I know, I know I am SUPER late and deserve any and all negative and positive reviews at the end of the story but first let me explain myself half now and half after the story. I took a very long time to type this but I have good reasons. 1) I reread my story and noticed many defects with it such as spelling and missing words, 2) I got a new computer! Now I can write the chapters at home but I still don't have internet so I won't be able to post my chapters as quick. 3) I wanted to try to make the story more interesting, descriptive, "funnier", and longer so people can take a while to read it. An example of my descriptiveness is I never said in my story if Kagome changed age when she teleported to Naruto's universe, if Kagome is stronger than anyone else in the story, and why there are so many changes to the original plot. All I can say right now is that all these problems will be answered in chapters 13-15. Now let's read before I bore you anymore.
Chapter 13
Somewhere in the land of Earth... (Hopefully you all know where that is...)
In a secret undisclosed location, wind blows on an underground bunker as two guards stand outside watching anything that may be suspicious to the experienced eye. The men watch on as the cool dark breeze comes in and puts some dirt in their area of vision. One man grunts and wipes his hand across his face as to eliminate the dirt in his eyes. The other simply shrugs it off and keeps on watch. They are both dressed in familiar attire; light and dark brown uniforms, in order to keep hidden in the desert. They instinctively stand to attention as a man know throughout the Land of Earth appears in the distance of the sand storm. As he gets closer it is easier to make out a description of the man. An old man that was considerably short and his facial features include a triangular beard and a mustache with angular corners. He has a big red nose and thick eyebrows and the top of his head is bald, except, he has some hair at the back and sides of his head, the back of which is tied with a yellow ribbon into a ponytail. All of his hair is white as paper and his eyes are as black as stone. The Tsuchikage of Iwagakure, Village Hidden in the Rocks, Ōnoki, is a very proud man yet appears as though his age has cost him constant drawbacks. With constant complaints referring to his hips and back and refusing to retire and choose a successor as despite his frailness, insisting that he is still strong enough to continue to rule the village, he has earned a name many describe him as a "stubborn old man." He was once a more kind and friendly person in his youth but then again he wasn't young.
To his left is one of his most loyal bodyguards', Kurotsuchi, a generally calm and easy going person. She has displayed a powerful loyalty to her village, as she was more interested in killing the jinchūriki of the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails than actually protecting them. She decided this was the best plan so Iwa could become stronger than Konoha and Kumo. But much of this was changed as she witnessed that even without the jinchūriki of the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails Konoha and Kumo would still be too much for Iwa to handle. That was not all that changed her mind. Once, when she was on a solo mission to spy on Konoha when she was attacked by a snake demon. She had tried everything but nothing worked. When she was about to be eaten alive by the snake an arrow hit the snake squarely on the head. The snake moved its head side to side in pain and then disintegrated into ash. Kurotsuchi then looked into the trees but can only see the green. Then something caught her eye. A young girl around the age of 16, wearing a green uniform with some sort of armor. The only thing that could identify the girl was the leaf village headband. The girl then disappeared and was never heard or seen since. Kurotsuchi has short, black hair and pupil-less pink eyes. She wears what seems to be a long, red kimono with the sleeve on her right arm missing as well as the bottom left side of the kimono, the brown Iwagakure flack jacket, fishnet tights and shorts over them. She had made many friends in the village and was renowned for her technique to erect a protective rock dome, able to withstand most attacks.
To his right is another loyal bodyguard, Akatsuchi, which is rather a large man with black hair and eyes. He also has big cheeks and a plump nose. He wears red clothing underneath his Iwagakure flak-jacket in addition to a yellow scarf that he has around his neck. Not much is know about him except he has displayed the ability to extend and retract a large golem from his mouth. This golem has great strength and can bite through solid rock. He also has many friends in the village and is a close friend of Kurotsuchi.
As the three approached one of the guards open the heavy gate as it creaked with protest, while the other spoke of the newcomers to the men inside with his wireless headset. The five greeted each other and only one guard went inside with the Tsuchikage and his bodyguards as the other still had to oversee outside. The guard wasn't to enthusiastic to guard the underground bunker by himself but he had his duty to address and he just kept on staring into the night as his fellow guard led the Tsuchikage and his bodyguards to the meeting.
In the underground bunker, Secret Meeting...
"The meeting will begin shortly, please have a seat in the meantime," a man said through a speaker at the end of the large but mostly empty room. The room, besides the occupants, was only filled with a large table, 8 chairs (three on each long side and one on the small end), small monitors that monitored what happened on the outside, hallways, etc., and a whiteboard to show battle plans and exits in case of an attack on the bunker itself. There was also a pull down map of the continent behind the whiteboard which was usually used for pointing out areas of interest. As more people came in the Tsuchikage took a seat at the head of the table as his bodyguards stood beside him at all times. The other end of the table was filled by the man that called them there, Haru Daiki, renown throughout Iwagakure as a scientist and strategist. He is a skinny, frail man that has messy black hair that reached his shoulders and pale white skin that almost makes him transparent to his white scientist cloak. Almost to nothing is know about this man as he keeps to himself as most people down in the bunker do. The other seats were filled with some of his colleagues, which were not there to speak, just observe and approve. As the meeting started, Haru stood in front of the group and pulled down the map. He took out a small stick to point at things out of range.
"Yesterday we received Intel that The Village Hidden in the Leaves had a huge spike in what seems to be a power source. This of course was not the first spike we had to date." Haru explained.
"Why are we barely being told of this professor Haru?" Ōnoki stated.
"We thought it was the Nine-Tails acting up again but this spike is bigger then the Nine-Tails, now as I was saying the spike happened during yesterday afternoon somewhere between 12 and 1 p.m. But this spike is nowhere close to the spike we got a few months ago...during Ms. Kurotsuchi's solo mission." the professor stated looking at Kurotsuchi. Kurotsuchi looked down and started remembering the event. The Tsuchikage looked at her and then spoke.
"So you're telling me that the strongest spike was the female nin from Konoha?"
"Not exactly but it is a possibility...anyways this spike was 5 times stronger then the Nine-Tails and 3 times stronger then the spike of yesterday. We can clearly conclude that the stronger spike of the 3 is the strongest thing in this continent, possibly this planet. We do not know what caused the spike but we are sending spies to investigate. The second group should be leaving right about now." Haru finished. Just before the Tsuchikage spoke an intercom in the bunker singled the second group to move out.
"So what do you propose we do once we find out who or what caused the spikes professor?" the Tsuchikage asked.
"I propose we should capture what has caused the spikes and if possible test them, Tsuchikage." said Haru.
"Out of the question professor, we can not risk a fight with Hidden Village as we have made a treaty with them and testing the unknown subjects would be highly dangerous to control. We must come up with a different plan..."
"Yes Tsuchikage, of course." The professor said with a slight nod.
"We are finished here sir, shall we exit the bunker?" Akatsuchi asked the Tsuchikage, waving to the door.
"Yes lets..." Ōnoki replied. He then noticed something to his left, there wasn't anyone there. He looked back at the table and noticed Kurotsuchi was still looking down, thinking about the event in the solo mission.
"Kurotsuchi? Is something wrong?" The Tsuchikage asked. She was startled and looked up.
"Oh! No sir...no problem." Kurotsuchi responded and moved into his left side.
As the group exited the bunker Ōnoki thought to himself. "I wonder what our leaf friends are doing in Konohagakure...probably Sarutobi having another tantrum hahaha!"
Konoha 1:16 a.m. (Damn that late! You ass I would have been asleep already! Hey Minamoto shutup! The story is about to begin! Sorry Kagome! Sheez you don't have to be such a grouch. What was that!)
"So it is you...It was so hard to find you, especially with all these ANBU running around..." said the voice in the trees. Everyone looked at each other nervously as Gakuto looked into the trees without blinking.
"Itachi," Itachi looks at the supposedly ANBU soldier, "take Kagome and get out of here while I hold this guy off." Gakuto said. Kagome was about to argue when Itachi picked Kagome up and sped away with Kisame.
"Gakuto!" Gakuto heard Kagome scream.
"That was a smart move Minamoto but it was a mistake to have the one person that can defeat me leave like that...you must really care for this human, don't you?" the man said as he came out of the shadows.
At this comment Gakuto tightened his fist enough to turn his knuckles white. "Tch. We'll see who's stronger, Uchiha..." Gakuto said with anger under his voice as he faced his enemy in the eyes, Madara Uchiha.
Konoha 1:20 a.m. somewhere deep in the forest...
Kagome, Itachi, and Kisame where a far ways from the danger of the unknown man that was probably fighting with Gakuto right now. The group was in a very well hidden location with the trees blocking eyes from the air and ground only leaving spaces in the trees to see darkness and more trees, bushes and shrubs with many thorns blocking the area in a huge surrounding circle, and an accessible exit in case of a quick escape. The location itself was a haven. A fairly large lake, enough to fit two small houses, so clean that you could see your reflection and perhaps through the water in the morning and high noon. The lake was surround by flowers of different types and colors that could stun and make it the envy of the top floweriest. In the middle of the lake was a big and smaller boulder, the smaller being taller and sticking out of the lake more and the big one flat and near the top of the lake's water.
Itachi looked up from his sitting position near half asleep Kisame leaning on a tree nearby. He could tell that the young girl on the small boulder was not in a good mood. She was taken away from one of her close friends and does not know if he was alright or not, yup she was mad. Kisame also looked up and noticed Itachi looking at the young girl.
"A little too young and out of your league for you isn't she Itachi?" Kisame half joked.
Itachi glared at Kisame. They were far enough from her that she was unable to hear but Itachi still took it offensively. He then looked back at the girl, Kagome, sitting on the boulder, chucking small rocks into the water. "It's not like that Kisame."
"Sure, sure. Whatever you say Itachi. So when are we going to get rid of her?" Kisame asked getting serious and sitting up.
Itachi looked hard at the woman that they were ordered to kill. "We aren't." Itachi said boldly standing up and moving toward the lake.
"What? What do you mean we aren't? Don't you remember what Pain told us to do during this attack?" Kisame said also standing up.
"Yes but were not following Pain's orders anymore." Itachi said reaching the edge of the lake. Kisame just stared at his partner and shook his head.
"Well who's orders are we following now?" Kisame said also stopping at the edge of the water.
"Mine, so go on watch and don't come back unless you have to." Itachi said as he started walking toward Kagome. Kisame was about to complain but knew better so he went on watch, who knows, he might find some action while on watch.
Itachi kept moving toward Kagome but moved slow so she could not here him. He was mere feet from Kagome when a load explosion was heard from the direction they had just left. Kagome stood up and looked at the plume of smoke coming from her friend's direction. She jumped off the rock and started moving toward Gakuto's location when she lost her balance and almost tripped because of her overwhelming concern for Gakuto. She caught her self and was about to start a run again when someone grabbed her from behind and flipped her around. Kagome was about to scream with anger when she noticed it was Itachi. She was about to say something when she noticed something in his eyes. They were red and started spinning then everything went black...
Gakuto's location...
The explosion was big enough to push back Gakuto a few feet away from his enemy and break some trees behind him. Then he noticed something was wrong. He could just feel it.
"What's this feeling? What's wrong?" Gakuto thought. Then it hit him like a ton of bricks, "Shit! I have to go help Kagome! Wait...Damnit! Uchiha isn't here anymore! He's probably heading to Kagome right now!" Gakuto got angry as he sped toward Kagome's location in desperation not noticing that Serikuna, Karakuto, Tobi and a group of ANBU landing on the location he just left.
"I'm sorry guys...but Kagome's safety surpasses even our deep love and friendship for each other..." Gakuto thought sadly as he kept moving towards the group in a quicker pace.
Serikuna, Karakuto, and the others...1:30 a.m.
They had reached the location of where Gakuto and Madara Uchiha were supposed to be fighting but they where nowhere to be seen. Serikuna looked around until something caught her eyes. She ran towards the spot where Gakuto went flying through the trees, enough to make trees break in half. She fell to her knees where Gakuto's body figure was marked on the soil. The ground around the figure was scorched and black as night.
"Did he...No! Don't think that! He is strong and stubborn person! He would not give up unless his job was done…So what really happened here?" Serikuna thought as she started to get up. Someone shifted behind her and she noticed it was Karakuto with her telekinesis power.
"So…What happened here Seri?" Karakuto asked getting closer to the scorched earth. He stopped as soon as he saw the body outline and the ground around it.
"Damn…That kid really can take a punch huh?" Karakuto said, talking about Gakuto. He then got a hit on the shoulder by his teammate as she looked at him with a mad face that looked even more terrifying with the snake mask she was wearing.
"Who knows what happened you asshole! He could have been injured or worse…" Serikuna said with a mad tone. Serikuna was not the type to cry but then again it was one of her comrades and closest friends. If she ever lost Karakuto or Gakuto she wouldn't know what to do. She couldn't even imagine her life with both of them gone.
"I'm sorry Seri. I know he's young, reckless, and inexperienced but he's not the young mystic down the block anymore. He's grown into a young man that can take care of himself, even if he is our brother; we still have to be confident for him." Karakuto said giving her a pat on the back. She changed her mood and smiled for a minute until she changed her mood back to its normal composer.
"Yeah…I guess your right, so what now?" Serikuna asked as she turned around to face Karakuto. She noticed that the ANBU and Tobi were looking at them and were waiting for their 'orders'. Even though the ANBU were ordered to listen to their orders the ANBU could do what ever they wanted to, they could even go back to the village to their families if they wanted to. But being the elite of the leaf village they would do anything to protect the village and the people in it, even if they needed to follow orders from a person they haven't even met.
"Well…we could go back to the village and keep looking for Tobi's team members or we could look for Gakuto. What do you think?" Karakuto asked looking at Serikuna.
"Let's split up. You look for Tobi's teammates and try and hire them for our cause and I will look for Gakuto." Serikuna told Karakuto. He looked like he was going to complain but he reluctantly agreed.
"Alright, but be careful. We haven't seen into the future for awhile and we don't have time to do it now." Karakuto said, worried for her and Gakuto's safety.
"See you later." Serikuna said as she sprinted into the forest. One of the ANBU, one that had a mask of a cat was about to move into the forest with Serikuna when Karakuto shook his head. The ANBU followed orders reluctantly and fell back in line with the other ANBU and Tobi. Karakuto looked at his team and noticed they wanted to move as quickly as they could in the least amount of time.
"Well…Let's go." Karakuto told his team.
Kagome's location…wherever that is…1:40 a.m. or 1:20 a.m.
Kagome woke up with a pain in her head. She couldn't see anything but black for a while until she could see a bit more clearly. She was in a small room with things that she recognized but couldn't quite remember from where. She was on a bed that she also recognized but couldn't remember. She looked to her left and saw a window looking outside. What was strange was the color of the sky, blood red. The clouds were black and gray and she couldn't tell if it was morning, afternoon, or late at night. She started getting nervous and then looked at her right. She saw the same sky but this time with a small shrine outside the 2 story house. Then it struck her like a slap in the face. She was home! The Higurashi home!
She stood up and clearly remembered everything in the room, her room. Everything was there! Her desk, her bed, even her cloths before…she left on her last mission with Inuyasha when they found out were Naraku was hiding out. "Mom! Sota! Grandpa! Their all here!" Kagome thought as she got up and started to move downstairs. Right away she could tell something was wrong. There was no noise at all and there was a distinct smell she was knew all to well. Death. The smell was all over the house and it became stronger as she moved towards the kitchen. "Oh god! Please don't let this happen now!" Kagome thought as she hurried toward the kitchen door. With her hand shaking uncontrollably as she reached closer and closer to the door slot that would slide open the door she could hear a shuffling sound in the kitchen. Her hand finally reached the door slot and she cautiously opened it, really, really slowly. She then opened the door all the way and almost right away threw up. The kitchen was the most horrible scene she could imagine. Her mother, grandfather, and brother were all bleeding out in different places in the bloody kitchen with blood stains in every visible place in the kitchen. Her grandfather was slashed around the neck deep enough to show the bone. Her mother was cut with 3 long slashes on her back and her neck broken, breaking the spine and brain connection. Sota was the worst of them all. He had a long slash along his chest with his intestines peering out the skin, some even outside his body and laying on the floor. The worst part was that they all had their eyes wide open and must have all felt the pain they went through. Kagome stopped gagging and began to cry like she never cried before. "How could this have happened?" Kagome cried. She cried until she noticed a figure above her. She first looked at the figures feet and noticed a bloody sword in his right hand. After looking at the person's midsection she worked her way up to the persons face. First came those piercing red eyes with 3 tomes going in circles. Then was the face of her enemy, Itachi. Kagome stood up the best she could, still a little wobbly so she held onto the door frame for balance, and looked at Itachi straight in his sinister eyes.
"Bastard! What have you done? What have I ever done to you? You're so dead!" Kagome yelled as she tackled Itachi to the kitchen floor. She noticed a kitchen knife nearby and picked it up. Her grip around the knife tightened as she looked at the eyes of the man that killed her family, Itachi.
"Die Itachi Uchiha!"
Wow that was a pretty long chapter huh? Sorry I couldn't write as quick as before but at least it's a little more descriptive. I hope you all can forgive me and I'm extremely happy that I get more and more favorites every few weeks. Don't worry I'm about to start the next chapter right now. See ya when I see ya. Oh and if anyone here's of Ichigo Lunette please tell her that thanks for all the support! Go Ichigo! Oh and my readers as well. Thank you guys for reading my story so far. See ya when I see ya.
