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<b>Chapter Eight
Getting to Know you - Picking my team</b>



Kagome practically flew down the street in an attempt to invade the question. Who knew that explaining to a bunch of ninja males what exactly a eunuch was could be so embarrassing? Not even mentioning the fact that they should know what it means already, I mean how many words can there be for a male with out his bits and pieces, bat and balls, twig and berries the list of comparisons go on and on. “They will just have to look it up in a dictionary!” Kagome said to herself as she sat under a tree in what looked to be a training field that was not in use for sometime.

“In an hour I will need to pick the ninja I will train and I have to have my miko eyes ready to see what talent there may be.” Kagome said to herself as she got into a meditative position.



He was curious about her she was so different from any girl he had ever met. The way she talked, the way she walked, the way she carried herself with confidence the only kind of confidence that could be earned through battle. She was sure of herself and he found it amusing that even a girl of her standing could get as flustered as did by the gate. He like all the others did not know what the term she used meant, but he was able to sustain that it was something embarrassing and sexual because of the way she worded it.

She was strong that much anyone with eyes could see, but she was also so fragile looking. It was hard to believe that demons lived in fear of her; such a small young woman. He was also curious about how she came to be imprisoned within the jewel. Was she awake and conscious of the time passing or was it like only mere moments to her? Was she sealed then the next thing she knew she was released in some strange world? All these question about her he wanted answers to, but he knew none would come unless he spoke with her himself. It was that line of thought that lead him to track her down. Sometimes being born a Hyuuga had its advantages such as his Byakugan.

Once he activated his bloodline limit finding her was easy it was like searching for a flood light in the darkness. When he determined she was alone he walked towards the training ground he sensed her in. When he finally reached her she was seated under a tree meditating, but that was not what made his eyes widen. It was the fact that she was glowing and floating that made his eyes widen with shock. She look beautiful there glowing pink with her powers as an invisible wind playing with her hair he had never seen a sight like it. It was forcing him to look at the earth bound angel in a new light; he had never looked upon a female in such a way before.

Sure he was a male and as such was susceptible to the urges of a normal male, but he had never before looked upon a female and saw his future. It was a strange feeling, that feeling of wanting something but unsure if he could have it. He knew she was unlike any girl he had ever come in contact with and if he was to be honest with himself he knew that if she was he would not be interested. But in that lies the problem he was unsure on where to go from here. He knew nothing about her; her experiences; what made her happy or sad he knew nothing about her. She was a complete and utter mystery to him, but he knew there was only one way to solve that problem. `Now to step out of the bushes' he thought as he emerged from the treeline.



Kagome knew he was there it was not something that could escape her notice when she was like this. Her senses were extremely heightened when she awakened her miko eyes so much so that she could sense every demon within a 50 mile radius so someone so close was unmissable. Kagome did however wonder when he was going to announce himself rather then stand in the bushes watching her. She was curious about him he had the most interesting eyes she had ever seen on a human.

The sounds of him walking out of the bushes met her ears “Hello Neji” Kagome said not once opening her eyes as she pulled her powers back inside of her and met the ground once more gracefully.


“Kagome” he said in return as he walked towards her still seated form.


“Have a seat” Kagome said motioning to the space beside her opening her eyes for the first time since he entered the field.


Neji stared in surprise at her now swirling pink eyes “Is that your Kekkei Genkai?” he asked as he took a seat beside her.


Kagome looked at him curiously not recognizing the term “Kekkei Genkai?”


“Your eyes they are not the blue they normally are.” Neji added after she seemed to not know what he was speaking of.


“Oh. These are my Miko eyes or battle eyes as I call them. When I activate my Miko vision I am able to see the energy specifics. Like how much spirit energy or chakra as you call it a person may have, and how strong they maybe. It alerts me to any demonic heritage a person may have no matter how diluted it maybe. My senses are also heightened when I have my miko eyes activated. I am able to peer into a persons soul and see the purity or taint it may house. My powers are also stronger then normal as well. But I don't know what this Kekkei Genkai is you speak of?” Kagome responded telling him a little about her eyes since she was so interested in his.


Neji looked at her through the corners of his eyes wondering how it could be that she did not know of such a thing. “Kekkei Genkai is a genetic trait or ability passed down through generations of members of certain clans. Since the ability can only be inherited through blood, others cannot imitate it through any other means. Such as the Sharingan the Uchiha has.” Neji answered as if read from a text book which it was the text book definition for Kekkei Genkai or advanced bloodline limit.


“Hm, that is interesting, but I guess my miko eyes could be called this Kekkei Genkai. My family since its creation has been monks and miko's , but the majority of our power does not only come from the blood it comes from the soul. The more pure the soul is of the monk or miko the more power he or she could wield. Though back in feudal era the I knew a young monk that was the biggest con artist of his time and more perverted then any man or woman for that matter that I have ever met, but he was powerful. Of course the reason for that was that he `cleansed' or purified himself daily. He had too because of all the things he did everyday. A girl in his presence could not go an hour without having to smack him because he grabbed her ass or asked her to bare his child.” Kagome said with a laugh at her memory “that was one of the first things he said to me when we met that hentai houshi.” Kagome said fondly pausing for a moment before continuing “Of course the one girl he had not asked that question ended up marrying him. Anyway enough about that what brings you here?”


Neji would have shuffled on his feet were he standing, but thankfully he wasn't “I sensed you in the area and came to see you. I figured that since you did not know your way around the village and would offer my assistance.” he said quickly before pausing for a moment “Then I seen you meditating and did not want to disturb you. I had never seen anyone activate their Kekkei Genkai through meditation before.”


“Well I Don't need to meditate to activate my miko eyes, but it has been a very long time since I had used them. To ensure my powers are at there highest I had to purify myself. Do you want to know what I see when I look upon you with these eyes?” Kagome said while moving in front of him to sit on her knees.


He watched her with bated breath wondering what she was going to do now that she was so close. “Hai” he whispered hating how his voice sounded so weak. What was it about this girl that made him feel this way? He questioned himself as he watches her move closer only to stop mere centimeters from actually sitting in his lap.


Kagome raised her hands and laid them upon his cheek as she looked closer at the thing that found her attention. She could see a seal of some kind it was interlacing his aura she could see it before she activated her miko eyes, but now that she had them activated she could tell it was origination from his forehead. It was the point of activation and the point of sealing; this was were the spell was casted upon his person and the place it would be removed should he wish it to be so. The feeling it gave her was not exactly ominous in its nature such as the Uchiha's was, but it felt strange to her all the same. There was also something else that she did not see before and it was the youki inside of him though only a mere drop. It was so diluted that she could not sense it with her normal powers. “You are a descendant of a youkai though it is so diluted all that remains is a mere drop. It is at the lowest amount a human can house this is probably where your Kekkei Genkai comes from. I also see a seal or a curse upon you originating from your forehead. It does not give off an ominous feel, but it feels strange all the same. I could remove it if you would wish it to be. The one that casted the seal was not very spiritually strong in fact it is so weak I could remove it with a concentrated brush of my aura. How did you come about having this type of seal placed upon your person?” Kagome asked curiously while taking her hand from his cheek slowly not once taking her eyes from his strange lilac eyes.


The feel of her cool hands placed upon his cheek made him close his eyes in response to the feeling of her skin on his. When he opened his eyes once more she was looking into his with her hands still upon his cheek. The feeling she gave him was hard to explain; it was like… It was like he was the center of her world. Like no one existed to her at that moment but him and he could not explain how good it felt. It was a shock when she spoke, his mind was reeling with the things she told him. His brain however froze when she brought up a sore subject for him. The seal mark was always something he despised having; he did not like that fact that someone could hold power over him as the main house did. So he answered her question like he would have any other “It was my fate to be born into the branch house. All in my clan house this mark it so the main house can have a level of control on all those of the clan under them.”


Kagome looked at him with understanding she knew about fate and destiny more then any other would ever hope to understand. “It may have been your fate to have the mark placed upon you, but are you destined to keep it? Was it my fate to be here now asking if you would like to have it removed? I guess it all depends on how things are interpreted fate is not always black and white. I am the perfect example of how fate and her sister destiny works. It is something you should think on. If everything was written in stone before you were even born how would you know that me releasing you from that seal is not also written? After all would the fates provide you way to be relieved from the seal if it were not your destiny?” And with that Kagome stood and began to walk away from the still seated Neji. `I have future Taijiya to pick and train.'


It only took Neji a moment before he was on his feet once more and he followed her out of the training grounds towards the Hokage tower.



<b>0ooo0</b>



The sun began its decent in the sky alerting those without watches that even has come upon them. The wind blew through the trees rustling the leaves and hair of the people standing in front of the Hokage Tower. In front of the crowd of ninja stood a blonde woman with a silver haired male at her right and a short haired brunette at her left. The soft buzz of conversations around her met her ears they were all focused on one thing, who would get chosen for this special training. Tsunade knew things were about to become competitive soon because it was every ninja's goal to become powerful and this extra training was something they all wished to have. But not all can receive this training and only a few would be chosen. It was also a surprise that the barrier seemed to be working great because demons do not wonder so close to the village borders anymore and for that she was thankful.

“Listen up!” Tsunade yelled over the noise to gain the attention of the ninja. Once all was quiet and everyone's attention was on her she continued “I don't know what she has planned for choosing, but you are to do as asked. No complaining if you are not chosen and if you are you remain here until she dismisses you. This will be dangerous and some of you might not return Kagome-san had said she was going to be training you with more of a hands on approach because of the time limit placed upon her. You will be ready to depart if you are chosen and expect to be away for at least 2 months, maybe more. When chosen you are to obey her orders like you would your section leader. She is training you as a favor to the leaf village and I will not tolerate disrespect towards her and I am sure neither will she. If you can not fully commit yourself to her training then leave now.” Tsunade said though none left. She knew they would not, but it had to be said.


Kagome walked down the street towards the tower that was now within her sights thinking about what she would do to choose her group. Once she decided on a plan of action the Hokage and the ninja she would choose from came into view. Kagome slowed down her walk until she was beside Neji once more “What training area could I use that has ample room?” she asked looking to him for an answer.


He seemed to think on it for a moment before he answered “Train grounds 5 is a large clearing that should be room enough for whatever you are planning.” he answered as she nodded and said thanks to which he nodded in welcome.


Kagome walked up to the Hokage and bowed “Lady Tsunade”


Tsunade bowed back “Hello Kagome. Here are the top ranked ninja I have available.”


Kagome nodded in understanding to Tsunade before turning to the group of ninja “Training Grounds 5 in 10 minutes.” Kagome said as she took hold of Neji's arm seemingly faded out of sight.


It took only moments for the remaining ninja to realize that she left and went to meet her at the designated area.


It was disorienting at first he was not expecting her to take a hold of him as she did and the return left him slightly dizzy. A soft chuckle alerted him to the now amused Kagome watching him.


“It feels strange the first time I know, but I could not help myself I knew you were not expecting it.” Kagome said with a chuckle as he glared in response, but before anymore words could be issued poof's of smoke could be seen through out the clearing alerting her that the ninja had shown up. `It looks like since they are all so lazy I will have to do an endurance test.' Kagome thought with a sigh lazy people was not something she had the time or patience to deal with.

Once all the ninja were in front of her Kagome looked to Neji motioning with her head for him to join the crowd. Once he was standing with the crowd Kagome took her time to look over the crowd looking for the one person that would not need to participate in the challenge. “Rock Lee Come stand beside me you have no need to participate in the challenge as you are my apprentice.” Kagome said once she found the boy.


“LOOK AT THAT! The power of YOUTH! My student need not even participate in the challenge to be chosen! Such Grand YOUTH!” a man who looked similar to the boy yelled through the crowd with a thumbs up and a sparkling smile.


One Lee was standing beside her Kagome looked over to the participants “The first test will be of endurance. I have not the time nor patience to deal with lazy students.” Murmurs of understanding met her ears before she continued “You will run 10 laps around the boundaries of Konoha. Those able to finish will report back here when complete. I will monitor from the sky now go” Kagome dismissed then the ninja all ran off to do there laps leaving Kagome and Lee to themselves. Kagome turned to Lee “You will help me monitor the ninja doing their laps. Just give me a second so I can summons our shikigami.” Kagome said as he nodded in reply.

Kagome reached into a pouch and pulled out 2 small yellowish hairs and wrapped them around the 2 paper puppets she made before she began her meditation. 2 separate roars alerted her to the success of her summons and with a smile she turns to Lee “Do not be afraid they are just like the fake Sasuke I made earlier. They are fire neko youkai used by demon slayers in battle. Just climb on her and hold on tight she can and will take to air.” Kagome said as she walked towards her copy of Kirara.


“Hai Kagome-sensei” Lee replied as he walked slowly towards the neko. Touching her fur lightly “I am going to climb on now ok?” he asked not really expecting a response and was thoroughly shocked with the neko nodded in consent. “Whoa” Lee said as the neko kicked off the ground and took to the air going the opposite direction of Kagome.