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The Miko and the Heir: Purgatory.
Info: [post massacre, AU for Kagome, and reversion from the last few chapters of IY manga]
Disclaimer: i don't own Inuyasha or Naruto or any of its characters, nor do i make money from these fanfictions.
Warning: Lang, mature content
AN:I still didn't beta :p - MPB
Purgatory.
Purgatory - the place where souls remain until they have expiated their sins and can move on.
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The first time they saw each other, they both looked lost. The nearly sixteen year old time traveling miko was not of this world, didn't know about chakra, jutsu, or anything else ninja; which is why unless you were an evil demon she would never be able to harm you and even then she wouldn't like doing it. He was a former clan heir, a prodigy, a mass murderer, but he was a young man of peace who had been given a mission to kill his own for their traitorous plans, he was just shy of fourteen. But they were both lost and waiting for what was to come.
She tended him in the only way she knew how, with powers that were not of this world and he found himself drawn to her purity even if it could, not that either knew at the time, harm him. The first time he overused his Mangekyo Sharingan, it was she that he'd gone to, and it was she that told him of the curse on his blood, that blindness would come to him if he continued to use it. He didn't hide from her, not like he did the rest of the world. Only with her was he open, sometimes whiney, only with her did he let his real personality shine through the one that had been nearly dead under the weight of being the heir of the Uchiha. Most days he hated that he had to kill them, but at the same time had he not, he never would have met her.
Kagome for the most part grew to understand this land more, grew to understand that here it was 'kill or be killed,' peace was almost a pipe dream, and that even children were murderers. She missed her home, she missed Sengoku Jidai, but she had found some measure of peace here with this young man, Itachi. He came in and out of her life at first. Always coming to her when he was hurt. It seemed only chance that they had met one day not long before when it was raining. He'd been wearing a slightly large black jacket like cloak with red clouds on it. She was wearing something more fitting of the place she'd been sent to rather then the school uniform she had been wearing after the jewel sent her here.
For the most part which neither could explain they were drawn towards one another, even when she soon began to hear rumors of men wearing the same cloaks doing horrible things to people around the country. She had questioned him about it, and he did not deny it. She asked him 'why,' and again he did not lie, she could always tell when he did, as ninja didn't know about aura reading. The story he told, of his clan, his orders, his duty, his failure, his need to protect his village even if they thought him to be traitorous and dishonorable, it was something she could understand. His life was much the same as one of her friends in the Feudal era, only there was no Naraku, but a Madara this time.
It was then that she gave him a necklace, nothing special to the outside world but it would link them, a small chain with small circular hoops about three inches apart from one another. It was not like a subjugation necklace but not completely different, it connected them on a level that Kagome had only ever made once before. It would let her know when he was in danger, or when he needed aid. He was becoming precious to her, and she didn't even understand the implications of how that would turn out against them. When he was not by her side which was much more often then she would like she was left to think of why she was here.
The philosopher's question to why someone existed was not lost on her, but why here? Why now? She theorized in one way this was her Purgatory. While she was not one to honestly believe in such things as she had traveled with a Buddhist monk, did know that reincarnation did happen, and she was a Shinto miko. It was the only explanation she could give, it was in this world all alone that she would have to wait out her sins. She had been sent here, she was sure, because of the fact that she was unknowing of what she was to guard and how many precious lives had really been lost over so few months. This was her Purgatory, and perhaps its was Itachi's too.
Either way over time they were everything to one another. She found herself at a tea shop in a small town that had no ninja and hardly ever saw a passerby, and he would come to her as often as he could. He was sixteen when he first kissed her in a way that was not platonic, and had he watched in amusement how red she had blushed. Only to find himself the one blushing when the eighteen year old kissing him back just as lovingly and with a raw passion he was not at all used to. It didn't go much further then this at that time, but they cared for one another, their connection and need for the other only seemed to grow. Again she didn't care that his hands were some of the most deadly, had killed so many, they were hands that touched her delicately, lovingly.
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She was nineteen when they went far beyond kissing on one visit, and she gave the seventeen year old a gift that no other could have. He had cherished her and worshiped her. She has soothed his pain for his soul had cried out in anguish at what he had said and done to his younger brother once more, having just seen him again not days before. He had needed that moment, and she had willingly given it for she had been wanting him for longer then she would care to admit. The once innocent kisses had long ago started a blazing inferno of wantonness in her being. She cried out his names to the heavens claiming him as god over her body, he willingly accepted the roll claiming her as his own in every way a male could lay claim on a female.
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He had just turned eighteen when she gave birth to his first child. It had been a shock but at the same time he couldn't help but feel pleased. He wondered for a moment if his father had felt such pride in him the moment he held his first child, never knowing that Fugaku under all of it truly did love his own children but had no way of showing it. Itachi had been as shocked as she that their few times coupling had resulted in her becoming pregnant but he was pleased over all. He'd just turned eighteen, and had never thought himself to be a father, but she had given him a gift that he would never be able to thank her enough for.
As it was, it was looking as though his son might be the only true Uchiha left. His brother had run off to Orochimaru, which left him feeling so very hallow, and Madara could not reproduce because of how he had gained his Eternal eyes. It had not been a task he had even wanted, being the one who slayed the clan he had not thought he would be the one to make it live on. He was content in the thought though, pleased that his son was alive and well, as he looked down at the child, so tiny and small, needing his strength, he could only feel a myriad of emotions that left him feeling both weak and infinitely stronger. He would do what ever it took to make the world a better place for his son to grow up in, it was a promise he made the night his son was born.
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By the time she was twenty two they both knew he was dying. The curse on his blood was far too strong and her powers were not as strong as they had once been, more so they were more dormant now that she had given birth and harder to access. Though she wished with all her might that she could save him, she knew that she could not, she'd tried. Their son was two years old, and would have hardly any memories of his father, and so Kagome asked that he write down all the things that he would wish to tell their son, when ever he could. Their remaining time was spent in each other loving arms, with their son. Creating all the memories that would have to last a life time. He told her that he wanted her to love again, that she had too much love to let it just waste away, and while she fought him on it, it was something he forced her to promise. He didn't want her light to burn out in this harsh world. Any time they spent together was always spent making memories, making love, spending soothing hours just holding one another. Their time was short, measured, and fleeting, it was precious.
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He was twenty one when he died.
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The twenty three year old felt it, their connection break, ripped apart, which meant he had been killed as the break would not have hurt so much had he just died. She knew of his plans to make his own brother be the trigger so to speak, and part of her wanted to hate this Sasuke whom she had never met before for his part in her husband's death. This younger boy that had taken her Itachi, taken the man she loved and father of the child he knew nothing about, and the son that had just turned three. She could not hate Sasuke though, it had been part of Itachi's plan for it to end this way, so that he could make sure Sasuke was as safe as he could be, so indirectly their son would never have to face Madara. She had been washing dishes when she felt the connection snap, her world had come crumbling down, and the dish in her hand had fallen and shattered on the floor. For the first time ever her toddler aged son had cried along with her.
It wasn't all that safe for her to use jutsu considering she was pregnant, but that very night she had teleported her to the place the necklace had rested, where his body was. Covered in blood and bruises this was not the way she had ever wanted to see him. She cried, nearly sobbing at the sight of him, the man that was two years younger then her. The one that had shared her Purgatory with her, his sin's had obviously been atoned for while she was left without him, to raise their son, and the child they had created the last time they saw one another, alone. Kagome didn't linger though, she did what she came to do. Making a copy of his body for those who would want it, she placed a seal over his real body and sealed it into a scroll. He was a son of Uchiha, a son of Konoha, a hero and she would see that they all knew it. She would see that the village he had been dishonored for, had sacrificed his almost everything for, knew it, and all that he had done for them. She would lay him to rest on his native soil, and raise their children there, she would make sure that he did not die in vain.
Teleporting back to her home, she never noticed that his brother was somewhere in the same layer, or she might have taken him to if she had, then again she might have tried to kill him, either way, no one in Akatsuki was ever the wiser. When she got home she spent a day or two making preparations. From the moment she had first found out she was pregnant, he had married her right then, this had been their home. The building and location were in the Tea country, were there were few ninja to begin with, the location one of the most rural, the people there knew he was ninja but he protected them along with his family so they cared not, over looked anything out of the ordinary.
She spent time taking in everything, forcing her powers to the surface while making seals so that one day she could bring her children back and tell them that this was home, that their father had been here, had made this. She told the head man of the village they were leaving and that the cottage was seal away. No one would be able to get near it for it was a miko barrier. As long as she lived it would hold. She had found out long ago that her powers were not gone, but they were a bit more dormant so as not to harm those she loved. Itachi did have demon blood in him, her children did not have to worry, they were immune.
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She had only been a few weeks pregnant when he'd died, but she was three months to date when she'd heard that Konoha had been destroyed. Traveling with a three year old alone, and while pregnant was not fast. She had a summons in the form of a crow, Itachi's summons, that forewarned her of anything she herself could not feel. Often they took the road less traveled, and avoided all that they could. Her bow and arrow, long since stashed away since she had come to this world had been pulled out once she became a mother. She was not a ninja, but she could pinpoint a living being, or a clone, no matter how much they tried to hide, for none knew how to hide their aura, silly ninja and their chakra didn't know a thing about ki or auras. She had relearned her weapon and for the most part it was how they caught dinner for her and their son, Souta.
She smiled a sad smile, for he looked just like his father.
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Kagome was five months pregnant when she'd finally reached the once destroyed village. It was still being rebuilt, and already the Godaime Hokage was back in power, Kagome knew nothing of Danzo's reign as it was not important to her. For the most part, she wasn't trusted, but she had revealed to them things they didn't know about. For the most part, an S-class criminal really wasn't thought of to be trusted, but when the woman claiming to be Uchiha-Higurashi, Kagome, wife of Uchiha, Itachi gave up documents that not only proved that Itachi was a loyal son of Konoha, that had the signatures of the former Sandaime, Danzo, and both Mitokado, Homura and Utatane, Koharu. There was nothing any of them could say to disprove it or her documents, they were real. Further more not only did she have the proof but when Tsunade went so far as to threaten the two elders, they had answered that it was true.
The looks that they had gotten were enough to kill. The soon to be mother who was just starting to show a belly bump even though she thought it was a bit early, had told them in no unclear terms, 'that if they ever even thought to use Itachi's sons,'for she knew she would have another boy,'in any way that she disapproved of she would personal slaughter them in a way that left even shinobi that were veteran in the arts of killing with nightmares.' They all learned that day why Kagome was Itachi's wife, she was what most of them would have thought he would pick to be his bride, someone who was not only beautiful but graceful, someone who was strong willed, and refused to back down, some one who was sincere in keeping her promise. They knew she was not ninja, she had told them that herself but she did knew things, and she could kill and would if need be, particularly when it came to her children.
They respected her, and feared her, she was Uchiha in every way one would expect for them to be.
Kagome used money that had been storied up since she had come to this world to rebuild the Uchiha compound. It was similar but different. It was tactical in its planning, and many wondered more about this single Uchiha matriarch. She was an oddity and did not flaunt who she was. People wanted to know everything there was to know aobut her, but she was a privte person. It took a bit of time, but when she was able to in secret she laid his body to rest there on those grounds. She mourned for him all over again that night.
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Later Kagome found herself becoming friends easily with Naruto and his sensei, Kakashi, she was wary of the pink haired girl, not only because of the unnatural hair colored - that Kagome had never even seen once on a demon before, but because of the covert looks she gave her and her son. The pink haired one was not one that she trusted, though she wanted to, she could not bring herself to do it. As for Kakashi and Naruto, they were the only ones Itachi had told her she could fully trust. Kakashi for the fact that he was very similar to Itachi in all ways that her husband had known him, and Naruto because he would never let her down if it was in his power not to. She never told them that was why she was more open with them then any other.
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She was seven months pregnant when a shadow moved in her home one night as she should be laying asleep, she couldn't help to call out to it, "Are you here to kill us too?" Scarlet colored eyes that were so familiar to her, yet completely different and wrong looked back at her. His vestige so similar to Itachi's save his hair, which did make her want to giggle. But sadness enveloped her instead, she wanted to cry because he reminded her so much of Itachi only a few years before. The once avenger Uchiha, Sasuke looked at the woman that he had heard his brother had married, had a family with.
He himself found her to be gorgeous. Long black hair, dark eyes that he couldn't tell the color of, pale skin, she was everything that the Uchiha looked for in a wife and mate, and kami-sama her voice was the stuff of wet dreams. He 'hn'd' unceremoniously as he looked her over, noticing that her child lay in bed behind her, noticing that for the most part while this compound lay where the old one had, it was nothing like the place he had grown up.
There were hardly any painful memories here.
"I have not." he stated simply after a moment of silence. He noticed still she was tense.
"Have you been sent by Madara?" she asked, again her voice sending shivers down his spine and he fought to let them not be known.
Again a moment passed before he answered, "I was not." she waited once more before she spoke.
"That is something we can be thankful for, I would hate to have to kill you when Itachi died so that you could live. But I will protect myself and our children even if you were his brother." He felt his chest ache in pain for he knew her words were nothing but truth and while months ago he had killed his brother in what he thought was vengeance he knew now that he had slaughtered the only one who had ever really cared for him. He knew she was right to not like him, she might even want to kill him, and she had every right to want to do so, especially when it came to protecting what was theirs. He 'hn'd' once more catching a magical light in her eye before it was gone again, he again could see why Itachi had chosen her as his, had even gone so far as to marry her. "What are you here for?" she asked. Watching as he nodded his head over to the slumbering child and seeing her eyes turn from warm and welcoming to hard and cold instantly.
He clarified, "I heard he had a son, and that his wife was with child. I came to see if it was true." Kagome backed away from him, she would never let her eyes leave him, not until he was proven trustworthy in her own books. She moved towards her son and pulled back a blanket that he had snuggled into, they heard his murmur of discontent as he shifted to gain his warmth back. Sasuke sucked in a breath at the sight of the chibi Itachi, it was as if someone had taken a clone and shrank it, adding a bit more chub to it. There was no doubt in his mind that this boy and the one she carried were in fact his brother's children, again he felt a wave of pain hit him, knowing that he was the reason that they would never know their father. Kagome seemed to be able to read him, something he wasn't sure if he liked or not.
"He was dying you know." The miko and mother kept her eye on her brother-in-law as she spoke, while covering her child with his beloved blanket. "The Mangekyo is capable of great and terrible things, but always at a price, the first is blindness the second is death. He told me once he found out from Madara that he could stop both curses of the 'gift' if he took your eyes. Madara did the same to his own younger brother and created what he called the 'Eternal Mangekyo.' But even it has a price, a longer life and the ability to reproduce taken. Itachi never wanted to do that to you, so he started plotting for you to become strong enough so that you would be the hand that took his life, and in doing so…" She trailed off, as understanding came across his face. He had the Magekyo because of Itachi, it was not something he'd gained by slaughtering his best friend.
For this Itachi had died, so that he might have a chance to stand up to Madara without having the curses placed upon him for it was not he who had developed them. His brother had really loved him. "But I'm sure you noticed by now, your Magekyo isn't as strong as Itachi's, and it hurts to use it because it is not your own. It will be something like Kakashi-kun's eye, it will strain you to use it because you did not create it." she paused to allow him to register her words. "If you can avoid doing so you should. While you more then likely won't gain the blood curse or blindness, there is no telling what you might have. Uchiha blood is unstable. He told me about how breeding was done within the clan, and how your parents were second cousins. Here, its probably not well known, but when you breed beings to closely related together, you get nothing but instability. You might go crazy, and you'd never even realize it until it was too late." Sasuke listened to her. She sounded stern and sincere in her warning.
There was much to think about. But he knew he wouldn't be able to stay here, already he could feel ANBU coming towards them, Kakashi, and Naruto as well. He had to ask, "What will you tell them?" he noticed then her smile, and it was that moment that he again envied his brother. For him to have found this creature, this woman, Sasuke would try to make her his in time, if she allowed it but he would not press his luck, she was Itachi's and he'd respect that if she wished it. If he could he would make her his own though, if he couldn't then he would try to find someone similar. He would still want her as a friend though, it was all so foreign to him now, he wondered if Itachi had felt this way in her presence.
"The truth. But, if you don't want to be caught then I suggest you leave now." He nodded and was almost gone before her heard her voice again. "I'm due in about two mouths. Your welcome to come so long as its just you. If Madara shows up…" she left it unsaid, and he nodded before he was gone. ANBU, Kakashi and Naruto showed up only moments later. Many chorus' of 'Are you aright?' were echoed. Like she said she would, Kagome told them all the truth. Of their conversation, even of her inviting him to the birth of her child. They all seemed shocked, but again she reminded him, that it was Itachi that had set Sasuke on his path, and that for the most part most of his actions were taken without knowing all of the truth. That he did now know it. She couldn't speak for his continued involvement but at the same time, she would not let them speak negatively of what he'd done in the past. Aside from her children he was technically all the family she had left in the world.
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Kagome had just given birth to a son and a surprise a very small little girl, who seemed to be able to hide from everyone. Both Kagome and the babes were in the same room, they had gotten many visitors in the last few hours, but it was the silent and bloodied Sasuke that made her fret. She didn't like him all that much yet but she did worry over him, it was just in her nature to be that way, and even if she didn't want to admit it, he was in fact family. He barely had time to look at her newest children before he warned her that Madara was on his way, and unfortunately he passed out.
Madara had heard of Itachi's female, and knew that she had a child already and more on the way. While he didn't really like children he knew at this point they were the only true Uchiha left - considering Sasuke was tainted by the snake, and he wanted them. He, however was not aware that while Kagome was Itachi's female, she was also the Shikon Miko. The eldest Uchiha and master mind of it all, had appeared not more then moments after the other had passed out and it was then that he understood why Itachi has chosen Kagome, - never knowing that they had chosen each other, and it had nothing to do with power. Miko powers for the most part stayed asleep because they would hurt Itachi, and any other that had diluted demon blood within them, anyone that had a Kekki genkki would feel what was about to happen.
Agonizing holy white billowed out of her body, her children were safe, immune, the former clan starter was anything but. His body was blasted against the wall, causing it to crash open as if a larger brawler had crushed it. Kagome followed in her hospital gown, her hair blowing on winds made up of her own deadly power, as she formed a barrier around the man's heart, and crushes it. There would be no long drawn out battle, he did not deserve such mercy to try and win his freedom, he had no honor so he deserved none.
Konoha nin filed in as close as they could watching in mute shock and amazement as the miko who had only given birth just hours before took out one of the most dangerous in the ninja world without breaking a sweat. But with the threat gone, her powers receded, and the miko began to collapse. The copy nin caught her.
"What are you?" he couldn't help but ask, his fashion blunt as he would always be. He watched with his one normal eye as she smiled just so and answered him.
"I am miko." and she passed out. Only the Copy ninja heard her answer when Tsunade swooped in to make sure she was okay. It was a day or more before she woke up, and of course Naruto and Kakashi were there waiting, the surprise was Sasuke was too. She smiled at them all, reporting on how she felt when the Hokage showed up. It was clear that the woman had things to ask, obviously wanting to know about the power source and what she had done. After inspecting the corpse of Madara, and disposing of anything that would give away village secrets, noting what might need to be, and harvesting what could be; Tsunade had been shocked to find that the man's hard had imploded, but at the same time it was burnt on some parts.
"I need to talk with Kagome alone." She stated. But Kagome stopped them from going.
"These men are men I trust, and Sasuke….Is family." Tsunade obviously didn't want to talk with more in the room but without her knowing it, Kagome was insuring that she was safe from the Hokage, one could never tell what a leader would or wouldn't do. They had to look after their people and Kagome's little show of power could be what made her a threat. She had already made threat that she would keep on the village elder's lives should they attempt ever another issue like they had with Itachi.
"Fine, fine." The blond said noticing the men taking their seats once more. "I need you to tell me what happened." Again Kagome saw no reason to lie to these people, but she would not have any one hearing this story. A barrier that the ninja didn't seem to notice went up. The kyuubi though shivered at the feeling, informing his host what had happened, the often times falsely happy blond didn't say a word though, he knew what it was like to hold and keep secrets.
"Have you ever heard of the legend of the Shikon no Tama?" Asked the miko with a far away look in her eye, the Hokage didn't know what to think. In her wondering she had come across the tale but thought much of it to be fake, and impossible. She wondered what this young woman could possible have to say to add to the story. Needless to say though, she wanted answers. She confirmed that she had heard of it, but that it was a very long time ago, possible more then 1500 years back before the Great Fall of Man kind and the world realignment into what was now known as the elemental countries. This all gave Kagome insight she had never thought about before. In all her time here that dating system had never worked out, she had simply assumed she was in another world, not another time.
Regardless the miko began her story starting at the day she turned fifteen and ending with Madara's death. Of course it was all too much to believe, and so she showed them. Pulling the completed Shikon from her body by sheer will alone. The power if gave off was staggering, and the miko replaced it once again without thought or care. Her next words were directed at Naruto, "Tell your captive that I will purify him out of existence if he even thinks about the jewel." her eyes were narrowed into dangerous little slits that promised pain. "I have killed thousands of fools who have come for this power, human, hanyou and demon alike, I have faced and taken down Naraku. You, Kitsune-san, are no match for this Kagome. Naruto, if he ever even starts about it, tell me and I will end his existence in your body. That is a promise." The blond could only nod and was grateful that there was someone alive that could in fact end the kitsune's life if needed to. Too many times he had gained tails and power that he could not control. Once, even though he had saved the village, he had been completely lost to demonic fires that he had no business trying to control.
There was silence in the room for more then a moment while all occupants were in thought before Kakashi spoke, "If you are to be believed, which in all honesty I do because no one has ever told you Naruto holds a Fox biju, then how is it you still have your powers? Doesn't the legends of your kind say that once you are no longer pure you lose your powers? You do have three children after all." They were good questions and Kagome couldn't help but smile at the masked man, unknowingly making him blush behind his mask, whether he had said it or not he had really come to like Kagome. He hoped at some time she would be able to love again, and he would be that lucky man. In only a few months he had found himself in love with her, and envying Itachi greatly.
With a smile she told them, "I was never fully trained as a miko, I was just born with the power and thrust into a situation where it was kill or be killed, purify or die. As such I have never taken miko's vows, and as I still have my powers…I'm led to believe that it is the purity of the heart or soul that grants a miko their power, not the purity of the body." There was silence once again before Sasuke spoke.
"When you are ready, we will return to the compound." And Kagome bristled. She would have this possessive male in his place, he was not Itachi, nor was he her father, her husband, her mate, or anything, he was simply the male that happened to be her brother-in-law, and he was younger then her. All the Konoha nin in the hospital felt the tension in the air that Kagome gave off. Her voice was clear, crisp and to the point as she spoke.
"While you are my brother-in-law, I will not be ordered by anyone. I am not a ninja of this village and I assure you that there is hardly anything that I am afraid of considering what I have faced. I am going to tell you once and only once. You do not control me, and those that have tried fail, and fail horrible. You can learn this now or you can learn the hard way. But I will warn you some of my favorite methods of punishments are beads of subjugation." She paused to let it all sink in as she smirked evilly, unknowingly most of the ninja could only think one thing at the sound of her punishment, 'Kinky.'
She began again knowing that it had set in, "With one word you will be face-planted into the ground depending on the degree of my anger towards you. My record for punishing someone in this manner is twenty some-odd meters." she smiled sinisterly at him with a slight sparkle in her eyes remembering that particular sitting, and watched in delight as he paled.
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It was two weeks later that Sasuke learned his lesson, it had only taken one sitting.
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Kagome was at peace as much as she could be. She held her twins as she watched a dawn breaking across the world. Itachi was free of his Purgatory, granted he left her behind, she was sure he had not wanted to. He'd told her he wanted her to love again. She knew that he honestly did. She didn't know when but she knew one day she would, she would take her time, and make memories for her and her three children, her slumbering toddler slept next to her curled more into her side. She told herself that this might be her Purgatory, she might be paying for the sin's of not being prepared, not knowing, and for allowing so many to die, but it was worth it, she thought as she pulled the wrapped bundles to her body and her toddler curled up more into her. It was all worth it.
She told herself as she let a tear fall from her eye thinking of her lost lover and husband. Itachi, her soul cried for him. She would be happy for him, because he couldn't be any longer, and when time moved on and her life with it, she would meet him again, they would go to the next life together. Hopefully they would have more time with each other.
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might be a spoiler AN to explain this if you are not up to date with Manga for both IY and Naru.
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-Okay i want to say that i know Kagome's OOC in this one, BUT at the same time this is a concept that happens after her stent in IY manga, diverging from when she was in the darkness, IE Inuyasha never came to get her or found her, she never went home to finish HS, and she didn't stay in the feudal era. She finds a commonality in Itachi b/c he's a man of peace yet he has to do such horrible things. Something like herself a tainted innocence.
-Also. She is always 2 years older then him. At first there's not any kinda of sexual relationship between them. And that doesn't even happen until the part where Itachi and kisame end up in the toad's stomach when Naruto and Jiraiya are going to find Tsunade. He's upset for what he had to do to his brother and they take the next step in their relationship.
-Another reason for Kagome's OOC is because she matured greatly in the Fedal era, but she always had someone there to protect her. Here this was not always the case, she had to rely more on herself, and then Itachi. Because of this and the fact that this story kinda spans about 8 years, she grows up into someone different then the bubbly miko that we see for most of the IY manga/anime.
-This is probably going to have a sequel as i do plan to make a "Scarecrow and the Miko" oneshot series, but at the same time, Sasuke is not one of MPB's favorite people to pair Kagome with. IN all honesty i really dont like him as a character very much, its rather whiney in my opinion. And i don't like that he gains all his power from someone else. As i'm a big IY fan as well, he reminds me of Naraku gaining stolen power from the Shikon because he cant do it himself. In the manga, Sasuke would have never been able to kill Itachi in my opinion of he didn't have Ororchimaru's cursed seal. As suck while i dont Sasuke bash, you probably wont see much love given to Sasuke from Kagome, ever. sorry.
-Okay i hope that explains it if you have anything else, this was not beta'd again so please forgive. I figure so long as you understand it its all gravey plus i can update faster without an extra party to go through. - MPB/r0o
Disclaimer: i don't own Inuyasha or Naruto or any of its characters, nor do i make money from these fanfictions.
Warning: Lang, mature content
AN:I still didn't beta :p - MPB
Purgatory.
Purgatory - the place where souls remain until they have expiated their sins and can move on.
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The first time they saw each other, they both looked lost. The nearly sixteen year old time traveling miko was not of this world, didn't know about chakra, jutsu, or anything else ninja; which is why unless you were an evil demon she would never be able to harm you and even then she wouldn't like doing it. He was a former clan heir, a prodigy, a mass murderer, but he was a young man of peace who had been given a mission to kill his own for their traitorous plans, he was just shy of fourteen. But they were both lost and waiting for what was to come.
She tended him in the only way she knew how, with powers that were not of this world and he found himself drawn to her purity even if it could, not that either knew at the time, harm him. The first time he overused his Mangekyo Sharingan, it was she that he'd gone to, and it was she that told him of the curse on his blood, that blindness would come to him if he continued to use it. He didn't hide from her, not like he did the rest of the world. Only with her was he open, sometimes whiney, only with her did he let his real personality shine through the one that had been nearly dead under the weight of being the heir of the Uchiha. Most days he hated that he had to kill them, but at the same time had he not, he never would have met her.
Kagome for the most part grew to understand this land more, grew to understand that here it was 'kill or be killed,' peace was almost a pipe dream, and that even children were murderers. She missed her home, she missed Sengoku Jidai, but she had found some measure of peace here with this young man, Itachi. He came in and out of her life at first. Always coming to her when he was hurt. It seemed only chance that they had met one day not long before when it was raining. He'd been wearing a slightly large black jacket like cloak with red clouds on it. She was wearing something more fitting of the place she'd been sent to rather then the school uniform she had been wearing after the jewel sent her here.
For the most part which neither could explain they were drawn towards one another, even when she soon began to hear rumors of men wearing the same cloaks doing horrible things to people around the country. She had questioned him about it, and he did not deny it. She asked him 'why,' and again he did not lie, she could always tell when he did, as ninja didn't know about aura reading. The story he told, of his clan, his orders, his duty, his failure, his need to protect his village even if they thought him to be traitorous and dishonorable, it was something she could understand. His life was much the same as one of her friends in the Feudal era, only there was no Naraku, but a Madara this time.
It was then that she gave him a necklace, nothing special to the outside world but it would link them, a small chain with small circular hoops about three inches apart from one another. It was not like a subjugation necklace but not completely different, it connected them on a level that Kagome had only ever made once before. It would let her know when he was in danger, or when he needed aid. He was becoming precious to her, and she didn't even understand the implications of how that would turn out against them. When he was not by her side which was much more often then she would like she was left to think of why she was here.
The philosopher's question to why someone existed was not lost on her, but why here? Why now? She theorized in one way this was her Purgatory. While she was not one to honestly believe in such things as she had traveled with a Buddhist monk, did know that reincarnation did happen, and she was a Shinto miko. It was the only explanation she could give, it was in this world all alone that she would have to wait out her sins. She had been sent here, she was sure, because of the fact that she was unknowing of what she was to guard and how many precious lives had really been lost over so few months. This was her Purgatory, and perhaps its was Itachi's too.
Either way over time they were everything to one another. She found herself at a tea shop in a small town that had no ninja and hardly ever saw a passerby, and he would come to her as often as he could. He was sixteen when he first kissed her in a way that was not platonic, and had he watched in amusement how red she had blushed. Only to find himself the one blushing when the eighteen year old kissing him back just as lovingly and with a raw passion he was not at all used to. It didn't go much further then this at that time, but they cared for one another, their connection and need for the other only seemed to grow. Again she didn't care that his hands were some of the most deadly, had killed so many, they were hands that touched her delicately, lovingly.
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She was nineteen when they went far beyond kissing on one visit, and she gave the seventeen year old a gift that no other could have. He had cherished her and worshiped her. She has soothed his pain for his soul had cried out in anguish at what he had said and done to his younger brother once more, having just seen him again not days before. He had needed that moment, and she had willingly given it for she had been wanting him for longer then she would care to admit. The once innocent kisses had long ago started a blazing inferno of wantonness in her being. She cried out his names to the heavens claiming him as god over her body, he willingly accepted the roll claiming her as his own in every way a male could lay claim on a female.
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He had just turned eighteen when she gave birth to his first child. It had been a shock but at the same time he couldn't help but feel pleased. He wondered for a moment if his father had felt such pride in him the moment he held his first child, never knowing that Fugaku under all of it truly did love his own children but had no way of showing it. Itachi had been as shocked as she that their few times coupling had resulted in her becoming pregnant but he was pleased over all. He'd just turned eighteen, and had never thought himself to be a father, but she had given him a gift that he would never be able to thank her enough for.
As it was, it was looking as though his son might be the only true Uchiha left. His brother had run off to Orochimaru, which left him feeling so very hallow, and Madara could not reproduce because of how he had gained his Eternal eyes. It had not been a task he had even wanted, being the one who slayed the clan he had not thought he would be the one to make it live on. He was content in the thought though, pleased that his son was alive and well, as he looked down at the child, so tiny and small, needing his strength, he could only feel a myriad of emotions that left him feeling both weak and infinitely stronger. He would do what ever it took to make the world a better place for his son to grow up in, it was a promise he made the night his son was born.
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By the time she was twenty two they both knew he was dying. The curse on his blood was far too strong and her powers were not as strong as they had once been, more so they were more dormant now that she had given birth and harder to access. Though she wished with all her might that she could save him, she knew that she could not, she'd tried. Their son was two years old, and would have hardly any memories of his father, and so Kagome asked that he write down all the things that he would wish to tell their son, when ever he could. Their remaining time was spent in each other loving arms, with their son. Creating all the memories that would have to last a life time. He told her that he wanted her to love again, that she had too much love to let it just waste away, and while she fought him on it, it was something he forced her to promise. He didn't want her light to burn out in this harsh world. Any time they spent together was always spent making memories, making love, spending soothing hours just holding one another. Their time was short, measured, and fleeting, it was precious.
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He was twenty one when he died.
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The twenty three year old felt it, their connection break, ripped apart, which meant he had been killed as the break would not have hurt so much had he just died. She knew of his plans to make his own brother be the trigger so to speak, and part of her wanted to hate this Sasuke whom she had never met before for his part in her husband's death. This younger boy that had taken her Itachi, taken the man she loved and father of the child he knew nothing about, and the son that had just turned three. She could not hate Sasuke though, it had been part of Itachi's plan for it to end this way, so that he could make sure Sasuke was as safe as he could be, so indirectly their son would never have to face Madara. She had been washing dishes when she felt the connection snap, her world had come crumbling down, and the dish in her hand had fallen and shattered on the floor. For the first time ever her toddler aged son had cried along with her.
It wasn't all that safe for her to use jutsu considering she was pregnant, but that very night she had teleported her to the place the necklace had rested, where his body was. Covered in blood and bruises this was not the way she had ever wanted to see him. She cried, nearly sobbing at the sight of him, the man that was two years younger then her. The one that had shared her Purgatory with her, his sin's had obviously been atoned for while she was left without him, to raise their son, and the child they had created the last time they saw one another, alone. Kagome didn't linger though, she did what she came to do. Making a copy of his body for those who would want it, she placed a seal over his real body and sealed it into a scroll. He was a son of Uchiha, a son of Konoha, a hero and she would see that they all knew it. She would see that the village he had been dishonored for, had sacrificed his almost everything for, knew it, and all that he had done for them. She would lay him to rest on his native soil, and raise their children there, she would make sure that he did not die in vain.
Teleporting back to her home, she never noticed that his brother was somewhere in the same layer, or she might have taken him to if she had, then again she might have tried to kill him, either way, no one in Akatsuki was ever the wiser. When she got home she spent a day or two making preparations. From the moment she had first found out she was pregnant, he had married her right then, this had been their home. The building and location were in the Tea country, were there were few ninja to begin with, the location one of the most rural, the people there knew he was ninja but he protected them along with his family so they cared not, over looked anything out of the ordinary.
She spent time taking in everything, forcing her powers to the surface while making seals so that one day she could bring her children back and tell them that this was home, that their father had been here, had made this. She told the head man of the village they were leaving and that the cottage was seal away. No one would be able to get near it for it was a miko barrier. As long as she lived it would hold. She had found out long ago that her powers were not gone, but they were a bit more dormant so as not to harm those she loved. Itachi did have demon blood in him, her children did not have to worry, they were immune.
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She had only been a few weeks pregnant when he'd died, but she was three months to date when she'd heard that Konoha had been destroyed. Traveling with a three year old alone, and while pregnant was not fast. She had a summons in the form of a crow, Itachi's summons, that forewarned her of anything she herself could not feel. Often they took the road less traveled, and avoided all that they could. Her bow and arrow, long since stashed away since she had come to this world had been pulled out once she became a mother. She was not a ninja, but she could pinpoint a living being, or a clone, no matter how much they tried to hide, for none knew how to hide their aura, silly ninja and their chakra didn't know a thing about ki or auras. She had relearned her weapon and for the most part it was how they caught dinner for her and their son, Souta.
She smiled a sad smile, for he looked just like his father.
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Kagome was five months pregnant when she'd finally reached the once destroyed village. It was still being rebuilt, and already the Godaime Hokage was back in power, Kagome knew nothing of Danzo's reign as it was not important to her. For the most part, she wasn't trusted, but she had revealed to them things they didn't know about. For the most part, an S-class criminal really wasn't thought of to be trusted, but when the woman claiming to be Uchiha-Higurashi, Kagome, wife of Uchiha, Itachi gave up documents that not only proved that Itachi was a loyal son of Konoha, that had the signatures of the former Sandaime, Danzo, and both Mitokado, Homura and Utatane, Koharu. There was nothing any of them could say to disprove it or her documents, they were real. Further more not only did she have the proof but when Tsunade went so far as to threaten the two elders, they had answered that it was true.
The looks that they had gotten were enough to kill. The soon to be mother who was just starting to show a belly bump even though she thought it was a bit early, had told them in no unclear terms, 'that if they ever even thought to use Itachi's sons,'for she knew she would have another boy,'in any way that she disapproved of she would personal slaughter them in a way that left even shinobi that were veteran in the arts of killing with nightmares.' They all learned that day why Kagome was Itachi's wife, she was what most of them would have thought he would pick to be his bride, someone who was not only beautiful but graceful, someone who was strong willed, and refused to back down, some one who was sincere in keeping her promise. They knew she was not ninja, she had told them that herself but she did knew things, and she could kill and would if need be, particularly when it came to her children.
They respected her, and feared her, she was Uchiha in every way one would expect for them to be.
Kagome used money that had been storied up since she had come to this world to rebuild the Uchiha compound. It was similar but different. It was tactical in its planning, and many wondered more about this single Uchiha matriarch. She was an oddity and did not flaunt who she was. People wanted to know everything there was to know aobut her, but she was a privte person. It took a bit of time, but when she was able to in secret she laid his body to rest there on those grounds. She mourned for him all over again that night.
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Later Kagome found herself becoming friends easily with Naruto and his sensei, Kakashi, she was wary of the pink haired girl, not only because of the unnatural hair colored - that Kagome had never even seen once on a demon before, but because of the covert looks she gave her and her son. The pink haired one was not one that she trusted, though she wanted to, she could not bring herself to do it. As for Kakashi and Naruto, they were the only ones Itachi had told her she could fully trust. Kakashi for the fact that he was very similar to Itachi in all ways that her husband had known him, and Naruto because he would never let her down if it was in his power not to. She never told them that was why she was more open with them then any other.
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She was seven months pregnant when a shadow moved in her home one night as she should be laying asleep, she couldn't help to call out to it, "Are you here to kill us too?" Scarlet colored eyes that were so familiar to her, yet completely different and wrong looked back at her. His vestige so similar to Itachi's save his hair, which did make her want to giggle. But sadness enveloped her instead, she wanted to cry because he reminded her so much of Itachi only a few years before. The once avenger Uchiha, Sasuke looked at the woman that he had heard his brother had married, had a family with.
He himself found her to be gorgeous. Long black hair, dark eyes that he couldn't tell the color of, pale skin, she was everything that the Uchiha looked for in a wife and mate, and kami-sama her voice was the stuff of wet dreams. He 'hn'd' unceremoniously as he looked her over, noticing that her child lay in bed behind her, noticing that for the most part while this compound lay where the old one had, it was nothing like the place he had grown up.
There were hardly any painful memories here.
"I have not." he stated simply after a moment of silence. He noticed still she was tense.
"Have you been sent by Madara?" she asked, again her voice sending shivers down his spine and he fought to let them not be known.
Again a moment passed before he answered, "I was not." she waited once more before she spoke.
"That is something we can be thankful for, I would hate to have to kill you when Itachi died so that you could live. But I will protect myself and our children even if you were his brother." He felt his chest ache in pain for he knew her words were nothing but truth and while months ago he had killed his brother in what he thought was vengeance he knew now that he had slaughtered the only one who had ever really cared for him. He knew she was right to not like him, she might even want to kill him, and she had every right to want to do so, especially when it came to protecting what was theirs. He 'hn'd' once more catching a magical light in her eye before it was gone again, he again could see why Itachi had chosen her as his, had even gone so far as to marry her. "What are you here for?" she asked. Watching as he nodded his head over to the slumbering child and seeing her eyes turn from warm and welcoming to hard and cold instantly.
He clarified, "I heard he had a son, and that his wife was with child. I came to see if it was true." Kagome backed away from him, she would never let her eyes leave him, not until he was proven trustworthy in her own books. She moved towards her son and pulled back a blanket that he had snuggled into, they heard his murmur of discontent as he shifted to gain his warmth back. Sasuke sucked in a breath at the sight of the chibi Itachi, it was as if someone had taken a clone and shrank it, adding a bit more chub to it. There was no doubt in his mind that this boy and the one she carried were in fact his brother's children, again he felt a wave of pain hit him, knowing that he was the reason that they would never know their father. Kagome seemed to be able to read him, something he wasn't sure if he liked or not.
"He was dying you know." The miko and mother kept her eye on her brother-in-law as she spoke, while covering her child with his beloved blanket. "The Mangekyo is capable of great and terrible things, but always at a price, the first is blindness the second is death. He told me once he found out from Madara that he could stop both curses of the 'gift' if he took your eyes. Madara did the same to his own younger brother and created what he called the 'Eternal Mangekyo.' But even it has a price, a longer life and the ability to reproduce taken. Itachi never wanted to do that to you, so he started plotting for you to become strong enough so that you would be the hand that took his life, and in doing so…" She trailed off, as understanding came across his face. He had the Magekyo because of Itachi, it was not something he'd gained by slaughtering his best friend.
For this Itachi had died, so that he might have a chance to stand up to Madara without having the curses placed upon him for it was not he who had developed them. His brother had really loved him. "But I'm sure you noticed by now, your Magekyo isn't as strong as Itachi's, and it hurts to use it because it is not your own. It will be something like Kakashi-kun's eye, it will strain you to use it because you did not create it." she paused to allow him to register her words. "If you can avoid doing so you should. While you more then likely won't gain the blood curse or blindness, there is no telling what you might have. Uchiha blood is unstable. He told me about how breeding was done within the clan, and how your parents were second cousins. Here, its probably not well known, but when you breed beings to closely related together, you get nothing but instability. You might go crazy, and you'd never even realize it until it was too late." Sasuke listened to her. She sounded stern and sincere in her warning.
There was much to think about. But he knew he wouldn't be able to stay here, already he could feel ANBU coming towards them, Kakashi, and Naruto as well. He had to ask, "What will you tell them?" he noticed then her smile, and it was that moment that he again envied his brother. For him to have found this creature, this woman, Sasuke would try to make her his in time, if she allowed it but he would not press his luck, she was Itachi's and he'd respect that if she wished it. If he could he would make her his own though, if he couldn't then he would try to find someone similar. He would still want her as a friend though, it was all so foreign to him now, he wondered if Itachi had felt this way in her presence.
"The truth. But, if you don't want to be caught then I suggest you leave now." He nodded and was almost gone before her heard her voice again. "I'm due in about two mouths. Your welcome to come so long as its just you. If Madara shows up…" she left it unsaid, and he nodded before he was gone. ANBU, Kakashi and Naruto showed up only moments later. Many chorus' of 'Are you aright?' were echoed. Like she said she would, Kagome told them all the truth. Of their conversation, even of her inviting him to the birth of her child. They all seemed shocked, but again she reminded him, that it was Itachi that had set Sasuke on his path, and that for the most part most of his actions were taken without knowing all of the truth. That he did now know it. She couldn't speak for his continued involvement but at the same time, she would not let them speak negatively of what he'd done in the past. Aside from her children he was technically all the family she had left in the world.
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Kagome had just given birth to a son and a surprise a very small little girl, who seemed to be able to hide from everyone. Both Kagome and the babes were in the same room, they had gotten many visitors in the last few hours, but it was the silent and bloodied Sasuke that made her fret. She didn't like him all that much yet but she did worry over him, it was just in her nature to be that way, and even if she didn't want to admit it, he was in fact family. He barely had time to look at her newest children before he warned her that Madara was on his way, and unfortunately he passed out.
Madara had heard of Itachi's female, and knew that she had a child already and more on the way. While he didn't really like children he knew at this point they were the only true Uchiha left - considering Sasuke was tainted by the snake, and he wanted them. He, however was not aware that while Kagome was Itachi's female, she was also the Shikon Miko. The eldest Uchiha and master mind of it all, had appeared not more then moments after the other had passed out and it was then that he understood why Itachi has chosen Kagome, - never knowing that they had chosen each other, and it had nothing to do with power. Miko powers for the most part stayed asleep because they would hurt Itachi, and any other that had diluted demon blood within them, anyone that had a Kekki genkki would feel what was about to happen.
Agonizing holy white billowed out of her body, her children were safe, immune, the former clan starter was anything but. His body was blasted against the wall, causing it to crash open as if a larger brawler had crushed it. Kagome followed in her hospital gown, her hair blowing on winds made up of her own deadly power, as she formed a barrier around the man's heart, and crushes it. There would be no long drawn out battle, he did not deserve such mercy to try and win his freedom, he had no honor so he deserved none.
Konoha nin filed in as close as they could watching in mute shock and amazement as the miko who had only given birth just hours before took out one of the most dangerous in the ninja world without breaking a sweat. But with the threat gone, her powers receded, and the miko began to collapse. The copy nin caught her.
"What are you?" he couldn't help but ask, his fashion blunt as he would always be. He watched with his one normal eye as she smiled just so and answered him.
"I am miko." and she passed out. Only the Copy ninja heard her answer when Tsunade swooped in to make sure she was okay. It was a day or more before she woke up, and of course Naruto and Kakashi were there waiting, the surprise was Sasuke was too. She smiled at them all, reporting on how she felt when the Hokage showed up. It was clear that the woman had things to ask, obviously wanting to know about the power source and what she had done. After inspecting the corpse of Madara, and disposing of anything that would give away village secrets, noting what might need to be, and harvesting what could be; Tsunade had been shocked to find that the man's hard had imploded, but at the same time it was burnt on some parts.
"I need to talk with Kagome alone." She stated. But Kagome stopped them from going.
"These men are men I trust, and Sasuke….Is family." Tsunade obviously didn't want to talk with more in the room but without her knowing it, Kagome was insuring that she was safe from the Hokage, one could never tell what a leader would or wouldn't do. They had to look after their people and Kagome's little show of power could be what made her a threat. She had already made threat that she would keep on the village elder's lives should they attempt ever another issue like they had with Itachi.
"Fine, fine." The blond said noticing the men taking their seats once more. "I need you to tell me what happened." Again Kagome saw no reason to lie to these people, but she would not have any one hearing this story. A barrier that the ninja didn't seem to notice went up. The kyuubi though shivered at the feeling, informing his host what had happened, the often times falsely happy blond didn't say a word though, he knew what it was like to hold and keep secrets.
"Have you ever heard of the legend of the Shikon no Tama?" Asked the miko with a far away look in her eye, the Hokage didn't know what to think. In her wondering she had come across the tale but thought much of it to be fake, and impossible. She wondered what this young woman could possible have to say to add to the story. Needless to say though, she wanted answers. She confirmed that she had heard of it, but that it was a very long time ago, possible more then 1500 years back before the Great Fall of Man kind and the world realignment into what was now known as the elemental countries. This all gave Kagome insight she had never thought about before. In all her time here that dating system had never worked out, she had simply assumed she was in another world, not another time.
Regardless the miko began her story starting at the day she turned fifteen and ending with Madara's death. Of course it was all too much to believe, and so she showed them. Pulling the completed Shikon from her body by sheer will alone. The power if gave off was staggering, and the miko replaced it once again without thought or care. Her next words were directed at Naruto, "Tell your captive that I will purify him out of existence if he even thinks about the jewel." her eyes were narrowed into dangerous little slits that promised pain. "I have killed thousands of fools who have come for this power, human, hanyou and demon alike, I have faced and taken down Naraku. You, Kitsune-san, are no match for this Kagome. Naruto, if he ever even starts about it, tell me and I will end his existence in your body. That is a promise." The blond could only nod and was grateful that there was someone alive that could in fact end the kitsune's life if needed to. Too many times he had gained tails and power that he could not control. Once, even though he had saved the village, he had been completely lost to demonic fires that he had no business trying to control.
There was silence in the room for more then a moment while all occupants were in thought before Kakashi spoke, "If you are to be believed, which in all honesty I do because no one has ever told you Naruto holds a Fox biju, then how is it you still have your powers? Doesn't the legends of your kind say that once you are no longer pure you lose your powers? You do have three children after all." They were good questions and Kagome couldn't help but smile at the masked man, unknowingly making him blush behind his mask, whether he had said it or not he had really come to like Kagome. He hoped at some time she would be able to love again, and he would be that lucky man. In only a few months he had found himself in love with her, and envying Itachi greatly.
With a smile she told them, "I was never fully trained as a miko, I was just born with the power and thrust into a situation where it was kill or be killed, purify or die. As such I have never taken miko's vows, and as I still have my powers…I'm led to believe that it is the purity of the heart or soul that grants a miko their power, not the purity of the body." There was silence once again before Sasuke spoke.
"When you are ready, we will return to the compound." And Kagome bristled. She would have this possessive male in his place, he was not Itachi, nor was he her father, her husband, her mate, or anything, he was simply the male that happened to be her brother-in-law, and he was younger then her. All the Konoha nin in the hospital felt the tension in the air that Kagome gave off. Her voice was clear, crisp and to the point as she spoke.
"While you are my brother-in-law, I will not be ordered by anyone. I am not a ninja of this village and I assure you that there is hardly anything that I am afraid of considering what I have faced. I am going to tell you once and only once. You do not control me, and those that have tried fail, and fail horrible. You can learn this now or you can learn the hard way. But I will warn you some of my favorite methods of punishments are beads of subjugation." She paused to let it all sink in as she smirked evilly, unknowingly most of the ninja could only think one thing at the sound of her punishment, 'Kinky.'
She began again knowing that it had set in, "With one word you will be face-planted into the ground depending on the degree of my anger towards you. My record for punishing someone in this manner is twenty some-odd meters." she smiled sinisterly at him with a slight sparkle in her eyes remembering that particular sitting, and watched in delight as he paled.
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It was two weeks later that Sasuke learned his lesson, it had only taken one sitting.
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Kagome was at peace as much as she could be. She held her twins as she watched a dawn breaking across the world. Itachi was free of his Purgatory, granted he left her behind, she was sure he had not wanted to. He'd told her he wanted her to love again. She knew that he honestly did. She didn't know when but she knew one day she would, she would take her time, and make memories for her and her three children, her slumbering toddler slept next to her curled more into her side. She told herself that this might be her Purgatory, she might be paying for the sin's of not being prepared, not knowing, and for allowing so many to die, but it was worth it, she thought as she pulled the wrapped bundles to her body and her toddler curled up more into her. It was all worth it.
She told herself as she let a tear fall from her eye thinking of her lost lover and husband. Itachi, her soul cried for him. She would be happy for him, because he couldn't be any longer, and when time moved on and her life with it, she would meet him again, they would go to the next life together. Hopefully they would have more time with each other.
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might be a spoiler AN to explain this if you are not up to date with Manga for both IY and Naru.
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-Okay i want to say that i know Kagome's OOC in this one, BUT at the same time this is a concept that happens after her stent in IY manga, diverging from when she was in the darkness, IE Inuyasha never came to get her or found her, she never went home to finish HS, and she didn't stay in the feudal era. She finds a commonality in Itachi b/c he's a man of peace yet he has to do such horrible things. Something like herself a tainted innocence.
-Also. She is always 2 years older then him. At first there's not any kinda of sexual relationship between them. And that doesn't even happen until the part where Itachi and kisame end up in the toad's stomach when Naruto and Jiraiya are going to find Tsunade. He's upset for what he had to do to his brother and they take the next step in their relationship.
-Another reason for Kagome's OOC is because she matured greatly in the Fedal era, but she always had someone there to protect her. Here this was not always the case, she had to rely more on herself, and then Itachi. Because of this and the fact that this story kinda spans about 8 years, she grows up into someone different then the bubbly miko that we see for most of the IY manga/anime.
-This is probably going to have a sequel as i do plan to make a "Scarecrow and the Miko" oneshot series, but at the same time, Sasuke is not one of MPB's favorite people to pair Kagome with. IN all honesty i really dont like him as a character very much, its rather whiney in my opinion. And i don't like that he gains all his power from someone else. As i'm a big IY fan as well, he reminds me of Naraku gaining stolen power from the Shikon because he cant do it himself. In the manga, Sasuke would have never been able to kill Itachi in my opinion of he didn't have Ororchimaru's cursed seal. As suck while i dont Sasuke bash, you probably wont see much love given to Sasuke from Kagome, ever. sorry.
-Okay i hope that explains it if you have anything else, this was not beta'd again so please forgive. I figure so long as you understand it its all gravey plus i can update faster without an extra party to go through. - MPB/r0o