yet.
Kagura then turned around and started talking to the playful guardians. She explained that the nin were here to stay and sleep not to play and fool around during a semi-war. The tiger and wolf both nodded and moved to their doors, soon followed by the snake and the raven. The guardians looked back, except for the wolf, and grinned at Sasuke and Naruto. The two nin gave nervous glances at each other and walked towards the lady with the food. Kagura glanced behind her and almost laughed at the two 'strong and powerful' ninja cower behind her. Kagura was about to leave when she felt a firm tug at her kimono. Kagura looked behind her and saw Naruto pull at her kimono.
"What is it kid? Can't you see my food is getting cold?" Kagura said with slight annoyance. She didn't just make food for her but also the small demon on her shoulder.
"Uhh…ummm…how did you do that?!" He asked jumping up and down. Kagura couldn't hold it in anymore and burst out laughing. She laughed until she heard someone behind her. She was so caught up in the two ninja that she didn't notice Sesshomaru walk in from his room. Kagura went so quiet that you could hear everyone's breathing. Sesshomaru stood behind Kagura and looked at the back of her head and then at the ninja.
"What is going on here Kagura?" Sesshomaru asked coldly, still staring at the nin.
"These kids are looking for a place to stay Sesshomaru." Kagura said with slight nervousness, which Sesshomaru caught.
"Why are you nervous Kagura?" Sesshomaru asked turning her around to talk to her face to face. What he didn't expect was her to slap him, while still holding the food and drink, and storm off into the girls' hallway. No one made a sound except for a snickering blond. Sesshomaru looked glared daggers at Naruto, hoping that his glare would melt the insignificant fly. It didn't work as he wanted but it had its affects. The nin moved away from the demon and moved closer to his comrade, which looked on with a bit of amusement. Sesshomaru looked at the two nin for a few more minutes and then went back towards his sleeping quarters. After the door closed behind him the two nin looked at the doors and then at each other and back at the doors moments later.
"Great, now what?!" Naruto yelled.
Sasuke just scoffed and moved to the wolf door and it opened up for him. Naruto moved up behind Sasuke and went through the lamp lit corridor. The hallway was enormous, both in height and width. The floor was covered in a red carpet with gold trim. The carpet looked like it came from a Persian museum as Sasuke kicked up some dust from the long elaborate floor piece. The walls looked like it would in a castle, bricks but not the white or brownish color it had an eerie midnight color that could make it so you could see yourself clearly but not clear enough to see behind you. The walls also were lined with elaborate lamps that gave an extra glow to the room. All the lamps were lit with a blue flame and the lamps themselves were pure gold. The hall went on until the ninja reached a door that looked exactly like the one at the other end of the hall, amazing and huge. The door then suddenly opened before any of the ninja could speak. The room inside was…THE BIGGEST THING THEY HAVE EVER SEEN!!! The room could fit almost anything in it! It could probably fit a small town in it if it needed to. The room was as tall as the door but a little more. It was as wide as half the leaf village and the room may have looked like an armory if it wasn't for the rooms and other accessories in the place. The walls were also given the black eerie glow that showed your reflection and on some walls there were weapons and armor. The weapons themselves were dangerously glowing with the moon light bouncing off there sharp edges. Some weapons were familiar to the ninja like the spears and swords but others were strange and new to them. The floor was normal brick but was covered in most places by the carpet from outside. The room also had a kitchen and a hallway going down another hall that could possibly be the men rooms or restrooms. There were 2 leather coaches, one U shaped and the other a normal L shape. In front of the coaches was a TV. and a supply of movies, most of them surprisingly zombie movies. There were some though, that were comedy and romance. What surprised the two ninja was that there were no pictures or portraits of the owner of the room.
"Nice place." Naruto plainly stated and went toward what seemed to be the bedrooms. Sasuke having nothing else to do also headed towards the rooms.
Gakuto's team…
So the small brawl with fish boy and emo man ended as soon as Gakuto and Kagome sensed a presence heading towards them. Kagome held Itachi by the end of his cloak and dropped him like a rag doll. The teams got up after their small brawl and looked at the spot were the persons would appear. All of a sudden a rock hit Gakuto square in the middle of his mask which left a huge crack. His mask then started breaking even more and showed his left blue eye. Gakuto didn't mid and soon took off his mask dropping it to the floor.
"So it is you…" said a voice behind them.