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Chapter Two: In Konoha

"Don't move you're extremely injured," The young sounding voice belonging to a guy commanded her as he stepped closer to the young girl's body. He could already tell that the child's neck was tremendously bruised, her right arm was broken and she was bleeding badly. "What's your name? I'm Hatake, Kakashi."

"I'm Hig, Hig-ur-ashi, Ka-go-me." She answered somewhat stumbling over the pronunciation, she somehow knew she could trust him-like she could feel that he was trustworthy. Was that even possible? Her head pounded and her whole body felt numb. That wasn't normal- or was it?

"You can call me Kakashi, how old are you?" He asked through his black mask that covered a good portion of face. While his Konohahitai-ite [forehead protector] glinted in the sunlight as it covered his left eye and his gravity defying silver hair swayed in the slight breeze.

"Ano [Um]," Kagome was happy when a number came to mind, she was able to recall her current age. "I just turned six but I'll eventually be seven years old!"

Kakashi flipped the girl over not letting the shock show through the one visible eye. Kagome's worst wound was the one on her chest. It almost went completely through her small body. He quickly dressed the wound before checking on the other two children. Their wounds were definitely not as bad as the youngest one. The older looking girl had a couple broken ribs, gashes and bruises all over her body and two sprained wrists. Kakashi was doing what he could to make sure none of them bleed out before he brought them back to his village. That's right; he was going to bring them back to the village. After all they needed medical attention.

"Be careful of Mir-o-ku he wraps up this thingie on his right hand- it's called the Kazaana, his daddy and grandpa had it too. It's very da-dange- it's bad," Kagome warned Kakashi when he approached Miroku. She slightly pouted when she couldn't pronounce the last word she wanted to it started to hurt when she breathed in and out. "Is San-go and Miroku okay?"

"Yeah, they're lot better off than you are." Kakashi stated quickly taking off his glove and slipping it onto the boy's right hand up before popping the boy's dislocated shoulder back into place. Miroku had rather nasty cuts on his legs, deep cuts on both his arms and lots of bruises.

"I'm glad they're okay…" Kagome said with a pained smile. To take her mind off the pain she looked around at the wreckage that had once been houses, then back at Kakashi. "What happened here?"

"You…don't remember?"

"Remember?" The word resonated in Kagome's skull and when she tried to remember what had happened to her it only gave her a throbbing headache. "I only remember the name Naraku."

Kakashi watched as the girl clutched her head in pain, she needed to go to the hospital as soon as possible but how he was going to bring back all three children? No one expected there to be a survivor- let alone three of them in the latest village attack, this was probably the first time there were survivors. He could bring the ones that needed medical attention the most first-which would be the two girls. But what if they youkai returned while he was gone and killed the boy? He could set up camp and stay with them until scouts were sent out to find him, but that could take days. Kagome needed medical attention right away. Kakashi rapidly went through all of the options possible in his head.

"Watcha doing?" Kagome asked as black spots started to eat away at her vision.

"I'm figuring out how to bring you and your friends back to get medical treatment. See there is three of you but only one of me." Kakashi said squatting to the ground near Kagome as he explained pointing to himself.

"Well there is Ki-ra-ra." Kagome said dizzily trying to point to the right one out of the bunch of twenty two tailed cat youkai she was seeing before coughing up blood.

'The small two tailed cat? Wait is it some sort of summon? If so what are its powers?' Kakashi thought as he could see that she had already bled through the bandages so he wrapped more around the wound. "What can Kirara do?"

Kagome she squinted her small eyes shut as she felt a painful tightening in her chest. Nodding her head towards Kirara she watched as Kakashi's one eye widened slightly in shock when the tiny neko [cat] was engulfed in a burst of flames and what emerged looked like a fearsome beast from many legends. "Kira..ra is reall..y s..tro..n…g." Kagome mumbled her eyes shut and she slumped over.

Kakashi looked over the giant saber tooth cat that was kneeling on the ground. It was no doubt that the cat would be the best mode of transportation in this situation. He quickly placed Miroku at the front and Sango, who he didn't expect to be that heavy then accounted the excess weight to come from the giant weapon on her back. He then went over and picked up Kagome. As Kakashi was mounting Kirara's back and she stood up on all fours he thought to himself, as he held onto two handfuls of dirty clumped together fur, that he had never been much of a cat person. Once he lightly dug his heels into Kirara's side she took off-literally, they were soaring through the air.

He was rather proud of himself he had successfully been able to fly a giant cat and managed to get Kirara to land on the roof of the Hokage's tower. Where she transformed back into her smaller form, all of this had been done without them being spotted. They really needed to get better watch guards….

"Ah Kakashi-" Hiruzen Sarutobi or better known as the Sandaime [Third Fire Shadow] stopped immediately noticed how unique the situation was, he placed his pipe down to give his undivided attention to Kakashi who held three children, two on his shoulders, one in his arms and there seemed to be a strange looking neko on the shinobi's [ninja's] head.

"Their names are Kagome, Sango, Miroku and the neko with two tails is Kirara. I found them in the most recently attacked village there are no other survivors. This girl right here, her name is Higurashi, Kagome she sustains more wounds then the other two yet she was momentarily conscious when I found her. I believe she should be monitored closer than the other two. Sango has a minor injuries and a couple of broken ribs. She is carrying around a large heavy boomerang weapon and a sword. The boy-Miroku also has minor injuries and appears to have a powerful Kekkei Genkai called the Kazaana which has the ability to suck things in." Kakashi said quickly spewing out his report as he started to feel Kagome's blood seep into his clothing.

The Sandaime quickly removed the weapons from Sango and called in four medic shinobi. Kirara, Sango and Miroku were taken away to the hospital but at the request of the Sandaime, Kagome was not. Instead her tiny arm was given a cast to stabilize the appendage once they had had set it into a good position. Kakashi looked away when they removed the top from the girl. If he had looked he would have noticed that the wound had healed quite a bit on its own from when he first saw it. Instead of being almost completely through her body it was only three fourths of the way now. The still massive wound was treated as much as the two medic nins could in the Hokage's office, without causing it to scar. Even now the small girl was at risk of having a nasty scar left behind as a horrible reminder of the wound.

"Alright you are both free to go thank you for your time," Hiruzen said glad that the young girl's- Kagome, her wound no longer seemed to be life threatening. One of the two medic nins wrapped the wound up and both of them bowed before returning back to the hospital, as they were dismissed by the Hokage. After a brief moment of thinking of who he was going to have take care of Kagome a face popped into his mind. He knew of someone who would love to take care of a little girl until she got better. "Kakashi I want you to take the girl to the Uchiha compound and hand her over to the Uchiha Matriarch, Mikoto-san."

The masked shinobi nodded. The Sandaime thought this was the best decision. Kakashi let out a sigh as he stood in front of the door to the Uchiha's head housing area. He secretly hoped that the leader of the clan, Fugaku, was still at work. The man did everything he could to show Kakashi how much he hated his guts for having the Uchiha clan's cherished sharingan. Kakashi looked down at the young girl and the harsh look in his eye softened before he sucked it up and rapped his knuckles on the door.

"Coming! Just a moment," A feminine voice called from the inside before the wooden door slid open to reveal Mikoto who quickly dried her wet hands on her apron. Her onyx eyes where already drawn towards the adorable little girl who Kakashi held in his arms. "Why isn't she in the hospital?" Mikoto demanded noticing the cast on the girl's right arm and how torn and bloody her clothing was.

"Uchiha-san, the Sandaime ordered me to bring Kagome-kun here. He wants you to closely monitor her recovery and report anything out of the ordinary to him," Kakashi soon found his arms empty as the Uchiha Matriarch was now cradling the girl. "She's six years old. If I'm correct she's around Sasuke's age."

"Oh Fugaku will learn to like her, Kagome-kun is the cutest little girl ever! She could probably pass for an Uchiha once she gets cleaned up. Don't worry I'll take care of you." The Uchiha Matriarch said to herself sliding the door close forgetting about Kakashi. Kakashi stood there for a moment staring at the door with his arms still up in the air until he registered what happened.

Mikoto wondered who could ever lay their hands on such an adorable girl like this, as she carefully washed all the dirt from the Kagome's battered body and untangled Kagome's messy hair. Then the Uchiha Matriarch completely redressed all of the Kagome's wounds after applying the clan's special antibacterial ointment.

Once Kagome was all cleaned up the woman clapped her hands together and let out a small squeal. The little girl was even more adorable than before! Mikoto was able to get some clothes from a friend who lived nearby that had a daughter that was all grown up now. After dressing Kagome up she placed the girl in the guest bedroom before making her way to the kitchen. "I hope Sasuke-kun isn't annoying Itachi-chan too much, he really does admire his Nii-san [older brother]." She murmured to herself as she skillfully chopped up some vegetables as she prepared dinner.

"Kaa-san, Tadaima." The voice of her eldest son announced to Mikoto that they were home. Itachi lethargically stepped to the side to dodge Sasuke almost fell on him, as he took off his sandals. His otouto [little brother] was so clumsy.

"Okaeri Itachi-chan and Sasuke-kun." Mikoto replied to her children giving them a warm smile as she welcomed them back. Once her husband returned home she would introduce and explain why there was staying in their quest bedroom, who she was and that she would be staying with them for the time being.

It had been only three days after the unconscious Kagome finally opened her eyes. By that time most of her wounds had already healed up, the one on her chest was still there though. Kagome's arm was still broken but Mikoto knew that would take the longest to heal. She couldn't help but embrace the dazed small girl while telling Kagome how kawaii she was. With big blue eyes that shone with innocence and her long black hair in two cute little piggley wiggley tails, courtesy of the Matriarch herself, anyone's heart would be instantly warmed with one glance at the adorable girl. So what if Kagome had a veracious appetite and almost polished off everything edible that Mikoto had in her kitchen before falling asleep on the table with a spoonful of rice halfway to her mouth? Mikoto didn't care there was finally another girl around the house!

She hadn't realized how lonely she was feeling before meeting Kagome. Even if the girl had not spoken a word, looked as if all of her was there and she was only momentarily awake long enough to eat, just two days ago. Mikoto had concluded that her body was only acting out on its own accord to get the nourishment it needed. Kagome was almost like the daughter Mikoto was never able to conceive. Of course she loved her two sons with her all her heart, but it just wasn't the same she thought to herself as she tucked her youngest son in bed and kissed his forehead. Then she repeated the exact same motion to Kagome, whom she had moved from the guest bedroom and onto a futon in Sasuke's room just because it was simpler that way. Mikoto slid the door shut and smiled as she made her way to her bedroom to join her husband.

A couple hours later two large blue eyes suddenly opened in the dark. Kagome's body had spent the last five days not only recovering but adjusting her memories that remained (from the encounter with Kanna) to fit her current age. She had just gone through all of the adjusted memories she had up until now, tears rolled down her cheeks and she let out a hiccup as she remembered that her family was now dead. It was dark all around her she felt so alone, where were Sango, Kirara and Miroku? Kagome let out another sob curling up into a ball.

"Ano, please don't cry." Sasuke tentatively whispered after waking up to hear the girl crying. 'Should I ask her what's wrong or ignore her like Nii-san does to me?' He did not know how to comfort another individual. His Chichi-ue [father] that Uchiha's were not allowed to cry, crying was a form of weakness and Uchiha's were not weak.

When the crying showed no signs of stopping Sasuke racked his brain what did his Kaa-san [mother] do when he used to cry? She wouldn't ask him what was wrong; instead she would hold him and tell him everything was going to be alright. Sasuke left the warmth of his bed and awkwardly got his arms around the crying girl and repeatedly whispered, "Everything is going to be alright."

Sasuke let out a groan when the next morning, there were bright flashing lights in his face. He turned away from the light and buried his face deeper into his pillow. There were a couple more flashes before Sasuke cracked one of his eyes open only to watch his mother quickly scamper out of his room. Closing the door behind her Mikoto's grin was insanely wide as she held a camera in her hands. Sasuke did not register what had happened instead he pulled the covers over his head as he rolled over and fell back asleep.

Kagome let out a yawn and quickly sat up abruptly. She really had to pee, really badly. Throwing the covers off of her body she dashed outside into the hallway where she did a small jig as her eyes darted around trying to locate the bathroom. There were too many doors that looked all alike! Kagome opened the door diagonally across the room she was currently in and held onto the side as she constantly twisted and untwisted her legs together.

Itachi had been lying awake on his bed staring at his ceiling before his attention was adverted when his door was rather violently slid open. Hopefully it wasn't his otouto wanting to practice throwing kunai with him because he wanted to make their Chichi-ue proud when he started at the academy in three weeks. When Itachi wasn't busy training for a mission his otouto could be such a nuisance, at times. Itachi slowly lifted his head up and arched an eyebrow at the girl his Kaa-san was taking care of. Kagome was her name, and she was crazily dancing around all over the place outside his door.

"Sumimasen [excuse me], where is the bathroom!?!" Kagome asked now rolling around on the floor tempted to grab her crotch to keep her pee inside herself for a little while longer. Her bladder was about to explode and all the boy could do was just stare at her, like she was some sort of freak!

The prodigy pointed to the door that was two doors down to her right.

"Arigato [Thanks]!" Kagome said quickly closing the boy's door behind her before running into the bathroom.

Itachi blinked twice looking at his closed door, before a chuckle escaped past his lips. Kagome was as ungracefully as his otouto but she much cuter. Shaking his head placed his head back down on his pillow. The image of Kagome dancing around outside his door, needing to pee really badly made him let out a burst of quiet chuckles. He didn't know if there had ever been a time he had laughed at something because it was actually funny. His laughter was usually caused by other individual's pain or people's screams of terror as they tried to run from him.

Kagome let out a sigh of utter relief as she washed her hands and her face. 'That was a close one, I almost wet myself.' Her stomach then let out a ferocious grumble, making it known to Kagome that she needed some sustenance. She followed her nose out of the bathroom and peeked around a corner.

"Ano…Ohayo gozaimashita [Um…Good morning]." Kagome said smiling nervously as she greeted the woman who was in the kitchen.

"Ah! Ohayo Kagome-kun. It's good to see that you're all better! I'm Uchiha, Mikoto." She replied just as she cracked three eggs into another frying pan, just as two slices of toast came out of the toaster. "Kagome-kun, would you please take those out and put them on that plate?"

"Hai [Yes]!" Just as she had completed the small task given to her, Kagome's stomach let out another deafening roar of hunger. When the woman who somehow knew her name, turned around and blinked owlishly at her, Kagome felt her face heat up from embarrassment. Soon enough she found giant plates piled so high with food, that her body was obscured from a passerby's view. "Itadakimasu! [Thank you for the food!]"

"Mikoto what is-" Fugaku stopped when he noticed the hills of food on his table slowly disappearing, in only a couple more minutes they were completely clean. His onyx eyes came into contact with two bright blue orbs that looked back into his eyes while a piece of bacon hung from a tiny mouth. "…"

"This is Kagome-kun, the girl I've been helping recover for the last five days," Mikoto said as she placed two freshly cooked eggs on his plate that had two pieces of toast on it. Her husband folded his legs to sit at their table his arms resting near his plate. Mikoto on the other hand, piled up the empty plates and placed them in the sink to be washed. "Kagome-kun was the food good?"

"Un! Doumo arigatou gozaimashita! [Yeah! Thank you very much!] Mikoto-san." Kagome said bowing as much as her satisfied bulging stomach would let her. She unknowingly had Mikoto to thank for being able to move around normally. When Kagome was unconscious Mikoto stretched out Kagome's limbs every couple of hours to make sure when Kagome woke up she wouldn't have any problems moving around from being so stiff and weak.

Mikoto sat down to eat with her husband, looking at him curiously as he slightly narrowed his eyes at Kagome. She rolled her eyes at Fugaku as she bit into her piece of toast. If she knew her husband as well as she knew she did, he was probably criticizing and scrutinizing every inch of the orphan girl this very second.

Fugaku observed the strange girl who his wife had become very fond of. He had to agree with Mikoto that Kagome could almost pass as being part of the Uchiha clan. With flawless pale skin and dark hair, but the blue eyes was a dead giveaway that she was not. Other than looks the girl did not even come close to having any potential-power wise, to be an Uchiha. As a matter of fact she was shorter than average for children her age and appeared to be very weak. Fugaku didn't care about weaklings, so long as they were not his own children. A knock at the door drew Fugaku's scrutinizing gaze away from Kagome, the head of the Uchiha house hold got up to answer the door.

"Uchiha Itachi is being requested for an urgent mission." A voice could be heard from the door.

"I'm here." Itachi announced before his father could call for him. He had all his stuff already together.

"H-hai then onegai [please] come with me-" The shinobi stuttered, this was the first day on the job he was surprised to learn that this was THE Uchiha Itachi he bowed to show his respect for the child prodigy.

"I know my way there," Itachi said curtly before acknowledging his father "Chichi-ue." Then Itachi made sure his sandals where securely on his feet before opening the front sliding door.

"Itachi-chan don't you want some breakfast?" Mikoto questioned coming out from the kitchen.

"Iie [no]." Then with that reply Itachi was gone.

"I am going to work now." Fugaku stated before he too was also gone.

"Kaa-san what's with all the noise?" A sleepy Sasuke asked rubbing one of his eyes as he finally emerged from his bedroom his hair tussled and shirt disheveled.

"Itachi-chan was sent on a mission and your Chichi-ue just left for work," Mikoto answered getting ready to prepare Sasuke's breakfast. "Go get cleaned up then come eat. After that you can show Kagome-kun around the Uchiha compound."

Kagome followed Sasuke who pointed to certain places before he led her to the Uchiha training area. Sasuke was throwing his brand new set of Kunai trying to hit the centers of five targets. Her eyes automatically followed the movement of each sharp projectile as they spun through the air.

"Wanna try?" Sasuke asked after he had thrown the kunai a couple more times, his best right now was 3 on dead center and the other two were just outside of the center ring. There were no children his age to play with in the Uchiha compound and his Chichi-ue strictly forbad him to play with the village kids. In his Chichi-ue's words, they weren't good enough to play with an Uchiha child.

"Un!" Kagome replied smiling as she fumbled to hold onto all five Kunai in her tiny left hand. She had to use her left hand to throw the projectiles since her right arm was stuck in a cast. She looked at each target and tossed the first Kunai. It flipped madly in the air before embedding itself into the bark of the tree. The next one she threw bounced off the target leaving a small dent, the one after that didn't even make it to the target and the next one ended up embedding itself in the tree behind her. Getting frustrated Kagome stuck her tongue out the remaining target. She closed her eyes and threw it. When she opened them she jumped up and down clapping, it had barely embedded itself on the outermost ring. "Your turn!"

They had been taking turns throwing the Kunai at the targets for a quite awhile before Sasuke grinned triumphantly. He managed to get his kunai to land in the center of each target three times in a row now. While Kagome on the other hand, was just happy when all of her Kunai landed on the target. They went back when Mikoto called them in for lunch then after eating they threw Shuriken into the targets.

At the end of dinner when they were clearing up the plates Sasuke summoned enough courage to tell his father what he had accomplished. "Chichi-ue I managed to get my Kunai and Shuriken in the center of the five targets a couple of times!" Fugaku just placed his hand on his son's head slightly ruffling his hair before walking off.

"That's great Sasuke-kun soon you'll hit the centers of the targets all the time!" Mikoto praised kissing her son on the forehead. Watching as he rubbed the spot with his sleeve making an unhappy face.

"Kaa-san I'm too old for that now! Strong shinobi don't get kissed on their foreheads before they go out on a mission!"

"Iie, but they do grow stronger as they try to protect the things they love most and fight for the right reason. Okay wash up and off to bed you two. Oyasuminasai [Have a good night]" Mikoto dictated giving both Sasuke and Kagome a gentle push in the direction she wanted them to go. 　

"Sasuke-chan?" Kagome questioned the darkness walking over to him.

"........Un…?" Came the sleepy grunt from the tired boy, who was sleeping on his bed this time. He let out a light snore signaling that he had already fallen asleep.

"Arigatou [thanks] for last night." She whispered giving him a quick peck on the cheek before going back to the futon that had set out for her and closing her eyes.

The next six days flew by, they read books, played tag (though Kagome spent most of the time being 'it') and hide and go seek (Kagome didn't know how she did it put she could always feel where Sasuke was hiding). One of those days Mikoto and Kagome dressed Sasuke up as a girl while he was sleeping and took pictures with him. Kirara had sniffed her out and had visited her on many occasions careful not to get seen by any of the Uchiha's.

Kirara let Kagome know that Sango and Miroku were alright and they were at the hospital she did this by bringing her their hospital bands. Sometimes Kagome would sit on the sidelines watching when Sasuke's Chichi-ue wanted to teach his youngest son something. When she got tired of watching them she found Mikoto in the kitchen cooking something and willing to teach Kagome everything she knew about cooking. Mikoto was delighted to find out that Kagome was a really fast learner and shared with Kagome her family's favorite recipes.

"Kirara are you sure this is the place?" Sango asked following the tiny neko into a more secluded part of the village. Kirara nodded her head in confirmation and continued to lead them to where Kagome was staying. "Miroku hurry up or you'll get left behind!"

"There are so many attractive girls in the blessed village of Konoha!" Miroku said to himself before he had to jog to keep up with Sango and Kirara. He kept getting distracted by all the giggling girls stopping to look at them before getting yelled at by his female companion.

They had woken up in the hospital completely healed three days ago. They spent the day after they woke up getting checked over and over again by nurses who kept them two more nights making sure they gained back some of their muscle strength. One nurse then gave them some medicine before she finally deemed them ready to be released. The same day they were released they were brought to the Hokage tower and registered themselves in Konoha, telling the Sandaime, who was the village leader, what had happened to their village.

The two children were absolutely positive a man named Naraku was the cause of it and they didn't know of any living relatives. The Sandaime decided that he would grant citizenship to Konoha to Sakimitama, Sango, Kushimitama, Miroku and Higurashi, Kagome. He enrolled all three of them into the ninja academy and had been nice enough to provide them with somewhere to stay. They spent the night at their two bedroom one bathroom apartment on the rundown side of the town but it was completely free of charge. The Sandaime also told them that they would also be getting a small sum of money at the beginning of each month.

As soon as Sango and Miroku woke up they started their search for Kagome. Hopefully Kagome wasn't in any danger. They both knew that she had a knack for getting herself into dangerous situations. What they found strange was that both of them didn't feel like something was right. They didn't know exactly what was wrong but they just knew something wasn't the way it was supposed to be. Both of them settled on the fact that their families were dead, though secretly both knew that wasn't the real reason. Soon enough they forgot about their weird feelings, as they lay in the hospital beds once they were brought to a giant tower and introduced to the Sandaime who returned the weapons found on Sango and gave them some new clothes.

"Miroku are you actually going to knock on the door or just stare at it all day?!" Sango hissed under her breath, with Kirara perched on her shoulder. They were just standing in front of the door to the biggest house in the entire compound. She knew that it meant their friend was staying in the head of the clan's home.

"Just be patient Sango, maybe someone will come outside and I will not have to knock at all." Miroku's replied before swallowing the sudden lump that formed in his throat, which was caused by Sango's intense stare.

"Okay then move, I'll do it." Sango said letting out a sigh as she brushed past Miroku to knock on the door when it suddenly slid wide open.

A tall scary looking man had opened the door. Fugaku frowned as he looked at the shocked faces of two small children who appeared to be only a year older than Sasuke. Before he left for the Uchiha Military Police Force he spoke behind him, "Mikoto there are children at the door."

"Alright sweetheart, have a good day at work, and who might you two be?"

"Sango! Miroku!" Kagome called running out of the house and hugging the both of them.

"Oh so you are Sango-chan and Miroku-chan! I'm Uchiha, Mikoto and Kagome-kun has told me all about you guys, please come inside," Mikoto said and before either Sango or Miroku could protest she ushered them into her house and seated them at the kitchen table. "Wow what a kawaii neko! What's her name?" Kirara was immediately air born and held by the Uchiha Matriarch. "Her fur is so soft and beautiful!"

"Kirara." Sango replied slightly frightened by the exuberant lady swinging Kirara around in circles. Sango was disgusted with Miroku who was drooling as he stared at Mikoto's ass. Well she supposed it was better than what he would normally do-which was….? She couldn't remember but it was definitely more perverted then what he was doing now.

"How have you guys been?" Kagome asked they looked a lot better from the last time she saw them which was twelve days ago.

"Good, good! We are all enrolled into the shinobi academy and we now have a place to stay," Miroku answered before dramatically clutching his shirt where his heart would be. "But it hasn't been the same without you, I was so alone and the nights were harsh and I couldn't even see your lovely face to comfort me-"

"Mirkou why are you holding my hands?" Kagome asked slipping her hands out from his clutches before scooting away from him, that's right- she remembered Miroku is an ecchi da [pervert].

"Well Uchiha-san we really must be going now-" Sango started but was cut off by Mikoto.

"You can't just stay for breakfast? Kagome-kun and I made some delicious pancakes and there is enough for everyone! I'll get Kirara a nice bowl of warm milk and I'm sure I have some left over fish somewhere in the fridge."

And as if on cue both Miroku and Sango stomach's rumbled at the thought of food. Without them having to say anything plates piled high with pancakes where placed in front of them with a cup full of freshly squeezed orange juice. While everyone was eating Mikoto was going through rooms full of things that her family would be willing to give to the poor orphaned children. By the time everyone was done eating Mikoto had returned with three large boxes and one medium sized one.

"Mikoto-san what are all those boxes for?" Kagome asked when Mikoto finally sat back down at the clean kitchen table. Sango and Miroku had washed and dried all the dishes that everyone had used while the Matriarch was tossing things into boxes.

"They are things for your new home. There is just couple of things that I am more than happy to give away. The smaller box has clothes in it." Mikoto said smiling as she sipped her cup of tea.

"Well domo arigatou gozaimashita for taking care of Kagome all this time, for the breakfast and for these boxes Uchiha-san." Sango said bowing deeply after writing down their address for Mikoto who had asked for it. When Sango was done she handed the paper to Mikoto who stored it away in her apron, so she couldn't lose track of it. Sango then picked up two of the big boxes while Miroku was going to take the last two. They both knew that Kagome's arm was broken by- that youkai- Naraku.

"Domo arigatou gozaimashita Uchiha-san." Miroku bowed deeply as well before picking up the two boxes.

"It was no problem at all Sango-chan and Miroku-chan you are welcome here anytime," Mikoto said smiling as she watched them go out the front door. "You have such good friends Kagome-kun. Make sure you always show them how much they mean to you."

"Okay! Iro iro arigatou [Thank you for everything] Mikoto-san!" Kagome said before hugging the Uchiha Matriarch around the neck.

"I want you to have this; it's to make sure you will visit me every now and again. You can are welcomed to come stay here whenever you wish," Mikoto had handed Kagome a spare key to the house. Giving the girl one more hug she stroked the two tailed neko receiving a purr of gratitude in response. "Sayonara [Goodbye] Kagome-kun, Sango-chan, Miroku-chan and Kirara-kun."

"Kaa-san what's with all the noise?" Sasuke asked leaning in the frame of his door after he had finally dragged himself out of bed.

Who else has done the infamous 'I have to pee' dance?

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