The Raven and The Priestess

Chapter10

"Tenseiga doesn't kill," he stated.

"That's true, but you don't know what other abilities, it has," Kagome felt a smirk form on her face. She remembered the time Sesshomaru used Tenseiga in battle against Inuyasha.

"Itachi... maybe we should let her go. I mean she did manage to defeat Kakashi Hatake," Shisui said.

"But Kakashi didn't use his sharingan on her. If he had, she would have lost," Itachi reminded.

"You and I both know if Kagome get's into any trouble at all, we'll be there to protect her!" He argued. "I won't let anyone touch her!"

Kagome felt like crying tears of joys but held them back as she waited Itachi's response.

"Fine!" Kagome and Shisui cheered. "Only on one condition..."

"What would that be?" she asked.

"Starting first thing in the morning you will be training with Shisui and I to improve your hand to hand combat," he said.

"Deal!" she grinned.

"Be warned, just because you are a good friend and a girl means nothing. Training will be harsh and I will show no mercy. Starting tomorrow you will have no spare time what so ever. So I'd rest up tonight." he warned her. Kagome felt herself gulp and nod. "Good."

And so the trio headed home, Shisui deciding to stay the night with Itachi. Mikoto made dinner for everyone. Sasuke tried to talk his brother into training him, but all he did was reach across the table and poke his brother in the forehead while saying: "Sorry Sasuke, maybe next time."

Kagome excused herself from dinner and walked upstairs to her room. Earlier, she had Itachi undo the summon from the scroll and she was now reading them.

She tried to practice the shadow clone jutsu but couldn't get a hold of it. She groaned in frustration and sprawled out on the floor.

"Kagome..." a ghostly voice spoke. Kagome sat up, only to come face to face with Midoriko.

"L-Lady Midoriko!" She gasped.

"Kagome you are not meant to learn ninjutsu. You have your own abilities. I will teach you to use Tenseiga if it pleases you," Lady Midoriko smiled at the girl

"Really?" Kagome's face lit up like fourth of July.

"Yes. Meet me in the training grounds after everyone goes to sleep," she said and disappeared.

Kagome nodded and rolled up all the scrolls. She gathered them in her arms and went to knock on the door to Itachi's room when she heard voice.

"Shisui..." Itachi sighed.

"What?" he sounded annoyed.

"What will you do if Kagome were to die in battle? The blame would fall on my shoulders for giving in and guilt would consume you," Itachi said.

"I won't let anyone harm Kagome," he vowed.

"Shisui, I realize you like her, but you can't always allow her to do things like this," Itachi told him. Kagome stared in shock at the closed door.

"Shisui... Likes... Me?" she thought. She shook her head and knocked on the door.

"Come in," Itachi said. Kagome opened the door and peeked inside.

"Hey Itachi," she gave him a sheepish grin.

"What do you need help with?" he asked, knowing that grin all too well. He motioned for her to come inside. She did so, with an armful of scrolls. She put them on the table he had in his room.

"Are you not able to?"

"No. Lady Midoriko spoke to me moments ago. She said I wasn't able to use ninjutsu and stuff," Kagome sighed and sat down.

"Lady... Midoriko?" Shisui questioned. Kagome glanced at him through her eyelashes.

"Yes. She's the creator of the Shikon No Tama. A very powerful jewel able to grant any wish in the world." Kagome said. He nodded as if he understood.

Itachi laid the scrolls on the summoning circle, poofing them inside it. "There you go."

"Ah. Thanks..." Kagome was a little distracted and stared at nothing, lost in her thoughts.

"Kagome," Shisui waved a hand in front of her face. She snapped back to reality.

"Huh?"

"Something you would like to share?" Shisui leaned back in the chair he was sitting in.

"Yes actually. It's about earlier when we were walking home together," she said.

"What's up?" Shisui and Itachi both sat at the table with her.

"Well...as we were walking, I sensed Danzo's presence..." she began.

"What? How? He wasn't even in the area!" Shisui commented.

"You boys may be able to disguise your chakra, but it takes a great deal of skill to mask your aura from me," she smirked. "I knew you guys were spying on Naruto and I."

"Shisui made me do it!" Itachi admitted pointing an accusing finger at Shisui who crossed his arms and looked the other way, not denying a thing.

"Anyway. Danzo was watching the two of you. When I looked back he was watching from around the corner," she finished.

Tenseiga blue hue turned red and violent. Kagome glared at the sword.

"Tenseiga..."she growled. The boys looked at her in confusion and then shock as she began to glow pink. The red around Tenseiga only intensified.

"What's going on...?" Itachi wondered aloud.

Shisui watched in awe as his beloved goddess began to glow pink.

"I know you don't like him but there's no need to get so angry!" she snapped at the sword. The swords red light dimmed and faded along with Kagome's power. She looked up at Itachi and Shisui.

"Well. I'm going to bed." she quickly stood and left, pausing at the door. "Goodnight Shisui...Itachi.."

She went to her room and lay in her bed, waiting for everyone to fall asleep.

An hour later, after the lights went out, she quietly slipped on her clothes and shoes and jumped out the window, landing in a bush beneath her window. She looked back once more at the house and made her wait to the training grounds.